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STATEMENT OP CIllCUfcATION.
fllato of Nebraska , Douglas County , S3 , :
Oeprge B Tischuck. secretary of The Bee
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2 . . . .24,7:10 18 24,800
X 21,870 19 24,771
4. . 24,770 20 20,273
6 21,010 21 2-1,851
6 20 , ! ! ! > 0 22 21,041
7 24.7B3 23 24,520
8 2I.8RO 24 24,430
9. , 21,750 23 25,000
10 25,100 26 24,848
11 21,1(10 27 25,834
12 24,730 28 24,1102
13 2lrO5 ( 2D 20,200
14 21,0(10 30 25,0 lt
IE 24,802 31 27,000
16 24,717
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Oay of September , A. D. , 1889.
M. B. HUNQATE.
( Seal. ) Notary Public.
If Dcwcy will accept nn Invitation to
visit Omaha we feel sure Ak-Sar-Ben
would bo willing to respond to an encore.
The Dewey home fund Is growing
slowly , but 'not qulto so slowly as Coin
Harvey's fund for the relief of the demo
cratic party.
The Ak-Sar-Ben parades Interfere seri
ously with the prosecution of politics.
When the carnival king has completed
his reign the politicians will again have
The field.
England Is buying artillery horses In
the United States. Whenever Brother
John wants to buy anything first-class
he knows where the best place to trade
Is located.
Colonel Bryan in one of his recent
speeches dwelt on the somersaults the
republican party has turned. Colonel
Bryan's eyes are s'hnply deceived by his
own rotary motion.
It is estimated there will be 1,000,000
strangers visiting In New York Satur
day. What an elegant opportunity to
take a census which would send a chill
down the Chicago spine.
An exhibition of the fire department
may be on interesting object lesson for
the public , but when the run is through
streets crowded with Ak-Sar-Ben
- - spec
tators It Is too dangerous to bo a regular
feature of the show.
The fact that General Weaver can bo
spared from Iowa to help bolster up the
popocratlc chances in Nebraska Is to be
explained , not on the ground that there
is any danger of Iowa going popocratlc ,
but that nil hopes of Iowa popocrata
have long ago been dissipated.
Editors of popocratlc new&papers
throughout the state are warned not to
print syndicate editorial matter unless
the official signature ! of the state com
mittee Is blown in the bottle and the
seal Is unbroken at the time of delivery.
All wtoo violate the rule are to bo de
prived of a scat at the plo counter.
Omaha wants a census supervisor who
will compel the enumerators to count
every nose whoso owner resides In
Omaha. When that shall have been
done no Incentive tor padding the' re
turns will appear , for Omaha has held
its own ejnco 1800 and In material things
has shown a steady , healthy growth.
Paying syndicate editorial writers for
popocratlo papers out of state funds Is
In strict accord with fusion practice.
Last year when the state house crowd
paid the salary It was $40 a month , but
when the state foota the bill It is placed
at $125. Most editors would think the
smaller salary too great for the work
performed.
Bryan now Bays that the people will
have to cliooso between a republic of
the United States or an empire of the
United States. The colonel's vision
seems to bo a little befogged. When
the choice comes to be made it will more
likely bo between MoKlnley for prcsi-
iTenl of the United States nnd Bryan
for the same otllce.
To an anxious correspondent wo can
give the assurance that the Board of
Governors of the Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben
nppreclate the Importance of starting
their parades precisely on time and
every effort to Uiut end will be exerted.
They know the evenings are cool and
the waiting hosts become impatient of
unnecessary delays ,
The author of the Dooley sketches ,
who hue just returned from England ,
disclaims any intention of making his
homo abroad , saying that ho believes
England offers no batter advantages for
authors than the United States. If Eng
land offers better advantages to anybody
but Uie Aston * and others who have al
ready inude fortunes In America ,
hate not yet been disclosed.
AN IStrATlTlAIi JUDGE.
In 1803 Silas A. Holcomb was ft can
didate for the position of judge of the
supreme court of Nebraska. In 1803
Silas A , Ilolcomb's candidacy was op
posed by the Omaha World-Herald and
he was denounced as lacking all the ele
ments necessary to make him an Im
partial judge. The reasons why the
World-Herald refused to support Judge
Holcomb were set forth In the following
article , headed "An Impartial Judge , "
taken from Us editorial page of October
1 , 1803 :
'Judgo Harrison was nominated by the rail
roads and corporations. All business In
terests are oskcd to support him for that
reason , On the other ihand , Judge Holcomb
Is pretended to bo a representative ot the
anti-monopolists and debtors , and It Is as
sumed both by his friends and enemies that
it elected ho will bo n champion ot that In
terest.
This Is a vicious Issue to be permitted to
creep Into the selection of our judiciary.
