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i ESTABLIS MR, CULLOM FAVORS REPEAL His Strong Arqument in Its Favor Before tho Senate Yosterday, BOTH SIDES ARE VERY ANXIOUS TO TALK Coke of Texns and Pefler of Kansas Make Specchw Against the Witon Bill— The Senate Would Not Ad- Joura for Labur Day, WasnIxGToN, Sept. 4. —In the senate today there were three speeches delivered on the repesl bill, two in opposition to repeal, and that of Mr. Cullom in support of the house bill. Each side of the silver question di: play to seeure the advantage resulting from an hour or two of debate, Mr. Poffer’s intimation that he would prefer to submit his remarks tomorrow was quickly responded to by Mr. Voorhees, who said that 1 the present situation he felt compelled to sk that the senate continue its session, while the declaration of the chairman of the finance committee was as quickly met by Mr. Jones of Nevada, with a motion to ad- journ, Mr. Vdorheces, in charge of the re- peal measure, hardly left the chamber dur- ing the session, and occasionally cast anxious glances at the great clock over the main entrance to the hall. The silver senators had a good quartet on guard until the last moment, in Messrs, Teller, Cockrell, Morgan and Jones of Nevada, The most notable featureof the day's proceedings wrs Mr. Voorheos' failure to_ask the senate to meet at il o’clock in the future until the debate on the silver bill is concluded, instead of 12 s o'clock. And Capital Won. There was a sharp contest between capi- tai and labor, and capital won, M. Allen, the populist scnator from Nebraska, attempted to sccure adjournment iu honor of Labor day. Ho was ably scconded by Peffer, nd others. Voorhees warmly opposed the proposition, and insisted that no greater compliment ~ could be pa labor than to proceed at once to the consideration of important legislation before the senate. Mr. Voorhees curried the day—41 to ¢ A joint resolution, muking Septem- ber 13 the centennial of the an- niversary of the laying of the corner stone of the capitol building u_ holiday m Washington passed. It came, from the house, Mr. Butler submitted an amendment to the repeal bill, removing the tax on state bank cireulation, provided such bank civeulation by coin or approved + municipal bonds. ' Mr. Galliuger introduced a bill supple- mental to the pension act of June 27, 180, providing, except in cases of established fraud, that no pension shall be suspended until nincty days notice to the pensioner, and after full investigation on sworn testimony. Referred to the commit- tee on pensions, Mr. Allen of Nebraska presented a_resolu- tion directing the secretary of the treasury 1o inform the sennto whether that depari- wment atany time redeemed any silver or coin oovtificates iu silver coin, as provided by the Sherman act; what is the coinage value of the uncoined silver bullion purchased under the act; why has it not been coined as the t required ; what part, if any, of the paper mcney has been redecmed in gold since March 4, canceled or otherwise withheld from eirculation. Referred to the committee on finance. Mr. Kyle offered a_free coinage amend- mentto the repeal bil. Referred to the finance committee. The repeal bill was then taken up. secure ate *or Spoke for Kepeal, Mr. Cullom of Tllinois took the ficor and poko in favor of repeal. Tho fol- owing are significant extracts: 1 am for rop because, in my opinion, the government cannot afford Lo buy silver and coin, or issuc paper on it and call it a dollar, when, in fact, the silver in tho dollar or deposited as security for the dollar, is worth less than 60 cents.” Tam not a monometallizt. 1 do not believe in the use alone of either of the two metals named in the constitution, but the closer commercial relation of nations, which s the ad. vance of civilzation, muke 1tional concurrence in the frea and imited coinnge of both metals as money moro desirable if mot absolutely necessary. The people want silver o do 1.~ Peopln want, first of all, all our circulating medium, whether gold, ‘silver or paper, of equal value; sodo L - The people are more intorested in knowing that the money is all good aud will continue so than they are to know of what mai it is made. 1 do not betieve if we'discontinue the urchase of silver bullion now it will be ong before some more satisfactory plan for its use will bo devised. S remains on the come 1o n noy “The American people do not desive policy toward silver, cither by continuing the pu chaso of bullton, or by th which will result in driy outof the count ion. This the long a5 the act tatute books we will surely v free coinuge thaa we are {option of free | of id making this majority will not, Repeal does not make gold tho standard money of the country. It is the unitof valuo now. It wus made 80 by the act of4873. The United States alone eannot, iu my opin‘on, maintain the free coinage of silver unless we ure will fng 10 become a silver nation and drive g out. What we want is an international agrecment securing tho use of both metals and free coinage on an agreed ratio, and it we repeal the act of 1590 aud stop the pur- chase of silver, I believe we will get it. Not Wise Statesmanship. “T'he policy of piling up silwer bulkion is not wise statesmanship and in a little time will surely be stopped. The L t States a silver and they ought not, subwit to. must adopt i financial policy which will do even fustice between all classes, all geogravhicul divisions, between debtor creditors, between employ rs and employes. It should be bory in mina that ur bankruptey, which for some ti thre the countyy, is as ere: 18508 as to the debtor. “There hus been much: said in this debate about the attitude of the two great partics as announced in thewr platforms. In my uc- tion Lam not prompted by any political plat- form. Ishall actus my judgient dictates is best. T will vote for repeal b 1se it may help restore confidence, even though the act did not have much part in producing the lackofit.” Proceedivg the speakoer present stringency to the party in power on the currency and ariff, and closed with an appeal for speody netion Mitehell of Oregon fnterrupted Mr. Cullom and asked whethor, if the Sherman act wus repcaled, there was any provision by which silver should be coined Mr. Cullom