Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 13, 1894, Page 4

THE OMAHA DAlLY BEE. E. ROSEWATER, Editor. = e PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. WHAT 1HE FIGURES REVEAL. was published in The Sunday Bee, and which we reprint elsewhere, with a few trifling corrections, affords a striking TERMS OF SUBSCRIFTIO) fy (without Bunday), One Year. {ly Bee and Sunday, One’ Year. [~ Months. .. Month , One Year Bée, One Year. eekly Bee, One Year.... OFFICES Omaha, The Bee Building. Bouth Omaha, ¢ Council Blufrs, 12 Pearl Street. Chicago Office, M7 Chamber of Commerce. New York, Rooms 13, 14 and 15, Tribune Bidg. Washington, 1407 F Street, N. W. CORRESI'ONDENCE. All communications relating to news and_edl f8333s83 To the Rditor. JSINESS LETTERS. ANl business Jetters and remittan: addressed 1o The ee o he order of the compan, made, o to the order of compa UiSE PUBLISHING COMPAN rmer N and Twenty-tourth Sts. should be Publishing company, Drafts, cheeks and postoffice orders to lesson to politiclans. A significant fea- | ture s the fact that the total v governor will reach 200,000, which 3,000 in excess of the vote on governor | two years ngo, altliough it is notc | that from 12,000 to 15,000 voters have left the state since 1802, owing to the exodus from the drouth-stricken sec. tion. «A more significant fact is the dis- partly between the total vote cast for governor and the totals for all the other state officers. While the vote on governor approximates 200,000 the vote on lieutenant governor and the other state officers ranges from 171500 to 173,500, or fully 26,000 below the vote BTATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. Georgo 1. Taschuck, secretary of The Bee Pub. lishing compuny. being duly sworn, says tha the actunl numbers of full and complete copie of The Daily Morning, Evening and Sunday Be printed during the month of October, 189, wa: Total . 30 Less deductions for unsold and returned coples ....... Total sold. . Dally average net circuln GEOR e and Novemt N. P. F Bworn (o before ence this a4 day (Beal) . 1804, Notary Public. Senato have an adequate sense of his own in creased imp The republicans in Hlinois and braska seem to be engaged in a com petition to see which can trot out the greater number of aspirants for sena torlal honor No one h visible change in the credit of Ne braska since Judge Holcomb's election as governor has been verified by the official returns. Not less than 3,000 plurality for Judge Holcomb was The Bee's announcement on the day after election. The Bee, usual, was the only newspaper that was anywhere near correct, No wonder Omaha fails to support its The daily free s court s a counter of theaters as it ought to show in Judge Scot attraction with which amusement can suc no place fully compete. Omaha is a bidder for the next annual meeting of the Knights of Labor, now The knights may be assured that if they decide to come to Omaha they will be earnestly In session in New Orleans. welcomed and properly entertained. If Senator Stewart of Nevada main: tains his position of unwillingness to unite with the republicans except on s platform pledging the party to a free sflver policy we fear that the loss of him to the vepublican party will be per- manent. About ten days ago the New cle entitled comb.” We sug he pst to the Sun that | I8 entirely in order to follow this up with another effusion on “The Rise of Silas Holcomb.” The act of the Kansas coolly shot to death a wounded comrad shows a retrogression in chivalry among sy Carey of Black Hills fame risked capture daily in a officers to save a the ilk. Once Charl week's flight befo wounded accomplice. Civilization ha done little for the professional robber. The coustitution of the state of Ne- the legislature braska provides that shall meet bi-ennially on the first Tue: day in January. the 1st day of January. lature will, therefore, meet as early a it possibly could under the constitution. It looks as if Tom Reed were to hav things all his own way in the nex house of representatives. With one o two exceptions the democrats will b practically without party leaders, and none of his republican assoclates can Reed. compete for leadership with M; If things don't go Mr. Reed's way i will be his own fault. Flower of moment Governc the first of leisure after th election to write out his Thanksgiving In enumerating the pur- the Al proclamation. poses for which gratitude to mighty should be expressed he fall back on the general considerations of ot and pesti- of restored indus- “preservation from war, lence” and ° “the abundant harvests and conditions for a return of trial and commercial prosperity.” Dlessings H might, perhaps, have discovered other reasons why we should be thankful, but the darkness of the after-election gloon seems to have enshrouded all these good things. How fortunate that the peopl are not confined in their thanksgivin, to the subjects enumerated in natorial proclamations! two mem are at th Board bers of the city council who same time members of the Health ary next. This means that the Boare »f Health will soon have two other coun- ellmen to participate in its deliberations, With this change it is to be hoped that there will come also a wholesom change of methods. The charter rev slon committee s trying its best to de vise some plan which will take th board out of politics and put an end t the notorious abuses that have bee: perpetrated by the personnel of its ew ployes. There is, however, nothing