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I THE OMAHA DAILY HIM TUKSDA , SEPTEMBER 20 , 1892 , t THE DAILY BEE K. * < G8K\VATKr , EmTon. PUBLISHED KVKttY MOHNING. OFFICIAL PAPER OP TUB CITY. TK HMS OK son cuip no.v , Ilillr DM ) ( irltlionl Sunday ) Ono Yenr. . . . . J 8 flO Dully mid Humlny. Ono Yciir , , . , , . low Fit Month . i . . . . MX ) Ilitta Month * . . 3 W tundny Dec , line Ycnr. . , . > ' W f-Mimlay llco , Ono Voir . . I to Weekly llcfl , Ono Vcnr . > . ' CO lOKr'lCliil ! Omiitin. Tim Urc minding. Ftmth Omiih * . corner N nntl VHti Streeti , Conned Ilium , 12 I'onrl Ktroct , Chlcnco onieo , 317 ChnnibiT of Commerce. New York , lloornn 13,14 nncl 15. Trlbuno liulldlng. Umhlnplon. [ > 13 Kourtcrnth Hlrcet. COltUKSPOHDKNUR. ' All commmilcnllom raiting' to nnw * nJ rdllortnltnMtcr oliot-.M t > a nildrossca to the r.u HorUI Deportment. . 1IUSINKS3 I.KTTKBS. All buMnoa letters nnit romlttnncos MionM bo KlOtcMfd lollio Hen 1'iiblUhlnn Company , Oiimlm. llrnfu. rlipcks nncl postolllco orders to bo nindo fnyodlolo tliuordor of tlio company. THE DEE PUBLISHING COMPANY HWO1U hTATKMHNT OK ClRCUIiATlUN. Etnloof Nobrntkn , I County of Dotmlns , f N. r. ri'll. binlncsi iimnndcr of TnR Urn I'tib- llthlnu eomimny. iloon eolomnly wcnr Hint thn nettiKl rlrcnlntlon of 'Mir. DAILY HKK fortliu week rndltiK fcplonit-er IT. 16U. ! wn n followai Pnndny. September II . 2UnO * Momlny , t-eiiliMiibcr 1) . SMM HioMlny , September 13 . 11,11111 NVoilne dny , September 14 . , . 2,1.iijJ 1 hnrmlny , gpptnniLer 15 . . . 24. Ml ! 1-rlilny. Scplonilior HI . . . . . , . 2.1iU ! Bnlurilny , September 17 . . . 2I,7UI , Avorngn . SV-JIIIJ N. l . KKIU Sworn to before mo nnd mib'crlbeil In my pros encu tills IUi ) dny fif tcplrnilirr , 16'2. ' K. I' . UUUIISi < I , Hilary Public. Avnriigo Clruuliitlmi Tor August 2lii : ( ) Tim tiny is dawning surely upon which Dr. .Tonkins will consent to coino oJT his dump-thfono. TIIR Methodist Episcopal conforcnco hns hold its lottery nnd Oimvha is well pleased with her assignments. FOR the bGiioIlt of people not living in Noln.-nska wo wish to announce thut Tlur- risen nnd Hold will carry this state by a comfortable plurality. Mom : Eiirbujjo carts should bo pro vided at once. There is a constant and increasing domain ! for those carts which the present supply is iticapablo of Illling. SKVKIUVT. sections of the backbone of Governor Flower might uo shipped to Gray Oablos with no harm to the gov ernor and to the great advantage of the man of density. IT is qulto safe to assume that An- nrc.hist Uorginnnn is raging moro violently lently because of that year at the work house than because of tlioso twenty-one years in the penitentiary , As USUAL that overdue steamer Gar- roll , which was thought to bo playing hide and seek with the Atlantic cable and sword fishes , has arrived at Boston all right. They always due. RioiiAKD MANSFIELD has married his ' 'leading lady , " who has been a divorced woman. Mr. Mansfield will now hnvo better opportunities of study ing the Mr. Hyde phase of existence. A SOUTH OMAHA councilman ha- gene the rounds of the gambling holes nnd is going to denounce them at the council meeting. The sudden attack ol virtue was very likely caused by a possi ble "bunco" experience. VOLUIILK Oriole Strlcklor is tolling great talcs of alliance conversions ir Nobrnska , but the returns from populisl meetings show a steady lack of intorosi and attendance , anU a tide turning U reason and republicanism. \Vn HA vis now passed the middle o September , but the celebration of the completion of the city hall does not ap pear to bo in sight. At the rate o progress made within the past sixt ; days the celebration will not take plac < before spring. MONDAY morning's BKIS publishoi four "Situations Wanted" advertisements monts and forty "ITolp Wanted" advertisements tisemonts , the latter in many case referring to moro than one. Now thi is a fair indication of the condition o work in Omaha. How many cities ca : show so good a record ? IF Douauvs street and the cros streets between Farnam and Dodge woa of Sixteenth are to bo paved this full th grading contractor's work should b pushed and the property owners In th now paving districtsshouldbo roquosto to designate the materials for paving There certainly is no llmo to bo lost. Tun Grand Army votornus uro mcol Ing in Washington nnd nro onjoyin tholr reunion as only union veteran can. Yet they cannot help remarkin with tearful regret the absence of thn Uinn most dear to their hearts , Williai Tecumseh Sherman , as they gather i their bocond i eunlon since his dopartun No IIONKST or earnest republican ! enuorlng at the honest or earnest men bur of the people's party. But over republican should ho willing to try t explain the real Issues of this oampaig to his befogged "populist" nolghbo And this should bo done cheerfully , p tioutly and honoetly. Then there wi bo no ( mention about the result. TUB Fiko ( Ftutvry makes an Insultlr attack on the class of ontortalnmon presented at Omaha theaters. This certainly in tha worst spirit of the eg tlut and pharisoo. Omaha has ovoi year as clean and stimulating us well i relined a class of theatrical nttraotloi ivj any city in the wust. And our poop nro quick to appreciate plays of a hi ( > g ade , such as have boon presented he in the past and will be presented th year. _ UNJ.KSS winter bets In very oar O nitha will inako a very c red I tab showing in the matter of public li provomonts this your. The city otif. HOOP estimates the total outlay for pav ineuts , Bowers , grading and other \vo at over half a million dollars. Tl ttoublo tit the prasont time Is that tl contractors nro unable to secure comj : tent men for the work in hand. This largely duo to the delay on publ wurka which forced hundreds of wor ing people to seek employment ole wjioro. /MV > ; MKllOKWH CANIUDACV. A majority of the delegates ohosnn by the ropuhllcnn convention of Douglnft county have expressed tholr preference for Dave Mercer as the candidate tor congress In this district. To pltnmrvn of tavo Mercer's calibre npninst Judge Donne is not merely n rollcctidn upon the moral standing of our parly , but nn insult to the self respect of nn Intelli gent community. What clnlm has Dnvo Moroor upon the people or party for n scat in congress ? Ills career in Omntm begnn in Union Pnclllo headquarters ns as n thlrd-rnto clerk , from which ho was promoted to the railroad oil-room lobby. The work of this lobby was to debauch and corrupt lite legislature into voting down measures In the interest of the people nnd promoting the interests of the corporations nnd jobbers. The moans used to bring about this end wore cards , liquor and lewd women. Once in the meshes of the oil-room lobby the people's representatives became the pliant tools nnd creatures of tholr so- ducora. This Is the only line of buslneos which Dave Mercer has pursued with some de gree of success. His otforls at the prac tice of law wore a Hat failure. The po sition ho holds ns deputy marshal nnd bailiff can hardly bo considered ns the proper stopping stone for thn national Icgislaturo. And what claim hns DaveMorcor upon the party , for services as ti political worker ? As chairman of the city com mittee that conducted the campaign three years ago ho permitted the cam paign fund to go into the hands of treacherous and thieving members of the committee who had formed n con spiracy to dofcat the head of the ticket for democratic boodlo. Instead of warn ing the candidates , ho deliberately closed his oars and eyes and led the ticket to Slaughter. The result was the election of Gushing and the formation of the boodle combine In the council. For two years Dave Mercer has used his position as chairman of the county committee to lay his pipes and unck the caucuses and conventions. By the help of certain federal ollieUls who ought to bo interested in building up the party instead of wrecking it , ho hns carried his point. If the convention that moots today is reckless enough to nominnto Mercer for congress , it must take the responsibility of inevitable disaster. This paper cannot , and will not , stultify ittolf by endorsing or supporting n man whoso name appears in the tell-tale Capital hotel lodger now on deposit in this office , by the side of "Vnndervoort , Crawford and other cappers , whoso whisky bills , wino unit cigar bills mounted up to over $2,500 during one legislative session and were paid by the chief of the lobby of one of the great railroads. Wo repent once more , nnd for the last time , that wo have no candidate to foist upon the party , but simply desire that the party shall present for the people's suffrages ! clean and reputable candidates. A POLICY OF Mr. Whitoliuv Hold pointedly states the case in saying that what the demo cratic party now proposes is not a modi fication of existing- conditions , but tv re versal. Hitherto that party has been content to ptoposo changes while main taining the principle which is at the foundation ot national progress and prosperity , but now it is pledged to sweep away the principle , on the ground that there is no constitutional authority for maintaining it. Thus it wpuld , if it had the power , unless the declaration of the Chicago platform was intended to bo meaningless , abandon the system of protection that has prevailed for thirty years and to which the business of the country is adjusted , though doing this would produce a commercial convulsion more disastrous than any the country has over experienced. Of course demo crats will say that their party has no such purpose , but it is to bo