r TTIE OMAHA PATI/Xf t EEt SI1 N PAT , APKTIi 18 , 1SOT. IT is a satisfaction to know that the seller of goods believes in his goods believes in them to the extent of being anxious to take back anything that does not precisely meet repre sentations There are stores which pretend to do so but they do not at least not willingly makes you feel you'd rather keep a bad bargain than to try to ge't it badly righted Satisfaction Easy Satisfactio'n Satisfaction to the limit of reasonableness here our way Windsor On Monday , April Percales igth , we will sell Windsor IVrcnles tit 5c tier yard In our btisuinunt store. Cordonet Handsomely cord- Imprime ed lawn , in light and dark effects fast colors at 7Vic n ynrd. Organdie American made Mignonne goods , fine quality ' in-liilod In tlie'most elaborate tloslKtis , on lljrlit ns well ns dark ground , at lOc a yard. I..INON mionE , „ , Linen effects In new stylos-at lOo yard. ORGANDIE I-ISSE In style and ilnlsh equal to the finest Im ported goods WP have a beautiful line of them at lic ! per yard. ORGANDIK LININGS Nice quality nil new shades 32 Inches wide at lOc per yard. LAPPET MULL , Plain HniMi-olored ground overshot work In white handsome styles at ISo Same In solid fast black 15c vnrd. Endless variety of styles In Figured Lap- rots light nnd dark effects-ISc yard. Summer The warm sea- Comforters son will soon be here we have provided for It. A nice light weight Comforter for $1.00. Bettor oncs-$1.25-$1.50-$2.00. Court Royal We shall offer Piques next Monday morning another case of those beautiful Court Iloyal IMqmis in our basement store nt Oc i > er yard. Jaconat One more case of Duchesse those handsome Sheer .Tneoimts RO on sale Monday mprn- | lug at 5e : per yurxl tliese seeds were ihauufactured to retail tit-l'-i'/fcc. ' Bates Aqain we offer Seersuckers one case of Bates' Seersucker In our basement store Monday mornlnn at nc per yard. AVe know you cannot buy the same goods elsewhere less titan lOc. Housekeeping Today starts Linens a sale of Lin ens that appeals 1o housewives far and near.Ve \ own great stocks of Linens at prices never before so low. We llrmly believe that i > riccs will soon be higher. lint we are retailers , not speculators. The goods we own are for sale as fast as you come for them. TABLE DAMASK 5 pieces 72-Inch and OS-Inch Bleached Dam- 'l.230 yard's SS-lnch Cream 50c Damask for 33'/4c. 100 dozen E-8 bleached $1.23 Napkins for 97c a dozen. HUCK TOWELING 700 yards 18-Inch Huclc Toweling at lOo ICLEACHED TABLECLOTHS- 75 Blenched Tablecloths , 2 yards wide and 2V4 yards long , for $1.47 each. TOWELS , 23 dozen 22x43 Devonshire Huck Towels ' for 23c each. _ 50 dozen hemstitched Huck Towels re duced from Me for 25o each. Foulard Without doubt they Silks are still in the lead "as the novelty for the present stylish gown. Among the latest effects will be fount ! brocaded or figured designs , In small patterns , such as dotsdashes twigs leaves or similar effects. In order to avoid disappointment doi not delay until after the desirable styles and shades have disappeared. Remember , you get MOHK STYLE , MOUB QUALITY in these Silks for your money thaii In. . any other g.Oods manufactured. 15 choice styles-40c. -S9 cholco styles 60o. 32 choice 8tyles-75c. 40" 'choice 'styles $1.00 * ' American Fancy All new , de- Novelties . sirable and stylish many of these being direct re.- productions of the choicest Importer goods complete assortment of new i spring colors to choose from-rwe feel ' ronlident that" we can please you Special for Monday-COe , 7oc , .fl.OO and $1.123 per yard. I Special In this assortment Purchase . of Dress Goods the variety is peerless the prices are matchless representing the most mag- nilicL'itt assortment of medium priced Dress Goods ever shown by us 25c , : J7M > c. 50c and GOc. j Special Sale Monday morn- Remnants ing we will put on sale all remnants of our line Imported Wash Hoods , such as : nomuants of our 35o Colored French Or- gnndles. Remnants of our 45c Colored French Swiss. Remnants of our 23c Colored Organdies. Remnants of our 2oc Colored Irish Dlml- llcs. Remnants of our 23c Colored Lappet Ba tiste. Monday' special price 190 yard Wide Wide brown „ , Sheetings Sheetings S-4 at lie , loc , We per yard. 9-4 at 12'ic , ISc , 20o per yard. 10-4 at Ho , 20c , 22Vfcc per yard. Wide Bleached Sheetings ' 42-Inch at 7Vic. lOc , 121/40 per yard. 45-Inch at me. He , 14c per -yard. no-Inch nt SViC. 12c , loc per yard. 54-Inch at lOc , 15cJ.10V c per yard. 8-4 nt 12'ic. 18c , ISc per yard. 9-4 at 20c , 22&c per.yard. „ * ' 10-4 at 15' c , 22iicr 236 per yard. that Instead of Moores owing Douglas county or the Board or Education , .hat DoURlas county owed him rrom J2j,000 to 533,000. I made no objections to tho- resolu tion that nlRht. I said nothing , hoping thiit the writ would bo Issued without delay , and they have been charging It upon TVIoorcs and bis friends that they are the ones that are causing the delay. Wo como Into court this morning , nnd wo ask that all objections on tbe part of the county be withdrawn to the Issuinij of thN writ , and that the order be