Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 8, 1889, Page 1

EIGHTEEN THEY HAVE BEEN BOUNCED. Two Democratic Representatives from Douglas Unseated. O'BRIEN AND SPECHT SWORN IN. It of the Contest Case What Ha A Pair of Un- Wil Am Home. Been Expectod fortunates The Donglas rty Contests. Lixoory, Neb., Feb. 7.—iSpecial 1o Tun Bre. | —~After disposing of some routine mat- ters the house took up the Douglas county contest cases, The question first recurred on adopting Hall's on declaring that neither the contestants nor the sitting mem bers wore elected, and requesting the gov ernor to cail a new election. Hall ned anxious to take a vote, and demanded the yeas and nays. Burnham arose and spoke in favor of Hall's resolutions, He had read the reports carefully and was wholly unable to arrive at any satisfactory conclusion. So many irreg ularities had taken place in conducting the election in Douglas county that it is utterly impossivle for this body to determine who was actually clected, e thought that the members should divest themsclves of all partisan prejudice and scttle the question upon its abstract merits, “If we can decide who was elected let us do 80" he said, *if we can not, let us teach Douglus count lesson and send this matter back for a new y called attention to the fact that if the election in Douglus county was such as to taint the general result it would invalidate the eleclion of the whole delegation in the legisiature, und if none of the six sitting members whose seits we coutested were entitled to their seats, neither were any of those whose seats were uncontested, Hall tried to explain Cady's objection by saying that the people of Douglas county were satisfied that_ the ors were actually elected, and the b d o right to inquire into the matter. He roferred to the recent case in Indiana, where Senator Carpenter was unseated and the case re manded to the people for a new election as a precedent to govern the action of the house, Baker said the remedy Hall proposed was a heroic one, but would it settle the case on any principle of justice or honesty! “He proposcs,”’ continied the speaker, *“to throw out six members and deprive Douglas county of more than half of her representation on this floor, regardless of the question whether they were clected or not Ballard was opposed to putting Douglas county to the expense of a new election, and believed the committee on privileges and elections had performed thewr duty in a proper mauner and were entitled to full ilchrist was astonished at the bold propo- sition advanced by Mr. Stall, and could not believe that it was seriously intended. He nphatically opposed to any schieme to ve Douglas county of her fair and full representation on the floor of tne hous Morrissey moved about un seat, but kept silent dfiving this Raynor was more thun surprised at the bold attempt of his friend from Lancaster to disfranchise 4 whole county, and could not believo that the author was in dead earnest. He explained the condition of the poll books, tho want of proper affidavits, the loose con dition of the ballots, und other irregularitics and suspicious circumstances as disclosed by the testimony. He further stated that the Meeker supplementary report would have been signed by other members if they had had time to look into the luw of the case. He said the tactics of the demo- crats for a week before the final action was to gain time, Cushing requested that the Douglas county delegation be excused from voting on Hall's resolution, and also wanted to know why the committez would not count the votes in the First precinct of the Pourth ward, where it ‘was alleged that the democrats lost sixty votes by & miscount. Rayner unswered that there was no ev dence before the committee of any irregu- larities in this ward. He also asserted that the democrats wanted the committee to can- vas the whole vote of Douelas county. Caldwell thought that a vote should now bo taken, as time enough had been consumed 1 _deba Hall, to the surprise of every one, now arose and withdrew his resolution. Christy of Clay, sent up u motion to sub- stitute the minority report signed by the democrats. In defending his motion, he said he was veaved by a republican mother and corrected spublicanfather, and had been aicpublican all his life, but that the party could afford to be lenient. They should proceed with care, argued the speaker A free ballot and a fair count had alw: the battle cry of the republican party. He could not see why the returns should be ox cluded from these precinets and not from 8, or why tho ballots in the disputed cincts should not be counted, Delaney, a democratic member of the com- mittee, strongly favored the motion sub- mitted by Clristy, He undertook the in vestigation with fear and trembling, and did not for a moment lose sight of the fact that he was acting 4s o juror to decide a case of much importance. He disclaimed all par- tisan motives, and said he would not vote t seat any democrat whom he did not think was honestly elected—afterwards adding, “1 don’t believe any other democrat on the floor would, cither,” a remark that causod a broad smile to illuminate the countevances of even sevoral democrats, Dompster defended the majovity roport, and thought that the committée should be sustained, and was ready to voteon the auestion, Cady savagely attacked the motion of Christy. He said that to adopt such a reso- lution would be to vote a want of contldence in the committee, and it would be useless to send tha report back to it. It would be im- t)oulblu for the committee to tr: rm nemselves into a canvassing board for Douglas county, as some members seemed to desire. Gilbert supported the motion of Mr. Christy. He reviewed the facts established Dy the testimony at length, and could not see why the actions of a drunken man in creating & disturbance at the polls should cause the returns to be rejected. In closiug, he said he had not sucient knowledge of the case; that the evidence is not sufficient to justify him to vote to unseat any of theso members. Morrissey obtuined the floor and procecded to say that he was here no‘as o matter of choice. 