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TIIK prohibition convention followed
his own instructions and cut Dumoroal
on the bias.
Tlinitli is moro iiolitics lo the sqtiaro
inch in Nobraslta now than in any other
ttato in the union.
NOW for the now chairman of the
Bo-ird of Public Works. Mr. Blrklitiusor
has outlived liis tt&cfulnoss.
TIIK convention in the Coliseum will
probably liso to the spirit of their sur
roundings and "inuko Homo howl. "
TIIK prohibition candidate for presi
dent scorned to Bidwoll for the nomina
tion. But the votors'tvill ' bid him faro-
well.
Tliu "Queen's Speech" is so called ,
wo presume , because the queen is not
the author of it and because it is not
Bpokcii , but road.
TliK Iowa ropublicuns have followed
the lead of the higher example and have
chosen now olllcors for the state central
committee. It may prove n wise act.
IT is suggested that the national con
ventions of 1SOG bo hold at Sitka. The
temperature of the place mitral possibly
cool the enthusiasm of the galleries.
T. O. PLATThas written u letter which
IB warm in his expressions of support to
the republican ticket. Thus another
cherished dream of the , democrats is
o'er.
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Pi'fK makes no apology for its cartoon
teen on Blaine , but continues its insults
in its last issue. Hnro is a case wlioro
the acme of brutality and bud taste in
journalism is reached.
Mu. GKOKCIIO .Toxics , "father of tbo
grconbiiflc party , " is on his way to
Omaha , but by the time ho inspects his
bantling ho will bo unable to recognize
it under the now garb.
A NKW republican paper will bo
ntarted in Boston this month. There
uro only four republican dailies in Bos
ton and the abject need of another is
thus painfully apparent.
NK\v Yoitic was not satisfied with its
record on the Port Jorvis lynching , but
insisted on contributing a court room
murder in the metropolis this week.
Now lot the oust tail : of the "rowdy
west. "
PKOl'LK's party orators will do well
to road the crop and trade report pub
lished elsewhere before they wing their
flights among the rafters of the Coli-
neum building , unless they prefer to ap
pear ridiculous.
PAt'i , VANDHUVOOIIT will bo content
to retire from the Hold if only Judge
Groshnm is nominated. Between
lireshum and Harrison the doughty
general without a commission would
lake to the woods.
TIIK farmers of Adams county paid off
nearly $100,000 of their mortgage in
debtedness lastyonr. This they did out
of the proceeds of a , single season's
crops , after paying up obllgatloas in
curred during the procodlng year of
ireat llnancial distress.
No UKASO.VAIIUC doubt exists in re
gard to the position of George W. Perkins -
kins , the republican nominee for rail-
reid : commissioner in Iowa. His record
In the state senate has boon just and fair
mil ho will bo found working for the
people in support of the present railway
control law.
TIIK Omaha base ball club deserves
the ovation to bo given to it today. The
n'holu city takes pride in its record of
the last month. It wont tus'ity from
nome in sixth place and retuniod in
third place , a remarkable improvement ,
3spoclally when made on hostile
grounds. The club has good chances
now of winning the p-junant.
THK Now York iSmi has given the
keynote to the southern dom icrutlu
urgans nnd they are attempting lo unite
all the various uluinonls of .ho free
silver and alliance Ooinocr.its of the
south to the support of Cleveland by the
warning cry of "Forco Bill. " And yet
it ia the democratic party which charges
tin ) republicans of arousing sectional
prejudice.
STATISTICS prove that in Eiiirland 60
pur cunt of the manufactured products
goui to labor , " 'I per cent to the govern
ment and -1 per cent tu capital. In the
United States 72 pur cunt goes tu labor ,
5 per cent to the government and i.3 per
cent to capital. The laboring1 man need
look at these figures only a moment to
jotormlno whether he will vote for
English law or American law.
Till ! PKOI'WS I'AHTY.
Two years ngo Senator Blackburn of
Kentucky made the declaration in
Washington that the next president
would bo elected by the house of repre
sentatives , ami this would give the
democrats the president and the repub
licans the vice president. The great
interest which democratic lenders have
manifested In the farmers alliance move
ment has boon inspired chiefly , if not
wholly , to bring about the consumma
tion of Senator Blackburn's prophecy.
It is a fact fiunillar to all who are in
formed regarding current political his
tory that the democratic loaders have
done all they could to encourage the
formation of the people's party , and that
the men most prominently identified
with the now political movement have
boon democrats. In the south such men
ns Tlllman , Gordon , Keagan nnd others
no less prominent in democratic coun
cils have given encouragement to the
plan of forming a now party , novcr
doubting that there was no danger in
such an organization for the democratic
south , but believing nnd hoping that it ,
would bo the moans of defeating the
republican party in Bomoof the states of
the north.
