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    THE OMAHA DAILY B3flKTr'HlrHSDAY. ] } OCTOBER 20 , 1801.
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Jnijfurrows , the independent dictator
tater , in Ids speech ul Mmdcn , Octo
ber G , said :
"Time-fourths of the democrats in
Nebraska will vote for Joe JCdijerton ;
then ( tftcr election they mill chtim thut
they rkclcd him. They have jall
cnowjlt to saii / i ! . We will know ice-
elected him ourselves , and could have
done it ij not a sinyle democrat in the
state had voted for him. "
Distrouxcrxn TIIK out t'Aitnas.
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LK.XINOTO.V , Not ) , . Oct. 2i ! . [ .Special. ! Tlio
Independent p'irt.v of thl.s county hud a grand
meeting toiluy at the-James opura house. Kev.
J. I , Atkinson of Cozad presided and the
Overtoil cornet band was on liind : In full torco
with its .soul htlrrlntf music. The first speaker
was Hun. .1 II. Powers , wlio fur two solid
hours fired broadsides of HOTSHOT INTO
I1OTH TIIK OIJH'AltTlKS. Ho drew a par
allel between African slavery and tlio slavery
of the 1-ilHirmg classes with such lo Ic nnd
tolling force us to convlncu the most skeptical
that tlio people's party Is a necessity of the
times Ktid the principles which It advocates
uru the only trifo road to freedom , lie showed
conclusively that the tendency of THE OM )
I'AltTlKH was to make the rich richer and the
poor poorer. Jind closed with an earnest.
Directive appeal In behalf of the nominees of
the Independents , lie comp-irod the records
of Post nml Edjjorton , and the vordlet of tlio
audience was to Elvo their .support to Honest
Joe.
Tun business Interests of Nebraska
ilotnnml tlio ( lofoat of Joseph \V. Edpror-
ton , tbo independent candldiito for judge
qf the supreme court , boouuso ho ia tin
ignoramus with n bud record and busi
ness men cittinot roposa confidoneo in
him.
ILLINOIS nlliiuieo men following the
oxivmplo of tlio organization in several
other northern states decline to go into
politics. This may slough off a few
walking delegates , but it loaves the ro-
Bpoctablo working farmers in the ma
jority. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
A TASR is a bribe according to Dicta
tor Burrows. Thto being the caso. Ed
gar ton's street car pass No. 72 , Mc-
Koiglmn's railroad pass No. 093 and
Vandorvoort'a No. 2M must bo bribos.
Secretary Pirtlo's bribe includes trans
portation for his wife.
Tim Grenadier guards of Great Brit
ain are very insubordinate. Within six
months they have openly mutinied twice
and the chances are that they will bo
eont from Windsor castle to some fat-
away military post whore mutiny is
summarily punished without scandal ,
hindrance or subsequence.
PKNNSYLVANIA and Massachusetts
Join the crusade against the Louisiana
lottery. Indictments have boon found
against the ollk-lals by United States
grand Juries in both those states. It
ought to bo fairly clear to Generals
rioaurcgiml and Early that this hitherto
profitable Holicmo for confldondng men ,
women and children Is approaching in
nocuous desuetude.
AMONG the candidates for the school
board none Is batter quulillud for the
position than Mr. Charles Klguttor. Ho
is a nativu of Omaha , a graduate of our
High school and a Harvard grnduato.
lie hivw Inrgo property interests in
Omaha and is thoroughly conversant ,
with the needs of Omaha's school sys
tem. Ho has no bricks to furnish nor
Band to sell to contractors , and Has no
interest In the school book trust. Ho
lias no sisters , cousins nor aunts to foist
upon the teachers' payroll nnd is frco
from all alllliation with jobbers. If
elected ho will not only go in with clean
hands , but go out frep from the taint of
boodlolsm.
OSTIIOKF'S memory is defective. Ho
vociferously and profanely denied that
ho had voted foV- the big gas bill of
SlO.OOOtuid hts oflloiul organ announced
in two editorial paragraphs that this
bill was approved before ho wont into
the council. Upon investigating the
records the democratic nominee for
mayor discovered that his vote had boon
recorded in favor of confessing Judgment
for $40,000 in favor of the gas company ,
and then ho appealed to the members of
the council who were in the same boat
to vindicate him. This they did , by say
ing Mr. Oitholf was no worse than the
other gentlemen who voted with him.
Tii.tr
At the council mooting last night Mr.
Osthoff asked the chair , Councilman
Lowry , to relate the history of the allow
ance of the $10,000 gas bill , for which ho
had been charged with wrongfully vet
ing. Mr. Lowry who is In the Baino boat
explained Unit under advice of ox-City
Attorney Con neil payment of the gn
bills had boon refused during one conn
oil nnd carried over to another council
After Council had boon Huporsedcd his
Buccehfior signed it report to pay tlio ens
bill. Thuro were no funds to pay it ant
the c'alm wont over until two years ago
when it wiis paid undo1 advice of the
city attorney. "Mr. Bochol. Mr. Davis
nnd others voted for It , the mayor ap
proved it , and OstholT was not at fault
as much as the others , if at all.
"Davis explained that ho himself was
chairman at the tinio the bill was paid.
The original bill was not paid in fullbut
810,000 was deducted from it , and bills
not disputed were added , making the
total about $10,000. TIIK UKK made a
very broad assertion when It alloued the
bill should not have boon paid.
