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I rrvrr-n rv\r A TT A n A TT.V QATTTl HAV. nHTOTlTlT ? H1. ISOfi. IN SOUND MONEY'S ' RANK Expressions of Leading Ncbraskans Show How the State Stnnds , i ALL AGREE THAT M'KINLEY ' IS SAFE HERE HOTV < li < - CniiiiuilKit of ISilticnlliifi Aiming the Vuti-rx linn lleen Contliiolril Not hliiK I > n linen Xonl % < 'leil. CHICAGO , Oct. 30. ( Special. ) The Na tional Republican league has received ample advices from the Nebraska Republican league and Iho republican clubs In general throughout Iho state. These reports are satisfactory. They all apeak of n haru light , but express the rullcst confidence In a decisive victory for MoKlnlcy nnd Hobart. September 1 Secretary Uowllng of the National league received from Secretary Mock the names of rDI clubs In active serv ice. Iiy the 1st of October the number had Increased to COS and ' \\MS still Increasing rapidly. "Tho league has pushed club or ganizations throughout the state" wrote Sec retary Mock , "with legitimate satisfaction. W are now. " ho albo wrote , "orKanlzlns women's McKlnloy and Hobart clubs as auxiliary to the voters' clubs. This work Is progressing splendidly. " Like confidence Is manifested In other advlccB. 0. K. Stlno ot Superior , Neb. , writes : "Wo rharo your belief that wo are on the eve of a trcmcndouu victory and our only anx iety no\v Is to make It an overwhelmingly one. " IJ. J. Hnlns of Lincoln writes : "Nebraska Is the battleground against populism as It wns nRntnst slavery in the days before the 'COs. The party of vagaries and here sies : ls making , wo hope , Its last stand here. " A. M. Anderson of TekntiMh says : "Ne braska Is now on top for McKlnley , but Fi wo nro having a hard fight for It. " | t W. H. II. Nllus of Holdrege writes to Sec retary Dowllng : "What you have done has been highly appreciated nnd will bear fruit In duo season. " President W. 1' . McCreiry says : " \V'o will make n heroic effort to carry the utato for McKlnley. " Alvln Soulc , Chapman , reports : "Our club of 125 members out of 175 voters In the lownshlp will voteto a man for McKlnley and Hobart. " Early In the ycnr'W. P. Collins of Lin coln , then president of the State lenguc , Is sued n circular urging speedy nnd thorough organizations. He said therein : "Nebraska ls all right and Nebraska republicans should Bend such a greeting to the sisterhood of states next November that will convince the party beyond a reasonable doubt Ihat 'No- hrnskn Is nil right. ' Organization Is the breath of life to our parly. It Is the mis- slon of the league to organize , energize , cdus cnto. Are you organized ? If not let me ap peal to you to do so at once. I hand you here with National league circulars , which con tains a plan of organization and forms the constitution nnd by-lnws. Will you take hold of this mutter ? We must have a wldc- nwako club In every voting precinct of your county. Circulate a call for an early meet ing , the earlier Iho bcllcr. Gel Iho young men lliere ; gel them to work. Got up a special program with music and short speeches. Keep us posted on your efforts nnd your nccda. Wo expect to furnish clubs with good literature In duo time. " EARLY IN THE CAMPAIGN. In an early htngo of the campaign Secre tary Mock wrote : "Progress In Nebraska Is not standing still by any means. We have now reached the 300 mark and purpose lo push the work to COO or more. The Impor tance of making Nebraska In part the bat tle ground of the campaign was discerned enrly by the National Republican league. The republican clubs , to their credit , were up and doing , being In no way discouraged by the attempt to gain votes for Ilryan by specious appeals to utato pride. Tha Re publican league held a convention In August and elected an executive committee and the following officers : AV. P. McCrcnry of Hast ings , president ; John P. Hays of Norfolk , vtco president ; Ed J. Mock of Alma , secre tary , and Patrick Hall of Memphis , treas urer. Thus reorganized Iho league prepared for an acllvu campaign , being aware thai Iho popocrats had acquired a firm fooling In Nebraska. In Iho four presidential elections from 1872 to 1888 , Inclusive , Nebraska had given republican pluralities ranging from 10.D10 lo 27.873. In 1830 Iho farmers' alll- anco candidate for governor polled 70,287 votes , but the democratic candidate won by a plurality ot l.HI. In 1892 Nebraska gave Iho Harrison electors a plurality of 4,093. In 1894 the democrats and popocrats fused nnd elected Governor Holcomb by a plural ity of 3,202. In 1895 the republicans carried the stale once moro by 8,938 plurallly nt the election of a supreme courl Justice. "All this shows Ibo hard work Ihat was be fore Iho Nebraska clubs , especially as the popocrats wcro dead set on carrying the stale for Ilryan by unscrupulous means. ' The re publican cluba set lo work early In Ihe campaign. " W. C. Klndlg of Nemaha wrolo In July : "Wo will have a hard fight on hand , but by the judicious use ot good literature and good speakers to cducalo Ihe masses wo can carry the stale for McKlnley and sound money. " AT HEART REPUDLICANS. Olhor communlcallons showed that Ne braska was sltll at heart republican. George * J , Kelly of Ord' said In July : "Free silver Is selling Iho Nebraska prairies on fire and something must bo done to stop the mania. " Secretary Flandran of Trenton , Neb. , reported - ' ported Ihat "tho number of McKlnley and Hobart clubs thcro were willing and anxious to do any work thai may be assigned ted ilicm. " W. A. Necdham of Hloomfleld said : "With a lllllo effort wo will bo able to In flvo voles where wo lose one. The do have been hearing but ono side of the quco- lion. Nebraska will go republican Ibis fall , but wp will have to Institute a campaign of education or the money question , espe cially as wo border on the silver mining B'.ntes. The National Republican league has been In constant correspondence with the Nebraska clubs and has sent them , In re sponse to these appeals , campaign literature in great quantities. " Senator John M. Thurston has given host league movement in Nebraska the heartiest encouragement. Congressman .McClcary's speech was In eager request and served to offset the pernicious effects of Towno'a speech , which was distributed broadcast. Appended are some of the opinions ex pressed regarding McClcary's speech : "We greally dcslro some copies of Mr. Me- Cleary's speech. It Is the thing. " Icho "That speech oughl lo be placed In Iho hinds of every voter In Nebraska. " , "You should arrange for a complete dis tribution of this speech In Nebraska. " "It Is great.