Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMAHA DAILY Blffi ; FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 26 , 1892.
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Avnrago Clrriiiallini lor .lammry U4UI : ) ,
SKNATOII TKLnuU Is boghiniiiff to
ho Ir.ul burned thnt lottor.
Mnxico nlTonls n living oxnmplo of
the ofToct or the polieyof frco silver coin-
RKJKCT every proposal olTcrcd for the
now Central suhool slto , gentlemen , if
l > y so doing better figures can bo ob-
tuinod.
THK hoary -hondod rumor that Secre
tary Noble will sliortly rcsipn from Iho
cabinet has again bobbed itsoiC into
prominence.
WILLIAM Is not especially
gifted us an orator , but lutoly whenever
-lio bus made a speech it h < is produced a
decided sensation.
JUDOK W. M. RoiiittiTSOX's rotiro-
Diunt from the Noliyli land olliee is
probably the preliminary atop toward
the cultivation of n Robertson congress-
ioiuil boom.
BllA/.ir. has appropriated S600.00U for
the purpose of nmkiiu. ' an exhibit at the
World's fair. Brazil under the now
form of government is progressive , even
if it is nlso turbulent.
IDAHO is being well advertised by the
dlbcus'sioii of tlio senatorial controversy
in the United States senate , and the con
testant , Colonel Clnggotl , is achieving
national notoriety which may bo useful
in the future.
NKIIUASKA'S contingent of eminent
Irishmen is as much divided against it
self OB that in the English Parliament.
Land League President Gannon's ad
dress lias stirred up a hornets' nest of
no small dimension in these purls.
ROASTING David Bennett Hill is a ,
harmless uiuusomont in which the
Cleveland democrats and mugwumps of
Now York are indulging just now.
They evidently think Hill will taste
fully ns well roasted as otherwise.
IK VIEW of the courtesy extended to
Omaha by the third party people at St.
Louis yesterday wo are estopped from
criticising adversely the curious conglo
meration which is toconstituto the thira
party in the national campaign of 1892.
TOIIACCO growing is a profitable in
dustry wherever soil and climnlo are
adapted to it. The result of the experi
ments in Nebraska will bo watched ,
therefore , with great interest , especially
as they promise to bo entirely success
ful.
Bour.KVAitu donations will bo ac
cepted by the purl : commission until
further notice. Park donations would
likovviso bo cheerfully received if public-
spirited land owners should find their
licartu moved to this style of publiu
benefaction ,
No THOUGHTFUL , practical politician
will blama Hill for holding an early cut-
nnd-drled con volition. In the giuno of
politics the gambler who has a sure
thing never takes in a partner , or post-
poncHtho cumo merely for the suko of
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professional sentiment.
AUCIUTKOTS are to bo invited to
furnish plans for a library building to
cost $80,000 , but the unconditional con
veyance from the Byron Reed holrs of
the library lot has not yet boon placed
in escrow to bo delivered when the
880,000 building is completed.
TIIKUK should bo 25,000 names signed
to the Manufacturers and Consumers as
sociation pledge to crivu home manufac
tures the preference in all purchases of
poods , prices and quality equal. With
such a guarantee of business it will not
bo difllcult to induce ether factories to
locate in.Omaha. . .
IIousHKEKi'Kits in Omaha have al
ready demonstrated their patriotism by
the buppoit they Imvo so cheerfully
pivon to the homo patronage movement
They will now bo given a further op
portunity to prove their fidelity to the
city and utato. The Manufacturers nnd
Consumers association will have a can
vass of the city made by ladles who will
distribute copies of a catalogue of homo
products and homo manufacturers and
ut the same time invite signatures to the
honorary momberehlp roll of the asso
ciation. Tlieso signatures Involve no
expense , but are agreements to give
homo industries the preference , price
and quality being equal , in making pur
chases for the household. Tut : BKK
boHponkH for the lady canvassers a cor
dial welcomi ) at nil our homos ,
SOMKTIHXU MUST 7IR DOA'K.
CHICAGO , III. , Fob. a . John M. i'hurs-
ton of Omaha will leave Chicago for Now
York tonight , where ho will ndvlso eastern
republican lenders that tha alliance Is ns
strong as over In Nebraska nnd Kansas , and
something must bo dona to check It.
"Tho whole movement , " said Mr. I'hurs-
ton today , "lias boon given such a strong
Dolltlcul backing that it cannot ho easily
stopped. I tli I n u the republican party Is
ready to listen to -grievances of the
farmers and make laws to widen their mar
kets and glvo better returns to the farmers
for their produce. " United I're iltajmfcfi.
Yes , indeed ; something must bo done ,
nnd thnt thing must bo done speedily.
The remedy must not bo political catnip
tea and soothing syrup , but blue mass
nnd Ipecac. Tlio republican party can *
not hope to regain the support of the
farmers uhloss they are given substan
tial relief nt the hands of ofllclnls who
nro in position to do so. The way to glvo
the Nebraska farmer better prices for
his products Is to reduce railroad freight
rales. The State Board of TYansportn-
lion should not nt once nnd redeem the
pledges made to the producers of Ne
braska in the republican platform of
18)0. ! ) It is manifest that if the republi
can state board at Iho behest of the rail
road managers , who have a mortgage
on thorn , refuseto do their duty , the
democrats and Independents will do it
for them in an extra session of the logls-
laturo.
But this act of deathbed repentance
alone will not restore the party in
popular confidence In Nebraska unless
It is coupled with ether proofs of
honest intention to give the people
rollof from corporate misrule. The
railroads must lotlro from politics in
fact as well as in name. Railroad boss-
ii > m must bo subordinated to the untrammeled -
trammeled will of the rank and fllo of
the party. Our conventions must cease
to bo moro ratification meetings of the
caucuses hold at railroad headquarters.
Our candidates must bo in touch with
the producers nnd free from all
corporate entanglements.
