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C'lrniilntlnn , for Juno ! iBH03.
A mutAT denl of Rolcl wont to Europe
Inst week , in the pockets of the tourists.
WHAT Omiiha needs inoro thnn nny
ether one thint' is a first cluss ( Iroproof
hotel.
HAVING killed the silver bill , lot
congress now adjourn while its credit
is comparatively good.
IT MUST bo pleasant to edit n , demo
cratic paper in Kansas , extolling the
virtues of Cleveland and exhorting dem
ocrats to vote for Weaver.
MATILDA FI.KTCIIKK will visit Omahix
BOOH and toll us "What is Man. " It is
only natural for women to talk ol sub
jects with which they are not familiar.
MK. WKimnu feels pretty comfort
able these duys. The Board of Educa
tion has no serpcnnt-iU-anns and has no
power to compel the attendance of mom-
bora.
THIS Minnesota democrats and nlll-
nnco people have fusud , and the repub
licans are much more confidant of boat
ing this combine than they wore before
the political misfit had been spliced.
THK lido hns turned strongly in favor
of the view first expressed by THK BKK ,
that the employment of the Pinkortona
was decidedly mischievous but the
strikers were not justified in their ac
tion.
THIS wind destroyed the democratic
wigwam in Chicago and the "Frankie
Folsom" sank at Peoria , TJow can the
democrats have any more hopes in this
campaign , lottst of all of carrying Illi
nois.
Tin : city council was strangely unani
mous in rejecting the Keteham furnl-
turo. It 1st necessary to stir up ofllcitils ,
but if they BOO the people arc aroused
they climb into the band wagon quite
hastily.
MKSSUS. CHAMIJEUIAINT and Stanley
should learn a lesson from Mrs. Lease
and J. Ellen Foster , and allow their
wives to do the campaigning while
they saw wood and do the cooking at
homo.
A DKHCIT of only $1-1,000 on the na
tional drill fraud ! That in a. pretty
burden for Onmhii citizens to bear.
The next city selected by that outfit
should take a lesson from Omaha's uad
experience.
Now that Major Balcombo lias boon
confirmed our citi/ona will oxnoct the
board to take a move upon iteolf and
proceed to expedite the paving and
work upon the sewers without further
tomfoolery.
THKIf. \ \ . lias kindly figured it out
that the republicans will elect no con
gressmen in Nebraska this year. Now
if this nstulo authotity will bo kind
enough to let the voters have a hand
in this matter , perhaps they will bo bet
tor satisfied.
IT SHOfi.n not bo forgotten that only
a few years ago Mr. Carnegie olTorod
to turn over hi mill to the employes if
they would iiHSuro him an income of 5
pot * cent on the investment , and after
examination they declined , being of
the opinion that they could inako more
on their \vagoa.
PAUL VANDKUSNOIIT , who has frco
access to the political columns of the
JJoublc-Dccf.cr , is making himself very
numerous those dnya with suggestions
to republicans as to how they should
conduct their campaign. If Mr. Van-
dowiort would attend strictly to the
business for which ho has been engaged
by the raih oiid managers , ho will have
his hands full without meddling with
what does not concern him.
THK congressional investigation of
the Btecl workers utrlko at Homestead
may throw u good deal of light on the
relations of Carnoglo's mill managers
nud their employe * . Chairman Hoatnor
of the con.mlltuo declares , after oxamln-
ing the jny roll , thut the wages piid : by
the Carnegie company were the highest
ho over hoard of. Ittwtnor is a Louis
iana democrat and not in the least
friendly to protection or protected in
dustries.
Tim pcoplo'n party loaders of the south
Bay they aru going to carry all the
uouthurn utatos by allowing the negroes
nil to vet < ; the people's party ticket.
Thla is a higir bid for the negro voto.
Have they not always claimed that the
negro could vote if-ho chose ? Is not thin
unique proposttl an admission of south
ern Ku Klux mothodH ? Hut what is there
of the boasted freedom of elections if
the only condition under which the
nojjroes will bo allowed to vote is that
they vote thu oruzyrjullt parly ticket ?
A FllKK CUJNAUK DKFKAT.
Frco silver coinnpo has mot with
another repulse in the house of repre
sentatives , Last week the bill passed
by the semite was favorably reported to
the house by the committee on coinage ,
weights and measures and placed on the
calendar. The committee on rules also
agreed to bring in a resolution provid
ing that the house should proceed with
the consideration of the measure on
Wednesday of this week. This resolu
tion was submitted to the house yester
day and was defeated.
The failure of this second attempt to
got a free coinage bill considered by the
liouao will doubtless put an end to efforts
in this direction at the present sossion.
While it is unquestionable that a largo
majority of the democrats in the house
nro in favor of such a measure , these
opposed to it and the democrats who believe -
liovo such legislation would not , from a
political point of view , bo expedient at
this time , together with the repub
licans , are strong enough to prevent a
free coinage bill being considered.
