20 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : S , OOTCXREft 20. 1800.
ISSUES BEFORE THE VOTERS
Onndidito HolcomVi Indefensible Becord as
Qovernoi Exposed ,
COLONEL BRYAN'S ' FALLACIES DISSECTED
Sltrrrh Delivered lijr liilwnnl Ilonc-
wnter < o the Voter * of Sounders
Cniuitr nt Wnlioo on
'riiurmlny.
( Conllnucd from Nineteenth Page. )
tlon ; wo are not to determine the silver
question , nor the trust question In Ne
braska. As a matter ot ( act the republicans
or Nebraska passed on nntl-truet law years
ngo , and It the present attorney general
would only do hla duty or rather have tried
to do his duty some tlmo previous to the
present campaign ns regards the trusts , there
would have been no ngltntlon about truets
now. As a matter of fact , we have trusts
In this state that could easily bo mip-
jircwietl which ho never attacked and against
\vhlch ho never took the slightest action.
Dut ho attacks the Standard Oil trust when
) ie knows that ho cannot do any more with
that than If ho would buck hla head against
a solid atone will. Ho knows that
that trust hires the ablest lawyers by the
year and that they take the cases brought
In the states Into the federal courts and wind
thorn nround and around BO that It takes
years of time , and long after Smyth has
teased to bo a reminiscence as an attorney
Kcnoral. before a llnal Judgment will be
rendered.
Wo have now In this otato but one vital
Issue , and that IB to elect a supreme Judge for
the stnto of Nebraska who will administer
JilRtlco fearlessly anJ Impartially. Two can
didates have been presented. We have. In the
Holcomb. In
Governor
Former
llrst place ,
the next place Former Judge Reese. Doth
of these men have occupied positions of
honor nnd truet. It remains for the people
to decide whether they trust a man with an
i nrtnt nfilnc who has betrayed the trust
that we have reposed In him In another very
Important office , or whether It Is not good
cltlzonahlp for men ot nil parties to admin
ister n rebuke for the betrayal of trusts and
to reward with their approval the man who
< Ud not falter In the conscientious discharge
of the duties of his office.
lliiliMimli'ii Kormcr IMcclRCd.
Vivo years ago wo fought a campaign In
Nebraska such as probably never was
fought before and probably never will be
ngaln. We made nn appeal to all republicans
who desired to save their party from cor-
rnniion nnd corporation rule to riao above
party and to vote for the candidate of the
opposition party who stood as the embodi
ment of reform , and as the embodiment of
the highest statesmanship nnd unassailable
Integrity. In that position I supported Gov
ernor Holcomb. and surely If anybody was
interested In having Governor Holcomb go
out of hlB ofllCQ with a clean record. If any
body was Interested In having him make an
administration that would commend Itself
not only to the present generation , but to
nil future time , It was certainly myself , for
1 was Instrumental In having him elected ,
nnd I felt the great responsibility that
rested upon mo under these conditions , because -
cause I had appealed to the party , to the
rank and fllo of the party to cut loose from
their allegiance , discard all traditions nnd
support Silas A. Holcomb ror governor of
Nebraska. The populist hand-book of Ne
braska , which ot course Is good authority for
the claims made for Governor Holcomb by
his own party , has this to say regarding the
election of Silas A. Holcomb : "It was a bat
tle for the salvation of Nebraska. On one
side was arrayed the railroads , the corpora
tions , the Business Men's association of
Omaha and the skilled unscrupulous poli
ticians. Opposed to this formidable array
won. i ho nnanle'a narty. the voters of Ne
braska , aided by the respectable element *
of the democratic and republican parties.
Without money and without the courtesy of
railroad passes populist speakers valiantly
stormed the citadels of republican strength
in the name of honest government nnd de
cency In politics. "
Thlfi Ifl what was asserted and claimed by
the populists of Nebraska. And how docs
that claim stand now In the light of the
record made by Governor Holcomb ?
How did Silas A. Holcomb discharge the
duties devolving upon him as the standard
bearer of reform and anti-monopoly ?
llnleoiiil ) mill Hnrtloy.