- "This In my humble Judgment Is the most effective document thai can bo circulated : through Iho weslcrn states. It meets hoed very propositions that are constantly urged ; in the west falling prices. I know of no Our baby licn thm ) weeks old was tiaJlf nf. fllctKl wllli Uczi'uiu. Her lirail , arms , nock , \\iulif. \ \ nil nearly every Joint In her Ixxly ot raw ami MiviUnx nhvn wo concluded la try C'UTICUIIA JtEWEUii : . Wenftut \ ultli CCTICUIIA ( dim- uicnl ) and Curici'iu ' b'tur. nud after Ihe firtt appl.ratlon we coiil J tea a cluiueu. After wo lied uiol them ono witk eumaol tliotnro bail licaletl entirely , auj c < Mil to ipreail. In Iru than R month , uie wu fire from icali-i anil bleinlahet. ami to-Jay bat aa lovely ikln end hair n any child , che wu fho rn at thu Urange Fair , and took n premium u Ilia prcltlMt baby.nver dxtecn otherj Mn. A JIBS. 1'Aillf. 1009 JH-IlCYlciT Arc. , Kan.City , BjU T r/wfciie.i'onniai'0Cum.Coirliwtfa , olhcr document or speech that answers proposition * so well as Ihe one In question. ' The Nebraska Republican clubs und the State league are thus serving loyally the party cnuno In the pending campaign. They nro working with enthusiasm for MeKlmey nnd Hobart In order that sound money and protection may triumph and become the national policy for all time. Thcso clubs have worked In hearty accord wllh the Na tional Republican league and have cheerfully undertaken all forms of campaign duty In order that Nebraska may take once more the place that befits her In the republican party. .NOT OITOSKI ) TO TIIH MUTUAI.M. Alt or no } ' ficnornl Clnirplilll HUM Jfot Ciuitbntril rrnteriiiil lniiriitict . LINCOLN. Neb. , Ocl. SO. ( Special.-Tho ) attack In typewritten circulars , signed and unsigned , and by printed circulars , sent oul by otic W. n. Lynch of Lincoln , who rcprc- ecnts himself as a member of a mutual Insurance committee , Is being answered by mutual companies of good standing gener ally , who have no complaint on account of unfriendly treatment from Attorney Gen eral Churchill. The following circular sent out by the Omaha mutuals speaks for Itself. All this talk About "war upon mutual com panies , " so far as can be learned here , Is absolute rot. Every old line company , so- called , Is protesting that none of Its rep resentatives has taken any action toward regulating or Interfering with the mutuals. The lleo published last week the answers of every state and special agent living In Omaha , all declaring that there had been at no tlmo nny organized effort on the part of any of the companies represented by them toward crippling or Interfering with mutual companies , v.1ilch Is regarded ns a species of competition not In the least damaging to either the old line nro com panies or llfo companies , ns mutual Ilro In- miranco Is generally accepted only by the farming community and on small dwell ing risks In villages where the flro protec tion Is poor , and , so far as farm risks arc concerned , the old line companies , with only two or three exceptions , arc refusing to write on farm property. As for mutual llfo Insurance nearly all the leading agents In Omaha are carrying moro or less of mutual Insurance through fraternal so cieties. The whole cry of war against the mutunls was started for campaign purposes only , undoubtedly for the purpose of foisting some discredited politicians Into the legis lature. The circular reads : OMAHA. Oct. 27.V , the undersigned members of frntermil orders nnd mutiml Insurance companies , having lind our at- tcntlon called to n circular sent out by Mr. Lynch and Mr. Swlgert of Lincoln , Neb. , In which they contend thnt Attorney Gen eral Churchill Is unfriendly to mutual In- Hiirance , have thoroughly Investigated the mutter , and especially the connection of Mr. Churchill with the enso of the State of Nebraska ex re ) , farmers' Mutual Insur ance company of Lincoln , nnd find the charges made In such circular to ho wholly" untrue/ ; and would further say that Mr. Wood , the president of the Farmers' Mutual Insurance company , stated to the under signed that Attorney Ocncrnl Churchill's attitude toward this company has always been Just and fair , and thnt ho ( Mr. Wood ) did not approve of the statement made In such circular letter. Wo nirthcr doslro to say that , after a careful luvostltr.itlon , wo know that Mr. Churchill Is not unfriendly to either fraternal societies or mutual In surancs npnnlcn. K. P. DAVIS. Chairman City Central Committee , City of Omaha , and IlttslnesH Mon'H Fraternity. JAMES K. VAN GILDKH , Member of Fraternal League. F. F. KOOSE. President Fraternal Union of America. To Whom It May Concern : This Is to certify Ihat Hon. A. 8. Churchill Is n mem ber In good HtaiulltiK of Commercial camp No. 107 of thu Woodmen of the World , and holds ccrllflcalu No. 7,430. Fraternally yours , JOHN T. YATES , Supreme Clerk. UTJSSKI.I.'S HRPl.V TO AVII.SON. iiT DlrortH nn Anmvrr ( o ( toiiiiiiiiiiilniit'H Iniill | ( > il LINCOLN , Ocl. 30. ( Special. ) Commis sioner Russell in reply lo Ihe slalcmonl from Commandant Wilson of the Grand Island Soldiers' and Sailors' Home , recently published In The Dee and to the effect that Mr. Russell had not acted In a mnnly way during the Jailer's recent visit to Hie Homo , Ihls afternoon gave out the following for publication : LINCOLN , Oct. 30. J. W. Wilson , Com i- mandant Soldier : ! ' Home , Grand Island l : Dear Elr I huvo read your version of the vlsll of Ihe committee headed by Governor Thnyer to the Grand Inland Home , nnd cannot help contrasting your conduct nnd the commandants of other homes , under similar