Nebraska Newspapers

    TOE OMAnA DAILY J1EE: SUNDAY, JUNE 1, 1902.
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SIXTH TERM CANDIDACY Of D. II. MERCER
car expect! to gt a minority nomlnattsn
and be will not support a minority
nominee. Tbe gentleman cannot get out ot
It that war. David H. Mercer la not going
to auk for a nomination at the hands of
the minority or a plurality. I am a mem
ber of that committee, but I want to ssy
to my distinguished opponent that I am
not David H. Mercer's man or any other
man's man. I represent on that commute
the republicans of this district and that
committee will run those primaries or tbe
convention fairly, orderly, honestly and
according to the good old American rule
of majority. (Applause).
Now then, t want to ask my distinguished
opponent again. If David H. Mercer Is the
nominee of the republicans of this Second
congressional district, will be support him
or will he not? I have a right to ask that
question, my friends. My distinguished op
ponent may call me Inquisitive, but that Is a
question which every republican in this dis
trict has a right to ask; that is a question
when tbe gentlemen agreed to meet me
here tonight In debate he had a right to
xpect would be asked, and it la expected
be will answer it.
I ask him to answer It now.
Voices He can't. (Applause).
MIU ROSE WATER.
My very distinguished opponent bss held
ma up to acorn for resigning from the na
tional committee. I never made a secret of
that I did resign from the national com
mittee. I regarded It as a matter of honor
to support the nominees of the party from
top to bottom so long aa I was a member of
the national committee and I resigned from
that committee when I could not con
scientiously support Mr. Majors. (Ap
plause.) Put my friend here Is a member
of the congressional committee of this dis
trict. Did be resign when he made up his
mind to bolt the ticket as be did In 1900,
when he tried to give us two democratic
United States senators or a vacancy? He re
mained on that committee while giving aid
and comfort to the common enemy. Why
did not he have the decency to say to repub
licans that they should All his place with
a man wbo would be loyal to the ticket
from top to bottom? Why did be not re
sign? Why did he go down to Lincoln
afterward and try to keep in their seats the
democrats or fusion members whose seats
were contested? Why does be defend such
scoundrels as that man Mitchell, who
trumped up the most Idiotic charge that I
bad sought to Induce him as chief of police
ot South Omaha at 1 o'clock in the after
noon to raid the ballot boxea of South
Omaha and destroy tbe ballots. That in
famous story was part of the conspiracy
Into which these men had entered In order
to defraud the legitimate voters of this dis
trict. Some day when we get to the bottom
of the South Omaha election frauds they
will be pretty thoroughly ashamed of them
selves. I do not propose to answer the question
of Mercer's candidacy until I am face to
face with the issue. I want to see first
whether a majority is secured for blm by
an honest, square primary. (Applause.) I
suppose I am tbe master of my own con
science and I am not accountable to any
man for what I do. I will support repub
licans that support republicans when there
Is no flaw in their title. There was no
flaw in the title of that legislative delega
tion; there was no flaw In the vote that
the people gave, and Mr. Mercer sought to
subvert the expressed popular will and
destroy our system ot self-government
and attempted to establish a system of
anarchy; for it would be nothing less than
anarchy to change tbe publicly expressed
will of the people, expressed in conformity
to the provision in our constitution, that
gives every citizen the right to Instruct his
representative for whom they should vote
In the election ot senators.
What would be thought today ot Senator
Jones of Arkansas if he should turn back and
attempt to overthrow the popular will now
when the democratic primaries of Arkansas
bove declared tor Clark for United States
senator? The Arkansas legislature is not
yet In session. What would be thought of
him If be ahould return to his state and
try to decoy members instructed on that
lr-sue from their allegiance? He would be
despised of all men.
. I want to aak my friend why ho has not
explained why the quartermaster's supply
depot was kept In the pocket of Mercer?
That bill was introduced by Senator Thurs
aton in February, 1900. It passed in the
senate in the month of May and Mr. Mercer
bad ample time to report It, The speaker
told me personally that ha referred It to
bint in preference to the commute on
military affairs, because he believed he
would report it, but he did not. He kept It
In his pocket and let It die out of pur spit
and malic because he did not want to give
Thurston or anybody els credit for the
work done.
