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TJTIJ' ' ] OMAHA DAILY . .UEE : TUESDAY , OCTORET ? 20 , 185)0. ) Tim OMAHA DAILY BEE. OK HtrnsntMTioN. j/aur > " ! ( Without finrxUy ) Ono Yer. . . . W Dallr nf * ntul Sunday , Ono \tnr low BU Month * * J3J Three Month * i 52 Runday lie * . Cine Yonr. . . . JJJ Saturday HP * . One Year ' g Weekly Uee , Ono Yetir * * OI'I'ICUH ! Om hB : Tli < I ! nulMliilf. Fouth Omnhn : Slnifer Illk. , < * or , N and ! tn six. Council Illurr : IS North Miilii Sin-el. ChlcaKn OltK'c : at ; Clininli'-r nf c ommere' . New York ! lloomn U. II undJS Trlhun * Uiaif. Woililnston : 1107 V Street. K. . COIlfinHfONDKNUK. All comrminlo tlon relntlnK to nrwii n" > ' torlal matter uliould be n.MrMwd : To the I-.lltor. 11USIMKSS l.irrTKUS. All Innlnwii l-tters ntid remittance * houM bp ndilrettpil to Tlia lte rulillslilnit Cfimpnny. Omaha. Drnfln. ctieckn anil pontonica orilrrs jo be mail" unynl.ln tn the order of tiic * < nt n > TI i K 111:1 : ; 1'ttin.iruiixo _ XJMPANT. ' BTATKMUNT 6p CinCUI AT"lON. Rlate of Nrl'rnnk.i , I IXraKlmi County. , _ , , _ 0-orne U. Tarchurk , crr-tarr ot lln- " ' 'V.1 ' " , tlihlnit company. li'lnR duly nwoin , Bnyx mil ' " " nctunl number df ! M u l coNiiiletH cfijIM or riie natty. Morning. iMlrK : nnd Sun.Hy . lli P"1 * 1 rturlne the mimlli ot 'epteml/er. 18 ir wan f l- 1 ! . 3 21.Wl K.M ; ZO.MO 51.110 23 < K ZO.IM s m.is ? 10 sn.iii n SO.OT. 15 20.IM * n w.noo n : * un 15 5UIJ 30 ' 12,603 dcilupti'Vns for unj > old nml rntiimeil Totnl net K.t Bworn to l > fori me nnd yiilwcilliod In inj rrooncc till * 1st Oay of OctoVr. ISM. Fnjrj Nnta'ry rubric. "The republican party stnnils for hnnpst nmiu > y nml the uliutiro to earn it. " William McKlnloy. The people of the Unltcil Slates will never rerojinl/o nny "oni'iny's conn- try" within the boundaries nt the na tion ? The olccllon of 1S)0 ! ) will mark the larsost electoral vole and also ( he lars- est popular vote in Die history of the American republic. It Is simply Impossible to keep the people from KoliiK to see McKlnley. It will also be Impossible to keep the people from voting fof McKlnley. There are over FiOO active republican clubs In Nebraska. This does not look ns if Nebraska n'pnbllcins : were losing nny of their party loyalty and enthu siasm. How fortunate that the opening of the foot ball season conies before elec tion , so that lite transition from politic * to college nthletlcs may not be too sudden and precipitous. Omaha's weather prophet has Just been supplied with new and Improved machinery. The effects are already seen In the beautiful weather which wo are being permitted to enjoy. Nowhere In the constitution does It nay that the president of the United State-i shall bo able to make twenty- three speeches In twenly-three different towns on one and the same day. Neither bituminous nor anthracite coal Is o hard as the hearts of I lie dealers who combine to keep the prices of that commodity at a prohibitive price in spite of nn enormous overproduction. The certainty that the genuine demo cratic leaders , Generals Palmer nnd Ilncknor , will come to Nebraska , Is causing much uneasiness among the psoutlo democrats who follow the llryan standard. A steadily Increasing inquiry for Omaha real estate , couplet ! with an en couraging volume of bona tide sales of property for actual occupation , Is an other Infallible indication of coming prosperity. Douglas county wants a business administration of Its county affairs. Tlie way to Insure such management Is to elect the republican nominees for county commissioners , I'eter Mangold and Henry Ostrom. The World-Herald announces that It wants to raise sr > 00 for Its campaign subscription fund. Wonder if that Is the slxe of Its claim against the popo- cratlc committee that It Is anxious to collect out of the people's mite ? There is no danger to be apprehended to the valued policy law from a repub lican legislature. The valued policy law was enacted by n republican legislature nnd tlie best way to keep It on the statute book Is to keep tiie legislature republican. The news Hint Hon. Thomas n. Heed lias recovered the use of his voice nnd will at once resume his tour In tlie In terest of honest money , will rejoice the hearts of Omaha citizens , \vljo hope to hear this distinguished orator before thu campaign closes. Does the city council Intend ever to repair the mutilation of tlie city hall which it ordered at the time it was bout on bringing tlie city Jail Into the building ? Months have passed ) since that Jail scheme was given up , but tlie city hall has not been restored. Hesolve early In the week lo see your name registered In the poll books of your ward and voting precinct next Fri day , October 23. If you wait until the , following Saturday you may forget It altogether , or bo crowded out by the rush which Is Inevitable on the last day. Buffalo Hill Is indignant because the authorities of St. Joseph have at tempted to class Ills Wild West with n circus. ItulTalo Hill sayn be Is not In the circus business. If he doesn't get moro free advertising out of this Infringement of his rights than nny actress ever got out of having her diamonds mends stolen , the- colonel will fall to sclzo n good thing in his reach some thing hu has never been kuuwu to do before. IA81ITINU IlefctTlng to tlie way in which Mr. I'.ryan has Instilled railroad employes by telling Iheiu to wear their MeKlnley buttons , If they must , and then to vole for free sliver , the Philadelphia Itecord says tlie popocratle candidate little tin- dcrstnnds