TELE OMAHA DAILY BEE. TUESDAY. OCTOBER 13. 1801.
FALLACY OF FREE COINAGE ,
How tbo Indoponu'enU are Hoodwinked by
tbo Bulllonaircg.
WHEREIN IT AFFECTS THE FARMER ,
of the Producer In n
Stable Currency History of
Silver Ijuelalnt Inn About
tlio Candidate.
Hero U the conclusion of the speech
delivered bv Hon. E. Uosowator at Colum
i bus , Saturday :
l < 'roo and Unlimited
The second plank of the Independent plat
form re.ids as follows : "Wo demand tha
free and unlimited coinage of silvor. "
The republican party stands on thu plat
form of the honest dollar , the dollar that
will exchange a silver dollar or a paper del
lar , or the gold dollar ono for the other at
100 cents. Unlimited silver coinage would
eventually place the United States on u sil
ver basis with China , Mexico nud India ,
whoso money Is quoted at tbo mere market
value of sliver coin. It would drlvo gold out
of circulation and make gold n moro com
modity , lust as It was during tbo war , and
just as It Is today In Austria , In Argentine ,
| n Cuba and other countries where spccm
payments have boon suspended.
There has bcon so mucn said about the
crisis of 1873 and the demonetization of the
dollar by u conspiracy which is alleged to
have bcon hatched on the other side of the
ocean nnd which was carried out at Wash
ington by members of our congioss. It has
bcon shown very fully In the discussions
before congress and in the records that thcro
never wn * any such conspiracy. Democrats
nnd republicans , tbo representatives from
Nevada and tbo representatives from Cali
fornia and all the mining states voted for thu
bill. But oven If the discontinuance of tlio
coluago of standard sliver dollars in 1871 ! had
boon the not of a combination in tbo interest
of foreign money syndicates , the act of ls7S
restored the silver dollar to tbo position it
now occupies. Although the standard silver
dollar has bcon upon the coinage of the
United States from the foundation of our
government , there had only been 8llo,000 !
of thcso silver dollars coined from tha time
of George Washington down to the adminis
tration of Hutherford B. Hayes. The re-
moDotlralion act of 1878 provided that the
United States treasurer shall cause the
coinage of 2,000,000 silver dollars
per month. From that tlmo on wo
began the enormous coinage of silver ,
and In the thirteen years slnco that period
wo have coined over 400.000.000 as against
8,000,025 in the llrst oighty-slx years of oar
government , and of the 400,000,000 of sliver
dollars that have been coined two-thirds are
- lying dead in the treasury , simply because
the people prefer paper money that is ex
changeable Into gold or silver to the silver
dollar Itself. Now , what use has the United
States for further coinage of silver dollars )
Wasn't it rniicti raoro rational to store the
silver bullion In the vaults of the treasury
and Issue silver certificates for Its market
value and let the people of the United States
have the nencllt of the difference between
the market value of the silver and IU face
value )
This Is now the declared policy of the
United States. Under it wo will have a con
stantly Increasing volume of currency abso
lutely safe , and any pro lit derived from the
purchase of silver bullion and coining it will
In tire to tbo benefit of the people of the
Unltod States. The tendency of this policy ,
It is admitted , has boon and will bo to gradu
ally advance the value of silver bullion to its
legal ratio with gold , and when this Is
reached both gold and silver would DO coined
at the mint on equal terms nnd conditions.
Under this policy wo have increased the
volume of money by over $ ( > 3,000,000. Will
anybody tell mo bow the farmers nnd labor
ers of Nebraska are to bo benefited by free
nnd unlimited coinage ! Do they own any
abaros of mining stock , or have they any
silver plato to convert frco of charge into silver
vor dollars I Do they want to enrich the
bulllonaiics of Colorado , Montana und Cali
fornia at tno expense of the whole country )
Senator Stewart of Nevada , In a letter to
the western congress that held its session In
Denver In May , charged that the demonetiza
tion of silver in 1673 and the re
fusal to glvo the country Jreo and unlimited
coinage hud resulted in a general depression
of the mining industry and had caused great
loss 10 the pcoplo of the United States , nnd
particularly to tno people west of the
Kocidcs. What nro the fuels ? And by the
way , I want to remark that Senator Stewart
himself voted for the bill that the republican
congress passed at its last session for the
purchase of 4,500,000 ounces of silver at its
market , value as the best measure and
the only measure that was practica
ble. In 1870 the total production
of silver in 'ho states and torritoriUcs west
of the Missouri river was $17,1120,000. In 1SSO
the production of silver had gone up to $3S-
O3.'l,0. > 5 , or double the amount , notwithstand
ing the fact that wa had no free coinage , and
in 1SW ) wu mined $02,1130,831 worth of silver
In thosd western mines , notwithstanding all
this talk that wo have paralyzed the mining
industry. The fact is wo have mined four
times ns much silver in the last year as was
mined twenty yours ago before the silver
dollar was demonetized. This fact affords
conclusive proof that mining under the
present conditions Is very prolltablo ;
that the product everywhere has boon Increased -
creased mm that the mines are in a very
flourishing condition , but speculating in
mines , Rolling options to members of con-
, " press ami members of the United Statas son-
nto to pull u bill through to put millions into
the pockets of billionaires hn < not received
much encouragement. It is an open sociot
that these speculators and gamblers around
congress hugely influenced iho action of that
body , nnd although thu congress of the
Unltod States by a whitewashing Investiga
tion , ossuied tno people that there was uo
foundation in the reports. I assort that
hundreds of thousands of dollars of mining
options were placed where they would do the
most good. I have no personal knowledge , but
people who \\oro in Washington and
* watched the method by which the bill
was boomed to glvo us free aud unlimited
coinage assort that thcro was an option lobbv
to push the bill. Do not rolled on any man
who voted for it Our congressmen and
icnators voted for it bccauso there was u
general clamor out here , but I suspect that
Bomo congressmen and some senators from
elates where there was no clamor for Irco
and unlimited coinage voted for It because
they expected there would bo a big advance
in mining stocks , and they had an option to
talio these stocks at a given prlco. I repeat
pur mining Industries nro Just as nourishing
as they could bo barring tbo lack
of conlidonco among Investors and
capitalists in this country and abroad.