circumstances. A few years ngo complaint \van made against Commandant Smith of the Lcavcmvortti Homo. When tliti committee called , General Smith re ceived them kindly , pel aside a room , placed an orderly al their disposal and told them to inako u thorough Investigation , which they did In his absence and only a few mouths HKO the Visiting and Examining board went to Mllford to Investigate com plaints made thcro by a Air. Mosliy. Com- nulo Culver , the colnmandnnt , did not ask to be present , but gave them the roll and told them to examine whoever they liked and In his absence. In both Instances the commandants W TO exoneralcd. If you have treated the Inmates under your charge fairly and Impartially , you had nothing to fear , and It Is a Fad commentary on your management that you are afraid to have the story told by those under your care In your absence. Hlglit or wronpr. you placed yourself under suspicion. If you have been honest with them , you had > nothing to fear ; they are all honorable men and women. You nay I did "nol go Inlo the onico and act In a manly , open manner , 'but slipped around among the Inmates for the sole pur pose ( I believe ) of raising a disturbance. " I went directly to the otllco nnd found the adjutant busy with a room full of com rades dlstrlbullngclothing. . I Koughl i10 interviews , nnd only listened lo those who came to mo and went to those who sent for mo. Their stories and the fact that you are. afraid to allow them lo lalk in your absence convince mo lhal thcro Is . - oine- IhliiK wrong1 In your treatment of them. Your proposition meant Intimidation and nothingshort. . Yours , II. C. HUSSELL. Solder * ' Ilnnir Affair. ORANL ) ISLAND , Ocl. 30. ( Special ! ) Ad jutant General Gage of the Grand Army of the .Republic , Department of Nebraska , was In the city this morning looking Into Iho mailer of Iho lalo discharge of Ihrce republican Inmates of Iho home , and more particularly that of M , V. Devard , because ho refused to bo examined by Commandant Wllfion as to certain statements ho was alleged to have made against Mrs. Zlmmcr , matron of the home. Mr. Gage returned on an early train to Lincoln. The discharge has been reported , ho Bald , to Allorney General Churchill and Commissioner Rus sell. and they will arrive hero on a Into train this evening to look Into Iho mai ler. Governor Holcomb was also In the city this morning , being enrouto to Lex ington , where ho address a racellng Ihls afternoon. The governcr was accompanied by Wilson" Greene of Kearney , His vlsll hero , said Iho governor , was In no man ner connecled wllh Iho troubles at the home , and anything that came from the homo was for political purposes. And the Crowd IloniuIiiH Airny. NGI1RASKA CITY , Oct. 30. ( Special Tele gram. ) Senator Allen addressed a political gathering at the opera house tonight. The popocrats have been laboring Industriously for a week past with the expectation of hav ing a torchlight procession , partially approaching preaching , at least , the proportions of the republican rally Monday night. The rail roads made a one-faro rate , but no line came from the surrounding towns and consequently quently the parade was postponed. A few of the most enthusiastic allvorltcs availed themselves of the opportunity to escort Senator Allen from the hotel to the opera house. Silver HRAINARD , Neb. , Oct. 30. ( Special. ) Charles Kubat of Omaha arrived hero last night to address the Ilohcmlan voters on free stiver , but owing to the lack of an audience Mr , Kubat did not speak. Last Wednesday evening a stiver orator of Utah came hero to talk free silver , but he was treated tbo uamo as Kubat. The ellverltcs have no organization In this part of Outle county. York Couple YORK , Neb. , Oct. 30. ( Special , ) Prank O. Dell , ono o ( tbo most prominent citizen" of York , was married Wednesday evening to Mrs. Mary Reed. Dr. I ) . M. Long of. the Presbyterian church officiated at the cere mony , which was performed at the homo of the bride's sister , Mr * . D. 0. Oell. IJVTIIPPHOTIP IT \CTIVPC \ LMlltMAollt Al HAMuMib Great Crowd Qrcota Advocates of Sound Mouoy In Nebraska. AND RAIN CANNOT KEEP THEM AWAY Senator Tliurxtiin KnlrrliiliiM Jinny Volcrn Midi Coiaitiirlmin * IH-lwccii Tliitvn Wltrn llie SHIN Were OIK-H mill X MV. HASTINGS. Oct. 30. ( Special Telegram. ) Senator Thurstoti spoke In the opera house tonight to a very largo nnd enthusi astic nudlence. He opened his speech by saying that when the republican party went out of power four years ngo It left this country In n most prosperous condition. All the workliiBmcn had plenty of work , times were good , plenty of opportunities for nil classes and moro comfort thi n had been seen nt nny other tlmo under nny other sys tem. Since that tlmo there had been n great change , but not for tbo benefit of anybody In America. The people now call for Iho return ot the past opportunities. In speaking of free silver ho said all the great and progressive nations ot the world wcro on n cold basis , where you will find gold , silver cml paper circulating side by tide. In all the countries where frco silver Is used you will nnd cheap labor and not ono piece of gold In circulation , but sil ver redeemable In silver alone , and said ho could sec nothing to bo gained by the United States Joining hands with the weaker nation ! , of the world. Ho would go Into nny country on the globe with United States money , rold , silver or paper , without fear of discount. Ho said that ho wanted the money of this country to go whcro the nag goes and be respected. Ho said ho would never consent to put the Goddess of Liberty on n depreciated coin , and when the American caglo wns stamped on n silver dollar ho wi-ntcd all Its tall feathers there. BUTTON , Neb. , Oct. 30. ( Special Tele gram. ) The masterly address of Webster of Omaha was listened to by n good audl- cnco , considering the downpouring of the aftorKoon and evening. The turning of many old line democrats to McKlnley con tinues , numbering among them Hon. J. J. Bonckcmper , present mayor of Button , who has been a prominent ngure In democratic