Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMAHA DAILY MONDAY , NOVEMBER 0 , 1893 ,
THE DAILY BEE.
_ B. UOSK WATER , Editor. _
I'UUI.ISIIKI ) EVRUV MORNINO.
TfcHMS OP SUDSCKIPTION.
n lly HCP ( llhout Snmlny ) Ono Year . $ B 00
Bally and Sunday , OnoYcar , . . . . . . . . .4 . 10 OO
BlxMonllift . . . COO
ThrfO MonlliA . . . , , , . . . 2 50
Bundny IK o , Oisn Yr.ir . > . 2 00
BMurcfay Iirr > , Ono Year . . . . . . . 1 r' °
Weekly Hoe , On o Year . 1 00
OFFICES.
OtnMia , TIio Hop IlulMlnir.
South Omntin. rornor N nml Twcnty-MjUli streets
council lllnrrn , 12 IVnrl Mrect.
Clilcacoonioc' : U7 cimmtxT of Commerce.
Kew York , rmmm in , 1 I nml in.Trlbuno building
Washington , filll I'uurteenlli utroot.
COHRKSl'OXIIKNOR.
All commimtrnllonfl mlallnc to nnws find e < ll
torlal mnllrr nliutiM ho nddrr-s-tedi To the Kdltor
MJSINRS3 l.KTTKIia
All tnisln"R li-tti-M anil romlttanccn should bo
nrtdrrssrtl toTht' ! ' * IMibllHlilnBronipany.OmMin.
DrnftH.cliechH ntnl rontodlrfl colors to bo made
linynhln to the orihr of Ilin company .
1'nrtloH Ic.ivlnir the city for tlm Hummer can hnvo
TIIE IlKK prut to tliclrnudrcfiR by leaving tin order
iibhn onu-- .
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SWOUN STATKMKNT OF CIHCULATION.
Stain of Nebraska , I
County of Uoiiglni , f
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llnliltiR eonnmny , ( lees Bolomnly swear Hint the
actual circulation of TIIK DAII.V HUB for the week
tndlnB NoTombor I , IK1I3 , WBB OB tollowat
Runclny. Oclolx-rSO . . . . 5S.BSO
Monilny. October : lll . 2.1.0 U
TiifMlny. Octolipr.il . . . 8.1OUR
WrilncMlny. November 1. . . . . . 23,870
Thurpilnv. NovombtT a . 2S.H03
Friday , November : t . 23,0.15
batunlay , November I . . . . 24,480
OKOIIOF. n. TzRcmrcK.
, < , 8w orn to tipforn inu nml subset Ibed In my
< PEA t , j-prcwjiiee this Ith day of November. 1803.
1 , ' N. P. FI.II. Notary Public.
AvcrnRn Circulation for October , 24,315.
WITH the exception of Bennett and
Ellor the county ticket Is satisfactory to
rcpuDllcnns of till factions ,
PiroiT.r. will soon bo tempted to aak
whether the extra session of congress
was really worth what it cost.
IIASCALL may fool nil the workingmen -
men souio of the time and aoino of the
worltingmun nil the time , but ho cannot
fool nil the worklnjrinen nil the time.
Tun so-called death blow to silver was
not enough to prevent highwaymen
from attempting to steal Montana's silver
Btatuo of Justice onrouto to Now York.
N governments may ns well
understand first ns last that the United
States will not sit passively should
thov attempt to interfere in the nITnirs
of Brazil.
IT LOOKS as if Governor Baies wore
trying to play the sympathy dodge as a
lost resource in his contest for reelection
tion as governor of Iowa.
IlASCAnr , has had many schemes to
fool workingmon. His latest is to fool
them into voting for him for mayor , Ho
makes the mistnko , however , in con-
sldorinsrnll the worlcinn.-ncn fools.
Sioux CITY is to bo congratulated
upon Its bright prospects for an imme
diate and complete recovery from the
financial shock that overtook so many
of its leading enterprises last spring.
GEOUQK'E. GiUSON has been nn honest ,
capable justice of the peace. Ho has
earned a ro-election and if everybody
wholike3 , him personally remembers to
give him a vote his plurality will bo
largo. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
ACCOHDINO to the uflldavita published
in defense of Short weight Bedford the
shortage in coal was duo to frozen scales.
The question ia , how long did the scales
stay frozen ? And why didn't the frozen
scales give overweight instead of short
weight ?
WK SHAM. , soon know whether the
Chinese residents in this country are
disposed to obey the law requiring their
registration under the Geary act within
six months. If they use the extension
ol time for the purpose for which it was
intended this may be the ondof Chinese
legislation for some time to coino.
WoitiaNasiKN of Omaha should vote
for George P. Bcmis as mayor
unless they wish to put an end
to public work. To elect Unscall as
mayor would bo a calamity. The
crodlt of the city would bo gone , public
improvements would stop , no bonds
could bo sold and douresslon on every
side would exist.