the railroad men of the coun try when he Imagines that they would snbmll to coercion nnd have the unman- llnesH to wear the badges of servitude , "lie will llnd , " says Unit paper , "that they need no prompting to resent this Insult to their manhood. The railroad men will vote against free silver coinage beentiKi' , ns Mr. Ilryan himself has told them. It would reduce the purchasing power of the gold standard of money under which they are now paid their wages. This Is tlie kind of 'coercion' to which they nrc submitting the coercion of enlightened self-interest nnd the sense of duty to tliemselve ! . their families , their neighbors and their country. " It Is not alone railroad men who have been thus Insulted by Mr. I'.ryan in im plying that they were playing the part of cowards and hypnerHo. . He has talked In I Ids way to employes In mills and faeti-ries. telling them by insinua tion that they were being Intimidated by tfn-lr employers and then assuring hem Hint they had protection under the ioeret ballot. Mr. llryan evidently hlnks that the majority \\orklngmen lave no manliness as he certainly must believe , judging from the nature of his mrangues , that they have little Intelli gence and Integrity. Doubtless there lire snmeorklngnieti who are amenable o the clutrge of political cowardice , but ; he number of such cannot be large. We believe Hie great majority of those who mnke known their political allllla- tion are honorable and conscientious men , who would not practice deception and play the hypocrite in such nn ex igency as now confronts the country. IT7MT THU .IM The farmers of Douglas county are opposed to the proposed amendment to the slate constitution permitting a metropolitan city of the first class to merge the govern ment of the city and county Into one by a majority vote of the city and a majority vole of the county lying outside. And they nsk the farmers of the state and all other fnlr- ralnded voters to vote down the amendment. They are right. 11 whould bo voted down. Of course It will be argued that the amend incut Is simply permissive , that the law can not become operative without n majority vote of the outlying precincts. Even so : but thcso permissive laws arc sometimes very dangcrnu * . We all know the power of money In matters of this kind. Supposing Omaha desires to have the farmers of Douglas county help pay her heavy city taxes , the vote on the proposition In the country precincts would noU bo nt nil certain under the Immcnue pressure that would be brought In to bear upcn the voters. Antelope Tribune. Tiie farmers of Douglas county who have nrrayed themselves against the proposed amendment either do not un tier-Hand Us scope or have been misled by designing demagogues. The proposed amendment does not contemplate nr authorize the extension of tlie city limits of Omaha. That can be done by the legislature at nny time without nny constitutional amendment with or without the consent of the farm era of Douglas county. To merge the governments of the county andcityIn whole or In part does not mean Ha swallowing up of the county and tin annexation of country farms for city taxation. Tlie purpose of the proposed amend ment is to decrease the taxes of the farmers and not. lo Increase them. It simply authorizes the doing away with duplicate city nnd county olllcers whose services can be better performed by one set of men. In that case the city would share the expense of olllces. such ns the county treasurer , county auditor , county surveyor and so forth , now supported wholly out of county taxes. What Is there wrong nbout this ? Where is the Injustice or Hie possibility of Increase * ! taxation for the farmers ? FIRUHfNO 0.CUXllltKSS. . The sliver men have made the claim that Ihey will have T.M1 members of the next house of representatives. There are 't."i7 representatives to lie elected , so that If the free sliver men should gel the number the.v profess to , believe they will their majority In the house of Hie Kifty-llfth congress will be 2.1. It is perfectly obvious , however , that their claim Is based entirely on con jecture ami is not tlie result of a can vass. That this Is so will be apparent from nn examination of some of the estimates. It Is claimed that four free sllvei representatives will be elected In Iowa , while it is strongly probable that the republicans will elect every member of the delegation from Hint state. Ne braska Is set down to elect four fret : sliver men. but the best opinion Is thai this state will send n full republican delegation and It Is absolutely certain that It will not choose four free silver representatives. Kight members tux claimed from Illinois , whereas the prob ability is that the delegation from that state will be nearly or quite solid foi sound money. An even more nbsunl claim Is that Indiana will choose ten free silver men , there being no doulil whatever that a majority of the thirteen representatives from that state will be for .sound money. The most preposter ous assumption Is that Missouri will elect fourteen free silver men , leaving only one of the delegation for soum' money. It Is certain that tin three republican candidates In Hit St. Louis districts will lie electeil and the chances are consid ered good for several other repnbllcai candidates who are not for silver. Nlnt sliver men are claimed from Kentucky but It is utmost certain that a majorltj of the representatives from that stntt will be ngnlnst free sliver. New York is set down for live free silver men , but It Is entirely safe