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THE OMAHA DATLT UEli ] ! "FIHDAV , OCTOBER 0 , T890. THE OMAHA DAILY K , noftKWATRR , IMItnr. KVKtlf MOIINim TKIIMM OK Daily l r ( Without SinvJuy ) , One Year . t S W n lly Ilwi mul HuniUy. One Yror . 1 } HI * Month . } Tlirm Mnnlln . * * > Bumlay > W . One Year . ; g > Saturday ! ! . On * Year . ' * > Weekly lloe. One Year . < * Ot'PICKB : Omnlm : The 1le . . . . Hottlh Omnlm ! Hinder lift. , Ccr. N an-l Nth flit. Council muffs : 10 North Main Stifvt. Chlenitn Olllce ! 117 Chambf r of Commerce. New Yoik : It.mmn U. II nnl IS. Tribune IlIdR. WanhlnKton : 1(07 ( K Htreel , N. W. . All communication * re-latin * In news nnrt e-ll- torinl matter rhmM ) , c nili1r m.l : To the Keillor. Ill.'KINKRH I.KTTKIIS. All bii lnciM li-tlfi-K ati.1 rcmlltnncm ihoulil Ixs fiilelroiMil to The Hoe I > ntillMiln Comunnr. Omnlm. l > rnft . eherka uml | po tolllpe nMem to bo rnnile iwvulil * t Hi" onler of ttio enmimnr. TUB I1I2H rtllir.lSlllNO COMPANY. KTATIJJinNT l P I' Btntc of Nl > rnrim. I nmiglfi * c'Dunty. I , Oe-orcc II. Twhuok. wrrtnry of The Ilfo rnli. llfldne company , ln-ln duly iworn , ray * thnt the nctunl niimim- full nnil cotnnleln ( Minim of Thn Dally MnrnlnK. Kvcnlntr nnl Hiniilny Il e prlntfji tturlni ; the month of H < n > t"inl"r , IKW , w f as fol lows : I M.C7 t 1J.8W ! SI. M J , ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ' . ! ! ! ! ! B 7 . . . . ! ! ; ; .isn n KIJM 10 * > .u ; 12 . ! ! ! ! ! ! " ! ! " ! ! ! ! * > lio' r * AA riAA Totnl . . . . . K. B ! / > * deiluftloni for < moM nml return ll.SM Total net ( ile < Net daily nvernRp . . oKonnr. n. T/srnucK. Sworn In lfori > me and Mrtiwrllwi In my pretencn this 1st clay of Octolwr.flW. . ( S , | ) "Notafr Il'ibflc. Ni'brnskn would suffer far more than Miijor MoKInloy In the remote contin gency Hint Ni'hrnska's oleetoral vote \vcro cast for Mr. Itrynn. Jack MnrColl Is the friend of every body. He Is the friend of the farmer and Hie friend of the laborer. Put him In thii Rovernor'.s chair and he will be n friend , of every one who has business of any kind In the state house. Only fonr days more of ( he campaign of the front poivh asinlnst. the rear platform. When the votes are counted the two candidates will be found to be further apart even than their respective standpoints for addressing the people. An olllelal act of the secretary of state In strict conformity to law nntl backed np by n unanimous decision of the highest legal tribunal of the state , a , non-partisan supreme court , Is what the local Itrynn organ calls an "ont- ragcons action. " The frequent meetings of the Sound Money-Xon-l'artlsan league are proving to be n power In the present campaign. The large attendance mid unbounded enthusiasm AVhlch murk these gatherIngs - Ings bode no good to the enemies of the nation's credit. One by one the old line democrats screw their courage to the sticking point and publicly proclaim their opposition to Itrynn and the Chicago platform. There" Is nothing In free silver which should lead an honest democrat astray Into populist bypaths. A business administration of the county's affairs Is what every taxpayer In Douglas county wants. The election of the republican candidates for com missioner , Peter Mangold and Henry Ostrom. will Insure a continuance of business methods In the county board. Uemcmberlng the entreating appeals made In ISO I by D. Clem Denver and his silver friends for the support of Itrynn , then working for the election of n goldbng democrnt , It Is decidedly rich for Mr. Kryan to boast Hint he has always put principle above everything - thing else. Hawaii has corkscrewed through more pollllcnl parties In shorter time than any other man on enrth. He now wnnts to be returned to the council from the Klrst ward as democrat. No decent democrat ought to let his partisanship blind him Into voting for such a political jumping Jack. The delay of the Watson letter In reaching Its destination Is Mild to be owing to the Insulllcleiit postage at- tuched. Can It be possible that the popocratle committee has lint ! so little fulfil In Mr. Watson that It has declined to entrust to him the postage necessary for his cnmpnlgu correspondence ? Since depression 1ms Interfered with business for months past , let patriotism. If necessary , stop business altogether on election day. The trallle of the country would not be seriously Impeded If November It were made n holiday by general consent , that no voter might be deprived of his privileges as a clti/en. A. II. Murdock , republlcnn legislative candidate , Is n young South Omnlm , lawyer , ambitious to mnke n record In [ " { tlio legislature. Mr. Murdock bus the best of endorsements from his friends " " * for earnest , faithful work and may safely be relied on to represent his con stituents elliclently at Lincoln nevt winter. "The talk of "favorite sons" In connec tion with Mr. Itrynn and the attempt to arouse state pride In his candidacy is the most arrant nonsense. Mr. Ilryan la not n native of Nebraska ; he has only lived In this state n few years ; unit If he has ever done anything for the good of the commonwealth beyond keeping his residence here during the campaign It bus not become a mutter of general knowledge. Myron D. Knrr , cnudldnte for the city council frum Hie Sixth wan ! on the re publlcnn ticket , Is n reputnble and suc cessful business man , who will bring to the management of the city's lni.slne.ni ; the same sound sense that helms always applied to his own. Mr. Knrr hus n right to expect the undivided support of the republicans In the Sixth ward , and , us they constitute a large