THE OMAHA DAILY BEE/ ' ' WEDNESDAY , JULY 20 , 1892 ,
THE DAILY BEE.
K. KOSEWATEIi , Eini- .
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euro this loth dny of July , WO. N. I' . Full ,
Nolury Public.
Avi'i-nco ( 'lrriiliitlnu lor ilttnii J5H)2. (
THKHK is widosproiitl curiosity to
know wlmt sort of onltito is used by Mr.
Uirldimisor.
Phiirisoca , hypocrites and Chicago
cage wiloonkuopcrs Imvo gnlnod a Blpjnnl
victory in the clo3in * bf the World's
fair on Suntlny.
IT is too bad thai u city bo brisk , busi-
nessllko nndvidoiviil ! , < o should have
'ity bodies so dull in their stupidity or
to iiorftlbtcnl in tlioir duplicity.
TUB Nobniskii Conlviil scoins to monn
business , and in this respect it differs
widely from any ether public enterprise
'
with which this'city is connected.
TlIK terribly high prices of fruit in
this town would iead a democratic edi
tor to assume that there is n high tariff
on all sorts of berries and the like.
Tin- : dismissal of ninety-three out of
l00 ! cases from the doclcet of the district
rourt shows that the people of this
rounty don't onjuy litigation in hot
weather.
ONU of the best recommendations of
Chairman Carter is his genial dispo
sition. "A good mixer" is moro nocos-
Htxry in a political campaign today than
behind a bar.
woNimu if Furmton , ono of the
two republican members of the Kansas
delegation who survived the cyclone of
J'JO , will again stump his district in his
Wro foot Hi is year.
TlIK drowning1 Bcason is now nt Its
height nnd the number of victims of
tlioir own carelessness and negligence
dally reported is appalling. Why don't
people learn to swim ?
republicans can very easily
noiniimto a Uclcot which will bo de
feated. Thuro is nothing easier ; but
they will bo careful if they wish to ao-
cure success in' the election.
TlIF. force bill is not an issuein this
campaign , but if the insane and
malicious yawping of the southern
press on the subject docs not cease wo
are positive that it should bo an issue.
Mu. Loucics , chairman of the popu-
lin' < convention , claims to have perfect
assurance- that his gang will curry thir
teen states and among the thirteen Ne
braska is not. Mr. Loucks is ono-four-
tconth right , anyway.
TUB Denver JVide.s prinUn , large pic
ture of the pooplo's party on the march
with Weaver at the head. , There are
two long columns convergintr , and they
nro both coming right down out of the
Bky , where they have presumably boon to
rip the silver liningn out of the clouds.
PKAHI. bull on factories form ono of
tlio chief industries of Austria. Omaha
lias a pearl button factory in which moil
tire employed at $ U per day who would
receive1 00 cents or 80 cents per day in
Austria. If this utato of affairs contin
ues , as it must , wo shall have moro but
ton makers , moro factories , bettor wngoa
and cheaper buttons.
Tin ? report of the Mississippi river
commissioiiorfl that the levees require
nn expenditure of several million dollars
to make them reasonably secure might
make the public wlnco a little if it wore
not for tlio fact that the public is used
to that sort of thing. It takes an im
mense amount of money to keep that
river from running over iU banks.
MONSIKUK WILSON , the famous , or
indumiiB , son-in-law of the late Presi
dent Gro.'y of Franco , has again brought
himself into disgraceful notoriety. Not
content with ruining-Grovy's career
and hautoning his du.Uh , ho was last
week found guilty of corruption in securing -
curing his election as nriyor of a small
French town and lined $200. This is the
way French puoplo treat iv bcoundrol.
In this country such a man could never
bo elected to any ollico , but if elected ,
ho could never be convicted of anything.
Mn. STHIMJKNSON , the contractor for
Btrool cleaning , Is doing very good work.
Since ho took tlio contract ho has spared
no pains to moot the full requirements
of his contract. On the ether hind. : the
city lias rolused to moot Ha obligations
to make payment * /or his work at the
end of each month. This Ima ontnllod a
jjrtrnt hardship upon the contractor by
compelling him to advnnco or borrow
the money to pay Ills employes. Such a
policy IB'not only un inhibition of bad
faith , but it must inevitably bring about
n rnlslii } , ' of prices or Inferior work.
When contractor ! ) know they cannot
got tholr pay regularly , us stipulated ,
they will oilhor charge hitfhor prices or
do ooor work.
TIIK fANDIDATH STATUS TlIK ISSVK ,
Mr. Cleveland has said that tho'cam
paign will bo conducted on the part of
the democracy upon the Issue which ho
represents. The tariff , according to the
democratic candidate , is to bo llio par
amount question In the presidential
canvass and no ether mibjoat IB to be
allowed to Interfere with its duo dis
cussion before the pcoplo. It is the
opinion of Mr. Cleveland that the pcoplo
arc mote interested in the Utrlff than In
tiny ether quoation , and hence the duty
and necessity of giving it the chief place
in the campaign ,
It It to bo presumed that Mr. Cleve
land's wish in the matter will bo re
spected by llio party managers. Not to
do BO would in effect bo to Ignore the
candjdato , for ho represents nothing but
an abstract idea of tariff reform. Hut
the ox-presldont's view of the supreme
importance of the tariff issue is not
shared by his associate on the ticket nnd
by n number of the loaders of the party.
