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IEETlNG 01 ? IO1E [ BUILDERS
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4 BuildIng A.EOc1atton81
REPRESEtiTATIVE OF CO.OPERATIVE THRIFT
,
, Origlit iirnt I'rogrc nt ( he tnvtfliflt
, Volcreit 1i , the 1.viigncPrOgrIUfl
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V nhi.1 EnertnItiiiIett ( -
-L lrnILft , Stitte LeagUe.
The Ith annuni convnton of [ lie UnItet
States League of Local Loan arn I3uIldIng
q ABOCIfltfofl convenes In thia city Wedfle9
day noxt. On TiiecIaY eronflg the Nebra.ika
State 1aguo ineeth In the CommrcIaI club
room8 , but Its proceeBflgfl will be itmitcil
tc routine btIRbics and the reception of
delegates from otlit ftfltC . The octt comm
nIttco having cherge of the convcntton
have completed arrangefflenta for the cu-
tertainnient of delegates and visitors on a
: scale tnt InRures a plea8ant nnd profitable
time.
The United States league wn organized In
Chicago during the World's fair. Its almi
nd purposes accord with the buinea of
it members. It. comprehends a union of
the acttve forces of co-oteration for 2011-
, rotoctton , I'rior to the organization of the
league the country was overrun with specti-
lativo concerns masquerading as huilding
and loan nsEoclatIonH. These assutned to (10 (
business along the lines of legitImate cooperation -
operation , hut materially enlarged "to meet
the development of the country. ' Extra-
ordinary' promiaca of profit were oltered by
the Promoters and returns were 'guaran-
teed" surpasSIng the dreamn of Kiondike
prospectors. For ten years they thrived and
fnttekd , Few of them now Hurvive. Scores
were looted by the promoter , and their
crimInal Itletory Is part of court records
throughout the land.
Legitimate inuttial asocintiona were
menaced by theo speculative concerns. Their
existence was In the balance. The necessity -
sity for concerted effort was pressing.
Gradually orgniiizatlons were effected In the
eastern and mIddle states , but each confined
t _ Itself to state concerns. The sUccess of
\ their efforts within state bounds waa SO
A great that leading associatIon teen dot -
t v ; urRntned to unIU state organizations
' 4 . . Into a national body. This result was
nchlcvcd In the summer of 1893 ,
and Judge Seymour Dexter of El-
inira , N. Y. , the foster father of the league
movement , was chosen President. He , too ,
conceived the expressive motto of the league :
"The American home , the safeguard of
American iilertIcs , " which Is blazoned on
tile paper of oh local associations. Subse-
qtioflt conventions were held at Buffalo ,
Cleveland , Philadelphia and Detroit.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ origin o t the IIelleflt.
The United StatefL league represents thor
- , development of the most remarkable eco-
-r
itoitilo ( Itovemont of the century. The history -
tory of building 011(1 loan ussociatlona goes
hack to the threshold of the nineteenth
ccntury-1798-whon a society of the kind
was formed In London. It tailed , Eleven
years hater another was organized , which
put In operation the substance of the princl-
1)105 Practiced by legitimate co-operative so-
cietics today. Neurly half the century bad
laeset away bcforo they took root In the
United States. Th orIginator of the move-
litent In this country Is said to have beau
Dr.ViiiIam Schimole , a German , who organized -
ized an ussoclation at Philadelphia In 1816.
iVilothier it survived the yeat. Is not known.
I'hlhadelpluians claim that the parent assodia-
tion VaS the Kensington , organized In the
Quaher City , January 22 , 1847. The handbill -
bill nnnotinciutg thio meeting was signed by
forty-four persons and read as followa.
* S * $ * * S * * 4' S
S MJdETINGf
S - .
I Tim stbHcriberS balng desirous of '
S forming an Assoclatioui for the lur-
, 1)000 of assisting the nwmbcrs thereof
* II the erection of dwaihing ltoiisc , or
S Huch other Iteal Estate as they shall
tleeuuu most ndvnntngeons , have con-
* ciudeti to hold a Meeting for that vur-
1)0(40 . - *
0 ON lfl1DAY EVFN1NO 22D JULY ,
S 1817. S
S O'clock S
At I ,
S At. the Kensington Engine hall , on °
S Queen. itreot. ztbovu Marlborough
S street , wham the obJect3 of the asseS -
S Ci8tiOfl will be laid before the MeetS -
S Ing. Citizens gcuieraiip are invited
S to gittend.
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S SS
) From the Quaker city they spread to
Baltintorpthen to Now .York and Now
Jerseyt At he outbreak of the civil war
they vce pretty general throughout the
north , anti south. The vai. wrecked them
In thosnuth _ end paralyzed them In the
north , but when peace was restored en-
oparatiro societies resumed t1ir olace in
pubik confidence and intiltiplied rapidly.
Co-operative associations are comparatively -
tively now In the vcst. Until recent years
the shifting character of the population , the
reat1es nail pocuiative spirits , mInIng and
real ostnto booms , and other money-melting
ventures characteristic of the region , pro-
VOfltel ( thn noplication of a beneficent prin-
Cij)1O , Profits were too slow. It was the
stage coach of thrift itt a race with the
overland flyer of fortune-getting. But the
moment communities dispensed with the
fictitious and settled down to realities cooperative -
operative sociatlea found lodgment. They
are now to be found In nearly ovary city
and town in the west , contributing Bub-
stantially to material advancement.
