Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 15, 1886, Page 4

FHE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TIRME OF aUn Daily (Morniae Rattion) o Bep, One Year For Bix Moutbs For Theeo Momths The Omsha Swnday ek, muiled to any nddross, Ono Year. .. QUATA OFFICM. Xo. #14 AND 918 FARYAM Sretery NEW YORK OFvicR. Rgos N T WASHINGTON OFVICH NO. 311 MIPTION ¢ lading Sunday Sei00 | 500 | 260 200 COTRRAPONENGE: All communtentions relating to news torial maiter shoaid be addrossed w the TOK OF THE DER RUSTNRSS LRTTRRSE nd remittances shonld ba ANY, and ed Eul ks A0 postof 0 be mads payable to 1o ort THE BEE PUBLISHING CONFANY, PROPH) Fof the 6ompuny, ET0RS, THE DAILY BEE. Bworn Btatement of Ciroulation. State of Nebrask: County of Dougla Geo. 1, Taneliuck secrotary ot the Bee Pib- lishine cowpany, does soiemniy swear that the actual circulution of the Daily Beo for the week wnding Sept. 10th, 1886, was as follows: Date, Saturday, 4 Euvening Arorning Edition, Biitim, Total, ¢ 1 Y, Tth Wednoday. sib, Thursday, k.. Friday, 10th, Average. .. 6,850 Gro. B. T78CHUCK. Bubscribed and_sworn to before me this 11th day of Sept., 1550, N. P. Fir [SEAL.! Notary Public. Ueo. B, ‘Tyschnek, being first duly sworn, de- oses nnd says that he is secretary of the Bee Publishing egmpany. that tho actunl qvorase daily circulation of tha Daily Bee for the month of Jannary, 1%, was 10, mpln. m.um for March 15, 10 wne, , 1 itor quy. 1886, 12,514 copies for August, 156, 12,464 eopic Go, I Tzscmuek. Subseribed and sworn to before me, this 4th day of Seph., A. D, 1550 & b, ¥ P, FEIT, I Notary Publie. By all means let Geronimo be tried by court-martisl. Court-martials are organ- {zed to conrice. —— Tue American hog is looming. He lm risen in valne ome dollar in two This makes the Nebraska farmer smile. S——— Axiv all the eonfusion of European politics the one fact that stands cut clearly is the impotenoa of English influ- ence in the eouneils of continental states. Evenr eounty eonvention shovld de- clare itseif either for or against the sub- mission of tIio senatorial issue to the pop- ular vote. There should be no half-way business. Tuke frantte efforta of the democratic boodle organ o save discerd in the ranks of republicans by oharging treachery where there is no evidence of treachery Wwill not pan ové worth a cent. Tie work of the Douglas county pri- maries on next Friday will consolidate the business of the canvass ito nfew hours. Every republican voter should see to 1t that his vote t recorded. Tae senatorial issue is whether Ne- braska is to be represented at Washing- ton by an honest, ablo and fearless sena- tor of national reputation, or whether tho confederated monopolies are to fill his place by a basswood statesman. S DovGLAS eonnty must see to it that her legistativo dedegation is of the proper calibre. The largest county in the state containing tbe largest city should domand only the best men to guard her interests and secure legistation required by hor growth and development. Crmizens of Omaha, whose interests have been carefully guarded at Washing- ton by General Van Wyck, owe it to themselves to see that his place 1s not filled by a senator ignorant of their wants and without influence enough to securo attention for their interests. Cavrcn Hown ekipped down to Line coln on Monday for & few hours to date his bombastie manifesto from the state capital 50 as to ereate the impvession that hie was not in Omaka Monday organizing primaries. He will be back presently with some more boodle to distribute amoux purchasable voters. ProsipeENy Jony Frrzcerap, who protests that be i mo orator, proposes to lot o bottor arater spoak for him. He has purchased ¥0,000 eopies of Mr. Giad- stone's paphles om home rule for free _ distribution swmeng American land deagues, Mv. Wiengerald is modest, but | 'ho promises o make » most valuable and wefliciont sucosmey to Patrick Fgan as president of the mational league. ———— M. Pannueas is not idle in commons. His lana hill whioh has been promised a ehance for disenssion by Lord Randolph, ‘Churchill, has alveady split up the organ- lizadion of the enemies of home rule, and jpremises to creade consternation among the liberal unionists when it comes up for debate. The clause whick proposes to stop oviotions 1 kely to he defeated ‘by a very small majority, if it is defeated at all, Tur altention of the people of Ne- werning Churoh Howe’s rebate bonanza it North Aubura. He sccured a rebato for North Awburn stock shippers who sont their steek to Kansas City, and then robbod them of halt of tho rebate. The South Auburn stock shippers, who were working in the mterast of Nebraska Uity, id not have any rebates. Mr. Howe for the sako of five dollars & car, whickh went anto his own pooket, worked against Nebraska City wnd in favor of Kansas NPRAL Van Wyek declined 1o talk politics in his lecture before the Catholic Kuoights of Ameries at West Point, und wur Cuming coundy dispatches note that thore was some disappointinent in conse- sguence. The seautor will deubtless find wecasion to meet with the people of Cum dug county later in the campaign to dis- ouss the issues of the hour. His visit to West Point on Monday was oue of com- wliment 1o » great benevolent organiza- tion aud the senater very properly de- wlined o introduce politics in a non-poli- ‘tioal gutherag. