Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, October 30, 1888, Page 3

g 8 ..... GOV.»THAYER FIRES HOT SHOT | He Meete the Voters of Omaha and Defends Himself. YOUNG SMYTH CAME FORWARD. The Embryo Politician This Morning Wishes He Had Remained Back- ward—The Speech and the Incidents Thereof. The Governor's Meeting. The announcement that Governor John M. Thayer was to speak on the political issues of the prescnt campaign was the means of drawing a large and representative body of citizens to the council chamber last night. Just as the sombreness of night began to envelop the city, individuals imbued with political patriotism might be seen propelling themselves in the direction of the exposition building, and when the hour of speechmak- ing arrived every inch of standing room and other available space in the hall was pre- empted. In fact, hundreds were compelled 10 retrace their steps on account of the throngs that crowded the aisles and door- ways, At precisely §o'clock Major T. S. Clark- #0n and John L. Webster, together with the remaning members of the escort committee, entered the hall, followed by Governor Thayer. Assoon as the audience caught sight of the chief executive of the state, the cheering and applause resounded throughout the hallway and was almost deafening. Gov- ernor Thayer was escorted to the platform, where he was seatcd The Omaha Guards band rendercd a series of national airs, after which a Mr. Garrotte rendered a vocal par- ody on the “Old Oaken Bucket, At this point Major C in a brief viewed the issucs of the campaign s county. He stated that the citi zens present would have tue pleasure of listening to the voice of 4 man that came to Omaha to speuk in his own defense, He reviewed the record of Governor Thayer us o soldier, and stated that he (Thayer) was at'a post of duty in defending the union when his antagonizers werc reaping s from his life-strained efforts. He concluded by introducing Gov- ernor Thayer, who spoke as follows This is a national issue, and one th for the exercise of good judgment. Ium here tonight wpon an_ issue that is well to-night to found its birth in Omaha and in the city of Washine ton. I have been assailed by members of the element giving birth to this conspiracy, and T intend to give you my views in return, 1 propose to show up the record of John A. McSnane, my opponent, but 1 will not indulge in personalities. I invited Mr. McShanc to meet me before the people, but he ignored my pe 1 letters in two different in- stances. The action of John A. MeShane in this respect bespeaks the most_ignoble tenor of cow Tn the Herala, hane's pa per, 1 have been assailed, and T hold MeShane responsible for its utterai s, My fellow citizens, Tum in the fight and propuse to stand at my post of duty. I have resided here for thirty-four years: and I um willing that my e, my character and my ofticial record be held up before the most scrutiniz ing eye in the democratic ranks, 1 was here protecting firesides in_years gone by from the ravages of the Indians. I carried our emblem —the stars and stripes—under a rebel nnonade at Donalson, and afterward at Where my ophosers were at that time 1 know not. At this juncture he held up a piece of parchment upon which was printed a series of implicd questions and charges concerning the manner in which the convict labor bill was formulated and the indiscreet way in which it was approved by him us governor. Pointing out into the sea of faces he inquired, Mr, C. J. Smyth in the audience (" He is,"” came a voice from the rear of the chamber. “Come forward.” C. J. Smyth made his way to the stand and read a series of questions and charges while silence reigned through- out the spacious hall. As soon as he com- pleted reading the charges the governor calls Mr. Smyth the credit of being a versatile liar, These charges are false and mahcious.” Smyth—"Hold on, 1 can prove that they are true.” vernor Thayer—B y whom? Smyth—By Senator Moore, of Lancaster vounty. I can prove that you requested him to vote for the bill. Governor Thuyer—You are a liar, sir, and you take the sacred right of this opportunity 10 exercise your untruthfulness. Smyth—With all due respect to your position and your age, I cannot reframn trom denouncing you as a falsifier, and when you that my statements are untrue you utter a statement that 10 you, sir, is known to be a lie in its broadest sense. The Govergor—1 reflect with an eye of pity upon the attitude taken by this man Smyth. 0 18 here as an instrument of John McShane and a tool for a political clique. I have too much respect for him to express myself on his record, for it would throw light upon cer- tain matters connected with his career that would be lamentable. A shyster in politics and a koave in office you find in him, My advice to you, Mr. Smyth, is to stand back from the scrutinizing eye of justice which in your case, sir, is suppressed. The house was inan uproar and it was difticult tor the chairman to restore order. Mr. Smyth then took a scatand the governor concluded, sayin, 1 approved that bill for the reason that it was the means of saving to this state nearly £100,000. The obtaining of a contract of this tenor necessitates a vast expenditure of money by the contractor, and for this reason the contrac® was awarded under the cxisting system. Why did not Mr. Smyth raise his voice against the men who voted for it, at the time! He was a member of the legisla- ture that passed the bill: two of his col- leagues—members of the Knights of Labor voted for it; twenty-one democratic members of the house voted forit, and still [ am held up to public ridicule because I approved of the bill. T will say that Mr. Smyth may feel somewhat disappointed in my ~ not giving him @ position on m, stall as per his request, and in fu 1 know of no other reason why he should fatber such statements, Smyth—You promised me a position on your ff, provided I would throw my support in & direction dictated by you.