The Omaha
Bee.
UN DAY
EDITORIAL SHEET.
3 PAGES 11 TO 20.
KSTAHLISHED JUNE 19, 1871.
OMAHA, SUNDAY MOIJNINO, AUGUST L'S, 1??04.
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Ladies, Attention!
We take great pleasure in announcing the arrival of our
new purchase of short and long kimonas, lounging robe's
nrA 1-imieo cnrlc The mntoriolc nro Viftnrifl flppff
German flannel and Navajo blanket effects. The colors
include Persian, Japanese and French designs. Prices:
Sacks and Sliort Kimonas, ?1.48, $1.39,
$1.19, 9."ir, 75c and 50c
Long Kimonas, $3.25, $2.25, $1.95,
$1.75, $1.48 and 1.25
Navajo styles, $8.50, $5.50 and. . .4.95
CHILDREN'S & MISSES' SCHOOL
OUTFITS We are ready with a full
stock of children's and misses' jackets
id cloaks, children's and misses'
"uses, misses' separate skirts,
hisses' tailor-made suits. . Make your
own price and we will match it.
WOMEN'S NEW SUITS Monday
we will make a special display of
new fall suits, the very latest styles,
at 19.50
LADIES' HAIN COATS New fall
styles, colors oxford, olive, tan and
small checks prices for Monday's
sale, $M.t)5 and 7.95
NEW KNIT SHAWLS FOR EVEN
ING WEAK Ice wool, zephyr wool,
and silk Mack, white and all colors
An elegant display at every desir
able price.
At the Busy Silk Counter
The Silk items that always please the ladies at Bennett's, will more than please
you Monday, August 29th, as the line of silks that Bsntiett's are offering in this
last big August sale will be a record breaker.
The new KEN Taffeta is an all silk, New Fau Dress Qoods
good body, 19 in. wide, comes in all
colors, on sale Monday, yard...35c
New brocades and fancy silks for fine
jackets aud other fine linings, cheap
at $1.25 Monday, yard ..... .75c
Bilks for evening gowns. A fine line
of crepe de chines, Paillet de soies,
peau de chamois in the new fall del
icate shades, the very choicest silks
for correct evening gowns all on
sale Monday, for 1.00
Have received another smaii ship
ment of those fine shirt waist suit
silks for one more day only Monday
sale for, yard, 48c and ...59c
Once more we will place on sale our
new peau de moise black silks at
prices as follows:
19 in. wide, sale price, yard 69c
27 in. wide, sale price, yard . . . .75c
36 in. wide, sale price, yard . . . 1.39
30 in. wide, sale price, yard . . . 1.98
Black Taffetas on Sale Monday
10 in. wide, f eg. 50c, price,, yd., . .33c
19 in. wide, reg. 75c, price, rd. . . 50c
22 in. wide, reg. 85c, price, yd. . . -69c
21 in. wide, reg. $1.00, price, yd. .75c
34 in. wide, reg. $1.29, price, yd. 1.00
36 in. wide, reg. $1.65, price, yd. .1.35
36 in. wide, reg. $1.98, price, yd. 1.50
Monday we begin to show some of our
new fall dress goods, tailor suitings
in the stylish mannish effects and a
large assortment of new plain weaves
We show a pretty line from, yard,
$2.25 down to ...50c
New Black Qoods
New fall black goods, beautiful new
French Venetians and the new Peru
vian cloths, cheviots, serges, zibel
ines, voiles and a lot of fancy weaves.
See this assortment Monday.
' At the Big Bargain Section.
Harney Street Entrance.
100 pieces pretty fancy plaid and check
dress goods for children's wear
worth up to 25c yd Monday. . . .10c
Cotton Bed Blankets
In grays, tans and whites, pretty bor
ders, 10-4, 11-4 and 12-4 prices as
cheap as, pair 49c
And run up to, pair 1.35
Bed Sheets, 81x90
60 dozen good quality Bed Sheets
the largest double bed size,
laundered all ready for use
., worth seventy-five cents SQ-
' -Monday OV4'
And 10 (tt.00) In L.1U1 Green
Stickers.
Bed Spreads.
Full size extra heavy Bed Spreads,
Marseilles patterns, worth 1.50
Monday, at 1.19
,asSi : J(Q v 3ei i1f raditig lamps
Wednesday is Red Letter Day
It means that you get ten ($1.00) "S. & II." Green
Trading Stamps for nothing:. Don't even have to
make a purchase only bring your book.