"Beohol said ho voted for the payment
of the 810,000 as a just claim.
"Odtholl gat down , content at being
vindicated by the republicans. "
This is substantially us reported bj
the World-Herald. Now lot us see
whothnr this vindication vindicates. It
is true that the irns company did have i
claim for over $10.000 against the city
during the term of Mr. Council. The
justness of that claim was disputed bj
Cias Inspector Gilbert mid Mr. Connol
Insisted .that the over-charges which
Gilbert placed at many thousand dollars
bo deducted before the bill should hi
allowed.
Now there were boodlors in the coun
cil five years ago just as there had bc-en
before and have been s'nco. To those
boodlors the disputed gas claims became
n bonanza. In the midst of the contcn
lion the editor of THE HKB mot two o
the leading eastern proprietors of the
United Gas company in Chicago , who
told him that boocUing councilman de
mnnded 60 pur cent of the gas
bill as their own share of the
claim. In other words they do
mnndcd 820,000 or over of the $10,000
Theo olllcors denounced the boodlors ii
unmeasured terms. Immediately aftet
his return from Chicago , the editor ol
Tun BKK wrote a .scathing cditorin
charging the boodlors with demanding
50 per com of the gas claim and demand
ing that the gas company should give
the city the money which the boodlora
demanded rather than to allow itself to
bo bled.
At that very time Ilascall and his fol
lowers in the council were trying to force
the relocation of the city ball in
revenge for the course TIIK BKP hat
pursued in upholding the police com
mission. The relocation propositions
were still ponding. On the day on
which the exposure was to bo tnndo the
scoundrels who wore in the gas claim
boodle pool sent word to the editor that
if TIIK BKK would suppress this expos
ure they would drop the city hall light
and do anything that ho wanted with re
gard to the building. This proposition
was spurned and the exposure was
nnule , although it entailed a loss of from
$10,000 to $20,000 upon The Boo Building
company.
After Mr. Broatch became mayor sev
eral ineffective attempts were made to
pass the gas claim , which was still re
garded as a juicy pirco of moat by the
boodlors. Finally the gas company
brought suit against the city. While
this claim was pending in the courts a
bargain was struck with Broatch and
the combine to order the attorney to
confess judgment for the whole amount
[ n the face of the fact that the chances
were n hundred to one that the company ,
jy reason of its violation of contract and
charter obligations , could not recover
any of it , or at the outside only a small
imount.
Not a single member of the council
who voted to take this case out of the
courts and voted to have It paid in full
was ignorant of the fact that it was a
on. Not 0110 of them can clean his
skirts from the Imputation that ho had
jeon tampered with. If it was an hon
est deal why confess judgment when by
so doing there was nothing to bo
gained ? If it was an honest
deal why was it pulled through
ust as one council wont out and the
ithor came in ? It was part of the bar
gain by which the combine of twelve
organized the council , and neither Mr.
Lowry , nor Mr. Davis , nor Mr. Beohol ,
lor Mr. OstholT can vindicate himself
jy any explanation it is possible for
them to make at this time.
< 1 Rff.lUr ItBSl'UXSK.
After Kdgorton closed his speech tonight
10 publicly uskotl the question to which ho
demanded an answer from Mr. llosowator , If
10 didn't two years niro enter Into n contract
vlth tlio D. it M. Railroad company to carry
Tin : , Bui ; train In consideration of his not
vorUtug ugalnst railroad legislation.
The above Is reported from Hastings
whore Mr. W. Joseph Edgorton delivered
v speech Tuesday night. In that speech
iftor vainly attempting to relieve hlm-
so f from the charges which have boon
> referred against him and which stand
H-ovod by indisputable evidence , ho nt-
cmpt to parry their effect by the con.-
ouiplo Innuendo contained in the above
quotation from a report of his mooting.
This Is the HrsUimo Mr. Edgorton has
ventured to utter this insinuation in
uibllc. Ho asks for un answer to his
question and ho shall have 'it without
reserve or evasion.
Tins BKK has never directly or Indi
rectly entered Into any sort of a contract
vhoroby the B. & M. agreed to carry a
special train for this newspaper In con
sideration that TIIK BKK should not
vork against railroad legislation ,
Tun BKK has never directly , impllodly
or In any other way made any agreement ,
or tie up , or had any sort of an under
standing , remote or otherwise , whereby
ts editorial , local or news columns were
o bo silenced In their opposition to rail
road extortion , or were to bo used
Urectly or indirectly In the interest
either of railroads or railroad politi
cians.
The columns of Tan BKK are non-
rolled solely by TIIK BKK Publishing
ompany , of which corporation Mr.
losowntoris tuo principal stockholder.
They have never boon sold to
wUticiaus , political parties , corpor
ate monopolies , individuals or com
bines for cash , Inlluonco or anj
ether consideration. They are not fo
sale now and never have boon except
for legitimate business advertisements.
All statements , insinuations or hints to
the contrary are maliciously false , urn
known to be false when given utterance
TICK BKK pays , and pays roundly , for
the enterprise of runblng a special trail
from Omaha to I'lattsmouUi to catcl
the overland llyor In order that Its
morning edition may reach Its patron
In the south and west In good season.
