Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 7, 1886, Page 4

" el Van Wyck ~pinion of the b DAILY BEE. OMANA OFFICE, No.wis AND 018 FARNAM ST, NEw YORK OFFICE, ROOM 65, TRIBUNE BUTLDING Wasminarox Orvice, No. 513 Founrmeesti St | Published every morning, exeapt Sunday. The | only Monday morning paper published m the state. TERMSE BY MATL: . $10.00 Three Months 5.00One Month. . ©n One Yenr.... 1.00 Eix Month Tre WeRKLY DEE, Publishod Every Wednesany. TERNS, POSTPALL One Year, with premium One Yenr, without premiuim 8ix Months, without premium One Month, on trial £2.00 CORRESPONDENCR? ANl communieations relating to_news and di- torinl m 1 be addressed to the Epi TOR OF NESS LRTTERS: ATl b tiness 1otters and remittances ehould be nadsessed 1o THE BEE ASHING COMPANY, OMan postoffice orders the order of the company. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY, PROPRIETORS F. ROSEWATER. BpITOR. THE DAILY BEE. Sworn Statement of Circulation. State of Nebraska, ], o County of Donglas. | : N. P. Feil, cashicr of the Bea Publishing company, docs soleninly swear that the ac- tual cirenlation of the Daily Bee for the woeek ending June 4th, 1896, was as follows: Saturday, 20th Monday, 31st Tuesday, 1st Wednesda, Thursday, Friday, ath Average. B N. P, FEIL. Sworn to and subseribed before me, this 5l day of June, A. D. 185, Siyoy J. FIsnen, Notary Publio. N. . Feil, being first duly sworn, deposes and says that hie is cashier of the Bee Pub- lishing company, that the actual average daily circulation'of the Daily Bee for tl month of January, 1%, was 10,378 copie: for February, 15 copies; for Marol 1886, 11,537 copies; for April, 1856, 12,191 coples; tor May, 188, 12.-0:;*”02‘!«3' N. P, FEIT. Sworn to and subseribed before me this Srd day ot June, A. D, 1556, Sioy J. Fisien, Notary Pubiie. PRESIDENT ARTHUR has received a of the Cleveland wedding cake. Ours has not yet arrived Tre next time a murder or a_ burgls is committed in Omaha and the Ber prints the s with the names of the eriminals, the brilliant genius who edits the Herald in the absence of Dr. Miller will call upon the Bie to file written charges against the murderer or burglar in the courts, in order to give the case a legal status, AND now tnere is a dispute between Mr. Blaine and the shorthand reporter of his Portland speech as to what he actually said about Lord Salisbury and the Irish problem. Mr. Blaine is busily trying to explain away his denunciation of Salis- bury as “brutal,” but the stenographer sticks to his report and insists that his re better than Mr. Blaine’s mem S alifornia’s wheat crop ex- 0,000,000 bushels. This year the estimates pla it at 60,000,000. The haye the deck in the wheat pit, and the days of dollar wheat scem a long time off. As a matter of fact, India and the Danube now regulate the pri of wheat in the markets of the world with cheap labor to harvestthe crop and cheap transportation to carry it from the field to the grane ALL the ds ot New York state are compelled by a law of 1885 to place automatic couplers on every new freight car after July 1, and a great many in- ventions of the sort are to be tested atthe yards of the Central at Eust Albany the 10th inst., after which the railroad com- missioners will recommend the best. There is a handsome fortune in store for the inventor who produces an automatic ear coupler which will secure perfect safety combined with durability and cheapnes WHEN the president returns to the white house he will have to take off his cout and make up for the lost time of the honeymoon. Secretary Lamont reports the accumulation of mail something fear- ful. Every oftice sccker has striven to bring his name ohce more before the at- tention of the chief exccutive by sending a dispatch congratulating the president upon his wedding. The presentstied up, eaged and boxed, comprise everything from a copy of the civil service act to a British bulldog. Panrries who have been led to believe that the charges against Auditor Babeock bave been inspired by partiality for State Senator Paul, who has a grievanc against Babeock, are very much mistak: en. Our course with regard to Babceock springs from no personal or political mo- tive. It is purely in the interest of good wwvernment, without regard to personal ling or political effeet, With Mr. Bab: cock as a man wo have no unfriendly re- lations, With Auditor Babeock as ». state officor we denl as we would with any other official who hus stepped beyond the beundaries of the law, and proved him- solf unfit to guard the portals of the treas- wry. Mr. Paul has not sought to influence our action, and if he had attenpted it he would have fuiled. As 0 matter of fact we do not tnke