Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, October 26, 1889, Page 4

OCTOBER 26, 1880, ZHE - DAILY BEE . B. ROBEWATER, Hditor. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. L TERMS '.;lf fl‘l';fi{ RIPTION aily and Sunday, One Year., ... . 410 00 200 200 X Months roe Months unday | Weekly Be One Year “iesbsvnare One Year with Premium. OFFICES. Omann, Beo Bullding, Chioago Office, 7 Rookery Building New York, Hooms 14 and 15 Tribune Build- Wastington. No, $13 Fourteenth Strect. Council Blufrs, No. 12 Pearl Street. Lincoln, 1020 ¥ St ee CORRESPONDENCE, All communieations relating to news and edi- gorlal matter should be addressed to the Editor- 1al Department, BUSINESS LETTERS. All Unsiness letters and remittances should Do addressed to The Hee Publishing Company, Omaha. Drafts, checks and postoflice oraers £0 be made payable to the order of the company, The Bee Publishing Company, Proprietors “Bee Building Farnam and Seventeenth Stre. fhe Bee on the Trains. excuse for a fallure to get Tne B ‘on the trains, All newsaealers have been noti- fied to carry & full supply. fravelers wio want Tur Bex and can’t get it on trains where other Omahapapers are carried are requested to no- Mty Tie B THE DA Sworn Statoment of Circulation. Btate of NeUraska, g, County of Douglas, | % 1 .. Ueorge . Tuschuck, secretary of The Bee Publishing does solemnly swear that the actunl cir of Tuk DALY BEE for the week ending r 19, 1550, was as follows: Sunday, Oct, 13, 21,000 Monday, Oct. 1§ {8607 Tuesday, Oct. 15, LIREM Wedunosday, Oct. i LIKG0S Thuraday, Oct. 17. w1 ot 16, 18,631 Baturday, Oct. 19 8617 AVCHAEC .t iireiiaeisees. .. 18,0568 GEORGE B, TZSCHUCK. State of Nehraska, % Courty of Douglas, _ { 8worn to before me and snbscribod to inmy presence this I5th day of October, A. D, &), (Seal.] N. P, FEIL, Notary Public, g duly sworn, de- pose that he 18 secretary of The fee blishing Company, that the actual avera ly eirculation of ik DALY BEE for the onth of October 188X, was 18,084 cn{plm; for vember, 468, 18,068 "copies; ' for December, for January, 18, 18,574 00| 1689, 14,996 coples: for Marc! +' for April, 550 cople: 19 coples: for June, 1589, 18,85 : for July, 1880, 18,738 copies; for Agiist, 15,661 ‘copies; for Neptember, 1889, 18,710 coples. GEORGE B. TZSCRUCK. Wworll to before me and subscribed in my prescnce thus 4th day of October, &' D, I oul. OMALIA tenders the frcedom of the city to the officials and representative men of Dubuque. T registration law will have one good offect. Tt will materially reduce the voting population of the poor farm. Tie grand jury should proceed cau- tiously with the Dorsev conduit inqui There may be a few there. live wires buried AS BETW Adam Ford aud Georee Heimrod for county treasurer, the voters will have no dificulty in electing the most competent man by a rousing majority Tie allinnce of the Vanderbilt and Union Pacific systems will make the “mnited road, in fact as well as in name, the Overland Line. Limitedtrains will be known as tidewater thunderbolts. OKLANOMA Continues to attract at- tention. The territorial election was indefinitely postponed to prevent a pr mature hoom in cemetery lots. Okla- homa ought to be annexed to M sippi. WASHINGTON hi tered the avena to battlo for the world’s fai With Now York lagging and St. Louis divid- ing Chicago’s strength, Washington stands a good chance of being selected as a comprom public debt of the United has been reduced from seventy-eight to eighteen dollars per capita, in twenty- four years. With the possible exception of France. no nation in the world can equat this record. DEMOCEATIC papers m to the *'felin in the lowa cat must democratic without o wsingly refer tread of Senator Allison” ampaign. The republican needs be vigilant lest the rat tumbles into his hole gorous November shaking. » THE five eastern statos which rejected prohibition this year cast a total of 1 124 votes. Of this number 717.961 were ngainst the proposition, or nearly two to one. Thesefigures illustrate the value of experience as against theo Wini the United States grand jury iuvestigating the affairs of a late lamented internal revenie collector and a similar inquisition going on in the county building, the democracy of _this section is in & condition of deep and doleful distress. Tue Cinomnati Commerciol-Gazette explains that the word *pun,” so fre- quently used as a prefix, is ‘‘an oid Suxon verb, meaning to unite.” We do not quostion the enlightened cult of Cineinnati, but if Murat will take time te grab the Greek root it will *pan,” out “all.”