Mr. Stevenson declared In an extended
Interview a few days aflor his nomina
tion that ho regarded the danger of the-
enactment , of nn elections law the so-
called "force bill" as being of greater
concern to the American people than
any other issue , and ho put himself very
squarely on record In favor of , making it
the most prominent question in the cum-
paipn. A number of ether democrats
moro or less prominent In the councils
of the party have taken n similar posi
tion. Particularly Is this the case with
Bomo of the southern democratic leaders
and organs , who are Bounding-an alarm
about the danger of negro domination
in order to keep that section solid for
democracy. The now party threatens
to make serious inroads upon the demo
cratic vote in several states of the south ,
and it will bo very apt to secure seine
electors there If it carries out its pro
mise to FCO that the colored voters arc
given their rights at the ballot box. To
prevent this is tlio purpose of the appeal
to the fear o the southern pcoplo that
republican success would result in the
adaption of a law to enable the negroes
of the south to vote nnd to have their
votes fairly counted at federal elections.
While the republican party will not
hesitate to discuss the question of a free
and honest ballot in every state of the
union , it docs not intend to permit the
democratic party to divert public at
tention from the great living issues
which have relation to the material
progress and prosperity of the whole
country. In this respect it will help
Mr. Cleveland to keep the tariff the
chief issue and will force him and Ins
party to defend the extraordinary as
sumption of the national plaltorm "that
the federal government has no constitu
tional power to impose and collect tariff
Unties except for the purpose of revenue
only. " The democracy will not bo al
lowed to escape responsibility for- this
utterance in the interest of free trade ,
or to evade answering for its efforts in
the present congress to give practical
effect to this remarkable theory. It
has adopted a platform the practical
moaning of which is free trmlo and its
representatives in congress have thrown
off all disguise and no longer make a
pretense of maintaining a tariff sulli-
ciont to make good the difference be
tween wages in the United States and in ,
Europe. The party has made a clearly
dollned issue between the oystoin of
American protection and frco trade , and
it will bo held strictly to that issue in
the pending campa'gn.
HAlilt AUK CIIKMA TIUX.
The question as to the best method of
disposing of garbage is a somewhat
troublesome one , but unquestionably
the most elllcaclous plan is that of burn
ing it. This being admitted , the -next
question relates to the best fuel for the
purpose. Dr. Gapon of this city , in an
interview with the Chicago Tribune ,
expressed n want of faith in garbage
crematories as ordinarily constructed ,
saying that they are too expensive nnd
too limited in their application. lie
thinks the best plan for consuming
garbage is that in use at Marysvillo ,
Ky. , where artificial ga ? is employed.
This gas , according to Dr. Gapon ,
mingles Intimately with the garbage to
bo burned , while coal or wood makes u
bed of Ih'd with which only a small part
of the garbage mass is in contact.
The Tribune does not agree with this
view nnd states that the crematory now
in operation in Chicago is a complete
success. It effectually consumereight
tons ol garb.tgo an hour , "with the
minimum of ash residuum and go little
smell that residents In the neighbor
hood cannot tell by the use of their
noses alone whether the crematory is at
work or not. " CruDe potrolcum is used
for fuel nnd the cost is not regarded as
extravagant. This testimony would
Hccm conclusively to show that ills by
no moans necessary to resort to gas for
effectually consuming garbage.
This matter is receiving the careful
attention of the authorities in seine of
the larger cities , and It is ono that
must sooner or later bo seriously consid
ered in Oinulm perhaps the sooner the
bettor. Tiioro can bo no difference of
opinion IB : to the desirability of dispos
ing tif garbage by burniiif , and there
remains to bu Fettled only the question
as to the most elllcaulous and economical
agent of ilostructIon. This can hardly
present a very great ditllculty.
ix K.\arAXD.
The attempt of the democratic free
traders in and out of congress to make
political capital out of the recent labor
troubles in thlrt' country by charging
thorn to protection is already defeated
by Uritlbh statistics which show that
labor disturbances in frco trauo Grout
lirituln are moro frequent and of greater
extent than In the United States. A
report submitted to pirllnmont by
the labor correspondent of the London
Heard of Trade states that in 1800 there
were in llio United Kingdom 1,028
strikes , affecting It'JU.llSl parsons , whllo
in thlu country during the saino period
there were 1) ) 7 strikes , affecting i10,015 !
persons. Taking into consideration the
vastly greater population of this coun
try us compared with that of Great
Hrllnin IW.UOO.OOO against 37,000,000 in
ISOO-oach strike in the United King
dom had at least twice the force and
range of one on this side of the Alr.ntle ,
affecting an average of 1132 Kngllshmon
to " 37 Americans.
