Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 9, 1892, Page 4

THE OMAHA DAILY bl THE DAILY BEE B H(;F_F,\_\‘AVT:F.R. Eoron. S —— = e PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. — OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE CITY. - TFRMS OF SURSCRIPTION. Dally Bee (without Sunday) Ono Yaar... Daily and Sanday. One Year =ll Months. . 8838383 Omsha, The Bee Bullding. Bouth Omaha, corner N and 20t} Counell Biuffs, 12 Pear! Strect Chieago Ofice, 817 Chamber of Commerae. Kew York. Konma 13, 14 and 15, Tribune Butlding Washington. 613 Fourteenth Street CORRESPONDENCE. " All_communications relating to nows —an editorinl matter should be nddrossed to the b Horial Department. BUSINESS LETTERS. All business lettors and remittances should b addressed to The Bee Publishing Company, Omahi Drafts. checks and_postoffice orders to be made PAYAbIC L0 the order of the company. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY HW_UIU; STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. lulanan-r,m;ln. " ; Jtinty of Dotglan N. I:I Yi!l. business manager of Tie BEE Pub- Nahing company, wolemnly awear that the ReUAL elroulAtIon of TR DATLY DER for he week ending Angust o, 147, , August 0 oo B N. P. FEIL. cribed 1n my pres- Publio Averngo...... ... Eworn 1o before me and sub: ence this Gth day of An B THE weather clerk is about as popular just now as Bill Pinkerton. BLAINE’S declaration to take stump has stumped the democrats. — g Tars week Denver is captured by the Knights Templar and next week Omaha will be enshrined by them. STAND up for Nebraska and rid this state of such misrepresentatives ns Bryan, Kem and McKeighan, the Tu reason prohibition is a failure in Towa is that there are too many probib- ulous prohiblicans in that state. THE train which started with $20,000-, 000 from California did not lose any on its way to Omaha. In fact it gained 200 per cent according to the report given. Ture dog days this year are the most healthy which Omaha has experienced for some years. But to keep up this state of health we wish to repeat, burn the garbage. THERE is no scrambling among the Towa demacrats for the state nomina- tions this fall. They are not worth the scramblo for they have no election cer- tificate attachment, ThE New York Tribune commends the Chicago News Record for not using the hyphen in its name. Then ploase tell us, Mr. Tribune, why in blazes you still write it New-Yorl. THE story given out Friday night that David B. Hill was on his way to Gray Gables turns out to be the veriest tissuo of funcy. All these democratic harmony stories are based not on the solid sub- stanco of fact, but on the elusive fabric of hope. T Springfield Republican, speaking of the failureof the people’s party organ in Wichita, Kan,, says “evidently it is no fool’s job to starta people’s party paper in Kansus.” We object. It is no fool’s job to keep such a paper going when started, but the fool part comes in the starting. CALVIN BRICE says the Cleveland *‘band wagon” is a hearse. This is of course borrowed to some extent from Tom Reed’s famous remark, but it is true in Brice’s case, for like Mark Tupley, he followed that hearse with smiles in 1888 and he knows all ahout the procession, THE cross-roads signposts still offend the eyo and spivit of Omahn. If they are not taken down soon, ordinarily quiet citizens will be compelled to kid- nap them some durk night. After a man has looked at them a few times heo needs u dose of Hood’s sarsaparilla. Tuke 'em down. TENNYSON celebrated a birthday Sat- urday. But to find the real birth- day of the man Tennyson today is to soarch for that sad day when tho poot renounced tho noble, tender sywpathy with the common people and the prin- ciples of democracy and became the bigoted aristocrat he is today. PRESIDENT HARRISON has veflected great oredit upon nhis judgment by the selection of Senator Allison as the chair- man of the international silver confer- ence commiftee. While others are floundering around in the treacherous financial sea Mr, Allison has always socmed 1o be perfectly easy and sound, —_— WiEN the sugar combine gets a black eye all good citizens should rejoice. It has just received one. Some weeks ago 1t offered to allow a rebate to jobbers who would enter into an agreement to keep prices up, thus giving them un ad- vantage over those who wished to cut prices. The courts now intorvene in benalf of fair play all around, and the combine now finds itsell compelled to abandon the rebate system and sub- stitute commissions. —_— GureArinterestis still felt inthe fate of Judge Clarkson and thoe failure to find his body after most diligent search quite naturaily leads to ull sorts of conjectures. e T1E BEE has heard the suggestion made that it would be advisable to offer a lurger reward for the recovery of the body, and we think well of the sugges- tion. Leu the bar of Omaha offor a reo- wurd of say 8500, This would at any rute have the effect to stimulute a wore active und persistont search, The body of the unfortavate man is undoubtedly somowhero under the waters of Honey Croek lake and no effort must be spared o recover it TRYING TO GO SOFTLY. Ttisnot at all surprising that the managers of the democratic campaign should have become alarmed at the freedom with which English