Omaha Daily Bee from Omaha, Nebraska • Page 20

20 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE OOTCXREft 20. 1800. ISSUES BEFORE THE VOTERS Onndidito HolcomVi Indefensible Becord as Qovernoi Exposed COLONEL BRYAN'S FALLACIES DISSECTED Sltrrrh Delivered lijr liilwnnl Ilonc- wnter the Voter of Sounders Cniuitr nt Wnlioo on 'riiurmlny. Conllnucd from Nineteenth Page. tlon wo are not to determine the silver question nor the trust question In Ne braska.

As a matter ot act the republicans or Nebraska passed on nntl-truet law years ngo and It the present attorney general would only do hla duty or rather have tried to do his duty some tlmo previous to the present campaign ns regards the trusts there would have been no ngltntlon about truets now. As a matter of fact we have trusts In this state that could easily bo mip- jircwietl which ho never attacked and against ho never took the slightest action. Dut ho attacks the Standard Oil trust when ie knows that ho cannot do any more with that than If ho would buck hla head against a solid atone will. Ho knows that that trust hires the ablest lawyers by the year and that they take the cases brought In the states Into the federal courts and wind thorn nround and around BO that It takes years of time and long after Smyth has teased to bo a reminiscence as an attorney Kcnoral. before a llnal Judgment will be rendered.

Wo have now In this otato but one vital Issue and that IB to elect a supreme Judge for the stnto of Nebraska who will administer JilRtlco fearlessly anJ Impartially. Two candidates have been presented. We have. In the Holcomb. In Governor Former llrst place the next place Former Judge Reese.

Doth of these men have occupied positions of honor nnd truet. It remains for the people to decide whether they trust a man with an i nrtnt nfilnc who has betrayed the trust that we have reposed In him In another very Important office or whether It Is not good cltlzonahlp for men ot nil parties to administer rebuke for the betrayal of trusts and to reward with their approval the man who Ud not falter In the conscientious discharge of the duties of his office. lliiliMimli'ii Kormcr IMcclRCd. Vivo years ago wo fought a campaign In Nebraska such as probably never was fought before and probably never will be ngaln. We made nn appeal to all republicans who desired to save their party from cor- rnniion nnd corporation rule to riao above party and to vote for the candidate of the opposition party who stood as the embodiment of reform and as the embodiment of the highest statesmanship nnd unassailable Integrity.

In that position I supported Governor Holcomb. and surely If anybody was interested In having Governor Holcomb go out of hlB ofllCQ with a clean record. If anybody was Interested In having him make an administration that would commend Itself not only to the present generation but to nil future time It was certainly myself for 1 was Instrumental In having him elected nnd I felt the great responsibility that rested upon mo under these conditions because cause I had appealed to the party to the rank and fllo of the party to cut loose from their allegiance discard all traditions nnd support Silas A. Holcomb ror governor of Nebraska. The populist hand-book of Nebraska which ot course Is good authority for the claims made for Governor Holcomb by his own party has this to say regarding the election of Silas A.

Holcomb "It was a battle for the salvation of Nebraska. On one side was arrayed the railroads the corporations the Business Men's association of Omaha and the skilled unscrupulous poli ticians. Opposed to this formidable array won. i ho nnanle'a narty. the voters of Ne braska aided by the respectable element of the democratic and republican parties.

Without money and without the courtesy of railroad passes populist speakers valiantly stormed the citadels of republican strength in the name of honest government nnd decency In politics. Thlfi Ifl what was asserted and claimed by the populists of Nebraska. And how docs that claim stand now In the light of the record made by Governor Holcomb How did Silas A. Holcomb discharge the duties devolving upon him as the standard bearer of reform and anti-monopoly llnleoiiil mill Hnrtloy. Governor Holcomb was Inducted Into office on the 3d day of January 1893.

