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STATEMENT OV CIRCULATION.
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Douglas County. I
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nclual number of full nml complete ct.pleji of the
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during the munlli of AniuM , ISM , wus as follows :
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21 21.79 ?
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15 20.2.VI 31 20,741
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prencncf this 1st ( Iny uf Uvptcmlirr , ISM.
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Notary 1'ublle.
The ( allies * iinlnml Is common , lint
tlio nnlinitl with two tsills in u freak.
Gunenil Palmer anil Coneral lUtduior
jiro fjolii to inalfi' u Httlo dunionstra-
tlon In Madison Sqnaro jwili-u for
tliuinsolvos.
Our local llryau eonU-miiornry makes )
a HiiriiKo attack upon outIVllow towns
man , .1. II. Piper.Vu are sure J. II.
IMper can pruvc an alibi.
Watson may liu willing to risk Ills
cliancos of ili-feat alon with Ilryan. but
ho docs not propose to play Ilie rolu
of fatted calf for Si-wall.
Iilstim to a fri'o silver orator and you
will 'liiiiiKlnc that patriotism consists
solely of repudiating' ' di-bts and do-
Ktroyiui ; tla- national credit.
Populist W. U Grei-nu of thu Sixth
district has had thu democratic label
blown In thu hiss. Hut , tin- label on a
bottle Is not always n guaranty that
this conk-nth are what they are repre
sented to be.
One of the men who certifies to the
( inlet nnd gentlemanly behavior of one
of the Coliseum meeting disturbers Is
reliably teporti-il to have been one of
the noisiest Uryan shunters out there.
Who will certify to him ?
Tha exposition association is well on
the way to permanent organization.
With the substantial stock subscriptions
behind It that is now assured , the enter
prise will start out upon a linn footing
that promises success in advance.
MaoColl , republican candidate for
governor. Is campaigning up lit the
Sixth district , and It Is safe to make
a mark on the wall that he is winning
votes for thu state ticket wherever he
puts in an appearance among tin-
people.
When a candidate for olllce sets out
to win his way by abusing the news
papers , you may safely put him down
as a man who has built himself up on
newspaper notoriety ami Imagines he
can gain further newspaper notoriety
in that fashion.
This New York democratic machine
may endorse the candidacy of Itryan
nnd tiio Chicago repudiation platform ,
but the respectable and reputable demo
crats of New York will not permit
themselves to be forced to drink at Ilie
free silver fountain.
Tammany lias laid special stress
on its endorsement of Unit part of the
Chicago platform that repudiates civil
service reform. Tammany always did
oppose civil service reform. Hut what
does that great reform party known as
the populists tlilnl ; about It ?
The interesting question Is pending
In the supreme court what constitutes
a party nominating convention. If the
court were called on to draw the line
between some conventions and n bowl
ing mob , there might be some doubt as
to It ever reaching a decision.
Just paste this In your hat , for a few
days at least. Under the constitution of
Nebraska no one who holds an oltlco
under authority of the state is eligible
to a scat In the legislature. The rule of
one ; otllclal salary for one man is In
corporated in our fundamental law.
Now watch the popot-rats find fault
with the committees selected to push
tin- campaign for the national demo
cratic ticket. A campaign committee
that contains more than 0110 banker
always cosijiire.s up sea serpents and
nightmares to the popocratlcvision. .
Chairman Jones says hu Is satisfied
with thu result In Maine. Chairman
Jones must bit easily satisfied. lie will
doubtless say he IK satisfied when the
election returns annonnco the over
whelming triumph of McICInley. The
ilemocratlc chairman has such small
hopes that he can not well bu disap
pointed.
With thu recent experlenco with In
competent and disreputable justices of
the pencil which thu people of this
county had bad it would bt'em that party
conventions ought to exercise some care
in the ) selection of men for these really
Important places. Otherwise these poor
men's tribunals will earn ami merit
the contempt of all honest citizens. The
county ticket is not largo this fall and
It Is certainly within the power .of con
ventions to pick good men for these
plucva. Turn down thu ward politicians.
TIIR ItATThR OrXKWUSKA.
For tltc first time since H.H admiration
Into the union , Nebr.nnkn has become onu
of the pivotal states In the national con
test for thn prestdiincy. The fact that
the candidate who has received the i-n-
ilorsenicnt of two great political parties
halls from Xebrnska has ci-ntered an
interest In the battle of Nebraska far
beyond the importance of its vote In the
electoral colliw and forced the lighting
almost exclusively upon national lines.
Whllo public Interest will continue to
revolve about the contest for the prc.s-
Ideiicy , the people of this state must
not lose sight of the fact that Nebraska
has six congressmen and a full state
ticket to elect in November. It Is Just
as Important that men who favor pro
tection , reciprocity and sound money be
elected to congress from Nebraska as It
Is that Nebraska's electoral vote be cast
for McKinley and Ilobarl. It Is equally
important that republican supremacy
shall be maintained In our state govern
ment as that republican supremacy
shall bo restored In the national govern
ment.
We do not exaggerate when we assert
that the triumph c ? the republican cause
In Nebraska as represented by national ,
congressional and state tickets would do
more toward re-establishing confidence
in Nebraska's future and restoring pros
perity to Nebraska's industries than
nti.vtlilng that could pn.sslbly happen.
