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OKOIICH : U. T7.SC1HJCK.
Bwo. n to before me nnd suli rrll > ed In my pres
ence this lit Ony of Auicust. iSJl.
( Seal. ) N. 1' . FCll i Notary Public.
Alt republicans' who ore opposed to the
domination of railroads nmY destre to resent
the attempt to niako the party subservient to
corporate monopolies and public thieves arc
hereby Invited to express their views by
letter directed tnMne personally , suggesting
the best method for defeating the election of
Thomas Majors. All communications will be
treated as confidential when BO requested.
We must make an organl/ed effort to save
the state from the blighting misrule which
lias repudiated the plodRCs repeatedly tnado
to the people In our plotforma ; has made the
execution of our laws u farce and looted the
slate treasury ,
Notice will be given In due time through
The Dee what action will bo deemed moat
advisable to accomplish the ends In view.
E. HOSEWATER.
Adieu , congress !
We will renew our acquaintance with con
gress on the first Monday In Daceinber next.
If New York republicans want Levl P.
Morton for their next governor. Mr. Morton
will yield to their entreaties to become their
candidate. It Icoks very much now as If Mr.
Morton la wanted.
Only a few days more and the lists of con
testants In all the congressional districts
will have been made up. The race for congress -
gross promises to be a lively one throughout
the whole of Nebraska.
Congressman -Bryan had to stop In Iowa
to glvo his friend , Mr. Weaver , a lift In his
congressional campaign. This moans that
Nebraska Is In turn to bo afflicted -with
Weaver bcfcre the carnpalgn stall have
ended. _ _ _ _ .
It Is to bo feared that a long time will
elapse before Senator Vest takes It upon himself -
self to make the announcement of hla oVrn
prospective retirement from public life. The
retirement Is more likely to came unan
nounced. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Whllo President Cleveland Is rnviowlng
the Knights ot Pythias grand parade today ,
why not also review the congressmen as they
march out from the scat of their long ses
sion's labors.to face the music ot their con
stituents ?
The men who started out to capture Chicago
cage were evidently not aware ot the mag
nitude of the Jcb they were undertaking.
They should have known that Chicago had
annexed parts of three states In preparation
for the World's fair.
The weather reports Indicate that the
people nsldlns In the country north of m
have been having another touch of mercury-
expanding temperature. This Is simply tc
remind us that we arc still within the
shadow ot midsummer heat.
The upward tendency In prices of hog !
and cattle at the Omaha market Is encour
aging to stocltgrowers In this section. He
ports from the great cattle ranges of Wyom
Ing Indlcato a prosperous year for catth
men , as fed and pasturage ore plentiful.
On the whole , the path of the Flfty-thlrc
congress has thus ar been a rather rock ;
one. ' Its unpopular measures have so over
shadowed Its popular measures In the publl. .
estimation that few will retain tender mem
orles of It unless It redeems Itself during th
short session with which It Is to close It
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career.
We give no credit to the report that on
of the most celebrated of the rainmaker
has committed suicide. No one who venture
Into the business of ralnmaklng could hav
anything but boundless confidence In the pos
Blbllltlcs of the future. A rainmaker coul
not look away from the bright side of thing
long enough to commit suicide.
Let word go out to all the country round
nbout that charitable Institutions In Oniali
require applicants for relief to return a
equivalent In work of some kind , and th
usual fall Influx ot chronic beggars may t
cut oft. Omaha has enough to do In tl :
line of relief work as It Is , without assumln
the load that njlghbortng communities shoul
carry.
The populists ot this congressional dlstrti
will make their nomination today. TV.
year * ago their nominee received 3.152 vote
and It is claimed that their candidate wl
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double this vote next November If a wli
selection be made. At the last congresslon. .
election In this district 25,390 votes woi
cast. Doinp , democrat , receiving 10,338 voti
ami Mercrr 11,483 votes.
Heretofore the railroads have controlli
the location ot the state fair. It Is hi ;
time the cltltens , In whose Interest the fa
la held , put In their ours and locate tl
fair In Omaha. Thr : unu > iuld attractions
this city will drpw large crowds to the fa !
t fact which should receive the conslderatli
of those who have the power to locate tl
fair , and It should bo apparent to rallru
TItK TAtttrF RILL A LAW ,
The Gorman tariff bill , ns It rill 1)9 known
to history , has become a law without the
nlgnatiiro ol the president , agreanbU to the
provision of the constitution , which rays : "If
any bill shall not be returned by the presi
dent within ten days ( Sundays excoptcd ) after
it shall have been presented to him , the
same shall bo n law In like manner as If he
had slcned , " etc. The ten days limit was
reached at midnight last ntghl. The act goes
Into Immediate effect , except as to the Income
tax provision and a part ot the v.colon sched-
\'a and Secretary Carlisle has Issued Instruc
tions , tt collectors of customs with regard
to carrying out Its provisions. It was re *
ported n few days ago thai the Treasury
department had ruled that wool , made free
under the new law , which has been Imported
and placed In bonded warehouses , would have
to pay the iluty under the McKlnley law un
less exported and rclmportrd , but It ap
pears that tliU was a nilstnlco , the nccrctary
of the treasury having Instructed collectors
of customs that all goods In bonded ware
houses "made free ot duty under the new
tariff are entitled to free entry without being
exported niul retmportcd. This will be a
great relief to the Importers , but It means a
considerable loss to the treasury. Another
feature of the secretary's Instructions Is the
abandonment of the discriminating duties on
the products of the several countries which
did not enter Into reciprocity arrangements
as provided Iri the McKlnley law.