that H Issue nt once , and as soon ns the county lllo their petition ngnjnst Frank K Moores wo will submit out- sworn answer.o court the fullest examination here , and If the county Tear thut they are losing any rights by peremptorily brlnfilng this suit on account of any jidjustment or InvcHtl- pritlon they may want to make , on behalf of Mr. Moores I want to say to the Kentlo- inan representing the county that we will enter Into n written stipulation waiving all such objections , and that hereafter , If it Is found that their suit hits be.pn brought too boon , wa will agree In writing that all ob jections shall be waived. Wo court the fullest Investigation , nnd If It Is found that Frnuk K. Moorts owes the county one dollar lar , ho stands ready to pay It , but wo know that this will not be the termination of this suit. This C.IHO Is Jllio a suit recently tried before Judge Fawrett , when this man Iluano , who fuinfshctl the material on which this alleged claim of the Hoard of Educa tion Is based , olalmod that px-Sheilff Co- burn was a defaulter to the amount of $3.400. That cniie was tried for two weeks before Judge Fawcctt , and It was found that Coburnas not short one dollar. That will be the tciinitiation of this suit , and thu sooner \vo te.ich the end of this suit the better we will like It , anil the sooner thn slanderous tongue of this m.in ( shaking Ills llrst nt Covell ) will stop its wagging. COUNTY ATT011NEV WANTS FACTS. County Attorney Daldrlgo said the county was ready and willing to commence a suit to determine whether Moores owea the county or the county owea Moores , and the only reason the bringing of a suit had been de layed was hccaus ? the county was not able to say Just how the matter stands. Ho said that In the petition originally filed by At torney Covell It was stated that forty-eight dockets had been checked , and that six more remained to bo chfckrd , and It was evident from that that the checking had not been completed. 'Mr , Daldrlgo Insisted that before a eult should he commenced and before the county could make a demand for the full amount duo It should know approximately the full amount to be claimed. Mr. Daldrlg9 said he could not consent to Mr , Wharton'u request that the writ issue unless a stipulation was entered Into on behalf of Moorcs , waiving all formalities and protecting tlio county's right to amend Its claim whcn'over It may bo found that the full amount to bo claimed by ths county should 1)6 Increased. Ho said the county was not , . defending Moores , and If anything was due from Moorca to tbe county lie should pay It , and ho said ho would not consent that the writ should Issue unless a stipulation was entered Into by Moorw , waiving all demands on the , part of the county , Mr. Wharton readily agreed to this , and a short recoM was taken , to allow the stipula tion to bo drawn , The stipulation na agreed to and filed In the case uos as follows : It Is hereby stipulated by and between the parte | ? In this action that any and all de mands required by law to be made by the plaintiffs on the defendants preliminary to tlio bringing * of this suit bo and the snmo ore hereby waived for any amount which the plaintiffs may claim to be duo to them from the defendants on account of teea , peimltli'S , unclaimed witness fees , un claimed advance costs nnd any other mon eys claimed to bo duo to the plaintiffs for tnemspjvps or for the school fund of the county of Douglas from Frank K. Moorc-3 us clerk of the district court of Douglas county , Nebraska , during hla term of olllce as said clerk. And It la further stipulated and agreed that at any time prior to the trial of the above entitled case that the plaintiffs iereln ) may BO amend the petition filed so aa to Include any additional amounts , If any , which the plaintiffs may think to be due from Frank K. Moores , clerk , and which amounts at the present time may i not bo known definitely and accurately by the plaintiffs In this suit. And it Is further stipulated and agreed that no legal or technical advt-ntagc shall be claimed on account of the county or Douglas commencing a suit at once ag-.ilnst said defendants. , The nbovp. action being for such monevs accrued to the ns are claimed to have schbol fund of the county of Douqlas , it Is further stipulated and agreed that this action will not In any way prejudice the county of Douglas from commencing any other action against Frank K. Moores upon any claims generally which It may claim to have imalnst the said Frank 13. Moores ; nor shall It prejudice the rights of Frank E. Moorps to commence suit against the county of Douglas for any claim which he may have generally against the county or Douglas and which ho may not sot on In It Is "further stipulated and agreed that the waivers herein mentioned in no way bind or prevent the Bald Frank E. Moores from making any nnd all proper legal de fenses to the merits of this case or cases that may bo brought. Tills stipulation having been filed an alternative writ was Issued and all formalities waived by the county attorney , ho waiving all the rights of the county