'I am a better newspaper wan than logislator,” he added. *I ama poor man and could not even pay Iy Ccampaign as- sossment without borrowing the money from my republican friends.” He claimed that personal friends had instigated the contest, and that Sevator Manderson had written him that he had no interest in and 10 sympathy with the effort to deprive him and his colleagues of their seats. Ho de- clared that the comuittee had not given the democrats a fair show, and that the com- mitteo had refused to call County Clerk Roche to testify in regard to the manner in which the ballots had been kept. Cady retorted that they had the clerk be- fore them, and that he was so drunk that his testimony could not be taken,and that be had kept the keys and bad in other matters done what he could to embarass the work of the committee, and that if he had never come near them their cause would have stood in a better light. Morrissey agreed with Cady as to the ac wions and conduct of Roche.” The colloguy between Cady and Morrisoy was becowing xeiting, when Fieldgrove's voice roso abovo the din and the member from Buffalo ‘was recoguized by the speaker, Morrissey still claimed the floor, and began to read Bomo newspaper comments beariug on the his olloquy. case. dgrove finally obtaned the floor aud that ‘‘some members of the house are scting as if they thoughbt that instead of put- ting ib our time patiently examining the tes- timony, the committeo are all off on a aruunk ‘with the clerk of Douglas county. Now it that wo send for all the rcturps from that county and petition the governor 1o call an extra session to can ss the full vote and unearth all the irregularities that occurred in the election Baker again took the floor ana made a ve: strong 1 convineing argument in favor the majority report. After reciting the ns of the code governing elections, spoke as follows: *“The ballots in the 1 precincts, as shown by the testir not kept according to the law, lots were for days in ¢ we of one of the tion officers, and then for four days the bal without being sealed, were iu t chargs of a drunken clerk. Now it is not disputed that money flowed like water in the election in Doug 1ty, and every oppor tunity was presented to tamper with the ballots, Under those circamstances is it possible that these baliots, especially when they do not agrec by some hundreds with the names on the tally sheets, are entitled to any redit! If thoy are not, they must be thrown out, and to that conclusion cvery honest man must necessarily arrive on a fair and full consideration of the whole case. There was no scrateh of a pen on the boolks to indi- ate to the returniag board to what precinet these returns belonged. 1t is not one irregu larity of whicn we complain, but of a whole serics of the grossest and most glaring viola tions of the plain letter of the statute gov- crning olections, If this house sots the ex ample that such returns as these w dis- cussing shall be counted, it will put pr mium on dishonesty and_have a tendency to impair the purity of the ballot at every tion in the state.” The remarks of Mr. to with rapt attention, knell of the Christy The house then o'clocl, of s he dis- s, Baker were listened nd sounded the death solution took a recess until 2 APTERNOON SESSION, The vote was taken upon the Meeker reso- lution, unseating MeMillan, which was lost by a vote of 18t0 38, Mr. Herlin voted aye on this motion. Cushing moved to indefimtel the majority report, and made speech in favor of his motion, Corbin said he had given tie subject much thought. He wanted to vote understand- ingly on the question, and had finally de- cided to stand by the revort of the commit tee, Hall renewed his motion to ant, and roll being cal yes 44, nays 5l After some parliamentary movements to secure further delay, u vote was reached on the report of the committee. The fiual vote as recorded was nays 41 The fol- lowing republicans voted with all the demo- crats inthe negative: Peechman, Bohacek, Christy of Clay, Farley, Fuiler, Gilbert, Holm, Hall, Hayes, Hooper, Horne, Majors, Robb, Severin, Truesiellund Weber, Scoville and Olmstead were absent M 1 O'Brien went before of state, took the oath of office and to-morrow will ‘begin their duties as legislators, postpone 1 earnest declare the cd, the vote Bortis, Burnham, Senate, LiNcoLy, Feb, 7.—|Special to E Ben.]— Many senatorial countenances wore an ex- pression of surprise when the following was read this morning: Whereas, Certain accounts for transporta- tion of committees vi g the public insti- tutions of _the state have been presented to lhvln'mnmilluv on accouats and expenditures, and Where transpor members be it Resolved, That it1s the sause of the sen- ate that the committee on uccounts and ex- penditures allow transportation only for those who are members of the committee on public lands and buildings, and who have actually pad out money for transportation in the performauce of their duty as members of such committee. Resolved, That no expense hereafter be in- curred and no claims allowed for special Pullman cars for the coramittee on public lands ond buildings, or for any other com- mittee, to and from the state institutions. Several inqueries were made as to the scope of the resolution, and it was finally Iaid over for a day to give n number of gen- tlemen time to think over it. ‘T'he bill for the relief of Adams county was finally passed; aiso Connor's bill dirceting that a sherifl's duties shall be performed by the coroner when the sheriff 13 a party to the case, except in replevin suits. Tho remainder of the morning was spent in committee of the whole, which approved Howe's bill investiog the fire and police com- mission in metropolitan cities with the power of granting liquor licenses; also Nes- bitt’s bill erecting Hooker county from the unorganized territory north of McPherson county; also Norval's bill for the punish- ment of persons who assault or interfere with railway engzines or cars, or employes operating them, or passengers who are rid- ing in them. The bill to tax sleeping cars was recommitte ‘The governor's message, advising an in- ase of the supreme court 1o five member: was referred to the judiciary committec. AVTERNOON SESSION Senator Robinson introduced several bills for the creation of Thurston county from the Omaha and Winncbago reservations and parts of Burt and Wayne counties. ‘The committee of the whole took up Suth- erland’s joint resolution asking the board of transportation to make u scheaule of maxi- mum freight rates, Senator Nesbitt said it was a grave ques- tion, and he wished to have a thorough grasp of its details, Then he ecnumerated eleven statistical tables that he wanted before he passed on tho bill, Wolbach did not need a whole Poor's manual to attack the provlem. He knew of discriminati and he only nsked that the railroad