These payments are made In cash , no
advertising , upon presentation of the
bill for the service by the B. & M. R'lll-
road company. The bills paid since Till
BKK chartered this special train oxccoi
forty-live hundred dollars.
Moreover TIIK BKK has no monopoly
of this special newspaper train. Pot
nearly a year the World-ITcratd has
shared the privilege of this train will
TIIK BKK and pays its proportion of the
tolls charged by the Burlington road.
The World-1ferald supported Edgorton
from the outset and it comes with bai
grace for him to fabricate and circulate
such slandors.
A Sll.lMKhKSS t-'fjOt' .
Henry OstholT Is honost.
In these days that is something worth say
inir of any man , but It la a peculiar distinc
tion when applied to u member of the city
council.
Henry OstholT understands city affairs.
'
H'o'rhl'lIoaM.
Only a week ago Mr. Hiteiicock was
prancing up and down the streets on a
hunt for a candidate for mayor against
OstholT. Nobody in or out of town was
moro outspoken against OstholT than the
flapdoodle editor of the JJoiiblc-Under
Ho appealed to his silk stock
ing club friends to resent the
selection of such a man as an insult to
intelligent democrats and a public dis
grace. Ho was closeted for hours with
prominent democrats and what-is-its
trying to start a citizens' movement to
snuff out OstholT. IIo tried to trot
Joseph Gtirnoau on the track and when
Garneau declined ho Insisted that .fort
Bedford must run to knock out OstholT
and his backer , Contractor Hugh Mur
phy. Ho sneered at OstholT in his
paper and would not say a word in his
favor until two days ago.
What is the cause of the sudden flop !
Is Henry OstholT of a week ago a dilTcr-
ont man from the Henry OsthofT o
today ? On what ground can this monumental
mental fraud explain his sudden change
of heart unless it be that some of the
corporations or contractors who are in
terested in the election of OstholT have
contributed libor.illy to the campaign
coition ?
LOOKIKO FOR A tTHtV CANDIDATE.
It is not to bo doubted that the masses
of the democratic party at present re
gard Mr. Cleveland as the most availa
ble man the party can nominate for tlio
presidency next yoar. IIo is recognized
as the foremost exponent of the anti-
protection doctrines of the party , al
though ho is in nowise entitled to the
distinction , being neither the author of
the doctrines nor their ablest de
fender. There is u quite gen
eral fooling , also , among democrats
that Mr. Cleveland has an Inalienable
right to another nomination , and that it
would bo in the nature of a grave injus
tice not to give it to him. As to Gov
ernor Hill , the only pretentious rival of
the ex-prosldont at this time , it is plain
ho has no following of any consequence
outside of the state of Now York. Ho
was courteously received in the south ,
but developed no strength as u possible
presidential candidate. Western demo
crats take no stock in him. Unless ho
can got the New York delegation
.n the next national democratic conven
tion it is probable his name will not bo
mentioned there.
But the democratic party is by no
noans unanimous in support of Mr.
Cleveland as a candidate. There is not
only strong opposition to him in Now
York , which ho is now endeavoring to
placate by participation in the cam
paign , but a considerable hostility else-
whore. The radical silver men in
the uarty. who regard the quoa-
, lon of the free and unlim-
ted coinage of silver as being
quite as important as the question of
tariff reform , are not friendly to Mr.
Cleveland. This by no means insignifl-
; ant element of the party is looking and
toping for a now candidate. In a recent
ntorviow General Palmer of Illinois
said that if Governor Campbell of Ohio
should bo re-elected ho might nmko a
ormidablo showing In the next national
lomocratie convention , and ho thought
the party could do much worse than
lomlnato Governor Boies , in the
event of his ro-olootton , Senator
LJlaekburn of Kentucky is not a Clovo-
and man. Ho Is one of the democrats
vho demand that the silver questhm
shall not bo Ignored , and who also bo-
loves that the time has come for the
lomocratlc party to take a candidate
rom the west rather than from Now
York. Ho thinks if Campbell wins his
Ight In Ohio it will put him In the fore-
nest line of available men. A number
of others prominent In democratic coun
cils have expressed similar views.
It is obvious from such expressions
hat the result of '
next Tuesday's oloc-
ions may have a very Important boar-
ng upon the political future of Mr.
Cleveland , particularly should Now
York elect a republican governor ,
vhlch is by no moans improbable.
TIIK fact that TIIK BKK has not
ouehed upon the park bond proposition
should not bo misinterpreted. TIIK
lUK always bus boon In favor of pnrks
itid boulevards just as it has boon in
aver of all public Improvements that
vould conduce to the growth of this city ,
i'he only reason why It has not spoken
out clearly on this question is
) ocauso It desired to be fully Informed
is regards the plans and intentions of
ho Park Commission and the reason
ableness of the price of the lands pro-
> osod to bo purchased. On tha.iu pointri
vo are now fully Informed and the con
clusion wo have reached iu that the park
minis should bo voted.
OVKU $20,000,000 hi gold has oomo to
his country from Europe within throe
vceks. There Is still more than $50-
000,000 to bo returned in order to restore
what was takonirom us during the first
six months otirfo year , and if the 1m-
perU ) of specjj continue at the recent
rate wo BhallTijava all our gold back
before the beginning of next year.
It Is moro tlliin HUoly , however , that
the whole nraouat of gold wo sent abroad
will not bo returned BO soon. Europe
could hardly ' ( And so much of a drain
upon Its gold reserves in BO short a time.