Grand Island is the parent city of building
- and loan associations In Nebraska , the
iiioncer association being organiztN1 January -
ary 0 , 1882. Omaha followed the good example -
ample April 10 ; 1883. It took eleven years
for the movement to cross the state of Iowa
Into 1obraska. The pioneer association of
the former state was organized at Clinton
January 1 , 1870. From Nebraska It jour-
nayed to Kansas in 1883 and In the same
year took In Dakota territory at Water-
towiu.
Valise of Assoeliutions.
Pluiiadblphlfl , the rrnrottt city of tha movement -
mont , furnishes a striking illustration of
the benefits flowing from the practical op-
eretlon of building-loan principles. It Is
estinrntcd that 60,000 workiugmen have thus
heon enabled to build homes In that city.
1 '
FREE BOOK
FOR WEAK MEN
little hook , "Three Classes of Mon "
Sent to men only. It toils of un 83 years'
experience AM LL 3pecialIt lit nil nervous
diuuu-ders restultidg from youthful indiscre-
tions. Lame Iluck. etc. , and tells why
I3L13CTRIC1TY
cure. . ' , Vlth my invention , flue Dr. Sanden
Electrio Belt , known and used the world
over , I restored last year 6 , ) luten.
nod old. Ilowure of chueai Imitations.
Above book oxpiains nil ; sent oaictI , Writs
today ,
DrA , R. Snndeii ,
oi Chicago , lii ,
I . .
Seven thousand homes were built In 1891
and 8,000 in 1892. These splendid results
are rendered more ImpressIve when eon-
( rested with the condition of the working
classes in Now York , Mr. Erastus Wiman ,
a dlstinguhhed writer on economic topics ,
presents In the North American RevIew
figures showIng the relative conditions of
the people of both cities In the matter of
homes. Of miii the cities on the continent.
says Mr , Wiman , Now York Is the most
exaggerated specimen of failure in the mat.
tor of homes for time class on whom , to a
greater degree than any other , its pros.
pority depends. A recent census report of
New York shows that there are nearly four
famIlies (3.82) ( ) for every house in the me-
tropolis. When It is recalled that there am
tltotisands of beautiful homes in Now York
occupied by one family only , It will be
renlizel ! to what extent In other parts of the
city crowding occurs , when to accommodate
an average of nearly four families to each
hose the remaining houses only are avail-
able. Comparing the condition of New York
with Philadelphia the difforelice is most
marked , na In Philadelphia the average
number of families to each house is one
family and one-tenth , In Now York the
average for each house is nineteen people ,
in Philadelphia it is not six. The death
rate tells the rest , In New York it is
twenty-eight in every 1,000 ; in Philadelphia
twenty'twO. While New York has lneteen
people to each house , London has only seven ,
with a death rate 3 per cent lower than
New York.
What They Are lIning ,
Statistics of the number and resources of
associations in the United States at the
present titno are not available. Estimates
amo not a safe guide. The one fairly reliable
record Is the ninth annual report of lion.
Carroll D. Wright , commissioner of labor ,
Issued in 1893. The statistics than ccl-
lected and the oxtenstvo investigations conducted -
ducted by agents of the government furnish
ft comprehensive review of their progress.
They have grown materially in five years ,
and instead of the 5,883 associations then
reported , there are at least 7,600 new , with
a membership of 2,000,000. According to the
report the number of building and loan association -
sociation in the United States in 1893 was
5,838 , of which number 6,598 wore local , or
state associations , and 240 natIonal , The
total duos paid in on instalimnent shares In
force with the profits on the same aggregate
$150G67B91 , of which the nationals reported
37,020,3S6. 'A business represented by this
great stain , " says the report , "conducted
quietly , with little or no advertising , shows
that the common people , in their own ways ,
are quito competent to take came of their
own savings , especially when it is known
that but thirty-five of the assoctations now
in existence showed a net loss at the end
of their last fiscal year , und that this loss
amounted to only $23,332.20. " Of the 5,838
flssociations reported on , 4,614 had issued
20,4i5,799 shares of stock , an average of
4,431.4 shares to each acintion ; 5,767 as-
sociattons reportd 3,649,479 shares pledged
for loans.
Taking the summary of the 4269 associa-
( ions , classifying shareholders as to sex , out
Cf a total of 1,227,442 members , 91'J,6l4 svero
males and 307,828 females Time total nitun
bar of shareholdea lii all assorationo me-
porting was 1,745,725.
TIme beneficial results of building and loan
associations is shown by the table , giving
thie number of homes and other buildings
acquireml by bormowirs , during the lives of
the associations. On this point 4,444 associations -
tions report 314,755 homes acquired and 28-
459 other buildings. Of this number 2,676
homes and 292 other buildings were ac-
quircI in Nebraska , 8,093 and 499 , respectively -
ively , in Iowa. auid 1,187 and 128 in South
Dakota.
To determine the occupation of sharehold-
ems in Nebraska associations , eight representative -
sentativo associations were ueleetocl and
tabulated as follows :
Accountants. lookkeoriers , clerics , etc. . . 235
Agents. bankers , brokers , etc . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Artisans and mechanics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Corporation ollicials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Farmers , gardeners , etc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Cnvernmeht olilcials and employe . . . . . . 66
I Intel , bonrding house and restaurant
keeperu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
housewives and housekeepers . . . . . . . . . . . 321
Laborers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
tOdg ( , chuurchtes and socletleM . . . . . . . . . . 3
Manufacturcr8 , contractors , capitalists ,
etc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Merelmuts and , dealerM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Mill and factory employea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0) )
Persons enguiged in the professions . . . . 136
Salesnien auil snIewoman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Superintendents , foremen , etc . . . . . . . . . . 42
The ratio will hold good throughout the
United States.
liuisisiess nail Plensure ,
Sesion or the league will be held in the
council chamber , city hell. and occupy parts
of three ( lays. The local committee baa
arrra3ugel ( to give the ( leiegates a series of
entertainments , beginning with an introduction -
tion to the minions of King Ak-Sam-Den on
iVednestiny evening , a trip to South Omaha
1iuursday morning. a banquet Thursday
evening , and a tour of the exposition Friday
ntternooa and evening.
