Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 5, 1894, Page 2

spirators has come to light. Students at the state university who have attained vot- Ing age have been given round irip pastes 1o enable them to go home and vote, provid- Ing they pledge themselves In advance to vote for Tom Majors. In a letter received from Ashland last night a correspondent ve the names of three men whe had been rought back to that town alone, two from the university and one from Towa City, for the purpose of securing their votes for Majors. The number of votes to be saved by these tactios s necessarily limited, but that so extraordinary an effort has been | made to save them proves conclusively that the conspirators are in. the most desperate straits. Never before in the history of | a political campaign has it been deemed | necessary to enroll the student vote RECORD OF A SENATORIAL COMBINE. A prominent republican, a member of the | last legislature, and one of the men who re- | fuses to support Tom Majors in the present campaign, stated yesterday in conversation | that many republicans in his county were op- | posing Majors because of his record as pre- slding officer of the senate. “I remember perfectly well there was a combination of the rallroad sena- tors, under the personal direction of the lieu- tenant governor. This combination had its headquarters in the daytime at the private office of Majors, and at night at his rooms at the Capital hotel. When the appropria- tion bills were pending in the senate the combination sought to inerease them by ex- travagant additions to the sunts granted by the house. There had been a popular demand for a reduction of state expenditures, and in obedience to this demand the house commit- tee on appropriations had cut the total amount down more than §500,000. When the bill reached the senate the combination threw the doors of the state treasury wide open and admitted everybody that had been shut out in the house.” When the combine got through with the appropriation sheets it was discovered that the total amount had been increased to the extent of $454, Nothing but the unflinching attitude of the house pre vented another reign of extravagance at the state house. The combine was formed for the deliberate purpose of defeating the maxi- mum rate bill, and it used the appropriation Dills as a means to the end. In nearly every case the Increates in appropriations were ac- corded to constituencies represented by mem- bers who were favorable to the raflroad bill By their tactics the combine, under the leadership of Majors, deliberately sought to use the people’s money to bribo refractory members to vote against the maximum rate bill. Fortunately their tactics did not suc- ceod and the appropriation bills were finally passed in the closing hours of the session substantially ss they were passed by the house The same gentleman pointed out the sig- nificant fact that it was the Majors combine that fastencd to the maximum rate bill the senate amendments which enabled the rail- roads to carry the measure fnto the federal courts and to suspend the operation of the law. Majors' arbitrary rulings while the maxi- mum rate bill was pending were also recalled by the ex-legislator, and he testified as to the fact that time and again Majors took ad- vaptage of his official position to thwart the will of the people. BOYCOTT WITHOUT A BASIS. The hoyeott circular concocted in South Omaha late Saturday afternoon and signed by the names of the commission merchants was the last explring efforts of the managers of the Majors campaign. Starting out with the assumption that The Bee is endeavoring to injure the business of the South Omaha stock yards, these commission merchants have vented a little manufactured indignation against the editor of this paper. The language of the circular which finds its first publicity in the newspaper owned by the Burlington railread proves conclusively that it emanates from the same fertile brain that produced the calamity manifesto sent out by the al- leged association of Omaha business men As o matter of fact, The Bee has done more than any other agency to build up and foster the-packing interests of South Omaha. This paper has never in a single instance at- tacked the stock yards or the commission men. It has only denied the right of the stock” yards proprietors to-combine with the tailtoad companiés to' forcé w dishonest can- date upon the peopld. The stoek yards de- pend upon farmers and stockmen for their existonce and-the farmers and slockmen of Nebraska are by a large majority favorable to tho election of Judge Holcomb. The prin- clpal owners of the stock yards have them- solves done more in this campeign to injure the business of the commission men than any one else. The commission men are mere middlo men. If they persist in permitting the stock yards managers to use them to pull rallroad chestnuts out of the fire they must not complain if their fingers are burned, UNREDEEMABLE PLEDGES From the day of the republican state con- vention Tumors have been rife of the pledges Majors has made to A. P. A. leaders in this ity respecting appointments on the Omaha police commis:ion, previded, of course, Majors suoceods In squeezing info the governor's chalr. Early in the canvass it was announced that Johnny Thompson, editor of the Ameri- can, and Judge Covell, an A. P. A. patriarc had a solemn pledge from Majors that he would appoint them to places on the police commisssion. It 1s reported that when John A. McShane heard this he grew exceedingly wroth,‘and with distended nostrils he swore eternal hostility to Majors. But Uncle Billy Paxton wist not that it was so and he stroked John tenderly the straight way of the hair, and it came to pass that John's per- turbed spirit was calmed and he, too, wist mot that it was ®o. And when the strike came there came With it a demand for Majors® tin soldiers, When the A. P. A. candidate sounded the call to arms John's haughty spirit was at peace with all the world, and it came to pass that he, too, proclaimed fealty to the tattooed candidate, who is bldding for the Catholic vote today and the A. P. A. vote tomorrow. But when Czar Holdrege heard of the com- pact between his man and the Thompson- Covell contingent it was different. He sent for Tom. Just what happened at the inter- said he, “‘that house at Spencer Tuesday, showing up Ma. Jors' record Tn A convineing manner. He addressed Butte cltizens tonight. RESORTING TO CRIMINAL METAODS, Contingent Tom's Backers Desperate Enoug to Tamper with the Malis. WILEER, Neb., Nov. 1.