Do the people of this state want a champion
of any special Interests elected ? Do they
not need rather an Impartial judge , repro-
Bontlng neither the corporations or their
enemies , standing neither for the debtors or
creditors , but ono who will balance the
scales ot Justice impartially as between all
classes ?
Wo have had enough of special advocates
upon the supreme bench.
The falao Usuo injected into this cam
paign should bo rejected by all good citizens
by the election of Frank Irvine.
The pertinent question presents itdclf ,
If Judge Holcomb would not make nn
Impartial judge In 1803 , how can he be
expected to make an impartial judge in
1800 ? If anything , Judge Holcomb six
years ago promised better for the bench
than ex-Governor Holcomb today. Six
years ago he , was serving as a district
judge nnd had not yet made his damag
ing record of rank partisanship , flagrant
favoritism and gross neglect of duty in
the executive office. His career ns gov
ernor Instead of commending him as
qualified to act the Impartial Judge af
fords proof positive that on the bench ,
as in the executive chair , he would be
the pliant tool of the unscrupulous pop
ocratlc machine upon which the cor
porations have constantly pulled the
strings.
Yet the World-Herald , after refusing
six years ago to support Judge Holcomb
on the ground that it wanted an impar
tial judge , now asks the people of Ne
braska to vote for him as against the
republican candidate , M. B. Uecse , who
by his acts during one term's service on
that bench showed himself the fairest
and most impartial judge who ever sat
there , standing up for all the people as
against any special Interest and at all
times deciding every case solely ac
cording to the law and the evidence.
We do not believe voters who want an
impartial Judge will cast their ballots
In November for the man denounced as
unworthy their support just because the
World-Herald has changed Its tune in
n desperate effort to hold the state In
line for Bryan's aspirations.
A REGRETTABLE IttUWKNT.
It is very much to be regretted that
anything should have occurred ln con ;
ncction with the Dewey celebration to
create unpleasant feelings and produce
Irritating controversy. The treatment
of the union veterans , while perhaps not
so grave a matter as the commandor-
In-chlef of the Grand Army of the Re
public thinks , was certainly a blunder
and undoubtedly everybody who can
look at it fairly and without prejudice
will take this view. The veterans
should have been given the head of the
parading column as an honor rightly
theirs on such an occasion. The recep
tion to Dewey Is not distinctively a
naval affair. It is a demonstration of
popular esteem in wihicU all participate
and the union veterans are representa
tives of our greatest military achieve
ments and glory. Moreover , Dewey him
self is a union veteran , who did gallant
service in the civil war. It is not to be1
doubted that ho would bo well pleased
to see the other veterans properly recog
nized in connection with this reception.
The assertion of Commander Shaw
that the treatment of the Grand Army
men was Intended to bo an insult maybe
bo unwarranted , but whatever the mo
tive it was a mistaken one , and those
who are responsible for it should bo
made to realize this. The occasion Is
peculiarly ono in which" the union vet
erans should have a prominent part , and
their resentment at being denied this Is
entirely Justifiable.
OJ7R NORTHERN
We noted a few days ago the remark
of the premier of Canada that that coun
try would live nnd prosper if it should
not have closer trade 'relations ' with the
United States. Canada Is making pro
gress industrially and commercially.
Senator Vest of Missouri , who has Just
returned from a protracted sojourn In
the Dominion , states that ho was much
Impressed with Us industrial develop
ment He found that Canadian man
ufactures have been much stimulated
during the last few years , particularly
in the manufacture of cotton goods , and
the senator thinks that in the not far
future the Canadians will be Inde
pendent of this country so far as cotton
goods are concerned.
It is perhaps needless to say that Mr ,
Vest attributes this to the American
tariff , which ho thinks should bo mod
ified in the interest of the American
producers. Referring to the large trade
of Canada with the United States , the
senator said that millions more Avould
come from that country Into this If a
more friendly feeling were created by
an equitable tariff.
The trouble Is , however , that Canada ,
wants an arrangement largely one-sided.
This Is shown in all the proposals that
have come from that country since the
abrogation of the reciprocity treaty of
1854 , The failure of the several efforts
that have been made in the last thirty
years to negotiate another reciprocity
agreement was duo to the fact that Can
ada wants reciprocity in natural pro
ducts , because wo have vast and profit
able markets for them , while ehe has no
markets for ours. The Canadians ask
that wo give their natural products a
free market here , but they offer no con
cessions to our manufactures , or at any
rate none that would make the arrange
ment fair and equitable. Under the
Canadian plan of reciprocity American
farmers along our entire northern
boundary would be Injured nnd there
would bo no advantage to our manufac
turers.
It Is certainly desirable that there
should be closer trade relations between
the two countries. Both would be ben
efited and friendship would be fostered.
But any arrangement looking to this
must bo fair and not of the jug-handle
diameter of the old treaty. As yet there
Is no indication that Canada wants an
equitable arrangement
DKWEY OiV VltlLlPPlSE SITUATION.