t prevent the board, as at present cou stituted, from itself taking the Healt department out of politics. The tw new members will have this opportunit before them. sult ought to be the prime qualificatio of all who aspire to the coming vacan- tles on the board. g my pres- Peffer is only beginning to been able to discover any York Sun published a lengthy editorial arti- I'all of Silas Hol- bandits who The first Tuesday in January in 1805 happeus to fall npon The next legis- ew York seized the guber of are fo retive at the expiration of their terms, on the first day of Janu- A pledge to co-operate In accomplishing this much-desired re- cast for vernor. What does this sig- _|nify? Were there 26,000 voters in Ne- t | braska this year who had only one % | didate to vote for on the state ticket S | Under the conditions that prevailed it would not have been strange if the vote on governor would have fallen consider- ably below the vote on other state offi Thousands of republicans were disgusted with their standavrd beaver and &till did not want to vote f pop- ulist or a There were also thousands of democrats who naturally e abstained from voting on vernor because they were opposed to fusion and would not vote for Majors or Tobe Castor's straw man, The only rational explanation is the per capita theory. In other wor voters were hired to support Majors for %o much a vote. That theory reeclves confirmation also from the comparison of votes cast for Holcomb and the other fusion eandidates. The four fusion ¢ didates on the state ticket, namel licutenant governor, attorney gene commissioner of public lands and perintendent of public instruction, ceived an average of G856 votes, while Judge HolcomD ste foots up 96,100, or 26,244 more votes than for the other fusion candidate Not less than 24,000 of these 26,000 votes were cast by republicans. The proof will be found in an examination of the vote cast for the straight pop- ul who were not nominated by the democrats and the votes of the democrats who were nominated without fusion. The populist av- on the state ticket is and the average vote for the democratic candidates on whom there wits no fusion is 7. This represents the vote given by the free silver demo- crats, or Bryan wing, to Holcomb. Added to the populist average the total would reach 72,253, or about 24,000 less than the vote received by Holeomb. 1| The defeat of Majors is therefore not due to fusion between demos populists, but to the revolt within the vepublican ranks against railvos domination and ring rule. In fa the republican tidal wave that swept the whole country near Ne- - | braska republicans firmly resisted the pressure from within and without and a | struck a blosy at corporate rule and cor- raption in order to save their party from disintegration. It may be asked how did it come that Majors ran ahead of his associates on the republiean state ticket by from 6,000 to 7.500 votes in spite of the defeetion of more than 24,000 republicans. The explanation is veadily found, first, in ve vote on governor, which his colleagues did not appear to share; in the next place Majors received fully 12,000 democratic votes, as may be seen comparison of the votes cast for wtic candidates. The Martin- or wing of s led straight demo- ts polled an average of 12,800 vote: of which Sturdevant only received 6,671, That means nearly 6,000 of the straights that did not vote for Sturdevant voted for Majors, and it is sufe to assume that fully 6,000 more voted for Majors and other candidates on the republican ticket. The Majors campaign managers got within 3,000 of the full quota of 15,000 democrats whom they tried to enlist, but they slipped a cog in their estimate on republicans who refused to vote for Majors. The only conclusion that can be reached from all these figures is that if there had not been such an influx of nonresidents and flood of boodle Ma- jors would have been snowed under by 20,000 votes. cers, s vote f t f e =t 8 8 o g » o THE MAXIMUM BATE DECISION. After taking the facts developed in t|the hearing of the maximum freight rate law injunction under consideration for nearly six long months Justice Brewer, who presided over the judicial proceedings in coujunction with Judge Dundy, has at last reached a decision. That decision gives us the apparently paradoxical ruling that the legislature was perfectly within its constitutional authority in enacting the maximum freight rafe law and exercised that au- thority in strict conformity to the con- stitution, but that in fixing the parti ular schedule of rates it was mistaken in judgment as to what constitute r sonable rates for the transportation of freight in Nel a. The reasoning by which Judge Bre at this conclusion is worthy ul attention. The minor points le in the arguments of the counsel are brushed aside with a few words each. The court refuses to accept pa rol testimony to contradict the written records of the legislature, and insists that the attestation of the legislative officers and the approval of the gov- ernor must be couclusive as to the reg- ularity of the proceedings attendant upon the passage of the bill. 