Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 8, 1887, Page 4

o THE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED VERY MORNING. ERMS OF SUBSCRIPTTON, T Dafly (orniug Bdition) including sunday 1irk, One Year... 0 For S8ix Months, ¥or Three Month The Omahs Sunday TeE, mal dress, O oar OMANA OF! CORRESPON DENCE, ANl communications relating news and editorial matter should be addressed to the i Evitok oF T BUESINESS LETTERS: A1l business letters and remittances should be addressed to Tie 1 BLISHING COMPANY, e et hex s ki PORROMIco ORGP £0 Be made payablé to 1he order of the company. The Bee Publishing Company, Proprietors. E. ROSEWATER, Epitox THE DAILY | ' Sworn Statement of Circulation. Btate of Nehraska, Lo,k County of Donglas. (%% Geo. 1. Tzschuck, secretary of The Ree Pub- MNeliing company, dos eninly swear that the sctual circulation of t Daily Bse for the week E57, wus us follows ending Nov, 4, 1! Saturday, Oct. 2 Thursday, No Friday, Nov. 4, Avel . 14,580 Gro. 1. Trsonte Sworn to and subscribed in my presence this Gth duy of November, A. D. 187, (SEAL) Etate of A County of Geo. I8 Tzschuck, p, FEIL, Notuty Livite heing first duly sworn, de- poses and suys thit he is secretary of The Bee Publishing company, that the actual average 1vn|v.mn|nn-uurnn Duily Bee for the month of lu(nhr contes; for Noven 15 i, 10,00 coplos: lnrhl»— 7, 14,400 Sworn to and subseribed |n mhpnwfinv thits lay of October, A. D. 185 AL 11, Notary Publie. Kegr the judiciary pure, AN honest judg of man, is the noblest work Tne judiciary must have nothing in common with the partisun machine, t Purnoman on the judicial bench who is loaded down with pledges to pol- iticians. EVEN the Chic ning to advocate commutation of sen- tence for the anarchists, JAY GOULD occupied six staterooms on the Umbr The wonder is that he did not take the whole steamer. 0 papers are begin- THE adminis safely entrusted only to men who are independent of all partisan influence. CoBURN has made a good sheriff, and the people of Douglas county will re-elect him by & handsome majority. DAKOTA has little chance of becoming astate. In fact none until the demo- cratic party experiences a change of heart. can be T Crow Indians have been given to understand that they must surrender or die. It's a poor choice for the lndians either way. GOVERNOR OGLESBY has an oppor- tunity to distinguish himself. Has he the courage and wisdom to seize the opportunity? CANADA this year imported less pro- ducts from the United States than last. No diminuation in the influx of boodlers, Yowever, has been noted. HAS the Vilas vice presidential hoom ven measured recently? It would be fateresting to know of naming cross- for woad postoftices general. the postmaster FOR e paltry Tee Estelle «Bired out to the gamblers last winter as Yobbyist at the legislature against the anti-gambling bill. Nice man for dis- trict judge! —_— LELAND STANFORD proposes William Maxwell Evarts for president. The election would be over before the pub- lic had finished reading the senator’s letter accepting the nomination. HENRY GEORGE thinks that under the Australian system of voting he would be elected. If George gets n plurality of the votes he will be elected. That is the only *‘if”” there is abous it. LEARNING, experience, integrity, ability and independence ave the quali- @eations that fit a man for the judicial ofice. All of them are possessed by the candidates on the non-partisan judicial ticket. The opponents of that ticket Rave not ono of these qualifications. UNDER the existing tariff system a duty of 92 per cent is exacted on the cheaper cloths and 474 on the more ex- pensive ones. As the poorer classes havo to buy the former and the rich mainly purchase the latter, theinjustice of this arrangement is manifest, —— ' to the judicial officers, the most important positions to be filled by the voters are those of precinct assessors, but unfortunately little or no attention is being paid by anybody to the asses- sors. Every taxpayer should carefully scan his ticket, and tuke pains to give us competent and honest ussessors. THE council of South Omaha ordered the saloons closed on election day. The ©maha council has in defiance of the law and the mayor’s order to the chief of police, adopted a resolution that the saloons may be kept open. The South Omaha councilmen ure democrats,while two-thirds of the Omaha council are republicans, I was all vight for a republican gov- ernor, James W. Dawes, to appoint Eleazer Wakeley us judge of this dis- trict five years ago. It was perfectly proper for the republican judicial con- yention to nominate Judge Wak: with James N. Neville four years ago. But since Cadet Taylor has come to Omaha to boss the republican party, it is all wrong for republicans to support & #an partisan judiciary ticket. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: TUESDAY [ Decelving the Voters. The law says that mixed tickets, which it defines as thosa on which are printed the names of candidates other than those nomi- nated in the convention of the party named at the head of the ticket, shall be thrown out in counting the ballots. Republicans, look out for thom. A mized ticket s a bogus one, and the law provides that they shall uot be counted.