™ But, sir, I promptly refused to countenance your en- treaty, and | stand here to prove it. Governor Thayer—That is not so, and 1 care not under what roof I pronounce its falsity. But I am not here to quarrel with Mr. Smyth or anybody else. 1am here for a nobler purpose. Continuing he said: The conviet labor is- sue is one that has been magnified by the democrats of this state since the present is- sues came up. To tell the truth I'signed the bill to provent the formation of a ring—a frison. ring us McShanc's paper would term t. Had I vetoed the bill it would have re- sulted in the formation of a ring, and I turn to the condition of other states to bear me out in this statement. You have a ring in Omaha, and one of no little magnitude. How have some of these fellows, that now pose before you, mado their millions of wealtht How, I ask yout Does not the circumstance intimate very lainly that an element possessing loni ngers was at work! Yes, the question is openly answercd by the existing ring in maha to-day. Now, let me turn to the record of McShane, 1 stated that I would unearth a conspiracy. Itisthis. A plan has been formed to cap- ture the next democratic United States sena- tor from Nebraska by the democrats. It is importhnt to them. 1t would give them a close claim to a majority in the United States senate, and should Cleveland be elected, he would have full sway and unlimited power, politically ; and should Harrison be elec is actions would be shackled by the opposi tion of a democratic body which is an impor- tant factor. Now, without reflecting upon the Ligh tribunals of this governmoent T can not express myself in the janguage which the circumstauces demand. Here we bave Lamur on the supreme bench of the United States, u man o act upon our destiny, who in 1561 left the congressional chambers and took np a stand in arms to crush the con- stitution of & government he had sworn to protect. Imusi turn to McShaue's record. In his letter of acceptance he stutes that he is in fuvor of the high license law. Soam 1. But when that law czme up for passage Johu' - THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: TUESDAY ' OCTOBER_30. 1888, —SIXTEEN PAGES A. McShane veted against it. His position on the railroad laws im his letter of accept- ance 18 very curious. He approves the mat- ter of the reduction of railroad rates, but when an act came up before the house of which he was u mémber in that light, John McShane voted “No." [Applause). He now stends a pitible bow to the old soldier, he is wanting votes. 1 wanted McShane on the platform beside me on this occasion 80 thut [ coula present his record to his face, He dare not face the fusilade he knows is in store for him. He voted against the bill reg- ulating the payment by railroads of a_stipu- lated amount to individuals maimed in their 0 {e voted *'no” on a memorial sent cress to the effect that all soldiers hay- ing been in the service of the government bearing an honorable discharge after reach- ing the age of fifty years, should be placed on the pension list. "But ‘mind_you he now asks the soldier's support. While in the civil war [ was brought in contact with the colored soldier. I had three companies un- der my command of that class of soldiers. They were brave and stood by our flag, and when I returned to this state after the war was over, I stood right here in this city and declared that if the colored man was good enough to fight by my side, he was also good wough to vote by my side. The democrats endeavored to create the impression that he- cause I refused to recognize @ requisition for a man—a citizen of Nebraska- from the governor - of Louisana because his victim was colored, that 1 dis- liked the colored man. Now 1 want to say right here that 1 will protect any citizen, white or black, and I do not think I would even have released Morrisey or my friend Smyth should they have been on the desired list. (Laughter.]” But McShane's record comes up before me like a dream. 1 cannot refrain from reflecting upon the cureer of a man who so wantonly and _indiscrectly abuses his and our pcople. He cries out against the Pinkertons. So do 1. I opposed the placing of police powers in the hands of such men, but it was not within my jurisdic- tion. I consulted the general manager of the Burlington and endeavored to have him abandon that source of protection, but with- out avail. That was the extent of my power as governor. In conciuding his remarks the governor dwelt to a_considerable extent on political aspects generally, and charged the demo- crats with conducting a boodie campaign, John L. Webster was next presented to the audience. He ridiculed Cleveland's position on the tariff and commented to a considera- ble extent upon the military career ot Gov ernor Thayer, Her wville- West's letter and Linked with it the doctrine of J. Sterling Morton and the Cobden club. - - A Pompeian Home. Woman's World: It was quently in the upper p: that the ladies of the sleeping apurtments, though these were sometimes arranged round the peristyle or second of the two open courts on the ground floor; the first and largest being the atrium, a large court with splendid mosaic pavement, rich frescoes, and many statues and columns. An open space in the roof let in the air and light and a shallow marble tank beneath col- lected the rain water,and was generally also furnished with a small jet of spr water, flowing from the beak of a bronze goose held by a beautiful boy, or some other similar statuette. This part of the mansion and the rooms adjoining it were more especially set apart for the master, who, when a person of conscquence and wealth, as we may suppose the husbund of our lady to be, received every morning crowds of friends, chients, and “hangers-on of every description. The rooms allotted to the gentlemen of the family were ranged on each side of the atrium, small for the most part, and only receiving light and air from the doorway; the bed often rested on a niche built in the wall, or on a bedstead of wood with bronze corners. But even these small and comparatively dark rooms were adorned with wall decora- tions of the most graceful description, and in the most tasteful and_ brilliant colors. Beyond the atrium,and between itand the peristyle, was the reception room for state occasions; here were kept the statues or busts of the an- cestors, and the family archives and pompous inscriptions ~on the walls often testiied to the fame and glory of the house. Near this apart- ment was the hbrary, where con- noisseurship and dilettantism in mat- ters appertaining to the fine arts were displuyed; for the Pompeians expend fabulous sums in the pur e of an- tiquities found in the early Greek graves and elsewhere, and in bronze figures and other works. Nodoubt some traits of the excessive luxury which prevailed in Rome during the latter days of the empire reached the distant walls of commercial Pompeii; and, as in Rowme the villas and palaces of the ari. tocracy became the depository of col lections, so the houses of the wealthy who choose Pompeii for their count residence or seaside resort, also con- tained numberless precious artistic works, and the love of beauty displayed even in the humblest dwelling proves that an wsthetic taste was universally spread among the inhabitants. ‘We must not forget that the ease and luxury of the wealthy classes rested on the background of slavery, so that our Pompeian lady left all the more serious work of the household to her women- slaves, many of whom were no doubt confidential and trusted servants. Music was a favorite amusement among the ladies; they were by no means ignorant of literature, and took an interest in public life, being emancipated