'The plea that the Union Pacific Is by its con- gressional charter exempted from state regulation of its rates finds little favor in the eyes of Judge Brewer, although he seems to inthnate that congress could, If it wished, oust the state's Jurlsdiction over the charges on this line by assuming the duty of regulating them to itself. The contention that a law fixing rates for transportation of freight between points within the boun- daries of a state is an infringement on the exclusive power of the federal gov- ernwent over interstate commerce or necessarily affects interstate rates is declared to be equally groundless. Rail- road companies cannot plead their own convenlence or the effects of competi- tion between themselves and other com- panies in restraiut of the otherwise un- 5 o n wer o '3 N o d e T e o n 1 o 0 h 0 v fous | that fully 20,000 | | deniable power of the state. The ex- The table of election returns whicl | ception taken by the defendants to the Jurisdiction of the federal court also falls to secure the ent of the Judge, who appears reluctant to let go of the case, although the law fitself provides a remedy in the state courts which the aggrieved railfond may pursue. One avenue, Towever, remains open by which a decision favorable to the railroads ean be reached. It is through the quesiion whether the rates preseribed are really reasonable rates. This ques- tion Judge Brewer goes on to discuss without giving any satisfactory explan ation of how a federal court can assume the jurisdiction of the state over this matfer. He admits that the complain- ing roads are not worth a fraction of what was expended in building them and that their capitalization is out of all propoition to their actual value, and yet he is ready to say that reasonable rates must be high enough to pay re turns upon this mass of fraudulent stocks and pond He thinks it better to let the roads continue to burden the people with extortionate freight rates rather than that the holders of fictitious uriti ghould be deprived of their unearned dividends and interest. This Judge Brewer calls equity. And to maintain equity he the injunc- n restraining the state oficers from enforcing the law made permanent until such time as it may be shown that the rates prescribed are reasonable accord- ing to his point of view. There are interesting features of this cnse outside of the mere text of the de- s orders court way Lad sowe six months ago. Judge Brewer was free to formulate his opinfon during the entire sumwmer, and mus ve finished it before he went to Washington to participate in the new term of the supreme court. That opinion must have been ready for the public for at least six weeks, Can it be that it was held back at the in- stance of the ad managers, who feared that its prompt promulgation might injure the political prospe their indidate for governor whatever the motive of the delay have been the points at iss important to be rested with a dee of the circuit court. Steps should be taken to have the e carried to tlre court of resort, and that witliout unnecessary delay DEMAND FOR 1HE FOOL KILLER. The fools are not all dead yet, and it scems as if the fool-killer would be in brisk demand in Nebraska for another year or two. It was to have been ex- pected that the politicians who are afflicted with Rosewaterophobia would froth at the mouth after as well as be- fore the election, and it is not in the least surprising that the political ghost- dancers would rant and tear over the defeat of the tattooed idol of the boodle sang. But why should any rational man, and least of all men who have lived in political glass Thouses and men who ought to ve gained experience by years of observation, gabble about read- ing The Bee, or its editor, out of the vepublican party? This thing of reading editors and papers out of a-party is very much like the stupid talk of counting out a candi- date who has been elected by a decisive majority. What would become of the republican party if all the prominent editors and papers that have opposed publican candidates for one reason or another were read out? And who has any authority to expel them from political fellowship? The New York Tribune bolted the nominn- tion of General Grant and Whitelaw Reid supported Greeley individually. Has any republican of prominence pro posed that The Tribune be put on the black list and Whitelaw Reid excluded from the councils of the party? Thomas Platt resigned the senatorship with Roscoe Conkling, which the republicans of New York had conferred upon them. Platt, as well as Conkling, turned New York upside down in 1882 and gave Grover Cleveland the governorship of the Empire State by nearly 200,000 ma- jority. Folger was an honest man with- out a spot on his public record. Grover Cleveland's election as governor made him president and deposed the republi- can party from supremacy in national ffairs. And yet Tom Platt was not read out of the party, but became and is now a recognized leader of his party in New York. Nobody high in republi- can councils was so bereft of sense as to propose that Thomas Platt be read out of the republican party, when the party needs and must have every man whose influence would be an important factor in fighting its battles. Murat Halstead and his Cincinnati Commercial opposed General Grant very bitterly and supported Greeley for the presidency when Tig Bee was sup- porting Grant. The same is true of Joseph Medill and the Chicago Tribune. Both Halstead and Medill still retain their prominence as republican leaders, and no republican with a thimbleful of brains ever advocated the reading out of Halstead or Medill or the black-list- ing of their papers. Two years ago, when the party was fighting for its national existen th Tacoma Ledger, whose editor, Mr. Be nett, is & member of the national r