Besides the reports of the oflicers and
committees and convention routine , fourteen
papers viil be read and discuss , The va-
minima phases of association work will he
treted in these papers . Among those
who have prepared papers arc Hon. F. B.
5 , aborn , Concord , Mass. ; henry S. Rosen-
( hall , Cincinnati , 0. ; James Charency , Philadelphia -
adelphia ; J. N. C. Shumnway , Tayhorville ,
lii. ; Charles F. Bentley , Grand Isand ) , Neb. ;
C. S. Van Aukeo , L.aCrose , 'NiB. ; Oliver
M. Wilson , Kansas City ; Julius Stern , Clii-
cage ; Judge Seymour Dexter , Elmira , N.
Y. : Alfred L. Balfour. Cambridge. Mass. :
w'eeks ; , Now Iberia , Lii. ; L.J.Vol -
cott , Alblon , Mich. ; George B. Caidwehh ,
Now Albany , md.
The omeers in the United States league
or , , Prositlent t.nkc W. Sauborn , Gales-
bu's , lii , : first vice president. William M.
Pinomor , Buffalo , N. Y. ; second , T. H. Foe-
( or , Vlcksburg , Miss. ; third , T , J , Fitzznor-
mis , Omaha ; secremary II , F' . Cehiarins , Cia-
cinnati ; rcasurer , William C. Sheppard ,
Grand Rapids , Mich.
MORE OF POLICE STUPIDITY
5111usd Exercise orMispincril l'osver
Costs Samuel Htlefel n ( hood
11)5 I I I U U ,
itnother Illustration of police Inconipe-
tency was given by Sergeant McGrath with
Detectives Fny and Ormsby and a Iarty of
officers on Thursday night , when they arrested -
rested Samuel Stiefel , in chargt , of the
Paxton hotel cafe , without ahy cause what.
ever , threw him In Jail , charged with being
a vagrant and suspicious chiamactor. and
kept him there until Friday afternoon. Then
ito was hot out , and told to be present at
lloiico court on Saturday morning at 9:30 :
o'clock , Ho showed up at the appointed
hour , but was ( lien informed that there
was no charge against him , and that his
arrest was all a mistake ,
In the meanwhile the vroprietors of the
l'axton hotel were in need of a man to
take charge of their cafe , and while Stiefel
was lying in jail his place at the hotel was
filled by another man ,
Stiefel had gone oft duty at P o'clock on
Thursday night , and after writing a letter
started down to Ninth and howard streets
to see a friend of his wife , M Tenth and
Howard the police had arrested two Call-
fomala crooks , and as Stiefel hove in sight
it was concluded ho belonged to the santo
gang , lie was hustled in a patrol wagon ,
thrown in Jail , cud kept there long enough
to hose his good position ( thanks to the
stupidity of the police department.
MurluitIty Stautistit's.
The following births and deaths were me-
iortod 1.0 the health commissioner during
( ho twenty-four hours ending at noon yea-
terday'
13iiths-Chares Groves. 1314 south Fourth ,
girl ; R. A. Thompson , 1611 Corby , girl.
Poatha-Jobn flogard , 2121 Leayenwortb ,
11 days.
1IPERIAL1SI ILL ADVISED
No Ooocl Rc 8on for Disregarding Onr
Traditional Policy.
COLONIAL EXFASION A STEP BACKWARD
4trong Argnnieuils .tRainst the
T1moiigiitie Chuinior for the lIe-
Icotlon of l'nMscssion
' .Vrcstcl front Spain.
OMAHA , July 23.-To ( lie Editor of The
lice : Availing myself of your kind invitation -
tion , I submit the following article present-
log my views upon expansion and imperialIsm -
Ism :
Tlio magnificent and unbroken series of
victories of our army and navy , evidencing
the vastly superior fighting qualities of our
troops , give promise of a speedy termina-
( ton of tim war and the accomplishment of
its avowed purpose-tim establishment of
peaco. The terms of peace , Involving a tie-
termination of the future policy of our en-
tion , are beset by thin greatest danger. The
glory won by our commanders , the greater
glory won by our troops , the patriotism displayed -
played by a united people , stimulate ( ho
imagination and tempt us into a policy Of
expansion and imperialism by which we
shall enter the lists with the greatest an-
tions of the earth to compete , not simply
as heretofore , for commercial supremacy ,
but also aggressive military supremacy ,
Many , mole-blind to the American idea of
( lie true grandeur of nations-the development -
mont of citizens of the highest character
and worth-point to I'crsia , Greece , Rome ,
Turkey , Spain in her glory , France at the
height of Item power , England , Germany and
Russia , and ask us to embark in a like
career , forcing ou commerce and with it
our civilization and democratic institutions
upon the world , not by Inherent worth , not
by example , not by the natural growth and
overwhelming power of Ideas , but by the
sword ,
They forget that their system has marked
the beginning of the decline of every great
nation ; that this government from its corn-
mencement has been a protest against it ;
that the living example of the success of
American Institutions has been responsible
for the insurrection in Cuba and the other
South American revolutions that have almost -
most driven the European system from
American soil and established hero democracies -
cies in form If not always in fact ; that the
idea of liberty and equality baa rolled back
across ( ho Atlantic and demolished every
absolute throne in Europe save In Russia
and Turkey ; that large standing armies are
the bane of the old world today ; that large
standing armies and preparations for aggressive -
gressivo war are and always have been an
iinpoverisher of the masses , a menace to
liberty , a concealer ofgovornrnental extrav-
egance , corruption , subversion of rights and
liberties and other evils , that , like cancers ,
eat the vitals of ( ho body politic while the
eye of the patriot is obscured by superficial
military glory and territorial aggrandize-
mont.