There has been a change of position re
garding this question on the part of
some democrats since the Chicago con
vention , not as to its merits , but with
regard to the policy of making it an
issue at this time. A number of demo
crats who oppose frco coinage now are
prompted entirely by the consideration
of political expediency. They are in
favor of the frco and unlimited coinage
of silver , but they believe that it would
bo damatring to the party to pass a bill
for this purpose now. There is a con
siderable clement , composed clnolly of
representatives from the eastern states ,
who are honestly opposed to the free
coinage policy , but tboy are largely in
the minority.
The repulse of the democratic frco
coinugo advocates in the house will not
help the party with these who under
stand the situation. The fact remains
that a majority of the representatives
of the democracy in both the house and
the senate favor frco and unlimited sil
ver coinage , and that in this they repre
sent the sentiment of a largo majority
of the party. On March 2-1 the house
voted on an order to take up the Bland
bill , and it was supported by 130 demo
crats , 81 voting against it , showing a
democratic majority for free silver of
49. At the same time 07 republicans
voted against the order and 11 for it ,
the republican majority against frco
silver being 50. On July 1 the senate
passed the Stewart silver bill , the most
radical free coinage measure over pre
sented in congress. There were 18
democratic votes for the bill and 7
against .it , a democratic majority for
free silver of 11 , while there were 11 re
publican votes for and 18 against the
bill.
bill.There
There is no possibility of misunder
standing the moaning of testimony of
this kind. It shows conclusively how
the representatives of the two great
parlies in congress stand regarding this
most important issue , and this must
bo accepted as showing the real atti
tude of the parties , regardless of the
makeshifts of platforms. Every bit of
evidence worthy of consideration shovs
that the democracy , as a party , is in
laver of free silver coinage , and if it had
the power would put that policy into
olTect in company with free trade.
A COVKltT AFI'KAL.
The call for the Iowa democratic con
vention is uniquo. Ordinarily , such
calls are more formal and business
notices , but this yo.ir's call contains the
germ of a stump speech and a cunnlnir
appeal for outsldo support. Tnis clause
roads thus :
All voters who bollovo that the present
system of protcctloti Is n burden to the
furmor , iniquitous to business interests ,
detrimental to the Roncril welfare of the
country , and of no bonoflt to the laborer ,
evou though employed iu the Carnegie und
otbor protected industries , and all who wish
candidates for state onlcos to bo selected
with roforcnco to ttiolr standing upon ques
tions affecting the policy of this state , are in
vited to become factor * iu selecting ; delegates
to this convention.
There can possibly bo no mistaking
that Hubtilo invitation to mugwumps
and disaffected workingmen to take
part in democratic caucuses. It is also
a manifest attempt to keep the people's
party from drawing democrats away
from their old party. In ether words it
is a cunning , sly subterfuge to capture
Iowa for Grover Cleveland.
In Iowa , as in Oregon , the very great
majority of the people's party vote will
como from democratic ranks. Chairman
Fuilon of the Iowa democracy sees this ,
and has attempted not only to stem the
tide but to turn the current so that the
political driftwood will all bo drawn
into the democratic channel.
It is frequently published and blazoned
abroad that the Iowa democracy is anew
now organization , a purer party than
the old ono.ind , presumably by virtue of
Us republican accessions , a more manly
and intelligent body of men. There is
no doubt that these auce-'aions have
given the party a prestige which it has
not deserved and which it cojld not sus
tain. The real character of the party
is shown in this bid for fusion and ap
peal to keep the straving democrat in
the fold.
Tliis calamity stump speech in a
formal document cannot fail to inspire
the erring republicans who voted for
Boies and convince them that In this
providential year their votes should bo
cast for republican candidates.
UMA n A ixutw rnir.s.
The fact that Omaha now bus 100
manufacturing industries , representing'
a capital of nearly 19,000,000 and pro
ducing annually $ . ' ! : i,000,00 ( ! worth of
goods , is very encouraging when it is
rpmemhcri'd thut these industries have
grown up within a few years and that
their establishment on a firm basis was
effected in the face of a strong competi
tion. Ton years ngo very few people
believed that Omaha would over have
any standing as a manufacturing point ,
and these who then argued that there
was a possibility of this clly becoming
an important industrial center mot with
llllle consideration.
Time lias demonstrated the superior
judgment of the latter class , and it has
not- taken a very long time to do it
cither. It can safely bo assorted that
very few of the manufacturing cities of
the country made much iroutor Indus
trial progress iu the first quarter of a
century of their existence than Omaha
has achieved. With the exception of leas
than half a doxen , this city has grown
in this respect as vigorously as nny in
the country , and when all the conditions
are considered its progress has been
more than noteworthy.
This ought to inspire faith in the fu
ture. What hns been accomplished
clearly points the way to greater
achievement. The conditions which
have maao manufacturing here profit
able up to the present point have not
changed except as they have enlarged.
The territory tributary to the Omaha
market is steadily increasing in popula
tion and prosperity , .and nobody doubts
that it will continue to increase. Withih
a radius of a few hundred miles from
this City there will bo within a genera
tion the densest agricultural population
in the country , and this city will bo the
commercial metropolis of this populous
region. Can there bo any doubt that
there is a most promising field hero for
more manufacturing industries ?
