Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 3, 1894, Page 4

THE OMAHA Daily BEe B. ROEBWATER, Baitor, TR [ atihcivtit PUBLISHED EV TERMS OF SUDGCRIP g {njhgur sunday), one Yew ed And Bunday, One’ Year...... | MonthA. . .....e s . Months @ | Bos, O turday Boe, cakly Dee, w., The Bos Dmata, uncil Hiufrs, cago Office of Commeree. fow York, Rooms 13, 14 and 15 Tribune Bldg. ashington, 1407 ¥ Street, N. V. CORRESPOND ANl communications rolating to news and edi- torial matter should be addr «: To the Editor. B s 11 business ased 1o maha, Drafts made pay Y MORNING, One Year OFFICES: nd Twenty-fourth Sts. treet sstoffice_orders ta to the order of the company. HING COMPAN of T ng duly sworn, full and complet aing and Sunda of Scptember, the_actunl of The Daily M printed during was as follows 1 1. 18 19 Somaanamen 047,006 6,583 Az 20,47 Total Dally aves Sworn to betore me and subscrit my presence this Ist of October, (Seal.) Notary Public. Today is the last day of registration. There is one tattooed man on the re- publican legislative ticket. Iis name is Hermann Timive, Republicans of Douglas county can support the legislative ticket with one exception without dissent. fuclid Martin may perhaps change his mind about voting the democ fe rump ticket by the time he enters the polling booth voter registered by this evening or he will find ally disfranchised. Don't ise yourself by neglecting to Ever 9 o'cloc himself p disfranc register. President Cleveland has ample time to go squirrel hunting, but pressing public business prevents him from par- ticipating in any way in the pending eampaign Mr. 8. I. Gordon, candidate for the council in the First ward, is a poor man, but he is reported to be an honest man and a clean man, worthy of confidence and support. Mr. A. W. Johnson didate of the Swedish-Americans for the school board. He holds a first class cer- tificate as a teacher, and is, therefore, well qualifie Anton Kment, the republican candidate for councilman in the Second v , Is an Intelligent workingman and reputa- ble citizen. If elected he will make a valued member of the council. the favored can When regi ng, examine the names of those who claim a residence on your street and make sure that there are no pretended neighbors on the list. T.is is a simple and at once effective y of preventing fraudulent practises. There is no question as to the inten- tion of the lled straight democrats to catch votes by stealth and deception. constitute a mere annex to the Majors howlers. It is only the igno- rant and uninformed that they hope to rope in. The nomination of Hermann Timme on the republican legislative ticket was an unfortunate blunder. Timme belongs to the oil-room gang. He is not a safe man to trust with legislation in the in- terest of the people, and should elected to stay at home. The best citizen regardless of party, will support Mr. §. L Gordon for their ward councilman Tom Lowry has been tried and found wanting. © His campaign methods are deeidedly unfair, and will not be en- dorsed by the v of the Fi Now that he is veally out of the sena- torlal contest for the succession to the lafe Senator Colquitt of Georgla, Speaker Crisp may well begin to prepare to work in the next house as an or- dinary representative, subject, of course, to the rulings of a republican speaker. lection officials who abuse the duties and powers of their offices, render themselves liable to con- vietion and punishment for violation of the law. It is the duty of every election officer to see that his associates in the election booth do not overstep the statutory bounds, in any Majors ha lent Taylor v confessed that the fraudu- ucher signed by him a rnor called for wore § due to the was drawn, submit this | stigation by ymen! | tor In whose name it No wonder | eharge to an im seven Irote The railroads and their allies are in- angurating a reign of threats, intimida- | tion and coercion, which if not rebuked, | wmeans an ending of free government, When the political opinions of employes are given as the cause of their dis-| charge, it is high time for the people to assert thewselves as thelr own masters, Republicans who decide to scrateh Tiwme should ve for W. A. Page. Mr. Page is & successtul mauufacturer, He | has been houored with the position of | president of the Manufactuvers' associa- | tlon, and has devoted much time and | labor to the promotion of our industrial | interests, without pay or hope of re- | ward. His election to the legislature | ~would be a handsome acknowledgement | of luvaluable service rendered to the| friends of the Lowe industry movement. | | ciar i WILL THE PARTY PURGE ITSELFY Why @oes got the tord protector of the | defielt such as thay of Bix years ago the republican party of Nebraska gave Benjamin Harrison 28,000 majority, and demoralizing leadership of corpor- ate time-servers who look to railroad headquarters for direction and support the party has been decimated and thousands of staunch republicans have been driven out of the party. The scandals brought to light during the last legislative session and the trials of indicted state institution bood- lers and Impeached state officials have destroyed the confidence of the rank and file in the integrity of men who have been eclevated to positions of honor and trust. Unless the party purges itself of cor- ruption and repudiates railway domina- tion its ranks are sure to be depleted | by desertion and defection and its re- covery of supremacy The great v of republicans are honest, conscientionus and patriotie. They revere the traditions of the party and belfeve in its prineiple: But when republicanism becomes the aynonyhl for railrc and boodlerism they will ot In favor of honest ment and against corporate mis- made hopeless. dism cast t ands of republicans who find themselves at the cross roads will ask themselves befween now and next Tuesday .what will be most beneficial to cure the republican party of the malaria with which it is now afilicted. The election of Majors this year will be an open confession that the disease is too far gone for the party to purge itself, It means in our judgment the permanent loss to the party of thou- sands who have up to this time pro- fessed its creed and voted its ticket. The party’s salvation must be sought in retracing its steps and placing itself upon the platform on which Abraham Lincoln was elected—a govern- It stitu- tion of its machinery and its candidates It must inseribe upon its banners “Integrity in Every Oftice, nd it must give tangible evi- dence this year of its moral worth by square ment by the people, for the people. must turn its face against the pre to corporate power. turning down the tattooed candidate for governor, cured in whose nomination was pro- the interest of corporations and state house boodlers. It bas been asserted time and again that parties do not purge themselves of corruption. The Bee believes that this is not true. We still maintain that the republican party of Nebraska is capable of self-purgation. The cruclal test comes next Tuesday, and the result will tell whethier or not the siren songs of the railroad solicitors and the appeals of corporation claquers have deadened the conscience of the grand old party and made it indiffer- ent to the Indefensible record of its standard bearer. NEDE. 'S LORD PROTECTOR. From Yesterday's Issue. Victor Hugo tells us in his famous volume, “The History of a Crime,” that the election of Louis Napoleon to the presidency of the French republic was the first step toward the erection of im- perialism upon its ruins, What was true relating to the destruction of popu- lar self-government in France applies with equal force to all countries that permit despotism in any form under whatever pretext to usurp the right of the people to govern themselves. - In the struggle between the people of Nebraska and the confederated corpora- tions history only repeats itself. Up to this time our reference to the Nebraska nd the railioad despotism has been regarded by many well-meaning people and many patriotic citizens as an over- drawn assumption of a state of affairs that does not really st. This class of people will doubtless be surprised if not artled by the open admission on the part of the Majors campaign managers that railroad demination is not only legitimate, but esseutial to the well-be- ing of the state and its people. The mouthpiece of Mr. Majors makes bold to assert in a paid editorial tha appears in Thursday's World-Herald that Mr, Holdvege is fully justified in exercising dictatorial powers over the people of Nebraska. The exact I gunge used is that every honest man Nebraska recognizes the right of Mr. Holdrege to defend the property which is put in his charge against whatever evil forces would destroy its value. We are further told