Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 20, 1890, Page 4

i : i ¢ & ; THE OMAHA DAILY BEE, EATURDAY DECEMBER 20, 1800 THE DAILY BEE. E. ROSEWATER knbiron. R Rl Ml PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING TERME OF BUBSCRIPTION, Dally and Sunday, One Year. mon ths 4ressni e Year.. Jne Year. OFFICE Omaha, The Bee Building. ) rner N and 265th Streets Btreot. of Commeroe. Tribune Bullding Washington, rieenth Btreet. CORRESPONDENCE Al communications relating to news and editorinl matter should be addressed to the Editorial Depnrtment. BUSINESS LETTERS. All business letters and remittances shonld be addressod to The Bee Publishing Company, Omaha. Drafts, cheeks unllrJ)mu»mra orders to e made payable w the order of the tom pany. ) T'he Bee Publishing Company, Propnelor‘i, The Bee B'10'g, Farnam and Seventeenth § P_WURN ETATEMENT OF C”CU’ULATIUN Eln;/nnl Nl'l\l;n‘!\(h " Jounty of Douglat Grorge 13, Trschuek, secretary of The Bee Publishing compuny, Qoes solemnly swear tnat the netual eirculation of Tne DALY Ber for the weex ending Dec. a8 o Jows: Enndar. T Mondny, 1 b Baturday, Dec. Average.. Gronar B, TZSCAUCK. Fvorn to Fefore mo and subseribed fn mo Presence tnis Lith day of December. A, D.. 1FEAL | N. P, Frit, Notary Publie. Etate of Nebraska, ‘ounty of Douglas, {ss huck, beinz duly sworn, de- nys that he is secretary of Tho Beo bublishing Company, that the actual average dally_circalution of Tue DA1LY BER for the month of December. 189, was 20,48 coples; for January, 1600, 10,55 conies; for Februnzy, 1860, 39,761 con'es: for March. 1800, 10815 capies: for A pril 20,504, vies; for May, 1890, 2,150 coples: e, 1800, 20,001 cop'es; for July, 36(h, 30,02 coples; for Angust. 1 0,760 coplest for Eenterler. 180, 2).570 1 for October, 1800, 20,702 copies; for Noven: 1680, 22,130 copies. GFoNGE B, TZSCRUCK. Eworn to before me, and subscribed fn rmy presence, this 6thaay of December, A, D., 180). N P, e y Public [ ——d T Tirw proposed fire limits accord with the progressive spirit of Omaha, Tug surplus cash of the Alliance is n Godsend to the prohibition inquisition, THE editors of the rural republican press continue to score scoops on the local postoflic SENATOR CHANDLERmight profitably emuiate Quay in giving force to the phrase, **Silence is golden. ” TaY problem whether a corpse can be successfully galvanized will be solved by the senate’s action on the force bill. Tom MAJORS will wear the hickory shirt until the gubernatorial muddle is settled. By that sign ho still hopes to conquer. AN apology isdue and hereby tendered to the legal profession for inadvertently classing the prohibition inquisitors as lawyers. THERE i& no practical difference in the result of investing in bogus or genuine lottery tickets, It is merely a question of which pocket captures the cash. THE clection contest is understood at last. It is a contest for legal fees and an attempt to count obscure lawyers into public notice. It is harmless but ex- pensive, Ty modern method of Indian war- fare is to send friendly redskins after the hostiles, This method has the great advantage of keeping the soldiers out of harm’s way. IN CONNECTICUT it may be necessary to place a bayonet behind every ballot. 1In thissection every ballot is a bayonet, puncturing the enemies of progress and development. MR. CHAFFEE naturally supports the suggestion of swelling the receipts of the waterworks company. The pipe line bosses did not work for his re-elec- tion for glory. DicTaToR BURROWS is too busily en- gaged playing catspaw for his prohibi- tion allies to give the slightest attention to the wants of unfortunate farmers in the drought-stricken counties. INGALLS' worst enemy does not claim that Kansas ean send any man to fill his place. But there are people in Kansas who think it is a virtue to rattle around % the rattle has the right twang, PARN left ey 3LL wears o bandage . over his which is not only a physical necessity, but emblematically appro- priate. Recent events have given him a black eyo that will last through his- tory. THAT misguided young statesman, Henry Cabot Lodge, still insists that the force bill must pass. Mr, Lodge was successful as a writer of history, why then does he not stick to writing it and let men make it who know how? — A Lrrrre competition 1s a wholesome thing, Tho completionand operation of the Rock Island short line to Lincoln promises to develop a rivalry in speed that will astonish the residents of Omaha and thoe capital. Fifty-four milesin 70 minutes is a humping western gait. SENATOR HOAR has becn a long time in publie life, but has never before been 8o well advertised as during his advo- caoy of the force bill. He is one of the ablest and purest members of the senate, but his conspicuous identifleation with radical partisan measures has given him an unpopular name with the people. — THE first sleps have been faken toward an investigation of the Indjan troubles by a congressional committee, This was inevitable. Congress never loses an opportunity tosend a party of visiting stutesmen on a junket. It is possible that the present trip may prove fruitful. Two subjects well worthy of 1ts study ave the questions of rations and of the permanent location of troops. Provisions should be made to prevent the fattening of agents on supplies in- tended for the Indians, and also fora more economical way of insuring safety toeettlers, The cost of hastily moving troops to the frontier in the past five weeks I8 estimated at $500,000 to $1,000,000. HONOR TO WHOM HONOR IS DUB. General Miles® management of the | campuign against the hostile and semi- hostile Sioux reflects his ability as an Indian fighter, Inthe present instance he was not confron’ed with actively hos- tile pands, but the danger of aserious outbreak was apparent and his task was to confine it to the smallest practicable area of territory. - To this end General Miles directed his enorgies and forces, o did not at- tempt to provoke an outbreak. He sought to diminish the dangers by such ashow of force as would impress the savages with the fatal folly of