In these ( lays of national pride in our
soldiery we ought if never before to re-
solve to perpetuate our institutions and not
iiazartl them by inconsiderately departing
from the wisdom of the fathers.
Antertciui IndIviduality Tells.
The remarkable feature of our recent vie-
tories is not the ability or our commanding
oillcers , although no one would detract in
the least from the glory of Dewey , Schicy or
Shafter , but the wonderful superiority of
our soldiers , thS accuracy of their aim , their
courage and endurance , their submission
to discipline , and intelligent co-operation in
the plans of superior officers. Had Cervera
in hisattempted flight from Santiago harbor
had American gunners would all their Bbota
have gene wtid and all our vessels escaped
unharmed ? hail the Spanish forces at Manila ,
with land batteries assisting the fleet , been
composed of American gunners , would
Dewey have obtained so brilliant a victory
with so little loss ? Nor can this be at-
tributefi to superior discipline. Roosevelt's
Rough Riders have been in ( ho most dangerous -
gerous skirmishes and displayed a courage
anti coolness under fire equal to the best
disciplined body of troops knot'n to history ,
and among them the college bred , pampered
soils of the rich have borne themselves as
heroically as the western cowboy. All th
goes to prove that the American sollior ( ox-
cola in the ability to make eflocttve use of
every modern invention in ( ho implements
of war ; that his nervous forces arc so (10-
veloped flfll under control that the noise
and smoke of battle , the hissing of bullets ,
the groans of the wounded , and all the
blood-curdling horrors of war do not disconcert -
concert him or make him fire wildly mmd
rapidly. It shows that the appreciation of
danger which comes with greater intelligence -
genco is associated with greater courage
rather than with greater cowardice. These
are great facts and invite an inquiry into
the causes that have produced such men ,
which , being shown , will throw much lighten
on ( lie problems that confront us.
Tbey are not accidental. From the time
that the discussion of the vrimary rights
of man in every household enthused our
ftithers to revolt against English oppression
to tue hrt'sent ( line , whenever our country
lies needed great men an abundant supply
has been forthcoming. It would be strange
indOed if a People educated front infancy
to understand , appreciate anti love those
principles which our government peculiarly
represents did not develop into a strong
race , strong not only in the struggles of
peace , but also in the fierce struggles of
var. The theory of evolution wonid be
Proved erroneous if ( ho environment in
which our people are grown and developed
did not produce a superior race. We would
have cause to doubt God's Providence if a
people devoted to the principles of liberty ,
equality and justice are hot the chosen pea-
pie of earth.
The Spanish soldier has been rrared in on
atmosphere of ignorance , cmuolty , opprcs-
sloe , class distinctions , subserviency to
those in authority , militarism , anti alistialti
of labor. The Anglo-Saxon licoplo became
early imbued with democratic Ideas. With
greater liberty hiss cotuie greater respousi-
biiity , Greater responsibility has developed
stronger character and greater love of jius.
tics , The idea of equality of man breaks
down ( Ito harrier betwon those who toil and
those who do not and thereby dignifles labor.
The idea that government is for the people
and by thie iteoplo naturally associates itself
with systems of broader and higher oihilca.
tlon. Education does moore than fill man's
brain with knowledge to final utterance in
words , It develops the nervous organism ,
The difference between an intelligent anti
ignorant laborer is recognized by all em.
plo'er8 of labor. It line beau a stupendous
fact often overlooked by those discussing
economic questions in this country that our
higher paid and more intelligent laborers
could perform more work in a given time ,
mntl , results considered , were ( be cheapest
laborers on earth , Tills Improved organism
Is inherited and In time becomes anti baa
become a characteristic of the race , Th
child comes into the world with potential
faculties that give him an advantage in all
( lie struggles of life , "Ttn gray barkarian
is lesber than the Christian chaikL"
\Ve reach , therefore , the conclusion that
the ideas of liberty , equality and the in.
alienable rigitta of man have hong been tie-
vchopiug tim our people greater individual
responsibility and cliarsoter , love of justice
and respect for labor. It baa conduced to
( lie alovehnpment of systenis of broader and
more universal educatfon and thereby tie.
veloped a better nervous organism ; that
these conditions hare made our American
! aborers ' more facile in making and using
jiuw inv'entlonbi that higher education has
4
resulted in greater appreciation or truth and -
therefore a greater love of the c'ountry that
Is founded upon true princip1e that this
patriotism and intelligence have produced
the best soldier , the best mechanic , the beet
man of commerce and the beet citizen ,
Must i'rpere Our Strength.