to further time and the writ was returned at once. There but all technicalities was no evidence presented , ties were done away with and everything done that could in any way expedlto the "matter. .A peremptory writ of mandamus was then Issued by the court , directing the county to commence suit against Moores for the money alleged to bo duo the school fund. No amounts were stated , as the county does not know the amount to bo claimed from Moores. A petition will bo filed at once in the case , setting up In a general way that certain fees have been Illegally retained by Moores , and this goreral allegation will bo amended whenever the county Is In a position to make a definite claim. IIANDKD TOtJKTIIKll VOR SPOILS. i\o Oilier I'rliu-liilc Uncle of Fiinlon lu TIilH City. A rousing republican meeting was held In IdlowIId ball at Twenty-fourth and Grant streets last night. Every seat In the hall was occupied when City Commltteenian Ilurgcss called the gathering together shortly after 8 o'clock. There were half a dozen speakers , Ircludlng District Court Judges Fawcett and Slabaugh , and County Attorney H. H. Daldrtge. The two latter had made no speeches in the campaign before , but they both stated that they bad felt called upon to raise their voices In order to Influ ence republican voters as much as they could to como out and vote for the republican can didate for mayor In the Interests of good city government. Judge Slabaugh took occasion to dispassion ately and logically dissect the record Howell had made In the legislature. Ho stated that llo'-ell had aesUted in ousting the repub lican legislators who had been duly elected , and Instanced particularly the case of Sen ator Evans. Judge Slabaugh showed that this was clearly a political echeme , Inasmuch aa noccKsary amendments to the existing city charter , and even the new city charter , could have be-on passed as the popocrats al ready had a majority In the legislature. Howell - ell , however , desired that the bill should pass with the emergency clause In order that ho might ride at once into the mayor's seat. To do this a two-third vote was re quired , and as only one vote was necessary Evans \vus ousted In order to get it from his successor. FIRST STEP TOWARD ANARCHY. Judge Slabaugh severely criticised the en- dre aitlon , saying that It made his blood boll when ho considered it , and therefore felt called upon to take at least a small part in the campaign. He stated that it was tampering with the -will of the majority and was the fitet step toward the undermining of tbe government. U was causing extra ex pense because of another unnecessary elec tion , It was overriding even the belief of Governor Holcomb , who has said that it wa not right for a man to hold olHco under a law which he bad himself created. In view of this record Judge Slabaugh denounced Howell's candidacy , ( Moreover , lie looked , with suspicion upon the whole fusion move ment , not only because Howell was at tin head of It , but because the manner in whlct the elcmenta in it had divided up the office : Indicated that they were not working foi some principle but were in it oolely for thi spoils. Therefore ho insisted that the entire - tire ticket should be defeated. He urged too , that the republican nominees should b < re-elected because they had been elected foi a longer term than they had been permittee to servo. County Attorney Daldrlgo also Inslstet that the fuslonlsta were banded togotbci not for good government but for the spoils of office. The manner In which the police commission was appropriated Indicated this the republicans being given no representa tlon , although they should bavo had it ac > cording to law. The speaker maintained thai the new charter and the coming election ! wore but a part of a further attempt to placi the populists in control of the city. PEOPLE'S VOTES STOLEN. Mr. Daldrlgo then turned his attention tt Howcll. Ho stated that a man who stole property was sent to the penitentiary , bul Howell , who bad stolen the votes of the people plo and had therefore disfranchised them , hot the nerve to ask that his course bo endorsee by election. While working this nefarious political conspfracyHowell had failed In his duty toward the exposition , for which ho was elected to advance , AH his pet measure ; passed nicely , but the exposition approprla tlon was kept In the background. This Indl cated that ho was ready to sacrifice the pub lie welfare for private Interests. Mr , Dal' drlgo also arraigned Howcll for his vote or the gambling bill. Ho said that the voten ought to see to It , regardless of party , thai a man who had voted for such a vicious bll should be retired Into obscurity. Judge Fawcett stated that a man who wai false In one thing would bo false again Howell had been elected to the senate to gel a suitable appropriation for the exposition Ho had been false to this trust. When nakec about the status of the bill ho always wantce to know what the Inquirer would do for tin charter. The speaker therefore believed thai when Howell waa elected he had It In hi. heart to perpetrate the. charter