to say Hint not one will be elected. There may be live democrats elected In that state , bu they will not be for free silver. Then , are other absurd claims , but tbosi noted Mill sulllce to show that the estl mate is pure conjecture , except so fai as relates to BOUIO of the southen states. Krom the best point of view' ' for the silver men they nre not likely to have more than 135 representatives In the Kiriy-llfth congress , leaving 2 2 sound money men , or n majority of ST. Tlie estimate made a short time ago by the republican congressional committee does not make the majority so large ns ( hat , but the situation has very ma terially Improved since that estimate was Issued. The election of a sound money con gress Is no less Important than the election of a sound money president. The country needs both In order to re move nil tineertnlnty nnd effect n com plete restoration of conlldence. It should be kept In mind that a sound money congress could not prevent the country going to a silver basis If Itryan were elected. It Is within tlie au thority of the president to pay the obli gations of the government nnd redeem its paper currency with silver and Mr. Itryan has proclaimed that he will do this If he Is elected. This would bring us nt once to the silver basis and cause gold to disappear Just as effect- tally as If there was free coinage legls- atlon. On the other hand , the election if McKlnley and a free silver congress , while It would avert the danger of going tu n sliver basis , would not put t stop to the free silver agitation , which Is essential lo a full recovery of inancinl and business conlldence. Uvcry supporter of tlie existing mone tary standard should therefore labor is zealously for the election of sound money representatives ns for Hie suc cess of the republican presidential ticket. t 1I'OK WITH OMAHA. ruder this head the Denver News recently served notice upon Omaha that Hie re-election of David II. Mercer and the rejection of William Jennings Dryan by the voters of this city will be re sented by the people of Colorado and the silver states as a declaration of war upon their Interests , nnd that from that hour on Omaha must forego their support for the Traiismlsslsslppl exposi tion. tion.This This threat can be viewed In only one light. It Is : in Insolent attempt to coerce Hie voters of Omaha into retiring from public service the man who has served them in congress with signal ability and lldellly , and upon whom they must rely for getting the exposition ap propriation through tlie house of rep resentatives. Without disparaging Judge Dulllo's ability as a lawyer and crediting him with the best of Inten tions , we venture to nsscrl that it would take him ten years In congress to do what Mercer has done In the last ses sion. Mr. Hryan himself represented this district two years without getting a dollar voted for any public Improve ment , and the only appropriation he was able to secure In Ills second term , with a democratic speaker nml n democratic house , was for an elevator in the Lincoln iiostolllce. It Is equally Insolent for any 'one in Colorado to try to'swing a"clrib , over the heads of the voters of this city by tell ing them that unless they vote for llryan nnd free silver Colorado will refuse to exhibit its minerals lind products in the proposed Transmlsslsslppi Exposition. 'J'hu Uce lias shown no disposition to drag this jrjat ; enterprise Into local politics , but"In view of the fact that the supporters of llryan nnd Dullli are seeking to make capital out of the Colorado manifesto , we are impelled to speak without reserve on the subject to the citizens of Omaha. It may as well be understood first ns last that there will be no exposition held In Hie city of. Omaha In the year ISDS If llryan Is elected president That much must be apparent to every rational person , whether he be demo orat , populist or republican. With less than nineteen months from the day of election to the date set for opening the exposition , it will tax the energies of the managers to Hie utmost to prepare the plans , select the grounds , erect the necessary buildings nnd make provision for displaying the exhibits. It Is con ceded even by Dryan himself that his election would he followed by a tern porary convulsion incidental to the rev obit Ion in our monetary system. It would take months and maybe years before business could adjust Itself to the new conditions. And nobody could foretell what chaiues would take place In tlie cost of construction of buildings and the price of machinery and other appliances requisite to an exposition of first magnitude. Nobody could , with any degree of safety , venture Into tlte undertaking without knowing what sums will have to be raised and with no probability of being able to Increase the stock subscriptions beyond those already secured. Whatever visionaries nnd enthusiasts may say , nobody who has the slightest conception 'of the business disturbance that must pre cede a change of money standard can fail to understand that for the Him being , at least , Hie TransmississlppI exposition would' have to bo abandoned. Leaving out of consideration what ever political preferences men may have , these facts stand out In bold re lief : The Transmlsslsslppi exposition cannot be held In tlie year 18'JS unless assurance Is given by the election of McKinley that no change will be made in our monetary standard. Assume Hint the threat made In tlie name of Colorado will bu carried out , tlie choice resolves Itself Into this between an exposition