—~Omaha Republican, The law gays no such thing, Mixed tickets are just as legal nsany others pro- vided they ave printed under a distinet heading. The plain intent of the law is that no deception shall be practiced on the voter by inserting the name ofa candidate under the regular party head- ing who was not placed on the ticket by the party. In other words, a ticket headed **Republican” with the name of a demoerat inserted in place of any regular republican candidate would be bogus, but a mixed ticket headed “Citizens’ Republican,” *“Independ- ent Republican,” “Republican Working- ‘8" or any other designation differing man’s from the regular heading is as legal as any other ticket. Such tickets have been voted in Omaha at every election for years und every name on them has always been counted. But the Republi- can purposely falsifies the law when it says that a mixed ticket cannot be counted under the law. The law makes no such provision, The law does not even authorize the throwing out of a bogus ticket, but merely provides that the name of any candidate fraudulently inserted in place of the regular candidate on a straight party ticket shall not count. All the other names on a bogus ticket are counted just the same, asif the ticket was straight. No ticket can be legally thrown out. Every other in- terpretation of the law is a bare-faced imposture. A Word With Wage Workers. Nobody is more interested in elec ing honest and competent county offi- cers and unpurchasable judges than the wage workers, A rich man or a wealthy corporation can always get low assess- ments on their property. And even if the county is managed by boodlers they can stand the increased taxation much better than the wage worker whose lit- tle home and scanty furniture are as- sessed for nearly all they are worth. The Paxtons, Kountze's, Creightons, McShanes and the railroads can stand atax of $100 easier than a mechanic, laborer or clerk can fifty cents. The same upplies to the judiciary, The men of wealth and great corporations always exert a great influence in the courts, and would have no trouble in getting the ear of a judge who is in the market. The wage worker who gets into court has no show for justico unless the men on the bench are above purchase and beyond corruption and corporate in- fluence. The attempt to throw sand into the eyes of workingmen by appeals for sym- pathy in behalf of Estelle, Ballou and Hancock by pleas of poverty and sneers at silk stockings ought not to deceive them. Itisan attempt of mercenary charlatans and legal quacks who have proved themselves unworthy of confi- dence and without principle or integ- vity. Wakeley, Doane and Groff are above want and temptation, but they are by no means what would be called wealthy. They are citizens whose in- tegrity has never been questioned, and in whose hands the wage workers would be in no danger of injustice or betrayal. The fact that Hancock, Ballou and Es- telle have been associanting with a cer- tain class of alleged working men who hang around saloons, while Groff, Doane and Wakely have kept out of the slums, will hardly influence intelligent and de- cent wage workers in favor of the roust- about candidates. On the contrary it ought to set every thinking wage worker against them, The President's lntcrfl‘rrnc(‘. If the interference of President Cleve- land in the New York campnign was not pernicious activity it would be very difiicult to satisfactorily define just what that objectionable eonduct " is. The contribution of the president to the campaign fund may perhaps be pardon- able. It was voluntarily made, if that action can be considered voluntary which proceeds from a knowledge that it is desired and expected. Very likely it was not solicited, but Mr. Cleveland knew it was wanted and would be ac- ceptable, and therefore he sent it, As an example it was of questionable pro- priety, under the existing order of things, yet it violated no law. If the presideat’s aid to the campaign had gone no farther than this there would be little or noreason for fault-finding. But when he went to the extent of ex- pressing a hearty wish for the success of the democratic ticket, he rendered himself amenuble to the charge of per- nicious activity, aggravated in the de- gree that his influenco is greater than that of any other individual oftice- holder. . We are aware that pernicious activity is understood to be working at caucuses, in conventions and at she polls, but ob- viously it should have no such narrow definition, which imposes restrictions upon the political rights and liberty of the humbler officcholders while those high in power and influence are permit- ted to be active in another way and with vastly more effect. It is held to be pernicious for an officeholder to mix in polities solely on the ground that a servant of the people should not engage in promoting the interests of a party. In this sense the interference of My, Cleveland in the New York cam- paign was clearly pernicious, and we think it may fairly be said that it was altogether the most flagrant case of per- nicious activity that has occurred under the present administration. The fuct that it was simply in the form of aletter does not extenunte the offense. The effect could not have been greater if Mr. Cleveland had made a speech en- dorsing the ticket at Cooper institute orat a democratic mass meeting in Madison square. The proof of this isin the service which the letter has been made to perform in the campuign Congressman S, S, Cox is reported to have said t if the democrats are I 1 in New York to-day “'theu do goes Mr, Cleveland and up goes Mr HilL” 1t is not unlikely that the presi- dent had been so impressed with the desperate character of the situntion that he became indifferent to even his own injunctions. There ought to be nothing more heard about pernicious activity from administration sources. —_— Advancing Southward. The cultivation of closer trade rela- tions between the United