Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 2, 1891, Page 4

THE DAILY BE E. ROSEWATER kmron. = e PUBLISHED EVERY MORN TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, Dafly and Sunda ('n(v\ 0 Elx rmonths i Three monthis p Bfnday Bee,( Ar Weekly Bee, One Year.. . . OFFI0ES VIN Omahn, The Re Koy th O | Gounell Bluf | Chicago Off 7Chamb Commorce, | few Yorlc Rooma 114 Tribune Buliding | ashington, 61 Fourteenth ir and 2th Stroets CORRESPONDENC Ali communications relatine to news and | gditorial mattor should be addressed o the | b AR BUSINESS LITTERS A1l business lotters and remittancos should e addressed to The Bee Publishing Company, O Drafts, ehocks and postofiice orders | 10 be niade payablo to the order of the tom Th'c Bee Publishing:Compan Prnpmlom The Beo Wid'g, Farn - EWORN STATEME Etateof N .orasks County, of Douglas. r Lok George B Tzschuck, secretary of The Ree Publishing compunv. does solemnly swent that the wctual elreulation of The DALY BER for the week endiug Dec. 27, 190, was as foi- Jows, Ennday, Dee oL, ... 2 Monday, Dec. 2, D Wedanestny. De Thursduy. Dee Fridav. Doc. Euturday, Do | OF CIRCULATION Average.. Growan 1. Trscnvok Fworn 1o tefore me and subseribed In my Presence tns Zih day of December. A, D., 1890 IFRAL N. P, Frin, Notary Publle. Btute of Nobraska, County of Douglas, George H. Trschuck, being duly sworn, de- oses i ko ys that he f8 tary of The Bee "ublishing Company, that the actual average daily circulation 'of Tur DALY Bee for “the month of 1600, 10,55 coples; for Tebruary, covies for March. 1800, 20,815 April, @004 covles; for 20,15 s: for June, 180, 20,501 Tuly, W62 Copi o8 for 'Echtemie ples for October, 1800, 20762 cop 1800, 22,130 s for Dec 471 copies. i B, TZ8CHUCK, Eworn tn Teforo mé. and sulscribed fn my prescnce. thisilatany of Decemiier, . Do 1600 It bl ss. May. ON, CoLBY, on, to where glory waits. IN ¥ouRr days more Genoral Reform will take command in Lincoln, recipe for sufety on the Keep your eye on Tibbles’ A SURE fronticr: cont-ta T New Year came in like a lion. How it will retire from business remains 0 be seon, WYOMING eapitalists are determined to lubricate the wheels of progress with oil from the bowels of the earth, AMONG the various combines begin- ning business with the New Year, the soap trust ensily takes the cake. IN Ml is t]u.ul but his memory will live as long as there is an original greenback in circulation. THE thermometer registers 60 degreos below zero down in Maine, and Hannibal Tamlin still defies the element without an overcoat, It 18 a suggestive fact that ing stato officers urge v which they conveniently at the apex of offcial life. all retir- lous reforms ignored while Miss WILLARD wants the woman's building at the world’s fair made in the shape of o woman's lie: And Miss Willard is an old m THE people of Omaha are determined to exhaust every legitimate means to prevent the city being tricked i treacherous railrond manager SHovLp the gallant survivor of the slege of Wahoo move to the seat of war the Indian scalpers will throw up their hands and capitulate without firing a shot. GENTLEMEN who are preparing in- augural addresses as governor of Ne- braska have but a few days left to com- plete the greatest efforts of_their livos. Steady there, Messrs. Boyd,®Powers and Majors. “SOMEDODY s responsible for the massacre,” exclaims tho juckass bat- tery. Undoubtedly. But what troubl the J. B. is that the soldiers did not re- strain thomselves and permit Big Foot's butehers to slaughter eyvery vigorous defense of their lives will never be forgiven by sentimental lunk heads, NOTHING less than a $1.000,000 post- office building will satisfy Chicago, The erection of the building, howover, may De indefinitely postponed if the govern- @hent will immediately improve the local circulation by exchanging from $6,000,000 to $8,000,000 for the new site. The frazzled real estate boom is short of wind, THE irropressible boomer is propar- ing for araid on the Cherokee strip. Although the government hus not com- ploted nogotintions for tho land tho raiders hope to expedite matters by peating the Oklahoma experience. The distressed condition of the sottlors ad- joining the strip foreibly suggosts that the country is a first rate one to stay away from. re- ik frionds of the ool book trust *view with alurm” the prospect of state publication in Nebraska. This is the most natural thing in the world. The money sharks have the same feeling about usury laws, the railroads about a a maximum rate, and the professional patriots about the reduction of legisla- tive expenses. The plain people do not share tho alarm, how They are somewhat pleased at the prospect of baving an innings to themsclves fora | change. or. THE BEE has received from the Massa- chusetts bureau of labor statistics that portion of its annual report relating to the labor laws of the old commonwealth, It is an admirable presentation of the advaneed und humane legislation of a people who #till retain their ancient prestige as among the first of American states. It is remarkable how Massachusetts, which has for years boen in the van *in the enactment of ¥ WILL STEER BY THE CONSTITUTION. A democratic paper announces that 1,000 Omaha democrats will be on hand at Lincoln next week i and Jay Burrows, determined to Dbetter, rotorts that 1,500 alii s will ba th, Wt Frowe Such talk isurrant folly and discred- itable alike to the state and the parties whom these *lead: claim to