going on the warpath. The plans were well laid and effectively executed. On all sides the Indians have been hemmed in, and should the remnant of the hostiles now attempt as in former times to devas tate the country their operations will necessarily be confined to a limited sec- tion of the Dukotas, They are hedged in by troops on the north, south and west, while on the east they are also con- fronted with well armed Indian police, and a strong force of regulars. In such a predicament the hostilos must either surrender or perish, There is no eseape. They cannot raid other states and leave a trail of blood, nor ter- rize a third of the nation as did the Perces and Sioux within the mem- ory of the present generation. The plan adopted and carried into effect by General Miles not only relieved public fears, but made a serious out- break impossible. Whatever be the causes leading up to the warlike demon- strations, and regardless of the censure due the government for the treatment of its wards, due credit must be given to General Miles for the vigorous measures Do has taken o protect the people and prevent a dangerous Indian outbreak. THE SENATORS FROM IDAHO. The young state of Idaho has settled her senatorial difficultios by placing the toga on the shoulders of three of her citizens, Fortunately she had at her disposal one long and two short terms, which enabled her to adjust matters with atrifloless than the usual amount of Leartache, There have been two troublesome ele- ments in the Idaho situation. The first was the fact that the republican state platform declared that one senator should be chosen from the northern and the other from the southern part of the state. Delegate Dubois and Governor Shoup were undoubtedly the choice of the people, but both came from the south and the north set up a loud howl for its rights. The struggle between duty and desire wore heavily on tho republican members of the legislature. DBesides this complication there was the railroad influence which demanded that the pop- ular Dubois be sacrificed because of his independent manner toward corpora- tions. The result of the prolonged contest is as satisfactory as any that could be reached. Governor Shoup and W. J. McCounell, the latter from north Idaho, are elected for the short terms and will draw lots when they reach Washington to determine who shall sit for three months and who for four years. Mr. Dubois is elected for the six-year term. By this adjustment the republican legis- lature hasredeemed itsplatform pledges, repudiated the railroad influence and done justice to the man who won state- hood for Tdaho. Of the senators-elect McConnell is a new man, but Shoup and Duboisare well imd favorably known for ability and suc- cessful public service. Shoup is an old pioneer and was formerly conspicuous in Colorado politics. He is a man of sturdy qualities. Dubois has enjoyed much popularity and great influence at Wash- ington and can doubtless do more for his state in the senate than any other man who could have been chosen, 1t is gratifying to note that both Tdaho and Wyoming have sent their ablest men to represent them in the senate and not repeated the blunders of Nevada in selling their great honors to the high- est bidders. CHARTER CHANGES. The initial meeting of the committee appointed to revise the city charter was fruitful of important suggestions, They comprehend such radical changes in the existing law that they should be care- fully weighed in all their bearings be- fore being recommended to the legisla- ture. Beotter far to bear the ills we have than plunge into those we know not of. The exporience of the city in the past should be the guide of the future, and all innovations avoided that do not guarantee the betterment of the city without increasing public burdens. The problem of taxation vitally concerns not only property owners, but directly involves the future welfare of the city. It would be folly to plunge into schemes which involves an increase of the present levy Admitting all the evils of the system of P ment, its injustice and outrageous discrimination, the city cannot afford to create new departments and necessurily wore officials to fatten on the substance of the taxpayers. The burdens are now unequally distributed. The poor pay a greater per cent than the rich, Prop- erty valued at hundreds of thousands of dollars 15 illegally exempt, and acres of valuable trackage, occupied by warehouses, coal and lumber yards, is lumped in as railroad right of way and the city deprived of revenue therefrom, It s certainly not practicable to pro- vide an independent assessment for the city. Suppose the assessment valuation of Omaha was raised to $100,000,000 and the Douglas county assessment returned to the state officers at the present fig- ures—$25,000,000. Is it reasonable to suppose the stato equalization board would ignore the city assessment and ac- cept the county return as an honest one? The county now pays one-sighth of the ontire state revenue. Its quota for 1890 aggregates $177,605. Tak- ing the enlarged Omaha assessment s a basis for the whole county, tho state’s share would amount to three- quarters of a million dollars, A radical incrense in the assessment must be followed by a reduction in the levy. The proposed change would there- fore benefit the state treasury and dimin- ish the revenue of the city and county, ll:lit.her the whole system of assessment must be changed on the plan urged by 1 the Madison county commiseioners last spring, or the authorities of the ocity must exercise greater vigilance in com- pelling all elasses of property, including city franchises, to pay ajust share of the public burdens, ——— A NEW FORCE IN THE ALLIANCE, There is a new force at work in the Farmers' Alliance, It is the spirit of wise conservatism, and it involves new leaders, new ideas and a new and healthier impulse to the organization. This fact is apparent to every one who studies the course of the recent conven- tion at Lincoln. Although the session was largely occupied with private mat- tors to the exclusion of public