States and the states of Central and South America isa policy the wisdom of which no one will question. That too little attention has been given to this policy in the past is generally admitted, and as the result other nations have improved the great commercial opportunities that were pre- gented, and have secured the possession of a trade which they will spare no ef- forts to hold. The development of the immens~ly rich country in the southern half of the hemisphere, is, however, still in the first stage. The possibilities of growth are almost illimitable, and a vast commerce, very much greater than that of the present, may yet be secured by the United States if adequate enter- prise and energy are dirccted to obtain- ing it. It is gratifying to note that some pro- gress is being made in extending our cominercial relations in this region. This is being accomplished through the agency of postal treaties. Under exist- ing laws these treaties can be negotiated by the postmaster general and the presi- dent without the consent of the senate. The postmaster general has taken ad- vantage of this authority to open nego- tiations with every government in South and Central America and the West Indies with a view of esteblishing a general system of commercial inter- course by parcel post delivery and a letting down of the customs barriers in the states treated with, Although un- able to promise any reciprocal action on the part of the United States in the matter of customs restrictions, his ad- vances have been most favo ably received, and there is fair assurance that within a short time satisfactory arrangements will have been perfected between this govern- ment and a dozen or more of the go ernments of South and Central America and the Antilles, similar in character to those recently effected with Mexico, the good results of which are already ap- parent. ‘While the enlargement of trade rela- tions effected by this means could never be very extensive, the establishment of these postal treaties is a valuable step toward other methods necessary to bring about commercial intercourse on the scale to be desired. They foster and increase communication between this country and the states with which the treaties are made, and the tendency of this is to create a demand for the re- moval of other barriers that are in the way of a further extension of com- mercial relations. When two countries learn that their interests are to be mutually advanced by cultivating inti- mate business intercourse the way is open to mutual concessions. There is no reason why this country should not have its share of the trade of the coun- tries to the south of us if we will treat them as liberally as other countries and put ourselves in a position to transact our business with them as promptly as do other countries, No country of South or Central America has ever shown any indisposition to trade with the United states except on the ground that it could sccure better advantages in doing business with other nations, for which our tariff system is largely responsible. The matter is in our own hands, and it is one which every depart- ment of American enterprise and indus- try is interested in “SHOULD the judiciary fall under the power of machine politics there would be no protection for the liberty or prop- erty of honest citizens.” This is the language of an eastern journal appeal- ing to the voters of its section to re- ]nulllfl.t‘ partisan judicial candidates. as applicable here as there. A ary anywhere that owes its exist- ence to the party machine cannot be trusted to honestly and impartially ad- minister the laws. It is handicapped by its obligations to the machine and its debt to politicians. Men who go about soliciting support and send out heelers to work for them cannot avoid binding themselves to a greater or less extent with promises of reward. This is inconsistent with that complete inde- pendence which every judicial officer should enjoy. No man is qual- ified to administer justice who is not free from every obligation, expressed or implied, that could in the remotest degree affect his judgment or embarrass his action. Such freedom is impossible to a judge who is the cres ture of machine polities, owing his posi- tion to the politicians and dependent upon their favor for his future. No cit- izen who seriously considers his own and the public welfare will vote to place such a man on the judicial bench. recommendation Tue of sioner Sparks regarding reform in the laws under which possession of the pub- lic lands may be obtained will doubtless Commis- receive the attention of congress. The fact is generally recognized that the statutes are too complex, and that it is by reason of this that frauds have been 50 numerous and so easily perpetrated and maintained. Attempts at reform hitherto have not done much to mend matters, and as the commissioner says the time for tinkering has passed. His recommendation in favor of retaining an absolute homestead law and obsolet- ing all other forms of disposal of agricultural lands, requir- ing actual residence, cultivation and improvement for the home- stead period of five years, would cer- tainly knock out the land grabbers, and there can be no question that the plan has merit, particularly when it is con- sidered how comparatively small is the vemaining avea of the public domain availuble for settlement Tug supreme court of Indiana has de- cided that students of that state have no right to vote at the place where they are receiving instruction nnless they intend to make it their future home. he subject of the student vote has