sent, It has no ¢ nterpart in the fe ing of the people asa whole, nor in that of the and of the democratic i Alliance parties, The ship will b sottled in the manner provided by the constitu- all eittzens will abide the sult, Our government is & government of law, and not of force, Our lawmakers £hould be entirely free from bulldozing or any pressure that would prevent the fre of their functions as r sentatives of the people, The legislature will convene next Tuesday and organize the two houses, The first business in order gwil) be the canvass of the returns for state officers in the prosence of both houses assom- bled. The duty of opening the returns and conducting the canvass devolves upon the of the house. When returns from every county have been 1d and summed up the persons receiv- ing the highest respective offic “to seat Boyd, 70 him farm- 10 8¢ rs, " repro- rank file governors tion and exercis pro- speaker umber of votes for each will be dectared elected. The issues involved in the pending con- test st the governor and state offi- will be heard and determined the legislature at a future date set apart by law for that purpose, That is the mandate of the constitution. If there is any question as to tho eligi- bility of James E. Boyd for any the courts will be called upon to decide it, and again all parties at intorest will abido the de It is ridiculous for anyhody to pretend that the governorship will be settled in the manner that petty Central Ameri republics settle their political diff ces, or that we are have in Ne- braska a dual state government and a final settlement by force, after the fash- ion that once pr led in South Caro- lina. It isnotto be believed that po- litical passions could ever run high enough in Nebraska to dvift the people away from the constitutional methods that are essential to the preservation of fr institutions. THE ARMY PENSION SHARK According to lutest obtainable 0,000 persons enjoy lucrative ut of the pensions granted to survivor: of the rebellion and previous wars, In other words, the beneficence of the gov- ernment toward deserving soldiers and snilors and their dependents has created an army of pension agents ter than the military roster of the nation, and their exactions are at once a scandal to the government and an outrage on the veterans of the war, A correspondent of the St. Louis Globe- Democrat has mude an extaustive inves- tigation of the origin, development and profits of pension claim agents and pro- duced astonishing statistics. The records of the pension office show that since 186: 477,452 claims have been allowed, upon each of which the attorney collected $25, tho fee allowved by law. From this source alone they reaped $11,037,050, But this is not all. Out of increased claims allowed, to the number of 64,966, they netted 810 each, and a like sum from 14,193 reissues and other claims. It isfrom the increase that the great harvest is reaped,for each advance nets the at- torneys $10, so that in twenty-oight years the increases gave them profits of front $12,000,000 to $15,000,000. The feos derived from other pension sources swell the total profits of the attorneys since the war to $37,000,000. That is to y, out of the $1,000,000,000 paid the survivors of the war, one twenty-seventh part went into the pockets of the pension sharks, The fat frying does not end here. In fact, the business is in a more flourishing condition today than ever bofore. Tho dependent pension bill will, if all claims filed are allowed, yield them in fe $5,500,000. Original invalid claims on file will y1eld $5,000,000 more. Foes on increase claims now on file, and on the estimated number of increases under the law of June 27, 1800, will swell the total to $21,800,000. At the present rate of progress all claims now on file will be adjusted within four years, so that the 30,000 pension agents will in that time “earn” $21,800,000, or $711,000 annually, equal to $23,700 each per annum. This outrageous robbery is legalized by the government and the ber vios are growingbolderand moredefinnt eve day. An instance has yet to bo found where a veteran of the war has grown rich on the nation’s bounty, Yet here is o constantly incr army of ven- sion claim agents growing opulent on a species of robbery sanctioned by iaw. It is time the government put an end to this fruitful source of scandal and job- bery, and entirely abolished the foo sys- tem. 1t is an outrage on the veterans of the war to give legal sanction to the exactions of the pension sharks., THE ARMY AND THE AGENCIES. General Miles has again urged the in- terior devartment to veplace the prosent Indian agents at five points in South Dakota with five well known sarmy ofti- cers. The suggestion will hardly with favor. Grave objections will be urged against it whenever it is ered. The army and the Indians have never formed a happy combination, The de- mands of humanity and the enlightened spirit of the age are for the systematic education of the Indian and the assim- ilation of ilization, If Indian war are is ever to stop short of the extermi- nation of the red man the result must be accomplished by the peaceful means of the school, the farm and the ranch. The government is ulveady spending over 1,800,000 a year to make the Indians useful citizens and safo neighbors. We must undoubtedly go forward with the work. and the teacher and the mission- ary are the men to lead it. The chief reason why it would not be well to_consider