without a Colorado exhibit ami no exposition whatever. Kor our part , we do not believe the Colorado paper has any right to speak for Colorado. The people of Colorado nre intelligent and enterprising. They have never yet fulled lo advertise their resources when they have had a chance to do so and they will not stand In their own light In 18US even If din appointed In the election of president , which they are sure to be. Omaha never before had so much at stake In n single election. The way the election goes will determine whether Omaha is to forge rapidly to tlie front uliead of Its rivals or Is to be kept down with thu other cities that compete with It tn trade. Tlie re sult of iP 'lecllon will determine the promotluu > < ; dropping of a dozen huge cntcrprl.JeH. i There Is good reason for the pcoilic "vf Omaha to take unusual Interest' In' Hie campaign. The cty'iKluli'iit ' Hrynnllo 1ms nt lust IKHMI uifcororotl. Ik1 Is n populist In this clt > ' . , , ylfr , ; > lins voted nt tlvp presl- dpiitlnl elrotlnns' wlllinut lisivhiK v > tt d Tor n i ln'16''sticcc.ssriil } ; fnndltluti' . Ho voloil for Cooper In 387(1. ( for Wonvor In KSSO.Vor' ' iitler In 1SSI , for Strcnlor In 1SSS nml Tor Wcnvor ninilii In ISHU. lie nlwnyrt Yoteil for Ilio catitlldnte who stood for chcnp money tin ? ( 'licnper tins better. So Ions na there was n pnpor lint cnndldalo he voted for him and ho proposes to vote for the silver tint can didate this year , simply bewuisc there Is no paper money competitor In the nice , llryan has reason to feel nrourt dial he Is the residuary legatee of all the Inllatlonlsls , Kreenhaekers. llatlsts and cheap money men who have before him. Hvory cltly.on of Ncbrnsku Is 'liable ' to be Interested In litigation before the supreme court at Lincoln. All who are o Interested desire that their cases shall bi ? reached and tried without im- leecssary delay. As at present consti tuted , the court Is powerless to aceeler- ito the dispatch of routine business. 1'lie unfortunate state of arrears can ! only be remedied by an Increase in the number of Judges as provided by the [ imendment to the constitution which will come before the voters at the com ing election. Heports come from the Sixth district that the Inebriated fusion candidate and his friends are eoneoetlnj ; a Krcnt scheme for liuinclilnj ; some eleventh hour roorbacks rollcding on the charac ter of the republican candidate , lion. A. 10. Cady. The design Is to put 'these falsehoods Into circulation nt n time too late for contradiction , In the hope of deceiving some of Mr. Cady's sup porters. To be forewarned Is to be forearmed , and no such fake will work in tliu Sixth district this year. The amendment relating to the com pensation of judges of the supreme and district courts should receive the careful consideration of the voters of Nebraska. The Judiciary In this stale has broil , with exception , an able one In spite of tin- fact that the , , salaries paid have not been large enough to attract the be t known men In the legal profession to the bunch.Yould not the average bo con siderably rnl.i'ed If lawyers of eminence could hnvfe It Inailc worth their while to accept thU exulted olllee ? I'.rynn ue.ver neglected a chance to stab the j [ > o.et sugar Indus.ry ) when he was In congress. If he were wielding the veto power ho would never let any net designed to encourage sugar beet growers lie'coino a inw. ; o one who realizes tfii possibilities of the beet fitigar" luiiuptry'ltitills state under fa rumble conditions can1 vote for IJryan. Itryan ls , not only nn extreme free trader , but. Iio Is one of those who contomln that n protective tariff Is tin constitutional. With tils known views and vaunted disregard of the authority of the federal courts , no one can tell In advance what kind of n.disturbance of our revenue laws , he would make If elected to the presidency. Mr. llryan has suddenly become very chummy with the newsboys of Detroit. Hut did hu ever do anything for the newsboys of Omaha , when he was In charge of an Omaha newspaper ? Did he over go out of his way to glvo them encouragement ? Did lie ever speak to Ihoni nt nil ? Moses P. Kinkald nml Ilobert Tlynn , the republican nominees for Judges of the supreme court , are both lawyers tested by judicial experience and prac tical work upon the bench. They would both make creditable additions to the membership of the supreme court. The IMnn In \utHliull. . Ci lobe-Democrat. Dryan goes on dally posing as the cham pion of the laborers , antl yet all that he proposes to do for ( hem IH to Increase their grocery and dry goods bills. Tra UN parent Kvlileiu-e. Chicago Tribune. Another sign of returning prosperity Is given In tha report that the glass factories are eoon tn resume operations. That Is one of the transparent effect ! ) of the assured success of Bound money. TinSl of It. ClduuRo Chronicle ( Jem. ) Fifty-six out of sixty-two of the faculty of the University of Nebraska are for sound money. Why shouldn't they be so ? The very existence of the university depends upon the defeat of Bryan. .Sniiix IIIIlH to Settle. NewYorK SJall and Kxprcus. If Spain Etifc6ci'ils In raising another loan of $200.000,0q2 jl > ought to put about half of It aside to-USB-In paying for the property of American citizens In Cuba which has been destroyed/b ber Incompetent roldlcrs. A heavy cxpcd&tvUHt Is piling up agaluat Spain In this matter , and unless s'na provides the cash loinnct : It there Is likely to bo serious and variegated trouble for her. Tlirrt Ar Otherx. ji Sia