Governor Holcomb was Inducted Into office
on the 3d day of January , 1893. On the 5th
day of January ho exhibited to mo a paper
purporting to bo the bond of Joseph Bartley
nnd I stated to him that I did not consider
that bond good ; the names upon It did not ,
in my Judgment , represent a sufficient guar
anty. A few days later the bond was again
exhibited to mo. It had upon it several
names of men of very high financial standing
and I said that bond Is all right. Previous
to the acceptance of that bond , In fact bo-
faro Holcomb had been sworn into office , I
had Informed the governor that I had not
the slightest doubt but that at that very
Juncture Joseph Hartley as treasurer of the
etato of Nebraska was a defaulter. My
reasons for making that assertion tcr the
governor were thcao : I had sent Hartley a
request for specific Information where the
funds ot the state were deposited. Ho had
positively declined to make that statement.
Thereupon I made a personal appeal to him
to toll mo whore the funda of the state of
Nebraska were deposited , and Intimated
that the governor would compel him to show
where those funda were , and Hartley replied
to mo : "I will never let the governor know
ivlicro thceo funds are , and If he Insists
upon It I will resign. " I told Governor
Holcemb the ontlro circumstance and urged
him to compel Hartley to show up or resign.
I said : "There IB no doubt In ray mind that
there Is a defalcation In the stnto treasury.
Force him to resign and appoint some good
maiv. Tiiero are plenty of good men In Ne
braska that will bo able to give ample se
curity and assume this position. " ( Ap
plause. )
Now , what did the governor do ? Tills
was at the very outset of his administra
tion. According to his own testimony given
in the Hartley bond case Governor Holcomb
did not compel Hartley to dhow up : he de
liberately failed to discharge bis duty and
willfully neglected to discharge It. According
to Ills own testimony Joseph Hartley made a
settlement with the state * by exhibiting to
Holcomb a clgnr box full of papers , of I , O.
U.'B and cats nnd dpgs of all kinds , repre
senting something Illio { 400,000 , and the gov
ernor , without making any Inquiry as to
whether they were worth fifty cents on the
dollar or absolutely worthless , deliberately
accepted thcso securities and by accepting
thorn made Bartley treasurer for two years
longer , Who Is responsible for the defalca
tion It It Is not Silas A. Holcomb ? I have
never been able to understand why the sure-
tire on the 11 ret bond were allowed to go
free , I always have believed that at the
tlmo Holcomb made that settlement with
Hartley the defalcation amounted to $100,000
to J160.000.
Had Bartley been compelled to
make a showing there would have been no
illtnculty in collecting all ot that money
from the first bandsmen. Instead cf that ,
by Governor Holcomb's gross and willful no-
Klect the defalcation was Ignored , a second
bond was taken and a settlement \vns made
with Joseph Bartley for the first term , end-
tiling the entire responsibility upon the second
end term bondsmen. I was called as a wit
ness In tha Omaha district court when the
bond case was up , but in the moment that
the lawyers were asking me the question to ,
testify with respect to what I knew as to tbo ,
'I
relations of Holcomb nnd Hartley I was cut
off and no testimony was elicited. I could
not testify , but I state these facts here for ,
the first time , and I want you to note It. 1 '
ran testify to the tlmo and 1 can prove It ,
because my son as well on myself had each
conversations with Bartley before Holcomb
wns Inaugurated. I can prove that I In
formed several bankers of Omaha that Hart
ley was a defaulter and there was no ques
tion about It.
It.Ait
Ait InfmnouH Jnli.
Now there wo have the re
form governor at the very first stage. In
ft speech that be made only a few dnys ago
ha c&llcd attention to his economical
Administration , and we also have
the populist handbook which points
out the bad administration ot
the republicans preceding him and the
140,000 cell house steal which woa the
primary cause of the Impeachment of three
or four state offlccro , but , by the way , they
were Impeached by republicans as well as
democrats in the legislature. Then wo are
told that a bill was Introduced to take the
penitentiary out ot the hands ot the con
tractor , and that It appropriated $35,000 for
a settlement with the contractor nnd that
the governor had signed that bill as a mat
ter of good government.
