Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 29, 1892, Page 4

THE DAILY BEE. "B ROSEWATER, Emrcn. e PUBLISHED e OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE CITY. - —— — THIMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Taily Hoe (without Sunday) One Year. Tnily and Sundny. One Year. Fix Months. Ahreo Month £nnday Res, ne Yen Katurday Feo, Ong ¥ Weckly flee, Unie Yo EVERY MORNING, [ 8888388 OFFICES Omaha, The Bes Rullding. Eouth Omaha. corner N and 2ith Stroets, Counell Blufs, 12 P hicago Office. 317 C € Rew York, Koma 1, Tofhare Bunaiog; Washington. 415 enth Stroot. CORRESPONDENCE, All_communications relating to news editorinl matter ahould be nddressed to tho itorial Department. BUSINESS LETTERS. All business letters and remittances shonld be addressed to The Boo Publishing Company. Omaha. Drafts. cheeks and postofico orders to be made payable to the order of the company. THE BEE PUBLISHING (IOMP[-\NY: and T KWOIN STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. £tate of Nebraskn, i .. County of Do { o George 1. Taschick, secretary of THE BEE Pub- Mehing company, does solemnly swear that the actunl oireuintion of THE DAILY BEE for the week ding July 23, 182, was July 2 Friday, July 22 uly 32, Averago.......... GEORGE B, T7 Sworn 1o bofore me and subscribed tn my pres 1o this 23rd day of July, 1802 N. P. FIEL enco this 23rd day of July, Roviey Bk Average ll’l‘"lllllllnn for June 25,802, KvEN Tom Reed is glad 10 get into the Harrison ice wagon those sultry days. Tom REED has been rennminated by acclamation and that's tho way he will be re-elected. — Ir DENVER can raise $80,000 for the triennial conclave 1t would secm that business on the abominable gold basis isn’t altogether wrecked in that viilage. CHATRMAN HARRITY hangs on to his 813,000 job with the true bousbon per- sistence. Harrity is certainly not a rarity in politics for David B. Hill set the mark for him. ADLAI STEVENSON went to Chicago the other day and now he is going to Louisville,. We very much fear that so much swingin’ around the circle will make the old man dizzy. MR. DUNCAN HARRISON said in New York that Corbett would punch Sullivan full of holes. [n Omaha he said that Sullivan would surely whip Corbett in the ficht. We agree with Mr. Harri- son. THE farmers who were earnestly praying for rain for their corn are now engaged in mourning because the rain delayed the oats harvest. If a farmer couldn’t growl about something he would be truly miserable. THE reason Breckinridge of Kentucky voted against the World’s fair appro- priation, although he is to be the official orator at the opening in October, has not yet been found by the enraged Chi- cago press. He is a democrat. Now let Omaha get to the front; there is no more reason for delay. It is simply miraculous that this city does grow so rapidly and well when it has so many mossbacks and grumblers to write whose obitua ies would be a pleasant task. MINNESOTA republicats will nominate Knute Nelson, the most popular man in the state. for governor. There are to be no bad breaks made by South Dakota, Towa or Minnesota this year either in platforms or men, and Nebraska must follow their example. YES, Major McKinley must feel brave 10 beard the lion of wind in his home at Lincoln. We fancy we feel the gov- ernor trembling even now but not on re- count of the lion. However, all of Lin- coln’s people are not such windbags as Bryan, and so no cyclone is probable. THE fight in New York city in this campaign is between the millionaire manufacturers and miliionaire im- porters. One class obtained its wealth by furnishing employme1t to American laborers, and the other by furnishing employment to the laborers of Europe. The Americau people are with the first class, TAE enthusiasm which the candidacy of General Warner is arousing in Mis- souri is simply indescribable. His open- ing of tho campaign at Sedalia on Wednesday called together over 20,000 strangers, among them many prominent democratic business men, The Kunsas City Star, » strong democratic paper, is supporting him and the old regime of misrule and extravagance in that state is certainly over. ‘WE BELIEVE that a city like an indi- vidual hus nothing to gain by exaggera- tion and fictitious claims of growth or business activity. The Feke Factory figures out n population of 187,271 for Omaha on the busis of 7 for each per- £on of school age. The trouble with these figures in that 5 or 54 is the highest multiple. Omaha is holding her own with excellent prospects of marked growth during the coming year, but she canuot truthfully claim to have incrensed her population by 47,000 since tho census was taken. THE demava for hurvest hands 1n the northwest is urgent. Wheat is being cut in the southern part ot South Dakota, and it is reported that the farmers great'y foar a heavy loss in consequence of & luck of belp. Men for harvesting are also needed in southern Minnesota, and within two woeks there will be a demand from North Dakota. 