In order not. to poison br dissipate ( be
sources of our strength we have excluded
Euroiean pauper labor anti the Chinese ,
But now it is proposed to take in as a part
of our people races that. it short tints ego
were eating missionaries , that have been
reared in Spanish ignorance Onti sloth nod
cruelty antI class distinction and contempt
for labor , and whose habitual pleasure Is in
( ho bull fight and cock pit. Can the prirll-
oges of demoirittio institutions be given to
ouch people -without polluting the currats
of our growth. and Inviting corruption and
rottoa boroughs ? No one seriously con-
tenths that this shouitt be ilono at irecnt
but not to do o-to make a government
for the people Of the isiands that s not bt
the people ntt by the people thereOf-is an
abandonment of all our fathers fought for ,
end many a William Lloyd Garrison anti
V.'endall Phillips 'trill arise to protest
against the partial slavery. I know the
operation of natural laws is not aentimon-
tal , The American Indian has been prac-
ilcaily exterminated. The sanie fate nmsy
await tlo islanders , but for tin as a imeople
to coolly contemplate such fate is horrible ,
Wo mavo a race question in the south Btill
unsettled for which wo are responsible.
Why Invite another ? Why In the period of
our greatest glory abandon the teachings
not only of Waeshlugton ttfll 4.lae early fa.tlm-
era , but , a ; Senator Merrill said , of every
matured statesman of our country and every
thonghful foreign student of our institu-
( ions ? our Imperlallats reply by assuming
the dank of progressIon. They claim the
charm of novelty ; they undermine oppos- (
tion by saying the conditions that Confronted -
fronted Washington have clmar.ged-tbo In-
fact has become a man-we must build for
ourselves-tile past must be dIscarded white
we sweep into .tho younger day to achiave
the marvels of a new , triumphaitL iniperial
democracy. But Is It not evIdent they are
adopting the policy of Rome anti that the
policy of our fathers Is really the
young and modern . Idea ? They
say we must have indemnity for the war.
But can we tax the people of the Philippines -
pines to obtain an indemnity duo us from
the people of Spain ? Can we establish the
principle that taxation without representa-
( ion Is unjust mmd ( lint the revenues paid
by a people should not exceed the cost of
the goveinment of that people , economically
administered-a principle that baa been
adopted even by England since the Anion-
can revolution-and now abandon that prin-
clplo and follow thu contrary example of
Spain and took upon colonies as possessions
and sources of revenue ? If so , do we not
invite the fate that has befallen Spain ?
One polIcy for ourselves and another for
our possessions would be a liouso dtvi-ded
against itself that could not stand. No individual -
dividual profits by the additional territory.
Our established policy and national sense
of right will not permit our government to
derive a revenue therefrom in excess of the
amount expended thereon. Then wherein
is ( lie indemnitY paid ?
S11C0iU14 l'lezm for Conhiuig StatIon.
Imperialists say we need coaling stations
and harbors for our vessels lfl Utno oc war.
Why do they not limit their demands then
to single islands for a harbor and port ?
Has not Spain shown that distant possessions -
sions are the weakest points in time of
"The idea that the
war ? GladstoiO : said :
colonies add to the strength of the mother-
country appears to me to be as dark a
superstition as any that existed in the
middie ages. " For conquest and subjuga
tion distant coaling stations and foyLifid
harbors arc desirable , but for no other per-
hose. They are a source of expense and
lnvlto foreign complications and wars.
This fact is given by a certain class of
imperialists with much show of reason an
an argument for expansion. Thiey say that
our country has reached the volnt prophe-
sled by Macnulay , Carlyle and others , when ,
by reason of population the really serious
problems of the survival of democratic in-
titutions must ho met ; that we are in
great danger of internal troubles ; that Ion-
olga wars and diplomatic entanglementut
will divert attention train home affairs ,
furnish less dangerous occupation to professional -
fessional agitators , supply an escape vent
for the surcharged forces of our peoplO
whoso vants and aspirations have been
educated above their social conditions , allay -
lay discontent , strengthen the army anti
navy for use both at borne and abroad ,
timid centralize power in tbo national gov-
emnrnetit.
This policy has bean adopted by tyrants
in all ages to divert attention from in-
teiual affairs and has always resulted In
reaction and inovitnbhe failure. The policy
involves great expenditure of money and
correspondiiig impoveriabmetit of the peo-
pie , hot only by taxes paid but by the with-
dmawal of a large portion of the people from
productive labor. It creates unstable con-
tiitiOfl3. War values-stimulated production
of army supplies-dearth of laborers , are
closely followed by decline in prices , a
change In articles produced , a shifting of
cnmploymnent , a sudden increase in the tin-
employed , loVerty. increasing restlessness
and agitation. Stable conditions , justice ,
laws favoring the just distribution of
wealth , tUne and patience and an abiding
faith in democratic institutions wiii solve
every problem ( hint confronts us. Who ho-
hleves that we are In more danger from
: iuarchy and social uprisings than oUter
countrIes. Dangers appear greater than
( boy really are in democracies. The eo-
plo prove to be intelligent anti conservative
in the settlement of nil questions domestic
in their origin , but just the reverse in
handling foreign questions where diplomacy
is required. These labor nod social ques-
tiwas must bo met. No nation can escape
them , They should be met bravely and
squarely. To dodge und postpone encourages -
ages hidden growth and an upheaval when
least expected and unprepared.
