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tHcnl ) N. I1. KK1U Notnry 1'ubllo.
Avcrncn Circulation for October , 21,4' !
Brand tnonnrch said , "I am th
Stale. " Tlio stuffed prophet , says , "
nm the democracy. "
Tun Fronoh legislators are stirrln
upinoro tnuil in thnt Piummn cnso tha
the workmen on the ramil.
McKmoiiAN' is crcclltoil with boln
the ugliest inun in congress. That :
the total o.xtont of his fame.
Tnihoautiful lesson of G.trllold'a lifi
tlorlvcd from his early eiireor us n cam
boy , has bcon complotcly spoitod nn
must ho laid aside forever. Lowollinj
the populist governor-elect of
"tons once : i canal boy loo.
SINCK Cleveland was elected tli
burpliirs h.ave captured Chicago , tli
Panama scnnil.il has erupted Parl
mobs have taken possession of Madri
nnd the grand jury has indicted Llxzi
Bordon. Who knows what's comiu
next ?
13r.SK\viiKKK in this issue THE BE
presents nn exhibit of the prosperity i
n number of Nebraska towns. Publ :
, jmd private linprovumjnts of greater (
lss magniludo' have been the rul
dividcnco of gradual and substantii
growth. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
FOR months past readers of THE Bi ?
liavo hoard a great deal about politic !
fanners. In this issue a few figures ai
given of the profits of actual intolligoi
fanning. They show that Iho industr
ou9 Nebraska farmer is the most ind
pendent being on earth.
IT is gratifying to learn from N
braskn's comtnibsionor general that tl
World's fair work for this state is ge
ting on nicely within the Umitatior
made necessary by the small bizo of tl
appropriation , but it would bo moi
gratifying to be assured that the log !
laturo at the coming session would m
hcsitato to provide ti sulliuiont sum <
money for the wo-lc to inuko tl
Nebnibka exhibit entirely worthy
the state.
IOWA is to have a legal execution , tl
third in the history of the state. Ja (
Cumberland is to.bo the victim and li
crlmo was the butchery of nn old mi
and. his wife in Shelby county. Tl
fellow was sentenced to bo lumped for
similar offense In Kansiis a number
years ago , but escnpnd. The oxocuti <
will take place in February unless , i
haa often occurred , the sentence Is coi
muted to a life penitentiary sentence.
Tim report ! of mortgage indobtednc
In the various counties of Nobrasl
continues to show that the farmers ai
getting out of debt. Reports from Ga ;
nnd Oleo counties male ? tin oxcello
showing , llio farm mortgages roloas
lust tnontli being considerably in exec
of those filed. It is generally aeknow
edged , exoopt by u few croaUors , th
the farmers of this state never ha
boon so comfortably situated financial
ns they nro today.
Tins two lust general elections In N
braskacro conducted under t
Australian ballot system. Kveryuo
knows the vexatious dolnya that i
tended the count. In Eomo precincts
wus forty-o'ght hours before the resi
could bo learned. The committee
charter amendments will do this co
munity a turvico by incorporating
the nmomlod charter a p-ovltilon foi
rapid count , the result to bo publU
declared at the central police stall
immediately after the ollluinl count
comuloto in each precinct In the el1
The election laws of Illinois mid M
Bourl contain suuh provisions. This
n matter in which the general pub
U concoined. Everybody wanls
know the insult of an election at tl
first possible moment after the pa
C'.oso.
WITH rich deposits of soft coal will
150 miles of Omaha , costing on the 01
t not to exceed $1.05 per ton at themin
I I it looks us though the Iowa rallrot
hi * nnd the retail mot chants are conspiri
to make Iho coat oxcotslvo. This ci
In grnduti bultablo for domestlo use Bt
for from $4 to $5 per ton In t
city. Glvo the rnilroadd as mu
for hiiullng the coal ns it
worth at the mines and still 1
retailer has a very fair margin. 1
Wyoming coal mines are owned by 1
Union Pacific railway , The coal roti
in Omaha at 87 per ton. The com pun
agents elnlm that it rosta JU a ton
mlno and h ml this coal to Omaha , 'i
price is exorbitant nnd could berodui
to the great benolit of consumers t
llttlo doti imunt to the road ? . The it
of soft coal is an important ono in i
household economy of most people , v
demand tlmttho prlco shall bo on
\J' * usonublo.
Tin : SKY I'Attitun DRVOT.
Tlio tlonth of Jny Gould ncoil iioceo
have no bearing on the nogotla
lions for n , tmion doiot. | Oinnhn. U r
clty of 110,000 population. IJy Iho ycai
11)00 ) she will have fully 200,000 poputn
tlon. Her oxtonstvo commerce anil hoi
location at the gateway of the groni
overland railroad syslom makes the
onlnrgomontof railroad transfer faclll
tloa a matter of absolute necessity to th
railroads.
His of no use to dlckor for a second
rate railway station. Wo want nm
must linvo a union depot in fact ns wol
ns in nnmo. Whoever stops into Mr ,
Gould's shoes will soon realize thn
Omaha will inulto no bargain that doci
not glvo lior a gtmrnnty of such a pns
sengor depot iw is to bo found in lo
troit , Milwaukee , Denver , Portland nm
almost any railway cantor of any pro
tcntions.