—(To the Editor of The Bee.)—My attention has just been called | to the fact that three different Bohemian weekly newspapers (two of which are pub- | tshed outside of this state), received at the Wilber sheet, postoffice were found to contain a ple of which I herewith enclose The style and general appearance of the threo shects Is identical, and may have been found fn other papers outside of these referred to. From the fact that all three of these papers have, ever since the nomination of Judge Holcomb for governor, spoken of | him.most favorably and rothing to the con- | trary, [ am led to believe that this dastardly work is being perpetrated by some one other than a responsible newspaper man and would in my judgment bear a close investigation Let the good work go on. Let us purge the republican party of all railroadism. Let the people rule and justice will be done to all individuals, as well as corporations. I am not an énemy of corporations, but am op- posed to their death grip on our political or- ganization. That I8 what makes popullsm. As a republican | heartily coincide with the attitude of The Bee. A FRIEND OF JUSTICE. BUPLEMENT. Cleskjm oliéim na uvienon! Dive, nez budete hlasovati pro Holcom- | ba za guvernéra, uvaite, 7e tenty# naklo- nén je prohibiei a pro Zenské hlasovac privo. Jeho bratr jest kandiddtem na prohibitnfm listkn zn okres. zdstupce v Custer Co. Syym vlivem co guvernér pii- spéje k tomu, aby otdzky, jeZ byly jiZ jed- nou odhlasovivy u které stily velkych vy- | loh opit byly vyvolfny. Dejte 7 hlasovaci privo a mdte prohibici na krku. | Tolo mime diikaz, e populisté v Lin- coln prohldsili se pro enské llusovacf préivo, Nevdkte Holeombovi, jens v nejhorsich do- bich pijéoval farmeFim penize a¥ na 30 procent. i 7 velkjoh tirokit ebohatnul @ nynk stavi se v dmco pritel, Premyjileite a potom volte! TRANSLATION. (Bupplement.) For Cousideraticn of Bohemian Vote Tefore you yote for Holcomb for governor consider that he is mclined to prohibition and woman suffrage. His brother is a can- didate on the prohibition ticket for county attorney in.Custer county. With his influ- ence as governor he will endeavor to have those questions, which have been voted down at one time and which have caused a great outlay, revived again and submitted Give woman the ballot and you have pro- hibition on jyour neck For these matlers we have proof. The populists at Lincoln pronounce themselves for woman suffrage. Do not believe Holcomb, who in the hardast times money to farmers at 30 per t. From this encrmous interest he has althy, and now he presents him- 1f to you as a man. Think of these things and then vote, TURN D DOWN AGAIN, uclid Martin’s Plan to Help Out Majors Meets a Cold Reception. LINCOLN, Nov. 4.—The geometrical pro- gression of Euclid Martin has been side- tracked. But a short lime since’this eccen- tric poiitical planet was in perihelion with the Tom Majors republieans. Today Mr. Martin 1s in apogee with his own parly For several days the various polilical ele- ments in the city have been on the lookout for a certain-vireutar which it was stoutly alleged would emanate from the political headquarters located directly under the hat worn by Buclid Martin. The import of this expected circular was in ‘the nature of friendly counsel to &Bafinistration democrats to poll their Votes amll use their influence for. the republican candllate for governor, Tom Majors. -That was the anticipated outcome of thu:joint, mebtivg of Marttn democrats and republicans, held at the Lincoln hotel last Wednesday night. Bub the conclave was, In the main, & stormy one. Candidate Sturdevant was agreeable to such a pro- gram. So, also, were a number of other so- called straight democrats. But ‘strong oppo- sition to this scheme was made by such lead ing administration democrats as Judge Craw- ford, A. I. Sawyer and John H. Ames. They had the call, apparently, and carried the day. No secret circular, was issued, and the meet- ing broke up with the understanding that as full & vote as possible should be cast for Sturdevant, although no resolutions bearing upon this point were passed. But the fact is now public property in Lincoln that had Buclid Martin had his way in that mesting every Sturdevant democrat in the state would have been urged to abandon the ‘‘straight’ candidate and east his vote for the tattooed nominee for governor. That such a plan would have been suicidal s generally ad- mitted in all the various hotel corridors where politicians congregate. But the effect is being felt most disastrously by the prime mover in the scheme, Huclid Martin. It has set democrats to thinking and the more they ruminate the more disgusted they become with so barefaced an attempt to turn them over to do Hessian warfare in behalf of Tat- toced Tom. Many of the alleged ‘“straight’ democrats have already declared their: inten- tion of veting for Silas A. Halcomb. They come dally to the democratic headquarters of the state central committee and put them- selves on record to this effect. Although Mr. Martin's scheme was mot carried out, the very suggestion and ventilation of it has pro- duced unexpected boomerang effects. Results will show that Holcomb has been the gainer, | Sturdevant the loser. NO RINGS IN THEIR NOSES. view 18 not chronicled, but at any rate the report Is glven out that in case Majors be elected governor Hon. Frank Ransom will be the next police commissioner of Omaha. Ransom's ppointment will be perfectly satis- factory to the brewers, as well as the rail- coads” but will not be satisfactory to the P. A Mr. Ranson is a lawyer of some ability and has been in the legislature, where he represented an Otoe county constituency. He is not a pro- hibitionist, but he knows the difference be- tween a railroad pass and a liquor license, Majors has also pledged the position of warden of the state penitentiary to at least fivo sheriffs or ex-sheriffs throughout the tate, and the latest report is to the effect that he has given one George A. Bennett of Douglas county to understand that he would make an exccllent warden. But what will Sherlft Dean of Hall have to say*about that and how will the sherift of York who also expects to be warden on a Majors Bledge, take the proposed appolntment of orge Bennett? Last, but not least, how are all these pledges to be fulfilled in the face of the pledge made to the present war- den? howing Up Majors’ Rocord. BUTTE, Neb, Nov. 3.—(Speclal)—M. A. Hatrington of ©' SERIES NO. 45-46 THE AMERICAN ENCYCLOPAEDIC DICTIONARY. 4 200 Pages. 