When the bill was pending I went to the
governor personally nnd asked him not to
sign It and stated to him that as Rood a mm
as Judge Maxwell , who certainly ought to bo
good authority for the populists and demo
crats as good n man as Judge Maxwell had
declared that Inasmuch ns Moaner , the con
tractor for the penitentiary , was himself In
the penitentiary at Sioux Falls and Hill
Dorgan , the man ho had left In charge , was
not recognized as contractor , the stnto had
a right to take possession and throw Mr.
Dorgan out ot the Institution and let him
collect If he could any claims ho had
against the state. But the governor did not
do that. Although It was the last night ot
the sefslon and that bill had been rail
roaded through and everybody nround the
capital know that It was done by crooked
work , yet the governor , In spite of the pro
test that I made , signed It , nhen he could
nnd should have killed It.
Under thin bill the governor was
authorized to annolnt an nnnralser
nnd referee. Ho appointed ns referee
your fellow citizen , . Mr. Gnffln. The
two appraisers and Mr. Gaflln went down
to the penitentiary to examine and np-
pralso this property. I do not bollevo
that Mr. Gaffln or any ono of these men
spent over , say half a day , at the work and
each of them was awarded $500 by the gov
ernor for his services. What did they do ?
The materials turned over by Dorgan con
flated chiefly of a lot of scrap Iron In the
shape of worthless used up boilers and ma
chinery of all kinds , two pairs of old mules
that had seen service for a great many
years and would have turned up their heela ]
almost any day , and some old wagons ; al
though that property altogether could not
possibly have been worth J5.000 , It waa ap
praised at something like { 33,000 , and the
whole $35,000 was used up between the ap
praisers and Mr. Dorgan. Will anybody
dare contend that that was nn honest trans
action and that the governor did his duty
when he countenanced that Infamous Job ?
It wns a betrayal of public trust to sign the
bill and an Iniquitous eteal to allow $35,000
for less than $5.000 worth ot trumpery. To
say the leaat , this penitentiary deal stamped
Mr. Holcomb as a very untruatworthy
executive. Yet the reformers boast that ho
has taken the penitentiary out of the hands
of the contractors and put It Into the hands
of the state. As a matter of fact not only
myself but many republicans have advo
cated and did for years advocate that the
penitentiary should bo tak n out of the
hands of contractors.
A Sample of Reform.
In his campaign speeches Governor Hol
comb points with prldo nt the marked re
duction In the expenses of the various Insti
tutions , In all of which ho claims the run
ning expenses were reduced. Hut how were
these exnenses reduced ?
As a matter of fact we know that about
1895 and 1896 prices wore away down. Pro
visions , clothing , shoei , every material in
use In these Institutions had gone down In
price and consequently it was easier to buy
them cheaper than it was previously when ,
prices were up.
I will admit that there has been econ
omy effected in some of the institutions , but
how did the governor treat one of the most !
important institutions , the Institute for the j
deaf and dumb that 10 located in Omaha ? ]
When he decided to make a change In that |
Inetltutlon It waa his duty then to appoint |
as superintendent a man who was qualified
for the work and who understood how to
deal with these unfortunates , the deaf and
dumb. Instead of that he picked up a man
who did not know anything ot the deaf and
dumb language , who had never been In-
sldo of a deaf and dumb Institute and had
no capacity whatever for cither Imparting
Instruction or supervising the Institution.
The result Is that the Institution hne gone
down nnd down until meet of the competent '
teachers are out and n considerable number ,
ot the pupils nro compelled to go to Instl- j
tutlons In other states If they want to have '
a proper education. That Is what they call
commendable management of the state In
stitutions
But wo have another thing ; wo
have the governor's conduct In regard to
the Omaha police commission. The gover
nor now asks you to vote for him for the
highest pcsltlon In the Judiciary. As gov
ernor he only had one Judicial function. Under -
der the act of the legislature authorizing
the governor to appoint members of the
police board ho was made the Judge as to , '
their misconduct In case charges were pro- ! '
ferred. Charges were preferred the first
time against ono of the members of tha
Omaha police board ; they were charges and
specifications so clear that there could not
be a contradiction. Ho took those charges
nnd put them In a pigeon hole nnd never
paid the slightest attention to them.