any more stock in Mr. Paul than we do in 1. K. Valentine, BENATOR VAN Wyck koeps adding to his recond o ayas a fearless fouder of the rights of the produce the west and an unsparving assailant of thq wrongs perpetrated on the people by gorporate monopolics. He 1s winning lden laurels of praise from such lead &]u\u‘m\ls of the country as tho Now York Times, Chieago T'ribune and Phila delphia Record for us brave hght in the senate for such measures as his land grant forfoiture bill, and the ralroad land tax bills, while his position upon all allied Questions is consi t with his profes slons of devotion to the intere which he so ubly represents. Ger is an able, inteili t and educated exponent of the best country on topies of gionn) as well as of local interest., His woice and voto are heard and felt in the aliscussion and setticment of issues which eall to their foet the ablest dekaters of nd the seunator from Jly holds his own best. The backers of the basswood - statesmen. who are aoxions to rattle around in the Vau ¥an Wyck broguns are cordislly invited trot out their candidates for insp '&n. BSenator Van Wyck's frionds will Mot shrwk comparisou. ts against the THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: MONDAY, JUNE 7. 1880. Shonld Fite Specific Oharges. The Brr states that its editor in person in- formed Governor Dawes of the derelictions and malteasance of Auditor Babeock, There | would, therefore, seem to be no reason why the same accusant should neglect to file charges in writing and thus give the matter alegal status. The Herald stands ready to second any movement to cject a dishonest official. Tt is, therefore, anxions to see the editor of the Bre get down to business and cease bulldozing. — Herald. The Beg neither asks nor expects the Herald to second any effort it may make to dislodge dishonest public officials. Its course on Auditor Babcock’s crooked work is in accord with the record which that paper has made in the past. Reform at the state capital will never be seconded by the Herald when it affects anybody who has warrants to issue for job print- ing or has authority to let the contracts for which that paper is a competitor, It is only when an official has lost his head that the Herald is willing to join in reforming his oftice, and that only when thereis a possibility of making political capital out of it for the monopoly wing of the Ne- braska democracy To get down to business. It is absurd to ask the editor of a paper to act as pub- lic informer in the courts or st capr- wls. The people hire un attorney gen- cral to do this work. The people expect governors to supervise exceutive depart ments and to see to it t the laws are faithfully executed by each officer. When ance was governor he did not wait for editor to file written against Auditor Leidtke *‘in give the matter alegal status.”” When it came to his know » that Leidtke had failed to pay over the fees of his oflice into the state treasury as required by the constitution he suspended him by the neck, politieally speaking, and the attor- ney general at once took steps to recover the money. Governor Sherman, of Iowa, last year suspended the auditor on charges of malfeasance, although no od tor had filed a written complant. Goy- ernor Dawes cannot plead the baby in this instance. The charge that Balb cock had violated the laws in retaining funds which he has no right to receive or handle and had signed warrants which he had no right to issue was made in the most widely circutated paper in the state over its editor’s signature. If thischarge was true the governor had only one thing to do ana thai was to suspend the delinquent ofticial and designate a successor to take charge of the ofice. Anything less than that is shirking his sworn duty. The facts stated by the editor of the Bee remain undenied. The only excuse offered, comes throu the court organof Lincoln which has its only mission the detense of jobbery and the division of political spoits. Its version of the auditor’s misdemeanor is decidedly gauzy. The nuditor, we are told, has only done what others have done before lim with regard to handling and retain- ing fees and he has a right to be a unto himself with regard to issuing wa rants on an appropriation authorized by the legisluture, Tt 1s hardly necessary to recall the fact that the supreme court has passed upon the right of a state oflicer to han- dle and retain fees. The decision of the court is of record and leaves no loophole of escape from the plain mandate that the fees must be paid into the treasury before any officer can perform an act for which fees are payable. Every oflicer but the auditor has complied with this order. The governor