politics In this part of the state for many years. Preparations arc being made for a big tlmo nag day , tomorrow. Flag decora tions are now being put up for this occasion. ENTHUSE IN SPITE OF SNOW. M'COOK , Nob. , Oct. 30. ( Special Tele gram. ) The tremendous snow storm of yes terday alone prevented McCook from having the greatest rally In the history of south western Nebraska today. Hut. republican zeal and patriotic enthusiasm arc superior to pvcn one of naturo'8 bad tempers , and the event was a great success , despite the snow and mud , which made It Impossible to fully carry out the program. Besides the eight carloads brought In by the special train which ran from Red Cloud , all the freights from cast and west augmented the crowd , which Is conservatively estimated at 2.000. IJoth the Workman Temple nnd Mcnard opera house wcro crowded at the after noon meetings , which were addressed by OIo Hcdlund , nominee for auditor ; Ed Allen , candidate for state senator , nnd R. P. High , nominee for representative , amidst great enthusiasm The Nebraska Brigade band , the Third Regiment band of Arnpahoc , and the Ben- kclman band furnished the band music , and , besides , the McKlnley Martial band , the glee clubs of Red Cloud , Cambridge , Bcnkclman and .McCook added their Inspira tion. There wcro marching clubs present from Indlanola , Bartley , Cambridge. Arapahoe - hoe and other towns , but the condition of the streets made the monster parade and torchlight procession Impossible. At night Judge Fields of Lincoln and Judge Strawn of Omaha addressed Immense audiences of republicans , bubbling over with enthusiasm. In the Temple hall and Mcnard opera house , respectively , delivering power ful nnd magnincent appeals for sound money , protection and prosperity , TALKS TO THE PIONEERS. NORTH LOUP , Neb. . Oct. 30. ( Special. ) Notwithstanding the disagreeable and threat ening aspect of the weather , an earnest nnd enthusiastic audience assembled at the town hall last evening to hear the speeches made by Hon. Thomas Darnell and J. II. .Water man ot Lincoln. Darnell la well acquainted with many of the old settlers hero and said that ho wished simply to talk to them as a man talks to his neighbor. He pointed oul a number ot facls , showing Ihat the populists party , as such , was politically dead in this campaign and that no populist could now support Watson , even If ho BO dcatrcd , as all the electors wcro for Bryan and Ihe mil lionaire shipbuilder ot Maine. ' Waterman has recently visited some of the eastern manufacturing districts and he gave a vivid portrayal of tbo contrast between the con dition of the workmen under a policy of protecllon , when nol only Iho operallves wore busy and conlcnted , with plenty of money , but the farmers for miles around were nble lo sell all Ihe products Ihat they could ralso at good figures and thus enjoyed the prosperity of the factory people , and their condition now when the factories are running on broken time or arc Idle alto gether , Ihus forcing Ihe operallves lo live on a starvation diet and the farmers can sell nothing but the barest necessities of life , and even these at Iho lowest flgurca. WYMORE , Neb. , Ocl. 30. ( Special. ) Lasl night thd "republicans of Wymorc and vicin ity gathered In the closing rally of the cam paign. Notwithstanding darkness and rain the largo opera house was well filled with voters. The speaker of the evening was Charles E. Winter of Omaha. HUNTLEY , Neb. , Oct. 30. ( Special. ) C. A. Atkinson of Lincoln addressed a good- sized and attentive audience al Ibis place last night. Ho made strong and convincing arguments In favor of republicanism. PERU , Neb. , Oct. 30. ( Special. ) The can didates for the counly oftlccs and the leg islature on demopop nnd republican tickets have both visited Peru this week. Monday night a club ot over 300 ; Including many ladles , marched down from the State Nor mal school building to the new opera house , where they Joined 400 more , making the largest political gathering of the season here. The entlro audience sat packed in the opera house till 11:15 : and listened at tentively to Messrs. Howe , Burnhara , Cor- YORK. Neb. , Oct. 30. ( Special. ) The Woman's McKlnley club of York cannot vote , but they have shown their intense interest in the election by the attitude they have taken In the campaign and by the following resolutions which they have passed : "The Woman's McKlnley club of York desires to express their entire cpn- ndence in each and every nominee of the republican party and our hearty and car- nest sympathy with the noble principles laid down in our party platform. As wo have not the Inestimable privilege of assisting in the great work by our votes , we this opportunity to declare our unswerving loyalty to honesty , patriotism and good government as represented by the grand republican party. " SUPERIOR , Neb. , Oct. 30. ( Special. ) Hon. John L. Webster spoke to a very on- thuslastlc audience last evening. For two hours ho hold Its close attention and was warmly applauded tbroughoul. IN THE HANDS OF M'KINLEY MEN. BBAVBR CROSSING , Neb. , Oct. 30. ( Special Telegram. ) Tills town was fairly taken by storm tonight when a special train arrived from , Seward with 200 people on board , oil anxious to take part in a re publican rally nnd grand street parade. The delegation Included the Woman's Marching club , the Flambeau club , the Veterans' club , the McKlnley-Hobart club and Anderson's Drum corps. They wcro met by the Beaver Crossing band and a woman's marching club and all formed anil marched around lown , bul Ihe elrecls were too muddy for much of a parade. The only dry spot In town was then selected and the Woman's Marching club of Seward gave an exhibi tion drill , after which the Seward Flambeau club gave an exhibition of fireworks , tbo like of which was never si-en hero before , Hon. A. C , Robbing of Lincoln wca to bo the principal speaker of tbo evening , but the crowd was so largo that an overflow meeting was held In a. vacant storeroom , which was hastily provided with scats , and was addressed by