Afro III in Hour Hie
The second tlmo charges were preferred
against the whole board and these charges
were very grave. They showed that the board
had violated the law in many particulars ;
had connived with the criminal classes ; had
held up gamblers and all classes of people
who were law-breakers and criminals , and
what dfd ho do ? Ho said he did not have
tlmo to Investigate this matter , but ho ap
pointed a referee. A referee waa sent up to
Omaha , and be went to bed right off the
very first night , or the very first day , with
these very commissioners against whom
these charges had been preferred , and then
ho got up a document and whitewashed
them ,
Hero you have a man who wants to
be the highest officer on the bench. Ho
wants to occupy the position of chief Justice
of the supreme court at no distant day ,
which ( ho Judges occupy In rotation , and
yet that man , when ho had only a small
matter to decide Judicially , snowed such
rank partisanship that he would rather play
Into the hands of men who were notoriously
disreputable , and would not Investigate their
misconduct , rather than to do his duty. Again
\\1ien he was cited Into the supreme court to
answer why he should not Investigate these
charges ho claimed that the supreme court
had no authority over him , and the matter
was finally dropped.
Now , let us go in another direction.
They claim for him that be has made
a marvelous record , of which I ought
* o be proud , with all those who have
helped to elect him , but I fall to find It
when I look back Into some of the legisla
tion that was enacted In his time. At the
outset ho denounced the blanket ballot and
called attention In his message to tbo outrage -
rage that waa about to be perpetrated upon
[ the voters of this slate , by which the Inde
pendence of the voter was absolutely do-
ntroyed In that feature requiring one cross
after the name for every candidate on ihe
whole ticket , but when 'that blanket ballot
law was passed ho allowed It to become a
law. Ho wns too cowardly to veto It because-
It came within his own denunciation , and ho
liad not the courage to sign It , so he let It
become a law without his { signature , leaving
to the next legislature the duty of repealIng -
Ing It.
lIoluoinli'N Inmirnncc Dcrel.
Ill the session of 1895 a bill wns Intro
duced In the house regulating mutual In
surance companies ; that bill was passed by
the house and reached the senate and there
for eorne Inexplicable reason It got Into the
hands ot a member of the senate who seemed
to bo In pretty close touch with the Insur
ance lobby. The result was that the bill
| disappeared nnd It took a. great deal of hard
. labor to unearth It nnd finally , after a long
I course of travels , the bill was brought Into
| the senate nnd the secretary ot the senate ,
| Mr. Sodgwlck , was Instructed to keep that
bill personally In hla possess.lon , for fear It
, would be stolen. The bill was finally passed
, nnd when It reached the hands of Governor
Holcomb ho vetoed and killed It. What In
fluences were brought to bear on him at
that tlmo I do not know. The next legls-
j laturo repassed that bill and then Governor
Holcomb signed It. What Influences wore
Drought to bear on him I do not know , but
I do know that soon thereafter a mutual In
surance company wns organized with Silas
A. Holcomb as president , and that com
pany allowed the prealdent the munificent
salary ot fifty dollars per month for the
use of his name. The name of the governor
of Nebraska was an Important factor doubt
less for this mutual company and you can
draw your own Inferences from this matter.
( A voice : "And It is all right , too. " ) Now the
company may bo all right ; I am not de
nouncing1 the company , but the method by
which this was reached.
Another matter has become a subject of d's-
cusslon recently and that Is the rental of the
governor's house. It so happened that at
the very earliest part of the governor's ad
ministration , during the first week , I for
some reason went to his house. I cnmo to
his residence and there Incidentally wo dis
cussed the house rent question. That house
rent question was brought to my attention
because the previous governor. Crounsei had
vetoed the bill ; ho would not have house
rent allowance because he believed It to bo
unconstitutional. I said to the governor It
was a del lento matter to discuss , that I
thought It wns very Improper to
have .that house rent bill passed again be
cause I did not believe under the constitu
tion the governor had any right to it , and
ho expressed himself In this way. Ho said ,
"Well , I am not a man of large means and
It Is going to cost me about $800 or $700 for
house rent and I don't know. " Well , I saw
that It wan a disagreeable subject to discuss
and so dropped the discussion of It there.
