Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 3, 1890, Page 1

THE OMAHA DALy BE: TWENTIETH YEAR. APOSTLE JOHN P, ST, JOHN. . el The Kansas faint Whose Prohibition Princi- ples Have o Price. HE WOULD APOSTACIZE FOR GOLD. Disgraceful Story of His Attempted Sell-Out to the Kepublican Party, but no One Would Buy Mim, Drs Moises, la, Tue Bre.|—Under date of Ja Hon, J. S, Clarkson h St. Louis (ilobe Democrat, in which he ex- posed the perfidy of John P, St, John, prohi bition candidate for president in 1884, in which he gives the details of the overtures of that gentleman to the gepublican national committee to sell out for $2,000. The over- tures were ciade through J. F. Legate, St Jobn's nearest friend, and it wus that gen eman’s exposure of the matter which led to Mr. ¢ divulging matters which he tedly refused to do until all pledges had been withdrawn by St. John friends. The interview as publishea the Globe-Democrat, 13 in partas fol- nuary wrkson Reporter—How did the overtures happen to be made to you instead of e memby of the republican national committeet Mr, Clarkson—1I presume it was because about the 1st October I was sent from the headquarters in New York to Ohio the two wecks preceding the Oct leetion in that state, St. John, who comstaitly made his campaign where he could most hurt the republicans, was in Ohio at that critizal time trying to divert republican votes and give to the democrats the benefit of the October victo! Doubt- 1ess thinking the republicans would be ex- tremely anxious in that evisis of the cam- | 1 gn, he felt it would be the best time for him to approuch them suceess fully for money So he had the overtures made to me while 1 was in Ohio and he was neav at hand to di rect his agent.” “Did it surprise you when the overwures were made!” “Not, in the least. Myself a long-time pro- hibitionist, and n steady advocato of the method, both personally and in the paper of which T am editor, in its every stage until it reached cnactment into law in fowa, 1 had | 7y come to kuow from prohibition sources that St. John was in the cause for selfish personal reasons and not from couviction. By per- sonal presence on the ground at the time of the Pittsburg couvention, I saw the insin- of the influences that nomivated him for president, and the wsincerity of the con- vention itself in nov allowing seats or repr sentation o states like lowa wiero the pr hibtion cause is made successful byjbeing made and kept non-partisan. Thus kuow- ing the man and the insincerity of the convention making him a candi- date, 1 was not at all sur- prized that he to scll the whole scheme for his o oo . “Who did St. Johnu send to youi" “Mr. James I, Legate of Kansas, whom [ have already mentioned, and who was known to me as a leading politician and pronibition- ist of Kansas, and the next fricnd of St. Joln fn all his political and prohibitionist cam- puigns in tho state. It isa saying in Kuusas, 1 bad been told, that whenev Legate is around St. John is not far away “Did he bring any letter to you " *‘He brought a letter to me froma CUnited States senator, to whom he, and I think St. Johu also, had talked of the scheme, and who, fn the letter, endorsed Leg: being able to treat for St. John. The letter was dated October 4. “Was that the day Legate came and where were you ! 1 was at Cincinnati at the Burnett house, and Eegate prescnted the letter either that night, or vext morning, Sunday, October 5. “What did he say,and did he pretend to speak by St. John's authority “‘Ho sald St. John was anxious to make torms, that ho was authorized to represent him, and that he was in or near the city then or could be brought there that night ¢ “Was it developed whether St Joln had | on asked Legate to do this, or whether Legate had suggested it to St. John i “Logate showed me a letter or dispatch— 1 think it was a dlspatch—sent to him by St. John from Olathe, which he said was St. John's home—asking him to come there and see him on very important business. Legate said ho went there, and that St. Jolin opened up the question at once, saying it was the chance of his lifo to make some mone: that if Legato would take holdof it and be his medivin he could get him enough money o make hlm rich, and he appealed to him to doit. He said that the prohibitionists would 1 any way, and be felt that it would be cayal of a hopeless cause for him, who had sacrificed so much for it, to make more money out of it than hie was then doing.” “What did he mean by the money he was then making “1 asked Legate the same question, and he said St Jobn told him that democrats had thus far been paying hisexpenses and a little over, but not v much,” “Did Legate agree to try it for St. John?" “He did, saying he felt he could in doing so serve hi and help to keep the country from going into the hands of the south, But 1 judgo he did so veluctantly, from what he suid. Legate al the time impressed me as a man who wished some other fellow . had taken the job. I believed all the while he was sincere in it, and was fully satistied then and am now that he was fully authorized to represeut St, John." “What amount did St for.” “He almed h Legate said he first put the figure at &£50,000, TLegate told him he must think the national republican commit- teo had o gold mine. St John said that both it and the democratic national committee had millions to spend, and that the figures ho bad named for himself were really modest.” “What was tho next step taken by St. John and Legate!" “Legate said they took the cars and went to Iopclm. He told him he must put his figures own lower, He sumd St. John took him and showed him a certain house in Topeka and told him if that were bought and furnlshed for him—which Legate said would cost some- thing over #40,000—and he were given be- ides §100,000 in government bonds, so that 13 1iving might be asstired, he would sccopt of that. For, he said, if he snould withdraw | Tu or feather his sveeches thereafter to the benefit of the republicans, there would be so many prohibitionists who would believe be had sold out that he could no longer make a g\'lngm the temperance work, und would ave to depend on general lecturing, the re- eipts frow which would be very uncertain. nwnle told at length muny of the details of the talk at Olathe, the trip to Topeka and the protracted conversation @t the latter lace, all of which is extremely interesting, ut whichif told would make the interview w00 loug.” | - to you, John fivst strike | in . . . - WWell, did Friend Legate open up for a deal at oncel” “Heis a divect man and went straight to business.” . . . . . . “What was Legate's first offer!" 