publican committee, opposed the repub- lican eandidate for governor in Wash- ington state through the entire cam- paign. Bennett is a Northern Pacific republican, and nobody has insisted that he resign from the national com- mittee or that his paper be read ount of the republican party. Had he been an anti-corporation man there would prob- ably bave been a howl all along the line from the railroad republican or- gans and mercenaries, The Bee does not care a straw | whether it is vead out or in by anybody styling himself a vepublican. Its re- publicanism has been consistent and un- swerving. It has fought the battles of the party loyally in every national cam- paign, and will continue to do so in the future. It has sought to elevate the standard of republicanism in the state by opposing candidates whose record can not be honorably defended or whose nominations have been procured by bribery and fraud. It has at all times advocated and supported the cardinal principles of republicanism as enunci- ated in pational platforms and it will continue to do so in the future, It has |of its supporters. clsion. The hearing before the elrcult | | ton endeavated to keep the party true to the pley made In state platforms and urged the officers elected by it to redeem | those pledges so as to en- able the party to retain the confidence From this line it will not swerye, conscious that its course will merit and meet the approval of all répiiblicans who arve not tainted with railroddism and boodlerism. The others it relegates to the tender mercles of the fool-killer. INTERVENTION IN THE EASTERN WAR The anxiety of the Buropean powers bring nbdut a cessation of the war between China and Japan could hardly fail to have the desired effect if those countries should unite in firmly insist- ing that hostilities be brought to an end. China is undoubtedly most will- ing to stop the conflict, if a war so en- tirely one-sided can properly be calfed a confliet, and would heartily welcome intervention from any source that would be effective. For her the situation is manifestly hopeless. Her military commanders seem to have no skill or ability, or if they have the cowardice of their soldiers renders these qualities of no « 1. History furmishes no parallel to the utter of courage and patriotism shown by the Chinese soldi They fight no better behind well-constructed fortifications than in the open field. the appearance of the enemy in any filling them with a fear and terror that deprives them of all ability to make formidable re slstance. Consequently the mareh of the Japanese armies has been a unbroken vietories, won with very loss of life and no great expenditure of ammunition. In view of what has been so easily accomplished there is little reason to doubt that the Japanese forces will be able to reach the capital of China without much obstruction, except such as the weather may supply. Under the circumstances it is but natural that Japan should look with disfavor upon any intervention, which would probably take from her in some measure the right to exact from China such terms as she may believe to be just compensation for the cost of the war in life and treasure, while at the same time imposing re- aints upon”China for the future. The Japanese government may feel, and quite justly, that the proposed interven- tion by Kuropean powers is prompted entirely by selfishness and has very little regard for the interests of either China or Japan. the case so far as Ru are concerned, both of these powers being apprehensive that the growing military prestige of Japan and the in- crease of power that country is cer- tain to acquire through the war will be inimieal to their interests in the east. The othér powers of Iurope may be in part (pmu,m-od by a humane desire to bring te un end a conflict oue party” to whichiseems to be almost helples But in &hy' évent Japan could hardly be expected fo have much faith in the disinterestedness of the governments of Lurope andif she consents to inter- vention will most likely nccept that re- ported to hive been offered by the United States.. The fact that this government has offered to act as wmediator between China and Japan will doubtless cause some discussion as to the wisdom or expediency of this country having any- fhing to do with the quarrel. The American people, on general principles, arve in favor of universal peace, and if this government could bring about a termination of the eastern conflict and a settlement between. the contending countries without having anything to do with European powers in the nego- tiations there would, perhaps, be no ous objection to its undertaking the task of mediator. But it would be hardly possible for the United States to act in this capacity without coming in contact with European powers and thus incurring the danger of some form of “entangling ‘alliance” which might be fruitful of future annoyance and em- barrassment. The United States should consent to act as mediator only in the event that the governments of Europe agree to our doing so unconditionally, and it is not probable they will do this. It is said that Italy is in favor of allow- ing the Japanese to occupy Peking be- fore there is any attempt at mediation, and there is much to be said in support of this view. If Japan is cavrying on the war primarily in the interest of vilization her object will be more certainly attained if she is allowed to carry the war to the Chinese capital and make terms from that vantage