majority of the voters , hi * electlou It * uruutlcully UK- Bured. on The supporters of the candidacy of Governor Ilolcoinb 1mve sought to strengthen the fusion candidate for gov ernor by representing that ( Sovernor Holcoinh Is tin- preferred candidate of The Hei1. In support of this assertion they point to the fact thnt The Ilee has said nothing derogatory to Mr. Hol- comh during the present cnmpnlgn. Now , while It Is tnie Hint The Hee has waged no war upon the governor , but on the contrnry has treated him with the utmost fairness and courtesy , thnt fact affords no proof that It desires the re-election of ( Jovernor Holcomb. On this point ( lovernor Ilolcoinb certainly Is not self-deceived. He knows thnt The Ilee lights Its buttles squnrcly and honorably and he knew long before he was retiomlnnted Hint The Itee would not support him again If a clean man with an nnnssallnble record should be noinlnnted by the republican party. Such a man has been nominated In the person of .lohn Hamilton Macl'oll and he Is entitled to the undivided support of all republicans. Nebraska entered the union as a re publican state. Nebraska has been In the republican column In every presl- dcntlnl yenr since 18ISS , and It should be the pride of republicans to keep up with the record. Without dispara ging fiovcrnor Holcomb'and without as sailing his personal cluiracter or politi cal conduct , The Ilee can conscien tiously commend Mncf'oll to nil classes of our cltlJiens , believing that under his direction the affairs of this state will be administered with prudence , sagac ity and executive ability. SKMtKTAltr I'll'Xll'S A great hue and cry has been raised by the llrynnlte press about the rulings of Secretary of State Piper on the olll- cnl ! ballot. Mr. Piper Is being scored for recognizing th. straight democrat- * as a regular party nrgunl/.utlnn entitled to a place on the olllelal ballot. He Is accused of Inconsistency In overrul ing the protest , which action Is claimed to be In contravention of the course he pursued last year in the factional light between the two wings of democracy. As a matter of fact Mr. Piper's rulings this year have been based upon the principles embodied In the law. Ia : < l year no protest had been filed until live days after the certlllcnte of nomination , which practically Invalidated the pro test. The supreme court held that It could mnke no distinction between fac tions of one party. It was for the voters ers to decide for themselves which of the two factions was In their judgment regular. The voters , by n very large majority , decided for the Mahoney fac tion , and that faction was therefore sustained by the secretary of state. Reverse the situation. Suppose that the llryanlte wing of the parly had cast the largest vote In the cleeHon of 1SS ) . " . Suppose further It had been left ont in the cold at Chicago and hud nomi nated an electoral ticket and a slate ticket , as It surely would have done .under Ilryan's lead , would It not have been the duty of the secretary of slate ; to give its nominees a place on the olllelal ballot under such designation as It saw lit to adopt ? ruder the Australian ballot law a nomination made by a mass convention called to-rcpresent a political party or organisation must have at least one per cent of the aggregate vote cast at the preceding election. That would require from 1,1)00 ) lo 1,100 ! voters. The so- called free silver republicans , who claimed to have nominated a ticket in mass convention , failed to show thai they had come anywhere within flu- bounds set by the Australian ballot law. They had no public mass meet ing to nominate n state ticket , and they had barely a corporal's guard in the star chamber meeting which they called a mass convention. Suppose that twenty or even thirty bogus parly conventions should each tile the names of state candidates or electoral candi dates , would the secretary be expected to Imvo' them inserted into the olilclal ballot as party nominations when the law requires every nomination by peti tion to bo backed by at least . " 00 names of bonu tide citizens ? Manifestly the secretary was simply carrying out the spirit anil letter of the law , In the case of the two democratic factions an well as In the case of the silver repub lican .state ticket. WllHHS Wilt Major McKinley has recently talked strongly and unmistakably for that pol icy which will inaki ; a market for labor , stop treasury defli-lts and bring back prosperity to all classes of the people. The republican .standard bearer Is an earnest advocate now , as he bus always buon , of that cardinal principle of his party protection lo American indus tries anil American labor , lie Is not advocating an extreme tarltr , but such judicious protection as will keep the manufacturing Industries of the country in full operation and enable them to pay good wages to those who are em ployed In them , while at the same lime allowing the government to derive from this source snllielent revenue to put an end to dt'llclcncles. .Major .McKinley rightly thinks that the prerequisite to prosperity Is to give employment to idle labor. The wealth of the country Is to bo lucreasi'd by the work of Its people In the mills and factories and not by the opening of the mints. Stamping ft ) cents woith of bullion as a dollar will not supply work for the hundreds of thousands of men and women -now vainly seeking work. It will not Improve the condition of labor In thu great In dustrial centers of the nation. On the contrary It would rentier their condition worse by depreciating what money they have , Intensifying depression and pro ducing