Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 24, 1888, Page 4

4 THE DAILY BEL. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING, TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, Daaly (Moraing Fdition) incluaing SUSDAY ik, (Onio Y ear o £10 0 For £ix Months. ... . sos dow 0 For Thr 2 Toik Ovant o to any a0 FARNAN STREET AND 1) TRIBUNE No. 13 OMANAOYPICT NEW York OFricr, Rooss 1 LWILDING, WASHINGION OFFICE, FOUKTEENTI BriEy CORRFY b All communications reiatin torial matter should be ndd: OF THE IiEF. INTE All husiness letter. and remitiances should ha addres e o THE UEE PUBLISHING COMPANY, ONAIA. L rafts, checis and po orders (0 be s ie puyable to the order of the company, 2oz Dabliching Mfamne it & Dibnenin? Compeny, Proprietors, ER, Editor, E. ROSEW/ THE DAILY BEE, Bworn Statement of Circulation. o Pub. 3 that the frculation of IEE for the Lding Augnst 18, 1888, was as follows. Bundny, Ang y 18250 Mondiiy, Au . ¥ ] ‘Tuesday, August 14 nedny Thirsday, Aug Friduy, August 17 Baturday, August i Average. ‘. GEO.TL Sworn to before me and subsoribed in my presence thix 15th day of August, A. D, 1885, NP, FEIL, Notary Public, t Nebraska, of Douglas, { 1. Tzscrue Lsys that I Publishitig company daily circulation of T month of August, 15, for September, 187, October, 1 being first duly sworn,do- is secretary of ‘The I hat the actual o i coples; January, 1+ 1582 coples’ for cop i UOK. Eworn to before me and subscribed inmy Presenco this 1st duy of August, A. D 8%, N.P.FEIL Notary Publi —— TGNATIUS DONNELLY is trimming for the governorship of Minnesota. He will gavo his Bacon by not running. —_— MINNEAPOLIS is to have a twenty- eight-story iron office building and Paul will have to relinquish the belt. CABLE trains should not be permitted to meet upon street interscctions, as the chances of serious accidents are groatly increased thereby. THERE is one difference in tho speech-making tour of Harrison and Thurman. Harrison made ten speeches in one day, while Thurman made one spoech ten time —_— Tax venerable Hannibal Hamlin, of Maine, says he feels it in his bones that Harrison and Morton will be elected. He must have contracted the genuine Tippecanoo rheumatism. plbiechesiasarelino DEsPITE the constant appeals to put streots and sidewalks in proper shape for the fair, city contractors turn a deaf ear to the people. Is the arm of author- 1ty so woak that it cannot enforce its own laws and ordinances? THE interesting set-to between County Commissioner Anderson and Sheriff Coburn will be fought for the box roceipts and other perquisites. The peoplo of the county are interested spectatorsin the mill. Butifit be neces- sary to aot they will not quictly sit in the background. — AT THE recent annual meeting of the Chicago, Burlingtou & Quincy, the di- rectors declared a dividend of 1 per cent. The dividend was not earned owing to the engineers’ strike, but the road is going to borrow something like $750,000 for the purpose. 'This is a new wrinkle in railroad management, es- pecially for the Q. —— INDIANA is playing the game of poli- tics for all it is worth, due to the po- sition that the state occupies in the presidential contest. The democrats are working Cleveland with a bunko man’s persistency. Their latest demand is for the vacancy caused by the resig- nation of Mr. Lothrop, minister to Rus- eia. General Denby is the can- didate pushed forward for the place. It is claimed that the promotion of General Denby, who is now minister to China, would help the cause of democ- raocy in the great struggle this fall, Un- fortunately for President Cloveland, even should ke be willing to fall in with the demands of the Indiana bourbons, Mr. Lothrop’s place is as good as prom- ised to an Illinois man. Should Mr. Cleveland turn tho mission over to General Denby it would disturb the se- “renity of IMlinois domocracy. In either oaso the presidont is between the devil and the deep sea, and the appointment 18 likely to bo put off until the last mo- ment. — SOMEBODY will have touse a sharp stiok and stir up our merchants to come torward move promptly and sig- nify their intention of taking part in the trades’ display during fair week. September 6 has been selected for the merchants’ and jobbers’ parade in con- nection with drummers’ day. The event will be a big card for Omunha, for the celebration is something in the way of a novelty for our city. Complete success, however, depends on the hearty ©o-operation of ali the leading business men, and no merchant who has been solicited should hold back from adding his nnmg 1o the list of participants in the parade. The time is short, and the duties of the committee having the matter in charge are necessarily exact- ing. It would be a grest help to the committee if merchants would not put oft replying to the invitation until the last moment. The drummer boys are enthusiastic over their “*day,” and pro- pose to show our city what a jolly time they and their friends can have. The country merchant will be here as an in- vited guest. He will want to see the house with which he deals represented in the parade. It will be evidence to him that the firm is wide-awake and in- terested in ontertaining him while at- Omaha. More friendly and cordial re- lations are established under the influ- enve of enthusinsm and good feeling. That 1s the reason why Omaha mer- chants should step around lively and make the celebration in which they are principally interested an umqualified THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: FRIDAY, The lown Republican Not the least interesting and * signifi- cant featuro of the Jowa republican con- the agricul Not only were the delegs greater number than usual as onlook- s, exerting their influence in behalf of mon and priuciples favorable to the interosts and welfare of the people Tt convention which in its