Omaha ought to double the amount of
Us manufactured products within the
next five years , and it will do ao if the
right spirit and enterprise are exerted
in showing the advantages of the city as
a manufacturing point and oncounigintr
the investment of capital in industries.
It is true that the city is well known
abroadand there is a pretty widespread
appreciation of its possibilities , but it is
desirable that these should bo constantly
urged upon the attention of these most
likely to take a practical interest in
them. It is also necessary that there
shall bo a liberal policy for inducing
capital to invbst in industries. Wo
know , of course , that these things have
been said before many times. The sub
ject is not now. But as a matter of the
very highest importance to the future
of this city it can hardly bo discussed
too frequently or too earnestly. Wo be-
licvo that at present public interest in it
is not as keen and active ag it should bo ,
and that an effort ought to bo made to
arouse it.
WKAKKIt TIIAX TWO YKAltS AGO.
A loading organ of mugwumpory re
cently said that jt is idle to deny that
the democracy as a party , judged by its
most recent record , is not so strong as it
was two years ago. It pave as reasons
for this the fooling with the project of
frco coinage , the lack of unity , firmness
and intelligence in dealing with the re
form of the tariff , and the wild extrava
gance of the river and harbor bill. This
is an altogether inadequate presentment
of the reasons for the loss of popular
confidence in the democratic party. It
not only fails to give all tie ] reasons , but
omits the most important ones.
A principal cause of the lots of demo
cratic strength during the past two
years is the fact that the people are con
scious of having been grossly deceived
by that party. They were told two
j-oarri ago that the now tariff law would
inflict great hardship upon them , do in
finite damage to many interests , and
bring about general disaster. It was a
time of depression. There was a
universal demand for relief. The people
were easily impressed by the democratic
prophecy of greater troubles tp como as
the result of republican policy. Ac
cordingly they elected a house of repre
sentatives having an overwhelming
democratic majority. How has the
prophecy of evil turned out1 Every
candid man will admit that it has failed.
The country is very much more pros
perous now than it was two years ago ,
its domestic and foreign commerce has
largely increased , now industries have
been established and old ones enlarged.
No interest has boon damaged by the
tariff , and taking the whole range of the
necessaries they cost no more today , and
many of them cost less , than two years
ago.
Knowing those things the people BOO
that they were deceived by the demo
cratic party , and when they consider
what the representatives of that parly in
congress have done in the interest of
free trade , and of a policy which would
debase the currency of the country , it is
not surprising that the democracy as a
party is not so strong as it was two
years ago. It would bo putting a cheap
estimate on the intelligence of the
American paoplo to assume that after
this experience they would continue
their confidence in the democratic party
anu accept with unquestioning faith its
promises for the future. The evidence
they have bofo-o them is that the whole
purpose of the democracy is reactionary ,
that its aim is not to build up but pull
down , and that if it should obtain con
trol of the legislative and executive de
partments of the government there
would follow a change in the financial
and business conditions of the country
so radical as to amount to a revolution.
It is true that the democracy is not
so strong as it was two years ago , and it
will continue to lose in popular confi
dence the more carefully ita course is
considered and its policy and principles
discussed.
THK council chamber is to bo car
peted with Brussels or Wilton , and wo
would suggest that an order bo given
for two dozen solid silver cuspidors ,
and when they have been put in place it
would not bo out of place to appoint
some colored gentleman of high degree
as superintendent of cuspidors at a sal
ary of bay SM.'JOO a year. And this
should bo followed by an ordinance re
quiring every councilman to appear in
a full dross suit at every session with a
"bilu-1" shirt studded with hotol-clork
gems. Ae a mailer of convenience
each motnlw of the council should bo
privileged to procure a stale carriage
and footman out of the surplus of the
city hall building fund.