The eyes of tin * whole nation are upon
Nebraska this year and Nebraska never
had such a chance to leap to the front
at a single bound. Let it once be
known that Nebraska has repudiated
repudiation and cast Its lot with the
states that stand for stability and In
tegrity In national affairs ami capital
nnd population will llow Into this state ,
Infusing hope and new life Into every
branch of productive Industry.
TllK LA mm VUTK.
Trustworthy advices from Washington
nnd elsewhere state that the Uryan
managers are concentrating their ell'orts
on the worklngmen , particularly of those
states which they regard as doubtful
and In which the labor vote Is large
enough to be decisive. The speech made
by .Mr. Ilryan in Chicago on Labor day
was : i carefully considered appeal for
the support of tin- working class , be
ing adroitly framed to incite among
them distrust of employers and
hostility to capital. Utterances of
Ilio popocratic candidate since then
have been on the same line
and he and his managers may be ex
pected to continue tills course to the
pud of the campaign. They will go on
telling the producers on the one hand
that the free coinage of silver will
largely advance the price of everything
they have to sell , which it' true means
higher prices.to the wage worker and a
reduction to the extent of the advance
in the purchasing power of. his earnings ,
while on the other hand telling the
workingman that free silver will not
atfect the purchasing power of his
wages because it will make an ounce of
silver the world over worth ifl.-i ! ) in
gold and therefore the silver dollar will
be worth 100 cents. This effort to
deceive one or both of these classes is
now being industriously made and will
be kept up to the end. Its thorough
dishonesty ought to be apparent to all
men of oriliuaiy intelligence.
.American labor has a great stake in
this year's election. A considerable
proportion of it has been long Idle or
but partially employed. A greater
number of working people have suffered
hardship and privation during the past
lliLiyears than at any other time in
our history. Four year * ago there was
work for all and prosperity was general.
The assault on protection and the agita
tion for free silver created depression
and distrust , which have been ag-
gravatx-d by the action of Un
political element that controlled the
Chicago convention. There arc many
thousands more Idle people now than
before that convention met. There are
symptoms of Impending panic on
every hand. No rational man
can doubt that the election of
William .7. Ilryan would be
immediately followed by the severest
financial convulsion this country ha
ever experienced , accompanied by al
most complete Industrial stagnation.
Hundreds of thousands of men now at
work would b-- thrown out of employ
ment and at a time of year when they
most need work. The coming winter
would be one of unparalleled suffering
among the wage workers of the United
StaU-s and the outlook would be hopeless -
less , for no one could toll when the
necessaiy readjustment would be ef
fected. What but sheer madness could
lead a workingman to support a policy
that threatens such consequences ?
It Is perfuctly safe to say that no
wage earner thinks he Is now getting
too much pay for his labor. It Is also
perfectly safe to say that none finch
thinks the purchasing power of his dollar
lar too great , On the contrary all men
who labor would like to receive higher
wages and have It nf greater value at :
measured In the commodities he must
buy. He could then fei-d and clothe
his family better and enjoy more of thu
comforts and pleasures of life. Why ,
then , should a workingman vote to re
duce his pay by cutting down Its pur
chasing power ? His labor Is his capital ,
lie has nothing else to sell. Why should
he support a policy that would diminish
the value of that capital and probably
deprive him altogether of a market for
It ? If there Is any workingman who
Is deluded with the idea that opening
thu mints would open the mills , let him
ask thu most Intelligent free silver ad
vocate he knows how this would bo
accomplished. I ot him Inquire by what
ii'othoil thu coining of the bullion of a
few silver mine owners would operate
to start up the factories and the various
Industries all over the country which
give employment to labor. Would these
mine owners employ any labor not re
quired In their own business , or buy
any of the products of thu factory or
fariu they do not need , or invest In
building and industrial enterprises ?
Not at all. Their money would bu In
vested in stocks and bonds and banking
Institutions , as heretofore. They are
not philanthropists. They have no In
terest in the "common people , " of whom
thulr champion , Mr. Uryuu , BO glibly
talks. These millionaire mine owners
are looking out for their own interests
nnd are entirely Indifferent to the In
terests of others.
Koitr years ago the wage earners made
the grave mistake of placing the demo
cratic party In control of the govern
ment. They have paid most dearly for
that error. Now they are asked to sup
port a policy of currency debasement
to vole themselves dollars of less pur
chasing power than they now receive ,
with accompanying consequences disas
trous to their welfare. It is almost In
conceivable that they can be persuaded
to take so suicidal a course.
Tin ; TKsriMnxr op MAX
There Is not a great deal of encourage
ment for the free silver cause In the
I'lillcd States In the statement of condi
tions In Mexico , obtained from President
Diaz by the correspondent of a New
York paper. It Is Important to remem
ber , in considering what the Mexican
president says , that his country has the
single silver standard and in order to
have like conditions here we must have
that standard , ilut the llryaii party pro
fesses that its policy would glvj thu
rutted States bimetallism the concur
rent use of both gold and silver at a
parity lu which case there could not be
the same state of things as President
Play says exists in Mexico.
It appears that the appreciation In the
price of gold and the Increase In ex
change between Mexico and the gold
standard countries operated to reduce
Importations and stimulate home manu
factures , the added price of exchange
being in ell'ect an addition to the tariff.
Some of our free silver men have urged
their policy on the ground that It would
have this result here , but they are pro
tectionists , while Mr. Ilryan and most of
his followers are opposed to-protection.