It is well known that the great ma
jority of the alliance men in the south
ern states are democrats first , and the
assurance has repeatedly came from
that section that whatever they might
do in state elections they could bo con
fidently depended upon to support the
democratic ticket in national elections.
Mean time indefatigable efforts have
been made by the sou thorn promoters of
this movement to draw into it the re
publican farmers and workingmun of
the north , and it lias been more suc
cessful tlian could have boon supposed
possible when the obvious motive was
understood. It is not creditable to the
discernment of the farmers of the west
and northwest who have hitherto acted
with the republican parly that they
have allowed themselves to bo so easily
duped into becoming a party to this
demccratic sohomo for securing control
of the government. Nor can they plead
that they have not boon sullicicntly
warned.
The convention ot the so-called pee
ple's party which will nssomUo in this
city today will be simply a side show to
the Chicago convention. It may de
nounce the democratic party , but its
action will bo in the interest of demo
cratic success. Thcro is not an intelli
gent dolcgntn to this convention who
has any expedition of the now party
electing its candidates. Very few proba
bly have any serious idea that the party
can carry a single state. But there is a
chance to injure the ropuolican party ,
and possibly to defeat it , and this is the
real object they have in view.
It is already practically settled thnt
the declaration of principles announced
at the St. Louis conference will bo ro-
nfllrraod , with a few additions. The
talk rega.'ding Judiro Groshnm ns a can
didate is doubtless without the slightest
authority , since it is hardly possible
that ho has any sympathy with the
financial vagaries of the people's party ,
while his good sense must toll him that
ho could have nothing to gain , but
rather something to lose , by putting
himself in such u position.
Tllf ! nKMOCHATtU TAllll'F
President Harrison , in his letter to
the convention of Now York repub
lican league clubs , has given the key
note of the campaign regarding the
tariff. Referring' to the action of the
Chicago convention on this subject , ho
said that "tho majority report seemed
to rucogniy.o that some regard might bo
had in larilT legislation for the interest
of our American workingmoii ; that , in
making tariff reductions , injury to our
domestic industries should bo avoided ,
and that such changes should bo re
gardful of the labor and capital con
nected therewith. " But tnis report did
not prevail. On the contrary , "all of
these declarations were ruthlessly
stricken out by an overwhelming vote
of the convention , " and the president
very properly concludes that the reso
lution adopted must , in the light of this
vote , "bo construed to bo an afllrmativo
declaration that democratic legislation
upon the tarilT will bo without any re
gard to its ollect upon the wages of
American industries. " The president
concluded his letter as follows :
What was rojcctotl and wlnit was adopted
upon this subject at Chicago soorus to mo to
constitute a Uoclar.itiou in or a oxtrcnn and
destructive than bus ever before boon
promulgated by the domocratlo party. The
republican party may , in the light of this
declaration , appeal with added conlidonco to
American worklnsmcm nud American pro
ducers to sustain n policy that Is always ro-
eurdful of tbo Interests of Anurlcaii work-
inginou and American producers. The great
business Interests ot our country will not
fail to appreciate the disturbing and disas
trous effects of so radical a policy u pen the
ponoral prosperity.
No clearer exposition of the moaning
of the tariff plank of the democratic
platform and of the purpose it implies
could bo given , and the democracy will
find no little dllllculty in convincing
any intelligent workinirman that the
view taken by the president is not abso
lutely sound and logical. The tariff
plank agreed upon and reported by a
majority of the committee on resolu
tions of the Chicago convention recog
nized the difference between the cost of
labor hero and labor abroad as .1 factor
in making up tariff legislation. It also
"explicitly stated that in framing a
tariff it is not proposed to injure any
domestic industries , hut rather lo pro
mote their honlthy growth , and that
any change of the law mint bo at every
step regardful of tlio labor and capital
Involved. A subslituto was offered for
this plank by Mr. Ne.il of Ohio , and
vigorously supported by Mr. Wnttorson
of Kentucky , denouncing protection as
a fraud and declaring it to bo a funda
mental principle of the democratic party
that the federal government has no con
stitutional puvvor to impose and collect
tarilT duties , except fur the purpose of
revenue only. This subJtltuto win
adopted by a vole of CO I to it 15.