1t is estimuted that at least 40, hands will be needed in the hurvest fields of the northwest, and undoubtedly the furmers will pay well for help. It will be unfortunate indecd if wny consider- able amount of the wheat crop shall be lost, as was the caso last year, because the necessary lubor cannot bo hud, when there ure so wany idle men in the lurger cities of the country THE OMAHA WILDCAT CURRENCY. The demoeratic platform says: ‘Weo recon.mand that the prohibitory 10 por cent tax on state bank issues bo rve- pealed.” Mr. Cleveland did not refer to this recommendation in his speech at Madison Square garden last week, and it is not known what he thinks of it. He may fina it convenient to overlook this plank of the platform when he writes his formal letter of acceptance. The people are also ignorant of tho views of Mr, Stevenson regarding this demand of the democratic platform, but that may not be important. The candi- data for vice president is not supposed to know much about financial or economic questions. e is peculiarly the representative of the opposition to the *“force bill,” the bogy which is be- ing used to keep the south solid for the democracy. There is reason to believe that Mr. Stevenson has been given to understana that he is expected o mako this the keynote of his part in the cam- paign, At any rate, the recommendation is firmly fixed in the platform, and whether endorsed by the candidates or not it unquestionably has the approval of a large majority of the party. At least one measure has been introduced in the house of representatives by a democrat for the repeal of the tax on state bank issues, and, while there is no probability that any action will be taken’ at the present session, if the house to be elected next November shouid be demo- cratic a bill to repeal the tax will be passed by that body. The democratic party is fully committed to the restor- ation of a state bank currency, which would give the country after a time such a circulating medium as it had thirty years ago, when it was flooded with a wildeat paper currency, the greater purt of which was either at a discount or worthless ten miles from the banks that issued it. Asa contemporary remarks, in those days men who sold their firms for state bank currency and went to bed content sometimes awoke next morning to find that a large part of their purchaso money was literally worthless. Only the notes of well known banks were taken by tradesmen without a close search of the detectors, which did not always defend against unsafe banks. The fact was that between the counter- feiter and the fraudulent banker men had almost no security and constant Labor was a large loser from ency, for unserupulous empioy- ers would pay in currency at a discount and pocket the difference. There were afew baunksin the country, chiefly in the east, whose issues were redeemed in gold and therefore passed curvent every- where, but an extremely small number of such notes got into general circula- tion or ever found their way into the pockets of the wageworkers. The democratic party would not hesi- tate to restore state bank currency if it had the power. The south especially wants it done, and northern democrats will accede to the wishes of thatsection. While, therefore, this question cannot be regarded asan issue in the campaign, it is a matter not to be lost sight of by those interested in maintaining a sound currency. ANARCHISTS DISAPPOLY A'remarkable and highly interesting outcome of the shooting of Manager Frick at Pittsburg is the hostility of the anarchists toward the leaders of the strikers who have expressed their dis- anproval of the assault. It is said.that O’Donnell has receivea a number of letters from’ New York and Chicago an- archists censuring him severely for his lack of appreciation of the efforts which the “reds” are making in behalf of or- ganized lubor and workingmen'’s rights. It is one of the best signs of the time that honest laboring men are repudiat- ing the interference of the anarchistic crowd in their battle with the capital- ists. The public scented danger the moment that it was reported that An- archist Bergman had assuulted the man- ager of the Homestead works. It was anticipated this would prove to be but the beginning of a series of attempts upon the lives of the men against whom the strikers are contending. But that fear has been allayed by the conserya- tive and munly utterances of the leaders of the strike, and it now seems reasona- ble to believe that the dunger of an out- break of unarchistic fury is pust. Let the leaders go on in thecourse which they are now tuking toward the uvengers. They have no use for such people and will make friends by saying so. Their Wo st enemies at present are the an- archists who profess to be their friends. THE POLITICS OF ANARCHY. The candidates of the democratic party for president and vice president have both attempted to use the deplor- able labor troubles in Pennsyivania for partisan purposes. Democratit senators and representatives in congress have done the same thing. In his speech when formally notified of his nomina- tion Mr. Cleveland referred by implica- tion to the Homesteud controvery as evidence that under the system of pro- tection labor is receiving hardly enough wages to purchase the bare necessaries. Yet the fact is that the men at Home- steud wore bettor paid than men in similar omployment anywhero else in the