I was amazed , as everybody perhaps In the
etato of Nebraska was amazed , to learn that
not only had Governor Holcomb drawn the
full amount of the house rent but he had
drawn something like $20 more a month than
ho was entitled to. The explanation that
he makes ot these vouchers given for
money not expendsd for rent Is that It was
paid for repnin ? , but why did he not have
these bills and vouchers made out for re
pairs and made out In the names of the
workmen that had done the repairing ? It
Is an amazing thing , but l [ does not look
very well nnd we do not want , a man for
supreme Judge ot the state of Nebraska who
would act In such a small way as to sign
vouchers for rent when ho had not pafd thn
money for rent. As a counter-irritant and
to sidetrack the Issue the supporters of
Mr. Holcomb have pointed out that Judge
Reese , against whom they cannot find any
thing else , that Judge Reese had actually
employed his son and his wife at various
times to do clerical work while he was
Judge of the supreme court , and that he had
drawn that salary or clerical pay himself
out of the treasury and In order to befog
the people and make nn impression that
the Judge had actually etolen something or
had taken something that was not his , or
had perpetrated n great swindle upon the
state , they have employed an
artistic cartoonist to draw various
pictures , nnd here Is the last ono : "What
are the wild waves saying , sister ? " Well
the wild waves are saying that Mr. Holcomb
will bs burled under about ten feet ot
water when ho gets through. ( Laughter. )
Let us see about this whole matter. Every
Judge of this state under n law passed by
the legislature , I mean every supreme Judge ,
Is entitled to the employment ot ono clerk
nt a salary of something ranging from $80
to $100 per month.
Tempest In n Tpnpot.
You nil understand , I presume , that every
district Judge In this state has a stenogra
pher , and these stenographers get not only
fifteen hundred dollars a year , but they have
besides that an opportunity of making some
thing over five hundred dollars a year addi
tional. These clerks are legally employed.
The only question la whether or not the
clerks employed earned the money that they
drew out of the treasury , whether or not the
services rendered by the son of Judge Reese
or by any ot his relatives were actually ren
dered nnd the money honestly earned.
Whether It Is looked upon as Indelicate to
employ one's relatives In that capacity Is a
matter for the public to Judge. Bear In'mind '
that the Judges of the supreme court do much
of their work at home , that It Is nt homo
they study and formulate their decisions In
cases referred to them. Very often they do
this work early In the morning or late In
tbo night , nnd It Is very natural that their
relatives or their sons or daughters who live
in the house could bo at hand more readily
than an outside stenographer. There Is also
, this other question. The clerk or atonog-
i rapher cf the Judge sustains confidential
relations to him because the decisions of the
supreme court must not be divulged before
they are made public by the court ifself.
Now It Is very much more convenient and
safe for the Judge to employ as cleric some
body In whom ho can absolutely confldo
than to have somebody that might leak and
would throw discredit upon him. Bear In
mind that all the Judges of the supreme court ,
j Reeee , Maxwell , Cobb and every other Judge
I up to the present day , has employed clerlm
and that the money paid for clerical oervleo
1 was earned and that so far as Judge Reese
| Is concerned ( I am not going to discuss any
body clso ) there was nothing Improper In
Judge Reese drawing the pay , unless It Is
regarded ns Improper for him to employ
his own relatives ,
This Is the most heinous offense and
only offense of which Judge Reese Is accused.
It seems to mo that people who llvo In glass
houses are very foolish In throwing stones.
The employment of relatives by public of
ficers Is by no means confined to republican
officeholders , This hue and cry about nepo
tism copies with bad grace from sham re
formers.
Sv nllovrln r CaiiiuU , CliokliiR n < final *
Here are a few Instances of popocratlo
nepotism as shown by the records In the state
houee , with amounts drawn from the state
treasury :
Auditor Cornell's nephew , J. A.
S'.mpfcon
As bond clerk , $ S33.33
As treasurer examiner 2suo.oo
Expenses , name 797.00
Wife ot Auditor Cornell
As bond clerk 180.68
Wife of Superintendent Jackson
As stenographer 266,64
Brother of Secretary Porter , G. I ,
Porter
For repairs In legislative halls. . . , 01.CO
As supply clerk during legislature. . 2J1.00
For repairs on building . % 106,00
SlHter of Secretary Porter , Mrs. B.