DKMOCRATIO applicants for presi
dential appointments to postmastorahips
in Nebraska who wore disappointed in
not seeing their names sent to the senate
'during the extra session of congress
may have at least the consolation that
they thereby avoided having the nomi
nations hung over adjournment without
bo Ing- acted upon.
TUB adjournment of congress releases
Senator Sherman in tlmo for him to
carry out his promise to participate in
Governor MoKinloy'a campaign. The
senator is a trillo lute , but his efforts
will do moro good for the republican
ticket In two days than has boon accom
plished by n host of lessor lights in the
whole two months.
AM. law-abiding citizens must rejoice
in the fact that Nebraska was rescued
from the ntuln of another lynching by
the oxorcUo of common f > onso by the
sheriff of ono of Us moat enterprising
counties. The law need not bo avenged
by further violations of the law. Mob
violence is unjustifiable in n stnto whore
the criminal courts nro open for the con
viction of all who nro proven guilty.
Will uny sclf-rtxpecttny American citi
zen place Ins rpfaat the disposal of any
ft * railroad , express , telegraph or street rail-
tc company / or any other coiywrafioii that
carries him on its pay roll ? Docs a man
larter rucuy his soul w\en he hires out to
one of these corjMnif { " * / Are they not get
ting all they iirccntitlcd to when employes effi
ciently and faithfully perform the task im
posed upon them fit the shops , on the trainer
or at headtiuurtcmf
D . SniWUNCic has had his name in-
tertcxl on the tlckot of the German dem
ocratic orfntii. German-Americans of
Oumlm , whether they nro democrats or
republican * , cannot stultify themselves
by tfiyim ; u man of Dr. Schwcnuk's mal
odorous record thuir Mtpport for n posi
tion Ju Uiu city council. Schwonck has
Lrtiugltt dUtfrutxt upon hU own nation
ality urh < m | io wita in olllco and should
IK ) kejV in j > rlvuU > llfo for the remain
der of LUdujd.
RESCUE THE sopitnuE COUIIT.
From Tlit Sunday Ute ,
In times of wnr the sentinel that goes
to slcop while standing guard subjects
himself to the penalty of death the saino
as if ho wore n deserter. The man who
stands sontlnnl na the trlbuno of the
people and allows the enemy to rob
them of tholr liberties without sounding
the alarm is precisely in the position of
the sleeping sentinel or the deserter on
the eve of battle. .
The supreme court-is the bulwark of n
free people. It Is the arbiter between
debtor and creditor , between employer
nml employe , between railroads and
tholr patrons , between insurance com
panies and tholr policy holders , between
taxpayers and tax-shirkers , between the
people mid tholr public servants. A
supreme court composed of conscien
tious , fearless and upright judges
stands like n pillar of lira between
might and right , between usurpation
and constitutional power , between arbi
trary exaction and reasonable enumer
ation , between the sovereign stale and
its corporate creatures. Can wo have
such a supreme court BO long as tholr
credentials emanate from Czar Holdrego
and the mercenaries who turned down
Judge Maxwell ?
Men of Nebraska , the hour has como
to rescue the supreme court , no matter
at what sacrifice and to what extent you
must do violence to your political creed.
Lot party parish for a tlmo that the
republic and republican institutions may
survive.
The bugbear of frightening capital
from Nebraska If the railroad candidate
for supreme judge is defeated should
hnvo no terrors for any patriotic citizen
who loves his country and its free insti
tutions. But how can the state's credit
bo crippled any worse than it has boon ?
Could anything bo more damaging than
the fact that the state treasury hasjjeon
looted by the connivance of our state
officers and is now $700,000 short ? Could
anything be moro damaging than the
scandalous conduct' of the impeached
state oflicials and the subjection of our
supreme court to the dictates of the con
federated corporations ? Could anything
worse happen to Nebraska than the sur
render of the right of self-government
to arrogant railroad autocrats , who
maintain their power by an army of mer
cenaries , fed at the expenseof the pro
ducers ? If there over was n time when
every man who loves freedom and hates
despotism , under whatever name it may
dominate , should strike a blow for
liberty , it is next Tuesday when ha casts
his vote for supreme judge.
TOMORROWS ELKCnOKS.
Elections will bo hold in thirteen
states tomorrow , in five of . which
Massachusetts , Ohio , Iowa , Virginia and
Wisconsin full state tickets and legis
latures will bo chosen. Among those
states the greatest general interest is
directed to Ohio , where the campaign
has been fought with protection as the
predominant issue. The rc-olection of
Governor McKinley is very generally
conceded to bo assured , the only ques
tion beingas to the size of his plurality.