Clean , callable und unpurclmsablo mon
must bo placed in thoload and dishonest
hacks and pliant stool-plgoonsof jobbery
and monopoly must bo relegated to the
roar.
roar.Will
Will Mr. Thurston prevail upon the
railroad magnates to let go their grip
upon the republicans of Nebraska and
give thorn achanco tobroathooncomoroV
Will Mr. Thurston and his associates of
the railroad lobby who wrecked and
ruined the republican party in Nebraska
stand aside and give the rank and fllo
a , chaneo to redeem it in this critical
hour'Lot them understand clearly
that n boodle campaign in Nebraska will
not win this year. Tlio people are
aroused as they never have boon before.
No loyal republican will waver on tlio
national issues , but a man's shirt is
nearer to him than his overcoat. The
people of Nebraska are determined to
govern themselves and party ties on
local issues will snap like the hempen
cords that bound the wrists of Samson.
T7/B ST. LOUIS COXFKltRXCK.
The conference at St. Louis , made up
of people who are discontented with prevailing -
vailing conditions financial , industrial ,
political and social decided to hold a
national convention and nominate a
presidential ticket. This result was
reached after ono of the stormiest experiences -
poriencos over known to a political con
ference , and ono which doubtless loft
much bitterness of feeling that will not
soon bo removed. There w.isn vigorous
opposition on the part of southern rep
resentatives to the plan of nominating
candidates for the presidency , which
disclobed the fact that very generally
the alliance men in the south will sup
port the democratic ticket. The north
ern alliance people profess to believe
that they have captured the southern
alliance vote , but representatives of the
latter resent the assumption. It will
undoubtedly bo found on election today
that the grout majority of the alliance
mon bouth are loyal to the political faith
they have always hold. The bolid south
is in no danger of being broken by deser
tion from the democracy of any consld-
orabio number of the members of , the
alliance. The now political movement
has no terrors for the dominant party in
that section. The 'harm it will uo to
olthor of the old parties will bo indicted
chiolly on the republican party in the
states where the alliance has u numer
ous membership. It may result in
throwing the election ol president into
the house of representatives und thereby
giving the country a democratic execu
tive , for of course no rational man sup
poses that the now party can elect its
candidates.
The complaints made by the promoters -
tors of the now movement are not nil of
them groundless. Some of the evils
they point out everybody will concede
exist and ought to bo remedied. But
there is a great deal of exaggeration re
garding prevailing conditions. It is
simply absurd to say that the country is
on Iho verge of moral , political and na
tional ruin. There is no evidence of de
terioration morally , the country never
had a cleaner and moro practical na
tional administration than it now has ,
and in all material conditions the na
tion is making steady progress. Busi
ness is not generally as active as could
bo desired , but the known facts regard
ing our foreign commerce und trust
worthy reports respecting homo indus
tries show that business is far from
being prostrated. The statement that
labor is impoverished is another ono
that will not stand investigation. But
it is the financial principles of the now
party that will subject it to the severest
criticism. These uro of the wildest ana
most indefensible character , which
could they bo put into practice would in
a brief time destroy public and private
credit and end in aisuslor to all inter
ests.
It is moat remarkable that practical
farmers cannot see that the sub-treasury
scheme , a flat currency , and freocolnugo
of silver are expedients from which they
would ba the llrdt to uullor. Of all classes
ot people none is more deeply concerned
in having n sound nnd stable currency
than the farmer nnd the laborer , and
such a currency would bo impossible In
the plan of the now party.
It docs not appear that this movement
is gaining in strength. It seems hardly
possible that it can do so with such a
platform of financial heresies. It .vlll
doubtless make some trouble , howovcr ,
for the old parties , and more particularly
for the republican pnrty , toward which
its now prominent leaders nro especially
unfriendly.
/r .sro/1 / MV.VOJ
Tun Bun contains a qulto lengthy editorial
explaining the whys nnd wherefores of the
defeat of L. D. Richards for.govornor a year
ago last fall aud calling upon Nebraska re
publicans to get Into tine again for tbo na
tional campaign. Dut Koaoy docs not have
n word to say concerning thnt llttlo para
graph that appeared exclusively In the
weekly edition of Tun HUB ono week before
election day of that memorable campaign.
I'liM m iH'h A rirs.
The only editorial paragraph relating
to Richards that can bo found in the
weekly edition of Tin : Br.K of October
2) ) . ono week before election day , rends
ns follows :
lion.j. . D. Hlchnrd.s riegnn llfo as n pile
tirivor and the present Indications are that
ho will rosuino operations , with that useful
but emphatic implement for ono day only 0:1 :
tlio-itli of November.
Now what Is there in this paragraph
thnt can bo construed by anybody con
versant with the English language as n
stab or a slur ?
Will the vllo impostors nnd hypocrites
who are constantly prating about the
betrayal of Richards have the decency
to roDrodtico the following editorial
that appeared in Tun WKUKIA * BBK of
October 122 , 1890 , two weeks before the
election :
.Mil. IttCIIMtD'SCVMI'UOX.
Mr. Richards carries on his canvass for
the governorship with u modcstv and dignity
characteristic of the nun. Hoports from
vnilous parts of the state which bo has
visited show that ho has everywhere won
popular rcspoct nnd impressed the people ns
n man who could bo trusted to administer
tbo affairs of thu state honestly , wisely nnd
in accordance with the platform promises of
his party.
Ills speeches are plain , straightforward
statements of the record nnd principles nf
tbo republican party In their relation to tbo
Issues of the present cimpalgn. Thov ori
admlranly adapted to the situation. Tnoy
refer , with a pride which every western re
publican should sbiro , to what the party hai
done for the west In tbo way of homoUcad
laws , the administration of the land ofllco ,
the Increase of silver coinage , tbo admission
of now states , and the application of protec
tion to the products of the farm. They do-
scilbo the development of tbostato for thirty
j'ears under an unbroken succession ut re
publican governors. They ompbaslzo the
promises of the present platform with re
gard to tbo regulation of tbu railroads and
provision for public elevators.