compe tion and surroundings illustratod better than almost any convention for years tho sentimentof Towa republicans regarding the corporations, and while it gave expressicn to ne extreme or violent doe- trines, it sy in a voice sufliciently clear and pluin o assure the corpora- tions that they will not be permitted to 1 e on the rights of the people of the state and unjustly oppr an 8o long as the repubtican party is in con- trolof the miministration of state affairs, It is o reassuring circumstance that the farmers manifesting so much 1tor- ostin political matters. It is too much the hubit of this class, notalone i Towa, but in all the states, to give only very slight and casual attention o politics. The penalty of this neg- leet is legislation unfavorablo to the farming interest or the omission of legislation that would be favorabls to it, while carcless or dishonest adminis- tration goes uncol ed. Demagogues who are concerned only for themselves, supported by the rabble of the citics, fasten themsolves on the body politic and grow fat upon the money of the peopte. The corporations, with their hirclings and boodle, run caucusos and dominate couventions, with the pur- pose solely of antagonizing the ri the people. The formers could correct these evils if they would take an ac interest in political afTairs, there is havdly any task more difficult than to induce them to do this. It is reassuring to find that the farmers of lowaare aroused to their duty and have made their power recog nized. So far as the spirit and temper of the state convention may be taken as indi- cating the republican condition in Towa, they show the party to be har- monious, carnest and ccnfident. There was the sort of enthusiasm which is the augury of victory. This spirit it is de- sirable and necossary to maintain throughout the canvass. The chief danger lies in over-confidence. We have already shown that the probable republican margin i not 8o large that the party can afford to give the enemy any ad- vantago which he might win by supe- rior zeal, vigilance and work. The cam- paign in Towa promises to be very vigor- ous and carnest, and the republicans must not allow their side of it to lack in energy and effort. —— Chinese Liegislation. The bill which passed congress and is now in the hands of the president, pro- viding for a more rigid exclusion of Chinese immigrants, will very likely receive the executive approval. In tho present juncture Mr. Cleveland would not venture to defeut a measure of this character, though on the other hand his approval of it cannot be of any great service to him politically. The fact will remain that during all the time while the administration was gotiating the new treaty China, admitted by democratic authority to have been in- adequate whea completed, and more favorable to China than the United States, Chinese immigrants wero swarming into California and no effort was made to properly enforce tho exist- ing law for excluding them. The ad- ministration was so intently bent upon & new treaty, from which it hoped to make some political capital, that it was deaf to the appeal from the Pacific coast for the enforcement of the pres- ent law, which wasbeing daily violated. Not a single effort has been made by the adwministration to stay the tide of Chinese immigration under the law now in force, and the democratic house of represoutatives has shown an almost total indifference until recently regard- ing proposed new legislation. The Sau Francisco (ull, referring to this matter says: “There can searcely be an intelligent person in the country who has watched the course of Mr. Cleveland, who does not know that he has trifled with this question, yet a fev politicians here who want office profess to beliove thut he will help us to get rid of the Chinese if he can be again clected to the presidency. It is not necessary that we should go to the new. treaty to realize that the president is not with us on this question. Take the treaty and examine it crit- ically, and it will be seen that under a ed so as to conform to that ¥, giving Chinese the privilege of going and coming at will, pussing through our territory in every direction, we should be worse off than we ave af present. The truth is, the new troaty was made so us to favor the owners of wmships and railvoads, for by its pro- ions it would give them a great car- ng trade should a law embodying its provisions go into effect. No person need bo deceived in regard to Presi- dent Cleveland’s opinions and actions upon the Chinese question, for he has not made a single effort in favor of ex- clusion, but, upon the contrary, he has had a treaty negotinted which will flood the country with Chinese unless we can obtain legislation which will protect us without regard to the treaty.” The people of the Pacific coast understand perfectly the true position of Mr. Clove- land respecting this question, and no sop he may uow offer will induce them to condone his past fagrant delinguency. was but new Army Promotions. A number of appointments and pro- motions will scon have to be made in the army, and it is said that as usual in such cases a great deal of political and personal influcnce is being brought to beur on the president in behalf of aspiv- ing officers who are willing to secure advancement by the unsoldierly pro- ceeding of jumping over the hends of their seniors. The president is reported to be very much averse to this practice, which has unquestionably prevuiled to a greater or less extent for & number of years, and | as saying that he found vention was the large representation of | iral interest in attendance, | armers numerous among | o8, but they were there in | that he fntonds “to firmly . dle- | cotntenance {t, He s quoted the army had | been made the tool of the politicians and he determined to stop it. In the | appointments and