Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 26, 1890, Page 5

BRIELIANT CAMPAIG ORATCRY. The Republican Party Extolled for the Good that It Has Done and Its Record of Standing by the People Hon John L Webster Tells the Storyin Glowing Whords, Governor. Richards Repeats it with Telling Emphasis and Cone Connell With Solid Facts and Indisputable Arguments, gressman Clinches it Thur B wasvnable Walnesdiyy moming to devote the necessary fora reprodue tlonof thoexcelmt speches mal at Platts. mouth by Hom. John L. Webster, Hon W, Comnell and Hon, L. D, Richards, Forthe purpses of the camplgn, steno graphic reortso thee briliant speeches an given belows republicn party, | want tosy, lfthere is an old standied harer of the mpublican party, rmember wiere you gt your lessons oftrath, Wil you forsike Richards forthis min Powers the alian« canlidate for gov- emor? He would makethe pople believe if he wer elcted that he would ause thy lewves upon the com stilks to beome grenbacks wd the ears of com siver dolars [Applause| And Burows ties to mke the allimce pople klievithathe cold mn o raiload better than Vandebilt [Applaus.| Way upnortha min naned Kemm saysthe ewth isall right, the soilis all right and the cli- mate isall right and thecorn is allright, but thit the grovernment is all wrog. (Ap- pluse.| Fasit cone tothis tiat the puple ofthis tuntry havso st therr hads o to desert the old timetried princplesand aray themselves into hostility, and to follow after thohersies of such peole s those T have spoken of who falsify thetruth, misead their conrades andraiseup new parties to engulf the standard bearers of the republican party ¢ Itell you, fllow republicans, some of have Listenedto wpublicanisn Trom s uch publicans as Oliver B, Morton, Benjimin Vide, Hemry Wilon, and thesterling truths astauglt by the stlwar, Riscoe Conking, while tday we e drinkig inthe solid trths of wpublianisu as it dops from tho lips. of John Sheman in the senate, and from tht other il- lustrious statesman with his doc- trine of recipocity James G, Blane. (Ap- pluse oud and long). I tel you it s too lato to g back. We have gt tomove on- ward and wlen thenextelection is over, I would like tosay tothis convention, that as enshusisstics you came down onthis train fom Omaha and & youare in this coaven- tion tonight,with bands of music, march down w Linoln with Richarls at the head (ADE ) Whe thatgreat day shall come wo will havegreat rejoling wd we will pull the cork ouw of the jug ad let (Lost in cheers,) Speechof Hon. L . Richards, Mr. Chairman, Ladws and Gentlemen: [ wis very much ingrested in the wmarks of the gentlomin who preceded me, and es- peiallyin the tribute that he pid tthis grnnd state of ous. [ came to Nebrmska tventythrecyear ago, without a dolar in uy pocket. | love Nebrasks, for all that ( Yive onearthis hee. [have prosperedwith the state; I hawe witiessel its growth in or from about me hundred thousand in1867 o upvards of deven hundredthou- sind atthe present time, We havea tasable property in (his stite of abut $50,00,000, while the true valie will appoximte $1,000,- 00,000 and [ believe the time isnearwhen itwillbe returned for taxatiorm at its full wilue as provided by law. Thismarvclous progress and growtn hus bem brough tabout uderthe wise policy of therpu blican party, {Avpluse. | Lastsprirgwhn I was rading in demo- caticand allianece papers ther tivide aginst the state andits pverty, I had the curisity tlookinto the ymattor a little and seeas to the caditin of our bank andthe money therein, Mich to my sstonishment 1 found that the banks ofthis state had adeposit be- Inging to _the pegle of this state of #4000, 003 that themoney i banks or wpital was smething like $2,000,00, making a grand total of $55.00,000, With our 1,100,006 peo. le it will mike simetling like 860 per cavita. Nebraska tday las more momey in herbanls telonging o the pegle than the state of Jowa. u\)ml.luifi& It didot seem to e that with this coulition of uffaixs we could be S0 bid 1y off. Theeampign pon which we e jist en. tering is i may respects the most im. portant onein the history of thestat, and strange as it may sem, our democratic friends clain to have shopeof sucess. You wk mehow. I vil tell you, as they have been doingr, by wilifying thefuir nane of the state, by appealing to the pasions and prej udicesof the people, by magnifying our mis. fortunes and close times, We “have encoun- tered an objed crating disatisfiction among the wople, Weknow full well that there has been litle money in general farm. ing and that veryfew lines of trale willshow nuchincrese of wealth during the past two years, ‘T'hiscondition of afairs is lrgely beyond the contrl of iy puty organiation, vet. the demcrats and demogoizaes profess lave the pumaces They firm new parties with the design ammg te luders that sich new omaniations shill be a sort of a halt wayhouse, theroad lead ing half way finto the democrtic camp. Theyknow full well that it isa dificultfeat tolanda life- Ing republican by e stp inlo thedemo- craticparty, Hemustbe hindled carefully, the hoole must be woll baited and the barb wvered orhe wil be frightened away. ‘Werealin thatthe rank ad fileof” the al- liancomovementare ewrnest, loyil men; that the leadersof that party avebeing aided and meoungedand that th democratie pirty & furnishing them noney to car i paign withis notdenind. The alliance is of southern origin. Colonel Pk preidentof the southern farmeny' allinee, lus s: that the southern alliance with the democratic party propose to sive the ereit of thisuation from Webster s En thusiastic Speech. Elon. Joln T, Webster said: Tam me of the prsons apparingon this platform ot as a candidato fora ofice, | have nothing to comneridne exept what I may happn to say, but lam here rather to helpmy friends iwho are randilates for ofice o~ gt one. olees, ‘Get there" Laighter] Already the actin of their convention tonight [ taloit thit we hav an —(Lost_ i laughter wnd 0 0 morw’s sunrise, win you peojle have sep. d fron your' homes