remem bered that the platform utterance re garding protection was not made thoughtlessly , but after deliberate con sideration , and while it did not receive the unanimous endorsement of the con- volition it had the support of nearly two-thirds of the delegates , so thnt it must bo regarded as expressing the sot' tied conviction of a very largo majoritj of the party. If it was not intended U execute the proposed policy , what musl bo thought , in the language of Presi dent Harrison , of a party ttiat is capable of thus trilling with great interests'foi the throat of such legislation \voult only bo less hurtful than the fact. This is u matter that appeals will great force to the business , the produc ing and the labor interests of the coun try. Does any ono of these find the existing isting conditions so unsatisfactory us ti warrant a desire for a sudden and com plete reversal at the risk of a genera convulsion11 ! Can any rational mini have a doubt ate to what would bo the consequences o swooping away at once a. policy undo which ( ho industiics and business o the country have boon growing for thi last thirty yours ? Even the approhen slon of a modification of that policy ha Invariably produced moro or loss bus ! ness disturbance , and It Is Inoritubl that its rovowil would result In Ilnan cial and commercial etmos. Entorpris would halt , capital would not seek in vestment , lubo" would be thrown out c o mployment nnd stagnation would tak the place of prosperous activity. N man ciui say how long this state of al fait s would continue , but it would coi tiiluly ( lust long enough to cost th ID American ncoplo an enormous loss c ISle wealth , to check the material prog res le 'h of the country for many years , anil t piaco the people of the United State where they woio before is urotoction be canio the national policy , at the more , of British manufacturers. As was H ili iy by Mr. Hold , every business mun , whatever la over his party convictions or his politi cal prejudices , knows , us n cold bus ! nous proposition , thut the complete ro c- voi-pal of the existing order of thins demanded by the domooratlo party ii ie Its pre&ont platform , as to the tariff , ate 10o to reciprocity and as to the qurranoj o- would necessarily unsettle business fo olb lb the nuxt eighteen months or two yoiu-i lo The uncertainties , which must oxls ko - pending such u change , as to its poasl o- bllity or Its scope , would bo , throughou tholr duration , the worst possible ol struotlon to business. The fnol that the radical throats of the democratic parly have not seriously Impaired the general confidence or slackened the activities of business la because the business Inter * csts Of the country have mioh fnlth In the common eonso of the American people ple ns to bollovo that there la to bo no change. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ A YKAIl OF SUCCKSSFUT , The annual address of President Page of the Manufacturers and Conaumors association of Nebraska , which was pro- sonlod nt the mooting of the board of directors hold yesterday afternoon , con tained much interesting Information concerning the progress of the work of the association during the past year and some valuable suggestions ns to its con tinuance and enlargement during the yonr upon which It has now entered. The Manufacturers and. Consumers association was organty.od In September of last yonr. Its object was to secure the co-operation of manufacturers , deal ers and consumers In nn effort to pro mote the various industrial and com- morclr.l enterprises of this state upon the basis of homo patronage. Begin ning with a comparatively small mem bership made up chlolly of Omaha busi ness men it has grown with great rapidity during the first year of Its existence - istonco and now embraces a membership of 177 firms representing all of the im portant towns in Nebraska. As ti result of the house to house canvass made in every city of the state , 10,901 families were pledged to homo patronage , and counting live persons to the family it Is estimated that 5-1,800 people In this state are thus committed to the support of the industries and enterprises repre sented by this association. Thus far these who have joined this army of homo patrons have llvod up to tholr agreement , and as n result great pro gress has boon achieved in the building up of the various industries of the stato. Hundreds of men and woman are now employed in consequence of this move ment and the number will bo greatly in creased before the close of another year. The firms who are members of the Man ufacturers association employ at least 10,000 people , , and it Is estimated that the members of the association and their fairilios and employes together aggregate - gate 153,920 parsons. The total number of consumers who