promotions to made the prosident is understood to | have determined to make his sclections i on the score of merit alone, obtaining his information from the department commanders and the adjutant general, It will not be questioned that this is the proper course to pursue, and if the cy hitherto has been gencrally dif- nt from this Mr. Cleveland deserves for having adopted the juster principle. As he said in ular staff appointment that wns sought by a second lieutenant with strong political and social backing, and whom he refused to appoint, it woild not have been right to pass over first and secont tenants who have served from fifteen to twemiy years without even reaching a captaincy, and appoint to the v. 2 young second licutenant who has served but six years. Promotion in order is one of the incen- tives to faithful and meritorious pe formance of duty, and the recognition of meritorious service is essential to foster and maintain the zeal, spirit and goneral morale of the army. The mili- tary establishment should bo absolutely free from political influence, and every officer should understand that he must depend for advancement wholly upon his record. An impartial and strictly just bestowal of rewards is the only policy that should be observed in the army, and the president does well in adopting and adherving to it, if, as it is claimed, he has done so. be | rence All Ready to Build, But—, Tn an interview with a morning con- temporary, President Adams of the Union Pacific is credited with saying that the Union Pacific had made every ngement for the building of a new union depot, even to the completion and approval of plans and the employ- ment of aspecial engincer. But just at the moment when the company was about to begin operations the railway commissioners of Nebraska came out with a new tariff sheet which had the effect of a black frost on a maturing corn crop. In consequence, the inter- view proceeds, ull work looking to the further investmont of money was sus- pended. Surely President Adams could not have been guilty of uttering such stuff to gull the citizens of Owaha. The fly that has been caught so often in the spider’s web will not fall a willing victim again. The Union Pacific has too often been just on the point of building a new depot for this city. Doceived and dam- aged by the false promises of the officials of that road for years, Omaha will not again be hoodwinked by the honied words of Mr. Adams. Does the presi- dent of the Union Pacific think that this city has forgotten the time when it was coddled and whoedled by a mag- nificent, picture of a depot promised by the management on condition that ary bonds and lands be voted to the rail- road? Does Mr. Adams imagine Omaha can forget the buse manner in which the officials broke faith in the matter by the erection of the present ramshackle structure? There were no railroad commissioners or state board of trans- portation in Nebraska at that time on which the president of the road could haag up his excuso for betraying the confidence of the people of Omaha. Yot every year the people of this city have had their ears dinned with the stereotyped announcement that ‘“‘the Union Pacific was just about to begin operations in the erection of a new union depot, but—" When Mr. Adams came into the di- rectory of the Union Pacific he solemnly plodged himself to erect a new depot for this city. He hasnot kept his word, and be cannot justify his failure to do 80 by any such impotent excuses as aro made in the interview with him. POSTMASTE DICKINS in the role of a interesting conversion under the pres- ent administration, in view of Mr. Dickinson’s past course as a polit; That gentleman’s advent in the cabinet was hailed by the spoils element of the democracy as the most reassuring evi- dence Mr. Cleveland had given of a purpose to let up somewhat in the matter of civil service reform. There was some dissatisfaction with Mr. Vilas because it was thought he didn’t lop off the heads of republican post- masters quite lively enough, and this fault Mr. Dickinson was expected to remedy. His char- acter as a politician justified this expec- tation. He was never supposed, either, 0 have any compunctions about using federal officeholders in politics, but it now appears that he has fallen in with tho professed hostility of Mr. Cleveland to the *“‘pernicious political activity” of officeholders. In the letter which con- veys this information, howev Mr. Dickinson leaves a way open through which the officeholder who desi political work may operate without in- curring any gk. It 18 to bo hoped the postmaster general is a sincere convert, but no officeholder under his authority need be apprehen- sive of losing his situation for pernic- ious mctivity in politics. None have yet suffered from this cause, and in the \n'wwnl gency the administration is d isposed to be more tolerant than ever before. NERAL s to do PROMINENT PERSONS, The pope is suffering from rheumatism, General John C. Fremout is spending a few weeks at the New Jersey summer resorts, Jay Gould is still at Saratoga. He says ho is improving daily and 1s enjoying his rest thoroughly. General John M. Schofield, who succeeded General Sheridan in command of the army, was born in the same year with the dead hero and graduated from West Point iu the same class. Mrs. Harriett Beocher Stowe is reported to be losiug health and strength rapidly, being now hardly able to waik out of doors, She is at Sag Harbor 'with her son, the Rev. Charles E. Stowe, Mrs. Gladstone recently appeared on a special day atthe Irish exhibition in Lon- don with & white Irish lace shawl thrown over Mer black dress and a couple of little grandsons clothed in fancy Irish costume. John Barnes, manager of the St. Paul base ball club, has beem notified that he comes into'a fortune of £100,000 by the doath of an