About the Instability of our monov system.
Our business depression is largely duo to the
withdrawal of credits from America and wu
cannot hope to induce foreign capitalists to
invest or loan money In America so long ns
this wildcat agitation continues. If you
were to loan n man 100 bushels of wheat ,
what would you think of It if you would hear
that hoas preparing to pay you back 100
bushels of oats ) Tbo intrinsic value
of silver has gene down simply for
thu reason that Instead of produc
Ing 17,000,000 of silver a year , aud
(31,000,000 of gold , as wo did twenty odd
years ago , the relative quantities of thu two
inotals have bcon reversed. Wo are now
mining 10,000.000 of gold annually aud sixty
odd millions of silvor. Last year's output of
silver Is estimated in tha United States to ba
over fU5.000.000 , and when a commodity Is
cheapened by the reduced cost of production
for after all both gold and illvor ore com
modities of their kind It stands to reason
they will not continue to oxcbnngn at th
Baruo ratio. You can mlno three pounds of
illvor now for the price that it cost to mlno
two pounds twenty yours ago.
How It A Hoc I a tlu > Farmer.
v It has been said that tba American farruoi
would gain by froc silver because It woulO
Incroosu tha value of his product , bo wotiW
neil bis grain for a higher price nud therefore
bu coulit alto pay his debts much moro
readily , That , I believe , U the true Inward
ness of the wnolo thing. But this Is also a
delusion. 'J be price of grain consumed In
America is regulated by the prlco which the
urplus of grulu exported to Europe
commands in tha Liverpool mar
ket. Suppose wheat is worth 100
cents a bushel in Liver | > eel , wheat In
America for homo consumption will sell for
(1 a bushel less tbo coat of transporting n
* bushel of wheat across tbo Atlantic ocean
outl the commission which tta middlemen got
. 'or handling It. Now. with frco silver the
American farmer would only bo nblo to soil
ils wheat In America for the Liverpool prlco
In a depreciated 80-cont dollar. The depre-
: laloj silver dollar would bo n legal tender
n America , and that Is tbo kind of money In
silver or paper exchangeable tor silver ho
would got' for his products. On the
other hand every commodity the farmer
bin to buy would bo advanced , be
cause prices of merchandise nro regu
lated by the Test of labor and produc
tion. If the prlco of all commodities la
America advance * then lumber , coal , clothIng -
Ing , furniture , farm machinery and ovcry-
Lhmg the farmer has to purchase would cost
! iO per cent moro than It docs now. But the
farmer would only got Liverpool prices for
liU grain In American money. If you depre
date tbo dollar do you gain anything by III
If you open to all the world the chance of
coming to the American mint and lot them
dump their silver that Is worth onlv 75 cents
or 80 cents In exchange for evidences of In
debtedness against the government for $1 ,
you are bound to doprcclato the currency of
the country , drive out tbo metal that can bo
exchanged abroad dollar for dollar , and do-
fircclato your own products , rnlso the prlco
of everything you have to ouy and you gain
imthlna In return. Not oven the men em
ployed In tbo mines would gain anything.
The mlno owners alone would pocket tbo
bonus.
Tno ordinary laboring man certainly has
nothing to gain by free and unlimited coin-
IRQ. Tbo laboring man wants a dollar that
ms the largest purchasing power. Htslntor-
ist Ii not to have a dollar that will buv less
jut that will buy more , because wages do not
ndvmico In proportion to other things. Waco *
and real estate are the last things to advance ,
and the first thing to co down. That Is the
economic , well established fact , and the
aborcr who has saved up a dollar ought to
have the bonollt of buying as largo a quan
tity of commodities , or wearing apparel , fur-
ilturo and carpet * , or anything that ho
needs , with that dollar , as he possibly could
got. When that dollar goes down in Its pur
chasing power ho loses part of his savings
and Is compelled to pny more for
ovarythlug ho needs for Himself and family.