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: Ohmrch Howe as a *Middlema: Inanother column we present an affi it showing up the raseality of Charch we 1n his relations with the stock ship- pers and farmers of Nomaha county. His connections with the Missouri Pacific | railroad enabled him to put up a very neat scheme to feather his own nest by rot his home. Seeuring a $10 rebate on every ear of live stock shipped trom North Auburn Kansas Qity, he went to the stock ship pers and made them believe that he had obtamned for them a rebate of only In order to get this rebate he led | them to believe that all the stock must be shipped in the name of Ghurch Howe. This was accordingly done, and in this way the wily Howe got credit for all the stook shipments. The drafts cov ering tho rebatos we srdingly sent to him, and cashing t gave to the actual shipper five dollars on_every car while be put the other five doilars in i own pocket. He detected by acei dent in his robbing game, but his vietims being poor men and entirely in his power didl not dare to say anything. It ig ve heved that Howe in this manner robbed rmers of Nemaha county out of a reat deal of money. What do the farmers county think of arrant hypocrite, who has professed such g friendship for the grangers merely for the purpose of robbing them by means of all sorts of cunning deviees? is he the man whom they wantto vepre- sent them in congress? Davthe people of this district wish to be represented by “middleman,” who neyer misses an ov- portunity to fatten his pocketbook by acting a3 & go-betyeon and botraying his own constitucncy? Teturn of the Administration. The president’s vacation will terminate to-day, and itis expeeted thas he will resunie his exeentive functians, to-mor- row. With him will return to Washing ton his sccond self, Colonel Danicl Lamont, who has been resting from his arduous duties as the chief factotum of Lhu p..-s dent, a position, it might in ice be said, for which he has shown himself possessed of peculiar and supo- rior qualifications. Nothing is more ¢ tain than that whatover fame Mr. Cleve- land shall achieve as the first oflicer ol the republic will be shs and useful private secr leader of the adnrinistfation, Secreta Whitney, who during his vacation 5 made Lenox, Mass., a society centre, that pleasant town never having expericnced before so gay a season as the Whitaeys have given it this summor, is expected {o return to the seat of governmont perhaps simultaneousiy with the president. The head of the war department, Socretary Endieott, is looked for by not a ver numerons but seleot circle at Washing- ton within a day or two following the r turn of the chief, and Postmaster Geners Vilas will probably put in an appearance at his post of duty before the week ends. Attorne General Garland, it is understood, will prolong s stay at Hominy Hill, Arkan- sas, until the first woek in October, while the date of the return of Secretary.Man- ning isuncertain, though his “sick leave'” expires on the first proximo. As to Sce- retary Loamar, who has on hand the preparation of an oration to be delivered at the unveiling of the Calhoun statuto at Charleston in November, no calculation is made respecting his going and coming. According to a Washington paper, when Lamar wants to go away, he goes, and not even the members of his family know where he has gone until be commun cates with them after he arrives at his destination; and when he wants to re- turn, he returns, without letting any one know beforehand what his intentions are. Seeretary Bayard, who has been holding the fort in his absence, will leave tho capital for a season of repose, and undoubtedly the relief will be most wel- come to lfim. Except the ealamity wrought by the earthquake, Mr. Cleveland will return from his fishing and hunting in the streams and woods of the Adirondacks to find matters very much as he left them. The *“‘goyernment at Washington still lives,” and is working smoothly and regularly in the constitutional grooves. So far can be determined from external appearances, affairs have gono along just as well without the pres- ence in Washington of the president and a majority of his cabinet as would have been tho ease if they had all remained there instead of scattoring to every part ing the stock shippers to | o ac m he g of Nemaha such an { Tow.as to aid & swindler, | fraud in bis am | backed in | Church | sures the of the country. Itis not, therefore, to be concluded that these functionuries are unuecessary, but it1s a very gratifying illustration of the almost perfect charac- ter of our governmental system and of the boundioss faith of the people whioh sustains it. DPresidents and seoretaries may goand eome at will. The people ave troubled with no anxiety respecting the welfare and security of their govern- ment s0 long as 1ts constitation and iaws are not dissegarded or violated. Beyond addressing themselves to the labor of preparing their annnal messages, the president and the heads of departments will therefore find no new demands of great importanoe upon their attention, 1f they have properly employed their vacation they ought to be sable to ro- sume their dutios with abundaut energy to continue them efliciently until the ex- piration of a twelye months shall bring another season of respit Its Truo Meauing. The Nemaha trickster muy possivly secure the nomination for congressman in the First district from the vepnblican machine. Admit it. Waat the Is thero o single republican politician of any experience who believes for one mo- ment that Church How ean sccure an eleotion? Arve Nomaha republicans