himself has obeyed it and ho certainly will not dare to de- fend or excuse its yiolation. It is preposterous to claim that the auditor has a right to issue warrants on a levy which is not yet made. In this case it was not simply issuing warrants on a fund for a specific appropriation limited in amount, but it was issued on the proceeds to be derived from an unknown quantity of state tax which depends upon the aggregate of the assessments, The legislature did not approp a given sum to be paid ‘ over to the contractor of the capitol building, but they have authorized the state to levy a half mill tax for two years in suc- on on vhe grand assessment roll of Now if the auditor had the $20,000 in warrants on right to issue §200.000 which, of course, would mako an overlap and subject him to severe penaltie It the issue of $200,000 is an unlawful act the issue of $20,000, which he has made 1s equally unlawful. There 18 only one way to insure pe safety in the management of state afl and that is to hold cvery oflicer strictly within the bounds of the law. It is the duty of the governor to enforce the laws and see that they arc faithfully executed. In doing this he should know ncither friend nor foe. From a party standpoint he is even more responsible and culpable. ‘The dominant party is in honor bound to give the poople honest government. It can only keep its skirts elean by enfor ing a high stundard of oflicial integrity. It must give no occasion to its politi enemics for charges of corruption, even at the sacrifice of public men whom it has honored, This is the platform on whicl we have always stood as a republican newspaper, and it should be the platform from which the party fights and wins its battles order to as Welcome Rains, Four days of soaking rains iu western Nebraska have once more driven the croakers to their holes. A week ago there was a chorus of predictions of drouth, New scttlers were frightoned with the old stor; at range land could nover be turned into farms und visitors were told that “claims could he bought for a song” before sutumn lengthened into winter, ‘The tune bas changed now. erops which were drooping wock ) are now tlourishing with u soil soaked wiln moisture, and br g and plant- ing are progressing throughout the whole section, Reports show that the aren of rains ex- tended not only over the entire western part of this state, but also over Colorado and Eastern Wyoming. ‘The rainfall this year is now brought up to the average of the three preceding for the spri months. Nobraska is a great agricultural state, Uhe weifare of her farmers is the pros- ty of ull other classes of her citizens, ory distributing center watches e ports with scarcely less ) -mining camps soan the woek- bulletinus of ore outputs. Fears outh, of rust, of imumred crops, ex- avorable.influence in all of es.and towns, The veports of the Growing anxiety iv of d erei our op | late rains are therefore good news not only in the farming regions west, but in the towns which they assist in maintain- ing. There is to be no return to the great American desert this year at least. Croakers and prophets of evil can wager on that safely and surely. Shifting the Respousibility. The Brk will,1f slens fail not, soon be throwing the responsibility for tho attack on Auditor Babeock upon the shoulders of Sen- | ator Paul and thence upon his backer Valen- | tine.~IHerald. Dr. Miller shonld have been consulted before this paragraph was written. That veteran reader of the Bk knows that this paper is not in the habit of shifting re- sponsibility for its opinions upon any shoulders ontside of its own editorial rooms. In this it differs somewhat from several of its esteemed contemporarics The charges made by the B inst Auditor Babcock were the result of per- sonal investigation by its editor. They wore made over his own signature. And they sull stand unchallenged Has or has not H. A, Babeock, in defi- ance of a constitutional proviso and in disobedience of a decision rendered in the case of his predecessor by the su- preme court, illegally collected and re- tained in his own possession sev thou- sand dollars of money belonging to the state of Nebraska and which should have been covered into its treasury? Did or did not Auditor Babeock, con- trary to law, make an_overdraft of many thousand dollars on the state treasury, drawn on a levy which, under law, was not Iable at the time and would not not be for months to come? These are the two simple and leading questions which the BEg put to the gov week ago. They constitute our anst the auditor. Will Gov- give them a few moments wluable time? ernor of his SAvs the Herald: *The B talk stand-pipe for the city water works Has the frequent s to Nebraska of Mr. George Morgan, of Chicago, tho great and ouly stand-pipe maker, had any poteney in this connection?’ We have never seen or heard of Mr. George Morgan, of Chicago, but if he is ‘‘the atand only stand-pipe maker,” we wve no doubt that he could promptly furnish required facilities for providi the exposed high portions of Omaha with the f protection demanded by the residents. Stand-pipe distribution 1s sug gested as the most feasible, but any other plan which will give a safe and steady pressure above the roof tops, eresting Omalia's hills, will be gratefully appre ciated. begins to SECRETARY Layar and Commissioner Sparks have decided that while congress is in session the land oflice has no power to pend the operation of national statute Accordingly the order of June 2d has been revoked. Sceret La cvidently misses Attorney Jenks, who acted a brake on the cighty-horse. power cngine which is doing powerful work in the oflice of tl mmeral land commissioners. Land entries will thery fore continue to be made mtil congry repeals or ameids the existing laws. WiEN the Brk suggested that Omaha should combine prety with business and secure Sam Jones for a fall atwraetion, it had no idea that it would stir up such a hornets’ nest in the newspaper sanctums of the cit; Even the clergymen of Omaha have taken sides on the issue of Jones or no Jones and are debating the question with a yigor which is most praiseworthy for the heated term. Sam Jones is high-priced, but business men clsewhere believe that he is full value for the money. Mg, EvcrLip MArTI absence from the city gave the opportunity of a life time to the chicef of the *“‘packing house” faction of the democracy. We imagine that Mr. Martin will have several re marks to make in reply to the Herald attack when he brushes the dust of a long journey off his jeans. ads the newspaper proces- sion in this section of the west. See the circulation aflidavit at the head of this i Weare still waiting for our es- teemed contemporaries to follow suit. Mgz, Sinpson, the ex-trensurer of Otoe county. who was arrested in this ¢ for 2. $50,000 shortage, should have gone to Canudu instead of coming to Omaha, ThE B DI », the gentleman knot at the white house wed- that Cleveland is an earnest Good for Cleve! Dr. Su who tied th ding, Cl n. WueN Miss Folsom was homeward bound on the rolling deep she wrote » little story. Her next literary effort will probably be a big book. In case Mr. Blaine is nominated for the presidency in 183 Lie will not get the English vote. 1ne Herald says Gardner must go. It seems thav we have heavd that before. TORS AND CO S19) GRESSMEN, Senator Falr ot California sent fitteen boxes of cut flowers to be placed on Grant's tomb, Senator Logan has promised to attend the Grand Army reunion in San Francisco next Auzust. Senator Fair is said to be tired of public life, and ex-Senator Stewart is bent on cap- turing his seat, 1t is thought that *Objector” Holman will vo renominated for congress at Greensburg Ind., on the 16th inst, no doubt thit Congressman Davis y in the field for There s of Massachusetts is sa Senator Dawes' seat. 1t i3 stated that Mr Hearst, California’s new senator, addressed the president at their fivst meeting as “my dear young man.” Senator Morill amends Senator Platt's open exccutive session resolution by apply- ing to it reciprocity treaties instead of now- inations, Representative McKinley, of Ohio, is al- luded to as being in his personal appearance a counterfeit presentment of the first Na- poleon, ‘Thie average weight of the United States senators now in Washington is 175 pounds, though it would take twenty Mahones to inake a ton, Senator Ingalls has written an article for tho North American Review presenting bis views lo fayor of changing inauguration day from March 4 to April 50, Senator Hale has introduced a bill making the impeding or obstruction of railroads ex- copt by legal process, a crime punishable by fine and imprisoument. Senator McPherson, of . New Jersey, 1s & tall, thin-faced man with a Roman nose, overhanging browe, heavy iron-gray mus- tache, with a tinge of &ilver in it. Senator Edmunds was appointed in 1865 to succeed Senafor ¥oote, deceased. The appointment was first bffered to ex-Governor Smith, who declined it, and is now talked of as Mr. Edmunds’ most formidable opponent for the next term. Congressman Cobb, now serving his fifth term from Indiana, will not be returned. He is one of the handsomest men in the honse, and is ehairman of the committee on public lands. His districts complained that e did not give enough attention to local interests. Mr. Brown, one ‘of {he (eorgia senators, used to be