? Tur machine organ comuplains that “no good republican would do the things that Mr. Clarkson has done” accepting a wvon-partisuu nomination, Judge Groff is a protty good republican - in the estimation of the national admin- isteation. He did exactly what Mr. Clarkson hus done, and was clected by an overwhelming major Me. Joux C. THOMPSON republican cundidate to fill the wvacaucy in the state sonato, caused by the death of Hou. John Paulsen, is an ntelligent and reputable workingman. He will be pre-eminently a representative of the industrinl classes, and should receive not only the sapport of all republicans, but the undivided vote of all working- men. —_— T ets” in South Dakota #0 out of business immediutely. They have several mouths in which to cash in and move, A legislative act is nee- essary to put in forse the prohibition section of the constitution, and uno leg- islative act can take effect until ninety days after the adjournment, except by & two-thirds vote of all members of the bwo houses. 1 not WELCOME THE NATION'S GUESTS. The distinguished ropresentatives of the independent American govern- ments who will arrive in Omaha to-day will receive n most cordial and hearty welcomie to the Gate City of the wost. ‘We can not present for their entertain- ment 80 many features of metropolitan wealth and greatness as they have wit- nessed insome of the cities on their tour, but we oan show them a hospi- tality and considoration ns sincere as they have anywhere received. We can not take them through great industrial establishments rivaling those they have alvendy visited, but we shall show them a city of one hundred and twenty-five thousand people, which is the growth of less than u goneration, in which all the conditions and attributes of the highest i ion are prosent, in which law and order are as fully respected and as ully conserved as in any other city and, and which, in its enter- prise and its sympathy with the spirit of progress, represents and typifies western character and aspirations as fully as any city of the west, In honoring these distinguished guests we honor ourselves. They repre- sent the Dbest inteiligence and the mosu progressive ideas of fifty millions of people whose civilization is not inferior to our own, who have vast resources at theircommand,whose governments gen- orally ave for the most part similar to our own, and who are bushing their ma- terial progress with remarkable activity and vigor. They represent countries whosg aggregated - commerce amounts toone thousand millions of dollars a year, and which is steadily and rapidly growing., They have come to the United States with a definite purpose, and one of the very highest importance upon which nations can confer, that of establishing an equitable line of mutual interest, closer commercial relations, and they bear to the government and people of the United States assurance of the good will and sympathy of their governments and people. All of them are thoroughly American in sentiment. They believe that the time has come when the independent nations of the American continents, having in large part a common history and common interests, should cultivate a closer friendship in furtherance of a common destiny. In all their utter: ances since they have been among us they have assured us of the earnest d sire of their people to enlarge their r lations with the United States, and to establish an intercourse that would be mutually advantageous and con- tribute to the welfare, progress nd prosperity of all. They appreciate the mugnitude, the energy, the resources and the power of this couttry, and they ve prepared to promote such fair and equitable union of commercial interests as would make the people of the Amer- icas secure in political harmony, safe from foreign aggression and operate as a mighty stimulus to the general pros- perity. 5 Such is the character and such the mission of the distinguished gentleme: who will be the guests of Omaha to-day and to-morrow. They are entitled to our most cordial welcome, to our hearti- est hospitality and our highest con- sideration. 10 WIHoM BELONGS The great major THE CREDIT? y of far-mnded men in this country give Mr. Blaine the credit of having prepared the way for the conference of the three Amers icas. But his right to this honor is not unquestioned, and among those who question it is the democratic candidate for governor of Massachusetts, ex-Con- gressman Russell, who in the last house of representatives was a membor of the committee on foreign afMairs, to which the bill providing for the congress was referred. In a recent speech Mr. Russell stated that the bill was in- troduced into the house by Mr. McCreary, of Kentucky, and after having been reported favorably from the foreign affairs committce was passed, In the senate amendments were made to it, and on its return to