so hide-bound in their allegiance to conven- tion dictates that they will throw uver- board all their seruples to support a can- didate whose best friends adnut that his record is honoycombed with corruption? What does the urgent call of the domo- eratic organ to demoerats to assist o capturing the primaries ean if it does not ean that the demoorats cousider Howe the weakest condidate that repub- lieans can nomiuate? ‘These are facts for republicans to con- sider. The struggle is now in progress to recapture congress from Bourbon control, Can Nebraska afiord to olfset republican gains elsewhere by the loss of one of her republican delegation? The fight of the Bik ageinst Howe is s contest for republican Success. It is a struggle for honesty in pofitics and for tue overthrow of trickery snd treacsery in the party ranks. We are ready to sipport any honest republican who may be nominated. But we have not sunk so dead beat and ition to attain national honors as the reward of his treachery to the party, no matter by whom he may be his effort to hoodwink the Louest voters of the First district. The issue is one of victory or defeat for the republicans of the First district How success means demo oratic suceess. His defeat means repub lican victory. ) oh Howe and Labor, Church Howe, tne politieal jumping- jack of the Missouri Pacific, comes out in cards through those two great Iabor or- gans, tho Herald and Republican, and 45 Knights of Labor that he hns always had the greatest regard for them. Jay Gould and Hoxie, who own Clure Howe, have also had the highest regard for the knights consistent with the lowest many years back Church Howo had the highest regard for the grangers and sold them oud to the highest bidder, The esteem he had for the knights will not prevent him from selling them out every time he gets a ehance. Mis regard for the workingmen of Omala wasshown down m the logisla- tarse, ¥ hen he spurned and spit upon their remonsirance His fidelity to “the inte covers many pages of the legislative record, but it is the interests of conviet labor, and particularly the inte the pernitentiary contractor, Bill He oofld always be counted at every session of the to battle for the boss of conviet Iabor, and pulling his chestnuts out of thellegislativ fire. As the friend ampion of co vict labor, Church Howe has the gallof a buzzard Lo assert at this late day that he nas ulw: en & friend of the Iaboring classes. endship of the wolf for the lamb and of the cat for the mouse is intense in comparison witi the friendship of Church Howe for the interests of hon- est labor, ests of labor™ The Result in Maine. ‘The incomplete returns from the Maine election are suflicient to determine the result in favor of the republi under the circumstances tbe victory is signal and satisfactory. The weather was propitious, the political machinery had beea put in pretty thorough eondi- tion, the activity and zeal of the leaders had touched a responsive chord in the people, and the vote polled isregarded by the chairman of the state re- publican committee as extroardi- nanly large for an off yoar. Mis figyres, however, of the probable total vote do not reach those of 188 whicl was also an off year, while accord- ing to the press computation there will be alarge reduction ompared with the vote of 1881, the loss coming chiefly from the republicans. 1t is pretty ecrtain, however, that the complete returns will show no great change ngta of the ieading @ retains a secifre place in the repub- lican column, The prohibition eause will not derive very great encouragement from the result, unless its advocates arc disposed to be thankful for small favor The prohibitionists of Maine made their fight for general as well as local effeot, and while they made some gain, it is en- tirely out of proportion to the vigor of their efforts and the extent of their ex- pectations. Out of an estimated total vote ot about 133,000 the prohibitionists may have 8,500, which, aithongh about three times their vote two years ago, must be regarded, undor the cireum- stances prevailing the present year, rather discouraging outcome. The most considerable republiean loss in any single loeality w in the first con- gressional district, where there had been some fear of the defeat of Representative Reed. He was, however, successful by an ample plurality. Regarding the logis- lature, the indieations are that tire solid republican senate of 1834 will be broken by the introduction of threc democrats, and the fepublican majority in the house will be reduced by a fow votes; but the legislature will remain republican | very large majority, so that return of a repubiican United St senator, undoubtedly Mr, Hale, as- sured. The figures 50 far reported do not indicate, with any definiteness, the drift of the labor vote, but apparently it adhered to old party divisions exeept in afew localities. In one legislative dis- trict a Kmight of Labor ocandidate, who was also supported by: demoerats and prohibitionists, was defeated, the repub- licans electing thewr candidate by an in- creased majority. Congressman Ding- loy,who has been a vory efficient mombor, received the deserved commendation of his constituents in being re-elected by an increased majority. Fram every point of view the victory is geatifying, and the republicans of Maino are to bo congratulated on the interest and fealty to which the result bears testi mony. Their example and success will havo a good influenge generally, the