We wsnt a congressman who Is loyal and
who la Identified with us, and not a man
who is identified simply with corporate In
terests which control htm absolutely.
MR. G I It LEY.
My distinguished opponent wanted to
know why I did not tell you something
about that quartermaster's aupply depot.
thought I had explained that very early In
the game, but if be doe not understand It
I will try to explain It again. If that
quartermaster's supply depot bill. In which
my distinguished opponent is so deeply In
terested. had gone through, w would have
lost the offices of the headquarters of the
Army of the Platte, for the city of Omaha.
Kansas City and St. Louis were making a
vigorous light for those offices. If the
quartermaster s supply depot Had gone
down to the old postofflc building, so that
the government of the United Statea would
bar had to pay from 1 9, 000 to $11,000 a
year rent for thre or four years until the
wings ot the new federal building wr com
pleted, we would have lost those office
to Omaha. It was of some value to the
pecpl of Omaha that they should b per
manently retained here and watt little
while for the quartermaster's supply depot.
(Loud applause.) David H. Mercer
baa already Introduced a bill pro
viding for an appropriation of $75,000 for
quartermasters supply depot in this city.
It has been recommended-tor passage by
the committee and will pass the house this
eeealon. We will get that depot all right,
That is not what la troubling my friend.
It Is not the depot. It is the sore feeling
which hits been there rankling ever since.
la 1900, the rent of from $9,000 t $11,000
year, whatever It waa, was turned aside
from his pocket Into the tressury of tht
government ot the United States. That is
what Is the trouble with my friend. Why,
If It was not that, would he be her talking
about the lobby of 1887? Why would he be
here exhibiting the ledger of tbe Capitol
Hotel? You went all over that la 1892,
wben Mercer. first ran. didn't you? You
tried to smirch him then, when he was
young, when he was unknown, but it did
not work. Do TOU thin tt wuj worK DOw
when he stsnds before this people known
honored and respected Do you think you
' can smirch htm with the old charge and
the old slsnders now? It is too late. You
Tt it one and It wouldn't work. Yon
rt to bav something better, my
V you want to defeat David H
' and continued applause.)
Evidently not acquainted
girding the quartermaa
bill. This bill provided
established La Omaha
a purchasing station. It also provided that
Just a soon as tbe west wing of the new
building waa completed then the army
was to move out of the old building into
the new building. Tte old building was to
be retained as a quartermaster's supply
depot. The bill thst Mr. Mercer has In
troduced now is a quartermaster's ware
bouse. Tbe other wss a quartermaster's
supply purchsslng station. Tbe army
had moved out of Tbe Be building in
July, 1900. Mercer held the bill In hi
pocket for nine months after the army
headquarters hsd been In the old post
office building. This trumped up charge
falls to the ground. There Is not a scin
tilla of truth In it.
I want to ask my friend another thing:
If Mr. Mercer had been so loysl to hi
constituency, why has ha acted as if the
cadetshlps at the disposal of every con
gressman were his personal property? Why
has he not given tbe same opportunity to
all the deserving boy of Omaha and the
district that waa given by W. J. Con
nell, that waa given by W. J. Bryan, that
was given by Judge Crounse and the other
congressmen who have represented us?
Why bss he given these csdetahlps only to
the young men to whose fathers he waa
under aome political obligation and never
allowed the other boy to compete and get
an opportunity? Tbe result of his miser
able way of appointing has been that two
thirds of the boys recommended failed
either on account ot physical or mental
disability, and this district, has sent to
West Point and Annapolis simply boys
whose fathers had put Mercer under some
obligation. One of these Is the son of
Thoma Blackburn. Now, Mr. Blackburn's
son is a deserving boy, well qualified, per
haps, but be should have contested that
place with every other boy In the district
who had an ambition to be educated for tbe
navy at the expense of tbe United States.
(Applause.)
I want to know why Mr. Mercer has
done nothing in the District of Columbia
except for his friends on the wife's aide?