the Miles suggestion at this time, in spite of its apparent popu- larity in congross, is that it cannot yet be known what new conditions the pres- entdeplorable war will put wpon tho Indian question. It is possiblo that mar- g cory by reason, sion. to data, income meot consid- [ just labor laws, continues to advance ite standard in this respect year after year, ial rulo will be a necessity for some time to come in order to furnish the settlers THE OMAHA DAILY BEE with protection. Tf so, it must bo a temporary measure only, to be followed by the withdrawal of the troops, the confinement of the incor rigible hostilos and the re-cstablishment of the agencies of pence, One thing, howevor, is absolut sential. This is that the government should ascortaln by a thorough investi- gation how the Indians have been treated. It is to be hoped that out of this present trouble we shall at bring a just and lasting settlen the vexed question. THE PANIC ON THE FRO? It is the duty of the state government to use every means in its power to allay the panic of the settlers on the north- western frontier. More permanent in- jury to that section of the state is to bo feared from that cause than from actual depredations by the Indians. Lik panic in a theater when an 'm s raised, the greater danger lles in the mad rush of the people rather than in the ociginal cause of it. It s stated that not less than 24,000 now inastate of great mental as a result of the lives and property. ated their homes and, in many cases, cattle to starve, or This is in a is least nt of NTIER. people ¢ and physic Indian menace They have hastily in the dead of wintc left their horses and to perish from cold. large counties fr which thes hitherto boen no ery of distress, but un- less the panie is checked the inevitable result must be a large addition to the number of destitute families in the sparsely settled sections of the state. The same prompt and decisive action which stamped out the organized bands of cattle thieves in Keya Paha in tho spring of 1889, and which has in the past few months done so much to avert actual suffering in the drouth-stricken district, will provent widespread calamity on the exposed frontier. The subject should receive the imme- diate attention of the authoritios at Lincoln, al distress to > has DEATH OF GENERAL SPINNER. The death of General Francis ner, who was for fourteen years 1861 to 1875—treasurer of the United States, removed one the men who, during the perilous period of civil con- flict, rendered invaluable service to the country. General Spinner was in some respects a remarkable man, but the most honorable thing to be said of him is that ho wasa man of tho highest in- tegrity. A democrat bofore the organ- ization of the republican party, and th recipient of political honors as such, he feft the democracy and became a repub- lican as soon as that party was organized and was twice elected to congress, whero he did valuable service of a practical kind. When the republican party came into control of the government in 1851 Presi- dent Lincoln, on the recommendation of retary Chase, appointed General Spinner treasurer of the United States, and he remained in that position down to within a few months of the close of President Grant's second administration. His name wasa synonym for official in- togrity and he was known also as one of the most indefatigable workers in the service of the government. While his ad- ministration of the affaivs of the tre ury was not marked by anything mor than the application of sound business principles and the requirement of abso- lute honesty, while he made no dashing or brilliant ventures into the domain of financial theories, he was recog- nized as an able and safe finan- and his suggestions always c at weight with cong gnature on the greenbacks made his autograph better known to the American people than that of any man of his time, ral Spinr had reached the ripe nge of 88 yoars, and for a year or two had been an invalid, suf- fering from cancer. In a letter pub- lished a short time ago he referred in pathetic terms to the progress of the i malady that was gradually and pping his life, and which caused him the most acute suffering. The pub- lic career of General Spinner was an ex- ample of official integrity and devotion to duty which gives his memory the best possible claim to be honored by his countrymen, GOVERNOR THAYER again appeals to the people of Nebraska for further con- tributions to the destitute people of the pin- from drought-stricken counties of the'state. The cold weather that is now upon us should serve to give emphasis to this appeal. Thousands of our fellow citi- zens, industrious, thrifty and honest people, are in want. They need fuel, clothing and food, and if these are not provided, and promptly, too, there must be ag deal of suffcringamong them. It would seem that to make the mere statement of the case would be sufficient to elicit an immediate us This matter imposes upon the prosperous people of Nebraska an im- perative duty, and it is greatly to hoped that this will be met with such promptness and liberality that no further appeals will be necessary. It is a duty from which we cannot escape and there is great »ney for its immediate por formance. nd geno sponse. bo urg THE f diers in escape act that we still have brave sol- the United States should not the attention of the count I'hink of the gallant officers and men in the Indian ceuntry who are now bearing