Ilesides , a silver standard could not
operate in this respect here as in Mexico
so loiij ; as wages in this country remain
as high as now. In order to realize what
our sister republic has it would be ueceH"
sary to largely reduce the price of labor
and we could hardly hope to bring that
down to the Mexican rate. President
Dia : ! says that the appreciation of gold
has stimulated exports , the explanation
of which is that as the Mexican dollar
declines lu value relatively to gold the
money of gold standard countries
will buy more of them. As the New
York Journal of Commerce points out.
"with a given amount of his own money
the resident of a gold standard country
can buy more Mexican dollars and more
Mexican products if thu price in Mexi
can dollars remains unchanged or rises
less than gold does. This is the saun
as to say that the Mexican price , un
changed , or rising little , has declined In
gold. If wo will reduce our prices
wo also can export more. " Hut
that is not what our producers want.
They desire higher prices and there is
nothing in the experience of silver stand
ard Mexico to show that they would get
higher prices if the United States should
adopt that standard.
President Diaz states In regard to
wages and the condition of laboring men
that they compare favorably with those
In other countries. With all deference
to this distinguished testimony , it is to
be said that it does not agree with much
other testimony that is worthy of con
fidence. It is not questioned that foreign
capital is being invested in Mexico , the
low rate of wages affording a good mar
gin for profit , but this is not an argu
ment that will avail with American
labor. There is one very suggestive and
.significant fact stated by President Plan :
"The foreign debt of the country is pay
able In gold. " The popocratic parly pro
poses to pay all debts , public and
private , lit silver.
TUK 'I'llllhK ti
The councilmanic combine which seeks
to dominate not only our city , but also
our county affairs , strikingly recalls that
famous play , "The Three fJuanlsiueii. "
The motto of the Itoyal Guard lu that
piece Is , "One for all and all for one. "
Tills also peems to be the motto of the
council combine.
No matter what any one of the com
bine sets his heart on ho is sure of the
support of every man in the ring. Coun
cilman Wheeler wants to be state sen
ator , as well as retain his place in the j
council therefore all the frogs in the
puddle have joined In a chorus for the
ex-watchdog.
Councilman Allan also wants a double
salary with the privilege of rendering
himself useful to his political makers ,
and the combine shouts for Allan and
works for Allan. It is as perfectly nat
ural for Councilman Cadet Taylor to be
for Wheeler as It Is for water to run
down hill. The two watchdogs are
barking the same bark and pulling in
the same traces. When wo conns to
nominating coiincilmen , the Fourth ward
watchdog will be for the Eighth ward
watchdog , and both will be for IJascall
anil Kennard , Junt as Kc.nnard and
Ilascall are for Wheeler and Allan for
the legislature.
"One for all and all for one. " The
notable feature of ( Ills combination Is
the dragooning of city ball employes
into the legislative contest , In which
which they have no direct concern , Such
a course Is bound to demoralize the
municipal service , which Is already suf
fering from political manipulation. But
the play of "Tho Three fJnardsmeu , "
with "Ono for all and all for one , " will
be kept up until thu curtain Is rung
down.
When stock shippers take their ship
ments to Kansas City In hope of se
curing better prices than can bo had at
the South Omaha market they Invaria
bly get left. Once In a while this
fact Is exemplified to thu satisfaction
of the South Omaha people and to the
shipper , who as n rule pays dearly for
his experience. It stands to reason
that this Is thu superior market for
the vast herds of cattle fed In this
state and In the vast grazing region
to the northwest. Otherwise the great
llvo stock Interest could not have beun
built up here.
A clean legislative ticket made up of
capable and trustworthy men means
strength to McICInley anil the state can
didates. A legislative list made up of
besmirched disreputables means so
many dead weights tied to the national
anil st XT * TU'ki-ts. No jmrty can nfTiinl
to JeopMttUp Its c.inso In a presidential
year wMiUtli innnliiallon of unsavory
chnraok'M that. 1mvc to be ilrajrSPil
nluiiK by'tTielr nssocintcs.
PartjJjjCpijiycntIons- about to select
men for Assessors lu the wards and
precincts' 'for Douglas county. What
The llciGilfls said In former campaign *
on this subject Is applicable with in
creasei fyr.ee . today. Is there no way
In whlcllV't'erty | ( owners can be en
listed ID.concerted effort to prevent
worn-out party hacks and Irresponsible
men from securing nominations to these
Important places ? Is it true that good
men would. If elected , raise the total
valuation of ward property and for
this reason are not wanted ? The asses
sors' books of this county show Inequal
ities and injustice of the rankest kind.
If the property owners of this city
could see examples of the work done
they would certainly take a lively In
terest In the subject.
Southwestern Iowa Is the fruit or
chard of the central west. This fact Is
well established lu trade circles , but
it is not a matter of general Informa
tion. It Is the purpose of the managers
of the ( Jlenwood apple carnival now
being held to advertise the fruit prod
ucts of that section to the World and
there is no doubt they will succeed.
The ( Jlenwood carnival will attract
widespread Interest in the apple or
chards of Mills county. Hy means of
this exhibit thu outside world will
be appri-ii'd of the great extent to which
fruit culture has progressed In that
favored spot. No better advertisement
could have been devised. It pays to
advertise a good thing.