commission equalize these discrep- ancie: Howe said he would not deny that the rail- roads discriminate; he would not say that they should not be regulated. He would not throw obstacles in the way of the considera- tion of the subject because he trusted in the good sense and fairness of the senate, but he had not had time to read the resolution and he suggested, merely suggested, that action be delayed a few days. Ransom thought the resolution tion \l‘]nm the commission, und wanted more light. Raymond remarked that the gentlemen opposed to this resolution wera the same gentlemen who a fow days ago opposed the effort to get information on the trunsporta. tion problem. He eriticised the commission for its failure to provide the statistics needed, Sutherland explained that the resolution was not intended to imposo the Towa r the Illinois tariff upon Nebraska railrgads, What he wanted was to smooth out’ the unjust discriminations known to exist. Connor said the problem was one that must be met, and be thought the most zealous friends of the railroads ought to realize that fuct and accept it gracefully. Cornell objected to the resolution because the constant agitation embarrassed the peo- ple of western Nebraska, who are secking new railroads. And thus the talk went merrily along. Wolbach moved to make the bill a special order, for next Wednesday afternoon, Wolbach's motion flnally prevailed and the senate adjourncd, s, These accounts actually melude ation for others than those who are of thesc committees, therefore, a reflec- he also More Judges Asked For, Lixcory, Neb,, Feb. 7.—|Special to Tns Bee.|—Tho following communication and messige was presented to the house and sen- ate by the governor this afternoon: IXECUTIVE DEPAKTMENT, STATE OF NE- nuaska—To the Honorable, the Senate and House of Represeutatives: '1 have the honor to transmit herewith # communication from the judges of the supreme court of the state of Nebraska seuting forth the necessity for the addition of two members to that tribu- nal. I fully concur with them in the views presented. ~ I have for some ti vinced that, owing to the lury business 1u that court, the nuwber should be increased to five. I 'therefore respectfully recommend that a provision be made for sub- mitting an amendment 10 the constitution of the state authorizing the election of two additional judges for the supreme court bench. Joux M, THAYER. Lixcorx, Feb. 1, 1889.—To the Governor: We bave the honor to report to your excel- lency thit in cousequence of the great vol- ume of business before the sapreme court, caused by the rapid inc in the vopula: tion, trade, business and wealth of the state, it will soon become impossible for three judges to properly dispose of the business of the court, as it is presented, with desirable promotncss: thut therefore the provisions of section 2, of article VI, of the constitution, fective in limiting the number of judges to three, as no less than five judgos will be able to properly and promptly dispose of the business of the court. We therefore recommend an amendment of the constitu tion in the manner therein provided, increas. ing the number of the juages of the supreme court to five, instead ‘of three, as now pro. vided. We respectfully request your excallency to present this representation and report to the legislature, with such recommendation as may be deemed expedient. With great re spect, ete., M. B. Rerse, Aviasy Conn, SAMUEL MAAWELL, Judges of the Supreme Court. The Soldiers’ Homa, TLascor eb,, Feb. Special to Tue Bre.] -There is a growing dissatisfdction with t ndition of affairs at the soldiers’ home. Commandant Hammond says he has been working most earnestly, but has been hampered by the lack of means, and it is that lack which he hopes to remedy by the big appropriation he asks for. In view of current criticism and a_disposition to give theaffairs of the he A thorough airing, the following statement will be of timely inter- est. It shows in some detail the objects for which the big appropriation of $150,500 is asked: OMcers and employes wages Maintenance........... i Fuel and light.....o.o00 ooiiienns Drugs, instruments, stationary. . Stock, implements, teams Repairs and improvements ... 1,500 Furniture and beddmg....... . 8,000 LABPRPTI S ety 5 0 Ico house and cellar. ... 1,500 Boiler, engine, laundry house, chinery..... IEREREEt Two wings to main building. . Hospital i Twenty-five cottages for families.. Stand pipe, barn, sheds........ Home for commandant Deficiency on board, WAEES . ..o Deficiency on buildings. Outhouses. . 21,840 36,000 10,000 2000 1,200 10,000 80,000 clotiinig and The Proposed Pallman Tax. LixcoLy, Neb., Fob. 7.—|Special to Tue Ber.|—The bill provosing to tax sleeping running within Nebraska has provoked much quict discussion ‘among the senators It is not believed these corporations can be reached by ordinary tax laws, because the courts have deelared such statutes invalid, inasmuch as their enforcement might be a restraiut upon inter-state commerce. Two vears ago Licutenant Governor Meiklejohn gave the matter careful investigation. He Tound thut the Pullman company always took its cases to the federal courts if neces- sary, and that corporation then had ten de isions on the books nullifying state laws and exempting it from state taxation. In only one case, from Wisconsin, did the com- monwealth find o spark of favor. In that action the court held that the state could tax cars running between two points within the state. The problem is a difiicult oue, but several senatorial heads are at work trying to devise a measura that will reach the Pullman company, Unsatisfactory Statement. so1.N, Neb,, Feb. 7.—[Special to Tne ‘The senate has a committee ready to investigate the agricultural department of the state university, and some one has hastened to supply the committee with copies of the first aunual report of the e periment station. Following is the only ac- count of expenditures that it contans: The following is an approximate statement of moneys expended by the university for the maintenance of the agricultural experiment station to January 25, 1888: For salary of director of patho-bio- logical laborator) ..$2,300 00 For_ apparatus for gical laboratory.......... Tor support of experimental farm . For current expenses of patho-bio- logical laboratory.. ... For printing bulletins, ete, 2,225 1,843 Total...cee.. This is not a luminous statement, and its age does not improve it. ———— The Balance Explained. Taxcory, Neb, Feb. 7.