Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 10, 1888, Page 1

" EIGHTEENTH YEA A LONG TALK ON THE TARIFF | Cleveland's Letter Practically a | Ropetition of His Mezsage. HIS SECOND TERM DECLARATION. He Makes No Reference to It and Touches Very Lightly on the Issue With Our North- ern Nelghbor. wievertand’s Letter of Acceptance, WABHINGTON, Sept. 9.~ Tne followiug is the v's letter of acceptance made public WasHINGTox, Sept. 8, 1888 —Hon, Patrick A. Collins and others, commitice, ete.—Gen tlemen: In addressing to you my formal acceptance of the nomination to the prosi dency of the United States, my thoughts pe sistently dwell upon the impressive relatio of such action to the American people whose confidence is thus invited, and to the political party to which 1 belong, just entering upon @ contest for continued supremucy. ‘The world_does not i a spectacio more sublime than is furn when millions of free and intelligent American citizens select gheir chief magistrate and bid one of “heir number to find the highest earthiy honor and the full measure of public duty in ready submission to their will. 1t follows that o candidato for this high office can nes forget that when the turmoil and the st which attend the selection of its incunmbent shall be heard no , there must be in the quiet calm which foilows a cowplete and solemn self conseeration by the peoples’ hosen president of every faculty and cn- eavor to the service of a confiding and generous nation of free These thoughts are intensified 1, light of my experience in the " presidential office, which has soberly — impressed me with the severe responsibilities which it imposes, while it hus quickened my love for Awmerican institutions” and taught me the priceless value of the trust of my country. men, Itisof the highest importance that those who administer our government should zealously protest and maintain the rights of American citizens at hiowe and abroad and should strive to achicve for our country her nroper place among the nations of the earth, 15ut there is no people whose home inter- ests are 80 great and whose numerous ob- jeets of domestic concern deserve so much watchfuluess and ¢ Among these are the regulation of a sound financial system suited to our needs, thus socuring the eficient agency of national wealth and general prosperity’s the construe tion and cquipment of means” of defense to insure our national safety and maintain the tonor beneath which such national safety reposes: the protection of our national do- main, still stretching beyond the nceds of a v's expansion, und its preservation for attler and ploneer of our marvelous growth; sensible and sincore recognition of the value of American labor, leading to serupulous care and the just appreciation of the interests of our workingu: he limita tion and checking of such mononolistic ten- dencies and schemes as interfere with the advantages and benefits which le may rightly claim; a generous ard and care for our surviving soldiers and sailors and for the widows and orphans of such as have died, to the end that while ion of their services und sacri- 1s quickened, application of the pension funds to improper cases may be prevented: rotection against servile immizration which injuriously competes with our laboring men in’the field of toil and adds to our population an element ignorant of our institutions and laws impossible of assimilution with our peo ple and dangerous to our peace nnd welfare strict und steadfust adherence to the princi- ples of civil service reform and a thorough exccution of the laws passed for their en- forcement, thus permitting our veople the advantages of business methods in the operation of their government; a guaranty to our colored citizens of all their rights of citizenship und their just recoznition and encouragement in all things pert % to that relation; a firm, patient and humane Indian policy 80 that in peaceful relations with the government the civilization of the Indians may be promoted, with resulting quict and safety to the settlers on our frontiers, and the curtailment of public ex- pense by the introduction of economical methods in every department of the govern- ment. The pledges contained in the platform adopted by the late convehtion of the na- tional democracy lead to the advancement of these objects and insure good govern ment, the aspiration of every American citizen and the every patriotic action and the = consciousness that much has t done in the direvtion of good governme Dby the present administration and submitting its record to the fair mspection of my coun- trymen. 1 endorse the platform thus pre- seuted, with the de again ealled to the chief shiall be a continuance of a dovoted endeavor to advance the iuterests of the cmure country. Our scale of federal taxation and its con- sequences largely engross, at this time, the attention of our citizens, and the people are soberly considering the necessity of meas- ures of relief, Our governmont is a creation of the people, established to carry out their designs and ' accomplish their ‘good, It was founded on justice and was made for a tree, intelligent and virtuous people, 1t is only useful when within their control, and only serves them well when regulated and guided by their constant touch, It is a free government because il guarantees to every American citizen the unrestricted personil use and enjoyment of all the reward of his toil and of all his income excopt what may be his fair contribution to the necessary public expense. Therefore it is not only tho right, but the duty of a fres people, in the eunforcementof this guaranty to insist that such expense should be strictly limited to actual public needs, It seews to be perfectly clear that when a government thus ted and maintained by the people to do their bidaing, turns upon them and through utter perversion of its power extorts from their labor and capital a tribute largely in_excess of public nccessi- tics, the creature has rebeiled against the creator and masters are robbed by their scr. vants, The cost of government’ must con- tinue to be met by tarift duties collected ut our custom houses on imported goods and by internal revenue taxes assessed upon spiritu- ous and malt liquors, tobacco and oleomar- garine, Isuppose itis needless to explain that all these dues and assessiments are added to the prico of the articles upon which they are levied and thus become a tax upon all those who buy these articles for use and consumption. 