Olllco and the Cnmlldntr.
Lot us now turn from the platform to
candidates In the present campaign. The
ofllco of supreme Judge Is ono of the most Im
portant within the gift of the people. Every
ntolligont citi/on recognizes that the man
who occupies the highest Judicial tribunal In
our state should bo tv lawyer
well versed In Jaw , and a man
whoso career Inspires popular respect
and confidence. The republican party has
placed In nomination for the position of supreme
premo judge a man who Is not only a very
competent and successful lawyer , but n man
who bas served upon the bench of your dis
trict for over ten years acceptably to the
people , and whoso reputation as a citizen is
above reproach. Tha Independent party has
nominated Mr. Joseph Ecigcrton , not be
cause bo is qualified for a place on the supreme
premo bench , but because I > lr. Edgorton Is a
good stump talker and has managed no in
gratiate himself into the confidence of a lot
of credulous farmers who trust nlm and
want to honor him with an o-inltea posi
tion for which ho Is totally unfit.
When I first heard of him Edgortoa was u
republican ofllco seeker In Polk county.
After tbo alllanco carried that countv ho became -
came a rampant anti-monopolist. When ho
landed in bouth Omaha six or seven yours
ago ho again proposed to bo a rcpuDllcnn , but
wren bo found the town overwhelmingly
democratic ho becaino a democrat , and was
honored bv the solid democratic town council
with the appointment of city solicitor. HU
record in that position , the nlghest ofllcu ho
over held , is , to use mild language , decidedly
malodorous. As the legal advisor of the
gang of boodlors that plastered South Omaha
all over with mortgages ho helped to perpe
trate and cover up the most flagrant Jobs.
Every lawyer In Umatja knows that since ho
was dropped as city attorney for Soutn
Omaha Mr. Edgerton has not earned enough
money to pay for the clothes ho wears. Ho
has no law practice. But Edgorton managed
somehow to pay his way during the whole of
last winter as a"pulde , philosopher and frlond"
of the independents in the legislature.
Ho was at the cnpltol during the whole ses
sion and ho is credited with doing some sly
but very effective work to prevent the imj-
sugo of the stock yards bill , xvhlch provided
for reduced charges for handling and feeding
live stock at stock yards and made himself
solid with the manager of the South Omaha
stock yards.
And in this legislative lobby Mr. Edgorton
formed a deep attachment for that nexv apostle
tle of the third party , Paul Vandorvport.
I'nul the Apostle.
Paul is now stumping the state for Mr.
Edgerton. I take It that men are known by
tbo company they keep , and that Mr. Edger
ton has full conlidonco In the ability of Air.
Vandorvoort to bamboozle the farmers for
him , and that ho expects through him to
work up sympathy among the veteran
soldiers of ttis stato. General Vandervoort
issued a valedictory before he wont into the
camp of the independents and made a tear
ful appeal to the boys in blue and tno
farmers. Let mo road from this precious
document :
After many days and nights of thought of
the most careful deliberation , looking over
nil the parties and peering into the future. I
have decided to close my career In the ranks
of tin ) republican party , and cast tuy lot with
tl.o Independents-
Mind you , ho was a republican ofllcoholdor
when the legislature mot at Lincoln and held
a position In the mail sorvtco at Omaha , but
ho hired out to the telephone company as a
lobbyist , and \vhllo drawing pay as nuporln-
tcndent of mails at Omaha ho was down at
Lincoln manipulating the legislature , in
order to do effective work ho took up his
headquarters nt the Llndell hotel with the
independents and actually gulled them into
the belief that ho was in deep sympathy with
them.Vhen Postmaster General Wnnn-
maker through his special agent ascertained
that Vnndorvoort had deserted bis post and
was at Lincoln lobbying for the telephone
and telegraph companies ho decided to dis
miss him. As soon ns Vandorvoort became
nwaro that hU bead would coino oil
ho sent In his resignation and bid good bye
to the republican party As n matter of fact ,
while ha cut loose from the republican party ,
ho did not cut loose from the railroads and
other monopolies that have had him on their
pay roll. Hut I must road a little moro from
Paul's valedictory :
I eave my first vote for Abraham Lincoln
wbllu In the prison pen at Milan. Ga. I nuio
loved tlio party and tolled for Its trolfiuo 111
sunlight and gloom , I have rKKed mv life
nnd boon mobbed and stoned In the dark and
benighted quinine and fever stricken districts
of southern Indiana.
The now apostle forgets himself a llttlo bit
and tolls us in another part of this letter :
I went to thii war utthe UKO of 15 and was
captured and llvou one year In the cuinp of
Hello Isle with my comrade * freezing in thu
trenches.