The American consul at Newcastle ,
England , has made a roporl to the State
department regarding strikes , in which
reference is made to two disturbances
during the present year that together
involved 110OOQ operatives , one of those
being the strike of the coal miners in
the county of Durham. There is no
prolonso that free trade had anv Influ
ence , oven the most remote , in bringing
about those dlfllcuUles. any moro than
It had to do with the formldabld atrlko
of dock men last year or any ether of a
score of sorloua labor disturbances
in Iho lasl two or three years , The ob
vious fnot is that il la simply preposter
ous lo charge dlfllculllos of this kind to
any llscal policy , and Intelligent demo
crats realize that any effort to make
protection responsible for the Home
stead controversy must Inevitably fail
with men of sound ennso and discrimin
ation. Such occurrences may servo the
purpose of demagogues like Senator
Voorhcos in misleading the unthinking ,
but thoughtful men , as well in the ranks
of labor as among ether classes , will not
bo deceived.
All trustworthy information shows
that the average condition of American
labor is very much higher than Euro
pean labor. The proportion of workingmen -
men in the United States who own their
homos is much greater than in Englander
or any ether country of Europe , with the
possible exception of Franco. There is
the authority of lion. Joseph Chamber
lain , who is as familiar as any man in
England with the condition of the
masses , for the statement that "at Iho
present time , of the working .classes ,
ono in two , if ho roaches the ajie of 09 ,
is almost certain to como up'in the poor
law for his subsistence. " As wo have
heretofore said regarding the reooit :
labor Iroubles , they offer no capital for
any side of polities.
Nis cw/Kri'io.v.i
Somebody who masks behind the signature
of "Union Man" makes
nature an tip-
peal in behalf of Mr. Ilummol , the now
superintendent of repairs through the
organ of the school board combine. Wo
are told that "Mr. Hummel Is a young
man who has lived in Omaha all his life
and learned his trade as carpenter in
this city. "
According to "Union Man , " who is
evidently posing under that name to
elicit "sympathy from workingmen ,
"Mr. Hummel 1ms never dabbled in
politics ; didn't seek the ollico , and
know nothing about It until the night
after ho was elected. "
This may all bo true. Mr. Ilummol
may bo an excellent mechanic and an
exemplary young man , although the
fact thai Charley Vohror lias been his
chief backer goes againsl him with people -
plo who know Wehror's molhods and as
sociations.
The objection raised against Hummel
was nol on account of incompotoncy , but
on account of the disreputable bargain
by which his appointment was secured ,
coupled with Iho fad that there is no
valid excuse for creating the now ollico
to which Hummel has been elected.
Wo alrouelv have a superintendent of
school buildings. This olllcor is sup
posed to oo in charge not only of the
new buildings thU : are to be erected
under contract , but also of the schoolhouses -
houses that may need repairs. If a
foreman of repairs is needed ho should
bo hired by Iho superintendent by tlio
day or week , subject to discharge if ho
docs not perform his duties satisfac
torily under his directions , just the
same as a foreman who works under the
street commissioner. This would center
the responsibility with the superintend
ent ot buildings instead of establishing
a loophole for shifting the responsibility
from ono person to the olhor. This is
precisely what Mr. Wohrer does not
want. His object is to have a man in
charge of school building repairs who
would not bo so particular as the super
intendent. In ether words , Wohror is
aiming to revive the old system which
enabled dishonest painters , plaslomrs
and cesspool men to rob the school fund
by presenting inllatod vouchers for in
ferior work.
Another objection to the creation of
the new ollico ot superintendent of re
pairs is that il contemplates employ
ment all the your round at a salary ,
whereas a foreman of repairs employed
by the sunorintontlonl of buildings would
bo subject to difichariro when the build
ing season is over ami the superinten
dent of buildings can supervise all Iho
repairing himself.
Mr. Martin and his associates who
elnim to bij actuated solely by a desire
to manage our school district affairs on
business principles know all these facts ,
but they wanted Wohror's sunnort , and
have not hesitated to Hacrilico Iho inter
ests of the taxpayers to further their
political schemes in the board.
nn : Jiv/war Pitosi'KCT.
The yield of wheat this year in the
great dislricl of Iho northwest devoted
to the cultivation of thai cereal now
promises to bo Homowhat below that of
last your , but It is predicted In Minnesota
seta that the crop will bo about an average -
ago ono. Hy the government report on
the llrsl of this month the condition of
the crop was placed nearly C per cent
belou that of last year at this time.