HON. H. G. Iloitu speaks at Fre
mont Friday. Mr. llorr makes the
elouroat'soundest and mo.st ontorlaining
republican speech of any man in the
Unilcd Slutas , and republicans of this
city should avail themselves of the op
portunity presented by atlonding the
Fremont Chautauqua onmasso on that
day. > _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
TilKlti' has boon no delay on the part
of either the governor of Idaho or the
president of the United States in taking
measures to moot the omorgonoy at the
bcono of the minors' strike. Promptness
was necoasary , and iwrhaps hard fight
ing on the purl oi the troops may bo re
quired before order is restored. It
seems a etrango t1jf p that any body of
men could so far ftfrgvjt themselves as to
prepare for resistiijripjj to United States
troops rather than.rgjinqulsh possession
of property upon which they ate tr'os-
passorn , yet thcsq Ul-iking ) miners are
doing this. They iproposo meeting the
troops with rlllesilfm" dynamite , and ap
pear to have become , utterly demented
in colisequciu'o of iWoir temporary vic
tory. They havVj 'blown up railroad
bridges with JynmuUo to prevent Uio
soldiers from rcuolfljig them and are as
suming an altitude of defiance to au
thority that , is amazing , Such a state
of thincrs as this hns resulted from the
foolish counsels of irresponsible loaders
who have become imbued with the ab
surd idea that an labor creates property
the laborer has a right to forcibly take
possession of the properly of his em
ployer for the purpose of forcing him to
concede any demand they may make
upon him. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Mlt. VKA.SKV of the Intorslato Com
merce commission eivps the gratifying
information th-it the railroads are ob
serving the law more closely nov than
they are given credit for. Ilo st'ilcs
that it has been the experience of the
commission that four-fifths of the alle
gations against t.ho railroads are
groundless. It Is a fact thut there have
boon fewer complaints recently of violations
lations of the interstate commerce law
thnn wcro made a year or two ago , but
it is quite possible that the explanation
of this is to bo found in the fact that the
business public has loss confidence in
the ability or power of the commission
to correct abtnus than it formerly had
and therefore does not go to the ' .rouble
of making complaints. It is not ques
tionable that there have boon a great
many groundless allegations made
against the railroads , though it is
hardly credible that the proportion of
such to these having merit has boon as
largo as Mr. Voasey says ; but granting
this to have boon so , is it not a fact that
the commission bus failed to enforce the
law in most of the cases in which there
was ground for complaint ? If it bo a fact
that the railroads are now showing
inoro respect for the l.\w than formerly
the commission certainly cannot claim
much credit for this improved state of
affairs. It has never seriously at
tempted to enforce the law , oven when
its flagrant violation was admitted by
members of the commission. It has
boon profuse in wkrnings and admoni
tion , but very careful not to take any
stops to inflict pufiishmont. However ,
the railroad mutineers are to bo com
mended for whatever reform lias taken
place in their methods , whether from a
better regard for the law or for their
own and their patrons' interests.
MAYOR BEMIS appears to bo very
sanguine when ho intimities that the
city hall is to -finished and ready for
occupancy during the present century.
This century will peter out in less than
nine years and it would bo hard on Con
tractor Coots to insist that ho should
hand over the keys of the city hall
within such a.brief period. What does
Mayor I3cmis think anyhow ! Do public
buildings build themselves ? Isn't this
ago altogether too fast and fastidious ?
What right had the mayor to expect
that ho should occupy quarters in the
city hall during his present term , or for
that matter the next term , if such a
thincr could bo ? Does any rational per
son imagine that Henry Osthoff would
have been in such a hurry if he had
been elected mayor ?
IK THK city has any right to supervise
the construction of sidewalks and pro
scribe the material its ordinances should
bo strictly enforced. The so-called
stone sidewalk that is now being laid on
Farnam , west of Eighteenth street , is
scarcely a fit substitute for plank. It is
almost as rough as a cobblestone pave
ment , and sh.Mild bo condemned by the
inspectors and taken up. Soon or later
the city will have to take charge of the
construction of sidewalks , just as it docs
of curbinc" and paving. Then wo will
have uniform sidewalks of material that
will como up to the specifications and
stand the tost.
Ouu amiable contemporary ( the
Omaha Fourth of July WatvMoy ) inti
mates that the selection of Mr. Cloburno
as inspector in a paving district in
which ho is the largest landowner is
out of place , if not improper. Quito the
contrary. Mr. Cloburno will BOO to it
that the pavement for which ho is taxed
is laid in a workmanlike manner and
that the specifications as to quality and
quantity of material are strictly adhered
to. Mr. Cloburno is a firstcla s civil en
gineer and isn't likely to allow contract
ors to lay defective work in front of ills
own property.
At tln > Knilot IllHTiitlicr.
Ch'eao" Ntics.
Wo pno.n that Jerry Simpson is dona for.
Tlio democrats out in hU congressional dis
trict luivo determined not to enter Into any
fusion this year. VVlfdH. lorry's latest speech" ,
advocating riot and murder , gets fairly cir
culated umoni ; the Kansas farmers the dis
satisfaction now uiuntlostcd toward thu
unhoioil blutlioMkltn will iluvolop Into open
rebellion. U'o gucfg iliut Jerry has bad tils
day. 'i _
Cold llliHiilj.il \ < linl Hli > ii4.
Denver1 ! feic .
The Now York $ im'u the Irronrosblbio
bad boy of American ( iplltics. For ten clays
pnst the Cleveland papers Imvoboon praising
and pattlni ; tlniBun cm tlio back bncuusa It
declared that Cleveland must bo elected upon
the "force bill" Issue ) Now ibo contumuci-
ous bad boy bteaU-'out ' nRaiti aim declares
with double loads thwt ' 'Now York , Now
Jersey anil Connecticut cannot bo carried by
the free tradu plani < In Ibo democratic plat
form.Vliern dotM lUu Sun bhlno In this
campaign , anyhow I
by Thi'lr Hour * .
IctnM Tribune.
With Weaver at its noad the people Itnow
lust what the now p Vty Is. Tboy recognize
it as tlio saino collection of fnnntlcs , thu game
lot of roarers and ranters , the came group of
paranoiac pleader * for the cause of the op
pressed , and the sumo got of financial ignor
amuses thut has been moutlng at In
tervals for the last twenty years to rovlle
tlio institutions of tbo country und denounce
"plutocracy. " These men have never com
manded public confidence , either In the
respective communities whence they came
or In the larger spboroof national politics.