the house the speaker appointed on the part of the, house three managers, of whom Mr. Russell was one, and who in- sisted upon the original bill. This w conceded by the senate,and the bill having been returned to the house sub- stantinlly as it was passed, it went to President Cleveland, received his signature, and beeame a law. The fore, in the view of Mr. Russell, it was distinctively a democratic measure, and Mr. Blaine is entitied to no credit whatever in connection with the con- gress, 7 Doubtless Mr, Russell states correctly the history of the measure vroviding for the congress, but it does not iu the least Cegrec militate against the claim made in behalf of Mr. Blaine. The truth is that the democratic house of representatives, in passing the bill providing for the Amer- ican couference, and the demo- cratic president, in signing it, simply gave tardy acknowledgment of the wi dom and expediency of a project which Mur. Blaine seven years before, as sec- rotary of state in the administration of Prosident Gurfield, had proposed, and which at that time the democratic lead- ers without exception denounced as a schome which would endanger the peaco of the country. This outery against the proposal of Mr. Blaine, shared in, it must be admitted, by some timid re- publican capitalists, unguestionably was the most potent influ- nce in inducing President Arthur to discountenance the project, and it will hardly be questioned that this hostile action of a republican administration had an effect unfavorable to Mr. Blaine when hu became a candidate for the presidency. But the idea had taken deep root in the public mind, and de- liberation upon it developed its wis- dom aud the far-reaching states- manship that prompted it. The appre- hension of exciting Ruropean hos- tility vamished under the argu- meant, every year growing stronger, which demonstrated the necessity of cultivating lurger and closer commer- cial relations with tho other Americas, and it was only when tho feeling in favor of an international American conference had become almost univer- sal that the democrats in congress came to the support of the idea. And even after the bill providing for the cons gress became a law, everybody knows that Mr. Cleveland and his secretary of state did as little as possible to fur- ther the object of the mensure, showing as plainly as men in their position could that they were not friendly to the project. All they did was of the most perfunctory character, and calculated, if not de- signed, to discourage the conference. The idea of a Pan-Amorican con- grees did not originate with Mr. Blaine. It was suggested more than a quarter of a century before he camo into public life. Butthe credit of preparing the way for the conference that will meet 1 Washington next month is undeni- ably his, is recognized by the foreign delegates, and no amount of cavil or counter claims can deprive him of it. SYMPATHY FROM A WOQUARTER. The penitentiary organ at Lincoln has come to the rescue of Sheriff Co- burn. It ridicules the point raised by Tne Bee with regard to the tender care and attention betowed by the sher- iff on John Lauer and the Beechler- King woman in the following fashion: As it happencd that these two prisonors were acquitted by tha jury, it is possible that the peovle of Douglas connty aro not suffer- ing in their minds because the sheriff, with- out drawing on the treasury of the county, allowed them somo little alleviations of their jail fare at tho expense of their friends. It has geuerally been understood that an accused person is to be considered innocent uutit proven guilty and that their detention in jail1s for safery and not for punishment, and that they are entitled to such lenlent treatment while incarcerated to await trial as may be consistent with the strict obliga- tion of the sheriff to keep them in custody. As usual, the organ of the peniten- tiary ‘bosses exhibits dense ignorance in dealing with Omaha affairs. John Lauer did not return to the sheriff’s custody after he was acquitted. His so- journ in the jail was during the period following the shooting of Mrs. Lauer as an imagined burglar. tle had been tried by one jury and found guilty of manslaughter. A man convieted of murder in the second degree is not sup- posed to be innocent while in the cus- tody of the sheriff. TLeast of all is he oxpected to be given the freedom of the jail and placed in charge of the jailor’ books and have supervision over tho other prisoners, most of whom were only charged with petty offenses. Asto the Boochlor-King woman and her carriage rides while under grave suspicion that she had killed a man the less suid the better AN INSULT TO THE PRESS. The managers of the