from the severe control of the earlicr Roman period. Butin the joyous life under the southern sunny clime, even the slaves shared in the ease and gaicty of their mistresses, playing and singing before them, or in their leisure hours, playing the old, old game of chucl stones, or knuckle-bones, with the actual knuckle-bones of the sheep they bad probubly consumed at dinner, as we see them depicted in a drawing in red chalk in the mu- seum at D Other diversions they found in household pets, among which were quails, rock-pigeons (the colored varioties and fancy breeds were un- kuown), peacocks, parrots, guinea- fowls, *'that beautiful bird speckled all over with pearlsof tears,” swans, and geese, of all of which we find life-like representutions among the fresco paintings. Butitis worthy of remark that cats were then unknown as do- mestic animals, the figure of one mang- ling a quail, introduced into the mural decorations, being evidently the wild variety by its special characteristics. This explains the fuct that no skeletons of these animals were exhumed from the buried city. ——— Relieved. Boston Couriel ‘‘Are you up stairs, Nellie?” shouted a husband, who on re- turning from business found that, con- trary to custom, his wife wus not wait- in,: to receive him, ‘Misses went out this morning, sir,” said a servant, coming up from the re- gions below, *and she hasn’t returned since.” “Gracious heavens!” he exclaimed to himself, *‘she can't have run away and left me. I have given her no cause.” “She went down town to mateh a rib- bou, sir,” added the servant. “*Ah!” he murmured to himself, im- mensely relieved. *“Gone shopping. Iv's all mght. She’ll return after all the stores ure closed.” e Love's Revision. Philadelphia Record: Sweet girl: “Why do you wish the wedding pos poned, Arthur?” Arthy My darls ing. the expected addition to my salary has not been made, and I have only $600 a year,” *Never mind, dear, we'll get along, ' Remember the. old adage: **When love comes in at the door, " pov- erty ties out the window.” most fre- of the house amily had their WATTERSON ON THE TARIEF, The Louisville Editor Discoutaes to & Chicago Audience. THURMAN IN WEST VIRGINIA, The Old Roman Tendered an Enthu- slastic Reception at Wheeling— Butler Speaks at Detroit ~Other Political, Watterson at Chicago. CnieaGo, Oct, 20.—Seven thousand people crowded in Battery D to-night to listen to a speech by Hon. Henry Watterson on the issues of the day. The distinguished Ken- tuckian spoke under the auspices of the Iroquois club, and was introduced by Gen- Newberry, recently appointed postmaster of Chicago.” Mr. Watterson spoke as follows : Fellow democrats and fellow citizens 1 should happen to touch upon the tariff in the course of what I am about to say to you, 1 hope you wont be shocked. The truth that in that tariff matter, it was a long time betwaen drinks, now wasu't it! They used to to tell a story down in Atlanta which grew 10 be 80 personal that in sheer desperation I began telling it myself. It was all about a certain Georgia major who submitted to eve) manner of insult from his guests on account of hospitality, until the luckless vis- itor, having exhuusted all other methods of affront, attempted to discuss the tariff, when he was promptly pitched out of the window. ‘The times have changed since then. Any- how, I am going to risk your pitching me out of the window to-night. I find in this morning's Chicago Tribune a leading editorial which undertakes to establish two things— first, that the bloody-minded rebels of the sovth, who are stillupon the war path, are sceking to break up the industries of the country, in order that they may get cheap goods and cheap labor, and second, that I am personally engaged in this conspiracy. 1 confess that T'am unable to understand how the south can get cheap goods without the north's getting them, and the east's getting them, and the west's getting them, My old friend, Joseph Medill, b de that so plain that I need not elaborate it. ~ As to cheap 2 Kelley, of Pniladelphia, is on witness to the fact—if statistics did not abundantly show it—that the south is puying higher wages to its work people thau are paid in any other part of the world. As to my own designs upon the industries of the country, let me say that they are strictly honorable and have been given with resonance and city, which take them at least out of > category of conspiracy. I believe that the government hus no right to tax one man for the benefit of another man: that its powers of taxation are limited to levying the collection of money enough for its own sup- port, and, therefore, I am in favor of reach- ing 'as soon us we can the strictly revenue standard of the constitution—au tariff ex sively for public purposas, a tarift for reve- nue on Mr. Watterson then took up the tariff ques- tion in detail and spoke at conslderable length. The Day at Indianapolis. INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 20.—There was @ sig- niticant quietness about the political head- quarters and a good deal of quict can- Hon. John F. Finerty of Chicago addressed an audience of 5,000 to-night at Tomlinson's hall. He was tendered a most cnthusiastic reception by the Irish repub- lican and other local organizations. Four hundred survivors of the Scventieth re ment, Indiana volunteers, General Harrison’s regiment, have signed an address, which will be published in the morning, congratulating themselves on the nommation of General Harrison, reciting in generous terms his treatment of them through the war, expr ess- g their attachment for him as a soldier, and their gratification in zealously following s leadership to-day. Mayor Denny to-day called together the chiet marshals of the democratic and repub- lican parades, set for Saturday night, also the chairmen of the democratic and republi- can county committees. They were in con- sultation a long time. Both parties refused to abandon their intended demonstration, and each have published a longlistof officers for the occasion. It was finally agreed that each party should parade upon certamn streets. ‘To this end the mayor drew up a formal written agreement, giving the line of march and time for starting and disbandin, each column, and both marshals have slp{nofi the agreement. The mayor hopes that this arrangement may avert any conflict, but is dissatistied that both sides will not agree to abandon their demonstration. The chief marshals have pledged to take special efforts to prevent any trouble. Meantime both sides are redoubling their efforts to get out all their clubs and make a great showing. General Harrison passed the day quietly at home, receiving the usual number of callers. Ex-Senator Joseph E. McDonald, in an in- terview to-day, expressed the opinion that the letter of Minister West will help instead of hurt the