the best shot with a squirrel rifle in the south. His fatlher would give him twelve bulle squirre And mind ye,” the old man would add, *lot the holes wo through their tarnal heads.” Ouce Robert Toombs chal- lenged Brown to fight a duel, and besought the latter to name the weapons. “Squirrel rifles,” said Brown to the second who bore the message. But nothing furthier was heard from Toombs, ——— Not So Numerons asThey Were, Chicago Herald. The number of Miss Folson's uncles shrank wonderfully when the wedding invi- tations were issued, — - Killed, and Ought to Be Buried. Phitadetphia Press. The plain fact is that the administration has Killed the ciyil service act and Mr. Ran- dall wants to have the corpse buried. —be No Fear of Their Return, Albany Times, In case of war with Canada it is to be hoped that the patriotism of the American colony at Montreal will prevent them from returning home, - - Prohibition and High License. New York Sun, We believe the prohibitionists to be wholly wrong in their theory and that high license is the correct and rational solution of the liquor question, - No Show for anybody Else. Phitadelphin Times. Now that Lozan has written abook and an arbitration bill, ton, it is hard to sce how any- body else can have the nerve to ask for the presidential nomination. e A Dandy Newspaper Man, Kansas City Time: Mike Sheridan was something of a news- paper man in his day, but he was small pota- toes as compated with Dan Lamont. If Mr. Cleveland s shrewd he will dispense with Ben Folsom on that European tour and stick to Dan. Seill, They Want to Make a Comparison, ) Clevcland Leader. The park commissioners of New York city want to spend £5,000 for a big rhinoceros. The object probably is to show their constitu- ents that there are more *orn " looking creatures in the world than Gotham politi- cians, . A Seasonable Hint. Chicuy Herald. Eleven Saratoza tyunks, contat outfit of the winte hofise bride, are sug- gestive of the faet that if the wives and daughters of the Jacksonians intend to cut much of a figure dubing the next social sea- son, the time to hive dressmakers ha ed. ing the pES T When the Circus Cum to Town. James A, Davks. o You kin talk o' your circuses nowads Al your railroad shows, and sich, A’ the wondertul things fhe riders do, AN’ your mana gittin’ rich, teh lin” down, ul the village green, When the circus eum to town. I remember well i Longz afore the break o’ d. An’ how one *d collar a waterin® pail An’ tother a buuch of hay An’ with earryin’ water an’ An’ doin’ odd jobs aroun’, Weall stood in fer a topmost seat When the cireus cum to town. v we'd seamper out edin’ th hay Aw’ I can’t foreit how my heart’d thump At the sudden turns they made, As we stood an’ watched 'em drive in line Fer the -daily street parade.” AW T think how we'd ali fall in benind A foller em all aroun’, Till my lieart beats fast as it used to do Wheh the cireus cum 10 town. I kin see them rings on the village green, With the sawdust 'roun’ inside, An the llun e on the top o' the elephant's ok, Wher' the hiammedins used to ride. Lkin hear the " the master’s whip, An’ the shri striped clown, As we set on the highest seat an’ lafed, When the cireus cum to town, An’arter the show was done we'd stan’ Aroun’ where the hucksters bake, AN’ i silence gaze with hungry eyes At the chunks o' ginger e “These things come back an’ th trvin to keep ’em down. Wiy, Lnever thought o' doin’ thef When the cireus cum to town, 7 - A Match Story, Chicago Tribune. argest mateh factory in the United , situated at Akron, Ohio, turns out 010,000 matches in one day when run to its full capacity. That enormous pro- duction gives one mateh to every man, woman and child in the country and is very far from supplying the total con- sumption of the people, every one of whom is just now deeply interested in the result of the presidential mat mak- ing, at Washington. Things in this par- ticular are very diffcrent from what they in the days which our older readers well remember, One needs not to be s adyanced in years to recollect the tinder-box, with its accompaniment of flint and steel, which together found aboutthe only means known for literally Ustriking o light,”” except the still more “““'ll““‘ { one of rubbing two sticks together or the use of the burning- The brimstone match was then only kind known,,unless that one sionally sge & phosphorus bot 'd a5 a scientilic curlosity, And these brimstone days separated “nights that could be artificially lighted up only by the tallow dip or thé oil lamp. No as, muceh less elec Fio light, to turn the night into day and s worunmml the seripture injunetion to “Work while it is , beeause the night ¢ometh when no man