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TTITC OMAHA DAILY V,EK MONDAY, SKPTIOM IJKR 10, 1900.
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JM. M. II. UCNOATIO.
Notnry I'ubllc.
Tho campaign oratory bottlo seems
now to have been completely uncorked.
Kvcry time a popocrat getx n look at
the record of mortgages canceled it
gives lil m an attack of tired feeling.
ChnrlPB Wnlsh Is candid enough for
onco to ndinlt that the democrats do not
expect to carry town. The republicans
will see to It that he Is not disap
pointed. The, I'nrlH exposition is encountering
n spell or bad weather on the homo
Mretch. it would have to strike a
rapid gait to meet the record of Omaha's
Transmlssisslppl exposition.
Nebntfckn If? promised nn almost tin
preceilenteil corn crop this year. When
It Is placed on the market it will bo
sold for full value dollars exchangeable
for gold all tho world over.
Tho State fair has done very well at
Lincoln, but by no means any better
than It did In Omahiu Tho attendance
flffitres of tho otitsldo observers alwavs
exceed the returns of tin; box office.
ohrnskas great trust-smashing at
torney general will be expected to give
free exhibition of octopl scalps If be
wants to Impress tho public with the
mngnltiKlo of Ids trust-exterminating
exploits.
Tho only dissatisfaction with the
work of Saturday's republican county
convention Is to be found In tho local
Ilryanlte organ. Anything different,
however. In that quarter would have
been n. miracle.
Governor Poyuter has decided to in
sort n legal pry tinder Superintendent
Lang and sec If that will oust him from
office. There Is nothing so strong as a
popocrat'fl hold on otllco unless It bo
the grip on the emoluments.
Manchester spinners have decided they
vrlll buy no American cotton at pre
railing prices. This means that many
of them must close their mills and tho
American manufacturer will get another
grip on tho cotton goods maiket.
The explorers who relumed from tin
north complain that they were com
polled to live on dog llesh. If that kind
of a diet Is held old as one of the
necessities of polar exploration Sioux
Indians might take tip the work as a
matter of choice.
The shortage of the American cot ton
crop Is playing havoc with the cotton
mills of Kugluud. What bearing this
evidence may have on the alleged secret
alliance betweni the two countries Is
problematical, but the Mryanltes should
not overlook It.
Croker nllown Mill to attend his con
vention In Now York on the ex-senator's
promise to be good. The generosity of
tho Tainiiiany tnagnale never extends,
however, to the point of allowing any
one else to have a hand In the makeup
of tho ticket.
'Tho Hee prints a communication from
n traveling man who explodes one of
the Hrynnlte fakes about traveling men
thrown out of employment by the
trusts. The case In point Is a fair ex
ample of the fairy tales perpetrated
every day by the popocrat Ic newspaper
fakirs.
Legislative nominating conventions are
now working overtime throughout Ne
braska and It will not bo long before the
Male Is planted full with candidates for
tho house and senate. Only half of
them, however, can get credentials to
practice lawmaking at Lincoln next
winter.
Tho republican patty has always
stood for the laboring man, whereas
the democratic party has attempted to
force him into competition with the
cheap labor of Kuropc by the abolition
of the protectho tariff and to debase
tho currency lu which his wages an
j.d by 10 to 1 free coinage. 'The wage
worker has nothing to expect from deui
ocrutk success.
rui. Ly.hisr,. ii i. n hi r
Thi' Icjilxlntlvc ticket plnifil In mini
liiatino li.v tho ri'piilillcniiM of Dotiiiln
ounty will (linllt'inrn 'ompnrl-oii with
any ticket noinliiittoil liy idther party
In this cotitity hIih'o Nebraska becaim- ii
Miiti'. It N eminently ifpii'si'Utittlvo of
nil eliisfcH it n t elements anil CKpci'liilly
of the coiiiiui'ti'lul mill ImliMiiiil In
terests of ilio cotniiiiinity. It l tint tli
up of olonn iiioii In txootl stninllii2 who
oininiihil the i'ontlili'iii'0 of nil who
.now Hii'in. It Is a people's ticket com
posed of self-iiiiiilf men who Imvo risen
to pioiiilnnnii' Mini t'oinpeteni'i' liy tlielf
own labor mill merit it ml In whose
limuls the Interests of city, eoimly mill
Hlnte limy be safely trnsleil. 'Tills tntieli
will be eiiiiceiled by both friends ami
neiules.
While for the most part (he candi
dates on the republican legislative ticket
have never held public olllee, they are
all men of business c.xncrlcncc ami tried
Integrity. 1'or the llrst time In many
years only one lawyer law found a place
on the ticket, but that will by nu means
detract from Us merit.
Without illiiparn.uInK other men In the
profession who aspired for the honor,
we feel free to assert Unit Howard
KaldrlKe, who heads the senatorial list.
will be a creditable representative of
the entire profession.
The coinnierclal Interests contribute to
the ticket In (he persons of Messrs. Cole
son, Llil. Mead, Million and Wilcox.
I'vlille the inminfaetttrlni; and wage
working class Is represented by .Mc.-srs.
Schnltz, Corneer, Votings, McCoy.
Last tint not least t lie farmers of
Douglas county are represented by that
Htnrdy old pioneer, Cnrsten Kohwer,
who has put In nearly forty years at
farming In Douglas county.
l'roin the party standpoint the ticket
commends itself to the undivided sup
port of the rank and tile, each and all
of the candidates being staunch ad
herents of the republican party mid
President McKlnley.
ruiMATKStih mix i: us' sruihi;.