per- plexed the politicians a good deal. When large institutions are situated in small cities or towns the student vote has often decided the result of un elees tion in opposition to the prevailing po- litical complexion of the community. Some states bave laws forbldding stu- dents from voting where they attend school away from home. This is just. MAKE mistakes county commissioners. for candidates who are pitted against no i voting for You must vote each other; otherwise your vote is thrown aw: Remember that Walsh, republican, is running against Corrigan, democrat; Turner, republican, against Timme, democrat; and Morrell, repub- lican, against Anderson, democrat, KINGS AND QUE Queen Victoria has presented Mme. Albini with the jubilee commemoration medal, in diamonds and sapphires. The Emperor William has sent 10,000 marks to be distributed among the necessi- tous people in the cholera stricken district of Messina, The King of Corea furnished his winter palace with $18,000 worth of American chairs, beds and tables, He also bought an Ameri- can steamer for §25,000. It is stated by Berlin correspondents that the czar will return to St. Petersburg via Berlin. where he will have a private inter- view with the Emperor William, The princess of Wales is very fond of horseback riding. She is said to ride on whichever side of the horso that happens to suit her, and to find great comfort in the change of positions. Prince Holenlohe will allow one of his sons to become a Russian subject in order that he may inherit the Wittgenstein estates. The prince has refused all offers of Russian no- bles to purchase the property The Princesses Louise, Victoria, and Maud of Wales, Grand Duchesses Xenie and Olga, the czarowitz, the Grand Dukes Michael, and Jeorge of lussia, and Prince Hans of Den- mark, make up the royal party of young people enjoying the measles in Copenha; The Nantes muscum, which is one of the richest departmental museums in Franc has just acquired a small casket of no litt historical interest—mamely: that in which the heart of Anne, of Brittainy, queen of France and Navaree, was placed at her death, Queen Victoria, according to a recent chronicler, sits down to a breakfast tablo laden with Scotch porridge, cold rump steal pie, hot rump steak, cold rump steak, cold gammon of bacon, boiled eggs,Scotch scones, brown bread, butter, honey, toa, coffec, and akind of cocoa specially prepared for her majesty. The queen of Sweden seems to be an un- commonly sensible woman. She delights in nothing 8o much as the open air, her books and the palette. And, by the way, it is whis- pered that she can useé the brush ‘with very considerable skill, and that it is not always necessary to praise her picture because they are painted by & royal personage, for they have decided merit of theirown. The Prince of Wales' study at Sandring- ham is the smallest room of his suite, and is lighted by but one large window. There are no draperies or decorations in the room. Tho principal piece of furniture is a solid oak desk, with every convenience for writing upon it. Under the desk is a waste basket in the shape of a high hat, which is said to have been designed by the prince. There are no books in the room, though there are plenty of shelves, but they are filled with pipes and all the usual articles of the smoker’s outfit. A Berlin newspaper announces that there are now eight bachelor heirs to thrones inthe German empire, and cifinh\liiustcr princesses of fifteen and upwards. The first list in- cludes Prince William of Nassau, Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria, Prince Freder of Anhalt-Dessau, Prince Ernest of Hesso- Darmstadt, Prince Frederick of Saxony and Prince Frederick of Waldeck-Pyrmont. The second iist is headed by the three younger daughters of the German crown prince, next to whom ive princesses of the royal family of Ba 9 b ‘Where the Sting Is. Chicago Herald, It is not the cold snap alone, snap that bites, e —— The New Jewel. Sioux Falls Argus-Leader, The new geographies should read: monds, gems, but the coal “Dia- gold, sapphire. coal and other precious e Also a Sort of Suicide. Orleans Picayune., Sometimes the dude saysa clever thing, but generally the best things he gets off are his clothes. e To-Morrow. Earnest McGafney. Bind up a wreath and give it me Before this dull day ¢ And in the gartands let lhuu be The thorns as well as roscs; Weave violets in and greencst bays, Weave willow for my sorrow, Sad flowers for the yesterday, White lillies for to-morrov ‘White lillies, for they tell of peace Beyond the gates of ev. o, ‘Where whispers of the soul's release ‘Seem mystic hints of heaven, And yesterday—but that has gone, And s0 T needs must borrow A hope of that swift coming dawn, The promise of to-morrow. Forevermore to-morrow lends Bright visions of complotenoss: True lovers, and the steadfast friends With faces full of sweetnoss; But backward all scems dim and gray, And vaguely touched with sorrow; I care not for you yesterday If T may bave to-morrow. The past is past— nh 1 dead indeed, I weep not for its going, 1ts phantoms weird no more T heed Than west winds wildly blowing; ress onward, aye, and upward, heart, While I my pladuess borrow, For hope and 1 shall never part While I can have to-morrow. e Wiregrams F' While George Francis Train was in the Mr. George P. Bemis was his secretary and interpreter, and last evening Mr. Bemis received the following telegram from the citizen: Cicaco, Nov. A T.