Two years ago ho defeated Campbell
by over 21,000 , and his supporters
are claiming that these figures
will bo largely exceeded this year , on
the ground that the conditions favoring
republican success are much stronger
now than two years ago. The demo
cratic hope is to at least lower the plu
rality by which Mclvinloy was first
elected , arguing if this can bo done it
will amount to defeat. It seems that
the appearance of cx-Govornor Campbell
in the campaign a week ago had the ef
fect to somewhat stimulate democratic
zeal , but the decision of the ox-governor
to help his party was probably raado too
lute to do it much good. Taking part so
near the end of the fight only empha
sized the well known fact that the
nomination of Neal was not pleasing
to Mr. Campbell. Governor McKinley
has maintained throughout a most vig
orous and aggressive campaign , and it
will not bo at all surprising if his plural
ity tomorrow considerably exceeds that
of two years ago. In that event it is
easy to BOO that McKinley will bo very
prominent In the thought of the country
as a possible presidential cnndidato in
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After Ohio , Massachusetts and Iowa
share about equally in the interest of
political circles. In the former state
the indications favor the election of a
republican governor , while there ap
pears to bo no doubt that the other repub
lican candidates for state ofllcors will
bo elected and * that the leg
islature will continue to bo republican.
As to Iowa , the chancr.s of victory ought
to bo with the republicans , but the de
feat of Boles Is by no means assured.
The prohibition Issue still complicates
the situation , while the democratic cam
paign Inn , on the whole , been conducted
with the greater energy and aggressive
ness , oven if not altogether a fair and
manly fight. The result In Wisconsin is
problematical , with the chances favor
ing the democrats , who Jiavo now full
control in that stnto. In 180 ! ) Wisconsin
elooted democratic state oillccrs by a
plurality of about 8,000 , and lust
year the Cleveland electors were chooon
by 0-HO plurality. It la quite possible
that the democrats may not show as
much strength this year. Of course
Virginia will elect u democratic governor
ornor and legislature.
There is n good deal of Interest felt In
the Now York election , moro particu
larly with reference to the result of the
voting for associate justice of the court
of appeals. I'or this elevated judicial
position the democratic candidate IB
Justice Maynnrd , who ia a inombpr of
the court by appointment of the 'gov
ernor to fill a vacancy , his selection
being tie ) reward of judicial serv
ices in aiding the democrats to
steal the state senate. An un
compromising fight is being made
against Maynard , not confined entirely
to republicans , and his defeat Is re
garded as probnblo , although lie lifts the
devoted support of the democratic ma
chine. As the legislative districts wore
newly nrrnngcd by the lost domocrntlo
legislature , the democrats will probably
retain control of the legislative depart
ment , and it Is to bo expected that they
will also elect the stnto ofncors to bo
chosen. Pennsylvania is expected to
give the normal republican majority fern
n justice of the supreme court nnd n
stnto treasurer. '
The result in none of those states ,
with the possible exception of Ohio ,
will really hnvo any very great general
significance , though they will servo to
Indicate to some extent the trend of pub
lic opinion.
A LASf'UHD \ \ W
To TiicCrmnxs or DOUGLAS COUNTY :
When I first mot George A. Bennett , on
the day after ho had been nominated
sheriff by the republican convention
two years ago , ho was a total stranger
to mo * Ills bearing Impressed mo
favorably , and the fact that ho had boon
n hard working mechanic enlisted my
sympathy In his behalf. Without ask
ing for a single pledge , either of patron
age or political service I gave him the
incut earnest and cordial support from
the beginning of the campaign until
election day. Prom that day to this no
personal controversy has occurred be
tween us. During the two years slnco
ho bus been sheriff ho bus never been
able to refuse mo n political favor-
directly or indirectly , and lias never
boon asked to contribute n penny to
Tun Bun except as n subscriber.
There is no complaint against him on
my part on the score of patronage.
The sheriff's advertising la at best not
very profitable nt legal rates , which are
40 per cdnt lower than the rates wo
charge to regular customers , who adver
tise moro every month than the sheriff
docs in n year.
Moro than a year ago 1 became con
vinced that George A. Bennett was
neither a competent nor an ofllcicnt law
oillcor. Ills otllco work had all to bo
done by a substitute nnd his executive
work ns custodian of prisoners had fallen
Into the hands of negligent and law-
defying deputies. Jail deliveries became
frequent , and in ono instance a city
prisoner was released by Jailor Bennett ,
the brother of the sheriff , without an
order from the police judge or mayor.
When the sheriff's attention was called
to these flagrant violations of prison
usage ho passed them by in contemptu
ous indifference.
As time passed matters wont from bad
to worso. Criminals who wore pre
sumed to bo in close confinement in jail
wore encountered in saloons and ques
tionable resorts , sometimes in company
of the jailor and sometimes alone. Last
spring one Henderson , arrested as an
embezzler , was taken to , the Diamond in
the night by Theodore Bennett , the
jailor , and loft there to amuse himself
in a game of faro. The jailor himself
took part in frames and finally left his
prisoner several hours without a guard.