world, and many of thom own their nomes and had accumulated money. Mr. Stevensoa has on several occasions alluded to this labor disturbance as proof thut protection is in the interest of capital and inimical to labor, Sena- tor Voorhees of Indiana used this trouble at the very outset to illustrate an argu- ment against the tarifl and to make it appenr that the effect of protection is to enrich the fow at the expense of the many. Every reference of this kind to lubor disturbances is in effect un appeal to passion rather than to reason, whether 80 intended or not. Its tendsncy is to incite avd influme hLostility between labor and capital, It gives encourage- ment to those who believe thut the wholo economic and social system is wrong und should be overthrown at whatever cost. When a candidate for the presidency declares regarding the men who represent capitil, as Mr, Clevelund did, that they are selfish and sordid, with no concern for the inter ests of the workiogman, the anarchist position and strengihen him in it There is some palliation for the excesses of the enemies of socinl order and the fanatical zoalots who demand a radieal departure from existing conditions when they find thelr teachings thus fortified by the views and the counsel of the men whor ave the leaders of a great political party. When vepresentative American citizens deliberately denounce oneclass of citizens as the oppressors and dedpoilers of another el € to gain “‘unearned and unreasonable ad- vantages at the hands of their fellows,” it is not surprising that those who have learned anarchistic doctrines under European conditions should be led to be- lieve that there ‘s opportunity for their application here. They are dangerous political leaders who will do these things for partisan purposes. They are demagogues whom it would not be safe to intrust with the control of the government. Men who do not hesitate to array one element of the people against another, to incite labor against capital and thereby promote controversies and disturbances, and to contribute to the growth of distrust and dissatisfaction, all with a view to their political advantage, are not fivted to ad- minister the affairs of a republican gov ernment or guard the welfare of republi- can institutions A CASE IN PUINT. The pearl button industry is yet young and comparatively small in Omaha, but in Newark, N. J.,it is an industry of considerable importance, giving em- ployment to nearly 3,000 operatives. The manufacture of pearl buttons was little known in this country until after the passage of the McKinley bill, by which the American manufacturer was protected and enabled to conmgte with cheap foreign labor. It wasthe passage of this measure that caused the estab- lishment of the pearl button business in this city, and in Newark and other places where it had been previousl started the business was very largely in- creased in consequence of protection. One of the Newark manufacturers s: “My business began with eight em- nloyes. Today I employ over 100. When my new factory is completed T shall have between 250 and 300 hands at work. My orders now amount to be- tween $150,000 and $170,000 a year. Be- fore the passage of the McKinley bill I was forced to be content with $2,500.” The increase in the tariff has resulted in the building up of a large pearl put- ton business in a very short time, and it is as much to the advantage of the em- ploye as to the employer. Under the old tarifl the wages of the pearl button makers in this country averaged be- tween $8.50 and $12. Now they are from 818 to 324, Yet the buttons are cheaper now than they were hefore the McKinley bill was passed. Wages are so low in the old country that the foreign manu- facturer can still compete on even terms with the American manufacturer on some of the smaller grades. This is where the question of wages and protec- tion comes in. There are in Omaha two small pearl button factories which came into exist- ence solely in conscquence of the in- creased tariff. They are prospering and are giving employment to people who, in turn, give employment to others, and thus increase the business of the community. In this instance, as in many others, the republican protec- tive policy has produced benefits which the people of Omaha aud of the whole state can see and estimate at their true value. The market that has been opened to the Omaha pearl button makers is a growing one, and will con- tinue to extend under the beneficent in- fluence of home putronage, which has aiready done much to demonstrate that it is needless to go away from home for a good article at moderate prices. A continuance of the policy which made it possible to establish the pearl button in- dustry in this city will bring other manufactories here, and it will be found that tho fruits of the protective tariff will become more precious to the people the longer they enjoy them. CROSSROAD SIGNPOSTS, This city has been sadly deficient in street corner signs for years, but it would have been preferable to remain in thav condition for another year or two rather than have the town adver- tised as a crossroad village by the erec- tion of short white posts with crossbar signs. We have a