—To George P. Bemis, Paxton Hotel, Omaha: Come on to-nicht till Saturday. Lots of fun, a la Marseilles experience la commune. Gro., Fraxcis Traiy. Upon the receipt of tha dispatch Mr. Bewmis left at once for Chicago. The Beg reccived from Citizen Train the uppended *nicaco, Nov. 7.—The Be, Ex- ploded Lingg bomb fake. Gro. FI(\N(N TRAIN, - The New Bridge. In Sunday's Beg it was announced that the new Union Pacific bridge would be opened to the publie yesterday. Although this was the intention of the Union Pacific company it has been found necessary to do- lay the time until Friday, the 11th instant, On that day Engineer Duryea will formally tender the work to the company and retire from any further connection with it. Mr. Duryea proposes to give over the structure fully finished even to the minutest detail. The toll rates have not yet heen decided upon but they will be placed at as low a figure as possible. Omaha: To the Editor of the Bee: In Sunday morning’s Bre you kindly mention my name I'am glad-to say 1 register from Omaha, the best town in America of its size, and I expect o live here when we will have fo make very septions as to size, Yours Truly, ERrastUs A. BENSON, THE GREAT BATTLE TO-DAY. Discovery of a Plot By Roustabouts to Capture the Polls, A BIG COMBINE OF BUMMERS. »us Conduct of Cadet Taylor-A Letter From George Shields—The Saloon Closing - Last Night's ctings, . Roorbacks and Plots. Every voter this morning ought to be pro- pared for lics and roorbacks of ull kinds which it is known are to be circulated by the unscrupulous demagogues who have been seeking to foist upon the people the rotten ticket containing the four incompetent, bush- wacking roustabout candidates for judges of the district court. The supporters of theso worthless aspirants to the judicial position will not only scek to_misropresent the nou- partisan candidates for the district court by the circulation of libelous misrepresenta- tions, but huve already concocted a plot to early this morning take possession of the polls and allowing all their friends to vote whilo opposing obstacle to thoso who do not vote at their dictation. More than this they have foully conspired to_carry their point by the ussistance of the men employed by the strect car and gas companics, cvery one of whom will b compelled t0 voto' for the dead—Dbeat Estelle. Upon this man the whole strength of crbum, the thieves, thugs, gambicrs, pimps and’ procurers 0 the Third ward has been concentrated, leaving the other republican candidates to look out for themselves, This is an at- tempt on the part of the disreputable portion of the community to override the wishes of the honest and industrious citizens, taxpay- crs and mechanics of this and nuuul.V' and there is but one way to and that is for every honest ¢ Iy und prevent the consummation of chieme above referr In non-corruptible jud 'y de- mands the vigilance of the people, and if this vigilance be exercised there will be no doubt as o the outcome of the day’s election, MEANNES S, urc-Head of the Republican in the Role of a Hog. It was the desire of the Bre to publish this morning a complete list of all candi- dates for election, Many of the candidates, especially those running for constables, as- sessors and justices are unknown to the pub- licj their names never having appeared in print. Through the hoggishness and potty meanness of Cadet Taylor this enterprise was frustrated. A BEE representative called at the Republican office yesterday to obtain a list of the candidates. Mr. Need- ham, the county clerk and his deputy, Mr. Wells, were present and the former held in his hand a proof sheet of the tickets for the various wards, The foreman of the printing establishment refused to let the Ber man have a copy and referred him to Mr,Rounds who was in his private office at that tim Mr. Rounds very politely granted the request and issued a written order to the foreman to furnish tbe bearer with a copy of the differ- ent tickets, but before the mandate could be fulfilled, in comes Taylor and the result of a whispered conversation that he held with Mr. Rounds was a cancellation of the order to furnish a copy of the proof. The BEE rep- resentative then asked to be allowed to copy the names of the candidates for justices, sscasors and constables in the several wards, and although Mr. Rounds was favora- bly disposed toward granting the request, L r again objected and the request was denied. 1t was fully explained to Messrs, Tounds and Taylor that it was to be pub- lished in the interests of the republican party by notifying voters who their candi- dates were, Notwithstanding this, Taylor's petty spite prevailed. Subsequently o BEE reporter called on Tay- lor and asked if he would honor an order from Mr. Kelley, chairman_of the printing com. mittee, for a proof of the various tickets. ‘Taylor said that he would not honor such an order, neither would he accept an order from the chairman of the county central commit- tee, und intimated that nothing would influ- ence him short of an order signed by a ma- jority of the fifty odd members of the whole county committe Priorto_this, another BEE represontative had seen Mr. Kelly, who stated that he had 10 objection to furnish a proof of the tickct. Tollowing is a list of the democratic candi- dates furnished the Bee by Mr. Brown,chair- man of the printing committee of the demo- cratic central committee: DEMOCRATIC WARD OFPICERS, First Ward—Justice, Charles Brandes; as- sossor, Henry Ehrenpfort; constable, Jacob He Second Ward—Justices, Danicl O'Connell, Jeorgo Holmes; asagssor, Junies Dounelly} ¢ Nerad, ). Reid, R. D. , August Uhtoff: constables, u, George Karll, wd—Justices, B. L. Emery, Paul Scabrook. Fifth Wurd—Justices, John