On the 5th day of January ho exhibited to mo a paper purporting to bo the bond of Joseph Bartley nnd I stated to him that I did not consider that bond good the names upon It did not in my Judgment represent a sufficient guar anty. A few days later the bond was again exhibited to mo. It had upon it several names of men of very high financial standing and I said that bond Is all right. Previous to the acceptance of that bond In fact bo- faro Holcomb had been sworn into office I had Informed the governor that I had not the slightest doubt but that at that very Juncture Joseph Hartley as treasurer of the etato of Nebraska was a defaulter. My reasons for making that assertion tcr the governor were thcao I had sent Hartley a request for specific Information where the funds ot the state were deposited.

Ho had positively declined to make that statement. Thereupon I made a personal appeal to him to toll mo whore the funda of the state of Nebraska were deposited and Intimated that the governor would compel him to show where those funda were and Hartley replied to mo "I will never let the governor know ivlicro thceo funds are and If he Insists upon It I will resign. I told Governor Holcemb the ontlro circumstance and urged him to compel Hartley to show up or resign. I said "There IB no doubt In ray mind that there Is a defalcation In the stnto treasury. Force him to resign and appoint some good maiv.

Tiiero are plenty of good men In Nebraska that will bo able to give ample security and assume this position. Ap plause. Now what did the governor do Tills was at the very outset of his administra tion. According to his own testimony given in the Hartley bond case Governor Holcomb did not compel Hartley to dhow up he deliberately failed to discharge bis duty and willfully neglected to discharge It. According to Ills own testimony Joseph Hartley made a settlement with the state by exhibiting to Holcomb a clgnr box full of papers of I O.

and cats nnd dpgs of all kinds representing something Illio 400,000 and the governor without making any Inquiry as to whether they were worth fifty cents on the dollar or absolutely worthless deliberately accepted thcso securities and by accepting thorn made Bartley treasurer for two years longer Who Is responsible for the defalcation It It Is not Silas A. Holcomb I have never been able to understand why the sure- tire on the 11 ret bond were allowed to go free I always have believed that at the tlmo Holcomb made that settlement with Hartley the defalcation amounted to $100,000 to J160.000. Had Bartley been compelled to make a showing there would have been no illtnculty in collecting all ot that money from the first bandsmen. Instead cf that by Governor Holcomb's gross and willful no- Klect the defalcation was Ignored a second bond was taken and a settlement made with Joseph Bartley for the first term end- tiling the entire responsibility upon the second end term bondsmen. I was called as a witness In tha Omaha district court when the bond case was up but in the moment that the lawyers were asking me the question to testify with respect to what I knew as to tbo 'I relations of Holcomb nnd Hartley I was cutoff and no testimony was elicited.

I could not testify but I state these facts here for the first time and I want you to note It. 1 ran testify to the tlmo and 1 can prove It because my son as well on myself had each conversations with Bartley before Holcomb wns Inaugurated. I can prove that I Informed several bankers of Omaha that Hartley was a defaulter and there was no question about It. It.Ait Ait InfmnouH Jnli. Now there wo have the reform governor at the very first stage.

In ft speech that be made only a few dnys ago ha attention to his economical Administration and we also have the populist handbook which points out the bad administration ot the republicans preceding him and the 140,000 cell house steal which woa the primary cause of the Impeachment of three or four state offlccro but by the way they were Impeached by republicans as well as democrats in the legislature. Then wo are told that a bill was Introduced to take the penitentiary out ot the hands ot the contractor and that It appropriated $35,000 for a settlement with the contractor nnd that the governor had signed that bill as a matter of good government. When the bill was pending I went to the governor personally nnd asked him not to sign It and stated to him that as Rood a mm as Judge Maxwell who certainly ought to bo good authority for the populists and democrats as good man as Judge Maxwell had declared that Inasmuch ns Moaner the contractor for the penitentiary was himself In the penitentiary at Sioux Falls and Hill Dorgan the man ho had left In charge was not recognized as contractor the stnto had a right to take possession and throw Mr. Dorgan out ot the Institution and let him collect If he could any claims ho had against the state. But the governor did not do that.

Although It was the last night ot the sefslon and that bill had been railroaded through and everybody nround the capital know that It was done by crooked work yet the governor In spite of the protest that I made signed It nhen he could nnd should have killed It. Under thin bill the governor was authorized to annolnt an nnnralser nnd referee. Ho appointed ns referee your fellow citizen Mr. Gnffln. The two appraisers and Mr.

