Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 7, 1887, Page 4

THE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING, | TERME OF BUBSCRIPTION Dafly Morning Editlon) including Sunday Bry, One ¥ea B hieit e For 8ix Months. For Three Montlis vl The Oriaba Sandag Ber, mall #1000 B U) i 10 any ad Y bld Foun news sed 10 and the AN communieations relating editorinl matter shouid be wdd Eviron or Tie Bew. BUSINESS LETTERS: ANl hustness letiers and remittances shonld be aditressed to TiE BEE PUBLISIING COMPANY Omana f heoks aud postofice orders 1o be mude payablo to the order of the company. Tho Bee Pablisking Company, Proprictors, E. ROSEWATER, EmToR. 2 THE I)AILY Bl Sworn Statement of Circulation, Btate of Nebri-kn 148 County of | B _ Geo Tick, secretary of The Bee Pub- Hishing compony, does solemnly swear that the actunl circulation of the Datly [ee for the week ending Nov, 4. 147, was as follows: Jet. ... wees ZRCHUCK, Sworn to and subacribed in ' iny presence this A. D, 167, N, P. VEIL Notary Public Nebrnekn, ) nty of Douglas, |58 13 Tzschuck, being first duly sworn, de- nées and that be is The I \ dul 12 coples for July, 157, 1 101 copids; for #worn to and subscribed i Gh Qg of Gotober, A. 1. 187 BLATHERSKITE HUMPY landslide coming, and under. saw the he slid from T “Canada colony” has been heard from in relation to annexation. They are unanimously opposed to the scheme, Jim LAmep has been imported to Omalii to instruct ropublicans whom to ohoose for their district judges. Jim is aman after the Vandervort pattern, whosa a; chiefly among the the oil-room & CONNECTT " is not a large state, but it hus recently done a big thingin reforn. - An order has been issued for- bidding the railroads the use of stoves in heating cavs. This is an example that should be followed by every state in the union at once. JAvEs WATLSH, the re publican candi- date for county commissioner, is being confounded by some people with Ed ‘Walsh, the coutractor and formor labor agitator, Juines Walsh is furmer who has for years been a dent in McArdle precinet, and iswell and favor- ably known all over the county us an encrgetio, practical man, well qualified for the county commissionor’s work. Tug roustabouts have shown their hand a little promaturely in civenlating that bogus appeal “to the independent voters of Douglus county.” The nttempt to holster up Ballou, Estelle and Han- cock by representing Wakeley,Groff and . Doane as vank prohibitionists was a flat failuve. But it shows how low these candidates are willing to stoop in their desperate seramble for positions which they are utterly unworthy to fill.’ Tme explanation of the lossof the steamer Vernon on Lake Michigan isa drunken captain, Here is another forci~ ble argument for striet laws against placing intempevate men in positions fnvolving the sufety of humaa lives. There is already a crusade against color- blindness, but drunkenness has been the cause of more railroad and boat disastors than defeels in v, and should bo guarded against move carefully. Lris thought that the coming ses ol congress will consider the matte rogulating the congressional term so a6 away with the interval of move than a year between the election of veprescu- tatives and their organizationas a gov- erning body. There certainly is room for reform here.. Representatives clected on a certain issue cannot act upon it until a year afterwards, when it may have lost its importance. THE receipts of the government ex- ceeded the expenditures during the month of October a little over 819,000, 000 dollars, This is an exceptional sur- plus for one month, and is explained by the payments that were anticipated during the preceding three months. It was in excess, however,of what the see- retary of the treasury had anticipated, and will serve to enforee his argument for a reduction of the surplus. Doubt- less the excess of receipts over expond- itures will not be so large for the cur- rent month, but it not fall far short of it. Such facts ought to have some influence in arousing congress to the perils and the duties of the situation. —_—_— GOVERNOR GORDON, of Georgia, who went to Ohio to help in the democratic campaign immedistely after purticipat- ing in the honors paid to Jeff ‘Duvis at Macon, has been treated to some very liberal doses of the “Ohio idea.” This, we need hardly say, is not at present at all partial to the Georgia view, and the result is that Governor Gordon 5 found most of his time taken up with dofensive statements, much of them personal to himseif. The rvepublican candidate for governor had prepared himself for the invasion of the Georg- ian, and opened on him with a broad- side showing that he was a wmember of the Ku Klux. Gordon made the fool- ish mistake of denying this, although his testimony before a co ional committeo acknowledging it is matter of record, Of course he was forced to the wall, and then in a feeble sort of way attempted to explain the matter awny by saying he was never active in the organizution. Governor Gordon is & man of ability und merit, but it is votapparent that he did himself or the democratic cause uny goed in going to Ohio. Repudinte a Partisan Judiciary. The voters of the third judicial district of Nebraglia will bave a better opportun- ity to-morrow than has ever hefore been given them to put the seal of their con- demnation upon a partisan judiciar If they improve this opportunity and proclaim that they are opposed to filling the henches of our courts with