Many of them uro failures In their several
avocation * , and so embittered ngalnu the
social order. Others uro domngotfuos pure
and simple , tlndlng In the universal U-nor-
once of tholr followers the moans whereby
to attain by catchwords and loud declama
tion a pleasing local notoriety. Some few
are men of earnest but inliguldod convic
tions , while there U n considerable number
who are merely dupes aud fools.
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C.I.1IIMIM.V ChATTKlt.
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Dr. S. D. Mercer deslroj through the col
umns of TIIK Uin : to express bl. appreciation
of the compliments extended to him by the
nonplus County Harrison club at Iho recent
meeting hold nt McArdlo precinct , at which
ho was unanimously endorsed as the choice
of the farmers of Douglas county for the of-
llco of governor.
Politicians proverbially have very unro-
Imblo memories. The more sugccMlloti on
the part of the chairman of the republican
stale central committee that It might bo ad
visable to set tbo date of tbo state conven
tion ahead n weak or ton days with a view to
giving the party suftlciont time to digest the
independent nlatform and oil'sot any move
that might bo mode at ICairnoy on the 3rd of
August has set a lot of political chaltorboxo *
to gabbling about the precedent of two years
nito when the convention was postponed two
or throe weeks to satisfy certain republicans.
If this talk had boon only confined to the
Omaha Fnkg Factory It would hardly bo
worth noticing , but sovor.il republican
papers have fallen In with this chaff and pretend -
tend to have discovered n great rnaro's nest.
As n matter of fact the ( into of holding the
state convention two years tigo was set for
ward instead of backward , but this was
clone by the commillco nl tno mcotlng called
for the purpose of fixing the duta and nam
ing the ulaco for holding the convention.
The committee at first was disposed to sot
the time for the last of August or not earlier
than the middle of that mouth. On an an-
peal from promlnnnt republicans , Including
Dan Nottloton , N. V. Harlan , Judge Kcoso
and E. Hosowatcr , the date was sot
for trio 21th of July with a
view of heading oft tbo stampede
Into the independent camp. This was good
politics , and If the campaign had boon vigor
ously opened all along the line immediately
following the convention Iho narty might
have elected every man on the tlekot.
Jim Croighton , whouridoshimself as being
a rantankorost democrat and has always
been a red-hot Cleveland man , has suadenly
been converted to Weaver nud wild-cat
financiering. This IB only one ot tbo straws
whlcn points the way to the guileless alli
ance fly Into the democratic spider's parlor.
A demand has suddenly snrung up In var
ious parts of the atnto for copies of Tin : BIE
of last March with the famous illustration
of tbo "hickory shirt masquerade" and -the
motto : "Chooo yo this day whom ye will
serve. " For the Information of the public
wo will sav that the March edition with a
duplicate copy of B. & M. "pass 14,713 , good
for ono trip only , " has ruu out. Walt bcoly
probably has a supply of the original docu
ment on baud.
Traveling raon report that a mysterious
political activity has of late been manifested
all over tbo state by tbo insurance agents.
Most of tneso agents are said to lie very anx
ious that the present deputy auditor. Bower-
man , should succeed Tom Bonton. That
probably explains itself. The auditor's ofllco
has supervision over the insurance business
and maintains friendly relations with the
agents. Most of the agents , in fact , are un
der obligations for special favors and some
of thorn for railroad pasteboard that has
boon procured for them.
Governor Boyd Is not , a candidate ; for ho
himself hath said it. Yet strange as it may
seem , there are lots of good democrats In and
out of Omaha who don't believe it now anymore
moro than they did before. The governor de
clared yesterday that ho was not and would
not bo a candidate- before the state conven
tion for any oftlcc , and that he know of no
circumstances or contingencies under which
ho could bo Induced to change his mind. Ho
said that ho had neglected his private busi
ness for two or throe years to give his atten
tion to political matters , and it is now bis In-
tontlon to devote himself for "a year or two"
to his own affairs. Ilo thought that it bad
boon conclusively acmonstruted that ho was
tbo strongest man in his party iu the state ,
and hu rejoiced to feel that what , little oppo
sition there was to him cnmo from n little
envious clique right hero in Omaha.
"Thoy are envious , " said tbo governor ,
"envious , and that is all there is to it , The
only ofllaal act of mine that they have been
able to find any fault with was my veto of
the Newbcrry bill , and that feeling lias
about all died out. After the people began
to look into it they saw that I was right.
" 1 think there is a very good show to elect
a democratic governor this year. Of course
tbo democrats are going to vote for the inde
pendent electors. That is already under
stood. A democratic electoral ticket will bo
nominated , but It will bo quietly given out
that the votes are to go tbo other way. But
we won't go and further on the independent
tickot. A straight state llcltct will bo nom
inated and it will poll the full party .strength
and more. You see , Vau Wyck is going to
bo nominated by the Independents that is
conceded by everybody and the business In
terests of the state demand that bo
should not bo elected. The conserva
tive men of both the old parties ,
and some of the independents , will
not bo willing to trust him In the executive
chair , liable to alga any wild bill that tno
legislature might pass. That Is what makes
thu outlook good for the election of a demo
crat. The democrats stay with their party ,
whereas a number of tbo republicans have
been straying oft of late , and after tboy go
outsldo once it isn't ' hard to cot thorn to do it
again. They wiltsupporl a good democratic
nominee , "
"Who are tbo democratic candidates } "
" 1 don't know anything about it , I
haven't hoard. Yea , I have hottrd Ireland
and Wolbacn mentioned , but I really know
nothing as to their candidacy. "
"You think there Is need of a democratic
governor to hold tbo next legislature lovol.