In ono respect Mr. Hlchards' speeches are
of moro than partisan importance. Ho ren
ders a good aorvico to men of all parties In
branding as false the stories of widespread
depression and Impending disaster which
tbo loaders of ether partlo * have scattered
broadcast In the hops of getting into ofllco
thereby. In combatting these false but dam-
aclng assertions he does a service for which
every business man ana fanner should bo
grateful , whoever their ciindldr.lo for gov
ernor. The facts and figures which ho om-
plovs fully sustain his position and the repu
tation of the stato.
Mr. Hichards represents in his ll.'o and
character the best citizenship of Nebraska.
His campaign Is a good Index of the sound
and honorable administration which might
bo expected of him as governor.
Lin' Til KM Al'I'K.lh.
It is given out that the Union Pacific
will appeal to the federal courts to en
join the city from revoking or modifying
the grant of side-track privileges which
the company has procured through the
successive city councils within the past
twenty years.
By all means lot the company appeal.
It has already appealed to the federal
courts to enjoin the assessment of part
of its property for city taxationiilthough
it was lifted nt about one-fortieth of the
actual value which tlio Union Pacific
places upon its terminal facilities in
Omaha. Wo may ; is well have all these
questions adjudicated by the supreme
court of the United States nnd if Omaha
has no rights which the Union Pacific
railroad noeJs to respect , the sooner wo
know it the bettor.
A corporation within the city that
enjoys all the municipal privileges
should bo willing to .Miaro the burdens
of maintaining city government with all
ether property ownots. If our streets
and thoroughfares are to bo used as a
right-of-way by railroads without any
compensation , the railroads that use
these streets for sido-tracks should at
least bo compelled to submit to reason
able regulation of switching charges.
But if tlio corporation known us the
Union Pacific railway can defiantlyovor-
ride all the municipal prerogatives of
the corporation known as the city of
Omaha , Wo had better U't the Union Pa
cific company assume tie ) entire control
and management of our municipal af
fairs. As a matter of fact they have had
that control Indirectly for the last
twenty-five years' without lot or hin
drance.
RKI'VHMGAX DUTY ,
The possible action of the republican
members of the house of representatives
upon a free silver bill Is beginning to bo
discussed with considerable intciost.
Of the eighty eight republicans in the
houbn it is stated that only about cloven
are in favor of free coinage. Will the
Boventy-sevon who nro opposed to that
policy vote according to their convic
tions when the time comes to act , or will
they prefer , ns a matter of party tactics ,
to throw the whole responsibility of
dealing with this question upon the dem
ocrats'/ Ninety democrats and sovonty-
seven republicans would make a safe
majority of the house , and it is believed
that this number is ag-iinst free coin
age.
age.Tho obvious duty of the honest money
republicans la the house is to support
their conviclio us with their votes.
There is nothing to bo gained by u dif
ferent corn-be. It'would not bo in the
interest of the republican party for its
representatives in congress to allow u
free silver bill to puss if they can pre
vent it. On the contrary , it would bo
more likely to work to the injury of the
party , slnco it would fairly bo regarded
as a desertion of principle solely with a
view to partisan advantage. Tactic * of
that kind do not strengthen a party in
popular conhdpnco. The democracy is
already fullj-4ommlttod , as a pnrty , to
the free an ylillmltcd coinage of sti
'
ver. Most of'i Its leaders are favorable
to that polleK though some of thorn
thing it fnfqxpocUont to take action re
garding It nt present.
Tlio dofoal'of a , free coinage measure
in con gross , luo to republican votes ,
would not rollovo the democratic party
of the char jthat will bo made against
'
it in the comi'ug campaign that it is the
champion of'ft'dishonest ' dollar.
It is to * bo hoped there is no
ground for tlio statement that there nro
republicans in the house of representa
tives opposed to free silver who nro
prepared to evade their duty when ac
tion is to bo taken on n silver bill in
order to throw the responsibility for
the piissngo-ot such a measure upon the
democratic majority. Every considera
tion both of public and party policy dic
tates that the republicans in congress
who are against free coinage should
manfully assort their convictions nnd
honestly support thorn with their votes.
That Is the true course in the interest
alike of the party nnd the country.
THK disclosures regarding the heavy
speculation in wheat on the Chicago
Board of Trudo came at iv favorable
llmo to influence Eontlmnnt in congress
regarding anti-option legislation. They
can hardly fall to have the olTect to ma
terially wcuUon. if they do not counter
act , the arguments of Iho board against
the proposed legislation. Certainly they
furnish a very strong if not absolutely
conclusive argument to the supporters
of the anti-option measures , and they
may bo expected to make the host possi
ble tiho of it It is manifestly to little
purpose to argue against efforts to sup
press speculation in the fnco of the
knowledge of such vast illegitimate
trading as has gene on in Chicago , and
if members of boards of trndo will tolor-
nlo this gambling they must expect to
suiter in public opinion. There may bo ,
as claimed , legitimate speculation , but
unquestionably the greater part of that
which takes place is not entitled to bo so
regarded. Intelligent public sentiment
is opposed to gambling in food products ,
whothoi It bo o'lrriod on in buc'uot shops'
where anybody may risk his ironoy , oren
on the lloors of boards of trade not ac
cessible to everybody , nnd this senti
ment is certain to crystallize , sooner or
later , into legislation.