England's Olvil Service. Americans who are wont to believe that the etyil service of their own coun- try is the only one accessible to corrup- tion, and persistently cite that of England as an example of that high integrity which they deslre to see attained here, may have thefr minds somewhat disa- bused of this notion by recent develop- ments in England. It bas been a long time since anything was disclosed in this country, involying prominent oflicials, more infamous than the ordnance scan- dal which is now exciting English society. So far as the facts developed in connece- tion with this scaudal have goue, they show that among the shareholders of the firm of Armstrong & Co., which supplics the British government with most of its arms and munitions of war, are many of the high military and court officers who have to pass in the ordnunce supplicd the army and navy, and it appears that these pereons hyve been acting in collu- sion with the firm in swindling the gov- crmwent by furnishing inferior ars Scveral falal ‘oxplosions of late, result- ing from the inferiority of the guns, led to an investigation, which dis- closed the fact thut & great deal of work furnisiied by the hrm and acoepted has been oviminally bad. Every day adds uew features to aggravate the seandal, and the pubfllic feeling is one of growin, indignation which the governmeut will be forced to regard. The appointment of a commission of inguiry with a viow to effecting a sweep- | partment shall be ing reform in the civil sorvice, 8 move- ment initied Ly Lord Randolph Churchill, is & mog airect imputation against the honesty :‘.41- somy of Eng Tang's civil sorvice. | Churcenill is said to entertain the befieftht there are too many head ofticers in all the depart ments, and that farthergaore the service: are reeking with jobbery, He will thete fore insist that evergyaraht dishurshy de torojighly investigs ted, and it is snid thag hg expects as A 1¢ sult of such investigatiog to save millions of pounds annually # tig public treasury Cortainly the aggressive energy of Lord Churchill could assert itself in no more worthy direction than tus, and he un doubtedly has a much better chance of obtAining honorable distinction and lasting fame in this way than by expend ing his e! # for the defeat of the liberal volicy in behalf of Ircland Meanwiile, those people who are prone to laud England's civil service as thd bigh est produet of human wisdom in this i rection, and to depreciate that of the United States as a nursery of corruption, will do well to reflect on - what has bean and is likely to be developed in England. ey The Business Situation. The close of another week brings ad ditional evidence of brightening trade wrospects, The crop reports from the Fiy agricultural states of the west give assurance of an abundant harvest. Money is easing up in the cast. and the demands of western bankers have dimin ished, The slowness of bondholders to redoom the 3 per cent. is evidenoe of the abundance of loanable capital. The dis tribution of merchandise of all continues fairly active, and the move ments of traders reflect a general feeling of confidence in the improved conditions and prospects of business. The w reparts from leading trade centres show sustained v in all branches of the neral improvement in business ut retail. The frequeid dupli- cation of orders to manufacturers and their agents indicates that taere has beca no overtrading by interior merchauts in the preparation of stocks for the fall sea- son, aithough purchasers in loading lines have been on a larger seale than for sev- butors’ stocks,how- over, had been previously much reduced, and i most Knes there room for a large addition to supplios at the out of the present season. The et er of the goneral jobbing trade of the past fort night has confirmed the hopeful forecast of local and interior deale and if the fall business edfitinues as it has begun there will be little for complaint in any quarter. The failur® Listis decreasing in the United States, but keeps fully up to the average in Canagda. .. Omaha reports increaed business, shown by its clearingsd which averag more than 78 per cent over those of the corresponding week of st year. The iron trade contintios fairly active and firm. Cotton is reported from tide water as in fair demand but without spe- inl activity. The wool market is much stronger owing to the adyance at coloninl auctions in London, The grain markets have been comparatively slugaish, and the price chunges ascompared with this time last week aro of mitor importance. The full movement of wheat supplies at interior pointd and the accumulation of stocks have tended to check any decided advance in prices, but have been insuf- ficient to depress them in view of the favorable prospects for legitimate trade and the popular feeling that values to rule higher than during the previous crop year. The rise in the price of silver in London adds sev- eral cents per bushtl 10 the cost of Indin wheat lud down in Liverpool and wiil operate to the advantage of ex- porters in this country. Last week's afloat stock ef wheat showed a decrease of 1,080,000 Lushels, notwithstanding the recent large shipn suts from Awmoerican Atlantic ports. Tl a favorable fea as its indicate o fadling off in e thun the United States. Thore is 4nid to be & prospect of a reduction in the French tariffon gram mports on ac. countof the incereased requirements of that country during the coming year, but the rumor is not cmmrmml