Do you expect to see It strongly iiidopou-
'
joiit1 }
"No , tnoy won't ' have a majority. Tbo
next legislature will bo a three-cornered
affair , pretty evenly divided. "
Harry I'bolps of the Howolls Journal , n
democrat who doesn't uank on Governor
lioyd , asserts thut "If Boyd is ronommated
sure defeat awaits us. " Mr. I'hohis also In-
[ jutrcs with some heat : "What is our dome
( . ratio $ tate committee doing that they
do not Usuo a call fora state convention *
Are they dead or asleep ) Have they for
gotten that there Is to bo an election In No
vember or do tboy propose to clva us a repe
tition of last full's campaign ] "
On the ether hand thu Fremont News , the
latest convert to democracy in the stale ,
wants a straight ticket put uo and atscrts
that the ivan whom the democrats will name
for governor "will bo the strongest opponent
3l ihn republican nominee. "
James Whltnhcad of Broken Bow spent
Tuesday night In Omaha , but early yesttr-
lay morning bo hurried uack Into thu Iflg
Sixth district , Ho only has until August IU
In which to complete his campaign for tbo
republican nomination for congress , The
: > niclnl call for the convention to meet at
Chadron on the 10th was Usuoii wbllu Mr.
Whllohcud was in Omaha.
night of CIihH'tr. '
fi'ew Ymti HcnikL
It Is sad to contemplate Iho bitter racial
batrod existing In California uifalnsl the
Uhlnoio. Hut to bait a gunpowder
mill with three white men In order to
blow up a hundred C'l.inawcn uould
bo what tariff nharps might call u waste of
raw material.
.TIK.V UF &OTK.
Uencral Horace Porter will receive $ itTr ,000
In place of the { 350.000 ho asked for to rora-
pla'.o the Urant monument.
General Oreoly of tbo slonnl sorvlt'o will
spend the summer in Now Hampshire , and
the umbrella-makers of the Urunltostnto
propose lo glvo him a reception.
Ucncrnl John Bliiwcllof California , whom
the prohibitionists have nominated for pres
ident , has an nfllueut crop of whiskers.
But ihoy nro r.ot abundant enough to cause
I'otTni any uneasiness.
Hon. J. D. Wnshburn , American minister
to bwltznrland , will resign his post ' .n Sep
tember , It Is stated In Worcester , and return
home. Ilo lus boon absent thrco years and
his personal business Interests have suftnrod
much from neglect.
John P. St. John denies lhat General Bid-
well iimdo any part of his fortune from the
Hianufacttiro of brandy and wlno , and as
serts that after the prohibition Mandnrd
bearer had lost JoO.OOO In grape culture ho
destroyed tils vineyard and gave his stock of
wlno to n hosultul.
Thomas L. Cllngman of North Carolina , a
senator before the civil war mid a confoJur-
Bto general In that struggle , is still llvlnp at
the ngo of SO years , although ono would
scarcely suspect that ho was nn octogenarian.
His homo has been la Buncombe couuly for
ever half n conlury.
General Flold , the "third party's" candi
date for vice president , is not strictly rt "rebel
brigauior. " us ho did not bccomo u general
until Governor Walker put him In command
of a corps of Virginia mllltiR In ISTO. But
ho was n major In the confederate service
and lost a leg In battle.
GporgoD. Johnston , ibo newly Appointed
civil service commissioner , though named
from Louisiana , Is not very well known in
that state , in which ho has lived Dat a short
time. Ho is nn Alabamlan , n nephew of
the coKfcdornto general , Albert Sldnov
Johnston , and was himself a brigadier lii
ttio confederate service.
The title of General Jnmcs B. Weaver , the
greenback and formers alliance lender , Is i\
genuine ono. Ilo enlisted us a private in the
bccond low.i infantry in 1S01 and three years
later was brevotted brigadier general of
volunteers for "gallantry on the Hold. " Ho
was ejected to congress on the greenback
ticket In 187S and in 1SSI.
Whltolnw HcU used to edit a weekly
napor culled thr- News , iu Xcnia , O. Editor
btine of the Superior ( Nob. ) Journal recalls
a , visit ho once made to the future vice nros-
idont , and "after climbing n rickety old
staircase found him shoving a hand-roller
over tlio forms on an old hnnd-nrcss , and
Preston B. Plumb nulling the lever. "
Judge Blodgott of Chicago has not yet
formally resigned his seat on the United
States district court bench , although It was
thought that bo might do so whoa ho was
appointed ono of the American counsel in
the Boring sea arbitration. AUornov
General Miller is reported ns sayluc that
such n step is really unnecessary , and that
Judge Blodgctl can merely take u vacation
if bo so desires , while performing these
special duties.
iiKi'inti.icAx STATU uoxmstwx ,
The republican doctors of the state of Ne
braska nro rcHiuustcd to send delegates from
their several counties to meet In convention
nt the city of Lincoln , August 4 , ISM , nt 10
o'clock n. in. , tor the purpose of placln ; In
nomination candidates for the following state
olllces :
Governor :
Lleuton.-int Governor ;
Sourutary of state ;
Auditor of public accounts ;
Treasurer ;
Superintendent of public Instruction ;
Attorney Koncrnl ; *
CornmNslonerof nubile lands and buildings :
Elirht presidential electors ;
And to transact tuch ether business as may
como before tlio convention.