The threatened strike of the autlira
Ite coal miners may yet be averted, al
though the situation gives very little
promise of this. The olllclals of tin
I'nlted Mine Workers' association ap
pear most anxious to reach an amicabh
settlement, but the operators have thus
far manifested a decided Indisposition
to enter Into negotiations and unless
they speedily change their position there
will be one of the greatest strikes ever
known in the anthracite region, with
consequences damaging to all concerned.
The statement of the grievances of
the miners shows that they have soim
just grounds of complaint. It Is not
the question of wages alone that Is at
stake, but also certain methods and re
quirements of the employers that are
Justly regarded by the miners as abuses
and which are alleged by the miners to
be In violation of the law. Their recital
of what they feel to be Impositions, If
true and there Is good reason to thlnl
It corrnct shows a condition of affairs
that calls loudly for a remedy, and If
tho miners are forced to seek this
through it strike there Is no doubt that
public sympathy generally will be with
them.
The situation presents a clear Held for
arbitration anil the miners have indi
cated a willingness to have the differ
ences adjusted by this means. A tiual
decision as to what shall bo done will
probably be reached today.
.i,ir.t rs ux run wuoxu smu.
In his speech at Youngstown, Ohio, on
Friday, Senator Foraker said that the
democratic party has been on tho wron
side of every great question for more
than fifty years. "Slavery was abol
ished, the union was preserved, the con
stltutlon was amended, our llnauccs
were re-established, specie payments
were resumed, our credit was restored
ami prosperity was made universal by
the republican party," said the Ohio
senator, "not only without the help of
the democratic narty, but in spite of
Its bitter and determined opposition.
This Is unquestionable. Tho statesman
ship that has made this nation great lu
material power and lu moral Iniluoiice
has been republican statesmanship and
every achievement for national progress
has been won against the most de
termined democratic opposition.
This Is familiar to every Intelligent
student of our political history for tin
last half a century. There has not been
a great question during that period
affecting the well-being of tho govern
incut and people, as to which the democ
racy has not been on the wrong side. In
1SIH, In the midst of tile civil war, that
party declared that the effort to put
down the rebellion was a failure. After
the war It. opposed every proposition for
the reconstruction of the union. It de
nounced as unconstitutional the Issue
of paper currency by the government to
carry on the war and later opposed the
legislation that made this currency as
good as gold. The policy of protection,
under which the Fulled States has at
tained Industrial pre-eminence and
American labor has reached a higher
standard than that of any other coun
try, has been always fought and is still
opposed by the democratic party.
During all this period It has been the
party of obstruction and reaction and
It Is as distinctly so now as at any
pre. Ions time. It is not less unsound
now In regard to the currency than II
was thirty years ago; It Is equally hos
tile to protection; It puts Itself lu the
path of national progress and with even
greater boldness mid recklessness than
ever before It makes war upon estab
lished iustltulloiis, even threatening to
take from the highest Judicial tribunal
Its Independence and subject It to the
party will. Iu all these years the dem
ocratic party has taken no position
which was Justlllcd by events; has
made no prophecy that was fulfilled.
This Is notably true of the last eight
years. That party came Into power lu
KSU2, when tho country was prosperous.
It gave us a tariff law that brought with
it Industrial stagnation and business do
presslon. In IMMi It a-.-alled the gold
Mnndnrd. demanded the free coinage of
sliver and prophesied Immeasurable
disaster If that demand was rejected.
'The people would not be again fooled
and events have shown how false was
the democratic position and prophei li s.
putty that has been uniformly wroinr
Upon every great question bits no claim
tiixiii the popular confidence. In view
of past events what faith can be placed
In the Judgment of the democratic party
regarding present questions?' Where Is
tho wNdoni or the statesmanship In the
democracy at this time which gives It
a superior claim to the support of the
Anieilcan people?
oMaha MA.ri'Ai:rrui;lts.
There has been a slump In Omaha's
population In ten years, as Indicated by
the census returns, but there has been
no retrograde movement, with the man
tilacturlna concerns, whose growth In
opacity has kept pace with their In
creased numbers. Omaha never made
pretensions to being distinctively a man-
tiraeturlug city. There were many ob
stai les to overcome. 'The state does
Hot produce fuel, which Is a matter of
llrst Importance with the manufacturer.
If be would compete with other cities
he must have cheap fuel, which was
Impossible to secure until recent years,
when railroad managers saw the wis-
loin of reducing the transportation
harge upon steatn making coal required
by our puckers, smelters and large man
ufacturing plains, I'nder Improved
business conditions our local industries
have prospered to a degree which
iiabh's our people to boast of olio of t In
most promising manufacturing cities on
the Missouri river. The forthcoming
census llgures are certain to verify this
statement. When our comix'tltors shall
read the oltlclal reports showing the
tabulated Industries of this thriving
city and note the solid showing of shop
ami factory the surprise will be genu
Inc. The growth of these varied Indus
tries has been neither spasmodic nor
abnormally fast, either In number or
volume of products. Kvcry man in bus
iness knows we have had several
streaks of unsettled weather since lS'.K).
but the manufacturer In Omaha has
held his own for the last four years. Of
course prosperity conditions have been
with him, but he has stayed lu the game
when more than one non-producer lias
dropped out. Comparative llgures are
not at hand as between 1S!)0 and 1000
- but one fact may be stated which Is
worth a whole cartload of llgures. It
Is this: Out of U.'id Industries covering
a very large variety of goods manufac
tured In Omaha the iftanngers of but
two in this group admitted a loss for
the last three years. Almost every large
industry has enjoyed a most gratifying
per centum of Increase. The smallest
industry has run on full time and made
a comfortable living for Its owner,
These are fads beyond tho realm of
controversy. 'This city has solldlllcd
most amazingly In the hist row years
lu the extent of Its factories and the
volume of Its manufactured products,
When foreigners want anything in a
hurry they have learned to send their
orders to Uncle Sam. The miners In
the Transvaal need ears to supply the
places of those destroyed during the war
ami they need them quick. I he result
is American manufacturers got the
order.