A noteworthy feature of the demo
cratic primaries was the absence of
sound money men. The whole business
was turned over to the silver contin
gent. Sound money democrats in this city
do not hesitate to say they would prefer
to bu clashed with republicans than to
bo considered a part of the free silver
party , which they hold is simply a pop
ulist organization. The fact that silver
men of all parties have fused on the
county ticket is only another evidence
of the new alignment that Is going on.
These party organizations are sailing
under five din'oreii ! designations , but. as
a matter of fact , there are but two great
parties demo-pops and republicans.
Republican/ primaries today. Kvery
republican Who wants to see Douglas
county ( lcred'Hably represented In the
legislature stio'ild see that his vote is
recorded In favor of delegates who will
nominate a 'clean ticket of reputable
business ) professional and laboring men.
" Another llcll ill I Ion.
Chicago Chronicle.
11 anybody psUs what 1C to 1 means tell
him It racana the majority beneath which
the honest , wept will bury Bryan anil repu
" ' ' '
diation.
j
Whilt'K tinMuUrr TVttli Herd *
' SpHinRllelil Republican.
Thomas n. Heed's state Is all right , and
so Is Heefl for that matter. Tom never
did bottc ? crtrrmalgnlng in his life than this
'year. J-elta' blUurncss qf partisanship , and
a more genial philosophy become him might
ily. The country is very well pleased with
Speake.r Heed.
AVorkliif Illiiir.
New York Sun.
When the boasting , bluffing Bryan crowd
are claiming that they are sunto carry
Now Yorlc , Now Jersey and Connecticut by
overwhelming majorities , what sort of Im
pression can their llko claims ns to the
great states of the west have upon the
people hereabouts "who know that Bryan has
no chance of winning anywhere in this
region , but will bo beaten IgnomlniouslyV
SIlilVillH' tilt ! IVllMloilM.
Philadelphia Record Oleni. ) .
In his letter of acceptance Mr. Brynn says :
"No nation can afford to be unjust to ita
defenders. " Why , then , does he- propose to
cut down the purchasing power of soldiers'
pensions one-half by paying them a E3-cent
dollar ? Inhis speech In St. Louis on Satur
day Mr. Bryan said : "When you raise the
price of gold in a gold standard country you
lower the prices of all the products which
nro measured by money. " Ho therefore pro
poses to ralso the prices of all products by
lowering the standard of money. Ho would
thus cut down the purchasing power of the
soldier's pension one-half according to his
own doctrine ; and this ho calls justice to the
nation's defenders.
Suiuitnr A1 leu tin i litStump. .
New York Sun.
Senator Allen of Nebraska , chairman of
the populist convention which nominated
another Nebraska populist for president , is
making free silver speeches of the- broad
and general character which distinguishes
those of his candidate. At Sioux Falls ,
S. I ) . , on Labor day , Mr. Allen "claimed that
all railroads were intimidating their em
ployes , and characterized the alleged in-
tlmidators as 'dirty whelps. ' " Ho "was
very bitter in his denunciation of the east
ern gold men. " This sounds familiar , and
It ia hard to say whether Mr , Allen got
it from Mr. Ilryan or Mr. Uryan borrow. ?
from Mr. Allen. What docan't sound fa
miliar is the assertion in the dispatch
from Sioux Falls that Mr. Allen madu "a
three hours' speech. " It is difficult to
bcliovo that ho would submit to such com
pression. Probably "a three days' speech"
is meant.
Tlit > MnrUf ( H mill the ICIiM'tlon ,
iLiouIvlllfi Courier-Journal ( clem , ) .
If , as Bryan claims , the sliver senti
ment Is growing every day , why Is it that
bar silver went down to G5 cents an ounce
Saturday ? This , wo believe. Is the lowest
point touched for several months , and Is In
striking contrast to the 70V4 cents demanded
at the tlmo. the Hey Orator gave Ills cele
brated reading in Madison Square Garden ,
Mexican dTSlTiTW , of which sllvcrltes pretend
to bu so fund that Senator Hutlcr wanted to
make themllt'gal tenders hero , are quoted
at CO. 5 cents and the bullion value of our
own dollars : -exactly C0.3 ot'nlH , On the
other hand "governments" were high and
steady all the week , closing flnn In Hplto
of the recent -mathematical feats In Ar
kansas. ' i V /
The furtlifr > 'o get from free silver the
better wo WI lell , and this Is clearly re
flected In 4hu. commercial as well as the
financial
AX ICK.VTUCKV ,
HU .Mfamirtv TII I ; on nml | | | H AMNIT-
\ltylllH Vflllllllll-ll.
lAUldvUIti Courier-Journal ( Jem. ) .
It Is pcrfyijtly evident that Mr. Bryan
Is shrewd , vbhough to recognize that the
free silver ( beery on which ho Becks the
presidency cannot be intelligently and
successfully argued , and that hu lias ,
therefore , undertaken to win the election
by Inflaming the discontented and the un
fortunate , the shirtless and the reckless Into
rebellion against the established order , hop
ing to arouse them to vote for a change
because their condition today la not aa good
as it ought to bo and will bo when free
Bilverlsm Is beaten , even though he knows
that the change which he urges them to
make would maku the condition of all the
people Infinitely worse than U Is or even
has been.
The spectacle Is a humiliating and dis
graceful one ; and , if the American people
were not an intelligent , honest and patriotic
people , U would be a dangerous one. Aa
it lu wo are confident and we believe most
of our readers : since they have beard this
man face to face are confident that no such
adventurer can bo elected president ot the
United State. .