brawiing politicians, without judicial experience, without character as citizens, and with very limited legal attainments—men who seck preferment at the hands of tricksters, party hacks, and political roustabouts, to whom must be paid the reward of their advancement—they will shut out this elass of men, probably for many yenrs, from attempting to attain judicial positions. If on the other hand they allow this opportun- ity to pass unimproved the con- sequence must be that judieinl positions in this district will henceforth become the prey of unserupulous sh ters and that class of alleged lawye who are willing to trade in polities and muke any bargain with the party man- agers thut will secure them the coveted prize. There is no matter with which the electors of this distriet hive to concern themeclves more serious than this in its importto all the interests of the people of the district. An intelligent, inde- pendent and apright judiciary is more essential than all else to the safety of the citizen and the security of the stato. Tt is the sufeguard and bulwark against the injustice of ill-considered or evil- designed legislation and against the exercise of executive power that unlawfully oppresses. It is a protection to the whole public against the schemes and devices of would-be hoodle nd plunderers, who flourish ouly where there is a wenk, inefficient, or corrupt judiciary. All this every in- telligent voter understands, but there are a preat many who do not appreciate the urgent necessity thut always exists to cousider carefully who are best quali- tied by ability and learning, through up- rightness and a judicial temper, to oc- cupy positions on the benches of our courts, and the imperative duty to vote for such only. Any citizen who in the present instance does not make this in- quiry and cast his vote as he shall clearly see his own and the general good demands, is unworthy to have the privileges of an elector. The BEE has very fully stated its objections to the partisan ju- dicial ticket. There is not a man on it who is worthy of the confidence of the people of this district, or who is quali- fied to fill meritoriously and acceptably any judicial position, to say nothing of & place on the district bench. They are without exception inferior lawyers whom no person well-informed regard- ing them would employ in a case in- volving a knowledge of law above the requiroments of a justice or apolice court, and the evidence of this is in the fact that their professional careers have been failures. It was an insult to the intelligent republican voters of this district to ask them to approve such men. On the other hand the distinguished furists who compose the non-partisan ticket are men whose qualifications no one pre= tends to question, whose integrity is above reprouch, and who upon every consideration that can be urged havean undoubted claim to the confidenee of the people. These men have made no bar- gains with politicians, they will have no heelers and roustabouts to reward, they are hound to no class or cligue. Inde- pendent of all contaminating surround- ings and corrupting influences, they will be iree to administer justico hon- estly and impartially, regardless of what individuals or whose interests may be involved. This is what is expected and required of the judiciary, but it is not to be looked for, it is impossible, from men who have secured their posi- tions on the beueh through political deals, Will the voters of the Third judicial ai t give this matter that i atiention which its grave and o owing importance demands? —_— Timme, Estetle and Hancock. The German organ of Honest George urges Germans in Douglas county to drop. all party lines and fall in for Timme, Estelle and Hancock, Timme iy commended to’ their warm and un- divided support solely’ because he isa Gerwman. Estolle is highly endorsed as'a man who has endeared himself to free-thinking, libérty-toving people by nolling eighty cases on the “oriminal docket before he stepped down as district attorney, aund Hancock is recommended because he has shown himself to be equally liberal toward law breakers. This is certainly an elevated standavd of public morals. Do the rep- utable Germans of Omaha consider in- tegrity and competency of no moment when choosing judges for our courts? Does an irresponsible ward bumme dead beat stand higher in their mate as a suitable candidate than up- right, honest and capuble men like Groff or Doane? Why should the wholesale letting out of criminals by & prosecuting attorney on the last days of his term make him commendable for the position of judge in the eyes of any reputable cluss of cit- izens? Why should the Germans want to give n nonentity like Hancock prefer- ence over experienced lawyers and men who, by a life of upright conduct, have gained the confidence of the community? Wo are awure that George Timme is interested in swapping part of the judi- ciary ticket with the strikers who sup- port the roustabout ticket, e is ready to trade anything and with anybody to got another threo years at the public crib. But we arve very much mistaken il the great mass of German-American voters will abuse their franchise by helping to carry out Timme's trades and bargains. No German-American who spects his citizenship and deires to have the laws administered by reputable and unpurchasable jodges ean vote fora man like Kstelle in preference to Doane or . Morrow's Elections. ill take place to-morrow in ral of which are of