8. Phllbrook-
Matron homo ut Geneva 1983.30
Statfr-ln-law of Judge Sullivan , Mi is '
Maudtt Parker
t Stenographer , , $16.46
Son-in-law of Senator Allen , D. D.
| Lynch
1 Clerk In land commissioner's otllce J.SJI.91
Mutt's clntiRhter , Mamie Mutz . . .
Job nt Beatrice W.W
Mother of Secretary Porter , Mrs.
, Porter-
I Free board nt Geneva home , 4i >
I cents per day , three yenrs .
i Commissioner Wolfe's son-in-law , C.
I Job nt Kearney Industrial school. . 1,250.00
Daughter of Commissioner Wolfe ,
' '
Jirb'nt'Keiirney Industrial school. . 1,250.00
As you will see by the above statement
Maude Parker , lstcr-ln-la\v ot Judge Sulli
van , drew from the state JS16.46. For steno
graphic and clerical work for Judge M. B.
Reese warrants amounting to $74S were
drawn.
The Ilnllot KrAiuln.
Now I have Just ehown vou how nepotism
| IB pretty generally permeating the state
i house nnd how thcso wonderful reformers
; are swallowing a camel while straining nt a
1 gnat. ( Laughter. ) Let us now pass to nn-
I other subject. In 1SD6 twtlvo constitutional
' amendments were submitted to ix vote of the
j people. Ono of these amendments was to In-
I crease the number of Judges of the supreme
1 court from three to five. I myself drafted
most of three amendments and npent three
months at Lincoln nnd consulted nnd con-
furred with eminent Jurists. I had the co
operation of Governor Holcomb , but for some
reason that I never have been able to fathom
the populists and democrats refused to ratify
.impiiilmi n ( nr hpln to rnttfv them.
but after thu election , when they found out
that their candidates for contingent Judges
had been ejected , they Attempted to have at
least the first amendment Increasing the
court ratified.
Now the returns from the counties showed
that the amendments were all defeated , the
flist as well as the last , by decisive majori
ties ; that le , they had not received a ma
jority of all the votes cast at that election.
Thereupon a conspiracy was hatched
and an attempt was made to
count In the first amendment
and for that purpose ballots were tam
pered with , nnd a commission was ap
pointed which , according to the testimony
tnkcn at Lincoln and according to the In
formation that wo have had from parties
Vhom wo hod reason to believe , deliberately
went to work under the sanction of the
leadens of the popullstlc party to subvert
the will of the people and count that
amendment in. The worst scandal was In
York county. I cannot now go into detail
about that matter. Suffice It to say that It
waa laid very closely to the door of Gov
ernor Holcomb.
La * > t winter the state senate of Nebraska
appointed a committee to thoroughly Inves
tigate the management ot etato affairs after
the legislature adjourned. Among the sub
jects to be Investigated was this tampering
with the constitutional amendment bnllote.
The committee cited Governor Holcomb to
appear before It , but Governor Holcomb re
fused to appear. The papers were served
upon him at Lincoln to appear before this
committee , but he responded In a very In
sulting letter saying that the committee had
no right to investigate , and therefore he
was not going to stultify himself by appear
ing before them. Now whether this com
mittee had or had not authority to compel
the attendance of witnesses Is immaterial.
It certainly had authority to examine the
books and records of the state house and
take the testimony of every witness who
waa willing to present himself before them.
Ifthey , did not have the power to arrest
witnesses and punish them for not attending
they did have authority to send for wit
nesses and let them como and testify before
them. Governor Holcomb deliberately re
fused to appear.
AVhnt Abont Recount FrnniluT
Why did he refuse If he had nothing what
ever to do with this ballot box fraud ? If
his conscience was clear on every point why
did he refuse to appear before this com
mittee ? If his hands are clean and con
science clear he ought to have challenged in
vestigation. He should have eald : "I am
ready at all times and upon all oc
casions to have my actions Investigated
and to answer every question that Is put to
mo. " That would have been the honorable
way and that would have cleared him before
the people. His refusal to do It leaves that
cloud upon him that naturally hangs over the
head of the man against whom grave charges
are preferred. And a man ot that character
It seems to mo has not much claim upon
the confidence of the people.