1 do not remember exactly, but he finally fancy figures, and that be wight as well come down to bedrock, and he then the offer to &2 ing to got our national he be done must stop malking wise I Meanwhile [ would drop the wh what should be done. Th lasted an hour or two fully discussed sond Mr. Ke ter to him, Colonel Dudi ide, leave the m myself to de ) headquarters v an interview in the l‘fl X\ also to last with him. “Did the committee send Mr. Cincinna ‘olonel Dudle s opposed 1o ma was the WA the Inthe M wnee that s At he (St. John) would get & m the Ohio ¢ L and awiat vesuits, s nicetin, t Columbus on the night of October e the matte 1 was no ing, hut Mr. and an them and fow nator Plumb able to state; only 1 w Kesens that the matter I hat Legate had age On the 10th the following dis- h came to M. Kesens : AND, 0., Oet. 10 get (en tono fifteen o Answer at onee. ot able o unde only aur delnh Yorl? W pateh that day, lowing dispatch son and the word made the dispatch plain ate and county meant St, Johun, same day the following letter camo for Mr. Kerens : CLEVEL ade then vegone to Do ting with him Nim in B siadelphia t by the I8th, and vided he eft for Philadeiphia “our .7 told it should be done. phia, hin out of that in sc not eare a_d und you don' oming genes. yours, Othier letters and dis fully fasten the guilt upon St. John, but are too long for use at this time. states inthe interview that he at promised to pay St. John never did do so. are fully corroborated by in Kerens, Legate and others published at the same time. THE CUR. ATCHISON, gram to 1ne open saloons In this city. law there was ne mor [lived in The fere reckl any re s lunch to attract custom. more saloons were licensed that they are com- pelled to do something to attract custom, and even today (Sunday) the bar rooms are run- ning wide open the and poste hean nominee for govs purely on the prohibition fight. Humphrey has declared hiwself in probibition and. Champion and leadin, taken hi: The republican papers in the state, name from the ticket. men who run the saloons hero been threatened and promised by politic Both parties have pi the liquor 1 sionists rige and republ Humphrey sine favor of probi thoroughly disgusted with the joint license stem and the majonity of them will qui s themselves voting for resubwi The seveuty-five saloons here are assessed £30 & month, besides other blood how or out by better class of disgusted with the manner in which matters ave conducted. more than expre one and Panis, reduced hy drop from The tirst inter 0—quite 1 here, fn gen v special wire and [ alk with uarters and what could told 1 St John speeches in Ohio, other- le matter. , what was the next step!” ire and repoited for national \ sked alk over the wire and the matter was x ymmittee did not feel and_wanted to me I said I responsibility. rens and This_conversation s taken down in writing and ening to Mr Legate. T and from fivst g any deal Kerens to ed there on Tuesday night, i with him, 1 a full confer ut the next interview with I remember, it was the next right, or ghit of October & when Mr. Kerens was present and the whote matter was more ime before, Yeon at Oberlin and conf and he told us in detail about it; how angry St Jolin was that the matter consummat reason he had m We had the St John to Le ited to us. H t the Burnett house, fully discussed than atany time, Legate had ered with St. John had 1ot been od on Monday, and that for th de his Ot rlin specch very evident of let and dis- ate, which Legate reported that John -on his own ould be done ore throat, and go over to It was d that a con ference should with St, nethin v ass uld be probably set y to attend this meet. 1t with Mr. Legate, held there between and Colouel Dud- fnterview I am un 'med by Mr. was of that R. 0. Kesens: tout Phil th at New stand this dis- The next day came the fol- ving that the name John- county were ciphers, and that Johnson meant On the 1884.~Dear Sie: T ning here. vo been ¢ n 1 srraph ald to Was 1w W in rrow night and threo-fifths ho insisted on the 16 toduy, Just 2ot this: for Philudel- 1 all westof these. Mo o in_short Lin 1 tonizht,* ¢ ¢ ¢ [ h the st 1 made ple redecniod. Y ou may I have tolive with hi 0 does Plumb, Simpson, fell, how_se I Mr. Clarkson no time money, and statements ows with any Mr. Clarkso OF ATCHISON. Prohibition Has Aggravated All the [Special Tele- “Thers are soventy-five Under the license er ' time when there were ¢ places where liquor was sold. Atchison law went into effect and I never on any Sat- y night during the two years that [ lived aw as much dissipation in eve ed here last night. street was fairly alive with drunken men. With the exception the bar-rooms are located either in tho back s oron the upper floors, Gambling in is tolerated withont restraint. Crap Shooting, keno and other games do u thriv One liquor bofore the prohibi vy form Commiereial of perhaps three places roulette, haphazard, poker, ng business. an sit at a gambling game and bave lis to him by the drink polico do mnot inter- Things are in fact rn lever worse nnder loons even set up o free There are s0 many now’ than_ there were when me as on a weeck day politicians sy that the repub- rnor will be defeated Governor favor of as a result, the Atchison wvenworth Times, the two bave have mised protection in ¢ en vote right, and tho wise ones say that Willets will win! editors of the Jatter was_confiaent that Robinson would be Glected, while the former doubted v the election of Humph arc conident of 1 house, if nota twc Robinson told me that he was as contident of his election as he was that the sun would eton November 4, whilo staunch s fear 1 talked (‘hampion and Patriot, with the