ItEMEMBKR those extra opportunities for oollootinK Little (Jreen Stickers
THAT ION"T EVKX CALL for purchaHe-iiiaklnff. Save soap wrappers, save
tobacco tags, cave cigar bands, save trade marks anil coupons THKY'UE HK
PEICMABLK for "S. & H." (JKKEN TKAIHXU STAMPS.
Thousands of Creen Trading Stamp collectors will visit the Frpmhiin Tnrlor
Wednesday red letter day don't bring any wrappers or coupons that day ns
we'll be unable to handle them for the rush.
Grocery Depf.
Teas! Tens! Tens!
Pest Millies ever In Tea. 31 tZ.dl)
In "8. H." Green Trading Slumps
wiin piu'n pounu 01, lea nij. s
tuw
uo from
Coffees! Coffees!
1.00
mm
CUT PRICE SPECIAL IN AR.T
Odds and Ends that Must Be Closed Out
?3.0() Etchings about 13 left 1.20 fiSTF
Ana iiwi in a. tic n. urern i railing stamps.
3.48 landscapes, religious subjects, etc. 1.74
And B0 to) in Little Green Stickers. Only IS In this lot left
$2.98 Pictures, beautifully colored .... 1.49
Anil 1"0 ($10.00) In Little Green 'stickers. About 26 for
Four choice.
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Odds and Ends in Counter Nov
elty Pictures values
up to 75c, for
39c
Photo Frame, about one hun
dred and fifty left,
choice for
10c
Ana 40 (J4.00) In Little Green Stickers. I And 10 (11.00) in Little Green Stickers.
Visit our art gallery. Second Floor.
MILLINERY
A Flutter of Beauty
and a Flutter of Price
Our buyer Miss Knowlton returned this week from the Eastern fashion
centers. Prior to receiving the new fall styles we must close out our late sum
mer stocks. Take this as an invitation to visit our attractive millinery section
and see the snaps in pretty head gear that we are offering. Ilere are some
heart thrilling attractions in felt street hats for Monday. Prices .
$7.50, $3.50. $3.00, $2.75, $2.25, $1.98, $150
Hot Shot in Hardware!
Paper lunch boxes a pat
ented tin hemmed box
with wire handles, made of
paper that's more like
leather than paper, lid has
a cute way of its own of
staying on Better than a
a collapsable tin.
lunoh box and neater. f g
day.. luc
1 quart tin fruit rto
cans OOC
One burner lamp io
stove 40C
14 quart tin dish 18c
14 quart tin dish 24c
Wood plates, per '
dozen "C
Bet of 6 palm table Ort
mats '. faC
rFZol.n!n. ....... 75c
Jewelry Section
Silver plated grey
finish golf hat pins,
extra long stems, iu
(roll cad- ft
And 10 ($1.00) in
"S. & H." Groen
Trading- Stamps.
Same without cad -
dy, 2 on f f
card, HIP.
Ronsted every ilnv.
40 l4.Ul In "a. 11." Green Trailing
Mamps wltn 3 pounds best
Java and Mocha Coffee....
Spices! Spices!
Full line or pure goods In this line.
10 (11. 0m in "8. & H." Green Trading
Stamps With quarter pound ran
Bennett's Capitol Mus- f e.
tard, at IOW
Special Pickling Vinegar, gal...35c
Special Pickling Spices,' per Ib...25c
Salmon, one -pound can 10c
Macaroni, pound package 10c
Potted Ham, per can 4c
Oil Sardines, per can 5c
Worcester Sauce, bottle 10c
Pickles, assorted, bottle 9c
Olives, per bottle 10c
Butter
Received daily from best dairies.
Fresh Country Hutter, per lb 13c
Bennett's Capitol Creamery, lb. . .22c
Medium Sour Pickles, pint 5c
Candy Dept.
4c Packag-e
Lemon Drops, very delicious, per
Pkg 4c
More Smashing of Crockery
mm
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Decorated Austrian
7-pieoe llerrv
per pair..
Ladies' DUCK
10c
BELTS, assorted
buckles,
each
And 5 (50c)"S.&II.
Green Trading- Stamps.
Fruit Section Pears! Pears!! Pears!!!
