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The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1878-11-06

atlyes for congress from the eleven
Districts. excepting the Fourth where
Bremen is defeated By Morse, Demo
crat, are undoubtedly elected as far as
returns indicate. The vote of 223'
towns give Taibot's majority over But
Ter at 10, 48l.
Connecticut
HARTFORD, Nov. 6.
General Hawley. Republican, is
elected to Congress by plurality of
fifteen hundeed He probably carries
Hartford City by five hundred and fifty
majority. Waite, Republican. is elected
in the Third District. There is no
election of Governor by the people;
Legislature probably Republican.
Illinois.
CHICAGO, Nov 6.
The Indications. are that the Repub.
lic4ns have carried the entire county
and elected their three Congressman.
La the city the returns generally show
Republican gains.
New Hampshire.
Concord. Nov. 5.
Republican Congressman are prob
ably elected ia two Districts. The
House Stands: FIfty.two Republicans,
thirty. seven Democrats aud three
Greeubackers. Tue Republicans claim
they will have at least thirty five ma
jprlty in the House.
CONCORD. Nov 5.
The Republic IN State Committee
claim that the Republicans have carried
every Congressional District. and that
they will have good majority in both
branches of the Legislature.
Mich gan.
DETROIT. Nov. 5.
Returns come in slowly. Flfty-seven
towns beard from, give Ores veil, Re-
publican for Governor. seven thousand
four hundred aud seventy six; Barnes,
Democrat. three thousand. nine hun
bred and twenty ght; Smith, Nation.
al. four thousand. nine hundred aud
thirty-on
Missouri.
81. LOUIS, Nov. 5.
Partial returns in the city. indicate
that something more than half the Re-
publican ticket is elected. The contest
in both Second aud third Congressional
Districts is closer than expected. The
vote cannot be forecast at present.
Texas.
GALVESTON, Nov. 5.
Returns. owing to mnch scratching,
not Sufficient to base calculations.
New York.
NEW YORK. Nov. 5.
Three thousand and eighty-fve elec-
ton districts in this city, give ma
jority of fourteen thousand for Cooper
for Mayor. The entire anti Tammany
combination ticket for city officers is
elected. R-turos from, the interior of
the State show R-pubIicln gains, and
indicate the election OF Dauforth, Re-
publican. as Judge of the Court of APP
peals. by considerable majority. Re
pubiicans claim ten to. fifteen majority
in the Assembly. The following
Congressman are elected: Bourke,
Cox, Wood. Morton and McCook.
Penn.yivania.
PHILADsLPaIA, Nov. 8.
The estimated Republican majority
in Philadelphie' for the State ticket is
about twelve thousand.
Rhode Island.
PROVIDENCE. Nov. 5
The Journal has returns from the en-
ire State except Block Island. In the
First District Aldrich. Republican. has
5. 9i0; Davis. Democrat, 1924; Say
Greenback. COG. In the Second Dis
trict. Bslou. Republican, has $3.50;
Barnaby. Democrat. 4,535; Smith,
Greenbaca. 3l1.
LITTLE Rock Nov 5.
PIoa Graanhackar has 57D ,pasaritv
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1878-06-20
COLORADO RAILROAD WAR.

The Denver Nar5 OF Sunday morning
gives the following report of the present
status Of the railroad war which has been
going on in that State for some time past.
As the most OF our Leavenworth Wholesale
dealers make large shipments to various
points in Colorado, they are considerably
interested in the condition Of the railroads
Of that section:
The earliest changes which the recent filing
Of the opinions of Judges Hallett and Dillon
has produced in the railroad situation finds
expression in circulars just issued by ID. {.
Dodge, the general passenger and freight
agcnIof the Denver x Rio Grande road,
wherein his assistants are instructed Ito dis
continue the sale of all tickets to Denver and
points on the Denver Pacific railway, and
Colorado Central railroad via Denver and Rio
Gr;tndc railway" and further to discontinue
quotation Of through rates, and issue Of bills
OF lading via the Denver & Rio GranGe
railway TO Denver Gnd points on the Colora-
do Central railroad and Denver Pacific rail
way" of course the meaning Of these in
siructiunS is too obvious 10 need explanation.
They aim blow at the interests of the Atch
iSOn, Topeka ~ santa Fe road which that en-
terprisins cooperation must meet with one
or two alternatives; either compromise, on
terms 10 he dictated by the management of
the Denver & Rio Grande road, or the con-
struction OF It's own line OF railway from Pu-
eblo 10 This city. The solution of the dilemma
will doubtless be controlled wholly by pecu-
MARY considerations, and these are not likely
To be diSadvantageous TO the interests Of this
city, except, perhaps, for a very bIief period.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1878-06-20
NATIONAL BANKS AND ISIrGsN