general business disorder that would prolong the period of Idlcnr.su and augment the number of Idlers. It ought to Im plain to every wet king- man In thu land that his Interest Is la the restoration of the policy which experi ence has shown makes a market for labor and maintains thu wages of labor. It ought to he equally plain to thu agri cultural producers that their Interests will also ho promoted by that policy , since with labor well employed the humu market must certainly Improve , ( liven' judicious protection and a sound cur rency and there Is every reason to be lieve that the United Slates will enter upon n long period of progress and pros perity , In the benefits of which nil sec tions nnil nil 1'lnsse.s will shnre. MUST I'HKSHHVK OIlDKIt. The republlcnn party has nlwnys been the parly of law and order. It was founded upon the comer stone of free speech and free press , ami Its battle cry has been "A free ballot cast by free men. " No true republlcnn will ever countenance the suppression of free speech by any act that would disturb the free expression of political views no matter how offensive they might be to republicans. Although the campaign which will close next Monday has been Intensely exciting. Hie republicans of Nebraska , and especially those of Nebraska's me tropolis , have done nothing np to this time to justify Mr. Ilryan's personal organ In Its covert and designing effort to foment trouble between the contend ing political elements by predicting a disorderly conflict In the streets and thoroughfares of Omaha when the pope cratle candidate makes his final appeal for support In this city next Monday night. On the contrary , the republican campaign managers are taking every precaution to prevent a collision or a disturbance. The program for the street parade and grand demonstration of Me- Klnley clubs Is being planned to avoid and avert any possible interference with the program laid out by the manager : * of the Ilryan campaign. On behalf of the republican parly Tin * Hee assures the public that no pains will be spared to insure the best of or der during Mr. liryau's tour of our city , and If any disturbance should occur It will not be the fault of the authorities or the supporters of McKinley. iYO ClIAXdi ; < > ! ' J'OMG'l * . There appears to be no ground for the reports Hint have come from Wash ington to the effect that the return of Consul fJeneral Lee from Cuba next month will be followed by a change of policy , on the part of the administration toward the Insurgents. It Is said upon trustworthy authority that there will be no significance whatever In the re turn of ( ieneral Lee , who simply comes home to take his family to Havana. The entirely probable statement Is also made thnt the administration does not con template any change of policy In regard lo Cuba. The president's attitude Is governed by considerations of Interna tional law and to recognl/.e belligerent rights now , while it might IK popular with the country at large , would be con trnry to precedent. It Is regariled as quite certain , therefore1 , that Mr. Cleve land will continue to observe the policy thus far pursued toward Cuba and leave to his successor to determlnjj whether or not this government should take any action looking to the ending of the In surrection , In the event that It Is mu brought to a close before the change of administration takes place. it Is not to hi1 doubted that'the conservative sen timent of the country will approve this position of the president , which Is an amurnnce against any complication with Spain that might embarrass the next administration. iHihvi.r i'nuri.liiMS In one of his speeches In Chicago on Wednesday Mr. Ilryan said that if he Wt-rc elected lie would pay the coin obligations of Hie government held abroad In either gold or silver. The policy advocated by Mr. Ilryan would speedily deprive the government of gold and ileb'i.se the silver dollar to nearly the market value of the metal It con tains. Whatever the depreciation of the silver dollar might be , the Vayment o * our obligations in that money would be. repudiation In Hie amount of the depreci ation. The money paid by foreign credi- iors for our government bonds was gold or Us equivalent. To redeem those obli gations In an Inferior currency would be distinctly dishonest and dishonorable and It Is no justlltcatlon of such a proposition to say , as Mr. Ilryan did , that these creditors took the risk of being paid in silver and charged a higher rate of Interest therefor. What they did was to accept the pledge of the government to maintain our silver at a parity with gold and If that pledge should be broken we could not justly or honestly require those creditors to take debased money In payment of our obli gations. While It Is true that the bunds of the United States nre mnde payable In "coin , " It has been the uniform policy of Hie government to regard this as meaning gold and both the Interest and principal have always been paid In gold or Its equivalent. The act of 18(51) ( ) , the declared purpose of which was to strengthen the public credit and which had that effect , was universally construed as a pledge to pay the obligations of the government In gold. At thnt time the Interest on the obligations payable in coin had uni formly been paid In gold , the customs receipts had been set apart to this end. dixies being paid In gold , and the. silver dollar had , as money of payment , been out of use for years , so that It could not have been contemplated In miy measure having for Its object to provide for payment of sums so large as the Interest on the public debt , at that