questions, the changed conditions can be plainly read in the results of the work. The wild talk of the stump was greatly mod- ified in the deliberations of the conven- tion, and will probably become still moro conservative in the solemn acts of the legisiature. These facts Thave a double significance. They show that the apprehensions of the business com- munity are likely to prove groundless, and they also indicate the doom of boss- ismin the Allianco and the trivmph of idens that will enbance its strength and usefulness. Jay Burrows has been the leader of the radical poticy which has given anxioty to the state and threatened the Alliance with destruction. Heretofore he has been supreme, but in the recent convention Congressman Kem, General Van Wyck and othe ave led a numer- ous following in anotherdirection. They have voiced the conservative sentiment of the great body of the people, in and outof the organiztion, and prevented tho committal of the Alliance to suicidal policies, When the usury question was up Bur- rows moved to instruet the legislature to putdown the legal rate of interest to 3 per cent per anuum, with forfeiture of principal and interest in case a higher rate was charged. Kem, Van Wyclk and others stood for the present legal rate and induced the convention to put itself on record to that effect. This was a reprosentative instance. Against the fanaticism of Burrows the Alliance has put the reform sentiment, tempered with conservatism, of its w leade There can be no question but what Burrows has lost ground with the inde- pendent party by the results of the con- vention and that Powers has sufiered by his abject subserviency to h The Alliance is swinging rapidly over to the leadership of more reasonable men. This a pieceof good fortune which the people of the state share with the members of that organization. TuE young emperor of Germany has delivered another speech on the school guestion, in which ho made aremark- Able explunation of his progressive re- form policy. *‘We are now,” he suid, “in a period of transition, hastening toward another century. I believe I have divined the spirit of the time in this matter, as in matters of social re- form, and am resolved to venture into paths that if not trodden now we would be forced to tread twenty years hence.” This isdoubtless the key of that sevie of movements with which he has at- tracted the attention of the civilized world since he succeeded to the throne. A patriotic purpose must be conceded to him and social reformers everywhere will feel that they have a mighty ally in this young ruler. Tne New York Timeslaments the sud- den movement of troops from distant points to Dakota, and predicts seriops results following a radical change of climate. Inthe lightof the reports of devastating blizzards, mountains of snow and suspended business in the east- ern states, the troopsare to be congratu- lated on being moved to God’s country, to enjoy bright skies, bracing airand life-giving ozone. TueEoDORE ROOSEVELT has made a sensible speech on the subject of Ameri- can citizens of foreign birth. He says they should not use any un-American prefixes or seck to agitate foreign poli- tics. They should bo Amervicans and nothing but Americans. Teddy Roos velt appeared to have a brilliant future until eivil service reform claimed him for her own, A LITTLE civil service reform with re- gard to appointive city officials would bo a wholesome addition to the charter. This applies particularly to inspectors. The law should make impoerative the se- lection of competent men for these posi- tions, Under present methods thoy are chosen solely for their ability to further the political fortunes ef their backers. An Ancient Adage Displaced, Cvicago Tribune. In thehands of men entirely devoted to United Ireland tho crowbar appears to be mightier than the pen. Survival of the Fittest. “t. Louw Globe-Democrat. Either Sitting Bull or civilization in South Dakota had togo, and the one which could the better be spared went. A Minneapolis Sentence. Minneapolis Tribune, The lunatic who hurled @ chair through that noble painting, “The Awakening of Spring,” at Omaha Monday should be sen- tenced to gn asylum for the io ber of days equal to the number of doliars at which the picture was valued, that is to say 15,000. Such fools should not be permitted to run at large and ruin_the reputation of an aspiring Missouri river town as an art center, —r——— THE SONG OF T. RECUMBENS, Chieago Tribuns, Then they killed the Injun chieftain, Sitting Bull the tough ola Injun, Shot him when he tried to mizzle, Shot him with their deadly muskets, Filled him full of leaden bullets, Emptied their revolvers at him, Plugged him with thoir trusty carbines, And old Sitting Bull, the Injun, Heap big Iniuu, quit'his fighting, Quit his trying to skedaddle, uit his lying and his cheating, And his stealing, and his whisky, Laid aside his evil habits, And took straightway his departure For the Kingdom of Ponemah, ¥or the laud of the hereafter. Mourn not for the tough old Injun, Shod no litter drops of anguish O'er the grave of this old Injun, He has missed one piercing Sorrow, One soul hurrowing affiction, Oneheart-breaking, frightful horror— Hewill never see the pictures Priuted of him in the papers. OTHER LANDS THAN OURS. Tho death of fiijtam 111, of Holland brines to an end the malgyJineof the younger branch of the house of Nas: whose historical dis- tinction began Witk William of Orange. The kingdom of thé| Netheriands and its largo colonial possessing descend to the late king's daughter, Wilhohmdna, a girl in her eleventh year, What will be the political conse- quences of this swecession! 