The United States Circuit Court at Pitts
burg, Penn, has Just decided a most impor-
tant question, :.ilecting the liability of Ma
tional banks under the UsUry laws of the
States in which they are respectively locat-
ed. The point was raised in the suit of
Duncan & Bro, against the First National
Bank OF Mt. Pleasant, brough: TO recover
the penalty Of usury. We find the follow
ing statement of the case in the Amaaom
EDehGge:
The bank had made loans 10 the plaintiffs
and had charged per cent. interest thereon.
The plaintiffs claimed that they We're enti-
tied 10 recover twice the amount thus paid
The legal rate of interest in Pennsylvania is
e per cent, but under the laws 9: that State,
several banks of issue have been organized
which are allowed 10 charge rate of inter.
est and discount of 10 per cent. per annum.
The act of Congress under which National
banks are organized, provides that they may
charge interest at The rate allowed by the
laws Of the state where they are located, and
no more, except that where by the laws OF
any State a different rate Is lllited for banks
nf issue organized under State laws, the rate
50 limited may he allowed to Nat onal banks
located i'm such State.
The court held that the act OF Congress did
not refer alone 10 the general laws OF a state.
Whether a state hank charges more than the
legal rate of interest by virtue of general
law, or by reason OF a special act applicable
10 only one institution is of difference. Ma
lional banks are authorized TO charge the
same rate which State banks of issue are al
lowed by law in the State where they are To-
Gated and the former are entitled TO the ben
cft Of the same pro visions enacted IN favor
uI the latter.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1878-06-20
LIFE INSURANCE DECEpr.oNs.

EDITOR TIMEs:-C. ii. Dlrfee, a few
years ago. took out three policies Of insu-
rance ON his life. One in the Northwest
ern Mutual Life Of Milwaukee" one in the
New York Life, and one in the Connect
cut Mutual Life Insurance Company
each on the ten year life plan. After two
full annual payments, he made application
to each company for paid up insurance.
The New York Life issued TO him a full
paid policy, for 2-l0 Of tine original policy,
to participate in the future profits of the
company. The Connecticut Mutual Life
issued to him the same kind Of paid up
policy as the New York Life, and in addi-
ton to the 2-l0 gave him his choice to ac-
cept thirty per cent. (of the policy addi-
tional in lieu of future dividends or accept
the usual dividends in cash. Knowing,
from experience, the liberal dividends paid
by the Connecticut Mutual" he accepted
a participating policy.
The Northwestern issued the usual 2-l0
paid up insurance, but the policy is NON
PARTICIPATING; such is the difference be-
tween the two tirst-named companies, ard
the fraudulent institution from Milw aukee
The honest comps mics are carrying out
their original agreeIl lents in good faith, and
the dishonest concern openly breaks its al
ways slim promise, when there is no far
ther chance 10 extract money from It's vic
tins.
The consequence Is, that the honest com
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1878-06-20
SGlcekIn Timee:ss
THEY ARE ALL EuR HIM.

Since il has become apparent 10 every
body that ii George 7. should be nomina-
ted by the Republican Convention this fall
he would be defeated at the polls, the Dem
ocratic papers that take an interest in Kan
SIS Affairs have all become impressed with
hi1 eminent fitness for the place. and
think he would be proper, good man for
the Republican party 10 select as standard
bearer. The following paragraph we clip
from the Kansas City Time Of Yesterday
morning:
There Is no good reason why Geor=c ]. An
ih"ny should not Toe rc-nouIHa;od. lie has
certainly "made the best Governor kansas
haseyer had It's iITIc, he madea slight mis-
take In the ErnporIa business, but then, mis-
takes will occur. The Republicans of kansas
VIII be guilty 81 gross ingrai!tude and iDjus-
tice ifthay defeat George T. Anthony.
Sentiment similar to the above find ex-
preston nov in all the Democratic papers
81 Kansas The Democratic editors are
shrewd enough to know that George T :
nomination would result in giving Kansas
a Democratic Governor. and hence they are
aii for him, while the republican journals,
with equal Unanimity, have come to the
conclusion that hc would he too heavy a
load TO carry. oar Democratic friends may
as well save their ink-the thing can't be
done. i" It's no use foolin' with that ho7s
his eve Is sot."
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1878-06-20
Misss uri Harvss& Hands On u Strike
fSe,taI 2BzOo'igI