replicd t s knowleage. Mitcholl asked what was to become of the 140,000,000 or 150,000,000 ounces of silver in the troasury Cullow réplied that he suppased the party fn power would devise proper and wise measures to meet the situation Mr. Aldrich said thut repeal did not affect hoe power of the Treasury dopartment to ‘eoin bullion for the redemption of treasury notes. attributed the attitude ‘of the ut there was not, to Mr, Coke of Texas Speaks, Mr, Coke, democrat,"of I' floor at the couclusion of Mr.' Cullom’s re- marks. fe said: “A settloment of the wmouey provlem can only be settled by the establishment of a bimetallic curvency as it existed prior to 1873, Tho people will never be conteut until the wrong of 1 by which one-half of the money of xis, obtained the the country was stamped out in order to | double the p half, has been undone and reversed. If the slnglo gold standard be established in Awer- fca then the Kotbsouilds and the Buuk of Eugland, with thelr New York asscciiics, IED JUNE 19, 187L I Jones of Nevad rchasing power of the other | 0 THE OMAHA [TUESD v will become the arbiters of American finance and the dictators of our financial policies because they control tho gold which the United States would have to have, The abandonment of silver by the United States would bo its death knell ns money. except in subordinate wavs and for subsidiary coinage. We have no hopes, he said, of an internn- tional agreement.” There is no idea enter- tained anvwhere that one is possible, Ths United States must depend upon itself if bi- metallism is expected,” The United States senato, he said, was tho | only barrier botween the peopte and spolia- tion. He referred to the steps taken by the New York banks to secure the repeal of the Sherman law, and was_nterruptod by Mr. Vance, democrat, ot North Carolina, who said he had this' morning reccived a letter from a very reputable business man in Salis- bury, N. C., enclosing a letter from a firm of bankers in New York upon_that very point, and he would like to read it Mr. Coke assented. Provoked Derisivo Laughtor. Tho letter was addressed to I. H. Foust, Salisbury, in relation to a loan which he de: sived on some mill property, and in closing the bankers said: ““T'he senators from your country are not looked upon _as promoters of the general wel fare. 1f their stand repre- sonts the views of your people on financial matters, it will be “very difiicult for you to securc any accommodation from capitalists in this section until there is a decidod change.” The reading of the lotter provoked de- wisive lnughter among the southern senators, M. Coke then concluded his speceh and the seuate went into executive session to con- sider the nominations of certain officers whose confirmations Mr. Berry, democrat, of Kunsas,said v sential to carry into effect the president’s proclamation opening the Cherokee Strip on the 16th of Septemb. At 3:50 the senate_resumed 1ts legislative sessionand Mr. Peffor's amendment to the repeal bill, providing for free coinage, being the pending question, was read, proparatory to Mr. Peffer’s adaressing the senate. He said if it was not the desire of the senate to proceed longer at this time he would defer his remarks il tomorrow. Mr. Voorhees, democrat, of Tndiana, said that under ordinary circumstances he would asl that the senato adjourn, but in the pres- cat situation he regarded it his duty to ask that the senate continue in session, Mr. Jones, republican, of Nevada, moved that the senate adjourn. On this question Mr. Hale demanded the and nays. The motion to adjourn rejected. Yeas, 19; nays, 3. As follows: Yeas—Al- len, Bate, Berry, Butlor, Call, Cary, Coke, Dantel, Dubois,' Irby, Jones 'of Arkansas, Mitchell of ' Oregon, Pasco, ch, Shoup, Teller, White of Cali® ays—Aldrich, Allison is, Dolph, Faulkner, on, Gorman, Gr Pugh, I formu, Cullom, T linger, Gib Hunton, Lindsay. McPherson, Manderson, Mills, " Palwer, Peffer, Perkins, Proctor, Smith, Stockbridge, Turp Vilus, Voorhees, Washburn, White of Louisiana. Mr. Peoffor Takes the Floor, or resumed the floor, in advocacy mendment. Mr. Peffor said the ad- tion was not proposing to discuss munis the philosophy of finances; it came to con- gress with a demand for o particular act, the repeal of the Sherman law. It suggested no policy which will admit of the usual com- promises in legislative procecdings. It 1s this or nothing, and that so far concerned the people he represented that they accepted the movement in the spinit in which it was given. It pro- posed to give no quarter; his people pro- posed to five none. He called attention to the fact that a vory large majority of the farmers in the south were members of the farmers allisnce and that one of the ocardi- nal doctrines of the alliance 1s _the free and unlimited coinage of silver at the old ratio. “The alliance alk through the south had, he snid, catechised all candidates' for ofice upon the cardinul tenets of their creed and they had supported no one for any important office who was not in sympathy with their views and who was not willing to so expross himself. Mr. Pefter read a letter from Senator Gor- don, who i8 now in favor of repeal, written to the ullinnce, expressing his sympathy with it and his approval of its doctrines, Coming to 1892, he said that North and South Curolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mi sipvi, Louisizna and Texas would ull hay voted for the udidates for the presidency and vite-presidency had iv not been for promises mide by the leaders of the democratic party that, while Mr, Cleveland was persoually opposed to silver, he would approve o free colnage measure when pro- seuted to him by a democratic congress, as it would be. Questioned by Mr. Palmer, Mr. Palmer, democrat, of Tllinois, wanted to know by what heasure the senator from Kansas proposed to procure the parity of the two metals Mr. Peffor replied that he would do so by the re-cnactment of the old law broviaing for the coinage of silver ut the ratio of 16 tol. Mr. Py almer—Will that produc ity in value? Peffor said it would; that it always did beforn, Will it now?" the result asked Mr. Palmer. “It will now,” replied Mr. Peffer. senator from I1linois does not agr let him try ic and see.” Mr. Palmer asked whether it was not on trial