In permitting the new 1)111 ) to become a
law without his signature the president has
done what uascry generally expected , but
business affected by the tariff has , neverthe
less , continued under more or less restraint ,
because there was no oinclnl authority for
the belief that the president uoultl take this
course , nnd It was felt up to the last mo
ment that Mr. Clevcl.ind might have a sur
prise in store for the country. Now that all
suspense and uncertainty Is at an end It
should speedily be developed whether there
Is to be such an Industrial revival as the
authors of the new law have promised and
everybody hopes for. There -has certainly
been some Improvement since the iiassago of
the niw law , but It Is probable that our man
ufacturers will be disposed to feel their
way cautiously until they ascertain thn
effect upon -the market of Importations and
get a better Idea of the Intention of foreign
manufacturers. Gut at any rate the country
will feel great relict that the end of the long
and costly struggle has been reached.
n * AAD Tin : TIIVSTS.
One of tha democratic claims In behalf of
the present congress , and perliaps the most
preposterous of any of them , Is that Its policy
nnd legislation have been Inimical to the
trusts. This claim Is set up by Mr. McMll
lIn , whose statement la understood to be In
the nature of a manifesto representing the
views at the h'ousa democrats , anil therefore
.especially designed as a vindication of the
party and at the same time to supply an
argument for campaign purposes. That gen
tleman makes the extraordinary assertion that
this congress has passed the most stringent
law against trusts ever enacted in this coun
try and ho says that at the same time the
attorney general has Instituted proceedings In
the courts to try to dissolve Illegal trusts.
"Tho democratic party , " says Mr. McMlllIn ,
"was pledged to the enactment of more strin
gent legislation against trusts. It has kept
this pledge and offers this as Its lulflllment , "
referring to the tariff bill , with Its sugar
schedule , under which the refining monopoly
Is assured , according to democratic testimony ,
ot not less than $40,000,000 plundered from
the sugar consumers of the country during
the next twelve months , and. a very gen
erous sum thereafter , -while the Whisky trust
will also be benefited to the amount of many
millions.
Fortunately there Is able and candid dem
ocratic testimony lu refutation of this pre
posterous claim. On August 13 Representa
tive Tom Li. Johnson of Ohio made a speech
in the house- vigorously combatting the pro
posed surrender to the senate on the" tariff.
Mr. Johnson Is an uncompromising advocate
of free trade , He does not. Ilka so many ol
his fellow partisans , hide his light under
a bushel , but declares his views in a plain and
straightforward way , so that "everybody car
understand them. In his speech , when the
house had under consideration the resolution
to recede from the disagreement to the senate
amendments to the Wilson bill , Mr. Johnsor
said of the senate bill : "It is more fully am'
emphatically a trust bill than was even the
McKlnloy bill. All the trusts were ca'lled Ir
to make ft up and what tricks and device :
lie hidden to the general public In Us ttclinl
cal language no man I do not btlleve ever
Senator Gorman yet really knows. " Refer
ring to the consideration shown the Sugai
trust , the Ohio congressman said with a frank
ness that must have amazed his democrats
associates : "I know and you _ know and tin
people know I was about to say that ever ;
dog that barks In the- streets of the capita
knows that the real purpose of Imposing thl
tax is not to glvo revenue to the government
but revenue to the beodlers. You canno
disguise It from the people , for the peopl
know tt already , that the purposeof thl
sugar tax Is to put millions and millions Ii
the packets of men who are already million
alros by robbing the people. They kno\
that this tax on sugar has been brough
through every step of Its. way , carried b
such open , undisguised corruption as ha
never been flaunted in their faces before
they know that the Sugar trust has purchase
this privilege , ot taxing thorn , and thai
though the priceIt may have paid may b
millions. It will receive back m'lllons snd ml :
lions before the treasury gets 1 cent. " Ther
was much more by this candid nnd oul
spoken free trade democrat , who stand
squarely upon the last national platform c
his party. In the same vein , and It const
tutes an arraignment the great merit i
which Is that It Is absolutely truthful. 1
Is democratic testimony that cannot be gait
sail.
a The pretense that the democrats In cot
" grcss or that the democratic administrate
e has done anything looking to the supprei
slon of the trusts is as false as any otln
of the numerous claims which that part
has put forth , . "What has the administrate
done to enforce the law already on the sin
ute book against trusts ! A single case hi
been Instituted against the Sugar trust , ar
: t Is understood to be now on the docket of tie
sunning court , but who would venture
say when it will be reached It the presei
" attorney general ot the United States , wil
his well known devotion to corporations ,
to determine when proceedings shall go 01
That omcUl has no confidence In the extstli
law , or professes not to have. He believe
with Mr , McMIUIn , that it Is "so mild at
gingerly" as to be Inadequate to the pu
pose of crushing the combinations , yet 1
has failed to give it a fair test , and nelth
he nor the president ban suggested to co
grcss how Its defects might be remedied ai
thu law made stronger and eufflcltnt for I
object. The democratic pretense of hoatlll
to- trusts and combinations , whether comli
from Mr. Cleveland or Mr. McMlllIn , or ai
other * who speak with responsibility for t
party , has been shown to be hollow , fa !
and hypocritical. There IT not a trust In
existence that will bo In the least degree In-
urrdbjrthe trglilatloi of this congress , nnd
not onof them stinds In any fear ot the
ndmltilitratlon.