Gaflln went down to the penitentiary to examine and np- pralso this property. I do not bollevo that Mr. Gaffln or any ono of these men spent over say half a day at the work and each of them was awarded $500 by the governor for his services. What did they do The materials turned over by Dorgan conflated chiefly of a lot of scrap Iron In the shape of worthless used up boilers and machinery of all kinds two pairs of old mules that had seen service for a great many years and would have turned up their heela almost any day and some old wagons although that property altogether could not possibly have been worth J5.000 It waa appraised at something like 33,000 and the whole $35,000 was used up between the appraisers and Mr. Dorgan.

Will anybody dare contend that that was nn honest transaction and that the governor did his duty when he countenanced that Infamous Job It wns a betrayal of public trust to sign the bill and an Iniquitous eteal to allow $35,000 for less than $5.000 worth ot trumpery. To say the leaat this penitentiary deal stamped Mr. Holcomb as a very untruatworthy executive. Yet the reformers boast that ho has taken the penitentiary out of the hands of the contractors and put It Into the hands of the state. As a matter of fact not only myself but many republicans have advocated and did for years advocate that the penitentiary should bo tak out of the hands of contractors.

A Sample of Reform. In his campaign speeches Governor Hol comb points with prldo nt the marked reduction In the expenses of the various Institutions In all of which ho claims the running expenses were reduced. Hut how were these exnenses reduced As a matter of fact we know that about 1895 and 1896 prices wore away down. Provisions clothing shoei every material in use In these Institutions had gone down In price and consequently it was easier to buy them cheaper than it was previously when prices were up. I will admit that there has been economy effected in some of the institutions but how did the governor treat one of the most important institutions the Institute for the deaf and dumb that 10 located in Omaha When he decided to make a change In that Inetltutlon It waa his duty then to appoint as superintendent a man who was qualified for the work and who understood how to deal with these unfortunates the deaf and dumb.

Instead of that he picked up a man who did not know anything ot the deaf and dumb language who had never been In- sldo of a deaf and dumb Institute and had no capacity whatever for cither Imparting Instruction or supervising the Institution. The result Is that the Institution hne gone down nnd down until meet of the competent teachers are out and considerable number ot the pupils nro compelled to go to Instl- tutlons In other states If they want to have a proper education. That Is what they call commendable management of the state Institutions But wo have another thing wo have the governor's conduct In regard to the Omaha police commission. The governor now asks you to vote for him for the highest pcsltlon In the Judiciary. As governor he only had one Judicial function.

Under der the act of the legislature authorizing the governor to appoint members of the police board ho was made the Judge as to their misconduct In case charges were pro- ferred. Charges were preferred the first time against ono of the members of tha Omaha police board they were charges and specifications so clear that there could not be a contradiction. Ho took those charges nnd put them In a pigeon hole nnd never paid the slightest attention to them. Afro III in Hour Hie The second tlmo charges were preferred against the whole board and these charges were very grave. They showed that the board had violated the law in many particulars had connived with the criminal classes had held up gamblers and all classes of people who were law-breakers and criminals and what dfd ho do Ho said he did not have tlmo to Investigate this matter but ho appointed a referee.

A referee waa sent up to Omaha and be went to bed right off the very first night or the very first day with these very commissioners against whom these charges had been preferred and then ho got up a document and whitewashed them Hero you have a man who wants to be the highest officer on the bench. Ho wants to occupy the position of chief Justice of the supreme court at no distant day which ho Judges occupy In rotation and yet that man when ho had only a small matter to decide Judicially snowed such rank partisanship that he would rather play Into the hands of men who were notoriously disreputable and would not Investigate their misconduct rather than to do his duty. Again he was cited Into the supreme court to answer why he should not Investigate these charges ho claimed that the supreme court had no authority over him and the matter was finally dropped. Now let us go in another direction. They claim for him that be has made a marvelous record of which I ought be proud with all those who have helped to elect him but I fall to find It when I look back Into some of the legislation that was enacted In his time.