Thobnsboarof General Dotlgo becoming
ing president of the road cnn have IK
further terrors for Omaha. Genera
DoJgo did all that lay in his power ti
make Omaha a way station and a suburl
of Council lUulTs , but ho failed Inmontti
bly in his oll'orts and schomos. He cat
do no worse now than to leave us will
ti sky parlor for a depot , with the luov
liable prospect that Omaha will boot
wako up nnd muster backbone onougl
to assort her rights as a railroad tormi
mil city , not only in the courts but 11
ho legislatuio.
In any event wo can afford bolter li
Irmly inslsl upon our legal and com
norcial rights than lo barlor nwa ;
IIOBO righls for fear tlmt n clmngo o
managers of the Union Pacific will cluj
, is Into obcdlonco and submission I
dmlovor demands they may inalco.
iiuisr , < iTiox.
The action of tlio French governmon
n regard to labor legislation is Inter
icting to all who are co .cerned in laboi
lucstions in this country. Tlio ohio
question at Issue is that of cbtablishiii )
on hours as a day's work. But th
iunalo increased the limit for women ti
cloven hours ) and as passed the la\
irohlbits the otnploymont of chtldrui
under twelve years of ago , or undo
-hirtuon - without carliflcatcs of priinar ;
nstructioii , and restricts nlirht cmuloy
inontaiul prohlbitsunderground laborfo
ivomen. Tlio Inwmakinir power ha
ofuscd to dcci-oo in favor of Sumla ;
obhorvnnco and therefore tlio now hu
does not designate that day a& a day c
est , though it provides that there s > hal
bo ono day of rest in seven aim there i
to bo the observance of till nulional holi
days.
In few European countries are labor
ng pcop'.o bettor off than in France , ye
their condition is far from being n
avorablo in any respect as that of th
workincmon of America. Their lot i
lard enough as it is , but it is luxury i
omparison with that of their brother
n Europe. This , however , is no reaso
ffliy the condition of our own workin
people should not bo improved an
their burdens made as light as posslbl
by legislation designed to promote over
interest that concerns thorn.
j .WKXTS OF AdlllCUhfUKF.
In his annual report the secretary (
iigrioulturo refers to the efforts ho hu
mitdo to bring about freer and large
inlercourso between the dopartmen
ind the farmers by means of adoquat
representation of the department at n
agricultural gatherings. These offorl
have buon only moderately succosbfi
owing to the limited facilities at th
command of the secretary , but what lit
boon done in this direction lias brougl
about gratifying result * and shown 11
the same time what might bo iiccon
plishod were congress to provide th
Department of Agiiculturo with tl :
necessary means to carry out this objcc
The plan of the secretary of ugricu
turo is to equip the department wit
an adequate force of lutolligenl , n\ \
ergetic special agents , well ncquainte
with the agricultural interests in tlio
own scclion of country , and qualified i
represent the department creditably t
all public occasions. To roach its fti
measure of usefulness , s.iys Socrotai
Ruble , it is essential that the dopar
ment bo brought home to the farmis
in such a manner that they will 1
mtido lo realize that it is their dopar
ment , and that Uiey are ncqiminti
with it , and it with thorn. This is co
tuinly a reasonable view of the rolatic
Unit ought to subsist between the ngt
cultural community and the dopar
mont of the government , which HP
dally represents the interests of th
community , and if the plan propose
by Secretary Rusk can elleot the pu
pose of bringing them into moro intimu
association without involving too gro
nn outlay it ought to bo adopted. It
easy lo sco that there are possib
benefits of very considerable impoi
unco in the plan.
At any rate hero is a prnctloil malti
which tlio farmers of the country won
do wolljto consider in Jio meetings
their organizations , and 1' ' . possos-os i
interest for all classes of agrinultur
producers. If the farmers believe tl
plan would bo a good thing mid want
they should tnko measures to give o
prcssion to their views and wishes , fi
otherwise congiess will not bo likely
give any attention to the matlor.
any event none is likely to be given
by tlio present congress and tlio no
ono \\ill have to t > o pressed hard for ni
logifclaliou In thu inUm-sl of ngrlcnltui
Another feuggostlon made by Soci
tary Rusk is thai the DcDirtmonl
Agriculture should bo rop'csont
abroad by epscinl agent * , chiirged ti
only with the duty of spreading i
formation in regard to our own agrioi
turnl resources and Iho .availability
our agricultural products for foroi
use , but also to keep the dopartino
thoroughly informed In regard to i
mutters relating to agriculture and
the mtrkots for agricultural produi
in foreign countries , by which our 01
producers could bo unablod to compc
with Iho foreign producers. What li
boon accomplluhod by Iho special ngt
of the department in introducing Indi
corn to Europeans is cited ns showl
the Importance of the Agricultural t
partmunt being represented in forol
countries. There can bo liltlo doubt
to Iho expediency of buch iv pulley , I
Ihore is very Binall probability of
ever bolm ; adopted unless tnero i'
united nnd porslstont demand for I
from the farmers of Ilia country Manl
fostly , both thcso mnltors are of fliilll
ctont concern to the agricultural pro
ducers to merit their Rorlous attention
and it they do no { , cnro lo conslilor then
they mny bo sure nobody else will. Tin
qucsllon of having Iho Department o
Agriculture roprosontcd nl agrlcuT
lurnl gatherings nt homo , nnd by spa
clnl agents In foreign countries , offer ;
nn Inlcrcsllng lopic for discussion hi
farmors' orgnn4.allons and Is com
mended lo their nttonllon.