Y. M. C. A, convention, which is now in session in this city, have exhibited a vory narrow- minded spirit in dealing with the press. T'Ins is a metropolitan ecity, aud not a mere village where money has to be subscribed to enable a local paper to publish the proceedings of a conven- tion. The very, building in which the con- vention has assembled isa monumental proof of the unstinted liberality of the Omaha press toward the Y. M. C. A. The publishers of all the established dailies have contributed not only i advertising space and unpu able editorial appeals for contribu- tions to the building fund, but also have planked down their money individually both to the build- ing fund and for the maintenance of the institution. Tn contrast with this generous spirit, the secretary has taken it upon himself to single out one of the Omaha dailie for special favors and a peddler of this paper has been given the monopoly of the convention floors, while other news- pavers have-been insolently refused in- formation concerning the make-up of delegations. If the dircctors of the Y. M. C. A. approve this narrow-minded and un- christian-like proceeding, they have struck a blow at the growth of the associntion in this state which they cannot counteract by any quantity of tracts and official circulars. We say this not because we care a straw about the official Y. M. C. A organ or its possible influence in super- seding Tur BEE anywhere with any class of people. We simply resent the course pursued as an insult to the Omaha press, which is caonble of pub- lishing all the news without bonuses or a guaranty of papers to be sold or ¢ culated, Tne success of the St. Louis exposi- tion furnishes an example of what well- directed enterprise and business man- agement will accomplish. Every year has added to its popularity as an exhi- bition, This year it was oven for forty days and the attendance averaged four- teen thousand a day. Aside from its advantages as an advertisement of the industries of the city and an attraction for visitors,it has been profit- able for the exhibitors. Goods to the value of a quarter of a million dollars were sold on the floor for eash and con- tracts closed for about half a million dollars worth of machinery and other articles on exhibition, What the exposition has accomplished for St. Louis can be duplic- ated on a smaller scale in Omaha, Energetic, intelligent management with ample capital, can makean annual ibition in this city not only an at- traction for people living withir a diusof two huudred miles, but prove a profitable investment for the stockhold- ors and the exhibitors. This fact was demonstrated by the Coliseum exposi- tion. By increasing its scope and add- ing new and taking features, it will prove an inereasing source of pleasura and profit to all classe: E——— Mg, WiLLiam E. Curris, who ace companies the Pan-American delegutes on their tour as the special representa- tive of the state department, 13 one of the bost known journalists in the coun- try. His peculiar fitness for his pres- ent duty is in the fact that he has a very thorough knowledge of the polit- ical and commercial affairs of the cour tries that will be represented in the three Americas congress, be Laving been a member of the commission which visited South America in 1884 to inves- tigate commercial relations between the United States and the countries of the southern continent. The elaborate report of that commission was largely the work of Mr, Curtis, and his obser- vations of 11§ political and social life of the countrios visited were perma- nently redorded in a volume replete with instelictive and interesting infor- mation. It is understood that Mr. Curtis will be the secretary of the in- ternational congre INCREASED demand and decreased ore production have caused & sharp ad- vance in steel rails and like commodi- ties. During the present month prices have advancea from twenty-four to thirty dollars per ton, and the tendeuncy is toward hilzher pricos. It is a signifi- cant fact that the English ore market has ndvanced in sympathy with the Awmerican markot, Tge manufacturers and growers of wool have practically united on a plan of eampaign on congross for an increase iv the tariff. These patriots for revenue only are not likely to succeed. The country is emphatically for revision and reduction on lhines whieh insure the groatest good for the greatest number, without injuring any. OTHER LANDS THAN OURS. ‘The volitical situation in F'rance is not al- together harmonious, and future develop- ments will be regarded with great interest. It is assumed that the first ministry consti- tuted after the assembling of the chamber will, like the Tirard cabinet, consist partly