This recount question will not down. It
Is a matter that has Impressed Itself upon the
citizens of Nebraska as very serious. Wo
all want the constitution amended and no
body U more anxious than I am to see that
the supreme court be Increased to five and
that 'they be adequately paid for their serv
ices , so that we can get the ablest and best
Jurists to serve.
Let us now ay a word with regard to
Judge Reeee , the opponent of Mr. Holcomb.
Judge' Reese resided In this county many
years ago. Ho Is undoubtedly well known to
you all. He was elected In 1883 as Judge ot
the supreme court , and I confess nnd de
clare right hero that at the tlmo
bo was a candidate for that offics
I did not have the confidence In
him that would Justify mo In sup
porting hloi. He had been the nominee
of a convention that was largely dominated
by corporation Influence and I had nn Idea
that when ho got to be a Judge of the supreme
premo court that they -would exert a per
nicious Influence upon him. In this I wns
most agreeably disappointed. Ilia record on
the supreme bench Is unassailable. No man
who ever occupied that position was more
free from outside Influence , corporate or oth
erwise. For six years ncese was Judge of
the supreme court of Nebraska , and
there was no act of his that
has over been justly criticised.
The people of Nebraska Irrespective of
party had the utmost confidence In bis In
tegrity. He was the fearless exponent of
the law and the corporation managers
were the only people that were offended by
his decisions , for at the end of his term they
ransacked the state from ono end to thn
other , captured the convention nnd defeated
him for renomlnatlon. It was the resent-
j ment over the turning down of Reese that
caused a revolt In our party and Icot us
thousands of votes In the campaign ten
years ago. By the spontaneous action o !
the republican convention he was nominated
against his protest , In spite of his protest
anil hla refusal to allow hl name to bo
used. There seemed to be a feeling pcrmeat-
i Ing that convention that ho was the man
of all others In whom the people would
have confidence nnd whom tbay believed to
be the right man to redeem the state and
to oppose that bitter partisan , Silas A.
Holcomb , who had betrayed the trust re
posed In him by the men who helped him
to office. They want Judge Reese elected
for tbo one reason if for no other In order
to endorse his career on the supreme bench
and for another reason , In order that the
people may exprees their appreciation of
services rendered with signal ability and
fidelity. I will detain you but a few mo
menta. I simply want to ask you this ques
tion : Are you in favor of a change ? Are
you in favor of sending a message from Ne
braska to the people of the United States
that notwithstanding the boundless pros
perity that has bettered the condition of
every man In this Btate , notwithstanding
the fact that the farmer has been freed from
the grasp ot the money lender , that every
laborer can find employment at fair wages ?
Art * You Siill.llrtl wllli I'rnaiierltrT
Do you want a change , or are you satisfied
and will you express your satisfaction through
the ballot box on the seventh day of Novem
ber ? It eeems to me that without regard to
the moral points involved the material ques
tion to every voter Is whether or not he le sat
isfied with the present prosperity , whether he
Is In favor of laying well done to the repub
lican administration at Washington that hu
redcerricil the promises triads three years
ago ; that whatever haa been promised by
the republicans In l89f regarding the labil
ity of our financial InstlMtlonn , the resto
ration ot prosperity through the operation of
the tariff , and the restoration of prosperity
through the improvement ot the national
credit , have all been fulfilled. Whether you
approve or disapprove of the minor questions
that have come up since the war the main
question after nil to you Is whether or not
you are goingto sustain the republican imty
and vote for continued prosperity or whether
you will give countenance and comfort to
the men that advocate policies that would
derange our finances , cripple our credit and
make everybody who has money to Invest
withhold his capital.
We have all learned that commerce can
only bo carried on profitably when capital
has confidence In the stability ot our In
stitutions nnd that prosperity always goes
hand In hand with confidence. From the
standpoint ot patriotism and notional prldo
t Is the duty of every citizen to express his
pproval and appreciation of the glorious
ecord made by America's army nnd navy
vlthln the past jear , a. record that any nn-
lon might bo proud of and which has raised
Vmcrlca In the eyes of nil the -world. So
vhen you go to the ballot box on November
you should nt least declare by your votes
lint you will uphold the flag of your coun-
ry and stand up for Nebraska by voting for
irosperlty rather than for calamity. I thank
ou tor your kind attention. ( Applause ) .
unv. s. A.
to lii > Conil Uiialltlc * of
Cliniulirrlnlii'N CoiiKli Urinrdy.
