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Republican state convention , Lincoln , Octo
ber 15 , lOn , in.
Democratic state convention , Lincoln ,
October 4.
THE railroad lobby slipped a cog in
working the Ungati boom.
En MOHKAHTY showed himself an en-
thiifllaslic ndtniror of Brniaor Sheridan.
Birds of a. feivtlicrl
Tin : populists have jut ) a stalwart
candidate nt the head of their state
ticket. Ho measures six foot two inches
in his stockings.
THK only man that can outrun IIol-
oomb in the race for the supreme bench
Is Judge Maxwell. Republicans will
do well to make a notes of this.
THK cable tow of the doublo-ondor
didn't pull Mr. Tlugnn through after all.
The populists have gotten far enough to
know a hawic from a hand saw.
THK cry for aid in the storm-wrecked
districts of the south is not falling unheeded -
heeded upon the cars of the southern
people , noted for their sympathetic gen
erosity.
Sioux CITY'S magnificent union depot
was completed in eighteen months. Un
less prospects improve the projected
station at Omaha will require as many
years for its construction.
TUB chief white-washer of the W.-II.
has boon as lamentable a failure in pullIng -
Ing railroad chestnuts out of the popu
list convention furnace na ho was in
pulling through house roll 2'JIi.
SKNATOK STKWART objects to inter
ruptions by the senator from Massachu
setts , because the latter might put a lot
of trash into his speech. Senator Stew
art ia amply able to fill his own speech
with trash.
IOWA'S so-called citizen prohibi
tionists have ronominatod Mr. Coffln
for governor of that state , The obsequies
will take place next November , when
their Coflln will bo buried with appro
priate ceremonies.
INSTKAD of making preparations for
feeding Hovornl thousand unemployed
workinj-inon the city should raise funds
for public works that will afford employ
ment for idle wofkingmon from now on
until winter nets in.
Mil. JOK KOCJEKTON pulled very hard
for Ragunhut ho failed to connect. Mr.
Edgcrton will presently bo in a position
of Othello with his occupation gone.
The corporations have no use for a man
who is unable to deliver the goods.
PEPFKK'S Bchotno for u national red ,
whlto nnil blue cross university will
hnrdly matorializo. Connecting UI1
odncatiorml project with his
brained fojuiioiul polienics will roj.
rather thitn ittVAyJ. supporters
proposed institution. 'JV ,
'Jto.v.1
Tire frightful accident by which a boy
sustained fatal injuries ut the county
fair grounds on Children's day fully
boars out the approhoiidions which Till' :
I3KK ontortuiiia in rogurd to tlio pro
posed wholesale shipment of school
children to tlio World's fnlr.
IlAKi ) times liuvo not only filled the
ranks of the army , hut now it is an
nounced that the navy , too , luw moro
applications than its quota of men can
allow. Hoturnlng prosperity will no
doubt do away with this phenomenon ,
and it will be as dllHcult as over to
Bocuro the enlistments authorized by
law.
Du. GKOKOI : L. MIM.KU'S letter to thn
citizens of Omaha touuhiiiL' the project
of furnishing this city with cheap oluu-
trical power by moans of the construc
tion of the Plattu river ennui merits
careful consideration. For the probont
ho presents only the outlines of the
Bchemo. Ho will doubtless follow it up
with further details that will enable us
to judge bettor of ita feasibility as well
us of the conditions under which capital
ists arc willing to undertake the eon-
Btruution of the canal and the plant re
quired for the utilization and distribu
tion of the power for mlllhig , manufactur
ing and lighting purposes. Omaha needs
the stimulus of just such an enterprise ,
but before tmo cornea to ita aid with a
subsidy uho will require guarantees that
will Insure her lu Kettlno l or
trortk.
A CV.E.4.Y OANDW.lTR.
. . . . .
It wns within the power of the people's
party to do the gnxcofill and the graludil
thlnt ? by rising nbovo partisan bias and
elevating the standard of nonpartlsan-
ship in the jtidioinr.Vi It was manifestly
the duty of the convention to supplement
the gallant light against boodlcrlsm and
corporation rule made last winter by the
legislature by endorsing for the people's
BtilTrngcs that honest tiud fearless ox-
ponnnt of the laxv , damuol Mnvwoll.
Dut perhaps this was tu9 much tooxpcot
from delegates whoso y.oal for populist
conquest outweighs all other considera
tions. 'Jho ? clamor for a straight party
nomination was started in the intorcstof
the candidate satisfactory to the rail
road managers. To the credit of the
populist parly the convention refused to
bo stampeded or decoyed into an en
dorsement of an ox-railroad lobbyist.
In nomiualiiiff Silas A. Holcomb the
popnlHU haVe placed at the head of
their ticket a man whoso roourtl , so far
as wo can learn , is unsullied and whoso
career has boert'froe from nil dlsroputa-
bio cntanglumont with corporations or
boodlors. It must bo a source of grati
fication to citizens of Nebraska , regardless -
loss of party , that the populists have
chosen a man as their candidate for the
supreme bench wh'o , If elected , will not
dlHgrace the state and lower that high
tribunal In the popular respect by in-
competency and a lack of integrity.