The reported acreage is practically as
largo as that which produced the ex
traordinary crop of 012,000,000 bushels
last yuar. The decrease in condition
will result in u decrease in the crop of
about ! 17,000,000 bushels , leaving 575- ,
000,000 bushels as this year's production ,
barring unfavorable conditions from
now until the crop is harvested. Not
withstanding the unprecedented exports
last year , occasioned by the shortage in
Europe , there is Htlll an Increase of 32-
000,000 bushels in the unsold stocks of
wheat on hand , and as nothing approaching
preaching the foreign demand of last
year Is to be expected this year it IB
evident tlutt the price will bo depressed
by the largo excess of supply over de
mand.
During the past week there has boon
a general strengthening of the market
for cereals , but wheat 1ms not improved
as was expected. The anti-option agi
tation is blamed for this by seine dealers
and the Minneapolis Trilnw ; Miys that
It has "completely eliminated all specu
lative intoro/t in the future of wheat. "
The sumo paper says that the bill will
work to the detriment of small capital-
ibts and do grout harm to the country
millers "without compensating the pro
ducer for the top1 which is given him
for the prlvllegowof doing that which
the Hatch bill'reolidemns us Immoral In
the speculation1.'This ' Is a view of the
case that scorn/'tp. / ; , ' require elucidation.
It is nol quite clear how wheat gambling
can result to Ui j\J\lvantiigo \ of the pro
ducer. The newspaper quoted speaks
of the blU Us "adverso legislation" and
says that "nnytljfn'g ' that would clvo as
surance lo c\pliiili : that the proceeds of
its ndvonturo w.blild not bo confiscated
would give an ; I'inpotus to Irado that
would add several conls per bushel for
every lola thnt Anir farmers have to
soil. "
It will not bo easy to make the farmer
believe that gambling in wheat on the
part of professional speculators can re
sult In any permanent benollt to him.
Ho knows that the law ot supply and
demand is inexorable , and that natural
conditions must govern the markirt. All
the gambling in Iho world cannot alter
the conditions which musl ultimately
control prlcos. The facts which wo
have sol forlli will readily account fora
stagnant wheat market. It is lo bo
earnestly hoped that tlm foreign de
mand will prove to bo urcator than is
now promised and that the mnrkot will
thereby bo stimulated ; but in any event
the wheat gambler cannot help the
farmer , but must inevitably injure him
by creating delicious values and an un
settled condition of the market.
TUB concrolo sidewalks which are
now being laid In this city nt 22 cents a
yard may for nil wo know bo exactly in
accordance with the specifications of the
Hoard of Public Works , but thy are by
no means up to the standard of a gran
olithic pavement. There is as much dif
ference between concrolo pavements as
to durability as there Is between sand
stone and grnnito. Wo have concrete
pavements in this eily that have on-
durcd five years and are almost as good
us now today and wo have concrete
pavements that began to pool off and
crumble within thirty days after they
wore laid. II all depends upon Ihe
quantity and quality of Iho cemonl and
the mixinir and laying of the concrolo.
The cheap trrado of concrele sidewalks
is as much of a client as wore the wooden
paving blocks laid Tjh Park avenue and
Loavonworth street. It requires export
sidewalk inspectors who can't bo tam
pered with to supervise the mixing of
the cocicroto and laying of the walks.
Otherwise we will have about the same
wretched condition of sidewalks within
loss than live years thai wo have now
on Iho wooden paved slreolsr
TIIK treasury balance , which demo
cratic papers predicted would disappear
before the close of the fiscal year , Juno
30 , was at thai date over $20,000,000 and
has-now in less than Ihrco weeks risen
to $32,700,000 in addition to Iho $100-
000,000 gold reserve. This is oven
larger than Secretary Foster antici
pated. It has boon caused by the heavy
increase of customs revenue receipts ,
averaging 81,000,000 per month over
lasl year's receipt * . The internal reve
nue receipts wore greater during the
pasl year by 88,000,000 than they were a
year ago. Wore it . not for this heavy
increase caused by Iho republican tariff
law of 1890 the extravagant and scandal
ous appropriations of this democratic
congress would wipe the surplus out and
reduce the country to n perilous finan
cial condition. These facts should bo
studied and digested by ovo-ry voter.
TllOSK disease breeding ponds scat
tered about the cily are in Iho same
condition thai they wore in several
weeks airo when Iho Hoard of Hoallh and
Iho common council began to talk about
having them promptly attended to.
What are Iho influences lhat are pro-
vonling aclionj1 Have the owners of
the lands upon which the stagnant
pools nro located induced the authorities
lo lei them alone ? One owner of a stag
nant pond is said to have declared thai
ho would not have 11 filled for $2,500.
Ho lives al a distance from il nnd is
therefore out of danger , but Ihoso whoso
homes are near il nro risking Ihoir
health , lo say nothing of tlio unsightli-
ncss of Iho thing. Seine filling in is
now in progress , but the places most
needing it are untouched.
TIIK taxpayers of Omaha will hardly
bo able to understand just whore the
business molhods come in when Iho
school board p.iys 22 cents a yard for
concrete sidewalk of cocondary quality
when stone Hugging oan bo had for 17 lo
20 cenls a yard.