the hardships of a winter campuign against the most heartless enemies that the white man met. Two or thres score of them have already marched to death, nearly every one of them pierced through the head by men who shot to kill. All of them are in danger of the same fate. They are not inspired, liko the veterans of the civil war, by the know ledge that they are fighting to pre- serve the union, Like the men at Balaklava, they march to duty and to death because th are loyal to their commanders. The sickly sentimentalists should not lose sight of these facts. ve A FEW months ago local insurance agents Kansus City, similar o in Omaha. The d object was to prevent a war of rates and harmonize the interests of poliey men, but in reulity combination of was formed in to that organized announc the motive power of the movement was to crush out such organizations | fused to come into the squee A de- v of | !o mined effort is being made by tho business men' of Kansas City to break up the combine, T4 is proposed to prosecute the members under the national anti- trust law and determine atonce whether the federal lnw 'will protect the publi | from the exactions of the new insuranco combine, GouLp and Dillon affect astonishment the terms of the contract the former mavagement of the Union Pa- cific made with the Milwaukee and Rock Island They pretend to have just discoveaed its, existence. Yet, on the authority of President Miller of the Mil- waukee road, Sidney Dillon and ville M. Dodge were chiefly instromental in inducing both roads to enter into the coutract which they.now foreibly refuse to abide b; aver nds, e GouLp and Dillion now admit that the Union P torminal facilitios in Omaha are worth five millions. Tnas- much as Omaha has donated this val- uable property to the road on condition that we should enjoy the benefits of union depot and all passengor transfors the should live up to its obli- gations and remove the bridge embargo. as n comp: ACCORDING to the hypocritical ro- formers of the council it would be an unjust drain on the taxpayers to have the monthly appropri: published. But in the next breath they #5,000 of the taxpayers’ s areward to the organ of the tion ordinance voto money gang. away —_— NOTWITHSTANDING the exhaustion of the general fund, the mercenaries of tho council are contracting obligations and inflating salaries, utterly indifferent to the effect on the overburdened tax- paye Wrrn the assistance of several re- cruits, the council combine lavishly re- wards its organ, at the expenso of the taxpayers, Ty degene revision has aid on the dled charter ited into a wholsale taxpayers His Bacon Wiil Be Cooked. Chicago Inter-Ocean, Ignatius Donnelly is trying to hypnotizo the farmers’ alliauce i Minnesotn. He will have to use a move powerful lever than the Bacon- ian cypher, eyl Disturbing the Defunct, Chicago Tribune. Some reckless ghoul is seeking to the political remains of the Hon, Bill Mor ri- son and run them for ofice. Is there no rest in the silent tomb? Texas Encouraygement. Philadelphia Press, The prohibitionists polled 64 of the 300,000 votes cast in Texas, The figures are cor- tainly encouraging to the cold-water party cousidering that they come from Texas, ——— Good for Winter Campaign. Buffalo Express. So faras euphonyis concerned the ideal combination fora presidential ticket would be lReed and Rusk. We ought to cut down the democratic majority in Kentucky with Tom and Jer: The New England Lam Sitting Bull and the other Sioux Lived iu the land where the blizzards blioux, And they grioux, they grioux, they grioux! Till one duy they shot him thrioux, And kicked up an awful hullabalioux— Bioux-hioux ! bioux-hioux! bioux-hioux! - Colonel Flanagan's Majority. St. Louis Globe-Demoerat, Colonel Webster Flanagan can point with pride to the fact that ke gat a larger majorivy than any other waiust him, to be sure, but at does not affect the guestion of its sur- | passing bigness. L Farmers and Finance. Pittsburg Dispatch, Tt is & sound doctrine that so far as govern- ment credit is concerned each industry and interest must learn to stand alono. If the take the wise resolution that they , they have the rignt to demand that Wall street and the corporate financiers snall do the same. The Idea Has Taken Root. Onveas, Neb,, Dee, 31.—1T0 the Editor of Tue Bre: 1am much pleased to seo your timely and sensiblo article in Tuesday’s Ber, “Seed for the Sufferers.” That the re- lief may be complete 1 would suggest that the supervisors in each township or the com- missioners in each county setone or two days apart for the taking of applications or blanks furnished for the purpose by the state, Let the blank show whether applicant has any orn. wheat or oats on hand. Let them also show last year's acreage and the proposed acreage for this vear as a guide to amount applied for. £ this would b too large an up- propuiation then let cach applicant receive an equal portion. Lev statements be sworn to. Wen the sheets are properly filled and returned o him appointed to receive the me, then each applicant will receive a due bill of amount, apportioned him and when dis- tribution comes will receive that and no more and there will be no favoritism or quar- reling. Itit is not done systematically 1t it not half done. No time must bo lost, for seeding will commence in sixty days ANDREW RICIMOND, A LITTLE WORLD OF HIS OWN, London Punch I'm a miglity man of science, place reliaue And 1 hurl a ste people say; Learning's toreh 1 fecbly kindle, Haeckel, Huxloy, Tyudall, And ali préaching'is a'swindle, that's the motto of today I'd give the widest latitude to each agnostic attitude, Aud everything's a platitude that spriugs 1ot from wy mind; studied entomology, ehology, And_every other ‘ology that any one can find. Iuma man of science, with my bottle on the shelf; I'm game to make a little world and govern it myself. and on that I n defiance at what other with my I've astronomy, con- I'ma demon at disscction, and I've had affection For a curious eollection and man I've a lovely pteodactyl, somo old bones a lit- tlo cracked. 