na- importance. . New York will L slate officers, except governor and licutenant-governor, justioes of the su- prewe court and members of the legis- lature. Pennsylvania will elect a treas- urer and judge of the supreme court. Ohio will elect a governor and otlier state officers nnd the legislature, as also will Massachusetts, Maryland and Towa. New Jersey and Virginia will clect their logislatures, Nebraska will electa supreme judge and two regents of the state university., Oregon will vote upon three proposed amendments to its state constitution, one of which prohibits the sale of intoxicating liquors. In most of these campaign has been with at vigor, in New York, Massachusetts, Marylund, Ohio and Towa, The inter- est of both the great parties throughout the country centers upon New York the result of whose election will be every- where regarded a8 going far to deter- mine the outcome of the national con- test next yeur. If success depended wholly upon party organization and harmony the chances would be in favor of the republicans, but the prohibition voto is a quantity wholly uncertain, and there is felt to be danger in it. It ex- ceeded thirty thousand at the last state election and is expected to show a con- siderable gain in the election of to-mor- row. Nearly the whole of the gain, if any is made, will be taken from the re- publican vote. The democrats are not entirely harmonious. Tho supporters of the nationul administration have been allowed to manage affairs, but there is no doubt of a con- siderable disaffection, though great effort has been made to concealit. It is understood that the chief interest of Governor Hil is to secure a democratic senate, and it has been charged that he was manipulating the state committee, amajority of which he controls, with this end in view. There undoubtedly are democrats who will not vote for the entire state ticket, but this class may not be numerous. The contest in New Yorlk city has introduced a somewhat troublesome complication into the demo- cratic situation which can hardly fail to affoct the general result. The most serious question with the democrats, however, relates to the probable extent of the labor vote, four-fifths of which is drawn from that party. It must be con- fessed that the promise of this vote mak- ing any gain, or even maintaining the strength it showed last year, is not so good as at the outset of the campaign. Divisions have occurred that it wilk very likely be found have proved damaging. Mr. George has not heen very successful as a leader,and it will probably be found that a portion of the labor vote, disappointed and chagrined with those who have at- tempted to lead it, has goune back to the demiocratic camp. An important ad- vantage possessed by the democrats is in having the help of both the national and state administrations, with rewards in hand for those who shall merit them. The Ohio election is of national inter- est mainly for the reason that demo- cratic success there would - be regarded as an administration victory. The lines that determine this have heen pretty closely drawn. Not only was the demo- cratic candidate for governor nominated as a pronounced administration man, but there has been a pretty plainly manifested hostility to the repub- lican candidate on the part of the administration, whiéh has had its effect in coloring all the later progress of the compaign. The original intention to conduct it chiefly on state issues was speedily abandoned, the dem- ocratic candidate preferring a broader field of controversy, into which. he had no difficulty in drawing his advorsary. The result has been a discussion of all the issues dividing the parties, with the sectional - question most of the time uppormost. “In Maryland the reform movement has attracted gencral inter- est to the contest, but since the defeat of this movement in Baltimore the in- terest has abated, there being very little confidence in the ability of the republicans and independent demacrats to defeat the firmly intrenched machine. The situation in Massachusetts has be- come more interesting since Butler cast his tnfluence in the democratic scales, but there does not appear to be any good reason to doubt republican success. Regarding Towa the question ofinterest is simply with respect to the amount of the republican majority. ———— The Business of the Week, Reports of the condition of trade dur- ing the past week 'at all business points of the United States and Canada are de- cidedly encouraging. The stringency which the withdrawal of the usual east- orn remittances produced in the local money market is passing away, and husiness all over the country is resum- ing its normal state. Mercantile collections, railroad ton- nago and bank exchanges are the in- ices of trado. Theso for the past week how an improvement that promises a prosperous winter for the whole coun- try. They show that the move- ment of crops and produce of all description is more full and rapid and that general trade is on a larger sc; than during the corre- sponding week of last year. The num- ber of failures of the week shows an in- erease of fifty-nine over the same weck of 1886, but this is due to the alarm of the month ofg®ctober and the best judges believe that this week’s report will make a better showing. Collections are better at every point. The delayed payments that characterized business of last month have ceased and confidence. is steadily strengthening. With reference to this city the