( in\\hitsnw.
The embodiment Into the state platform of
one of the principal political parties of Ne
braska of a declaration In favor ot municipal
ownership of street cars , gas and electric
Ighttng- plants ontl water works must be
aken as an Indication of the great growth
of the popular Interest In thla question ,
Municipal imnershlp whcneyer brought for
ward as a definite proposition Is always a
nirely local Issue , peculiar to the cities and
: owns. Vet no municipality can undertake
: o conduct any enterprise of this character
without first securing enabling legislation
from th ? legislature , BO that to this extent
the broader question becomes necessarily a
state Issue.
The drift toward municipal ownership In
this country has been quite perceptible In re
cent yean ) , although it has been extremely
Irregular and has been confined to but two
or three features of municipal service. City-
owned water works are almost as common
liero ns abroad , about half the water works
In the United States being publicly owned ,
while the proportion of people served
by public and private works Is still more In
favor ot the fprmcr , This Is explained by
many by the fact that the earlier water
works ss'stems were built betoro the great
development of the speculative stock com
pany , when the municipality wjs the only
party able and willing to undertake the Im
provement , nnd that the precedent thus set
has had a considerable Influence. Qas
works In the American cities , on the other
hand , are usually private concerns operating
under express franchises , there being less
than a dozen which arc managed directly
by the municipal government. Street rail
ways were developed at a time when the In
dustrial corporation reached the height of Its
power and as a consequence- they are with
but one exception universally owned by pri
vate companies In all the American cities.
The Introduction of electric lighting , still
later In point of time , came Just at the
turning point In the agitation for municipal
ownership. Electric lighting therefore has
been a field ; most hotly contested and a field
In which experiments with public plants
have been numerous and for the most part
entirely successful.
Along with this movement there have been
many attempted compromises between the
two contending forces anil many devices by
which the conduct of these enterprises has
been left In prlvuto hands -upon conditions
Intended to protect the public and to give
the public an adequate return for the valuable
privileges conferred. These have generally
taken the form of a premium for the fran
chise , a division of profits , or a desig
nated share of gross receipts for the city.
Many ot these arrangements are proving
fairly satisfactory and the franchlsed cor
porations , heeding the warning cry for
municipal ownership , are becoming more
willing to consider propositions of this kind ,
It Is certain that the sentiment is strongly
against any more free grants of unconditional
j franchises to corporations for the mere ask
ing. Municipalities will hereafter insist
upon a Just compensation for the use ot their
streets for these municipal services. Whether
that compensation shall be derived through
municipal ownership or through grants-
conditional franchises to private , 'parties ,
each city will have to determine the oc
casion arises.
JM1" STILr. C0.1BA' .
There will bea very general feeling of re
gret that the bill which passed the senate ,
providing for the exclusion from the countrj
ot alien anarchists , did not pass the house
and must go over to the next session. Ac
cording to the commissioner ot Immigration
nnd the statement has been confirmed or
the floor of congress , a large number ol
European anarchists are on their way to thf
United States. The commissioner Is reported
as saying that between 400 and BOO anarch
ists , representing the scuni of the continent
recently left German ports on their way ti
this country. He- expressed the opinion tha
unless something was done Immediate ! ]
there was danger of trouble In the Jitturi
from these people. As the law now is , afte ;
one of these anarchists gets Into this conn
try , even when expelled from Europe , then
Is no way to get rid ot him. The case i :
cited of ft prominent anarchist who recent ! ;
arrived here. It has been ascertained slnc <
ho landed that he had been convicted ti
England , but having been admitted there i
no way to deport him. The bill passed b ;
the senate not only provides for the exclusloi
of persons known to be anarchists or In sym
pathy with anarchistic doctrines , but als
for the deportation of such persons who ha
not become citizens ot the United State *
Tha objections to the bill In the house wer
that it did not define an anarchist , and tha
It gave too much power to the authorities I
dealing with persons charged with being an
archlsts. This , it was held , afforded oppoi
tun It y for possible persecution and injusttci
There is unquestionably a very genen
popular sentiment favorable to the excluslo
of alien anarchists and to ridding the cour
try of these already here , but there Is als
a , very proper feeling that legislation for thl
purpose should bo clear and explicit In II
definitions , and BO carefully drawn as I
render almost Impossible any wrong or It
Justice toIndividuals In Its operation. Th
American people have no sympathy with at
arch Urn , but they want It treated In a wa
that will not bring reproach upon thorn as
Just people. There Is not , or at any ra
there should not be , any politics In this ma
ter. Every man who respects law and ordi
and desires the preservation of the publ
peace will agree In demanding that pe-rsoi
hostile to these conditions be kept out of tl
country. Nobody wl&hes the Unlt (
States to bo made the asylu
of men the cardinal principles
whosei doctrine are murder and the destru
tlon of property. All good citizens , Irrespe
liveof political afllllatlans , must agree th
there Is no good reason why this republ
should give refuge and toleration to the
people.