Hon. C. E. Holland , can didate for etato senator from this district , for an hour , and then the two speakers changed halls nnd spoke another hour. Their speeches were confit { { | . principally to tin flnnnclnl question andVituurcd up the fal lacy of free nnd unllinltC'l"cotnaKo of nllver. Ju Holland w s cspcqtnUy severe In his de ; of Bryan's ! fcbby , and made lots of votes for himself nnd the whole republican ticket. ALMA , Oct. 30. ( Special Telegram. ) Republicans hnd the lnstMWK rally ot this county ' In this city today. Owing to the bad roads nol such a lar OCcrowd aa wns expected was present. Hon. W. E. Andrews spoke 1 to the audience. J. A. Piper was pres ent. The Woman's McKtnWy club took a big Intcrtsl in thM nuctWfi. C. E. llentley spoke In the courl house icnlghl. The re publicans are feeling sure of the state goIng - Ing to McKlnley and Iho clMllon of W. E. Andrews. The Twenty lBtilh senatorial district will elect Ed Elttseli lo Ihc senate and Hnrlan county wlll.Alcct Allen Elliott. LOUISVILLE , Neb. , Oct. 30. ( Special Telegram. ) The last republican rally at this place occurred this e-vcnlng. Regard- leas of the weather It was the most com plete success of nny held this campaign. The locnl McKlnley nnd Hobart club , as sisted by the H. N. Dpvey Flambeau and Srund Money clubs of Plattsmouth , gave n fine parade. Everybody was wild with rntliuslssm. Hon. I. It. Andrews of Omaha spoke for two hours to a most attentive audience , and wns followed by Hon. Sam M. Chapman of Plattamouth In a short but logical address. This precinct will roll up a big majority for the republican ticket. uunxi : . Hcri-iit Conduct iif < ! IP I'opoenilU Candida * ! * AtlrnctliiK AttenUoit. SIDNEY , Neb. . Oct. 30. ( Special. ) The ccmmltleo sent hero hy rcprcseutallvo citi zens of Custer county to Inquire Into the conduct of Judge Greene , popocratlc candl- daie for congress , while. at Sidney recently , made a thorough nnd exhaustive Invcstlga lion. TSie rcsull of- the Inquiry was to con firm nil that 1ms been charged against Greene. The gentlemen composing the com mittee nro Senator Gear of Callaway nnd Messrs. Plttaway and McClure of Broken Bow. The Investigation was conducted without reference to Interviewing citizens ot nny political party , nnd the manibcra say Ihclr best evidence came from the frco sll- vcrltcs and populists. Cusler county people , It secn.s , have been Imbued with a desire to learn the trulh and much lo Iho discom fiture of Judge Greene , the whole , trulh has been given lo t'.cra. XTKXDS TO HKKIt.VL'Il Till ! A'OTHHS. Iiiilriiiiui I'oxl Points n I'oporrntle Client XIMV llfliiu I'erin-trntiMl. LINCOLN , Oct. 30. ( Special. ) Chairman 'ost ' of Iho state republican committee has cut oul today the following circular letter : LINCOLN , Oct. Srt. Ill counties having . democratic or populist county clerk the Illclal form of the ba'.lot as prepared by the jccrctary of state has been changed , both n form and order In which the eltvtorn re placed on the ballots. All uch changes .re unlawful. However , It Is now too late o Invoke the aid of the courts. Wo , there fore , call on all committee-men nnd rcpub- Icnn workers to tao Immediate and vlgor- ) UH steps to checkmate this uttoinplcd raud. I nuggcst that ppcclal messengers > o went lit oiu-e Into t'.ie srveral precincts 'or the purpose of warnlnp local workers. Especially point out the location on the Icket of republicans and give full Instruc- leas how to vote for republican nominees. We have the votc-s to carry the state by a xpleudld majority. All that Is nocensary Is o get our vote out and : rnveiit frauds. This Is a matter of the highest Importance and HhouliTT have Immediate attention. Sample republican hullbtM Should be In the mndH of all republic-alls. M'lciiBu be prompt and vigorous. Yoimi truly , OKOUG13 W. | POST. Chairman. Were Whorl Mniiy" Votorx. BLAIR , Neb. , Oct. ' , 30' ( Special Tele- ram. ) The long-advcrtlsdd popocratlc rally came off tonight. Hltchcock and Dunn ot Omaha wcro the principal speakers. The weather has not been. very favorable for rallies tlila week , although' the free silver men said that nothing wpUld hinder them from having Ihe largest parade of the season and agreed to have 1,000 voters In line. When they got In line they were short 800 , leav ing only about 200 ; lli'cludlng the women. The hall was well filled' . , ; ' The rally was rather a failure In , -ralipclnts ; ono wns Ihey did nol have a slnplutorch , as In Iho case of their lust attempt. ' ' The nffnlr wns very poorly managed.- This Is where Mc Klnley has the advantage In the county. The heads of the McKlnley clubs are business men , while the Bryan club Is left to boys. Rroftio DcnlcN HoliiKT Uruiilc. LEXINGTON. Neb. , Oct. 30. ( Special Telegram. ) Bill Greene and S. A. Holcomb addressed very small audiences here this afternoon and evening. A considerable portion tion of Greene's tlmo was devoted lo a de nial -having been drunk al Sidney and Eddyvlllo and lo scoring Iho Pioneer for having published aflldavtls showing him to have been intoxicated. Silver Moil Afraid of lloliato. SYRACUSE. Neb. , Oct. 30. ( Special. ) Greal cxpcclatlons had been raised here over the debate between Dr. D. T. Hill for the re. publicans and'Dr. G. II. Lltllefleld for tbo popocrats , which was lo have come qff Snlurday nlghl , but Ihe Bryan club voled last night to declare the Joint debate off. Trllm < f > to Tollc'r'K Orontin'NM. DAVID CITY. Neb. . Oct. 30. ( Special. ) Not a ticket was eold nt this plnco for the special train lo York to the silver rally , nt which Senator Teller speaks. Three extra coaches which were left here "to accom modate the people" wcro left standing on the side track. Second AV ril llcnnlillcmiH. The Second Ward Republican club held a meellng last night at Kessler's hall , which brought out a largo numbers of voters In that vicinity. The South Side band played a number of selections , and shorlly before 9 o'clock Chairman Blngham called Iho meeting to order. It was expected that a number of prominent speakers would be present , but owing to conflicting dates sev eral of