re- ports of the week an exceedingly grati- fying. Not only is there promise that Omaha is to share in the generval pros- perity of the country, but there are in- dications of an immediate increase in her business that will carry her far in advance. The real estate market is re- covering from a short period of inac- tion. The bank s of the week, which ar ally given as $3,202,- 614.85, represent o busjness over 53 per cent greater than that of the corre- sponding week of last year. This in- crense is in part due to th> marked en- largement of our meat packing facilitics, Withit the next sixty days, when the monster packing houses of Armour and Swift shall be in full operation, the states the conducted notably 80 bank exchanges of Omaha will show even a more marked increase, COMMISSIONRRO'KEEFFE very prompt- 1y responds to the inquiries which the BEE has propounded regarding his al- leged overdraft of mileage and certain crooked transactions that have beon unearthed in the commissioners’ office. Mr. O'Keefle's exhibit of relative mile- age shows that so far as he is concerned there was no overdraft. While con- firming the charges made by the Ber with regard to the allowance of the Soutbard elaim, the mysterious bargain with Nagel, and the outrageous abuse of power in buying railroad tickets, Mr, O'Keeffo exonerates himself by the as- surance that all these abuses were com- mitted during sessions held in his ab- sence. In other words Mr. O’Keeffe fully confirms all that has been charged by the BEE against Timme, and leayes the publio to draw its own conclusions, IT is now announced, on the authority of M. de Lesseps, that the Panama canal will be open by February 8, 1890. At that time, be says, the canal will Le deep enough and wide enough to pass twenty ships a day, and he did not say this to some casual interviewer, but to the French academy of scicnces. Two reasons suggest themselves in explana- tion of this confident assurance of the veteran engineer and shrewd old diplo- matist. One is that he will soon need more money and it is necessary to en- courage investors so that there will be no reluctance in paying the next in- stallment when called for. The other reason is that the growing interest in the Nicaragua canal requires to be checked, or that enterprise may materi- alize before the Panama ditch is com- pleted. We have no doubt de Lesseps will get the money, but we hardly think he can scare off the Nicaragua project. BALLOU points back to 1877, when the BEE very reluctantly supported him for probate judge. A man might be quali- fied to be probute judge with two hun- dred dollars - jurisdiction when the county had sabout thirty-five thousand population, But the fuct that he was snowed under by five hundred majority, while the other candidates on the ticket were - elected by majorities ranging from two to five hundred. shows that even then the people regarded Ballou as unfit for any judicial position. The probate court in those days was no better than a justice court isat this time. OUT of 8655 in railroad tickets given away by the county commissioners in six weeks only 830 worth was purchased on Commissioner O'Keeffe’s endorse- ment. Six hundred and thirty dollars’ in railroad tickets were generously d tributed among the friends of Timme. Two of these tickets carried tho excur- sion friends of Timme to Los Angeles and five to Cleyeland, O, This is a novel way of electioncering at the county’s expense, HUMPHREY has. repudiated Stull, his rupning mate on the Second district judicial ticket, as a bold, bad man. ‘When Stull’s opinion of Humphrey is heard it will be equally complimentary. — STATE AND TERRITORY. Nebraska Jottings. The hobtail street car is running loose in Fremont. Blair’s cannery is pumpking and peas. Nebraska City has resumed its normal color. Water has its advantages on or- dinary days. The Creighton Pioneer is substan- tially convinced that a solid growth beats a boycot. Gasoline is without a rival as an ole- vator of domestic life. As the fluid goes so goos the hired girl. KAl Fairbrother sends greeting to the condemned anarchists, hoping they will find *‘a bomb in Gilead.” Congressman Dorsey captured the title of “gencral” in Ogallala “by a masterly assault on the enemy.” Fremont continues sighing for a can- ning factory. A decoction of dollars shaken with energy is the only cure. The Union Pacific stock-yards at Grand Island have been in operation two weeks, and have provem a greul convenience to shippers. Jedge Humphray is a dying example of the saying, slightly altered, that the pen is mighty with the soared. Asa Stull-pigeon he proved a dismal failure. Information of the whereabouts of Thomas O’Day, democratic candidate for supreme court, will be thankfully received at the democratic headquar- ters, next Wednesday. The free postal delivery system in Beatrice, after a month’s “experience, has proven a hesom of convenience to the Paople. Last month 28,168 pieces of mail were delivered and 9,672 collected. Plattsmouth is branching out in a modest way in the pork packing line. Messrs. Dufour & Co., are putting away 250 porcine h(}uuul:l a day, and propose t0 do better il the demand and supply warrants it. The wife of Peter Johuson, living near North Bend, disappeared with her two young children from home last week and was found on a sandbar in the Platte, nearly chilled to death. Her mental freaks are such that it is she must be sent to the asylum, J. C. Palmer, a Dodge county farmer, fingered