'l Get some mummics, and, in fact, 1'll pounce on auything I can full of lore botanical and chemistry or- ganical I oft put in a panic all the neighvors, T must own They smell the fumes and phospkoros from London to the Bosphorous ; O, sad would be the loss for us had [ been never kuown T am a man of s the shelf; I'm game o make a little it myself. — - Clark-Lyon. y G. Clark and Miss Emma Lyon icd lost night at residence the bride’s aunt, Mrs. J. P. McDonald, 1507 Paruum street. After January 15 Mr. and Mrs. Clark will be at home at the same place. always from both aninals I'm ence, with my bottles on world and govern Mr. Ha were maj the of candidate for governor this, FRIDAY, JANUARY 2, 1801 NEWS OF THE NORTHWEST. Nebraska. The army has Hebron, A Maosonie lodge has been organized at Cal laway with sixteen members, Hog cholera is raging in Harlan county, one farmer having ost 200 porkers. The Webster County Argus at Red Clond has changed hands, Postmaster Warren ro- i Salvation Inid slego reo Columbus boys went out north of the city the other day and bagged scventeen prairie dogs, John Connolly, charged with burglarizing the residence of Fred Creiger at Alms, has been arrested Arch Swartz of Alma was held_up by highwayman back of the Free Methodist church the other evening and was robbed of 15 cents, all he had Prof. T. .I.R. Perry, for a number of yearsa resident of Riverton'and at one time superin tendent of schools of Franklin county, died recently at Wallace, Kan,, where he had been ranning a bank. Albert Hanscombe, a Wood River black smith, is serving a thirty-day sentence in tho Hall county jail for beating his wife. The woman will ve confined to her bed for weeks with three broken rib nd terrible bruise While the Union Pacific passenger train between Grand TIstand and Columbus, a lady from the west was suddenly taken sick, and all the ladies in the car erowded around her to protect ner from public gaze, The lady was bound for Columbus, where she was taken from the cars, but not before she had given birth toa child The store bullding O. Eckiien and ¢ F. & 000 was t Lyons owned by upied by Nathonson Rubin with a stock of goods valued at & or £10,000, with an insurance of £5,000, burned. E. D. Welker of Omaha had sehold , valuea at 81,000, stored above the store, insured at $i00. Frauk Myers hnd his houschold goods stored, with 10 in There was no insuraice on the b 'Hn-|1.|u~\o.n'u<!~<\n of Charles Hage living n nport, Thayer county, m with a horrible death 'the other day, Mrs. Hager had a tub of boiling water siiting on the floor and near it wero playing her two little children. In their frolics ono gave the othier a push and he fell into the water. The mother, heariug the poor littlo fcllow's screams, hurried to his resene, but before sho could remave the clothing he was fearfull scalded. ~As soon s medical ~assistance could a hewas placed under the influen of chloroform and in this condition passed several hours, Upon being restored to con- sciousness he seemed to rest easy, but twelve hours after the aceident the littlo one died in great agony. The fiesh fell from his body and the bouies were Jaid bare in places. Beyond the Rockies Conl ofl is thought to exist near Castlo Rock, Wash The wheat blockado in eastern Oregon and Washington is over, Dr. J. . Brewer of Sioux City, Ta., building a sanitarium at Silverton, Ore, Lovelock, Ney., has shipped ove: hundred tons of wheat to market this yes E. H. Mix, late clerk of Baker count gon, is held in §1,500 for forging scalp war- rants. Railroad operations in Oregon, Washing- ton and Idaho will be more active in 1801 than in a ¥ and Towa cges fill the v exists in Oregon because the f state do not supply the demand. r at., held its first municival e st week, which resulted in the elec- tion of the entire republican ticket. J. W. Staples, past commander of the de- partment o Califorvia, Grand Army of the Republic, and Loyal Legion,died at Oakland, Cal, December 21, Mrs. Delia McFarlane, a housewife of coma, Wash., ended her life by drinking the contents of a'galvanic battery cell. Diseaso and consequent despondency were the causes, Cashier Taicott of the National Park bank at Livingston, Mont,, has received noti from the comptroller 6f currency authorizing the increase of the capital of that institution from £50,000 to 100,000, The Boise, Idaho, waterworks company has sunk a well within a fow hundred yards state penitentiary and at a depth aflow of hot wat is d that with a temperature of A beet suzar plant to cost 300,000 will bo located in San Bernardino county, California, with a caps 530 tons of beets daily. “T'ivo thonsand acres are to be plauted in beets for the supply of the plant, Mrs. B. V. Hughes and Mrs, W. F. Haurgis, room ing hous Diego, Cal., had trouble the other day. Mr: Hargis 100k her friends hand between