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About The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 7, 1899)
THE COURIER. OBSERVATIONS. Continued from Pago ii. truth and justice, and no one of them all bettor ropresonts the spirit oj Aiiiuriaii citizenship than he who helped to lead them and comes for ward handsomely with the recital of their virtues and great charity for their short comings. New York Is to be congratulated upon lior new governor, whoso face bespeaks the qualities of American manhood which lias made possib'o the victory of our anus, and augurs well for the happy solution of the problems which confront us as a nation. When the czar of the Uussias issues an invitation to the peace conference, and tlie pjwers reply express! nggratl fieatio.n at the happy inspiration and a lively hope that it may be the sign of a not far distant time when the nations of Europe shall beat their swords into plough-shares. We take courage and dream dreams, but it a rather damp euing.to the ardor of the optimist to learn that Russia has just concluded an arrangement whereby the rifles now in use in her armies shall pass into the possession of China and rifles of new and improved pattern bo fur nished the Russian soldiery, while it adds to the churns uf universal peace. Germany increases her wur budget and adds to hr legluns, and England makes vigorous and telling efforts to increase her navy with no apparent intention of resigning her supremacy on the seas. The letter uf Lieutenant Whcdon printed in this issue of TnK Couuikk contains a great deal of valuable in formation on Manila which has not been conveyed in other letters. Those who are interested in the price of liv ing in Manilla, the municipal lighting and sewage, the roads and the local geography and in the surroundings and conduct of everyday life will at once p'jrclove the value of the lieu tenant's letter. EXCHANGES. Lincoln, .Inn. X (Special.) Five men hold the key to the situation in t lie organization of the lower house of tlie legislature. This was the most interesting faet of all the incidents which preceded the opening of tne state legislature at 12 o'clock today. These five men are W. D. Ualler of Itlair, and four supporters, namely, Xesbit, of Hurt; Chambers of Wash ington; Hall, of Hock, and McCarthy of Dixon. These five refused to go into caucus, and as their votes were needed to defeat the populists on the floor of tlie house, they commanded the situation and compelled the sur render of the forty-seven who cau eussed, to the extent that they gave the five tlie privilege of organizing tlie house. When this was agreed to, Clark of Lancaster, had been chosen as caucus candidate for speaker, and four other house officers agreed upon. There were still remaining the desig nation of all the committees and tlie selection of ten officers of tlie house, besides the appointment of about fifty clerks and employes. The Ilaller live agreed at 2:H0 this morning to tlie proposition and went into caucus, when three cheers were given for flic "reunited parly," as it was put. These five men had slood out from the first because they con ceived Clark's choice as speaker to mean an advantage lo I). K. Thompson for senator. They thought he would use his position to strengthen Thomp son through the patronage in the hands of tlie speaker, hut when that patronage was secured to themselves, they were assured that Thompsons back was broken, at least to that ex tent. That was what they were after and they won their point. In flic make up of the committees these live have not been arbitrary. They were will ing to name sonic chairman Clark had promised in his canvass for votes, for then they became their chairmen, not his. They were content t know that whatever, of Thompson there was in the Clark deal had been elVcctually .smashed and Clark .shorn of his strength and glory. They didn't ob ject to Clark personally, but lo what they thought lie stood Tor. Zcllers and Hastings of Dodge were late ( go into tlie caucus. They stood out until 7 o'clock last evening, when they signed the agreement. They had satisfied themselves there was none of the senatorial question involved, and with this view of it went from tlie Ualler side ft) the caucus. After the selection of Clark as speaker and be fore the surrender to the Ilaller flv, Zellers expressed himself as having seen enough to convince him that there was as much of Thompson is Clark in it and regretted that he had gone into the caucus, and lie wel comed the situation as it afterwards developed. The senate organized with little dif ficulty. It chose a Lincoln man a.s chairman pro tem Senator Talbot. Having placed a Lincoln man in the chair, in each house there are ninny who believe this town cannot now well ask for a senator, and that Thompson and the other candidates here have been furnished all kinds of nails for their eollins. Ilolbrook is a member of the committee appointed to select