The reported Interview with Admiral
Dewey , which has the responsible au
thority of the New York Evening Post
and which contains nothing that ho
might not say with perfect propriety , Is
lu one respect reassuring. Dewey
thinks that the Insurrection in Luzon
cannot be protracted much longer. Ho
expressed surprise that the Insurgents
have held out until now , but he supplied
an explanation of this In the statement
that General Otis "has tried to do too
much. " This has been pointed out by
others. Otis has been required to per
form both military and civic duties and
while undoubtedly ho has been willing
to have the task imposed on him , it la
very evident that It has been too great
for him and It remains to be seen
whether the Washington authorities
will continue It. There has been talk
of relieving Otis , when active campaignIng -
Ing shall be renewed , to the extent of
giving commanders In the field greater
discretion In carrying on operations than
they have hitherto exercised , but it may
be doubted whether this would work
much Improvement , with Otis In
supreme command and directing mili
tary operations from Manila.
Dewey has confidence that the Filipinos
pines will in time accept American rule
and become friendly to this country.
What needs to be done Is to convince
them that the United States Intends to
treat them well. They are as yet dis
trustful , as la most natural with a people
ple who have suffered for generations
from Spanish oppression. How long It
will take to overcome this distrust it is
impossible to say and it Is of course a
question whether the right course to
bring about this result is being pursued.
In regard to the fitness of the Filipinos
for self-government , Dewey adihercs to
the opinion that they are better qualified
than the Cubans , but arc not now quite
fitted to govern themselves. They have
many educated and able men , but the
masses arc Ignorant What he said of
Aguinaldo will not be pleasing to those
who compare the Insurgent leader with
Washington and Lincoln , and Dewey
knows Aguinaldo thoroughly.
The wish expressed by the admiral
that "the whole business was settled"
will have the hearty concurrence of the
American people and it is apparent that
ho thinks it should have been settled.
There is not in the Interview ; however ,
the least intimation as to what Dewey
thinks of our military policy In Luzon ,
perhaps'he will later conclude to take
the country Into his confidence in re
gard to 'this and certainly all the people
would bo glad to have his opinion. It
is jsafe to assume , however , that while
Admiral Dewey may feel that Ameri
can authority might bavc been estab
lished in the Philippines without fight
ing , he is not In favor of the proposal
that we withdraw our soldiers from the
archipelago and leave it to the danger
of bloody tribal conflicts and anarchy ,
perhaps to become the prey of European
and Asiatic nations.
A call has been Issued for a reunion
of the members of the Nebraska Terri
torial Pioneer association at Omaha Oc
tober 4. This is an event the impor
tance of which is not generally appre
ciated. The time will come , however ,
when the recital of history of the early
days of Nebraska territory will elicit
widespread popular Interest. Its value
will increase with the years.
It is not impertinent to call attention
to the fact that The Bee's news columns
are full to overflowing these bright , au
tumnal days. Whether it bo a cele
brated case at Reunes , a battle In the
Philippines , an impending scrap in
South Africa or the arrival of a naval
hero , The Bee's special stories and press
reports are always equal to those of the
best papers In the country.
Admiral Dewey , in an Interview with
a New York paper , stated two truths In
regard to ( himself when questioned re
garding his being a presidential candi
date. Ono was that he wan not a poli
tician and the other that ho was a
sailor and content to remain one. The
effort to drag him into politics to pull
democratic chestnuts out of the fire Is
doomed to failure.
It Is about time some means were de
vised to settle the long-standing contro
versy between the city and county au
thorities regarding the care of indigent
sick. Cases liave developed many times
In years past where the sick have been
allowed to suffer while the medical de
bating club argued out tha point which
was responsible for the patient's care.
It Is indeed unfortunate that a portion
of the Union Pacific depot baa proved to
bo resting upon niado ground. There
are many old residents , some of them
men who with transit and chain helped
to lay out this old town , who could have
fold the officials of that road that the
site of the now structure was danger
ously near a filled creek bed ,
The World-Herald in 1803 said SUas
A. Holcomb was not fit to bo judge of
the supreme bench. Now It pretends
to want him elected to the place for
which It helped defeat him six years
ago. But then that Is nothing wonder
ful , In 1803 the World-Herald was also
denouncing 10 to 1 free silver coinage
na fraud and robbery , That was bo *
fore the syndicate of silver bullloimtrca
put money into the concern.
Omaha gladly welcomes the Methodist
conference now sitting lu this city.
Omaha has always boon a stronghold of
Methodism , not only In the number of
people of that denomination , but also lu
the strength of Us preachers and sta
bility of Its churches , and It recognizes
the debt It owes to the Methodist pioneers
neers and their successors.
Syrcnil ot American ItleuN.
Philadelphia Times.