For several DAYS past there havg.. been
rumors OF a combination, or an attenpted
combinatiCn, among a certain class Of Ia
borers throughqsi the State, to control the
labor Of the harvest and TO regulate il.
price TO suit themselves. They claim to
belong to a national OF widespread orgaui-
zatiOn, and to receive orders and instruc-
tions from the head center at II. Louis
At LamODte there Is one OF these combi-
nations that insists upon being paid - per
day for work in the harvest field. They
have held one meeting, and last night wa,
10 have held another, but whether they did
or not Il not known.
The farmers refuse to paw this price, IA
they say they cannot afford it, nor will the
them in it, They offer Sl50 a day for
hands, but will not employ men belonging
TO the combination at any price, and the
consequence il they are sitting around idle
and discontentsd. The farmers state THAT
the men who belong to the combination
are men Of the lowest grade, and that the
better class of laborers keep aloof from
them.
Grave rumors come to us from farther
up the road. These strikers are deadly op-
posed to the introduction Of reaping and
binding machines, that on large farms
perform much Of the labor Of harvesting.
IL IL stated that several new machines have
been secretly 20 badly injured a. 10 make
them nearly worthless, and it il also ru-
mored that the striker, contemplate other
acts of violence. They have endeayored To-
tamper with the men who are at work, and
induce them to quit unless they receive the
price they demand-.2 per day.
SO far this Disconnected element has fail
ed to accomplish its purpose, and it is very
likely that it will only result in injury 10
themseIves. Should they resort to the des-
truction OF property they will be promptly
squelched.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1878-06-20
DEATH OF WILLIAM CULLEN
HRYANT

William Cullen Bryant, the venerable
editor and poet, died at his residence in
New York Yesterday morning. in the
eighty-fourth year of his age, his death be-
ing the result OF fatigue and exposure, one
day last week. And thus ends. the career
oi one of the most celebrated men of the
century-oue of the few who have lived to
see the whole world acknowledge their
greatness man who has been famous,
wherever the English language is spoken,
for more than hall a century. For
over sixty years the world has recog-
nized his poetry as worthy OF 4 place
among the finest in the language, and
Tor iiity-two years he has been the
chief editor and controlling spirit of a
great daily newspaper. lie was born at
Cummington, New Hampshire county.
Massachusetts,, or the Sd of November.
1921 consequently, at the time of his death,
he lacked only about four months of being
eighty four years old, and vet he continued
TO write an occasional poem, and to super
intend the conduct of his newspaper busi-
ness, up 10 within q week of his death. His
was 4 long, active, and useful life. and his
death will he mourned, not only in his own
land and 10y his own countrymen, but bv
the reading people OF all nations through
out the whole civilized world.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1878-06-20

Gov George T. Anthony will BE- rcnOmi-
mated and elected. There j. no respectable
opposition To him, and, - well and ably has
hc filled the position, and - IrcepiabIy 10
the masses. that 10 wOuid b, iudiS"rset pre-
suming and utterly futile, To attempt To de-
feat him. The iew that OFppS' him have AN
impossible task. GOV Anthony l. not what
might b" called "A popular man" His over
wrtHIng egOtism drives his best friends
away disguSted.-l I.ravenwOTth cOTTesPOn-
dcncc 50. LOUis Journal.
1t is mighty doubtful about Anthony be-
ing re-nOminated and elected lie has no
friends in this section, nor any other part Of
the State that we can hear Of, with the
exception OF few administration organs,
or hangers-on for office that inhabit Ieav-
enworth, Topeka and some Of the other
towns in the north part OF the State. The
Journals correspondent lies, lies wilfully and
uncalled for when he says that there il
no respectable opposition To Anthony.
The fact Of the business is that all the
candidates, or probable candidates for Gov
ernOr, are respectable" in the highest
sense OF the term. Talk about respecta-
bility. Compare Anthony with y. +.
Simpson, George \. Crawford. j. -. Snoddy
and John 4. Martin, and the comparison
needs no explanation, for he sinks INTO in
significance by the side OF these gentlemen.
I" 1t would be indiscreet, pre-uming and ut
terly futile, to attempt to defeat" Anthony.
1t is more than likely that this paid scrib-
bier from Leavenworth will find out, that
it will be utterly futile" to attempt to run
him for Governor this fall, and it will not
be an impossible task" TO defeat the great
Wah' Governor. His "egotism" il Just
what has played him out. Egotism" ia
good thing sometimes, but George T. will
not be Governor, nor United States Sem
ator from Kansas this fall Stick a pin
there
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1878-06-20
.TIIE INNS OF COURT AND WEST.
NINSTER HAlI,,