250,000 Words JAMIRUCIIVE AND USEWUL ‘4 Mune of nowledge and a Mint o Usefulness. <+ here are more things insicuctv usefal god omertiningm Ut el oo werienn Eucyclopedic Dicionary. l? shnllar publieation ever tasied. his great work, now for | withiu the resch wi wu lect dict atign, (Or 1t s u i s Line ry anl & complota eneyels. that number of 1ho Lodk correspond. ‘with the mumber of oy with m".‘l of Whe eoupoa BRESinhays ve Wook-day coupons Wiy 10 cents I coln. will tay owa ©f The American Encyelopodlu Diotloa: ary. Seud orders to Tho lico Ofas. muorders should bo addressel L) DIOTIONARY DEPARTMENT . county, | elll addresses a crowded | Omaha Hebrews Denounce the Pretensions | of Certain Boodlers und Shysters. | At a special meeting of the Omaha Hebrew club yesterday the following preamble and THE OMATA DAILY CLEAN OUT THE OLD RING Rid the Btate of the Men Who Have Looted the Treasury. | GUST RA'LROAD TCOLS AND BOODLERS Judge Samuel Maxwell Speaks on the Is- sues of the Eloction in Nebraska— A Change Demanded In the Interest of Honesty, In the early history of the republican party its conventions were deliberate r seatative bodies, which discus ures were best for the welfare of the public and the party, and no gag law to shut debate was thought of or applied For a few years past, however, the rail- roads and boodlers have had complate con- trol of the machinery of the republican party In this state. The fact that the great cor- porations controlied the last republican state convention in Nebraska is proved beyond the shadow of a doubt. In Lancaster county the sixty delegates to the republican state convention were selected by an employe of one of the great railways several days after the county convention ad- journed, after such employe had examined many persons called before him, and without in any manner being appointed by the re- publicans in that county. In other words, It was solely a delegation chosen by that in- terest, and had no more right to represent the republican party of Lancaster county than it had the republicans of Sioux county, yet that delegation was the controlling force that determined the nomination for governor and other republican candidates on the state ticket, If this style of selecting delegates s ap- proved by the voters it will not be long until it is applied to all the counties of the state and the republicans of a county be deprived of any voice in the selection of delegates. In addition to this the convention con- tained a very large number of political rail- way emplayes of all the lines, brought there for the purpose of controlling the convention, and did it. No one will object to a railway employe as a delegate where chosen by the republicans of his county or district, but the case is very different if he was not chosen by the republicans, but merely by the corpora- tions through some of their peculiar methods, A public officer should be free and inde- pendent, 5o that he may be prepared to per form his duty faithfully, impartially ana efficiently to the public, whose servant he is. The Savior said, “No man can serve two masters,” and experience has proved the truth of the statement, Now, if a man is taken up by the great corporations and boodle elenient, not because of -hie integrity and ability, but because some of their as- sistants can hold badk<loor conferences with him, and he will prove subservient to their wishes, a man, it possible, who could .have reached the position on his merits, such an one is sure to be governed by the wishes of his creators. is elected he mnaturally feels under igations to the corporations and influences that secured him the position, and they thus have 4 string tied to him, so to speak, and as between his creators and the public he is not & free agent. Hence the public suffer and the corporations and thelr allies are favored. And this will continue so long as the corporations and boodle influences are permitted to control conventions. In every ivstance a man who owes his nomination and_election to the great corporations and boodle infiuences will lean, unconsciously per- haps, in their favor. Abundant evidence of this exists.on every side. In other states, like Towa, the State Board of Transportation devotes s time to the re- dress of grievances of persons who have dealings with the railways of that state, It devotes its time to its duties and has greatly simplified the scheduls of railway rates and reduced ~ rates,.. when necessary,, to - what seems just and fair compensation.’ No at- tempt haé been made In this state by the state board to simplify the classffication or reduce rates, although the act. giving the board such power was sustained by the su- Premo COUEL seven years ago. Last year a very considerable increase of rates over those voluntarily established by the company five years before upon baled hay were made by the Elkhorn raiiroad after a large part of the crop was in the stack, although the profits to the shipper at the former rates were almost’ nothing; yet the board consented to a part (one-half, T be- lieve) of the Increase. There is not a city, town or individual in the state that is not interested in having o fair, capable, efficient and independent board of ‘transportation to adjust the wrongs of discrimination or other abuse against the town itself or individuals therein. Many reliable life-long democrats assure me that for .years past the ‘great corpora- tions have kept hired men in their party in the guise of friends, whose sole purpose was to create confusion and to make such nomi- ations in the democratic party as would re to the henefit of the republican party. You will probably say, I ought not to com- plain of that; but patriotism rises above partisanship. * * * There is a very gencral belief that the in- terests of the state demand a change in the management of the treasury. The secretary of state, auditor of public accounts, state treasurer, commissioner of public lands and bullings and attorney gen- oral constitute the Board of Tramsportation, which has power on a four-fifth vote to ap- point three secretaries to perform the duties of the board. It will thus be seen that if a capable, fearless, efficlent board of any of the kinds named (s desired, the voters of the state must themselves elect them. If o person is nominated by the untrammeled cholce of any considerable body of electors, and ls elected and is a_capable, conscienticus man, he may be relied upon to perform his duty falthfully and jmpartially, and a board com- posed of such men will be faithful and efficient servants. It is suicldal to vote for in: resolution were unanimously passed: We