1t is undeniable that female soverefgns have brought no good luck to the low countries. Jacoba or Jacque- line of Holland was dispossessed by Duke Philiip ot Bergundy, tuough not witheut a struggle which racted the disputed territory for some twenty years. Again, when the Netherlands, togovher with all the non-Salic dominions of Charles the Bold, fell to his daugbter, the Duchess Mary, France and Germany fought for the heiress, and years of warfare followed her marriago to Maximil- fan. Thepresent queen, Wilhelmina, is the grandniece of (‘zar Nicholas, yot wo may bo cortain that the project of uniting her with a Russian grand duke would provoke armed re- sistance on the' part of Germany, It is equally probabls that her marriage with a German would ve opposed by Russin and by France, Forty-four yoars ago tho marriage of Isabella 1L of Spain under analogous circumstances eame withina hair's breadth of kindling a Furopean conflagra- tion. In the present situation of Europe Hot- land is noless likely to prove a firebrand than Spain was then, It is doubly true of a girl sovercign whose kingdom has been for nturies the cockpitof Burope, that uncasy lios the head that wears a crown, Tho change of dynasty in the grand duchy of Luxemburg can hardly fail to bo regarded with irritation at Borlin, The ex-duke of Nassau took an active part in supporting the demoustration agaiust Prussis organized by the Frankfort diet in 1866, and, uniike some other victims of Sadowa, he has never kissed the hand that smote him. Tt must gall William II. to know that in the event of & new war between Frauce and Germany the sy mpathics ot the new grand duke of Luxemburg would be un- disguisably against him. The strategic im- portance of Luxernburg is as indisputable today as it was in 1867, when the wran over it mearly caused a contest between Prussia and Nupoleon 111, The property qualifications for the excr- cise of the parliamentary franchise is still re- tained by Belgium, Italy, Spain, Austria and Englaud. Tt is small in all of them, but targer in Beigium than in any other, and ox- cludes a larger proportion of the malo popu- lation. This has long been oneof the griev- ances of the Belgian workingmen, who of late years have been the most turbulent in Eu- rope, and the most. veckless in striking. The chamber of deputios has now at last con- sented to take futo consideration the propri- ety of modifyinz ov repealiug the forty seveuth article of the constitution, which contines the clection of representat voters pying 50 francs anuualiy in taxes. Last yoar this gave the franchise toonly one in thirteen of the adult male The abolition ofy this qualifi formed part nfl the prograr the advanced radicals almost ever since the monarchy was founded and the con stitution adopted, sixty years ago; but it has been steadily and successfully resisted both by conservatives and liberals, owing to the dread of the tlericals on the one hand and of tho socilists on the other. In the country districts the influence of the clergy on the working class is very great, while the citios and the mining districts swarm with communists and anarchists, In that inte both France and Germany have goue over universal suffrags,’ but the Belginns have re- mained firm, in spite of great discontent and numerous disorders. T'ho bulk of the cham- ber scems to be atlastconvinced that uni- versal suffrage is the best sortof safety valve, and that anyhow it is the fate of all modern natious, which it is useless to try to resist. When the conservatives gave into railways and public schools the day was lost for the old order. So the ch r has unan- imously voted the consideration of a change, but the two-thirds vote would be necessary to decide what the change should be, if any. e The archicological discoveries recently made in Arabia haye thrown an unexpected light on a continent which has hitherto been darker cven than Central Afric Prof. Sayce, the distinguished Orientalist, in writ- ing on thesubjcct, says that ‘the members of the last Oriental congross heard with as- tonishment that a country which had been supposed to belittle more than a waste of sand and rock, inhabited by wandering nomads, and first appearing on the page of history in the time of Mohammed, had veally been a centre of light and culture in remoto ages—a lund of active trade and commerce, which once exercised an important influcnce on the civilized world of the ancient east, and possessed an alphabetical system of writing carlier, it would seem, than that which we know as the Phenician alphabet.”” This di covery of the antiquity of writing naturally leads to the conclusion that the ancient Oriental world was far more highly cultured than we have been uccustomed to ima e, and that as for Canaun, education was carried in it to a surprisingly high point. »n The statement that Italy has received a sot-back from England, and cvea from Ger- wany, in ber contemplated occupation of Tripolt recalls the recent designs upon the same country which were attributed to France. Those earlier reports caused an in- quiry tobe made by* M. Deroulede in the chamber of deputics and a repudiation of any such motives by the mivister of foreign af- fairs, M. Ribot. Indoed, T'ripoliis aprovince ot Turkey and thereis no just reason why either Franco or Italy should invade it. Italy, however, has evidently thought that in the recent arrangements of Germany, reat Britain and France for new spheves of influencein Africa, which resulted in giving to the two former lurge possessions between the Zanzibar coast and the great fakes, and to France importagf, gains on the Upper Niger and Lake Tellfd and in the Western Sahara, she ought got to have, been forgot~ ten, Since Frangdhas for about nine years had a protectorateiin Tunis, Ttaly may have believed that Engldia would view not un- favorably her own' interposition between Punis and Lgypt. Count Crispi may have relied ou Germany'ssupport, in view of the triple allisnce; and he may even have sup- posed that France would receive adequate indemnity for l:;)‘p move in a complete annexation of Tus However, the report of a contemplated: odeupation of Tripoli may be un overstatement;and perhaps a sounding of the views of Eugland and Germany was quite as much as wag avtempted. e ‘The signs of the tines indicate thav several Suropean powers have their eyes upon the states of the Central Soudan, which have es- caped appropriation thus far because their isolated position has saved them from Euro- pean invasion, They are far more desirable for the purposes of Europeans than most of the African lands that have beeu cagerly seized. Such states as Bornu, Bagrimi, Haussa and others are half civilized coun- tries, with well developed manufactures, in- dustrious people and large resources. 