the cavity of a loaded gun and contracted a punctured palm. The fend between fire arms and human arms blazes brightly in all lands, with the odds favor of the former. With Palmer it is palmless. A man in Holdrege who stifled his brain throbs with a bullett explained in a letter that he had seen nothing but sorrow in the world and was tired of it. He failed to mention that he wasa thoroughbred partisan who took his'n straight on all occasions. John Price,aYork county farmer, “‘hitherto prominent and heretofore es- teemed,” has departed whence and whither no one knows. It is mournfully notorious that he left remembrances valued at from $16,000 to $20,000, with strong vumors of forged notes to the amount of $1.700. George E. Corey, Dakota's moral an- archist, whos ult on his daughter carned for him the leadership of lynching procession, has shaken hospitality of the county and disap- peared, The “steel” cell in which he was confined yielded to the treatment of ailrond spike and a crowbar. Corey’s swell letter read: *“*Goodbye, Judge, goodby It will be a cold day when You see me again. The Wahoo p thus speaks of a srominent caudidate on the non-partisan Judicinl tic ‘Having resided in Judge Grofi's distvict for some time we feel free in saying that he has the full picnicking on confidence of the voters and we believe they will so testify on election day. It is to be regretted that the judiciary of the largest and most important dis- trict in our state should be subject to such a disgraceful fight as is now lwiu.i \\u.‘,rod aguinst one of the best qualified and most thoroughly uhbiased men that has ever occupied a scat on the beuch of the district.” lowa Items, Grinnell's crenmery buildis inished, Carrol’s electri ready to blaze. The registration law applics to fifty- four cities of Towa. The greatest boom in tho state is marriage licens The court housa at Clarinda £100,000, and is all paid for. The condensed milk factory at Indian- ola is about ready to commence opera- tions. The C“f police of Des Moines made only eighty-four arrests during the month of October. The new depot at Ottumwa will be 86x216 feet on the ground, and the plans indicate that it will make a maguificent structure, The Iowa Rolling Mill company at Burlington, has been reorganized and is now ready for business. Its workmen are all said to be skilled iron men. City Collector Struck, of Davenport, collected during the month of October $44.972.50 in taxes, and his_total col- lections from April 1, 1887, to November 1, was 8106,444.78 for taxes, licenses and other rovenues. The Young Business Men’s association of Towa City have assumed the manage- ment of the Towa City packing house, and offer it rent free for three years to any responsible persons who will operate it. The plant is one of the best in the west, and cost $100,000, light plant is ne will cost Dakota. The water works at Bismarck will bo in operation by the close of the year. Since March 2 87 final proofs havo beenmade 1n the Bismarck land oflice. Business continues better than ever at Rapid City since tho extension of the railroad. The burning of the government school building at the Santee agency throws a large number of Indian children out of school, The Duluth, Milbank & Southwestern is a new project formed at Milbank to build from Morris, Miun., via Big Stone City and Milbank to Sioux Falls. Jomes E. Jenkins, the » w adjutant general of Dakota, is a native of New York, settled in Council Bluffs eight or ten years ago and went to Brule county, Dakota, in 1882, eyt The Champion Clipper. St. Paul Globe: Henry Romeike is a recent comer to the republic, but he is as bright, sharp and ready for emergen- cies as if he breathed from bitth the breezes of Columbia, Mr. Romeike is a young man and has set out to make his ife useful by supplying his follow men with information about themselves. This knowledge that he supplies to his subscribers is taken entircly from the newspapers and is for sale at 85 per 100 clippings. Novelists, poets, priests, politicians, scientists, lawyers, Ihysici- ans, and men of the worl seek Romeike and he religiously forwards to them whatever of laudation or abuse a free and untrammeled press may con- tain. Romeike’s debut in the singular busi- ness of which he wus the pioneer was brought about, not by chance, but by a venture made when nothing else seemed in sight. He was born in Russia some thirty years ago, and after acquiring a good e&ucflt'\(m and a love for the good things of this life, he journeyed through Europe. Time at last FOUND NIM IN PARIS, and saw him frittering away many happy but costly hours, until one morn- ing in Junuary, 1881, he had to face the uestion of existence. Only a few ranos jingled in_his pocket, and as Komeike wandered about that day he did considerrble thinking., There was nothing for him to do in Paris, and he curiously speculated how the whole affair would turn out, He stopped at the news stand of an old woman and aimlessly turned over her journals and periodicals, While so o cupied an old gentleman, whom he rec- ognized as o French artist, stopped at the booth and paid s franc for a paper that Romeike knew sold for a few sous. 1 rious to know why the old man should pay the extrarate. he inquired of he woman and found that the artist had commissioned her to save all periodicals and newspapers containing references to himself or his pictures, and that he paid her a frauc for each one. Here is an idea,” thought Romeike. ““Why cannot