democratic party, beca its chief effect will be to show the desperation of the republican cause. Speaker Carlisle was in the city this morn- ing, en route to Auderson, where he spoke this afternoon, and returned to the city by the evening train. Regarding Lord Sack- ville's letter, Mr. rlisle said: “‘The letter will have no effect;” adding, “There is noth- ing in his letter that can do us any damage." Carlisle speaks at Lebanon to-morrow, ing his canvass at Madison on November 2, A citizens committee of one hundred, A. B. Conduitt, president, to-day issued several hundred large flaming red posters, which are being conspicuously displayed 'about the city, offermng $100 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of any illegal voter, or any officer of election who deposits a challenged ballot before it has been determined whether the person is en- titlea to vote. The posters recite at length the statutes bearing on the commission of election frauds, giving penalties, and closing by guaranteeing the payment of the reward to the informer on the day of con- viction of each offender. These posters will be sent into every precinct in the state. Three committees and organizations created for the avowed purpose of securing an hon- est and fair election are thus far co-operating in their work. They have been provided by the democratic county and state committees with lists_containing the names of a large numbver of suspected illegal voters, Perhaps no speaker on either side has made more addresses or been over the state quite as thoroughly as Governor Gray. He speaks to-morrow at New Albany. In a brief con- versation to-night on the political outlook in Indiana the governor said: “I am willing to stake my reputation on the stutement that Indiana will go democratic, with no qualify- ing ‘ifs’ or reservations.” Thurman Resumes His Travels, Wueerive, W. Va,, Oct _20.—Judge Thur- man and his son, Allen W., left Columbus at 11:20 this morning, and until Zanesville was reached had a quiet time. At that place 500 men had come together to greet the *‘Old Roman," and when he appeared on the plat- form he was cheered lustily, He thanked them heartily for their greeting, but his re- marks were cut short by a dog fight in the midst of the crowd. When the dogs had been driven away, and after a short time spent in handshaking, the judge made a short speech, in which he advised all democrats present to vote according to their own con- science, but adding that he should vote for that great and good man, Grover Cleveland. Cambridge turned out a crowd of 200 people, with whom the judge carried on a lively con- versation, During the time the train stopped someone in the crowd asked: “Will that West levter have any influence on the elec- tion " “0h, no; that fellow has not enough brains to hurt anything,” laughingly replied the judge. “It was too transparent & trick to draw him 1nto & scrape to have any infiuence With the people. It wus simply a ridiculous campaign dodge," At Barnesville fifty or more people were at the depot and gave the judge & greeting. IHe enjoyed a short talk with some old friends, but the stop was short and the train was hurried on to Bellaire, where between 100 and 200 people stood on the platform snd cheered, while the reception committee from Wheeling entered the train and formally welcomed the judge to West Virginia. From Benwood up to Wheeling the cheer- ing people made themselves heard all along the way, and whem the Wheeling depot was reached a crowd of most ‘enthusiastic demo: crats gave 8 rousing welcome to the party, fireworks adding 10 thé noise. Judge Thur- man was at once driven to the Windsor hotel, where he will remain while in the city. To-morrow mofning there will boa daylight parade, in the afternoon s number of speechies, and in th evening a torch-light procession and Judge “Thurman's address at the rink, . — Heading Off Roorbacks. New Yoik, Oct. 99 —{Special Telegram to Tur Bee.|—The committee on schem of the national demoeratic committee was in session to-day. It is said that some new ideas were hatched that will be given to the publie late this week. ‘Although it was an execu- tive session, some of the schemes discussed managed to get out. It issaid that the pet scheme is to zet out a circular on Saturday or Sunday, too late to be successfully denied in every quarter where it will be circulated, stating that the reward offered for the man or men who would prove that Harrison <aid §1 a day was enough for workingmen had been paid. They will show that the money had been paid after being duly awarded by an authorized tribunal. The whole thing, of course, will be a democratic concoction, and Gould, who makes an afi- davit that he heard General Harrison say something about $1 a day, will be given the reward offered by the Inajanapolis Journal, Everything will be bogus, but it is said that they hope to circulate it 80 judiciously that voters will have no time to in- form themselves as to its truth or falsity before election, It will have no effect whatever, because the working peo- ple know already that the assertion credited to Harrison is a bold and malicious invention, The other scheme discussed is more danger- ous thun the 81 a day lie. It is said that the committee intends to trump up some charge on which to arrest Chairman Quay, of the republican national committee. It is a des. perate game, but the chances of democratic success are becoming o small that they are willing to risk a great deal to try and turn the tide. Chairman Quay was busy at headquarters to-day and as calin as if he had never heard of the democratic national committee, much less of the rumor that he was to be arrested. He did not care to say anything. A reporter learned that the democratic scheme was known by Senator Quay, and that he did not lose any sleep last night'over it. Tne democrats are said to think that the arrest of the chairman of the republican committee will have some effect, and materially aid their party, Half a dozen other schemes may be invented before the election, to try und retrieve the waning for- tunes of the democratic party, but they will not work. —— Ben Butler at Detroit. Dermoir, Oct. 20.