Lot us see. If Vnndorvoort wont Into tna
war nt the ago of 15 , und remained tboia
until ho could vote for Lincoln , ha must
have served six vcnrs. I hapbon to have the
report of the adjutant general of Illinois
right hero , who certifies under tbo seal of the
state ihat Paul Vandervoort unlisted at
Camp Butler near Springtlcld on the 10th
day of Juno , l&O. , the first time , nnd
was mustered out at the place where
he had enlisted , the camp near
Sprlnglleld , after three months , bo-
caiuo the term of his company had
expired. If ho was 15 years old iu June ,
IbtU , how ola was ho in November , l&M ,
when Lincoln was elected president for iho
second termHo / could not have oaon much
over 17 , and if ho voted for Abraham Lin
coin at the ago of 17 ho was on early voter.
[ Applauso.1 I want to call your attention
to another httlo discrepancy. Ho says ho
voted for Abraham Lincoln in a con-
fodcntlo prison. Did confederates gather
votes for Abraham Lincoln in the rebel
prisons and forward the returns to Washing'
ton ) [ Applause and laughter. ] further on
iu Ihh saintly cplstlo Paul says :
I inn not going to join the democratic party
because there Is nothing loft of It but it remi
niscence , u governor from Kllkunoy. and the
rioting , rooUlnir BiUocns with tlmlrbluur-oyed ,
rod-mned bund of houllug dervishes
Such soul stirring prohibition sentiment
appeals to the Woman's ' Christian Tamper
ui'co union.
At the risk of shocking the good people
who have plnnea their faith on Vaadervoort's '
pretensions 1 want you to look ut this letter ,
Paul's own handwriting.
POSTOH-ICB OMAHA , Murch M , 18 * ) . Pear
Sir ; I am netting a. splendid lot of statistics
from Ouneral Hangs tuo owner of the Dodlln
quarry , llu writes mo Ihathouill mul.e them
complete. Ho want yon to bid on granite for
your house. Thinks lie CUM satisfy you
VoUrS , 1'AUI. VANDtUVOOUT ,
This letter , written Just before the opening
of tbo probloltlou campaign last year is
directed to Hon. Peter M Her , the famous
whisky distiller. Vandorvoort was the middle
man for the Dodlln granlto quarry and volun
teered to furnish Her statistics against pro
hlbitlon M an inducement for au order tor
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i
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Last Saturday our Boys' Department was crowded all day. No better proof is needed of
the bargains offered at this sale.
$2.50
BOYS' KNEE PANT SUIT SALE. $3.00
They will be run all the week. Plenty of them. All sizes , - - $3.50
$4.00
BOYS' LONG PANT SUITS.
All the nobby styles for this season are in. You can't afford to buy until have
you
seen
our $8
$9.BO , $1O.OO and $12.OO Suits.
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50c 650 dozen Natural Wool , perfect finish , size 34 to 44 , at 50c cents each.
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per
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$1.00 . 375 absolutely . All Wool Winter Weight White Merino , the finest grade on the market at
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OON/TISEXNTNA.K ] [ GLOTHINQ
Dodlln granite. But Paul has experienced n
clmngo of hoart. Ho Is so disgusted with
those red nosed democrats.
AH an Oil Jtooni Manager.
But that is not all. Last year Vandor
voort testified upon the witness stand In
Omaha that while ho was In the lobby at Lin
coln for the railroads iu 1887 , ho never know
of an oil room or n room in which liquor was
given away to members of the legislature ,
and did not have any liquor In his own room.
Now here Ls the lodger of the Capital hotel
kept by Mr. Kitchen. In this lodger you see
there nro accounts against various
pcoplo who stopped there dur
ing the session of the legislature.
You will see iu this hotel ledger , pages
01 , 100 and 110 , headed John M. Thurston ,
debtor , and among the items charred to
Thurston are : January 25 , Vandurvoort ,
lodging and board , $104.25 ; 27th , room 15 ,
cigars room 15 was Paul's room ; February
0 , bar 40 cents ; February 0 , cigars J3.50 ;
Oth. washing , f 1.40 they took cans of their
lobbyists and kept them clean ; Otb , cigars
i. ' .Then again cigars. Then wo come to
February IS , clears ; February 20 , bar and
cigars JJ4.15. Ho did not know anything
about the liquor in the oil room , but ho had
run up a bur bill of $34.15. February 24 , bar ,
ft ; 2Sth , bar , t.50 , aud cigars ; and then wo
got around ncaln to the 20th of March ,
bar $3.05 ; then some moro washlne ;
then on the 25th of February wine , $8.
on the same day another order for wine.
? S ; 25th , bar , SI. 10then ; on tbo 20th board
and lodging , $133 and the total hotel bill
which Tburston is charged with for Vander
voort during that memorable session whun
the apostle of anti-monopoly , temperance and
reform was playing capper for tlio railroads
foots up $ iai.25 : and Mr. Thurston's bill
aggregated $2.r.il.5. : ( ! S ° Vandorvoort's
memory was slightly out of Joint when ho
testified under oath that ho did not know
anything about , the legislative oil rooms aud
never had anv liquor In his rooms nt the
Capitol hotel.