unele of kis. in Tyrone, Ireland. He may now indulge his well known taste for costly pitchers and other fancy features of the diamond, Mrs. Leland Stanford's Jewels are valued ata round million, Her dismond necklace is the finest in the United States, and possibly in the world. It cost 4,000, and consists of large, “‘blue tint" golitaires. Besides this she has several purs of magnificent solitaire earrings and enough other procious stones to fill & quart measure. Mr. James Whitcomb Riley, the poot, has a curious inability to form true conceptions of distances and directions. He dronds a journey more than a child docs its first step alone, and nover feels sure of reaching his destination unless accompanied by a friend. Even in Indianapolis, his home for so many years, he often becomes bewildered and lost. Miss Hattio Biaine has boen voted the beauty of the Blaine family. She has pink checks, a fair complexion and nut-brown huir. She is excoedingly girlish in her ac- tions, Miss Margaret Blaine scoms to have taken some of her mother's duties upon her- sei¥, ns Walker has his father's. Young James anfl iiss Hattic are the pets of the family; but it is pisasant to sce tho solid fondness portrayed for Walker wad Emmons by the entire family. e No Figs From Thistles. Denver Kepublican, 1t would be folly for the people of Colorado to expeot that a legislaturo which would elect a railroad lobbyist to the United States seu- ate would pass a railroad law, Where Grover Hid It, St Pawl Pi er-Press, President Cleveland's brilliant policy of *reform” is not spread thickly over tho United States. The greator portion of it ap pears to have been dumped into the unhappy territory of Dakota, s — He Has Used One Too Much Already. Phitadelphia Press. If Chairman Brice can't get his campaign opened any other way let us suggest a cork- sorew. The timoly use of @ corkscrew has been known to arouse a great deal of demo- cratic enthusiasm, Chicagn Times. The president is working on his letter of acceptance, He has got as far as, *And now my reasons for again accepting the great trust which,” but Dan Lamont objects to the word “trust,"and the president1s looking over a book of synonyms for a better one. Now a Condition, Not a Theory. Kansas City Journal, “My frienas,” said Judge Thurman somo years ago, ‘‘you will never have genuine re- form in the civil service until you adopt the one term principle in reference to the presi- dency.” ‘“We recognize in the eligibility of the president to re-election a most serious dangerto that calm, deliberate ana intellgent action which must characterize a government by the people,”” Mr. Cloveland continued some years later. But they both spoke when the chief executive oficer of the United States was a republicun, Now that tho re- election of a democrat is concerned, they have altered their convictions. The Cause of the Delay. Baltimore American. Jenks—TI say, Brown, why docsn't Cleye- land write his letter of acceptance? Brown—Write it! Why, he wrote it long ago—part of it before he was nominated. Jenks—Well, why docsu't he publish it, then? Brown—Probably he will as soon as it gets back. Jenks—Gets back ! you mean? Brown—Why, didn't you know that he sout it to London for final revision by the leading Enghsh supporters of his administration? They are having a time with it because it had 00 mauy American ideas in it, but when they get it fixed to suit them they will send it buck, and all Cleveland will have to do will o to sign it and have it published. ooy STATE AND TERRITORY. Nebraska Jottings. The big base ball tournmmeut at Seward comes off August 23, 20 and 30, Frank Crownover, a York county farmer, had his jaw broken in two places by a kick from & horse. “Tho latest amusement for Fremont boys is to drop lighted matches into the mail boxes and watch the letters burn, EA Hubbard, a recent arrival in Red Cloud, was arrestod Wednesday for passing coun: terfeit money and was held for trial. Oue Scotia woman had a *‘painless dentist'* pull twonty-two of hor teeth last week, and another twenty simply because ‘‘it didn't hurt.” Farmers live high in Johnson county, and Ted Cook, one of their number, hus con- tracted the gout and carrics ono of his foct in u sling. Tho sheriff of Thayer county interviewod Amos Herr at Indianola Wednesday, and at the close of the conversation Amos left with the ofticer to answer to_the charge of obtain- ing money under false pretenses. William Kuch has just arrived in Grand Island from Germany, and will romain sev- eral mouths ~ analyzing whe bects raised in different sections of Hull county on the va- rious kinds of soil. For experimental pur. poses, sugar beets were planted this season by about sixty of the best farmers from seed imported direct from Germany, aud the boets are said to be doing fincly and making excellent growth, The result of the analysis will be awaited with considerable iuterest. » Midnight weddings are unusual in the uict burg of Scotin, and when such a thing oes happen, thus the Herald scribe reports it: “At midnight one day last week, while the county judge wassoundly sleeping, there came a rapping and a tapping at his chamber door—such u rapping and o tapping as ho never heard before. He rose, douned his clothes, less his hose, and let the rapper in. He was a Greeley Center gent, on marriage bent, and a license would have. This was made out ve hastily, neat and tastily, and as the girl was there, all blushing and fair, the knot was tied, and away they hied, oh so v and happily. Then the ju clutched fee, which was & big V, and meed into bed, and covered up his head, ob, s merrily.” ‘What in the world do lowa. Bloody murrain is causing tho many cattle in Heary county, David Hawthorn,'a soldier in the war of 1812 and the oldest scttler of Le Claire, died recently, aged ninty(hree years, Lightning skinned & cat in