1t will be greatly to the adyantage of the European power which gains ascendancy in this popu- lous and fertile region. France is doing her best to get iuto the country, She has ro cently sent the Mizon expedition to asceud The Niger and make its way to Lake had. The Crampel expedition is also destined for the Central Soudan, AIMED T0 AVERT PROHIBITION The Admitted Object of the Bankers and Business Men's Association. HOW IT ACCOMPLISHED ITS WORK. Unwelcome Information to Omaha Defamers — The Boodler Editors Who Bought Pay for Supports Ing Their Own Principles. In the Powers-Boyd gubernatorial contest, on Wednesday last, Mr. E. Rosewater testi- fied as follows regarding the Bankers' and Business Men's association, tho ovject for which 1t was organized and how it carried on its worl during the prohibition campalgn. Q.—You may state whether or not. you now hold any oflicial connection with the Bankers' and Butiness Men's associntiont A.—Tho organization was o campaign affair: T pro- sumo the ligh ofiice I held has cxpired. by limitation, Q.—You weroan officerin that organiza- tion before the election! A.—I was chairman of the executive committe Q.—When was the Bankers' and_susiness Men's association organized! A.—Some timo the latter part of A pril, T think, 1500, Q.~Do you remember the place at which the meeting was held? A.—The first meet- ing of the organization occurred in Judgo Wak office in Tk Brg building, fa_tho equity court room of Douglas county, Neb, Q--You may state who was present at that meeting if you remember? A.—I can namo someof tho partios. There somethinge like fifty or sixty business men present at that meeting. 1 think, if I_remember cor- roetly, the Mr. Bradgy of McCord, Brady &Co., C. K. Yostof tho Nebraski telephone company, Postmaster Gallaghe . S, Clarkson, the prosent postmaster; Mr. Bruce, of Blake, Bruce & Co., Mr. _Johnson, of Sloman, Johnson & Co., M¥. Smith, of M. . Smith & Co., and I think Mr. B. B, Wool of tho Merchants' Nationsl bank. 1 can't recollect, all of those who wore present. There were from fifty to sixty persons, mor- chants and bankers ‘and_one or two prof sional men, but principally the wholesalo dealers and bankers. Q.~Who called that meeting? A.—Tho mecting was called by a circular gotton up by Mr. Moflatt, the then reporter for & Co.'s commereial agency ; Moffatt was ing a_great deal amonj: the Lusiness 1 the desire was expressed that somo wtion be effected to carry on the cam- paign against prohibition; this circulur sin- ply called the merchants together, and when they met they made a temporary organiza- tion; if T remémber right Postmaster Cla k- son presided; T was uot in the room through the er meeting, but after the meeting, lasting something like an hour or move, whei Ireturned they had sclected a committee, of which I was made chairman, called the exec- utive committee, that was to make more thorough mrangements for the organization; elected a president finully and a secre- Q.—At that meeting? that meeting, If 1 first meetiog they el A—Yos, T think ot am not mistaken at the ted J. J. Brown presi- dent and Mr. Coe as treasurer, but subse- quently Mr. Brown resigned ‘and there seemed to have been anotlier committee, or another_organization started before this of which Brown was president and Yost treas- urer; these people scemed to take umbadge at the organization of another finally Mr. Yostand Mr. Brown withdrew. Q.~Do you remember when_ that other conmmittee Was organized? A.—I know noth- ing about that. I was not advised of the cir- cumstances of such an organization until this oue was organized; 1 heard that they were Baving sowe privato cotings i the Union club, but they dragged the thing along and had that under con four month; eration some three or and the prohibition people had, itime, made organizations in dif- the non-partisan tian association, and four or five organizations, avd imported a great number of “outside azitators, women and men, to perfect their organization and to agitate and urge the adoption of the prohibi- tory amendment; so we found, in order to make any headway against this organized movementall over the state, that we were compelled to organizea society of those who believed that it would be detrimental to the interests of the state. This so- ol ‘was organized, and after some e time it was decided what its name should be; at the first meoting that wa decided, but after something like two wi of quiet agitation and talking and meetis it was named The Bankers’ and Business Men's association, and a contract was made with Mr. of Lincoln to act as our ger 261 1 have already filed the contract which w made with Mr, Rog- gen with the other committee, Q.--Have you a copy of that contract with you! A. will procure it and fileit with you; there are two copies r. Roggen held and one I held. Mr. Roggen has his. Q.—1 will be obliged 1f you will furnish the reporter with a_copy of it and introduce 1t into evidence. A.—I will furnish a copy of it. Q.—Do you know whether or not Mr. MofTatt, in that former organization, met with you in Judee Wakeley’s court room at that time! A.—I think he did; I think that Dr. Miller, who belonged to the other organi: tion, Henry W. Yates and soveral others were invited; in fact, Mr. Yates came there and Dr. Miller did not attend the first meet- ing, because he said he was bound to go home overy afternoon, and tnis was held at some- thing like 4 o'clock and he had already started out, Q.—Is not it afact that you were one of the first movers ia the organization of the Business Men and .+ Bankers' association? A.—1 was with the organization when it started; I was not the first mover of it There were other people behindt, 1 was se- lected as chairman of their committee and put on there without my kuowledge. I was not in the roomn at the time when the chairman ap- pointed the committee, .