this be carried out on a larger scale: there must be many people in this world besides the French artist who would like to read about them- selves,” On the nextday Romeike was on his way to England, = When he arrived in London he invested. all the money he could spare in recent art publications. He sat down, went over them carefully, clipped all personal referencesand clus: fied them. Then he started from artist to artist and unfolded his scheme. It was asuccess. His clippings were bought and commissions in advance given. As fortune smiled on Romeike he took an office, and as the possibilities of the business became apparent he widened its scope and took in everybody. All the great English politicians be- come subscribers, and to them were added n. all who were prominentin literature, arts and seience, Earl Derby had Romeike compile all the available contemporancous data_on the colonia question. “Buckshot” Foster sought information on the condition of Ireland 'l Spence was anxious to be in- on ell and home rule. Blood, mother dy Colin ampbell, avai the bureau and in one elipping sued for libel and red £500. The Salvation army s, beenme the rage, and the newspapers used him as a fruitful theme and parliamentary speakers quoted him. He sent out ‘ulars to all walks in i 'sof questions: “Why d in life?” Men who re- ceived the cireular were indignant, but the whole kingdom talked and wrote letters about the question. He or- ganized bureaus in Paris, Vienna and Berlin, and to crown all, was mada the hero of the novel, **A Primrose Dame.” England beeame monotonous and he longed for Americal A well known wholesale groc in New York had been hisclient in England, and on re- turning here had suggested Romeike's plan to Samuel Leavitt, the well knowu sial reformer and writer on economic subjects. Mr. Leavitt inaugurated the bureau and after some time Romeike himself came from England, and the bureaw is now fairly launched. Nearly four thousand ucwspapers are clipped from, and a large stafl is busy compiling the clippings. Amonyg the American clients of the au ire in all walks of life, a large number of corporations and writers on special subjects, George P, Eberhard, wife and son, of Cleveland, Oy, are at the Paxton, DOINGS OF THE POLITICIANS, Another Contemptible Piece Political Chicanery. of SENSATION THE EXPLODED. Opinion of the County Attorney on the Non-Partisan Ticket -Crawford's Duplicity—Hancock's Cont slon—Other Notes, An Artful Dodger, As the Tast day of the campaign is at hand all sorts of roorbacks and cai re being circulated to impose upon the ant and credulous. About 10 o'clock Sunday morn- ing several thousand dodgors were scattered all over the city, especially in the saloons and in the workingmen’s quarters at the ex- pense of the Ballou-Bstelle-Hancock com- bine. This dodger created quite a sensation for the tine being, but was soon discovered to be an imposition. It reads as follows: “To the indepondent voters of Douglas Tho bar of Doug 3 T to whom you look for protection of your rights of liberty and property, I sented you with n judicial t ought to command your respect and tion, They ure all good men. They rich enough to leave their professional calling as lnwyers and accept the more dignified po- tion us judges Whthout embarrassment, and y one of them has been earnestly and feariessly endorsed by the prohibition party, and the solid vote of that party alone assures their final success, but every decent man ought to join with us and those eminent lawyers, Our candidates do not soil their hands by soliciting the individual support of the workingmen or laborers, but they are dignified, capable expounders of the law. Voters of this county, cast your ballot for Eleazer Wakeley, George W. Doane, Lowis A. Groft, M. R. Hopewell. And those who to-day defy some promincnt features of our sumptuary luws will do 0 no longer.” Tk CoMMITT Anybody who knows the stylo of Paul Van derbum, generalissimo of the roustabouts, will at once sco his curmarks in this artful dodger, 1t is currently reported that these bogus dodgers have also been distributed among the country hotels and saloons in this district for political effect. Anotber circular warning people against voting wmixed tickets under terrible penaities has been industriously circulated in Wash- ington, Burt and Sarpy counties. An Exploded Roorback. A few days ago the non-partisan judiciary committee of tho third district hada lot of tickets printed, headed *Non-Partisan Judges.” Printed thercon were the repub- lican state, the non-partisan judicial, and the republican county tickets. These tickets were sentto Buirt county and there distributed by & prominent republican from Tekamah. When this gentleman returned from tho country precincts he was threatened with prosecution by some of the Tekamah bulldoz ers who insisted that those tickets were illegal and would mot be counted for candi dates on the county ticket. Alarmed by these threats the distributer of the tickots finully ‘pcnuudcd the rampant partisans to Judge Lake for a written opinion. 