perfect. forest of telegraph, telephone, eles light and street cnr motor poles. But the stub post with the cross-arm sign bourd is the most un- sightly of them all. They should be taken up at once. It the street signs are to be on posts they can be nailed to telegraph poles wherever the lamp posts have been taken up. But it would be less unsightly to nuil a neat sign upon the walls of corner buildings wharever street corners are occupied by buiidings. The owners of the best class of build- ings will doubtless be willing to either have the street name carved upon the stone projections, or where this is im- practicable Lo vlace a metallic sign-p! upon the corner walls, The crossrond post is an abortion that no city of uny pretensions would tolerate within two miles of the business center. INDIFFERENCE OR DE The Board of [ducation contributed over $20,000 toward the erection of the city hall on condition that a part of the building be assigned to the school board forofices. Thebuilding is now ready for occupancy. Nearly one whole story has been set apart for the use of the Board of Education. The quarters are more commodious than uny rooms the board has ever had, but there seems to be no disposition to occupy them, The board has talkon no steps yet to furnish the offices. There seems to be a studied effort Lo 1gnore the city ball quarters altogether and continue to puy vent in a building that is not even pro vided with an elevator and where the records of the boa:d are constantly ex- posed to destruction by fire, Whether there is any design in this apparent in- difference or whether the board has too wuch other business on its hands we cunnot divine —_— TUERE is no department of the M fuds fn it an srgument o justify bis kl(lnlu_y tariff law more potent and im- DAILY BEE: FRIDAY. portant than the reciprocity clausa The facts of the stimulation of our for- eign exports in'/the briof poriod since the treaties havedbeen negotiated after the passage offly& law are simply amaz- ing. Take the Basp of Cuba, for example. The reciprocity arrangement botween theso two countifes was proclaimed on September 1, 1§01, From September 1, 1880, to March 81, 1800, the total value of our exportd Yo Caba was $7,575,071; and from Sepfemver 1, 1890, to March 31, 1891, the exports were valued at $7,081,888, thus: showing only a slight gain for the dorkesponding periods of tha two yoars, But from September 1, 1801 (when reciprocity began), to March 81, 1802, the value of the exports to Cuba from the United States was $11, , n gain of $3,625,530. Is the Mc Kinloy law injuring the people of the United Stat b —_— THE completion of the first of the ad- ditions to the Hammond plant in South Omuha is announced, and the company is thereby enabled to kill 1,200 beeves a day. The improvements will be com- pleted by Septembor 1, and the com- pany will then have facilities for hand- ling daily 1,200 eattle, 8,000 hogs and 1,000 sheep. Other extensive improves ments by which the meat packing busi- ness in South Omaha will be greatly in- creased are those of Swift & Co., who are nearly doubling their capacity, and those of the Union Stock Yuards com- pany. Thisisa yearof great growth and activity in South Omaba. es? An Arey or Sweet Content, Philadelphia Times, Congress will probably adjourn by Satur- day. Anarea of sweot content will float ovor the country on the following day. 1 Record, Globe=Demoeral Mr. Carter leaves the laud office with a record surpassing that of most of his prade- cessors in the amount of work pertormed and the samo industry and fidelity will bo shown in his munagement of the campaign Indianapoli With varied industries springing up 1n every city and large enterprises comiug to the state under protective tariff, Indiana is ST to yote against the party which stands for freo trado and whose representatives in congress vote in favor of foreign monopolies. —-— Make W for the Mnes. New York Commercial. Colonel McClure will enzage in a_joint de- bate with Governor McKinley on the ques tion of the tariff and the protection of Ame: can industries ana labor, ana when 1t is done thero will mot be enough left of a good Philadeiphia editor and genial gentleman to bait a mouse trap. e A Welrd Ralnbow Baiter, Chicago News. General Field, the vico presidential nomi- neeon the people’s party ticket, preaicts that Nevada, Idaho, Colorado, Ncbraska, South Dakota, ~ the Carolmas, Georgin, Florida, Alubama and Texas will casc their electoral votes for his party’s nominees. ‘This ominent statesman seems to be some- what of arainbow-chaser himself. R Repugnant to Hum: New York Herald. Tho milita officers at Homestead have simply nflicted” a’ punishment which no court martial, uo erimmal triounal, no legis- lative body 1n the nation is allowed to mate out. Tney have-applied a torture repugnant to tho sentiment of the nation. Can this extraprditary abuse of authority be permitted to”pass without calling these officers to account?’ 