them were obliged to tender their regrets at the last hour , although prom ising to bo on hand upon 'tho next meet ing night. Short speeches 'were made by Anton Kmcnt , J. H. Van Dusen , A. L. Blxby of Lincoln and others. i. IIitiuiu'H Iiiinelivoii I'arty. NEW ' YORK , Oct. 30. Mrs. Mark A. Hanna , wlfo of the republican campaign manager , gave an elaborate luncheon party to twenty well known ladles at the Hotel Waldorf today. Tlio party sat at a largo table placed in the middle of the Astor dining room , which had for Its chief dec oration a largo floral pleco consisting of yellow and white chrysanthemums nearly three feet in diameter. At each plate was a handsome bunch of violets , while loose flowers of various colorsj. > were artistically arranged about the spacious table. It gives Immediate rollef wo mean Salva tion Oil , the great pain-remedy. Price 2Dc. Muth AVuril IlcittiUllcnii Hull- . There was a largo attendance at the Ninth ward republican nieetlng last night. The hall at Fortieth i'n"d'I'Hamllton streets was well filled , and 'aftiofig ' the audience were noticed several' Vs'lif ) have not pre viously attended sound nfpnoy rallies. The speakers were Senator Noyes , J. L. Knley , Thorpe , "tho boy. orator , , and It. W. Brcck- enrldgo. All were well 'received , especially the youthful defender ' 'of fho sound money cause , whoso ready .presentation of the facts and figures concerting the financial situation elicited great .applause. PACE OF ENGLISH HISTORY Disastrous Results Following the Dotnso mcnt of the Ourronoy of England. THE FINGERBOARD OF EXPERIENCE The InlcftrUy of n Nntlnn No I.cnn INicnflal Than the liitcKrtty of the Inillvliliinl Tlmulj- Warn Inn. NORTH LOUP. Neb. , Oet. 24. To the Editor ot The Hec : The welfare ot ft re public must ever rest no less on the In tegrity thai on the Intelligence of Its citi zens. In vlow of n great parly threatening the adoption of the free and unlimited coinage of a comtceiclally discredited metal , nnd the voluminous and unavoidable debasement of the currency which would judging by all precedent result therefrom , It Is Inter esting tcj .study the debasement of the cur rency In England In the seventeenth cen tury and note , not merely Its power to drive out a superior coin which wns In tended to llrst circulate by Its side and then to eventually replace It , but also Ita par alyzing effects upon the Industries and com merce of that ago. Whllo It Is true that the debasement was thcro brought about by somewhat different causes from any that could operate In thia country. In the event of the success of the national frco silver party , we may bo reas onably certain that the effects of such de basement would , In any case , be the same In character , yet far moro extensive , and we find , strangely enough , that , oven then , the force which aided and most prolonged that debasement had Its strength In and drew Its most potent vitality from an accompany ing element of moral laxity ; that desire to get something for nothing , which Is an unvarying factor In the components of the modern nopotratlc frco silver party. A CHAPTER'FROM HISTORY. So close an observer of men and things and so , fair and accurate a historian ub Lord Mncaulny. could not fall to glvo an Intrcstliig account of this Important crisis In the reign of William III. and his record In pmliolltfil.cd with so many curious details relative to the Ideas and opinions or tno politicians and statesmen of that ago that find almost their exact counterpart In the wordy combats of the present campaign , that cue 1s abutdnntly Justified in drawing freely from that source In the consideration of the subject. In the formation of the coins current In that age1 the metal was simply beaten Into plates , cut , Into the desired sizes with shears , pouudcd Into n form approximating round ness , and Btnmpcd with the blow of a ham mer. With these crude means of manufac ture It Is not at all surprising that most of these coins were sufficiently Irregular on the margin to suggest Ideas to the dishonest of the profit which might bo made by their surreptitious mutlllatlon. and it was event ually found that to thus marginally deface or "clip- the coin , removing a greater or ICBB portion of Its component metal , "was one of the easiest and most profitable kinds of fraud. " Notwithstanding that during the reign of Elizabeth an enactment had been passed that both the counterfeiter nnd the clipper of the coin of the realm .should bo liable to the death penalty , the temptation to easy profit by this means was so great that by the time of the restoration a large per cent of the coin In common use was found to imvo undergone more or less mutilation. IMPROVEMENTS IN COINAGE. No Improvement hnd bcc < n hitherto made In the methods of coinage since the thir teenth century , but now , In order to put nn end to this growing evil , advantage was taken of the most progressive Ideas of the tlmo and a machine , which was so con structed as to stamp the coin and "mill" the edges , was circled and put to work In the Tower of London , and , though opera ted by horses , produced what was then among Ibo best coin In Europe. With the form perfectly circular nnd the edges in- .Ecrlbed with a legend , countcrfclllng was rendered difficult and clipping entirely out of tbo question , and the officers of the king's mini doubtless pleased themselves with the Id. : ! of how delighted the people would bo to get the bright , new coin , and supposed that In a short tlmo all the old , defaced and fragmentary pieces would dis appear from circulation. Now mark what followed the attcmpled co-uso of those bright , new coins , and their debased and mutilated fellows : The one , let us say , rep resenting the standard gold coin of our country and the olhcr that of bllvcr , with a fluctuating value , subject to bullion , or commodity market changes : "Tho financiers' of that age seem to have expected that the now money , which was excellent , would noor displace the old'money , which was mucl : Impaired. Yet any man of plain under standing might have known that , when the state