Then came the Moshcr scandal , fol
lowed by other revelations that are too
vile to bo detailed in any paper. Suffice
it to say that the proof is overwhelming
that under Sheriff Bennett the Douglas
county jail has not only been turned into
an assignation house , but a veritable
brothel , in which custodians of prisoners
acted the part of procurers. In ono in
stance a negro was permitted to pay
private visits to a white girl 15 years
old , on whom , it is represented to me ,
an abortion had boon performed , with
full knowledge of the matron.
The only defense which George A.
Bennett has so far ventured to make for
this horrible state of affairs has boon by
the vilest of personal abuse and gross
libels gotten up by two criminals whom
ho had harbored in the jail. At first
this model sheriff circulated a leprous
sheet edited by a convicted libeler rep
resenting mo as having become incura
bly insane. This was followed up by a
shower of muck from Bank Wrecker
Mosher , who stands solf-convioted of
perjury and forgery. This unconscion
able thief Had the insolence to charge
in an open Jotter that ho had been form
erly associated with mo in deals and
that I had worked for the transfer of the
convict labor contract from Stout to
himsolf. In proof of this fabrication ho
cited the fact that several of my po
litical friends , including George W.
Linlngor , had voted for his bill. As a
matter of fact Senator Linlngor is on
record as voting against his bill , and ox-
Roprcsontativo C. J. Smythe will bear mo
out when I say that I urged him to op
pose the bill when it was before the house.
The charges made by Tun BEE were
not trumped up for campaign purposes.
Someof thorn were made months before
Bennett was ronomlnated , and the most
serious charges wore published before
the republican convention had been
held. George A. Bennett knows that
THE BUE is perfectly responsible.
Every charge made against him is
borne out by affidavits and credible wit
nesses. Bennett had atnplo time nnd
opportunity to secure n vindication by
asking for an investigation at the hands
of the county commissioners. A major
ity of the board uro members of his own
party nnd certainly would hnvo given
him n fair hearing.
Instead of demanding an investiga
tion , Bennett hun sought to counteract
its effect by the most dastardly per
sonal assaults upon mo nnd by circulat
ing the most impudent falsehoods eon-
cornlntr the motives that impel mo to
opposu him. Ono of the stories ho lias
put in circulation Is that my opposition
to him is a fight against the American
Protective association order , when
everybody knows llmt TIIK BEK is giv
ing cordial support tohalf , u dozen mem
bers of that order who are on the repub
lican ticket. .
Another infamous libel which ho has
circulated industriously is tiiat 1 have
been paid or promised an enormous sum
of money by John A. Crelghtou and
John A. McShano to bring about his do-
feat.
feat.While
While making desperate efforts to
sustain himself with the members of the
American Protective association \\ila \ \
man Bennett is endeavoring to bring
Odd Fellowship and Free Masonry into
disrepute by Booldnir to use them lib
cloaks for his official misconduct. Now
I have been n Free Mason for m jre than
n quarter of a century , but if any
Masonic botHwas to endorse or condone
Bennett's oftlcujl misdemeanors I should
abjure the cralt and denounce It ns an
enemy of good JJovornmoril. The high
est obllentlon lc a true Mason ia to bo a
loyal and law-abiding citl7.cn. If it is
the purpose of 1lio American Protective
association | 6 | stand by Its mem
bers , right or wrong , to uphold a
public official1' who has debauched
and Bcandali ' ij , the public service be
cause , nnd on'lyibccauso ho Is ono of Its
members , then11 the order would bo n
menace to free American Institutions.
I am lotli , to bol\ovo \ that any decent or
reputable member of the American
Protective association will stand up
for Bennett and by ondorslnc him for
re-election justify the Infamies that have
been perpetrated by him as custodian
of the county j.ill.
It will not do for Bennett to plead
that the worst scandals nro chargeable
to the jailor. George A. Bennett Is
responsible for the acts of his deputy ,
Theodore Bennett , and his failure to
discharge him long ago shows that ho
has no regard for his oath of office and
the laws governing the office of sheriff.
I am aware that Bennett and the gang
of desperadoes that train with him ,
threaten violence and oven assassina
tion , but if I know that I would incur
death within the next twenty-four hours
I would do my duty and warn my follow
citizens ngniust committing the safe
keeping of criminals for another two
years into the hands of a man who In
defiance of law ; allows favored prisoners
to run at largo , visit gambling houses
and disorderly resorts and allows the
jail to bo converted Into nn assignation
house. E. RosKWATun.
ItEMlSAXD THE ANTI-VICE PROTEST.
A committee representing the antl-
vice movement , which last spring sought
to abolish gambling and the social evil
in Omaha , has issued an address to
voters , which lias been given to the pub
lic through the dally press. Its solo aim
nnd object is to defeat the re-election of
Mayor Beinis because ho has not complied
with the doraands of the crusaders.