It Is to bo apprehended that the prcse
failure ot this measure will be taken a
Vantage ot by a large number of Uurope :
anarchists to flee to the United States , f
European governments will not fall to tal
advantage ot the opportunity to drive
many k possible out of their territory , T
police authorities of nearly every Europei
country ore active In hunting down anarc
IstB. and with this country still open
them they may bo expected to come here 1
hundreds. Undoubtedly the proposed mea
tire will finally become a law , but It Is like
that In the meanwhile the anarchist elemo
in the United States will be materially I
creased.
Hopefulness Is certainly ono of the cha
acterlstle' qualities ot the advocates of Ir
silver coinage which never leaves them , He
we have Senator IVotcott ot Colorado return *
Ing from Eurfpqy-and expressing hmscll : as
having seen rrtostrtupcful signs tor the re-
KUictiatlott of .bimetallism In the three prin
cipal European countries. In fact , at no
time tlo vie Vbmcmbcr seeing nny opinion
quoted ns com'InK frorn the free silver m n
that was not cdDched In the most htpeful
language. To jtff r eyes everything has a
silver tinge , nmhtliey feel sure that by waitIng -
Ing long enough-their hopes will bo realized.
U must bs atltrjltjjil Uiat were It not for this
hopefulness ItJ-NopM be difficult to discover
upon what basla they continue their fight frr
tree nnd unthhltrd silver coinage In the
' l <
United States.
The Increase In the volume ot business In
Omaha last week over a corresponding period
last year may bo partially accounted for
In the fact that eastern Jobbers 1mve with
held credit from many old customers through
out this Sictlan. The result has been ot ml-
.vantage to Omaha Jobbers , who are In n po
sition to know their customers , nnd are
demonstrating their ability to duplicate east
ern prices. This condition of things Is now
nnd will continue to be a source ot profit
to our merchants , Customers thus gained
will be held and Omaha's trade extended
to larger proportions. One firm sold nearly
$30,000 , worth of goods In the Black Hills
country the past month , and has , during
the season , covered territory to the north
west heretofore neglected by Omaha mer
chants , It's an 111 wind that blows nobody
good , _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
The railroad press of the state Is Just now
assiduously engaged In denying the fact that
the republican state convention was manip
ulated and controlled by railroad managers.
If the nomination ot Majors did not prova the
power of railroad cappers , the tact that a Far-
nam street hotel \vns made the secret head
quarters of railway officials prior to and dur
ing the con\entlon , and that said ofllclals
kept their runners go'iig day and night , trad
ing and buying delegates , wculd plainly In
dicate the character of the nominee. No
man. who watched the course of Majors when
the maximum freight rate bill was before
the state senate can doubt for a moment
his abject subserviency to the rallf-cads of
thla state. They , and they alone , have nom
inated him , _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
The science ot railroading Is becoming
more and morj profound as the years go on.
Perhaps ordinary minds are not expected to
fathom It. When Kelly's army sought
transportation eastward last spring It was
denied them at any price. Now the Wabash -
bash road has dumped a detachment ot .the
army upon this community , having hauled
them from St , Louis at a merely nominal
rate.
Governor tyalte ot Colorado Is to have
everything MB "own way In the convention
that Is to renopilnate him as the populist
candidate fortgcve.rnor. Governor Walte has
really been running things his own way ever
since he took poss'esslon of the gubernatorial
r a
chair.
Nebraska VafiUjfacturers will make the
greatest expijsl lprj of their products at the
state fair thjs yepr ever seen In the state.
It will be the ; chief feature ot the' fair ,
worthy of the consideration of every citizen
of this great , state. ,
A ( Jomm , < ; mliUlor ; : lliir < ! .
GtaberDenvjcrnt. ,131-1.1 i - .
The present congress is to be thanked for
having failed 'to live up to a g-ood many
ot Its tlirenta. ,
llio Fellows Abronil ,
New YotU Tribune.
It l s doubtless cheerlnc to Mr. Cleveland
and his follo-wera to learn that the un-
Amerlcnn tariff : bill receives the hearty ap
proval of nearly every manufacturer In
liurope. The mensure was constructed to
supply the foreign demand , and it does It
to a nicety. _
Infni iiiatlon I Van toil.
Courier-Journal ,
It would be instructive and Interesting
If every democratic constituency that feels
called upon to invite Its present congress
man to stay at honiR next time would file
specifications showing whether the- disci
pline was imposed for doing too much or
too little for tariff reform ,
A Putltn I'rutcgt ,
IndlnniiollNews. .
What President Cleveland expects to
gain by refusing to slftn the tariff bill we
cannot Imagine. By allowing It to become
a law without hln Btenatuie ha Is as much
responsible for It as he would be If he
had signed It. What u man can prevent ,
and does not , he must bo held accountable
for. All that the president can accomplish
Is to allow a measure to become si law
which Is so bad , from hla point of view ,
that he will not sign It , nnd nt the same
time to assume full responsibility for It.
Kijicrt Opinion of the Trout TurllT.
Cleveland's Letter toVllsun. .
Every true democrat and every slncert
tariff reformer knows that this bill in Its
present form , and us It will be submlttci
to the conference , falls far short of the
consummation for which we have Ions la
bored , for which we have suffered defea' '
without < lls.outaiement , which In Its an
tlclpatlon gave ua a t allying cry In oui
day of triumph , and which In Its promlsi
ot accomplishment Is so Interwoven wltl
democratic pleilges and democratic succes :
thixt our abandonment of the causa of tin
piinclples upon which It rests means part ;
perlldy ami inrty dishonor.