journals oxpress their approval of the advanced free trade position taken in the Chicago platform. They know thut the Ameri- can citizen who does not estimate this warm and enthusiastic approval of Eng= land at its true value must be very dull indeed. The American voter may dis- trust his own judgment as to the com- parative merits of free trade and pro- tection, but he need not have much sa- gacity to see that the introduction of a policy here which Kngland earnestly desives as a renson of profit to herself cannot be advantageous to this country. Whether the English journalists have themselves observed that, their utter- ances on this subject are damaging to democratic prospects or whether the Cleveland managers have called their attention to that fact, wo do not know, but certain it is that they are now try- ing to suppress the exhuberant en- thusiasm which the democratic attitude has aroused in England. This is the way the Liverpool Eoho treats the sub- ject: “The discussion of the question at issue from the English point of view has only one effect in the States, and that injurious and paralyzing to those who are fighting the battle of free trade. Every public expression of opin- fon in this country hostile to the Mo- Kinley tariff, from a British point of view, is telegraphed across the Atlan- tic and eagerly reproduced in the re- publican: papers throughout the couns try. As wo said before, the apostles of freo trade, if they wish to further the principles they are so proud of, should rigidly hold their tongues during the present presidential campaign. Their utterances do incaleulable harm to the democratic cause, and if Mr. Cleveland is after all defeated it will be largely owing to the too loudly and indiscreetly exprossod sympathy proceeding from theso shoves.” Thisis very candid. It is much like the advice which a cautious bunco man would give to an indiscreat and impetu- ous confederate in laying plans to fool an unsuspecting agriculturist from the pastoral environments of Wayback. We rather admira the nerve of these Eng- ish nowspapers. Thoro is something sublime about their assumption that we will not hear them if they only take off their shoes and go softly Their p tion, briefly stated, is this: The demo- cratic party is on our side; the republi- can party doesn’t know enough to go in when it rains; and yet we must be care- ful not to arouse suspicion by winking too conspicuously at the free trade poli- ey of the democrats. Of course the publication of such arti- cles in England appears to Americans somewhat absurd. They will laugh at such utterances and wonder if they fair- ly represent the English estimate of the intelligence of the American voter. As a matter of fact they certainly do. It is i ssible for the British mind to com- nd the true relation of the Ameri- can voter to the American government. In this country the individual citizen does his own thinking and considers questions of national policy in all their bearings, and no policy chat does not commend itself to the intelligent judg- ment of a majority of the voters can ever be put into practice. In muking up the judgment the voter will not be uarrow- minded enough to oppose a principie solely because it finds favor in England, but he cannot fail to perceive that in the great commercial warfare between this country and Great Britain the policy which the latter most wishes the United States to adopt is one by which our Joss would be commensurate with her gain. It is amusing to near the English newspapers waraing one another against making too much praise for fear of awakening suspicion here, but the truth is that the precaution is wasted., The people of the United States understand the attitude of England on this question. GERRYMANDERE W YORK. Among the many flagrant abuses of power recently committed by the demo- cratic party none has been character- ized by a bolder disregard of justice and of constitutional requirements than the reapportionment of senute and assembly districts made by the legislature of New York, The course of that party in the gerrymanders of Wisconsin and Michi- an was bad enough—so bad, indeed, that the supreme courts of those states, without a dissenting opinion, declared their acts to be nuil and void—but in reckless violation of the fundamental law of the state the legislature of New York went beyond these examples of Jawlessness. It was the boast of the friends of David Bennett Hill that he gave the state of New York a logislature demo- cratic in both branches for the first time in many y2ars. The people elected a republican senate, but the democrats, under the leadership of Hill, stolo thay body and the principal object of the theft was to reappartion the legislative istricts 8o as to perpetunte demoeratic control of the legisiature. The pian thut was carefully arranged by the ma- chine was fully earried out, and had it been allowed to stand unchallenged the democrats would doubtless have re- tained control of the legislative dopart- ment of the state for many years to come, But the republicans determined not to permit this violation of the plain mun- date of the constitution to go unchal- lenged, and at the first opportunity the supreme court of the state was called upon to pass upon the constitutionality of the