are practically pledged to sustain the work of the organisation is placed at 82.700. The exposition hold by the Manufac turers association in Omaha last Juno was a great success in every way. The display of Nebraska-made goods sur prised all visitors by its extent , variety and excellence. Tlio exhibition was seen by about 20,000 people from all parts of this state and neighboring states , and in addition no loss than 14,000 school children were admitted. The exposition served its purpose ad mirably , affording the public an oppor tunity to see what the manufacturers of Nebraska can do , and at the same time proving very successful from a finan cial point of view. A largely increased number of em ployes in the factories of the state is ono of the most important results achieved by the first year's work of the Manufac turers association. It is estimated that no loss than 550 have boon added to our wage-earning class by this means. The business of all local firms has boon greatly increased and a feeling of mu tual interest and sympathy has boon created that is certain to produce good results in the future. A friendly sonti- men t of mutual interest and dependence has also arisen between the various cities of the state , and the importance ol promoting and fostering the interests ol Nobrnska ha ? como to bo thoroughly understood and appreciated by all. President Pago's report laid much stress upon the advantage to bo gained oy cultivating a fooling of mutual sym pathy and common interest butwoor employer and employe. It is worthy ol note that this very result has been ono o ! the conspicuous fruits of the work o the Manufacturers association. It ha : boon brought about by the recognition of the fundamental principle of mutual helpfulness upon which the association is founded , and it is safe to say tha nowhere in the couutry does a bottoi fooling prevail between capital am labor than In the state of Nebraska. The association has done very wlsol ; in re-electing W. A. Page as Us pros ! dent for another year. IIo has dovotoi a great deal of intelligent thought am labor to the work and the success tha has crowned his efforts proves that ho i the right man for the place. Under th > wise direction of its president , am those who share the work with him , th Manufacturers association is sure to jus tify the highest hopes and expectation of its friends. MH. CbEVHLAND'S SUItllKNDBn. There can bo no further doubt as t < Mr. Cleveland having made n clos alliance with Tammany , nnd thorob surrendered whatever independence h heretofore enjoyed as the leader of hi party. The authority of Mr. Charlo A. Dana in this mutter is conclusive for few men hnvo so close nn intimno with the Tammany managers us th editor of the Now York Sun. Referring to the conference some to days ago between Mr. Cleveland nn Murphy , Crokor and Sheehan , Mi Dana states that it ' 'involved no loss question than whether Mr. Clovolnn was to bo hereafter esteemed as for c against the party ; whether bo wu henceforth to bo counted with the den nornts or with fho peculiar partisai who have persistently and venomous ! madn war upon them In ills name , reference being had to the mugwump According to Mr. Dann , Mr , Clovolan on this memorable occasion "gave a fu nnd emphatic assurance that ho uppn ciatod the nature of the , situation , an that in case of his election ho would I a democrat and not a mugwump. I ] promUcd that in the future his infli once should in variable bo exerted on tl : side of the democrats and against the enemies , " The moaning of this is tin if the people of the United States gh Mr. Cleveland the power to again dii ponso public patronage ho agrees thi Tnmmnny snail control , the ( odor olllces In the ofty of Now York tin the most corrupt and rapacious and ui scrupulous political organization in tl country shall have tlio prlvlloRo of sayIng - Ing who shall l\tVo \ olllcoj , which of course amounts Id permitting Tnm- innnyltos to take ftfosossion of thorn. It was n diftgitjc ul surrender for Mr. Cleveland to innko iut , It eorvcs to show his inordinato/nnibltton to bo ngaln president. It ought to nltonnto from htm thousands of tha bailer cities of democrats in Neyi-'York nnd elsewhere who nro fnmllfjtr wfiti Tammany and Know that any itflliihco with that organ- Italian cannot bo nVtho Interest of the public good , AjTtjAho element in Now York which , vrlitlojcalling themselves Independents , liAVq'wlth great uniform ity supported tha dumoorntlo parly and boon especially \q.vat \ lo , Mr. Cleveland , It would seem that this notion of the ox- president must disillusionize them. "The mugwump , " exclaims Mr. Dunn , "is plainly soon ns having lost his plnco in polltlc3.but Mr. Cleveland may find thnt ho has not therefore entirely lost his potency. The democratic party