tomingle with y our Is, pingt yoir business let itbe up. pernost inyourminds to tell the people that wha elution comes, vote for Connel and Voteagainst—[Lost inap planse I know wothig to ommend Bryan to the comsideration of thispople excpt that T seels to tear down the prosprityof this country by batlling snainst the uriff systen very speech which he chooss to mak, F'ron hislips there bursts forth the words free tride,” “destructin of wages, *‘de structionof property, simply beausebe b lieves by that that Tiecan pnderto the will- cesof th ignoramt peojle. On th hand William J. Connell, #%.irepre- senltivein congress,stands hem tonight al: voating the principls of the gmat. republi. canparty,of which we helpto form a part andwhos banier we have kepbaloftin the state of Nebnska [rom 1367 10 the present time. For tyentythree yeas have wo elected the republican ticket at ech dection, andGod helping us v willelectit this fall [Aplaus.] Tought o tell thispeople that during thes twaty-tiree years we lave larn thing of what {icoststo bea Tepubl in these hter daysof ous wewill siow {0 the peoplo tht wearestill wpubli heart wln thetime in the box. [Applause. | ‘There are men in this state who learne their republianism with my frien T Majors dowmat tho great battle of Shiloh. There ar menbere who lanedthei rrepu bl cauism_with Tom Majorsat the great batilo of Ft. Domelsn. There are men here who leaned their republicansm when it eost somethingto lea mpublican, and Task you gentlemen, willyou forsake your soldier and comrndeto putia balot inthe box fora man whois. tiying o tear down our insitutions and wheas Lan informed served inthe co- fediatewmy. [Voices, mo, no,appluse. | We have men her, too, who ‘earne thir repiblicunism with our yoang friend Ric- ard, what the braking out of tie v when buta mere boy, stood before the mmus- tering oficer. The nustairs oicer, obsery- ing his tender years, sid, “Boy, stand asile.’” But the “present secritary of said, You donot kiow what isin thoan tryof thit boy,” and the mustoring officr said, “Tike your place in your company,” andhe wnt forth inhis youih to batle for the great republic,and Wil the oLdsoldics forike bim wow? (Voiws, “No, mo) Ap- plase. | On thootherhand, ther has beena demno- critic cavention. It adopted aplatform. It “dedaredin thit platform that te denocratic party bhul alwvays lbeen the frienda of the Tamer, lut. before it adjonrned it had hon- inatea forits govemor the only man perhups in this sute who ever wwent down toChicago and gambled o theproducts of the farmeron theboardof tnde. Y-\pplausenud laughter.] Alittl furtier down inthis platform the democratic party declared that it lad ever ben thefricndof the liborer yetbeforit adjurnel it lominited for govenorthe oily mu in the state who ever avpealed to the gopena to call ot the miitia ad the eloral soldiers to suppress— [Lost in g pluse md_lughtr.] [A vice, that Tight ; that istrue.) Time s toosnortlor m to go over the may things that Imightsay, but itis near- ing ‘midiight. [ Voices, go on, we will stay wilh you; weare in no hurry. In that saniedexcratic plaiform they de- clared that they were in favor of frve ballt, yetI kuow thfact that thero sat in tht. Bane coigresswithW. J, Comell twenty- five denocriatic congresmen whose con- bined vote, by reson of fraud, ballot box stuling riot md mirder did wt oual the woto which sent W. J, Comell _dwn to ington from this district. There we ve dmocntic cngresmen, holding their Seits as the resultof frudalnt e tions, whose comlbined vote wis notegual to the voteof the delote fom Dikots, vet the tyentyive dmocrnits voied agpinst the ud- aission of Dakota, declaring thit she had not Population enugh to entitlo herto rpresom- Tation. [Applwuse]. T tll you, wewant to tewch the democratio party thata free ballot aud a fir comt i3 not for Nebrasks aloe, Tut that doctrine, it goodhere, is good for the entire npublic. 1 tell you we are tiredof this suppression of colored votes in the south | destriction by the grud amy boys. They by demperatic fraud. [ Applause] . uy that they wiill come norh ™ and” with tle That sime democratic platform in referring | help of the allance in the north and west tothe federalelectin Lay dennncelit as a | dect demxratic congressnen who are i force bill. Lt them callit a force bill. There | sympathy with that idea. Weknow therecord nwer were ay grat rsults achived for |in thisstat regidingthismoveuent. Her linrty cxcept by the use of forco, When |in this rict the _indepeident movement King~ John sigied the Magma Carta |nomimtedSenaur Vian Wyck. Here was an lero was fore o hand. When |opportunity for our democntic friendsto en- the declarition of indepndence was fdorsed manin sympathy with theirprovis made there vas fore athand in _the A ims. They didnot do it. They nominated don colmies. Whn thebattioof the xwo- |Mr. Bryan Tho atlncecmn lave bt one Tution was foight there was fove movingthe {resmlt andthatis thecdectin of demorats, groat machinery. Aftaward, dwing the Intie Swond distnet they uominteda xebellion, when Lincoln sat inhis howse” ad |demorat with a rword, The democrats sigmed the cmandpatin proclamition de- | promptly esdored him. In the Third dis claring the libertyof 4,000,000 people, there | tr the alliane indepentent movement wis fore allover the states of the' south. |nominted Mr. Kemn. Heo baving beem at [Loud Laugther. | one tine amember ofthe republican party, Itellyou there snothing t the queston was not accoding to the democratic of forer, buttherowill bea moral foree which |faith and thy put uw o o of will puss thofeden! eledion lw, md when |their — own Yu g to you ithas pssedit willsprud itswingsoverthe |lesisitivedistrits aud thee youwill find s suther staies, where ishall never be de- [aral that where the nlepentent move fwed while you @ud I Live, [Applause. | ments, where the independent party hare Thatsamd democratio platdorm denounces Klucml in wminition alliance democrats they the acton of Spaker Reed for try avebeen prompily