reapportionment act. This came when the supervisors of Monros county refused to proceed under the act on the ground that it was not constitutional. The court was asked to issue a writ of mandamus requiring the board of super- visors to reapportion the assembly diss tricts, woich it declined to do, holding the law to be unconstitutional. It is unnecessary to refer to the rea- sons given by the court for its decision, buacause these are not of general intere est. It is sufficient to say that they muke it porfectly clear that this act of the demoeratic legisluture of Now York, couvened in extraordinary session for the purposo of adopting this legislation, unmistakably violates the constitution of the state. The wrong thus sought to be perpetrated uvon the people of New York is aggravated by the fact that it was the result of careful deliberation. The act was not passed at the regular session, It was not one of many meas- ures engaging theattention of the legis- lature, and therefore liable to be slighted in consideravion. It was framed with deliberation and passed at a special session when no other matters interfered with its consideration. Tt was therefore a carefully devisel plan to give the democracy control of the legislative department for an indefinite poriod regardless of the requirements of the fundamental law. It furnishes anothor striking example of what the democratic party is eapable of doing in order to retain power. The question has yet to be passed upon by the court of appeals. but there can be no doubt that the decision of the supreme court will be affirmed. THE PLANTING OF ANTHRACITE. Our more or less esteemed contem por - ary, the World-Herald, has a larger sup- ply of misinformation—to put it mildly —than any other journal of equal pro- tensions in the country.- Here is a specimen: Tie Bre corrected a nameless paper for speaking of the tariff on anthracite coal. That is right, but the Almighty put a big enough tariff on it when he planted it no- where else but in America. Anthracite coal is produced in Europe and in portions of Asia, and is undoubt- edly distributed in various quantities over the greator portion of the globe. When the. Almighty ‘“‘planted” tho luxuriant vegetation of the carbonifers ous age, which produced coal of differ- ent kinds, according to conditions, no particular partof the earth was selected for its planting. It happens, however, that America has tho greatest anthra- cite deposits in the world, and for that reason foreign competition in our mar- ket 18 not to bo feared and a tarift is unnecessary, THE MONETARY SYSTEM. President Harrison has shown excel- lent judgment and absolute fairbess in selecting the commissioners on the part of the United States to the international monetary conference which is to be held soon in one of the capitals of Europe not yet designated. The silver question wili engage, it 1s presumed, the entirs attention of the conference, and both sides of that question ave ably repre- sented by the commissioners appointed. No man in the country, with the possi- ble exception of Senator Sherman, is better informed on the subject than Senator Allison, and he with Mr. Can- non of New York and General Walker of Muissachusatts represent the opposi- tion in this country to the free and un- limited coinage of silver. Unquestion- ably the very ablest advocate in che United Stites of the frae coinage of silver, and one of the best informea men upon financial questions generally, is Senator Jones of Novada, and hie views will be ably supported by Mr. McCreary of Kentucky. It is to be noted, also, that while both sides of the siklver ques- tion are thus fairly represented ail sec- tions of the country have received con- sideration. ‘e plnce of meeting of the confer- ence has not yet been determined, but 1t will doubtless be London or Paris. This does not appear to be a matter of very great importance. though it has been assumed that tho place of meeting might have somo influence upon the re- sult of the deliberations. The real ob- joct of the conference is to consider in what way an enlarged use of silver in international exchange can be brought about, which will involve the question of an international ratio for silver, but it is to be expected that the subject of the [ree coinage of silver will recoive some attention. It would be hazardous to make any prediction regarding the outcome of the conference, or whether it will have any practical result, but it may bo said that there is no general ex- pectation that anything will be accom- plished in furtherance of the cause of free silver comnage. So far as appears there is no nation of Europe that is in the least disposed to favor this policy, but on the contrary the tendency among most of them seems to be to cling more closely than ever to the gold standard. The sentiment in England favorable to bimetalism has undoubtedly grown some within the last few years, but it is entertained by only a very small minor- ity of the people, ombracing fow of the moneyed and influential classes of the people. Germaun sentiment in this mat- ter is largely controlled by that of Eng- land, and the most recent expressions of the leading financiers of Germany do not wacrant any hope that the influenco of that country will be cast on the side of