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ESTABLISHED J17X33 10 , 1871. OMAHA , SATURDAY MO IXING , SEPTEMBER 12 , 185)0 ) TWELVE 1'ACIES. SINGLE COPY PLVE CENTS.
Labor Day Address by Edward Rosewater ,
Editor of Thz Omaha B e.
, At the Labor dny picnic held In Syndicate
park , Omaha , Edward Rosewatcr , editor of
Iho Hoc , as one of the principal speakers ,
made the following address :
Mr. Chairman , Ladles nnd Gentlemen :
This day has been dedlcnted to labor , and
In every great Industrial center of America
the working men , wnge workers and mechnn-
les and common laborers nro gathered to
gether , not merely for social Intercourse ,
but for the discussion of the various ques
tions In which they have n broad Interest
nml for n brond , enlightened comparison of
policies that hnvo been recommended to
them for the promotion of their welfare.
U Is hardly necessary for mo to say In this
community that It has been my lot from the
tlmo I wan old enough to earn n living to bo
In the ranks of labor. For thirteen years 1
was connected with the labor organization
known ns the Telegraphers of America. I
wns one of the organizers of the first tele-
grnphorrt ui.lon . In this country and Its prin
cipal ofllccr between Chicago and Salt Lake
City. I have been Identified with labor as
n colaborer , and I have been Identified with
capital an an employer of labor. Since my
ndvent In journalism I huvo paid out over
$2,000,000 In wages to working men , nml
nobody has ever accused mo of being a hard
taskmaster who strives to take advantage of
his employes.
I want to call your attention now , before
I go further , to ono point. There has al
ways been n great deal said nbout the right
cf the laborer to his full share of the
wealth which ho produces. Remember also ,
however , that the laborer Is not In position
to bear his full share of the losses which
nro sustained by those who employ him.
For the past three years very few employers
of labor have earned any profit ; nearly nil
of them have sustained great and continuous
losses , and many of them have been driven
to the wnll. That of course should always
bo berne In mind when we discuss the
condition of labor nml capital.
LAHOR'S SHARE OF PRODUCT.
Your attention has been directed by
the honorable governor ot this state to
the small share of the laborer In
the profits In ' the manufacturing
Industries of the United States and
lie has quoted from Commlssioner5Carroll
D. Wright statistics which I shall not nt-
tempt to dispute , but I have other statistics
hero that I think will bo much more con
vincing end that cannot be contradicted by
anybody , including Mr. Carroll D. Wright.
The census of the United States for 1S30 ,
when labor was remuneratively employed In
the United States , shows this condition : The
total manufactured product of labor In the
United States In 1800 was $3,370.120,021. The
cost of material employed In these manu
factured products was $5.789,812,411. and
the wages paid , $2,282,823,205 , so that the
total Income of the manufacturers was
IS'/- ' per cent , the cost of manufactured
product * fllVj per cent , nnd the part of
profit of labor 25 per cent. That made up
the total for the manufactures of the year
1890.
I will call your attention to ono single In
dustry to show that even IS1 or M per cent
la not always the amount which the manu
facturer gets out of the wage worker. Take ,
for Instance , the manufacturers of
carpets. The manufacturers of car
pets only made 8 per cent on
their Invested capital in 1S90 , when carpet
manufacturing was in a very nourishing
condition. I find furthermore that In the
years 1891 , 1S92 , 1803 and 1S9I. In four years
together under the protective laws that pre
vailed up to the year 1894 , the total amount
of carpets Imported Into the United States
was 597,778 yards , of the vaulo of $1,299,790.
The Imports of carpets for the year 1S95 were
873.558 yards of the value of $1-12SCOI. which
goes to show that there were one-third more
carpc'.s Imported from Europe under the
\\llson law than was Imported during the
four preceding years under what was known
ns the McKlnlcy Inw. You can therefore
BCD why such a large proportion of the 29-
000 employes ot the carpet factories have
been lying Idle. Simply because under the
peculiar policy which our government has
been pursuing It has become much moro
profitable to the mercantile class to Import
their carpctH from abroad than to have them
manufactured In the United States , and that
Is the reason , also , why so many thousands
of men have been Idle and are today unem
ployed In the various other manufacturing
concerns.
concerns.WHY
WHY MEN ARE NOW IDLE ,
Let me read you a few points on that
score. In the line of cotton goods alone
there have been employed In the United
States in 1890 , 221.585 men , women nnd chil
dren. Their wages were $ G9,1S3.272. Now
then , since the enactment of the low tariff
law a very largo percentage of cotton fab
rics have been Imported from abroad , In
1S9I , the last year of the McKlnley law , the
cotton goods Imported were valued nt $22-
310,517. In 1S95 the Imported cotton fabrics
-wero valued at $34,140,832. I will show you
Just how that concerns not only the laborer
but also the'farmer. In the year 1S91 , the
last year of Iho McKlnley law , the amount
paid out for Imported bides was $17,270.037.
In , the year 18U5 the amount paid for Im
ported hides was $3 < i , 132.909. Almost a dif
ference of $10.000.000 more sent out of the
United 'States ' for the purchase of hides In
the year 1S9. > than was gent out In the year
1S91. This low tariff policy took $19,000,000
away from the farmers of the United States
and transferred It to the farmers and cattle
raisers of the Argentine Republic nnd other
foreign countries , That explains why the
South" Omaha packers have had so much less
business and the farmers have received so
much less for their beeves.
Under the Wilson tariff which has re
duced the duty on wool 50 per cent the same
disastrous results to the farmer and laboicr
have followed The value of wool Imported
Into the United States In 1S94 w.ns $0,107.130.
In the year 1S93 the value of wool Imported
from abroad was $33,770.159. Wo took over
$27,000.000 from the American farmer and
paid that money over to the farmers of Aus-
tralla , Cient Britain and other countries.
Ily this policy so destructive to the sheep
industry , the American laborer who was
working In the woolen factories has been
doomed to enforced Idleness , The loss to
American labor by reason of the low tariff
policy can scarcely bo computed. In 1691 wo
imported woolen clothing to the valno of $ G-
750,321. In 1895 wo Imported woolen cloth
ing to the value of f25.2Sl.CCS. In 1S94 wo
Imported woolen dress goods to the valuu
of $8,5RO'JO. , In 1895 wo Imported woolen
drcal goods to the amount of $22.889.485.
The loss to American labor by the Impor
tation ot woolen goods alone has therefore
amounted to $33,000,1100 In Iho year 1895 and
in cotton and woolen fabrics to nearly $50-
000.000. What does this mean ? It means
that fifty million dollars In gold , or products
that were convertible. Into gold , hod to bi
sent out of the United States to Europe to
buy cotton and woolen fabrics , when all
these goods could have been made In the
United Stairs und you could huvo had the
$ .50,000,000 In circulation at homo.