5 s IO T In e the Nebruska Sucker, San Erancisen Clironicle, ‘Pho arrest of & man who voluntarily dis- closed the fact that he had been swindlea by “'green goods” men looks like a harsh act, but there 15 reason to believe that a few exawples made of victims of this kind may make the sawdust swindlo loss profitable, At any rato a man who doliberately attempts to purchaso counterfeit money is 1ot entitied to much sympathy acd certainly deserves to have his knavishness and folly fully exposed. ey Elkins' War Record, g0 News=Record, A subscriber writes from Oniowa, Neb., that farmers alliance orators of that'section assort that Secretary of War Steplen B, Elkius was & member of Quantrell's band of euerrillas during the war of the rebellion. It is to be hoped that the orators in question aro better informed on other matters tnan thoy are on this. Mr. Elkins, who was just of age ut the boginning of the war, had been graduated from tho University of Missouri and was studying law. In 1502 ana 1563 he sorved as a captain in the Svventy-seventh Missouri regiment, resigning about eight months before the closo of the war to go to New Moxico. Though surrounded by robel sympathizers 1 his Missourl home, and though his own brother and father joined the coufederate army, he chose to serve the union. After fighting ngainst relatives and neighbors for some months tho horror of such warfare caused him to resign, hehaving failed to s cure permission to ko 1o the frout with the armies of Grant or Sherman. RELISHABLE REMARKS, nity. Oau electricians explain why a HORALIVe I8 i ways positive? never met OLroN's father, have you? er. He overtook me once, I remem- Now York Sun: Doctor—How is it you are not {u the country, when | dvised vou to go? Patient—Because the money I saved up to g0 with you took for giving me the advice. Binghamton Republican: A mun who mixes hisdrinks generally wixes hisspeoch In the same way. MISTAKEN SIGNALS. Chicag) News. *Neatho ye shade of yo treos my love re- clinad, Her biue eyes opened wyde, And O.'twas ye wave of her lily whyte hands Thut drew me too her syde! All lyke a flash my way I Prone utte her foate toe *#Ah, beauteous ladyo, woll you know You've onlio yaursisve toe call!™ Mild as ye fuwn's was her prettie zlanco, And who would-havo thouzht she'd say, y hand was not calling you here, forsooth, Butwaving ye dheauway! Now York Herdid] Mother—Why are you 80 ungry With yous husband? Dt htor—1aslled hima what Mrs. Brown wits' Wourli Mother--Yos? Daughter—Andd Kave come to the conclu- slon thut ho mugh Bave boca looking at Ler admiringly 1o rogiudbor us well us by dld, THEMVENING TRYST, Detrse Free Press Unon the fence they'ro leaning, Al 1u the sturlicht's glow Thelir vol 1 of meaning, Are vory sogt find low: Th leuves sk str above them With ovening's yentiest sigh, Tho storles Uiy ure Lolling Up trom tholthoarts are welliug, While no onl wanders b: ho troes from dbw doth sore The bat in silence filts— Two housewlves, and between *om Some woman's gotting fits! n them, Columbus Post: About the only things that aro always In season 4ro the plug hat and the popperbox. New Orleaus Plonyuno: Hghtoing i the chunce of & I8 always willlug to miss 1t Belng struck by an's life; but he Pontweazel—1'm not on your elothes at this w York Sun: Alrs 10 put any patel of night. Pontwouzel=Why, my dear, It's never too lato o wond. —— Hurelson Club, At the request of & number of republicans Igive notice that there will boa meeting July 20 (Friday), at 8:30 p. 0., at the corver of "I'wenty-sixth and Walcut. The ob- Ject Is to orgunize a Hurrison club. Fiaxk Kasyeius, Chairman, 1892 16N CLATTER. There is a feoling of deadly enmity to Omaha among certain Dodge county ropub- licans. The advice tendered to Douglas county republicans to unite on Broatch for governor, coming from the Fremont Tribune, will be taken for just what it is worth—at more than 100 per cent discount. JULY 29, There is & hint thrown out, both at Fre- mount and Lincoln, that L. D. Richards has an ambition 1o occupy & seat in the United States senate in 1803, and that one of the sirongest cards he will play in the country will be his opposition to Omaha. ‘“udge Crounse is still holding a big lead for the repuvlican gubernatorial nomina- tion,” says the Nebraska City Press. *‘Ho will probabiy have the united support of Douglas county, and a strong following from othor parts of the stute, which have faith in the strength of s candidacy. He wiil be a strong candidate.” Editor Brown of tho Press is one of the Otoe county delegzates to the atate convention, and his utterance is indicative of the feeling 1n his delegation. To the Eaitor of Tux bER: 1 notice, 1 “Campaign Clatter,” that Tam credited with being prosent at a star- chamber conferenco whicli is reported to have been held botween ex-Mayor Broatch and certain county officials. So far as that item relates to me, it is cortainly in error. I have neither seen nor spoken to Mr. Broatch since the Koarney convention, some three months ago. 1held no conference at the courthouse gor elsewhere last night. 