now. in reply to which Mr. Peffcr said it was not. 1t ‘was time, he said, that the partnership existing betweea the goverament, of the Uited States and the speculators in Wall street was dissolved. *The leaders of the democratic party are pursuing pre the same course that the leaders of the ve- publican party did, and, senators, you o the breakers,” There is u bright, young, vigorous 3 upon the map of politics which is ready to strike hard with all parties to mako' the fight for siver. The members of thit party cared not whether it was called popu- list "or national or what it was called, but there was coming a union of hearts and huuds upon both sides of this At ques- tion and that in the very near future, In a lecture which e had delivered in_this city before he had taken the oath of office as sen- ator, he had predicted that both ola part would soon bo under the leadership of Grover Cleveland, They were there now. Wil Qonelude Today. The sehate adjourned before Mr. Peffer had concluded his vemarks, wish the under- standing that he should precede Mr. Stowart tomorrow, for the purpose of finishing his h. . sxecutive session of the senate today was devoted to the consideration of the “If the with me nominations for tue Oklabhoma land ofi 1 makivg theso appointments the president tod non-residents, The ropublicans did not fail to point out this fact, either in committee where the nominations were con- sidered this morning or in the exccutive ses- sion thisafternoon. There was no stubborn opposition. An ayo and uay vote was called for und the nominations were all confired excent that of J. J. Hasslor of North Dakota, who had been appointed receiver of the land at Knid offic Okl. This nomination had not been reported with the others. There will'be some opposition when his nomination is reported, but this o fivmation is said by | his friends to be ass a LISTENED TO COMYP AINTS, Bermuda Exp % Before Moans Committ Wasuixaroy, Sept. 4. —~Today was the be- ginning of the Learings by the ways and ‘means committee of represeutatives of pro- | tected Industries preparatory to framing a uew tariff bill. The only persons present were represeutatives of the potato and onlon growens of the Bermuda islands, who asked for a reduction of duty on these articles on the grouud that they are almost prohibitive, that they o not competo with native ducts, coming in before the latter, and because Bermuda buys from the United States wuch more ‘than it sells, In reply 1o a question from Mr. Geer, Mr, Musters, oue of the Bermuda peprosent: | Sives, suid the romoval of the duty | | \ the Ways and woul SURD ON TUIAD 1% OPPOSED BY TIIE RAILROADS. Their Henchmen Working to Defeat the Nomination of Judge Maxwell, SCHEMES OF THE PLOTTERS EXPOSED On the Order of the F. Attorney, Jo K. Frick, Will Seek to Roceive the Endorsement of the Dodge County Republi E. & M. V. Its ns. PrEMONT, Sopt. 4.—[Special to Tire Bre.) —Tho flat has gone forth from Eikhorn headquarters that Judge Maxwell, the widely known and respacted chief justice of the supreme court of the state, must be turned down and that in order to the more certainly accomplish this end, Dodge county, his homa for nearly a score of years, must repudiate him, This explains a stato of affairs existing in this county today, of which the people of the state as yot know little or nothing. The facts are here set forth. Six weoks ago work was secretly begun in the city of Fremont to accomplish the defeat of Muxwell through the medium of selecting a delegation from this courity to the repub- lican state convention unfavorable to the present chiof justice and pledged to another candidate, The program was to have it heralded abroad throughout the state that Maxwell had been tepudiated by his own people, trusting that this would estrange sufticient other counties that would otherwise he friendly to him, to prevent his nomination for another term, at Lincoln on October omo of the Plottars, The management of this piece of political skullduggery was placed in the hands of General J. B. Hawley, the head of the Elk- horn legal department, and his fertile brain speedily evolved the scheme of bringing out J. 8. Frick, his subordinate, and the Incal attorney of the Elichorn, as an opposing can- didate “from " this county, for thc supremo bench, The schemers realized that it would not do to at once make public this plan, but they went quictly to work to carry it into execu- tion. For more than a month they labored persistently day and night, bofore making public Friclc’s candidacy, and_when at it was thought that everything was ripe, Ross Hummond made the announcement in the Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri Valley ‘Uribune that Frick would contest befor the county convention for the endorscment of the delezates there assembled. Following on the heels of this announce. ment came the cal tor the county conven- tion, which was set for Frida tember 8, to select delegates to the state convention to, be neld at Lincoln, October 5. The mere fact that the county convention was called a month before the other might, in itself, be suficicntly startling, but it is doubly so when the facts regarding the ssunnce of that call are known, There are in_this county fiftcen country precincts and four wards in the city of Fro. mont, each of which is represented by one member in the county central committe When tha’ call was issued for the snap con- vention there were seven members of the committee present, five from outside pre- cincts and two from wards of this city. Not only did the meeting fail to have a quorum, but those present represented precincts thaf, will have but forty-six out of the 116_dele- gates at the county conveation, so that it Was & minority representation of u minority of the republican . voters of the county. Fuarther than this, the precinets represented were those adjacent to the line of the Elk- horn through this counvy—Hooper, Everett, Nickerson, Maple, Cuming—whe: word was hurriealy sent out to secure enowgh Elk- horn representation to insure the carrying out of the schewe, not an - interior precinct being represented. So much for the kodak committee mecting and its snap c ‘whe fighvagainst Maxwell in this county is being managed by L. D. Richards, who failed to declare