I'riilta of Polly.
Chicago Tribune.
The window glass manufacturers of Pitts
burg and their employes have come to ni
agreement as to tlu > extent of. t'ie ' wagi
cut which should be mada on account o
the reduced protection of the new tariff
One side said It should be M per cent nm
the other that It should be 15. They twv. .
compromised on 20. Thus the triumph o
the democrats in 18'J2 and their attempt
Incomplete though it Is. to carry out th
free trude pledges of their pUttorm hav
cost the men employed In thews glass work
one-fifth of their old wages. To the exten
that they voted for democratic candidate
in 1892 they must liUmi * themselves fo
the reduction to which they huve Just , con
sented. '
c. i , , . tx n XKJUSA s A .1 .vs.
To prevent1tliefe being nny failure of th
water BUpplypb hew well Is being sunk b
the FalrburyWater Works company ,
President \\carrn of Gates clleg 3 , Nellgl
has resigned ni3 , position and has accepte
the presidency or a ccllego at Salt Lake.
In spite of , , hcnpoor crop year , the Itlcli
ardsoti countyWr at Salem. September 1
to 21 , proml&4i\P | \ be a very successful cs
hlbltlon. .n il
The conventioiJiOf the Ycung People's unlo
of the East Nebraska conference of tli
United BrothTBU. jchurch opjns thU mornln
at Crate , Ir i
Joe Upton , fcfcJ'Cass ctunty farmer llvin
near Union , found a. vein of coal while dlf
glng1 a well. ' " 'He1 ' tested some of the outpu
and \\hen hc fouml that It burned beautiful !
he at once midb arrangements to secure mi
chlnery fcr sinking a shaft ,
James M era' of Odell Is under arrest c
the charge of cmbez7lement for tailing I
account for funds In his p-saesslon as cashli
of the Farmers bank of Odell. U Is sal 4 tin
a number of farmers and business men ai
losers by the dishonest practices of the your
man.
man.A. R. Graham , a well known Nebraska
residing atVIsner , Is about to remove fro :
the state and make his home In New Mexlc
where he has secured a Urge tract of liu :
thai ho will convert into a ranch. He wl
1v leave for hla new home about the first i
* the year.
nt Sugar beets In Madison county are reporli
n- as loklng ne , and they vtlll make a. go <
crop , even If there Is no more rain unl
after harvest. As much time as possible wl
Ua allowed them.to mature , and It may 1
rDO that the. Norfolk , factory will not start i
DO until a week or two later than usual th
re fall.
TUJCK < ' Tim STATK
Lincoln New * For people who are blamed
glad that Hosewater hat withdrawn from the
republ.c.irt party as at present constituted ,
Hie friends of Tom M jors nppear to act teal
huffy Mid tln ) lie-up ol talking nbout Iti hav-
Inn ,10 tffect on the result.
Cozad Tribune' Tha dcfeit of MncCcll late
to be deplored. It Is nulls generally con
ceded thnt he was the boM vote getter ba-
fore the convention , nnd his nomination
wDiild have cemented together all party
factions , while Majors Is already confronted
by the strong opposition cf The Dee.
I'awnec City Republican : The turning
down otV , 3. Summers In the state conven
tion for attorney general was a cruel and
unjust act. 119 waa undoubtedly nominated
on the first ballot , but the Inefficiency'of the
secretaries nnd the Inability ot the chair
man to grasp tha t > ltuatlott caused another
bsllct to be taken , which resulted In Sum
mers' defeat.
Nlobrara Pioneer : The nomination ot
Thomas J , Majors for governor of Nebraska
bodes no good to Nebraska or the republican
party , lie is one ot the worst types ot the
politician , and while he parades his army
record as smlifthlng wonderful , there are
many men equally ns brave who never
have been heard , of. A brag for himself and
a tool for the great corporations , self-respect-
Ing republicans will think many times before
they cast their votes for him.
Wlsner Chronicle : The ticket selected by
the republican state convention docs nut
arouse a great deal of enthusiasm among the
republicans of Cumlng county. They had
hoped to see the ccnvcnltun controlled by a
spirit of wisdom which "would dictate such
nominations as would harmonize the party
and attract to Its ranks many voters who
had repudtitcd the men and methods that
had reduced It from Its once proud estate
to a mere skeleton of Its former self. They
nre consequently disappointed to' seea ticket
named which disrupts the party and places
t upon the defensive. This was Inexcusable
n the face of the fact that the party ccn-
nlns many men capable of commanding the
ordlal support of all Its voters and leading
on to a certain nnd glorious victory with
important , far-reaching nnd long-lasting nd-
antages to the party In this state.
Broken How Republican : Uegnrdless ot
lollttcs , the nomination of one ot Ouster
county's most highly respected citrons to as
'ilgh n position as governor of the state , Is
ookcd Upon Tilth pride. The judge evidently
stands high with hts party , and nil that
s > eems to bo required for him to receive a
nomination at their hands Is to signify a
willingness to accept. Since he cast his lot
with the populist party , three years ago ,
tie has been favored with a nomination each
year tor positions ot honor Believing that
the nominee on the republican ticket for
governor wns not a strong one , the populists
scanned the field ovsr to Hnd a man strong
with the people to put against the blue-
shlrted statesman from Nentaha county. In
sizing them all up they wisely concluded
that they had no man within their ranks as
strong as the tall sycamore from Ouster
county , and his nomination was easily se
cured.