The above l. the title OF an address de
livercd before the Iowa State Bar Associa
ton, at its meeting in hes Moines on the
lith of May, ultimo, by Hon. John +. Dill
Ion, United States Judge Of this Federal
Circuit At the request Of the association
judge Dillon authorized the publication
Of the address in pamphlet form, and We
have the pleasure Of acknowledging the re-
ceipt OF copy. In his opening paragraph
Judge Dillon speaks OF the difficulty of
lavoring illegal topic so as to make it
palatable to the general TASTE" and SAYS:
In the Summer of $50 | spent several weeks
in and about the Inns Of Court and WeStmin-
ster Hsll. enjoyed with keen delight what
/ saw and learned and in casting about for a
topic, il occurred TO me that these famous
Inns and still more famous Hall, so intimate.
ly associated with English and American
law, might fitly be made the basis of an aG.
dress which should attempt to combine q
rapid historical view with some practical OBJ
servations upon the present condition and
prospects of the Jurisprudence OF the two
countries.
VIC iidfN itsib thC - tiC
highest compliment that any sort OF a legal
document can receive from newspapcr)
and can add our testimony TO the fact thst
the Judge has succeeded most admirably in
making legal topic 'palatable to the gen.
eral TASTE" and in dressing it up in such an
attractive garb as to deprive it Of all the
terrors that topics of this character usually
present to the general reader. We append
hereto the concluding paragraph OF the
address:
Gentlemen, We stand at the confluence of
the greatest number of streams of knowl-
edge flowing from the most distant sources
that ever met at one point"
The law, "like all human systems, will ev-
er advance nearer TO perfection, and ever fall
short oft
Our special duty is to carry forward the
work of improving the law in our day and
generation SO that We may leave 1t in bet
ter condition than We found IT, This can on
ly be done by an adequate conception OF the
sources, the nature, and the end of law. Our
law is a complex system of conventional and
positive rules. and of great fundamental
principles of natural justice. based upon the
reason and the conscience of mankind. The
cultivated lawyer does not undervalue posi-.
tive regulations, or forms and precedents,
but his vision II not bounded by them, and
he delights TO ascend to higher attitudes,
which offer 10 him a broader horizon and n
more glorious prospect. He is thus enabled
to perceive that the law has its springs in the
realms of an elevated morality, hard by the
a..
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1878-06-20
CAUSE oFHaRD TIMES.

Person who undertake 10 discover and
explain the cause Of the present universal
hard times find themselves confronted by
difficult questions at every step. They dis
cover that goods are lower than they have
been since 1873; that the returns Of the
clearings indicate a greater decrease in the
amount oi business done than in prices
that the present low rate OF labor the num-
ber Of idle men is increasing, and at the
present low price Of goods the ability OF
the people 10 purchase IS diminishing. On
the other hand, il is shown
that our exports exceeded our i'm
ports over two hundred millions
of dollars during the last year. In all the
items which compose the national wealth
there has been rapid increase since 1870.
We have more horses, cattle, sheep and
swine, an immensely increased acreage un-
der cultivation, and a consequent proper
lIona'c increase in the production Of corn,
wheat, tobacco and cotton. The volume Of
the currency has not materially diminish
ed, but, on the contrary, its steady apprcci-
alton TO nearly par with gold has added
largely TO its exchangeable value. In cx-
PLANTATION of these apparently contradictory
facts, the Hon. ii. {. BUrchard, in a recent
speech, offered the following suggestions:
"is il not the distribution OF wealth, rather
Than the production, which is lie seat OF the
present trouble? IL would certainly xeem
that If the mass Of the people are becoming
poorer, while the country IL becoming rich
or, the Profits have accrued 10 the few; and
that If, while the purchasing power Of money
II increasing, the purchasers are diminish
ing, the currency must .be accommodating in
the hands Of those who are able to hold if.
II one farmer can, with the aid OF
labor saving machinery, do the
work OF eight men, are not the other sev-
cn thrown out OF employment? There
are nearly 500 less shOemakeTs employed in
Massachusetts, than there were ten years ago,
while their product is worth S53,GJ0,Ou0 more
per annum. There Is evidence, in that one
item, which Is III accordance with the uni
form results TO be obtained elsewhere, that
the services OF large numbers of men are be-
ing dispensed with and that those employed
need exercise less skill, will consequently
draw less pay, and Will SiIll produce more
than before. The tendency would still seem
10 De To ovcrproluctiun.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1878-06-20
INA COMMON CAUSE.