1 was otherwise engaged. I helped organize an- other patriotic association. I do not believe Mr. Broateh could bo elested governor, and certainly would not support or counsel others to support him under the circumstances. If Ovama, July 98 you will givo this the same publicity ac- corded the other statement, I shall bo much obliged. Yours respectfully, Jouy C. THoMrsoN. William M. Erwin is an old resident of Nemaba county, who migrated to Alma sowe years ago, “There are many former residents of Nemaha in Harlan county,” said Mr. Krwin, “who are very friendly to Tom Mujors. Iam myself. But friendship doesn’t go this year. The republican party must nominate & man for governor who can goout and fight, and not ono who will be obliged to put in his time detend ing himself from attacks. If we over neodea a clean man to leaa us we need one now, and we must have one. [ would like to see Fravk Ransom run, but he says he won’t do it.” Tho independents of the western and northwestern part of the stato aro feartul that the souttieast will try to “hog all of tho officers.” Tae Lincoln Sun warns the Koar- noy convention that it must “scattor out’” if itputs up a winning ticket. The Sun, otherwise the Alliance-Indepen- dent, also has a fow other ramarks to make about the Koarney gathering. It says: There will be two principles in the couven- tion; on tho ouo hand, dictatorsbip, sus- picion, slander, falschood, and ‘rule or ruin;' on the other hand, fraternity, barmony, loyalty, earnestness and sober judgment.” This is a polite way of iutimating that there will be h—L a-poppin’. There is a big ruction on in the indepen- dont ranks of Harlan couaty. The Van Wyck and Burrows-Powers factlons have about equal strength ana they are fighting like cats and dogs. At tho prosent writing neither side seems to be on top. Even the preachers are taking sides in the contest. Harlan county preachers usually take a great ceal of interest i politics. Elder Siler, who resides at Alma, was a great Boyd man twn years ago, and when tne votes were counted on the night of election it was found that Boyd only had one vote in the precinct. “The Elder Liad captured his own vote. Paul Vandervoort has congress by the Sixth Ward Independent club. It wasonly a little while ugo that Paul was “‘mentioned” for president. Next thing we know he may bo nominatoa for constable, been endorsea for Auditor Benton, referring to an inquiry from Hastings which appoared in this de- partment regarding the payment of $10,000 in taxes to Cheyenno county from the Pull- man Palace Car company, oxplained that the money paid was only #105. He smd it was paid to corroct an error in assossment and was refunded to the county through the auditor’s office, There were four other countles in which an orror was mado in the assessment and the entire amount refunded amounted to only a little over §00. “Juck MacColl was met a% the great union depot by a very prominent federal official Wednesday might,” said & Soutn Platte noli- tician on the steps of the Paxton, “and that is a straw.” ou are mighty right,” said an Omaha ward boss, "I could tell you more1f my lips waorc not sealed. Jack was around with Billy Kelly to onc of our councils, and he had a knowing look when ho watked out on tip-toe, “Juck is not on the track, yot he will bo in aday or two. Jack promised Majors not to run unless besteps off, and ho meaus to keep his word.” “Well,” remarked the South Platter, “rrom Majors to MacColl would ba like jump- ing from the frying pan into the fire. Majors is vuluerablo on his ‘contingent’ record and belongs xoul ana body to the railroads, but he has & good soldior rocord and is no sloue on the stump. Hehas been putting it on thick with bis bickory shirt, but he isa farmer und looks like & farmer. Jack s a good fellow and that's all there is of him, Ho has wade most of his money as railroad land agent and never takes a step without getting his tip from Thurston, Holdrege or some rallroad manager, He was the choice of both the Union Pacific and B. & M. two vears ago, and I am telling you no secret either. Jack couldn’t draw on the alllance soldiers as well us Tom ana boih of them would have to auck undor when old Van Wyck or Powers ot 'round. I tell you this ain't a year for lame ducks if wo want to win." e MATORS NOT BE CONSIDERED, Jonxstows, Neb., July 25.—To the Editor of Tur Ber: Mr. Majors has friends in this part of the state, and pevsonslly we rather like him, but as & candidate for goveraor he caunot be considered. The republican state convention is not called upon to heal wouunded honor nor to jeopardizo success by putling auy man upou the pedestal of public respect once voluntarily abandoned by bim, It was Mr. Majors’ misfortune, when placed in a high and honorable position, to act contrary o the demauds of the situation; to associate with scheming and selfish men aud w oligbt bis good namo aud prospects. He did nov make & mistake. He committed ® wrong—u grave moral wrong. I was Washington at the tme and knew something of tho secret workings of the affair and bave read again lately the cougressioual reports | relating o it, and if we say toat the terrible wards *forgery and perjury,” fitly cha terize the wrong done, I believe tho record will fully justify us. Not ouly so, but the motive was the lowest to which u man could yleld. It was purely a wercenary one. The hope of galoing @ seat in congress existed no longer. Tha ovject was to gain pay for the ume during which Mr. Majors claimed he ougut to bhave had @ seat in that | body. With this in vew, falsw census re- turns wero imposed upon the congressioual | committee, boaring the signature and soal of the secretary of the stato of Nebrasks, The secrotary danted tho signature and had never affixed the seal. When the frand was made clear, beyoud doubt, the committeo indig- nantly rejected the wholo affair and reco.)