In the Empire state cnuiiot nllord to lose this olomont. It is evident thnt Mr. Clpvelaud and his managers are extremely anxious about the situation in Now York. The position of the party regarding the tariff nnd its demand for a roatoration of Btato bank currency has driven many business men troui Its support , nnd in the state nt largo there is reason to bo llovo it is steadily losing ground. The outlook for republican success in Now York is hotter now than it wns nt this stage of the campaign four years ngo. A VOIATlCAh IXQUISITIOX. The history of political campaigns in this country affords no parallel to the cnso of Charles F. Peck , commissioner of labor statislics in the state of Now York. A committee representing the malingers of the Cleveland campaign hsis undertaken to investigate Mr. Pock's report nnd prove that It ia not truthful. With this end in view the committee called upon Mr. Peck the other dny mid demanded access to the original reports from the 0,000 manufacturers in the state upon which the recent report of the com missioner was based. Tholatlor refused to comply , and it appears that ho has de stroyed the original papers containing the reports of tlio manufacturers. For this the democratic managers are now trying to convict him of a misde meanor. It happens that the law creating the oflico which Commissioner Peck holds explicitly provides that ho shall not compel anyone to answer questions as to his private business. The sources of in formation upon which his recent report is founded nro thorosoro of a confidon- tinl nature. It wns expressly stipulated in the blanks which ho sent out that tlio answers would bo so Regarded. Justice nnd honor nro on Iiis side when ho main tains thnt ho has no right to violate the pledges which ho made to these who gave him the information which ho sought. The democratic national com mittee is onJenvoring , to comperhim to recede from a position in which ho is amply supported by the law , that created his office. - j When Mr. Pock was . .interviewed by the investigating com'mlttoo a committee - too invested , with noogal. , authority whatever ho1 asked : _ ' * K my report had boon diametrically" different would you hnvo como hero to question my figures ? " The answer was : "No , not personally. Then the republicans would have been hunting you. " There could bo no plainer proof than this that the democratic inquisitors are actuated by the meanest motives. They do not oven raako n pretense of nctlng in bohnlf of any publio interest. It is openly avowed that "tho investigation hns no other object thnn to destroy the force of the commissioner's report , which conclusively shows the ndvnn- tnges of the protective tariff. By what eight does the democratic national committee - mitteo assume to Bit in judgment upon an official report because it happens to bo unfavorable to free trade ? In with holding the original reporls Iho commis sioner exorcises nn undoubted moral right , and in so doing ho is also \ro- \ tcctcd by the plain letter of the law. Whether ho had a legal right to destroy the originals or not is another question , but it docs not affect the real merits of the case in any ovont. Ho could not have boon compelled to make thorn pub lic at the demand of a committee of po litical inquisitors , so it matters little whether they are destroyed or not. THE union in Alabama of the pooplo'f party and the Kolb faction of the domo& racy is causing the regular democratic organization some uneasiness. It Is sale ] to bo entirely satisfactory to the loading republicans of the state. This combina tion was defeated at the state olootion ir August by high-handed fraud , but th ( managers propose that this shall not bi repeated in November. They Intend tc take every possible precaution agalns being again defrauded and will call upot the United States authorities for whatever over protection to voters they can give Kolb predicts the defeat of the rogula : democrats by 40,000 , in which event tin electoral vote will go to Weaver. " Tin movement will bo supported by republicans licans gonomlly , the moro prominent o whom think it has the best kind ot i chance to win. The progress of the con test will bo watched , with general in tores t. THE Burlington'is rapidly pushing it line toward Shorhjin' , wyo , , and will bi running trains into'that town by Novom 8 borl. This will'Jbla'oo ' Omaha in com municatlon with 'another flourishing town whoso trade will naturally flov yIt this way. Shoridah already has a popu latlon of 1,000 nniLla .growing rapidly , The agricultural nnd mineral resource i. of the region in which it is situated wl ) make it a thriving city in u few years , s- sd A VKRY pertinent question at thi o tlmo is : Where did Dave Mercer an e his ox-partnor , Ellor , got the 1075 whio io they