outrage otnl nothing else. If he had kept hla pledge am ! an appropriation had been passed earb > In tin session other states would have followcil suit. , Dut the appropriation had not beer passed until other legislatures had adjourned and the exposition had therefore been placed In jeopardy. TO HOODWINK THE VOTERS. Judge Fawcctt maintained that the emer gency clause was attached to the charter bill simply for the purpose of having the elec tion before the people would bo able to gel onto tbo scheme. In order to force the elec' Uon Evans had been unseated. The speaker spoke of this action as a "rape upon the bal lot box. " He said It was no light thing when tbo will of the people was thus set al naught. It was undermining the government , because the government could not exist when the expressed will of tbe people Is not en forced. The speaker denounced the whole thing an a scheme to placer the populists In power. Another part of it was the appointment ol a populist police commission and the pro posed appointment of the three populist mu nicipal court judges , who might just as well have been elected at the coming election , Judge Fawcett predicted , however , that the fusloulsts and populists would find that while they might bo able to force the charter and the rest of the scheme on the people , they would find that they could not force upon the Omaha public the man who should en force It. In conclusion , he compared the two mayoralty candidates In favor of Moores. Among others who spoke were Councilman Denawa. Charles Winter , John N , Westberg and Major Miller. Day Stiirlu for CANTON , O. , April 17.-Judga William II. Day , commissioner extraordinary to Cuba , left fanton this afternoon for Washington. He wa accompanied by ht son , Wil ! Jj. , anil George U. Frazo ot the Keposltpr. They wfll arrive In New York tomorrow and ga tlienco to the national capital. ( Continued from First Page. ) lara. Dut If It sTioulci bo otherwise , If this examination should demonstrate the fact that Mr. Moorcs Is indebted to tlte county , I believe Just as firmly as I believe that 1 am standing liore , that when that balance Is oscrtalned Mr. Moorcs will step up and give his check for It llko the honest man which I hellevo him to be. I have known Mr. Moorca well , I know hUsceporous hoartedncja , I have watched him closely while In office and have obnervaUjflm slrtco ho has been out of office. I feel that I am as well Informed as any attorney practicing at tlio bar of this county as to the condition ot his affairs , and I say , .lijdlsay ft sincerely , that I believe Frank E. Moorcs to be an honest man. Every falr-njlnded citizen will say , wait until the county has completed Its ex amination of ttfei books of Mr. Moores and then If nuy balance Is found due and he falls to pay it over U will then time enough to ralso the cry of fraud , robbery and embezzle ment. ment.Mr. Mr. MooresJ management of this Important olTlco demonstrated that ho possesses executive ability ot a high order. Ho Is a man of genial disposition , of pleasant address nnd well fitted to represent this great city In extending Its welcome to the people who shall visit us durlnK'tho exposition of 1893. Ho is qualified In every particular ; In my opinion ho la an honest man , and I see no reason why any citizen of the city of Omaha , whether ho bo a churchman or otherwise , should hesitate to cast his vote for Mr. Moorca for tlio high office of mayor. FUSION'S ' CLOSING RALL1 Big Guns from the Capitol Brought Dow Ib Lend Tono. , STREET CLEANING GANG CONSPICUOU All 'Dcfcml Howell mill II Ix I.niiiliMl'nN , thi- Only Slate Scnalof ulh Iiillticitui ! , lit Lincoln. , r ' _ _ . _ _ A small 'crowd of fuslonlats assemhled I : Boyd's opera house last night to attend wha was advertised tb bo n grand rally of th fusion forces. It "was nearly 9 o'clock before fore there wero' euough' people1 in the hous to make any kind of % showing , but aboli that time Foreman Drown of the stree cleanlug gang marched his full force o men Into the house In a body and then th audience was scoured for a few men to mak a showing on the stage. After 'this hai been done D. D. Gregory called the meetlni to order and Introduced W. S. I'oppleton. Mr. Poppleton opened his remarks by stat Ing that the fusion ticket contained tin names of capable , honest and efllclent men who stood for good government. Ho sail the Issues of the present campaign were o vital Interest to every citizen , It belni a question as to ho\r far the franchlsed cor poratlons should control the city government The speaker charged that the last repub llcan convention had Insulted the peopli of Omaha by not adopting a platform. Hi then discussed at some length the tax levle : during the paat five or six years , saylni that under Cushlngj the- levy had been verj much lower * thjan'"at any time since tha period , but hc-TOadl no reference to the hugi legacy of debcleftjby Cushlng's admlnlstra tlon , tinder \\lilch the city has since beet laboring. He'ileclarcd ' , 'however , fiat It wai necessary no\r io have the greatest econom ; lu city affalrsMu order to