At the outset ho denounced the blanket ballot and called attention In his message to tbo outrage rage that waa about to be perpetrated upon the voters of this slate by which the Independence of the voter was absolutely do- ntroyed In that feature requiring one cross after the name for every candidate on ihe whole ticket but when 'that blanket ballot law was passed ho allowed It to become a law. Ho wns too cowardly to veto It because- It came within his own denunciation and ho liad not the courage to sign It so he let It become a law without his signature leaving to the next legislature the duty of repealIng Ing It. lIoluoinli'N Inmirnncc Dcrel. Ill the session of 1895 a bill wns Introduced In the house regulating mutual Insurance companies that bill was passed by the house and reached the senate and there for eorne Inexplicable reason It got Into the hands ot a member of the senate who seemed to bo In pretty close touch with the Insurance lobby. The result was that the bill disappeared nnd It took a.

great deal of hard labor to unearth It nnd finally after a long I course of travels the bill was brought Into the senate nnd the secretary ot the senate Mr. Sodgwlck was Instructed to keep that bill personally In hla possess.lon for fear It would be stolen. The bill was finally passed nnd when It reached the hands of Governor Holcomb ho vetoed and killed It. What Influences were brought to bear on him at that tlmo I do not know. The next legls- laturo repassed that bill and then Governor Holcomb signed It.

What Influences wore Drought to bear on him I do not know but I do know that soon thereafter a mutual Insurance company wns organized with Silas A. Holcomb as president and that company allowed the prealdent the munificent salary ot fifty dollars per month for the use of his name. The name of the governor of Nebraska was an Important factor doubtless for this mutual company and you can draw your own Inferences from this matter. A voice "And It is all right too. Now the company may bo all right I am not de nouncing1 the company but the method by which this was reached.

Another matter has become a subject of d's- cusslon recently and that Is the rental of the governor's house. It so happened that at the very earliest part of the governor's administration during the first week I for some reason went to his house. I cnmo to his residence and there Incidentally wo discussed the house rent question. That house rent question was brought to my attention because the previous governor. Crounsei had vetoed the bill ho would not have house rent allowance because he believed It to bo unconstitutional.

I said to the governor It was a del lento matter to discuss that I thought It wns very Improper to have house rent bill passed again because I did not believe under the constitution the governor had any right to it and ho expressed himself In this way. Ho said "Well I am not a man of large means and It Is going to cost me about $800 or $700 for house rent and I don't know. Well I saw that It wan a disagreeable subject to discuss and so dropped the discussion of It there. I was amazed as everybody perhaps In the etato of Nebraska was amazed to learn that not only had Governor Holcomb drawn the full amount of the house rent but he had drawn something like $20 more a month than ho was entitled to. The explanation that he makes ot these vouchers given for money not expendsd for rent Is that It was paid for repnin but why did he not have these bills and vouchers made out for repairs and made out In the names of the workmen that had done the repairing It Is an amazing thing but does not look very well nnd we do not want a man for supreme Judge ot the state of Nebraska who would act In such a small way as to sign vouchers for rent when ho had not pafd thn money for rent.

As a counter-irritant and to sidetrack the Issue the supporters of Mr. Holcomb have pointed out that Judge Reese against whom they cannot find anything else that Judge Reese had actually employed his son and his wife at various times to do clerical work while he was Judge of the supreme court and that he had drawn that salary or clerical pay himself out of the treasury and In order to befog the people and make nn impression that the Judge had actually etolen something or had taken something that was not his or had perpetrated great swindle upon the state they have employed an artistic cartoonist to draw various pictures nnd here Is the last ono "What are the wild waves saying sister Well the wild waves are saying that Mr. Holcomb will bs burled under about ten feet ot water when ho gets through. Laughter. Let us see about this whole matter.

Every Judge of this state under law passed by the legislature I mean every supreme Judge Is entitled to the employment ot ono clerk nt a salary of something ranging from $80 to $100 per month. Tempest In Tpnpot. You nil understand I presume that every district Judge In this state has a stenographer and these stenographers get not only fifteen hundred dollars a year but they have besides that an opportunity of making something over five hundred dollars a year addi tional. These clerks are legally employed. The only question la whether or not the clerks employed earned the money that they drew out of the treasury whether or not the services rendered by the son of Judge Reese or by any ot his relatives were actually rendered nnd the money honestly earned.