coin m it tecs. I. H. Wiutcrstccii of Fremont has drawn a prize as custodian of tlie sen ate cloak room. R. D. Itacon and .1. A. Stanley of Fremont, and Dave Fow ler of North Uend are pretty sure lo get "something just as good" in the house Co rr. Fremont Tribune. Tlie organization of the lower house of the legislature was effected by the supporters of W. I). Ilaller of Dl'air, a candidate for speaker. Though Mr. Ualler did not secure a position in the chair, he ami his faithful four were given tlie power and privilege of doing what ordinarily falls to the speaker. Clark of Lincoln was chosen speaker by a caucus, at which these five wen? not present, but their modest numeri cal strength was the equivalent to a balance of power. It is fair to them to state that they did not stand out against the caucus until the caucus came to them for the sake of patron age for themselves They believed Clark's election meant evil to the par ty, because of the power it placed in his hands to organize tlie house in the interest of 1. K. Thompson, the "bar rel" candidate for the United States senate. This to them was offensive, as it ought to lie to any republican who has the interest of his party at heart. There might be honest doubts as to whether or not Clark's manipu lation of the house to his liking meant success for Thompson. The recalci trant five were of the opinion it did. and the surrender to them by the forty-seven in caucus, of the make-up of the committees gave a solar plexus blow to Thompson's financial cam paign for the United States senate That much is clearly one of the re sults of the Ualler supporters refus ing to caucus until the Thompson gun bonis had been sunk. It made assur ance doubly sure that the house i not organized for purposes adverse to parly interests. It was worth all the elVort it cost. Wt.Oe;mttHMMH00tMMMMMOMHMICHtieiMIIM0M ! LADIES' JACKETS AND CAPES. In our cloak department the stock is not so lare as a few weeks ap;o and of course the assortments are somewhat broken out, nevertheless wc have several hundred capes and jackets, all choice new ofarments, which we are offering- at very attractive prices. MIfefeER & PAINi W"0MiM00H)O00M00MMM0 1HJr PLACE--4410 t. Jewelry and Jnpnnesie GoocIn New jVTmii, (Store Good, PrJoeM. . QIVEJ U A cAW tfAllltilllltllllllAltllAIIKAIItlllAlllllltllllllltllllllilKllltllDIIIKIIIIIilillHHtl (Icorge I). Meiklejohn's appeal to members of the legislature to rally around Thompson for the senate be cause his election would be of such great value to the party, state and no tion, was manifestly made without a full knowledge of the situation. Fre mont Tribune. Lincoln Special to the Omaha J tee: The members-elect of tlie legislature are at home for Cliirstiuas, and when they next come to Lincoln they will conic to stay until after the first week of the session. During the week just past (piite a number of the mcmbciM have made hurried visits here, but these visits evidently had some quiet purpose in view, as the members were very little seen by the public after their arrival. Kaeh of them was care fully taken in charge by the Isomers of some of the candidates for senator, and little time was spent in actual sight seeing. As has been the case from the start, the Thompson forces are doing the best organized work, and the Thompson headquarters, which are in active charge of Itrad Slaughter, present a busy appearance. The Thompson men claim now to be confident of success, saying they will lead from tlie start, and will win out inside of two weeks. In the mean time llayward, LainberLson and Field have been continuing their visits over the state and each seems to feel much encouraged, llayward was here today for a shot time, and while he made no claims, one who is very close to him said tonight that the judge would lead in the race and that Lainliertson would come next, with Thompson ranking third in tlie number of votes. This claim is cumhattcd by the Thompson workers, and it is not known that Lambert son himself would put an estimate of comparative strength in that order. Shrewd guessers on po litical a ft'airs say that from the pres ent outlook llayward and Thompson will start out about equal, with from twenty-five to thirty votes caeTf, the others being distributed among the other candidates, with Lainbertson leading the low men. Columbus Journal. FOR LADIES Queen quality Shoes tcr $3 at ttgfa MDe$ie5 . 1213 O Street. $ x H H. W. BROWN Druggist and Bookseller. , Fine Stationery and Calling Cards 127 S. Eleventh Street. PHONE e8' ' ' c V tll1l TIME IR MnvPV When you are traveling, duo con sideration enould be given to the amount of time epent in makinir your journey. B J The Union Pacific is the beet line and makes the faBteet time by many hours to Salt Lake City, Portland and Cali! forni6 pointB. For time tables, folders, illustrated books, pamphlets descriptive of the ter ritory traversed, call at City Office. 1044 O E. B Slobson; Gen. Agont, 'I 4