Now lot us once uioro continue Yonder-
voort's pathotio valedictory. Ho says :
riuivu always lived In tlio sunlight of truth.
( Laughter ] 1 duty any mnnto name u uroUcn
promise of mlno In tlio stall1. I luno never
tnlntoil my Immls with a dlHhonustdollarund
with all the ability tliuvo , und with all my
hunrt , and with tlio approval of a noble wife
ann my bright eyed children 1 will go with
gladsome hope Into thu ranks of the Indepen
dent party.
Always in the sunlight of truth. Indeed.
Never touched a dlslionest dollar. Listen to
this touching tribute to his parents and then
contrast It with this letter from the homo of
his boylioot ( :
My father with hands blistered tolled early
and Into. My mother In daylight and dark
ness , Sholind no joy. She bore her children
and worked her fingers to tbo bone In the
tlloUcrltiK light of n t.illow oundle ,
Ili.oOMi.NdTO.s , III. , Jan. 30 , lsW ! ; Pear Sir.
Vours ri'oolvcd. In answer as to Paul Vun-
dorvoort's youthful antecedents I have often
Hixlcl. mid htlll think , 1 never knew a moro
worthless , strong , healthy boy than ho was ;
nut criminally so , but lylnv. deceptive and
false to u cooif father , noMir would v\orK , but
play on * bleU.
1 think ho enlisted hero while attending
Wesluyun t > uhool and too yonni ; , wns sent for
ward as a recruit , and uent Into u euvalrv
regiment. Tnls was my understanding , I
WHS In the serrlco at thu tlmu.
After the war ho ruiuruod here and was
very forward In politics and got some appoint
ments In rural school districts as a speaker ,
nnd after election worried the successful can
didate for some Important ollleo. 1 bollnvo
one of his demands was territorial governor ,
but they gradually let him down to a mall
clerkship.
And from that on yon are better posted than
I tiiu , I am too unwell to write further. Hiiro
It Is wo do not want him bjok as it citizen.
Yours Uespectf ully , 0.11 UINAIUI.
Pnul'ri Hesonant Kunr.
Vandorvoort's most blood-curdling ap
peals are to the old soldiers and a sweeping
denunciation of iho republican party
for going hark on the veterans of
the war. "I appeal to mv com
rades" bowls Vundorvoort with a
voice that resembles tbo fog born of an ocean
steamer , "for whom I have labored all my
lifo , who have won all the victories
of the republican party , who stood
by them with as loyal devotion a * In the dny
when , with irou hands and nerves of it sol ,
they bold the shining musket nnd Hashing
sabro in the red front ol battle on all
the fields of carnage ; who have forgiven
broken promises nnd see rewards glvun to
tuoso who battled Iu the lines of tno gray , to
come out and Join hands with thorlslugglory
of the now party.1' '
What a b'athonkUe and Impostor !
Has over a nation on earth done as
much for its volunteer defenders I Have
wa not pensioned every man who bai been
maimed in battle or disabled by disease ! Are
we not carrying thousands of soldiers'
widaws on the national pension rolls ?
Have wo not pensioned every man who
were the blue who Is now dependent ?
Are not our pensions moro liberal than those
of any other nation ? Are wo to pension able
bodied swashbucklers like Vandorvoort , whenever
never received a scratch in the war , and
have boon kept on Undo Sam's pay roll two-
thirds of the time slnco the wart
Lot us sco what Vandervoort's rule is ns
the great champion of the soldier. A few
voars ago when ho was temporarily out of
iho postal service , ho was employed bv a
Washington pension agent who has amassed
$2,000,000 out of the pension claim business ,
to use his inlluonco with Grand Army men to
clamor for moro pension appropriations. Not
long ago , when on the stand , ho gave the fol
lowing testimony :
Q. You may state whtithor you over gave or
furnished any passes to members of the legis
lature during the hesslon of 1SS7 ?
A. I occasionally furnished pisses for mem
bers upon their requests. The members of the
legislature all had time passes.
Q. When did .you lonvo the railway mall
service as chief clerk ?
A. In 18SJ.
Q. What did you do after that ?
A. Iu lbST 1 was employed by the Union and
Central I'.iclliu to soouro the national en
campment at San Trantlsco , andjiftor the en
campment was bccurod. In 1880. I was em
ployed by the same railroads to secure the
travel over their lines to San Francisco.