The sultan of 'Turkey has caused a
number of people to be executed be
cause they were detected in a plot to
assassinate him. Turn about Is fair
plav. The sultan has played the assas
sin game many times and should not
object to a reversal of the rule just
once.
I'.vlileiiee of I'olltli'iil Ileal.
I.oulavlllo Courier-Journal.
Who says tills Is not to bo a hot cam
paign? Already Arkansas has Rono demo
crallc and Vermont has gono republican.
.11 no il it III ii on 'In p.
Huston Transcript.
Keen your eyo on tho moon this month
On tho very day It becomes full It in also
nearest the earth and will appear unusu
ally law, especially to tho man who In
In tho same condition ns tho moon.
Tile Worm Turned.
llalthnoru Ainorlcan.
Centuries of wrong havo been avenged
and tho shades of countless travelers havo
been appeased for tho plucking they en
dured while in tho llesh. A hackmaa In
a popular seasldo resort was recently
robbed of his fare.
A
OriicW ill .llui .lone.
Cleveland Leader.
The state authorities of Texas nro Retting
ready to begin a prosecution ngalnst the
eotton-balliiK trust, of which Chairman
Jones of tho democratic national coinmltteo
Is a stockholder. Will Hryan dcnouii'O that
trust when ho tackles thai issuo?
A Si'llll'lilll tc (Inesllon.
Philadelphia Itecord.
Wli.it will become of Mr. Aryan's broad
Ir.lcrpro.atlon of the declaration that "gov
ernnicnin ilerlvo their Just powors from
tho consent of tlio governed" when ho shall
to iishid what ho thinks of the constltu
tlou.il dlifuallfleiitlon of negro voters
tho southern states?
In
Wlui I lroHierlly linen,
San Francisco Call.
Tho increase of saving banks deposits
during tho flr3t three years of McKlnley'
ndmlnisi.atlon amounts to lino, 30J, 701. Tho
total Increnso during tho elgnt jcars dro
ver Cleveland was In otllco amounted to
only J1C1.3S8.629, or $(.015,132 less thau Me
Kluley's three years In tho presidency. It
Is tho money of tho common peoplo that
talks thU campaign.
I'nlliii itt tin- Criiml Army I'nrnili
Sprlimtleld (.Mass.) Hepubllean.
flcneral Miles, who represented Pre.il
dent McKlnley at tho (trand Army oneamp
ment In Clilengo, said some bukr.-sIIvo
things nbctit the parade. "It was tho as
sembllng of what generally Is considered
largo portion of tho nrmy of tho 'COs. As
matter of fart, it was a small portion of
that nrmy. Tho enlistment rolb cf the
nrmy shows Its strength to havo be
I.SSO.OOO. Tho parade showed significantly
that the elvll war veterans soon will
extinct and tho yearly revival of patriotic
sentiment Instilled by their reviews will
end with their extinction." Tho unrclrnt
Ing years, unhastlng and unresting, bring
their sure changes. T)u passing of tho vet
rrans of the civil war touches most deeply
those of us who wero witnesses of tho
times which mado them soldiers nnd
whom the Issues for which they stood nro
still present and llvlnc.
llriiUciiiini llles of Injuries.
PlOfX I'ALLS. S. I).. Pept. fl.-iSpeelal
Telegram.) Henry t. Conley a brakenian
on the Milwaukee rnllrnad, who was
crushed while coupling cars at Tyndall
Thursday, died this morning. Ho was only
22 years old and leaves six brothers and
sisters, his father nnd mother both being
dead. He will bo burled at Sioux City,
i h'i;' Mont: l.lhs sMtJ.n
In the closing hours of mi excltltm
primary election contest, followed tin
next day by the nominating convention
distracting my attention. It was linpos
Ible for me to contradict promptly sev
ru I malicious and unfounded charges
made through tin World-Herald In Us
ports of the republican primaries.
It was charged that "D. K. Thompson
of Lincoln had pinniped many tlioti-
and dollars Into the primary llgh'
iherei III the Interest of Kosewater and
It Is a slgnlilcant fact that a confiden
tial agent of Thompson from Lincoln
was closeted with Kosewater much of
the evening and was there apprised of
the returns ns fast as they were re-
dved rrom the various wards."
This story I brand as a downright
falsehood without the shadow of
itindatloii. 1 have not seen Mr.
riiotiipsou for nearly two mouths, nor
have I had any communication with
him directly or Indirectly. 1 have never
had a penny of his money except as he
may have paid for copies of The Hee
as a subscriber. 1 have not solicited his
assistance nor do 1 know where his
ympathfes were. If he had any, In the
oiualin primary. No agent of his has
been cloM'toil with me at any time prior
to or during the contest.