—General Benjamin F. Butler spoke to the largest political gather- ing of the campaign at the Detroit rink to- night. The large building was completely packed, while several thousana people got no nearer than outside the doors. The general was in poor voice, and it w with dificulty that he made himself hear He began by saying that he was an old man, and that his political days are over. He had been a green- backer and was proud of it. There no longer existed any necessity for the greenback party, as they had secured all they wanted. It made no difference to him, he said, who was president, a president could not do much harm unyway, but he preferred to see Har- rison elected, because he believed in protec tion for capital and labor. General Butler tnen proceeded to an elaborate discussion of the tariff and the Mills bill. Referring to the Sackville-Wesat letter, he said it made no difference whether the Murchison letter was a forgery or not, us that of the British min- ister wus not, ———— Murchison Still Masked Los ANGELES, Cal., Oct. 20,—The identity of the mysterious Charles F. Murchison, writer of the Towmona letter to Mimster Sackville West, ia still a secret. There is no truth in the story selegraphed from here that W. A. Bell, & lawyer of Pomona, is the real writer of th&letter, This is given on the authority of Colonél H. G. Otis, editor of the Times of this city, who has been in the secret from the first and who stated to an Associated Press representative that the story was absolutely untrue. When asked when the name would be given to the public Colonel Otis replied that he could not answer except to say that it will be made public when the necessitics of the case re- quireit. The Associated Press representa- tive obtained from him an emphatic denial that he was the author of the letter. ®PoMoxNa, Cal,, Oct. 29,—Four detectives have been here a few days searching for clues to the identity of the Murchison letter, Chairman Barnum has sent word from the national democratic committee to spare no expense, and especially ascertain if Patrick Egan had anything to do with the author- ship of the létter. e “Well, I Did It.” WILMINGTON, Del., Oct. 20.—To a reporter of the Morning News Secretary Bayard said to-day in regard to the letter of Lord Sack- ville West: “It was written 2 month ago, and they have had possession of it three weeks. Under other circumstances it would be of no importance. I first heard of it when Mr., Blaine used it in his New York speech. T gave it no attention, as I knew that everything was fuel to Blaine's fire. It was a stupid thing to do, and when the iain- ister showed me the original letter 1 ex- prossed surprise that he should have replied to it under the circumstances, He replied: ‘Well, 1 did it " —— A Big Political Blunder. w York, Oct. 30.—Another local political sensation was started this afternoon by the Evening Sun, By a state law all public ofices are ordered closed after 12 o'clock, noon, on Saturday Notwithstand- mg this law, the registration offices were kept '~ open last Saturday all da and over 13,000 persons registered. As it is impossible to separate who registered before noon from those who registered later, the Sun states that the en- tire list may have to be thrown out. The Sun interviewed fifty of the leading lawyers in the city, and states that they all held ‘that registration is a public office and within the scope of the Saturday half-holiday law. Mountain and Mite, Chicago Mail: A woman large enough tomake aside show was the com- plainant in acase against her husband before Justice Woodman at Chicago. **And this is the man who licked her,” said Lieutenant Beck, as the hus- band came into the dock in {ront of the justice He was very short, very thin and half paralyzed. 'The right hand he was un- able to raise, so he raised his left wo make oath, and one foot dragged on the ground as he hobbled along on a crutch. 50 you don’t think he hit me, eh?” she exclaimed. *“Well, here’s the proof of it. Here’s the proof of it.” And she exposed her throat, showing three little scars.o “*There’s where he stuck the fork in- to me—and hé shéved it in deep. Then he hit me on the'afm; then he pushed me down and hit me with his fist. He don’t support e, Sometimes I do wash- ing, but mother does the work and pays the bills. Oh, he’s an awful man, and beats me and beats me."” **Shall 1 send him to the bridewell?” asked Justice Woodman, “Oh, no, yourHonor, don't send him to the bridewell, Just make him leave me alone.” *'Go on home, Tom, and behave your- self. Don’t beat her, Tom, don’t beat h and the justice wrote ‘‘dis- charged” as Tom Sutton hobbled out of court, followed by his ponderous wife. They went to théir bave rooms at No. 73 North Green street, where the coun- ty agent will send them food. o — Still Hopeful, Cincinnati Telegram: Stranger in Washington City: *“What place is this?” Policeman: ‘*This is the United tates postoflice department building.” Stranger: “Why ure ull those men standing about ~here?”. . Policeman : “They tre awaiting appeintments us pall-béurers in the dend letter - oflice,” A TALK TO THE KNIGHTS, Grand Lecturer Wheaton Speaks on the Aims of the Order, Metz Hall was well fillad last might with Knights of Labor and their frieuds, who gathered to hear Grand Lecturer Wheaten speak on the aims and principles of the Knights of Labor. The lecturer was intro ducedby W. J. Lavender, and asked for a fair and unprejudiced hearing such as he hiad met throughout the country. Prejudice is the barrier to every human progress, and is the creed of buman owls who hoot out their antipathy to any new light, but though they hoot the light still burns, Society s divided into three classes, the upper crust, consisting of mil- lionaires, of whom there wero only two be- fore the war and who now number 7, monopolists, trusts, cornerers, torie dyists and the poor people who still the apron strings of monopoly, satistied with the crumbs that fall from the rich men's tables: the lower crust, consisting of the haters of all law, government and progress; and the middle class, or those who build the steamers, the telegraph, the telephone, that farmed the soil that worked in the mines, in the printing house, the men that gave to the world all the o ization it ever enjoyed or ever will. F ally he did not think much of either the up. per or lower crusts, and, like pie crust, he wished them to be as thin as possible. He wanted to see ignorance the ex n and intelligence the rule, and so the Knights of Labor wished to see the 1,200,000 children now working in the mines and shops released from their slavery and sent to the schools provided for them. Reviewing the history of nations that had once been prosperous, but now were forgotten, he cited Egypt, which had everything to' make it perpetual, but with the power vested in the hands of a few potentates, and the burdens were borne by the common people, which had passed a to a state of galvanized death. 