The v much The resubmis- ajority of the hirds majority. Governor the defeat of Governor he has_declared himself in on, Tho people here aro ext Tuesday at the polls on candidates, money. No cash s paid commissioners, citizens are much the police As it now stands there are saloons, dives and gambling houses there ever was Even minors are allowed to drink gnd play cands, pool and billlards for money—some- thing license syBtem forced, and the tows has decreased nearly one-half in population and business, il it The Panama Canal, before in Atchison* never tolerated under a T'he Sunday law is not en- 2. ~[Special Cablegram to The official liquidater of the canal company deni of Licuienant Wyez with the Columbian government for an_extension of the canal concessions have been ruptured. however, t that the negotiations He admits, at the process of effecting a set: Columbia is slow and full of Weliable advices from the Isthmus describe wrecked aud say that even traces of the ex- cavations made ure vanishing, The construc- tion wachinery is stated to be worthless. e Estimated Republican Gains. WasiiNa to Tur Ber,| lican congressional e there will bo a republicun majority of from seven to ten inthe uext congress, there will be groat gaius which bave nof -froed Wwith e that there was no use to talk | been counted by 2 l - the canal works as Nov. 2.—[Special Telegram nator O'Brien of the repub- mitee estimates that He says Lo democrais o the fgur ing they have done, MONDAY MORNING, OMAHA, 1 UIRISH LEADERS 1Y AMERICA. | 0'Brien, Sullivan, Dillon and Harrington Arrive in New York, GOVERNOR HILL WELCOMES THE VISITORS. O'Brien Grants a Long Inter the Newspaper Men and Reads an Address on Irish Affairs. New Yorg, Nov, wife, T. D, and .—~William O'Brien and allivan and wife, John Dillon limothy Harvington arrived this morn- ing on the steamer La Champagne. A vecep- tion committee representing the various Irish societies met them at quavantine, and when the steamer avrived at her dock a reception wis held, after which the tors went to the Hoffman house, Governor Hill was one of the first to call upon them. He warnly welcomed them to the city and state, expressed sym- pathy with their cause and signed his name to the address of welcome prepared by the Irish societics, Mayor Gravt did the same, Eugene Kelly and Joseph J, O'Donalue were also among the callers. In a talk with newspaper men O'Brien said that out of forty elections held in Great Britain smce tho assembling of parlia- ment fourteen had been won by the home rule party. This was a f indication of the fecling of the Irish peop! on the question. He believed the tories would be forced to dissolve parlinment sooner h ipated. The government, he famne-stricken districts in Ireland, They first denied that famine existed and now admited that theve was deep dist in tho country by proposing measures for relicf, O'Brien” also read an address on the situstion of Irish affaics and the purport of the visit of himself and fellow-travelers to America, “We are coming America,” the address said, “by the desire and with the approval of Parneil and the Irish parliamentary party.” O'Brien stated that there was absolute ubity tho ranks of the parliamentary party and among the people. ‘The old taunt of instability of purpose could no longer be thrown at [reland, Speaking of the experience of Dillon and himself, O'Brien said that they were well watched by the police and spies. When the; took the special train at Tim k the police r special train in order to keep them continually in sight, yet they wi caught napping. Neither bribes nor threats induced any one to tell the police of their de arture, and the Balfour system of espionage ted. ““The government cannot trust own servants,”” continued O’Brien, on the day before we were arreste Dillon wrote me informing me what was going to take place. 1t was supposed to be a castle secret. We waited in Tipperary so long as there seemed the least chance of fore- ing a prompt disposal of the charge, As soon as tho tactics of the government were quite clear we took leave to tumble their hous of cards about their ears and away to appeal to America Balfour’s ignoble dodge out the Irish, whom ne has failed to intimidate. We will of course return thy moment our business here is finisted. If we shall have in the meantime secured the means of preserving the [vish ranks unbroken until the general election we will not begrudge Balfour what comfort he can get from keep- ipg us in jail for our success. The essence of tory poliey im Ireland is .Jand purchas on the landlord's own terms, To effect this the tenants’ combination had to be stamped out. The tenants smashed and disorganized under the terror of cocrcion, the cabiuet of landlords and landlord tribunals could ar- range the rest at will, It was witha view to crushing the tenants’ combinations that all prosceutions, batonings and police outrages took place. It was to prevent this that the h representatives came here. London Times has exultantly cales lated,” continues the address, “thac Balfour policy has cost the tenants a defence fund of £50,000 a year and that itc 000 more to build a new Tipperary. They caleu- lated that the Irish people at home who last ar subscribed £60,000 for the evieted ten- nts' fund would not be able to come to the rescue this year and that we must appeal 0 America, hence the Tipperary arrests,on the eve of our departure, If the tenants could be broken by terrorismor starvation the government could carry whatever land purchase scheme it pleased and o to the county with triumph over the success of coorcion. " On the other hand, if Balfour has to face a general eviction with a con’ ion that the landlords with all their power fail to break the spirit of acouple of dozen bodies of Irish tenantry after all of merciless oppression, the cocrcian policy, already disliked, will be overwhelmed at the polls, For the present the question of national fighting fund and chartable fund are wholly seperate. The danger of a famine along the western part of the sea brad is unquestionably real and hor- ble- The Irish party is watching the situa- tion with the utmost solicitude. The bill which they have called for suspend- ing evictions for non-payment of rent on small holdings, combined with a more lib- al administration of the poor laws, would go far to avert any danger of a general famine. The opinion of the Irish p is that any general American fund poured into Irelano at this time would haye th. effect, of confirming Balfour in his policy of leaving the relief of the distress to private initiative and afterwards boasting that the distress was imaginar e sums dis- bursed with an imperfect knowledge of the circumstances of the country would find its way into the pockets of the landlords, whom prospects of American alms would encourage 1o extort rent from their famished tenantry.” ——— AT MEANS FREE WHISKY. Burlington's Experience with lowa Prohibitory Law. BunLiaioy, Ia, Oct. 2.