A return of soparltlos Is therefore to bo
expected In parf ottlomont for the mer
chandise whlclitiburbpo must havo. But
It Is ontlro'fyS safe to count upon
the restoration of nil our gold
within the next six months ,
thereby adding , with what has
already boon returned , $75,000,000 to the
circulation of the country. The financial
conditions could not bo moro favorable
than they are to the future prosperity of
the country , and only confidence that
they will not bo ruthlessly disturbed is
IncUlnir. Republican success next Tues
day In the states where the democratic
party is committed to the free and un
limited coinage of silver will do much
to create this conlldonco.
IN KAISINO the local weather olllco to
an equal footing with thcso of ether
largo cities , the chlof of the weather
bureau has rocognl/.od the fact that
Omaha Is a business center and fully en
titled to all the bonollt to bo derived
from a service , the scope of which ho is
rapidly extending and whoso value is
fully appreciated by the commercial and
agricultural communities throughout
the country. A local forecast olllcinl
has boon assigned to this station with
authority to mike his own forecasts ,
based upon a careful study of the daily
weather maps. Western forecast olli-
cials have been appointed and assigned
to the largo commercial centers for the
purpose of mmdng forecasts moro in detail -
tail than these at Washington. Weather
maps will bo issued at Omaha and dis
tributed by early mails and otherwise
with the view of making the data and
information they contain of the greatest
service to the general public. Thcso
maps , the basis of all weather forecast
ing , will bo found extremely interesting
nnd valuable. The work of the local
bureau in the postoflico building has
boon largely increased. Now instiu-
monts and printing outfits have been re
ceived and a popular appreciation of the
service is confidently anticipated.
THAT "clean record" of Henry Ot-
hoff will not boar inspection. Ho began
his councilinanlbtl career by joining tlio
gang known n'4ho solid twelve. Al
most his first jVotjO was cast in favor of
paying the gasconpnny a bill of $10,000 ,
in face of the fact'that ' the claim was ex
cessive. IIo veiled against the pro
posed reduction"of salaries of
city omployo i vhieh would have
saved $10,000 a your and introduced an
ordinance prov flljig for more tax otitv s.
Ho voted both .ways on the Ballou elec
tric light ordinance. Ho voted to award
the gasoline light'coutract to tlio Ohio
company although it was tlio highest
bidder. Ho voted to allow the Squires
street sweopingl'clnln ) although the citv
attorney had prgn.ouu.ccd against it. Ho
voted with the franchibod corporations
and railway corporations when oppor
tunity presented. vHls' record is bad
from beginning to end. * Ho will not defer
for mavor.
A LONG time ago there were three
bids submitted for suburban street light-
Ing. Ono company bid $15.50 per lamp ,
another $19 and the Thompson-Houston
Electric Light company $20. The Elec
tric Light company being the highest
bidder and having the longest persim
mon polo took the award of contract and
the lowest bidder loft the city. The
contract was to be entered upon Novem
ber 1. The old gasoline contract at $10
per lamp remained in force and the 000
lights have been drawing pay regularly.
Recently the gasolih'o company replaced
many of its old posts with now lamps.
The Electric Light , company has not
taken any stops looking to a fulfillment
of its contract. What does it moan ?
Did the Electric Light company merely
throw itself into the breach to save the
Ohio Gasoline company or did it mean
business ?
PuoiJAWA' 2,500 civil cases are deter-
nined by the justice courts of Omaha
every year. The jurisdiction of u justice
s limited to $200. It will appear from
, heso facts that a justlco court is tin
mportant one although it is devoted to
) otty cases. It is the small cases which
nest interest poor men and it is poor
men not able to furnish appeal bonds
who suffer .vhon these tribunals degen
erate into cost mills. It is highly im-
) ortant that especial care bo taken to
select only honest , competent men for
ofllcos. There are nineteen names
irosontod from which to select six can
didates and party alllliatioiu should bo
orgotton in the quest for the best men.
CITIZENS' Alliance No. 11 of South
Dmaha is a fraud. Its few members
enow that they have , no right to the
nnmo "alliance.I' They adopted it
simply because 'th'oy thought there
night bo something , in the nnmo which
vould help thohimo secure political
iromlnonco. It represents nothing but
, ho opinions of a few broken-winded pol-
tlclans and its endorsement of Edgorton
s the laughing sjoek of South Omaha.
Sdgorton could iip.tjfj'bo elected constable
n South OmahaHo is too well known
hero. ' *
WHEN OmahnJdnd ! Douglas county
vero aroused ovontlto threatened blight
) f prohibition , Goovgo P. Hernia came
mmfully to the front with his influence
nd his moans to help defeat the nmond-
nont. Mr. I furnish temperate , respect-
bio , honest and llbor.il and therefore ho
gave his aid to the cause of high license
s tigalnst free whisky under the gulso
f prohibition. r
FlKNUYOiTHOt'K and E. C. Erlllng
xed up the list of judges and clerks for
ho Fifth ward , though the democratic
andidato for mayor solemnly denies it.
tlr. Erllln ; ; , howavoiy'hiis ' too much ro-
'tird for truth to join him in the denial.
Tbo ( In ) la ttu Puxton block was mi utiun-
worablo and timely ariiument In favor of
otitiK tdo library bond * for tlio orccllon of a
Iro-proofliuilJIii ! ? . Ifmhl-lltrtill.