City filar. There tnay.JwDnje wicked goldbugs who will vote foij. "jojind money" In order to Increase tho.viljicp of their dollars , but they are not descryEuj t half the condemnation which oughtJU > ijQ | piled on thd head of the rich man wm votes for a cheap dollar and then transferal ! his money to Londoner or Montreal , | "otlia.t | , In the event of Uryan's election , to cajrif Ing his wealth back to this country andfjlpv rtvo " dollars for one , to nso In paying debts'"and employing-laborers. There are eamu such rich men In Kansas City. - IllMllllN. New York Hun. nryan la going about the northwest asking pity for the farmers as poor , miserable , downtrodden pcoplo unublo to help them selves under the equal laws of this republic , and the opportunities afforded by our free Institutions. Is It possible that Americans , and especially fminers , from whom have coma the bono and sinew of thla aclf-rellant pcoplo In all Its history , can listen without Indignant protest to such an Inuult ? Haw they become weaklings , petulant and whin ing babes , where unco they were the proud and stalwart pioneer * of American civiliza tion ? The farm ere want no such tears. They are strong men competent to struggle and cJtdure and to overcome any temporary hardships through which they may have to pass. ; I'OIIN AXI > WHHAT OOWJ VV. Norfolk News. The gold I * flowing In nml wheat Is going up , What' * the mutter with silver ? Sidney TolcRrnph : Another advance of 2 cents per bushel In the price of wheat. That Implies another decline In the llryanltc clnlma for success. The farmers' gain Is the Ilrynnltes' loss. Sutton Advertiser : Com and wheat are gteadlly advancing while Hryan and free sil ver arc steadily on the decline. These are signs of the tlmrs Unit mean a restora tion of confidence and prosperity. Crawford Tribune : Hy the way , what has become of that wonderful "sympathy" be tween silver bullion and wheat ? Wheat Is rising right along lately and sliver has dropped several points. The boy orntorn will have to do something about It right away. Grand Island Independent : In ISM thcro were 113,008 farms In Nebraska , and every one of the owners of these fnntw hns been more or lees Injured by the adoption of the free trade policy that llryan voted for some inora and some les * . The average loss to every Nebraska farm idnco 1SI3 ! , through the depreciation of Its live stock , has been J.1C1.DO. DoJge Criterion : Silver has gone down to 65 cents an ounce , wheat bus advanced and pork han advanced , and right here wo wish to rrn.ark that the sllverltoa are not saying anything about It. Yet a few weeks ago they 'wcro ' telling the farmers that ns sliver decreased or Increased In luo their farm products would also. Another scheme of theirs to sccuro votes for W. J. Dryjn. Stcele City Standard : As the price of wheat Is now constantly golm ; up. and the prirc of ( silver constantly going down , what beoomes of the great ponocrallc argument that the price of silver controls I he price of wheat ? The facts are that the ullvcr market linn no Intluenco whatever upon the wheat market , but the coincidence nf the tin- cllne of bcth for a few years was seized upon by avaricious silver mine owners an campaign thunder with which to scare farm- era Into helping them double their Income. Nebraska City Press : Wheat rtllVr about 10 cents higher than It did n couple of weeks ago. Hut the silver market Is still dull and lifeless , with n downward ten dency. Silver prices and wheat prices do not rise and fall together , as the sllvcr- Iti's claim. The rise In wheat Is easily explained. While our wheat crop thla year Is but 7fi.00n.ono bushels less than that of 1SI5 ! the foiolgn crops uro short for the first time In years and so no one can tell when ( ho advance will stop. Silver has nothing to do with It. Randolph Times : Wheat has gone up 10 cents a bushel and silver has fallen 2 centa an ounce. Now this Is if pretty state of affairs for the tllver shrlekers nnd Just bej fore election , too. There 1.4 no one In blame for It but the qoldbugs , who purposely , maliciously , criminally nnd deliberately sub- eldl/cd the weather In the wheat belt of India , and , "like n thief In the night" and "with thu silent trend of a cut" created a yhort crop there , nnd raised the price of wheat just In time to spoil things for nryan , nml that , too , without the advice or con sent of nnv other planet in the solar system. UM. verily the gold buglets must "go. I'oncn Journal : The rapid advance In the prlco of wheat Is encouraging Ho farmers , whatever may be the cause of It. The prlco In now about 48 cents per bushel , a gain of C or S cents per buhsel during the past four weeks. In other respects times are be coming better , and people begin to realize ( to borrow tup language of Daniel Webster ) ' that. , they ain't dead yet. " The cause of this encouraging feeling among business men Is Bald to bo caused by the remark able reaction In the "free silver" prospects. A few weeks ago the certainty seemed great that llryan would be elected. Now the tide has turned , and It will not be sur prising If ho falls to carry even his own state. * I.AIIOU I'.UMHH\.M : > i.is.tDISKS. U'Jmt They IIiivo to Suy on tlip I-'rc-p .Silver iNMiif. It Is frequently asserted by advocates of the free coinage of sliver that no labor leader or labor paper U opposed to the Chicago platform and nanilnocu. How much truth Is Hi pro In the assertion ? The Ulght-llour Herald of Chicago , the olllclal organ of the Ilricklayers' and Stone .Masons' union , and of the Illinois State Federation of Labor , onpnxcK free silver. In an article recently on "Free Silver and Labor" It said. "Surely no sane man will claim that n buyer with a fixed limited Income will bo benefited In an advance In the price of all commodities , unless the rise In prices IK attended by compensating circumstances What circumstances wpuld serve ns a com- pcnsatlon In a c.ise of this kind ? It may be argued that the worklngnian Is n seller s well as a buyer. In so far as he disposes of his labor to the best advantage to hlm- ielf. This Is true ; but every man of ex perience knows that an ndvauco In the price of commodities Is never attended by a cor responding advance In wagca. No matter what the conditions , no matter what the cost -of living , every proposition to mine wages will be stubbornly contested to the cud. cud."There "There are Interests which may be bene fited by the free and unlimited colnago of silver , but wo fall to see why the Industrial Interests should bo Included In the list. " The Rakers' Journal recently said ed itorially : "To say that the present phake of the currency question has developed Into an issue between the rich and the poor seems to bo another outbreak of the fertile im aginations of our quadrennial saviors of society. "Viewing the whole situation fairly , and from a point of view of labor pure and sim ple , wo nnd two Industrial forces arrayed against each other the manufacturers , financiers and princes of commerce on the one sldo defending the present standard of currency , which after all is but the natural result of an economic evolution as Inevita ble and Irresistible as time Itself , a cur rency apparently Indispensable to present methods of production r.nd exchange ; and on the oilier side , the silver mine owner , the farmer and the small buslutss man. " The Union Record : "Tho silver mine owners are grinning and letting the fools do thu shouting. " The Scranlon Truth : "The gold standard Is the financial goal for which evtry great' nation has striven , and Is the dream even of thcso countries that are now on a silver basis and hara&sed In their money policy by the fluctuations of the white metal. " The Cleveland Citizen : "Not the demon etization of silver , but the use of laborsaving - saving machinery , which enables one man and sometimes one boy to do the woik of flvo men or more , has caused the glut of idle labor , " The 1'eoplo : "Why don't the farmers have the price of wheat fixed by law , as they raise wheat and not silver ? " George Gunton In a contributed ar ticle to the Kight-Haur Herald said : "There- Is no aspect of the cano In which wage work- era have anything to gain by the adoption of a silver standard , but they have every thing to lose. They will lose lir tbo value of all their ( savings ; they will lose In the purchasing power of their wages , and , must of nil , they will lose by the enforced Idle- 010.S3 accompanying the business disturbance and bankruptcy which a radical depreciation of our standard money would create. " P. M. Arthur , chief of the Hrothcrhood of Locomotive Engineers , says ; "I am not In favor of frco and unlimited coinage of sil ver. " K. P , Sargent , chief of the Droth- crhood of Locomollvo Firemen : "I want It distinctly understood that I nm op posed to the free and unlimited coinage of silver with a silver dollar worth CO cents , as will bo the result If the silver policy adopted by the frco silver orators becomes thu money of this country. " COXSTITI'TIONAI ' . AMr.MI.MKVrS. Ilandolph Times : Vote for the ronstllu- tlonul amendments , That they are neces- nary ijoe w'thout Raying. The constitution of our state needs revision or amendment , Mpcelally In the judicial department. The supreme court hn at the present time enough canes to keep It busy at least thrco yearn ; that Is. the court ns It now stands , U three years behind with Its work. A cnso taken up to the nun re wo court will not reach a decision bctoro It In almost for gotten In the minds of the public. It Is the unlvcrtrtl opinion that five judges will be little enough lo perform the labor now ascribed to three. An It now otands , an Individual can be deprived of his property , In a cnso of law , tor several years , simply bocauge the court cannot reach It before that time. The question U not a political one , ' and there should not be n Mnglc vote cast ugalnst the amendments. They con cern ever ) body , rosariltcs * of politics. Thurston Republic : The manufacturers of the state of Nebraska are very much Inter ested In the proposed change In the coimtl tutlon of the state , which would allow the voting of bonds to Mil In the location of more factories , and nil other people should bo particularly Interested. No manufacturer now In business can derive any direct benefit from such change , but they nil appreciate the Importance of developing the resources of. the state and verily believe that this change will bring about the desired result. The manufacturers' association heartily en dorses the adaption of Iho amendment , section S of article xlv of the constitution , which l& to bo voted upon at the November elec tion. It will give to cities and towns , coun ties and townships , the privilege , under con ditions nnd safeguards an they may pre scribe , of Mdlng In the establishment of beet sugar , glucose , chicory or other factories which would consume the natural products of our soil. Such factories would not only give profitable employment to thousands of our citizens , but would more than double the value of every aero of land In their vicinity. Ample proof of this statement can bo found at Norfolk and Grand Inland , where laud Which bcforo the establishment of the sugar factories rented for ? 