himself threo years ago when running for governor, but *‘everybody knows where he stands” in carrying out the orders that emanate from Elikhorn head- quarters, Solld for Maxwell, * There is no doubt as to the sentiment of the people of Dodge county as & whole, as the county is for Maxwoll three to one, ' but the railroud machine is trying to so run things so as to overthrow the will of the majority. The tactics pursued by the county commit- teeare a fair sample of avhat is _being done now to bring about the defeat of Maxiwell at the primaries, The Auscalian primary system is not vogue hore, and the primaries are really nothing but caucuses, which the railroad coutingent is counting on packing, ana thus capture the ward or precinet delegations on a single stuffed ballot in each, Maxwell lives outside the city lmits in Platte preciuct, adjoining the Second ward of this city, which "is, thercfove, regarded and known as his ward. It is concedod that he will carry the Second, but there wiil be a bitter fight in each of the other three wards of the city, more particularly in tho First and Third, as the Fourth is the railroad ward. Crooks, the Elkorn roadmaster, is councilmun from that ward, and to him has been entrusted the work of getting all the railroad employes out to the primary and voting them for Frick and agaiust Maxwell The indications gre that as goes this city 80 will go the county, andn great deal of energy is therefore being expended here, 5o far us Frick is concerned, it is a well known fact that his backers and man have not the slightest expectation of nomin- ating him at Lincoln, but they do_hope to accomplish the defeat of Maxwell, which in itself would bo sufiicient reward for th time and trouble. 1t is known and openly talked here that the scheme of the railroads is to h i dutes sprung in every county in secure for such candidates the' endovsement and instractions of - their respective county conventions iu order to detract/from Max- strength as much as possible, and tho Frick movement in this county is rated by the majority @8 on a-—par with the deals in outside counti 50, be cause of Maxwell's aco hero. This is well understood, and the scheme is generally coudemned in terms so strong as to leave no doubt as to public sentiment. 1f the matter were to be decided ut the polls tomorrow the opposition would aevelop scan y noticeable strength, but it is not to be decided at the polls. The primaries will tell the story, and as between honest, dis- wierested voters on one hand and ciucus- packing manipulators with a mission to per. form on the other, the odds, all other things being equal not iu favor of the masses sccuring the larger representation, orde; Friok's Reaay Obedience, Frick has ‘denied that he was the snap call, but the faithful historian is mpelled to chronicle the presence of ‘Mr. Frick at the meeting whence the call was wssued. He is also on record us having stated that Maxwell ought by all means to be renominated, but within “forty-eignt hours thereafter the order was prowulgated at headquarters instractiog him that the time had come for him to 0t himself into the’ breach, and the railrdad printing press was straightway set in motion Lo make public his caudidacy. Frick's political bavometer has Lad a hard tise of it in keeping track of his variatiods and fluctuations. Hecame here from lowa a muld type of unarchist and greenbacker, He flopped over into the anti-monopolist pasty, and then became an auti-monop republicam He then became a part of the mackine cou- gent, and at last bis tansformation from a political chrysalis to 4 full-fledged railrond attorney ef the republican braud was com- plete. 1t is strenuously denied that the unusually frequent presence of the Elkhorn oficials hero the past wontt had anyining to do with politics, aud there is ulways an oxcuse a party to " OMAHA, TUESDAY MORNINC l rond committee. which Marshall vey against the chief that o republic Dodge county o mnch show a8 flake, to which Dodge county.” "J have promised Mr. he has kept socurel, bosom. The fact that Ma: were than should havo an equ: ach ropr en has often proved a fellow justices by h senting opinions, would have been outspoken fairness tico to all has sa emb, ing pos It w Judge M ¢ t of his opinions. he had on more tha nst his own par Judee, “but I b time, that it was 1 s0 decid What want—one before w you want,” and the Tt is o case he i lefexted would be perpet A pecially in view of t two judges, Post nd_ Sew es of this city, b fuso to concy ari meat, and persistently adhere to on that the wes just as willing to Maxwefl's Ener The railr has an a which it is desired has never forgivén vorsing him, employment to an uf cultivation this yen has charge of the now in W lessly awai know him be that time they b uation in the last couraging to Mr. Arouscd M Chairman Hamm committee inadyer that the snap conv interest of Frick’s words, for the purp in the house of greatly stirred partics, and the action will be quite The action of the last Saturday in lution which the have railroaded th deiegation to vote fo not been identified an indication of the Judge Maxwell in parties other than b Chose t NEwMAN GROV) to T Bes.]—The the yearly bank Election of Co sorbing Topie INDIANAPOLIS, Se commander-in-chief Army assembled thought to lie bet Adaws of Massachy The was ¢ large attends Osborn delivered hil “There will be a, lled to ord N ident Harrison w The s tion of as possible, among the country. to o of the commauder-in Chicago Philadelph and C Indianapolis is ne public veteraus, veterans and their pcople, who are heap rates, have city until now, two ment ofticially begi there are upwurds o the city. Ata late still unabated and 1 question for the lurge entertain, Movements of Oces At Philadelphis- Liverpool. At Gothenburg New York New Y At London- from New York. | frow Now York, for their coming on “excursion” business, but somehow or othe*.the excursions have an nggravating way of goiug over otner It was first the intention of the anti-Max- well element to indues Judge Mars of tho district boach of this district to enter the lists for the place, but he did not take Kindly to the proposition. The plotte have, however, secured tho co-operation of his brother, Georgo Marshall, who was formerly chairman