time amounting to $ i0H)0M)0 : ! ( ) ( ) annually. CJohl had for many years been treated as the principal money of coin payments In legislation and In the transactions ot the Treasury department. All subse quent legislation has been understood us meaning that the obligations of the government were payable In gold or Its equivalent and lo claim at this late day Hint there was never any such un derstanding , because It wns not ex pressly nominated In the bond , Is to Invite the contempt and reproach of tliu civilized world. What Mr. Ilryan proposes , In view of the fact thnt the popocrntlc policy would drive out gold and debase silver , would , be dcstructlvn of public credit and most damaging to the public honor. It would degrade this country In the opinion of the world ay nothing clue cou1d , , } t would put the government In the imxltlon of taking advantage of a tcehrticallty | o avoid the payment of Its hiyijefjl1 obligations In honest money - money'cfls good everywhere as It re ceived foil them. It would be nothing more ftinvl | > ss Hum repudiation of a part of onr tebt contracted In good faith. No man1 who desires the maintenance of the n\l)6.iv'l ! \ ) honor and credit can ap prove'lifi such H proposition. No man who ifrjpc5st ) < s such a policy of dishon esty Is , worthy of popular confidence and sfidrt. | ) | ( There can no longer be nny doubt that. Mr. Ilryan and his party are for repudiation. The olllelal ballot showing the names of candidates for national , state and county otlices will be over three feet long and will contain 151 names. Of these names voters nre expected to mark thirty-six with ( he cross of ap proval , lleslde this ticket there nre separate and distinct ballots to be tilled out for city olllcers , for members of the Hoard of Education and for proposed amendments to the 'state constitution. To mark all tlu > sc tickets properly and finish within the time allotted by law will be dllllcult. If not impossible , to many voters of they do not study the tickets carefully beforehand. An un limited quantity of sample ballots Is provided by the authorities to meet this very dllliciilty. A little practice along this line by every voter will aid greatly In the rapid handling of the enormous vote which Is looked for next Tuesday. The secretary of the navy has se lected the mime Alabama for one of the new battleships. One of the largest lighting machines In the navy , now Hearing completion , was named Kear- sage by act of congress. This conjunc tion of historic titles carries a reminder of the conflict off Cherbourg In 1SII. ( It also emphasizes the fact that tin- two ships will now sail under a com mon flag and light. If need be. In de fense of an undivided country. A republican house of representatives in the Plfty-llflli congress Is assured. Nebraska can place Itself In posit dm to receive the greatest recognition from the dominant majnrty by sending a solid republican delegation to Washington. The antics of Hie present populist mem ber of congress from Nebraska during the last session ought lo be all of that kind that the people of the state cure to have for some years to come. Chairman' ' Hutler has the audacity to t'oirmanil Trim Watson to modify his letter of I'voptanee. If Senator Hutler had wanted a letter of acceptance en tirely In harmony with his own views he might have 'jtarod Watson the trouble of composing lil.s letter by writing a letter to.himself. The populists have been played for suckers byhe ( democratic managers who promised to withdraw Sewall If the populist convention would endorse P.ryan. The only question Is whether the populists will have stamina enough to resent their betrayal at the polls next Tuesday. lllsmarck IVbelng made the target for several sharp attacks for the e.xprcs sions of his Hamburg newspaper con cernlng lln > relations of Germany and Russia. Tlu > statesman with a news paper Is bound to get Into hot water whether In Cermnny or In the United Stntes. XCMV. All Tiiui'dicr. New Yorlc Sun. Smlto the heathen , hip and thlRii ! Tom's IH'Inyi-il lpti-r. | Chicago Chronicle. Candidate Watscn has need reasons ( or bt'lluvlng that our postal system Is the pcor- cst In the world. Uultiii Dlir.-rcMii-i- . Imliumipollj Journal. Thomas Jefferson said the leRal ratio be tween Kclil and silver coiu MiouUl conform as nearly cs i > cssil > lc to the commercial ratio between tlip metals. William .IcnnlnRS liryan says : "My friends , 1 think not. " The .tlurUc't fur llmnl * . ( lletje-Domocral. As soon as the votc-s are counted In November , the $100,000,000 cf municipal bonds that hcvo been vainly seeking .a market since the silver craze started will begin to find ready purchwers at satis factory prices : ' AVIi.v Aillnl h'llllllnl. MlnncnpollH Journal. Adlal Stpvonson said In Introducing Bryan lhat the free silver crowd "stand for honest money , tht- money of Hi a constitution. " An the constitution dors not HMiid for any manor , and prescribes none , Adlal Is a little - tlo olY. Neither the constitution nor the fathers couutonancod a swindling 50-cent dollar. Cilia ril < ( ! l > > i'iiiUrrfoiiM. Chicago Cluonlclu ( dem. ) A Ilryan paper describes the labor strikes of 1S02 , "IncliidliiK Homestead and Tennes see , whore men , women and children wore shot down by I'lnkorton detectives. " The sllvcrltc.-u are making diligent use of "IMn- Icurton detectives" In this campaign. It U u notorious fact that two members of I'ln- korton's force accompany Uryan as his body guard on his "Itinerary , " n3 his series of roar platform Jiwangnca la called. Till * MluInT ItcilHOII. New York WorM. It Is certain that frco coinage would rob iivery wage earner -of a jiart of the present purchasing power of his wages. It Is certain that It would reduce the valueof iilUiqvlfiRa'linnk deposits , all life Insurance policies and all building and loan liivcstmeiitb.