TIIH IlKSMf.T 1 *
l ( ? mnrrnttr ! Opinion.
Philadelphia Times : The returns Indicate
the prActlcnl collapse of the democratic or
ganization. The republicans have not only
polled their full vote but many moro votes
than they over polled before.
Philadelphia Record : Maine lias spoken
nnd she has spoken the dcathknell of flatlsm
nnd populism In these Xlnitctl Staffs. All
hall the stanch old 1'lno Tree slate , and nil
honor to her patriotic yeomanry !
Boston Olobe : Maine reiterates with un
expected rmphasls the verdict of Vermont
ng.ilnst the free coinage of silver and the
Chicago platform. There Is no room for
doubt that all the remaining states of the
east will in November concur In the Judg
ment ot these typical eastern states.
Springfield Republican : This Is worse
than the Oreeley year , when the bottom
dropped out. In the September election of
1S72 the republicans of Maine had a plural
ity of 17.21C , whllo In Vermont the > had
25.333. Compare these with pluralities of
50.000 and 39,000 In ISOS. We are going to
have a pretty solid east In any event.
Chicago Chronicle : Maine and Vermont
are mere showers presaging the coining
deluge. At no time since the adjournment
of Ihe Chicago convention has there been
a possibility of any other result. The
recreant democrats who sought to betray
their party did not have even n gambler's
chance of winning. They published their
treachery without the possibility of reward.
Kansas City Star : As to the people who
have just given their decision on the great
question at Issue before the American people ,
they are like the people of Vermont , who
voted the other day typical Americana , yet
with a larger nnd more liberal view of
matters political , for there U always a
light In Mainennd occasionally a revcisal
and overturn ; yet the Maine people are
Intelligent , thinking , discussing American
voters. They are not n body of plutocrats ,
certainly not paupers , and arc as well In
formed on public questions as any body of
voters In the union , nnd their ballots express
the " ' " exercised.
press "freomnn's will , freely
They have expressed their opinion , ' and
every citizen is at liberty to draw his own
Inference.
Louisville Courier-Journal : The Main-
election Is more significant than that of
Vermont. H Is the homo of one of Mr.
Bryan's vice presidential candidates ; it was
once the hot-bed of grecubacklsm , and as
late as 1SSO , when the Ill-fated Hancock ahil
KnglUh ticket went down under a moun
tain drift of republican votes , the I'lnc Tree
suit- chose a fusion candidate for governor
with republican and prohibition votes In
the field. Maine is the home * of prohibition
and populism , and every other ism that has
come along of late has been nourished there.
An active campaign has been inailo In it by
George Fred Williams nnd otht'r ' popocrnt
orators. Under the circumstances It was
not unreasonable to expect the largely re
duced republican vote which Sewall nnd the
popocrats expected. Instead of that the
homo of Sewall places a plurality of 50.000
to the credit of sound money. This Is by
far the largest plurality ever given to any
candidate.
IlOpllllllcilll VIlMVM.
Washington Post : The achievement Is un
precedented in the political annals of the
state , and the encouraging effect It will have
upon the republicans of the country at large
Is to bo taken for granted.
Chicago Tribune : The city of Bath , the
home ot Arthur Sewall , one ot thi > append
ages to the Bryan ticket , cast a total vote
of 1,710. Of these votes 1.310 were repub
lican , a gain of COO. Mr. Sewall was beaten
In his own ward by 1S2 out of 212 votes.
Mr. Sewall was beaten In his own family
by a vote of 2 to 1.
Chicago Post : So clear and unmistakable
Is the message from Maine In its repudiation
of the doctrines of repudiation that Us bare
statement overshadows any comment. When
the dispatches announce ) that Maine has
gone republican by something approaching
50,000 it is llko attempting to gH'l refined
gold to tell how it was done and what
chiefly contributed to the glorious result.
Philadelphia Press : There have been no
state Issues in the canvass. The sound
money question and rtie tariff and the Issues
made by the Chicago convention have been
the only subjects discussed. Thu result Is
a remarkable declaration to the world that
the , farmers and workmen of Maine , as well
as the business men , will not have any part
or lot in repudiation , or in reviving secession
doctrine , or any of the other monstrous
changes advocated by Bryan and his south
ern followers.
Indianapolis Journal : Much of the sig
nificance of the victory In Maine is due to
the overwhelming majority , and that Is the
kind of a republican majority that should
be given In every northern state. It is not
enough that Hryanlsm and repudiation
shall be defeated in November. They should
bo burled under popular majorities such as
to render it Impossible for them ever to rlso
again. To this end republicans In every
northern state should now direct their ut
most efforts to emulate the unprecedented
majority In Maine.
Philadelphia Ledger : The result In Ver
mont was a bitter disappointment to the
managers of the Bryan and Sewall cam
paign , but the news from Maine cannot but
have a demoiallzlng effect on their forces
in every stnto which , to the present time , Is
conceded by all concerned to bo close or
doubtful. On the othe'r hand , the decided ,
and even overwhelming victory for the re
publican ticket will certainly imyart fresh
vigor to the friends of sound currency and
the maintenance of the national honor and
credit , and spar them to renewed efforts to
make the defeat of those who follow the
principles of 'Bryan , Altgeld and Tlllmnn
o crushing that little will bo beard of them
again.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat : But let nobody
imagine that the honest money men , demo
crats or republicans , are going to relax their
efforts to make their victory throughout the
country sweeping and final. The same In
telligence , courage and energy which carried
Vermont and Malno by unexampled ma
jorities nro being and will continue to be
employed in Ohio , Indiana , Illinois and the
other great states of the central west , and
the result will bo the same , 1'opocracy has
had sentence of death passed upon It , but
its execution cannot take plnco until No
vember. All over the country the honest
money Hood rises. If Ohio and Indiana were
still "October states" they would repeat the
verdict of Vermont ami Maine.