—[Special Teleg- ram to Tur Bre.]—As the people of Ne- braska are about to vote on prohibition it may interest them to know Iowa’s experi- enco in that dircction. When the Lowa pro- hibitory law went into effect Burlington haa about sixty saloons, paying an annual license of $100. That law of course put anend to saloon license, but it did not put an end to saloons. Itwas soon apparent that there was to be no effectual enforcemeat of the law, and cheap saloons started up every- where. Mo control this the council passed au ordinance requiring them to pay 0 “ mouth for a beverage license. This license was paid for about three months, when a firm of layw- yers saw big money in prosecutions, and, olng to the city auditor, asked to sce his license book. Making a transcript of the record, they began to make complaints. It was apoarent that no jury could be found in the city to conviet, and then the cases were taken to a Justice in an adjoining town. A regular pool was arranged between the lawyers, the justice and constable. Several ~ informations would be filed agiinst a saloonkecper. He would be fined in one case and then would be allowed to compromise the others for as much woney as he was able to pay. Then he would be let alone for & while, and others would be taken np. When the saloon keep- ers found that the beverage license gave them no protection they ceased to pay it. Then the saloons rapidly increased in every part of the city, A cleap counter, a keg of beer, a demi- john of whisky and a few glasses were all the Stock in trade. The most disreputable and irresponsible men n the city engaged in the business. There is scarcely a block iu the business portion of Burlington now that has not from three o eight saloons o it. In this luternal revenue district, comprised the y of the southern oo there are 2,700 liceusos in force this year. Tn this city there are 140, of which at least 120 are for saloons and the st for drug stores, Some of these saloons kept by women of fll-fame. A piano or ome kind of blind is kept in front and the bar is found in the rear. Others have a cheap vestaurant in front, but the bar in the r is the chief source of revenue. The number of int cnue licenses now in foree in this d was at 1o time equalied before the probi tory law took effect. Two of th city aldermen u running open saloons, and one « them withig the last two months hus fitted upns fine a salcon as there is in Omaha, and the first day he opened (abont September. 1) his receipts were $135, Within the last”™two or three monthis five or six saloons haye been fitted up in this expensive manner. Our people, al- most without exception, are In favorof a high license law, such as is in force in Ne- braska. The best of our saloon s say that they would gladly pay a liconse ot §1,000 ayear, and if such ‘a law should be passed at the next scssion of the legislature as is confidently believed will be done, it would reduce the number of saloons in this city to not more than fifty orsixty. Thus we should be rid of anequal numberof low dives. The damage that prohibition has done to Burlington is almost incaleulable, When the law went into effect five br cries were in operation, employing not less than forty to fifty' men each, majority of whom had families, These establishments are now closed and their en ployes have mostly gone clsewhere for work These breweris bought hundreds of thous- ands of bushels each year from the farmers of the state. They buy none now, but the 10 less beer, for all of them are agents for Milwaukeo and St. Louis breweries, and all the help they need is a bookkeener and a few drivers each. The city Sends out to these foreign brewers not less than 00,000 a year for beer, the business of the Anheuser Busch company alone being ot less than $125,000 a year. When the pro- hibitory law went into effect we had eight or nine wholesaleliquor houses, employing not less than ten traveling wen’ each, most of whom had familics, These have all moved t adjacent Illinois towns, and we have not only iost population but tyisiness and taxable sapital, and yet these houses hold their trade in the stateand do as much business as ever. Our rents have gone down and property values have d ed, Needed city improvements cannot _bo mado for lack of funds, A notable effect of prohibi tion here to prevent improvements is found in tho caso of one of the principal hotels Last winter, when it sceme probuble that the legisiature would repeal the law, the proprictor of -this hotel had plans made 10 entir remodel his house and add to it another story and man- sard roof. The improvements would have cost many thousands of dollars, and the ity would have been benefitted in many The house remain’ as it was, a do so until prohibition is repealed. ouly one of many instaus el Ay PROHIBITION IN IOW A, nties of the state, So Far as Davenport is Concerned the Law is Absolutely Null, Davesront, In, Nov. 2—[Special Tele- gram to T Bex,)—We have no prohivition and never have had any. So far as this city is concerned, the prohibition law is an abso- lute nullity. Our saloons run as openly as they ever did. Prohibition has never yet closed a single saloon in this city. The city issues a “beverage license,” by wi meant soda pop, ginger ale, ete., for which it charges $100 a year, payable quarterly, Eve saloon is presumed to keep these harml