in the able advices of the trade, porters ave not been active buyers this week, but the for shipment have been fair. ‘The September report of the Na- tional Department of Agriculture shows a better yield of both spring and winter wheat than was expected o month ago, and indieates a total produet of 80,000,000 to 90,002,000 bush¢ls in excess of that of 1885, Corn prices are ashade lower than Iast week, owing to the frec movement of supplies from the interior and the dull genoral trade, The condition of the corn crop has dechined from B1 in August to 77, and indicates'a yiold approximating 1,600,000,060 bushels. Tho, foaturo of the provision trade is the continued strength of meats, which are advancing under a good consumptive demand, GURRENT 10PICS. The federal government has expended Washington territory sinco its Governc of Indiana, offers a reward of $1,000 for the appreliension and sentence of any one engaged in past or tulure Jynch- ings. The undertake 4 has recently decided o boyeott the widow Bax, beeause she buries peor people for less than the usual rate, 1 Harry Wright, the is said to have mv-nml Uhé ehostout gong, and his drm in Philadelphia has made $25,000 out of the little nuisance 'in less than two months. 4 Of the 187 counties in Georgla, 105 have solute prohibition and- twelve others have partial prohibition. There are ouly seven- teen countles in Georgia whore whisky has full swing. Mary Anderson will proliably live in Eng- land hereafter althomdh Her property is in this country, iftin elims that she can clear ‘whenever she takes a notion to play. Mher ladies, just as haod- some as Miss Anderson and with & tempera- turg ranging many dogrees higher to nothug aboit other p ints of super are making shirts a ents apicce. contrasts would seem to indicate that Prov x» dence has asinguldr method of conducting the lottery of life. - - Rhymes for the Period, Pittsburg Commercial Gazete, When the friends of prolibition shall have ratitied anbition and sunk to inani ou 10 the conl November days, Haying nothing tor their pi . except a wholesowe lllklll!. and their con- ltiencu a-pricking, they will wonder if it Asa mmm and plump u’llnll‘fl(lll to assist o i ey tractl v An the gll’b“\’l‘l‘l’of‘nnuunlnll to have stabbed thel jon and defeated regu- hflun ot the ills they caunot cure. kinds _l WEDNESDAY i | 1m nyon party | pacty | retain SEPTEMBER 15 1886, Keep 1t Befors Republicans, Before the republicans of the Firet Ais- trict commit the party fo the support of Church Howe, they should ask themselves whether & man of his record has any itful elaim upon the support of any Leaying out of ques- tion his corrupt methods and notorions venality we appeal to republieans to pauso and reflect before they puta prem treason and eonspiracy Against its very existence Ten when the ver lectoral and Wheeler was tho party in power enterod into A ver republican Nebraska into the hands of the enemy. Thisinfamous plot not A& mere conjecture. The proof of it doecs not rest on surmise or suspicton. Tt 15 not to be poo-poohed or 1 away by pronouncing it éno of Rosewater's malicious campaign sland dors, he of the legislature \\huh( hrch Howe was & momber in '76-77, contain the indelible proofs of the treasonable conspiracy, and no denial can stand against evidence furmshed by his own pen. Briefly told, the history of this plan to hand over the country to Tilden and democracy is as follows: In 1876 Nebraska elected Silas A, Strickland, Amasa Cobb and A. H. Connor presidential electors by a vote of 31,916 ns againsd a vote of 16,954 cast for the Tilden and Hend ks electors, After tho election 1t was dis covered that the canvass of this vote could not take place under the then ex- isting law before the legislature con- vened. The electoral vote had to be ean- vassed in December at the latest, and the gular session of the legdslature not boin until January, In ordor to make a logal can of the electoral returns Governor Garber called a special session of tho legislature to convene on the Hth of December, '76, at Lincoln, for the pur- pose of eanvassing the cle vote of the state. The democratic effort to cap- ture republican e ral votess Ris Tildens friends, notably Dr. Miller, h.-ul been plotting for the capture of one of the electors from Ne- braska, and it is also historic that a large bribe was offered to one of the electors, General Steickland. The eali of the legislature broke mto the plan of the plotters, and they found a willing and reckless tool in Chureh Howe. When the legislature convened at the capital, Church Howe filed a protest which may be found on y 7 and 8 of the No- braska Hpuse Journal for 1577, The fol- lowing extract makes interesting reading: 1, Ghureh Howe, a member of the legisla- ture of Nebraska, now convened by proela- mation of his exvellency, Governor Silas Garber, for the purpose of canvassing and declaring the result of the vote cast in Ne- braska for electors for prosident and vios president of the United Statds, herevy entor iy solenn protost against such act, denying that the sovernor has power to edtl this body in special session for any such purpese, or that this body has any autbority to canvass or deckwre tho result of such vote upon tho following graunds: First, This legislature now convened hav- years the ot vote disaster, cast for needed to Church onspiracy was overy on and yos Howe is 1 orisl records A8 s 6, | ing been elected under what is known as the old constitution, has no power toact in tho