If the republican state convention
does its duty by endorsing Judge Max
well for ro-oloctlon the campaign of
18011 will not have to bo n repetition of
the campaign of 1891 , when the populists
sought to force upon the supreme bench
a man utterly unfit for any judicial
position. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
THK I'Jl'UfjlUT I'bATFOllM.
The platform and resolutions adopted
by the populist atato convention deals
with almost every issue and question of
public policy , and attempt to suggest a
remedy for every ill from which the
country at largo ana the people of Ne
braska are BUtforing. S'iino of those
proposed ro forma nro sound and some
are moro catchpenny vagaries. The
convention rcalllrms the Omaha na
tional platform of 18)2 ! ) , which was
like a patchwork quilt , gotten
up to meet the peculiar isms ad
vocated by the old-lino groonbackors ,
the free coinage bulltonairos , the Henry
Oeorgo single tax moa , the E.lward
Bellamy socialists and the other vision
aries who participated in the Fourth of
July convention. It may bo presumed
that every populist convention from now
on until 18i ! ) > will ruufllrm the Omaha
platform , even if wo should have free
and unlimited coinage of silver or should
establish it now ratio.
The convention reiterates the Omaha
silver plank by a special resolution de
manding frco coinage at the ratio of 10
to 1 and nothing else , although it is
manliest that the divorgcnca between
the two metals makes it utterly impossi
ble to maintain a ratio of loss than 20 to
1 , which , as a matter of fact , would still
make silver mining very profitable.
The platform endorses a service pension -
sion , regardless of rank , upon proof of
honorable discharge. This is practi
cally in accord with the demands of the
last republican state convention , which
many patriotic veterans do not approve
for the reason that it tends * to degrade
the volunteer union soldier to the con
dition of a mercenary. A pension f in
dependent veterans is poi fcctly proper ,
but a man who came homo from the war
without a scratch , continues in good
health and is able to take care of him
self , ought to scorn n pension as a re
flection upon his patriotism.
The platform demands absolute own
ership and control of all railroads , telegraphs -
graphs and telephones by the govern
ment. In this the populldts seek moro
than can possibly bo attained under
prcbont conditions. The purchase of
the telegraph lines and telephone sys
tems is within rcaqh. Tan BEE has
advocated the postal telegraph for moro
than twenty years and will continue to
do so until it is an accomplished fact.
To buy and operate the 105,000 miles
of railroad in the United States that
are now capitalized for more than ten
billions of dollars and to employ an army
of 700,000 men would bo a stupendous
undertaking. It would pltmgo this
country into a colossal debt and require
the recasting of the entire machinery
of government. If the populists y-f&
content with demanding strh' ljflvorn-
mont regulation and crs.ul of public
carriers , by whi' j * ho abuses from
which the po riro sulToring would bo
abolished , .Tfcir demand would bo
secocyVu by the great moss of our
p pio. If they were further to demand
stock watering should cease and
that railroad tolls should be determined
upon a basis of actual investment and
cost of service the proposition would bo
moro rational.
The plank relating to the separation
of church and ntato and the exclu
sion of religious intolerance from
the domain of politics will moot the ap
proval of all classes of citizens who
doslro to uphold the cardinal principles
of the declaration of Independence. The
donunciatian of the republican ntato ad
ministration , coupled with the charge
that the v > * ovs were intentionally deceived -
coivod ci nco.-nlng the alleged Issue of
$700,000 in warrants , is altogether too
swooping , ai is also the coimuro of all the
state onicor.s from the governor down ,
concerning the defalcation * of Mushcr
and the Capital National bank swindle.
Nobody has been moro ottts.jjkon than
thU paper in relation to o irrupt prac
tices in the state house , but the conven
tion rihmhl have separated the black
bhi op from thu white.
The dumand for the strict enforce
ment of the maximum freight rate law
and the demand for the abolition of the
expensive and worthies ? railroad
mission are right and timely , The law
should have had a fair trial boforn it
was hung tip.in court , and if it is found
to operate unjustly , thu rodrusti is pro
vided for in the lawJtsolf. |
The resolution demanding the alull-
tion of contract convict labor does n H go
fur enough. The contract fraudulently
made with -Moshor should bo an
nulled and the state should resume
control of the penitentiary. The demand
for the npoocly and vlgorous'prosecuilon
of the rogues who plundered the statn in
the asylums and lu thu cull house cou-
trnot will moot the hearty approval of all
good cltlKons who doslro to sco the stnto
purged. The demand that the ntato
treasurer shall comply with the law re
quiring the investment of state funds is
also eminently proper. The law should
bo enforced , and if it la shown to bo bad
It will bo repealed.
The resolution commending the
course pursued by the independ
ents in the last legislature
Is proper enough , but the conven
tion should have shown itself broad
enough to have recognized the services
of the hono.st democrats ami republicans
without whoso aid the indopcndcnts
would have failed to enact any com
mendable legislation. The resolution
denouncing pass bribery and demanding
that n't populist candidate or ofllcor
shall nccopt a railroad pass strikes the
right chord in the direction of political
reform , The pass system has ( lotto moro
to demoralize Nebraska politics than all
other pernicious agencies.
On the whole , the platform ombndios
many points responsive to public senti
ment and is in most mutters in harmony
with the demands of the producers.