—Who was elected president of the as: iation after Mr. Brown resignedt A, —Mr, a1y C. Bul cted president and con- tinued until it petered out. Q.— W hat were the duties of your commit- ith reference to the plan of work! A.— They were very broad, principally to defeat profibition, Q.—What were some of the other duties? ‘The mauner of defeating it was left en- Iy to the judgment of our committee; we wereé supposed 10 be able to have the stato thoroughly -<canvassed and ascertain the strength of the prohibition for conver such people as could be gotten over to our side and rally those that were already with us toa common center and carry on the polit- ical part of the campaign. Q.—Was it understood that your commit- tee had power to use whatever means in their judgment might be necessary to bring about these endst A.—It wastunderstood that the committee should use such legiti- mate means as would be used in any other campaign to bring about the result. The means were somewhat limited in the begin- ning. Q.—Was it left to the executive committeo of which you were chairgan, to formulate’ such plaus as in your judgment would be wise aud prudent, and to employ such means as in your discretion might be necessary to accomplish the purposes and objects of your A.-—We were virtually” the _committe, so tospeak, in the campaign against prohibition; it was' left to us entirely to devise jwhatever measures we thonght were best to carry on the campaign and to employ speakers if we wanted to eni- l:loy them” and employ canvassers, f ~we had anything to pay them to car on the campaign iu a mate manue Q.—Now you muy state what means you or your committee employed to bring about thé object that you had in view? A.— They were various, of course. At fivst we engaged the services of Mr. Roggen, who had boen in public life something 1ike sixteen yea; he ad been deputy secretary of state and scc- retary of state both and was acquainted with all the public men in the state and he was divected or required under his contract to map out the campaign, engage organizors and canvassers and travelers to go about the state, aud the next thing on his own part wus 0 g0 out and organize auxiliary socielics in other towns, Lincoln, Grand Islana, Kearney and various towns of the state and emgage the business men and bankers in the same movement. That took avout sixty days; then when that was done we began to suborgauize; we had about ten organizers in the state, Q—Give the namo of these organizers, A.—I canunot give all of them to you without referen: Q.—Give what you can. A.—Mr. Cook who was_the former consus enumerator, Mr. F. N. Stenberg, was one of the organizers for the Swedish society, John Matthieson for the Danes and a man by the namoe of Lepsa for the Bohemians; we had Mr. Pickott, the editor of n papor at Ashland for one section, Mr. Woells, editor of a paver at Crete, for anofher scction; then there was Mr Erion, formerly of the South Omaha Stockman, 1 can't name the rest. Those men were directod especially to canvass each town and_precinct for senti- mont ; then in addition to that I undertook to poll the state and to ascertain how the farm- ers stood, and prohibition was defeated by the farmers in this stato and not by the city. Iwroten lotter or had one written to every subseriber of Tur Omana WeekrLy Beg, ask. ing him just how he intended to vote on the amendment, explaining the various modes of voting and nsked him also how many if any voters were in his houso and how they would vote on the amendment, These letters were sent out, and in each letter there was o blank to be answered and an envelopo enclosed with the blank for return. In less than forty days [ had an- swers from over cleven thousand farmers, and when I had thom counted up I found that soven thousand or over of that number were against prohibition and about four thousand for it. That made us feel pratty casy, because it was in the farmer districts that we had the greatest trouble in disseminating informa- tion. Then we also went into a dissemina- tion of the facts through debates, and while that wasn't gottenup by us it wasachallenge proposed by the Chautauqua at Beatrico, 1 accepted it rather against the protest of quite anumoerof our committee who thought we could not meet theso people —professionals. prepared myself for that discussion, 1n or- der to be propared I hired a number of men and sent them Kansas and Towa. One spent two Wi in the Towa penit tiaries and I sent letters to the superint dents of the insune asylums of the states for statistics, and when we got all this m: of materiat and the men returred, of course there was considerable money paid out for expenses; well, then we went ou with debate, afd those debates were reported vi batim on_both sides. We engaged three stenographiers there at Beatrice and published the entire debates and sent outsomethinglike soventy-five thousand copics in the state, principally among whe farmers of this state, and the sae thing was done with the Grand Island debate and something like fifty-seven thousand copies of those were sent out. The canvassers kept right on reporting from time to time what the sentiment in the different towns was, and it was by that means that we fought down probibition, Q.—What means was Mr. Roggen in- structed to use inorder to secure the organ- 1zation of branch associations throughout the sta A.—No other means than by persua- sion and by going to see the bankers and business men in the different towns and get them worked up sufficiently to join those of Omahain distributing these papers and or- ganizing auxiliar Q.—Did you e any constitution or by- laws for thé benefit of branch organizations ! A.—No, Q.—Was Mr. Roggen invested with pow- ers to employ other parties to assist him in the work in other towns in the state! A ot without the executive committee, He could report, what he was going to do and we took it under consideration and if it was deemed best he v authorized to do it. As ageneral thing we endorsed his choice, Q.