premises, the new constitution of te state ing been in foree sinee November, The sccond and third clauses deal with technical objections and are somewhat lengthy. The concluding sentences of this precious document are as follows: “For the foregoing reasons I vrotest amainst any canvass of the cleetoral vote of the state by tlus bod and demand that this, my protest, be entered upon the ji gned) Church Howe, member of the legislature of Nebraikn, The democrats «did not respond to the oall of the governor and there was barely aquornm in the senate, while there wer several to sparve in the house of which Howe wasa member. The protest en- tered by Howe was doubtless prepaned by tho Tilden lawyers in Omaha and Howe bad the elory of being the sole champion of Sam Tilden. The turs ored Church How T protest on its record and ¢ sed the eléctoral vote in spite of it. When the legislature convened n 1877, the presidential contest was at its height in Washington. Church Howe had «h wged pluces from the house Early 1 the s on was mtrodaced expres conviction on_the part of the se Hayes and Whee having re majority of the eloctoral yotes we titled to their seats. This resolution gave rise to a very lively debate which lasted two days. Church Howe asked to bo excused from voting when it first came up aud was so excused. On the final passage of tie resolution the record (page 876, Senate Journal 1877,] shows the following rvesult: s—Ambrose, Blanchard, Bryant, Calkins, Chapman, Colby, Dawes, Gar- field, Gilham, Hayes, Kennard, Knapp, Pepoon, Powers, Thumwel, Van Wyek, Walton and Wilcox—20. Those voting in the negative wero: Aten, Brown, Covell, Ferguson, Hinman, Holt, Charch Howe and North—8. Daring the same session of the legisla- ture, Church How vote on United States senator for the fivst three ballots recorded as having been cast for K. W. Thomas, a South Curolina democrat, [pages 198 and 208 Senate Journal.| All this time Church Howe professed to be u republican independent, republivan on national issues and \perance granger on lo issnes. Ilis temperance and grango record we leave for another chap- tor. Wo simply ask what right a man with such a record has to the support of any republiean. The demoorats may be stillin his debt aithough they claim to paid him in full on'a cash basis for ces rendered. igi Too Bad He Han't the Authority, Chicago Times. 1t General Miles had the authority to sellle with Geronimo there would be a settlement whieh would last for seme time. oty Spiritual Times. St. Lowis Pust-Dispateh. The people who are going to take the sa- 1000 ouk of polities should not forget to take the drug store along with it while they are in the good work of purification, e Orelit Due to Crook and Miles. The American. ‘The capture of Geronimo by General Miles is good news, as it puts an end 1o live years of almgst uninterrupted war with the Anaches on the southwestern froutier. Great eredit 15 due, first to Gemeral Crook and ticn to General Miles, for the vigiance with which they have followed wp these last and worst of our red enemies, who have Lad the advantage of the proxtinity of the Mexi- can frontier in tueir unboly warfare, ropublican | of | HOWE HE LOVED THE CRANGER The Oongressional Oandidate from Nemaha Shown Up in His Trae Light. STOCK SHIPPERS Acting as a tiddleman," Howe 1lobs Them of Halfof Their Rebates. Chuvch Howe's love shown up in the affidavit below as a “middleman® he obtained a rebate for the North Auburn stock shippers, and so arranged the transaction that he was enalied to pocket one-half of the rebates without the knowledge of tho shippers, whom the whole of the rebates rightfully belonged. In this way it is believed that he has swindled the stock shippees and farmers of Newmaha county out of several thousands of dollars. The matter is not generally known in Nomaha county, as his prinelpal victims were afraud to squeal when they found it out, beeause they feared he had the power to ruin fhem. I'he citizens of Nemaha county in partio ular and the people of this congressional distriot generally will no doubt read the following affidavit with a good deal of interest, although it will not surprisc any one very much, except perhaps Church Howe himsetf, who thought the mattor would never he made public: COUNTY 08 DOUGLAS, | STATE OF NEBRASKA. § George L. Shives, now living in Omaha, xu- i duly sworn, deposes and bruary, 1883, T went to North Aubur skit, as agent and operator at that hlm'u for the Missouri Pacilic rail- ad company. While I was located b North Auburh, theeo was sharp compoti- tion between tho stock dealers at that place and South Anburn, the latter buy- ing inthe interest ot the Nebraska Cily Kking company, while the former we for the Kansas City market. urch Howe was a resident of North Auburn, and in order, as he said, to help his fellow townsmen along, he secured a drawbaok or robate on the shipments from Novth Auburn, to be paid o as » assured them, to the shippers > amounted to §10 a car, L in order to sceur from the Missou Pacitie, sain that it would be ncpessary to have the shipments shipped as coming from himself, and that the re- s would be drawa in his favor the shape of a draft payable atone of the Auburn bank: Mr. Howe although hav- nzed for a $10 rebate, told the shippers that #5 was all that he could ot from the company. The shippers all eed to Mr. Howe's arrangement Shipments were seut forward at the rate of fifteen to thirty-five cars per month, upon which Howe turned over