endovsel by the derns stte o fwt. [Appluse. I am craticconventiow. On theother hand whero of thoe pegple who thank (God t republicaus have beer noninated they hav {und arepublicanto pit in the speakers |withequalpromptnes plaed wen of their chair that eold compelpoploto vole, when | own particilar fiith s menbersof the legis there islegishitionto go in _cngres, forthe |latur. Ouw repblicn allnee men know Tenotit of the wpublic. The people sent | thesefacts and! belive they will be fowud these demoerits down 1o congress tolegrislite | in the republican procssions next N ovem bor {or thewelfire of the great republic. They |fighting for honst government. [Appause] did notsend them down thee to sit like | There ara great mny of our Eint dis Egy ptian mummies in their seats' and refuse | trictgentimentere,and al that 1 have to toansver totheir nams whn they were |say isthatl hop youwillgo home wd en alled. Thee democrits in congrss stind | counge tothe kst of your ability ar alll- there orsit in their places,but whem the |ance repulican frimds to do this [Ap speaskcer oweders @ nll call they get wp and file | plause. | out_inthe chak rwms or the greatcorrilors. {or fear they would be compelled tomswer to their nimes, and that thelr names shoull go upon the great books of the natio, These democritic members in congnss alvays tried toraisa disturbance and never to advice business; they wero always there to draw Houn W.J. Connel's Speech, Mr.Couell was ludly called for, and when henadebis apearince wis nceived withexultint dicersand the wvinz o bands and hats until b wasat legth iitrodiced by the chair. Mr. Connell then spoke as follows: their salary, but neverto'do sy work. (A “oMr, Chairmon, ladies aid gentlemen of pause| Alvaystherebut nver 1o do husi- | the onvention-For some reaso, L lope for ness, but it seemsto mens Thave read their |a god aul suticient one you have waived history, andas I have seen it from the Enl- the formulities of the wnveition of two lory, tat they “were always presmt whenm | yean agound hive dispensed with the ninety there wis @i opportunily 10 nise alittlehell. ballis thit them semel newssary to a |Loud lughtor. | result. You anevidntlyin fivor of ballot My friends, the repuclicar party has at | reform. (Laugiter) Peéhaps view your beart the issues aud thewelfire of the whole [actin fum @ inlrested stndpojt; but pople Itswisdm is wide sweeping, and | when I reall tho tedious process of the last Erm«lh:g the atire republic. | camot |congressimal convention, — and remen- night undertaketo coisider whathas len |ber the swspens wd uncrtain hefore comgress and what has been ac- | which cotinue until the wee s omplshed. In loking over the stute where | houn of the morning, I cannt nisguided pople have gone to ch henies | butwnclude thit an impnvemet his bea and disunion, and wybg s the oid | made, and the wtion jJust lken, even though THE OMNAHA DALY BEK, FRIDAY, SEPITEMBER 26, 1890, - CONTINENTAL CLOTHING HOUSE. [EN'S CLOTHING DEPARTMENT. It maynotbe entitled to rank alongsicle of the Austnliansystom of voting, miy mevethe lows be resgardesd in the line of ot reform, I recgnize however, that the tei parpose of every voting or ballot reform is o gire hone est expresdon tothe will of the pople, I hop you live siccecded in doing 1his toniglt, [A vice. ‘we have.'] Eur in that event we can safdly predit what hes just been domeis but the preude to the glorius victory which will follow on the ith of November next. | CGreat applause. | ““For thefirsttimein the political Nistory of this congressional distrita convention s issenbled with no differnces to odjuast, eitho personal, politial of sectional, Huar mony previils, god felingoxists, wiile un bounded ethusiasm ls manifst on every side, Lawaster on the west, most e erowly extends a band of welcome anl friendship to Douglason tho eas [apjlause), while big Richardson at the south sends greetings to little Sary outhe north, Suredy this is o gwd omen, anl L believo I am jistified I concluling, alo, a tribwe of which any ma may feel justly proud. 1 am deeply sen of the howr which his just ben conferrd uponme by theunanimous vote of this con- ventin. Out of the depths of @ gateful ecartlthak ewch oweof you for thissplen- id manifstation of your confilenceand ap proval. 1 desir alo to make gratful - nowledgment to the delegates of the sev- eralounly conventins by whoe action hs been made possible the good fecding and har- mouy which liere provails, This renomina- tion, so unanimously and enthusisticaly confured, I assre you is douably prized. Iregarlit notonlyss anendosement of my first term of cogresional service, bt alsois anevidence of the byalty and active interst of frieuds who in uy absence haye withthe greatest enthusism, ad* with the st siccess, cared formy interests, Itis dent that_although abset, K have not ben forgott Y our coming tgether from every county inthe district with @ common pur- pose, whith hasjustbeen declared, s to ne most gratifying proof thatmy efortsto sere youumd toreprsentthe interests of the big Firstof Nebraska have not remairred unno- ticelor umpprciatel, [Applause. | “\ith reganl to the future, I can truly say that i(I amre-elcted [ shill eudeavor, evenmor faithfullyand._efectively, to - resent every interestof theentire district, ad to the best of my ability perform the double duties which will berequired of me [Ap- plaue.] | much regret thit a reapportin- menthas ot been made in timeto give N braska the reprsentition in the Fifty-second congress which we are fairly entitledto unde the census which has just been talcen, he grest westis much inneedof its fullquotaof presentatives, not oly tdemand, but to in- istponour rights as agiinst aunited east, as wil asa solid south. (Applise.