The thunders OF the Vatican have for
once welcome sound in the ears of Protes-
tants- Cardinal McCloskey, newly returned
from home, comes out in solemn denuncia-
ton OF socialism, communism, and revo-
lutionism, warning all good Catholics tha,
they must unfiinchingly oppose themselves
to these dangerous heresies. The new pope
has sent a sympathetic telegram to the
wounded emperor OF Germany, and the
latest dispatches contain the statement that
ii the Falk laws can be modified, co-opera-
ton with Germany for the suppression OF
socialism there will be guaranteed by the
Catholic church.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1878-06-20
THE WAR Is OVER.

Henry Watterson, editor Of the Louisville
C0lgicT-Jaual, lecturcd in DAYTON, Ohio,
one day las: week, and in the afternoon Of
the same day he visited the Home or Dis
abled Union Soldiers, located at Dayton,
and made speech TO the old soldiers, from
which we clip the following extract. Alter
reading the heartless and yindictiye dia-
tribes OF the Governor OF Kansas, such ex-
prezsions As these. breathing the higher
sentiments Of better humanity come to
one like "the shadow OF great rock in
wear, land" Mr. Watterson said:
.T,rn,ot here To caiole you with pretty
,l,r,s,-s- There was a war between the sec
mons IN that war served the Confcdcracy.
loti served the Union. Each OF us did his
best on his de; each WAS a creature OF cir
cumSiance; each thought lie was right. II
he was brave and honest, a true soldier and
a good man, IL matters little where lac stood.
When the long roll Is sounded, and all of Us
come 10 be mustered for the last time, the
God of the uniyerse-a mercifuI as we'll a
just GOd-wilI not stop to ask the color ofthe
cloth worn by any in this world. Upon such
above and beyond the contracted sphere of
political organism. Parties. like dogs, have
their day. They rise and fall. The right of
man to govern himself Is eternal. May II new
er be taken away or abridged in this world
may il grow with the growth and strengthen
with the strength OF the Republic; may IL
exist in every part Of the Republic, the solar
light Of our system, which neither prejudice
nor Ignorance can obscure.
1--WE are not malignant people. We are
race Of practical philosophers; and each one
OF us is statesman enough To know that the
war is over. We may wish it had never
begun. But since that is AN idle wish, let us
bless God that we are well out of II, and that
IL lost us no more than IL did. You are the
honored guests OF "A grathful nation. You
have earned on the battlefield all that you
enjoy. / rejoice that II is 80, and the man
who would not rejoice is a bad man.
In conclusion, however, let me repeat what
IsaId in the beginning, that the quarrel
which divided us, and which was not of our
making or seeking, has ended that we are
all once more soldiers oi the Union that,
| lsquabble we will over current political is
sues, we are mutually and equally in the des-
tiny OF a cOmmonicountry, the South saying
20 the North, as Ruth said TO Naomi :
"Where thou goest ! will go; where thou
lodgest will lodge; thy people shall DE my
| people and thy God my God"
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1878-06-20
GOVERNOR MARTIN.

Col. John 4. Martin authorizes his
friends TO say that he is candidate for
Governor, and that he will abide the re-
suit Of the convention. Mr. Griffin of the
Manhattan Nd.iOnGliS, Thacher OF the Law
renee Journal, Prouty OF the Junction City
ialoH, Martin State Printer, and MANY 9TH
er leading journalists supposed, heretofore,
10 he for George +, said they would stand
by Col. Martin. Indeed, out OF the one
hundred editors at the Editorial Conyen-
ton, yesterday, all but Sharpe and one or
two other unimportant persons pronounced
themselves against Geo. I.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1878-06-20
THE MASTER MOTIVE - DRY
GOODS.

The New York Journal cj Commerce takes
up the cudgel for Judge Hilton. 1t re-
Dukes the women for their revengeiUl spirit
and ridicules the resolution passed not TO
purchase goods AT Stewart'- store for five
years. Ii concludes that the love OF 'bsr-
gains is a much longer-lived passion than
revenge, and while those can he had 1t
"Stcwart's store no resolutions or pledges
will make them less attractive io the NO
men Of America
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1878-06-20
The increasing Tide OF Western En-
igration.
ISt. Louis Republican, FL

The Wholesome advice, "Goung man, go
West, Is 4 tenet Il economical faith which
grows stronger in the belief Of people as
these wears roll The tile of Western emf
grafton has never been 50 strong as now,
but it is not, perhaps, seen or felt 50 much
in large Western cities As il was formerly.
1t starts from Eastern capitals, but does not
pouy into cities IL steers clear Of the evils
from which it fees, and scatters into the
unsettled country and colonies. 10 goes
straight through 10 the objective point and
sticks and STAYS, and there Is no receding
wave. IL Is Il natural march of the people
from oppression and starvation To land
where liberty Is the law and where susie
nance springs uP in the greatest ahUn-
dance