What docs this show ) It shows that Paul
Vandervoort ns n Grand Army man used his
influence to got the railroads n long haul for
the encampment nnd carry the delegates to
the Grand Army encampment aud other
veterans clear across the continent to San
Francisco , nud yet this notorious railroad
capper Is now stumping tbo stnto for Edgor-
ton , nnd while ho pleads for tbo pjor soldiers
aud denounces the republican party for not
having done enough for thorn , ho is only
trying to use the old soldiers as cats' paws
to pull the railroad chestnuts out of the lire ,
ana while ho is advocating the election of
Eagerton ho Is traveling on railroad passes
over this state and ho is making regular re
ports every few dtiys at railroad head
quarters. This Is his mission iu the camp of
the independents , nnd if Eagorton is elected
the railroad managers expect to have u frieud
in court ,
Vandnrvoort nna Kdcorton were both lob
bying nt Lincoln last winter , yet wo are told
that tha producers of this state can
rely UIKJU Mr. Edgerton as an unap
proachable man. How is it ? Is
a man who has boon a lobbyist ,
a man who has not got any business ns a
lawyer , who does not spend sixty days In a
year nt the court and probably not , I might
sav , tivo hours in a week at his profession ,
lit to bo judge of our supreme court ? How
can sucti a man aspire to such a high posi
tion ! It seems to mo that the people of this
state cannot afford to dp this , notwithstand
ing the foollnir that great wrongs have been
perpetrated In the past , notwithstanding the
fact that the people demand bettor govern
ment and that our legislatures have failed to
glvo them relief.
It seems to mo then that the rank and fllo
of tbo Jndopondonts , the farmers aud tbo
working people who nro roully In earnest and
honestly desire reform Una themselves in
this dilemma. They have endeavored by a
third party movement to rid themselves of
bad government , of bo3slsm , of the machine ,
and they have endeavored through
au independent legislature to formu
late laws that would give thorn bettor
rates on tbo railroads' , that would protect
them In every direction heainst corporations ,
and they have found .that their conlidonco
has been betrayed by thblr own represents-
lives , nnd they have bqqn imposed on by de
signing men. Now vjbat shall they do ) I
am just as much In favpr of M tbo reforms
wo have advocated , b tI bollovo that if In
dependent republicans and independent dem
ocrats would work within tbo lines of their
own parties that they have sufllcient
strength in this state to con
trol every convention , to control
every legislature and got all tbo relief they
want. In California when the working people
ple of that state did not want tbo Chiuoio to
remain , what did they do I They did not
crcato a now party. Tnoy wont to tbo demo
cratic party and In their conventions passed
resolutions in faver of Chinese restriction
laws. They wont Into tno republican
conventions and did the sama thing ,
and tbor weut to tha national conven
tions of both parties and pledged members of
congress to enact lawn excluding Chinese
from the Unltod Stated , and they suceeded.
A single "ism" is not likely to create a great
revolution In the United States. The moro
desire of reviving grconbacklsin , which has
been dead over slnco resumption went Into
effect in IbTS , U not going to revolutionize
tbo politics of the country or give a now
party control , or oven the balauco of power
in national affairs. At the very best
a third party is only a temporary expedient.
I assort right here nnd I know whereof I
speak that if Mr. Burrows und Mr. Powers
had not nuulo tbo frantic efforts tnoy did and
sent requests and appeals to mem
bers of the farmers alllanco to
keep away from the republican prim
aries last year , wo would have
had a republican convention that would ba\o
nominated a clean anti-monopoly ticket. Wo
would have nominated the ablest and most
reputable men within the ranks of the
farmers alliance , and wo would have had n
legislature that would have been true blue ,
and would not have boon cujoled into passing
fictitious railroad bills and all sorts of legis
lation that costs ns enormous sums of mocoy
without rendering any equivalent.
Itiillroiul Manipulation.
It is a matter of fact , too , nnd I want to
call your attention and that of the independ
ents to that , that last , year's people's conven-
conveution wns manipulated by the railroads
almost as much as any convention that has
over assembled in this stato. A
very considerable number of members
in that convention were manipulated
by the railroad lobby that was right thcro on
tbo lloor. When the convention mot it was
understood to DO in favor of Van Wyck for
governor , but the lobby managed to manipu
late It to nominate Mr. Powers. Now , Mr.
Powers Is not a railroad man. I do not charge
tnot , but Mr. Powers was a weak man and
the r.Ulroad managers wanted the weak
est man to head that ticket , and they
succeeded. Tno same thing bapponol re
cently In the ludeponuent judicial convention
of our district Vaudorvoort came in and
helped to foist two men on the independent
judicial ticket , otic of whom has boon an at
torney ol the Missouri Pacific nnd the other
ono who is known to bo controlled by the
railroads. Candidates with a good record
were dofoatod. Aud yet IJurrows appeals to
all Independents to vote the unscratched
ticket , and assures them that every
candidate on their state and judicial and
county tickets is thoroughly honest
and oapablo. It is a shame aud a fraud.