What is the tn itt3r with the olty hall
wilding ? Is not that building flro
proof ? Ono whole story of that struc
ture , 120x120. has boon sot apart and ex
pressly planned for the public library.
The building will surely bo completed
before spring nnd then the library will
bo In a lire-proof building , and there It
should a.td will remain until n library
bulling , art hall and museum is erected
on a sightly and central location.
llKN'KV OSTHOKK entered the city
council January 7 , 1890. January U ,
one week later , Mr. Osthoff cast his llrsl
Important vole for the proposition to
have the city attorney confess judgment
on behalf of the city In favor of the
$ -10,000 , claim of the gas company. That
Is the record and no dotilal or explana
tion can make it appear otherwise.
MAYOU Ci'-siiiNO's action in making
up the lists of olectlon olllcors Is wholly
indefensible. Ho should have boon fair
enough to select- republicans vouchoi1
for by republican organizations. The
course pursued lays him open to the
charge of endeavoring to pack the elec
tion booths with OstholT strikers.
GKOIIOK P. BKMIS has lived in Omaha
since 1808. Ho has grown up with the
city , has largo property interests within
her boundaries and is thoroughly loyal.
IIo Is a man of oxporiotico and respecta
bility. Ho will make a first class chlol
executive of Omaha.
WITHIN the last four days ever 20,000
head of cattle have boon received at the
South Omaha yards. This breaks till
previous records and illustrates the
growth of the stock business at that
nourishing suburb.
IlKNUY protests too much. Ho was
ns garrulous as an old maid at the coun
cil meeting and five times declared that
ho had not named an election olllcor and
live times voted for the olllcors named
by the mayor.
A MAN whoso record is ns checkered
and vulnerable as that of Jo Edgorton
cannot conceal his own defects by hav
ing his conscienceless newspaper organ
fling mud at his opponent.
THE chances are that Madson will not
be the only crippled councilman at the
next regular meeting. Several of the
gentlemen will have their heads as well
as arms in slings.
A i.niHAitY building flanked by Tom
Murray's tenements , tbo cable power
house , a veterinarian's stable and the
county jail will bo no credit to Omaha.
A HUTTON factory in Omaha is the
first now institution to result from THE
BEE'S campaign in favor of home pat
ronage for homo manufactories.
Complimenting Omaha.
From tlio testimony ol Wyoming's dole-
pates to the transmisslssipnl congress at
Omaha there is the most Kindly feeling
among the citizens of Nebraska's metropolis
toward Wyoming. This was oviduncod In
many ways which will long bo remembered.
JMnmil'iictiir.nj ; Citizens.
Chlcfllin A'CUM.
A Tammany Judge In New York is said to
have issued ( iUO naturalization papers at one
sitting , or at the rate of two a mlnuto. Such
political organizations as Tammany can turn
out American citi/.cns ad libitum , but it keeps
the rest of the country busy sorting out the
indiscriminate mass.
tlio Missouri.
Kati'iia Citn 7'fmM
In all these western congresses the most
distinctive western waterway of tlinra all is
being totally neglected. The thing to do
now is to hold a western congress and liavo
western interests represented. There is no
disposition to create dissension , but what is
wanted is a decent appropriation for com
pleting the work but fairly begun oa the
Missouri river.
rs of the Horn.
Chtaiuo Times.
The news that tlio ponderous monitor
Miantonomah is belnp prepared for offensive
operations against Culls will cause wide
spread alarm among persons having friends
in the navy. A voyage around Capo Horn in
a craft ol tbo monitor typo would bo a moro
hazardous exploit than was ever performed
iu the heat of battlo.
XI'S OXtiTA-fl ! I'OLITICS.
Coring Courier : Judge Post has never , at
least , been accused of being a brainless nln-
comnoopish demagogue.
I'lattsmouth Herald : Wo have hoard
prominent democrats say that the sensa
tional attack upon Judge I'ost has made that
gentleman thousands of votes. Just as wo
expoctod.
Kearney Hub : Independent papers all over
the state , with a dishonesty not in the least
surprising , are publishing the World-Her
ald's ' libels on Judge I'ost long after they have
been ells pro von absolutely. 1'olitlcal diabol
ism can be carried no further.
Norfolk News : The W.-II , has boon trolng
on the theory tnat c. llo well stuck to was as
good as tl'O trtth , and U clings tenaciously to
the only thing It has loft. The publication
has made tlio republican candidate thousands
ol votes among men who admire decency la
politics.
Schuyler Herald ( dom. ) : By the number
of people that voted the independent ticket
last fall , who are now announcing their In
tentions or voting the old p.irty tickets wo
are led to remark , that the independents are
decidedly on the wane , and will poll loss
votes this fall than U did In tlio first year of
its existence.
Hasting Nebraskan : Thoso-callou loaders
ol the independents are now and have been
appealing to the prejudices of the party ,
thereby thinking to land n pettifogging Ig
noramus on the supreme bench of ttio state
of Nebraska to bo a standing dlsgraco to
themselves and the whole commonwealth us
loim as ho should remain there. The fanati
cal visionaries will discover that the farmers
of this state are neither children nor fools.