Tftt ? stiIa1 for Couuiniorce ,
It is said that the policy of expansion
is in the interest of commerce , What corn-
morco can be expected with Islanders who
need neither our clothes , nor footi , nor
shelter , and whose vnnts are as few nit
their capacity anti aspirations arc limited ,
Evemi If Americaut and European lmnmigma-
tion give ft temporary appearance of pmog-
ross , have we not reason to expect that
by reason of climatic conditions , as In-
gerseli said , the second generation of a
New Inghand preacher will be seen on a
Sunday morning with holes In his lint ,
trousers and shoes , anti a game-cock under
his arm , how is legitimate commerce at-
fected ? A highwayman needs a guti to
enforce a trade of nothing for something
from the wayfarer. A nation needs an army
to force its products on an Inferior and
enslaved peopio against their will , Thu day
for such commerce ended with the American
revolution. Is it ( be military power of
England that line forced us to a policy of
protective tariff to keep her goods out of
our markets , or , Is it that in many products
she undersells our producers ? In those
lines In which we can cooipete with the
world , that form the proper subjects of
foreign commerce , do we need anything
more than stable conditions and that our
manufacturers and producers should not be
weighted down by taxes antI war excite.
dent ? Is it aot our true policy for extending -
tending foreign trade to encourage peace ,
to secure by treaty , or otherwiko , equal
privileges with all nations , in every port ,
to vrove by our conduct that we come not
in conquest but to partake of the rocipro.
cal advantages of a friendly trade , to encourage -
courage a merchant marine and to pro.
servo as an example to the world demo.
cratic institutions and national honor ?
Thu last argument of Imperialists that I
All Furniture
Carpets aitci Draperies
look alike to mo people-but ,2o ( ( oyoi-thero : is a VIISL differotice between the rifT-rail
vhic1i is offered daily and the tristy reliablu factory made kind We are BhOWillg-
vaz1 to make money-but we're not going to do it itt our friend'-t1ie customer's OXIeflSe.
H Rugs
' A largo shipment , or pCihLfflC ) Ttirkt'sk Rugs direct from
- the ortunt-put on sale Monday for' the first time-some
1 ' of the most beautiful patterns svc'vo ovot' sliowit ,
' , - ' ' 2,5O-
, 500-2lxtiO Moquotto Rugs-L'ogulal' -
i . . 1.60 spoolat this woo1t-l.OO.
1 25c 50c and 75c-A few of those I art1 rug
I i'cnmnauts-loft over from our great i'otnnant
l
,
. 1 ' - ' . Carpets
2ui.s ! PohUnq Lawn Ohafr-just whut yea want JO ) ' 1iOHlC or
Cd ) ) ttsc-Notiiiig ! CqIIU1 t as an iwaZil ) ( 1 0 0 Ingrain Carpots-intost colocings-newost dosigne-
.
chau'-a very ow price- lout'esf prices-
Axiulnutci' carpets-suporb In qualit.y , desIn anti
FINE LACE colorings.
4 Moqtictte Cnrpots-notet for their dtit'ablltty-at
C ' 1 i iii. s prices ( lint inauro ready sale.
'lI : r :
_ . the price. Bi'tisselis Cai'pt-tho boat earpot on earth at
'rnpcsti' ' Brussells'Cai'pet-all n'i\v and handsorno
I3russois corded cfTects-1I d(1J'crolipaftcrllS'-thO ( s'ho1a Iattot'ns.
sato ( Item from $15 to 25 a pair-we took
price on wan Our now fall goods arriving daily be sure you sea thotu
all thu importer bad and can now offer thorn to you at before you purchase your now carpets.
from $ ' to $15-about half what ve would ordinarily _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
ba'o to pay-and about one-third loss than the retail . - .
prico-Theso arc all oxolusivo designs and patterns and
this season's goods-This Is a lace curtain opportunity , - This stnZ ( is cithcr ihrl's'-
that only occurs once in a life time. . '
eye .ifaple , Muhoyany 0 1'
CORD VALANCE AND Quatted Scttt'ctl Oak fluiish
: . I -16-inch top-hiyhly polslz- (
i '
\ Cd-CxaclTJ ! like cut-onty a
- fcw lcff J'ronl our Slld last
Our complete Fall purchases are now in and ready for' - ' - -
- ' tlCchbUt ' all
your Inspection-this showing is exceptionally large and r until thcy're
complete. goIuc 1/ic / Jl1CC will hr only-
2.25 The Valance Cord for single doors.
27O to S9Thct'o'tboro Cord for double doors. J , ' - 3 5
The new portlera-tito cow tall effect-in all the newest -
est oriental combination of colors-something isovor before -
fore ehown-$7.50. J
ORCHARD & WILHELM CARPET CO I oiigas ' ° St
will touch is that it is our "manifest tIes-
tiny , " "the genius of the American PeoPle
demand it , " "the hand of Provlthnmce points
the way , " etc. , etc. Terms like thtse beg
the question. By pretending to to a solution -
tion when in fact they solve nothing I' ey
Injure our thought and lead us Into error.
I have hoped that It- was our manifest destiny -
tiny to develop a people of cuab character
that each Individual would govern himself
and not need a policeman's club or trained
army to hold him in order. I have considered -
sidered the chietest glory of our country tr ,
be that we nought peace anti required the
auiallest army and navy to ( be population
of any nation upon earth. I has-c believed
that the Declaration of Independence con-
tamed the profoundest truths that have
been given to the world and that by adhier-
lug to them we would , as James 0. fllalno
expressed it , "conquer the entire world by
the force of our example. " I have looked
upon the present war as the grandest ever
waged , in harmony with the geuiua of
American institutions anti directed by time
hand of Providence. We disclaimed the
IurPoo of conquest , we sought no material
gain , wo ocpectcd financial hose , but wo
announced as a principle for the future
guidance of nations , that it Is the right oni
duty of a civilized nation to resort to var ,
if necessary , to secure pcace and prevent
larbarous warfare imoar its borders. It is
the greatest step toward universal ieace
that has ever been taken. I hope It is not
our "manifest destiny" to bring dIstrust
upo. our solemn assertions antI suspicion
upon our purposes , or to abandon faith in
our Institutions and slink back into ( lie
shortsighted clflshuoss of medlacval times.