Thus , by a vote representing the full
convention , the doinourntlc party , as
was well said by Senator Halo in the
United Status senate a few days ago ,
"turned down the American laborer ,
turned down the American manufac
turer , and ndoptod a platform nearer to
( cue trade than any thing which has been
offered to the American people since the
absolutely free trade constitution
adopted by the confoJoracy In 1801. "
The vote of the southern states In the
convention was nouly : solid in support
of the substitute. It is not surprising
that the democratic organs are straining
their ingenuity to find an interpretation
of the InriiT plank of the party platform
thnt will relieve it of its offensiveness
to everybody engaged in the manufac
turing Indtislrlcs of the country , or who
is concerned for the growth and welfare
of Ihoso industries. They sea that the
intelligent workingmen nnd producers
of the country will repudiate tills ex
treme and destructive declaration , and
that the business interests of Iho coun
try , as President Harrison has said , will
not fall to appreciate Iho disturbing and
disastrous effects of so radical a policy
upon Iho gp.uornl prosperity. But their
efforts will bo futile. Tlioro is but ono
rational and logical construction of the
tariff plank of the democratic platform
possible , and that has been given it in
clear and forceful terms by the candidate
of the republican party.
AXD run citors ix yumtASicA.
A comprehensive review of the con
dition of local trade and the crops will
bo found iu this issue of THK BBK. It
embraces returns from eighty-seven
counties in Nebraska , and the showing
made is far moro encouraging than wo
had supposed possible. The unusually
late season and the continued rains
delayed planting so long that many
believed a full crop for the year out of
the question. The information pub
lished this morning is not obtained from
land boomers or immigration organiza
tions , but is compiled from reports to
the Omaha agency made by the local
representatives nml travelers of R. G.
Dun & Co. , a most conservative and
generally accurate authority upon matters -
tors affecting the financial welfare of
the country. The bright lingo which
is given to Iho condensed statements in
so many counties can , therefore , bo
relied upon as trustworthy , and per
sons interested in the growth and pros
perity of the stnto may well congrat
ulate themselves upon the outlook.
July and August are the trying
months for com , nnd that crop cannot
bo considered out of danger , but in spite
of late planting this king crop of Ne
braska is coming on with astonishing
promise. ' Unless we have exceptionally
dry weather and very early frosts corn
will ho an average yield throughout
the state. Small grain , flax and all the
ether crops , which are now maturing , '
saving the exceptions noted in the re
port ? , are in a most satisfactory condi
tion. Harvest is almost on for all wheat
and rye nnd barley. Spring wheat and
oats arc beginning to head with abund
ant moisture in nearly every section of
the stale. Those crops are practically
out of danger.
It is worth while to note in passing
the frequent mention of full or winter
wheat. This crop has not usually cut
much figure in the grain statistics of
Nebraska. The southern tier of counlios
as far west as Jefferson has usually har
vested considerable , but only within a
few years has any attempt boon made to
grow winter wheat in the counties bor
dering the Platlo river. The increased
snowfall of the pasl live winters and the
mildness of the season for four years are
responsible probably for the success
attending efforts to raise fall wheat. It
is not too much to expect the winter
wheat bolt to extend north of the great
Nebraska river and this state to become
a largo producer of this cereal.
The improved financial condition of
the farming communities will bo noted
as a most striking feature of Iho roporls.
In nol a single county ia mention made
of any degree of distress. The local
banks every wlioro are offering money at
lower rates than heretofore , and in
many attention is arrested by the information
mation that the farmers have largo deposits -
posits in the banks and nro in easier
circumstances than for years. They are
paying off mortgage indebtedness sload-
ily and refusing lo contract now debts.
In ono county money is reported scarce
for the reason that the farmers have
expended their surplus in buying unim
proved land from noiircsidonl specula
tors.
Collections are reported good through
out Iho slate anu trade at local stores
improving and profitable. Those con
ditions nro verified by the experience of
Omaha jobbers , who are in many in
stances away behind in their orders and
smiling ever the promptitude with
which their country bills are being mol.
Many country merchants who have
hitherto lakon Iho full limit of time on
their purchases are discounting their
bills and at Iho same time increasing
their orders.
The prices prevailing for all farm
products , both grain and stock , appear
likely to continue through the yoar.
There is no inUicalion anywhere of a
surplus either in moats or broadstuffj ;
as a nuturul and inevitable cousoquunco
our farmers and stock growers may
reasonably anlicipalo continued pros-
parity , steady reduction of debt and the
independence which only Iho successful
agriculturist can hope to enjoy. As
we htivo ropoalodly said in those
columns , the only business man who can
safely luugh ut financial calastrophos is
the prudent , skillful farmer who owns
ills land , lib slock , his implements and
his buildings absolutely. Ho may not
add to Ills surplus in off yours , but if ho
owes no man anything ho can never bo
forced into bankruptcy by bank failures
or other financial disasters , and his pro
ducts , stored In ample granaries , will
sooner or later commandromunuratlvo
prices. This promises to bo the second
farmers' year and to bo moro profitable
lhan Iho lasl , and with those bellor
limes lo Iho farmers will come prosper
ity lo all olhor lines of industry , higher
prices for laud , a rapid Increase of the
agrlcullural population of the state and
renewed commercial activity in all Iho
clllus.