TllUUB is ono democrat in Now York
who can bo depended upon not to sup
port D ivid II. ] Iill under any circum
stances or for nnytliincr. IIo is ox-
Lieutenant Goyernoi Jones of froight-
paying fame. General Jones bus a sub
stantial and1 deep-seated grievance ,
which is notlling loss than the refusal
of Mr. Hill tb1 permit him to act as
governor. Jones very much desired to
have his nnmor enrolled in the list of
dibtlnguisho/l men who have boon gov-
oruors of thp.Jimpiro state , and when
Hill was elected to the United States
tonato ho fanchid that his opportunity
nad.uome.c Put Hill hud schemes afoul ,
slnco accomplished , that made it - necessary
sary for him to remain at Albany , and
so General Jones Jailed to bo governor
of Now York. The disappointment has
quite naturally embittered .loncj against
Hill , and ho will lose no opportunity to
lot the world know how ho fools. It is
expected that Mr. Jones will tnko his
grievance to Chicago and pay all the
freight. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
IT is gratifying to know , as shown by
thi > report of the Columbian commis
sion , thnt preparations for the World's
fair are making satisfactory progress ,
and tliat there is every reason to oxpcc't
till will bo in icadiness when the time
arrives for opening the great exposi
tion , fourteen months hence. Tlio pres
ident , in transmitting this information
to congress , made no recommendation
regarding an appropriation , but Iho Im
pression is that congicss will not refuse
additional aid.
BUT two months remain in which to
com plot o preparations for the general
conference of the Methodist Kpibcop'il
chuich. That event will oj man mem
orable in the history of Omaha , and every
man. woman and child in this city Is In
terested in knowing that the conforoneo
is well entortiiinod. Omaha wilt have n
reputation of some kind , either good or
bad , by the time the conforoneo ad
journs. Wo must sou to it thai our visi
tors nro pleased with the city.
WIIKTIIKK Chili has cooled off enough
to appreciate the fact or not cannot bo
told at this distance , but nil Iho other
South and Central American nations
know that the United States Is a ( Inn ,
fatrong friend who stands between them
and danger frora the ether side of the
Atlantic nnd on occasion can settle
dangerous disputes between themselves.
The London liar at Santiago cannot
destroy this great impressive truth by
his misrepresentations.
looking toward the
Cherokee Strip for homesteads will
probably have wine to harvest this year's
crop bcforo there will bo any occasion to
move towuru1 Oklahoma , The provi
sional ngroonijnt with the Cherokee na
tion has not yet boon presented for the
ratification oKfilio sennlo and there are
a good manydejalls to bo settled after
ratification. It will probably bo well on
toward fall brifbro the Strip Is ready for
sottloiB.
Knorkml Out III" .Stufllnff.
roi'f u > Y < h Kutt ,
Meanwhile tbo democratic eagle soars and
screams In thjiloyuuu consciousness that
tnero is no stufllnj ; in the democracy of the
Empire state today. '
Hatuu O
ft'ew Yoik Itcttmler ,
David B , Hill quoting Abraham Lincoln
and Cardinal Newman In a democratic state
convention recalls tbo old saying about his
satanlo majesty quoting scripture.
Utuh llclnw till ) Simulant.
Utah's admission to statehood now would
add nbout four electoral votes to tbo demo
cratic total , Vt hen Utah mends her morals ,
however , she will mend tier politics , and sbo
will not DO admitted before that time ,
Ailvlco to lowu lr ( | > ul > llcuiiii.
f'Mcaan litliune.
If tbo republican member * wish to got ut
tbo real sentiment of tlio people , the way to
uo it is this ; I'ass a high llconso and local j
option law. These municipalities which do
not want liquor sold within their limits will
refuse to grant licenses and will see to It that
no whisky shopi nro oooncd. They will ftt-
tend to that work moro efficiently than over ,
after they hnvo boon ro'.lovod of the duty of
looking after the morals of ether communi
ties , which has taken up most of their llmo
slnco ISSil. Cities nnd counties which prefer
to license the sale of liquor will do so , nnd , as
the .saloons will bo a source of ro'vonuo , they
will look after nnd ronlnto them , which is
not Iho case now. Within n yortrnftortho
passatro of the local option law It will bormsy
to toll how many lownns actually are for
prohibition ns against hlgn license.
Incnitltiidc.
)7ift lleeonl.
The Irroprcsslblo Blair proclaims himself
n candidate for Iho Minneapolis nomination.
IJlalr Is rather ungrateful. It wa no fault
of 1'rosldont Harrison that ho could not
crowd the Now Hampshire man ncross the
royal threshold at I'oltln.
it.trtn 11. nii.i. ; nis
Now York Morning Advertiser ( dom. ) :
Hill nnd his friends Imvo the democratic
party In this stnto by the throat. What ef
fect the spectacle will have upon the coun
try at largo remains to bo soon.
Kansas City Times ( dom. ) i Hill pot his
last presidential convention Mondav. Ho Is
n good man , mil the country means thnt
when ( ? rover Cleveland is beaten no Now
York opponent shall bo elevated.
St , Paul Globe ( dom. ) : Lot It bo said once
for nil that the attacks which have tiecn made
on the representative character of the gather
ing , or the honesty of Its composition , nro but
tbo Impotent vaporlngs of tlio vamiuUhod.
Sprlngtlold ( Mass. ) Uopubllcan ( ind. ) : If
Hill's performance Is legitimate politics , nny-
thing Is bribery , bulldozlnc , counting out
and fraudulent returns. They nro nil on the
samu moral lovcl aud equally dangerous to
our Institutions.
Chicago Tribune ( rop. ) : Whether the
Kodak convention will be n boomerang re
mains to bo seen. Whether David B. Hill
will bo nooiliuuod nlso rninuln * to bo seen.
Tlio only thing that seems to bo certain is
thnt Cleveland is not ' 'in it. "
Chicago Mail ( Ind , ) : Because Now York
democrats in convention assembled hnvo
adopted n platform and "inbln/onod tbo mag
netic name of Hill on their standard It does
not nocossurllv follow that Mr. Hill Is the
democratic nominee for urcsldont.
Boston Globe ( dom. ) : The anti-Hill mon
call the convontioii that meets In Now York
today to record n solid delegation of sovonty-
two members in Mr. Hill's favor a "snap
convention. " It dcsorvns the nan'O. too , for
there H any amount of snip in the Hill move
ment.