It Is charged by the same organ that
from 910,(HH to l..nmi were expended
by me lu the contest, a great part of
which was drawn out of the national
omtnlttee funds. This Is not only
false, but absurd. The publlclt. bureau
of the national committee under my
supervision has expended but a com
paratively small sum for correspond
deuce, clerical force, newspapers and
literature, for every dollar of which
vouchers are furnished to the executive
ominlttce at Chicago. Not a dollar of
national committee funds has been paid
to me personally or to Tho Hee up to
this day.
Kverv dollar expended lu the contest
In my behalf has been borne by myself
and it Is hardly necessary to contradict
the ridiculously extravagant estimate of
political fakirs, whose llgures In this In
stance are Just as reliable as their as-
crtlon last year Hint Mark Minimi had
plumped n $i0.00) slush fund Into Ne
braska, when In fact he had positively
declined to make any contribution In
1 !). i:. KOSUWATKU.
tiioi 111. us ok Tin: ki'siomsts.
Dakota City Kaglc: for a man who
spent good money for n colonel's uniform
Mr. Hryan's opposition to militarism can
only bo explained by the poor fit his tailor
must havo given him.
Hayes County Republican: When tho
ballots nrc counted this fall It will bo
found that numerous llttlo sting of ingrati
tude octopuses wero concealed about the
persons of tho democratic and populist
parties In this slate.
St. Paul Phonograph (pop.): If our fu
slon colleagues would talk less about Can
dldato Dietrich, "bier und sauer kraut."
but moro about his Imperial trust-tattooed
platform, wo believe their arguments would
grow in force and effect.
Norfolk News: J-'uslonlsts keep asserting
that thero aro many converts to Hryanlsm,
but uttorly fall to provo It. They publish
names of men In' tho far east, but refuse
to glvo up tho names of nny converts tn
tho west. Klthcr they must bo ashamed
of their allies or tho men arc thoroughly
ashamed of their course.
York Republican: And C. J. Smyth's
buncombo suit against tho Standard Oil
company has been Indefinitely postponed
on account of tho non-appearance of wit
nesses. Had SSmmyytthhee been a repub
lican olllcial every populist paper In Ne
braska would be asking how much? As It
Is, nono of them will say a word nbotit It.
Falls City Journal. Tho administration
of tho feeble-minded Institution at Hca-
trico by the fusion gang Is a dlsgraco to
tho state. It is supposed to be an asylum
where tho unfortunates of the state may bo
cnicd for kindly, ns tholr case certainly
deserves. Nover under republican rulo did
such disgraceful proceedings tnko place
as has been enacted by Dr. Lang nnd Gov
ernor Poynter. Turn tho rascals out.
Central City Nonpareil- Tho Western
Nebraska Stock association has passed a
resolution condemning Governor Poynter
for pardoning so many of tho thieves to
secure the arrest and conviction of whom
tho ussoclntlon has spent much tlmo and
money. Nineteen criminals navo Docn par
doned by Governor Poynter, many without
tho notlco required by law, among thorn
being n number of cattle rustlers.
lleaver City Tribune: Mr. Shnllenborger
Is a very nlco man nnd In tho enjoyment
of a lucratlvo banking business. After
the first Tuesday after tho first Monday
In November ho will havo nothing In tho
lino ot work to do save look after his loans
and discounts, nnd during his leisure hours
ho can read tBo Congressional Record cf
how Congressman Moiinn Is doing great
work for tho country In general and the
Fifth district, In particular.
Humboldt Leader: Think of all that good
money which was spent on the Hryan front
perch and tho comiultteo Is unable to mako
tho Nebraska orator stay at homo nnd talk
from It. Perhaps the lack of nn audience
might havo had something to do with It,
but It has been suggested that somo good
might bo dorlvcd by turning tho new ex
tension over to William J., Jr., who seems
to be following In tho footsteps of his II
ltiEtrlous sire, and nerds something to
kcop him beforo tho public eye.
Wlsnor FrcO Press: Governor Poynter
first whitewashed Lnng, then gavo him a
coat of tar nnd now, with whitewash and
tar on his hinds, tho governor ts In a devil
of a fix and Lung holds on. It sooms that
nothing but death or n clmngo of political
parties In tho administration of nffalrs an
pry a pop loose from nn office. As there
Is no likelihood of Lnng dying the only
way to keep him from being a pormnuont
flxturo ns superintendent of tlio foeblo-
mlnded Institute at Heatrlco Is to elect
('.. II. Dietrich and tho rest of the state
ticket.
Papllllon Herald: When Governor Poyn
tor was nominated, on the atump, off tho
stump nnd from tho public rostrum he
promised tho people of Nebraska that ho
would glvo them an honest and economical
nfimlnlstratlon. How hah that promise
boor, kopt? There Is now a deficiency of
(100,000. in nearly ovory slato Institution
there Is evidence of Incompetency, rec'
Icssiioss and fraud. Tho varloui stnio
boards with which tho governor Is asso
dated aro under the ban of susph Ion In
connection with tlio nward of public con
tracts nnd In tho disbursement of public
money. If In one Instance Governor Poyn
ter hns kept his promise certain II Is that
evidence to that effect Is painfully scarce
Poynter has mado tho phrase "honesty
and economy" look like a mlcinnmer.