Large fancy Flemish, beauties for preserving, per box $1.50
10 ($1.00) Little Green Stickers with each of the
following
6 measures of Peanuts for .' 25c
1 peck good Cooking Apples for 15c
1 Basket California Pluma .35c
Getting Cool in St. Louis!
Make the trip now. Weather is Ideal, railroad fare are Just about reason
able, and prices for ault cases at Bennett's fere as follows
Leather Suit Case, regularly sell for five'dollars, Monday. . .3.75
Imitation Leather Case, regularly sells at $2.23, Monday. . . 1.50
Leather Club Bags, regularly S'.-U at $1.50, choice Monday . . .95c
TRUNK SECTION. BASEMENT. '
Monday's Sale in Cijjar Section Je
Porto Rico Stocies. twnti?. mm
a i
!onrc.a?: 50c
And 10 ($1.00) "S. & H- Green Trading
Stamps.
HAVANA PRINri-
PES, 100
for
A A V f
1.75
And 35 (.S0) In Little Green Stlcke
0
Mil
China
Kets iUt
And :0 ($:) Little (Jroen StUki're.
.Mason Truit Jars pints,
.V, quarts 2.V, half gallon
('"c and 20 (?2) Little (jrten
Stickers will W Klvon with oncu
(Idkcii on condition tlint this roi"on
Is jiri'sentotl in our (.'Mini Pcpt. at
time of mirolmso Momlav only. No
I'Jttrn stamps on C. O. 1. orders.
Kieh CI lass 1 terry I?owls, the
height of perfection in fine
glassware, 3Se, 35c, JQ
33c and
And M t$.") I.lttle (Jreen Stickers
Monday only.
Johnson Hros. IJoyal English Porce
lain, full green and gold illumina
tions, splendid $18 value, J
Don't miss this bargain in an espe
cially high grade article.
High drade Toilet Sets, consisting of
white with heavy gold stippling or
tracing, 12 pieces, iuclud- A (HQ
ing slop jar all complete. . JJ
Green Itouniuya I
mi
No. 1 or 2 Common
Chimneys, each. . .
And i :ie) "S. & II.
Trading Stamps.
No r. O. I), orders taken limit
of H) four. i CZxZxrrJ
23 per cent discount
1OlipOn on white China for
decorating on presentation of this
coupon with cash purohaso.
No C. O. D.
WALL PAPER
Mid-Summer Clearance Balo on all grades
of Wall Papur to make room for new fall stock.
10,000 rolls at your own price. Thin U the
greittost bargain sale ever attempt
ed in the west.
One and two room lots, up
from, per roll
Room Moulding, up from,
foot
Douhlo Green Trading Stumps Monday
and Tuesday,
THIRD FLOOR.
3c
2c
Enameled Iron Beds
You caji save cl lot of money on these beds att
Monday's Prices.
J, eVu T mother great shipment' of the very best grade, artistic, up-to-date
beds, finished in hard baked enamel, all color combinations.
Don t wait until the rush is on and pay one-third more.
12.25 regular value
ai
$3.50 regular value
at
J5.00 regular value
at
to.50 regulur value
at
6.50 regular value
at
1.50
2.50
3.75
3.95
4.95
6.75
8.50
H8.00 regular Value 2 QQ
f21.00 regular value jg
Couch Covers
Biggest reduction in Couch
Hovers EVER offered to the peo
ple ot Omaha.
We have on hand 350 covers In
(9.00 regular value
at
W. 50 regular value
at
Oriental stripes, 50 Inches
wide, 3 rards long, that will
no sold Mondni' and On
Tuesday, t, each fJli
We also have a large supply of
24-lnch Pillow Slips in the
Oriental stripes that wi1'"Er,
be sold for 4 for $1, eaclV3'
Jap Porch Cushions
...38c
..48c
Drapery Dept.
Third Floor.
Carpets, Rugs and Hatting
Special
Sanitary moth proof rugs, fast
colors and reversible. A (EH
in sizes up to Kxl2, 8x12. Ovl
150 Porch Cushions,
3 for SI, each
iOft Porch Cushions,
3 for 51.35, each..