| “We meed the wide-awake, independot men thatcome fromthe west and northwest, andthe diy isnot fardistant when the great westwillbe such arcogized ppwerin « gres thit owr grat iterets will ceive the consideraton md _the prtectin that they jus deserve, I believe in the counse taken asa rule by westem rejre tives—am independeit course— i course interest ofthe popl enta- nthe coirse whichIbeliove the people will in the future bith. recoguize and apprciate, “Whilel amproudof the homr you hive dome e touight, and while I greatl appreciat a second renominationat the hand of a republican conventim—I can tof thedepths of my heart that Tan proud tentimesover aye, fen thusand times over, that I lave the 'lonor to mpresmt this t, grwingand prosprous state of Ne- . [Apphusemd cheers] The one of allthe stites that his most forged tothe frnt in the past; that comes upunder the reappor- tiomment ~ bill tht st be passed with a greater inreas thwm_auy other staein the unon. [Appluse.] Nebrasiais theonly statein theunion havig more thn one reprsentative that doubles” her repre- sentation while New Engand has remaiied. atastandstill, To arry the conpatison alit- tle further,theincrese Nebraska has made is equl tothat of all themidilestates combined. (Applause.) It is equalalso, (and let us thirk God for giviig us this magifiemt country that mikesitso)totheicrese ofthe entire representationof the solilsouth. — (Ap- plase.) It is aso one-ifth of tie great west. Certailly this isa magnificent shoving, anl om which, as citimns ofthis state, we canall be justly proud. “Let us' go back a litle in our revllectin to review the past, ani, in the light of that, whit a magificent futire wehavebeforus. In 180 tie entire popa- latin of Nebnska was a little over twenty- fivethouwand, In IS0 it hal quurupled ‘Wehad then something over ahundred thou- saul.Tn 1880 ithad inereased in like proportion. Wethenhad somelling ovor four hundred thousand, Tolay, in theyearA. D.1800, we come tothe front with 100,00, [ Applause. | Thit certainlyis an increase of which we have gool rewson to_fel proud, aud it is an incrase that I (hink jusiifies me in expessiig the great ‘prile that I feel 1 represent in partso magnifient and proyierons a stite.”? “[saidthat( beleved in indepeidenc of action. Ihawin mindthe wordsof advice ofthat geat and god man who prhaps is most belved of allour puty laders. I nfer toour fist great sanaad barer, Abrabam Lincoln [Great applause. | When Govemor Ogleby of Tlinois yas about strtingout in his politial cireer, Mr. Lincolncameup tobim and in that friendly, faniliarway that was pecularlybis own, said, *“Dick, let megive you a word of advice, Itmay help you inthe future; it may carry youon {hsucwss inyour political areer. It isthis : ‘Holl your eardose to tho grond that youmay hear the voice of the people; Liced that voice andnever fear thattne peo- plowilllead you wrong! [Appluse.] To this advice, Governor Oglesbysays he oves shatever success he bas had.” Now, [be- Liove in an independent coune. 1 will not hovever, have thetime tonight to go into a detiileddiscussion of the great questions which are before ws. I hope as time roils on tohavethe opportimity to se many of you atyourhomes and in the couties in which youresile. | propse, uless[ an reciled toattend to my duties in Washington to mike athoraugh and full canvss of thedis- trict, and in that event [willsee vory many ofyou. I shill endeavorto cary forwarithe studarl you bave placed in ny hauds, anl if possibleto earry itto vicory. [Applause] A fewweeks agol recivedat Wish awpy of an Ormha pper outining the pltforn of the lemocratic party of this congressional district. [commencel to read itat the botlom —that is theway to rew a democritic platforn—turn it upside down and read it backwards. [Laughterand ap- plase.| I struck a cotain resolition. "I rubedmy eyes and looked atthe top of the page tosee (T was mading in the righs coumn, T fond Iwas. [ red itogain It semed to me that thoform of expresion cold have been somevhat imprved, but notwithstanding 1 found myself in condial sympathy, with the purpse of the rsolution, which was extending t! ngratulations of that cowventio tothe king of protection, the father of rcipreity-the white pluned Iniglt, Jamnes G. Blaine. [Great applause. | Thave thus far failed to so inprint the msponse that Mr. Bluine sait tothe s tary ofthat convention, [Laughter. | sone reisom it his not been published, infer, bowerer, it is in accord with the speech e mude” son afterwirds at Water- ville, Mo, From the speectr hecould have se Inted shouttwenty words that would have leen o com plete Tply and thetelegrum would have rad : “Without protection the United Sttesafter the mvages of thewar from 1ML o163 woull bave bem por indeed ; with prtection every sectionhas flourished aud prospered, grown aud bewme great, Pertips these words are the omes that were incorporated in the telggram recived by the seretary of tht onventon and thit acounts for the demoertic silonc which fllowed. Now themare liffernces regarding the tarif even ammg republicans, bit letme say thaither is 1 necessity o o outsidothe rinksof the republican pary to sittle those differmces, Wecan do it within the lines of the party, ad I hope it will be done. Let us wait until wesee wnat is the final action taken befom we critiise tw se verely, I an frauk to siy, spealking for my- self alne, hat I have wot been in fuil accord with the tarift bill as originlly proposd by the conmittee o ways and means of the house of representatives, T blieve, however, that itwill be so perfected and completed s tbe generilly aceeptable tothe puople of the country, The issue Jmscmml by the demo- cratic party is not a difereuce in adjuting the taniff, which we all say shold be re duced to the greatest. extremo possible con: sistent with protecion, It is not thal, but the weell defined difereice botween the two great parties is protection on the ome side aud frwo trade onthe other. [Applause) Another plank of the democratic platform directs special atlentionto the presentrules of thelouse of mpresmtatives, which they declareare revolutionary. Now you were not there. & was. Il you had beenyou would wree with me that the eoclusion of the democratic party of this district in declaring that those ruls were revo L luionary wis true, [Applause and laughter.