the officers and membe:s of th> Om ha Hebrew club, in a special meeting assem- bled, Ao hereby resolve as follows: Whereas, Certain self. d political wir pullers, irresponsible characters and para sitic boodlers have had the audacity Tepresent themselves to candidates fc tion as dealers in the votes of the Hebrews, and Whereds, The Omaha Hebrew club authorized any person or persons to sent them politicaily, and Whereas, The Omaha Hebrew club never | was under any obligation whatever to vote one way or the other; be it Resolved, That we, the officers and mem- s of the Omaha' Hebrew club, hereby condemn the action of said person or pei- | sons and pledge ourselves to prosecute them { to the utmost of eur ability, and we hereby warn all eandidates for office not to allow | themselves to be duped by political bum- mers who have no other power bes of securing money under false and by fraudulent misrepresentation. The Omaha Hebrew club is not a political organization. It Is a mutual benefit society, organized for the protection of its membe in case of sickness or distress. The me. bers vote according to their own judgment for the best man who means to help the cause of the common people. J. BACK, President. 8 BAKER, Vice President. A. RUDEY, Secretary M. BLANK. First Trustee. 5. GREENBERG, Second Trustee. FIFTY-SEVEN ¢ ESE REGISTERED, | be pretenses May tereaftor Cut Considerable Figure wiifarnia Polities. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 4.—A local news- paper which has been investigating the mat- ter finds that fifty-seven Ohinese have registered in the city of San Francisco, and will vote at the coming election. Of course they are all Chinese who claim to have been born on American soil. * These Mongolian electors. it is said, have formed an organi- tion and elected n “boss” and fro adauarters in Chinatown the wmounced that he is ready to “make ar- politics fn the interest of various candidates The new spaper avaounices that there are 2,000 Chinese in California ‘who are uative born and who might bave registered for the com- Ing clection. It is stated that the majority of ‘them will' vole two years hence. Hnas- much as every Chinaman.is absolutely under the control of the Chincse Six Compandes and does the bidding of tho organization’s head men in every watter, it i apparent that the Chinese vote niay T¢adily become a serious { matier in Callfornia politigs. ides that | rangements” with the mes who are doing | the men put up by the corporations and boodlers. They believe that they have a grip upon their nomMmeos if elected, and ex- perience has shown that their conjectures as | to their influence seldom fail. The writer speaks from his own knowledge, that the | populists have placed in nomination for all | the state offices clean, capable, faithful and fearless men, who, if elected, will perform | their duties faithfully, carefully and efi- ciently. These men. have as much interest in the prosperity of the state as it is possible for any one else to have. Good citizenship is not dependent upon wealth or power. These two often make their possessor arro- gant and overbearing, but it depends upon integrity and honor and a faithful perform- {amee of duties. Their homes &nd all that they have are here, and they are careful and conservative men: They are held in high respect by their neighbors aud acquaintances end are good citizens. The government of the state will bs safe in such hands. The state is one of the best in the union. There can be no better investment or sscurity than its broad, fertile acres at a fair valuation. [ | have resided in the state nearly thirty-nine years, and it grieves me (o hear it traduced and fo see scarecrows brought out amd flaunted in our faces to frighten us like chil- dren, while the parties behind the scenes laugh in_ thelr 8leeves at their cite perform- ancest Some forty years ago ‘certain mer- chants from the then slave states announced in the eity of New York that'-they would purchase no goods in that city if they showed hostility to slavery or of those who were openly opposed to slavery, and New York would lose their trade and grass would grow on its streets, and many of the merchants of that city, as well as the mayor, cringed be- fore the slaveholders’ threats. A number of merchants, however, announced in placards in bold type, placed in conspicuous places in their sto We sell our goods and not our principles,” and the result"was that even the slaveholders respected them for their princi- ples and independence and patrondzed them in preference to those who eringed before them. 1 commend the apphicat'on of these principles |10 those who are threatening to crack the driver's whip over our heads, and also to these who in & cowardly manuer are seeking 10 cause voters dependent upon. them to saeri- fiee their manhood by voting contrary to thelr convictions. A little more than forty years ago I assistéd (n forming the republican party. Its leading principles were ‘Free soll, free speech and free men,” and from that time to this, through evil report and good re- port, I have stood for those priunciples and 40 today. ot | The ‘questions at fssue in ‘this | aches, Trial size, 35 comts. . All drugglats. . | been fighting Governor Crounse through ¢ MONDAY, NO VEMBEB 5, 1894, te, however, afe not national, but to our st trhfionl‘ and they a citizens oft tnd} stade govern or shill the great carporations and boodlers?’ And, second, “'Shall the different departments of the state be placed on a business basis and conducted honestly fgndswith economy?’ These ques- tions come, home to every voter in the atate The rall#y#® and boodiers have attempted to divert attention from these questions by {nviting noted speakers lika McKinley and Butterwopth Jjto the state to discuss natioual fssues and by free transportation of brass bands and persons” who would attend these and_ othep, syeetings. . The rank and file of the party, may shout for certain leaders to their. hedMs* 6ontont, #o (hat the railways and boodter¥'can dictate the nomioations. After they heye wontrollad the conventions and nominated the persons of their choles they attempt to use the party whip to force the rank and file to support their nominees A gentleman high p in the railroad repub- lican party recently stated in writing that the republican clection of one year ago cost the parly §$23,000, and it is intimated that many times that amount is to be used in this election, Tho use of money to corrupt elections 14 destroctive of republican gov- ernment. 