Chicago Inter Ocean ( rep ) : Mr. Hill's
convention did Mr. Hill's work and then ad
journed wlttiout dav. Never was olthor
paity In ngrontstato so completely subordi
nated to the personal ambition of ono man as
Is the democracy of Now York to that of
David fl. Hill.
Washington Post ( rop. ) : The convention
has done what was expected of It nnd Its
proceedings will bo no surprise to the gen
eral public. The great question now remain
ing to bo dotormlnod Is whether Now Yorlt
will bo able to swing the rest of the country
into the Hill line.
Cnica-.ro Hor.ild ( dem. ) : The regular de
mocracy of the empire statn has expressed Its
preference for a presidential candidate In u
regular wav. Does Mr. Cleveland recognize
Its authority or does ho give countenance nnd
comfort to the kickers ( These are pertinent ,
and orooer Itiouifios and there Is every rea
son why the ex-president should show his
band.
Philadelphia Times ( ind. dem. ) : If Sena
tor Hill possessed half tbo wisdom that many
of his friends assume that ho possesses , ho
would m\nfully glvo the vote of his stnto for
Cleveland's nomination , load the battle for
Cleveland's ' election , and thus prove tbat his
leadership of the democracy of Now York
means &oinc.tbing moro than political theft
nnd Bor.sonal aggrandizement.
Atlanta Constitution ( dom. ) : After four
years of discussion between those democrats
who iiavi ) urged the propriety of rvnomlnnt-
Ing Mr. Cleveland , and those who have urged
the claims of Mr > HHI , the partv in Now York
bus inada its choice. That choice is D.ivid
Dennett Hill , nnd it Is tha natural , almost thn
inevitable , result of the remarKable services
wtiict he has rendered to his partv.
Detroit Frco Press ( dem ) : It Is unfortu
nate for the demorr.ioy tnat there is this
m each in the p.irty in the state of Now
York. Elsewhere in the country the polit
ical skv Is piomisinu. It would bo so In
New York were it not for Senator Hill , who
was unable to tnodnrato his umbltlon sulll-
cicntly to wait for a convention hold at n
reasonable time nnd with proper notice.
St , Louis Globe-Democrat ( rop. ) : A coali
tion of this sort ( Hill nnd Grav ) would cer
tainly bo formidable. It would represent the
two great debatable states. The man who
obtains the olccl oral vote of these two will
secure tdo presidency , it is generally con-
ccdrd , and tbo man who enters tbo conven
tion with them behind him will have an im
portant advantage over all his competitors.
Philadelphia Ledger ( rep. ) : The onicn
should seek the man , A senatorial ofliro has
been seeking a man , lo , those many weeks ,
but it-ahva.vs found him out helplnir another
ofllce to scok n man by the name of Hill. It
is understood that ho will now look nft r his
senatorial dutins , and remove aoincthlne of
the tension his swisttivo conscience has
undergone while receintlng for his salary as
United States senator.
Philadelphia Hecord ( dem. ) : Tbero was
probauly never before assembled In the
United States under the color of a party
movement u convention of delegates such n"s
the Hill convention gathered nt Albany ,
havltii ! no mind of their own , und acting In
blind subservience to tbo nrivnto interest of
a single person , The spectacle Is still moro
nma/ing when wo consider that tno mover of
IhohO automatons is a candidate for tha pres
idency of tbo Unltod Stites.
Chicago News ( Ind.-dem. ) : The strength
of David H. Hill must not bo underrated. It
is greater than his onomlos will openly ad
mit and It is by no moans conilnod to Now
Yoik. On the contrary , the audacious sena
tor , the Idol of Tammany , Is the inspiration
and hope of the grosser element of his party
overyw'hcro. His very unscrupulnusuos's
commends him to the "practical" spirits of
the democracy. Ho bus all the prestige of
success mid nothing succeeds like success.
Chicago Herald fdem. ) : Senator Hill bad
already become a conspicuous liguro in poll-
tjcs. His candidacy for the exalted position
of president Is In no sense an Impertinence.
Ho has .shown himself to bo a bold , intelli
gent nnd successful leader. Ho has re
deemed his stuto from every vlstago of re
publican mlfrulo and has placed It safe and
Hccuro In the democratic list. Ho has many
powerful recommendations In tils favor us
the candidate of bis party to tbo national
struggle this year.
Now York Weekly : Pretty Olrl Toaehor
What ! Uo.tun Inland to wfiluli.iw from tlio
Bumliiy school ? Wnu J.t'o Vossoo. Mo flaliluu
stty boio. 1'iutty ( Jlri Teauhar Afraid ?
Wnat mo you afraid of ? Wall Leo Thlhoo
leap yo.i r ,
The Ice man now , his crop secured ,
Doth Klnut full man-11 ulout ;
In dreams HO nweot , uiiforo his eves
Visions oT uitmpum Mont.
I'uok : 1'roprlutof Look hero ! Wlmtdo you
moiin by tolling that youni ? lady tb.it wo
hadn't any roiiKim'lUrk I hadn't the liourt
tohull It tohur. "Kill What ? " "fho blushed
lllco a rose when sliG asked for It , "
Washington Star : Small Ilrothur S.vy , Mr.
Junks , If your not noluiu , us you say , you'ro
not much bitter , aru yini't
Visitor-Why HO. Willie ?
Small llrothor llouausn I heard sister eay
you were aouliilly oyster-sized.
"Oeor/o WabhliiKlon no'ertold a lie , "
Tbu people cried , nnd whoa
The Dolltlulim hoard ho said ,
"Wo have progressed since then , "
Boston lliillottn ; Dressmaker How would
voii | llo your costume madu , madam ? Mrs.
Oiownrlch 'tiixMu you inulie U with one of
those vu tltiilu trams that 1'vo bcurn talked
oflutoly.
llln luiniton Loader : Wo loiirn that the
Dopiilur monetary Institution known us the
"suwlmi-k" In pursuing tlio urun tenner of Its
way.