beverages and no account (is taken of those who keep liquors, Thereis one saloon here which pays the internal revenue license and willnot keep the pop beverages, and there- fore refuses tw pay the city beverage license, yet the keeper is not prosecuted because such prosecutions are unpopular and 1o jury could be found to couvict. There ave seuen wholesale liquor houses doing business here and five breweries in operation. There are one hundred and seventy-five saloons run s openly as any other business place: v are not required to close at 12 0'clock at night or any other hour. _ They are not required to close on Sunday. In fact, they can, if they ¢hoose, run twenty-four hours a day and seven days a week and all this for the paltey sum of 3100 ear, The public sentiment of this city is' decidedly in favor of a vepeal of our prohibition law and the enactment of a high license law Tike yours of Nebraska, Our former license was not rge, but it was levger than the present are now in favor of a license which will givea proper revenue to the city and a thorough regulation of our saloons; one that will exclude the cheap dives aud confine the liquor busi to men of respectability and responsibility. 1v is the almost universal be- lief here fn Davenport that the next legisia ture will repeal our humbug prohibition law and give us a proper high license law instead. e LEAVENWORTH DEMORALIZED. Rum Rampant, Vice Victorious, and Stagnation Supreme. Leaveswortn, Kan., Nov. 2—[Special Telegram to Tur Brre.J—There are about fifty places in this city where liquor is sold by the driuk, pint, quart, gallon or keg. The proprietors of the best hotels, the National and Delmonico, informed the authorities that in case they stopped them from selling liquor they would close their houses, The Planters hotel, the oldest and one of the largest in the state, has been closéd on account of dull times, The population of the city has decreased 41 per cent.to 23,000 since the protabitory law went into effect. Store buildings that formerly rented for $ a month can aow be sccured for §10. Down ihe principal street of the town there are eight empty buildings in one block where there are only ten stores. A village across the river called Stillingsville has noth- ing but saloons and the place crowded with Leavenworthians from morn- ing till night. An enterprising citizen of that name built a pontoon bridge across the river and is making a fortune by his scneme, But it is easy to get liquor here in any quautit, No attempt whatever is made to enforce pr hibition, In some places the saloonkeeper carries the whisky bottle in his pocket, but this is only done in places where they are in fear of th lice. Thege are twenty-soven empty buildings on the peincipal stréet and the largest and really ooly fi ass res- taurant in town has quit business. The game of policy is run wide open without olice interference. This is a robbers’ game, ut no comments are made by the police or apybody clse, A number of the moneyed men of Leavenworth will desert their old home and migrate foc Omaha aund Nebraska as soon @s the amendment proposition is knocked out. b el IR Mu d Suicide. CovLvmnus, O, “Tunis Amack this morning shot aud killed Elizabeth Anderson and afterwards suicided, Amack was a di- vorced man with three children, the eldest being o twenty-year-old boy, Mrs. Ander- "son had been separated from her husband for some time and had & grown-up family. Amack had known Mrs, Anderson for some time pnd had been greaily smitten with her. She told him a few days ago that she was go- ing back to her husband and Amack threat- ened her lifo if she did. Phis morning he went to her house and after a quarrel struck her down with a latchet. and then fired three bullets into her body. Rushing back 10 his boarding house he told his son what he hud done uad then killed himsel with 4 bul- et. e The Greek Church Troubles. CoNsTANTINOPLE, Nov. 2.—[Special Cable. gram to Tue Bk, ] —A crowd of Cephalonians forced their way into the Greek church at Galetta today and performed their devotious by themselves in the absence of the priest, as @ protest against the recent general closing of the Greek churclies. ‘The police at first offored resistauce, but soon yiclded to the people. KNOWS THAT 0JAHA 1S LOYAL Hon. L. D, Richards Gives That Asst to His Fricnds, ANSWERS A ROORBACK IN STRONG TERMS, A Matter That Interests All Nebraska Republicans — Marshal Slaughter Has Something to Say on the Same Topic, Several telegrams have been received by Tue Bee during the past two days,*stating that in various parts of tho state anti-prohi- bitionists would hold back their votes on Tuesday until telegrams were received from | this city in rogard to the wiy Omaba repub: licans are supporting Richards. The tenor of the telegrams is to the effect that while thousands of republican voters ave opposed to the amendment, their first concern is for the success of the party ticket and that they would resent any treach- v in Omaha by voting for prohibition. Hon. L. D. Richards was interviewed by Tie Bee at the Millard hotel in relation to this matter and spoke very strongly. Said the gubernatorial candidate: “L owant to assure mw friends eve where that there is no ground for such a feeling I have eve rea- son to be satisfied with the attitude of the republicans of Omaha, whe r I have been that I treachery in Douglas count civeulation of such reports v crats in the intervest of their ¢ republicans of the state w that Omaha is loyal to tho nothing of such telegrams as you refer to, but will say that T believe they ‘are founded on & misapprehension of the situation in Omaha.” The name of Marshal Brad Slaughter hav- ing been mentioned in some of the tel ms as the person who had undertaken tc - municate with outside republicans duving , that gentleman was interviewed He said: i into no such arrangements On the contrary, 1 have every reason’ to be- lieve that Omaha republicans will be loyal to Richards and the whole ticket. 1 know nothing of such telegrams as you sy but Ido know that the situation in Oun does not justify them. No. Say for me t the thousands of Richards men over the state v rest assured t the ticket will be h in Omaha. done by demo- v rest ussured cket, I know ¥ B “I have enter "ARES. The Views of P. lington on Cmieago, Nov. 2.