1 suppose, too, it is well un- derstood that the effect of this tariff taxation is not limited to the consumers of imported articles, but that the duties fm- lmfl(‘fl upon such articles permit a corvespond- ug increase in price to be laid upon domestio l;rotlun'linns of the same kind, which is paid y all our people as consumers of home pro- ductions, anc, eutering every Amcrican home, constitutes a form of tuxation as cer- tain and as inevitable as though the amount was aunually paid into the band of the tax atherer. These results are inseparable rom the plan we have adopted for the collec- tion of our reyenue by tariff duties. They are not mentioned to discredit the tem, but by way of preface to the stateraent that every million of dollars collected at our cus- tom houses for dutics uron imported articles and paid into the public treasury represent many millions more which, though never reaching the national treasury, are paid by our citizens as the increased cost of domestic productions resulting from our tariff laws. In these circumstances, and in view of th necessary effect of the operation of our plan for raising revenue, the absolute duty of limiting the rate of tariff charges to the necessities of the frugal and ecovomical yd- winistration of the government scems to perfectly plain, The continuance, upon a pretext o wouuuf public expenditures, of such a scale of tariff taxation as draws from the substance of :::&eo le a sum largely in excess of public , 18 surely somethiwy ‘which, under a government based upou justice 0 its strength and usefuloess the trust of the people, ought not % ated, while the vernment are un Light burdens become grievous and able when not justified by just ne Unnecessary taxation is unjust taxation yet this is our condition. We are annually eollecting at our custom houses and by meuans of our internal Aue taxation many mil- lions in w8 of all legitimate public needs, A4 @ consequence there now remains in the national treasiry a surplus of more #150,000,000. No better evidence furnished that the people are t Phe extent of th burden indicated by this surplus willsbo bet- ter appreciated when it is suggested that such surplus alone represeats i taxation ag- gregating more than $108,000 in a county containing 50,000 inhabitants, Taxation hus always been the feature of organized govern- ment the havdest to reconcile with the peo- ple'sadeas of freedom and happiness. When presented in o divect form nothing will arouse popular discontent more quickly ar nrofound'y than unjust and ur s8ury tux ation. Our farmers, mechan Luborers and all our citizons closely sean the slightest incrense in the taxes assessed upon their lan s and other property and demand good reasons for such imervease, and yet they secm to be expoet quarters, to regard the of insidious and indircet thein by our present v with indifference if not w plus revenue now rem not only furnishes e unjust taxation, but its aseparate and inde prosperity of the people, This vast accumu lation of idle funds ents that much money drawn from the circulating medi of the e y which is needed in the chan- nelsof teade and business, 1t i eat mis- talke to snppose that the consequences which follow the continual withdrawal and ho ing by the government of the currenc of people, are not of immedi it s of our citizens ar raged in large finan- heaviest burdens mplainingly born, | ntoler- xation teof to h favor. 1ing in the tr r lusiv woof of the constitutes nace 1o the visi upo! 18t cial transuctions, In the restless entern and activity which free and ready money among the peo- ple produces, is found that opportunity for labor and employment, and that impetus to business and production, which bring in their train prosperity to our citizens in ever station and voeation. ventures, n investinents - business and manufa tur the construction of new and important v and the enlargzement of ent established, depend largely upon obtainiv HoneY Upon easy terms, with fuir se and all these things are stimulated by an abundant volume of ¢ mediam, Even the harvested gr farmer remaing without a mar me s forthcoming for its mov transportation to the seaboard. The first result of a scarcity of mone amon the people is the exaction of terws for its use, increasing distr timidity, followed by a refusal to loa noany terms, Investors re risks and decline all securities and, in a gen | fright, the money still in the hands of people is persistently hoarded. 1t is quite apparent that when this perfectly than | natural, if not inevitable stage is reachcl depression Il business and enterprise will, as a nc ary cousequence, lessen the opportunity for work and cmploy- ment and reduce salaries and the wages of labor. Instead, then, of being ex empt from the mfluence and effect of an im urplus lying idlo in the naional wrners and others who rely upon their labor Tor support are most of all directly concerned in the sitnation, Others, sceing the approach of danger, may provide azuinst it but it will tind t pending upon their daily toil for bread un- prepared, helpless and “defeuscless, Such a state of affuirs does not present a case of idleness resulting from disputes between the Jaboring man and his employer but produces an absolute and enforced stoppage of em nent and wagoes, viewing the bad effects of this accumu- urplus and the scale of tarifl rates ich it fs produced we must not over- towards gross and scanda lous public extravagance which a congested treasury induces nor the fact that we are maintaining without excuse, in a time of profound peace, substantially the rate of tariff duties imposed ina time of war when the necessitics of the government justitied the imposition of the weightiest burdens upon the people, Divers plans have b suggrested for the return of this aceumu surplus to the people and the nels of trade. Some of these devices