IT IS ovidonl that the only sliding
scale the Homestead men want is ono
which will slide up , only.
llottar Tlntii Homimco ,
Oi\ind Maud Independent.
Frank G. Carpenter's Russian lottor.i In
TUB OM.UU Bur. bavo bogun. They road
like a story and lire full ot information.
The Hyinjiithutlp Strike.
JVfio roils llcrahl
Of ull strikes th ' 'sympAtbotio strike" Is
the silliest und nidu liiilofonaiblo. It is
much as It a man. should fool obliged to out
olT n hand in order U > show Ills sympathy
with a neighbor wtioMiad mot with tbo sumo
mlsfortuuo. ; j | _
u j
FaoU Arq.Stiilil > orii Thing ) .
lHillnwii > \ ( JiHinidl.
It is n fact , that , the domonratlo tarlff-for-
rovonuc-only policy novcr Imi prevailed In
tills country ton years at a lltno without
causlni ; a largo reduction In tuu wngos of
\YorKit.gtnoii , u corresponding roduotiun in
the chances of omnlpymool and an Incroaio
In the price of all manufactured products to
tlio cousuinor. '
of the I'lirlurn llojiu.
fif.w i"iirlt Ailvertlner.
Mr. Harrity of I'inusylvanla tins maao up
tils intnU to aecopj-.tho chairmanship of the
Cleveland notional , committee. Aa lie will
not ho called upon 'to ' trouble hlimolf about
I'uniisrlvunln , lie can devote the bulk of tils
attention to the roicato norluwou , In which
It Is expected that llio sun of Cleveland will
eventually rise. The west , however , Is the
quarter la which the sun usually sols.
Look to thu Mllltlii.
fiew Ymk Jfmw.
Tbo recant experience of the now stales of
Idaho mid Wyoming may , and certainly
should , Ulposo them to look utter tholr militia
( irpaulzatloiis , which have proved so wouK
atid Inadequate during tholrlaiorlot troubles ,
Idaho , according to''tlV ] latent returns , pos.
sojjod n total of twenty-eight oil leers unit -s'J
men , and the actual force Jotml ! to bo availa
ble for tlm dlbturoatieej In the \Vardnor re-
glen was MM. Wyoming' * returns showed
sixteen odlcors und 'Ml men , and probably
only u like rutlo of available forces for the
rustler troubles. In proportion to population
these mutes , oven with this Inslirnlllcanl
; , nwy eijuai uoiuo older communities.
CM.If/M/H.V VLATTIilt.
_ _ _
The current of sentiment in this city U
rapidly drifting toward Judge Crounsonstho
most nvnilnblo man to lead the natty In the
coming campaign. Crouiuo U not n mag
netic man. Ho is very much like Harrison
ho is clean , cool , level hoauod nnd unassail
able , cither as n private citizen or a publlo
man.
Judge Kstollo expresses the bollof thnt
Judge Crounse Is the strongest man that the
rijpubllcnns of Nebraska coulJ nomlmUo for
governor , nnd ho has n reason for the fnltl )
thnt Is In him. Mo said thai Judge Crounso
stood for years ns the exponent of antimonopoly
nopoly in UiU stato. nnd that ho hai the con
fidence of the farmers to n greater degree
than almost any other candidate whoso name
has as yet been mentioned.
Twenty county re mi bile an conventions
will bo held this week and all kinds ot cnn-
dldates are hustling In splto of Iho boat ,
The approach of these conventions hai re
sulted In an exodus of politicians who have
boon making their headquarters in Omaha
for the past week or so.
Walt Sooly , gonornl ptiss dNtrlbulor , loft
last night for Chadron , where ho goo ) to take
charge of Tom Majors' campaign for dele
gates from the northwest.
Jack MncUoll pasted through Omaha yes
terday on Ills way to Chicago. Ho confirmed
the report that Tom Majors vlMtod htm nt
Lexington and offered to turn over his
"chances" to MacColl. Mr. MacColl , however -
over , refused to accent Majors' magnanimous
offer. Ho told the Peril statesman that It
was entirely out of the question for him to
outer politics this year. Ho gave as his rea
son that tits business affairs would not admit
of the sacrifice.
"Tho republican state convention should
pay little attention to thu kind of a shirt
a candidate wears. A boiled shirt will
do If it has the right kind of a man inside of
It. " Thus says the Norfolk News.
According to all reports received the Lan
caster county republican convention was n
very high-handed affair. "Gag law reigned
supreme , " remarked a Lincoln man who
came to Omaha yesterday. "SI Alexander
sot the pins to have George Bowormnn
nnmu his own delegates , and .ho didn't pro
pose to have them knocked over by ob
jectors. "
The followers of the pooplo's party in
Uounlas county uro or.o by ono Uomon-
str.uing that they aru not in the movement ,
purely for love of the causo. They seem to
bo pretty thoroughly inoculated with love
for ollico as well , nnd thu countv delegation
will go to Kearney accompanied by two as
piring patriots who duslro oflicial honors.