TUB 101IM I'OI.ITIOAL HIDE
The so-called citizens' mqvomont in
Iowa in the Interest of prohibition does
not start out with the promise of
amounting to much. It is sttggostivo of
the throe tailors of Tooloy street. The
convention held nt Dos Molnos Tuesday
was insignificant as to numbers and the
influence of its manifesto will bo in pro
portion to the representative strength
of tlu body that sent It out. It is strik
ing evidence of the decline of sentiment
in favor of prohibition us a state policy
that only about ISO individuals
could bo got together in a con
vention as representatives of that
sentiment , the larger proportion
of these having always been members of
the prohibition party.
The declarations of those people will
have no weight with intelligent and un
prejudiced men who are familiar with
the history of the prohibition experi
ment in Iowa. In no other state that
has tried this policy lias its failure boon
more complete , and to claim that it .has
accomplished any good purpose that
might not have boon as well or bettor
secured under a system of high license
and local option ib to ignore the most
indisputable facts. Everybody who
has taken the trouble to Inquire into the
working of prohibition in Iowa knows
that it has been practically inoperative
everywhere except in localities whore
the public sentiment is overwhelmingly
in favor of it. There has not boon a time
since the prohibition law was enacted
that intoxicating liquors could not bo
obtained , to bo drank as a beverage , in
any of the cities and most of the larger
towns of Iowa. In some of these places
it has been for years , if not all the time ,
openly sold , while in ethers the tralllc
has been carried on surreptitiously. Not
only did the communities in which the
law has boon persistently set at nought
get no return from the traffic , as they
would under a , high license system , but
the people of ho entire . etato-havo boon
taxed to maintain a force of spies and in
formers , whose arbitrary methods and
corrupt practices were a reproach to the
state.
All the plans and devices which the
ingenuity of the supporters of prohibi
tion could find for enforcing the law
have boon applied without success
whorovcr public sentiment was not over
whelmingly in its favor , and while the
law thus failed of its purpose under con
ditions which would have insured success ,
If success had boon possible , the elTect
of fuiluro was to crcato contempt
for all law. There has really been
.mdor the stringent prohibitory law of
[ owa no moro prohibition , if so much , as
in Nebraska under a system of high
license and local option , and wo do not
entertain a doubt that investigation
would show at least as many liquor
licenses issued by the federal author
ities in that btato as in this. The ma
terial results of the two systems , however -
over , have boon widely different , for
while prohibition has increased public
expenditures in Iowa without giv
ing any compensatory bandits has ,
in fact , been at once a tax upon the
people and a drawback to material
progress highliconso has boon a source
of useful revenue to every community
that has adopted it , has not interfered
with the material progress of such com
munities , and has by the regulations im
posed in connection with it rather con
duced to temperance than otherwise , for
the obvious reason that the regulated
trafllckor in liquors , holding his priv
ilege subject to goad behavior and a
compliance with the law , will bo much
moro careful than the bootlegger or the
runner of a surreptitious "joint , " who is
practically an outlaw.
The great body of the intelligent
voters of lown have evidently came to
clearly understand the true situation ,
and they will vote next .November for a
ohiuge of policy. The so-called clti-
zuib' ' movement cannot prevent this.
Waothor the republican or the. demo
crat party u'iits in November prohlbl-
tljn will have to go.
THH AMKIllOAfi A'AI'IOflAL ItKSUMKH
The American National bank closed
Its doors in the midst of the greatest
financial panic that this country has over
experienced. Its suspension was a sad 1
blow to the reputation which Omaha had
established as a center of sound and itn-
prognaliie banking institutions. ,
In thu face of almost } n s.\ipqrablpob- \
the founders of the American
National have succeeded in roplaoiiig ita
impaired capital and in increasingits'
available assets to the high standurjl re
quired hv the comptroller of the treas
ury. The reopening of the bank will bo
hulled with satisfaction not only by its
patrons and creditors , butalsg fby the
\vholo community. It marks the turn
ing point in the temporary depression ,
and will go very far toward restoring
mutual confidence between the banks
and the depositors.
The American National resumes bua
iness upon a stiongor financial busia and
with moro substantial backing than it
had ut any time since it was chartered. It
must be u matter of pridn anu congrat
ulation to -president , Mr. John 'L.
McC'uguo , that ho hai , during this in-
tciibu crisis , been ublo to iuspiro con
fidence among thontnonoyod men of Bos
ton and to onrt8tf ° now cauUal In his
bank , which on b pB him. to remain at
the head of that Institution.
TllR PASSISX THK VKTEtlANS.
The fact is obaarrud that there Is a de
creasing attendance of old soldiers nt
the annual ononntyttionts of the Grand
Army of the Roifitollc , and that from
year to year fowjlr , " veterans are soon on
parade. Some thoughtless people ascribe
this to a wanlng iterost on the part of
the old soldiers , , \ { \ their organization
and the purposossfnr which It was insti
tuted , but the more rollcctlVo know that
It means the- thinning out of the
ranks of the men who preserved
the union , and that It convoys
the pathetic assuratico that in a '
shorter period than has elapsed
since the close of the civil conflict there
will not bo living nsulJIclotit number of
the victorious heroes of that struggle to
hold an encampment , They are rapidly
passing away and every succeeding year
must , in the nature of things , witness
greater Inroads into their ranks until
their number is reduced below that of
the highest annual death rate.