are An with all rules of good fi e are delusive, re absurd eir reckic influence of a money upon the judg- ments of individual While such efforts should be made us are consistent with public duty and sanctioned by sound judgment to avoid danger by the useful disposition of the surplus how remaining in the treasu it is evident that if its distribution we accomplished another accumulation Id soon take its place if the constant flow of redundant in- come wis not checked ut i 0 by a re- form in our pre We do not propose to deal with these eonditions by merely attempting to satisfy the people of chan- t surplus of publ WO the truth of abstract theories nor by alone urging their assent to political doctrine, We present to them the propositions that they are unjustly treated in the extent of present federal taxation; that as a result a condition of extreme dauger exists and that it is for them to * demand a remedy and that defense and safety promised in the guarantees of their free g ment. We believe that the same means which are adopted to reliove the treasury of its present surplus and prevent its recurrenco should cheapen to our people the cost of supplying their daily wants, Both of these objects we seek in part to gain by reducing the present upon the necessaries of | y appreciate the importa to our domestic industr prises, In the rectification of existing ntenance and prosperity should be and, ina friendly ap nside; h reliance upon present’ revenue rangements as huve been invited or ahould be fairly and justly upt and radical ¢ 08 Whic v such enterpriscs, and affect the mterests of lahor, dependent upoi their success and continug @ not con templated or intended know the cost of our dome ured products is increased e to the consumer en- hanced by uposed upon the raw material used in manufacturs We know that this increased cost preven > sale of our productions in kets in with po whicl ha ntage of free raw terial. We kunow that confined toa h market our manufacturing ope curtailed, the demand for labor and the rate of wages paid uncertamn, propose, therefore, to stimulate our domestic indu 1 s by freeing from duty the imported raw materials which, by the employment of labor are used in our home manuractures, thus extending the mar for their sale and permitting an iner and steady production with the allowance of abundant profits. . ue to the undeviating coursé of the dem- ocratic party we will notneglect the interes of labor and our workingmen. In all efforts to remedy existing evils we will furnish no excuse for the 10ss of employment or the re- duction of the wages of houest toil. On the coutrary, we propose in any adjustment of our revenue laws to concede such encourage- ment and advantage to the employers of do- mestic labor as will easily compensate for any aifference that may exist between the andard of wages which should be paid to our laboring men and the rate allowed in other couutries, We propose, too, by extending the markets for our manufacturers to promote the'steady em- ployment of lwbor, while by cheapening the cost of the necessaries of life we increase the pur\:husin{{ power of the workingman's wages and add to the comforts of his home. And befora passing from this phase of the question, I mn constrained to express the oxmion that while the interests of labor sbould be always sedulously regarded in any modification of our tariff laws, an additional and more direct and efiicient protection to those interests would be afforded by the restriction and prohibition of the immigration or imporiation of laborers from other countries who swarm u))on our sbores haying no purpose or intent of becom- ing our fellow citizens or acquiring any per- injuriously MONDAY MORNI manent interest in our country but who crowd every field of empioyment with unin- telligent labor at wages which ought not sat- isfy those wno make claim to American citi 2 ip. The platform adopted by the late national convention of our party contains the following declaration: ‘“Judged by demo- cratic principles the i of the people are betra, ry taxation, trusts and combi mitted and fostered up, while unduly enriching the few that combine to rob the body of our citizens by depriving them, as purchasers, of the benefits of national competition Such combinations have always been condemned byt lemocratie party. The declaration of its n 1al convention is sincerely made and no nrember of our party will be found excus- ing the existence or belittling the pernicious results of these devices to wrong the people. Under various names tn have b punishied by the common law for hundr of years, and theyv lost none their ateful he huve assumed the trusts in- stead of conspirac We believe that these trusts ace the natural offspring of a market artificially restrict that an inordinately furnishing the temptation larges the limit within ate aguinst the peoplo tent of their power ong doing. With an unalterable of all such schemes, w the check their baleful op- ations am d results promised by revenue reform. While we cannot. avoid pirtisan mis entation, our position upon the question of revenue reform should be 8o admit of no misunder- wve entered upon no crusade he reform we seck to inau icted npon the utmost care for industries und enterprises, a Jealous regard for the interests of American labor and a sincere desire to relieve the coun- try from the injustice and danger of u con- dition evil to all all the land. no imaginary danger been ' wich they may ope and thus increases th standing, of free trade, rate s pre blished with has, ing existenc, confessed by all pledges — of a wle on all sides: yet, wihi body, where under th sures applic must originate, the demo mpting with extreme mode nthe pledge common were mev by position and obstr minority refusing to co-operate in the house of reprosentatives, or propose . have remitted the redemp- v hive the 1 istitution all o this subject ion o 1 to both part determine on stion and, the tion The people will bardly be de abandonment of the field of leg 1o iti convention and flippantly decla s ful effort to relieve th situation is destructive to ican system of the people be al to prejudies absur