- monded that the attorney general of the stato of Novraska should deal with Mr. Majors, Then was tho time for Mr. Majors to have explained. Tustead of explaining bo fled, From Washington hoe retired to tho bauks of the Nemaha, thence to omergo at a later time 18 the farmer's friend and aspiro to political prominence. 1 presume that today no man deplores tho past so much as Mr. Majors himself. I be- liava 1o inducement coula load him to repeat tho experiment which ended so diseracofully and cost him so dearly. But that does not chaugo (he past, nor prevent any man, friend or fon, from concluding that tho rasord re- moves him from the circle of honorable men Aspiring to the governorstip of the state. At this time we cannot afford to nominato a man who would havo to be defended from overy platform and in every schoolhouse in the state from charses so grave. Tuey are not matters of rumor; they are not campaign Iies, but chargoes established by evidonce bo- fore congress, They form part of our na- tional records, and, deplore the facts as wo may, they remain to bar the state convention from maiing anv effort for Mr. Majors as governor, however well disposed toward hini otherwise, In common with others I regrot this con- dition of thiugs. As a soidier Mr. Major: did his duty, not only well, but moritor ously, during the war of the robellion. As private mau be enjoys the good will of his neighbors, but as a candidato for governor he cannot bo considered, and his_ frionds will servo his futuro peace and welfare by not bringing his namo into prominence 1 this campaign, JasEs Momis, e LIST TO HIS TALE OF WOE. A Country Editor W les the Skinflints of His Tow An interesting story is told of the boom ed- 1or of the Gazotte, published at Herman, Washington county, Neb. 1he fact that it was originally told by a “lcathsome contom- porary" serves to increase the light into the dark cornors of journalistic life. The editor worked off the following bright paragraph and put 1t in type: L. Cornell Is somowhat of 1 worker himself, Recontiy he carried into his store from the outside two tons of flour. Ah! theso men thag are not afrald to work are bound to prosper, and 50 -pound derrick can't hold ‘om down | He then struck a proof of the puff and weat avound to Mr. Cornell and asked him how many copies of tho extra edition he would want. He wouldw't want any. He dian’t believe newspaper notoriety did a man any good, aud he'd ratner have the ill wiil of a paper than its good will—for tho latter sometimes costs something. That paragrapn aid not appear in the boom edition of the Ga- zette, but this one did: L. Cornell. who hns been making money in Hermun for nquirter of a century, is so ¢lose and miseriy that he. tho other day, carried into his stol wo tons of flour ther than give a poorman a haif a dollar for doinz the Sume worl Although he isold and discrepit he would rather do this than heip ody In- borer. Such men bulld up towns? The Gazette Wil wazer u box of cigars that when he finds he is zoinz to die he'tl make a fearful effort to dig his own grav Now that is what wo call journalism with the bark on. Here is another sample some- what in the same lino: Last week's Gazette vresented a write-up for the tow It was the best the place ever had, he editor gave thouy,htand care in the work. The extra labor on the paper St a ittlo less than #i00. 1t did the town good. Only one mun wus not pleased, and now it s proposed to luy this gentloman on the table ond “open him up” for puvlic inspection. His cent write-up tired the editor more than 11 the rest, simply becauso it was n to lie—thats, to end r to make the beliove that this lnzaroni was & merchs carried o ngnifi t stock of goods. w! t his place of business is but litte larger than a store box, and wmore fiithy than a mu- rine hospital, and ms entire stock of p.under could be put in a nail TALK ABOUT WOM. The first thought of & wife or mother should be her home; all things, no matter how important, are secondary to that. No matter how rampant may become the certain public evils, let her see to 1t that she keeps the evil out'of her home, and she performs ner greatest duty to God, her family and mankind. Silk waterproofs como in the most boautl- | ful and arustic colcrings; some of them look like old brocades, whilo others are of striped nekin or checi silk; the best shapes are mnde without sleeves and with only slits to piss the arm through. The repellant cloths, which have an interliniog of rubber, huve the advantage of beiug useful on all océasions where a long garwont is necded. Miss Nixio Smith, a lass of 12, grand- daughtor of Horace Greeloy,disvlays' much of | the mental five of her grandsire. She has written a three act drama which the New York World pronounces “doubly remarkable for 1t il lustrates the phenomenon of atavism; it proves what the grandchild of a great man can do. ‘Ihe play is n very romarkable pro- duction. 