FREE SILVER POROUS PLASTER ,
Hut of course you will bu told that the
tariff policy has very little hearing upon
tliu price of labor or the ohancn of getting
employmnit , You will bu told that If you
want to get all the laboring men employed
whu are now out ot work In the United
Stalls , all you huvo tn do U to set the mints
of the United States to grinding , no matter
whether tint law which was passed In the
Fifty-second c-ongress by tin1 active lu-lp of
the Iho candidate for president who now
prescribes the free silver poms pbuter I *
waled or not , Why , of course -vry man
whu was thrown out ot employment in a
carpet factory , or a woolen mill or any fac
tory iliat pi uluce-s vtoclin goods , eveiy
tailor who It out of employment because
the tailortuiidc goods uru bi > ins brought over
Iu7 by tut million ; , cvtryoao v,111 get cm-
ployment Rlmply because the bullion owners
In Colorado , Montana and Nevada will get
millions of dollars out ot the mints by the
sale of their nlher. ( Cries ot "Hurrah for
IJryan" and "Hurrah for McKlnley. " )
It doesn't make a particle of difference to
me who you holler for. I want to appeal to
your reason. I want to appeal to you first
not to allow yourselves to be deceived , and
I ask you not to deceive yourselves. I pre
sume If our friend , the candidate of the
combined silver parties , should send word to
> ou that as soon as ho Is elected president
of the United States , ho would reduce your
hours of labor to four hours per day , you
would take his word for It. And he has
ns much right , with the aid of congress , to
change the standard of time as he has to
change the standard ot money. The revo
lution of the earth around Its axis can just
ns well be made In twelve hours of 120 min
utes c.ich , ns It can In twenty-four hours of
sixty minutes each. , And I suppose you
will enjoy It greatly when he gives you that
privilege of working four hours of 120 min
utes each and cvury day , Just as when he
tells you that when he gives you fifty cento
nnd calls It n dollar you will have so much
greater opportunity to corn a dollar.
Lot me admonish you to think for your
selves before you leap Into this vortex ; re
member that It takes capltnl , and a grcnt
deal of It , to give employment to labor.
Labor Is the uncoined muscle Hint seeks con
stantly to bo coined into money , and every
working man , every wage worker , every
bread winner tn whatever employment , must
first find somebody that has the crystallized
labor , called money , on hand to exchange
for the uncoined w.calth In his muscles. ( Ap
plause. ) Until you find somebody that has
the coined money to exchange for your un
coined brnln and muscle , you might Just ns
well go around raving about the silver In
the moon.
U makes not a particle of difference
whether nil the silver mined In the United
States , which at the very best amounts
to about from fifty to sixty millions of dollars
lars a year , Is coined at the United States
mints or exchanged Jnto dollars , or whether
that much pig Iron is sold at the Iron nnd
steel works In Plttsburg , or whether that
much hay Is sent out abroad and coined
Into money. And the hay crop ot the
United States Is six times ns great In coined
money as the entire silver crop of the
United States. ( Applause ) .
FORGOTTEN LESSONS OP HISTORY.
You seem not to remember the lessons
that have been fnitght through generations
and reneratlons. You forget the experi
ence of the French with their asslgnats.
yon forget the experience of the United
States of America with their continental
currency , you forget the experience of the
United States with her greenbacks , nnd
you certainly have forgotten the expori-
cnco of the confederates with their unre
deemable money. When they started out
they thought they were going to have a
superabundance ot wealth by printing an
unlimited amount of paper promises to
pay. and finally , before Richmond had been
captured , It took J4.000 In Confederate
money to buy a pair of boots. And when
Appomattox had witnessed the Gurrendcr
of Leo you could not have gotten a coat
for a million confederate dollars.
But they will tell you that has nothing
to do with the coinage of silver , that has
nothing to do with the question whether
the gold standard shall be maintained. You
labor under the delusion that there is not
enough gold In this world to carry on the
buHlness of the world , and you labor under
the greit delusion that a great crime was
committed In 1873 , and you even read with
avidity the most senseless and absurd as
sertions made by the apostles of silver.
For Instance , I read this morning In the
organ of the silver party that Abraham
Lincoln In 18CI , If his salary had been paid
In wheat would have been compelled to
take 10,000 bushels of wheat for his salary
ot $25,000. Well , what of that ? What Is
there In that proposition that should In
nny way convince you that the free coinage
ot silver Is right or wrong. Abraham Lincoln
received the salary of president of the
United States , which had been fixed nt the
beginning of the government. In 1801 gold
was selling at S2.SO. $2.85 In paper money
was equal to Jl In gold , and consequently
wheat was very high priced. For the sake
of showing you the absurdity of this proposition - ,
sition we will make a home comparison.
In 1873 , the year In which the terrible crime
was committed. Robert W. Furnns was gov
ernor of Nebraska. Robert AV. Furnns as
governor of Nebraska received the munifi
cent salary of $1,000 , and , paid In wheat
In 1873 , the salary of our governor was
equal to 870 bushels ; paid In corn , It was
worth 2,070 bushels , and paid In oats It
was equal to 2,700 bushels. In 1S9C wo nro
paying a salary of $2,500 a year to the
governor of Nebraska and If we paid him
In grain ho would get C.OOO bushels of wheat
for his salary , or ho would get 12,500 bushels
of com , figured at 20 cents a bushel , and
If you figure oats nt 10 cents a bushel , he
would get 25.000 bushels. Sllus A. Holcomb
would K"t 25,000 bushels of oats for his
salary for the year 1S90. ( Applause. ) What
of it ? Would any , man say that Governor
Holcomb ought to turn bad : part ot the
oats l the state of Nebraska ? Would
any man ascribe the decline in the price
of oats to the fnnt > that the governor of
Nebraska gets ? 2,5J)0. ) n year ? Of course
not.
not.Tho price ot oats has gone down , "iou
probably have heard , something of the bi
cycle. You have hoard something also at
the electric motor , .you know the horse
and the mule have .peen demonetized ; that
they are out of circulation , and that these
other things do circulate. But the decline
In the price of hprsqs or oats has no
moro to do with , the question of colnago
than it has to do with the price of quinine
pills. ( Laughter and applause ) .
NO SILVER DEMONETIZED.
Now let us consider the question can
didly nnd simply. They tell you that B ! | .
vor was demonetized In 1S73 , and they tell
you that half of the money of the world
has been destroyed. What are the facts ?
There was no silver money to demonetize
in 1873 , Them wan no gold or silver In
circulation in tho' United States In 1S73.