Now let us discuss the grievance of
these gentlemen in nil candor and with
out bias. They assort that 2,000 voters
signed a petition to'tho council and po
lice commission for the better enforce
ment of law. That is stating it very
mildly. A petition in favor of bettor
enforcement of law would have boon
signed by every man , woman and child
in town , outside , possibly , of the very
small number engaged In lawless pur
suits. The ahti-vico petition meant
something more' , ' It was an attempt on
the part of wolL-ineaning but impracti
cal reformers to scatter the population
of the burnt district and drive gambling
from known haunts to hotels and holes
in the wall. M.JI
Now how dVd they go about this ?
Gambling is a ( plpny under the statutes ,
and the renting.of houses for'assignation
and lawless cohabitation is also punish
able under tho'cjcjminal code. Did these
people lodge n solitary complaint-against
the owners of houses in the -burnt dis
trict ? If so , the 'ffrsV man 'they would
have struck would-not' have been'Mayor
Bemis , but a near relative of the demo
cratic candidate for mayor , who owns
the largest block among the palatial
haunts of sin , and they would have struck
a score of very respectable gentlemen
who contribute liberally to religious and
benevolent institutions. If you want to
make an anti-vice crusade effective you
must not stop in front of the city hall ,
but go for the men who own the build-
in gd in which crumbling and the social
evil abide. But that would strike some
people whom the leaders of the crusade
do not want to offend.
The statutes made the sheriff the
chief executive officer for apprehending
criminals and suppressing crime wher
ever ho may know it exists. Gambling ,
being a felony , comes directly under this
head. If any special complaint against
this crime had been made to the county
attorney aotl sheriff they would have
been obliged to take notice of it and
have the offenders prosecuted. Did the
anti-vice crusaders over ask the sheriff
and the county attorney to break up
gambling houses and prosecute the
keepers ? Not a .bit of it. Have they
tried to hold the sheriff responsible ?
Not at all. They want to make Bomls
the scapegoat.
Now admit that 2,000 voters did sign
the anti-vice petition. Moro than 20,000
voters did not sign It , and many of those
who did sign it privately asked the
mayor to lot matters rest. It should bo
remembered that the movement began
in the midst of a very depressing season ,
when business was u'linost at a stand
still and merchants , hotel keepers and
restaurants wore going to the wall for
want of patronage.
But the great offense which Mayor
Bemls IB charged with Is voting down a
resolution Introduced before the police
commission ordering the chief of police
to enforce nil laws nnd ordinances. This
resolution was in the nature o' a censure
of Mayor Bomls , who , as chief execu
tive , is prosumod"tb enforce all laws as
far as practioabJ'p'J' ' Does any rational
person blame the mayor for not voting
to censure himself ? Ho had issued an
order to the chiqf. ( f police to enforce all
laws nnd oidinuncos as well as they
could bo enforced' under existing con
ditions. If any' ' eclilo complaint hud
been mndo nguluwt Chief Soavoy for
neglect of duty -tho mayor and the
polioo board woiUdJmvo been obliged to
investigate the charges nnd paw sen
tence according to the evidence , But
no specific charge was made and the
mayor very naturally regarded the reso
lution us u rolloutitfnupon his own con
duct and voted it d&wn , us any spirited
mnn with nnyVsolf-rospcct would have
done ;
The anti-vice committee winds up Its
tirade against Mayor Uomls by asking :
"Can any one vole for such a man for
mayor of Omaha ? " Now lot us ask
these gentlemen , whom do you ndviso
voters to support for mayor ? Somebody
will bo elected mayor uoxt Tuesday. If
you don't vote for Bomls because ho
does not como up to your Idea In dealing
with vice and crlmo do Ila&call and
Bedford como any nearer to your Idonl ?
Unscall Is n constant nssocinto of the
classes you want to suppress nnd Bed
ford makes no pretense of municipal re
form In the direction you nro trnvollng.
Mercer's candidacy Is n farco. lifvcry
vote given to him Is half n vote for Hns-
cnll. lie stands no moro chanceof elec
tion than of bolug struck by lightning
In January , nnd If ho was n possibility
for mayor ho would no moro carry out
the ideas of tiio antl-vico people than
Bomls. Mercer did not sign the anti-
vice petition and would not have touched
it so long ns ho had any political pros
pects.
In view of these stubborn facts , what
will people who uro satisfied with the
way Bonus has administered the affairs
of the city and protected the taxpayers
against the rapacity of corporations and
contractors gain by voting for cnndldntos
who are not ns safe ?
TIIK HAtfD.CA.l'1'KD OANMDA.TK.
The republican state committee , rec
ognizing the potential influence of Tun
Bni ; , has kept at the head of the first
column of Its campaign sheet an extract
from this paper concerning the personal
character and qualifications of Judcro T.