THE APPORTIONMENT.
.The several counties are entitled to repro-
sentHtlon as follows , buliig basocl upon the
vote cast for George II. Hasting for attorney
general In 1SD ) , clvlni : one doltwitc-ut-lureo
to each county and ono for each 100 votes und
thu tmijor fraction thereof :
Coumlfs. Del. Counties. Del.Nmntlct. lol. )
Atliiin * ICi'Kurnns ' T Otou II
Anleloiie P'Cnco ' 2Sl'a : nco II
lliiiinor , " ( 'artlcld ' . ' IVrklus 4
lila ° .ni > 2 , < ; ohipr X I'lorrc 4
lion no Cram ' "I'liolp't ! i
llojil IjCn-vler 3,1'Inttu , 5
llux Iliute. . . . 8 Hull I''ll'olk T
Itrcmn A llumllton II lu-il Willow. . 'J
lluirnlu I.'illlnrlan OJilclmrilsun. . . Hi
Hutlur luilliiyc-s 4llc , > rk 4
Hurt li'llltc'.irnck ' &ISillno : 21
Cn > i 'AlIlooXer ; 1 Surjiy I )
Coilnr nlllolt 11 Sminili'ri IS
riiiiM- 4'iiownrit ' f icottii \ mm : . . : t
riieypnno . . . . I'll.U'lTcrsOM 14 Sownnl II
Cherry 7 Julinsnn 11 Miurlilan 8
Clnv Il'KpnrniT ' SiSliormnn . . . . 4
Collar Si Kpyn Putin 4 Sioux 3
rurnliic 10'Keitli ' 3Stnnton ] 4
Custfr 17 ICImbiill 2i'Mmir I' '
Dukntn G Knox blTliomns 2
Dnwt-s. . . . . " . . . 10 l.nncaiter M Tliuntlon
Lincoln II Vnlli'y 5
DOllCl i I.IIL'IIM \VHFlllriKtOll. . . U
Dlxnn 8,1,01111 , 2\Vnii | li
Dotlt'u IfMiull'on 9 Wplutur 10
Doiiu-lns MiMurrlck "IWheulcr 2
Diinily 4I.Mcl'liur on. . . . lVork , IS
Flllmore . . . . Ill Nnnco 5
I'ranklln tl Ncmalia IS Total S17
Krontli-r BINuc-kolla 61
It Is recommended that no proxies be nil-
inlttcil to tlio convention and that the dolo-
putus prfisont bo authorized to cast tlio full
vole of thu delegation.
S. D. MEUCEII , Chairman.
WAI.T.M. SCF.I.Y. 1
TJ. It. HAI.COMIIK. VSocretarlos.
J. It. S
.Sll i-arss of Simpson.
Clitcnuo Trlliiine.
lorry Simpson contends that "tho
strength of ibo silver men's position is
onitugn to force it on public attention. "
This same remark might be made applicable
to an over-ripe egg.
HJltlKlXO T.INKS.
Rlinlrn Unrottai Mr. Onrnojlo's charity-
doesn't seem to begin at lloniestuiul.
Now Orloiuu I'lonyuno ! If n candidate docs
not ( i.Tplalii , his unemlu ) will oxplnln for him ,
und there hu Is.
I'lillndelplila Time * ; No inntt < lr how much
n youth limy bo tangled up Hi the bond * of
lore , ho doesn't like to huvo another fellow A
cut him out ,
1'lilUclolphla liernrd : "ditcnKlne of strike * . "
snlilVncKs ycstordiiy , "I know n factory
whom tbuy fnlrlv breed utrlkov" "Wlioru Is
Una ? " nskini JHCRS. who nlwnyn biles. "Why.
iv nmtch factory. " murmured ups. And
they both took sod a.
Ohloacn News : " 1'nrdon me. but I think
I viiiiiutyoiisotnowht.ro before , " bosan tha
"I'orlinpn , " replied tlio youno lady , telly ,
"but you'd bettLTKO back to the place and
make sure. "
The Olrl : I.ady Thank yon. sir. but I
don't Ilku to deprive you of your comfortable
sent ,
Hibernian He th' powers , lodtly , It wn.s com
fortable no longer wlian I saw you kt.imlln' ,
IT HAS NO EPFICT |
IIYuMtic/lmi SUir.
TJm tyrotoilcon that UPS
Within thu Ice cream dull.
Though diondod , never modifies
The siitnmor maiden's wUh.