of opportunists and partly of radicals, and that its tenure of offico will be precarious and brief. The same thing may be predicted of & coalition between the conservatives and the moderate republicans. It is not for the in- terest of the right on the one haud or of the extremo left upon the other, that the present chamber should live out its legal term. By suclt a prolongation of the present state of things M. Ferry would gain, but tho Comte de Paris and M. Clemenceau would both have much to lose. The latter can never be prime mipister uniil the radicals form the prepond- erant element of the republican forces in the lower house, and the Bourbon vretender cannot becowme king until the French people are convinced that a stable republican government is impossible. To dissolve the new chamber, however, will require the initiative of President Carnot and the assent of the senato. As a ma- jority of the senators are opportunists, and as the chief magistrate is believed to be much influenced by M. Jules Ferry, it will prove dificult to secure another general election against the lavter’s will. But the expedient which he invented and applied to President Grevy can be turncd against his friend. I'he extreme left and the right can force M. Carnot to submit or to resign by overthrowing successively every ministry unwilling to dissolve the chamber. A French republic, said Thiers, can only lastupon condition of being conservative. Some four- teen yeurs have passed since the dissolution of the Versailles assembly, and the number of conservative members of the present chamber of ‘deputies is exactly fifty. It scems that the inevitable drift of things in France under republican institutions is to- ward radicalism, and that the alternatives presented to the French people are aJacobin regime or a monarchy. Butwhenever France has clearly recogmized that it must decide between these; extremes, it has never hesi- tated to choose the latter. It does not love monarchy, but it abhors the memory of the couvention ard ghe days of 03, < The sceno o royal and imperial junket- ings has been shifted from Berlin to Atheus, ‘The marriage of Princess Sophia of Prussia to the Duke of Sparta, which takes place va-day, has brought together in the cavital of Grecce a notable assemblage. Iimpress Fredericl accompanies her daughter to Corinth, and quidnuncs will be busy in giving a political turn tw all possible incidents relating to it. In- decd, the fact that the Emperor William will go to Bucharest and Constantinople in the courso of the samo tour may well excite speculation as to the bearings of the visit on international questions, The Greecks are said to be already preparing to utilize the marriage of their crown prince with the sister of the German emperor by asking the latter to interfere somehow in Crete, and the Bulgarians are rather uneasy. It is likely that anything of a political character which may be done by the emperor in Athens or Constautinople has already becn settled in Berlin. The approaching tour in its inter- national aspects may even have been one of the subjects of the conference with the czar. Reports are current that the prince of Wales is in poor and declining health, It is stated on good authority that his ailment is Bright's discase, that it las incurably fas- teneil itself upou bim, and that there is no probability he can liwe much over a year longer. The gueen, on the other hand, ap- pears to be a robust old lady, enjoying better heaith than for some years. In all probabil- ity she will outlive the prince of Wales, but in the natural order of things her career must como 10 an end shortly, as she is now past seven ars of age. Assuming that the prince cennot live longer than the time allotted him, as the penalty of idle, luxuri- ous, lazy, enervating habits, when the queen passes away the crown will come to Albert Victor, the prince’s eldest son, now in his twenty-fifth vear. The outlook cannot be a gratifying one to the English people, if these reports are true, Albert Victor is a wouk- ling, mentaliy and physically. Heredity, not through his parents, but dating farther back, has afflicted nim with results of the vices and weaknesses of some of his Guelph ancestors. His vopular name of ollars and cuffs” is a term of ridicule growing out of lns eforts to conceal his physical impoy- erishment, which is on a par with his mental conditions, How long will the bluff and sturdy English people tolerate such & weal- ling as their ruler! By the time lie comes to the throne soine vital issues will have been raised by tho people, the premonitions of which have long been apparent, Already they are askiog themselves how much longer they will coesent to have