—[Special to Tnr |—Notice has' been called to the fact that the report of the live stock commission shows an unexpected balance. It should be remembered that the report was closed No- vember 30, 18588, while the appropriation is supposed to last until March 31, 1850, leaving four months in which to use up the unex- pended balance. The commissioners say they have on file 100 calls for their services, and under such circumstances a cash bal- ance is a handy thing to have in the house. ander's Aspirations. coLN, Neb,, Feb, 7.—[Special to Tue :.]--John A. Enander, of Chicago, editor of the Danish paper Hemiandet, is here se- curmng the signatures of the governor and embers of the legislature to a petition ask- ing President Harrison' to appoint him min- ister to Donmark. He is meeting with ex- cellent success. In like manner he has vis- ited Illinois, Minnesota, Michigan, Towa and Kansas. He has the endorsement of six governors, several ex-governors and many politicians of less note. — To Increase the Liquor License. LixcoLy, Neb,, Feb, 7.—[Special Telegram to Tur Bee.|—The most important bill in- troduced to-day was a measure to increase the liquor licenses from #500 to #750 in vil- laves and cities of less than 1,000 inhabi. tants and under, and from $1,000 to §1,500 in cities of o larger size. The peculiar foature of the biliis the disposition made of the funds, one-third of which will go to the county, and the balance to the local school fund. McBride is the author of the bill, In Nesbitt's Behalf. LixcoLy, Neb., Feb, 7.—([Special to Tur Bee.|—Senator Nesbitt is in the field asa candidate for appointment as United States district attorney for Nebraska, A petition is being circulated among republican mem- bers of the legislature and is being generally signed. It 1s headed by Governor Thayer, Legislative Gossip. LixcoLy, Neb., Feb, 7.—[Special to Tnn Bek.]—The senate resolution dirccting the labor bureau to gather mortgage statistics for a term of five years was indefinitely post- poned. Senator Chnrch Howe and Hon, W. P, Bechel, of Omaha, had an exchange of civili- ties in the lobby of the Windsor hotel last night, Mr. Bechel accused Howe of coward- ice in making an uncomplimentary reference to the Omaha gentleman on the senate floor, The senator turned upon the gentleman with @ charge of being a traitor, with having ac- cepted Howe's money two years ago. Friends cooled the belligerants with good counsel. Chaplain Tate, of the senate, made the hit of the evening at the Loyal Legion banquet. He took the assembly captive with @ short speech of fervid eloquence, and the state- wment is made advisedly. Senator Raymond has been placed on the cattle trust committee in the place of Sena- tor Lindsay, who asked to be excused. Senator Ransom has become known as the “‘constitutional advisor” of the senate. Senators Funck and Roche managed the committee of the whole to-day. County Commissioners Mount and Furner, of Omabla, were capitol visitors to-day, — -—— The Trials of O'Brien. DusrLiy, Feb, 7.—~Summonses have been served on O'Brien in Clonmel jail for illegal speeches ou the Kenmare estate, THINK THEY WERE TRICKED The Opponents of the Nicaraguan Canal Bill, WHILE FEASTING AT WHITNEY'S The Conference Report on That Pro- Ject was Taken Up and Adopted —Prospects of the Omni- bus Measure, WasnixeroN Bureav TasOwana B 513 FourTeRyTa STREET, WasniNarox, D, C., Fob, ' 7. Some of the democratic opponeuts of the Nlcaraguan canal bill who left the house yesterday afternoon to attend the reception given by Secretary Whitney to Governor Hill, are censuring themselves for doing so. A number of them, too,are charging the secretary with doing a smart piece of lobby- ing in favor of the measure by means of the reception. It is generally understood that the Standard Oil compauy is at the back of the Nicaraguan project. Oliver Payne, the brother-in-law of Secretary Whituey, is near the head of the Standard Oil company. Most of the opposition to the bill has come from the democratic side of the house and senate, About four-fifths of the democratic members of the house left their seats yesterday and went to Mr. Whitney's residence and spent from two to three hours paying their respects to Governor Hill and enjoying the lunch that was spread. While the reggption was in progress the conference report on the Nicaragua canal bill was taken up and adopted. Inasmuch as Payne, Her- man, Olerich and other prominent democrats have large interests in the project, the bill will undoubtedly be signed. The wrath of some of the gentlemen who attended the reception and who wanted to go on record against the bill cannot be appeased. They contend that they have been tricked. An examination of to-day’s congressional record, show ing thevote on the bill, does not fully bear out the justice of the indignation. Only uwenty-two votes in the house are unuc- counted for. All of the others are either recorded on one side or the other, or are paired, and had they all been cast in the negative they would not have defeated the bill, but some of thoge twenty-two wers feasting at Whitney's while the “voting was in progress, aud they are all out of gear now. TIE OMNIBUS BILL'S OUTLOOK. The outlook for the omnibus territol submission bill is rather discouraging, al- though there is yot a chance for an agree- ment. Chairman Springer insists that un- der the instructions of the democratic caucus he is bound to insist upon the sion of New Mexico, if any_territory comes into the union, and the members of the senate and of the committee are quite positive in their ob- jections to New Mexico, because a large pro- Portion of the inhabitants of that territory cannot read, write nor speak the English language. As one of the senators said to- “‘Whenever it i3 Bhown that onc the people of New: Bexico can sp read and write the Eughsh lauguage, 1 & vote for their admission as a state.” Iasked Representative Baker, who is a member of tLe conference committec, if there was any chance of an agreementy “Oh! yes,” he ro- plied, “a fair chance.’® “Have you any ided a bill will be agreed upon “Yes, 1 think 80, ~ “On what do you base an opinion " “It is not an opinion; it is only faith.” THE AGRICULTURAL BUKEAU. 