1Us full of wit and iUs full of worldly wisdom. It peals with love, vanity, avarico and all that sort of thing, and it points & good moral.” Over 100 Parsee girls competed for prizes atan examination in domestic cookery in Bombay recently. The prizes wore awarded by a committee of Parsee ladies. Tho pre paration of food forinfants aud invalids was # part of the examination, but the priacipal dishes wero those in every-day demand in Parsee middle-class life; kabobs, potato wafers, yellow rieo, omelots, puddings and vogetables; and itis good promisc for the future greatnoss of tho Parseos that the | girls did remarkably well. A most_objectionable custom at present highly in vogue in smart society in Paris is | Dundy..” and lips with tho same hues that thay wear themselves, and, in consequence, tha wrotched littlo creatures are never able to play or amuso themselvos in any healthy way for foar of disturbing their appearance, while their skins wither promaturely and they are condemned to contiuue the practice under pain of looking promaturely old. GIVING MISS CANADA THE NAITE Examinor: Canada in tends to retalinte upon the United States whose offense is that it retaliated upor Cunada. There seems to bono limit to the gamo, Chicago Nows: While thera 18 nothing pleasant in the spectacle thus presented ol two friendly countrios making war on each other’s commerce, if it shall show to each bow much it neeas the co-operation of tha other the war may result after all in perma- nent benefit to both nations, 8t Louis Republic: There are groat op- portanities for mutual roprisal along the Canadian frontier. If a war of commoroeia) retaliation ever begins there it will be found to be almost limitless n possibilities. Wao can do a great deal on this side to make tho lives of Canucks who have not yet taken out naturalization papers vociferous ana melan- choly. t. Paul Ploncer Pross: Wo are not of thoso who look for serious results from the law giving to the president powor to impose, by proclamation, duties on froight and pas- sougors using tho Sault canal, We do not believe this power will be exercised; or that, if it noeds be, tho exercise will bo loug con' unued, 'T'he position of Canada is wholly untenable. The act of congress is o simple measure of justice. New York Commorcial: Retaliation by Canada via the Wolland ocanal is tne last novelty on the democrs, bargain countor in campaign goods, There will bo few pur- chasers of the flimsy fabric. While congress has armed President Harrison with the power to prevent discrimination against our commerce, discration and justico render the investment with authority a safety for Amorican interests, sy SONG OF THE CORN, San Francisco Indianapolis Journal, Iam the national flower, The plant of plants, Amerlean maizo, sometimes called corn. When [ wive my leaves Let other vozotables 1o down, And when 1 flaunt my tassol in the alr Lot other flowers subslde, The seasons and the woather are mino For mo the rains fall and the sun shin The hottor it is the better I like it. When it is ninety decrees in the shade Tthrive. but whon it is one hundred Lrejolce. 1 toll not, noithor do I spin, Yeu Solomon in ail his elory Could not stand the heat 43 I can. When men perspiro by day And sweat by night, Isimply erow The hotter it 15 the faste n is born The sparks 1l But m In the hoat and grow big Whilo humanity wilts and withers, Therefore, lift up your volces, Yesonsof men, Wipo the perspiration from your faces d sing aloud my pralses, ho pra corn. Which rejoices In tne hoat And Bweits not. S R REPUBLICA ATE CONVENTION. The republican electors of the state of Ne- braska ure requested to send delegates from theirseveral counties to meet in convention attheclty of Lincoln, August 4, 152 ut 1) o'clock a.m.. for the purpose of placing in nomination candidates for the following stutw offices: Governor; Lieutenant governor; Secrotary of state; * Auditor of pubiio accounts; Treasurer: Superintendent of public nstruction; Attornoy gencral; Jommissioner of publio lands and buildings: Eight presidential olectors: And to transuct yuch other busluoss as may come before the convention THE APPORTIONNENT. The several countles are entitled to ropro- sentution as follows, boing basel upon tho vote cast for George H, Hastings for attoraoy generalin 189), giving ono delegato-nt-larco toeach county d one reach 100 votes and the ma, Brown. ... | Butralo.! 1|Sarpy...! 11 Snundors, Gl ot ] s BIuil 4| Howard. 6| Jeferson ohnson.. © 14| Kearney 5 Koyn Paiin.. 10| Keith i K| Cheyenno ..., Cherry. Clay. A Colfax.. . Cuming... Custer Deel.... Dixg Dodie. . 16| Madison... . Douglis.. | Wobs 94| Morriek 3 on..1. 1|York.. Fillmor Franklin Frontier. It s recommended mitted to the gates pros £ Nuckol no proxies be ntion and thit the delo- D. Megcrr, Chalrman. that of painting children’s faces. Fashion- able mothers paint their youngsters’ checks d to cast the full =z YBROWNING, KINGE S5 P Largest Manufacturors an1 rytallaes of Clothing lu co. : tho World. 3 Monday, ‘Aug . for the greatest sale ever heard neck of the Watch for Ar Browning, Our 8tore 0loses at 6:50 p. m., exospt Batu duys, when we close ut 10 p. 1, of in this woo ls. nouncement, King&Co C