C. Shen, Au- gustus K asscssdr, Schuyler Wake- fleld; John C. Dingman, Sixth Ward--Justice Bernhart Sachsse; Constables, J. D. Rustin, M. Hyland. Eighth Ward—Justice, P. A. Gavin. Ninth Ward—Justice, B. A, Stowe. THE CHIEF'S EDICT. The Law Calling for the Closing of Saloons on Election Day. Chief of Police Seavey issued the follow- ing order to his men yeste His honor, Mayor Broatch, has instructed me to close ull the saloons 1n the city from 8 o'clock a. m. on Tuesday, November 8, 1857, the day of the elcction, and to keep them closed until 6 p. m. of the same day, i ac- cordauce with thie law. All police ofiicers are hereby instructed to enforco the law of the slato and the ordinances of the city, which are as follows: Section 14, chapter 50 of the compiled stat- utes of Nebraska, and section 17 of eity ordin- ance No. 483 reads: Every person who shall sell or give away any malt, spiritous or vinous liquors ou the day of any general or special election, or t any time during the first day of the'w commonly called Sunday, shall forfeit and pay for_every such offense the sum of ouc hundred dollurs Ofticer John all saloon ke iil at once notify pors and hotel proprietors with- in the corporate limits of the city of Omaba t0 close their saloons and_bars in accordance with the above order, and alsoto notify them that all persons violating the law will be L promptly ar By order of W Seavey, Chief of Police. The above order only ies to keeping closed on election day, Officer Turnbull has completed fully three-fourths of his notifica- tions, and reports out of the great number saloon men visited he has only met with five who have made any sort of a kick. Ihey generally recogunize the order as a healthy one, and are perfectly willing to comply. An especial watch will be kept upon the recalcitrant saloon keepers, and if the law is violuted they will get the limit, To the Saloonkeepers, As there may be some doubt as to the en- forcement of the order to the chief of po- lice directing the saloons to be closad on elec- tion day between the hours of 8 o'clock a, m. and 6 o' k p. m., I dosire to say that the order will be enforced and you are pected to observe it. I believe as good _citizens you will comply with the law, and relieve me and yourselves from any cmbarrassment at- tending a disregard of the same W. J. Broaten, Mayor, A Letter From Mr, Shields. To the Editor of the Ber: peared in this morning's Repub- intimating that I was not a citizen of the United States and that 1 depended for my citizenship upon that of my father, and asking Lthat I withdr, from the ticket. 1 was also told yesterday while in Waterloo, that this rumor was being diligently spread in the county precinets: and this hus gone so far that in Elkhorn there is o rumorthatl had withdrawn from the ticket. All tacso rumors and intimations are false 1 am acitizen of the United States; 1am thirty-three yoars of age and came to Doug las county with my parents when nine years of age, and with the exception of about four years have been here ever since. My father was a soldier in the union army dur- ing the war, and the law suys that this is equivalent 1o the first 1867, he took out his s¢ timo Iwas thirteen years of any lay kuows, made mo n eitizon 1t i wcoutly the r trars of tho Fifth ward refused to register my fathor's name becanse he did not have his final papers with himy just as they did and intended to do all over the city with other legal votoers, some of the oldest voters of the ety were thus refused. If Mr. Mercer is acquainted with the law, he knows L am a legal citizen of the United States. But even if 1 was not, and ho had studied law instoad of politics, ne would know that the thing for him to do was to keep quict about this affair, if it was true, until after the clection and then all vetes being cast for me being void, and all those cast for him being valid, he would be elected even though I had received a majority. But he has examined the rflmrdl lnfl sub- mitted them to a lawyer. him_ he had no case, 8o he came 5, tHe oot clusion to make a campaign lie out of it, and is now peddling it through the county. Respectfully, G. W. SuieLps, Mercer or Shields? To the Editor of the Ber: The import- ance of theoftice of éounty judgoand the prime necessity of filling it with one who has anjoyed alogal training and had practical experience in the conduct of litigation In our courts must notbe lost sight of by the voters of this county. The county court is one having jurisdiction up to §1,000. It has exclusive jul iction in all matters pertaining to the administration This, as of decedunts’ cstates; plso in the guardianship of 'all = minors, in_ the condemnation of all lands taken for railrond purposes. This pre- sents the diveet question, which of the two candidates, Dave Mercer or George Shiclds, is the more worthy of support at the polls? e hias been in the county about one 4 bas never had any kind of a law suit in Court in the county’; ias never practiced re the courtto the beuch of which he George W, Shiclds has lived here from boyhoad, has acquired an enviable reputation as'a careful, prudent, honest and capable Tawyer, fully equipped to perform with honor to himself und the community the dutics of the office 2. Mercer is a republican who emegrated here from the shades of Nemaha county for the sole purpose of assisting Church Howe to get into congress and too look after Howe' political interests in the county. Mercer is politician who has bankrupted himself by political pledges to a number of so-called awyers who have had no more experience than he hus. These pledgos will be