Of the splendid armies which as
sembled for review in Washington after
the rebellion armies which for com--
ago and loyalty have never been ex
celled anywhere in the world perhaps
not more than one-third , certainly not to
exceed one-half , of their members are
living. The great commanders who
were present on that most memorable
occasion have all gone , and with thorn
have gnno a host of asj heroic men as the
world over saw. Ouo needs but rollcct
that It is moro than twenty-eight"'years ,
almost n generation , since the close of
the rebellion to understand why it is
that the number of veterans who attend
the annual encampments Is decreasing.
The youngest person who entered the
army in the last your of tlio war , If still
living , is not far from fifty years old ,
and the very largo majority of veterans
are mucti older. Besides the lessoning
of the ranks from death ,
the Infirmities and disabili
ties incident to age , hastened by the
lingering effects of the hardships and
privations of a , soldier's life in active
service , keep many away from the
annual gatherings. Some go in spite of
their infirmities , but there is n large
number who cannot overcotun their dis
abilities suflloiontly to enable them to
take extended journeys , and this class
is steadily increasing. Lot these who
petulantly complain that the veterans
are a burden bo patient. It can only bo
a few moro yeartvwhon the last of them
will have responded to the final "taps"
and joined their Immortal comrades.
The encampment , at Indianapolis ,
whtlo not so ntiinorously attended as
most of these thajthuvq preceded it , is
still a very succogstul gathering of the
veterans , and so far as interest and
enthusiasm are con'Srncil ( | nothing seems
to bo wanting. Tho.votorans have given
some indication dfjiholr displeasure at
the feeling munifoslod , toward thorn by
the party in control if of'tho puvor'nmont '
and they wjll ddlfb'tt ess'give such ex
pression to'jthcit sentiments as the cir
cumstances jjeem to demand.-- The clos
ing portion of' Ox-Presfdont' Harrison's
address on "Monday idoubtless fore
shadowed what they will ask.
THE lowu citizen prohibitionists
thought it necessary to nominate their
own candidate for the ofllco of governor
in order that the electors of the state
might not bo misunderstood or misrep
resented on the prohibition question.
How can they consistently vole for the
old party candidates for the remaining
ofllcos without laying themselves equally
liable to bo misunderstood ?
TilllllllK till ) OoltH.
tt'at'-tnytnn ffewt.
President Cleveland's ' wild horses are got-
tlnp down to an onsV lope , and in a llttlo
while a lady will bo able to drive thorn.
The Cry lor llest.
C/ficlnmilt / Cinnmerctal.
The debate in congress on the silver ques
tion is worn out , the country is tired of it ,
and now the people want action on tlio part
of the scnuto , anil not talk.
A I'rotty HoiviI'-Uo.
( jlobe-Dcinncrat ,
Assessments on Mlyor mining stocks In
Nevada , as shoxvn by the papers of that
state , are payable m gold coin. The capi
talists of that region Uaro a gold clause In
all their mortgages. The silver barons
know their business. While silver is good
enough , they think , for the rest of tlio
country , they want gold for themselves
every time.
A CiillnpiiMl ( 'unal I'rnjfct.
The most important thing for the promoters -
motors of the Nicaragua canal to do now ,
when they can do notnliiK else , Is to collect
nnd prepare evidence that will convince the
world tbat the scheme 13 feasible and that
they nro engaged In it in good faith. If
they do this they will bo turnlstiod tlio
menus to proceed with their work when the
existing financial clouds have rolled by ,
The Turin 3inisln > t .
CMengn Inter ' CMH ,
Before Lieutenant Wilson bofrins to smash
tlio robber tariff ho should imitate the example -
ample of the Chinese , A Chinaman buys a
collln before his death aml Keeps it in his
house as a most valuable article of furni
ture , The most cherished present a son can
make to bis father isjajIiundsDine cuflln. So
Wilson should inoviKfor an appropriation for
a suitable democratic eoflln , and have It
ready , Tlio people will bury the corpse head
down. Ohio will bo in to dig the grave before
fore the ground
. IMiiln TrtitliMt''tlin ' Unratlon.
SI. L .
The United State's1 ' government lias , slnco
1S78 , coined 41UiWlW ! ; ) ( silver dollars , and
holds in the treasury1 besides silver bullion
valued at $ lM,000Ot , nearly all of which is
in circulation eithoplipfonn of silver dollars
or silver certillcutesliVTo maintain all this
amount of silver nt 'p-ltf ' with ( -old , and to
prevent Us dopreciittUu to the market value
of silver , is tlio objwn-'lof tlio repeal of tlio
Sherman law , Whcnr therefore , the free
silver men say that ItW'luurposo is to strike
down silver , ihoy kilOW'thuv they ore saying
ivhat Is not truo.
linen * Itniicl scheme * .