I treat it is our destiny to assume a posi-
tine unique in history-a victorious nation
seeking pence anti justice-a conquering en-
( ion aurrtintlering its comiqueSt to the iwo-
pIe to be governed , tIme rightful owners
thereof-a great nation , true to its pried-
pies , true to Its history , true to its people , a
menace to tyranny , but possessed of the love
and confidence of good men throughout the
world. Ii , J , CORNISIT ,
CHARGES AGAINST A JUSTICE
hliomidy Clark iteeus..d at Malfinunner
umid lflniitdmninistrgilioi of
Ills Olilce ,
Charges against Simon B , Clam-Ic , Justice
of the pence for West Omaha , hart. feen
made to the Hoard of County Conrnissioners :
in an accusation by Bobert M , Jamnieson ,
timekeeper of the Omaha & Grant Smelting
company , alleging naIfeasanc amid willful
maladmuiniatmatlon ,
In his complaint Jamieson sets forth ( list
Justice Clark , witbouit tIme presence of time
plaintiff , John Gocke , in a suit against F. H.
hloottger , an enmpioye of the Smelting corn-
pony. and without. proper tetlnmony , entered
a judgment against Itocttger , taxed the
costs agaixist ( be defemiant and disregardIng -
Ing time defendant's right of exeniptiorm , lila
earning within the sixty-day limit were
garnisheed.
Jamieson also charges Justice Clark with
taxing excessiyo end illegal costu in time
case of Adam Wnybrigbt against Charles Itt ,
Cole.
Cole.No
No meeting was held by the board yesterday -
day anti mione will be until next aturiiny ,
when the matter will probably he beard ,
Sehamielderwinat timid IRis 'l'eagit.
James Sclineiderwinml owns a small hiouso
at Twenty-eighth and Dorcas streets that
Is tenanted by tIme family of Charles Johnson -
son , whioni lie dislikes. its has tried in
many sysys to 'irivo the finally out , hut
without success. Friday he go ( oUt a writ
to dispossess the family and in attempting
to aid in its service says lie became ( lie
target for all sorts of weapons wielded by
the JoheBomis , great and small , Mrs. John.
son , ho alleges , used a club and an iron
toy wa'omi over his heath , tim daughter a
carpet sweeper and ( lie young son an arm-
full of bricks , which ho throw with unerring -
erring aitn at his head and body , In defending -
fending himself from the unequal attack lie
says he inflicted several blows on the person
. of Mrs. Johnson and she has had him am-
rested charged with assault anal battery.
Tbe Jobnsous on the other hand say that
Sclineiderwia4 was the aggessor and badly
beat ( beta with a club.
PIONEER OF Oi\IAIIA \ DEAD
Hadley D. Johnson and His Life in the
Great Oentral West ,
CAME TO NEBRASKA FIRST IN 1854
ills Active l'art In time l'eiitlci. of Cite
'i'errltor--lmmstruzmieiatgsl in Slaving
Nebraska nimil Icansas DIldetl
UN 'Ihey Arc Today.
lladley 1) . Johnson , of the oldest and
sturdiest of Nebraska pioneers and a mnami
Prominent In the foundation of a half dozen
other sveztorn states , passed away in Salt
Lake city July 12 , at the ripe age of 86
years. Mr. Johmnson made hits home In
Onuilma froze October , 1854 , to 1859. and
again from 1865 to 1869 , and was a conspicuous -
spicuous figure on the aide of good gov-
eminent during the period of the city's
birth. He has a large number of friends
among older Nebraskans , who know of his
work here and his value to time Community ,
Two of thiese arc Dr. George L. Miller and
J. Sterling Morton , who were associated
with hum both socially cad pohiticahiy.
- The former says that Mr. Johnson first
crossed the Missouri river late in 1851 , liar-
leg hived in Council Bluffs for four years
previously. At that time the settlement
consicted of a few houses scattered about
the neighborhood of Twelfth and Ilamney
streets , and there wan no litigation or
other business ( but wouhti employ tin nttor-
hey. Mr. Johnson accordingly abandoned
his law practice in which ho had emiared
at Council BiufT in the partnership of
Johnson , Cassady & Test , and began time
purchase anti sale of land grants. lie was
a democrat and as one of ( be leaders of
his party bad a band in the formation of
tIme government of thie city anti state.
Iii 1854 ho was chosen by a "squatters
convention , " held lii ( lila city , en a delegate -
gate to Washington to negotiate regarding
the formation of the territory of Nebraska.
At ( lie previous session of congress a bill
lied bee ! : introduced to , organize arid fix i
the boundaries of tbo territory , Stejhien A.
Douglas , then collator from Illinois , was
chairman of thin comnmittea on territories
in the upper house , and it was of the Ut.
most importance that lie amid his conmmnittee
should be inforine'd as to the true interests
involved.