Crelghlon News ipop I: The popular
sentiment Is that John S. Robinson will
bo defented this fall by John R. Hays of
Norfolk anil well he might, as there art
few papers in this section of country but
what bcllee that Robinson Is unworthy
of tho cupport of any honest populist. The
CULLED from the Field of POLITICS
Chnrles M Pepper, n reputable nnd Im
partial correspondent, has concluded a po
litical tour of Ohio in the interest of the
Chicago Record and reaches tho conclusion
that tho llurkeye stato will give McKlnley
10,000 majority. This information Is nbouli
ns Interesting as like assurances from l'etin- ,
sylvanla, but It Is pleasing to have the state
vnnked out of Jim Jones' list of "doubt- .
fuls" this early In tho campaign. Mr. I
Pepper says. "Hryan's campaigning will
raise a dust and may mnko democrats In j
other parts of the country think there '
Is really chance for them In President
McKtnley's own state, it will not fool the
Ohio democrats who recall that four years
ago their losses were greater lu the locali
ties whero Hryan spoke because tho effect
of his speaking was to stir up the repub
licans. Democrats have a poor stato or
ganization and are not In condition to tnko
advantage of a favoring shift In tho po
litical atmosphere. The republican national
committee has abandoned the state to the
regular stnto committee, with Representa
tive Dick at the head. The commltteo has
a good organization nnd Is preparing to
tnko ndvantago of Dryan's romlng as a
means of rousing the republicans from their
apathy."
Regarding tho Herman voto Mr. Pepper
says; "Outside of tho larger cities this
voto has been democratic right along. In
tho rural counties In 1S! It did not swing
to McKlnley, but In the towns nnd larger
cities It went almost solidly republican.
"Knur-fifths of tho (lermnns with whom
I havo talked aro distrustful of tho new
colonial policy, whether It Is called expan
sion or Imperialism. They am quite out
spoken In their opinions on tho subject.
hut I have met few (lerman republicans i
who nro talking of going over to Hryan. I
riwif nfinonl ti li 1-4... ...nm .1 1 , I
"w w ... 1. . t .t.w.i- .,101 1 11011 111
of him than McKlnley."
Tho possibility of Injecting harmony Into
the democratic factions of Now York rep
refconted by Hill nnd Croker Is decidedly
remote. Recent remarks of tho two leaders
show they havo reached n stage of vitupera
tion which approaches the borders of blood
letting. In his Labor day speech Hill scored
tho Tammany boss In theso words:
"Tho needs of the hour nre honest parti
sanship and polltlcnl organizations based
upon principles nnd not spoils, organiza
tions devoted to tho public service and not
to private emolument. Worklngmen should
hew aro of those political trusts which seek
Travelers
WYMORB, Neb.. Sept. S. -To the Editor small. Well, there il stood, on the main
of Tho Roe: I am a commercial traveler business street, but at the extremo end
and havo traveled over every stato In the 'of It. Tho street running nlong the side
United States during the last four years ' of the hotel Is called "Rotten Rov' by
and I have taken particular notice as to tho cltlens. It Is well named, an there
tho amount of business being done by the nro a dozen buildings In tho same Mock
hotels. I take pains to Inquire of hotel that aro dilapidated anil vacant,
proprietors If their business has decreased I Now for the hotel Itsnlf, No self-rcspect-any
In tho last four years. Their answer Ing commercial traveler would bo seen
invariably Is, "No." It would not be neces
sary for me to ask them the question, for
tho arrivals on tho registers (.peak for
themsolves. A few days ago, while at
Fairhury, I read In tho Omaha World
Hurald, under theso scare lines, "Destruc
tion Hy Trusts:"
Special Dispatch to the World-Herald.
pAU'of ca.5n"oJto,,.,,,, thJ'cV.v: '
hns nilvertlhcd his business for sale and will 1
i.inm.iinpfyi,iJ0tK!'m',,i 1,f,.nlf "v. '", -
v1SZr&
iriuinii nun announces 1113 intention ot vol- " mm, ior ins register nna many names
'"5,.??r, 1r'a"- ... I on for each day, but the people who
nn.Yr."V,ls Tytaet tNiVe"' SrSl'm' " commercial" men. They
policy has tixed the country hotel huslness. i wore from Dlller and other small towns
in uiwhi oi mis sizo me notei Keeper is
dependent upon commercial traveler fori
ii great part of his trade. During the List
four years, under tho McKlnley nilmlnH-
eonVinniiv0.in'wecJ-o(l ,tr,Vfts. . "u'e u"n
continually doing nway with tho drummer
nnd wo havo suffered in conse'iuence.
"For this rens'in I believe that In the ,
2v??n .Opo'ver 1"' ecV,!'n,,rvn,,.ne,,?luph0r ,
Hryan. With nil the eoiHllilons on" tlnrlV
in nis invnr 1111s year 1 cannot seo how bo
can be defenteil." I
After reading this bold assertion by John
T. Ilahr I determined to Investigate tho
matter upon my arrival here. Arriving
here yesterday nfternoon. I came Immedl-
au-iy to wns notei, as 11 was in sight of tho
urpoi ami was 10 an experienced traveler
the leading hotel. I soon learned, how
over, that I was not In the Central hotel
kopt by Mr. Hnhr, but In the Touxalin
hotel. It Is a three-story brick building
ana up-to-dnto In overy particular.