KK the city onlors into a contract
for any work It should hold the con-
true tor to Us fulfillment. The idea that
city and county authorities can bo Im
posed on with impunity has long pre
vailed among contractors , A striking
instance was furnished in the county
hospital job , the city hall foundation
and , last but not least , the IColohniu fur *
nlturo conlract. I every one of these
contracts there wu [ tpnlpnb'o ' intent on
the part ot the Coil > rnctor to furnish in-
forior materials am "Co Ignore the speci
fications. It is to bo hoped Mayor Botnls
nnd the council wljlgpt { an example and
reject such of lag. furniture as floes nol
conform with the specllli'iittons and
standard of worlunaHshlp to which the
city is entitled. " ' -1
WHII.K actlvoly.cngagod in the busi
ness of caring for. the heals of visitors
who have come hoio [ to take part in or
look at the proceedings of Iho
grcal national iUqtilos which have
boon entertained in Omnlm of late ,
the citizens have found Iholr material
prosperity steadily enhanced. For in
stance , ouch .succeeding week of the
year has shown a handsome increase in
the tabulated bank clearing reports ,
until this week Omaha loads all Iho
rest , with an increase of ' 18.8 per cent
, ever the corresponding week of last
yoar. Her stock market , lee , is keep
ing pace with the wholesale Inlorssts of
the city. Yesterday at the stock yards
receipts wore the smallest of the week ,
yet callle advanced 10 lo 15 conls and
hogs 6 to 10 conls per 100 pounds. Six
thousand , two hundred and nincty-nino
head of hogs were sold at an average
price of $5.83 per hundred , Cattle
ranged up to 81.60. It is evidently
Omaha's vour.
AUUANGKMKNTS already perfected
assure a celebration of the Fourth of
July surpassing in interest and en
thusiasm any public event in the history
of this eily. II will bo a colobralion
which will appeal lo Iho patriotism of
the people. If it wcro possible it would
bo well if every citizen of Nebraska
could participate in it , nnd Omaha extends -
tends a cordial invitation to everybody
lo come hero on that day and to take
part in what will bo a most memorable
occasion , Lol no ono remain away from
a fear that the moans of enlorlainmont
will bo insufficient. Our enterprising
citizens nro prepared to take euro of
all who may come. It will bo a gala
day , indeed , to bo long remembered.
CtKVKr < AXD carried the stales of In
diana , Now York and Connecticut in
1S81 and lost the Iwo first named in
188S. His success in 18S4 was due lo the
united condition of the democracy in
those stales and lo Iho leadership of
Hendricks , Manning nnd Barnum. The
In-o lirsl named died before Iho 1888'
canvass and Ihoir slates wo in republi
can. Barnum died in 1889 .ind Con-
ncclicul has had a republican gov
ernor over sinco. The democracy of
Now York is split in twain and Indiana
has been abandoned to"tho republicans.
Tlioro is nothing to indicate any hope
of Iho domocrals carrying either of the
three slates. J ;
TIIKIJK ought to' ho-a strong bond of
sympathy this yeai- between the prohi
bitionists and Iho dom'bcrats. The con
ventions at Cincinnatiand Chicago were
in some respects very much alike. The
majority and minority reports from the
committee on resolutions were in both
cases Iho subjects "oil hot debate. In
bolh cases there was a wide difference
upon .the tariff question and in botli Iho
frco Irado idea prevailed. ( As their
platform stanus , the prohibitionists are
committed lo a tariff plume that ought ,
lo excite great democratic admiration of
the wisdom that diolated it.
THK school board ought to proceed
without furthordelny in Iho construction
of the now sohoolhousos which are to
bo built. The interests of hundreds of
children of school ago are involved in
this matter , and it will bo cause for very
great regret if they are deprived of
needed school accommodations through
the noglecl , indifference or apathy of
the Board of Educalion. Tlioro is no
public work of moro urgent importance
than this , nnd it should bo pushed to
completion as rapidly as is consistent
wilh ils proper performance.
IT is evident that there will bo some
powder burned in Omaha on the Fourth
of July. The fireworks committee has
ever $1,000 at its disposal , and there arot
plenty of other people who have saved
up some pennies to spend on this glor
ious occasion. The citizens of this town
propose to make thn celebration such a
booming success Unit the delegates to
the pconlo's convention will have something -
thing besides politics to talk about when
they got homo ,
TIIK chnngo in the Board of County
Commissioners will naturally bo fol
lowed by a change in the management
of the county hospital , which has boon
the subject of several investigations. It
is to bo hoped , however , that the com
ing superintendent of the county hospi
tal will bo a man thoroughly qualified
and above reproach. The position is a
very responsible ono and demands n man
of executive ubillly , high integrity and
good temper.