Twelve thousand striking workmen In
Havana Is certainly a striking commentary
on the spread ot American Ideas In Cuba.
Tlmt'n UuMc Different.
QIo-be-Democrat.
No objection Is made by the democratic
party to trust mllllonalrea when It comes to
selecting a chairman lor ways nnd means
or a ruunlng mate for Dryan.
Pertinent nml I
Washington rost.
These Impudent Nebraska voters who
made inquiries of Colonel Bryan concerning
his war record don't eccm to reallez the
necessity of a few peaceable public men.
UitlnuN Col
rhlladolphla Ledger.
When the Massachusetts democrats com
pared the Chicago platform of 1896 to the
Declaration ot Independence they felt safe ,
because the men who made the Declara
tion are dead.
IGMHIAXCIC Oil AVHATt
A Specimen ot Ilrynn'fi 1'nlNc AnHcr-
tluiiN on the Stiinui.
Now York Times.
Colonel "Wttlam J. Bryan , In his speech
opening the Nebraska campaign , Is reported
by a friendly newspaper ns having provoked
a sympathetic nudlcnco to laughter nnd
applause by declaring that after ( MeKlnloy's
election , "Things got so bad that many
people thought I was elected. " Stimulated ,
posalbly , by that acclaim of the multitude
that for him has BO great a power to fasci
nate , ho went on to declare that during the
six months succeeding the election of Mc-
Klnlcy moro banks and business houses
fallej than In the corresponding period ot
the previous year.
Why did Colonel Dryan say that ? Did ho
make this assertion about the number ot
failures during the first six months of 1897
because ho believed it to bo true and that
It wtca an Important truth to bo communi
cated to the 10.000 at O'Neill ? What are
the facts ? The number of { allures during the
first six months following McKlnley'a elec
tion , was 8,062. This appears to make the
number of failures In the six months re
ferred to by Colonel Bryan 1,241 less than
In the six months referred to by him as being
so much hotter. Wo might as well add that
the liabilities of those falling in the first
six months of 1896 were 197,869,682 , while the
liabilities of the failures In the correspond
ing period In 1897 were $91,692,787.
A mere glance by Colonel Bryan at easily
procured and trustworthy statistics would
have made It Impossible for him , if a truth
ful man , to make such a misrepresentation ,
and wo do not .believe that the 10,000 who
heard him make this unfortunate speech at
the beginning of the Nebraska campaign will
think better of him for It. Wo are Inclined
to think that Colonel Bryan made his com
parison Ignorantly. Even an Inspired leader
cannot know everything.
The Nebraska opponents of Colonel Bryan
have been supplied by him with a cudgel
that should be used w'lth energy and per
sistency. Colonel Bryan has been regarded
as a man who intends to be fair. In order
to bo fair about 'statistics one must bo ac
quainted with them ! " "And when It Is shown
that the average 'liabilities In failures decreased -
creased from $14,992 in 1896 to $11,659 in
1897 , and that It was $10.722 in 1898 , It will
be incumbent upon Colonel Bryan to admit
that he did not know what 'he ' was talking
about , or that , knowing , ho stated what he
knew to be not the truth.
PERSONAL .AND OTHERWISE.
New York Is pleased with an admiral.
Nothing short of a King Ak-Sar-Ben satisfies
Omaha.
The ancient town of Lexington , Mass. , Is
already making preparations for an elabor
ate celebration It Is Intended to have April
19 , 1900 , of the 125th anniversary of the bat
tle there.
Captain John Q. Cameron , commander of
the great Oceanic , 1s a native of New Zea
land , but has teen afloat since early boy
hood. Ho Is EO years old , nearly C feet tall ,
broad-shouldered and athletic.
George J. Puller , the American trotting
horse expert , now In Europe , has 'been en
gaged ito teach the czar of Russia how to
manage a trotting horse. Mr. Fuller Is a
veteran of the lvllwar and over 60 years
old.
old.PltWburg
PltWburg has decided , by a popular vote
of about 10,000 to MOO , to spend $7,000,000
on parks , boulevards and other Improve
ments , Issuing bonds for the amount lim
ited to thirty years and to 4 per cent in
terest.
Captain Joseph Elliott , who died In Mem-
phla , Tenn. , last week , was one of the few
surviving pioneers of the old Mississippi
steamboat days , and served as a model for
ono ot the characters In Mark Twuln'a "Life
on < the Mississippi. "
In a decision rendered last week the
supreme court ot California affirmed the
validity of the Inheritance tax law. The
decision puts $300,000 into the school fund
of the state , ot which sum the Stanford
estate pays $235,750. $
A San Francisco photographer , who bought
a camera of a stranger , became somewhat
suspicious , and tested the instrument by
takjng four pictures of the man. Subse
quently it was ascertained that the camera
"had " been stolen nnd the pictures made easy
the apprehension of the accused person.