I'OMTIO.U. .1IAHVISITS.
lnj ) > ri'CT < lrii ( < < ! CniiilKlon of OIL Drlli-
Detroit Free 1'rcim Olem. )
Never In the days of party concord nnd
consistency did the nominee of a demo
cratic national convention have to defend
the genuineness and regularity of the gath
ering that placed him on the ticket as Wil
liam J. Bryan did at Louisville on Monday.
Never before did a democratic nominee
for president feel compelled to defend a
democratic platform against the charge
that It approved of anarchy.
Never before was a democratic nominee
rebuked by an attorney general of his own
political faith for proclaiming a doctrine
moro dangerous than the doctrine of seces
sion.
sion.Never
Never before were n democratic presi
dent and cabinet Impelled to repudiate the
candidate and pronounce against the plat
form presented by a convention assembled
in thu name of democracy.
Never before were strong leaders of the
democratic party forced to assist In chast
ening their own political organization , to
lift up their voices against It or keep
silence In sorrow ar.d humiliation.
Never before was a democratic candidate
for prcsjdeiit declared to be a good enough
populist for the populists to proclaim as
their leader , as an Ideal exponent of their
mischievous conception of government.
Never befoiB was a democratic candidate
for vice president pursued through a cam
paign by a puffcd-up and garrulous popu
list , trying to tonguc-lash him off the
ticket.
Never before did a million democratic
voters and two hundred Influential demo
cratic papers derive satisfaction from the
report of a great republican plurality in
Maine.
Hut once before did a large portion of the
democratic party feel that their country's
honor made a parting of the ways for the
tlmo being a regretful alternative , even us
now hotient money democrats believe that
devotion to their country's Integrity and
their party's good tiaino calls upon them to
defeat free silver and the- threat against
the Judiciary , civil service and federal au
thority.
COCKltAX IN 0 > I.\1I.\ .
Chicago Inter Ocean : llourko Cockran
spoke In Oninha , but made no allusions to
"being In an enemy's country. " It Is only
the genuine nrynnttc who seeks to nrray
section against section and class against
class. It should bo s.ild , however , to llrynn's
credit that be has tried to explain this unfortunate
fortunate- allusion , but it would be more to
his patriotism If his speeches had less In
them cultivating the passions ot his hearers.
Kansas City Stnr : Notwithstanding the
Intensity of feeling and the wide prevalence
of what may be called animated discussion ,
the present tiit tonal campaign hns been so
far characterized by general decency of be
havior nnd an outward display of proper
tolerance. The only notable effort lo howl
down n speaker by the opposition was In
[ * thp case of Hourke Cockran at Omaha on
Monday night , nnd this was not finally
successful , ns Mr. Cockran "snld his say"
and talked tilt In- was done. Some day It
will bo realized in this country that , dur
ing a presidential campaign , every citizen
should bo upon bis best behavior , and es
pecially on guard agnlnst his lower nnd
more savage propensities.
St. Louis filobe-Uemocrat : The Bryanltcs
are maintaining their high record In stu
pidity. In Richmond nnd rVirrolltoii , Mo , ,
they recently howled down honr t money
democratic orators nnd broke up their meet
ings , and now they havo. Just attempted to
do the same thing nt a meeting In Omaha
where Hourke Cock Mil was to' speak , nnd
wlicre he dUl speak. This rowdyism always
makes votes for the side whleli It Is directed
against. Governor Brndloy of Kentucky was
silenced In thli wny In the canvass of 1SD5 ,
but he carried his state. The pcoplo llko
l fii-o speech nnd fair play. Two-thirds ot
the voters In the big audiences which Ilryan
attracted last Saturday In St. Louis will vote
against Bryan , bill not one of them ofToix-d
him any Insult or shnwod the slightest dls-
r-spcct to him. Cockran will speak In St.
Louis about throe weeks hence , and If any
of Hie Llrynnlte hoodlums attempt to howl
him down the big majority which this city
will cast ugniiist their candidate In nny
event will be considerably Increased.
Till ; .SLUMP 1IICA ! > SAW.
I.oul.svlllo Courier-Journal : A glance at
these figures ( returns from Maine ) and nt
the revised returns of less than 35.000 plur
ality for Jones In Arkansas n falling off of
15.000 over the democratic plurality In IS9I
will pretty nearly convince any one bow the
election is going.
New Yorlc Mall and Kxpross : In spite
of all popocratic efforts to make a groa
demonstration in Arkansas , and In split
of the partisan election machinery. It seems
that while- the democratic vote Increased lit
per cent , the republican vote Increased 49
per cent. It looks very much like a
Pyrrhic victory , nftcr nil.