'isIt. . Cite "iittlo Gimimit , "
In the month of January , 1854 , Mr. John-
soil rode across tim treeless Prairies of
Iowa to Keokuk , took a bout for St. Louis
amid Cincinnati , and thence to Washington
by railroad , lie called upon the "Little
Giant , " bring introduced to the chairman
of the committee by Senator Dodge of Iowa ,
and laid b'tforo bite his juan for dividing
( ho vast oxpajiso of western Prairies Into
two , in place of one territory , to be known
i aim Kansas and Nobraske , tithe originating
: thin measure which was afterwards adopted
ait a substitute bill for the one than peud-
imig.
imig.In
In October , 3851 , lie crossed to tIme site
of the present city of Omaha , anti in time
campaign following wan , at the sohleitatioa
of many settlers , induced to beconme a can-
didate for delegate to congrees. TIm rival
settiomerms ( , known as North anti South
Platte , figured in the tight , arid be failed
to lie eloctetl by fifty votes , his successful
rival hieing Napoleon Bonaparte Gitidings ,
who served one term.
In 1856 Mr. Johnson was elected public
Itrinter against violent opposition , A heavy
bond was required and the acts were to
be "out" by July 6. P. 13 , Cummings , who
was governor , lvlayed in getting time laws
compiled and ready for time lirinter. Thu
governor finally gave imini over the originals -
nals mind he took them to Indiana auth had
them printed there , To comply with tlmo
"time" umrthho he hail to rush copy anti
return to Omaha with the books via railroatl
slid this Missouri river. He got there there
the day before ( ho time expired ,
l'rovlous to his residence in Omaha , Mr ,
@
WOOD1IURI"S Facial Soap , Facial Cream
amid lmnciai l'otvtler slioulti be tiecti by
every cite tvhutm valUes a good complexion.
A sample of eiichi simlilcietit for 8 % veelcs'
use for 20 Colits. JOhN 11. WOOD1IUItY ,
127 West 42d itt. , N , Y.
Johnson was a member of the state senate
of Iowa , representing that vestorii miemmatorlal
district conmposetl of twenty commmmties. It
was in this capacity that. un acqtiireti for
Council Bluffs what afterwards emetic it the
starting poiiit ot thin Pacific road , At ( ho
previous session a nit'niorial tied been
pasmed aakiimg congress to donate land in
aid of the comistrmie'tlomi of a rallroati from
Dubuque to Kcoituk , but tIme session of 1852
changed thin reqtmest and asked for a grant
to build tour roads across time state from
cast to west , s'hich was ultimately accrnn-
pliahwl , three of them terminating at Coun-
cii Bluffs. In this work Mr. Jobnson was
the chiief factor anti it resulted in niaheimag
Council Bluffs and Omaha time gate cities
to the great west.
fltiuisi Ii ) ( ' ( ) iornio ,
Dmii-ing the I'Iko's i'eak exlttrtt'ttt In
1859-GO Mr. Johnson drove to time foot. of the
Rocky muountaiti's ' , following the I'luttu ' river
to a liollit near Denver , mt'hemo hie cstnb-
lisbcd a saw mill amid lummiber yard. 2-lu thu
not settle them-n Imerrnttnontiy , hiowovci- , amid
in 1861 removed to liaise , Idaho.
In 1865 Mr. Joheton deteritmineul to return
to lila earlier friends and surrouimilimig'i ma
this city amid in the spring of ( list ynar his
vIfo and damighitem-s started for Oniabe , by
way of Portland , Son Francisco , I'nminmnn
amid Now York. With a compiamy : of timir-
teen , Inciudummg his soii. Mr. Johnson me-
turned overland , Altboughi Immtllaius and
"i-email agents" caused some trotibit' , the
party got throughi in safety , one man carry-
jug $6,000 in golul dust , lie roinnimieti in
tiihi city for four years amid proved hmtnmself
tmi : on oilier occasions a leader who brought
emedit to his liarty awl conimmmnity , flitting
thim ; honed Mr. Jolinsoii s'as emigageil iii g-
riculture amid iiad it Inro imnhmroved farm in
( lie heart of time present city limits ,
lit 1869 ho felt time svesterii fever again
I and disposing of his intememits here started
for ( lie I'uiget ' itolumul , Time attmaetions of limo
Salt Lake regioim , however , caused hint me
locate there , anti lit , roomi became acttVl In
public affairs , lie entered nowtuiIaier mt'ork
anti was at the head of tiliteremit dillies ( era
a long honed of years , Itiring ) ( liii following -
ing years be actetl us national conmmittee-
mmmc of time democi-atie party tied us a tide-
gate to tIme territorial constitutional comi-
'ention , In 1896 lie was designateul hiy time
electors of ( lie new state ut Utah to carry
its electoral vote to the national capital ,
Mr. Johnson's birthplace was in Franklin
county , Imidiana , time date being 1812 , ills
wife was Miss fihiza Ii , Woodwortim , whmmn
lie married In 1634 , in iiruokville , lad ,
There was a fatally of ten children , one of
whom , Douglas If , Joimnsoim , hives In South
1 Omaha ,
Tilt' JIIM sit Cli I'l.uIuumutnga ha'i 1gb ( ttI ,
Before leaving for Chiiekamnauga park , Ga.
1Ieutcnant George Ii , hess , Fifty-second
Iowa volumritecm-mm , imrocurrul a few Iiottk of
Cimarnbcrlaimi'ua Colic , Cholera and Diarrhoea
Iteniody , Thu boys were dehiglmto4 with tim
quick cures of aiiarriioca whichi it nifecled.
To meet the demands Lieutenant Bass ordered -
derod four dozemi lmottles more by express
anti sold the whelm , of It In one day , except
three bottles kept for lila own use anti for
hmersoimal friends , It : iover tails to effect ii
cure and iii pleasant and safe to take. It is
the moat successful medicine lii the world
for bowel complaints. For sale b' all drug-
aists.