Crex Grass Matting, regular BOo
grade, In plain blue, brown
and red and green and red
stripes on sale Mon- B
day, yard Out
Clearing sale on all China and
Japanse Mattings, one-fourth
to one-third off regular 250
and 30c China Matting,
Monday, at, per yard....OW
Fancy Japanese cotton warn
Carpet Patterns Matting,
wortn up to 40c yard OAm
Monday, at, per yard
Sample Rue Sale
A complete line of 9x13 ft
sample RruHsels Rugs, pur
chased direct from manufac
turerall new designs and col.
orlngs in florals, scrolls, Per
sian, Medallion and Oriental
patterns. Rugs worth up to
each, on sale
Monday, at
.16.48
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ISSUES OF COMING PRIMARY
Information Useful to Eepublioana Who
Want Party Suocess.
WHAT THE CANDIDACY OF GURLEY MEANS
Address DellTred by Edward Rose,
water Before the Fifth Ward
ftepnbllraa Hub Last
-Week.
Following Is the report from stenographic
rotes of the speech made by Edward Rose
water of The Bee at the meeting of the
Fifth Ward Republican club last Thursday
In Its hall at Sixteenth and Corby streets:
Mr. Chairman and Fellow Republ'cons:
This is a republican year. It la in the
' air. It is spontaneous. It is manifested
: all the way from the Atlantio to the Pa
cific, but particularly west of the MIbsIs
aippi. It is a wave of enthusiastic popular
admiration for the incumbent of the presi
dential choir that cannot be repressed.
The day after the democratic and populist
conventions had been held at Lincoln I
wrote to the private secretary of the presi
dent that I felt confident that Roosevelt
and Fairbanks would carry Nebraska by
more than 50,000 plurality. I received an
answer expressing the hope that my
prediction would prove true. Evi
dently ' my forecast was regarded
as an exaggeration. I shall not be
surprised if Roosevelt's plurality In Ne
braska exceeds 55,000 or even 60.000. I refer,
of course, to his plurality over the electors
representing Watson and Tibbies or Farker
and Davis. It will be the greatest victory
that has aver been scored by the
republicans of Nebraska. The largest
plurality ever given In this state
to any republican presidential candldute
was given to Benjamin Harrison in 1888,
when the plurality exceeded a fraction over
28,000.
Four yeara ago we entered on the
national campaign as a hopeless minority.
Two months before the election nobody
dreamed that we would carry the state for
McKlnley and Roosevelt. Six weeks be
fore the election a few predicted that we
might carry it by from 1600 to I.OOO or
4. OiiO. Three weeks before election I wrote
Senator Hanna that I felt confident of
.500 arid he made this response. "I met
the president at the funeral of John Sher
man at Mansrtrld and told him what you
S3', and he said tell him -not to dis
appoint me.' " Instead of 1600 we carried
the state by more taaa 7,000 for McKlnley
and Roosevelt. Any amount could
have been won the day before elec
tion, or even the day after election, from
democrats who were willing to stake their
money that Bryan's majority In Ne
braska would range from 6,000 to 10,000.
Brlarht Prospects Ahead.
The bright prospects before us are largely
due to the factional discontent prevailing
in the democratic camp. This la es
pecially true of Nebraska. The populist
party no longer exists as a national or
ganisation. Nebraska la its stronghold
and here it will tight its last battle this
year. Whatever opposition there will be
to the republican party hereafter will come
from the demoralized, reorganized democ
racy. With the triumphant election ot
Roosevelt and Fairbanks assured, we have
simply to attend to our own home affairs
and see to it that candidates are nomi
nated that command the confidence and
respect of the rank and file of the party.
After all, the great body of republicans
are not so perverse as they are painted,
not even In Omaha and Douglas county.
There have been many causes for discon
tent here and there, and there have been
reprisals here and there on both aides, and
there have been a good many tired people
on both sides after reprisals have been
taken. '
We are now confronted with a local cam
paign that should command our earnest
attention. Our endeavor should be to place
only candidates In the field who will com
mand the support of all the elements within
the party. I regret exceedingly that Mr.
Qurley Is not here tonight. I should have
preferred to have adressed you in his pres
ence, because for obvious reasons I am
compelled to discuss his candidacy before
the primaries, so that the party may know
Just where I stand. I have not spoken at
any previous meeting since the nomination
of Roosevelt and Fairbanks, and what, I
may have tQ say here tonight I want to
say In the interests of party success, with
out malice or 111 feeling. The republicans
of tls district are about to nominate a
candidate for congress. There are at least
2,000 majority In this district for any can
didate that ran command the undivided
support of the party. There Is no good
reason why we should not nominate such a
man, without arousing factional passion
and without doing anybody an injustice.