They both want Iho same placa , so It Is iloa-1
sure that at least ono of thorn will not come
homo in an ocstaiiu frame of mind. The
twain'are V. O. Strickler nnd T. U. Minn-
ban , both of whom have aspired and been
loft before , so thnt It Is not probable that
they will take it so much to heart as a loss
exporionc.id candidate might do. "There's
nothing like getting used to a thing , " as the
widower rcmnrited at tuo funeral of his
third wifo.
For several days Strlcklor has been en-
doavorli'g ' to convince Minahan that the
latter does not roallv want to bo a candidate ,
but Mlmilum has bcon surprisingly obtuse ,
and up to data has Dean unable to see the
force of Strlcklor's arguments.
If John .leffcoat is really plotting against
VanWyck , the general might as well drop
out. .lelTcoat li not much in a convention ,
but his pro-convention work among the pop
ulists is of a most blistering character.
It is said that Dr.C. V. Stewart of Auburn
will bo the republican candidate-for senator
from the Second district.
W. A. ICoithloy , who ran n prohibition
paper at Ashland , an independent journul nt
Culbcrtson and a republican nowsp.ipor at
Superior , has now Hopped again and has
made the Superior Times a democratic organ.
TIIK XKH UlI.lIlt.H.l.V.
Chicago Herald ( dem. ) : Mr. Carter is not
expected to make a very astute or a remark
ably brilliant chairman , but Ins selection
may serve to hold Moutana in the republican
column.
Minneapolis Tribune ( rep. ) : Mr. Carter is
comparatively young , uud somewhat Inex
perienced , but what ho lacks In Uiu.se ho
makes up In shrewdness , activity and com
mon sense. Of course hU spurs In this Held
are to bo won , but the Tribune Is satisfied
that , all things considered , thu choice is wise
uud ono that will bo vindicated by tbo result
in November.
Now York Herald ( ind. ) : To President
Harrison , as ho sits on his Cupe May
cottage porch today , wo tender our con
gratulations , and for two reasons ,
first , that ho has at last been able to
secure a national chairman \vho is likely to
remain nt Ins post ; nnd second , that ho has
got In the place a man of such scope and
political adroitness as Mr. Thomas H. Carter
of Montana.
Now Yoric Tribune ( rep. ) : In choosing
Mr. Carter as its chairman the 'ropuolicnn '
national committed solectoa a loader of
whoio competency und Illness there can bo
no doubt. * * Hois cool , Ho does not
lose his head. His perceptions nro quick ,
his instinct sure , his Judgment Is safe and
his resolution ready , few moil in Iho coun-
trv nro moro widely or pleasantly known to
Ihoso nn whom falls the burden of political
campaigning.
* *
Thomas II , Carter , the now chairman , Is
ono of the men who hua special charge of
President Harrison's Interests at Minneap
olis , Ho has blue ovoi und u sanuy chin
board , which gives Him an agricultural ap
pearance , but ho Is an able lawyer and an
olotmonl speaker. Ho Is only itli years old ,
having been born In Scloto county , Ohio , in
1851. Ho moved to Illinois In IbGJ nnd lived
on a farm until 1S75 , whnn hu moved to
llurlington , la. Here ho studied law and in
ISS'-J moved to Montana. Ho was n ilolcgato
from Montana In the Flfty-tlrst congress ,
was elected to congress in IBS'J and was do-
foaled In 16'Jti. He was secretary of the na
tional congressional committee in IS'JO and
was appointed commissioner of tbo land of-
lice iu Marcn , IB'Jl.
It U u r'nin Tr.ulu Platform.
Aflo Yin If .Sun.
The subjoined loiter from an esteemed
correspondent mnrlts a complete and can
did response :
To the ICditorof the Sun Sir : Will you
plcaso inform mo whnlhor Iho democratic
platform Is n free trade platform or whether
it only asks a revision ol llio present tarlll I
An ardent admirer and supporter of Cleve
land , 1 am in uoubt. Jtuspoctfully ,
KmvAini Hoe < " , Jit.
Spring Valley , N. Y. , Jnlv II.
Thai portion of tlio Chicago platform
which stales tint principle relating to Hie
tariff IH In the following words :
\\'o denounce republican protection m n
fraud , a roblery of thu grcal majority of the
Amurlcan pcoplo for thu bunotlt of Iho fow.
We declare II lo bu a fundamental principle
of the democratic party lhat the federal
government has no cuusilttillouul power lo
enforce ) and collect tariff duties , except for
the purposu of revenue only ; and ilcmund
that the collection of such taxes shall bo
limited to the necosullles of Iho government
honestly und economically adininUtered , "
This is u free trade platform , as noaily as
11 u possible to make bnu with any uu tons
duties loft In It al all. It declare * thai pro-
lection U nol only n fraud , but is entirely
unconstitutional ; and whllo thorxeculion of
thli platform would require a piompt und
poworlul revision of the present tiiriff , In
order that protection mighl bo eliminated ,
there would b no dtfllculty auout Iho change.