lln'tttl htnttJi Invettor ,
Ainlil all the unwuo action that Is being
taken by stiito legislatures and state exec
utives in the west , one fuel conies to our
notice Villa week of a distinctly hopeful
character. The Nebraska State Hoard of
Itankuig has recently decided that the so-
called "investment bond companies" at
present ia operation In the state are Illegal ,
and the county attorneys are requested to
take prompt action agalnat them. The
board ut u mooting thu other day passed
201110 resolutions ia regard to these coin ,
panics , in which is shown n proper appre
ciation of their merits , It takes , palns to
assort , that it is of the oplutoa "that
all of said bond investment companies doinif
business in this state nro transacting such
business in violation of law , and nrn Illegal-
in.ito nnil swindling concerns , which take
the money of our pooplu ana.make no return
tlforofor , nnd should bo supm-emed. " The
fact that the stnto of Nebraska has "Rot on"
to thcso sclionici ncouraRCs the hope that
the west will widen the tlohl of Its invest ! *
cations until It attnlns to the knowlcilco
that never slnco tnnn bppnn to Inhabit this
plebe has it been postiblo tomnko something
out or nothing. When it ha * reached this
knowledge It will ccaso to bo the monnco to
the country thnt It 1ms been in rwont year * .
lt ! v T ln ; { Jlokn Smith ,
ltVii < 7il i0foii J ) ( ) xicA ( ( o jVctc Yorlc Sun.
The now ruling about pensions is the result -
sult of an overwhelming protest from nil
parts of tlio country ng.tlnst the course of
the pension ( minorities In floko Smith's de
partment. The president has felt the pres
sure and yielded to it , U may bo stated as
a fact thnt a distinguished \vostohi demo
cratic senator , In n recent speech , Intended
to nttnck the pension policy of the adminis
tration , ami was dctorrod from doing RO by
the nssnnineo that the policy would bo
modified , nilt lids been. Hoko's depart
incut is not the special delight of Mr
ClovolatuU
rOWK O1 Tltlt srATK I'HJISS.
A Hint ( ruin tlnlcnmb'x Homo.
Hrofcrn Hum Utintbttcan.
It mnhcs but llttlo dlfloreneo who the In
dependents uomhinto for the ] > osltloii.
Should Judge Maxwell receive the repub
lican nomination to- succeed hlmsolf , his
election will bo assured.
1 > rn I hey Do It ?
FVrmont HfnlM
Ixt the politicians turn down nn honest
Judge if they darol In such an event demo
crats and republicans would demonstrate
that they could bo us Independent of party
as was Grover Cleveland when ho solcctod
Greshnm as premier in his cabinet.
Tlu\v lUvn Out to Go.
Lincoln Ycic .
The bond Investment companies will 1mvo
to go desplto the inaction of county attor
neys who demand that the law bo violated
llrst before , they seek to weed out these
swindling concerns. The United States
authorities have spoken , nnd when Uncle
Siunuol puts down his foot thcro is nothing
left for people to do but to got out from
undor.
Then AeiUn , 1'erlmin Thry Wont.
llmcclh Journal ,
Tlio railroads of the stnto claim to hnvo
gone out of politics , yet It is a fact apparent
to every one that they nro doing nil in their
power to nssist thu republican ring to defeat
the rcnomination of Judge Maxwell. They
will probably succeed , but the people will
sec to It that the tool they nominate in his
stead is not elected.
Kcop Judge * Out of Politics.
7tl < ( mCfeii ( (
There is a growing sentiment in this stnto
ngnlnst drawing p.irty lines when it comes
to the election of supreme , district mid
county judges. This is the right channel to
drift in , nnd wo hope the tlmu is close at
hand when nonpartizan Judges will bo
elected throughout the country. Politicians
may bo shrewd enough to set up their pins
and scouro a nomination r.nd nt the same
time bo a dlsgrncn to the bench , if elected.
It is n duty voters owe to themselves to
throw political-prejudices to the winds when
it comes to elevating men to these responsi
ble positions.
There Must Ho Fnlr Piny.
Kearney Journal.
Every time the four state onicials who
were tried for impeachment show their hand
in setting up pins against Maxwell they are
only strengthening him with the people , as
their notion will bo charged up to a spirit of
revenge and will react. Lot us have n full
and fair expression of the people on the
nominee , and if the people want Maxwell lot
us nomiriato and elect him. .Tho Journal is
opposed to him because it believes ho has
had the position long enough , and is of thnt
'age where retirement in favor of younger
men would bo the proper act. However , if
in a good straight convention , where the
delegates nre free to net , they see fit to
rcnominato him then wo nre for him. What
the Journal wants is to sea n candidate
nominated without any manipulation or out
side dictation. Anything in that line would
prove most disastrous to the ticket. Let
fair play rule by .all , means.
The Itur nnd the Hcnch.
B.'ntr Courier.
The lawyers of Washington county nro to
bo congratulated lu the selection of Judge
W. C. Walton from their number as a candi
date for the district court bench in this
Judicial district. The time hns never been
more opportune for recognition than in the
present instance. Aspirants for judicial
honors nro beginning to learn that it is with
the lawyers that they have the most deal
ings , that the true lawyer is always a friend
of justice and equal rights , nnd that the
objections interposed by him are invariably
the safeguards of the law to which his client
is entitled. At least tlio client is always en
titled to a full and fair hearing. Any man
who nspircs to the judicial ermine must ,
therefore , nmlto up his mind thnt ho
will have to deal with the lawyer upon the
rocotnilzed principles of civilization and that
the wish of tno bar In his county and district
should bo the usher of his aspirations. In
Judge Walton wo havo.an . intelligent and
amiable jurist , and with the bar of his
comity , he will also llnd himself supported
by the delegates to the political conventions
nnd will got the popular vote of the people
nt the polls. Wo also bollovo that Judges
Duflio and Curtis , who were chosen as
candidates for election , will bo supported in
tlio conventions , nnd wo pledge to them the
hearty support of the Courier. Both Kcntlo-
nion hnvo frequently appeared In our district
court nt Ulair , and are fairly known to poli
ticians and people. Wo believe thnt Wash
ington county will do her duty by the whole
noupartisan ticket.