Whether It Is looked upon as Indelicate to employ one's relatives In that capacity Is a matter for the public to Judge. Bear In'mind that the Judges of the supreme court do much of their work at home that It Is nt homo they study and formulate their decisions Incases referred to them. Very often they do this work early In the morning or late In tbo night nnd It Is very natural that their relatives or their sons or daughters who live in the house could bo at hand more readily than an outside stenographer. There Is also this other question. The clerk or atonog- i rapher cf the Judge sustains confidential relations to him because the decisions of the supreme court must not be divulged before they are made public by the court ifself.

Now It Is very much more convenient and safe for the Judge to employ as cleric somebody In whom ho can absolutely confldo than to have somebody that might leak and would throw discredit upon him. Bear In mind that all the Judges of the supreme court Reeee Maxwell Cobb and every other Judge I up to the present day has employed clerlm and that the money paid for clerical oervleo 1 was earned and that so far as Judge Reese Is concerned I am not going to discuss anybody clso there was nothing Improper In Judge Reese drawing the pay unless It Is regarded ns Improper for him to employ his own relatives This Is the most heinous offense and only offense of which Judge Reese Is accused. It seems to mo that people who llvo In glasshouses are very foolish In throwing stones. The employment of relatives by public officers Is by no means confined to republican officeholders This hue and cry about nepotism copies with bad grace from sham re formers. Sv nllovrln CaiiiuU CliokliiR final Here are a few Instances of popocratlo nepotism as shown by the records In the state houee with amounts drawn from the state treasury Auditor Cornell's nephew J.

A. As bond clerk S33.33 As treasurer examiner 2suo.oo Expenses name 797.00 Wife ot Auditor Cornell As bond clerk 180.68 Wife of Superintendent Jackson As stenographer 266,64 Brother of Secretary Porter G. I Porter For repairs In legislative halls. 01.CO As supply clerk during legislature. 2J1.00 For repairs on building 106,00 SlHter of Secretary Porter Mrs.

B. 8. Phllbrook- Matron homo ut Geneva 1983.30 Statfr-ln-law of Judge Sullivan Mi is Maudtt Parker Stenographer $16.46 Son-in-law of Senator Allen D. D. Lynch 1 Clerk In land commissioner's otllce J.SJI.91 Mutt's clntiRhter Mamie Mutz Job nt Beatrice W.W Mother of Secretary Porter Mrs.

Porter- I Free board nt Geneva home 4i I cents per day three yenrs i Commissioner Wolfe's son-in-law C. I Job nt Kearney Industrial school. 1,250.00 Daughter of Commissioner Wolfe Jirb'nt'Keiirney Industrial school. 1,250.00 As you will see by the above statement Maude Parker ot Judge Sullivan drew from the state JS16.46. For stenographic and clerical work for Judge M.

B. Reese warrants amounting to $74S were drawn. The Ilnllot KrAiuln. Now I have Just ehown vou how nepotism IB pretty generally permeating the state i house nnd how thcso wonderful reformers are swallowing a camel while straining nt a 1 gnat. Laughter.

Let us now pass to nn- I other subject. In 1SD6 twtlvo constitutional amendments were submitted to ix vote of the people. Ono of these amendments was to In- I crease the number of Judges of the supreme 1 court from three to five. I myself drafted most of three amendments and npent three months at Lincoln nnd consulted nnd con- furred with eminent Jurists. I had the cooperation of Governor Holcomb but for some reason that I never have been able to fathom the populists and democrats refused to ratify nr hpln to rnttfv them.

but after thu election when they found out that their candidates for contingent Judges had been ejected they Attempted to have at least the first amendment Increasing the court ratified. Now the returns from the counties showed that the amendments were all defeated the flist as well as the last by decisive majorities that le they had not received a majority of all the votes cast at that election. Thereupon a conspiracy was hatched and an attempt was made to count In the first amendment and for that purpose ballots were tampered with nnd a commission was appointed which according to the testimony tnkcn at Lincoln and according to the Information that wo have had from parties Vhom wo hod reason to believe deliberately went to work under the sanction of the leadens of the popullstlc party to subvert the will of the people and count that amendment in. The worst scandal was In York county. I cannot now go into detail about that matter.