'Th prominent republicans accordingly came to Omaha yestorday and submitted the matter to Jullge Lake, who gave them an opinion in writing, which very cmphatically pronounced these tickets in no way contrury to law, and declared that they were_just s legal a8 any straight party ticket and~ every namo on the ticket, whether state, counto or judicial would be credited to the candidate for whom it was cast. This does a i @ bugbear which has doubtless been for all it was worth in every county of tho district. The Ticket All Straight. The following correspondence is self-ex- planatory: Epwarp W. SIMERAL, esq., county attor- ney—Dear Sir: 1t is be claimed by some persons that you have given an opinion to the cffect that under section 115 of the election law a “‘mixed ticket,” or tickets made up of names from the regular tickets of the parti is not permitted and that a part of the names on such “mixed tickets” must be rejected. As this is contrary to the accepted construe- tion of that section, I respectfully ask that you will state whethor you have been cor- rectly quoted. The proposed non-partisan judicial ticket, for instance, is headed *“Non- Partisan Judges” and contains the republi- can state and county tickets and the names of the judges on the democraticticket, recom- mended by the citizens meeting as non-parti- san judges. Is or is not that proper, and can all the names on the ticket be properly counted for the respecti fces? CLINTON N. PowrLL, of the exccutive committee. CrLiNtoN N. PoweLy, EsQ.—Dear Si t answer to your letter, T would say that by “‘mixed ticket’ is meant tickets headed “‘Re- publican,” with the name of a democratic candidate for some offico printed instead of the regular nominee of the republican party. g Non-Partisan Judges” is S0 it has o designated , y ticket with a particular heading wodld be legal, as “Mugwump' ticket. Yours truly, B. W. S1vERAL, County Aftorney. Rogers to Hancock SeriNGrIELD, Neb., Nov. 5.—T0 the Editor of the B :**An open confession is good for the soul.” Mr. A. U. Hancock, in replying tomy lotter of the id, says that he pleads guilty to most of the questions asked. When he says they had a law suit ho means that one George Russell had a suit or tricd to have one. My- selt and seventeen others were on Russell’s bond, and when he says that the costs were not paid in be says that which we can prove untrue. We a receipt of Sheriff Camp- Vel in full for all the costs. I will ask any sensible, thinking man that, when a judge ronders a certified bill of costs, if it should not ag: with his docket. He alse your man, meaning Mr. Simeral, s the personal enmity of the under against him, which' Ideny. ILave nots anything but what I can prove by the records of his own court or by good, reliable wit- nesses. Is this the kind of the pecple want( 1 will lea ligent voters to decide. . C. ROGERS. Crawford's Duplicity Nonrouk, Neb., Nov. 6.-To the the Bee: More about Crawford dealing. A man whose denial is a prevarica- tion and confession of falschood s neither honorable, or truthful, or fit for a judge. Crawford said he was at Lincoln last winter during the senatorial contest to secure legis lation. Here he gives himself dead away No one byt o lunatic or idiot wonld attend Lincoln dvising UL itement of a scuatoriul contest to secure legislation. He was there for senatorial pu He does not g he was favoring ck, but be suys he was not ¢ him, H double dealing, fulsehood He was ther at Van W by wordy opposition, but to K solid to vote for no o but the United States senato. He was pla the same role 4s the Omaha Crawfor swore bofore the United States commission that he was paid Union Pa ol v and went 1o Lincoin to defeat Va by kecping the democrats solid dge Crawlord is begging for repub. Kepublicans and anti-railr ould bury him s deep he dditor of double oppos democrat One of Estel Braig, Neb., Nov. 6.—[Special Telegram to the Bk elle has entered into a com- bine here wi sin republicans and the ticket is headed Wakeley, Doane, Groff and Estelle. The tickets are all over the county, itical Points, Mike Lahcy puts in an emphatic denial about expressing an opinion with regurd to that mysterious resolution passcd by the co mmissioners. He says he is stricy of Sarpy county in behalf of her husband. She is said to bo quite an effcetiv 3 This is & novelty in Sarpy county, ce the woman's suffrage campaign of throe yoears ago tie farmers have been a stranger o the fomale canvasser, Thoias Hoctor, who was nominated for asscssor of South Omaba on the democratic ticket, sends the following card of with. drawal . Thomas Hoct roby resigm the candiducy for asse South Omaha in favor of Willinm Kano. ‘This action 1 take for the benefit of the balance of the ticket. Trovas Hroron." rs distributed the it ward will hold a ra houso this evening. orica and singing’ 8 promised. The orators will be Hon. C. K. Manderson, Hon. J. M ‘Thurston, 1{on. J. L. Webstor, Hon. J. C. Cowin, O. 11 Rothicker, Hon. John Rush énd W. F. Gurley, In previous elecdons under the old way of counting the votes Omaha has always boen behind in furnishing the returns, and s thero has been no inprovement adopted for regu- lating the result of to-morrow's clection it prowises to be later than ever, owing to the increased vote and population. According to the dod republicans of the love foast at the “Good speaking, THE OMAHA PRESS CLUB. Constitution and By-Laws Adopted— M ing Yesterday. The third meeting of the Press club was held ot the Barker house yesterday after noon. There was o large attendanco and permanent organization was effected. The constitution and by-luws as prescntod by the committee appointed for drafting them were adopted without change and the committoe discharged. There are three classes of mem bership. First—The active writers on the press of Omaha and those actively engaged in literary work. Second- Hon 1w be Third—Non-resident news, - ters, The