paid oft at the expense of the widows and orphans who are compelled to enter his court to probate their little es- tates. The railroads are for Mercer because a8 county judge ho appoints the appraisers to condemn the lands which the rail- roads want—as cheap as possible, Shields has always been tho friend of the poor man—he knows what it is. The only time “he ever run for office the railroads fought him because he would not not be with them in the legislature, for which he wasa candidate. You who want the law main- tained and honestly administered will make no mistake by voting for Shields, but beware of Mercer. A Rl ROCHI TAXPAYER. upP. UDLICAN SHOWN An Aflidavit From Deputy Sherift Ewing. James P. Ewing,being first duly sworn,dc- poses and says that on or about the 23d of May, A. D. 1887, he verbally entered into an agreement with one M. D. Roche, by which they were to divide the commissions in the salc of a lot on the northwest corner of Ninth and Dodge, and when said sale was made the said M. D. Roche, instead of dividing gom- missions as agreed, did appropriate all of said commissions, thereby defrauding deponent outof thesum of #3830, which amount_said M. D. Roche invested in another lot, and had suid ot deeded to_ his wife, thereby cheating deponent out of his lawful rights and collec- tion by law; further deponent saith not. SEAL) . Ewixa. I e o o 1 my presence this 7th day of November, 1857, HenyaN E. Cocna, Notary Public. Love Feast at the Opera House. There was a big crowd present at the love feast held by the republicans of the Fourth ward at the opera house last night. It was a jolly, go-as-you-please gathering. The speak- ers were in & merry mood, the candidates ap- ed on the stage beaming all over with rs were in excellent ve 18 played their best, Suc- s at the polls was predicted for the whole republican ticket from top to bottom. Colored Republicans. The colored republicans of the city wero out in large numbers last night, and attested their devotion to the party and its candidates in their present contest in enthusiastic and vigorous terms. A ratification meeting was held at the corner of Twelfth street and Capi- tol avenue, and the words of the speakers were warmly applaude How the Bets Go, The political strikers and bookmakers were abusy crowd yesterday and last night, and the man of great influence who appears periodically about this time of year with the votes of whole wards on bhis inside pocket, which he can deliver to the highest bidder, was out in full force and buttonholed candi dates, There was the usual assurances evi- dent that there generally is on the eve of election among political purties, and it was an utter impossibility to inda candidate, bo he democrat or republican, who was not con- fident of success or considered the race a close one. In the pool rooms the bookmakers laid the appended odds against the candidates men- tioned : Six to one—Coburn, Benecke, Walsh. Five to one—Moores, Mercer, Timme, Eight to one—Ballou, Shields, Timme. Se Seven to one—Ballou, Groff, Doane. Eleven to one—Ballon, Hantock, Doane. Eight to one—Coburn, Necdham, Mor- vell. Four to one—Guy, Megeath, Drexel. Nine to one—Turner, Walsh, M: D Three to one—Timme, Corrigan, Ander- i L wo t0 one—Redman, Mer to one—Barrett, Merc Nine to one—Guy, Palmer. Threa 10 two—Coburn, Moores, Needham. Four to one—Bruner, Benecke, Roche. Nine to one—Guy, Benecke, Roche, Eight to one—Estelle, Mercer, Benecke. Eighteen to one— v, Morrell, Bai Fourteen to one—Shiclds, Benee noyer. t o, Cone to one—Moores, Barrett, Doane. Twelye to one—Redman, Beuecke, Bar- geath, Mercer, Barrett. —Necdham, Bruner, Bar- rett. Fifteen to (;no-fl{m he, Needham, Drexel. Polling Places. The following are the bounderies of the different voting districts and the polling places of the same in the city and county: FIRST WARD, First Election District—That part of said ward lying north of Pacific strect. Registry and polling place, southwest corner of Tenth and Jones strect. Socond ilection Distriet--That part of said ward lying south of Pacific street,cxcept %0 much thereof as lies south of that part of Hickory strect included between Thirteonth street and Eighth strect. Registry and poll- 0. 1117 South Sixtcenth street, arber shop. Slection District—That part of said \\.nd I)mu south of that purt of Hickory swot, included between Thirteenth and ith strects. Registry and polling place, southeast corner of Doveas and Eleventh streets, engine ho HLECOND WARD, Tirst tion District—That part of the Second d lying north of Cestre streét. ‘nteen to one—Necdham, Barrett, Guy.. Rogistry _and p«lllng phu- wuthwolt of Sixteent! ta. cond Election District—That part of said ward lying south of Contre stroet. Registry and polling place, No. 162 Vinton street. THIRD WARD, First Eloction District—That part of tho Third ward lying north of Douglas stroet. Rogistry and polling place, No. 1010 Davens yort strcet Pocond Blection District—That part of rd lying south of Douglas stocet, and polling place, No. and 424 , Occidental hotel. FOURTH WARD. First Election District—That part of the Fourth ward lying north of Farnam stroet. Registry and polling place, 111 North - Six- teenth stroot, Ho K. Burkett's, Second Election District—That part of said \\uh! lying south of Farnam street, ¢ and polling place, No. 1806 St. FIPTH WARD. Tirst Election District—That part of the Fifth ward lying south of the centor line of Tzard stree Registry and polling pluce No. 604 North Sixteenth strect. Second Election District—That part of said ward lying north of the center lino of Izard street.” Rogistry and