O. C. Harrison. This is very compli
mentary to THE BKE as well as Judge
Harrison. But why docs the campaign
organ omit the concluding portion of
THE line's comment relative to the
methods by which Harrison's nomination
was secured ?
The article which the railroad repub
lican editor has kept in big black typo
at the head of his sheet-appeared in
Tun BUE -'A Handicapped
under pic caption'A
capped Candidate. " The suppressed portion
tion of the article reads as follows :
Mr. Uartisou's cauillilacy will , however ,
bo resented by thousands of republicans because -
cause it was brought about bv methods that
nro unropubliciin and therefore destructive
of the sovereign right ot the people to self-
government. Mr. Harrison la not the
choice of the republican party of Nebraska
through representatives voicing its senti
ment. Ho holds bis title from a convention
dominated by railroad magnates nnd state
house plunderers. Ills candidacy repre
sents the elements that have degraded re
publicanism and converted it into an instru
ment of usurpation and political misrule.
Ho is the product of a criminal conspiracy
to make the highest Judicial tribunal of the
state subservient to the satnius of the rail
roads , who seek to fasten the chains of politi
cal serfdom upon our people and reduce Ne
braska from Its proud position as a free
state to a subjupate-i province.
Under such circumstances Mr. Harrison's
candidacy is doubly unfortunate. It is un
fortunate for him that he comes handicapped
by political backers who nro discredited by
the people , and it is unfortunate for the re
publican party , which enters the campaign
loaded down by the Incubus of monopoly
and.ofllclal delinquency. These deplorable
circumstances make it impossible for TUB
Iiii : to give Judge Harrison its unqualified
support.Vo nro compelled to protest
against the pernicious methods that have
brought him into the field and to remon
strate earnestly against the substitution of
railroadism for republicanism in tUo coun
cils of the party.
AX DEm'KKlf ELLER AND BAXTER.
The two leading candidates for county
judge , J. W. Ellor and Irving R Bax
ter , are both republicans. Ellor comes
before the citizens of Douglas county as
the candidate endorsed for re-election
by the convention that endorsed George
Bennett for sheriff in the face of the
most damaging charges of official mis
demeanor. Mr. Baxter was endorsed
by the bar association and the demo
cratic county convention as ono of the
candidates for a nonpartisan judiciary.
Between the supporters of Baxter and
Judge Ellor there has been u war of
words waged that has filled columns and
pages of the papers and furnished
material for pamphlets and circulars
onoufh to supply the want for carpet
lining in the wliolo.city for the next ten
years. Brushing aside all the charges
and countercharges wo find this to bo
about the slate of facts :
Judge Ellcr has introduced a new sot
of blanks and books for the use of the
county court. The books , so far us can
be ascertained , have boon well kept and
the records of the olllco are fairly up to
the standard of other courts. The
blanks introduced by Judge Kilo- have
made a very heavy increase in the costs
of publication. There has also boon a
very material increase in the cost of pro
bating estates. These increased costs uro
all charged up to the estates of people
who died leaving any property. In other
words , Judge Ellor has levied needless
costs upon the widows and orphans
whoso property goes through the bunds
of the county court. The glaring con
trast between the number of clerks em
ployed by Judge 1'Jllor and his prede
cessor cannot bo explained away. The
United States circuit and district courts ,
which do fully three times the business
that is done in the county ojurt , only
employ four clerks , while Judge Ellor
employs nine clerks. Tills extrava
gance cannot bo justified on the ground
that the pay of those clerks dooa not
como out of the pockets of the
taxpayers , Everybody knows that
it does como out of the pockets of
people who have business in the county
court. There is no reason why the
county court should ba a moro cost mill
for the bonedt of tux-eaters. One of the
clerks of this court boasts that ho can
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't-Ileport
ABSOLUTE ! * PURE
.make as much ns $ .1,000 n year. It that
is true there must bo many fat pickings
around Ellor's court which the people of
Douglas county are obliged to pixy for In
oiio form or another.
If the citizens of this county want fo
perpetuate a cost mill they will vote for
Judge Ellor ; if not , they will vote for
Baxter.
ONI : paramount fact must not bo for
gotten in the oxciteincntof this election.
Mayor Bemls has boon on the safe side
upon every question involving the In
terests of taxpayers and worklngmcn.
His few mistakes hnvo not cost the city
cither money or reputation. lie has
been 113 solid as a rock on the sldo ot the
people ns against contractors and cor
porations. No pressure could bo applied
by railroads or other bonoflclnrlos of
public franchise during the last two
years to Induce him to approve a meas
ure contrary to the welfare of the city
or to veto an ordinance which ho felt
the public Interest demanded. Ho
hits been incorruptible and everybody
who has hud dealings with him knows
it. Safe beyond question , well equipped
by tvyo years of experience , honest ns
the \lny is long nnd representative In
character , ho should be and will bo
triumphantly re-elected.