GKNKUAL BIUWKM , the prohibition
candidate for president , was in congress
as a republican some lime in the sixties.
It is said .of him that ho owns a wicto
stretch of srardon hi California and re
duces his crops lo a condition for use
before ho markets them. Ho once had a
vineyard nnd made Iho grapes inlowino ,
but on becoming uprohjbltlonist ho laid
it waste , although it was worth half a
million dollars. Uo wont over the plains
in 1811. * "
OMAHA cannot lof/L * b'o in the dumps
when the grout statij bofak of her Is enjoying -
joying bolh prosperity and Iho promise
thereof. Jim i
No Troulilii KttliiiiK | > | | It.
Chlca'jii'Trlhunii ,
' 'Uoncrnl" Stovonsbri's-'inllltary record Is
unavailable. Ho Imsfl't'auy. '
Dolli Duvlil HullcY
A"cu > York Ttttumm.
Wlioro Is Governor HUH Why Is his volco
silent when the democracy rojolcoai Hit
Iho duty of loaders to load ,
A ( Jrcnt , Solemn Truth ,
Kew 1'oilt Adwlittr ( ( nl. dun. )
The great Issue , asldu from ttio economic
ono , U simply this. I < thuro a doulm for u
change of administration ! The country is
contented nnd prosperous. 1'ubllu affairs
uru being well looltod ufior. The poopio am
coniuniod and disinclined to revolution. Iu
tliln respect ulouo the democrats are destined
to defeat this year , because they huvu dolib.
erately placed thou'iclves 'ia uu attitude
which invites distrust.
xinis.iNi.i'x
Tlioro ts only ono man on the Nebraska
delegation to the Omniin coavontlon who U
not well known over ttio state , In ono wny or
another. The ere exception U tbo innu from
Uouclns county. ,1. Kelly MoComln. About
thn only thing that seems to bo Known about
him Is thnt ho Is a fnrmor In .leiTorson pro
duct nnd rocotvos his mull nt , the Uonnlng-
ton postonico.
0. H. Van Wyok heads tha delegation.
Everybody In Nebraska knows the "aonornl , "
nnd thcro seems to bo n few people la olhor
states who liavo heard of him.
John H. Pownri Is nnothor man who Is
well Itnown. Ho has doon provident of the
natlonnl nnd the stnto alliances two terms ,
nnd oneo upon n tlmo ho ran for governor ,
but failed to connect with his coal. Ho lives
nt Cornell , Hltcheocl ; county , when ho Is nt
homo , which hasn't boon very often of late.
The delegate from the l-lrat district Is
Jacob V. Wolfe. Ho also Is a defeated cnn-
tttdato for n Mate ofllco , us be ran for trcas-
uror two years ngo mid wont aown with his
Independent brethren. Mr. Wolfe reside ? on
a farm llvo miles from Lincoln , wlioro bo set
tled twonty-ouo years ngo. Ho was born lii
Sutherland county , Maryland , In ISM. Ho
attended public school , ana In IS. graduated
from the State university nt Bloomington ,
Ind. In 1871 Mr. Wolfe came to Nebraska.
Ho Is a practical farmer. For four years hn
wus the treasurer of Owen county , Indiana.
W. A. Poyntor's biography appeared In
those columns only a few days ngo , when ho
was nominated lor coneross by the independ
ents of the Third district. Mr. I'oyntor
seems willing to toke anything and everything -
thing in slglit.
1. D. Chamberlain in the doloeato-at-largo
from the Fourth district. Isaac halls from
Btromsburg , Polk county , whore ho edits a
paper with a brilliant name , the Headlight.
Chamberlain has boon an agitator of the
most radical kind for many years , but ho
hasn't ovou made n success of agitating. Ho
is a member of the Knights of Labor and ou
ofllcor in the atato assembly.
Melvolgliaii represents the Fifth. Ho Is
temporarily representing that district and a
por'.ion of the Fourth In congress. His lull
name is William Arthur McKolghan nnd his
legal residence Is Hoa Cloud. His biography ,
as prepared by hlmsolf for the congressional
directory , is as follows : Ho was born of Irish
parents In Cumberland county , Now Jersey ,
January 10. 1842 ; removed with his parents
to Fulton county , Illinois , in 1848 , whore ho
lived on a farm and attended the common
school ; enlisted in the Eleventh roglmont ,
Illinois cavalry , September , ISIil ; at the close
of the war settled on n farm near Pontlnc ,
III. ; took an active part In organizing the
farmers association ; was elected vlco presi
dent of the Eighth conzrosslODol district ;
moved to Nebraska in 1S30 and settled ou a
farm near Uod Cloud ; took an active interest
in organizing the alliance ; was elected county
judge of Wobitor county in 1SS3 ; in 1SSO was
democratic candidate for congress auainst
Hon. Jnmos Laird nnd was dofoatad ; was
again nominated for congress by the alliance ,
or independent party , was endorsed by the
democratic convention and elected to the
Fifty-second congress ns on Independent , re
ceiving 30.104 votes against iil , TO votes for
N. V. Harlan , republican , nnd 1'J'JO votes for
L. C. Palmer , prohibitionist , nud 10 votes
scattering.