2t > 0 per acre , now brings from ? 5 to $ S per acre. Grand Island Independent ; Perhaps more attention I * being paid to tllo proposed con- xtltutlona ) amendment Increasing the num ber of supreme judges than to any of the other twelve. That the court Is always over crowded any ono at all acquainted with the conditions well knows. Much Information Is given regarding the eamo In a letter for warded by Mr. D. A. Campbell , the accom modating clerk of the court , to Dr. Harris of Arlington , n member of the last legisla ture , from which we glean the following : Mr. Campbell says : "There are now moro I i than 1,500 cases pending for hearing , or a sufficient number to keep six Judges busy for j two years If nt > more cases were filed. In cluding the time spent In writing opinions , as well as that spent In arguments , the mem bers of the court are busy the entire year , except a vacation of a month during sum mer. I might state that for some years prior to the creation of the supreme court commission a great many more cases were filed each year than It was possible for three judges to dispose of. Since the creation of the commission , however. It has been po - slblf > to decide as many cases as were filed , but It has net been possible to make nny headway toward catching up. Should the amendment be adopted , Increasing the num ber of Judges to live , they , with the assist ance of the commission , will bo able to catch up by the time the term of the commission has expired , which will bo something over two years. After that It Is thought that flvo judges could keep up , unless , of course , there should be a large Increase tn busi ness. In this connection n would state that nn examination of the records will show that our supreme court disposes of a greater number of cases In proportion to the number of Judges than the supreme court of any other state , or the supreme court of the United States , As you are perhaps aware , the bringing of cases to the supreme court of many states Is hedged around with con ditions of one kind and another as to greatly limit the number. In some states , for ex ample , only felony cases Involving n largo sum , can be taken to thn supreme court. Then they have provisions requiring the records to be printed , which nddi greatly to the expcrse. or they require that leave of court be obtained bcforo n case can be filed , etc. While In our court there are no limi tations of any kind as to printing record , amount Involved , etc. , Iho framers of our constitution deeming It wise and just to allow every one who became Involved In litigation to have his case passed upon by the court of last resort without condition or limitations or without regard to amount In volved. It Is claimed , nnd no doubt cor rectly , that many cases are brought to the supreme court for delay. There would of course be an end to the filing of this clasa of cases as soon as the court was able to t.ilfp up and dispose of cases as soon as they were filed. " THAT KoitsvTin ; I-OIKIHV. r < M > < MTlllN Still C rcuIntliiK TIi'H IlllllU- OM | of Ciiiiiiiilirn KiilirleiitloiiN. Norfolk Journal. The "J. Francis Forsythe" letter , pur porting to bo written by a Wall street banker to Judge Bell of Fort Wayne , Ind. , which. It Is claimed , represents the senti ment of eastern "goldbugs" toward the worklngmcn , has been printed In several different languages and Is being circulated in many localities In this congrcF-ilonal dis trict by the Hryan workers. This letter was recently printed In the Omaha World- Hcr.ild , but was so plainly and palpably a. fraud that that paper was compelled to acknowledge that It wa a forgery. Yet In splto of this admission , nnd In Iho face nf the actual knowledge they have , the llryan managers have the audacity to cir culate this piece of rascally and treasonable deception broadcast among the voters of the land In the hope that the prejudice and passion It will arouse may win them a few votes. The letter was forged with the de liberate Intention of rousing the passionate feelings of the laboring class of pcopln ugalnst their employers and against capi tal. It courts the spirit of anarchy and violence. Its author cared not if ho aroused men to deeds of pillage and riot and arson. Ho only wanted to catch their votes by arous ing Ihulr worst hatred against the republican candidate for president. The man who wrote the letter was a traitor to his country , more deeply dyed I linn Dencdlct Arnold or Jeff Davis. The newspaper publisher who gave It space In his columns knowing It to bo a forgery Is a traitor to his country. The men who are now having It circulated secretly are worse than traitors , and If Mr. Hryan sanctions such treasonable campaign methods and Is willing to take the benefit of It , ho Is a traitor to his country , too. There U no use to mlncc words about this matter. Too much feeling has already been aroused over an Issue which men should meet and talk over seriously aa neighbors and friends Instead of quarreling over It a.