In the next place , there has boon no silver
demonetized anywhere in the world. In
the year 1S9C , at this very day , 3,450,000,000
sliver dollars arc full legal tender In the
countries In which they circulate. $160,000.-
000 are legal tender In the United States
and ? 130,000.000 of coined ullvcr Is legal
tender In Franco , nnd only JSJO.OOO.OOO of
all the silver coin In the world Is not full
legal tender at this time. Yet they have
the audacity to represent that half the
money of the world has been stricken down
and destroyed. when $3,400.000.000 Is
In constant circulation with full tesal tender
power. And yet they have the audacity to
bamboozle you working mor. anil other people
by telling you faUrJiooil * and sticking to
them. They Htlck to these falsehoods ju t
as the World-Herald does to the for ed
editorial of the Financial News of London.
when wo have proof positive that It Is
a forgery , and have iho copy of "ho paper
In our olllro stating that they never pub
lished mich an editorial ,
Now. they sjy that' there Is not go'd '
enough in the world to do the. business
of I lie world. How U It ? Then * ban been
more gold colnc < l In tlu > last four yt-au
than was dug out of oil California from
ISIS to 1SCO. In tvelve yours.VllhIn the
inbt four ) ears the. gold product of the world
has hern $637 OOOOtQ , nr.d at t'.io same ratio
till iho yur 1900 we me cell's IP Imroasp
the volume of ncM In tin * ' \t f < > ir ) years
by $1000000,000. In the h'i"r IM" there
vis only $170 " 10 OOQ 61 , 0li | . and Mlvrr pro-
In the wvrH Jn the year isr3 'be
total pro'lu'-tlon nt o | I alone U J.on 0"0 000.
co that tUf ro ws * more gold produced In the
year ISO. than there was of gold and silver
together In 1S73 by $27,000,000.
Six or eight years ngo I saw nn old woman
come Into the city of Omaha In n grca
gilded chariot. She came Into town with n
brass band and she stood on the street cornv
pulling teeth for nothing. 1 think some o
you must remember that. She came and nil
made great eclat itcre , nnd some of the
working people actually denounced Th
Omaha lice because It did not puff the oh
charlatan and her work and say she was n
great tooth puller without pain. I went t
see that miracle myself. I found that ever >
time she had some poor woman or child In
side of the carriage pulling the tooth , th
braes band struck up nnd played Just ns
hard ns It could to drown the Bcrenms of th <
tortured victims. ( Applause ) . That Is prc
elscly what these slelght-of-hand performers
are doing now. The brass band plays am
makes n great noise nnd you are told thi
free sliver Is n great thing. ( Applause )
I expect you would even have faith In Schlat
tcr. You would run to Schlattcr probably
some of you , Just ns quick as you would to
nny other necromancer who clnlmed to create
wealth out of nothing , without the cxertlo :
of some human brain nnd some human hand
WEALTH THE PRODUCT OF LAUOR.
Wo do not know any kind of.wealth ex
ccpt that produced by labor , and gold am' '
silver represent that kind of wealth , am
that alone. I saw , for Instance , In a sped
made at Milwaukee by the great necro
mancer , In which he said , "Now reincin. '
her " I will read It so as to get it exact ,
"I wont you to remember that the value
of a dollar depends upon the number o !
dollars. " Well , that Is a very wonderfu
proposition. Remember that the value o
the dollar don't depend upon the substance
hi the dollar , but upon the number of dollars
lars which nro coined by the mint. Non
what does he mean ? Ho means that the
larger the number of dollars made Iho
smaller value the dollars will have. Am'
In the very next minute he tells you li
you will glvo him free and unlimited coinage -
ago In the mints of the United States , If
our mints are thrown wide open to the
world , that then there would be a tre
mendous quantity of silver coined and sil
ver would go right up. If the silver dollars
lars rise In value the more silver you coin
why should gold dollars fall In value wher
more gold dollars are coined ? Is there a
different law governing one than the other ?
Arc not all the money metals governed bj
the same law ?
Just think a little bit. Suppose there were
$500,000,000 worth of gold bars lying In the
treasury or In the vaults of the dlfferenl
banks. According to the great necromancer
the coinage of those gold bars would nt once
reduce the value of nil the $10 and $20 gold
pieces In the United States. Uo you believe
It ? Could any Intelligent man believe that
doctrine for a moment ? Within the last
six years WP have coined $300,000,000 , and yet
the gold dollar Is Just exactly what It was
three yeara ago. They cay wheat Is cheaper ,
they say that hogs are cheaper , that pump
kins are cheaper , nnd potatoes are cheaper ,
and therefore that gold Is dearer. That Is
a wonderful Idea. What Is the standard ot
value ? Is It squashes ? Then It squashes go
down , gold has gone up. Squashes have
stood still. I read In the dispatches from
Cleveland this morning that the harvest ol
grapes In Ohio was so great that they are
soiling a basket with ten pounds of grapes
now In the grrpo regions of Ohio for 5 cents ,
and the basket Is worth 2'Xs cents. So many
grapes have been raised this year that they
don't know what to do with them , and I
would llko to know whether gold has gone
iij ) or grapes have gone down. So then we
are going to have a now standard. Instead
of having one thing to measure all other
things by wo nro going to have potatoes as
a standard , grapes ns a standard , apples as
K. standard , wheat as a standard , and so on.
The perishable commodities of the world can
not be a standard , simply because they are
consumed from year to year , and every year
different crops are produced , while the
money metals continue Imperishable and in
destructible , and therefore they have been
found to bo the most stable measures of
valuo.
nut we do not pretend to say that gold has
an absolutely fixed value. Nothing Is fixed ,
not even the fixed stars , not even the sun.
The north polo is not perfectly north. We
concede variations In gold , but the varia
tion Is slight and Inconsiderable ; whereas
the variations In the price of perishable
commodities nro so great that you can never
tell one day what their value will bo the
next day. And yet this gfeat modern school
of finance established by Apostle Harvey
( A voice : "How much gold Is In circula
tion ? " )
There Is gold In the United States to the
amount of about $000.000.000. There Is very
little gold In circulation , because confidence
has been destroyed. And that In Just what
I want to call your attention to. It doesn't
matter how much gold and silver you have
plied up In the vaults , you could not get
It In exchange/ for your muscle and yon
could not get anybody to Invest It In any
enterprise until confidence. Is restored , and
ccnfldcnco will not be restored until we
prove that wo are willing to pay honest
dollars for cur honest debts.
DISASTROUS EFFECT OF SILVER CRAZE.I
Lot mo call your attention to the effect
of the sliver croze. The congress of the
United States of America nt Its last session
appropriated about $2,000,000 for Iho Im
provement of the Missouri river between
Kansas City and the head of the river. The
engineers and ofllcers of the government
advertised for proposals to begin on these
Improvements In the year 1S9G , and what
has been HIP result ? The contractors that
formerly used to bid would not bid because
they said tills Improvement would take
several jeans to complete and they could
not make estimates for labor and material
so long , na they did not know what kind
of money wo would have In 1897. And ,
therefore , this work Is not going on but
ha been deferred.