Waverly the other day, but it only took one of her nine lives, and the feline promises to survive for many years with her other eight, It was proposed to buy a cyclopedia for the Keokuk schools, but a member of the board vigorously opposed it on the ground “that he didn't believe any of the scholars could ride the blamed thing." | 4 A tree was set out last spring in the court house yard at Ida Grove and named for Grover Cleveland. Tt flourished for a while, but soon lost its vigor. However, after the St. Louis convention it revived only to again slowly fade, and now stands a leaflcss wreck. A. M. Bruce, a creamery man, of Ringgold county, claimed to have been robbed several weeks ago of ¥1,700, a considerable portion of 'h belonged to other parties, The other day just as be was starting on a trip to Indi- ana "he was arrested, and had §010 ou his person, He paid the claims against him. “How did you vote for Harrison in 1840, when you lived in Davenport where you couldu't vote!' usked one old Davenport soldier of another. “Well,” sad the neigh bor, kind of confused sud’ hitching up bis brooches, *1 was bound to vote for old and as I couldn’t do it on_ this side of tho river, I went over to Stephenson,” (as Rock Island was then called. ) Dakota, Lovers of plum )l:lk‘eiu the Black Hills will Lave 10 import that delicacy from Nebraska, death of as tho late frost killed the wild plum blos- soms. A peculiar phenomenon at Rapid City re- cently was & heavy rain storm while the sun was shining brightly, Josiah Watterson, a nephew of Henry Wat- terson, of political and Louisville Courfer- dournal fame, has a fine ranch near Rapid City and 1,79 sheep. - Mr, Watterson is a young man just beginning in life. Charles Hughes nnd John Brown wera pardoned and discharged last Monday from the Sioux Falls penitentiary. The, o serving out life sentences for highway rob- bery at Deadwood, and had been confined for four years, The Arlington Farmers' Shippi tion at the close of its first yo declared a dividend of 33 per” cont on stoelk, and in addition thereto paid a rebate o conts on flax and 114 cents on whoat pur- ehased from stockholders, The cditor of the Volga some old-fashioned buckwheat color of a mouse, 80 coarse after leaving the griddlo that you can grate potatoes on the faco of the cake and possessing the ‘irrita- tive' qualitics to the extent that threo meals will mal person scrateh like a Scoteh- man." The Deadwood police forco will covor it solf with glory whenever it mukes an ex- ample of some ranchman or freighter who halts his team and w ctly across tho principal thoroughfarc ally blooking them and compolling other vehicles to take a eircuitons route around the block, whilst tho aforesaid ranchman or freighter tingers in diseussing the character of Mr. Badwiski, vt St WITHOUT HONC AT HOME, Tribune wants flour *‘the Western New York Will Ko\l Up Big Majorities Against Cleveland. Burrato, N. Y., August 23.—[Special to Tnr Ber. ] —There is a wide diversity of opinion throughout the state as to the mean- ing of the action of the stats committee in lecting Buffalo as the place for holding the state convention on the 12th of next month, nd Johu M. Wiley, members of the stats committeo the Thicty-second and Thirty-third districts, respectively, are credited with having engineered the suceess- ful scheme to make I3uffalo the convention city. It is argued from this, and because of the belief that Doyle and Wylie are so-called Cleveland men, that it was a Cloveland vie- tory and a Hill defeat. One of the reasons why this proposition cannot be taken with- out some doubt is that the two gentlemen named have been regarded as Hill advocates until a v 1t date. It is true that they have been allowed to dispense federal patron- for the two congressional districts which they represent on the state commit- tee. These two districts include the countios of Eric and Niagara, in the former of which is located the e of Buffalo. Wiloy has always been more favorably disposed to- wards Hill than towards Cleveland, and it oniy the question of the control of the poli 1l pap that induced him to stay with the loveland element in the stato committeo last spring when the thirty.four wemboers were evenly divided. Neither Mr. Doyle nor his colleague has been taken into the confidence of the admin- istration, and in spite of the fact that they have chosen the postmasters in the smail towns uround here, and that their sugges- tions have carried weight in the matter of the appointment of postal clorks and other munor federal servants of the government, they were so little wformea of the presi dent's real intention that when they went as delogates to the St. Louis_convention, they wére not only advocates of the nommation of Governor , of Indiana, for the socond place on the ticket, but they used all their in fluence to induce other members of the dele gation to follow suit with them. They bad reached St. Louis and were howling G men until a very few hours before “the convention was calied to order. ‘Then it was that William L. Scott, the prosi- dent's mouthpiece, sent for them and haule them over the coals for their alleged infidelity to the wishes of the great chiof. The ge: tlemen admitted that they had been workin in ignorance; they apologized for their rsc, asked Tor iustructions, and immedi- ately changed their allegiance, dropped Gri and followed the Thurman standard. This incident goes to show that Mr. Cleveland’s lieutenants in the western end of the stato are not alw vosted as to his political wishes. Itshows another thing, and that is the utter luck of organization in the domo- cratic party in this neck of tho woods. Four y ago by the middle of August the party was thoroughly organized. ~ Clubs under various names met nightly, and throughout the state there were gatherings and offshoots of these institutions, all