| Our Lines of Fall Overcoats and Suits are all Light and Medium Weight Winter Overcoats. We claim that the quality of our goods, thelow prices quoted, the overwhelming varicty of our stock and our reputation forhandling only first classgoods is sufficient guaranty that you can spend your money to better advantage with the Centinental than any other housein the city. ON SATURDAY We Will Offer Some Rare Values in “all Overcoals. Melton Overcoats $15 Besureand see our Light Winter Weight Meltons at $18. Theyarethemost practical weight garment forthis climate. THEMOST POPCLAR FABRICS THIS SEASON For Men’s wear are Cheviots, service. We have them in: DMew’s Sack Suits, Menls Cutaway Swils. Me's Stozts #n Sacks and Frocks, Men's Longs in £rocks. Aere’ s Donble-breasted Sacks, Youtles Sacks and Frocks. Prices $12 to $18. ‘We recornmend the m for in. ren’s Suits All sizes, less than g Boys' Long satisfactory, is cheerfully refunded. since our opening, tribute to these facts. FREELAND, The largest stock we have ever shown in CHILDREN'S DEPARTMENT On Saturday we will offer a special line of Child- ages 4 to 14, All-Wool Cheviot, At $2.50 Per Suat. These mixtures cannot be duplicated for oo outside of the Continental. SPECIAL LINES ON Pant Suits Prices $8, §10 and $12. Every precaution is taken to have your purchase No goods are misrepresented, and it is well known that if goods are not satisfactory, money This has been our method Our suc ss in business we at- LOOMIS & CO. The wildest scee thit las probably ever been witnessed in the louseof represent- atives maywell be alled revoutioury. L thought atone time it wasgoingto rsultin tctuil violnee, Youwoull have imsgined from seeing democratier members rear and tear up and down the aisls that some gret outrage wis being prpetrated-some great wrong was being done to them ad the coun- try. Andwhat was it allabout! What did it all mam? Why, it ivolved merelya declationof the simple’ fict that a mem ber plaiuly insightof the speker,and rfusing to answer,wasin his seatand did not vote. It sinply presnted a propusition as to whether 4 muajority of the house would be permittedto trnsact legislative business or whether they stouldbe @t themercyof the minoity. Not anohef queston was - volved.” Under the constitution and under the nules of thehousean absent member m be taken from bis home @nd brought by for and put inhis seat. No ouepretends to que tion that, but the democrats undertake to s thatafterthis is doie nothingis tocomeof it. He may sit there, lok wise, mfuse to opeu his mouthand aconaplish more by doing 50 thin by making vigorous oppsition. Tihe American people do not fayor any proceed- inges of tht kind. Major MeKiley sumned tion of the hours of tow. [Applause and cties of **Good!™'] T wish tosayin this con- nection thatmy effortsin this cause are not yot completel.” There are other measures which [ hope to secure the passuge of, that [ elieve will greatly aidand benefit the work- ingmen of this great country. There are aso other mewsures to ch refer- ence might be made which have been passel during the present session of congressthatare of infinite value to the liboring men of the cnntry, Some of these have already been referred to by tho chair man in his opening statement this evening, He mude weference to the alien contract bill. Itis animprtantmeasure. It prohibits the employment of non-resident aliens for the purpose of taking the places of workiogmen in this country. It willgo alongw toward stopping the evils that exist atthe present time. It is & bl that I had the honor of dingmuchin the way of perfecting. It has now passed the house and will indoubtedly pass the semate during the present session In addition, aretwo other bills, to which roference has als been made; ono the prison contract bill that prhibits theuseon the pert of thegovemment of any material o ufactured by couvicts in penitent 3 the othera billwhich prohibits the employment of conviets upon government work in -the construction of government buildings. I and herenot ouly tofavor these billsbut to ndicate them as measures in the right di rection, [Applause. ] 1 say to you now, what Tearnestly believe, that the great overshadowing question of the day isthe labor question. It isabove and beyoud every other question in far reaching importance to the peoplo of this conntry, The peoplo must recognize the rights of Iabor, and to such an extent as will do jus- co 'to the wageworker. You may ay vou arenot spechlly interestedin this class, Stop & moment and think. Whatis your business! _Are youa merchant in Omaha, Lincoln or Plattsmouth ¢ here will your prosperity come from in the future if not fromthe workiugmen of the countryl What will be the consequences to those engagea in canying on tradoe or business unless the workingmen are prosperous! We pointto the fact thatof allthe nations of the earthour own isthe one in which the work- ing men @ the most prosperous, the one in which they are the best fed, the best clothed and the best pid. That is true toa large extent; butat the same time there are thous- andsand tens of thousands who are not only underpard, but are out of employment; men who desire employment, but who are unable to get employment, not’ for the reason that they are unwilling to work, but for the up the whole controy 15 heturned apn the demoratic obstrctionists when they de- clared thelr purpose to tuke an appeal from the ruling of the speaker to the people, and said: *Tike _your sppeal, the peope are in fuyor of action, the people are infer- estelin what we do,not how wedo it [Ap- plause.] Isubmit 1 you,as westem rejre- sentitivemen, if thatis mot what the pecple are interested in? Are they notdesirous thit the houseand the smateshall proceed with ths business ofthe country, and not be infer- ferel with bythe tictics of obstructionists who propse to deay and to prevent all legidative proceedi Now, thet was a purpse in this There wis an object to be acconplisied. [t