that 30,000 people of moderate means in New England own the Burlington railroad in this state, If Mr. Holdrege would stand idly by and see these 20,000 eastern stockholders injured In the value of their prope without any good to Nebraska every manly man in the state would despise him for such a course. So Nebraska must have a lord pro- ctor to keep her from exercising her ervelgn right to self-government! The people must abdicate their right te choose their own rulers and repres tives to Mr. Holdrege in the inte the 30,000 stockholders of moderate ins in New England and the half a multi-millionaires who have 1 colossal wealth from the tribnte have levied upon the people of this state. No reasonnble man will der Mr. Holdrege has a ri interests of the Burling its stockholders Dby means at his command. s he to coustitute himself lor tector and despot of Nebr it has he to debauch ou corrupting influence of 6,000 annual rail- 1 passes; by the use of lawless re- bates; by the lawless combinations with other tlons that seek to terror ze the people by threats of a with drawal of eredit: What right has he to hoid the club of discharge over the heads of wage workers wh ave as much right to cast & free and untram- meled ballot as he has himself? Could any monarch in Europe go much further in suppressing Individual fre dowm and dowminating by wmain force? Under the pernicious | Burlngton fvmclnl, himself czhr of No- raska, Wyqming dnd Monptana, Just ag ‘ranclg Josdph of Augtrip s kisg of Hupgary and Bgohemia and duke of Dalmatia? Why flot convert Nebraska 1to an absolute monarchy instead of & fée state In an elective republic? What 18 the uge of going through the farce of ratifying the choice of candl- dates named by the lord protector at Burlington headquarters? If the pro- tectorate s to be permanent would it | not be well for the lord protector to per- mit us to choose a governor who is not tattooed from head to sole and can at least enjoy the respeet of the lord pro- tector's subjects? THE DISFRANCHISED THIRTY THOUSAND The eulogy of Mr. Holdrege which the republican state committee au- daciously printed the other day In the columns engaged for its paid editorial advertisements holds the Burlington czar up as the representative of 30,000 non-resident stockholders, whose prop- erty he is trying to protect from threat- ened depreciation by forcing upon the people of Nebraska a candidate for governor who stands for dishonesty and corruption. The eulogist sceks to em- phasize the fact that these 30,000 for- elgn stockholders ean particlpate In the government of Nebraska only through the men whom they have em- ployéd to manage their rallroad for them, and asks with feigned sincerity whether the voters of this state are so lost to honor that they will use the sacred right of franchise which the constitution has given them to strike these eastern stockholders who have no votes here. Does the Burlington czar mean to in- sinuate that he has a right, legal or moral, to cast 30,000 votes for the rail- road which he represents? Does he measure his importance by the num- ber of stockholders who happen to have money invested In the corporation of which he is an officer? Does he want his volce in the selection of state and local officers to counterbalunce those of 30,000 resident Neb kans? If the Burlington czar is entitled to wield the power of 30,000 votes because the 30,000 people who own the railroad property have no votes in Nebraska, every other corporation that embodies outside cap- ital is entitled to a proportionate power. Should not the Union Pacific cast 30,000 votes also? And what about the North- western and the Missouri Pacific and the Rock Island and the other rail- roads that operate in this state, but whose stockholders live elsewhere? What about the street railway com- pany and the stock yards company and the gas company and the Standard Oil company and the banks and the iesser corporations without number? And when we find all these corporations con- federated together, as they are today, for the purpose of manning the state government with officials who will be subservient to their beck and eall, why should not the people of braska turn themselves, their property and the whole state over to the rule of the for- eign stockholders through their auto- cratic representatives in the railroad headquarters? The 30,000 foreign stockholders wlose votes the