The Sixth district sends Judge William
Neville as its dologato-at-largo. The judge
has boon a prominent democrat of western
Nebraska for a number of years nnd was
register of the United States laud ofllco at
North Platlo during the Cleveland adminis
tration , holding the ofllco until the expiration
of his commission , which was a year nnd a
half under the republican rulo. Mr. Neville
was born in Washington county , Illinois ,
December 'J'J ' , 1843. Ho attended McKeiidreo
college until May , 18li4 , when ho enlisted in
company H , 142d regiment , Illinois volun
teers. At the close of the war ho became a
schoolteacher. Then ho commanded a Mis
sissippi river steamboat and left his position
to take up the study of law at Chester , III.
In 1S74 ho moved to Omaha and oracticod
law until 1S7T , when ho located in North
Platto. During his residence in Omaha ho
was elected to represent Douglaii county in
the Nebraska legislature. Last fall ho was
elected district judge on tbo independent
ticttot by a small majority.
Ono of the district delegates from the First
district is E. P. Ingorsoli , who looks rnoro
like a successful business man than n tiller of
Nebraska soil. Ho is a Now Yorker by
birth , born in Ithaca , November 23 , 1828.
Ho attended during bis school lifo Ithaca
academy , now the seat of Cornell university.
When the gold fever broke out in California ,
Mr. Ingersoll wus ono of the first men to join
the ranks of the argonauts and crossed the
country In M9 , n typical M9or. In Iblfi ho
loft Now Yorit for Canton , 111. , and it was
from the Illinois village ho outfitted for the
tiresome journey across the plains to the El
Dorado of the west. After the abatement of
the gold craze , Ingersoll returned to Canton.
111. , where ho remained till the fall of 1STO.
when ho settled In Johnson county ,
six miles beyond Tecumseh , and begun
farming. Previous to this time
no had boon engaged In commercial
pursuits , but farming has slnco been his
profession , the healthful cllmato of Nebraska
bringing him vigor and ruirgodneis. When
the anti-monopoly movement of 1SS1 became
the factor It did In Nebraska politics , Mr.
Ingcrsoll , by reason of his pronounced views
and lila ability , became the leader of the
party and was chosen the first president of
the farmers alliance , which position ho hold
for two terms. In 188'J ho was placed on the
anti-monopoly ticket for governor , much
against his will , nnd made the fight , and the
ticket of ton years ago received n miijorlty of
the votes cast In Omaha and Douglas county.
After the campaign Mr. Ingersoll retired
from politics and , OR ho says"wont Into his
hole to emerge in this year of our Lord , 1S02 ,
to help nominate the boat man possible for
president ou the people's ticket. " Mr. In-
gergoll , whllo an enthusiast In favor of his
party's principles , permits ether men to dif
fer from him. Ho 1s genial and companion-
ublo , and U llltoly to bo Hoard from on the
floor of the convention.
y VUM311TTKK HCIIOHS.
All the political interest In Nebraska la
not absorbed by the Independents , as was
.conclusively shown by the attendance Thurs
day night at tbo meeting of the republican
state central committee. Nearly every
member of the committee was on hand , and
candidates were thcro almost by the score.
Whllo the meeting was In progress the
opposite side of the street was lined with u
row of llu'uros which have boon familiar at
the sessions of tbo legislature for many a
year. The state house contingent was on
hand In force , excepting , of conrao , tbo
democratic governor and his satellites.
Ttio fixing of the dnto of the stoto conven
tion for August 4 will bring th mooting just
one day alter the independent convention at
Kearney , or If the independents hold oviir
for another day wo will witness the spectacle -
taclo of two state conventions in session at
once , a thing that hai never before happened
in Nebraska. _ _ _ _ _
Two years ago the state convention was
held at Lincoln July "I , the oarllett In tun
year that u state convention had ever been'
held iu Nebraska , This year's convention
will bo only ton days behind thnt of 1800 ,
but the rent work of the cnirpai n will
probably open a great deal earlier than It
did two years ago.
There was only ono real struggle in the
commlttuo mooting nnd that was nvor tno
apportionment. In accordance with the
decision reached , ono dologalo-at-lnrgo from
each county nud ono dolngjto tor every 100
votoi cait for Hastings , the convention will
bo composed of S3" delegates , apportioned ns
follows by rountlos :
SAMJ'J'l' S.ll'tXUS.