- * It la certain that It would paralyze bual- iioes and prostrate Industry , entailing enor mous loss upon the country In which cjverj- body would nlmrc. lint there U a higher and better reason than all this nffordd for voting against frco colnago. That policy U a proposal ot ills- honosty. U .yilU | bo a dullbi-rate swindle. It would mabotucKa nation of rupudlators. Every lioiifsl mini 'should vote against It becaiitio ho Is an honest man and not a swindler. TIIM ItlUIIT OF CO.VrilACT. _ _ _ All AHMIIIIII "ii tinIillitrly of ( InIii - illvlcliuil. Now 'York ' Hun ( ilem. ) H liryan U elected and a poporratlc popu list congress with him , the right to mnko contracts calling for payment In gold will bo taken away , How Is that for paternal ism ? The government has no inoro right to provout mon from making a contract for the delivery of n certain amount of gold money , all at once or In limtallmenta , than to prevent them from making a contract for the delivery of furniture or alt Hah , In a lump or In Installments , if John Dee , for Instance , rents a houseto Richard Hoe- for $1,000 a year , and they ngrco that payment shall bo made In barrels of Mcdford rum at their market vuluo , or In cairn of lobstcrn , or In crumrilp-horned cows , or In J20 gold plooes , It Is none of the government' * ! busi ness. H U Bolely the business of the purlieu to the contract. MUMCIl'AI. HO.MKH. IMilitlc SrourUlrn Aflcclril lir tlio ThroiU of Krep Silver. tlonil Ihiypr. Our table of coming bond olrnllons ft which citizens , whether or not they are property owners and tat payers , snny vote for or against Issues of municipal bond * shows that on November 3 , next--tho tlmo of the general or natlon.il election no less than forty different cities , towns ami coun ties In every section of the country will vote upon Issues aggregating over J9.000.000 Very few of thrso proposed Issues are foi funding the floating debts , or refunding oM bonds which the municipalities cannot con veniently pay off nt their approaching ma turity. Thirty-three of the forty proposed Issues nro for the purpose ot public Im provements by the construction of build ings , sewers , water works , etc. . nil public enterprises giving largo employment to both skilled artisans ami common laborers. It may possibly prove that It was a mis take or at least n misfortune that tins dale of these elections to authorize bonds was fixed at tht > name date as that of the na tional election , for the Important question of whether \\o are to go upon a silver tuisl1 or remain upon < a gold standard for nil financial transactions will not then hnvn been tlcnnlti'ly announced for the guldanci of voters. Hut voters who are called upon to decide as to the Issno of bonds may anil In the experience of the last thrco months slnoo the nominations wcro made not only food foi thought but soun.t advice as to their coin-so. We have soon iho mere thre.it of the free silver policy completely stagnate the whole municipal bond business , so thnt over $100- 000,000 of bonds offered ilurlng the three months' campaign have either born rejected , withdrawn or ilcfoatcd nt the polls. What will happen If the allver .isltators cthotdd , by any mischance , succeed , can bo re.tdlly Im agined. There would be no market whatever for our bonds abroad , unless they worn spe cifically mnde payable In Rolcl. The silver candidate himself has shown us whnt would follow , If any municipality after hi-1 rlcotlon should offer to Issue a gold bund. He per sonally as n plaintiff , and artln ; na hM own lawycr. sued ont an Injunction to restrain Lincoln. Neb. , his home when not cam paigning , from Issulns'gold bemis as "Ille gal , without authority of law nnil contrary to public pnlley and good morals. " Ho ob tained a permanent Injunction In June last , and the creditof Lincoln was thereby no grievously Injured that In September It could not borrow $1.701) ) to aave It from dafnultlng on Its paving I minis , and Its laborers were comrelled to stop work on the public streotn because there was no monen to pay them. Municipal * ether than gold bonds cannot ho sold at homo or abroad even when Uryan only threatened. Conceive of his being elected and It Is easv to perceive that In every community some fool plaintiff would rlso up In Imitation of Uryan to restrain the sale of gold bonds. CAIM'AKJN XOTKS. A majority of all leases of buildings now belli t ; executed In New York City contain tlm sold clause. While Ilryan Is spilling speeches In Chicago cage , -100 sound money orators are . punc turing his pneumatic armor nightly. James K Oirroll of Chicago has wagered $10,000 to $ i > ,000 on McKinley winning and S5.000 to $3.000 on Tanner being elected gov ernor of Illinois. A St. Lou la factory answers the charge of coercion by displaying a sign which reads : "All employes of this corporation will vote as 'they please or be dlachargeU. " Although Ilrynn denounces bankers as shy- ] oks and plutocrats In public , his private op'-nlon of them Is somewhat different. He dlnc-J with a banker at Jacksonville , III. . Isst Sunday night. Isn't that nudn heresy ? Colonel Harry C. Swords and Hilly Rd- wards , who arc handling McKinley money In New York , have raised the odds on Mc- Klnley from 3 to 1 to 4 to 1. Odds are given on McKinley carrying New York Cf.v. Hlshop Whlpplc of Minnesota , heretofore a democrat , has taken a stand for sound money and national honor. In an Interview he says ; "I am going to vote for my coun try and my ( lag and all It represents , and for that reason I shall vote for the repub lican presidential ( -lectors. " W. J. Usell of Chicago offered \V. J Hry.in n Dakota fnrm conditioned on hla aiuv crlng forty-two questions concerning the Chicago platform. As Candidate Ilrynn Is net In the business of answering questions , there U no danger of the farm being trans- lorre.l fron1 the Hussell family. Michael Damn , a prominent democrat of St. I'anl. was challenged by an Indiana man to cover a wager of $2,000 on Ilryan carrying Minnesota. $2.010 on Hryan being elected and Sl.nno "that I will win balh bets. " Doran telegraphed - graphed th ? Ilooslcr : "I accept your propo sition and you can double It as many time ? 