Burlington czar wants to cast in Nebraska include men, women and children. Do they acquire rights of franchise by investing their money In raflrond stocks which the pioneer who has broken the prairvie and built for himself a home within the boundaries of the state does not bave Are the men to vote in New England and again in Nebraska? Are the widows and or- phans, of whom we hear much whenever railway legislation is broached, to vote in Nebraska by proxy when they would not be able to vote if they were living here them- selves? This brings us right to the oot of the question. The issue ls, hall the people of Nebraska govern Nebraska? The confederated corpora- tions, marshaled by the Burlington czar, are exerting every force at their command to fasten forever upon Ne- braska the heavy hand of railroad domination. They wish to have the powers of government exercised, not in the interest of the people who have made the state what it is, but in the interests of the foreign capitalists and their watered stocks. If the disfran- chised 30,000 stockholde to govern Nebraska the two or three who own the majority of the stock will govern the 80,000, and Mr. Holdvege, as thelr gen- eral manager, will rule supreme as czr. Ave the people of Nebraska ready to exchange self-government for this form of absolute monarchy? The election of ilas A, Holcomb as governor will show that they still prefer to govern themselves. THE F The October treasury statement shows some things that it would be well for | the people at this time to ponder on. One of is that the government is getting steadily deeper into debt For the last month there was an in e in the public debt of over 00,000, and as the interest-h debt remained about stationary this in means an excess of expendi pts to that amount. In other words, it signifies a deficit. Mani- festly the new tariff for revenue is not what was expected of it in the | matter of providing the treasury with means to meet the obligations of the government, and therefore the esti- | mates of the supporters of that me jure ave demonstrated to have heen worthless. The democratic leac sured the country that when th ent tariff law went into effect th would be no further trouble or anxiety regarding revenue; that money would freely flow into the treasury, the gold res e would speedily be restored, and |t the government would be enabled promptly meet every Chat law has been in effect two months and still the receipts of the treasury fall below the expenditures,” with the probability that they will continue do for months to come, L revenue measure, ther b, tariff law must be admitted utter failure up to this time when revenue beging to come in m sugar duties and from the Income tax the receipts will balance expenditures, but that will not be for a number of months, and it Is doubtful whether the | treasury can walt for it. A wmonthly these doing 80 some As the new to be.an Possibly iring | obligation, | | to ext four of Mive nexm ‘would compel the négotiation of aBother loan. The gold réseive gituation was some- ‘what improyed duripg October, the re- serve gt the clgse of that montlh being a fraction ov¥er $61,000,000, The ip- crease was not wholly from customs. About balf ‘tlef gold fecelved at the treasury during tbe month was for small notes a part was American product purg‘fm. d at assay offices. It is also stated’ that quite an ftem Is the receipts from Golumbian half dollars, which are exchanged for gold at their face. The interest-bearing debt on Oc- tober 81 was $035042,860, which is about §50,000,000 greater than the pub- lle debt wheh the present administration came Into power. This does not show, however, the full extent of the change in the financial condition of the govern- ment under this administration, There must be added to the increase in the debt the loss of the gold reserve, now amounting to $39,000,000. Democratic leaders and stump speakers are very fond of denouncing the last repub- lican administration for having dis- posed of the surplus, but there was no increase of the public debt under that administration, nor was the gold re- serve ever impaired to the extent of a dollar, On the contrary, the public debt was reduced during the Harrison administration to the extent of over ,000,000, and when the Cleveland | administration took hold of the national treasury there was a balance of $124,- 000,000, more than $100,000,000 