Columbus Post : ICveley says drunkenno * ?
Is a dlsiwsi1 and the symptoms urn said to bo
ijulto joyful.
Elmlra ( iazutte : It la tlio fickleness of the
contralto which compel * thu ijnurtouu uholr to
make a rlmiivn of Im-.i.
LEADVILIE IN THE SHADE
Big Stampoilo to Oroado Gamp a Record
Breaker in Mining History ,
GREAT WEALTH FOUND IN THE MINES
Town ninl I'on-nslglit llmlcrcl In Narrow
Ciitums mid Niillml on .Mountitlii Si
A I'on I'U'tnrn of ( Iromli ) anil
I la Surrounding * ,
Thostnmpodo to Loadvlllo In 1879 Isn't n
marker totlio rush to Crcodo , tlio now silver
caiup In Colorado. To roach Lcadvlllo in tlio
early days mount , moro than llio hardships
and dangers of stage riding on precipitous
mountains. Crocdo was almost born with a
railroad by Its sldo , onaullng thousands to
rush In with lutlo Inconvoulouco nt the llrst
blast of mineral riches.
Uroodo U ! IO ( ) miles southwest of Denver ,
on the Ulo Grande road. It takes Its na-no
from Its founder , N. U. Crcodo , an llllnolsnn
50 years of ago , who moved to Colorado In
1870. HP sumtnorod In tlio rocton of the
camp , n hugo crevice In the face of the moun
tains , slnoo 1831 , and now enjoys n forlu.no
ts the icsult of tils perseverance.
Tlio mltiln t boom began last Soptombor.
There Is no longer any question about either
the extent of the mineral deposits or the
richness of the veins , sn.vs the Denver Ho-
publican. Tuo dally output of the oarni ) Is
nbout twenty carloads of ere , that return to
their lurby owners an nvorago of ? 1OUO n
car.
car.Tho
The Last Chance , owned by Unlph
Granger , Dlckson , Sanders , the Wolcotts and
others , Is producing the most ere at this time ,
sending out an average of nlno cars a day of
ere tbat runs f ITU a ton between walls.
The Amotbyst , on the snmo vein , for lack
of shipping facilities , sends out nbout Jlvo by
tint burro route , mil as soon as possible n
tramway 7,000 foot long will bo put In nnd
the output moro than trebled.
The Holy Moses gets out from thrco to ton
oars a any , and the ere runs about 5100 a ton.
The Ethel ships from 0110 to four cars of
galena 010 a dav.
Otnor mines In the camp ready to ship ere
nro the Kldgo and Bachelor. A number of
good properties could ship at any time the
owners so desired.
The Lost Chance and Amethyst nro two of
the greatest mines In Colorado. The veins
aru full of shipping ere , and from the surface
have boon dividend-paving mines. They
'
huvo produced over S.'SO.'ouO slnco the rail
road was completed , and not n pound of ere
has boon sloped or talcon out other than in
development. The ere taken from sinking
shafts or running drifts goes directly Into
tuo sack or the sled and thence to the smaller
without sortlnir , nnd from the two mines not
enough waste has been taken from the vein
to innko a descent for the ere oar to run out
on. Dumps at those mines are built up from
country roclc carried from the mountain side
or oy driving piles.
Crocdti's ( icnloglcnl Aspect.
What might bo called the upper half of
the camp , comprising the Campbell , Bach
elor nnd North Mammoth hills , being tbo
producing section , is accredited to bo Ussuro
veius beyond question. Thoio are those who
dispute this fact , because of the presence of
n porphyry wall near the foot. Practical
men acquainted with the working 1111110" ? in
sist that this porphyry is , in fact , a portion
of the vein mass and that beyond It lies the
country wall. The dip of the veins is ! > 5 = >
to the west from a horizontal and the strilto
is very little west of north. The width Is in
the mala about Hvo foot.
The lower half of Croodo camp , beginning
at Jimtowu ana running south' , is n great
scope of llmo formation , it being of the lower
carboniferous , known among minors as blue
limestone. Above it lies the porphyry. The
contact has a dip of 50 ° from the horizontal
at right anglo to the strike of the veins to
the north.
It seems probable that nt seine geological
ago the olaor llmo formation mav have bean
disturbed und broken up by tno irruption of
tno newer trachyte formation with itslissuro
leads.
Tnis stretch of llmo extends from where
the ilssuros have been traced almost to
Wagon Wnuol Gap , and reaches from tbo
Sunnvsido district piob.ibly Into tbo main
range.
In the contacts are iron carbonates , to
what extent , aopth or richness cannot bo
told. Development in this has been most
black. A few assays have been had und in
one case it is said to have gene to forty
ounces In silver. At the surface tnov give a
return of much less. Only a few "ton-foot
holes hnvo been run in the llmo.
A competent mining engineer , who is fa
miliar with all thrco of the sections , com
pares the lime of Croodo to that of Loadvlllo
as being similar in all but the mutter of dip ,
and says that thu Croeac contact has a sim
ilar dip to those ot Aspen , which are really
contact tissurc veins. As this pcntlcmun is
hotter posted with tbo formation in all these
cam us than any other man in tbo camp , bis
opinions are most reliable. Ho declares that
the upper country is all fissure nnd the lower
all contact , and that tbcro will be blankets
lound in the camp.
In contradiction to this theory dozens of
miners are working on the blanket vein idea
and nro willing to matte onth that there Is
not a llssuro vein In the country.
I'lnnir ol'Trniptutlon lo I'roxpcrtr
The whole section is nlivo with float ana
the country roclc Is overlaid with vein mat
ter wash nnd porphyry , talc nnd unclassified
promising looking rock that koup up con 11-
dcnco iu discovery holes , and in sinking
these now nnd then good walls and mineral
in place are encountered.
The country has not teen prospected
enough to go behind the showings of the
mines now In ore , nnd they hnvo every evi
dence of true llssuios.