first, class included all correspondents of foreign newspapers. The second and third classes are entitled to all the privileges of active members except that of voting and holding office. Any non-resident newspaper man ean join the club and by the payment of his initfation fee and regular dues is entitlod to all the privileges of the association. This will undoubtedly be good news o editors in neighboring cities and there is no doubt that a great many will take advantage of it. It will give them a home while in Omaha and associations will be formed that will be most ble to both partios 'he reportof the committee on rooms re- ported progress and were giver one week more in ‘which to make a final report. Several rooms had be exwmnined and communic: tions from several property owners, have been received asking the .club to locste in their buildings. n all probability club roowms will be seeured in the magnificent new Pax- ton block on Sixteenth and Farnem streots. These rooms are eminently fitted for club purposes. . The building is one of the finest structures in the city, is fire-proof and will have o passonger elevator, The rooms' are largo and splendidly lighted. 1t i8 the purpose of the Pross club to fur- nish the rooms elegantly and have thom open duy and night, under thecharge of competent, stewards. There will be an excellent library, files of the leading daily papers of the coun- try and the best magazines. Itis also pro- posed to have billiard tables and & piuno. The objoct of the club is to bring the news paper men into closer relations for their own mutual benefit and pleasure, but. more than all, to elovate the standard of journalism in this city. The publie at large are deeply in- terested in the project, and many letters of congratulation and proffers of materin! assist- ance have been received. The constitution and laws are in the hands of the sccrotary and will be open o his own business and doesn't pro- mix up in the commissioner ¢ . While Hancock has been electioncering in Omaha with Ballou and Estelle, Mrs. Han- cock has becn cauvassing among the furmers signors at the Excelsior office Sunday next. gentlemon eligible to membership can sign at any time during the wecl, and by the payment of their initiation fec of 85 beforo next Bunday will be considered charter mem- bers. It is 1o be hoped that every _journalist in the city will see that his nume is “enrolled. The club will meet again on Sunday next st 8o'clock p. m. ut the Barker house, The thanks of the club are extended to Mr. Baloh for courtesies. o [~} SOUTH OMAHA NEWS. W. P. Noble and_ William Thompson ar- rived in the city yesterday morning. C. B. Crawford, a stockman of Kvanston, Wyo., I8 at the stock exchunge, 1. R. Rankin and E. J. Stewart, cattlo deal- ers of Rawlins, Wyo., aro in the ¢ity. Rachiel Roborts, of St. Joseph, who is visiting her daughter, Mrs. William Burads, met with a painful accident yesterduy. While engaged in_some household dutics sho was taken with a fainting fit_ and_fell on the stove, burning her face and hands very so- verel arrival of several import- ant pieces of machinery and a failure to com- plete the task of removing the refuso ma: terzal from the buildings, the Armour pac ing company will not bogin operations_ this morning, as reported. 1t s expeoted, how- ever, that the arrangements will bo' com- pletéd not later than Thursday. City Attorney Grice returned yest from Lincoln, where ho has been ‘at the supreme court, in the case volving the Tocation of the city limits. Mr. Grico_ stated J » matter woild be decided i, the attorney gen : all voters® livin withi imits claimed by the Sonth Omaba peoplo mwust cast their votes at the polls in this city. The Company Not to Blame. An inquest was held by Coroner Drexel y affernoon over the remains of Connolly, who was run over by the cars near the Union Pacifie depot_on Friday night and fatally injured. Tho verdi attached no blame to the railroad company for the accident. Tho funcral will bo held oy, intoriment being mado at Prospoct ill. Arrested For Robbery. The notorious colored cyprian, Clarn Thomas, s again undoer arrest for larceny. This time it was F'red Samefter, a whito man, whose pocket she “touched” to the amotnt of §18. The money was taken at an carly lour yesterday morning while Frod was in h 0 on Tenth street, Clara has alr 4 term in the poniten- iary for a similar offens Choking Catarrh. Have you awakened from a disturbed sleep with all the horrible sensations of an assassin clutching your throat and pressing tho life- Lreath from your tightened chest? the languor and debility that su to clear your throat and head of this catarrhal matter? What a depressing influence it exerts upon the mind, clouding the memory and filling the head with pains and strange nofses! How diffienlt it 1s 1o rid the nasal p sages, throat and lungs of this polsonous mucus all can testify who are afllicted with catarrh, |hvl- system against i kuble curative b dies utterly fail, of CAL CUIE, wre uttestad by thou fally recommend it to- fellowsutterers, statement is made regardin substuntiuted by tho wost ofer other s Whio grate- No it that cannot bo poctubly wnd re- h packet containg CAL CIRE, 016 box CAT CED INHALEIL v i ndl 13 501d by wll drupgists for $1.00, POTTER DRUG & CHEMICAL 0., BOSTON. ~ KIDNEY PAINS Tk by the Ci 1. T first o 3 0F, POS! g NATURE'S REMEDY ron Dinpaired Indigestion, Constipated Habit, drale & 3 SELTZEL tee A vlcasig Proves o me sud mine. EiKERY