meet the Indebted ness of the city. Ho spoke about thi "searchllght"aha wanted It turned on. HOWELIrPHBNOMENAL , PULL. The speake 'thlen spoke of Howell's legls ' latlve record , f 'According to tha , speake'i Howell had aJSsolufc control over the legja ature. Bvery measure 'that was pissed tfia ! affected Omaha in any way was said to IK duo to HoweH , aud every measure of till : Iclnd was decfared "to be most emphatlcallj for the best Interests of Omaha. IlqwcU'i struggle wlttoithorj exposition -Jilll agalnsl great odds % \as referred to by the speaket ; n tho"mosV graphic manner , and < hd over. WenVso 'far ' as tt asstert'that Ifillowoll hud not exercised his tremendouii Influence wltli ; ho legislature 'tp securp the passage of the qxpositlon bill that bll ) would not have beer passed , and Uie exposition would then have jeen hopelessly Svrecked. The other legls- atlve acts affecting- Omaha were referred to In detail , as it was claimed that these were all due to Howell. Judging from the remarks of -Poppleton , Howell 'was ' the only man on the Douglas county delegation , the others being mere figureheads. In conclusion the speaker ipromlsed that II the fusion ticket Is elected the water works would become the property of thocity. . He also assured the-audlenco that , this election was going to be a "fair one , " as a "non-par tisan board" has charge of the police force. Attorney General Smyth was the nexl speaker. He made a vpry flowery speech , Ir which ho dealt principally In glittering gen cralltles regarding th.e honor attached to tin mayoralty. lie rofened to the old adast hat "a man Is Icnown by the company lit seeps , " but ho cither thought better of It , 01 forgot to apply it to his friend Howell , foi 10 tried another , tack and talked about tin maximum freight , rate cases , and the default. nu state officials ; Then ho Injected a large sized dose of alleged humor Into his remarks and Invented several little pleasantries re garding Colonel iMoores , which amused th ( audience greatly. Mr. Smyth sought to defend the rape of tin ballot as accomplished by the legislature ai the" Instigation oftho only man on the Doug as county delegation. Ho read the reporl of the committee , which found that then was not sufficient groiind for ousting the toui 3ouglas county members of the lower house iut ho read only a portion of this report omitting the finding of the committee. In conclusion , the speaker lauded Howel moit extravagantly until Howell , who wai sitting on the stage , asked "Jim" Dahlmat to feel whether , Ws , wings were sprouting. STnBHT GANG HEARD FROM , At the conclusion of Qlr. Smyth's talk tin street gang , under the Instruction of Fore man Drown , called loudly for Howell. Thi Ambler's friend ro&e heavily from his chali md advanced to the front of the stage. He ooked slightly the worse for wear , and hli voice was husky 'and tired. Ho spoke verj briefly , saying ho wanted to be mayor , am coLcluded by saying the republicans shouU tavo nominated Droatch Instead of Moores Io asked the people to vote for htm and tlier eat down. Ed Smith was then called out from tin wings and told the audience that ho hat gone Into the tlast campaign because In wanted to better his financial condition , III said he had got what ho went after , bul lid not dlvulgo just what ho had secured Io also said the candidates on the fuslor Icket were tliero for the sajuo reaaon , Aboul his time ho 'itQOkiaitumblo" and commenced o talk state politics.Ho kept to his line ol talk until justetwfbro ho closed , when In commenced to Ml If1 , Voter works. Ho told the audience ( hit1 If the fusion tlckot was elected , the pfctyiM would own the watet vorks , and notjlil"tlbt hava to pay any taxes o run the clt gb'rnmont , as the revenue from the water , , jworks would pay all the expenses of the-clty government and leave about ? 50QOO ta'cJl year to create a sinking fund. - ; Short talks wereiVUao made by C , P. Halll- gan , T. J. riKnntrGeorge E. Gibson , J. II. Schmidt and 1 < W : Simpson , JIOWI2M/S IS- 1)11 ) Irt On Hour nnd ICnlfvN 1 Another. The utter u ireflahlllty of the gamblers' candidate for i laj-fir U fully Indicated by hla action In roga d'to ' the street car vestibule illl , which wafe before the senate last witt er , Howell made a great pretension of supporting the bill In order to pose as the rlend of the poor1 motonnen whom It was designed to protect from the elements , but at the same time he privately worked against the bill and at the bidding of the hnaha Street Hallway company. His prc- enalona of friendship for the bill are well cnown , but the following affidavit by an oili er of the street railway company shows w > at ho actually did in that connection : State of Nebraska , County of DougliiH , sa. V. II. Elliourn , being llrat duly sworn , ilo- > osen and nays that he Is now and for ourtccn years last past lias been u resl- cmt of the city of Omtitm In the stiitc of s'ebras'.cn : that diirlntr the recent nesslon f the legislature nlllnnt had a conversation vlth one. Senator U. E. Howcll , In which onvers-itlon tha gnjd Ilowell told nlllunt