It is with independents just a& it is wltu
the rank nnd file of all parlies. They listen
and bollovo every mountebank nnd Windbag
who pretends to svmpathizo with them and
makes profuse promises. They have allowed
themselves to bo led by a few lawvors like
Mr. Edgorton nnd our man Stricklor who
formerly was a Bleeping car .conductor and
tunicd up ns a great constitutional ex
pounder nnd has had no cases excepting those
prohibition contests. That class of people , tbo
Vandorvoorts and their ilk , load them
by tbo nose nnd try to make them bollovo
that they are now on the high road to reform
ing the state and giving us bettor govern
ment than wo have had.
When the national campaign of 1SP3
opens , necessarily there will only bo
two great parties after all. And when wo
coino to state officers aud the state ticket , Is
It not likely that the republican party , de
sirous of success , would put to the front the
very bet men it can command and would
viold to whatever the farmers demand
provided always that the farmers would
take part in our primaries and in our
conventions , but if they absent themselves
and if they go into a separate campaign ana
divide themselves into a minority they
simply throw their votes awny nnd
they will accomplish nothing. Men
In all parties are after all but
men. The label of any ono party does not
make a man honest. A man nominated in an
independent convention Is no moro to uo
trusted than a man nominated in any other
convention unless ho Is known to DO a reliable ,
straightforward , honest man , and uulcss bo
has the Instincts of Integrity and sincerity.
Now , I trust , fellow citizens , that you will
weigh tbli matter well , that you will not
undertake to place upon tbo supreme bench
a man who is confessedly Incompetent and
whoso only claim for your suffrages is that
ho professes to ba a convert to every Heeling-
popular dogma bo it ever so wild nnd vision
ary.
ary.I hope that you will , on the 3d day of November -
vombor , put your seal of condemnation upon
all tbo spurious reforms and cast your votes
for Albert M. Post and place upon the supreme -
promo bench a man trusted and respected by
the people In his own county and the people
of his own district who will bring
to tbo discbargo of his responsible
duties the ripe judgment of an experienced
judgo.
I thank you , fellow citizens , for your
attention , nnd I trust that when you como to
niako your choice , rogardlou of party be
cause after all this is a question that affects
every citizen and the Integrity of our courts
you will uo your dutv ai citizens , who love
tba state and IU good name and reputation
more than lh y love their party.
A3ivsK.vey :
Richard Golden will bring to Boyd's
theater for three nights nnd Saturday
matinee , commencing Thursday , October , 15 ,
his successful portraiture of rural New
England Hfo and in "Old Jed Prouty" will
cr.nct all tha quaint mannerisms and
utterances of the people "way down oast. "
It is stated that there was once Indeed an
"Old Jed Prouty" In the flesh , nnd that
Bucksport , Mo. , was his abiding place for
almost two generations , and moreover that
Richard Golden himself , who plays the part ,
halls from Bucksport and saw much of old
Prouty iu the latter's ' lifetime and early
resolved to give his olaerly fellow-villager n
dramatic form nt the proper opportunity ,
The sale of seats for the entire engagement
of "Olu Jed Prouty" will bo put on sale at 0
o'clock tomorrow morning.
Fred E. Wright , Hoyt's well known rep
resentative , arrived in the city this morning.
Ho comes in advance ofA Mlanight Boll , "
which appears at Boyd's now thcatro on
Thursday , Friday and Saturday of next
week.
Don't Pool Well ,
And yet you nro not sick enough to consult a
doct or , or you refrain from so doing for fear
you will alarm yourself and fi lends wo will
tell yon just what you need. It is Hood's
Snrsaparilla , which will lift you out of that
uncertain , uncomfortable , dangerous rendi
tion , into state of good health , confidence
nnd cheerfulness. You've no Idea how potent
this peculiar medicine is in cases like yours
John P. Plncrty ,
Congrossnuui Brynn ,
Congressman MeKoighin : ,
M. V. Gannon ,
John M. Thurston ,
Will spnalc at the "Treaty of Limerick'1
celebration , Wednesday evening , Oct. 1 1 ,
'
Boyd'a now theater. Admission 50 cents.
The following licenses were issued by
Judge Shields yesterday :
Hosldeneo and Addreii Aae.
I Alhcrt Sohotte , Omaha . H5
I Chr'slliin Kaiser , Umuha . 'M
j I * 11. 1'iillor. Omaha . 21
1 Annie II Hunt , Omaha . ai
j Kred Kashbuit. Omaha . 21
I Hose Murkolcl , Omaha . 2 ! )
I John I.arsen , Omaha . Ki
I Annie I'otorson , Omuha . in
I A. J. K'alKcr , Omaha . 24
I Kdna It Mover , Omaha . lu
Attend the hl-contonnial celebration of
tlio "Treaty of Limqdok"at Boyd a Now
thoato- Wednesday evening. A'dmission
60 cents.
! ; I'oruiltH.
Tbo following permit } were issuad by the
superintendent of buildings yesterday :
Jon Hurt , 1-story frame cottage , Nine
teenth anil I'lurcu streets . $1,000
One minor permit . . . 11X1
Total . . . . Jl.lOO
VnnHoutou's Cocoa The standard of the
\vprld .