1t was reported at the capitol this after- noon that the president had reterred the bill creating a department out of the bureau of agriculture, to the attorney gencral, for the purpose of ascertaining whether it was con- stitutional; that Mr. Garland was committed against it; that ex-Representative J. Ran- dolph Tucker, of Virginia, who made a vio- lent speech againgt it in the Forty-cighth congress, on constitutional grounds, had had a conferénce with the president, and stated that the bill would be vetoed, and that the president had privately indicated that he would not approve of the measure. Chairman Hatch, of the house committee on agriculture, went to the white house to see about the report, and returned with the information, that although the presidedt has not.fully determined, the bill will become a law, either by him giving his signature, or permitting the constitu- tional ten days to expire without action, Acting on the impression that the bill would be vetoed, a number of senators and repre- sentatives wired some prominent agricultur- ists to communicate their wishes to the pres dent in favor of the measure, and many called at the white house about it this afternoon. Great pressure has been brought to bear to lave the bill vetoed, but the president has at no time been inclined to disapprove of the bill unless he found constitutional objections o giving 1t his signature, IVIL SERVICE TURMOIL, Indian Commissioner Oglesby, of lllinois, has recently been making an_cffort, through the president, to induce Civil Service Com- missioner Edgerton, of Indiana, to retire so that a vacancy might be created by which Oglesby would return to his old position, Bdgerton, it is ascertained, promptly refused to be a party to & scheme which was in- tended to re-organize the civil service com- mission with @ view to securing anew tenure for the officers under the incoming admin- istration, Civil Service Commissioner Edge ton says that the board should be completely re-organized under the new administration, and that he will not be & party to any project which will take advantage of the administration coing in next month, 1f Edgerton had consented 10 retire, and had Oglesby been appointed, the nowination would not have been confirmed. There is a feeling among republican senators und the republicans in the house that a complete sweep should be made of the civil service commission and the commissioners for th District of Columbia, There is not a repub- lican on either board. Civil Service Com- missioner Lyman is presumed to be a repub- lican, but it)s stated that it will be shown after the 4th of March that he voted for Mr. Cleyeland, and if not a democrat, he 1s one of the original mugwuwmps. FAVORANLE ACTION. The senate committaes on military offairs and public buildings and grounds have taken favorable action on Senator Paddock’s pro- posed amendnients to the sundry civil ap- propriation bill, appropriating 0,000 for continuing the 'comptruction of necessary buildings at Fort Robinson, and approvriai- ing §10,000 for paviug, curbing, grading and setting stone steps about the postofiice site and public grounds, pnd repairing the foun- tain and walks in theé government grounds at Lincoln, PROTESTS AGATNST CONSOLIDATION, Telegraphic protests agaiust the consolida- tion of the Bloomiagton land office with the Lincoln office ware received by both Sena- tors Manderson aud Paddock to-duy. Sena- tor Manderson will ' join Senator Paddock, who has been doing! what he could during the past week to_prevent this consolidation, in o renewed demand that time shall be Flven for the parties interested to be fully heard, and to-day they sent a request to the secretary of the interior w take no furthe sction until certain information, which is promised in respect to the situation in the Bloomington dfstrict, shall have been re- ceived. STEAM PRESSES V8 HAND PRESSES, The hearing before the senate committee of finance as to the comparative advantuge of steam or hand plate printing press was concluded this afternoon, and it is expected that the sub-committee will make & report to the full committee at the regular meeting on next Tuesday, There is no doubt in the minds of those who have attended the meet- ings that the couimittee will report in favor of the steam presses that they are a long step in the nature of economy of labor and money, and that the wark produced on them 18 @8 good, if mot superior to that printed in the old fashigned way. The scvate is not OMAHA. FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY S. 1890 likely to follow the lead of throwing out these pressos. THE TIMBER CULTURE ACT The house to-day received from the senato the bill to repeal the pre-emption and timber cuiture acts. As the bill_changes the home. stead law in some details it will undoubtedly be agreed to. Public lands will then be sub. ject to entrance under the homestead law only BLAINE AND THE SEWARD MANSION. In an interview published in a local paper Mr. Blaine acnies that he has leased the old Seward mansion, and states th he has not yet decided what house he will take, William Walter Phelps told me to-day that he had leased it, and that e was now con. sulting with thy architects as to what altera tions should be made. The reason Mr. Blaine does not live in his own house in tuis city is becanse he has none. The house known as the “Blaine mansion,” and which is now oc cupied by Mr. Leiter,, does not belong to lum, but has been the property of William Walter Phelps for several year: the house iu Penny s, Heamin, - THE CABINET SLATE, maker's Name Placed Among the “Might Have Beens, INDIANATOLIS, Feb, 7.—Among the politi cians who are making up the cabinet slate the name of Wanamaker is now to be scen in the bac among the *might have beens.” The cause for the change is the utter inability of any one here to give anything like a semni-authentic assurance that his name was ever actually put forth for a cabinet place. Of the new names being canvassed, those Judgo William A. Wood, of Indiana: General James H. Wilson, of Delaware, aud John M. Thurston, of Nebraska, are tho most promiuncnt. Peor haps no name, kowever, unless it be Win- dom’s, is growing in public favor with greater rapidity than that of ex-Governor Foster, of Ohio, Alabama had another delegation here to day in the persons of General James Jdack- son aud John A. Stovens, of Tuscumbia, “They claimed that their visit was of o social ure, but it leaked out that they wie oppos ing Mahone, and _brought with thom some strong testitonials and petitions in favor of ex-Governor William H, Smith, of Alabama, for attorney gencral Chairman Huston, who unexpectedly vived from Fiorida to-day, had an hou conference with the president-clect this afternoon, The arrival of Huston and the doparturc of New for New York this aft noon are both regarded as vearing direet], net making. o ———— sull Another Account. ViENNA, Feb, 7.