her tecth and very nearly chewed several fingers off. The great dam ac fornia, has been done by the conv great benefits s oss American river, Cali- finished. The work was ts of Foisom prison, and will acerue to acramento al, which will be completed ata laterdate, Captain Sam, chief of the Piute Indians, rived Nev., from Mason wher wock ' Indians have od in . He says a stranger is in their midst, proclaiming the coming of the Me Sam has notified Jonnson Sides to goamong all the Nevada Indians nd explain the advantages of co-operation with the whites in case of war, AGAINST OMAH. THE CHARGES A Leading Religious Weekly It Them in Strong Terms. last issue of the Central West, a de- weekly pubiisied in this city, ap- pears the following editorial, Tt should for- ever silence the bigoted defamers of Omaha: In its issue immediately after the lute election the New York Voice published a dis- pateh from Omalia, the gist of which is con- tained i the following extract: “I'ne whole city is given entirely the whisky mob.~ The In the over is riot and _blood- cvery ward. Men, ladics of the Woman's Christian Tomperayce are being insulted, mobbed, and the polls by the drunken rabble, of the gospol ave slugg i from the polls aud compelled to i lives," “This dispatch shows upon its face that was sent while the election was 1t was evidently not based upon u calm and complete review of the situation, and i 1o the suspicion of bei art of a precor ceived plan to throw discredit upon the el tion in this city. It has lad the foundation of the assaults upon Omaha which have ap peared jn religious and other jouruals This paper has taken occasion to say that such representations were not warranted by the facts. The investigation which bas been conducted in this city and at Lincoln has su. tained this opinion. ~A large amount of e mony bas be ken. A considerable pa it, however, is worthless as ey the recognized laws of evideuce g ignored. A number of the witnesse as to their opinions, and what they thoy, and what they feared. Thoe wittesses wh were 0 froe i expr theie opinions, on cross-examination te \vlhwl 1o & state ot facts which materially discounted the value of their opinions. For on their exami nation in_chief witnesses declured that the election was not a fair ohe, while on cross-examination the saime witnesses testi fie that no one was prevented from voting as he saw prope Ll testimony shows that while there wery indiviaual idstances of bad treatment, thero was no such state of affairs as the Voic correspondent represented. The- city w not given over tothe whisky mob, The was 10 mob, neither was there any riot There is not a particle of evidence that there was bloodshed in any ward. There is no eviden that “ministers were slugged, beaten and dragged from the polls,” or that ason to fiea for his life, Moy is not a syliable of evidence to the t that any minister was ridden on a rail and even ladies wore in- > 'not undertake to question Y the acts of class of men to found in all cities. r conduct admits of v > apology, and deserves the severest rep- to driven from Ministers it in progress. “The matter of interferance with ticket pea- diers figures quite lavgely in this testimony It is u noticeable fact that every man who cluims to have experienced avy ili-usage was pedaling tickets of all parties to pursue, but in reality it was n For ex ample, among other tickets peddled by them was one which was bea Democratic Ticket.” Below the nur tho tickot wore W rohibition Amen state conyen | tion pronounced the the quarely the ds, dment,” et Now bat purty bad to | seven | mers of that | at San | through the completion of the work and the | Union, | | terday mornin Upon its face | l against the prohibitory amendment. The an- thorized ticket of that party wis mado up in necordance with this declaration. Under the laws of Nebraska the ticket so presentod was tho only regular tickot. Of course it was the | privilege of any democrat who wished to vote | for the amendinent to substitute in writing the word “for" for tho word “against.” But neither he vor any sot of men could print o ticket which fn a material point differed from the ticket propared by tho authorized com | mitteo of that party. " Tho laws of Nebraska recognize a “regular ticket,”” and they muako it & misdemeanor to offer a ticket which con tains a printed alteration of any name which avpears upon the regular In viow of the fact that th ito the phrase “rogular tickot interpretation would doubtless hold thatno departure in & sub stantial particular from tho regular ticket would be admissible. At all events this onin ion was gencrally hold, and_hence sl othe tickets were regurded bogns, Tho fac that such tickols wore cireulated lareoly tributed to irritate the situation. 1t w as results wero oncerned, an attempt to mis lead voters, The caption, whicli presumably defined the characte ho ticket, led some voters 10 suppose that the whole ticket was what it purported to be, when in fact it was not.