polling place, lzard and Sixteenth streets, engine heuse No. 6. SIXTH WARD. First Election District—That pa th ward lying south of Pratt street. Reg- stry und polling place, No. 1714 Twenty- fourth strect, between ' Blondo strect und Patrick avenue, Second Election District—That part of said ward lying north of 1 stroot. Reg- istry and polling place, corner Twenty-fourth and Belt railway, L. A. Fuller's coal of- fice, of the si SEVENTII WARD, First Blection District—1hat Seventh ward lying north of a line connmenc- ing at the intersection of Twenty-fourth stroet and the center line of Shirley street. thenee west on the center line of Shirley stret to its intersoction with Twenty-ninth avenue, thenco morth on Twen avenue to the center line of section ship 15, range 13 ('wl Ilu' e center lines of sections 28, line of the city limits. place, Twenty-ninth aveuuc avenue, school house. Second Klection District-—That part of said ward lying south of the above described line. Registry and polling place, H. G, Clark's building on Twenty-uinth stréet between Du- pont and Rice. EIGTITIL WARD First Bleetion District—That part of the Eighth ward lying east of Twenty-fourth street. Registry and polling placo, and Twenty-first streets, R. L. Chan ber shop, Second Eloction District—That part of sald ward iz west of Twenty-fourth street. Registry and polling place, Cuming street be tween Twenty-fourth street and T'wenty- fifth aventi, Furay’s burn, 1 WARD. First Eloction' District—That part of the Ninth ward lying south of the contro line of California str wistry and polling place, corner Twenty-ninth and Farnam streets, C. J. Johnson's store. cond Election District—That p ward lying north of California street. Reg- istry and polling place, corner Morcer and Lowe avenues, Ryan's offic o part of the and Woolworth 't of said District No. 1 (including all L!ml.]-mtmn of Sonth Omaha preeinet lyimg east of the Union Pacifio tracka and not. inoluded within tho corporate limits of the city of South Omaha) —John R. Grice's oftice. District No. 2—L: Carpenter’s office, District No. luding all that portion of South Omaha precinet lying west of the Union Pacific tracks and not included i corporate limits of South Omaha— building. - STATE AND TERRITORY. Nebraska Jottings. Chadron is working up an electric light plant. This is a good day for a general strike —at party shackles. A new opera house is one of the cer tainties in Fullerton. The attendance at the Grand Island schools averages 1,007 A scratched ticket is an evidence of intelligent discrimination. P romont confor: plates a watch fac- tory, to keep time with the rest of the state. Frecdom will shriek to-day at the countless outrages perpetuated in its name. A decision in the railrond mandamus case is expected from the supreme court to-morrow Stockhom is the namo of a town site at the crossing of the Elkhorn Valley road and the West Blue river. Henry Sultenburg, arrested at Arvling- ton on the charge of burning his own barn, has been acquitted. The evidenco was insuflicient. Okalona Kernan is hurling allitern- tive adjectives and ghastly paragraphs at all grades of wickedness through the South Sioux City San. The number of lies nailed in the cam- paign has had no poreeptible effect on the hardware market. The business is decidedly rusty and practically uscless, Hastings is threatened with an in- vasion of Fremont busmess mon over the Elkhorn valley, The big third city Tas such taking ways that the prettiest must guard against her blandishments. The Rev. Mr. Brown, who raised 1,500 from a Central City bank, tried blay the game in Platie Conter but ful‘ud to impress the cautious c shier with the pious imprint of his mug. Hence his move to fresher ficlds. The two-year-old child of Mr. Ensterly, a Saline county farmer, met with a dis- tressing death, recently. Two older children were hu\cking ay. The one on the stack, in handing the fork down to another brother, let it drop, striking the little one, who was playing near by on the head with the tine The child stood up until the tines were withdrawn, and then fell, from which time it was unconscious until its death about twelve hours after. Towa ltems. The Plow Works company at Daven- port is to be rcorgunized and put on o sound basis. Humboldt county has granted thirty- three divorces in twenty yeuars, includ- ing the year 1887, “The first locomotive whistled in Prim- har on Sunday last at 1:30 p.m, Nearly 500 people were present to witness the glorious sight. The normal school at Le Mars is pi pering. The fall term closes November 11 and the winter term opens November 14. There have been ubout forty pupils in attendance. The fourtcenth annual meeting of the Town State Improved Stock Breeding association will be held in the opers house in Newton Wednesday, Dec mber 7, closing Friday morning, tho 9th. Tho State Short-Horn Cattle, Draft Horse, and Holstein Cattle associations will Told their annual meetings at the samo place, on Tuesday and Wednesday, the Gth and 7th of December. Dakota. The wheat receipts at l'iul'ru aver: about 2,000 buahuls per day. Sioux Falls is a candidate for the Nor- wegian Lutheran college of Dakota, The Plerro packing company is put- ting in machinery and expects to bogin killing hogs this week. of Immigration Me- Commissioner Clure gives notice that his office will heveafler be at Pierro instead of Dise marck. The elevators and warchouses at Clark are full, the farmers in some instances being compelicd to haul their grain back bome. 'Jm shipping books © docks show that 1". e haye been erossed is season. Pierre 000 head of over the river