Few men in Nebraska have devoted themselves -
solves wholly to literary pursuits with sig
nal success. The eminence attained by
Counsel Wiltshire Butterfleld as a midwest
historian was due to his persistent , pains *
taking effort to record the Important eventa
of the early epoch ot development of the
western reserve and of the west In genera ) .
The death of Mr. Butterfleld ends a worthy ,
useful life.
An English writer tolls a story which ,
true or false , eervea to warm up English
fighting blood , A group of Boers , it seems ,
were talking about the English flag , None
of them had ever scon It and none were cer
tain as to Its color. Finally an old Boer
epoko up. Uo knew the color , for ho had
seep It twice , at Majuba Hill and at Kru-
gcrsdorp , and It was white.
That all the energies of President Krugor
and his government are not engaged lu
preparations tor the impending war seems
to be proved toy a letter received by the
Chicago Board of Education from Dr , Jo
seph H. Hertz , member of a commission ap
pointed by President Kruger for the reformation
mation of the public school system of the
Transvaal , asking for a copy of the report
on the Chicago school system an recently
made to the 'board * by a committee.
The Concord ( N. H. ) Monitor's Inquiry as
to where Daniel Webster waa married
brings the following answer from D , T ,
Little of Salisbury , N , H. : "I find by the
church record that HOY. "Mr. " Worcester ,
who waa pastor at that time , solemnized
307 marriages. From the record I copy :
' 1808 , May 29 , Daniel Webster , esq. , to
Qrace Fletcher ot Hopklnton ; 1808 , August
21 , Ebenezer Webster to Barah Webster ;
1809 , January 15. Ezcklcl WObatcr to Alice
Brtdac. ' "
F rnoMOTnns.
How llic llnltilcr * ot TrnnU Su nr
Nuinlicr Our ,
Chicago Tribune.
A New York corporation lawytr leIlsho
the proDt-sharera of overcapitalization are
nnd how they manage matters. It occurs
to some promoter that the consolidation of
the plants doing a certain kind of manufac
turing can bo made a source of profit for
him. Ho gota options on those plants which
are worth , eay , $5,000,000. But \\bllo ho
hns sharp wits he has little capital. The
eon-Ices of a bank or trust company ore
needed to finance the affair. The promoter
submits his scheme to the men ot capital ,
and asks as his chare in the undertaking
$500,000 nnd half the profits. If a bargain
Is struck the promoter informs the owners
of the plants that ho will pay thorn one-
quarter in cash and the remainder In pre
ferred stock , with v like amount of common
etock thrown in. This arrangement neces
sitates doubling the capitalization , which bo-
comw $10,000,000.
But the foank or trust company which la to
Uttdorwrlto the now enterprise must bo paid
for its services the use of Its money and
ita respectable name. Therefore the capital
ization is doubled again and bocomeu $20-
000,000. It is understood that "v > lth such a
capitalization the common stock will sell
below par. On the assumption that a llttlo
moro watering of the stock will not reduce
its market value proportionately , $10,000,000
moro Is added to the capitalization , which
becomes $30,000,000. Then the promoter and
the underwriters unload quickly nnd quietly ,
and withdraw with their profits. They have
proved themselves nWo financiers and Wall
street roapects them.
The stockholders In the new enterprise
find themselves on a stormy sea In a leaky
craft. To pay oven Infinitesimal dividends
It is necessary to ralso prices , which do
orcases consumption , or begets competition ,
or to reduce the cost of production by cut
ting wages , which means a fight. In either
event bankruptcy ensues. An expensive re
organization follows. In the end the hold-
era of common stock lese all nnd the holders
of preferred stock a good deal.
The capitalization of good will should be
forbidden by law , but In n case like the
above the securities Issued do not represent
even that intangible , uncertain clement of
success * "Financing , " In this Instance , is
simply selling goods under false pretenses ,
though the laws do not reach the men who
are guilty of such acts. Nor do tholr con
sciences reproach them. Their business as
sociates do not condemn them. They are
spoken of as "smart men. "
The New York lawyer referred to has a
remedy for what ho calls "fraudulent pro
motion. " It is the enactment of a law
making it a fraud for a promoter or a com
pany to advertise for sale the capital stock
of a company without elating the amount
of actual value Invested , In money or prop
erty. There is such a law in England , and
this lawyer says It largely prevents the
formations of great corporations there with
watered capital stock. Nevertheless Eng
land abounds In overcapitalized corporations.
This remedy la -adequate , therefore.
What Is needed is a law such as has been
advocated by the Tribune , prohibiting the
Issue of stock which docs not represent
tangible assets. Such a law , faithfully en
forced , would put the ax to the roots of
overcapitalization and promoters' swindles.
GROSS ERRORS IN GARTER CASE
"
t
Counncl for iltc Army Officer Snys Pro-
cecdlncH Will Not Stanil In
Any Civil Court.