TllK bDLC.lllOXAl ,
Many of the loading educator
throughout the country sonic llmo ngi
united in a protest against the totall ;
inadequate provision thai had boot
made for Iho accommodnllon of the cu
ucatlonal exhibit nt the World's fair
A liltlo later it wtiu understood that tin
matter had been oonildercd by the di
ruclory and Hint a separate buildlni
would bo erected for that exhibit in
Mending of tucking It away in a cornc
of the manulaclurors' hall us had bcoi
planned.
This was oncournging lo Iho friend
of education. Sotno of Iho mom
hers think it unnecessary to built
tile-proposed structure , while olhors nr <
indiiToreul. After much urging Iho ,
have proceeded HO far as lo direct tha
inquiry bo made as to Iho coat.
It is to bo earnestly hoped that noth
ing will bo allowed to stand In the wa ;
of carrying out this projoct. The caus
of education would bo greatly promotei
by a creditable exhibit of the kind con
Ictnplutod nnd visilors from ahroni
could not fail lo bo deeply impressed b
it. The utmost pride should b'o take
in this department of the fair by over ,
patriotic cilr/.on , and the preparation
for It nil over the country ought nn
now to bo checked by a fooling of unrei
tuinly as lo whether room is to bo prc
vlded for ll , Lot the committee pus !
the worlt and give Iho country to under
stand that the oducalional exhibit U t
be amply provided for.
iYO HKXKI--IT 1 ( > TtlK I'MIMKII.
Soorclary Rusk said in his recent an
nual report that while the rninnuikinj
experiments wore being canductci
faithfully as directed by congress , th
facts in his possession did not juslif
Iho anticipations formed by the bo
Hovers in this method of artificial rain
malting. The rdcont failures of General
oral Dryonforth in Texas support th
view of the secretary of agricultui
upon this subject. O.i Wednesday nigh
last he kept up a continuous bomb ml
mont of the skies until morning , . Thi
explosions were torritic and wore hoari
for a distance of thirty miles arount
There were 173 shells , twenty-live ba
"oons , each containing 000 cubic foot o
hydrogen-oxygen , and 1,200 charges i
roseb to exploded. A few cloud
drifted across the sky , but no rain fell
and it is by no means certain that th
clouds were produced by the bombnri
: ncnt. On Iho following night tno o. >
porimcnt was repeated without olToct.
Whatever theoretic foundation thor
may bo for the belief that rain can hi
produced by explosions it seems to I
demonstrated by experience that prai
tical results of real value are not to I
expected. It is hardly worth while ft
the government lo spend money in sue
experiments when there are so man
ways in which it , could bo used for tl :
advantage of the farmer without an
experiment whalovor. If a vote of tt :
farmers could be t ikon on this subjoc
they would probably bo found to 1
practically unanimous in favor of usin
the money spent on rain making i
some other way. It is important tin
appropriations made to- carry on wet
designated to benefit the agricultur ,
cla-s should bo wisely usoil , for Ihore i
a strong opposition to every moasui
looking to government paternalism ,
name that is given to every undortn
ingot Iho government inbehilf of tl
farming class. The great important
of the agricultural interest ontillcs
to all the consideration it has ever r
cclvod from congress , but care shou' '
bo taken to avoid everything that wi
tend to bring ridicu'o upon the govorr
ment and those to whom it seeks to o :
lend special assistance. Tao ra'nnvil '
ing experiment was well enough with !
reasonable limit itions , but there is i
demand for its continuance. Tl
farmcrH have no confidence in tlio boi :
barJment idea and are content to tal
their rain in tlio old fashioned way.
vvnhit ; SCHOOL Hi-i-'iri
The priilo of the American people
their public school system has much
justify it , but it would bo a grave mi
take to asaumo that Iho syslorn is n
still capable of groil Improvement or
pretend that it has accomplished or
accomplishing all that could roasonnb
bo oxpoclod of It. It will doubtless a
toniHh the great majority of educate1
and of intolllgonl poop'o generally wl
talto tin Interest in cause of popular od
cation , to bo told by so high an authc
ity as President Eliot of Harvard th
ils results are disappointing , so far
relates to the wUo conduut of life. I
finds that there has haan an iimJoquni
and a misttireclluii in popular oduoatic
which are responsible for it * failure
otToct what it was reasonable lo cxpot
1 'ublloeducation , says this distinguish
educator , should moan tXo systunmt
training of all children for tlio duties
life , and this it does not generally in
thoroughlv do. The syslom of popul
education as practiced Is defective ,
the view of President Eliot , In n
giving sulllclont atlontion lo tno roasu
Ing faculties and observational powoi
The changes suggested are , in t
first place , to m vko practice in thin
ing , or in other words the strongthe
ing of reasoning pjwor , the constai
object of nil teaching , from infancy
adult ago , no mutter what may be t !
subject of instruction. After the nu
ncccss'iry manual and mental arts hn
been acquired , those subject * should
taught most which eaoh Individu
teacher is best llttad to utilize for mi
ing his pupils think , or which dovol
best in the individual pupil his o'
power to reason. There should bo
wise extension to tlio true objorvutli
studios alro idy introduced into t
oajllor years of Iho school system , amore
moro llmo oin bs glvon to the praoti
of accurate- description and argumon
live composition in writing. Wo mi
also loach nlrtbornloly In schools , iyi
YoMdont Kllot , those nubjOclH which
Ivo prnoilco in cln slllcntlon and In-
ucllon. Forthooldor pupils the lime
luvotcd to hlstorlcnlitudlo * oujrht to be
nuoli increased. ut is a dlsgraco tc
organised oducallon. " says the pros !