mt u bill litid been paused or was about o be [ Kissed In. the senate , which bill Pro- Ideit that th ? street .car companies should ut vestibules on thulr earn : o protect tliulr mployrs from the cold and that the bill would pass the senates In a day or two ; nlllnnt further says that the said Howcll In said conversation requested nlllant to go to Lincoln nnd np | > ear before the liouso and SII-RUO nRalnst the p.iRsago of the bill nnd do nil In lilt power to kill the bill In tire house , nnd Hint If nlllnnt would premIse - Iso to go to Lincoln and use his efforts to dofcnt said bill that the salt ! Howell would Introduce nlllant to the speaker of the house and arrange thru nfllunt be given nu opportunity to object to ssilil bill. W. 13. I3LUOUUN , Subscribed In my presence nnd sworn to before mo this 17th day of April , A. D. , 1&97. FllANK J. SUTCUKFK. Notary Public. SKVISXTH WAHU IIKI'UIIMUANS. Prof. IMilllp llclKC HuyH Howrll IN Too llotti-n for Him. Frank R. Moores and the entire republican tlckot rebetvetl an enthnslastlo ratification at the hands of the voters of the Fourth precinct of the' Seventh ward , commonly known as Shccleytown , last evening. Thomas Carey presided over the meeting * which was at tended by upward of 100 voters. The speak ers \vero : Prof. PhUlp Helse , * Hon. J. J. Doucher , P. C. O'Hallaren , Judge Daldwln and Charles Unltt. The principal speaker was Prof. Philip Helse , n prominent German educator who lost fall stumped the state In company with W. J. Dryan for Howcll and the other popu list candidates. Ho Is not supporting the fusion municipal ticket , although he an nounces that he still believes in the princi ples of populism. He says , however , that the nominees are too rotten for him to sup port. Ho spent/ / the greater part of the win ter In Lincoln , and the reason for his refusal to support Howell , Hansom & Co. Is that he na\v proceedings at the state capital on their part that would bo revolting to any decent man. Among other things he said : "Three weeks ago I attended a. meeting of the Jacksonlan club. There had been brought Into the meet ing In order to make sure of Howell's ratifi cation n number of populists drawing salaries from the state treasury , from Columbus , Grand Island , Kearney , Lincoln , Wahoo and Hastings. Dy actual count there were In that meeting thirty-six of these Imported atate employes and only twenty-four taxpay ers of Omaha. Those who opposed Howell were barred by an executive session of the city central committee , which lasted from 8 o'clock until 9:30 : o'clock. Then the packed meeting accepted the committee's report and endorsed Howell. "I am a populist , but I can't stand that. What right has Howell to our support ? What has he ever done for Omaha or Ne braska that he should receive our votes ? We promised' the people last fall that If they would elect this man to omco hewould make laws for their good. Instead he has violated nil pledges and worked only for the bills that were against the Interests of the people of this city. Howell is ignorant and vicious. " If you try to talk with him , just touloarn "how little he really knows , he will pull out his watch and suddenly recall that ho has an engagement elsewhere. He Is mentally nnd morally unfit to be mayor , and ho would bo especially bad to rule over the city during the exposition. He has mis represented us In a shameful manner. Everything that Omaha wanted he had so fixed that it could not be used for a long time to come , while things that Omaha did not want were secured for It right away by use of the emergency clause. I know Howell is a bad man , and I urge all good citizens to vote and work to defeat * him. " The other speakers dwelt en the issues of the campaign , praised Moeres , who appeared to have many friends In that end of the town , and predicted the election of the entire - tire republican ticket. I.ust of the \\Vok. The last meeting of the week at the re publican headquarters was held last night , and as has been the case at all the meetings a now lot of faces wore present. There were but few speeches and the meeting soon resolved Itself into committee of the whole on the best methods of getting the voters out next Tuesday. The Interest manifested was encouraging. CITY WILL PAY TOE BILL Pay Eoll Being Heavily Padded in tb Interest of Howell , BROATCH'S ' STERLING REPUBLICANS Sore nt Ills IJotcnt for Ilpiiuiiihuiiloi Ho Vcn 111 * I'iMii-r u.i .Mujor t < > lli'ffiil ( In.Noiiiliiou > f ilIU 1'nrl- . Tlio fact that the Inllucnco of the prcacn republican city administration In being nc lively exerted In bohalt of tlio gamblers' can d Ida to can bo no longer denied. Not only 1 the machinery of the Hoard of I'ubllo Work being thrown to Howell , but the city trcan ury ts being drawn on to pay nn army o nntccnarles to labor in his behalf. Withli the last few days Ilrontcli has sent for . * number of republican workers who aealstei him In his fight for rcnomlnatton and ban urged .t'lctn to got out and work for Hii.voll Wlnspear Is also plugRlng for Howsll among Ma political supporters. As Wlnspear and Street