I want to know why Mr. Mercer ha dis
placed two union veteran soldiers who were
employed in the capltol building and put
in their places two residents ot Minnesota
who have no claim upon htm? Why Is It
that Nebraska 1 not represented in place
of Minnesota? My friend has not answered
ma yet, whether Mr. Mercer intends to
stay In Omaha In case we do not re-elect
blm. He has not answered definitely any
question about the next term. Mercer will
always want a next term.
Within the last week be declared at
Washington he was going to have this con
gressional campaign wben he got good and
ready. Ha has the congressional commit
tee and he proposes to hold tbe convention
and the primary whenever it pleases him.
With the machinery In his bands Mercer
proposes to force himself upon the repub
licans of this district whether they want
blm or not. Is It not our privilege to
select public servants whom we consider
worthy? Are we to be compelled to keep
perpetually the same representative in
Washington as If the position was heredi
tary? In debating Mercer's claim It mat
ters nothing what policy I bave advocated
or what I have done in years past. Suffice
it to say, my friend had no right to remain
on tba congressional committee when be
could not in honor support the ticket the
last time. He has not answered a single
one of my questions yet.
I thank you for the kind attention you
have given me and I trust you will gtvs
the matter presented tonight your earnest
consideration. (Loud applause.)
NR. Ol'RLRV.
Mr. Chairman and Fellow Citizens: The
gentleman ha presented his case. What
argument ha he advanced? What reason
haa he given; what sentiment has he ap
pealed to which strikes a responsive chord
In any republican heart? Ha he convinced
this audience that what he said ot Mer
cer In '96 and '98 was not true? Ha he
been able to show any decline In the in
fluence, in the power or In the repub
licanism of our representative? Fellow
republicans, you are to nominate the next
congressman from this district. It is not
in the power of any one man to nominate.
It I not In the power of any one man to
defeat. Your Is the duty. Yours Is the
power. Where will you stand? The Issue
Is clear and well defined. Shall an alleged
republican, who does not hesitate to aay
that he will defeat the party unless his
will be substituted for the will of the
people, shall a vaunting traitor who pro
claim hi treacherous intent before the
hour of battle, be placed in command of
the troop? (Cries of no, no.)
Haa Nebraska no pride In ber
own? David H. Mercer 1 of Nebraska,
reared on ber prairie, educated In ber
oommon schools, working hi way through
ber university, he stands today In the
congress of the United State representa
tive, typical of the traditional spirit of
the great west, the spirit which commands
the respect and challenge the recognition
ot the east. He haa don much for our
city, our district, our state and the west.
Ills possibilities for future service never
were greater than they are today. W
need him more than be needs us. This Is
our battle, not bis. Shall we yield to the
cry for private vengeance? Shall we make
term with malice. Shall we vindicate
venom? Shall we surrender to spite? No,
a thousand times no!
Voice No, no.
I believe I speak for the business In
terests of this district, for the laboring
Interests of this district, for Its manhood,
for Its independence, for its courage, aye,
for Its gratitude, wben I predict the tri
umphant renomlnatlon and re-election of
the most faithful public servant this dis
trict has ever known, David H. Mercer.
(Loud applause).
PRATTLE OF TUE 10V5GSTERS.
"Why did you pray so loud for a bicycle.
Tommy?" askel his sister. "God isn't
deaf."
"No," replied 6-year-old Tommy, "but
papa can't hear very well."
"I think the man In the moon must be
tick," said little Fred one dark night.
"Why, dear?" asked bis mother.
" "Cause," replied the youthful observer,
"he didn't light up tonight."
Little May Mamma, do dogs get mar
ried? Mamma Certainly not, my dear.
Little May Then what right ha Rover
to growl at Flossie wben they are eating
their breakfast?
Mamma Yesterday I gave you a dime to
be good and today you are evidently trying
to see ho bad you can be.
Little Johnnie That's all right, mamma,
I'm proving to you that you got the worth
ot your money yesterday.
Little Nellie Uncle Will said the other
day tbat he was as happy as a lark. Do
you suppose a lark Is very happy?
Little Robert I should say not. Why, I
read in a book that a lark geta up befora
sunrise every morning.
Harry, aged 6, was looking over bis sis
ter's geography one day when he finally
asked: "Mamma, did God make the ocean?"
"Yes, dear," replied his mother.
"Well," said the small philosopher, "I'll
bet It rained awful hard the day before."