Lexington Pioneer : The defeat cf John H.
MacColl at the recent republican state con
vention was accomplished by a series ot un
scrupulous tricks wholly beneath the dignity
of any man who desires or aspires to hold a
state ofllce. Straw men and verdant dupes
were Induced by the Majors strikers to be
come candidates In a number of counties In
tha state with the end In view of weakening
MacColl's support. Annual passes over the
I ) . & M. llnca In Nebraska were also used
with a liberal hand and produced the effect
desired votes In the convention for Majors.
It is not probable that western Nebraska will
for many years have another opportunity to
be represented in the gubernatorial chair ,
and yet It was westsrn delegates that de
feated the western candidate. We believe
today that a large majority of the voters of
the state prefer MacColl to Majors. That the
latter Is not a popular candidate especially
In the eastern portions of the slate Is ac
knowledged. With MacColl ns a candidate
the party would have accomplished a sweep
ing victory ; with Majors as a leader the re
sult Is doubtful.
Grand Island Independent : Tha republican
state convention was not representative ot
the republican party , but of the railroads ,
whoso Influence put Its stamp upon most of
the members and brought about the nomina
tion of men who will never defend the In
terests of the people , but protect the railroads
In all their nefarious schemes for taking the
most possible amount of money out of the
people and defrauding them of their right of
self-government. This character of the con
vention , which has led to such a result , Is net
only contemptible , but It shows great stupid
ity , endangering the success of the republican
party. The railroads have become more bold
than ever , and want to rule or ruin. And
the ruin ot the republican party may be the
first result. There Is Immense dissatisfaction
In our c mmuntty , and probably In all other
communities , with the convention and Its
work , and la-ge numbers of true republicans
declare that they will not vote for the man
of bad repute placet ! at the head of the re
publican ticket. Whether these men will
vote for a candidate of their own cr endorse
a candidate of another party , or not vote at
all , nobody can tell yet. But there can be
no doubt that there will bo in Nebraska a
great exodus from the republican party ns
far as the gubernatorial candidate Is concerned -
corned , and It is feared that this will also
have a bad Influence on other nominees ol
the republican ticket , and perhaps even on
the county tickets. If such things happen , n :
they probably will , the railroads and theli
subservient ( cols will have to atand the re
sponsibility for republican defeat.
C7.IKAIKIIK AfiJl X1IK I'LVGGFAt 1'LATRS ,
New York Herald : In view of the find
ings of the Cummlngs committee there oughl
to bo no delay In bringing the conspirators
to trial , The president c n secure their pun
lahmcnt. Will he do It ?
Philadelphia. Times : The lives of hun
dreils and thousands ot seamen and the vcrj
safety of the nation may be Imperilled bj
successful fraud in this direction , and ni
leniency should be shown to the guilty.
Philadelphia. Inquirer : According to tin
logic of the report the whole object of tin
company was not to make armor and bolt
which would pass the test , but simply ti
palm off upon careless Inspectors ( substitute ;
that did not come up to the mark.
Doston Post : The point at Issue Is no
whether the armor of our now war vessel :
will stand the test. It la whether the manu
facturcrs of this armor foisted U. upon tin
government under false pretense.T. This Is i
crime the most serious crime against th
republic since the war of secession ,
Boston Journal ; The turpitude of the !
fraudulent practices Is heightened by the fac
that they Imperilled the lives of the nation'
defenders and the honor of theflag. . Such
crime ns this Is closely akin to treason. I
the perpetrators received Justice they woul
OIIQ and all bo sentenced to long terms I
prison at hard labor , or banished from th
country which they have so Infamously be
traycd ,
Chicago Herald : It Is further Intimate
that therj Is no law for the proper punlsli
ment of such crimes. Can that bo possible
Can It be possible that contractors can pi a
the part of the most dangerous as well as Ih
meanest and most heartless public enink
by exposing tha army and navy to destrut
tlon without subjecting themselves to put
ishment as criminals ? If so a Inw to met
such cases should be enacted without dclaj
Indianapolis Newa : The Infamy of sue
conduct is almost past ballot. It Is not pleui
ant to reflect that therj Is one man In tli
United Staes who would do anything I
weaken the country's power to defend hei
self or needlessly to Imperil the lives of thos
who stand between her and her foes. An
that is what the Carnegie company has don
Perhaps It Is not technically treason , but cci
talnly no greater "aid- and comfort" coul
ho glvn to the nation's cncmlca than t
sending against thorn ships covered with ro
ten armor.
Denver Republican ; The crossness of th
outrage on the government and the people
seen when It Is considered that tl
presence of these defective plates inlgl
In battle endanger the safety i
a ship and ot all the olllcors and men c
board. The loss of a war veaa
might affect the result of a war and subjei
the nation to humiliation and disgrace. Y
such was tlis greed ot the men responslb
for these frauds that they cast aside a
considerations ot this kind , risking the n :
tlonal honor and national welfare for the sal
of the money they might make by swlndllr
the navy department.
Ailvnncml the 1'rlru ot \ \ \ I iky ,
PEOHIA , Aug. 27. The Whisky trust hip
1B
p ordered an Increase In prlco of C cents pi
gallon to take effect today. ThU makt
the basil J1.35.