Commissioner Knspar constitute a majority of the Doan of 1'ubllc Works , they have been able to carrj out their program without hindrance. Chair , man Munro admits that the functions of the street department ars being abused , but says that according to the charter he has no au thority to discharge the men who are en rolled on the atrcet gangs. It Is well known by the men connected with the street department that Foremau Drown and Subforeman Doual.uo arc In charge of Howell's campaign In that quarter and liavo been "promised that they will bo retained on the pay roll If Howell Is elected , They are consequently using their positions In How ell's Interest , and during the last tow- days every mun In the department \vbo was known to bo for Moores has been discharged to make room'for a Howell shouter. Only the other day Brown approached a gangof men who were working at Forly- slxth street and Ames avenue and asked them who they were for for mayor. Three or tour of the laborers said - they were for Moorcn. Nothing was said at the time , but the next morning when the men showed up at the tool house every man who had declared for Moores vaa Informed that his services \vero no longer wanted. PADDING THE PAY ROLLS. Others who are being manipulated for political purposes are the pavers who have aeen working at Fifteenth and Chicago streets. This gang consists of four pavers and three laborers and they occupied three Jays this week In laying one-half of an ntersec'lon. This work could have been easily done by one man In the same lime. The fact that the men were not wet king was reported to Chairman Munto and he laid five or six visits to the place. He nays .hat ho foiml that the charges wore true. Not more than one or two men were ever working at one time , and they seemed to be : rylng to kill time. Ho at once ordered Foreman Drown to discharge the whole gang- , but , secure In the backing of Kaspar and Wlnapear , Drown paid no attention to the order and the men are still working. It Is also established that during the last month the pay rolls of the street department have been systematically padded. The books of the city comptroller show that one-half of the entire annual levy for the curbing , guttering and cleaning fund has been ex pended during the past month. In round numbers $10,000 Is the amount that has been spent under the direction of the street de partment slneo March 1 , and the greater part of this amount was expended Just before the republican primaries and since the strecf force has been turned. Into an engine to ivenge the defeat of W. J. Droatch. From March 1 to 27 , the street department coat M',875.54. The. pay roll for tits week ending i\prll 3 aggregated J2.248.52 , and that for the , veok ending April 10 was f2.GS0.90 , The ; rand total expended up to 'April 10 was ! 9,804.9C. The first of the week the street : ommls9loner was ordered to reduce the force ; o twenty-five men. This was o&tenslbly lone , but as a matter of fact , only the Moorca Tien were dismissed and a lot of Howell oluggers were employed to nil tli9 vacant ) laces. The gang of which Dill Ellis was toreman was laid off and Is still unemployed , jut scores of men have been worked by Donahuel and other foremen who are tted up vlth Howell. The records of the board show that lonahue Is now drawing f8.50 a day from the : lty. Ho ban his own salary as foreman Irawu by J. C. Donahue. One of his teams Iraws $3 a day under the name of John ) onahuc , and his other team is at work , but : ppears on the pay rolls under the name of 3agan. It also develops that a largo number of non drew pay during the Broatch campaign i'ho never made a pretense of working for he city. For Instance the name of Thomaa "hompson appears on the pay roll for $12. Us name Is entered on the gang of which mdy Wiggins was foreman. Wiggins de- lares positively that no such man worked nd he further states that ho was ordered iy Brown to Include the name In his pay oil. Brown admitted , that the man was not working , but lold Wiggins that hla name had boon ordered on the pay roll by Chairman Munro. Munro statre positively that ho never gave any such order and never knew of such a man us Thompson until ho saw hla - - nnmo on the pay roll , .MILKING THE TREASURY. This la only one case otjnany In which the public treasury was milked to pay Broatch workers who never even pretended to work for the city. About the time when the name "Thompson" wns fraudulently entered on ( ho pay roll Foreman Brown entered Street Com missioner Knepar's private office , where the foremen of the various street gangs were walling for orders. One of the men who was present Is authority for the statement that at that tlmo Brown produced a list of men whom lie said had been ordered on the pay J" > - roll by Chairman Munro. Ho divided this ' list between the foremen , requiring each fore man to enter a certain portion of Miff names on his pay roll. Not one of those men was over cen by the foremen and not one of them Worked for the city In any capacity Curing that time. Chairman Munro sajs that Brown acted entirely without his consent