wis delarel before that house cowenel, before Speaker Reed was elected, that during this coneress nolegisla- tionshould be had except thatfavored bya denucratic minrity. It was declared thatat the coming election, which is mow beforeus, demerat would bl a_puitia to g bofore the country and indite the republican party o the ground that it had made promises to the pople which it had failed to redeem. [Applause]. This pro- granme, however, dil not win. We put a mauin the speiker’s chairwhohad the nerve to declare what the rules ought to be md whata mjorily of the members said they should be, [Applause]. Whatis more, these rulesarenot yot what the popleof this country demand. ‘These rules must go one | reaSon thatowing to inproved machinery and onestep farther. Lot mosay right here that | the lngth of hours of employment of other I askno more for therepublican paxty than I | workmen there is no opportunity for them to am willirg to oneede to the democratic carn their daily brud. Look at the in- Should th democralsobtain a majorit ventims of the present day. What are they nexthouso of representad tending toward! What is to be their effect? saycontime these rules, they are proper ; en- | Are inventions ablessing merely to the rich foreo them, if youcan', 88 ably as Speaker |and acurseto the por? This is ome of the Reed has dow. (Applwse]. Tt has now [problems with whichwe are brought face to beendeciled that amember prsentshallbe |face. I resd cho other day inthe Iron Age counted as present when he is plinly in | thata machine bad just been perfected where- sight, even taough he may refuse to answer | by coal—asquare thiee by five feet—could be to his name. To avoid this the obstructin- | mined within the short space of five minutes, ists now undertake whit is known as the | Now,wheu youput this machine to work “sueake.” When o call is had for the |whatis tobecome of the miners! Where are purpse of dtermining tho number of [theyto find employmemt? Ave they to go on menbers pwsent, there will be a |the firms! A they to crowd the ot respnse from rhaps tvo hundred [ trades, orare you to meet the question by re- and fifty members. Within five minutes fom | duciog thehounsof toland increasing wiges ! that tin ucan get nspomses oily fom | Thatis thequestion, Carry it alittle farther, the repul s who happen to be present, | notice the perfectin of another maching while every democrat is ot only as silent as | whereby asquare hole can be made in iron thegrave, buthe ismowhere tobe swn. Itis |plateas quickly andcasily as a round owe now proposed as 1 saw by the papers this |could formerly be made. In other words, a moning,to adpt aadditional rule making |worknan, withthe asistance of thismachine it acontenpt: of the housefor my member to [ can now doiu aday what a few years ago it leare after a call of the hwse |tookthirtyeightmento do. and before or during the next succeling all,of Cany italittle further. Pickup the little forthe purposof brealiig a quorum. 1 sub- | insigificant, pin that you may seelyiug onthe mitto yauas mpresmtative menof thestateof | foorand lok at that, andwhat a story it Nebraskaif this is wot right andirsuwh anle (\willtell you Ifyouor I were called to man- should ot be enforced. The member who | yfacyre anumber lke it, how many would purposely violtes it shoild be subjected o | e make ina day? With the necessary wire, thecensure ofthe house ind asis p:«xv)smhu pippers and @ hamroer, perhaps a hundred requiredto paya fine of 00 a5 well. [Ap- | By improvements in machinery the numbe lause] . Under rules whioch permit. the t¥ins- | G251 made by hand was _gradually increased actin of public busiiess, democrats wereun- | untila sungle workmin was able to manufac- ableto cury ot their qriginal programme. | yupred,S00pins i a day. Abouta ceuturyugo T hey areunatlo to go tolhe contry as they | refennce was made o that fact by Adim El'\'l“’-‘{cd. andsay that th¢ Tepublian party | Smith, and he pinted to itas the marvel of as failed to arry ot pledges sacrelly mide | the But what is the situation today{ to the peple. Legislatin utterly without | Witk improved machinerya single wan_will panillelin all the history of pist cngreses |poyw manufacure 72,500,000 pins in a | asheenbad. Theequaldf ithasneveryet | gay, equal to what could be manu- been known. factired o hundred years agoby 1,532 mon. Measures of the ufmost ifiportance to the | In view of factslikeiheseis there not some- peple wd the countryhave been pased. |thingin this question! Itis one I feel an in- Bills bave been considerul which are bene- | terest in, because itis onethat] believe in flell to every clss of the pegjle, tothe |one I believe in most deeply, earnestly and masses, 1 the workingmy and to_the far sincerely, I believeat thesamotime in the ers. Amng these bills Trefer with especial | rights of ever: wéll asin the rights pride toome tiat I had séhething todo with: [of the workingmen. I belisve in legislating onethatl tooka gvat iNowestin :one thit I | in the interest of the farmer as well as in the bai the Bomr of pre gind presenting | interest of the wageworker. | perhaps am and ad vocating and linally sucesstully secur- | willing, in fact, 1 know I am ready o go ingits pssage—1 rnfer to the “eight hour [ much further than many in this direction. 1 bill” 2at apphuse.] I donotdaimany | know my viewsare in conflict with the views grut exlic orglory by rasonof what Isuc- | of some of you, 1 believethat this great gov- ceeled In doing; 1do mot claim that thisleg- | ernment siould not only control, but should ishtion goes to theextentof ding fuli jus- | own the tlegriph lines and therailroads [ap- tice to the wage-workersof the land; all I | plause] of the country hat this great nation clulm for it isthatitis abng stop inthe right | should protect its people by owning and oper- dirnction, [Applause.