They have scatdea their mouths once and
tboy are going to blow this time , and the
breczo will bo malarial to the domagosuos
that have cost them so much trouble ,
Grand Island Independent : The fact that
the World-Horald PoU-scaudal was n das
tardly llo manufactured of whole cbtli Is de
clared to bo "immaterial" by a lot of the
very holy Independent "reform papers. "
Shame upon such dishonestami deceit ! It
U immaterial that I'ost was never indicted
as charged , hit ) U is immaterial that ho
was never uxpollud from u Maionlu lodge as
charged , l.i Is ) And it Is all suftlclont that
Diuno Humor twenty yoaw niro breathed
scandal against the accused ) ( iodsavaus
from such reformers as the scandal monger's '
wing of the Independent-democrat press ,
which has no regard for decency , con-
dlstonry , honesty or truth , but Is absolutely
blind to all other things than partisan
fronzy.
VYASIIIXOTOX HtntBiuor Titu nun , I
513 K'onrrnKM'it ' STitr.r.r , V
W.v.iiu.xtmix , U. 0. , Oct. 43. I
Senator Cullom has boon rci\tly annoyed
by the publications in several of the country
papers of Illinois that ho tins expended fo.OOO
n year on tlio now tease which ho has taken
on n futility residence hero known ns the Hay-
iml property on Highland torraco. Tito rural
press Is demanding mi explanation why Sen
ator Culloin tms expanded hit otitlro senatorial
rial salary for a house In which to live. It
may as well bo stated that Senator Cullom
docs not pay 15,000 for the now lonso. It la
understood that ho p.iystnui'hloM tlwn,000
mid onlv $300 per annum more than no paid
for the house which ho formerly occupied on
Massachusetts avenue. Publlamcn aroulways
very prompt to deny any stories which may
roach the oars of tholr constituent * concern
ing their domestic oxtriU'iiKanco at the capi
tal. It Is n tradition hero that when thcsa
stories pot abroad they usually result fatally
to a nuin'H political fortunes. When the latu
Secretary Windoin was u candidate for reelection -
election as United States senator from the
state of AUnnoota , his political opponents
there secured pictures of u mansion which ho
had proposed to erect In Washington and cir
culated them among tlio country voters , imioh
it is snltl , to Mr. Windom's politi
cal detriment. The same was true
with Senator Van Wyck of Nebraska.
It has been remarked of ex-Coiigrossir.on
Paysou ot Illinois that his defeat as n candi
date for ro-oloction followed i-Ioso upon the
heels of the announcement that ho was to
build n RW.OOU residence In this city. It
would seem that Senator Cullom is Justlllod
in setting the farmers right about hla loaso.
*
Tlio sensational wind has been taken out of
the Chilian alTnir by an offer of the rebellious
little republic to make amends to the fullest
limit of its ability. She will apologize , give
proper ntmneial reparation to our injured
Bailers , nnd punish tlio soldiers , sail
ors and po'lco ' in Itssorvlco
who II rod upon our dofcnsolois men
In the streets of Valparaiso. This is nil ihnt
could bo expected and it may bo that iho
crisis which wo were represented as passinir
through Is in the past. Chill has named its
diplomatic ropresentatlvo to this country and
ho is hero nnd negotiations are making for
the reparation of Chili's part in connection
with the affair which has attracted so much
attention of late.
K
The yearly meeting of the i-'riond's church
organization for the states of Maryland , Vlr-
clnia nnd Ponnsylvanla is In session at IJ.il-
titnoro and is developing something wlilcti
may boot interest to TIIK Bii : readers. At
the session yesterday the report ol the Indian
concern located iu Nebraska and South Da
kota , written by Joseph J. Junticv of
Baltimore , chairman ot the standing coinmit-
too .and on Indian concerns * was road. In
substance it , stated that the peace policy ad
vocated by Ocndral Grant during his admin
istration was gradually dying out , and the
positions of Indian agents were being nnido
political snaps , Instead of leaving them in
the hands of the various Christian denomina
tions to bo Tilled as had been the custom for
years past. The Baltimore yearly meeting
had control of the nconcy of the Santee
Sioux Indians distributed' through the con-
irni nan 01 i eurasita , out. ino 1130111 ap
pointed by the meeting had been superseded
by Dr. Helm , nn appointee of the authori
ties at Washington. Tlio Baltimore
yearly meeting of Friends placed
a Held matron two years ago on
the Santee Sioux reservation to touch the
Indian women household work and the like.
This they Uid at their own expense ns nn
experiment , supplying her with a homo and
team. They have since succeeded in secur
ing another matron at the expense of the
government and the Indian commissioner
will make application to congress for ten
moro matrons to bo distributed throughout
the different tribes. The estimated cost of
each matron annually is $700. The Friends
started a movement to have all appointments
on the Indian reservation made under tlio
civil rules , and in response to tholr request
President Harrison ordered all appointments
under the agents to no made in this way.
The two matrons now on the reservation are
Mrs. M. L. II. Steer , who is assigned to the
Santoc Sioux agency , atd Miss L. II. Doug
las , now stationed at the Ponca agency in
South Dakota.
It is found that the report of the electric
commission for the District of Columbia , re
viewed in those specials last night , maites
mother recommendation of interest to all
cities. It is that high tension wires which
are dangerous to lifo shall bo painted bright
rod. This is , by llromcn , regarded in an os-
[ iccially peed suggestion and is commended
liy the llro department here. The report fur
ther recommends that wires should bo
[ ilacod under the sidewalks rattier than tlio
streets and the trolley system of electricity
for street railroads is condemned as danger
ous and unsightly.