Sunday School Teacher Do you aay your
prayer every night before going to bed?
Willie (aged 6) Yes, ma'am.
Sunday School Teacher That's right. But
tell me why you say them?
Willie Cause I sleep in a foldln' bed.
A young minister, seeking to Impress tbe
beauties of nature upon his class of New
York boy, had been describing tbe gradual
unfolding ot the springtime. Pausing im
pressively at tbe end of his speech, he
asked: ,
"Now tell me, boys, in your own lan
guage, what comes in the spring?"
"The rent man!" quavered a pathetic lit
tle treble.
Again the - developer' enthusiasm waa
chilled when urging upon hla pupil tbe im
portance upon tbe Friday evening exer
cises. "Remember, children," said the pastor,
"our church Is open on Friday as well as
on Sunday. On the Sabbath day we have
tbe regular morning and evening services.
Now" with a blandly expectant look
"what yo we have on Friday?"
"Freah fish, sir!" answered the boys.
LABOR AND IKDl'STRY.
Pittsburg's May-day atrlke is said to
have canceled $34,000,000 of proposed new
building operations.
The Continental Tobacco company of St.
Louis haa given notice to its 6,000 factory
employes in St. Louis of a 10 per cent in
crease in wages.
Moving an 8,000-ton bridge fifteen feet in
New Jersey on a recent Sunday, without
Interrupting public travel, was one of the
little Incidents that testify to the large de
velopment of modern engineering.
A bill Is proposed by the trades union of
Wales to define liability. No action Is to be,
taken against a trades union for the recov
ery of damages sustained by any person
unless It be proved to have the sanction
and authority of the trades union rules.
A movement has been quietly started In
St. Louis for the organization of Pullman
conductors and porters. The conductors
are dissatisfied with the present wage
schedule, snd as soon as the organization
Is perfected will make a demand on the
company for an advance ranging from $5
to $10 a month. In the United States there
are 60,000 Pullman conductors and porters.
In Cleveland a clause In the latest fran
chise granted requires that In case of dis
pute the company shall select two men,
the employes two and the mayor of the
city shall act a the fifth member of a
board to arbitrate all differences. Another
clause provides that the men shall not
work more than ten hours in fourteen out
of every twenty-four. This rule abolishes
the "swing" runs, as the men are assured
that they will have at least ten hours to
themselves at a stretch every day, Instead
, airr Ala).
JUNE eLEHRftNeE s:
Ura.
POLICIES PlllCltAtKD.
INSURANCE pollole, old-line companies
purchased. Loans on policies. Call oa or
write The Putnam Co., 604-s N. Y. Uf
Uldg.. Omaha, Neb.
BRASS rOVlVDRY.
Monday morning we start the big June Clearance Sale, the purpose of which I to reduce ou ; . ' 1 " '.' . . . .
" nAfifl mnA aluminum fatln ftlrkal nlat-
Sharp, clear and decisive reductions In the face of advancing prices. Omahu-g and finishing. Specialty Mfg. Co., 41
large stock to normal.
pers will reckon their saving by theee extraordinary positively matchless prices,
being sold at prices that you would bave to pay ordinarily for used goods.
MAIL OlWEIiS riiOMVTLY ATTEXDED TO.
New, bright, fresh t
Main St., Council rilufTs.
1L
ROCKER
Large arm rocker
exactly like cut,
made of bard
wood, nicely golden finish, substanti-d f"n
ally constructed, special, each lOvf
Other large arm rockers, fancy designs
$1.80, $1.95, $2.85 and up.
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LIKE
CUT
Made of golden oak, Flemish finish or birch
mahogany finish, upholstered figured velour
top, substantially constructed, O fP
June Clearance Sale price JJ
ORIENTAL RUGS
Second Floor
Tomorrow commences our Annual June Oriental Jlvg Sale.
We have, formontht pa.it, been making preparations for this
event, by collecting a choice lot of ruga that will be- especially
admired for tlicir beauty and richness of design and coloring.
Jiugs that can truly be called gam. In this lot you will find
rugs from the smallest mat to the largest room sizes, in bewilder
ing assortment. Tie extend a special and most cordial invito
tion to one and all to come and see this magnificent collection.