allegution the interests of Europs port th in their platform to t ests of our country by revenue tax used in the ar They the in by ned th that W s0rV while they will su ap- hus support the inter *moving the inter frou tobacco und from spi and for mechanical purpose , itlso, that there should be suc a ision of our tarift laws as shall tend to check the importation of such article as are produced he Thus, in propos- ing to ncrease the dutics upon such articles to ncarly or quite a prohibitory point they confess themselyes willing to travel backward in the road of civilization and to deprive our people of the markets for their zoods which can be only gained and kept by the semblance, at least, of an in change of business,” while they aban- don ~ our consumers to the strained oppression of the tic trusts and combinations whic atform perfunctoril pose further to réleaso o import duties all article foreign production (except luxuries) like of which cannot be produced in this countr, lain people of the land and the poor, who scarcely use articles of any description produced exzelusively and not alreaay free, will find it aifficoit to discover where their interests are regarded i this proposition. sy necd in their homes cheaper domes! ssaries, and this scems to be entirely unprovided for in this proposed sch :to serve the country, Small com- pensation for this negle need is found in the further purpose here an- nounced and covered by the declaration that if, after the chang ready mentioned there still remains a lar enue than is requisite for nts of the government, tae entire internal taxation should he re pealed *rather than surrcuder any p our protective system.” Our u rom the undud 1 unnecessary -burden of tariff taxation resting upon them. They are offcred free tobacco and fiy whisky., Tuey ask for bread and they a given a stone. The implication contained in this purty d ation that despe are justified or from ~ destruction or is termed our ‘‘protective tem,” should confuse mo on existeuce of such a is enti) sistent with the r nof the which it is to be apj and the wbuses, Of course, in a cou 18 this, with such a’ won leading in stions, it is diffienlt, if notimpossible, to settle upona perfect tariff plan. But in accomplishing the reform we have entc upon, the necessity of which is so0 obvious, 1 believe we should ‘not be content with a re- duction of revenue involving the vrohibition of importations and the removal of the inter- nal tax upon whisky. It can ba better and more safely done within the lines of granting actualrelief to the people in their means of ly ing and at the sume time giving an impetus to our domestic enterprises and furthering our national welfare. If misvepresentations of our purposes and motives are to gain cre- dence and defeat our present effort in this di- there ms to be no reason ry endeavor in the future to revenue reform should not be likewise attacked and with like r 1t. And yet no thoughtful man can fail to in the continuance of the present burde people and the abstraction by the nment of the currency of the countr evitable distress and disaster. All dan by timely action. The di ity of applying the remedy will never be less and the blame should not be luid at the door of the democratic party if it is applied too late. With firm faith in the intelligence and patriotism of our countrymen, and relying upon the conviction that’ misrepresentation will not influence them, prejudice will not cloud their understanc aud that menace will not intimidute them, let us urge the people’s interests and public duty for the vindication of our attempt to inaugurate a righteous and beneficent reform, Grover CLEVEL ave what ey A Foolish Story Concerning General Hovey Started in Indiana, INpIaNaroLIs, Sept. 0.—A story has been publishied in several leading papers, emanat- ing from Indwnapolis and Evansville, that General Hovey, the republican candidate for governor, is likely to be arrested by the fed- eral authorities for an alleged violation of postal laws, It is stated in these ac- counts that General Hovey is with having *“franked” newspapers through the 1nails containing his and thut postal inspectors are mnow engaged at Evansville gathering evidence upon which he will be arrested. General Hovey said to an Associated press corre- spoudent that he wished they would arrest him, and denied that there was the slightest fouudation for the story, He said that he had neves mailed a newspaper coutaining his Dbiography to any one, either with or without his congressional “frank,” e — A Belt Line at St. Joe. Sr. Josery, Mo., Sept. 9.—[Special Tele- gram to Tue Bez.]—The Chicago, St. Paul & Kansas City railroad has decided to build a belt line from a_point connecting its en- trance at the northern city limits and the union depot, The. road will be about five miles long and touch the castern boundaries of the city, 3 '\ VERY WEAK DOCUNENT, | The General Verdict on Cleveland's TIRED OF BEING PATRIOTS. The Present Cabinet Said to Be Pre- paring to Vacate—Senator Alli- son on the Status of the Republican Tariff Bill, Prolix and Prosy. WasHIN ue Osaas Bee, ) 518 FOURTEENTH STREET, Wasninaros, D, C., Sept. 9 ‘ veland's letter of accoptan 1 to the press to-night, prove: lisappointment to all in Wash ve d it. While its length exceeds anticipation, it has a lack of spirit und goes over the ground he has a number of times covered in messages Lo congress, in way that was not e d. Much to the se of all whe have read the letter, it contains no reforence to the declarations made by Grover Cloveland four yoars g0, that a president should not aceept a second term, The document is nothing short of a rehash of the fres wool message and the common place prattle he has so frequently indulged i when he has seut various messages to congress, The very siight and mild refe he makes to the international issue he has attempted to force with Canada is regarded as an ac- knowledgement that his one eftort i that di- rection has failed, Beyond any question of doubt he regards the tariff issue the leading one in the campaign, and the republicans who have examined the letter to-night are de- lighted that he is willing to