—[Spocial T Tue Bee.]—The Zone o Hungavian system of regulating passenger fares is the subject of much discussion among prommnent rail roads in the west, One of the most promin- ent general passenger agents of the country, P. S. Bustis of the Burlington system, today Eustis of the B ie Subject. he Zone or Hungarian system is at- tractive to the casual observer, but in reason- ing that it can and should be adopted in Amrica, the average writer seems to assume o great dealas true. For instance, tho new plan has ouly been in use in Hungary about a year. It i3 not yet known whether it has proven profitable from our point of view, and so radicala change in plans can hardly in so short a time have brought known' re which are permanent. Yet if the plen i profitable one of doing i t busines it certainly is not d in America, where railroads are ran for profit. Moreover, as the Hungarian government foots the bills and her officers are promoters of the new plan, Americans only expect, at this early date to heav of its good results. Alil that has been written on the subject fails to show that Hungarian railways are doing a profitable business now, or that they did under their old pian., The new rates in Hun- ary arenot, in fact, lower than American i service. True, some of the third cluss fares are lower than fares offered in Ame , but they are for a class of ser ice not wanted in the United Stat should fit up with benches a common frei box car it would correspoud Hung third Moy , this kind of servic ordinary freight trains ave to fifteen miles an hour. The Hun- gavian rates, prior to the adoption of the new plan, averaged 50 per cent higher than those in America. In a general way, therefore, they have only reduced their rates on the average to what Anerican rates are, Professor James of Philadelphia, writing on this subject, says that while Americans are the most restless nation in the World, we carry less passengers on a mile of railroad in prosortion toour population than are carried in Bugland and other Buropean countries, Nowas the rates in European countries average very much higher than American rates, it follows logically that lower rates do not of themselves promote a large business. “As the American railway service ages easier to use than the European se it follows also that it takes something more than low rates and good service to make a good passenger business, From an Ame can standpoint the Hungavian tariff is unfair in several respects. That tariff says that if a man is going ten mil 43 cents, but, if he is going twenty we will only charge him 32 cents. The same tariff also o is carried vnless you for it, on the theory that a man ought to more for traveling with a trank than without one., If this is sound reasoning, why ¢arry & man twenty-five miles for the same charge that is made for ten miles? “Whate! may be the merits of the Hun garion system, it is not practicable in Awme ca. Its adoption iuvolves the necessity of operating all the roads in a given territory as one, offsetting the loss on one piece of track with the profits on auother, But as Ameri- can railroads are owned by individuals, su a plan of operation is impossible. Perhaps if the American government owned all our rail ways and was willing to foot the bill if there were losses, as the Hungarian government does, the Zone system of fares would be practicable here, but not until then, Kven then it may not be desirable,” B Colorado Senatorial Fight, Cuteaco, Nov. 2.—[Special Telogram to e Ber.]--State senators Cochran and Bailey of Colcrado are in the city and think that Sena- tor Teller will be returned to the United States senate by the next legislature, “The political situation in Denver is mixed,” they say. “N. P, Hill, who runs the Denver Republican, has been an enemy of Senator Teller for the last s1x years —eve since Teller beat him for the nomination Hill used to be United States senator aud he been back of & movement against the regular nomination, and the anti-gang ticket, as he calls it, is going to make a good fight of it. All attempts at reconciliation have been in vain. The result will be that the dcmo- cratic ticket will win in Arapahoe county but in the country districts the gang ticket will win, That will mean ten more demo- crats in the legislature, but that won't give them @ majority in the legislature. Teller will bere-clected —he's elected now, in fact, and he may thank Edward O. Walcott, his colleague, for it. It will be because of the great popularity of Wolcott that Teller will e re-elected.”’ e Hill City Congratulates Itself. Huul Ciry, 8. D, Nov. 2. special Tel: gram to Tue Bee. 'he People of Hill City enthused last evening over the completion of the B. & M. rallroad to this point. During the firing of a national salute and a blaze of fireworks a torchlight procession, headed by the band, .marcoed through the principal streets, where @ tin spike, presented b the Harmey Peak Consolidated Tin Mining company, \was driven by E. G. Holway, au -, Prof. was r, After short speeches by nd Judge Mitchell the procession 1w town, where Rev, B, Hamilton de- livered @ congratulatory specch and pro sented thoe spike to W. H. Gates, the reprc sentative of tho railroad company. — Avout fifteen hundred people took part in the pro cession. Anarchise Fischer's Beother Snicide Pirrsweno, P Nov. 2. Special Tele- gram to Tae Berj-Charles Fischer, a brother of the v ous Adolph Fischer, the Chicago anarchist who was banged for the Haymia rime committod suicide this after noon. Fischer was a compositor on the Frei heit Preund, a Pittsburg German newspaper, and for some time had been suffering from ill-health, Yesterday afternoon he asked a fellow-boarder at N for his revolver, but r He at once entered his own room and closed the doc Ten minutes afterward he was foun, lying dead on the floor, strangled like s anarchist brother, but by his own hand. Ho had knotted a silic scarf about his neck, tied it about the low bed post, and thrown his entire weight upon it, steangling to death in ten minutes. He lefta letter saying that in caso anything hap A to him today, hissecond brother at ewoodville, Pa.,” should be notified Among his personal goods were found sev- eral books upon socialistic topics. - Bloody Deed of an Anarchist, St Pavr, Minn,, Nov. 2.