THE popular demonstration in favor
of Franco which occurred unavoidably
in Madrid on Thursday must go far to
confirm the rumor that Spain was to bo
included as a third party in the Franco-
Russian alliance. The sympathies of
the Spanish people nro undoubtedly
with the French , and oven if the acces
sion of Spain to the alliance is not yet
nn accomplished fact Europe cannot bo
much surprised should the rumored
agreement materialize in the very near
future.
The ICvIl mid the ICnmcdy.
Clitciton Trtlmiie ,
To stav nn epidemic of murderous
cranlcory there is nothing so effective ns n
hempen quarantine promptly established
uud rigidly enforced.
Much IH In t to MHiiluml.
P/if/iddnMu / / Inquirer.
Wise men say the opening of the foot ball
season will show that at least one branch of
American intellectuality has not succumbed
to the prevailing tendency to grow bald.
TIio onicn unit tlio 1'rlrc.
Kcw 1'orfr Tribune.
Wouldn't it bo well for Mr. Cleveland to
make up a list of the campaign debts which
ho proposes to discharge by gifts of honor
and salaries belonging to the people , and lot
us see nt once and in full just what has got
to bo mot ?
.
A itoctluiml tUuiiKuro.
GloltcDemocrat. .
The principal trouble about the Geary
Chinese exclusion law is that it was passed ,
not ii\ response to any dellmto national sen
timent , but to serve a local political purpose ;
and hence the country is'not sittlbg up of
nights to pray for its enforcement.
Tito New * at LOUR Ilnngo.
Denver Kcu'3.
Bryan of Nebraska can never bo nominated
for congress again by the democrats of the
First district in Nebraska , because the ad
ministration now controls the democratic
machinery and Ins decreed his defeat. If
M \ Bryan intends to return to congress
again ho must join the people's party.
Sound mill Up to Date.
t > liltadcl ) > tiia Itecard.
The statement contained in a Washington
dispatch to the Now York Tribuno'tlrit thb
administration has received information
from Brazil of proposed intervention of for
eign powers is confessedly nothing moro
than the assumption of n prominent oQlcial ,
but the other half of his assumption , that
the administration would tolerate no viola
tion of the Monroe Doctrine , is entirely
sound on general principles.
ll'ircl TIIIIUI. in 'M-lsco.
San Francfkfo Examiner.
Wo do not mean to bo Inhospitable. If
miners in Montana and ether regions pecu
liarly affected by the silver crisis choose to
como to California with tholr eves open nnd
try their luck here , knowing that nil the
avenues of employment are overcrowded
here , as elsewhere , wo shall not repulse
them. But wo decidedly object to having
them cruelly lured hern on the false nro-
tense that wo are in need of their services.
Olnoy's Opportunity.
St. Louis Post.
Attorney General Olney can exercise his
well known talents as a lawyer by prosecut
ing the coal combine , which has been
strengthened by the Vamlerbilt millions.
Although ho thinks the anti-trust law un
constitutional , there is good authority to
the contrary , and ho ought to test it at
least. But uerhaps his relations with rail
road corporations nro such that ho cannot
perform his public duties without violating
his duty to himsolf.
R .i.vii tineas.
The Indications point to n snow storm
within forty-eight hour * .
Senator Allen ha ordered 60,000 copies of
his flftocn-hour speech for gratuitous < llv
trlbulion.
Of course the Issu.inco of a ThixnksplvlnR
proclamation lust ns congress adjourned was
it mere coincidence.
Senator Wolcott goes to Kuropo. dotibtlosi
to make a personal examination of the gold ,
bugs of tain bard strcot.
The fnct that Ijobcncula travels with ft
band around hl < stom.toh probably accounts
for the musle In Mntabolclaml Just now.
Itcorgo Grotty of Scllnsgrovo , I'a. , Is th
happy father of twenty-live children , the
last of which was presented to him by Mrs.
Grotty lost S.ituitlny.
Mr. I'Yrrts' cl.iiiu to originality In design-
In * and turning n big wheel will bo dlulcult
to sustain. Governor I'enno.vcr has some
rights that should bo respected.
Senator Allen may not bo In cahools with
coroners , but the circumstance of his chal
lenging a careful reading of hU long dis
tance speech looks illicitly suspicious.
In spite of reported defeats King L < ebon >
Rtila maintains a largo unruflled front.
When In n sit tine posture it is said hti
paunch forms a cushion over his Unoccnps.
Some peed may yet como from llio Ntcar
ngun canal scheme Several congrcssmut
think It ought to be Investigated at the expense
ponso of the government , atul tire willing tc
sacrlllro their valuable lima for a junket tc
the nock of the continent in midwinter.
The Hooky Mountain Now * places Govornot
Ponnoyor on n pedestal , wreathes hli
Parian brow and exclaims with Shakcspoaro :
A combination unit u form Indeed ,
Whcro every coil dlil i > ein to set lih soul
To RVO the world assurance ( if u man.