place the issue there. The declarations he has made in re- gard to protection for American labor and American industries are impracticable, as has been his whole course of administration, 1t is simply a lotof platitude, und the falsett voice of the wamp and the hybrid poli- tician is read plainly between cvery line. One of the first features of the lotter pointed out by republicans and discovered by demo- crats, is the president's denial thut he is a free trader, wherein he relates that “we have entered upon no crusade for freo trad his he deelares in connection with the positive statement that the way to reform the tariff is by frecing from duty the im- ported raw materials which, by the employ- sment of labor, are used m our home manu- fuctu If the plaeing of articles produced in 0 ou the free list does not con- stitute free trade, republicans in the senate and house are unible to distinguish between rade und_protection. In the same con ion is cited the declaration that while by wpening the cost of the necessarics of life increase the purchasing power of the rKingman's wages, astonishment is ex- pressed at the president’s extended observa- tions on the surplus without any recom- mendation as to how the secumulation in the treasury shall be reduced. His refercnce to a strict.and steadfast ad- hie to the priuciples of civil service re- form is denounced as a mocke: and a sham when there are two cabin and scores of lesser offfcials dire nected with the administration now on the stump indulging in thy most vituperative partisan utterances, slandering the rvepubli- can candidates and libelling the republican party. The pres it's alludion to the inter- st of the farme nd the increased taxa- tions upon their lands and their property without any reference whatever to the fact that the Mills bill places every essential pro- duct of the farm upon the free list thus wrecking every interest of the farmer, will quse surprise in the rural districts if it does not bring about a revulsion. In factevery reference to the interest of th farmer, the' mechanic aud the laboring men has been as painfully fippant and sarcastic us have been the observations of the presi dent toward the private soldiers and their widows and orphans who have asked for pen- sions through congress and have received brutal and shameful abuse. The president proceeds from beginning to end upon the assumption that he is talking to a grossly ignorant constituency and that his every act of demagogy is accepted as consistent and praiseworthy. Plainly, the president declares for the maintenance of internal taxation and the creation ot further like thaf on olecomargarine, which he mentions, while the import duties are being abolished and free trade accepted. In the estimation of a number of the brainiest republicans in Washington who havo to-night seen the letter it will prove a great disap- pointment to the party and a failure as a campaign document. DISINTEGRATION OF One of & t congressional friends says that it is vory probable that the sceretary will be ele the senate again this win legislature. 1t is 10 s Bayard has wanted for mo get back into the senate, and that he regrets the change he made. His friends say that he left the senate and went with Mr. Clev land to the cabinet out of purcly pafriotic motives and that he has found the chy much less agreeable than he anticipated., is announced, upon the most positive terms, that Secref Whitney will leave the cabi- within_three or four months sident Cleveland is re-clected or mnot. x months the “friends of Attorney sral Garland have been stating guard- that that offic uds to et out of ston the dth of nextMarch, Al w ago it was announced that § licott would leave the war depar beginning of the next presiden- uot the president is re- cland promoted Mr. Fai assistant s ship to of the treasury under 235 of circumstances and under It is well kuwown bhe will not retained in the cabinet long ith of March, So, & ing to well authenticated reports, 1 Cleveland will not have more than his cabinet ofiicers, if indeed y of them when he starts c upon his next ters should he be re- It is not known Postmaster General Dickinson and Se Vilus want to stay in the cabinet, professed all along to be mak- ing great personal sacrifices 1n entering pub- lic life and it is more than probable that neither of them will reweain longer than next Murch, President which was gi an absolute ington who | AND'S han u year to whether M from the retary child be a st protes 50 1d two of THE SENATE TARIFP BILL. Senator Allison said ‘this eveming that he had expected to have submitted the tarif bill to the full finance committee about the last of the coming week, but he doubted now if that could be done, and he was unable to when the sub-committee would conclude its labors, He thought, however, the bill would be out of their hands by the first of next week, How long s time would elapse be- tween the submission to the full committee and the report to the seuate Is a matter Mr. Allison could not s eculate upon. He has not yet heard whether the democratic mem- bers of the committes will desire discuss it and if so how much time they will likely consume, ‘That question had not been brought up. The ator is not yet certain whetner the bill wijl bé made public imme- diately after it is reported to the .full com- mittee, as the ways and means committee did with its bill, oruntil it has been reported to the senate. **What will be the total reduction made by the senate billt” was asked. *L do no know,” was the reply. “We are At work on that now aad prepariug tables to show the estimated reduction and the changes made in existing duties, and until that is done the reduction canuot be accu- rately known,” *‘When the bill is finally completed and before it is submitted to the full committee, will 1t be passed upon by a caucust” “I think not.” “Do you think the bill will command the solid republican vote 1 the senate!” 