can work.”” The match was then a something to be taken ¢ of, not so much on account of its danger as because it cost | money even when the house-holder bought his brimstone at’ the store, cut up the wood with his s:\rl; knife and ain’t nouse shores s, the made his own matehe: And he was nerally the one to’us¢ them, the abil ity to ignite the tinder and then to evolve a flame from it, being gained only by patent effort which the boys were not credited with, The intelhgent grand- father of to-day can tell o the children of a great many radical changes that have oecurred since he was a boy, but in no direction has he more room for the exercise of his deseriptive powers than in the effort to enlighten the juvenile mind by letting it know w a tlood of art 1 light has been thrown upon the world within the compass of a single lifetime. A Labor Agitator Locked Up. MILWAUKEE, June 5.—KRobert Schilling, the labor agitator, returned from Cleveland last night, and presented himself at the sher- if’s oftice for arrest this morning, saving he understood he wanted undet an indict went. Two caplases were sead biw - aud- hio was logked upy | would make | been born. and tell him to bring in twelve | Hoffman's Vindloation. On my roturn from Chicago Satur day night my attention was called to the following semi-editorial arti- cle which appeared in the Lincoln Journal on Thursday: For a year or so the Hov. F. Rosewater has | been assuring the public through the Bex, which has a large circulation, and through his mouth which has a circulation both larger and louder. that when the case of J. M. Hoffman against him for libel came up he Hoftman wish he had never He would show that Hoffman did steal that horse as alleged beyond any vossible question, All he wanted was a chance, He was hot with impatience to get into court with his witnesses and depe sitions. He could hardly restrain himse 10 wait for the regular term of court. 1off- man was a villain wno ought to be exposed 1o the public, and wlhen the trial of the case came on Mr. Rosewater would present an act of extirpation on Hoffman that would dis- count St. George and the dragon. Time moved as slow to Mr. Rosewater astoa groom expectant, The case was reached on_ the court docket- yesterday, The plaintiff was ready and eager. The counsel for M Rosewater pleaded the most trifling technicality and sent the ease over to the next term of court. Notwithstanding he had ransacked the country from Chadron to Little Rock, and published columns of depo- sitions in the Bk, Rosewater slunk out of the encounter like a_double-dyed poltroon. The case will never come to trial. At the next term of court some other dodge will be sprung, and so on tillthe end of time, Venue aflidavits will e their turn, witnesses will be sick, die or remove from the state, all the tedious and costly delays so intricately interwoven with the allesed structure of law will be interposed, and the slanderer will zo unpunished so long as he can pay for expe- dients, And this is the arrogant fellow who only hungered for a ehance to prove what he had printed. Bah! Heisonly a cowardly and evasive liar, who would ‘thrust a poisoned baro into an innocent and unsuspecting victim and then flee from the consequences like a sheep-killingdoz. He would be buried beneath public contempt but that he inhavits a moral abyss over which contempt tioats like a balloon. Ths, 1 take it, is intended to vindicate John Milton Hoffman and justify Gov- ernor Dawes in - continuing Hoflinan in the confidential relation of priva tary. The reflections upon and physical courage will hardly set Mr. Hoftman right in the esteem of the pub- lic. Mr, Hoflmans champion, who hurls such epithets as “double-dyed pol- troon,” “liar” and “‘coward,’’ 1s a mise able Hessian from Alabama, who sought to destroy his country, and, having failed, has hired limself to a republican_organ to shoot poi oned barbed rows from behind™ the ambush at honest democrats and decent republicans, who donot consort with horse-thieves, political highwaymen and plunderersof the state treasury. While stabbing nis_ own party for mere gain, this cheap hireling has” been a standing applicant for some oflice_at the hands of the democt It is eminentiy betitting for this Alabama bushwhacker to impugu my bravery and moral courage. He 1s the fivst man who has dared to do so in all the tifteen years of my newspaper carcer, 1t is the first time, too. that an, hody s charged me with rul ning from a fight. Those who know me intinately will know better witho denial on’my part. liere are, however, some people who might be nusled into the beliet” that T have backed down from my position in the Hoflman case because | f to sustain my charge. 