ground. ~ China has indicated her will- ingness to have the war settled by mediation, and at this writing the Washington government is awaiting a response to its offer from Japan. a and England Prophrey Fearfully Fulfilled. Kansas City A trolley car runs through the streets of Jérusalem. Jeremiah must have had some idea of this when he lifted up his voice and predicted the judgments which the future ed for the punishment of Israel. Globe-Democrat. When China, with its hundreds of millions of people, allows Japan to transport an army by Sea, land it on the Chinese coast and provision’ it with ships while it marches more than -g hundred miles to capture Peking, it W) be Impossible, after these events, to reckon China among living na- tions, ' 1f this country were like China the Canadians might easily capture Washingtoa, O I A'Waste of Money. Philadelphia Ledger. It is right that the Indians should be paid for land taken from them, but it is in ote sense a waste of money to do 8. The Yank- tribe is about to get $200,000 in part t foryjts lands, and white vultures pariig 'to take it from them as soon The Indians will be made ry, and in a few s or weeks their money will be gone and y will be worse off than before. In the next three years they will get $500,000, and they will be again “wards of the nation, wholly dependent for support on the gov ernment. payme; are e Converting Wheas lnwn Pork. Springfield (Mass.) Republis It is coming to be agreed cut on the Pacific coast that it is profitable to turn wheat into pork. Wisconsin and Dakota farmers are also iryl g experiments in this d rect on, and their experience points in the same direc- ton. Al sorts of methods are disoussed and advocated, from turning the hogs into the Wheat field before the grain is fairly ripe to mixing corn and wheat together and grind- | ing the wheat coarsely and feeding it in & partly cooked state, It is settled that at much higher than present prices wheat s a profitable food for hogs, and for mile Cows also, the only question being best metliod of fecdjni It Wheat-fed hogs fatten faster, and the pork from them better than from corn. The fat Is firmer and the meat sweeter and of a better flavor. nsas experiments show that wheat is an tional milk producer, and that beef thrive upon a mixture of corn and Here would seem (o be & way out for the wheat raiser, This is unquestionably .| THE THREATENED CONTRST. Codar Blufts Standard: 8o close i the re- sult of the election on governor that the “Joss” 1 afraid that fraud will be resorted to In order ta count his pet candidate out The “joss” probably knows whereof he speaks Fremont Herakl: What a joke it would be if the republicans should ‘buckle on' a look of injured innocence and contest electign of Governor Holcomb, simply “Farimer Tom™ might be vindicated. posterous. Schuyler Herald scheme to count Holcomb out. It he fs clected he must be seated. Citizens who believe in fair play should interest themselves in sesing there is no manipulating of the bal- lots or poll books. Wahoo Era: The Omaha Bee charges the managers of the republican state committee with intent to juggle election returns if it is deemed necessary to secure the seating of Majors. This paper warns them that to do this will bring disaster down upon their heads and cause no end of trouble. We voice this sentiment. Aurora Republican: The very latest in- formation from Omaha, just as we go to press, indicates that thero were glaring frauds perpetrated in South Omaha in favor of Hol- comb, and that they may yet be detected, which will show that Majors is elected after all. If this is 0, “by the eternal!” Majors shall be our next governor; but if not, Hol- comb will be allowed to take his seat. Aurora Sun: The republicans will not suffer the defeat of Majors if he can be counted out. Not satisfled with gaining thousands of votes by the corrupt use of money and transportation all over Nebraska they will try to wipe out the honest plurality of Governor Holcomb by frauds even worse than_intimidation practiced by the raflroads that Pre- There 1s on foot a on their men or the briberfes of transporta- | tion vendors, Nebraska City Press: The Omaha papers seem to have a great deal to say about a proposed “‘steal” and all such bosh, which leads one to the natural conclusion that the Omaha papers and the leaders of the cause they are fighting for are deserving of watch- ing. No republican In this great state desires anything but a clean ballot and a fair count, and if Judge Holcomb is fairly elected he will have the honest support of the repub- lican party and of Honest Tom Majors, just the same as would be expected were Majors tho choice of the people. The republicans, however, will not permit any abuse or mis- use of the ballot box returns, and if, as has been_reported, the returns have been tam- pered with in the interests of Mr. Holcomb, then a searching investigation is demanded. Holcomb should be as much interested in a fair count as Tom Majors is and he can rest assured that if the result is in his favor no one will wish him godspeed more heartily and sincerely than the head of the republican ticket, his worthy opponent, Honest Tom Majors. Lincoln News: If it be true that Mr. Holdrege, the Burlington *‘czar,” is insisting that the republican state central committes contest the election of Holeomb, then it be- comes the duty of the republican state cen- tral committee to inform Mr. Holdrege that he is not running the party in