The rush following tbo strikes on Bachelor
wits for the upper part of the gulch on Wil
low creek. There the valley Is narrow and
the canon walls precipitous. To the west u
great wall of trachyto rises 1,000 foot per
pendicularly and to tlio east Mammoth moun
tain , though less steep for a short distance
from the creek , discourages tbo building of
houses upon It. and.shuts oil the slope with a
great wall ot rock. In this gulch the build
ing of the town bocaino a boom about the 1st
of September , Kvory foot of ground which
looks at all feasible for a building lot was
staked and the bulldlags followed as fast as
iocs could bo bro'irfhl down from the hills or
lumber from tlio end of the railroad track.
Tlio upper portion of the gidch looked to
bo full. Down Willow creek about ono mlle
the gulch opens into a t'atloy much wider
and with moro gradual bills on cither side.
Hero , despite the warnings of old-timers
that In the spring the bottom would bo
Hooded with thn waters from Willow , West
Willow and Windy gulches , the town buila-
ois set their stakes , llrst on the second bet
tom. then on the willow-grown Islands , then
on tbo hillsides , and th n In the crook , ever
tbo crock , by lining up the creek , on rock
slides from the bluffs , on bluifs , by digging ,
bluUlng , upbuilding or dowtilearliig , any
where and everywhere a building could bo
put , even after hundreds of men had passed
by and said ono could not bo. .
I.uudvlllu'H
"All aboard for Creodo I" is the successor
in business to the old cry of "Leadvlllo or
Bust , "
The world scums to have caught on to the
cry and the trains uro going out loaded to the
guard rails with all classes and conditions of
humanity oncer either to got a hand In "tho
great game of boom or sou others make the
Play.
If by popular vote the minors , speculators
and merchants of a dozen western state * bad
conferred together and given bonds to an
agreement to run a race in business at some
spot , and had by lot chosen the toast unex
pected ono In the hat. tbo result could not
hayo boon widely different from what is
going on In the thrco miles of Willow creek
bottom Known as Crcodo.
Six thousand people are piling ever each
other in the lee , snow or slush , seeing who
can get up the biggest building the quickest ,
who can get the best location In creolc
channel or oottom , In roo'i or on hillside , and
till his house with goods for trade , hang out
his shitiKlo und ropu the professional business
or Hud tbu most with whom to ply his trade ,
The honey In the rock walled veins In the
hills about Crcodo attracted a swarm of
human buus , and they are bumping against
each ether In their haste to gut at the sweets ,
They con stlug If necessary , or they can Join
together to tbo common end.
Ori'ut < 'iutip ( i ) llu in ,
Croodo Is In a good humor. Everybody is
laughing , making moncr nnd hai hopes of
making much moro. The scoria of west
ern llfo In the culch , although In the gen
eral style of the ciuniis , which have pre
ceded It , has n tone of in own that minus
It wortu a Journey of days to see , If nothing
more.
Tlioro Is every phase to It which usually
attaches to booming mining camp * , want *
Ing only the tint of blood. It Is n peaceful
camp , The honey Is or so goni-rotn aqunntitv
that no ono gets It all nnd all can comdln for
n.share. There Is no lined to light over the
stoics nnd for this reason , though now nnd
then n dlsputo may arise , the light does not
narrow the limits so that ono must dlo to
make room for the othor. So thov laugh and
go nt It in n now Hold.
The real estate branch of the big boom
furnishes the most disputes. The laws of
the land do not noilgo n lot stake with
nny rights to ba respected , and public son-
tlmont and common consent nlono give It
IMSt ,
in Crcodo the stake Is absolute. It Is pit-
cut whole line ot tight transfers from gen
eration down , when accompanied by posses
sion , makes a statutory enactment supported
by the court of lilchost resort.
The Inironulty and thrift of the American
people Is . shown bettor
I.w , .w .0 never ouutvil lo l/utiui ndvantago
than when quick thinking and prompt action
" " * required us In n llko Croodo. When
- - - i"u camp till w VSl U < M\ -
this talent runs to the selection of building
lots and the transformation of rocit cliffs ,
blurt hillsides or crook beds Into business or
rcsldenco lots of great value , the result Is
mou tnklnir. At Croodo the sighl-sccr will
bo often Impressed with this fact.
Ills u great camps great In Its mines , its
rush , its boom , Its llfo In every uhaso , and M
will lust. It will settle down to solid bu-j-
ness with a population of Ifi.OiX ) or 20.000 pee *
pie , and , in Its mines , must henceforth bo
rocognl7od as ono of the great sllvcr-pru-
duoltig sections of Colorado. It Is great to y
see , proat to know nnd great lo bo In.
Ktnort i\lilriii-c : ,
Sutton Advertiser ! The seven column
dissolving vlow Button Utglstor-down the
street says wo'ro no ehonnst. Strange 1
What does the record show that Dr. Clark
has accomplished ns a chemist In Nebraskaf
State vs Anderson , poisoning by nrscnlo ;
State vs Lee , poisoning by strychnine ; State
vs Lawback , poisoning by strychnine ; Stnto
vs Morse , poisoning by strychnine ; Stnto vs
Stevenson , polsonlnir by corrosive sublimate.
In the case of state vs Morse conviction
followed trial of the case , the Jury bringing
In u verdict of guilty of mmdcr In the llrst
degree ; n now trial was granted from an
error In the manner of the return of the vor
diet to the court oy the Jurv and not either
on the merits of the cnso or the Insnlllcloncv
of tlio chomlcnl analysis. The Jury that trlod
the case nor General Colby , whoso stubborn
ness In criminal trials is proverbial , asked to
have our work rovlewed uy another chemist.
The court nt Its own request and on its own
motion sent the chemist to the State univer
sity nnd Prof. Nicholson , its chemist , after a
careful anulvsis contlriticd the test and found
the stomnrh of Mrs. Morse to contain poison.