—A terrible tragedy ocenrred in Soath St. Paul this morn- ing. A young herder driving cattle belonging to Rogers Brothers, well known live stock men, aci tand be- longing to George Roberts to reac ture geound. Bobarge came out saulted Mickle. Benjamin Rogers, house is but a short distance away, hea the troublo later and going over to Roba place asked him to mark the line of his property and ent future trouble, Robarge assiulted Romers with an ax, but was driven buck. William Rogers camo to s brother’s assistanco and Robavge zota shotgun and fired oue barrel into William's shoulder, seriously wounding hiw, and the other into Benjwnin Rogers' head, killing bim instantly, The rer then reloaded the gun, and goi barn blew the top of his head off. n anarchist. — - i Darving Robbery at Meadville. Meabviiee, Pa, Nov. 2.—A bold robt was perpetrated at 10:30 last night at the Woells Ilargo express express oftice, which is situated across the street from the York, Pennsylvania & Ohio passenger d¢ where scores of people ¢ wally pass Agent C. P. Moore was slone in the oftice counting the contents of tho cash drawer when two men entered, levelled revolvers at him and eautioned him against mak ing an_outery. After binding and Moore the robbers rified the inz money packages valued from 0. Moore succerded in vele himself after half an hour of hard work and notified the authoritios, but no ‘trace of the robbers could be found. Chmeagtials The Mormons Avoused. Utan, Nov. 2.—[Special Tele- m to T Bre|—~The mormon bishops cd the saints this evening in the va ward religious meetings to turn out Tuesda and vote the people’s ticket, and to beware of tho unscrapulous liberals, who would cheat the Mormons out of their vote if they could, The fir: esident, has just issued @ o calling upon the saints to establish parochial schools in the different ci wards, where Mormon children may be gathered Saturday after- noons and tanght the principles of Morn-on- ism. The circular inveighs against the gen. tilo majority in the board of education for not allowing Morimon religious exercises in the schools. and as- whose d of - - A Notorious Burg ar Confesses. Sacraneyto, Cal., Nov. 2,-George Shiun, who with Charles Thorn escaped from th California state prison three years ago and was recently captured in Chicago, has con fessed to the authorities that be and Thorn returned to California early in 1950 and w the perpetrators of many stage robberies thut occurred that year. Bésides these he con fessed to numerous burg and sandbag- gings. He Thorn returned to Chicago in May of this year and between then and the time of the capture they committed twenty- five robberies and burglavies iu Illinois. Loxnox, Nov. e Tur Ber. ] -The funcral of Mrs. Hogg and her baby, who were murdered by Mrs Piercey in Southampstead on October 24, took place today and was attended by an enovmous crowd. The interment was in Finchley cemetery, The husband of the murdered woman, whose relations with Mrs Piercey wero the prime cause of the traged was among the mourners. He was the object of many threatening utterances and demon- strations. Ul ST Advices from Japan Sax Fravcrsco, Cal, Nov. 2.—Advices from Yokahoma by the steamer Oceanic say that two Chinese men-of-war foundered in the heavy gale of October 9. The loss of life is unknown. Sinco the outbroalk of cholora_in there have been 3,000 ‘ 03, with vices from Hong Kong state that a plot to murder the king and royal family of Corea was disebvered, the king's brother beiug im- plicated. - Horse Thieves at Sterling. StenLiNg, Neb,, Nov, 2.—-[Special to Tie Bee.|—Friday evening at about 6 o'clock three well dressed men entered the oftico of A. B. Noble's livery barn and said they wished to hire a team togo to Adums and would be back by 10 o'clock. After their de parture the constable came along with photo jraphs of three escaped convicts, and ono of them corresponded exactly with one of them Mr. Noble hus been telographing in all diree- tions but has heard nothing from his custom- ers. e A Review Course at Syracuse. Syracusr, Neb.,, Nov. 2.—[Special to Tue Ber.]--A meeting of the citizens of this vil lage was beld at the Uniod opera house Oc- tober 81 for the purpose of considering the feasibility of constructing a review or figure +5" milo track in connec with the Otoe county fair grounds. 1t was decided to add forty acres of laud to the present fair grounds and construct such a track at once. Steams New York ampague, from d the Lizard New York for Havre. , At Southampton —THo Spree, from New York for Breuen, ———— Grand Duke Nicholas Paralyzed. S1. Priersiura, Nov. 2.—[Special Cable- gram to Tig Ber]—Grand Duke Nicholas who became insane during tho rece wancuvers in Volhynia, i3 now comy paralyzed and in a comatose condition. 15 no danger of a violent erisi La Bourgoyne. from The Weath r Forecs For Omaha and Vicinity —F ary tomperature, ¢ r Nebraska, warmer till I y becoming south tion- swa and Dalcota - Fair; night; varlable winds, -— Well Known Hardware Man Dead Cuicaco, Nov. 2.