WASHINGTON , Sept. 27. Attorney Gen
eral Grlggs today gave a tearing to Wayne
MacVeagh , counsel In the court-iuartlal
case ot Captain O. M. Carter of the army.
Mr. MaoVeagh asked for.a Judicial hearing
In the case , saying that If Ue president af
firmed the proceedings Uo would ( be guilty
i of an act ot great cruelty end wrong. The
record was , ho contended , so saturated with
errors of law that it Is impossible in a
, country governed by Jaw to affirm the find
ing.Before
Before { proceeding with lits argument
proper ho , crxrected "what " he designated as
erroneous .reports concerning the case. The
first of these to which he gave hla atten
tion was a etatomont that Secretary Alger
had allowed the attorney for Captain Carter
to take away and keep possession of the
record In the case. This was , ho said' ' , ab
solutely untruo. The counsel for the accused
had never seen the original record and had
received no favors. It was also falsa that
the reprosentallvea of Captain Carter had
Importuned the president In the captain's
behalf. On the contrary , tha only pressure
brought to bear upon the president was
from the other side , for the affirmation ot
the finding.
Ho recited eleven ipstances of what ho
termed positive Inventions retailed to the
correspondents1 of newspapers during the past
eighteen months. Sooner or later he ex
pected to reveal the authors ot these re
ports and expose their motives and then to
hold somebody responsible tor proving their
truth. He had thought of asking the new
secretary ot war to signalize his entrance
upon his duties by posting this notice over
the deere of two ot the divisions of the de
partment :
"No falsehoods shall 'bo disseminated from
this office during office hours. "
In asking that the court-martial verdict be
Bet aside , Mr. MacVeagh argued the unfitness -
ness of such a court , composed of men un
trained In the law , to deal with questions
such as those involved In this case. The
findings of euch a court have no validity and
carry no weight. The findings were based
on a Jumble of incongruous and discordant
charges , ranging from embezzlement and de-
celt in the smallest matters to charges of
conspiracy of Immense magnitude.
In reply to a question from the attorney
general , Mr. MaoVeagh admitted that no ob
jection to the misjolnder of charges bad been
made in the court-martial. Mr. Grlggs sug
gested that the objection should have been
made at that time , adding that he was ex
pressing no opinion upon the merits of the
points at issue.
Continuing , Mr , MacVeagh said that only
a fair trial was asked and a fair trial could
not bo had upon such a collocation of
charges as bad been made In this caso. Mr.
MacVeagh also dwelt upon the point that
the charges were brought notwithstanding
the statute ot limitations. He contended
that "the flagrant violation of this act of
congress was sufficient to vitiate the pro
ceedings. " He had no doubt that Captain
Carter was convicted from the time he
pleaded this statute before the court , but
this was done under advice and was at least
legitimate.
With reference to the checks issued by
Captain Carter , Mr , MacVeagh contended
that ho could not under the law have avoided
their Issuance. The eamo wae true of every
act performed by him In this connection.
Speaking of the high prices paid for serv
ice by Captain Carter , ( Mr , MacVeagh said
they were paid on lottlnga after advertising ,
hence the profits of tlio contractors were not
legitimate evidence against the officer in
charge. Moreover , In many Instances , the
prices paid were no higher than those paid
for similar service by other officers in like
cases.
MUTII.ATINO LINCOLN'S 81'iaKCHBS.
rinwrnnt OnrlillnwPracticed by
Jlrjnn nml ( Jic 1'unlon OrRiin.
Lincoln Journal , Sept. 27.
In Its yesterday's edition the Omaha
World-Herald soys that a correspondent hos
sent it nn article relating to capital nnd
labor that chows unusual thought and Is
worthy of moro than ordinary attention. It
eays that It prints It for the purpose of In
viting discussion. "Brief criticisms by men
of all parties are asked for. " And then the
Hornld eays , "Hero it Is. "
But It Isn't nil "there. " The Herald bc-
hoadcd the "article" In the first place and
then struck out most of the vital organs nnd
cut oft the peroration BO that It is in n very
mutilated condition , The Journal therefore
"article " It from
ropublUhes the , as came
the distinguished author , who has n sufficient
title to the respect of Americans to have his
"artjclcs" printed without mutilation.
And "Hero It Is" ungarbled. The portions
In brackets are what the World-Herald nnd
Mr. Bryan have been trying to suppress for
the post two years from Abraham Lincoln's
discussion ot the principles nnd purposes of
the rebels In his message of December , 1861 ,
to the first regular session of congress after
the beginning of the civil war.
FROM ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S FIRST
MESSAGE.
( It continues to develop that the Insurrec
tion Is largely It not exclusively a war upon
the first principle of popular government
the rights of the pcoole. Conclusive evi
dence of this Is found In the most grave and
maturely considered public documents , as
well as In the general tone of the Insurgents.