'he Roman empire had shared the same fate, because, in it the patricians were few and the plebians many, and to the latter was allotted the task of bearing the burden, fighting the battles and paying the tuxe When the empire was about to fall the pa tricians made promises that were keptas Gould keeps his at the present day. They promiscd to abolish cash, und granted the plebians the right to hold oftice, but they failed at last, because they instituted the system of landlordism, and then the empire reeled, trembled and fell. In Franc history repeated clf, but France had vitality enough to sur- vive the terrors of the revolution. Ireland was going through the same ordeal, but under the leaaership of Gladstone and Pa earning to fight its own_battle 1 years would see it freed from the » of lanalordism and of the damnable Snglish rule. As in the nations of the past, ) i8 it now. Monopoly well organized and well officered and with lobbyists in the halls of congress, had laws for their own benefit spread all over the archives of the nation, and not a dozen were framed for the benefit of the working classes. Of scventy-six sen- ators sixty-six were lawycrs, seven bankers and one was a farmer Framed on the plan of the English house of lords their mission was to obstruct the measures calculated to ameliorate the con- dition of the working classes, and it was only natural, for the millionaire hud nothing in common with them. As the monopolist has control of the congress, 8o he has of the state legisiatures and of society. The ac- cumulation of wealth in the hands of one tends to weaken the remamder for ninety- nine go empty handed, and when you permit them to form trusts, you rob the benefit the few. Ietween the yea 1880, the wealth of the nation inc £27,000,000,000, and of this amount bankers ~and money lenders £23,000,000,000, and “the men who earned it $4,000,000,000. The power of the wealth as used against the working. wen was apparent when the coal barons raised the price of coal and lowered the wages of the miners, until the latter were carning an average of $12.30 per month, and when the money lenders and trust compa- nies were aunually foreclosing hundreds of mortgages and reducing the small farmer to the position of a tenant farmer. ‘The speaker then referred to the numerous objections raised against the Knights of Labor, and said they all emanated from the monopolists, who saw in its regulations the downfall of themselves. He asked those present not to condewn the order because of a few black sheep, wii spoke against anarchy, which was imported at the sume time as the pauper labor of the monopolists. No American citizen could be found in 1ts ranks, and those who had crept into the order in early days 'vere fast being weeded out. He then explained that the K. of L. demanded that its members should think for themselves, should object to the boycott and to strikes. The two awed their existence to the monopolist, because the first was brought about by vlacing an employe on the black list, and the second was the outcome of the lockout. The knights wanted equal wages for equal work, regardless of sex, for the degredation of woman meant the deterioration of the race. They objected to the importation of foreign contract labor, and T. V. Powderly had shown how it could be prevented, by making any foreigner wishing to find a home in America file his name with American con- suls abroad, have his antecedents investi- gated, read the constitution until he under- stood what citizenship required, and then take out his first papers within ten days of arriving in this country. vears he would hav take out his final papers return home. The banking should be done by the government direct, without the aid of the banks, and the railroad, telegraph and public improvements owned' by the people that paid for them. Land should only be held by actual settleis who were American citizens, and not by forcign landlords, The remarks of the speaker were inter- spersed with many anecdotes that kept his audience in good humor until the close, and no one left the hall throughout. AMUSEMENTS, Those inimitable comedians, Robson and Crane, were greet 4 at Boyd's opera house last night by a. audience worthy of their distinguished meritand reputation, and which most wurmly appreciated the latest and most meritorious of work Bronson Howard, *'The Henrietta.” This purely American comedy, with its keen satire, its effusive humor, its realistic situations, and its fidelity to nature, is one of the strongest dramatic productions of receut times, and must long continue to be one of the most attractive when presented with the excellence in every de- tail of last night's performance. The theme of the story has to do with the successful speculations of Nicholas Vanalstyne, who has become enormously wealthy and the monarch of Wall street. He has most ex- tended investments, the chief of which is the Heorietta Railroand and Mining com- pany, which he has made so popular that everybody is anxious to invest in it. His son, Nicholas Vaualstyne, jr., is his confiden- tial'man, with a large latitude in managing his affairs. The son has an ambition to him- self become the master of Wall street, and he combines with his father's most in- veterate enemy in_speculation to accomplish that end, their scheme being to depreciate the stock of the Henrietta and reap the harvest. This 18 nearly accomplished when another son, Hertie, a simple fellow who knows nothing of business, and upon whom his father has settled $500,000, hearing of the disaster, hands his father's broker a check for $400,000 and saves his fortune, Nicholas, jr., overcome by the change, dies of heart disease, and the discovery by the father of his treachery and his subsequent dcath. furnish @ 8ceno pathetic, —impassioned and tragic. The under plot is rich with the merriest sort of comedy, essen tially freshin character, and which flows continually. As Nicholas Vanalstyne, the rugged and successful old speculator, with u heart hard for those who are against him, but full of gentleness and kindness for oth. ers, prond of his financial abilities, and filled with a spirit of good humor, Mr. Crane has @ part in which he is at his best, He seems stronger than ever in that art which renders his_comedy contagious and at once puts an audience en rapport with him, even though there are peculiurities and munnerisms that have long 0 familiar, Mr. Rob- son a8 Bertie Vanalstyne, some- thing of & dude with few ideas. beyond his club, and yet not without true manly quali ties, has never ecssayed any character that gave betteropportunities for his marked and nal peculiarities, and to say this is suf- ficient assurauce thut he is extremely fuuny. Jtis w creatiou that no other comedian we know.of could portray with the effect that Robsen gives it; und it his havds it is com piete. sud berfack hare is 2l 8 weik ling to the took charactor in_this admirable ‘comedy of them are iu - excellent hands. Nicholas Vanalstyne, jr., of Mr. Kent 18 in most respects n et traiture of sterling excellence, while the Dr. Wainright of Mr. Losee, the Lord Artbur Trelauney of Mr. Stoddard, the Rev. Dr, Murray Hilton of Mr. Woodward, the M of Mr. Carpeator and the Wat int of Mr. Bergman, are all impersonal most weceptably. The iadies of the com pany can also without exception be cordially d, the Agnes