-i enemies , without spreading broadcast a forgery that Is Intended to arouse evil thoughts and can -only lead to revolution and anarchy. It IH time that forgery and deceit were stopped. It Is time that such things should be called by their right names. It is time that Mr. llryun and bis nunugcrs must call off the Forsytho forgery or Bland charged with being parties to the crime. ( loveriior IIolcoiiili mill Conrlrt I.nliiir Norfolk Join mil. In his speech hero Tuesday evening Gov ernor Holcomb made a very pretty showing for himself , but unfortunately ho did not tell all the story. , The saving to the state In the matter of penitentiary maintenance- a good thing , but the governor Is not entitled to all the credit , as ho claimed. The contract system that was maintained for so many yoara was In reality objectionable to three-fourths of the citizens of Nebraska , and the change was In obedience to that sentiment. The governor IH entitled to all possible credit for what ho has dona In the direction of re form but when ho advocates hiring tbo convicts out to effect a further saving he entirely mistakes public sentiment. It ls all well enough , perhaps , to employ the con- Highest of all in Leavening Strength. Latest U. S. Gov't Report. vlcls , In wt-rk nijcessary ntmitt the prison , nit when they come in competition with free labor outside the prlaon walln. the line should t > e drawn , The Journal la opposed Vvi . . lnl > or ln * ch * c - s , . .i" Ul ° ll.onMl lftbor of lho 8lnto ' * mployod. when every man frco from e.rlmo , ! -l"- ! ! lve to 'ynr1t cnn set employment an honest ' u wape for his day' * i , "m ? ? w limnc to 1B | | ' ' " > t nlRnt , the irt'v.n ' . * " 'I In rTKV Nebraska ? ' " * nl ) ° ut > 'U 'K ' penitentiary to work In nny avocation. ' I'ttui that tlmo comes the Btato -Nolir..k" MS be R ? afford to pay double what It costs to mam- tain Its penlU'ntlary than to rob honem labor of n single day's toll by the forced low-priced competition of couvlct labor. SAID I.V 1M/.V. / Washington Times : " \Vlmt Is your busi ness , ulr ? " "I nin n political onrpontcr. " "A iiollllciil onrponter ? " "Vest , Fir ; 1 nail unmpnlgn lies. " Chivclnnd 1'lnln DenlcM ! nm sorry I boiiRtit ono of those iloormntH with ' \\ol- come. ' on II. " "Why PO ? " ' 'Sonic. stupid fellow mUtook the locnnluK of the word and hol | > od hlmxelf. to It thu rst " llOKton Transcript : Mrs. FORK-I was nslmiued of you. The Idea of votir leaving tlio church Just us they were going to take up l he collection. | ' * OKB I beg your pardon. ! mt I was per fectly correct. A motion to ndjourn Is al- \vay in order. Cincinnati Knqulrer : "Wlmt do they menu by 'salting' u mine. popper ? " naked tbo small boy. "Is It anything MUo naltliiK meat ? "No. Indeed. " answered Mr. Hlttwuntz. " \ \ hen n man Halts meat It ls < because ho wnniH to keep It. " ChlcaRO Post : "Men elected to l ' " " your laluro arc Keiiera'iiy"addressed"as'"honor - able. " nro they not ? ' ' "Yes. " "Why ? " "That's what lota of us have been trylnR to llnd out. " Italtlmoro News : The conversation dragged. "You are worth your xrcfRlit In sold , " ho ventured to observe to the girl ho HO madly "Kx'cuso me. " she replied , freer.lngly , "but I detest politics. " Agnln tbc conversation dragged. Detroit News : "Marian , here's a drav mopping at our door with a piano , a HcW- liiK" maehliiii and u parrot. Tliero must bo n mlHtakn In the number. " l\o , ilcnr , they belong to our new cook , bliew n , grmluntp of tbo xchool of cookliiR and has kindly consented to try us. " Detroit Free Tress ; "Any man who knows how much two and two make can solve the wfi ? . ' ° i" ° "e.v problem. " declared Molly. ' vo studied the question for three months. " answered Coldly , "and I wouldn't but u nickel that two and two make four. " Chicago Tilbuno : "How do you lllto the Hew prenchcr ? ' " ' ' \ , ° 'H * , n"'e . of " ' ' tnnt ( lon < t Ilko ' ' " \ bellcvihe's " \\o he's a RoldbitR. . ' 'as ho been preaciiliiR politics ? " Mighty near It. ills ilrnt sermon wan fr ° m this text ' , 'Whatsoever , therefore , yo would that men should do to you. do yo oven so to them , ' and , blame It , everybody knows that's the KOlden rule. " TO TOM"WATSON. Unknown I'oi-l. Oh , let that tniiRitc ngnlu bo freed , and let that voice he loosed. And let It permeate the land , from Hath to Wolfert's Koost ; Llsewlso how may we understand that you still hold the fcrt. And win , until mankind concedes that Bewail Is a wart ? I.OOICI.VC AIIKAU. % V lilnEton Star. I'm Rind ter see election day so mighty dim 'lit 1m ml ; I'm yearnln' fur another style of music In the land : I wnnter hoar. Instead of all this brass- bund an * this boom , The HKhln' of the engine nn' the buzzln * of the loom. I wnnter pick the paper tip when I KO homo . at night. An read on every page the news thet bus'- * * * > A ness IB all right. An' stead o' tptln' torches where the poli ticians meet , I wnnter see men carryln' dlnucr-pnlla along the street. An * 07. fur campaign buttons , I am eager fur ter note Less lavish decorations and n better style of coat. I'vu been a long time hoplir , but I keep a hopln' still Thot we'll make the orators shut down nn' open up thu mill. Thought. HAS DKKN MANIKKSTHD IN THIS COMING ELECTION AND MUCH MONEY STAKED. WE HAVEN'T IIEAKD OK MUOII WEAKINC ; AP- PAIlEL DEINO STAKED , THOUGH , AND JUST OKKEU THIS LITTLE HINT OK HOW APPUOPHIATE A SUIT OK CLOTHES OR AN OVE - COAT WOULD HE KOH A LITTLE ENTHUSIASM. YOU COULD LEAVE YOl'It OHDEH AND HAVE IT KILL ED AKTEU-THEY QOST KUOM ? If > TO . ? 2T.-Krr AND QUALITY GUAIl- ANTEED. THEN AVE WOULD LIKE TO JNTKODUCEOUU HAT DEPAHT- MENT TO YOUK NOTICE. THEY AHE ? l..r > 0 TO fi.OO-ALL THE NEW IILOCKS-AND A GOOD WAGEU- ALTHOUGH SMALL IX AMOUNT. THINK IT OVEH. N. D. Call nnd get one of Ilrowning , King t Co.'s Button Hole Souvenirs free. Sta