deposited in ono of our nationt o banks immediately oa the liools of Lii , r ingor's defeat and Cushing's election a mayor ? " MASSACHUSETTS furnishes statistic which rafuto the assertions of the dou arats and the calamity pooplo. The re port of the bureau of labor statistics i that state Bliowa that the average nun : bar of parsons employed in manufactui Ing Industries wns larger In 1891 thnn in 1890 , and llioro wns a higher nvorngo of wages In the former Ihnn in the latter year. The facts given boar evidence lethe the stimulating olToct of the tariff not of 1890 upon the Investment of capital In Indtislrlos. The showing mndo Is qulto as sntlsfnclory ns that of the report of the bnronu of labor atatlattoa of Now York. It is not to bo donbtou that what Is true of those Iwo slalom Is equally true of the ether nunutaclurlng slates of the east , nnd It is obvious that the crodlt for this Improved condition must bo given lo the present lariff law. The growth of most Industries in 1891 was undoubtedly maintained , and in many onsen increased , during the cur rent /ear , and there is every reason to expect that the labor atallstlcs of 1892 will show n general advance over lasl yonr. All the ovldonco shows a steady Industrinl development , nnd if the republican party is successful naxt November it can bo safely predicted that the ensuing two years will witness a remarkable growth of American In dustries. Now thnt the Transcontinental Traf fic association has practically gene to pieces and freight rates are in n some what demoralized condition , It Is the manifest duty of Omnhn to take slops at once lo revive , reorganize nud equip the freight bureau. This is very likely to bo the supreme opportunity nnd upon the notion of Omaha at this Important time will depend our treatment for the ful'uro by the freight manncrora. That there are unjust discriminations against Omaha no ono at all acquainted with Iho facls can deny , nnd it is patent to all thnt the very best remedy for correcting this evil ntany lime is a freight bureau. And at this time tardiness and slot.hful- 1108 ? can only bo interpreted as disloy alty to this city's interests nnd very ofliclont moans toward attaining com mercial suicide. TUB approach of fall has considerably increased the number of building per mits issued in Omnhn , nnd although there are few building enterprises of importance on foot , it is evident thnt there is increased activity in that lino. It is said Hint contractors in nil lines of work hnvo dilliculty in finding all the workmen they want , which proves thnt if any nro idle they are so from choice nnd not from necessity. But no public or privnto building enterprise need bo nbnndoned on thatnccount , for there nro nlwaya workmen out of employment somewhere , and supply will always gravitate toward the source of demand when the demand becomes known. If a thousand moro workmen were needed in Omaha they would find their way hero shortly. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ THE democrats of Iowa nt\d elsewhere nro shouting gleefully ever 'tho de sertion by Judge Day of the republican party. " This is very stale news , indeed. The judge cnmo out openly for Boios last year and has been asulkorforabout eight years , ever since ho failed of re- nomination by the republicans for the supreme bonch. Ho is nn able and up right man , nnd his retirement wns not right , but it is to bo regretted that ho allowed'this personal in justice to load him away from.his honest convictions. THIS proposed air line railroad across the continent from Now York to San Francisco , for which it is claimed sur veys have boon made and charters secured - cured in sovornl states , looks remark ably well on papor. It is lo cost only $700,000,000 , and that triflng sum is to be furnished by English capitalists. As the road is expected to pay for itself within six years it will bo seen thnt the English capitalists have a great bonanza. SOUTH OMAHA hns temporarily abnn- donod the city hall scheme and is now talking of securing rooms for the vari ous departments of the city gpvornmont so that they can bo concentrated in ono building instead of being scattered as they are now. The thing of prime im portance is n safe place for the public records. If this can bo secured the city hall project can wait indefinitely. TIIKRH is a very lively split fn the democratic party of the Council Bluffs district on free silver , nnd the defection is led by L. T. Gonung of Mills county , who was dofontcd for the democratic nomination nnd is now espousing the candidate of the people's party. This is good ovldqnco thnt a republican will bo elected in that district by n largo majority. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Arc You Jtoiuly lor tlio OticBtlon ? AV-to Yorlt llccoider. Stop immigration , and stop it now I rurrliiK for rrovmuler. CMcauo ttcws-Ileconl. With mugwump flngors la the fur of 1U arching nook the Tammany Hirer Is oxpootoel to beKlu purring for Cleveland and tariff re form. In Illn { { lenient. Senator Stewart of Novuda has done th < republican party u kluanoss by coming oni for Weaver. It has been desirous of cottlnf ; rid of him for somn titao on account of hii mitl-repubUcau vagaries with roKurd to IU < currency , Hngar Trust Kujmolty. Kew Fork 'Itlegram , Now it Is the sugnr trust which is mnltlnf itself offensive. That band of commorcla conspirators has taken advantage of tu < cutting off of Europium competition to pu up the prices of rellned suirur to a point tba would not them , It Is estimated , a tola yearly profit of over $14,000UUU. TrouHou In tli Cincinnati Ouninercl'il. Mr. Cleveland and bis managers are oalloi upon to discipline the Connecticut democrats who ID tboir state platform have repudiate ! ilia free trade and wildcat currency feature ! of the national platform of their party. Ttn manufacturers and farmers of the Nutrnoi state , irrespective of party , appear to apprc data the benefits' of sound tarlll and banuini systems. Louder , I.uuiler. I'Mladilphto 1'reu. 'Dissipated" Is oaa of the mildest word la Doles' campaign vocabulary when refer rmjr the so-called disappearance of the tro.is ury surplus. Lot us hoar the strongest , fo the suspense might bo a killing ono , Iowa' rod hot orator oughu't to lot a little thlni like truth stand lu his way when bo wlsbe to make an effect. B Callupno of the Jtuliibow Ulmke. Kew York Tribune , L- in tb That rainbow-chasing campaign west has suffered un alarming shrinkage I dimensions. At first it was the intention o tbo democrats to undertake to carry Illlnoli Iowa , \Viaconsln , Michigan and MInnosou uot to montlou a few outlying Jobs llko K ( MR. STEVENSON'S ' PATRIOTIC SERVICES. [ From Itin Now York Stevenson Raid ho was Kind Lincoln even ono little bit of n speech or public 'mil been shot and that ho should huvc utterance made by him In ISK1 or ISiJI in killed earlier. Affidavit of Wll- favor of a vigorous prosecution of the Hum 1) ) . WlilfTcn , editor of thu Metamoni war for the Union , or sustaining the Sentinel , where. Stevenson rusltleil In hands of Abraham Lincoln , loyal people IMS , may forgot , or belluvo tlieniM'lve.s mis taken In their firm lecolleetioa that In Stevenson was throughout Iliownra IBM and ISdl A. 1C. Stuvenson was n rank friend of thu Copperheads. Aflldavlt of. Copperhead , politician and candidate for Huv. O. 11 , Siieili-kur , pastor of the Meth- ofllce \\oodford county. Kx ( Jovur- odlst church In Mr. Stevenson's hoinu In not Hamilton , of Illinois , who llvt-d tit IbfiU. duiliiu thu war. Stevenson sold revolver * to traitors Stovenson's nainn appeared nn tlio Affidavit of I'nrker Onrdlier , Wabasli. record of nicinliurHlilp of lliu Knights of 1ml. , Aug. G , I lie ( loldun CMtcle , which I ruptured. Statemunt of Major J. Oliustead , now of If "General" Stevenson could produce I.is ( AiiKules , Cal brnsKn , Kansas and thn Dnkotas. But In spite of tha establishment , of branch licnJ- quarters in Chicago this hlijli-stopping scheme lias boon abandoned. The ostensible reason ttiorefor Is lack of sufliclont money lo carry on an ngcrasslva campaign In so many localities at the same tltno. A Griiu-il Connplriicy. - lioclirster Democrat , Tno gross earnings of IB3 railroads In Au g ust increased 7.-0 pt > r cent compnrod with these of the same month last year , while mileage Increased only 1.7 per cent ; nnd tha gross earnings of IBO rouds for olcht months ending August HI were S'Wl-00,0(0 , or an in crease of f20,500,000 compared with tlioso of the same ported lost year. Have the rail roads aho entered Into a conspiracy to de feat Cleveland ! I'ESSIf'K HEM.UiKS. There's mixny Isllp twlxt the thioat and the execution. A Uoston tmdosmun inlvortlsos. "Human luilr at less than manufacturers' prices , " nud the prouriotor ot adyehonse. In udvortlsmi ; for it boy , specifies Hint ho must bo colored. Over another miscellaneous atom Is a solitary sign nn which are the words , "Mulussls and Slooklns. " Tndlannpnlls Journal : "Aren't you going to lilss mo ? " she asked us they parted at the pnti\ "I I cannot , dour , " ho sadly sishod. "i'ou have nut. boon bollod. " Puck : "Hustler wns all broken down when ho went on Ills vacation. How did ho return ? " "UruKou up. " O'oakltovlow ' : Wlthorliy How do you innn- UKO to keep your sidewalk BO nlooitnd fresh ? I'liinklnsiton My wife puts on her tullor- niiiiloOVH ! , and every murnln ; she walks up nud down lu front at thu Yonkers Statesman : There Is : i grot differ ence between military engagements and love eir-'ugomonta. In one there is a good dual of fall I iii.In , und In the other there Is u good dual of falling out. Philadelphia f.odsor : These who would read Nature's open book lu meadow and woods h tvo an oxtr.i facility at present. She Is hor- sulf turning the leaves. Itlnzhamton Itopuhllcan : The corn-salve that Is not a euro prnvoutlvo of uhnlor.i Is in.