1 think it will b satisfactory to practi- G, SEPTEMBER 10, 1888, cally every republican in the senate. Thé may be some details which may need chagsgs. ing, and if a majority of the republican s ators believe such changes are desirable bill will be amended in accordance with their wishes, " “Have you formed any idea as to the length of the debate ! ‘1 have not thought about that, but T do not believe that adjournment is imwinent. Not imminent,” he r ——— Nebraska and lowa Pensions, WasiiNaroy, Sept. 8. gram toTie Bre, | Pensions granted Nebraskans : Origmal Tnvalid ~Evans R, Vandegrift, Johustown; Havrison P, MeClafiin, Nebraska Increase—Aaron B, Mitchell, Wood- Benjamin K. Burr, Lincoln; Richard R 1 Widows, otc —Phocbe ( 1 Allen, Rock Bluffs, Alonzo Pérkins, , widow of How Mexican Survivors P hael . Samy ver, ions for Original Tnvalid Mel) Epworth; Francis I, K John T. Yeo, Deep Restoration and Reissue ( rge B, Beebee, Tda Grov Increase —~George 'O8- man, New Hampto nberiain, Clarksville; Jumes " J | kuk § Jonathan H. Chandlor nes S Jones, Plum Hollow: Joshu 1y, West Point; David Smith, Ash Grove; Thomias L. Brooks, Mine Benjamin T, Thomas, Gantrily Wilson Masker, Cholsen, Reissue and Increase—Valentine W, Renskotre, Ana- mosa. Reissue—William H. Crawford, Buffalo. Towans A CANUCK'S OPINION, He Thinks Cleveland Blew Hot and Then Blew Cold, New York, Sept. 9. [Special Telegram to T 3ee.]—In the course of an interview which the Sun correspondent had in Mon- treal with Sir Peter Mitchell, one of the most prominent Canadian statesmen, the latter said: “We don't care a rap what Pres ident Cleveland does. We regret the lack of cordiality on the part of America, but we are not worried.” “What will the attitude of England bet” “Judging from the past,” said Mr. Mitch ell, “England will stand a great heal of sac- rifice on ihe part of her onies, but if any act of injustice be done, Fmgland will pro- tect her colonies, If she fails in that Canada will realize that the bonds of fealty and r sponsibility to the empire are ended, The prcat mass of people do not desire to disturb existing relations, though many believe that a closer union with the United “State 1o a more prosperous condition of (' but at present 1 think the sentim do you thinkof the president's course(? “1 had looked on Clevelan's administration as successful and thought he would be just, but that the head of a great country should one day blow hot_und the next day blow cold, a8 he has in first recommending Cham- berliin and then taking preciscly the oppo site track on the of ‘an_eclection, is al- most inee I had looked upon Statosman, but his last mes- s has fn my opinionreduced Jiim to the position of a parish politician.” “Will the Canadian government retalinte on us,” I usked, by repealing the borde privileges which the United States now cu- ] f the Canadian government wise policy it will do nothing of the kind. It would_be simply cutting off its nose to spite 1ts Meanwhile Great Britain will suggest and advise and our government will obey.” pursues a Thirman Greatly Improved. Purrsnung, Sept. 9.—After the Newark meoting last night Judge Thurman sat in his car comfortably smoking and conversing th members of his pa until nearly ock: He slept quietly until long after the train pulled out of Jersey City, At 9 o'clock, at Rahway, a club of 500 members stood uf the depot and waved a greeting to the car in which the judge slept, At other places along the road there were gathered people who gave similar greetings. Will Contest Mills’ District, St. Lous, Sept. 9.—Information comes from Texas that E. A.Jones of Waco has announced himself as an independent candi- date for congress from the Ninth district, d by Roger Q. Mills, Jones g prohibitionist and has a strong porsonal following. A Former Omaba Man Suicides in St. Louis Bagnio. Sr. Lovts, Sept. 9.—[Special Tele —August . Roeder, a well known drug clerk, twenty-nine years old, committed suicide at 1:30 o’clock this a‘ternoon in a house of ill-fame at 914 Chestnut street, kept ; Mme. Loue Roberts. Roeder has lived in about eigiht years, and for the pust rs boarded with Mrs, Mary Halpin, who keeps a boarding house at 1411 Oli street Mrs, Halpin says Rocder left the house at 10:3) o’clock last night in a pleasant mood and said he would go down to town. It scems he kuocied about the city until about mid- night, and about 1 o'clock this morning cn- tered Mme, Robert’s house, Miss Bell Ben- nett, one of the inmates, said Roeder had been calling on her about twice a w for four weeks, and that when he called last nigibt he went direct to her room, which 1s the back room on the third fioor. He bad been drinking and dvanks several bottles of beer in the room but did not get drunk, He arose about noon and Miss Bennett went into the frout room where Mme, Roberts and several of the inmates were. Rocder called for a bottle of beer half an hour later, which was given him, uortly after a noise like the falling of a window was heard in the rear of the roow. Muie. Roberts says sie rushed in and saw a 1 lying on the bed with a pistol in bis 4 She sereamed ran_out other women cl to have been too frightened to enter until Detective Laswler, who was across the street whe ed, went in and found R 15 back on the bed with a bu om which L and blood we He was still b - and an ambulance was summoned, which ried him to the dispensary and then to city hospital. He died at 6 o'clocls. pistol was a ne'w improved Smith and Wes- son of 35 caliber and had never been used before. Mrs, Halpin can assign no cause for the act, as Roeder had never been despondent while at work or when out of ployment, but on the contrary was the of the house, always jolly, and full of Roeder's mother and two sisters live in Omaha. Last May the mother called and begged her son toreturn home with her, but he refused. George Roeder, the contractor, is a cousin of the dead man, and will take charge of the remains and notify the mother, An inquest will be held to-morrow, —— BOY DUELLISTS, They Fight With Knives and One is ¥ tally Stabbed, Lirrie Rock, Ark, Sept. 8.