lent of Ilnrvnrtl , "that any nation
hould refuse , as jmr own paoi > lo are flti
*
ipl to do , lo luarit froni the OKporioncc
of other nations ; iho achools must hnvc
nllod to teach history a < they should
invo done. "
There Is other losllmony hardly losi
nlunblo to the dollclcnclos of the publli
chools. Dr. J. M. Rico , a trained urn
experienced cduculor , has published i
crltM of articles In Tne 7'nnmi on tin
) tiblic schools of a nttm1)or of cities it
vhlch ho shows a mosi aslonlshlng lacl
of sountl methods of instruction In the
schools of nearly all of those cities
This condition U to no small cxtonl dut
0 the fact th'it politics plays too lurg <
1 part In the uli-clion of school board
ind the selection of teachers , but then
s found to widely prevail fnlso pnnci
lies of teaching. An exception notet
ly Dr. Rico I * lhat of the schools of In
lltmnnolh , which are entirely free fron
lolltlcal influence , and of which ho say
Unit they exist for the bonellt of tin
child and not for the benefit of the bonrt
) f oducallon , superintendents am
IciU'hars. Tlio solo aim in teaching i
lol lo sccuro resulls lhat will toll ii
favor of the teacher , by loading th
nemory of the pupil with facts , bul th' '
comfort and woll-helng of the child i
considered and the lessons made attrac
live. II Is unquoalionnbly lee goner
illy the fact that pupils are fonvertoi
nlo automatons. They tire given lonj
cssons U learn at homo in order tha
the teacher may show results. Th
child is relentlessly pushed nnd sym
> athy is lacking. The child does no
earn lo reason , but to recilo. Tli
views of llieao eminent educator * shotili
> o carefully coiihidorod by teacher
everywhere. Perhaps they may b
studied lo advantage by the teachers (
Omaha. /
Tut : cotton planters of the soul'
earned a lesson last year and they hav
profiled by it , They planted a largo
area to colton limn over before tint
'tithored a greater crop , the reaul
icing th.it the supply was very much 5
excess of the demand and prices declined
clined to an unprofitable point. Thl
year the area was greatly reduced am
; ho yield will not bo much moro thai
one-half that of last season , the consc
quonco being , of course , that the nrici
of cotton luib advanced and the planter
will make inonoy. It was simply :
business question , ar d it suggests tha
there is no good reason'why farminj
cncrally mtvy not"bo conducted o
business p-inciplcsi that is , for in
stance , when a crop of any grain is excessive
cossivo one year to such an extent as t
ruduco the price below Iho profitabl
point , contract the area of such grai
the next year , ns Secretary Rusk recon
mends should botdono with wheat i
order to maintain it at a.jirolltabli
price to the producer. It has'been wol
'
said ihat tf fanners' would conduct thoi
business with as much alertness an
ability and enterprise nsmarch.tils d
they would bo much bettor oil , but the ,
are stow in adapting thuuisolves to cit
cumstances. Very generally Ihoy g (
inlo a rut and stay ihuic , giving litll
or no heed to the domonstratml Tolly o
such a course. Most of them scorn note
to understand that farming is a busi
ness , and that to bo successful must b
conducted on business principles.
remarkable crusade against ol
scene publicalions now in progress i
Chicago is producing results that coul
hardly liuvo been hoped for oven by ti
most sanguine members of the Societ
for the Suppression of Vice , under who ;
auspices it is being conducted. Tl
state's attorney and the district attoruc
arc taking hold of the work with oxtn
ordinary zeal and. the * publishers an
sellers of obsccno literature are in
panic. A number of convictions ha\
alloudy resulted from their labors mi
many moro will doubtless follow. Sue
camptigns as this ticem to bo nccc
sarv ont'o in a while in such cities i
Chicago. Vicious literature is not1
bo sunprob od by the ordinary open
lion of tiie law , or at least it seldom i
Probably Chicago has more of it tin :
any other city in the United States an
the f.ict th'it she is becoming luhamo
of it is an encouraging sign of tl
times. Tlio makers and \vndors of vi
litoiniuro will have : i slim harvest du
ing tlio World's fair if the proseculo
nro in Iho light lo slay , us Ihoy s :
they aro. The who'o country has ti
interest in Iho crusade and all docoi
people wilt hope that it will not bo po
milled lo languish.
CUICAOO seems lo bo Buffering froi
an opidomio of crlmo. On Thur.sda
night seven safes were robbed in 01.