Five candidates have been presented for
your suffrages. An expression of prefer
ence has been permitted, so that every re
publican may Individually designate the
man he desires nominated, hut I regret
that the old delegate system, that makes It
possible to nominate a candidate by trades
and deals, hss been Injected Into this pri
mary. It should really have been barred.
if we are to get an honest and direct noml
nation Of all the candidates presented
there is but one whom I have heretofore de
clined to support for office.
Borne Political History.
In order that I may be clearly understood
I shall go over the ground and show the
reasons why I have formerly opposed him
when he was a candidate for office, and
why I cannot promise to support him now
if he should be a candidate for office.
In 18H8 Mr. Gurley was nominated by the
republicans of this county for the office of
county attorney. The nomination came the
year following the legislative session at
which Mr. Gurley took a very conspicuous
part as a corporation lobbyist, and the part
he played during that legislative session
was very detrimental to the city of Omaha.
We had at that period reached a stage
when our citizens with practical unanimity
desired that the railroads should bear their
Just proportion of the municipal burdens.
Public meetings had been held prior to the
session of the legislature, In which between
2,000 and 3,000 of our citizens took part. As
the outcome of these public demonstrations
In favor , of tax reform, a committee of
fifteen representative citizens from the
council, the Commercial club and the tax
payers was appointed to draft a charter,
with instructions to Insert In that charter
the provisions that were believed to be most
essential to promote the growth and wel
fare of Omaha. One of these provisions
was that railroad property should be as
sessed and taxed for municipal purposes
the same as all other classes of property.
Aid another was that the city should have
the rtifht to take any land, suitable for park
purposes by eminent domain condemnation I
proceedings, so that we could acquire lands
for parks nearest the heart of the city at
reasonable prices. After an exciting strug
gle that charter was passed through the
senate and transferred to the house and
referredxby the speaker to the committee
on cities, which was friendly to Its passage.
A very powerful corporation lobby, of
which Mr. Gurley was a member, was oper
ating at Lincoln during that memorable
session. . Under pressure from this lobby,
the Omaha charter was wrenched out of the
hands of the committee and placed In the
hands of the Judiciary commute, which was
notoriously controlled by the railroad cor
porations. The charter was pulled to pieces
and passed in a mutilated condition, during
the last days of the session. It deprived
Omaha of the privilege of exercising the
right of eminent domain for the acquisition
of park lands and the provision to tax
railroad property the same as other real
estate was cut out. In that form it was
signed by the governor and the result was
that we were unable to acquire parks In
proximity to the population. This was the
most Bevere blow Omaha had ever experi
enced. The loss entailed can scarcely be
estimated. We were compelled to pay
$400,000 for park lands miles out of the city
that could not today be sold for half of
their cost. Instead of centralization of our
population, it was scattered over hill and
prairie, and hundreds of thousands of dol
lars have been spent and lost in an effort
to improve these outlying districts that
should now have been our parks.
Reasons for Opposing; Gorier.
The loss the city has Incurred by failure
to secure the right to tax railroad property
the same as all other classes for municipal
purposes, In spite of the fact that most of
these properties had been donated to them,
and protected at the expense of other prop
erty owners, cannot be computed. It cer
tainly was not unreasonable to require rall
rouds to share with us the expense of
policing the city and furnishing fire pro
tection and water supply and maintenance
of puhllo thoroughfares that we enjoy in
common. But, they have thwarted every
effort made since that time. I blamed Mr.
Gurley for a great deal of that.
Why did I oppose Mr. Gurley for election
as county attorney? Simply for te reasons
tersely expressed In the following editorial
that appeared In Tho Bee three days before
the election.
MAKE NO MISTAKE.
The Bee, November 4, It Si.
All law-abiding citizens, mid more es
pecially taxpayers, are. vitally Interested
In the Selection of an houc&t aim nun-
petout county attorney. This officer la now
clothed with extraordinary powers and
should be above all Itunntatlon. Since
grand Juries have been abolished tho county
attorney acts in ineir sieau. It Is Ills
duty to lile Information In the district
court against all violation of law. In ex.
ercislng this law the county attorney is
in puHiiicm to play Into the hnnds of the
lawless elements rind befriend crfmlnnlgi
In choosing ln-twccn candidates the ques
tion is. which one is mure likely to with
stand the iirexHure which tho lawless often
bring to bear upon tho prosecuting of
ficer. The republicans present W.