—Frank McCain and Pearson Eubanks, aged respec- tively fourteen and cighteen years, who had quarreled in school, met on the highway near Chickasaw, Wednesday, m the presence of a number of boys younger than themselves, and drawing large knives fought unti MecCain fell on the ground, Eubanks had been stabbed in the back and died soon after- ward. Thetrial of McCain, who was not badly hurt, took place to-day and he will bo brought before the grand jury at its next meeting. Both boys were members of good families, The Eastern Frosts. New York, Sept. 8,—Dispatches from the norther part of this state confirm the reports of extensive damage done by yesterday's frosts. It is estimated in some places that half of the late crops bave been injured be- yound recovery, a ving on hole in his ri SR R b Ay s AT i A R NUMBER 88 i THE BANNER WAS THERE, But It Was Carried By a Very Small Mob. Crato, Neb, Sept. 8.~To the Editor of Tue 13 Under the eaption of “‘Under One Banner,” a special to the New Repub- lie, August 8), gives a fair account of the prohibition meeting at this place until he says that ““a mob composed of republicans and democrats came down the street shout- ing at the top of their voices with one ban ner reading Clevelund and Harrison. No one who was present will deny that a ban of that description was hoisted in the of the audience, but if threo four fellows constitute a mob then o mob was the andinstead of their shouting they slipped along 80 quictly thatonly u very few persons in the audience noticed the banier until Dr. Presson called attention to it by his remarks in refer ence to fair play ' At the close of the speech an enthusiastic republican proposed threo cheers for Harri son and Morton and three groans for the rebel Brooks. He poerhaps did it on the ground that as Dr, Presson had shot his gun oft it was some othicr fellow's turn; and that was all the offort there was made o break up the meeting, A few democrats objected very ously to the proposed three cheers and groans and that would be quite natural, Of course the des uls want their allies in this election to be treated to the best there is ol 1t 15 but justice to the prople sy that they ar 1y luw! Biit we have, as has every community individuals who will do inh ish tricks to the annoyanc itfun, Whatever demonst on the oceasion to which the New Republic correspondent took exceptions, were evi dently not made through uny opposition to th ny nd the great ma jority in this cc y aad county us well will vote all the time for the suppressiou of the saloon. There were many in town who were not in sympathy with the speaker for the reason that he has a record in this county, which he left years ago. I it belongs 10 him, he was nate in not taking it with him when he away, for it does him no good here, There Were many expressions of rot that any thing happened to make any disturbance at but that does not arguc that the third is going to receive much support majority of our voters scem to realize the principle effort being made by the third y i to defeat the republicans and turn ¢ vthing over to the democrats in the name of temperance and reform. Such scems to be the end and aim of that party, not only in Nebraska, but i lowa, Ma und Kansas, asking those states that h worked in season and out of season until prohibition, so far us legal cnactments can accomplish it, is a fixed fact, id - uside and throw away all thee money and labor and wait until prohibition can be had by railroad legislation. Upon its face and b i trend of the whole move ken the mblican pa and nithen the demoe instead of to build themselves up, Anyone wanting evidence of that has but to read a fe Republie, Refering to that paper how s it that it is advertising ne ippecanoe bitters, an article allowed to be sold in lowa under la by vepublicans, on the used us an intoxicant ! has tried them can testify to their efiic that direction, and yet, while consigning th republican party fo perdition for its incon- sistencies, the state organ for this party of immaculate purity is giving backbone to its finances by adve this means by which he devil may be whipped around the stump in prohibition sections of the country. As well might a church paper advertise a bawdy house. 'O consistency, thou art a ,\nr\qu':' of Craig to Wbiding people. 1 fow wtions were made to again, War. not Livery old topel At Camp Brook Kearsey, Neb,, Sept. 9.—|Special to T eatire time to date has aken up at Camp Brooke with routine work; guard mount at S o'clock a. m., fol lowed by company drill, battalion drill next, with battalion dress parade commencing at 10p. m. By having company and battalion drillin the forenoon, both oftic ud men have the greater portion of the afternoon for rest and recr magnincent music furnished b, nds at guard mount and dress parade remains one of the most attractive parts of the exercise and is listened to each morning and evening by thousands. Colonel Hall, inspector al, Departnent of the Platte, arrived here y having com pleted his inspection of the camp at Str. berry Valley, Utah. He wiil commence spection at Camp Brooke to-morrow, and will probably oceupy a week in completing it. 13ut very slight change has been made in the camp since it was fivst laid out by Gen e Morrow: General Wheaton has estab- lished headquarters west of the center of the mp. The order of excrcises will be nearly the sume for the second as for the first weck, except that the details of inspection will enter into them, Dragged o De Nrrion, Neb., Bre)—A young man named Joel bridge was fatally Injured north place last evening. He was riding one horse and leading another one, the one he was rid ing having @ harness on. The horse he was 4 dragged him off, and becoming rness he was drageed until s from which Le died this Trow- of this 12 tangled in the i he received injur morning. srthe Legislature, this Special eram to Tuz B » democrats of district, in conver nominated Hon Pahi couaty, for the formerly state ser lington counties. from AGENCY, Siour Heturning From Their Hunt. Oririons, Dak., Sept. ram to e Bee, | —All the ns have been passing through their way home from their hunt and t. This is the band who sev. 1 we since left Pine Ridge agency without mis BACK TO Pine Ridgn |Special Tele Cheyenne Oclrichs per. there has been such lative to an In dian outbre northwest, They went through town much more pe ably than the we number of whites would have don \d in s great hur afraid they would not get hor next bee The idea o tronble is the she break are becoming very tiresome to the peo- ple residing hereabouts who live the ncarest 1o them and who are better acquainted with them thun those o> have been dening the papers with an imaginary Indian war for the past three weeks, or ever since these In- dians left their crvation without permis- sion from Agent Galligher, The Indians on Pine Itidge agency could not be driven to take the war path, They are entirely too shrewd for that. e At Lower Brule Ageney, ST, Pavt, Minn,, Sept, 9.