of which was gold. The first Cleveland admin- istration paid oft no more of the public debt than it was forced to pay, because it wanted to maintain a surplus for po- litleal effect. The second Cleveland ad- ministration has increased the public debt, and from all present indications, in consequence of the tariff legislation of its party, will be compelled to make anotber addition to It in order to pre- serve the credit of the government. KEEP IT BEVORE THEPEOPLE. Everybody that attended the republi- can state convention leld in this city on the 22d day of August will remember the dramatic disclaimer of Thomas J. Majors of the charge that connects him with the Taylor incident and the issue of a fraudulent certificate vouching for or's services to the end of the ses- slon of the legislature of 1891, In the presence of 1,000 delegates and more than 2,000 spectators Majors raised his hand to heaven and called God to wit- ness that he knew nothing about the plot to abduct Taylor, and boldly as- serted that Taylor was entitled to full pay to the end‘of the session, as he had served sixty-three days exclusive of Sun- days and recessep. These brazen false- hoods have ;been reiterated from the stump in almest every town and village of the state. “A more impudent plece of fmposture never had been attempted by any man seeKing the suffrages of an in- telligent people. 'Majors' assertions re- garding the Taylor voucher are dis- proved by testimgny that cannot be con- troverted, namely the jours of the state senate of 1891, which shows that Taylor disappeared on the morning of the fifty-thirtf ‘ddy of the session, and after that day his name does not appear in the journaleither on the roll call or on any recorded yote, And now at this late day, after per- sistently denying that Majors had certi- fled to the fraudulent voucher, of which a fac simile appears in this issue, the B. & M. Journal attempts to palliate this fmpeachable offense by pointing to the fact that the fraudulent Taylor voucher was only a few dollars over and above the amount actually due to Tay- lor. Only a few dollars, to be sure! Only $75, but every dollar of that sum was fraudulently taken out of the state treasury by reason of the certificate signed by Majors representing that Tay- lor had served to the end of the ses- sion. Only a few dollars, to be sure. But it is an open confesslon that the charge is true in substance and an admission that Majors deliberately deceived the repub- lican state convention and used the name of the Almighty to affirm testi- mony he knew to be false Only a few dolla indeed, but the man who would filch a few dollars from the state treasury and put it into the pocket of an oil room boodler is not the man the people of Nebraska can trust with the position of chief execu- tive. It was ouly a few dollars that Majors overch in collecting mileage as lieutenant 01 and 1803, | but the act was so much more repre- | hensible because it was only a few dol- lars. A man who would run up 288 miles at 10 cents a mile for a distance of 146 miles actually traveled on an annual pass is not the kind of a man Nebraska or any other state should ele- ate to the highest position within the gift of her people. The county ¢ | executive committee of the | Chavities propose to 0 vising a plan for the sys | tribution of the county's ey wil certainly be supported by the taxpayers attempt to make the funds at the posal of the commis- | sloners for this 'purpose go as far as | possible, It [s mogt desirable that every precaution be taken clude worth- | 1ess impostors and at the same time to | insure worthy applicants the assistance which they desery The authorities display & commendable disposition to | arrive at the Dbest method of accom plishing this object mmissioners and the ssocinted ate in de- ematic dis- poor relief. Remember t the railroads and thelr confederdted corporations are cen tering thelr efforts npon the state senate, If they can eontrol a mere ma, the senate they will be able all legislation that appe obnoxious to them. The hope of wm legisla- | tion of all kinds depends upon the [ tion of men to the senate who will rep- | resent the interests of the people, not- withstanding all the Irond pressure that may be brought to bear on them. to block The selection of Mr. A, O, Bacon by the caucus of del ratic members of the Georgla legislature to be the p candidate for United