33 you wish. " At a noonday sound money meeting In Indianapolis a man claiming to be u work- Ingnian said he had been threatened with discharge by his employer If ho did not ccaso wearing .1 Hry-Jii button. One of the sound leaders offered to - money pay-all expense - penso of prosecuting the ease and to plvo the complainant $100 If ho proved his charge. The man promised to make ai- affidavit to what ho said , but on the wjy to a lawyer's olllco he broke away , mounted f. blcyclo and fled. To show the anxiety of eastern business men In the result of the election In Ne braska and their desire to see the state line up against debased money , the manager of a lumber company at Ogdcnsburg. N. Y. wrote to a friend In Omaha : "Election night , as early as you can. will you Keml mo one or two telegrams telling the result In Omaha and the probable result In the state ? K Wo nro very anxious here , believ ing that the election of Ilryan will bring appalling disa : < tcr to our business and that i of our customers. " 1'opocratlc "argument" ngainst sound money Is taking on a variety of forms. A MeKlnley Hag was torn down and trampled in iho dust In Minneapolis and another ( lag was publicly burnej by free silver hoodlun : ? at Springfield , Mo. A sound money orator WPS assaulted by toughs in Chicago last Monday. At Kvnnsvillo , Ind. , a crowd of political thugs attempted to assault Uourke Cockran , but were persuaded to desist with police clubs. A well org.tni/.ed attempt to prevent T. V. 1'owderly addressing the votcm of Sioux City was thwarted by the mr.yor of the city. PKH.SO.VAI , AM ) OTIinitVISi : . Mine. Adellna Pattl during the course of her operatic career has earned $5.000.000. The king of Greece Is reported to have said : "It Is on august but deplorable pro fession to bo a king. " Henry Van Noslrand , a Now York retired merchant , who died" recently , was one of the moat noted conchologlstH In the world and leaves a collection of sheila of great value. The last graed entertainment In I'arls to a Husslan emperor , previous to the ono given recently , was .given to Alexander III in 1SG7 at the Hotel do Vllle. It cost $180.000. Russia nee Is more doctors. She has only ono to G.OOO Inhabitants ; and her death rate Is by far the highest In Kurope. Cler- mnny has ono to ,1,001) ) . Franco ono to l.SOO , mid Knglnn 1 ono to l.-OO. The United States Is Btlll inoro nuineroimly supplied. The authorities of Westminster Abbey have given permission for tliu orectlon of a memorial to Walter Scott In the abbey , and the committee that has the matter In hand has decided that the memorial slnill tuko the form of a copy of Chantroy's bust of the novelist , to bo executed by John Huchlson. I'rof. II. Worlvln of Drussols. Helglum , now visiting Washington , holds the chair of ap plied electricity In tl < o University of Ghent. Hu days that whllo Kuropo Is much farther advanced In the knowledge of the theory of olecti Icily , In all applications of that won derful power to commercial uses the United States la far In the lead. In the northern army , at the closeof the civil war. General Porter tells us there were only two men known to him who never bowed the head to Iron and lead. Of thtao ono wan General Grant. So purely a matter of habit , a reflex action , had mich ducking bucomu that after a great battle men would Involuntarily bob , as they stood or sat about camp , at the Hllghtest nolsu. A young Now Yorker , who , within th pant few years , has almost entirely ills- Hlpatcd a largo fortune left lo him by hu father , baa settled down and gone Into buslnoiM for himself. Ho lm taken desk room In an otllco down town , and hU Imsl- nois card reads ; "Heal cstntu and mer chandise broker. Any old thing bought unil MuIJ. Money to loan , sometime * . " JAIL THREAT FOR BISMARCK German Govormiisnt rears Ho Mixy Tell Why Ho Re3itfueil Office. 1T L * * PROSECUTION OF HIS NEWSPAPER STOPPED Il fl < ixiir - Mnilp by the Kx-C.'lmnopl- Iiir Kent ivlth 111 CrnOf Upon the .Allnil cif UN All , ] . > , \Vlllluin , N. Oct. 2 . A special from llerlln says It Is understood there that the proposed prosecution of Prince HlAiiiarck'H organ , the Hamburger Nachrlehtpn , fiir publishing * tao : secrets has been abandonifd out ot fear of the harm such a step might do to Germany's foreign policy. U Is added that , however , ahould Prlnco DUmarck publish the circum stances under which lie resigned olllee , the government will bo forced to net , and It Is said that It would probably treat Prince lllsmnrck In the same manner th.it the latter treated Count Von Arnlm. Count Von Arnlm was arrested In October , 1ST ) , ami confined In Uerlln for refusing to giveup documents sent to him ns ambas sador. On account of Illness he was released - leased on ball some three weeks later , but was ag.iln arrested In about two