'No party ean Jjustify it 1t | has tended to center the weaith of the coun- try in a few hands by the granting of special privileges and should be discounten- anced by every good citizen. - If the repub- lican ticket is elected the raflways and boodlers will be masters of the situation and we will have the same ignoring of.the wishes of the people that prevailed for a few years past, and the same defiance of the laws of God and man, the fountains of jus- tice obstructed and the same loose methods, or worse, in the several departments and insti- tutfons of the state, * * * I hope the intelli- gent voters of this state will say that *‘Good government is far above party success,” and vote for candidates who are neither under obligations to the great corporations and boodlers nor tied to their interests. 1 am, very respectfully, SAMUEL MAXWELL 1E MAJORS CAUSE. WEAKNESS OF Poluts Which Lead at Least One Man t tuppor: Holcomb. AURORA, Neb., Nov. 3.—To the Bditor of The Bee: I'wish you would publish the sec- tlon of law which warrants the supreme court in saying that a candidate’s name should ap- pear but once on the ballot. I find nothing dlrectly on this point. There is no road to follow between the lines of the law that leads to such eonstruction. The old way was for each party to print its own tickets. One party could place on its ballot as many names from any other party ticket as suited its ow pleasure. ~ So that no one could be decelved, and to assure each party that all votes cast for that party would be counted for it, and by so doing preserve its organization so long as ft cast 1 per cent of the whole vote, that these things might. be, the law wisely pro- vided that the state would ses to the printing of the tickets and provided for the expense of the same. No one ¢an tell next year whether the pops cast 1 per cent or whether the democrats ought to come in'on petition if the name of the candidate.appears but once. It will not add strength 1o our party to have it said that the court elected by our party or our secre- tary of state will strain the law in such way as 1o make-tie working of that law confuse the ordinary veter when he hunts for his party candidates Lo place an X after their ames. Ye are not so hard pressed that we need to cofifuse the public by bending laws to help us dut; ' I may be mistaken, though, about the demands of the hour. It may be our party is on the verge of despair. It would seem. 50 when it sends a 3 per center to Broken -Bow, to write up Holcomb's pri- ate loaning business, The bankers are a fine lot to harp on this. T know what I am talking about ;when I say that most of the banks have.a. g per center planted handy some place... The bank would not make the loan over i{s.counters, but the money is fur- nished the,shark, and they divide. I have always been proud of the fact that I was, and am a pepublican, but if it be true that thirty year§ of republicanism has placed the people ‘in guch.a distressed condition that ithey must do e bidding of banks and loan companies, then, 1 would not feel any pride when [ Kear my party name.. -1 am, not ready to shamefully make such,a public con- feseion. Mr. Majors should run on his merits and not on a’ confession by republicans that thelr party has lived the life of a Breckin- ridge. 1 do not believe our people neeqd fear honest money loaners If they see fit-to elect an honest man like Holcomb. We are not clecting a governor to loan us noney at any rate. The lssues mow, befare the people are the railroad law and the de- pository law. This cannot be disguised or covered up. Mr. Holcomb 15 positiyely for both. No one doubts his position. No repub- lican questions or can question his honesty. In all that chattel loan business no one breathed a word fhat would lead afy one to think that Holconib even tried to get a cent that was not his own. Mr. Richards wili say the same. ‘Then Holcomb is right on the state issues beforé the people and admitted 10 be honest. 1 am not one of those who say Mr. Majors is dishonest. I think he is honest. I could tell why I think o, but don’t want to get be- fore the public and be abused for voting as T will. Mr. Majors argues that the only rem- edy for railroud rates is competition. That nes been the great argument which for twelve years defedted railroad legislation. 1 believe and bave reason to feel that Mr. Majors is honest about it nnd thinks he does the public a favor by defeating such legiela- tion. Had the Majors element of the repub- lican party been 20 inclined we would have had a rate law on the statute of Nebraska ten years ago. and there would not be a pop- ulist party today to plague him. I am against Majors because he Is against me and my family. That is, I do not and cannot agree with the position his element of the party has always stubbornly taken on the railroad ques- tion. An organization has been formed the ob- ject of which s to repeal the depository law. Tounty treasurers and bankers are the only members so far. There are some sixty odd members now. The bankers are for Majors almost to the man. That points plain enough the course Mr. Majors would follow on that 1ssue. The bank clearances have always been pointed to as an indication of prosperity or hard times. [ note this fall that Topeka and Denver have always shown a gain of from 6 to 24 per cent. Omaha and Lincoln have been on the other side, or so slight an in- crease that they ate not in it with the popu- list states. Fremont, the home of the man who can smell 3 per cent all the way to Cus- ter county, shows a decrease in bank clear- ances. Personally I attach no importance to this, as It is easily explained; but as an argu- ment it is quite s convineing as any urged against Holcomb.. T desire to tee every man go to the polls next Tuesday with'no cloud or threat to pre- vent him fromi 4oting what is in his heart It is his vomslldt Iim ocast it. If he wants to scrateh he is only following in the foot- steps' of the secrdtary of the republican state central committet. This is known all over the state s@imif8 no secret. The secretary fought Jim Ealrdi Governor Thayer, and has h his paper for W8l A4ars or thereabouts. So if the secretary of the republican party can scrateh, why mer the rank and file of the party. Enjoining .the World-Herald to make it do somethig s the joke of the day. It surely is not_ap injunction. A suit for di- vorce and aliiony would be the thing. There are ifany’ republicans in every town who will notsvow for Majors. If they 50 they are osbracized soclally and their busi- ness boycotted. , N0 wonder they refuse to say publicly what they will do. No wonder they do not sikh Uselr names to letters. Talk about bulldogfile’ o the south. Do not ment tion it again, REPUBLICAN. Flght, York Repabiteans Ciose YORK, Neb.,“Nov. 3.