States senato selection which 1s equivalent to an elec is in reality a defeat for the Cleve land administration. It was well e |able is finding & ready m: | Night falls. | or storm, with favor upoh & Ilt'rr Congressman Turner, An done all in its power to Assist him his canvass, Yet, notwithstanding this assistance, Mr. Turner was unable to sedure even a fair share of the log! lative votes and was practically out of the race from the moment that the com- position of the legislature was made public. Mr. Bacon 18 by no means an outspoken antl-administration man and may be led to act with the administra- tlon when he is admitted into the senate, but he will not owe his election to administration influence and will therefore be under no obligation to do 80. Majors' personal organ is finally com- pelled to admit that the fraudulent Taylor voucher ealled for more money than the abducted senator was entitled to claim. What becomes of Majors' repeated oaths that every dollar drawn on the Taylor voucher was legally pay- able for services rendered? This con- fession holds Majors up as a self-con- victed liar. 1Is this the kind of a man to act ns governor of a great state like Nebraska ? If money were the only requirement for success the tattooed candidate would Dbe able to already point to his election. Any politieal support that is purchas- ket with the epublican state committee, It is for the vast army of citizens who vote their convietions and who stand f and al- ways for honest government, to over- whelm the cand date who counts on buy- ing his way into offi The charge industrious circulated in the I'irst ward that Mr. Gordon is a prohibitionist is untrue, and the re- port that he is a member of the A. P. A. is also positively denied. Mr. Gor- don i8 a temperate man and a mem- ber of the Baptist church, but he is not a temperance fanatic nor an antl- Catholle agitator. Trast Him for That. Kansae City Journal It would scem from the rear section of his name that the new German chancellor, Fohenlohe-Schillingsturst, might be disposed to demand hig salary in advance. g i A Versatite Monarch, Pittaburg Dispateh. Retween writing poetry, unveiling monu ments, reconstructing ministries and dis. crimiriating agalnat American beef and Cattle, the world can' pardon limperor Willlim for hanging out his ‘this is my busy day" sign. Uneasy Lies the Head, Kansas City Star. The emperor of China proposes to behead all of hi§ viceroys and' governors unless they can explain why a small country like Jipan cannot be exterminated. It Is prob- able that official heads will be at o great discount in China in the near future. ] il Deliberating Over Frifles. New York World. It s said that the attentio of the president of the U America was chiefly devoted yesterday {o the great question whether Levi P. Mor- ton's coachman 1§ a domestic servant. As fir as Is known, nothing whatever wis said about prosecuting the Carncgle frauds. il L AV at for the Sulks. Globe Democrat. Mr. Cleveland has been cutting down trees lately, and it is surprising how much the vigorous swinging of the American ax licves the internal pressure of a polley of ence, Mr. Greeley and M. Qladstone are on the famous woodehoppers, and no doubt found the exerclse userdl in Keeping thelr language within parliament- ary’ bounds. of the cabinet ted States of Turning Down tho Trastles. Springfleld Republican. Senator Gibson of Maryland, one of the srman trust conspirators, was publicly re- d at a meeting of democrats in his night. A large num- ber of leading ocrats threatened to leave the hall if Gibson presided, and he was consequently not even invited to a seat on the platform. DIid somebody ask why Gorman was 8o inactive in this campalgn? e CUT OUT FUR FUN. Texas Siftings: In_breach of promise sults o man is very frequently like a boy learning the alphubet, He gets stuck on a letter. S Richmond Dispatch: expert at mathemat a oolumn” easy enough, he cat may not be but it can ‘‘foot up Glens Falls Republican: The giraffe would make a good cholr singer; his volce Is al- ready lifted up. Atchison Globe: The man who puts his rel 2 on the roosters is on his way to work when the man who relies on an alarm clock s still dreaming of the angels. ter Ocean: “I supy your husband dos “Goodness me, no; I'll not have time to vote more than’ once; Tuesday 1s my day at home.” se you'll yote just Detroit Free Pri crowned with be: Witie—That's all got to hav same. Hubble—You are harlie, but I've bonnet just the Truth: M lien talks. re seems that he 18 not informed Paddington (who s madly says he inherited the gift; were bar v charmin to be —How 51y no <) —He his ancestors Boston Courier: shoemaker's life is awl but and his sole waxes strong h job depends upon his last, gRing away Jchn—Sallle, ef T was to ask do you think you'd v 55 80. JOhn- a-il, ef ¢ this ‘ere d ashfulness nter's going to be cold and storm. ), you # and warm, wi I How swift this sand b How slow wift and firm! ns at college te my, stre -call with a Nst'ning ¢ Adsum! I am here!" n; o jolly > drown'd the But now ye le And—*'Adsum Jur song, My brave world-| That tops th All hail! " Your battl In frultful peace. The golden gates The jasper walls be yours. ) sinks down von soundless shores. Hut lo! your lifted eyes Greet gold outcroppings in the skies. rs of a world tar of states, re furled Our storm-born eagle of doubt or 4 and upward & “Through unseen worlds the or calm, or d on the mornine God knows, ther His eye fix He knows, And 80 ke So_ye, brave "ought on and o Up bastion, ¢ full morn knew not do and dare, and Ye knew that . Would tu shield. rays e fleld. nly knew d do! d's first born, 1ight to morn. rs of youth and die; Ye gave your g And lived ag he Ye loved the truth, ye lived the truth; Ye knew that cowards only le. Then heed not now one serpent’s hiss, Or trait'rous, trading, Judas kiss, Let slander wallow in his slim: Still leave the truth to God and time. *h clouds 8 hem Worn victors, few and true, su ‘s trailing garm ahall be ass he stars all be whi arts as only truth secures; known that the administration looked | erlasting monuments TOAT FRAUDULENT TAYLOR VOUCHER The Unanswerable Record Proof of T. J. * Majors’ Dishonesty. The candidacy of Thomas J. Majors con- fronts the republican party of Nebraska as & menace to its success in the campalgn. for $75 was issued to W. M. Taylor as balanes due for alleged services In the semate fem the last fifteen days of the month: /f; /Jnlflé 7/ ( 4«145, or ervices as & £ )\‘m-é - day ofn ffanl to..Br 64...days dd 3" per tay, 1501, 6. antteage.-3. 2 Y. .mitesat 10 centsy Deduect amount ' Batance dus, IR . A ) J hercby certfy that the above aecount Lday ofcleasd. « @ a per miley Totat, drawn, -a- 11 correet apdtiuat, and has not been patd, —_* C o s camma 6"“‘5«.‘“ coounts. TS 2 F )»v(m\/ Depuity, 0 Deputy. Received of T.H. 0 Warrant No. Evory candidate and every party leader on the stump must champion the ecandidacy of 4 man who is tattooed with a record of in- delible infamy. They are confronted at every orossroad with the story of the forged census returns that scandalized the state at the natlonal capital and placed a stigma upon the man whom the people of this common- wealth had honored with a place in the halls of congress as their representative. During two sessions of the leglelature in which he occupled the responsible and hon orable position of presiding officer of the upper house by virtue of his election as licu- tenant governor, Mr. Majors was notorlous a tool and cappor for the corporation lobby, and exerted all his power and influence dur- Ing each session of the legislature to pro- mote jobbery and assist boodle schemes and obstruct, sidetrack and defeat all ratlway regulation bills and measures to curb the rapacity of corporate monopoly. SCANDALIZED THE STATE. During the session of 1891 the state was scandalized by the abduction of Senator Taylor, a populist, who had been elected on the anti-monopoly platform, which pledged Nim to support a maximum rate law. It is notorious that Taylor was on_confident terms with Licutenant Governor Major: especially with his private secretary, Walt M. Secly. There is no doubt whatever that Majors and Seely must have known of tho plot to abduct Taylor {n order to keep him from casting his vote for the Newberry maximum rate b Taylor's abduction ecreated such a sensation that even if Majors had not been advised about the plot he could not have been ignorant of the fact that Taylor had disap- peared. The fact that Majors directed the sergeant-at-arms to have Taylor arrested shows absolute knowledge on the part of Majors of the disappearance of Taylor. The records of the auditor's office show that Taylor had drawn 0 as his pay and mileage for the session up to the time of his abrupt departure in the middle of