work- ing for democratic sucoess. Tho ‘campaign ‘was oonducted principally by the Hon. Dan- 10l N. Lockwood, who, at that time, was in the congressional race and was defeated by Major John M. Farquhar, the present rep- resentative in oongress from the principal Buffalo district. Lockwood worked hard, aud it was, perhaps, due to him as much to any other one man that the nom- inal republican majority in Eric county was reduced about fifty percent. For nearly two years after the inauguration of Mr, Cleveland Mr. Lockwood was ignored en- tirely, and his claims for consideration re- ceived no attention whatover at the hands of the man for whomhe had done so much. Finally, the leader of western New York demo 'y was hidden away in an obscure place, which pays him a pittance in return for his legal services for the wovernmen Mr. Lockwood is absolutely out of politic He has resigned his connection with the va- rious clubs; he has declined emphaticaliy to run for congress, and_is simply attending to his duties as United States district attorn It is true that some of Mr, Lockwood’s a: sistants are at work in a mild way for the ticket headed by Grover Cleveland, but their activity is not of a dangerous character, and they simply serve to prevent the chargo aguinst Lockwood that he is sulking iu his tent. hand, Erie county never saw ity and_such thorough earnest- ness among the republicans as is shown in this year of grace. Every ward, overy pre- cinct, almost every block in the city has republican club working hard to keepup the enthusiusm. Night after night meetings are held in all sections of the city, the tariff is intelligently discussed by the many thinking worknien, and politics, 80 far as the republi can party is concerned, are at fever heat- The number of desertiows from the ranks of the democrats and mugwwnps to the party of protection is simply amazing. Day aftor dny new reeruits to the Harris b ported. ‘The First ward of the city, which has always been considered s re'iably dem- ocratic by a majority ranging from 1,000 up to almost any figure required, seems to have gonc wild on the subject of protection. It is peopled by a class of men who earn their ~ living in the manufactories which abound there, They realize fully what trade means to them, and they are not free traders by any m Heretofore the stradale of the democra: the supject of the tariff has kept the de: crats in this ward together, but now that the mask bas been removed and that the bat tery of British products is uncovered, they s0¢ that the mevitable cutcome of the suc s of the democratic ticket means dopres- \in the interests in which they are em ployed. I'rom all that can be gathered from carefal inquiries smone the leaders in this ward there seems to be no question but that Mr, Cleveland will lose it by & good square majority. “The situation is the same not only through- out the eity, but throughont all of " the coun try towns of Erie county. Farmens are pro verbially slow about changing their politi convictions, but when they learn the Cleve- land-Mills idea menns opening up the markets in which they dispose of their products to the agricultural population in Canada just across the river, and _within easy access of Buffalo, they begiu to realize that the republican policy rof protection is as mueh of & benefit to thew as it is to the man- ufacturer in the city and his employes. Srie guve Blaine a majority of 1,490 in 1854 The most sanguine democrats in Buffalo who know anything of the situation admit that Harrison's majority in this same county in 1833 will be at least three thousand, and’ re- publicans are confident that it will exceed five thousand. . In Chuutauqua, Cattaraugus, Allegnny, oWyoming, Orleans, Genesce, Niagara, and in fact, all the countios in this western end of the state in such close prox imity to Canads, the protective sentiment is equally strong, and HBuffalo will be ably s onded in her attempts to overthrow the demooratic dynasty by her sister counties in the west, and there is every indication that throughout the whole state as fur cast as the Hudson river, the republicaus will make such gains as will insure carrying the state by & majority of from thirty to 1ty thousand, in spite of the adverse vole in New York and its vicinity. aner are re The Democratio P Voting . The democratic primar day In the city betwoen and 6 p. m,, aund in t and 8 p. m. They will be ing places 1 bo held to the hours of 12 country between 6 held at the follo IN THE First Ward ones streots Second Ward—Wigwam of the MoShano Invincibles Third Ward Fourth Ward Pifth War stroots, Sixth Ward—Northeast corner sixth und Lake strocts, Seventh Ward—Corne stroet and Creighton avonue. Sehth Ward— Cuming strect Ninth Ward ~Twenty-ninth and Farnam, at C, J. Johnson's, IN THE CITY OF SOUTH OMANA, First Ward ~0Old sciwol houso on Twenty- soventh street Second Ward Third Ward CITY OF OMATIA. Southwest corner Tenth and 1022 Harnoy stroet, Hoffmun's livery barn, Corner Sixteenth and Izard Twenty- pese Lowa's oftice, Lear of Kilkar's hotel, Fourth Ward building. COUNTRY PRECINCTS, 0 Precinet—Bierbach hall, Elkhorn Procinet—City hall at K lo school house, ion house, ckamith shop Wal Jefferson Precinet—Cook's Beanington Waterloo Precinct West Omaha house Mahew' Precinct s hotel. heely school chool house, n's hall tled to seven dele- ward {n South Omaha to two . and each country precinet three 8 0 the county convention, wkich 13 L on Suturday at orence certain nowspapi marks on Grove Syracuse, during the vention, In the « reviewed the history ad misquoted his and in his spoech Moo county republicy o of hisspeech b cneral Harri son comparcd to that sveland ; how Harrison left wife and children to respond to his coun- try's call in her hour of peril, while Clove- land, wh blebodied man without family incumbri sont o subst tute