—F. F. Spen vica president of the Hubbard-Spencer-Bartiett company, and one of the best known bard ware men in the country, died last wight, aged seventy-three, - UMBLK 138, A MONSTER MEETING, Six Thousand People Assembled at the Colie seum to Hear Prohibition Discussed, ST, JOHN FALS TO MATERIALIZE, But Mr Rosewatet's Masterly Address Holds the Vast Audience. A GRAND OVATION TO THE SPEAKER, Pronibition's Blighting Effects Fore cibly Porteayed -Shall We Free Whisky and Anarchy for the Havo Neat Twelve Months 2 Fully six thousand people, among them seve eral hundred ladies, heard M. E. Rosewater deliver his closing speech of the campaign agaiust the prohibition ameudment at the Coliseum yesterday afternoo: « The meeting was but briefly announced and s called late Saturday evening in response coment in the proliibition shoots 5t. John of KKansas was going to ack Mr., Rosowater at the amendmens headquart e, Rosewater at once chals longed St cot him and announced that in the event of St. John's failure to pus in an appearauce he would present the issue alone, Long before the hour fixed for the meeting the crowds began to pour iuto the vastavena, and when Mr. Rosewater appeared ‘clock fally 6,000 people were greet him, The prohibition fanatics Lad boys at doors, distributing handbills announc ing had been called rutation and that t. & at the amendment | announcement did not d ence from vemaining to hear Mu discussion of the issue At2:2 o'clock Mr, W, 1. Kierstead callod the immense meceting to order and introduced the speak Mr. Rosewater was very warmly He began by explaining the mecting. When hie arvived home Saturday from the west he AW @l announ ment in the prohibition paper that St. John would roast IRosewater at the amendment headquars ters at 2 o'clock in the afternoon and would eat him at half past seven in the evening. T immediately published a challenge,” sid Me, Rosewater. *for St. Johu to meet mo in a lavs ger area than the amendment headquarters , which only can accommodate 700 pedple. He is the chicf upostlo of prolibition in the United States and has beon going up down thi tho stato lenging adyoeates of high license to meet nim and I supposed 1.‘ would be glad to accept my challenge. have been invited to campaign and would hav him here. I am surprised that he did nod come. I have never refused to meet any champion of prohibition, and in the absen of Mr. St. Joln I will cheerfully divide time with any advocate of prohibition, or will an- swer uny question any one may ask touchis; the facts I may present or the statements may make, “It is not iy purpose to berate or attacls any oun who lionestly believes that the cons dition of the state and the welfare of the peos ple would be bettered by the adoplion of pro= hibition, There are thousands of zood vecs ploin Nebraska who honestl lieve this, and for these sineere bel I have th test resy But ro are who have invad the stat from mercenary motives, who have come_ from ates wh prohibition has been tried and proved a failure; and who have come from states where the people have rejeeted by overwhelming majoritic Theso men and women have invaded this state to tell you how to take care of your own houses and how to bring up and protect ¢ boys. They have advertised Omaha as & the most wicked city in the world and have alloged that the Nebraska saloon is fille ing the state with paupers, deunkards and all s of criminuls, Fov these imported aries I have no respect, and [assory ssing 10 Nobraska when their occupation is gone and they are oom- pelled to leave the state. (Prolouged Ap- plause.] Mr. RRosewater then enumerated the colonels from abroad who have been preaching prohi- bition in Nebraska—the colonels from Indis ann, Ohio, Kentucky, Towa, Michigan and Pennsylvania, incloaing Colonel Helen Gous gar and Colonel John 1, St. John. *'Fhe en- tiro holy family of St. John” he snid, “is here. There are Colonel St. Johu, Mrs, Colonel St. John, Rev. St. John, and Gov- ernor St. John, The all’ lolt their children, if they b home 10 coiue here to tell you' how to manage your boys.’” [Langhte T'he speaker then gave the position of Neal Dow, the futher of prohibition, on the iss Dow declared that the prohibitionists in deadly und eternal war against the which was an enemy of education, y and all the virtaes.. “All prohibitionists,’ said Mr. Rosewater, stand on that plutform, They clamor against the saloon but they don’t propose to aholish the coutents of the saloon, They simply demaud the abolition of the salocn sign ond allow, as & substitus tion, the whisky joint, the ‘hole in the wall and the boot-legzer.”” [Applause. | Mr. Rosewater then dissected Dow's dece aration that the saloon trafiic creates no wealth, He showed that in the establish: ment and operation of a b y or distillc the purchase of ground, building material the employment of labor, the purchase of grain and the materials used for the manus fasture of beer or whisky, produces money for those interested the same as would the same expenditure for the construction of a factory of any other kind. “We come then,” he sald, “to tho brewer and distiller ready for business. Bofora he sells one bottle or keg or liquor he must pay alicense to the United States government, The revenue from this source amounts to £100,000,000 a year and_creates wealth jusg the Same as money derived from imports at our ports or from” any other source. Then the retail dealer must pay from £500 to 1,000 @ year to the city treasu which goes into thio school fund.” Finally comes ‘the retailin, of the liquor. The consumer pays for it an gots nothing to show for it unless it is the stomich ache or possibly a case of delerium tremens, [laughiter], and this is probably what Neal Dow refers to. But this is nothe ing unusual. A vast amount of money is ex- pended each year in the vaising of tobac nd the manufacture of cigars. Tho cons sumer buys them and his money up in smoke. |Laughter.] Why don't you prevend the growing of tobacco by a constitutional amendmentt [Apolanse. | Fourth of Jaly and at other larize amount of mon fireworks and more boys than are injured by the Su chasers have nothing to show f Why dou’t they prohibit the manufacture of fire- works by & constitutional amendment{ When you pay 5 cents or f0 to & show and Liear the music and sc cphant and the dromedary and hear the clown crack his chestouts and pay 10 conts for a glass of cir- cus lemonade and then go home, you have nothing to show for it. Why don't’ you pros hibit shows and theaters by a constitutional amendy WIhd prohibitionists are peculiar p Phey insist that morals must be improv statiitory enactments and they are unwilliug to give people a chancs to batile with temptas ticn. ‘I'hey slander and denounce everybody | who differ om them. Here is a simple. It is the rof & probioition tract | received recently from Rev, Simms way ouf lin Portland, Ore, There are two siampt unde ise woul Tuis of the audi- Rosewater's John wrocted, lling of the ot iim during th been glad to meod othy