On the corner of Fifteenth and Farnam ,
where Hoyd's opera house stood , a five-story
building was planned at a cost of $ CO,000.
That bulMlns was to have been built this
year. The plans were made and everything
wr.s ready , but when this agitation com-
mcnced and the Chicago platform had been
promulgated they had to abandon the pro
ject. The parties who had agreed to nd-
vance the money declined to loan It because
they want to know whether they nro going
to get bad ; the kind ot money they loaned.
That Is why bricklayers In Omaha are Idle.
When I wan in Chicago three weeks ago
Robtrt Lincoln , Abraham Lincoln's eon , told
mo that the Kdlson Lighting company hud "
contemplated the erection cf a $500,000 plant
in Chicago. They baa negotiated with a
London firm for a loan of $500.000 $ , end then
they got notice tuut that money would not
conui forth until they know what they would
bu paid In.
And so all over the United States ; nobody
darrs to constnet ! n building because he
doesn't know whether he can get It rented. :
Confidence having been destroyed , nml con
fidence ri'prpscntii OS per cent of nil the
transactions of the United .States , I ml us tend
nd enterprise are paralyzed , and therefore
hundreds nf thousands of people are lillf ,
This U not the flrbt time such conditions
have nrleen. It always follows a great
money crisis. It follows ! In 1867 , it fol
lowed In lS7t ; , and It continued so until aftei
1S7U , xvheii zprcla payment had been re
sumed. Then business began to bo proper
ous. .iml from Ib79 to 1SS9 and 1S90 the
worklngmen of America had no ( rouble IP
getting work If they wanted r.orlc , and thc >
bad no trouble In geMlu'g pxld In 'good
mnuey whenever they were willing to de
liver their miwlo and brain for It. And
they will have no trouble again If they will
fight fihjr of the political bazel witches and
j water witches that tell them they arc going
to make them rich.
WHAT THE PATENT RECORD SHOWS.
tn my debate with the honorable gentle
man , who Is now running for president , ho
had the audacity to deny that labor-saving
machinery was responsible for the fnll In
i the price of mnchlne-nmdo goods. The
' wheat Is produced by machinery , corn Is
produced by machinery , nnd everything that
Is now produced by the farmer Is In part
produced by machinery. They say that th ro
I Is no such thing ns the Influence of Inven
tion upon prices ; that up to 1S73 the grcnt
! nnd Important Inventions bad all been made ,
'
and since that time Ifivdntlon had not
amounted to very much. ! ' 1 will reed you
a lltllo Information that I have gathered
within the last few dnys :
"Total number of patents granted from
1790 to 1873 was 153,191.
"Total number ot patents granted from
1873 to September 1 , lS9G'wa8 IIC.DS2.
"Previous to 1S73 there were eighty-one
plow patents Issued , whllo ulnco 1873 the
government has Issued 2,657.
"Previous to 1873 , eighty-six harvester
patents were Issued , whllo since 1S73 , 1,494
patents have been Issued.
"Previous to 1873 , 332 nail nml spike pat
ents were Issued , whllo since 1S73 , 1,523 spike
and nail patents have been Issued.
"In electrical engineering and all patents
appertaining to the great classes of electric
ity the e weio lilt forty-four pa'cn s grnn cd
from 1790 to 1873 , whllo since 1873 , 20,2-IS
patents have been granted In the classes re
latlng to electricity. "
So there have been three times as many
patents granted since 1873 as there were
granted In the whole clphty years before
1S73. Previous to 1873 there were eighty-
one plow patents Issued. Since 1873 the
government has Issued 2,657 plow patents.
Previous to 1873 eighty-six harvester patents
were Issued. Since 1873 1,401 patents have
been issued on harvesters. And so I might
EO on.
Perhaps you don't comprehend what nil
that means. In 1873 there was no such
thing as n telephone ; there wns no such
thin ? as an electric light ; there was no
such thing as nn electric motor. There
were no electrical appliances of nny kind.
Hut nil these folks will tell you that the
products of labor have boon cheapened by
the reduction In the price of silver. They
say that the price of silver was stationary
for about sixty years , and yet the price ot
mnchine made products had been going
down , down , down , all the time. In Eng
land alone from 1810 to 1852 the price of
ICO different commodities produced by their
factories was reduced from GO per cent to
SO per cent , and during that same period
England was addlnc $16,000,000 In gold
every year to her circulation. The Increase
In money was greater than population or
Increase of commerce , and'yet ' with all that
Increase in money prices were steadily
going down , and the true cause of their
decline was the Inventive genius , applied to
production and transportation.
REDUCED COST OF PRODUCING SILVER.
Take the production of silver as an ex
ample. If it is true that the price ot
sliver Is less than It costs to produce It , why
Is It that they arc mining more silver to
day than over before ? In 1870 the total
number of ounces of sliver mined In the
United States was slightly over 12,000,000.
In 1S11 ! they mined 48,000,000 ounces. So
you see they mined four times as much
silver In 1S94 as they did In 1870 and they
mined It much cheaper than they ever could
mine It before. They would not run these
mlnrs unless the product paid for the work
put Into them. That stands to reason. And
the fact that the production of sliver has
Increased by one-third tn the last forty
years over what It has been in all thb
history of the world shows just why the
price of silver has been going down.
The state of North Carolina nnd the state
of Tennessee were o'nco known as Uie Ter
ritory ot Franklin , and they'pald their gov
ernor and all their officers in deerskins
and eoonskitis. They el Id n'o't pay anybody
in money , because there v/es not enough
money to do business. 'Is ' It so today ? I
want to nsk any workingmnn hero whether
he Is compelled to take his pay
ment In trade ; whether ho Is
compelled to go ( o the stores and take
out provisions or clothing for Ills wages.
Isn't money enough to go around , is there ?
I can remember in 1S55 , ' 50 , ' 57 end clear
Into the 'CO's , wage workers In Ohio and
v.ngc workers all over the country were com
pelled to take one-half and Eomctimes their
entire wages out In store trade , and they
hnd to pay 30 per cent , or 40 per cent moro
than they could have bought these goods
for cash. Then there wasn't money enough
to do business , although they had free and
unlimited coinage.
The only trouble you are experiencing
now Is that you cannot'get employment
when you want It , and that Is the fault of
conditions which all the mints set going
could not overcome. These conditions have
been brought about chiefly' ' by the instability
of our standard of value , the medium of ex
changes. All the world today Is ready to
send oceans of money to America for In
vestment. Wo could have billions of dollars
In the United States at very low rntcs of In
terest If wo could only convince the men
who own It that wo nro honest enough to
pay In honest dollars what wo borrow in
' .oncrt dollars.
WHERE LAHOR'S INTEREST LIES.
And I now beseech you , my friends and
woiklngmen , to stand for ycurown Intcrt'sts.