to the shippers $3 per car, while the actual re- bate was $10 per car. Shippers oontinned to ship at ioss on eight cars,out of ton, and they frequently eame tome and com- Plained wanted to know if they could not get some further concession, claiming that they were losing mmmv, a fact whuh they substantiated by their hey also complained o tolling them that $5 the concession that the railtoad company would make. Howe, at the expiration of each wonth, would come tomy oftice and secure a state- ment of the number of cars shipped, and put it in his pocket and walk off, and fix up the matter privately and send 1t in to the gencrai western freight agent st Atehison, Kan, It wonld be checked up and sent to St Louis for 4 te of wn dollars per car, so that a draft might be be drawn in Howao's of rebate due on the month's shipment and mailed to him through the United esmail. In the month of July, 1883, througi some in the looal tre: ved from e the gran s, That and Mr. ncessions ) the local l(mvv, also instructions to pay the same. Said draft called for 10 on each car shipped during the previous month. 1 saw at once that the actuzl shipper of the stock for the previous umnnlh, John Hastie, was being robbed by 4owe, I quently lled Hastie into my and” had an interview with 5 ho was one of the interested par- ties, and advised him that Howe was re- ceiving $10 per ear instead of §5. Hastie exclaimed, “*My God, he has beem rob- bing me for months while I have becn :Ilumunl' hogs ut a loss on eight cars out ten I held the draft and wrote to the gen- eral western freight agent explaining the matter in detail. I reesived areply from the general westerme Areight agent not to pay the draftio Howe bt to ¢ lum n to him and he would have it mad to the proper party. Hastie A hae instituted suit against Howe this time, but for fear that Howe would crush him in his busine When Howe learned the facts in the ease in regard to the above mentioned draft he informed me t my position would be forfeited as sovon as he could * arrange to have another man sent the {owever, I re- ceived a letter hulu the general westorn freight age hlm'lsull saying that my work had given satisfaction and thit 1 had done perfectly right in regard to the thieving practices of Howe. With the clmugo of superintendents was SWINDLED. | had no change, but got two #5 bills next door. Ho _gave ouwo of them and tho boots to the custo- me, who went off with thom and was never hoard of again. As soon as he was gdh.e, however, the man nost door brought the $10 bill back, and prov- ing that it was acounsorfeit, compelled the bootmaker to redeem it The ques tion 13, how much did the bootmaker loso by the whole transaation®, At the outsct every one remarked that % was a vory simple problem. The second stage wus one of gentlemanly butsomewhat pation | izimgzdissent. Thore oame & positive d ference of opinion, and expressions « wstonishment, Next followed looks of , disgust and sickness, One said thio skeeper lost the hoots only; anoth what ho tost the $ bill only; another th he lost botl: another that he Tost §10 axnd the boots, and another that he Jost #15an | the boots. Finally they separated wi mutunl expressions commiseration pointing contemptuously to the region of the brain, and each one receiving the ns suranco from the others that he woul! some day break into a lunatic asylan The sceno was nothing new to me. [ have scen this littl |nnhh m, in & dozen cnses, lead to hours of angry contention and produce hopeless estrangenient be tween devoted frionds, This e of the bootmaker and tho counterfeit $10 bill is not the only absurd problem in mental arithmotie, however, that 1 have scon produce convulsions in the social l] Another one 18 about a deer . A man named Jones, who lived in a oity, and_ who Tl b sion for hunting, went off into into the country to the residence of a friend of s named Brown, and the two went hanting together, Th y had the good luek to kill a fine buck, which the: wishod to sell, sharing tho otpenses an the procceds oqually betwoen them. 1t wia agreed that Jones should bring the cncass to the oity for that purpose, and that he should buy the hide himself, tio value put upon it being $1.00. When ho received the carcass he vaid $1.50 freight on it, and sold to a restanrant for $10. Tho question in a settlement with Brown, how much did he owe him? This 15 muplo enough in all conscionce, but it produces anastonishing display of stu- pidify when it 15 sprung on a circle of people who have lots of concat but no experience in busimess matters. Indoed, 1 have seen it argued and discussed by l)«'nplu who had been merchants all their ives, and produce an immense awount of laughter at the outset, ana an immense amount of bud feeling at the close of the dispute. P A LITERARY ASPIRANTS. 1t Some Imbortant Points for Their Tus formation. An mquirer asks me, says a writer n the Philadelphia Call, for some informa- tion about the prices paid for contribu- I cannot give any spocilic answer t, as 50 much depends upon the en- prise and purse of the publisher, the fame or genius of the author, aud the length and character of the con- tribution. 