J-ut True .11 I'M tn ihu Front.
/Jail , ice 7 tine * .
The dnto for tha republican state conven
tion will soon bo upon us , and the responsi
bility thnt party nominations entail will soon
confront the trusted representatives of the
party. The one thing necessary for party
success this year Is thnt men of spotless in
tegrity and acknowledged trustworthiness
bo chosen to carry the Hag. 't is useless to
conceal the fact that the party h.i-J suffered
in this state ia the past by permitting un
worthy men to foist themselves upon the
party nnd linally expose it to .criticism and
abuse. It is high time the republican party
was shaking oil thoio hungers-oil and placing
men bo ore the pcoplo against whom no
uhnrgo can bo Justly made. In fact it is neo
essary that this be done this year , if an old
time republlcau victory Is to bo assured.
The republican party U not naturally n
defensive party. On the contrary It is decidedly
cidedly aggressive. From its Inclpicncy it
has grappled with and settled grave Issues
in the face of formidable odds nud dlscour
ngcincnts ,
The great majority of thu republican partj
of this state still consists ot tills same ug
grt'sslvc , trustworthy clement imd It Is
unfair that they bo so misrepresented n
state conventions that a defensive campaigr
bo necessary.
With clean men nt the helm force th
light on both state and national lines. Th
entire state of Nebraska is ready to lly to
arms against the democratic party. I
has thus far proven Incapable of legislat
Ing in the interests of the west and th
voters nro ready to give it no quarter
A golden opportunity Is presented the ropub
llc.in party to regain its old-tltno position ii
Nebraska. Will It Improve it
UOllTAND IfAI'l'irfESS C03IK TO YOU
if you'ro a sulTering wo-
- man. The inwsciiger in
' this COM Is lr ) , Fiorco's
Favorite Prescription.
Maidenhood ,
Womanhood ,
Wfeliood ,
ilothcrliood ,
all nwsl tlio beet of
care , proper regard
for hygii'iio and the
" IVjbcription. "
It's a toula and
norrlne , n remedy pre-
scril > ed by an eminent
nhysirian n d 6 ] > ecialist
for all the ticculiur ills and
aihnonts ot women.
Some dispositions nro sunny even In pain.
But , it WHS not nwant that women bhould
EUtfcr'M ) . She need not , while there's a
remedy that regulates and promotes all the
proiwr functions , dlspols aches nnd twins ,
brings refreshing deep and restores health
and vigor , In tbo " eoinpUUnU , " weaknesses ,
and "Irregularities of womanbood , Its tlio
only mtuninttrtl remuly.
It it fails to btnellt or cure , you g t
your moouy back.
AKIIItASKA
Qrnntl Island hns n nnw paper , the Mull ,
illted by II. O. Walter * .
Hoyil county's third annual fnlr will bo
icld At llutto , September US , SO and BO.
The Oago countv Sumlnj school conven-
Ion will bo held at Filloy , October II fo in.
William Schaffor of Mason Clt.V It laid ui >
vlth a broken leg- , the result of n runaway
crldcnt.
Father Morkl of Rilrbury nmt Father
'npellen of Ueatrleo have been "switched"
by the bishop ,
Charles Martin wns ratight In the act of
ebbing n house In Ueatrleo and ho now
anguishes in Jail.
The Ouster Association of Itixptlst
Churches hns jiut concluded a prolUablo
ossiott nt Mason City.
I'liims grow In wild profusion near Paxton.
telth comity , and farmers for miles around
nnko pilgrimages to the spol.
tllatr's canning factory will close MIO cnm-
'Mgn this week with probably the largest
output of nny season since Its existence.
There nro two men at York so omlnontlv
Itted for bank receivers that n resident of
ho city remarked It wns too bad thnt only
ono bank had failed ,
Mitchell's store nt Broken How was burg-
nrbod the other night nnd Hob Watow nnd
iV. It. lllnnton , 18-year-old Inds , have boon
nrrestcd , chnrerd with being the perpe
trators. Marked money taken from the store
vns found on Waters.
Vormontcrs who oxpcct to bo present nt
ho midsummer mooting nnd plcnlo of tha
Sons nnd Daughters of Vermont , tolio hold
nt the stnto fnlr grounds nt Qi : ; ( ) p. m.
I'hursday , September 14 , hnvo boon requested -
quested to notify J. U Mack of Lincoln.
Jacob Houd , president of the broken
Stnto bank of Cortland , who was arrested
m tlio charge of accepting deposits when
10 know the bank wns insolvent , had n pro-
iminnry hearing and wns discharged from
custody , the prosecution failing to make out
i caso.