BUYERS AND LOOKERS BOTH WELCOME
BED ROOM FURNITURE
lliree-plece solid oak Bed Room suit dresser ha French
bevel mirror. This suit would sell in tbe regular way for
$18.50 special June Clearance Sole for the -f sy Q
three pieces .. t)Oij
Solid oak dresser, French bevel mirror, shape tops, $7.75
and $9.00.
French plate shape mirror, swell top dressers, $9.45, $11.65
and $13.50.
OUR SPECIAL Solid oak dresser, quartersawed, swell
front, handsomely hand polished a $22.50 d GZf
value special June Clearance Sale price.... 1 i UV
PAP. LOR
TABLE
MOPES
ABOUTS
Exactly like cut, made of best selec. u
hand nnl I .h. vnMnn nnlr hlreh tt
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Ian. Top 24 In. in diameter, richly C'
with carving, always a $j stand. A spi
of these June Clearance
Sale price
.ISH.
V -UJ M III llrTtltk i I I Ili-eVS I
IRON AND
BRASS BEDS
Very special prices
n iron and brass
bods this month
IfiOO Iron bed
S6.50 Iron bed
$7.00 Iron bod
Brims bed, full size,
kftil. haa full bow
value; special June Clearance
sale price
$3 95
4 10
4.35
heavy post, neatly trimmed
all brass, regular US m
24. 7 5
foot
MATTRESSES
Sounds each,
unett 7tl
J M KM
One lot of special hair mattresses, 40
never sold less than 112. 50: special
Clearance Sale, while they last, each.
Sole agents for the air felt mattress, guaranteed
not to pacK or mat. Made in nejt Amnskeng
stripe ticking, soft and comfortable. A full
guurantee goes with each
mattress, price each
12.50
CARPET DEPARTMENT JUNE SPECIALS
25 PER CENT DISCOUNT
on all fiber mattiner. These beautU
ful and artistic summer floor cover.
lngs will go In our June Sale at one-quarter off in price. The line Is large and
you may take your choice aa every piece goes at the discount.
I IrVOI FITM CH Cetit Cork and linseed oil the real thing 38
nnuiwEUiu oo wems centg Thlg ig Bot the heaviestilt9 the
grade sold at 60 cents.
REMNANTS OF WOOL TERRIES euaii7.oid at 75 cent.)
at J5 cent9 per yard.
These pieces are from 3 to 18 yards each, Just the thing to URe under and
around rugs. Floor burlap remnants In plain colors for rug back ground, at 8i)
cents per yard, sells at 35 cents.
CHINA MATTING 10 CeiltS Olid Up Japanese fancy mat.
r tinjfleoand up. In
grain carpets. Full weight all wool extra super Ingrain, 80 cent FULL. LINE.
Continuation of Our Lace Curtain Reduction Sale
Last week marked tho beginning of the greatest lace curtain sale in our history. Hundreds have taken advantage of the price we are offering and laid in a supply.
While our stock was somewhat reduced, the assortment remain unbroken. Its money in your pocket to buy your lac curtains during this sale. New, bright, fresh goods
at prices less than you are asked for bankrupt and job lot. .'
Nottingham Curtains. Silkoline and Cretonne. Hammocks. gj: gs-
Nottingham Curtains. pa.r...,1.50 Veard j gS, V'S8 IS Ter Bfcl&S
$1.50 Nottingham curtam,. p..r.. .$!5o gsH nm an'd cunTAix swiss &g SSS& ::::::::::::::::fi& "Curtain stretchers.
Arabian, French and DOmeStiC 15c Swiss, 38 inches wide, per yard 10c Hammock Hopes lic Clean your own curtains and save
niBuiam .ivuv.i-.. "u"l""v . . . . d M Hammock Hooka, new patent Hc - money.