freo silver. France shows no symp- toms of a change of feeling regarding silver, nnd Austria is making all prac— ticable haste to get on a gold basis. This being the situation the advocates of free silver coinage are likely to huve a somowhat discouraging part in the monetary conference. While the conference will simply con- sider the monetary situation, with reference particularly to silver, and the commissioners will report the con- clusions to their respective govern- ments, the result of the deliberations will earry with it a certain authority. It will conclusively show just how the leading nations of the world stand re- garding a silver currency, and this may reasonably be expected to exert an im- portant influence upon publis sentiment in this country. The Awmerican views on this vital question will be ably pre- sented by the commissioners on the part of the United States, SCHOOL BOARD PIGHEADEDNESS. Members of the Board of Education still contend that they ao not propose to move into the quarters set apurt for them in the city hill building because they are not exactly what they bargained for when the city hall was projected soven years ago. This cause is entirely ustifiable. The school district of Omaha is identi- cal with the city of Omaha. The school board is an independent branch of the city government, but every dollar which the Board of Education expends is col- lectod from the taxpayers of Omaha. The city treasurer is the treasurer of the board and his oftice is in the city hall. The city attornoy should by rights AUGUST 9, 1892. also be their attorney. What excuse cun the board have hw filching money out of the pockets payers to gratify its members in a "nvar!y with the city council? The board and th“douncil are both moroly trustees for the property of the city and the maintenapoe of municipal govornment and puhlic instruction. They are very much like husband and wife quarceling ovar the household ox- penses. The monay thpy expend comes out of the same posket Is thero any rational excuso for tho continued outlay ofvental for cramped quarters in a fire trap, when tho city has erected a firoproof Building at a cost of nenrly half a milliol in which commodi- ous quarters have bean reserved for the school bourd? The city pays for compe- tent janitors to care for these rooms. They are nccessible by alovator, while the present Board of Education rooms can only be reached by climbing steep flights of stairs. Even if the city council were disposed to refund the $22,000 which the school board has contributed toward the erec- tion of the city hall the board would not be justified from a business standpoint in its attitude because the city would have no use for the rooms that have been set apart for the board and these rooms represent an investment of over $50,000 that might have been saved by leaviug off one story. If the school board persists in its bull- headed course the issue will be forced upon mombers who expect a re-election this fall. THE SPIDER AND THE FLY. Certain Omaha typesetters have or- organized a campaign club with the avowed object to defeat Whitelaw Reid. This of course means that they intend to vote against Harrison, for you cannot voto for Harrison and against Reid. The pretext for this move is the contro- versy between Reid and the New York printers’ union, which was amicably sottled months ago. Now every printer knows that a vote cast against Harrison and Reid is a vote for Cleveland and Stevenson. What has Cleveland ever done for organized or unorganized labor except to cheapen it by favoring foreign competition? At this time the New York Evening Post, the most rampant champion of Cleveland and free trade, is a ‘‘rat” officeand so are the Courier-Journal and scores of other demoeratic print shops. But the move in Omaha, ostensibly gotten up to punish Reid, is in reality concocted by democrats in the interest of C'eveland and Stevenson. The ver- 1est political numbgkull knows enough to know that every vote taken from Harrison and cast for Weaver is a vote for Grover Cleveland. Weaver has no more chance to Be elected president this year than Belq ckwood or Pro- hibition Fisk had o ears ago. THE proposal to hné the school year thirty-eight weelkd instead of forty should not be has\ily disposed of. ‘The intorests of both pupils and teachers arenvolved. Is it désirable from the point of view of, the welfare of the formor, to shorten the school year? Many of the childrehiwho attend the public schools are so circumsatanced that they cannot go beyond the grammar grado. Would it not be an injustice to such to further reduce the school year? As to the teachers, they could not rea- sonubly expect to receive as much pay for thirty-eight weeks as they do for forty. Would they be equally efficient and zealous at a reduced salary, and would there not besomo danger of losing the better class of them if the pay were lowered? These are questions to be carefully considered. The reason for the proposed shortening of the school year is that the first half of September is usunlly about as hot as any period of the year, and that consequeatly very little is accomplished in the schools. But at any rate they get fully prepared for active work when the weather be- comes favorable for it. There are two sides to this