March, On March 31, when the sesslon closed, the following bill, certified to by T. J. Majors as president of the senate, was placed in the hands of the auditor and & warrant The above is a fac simile of the certificate signed by Lfeutenant Governor Majors and approved by the auditor, as now on file In the office of the auditor of state. The warrant for $75 was cashed by Walt M. Seely, private secretary of the lieutenant governor, and pocketed by him Taylor never received a penny of this money fraudu- lently procured by the connivance of the lleutenant governor. This act alone stamps Thomas J. Majors as a dangerous man in any public ofice. ~When he certified that Taylor had served through the entire term he knowingly and wittingly committed a grave crime that laid him llabla not only to impeachment, but to prosecution in the criminal conrts. Had Majors certified to a fraudulent voucher in the army, or duplicated his own pay in the army pay roll, he would have been court martialed and cashiered in dis- | grace. Where the offense was as flagrant as the Taylor voucher fraud he would have been mads to serve a sentence in a military prison. Is this the kind of a man the re- publicans of Nebraska are asked to make chief executive of state and commander-in= chief of the military forces of the common= wealth? THE SENATE OIL ROOM. The climax of Infamy on the part of the lieutenant governor was the conversion of his private office adjoining the senate cham- ber into a legislative ofl room, in which liquor was dispensed frooly to members of the senato who were addicted to drink, and to lobbyists, male and female, who resorted to the room for debauching the law makers. Every fellow who belonged to the gang carried a Yale lock key in his pocket so as to have mccess at all time#, night or day, When the senate was in session, Or at recess, to the demijohns and decanters filled with choice brands of liquor, with which the lieu- tenant governor's room was generously sup- plied regardless of expense by the corporate concerns whose bllls were to be logrolled through and wlhose interests were to be pro- teoted by the bland, affable and accommodat- ing lieuteriant governor Can republicans stultify themselves and Jeopardize their cause by placing a man with such a record at the head of the state gove ernment? TLMRORS, LILUTENANT BOVEANOR Senate @1 romber. o Laron il M/-J/wu(, S sl (o B e The above Is a fac simile of the order of | the abducted ex-senator authorizing Walt Secly to receipt the vouchers and warrants | for his unearned salary. It will bo noted | that the order is in the handwriting of Walt M. Secely, private secretary of Lieutenant | . 0 w89/ 7/%8, }fyz Governor Majors. It purports to be dated at Portland, Ore., but is written on an offls clal blank, headed with the name of the lieutenant ‘governor, at the senate chamber, Lincoln, Neb., with the date line left blank, pt the figures 1891, YOUR_MONEY'S WORTH OR _YOUR MONEY BACK. Two yeirs ago for C | THE voTE lman— H_WARD, Burr, 70; E Thomas, 70, WTH WARD. or. 787; Hune gate, 010. HTH WARD, Jolnson, 6573 Parker, 687 ’Nother Day That's what we'll have Saturday. Last Sat- » Drawesr That nice flec slk trimmed dollar goos at four bits (e, ) We add a fine, vicuna color me rino, smooth, evenly woven, grade garment; shirts with ribbe &l es and tail, d forced seams, We used to mak this a leader at $1.00; now it's onl six bits (74 derwear a splendid garment for $7.5¢ lined. natural, garment stll first awers with rein- urday was lively; and we're going to repeat it this Satur- day. This time it's on outside and in- d o ! side coverings == overcoats and un- -Suppose you geta $7.50 overcoat for $7.50 you wouldn't get stuck, would you? We'll give you J; some enthusiastic deal- ers, when they happen to get a hold of a coat like it would tell you 'twas worth and always sold for $12, We guarantes it to be wort sey, new style, fashionable overcoat. $10.00, $12.50 and $15 sort h $7.50. It's a good ker- The $8.50, are the very best gar- ments ever sold for the money. Buy one Saturday and bring it back Monday if it doesn't suit you. You're money will be ready. Boys' cape overcoats $2.50 and $3.00, good warm, strongly made, stylish co ulsters, sizes 10 to 18, §b ats; sizes 4 to 8. PBoys' and $6; long out, heavy welght, with deep storm collar, splendid value, Browning, King & Co., Reliable Clothicrs, S. W, Cor. 15th and Douglas.