1 -t a,ki nm.m.n fir? 60c and 6oc Swiss 50 in. wide, yara 3-JO Hammock Cushions, each. .10c, 60c, 75c No. 3 (Stretcher, large enough for
$8.5 Arabian, domestic $4.75 p pnrtJPrPc n i r . Y curtain, each V 06o
$10.00 Arabian, domestic $6.75 KUJJC ruillCIC. DttlSSelS ClirtaiflS. No. 2 Stretcher, large enough, for
$12.50 Arabian. French $7.50 $2.75 Rope Valance, only $1.95 , . M Pruplg Curtaln.. per Palr...i3.50 No"3! StreohVur'ge enough "for'1"75
$30.00 Arabian, French $17.60 $o.00. Rope Curtains W- $ti.T5 Hrussels Curtains, per pair. ..$1.50 any curtain, each $2.B0
$30.00 and $35.00 French $25.00 $6.75 Rope Curtains $4.50 $7.50 Brussels Curtains, per pair... $5.00 H&rtpence Curtuin Stretcher, each. $3.00
Catalog Mailed Free to Oat-of -Town Requests.
ORCHARD St WILHELM eHRPET (20.
14i4'l613 Douglas Street.
of having two or three turns and not get
ting more than four or five hours oft for
rest at one time.
The eleventh quarterly report of the Gen
eral Federation of Trades Unions of Great
Britain brings up the record to the close of
the March quarter, 1902. The total number
of unions federated was seventy-seven; of
these tifty-three were on the higher and
twenty-four on the lower scale. The ag
gregate number of members was 418,818; of
these 282.814 were on the higher and 13,504
on the lower scale of payments and bene
fits. One of the measures submitted to the at
tention of the Massachusetts legislature Is
a bill to establish an "Industrial court." It
la designed to set up a court, composed of
fair-minded and Impartial men, authorized
to Investigate all the facta relating to an
Industrial depute and to decide what shall
be the minimum work day in accordance
with tests definitely stated. Labor and
capital shall be regarded as partners In
production.
President Charles M. Schwab of the
United States Steel corporation has given
Alfred Hobson, a laborer In the steel works
at Mingo Junction, O., $200. Last year
while on an Inspection tour Schwab saw
Hobson under the Influence of liquor. He
had Hobson prgmtse he would not drink
intoxicating lWuor for one year. If he
kept his promise he would be rewarded
with $100. Hobson earned the reward and
waa surprised with double the amount
promised.
The trustees of the Johns Hopkins uni
versity announce that a citizen of Balti
more has given a sum of money to the uni
versity to be devoted to a systematic in
vestigation of the history, activities and
Influence of labor organizations in the
United States. The sum of $500 Is given
for the Immediate purchase by the univer
sity library of additionul books, journals
and reports relating to this subject. The
further sum of $1,000 Is made available to
meet the expenses Incident to carrying on
the inquiry foi-,he next academic year.
Modern Telegraphy
Review of Advances
Made in the System.
Prot. Pupln of Columbia university re
cently expressed tbe opinion that tbe tel
egraph companies of this country were wo
fully behind the times In equipment. He
declared that many Invention which would
materially Improve the service were shelved
because the companies were unprogresslv
and penurious. Th criticism provoked a re
ply from J. C. Barclay, electrical engineer
of the Western Union Telegraph company,
who denies the allegations In an Interview
In the New Tork Times, and shows what
progress baa been made In modern teleg
raphy.
"Th professor," say Mr. Birclay, ,,dl
play a wonderful lack of knowledge of
th telegraph, which la not aurprlstng,
knowing that the gentleman has had no
practical experience whatever in this Held,
and for the benefit of tbos who read Prof.
Pupln' criticism and are unfamiliar with
the practical working ot the telegraph, I
take pleasure In making reply to the ertt
Icsm from a practical standpoint
"At the Urns when Prof. Morse erected
hi first wire between Washington and Pl-
tlmore, a distance of forty-one miles, un
der adverse circumstances, and over which
he aent hi first message, he did not real
ise that he had Invented the best, quickest
and cheapest system of telegraphy that ha
been Introduced up to the present time. It
Is true that this first message was repro
duced embossed on paper on what was thea
known a th receiving register. . This
method of receiving telegrams was in vogue
tor a number of years, until th yoang
American with his quick ear for music
soon after learned to receive message by
sound, and th old registers have long sine
bee ocas obsolete, and with hi nimbi fing
ers messages are flow transmitted over th
wire not only a dlatane of forty-one
mile, but thousand of mile, aa rapidly
a th receiver can writ them en a type
writer, and a distinct and slmpl aa
A. B. C.
"Ia this connection I will say more dis
tinctly thsn th letters and figure can be
talked over th telephone line, for ther
1 bo similarity between th Mors char
acter forming th letter B and V and
other similar letters, that are ma contusing
to transmit over th telephone.