of the county central An old with him for thus opposing tions himself politically, aro pienty of good Want & Representative on the Benoh. man is not the one that is being use streets to down him, but it is known to the destre of theBlkhorn to have o sentative on the supreme bench, their representative: asmuch as the B, & M. and ir that the other big road of thestate Jtis frecly asserted here that Maxwell them to go on record n which have compelled matters where it* much more agrecable to them to have had it passed over by imous opinion, and 1t is openly decl they are not anxious to have ciated with them on the bench u man whos but two or three xwell was arraigned of the opposition and taken to task for some Among fact, the first chargr nor independent can got justicc the casé, it is very certain I am not the man turned abruptly and walked aw ied by Maxwell's friends that in Dodge county to expect that the judg rick as Dodge county’s Maxwell. ad crowd is doing some work in the outside precincts, but the bulk of it, v the possible exception of Platte precinet, is being done here 1n the city. dent worker m Platte vrecinet, well in order to be able to say that the judge was not avle to carry his own precinct, That man is “Judge” Beebe, who discoverea the ‘ineligivility” of Governor Boyd, and who In order to carfy out the scheme of defeating Judge Maxwell in this precinct the corporation workers are depend- ing on the assistance of the Standard Cattle company, and it has been veported thut this concern would be _inc.aced to import_enough men for the occasion Lo control the primaries in that precinct, ‘The compa 1y regularly om- Ploys about: fortes Matut it hus ‘about 500 yere. ming, and the opposition is rest- & his coming, t believe that it will afford the conspirators little comfort, The fact that Frick has as much strength as he has is due solely to the secrecy with which his campaign was conducted, and to the further fact that it was only last Tuesday that Maxwell's friends realized what was being done. Since the chanee that has taken place his fricnds up fair e is little doubt that the re- sehemers had hoped for, cfusing to adopt th rilrond clectei the following ofilcers for the ensuing year: C. A. Randall. president; George C. Johnson, cashier; Jobn Blomehust, vice president. Al the ofticers w lected, discussion among the veterans of the G P. Lincoln of the Department of the Potomac, though a number of other including Postmasior Seaton of Chicag nnual session of the visiting veterans tomight, at which differ Lincoln. Neb., and Pittsburg are now the most talked of, but if the selection suateh the plum from them, to entertain the veserans i 184, entertain the modern Sinoe Sunday morning the t host that ladianapolis ever tried to e At New York—Arrived—Friesland, from Auntwern; Saale, from Bremien. At Amsterdam—Arrived —Schiedam, from k reived ~Egyptian Monarch, friend ed Maxwell, to at he had nothing remonst ied t ustice, but had aspira- He was reminded n nominea for a odice had abour a3 the proverbial snow- he repliod: “There things outside of “at what the railvonds Marshall for his services y locked in his own little xwell is not a railroad on the be repre- Some of havo asserted that in- Union Pacific ted, it was nothing more al show. thorn in the side of his isopen and decided dis- an unan- od that longer ass and sense of cqual ju often placed them in an ion. y & member other things, in zainst him was that n one occasion decided vty 1 admit it said slieve now, as I did at the | “hit, or I would not have kind of a judgo do you vhom neither a democrat IT that is indignant chief justice y. be uscless for | hip in_this county, es- fact that the other Norval, ide at . both within_forty ut the raiiroad mission- ede the logic of the argu- their as- stern part of the state cupport Dodge county’s it would ted he and uies Working Hard, th ‘The opposition to take away from Max- Judge Maxwell for re- SEPTE MBER 5, WILL IT BE JUDGE RAGAN Oanvass of the Situation Befors the Meeting of the Populist State Gonvention, ADAMS COUNTY'S JURIST IN THE LEAD Soms of the C) ng tee Spirits Who port Aro Give A Significant Feature hdidacy—~The Other Aspirants, 1 sa of 1tis LixcoLy, Sept. 4 Tuk Bre. | Special Telogram to t 10 0'clock this evening honest Johin Rowers, the Nestor of the independent party_of Nebraska, was approached by an independent delegate and asked for an opinion 48 to the situation. With the nnate modesty which has ever o crized the utterances of the Republican valley statesman, the honest old man replied: “Well, if it docsn’t rain this week 1 think the weather will be dry for several days yet.” That is the situation in Lincoln tonight. But few of the delegates to the independent state conven- tion, which will meet in this elty tomorrow, tarrived. Of the eight hundred and odd men sent to the convention by the several counties of the state, sc: thana hundred have m ceely moro o ther appear- ance. The indications all point toa light convention, although many well posted leaders of the party believe that credentials will be presented by at least 600, Ins o Kaganish Col The light attendance at the hotel lobbies tonight precludes any intelligent forecast of the probuble result of tomorrow's session, Tonight, on the surface, everything hasa decidedly Raganish coloring, This can be readily accounted for in the fact that the strikers for the Adams county aspirant for judicial honors are earliest upon the ground The men who will not hesitate to sacrifice loudest in assertions that Ragan is pre-eminently oper candidate, and it is a signiticant fact that the men in the independent party who are held in the deepest distrust by their own people are the most faithful of the adlierents of the Adams county man, Bot there are other candidates here. Fore- most among them looms up Judge Holcomb, whose state, features and physical resem: blance to Senator Allen ought to commend themselves to the members of his party, is here with the solid backing of the_dclegates from Buffalo, Custer, Sherman and Dawson, the Jour counties ineluded in the Ninth judi- cial district, over which he presides, But whil Holcomb is on'the ground, the tacti s friends and supporters s in marked contrast with the ostentatious activ- ity of the Ragan