.
4t 4.
C. t-i. Carlson was today appointed post-
nastorat Axtell , ICcarnoy county , vlco L. J.
floag. resigned.
Colonel J. U. Parko , who has Just returned
Tom Europe with his family , will remain at
AVashington throe weeks , having been as
signed to special duty at the War dopart-
nnnt. At the expiration of this time ho will
resume his post of duty at Omaha.
The decision of the con oral land ofllco in
ho timber culture contest of Frank A. Ab
bott vs Frank H. Willard , from the Cliadron
ofllce , was today allirmed by Assistant Sec
retary Chandler. The contestant's applica
tion to amend the decision below is denlod
and uis entry cancelled. 1' . S. II.
/ M.S.SI.VHK.sr.v. .
An assumed name A wife.
The demonstration of canine joy begins nt
the enil.
Any man would much rather bo a fool than
look Illio one.
Detroit 1'Yoo Prusa : "Von are a grasping
man. " said Kumway to a creditor.
"I don't know how you Know that. " ronllod
the latter , "you mivi'r avu me u chanuo to
grasp tlin money that youou'u mo. "
Epoch : "Did you hurt yoursnlf love ? " uskod
Mrs. liarKIn , tenderly , ns tlin hammer uamo
down on her husband n thumb nail and he an
nounced the fact with a shrink.
"No ! " hutvled Ii'irkln. "It was the man In
the moon 1 hurl. "
Now York Herald : "Just what Is your In-
vontlon llku ? " usUml llloksof Mansnn.
"It's n slot machine for mvull restaurants.
Von drou a nloUnl In and the machine foretells
your wait.
SAMK OM > riONd.
It'inlitii'jtmi SMr.
The malden atldutlo
Is nut. you wilt find ,
To moods unurKKtlo
1'orever Inclined.
To the opera ttiUn her
With walkliu Hhe's through ;
Her muse es forsake her.
It'rt carriage for two.
llaltlinoro American ; It Is not iintllanmti
iron * on aiipst | | for a hired girl that bu fully
apnruuiatex the Immense proportions of the
woman question.
New Orlniins Picayune : KdlHon Hiiy.s the
street oar mule imixt go. lie is noliiit now as
fiist as ho can bo madu to zo with u whip.
The man who tolls you how to beuomo bald
knows "noarolT" ho HpoaUs.
H Is an nlT night In Huston when there It not
ubyiaphuny concert and a prUo llgt.
I'.vo was tillon front Adam's left sldn , but
afternhe was made hu iilways managed to
keup on the right sldu of him.
It Is otisy fora girl to fall In love with a
man , but wliun t > hu IIIIH to support him Dy tak
ing In washliiK ah. theru'H tliu rub.
lloston Herald : It HOUIIIS to bo Kunorally
aurmid that a hoipit il fur the exclusive treatment -
ment of oplloollu.s would buHOiiiuthlngquite lit.
THKSTKAI * ca
County Cnmmlflfllonnrfl Think Donio
urntlo Klcotliin Oltluurrt All Ulglit.
Yesterday afternoon the county comml\
slonors hold n special session for the purpose
of appointing judgoi nnd clerks of election ,
The session was n warm 0110 nml WAS highly
Interesting. It was on n par with the coun
cil mooting hold Tuesday night.
The mooting should have convened nt 3
o'clock , but nt that hour the commissioners
were busy reading nnmos. A number of tliu
members of the republican central commuted
wore present. They iwkoa for fair roprcscu.
At 9:30 : Chairman O'ICoolTo ' called the
meeting to order , but there was noimthini ) >
lacking. The list of Judges nnd clerks for
tlio city of Onmhii had been sent up by City
Clerk John Groves , but It had disappeared.
Consternation reigned and half n dozen men
we.-e accused of spiriting away tlio list.
A. K. A wee , n politician from Waterloo ,
Who worked on tlio co.inly tux lists for
County Clerk O'.Malloy , hung ever the chair
man's desk suggesting the mimes of demo
crats to till vacancies.
Mr. Horliti asked to bo allowed to name n
few men , but as no person paid any attention
to his request , he loft the room in disgust , to
return half an hour later.
The clerk upon Mr. Merlin's return road
the names of the Judges and clerks appointed
by the mayor and the council.
M > ' - Van Camp moved It bo adopted. Mr.
I inline seconded the motion to adopt.
Mr. Merlin suirgosted that the motion was
somewhat previous. The Independents had
nsltod for representation and it hud been de
nied. He thought that they should have had
at luast one Judge in each precinct.
The other members of the board thought
otherwise.
Mr. Ueriln elmructorued the mayor's ' up-
po turnouts nnd the council's ' conllrinatlon a
deliberate steal , and a plan to pack the eli-c-
tion boards. Ho did not propose to bo n
party to any such fraud. In wards
that gave from (100 ( to bOO repub
lican majority ono year ago , tlio
republicans had been Ignored and tlio elec
tion boards had been created entirely of
democrats. Tauo the entire list , and it
would show that the mayor hud appointed ! l. >
per cent democrats. The Sixth ward steal
was the rankest In the city. Good republi
cans hart been suggested to the mayor , but
Instead of presenting their names ho had sub
stituted democrats or republicans who were
In sympathy with the democrats.