In these documents wo find the abridgment
of the existing right of suffrage and the de
nial to the people of all right to participate
In the selection of public officers except the
legislative , boldly advocated with labored
arguments , to provo that largo control of the
people in government is the source of all
political evil. )
"Monarchy Itself Is sometimes hinted at
ns a possible refuge from the power of the
people. " ,
( In my present pcslHon I could hardly bo
Justified were I to omit raising a warning
volco against this approach of returning des
potism. )
"It IB not needed nor fitting hero that a
general argument bo made in favor of pop
ular Institutions , but there Is one point ,
\\lth its connections , not so hackneyed as
most others , to which I ask a brief attention.
It Is the effort to place capital on an equal
footing with , If not above , labor , in the
structura of government. It is assumed
that labor Is available only In connection
with capital ; that nobody labors unless
somebody else , owning capital , somehow by
the use ot It Induces him to labor. This
assumed , It Is next considered whether it Is
best that capital shall hlro laborers , and
thus Induce them to work by their own con
sent , or buy them and drive them to It
without tholr consent Having proceeded
so far , It 13 naturaly concluded that all la
borers are either hired laborers or what we
call slaves. And further , It Is assumed that
whoever is once a hired laborer Is fixed In
that condition for life.
"Now , there Is no such condition between
capital and labor as assumed , nor Is there
any such thing as a man 'being fixed for
life in the condition ot a hired laborer.
Both these assumptions are ifalse , and all
Inferences from them are groundless.
"Labor is prior to and independent of
capital. Capital la only the fruit of labor
and could never have existed if labor had
not first existed. Labor Is the superior of
capital and deserves much the higher con
sideration. Capital has Us rights , which
are as worthy of proteclion as any other
rights. Nor Is It denied that there Is , and
probably always will be , a relation between
labor and capital producing mutual benefits.
The error Is in assuming , that the whole
labor of community exists within that De
lation. , Afew ( men o'wn capital and that few
avoid labor themselves and with their cap
ital hire another few to labor for them. A
large majority belong to neither class-
neither work for others nor have any others
work for them.
( In most of the southern states a majority
of the people of all colors are neither slaves
nor masters , while in the .northern ) . "In
our section , " a large majority are neither
hirers nor hired. Men with their families-
wives , eons and daughters work for them
selves on their farms , in their homes and
in their shops , taking tha whole product to
themselves and asking no favors of capital
on the one hand nor of hired laborers on
the other. It is not forgotten that a con
siderable number of persons mingle their
own labor with capital ; that Is , they labor
with their own hands and also htro others
to labor for them ; but this is only a mixed
and not a distinct class. No principle stated
Is disturbed by the existence of this mixed
class.
"Again , na has already been said , there is
not of necessity any such thing as the ( free )
hired lalboror being fixed to that condition
for life. Many Independent men everywhere
in these elates a few years back In their
llvea were hired laborers. The. prudent ,
penniless beginner in the world labors for
wages awhile , savea a surplus with which to
( buy tools or land for himself , then labors
on his own account another while , and at
length hires another now beginner to help
him. This 1s the Just and generous and
prosperous systm which opens Ihe way to
all , gives hope to all , and consequent energy
nd progress and Improvement of condition
to all. No mon living are moro worthy to
be trusted than those who toll up from
poverty ; none less Inclined to take or touch
aught which they have not honestly earned.
Lot them beware of surrendering a political
power which they already possess and
which , if surrendered , will eurely be used
to close the door of advancement against
such oa they , and to fix new disabilities and
burdens upon them till all of liberty shall
bo lost. "
( From the first taking of our national
census to the last are seventy years , and we
find our population at the end of the period
eight times as great as It was at the "begin "
ning , The increase of those other things
which men dcom dculrablo has been oven
greater. We thus have at ono view , what
the popular principle , applied to government
through the machinery of the states and the
union , bos produced in a given time , and
also what , if firmly maintained , it promises
for the future. There are already among us
those who , It the union bo preserved , will
live to see it contain 250,000,000 , The strug
gle of today is not altogether for today ; it
is a vast future also , With a reliance on
Providence all the more firm and earnest ,
Jot us proceed In the great task which
events ( have developed upon us. )
This great public document that In which
Abraham Lincoln dlecusHtxl the lesuca be
tween the free and the slave states In the
beginning of the terrible struggle , la good
enough to bo laid before the readers of the
Journal ungarbled. As it was pronounced
not only In the face of the assembled con-
grese but In the presence of the whole Amer
ican people and of all civilization , It was elo.
quont , true and impressive. Mutilated by
William Jennings Bryan by cutting out all
that explained its application to the circum
stances of the day on which it was deliv
ered , It has llttlo significance and the mutl-
Makes the food more delicious and wholesome
OYAL eKIN8 POWDH CO. , MtW YOBK.
tattons were ddllbcraloly made by him to
deceive the Ignorant and to turn n grct
state paper , with nn ending full ot hope
and cheer for the American people , Into
meaningless platitudes nnd an argument
about nothing.