building within a square of police hotn
quarto-it For some weeks past higl
way robber have torrorl/ed the clt ;
in ono instance gojnjrso far as to ho
up a policeman on his Inal and rob hi
of liis revolver. The police force is Bale
*
lo bo paralyzed onAccount of insullluet
appropriations and : the criminal cln
is liking advnnluge'of its opporlunilic
The prevalence of crjtnes of violence
attributed lo an influx of hard chara
lois who have como from all ever 11
country 10 establish themselves in Chi
ago for business during thu oxposltii
your. If their record for the past ft
weeks is only a beginning , what will 1
the extent of their oporntiocs after tl
exposition has bean Opsnoil and the oil
is throngoJ with visitors. It looks as
there would have ttS'bo ' about ten polio
inon to every block to itisuro adequn
protection. fa
Tin : steamship companies which brli
immigrant * to this country have bo
watching1 with keen interest the doll
orations of the United Stales sonnlo it
migration committee which has be
in bussion in Now York. The tostimo
of several prominent physicians wab
Iho elTect Unit there was great dung
of the Introduction of cholera into tli
country next year from Europe , at
those witnesses were of the opinion th
suspension of immigration for a ye
would bo a proper measure to prove
such a visitation. The manager of I
Hamburg-American Packet conipm
( mid thai If immigration IB pinpatuloi
fen a yonr tlio company would elmpl.i
land Its immigrant pas ongorfl in Can
ii'la , Of course Iho t'anadlnna woult
profit by such legislation , for their rail
roads would got the business that MOV
gons to American road' ' . The agent o
the Whlto Slap line pronounced tin
pchotno of culling oft immigration tor i
year simply ab-iurd. There are innnj
wro tnko this view , believing lhat tin
disease may bo kept out by the exercise
of proper care without excluding all im
migrants. The experience of hut sum
mer will enable the authorities to ostiib
Ush an olToellvo quarantine eyslom am'
Iho lotal exclusion of Immigrants wil
probably bo found unnecessary. It \
not yotkilown whether the senate immi
gration commlltoo will iiroparo an ox
elusion bill or not.
TIIK ostonsilhlo reason given by tin
Gorman government for bringing for
ward a bill to restrain emigration is t
doslro to protect creditors , but this is si
obviously u pretext that no one will b >
deceived by it The teal reason is i
militiryono , { ho army bill having hat
tlio olToct to quit-ken emigration to sucl
an oxlonl that the govorinnont rocog
ntzea the necessity of taking somoolTocl
ivo stop lo prevent a great losi of miito
rial for its standing tinny. The emlgra
lion bill Is a very stringent measure
providing among other things that per
sons proposing lo emigrate must glvi
notice lo Iho police , who will advorlls
the matlor , so Unit all those having obll
gallons lo Iho slate or to private indi
viduals may bo compelled to discharg
their obligations before leaving. Th
enactment and enforcement of this metis
tire would amount practically to adccrc
against the expatriation of by far th
larger portion of Iho German people , bu
it is questionable whether It could bo on
forced. The youth of Germany , there i
reason to believe , would not patlcntl ;
bow to sui-h a tyrannical expedient to
compelling them to remain at homo am
do military duly , and it is nttogotho
possible that if the bill should become i
law Emperor William will find in it
cause of moro serious trouble than an ,
ho has yet had to deal with. The Got
man people are patriotic lo a dogiot
but they will not lamely subtnil to sucl
a despotic policy as the bill to rcstric
emigration proposes.
WITH each successive election , thor
arises a dispute as lo how much com
ponsalion judges and clerks of cloclio
hhall receive'for their services. 1
Kansas City , under the general oloclioi
.aws of Missouri , judges and clerks ar
liaid "not to exceed $1.50 per day.
This is considerably below the Omnh
standard.
THE Iowa traveling men had a splei
did reunion and banquet at Dos Moinc
Friday night with speeches by ox
Governor It win of Kookuk and to-bi
Governor Cummins of Dos Moino
There is no class of mon for whom th
public has boiler wishes than the con
mcrcial travelers.
HOLDING UP LIGHTNING RODS.
ICaco Is Nut Alxvuys to thu SU'ilt Nor tl
Itatttu to tlio MrniiR.
Nanco County Journal : Senator Paddoc
hns tlio first risht to bo romrut-d to the soi
uio from Nebraska on account of ttio valu
blu services Iio has rendered during the pai
six yciirs. Ittho republicans cannot unI
upon him what is the matter with MeiKl
Joluii Ho could unite all factions.
AuUura Grantor : Among inose fnvorab
mentioned for United States senator is J . ]
Harris , state sunulor-clect from Nornuha nt ;
Johnson counties. Mr. Harris is a mn
wtioso ability and int.ogrity cannot bo calic
in question ; yet those arc qualillcatmi
seldom looked for in selecting a Unite
States senator.
\Vnyno Ilonild : T. J. Majors and Scnati
Paddock seem to oo in thu lead for Uuitt
States senator , the latter navlng mueli tt
betior show. A numoer of independent
will most certainly vote for him bocauai c
has t-iv ii strict attention to Nebraska's ii
tcrcsts and did not favor tno McICmloy bi
many respects.
Dlulr Pilot : Senator Paddock will hard
bo re-elected , uvun should republicans coi
trol oa joint ballot. Aud no should not bi
If republicans in the logUliituro cann
secure tlio election of a stalwart , of the
own party , they should nnd probably wi
give their support to a squara-tocd dcinocn
rather than a half-and-half man.
Fremont Tribune : 'J here is a wondcrf
similarity in tno tenor of the press notici
llicso days which favor Paddobic's ro-ele
tion. luo senator is evidently running
literary bureau. There are also a Ian
number of these papers wl.ieli uro runniii
tlioir own bureaus and there Is n singuli
unanimity in their opnosition to Faddoclc.
Lincoln News : vVo trust tlmt Senate
Paddock Ims ioeurely locked and Healed u
Ins tioor while ho cooi olt to Washington t
help keep ttio country in the slraiKht ui.
narrow path. There Is no tclliiiK win
schema that wily young man , Hon. To
Major" , may evolve uy the 20th to seouro
UrRO portion of Hon. Algernon's bapgai-o.