Reason for yourselves nnd do not let any
body impose on you with the delusive Idean
that money will bo minted and thrown by n
swivel tower nnd coined dollars will be
thrown In a stream everywhere for every ono
to pick up. Remember that there will bo
no way to earn nnd get niore money until
confidence Is restored. You should cultivate
close relations with each other , but yon must
remember I also that trade unions alone are
not ' going to keep up your wages. I have
always stood up for unions , and I believe
that labor organizations arc essential to
the welfare of wage workers , Itut unions
nlono cannot hold up your wages.
Let mo call your attention to this : That
there Is not ono solitary silver country in
the world when ) labor Is remunerated within
50 per cent of ns high as it Is in the gold
countries. Take Mexico and Cuba for ex-
nmple- . Mexico has $1.5 } per capita of cir
culation , and you talk about $50 per capita
not being enough. You eay the Increase of
money will make prosperity , so Mexico ,
therefore , is not prosperous , but you do say
so. The silver agitators tell you that Mexico
ice Is very prosperous. There are about in-
000,000 of people In Mexico and 12,000,000
of them are peons , and they have
to llvo on what our hogs wouldn't
cat. In Mexico they have the same
kind of population that they have In Cuba.
They have the silver standard in Mexico ,
with $1.54 per capita In circulation. In
Cuba they have the gold standard nml a
circulation per capita of | 10Tho Cuban
laborer , therefore , getB 100 per cent moro
for his work than the Mexican laborer , and
there you have the comparison of the tt.'o
systems , as plain as A , II , C. The Cuban
laborer earns BO cents n day In gold , the
'
Mexican 60 cents In'silver. . Why is It that
the Cuban laborer ean earn a 100-eent dollar
lar , while the Mexican earns ono worth only
)0 cents ? Decause of the depreciated cur-
roncv of Mexico. You cannot name a Bin *
glo silver country where the wages , of a
common laborer Is. over CO cents a day.
There Is no such country ,
I have exhausted my time , and exhausted
your patience * probably , and I trust jou
will take ( Iraq from now on until November
to consider these questions , P.emcmber
hot the interest of the' working man ls
iho Interest of every other human being
In America. There IE not A wage workers'
employer In Omaha tojfcy wljo Is nuking
money. The reason U the want of pros ,
jorlty ot the bread winners and producers. e
Prosperity will bo restored whenever > ou
declare that HIR policies which made us
iroaperoua shall be restore'1 ' ,
I'lciixluir Clilc-ury I'riMliircrN.
FREMONT. Sept. ll.-SpecUl. ( ) The
chicory works It U expected will bo com-
a
ileted .next week and as socm as the factory
s completed the vt'ork ot drying and pre
paring the. crop for the German Chicory
company's factory at O'Neill will commenced
The chicory raisers feel mu'h elated over
heir prospects. ,1
FAKECORRESPONDENTS'WORK
Bogus Messages from Lincoln Intended to
Mislead the Public ,
CHAIRMAN POST DENIES THE REPORT
ItlnHMcrtloiiH tinned oti Alolttlc
KiniMlrdiu- ( lie Political Slt-
unfloii In Ni-liriixUit nt Hie
Prom-lit Tltiu > .
LINCOLN , Sept. 11. ( Special. ) Just nt
present there appears to be n preconcerted
attempt to misrepresent the sentiments of
the members ot the republican stnto cen
tral committee , nnd other republicans of
more or less note In the state , by means
of bogus Bpcclats sent out from Lincoln ,
which pretend to reflect republican opinion.
Several ot such unauthcntic specials have
lately been Ecnt to nn Omnha morning paper ,
each ono conveying distinct misinformation
regarding the attitude of members of the
republican committee. While they arc a
source of amusement to republican leaders ,
they are misleading to many who nro not
on the ground , and cognizant ot the BU
promo confidence entertained by the com
mittee In republican success throughout the
entire state. Chairman Post has Just re-
tutncil from Chicago. In regard to the
World-Herald's statement that the com
mittee had abandoned nil hope of carrying
NcbraHkn , ho this morning said :
"When I left for Chicago a few days ngo
Ne-braska was safe for McKlnley und the
entire republican state ticket. When 1 went
away I left Secretary Mnllallcu nnd Mr.
Schneider In charge , but It seems that
while I was gone they allowed the World
Herald to capture the state for Rryan.
Seriously speakingthere Is no doubt what
ever. In my opinion , but that Nebraska
v , 111 elect the entire republican state ticket.
I believe this from reliable reports re
ceived from every section of the state by
conservative , trustworthy men. It Is an
absolute fact that for the past forty days
the lido has been flowing toward the rcpub
llcan party In Nebraska , and this is more
pronounced each day. I have always be
lieved that McKinley would be elected , and
feel absolutely certain that Nebraska will
share In the glory of his triumph. "
II. M. Uushncll , chairman of the repub
lican committee of the First congressional
district , returned this morning from Ne
braska City. Ho said : "Last night Nebraska
City was simply turned upside down by
republican enthusiasm. The Dolllver meet
ing eclipsed anything In the history of the
town. Dolllver Is , certainly , the greatest
speaker that has come west yet , and Is
doing a wonderful amount of good work
for sound money. McKinley will carry Ne
braska City and Oleo county. Ho will carry
Nebraska , the only queatloii being the slzo
of his majority. "
Congressman Dolllver. who will speak to
morrow night at the M street park , will
be met at the train tomorrow at 1-:30 : p. m.
by the Ladles' McICInley clubs , all the uni
formed clubs In the city , and the McKinley
Drum corps.
Secretary Utt of the Omaha Commercial
club haj written Governor Holcomb as fol
lows : "Tho Brotherhood of Locomotive En-
Blncers of North America hold their con
vention In Galveston , Tex. , commencing Sep
tember 14 , The next convention will bo
bcld ' In 1S98. Wo desire to secure its Joca-
tl'on In Omaha in 'Exposition year. On re
ceipt of this letter I respectfully ask that
you will write a letter to the secretary ot
the organization , at Galveston , joining with
us In the Invitation extended. " In the ab-
stnce of Governor Holcomb , Private Secre
tary Maret has written to the secretary , as
requested , cordially Inviting the members
of the organization to name Omaha as their
next place * , of meeting In convention.
Martin J. Brewer of Fullcrton , Nance
county , who was nominated by the new
national party , or Hentlcy wing , of the pro
hibition party , for the. , office ot supreme
judge , has forwarded to Secretary of State
Piper a letter , declining to run on the ticket.
He advances no especial reason for his
course.
Omaha people in Lincoln : At the Lincoln
II. E. O'Neill , Mrs. George King , George
King , John W. Hosier , F. T. Ransom , A. M.
Jeffrey.
MCIOII of Taylor for It < * iirt > Ncnlii < lfo.