| Itdeclires inthefirst | ating all interstate lines which carry the pro- place that eight hours shall constitute a day’s | ducts of the farmers to market and which work forall liborers, workmenand mechanics ry on the grvat commerco of the nation, I employel by the government or who may be thit the day is not far distant enguged by ay govecnment contrctor, 1t this _will come about, improb- intha Tor ono would when providesthatthe pay shall ot belessthan [able as it may seem at this thopay of other laborensin like emplovment | tirne. 1 know thereare some objections to it atthe plice where they may be mgaged in | and [ know many objections have been urged working, Severe penallies are provided for | against i he principal and most serious any violtiomsof s prvisins. It is made | omeis that it wouid result in a centralization complets and perfect, and while it istrue | in the government, of a power that wonld be that it appliesoniyto laboren and workmen | dankerous. 1do mot fear a centralization of actuallyin the empoy of the government or | power athis time. Thero might have been working for govamment contractors, ites- [ danger once, but the American people are tallishes & precedent woich is of infuite | notonly inteligent but they are now a read- | value tothe vage-workers of this ountry in | ing, thinking pople. They lnow tolay what | their grvat aud gnnd struggle for a reluc- trawspired vesterday, They ave as well - | | will remain, with no formed as many of these statesmen who un. dertake to legislate for tiem. They what is going on and there is not a particleof danger from centralization of power in this country that willdo havm to the people. The Jeople can proiect themselves with the ballot which can execute the freeman's will as lightuing executes the will of God. I do not know whether you will keep mo in congress long cnough to perfect or secure tho passage of a bill that carries out the views I hold regarding th matter _but if 1 am kept there a reasonable vume I will say to vou that Ipropose to make & good, houest effort in that [Applause,] But this congress, hstanding, has accomplished much al- yin the interest of the farmer. This congress has passed o number af bills that have been demanded by the farmers—a list without a arallel in the history of vational legislation. ¥or many years mand has been made for alaw against trusts and combinations, No such legislation has been had until this congress. A bill in re sponse to the demand of the farmers was sented, reported on, and is now a law. L chal- lenge any legal gentleman, of either party. draw a biil that will more completely c the subject of trusts or that can go further in the way of crushing them out or proventing future wrong,s than the bill whichhas al- ready become a Tu the first place it provides that overy contract or combina- tion inthenature of a trust in restraintof trade or commerce shall be void. It goes further and confers special jurisdiction on the circuit court of the United Statesto grantany equitable reliel by injuuction or otherwise, and to issue its process to uny statein the union to compel any party en- gaged o an unlawful trafic to appear and unswer. Itgives the court full and ample power to enjoin any trust or combination. In addition, it provides that any person in- jured in his property or person by reason of any trust or combination shall have the right to bring anaction and recover damages three- fold, together with costs and attorneys’ fees. It also provides a sufcient penalty for the punishment of any parties engaged in the creation ov management of trusts, or who may in_any way attempt to corner the products of the country. This bill has been passed. It has become alaw. A law has also been passed endowing agricultural colleges. Still another bill has been passed protecting farmers and their in- terests. The bill knownas the lard bill has passed the house in spite of the most terrific opposition by the democratic pa It is a bill that cannot help greatly benofiting the farmer. It is one that has béen demanded by the alliances and by the farmers of the coun- try. It is estimated that tho result will bo W increasethevalue of the hogs on the farmsof this country at least fifty toninety cents each o fairestimate, as generally conceded, bein cents for each 'hog. Consider that for a mo- ment. Flifty thousand hogs in this country & of $10,00010 the farmers—and re that Nebraska as well as Kansas and lowa comes in for its proportion. The passage of this bill was strongly opposed by the southern democrats, especially by those who represented the cotton seed o1l in- A southermn member representing that interest, went before the agricultural committee and stated that the profits to the southern farmers by reason of the demand for 000,000 per annum. Now, the farmers of the t,no doubt, re- jolee'to hear of the prosperity and success of their southern brethren,but it will not deiight. them to know that the demand ereated for cotton seed oil was for the purpose of using it with lard produced by themselves, theret taking justso much money from therr own pockets and transferring it to the pockets of the southern farmers. [Applause]. That is what has been done, 1 can only make brief references to somoe of the other important bills which have been passed by a republican congre A bill has been passed which the coun heretofor organ redeems to over cight million acres of land irranted to railroads; auother bill homa has been passed; another _creg two new states. In addi- tion, a silver bill has been passed in spite of the 'opposition by democrats, [Applause. | It is not just such a bill as I fayored, as | ad- vocated, or as I contended for, but, like the labor bil long way in the'right di- el It provides for the of 4,500,000 ounces of silver cach jual to about $5,000,000. Five mil- lion dollars in currency, as a result of this bill, will go out to thé people each month, theteby increasing the circulating medium to that extent. That certainly, is something, and if the bilt is only ey in good faith it will resut ‘in at and per- manent nefit to the people of this country, and 1 want to say right hero to the extent that my voice, or my influence, or my vote may go, tho provisio of this bill willbe honestly executed. [Ap- plause.] [ know itis notexecuted today the spirit with which it was passed. Tho action of Mr. Windom 15 not such as can eommend itself to the people of this country. When he issues, as he has done, for his pur- ohaes of sitver, bills of s largs o donomin: pthatthey can never reach the people, andas & result goback for immediato re- demption_in gold, he does the people a wrong. That is not an execution in good faith of the provisions of tho bill, and Mr. Windom must change his present poliey, or be condowned by all true representatives of the people. [Applause and cries of *Good.”'