Truth ; "Wai , the nhlttlos < inoss of some noo-
plo do beat nil ! Just as I como up thu nlruct
Iseo.Mrs. Hauliers' oldest giil. Mlrandy , at
this hour o' the day , a set tin' on thu plnrror In
n rocker , with her bands In her liiu tuul bur
mouth open , not iloln' a blcsso ; ! thing. "
liullananolls Journal : "Why , " Inmilroil
Sink' H4J , "Is the letter 'S' like an unpaid wash
bill ? "
"Is this one of these now progressive fakes ? "
suspiciously asked Sing Til.
\Na\v An unpaid wash bllllsllko the letter -
tor ' 8' because It might tiiuko a .sprinter ot n
prlutor. "
And now doth the apple , so festive and
it re u n ,
with visions of colic , appear on the scono.
7 hn urlm iimlertawor , to suy It I blush ,
Itcjolccs to think of his mldsumntur rush.
Atchlson Olobo : In these modern times , the
fly's mother furnishes the parlor , und takes
her husband and visitors oil to thn kitchen ,
that the daughter may Imvn the room alouo
to unturtnln the spider In.
Detroit Kroo l'ru : "This Is luat ) yo.ir. "
snld.MIss Klypp , rcllcotlvoly.
"Ye . but look before yon leap , " replied
Miss 1-osdlck.
Snninrvllld Journal : His Interesting to see
now nil the men In a room will humli und look
knowing \rhcnovur somubocly tul s a uoker
btory , UVLMI though half of Ilium miiv not
kmnv u jack pot from n liolo In the ground.
Washington Star : "t hate to oo my writes
trampled on , " aalil a reporter \vhoto copy wa
thrown on thu floor.
/.V7 :
Chtcago
Have yon overheard of thoSucar-lMum Tree ?
'Tia a niarvut of treat runonrn !
It blooms on tlio shore of the Lollipop Sea
In thu garden of Miut-Eyu Town ;
Thu fruit tbr.t It bears IH so womlrously sweet
( As thosu who bnvo tasted It say )
That iroud little children have only to oat
Of that fruit lo bo happy next day.
When you've got to the tree , you would have
u hard time
To capture the fruit whlcn I sing :
The tree Is sot nil that no person could cllnili
To the boughs whuru the siiKur-p.utnssw. 114 !
Hut up In that true Bits it chocolnto cat ,
And r rlntfurbrcaddoi ; prowls below
And this Is thu way you contrive to cut nt
Tliosu sugar-plums tempting you so :
You say hut the word to tliatRlnserBrend dos ,
And hu barks with such torrtblu rest
Ihut tbu chocolnto cat Is nt once nil ngoi.
As her swclilnc proportions attest.
And thu chocolitto cut goes cavorting around
From thU leafy limb unto that ,
And the sugar-plums tumble , of coursu to the
Kround
Hurrah for tlmt chocolate cat !
There nro mnrsumallows , gumdrops and pop-
pcrnilnt euncs ,
With HtrlphiRs of scarlet or gold.
And you carry nway of the treasure that
rains
As much ns your apron will Hold !
So come , little chlHJ , cuddle closer to mo
In your dainty whltu nlxhlcap and town.
And I'll rock you away to that tiugnr-l'him
Tree
In thu garden of Plmt-Kyo Town.
ICIlllCllllHIS VllM-plllfr.
7mIfciimi iI/8 Journal.
Crossroads free trade organs , which pay
women from S-'l to $5 a weak to set typo and
u 'printer from ? < i to f'J ' a week to sunorintond
their printing , make thoniielvos iroro thnn
usually ridiculous when they lament the
starvation wncos of me.n who are paid from
? 1 to 815 for eight hours' work In a steel
mill.
; " WORTH A GUINEA A BOX.
Sleepy. ;
Ifnmanlsdratrey
Iu tha day time
after a good
night's sloop ,
there's Indiges
tion and stomach
disorder. ' .
by removing thu wngto
ranttrr which la clog-
> > u * >
lug the system , will rtiru nil ISIlliuiH
nud lYrrrntiH IINurilrrs , nml Mill
quickly rrllcTC Mi-If llcndnrlic.
Covered nilh a Tasteless and Soluble Coating ,
Of all driipclflts. Trlco 25 contt n boz.
Nov York Dopot. 365 finnal St.
SIS
& CD.
, .
st Manufacturers 1 rnt.illor )
.
ofUIollilng In the World.
J ust Drop in
We've always stuck to the idea that
men , if they must wear clothes ,
want good ones , and with that
end in view , we have always
been supplied with the latest
styles and the very newest and
best fabrics extant and in no
case have we palmed off year
old styles as new. We don't
carry over any goods. That's
why once a year we cut the life out of
prices on everything in the store so as to
get them out of the way. Now is the
time. Everything is reduced. Elegant
suits , any style , from $7.50 up. Single .0. .
pants at $1.50 up. If you are looking \
for genuine bargains , just drop in ,
Browning , King & Co
' ) ur BKirn duya. clones wlr-n at wu C'iO : clinti p. m. at , except 10 p , m. riatur- S.W.Cor 15th & Douglas StrJA