—The following is another account of the circumstances attending the acath of Crown Prince Rudolph: Rudolph had courted the baroness Marie Vetsera for four months. The liason, it is stated, was encouraged by the Countess Wallersce Lariseh, nicce of _ the empress. Marie, © who _was of a romantic position and mervous _ temperament, was devoted to Rudolph. On January 2% the pair started for Meyerling, whera théy passed the next day together. On the morn. g of January 50 the two wore found dead i bed. Marie had been shot through the forchead, Rudolph also had been shot, as already described. It was evident that the two had resolved to dio togather. The cov- erlet was strewn with flowers. ‘The body of Marie was secrotly takon to the cottage and thence removed for interment. The Vet sosa family left Vienna on Saturday for Venice. Wan ground, For Alleged Elcction Frauds. KAxsas Crry, Mo., Feb. 7.—|Special Tele- gram to Tug Bee,]—A warrant was issued to-day by United States Commissioner Wyne for the arrest of John C. Hope, recorder of voters, for alleged violation of the federal laws governing elections. The instrument was not served, owing to the ab- sence of deputies and to Hope's sickness, The complainant, Thomas Cooper, is a col- ored man, whose registration was refused Tast fall. ' Cooper was thereby prevented from exercising the right of sufrage, and later on_was arrested on the charge of at- tempted iilegal rogistration, He was lately tried and discharged; heunce the present prosecution. —~—— Big Muddy Improvements, St. Louis, Feb. 7.—The Missouri river com- mission held a secret session here yesterday and laid out work for the coming year. Vig- orous operations will commence as soon as the weather becomes favoravle for work. Among the sums decided upon to be expended at places named are the following: Omaha, $150,000; Sioux City, $100,000; Platismouth, £0,000; 'Rulo, Neb., 850,000; Nebraska Cit £75,000, i T SO Swedish Lutheran Conference. Topexka, Kan., Feb, 7.—[Special Telegram to Tue Bee.]—The Swedish Lutheran con- fercnce of the southwest, including the states of Kansas, Missouri, Colorado and Texas, opened to-day. Rev. E. N. Errick- son, of Dwight, Kan., was elected president, G. A. Brandell, of Denver, vice president. ‘The reports from the various states showed that the church is in a hoalty condition, and has increased its membership. —— It Stood the Test. AxNAPOLIS, Md., Feb, 7.—The Thurlow gun, cast by the Standark steel casting com- puny, of Thurlow, Pa., stood the govern- ernment test to-day at the naval proving grounds. Twelve rounds were fived, two of thirty-six pounds of powder, with a shell of 100 pounds, and ten of forty-eight and one- half pounds of powder and 100 pounds of shell. il lg N The West Virginia Senatorship. CnanvestoN, W, Va,, Feb. 7.—The ballots n to-day in joint assembly for United States senator resulted: Goff, 40; Kenna, 80; Goshern, 3; ex-Senator Herefor Governor Wilson and J. A. Preston, 1 eacl The republicans in the matter of the recoun: for state ofiicers to-day. me indignant and left the joint asseubly, leaving the body without & quorum, two —~——— 's' Alliance. - |Special T Kansas Farm Torexa, Kas. X to Tue Bee]—Tho Kansas State Parmer alliance held its annual meeting to-day. They passed resolutions demanding laws to prevent the grain and cattle combine, and the control of the food products of the country by brokers, They also demanded the repeal of the state laws which permit municipal corporations to vote aid to rail- roads. The allian was the guest of the legislature in the afternoon, -~ A Missouri Conflagation, S1. Louis, Feb, 7.—A special from Steel- ville, Mo., says that a large part of the busi- ness section of that town burned this wmorn ing. Eleven business houses, including the Stemple bouse, opera house and county treasurer’s ofice were consumed. The loss, which has not .been ascertained, is very heavy and the insurance suall. - - Kubn Taken to New York, Loxpoy, Feb, 7.—-Kuln, the Swiss who is charged with murdering a man in Wiscon sin, and who was arrested on & steamer some weeks ago, has been handed over to the United States government, and in custody of an officer he sailed for N e L ) The Cars All Runing. NEW Youk, Feb, 7.—Cars are running reg- ularly in Brooklyn on all lin The new men taken on during the strike were not discharged. Many of tue old men returned to work to-da ——— Governor Lee's Secretary Sulcides, Ricuyoxp, Va., keb, 7.—Captain James E, Waller, aged thirty-two, private secretary to Governor Lee, was found dead in Lis ofice at the state capitol building this morning with @ self-indicted bullet hole in his head, No cause is given for the deed. legram BILLY MYERS, Something About the Hlinois Pagilist Who s to Fight MeAuliffe, Srreator, 11, Feb. 7.—[Special to Tnre Bre. ] —Billy Myers is a natural born pug ist. Even in school ho was champion of his class, and when afterward he began work with his father as an apprentics to learn the trade of a carpenter, on several o showed that spirit which n gamo heart and indomitable w 80 strongly marks his char. acter as a professional pagilist. He is of man birth, Al o » tothe time of arrival of Tom Loes, the big Australian, Myers had been handled by Lincoln (for short Link) Popes and nis own brother Ed, who by the way are boxers of no inferior ability When the MeAulifie Madden party were hero a slight_ difference arose in views be tween Billy Myers and Billy Madden. It was settled, however, without anything further than a mero wrangle of words. Billy Myers is ‘within a pound of fighting weighit cvery day. Hiscye is as clear as that of a hawk; his skin, although dark asa gypsy, 18 as pure i its complexion as that of the olive skinned sons of Hispaniola and his arm and hand is as steady as a bar of steel. Act ive a8 a wild-cat and as strong as a leopard, “BMy" has never yot suffered defeat, those who know hin best think so long stays i the ring, he nover will. OLd profes. sionals are fond of likening him to Jack Randall, who first acquired the sobriquet « “ithe Nonpariel,” & man who fought thirty battles and was never defeatod, or 1f men ory be not false, was never even fought to a araw. Contrary to general belief Billy Myors isa gentleman. The those who think that one who has made athlotics a business must neecssarily bea tough, but men of original thoughts and cosunpolitan training know better Streator is peculiarly the home of the pugilist. The majority of the population heve is composed of miners, and u large per- contaze of them are of Baglish birth or traction. They delight in the “manly and 1t 18 not an unconmon wrencd hore the fivst knock-down for a gallon of Bverythingis friendly, and all in good vart, the only point in the contest be ) > Which is the best man, Some years a battle took place about two miles from here, just weross the line which divides [ Salle and Livingston conniies, betweer miners named respectively Lewis a Rogers. _Iverybody, that is to say about ull of the able-bodied males in town, were at the ring side. 