—(Special Telegram.) —The last and ‘dne of ‘the largest rallles of the campaign was held here this afternoon and evening by“tlie republican party. Gov- ernor Crounse was billed to speak, but did not come. The speakingin the afternoon was held out doors and _fully 2,000 people assembled to hear it. Hon. W. S. Summers and Hon. harles CH. Sloan were the speakers. In the evening a grand parade was held, consisting of the York Flambeau club, York Military band, Republican league and over seventy- five young ladies carrying Japanese lanterns. Two meetings were held, one at the cour: | room and tiv other at thé opera house. Both were well filled. Sumemrs spoke al both places. Judge Frick of Fremont also made a short address. The York Glee club ren- dered a few selecHons at both of the meet ings In the evening. Oregon Kidney Tea cures nervous head | e [ REGISTRATION |of 1 IN OMAHA Sixty-Four Distriots Show Lists Aggregat- ing Almost Bixteen Thousand, REMAINING DISTRICTS NOT YET REPORTED Pobability that the Grand Total Wi About Nineteen Thousand, Which Wil Exceed that of Last Year—1V'rese Figures by Preeinets The registration of the vote in the election districts 10 this clty has been completed and the returns have beem made in all but twelve of the voting districts, and the indi cations are that the reaistration will exceed that of ‘last year. The twelve districts Which have not heen reported are the Eighth of the First ward, the First, Third and Ninth of the Second ward, the Bighth of the Third ward, the Fifth and Sixth of the Fourth ward, the Second of the Kifth ward, the Sec- ond, Sixth and Ninth of the Sixth ward and the Third of the Severth ward. The sixty-four districts give a registration ,919, or an average of more than 248 to the precinct. Most of the missing districts are in the populous portions of the city, which fact makes it safe to say that the registra- ton will average 225 In each, or a total of 8,000. This added to the registration already reported will bring the grand total up to 18,919, or substantially 19,000, Owing to the fact that in all but one of the wards the boundaries of the voting dis- tricts have been changed since the holding of the election of 1893, it is Impossible to make a comparative table, The registration by precincts and wards is as follows: st pr Second hird wurth o Tifth precinet ixth precinct everth precin Elghth pre Total 20ond Wi First pr Second Third pr Fourth Fifth Eleventh preeinet. ... Total Third Ward— First precinet....... Second precinet... Third precinct Fourth precinct Fifth preeinet... Stathe progineti Seventh precinct... pr orth Ward irst precingt, .. nd procinct. hird precinet Fourth precinct Fifth precinct Sixth precinc. Seventh precinet hth precinct.. Ninth preeinct..; Total ifth W irst cond rd Frth P ¥ F prodinet | “fth precinct ixth _precine..... Seventh precinci... Sixth Ward— cinet..... precine rd precinct Fourth precinet... Fifth precinet..... Bixth ‘precinet... . Seventh precinct Sighth precinet. Ninth precinet.. Tenth - precinct.... Eleventh precinet . Total Seventh Ward— First precinet Second precinet. . Third preoinet .. Fourth Pifth : Sixth 7 precinet....} Ward— precinet Second precin Third *precinet. . Fourth - precinot Fifth precinot Sixth precinct Seventh preciné Bighth precinc Total nth Ward— irst preeinct. ., ird Fourth Fifth prec Sixth precinct. ... Total SR £ In South Omaha the registration books have been completed and the result is shown to be as follows, the same being compared with the vote of last year: 1893 First Ward— First precinct . it Second 264 Second preainct hird_precinet ... Third Ward: First ¥ourth ward Totals R T 77 With this showing it is safe to predict that when all of the books are complete the regis tration of the two cities will run quite close to 22,000, with a possibilty that it will exceed these figures. i A Warm Endorsement. BIRD CITY, Kan., Nov. 2.—To the Editor of The Bee: Seeing an article in your lssue of October 31 that Joseph Crow is a candi- date for. representative, who was one of t ploneers of this city from 1885 to 1888, we therefore take pleasure in recommending him 1o the voters of Douglas county, Ne- braska, and ask you to kindly publish the following in the columns of your valuable | paper: Duriog the time that Joseph Crow lived emong us we always found him an upright and honorable gentleman in office and out of office, and should the voters of Douglas unty see fit to elect him as one of thelr representatives we feel safe in saying that they will never regret it, for he will be an honor to his party and a credit to Douglas county. Very respectfully, KERNDT BROS. MORRIS STIN Sity Treasurer. Endorsement Strong words of commendation for the ability and character of Sidney J. Kent, can didate for commissioner of public lands and buildings, continue o come in. Prof. H. S Jones, formerly superintendent of the Lin- coln schools, and one of the prominent edu- cators of the state, contributes the following: LINCOLN, Nov. L—During my term as superintendent of the public schools of this city Mr. 8. J. Kent served as secretary of the Board of Education during the school year of 189192, “and the year brought into the educational management an unusnal nmount of clerical work and business man- hgement on account of the introduction of free text books, and the record made by Mr. Kent as secretary was In every way a creditable one in everything that goes to make up reliable and efficient public service. HENRY 8. JONES Thurston Enthasinem at s City, FALLS CITY, Neb., Nov. 8.—(Special Tele- gram.)