Lockwood of Miss Jessio in love with Bertie, being especially quiet, neat and winsome, while special men tion is also due to the Mrs. Cornelia Opdyke of Ellie Wilton, Miss Raud and Miss Waldron t nothing to be desired in their respective Onz of the handsomest sets scen on the opera house stage this scason is the drawing room of Nicholas Vanalstyne in the second act. The management desire the an nouncement made that at the remaining per. formances the curtain will go up at about § o'clock. and al} The ————— fd Bound to be a Cowboy. A sixteen-year-old damsel Mary Abbott, living on a_ranch near Stockton. Cul., says the Globe-Demo- crat, has just been rounded up in her efforts to become a cowboy. For the last six months she has been the terror of the neighborhood by her escapad: and now shie has heen sent to an insan asylum. She is & vietim of yeilow-cov- ered literature, and vant be a cowboy. The family came to Cali- fornia four years ago from Illinois, and the mother says Mary declared her in- tention to become cowboy while route to California, She has not at- tended school in t state, preferring to read trash at home. He first break was made in May last. when one night she saddle a pony. bought provi- sions and a camping outfit and started for the mountains. She camped out one night and was caught by a deputy sheriff and returned home. Friday she started out again. first going to her father’s bavn. armed with two pistols, She remained ther for several hours, and when discovered ired one shot at her pursue A r person ventured into the barn. hop- ing to quict the wild girl, but she poked a pistol into his face and the party retired. Mary soon ran_out made for the brush keiumne river. A her. some armed wi ventured mnear her. took up the chase. He was told she threatened to shoot any one who fol- lowed her, but he went into the brush and ghe took to her hec Clark fired two shots over her head and she sprang into wild blackbe bushes, which stopped her. The officer ran up and in_ a scuflle she fell, and he held the strug gling girl until assistance arrived, whe" Mary was handeuffed and taken int® custody, and yesterday she was exam; ined here on a “charge of insanity, hu there was no evidence to show she wa® crazy. She is a tall, stout girl, ev dently lacking in mental foree, but bent on wild adventure, persisting in her in- tention to leave home at the first op- portunity. Her imprisonment has no effect on” her. She says she will go anywhere except to her home. For the present Mary will be confined in & pri- ate asylum here at the request of her parents. named of the barn and along the Mo- crowd started after h guns, but no one Constable Clark e — Billiards, Whist and Chess. Atlanta Constitution: The writer was 1xious to get Professor petor touching the relative alue of these three games, and he cheerfully gave them, in the following words: *The game of billiards stands first in some respects, in this, that it affords hysical and mental exercise at once. here is not much strain on the mind, however, and I never knew a billiard expert to be the possessor of a great in- tellect. He must possess a peculiarly organized mind, but he may know noth- ing of mathematics and yet may solve, with lightning rapidity, intricate prob- lems in geomeiry—practical problems. A quick and trué_eye, good nerves, and a steady hand, all practiced and disci- plined, enable him to make the shota with mathematical precision. As Isaid, a great billiard player may be a man of little mentality. As a rule billiard champions are men of a low order of in- tellect. Ihave tr! billiards and I know I could never reach the highest rank, because I am wanting in one of the requisities. “Whist may be classed among the scientific games, vet it is not devoid of chance. It affords more pleasure to its votaries than any other game I know. The element of chance gives the excite: ment. To play a correct game of whist requires brains, or 1 should, perha ¢ memory. The greatest man living, if he possesses a defective memory, can never become a good whist player. I believe I have mastered whist, and, not to seem egotistical, I hold myself to be aplayer of the highest rank. 1 play whist oftener than any other game, for the reason that it is not hard work and is just exciting enough to afford me the sort of diversion [ need, the greatest of all games, T 2 ve never succeeded in mas- tering it; have never fathomed its depths. It isa delightful pastime and cannot be commended too highly ns a mental disciplinarian; butif one wishes to enjoy it he must not attempt to be- come a great player. Nine times out of ten he would meet disappointment, for only a few men achieve greatness in chess. It is not likely that Paul Mur- phy will be duplicated in the present century. Chess isa purely scientifie game, wholly devoid of the element of chance. The brain m [ © itself in playing this game. aniseh, the distinguished Russian mathemati- cian, gave it as his oninion that chess is more intricate than the integ culus. Buckle, the historian, h same opinion. It is doubtful w the game will ever be improved.” -~ A Horse's Memory. Boston Transeript: Many years ago Mr. Abram Dodge of Ipswich, Mass., owned a beautiful horse which was the pet of the family. He was admired by all who knew his playfuluess and good qualifications, In the summer it was Mr. Dodge’s habit occasionally to have a frolic with his horse in his barnyard, then let him out alone and he would go to the river, which was about one-third of a mile distant, where he would bathe, then go toa common and voll on the grass, then start for home: his stablo was renovated for him while he was gone and his breakfast put in his crib. If he met his master he would show some coltish pranks, run for the stable, pull out the wooden pin that fastened the door with his teeth, and rush to his manger to find his food, One night the horse was stolen from the stable. After the expiration of sixteen years Mr. Dodge was at the tavern when aman drove a horse up to the door. Mr. Dodge at once recognized his ho and told the dr! his reason for believing it to be his; the man told his story, of whom he bought the horse, and that he had owned him for several Jours. It was finally agreed that if the orse would, on being taken to his old stable, go through the habit of bathing, running on the grass, and pulling the pin from the stable door, as above de- seribed, Mr. Dodge should have him, When the horse was let out into his old yard he viewed the premises Jua mo- ment, then started for his old bath tub, then for his green towel on the common, then o his old stable, puiled the woolden pin,and won for himself a good meal wand his old waster. his favorite horse. 