I started out to find the Central hotel,
It did not take mo long, for th town Is
Croto Vldotte: Just twenty years ago'
August L. Knoll enmo Into Crete on n "tin
pass." Ho left hit homo at Pckln. III., ami
enmo to Nebraska In search of a fortune. He
hadn't enough money to buy a "squaro
meal," so ho went into Frank Ncdela's sa -
loon and contented himself with a glass of
beer, somo ryo bread and fciiusage. He at
llrst went to work for Jacob Wild for his
board. Soon nfter ho commenced receiving
wages. Ho had his eye 011 a plcco of rail-
rond land nnd went to Georgo Roper to seo
about purchasing It on time. George went
to Lincoln with him and talked tho matter
over with Mr. Touznlln. He told him ho
could have the land at $10 per ncre, pro-
vldcd ho madi a payment of $100. Knoll told
him he could not pav n cent down ns ho hnd
but little money, which ho would havo to
pay for a team and Implements. Touznlln
I Prosperity in Nebraska
doubtless took stock In the makeup of the',t" eastern people nnd doubting Thomases
young mnn nnd ndvleed him to go to Mr.
Wilson, a money loaner In Crete, and try
and borrow $100 to mako tho payment. He,
did so and was surprised when Mr. Wilson
drew his check for $100 nnd asked him to '
sign n notn for Ub paymont duo In otic year.
The probabilities aro that Mr. Touzalln sug -
gested the propriety of the loan to Wilson,
In two years tlmo Mr. Knoll had ft docd to,
the land and did not owo a cent on II. Ho
afterwards gave tbo land to his father and
News has stated nt tho opening of tho
campaign that wo could not conscientiously
support John H. Robinson for congress ami
wo aro still of that opinion nnd want to see
him defeated, as tho News believes him
unworthy of public hupport. Robinson Kild
ho "didn't caro n d d" for tho people
two years ago and wns only too willing
to plnco that unworthy and unscrupulous
being (Dr. Mackay) at tho head of tlio
campaign committee, because ho believed
1 ho unscrupulous motives of his henchman
would pull him through nil right. It Is
tlmo for tho common people 10 sit down
on Robinson and glvo the fusion party tp
decidedly understand that such motives
would not bo tolerated hy any party, and
much less by tho fusion forces, who claim
to be tho Ideal of perfection along lines
of reform. Owing to theso and other rea
sons tho News will openly diinounco Rob
inson ns unworthy of Its support and do
all In Its power to elect John R. Hays,
whom wo believe posHosscb merit worthy
nf tho support of tho News. The New
has never wavered In Its support of tho
fiixinn nominees In past years, but there
Is an end to all contempt Ible things--and
Robinson Is one of thoco contemptible
things thai Is unwcrihy of any honor ai Hie
hands of the people of this souuty or difc-
irict,
to monopolize and control their Independ
ence and their manhood We need public
ofllclals who own themselves whether In
high or low station, whether In states, mu
nicipalities, legislatures of common coun
cils, who will voto for what they believe
to be right and not merely as they arc told.
It ts a painful truth that tho representa
tives In our legislature who dare ptomlse
their votes for a measure, oven nonpolltlcal
In Its character, because It U right, or
against It because It Is wrong, without ap
proval of tho so-called 'organization' of
their party, nro comparatively so fow that
they can almost be counted on the lingers
of your hands. This Is a situation or abuse
which has grown up within very recent
years and cannot long be continued with
safety to tho state."
Croker Instantly recognUed the picture
nnd gave rein to his wrath In these burn
ing remarks: "Mr. Hill nttarked me In
his speech. He did not come right but nnd
attack me by name, but Im did so Indi
rectly. That's his style of doing business.
He did tho same thing six years ago and
when I charged hm with It he denied that
he meant me. lie said at that time: 'Mr.
t roker, I did not nttnii; you and enemies
are trying to make trouble between us.
They are trying to make me say things
I do not say and mean things t do not
mean,' but ho did mean mo all tho time.
j Mr. Hill never does tilings In the open.
I He nlways hides behind something and
'leaves a loophole to crawl out of. He
Is deceitful, tricky and couldn't tell the
truth If he wanted to. He fs a picayune
1 politician, a peanut politician and he
I wouldn't he a captain of a district If ho
1 lived In N'ew York City. Tammany hall
wouldn't have a deceitful, untruthful sneak
like Dave Hill In Its organUatlon. If It
wasn't for these things I would have recog
nized Uavo IH1I ns a leader long ago."
Strong hints have been afloat for some
tlmo regarding tho cause of tho sudden
conversion of Webster Davis from an en
thusiastic ofllceholdcr under the adminis
tration to a fulsome eulogist of Hryan and
Hryanlsm. Did ho sec tho color of Trans
vaal gold? Perish the thought. Still the
name of Davis comes unhidden to the Hps
ns ono reads the remarks of a lighting
burgher to a Pretoria correspondent of
tho N'ew York Outlook, "How about Kruger
and his advisers?" asked tho correspond
ent. "What do they hope to gain?"
He uhrugged his shoulders (a Doer can
and Trusts
entering It. It Is a two and n half story
frame, very badly weather beaten nnd thu
veranda Is on tho vergo of collapse.
Hardly a screen In nny of tho doori or
windows but what nre full of holes large
enough to throw your hut through. Com
mercial travelers would not stop thero;
they don't like flies and there Is seldom
ry mea on thom-1 i,r 5'-'
I,e t0'' mo h wanted to sell out ho-
cnuso hi wlfo did not llko Wymoro. Ho
he did a good business, and 1 be-
nearby.
.- .....
nr l0M mo "ls rnte'' wero " 1,'r
day. or $t per week. This Is the hotel that
hafi beon "ruined by trusts." Commercial
.....- . . , , ,. .
mcn nevrr 8t0P nt 4 t""rdlng houses.