-ulo by ii man who doesn't understand tlio art of advertising. Now Orleans Ploayuno : Soft gloves are worn by pugilists to prevent hard foulliigs lu a friendly Qsht. rusit'Ki.v TIE. Vrnndon nanncr. When "melancholy days" como round and leaves got brown and rod , When corn la shocked , and when you udd a blanket to your bed , When apples , pared and quartered , are sot ID > tlio sun to dry. This is the time you smack your lips and think of pumpkin pie. This puinpKJu pie's a tempting dlsli to almost any fellow. So Mveot and tender , luscious ( yum ) nnd then withal so yellow , Yon stir up OKRS nnd milk and splco and sugar O , my ovol And then you add the pumpkin und thut manes thu pumpkin pic , AIIOUT TllK 111(3 FAllt. The government of llavti nslcs forOTT square feet In the mines bulUtlnir. Boats for mr > ,000 people nro to bo piovldod In the great manufacturers' building nt the World's fair for the dedication exorcises on October 21. Forty-two thousand members of clvlo so cieties In Chicago have signified tboir Inten tion lo join the purado on dedication dny. General Miles will bo in command. Sweden's building at tlio World's ' fair hns boon dosicnetl on the lines of the old Norse Stave churches , but with moro solidity The building Is being constructed in Sweden nnd will bo scut to ( Jlilc.igo In sections. Tno main railway station within the World's fair grounds , where all excursion trams will discharge tholr passougors , will bo a handsome structure , costing SS23UOO ! , and will accommodate 25,000 persons at ono timo. It Is the Intention of the Peruvian govern ment to select the most croaltablo specimens of the exhibits displayed nt the exposition nt Lima nud send them to Chicago. They ask for 10,000 square foot at the fair for this collection - lection , Persons in IJombay , India , are persuaded that there will bo considerable profit In making a varied display at the World's ' fair. They propose to send over twelve elephants so that visitors can taKe rides "In bowiluh with mahout ; " to give exhibitions of suttee , cremation. Jugclory , nnutch , wrestling , etc. , and to soil tea at 10 cents n cup. They ox pcct to sell 1,000,000 cups. Dauphin county , Pennsylvania , will send V for exhibition In the woman's building nt the World's fair an elaborately carved table jut. extraordinary historical interest. It will bo composed of woods taken from the yolto of the famous "liberty Cell , " from the housn in which the llrst American llag was made , from Wasblngtoa's headquarters at Valley Forgo , from the old ship Constitution , and from a pillar in Independence hall. The upper surface will be inlaid with Indian arrow heads , relics of the Six Nations , with whom what is now Dauphin county was onoa n lavorito hunting ground. TllK FJSI.LUlf H'JIU AGltlSKS. Nixon Wnlerman. Oh , there are sorry scores and scoroi Of quite exasperating bores ; The ono whoso prosenoo will begot "Tlmt tlrod fooling" you roarot. But of the foes that greet mankind The very sorriest you'll Und Is that obliging mortal who In everything agrees with you. No matter what you chaneo to say Ho swears you're right lu every way. Kate can't n Joy or sorrow bring Hut ho has felt the self-same thing. You mention you've an nche or pain Ho'a had It , too , tlmo nnd again. Ho knows your being throimh and through This fellow who agrees with you. Tn thought and deed , In mind and heart Ho Is vour perfect counterpart ; Hay whht you will you'll find thut he In every statement will mrco. Ho coincides with you until It taxes all your strength of will To keep from beating black and blue The follow who agrees with you. Largest Manufacturers nnd Dealers of Ololhlug In the World. Come down And see our stacks upon stacks of light overcoats , made of all the different fabrics1 meltons , tweeds , etc. , in brown , gray , tan and black ; some half and some full box coats. We have them at all prices ranging from $10 to1 $30. These cool nights and frosty mornings are not only the time of year when light overcoats come in handy , but medium weight underwear is awfully nice , too. We have all grades at'$1.00 a suit up as ' high as you want. Our overcoats are made up by us after the leading tailoring designs for the season of ' 92 and ' 93 , and when you buy of us you can rely upon having the latest proper styles. Anyway , come down. BrowningKing&Co Our store closes ntfl30 ! . . . except Sutur1C W i tll MniKlhs < p. m. - flftf , Jv \ f . Wl l "U a auy . whoa wo clone ut 10 p. m. I " " UUUglai 0 I T stommynmnimm