works lime. He wtia tried In December , ls4 , was convleten of making away with eccleslo- polltleal documents , was acrjulttcxl of other charges and was sentenced to three months Imprisonment. He appealed , was tried again In Juno. IS'iV and a verdict was rendered confirming the sentence. In November of the same year , It was announced that Count Von Arnlmvas to be prosecuted for treason In a pamphlet entitled "Pro-Nlhllo , " pub lished ut Zurich In January , 1SCU , and he died at Nice , as a result. It wuis said by Prince Hlsmarck's enemies , of the persecu tion to which ho had been subjected by the rhancDllor. SUI.TA.V Iin.VHS I'MIDM Ut'SSIA. Ullliir of TnrUr.v Mnilllli-s 111 , llrei-iit A U Mini i' . CONSTANTINOPLE. Oct. 20. Since the f-cont visit of the Hu. lan ambassador , M. de Nelldoft to the sultan , ami the long Important atldlcnco which followed , It Is noticeable that thcto has been another change for the better In the attitude of Abdul Ilamld and his advisors toward the Armenians In particular , and the reform policy In general. H Is known that M. de Nelldoff used very ntrong language to the Miltan. and It Is apparent that the latter was convinced that the Husslan ambassador was In earnest. This , supplemented by crave reports ro- celved by the sultan from the Turkish embassies at London and Paris , pointing out the distrust and Irritation caused by the attitude of Turkey , has brought about eager professions on the- part of the Turkish government of a desire to honestly push the work of reform , and , ns a commencement flvo Christian deputy governot3 have been appointed In Armenia , and It Is probable that there will be changes shortly In the composition of the Turkish ministry. Atllliir TO I'OMTIUS. Stll < lKIIIIIII AllllCIIIIII'l'M HIM ltt < - tlrciiii-iit from 1'nlillil.lfi - . HELKAST , Ireland , Oct. 23. The marquis of Dufferln , newly retired from the post of IM'.lsh ambassador to Paris , was given a banquet here tonight , at which he made n speech. He declared that owing to his ago and deafness he had definitely retired from olllelal life. Although England was not loved , the marquis continued , she had no dispute with any nation of Europe- except Turkey. The salvation of the Armenians , he asserted , cannot bo found In any scheme applied to the Armenians alone , but In reforms giv ing protection to all the Turkish subjects. The marquis nlso expressed the hope- that the United States and England would bo the first to practically apply the principle of arbitration lo the settlement of Inter national disputes. Lord Dufferln said every Englishman would revolt In horror nt the thought of any fratricidal collision with the United States , which could only result In ' Involving the United States and them In a common ruin. IS A 1'HXXII.HSS ( Sl.llin TIIOTTHH. TliU Time a Kri'iirli .lonriinlUt IK Tri v 'Hni * < > HI" Xorvt" . VICTORIA. II. C. , Oct. 20. Among the passengers from the Orient on the steamer Victoria today was M. Ch. Uroard. "Maurice Uoukay. " of Gil Bias , a French journalist , traveling around the world , not In luxurious style that most globe trotters do , but as best ho can. Ho left Paris February 23 with 3 cents In bis pocket and made a wnger that ho would circle the globe without begging and be back In Paris by Christmas. Ro far ho has been eminently successful. Ho leaves tomorrow for San Francisco. Japanese papers by steamship Victoria re port an exciting race between the steamship Empress of China and the French cruiser Alger bolni ; off the Japanese coast , and the war ship leading the Empress Into Yokohama hama , having gained two miles In the run from Kobe. Reports are current on the other sldo that the Japanese are secretly aiding the Manila icbcls against Spain , and the matter Is now being made the subject of olflcial Inquiry. IIISMAUCIv'S HXI'OHMti : K.VI.I.S KI < AT. Kill IN to .SliiiUe tin" IlMntloiiN llelivoi-ii ItiiMxIii nnil I'riiiii'i- . PARIS. Oct. 29 The Figaro , commenting on the dlsclousurcs made by Prlnco llls marck In the Hamburger Nachrichten , re- gaidlng the secret alliance between Germany and Russia from 18S4 to 1890. aays : "Russia discovered that the treaty was a veritable delusion for her. and when Prince His- march asked her , In 1887. to renew her declaration of her neutrality In the event of the attack upon Franco , which was then planning In Germany , Russia formally re fused to do ao , and thereafter , all the blandishments of Prince Hismarck only served to Increase the friendship of France and Russia. " The Matin Is of the. opinion that the dls- clousuro of the secret treaty was Intended to make Franco tmsplclous of Runsla , and adds thnt It has had the contrary effect. OltAX'l ON MOIfMt ItonoriMl Mi'morlrn Xot Sreurp fro Milwaukee livening Wltconrln. JCMO Ornnl I * n nmuvhoao nnmo not for n moment nrrost the attention of * > the American people but for Iho fncl thai h Is "tho son of Ida father. " Yet ho U not "tho son of his father" on the money citlrstlon , though thnt IB iho subject on which ho has Keen lit to nlr n orudo opinion which has attracted millco only becauao of Urn honor associated with the family name. Ho .shown Ignorance us well n | > rcvtii ) | > tlon when ho says ho believes his father. If liv ing , would tod'iy favor the free coinage ot silver at tln > r.ulo of 10 to 1. President Ornnt's own words throw a clour light on the position wliirh ho would have taken had ho hicn spared to participate In this cam paign. In his first annual message to con- grwis. December C. ISfiD. President Grant said : "I earnestly tccommend such legislation as will Insure a gradual return to spcclo payments and put an lmmr-dinu > atop to llnctuatlnns In the value of currency. To grcnro the latter I see but ono way and that Is to authorize the trensury to redeem Its own paper at a fixed price when presented nntl to withhold from circulation All paper so redeemed until sold apaln for gold. " Ill his si-cnnd annual message , December 5. 