lot. But if Judge ol comb's fricuds have adopted the still hunt policy, they are none the less confirmed in their belief in ihe ultimate success of their preferred candidate. Gage Counti's Choice. The Gage county people are here with an endorsement of the candidacy of Judgze Bush of Beatrice. Lincoln and one or two far western counties are quietly pushing Judge Neville, whom they assert will most chee fully accept the honor of a nomination. Yor t e now giving nusuall; we force, as of sugar bects under r. Manager Allen, who company’s business, is but those who been havd at work, and in the sit- v or two has been very k. uch indignation, nd of the county central tently admitted today cution was called in the candidacy, or, in other 0se of doing up Maxwell The move has winded men of all difTerent from what the populists of this county reso- Laywyers sought to wrough, instructing the orno candidate who had with that movement, is strength and standing of his home county with is own Old Ofiicers. Neb., Sept. 4.—[Special Citizens State bank held meeting yesterday and Chief the Ab- crans Meet, pt. 4.—The election of is the leading topic of and bere, The choice is waen «Captain J, G. B ssotts and Major Charles are spoken of, aval veteruns er this morning with o After roll call ‘Admiral 5 annual address. grand reception 1o the x-Pres- a-Chief nd Commande Weissert will deliver nddresses. the next commander-n- chief will have 4 zood deal to do with the se lection of the place of holding the enc went in 1804, it being vhe intention, as nearly - o the honors evenly nt sections of the u-chief does not interfere, ncinuati ave also anxious w realizing what it is to and Avmy of the lte- friends and thousands of atracted - by the bocw pouring into the days before the encamp- us, it is estimated, thut »f 100,000 visitors within hour tomight the rush is L is gelling to be a serious accommodation of the 1 Steamers, Septom! Arrived—Indiana, from Arrived—Italia, from Bighted—Dubbleda, 1 county has a preferred candidute in the po son of Judge Bates. There you have the five candidates most frequently meutioned. It cannot be denied that to-night Ragan is in the lead and that Judge Hol- comb is the only one of the four others who has developed sufficient_strength to be con- sidered a competitor. But the carly morn- ing trains, which will bring a majority of clegates, may place an entircly diffe ent aspoct upon the situation. Among the 1most active suppov of Judge Ragan ave 1ch men us Sheridan of Red Willow county, Elder of Ciay. Blake and Picrtle of aster, Joe ldgerton of Douglas, and of equal promiuence. Their intense 1 for the man, who is, for many reasons, suspected of being an independent for reve: nuc and emolument only, ean readily be by all who are thoroughly posted 1 two years history of independent politics in Nebraska, Char: Not one of them ef ank and file of er of Rigan's Supporters, joys_the confidence of indepenaent party. are mark and they are only permitted to force selves to the front in the counsels of their party for the reason that theonest men have not yet muste up the courage to kick them out There is another clement here in support of Ragan. Its sentiment is best voiced by the statement of a delegate from IKc Saye -he: T feel ney county. con- fident that Ragan ecanvot carry Kearney county. [ do mot believe that he can carey any coun ersed by the Kansas City & Omaha Gl railroad was constructed under the personal ion of Mr. Ragan, and cvery precinet crossed by the rond voted bonds to aid in 1ts uction, and the methods employed in ng the farmers to vote those bonds are still fresh in their minds. And yet, in spite I'this, I came here to help nominate Some members of my delegation giinst him, but I will swing them around before the convention mee Thos the words of a delegate whose name is withheld only for the reason thuy when he made the statement to Tug B repre believed he converting a fellow del He represents a class of Z —— - - 2l friends. Thero may bo rere is some tall, 1 Z sonement of the ¢ ntion to a i % Speaker Gaffin states that tho il % vill be taken up for serious consider e 2 tomorrow and that tho proposition wa but not mont, while that gentleman himself is op posed 1o it But four members of the Douglas county delegation are hero, the vest of them pre ferring to arrive in the morning. Satisfy the Railronds, At a late hour this evening a prominent statement that the railroads 20,000 employes who would gast thoir ballots for the man_ wost likely interests. Tithso 20,000 would never go to They would not o to anti-monopoly procliv to Ragan, beenusc the v him and tho dolicato crimination with which this well known ra votes, he added, Judgo Maxwell any democrat with They would o road capper used the word “fair,” proved conclusively that the railroad lexicographers and the immortal Webster differcd most radically in their concepiion of the meaning of the words. Corporation 1 Tho railroads terests Looked After. aro not wholly unrepr sented in Lincoln tonight. Several of thoir agents hayving been busy in the lobby ull evening. Many of these come from diif ent parts of the state,and for once they hive forsaken th rite corner in the Capitol lotol for by of the Lindell, where their pi sates a feoling of mild sur- prise to all who know them. Nothing is likely to transpire to place different uspect upon the situation until to- morrow. In the morning the main body of the delogates will arrive, I'ie forenoon will be devoted to the caucus, and by noon to- morrow the program will be cut, dried and bleached if the forces now so actively at work can have thoir way about it. R MORPHINE. TCQOK Carrle Hart Preferrod Self-Tnflictod Denth to Disappointment. Carrie Hart, a l4-year-old girl living at 1712 Pacific street, attempted to *commit sui- cide last night becauso her mother would not let her go to a dance in Natatorium hall, Carrie has been going with whom mother de “tough.” young people being, he es a8 Carrie was chastised and her mother told yosterday. her she would re the punishment if she went to the dance The girl took morphine. A physician was summoned and the girl was revived. —— CUT TO KILL, Serlous Stabbing Allray Botwern Two Men In the Suburbs Last Evening, William Heston, a single man who lives at Twenty-sixch