question, and the one that should prevail is thai which assures the groatest good to the groatest number and will not effect 'any impairment of the efficiency of the schools. I7 18 8aid that there are 8,000 empty houses in San Francisco and that rents are at the lowest point. One reason for th d to be that the development of loan and homestead associations there has been great, and every house built by a member of such an organization leaves a vacant dwelling for rent. There is less prosperity and progress in California now than might be expected from the long series of booms which that state has had. A partial explana- tion of this is found in the fact that the state has 71,000 Chinese, whose earn- ings are not less than $20,000,000 yearly. This income 1s sent to China and, there- fore does not find its way into the chan- neis of business in the communities from which it is drawn. Asthis has been going on for many years it is esti- mated that $450,000,000 has been sent to China from California. If this great sum had been put into business it would have vastly increased the prosperity of the golden state and would have con- tributed to the welfaro of tho whole COTUU T G e T IN BOSTON the cpltured oity council has passed a law f diing the vocifer- ous crying of ‘3‘ sboys on the stroets, What It ¥hat nonsensical law and the automKtic) paper seller just invented, the lot of :ai newsboy in the Hub is becoming a burdensome one. —_— Don's Lun; Felt Want, Washingtin Post. Dou M. Dickinson should advertise for an expert gerrymandever before giving tho Michigan legtslativedlstricts another whirl, e s S Are They Not Citizens? Bostish Globe. A minister of whe gospel caplured the nom- fnatiou for lieutonant zoveruor at tho Ne- braska ropublican convention, '*Tne clergy in politics” is & condition, nota theory, (n our vast and bounding west, . Too Hot ta Hoot. Globe Democrat, The hot weathor is dolaying the enthusi- , but it Is not re- taralng the steady growll of public sentd- mdot in favor of the party that belioves in £00d wages and honest mouey. s A e 3 Watterson und the Tarifl, Lowisville Commerelal “Just as 3000, sard tho free trade Coul Journsl, yosterday, “'as the democrats get the power they will restore the sugar dutios.” The sugar duty was a rovenue duty, and consequently operatod as a tax paid by every American householder, and every oue of them has folt tho rolief given by tho repeal of tuat duty. How do they Iike the idoa of having to go back to the sugar pri 2 two years ago; in order that foreign manufacturors may sond wore of their goods here and cut American working- men out of employment to that extent! How do they like this froe traae program of going back to high prices for sugar? -— Izenship Obtained by Perjury, New York Sun. 1a rogard to the proposition that tome moans shall be taken to prevent anarchists Irom becoming citizens of this country we say that, under our present laws, an alion anarcnist cannot bocome an American _eiti- zen without committing perjury ; for every man, when he takes out papors of naturai- ization, must take an oath that ho will sup- port the goverument, constitution aud laws of the United States. As the fundamental principle of anarchism is opvosition to all goverument and law, no anarchisi can take this outh without swearing falsely. oo it Where the Surplus Went. San Franeise » Chroniele. Where has the surplus gono! ask the dem- ocrats, Well, $275,000,000 of ‘t has gone for the redemption of interost-paving debt dur- iog Harrison's administration. And it was disbursed intelligontly, too, as may be in- ferred from the fact that the interest chargo which was $34,578,450 annually in 1889 is only $22.803,881 in 1892, a decline of $11,084,~ 578 per annum. i i b Blaine Wi o Heard, St Panl Pioneer Press. Mr. Blaine will take the stump in his own state of Maine, and if he goes not beyond her Qorders the words ho utters will be heard all the way to California and all the way to the gulf. - THE REPUBLICAN TICKET. Sidney Telegraph: The choice is a wise ono and wsures republican victory for the state, Custer County Leader: It is a ticket that ropublicans can be proud of and that will sweop the state. Buffalo County Bencon: Hon. Loronzo Crouse will make o winning fight against the political trickster who bas, unfortunately fur the independents, succooded 1n foistiug him- self upon their party Denver Republican: Assistant Seorotary of the Treasury Crounse was nominated for governor of Nobruska vosterday after a spir- ited contest with threa or four opbonents. The nominee is & strong, popular, able man and will undoubtedly command the full vote of his party at the polls in November. His cloction is absolutely certaln. Dan Solomon of Glenwood. Ia,, an original Towa democrat and 8 democrat still: *“The nomination of Lorenzo Crounse moans the election of a republican governor in Ne- braska. I have recently looked over tho sit- uation in the state and 1 am satisfied that he will be elected in spite of all our people and tho paople’s party compined can do 1o dufeat e Grand Island Independent: Judge Crounse is the right man for the leader n our state fight, able, uonorable, well known all over the state, tried in many offices and always found of sterling weight. He is the man, and probably the ouly one under