‘Thiere was no propri r wisdom in resorting to such tactics. It was tho trick of & ward politician, Moro than fifteen hu dred votes were east in favor of the am. ment, and the testimony fails to show that anyone experienced ill-usage in ersting his voio. Men of the highest standing, like Judges Wakeley and Clarkson, Rev. Drs. Duryea and Harsha, Bishop Worthington aud ey John Williaums, testified to the oraerly peaceable character of the election in Omaha Their testim was direct and positive, Deiug based upon their own observations and also upon their knowledgo of previous ol tions, and should carry couviction to overy fair-minded person It scomed strange o us that tian people, and_even mi | shown a disposition to resent dony or disprove these chary “Tho Centeal West gave the amendmeni an honest and consistent support while it was pending, but it by no means follows that it is the duty of this paper to countenance or endorse all” the tactics of those who claim to be prohibi- tionists. We aim at all times to spenk things that we beliove to be true, — The com. mandment, *“Ihou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor," covers tho com as well as individuals, Those who be name of Christ should, of all others, evinee a spirit free from censoriousnoss, and a posi- tivo reluctance to bulievggevil of an Ll idual or community until it ha¥ been fully and irre futably established, ther are Chris. who hive any attempt to - GOOD OLD TIME THOS Quotations of War-Time Prices Up on Certain Necessities of Life. Proniy, Neb, Dec. 80.—To the Editor of Tue Beg: In one of your campaign speeches you spoke of war prices and the cost of living then to the workingmen and to the farmer, 1 was then living in Chicago and let me give | you somo entries from my expense book. trom November 2, 1564, to Felrus 5, ) Kid gloves for common work, $1.50; for bridle, etc., 60c; railroad fare, Rockford, TL, to Chicago, at 4c per mile, £.70; i¢ gal lon of keroseune, | d grite for T stove, U5c; 4 pounds of erackers at 1ae, Gl 1 loaf brown bread, peunds of beef (probably shank), at 1215 5 1 ton Chest nut coal (hard), $13; of bread (white), at 10¢, #0c; 1 apple pie, 20c; 2 dozen oggs, at 3¢, G4c; 1 eallon vinegar, d0c; 1 stove blacking brush, 85c; 2 pounds of pork, .«,.,M pounds of tripe, 25c, (0c; baby’s shoes, i 1peck apples, e, broom, 60c, $1.10: can (.rm\m\ $1;2 pounds of sausage, d0c, 1 codfish, at ' 12gc, K dozen biscuits, 12¢: dog 3 201¢ yards parlor carpet at §1.50, yards ball carpet at &.75, $16.¢ pet binding, $1.00; 1 month rooms), &H7.50; 5 pounds of £1.04; 214 pounds of sausago l1c, 25c gallons kerosene at, e, §1,75: 25 pounds srra- ham flour at 65c, $1.60% ¢ cord sawed and split maple wood, § 1 dozen cream cake 40¢; 1 quart of conde sausage at 20¢, S0c: £1.00, $2.50; 1 scrubbing brush, 25c; 2 pounds hominy at I4c; 1 bottle lemon extract, i 1 wood stove (dining ;Nlm, 2 clbows 1 zine board | $2.50; 61 joints Belgian pipe at Fallon , #1603 ‘Hmn]\ L pound wtus 15¢, 1 pound cracker 25¢; 1dozen lamp wicks, 25c: 1 gallon asses, 81.. i pounds dried .l]nplv\ at 2403 . Jamp chimneys, #.50; 1 coal 05; 6 glass ;_.v'\‘ l\ par-old boy) 1 bedstens 1 cloth c father's fixing ! loaves £0.70; 015 2 rolls houso ront ork rib at 15¢, 13 dozen 15 yards cord at be, | pair 5; 1 ewer and basin $2.75, soap 1 china mug (imported’ pe haps), 7he; SL¢ yards curtains (white £.05: 4 yards buff curt at §1.25, pair boots for eight-year-old boy, £ ourtain fixtures for windows, §.50; 15 'yard flannel at The, 8%¢; cap for thre r-old boy, 2 John B. Gough's lecture, £1; 50 pounds (probably white coffee) at 2lie, $14.50; 36 pounds flour at 61/c, 82.20: 5 pounds lard at e, $1.2; 1 peck apples 60c, 1 dozen eggs 50c, $1.103 1 pound starch 15¢, 8 pounds corr medal %e atdLy o, 40¢; 50 pounds flour 43¢ 10s fish (frosh) at 12e, Bic; 1 bust 1 box starch, 60 bars, at Lc, §5.40; 2 1 ham, $5.50; 1 15" 1b black fea at 1 pairgloves (ladies’) 1 jar of butte ly green) pota ) 11b bi 30Ibs, at 40 at §2.50, §1 2 5 While the farmer got nigh prices during and an ter the war, he nevertheless paid high prices; but [ beliove his prosperity was greatcr thei than now, Why it was, I doubt if anyone wholly knows. It must have been due to several different causes, N. H. Brackyrn, above figures with the markets of interesting and [A comparison of tho priceson like commodities i today, will be found most striking. | - e Glass Window Blown In, French plate glass window in chants hotel was blown 1n carly yes. Tha damage will be about §150. On th Fourth of July last the glass waweracked by a torpedo. The crash gave the occupauts quite a fright, AVl The larg the M PRINCIPAL POINTS SAST, WEST, NORTH and SOUTH 1802 Farnam Street. Harry P. Deuel, City Passe u"t-r and Tiokat Agent and | umph | cotton | | all o far S tho | | | | 1 J of distri | 1o lond money to e | all in the past have Highest of all in Leavening Power.- AL MENDICANTS, otest Againse Al Citizens or 0k Rock, , Dec. of Tre Br monstrance against unprinciy the supposed necessities of brasia for the purpose of peopto and o their wish it understoo have papers n copy. 8o that it 1 de own por Indiana, 11 1y Do Kiiow ud in theshape of clothing se is wholly un ble partios hier g aid Four or tho stutes Iho people the 1 for, five shipments o mentioned have hore are generall unlikely that ealled to pre nceds of the citors I'he arrival of theso supplic erable commont, aud the pa proached with a petition for tost of the good faith of the the oods shipped in. But t was refusea and tho stateme the par having tho sup were not distributing but were sending thom Nebraskn. Everybody jeut to b false, for, i county, why s sponsibie party here for rehi county when the needs of th tion of the state ave being 1 prover oficials under direct ernor of the stato— there boin ation established in It is a well known fact a partial failure of crop: western part of the stte fering in this part of the zens naturally