How Corporation ) Itiijr Imtntinltr from
! . < -rlnliUI o Attack In New Vorlc.
A striking itory ot tlio legislative black
mailing of corporations In New York state U
given by Joseph U. Ulshop , In "The Price
of IVnc * , " which appears In the Conlury for
September. Mr , llliliop Klvos tha following
Incidents , which are , ho says , ot unques
tionable authenticity : Toward the close of
Ihe campaign ot 1833 the president oj a
powerful und wealthy corporation called a
meeting of Its directors to consider a sprclnl
matter. There was notno delay In setting
them nil together , and the meeting was
not held III ! the Trliluy preceding election
day. When the1 directors had assembled DIP
president utated to them that the corporation
had been asked to contribute $1G.OOO to the
democratic campaign fund. Ho advocated
the granting of the demind , saylnn that the
amount was the same that they hnd paid the
year before , that they had got all they had
bargained for , that ho considered the pay
ment n good business Investment for the
company , nnd that as careful custodians of
the Interests Intrusted to them they could
not afford to refuse. The directors voted the
payment. It was stipulated by the "pcaco"
negotiators that the money should be di
vided Into three equal parts , one check for
$5,000 to io ; to a stale machine leader , an
other for the- same amount to a local boss ,
nnd the third to n campaign committee fund.
The checks were drawn , and were to be
called for by one ot the bonollclarles on Mon
day following. They were locked In the com
pany's ' sate. * On Saturday the cashier or
other employe In charge ot the safe wns
called nwny , expecting to return on Monday.
Ho was delayed , the safe could not bo
opened , und when the chc6ks were called
tor , the perton calling was told that they
liad been ordered nnd drawn , but could not
be reached for the reasons given i he was
told , houL'Ver , that ttas all right , ami If
lie would call on Wednesday , the day after
election , he could obtain them , On Tuesday
the election was held , nnd the result showed
that thi ; democrats had lost control of the
legislature. When the checks were called
for on Wednesday , they were withheld on the
ground that the democratic bosses "hud no
goods to deliver" In return for the money.
Another Instance , no less authentic , Is
equally Illuminating. A meetltiK ot th
board of directors had been called a low
days before election to consider the question
of a contribution of an amount similar to tlu
one In the foregoing case. It wns voted to
pay It. One cf the-dlrectora said that in his
opinion there was considerable doubt ns to
the outcome of the election , and he suggested ,
therefore , that It might bo expedient to have
the check which had been drawn "mislaid
quite accidentally" till after election. If the
democrats cnrrl ° d the flection , ho explained ,
It could bo sent to them with u note stating
that U had been mislaid , nnd no harm would
bo done. If they failed to carry thu elec
tion the check could be destroyed. It was
destroyed.
Whatever else these Instances show , they
rcveul a perfect understanding on the part of
the contributors as to the real cbjecl ot their
contributions , They are not giving to the
campaign fund because they believe In the
principles of the party receiving the money ,
but because they are buylng"peace.0no prom
inent head of a great corporation , the "as
sessment" on which by Tammany In one cam
paign wns $100,000 , and the regular contribu
tion cf which la fully half that amount , says
In conversation that ho and his corporation
are well satisfied with the present system ,
"We get what wo pay for , and think It well
worth the money. "
While it Is probably true that In some in
stances the "pence" mcney is paid to protect
a corporation In the maintenance of privi
leges that are hostile to the public Interests ,
In the- great majority of cases It Is paid to se
cure Immunity from all kinds of blackmail
ing attacks. Of course. It is Itself black
mail , but It Is a fixed sum as .against
Innumerable and Incessant attacks. All those
who refuse to pay it find out sooner or
later that It Is much cheaper to yield. Not
only Is the legislative power In the hands o
the men who ask the tribute , but the local ad
ministrative and police powers as well. A
corporation carrying on Its work in New-
York City and subject to local regulations
will soon find that unless It makes a "peace"
contribution Its business is practically at a
standstill. I have In mind ono Instance , the
full details of which are In my possession ,
but would occupy too much space to be sot
forth here. In which a corporation which
had refused to buy "peace" was com
pelled to light in the courts , all the way up to
the "court of appeals , for a permit to which It
was Justly entitled from the local authori
ties to tarry forward operations under its
franchise It got Its rights In the end , but
only nfter more than a year of delay , during
which time- the development ot Its business
had been virtually stopped , entailing upon it
In business Injury and le , al expanses a loss
of not less than $100,000. A "peace" offering
of $10,000 or $15.000 would have prevented
unquestionably all this annoyance and ex
pense.
It would be a mistake to Infer Hint when
tha outlook concerning' an election Is doubt
ful no contributions for. "peace" are made.
In such campaigns they nre made In smaller
sums to both sides. "We always glvo to
the funds of Tammany hall , the county
democracy nnd the republicans , " said the
head of a great corporation who was asked
fcr a contribution a few years ago. Ho was
making himself "solid" with all sides , In
the way In which Jay Gould declared that he
was wont to do In the old Erie campaigns :
"In republican counties I was a republican ,
In democratic counties I was a democrat , In
doubtful counties I , too , was doubtful , but In
all cquntles I was an Erie man.