the prejent circumstances, who can beat Van Wyck, in whom tho independents have put up the most available man they have. Seward Reporter: The republican party is to be congratulated on the nomination of Lorenzo Crounse for governor. Judge Crounse is one of the most cuitnred men in Nebraska, and as governor would honor the state, He is an old and deservedly popular citizen, ard has served the people in various positions of responsibility and trust with the best of satisfaction,” His nomination unites all ele- ments of the party, and ro reasonable doubt can exist of his election. Minneapolis Tribune (rep.): The hot con- test for the place of honor on the ticket is gratifying evidence that the republicans of Nebraska don’t propose to have another democratic goveraor. Men are not wont to fight very earnestly for a nomination that is likely to prove an émpty compliment. It is the evident intention of the Nebraska repub- licans to redeem the state this fall by rolling up a plurality somewhere near the 27,000 sev down to their credit in 1855, Lincoln Journal: The republicans of Ne- braska can congratulate themselves that they have selocted a thoroughly respectablo, thoroughly representativo and thorougily vepublican ticket. The contest over some of the offices was sharp and prolonged, but such struxgles leave no wounds in the bodies of true republicans. The ranks are already closed and the lines are already formed for one of the liveliest and most aggressive cam- puigns the party has over conducted in Ne- braska. Norfolk News: The ropublican state con- vention did its work well ana placed in the field a ticket with which no repubiican can find fault. Not only should the csndidates named draw the full party strength, but their names and the better influences in tho party that brought about their nominations should win back many who had become dissatistiod and wandered away fram the fold. The party is united, and everything points to a sweep- ing republican victory all along the line in Nebraska this fall. Lincoln Liberty (alliance ind.): The re- publican nominee for governor was formerly one of Nebraska's subreme judges and four years a membor of congress from this state. He was rotired by the ralroad companies be- cause of his anti-mouopoly views. He is a clean man, of large experieuce in public affairs, able, fearless and indomitable n any undertaking which be espouses. Ho is, beyond any question, the very strongest man the republicans could have nominated, and his name at the head of their ticket means that the better element of the party con- trolled 1ts convention and thacif the inde- pendents win victory this year they must fight @ bold, fearless and aggressive cam- paign. _Should the democrats bominate either Broady or General Victor Vifquain the campaign wilt be an interosting one. Fremont Tribune: The ticket nominated at Lincoln 13 a clean and able one from Lop to ottom. Judge Crounse, the nominee for gov- ernor, is a man of great ability and acknow- lodged honesty. A resident of Nebraska for thirty years Bo has served bis state in hon- orary positions in a most honorable manner, and is now rendering conspicuous Service as assistant secretary of the treasury at Wash- ington. On the bench of this district and on the supromo beuch of the stato he proved hin @ jurist of a high order and unim- peachable integrity. In congress he was ac- uve and vigilunt and of great service to bis state. He has always been in line with the best elewent of the republican party and es- pecially that portion of it distinguished for its strong anti-monopoly sentiment. He will bo & tower of strength 1o the whole ticket. Koarnoy Hub: In the present situation in Nebrasku no_other nomination for governor except that of Lorenzo Crounse wus logical oradyisable. He was an essential part of the situation, His following was immova- ble, alithough he was uot in the state and used no personal influence to secure tho nomination, aud his steady gain through five ballots could not in any particular ve traced 10 the man seeking tho office, Personally Lorenzo Crounse is all that a candidate for governor should be. He has been for these many years in full accord with the so- ocnlled *reform’ movement wilbin the party ; bis hands are untaiuted by any jobs political or otherwise; his record as judge, congress- man, and in other ofMcial positions is without aflaw; and his abilities make him the peer of any man who will be elected to tho gover- norship of eny sthie in the union at the com- ing eleotion, e SHOT AN OMAHA TOUGH, John O'Keete Fatally Wounded by sn Ofticer in Chleago. Cu1cago, 11L., Aug. 8.