Nebraska City Press : Without dlscrodi
iiiR Senator Paddock in the least , it is u
coming evident to those who ua/oattl
Dcnding senatorial contest from this conn
of the state that the senator will hardly su
cccd in borne his own succossor. There ai
too many aspirants fur his snoes among tl
men who would Imvo lo support him if I
were olncted ,
York Uomocrat : Let the follows who a
boomUm' Will Hastings for United Slat
senator keep pounding on the blgdrun
There is no boltor or uuror tnnu in the stn
of Nebraska , a-nl would do the stnto crod
in the senate. Judi o llnstincs has provi
hlmsalf.i statesman upon every occ-isioi
and now if ho can DO elected nonator , It w
no In the olornal illness of things. Help ti
Hnitings boom boys. Ho can beolecicd.
liioken Uow l oadcr : The numo of ( Jo
ernor-elculCrounso Is mentioned In comic
tion with tno United States sonntorshlp fro
this btatu , and also Cicorgo U. Muiklojoh
Lincohl has two or three aspirants wl
woulo like to ontur the contest , and mo
thnn likely will. With the independent ai
democratic candidates mentioned thoctinnc
bid fair for the big portion of the tlino of I !
coming legislative Hcssion lo bo frittori
uwuv over the sanalorlal contest.
NclUh Luadur : Hon. ueorijo F. Kclpcr
Plenu : , UUH bcon suggested ni a Candida
for UnUoii States senator upon wliom ho
iudupeudents and demouruls could tlni
without either parly saenllclng Uu prlnc
plus. Ho has a largo number of trien
among iho older members ol Iho lugUlutu
who recogni/,0 his true worth ami consistp
and continuous \vork in behalf or the peep
anil coed goveniinent. In suchapoaitloa li
attainments ns a boholar would llnd ami
ccopo aud recognition , Unfortunately f
lih prospects of election ho is not a reside
of the South Plaito country , which h
always shown u disposition to Ignore t
claims of tno north portion of iho state ,
Nullgh Advocatn : There should oono fc
tionnl light amoiiK ropubiiouns as to w :
shall receive the caucus nomination f
Unltod States senator. The field should
carefully looked over and ttio straight i
publican , with ability to creditably fill t
position , who can command tlio largest , su
] )3rt from the opposition , should rccoivn t
nomination. If U Is Mr. Paddouk , well a
good. If ho cannot do to lot him stop ba
und clvo his earned support to the strongc
candidate. There should bo no trudo
dicker , no sacrlllco of republican prlnclpl
in the effort to sccuro the requisite HtroiiR
to elect. Tno principles of ttio republic
party are right , nnd If wo cannot stand
t bo in and elect a senator lot us go down bo
Drably and maintain our belt-respect aud a
proving conscience.
.It'/IKIM/M.V ftt Tilt : H.IHTII ,
Whllontttia 1'nxton yoatcrdity ntlornoon ,
CoiiRrossmnn MclvolRhnu wi < wnltoil upon
by n tutmbor of the srnln tncn of Iho city ntul
ntVcA to Rlvo hU M Utnnco lo the ttotcjil ol
tlio nntl-optton bill. Ho was rAther nancom *
mlllal m lo his vlows on Iho subject , but tic.
voted most of his tlmo to toiling \vhnt ollior
mcmbori of llio homonnd soimto salil nntl
Ilioueht about it. HoKnnlliiR hU sonntorlnl
nMiirntioiis , ho snul thnt ho had not yet rondo
up tminlnti n < to whether or notlio wnntcd n
seat In the sonalo , ni ho had ono In the tiomu
nnd bo was Inclined to tiiink tlmt thnt eave
a mnn moro prestige than the other would" .
"Tho floor of the house U tlio cro.it arena of
dobaie , and tint is whom nil the big fights
como on , whlld the senate I * composed ol
n lol of gray-hondod inllllonalro- who
hnvotokcpp still to keep fr > m showing
what fools thov arA. I can have the on tire
support of the Independents In the loelsl.i-
turo for the senate If 1 wiv.it it , for I have got
the whole thing right In my fist. I can hnvo
the nomination lu a mlnuto If 1 only say the
word. The thing will bo Uono In caucm , for
our folks nro going Into caucus whnthor the
republicans do or not. You sco my district
elected nn Independent lo the legislature
from each ol the eighteen counties but two ,
and thuy were lost simply by adamphool deal
on the part of tiio democrats , and thoao arc
nil my follow * . Most of the lltty-four ludo-
pondents m tbo legislature rome from Kern's
district , ntul they are my moat. I can
have the nomination myself or it will
go right where ! ' say. I pulled
those follows through , aud 1 did II
in my county by trading < 'OUH for myself foi
the candidate for the legislature. My plu
n Illy In my county wasn't much over 'JOO ,
whllo Harmon had ever 400. 1 Know thnt I
had vote * to spare , so I traded thorn whore
they would do the moitgood , and the follows
that 1 elected appreciate it. 1 can cnrrv my
district , any day on a stnueht light by'ovor
5,000. Our vote felt off some this year bo.
causa things was sort of mixed up. Uoyd'- ' >
loiter wntlcg hurl us. He's noted tor his
d-d blundering anyhow. Then Iho ropub.