Occasionally a good $1 house Is found nnd
fom0tlmefl l lf " as house,
but commercial travelers as a rule profer
pay Yi per any. .tir. uanr told me ho
had conducted Ilils hntol nlnro Tnnn t
I read tho nrltctn In thn W'nrlit.ttAt-n Id nnn
I would be led to believe ho had been In the
j hotel business hero somo forty yoars and
' had done nn excellent business 1111 In I hp
time of Mr. McKlnley's election. Such
articles might have somo Influence with
people who do not travel, but tho com
mercial traveler knows they nro a tl3suo
of lies, Invented only for campaign pur
poses. Thero were nover as many commer
cial travelers on the road crowded hnlela
-and rallwav trains testifv tn this fnet.
jVery respectfully, W. H. M'CAHR.
started again, although at this tlmo ho had
.1 team, Somo slock nnd fnlr credit. Ho
bought eighty acres of land In Pleasant Hill
and commonrcd working nnd saving. In
l&fiO ho borrowed $3,600 from Doann
' collego on flvo years' time nt S per cent. Tho
first Ovo years he was not able to reduce the
principal. Ho renewed tho loan nnd soon
after commenced reducing It, and this week
paid It all off. Ho now owns 210 acres of
land, for which ho has refused Jfl.OOO. He
hns over $1,000 worth of stock and nbotit
$700 In the bank. Two years ago ho moved
Into towu to educate his four children. His
daughter graduated nt the High school last
yeai with tho honors of her clnHs and is
now attending Donne college. The boys
are In the ninth and tenth grades. Mr.
Knoll reluctantly gavo us the above facts,
, but he said It ls tho truth and may prove
that n man can mnko a living hy strict econ-
omy and hnrd work. He desires to give duo
credit to Mr. Dnede Smith, who trusted hltn
for his first machinery nnd In a most
friendly manner helped him ovor the hnrd
1 places. Counting tho price of the ll'O acres
( which ho deeded to his father, Mr. Knoll
jhas snved nearly $l.ouu for every year 110 nas
worked In Nebraska and tills includes the
hard years as well ns tho good one. Slam!
up for Nebraska.
I'HOM ItlH'l III.K'.W POINT OK VIIIW.
Rattle Creek Republican: The man who
cannot appreciate tho difference between
thn conditions now existing nnd tho con
ditions that did exist under tho ruin of
tho democratic party Is Indeed blind to his
own Intorests. Wake up!
Nellgh Leader- Willi corn selling nt
nearly 30 cents per bushel, with every steer
worth from $12 to $16 more than four years
ago, with all farm products selling at a
profit, liiHtead of at a loss as In lS'.Hi, what
exciiho can n Nebraska farmer glvo to his
family for voting the democrat-fusion
ticket?
Weeping Water Republican Have you ob
served tho lumber that Is going nut Into
tho country, load nfter load every day?
That means that tho farmers aro enjoying
theie good, pioiperous McKlnley times.
Hvery good houso nnd barn that Is built In
Cass county adds to the value, to some
extent, of every foot nf land In the county.
Help keep tliceo conditions In forco by nl
Ing tight this fall and you vo'e money Into
your own pocket.
.oiioik .cwb a man in .ancn cnnniy
1 was such su enthusiastic Rryan man In
1 1?98 ll"1 h" named a son for his rhoen
I leader, blnco that time be has paid off
dodge a direct question like a Yankee) and
looked ai me keenly.
' I suppose thev hud their hopes ' ho
answered
"foreign Intervention" ,'
"Ya. most certainly."
"And tho cold?"
"They spent much trying to get that In
tervention. There wns an American, a.
politician, who could tell you that," ho
added.
Davis has the floor.
Jeff Davis, who has Just been elected
governor of Arkansas on the democratic
ticket, has been described as a demagogue
of tho worst type. According to the Little
Rock correspondent of tho St. bonis (llohe
Democrat, Davis has been widely con
demned by the democratic press of tlm
state on Recount of Ills record ns attorney
general of Arkansas. One p.iper charac
terized him as "the champion blackguard
of Arkansas," while another said that
"not a dollar of foreign capital would he
Imcsted in the stale ns long ns ho Is
Its executive." Still another said: "If
Arkansas could rid herself of the danger
of negro supremacy, no such character na
I Jeff Davis would ever disgrace her guber
natorial chair."
j The accession to the Hryan ranks of
John J. Valentine of San Francisco, presi
dent of the Wclls-I'argo Kxpress company,
cnlled from the pen of ono of the com
pany's messengers a poetic gem fashioned
nfter Kipling's "Recessional." The poem
as It appeared In tho San Francisco Call
Is as follows:
Prince of the trusts, well known of old,
iorn or tne rar-uung l-argo line,
notion th whose awful hand we hold
Our Jobs nnd tiend the supple spine ,
Oh, prince of trusts, bo with us yet;
Wo can't forgct-wo can't forget!
Shades of the great! Four years ago
Thy pen for gold was ever llrst.
Anil now, alas! you needs must go
And clamber Into bed with Hearst.
Oh. prince of trusts, be with us yet;
Wo can'l forget we can't forget!
Thy Delphic letter we have read,
And marvel much. Oh, mighty chief I
What! Valentino with Altgeld wed?
A match like this Is past belief!
Lord of finance, be with us yet;
Wo can't forget wu can't forget!