1 be some w willing to belic HolMman tim of malicious libel, and the governor—who upholds him—s man who does not elevate adventurers into positions of gi ponsibilit; slass 1 will bri ite the facts e: 2 reasons why the t did not come ofl’ ut this term of court 18 notorious that th Hoffiman was publi mids bogus robl during the session of the ; The story about Hoffman's theft of a horse hail been given me some months previons, but I only made it public when became impressed that he was likely to have been a party to the plot of the state treasury robbery. The man was, in my mind, capable of such a crime, and T publicly ~ warned the governor as I deemed it my duty to do. .1 did not per- sonully eall on the governor because my relations with him were unfriendly. The day after this was published I went to Lincoln and faced Hoffman and his back- ng the chances of assauits or The only step Hofflman took was toscout the very idea through the Lincoln Journal, ronounced the B S e, up by ithout a shadow of foundation. I reiterated my charge, giving the de- ails about the horse theft as reluted to me by the owner, Mr. Barnes. Before doing this I had en the precaution to have Barnes relate the whole story in the presence of a withess. No notice wh. over was taken of my open lette: man no longer denicd absolutely, did at first, that he ever ran with a norse, but admitted t he had disposed of a horse whi ing for Barnes, the excuse being that he was compelled to do so because Barnes failed to send him money and he was des. titute. This story was gencrally pred at Lincoln as trie until tho libel suit was brought ten months after I had given pub- licity to the charge. Without waiting for the “trinl, 1 at once took steps to es- the facts by taking deposi- Those depositions leave no stand- ing room for Hoffman. 1 have proved by M rnes 4 he owned a e which Hoflman borrowed and failed to return I have shown by the swme witness that Hoflinan had no uthority to sell the horse, and when brought” to time he gave his note to puy for the horse, insisting, however, upon a written promise that Barnes would not prosceuto bim erimiually. 1 have show by the deposition of Oweén Evaus, form of Lancuster coun! d to seil him the horse twenty-two miles of Li which made Evans s )ect at onca that the horse was stolen, The pretense HoMnan made was it was too cold for him to ride. ‘T'his completely demolishes Hoflinan's story that he was obiiged to sell the horse down south, when he was i distress Barnes gave him $35 in money when he started out of Lincoln, and the rascal of fered to sell the horse before he faivly out of town. It it was too cold to ride, why did he not leaye the horse at Firth and notify Barnes to send fqr himy 1 hiave shown by the de tion of He that Hoffman was in jail in Pieres (€ Missours, th months after ke left 1 coln, on charge of hovse steal- i to - the Sprin Mo papers. Barnes t that he ordered him released, alled him and compelled ettle. Holfman may he avery | man now, but thisis his record, | s 1o wiping it out Lhe case was set for tvial i term and the date on the docket 27. Hoffman's | S D to put in un answer wi 0 rules, postponed the ease | on hand promptly v tried then und ‘th i W that Hoffman had 1 y wdvan His backers were 1w iiproper ence to defeat the ends of justice. had done their utmost to preyent Barnes from telking the trath. Johu R, Clarke, for instance, who knew Holt 1y deputy sheriff that Hoffan ¢ at Firth, withi coln, for a pri the srding Lonest and there the as May Iy failed ler the il { millions wian’s horse tatnp, because ve discountod his note for the horse, was holding a club over Barnes® head in the shape of a mort- gage and tightening the thumb-screws Hoffman was made private secretary by Governor Dawes for Clarke's benefit, and it was but natural that Clarke would hate to loose such a useful tool. Lknew that an officer of the court had sought to pursuade Owen 1s not to testify, and Hoffman'’s lawyers had tried invain to tamper with my witnesses I knew that the court itself was unfriendly and the surroundings were all in favor of Hoffman, but I determined to take all the chances, confident that Hoffman counld not get twelve men, no matter how prejudiced, to award him damages for a reputation which nobody could dams had rone to the expense of bringing Owen vans all che y from Chadron. He 1d other witnesses remained with me at Ancoln for four days after the day set, but the tinally had to go over be canse there was no chance to try it at this term. Other 's had oceupied the court until the criminal docket was called, which, as [ was told, would ta the balance of the term. All th was known not only to