I'.tTllWJW
"Oronter Loire llnlli Xu
Tlmii ' 1 M < . "
Its \ seriously niinounred , unya the Wash *
liiRton Star , that T.gpreuntatlvc Hrynn ol
Nebraska has devoted what he terms hl
"quota of plants from the Hotanie Gardens"
to the decoration rf the grave of Thomas
Jefferson. A more affecting tribute than thli
can hardly ba Imagined , and many sympa
thetic tears wilt roll down the cheeks of
these who worship the memory ot Monti-
cello's rnue. Meek , and lowly followers of
Jeffrreonian doctrines have at times hoped
that some day honors would be heaped upon
the eod beneath which Is the last resting
place of him who prepared the Declaration
of Indepcndetie- > . but never In the most op
timistic of their < lrmm did exaggerated
mental visions behold the beauties of Mr.
Bryan's "quota of plants from the llotanlo
Gardens" tlu blos&oniliig cacti , the graceful
palm , the fragrant heather and the gorgeous
tulip. Daisies and roses were looked for , hol-
lyhcclts regarded as probabilities , goMuii-rod
permitted , but beyond thcue and u few other
of the simpler wild and cultivated varieties
no Montlcellan hopes hud soared. And now
comes till * torrent of generosity , which prom
ises to make Jefferson's grave hi ssom with
Moral radiance such an Is likely to break
the horticultural record. How this example
Is going to affect the remainder of tha
Fifty-third congress may not now be guessed
at , but ttiu chances nro that the ancient anil
honored pract'co cf distributing among con
stituents such bhssomlng and other verdure
as can be secured fioni the eleemosynary In
stitution which Superintendent Smith has
conducted with such admirable success will
he continued until thn end. A few statesmen
may be willing to give Jefferson n handful
or two of the cut Iliwers they beg from the
propogntlng gardens , but such lavish prodi
gality ns that of Mr , Brynn Is not likely to
bo contagious enough to cause comment.
Curious po pin may wnnder and ask what
Thomas Jeflerson the premier advocate of
governmental simplicity and administrative
economy would think of congressmen
who call upon the nation to provide them
with valuable * plants and rare orchids. No
ono knows , and , what Is more , no ona cares.
II Is enough that Mr. Bryan has elected to
beautify the Jefferson tomb , even thcugh ho
may do It In a conspicuously un-Jcffcrsonlan ,
or even antl-JelTci-sotiltui , fashion , Mr.
Bryan has , however , done more than a llttlo
thing. With his senatorial campaign just
about to got something of a move on Itself ,
and with many nil empty flower pot in Ne
braska , he Is careless of his future that he
may honor the shades of him whose departed ,
yet ever-present , greatness ho adores. Greater
love hath no congressman than this : That
ho lay down hts qtnta of plants on the
grave of a man who , by reason of his occu
pancy of a grave , has become as a resident
ot the District of Columbia , and can no
longer exercise the American voting privi
lege.
Harper's Bazar : "What did the lecturer
sav whett the cabbage lilt his chcst " . "He
said that such attentions quite took bis
breathnway. "
Atlanta Constitution : "Do you think bal
lot gltl- * are generally old ? " ' 'I don't know.
Some ballets that I've seen were wearing
spectacles. "
Texas Sittings : A petrified man has been
found In WlacoiiHln. It li probably the body
of a man who fell "stone dead. "
Atchlson Globe : The trouble Is that a
Rlrl In love never looks In the future any
further than the m-xt night ho IB coming.
Washington Star.
Where once the song birds gathered all Is
melancholy now ;
Words ot Oecp regret are spoken ; there's a
frown on mnny n brow ;
In vuln we look for melodies that cheered
us long ngo.
Where once the cuckoo warbled sounds the
cawing of the crow.
( As Expounded by Democratic Orators )
Indianapolis Jouinal ,
We robbed the farmer of his wool ,
And cunningly and deftly planned
That Canada should have the "pull"
On all the products of his land.
We bowrd before the whisky ring ,
And did tlte syndicates no 111
But then we crushed that awful thing ,
The Infamous JMcICIntey bill.
We crippled nit our factories.
And toie the wiup from many n loom
We bllshteil our home Industries ,
And shadowed all the land In gloom ;
We served the greedy Sugar trust.
And let It work Its sovereign will-
But then we trampled In the dust
The Infamous EloICInlt.'y bill.
We cut the laborer's wages down.
And filled his home with want and carei
Or turned him vroikless from the town
To tramp with hunger anil despair ;
We caused a shout of hopeful joy-
To rise from every foreign mill-
But then we managed to destroy
The Infamous McKlnley bill.
We helped monopolies nnd rings.
And favored trusts , both old and new
In short , we til a the very things
We once declared we wouldn t ilo ,
We failed , 'tis true , to brlnp about
The least icform and always will-
But then we smashed and blotted otr
Thu Infamous McKlnley bill.
With witless brain and thrlttless hand
We cast prosperity away.
And left the markets of our land
To every foreign bird of prey
But then you are aware we hnd
To Htnmp , und smash , nnil ciush , and kill
The awful , wicked , horrid , bad
And Infamous McKlnley bill.
Gouo to sSIeep-
The "renowned" makers of hats have all gone
to sleep this year except John B. Sletson , and he's the
h man that put them to sleep , for he made hla
i-
i0 0 "Stetson Special , " and they can't touch it for style ,
. "
; - e or anythingelse. . It's a modest , elegant hat , and
ed
3. d we're sole agents. The few summer suits wo have
3.r
r-
rd are going at half price this week.
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