tlirty or fort thousund idle’plulocratic families own three- tourths of the kind, and not only the land but the ground réuts in cities, e The new king 'of Portugal, Carlos 1., who & few weoks ago completed his twenty-sixth year, comes ' the throue not unprepared, the invalid coudition of his father having for some time caused more and more official re- sponsibilities to- be placed upon nim. little kingdom,’ Yoo, Las now few caus disturbance or avxiety abroad or at home. Her chief colonial troubles are in South Africa, and these are likely to be quickly sottled, the rivalry of her two strong neigh- bors, Germavy and Ergland, furnishivg, perhavs, a guarantee that she will fiad aid in defending her rights, Yet the usccession of & new monarch must cause some specula- tion as to its effect. The tweuty-cight years' tranquility which Portugal had uader King Luis £. was largely due to his observance of constitutional principles, willingnegs 1o favor reforms, and lack of disposition to seek personal prominence st the expense of the peace of the kingdom, 8Uill, even under him there were some exciting polivical crises, and for @ long tme a continuation of the financial ecmbarrasswents and disorders which had been iuherited from his prede- cussors, Jhe provabilities are that no great changes in Portugal's domestio ot foreign affairs noed immediately be expected. The spread of republicanism in Braml is making such rapld progress that the im- verial family has determined to submit to # plebiscite the vital question as to whether or not the people desire an abolition of tho monarchy. In a public address at Pernam- buco tho other day the Count d'Eu, who is generalissimo of the army and husband of the crown princoss, solomnly doclared on behalf of his father-in-law, Dom Pedro, and in the name of his wife and childron, that tho entire imperial family was prepared to sur- render the throne and leave Brazil as soon a8 the nation had by popular vote exvressod its desire for a republic in lieuw of a mon archy. This is surely an unprecedented action for a monarch to take, but one of which Dom Pedro is quite capable. Para- doxical though it may appear, the republican party 18 composed of all the former con- sorvatives, All the great landed propriotor: manufacturers and directors of industrial enterprises belong thereto, being embitterod against tho dynasty fHr having crippled their fortunes and their resources by decrocing the sudden abolition of slavery last yoar without componsation to the slavo owners. The monarchical varty is excoedingly small fn nnmoer and rostricted in 1nfluence. Tt is composed almost entirely of governmont fuuctionaries and freod slaves. ' Hard up for money as Sultan Abdul Humud, of Turkey, ofteu finds himself, ho al- ways has the wherewithal to make lavish presents. His cooks may go on a striko for thewr wages, his soldiers may refuse to he mustered out at the end of their enlistment because they have not recoived their back pay, but diamond necklaces and diadems and sword hilt, set with precious gems are nono the less abundant as evidences of the wealth of their Imperial® master. What makes the valuable presents intended for the German emperor and empress on their visit to Con- stantinople the moro remarkable 18 that only alittle while ago they had received most costly gifts from the sultan. Whether Em- peror William will be placated by this gener- osity remains to be seen. Contrary rumors are now rife in regard to Prince Bismarck's eastern policy, some representing it to be an endeavor to persuade the czar to recognize Prince Ferdiuand of Bulgaria, while others would have him persuading Austria to con- sent to his overthrow. That young ruler has been enjoying Paris quite regardless of what may be done at Sofia—although mean- while taking precautions against assassina- tion during his travels, like the czar himself. The sultan 18 much less concerned, proba- bly, about Emperor William's views of Bul- garia than about tho arguments that will be addressed to him at Athens in behalf of Creto and Armenia. whe Kaiser Wilhelm is not contented with the imperial crowns his grandparents wore and which date no further back than 1872, and 80 is having new ones made for himself and the ompress. His is to weigh threo pounds and to have a huge sapphire at the top and to contain 109 diamonds. His wife gets no sapphire, but has some 1,500 diamonds and eleven unusually large pearls. Konigsberg has pricked up hier ears at the nows of these diadems, and begins agamn to nurse hopes that Wiliam will come to that ancient royal city to be crowned, as all his ancestors nave done. 1f any plans, however, have Deen formed for a coronation ceremony they are very closely guarded. AN ADDRESS To Voters in Favor of a Non-Partisan Judiciary, At a well attended meeting of lawyers fav- orable to the candidacy of dr, Clarkson for judge, at which were present A. J. Poppleton, George B. Luke, John P, Breen, George F. Brown. John D. Howe, J. H. Blar, E. W, Whipple, W. M. Gilder, W. D. McHugh, W. 0. Barthiolomew, J. J. O'Counor and others, it was resolved to prepare an address to the electors of this district on the merits of the present contest, which committee was pointed and on the 23d day of October, 1989, reported to an adjourned meeting the follow- ng nddress, which was unanimously adopted and ordered published. . 