to the front whom he subsequently mitted to dic in an almshouse, The state ment which has been roferred to did not in et upon the parents of Grover land, a fact Which can be verifisd by sveral hundred citizens of Otoe _county “What I said was this: neral Harrisc is anoble and legitimate d udant of illus trious an ters; Grover Cleveland is the illustrious ancestor of ignoble and illegiti- wate descendants,’ Opinions of Senator Paddock. Senator A, S. Paddock came in from the resterday and is on his way to his home in Beatrice on private business, In conversation with a BE roporter ho ad mitted that later he might take an active part in the campaign. He declares that Harrison's election is aircady ussured aud tho voting will be a mere formali He thinks that when the rcpublican na- tioual convention at Chicago nominated Har- rison and Morton the ites builded bet- ter than th Harrison Is growing in popula His speechies are the utterances of a statesman, and are distin- guished by vreadth of mind, good judgment and high patrioti: The democrats, he appreciate this and are vory active in cast. However, the senator believes their efforts will be in vain Senator Paddock is hear Beatr looking nalo and and after a couple of days' stay in o he returns to Washington. The Irish-American Club, The Irish-American Republican club held a very large meeting ‘Wednesday night at thoir rooms i the in the Barker hotel. According to the latest report the membership now numbers 270, Mr. John T Cathers delivered a very in- teresting address touching at length upon tho financial depressions of 1557 and the tariff laws which caused the trouble, Mr. Groves, president of the club, re- ported to the members that Hon. John M. “Thurston had consented to address them at some future day. Seventh Ward Democrats. At the meeting of the domocrats of this ward Weaneaday held night, the following primary ticket was selected; Major Dennis, J. B. Hughes, Warner N. Roet, R. N. Catos, Al bert Waiggouer, J. J. Polats and J."C." Gil- ford. Messrs, Morlarty, English and Cates wore appomnted to ascertain how many democrats of the ward Intended to go to the mass con- vention of clubs to be held in Lincoln, Second Ward Republicans. The Second Ward Republican club met ‘Wednesday night, and after routine busincss adopted resolutions regarding the death of General Sheridan, among which was the fol- lowin, Resolved, That we deplore the loss the na- tion has sustained in his death at a compara- tively early age, when his matured judgment would have been iuvaluable in councils of the nation, N, P The clubs of the State Democratic leaguo hold a mass convention in Lincoln on the 2ith inst. Chairman Coggeshall, of the democratic committee of the Kirst congressional dis- trict, has called a meeting of that body at Lincoln on the 29th inst, The Young Men's democratic club of the First ward will meet at Metz' garden on of Twonty-seventh | DIAMONLS | Watches and Diamonds Found in Tea and Coffee---A Novel Way of In- troducing Coods, The names of all persons finding dia- monds, watches, ete., are added to this | list dailys The Overland a company | of San Franciscohave refitted the store, Hth St near Farnam, Omaha. or to Introduce their goods, ny put for 60 days, souvenirs nof teaand coffee sold such as solid gold, silver and nickel watones, also gonuine diamonds, in solid gold sotting: also money, and many other articlos of less val Every can oon- tainga souvenir, Tho coffée. can and contonts weigh about three pounds; tho tea, can and contents about one and half pounds. This expensive and novel way « ising will be discontinued after 60 days, and theso really choiee goods will be 1 strictly on their mer- its but without the souvenir. Of course every purchaser must not expeet to got adinmond or wateh. This company claim that they have just ns good o right to give n watches, dismonds or other jewelry and money astheir com- petitors have to give away glasswaro, chromos, ete, Got up a elub. Thoso who get upa club order most always get a handsome present. Ovders by mail romptly forwarded to all partsof the “numl States on receipt of cash or post- office order. Terms: Single can #1; six n for #10, and twer . Address Overland Tea Co. Omaha, Nebraska, Miss Maud Buehanan, North Bigh- teenth street, silver fruit stand; Mrs. A. Wheeler, South Twenty-fifth street, silver sugar bowl; M W. Wy- ant, traveling salesman, dismond collar button in can tea; Miss Mamio Taylor, South Omaha, silver five-bottle eastor; s, Robert Barnes, North Eleventh silver sugar bowl; William rs, Albion, Neb,, mail order, dia- 1d #10 in gold coin in ten; 5, Davenport street, s M William A. How t, silver sugar bowl: I'. . Denniston, Cass street, dia- mond stud in can tea; Miss Susio Love- joy, Council Blufts, Ta., silver sugar bow! Mr. A. R. Doolity Harney stroot, eon monoy in ton; Mr. Gideon Wheeler, Fullerton, Neb., mail order, solitaire dinmond stud in tea; Mre, A, C. Hickox, Cuming st., silver cake stand; Mrs. M. 1. Reed, Saunders st., can money in tea a Burke 17th st., silver sugar bo dith Woodrufl, N. 13th st., silver pickle stand; Mrs. J. C. Owens, Grand Island, Nob., mail order, solitaire diamond and silver cake stand in tea; W. M. Platte, N. 15th st., gent’s hunting case gold wateh in tea; PR, I M Lillie Woodford, Plattsmouth, Neb,, mail order, silver sugar bowl; Mr. C. M. Williamson, 24th_st., silver cup; Mrs. . O. Reynolds, Dodge st., gold ring, diamond, ruby and sapphire set- ting in tea; Mrs. M. C. Warren, Capitol ave., silver five bottle castor; Mrs. W. I. Hines, 3Sth_and Cass stroets, s1l- ke stand; W. F. Wilmington, 1 avenuo, Kearnoy, Neb., mail order, can money and silver pickle stand in_ can tea: Sadie Moss, 27th street, lndies’ chatelaine watch in tea; Mr. P. L. Bush, Farnam street, silver sugar bowl; Mrs. M. A. Barnett, Pop- pleton avenue, dinmond ring in can tou; Miss Mary Tracy, Castellar street, sil- ver sugar bowl; Mrs. John Campbell, Lincoln, Neb., mail order, $20 in gold coin in tea; A. R. Whiting, N. 9th street, silver sugar bowl; L. G. Lewis, Davenport streot, diamond ring in tea; C. H. Watson, S. 13th _street, silve sugar bowl; chuett, S. 14th street, silver pickle sand; Mrs. Bertof Hansen, Jackson street, diamond ring in can toa; Miss Duisy Scott, Howard street, silver sugar bowl; Mrs. A. R. Marvin, N. 14th street, gent's diamond stud in tea. Mrs. C. I. Morris, Jackson street, din- mond ring in can tea; Miss Jenuie Nolan, Lincoln, Neb., mail order, ladfes’ hunting case gold watch in tea; Mr. W. M. McCormick, 8. 