F. Gurley and tho democrats T. J. Ma
honey. The Be deems it Its duty to op
pose Mr. Gurley. This opposition Is not
personal, but It is based upon the con
viction that he Is not a sufe man to piuce
in the responsible position to whlin ho
has been nominated. In fart, we honestly
believe that Mr. Gurley will be better off
In the-end If he. la defeated. Gurley is his
own worst enemy. He is a bright young
man with bad habits und bad aaHoeiatlons.
lie relies for Ids main support upon the)
nwiu i 'miiiiii.-i . nmj uuiin. cinnne. tun
connection with the oil room railroad lobby
during tho last legislature shows that he
has no moral stamina and fur money Is
willing to HBsim In leading representatives
of the lwople uclray from their path of
duty. The testimony given by witnesses
arid Gurley. himself, before tho Pacific
railroad commission affords proof that he
Is an improper person for prosecuting at
torney. Uorler and the Legislature.
A few months after the session of the
historic legislature to which I have Just
made reference., the United States Pacific
railroad commission came to Omaha to
take testimony. Among the witnesses who
appeared before that commission was Mr.
Gurley, and his testimony In full Is pub
lished in volume v. of the proceedings of
the commission. I do not want to take up
your time to read it in- extenso, but It
shows that In answering the interrogatories
put to him he was evasive at all stages.
When asked whether he was employed by
the Union Paclllc railroad, he answered
"no," but admitted that he had beeen hired
by John M. Thurston to look after railroad
legislation, and especially to koep posted
about every bill that was introduced that
was likely to be objectionable or injurious
to the Union Pacific. When asked to name
one single railroad bill that he had handled
or passed upon, he could not name on.
The most scandalous thing about that legis
lature was the general debauchery of the
members, who were entertained nightly
and daily in the so-called "oil rooms," In
which beer,, wine and whisky were served
by the corporation lobblsts. When asked
to state what he knew about oil rooms, he
asked the chairman of the committee to
tell him what an oil room wan. He en
deavored to make light Of It, and claimed
that he had never heard anything about
an oil room except what he had read In
The Bee. While admitting that he had
distributed railroad passes to members of
the legislature and their friends, he
spurned the Intimation that It wita calcu
lated to improperly Influence the members.
When asked whether he had acted as a
lobbyist, he pretended not to know what
was meant by a lobbyist, and denied that
he was hired for lobbying purposes, claim
ing that outside of the function he had
assumed to protect the railroads from bad
legislation, he was hired to look after other
Interests. Those "other Interests" had
their headquarters In those days In a gam
bling resort. Morrison, Blbbens and
White, the parties most vitally In
terested In that famous resort, were
apprehensive that a bill then pending
before the legislature, which made gam
bling a felony, might become lw. and their
Influence was directed to have tho bill
pigeon-holed or killed, but In spite of the
desperate efforts of the lobby, the bill
passed after the exposure by The Bee of
the conspiracy to kill it.
Prank llanlon's Testimony.
In contrast with Mr. Hurley's evasive
testimony was the testimony of some of
his colleagues of the lobby. For exampl ,
Frank Hanlon, who hid been a detective
on the Union Pacific up to that time, tts-
f I fled as follows:
J. Were you ever engaged at Lincoln T A.
Tea.
Q. How often? A. I was there about
every session.
Q. What were your duties there? A. I
was down there with Mr. Thurston, assist
ing him.
J. What did you do to assist him? A. Dif
ferent things.
, Did that assistance extend to detecting
the crlmea that were committed against
tho I nion Pacific? A. No, sir.
Q. What then? A. Looking after the in
terests of the company there.
Q. Looking after their Interests in con
nection with legislation do you mean? A.
Q. How did you look after that? A.
Looking to see how tho members felt on
tho matter of bills that were pending be
for the legislature.
Q. How did you make report? A. To Mr.
Thurston.
sir' Were tne rcDort8 m writing? A, No,
O. Were they verhal? A. Y A. air
U. How were you paid? A. By the Union
Pacific company,
Mr. Gurley admitted that Mr. Thurston
paid him IKK) and paid his hotel bills and
Incidentals, and must have known that It
was Union Pacific money.
Q. in what capacity? A. Special agent.
Q. Was that your title at Lincoln? A.
Yes. sir.
Q. Were you simply detailed for the three
months of the legislature at Lincoln? A.
Yes, sir.
Q. What were your expenses? A. I do
not remember now.