and Hickory strcots, was ously, if not fatally, stabbed in front of a saloon on South Thirteenth street about 10 oclock last night. His assaflant was John Stumpmeyer, ro- siding with bis family on what 15 usually denominated as “No Man's Land.” According to the story of bystanders attack was without -cause. Heston standing on the porch when Stumpmeyer came out. Drawing his t knife he slashed at Heston, in wound that penctrated the abdominal ¢ o injured man was conveyed to St Joseph's hospital “The victim is a younz man and until r cently was in the employ of the Paxton Vierling iron works. Stumpmeyer is a carpenter and the her of four children. A deputy sheriff was senu on his trail last night, but up to a late. hour he had not been arrested, At Sheeley station last night W. Wiaiyr- i vicious slash atone of licting aslight wound. ested. the his coun- Wlaiyr- lin wa: MAWHOR MURDER TRIAL Evidence Concerning Life Insurance Taken At Yesto Avocs, Ta.. Sept. 4.—[Special; Tele Tz Bee]—In the Mawhor murd today the ouly witness of importance to testify was Emanuel Smith, banker of Riverton, who detailed the mevhod pursued by Mawhor in securing insurance on his lust wife's life 1 two policics—one for £2,000 1n favor of her children and one for 5,000 n favorof Mawhor. The policies were | duced in court. A school teacher testific thut she once stayed all night at the Mawnor delegates who are attempting 1o nominate a man with the bliod hopeless beliof thut their party can be whipped into line in his sup- por “Ihere is still another class wh porting Ragan, They are honest incerely and honestly vel h s sup- 1en, who ve he is an able r ubandc 1 the inte yeurs bound him to the . Joseph ud Island railvoad, These men are fow iu numnbers, even 1f they ara bonest in their own belief. Awmong them ave men from Adams county whose memory s not so short that it cannot recall the fact Mr. Ragan's sudden couversion to indepeud- ent principles followed hard upon the re fusal of the Union Pacitic directory to mike him the general manager of the St. Joseph & Grand Island railroad at the time th Munager O'Neill was transferred from S Josephito the superintendency of the moun- ta division of the Union Pacific, igniticant Feature, Jurist, who has forey for sts which Auother Another significant feature of the even- ing's development is the purpose of the men who are presuiing to manipulate tho con vention. to make Sheridan of Ited Willow county chairman of the convention Lomorrow. The botter class of men who are working for Ragan received this announcement with i su prise which very closely resombled disgust. They claim that Ragan will not like it, but that he will say nothing. Inasmuch as the arvangement was made by Ragan's leading subporters, ic is quite probuble that the dis- tinguished jurist from Adams couuty switllow any will resentment” which chatitably inclined peopie may attribute to him und keep on saying nothing. But it yeu remains to be siid that a convention which can be daluded into the nomination of Rugan should very properly be presided over by 4 man like Sheridan, If auny element of the ridiculous is still lacking, the selection of Sheridan will more than make up the deficit, Candidites for Regents, It is presumed that tomorrow’s tfeket will be completed by the nomination of candi- dates for rggents, but no_one tonight thinks of the regenicy of the leading educational - stitution of the west. 1t transpires, hov- ever, that o large number of I publican .valley men who are for Ragau bave no choice for regent Nuaturally they blhppen to favor the vomination of Prof. Munroe of South Omaba s one of the candidates und with this uu- nouncement comes the assurance trom Joo Sdgerton aud D. Clem Deaver that the Doiiglas county delegation is for Ragan, W, B. Fiteh of Antelope has a few friends who are pushing bim for the regency, Jumes Svluks of Neligh is wnolber caudidate who | house and found” Mrs. Mawhor of a lively disposition Court aajourned at 8:40 i order to allow the state to arrange for the introduction Mrs, Irbec, Mrs. Mawhor's mother, as a witness. Openi Des Moines, Sept. 4. toPur Bre ) —This was the first day av the state fair. The attenduance was not as large as the corresponding day last and the exhibits were not auite all in The indications tonight are that the attendance tomorrow and the balaneo of the week will be about the average, if the ex ceilent weather continues ta provail. T'h ning exercises by the ofiicets of the fair day, but will take place to- morrow movning. It will also bo a ladies' day. State Fair. [Special Teleg Mangle by & Tratn, Cepan Ravivs, Ia., Sept. 4.—([Special T ram to Ine Bee)*As o Burliugton, Cedar orthern freight train was pulling out of the ity last uight Henry White, aged 16, of Burlington attempted to board it aud both his legs were cut off at the hips and he will die. Editor Clarkson's Des MoiNes, Sept, 4. 1o Tue Bre ] —Frauk 1, Cla son of the editor of the State Rogi while returaing from the country yeste afternoon was aceidentally shot, resulting in & serions wound in the lofy arm, - Shot, al Telegram aged 18, Si . Conft CEDAR Rarins, Ia wraw to Tue Bee. | and four cars at by five yesteeday, ¢ atlon at Kow Sept. 4 A number of warehouses Rowley were destroyed using a loss of $6,000, The town wiis m destruction with grea dificulty. v Was Orun CEpAR RAPIDS, I, Sept. 4—(Special Tele- gram 1o Tk Bee ] —A wood chop Klump, while intoxicated, was suruck by a Milwaukee traiu near Louisa last night and eut Lo picces. named - Ugrew's Bill, WasiiNGTON, Sopt. 4.—The senate mittee on public lands met today and ug on s favorable report upon ator Potti- rew's bill grauting to the stale Jakota b cent of the procceds of the sale of the mineral lands of the state for the wmuintenunce of Lhe Stute School of Mines, Favor com v modestly consigned himself to the hands other candi- { =8 and they will bo heard from tomorrow. much, of a later ques- have many serious supporters were it of . * the fact that there is a general foel- ing t the delegates cannot afford to bear ano = expensive trip to the convention. It nother significant fact that tho op- pond.. of Ragan are favoring a postpone railroad republican, whose past services have not infrequently been rowarded at tho expense of the made the statement that ' s of the state would be perfectly satistiod with the nomination of Judge Ragan. © As betweon him and_almost man who might be nominated by either the democratic or republican parties ho would bo their choice. [n a further burst of confidence he made the controlled the to advance their SINGLE COPY FIVE CEN/ PRINCE BISMARCK VERY 1L Suffering Severely from an Acute Attack of Sciatica in Both Hipe, IMPROVEMENT iN HIS CASE IS UNLIKELY s Attendants Acoused of Carelossly Allows g the O1d Man to Expose fimself— Weather 1s Agatnat Him Asks His Sons, LCopurighted 1893 by James Gordon Bennett.) KissiNaey, Sopt. 4.