treats perfect coin and light coin as o equal value , the perfect coin will not drive the light coin out of circulation , but will Itself bo driven out. A clipped crown , or English ground , went as far In the pay ment of a tax or a debt as a milled crown. Out the milled crown , as soon as II had been flung Into the crucible or carried across the channel , became more valuable than the clipped crown. It might , therefore , have been predicted as confidently as anything can bo predicted , which depends on the human will , that the Inferior pieces would remain In the only market In which Ihey could fetcli the same price as the superior pieces , and that the superior pieces would take some form or fly lo scmo place In which sorao advantage could bo derived from their superiority. " HOW CHEAP MONEY WORKED. The politicians "marveled exceedingly tha everybody should bo so perverse as lo usi light money In preference to good money. In other words , they marveled that nobody chose to pay twelve ounces of silver when ten would servo the turn. The liorso In the Tower still paced his rounds ; fresh wagonloads of choice money still came forth from the mill , and ellll Ihey vanished as fast as they appeared. Great masses were mcllcd down , great masses exported , groa masses hoarded , but scarcely ono new polc was to bo found Iir the till of a shop , or In the leaihcrn bag which the farmer carrier homo after the cattle fair. " So entirely was the good coin driven out of circulation by the inferior that Hi annals of that tlmo mention ono case li which a merchant. In a payment of 35 , re cclved but a single pleco of Iho now coin So depraved and deadened did Ihe publl conscience become that evidence to convict a clipper could only be obtained with th greatest difficulty , and they still continue to ply their hazardous trade regardless o the feet thai capital punishment was frcol ; visited upon them and Ihc demoralized pub He gazed with open sympathy upon the con vlcted wretches who were dragged to cxecu lion In wagon loads "up Holborn Hill. On a slnglo morning seven men were hangci for this crime and ono woman burned. No practical measure of the value of labo or commodities longer remained In the king dom , "Tho simple and the careless wen pillaged without mercy by extortioner , whoso demands grew even moro rapidly thai the money shrank. The price of the neces carles of life , of shoes , of ale , of 01 tinea rose fast. The laborer found that the bl of metal , which , when he received It , * wa called a shilling , would hardly , when h wanted to purchase a pot of beer or a loa of rye bread , go as far as sixpence. Th inlsKovornnicnt of Charles and James , gros as It had been , had not prevented the com mon business of llfo from going stcadll and prosperously on ; the grazier drove h The 'only fllh Gr&de ; D&kin0 Powder "Offered af a. moderate price CALUMET .leasts to market ; the grocer weighed out bis currant ! ! the draper mcniurnl out his broadcloth ; the hum of buyers and sellers was n loud a ever In the towns ; the har vest homo waa celebrated ns Joyously n * ever In the hamlets : the cream overflowed the palU or Cheshire ! tlu > npplo JUleo oamed In the presses of Herefordshire ; .ho piles of crockery slowed In the furnaces of the Trent ; unit the barrows of co.il rolled fast nlotiR tbo timber railways of the Tyne. Hut when the Brent Instrument of exchange became thoroughly dcranped all trade , all Industry were smitten as with n jialsy. The evil was felt dally * nd almost hourly la almost every place and by almost very class In the dairy and on the thresh- nj ; Hour , by the anvil and by the loom , on .ho billows of the ocean and In the depths of the mine. Nothing could bo purchased without n dispute. Over every counter there was wrangllnc from morning to night. The workman and his employer had , i quarrel ns regularly ns the Saturday came round. It mny well bo doubted whether all tbo misery which had been Inflicted on the Knillsh nation In n quarter of n cen tury of bad kings , bad ministers , bad Par liaments and bad Judges , wns equal to tbo misery caused In n single year by bad crowns and bad shillings. " IK01SLATINQ VAIAJK IMPOSS1ULB. In discussing the question of recolnago. some of the politicians of the tlmo were In fnvor of reducing the values of the now coin and bringing them down to the degraded - graded level of the clipped article. Among thcso wns Lowmles , secretary of 'William's treasury , -whom Mccnulay characterizes ns n most respectabl6 and Industrious public servant , but who "wns not In the least aware Hint n piece of metal with the king's head on It wns n commodity of which the prlco was governed by the same laws which govern the prlco of a piece of metal fash ioned Into a spoon or n buckle , and that It was no moro In the power of parlia ment to make the kingdom richer by call ing a crown n pound than to make the king-lorn larger by calllnc a furlong n mile , lie seriously believed , Incredible ns It may seem , that If the ounce of silver were di vided Into seven shillings Instead of five , foreign nations would sell us their wlnca ' and 'their ellks for a sm.illor number _ of ounces. He had n considerable following , composed partly of dull men who really believed what ho told them , nnd partly of shrewd men who were per'cetly willing to be authorized by law to pay n hundred pounds with eighty ! How nptly this graphic description characterizes n certain class of men In the present campaign ! Klamstcvd. the great mathematician , nnd the father of modern astronomy , and for whose use the royal onservatory at urecnwicn wns imm , at this tlmo astronomer-royal and the first to hold Hint position , described this contro versy on the coinage by saying that the point In dispute was "whether five was nix , or only flvol" RESTORING CONFIDENCE. It required all the wisdom of Somers nnd Locke , of Montague and Newton n happy blending of statesmanship nnd philosophy to extricate England from her financial mud dle without doing more than nn unavoidable minimum of Injustice to the Innocent hold ers of her depreciated coin , but It