1 can merely answor in a general way, and in the hne of what T infer was in the mind ot my inquirer. Serials bring from $100 all the way up to $2,000, the lattor in ¢ w]mnnnl eascs, contracted for and in- cluding surrender of copyright, News- pnpc«. vay from §5 to sm for short skotehes; the magazines pay more; some publishers pay by the completed acticle some by the page, others by the column, and a few by the numbor of words. Some publishers pay whon the article is aceeptod, others when it has been used; some fix the price, others expect the author to fix it, mes a publisher’s system for fix- aluations is a little puzzling. On one ocension a friend of mine sonta poem and a sketch to the same pubiisher, "both of which wore accepted and pai for. The poem cost him hours to perfect it— and a dull headache besides. — The proso article was . skippy and hardly cost him an effort. 1 a check for $10 and this statement for tho poem and $7.50 for the sketeh.” The sum total w tisfastory to him, but the sub- division wasn't. From the labor the poem cost him (and its rinish), the letter should bave read: “§750 for the poem and $2.50 for the sketeh,” But the pub- lisher went by quantity and made no allowance for my friend’s headache. Talking about vublishe: some funny things sometimes happen, and somo rathar inconsistent ones, too: Tt suggests s truthful as the; can be, doved. Two Lunumm'n ot my ac nee sent by the ssmo mail, but in different - closures, sevoral Jittlo jlu;,l‘s for ehildren to the same publisher. They each re- iyed a letter in reply, and” afterward compared them. I supjoin the replies, but suppress names, and’ leay ou to help the editors out 6f the s best you ean: Mr. Jones—We relurn They are excellent, but we of them from nll quarte spectiully, JONATHAN Mr. Brown—Enclosed find ($18) for jingles sent.us, We hort in contribut \llh“f”l.” character and would be pleased to have more at your leisure. Yours resfectsully, JONATHAN PRINTMUCH, “On, well,” you may say, ‘‘Brown's jingles had merit in them, while Jone's ing pe your jingles o surfeit Yours re- RINTMUCHL our_check hadn’t.” Of course: nevertheless. A gentleman called with & poem at the oflice of‘A certain journal, The editor rend the poem in his presence and but the editor prevaricated tinally transforrel to Bull City, Kansas, | handed hin n slip in pryment to bo pro- as agent and operator, and 1 believe that Howe from that timo had a bonsnza in the rebate bueiness at North Auburn, I have reason to believe that John nter, another shipper, was sorved the stme way by Howe, and it is my belief that every shipper of catile, hogs, from North Auburn was trested in ¢ manner. 1 believe that the farmons i shippers of Nemaha county and vicinity, who shipped from North Auburn, have lost thousands of dollars from the stealings of Church Howe, If anybody wiants confimation of my statemonts given above he can writo (o John H |n~ur John Ginter, at North ‘Aubu#n, or L. A, Emerson. now genoral freight 1gm||. of the ‘\hwmn Pacitio at St. Louis, GEO. L. Buives, Srare or Nen M DouLas COUNTY. Bofore me, a notary in and for Douglas state of Nebraska, ceme Georgo 5, who is the identical person whose signature is affixed to the ahove nl Atement, nd ulmnnl ¥ swe the Y : to \ul:‘l_y P uhl Repeating Itself. Chicago Mail, History does repeat Isell, Enziand got left by Ma; luwas vuce Doio: A republic mont in an off-year e cate that the “grand thoughit of retiving fxc people are disposed Lo bo burden of ¢ atie ride. . - - An Arithmetical Ohestnut. Cldeago Journal: Standing on the sido walk the other day with & coteric of gen- tlemen fri the conversation tuined on mental arithmet vl one of them sprung the arithmeticat chestnut ahout the purchase of a vair of boots. Gongs were rung 1o no purpose, and il wis stated in full, e selectod a §6 pawr and oftfered a §10 bill, The storckeeper baa has any e that the pist wlor the sonted to the oo cr. Though quite a Bohemian the }.:n'ml-nmu was astons ished at the promptness, and said so. Other editors hal pigeontiBlod his manu- script, promising to let him have thoir opinion whon i liesure. Somctimes thoy let him know, sometimo tkey didn't— more often they didn’t. The payment was long deluyod v atintod when f£0 Wett, i turnud out tha been entirely too clever so far as that poct was concerned. Ho lived two or three poems a week at him; he imtruded when he was most busy; he read his duotions aloud to nim; he almost got into his lap and would have erawled all over him only that the editor wouldn't submit toit. Tl ?m publishers were separatd from lim’ by only an iren rai woro a8 mueh annoyed as the editor. “You ni sit down on that fellow,” they mul Well, he sat down on him, and aére was a sudden shut-off. Younng writer, the logs often you inter- view tho editor the bewter. He'll think all the more of you. You can reach him through the mails, and if you sond him » good thing he'li appreciate i, If you in- Close & stamp you'll hear from him, Let your leter to him be erisp; don't o sall his journal a valuabo one, or quote the pa- pers for which you hayve written, or en- umers s nrticl pat will not help your chance any. Then don't be uneasy at the delay and weite a letter every other duy about l(lll'\v What He Was Talking Abour, Traveler: An Arkansaw peaco, who had just mar- , turned to # man and said; P .u nv..t ooy hin some ove replied; “she seems to be a very wniahle woman.” I don’t thmk ¢ 19," replied the justice. ‘W W 80! “hoecause she used 1o be my wife,” A St. Paul physician, who thought that tho great wajority of workingmen were inclined o be nnarchists or sociiul- ists, says he was much surprised after he had toid » laboring wan, sick with @ fever, that he could not recover, 10 hoar hiw say: “Just mY luck. 1 I conld only live to sec those C nc.go anurchists hang Leould die happy.”