—[New York Horald Cable il to Tue Bee.] —The condition aee Bismaecs s worss Ho fs suftore2> ing from a species of sciatica in both hips, particularly in the loft, extending downward to the leg. His fliness is tho fault of his ute tendants, who allowed him to take u bath when the weather was damp and chilly, ana then to walk in the forest, driuk boer, and Fet a chill It is still raining and the, weather makes any improvement in his cons dition unlikely. He has oxpressed a wish to sce his son, Count William. Appe indicate there hus boen an estrangement be- tween the latter and the Bismarck family, rances con CHAMBER, Fre Goneral Eloctions Securo NEor n Number of No [Copyrighted 159 Ly Jam Pants, Sopt. 4—[New York Herald Cabla Special to Tue Bee ] —The Feench general elections are completed and the results aro us it was prodictel in the Horald. Nothing s changed, and the gove ment continues to be at the merey of any colleetion of the extreme -loft and tha extrome right. It cannot count upon a solid majority, and will therefore continue to get along as best it can, by means of compro-" mises of all sorts, and by practicing a line of policy which will not be of any advantage to the country, the chief change in the acter of the mext chamber will be Ketire= Mo, Gordon Bennett.) char- o disappearance of all those deputies whose names were well known to the public, including M. Paul derCassagnac, the cons vative; the radical, Dr. Clemenceau, the Catholie, M. Munn,and the radic “This is a very curious but also a disquieting political phenomenon, for it prepares ths way for the reign of political mediocrit al, M. Floquet. The mext chamber will not contain a singlo onc of the deputics of the late Chamber who has any renown as an orator. The late Ernest Renun, the philosopher, once said that a democracy was the “reign of modiocrity.” What is fow taking place in Franco scems to show thet Renan was vight; but in that case what will be the futur of France? Jacques St Crne, REVIEWED 1S TROOPS, * Emperor Willlam of Germany Watches His Soldiers Porforin, Merz, Sept. 4.—Brilliant weather pre- vailed today on the occasion of the cone tinued mancuvers' of the troops of the Ger- mau army. Imperor William was early astir and as’ the great wilitary function pro- gressed, the glitter of brighu wappings and the assemblage of thousinds of spectators united to furnish a notable spectacle. About 10,000 persons swere ou the groudds, The young kaiser ‘reviewed the Sixteentn 1y corps, and he was accompanied the crown princo of Naples and other royal dignitar o5, and was followed by a brilliany staff of officers us he galloped to the reviewing field. Tho royal cavaleado took up an advantageous position and then, in the great o~ space, the oMeial pageant began. The review consumed several liours, culminating in a dazling show when Emperor William at the finish rode at the head of the color company through the town. The emperor lunched with the governor of the provinee. Two hundred workmen took oceasion to present Lo the prince of Naples a loyal Since his arvival in Motz the crown prince has worn tho Prussian uni- form on all public occasions, rddress, English Interes s in Siam, Loxnoy, Sent, —The carl of Rosenber, secretary of stato for forciun affuirs, was questioned by Bavon Lamington in the House ot Lords today ns to the report that France wis overreic Siam in tho cur- rent negotiutions at Bangleok. He ropled t the marquis of Duferin roturned to is last week with ample instructions to protect British viehts in Siam A dispateh from Paris suys the marquis of Dufferin had u lonz interview with M, Develle, French minister of toroign allairs, last evening before Jeaving the city to join his family in Switzerland, Armenian Frisonors m Turkoy, Loxboy, Sept. 4,—Advices from Constanti- nople are to the effect that somo of the Al menian prisosers brouzht to tho capital from Angora report uint” attempts have been made and « made 10 obtiin their sig document denying that they had been subjected Lo torture to extort secrets und the whercabouts of thelr 1s. Englind’s Pubiie Librries. L. 4. —Mr. 1 of the Cla euwell public hbrary, who ned roce from the United . has preparod a r port_on” American lioravies, which he says cost Lwice as much, but accom plished o great deul less than the libraries in Great Beitain, tly Stat Cholera in trel LoNDON, Sept. 4, ported ut Belfast. ol LAY DOWN TO DI, A case of cholera 18 Mun Foundin an Al y Suffering from Mor= phine Peisouing. W. L. Salisbury, a carpenter who rooms in thell'riestelike block,at Thirteenth and How- ard streets, was found in an unconscious condition in the alley back of tho Conti- nental block noout 12 o'clock last night., He was taken to police headquarters acting city physician summoned o cuse of and the worphine poisoning, had full timge-to per. meate systom, and Balisbury may die before daylight. To is said the man has had no serious trouble and that he has property on Poppleton avenue, Some relutives reside in this city, but thei¥address could not be learned last night, MUBDERED AT YANKTO. r, Keel own K D., Septs 4 Mrs. Minnto Saw un Unk YANKTON, 8, ) Strungled by [Special Tele. gram to Tue Bk, | —Mrs. Minnie Sawyer, a woman who has lived 4 herwit's life in this city for several years, was murdered in cold blood by strangulation last night Her apartments were #hove the prineipal shoo of South | | | store of the town wad right on tho principal street, There is no ¢ ¢ Lo the murderer, }Wall Vate on Waterworks, Casren, Wyo., Sept, 4. Bpecial Telegram o l'ue Bee I'ne town counvil voted to submit & proposition to the electors 10 bond the town du Lhe sum of $0.000 1or wates works.