—|Special Telogr ‘ne Bex,|—John O'Keofe, & tough who ro- cently came bere from Omaha and who is thought to be wanted in that city, was shot by Oficor MoGinnis late last night. O'Koefo had been raising & aisturvance on & streot corner aud was arrested by the officer. "Tho tough drow an ugly looking knife, but was immediately disarmed He then st tompted to escape and a terrifio struggle fol- lowed. Theofiicer could only use his bands aud O'Keefe, who is & powerful feliow, sought possossion of the officer’s rovolver. Finally O'Keefo broke loose and ran. Mo Ginnis warned bim and then shot, tho bulley taking effect in the right tbigh, lflicting & probably fatal wound. e BRI Buck at Work i 1 Pirrsuuke, Pa, Aug. 8. steol works started up this morning with nearly all the old employes at work. CAMPAIGN CLATTER, “Tho ticket nominated at Lincoln is the business man’s tioket,” said a prominent commercial travelor who visited Omaha yestorday after un extensive tour of the state. I nave talked with hundreds of busi- noss men,” sald he, “in tho past throo dayvs and 1 am surprised at the unanimity of seati- ment, amoug republicans and democrats alike, in favor of tho ticitet. Of all the busi- ness men 1 havo talked with not ono but has declared that Crounse is the man for busi- ness mon to support. There seoms to bn no doubt in the minds of thinking peopls that the election of Crounso is assured.” Grand Pass Distributer Seoloy is again skirmishing for tne secrotaryship of the state central committeo, but like his sido partuer, Alger, he doesn’t know he is dead. He may discover it, though, in a fow days and prepare to bo decently interred. € General C. H. Van Wyck was in the city a couple of hours yesterday, but pulled out for his home in Wyoming on the 10 o'clock train. Regarding the nomination of Crounse, he said that the republicans had undoubtedly put up one of the strongost men in the party. He expressed the bollef that in some respects Crounso was much stronger than Majors, while in some others he aidn’t know but “Tom” would huve beon just as strong. ‘‘Tho nomination of Crounse means ono thing,” said the general, “‘and that is that Wo are to huve a docent campaign, & gontle- manly contest. [have known Judge Crounse for years, aud our relations have alviays beon friendly, and I am satisfied that nothing will be said or done to change those relations.” W. C. Holden of the Lincoln Liberty is still camping on Van Wyck's trail and has failed to put the general's name on the inde- pendent ticket which he curries at the mast- head of his paper. Mr, Holden explains: “Liberty is an independont newspapor aud its editor is an indepondent and will support every man on the indepondent stato ticket except C. H. Van Wyck. We decline to sup- port him bocause he is not an indepondent and is not in sympathy with the toilers. He is & millionaire, a banker, bondholder and a ‘forager off tho enemy’ for tho spoils of of- fico. Wa shall be able to give good and suf- ficient veasons for the position we have taken and shall foarlessly pursue our way in future without paying any attention whatever to the assauits of foos from within the ranks of the independent par! Some scheming politician socured a vote in the Lincoln convention to which ho was not eutitied. On overy ballot there was one voto cast from Arthur county. As there is no county in Nebraska named Arthur (the unorganized territory which bore that namoe having beon swallowed up by McPherson county) somebody had evidently worked up ajob. Nwo yeaws ago the same trick was played in the old Third district cong sional convention, but it was aiscovered after tho first ballot had been taken. Tho days of tho “unorgauized territory” in Ne- braska are over, W. A. Gilmore of Broken Bow has called the democratic congressional convention of the Sixth district to meet September 7. Mr. Gilmore is the man who wants the democrats to nominate him for congress. The democratic state contral committeo will probably be called togethor 1nside of a weok for the purpose of naming the timo aud place for holding & state convention. It is said that J. H. Moan would like to seo a can- digate nominatea for governor, ana he wouldn’t mind being the man. el SO DIFFERENT NOW, Detroit. Tribune. “Lost your rubber, d! Wait, I'll b ? Thus b spokc u Buckward through the faliing rain, On the crossing stood the falr one, Pouting a coquettish wing, him for fancied slowness, atient ot deluy. Most provokingly it spluttered, Did the nre lamp overhoad, And he muttered sotto voco Things ho'd botter left unsaid, Finaily ho found and brought 1t Irestoed well with elinging cluy: And when It was read justed, Daintily she picked her way. Then he could not help but think him Of the duys when he and she, Rustic lud iwnd simple maiden. Rambied o'er the dewy lea. Both barefooted, tannod and happy, iro her father stern k ofl: Ero be, that he might bo near hor, Pluned into the city's moll. Yot he spoke not of his musings, For she hud forgotten quite Thut she knew him ere he learned to Wour & splko-tail ov'ry night. pickhaond it Mot A v BBLES, Philadelphla Record: won by u fowl. ivery cock fight 1s " sald the o muy bo | uits ren, at all pric cuts no figure, rive to take their plac Our store closos at 6:30 p. Anys. when wo close ai 10 p. . have them long, because we don't carry over any goods, We make prices to sell them now, We might sell them next year but we have a reputation for selling new and desirable suits, and we don't propose to lose it. There are suits for men, boys s—any price you want, We want to sell and sell now. thiug is of the very best quality. else and we have put prices on them that will sell them and sell them now before our new fall goods ar- who appears on the stroot—though morely going to the grocery~with onl suspender.” “Take me all 'round and you won't find_my €qual,” as the champlon fat man modestly ro« marked to the museum propriotor. Indianapolls Journai: “A pound of coal” sald tho