'The tight was under Queensbury rules, and at the end of the twenty-cightiu round Lewis, t 1 48 game a man as ever faced an oppouent, could not respond when time was catled. He was carvied unconscions from the ring in the armns of his seconds and 1 8t ty minutes aftorwards was dead. Such scedes w8 this and cireumstances wiich lead to them have fired the heart of Streator youth, until it is within bounds to say that Tour out of every five of the boys and young men of this plice are boxers of greater or less dexterity. Even in their fricudly *se tos™ ther is an amount of hard hitting and ing and taking punishment thatis scldom cquulled and nev tled in the roped arena. An Early Boom for Whitney. Cnicaeo, Feb, 7.—-[Special Telegram to Tne Bes]—A special from Washington regarding Secrotary Whitney's dinner, mention of which was made in this morn- ing’s Bk, quotes a democratic congressman as saying: “The champagne was especially fine und I never saw a wore whole gathering 7 the democratic candida “For Hill #No. For William C. retary put in two licks for- himself and onc for Hill. Whitney will be nominated and ed governor in 1801 and in the following will be an irresistible candidate for the idential nommation, That's the way I figure it.” Three-fourths of the democ the house went to th lunch, made of Hill and flatt nim, but ame away talkiog about Whitney' for prosident. tic members of — Want an insane Dak. Telegram to Tue Bee.] —A large and carnest meeting composed exclusively of the farmers of Spring Valley, was held at the residence of C. V. Garduer last night, for the purpose of memorializing the legislature to make approgriation of $20,000 for an insene asyly at that place. They offer as inducement, cighty acres of land and §2,000, which all subscribed on the spot. Spring Valle located equi distant between Fort Mead Rapid City, on the linc of the Frem Elk horn & Missouri Valley railroad, and is_the mos¢ delightful v in the Hills, the Italy of Dakota. The p wide- awake, enterprising and mean business from the word go. - J. H. Hiland Steps Higher. Kaxsas Crry, Eeb. 7.—[Special Telegram to Tue Bgi.|-—J. H. Hitand departed for Milwaukee last evening, and this morning his appointment as _general freight agent of the Chicago, Milwaukeo & St. Paul railrond was oficially announced by telegraph. Who his successor will be as general agent at Kansas City of the St. Panl road, has not yot been deeided, but it is stated thiv ) . ager will look outof town for a man 1o fill the vacancy. Ior the remainder of the month My, Hiland will be occupied with his usual duties as general agent at Kansas City. - anent Stake [Spec -Ocean Peri weaton, 11, Feb, 7 to Tur Bee:| private dispateh o Alf Kennedy states that J. N. Taylor, of the Boston Glebe, temporary stakeholder of the Myer-MeAuliffe mateh, will arrive in Chi- cago Saturday, and turn_over the 3,000 in s possession to the Inter-Ocean, which paper has been chosen as permanent stake- holder, The remaining 2,000 will be e posited on the day of the fight. The Inter- Ocean was agrecd upon for the purpose of guarding ugainst taking so large an amount to the ring side. D iy Opposed to Woman Suffra Lixcory, Neb., Feb, 7.—| Special Te to Tug Bre.)—The senate judicar. tee will report adversely on Robinson’s bill conferring suffrage on women in inunicipal clections, Mrs. Sara Wilson, of Lincoln, made an argument to the committeo for the W. C.T. U. dudge Mason delivered an opin ion that the proposition is constitutional, but the committee think it inexpedient to put it forward at this time, - He Skipped (o Canada. r. Louis, I'eb. 7.—A sensation was cre- ated here by the announcement that Henr, Dickmann, a prominent member of the Me chants’ Exchange, has skipped to Canada, leaving a shortage of 0,000, His sudden flight was brought about by the instituting of 4 suit for £30,000 against him by his mother- in-law, Mrs. Willimine Myer, for whom ho has been acting as trusteo. Mrs. Myer at- tached $11,000 stock in the Montell Horges Milling company, of which Dickmaun was acting president. e ——— A Boller Explosion, 8. Lous, Feb, 7.—A special from Stane berry, Mo, says that the boiler in Redmond’s saw nill, a Darlington, blew up last night, killing Hen MeCurry and Henderson Weeks. Auotber man was scriously hurt, L The Mongolians iouted, Paus, Feb. 7.—Advices from Hauoi, Ton- quin, say that French troops attacked the villages of Dinbeintong and Chochue and routed the rebels, Three Europeans were wounded. The eampaign aguinst the revels is regarded as about ended. e ‘The Weather Indications, For Nebraska sud Dakota: Fair, northwesterly winds, For lowa: 1air except in the eastern por tion, Jight rain, colder, northwesterly winds, colde | ANOTHER SHINING EXAMPLE, How Prohibition Operates in the Town of Chariton. WHISKY AND BEER IN PLENTY, Yetthe Place 1s Dead and fous Law Helped Kill 1t—2ro- hibitionists Acknowledge the Corn, A Glance at Chariton, Chariton is on the main line o the Q" just fifty-four miles from Dos Moines, 1t Is situated upon an elevated plain in the county of Lucas, but the town iteclf is low and tlat and the buildings so squatty, that to the casual observer it looks ns it it had been smashod down imnto mother oarth by a club in the hands of some fabulous gant. Chari- ton has a population of 3,000 souls, and it is one of the quictest, most prosaic hawmlets upon the terrestrial sphere, It is surrounded on tho morth, south, ocast and west by broad fields of pasturage and Indian corn, although the quali- of the gritin raised here is nono of tho best. Chariton is distinguished for its blood red court house, nestling midsta grove of ragged maples 1n the conter of a public square, em- bracing several acres for its broom facto thrifty scasons as high as six hands, and a cigar factory which is pros ductive of the best brand of * twofers™ in all ir state, Like most Towa towns, it is s and dead, the ivrafutablo effoct, 8o employing in say its bition. I reached here this Llinding flurry — of breakfust and” an the depot hotel base out upon a tour of exploration. | way with extromoe cireumspection threo-board sidewalk through the the b ful, what were whirling and ing and gy ound in the most Lyzing shapes, up to th of the cit crowd of a couple of doz about the conrt house door caught my and I crossed the main street, and up throngh the park to the entrancee of the temple of justice, I was not dilatory in learning that the jury in the case = of the State vs M. C. Joues, of tho village of Lucas, seven wiles 'west of this place, had just returned a verdict of a quittal, to the unfeigned astonishmont of Judge T e. Jones is 4 notorious boot- leger and saloon k Lucas; and_had been indicted for violating the liquor law, 1d notwithstanding that the evidence was overwhelmingly against him, the prosecu- tion having proved that he had fractured the Jaw time and time again in the most open nd defiant mauner, the honorable jury said e was not guilty, and Jones is literally, 1o use a bit of slang, “on top.” Th was made up of good, honest, substuntial farm- ers, about halt of them from Whitebreast township, in which Lucas is situated, and yot in the faco of all the mass of convincing evidence adduced against the prisoner, they saul he was not guiity and should go acquit. This led one of the prosecuting attorneys to orate in a vigorous manner, and Le did not £0 behind the bush to assert that av least onc-hulf of that jury wot their “eye-openers'- and their “night caps,” as well as their d urnal potations over Jones' bar, und hereaf- ter he suspeeted that Jones' slute from Lk worthies would drive n ripping good business, Jv might be well to add that Jones has been vaided time and again, and in addition to pay- ing numberless fines, served out one thirty- cutence i jail, for unlawful dealing in ze that cheers and incbriates both, has sold liquor at his pluco uninterrupt- edly ever sinee the prohibitory law weut into effeet, and during iis incarcération his wife tended bar and dealt out the rosy and the amber to whosoever saw proper to cull for it, I awm toid hore that Lucas is u hot bed of i nce; that there are forty or places wher drink can be had there, snd that the traflic is car- ricd on in defiance of the authorities and the law. Besides o dozen on more “hoot-leg- gers”—men who carry the stufl - with them about the strects in flas] 1 bottles, nod supply both a ther ree times that where it can be haland three drug stores, all of which do_ # large business in retailing whisky, The drug stores are run by E. Storr, D. Q. Story and J. W. Dash, Lucas 4 ion of 1,500, another small county town, with inhabitants, is another point wry wayfarer experi- ndue dificulty in - getting nts to drink and as much of it, Here there are two drug stores where a brisk trade thrives, I am told by persons fawiliar with there, and thoy ave owned by ) Wertzer, In Chariton there are no “open saloon: as they say in this state, but there aro sev- eral closed ones, the open sesame 1o which is 30 cents a bottle for hog wash called beer, and 15 cents a drink for whisky thatewill burn & liole in a marble slab, “There are throe drug stores here, a'l hay- ing permits for the salo of spiritus’ frumenti for medicinal purposes, aud of course this proviso covers 'u multitude 6f adics, one of the worst comion of which in'fowa, according to the soundest ox- nents of materia medica. is called “dry throat.” It is u horrible ailment from an Towa standpoint, and has been known to kill. ‘Phese permits, which 1 have minutely described in mental letter from Des Moines by the district court, v nothing more or less than a liccnse w run a bar under the respectable guise of & drug stove, 13ut, as 1 observed, there are threo arug stores here, and whisky by the drink or quantity is obtainable” at’ all of them, and business is good, in this lue, if it is' w Jittle slow on roots, cork, sponges und ierbs, These ostablishintits are owned ¢ W. H. Gibson, D. L. Story and C. R. Kirk, and 1 got a drink'at'one of them myself this morning and a four ounce vial of whisky at the other two. While going the rounds of the town I dropped in and had a chat with 1ditor King, of the Democrat. He said that prouibition hud greatly impaired this place, and instead of increasing in the volume of its business it had fallen off materially. ilis circulation three years ago was 1,250, and to-duy it il not quite reach that figure. Real cstato is way down next to notliing and there is no bus He thought, however, that there were dawning signs of improvement, as the people had scttled themselves to the fack hat while they had prohibition, they hadn'ty and the hest they couid possibly do was 1o £0 on and saw wood without turther unavail] Ing resistance. . K. Lyunch, a leading attorney and a pro- hibitionist, aud one 'who lus® jrosecuted many of the numerous cases in the courts here, suid that the law was a failure, He argued that it would be o graud good thin if enforeed, but three years' expericnce hu demorstrated that this was impossible, and the town would be much better off under the old regime, Ho said there was o great deal of drunkenness here, but it ad fallen away in about the same ratio with the decline of commercial affairs, Years ago when the law was not in vogue here, Chariton was cly, bustling, prosperous, promising lit lace, while 10w 1t was as flat as @ flounder, People had left, and with the sub- sidence of activity in busiuess circles, and the consequent tightening up of the mone- tary channels, intemperance too had dwins dled, but not to the extent that the law of probibition should warrant, ‘The reason cases of intoxication were scarce was be- cause there wasn't us many people liere as there was formerly, and a good many of ose that are here only refrain bocause w'tthe “price.”’ Mr. Lynch has ndled a good deal of real estate here, but he isu't doing it now, because the business utterly and absolutely lifcless. There is plenty of property for sale, but nobody wants to buy, and a new arrival into the town for permincnt residence is a rarity in decd, an event wvorthy of a public celebrae tion, I'll run across now and ap Mullen, then bie me on to Osceoliy ding oitizens, of ~the Law of prohij morning in & suow, and after hour's rest before burner, I started mado my along clouds of drift- tan perhaps 1 where 1 ences no just what he