Frank Clapp , a noted running horne owned
) y Cteorgo Sin-loves of I'lnttsmoutli , died on
.ho cars of kidney trouble while cnrouto
homo from the races. The ntilmnl had been
entered In fourteen events this season , nnd
mil tnkun first monov eleven times , and second
end money twice. IIo was valued at (1,000.
I.owoll Courier : Aspiring politicians should
enlist the sympathies of telephone linemen !
they are expert n Ire-pullers tuul uctlvo nt the
Pomervlllo Journal : The amateur photog
rapher hns n liahlt ot taking almost any
thing except a hint.
I.lfo : Mr. Newlywed -What Is thli , my dour ?
Mrs. Newly wed Spoiigu cake , darling.
"What was It you started out to mnku ? "
HufTnlo Courier : Wlillo It Is true that a
treat ninny mortals mo dlssntlsllud with their
ot In life , the chimney-sweep's beema to soot
ilin entirely.
Washington Post : As wo understand It ,
\nthoiiyOonistock Is considerably put out bo ,
Niusu Secretary Smith didn't piaco him In
charge of thu Churokoo rip.
Philadelphia Ledger : In Tnrlnry when .a
nntlvo wants to Invite n man to out or drink
with him ho first t.ikos him by thu ear. In
this way Ills easy to catch a Tartar.
Washington Star : "How calm the sea Isl"
shn exclaimed.
"Vos , " ho answered , dreamily , " 1 uness the
girls with engagements have nvadu the
ithor breakers ashamed of themsolves. "
Washington Star : 801110 laundry could es
tablish itself lirinly In the nlTectlon.s of a com
munity br making It u rule to lose \Tholo
i ilr of cnlfs ut u tlmu.
Philadelphia Hi-cord : llosslo Salllo Sharp's
bcun tn Kurnpu twice and never caught a
Lltlo. Tesslo Yes ; her daddy wouldn't buy
hern beau , oh I
Somorvlllo Journal : Adam Conic , come
Eve , aren't you noarlv roudy ?
Eve In jiMtnmliuito , doarj toll mo , Adam
a my hair on .straight ?
INCIDENT OK T11K TOWN.
Kansag CMv Journal.
A maiden fair nud neat
With white slippers on her foot
Trips along udown the street
Illr&slierliuartl.
Presently her look so gay
Turns to one of drop dls'may
Shu has trlpuod too near u stray
Sprinkling cart.
SUMMEll.
Soinervlllc Journal.
Slio has danced and Illrtod nt mountain , hotels.
And at numerous koasldo hops.
She has brightened her clioeks with the line of
health
That a girl can't buy at the shops.
She bus yachted , and boated , and driven and
bathed ,
In costumes iloll lit fnl to sco.
liutulns ! nil thu youths who have boon Intro
duced
Have gone awy fancy froo.
She has sat In dark corners not qnlto nlono
With thn moon slilnlnj ; In through the vines.
.Sho has been outdrlvliu with lazy young men
Who Inivo lut lior control tlio linns.
Shu has payed ) i-roquot till thohtars came out ;
Hut In nplte of her tinkles nuat ,
Tlmtshu daintily showed nt times , no youth
Has knoltuthor llttlo ( out.
She hascomo back 1'oine , now the summer has
k'ono ,
And shu's "had n delightful tlinn , "
Shu says , hut shu's thinking , ohl dreadful
noiiK.s ,
Thnt f never could put In rhyino.
For thu summer has gone , anil the husband she
thought
Rho might capture has not boon cngml.
Shu has done her host , lint bother it nil !
She hasn't como homo engaged.-
ARMY NEWS.
Sriorlnl Ordrrit from llrndqitnrtori of tlm
1'lnttn Ornornl Iliiilrtlm
Captain William Hnlnl , Sixth ravolry.
Fort Washaldo , Wyo. , Is detailed to tnfttu
Inspections of beef cnttlo to bo delivered at
the Shoshone ngonry nnd at the Aranhot
Issue station , Wyoming , by the Kmlmr Cattle
company under tholrcoutrnct for the present
fiscal year , from time to time as such In
spections become necessary. On boln <
notllled by the Indian ngontnt what dnlo the
inspections nro to take place , Captain ilnlrit
will proceed to the places Indicated nt ilia
npiwlnted limo , ntul on completion of this
duty will return to his proper station.
In accordance with paragraph 3. general
orders No. 49. current scries , heauiiunrtors
of the army , the following named ofllcors
will proceed from the Hellovuo rtllo raniro ,
near Hollovuo , Nob. , to Fort Sheridan , III. ,
for duty us competitors In the army con *
tests , reporting to the commanding ofllcor by
September 11 , ISUHi C.tptaln Joseph Oar-
rnul , Ninth cnvnlry ; Second Lieutenant Mi
V , Davis , Fourth cavalry ; Second Llonton-
nnt L. M. Fuller , Ninth cavnlrv ; Second
Lieutenant , ! . C. tJrcjrg , Sixteenth Infantry.
First Lieutenant Heiuitnont 11. Uurk , Six
teenth Infantry , having completed his duty
in connection with the annual department
rlllo competition , Department of the Plntto ,
will proceed to Join his proper station ,
The commanding ofllcor at Fort Wnshaklo ,
Wyo. , will send 1'rlvato Oeorgo H. Welch ,
company F , Eighth infantry , to report to
the commanding ofllcor o ( the Army and
Nuvy General hospital at Hot Springs , Ark. ,
for admission for treatment.