—Dispatches from Lower Brule agency state that Indians held 8 big council last evening, The bill was can- didly discussed by both factions, the speeches being moderate and devoid of threats of any kind. In compliance with a request of the Indians to-day’s grand council was devoted 1o a fuller explanation of the bill. An Electrician's Suicide. New Yomg, Sept. 8.—Frederick E. Beardsle, a well-known electrician, was found dead in his rooms at the Denison auto- telegraph labratdry, where he was employed at§:8) this morning. He evidently com- mitted suicide. ———— Business Troubl PHILADELARIA, Sept. 8.—William Broun & Co., umbrella manufacturers, made. an as- signment to-day, Liabilities, §104,000, MURDERED BY HIS NEIGHBOR, An Old Feud Settled by a Bhot From a Revolver, SELF - DEFENSE IS CLAIMED: Both Parties to the Terrible Affaip Prominent Farmers of Missourd Valley, la. — Detalls of the Deed. ‘. Shot Dead on the Highway. Missovrt Vauiey, Ia, Sept. 9. [Speclal to Tur Bee.| - Len Harker, a well known furmer and stock ralser hving about three miles west of this city, was shot dead by John tehison this morning about 10 I, the result of an old feud of & half or more years' standing, The of Harker and Ritchison join another and there has beem hot blood existing for a long time on account of a fence enc: © ol IRitchison's, It is said the fence bocame broken down, allowing Ritchison's cu to geton to Hae- ker's land or in the latter's pastu where- upon Hurker gave the stock their liberty and they wandered off four or five miles. Ritehison, in company with Mat 1linkinson, anephew of Harker, started this morning find the cattle and when they in their searel were scparated by about half a mile, Ritehis son met Harker, who, according to Ritehfs son’s account of the affuir, began beatd: him over the head with a club which he secreted under s coat. Ritchison, aftey withstanding this reception as long as he saw fit, pulled his ver, n 45 calibee, and shot Harker through the body in the region of the liver. Ile rode about one huns dred feot, dismounted, lay ~ down under 4’ tree and died fh about fifteen minn Liitchison at once rode to town and pay o waived examination befe u and was taken to L the county immediately, to awuit the action of the graa Jury in Octobe Harkor, who is a brothor-in-law of Me. Mathew Blenkison, of this city, was conside d honest und upright, but wis possessed of such a passionute nature that ho was ia uble a great deal. Dr. Coit, our coroner, onuection: with Dr. MeGooven, will hold an inquest and autopsy to-morrow. R A at Willing to Run, Sept. h—[Special to Tas the democrats of the Third cons ssional district have virtually conceded Colonel Henderson's ve-election by a walke At their district convention at Inde- Thursday, they couldn’t find onewho was willing to be a candidate ust him, and so, after a vain atfempt to et o nomine the convention adjovrned without making a nomination, leaving itself int of the committee, subject to call w era candidate should bo found, 50 it is not_improbable that the democrats way make no nomination at all, and let Cole derson go back for his fourth term by acclamation. The district is strongly res publican us at present constituted, Colonel Henderson's majority two years ago being three thousand. But the figures uot represent his real strength, as he is v popularin the district and has carried when it was really ic. No demo- at secms ambitious to run against oim and be buried out of sight. ¥ Swindiers. o Masox Crry, Tn, Sept. 9.—[Special to THE. J—Wire fence swindlers huve beem operating in counties south of hre method of operation was to appoint, agents, ool dozen furms one I @b Pasty No Den Morses pendence on and make contracts and then fora note givem - | - a certain amount of them, agree to deliver The unsuspecting farmer still holds the contract but is not yet in possession of the . wire. A number of the notes have m found in the hands of innocent parties are now demanding payment. RECORD. sactions of the ) - THE CLEARANCE he Financial 1o P fass., Sept. [Special Teles the Bre he following table compiled from dispatclics to the P the managers of the leading of the United States, shows ges for the week endod 1855, with the rate per cent of i s compared with the corresponding week la J0sT0N, gram to tyear: CITiEs, CLEARING New York Haltimor Cineinnatt . ¥ Orle Pittsburg..... Kansas Cily Detrot..... Cleveland naianapolis Weekly Crop Bulletio, The fullowing is an. ct from the crop report: ts from the principal corn states, in- ding Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, lowa ana ebraska, indicate that the weather during week has been favorable, that the greater ortion of the ¢ : s1ales is now se- cure and that k& of favorable weather will plac re crop outof danger, e Circus M Killed. CIxcINNATI, Sept. his morning a Cin- cinnati bound freight train dashed into Johm Robinson’s circus train, which was st nding at Corwin, fifty-one miles from here. Joha Churchill, Starke, Mo, ; Ben Cischey, ton, W. Va.; Frank Smith, Richmoud, Ind., and Jack Lacy, Chicago, were instantly killed, and seventeen others badly injured, Andy Swmith, Petersburg, Iil., is mortally wounded. - The Weather Indications, For Nebraska: Cooler, with light raing winds shifting to northwesterly, For lIowa: Fair weather, followed by local, rains, warmer in the southeast portion; cooler in the northwest portiou, winds shifte ing to westerly, For Dakota: Light rains and cooler, winds shifting to northwescerly, e L A San Francisco Blaze. Sax Fraxcisco, Sept, 9.--A fire this after- woon destroyed the sash and door factory of L}n\, Hu‘;‘:"x Crocker, eutalling a Jamage 2 .