or knowl edge ami that the first he heard of the matlcr wns when ho became suspicious of the pay rolls and made an Investigation. Some of the charges mentioned heretofore were brought officially before tlio board by CliKlrman Munro at a special mretlmt yesterday forenoon. Mr. iMunro declared that ho had positive evidence that something was decidedly wrong In the street depart ment , and that ho would not stand It. Ho cited the fact that one foreman had himself and two teams drawing pay besides. Street Commissioner Kaspar eald that ho did not' know It , . but would attend to the matter. .In explanation of the soldiering of the pav ing gang , Kaspar stated that the men had been called off at various tltnos to work at other places. Munro declared that ho had taken particular pains to loo' < up the matter and ho knew that the men had not been working. The matter was dropped there , Kaspar stating that It thcro wcro any abuse * lu the street department ho was not aware of It , and he would look the matter up. 1IOWI2M , KOIICIJS XOT HAU.MOMOUH. HlH SupiioHrrN In tlu VltthVnrA AVI II ICiilfc I.olu'ek. The Fifth Ward Hepubllcan club held on enthusiastic meeting at Sixteenth and Man- dcrson streets , the hall being well filled , every scat occupied , and a fringe of voters occupying standing room on three sides of Iho room. William Asqultli , president of the club , presided , and the speaker of the evening was Phil Winters. Mr. Winters went after Howell's ' record from the very start of his speech , taking up Howell's ante-election pledges and cotn- mrlng them with his record In the legisla ture. He laid especial stress upon the fact that the people of Omaha did not ask for he charter which was drawn up for How ell's especial Interest and shoved through the legislature by main strength. Ho showed that the republicans of Omaha had , a. year ago last November , elected a full set of city officials and that a populist legls- ature , composed of men from distant parts of the state who had no sympathy with or nterest In Omaha , deliberately forced the jassage of the charter In order to legislate republicans out of office and give populists ind their allies a chance to get in. The peaker also asked a few pertinent questions n regard to Howoll's personal record. Ho showed that by Howell's own admission hat he had "gone broke" after spending 675 to secure an election to a $309 ofllco , ind then went to Lincoln and voted to uu- cat Senator Evans for the alleged reason hat he had used money In his campaign , vhllc the evidence showed that Evans had lot spent nearly so much money as Howell aad. He declared that Howell's action In otlng to unseat Senator Evans was an In- ult to the 9,000 republicans who had voted or Evans , and also showed that while Evans ad received the highest majority given to ny candidate for senator , Ilowjll voted to nseat him and give his place to Jcffcoat , vho had received the lowest vote of all ho men running for the senate. When Mr. Winters had finished his ad- ress A. J. Davenport ) president of the forth Side Howell club , created something f a sensation by getting up and making straightforward talk In favor of D. H , hrlstle , the republican nominee for the louncll. Mr. Davenport said that the North itde Howell club had eighty-four boua fide uembers on Its rolls and that a large ma- orlty of them were for Christie. Mr. Christie was called for. Ho spoke cry briefly , saying that ho had still another neetliifi to attend. Ho said ho was willing o stand by his record since ho had been . member of the city council and was per- cctly willing to accept the judgment of ils follow citizens of the Fifth ward. to Keen Still. OMAHA , April 17. To the Editor of the lee : I have read with great surprise the alter of David R. Buck , In which lie at- icks the integrity of Frank E. Moores , harglng him with wilful extortion of court ? es and refusal to repay the same. This i.in Buck Is one of the class that are oundlng Frank Mooren , when In fact they ught to bo glad to keep out of the papers , 37 If the searchlight was turned on they 'ould not want to be seen. RICHARD HOMING , 413 South Nineteenth Street. \ You choose the old doctor before the young one. Why ? Because you don't want to entrust your life in inexperienced hands. True , the young doctor way be experienced' But the old doctor must be. You take no chances with Dr. Maybe , when Dr. Mustbe is in reach. Same with medicines as with medicine makers the long-tried remedy has your confidence. You prefer experience to experiment when you are concerned , The new remedy may be good but let somebody else prove it. The old remedy must be good judged on its record of cures. . Just one more reason for choosing AYJSR'S Sarsaparilla in preference.to any other. It has been the standard household Sarsaparilla for half a cen tury. Its record inspires confidence 50 years of cures. If others may be good , Ayer's Sarsaparilla must be. You take * no chances when you take AVER'S Sarsaparilla. Still have doubts ? Send for the "Curebook. * It killi doubts anit cures doubter * . J , C. Ayer Co. , Lowell , Mi s.