'
UURWELL , Ne-b. , Sept. 11. ( Special. ) At
10 o'clock Wednesday morning the republican
lican representative convention of the Forty-
ninth district met , and after n rloso fight
A. S. Moon of Taylor was nominated on the
fifth ballot. The best nf friendly feeling ex
isted among the contestants ) and the noml-
nntlon was mode unanimous. In the after
noon A. E. Cady of St. Paul , candidate for
congress , spoke to a largo audience , which
congregated In n vacant store building , the
largest room In town. Cady held the audl.
enco for about two hours with a very able
nnd masterly argument. Republicans feel
jubllent. and are betting on both Cady and
Moon. Music was furnished by the Durwell
band nnd the McKinley Glee club , which
nddc < l to the Interest of the meeting.
il CountJMon < Mrn' Picnic.
ST. PAUL. Neb. Sept. 11. ( Special. ) An
old settlers' picnic was held Wednesday by
the people of the western halt of Howard
county. An elaborate banquet was spread
and COO people assembled. The rain Inter
fered somewhat with the program , and the
grove had to be vacated , after which the
crowd gathered In the public hall in town ,
where speeches were made by Judge Hanni
bal , County Treasurer Peter Ebbcsen , Fred
Olson , Niels Nielsen and others , nnd a gen
eral goad tlmo was hud. In the evening
there was n dance In the hall , which con
tinued to the small hours of this morning.
Condition of ( In.Sii'Tnr Ile < > < Crop.
FREMONT , Sept. 11. ( Special. ) The beet
raisers have had several analyses of this
year's crop made. The beets are ripening
slowly and thus far have not reached the
required test of sugar content and purity.
E ch analysis , however , shows an Improve
ment over the last and It Is expected by
October 1 Iho beets will reach 1- per cent
eacchnrlnc content and SO per cent purity.
Curiu'iilcr Hurl nt Kri'inont.
FREMONT , Sept. 11. ( Special. ) Louis
Hanson , n carpenter employed on the chicory
factory , fell from u scaffold on the outside
of the building yesterday , a distance of
nearly forty feet. Ho struck a couple of
boards in falling , breaking both of them
and landed on n pllo of loose earth. No
bones were broken , though ho sustained
very severe bruises.
On ! > 5 < ' " ' Kuulllvf ( 'n im lit nl Klinliiill
KIMIIALL , Neb. , Sept. 11. ( Special Tele
gram. ) A man named Miller from Chey
enne , was arrested hero this afternoon.
Ho Is wanted In Cheyenne far stealing a
bicycle and suit of clothes. Ho was turned
over to the sheriff of Lu ramie county to
night. _
g I'all
WILSONVILLE. Nth. , Sept. II. ( Special. )
A heavy rain fell here last night , consid
erably cooling off Mother Earth and doing
, great deal of good to the small grain that '
wns sown.
All ( Inlft lit .V < MV OrlcaiiH.
WASHINGTON , Sept. 11. Comptroller
Eckels has received a telegram from the ,
bank examiner at New Orleans stating that
the clearing house had Issued certificate ;
and that the danger of further troubles had
passed.
SnvliiKx Iliinlc I'riHliUiitrriNtiit ,
CHICAGO , Sept. 11. George L. Maglll ,
president of the Avenue * Savings bank , which
.recently failed , was arrested today ,
A.MITIIIill Xi\V OIIII3A > S llAMv 'JOK
Hunk of Commerce , I'oundcil Mm
Vi-nrM A o , rloMCN KM Door * .
NEW ORLEANS , Sept. 11. The Hank of
Commerce , which evrr > body thought would
bo nble to weather the- wave of distrust and
suspicion which has followed the recent
wreck ot the American National bank , was
compelled to close Its doors this morning.
There was a large crowd outside the bank ,
but everybody wns orderly and all the blue
coats had to do was to clear n passageway
for the pedestrians to pass toy on the walks.
All mani'cr of surmises and opinions was
being freely aired by the crowd , but the
sum and substance seemed to be that the
Hank of Commerce had adopted the only
course left to It.
President Nlchcll gnvo out the
following explanation : "Owing to the
unprecedented run on the bank for
the past six weeks nnd the impossibility
of realizing with sufflrlcnt rapidity on the
assets , and after consulting with the vice
president of the clearing house , submitting
n statement to them , wo deemed It ad
visable In order to protect the Interests of
depositors , so that they might be paid In
full In n short while , as well ns the stock
holders , to tnke this step of luUildntlng , aMen
Mon which none feel more than we do. "
The bank owes deposltois between $300,000
and $100,000. while the nssets ot the bank
are nbout $800,000. The bank had quite a
long list of small depositors.
Frank II. Lcfao and Louis Colombo , book
keepers In the Union National bank , have
been arrested at the b.ink by n United States
deputy marshal. The charges ngalust them
hnvo not yet developed.
The Hank of Commerce was founded In
1SS7 with a capital of $100,009. In that year
several prominent business men got to
gether and , deeming that the banking facil
ities of New Orleans were Inauinclent , made
up their minds to remedy the defect na
much as possible- und the Hank of Com
merce was the result. The plan of the In
stitution wns to do a general banking busi
ness In such a way as to furnish accom
modation to all classes of patrons , from
men of millions to n wage-earner , and also
to do a collecting business. U found a
fruitful field before It nnd Its success up to
this morning had been suchms to justify
the highest hope of Its founders.
At 1:30 : this afternoon there was n lively
run on the People's bank. Depositors
flocked to the Institution and formed Into
line before the paying teller's window. So
many people were in line that it was ex
tended clear Into the streets. There was
considerable excitement , but no trouble of
any kind. The otllclals of the People's bank
did not seem to be worried over the run
and all checks for $100 or under were rapIdly -
Idly cashed.
Frank 11. Lefno and Louis Qolombe , book
keepers In the Union National bank , have
been arrested at the bank by a United
States deputy marshal. Colombo was not
taken Into custody , as he was too sick to
leave his home. He was under nrreat , how
ever , at his house. Lcfae wns arraigned
and held In $10,000 bonds for n hearing. Ills
bond was Immediately signed. He refused
to make n statement. Two sets of books
were kept. The defalcation purported to
bo In the neighborhood of $500,000.
TKOUII.KS i.v TIIH itisi\i < : ssvoni , n.
ItlK- Cotton Firm of Clncliiiintl
nu Axsluntiu'iil.
CINCINNATI , Sept. 11. Thomas 11.
Pearce , Harry T. Atkins and Henry Pearce ,
owners of the Frinhlln cotton mills , and doIng -
Ing a general and extensive cotton business
In this city under the name of Pearce , At
kins & Co. , nnd the Henry Pearce- Sons
company , assigned today as a company and
as individuals to William C. Cochran , the
cotton mill owner. The assets arc $210,000 ;
liabilities $103,000. The assets consist of
$110,000 In personalty and $130.000 In realty
The cause of the big crash Is duo to slow
collections and dull business. There are no
preferences.