It might hu well in this connection to simply
refer to the fact that Iho Jury In the Morse
casii brought in their verdict of guilty
of murder in the llrst dcgrco. After Mr.
Colby's stagey performance In tils argument
wherein ho pretended to drink BOIHO of the
poison in order to defeat the analysis , but
which solution was never claimed to bo any
thing but bitter from the presence of the
strychnine and not in a poisonous doso. The
Jury recognized that and never paid any at
tention to it , but regarded it as a neat law
yer's trick on the part of Colby to clear his
client from the callows.
In the case of State vs Stevenson the Jury
brought In n verdict of guilty and the court
sentenced the prisoner to the penitentiary , it
being a prosecution under the pharmacy not
In three of the Hvo cases of criminal pois
oning In which Dr. Clark was the state
cbomUt , the prisoners were discharged , but
in each of thc.n the poisoning was admitted.
In the ether two the sunicioncy of tbo analy
sis was disputed nnd convictions followed.
No criminal lawyer In Nebraska will hazard
his clients chances for llfo or liberty nny
moro by disputing the llndings In Dr. Clark's
chomlcnl anyalyos In criminal poisoning. His
work is considered in medico-legal circles
simply impregnable.
To summarize : His testimony as a chem
ical expert ban sent ono man to tbo gallows ,
ono to the penitentiary , and nowthosuptcmo
court , the highest tribunal in tbo state of
Nebraska capable of judclng.has passed upon
his work and has reveriod a decision of n
district Judge on the ground that bo found n
certain article of whisky ad til to rated as no
stated on Iho trial of tlio caso. What moro
could bc possibly found or needed to estab
lish Dr. Clark's ability as a chemist.
WlHcmmln Odd 1'YlliMiH' ' Olllrura.
* , Wis. , Feb. as. The forty-fourth
annual grand encampment of the Wisconsin
Independent Order of Odd Follows closed
yesterday. The following ofllcors of tbo
grand lodge were elected : Grand patriarch ,
L. F. Thlflsscn , Oshkosh ; grand high priest ,
J. A. Fathers , Jancsvillo : grand senior war
den , J. C. Oates , Darlington ; grand scribe ,
L. O. Holmes , Bnraboo ; grand treasurer ,
William Humphrey , Apploton. Appoint
ments by the grand patriarch : Grand mar
anal , Oscar Smith , Whitewater ; grand I. S.
b. , .1. D. Bradford. Hudson ; grand ( J. 1 , F. ,
A. F. Bartlett , Fond ilu Luc. The next
mceling will bo held at Apploton.
.lloui Citlnri-il 1'ncijilc ! ( iiillud.
PiTTSliimo , Pa. , Feb. 125. A party of nine
colored men from Arkansas passed through
the city on their way to Now York , from
where they expect to make arrangements for
transportation to Liberia. Thov btatod that
they bad been working on plantations In the
southern nart of the state , and dad long been
dlssalislled with their condition. Bishop
Turner had told them that frco transporta
tion to Liberia would bo furnished by the
Lioorlan consul In Now York , and they were
on their way to arrange for their departure.
Many other colored people nro seriously con
templating the same action.
r.iimlilrcl , Short nnil Then IIIBIIIIO. '
WI.HT Sui'Riiion , W'ls. , Fob. M. An appli
cation was made today to cause the com
mittal of E. E. Uoobo. manager of the North
American Telegraph company at this place ,
to the insane asylum. .Uoobo had boon spec
ulutlng In tlio. provision market aud using
ofllcc lunds. Ho then took to drink. An in
vestigation showed ho w us short in his ac
counts , no took sick and was removed to
the hospital , when symptoms of Insanity
soon manifested themselves. In his present
condition no prosecution will bo nindu.
Corilngo Trimt Men
NEW YOIIK , Fob. iiO. A disagreement has
arisen in the Cordage trust , and the lirst stop
In what promises to bo along and lively
legal war was taken. As a result of this
disagreement tbo National CorJngo com
pany , which is capitalized at $ Ifl,000,000 , will
huvo to make public Us mot hods of consolida
tion and controlling trade.
Illllt Mil KM *
Tom MaMnn.
i the lloston fust express u llttlo mul-
dun nat |
blio occupied tbo seat uluno , bcxldu bur lay
her but.
Hho elutohod her dolly to her breast , In child
ish , mother play.
As If bhu loured HOIIIO dreadful giant would
sniitch It right away.
"Aiu yon alone , my llttlo Klrl ? " I asked ns I
sumpod down.
" 11 y mumimi told mo Dod was here , " slio said
vflth half a frown.
"Slio tUsed mo an' my dolly , an' I doss I don't
know you "
"But dear1 I answered , smiling , "tell mo
where you're ifoliijj to. "
She twluti'd In bur suat , and then ulio tonud
bur tnnulod liulr ,
"I'm doln' on to lloston , an' my pop'll meat me
there. "
"Hut dour , " I questioned , gently , "U thu choo
cbou iiaru should slop ,
"And you Nliuuld wulU , and walk , and walk ,
and then nut find your uop ,
"What would you dor" Thu llttlo muldon
shook her liuad and frowned.
"My muiiinm Buys when pop U gene , that Dod
In homo where round , "
Thu train rolled Into lloston town. I waited
Ihero nwhllo
And wittchud my llttlo bluo-eyos , with her
liulf-uxiiuctaiil smllo.
"Doss wnltln' for my pop , " aho said , "with
oolly fust asluen
And then a man cumuriislilnz In , I know him
by bis luup.
IIo snatched bib little ilitnuhtor uu , with
frantic , feverlnh Kluu :
And then with fntbur'a Inttlnot , nulok hU eye
wan lurned on inn ,
'Wiill , Hutu , " ho iisKtm , "who U your frlond ? "
With < | iiamt. uxprosilvu nod
Thu m M Id rmillrd : " 1 dci > s i 1. now , I link It
mukt bu Dod , "