It Is sad to sco Tommy Patterson taking n
standing Joke so seriously.
Mrs , Harriet Lnito Johnson , who presided
four years in the white house miring the ad
ministration of her uncle , James Uuchanan ,
and spout four years abroad when ho wa >
minister to the court of St. .tnines , has been
in Philadelphia for a week as the guest of
Mrs. George W. Chllds nt Woollen. With
her was her young couslir , Miss Mnrv Ken
nedy , n niece of John M. Kennedy of Balti
more , the author of "Horseshoe Hobinson"
nnd other stories , nnd who Is said to lwv
contributed some chapters to Thackcray'i
'Virginians. "
JH.IIK .IfM.V/J.ir ll.ll.3l.
I'hllndulphla Krcnrd : "Wliat sort of posed
you think a girl lilies bostV" "Why , propose , ol
cotirbC. "
Tiultaimpolis Journal : "Girls U qucot
thliiKt. " wrotuTommy on "composition" day.
"Why ? HPCIIHSO n glrf Is not In It In socloty til !
she comes out. "
Dotrol" . Trlhuii" : Visitor ( on the promoniulo ]
Isn't Meyerbeer Inloxlo.allni ; ?
KntorUifiicr It oi'rtalnly Is until you gut
accustomed to drinking It.
Itoslon Itullottn : Diamonds nro said In bo
In b.id form In the inoriilni ; . Still wo Imvn
.known a chap with flro diamonds to im unvlud
by everybody olsoiittho tiblo : quite cnrly In
the
Chicago 1'iMt : MnbclVlmt made you get so
rod and embarrassed lust buforo you went out
of the room lust now ?
Murlo If 1 lull you , don't breath It to a soul.
You know the clock on ny slocking ?
Mabol Yus.
Mnrlo Well , It. had run down.
I'hllndulnhln Hccnrd : Muggins My wlfo li
troubled wIth cold feet , nnd every night she
keeps mo invako by sticking them up In tha
nuddlaof my back.
ItueKlns Tlhit'a funny ; they never tronblo
mo that way.
Muggins I should hope not.
I.Tini Horn : "Diet you hoar about Dinks ? "
"Link's clerk ? "
"Yes. "
"No. What about him ? "
"Ho was flrod yesterday.
"Why ? "
"Oh , ho came In 'loaded. ' "
Indianapolis Journal : ' -How did Ithnppoc
that so unpopular a man as old Jlgiton Imcl u
brass band lending his funeral procession ? "
"llu loft thu money to p.iy for It himself , Insl
to torment thu reslilunU along the line ol
march to thoceinetory. "
THE POPtiritll STATESMAN.
Atlanln Cnnftlltillnn.
Thny talk about our statesmen nn' the tixllc ,
It nororntops ;
It's moro ctasnuratln' than the woathoror the
crops ;
But the statesman who's the best of all , In
wisdom and In wit ,
Is the kind that plainly states his mind , an1
than decides to quit.
IA' SIlUItT MKTKK.
CMmgn Tribune.
Thoy'vo gene away. The madding crowds no
moro
Illockado the ntrrot ,
And the man with the pasteboard luncheon
box
No moro wo'll moot.
*
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Kew Yorli I'resg.
Ho snt seine minutes thinking ,
And then liu Hoflly spolco :
"When a man Is bunt on drinking
Ilo'll end by lining broke. "
.Vcu-8 ,
The cleverness snmo people link
With wliitl Ihoy'rn doing iivor
Is nil In making others think
That they are clover.
Clitrngn Inter Ocean.
The men who llshlng lle.s have told
For ilayH tinil days toiutlior
Will lut that subject drop Just now
And llu about thu weather.
BROWNING , KING
- ft COL
Lnraost M.initfa'jturor4 vi I 'I ' lUtlJ.-i
of OloUmulu tiuVorli. \ .
We back up
Every statement with the goods themselves.
If not satisfac
Tuesday is election day , tory return them.
And you will then repair
do
We want to
Into your district voting place
To cast your ballot there. more than make
Purchance you'll make a wager
Tomorrow or today , one sale. Wewant
Arid you may have to buy a hat ,
make our
to
A Io3ins bat to pay. you
customer for all
time to come , We make or rather our tailors
do every stitch of clothes we sell. That's why we
knock out all the tailors round abouts , They
can't make them any better and they don't sell
them for less 'than twice our prices. We handle
nobody else's' goods and we can therefore always
rely upon holding our trade , Bargains other than
the best fit- fabric , finish and fashion to be had are
not handled by us. We will sell you a suit or an
overcoat for $10 that you can't get in a big bargain
store for less than $15 , and we have always sold
them for $10 and shall continue to sell them for
$10.
$10.BROWNING
BROWNING , KING & CO. ,
b'tor open bttturUuytllllJ. every evening IS. W , Cor. 16th aoi Sis.