Attend thobi-contenninl celebration of
the " of Limoriclc" '
"Treaty nt Boyd's Now
theater Wednesday evening. Admission
CO co nt a.
Western
WASIII.VOTOV , D. C. , Oct. 12. jSpecial Tele
gram to THE Bun. I The following list of pen-
slous granted is rojortod by THE BUU auti
Examiner/Bureau of Claims :
Nebraska : Original Joseph Ferguson ,
Samuel H. Hunter , John Duggor , Theodora
Wheeler , Isaao N. Coonor , Warren 0. \ am
cuncn , Kobert J. Korlcs , James A. Davis ,
Martin Smith , John Jests , Samuel Miller ,
Jacob W. tlunt , Daniel Snyder , Henry
Blackbird , George W. Murphy , Henry ( ' .
llasklns , Clark PerKlns , Seymour L. Stud
loy , Burnoy i'unlson , John K. Pnglos , Jainui
B. Chapiu , Martin 11. Van Horn. Additional
Ezra Brown , George Venters , Fr.inuU
Kibbov. Increase Louis II. Hcod , SVillmm
H. MoDaniel. William Wallo , Wilh.im Mur
phy , Lemuel I. Gaudy , Henry Morris Hui
Ibsuo Joseph Stohl. Mexican survivor-
Jackson Totton.
Iowa original Henry Dupell , Lewis Lines ,
William L. Jordan , Charles E. Wood , Will.
iam Nason , William Irvine , Uussoll B. Lock-
wood , Charles I. Gardner , Dave McEvers.
William Little. James E. Jowol. William M ,
M. Conmun , Fraklln btanton , Charles M.
Homo , Charles H. Brltton. James E. Green ,
Nathan Brown , James Thomaa. Additional
John Kichmau , Jeremiah Coftin , Joseph
ShultU illiam ICIukow , Charles M , Hupson ,
John A. Lamb , John C. Hunoy , Jucou 1
Kosacrunts. Hostoiatlon Cornelius Dun.
nick. Increase Kobert H. Williams , Xach.
ariah A. Brown , Simon Lcgeett , Jumo * Cut.
sieger , Pierce Gilbert , Honrv W.
Uevos , Cyrus H. Phelps , William
ICuhn , John Kelley , Gcorgo A. Burgess
Hotsstio George MiltcsOll , James M
Emory , Thomas Bain , William H. Cook.
Keissuo and Increase Edward tl. Jones.
Original widows Mary T. Lane , Jacob
Bock , lather , Mexican widow ; . Eli/abetb
Kyau , Eleanor L. Mason.
South Dakotn : Original Hartson u
Wood , Aloii/o Truosdull , Asa H. Uavlon ,
GeorgoT. Wood. Additional Augustus Mo
Kldownoy , David F. Clark , John Van Horn.
Koissuo and Increase Ashley Kandull.
Gosjler'sMaglolic.iuacno Wafor.Curcj al
hcaduchcs in ! > 0 minutes. At all
Attend the bi-ccntennial celebration ol
the ' 'Treaty of Limerick' ' at Boyd's Now
theater Wednesday evening. Admission
CO cents.
_ _
Wli.it n Nouspnpur Gun Do.
Mr. J. Beckman , the Farnam street cigar
manufacturer , called upon Tin : BIB : to suy
that the campaign tor homo Industry being
waged by this paper had boon of practical
value to bis business. Helms found It nee-
ossarv to nut on moro men to iiccoiumodatn
his Increased patronage which latter ho nt-
tribute * to the bettor publiascntlinont created
chietly by TUB Bun.
The U S govcrnmmit are using largo num.
hers of the Improved Howohcalus. Bordeu
& ScllockCo. , agents , Chicago , 111.
IlnoillcrH In Maturt Quo ,
The council committee appointed to look
into the alleged charges of IwoJIIng preferred
against certain members , tried to bold
meeting last night It was a failure. Thcro
wcro no witnesses present to examine and
the depositions thitt had been applied for had
not returned , An attempt will bo made to
hold another meeting next Thursday night.
ife & Bjg/i /
? faggt ANItiagjJ
J § & PLEASED READ THIS.
© O Cents a pound for VAN HOUTEN'S
' * pa pmpMg
'j
jrSBuonrmon' ' COCOA ( "Best & Goes Farthest" ) seems to be
yg'ffHOtlEfii1
; t5g < ni , > vlolUit : high. Let us compare it with the price of Coffee :
1 Ib , of good coffee costs at least 30c. , makes 31 half-pint cups.
a " " " " " therefore OOc. , ' OU ' " "
I ' "V.H. COCOA" also 90c. , " ICO " " "
Which is tfio Cheaper Drink ?
J ! > O IlKTAIL couU l' r J'llKlK pouaJ 90c.- { C"PS S v.H.Coc'oal
, 50 . .
; is Sold ! iy every Grocer