3 These facts are vouched for by reliabl residents of the beautiful, picturesque old town, and show conclusively the long memory of our noble animal, - Prohibition and Crime in fowa. The New York Times: Judge l'lu-‘?", First district, said that outside of the enormous expense entailed upon the district by fruitless efforts to conviet violators, he saw no appreciable diffege ence in erime and criminal expensedi He favored repeal. Its penalties werg severe, its destruction of property, pars ticularly expensive breweries, o \m{ust that he favored local option and high license. The result now is no license and free whisky. Judge Henry, Third district, thought the law had done vsome good.” Judge Wakefield, Fourth district, would not advise repeal of the law, although he thought there oughd to be license in cities of the first and second classes, He refors to the depres ition of rents and real estato caused by the driving out of the saloons and the Xistence of the *hole-in-the-wall™ busfe ne Judge Wilkinson, Fifth districty thinks there ought to be & better lawe The present has broken up dram sho! ) but has d the sale of a more v and injurious article of liquor, some of which is sold in drug shops. He gave it as his opinion that “‘the impure char+ acter of the liguors now sold in thig state results in more injury to the peoe ple than would result from the indise eriminate sale of pure liquors.” Judge Fairall, Eighth district, finds that the law has made no difference in eriminal busin He unhesitatingly favors re peal of the law because it will restore millions of money invested in brew and winc-raising property which hag been contiscated to avoid the burden of taxation which will result in in its en- forcoment; to stay the tide of em tion: and to_cheek™ the evils inflicted under the pharmacy law, The question is one t srominently in polities her ave so much to do with affecting the votes of many citizens, particularly those of foreign birth, that 1 thought it worth while to examine the records of the state to see whether the opinions of prohibition judges that erime had des ereased since it took effect were supe ported. The law began to operate just before the close of the statistical year 1884, which begins October 1. The nums ber of persons convicted in the stata from October 1, 1883, to Octob 1884, was | The number of convicfions for the following year, the fivst in which the yrohibition law was in operation, wag {339, Tn the y i sptember 30, 1886, the convi and i the year ending September 80, they were 1.5 In 1886 thel an ine erease over 1885 of the ions for disturbing the peace, keeping gnmbling houses, lewdne misdemennor, nuise ances and selling’ intoxicating liquors. The later returns for 7 show more convictionsthan in 1884 for adultery, ag- sault and battery, keeping gambling houses and houses of ill-fame, for traftic in liquors, for kecping saloons, for wrceny, murder, nuisance. And 1 am assurcd by observers in this city that the violent suppression of the liquor business has undoubtedly developed other evils, such as petty gambling and erimesof passion that did not begin to be so common when the sale of liguor was permitted under police restraint, Whether it be true or not, it is nev= ertheleless believed by people in Des Moines that the city is disliked by strangers, as many other cities in the state are, not so much because liquor cannot be bought here,but because of the prevalence of the narrow spirit of dictation that makes the dictation pos- sible. Commercial travelers will not stop here over Sunday if they can avoid doing so. The place is undoubtedly dull. A distillery that used 3,000 bush= els of grain daily, five breweries, and arrangements for feeding a large num= ber of cattle from the product of these establishments are closed, and men point to the great number of vacant stores as one of the immediate results of the confiscation of this property and the seattering of the people who wera once empivyed in them. The city loses about $200,000 & year in revenue. Ime provements stop, business in real estate drags, and the only undertakings tha$ attract attention "are some doubtful manufacturing speculations aid the raids of country constables upon baers drinkers who buy their beer in St Louis or Chicago. el Oregon's Woman Mail Carrier. Portland Oregonian, O Oregon has a woman mail ca Her name e > Westman, and she car Sam’s mai! from the head of navigation on Stuslaw river over the Couast range mountains, following up the riyer to Hale's poste oftice station, within fiftcen miles of Eugene City. Her route is twenty miles long and is situated right in the heart of the mountains, where all the dungers and adventures incident to such an occupation abound. She care ries the mail night and day and fears nothing. She rides horseback and os 1 trusty revolver.y E n is o plump little hroe nette and is just twenty years old, Hep father and uncle operite a stage line and have a contract for carrying the mail, At Hale’s station Minnie ety her father and gets the mail from Llugene City and starts on her round, Miss Westmar has never met with aserious mishap in the performance of her duty. On one of her trips last she found three good-sized bears in the road right in frontof her. The horse, on espying them, beeame frightened, threw his rider to the ground and turne ing around.ran back the road he came, Miss Westman, with great prescuce of mind ted after the” runaway, and overtaking him, remounted and rode rihg through the savage cordon, and nge to say, she was not attacked. Meeting some friends, she told them of what she had seen, and they went 1o the place and killed the bears. = So far his season Miss Westman has met two bears, which did not molest her. figures so Gentleness of the Frenc! ibner: Slang we comprehend the term, and as Walt Whitman eulo= gizes and employes it—namely, as thq riotous medium of the under lung is unknown. One may in a wee e oaths and more slang of the conrsa and stupid sort in Wall strect, at the seaside,’ in the hotel corridors and street cavs and along the sidewalks of New York and Philadelphia, say, and n public genepslly among us, than i the length and bréadth of France year, There is not the sume burlesqua of “heartiness,” the same slapping on the back, the same insistent invitations to drink, the same brotalite; in fina there is infinitely more gentleness, Their occasional savagery strikes us ad ineffective and amateur, their fury ws fustian, The *‘rapier-thrusts” of sarcusm, the kind of writing and tallk= ing to which some of our newspapers apply their most eulogistic epithet, scuthing,” the bitter banter to whiok not a few of the best bred of our youn, girls seem just now especially addictedy would excite amazement in i'rance. - t Horses. New Orleans Picayune: “The short horse is soon curried,” and that is why the carcful sport puts his mency on the short horse. in & Shot i Brondway lots, in Council Biufts, fop sale by Potter & Cobb, 1001, Favuii ste. *