Nebraska. While we are willing to concede that Mr. Holdrege has reason to feel chagrined and angry over the defeat of his preferred candi- date, he should not be allowed to force the republicans into a contest against their bet- ter judgment. If a contest is begun against Holcomb it draws down upon the other candi- dates on the republican ticket contests also, and we do not think that it will pay to do t without very substantial grounds for it. It Is not a reasonable supposition that a party so poorly equipped for campaign funds as was the populists could have corrupted the ballot box; and it any contest is indulged in it_will be against the better judgment of the \leaders of the party as well as the rank and file. . Mr. Majors should come down grace- fully. If the face of the returns show the election of Silas A. Holcomb as governor of the state of Nebraska there will be no con- test begun by the republican managers by and with the advice and consent of the vot- ers of the party. It may be that the horde of disappointed place seekers who go down with Majors are very anxious to see such a step taken, and we have no doubt but that the railroad managers would not throw any obstacles in the way. Nevertheless, It will be party suicide to attempt to take from Hol- comb that which evidently belongs to him. The majority of men are honest and they want to see fair play; unless there are bet- ter grounds for a contest than have been made apparent o far the majority of the republicans of Nebraska will violently oppose taking such a Step. There can be no dis- puting the fact that the democratic party stole the governorship from the populists in 1890, and the indignation it aroused has &im- ply buried the democratic party forever in Nebraska. But twice since that year has the democratic party placed a state ticket in the fleld, and each time it has shown a steadily decreasing vote, until at present. there is not more than 30,000 members of a party that once numbered 60,000, If the republican leaders wish to Kill the party they can select no surer way. If Majors is defeated honestly and squarely he ought to take his medicine, and we believe that personally he is the sort of a man who will do it. Outside influence may be too strong for him, but we sincerely hope that the hungry horde of office hunters will not be allowed to dictate the party policy in this emergency. Grand Island Independent: It seems that really a conspiracy has been formed by rail- road influence to defraud Holcomb of his honestly acquired plurality by making a fraudulent count through bribery and fraud. There can be no doubt that Holcomb has been elected by a majority of nearly 3,000, to which in reality ought to be added from 5,000 to 10,000 votes which have been ac- quirad for Majors by intimidation, bribery and frauds of all kinds. And now it is proposed by the Majors combine to steal even this doubtless plurality from him by a false count. The rallroad conspiracy of Nebraska is as mean, fraudulent and violent as the democratic suppression of the legal voters in the south ever has been, and every re- publican ought to be ashamed of being con- nected with such a liberty-destroying tyranny. We hope that the attempt to count Holcomb out will be frustrated. But the whole attempt of the railroad conspiracy, to carry the election from beginning to end by the mo:t shameless means, is a great tesson for our people, showing that the wel- fare of the people and the preservation of our liberty demand the abolition of private railroad companies, and that there is no true remedy but the establishment of government roads. The republican party and all its state and county central committees ought to do all in their power to defeat these criminal election frauds and to catch and punish the impudent rascals. The republicans have always in their platforms and speeches solemnly declared in favor of free and honest elections and they would stultify themselves it they would assist directly or indirectly in breaking down our freedom of elections. Thousands and tens of thousands would leave the republican party if that party would be untrue to one of its most important prin- ciples. Some people may think that such an outrageous conspiracy is impossible in honest Nebraska. But we know that fn our own city and county, just as well as in every other county, men have been bought with passes and money to work for the railroad combine, and intimidation has been used, which made the “braves” of this “‘land of the braves” creep into mouseholes, And even a man was dispaiched during the can- vass to Grand Island to see whether he could not bribe the Independent and Iits editor, Fred Hedde. In Grand Island no man could be found to undertake this job and they had to send a man from Hastings for that pur- pose. He, however, was careful enough to ask some republicans of our city whether he might risk his proposition. They told him: “For God's sake don't say a word to him. He will expose you in the Independent, and you will thus hurt the cause of Majors and your rallroad masters.” And he desisted. But we learned of the plot, notwithstanding. This, our experience, makes us belleve in the reality of the plot to steal the election at this last stage by the grossest of election crimes. They are in bad stralghts and des- peration drives them to attempt things which every honest man of every party ought to condemn from the bottom of his soul. And our oeterum censeo is: That private rallroad corporations