—You may state to what extent the ef- fol made by Mr, Roggen were successful in organizing ~ these branch tions? A.—He succceded in ing twenty or thirty towns, Idon’t know how many. In some of thesé towns they suc- coeded in getting the most prominent s men and influential bankers to take th thing actively in land, in Beatrice particu- larly, where there is a very strong prohibi- tory sentiment. A very promment bauk there, Mr. Smith, of the First national, ana others took that matter in hand, and they o sed their own money and fought their own attle. What was the connection between the nch leagues and the main association? A.—Only this, that we had reports rrom them from time to time by letter from the differ- ent sections, giving us what the chances would be for carrying and how largo o ma- jority there would likely be. Q.—Was each one of the branch leagues entitled to one delegate to represent them 1n some general committee! A. , they had n0 voice in the mutter. The arrangement was this: Each auxiliary was independent of the whole; that is, independent to act and do what was thought bestin their own locality. They were left to choose their own local offi- They were sumply vice-presidents in the main organization. .—You had a general vice president? A, — 5 for each auxiliary. He was their representative in the council! A.—Yes; he orzanized the local society and they could act as they pleased. Q.—You may state whether the Baaker: and Business Men's association adopted any other plan than the one you bave just de- tailed? A.—Notthat I know of. I think all the plans that they had were placed in my hands and I think I would have known if they had had any others, Q.—The executive committee had the ex- clusive charge of the directjon of the cam- puign? A.—Yes, sir; exclusive charge. Q.—Were there any other committees ap- poiuted by the assoclation! A.--Yes, @ finance committee, i \{,—f Who was the chairman? - A.—William A, Paxton. Q.- What was the duty of that committee? A.—It was to raise funds aud disburse them. Q.—-Did the exccutive commitice require any report from the finance committee from time to time! A.—No, only th We some- times had plans that would involve us in a great deal of expense, and wo would inqui whether we could afford to go into them. We at one time tad au application for the sum of £20,000 by thirty editors, They had entered into a little combine and wanted $0,000, but we didn't give them twenty cents, Q.—Did yon know the political complexion of those editors? A.—That particular group was democratic, but there was another group of republicans that were equally desivous Lo help us and they also made trifling demands of from one thousana to two or three thous- and dollars, There was one prominent editor who made ademand of 51,500 and as I refused it he has abused we ever since, Q.—Have you any objection to giving his name A.—Mr. Bushoell of tue Lincoln Call, Q.—How many republican editors made application? A.—1 could not tell you, T was inyited to u republican convention at Lin- coln, and they were delighted toZsee me down there, There was a large number of editors there from the country, and they took me into their confidenc iciently to know if there was anything in it. Quite a number seemed to be anxious to assist us; the trouble was wehadno _money, but they would not believe me, and they insisted that 1 had £100,000 or §00,000 at my disposal Q.—~How many republican editors were present! A.—1 think some thirty or forty, but only ten or twelve were especially anxious. Q.—-What did they want this money for? Do assist in deféating prohibition. ~They were all editors of country pa- t A—Y ~At what time did that occur? must have oceurred in September, Q.—At what time did the democratic edi- tors malke this raid upon you! A.-That was before they had their state convention: they hud tied up in the spring aud decided they would nothing on prohibition: I was told by Mr. McShane that we would encounter dificulties ; that there was a meeting of north Nebraska editors and they decided to keep absolutely mum on probibition until some- thing done; well, they came down here in a large flock,’ and ‘thoy waited upon Mr, Roggen und myself and Dr. Miller, and told t we were a baa lot and that we were working for Richards and would not help Boyd, and that they would work for prohibi- tion, because this business association was a scheme ouly to elect Mr. Richards, and we had lots of calls from democrats then pro- testing against the scheme. Q.—Is it not true that those thirty demo- cratic editors, or some of them, stated that they were opposed to the editors of two city papers getting all the boodle! A.—Yes, they understood that there was $50,000 or £40,000 to be divided, 1 have a list or slip that 1 was paid £100,000, but he has sinee admitted that he dido't believe it was quite that much, Q.~But they did state that they ought to have o divy! A,—They thought o, and in- sisted upon it. Q.—What was the attitude of those papers alter they failed to get a divy of this boodlet A.—They were going for Rosewater as i bad man ; he must get out, and they insisted upon me retiring from the committoe. Q.—Do you mean to be und tood as say- ing that “these thirty democratic and the twenty or thirty republican editors were actuated entirely by a desire for gain{ A Yos, | mean to say that every one of those fellows who came clamoring for bocdie were A~It convictions, as the demooratic party had pro- claimed itself against probibition from time immemorial in this city, and these mon claimed thoy were against it, but wanted to be paid for saying so. Q~—And is it not truo that you stated to these democratio editors that the democratio convention declared agninst prohibition and thoy would not be paid for advocating tho rinciples of their party! A.—I don't think had my interview with them after the con yeation; I think it was before; but I said to Dr. Miller and some other deinocrats who wero thinking, perhaps, wo wero too hard on these country democratic editors that I could / not see why anybody should pay a;dollar to a man who was bound by his own party prin- ciples to advocate its cause and wanted to bo paid for what it believed. Q.