1870. President Grant said : "Tho evils of a depreciated nnil fluctu- ntliig curii'iity nre so great that now. when the premium on gold has fallen BO much. It would seem that the- time has arrived when congress should look to a policy which would place our currency on par wllh gold. " Hero Is what President ( Irani said In his message of March 4 , 1S72 : "Tho preservation of our national credit Is of natloi < nl Importance ; next In 1m- portanro to this Is to provide a national currency of fixed. unvarying value as com pared with sold nnd , as soon : is practicable , having due regard for the Interests of the debtor class and the vicissitudes of trade and 'commerce , convertible Into gold at par. " In his message ot December 7 , 1S74 , Presi dent Grant said thin : "It Is very easy to conceive that the deb tor nnd speculative classes may think It ot value to them to make the so-called money abundant until Ihey can throw n portion of their burdens upon others. Hut even these , 1 believe , would be disappointed In the result If a course should bo pursui'il which will Iteep In doubt the value ot the legal tender medium of exchange. It seems to me that nothing Is clearer than that the ( { renter part of the burden of existing pros tration , for the want of n sound financial system , falls upon the worklngman. who must , after nil , produce the wealth , nnd the salaried man who superintends nnd conducts business. Thn burden falls upon Ihcm In two ways : by the deprivation of employment nnd by the decreased purchasing power ot their salaries. " These are all sturdy blows at currency flatism of every sort and currency debase ment of every sort. Iticludlng free /diver flatism nnd free silver debase ment. They are convincing ovitlenc-o that It President Grant were nllvo today he would bo ns Implacably opposed lo free silver coinage at the ratio of Ifi to 1 as ho won to Iho scheme of currency Inflation pro posed In 1ST I , when he vetoed the villainous bill to water our currency with an additional four hundred millions ot greenbacks. miinr/.Y IIMS. Hoxbury Onzette : . "A limn Is foolish to bet on election , Isn't ho ? " "Yes. How much Imvu you lost ? " Uoston Transcript : Clnrn Do you enll Hcrtlia u beniily ? Mnudlc To her u fnce , yes. Truth : MIstrosH Do you understand nil the duties of u wultressV Sorvnnt Yes , ma'am. Mistress Can you multe nmyon- imlso dressing ? Servant No. ma'am , but I ran do plain Dewing. Puck. : The Clergyman I bad no Idea profanity HO prevalent till 1 began to ride a wheel. Ills Wife * Do you bi'iir rmieh of It on the road ? The Clergyman Why , nearly everyone J run Into mveiirs fright fully ! Hrooklyn LIfo : She Ttir minister asked for further contributions today for mis sionary work. He 1 I'm. lie's an eccle siastical Jingo. Isn't hu ? She What do you mean by that ? He Why , he's always callIng - Ing for war on Sin and Satan nnil de manding big appropriations to carry on the flsht. Yonkers Statesman : She I see they hnvo now a 'Woman's Dictionary. ' Do you sup pose that differs from any other ? He Probably has inoro words In It. Chicago Heeord : "Daughter , I am con vinced that Mr. I.nmpton Is rcnlly In love with you. " "Why. mnmnm " "He has unit kicking your ilos when you nro not looking. " Indianapolis Journal : Mlnnto When that odious mnshur tried to smile at mo I Just looked daiwrs at him. Mamie Was It n success ? Minnie I think so. I beard him whisper to the other odious wretch who was with him that ho was "stuck on thnt girl's looks. " Philadelphia Heeord : Weary Wllllo ( with" n sernp of newspaper In his hand ) Here's just two words from ono o' Hryan's speeches. Hungry Hlgglns Wet ! yer mils' bo a regular mln' reader ler toll Ifa Hryan's speceh jlst be two wolds. Wet ar dey ? Weary Wllllo-"My frlen's. " A GEORGIA O1UTUAUY. Atlanta ConMltutlon. "He early found The heavenly road ; Anil , though It forked , The way hu knowed. "His farm he gnvo Unto his race. And now he owns A hcnvonly placer. " OVKII-MVI.NC. Written for The Hoc. "With nil your steps to music Ami all your .soul a song , How can tint day bo dreary. How can the night be long ? ' Look up , dear heart , and listen To purest harmony , Sou falrtst faces beaming With spirit sympathy. IoI not your strong faith trcmblo Nor yield to dark despair ; Know there's n world of beauty Above the world of care. ' With ono sweep hope to guldo you , You have u steadfast friend To fill your soul with courage Whatever fate may si-nd. -I1KU..I9 WlhLEY GUB. Wlnslde , Neb. "A RAT A5 IS A HAT' ' | Can Be Found Here. ttT Von are going to get a new ono to wear this winter ellher buy or win one on elecllou.Ve have got one of the largest nnd best assorted stock of Hats over fihown at retail. Can give you the various blocks YounmnH , Knox or Dnnlap style for Jfl.W ) , ? L ,00 , $ U.W ) and ? : i.0 < ) . H"A for wo want lo reduce the quantity In this department. Wo are afraid to wall lee long , anil to bo doubly sure iji MAKE A FEW- SPECIAL PRICES : : Seeing Is believing , KO come and look us over , and at thu same tlmu T remember our Clothing. You will wo Suits for -flli.OO and $ ir . < X ) * that can't bo duplicated for IOKH than $ 25.00 or .fHO.OO In tailor f < ( UVKIIV \VAIIIIA.\TISD. . ) BROWNING , KING & CO. , H S. W , Corner Ifitli tincl Iotiln.s ( St.s.