The firm of cotton mill owners Is one of
the largest In the country. Penrce , Atkins &
Co. have n big store here and Henry Pearce
Sens own the big Deer Cicck cotton mills.
The firm of Henry Pearce Sons nnd Pierce ,
Atkins < t Co. , the Individual members of
which arc Thomas II. Pearce , H. F. Atkins
and Henry Pearce , Jr. , is the successor of
the firm started In 1817 by John Pearce and
Henry Pearce , uncles of Mr. Henry Pearce ,
sr , The firm of John and Henry Peurcc
first commenced manufacturing cotton gins
nnd spinning machinery , which were used
In the south , and In ranking their trades
they were sometimes compelled to tnke
cotton In exchange. This induced them to
go into the manufacture of cotton goods nnd
In this way the cotton manufacturing busi
ness began. The firm of Pcarcc , Atkins &
Co. , has been in existence- twenty years ,
and the firm of Henry Pearce & Sons for ten
years. Several hundred employes will be
thrown out of work.
NE\V YORK , Sept. 11. John McClavo &
Sons , manufacturers of bicycles , today as
signed to William Harrison without prefer
ences. The liabilities of the firm are esti
mated nt $100.000 , but the value of the
assets , which consist ot bicycles , materials
and accounts , is dlfllcnlt to fix. The assign
ment does not directly affect the lumber
business of John McClnve. The creditors
of the late concern will doeldc whether the
circumstances necessitate an assignment by
John McClavo personally.
[ HIS M'OAHTIIV HAS A HAD ItHCOllD.
AH u Safe < 'rili'Kcr lie l njo.vrt AI in ( IN <
n .ViiUoiuil KcimtiifJoii ,
SAN FRANCISCO , Sept. 11. John J. Mc
Carthy , who was arrested Wednesday on
the charge ot being the leader In the at
tempt to rob the First NaUqii.il bank of
Los Angeles , In a familiar character In
pollco circles. As a safe cracker the.
prisoner has nn almost national reputation ,
but his attempt to tap the trcaMrn vauilp
of the bank by means of a. tunnel la be
lieved to bo lilu first effort : iloiu' : these
lines.
McCarthy admits that he v.-fcfc In 1/is
Angt-les at the time of the attempted t.uff
robbery , but strenuously denlos that bo had
anything to do with the eiline. Me.Cnrtny
Is about 35 years ot age. He Is ixnveifrlly
built and In the palmy days of thn obi Cnll-
fornla Athletic club gavn many exhibi
tions in the prlzo ring In this elty. lie wan
horn In New York and hhu pui cil niuch of
his lifeas a tailor. Ho chilin lo h.ivo been
employed on thu steamers plying betwcesi
Panama and South American perls , find tilxri
on vessels in European waters. In IStihi *
was arrested with "Shorty" Adama Mi.l Ed
Connolly for the robbery of a unto Irt i
Seattle , McCarthy rcnfch.rd the crime anil
turned state's evidence. Hid jonfedci-ates
were sentenced to seven years In prison.
McCarthy then wont to Lo.1 Angeles , where
ho was arrested , but cucapeel conviction , for
shooting n man.
A few days ago F. L. Jones , nt whoso
saloon the bank robbciH made tlir-lr head
quarters and began ihclr tunnel , was
arrested In Seattle and taken to Lo * Angolon.
Detective IlradUh of Lob Angles Is expected
to arrlvo In this city loday to takr.Minrge
of McCarthy. Thn search /e < r Iho rol ln > r
still at largo will continue. The- suspected
men are named Mathcuy , Jtyorsur : and Gil-
lisple.
Much .SnfTcrlfiK lit OonU'H Inlet.
WASHINGTON , Sept. 11. Information re
ceived at the Treasury department Indi
cates that there is likely to be much tuffor-
'ng among 'the miners at Cook's Inlet , who
are returning from the Alaikftu gold ( U'lds ,
unless the. commercial companies which took
them north provide for tlirlr paKsa e home. .
Moro than n year ago the department
notified the commercial comiieulcs tti.'it
thereafter the government could not funiMi
transportation for these miners un'i that U
the companies took Iho nilnrni noiih tlu.v
should look out for tlielrvUtrn / It , la snld
that If all tlie cutters III ( lift HorUm bra
were prck ed Into service they wild urt
accommodate mom than 120 men Tin re
arc said to be nearly 1.000 of ttieitg rf
miners now at Cook'i Inlet ,
LUUPVALLEY VETERANS UNITE
Form nu OrgmiiEation to Promote Their
Social Interests.
OLD SOLDIERS ENJOY THEIR OUTING
lict I'lOllll' lit Stl'MIII'I'x ( ! ri \ < ' XtMltf
.Virlli l.tiiip llrliiiVH ( lilt n
I.UI'KC .VllOllltllUHC Of
Old U'lirrliifH.
NORTH LOUP , Neb. . Sept. 10. ( Special. )
Stewart's grove , situated nbout two mllea
onst ot this city , wns > osterday the scene ot
what wns one of the most In
teresting and enjoyable occasions In the
way of an old soldiers' basket picnic nnd re
union ever held In this portion of the utate ,
four counties being represented nnd most ot
the vetcrnns having come with their wives
nnd families and with well tilled baskets ,
with n special view to having a good time.
The meeting was called to order by Dr. F. 0.
Ilurdlck of this place and Rev. 0. D. Crnw-
ford of Orecley wns elected chairman nnil
Dr. Hurdlck secretary. After the temporary
organization wns effected , adjournment was
taken until after dinner , nt which tlmo a
varied and bounteous repast wns sprend on
plank tables Improvised for the occasion be
neath the trees , nnd during the eating ot the
mtnl many familiar camp-life Jests wor *
jovially passed around nmong the "old boys"
who wore the blue.
After dinner the * meeting was ngaln called
to order nnd brief patriotic succclips were
made by D. McCall of Ord ; Rev. James
Lisle of North Loup , Itov. O. D. Crawford
of Orceley , Adam Smith of Ord , John llrlde-
well of Scotia , Attorney Cinnoo of Greelcy ,
Dr. Ilurdlck of North Loup. II. S. Sprocher vji
of Scotia nnd a number of other vetcrnns. 5JI
Owing to the general satisfaction felt by ' *
all the old soldiers present iel.ltIvo to the
enjoyableness of the reunion , and the
trouble nnd expense unavoidably neces
sitated In attending the nnminl Etato reunions -
unions , nn expense which most of them
are illy able to bear , It was decided to
organize into a permanent Institution , to bo
known ns the '
Loup Valley Veterans' as
sociation , and the following olllcprs , were
elected , It Ivolng understood that other
neighboring counties not represented at the
meeting were to be Invited to unlto with
the organization :
President. Adam Smith , Ord ; secretary ,
Dr. F. O. linrdlck , North Loup ; treasurer ,
J. J. Miller , Scotia. Vice presidents : D. F.
Hoyden , Grceley , Oreeley county ; Henry
Thorngnte , North Loup. Valley county ; A.