—Then the Bankers' and business men's association did not use any of the funds of the association to pay country editors! A Did not use any to pay editors or buy papers, except_in a very fow instances where wo wanted the papers circulated; for instauce, we paid £100 a week for 2,000 Swedish papoers in this city; they were to translate aud pub- lish anti-prohibition speechies of the oryan- izers, For instance, we had Mr. Wells, aud ne was one of the organizors, Q.—Editor of what paper! A.—The Croto Gazette, and there was one at Ashland, who was postmaster there formerly. He was tho owuer of & paper, and_of course he was on the pay-roll as one of the orgauizers, aud con sequently his services were just the samo as other, And his services s organizer did not cntitie the Bankers' and business association to any copies of this paper! A, No, sir, nor did it getany. Q.—How much were they paid per month, except Mr. Rogeent A.—All tho way from £150 to &0 . month; Mr. Roggen received £3,000 for his services during the campaign. It Iasted from May 8 to November S, Q—Did you have the support of any of the country’ papers that you qidn't. pay for throughout the state? A.—Yes, there was for instance the Grand Island Independent, which was out, and out, aguinst proiibition, There was quite a_number of papers against prohibition, at least staty or eighty; we had a list at one time, Q—Did your committoo take steps with regard to the naturalization of foreignerst A.-~They took this step. I made ari ments personally with Mr. Moores, th of the court, for him to keep an ccount of o such papers as he should issue on my orders or orders for parties that 1 would designate, and we would settlo with him; make a final settloment for the whole thing. Tho object was this: That by encouraging the taking of these naturalization papers out we at least secured a greater number of their votes agaiust prohibition, because most of the for- cign people are naturally from their educa- tion, opposed toany prohibition legislation. Two years ago there were several hundred pavers taken out by the republicans aud dem- ocrats, Q.—Did you have a written contract? Simply a verbal agreement Q.—What price was agroed upon! son. A— A~ He charged the same to other parties. In consideration of the largo numbers ho made the price one-half, Q.—Do you kuow how many papers were issued by Mr. Moores? A.—I thiuk over twent ven hundred, Q.—Were any steps taken by you or your committee to secure the naturalization of for- eigners outside of Douglas county? A.—Ounly through the organizers. 1suppose they did the same as we did. They did their work in tneir counties, 1 think, at Kearney, Grand Island and other towns. I one did every- thing he could to get naturalization paper Q.—You had no other committeest A.—No, sir. Q.—~You may state how those foreigners were procured to be naturalized, A.--There were a nuiber of organizatious in this town that made it their business especially to as- certain where they were; they would canvass the town, and when they found out whero any foreigner who was qualified by his rosi- dence to take out his declaration pavers, these associations woald send him to me with one of their committee or members, and I would give him an order on Mr, Moores, say- ing, “Please issue naturalizaton papers, us the bearer may desire, and charge to me,’’ Now the arrangement was this: The personal rights league had a committee, and the Bohe- mians had a committee, and also the Danish “society and German society had committecs; thero were members of these committees who made it a specialty to ascertain and fiud thoso who were qualified, and the person in charge would call and get this general order, and then Mr. Moores would issue as many as wero presented, AN UNHAPPY YOUTH, He Tampers with the Mail and His Employer’s Money Drawer, George Haller, a boy firteen years of age, was turned over to the police yesterday aftor / noon by Joseph Garneau, the cracker man Young Haller has, for several months, been employed by Mr. Guarneau as office boy. His employer had confidence in the lad's bonesty. Among other duties theboy had each dav to go to the postoftice for mail. He car- ried the key to the mail box. The last month, however, he managed to get a key made for himself, This he used after hours or at any timo he chose to get possession of Mr. Garneau's mail, which ho did, appropriating some mone, and checks which it contained He was caugnt on the checle racket by going to one of Garnean’s friends and asking him to cash onc. Just how much money and checks he bas appropriated is not known. When arrested he had no cash in his posession. Young Haller's last break was to pry open a money drawer at the factory and steal $0. Ho will bo pros ecuted for larceny and also for tamperin with the mail. ‘The temporary charge is car- rying concealod weapons, as he hada small revolver in his pocket when arrested. e Warbinton's Plea, Carey J. Warbiugton, the young man who destroyed Bougourcaw’s “Roturn of Spring,” was arraigned in the district court before Judge Clarkson yesterday afternoon and charged with the malicious destruction of the picture. “What do you plead to the ch the court. HGuilt, “Do yc in such a case?” Ay “No, sir, not exactly,”” replied Warbiagton. “Have you anattoriey ! ‘‘Yes, sir.” The court directed that the attorney bo.- sent for atonce. When the gentleman ur- rived he held a- brief consultation with his cliont and then asked permission to chango the plea to “Not guilty.” The chaugo was made, and the case will be taken up for vrial on Monday afternoon. e Building The following permits w superintendent of buildings yesterda Latier Day Saint’s chapel, on s story f addition” to chureh, Twenty-fivst Clurk stroets ... Two minor permits el asked " answered the culprit. Total, T, J, Whitehead of the New Kentucky o and dock compan, Chicas is visiting its Omaha branch, C. K. Mottram, manager. 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