may be said to their lasting honor that the plan which they devised , after earnest and con scientious deliberation , was Immediately fol lowed by n restoration of popular confidence eventuating In a long period of commercial prosperity , and the beneficent results of Its adoption amply vindicated the wisdom of their choice. There may bo n wide difference between coin debased by clipping nnd that debased by adopting the unlimited coinage of a metal whose bullion value Is but CO per cent of the standard It assumes to equal , but the difference appears to be In favor of the former , since the estimates given by Macaulay place the depreciation at only 20 per cent. If such a depreciation could drive all the good coin from the shores of Eng land , without the nld of any exterior force , what may be expected In our own case , with a difference of GO per cent , and with enor mous holdings of American securities by foreign Investors ? While It no doubt requires an unique typo of genius to point out the way to double the wealth of the nation by bisecting the time-honored dollar , the future will reiterate what the past lias unfailingly taught : that It requires men of sterling talent , sound business Judgement , calm de liberation and conscientious Integrity to lay n proper foundation whereon to build pros perous coramunnltlca and enduring states. E. W. ULACK. WIMIIKI ) TltU VIJTISHANH AM , DUAI ri-p .silver On u ill it nVln > Will Ilo Itrnu'iulMTi'il Klt'olloii li y. If any Individual evidence wan needed o convince those Interested that the great majority of the veterans of the Into war now living In Omaha will support their comrndo for the presidency on Tuesday next t was furnished last evening nt n mect- ng of the Union Veterans' Republican club , \itterson hall wan crowded to Its great est limits with old soldiers , nnd thcro ivcro not chairs enough to lvo them all cats. Mnjor Miller presided , nnd a num ber of the Vftcrans made enthusiastic nd- sura on the Importance of republican success nt the coming election. The moat important action of the meet- ng wns the adoption of the executive com- iilltco's report , presented by 0 , L. Har ris , chairman , nnd signed by accrue II. Hess , secrotnry. It In substance appointed , from three to six veterans to be nt HIM polls In every voting precinct In the city on election day. They are to see to It that the full soldier vote In each precinct Is voted and voted aright. Among other thlnga the report Mid : \Vo all realize the Importnneo of this election. We fool tbnt the honor , tbo very life of our country depends \lpon the mic- CVM of the republican party this full , ami having given four yenrs of our young man hood to the porvlce of our nation , we ought cheerfully to give t least ono day moro on November 3 , 1SPO. The veterans nlso resolved that they would break awny from their resucctlvu ward clubs and all other political aflllla- tlons on Mcmlay night and march as mem bers of the Union "Veterans * Republican club. It fs expected that between ROO nnd COO old soldiers will turn out with this or ganization In the great sound money pa rade. In which they wl.ll be assigned the post of honor. They will assemble In 1'nt- tersoii hall , Seventeenth and Farnaiu streets , Monday evening nt CSO ; o'clock. Committees wcro appointed to call upon the Union Veterans' Republican clubs of South Omaha , Klorence nnd Council lllufTs to Invlto them to inarch with their com- ratios of this city In the big parade. In reply to n letter that had been son * . to Congressman Mercer saying thnt It wna currently reported hero that his wife was not III , George II. HOBS read a most vigor ous answer from the absent congressman. The letter said that any man who re ported that Mrs. Mercer wns not 111 and that he wns not really detained In Wash ington by her critical condition was ' 'a lirntiv" "flntv n nln f lilMnr nnnmv rnlllil bo guilty of circulating such a false ru mor. " The veterans evidently preferred to bcllcvo "Dave , " for his letter wns re ceived with great npnlanse. Major Miller , president of the club , then related nn Incident showing the woakncsa of the opposition , nt least among the vet erans. He said thnt he had been recently approached by Dr. Wheeler , president of the Ilryan club of veterans , who told lilm that orgnnlzntlon had recently resolved thnt In the event of Ilryan's election they would recommend thnt no distinction be inado between the old soldiers who voted for Ilrynn nnd those who vctcd for McKlnley In the distribution of odlces among the vet erans. The president of the Ilrynn club acked If the Union Veterans' Republican el u I ) would not adopt n similar resolution. Hut the republican veterans could not nto It that way. and they Indignantly spurned the suggestion. Comrade Ilrulicr then related another Incident that only strengthened the vet erans In their determination to work with all their zeal and energy to accomplish the defuit of the popocrats. Ho said that Dr. C. W. Haldwln , a legislative candi date on the free silver ticket , had recently remarked to O. A. llolllstcr , as the latter wns coming out of the Klkhorn postoinco with his monthly pension , that he honed the lime would soon ccmo when all tbo old soldiers would be dead. 1'rof. Ilruner stated he had communicated with Justice cf the 1'oaco Nelson and other reputable comrades of Waterloo and had received their confirmation of this remarkable statement en the part of the free sllvcrltc. The far-famed sound money boy orator wns escorted to the hall by over 100 Sons of Veterans near the close of the meeting' , and In response to an Invitation to address the meeting delivered 0119 of the most elo quent , Inspiring and truly pathetic ad- drosscH that the veterans cf Omaha have listened to for some tlmo. Ho spoke but ten minutes. Can Wage Workers Better Their Condition ? General Jno. C. Cowin , Hon. Eel ward Rosewater - water and E. M. Iliff , will discuss this at BOYO'S OPERA HOUSE , Doors open at 7J5. : Speaking begins promptly at 8 p , m. Seats reserved only until 8J5 p. m. 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