On the 10th of December , 1S97 , Rev. S. A.
3onahoe. pastor M. E. Church , South , Pt.
fleasant , W. Vn. , contracted a severe cold
which was attended from the beginning by
violent coughing. Ho says : "After resort
ing to a number of so-called 'specifics' usu
ally kept In the house , to no purpose , I
lurchased n bottle of Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy , which acted like n charm. I most
cheerfully recommend It to the public.
TIU : oi.n TI.MKHS.
The oldest member of the New York
Stock exchange Is William Alexander
Smith , who was elected in 1841.
John Hnys , who wns the first white mane
o locate the copper mines of Michigan , la
urloiisly 111 at his homo In Cleveland , O.
ID Is 93 years old ,
General John Bldwell of Chlco , Colo. , who
ed the llrat parly ot whites over the Sierras
nto thu Golden Stato. IB still hale ami
it-arty nt the age of SO. He Is a native of
Chautauquu , N. Y.
Henry G. Denny Is the oldest Free Mason
n MnKFAchusetts. Lust week he celebrated
ils nlnety-Hcventh birthday. In spite of bis
i e , Mr. Denny retains nil his faculties to
n wonderful degree , and although bis eyes
do not permit him to rend very much , ho
teeps abreast of the times by having pu-
iers and magazines rcud to him.
Mrs. Mary Wllklns of Remington. Jasper
county , Ind. , has celebrated her 100th birth
day. 'Mrs ' Wllklns is n native of Tyrone ,
Ireland , where she wns born In 1783. She is
a well-preservtd woman , able to read with
out glasses , nnd insists on doing her own
liousework. Should she live until January
I , 1901 , she will have lived In three dlfi
ferent centuries.
Henry P. Chctvor , who under the pen
nnmo of 31 Slocum is famous as the author
of many humorous sketches and stories for
tioys , and who was recently , at 73 years of
age , committed to thu workhouse as a
pauper l y a New York police magistrate ,
thinks that all men ovtr the age ot 50 who
are not provided for and liable to become
11 charge on the publle , should be put to
death by the government. Mr. Chcever Is
a , war veteran and was provost marshal in
Washington during the. ytars 1W3-GG.
Lord Kelvin , now nearly 0 yenrs old. Is
still such a devoted student of physics that
ho is taking out patents on new apparatus
every few months. One was granted to him
recently for an Improved device for meas
the strength of nn electrical current.
Colin of wire , offering a certain amount
of resistance to the current , have long been
used for thla purpose ; but the resistance
was variable and Increased with any rlso
of temperature In UIP coll. What Lord
Kelvin has now done is to provide a com
pensating1 feature , thus automatically off
setting any Increase In resistance.
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HEALTH OF POPE LEO XIII
A Matter of Solicitude to Many
Millions of People.
ELGHTY-NINE YEARS OF AGE , YET VIGOROUS.
COLD MEDAL CONFERRED ,
In view of the pope's continued strength
of mind and body , ns recited In recent cables
to the papers throughout the country , the
following article will bo Interesting : to all ,
repardleus of religion , as Protestants and
Hebrews ns well as Catholics highly e leem ,
this grand old man.
When , during recent years he was at
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The mcEsago contained In thefolowlng let
ter from his eminence , Cardinal Rnmpolla ,
will bo somewhat of n surprise to many , as
It Is so extremely rare that praise nnd honor
are bestowed In such gracious manner from
ono so highly placed :
Letter from III" Eminence , Cnrdinnl
Ilanisiolln.
ROME. Jan. 2 , 1898.
"It haa pleased Hl
Holiness to Instruct mete
to transmit In his aug-
guet name his thanks to
Monsieur Marian ! , and
to testify ngaln In a
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itude. His Holtnros has
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Monsieur Marian ! a gold
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"CARDINAL RAMPOLLA. "
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