—The grandest republican rally of the Lall campaign was given here tonight. Loug | before the parade streots began to be filled with people. The Falls City, Dawson and Salem bands furnished music. A grand flambeau and torchlight procession marched over the principal streets of the city. John M. Thurston was the orator of the evening, and, although a little hoarse, he delivered an excellent speech and was often interrupied by loud and continued applause., This closes | | republican meeting at the opera house dur- Ing the afterncon. The meeting was opened by the David City Gles club. FIETH WARD FIGHT, The B. & M. Road Is Spending Money to Defent Connetiman Suunders. OMAHA, Nov. 4-~To the Editor of The Bee: I have lived in the Fifth ward for fifteen years, and can produce tax receipts to show that 1 am a responsible citizen and entitled to a volce in the cholce of ward councilman, I no‘ice among the advertisements of The Neo this morning that Mr. Rector has en- Eaged space to put before the voters of this ward the subject matter of circulars which he has also mailed to every resident voter. Now, Mr. Rector has a perfect right to run for the council on his own merits, but 1 very | much doubt the propriety of his efforts to | traduce the character of Mr. W. A. Saun- ders, who now stands for re-election, and is the regular nominee of the republican prima- ries o the ward, where he received 400 out | of the 600 votes cast, and his selection was ratified by the eity convention. He man- | fully submitted his case to his party and won in a straightforward and flawless contest. But Mr. Saunders is boing subjected to a fight from two active forces, The democrats on one band put up Tom Dailey, an employe of the Unfon Pacifie. Tho democrats of the ward, percelving their mistake in nominat- | ing Dafley, rushed to the Municipal league, | whoso president is a democrat, and induced | the league to nominate Mr. Rector, the ob- | | ject being to thus cut Saunders’ vole in two and {nsure the election of Tom Dailey, dem- ocrat and railway employe. Thore fs another side to this fight which I want the voters of the Fifth ward to con- Within the past few days:A. B.! Smith, freight agent of the B. & M. road, has | put in his oar and distributed money where it would do the most good He engaged Jim Kyner, the celebrated railroad scuttler, to cngineer the business. His instructions are to push Rector openly, but to get yotes for Dafley. He ‘wants Rector to share Saun- ders' vote in order that Dailey may squeeze in. Now, why is the B. & M. road fighting Saunders? TLet me tell you. That road has paid tho Unfon Pacific an enormous sum of money for depot grounds at Tenth and Mason streots, where its little depot stood up against the hill for many years. The two roads a few years ago formed a Union Depot company and promised the people a magnificent union dopot. if they would vote a clear title to the dopot grounds to the Union Pacific. You see the city has a string on those valuable grounds which the B. & M. bought of the Union Pacific. The B. & M. went before tho city council last month and made a de porate effort to get an ordinance passed which would clear the title to these groun and also release the railroads from their | coutract obligations to admit the trains of castern railroads into the depot. Mr. Saun- ders voted against this ordinance and it was defeated, thus saving the city fully $1,000,000. This is why the B. & M. is fighting Mr. Saunders and pushing Rector so Dailey may get into the mext city council under pledge to vote this valuable concession to the rail- roads. What Mr. Rector would do in this depot. matter if clected I do mot know, but he owns valuable property on Tenth street ear the depot site. " appeal o the voters of the Fitth ward to stand by Mr. Saunders in this fight and re- 3 erence of the B. & M. ra buke the interte i e FOR TABOWS CANDIDATES. Mass Meeting of Worklngmen eld at Ex- position Hall Saturday Night. The lower floor of Exposit.an hall was filled Saturday night by those who wished to hear the candidates for office that have been en- dorsed by the Omaha Central labor union. August Beerman, chairman of the organiza- tion committes of the Central Labor union, was the first speaker. Mr. Beerman made an earnest plea to the citizens to vote for candidates of the Central Labor union, and promised better government If workingmen were elected Mr. George Daggart, lately from England, and a carpenter by trade, delivered a very earnest address that was well ~received, after which Chafrman Schupp introduced D. Clem Deaver, candidate for congress, who was greeted with several rounds of applause. Mr. Deaver sald he was making a cam- paign on the issues and believed he would be elected, He was not trying to decsive any one, but was open In his canvass, letting the voters know where ho stood. The work- ingmen should vote as they work, and times would be better. - He read a Jetter from Mr. L. L. Wagers of Calhoun in which the writer stated that J. E. Boyd made the assertion at Calhoun that Deaver had offered to with- draw from the fight for $500. Mr. Deaver denounced the assertion as a falsehood, whoever had said it. He said he would hold Mr. Boyd personally responsible for the assertion. The workingmen will meet again at Bx- position hall Monday evening fo hear Mr. Edward Rosewater discuss the issues of the | state campaign Rallying Around rdon. A mass meeting in favor of 8. I. Gordon was held last night in the First ward at Thir- teenth and Vinton strects. The speakers were J. J. Kennedy, J. Woleshensky and S, I Gordon. A big crowd was in attendance and they seemed to be very much anti-Lowry in their sentiments, J. J. Kennedy sald that he ran against Lowry two years ago for the nomination for the city council, and that, although he had the majority of the votes at the primaries, he was thrown out and Lowry received the nom- ination. He also stated that at the primaries Lowry had agents about who bought votes at from $1 to $3.60 a vote. This year, when it was rumored that he (Kennedy) would run on petition, through the influence of Lowry, he was givén to understand by his employers, the Missouri Pacific, that he had better with- draw if he wanted to hold his job. He was given permission to speak if he would say nothing. W. Woleshensky, the populist candidate. who will not appear on the ticket, read a cir- cular which he has prepared and whioh showed how his name had been thrown out When he found that it was too late to file nis certificate he decided to run on petition He obtained twenty-one names, one more than was necessary., Lowry discovered that ons was a resident of the Second ward and had it taken off. One more ne to be digposed of. 8o he had a Bohemian signer who could understand little English swear to an affidavit that his signature was a for- gery. The Bohemian could not read the affi- davit, but was told that he was helping Woleshensky by signing. This the Dohemia had sworn to. Mr. Woleshensky said that agents of Lowry had tried to bribe and then threatsn him to keep quict. He closed by urging all voters to cast their ballots for Gordon, T fully [} prdon_promised, If elected, to attend faith to the interests of his constitu ents, Both Parties Clalm Colorado, DENVER, Nov. 4.