Chicngo Tribune : Chairman Jones of
Arkansas Is not as Jubilant as ho was a few
days jigii at popocratic headquarters. Then
he said dispatches from the chairman ol
the state committee nnd from leading news
paper men of the state Indicated a nmjorltj
of from 05,000 to 70,000. Now , however
official returns have been received from fi1
out of Co counties , showing that Jone ' plur
ality is15,234 and his majority 33,310 , and
these figures may yet be reduced some.
Thus Arkansas falls behind both Vermont
and Maine.
Burlington Hawkeye : Later returns de
velop ttio fact that the supposed tremendous
victory for the silverites in Arkansas Is
dropping down ito n very commonplace
affair. The republicans liovo fully held tl-clr
own In the vote polled , while the democrats
hav suffered a slight decrease , and thp
plurality , instead of being from GO.OOO to
70,000 , as at first announced. Is only 45,234 ,
with four counties to hoar from. Two years
ago the democrats had 48,724 plurality for
governo" , and In 1S02 Cleveland had 40,850.
Indianapolis Journal : The democratic
majority in Arkansas has undergone n very
material shrinkage. At first announced at
fiO.OOO to 70,000. Jones' plurality has now
shrunk to 45,234 , and his majority over all
to 33,310 , with a prospect of some further
reduction. In 1S04 the democrats elected
their governor by a plurality of 48,721 , so
that , as the figures now stand , they show a
loss ot 3,490 compared with that election.
A loss of over 3,000 votes in two years
nothing for the democrats to crow over ,
even in darkest Arkansas.
\i3ws.
Chairman JIIIICH' ' "
'IViulcr of "F
IIfspt-ftfully llt'flliifil.
Davenport ( In. ) Democrat.
The Democrat Is dally In receipt of letters -
tors , circulars , speeches , and other forma of
fictitious literature from a so-called "na
tional democratic committee" In Chicago.
The Information is given on the letter heads
that the chairman of the committee is James
K. Jones , and the treasurer William P. St.
John. The representative of Jones lias fallen
Into a very accommodating frame of mind ,
lie is not only willing , but anxious , to work
without pay , and to keep at It until Novem
ber. Ho says , does thin fellow who Is i mining
ning- the manufacturing end of the Jones
machine :
"You cannot depend upon the Associated
or the United press for the dally current
news of the campaign. My plan Is to wire
you every afternoon matters of general In
terest. State how much I shall telegraph
you. "
The Democrat cannot bo used that way.
It does not altogether discredit either the
Associated or the United press , because those
neWi ) agercles have established reputations
for truth andfairness. . It Is their business
to report political matters just the same as
they handle other events , and that Is from
the standpoint of Impartiality. If they at-
lompt to "doctor" their accounts they can
bo quickly bo called upon for explanation
or somebody's head falls Into the basket.
How Is It with the Jones Manufacturing
company ? On the face of the proposition
made this partisan concern seeks to Impose
upon the press. It deals In Just one article
and that la the booming of Ilryan. To thai
end It is ready to crowd the wires with
verbal stuff which has no news In It. It
proposes to color all the matter It can get
an unscrupulous proas to print. Its only ob
ject Is to misrepresent nnd In that way to
ducolvo the reader. The Jones Manufactur
ing company may bu able to Impose upon a
few papers , but It cannot fool their readers.
.so-limy WAS Tiiinti ; .
VlmvH nf it Senator \Vn | >
In Hi.AlliKcd Crime.
Carl Stliurz In Chicago.
Hut I hear myself asked , If this Is so , why
was this act of 1S73 passed societly , sur
reptitiously , stealthily ? For silver orators
have been persistently dinning Into the pop
ular ear for many years , until millions be-
llored It , the story that the silver dollar
was "assassinated" through the law of 1873
by some dark , corrupt plot. This fable has
been so often and so authoritatively dis
proved that I am unwilling to take it up
again In detail. Senator Sherman did that
recently In a most conclusive manner. I
will only add that I was a member of the
senate at the time and know whereof I
affirm ; and I emphatically pronounce all the
stories about the net of 1S73 being passed
Hurreptltlously ; about senators and mem
bers being somehow hypnotized , go that
they did not know what they were doing ;
about seine Kngllshman being on the
ground with much money to promote the
demonetization of silver , and so on , as
wholly and unqualifiedly false. I wish to bo
scrupulously courteous to my opponents.
Hut as a conscientious student of contem
poraneous history I am bound to say that
in the forty yeara during which I have been
an attentive observer of public affalm I
have never witnessed nor heard of such
unscrupulous , shameless , persistent , auda
cious , cumulative , gigantic lying as has
been and Is now done with regard to thu
act of 1373 , Its origin , Ita nature , and Its
conscqucncrx.
How did It happen that the act of 1873 did
not attract more popular attention at the
I line ? Simply because the dropping of the
obsolete silver dollar from the coinage wax
regarded by everybody taking an Intercut
In such matters as the mcro recording of
an accomplished ( act , as a matter of course ,
just as much HO as a law would have been
providing that the old flintlock should no
longer bo used in the army. And how did
it hippen that a few years afterward such
an uproar arouo about It ? The reason for
that , too , was very simple. In 1873 the mar
ket value of silver , although already yield
ing , was still high. The silver In the silver
dollar was worth $1.02. The silver mlno
owners did not care to take $1.02 to the mint
and get only $1 back for It. He was then
luittiuslastlc for gold. Hut a few year * later
sliver had declined in market value consid
erably , uud when thu silver miner mlgbt
h vo taken 90 cent * worth or silver to IhX
mint and got for It $1 ho was enthusiastic for'
silver , and ho grow moro Ami moro enthu
siastic Ilio moro silver declined In the mar
ket , nnd the more profit free coinage would
have given him. Thp silver mlno owner Is
no doubt n great and good man. but ho la
not the most disinterested of philanthro
pists. Ho knows on which side his bread
li buttered. Finding the act of 1S73 In his
wny. IIP discovered that act to hnvo been a
heinous crlmo , not against the mining mil
lionaires , but agnlnst the common people.