| We want thesilver legislation exccuted in good faith, We want bills to be issued of such denominations as will enable th le to so them—twentics, tens, fives aud twos. Let them go out to the people and thore they danger of coming back immediste redowption, ws do these bills of large ominations wiich are returied by the Wall stroet sharks who seewm to be in league notonly for h the prosent secretary but every past ccretary of the treasury without referenco to whetherhe was a republican or a deo- crat, oplause, | I am_ rejoiced to seo the good feelin here exists tonight. I believe it will yond this convention. I believe it is good leaven that wilt work in the masses and will result not only ina victory so fur as this con- sional district is concerned, bat in a and, glorious victory to ourentiro stato [Applause. | All that is required is st worlk on the part of individual and as aresult we will achioyo one of the old-time victories, ‘Weare not ready to turnoverthe old ship without enco to whether she is movely leaking or ina_sinkingcondition. [Applau We propose still to stand by the coloxs, will put Mr. Richards in command. applause. | We will send T front [applause|, and place may require, his most abio friend Hill from Gage, who is us. It way be that the party which came into ex the ~ selection of as its standard bearcr [applause) about to ces, but there iy cortuinly nothing to indicate it here tonight. 1f we can judgze by the enthusiasm that now p canism will continue to exi its defamers have passed aw long after every other orgauization brought into exister for its destruction is dead and buried. [Applwse.] It may bo that Lincoln was nota perfect man —-but one such has ever dwelt on carth. It may be that the republican party is not a perfect party none such has ever” been knowa in histor, ancient or modern. But one thing is cert 50 long as wrongs remain to be righted, to be corrected, or liberties to be prote just 50 long will the republican part tinueto exist. [Great applause and chicers. | [Groat m Majors totho srever duty cutenant, our resent with grand old istence with Abraham Lincgln A Reprieve for the Condemned. Wretched men ard women long condemned to suffer the tortures of dyspepsia are fijled with new hope after a few lmsm of Hostet- ter's Stomach Bitters. This budding hopo blossoms into the fruition of certainty. if the Bitters is persisted in. Itbrings a repriove to all dyspeptics who seck its aid. Flatu- lence, heartburn, siuking of the pit of the stomuch between meals, the nervous tremors and insomnia of which chronic indigestion is the parent, disappear with thesr hateful rogenitor. Most beneficent of stomachies ! Who can wonder thatin so mauy instances it awakens grateful cloquence in those who, benefitted by it, speak voluntarily in its be- half. It requires a graphic pen” to describe the torments of dyspepsia, but in mauy of the testimonials received by the proprictors of the Bitters, theso aro portrayed with vivid teathfulness, Constipation, biliousness, mus- cular debility, malarial fevers and rheuma- tismare relieved by it. el Electric Light Poles. Chief lligan of the fire department thinks that the electric light company, in fact, all the electric companies of the city, are bocoming negligent in complying with city ordinauces regulating the puting in of poles, stretehing of wires, cte., about the city. Last night he said to a Bee reporter: These poles and wirs are a nuisance, The companies have becomo so independent, they will not repair walks more than half the time where they tear them up t set new poles, Wherethey do protend to repair the walks they do it in a slipshod manner that is ad These companies ought to put their wires underground or obey the ordi- nances regulating their pole business.” - To Dispel Colds, Headaches and fevers, to cleanss the systom effectually, yet gently, when costive or bil- ious,or when the blood is impure or sluzgish, to permanently cure habitual constipation, to awaken the kidneys and liverto a healthy activity, without irritating or weakening them, use Syrup of Figs, —_—— Danger in the Wells. A Sixteenth street physician typhoid fover 18 epigem number of cases haue occurred and se them have proved fatal, The town is with- out eithera physician ora drug storo and is to depend upon Omaha for medical he cause of the disease is sup- © inthe use of water from wells which were dug by the Mormons in 1548 and havobeen in_constant use ever since, mamy of thern not having been cleaned out during this period. tes that, in Florenc A -~ Erysipelas and Salt Kheum was driven en- tirely away from Mrs, J. C. Auderson, Pesh- tigo, Wis., by Burdock Blood Bitters. No equal as a blood puritier. - Fourth Ward Republicans. The Fourth Ward republican club will hold A meeting at Washington Hall this oveving which will be addressed by Hon. L. D. Richards, candidato for govornor, Mr, W. S. Steawn, Mr. W, . Gurley and other able speakers, All republican clubs in the city are invited to attond, e - Soventh Ward DemTerac, Seventh warl Boyd and Bryan dem- ocratic club will meet at Roblf’s hall, Twen- ty-sixth and Walnut stroots, this oven- ingat 3 o'clock. Good speakers will be in attendance, e ——— Judee Norris and wifeof Crete are In th. city, the guests of Mr. and Mrs, B, 5. Daker i b Pears'soap is the mostelogaut toilet adjuned