1. HYDE, See. “To the Electors of the Third Judicizl Di trict:—Theimportance of elevating the bench’ above the strife and wrangle of partisan pol- itics need nov bo urged upon you, Two vears a0 you gave expression to your sentiments upon the subject in the most emvhatic man- uer. You elected four judges who command. ed the confidence of all classes, They adorned the bench. We have been able to point all the world to them, with ab- solute pride. They stand for the mnon- partisan principle, Wwhich, it was earn- estly hoped, had been triumphantly es- tabitshed in this judicisl disiric A reprehensible attempt is now being wade to overthrow 1t. Waether it shall stand or fail, is the momentous issue, That tho highest standard_of excellence for the fu- ture, as well as the present, is more likely to be obtained by withdrawing the ofice of judge from the unscemly and _discredituble strifo and contention Of party primaries, conventions and politics, 18 not now an open question among people most interested in the integrity and houor of the bench. ‘We, being inspired by the gravity of the situation, desire to place the following statement before you, to corvect certain er- rors that interested partisans are indus- triously eirculating, and to influence you to cordially support Joseph It, Clarkson, who stands for the non-partisan principle,against H. J. Davis, who stands for its o 1rOwW. Mr. Clarkson is thirty-five years of ago, he has practiced for thirtecn ye been at tho Omaha bar for ten y is an honorableand capable lawyer. Mr, Davis is thirty years of age and has practiced for six years. Before Judge Groff had in fact resigned, and betore the people had had an opportunity 10 consider the question of a successor, cer- taiu enthusiastic young men, friends of' Mr. Davis, industriously set to work to fore public sentiment and to ‘‘commit’’ (as called) as many to his interests as possible. This was after the manner of professional politicians, too often seen in cases of the death or resignation of pubiic ofticials. These fricuds of Davis thereupon set to work to secure a bar meeting, expecting to obtain its endorsement of Mr. Davis, A ba eting was called. This was an in bebalf of Mr, Davis to the non to select him for their choice, He was then placed as the representative of the nonpar- tisan principle. Over two hundred law- vers met at the court house upon a call published in the newspapers, If, as has been assorted by interested parties, any attorneys of the counties of Hurt, Washington nnd Surpy, were not properly notified, it was largely the fault of Mr. Davis’ friends. Wo do not think, however, that tnere is just ground of complaint on this account, because the call was very widely publislied and per- sonal notice to members of the bar was not attempted, nor to be reasonably expected. Nearly all the leading wembers of the bar were preseut. No class of citizens can be found who are wore ardently favor of u high, honorable potless ju- diciary than those sterling lawyers who bave 81000 for £0 many years in tie front ranks of our best citizenship. And generally, it may De said ot the whole bar, that it was in fuil sympathy with the endeavor 1o keep the bouch up to ite present elevated standard. We believe the bar is more likely to name a convention, ble fact that v 8 our citizens utiend the primarics, or conventioas, or work at the polls, Our membei- ship represeuts all classes, high and low, rich and poor, wnd all sides of all questions. The bar 18 brought directly into coutact with the courts; iv represents the whole litigat- ing public. We have superior advantages for becoming acquaiuted with the merits of judges and lawyers. Ihe three principal bar meeting in question and as shown by the ballotng, were Clarkson first, Estelie second, and Davis thied. After soveral ballots, every one of which placed Dayis third, it becamo evident that the nom- ination wonld go to either Clarkson or Ks- telle, and thereupou Mr. Davis' friends with- candidates before the their strength drow hig name. Mr. Clarkson was nomin ated. It was