professor. “contains onor y equal {e amount 1o the fo od by A’ man in do- ing a day's work. man supposed ta bo working for himself, or 1s he hired?" asked the thoughtful yo an u £36 front soat Pnlladelphia Times: [t's not surprising how the troning giris hold out, Long tamiiiare ity with starch should ble them to make Protiy st torms. Boston Transeript: “Cut you out in one m te, sir, Ald the silhonette man. othinz very remarkable about that' repliod B ghtiolgh, In sombre tones, I had & Il me out a darned sight quickey than tha once. And Blightioleh mesndered sadiy alonz, his mind haunted by visions ol Urizht oyos and fale halr and tormenting thoughts of what m. t have been. Columbus Post: It the ourly bira whio Ccatoaes the worm would h matters a litel and visit the electric Iamvs ho could got b il of bugs Washinzton Star: “I thoro are peoplo ln don't bollove thoy wmount aph.” rojolned the sinngy girl. “They ot sight," Smith, Gray & Co.'s Monthly: “Do you sup- pose,” nsked tho Sunday sehool toachior, *'th the prodizal son greeted his fatnorloudly an Joyully? 1 reckon ot “Hie voloo wust '’ be sald the bright boy. kindor husk, Glonn Falis Ropublican: A waltross may not know how to deal a pack of cards. but she oun enslly ralso the dence by dropping a tray. The pretty girl, the summor mald, Ah! who would not defend ‘er? But not 50 shy nor 100ks afraid When strapp'd in black suspender. ‘There comes a time when on the sand. Tho tale is sad to tell, 0! A button flios—sho vainly tries To swear just 1iko n fellow. Baitimoro Amozlcan: Tho erying neod ia naval affuirs Is o marine Kooh who can cure tho ravages of coal consumption. SHE PLINKED THE 1) Washington Star, She loved totake her mandolin and sit a while to piays nked it with the plectram In a most tic way. bors of tho family insadn UL s had For the only tune she ever loarned was “Mag- gio Murphy's Home. — ———— Doncon Divorce Case Postponed. Paws, Aug. 8.—The caso of Edward Parker Deacon against his wifo for adultery with Abielle has beon postponed untii Octo- ber. REPUBLICAN STATE PLATFORM. The republicans of Nebraska in convention assembled affirm thoir faith in tho principles enunciated in tho platform adopted by the nationsl republican convention at Minne- , and most heartily endorse tho wise, n, firm and truly American administra- tion of President Harrison. The republican party is tho friend of labor in the factory, mill, mine and on the farm. It will at all times stana reaay to adopt any measure that muy improve its condition or promote its prosperity. < Woe deplore the occurrence of any confliot between labor and capital. Wedenounce the agitation of demagozues designed to foment conflicts, ana we-most_earnestly aisapprove the use of private armed forces in any 'vay to settlothem. We believe that an appeal tolaw and its officors is ample to protect property and preserve tho peaco aud favor the establishment in some form of boards or tribunals of concitintion and arbitration for tho peacoful settlement of ail disputes be- tween capital and Jabor and such questions as pertain to the safety and physical and moral wellbeing of the workingmen. We believe in protecting the laboring men by all nocossary and Judicious legislation, and to this end we favor the enactment of suitable laws to protect the healtn, life and limb of all amployes of transportation, min- g and manufacturing companies while en- gagod in the sorvice of such companies. Tho € armers of this state, who constituta the chief element of our productive wealth- creating ponulation, are entitled to the cheapest and best facilities for storing, ship- ping and marketing their products. and to this end we fuvor such laws as will give thom cheap, safe aud easily obtainablo ele- vator ana warchouse facilities, and will fur. nish them promptly and without discrimina- tion at just and equitable rates proper trens- portation facilities for all uccessible mar- kets. We demand the enactment of laws regu- lating the rato charged by express com- panies within this state to the end that such rates may be made reasonablo. Woe favor the adoption of the amendment to the constitution providing for an electiva railroad commission empowered to fix local passenger and freight ratos, Wo are in favor of toe postal telegraph and postal savings bank svstem and rural free delivery. Trusts and combinations to control and un- duly enhance the price of commoditios are a great evil and we favor all proper legislation to eradicate and repress them. The revenne laws of this state sbould be carefully revised by & commission of come potent parsons representing tho principal in- dustries of the state to tho end that all prop- erty rightfully subject to taxation may made to pay its just proportion of the publie rovenues, The aebt of this nation to the men who preserved 1t can nover be paid in dollars and conts. The republican party of Ne- braska cordially and earnestly favors a sys- tem of ponsions so liberal as to properly provide for the living and tenderly ~protect from want the widows and orphaus of the dead. Largest Manutaovurars anl rasuiloes of Olothing tu the World Resting Easy--- Because we have not a very big stock of summe o on hanl; and we won't, Profit Every- We handle nothing | Browning,King&Co | pxcept Satur- |S.W. Cor 15th & Douglas St