—Both the republicans and populists claim that they will carry the state Tuesday. Irving Howbert, chairman ot the republican state central committee, says a canvass of the entire state has convinced him that the republican state ticket will have a plurality of 15,000 to 20,000. On the other hand, Chairman Clark of the populist com mittee says the populist state ticket will come to Arapahoe county, in which is D ver, with 2,000 plurality, and that the result in Arapahoe will be a standoff, and that the populists will control the le which will elect & successor to Senator Walcott They claim the re-clection of Congregsmen Pence and Bell. The republicans also claim the legislature and the election of both con- grossme Heals Running GONTAGIOUS BLOOD POISON &&.221.t2 s ompla icated by 8 8.8. Obstinate soros and ulcers yieid tojisbeaiing povors. It removes Lig SSS 1hd th 3 ehes oy the areism. 4 DAVID CITY, Neb., Nov. 3. the campaign in Fall gram,)—General Colby addressed a J Colby large valuablo treatise on the 8 troaLmont malled froe, SWIET SPECIFIO 00, Atlanta, Ga, Full elec ARE YOU MEN OR SERFS? E. Rosowater at Exposition Hall Evening, November 6, RIGHTS AND DUTES OF WAGE WORKERS Every Breadwinner in the Workshop, Stores or Offico is Vitally Concerned in Politieal Tssue of the Hour and s lavited xposition hall has been engaged for, next Monday evening for the delivery of a political Address to wage workers on theif rights and duties as American citizens and the vital fs- sues fnvolved in the impending election, No class of citizens has more at stake in the se- lection of chief executive of this state than tho men who get thelr livelihood as artisa laborers and clerks. No man fn this com- munity is bettor qualified to discuss the rela- tions that subsist betwesn employer and wage carner than Mr. B. Rosewater, who will des liver the address of the evening. For thire teen years in the employ of telegraph cothe panies as operator and manager, he 18 the personal experience of the wage earner and as an employer of workingmen and workingwomen in the printing establishe ment which has been built up under hig supetviston he can talk from experience as an employer, His address promises In many respects to be the most interesting of any of the speeches delivered during the campalgn, All wageworkers are cordially invited, KENIGHTS ENDORSE CANDIDATES. Local Labdr Wishos to Ses Viaced In Offico. District assembly 126, Knights «f Labor, held a special mooting yesterday fore- noon. ‘The mecting was called for the pure pose of giving final instructions to M. R. Huntington, who goes as the representative of this district to the goneral assembly which meets in New Orleans Tuesday, November 18, Several changes in the constitutionl are de- manded by the kuights of Omaha, one of which Is the alteration of the time of moete ing from Novewber to January. Mr. Hunte ington also goes instructed to work to secury the next meeting of the general assembly for Men Whom The following resolutions were unanl- mously passed: The Knights of Labor _for ars have persistently advo- of the ballot a§ the proper the wrongs of the presen under which the masses - of ople are suffering, and Wher The two old parties, both publican _and democratic, have be power continu Al that tir have persistey to listen to ct any laws for uge ans to right social svstem, the p , The people’s party platform is almost ideéntical with the platform of (he Knights of Labor and of the Amerlcan Federation of Labor, and Wheroas, The people & party stands todwy as the champion of the common people and against the tvranny and oppression of' the great mocopolies and trosts; therefore be it Resolved, That ‘we most heartily endorse the people’s party state ticket, headed by 8ilas' A, Holcomb for governor, and be ft further Resolved, That we take particular pleasure in recommending to the oters of Omaha the following candidates, 0 have proved their loyalty to the of organized Iabor: For congress, Deaver; for legislature, M. Nelson, 8. DeNedry, ¢/ P, Hogan, A, A." Porry dand Charles Johnison; for ‘city clerk, L. J. Thus; for members 8} school “board, Robert Anderson. and, V.. B, Kinney ! for councilman, Second ward, ¥Fred Bchubel. par Populists o JACKSON, M 1t has just de- veloped that during the week several repub- licans' met behind cloged’ doors. in th)s” eity and decided (o go over, big and baggage,. to the populists, as a party. Part of the scheme, as developed, is to start a populist paper in this city to promote the prineiples of that party, which is to receive the support of the republicans. It is hoped that by a coalition of the parties they may stand a prospect of defeating the democrats. Florida Goes by Defaulr, JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Nov. 4.—Florlds next Tuesday will vote for two members of the national house of representatives, and the indications are that Messrs. Spartaman and Cooper, the democratic nominees In th First and Second districts respectively, wil be elected by a handsome majority. The populist nominces have done but little cane vassing and no one seems to take their cane didature serlously Only a Scar Remains Ecrofula Cured —Blood Purified by Hood’s Sarsaparill “C. I Tood & Co., Lowell, Mass, : “Itis with pleasure that I soud a testimonial concerniug what Hood's Sarsaparilla hias done for my daughter, It is & wonderful medieine and 1cannot recommend it too highly. Sarah, Who Is fourteen years old, has been Afflicted With Scrofula ever since she was one year old. For five years she has had n running sore on one side of her face. ‘Wo trled every remedy recommended, bug nothing did her any” good until we commenced using Hood's Sarsaparilla. My married danghter wdvised me to use Hood's Sarsaparilla because it had cured her of dyspepsia. She had been troubled with that complaiut sinco childhood, and since her enre she hits never been withoit & bottie of Hood's Sursaparilla In the house. Wa commenced giving It to Sarah about one yesr g0, aud It hus conguered the running sore, Only a Scar Remaining A8 a trace of the dreadful disease. Previous to taking the medicine Ler eyesight was, affected but now she can see porfectly. In connection with Hood's Sarsaparilia we Vegetable Vills, and find them ™\ MARIA GRIFFIN, Xenis, 1Tlinols. Hood’s Pills cure nausen, sick headuche, Indigestion, billousness, Sold by all druggista. JRUNKENNES Or the Ligw by adm » sire, whether the pat olic wrock, 1 ¥or sale by Kuhu & Co., Druggists, Cornet 15th and Douglas strects, Omaha. AMUSEKEMUENTS 15TH ST. THEATER., POPULAR PRICES. Tonight at 8:15. ‘The German Comedian CHAS. A LODER, in NEW SONGS, DANCES, MUSIO, on roturns by speclisl wire Tuesday ny. nleht. Matineo Weidn 13 Nov. 5910, A" Man in Blacks