H will bo noticed that the Bryan World-
lit. . Jd "article" begins with the last eon-
tenco ot the oiwnlnK paragraph , which makes
It utterly meaningless. Then it omlta the
first sentence of the next paragraph , eo na
to make the ret ot It apropos of nothing ,
considering the time and place ot Us utter
ance.
The third mutilation pursues the same attempt -
tempt to deceive by omitting the first prop-
sltlon ot another phase of Uio argument ,
vhlch is the key of the eame , nnd the words ,
"our Beetlon , " are boldly substituted by
these forgers for Lincoln's \\ords , "tho
northern. " Then In the midst ot the next
paragraph the word "free" Is stricken out ,
because It given a hint ot what the president
Is discussing the difference between trot
nnd slave labor. And Uicn it closes with tin
omission of the eloquent words with which
the great Lincoln endeavored W reassure hit
people and to promlsa thorn , under Provi
dence , a future greatness of which the past
was only a faint promise.
A paragraph concerning "trust conditions"
ihas been boldly added to Lincoln's message ,
notwithstanding trusts were unknown when
this state paper was penned , H la cunningly
Inserted without complete quotation marks ,
but the intent < o deceive Is as plainly marked
In this fraudulent addition as In the fraudu
lent mutilations already pointed out.
Sunnrc nnd llonrnt 1'olltlcn.
Philadelphia North American.
The republicans of Nebraska offer frank
battle to Bryan by declaring without equiv
ocation for the gold standard. That It
honest politics. Let the democracy have a
monopoly of free silver.
I'HUT AXO l > OI\Tnn.
Indianapolis Journal : "Pn , what's 'a
barren idenllty ? ' "
"A drink of water the next mornlntr after
a fellow has been at a stag dinner.1
Washington Star : ' 'I like1 * tor see n mnn
beln' hopeful , " paid Uncle Ebon ; "but I
hates ter see him slttln' clown nn' makln' it
his whole business In life. "
Chicago Record : "Bobby has malaria nnd f
we had to pay him a dlmo to take quinine ' , " *
" ' " > ,
"That's nil right.
"But ho uncut the dlmo for a water
melon and that gaVe him another chill. "
Philadelphia North American : Willie-
Young feller down stairs to aeo you , sis.
Sister Why , how do you know , Willie ?
Willie Cause ho asked It pop was In.
Chicago Tribune : "It's of no use to argu
with Throgglns about anything , " said th
doctor. "He's aa stubborn as un old dog. "
"You must Rive him credit , then , "
observed the professor , "for having the cur-
age of his convictions. "
Boston Courier : Son I hope , governor ,
that when 1 attain to your years I'll know
more than you do.
Father I'll go you ono better , my dear
boy , and hope that when you icuch my ags
you'll know as much ns you think you
know now.
Indianapolis Journal : "The voice of tin
people , " bald the man with the red tie , "U
the voice ot God. Always. "
"Then , " retorted the cantankerous profos.
ser , "It follows ( hat the world was flat at
one time und globular at another. "
Chicago Post : "You have a heart ot
stone ! " he exclaimed bitterly.
"Your Intentions may be Kind , " she an
swered Icily , "but the language In which
your warning Is expressed Is Ill-chosen. You
mean , 1 take It , that your diagnosis de
tects symptoms of cardiac petrifaction. "
Washington Star "Mr. Dabsle said that
nvJien you smiled on him ho was In the
seventh heaven. "
"Tho > eventh heaven ! " echoed Miss Cny
possible. '
IP WISHING AVEIIE HAVING.
Ida Goldsmith Morris in October Ladles'
Home Journal. ,
Hey , little lassies with eyes of blue ,
And tarave little laddies with eyes of
brown ! '
What If a fairy should come to you
And show you the * way to Grown-un
Town ?
Now tell me truly , If I have guessed '
That this Is the gift your heart holds best.
Would you drop your dolly and leave your \
ball , 3 *
And quit your frolics In field and glen , >
For the sake of feeling yourselves grow tall.
For the bliss of being real women and
men ?
Say , little lassies , and laddies , too ,
Now Isn't this just what you would do ?
Toll mo , oh women with wistful eyes , x-
And men who plod on life's toilsome way , i
What If kind fade , in some fairy guise , ft.
Should , grant the wish of your heart
today ? >
Weighed in the balance of tlme'n true test ,
Which , of all gifts , would you count the
best ?
Would you leave the. crowded city mart ,
The glitter of gold , the crown of fame ,
To sport ns a child with care-free heart.
And eyes unclouded by grief or shame ?
Tell me , oh world-tired women and men ,
Would you be , If you could , a child again !
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