Hovonuo can bo raised as easily by thu nutv
rule as by the old.
1'rerisoly how Mr. Cleveland now stundi
on ibis question U not yet clear. His famoim
mussatro of lNi7 was a Mjuaro declaration for
thu principle of freu trade ; bul our free
trade frlonus , the Elatoiinon of Kentucky ,
uow nay ibut 11 bad ao sooner teen delivered
to congress than ho wished to repudiate Its
doctrine : and the platform offered nt Chicago
cage by the regular platform committee of
the i-onvontlnn , with a rnmpnnt frco trader
like Mater Jones of St. Louis , Mr. Cleve
land's close frioiul , ns its head and spokes
man , wft a protectionist document. That
platform , however , was repudiated by the
convention , mm the fruo trade platform was
adopted m its placo.
Somorvlllo Journal : It U nit rlsht for n
limn to ho ccnorunV tint ho might to bo care
ful about giving hlnnnlf uway.
1'lilladulphlii Itocnrd : 1'lrst Snmiuomlrl
How dull of mo. Po onil SninmurJlrl Wlmt ?
F. S.Vliy , I didn't out that horrid Mr.
Siiiartalecu.
Now ork Sim : Drummer I don't see why
you advertised fora llvo man.
-Merchant Why not ?
Drummer lloonmo nt the salary yon offer
u man would soon bo ilnud.
ClilciizoTrfbunp ! "TI > oro"slinBalil ! , slund-
In. ; on her tip-tool , "t am about your size. "
"On the contrary , " said thu disconsolate
lover , "my sighs nro about you. "
Philadelphia Hocord : The ultra-fustldlous
young man whotsconltMiipintlni ; the purchase
of one of tlm o aiuiw wlilto foil halt is liorulty
glvun the sir ilnlit tip that thu nervous strain
on the wonrcr as huritlchu4 for dirt spots Is
almost too great for the ordinary human mind
to boar up under.
TIIK ( IKNKIUI , SQAt'CROAT.
H'liK/idii/diii / Sdir.
Ho swallowed trillions of I'hnmiiagno ,
! list company ho kept :
Up full disdain for cooking plain ,
Uu very seldom slept ;
Ills nurvpH worn always sortily tried
Hy heavy poker tluntti ,
i ot whpn hu illntl the iinbllo crlud ,
"It's dnu lo ulKii
A imtcwnrnp pool Ims written n democratic
O'tinpivlu'n ' Duum entitled "Over llio 11111 to llio
White House. "
liostnii Courier : Whoii a waller Is tipped It
elves him u loaning towards Ills liberal pal-
Columbus Post : After all your boasts of
IIstlus.,111 , the most fatal "nlow" ever struck
was the one that put enl thu eas.
The ( Ireat Turin ? Advouutu Will VlHlt > 'o-
linixkit August S.
Governor William Mclvlnloy will speak at
the Beatrice Chuutauqua August U at ; t p. in.
Tbo following autograph loltor from the
governor will Ijo road with interest :
- / - -t
Till ! bOXG OH TIIK i-IMI'l.K'H J'.tlfT * .
ACID Yink 6'iin. '
Tliron times three are . l.\iv-slv ,
Straw's nol needed for rimkiiij bricks ,
Crops depend on politic * :
Ami the pjoplu's party knows It !
Plotish nnd nee uro both played out.
' 1 ho way the farm Is run about
I'o P. P. inot'tliiss and htorin und spout ,
And the people's p nay knows It !
Why should the furmor uulvo and illtoli.
Why should llio farmor's wlfo darn and
si Itch ?
The government can make 'urn rich :
Anil ihu ueopIuS party Uuows It ! .
When we've kloited the plutocrats down
Ami imr. : ! d Wall streut of Us hulls and boars.
Wo'ru all azolii' to Im mlllliimvlins :
And thu people's uarty knows It !
Away with the Infamous mortnatuo ,
Ixo morn we'll bo llannlod by such as he.
Uncle yam pays for all , d'yobo ?
And thu people's uarty Knows Itl
O. this will bo notorious land
\Vlion llilngs art ) ilonu as wo nave planned ;
And we'll have prosperity , fresh nml canned :
And thu people's party knowa Itl
The loaves of the trees will bo dollar notes.
There'll bo diamond rings round tlio heads of
oats.
And sllvortlps on Iho Horns of goats :
And the people's party Unows It !
The chi'eso'll bo stiver , the hutlor'll bo gold ,
Tliostreiuiis'll run whisky , hot and co d ,
And mugwumps will forgot to scold :
And tlio people's parly knows It !
The nth nlt.'ll bu tlio Jfith pro * . ,
The girls will cuasu to tnlnk of frocks ,
Jerry sdmuson's feut will be sheathed In
souks :
And the people's party Knows It !