"Since the telegraph was invented the
improvements In the apparatus have kept
apace with the demands of the American
poople and today the telegraph systems iu
America, according to the admissions of
experts tbat have been sent here by all
the foreign countries to Investigate our
systems, are year In advance of most all
other nations. This Is shown In the im
proved apparatus namely, tbe multiplex
systems, automatic repeaters, switch
boards, copper wires, insulation and con
ductivity, motor dynamos, storage bat
teries, etc., and to illustrate the quick
ness of this wonderful system it 1 not un
common for a broker to file hi message
in New York, Boston, Chicago, Philadel
phia or other cities In the t'nlted States
and to have the same transmitted to his
broker on the floor of one of the exchanges,
the order filled and to have received the
reply notifying him that It had been exe
cuted within the short space of fifty-five
seconds. Messages of this description are
not only transmitted between Chicago and
New York, a distance of 984 miles, but the
same applies to the direct working wires
of this company between San Francisco
and New York, a distance ot 1,300 mile.
Th American people have been educated
up to this quick service, which, a I have
aid before. Is th most rapid that has
been Introduced up to the present time.
"Prof. Pupln referred particularly to the
automatic rapid system of telegraphy and
in order to compare one of these systems
with the former tt will be necessary to ex
plain th 'modus operandi' necessary to
transmit bnd receive a message. In th
Brat place on ot th most rapid system
wa given a practical test by me over th
Western Union line between New York
and Chicago within the last two years and
In point of working satisfactorily it was an
absolute failure and not adaptabl to us
In this country oa account ot it alowness.
In th system referred to th message Is
handed Into th office of th telegraph com
pany and ' 1 placed before aa employ
known a a 'puncher,' who perforate th
massag ea a strip ot paper, which con
sume more time than It would require
for aa expert operator to transmit it from
Mew York to 8aa Francisco by th Mora
system. The message Is afterward run
through what is known as a Wheatstone
transmitter at the same time the receiver
1 in operation at the distant end of the
line, which la composed of a cylinder con
taining sensitized paper.
"After tbe message has been reproduced
on this paper, it is necessary to carry it
into' a dark room, where it is developed the
same as a photographer develops his neg
ative. It is then placed In the band of an
employe known as a copyist. The mes
sage la then copied on a typewriter, which
again consumes more time than It would
require an expert telegrapher to receive
tbe message transmitted by the Morse sys
tem. "If an error is discovered in th message
aa received on the sensitized paper, which
frequently occurs, it ia not possible to cor
rect it at th time it is being received, aa
it would be If telegraphed by the Mors
system, and It consumes too much time to
make such correction.
"A number of automatic system nave
been tested by telegraph companies) ot
this country, but up to the present time
every on of them haa been found lack
ing, except for emergency service and they
are not only slower than the Morse sys
tem, but more expensive to operate. A
corps of expert electricians are constantly
In our employ experimenting with new de
vice and testing automatic and machine
telegraphic systems, with a view of
curing fcomethlng better than the Morse
and while soma of tbe automatics will
transmit very rapidly th time wasted In
preparing the message for transmission and
recapylng makes the service slower and
more expensive than th Morse.
"To show the strength of th Western
Union Telegraph company. In 1867 it oper
ated 44,000 mile of pole and cables. 85.000
mile ot wtre, and handled 5,000,000 mes-
sagei, wiu z.uoo oraces. in 1W1 it operated
194.000 mile of pole and cable, 872,000
miles of wire and handled (6,000.000 mes
sage, with $3,000 offices. Th greatest
length of on continuous circuit operated
by th company is from New York to Ssa
Francisco. 3,300 miles. Th longest tele
phono circuit operated la from New York
to Omaha, 1.466 miles."
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Niss Nan StaJlber
Secretary of I he Weal Md Talhyrle
NlngiBg iinD oi tuieags.
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