llcani had n lot of ready cash , and they hired
a whole pile of our fellows lo stay at homo
nnd it wai impossible to got thorn to thr
polls. What cut my vote down mnra than
anything clso wus llio wav thov printed the
tlckots. In the Independent counties they
would print tlio ballots wlltt mo sot dowii
ni a people's party independent and
democrat. and In the uomocratlc
counties as u democrat nnd people's
party Inilcnondcnt. Then when our fellows
r.omo to run oown the right bund side of thu
tit-kot to mark their votes thov Jldn't notice
anything about the names of t'ho candidates ,
bat just marked mechanically opposltoovorv-
tiling that was branded independent. Tlioj
only saw what was right along the margin ,
and , seeing where my name was marked ns n
democrat , they Just passed it by withoul
marking it , and that thltii ; nlono cost me
over2,001) ) votes. It was the same with the
democrats \vhcro they oxpccted to vole lot
mo us ati tndotiemlent , for 1 didn't seem to
bo Iht-ro. Tlmt nln't anything new , for
they've been charging all along that I ain't n
democrat , nor an Independent , nor anythitu
else , but it don't make any difference to me
I guoas I got there lust about us otton us any
of 'cm.
"When I wasrt ragged , diriv.barofootod kit
la Illinois I ran across old 'Long John'
Wentworth , and bo said to mo , 'Bill , when
you want anything just go after It , " and ]
always followed that advice. Whoa I see
anything I wont. I Just go nftor it , and !
have most atwnvs got It. If I conclude !
want a sent in the sonata I'll go after it , nm
don'f you fret about mo not getting there
PaJdock ain't in it. Ho can't even hold bl
own folks together. There ain't much show
for any republican , though tlioy may buj
some of our votes. There won't" any 'donio"
crat got there either , and Uryan don't stain
a ghost of n show. Van W.vck isn't in it
though ho may to n catididato ; but what cai
a man living in Nebraska oxnect in Ihi
Unlit ! It's going to the Soul h Platte coun
try , where the Independents are thick , am
Van Wyclt don't live thoro. How many in
dependents uro there down where ho lives ? '
\Vhon asked about the prouablo complet
Ion of the senate , the congressman said tha
ho hadn't been paying any attention to II
but ho thought tnnt the independents mi
democrats would control it , and his manno
of speaking would lead one to think that thor
woula bo forty independents and less thn ;
half a dozen democrats in that body. H
again drifted around to tbo consideration o
the ability of the members of Uio senate am
roasted Senators Jones and Slowart of Nc
vada , declaring that it always made bin
laugh to sco them get up on the floor and rca <
for two days on speeches that they had paii
E. D. Start of Ohio to write for them , be
cause they were not able to write thotu thorn
selves. Aud ibat , ho assorted , was-tho kiui
of nmtorial.thoy bnd in tbo sonata , and h
didn't know us bo was anxious to go thero.
There will undoubtedly ba a notlcoabl
falllngrfff In the lied Cloud boom as soon a
Conccrossman McICtfiglmn starts for Wasli
ington. For some davs past tboro has bee
a string of hungry ofllco-soouers somothln
loss than a mile long , reaching nearly froi
tbo dupot to the congressman's houaa um
bacic acain , and every tnnu in tbo Una In
bored unaor the delusion that McKoigha
would Imvo the distribution of tbo fcdcrn
paironngo in the stato. In very few case
did the congresbman ondnavor to disnbus
the minds of his Cillers , but on the contrar ,
tried to intensify that belief. It is stated every
very good authority that ho has promisoi
nearly everything under the sun , and iu several
oral instances has promised the snrao plur
to a number of different individuals. 1
Uloomlngtou democrat is authority for th
statement that tbo pobtofllco nt that plac
has already been promised to thre
men , aud as the senatorial light does no
como on for ft monlh yet IhiM onn onlco it
Mill good for nnother Imlf itron promises.
Tlioro were omo tit hi * rollers , liowovor < -
who received no encouragement , but Ihoy
were few nnd tnrliolwcon , nnd Included only
tlio one * who voiy evidently had no Inthionco
Wlmldvor with nny of thn inPiiiber-elcclol
the lOKlMnturo. To ttie o , McKnlijtinn * nid ,
"nil * nln't na Independent iultnlnllr.ilion.
Don't you Know thnt drover Clovolnml I * the
mnn wlmt got cloclcdl" Hut If there wn *
nny doubt In any 010. MelCelshiui tieomcd It
safer to promlso an ofllco cr two than to tnko
any chance ! ,
Sheriff W. J. Mdwlilnney of Nanoo county
is nn nplrant for iho wnrdonahlp of the
ponltcnttary.
THI : iiiii.nnov * ir.its ,
OMMM , Doo. n.-Toiho IWltorof Tun ttr.m
I propose for onn n * n ProtoMasn.lhoson of n
Protestant minister , nmrrlcil to tlio ilnughtcr
of a Protostnni minister , nntl n member of n
Protestant denomination , to enter publicly
my protest ngalnst ltio rocltlo * * , relentless
nnd utirfnionablo "warfare which Is now
UPltig waged In Omaha ngnlnsi my Catbollo
fellow citrons. No Cntholio hn * appealed to
mb for sympathy or suggested Umt 1 should
say a word lu his behalf ; In fact outsldo or
my own family no ono has had n hint of my
parpoio to antagonize the nontlmcnt which I
regret lo * eo 10 j rovnient In this community.