" " ! ls ! " yor-I slmn't c.itl
v , . in " .
jou .lucky" In uiiulle again , my nngol.
\ouna Mrs. Sawyor-llut why not. Hobnrt ?
I ilosii love to huvn
yon ntrcutloimto with inn.
ti. . i 'J ' Vor-No doubt yon do. pot : lint when
the luiblt to which I have alluded clvos iv
venomous rival like Dr. Alton an opportunity
to allude to mu as your quack , Ills , I think ,
hlKli time I east about for some other term of
endearment ,
11EII ON ! ! ACCOSII'MSII.MKNT.
,
Sim couldn't rldo a bloyole ,
Hho couldn't Oreok triuihliito ;
him couldn't swim , she couldn't , row ,
Mie couldn't oven akaloi
Hho couldn't cook , she couldn't bake ,
Hho couldn't Miulllo a deck
Of cards : but ono thlim she could do
t-he could Indorse a chock.
Now York Kvcnln ? Kun : Wet foot nro the
cause of moro deaths lhan anything else , w lib
Ihocutlon | ) of old a o nnd doctors ; so when
It rains never vonturooiit In n pulrof rubbers
that havi ) uoou worn moro than onco.
Nevorsltlu a draught. It wasn't Intended
for that puruosu. Always. swallow It.
uallopltu con-win iitlon runi In thn human
r.icc , : ind when you have It the odds are
against you ,
Now York World : "Joslah.dld you BO tosoe
that , hklrt dance that wo heord so much
alioutV"
"Yea , Saiimiitliy. but law. It hain't , not no
chance to dunce , fur a slrl stands Inside of it
most of the time and Jlst jerks It every whloh
way. "
A Vt'All SONCl.
I'.initnc I'lehl.
Awake ! arise ! ye patriot bravo.
Your duty to fulfill !
Hu > ili Iu your rlchtvoiis wrath lo save
The land from threatened 111 !
Koul truaeliory's vonzoriil. shadows lilt
I/Ike demons everywhere ,
And Itao.v Cleveland want * lo sit
In Ri-ampa's baby's chair !
Shall this spoiled darlln : vanquish that
Sweet hoosier younkltV Nay !
She'll never wear hurerunipas hat
She Isn't , built that way !
Out out upon the pampered chit
The | i itrlot lotions swear
That Ilaby Cleveland shall not alt
In ( jrampa's baby's chair.
So , come ! We'll lift our standard high
A tiny pair of pants !
This "In Hoc Slgno" 'II petrify
All nuuwumu sycophants !
Stern common sense hliull soon outwit
Kucli sentimental snare.
And llahy Cleveland shull not sit
In urampa's baby's chair !
Now York Tribune : Uncle Josh Who Is
that thcro feller over there In Astar 1'lace
a-holdln' up his hand ?
rolicoman That's Sunset Cox. 111 Run In
politics.
Unelo.Tosh now tell : I thousrht ns how It
was a stater of the only in in whoovorsloppcd
ono of these hoio pesky street , keers.
SlftliiRs : Some onnsays thatllquorstronKth-
ens the volco. This Is a mistake ! Itonly nr.inu-i
the breath strong.
liochoster Foil : Thny say that rabbit hunt
ers are very partial to haro-trluiiers.
all : "Yot Is do matter mlt do
ehlldl's ImmltV"
"Acnshla ! Her hand Is all rlchl ; It's her
arrum as Is hurled. She boomped lior arrum. "
"lloom ta-ra-raV Is del It ? Yell , 1 did hoar
datde whole town has got boom ta-ra-ra very
bad. "
Chicago Tribune : 1'rospectlvo Purchaser
i es. these suburban lots look well on pup or.
but I wniit to KO anil see them.
Keal Kstato Aaent Certainly , sir : certainly.
Whluh shall we take boats , stilts , or a diving-
bell ?
Philadelphia Kocord : "Sponcor had hard
luck lust night. " "How wns that ? " "Why ,
Do ta'oaquc Invited him to take a drink , and
then had the meanness to drop dead , Sponsor
felt very badly about It. "
Truth : I'ryor Do you run your household ?
Km me No ; my wire runs that.
I1. Ah I see , you run the olllco.
R No ; the janitor runs that.
I' . What In thunder do you run ?
! ' . Well , I run buck anil forth.
Together.
A'cw VnrH Cumiiwctnl ,
Tbo fnct Is that after a sharp contest re
publicans como toRothor with n dojrroo ol
rapidity thnt nmnics their opponents ,
Already not n trnco Is loft or the contort
within the party. Kvory republican In INOW
York today Is n Harrison mnn , who will work
for the election of the party's candidate as 11
ha were his own ,
Annlnst such unity nnd enthusiasm what
onrthly chance has n domornllzod democracy ,
still smnrtinp under Insult nnd K'vinR ' to 111
rejected applicant for honors the porfunctorj
support of defeated mercenaries !