Another class of persons joined In the cry ,
namely those who had worked for nn Inlln-
llon of our Irredeemable paper money , who
bad opposed the resumption of specie pay
ments , nnd now favored thp silver dollws
because the silver In It was worth In the
market less than n gold dollar , nnd Us coin
age would therefore furnish what they
called "cheap money. " And then began
that campaign ot falsehood which In gimme-
lessness of lmpo turc has , wlthlu my knowl
edge , never had Us equal.
rolVI'Kn UI3MAHKS.
Hoston Cllobo : "I say , ilo you think that"
\VlKRlns ! < ; i man to bo trusted ? "
"Trusti'il ? Vos ; rather. Why , I'd trust him
with my life ! " "Yes but with nnythlliff
or value , I menu ! "
Detroit Free Pros * : "Wlmt do you re
gard IIM the moMl reliable wuntliur report.
professor ? " ' '
"Thunder. "
Philadelphia Hocord : The seodlosH grape *
nnuoilncod In Oregon will bo popular with
nppemlicltlzoliM.
Chicago Hocortl : "That young widow
next iloor has bought n bicycle. "
"isn't that n trlilo odd ? " I
"Xo ; she snyn who bail to have It so she
cculd carry Mowers to the cemetery. "
Pomorvlllc- Journal : A true gentleman Is
n man who has not been Invited to a lawn
parly given by his neighbor nrroaa the
way , and who. nevertheless ) , doesn't hope
that It will ruin.
Chicago TrlbnnoValter. : . "
spoke Ilio guest , "I ordered Roquefort anil
you have brought mo Swiss. You oughl to
know that's not lust the cheese. "
"Yes , sir , " rcpll-tl the Importnrbnblo
wnllor , malting Ilio desired change nnd
slapping down u larger check , "Unit altora
the Itiiro , sir. "
Clovolatul Plain Dealer : The master of
the house You see It's slmplis enough to
build a lire In this range 1C you know how.
I stipposo It'sall Htr.ingi * to you , however.
The now domestic Yes , sir , I wasn't raised
In that way. "And bow were you raised ? ' '
I usetl too much coal oil , sir. "
Washington Star : "t wonder why so
many tolopbono operators are women ? "
said the man who cultivates an Idle oil-
rlo lty.
"I don't know , " replied tbo misanthrope ,
"unless It's because the occupation puts
thoin In n position to have the last word
oviry tlmo. "
Indlaiianolls Journal : Watts You scorn
to bo unilor a sort of nervous strain hereof
of lato. II is beginning to toll on yon.
Potts That Is Just it nervous strain I
am trying to tnpor off on talking polities.
I have got It down to about an hour u tiny
now. but it Is mighty haul work , mighty
hard.
TI1K niNN'HH ItttLU
IJotlolt Ntnv.K.
The beauties of the starry nlsht ,
The glorlos of the morn ,
The holy hush of twilight hours
When evening is born ,
M.'iy please the poets well enough
To make a sills- rhyme ;
Hut an for mo 1 much prefer
The charm ot dinner tlmo.
" ( ) \ Dli IIIC MAIX Tll.\Civ. "
Written for The Hec.
O , election time am comln'
An' de leabs am Uirnlu' brown ,
An' do co'n'H begin to ripen
An' do woiT am turnln' 'roiin *
Jos as ir yo'd greased do nxlo ,
An' hail stahted It to spin ;
Fo' my bawt am rtinnln' easy
CIUVSD MoKlnloy's gwlno to win.
O. doy haliit no n.so ob talkln'
Fo' 1'se tollln' yo1 u fac'
Diit MoKlnloy Is a-runnlii'
On tie big muln track.
When n nlMKnli stahtH to toll yo'
Ob sumthiir ( bit bo know ,
Yo' may bet yo' ilolliib on It
Hat bo's tollln' what IN so.
Doy cnln talk ob iloyr fioo silver
An' ilo crime , ob sempty-tbrcu ,
lint MoKlnloy : im n fellah
Out n in Kooil ontif fo' mo.
An' I want yo' nil to know it
Dat I'm tollln' yo' n fac'
Fo' he's Kwlnu tUralKhl to glory
On ilo bip main track.
IIHN'HV JtVHON Al KN.
and cooler times are at
hand , for which everyone
with a memory of the tor
rid summer rejoices ,
And fall styles in cloth
ing are ready , if you know
where to look for them ,
Clothes , more clothcsyou
can find at almost any
store , but there is only
one best place where
style is as much a consid
eration us the cloth itdelf.
We want to clothe the
man who used to think
lie must have everything-
cut to his order. We would
like to show him his error
and put money in his
pocket at the same time.
For the man who knows
our kind of clothing , it is
only necessary to remind-
hlm that our Fall Stocks
are ready for his inspec
tion.
S. W. Cor. 15th tuid
Duuglua Sts.