I nm stmplv tuovotl by my American sonao
ot fair piny to revolt against what appears
to mo to bj unwarranted persecution of u re-
sx3ctablthiwnbullng | and Humorous body
of our citizens ,
j Nothmtr is ( juito so unreasonable , so blg-
} otcd , so vlruloiit and so dangerous arelig
ious hatred. No cruelties have ever exceeded ,
those perpetrated lu the uaitio of religion.
Nothing i * more un-Aniorlfiin than political
partisanship bused upon religious dlffuronues.
No utitngonlsm In n community can to com
pletely estrange neighbors , mid overturn
good order , tis that which arises from con
tentions over church relations. It Is thoro.
fore always a source of regret to fair minded
Americans who do not mix their denomina
tional predilections with their political
preference" , to llnd n religious or Komi-rollg-
lous ISMIO at stake In flections.
In Omaha the nntl-Catboltc hocletv hns so
grown in numbiirs that it Is In control of tbo
city. Among Its members are itiuiiy persona
cnli'lod to conlldnnco und respect , although
they hnvb joined an un-Amorletxti secret
political orRUiilratlon. Hut there are mem
bers nnd lotdors in that order nnd Kindred
sociotles who nro there for ono or both of
two reasons , hither they are fanatical nntt-
Catbollcs , or they hopn for political udvan-
taco from their membership. It Is unfortun
ately this class which makes tno mosi noUo
and glvos trend to the publlo utterances ana
private persecutions of the orgnnlzulon.
They nnd their sympathlzors , among whom
I ntn sorry to eo some clergymen of llio
Protestant clmrche : . , have created n senti
ment ncninst Catholics In Omaha which not
only causes worthy neoplo in that denomina
tion personal pain , but alTecis their business ,
injures their rcnutullon in the community
nnd shuts off uvonuos of employment and ad
vancement from their children to which , ns
Am orient ! citizens , they nro entitled.
T his is unfair. Omaha hns never sufforea
any ovll from Catholics. Her best citizens
nro members of thnt church. Her largest
taxpayers are adherents of that faith. There
has never been nny attempt , or suggestion of
an attempt on the part of that church , or any
of Us membnrs , to control the schools , the
city government or thocounty affairs. Whatever - .
ever may bo true In other localities , as far as
Uraalia Is concerned , Catholicism bus ;
never been n force lu poll- ,
tlos which attjinpted to antagonize nny pub- .
lie improvement. , the public school * , or nny J
woll-dotinod public pollcv. There is in my i ,
mind no moro reason" Omaha for nn nntl- j
Catholic society , than for an auli-Motuodlst , ,
or nntl-lnfldol society. There can never in e
America bo any excuse for a secret political <
rollglous organization , and In this city tbcro 'i
is loss excuse if possible than nnywhoro *
else.
I nm In favor ot nn amendment to Iho nac
Uonal constitution , which shall bo strong ,
enough to make it Impossible for rollglous (
issues to have political cotiseiiuonca or imh
portauco. 1 nm also In favor of taxing such J
property belonging to religious bodies as is . ,
uot used by them for.rollgious , charitable or l |
educational purposes , but I do protest most j
solemnlv against this un-Amorlcan idea of '
asking whether a man bolicvos In consubstantiation - <
stantiation or transubstontiution , lioforo ' ,
dotonnining to vote for or against bun as a ]
candidate for public olllco. Not the religious
bollof , or the nativity of Iho caudldulo's
parents , but the merits of himself should bo
the test of his Illness or uiiUtnoss for publto
trust.
I hope the people of Omaha will see that i
this antagonism has already gone lee far , <
and that the tlmo has como to frown upon :
those fanatics who would fan smoldering
embers of rollglous hatred into Harass of dlsi
cord. It is high tlmo that the tide were {
turned. If the III will which has boeiiRtirred t
up * between two classes of oar cilizonshln is tt
permitted to grow In intensity , it will bo 8
years before the good feeling of fonnnr times if.
cnn be restored. Wo should bo manly enough , n
every onoof us. to accord to all our neighbors
liberty of conscience , honesty of purpose and '
personal patriotism , and treat with them as
friends und not as enemies of too common-
wealth. T. W. BI.ACKIIUIIN.
i\llx IY\v IVnr tn Itlslr.
UrunMyn Tlmn '
The role of the rlnli man is a hard ono in j
hfo. In death it is lllloil with serious difll- (
cultlos. The rich man's anto-inorlom spend- ' ,
ings nro viewed \vitt : critical distrust , inln- i
glcd with an uncertainty arising from the
difllculty of knuwing just , what they nro. t
His posthumous dlsnoaals nro stamped with
unreserved criticism. Tuoso who"forglvo '
him for having any inonoy at all llnd It ex
ceedingly dinicult to agree upon the extent
of the eccentricity , nou to say the insanity ,
which led him to dispose of It ns ho did.
& CD.
it Manufiictiirari and ICotillorj
uf Ulolhlng In llio World.
Heavy \ \
Is the wonl tlmt applies. best ( o those great over
coats that you'll need
i ; yet and we're selling
I no\v at Io\v \ prices as
lo\v as is consistent
with the gooJ quality
and gencral.np-to-date
style -of all our suits
and overcoats. We
are having quite a
1'iin on those $5.00 3-piecc boy's suits and the $2.50 an !
$3.50 boy's overcoats. We get more for them usual ly , .
probably lhat causes the run , but they are elegant goods
O and a bargiin at a dollar or two more.
d
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