The following named enlisted men will bo
granted furloughs by their respective post
commanders to the dates designated after
their respective namos. Upon the expira
tion of their furloughs , and on their own ap
plication , the enlisted men named will bo
discharged from the sorvloo of the United
States :
I'rivnto Drnyton II. Maftott , troop O ,
Ninth cavalry , Fott Robinson , Nob. , from
October 4 , 1MM , to January II , 1MU ; Corporal
Kilwnnl Hess , troop H , Ninth cavalry. Fort
Robinson , Nob. , from October 0 , 18'J ; ) , to
January 5 , 1HIU.
Lieutenant Walter C. Short , Sixth cavalry ,
Is relieved from further duty in connection
with the annual department rlllo and cav
alry competitions and will proceed to his
proper station at Fort ijiobrara , Nob.
Leave of absoiico for ono month , to take
effect on or about October 1 , IblKI , Is granted
Captain William 1' . Rogers , Seventeenth In
fantry. Fort U. A. Uussoll , Wyo.
Captain William Qtiluton , Seventh In-
fun try , Camp Pilot Hullo , Wyo. . will proceed
to Fort D. A. Kuasoll , Wyo. , anil report as n
witness to the judge advocnto of tha general
court martial now in session at thai post.
Major Oeorgo W. Adah' , surgeon , and
Captain Charles JJird , assistant quarter
master , have gone lo Chicago.
OrcliMH iroiu U'anhliiRtoii.
WASHINGTON. Sent. 0. [ Special Telograr"
to Tun IJKU.J Second Lieutenant George 13.
Stockle , Tenth cavalry , now on leave of
absence nt Nashville , will report by tele
graph to the superintendent of the recruit
ing service , Now York City , to conduct re
cruits to the Department of Dakota.
Leave ou surgeon's certificate- disability
for two months from the il.ito of his relief
from his duty with the Huroau of American
Kopublics is granted First Lieutenant
Gcor o F. Cook , Fifteenth infantry.
Captain Mtrcus K. T.iylor , assistant sur
geon , having boon found by an army retiring
bo.trd incapacitated for active service , is
granted leave of absence until further
orders , on account of disability.
Lieutenant Colonel lOv-in Miles , Twentieth
infantry , will'proceed to S.m Francisco and
report to the commanding general , Dop.irt-
mont of California , for assignment to spe
cial duty.
The following named ofllcers now under
going instruction in torpedo service at WIN
lott's Point , N. Y. , are relieved from dutjnt
that station , to take effect October 12 : Second
end Lieutenant Sidney S. Jordan. Fifth nr-
tillery ; Second Lieutenant Edward Me-
Glachliii , jr. , Fifth artillery ; Second Lieu
tenant Willis Ullno. Twelfth Infantry ; Second
end Lieutenant Walter M. Whitman , First
cavalry.
First Lieutenant Simson L. F.iyson , First
infantry , now on lo.tvo , is detailed for spe
cial duty in connection with tlio World's
Columbian exposition and will report to the
commanding general , Dop.trtmont of the
Missouri , for duty accordingly.
First Lieutenant Mitchell F. Lamar , Thir
teenth infantry , will bo relieved from duty
with the World's Columbian exposition and
proceed to join hla company.
The siipcrintendi'iit of the recruiting ser
vice will cause twontv-Hvo recruits at Jeffer
son b.irr.toks to bo assigned to the Sixth cav-
nlry and forwarded to the Department of
the Plattc , including ton to troop H. sta
tioned at Fort Wtishnkio , Wyo. ; also fifteen
recruits at Jefferson barracks to bo assigned
to the Seventh cavalry and forwarded to Fort
Sheridan , to troops II and 1C of the regiment
stationed at tn.it post ; also oiirht recruits at
Jefferson Uarr.icks to troop F , Fourth cav
alry , nnil forwarded to Uoiso barracks , Idaho ;
eighteen recruits at David's is'and , N , Y. , to
the Ninth infantry and forwarded to the
Department of the East ; seventeen recruits
nt D.ivid's island , to the Fifteenth infantry
nnd forwarded to Fort Sheridan.
The leave granted Second Llouter.ant John
W. Furlong , First cavalry , is extended ten
days.
The leave granted Second Lieutenant
William J. Glasgow , First cavalry , Is ox-
lendcil ono month.
The leave granted Captain Grcenleaf A.
Goodale , Twenty-third Infantry , is extended
one month.
Manufacturers anil Retailers
ot Ulotliiun lu thu World.-
I'm Here Again
Jusb to tell you fellows that if you don't like
the new style suits B. K. &
. - T\ Co. are showing you have
certainly forgotten my
teachings. They are beau
tiful , I think , and so does
everybody else that wears
suits at all. Some people"
don't , you know they
wear hand - mo - downs.
those are not that kind ,
but the finest tailor-made
garments out. Every yard
of cloth , every inch of
thread , every button , every lining , every every
thing goes through as careful preparation as in any
tailor shop. The difference is that while tailor
shops make one suit B. , K. & Co. make thousands ,
and consequently sell at half their prices. Suits
and light overcoats for boys and men now in.
BROWNING , KING & CO. ,
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