Q. What did you include In your ex
penses? A. I Included my hotel bills gen
erally and cigars, and anything that come
up In that way.
y. Hotel bill? A. Yes, and the general
expenses pertaining to a tiling of that
kind.
(J. What general expenses would you
have In a matter of that kind? A. Tliere
Is u good deal of expense in a matter of
that kind, entertaining friends who came
there.
Q. Old you entertain friends there at
Lincoln? A. Yes, sir, some times.
y. Was the entertaining at the expense
of thn company? A. Generallv, yes, jir.
O. Would the members of the legislature
be entertained by you? A. If they hap
pened to be near where I was they were
always welcome.
y. Were your expenses very large? A.
Oh. no. They would run probably from
liso to J0O a month. We lived moderately
down there.
y. Whom did you have to help you? A.
I cannot recall all thiu were there. There
are genernlly ten or fifteen men around
there to'do what they urn mlled to do.
y. What part of the work did you re.
port? A. I generally ascertained how the
members stood whet her they were adverse
to a bill or favorable to It.
y. Could the vote be ascertained on that
showing? A. No, not always. It was
very hungeable down there sometimes,
y. How would the vote bo affected? A.
What vote do you mean?
Thf Chairman. Any vote. What would
be the cause of the rhanije? 1 refer to
the change you say would be made. A
Men very orten mange their minds. I do
not know what the causa of It Ik In the
evening Ciey might be In favor of the
passage of a bill and In the morning they
might not be so strongly In Its favor.
Another Candid Witness.
That was a more randld witness. Hern
comes another one, Mr. George Crawford.
He was another of the professional lobby
ists down there. He was a democrat,
however. That did not interfere with him
in the least. Mr. Gurley refused to know'
or rather to express himself as to what
constituted a lobbyist, but this man seemed
to know:
i?'ih.e. Fh,ulrmn'3:7What "re the duties of
l0,b. yvSl8?. Al Wuny are diversified.
y. VVhat is the diverHlly? A. Almost
anything that you can think of to InflS-
fnC6rmf Jt?h g0 ,ne way .you want them
to. or, in other words, to enlighten mem
bers of the legislature, and 1 assure yoa
that modern legislators need enlightenment.
y, What influence did you use? A. Elo
quence. PerBtianlvBiiess. (Laughter.)
Crawford, llko Ourlev. Blur.
, , ' fnv
and expenses from Thurston.
O. Did you entertain members of tha
legislature? A. Yes.
y. What entertainment did you afford
them? A. That which suggested itself to
desire1 Wf''''h they eee to
y. What suggested Itself generally!
A. It depended a good deal on the char
arter of the men.
y. As an illustration, what? A. Social
conversation and nnecdotes. Dtn.it
y. W hat other entertainment did you af
ford the members of the legislature?
A. Sometimes I would ask them to taka
cigars and drink wine. "
y Who were associated with you In your
iTS.f f L'VC5"?,? A' T,nere wer number.
nVLuldL10 U'" allV. 1 coul(1 nme a few.
I he Chairman: Do so. The witness!
Mr. Vandervoort. und, I believe, Mr. Gur
ley. Mr. Thurston, of course.
Now comes another witness whose testi
mony gives us un Insight Into the mode of
traveling down there that was Mr. Man
chester. He is the right-of-way man for
the Union Pacific. He was very brief, but
i am iniormation:
y. How many passes have you issued la
. luuiu iiol m:tv. 1 urn mir
one session ?
how many.
y. Fifty? A. Yes, sir.
y. One hundred? A. Yes, sir.
,,V'.1 ve hundred? A. No, sir. I do not
think 1 ever Issued five bundled.
H trt'r "'ndred? A. Yes. I think I have.
y. W hy did you furnish such un enor
mo.is number of passes. A. Simply beeauso
they were asked for.
Mr. Gurley also admitted that he was a
pass distributer, but ids memory was more
treacherous.
Uurley and the r. H. Attorneyship.
My opposition to William F. Gurley for
the position of United Stutes attorney was
based on the same grounds that prompted
me to t.ppose him for the position of county
attorney. I had remonstrated against the
reappointment of William S. Summers. In
fact had demanded his removal because
he had been in close touch with Joseph
Hartley, tho treasurt r embezzler, and his
particular cronies and beneficiaries, und
because he had for a long time thwarted
my effort to break up the ring of Indian
land lease speculators who had plundered
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