27th street, silver ickle stand; Mrs. Edward G. Marsh, avenport street, silver cake stand; Mrs. M . Scott, North 22d, can mone; in te M ddward Talmadge, South Omaha, silver five-bottle castor; Mrs. A. G. Barlow, Howard street, silver cup; Miss Nellie Lindine, bet. Jackson and Jones sts., cake stand: Mrs. Samuel Walbridge, Cauncil Bluffs, Ia., elegant ladies’ chatlaine watch in can tea; Mrs. G. W. Layng, S. 20th st., silver sogie bawlie. W, J. Browhs Harney st., $20 in gold coin in tea; Mrs. Will Cammell, Fremont, Neb., mail order elegant solitaire diamond luce pin in ton; Mr. M. C. Meloin, Cuming st., silver le stand; A. G. Barlow, 11th st., er sugar howl; Miss May Monford, Capitol ave., silver cake stand; Mrs, J. C. Mitchell, North Platte, Neb., mail uext Thursday nizht to consolidats with the other democratic ward organization, —_— A Fence-Climbing Alligator. Philadelphia Times: An alligator at the *Zoo" has accomplished a feot un- precedented in the history of the ani- mal—it has climbed over a fence five feet high. The night watchman at the garden was making his midnight jour- ney through the thirty-seven acres of ground on Friday night, when he heard a rustling in the ass near the beaver poud. e flushed his dark lantern on the spot, and there, making his way for the enclosure of the busy little beavers, was the sealy monster. The night watchman immedia gave the alarm, and soon half a aozen attaches of the place were on the spot. On being discovered the alligator re- traced his steps and got in a small pool of water near the pelican enclosure, A guard was plac WA (e poud, and nimal kept there until the morn- when the job of getting him back in his pond was attempted. per Byrne is possessed of crable skill as alariat thrower, and he soon had the noose of a stout rope over the animal’s head. It was puiled tight and an attempt was made to drag the alligator over the ground 1t was found that the rope was in- sufficient, and several more were at- tuched to diflel parts of his body, and *his lordship” was again a pris- oner. Meanwhile the keepers had been puz- zling their brains over the problem as to how the animal had succeeded in getting out of the enclosure, which sarrounded on all sides by a fence fi feet high., After a close examination no breaks could bo found in the fenc and the ere about giving it up in d. spair, when Head-keeper Byrne sug- gested the idea of the animal climbiy over the fence, The idea was scouted by many,but i search was made and the problem solved. In the northwest cor- nerof the enclosure the fence was found to be seraped and covered with mud all the way up. The animal was assisted in the ascent by the wire neiting on the west end of the foncs. dhidaiisd. Beware of worthless imitations of Dr. Jones’ Red Clover Tonic. The genuine cures headache, piles, dyspepsia, ague, malaria, angd. is & pure tonic and blood purifier. Price 50 ceuts. Goodman Drug CompaGy. order, elegant gold ring, diamond |~||b¥ and sapphire setting, in tea: Mrs. S. T, Grummond, S. 15th st., silver cup; M J. H. Page, banker, Mason City, Nel gents’ hunting case gold wateh ' in tou: W. H. Combs, butcher, South 15th st., silver sugar bowl: J. E. Riley, Bird st., silver butter dish; Mrs. Eva Reese, North Platte, Neb., mail ovder, diamond ring in can of ten: Miss Daisy Trimble, silver fruit stand; Mrs. James Page, So 16th st., silver sugar bowl; Mrs, D, T. Fowler, Harney st., gents’ diamond stud and #10 in gold in can of tea; Mrs B. A. Breckenridge, 424 st., silver fiv bottle castor: Mrs. E. H. Chase, Lin- coln, Neb., mail ovder, elegant gold pin, ruby and sapphire setting, in tea;. Mrs. Mary Herrig, Hickory st amond ring ‘in can_ten; Mrs. Alexr Baxter, Hastings, Neb,, mail order 27, can for $20, $10 1n gold coin, dinmond ring and soltaire dia- mond ring stud in Mrs. Harry Woods, 16th st. ar bowl; M A. C. Thatc but- ter dish; Mrs. A. N. Perkins, Leaven- worth st., can money in tea; Miss Sadi Osborn, North 17th st., sitver sugar bowl; Mrs. O. A. Slack, Sherman ave. silver pickle stand: M muel Tyler, l'nlumgm\ Neb., mail order, diamond ring and can money in tea; Mr. James outh 9th, silver fruit stand; . Anderson, Howard st., silver sugar bowl. 3. Liddle, mail order, Lincoln sugar bowl; M gws, California ave., silver stand; G. M. Harvey, Davenport s gent’s hunting case gold watch in tea; Mrs, Eugenia Kilborn, prop. Jordan House, Grand Island, Neb., mail order, diamond ring in tea; Miss Lillie West, So. 20th st., silver pickle stand; Mrs. J. C. Cole, South Omaha, silver five-bottle castor; Mrs. Grant Cooper, 42d st., silv cup; S. J. Faris, N. 18th st. diamond ring in tea; Mrs. William Lawrence, Ohio st., $20 in gold coin in tea; Mrs. A. 8. Pundery, mail order, Blair, Neb., silver sugar bowl; Mr. Chas, Clark, traveling salesman, elegant diamond shirt stvd in tea; Miss Kittie eson, N. 17th st., silver pickle stand 2da Williams, south 16th st., sil ar bowl; little Willie Schmiko, iine watch in tea; Mr. Robort) Shelton, Council Blufls, Ia., can money Mr. K. E. Kirkland, Harney st.,’ silver fruit stand; Mrs. James Counse man, Sherman ave,, diamond ring in Miss Lillie Barnes, elegant gol diamond, ruby and sapphire se ting, in tea.