Mr. Timmo demanded the previous ques
tion as the list of names had been found.
The mayor's appointments tvcro confirmed ,
Messrs. Titnme , Van Camp and Mr. Chair
man voting "aye. " Mr. Horliii voted "no. "
"Now wo will take up the country precincts -
cincts , " remarked the chairman.
Just then a mostiirfo was received from the
mayor. Ho stated that ho wanted to change
the name of ono Judge ,
Mr. Merlin hold that it was out of order.
President Lowry of the city council said
If any change was mndo the wliolo list would
have to go back to the city council. Jt was
decided to make no change in the list. *
South Omaha and the country precincts
were disposed of bv accepting the names sent
in by the voters who had met some days ago
and selected their Judges and clorks.
jo 1.1,1ii. . < ; . or u's.
How tin ; Club at Illnir Hiijojrcii nil
lOvcniiiK ol'iMu.si < > .
Ono of the most remarkable entertainments
ever had in the city of Blair was that given
by the members of the ICocloy Bl-L'hlorido of
Gold club on Tuesday ovenniR. Gormanla
hall was literally Jammed full nnd comprised
besides citizens of Blair a number of ex-
members from all over the state and Iowa.
The entertainment w.is opened with nn intro
ductory address by Dr. C. T. Clark , Presi
dent O. H. Tibbots presiding. This was
followed by n response on behalf of Blair by
Judge JcssoT. Davis. A soprano solo , entitled -
titled "Donr Heart , " was then very cliarm-
Incly rendered by Miss Annie Uortrudu
Monahan. Miss LillioSoars Crowellread'-Tho
Inventor's Wife" very effectively and this
was followed by a m.ilo quartette singing
'Tho Two Hoses" and "How Can I Leave
Thee , " which received an encore , the 're
sponse being the Ktoljy U-Bi-Deo , com
posed by Mr. Joe W. Sexton. Mr. Harry
n. Williams then rendered "Home , Sweet
Homo" as arranged by himself in a beautiful
manner , 'iho Aeolian band , composed of
homo talent , followed. Part second con
sisted of the Saxhorn quartette ; ; \
bass solo by B. M. Willsov , guitar duet , by
MM. W. / . Taylor and Mr. Williams , a
gracefully rendered soprano solo entitled
"In Old Madrid" by Miss Foda Castottor.
The reading of "Kdward Gray" by Miss
Hallcr , the tenor and b < iss duct and
a violin solo by Dr. B. ii. Green ,
which was exceptionally line , closed
the musical part of the programme.
The whole concluded by an original produc
tion entitled ' -The Tribulations of a Country
Manager , or the Barn-Stormor's Lament , " a
farce in ono net by Joe W. Sexton , In which
the following took pact , : Miss Bramhtill ,
Miss Davis and Messrs. Lawless , Roche nurt
Sexton ,
Orfjani/ < > ( ! a Guild.
A largo and enthusiastic meeting of the
ladies of All Saints' parish \\ns held In the
church yesterday afternoon for Iho purpose
of organizing All Saints' guild , a society
which is to have supervision and control over
all the organizations In the parish.
The organization was perfected and the
following olllcers elected : Mrs , II. l < \ Cady ,
president ; Mrs. L. .1. Drake , vice president ;
Mrs. C. L. Harris , secretary and treasurer.
Tlio different organizations in the parish
nro to bo known as chapters , and the presid
ing olllccr of each chapter is known as a
warden. These olllcors are ns follows : Mrs ,
Augustus Pratt , warden of the Woman's
auxiliary ; Mrs. Gnuoit , of St. Cecelia's
chapter ; Mrs. Saturn , of the Chancel chapter -
tor , and Mrs. Snndorland , of tlio King's
Daughters ,
The ( 'ontlemon's social club nlso comes
under the direction of tlio guild and was
onrnnlzod last night with II. F. Cady us
warden ,
A Permanent CiroiiH.
Ctilnt in Trth > tir.
The story that Carter Harrison Is about to
embark In daily journalism Is not fully con-
r.rmcd , but it gives color to the statement
published some weeks ago that Chicago Is
about to have u permanent circus of its own.
NO.tIK li.t 1" Of JtA YN.
Some day , some day of days , treading the
street
With Idle. lioodlesB pace ,
Unlooltliii ! forsniili grace ,
I shall behold your facnl
Homo day , some day of days , thus may vro
meet.
I'urulmnce tlio HUH may shine from nklu.s of
.May.
Or winter's Icy chill * ,
Touch lightly vain and hill :
What matter ? I shall thrill -4-
Through every vein with Hiimmoroi. tnatday.
Once more Ilfu'n perfect youth will all conio
buck ,
And fur a moment there
1 hlmllHliuid fresh and fair ,
And ( Iron tlin Kiirment care ;
Once more my perfect youth Hhull nothing
lack.
I shut my eyes now thinking how ft will bo ,
How , fauu to face , each soul
Will Hllp Its long control ,
I'orget tliu iIlNinal dole
Of dreary f ato's dark , separating a.
And glance to glance , and hand to hand In
greeting.
The past with all Its fears.
IIH hlluncu and its lunrH.
Its lonely , yearning yciura ,
Shall vanish In the moment of that meeting
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report.