A. Waters. Hartlett , Wheeler county ; II. F.
Adams , St. Paul , Howard county. It was
also decided to hold a midwinter campflro [ I
at Scotia and to hold the next annual re- i *
union In some convenient grove , the location ' . '
of which was not definitely decided upon , -J
not later than September 15 , 1897. to con- 5
tlnuo for a minimum period of three days.
ROSTER OK THE ORGANIZATION.
The following charter members signed the
roster of the- new organization : J. J. Miller ,
company 1) . Eleventh Iowa Infantry ; J.
L. Dorrow , rompjny C , One Hundred r-ul
Seventeenth Illinois ; A. W. Slmpklns , com-
pnny 1) , Second Nebrnskn ; J. Hill , Thirteenth
Ohio artillery ; II. S. Sprecher. company D ,
One Hundred nnd Tenth Ohio ; P. Drown
company 1C , Fifty-second Pennsylvania ; O.
D. Crawford , company A , Ninth Iowa ; G. W.
Vonhorn , company D , Thirtieth Indiana ;
James Miller , company K , Third Iowa cav
alry ; \v , I ) . McFarlnnd , company E , One hun-
pany A , Sixteenth Iowa ; D. F. Hoyden , coin-
cox Ono Hundred and Forty-second Illinois
Infantry ; Charles Weeks , Sixth Illinois bat
talion ; W. H. Uiiigcss , company L , Seventh
Illinois cavalry ; H. I. Cox. company U , Ono
hundred and Thirtieth Indiana ; II. A. Chase
company G , Thirty-seventh Wisconsin-
F'enry ' Thorngatc , company I , Seventh Wis
consin ; George H. Rood , company G Thir
tieth Wisconsin ; D. McCall. company H ,
Seventy-second Illinois ; J. C. Klldow , com
pany E , Third West Virginia cavalry ; H. T.
Last , company K , One hundred and Forty-
ninth Indiana ; John McDermott , company A
One hundred and Twenty-ninth Illinois ; I/
S. Davis , company C , Ninety-ninth Ohio ; M.
W. Green , company C , First Wisconsin cav
alry ; Edwin Stewart , company 1C , First WIs-
coiibln cavalry ; James LUlu , Third Iowa bat
talion ; H , R. Krebbs , company L , 'Seventh '
Illinois cavalry ; A. M. Stewait. company D
Ninety-sixth Illinois ; F , 0. Hurdlck , company - ,
pany C , Fortieth Wisconsin ; J. Drawbridge
company O , Twenty-third Illinois ; James
Lewis , company H , Twenty-fifth Wisconsin :
b. J. Swan , company D , One hundred and
Llghty-nlnth Now York ; J. W. Illlyleu , com
pany E. One Hundred and Thir
tieth Illinois Infantry ; Fred Meyers
company F , Ninth Illinois cavalry ; Jerry
Pridemorc , company It , Forty-eight Illinois ;
Charles I'lsh ' , company U , Flfty-becoiid Illl-
nola ; D. W. Greenfield , company I , Seventh
Wisconsin ; Daniel Ilcnson , company O
Ninety-sixth Illinois ; Abe Trout , company
E , Nlntleth Ohio ; V , ' . II. Wygent , company
D , Ninety-sixth Illinois ; F. M. Davis , com
pany E , Tenth Minnesota ; M. Tlmmerman ,
company II. One Hundred nnd Sixty-first
Now York ; Jumcs Clark , company H , Elghty-
olghth , Illinois ; Alfred Springer , company
II , Fourth Minnesota ; George Lurkln , com *
pany II , Ninth Wisconsin ; A. Smith , com
pany H , Twenty-sixth Indiana ; Ilyron A ,
HaFkcll , company D , Ono Hundred anil
Forty-second New York ; Rufus J. Colling ,
company II , First New York dragoonx ; W
II. Rood , company 0 , Thirty-bin piith Wis
consin ; Nathaniel K. Rcdlnn , Eighth Wis
consin bnllnllein ; O. J. Cox. cnmi/auy L , Sev
enth Indiana cavalry ; H. N. Colby , company
I , Ko\ciili ! Wisconsin ; D. C. Hiilly , company
H , Thlrty-eoYcnlh Wlneonsln ; John Itrldo *
well , company H , One Hundred nnd Twenty-
seventh Kentucky ; It. ( } . AppIcKarth , com
pany D , F.levfnth Minnesota : O. Ferry , com
pany 1C , Sixty-fourth Illinois ; Charles
Rich , Sixth Illinois battalion : W. II. Swan ,
company C. Fifteenth Illinolii ; J. F. Chub-
buck. Third Michigan cavalry ; E. S. Crandall -
dall , I'limpany C , Ono Hundred and Tenth
Now York Infnntry.
Excellent music was furnished at Interval *
during the occasion by the North Loup Cor
net hnnel and martial mimic by Comrades
Stewart and Hurdlck. Four hundred pcr-
KOIIS partook of the dinner nnd gicat f < n-
ihiiHlanm was manifested by the veterans
relative tn siipp'iitlng the Interest of the new ;
organization , It being the generally ex-
prei ed opinion among thorn that It would
bo much more ronve-nlcnt , much ! o s expen
sive and crpially satisfactory to thus moot
at fioimi convenient point nc-ar home to rn-
J.-iy for a few days the congenial companion
ship of their old rnmrndre than to take the
wearisome trip to the annual state reunions.
I'liitlxtiioiilli AVoiiiiin Pnral ) y.cd.
PLATTSMOUTII , Neb. . Seit. , 11 , ( Spa-
( -lal.--Thls ) morning , while Mr * . Joseph
riansbiTouish was eating breakfast , she re-
cnlvcd a xtroko-of paralysis und foil sense
less lo the door. She In SI years of ago
and weighs over 20Q pounds. Her husband
wn rlmllnrly allllrlcd a jcar ar.d. and has
boon nn Invalid since. Ho Is SU years old.
Mr * . Flansborough Is not expected to ru-
covcr. nnd her children hrvet been tele
graphed for.
r
iiKiii rriixt at r.iiuiiiviiit ! .
I.Ol'VIKKB ! , Neb. . Si-pt 11. ( Special. )
The rain of Wednesday night nnd Thurcdny
was rather cold nnd llht ; ; frost was scon en
II.e tow grounds this morning. There vas
no damage to gardens.
for Iliirvcut Homo 1'lciilo.
. Neb. , B pt ( Special. )
Orcit preparations nro being made ( or the
rnti""l bui'.en homo picnic , which ! to Up
two wc Ka.