Hoffman and_ his lawygers, but to the hireling on the Lin coln Journal, wha has taken the job of whitewashing Hoffman by blackwashing me. If my course shows any backaown or cowardice, or if it vindicates Hoffian in any way he and his patron and part- ner, Governor Dawes, are at liberty to make the most of it. K. ROsEwATER. — Refanding for ¥ Cleveland Lea In view of the extremely low price of agricultural products the ownerof a farm who puts a new mortgage on it for any ordinary purpose is very rash. He may have good reason to believe that outla, in barns, machinery other improve- ments would be a great convenienee and considerably increase the productive capacity of his favm, but the nard fact remhins that few farms are now paying more than a small interest on th and that unless the money which he mightinvest in buildings, stock, or tools added to the yield of his land enough to return a f; te per cent upon the sum s0 expended it would only inerease the difficulty of making hoth ends meet. Al- dy the farmers of the United States burdened with a mentably he: load of debt and their interest paymen out of proportion to their pres possibilities for making money. In many parts of the west and southwest they are still paying 8 and 10 per cent on old” mortg: amply secured, and all over the countr of interest on farm debts are, in many instances, higher than those paid by other borrowers who give no better § y. A western banker has well said that the most profit- able business connected with agriculture was the loaning of money to farmers,and observation in almost any section will show that the village money lender is very apt to get rich while the farmers whom he accommodates do not. Ata time when money is vainly se i vestment in all tinancial cent tremely low rates of interest and several i ot lmmlfif ng 8 per cent or less i eagerly purchased, such a state of thing The query is prompte £ whetner it is not feasible for farmers to follow the example of states, municipalities, and the United States government and refund a large part of their mdchtedness with great advantage to their Yinancial con dition. Ther » various reasons why the law of supply and demand has been s0 unsatisfactory in lowering rates upon farm mortgage: In many eases the trouble has been muunty inertia on the part of the farmer. If he were to bor- TOW money on a new mortgage he would make a_diligent eflort to get it possible,but he goes on pay- e of interest upona mort- @age given when the of pri I 1l around, and sces no rhtening the burden of interest cha with wheat s nts a busnel, which properly belongs to the time wi his grain sold at twice that price. Another cause of the high rates is that an insur- ance company, savings bank or other financial institution having large sums to loan finds it diflicult to invest money in farm mortgages without scattering its loans so much that the expense and trouble of lookihg after them is toe great to be willingly incurred. The ta bringing together the buyer and selle to speak, has been too diflicult, and it is possible for farmers to lighten their in- terest burdens they can best do so b combining to ier for the bo rower to dex J cheap money to lend. If the thrifty, pro- gressive farmers of a western town- Ship or county, who are pay interest on mortgages, should org: enough to appoint one of the most awake and trustworthy of their number to act for them all, and send him to ov of the money centershe might, by givin one company or capitalist all the mort- gages of th tion represented, and thereby making it easy to wateh the in- vestment, perhaps refund hundreds of thousands of dollars at a rate from 2 to v cent less than his neighbors now It wounld at least be gratifying to s the experiment tried ‘on a large seale. If 1t should succeed the result would be the saving cyery year of of dollars to the farmers of the ners, ‘Zos, United S Destructive Five. ScorTDALE, Pa., June 5.—A fire broke out here about 3 ast night, and was not checked until it had consumed eight business houses, and a number of otheis were torn down to stay its progress, T lire was caused by the explosion of & lamp in the hands of a little git] in the Enterpriso stofe. Total loss, 520,00, ‘Lhe litile i tho Junip s wissing, and it is supposed she por- ished i the flanes, - One of the liremon fell Troin a two story lionse and was badly hurt, i 4 on Snnday. Lo . commons, in mittee, a: stevenin by @ vote ol 115 to 100, to an amendinent to the sele of Sunday salo of lig bill, providimg for closing of publie lguor on ! thronghout England, except in Lotdo its suburbs, Closing 8§ com- 1y and Catarrh to Consumption. 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