Suffice It to say that It waa laid very closely to the door of Governor Holcomb. La winter the state senate of Nebraska appointed a committee to thoroughly Investigate the management ot etato affairs after the legislature adjourned. Among the subjects to be Investigated was this tampering with the constitutional amendment bnllote. The committee cited Governor Holcomb to appear before It but Governor Holcomb refused to appear. The papers were served upon him at Lincoln to appear before this committee but he responded In a very Insulting letter saying that the committee had no right to investigate and therefore he was not going to stultify himself by appearing before them.

Now whether this committee had or had not authority to compel the attendance of witnesses Is immaterial. It certainly had authority to examine the books and records of the state house and take the testimony of every witness who waa willing to present himself before them. Ifthey did not have the power to arrest witnesses and punish them for not attending they did have authority to send for witnesses and let them como and testify before them. Governor Holcomb deliberately refused to appear. AVhnt Abont Recount FrnniluT Why did he refuse If he had nothing whatever to do with this ballot box fraud If his conscience was clear on every point why did he refuse to appear before this committee If his hands are clean and conscience clear he ought to have challenged in vestigation.

He should have eald "I am ready at all times and upon all occasions to have my actions Investigated and to answer every question that Is put to mo. That would have been the honorable way and that would have cleared him before the people. His refusal to do It leaves that cloud upon him that naturally hangs over the head of the man against whom grave charges are preferred. And a man ot that character It seems to mo has not much claim upon the confidence of the people. This recount question will not down.

It Is a matter that has Impressed Itself upon the citizens of Nebraska as very serious. Wo all want the constitution amended and nobody more anxious than I am to see that the supreme court be Increased to five and that 'they be adequately paid for their services so that we can get the ablest and best Jurists to serve. Let us now ay a word with regard to Judge Reeee the opponent of Mr. Holcomb. Judge' Reese resided In this county many years ago.

Ho Is undoubtedly well known to you all. He was elected In 1883 as Judge ot the supreme court and I confess nnd declare right hero that at the tlmo bo was a candidate for that offics I did not have the confidence In him that would Justify mo In supporting hloi. He had been the nominee of a convention that was largely dominated by corporation Influence and I had nn Idea that when ho got to be a Judge of the supreme premo court that they -would exert a pernicious Influence upon him. In this I wns most agreeably disappointed. Ilia record on the supreme bench Is unassailable.

No man who ever occupied that position was more free from outside Influence corporate or oth erwise. For six years ncese was Judge of the supreme court of Nebraska and there was no act of his that has over been justly criticised. The people of Nebraska Irrespective of party had the utmost confidence In bis In tegrity. He was the fearless exponent of the law and the corporation managers were the only people that were offended by his decisions for at the end of his term they ransacked the state from ono end to thn other captured the convention nnd defeated him for renomlnatlon. It was the resent- ment over the turning down of Reese that caused a revolt In our party and Icot us thousands of votes In the campaign ten years ago.

By the spontaneous action the republican convention he was nominated against his protest In spite of his protest anil hla refusal to allow hl name to bo used. There seemed to be a feeling pcrmeat- i Ing that convention that ho was the man of all others In whom the people would have confidence nnd whom tbay believed to be the right man to redeem the state and to oppose that bitter partisan Silas A. Holcomb who had betrayed the trust reposed In him by the men who helped him to office. They want Judge Reese elected for tbo one reason if for no other In order to endorse his career on the supreme bench and for another reason In order that the people may exprees their appreciation of services rendered with signal ability and fidelity. I will detain you but a few mo menta.