Leagued with the moh nnd God's accurst.
And all In freedom's name, oh, Lord,
Thou hast the poisonous pralso ot Hearst,
And that alone Is thy reward;
Rut we havo all thy pamphlets yet
To read nnd learn lest we forget!
a mortgage; Indebtedness of 1700 against
his fiirm, besides paying doctor bills for
his sick wife, and Is now In comfortable
financial circumstances compared with four
yeHrs ago. Ho has ceased calling his son
Hryan. but cnlls him William and will this
fall voto for tho other William. Ho 1m
thoroughly converted nnd not nshamcd to
own It.
Grand Island Independent: Tho St. Paul
Phonograph argues that tho farmer Ik
worao off now than ho wns In ISOtJ becauso
tho things be hns to buy have Increased
four times as much ns tho price of that
which ho hns to sell. It savs: "Tho lum
ber ho (tho farmer) uses costs him one
third more. Ills sugar costs him one
fourth more. All things which tho farmer
has to buy havo 'averagely' Increased In
prlco four times ns much as tho Increasn
In price of tho things he has to sell." If
this is true at St. Paul that city Is a very
poor plnco for the farmer to sell what h
hns or to buy what ho needs. Tho farmer
who enmo to this city four years ago with
100 bushels of corn received for the strait
about $fl, with which ho could have boujjht
HRb pounds of sugar. On the. snmo date,
June 1. this year, he could havo received
9-S for the quantity of coin and purchased
431 pounds of sugar. These prices were
given hy a local grocer.
rut; oas ltr.i:
Detroit Journal: We can't sn much
sense In n single man who buys his own
neckties wearing a long beard.
Philadelphia Press: Foreigner I suppose,
thoso boys are messengers of some sort
What do the letters W. IT. T. stnnd for"
Native Walt until tomorrow.
Indianapolis Journal: He Another am
biguous cablegram from Shanghai.
She Shanghai? Oh, yes; that's where nil
thoso funny-looking, long-legged chickens
como from.
Judge: Reginald We have forty ances
tors hung In our gallery.
Chlmmle Ilully gee! And I wns kicking
'caiiHo 1 had 0110 lu Jail.
Pittsburg Chronicle: "Russia." remnrked
tho Observant Hoarder, "Is really to re
tiro from Pekln."
"That," added the Cross-Kyrd Hoarder,
"Is tho only tllne that Russia .inn ever
manifested a retiring disposition."
Chlcnco Record: "Votl don't seem tn
mind being stout."
"No; It's no trouble to bo stout unless
you think you have to bo nimble."
Chlcngo Tlmes-Hcrnld: "Pa, what's a
raconteur?"
"Oh, that's a fellow who never tells
shnily stories unless ho has a full dress suit
on."
Washington Stnr: "Do you think the
arguments In your speech are plausible?"
nsked the orator's confidential friend.
"That has nothing to do with the ruse,"
was tho prompt reply. "I don't care
whether they nro plausible or not so long
as they nro npplaudnhle."
Hrooklyn Life: The Doctor Above all
things, madam, your husband mustn't
worry. Perhaps you'd belter not show
him my bill lust now. .
"Hut I did. doctor, and It didn't maku
any difference. He said ho knew ho
couldn't pny It unyway."
iii;wii.iM:tti;i) man ami nitoTinni.
Denver Post.
Ise glttln' temporary abrogation nf An mln',
My compls mentis wnbblln' out oh place!
My en's iley gettln' deafened an' my eyos
dey goln' blln',
An' niv ilgloiiHiiess mil slldln' off Its base!
No ninttnh bow I cus' my voto I'so liouir to
wreck de inn .
Doy's gut my moral suasion In a stow!
I'so lioldlll' 011
de snfety oh do country la
Now whufH a tromblln' nlggah gwlne
to do? '
De 'publlcniis an' sliinchs say dey's sot do
iilgcnh free. ...
Dey struck de chains ob bondago from do
race,
An' ef I voto for Rryan de Lawd a gwlno
to be
irnmo'clfiil when 'slderln my case!
Do democrats dey ask me ef I want to loot
n king
To jiluiigo me back In slabery 8 da l
An" Hay'ilat' Rosa McKlnley gwinc to do dnt
very thing. . . , , ,
Now whut'H 11 tremblln nlggnh swine
to llu?
()!' Mahstah Hill McKlnley got a Isl.in' In
do sen. . , , ,
Wlui' he gwlno to sen' do nlggahs by
Owine"li)c dem In do wllde'ness an' frow
Jiway do key,
An de Hlaberyclollds il hide do firedom
sky I
Kf I vote for Jluklns Hryan trouble gwlno
tn HWeep do Ian', . .
Weil feel do palu ob lin'd times pluiiiln'
shoe!
Ho 110 inn' leg ob chicken In do culled pus
son's linn',
Now what's a tremblln' nlggnh gwlni
to do?
Oh! Mahstah nn In '.Inn. gilldo do lulled
hosts nrlaht
I-'roo do beuHts oh prey dat's hldln' In do
pa Hi,
Lend de poo' bewildered volehs from de
ibrkness to de light,
An' protect dem from tic thundcrin's oli
w r.ith'
Dey's full ob tribulation, fn' no mattah how
lev Vote,
Dey gwlnn to hide de shlnln' sun from
view '
Dry's on de lnrin m ean 1111' (ley's aiiuh to
Mink de boat '
my nan .
Now whitt s tremblln niveau gr,luo
I to do'.'