must be destroyed. —————— Sorrow Does Not Expres Indiunapolis News. We suspect that the republicans of Ne- braska are now sorry that they nominated for governor & man whose record was 8o bad that Editor Rosewater of The Omaha Bee, the most Influential republican paper of the state, refused to support him. . the | PEOPLE AND THINGS. Republican victory has given an upward tendency to wages in many sections. Dr. Parkhurst is a lonesome specimen of the clergyman in politics minus its tar. What mighty changes a dozen years has wrought? David Bennett Hil was elected lieutenant _governor of New York by a plurality of 196,781 Last week he was de feated for governor by a plurality of 155,792, The republican victory in Michigan has passed the century mark. Bvery county in the state gave a republican plurality, and one democrat was elected to the state legis. lature. The distinguished Napoleon of Mich igan's Waterloo is John Donovan. The victory of the republicans in Utah conveys n suggestive lesson, emphasized throughout the land. Utah suftered severely by ‘reason of the democratic policy in deal ing with sugar and wooi, The people lost thousands of dollars, and thelr votes pro- claimed their resentment. Mr. John Foley of Sioux City lent consid- erable gayety to initlation ceremonies by king out his revolver and shooting pro miscuously. When the fusilade subsided the traditional goat got in some Impressive head work and Mr. Foley shot through a window and landed on a cushion of rock before he could say Jack Robinson. Owing to his mutilated feelings John will stand up for the state for some days to come. Prof. Glibschin trod the cow path of Sad- dle creek with melancholy mein. His heart was oppressed and the silence also. crunching of autumn leaves beneath his feot alone broke the stiilness. Suddenly he paused, and, gazing at the somber sky, he murmured theso solemn lines from *‘On Linden When the Sun Was Low few, few shall rt where many meet, he snow shall be our winding sheet And every Sod beneath our feet A Bourbon's sepulchre.” The current number of Harper's Weekly contains the following sonnet from the pen of Richard Watson Gilder, editor of the Cen- tury. As Mr. Gilder is & nch friend of President Cleveland, it fis supposed to apply to some of the extinguished statesmen of New York: Who are the despise? Not_they who, ill-begot and spawn shame, Riot and rob and rot before men's eyes; Who basely live, and, dying, leave men that good men most no name, These are the piteous refuse of mankina; Fatal the ascendant star when they were born, Distort in body, starved in soul and mind. Ah, not for them the good man's bitter corn, He only is the despicable one Who lightly sells his honor as a shield For fawning knaves to hide them from the sun Too nice for crime, yet, coward, he doth yleld 'or crime a shelter, Swift to Paradise The contrite thief, not Juds with his price! Lesson to Repoblicans, Lincoln Daily News, The election of Sil A. Holcomb as gov ernor of Nebraska does not mean that Ne braska. is not a republican state. It simply means that once more the people, the rank and file of the rty, have risen righteous indignation a inst a di eful domina tion, the dictation of the owd of railre politicians who alone are responsible existence of the populist party in Nebraska. Now that the campaign is ended it is just as well to be wholly and entirely frank. homas J. Majors was never at any real cholce of the rank and file of the publican party of Nebraska. This wis amply demonstrated long prior to the cou- vention the almost universal demand among the press of Nebraska for the nomi- nation of Jack MacColl, a clean, able and honest man. Scarcely a voice was raised for Tom Majors outside of the ranks of the old soldiers of Nebraska and the rafiroad coterie, and even the best informed men were firmly convinced that MacColl wouia be the nominee of the convention. It soun became evident, however, that a most de- termined effort was being made to force the nomination of Mr. Majors. Here in Lincoln the real choice of the republicans of this county, Hon. I. M. Raymond, was practical- ly forced to withdraw or stand a long and expensive fight for the delegation from this county. He did withdraw, and it Is a fact that the delegation from Lancaster, which was voted solidly at Omaha for Mr, Majors, notwithstanding there were warm friends of MacColl among its members, was selected at the home of J. H. Ager, who makes no secret of his business as the paid political agent of the railroads, This is no idle cam- pulgn tale; it is given on the word of a well known republican, although it was not at that time given for publication. It is not the intention of the News to re- hash ante-convention history, but suffice it to say that every politician, every man who attended the Omaha convention, knows What tremendous efforts were put’ forward to secure Mr. Majors' nomination by the how uninstructed delegates speed- e enthusiasts for Tom, and how delegations abandoned their first oice and voted for Majors. We do not peat these facts for any other purpose un to point out the beginning of the re- volt that has resulted in the election of Mr. Holcomb. Al through this campaign it has been steadily borne down upon that Majors was the railroad candidate, and tne extraordinary efforts made by the railroads to secure his election fully justified the b lief that he was their choi e, And it i significant that he, the only recognized rail- road candidate on’ the ticket, was the only one defeated. This is all the more galling to him because It happens In a state wher every other man on the ticket was elected, where the leg s!atu e has b:en recapt ired by an entirely unexpected plurality, and in a year when the tidal wave of republicanism has swept into the party column by tre- mendous majorities every state north o Mason and Dixon's line and has even over- turned the democratic ascendancy in Mis- sourl. The candidacy of Mr. Majors before th convention was fought vigorously b: ozer of honest, fearless newspapers, the News among them, not because they disliked Mr, Majors personally, but because of the odor- The | d in | tinu ears' career as a_politiclan n&.om Rolder and sceker, and’ because of that he was understood to stand as the rail- rond eandidate. When the majority of the convention placed him in nomination nearly all of these papers accepted the. dictum a party law. The News could not give MF. Majors the enthusiastic support _almost any other republican eandidate would have deserved, because, while it is republican to the cor will ' never stultify itselt now recant any charges it believes to be true that it has made against any candidate. Whi e it could not support Mr. NMajors h@te {ly and wholly, it dia believe that ‘the future prosperity of ‘Nebraska demanded the res tention of the republican party In power in this state, and it was on these lines that it fought this campaign, It cannot, theres fore, shed any hypocritical tears over Mr. Majors’ defeat, because it belleved him to be ‘a beaten man from the hour he was | nominated, ‘but the fact that every other officer_on 'the ticket was elected and that the legislature is overwhelmingly republica | means that the majority of the electors the state concluded that it was possible ta ve the credit of the state in another way, without the incumbrance of a rallroad gov ernor—and they haye most assuredly fone 1 its bellef that man. Bvery in the early as palnfully ap- railroads took & hand, srew plenty until they usking of almost any of the Mi ampalgners, An immense amount of money was raised, from where no one outside the ¢ knows, al- though it is known t y employe ot | the state house was the janitor even payving in $10 st herculéan ef- fort was made to save Majors, and the rest of the to shift for it a4 doom could not b these means, today Mr. Majors Is a beaten man- his de ion he almost pulled dow fellow candidates with him. The lesson of the result s so plain that 1t is hardly necessary for the News to call attention to it. Raflroad domination of tne republican party must cease; the rank and file of the party must be permitted to seleet the candidates without any _interference from iy ted corporations. The defeat uf n Majors was an emphatic warning to the railroads that they must keep thefr hands off and let the will of the party be expressed without any dictation from them. - " it I . | party “mana 1 | weeks of the parent, T | passes multipl be had for th ¥ the ticket was apps elf. But the threa verted, even b BALM FOR OPPRESSED. Galveston News: It sometimes takes the finest gown in town to satisfy the vengeance | of a woman, | Town Toples: I hop to, feel like a new | man when I see you again,” he said. “Oh, Harry” she joyfully exclaimed, *“do you really think you can raise u mustache?” Philadelphia Record think& he Is in tough ick when his shoes pinch him is liable to be sure of it when the policeman does it. The fellow that Washington Star soun’ ob “hez mos' “De man dat lubs de " said Uncle Iiben, s got mighty po'h taste. Atlanta Constitution | the judge, “that you eorgia 8IX months?' ¢ seems,” sajd ved in onger than m a brigadier gen- Somerville Journ; > matter how great he may hay no man ever yet looked was putting on a fresh- bosom shir Buffalo Courfer: Yes, Angelina, you are X One ‘objection of the (nterstate eom- > law is {o make what is fare for one fare for another. Indianapolis Journal: When lovely woman puts on knickerbockers for to take a ride, it’s rude in man to snicker—but how can he 4 | his feelings hid Whshington Star: Oh, the snow—the beau- tiful snow! There's many a man who'll re- member with sorrow | chances w November. the frost where his lost—the blizzard that blew in Chicago Record: “How have you taught your baby to talk so young?' Mamma—It's Just as easy as can b I sit down at the piano and sing, and she naturally tries to say something to her papa. MARRIED HIS TYPEWRITER. Atlanta, Journal, “Now you have married me, my love, ‘Who worked so long for you, T've found ancther for the place ‘Who will exactly do."” “That’s kind; pray tell me is she young Or ugly, old and prim?" “She’s n'lther, love—it's not a her— This time it is a him, ——— THE WAIL OF THE RHYMER. Atlanta Constitution. O signal service officer—be careful you dc benned an ode on violets and honey- suckles, too; yesterday about; noj yow've changed the business, for The Cold Flag's Out! what I've But thermometers were 80, or service officer—be careful how you yesterday T penned an ode a hundred miles from snow: yesterday my ov put to rout, now you've changed the business, for The Cold Flag's Out! rcoat the weather O signal service officer—just let up for spell! J If you corner all the poets they will give the rebel yell! We write to suit the weath us all in doubt, You've killed the autumn roses, for The Cold Flag's but you leave ous record he had achieved in his thirty Out! 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