I simply want to ask you this question Are you in favor of a change Are you in favor of sending a message from Nebraska to the people of the United States that notwithstanding the boundless prosperity that has bettered the condition of every man In this Btate notwithstanding the fact that the farmer has been freed from the grasp ot the money lender that every laborer can find employment at fair wages Art You Siill.llrtl wllli I'rnaiierltrT Do you want a change or are you satisfied and will you express your satisfaction through the ballot box on the seventh day of November It eeems to me that without regard to the moral points involved the material question to every voter Is whether or not he le satisfied with the present prosperity whether he Is In favor of laying well done to the republican administration at Washington that hu redcerricil the promises triads three years ago that whatever haa been promised by the republicans In l89f regarding the labil ity of our financial InstlMtlonn the restoration ot prosperity through the operation of the tariff and the restoration of prosperity through the improvement ot the national credit have all been fulfilled. Whether you approve or disapprove of the minor questions that have come up since the war the main question after nil to you Is whether or not you are goingto sustain the republican imty and vote for continued prosperity or whether you will give countenance and comfort to the men that advocate policies that would derange our finances cripple our credit and make everybody who has money to Invest withhold his capital. We have all learned that commerce can only bo carried on profitably when capital has confidence In the stability ot our Institutions nnd that prosperity always goes hand In hand with confidence. From the standpoint ot patriotism and notional prldo Is the duty of every citizen to express his pproval and appreciation of the glorious ecord made by America's army nnd navy vlthln the past jear a. record that any nn- lon might bo proud of and which has raised Vmcrlca In the eyes of nil the -world.

So vhen you go to the ballot box on November you should nt least declare by your votes lint you will uphold the flag of your coun- ry and stand up for Nebraska by voting for irosperlty rather than for calamity. I thank ou tor your kind attention. Applause unv. s. A.

to lii Conil Uiialltlc of Cliniulirrlnlii'N CoiiKli Urinrdy. On the 10th of December 1S97 Rev. S. A. 3onahoe.

pastor M. E. Church South Pt. fleasant W. Vn.

contracted a severe cold which was attended from the beginning by violent coughing. Ho says "After resorting to a number of so-called 'specifics' usually kept In the house to no purpose I lurchased bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy which acted like charm. I most cheerfully recommend It to the public. TIU oi.n TI.MKHS. The oldest member of the New York Stock exchange Is William Alexander Smith who was elected in 1841.

John Hnys who wns the first white mane locate the copper mines of Michigan la urloiisly 111 at his homo In Cleveland O. ID Is 93 years old General John Bldwell of Chlco Colo. who ed the llrat parly ot whites over the Sierras nto thu Golden Stato. IB still hale ami it-arty nt the age of SO. He Is a native of Chautauquu N.

Y. Henry G. Denny Is the oldest Free Mason MnKFAchusetts. Lust week he celebrated ils nlnety-Hcventh birthday. In spite of bis i Mr.

Denny retains nil his faculties ton wonderful degree and although bis eyes do not permit him to rend very much ho teeps abreast of the times by having pu- iers and magazines rcud to him. Mrs. Mary Wllklns of Remington. Jasper county Ind. has celebrated her 100th birth day.

'Mrs Wllklns is native of Tyrone Ireland where she wns born In 1783. She is a well-preservtd woman able to read without glasses nnd insists on doing her own liousework. Should she live until January I 1901 she will have lived In three dlfi ferent centuries. Henry P. Chctvor who under the pen nnmo of 31 Slocum is famous as the author of many humorous sketches and stories for tioys and who was recently at 73 years of age committed to thu workhouse as a pauper a New York police magistrate thinks that all men ovtr the age ot 50 who are not provided for and liable to become 11 charge on the publle should be put to death by the government.

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One was granted to him recently for an Improved device for meas the strength of nn electrical current. Colin of wire offering a certain amount of resistance to the current have long been used for thla purpose but the resistance was variable and Increased with any rlso of temperature In UIP coll. What Lord Kelvin has now done is to provide a com pensating1 feature thus automatically offsetting any Increase In resistance. DncUlcii'H Snlve. The best salve In thfc world for cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever ftores tetter chopped hands chilblains corns and all skin eruptions and positively cures piles or no pay required.

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