object taken of this fact to injure th A muass 1 usin 1301 boli inter 0 but stat to ulde It 0, I givoyou the following as o re that n are wisvepresenting us by ask Juld they be sent to having Chasers | ok, To the Kdit sloed parties usi y this part of N frauding easte onal gafn, inols u th and Ol o, that { ntto thiscou £ clothing fr ached this plac ¥ indignant ov 7 the {mugina nal gains of { s cansed consi arties wore aid simply ns parties havi to call for a was made b wplies that eves aded this stat for Cust anir nt toCust stern o gt 10 od of the wu state Lincoln, portion th nd our cf advan ta, la pons m Vo and would be pleased t Ly i or fraudulont transactions, and 1t is not ut o Ly lio 1 ape w it by thoy ything in this county on to Custer coun after by lat there bus been suf- i and fill the pockets of people who pretend 1o b servants of God Those fact and the people e nlies where ne channel During tho grasstopper s the liberality of the east a g st bo adyise s should be thoron, led only throv ghly ventilatc a o seud su gh the prop eason, reat many o 1 through 1 this state lived bettor and wasted moro an during the seasons of & Some people well satisfiod if they on the charity of the cast Iwould not for anything would cause the plies £ om any one, but when tices a fraud on the people, the press companies and the state 1 o spealt so as to bo under by any abundant cr > have 1o shamo and are only means prey anything th vithholding of needed sup. any one pri ailroads, o ink it i and 10 hol " X 1o Id up the fraudulent partics to the contempt. of Lonest mon. 1 - SOMETHING Farmer Tomlins. Money Hemixaronn, Neb, itor of Tur B Bee I notice the Washington date stary Windom exprossec aller Ui other diy his opinic sition_of Senafor farme er ¢ tary Windom aller that he tlon i he could add {hre Tho first amendrmeni w should b oxtended There is no_ reason. ho elass should be favored. Questi Doe, following upon the favorad Mr s, The Who ld property. His third ¥ upon tho title of T mon who neither br: nend fulsmile bo h proval. All kinds of industries an A 0 unfortun nsnor property. nts Mr. the proposition led by gre: toutburst generally benefited when the ood erops, sonof an entire failur 0d the investments onl faivaverage capacity 2 pe for his mo mand of divine Provid or b 1ce siness man would call w men want something tangibl vestments edged for their investment nothing left for the farmer by enough for the farmer, This is why they b of aflicial ridiculo for one y labor, than a laborer time. By such men the farie decoy, or bait, to cateh the losses, and receive a very s wh can eury W, 5908 In a recent is ravely inforue o all classes of Wi Windons sald would undoul Allave equally injured by joined 1 saying 3, P, E WELL, TANGIBLE, ews on ).—To tho ¥ f T dispateh und 1 toa senatortal n of the prog ir lands, his senatori nford's p that the o ropert why a speel nd would b 4 brains b v amendment was to le ican citizon > 08 tO posse wit s of populur 2o d busi farme; oss @ fa 1t and his s rmer what a bank 1d. Busin for their 1 it but there wind, whi araw mor s salacy from taxes impe n in halfali ris used o 1 share of tl profits when the eateh is good. Fav are demandin many organizations, sub-tre the place of national hu rangement between gover ple, but differently officered, v secure loans direct from favms and fu'm produco them exclusiv and in add be allowed to set'up asa o competent jurisdict of both intercst and mouney was mvested in reason of unavoidable o his would bo givin tangible as a security for I “Then he would bo losing his | his land for one year, and. sti mers i\ prine ider throngh 1su; i of similar o nment and p where they overment iis should bo the on, against the coll ipal cmingz, and & it is inve abor Il have tinent 11058 € o It the 1 Stunford to lend money 1o nendments o it y i 1l I N these thre have rea When crops an pay the ey and labor is the com " Bankers want something gilt is L ) become the subjects fe \ ame and bear al 10 take B [ the farmer something and keep his stock and pay taxes o support high salaried oficers, and debts or die to gev rid of it I sterday the law peduc manufactured tobacco from § per pound went into effect tobacco are entitled to a re pound on all_manufactured cigars, in unbroken packa amount on hand exceeds 250 | Blanks have beon sent ont t recting them to take account on the 1st iust. and return t collector of internal revenue, ized to pay the robate, It s expec will be flooded in a fow da Dlanks, as theve is a large nun in this district who will be e bate, U. S. Gov't Report, Au tobnceo, 2 that the office of the ¢ interest ou of L. TOMLINSON. fon. ing the tax ¢ cents to 6 « bate of 2 cent where pounds 0 all dealer of their blanks who is to Slle Y8 with (h mber of deu antitled to a & g. 17, 18! Baking eces POWder ABSOLUTELY PURE OMAFHA. LOAN AND TRUST COMPAN Bubsoribed and Guaranteed Iaid fn Capital e uys and solls stocks and b commereial puper, receives (rusts; acts a8 transfer agent orporations, lects taxes, s onds negotiat und oxe and trustec 1d on t akes charge of property, ool Omaha L(V)‘:Vm&’l‘rust Co SAVINGS BANK. S, E. Cor. 110 Capital Bubseribed and Guarantoed U Lisbility of Stockliolders 16th and Douglas St italn.. 1000 6 Per Oent Interest Paid on Deposits. FRANK J Wyman, presl nt, W. T, Wy Direotors:—A. U, Wy, J. | Brown, Guy O. Barion, E. W L Kiwpall, George B. Luke. AU, vico-prosid LANGE, ( shilor nt. J.J, Browi an, troasuror 1 Millard, J Nosh, Theu