Ho , hurrah , hurrah for the great P. P. !
1 equals 7 and Uoiinals.'l.
A Is II. and X is/ :
And thu people's party knows It !
.1 .vKir m.vr
Edttfcm Ktte 1'oilt llrraltl. 4
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ron TIIK cousTitr.
This costume do campagno U made ot thin
and very llghl gray clolh. The Jaokct opens
to show a slilrt front like these worn by men ,
gathered In al Iho waist by n yellow gauza
scarf.
ronvlrti-d lluri'liirCommlt * Sulrldr.
Coi.UMiit'5 , O. , July 19. Frank Howland
and James Doyle , partner convict * sprylng
live years in the Ohio prison , each for burg
lary , agrood- Friday to commit suicide. How-
land suicided Sunday night , luavlng a con
fession In which ho Implicates a number of
men who nrj now nt lurgo and vindicates
others who ho claim' * uro serving llmo for
crimes which they did not commit. Doyle
became tnsano today. The prison ofllclals
refuse to civo llio confession to Iho publlo
until after an Investigation.
\VIII I'ly HIP Sliu-s nnd Stripe * .
I'nii.AiiKi.rniA , Pa. , July 19. It Is an
nounced hero lhat Clement Q. ( inscom , presi
dent of the Interniitinnal Navigation com
pany , who Is now in London , has completed
negotiations with Iho Briifsn government
for thu formal transfer of the City ol 'Parli
and Cltv of No v York from Knglish registry
to American registry. These steamships
will bo admitted to the American registry
immediately and hcrortftor will lly Iho slars
and stripes.
A Strung liliidHtntiluti Ally.
HVif/iftitfM-m Mm1.
The news that Mr. Gladstone's cabinet
will probably contain Prof. Jumos Hryco ,
nulhor of "Tho American Commonwealth"
and several times a distinguished visitor to
our shores , is well roooivod In the United
States. No foreigner has written altogether
HO well on American Institutions at this ( rcn.
tleman , who as colonial socrntnry of a liberal
government would doubtless add to the ro
Hpiiut and ndmlr.uion felt for bun on this
side of the Atlantic.
i.v sf.iTis c' ( > .vr/.vr/o.v.
The republican electors ot the state of Ne
braska are requested to send delegates from
tholr sovoril oonnllus lo meet In convention
at the city of Lincoln , August , ISM. at 10
o'clock a. in. , for thu purpose ot plaoliu In
nomination candidates for Iho following slala
ollli'es :
Uovornori
Lieutenant covnrnor ;
Secretary of slate ;
Auditor of public accounts ;
Tronsnrer :
.Superintendent of public Instruction ;
Attorney general ; \
Commlsslonorof public lands and buildlir.'it
Kluht pii'slilKiillal electors :
And to transact -mcli other business as may
come before thu convent Ion.
TUT. AIM'OIITIONMENT.
Thu several countlus are entitled to rcorn.
sent.itIon ns follows , being base ! nuon lliu
vote cisl ; for fieorgo II. Hastings for utlornoy
general In ISiil. irlvlna ono ilulcgnto-iil-lurzc
to each county and one foruach 1 DO votes and
the major fraction thereof :
K Is recommended thai no proxies bu an-
milled to tlm I'onvontion and that Ihu dele
gates pre ont bu anllioi-i/.cd lo cast thu full
vote of the delegation.
S. 1) . Miitcin : , ( 'Mali-man.
WAI.T M. SIKIY ; , I
II. II. H u , < oMiii ! , V.SecrotarlcH.
J. it. t 1111:111.AND : , )
CO.
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Mannfaut.nruri an.l
n In Ihu World ,
Pants.
Non-rip-able .
Our inventory takes place soon now. Our new fall
goo d s will
co in c s o o
now , and our
present stock
of children's
clothing must
he moved now
and here are
prices to do it. Per 50c your choice of a fine lot of boys'
knee pants , ages ' 1 to M , witli extra patch thrown in. You
might tear 'cm , but you can't rip 'emif you do , you get
.mother pair for nothing , lor every pair having our war
rantee label on will be replace ! if they rip. Aiiolhcr lot
at 75c with the same guarantee ; another at Si. $2.50 and
$3 2-piecc double breasted plaid cheviot suits , ages 10 to
M , at $1.25. Long pant suits , M to IHyears. S'l ; were $5
and $6 $7,50 suits for $ .5 , All the $8.50 , $0 and $10
suits go at $0. Star shirtwaists 35c , regular 50c ; 75c ones \
at 50c ; $1 ones at 75c. These are not rejected remnants
in waists , but the genuine Star Shirtwaist , everyone perfect.
Browning , King & Co
) ur store cleans al OiQ p. m. , uxoopt B.itur- .
duyu , when wu clo-ui ut 10 p. m , S.W. Cor. I5lb S Doujlas SI