apparent that Mr. Davis' friends wero soroly n|l!nvp<1lnle|l. Clark- son's nomination was made unanimons, Mr. Clarkson appeared and in good faith ao- copted the nomination. Sursly, he had the right to believe that he would have the sup- port of all prosent at the moeting, all of whom had joined in asking him to accopt the nomination. It was belioved by the bar that Davis and bis frionds would gracofully sub- mit to the decision of the body to which ti bad appealed, and would stand by the non- partisan principles which they had cham- pioned and committed themsolves to; and, indeed, 8o they profeased to do. While these friends of Davis are among the most esteorned young men of the bar, it Is believed that their ardor was such as to reconcile them to any contingency that might arise which would enable them to overcome defeat, That they will, in their cooler mo- ments, regrot this attempt to overthrow the non-partisan _principle and a_nomination fairly made, no one who respects them en- tertains a doubt. After tho meeting, the matter was_goner- aily regarded by the bar as setiled. No one dreamed that any attornoy who had been present and participated in” it, would listen 10 a suggestion to accept n nomination for Judge against the chioice that nad been hon- orably made. Mr. Estelle publicly announced that he felt in honor bound to abide the re- sult and declined to allow his name to be used by partisan conventions. In this ho commended himscif 1o our respect. Some time later, the republican convention met. It was with profound astonishment and cha grin _that our best citizens learned that Mr. Davis, who as a young wman of promise had enjoyed thoir estéem, had allow- ed the politicians to persuade him to accept the nomination against the choice of a large and certainly very respectable mce iog which his friends had been chiefly i strumental in calling in_his behalf, to which he had submitted his claims, and as the re- sult of which had received the unanimous sanction of all present, mcluding Davis and his friends. We are cunltrninl‘l{( to say that he stood for the nonpartisan principle until his personal ambition was thwarted, but now he aspires to the bench by standing in direct opposition thereto. We are reluctant to say that we believe it is the uniform opinion of all candid, think- ing citizens, that Mr. Davis was not free to accept the nomination. His apologists say that he acted in weakness and nothing worse. We are anxious to do him no wrong and leave you o form your own conclusions. If Mr. Davis aspires to serve as district judge adelay of two years, under the cir- cumstances, doubtless would have strength- ened him in the respect und confidence of both bar and people. It has beon erroncously stated that Mr, Davis was the second choice of the meoting. ‘The fact is, he was the third. 1t has been stated, also, that Mr. Clarkson at the outset pledged himself to support Mr, Davis. ‘This is a mero political handle, a “fake,” without substantial foundation. At the time in question, which was so early in the history of the matter that it has re- coivea no general consideration, he simply stated that if Mr. Smith was not s candi- date, Mr. Davis would be his second choice, meaning (a8 must have been well under- 8tood) of those who had been so far named for the office. It is surely straming the focts to claim that, when Mr. Clarkson’s friends wsisted upon his becoming a candi- date, he Lad barred himself by a pledge. 1t is hardly necessary to note farther that a considerable number of lawyers, whose first chioice was Davis. have refused to sup- port him as a candidate opposed to the “choice of the mecting. The question now is, what is our duty as electors? Shall wo support Mr. Davis as a partisan nominee, throwing the election of ths judiciary into the deplorable strife of partisan primaries, conventions and politics; or, shall we support Mr. Clarkson, whose record is clear and honorable, who is admit- tedly qualified for the position by his learn- ing ‘and ability, whose conduct_ throughout has been straightforward and above proach, standing, as he does, for a non-part san judiciary ¢ ‘The people cannot be too jealous of the honor of the bench, or wo zealous 1 endeav- oring to elevate it, to keep 1t pure and un- spotted, and its judges independent and im- partial. We, member of the bar,confidently believe ou will cordially endorso this senti- ment and join us in the purpose to elect Mr. Clarkson to succeed Judge Groff. [Signed,] A. J. POVPLETON, GEORGE B. LAkE, Joux P. BReex, r 1. Brows, Joux D. How And others, Sy PRESIDENT BEERS ARRIVES, New York Lifo insurance Ci President in Town. William H. 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