A Sumpli' Doimirrntle I'ntrloti
Chlcaan Timr * .
Mr. Ilrlco of Ohio , n senator from that
stnto nnd chairman of the national domocrntlf
committee , h.ii boon bichly honored by till
party. Uo Is n millionaire many times ovor.
Coming to Chicago in the pcrformnnee of tin
duty nj chnlrmnti ot the national cotntnlttoo
hu submits to n committed uf local domocrnts
a bill for something llko $ ? OD for porsoiml ex
penses. which thnt coiniiilttoo promptly pays.
The honors of political life do not scorn towel
wol h In the balnnco with Chairman Hrlco
against a few luindrod dollar * In his pocket.
Tint 1'imtliiK of Keller.
DttivU l-'icc Vina.
The knocking out of IColfor In the repub
lican congressional convention In the Seventh
district of Ohio ts an event on which both
the democrats and republicans of the coun
try nrc to bo profoundly congratulated. The
job took ( Ul ballon , but It wns well worth
tno trouble. Mr. ICelfer will probably join
the rotircJ list now and hnvo n seat beside
Ingalls.
Vim I'rorodlnit Victory.
A'cit1 Yoill 'J'rtbunt ,
Ono does nol hnvo to look far ntlold Ihls
year lo perceive thnt the republicans of the
country nro thoroughly aroused nnci deeply
in onrnost. Our friends the nnomy Icnow
what that menus in n presidential yonr. At
nil events , if they don't ' know now , Ihoy will
on the ni lil of November S.
llnitnn OmrfrT.
In sllonco lie sat as the hours drasKcd by ,
Kuwrapped In Kloom ;
And then anon lie rose with \\carv slgb
And paved the room.
Deep furrows plowed his alabaster brow
With lines of euro ;
And ono had tint to watch to sec , 1 trow ,
Clray btronk his hair.
On wont the rush and roar of life without ;
He heeded not.
Ills mind was racked with dark corroding
doubt
All , wretched lot !
A drear , distressing uoiiut distraught his brain
lly ulcht and day ;
A dread perplexity aklu to piln :
Miulu nltn its prey.
Ami this Hie doubt that scorned his heart to
tear ,
Ills soul to gnaw :
"Oh , have I have I got Iho nerve to wear
Last summer's straw ? "
Will cure You , is a true statement of the
action of AYEIl'S Sarsnparllla , when
taken for diseases originating in impure
blood ; lint , while this assertion is trtio of
AYEIl'S Sar.saparilla , ns thousands can
attest , It cannot bo truthfully applied to
other preparations , which unprincipled
dealers will recommend , and try to im
pose upon you , as "just ns good as
Ayer's. " Take Aycr'a Sarsaparilln and
Aycr's only , if yon need n blood-purilior
and would be benctlted permanently.
This medicine , for nearly fifty years ,
lias enjoyed a reputation , nnd made a
record for cures , that lias never been
equaled by other preparations. AYER'S
Sarsnparilla eradicates the tnlnt of he
reditary scrofula nnd other blood dis
eases from the system , and it has , deser
vedly , the confidence of the people.
iarsaparilla
"I cannot forbear to express my joy nt
the relief I have obtained from the use
of AYER'S Sarsaparilln. I was atllictcit
with Uidnoy troubles for about six
months , suffering greatly with pains In
the small of my back. In addition to
this , my body was covered with pimply
eruptions. The remedies prescribed
failed to help mo. I then began to take
AYEIt'S Sarsaparilla , and , In a short
time , the pains ceased nnd the pimples
disappeared. I advise every young man
or woman , In case of sickness result
ing from impure blood , no mutter how
long standing the case may be , to talia
A YEU'S Sarsaparilln. " II.L.Jartunun ,
S3 William St. , Now York City.
Prepared by Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co. , Lowell , Unas.
S , CO.
Largest MannrncluroH uii'l rntallori
of Clothliiifln the World.
Hats Off
Saturday we make the men happy ,
First place you get
your choice of any
stiff hat in the house ,
whether it be a You-
man , Knox or Dun-
lap style , light or
dark color , at $1 less
than the regular
marked price. Understand ? $1 off on
any man's hard hat we have. Then to
cap the climax we'll sell a nice line of
new pattern negligee shirts at $1 with v
choice of laundered or soft collar. Our
$4 flannel shirts $2 and the $2 ones for
$1. Besides 2 lines of fine balbriggan
summer underwear , in plain or fancy
stripes , at 85c. Any other time $1.25.
owning , King & Co
rein now till July 4 , our store will bo . open . I W P/ir SI
.
. n Hiwi
ivury day HUB p. m. Saturdays till IU p. m. |