Omaha daily bee., 1889-10-03
She Is Putting On Her Gay Clothing
For the KING hts Templar.
THE MISSISSIPPI CAMPAIGN.
A Republican Strategem That Nom
piusscs the Bourbons General
Alger's Prospects For Re.
Election Fiattering.
WASHINGTON BUREAU THE OMAN, BEE,
5l3 FOURTEENTH STREET,

structures, IN anticipation OF the knights
| Templar conclave next week.
A tram load of flags, bunting and insignia
| of this great secret order were put up. There
| will be the most extensive external decora-
| tons ever seen at the national capital, by
Sunday, when the crowd will begin to arrive.
| The BEE correspondent is assured by the
officers in charge that this Is TO be the great
est fete in the history of Knight Templarsm
General Roome the grand master, will ar
rive here at o'clock on Friday afternoon.
He will be accompanied by his son, who acts
as his private secretary. Chairman Parker,
of the triennial committee, will meet Cen
eral Roome at the depot with a
carriage and escort him to the quarters pre-
pared for him at the Ebhitt house. The
grand encampment will begin its triennial
session at Masonic temple Immediately at
the close of the parade on Tuesday. In fact,
the parade is an escort for the grand en-
campment to the place Of meeting. The
hour for assembling is put down as 2:30, but
it is not improbable that it will be an hour
later than that before the procession has
been reviewed and the encampment begins
its sitting. The open proceedings will be
public. The Marine band will play. A
speech OF welcome on the part of
the Knights of Washington will be
made. by Chairman Parker, who will
introduce Commissioner Douglass. The
commissioner will formally welcome
the visitors to the city, and an address re-
spending both to Chairman Parker and Com
missioner Douglass will be made by the
grand master, General Roome.
THE MISSISSIPPI CAMPAIGN.
Republicans arriving IN Washington from
Jackson, Miss, say the work of the recent
republican nominating convention in that
state proves very sorry disappointment to
the shotgun brigade, ana the bourbons Of
the state are trying to make the head of the
ticket the issue along with the race issue,
and are avoiding the real questions before
the country.
1t will be remembered that the convention
nominated General James II. Chalmers, of
ernorshlD, and since tho convention
was largely, composed OF coiored
to deride the nomination, as Chalmers was
one of the leading confederate brigadiers
during the late war and therefore fought for
slavery. The object of the republicans in
nominating Chalmers was to secure white
ticket on which it would be impossible for
the bourbons to successfully raise the race
issue The nominees are all white men ex-
cept N. II. Mollison, who is the nominee for
secretary Of state. Molllson is n man of
education, culture and property. The demo-
Gratis are thus confronted with white men
who were once in their ranks. Before the
bohs Invariably nominated one colored man
at each of their state conventions and IN the
last campaign ran colored man for secre-
tary of state. Notwithstanding this fact
cular stating that 1t is simply
a question whether white or colored men
shall hold the offices ana rule the states
affairs. The bourbons nominated their state
ticket about month ago and they have
practically withdrawn their platform and
raised the race issue. The republicans, con-
tident that they have a majority of the votes
in the state, intend to push their ticket with
all the possible vigor and attempt to elect it,
although they have no hopes whatever that
their ballots will be counted. The election
takes place November ~. General Chal-
mers has challeged Lowrey, the democratic
candidate for governor, and it comes here to-
night that the challenge will be declined on
the ground that "a niger is on the repub-
lican ticket"
ALLIsoN's PROSPECTS.
Congressman Struble, of Iowa, is here and
says that Senator Allison will be reelected,
practically without opposition, as soon as the
next legislature Is chosen. He regards Mr..
Allison as the most popular man Iowa has
ever placed in public life and thinks he
should be continued
Mr.. Struble has taben a great interest in
railroad and territorial interests, and in dis
cussing with your correspondent measures
which are likely to come before the approach
ing session of congress, said: 1T is not likely
that efforts will be made to further amend
the Interstate commerce law before the
amendments adopted at the last session are
thoroughly tested Further legislation is
needed and l shall favor it, but we will have
to feel our way"
"The agitation about the irrigation of the
arid plains of the west,n continued Mr.
Struble twill attract universal attention
and bring about needed legislation. Irriga-
tion can be accomplished by the storage sys-
tenn in the mountains and by dividing the
water courses and digging artesian wells.
We can make productive almost as much
public land as the government is now the
possessor of and these lands will be better
than those we have given to settlers. There
is constitutional authority for providing for
irrigation and there is no reason Wny it
edy establish a commission of irrigation
similar TO the Interstate commerce commits
SION"
GREAT DAY FOR INDIANA MEN.
Unusual interest was shown here to-day
in the result of the elections in the four new
states. The telegraph and newspaper offices
were visited by hundreds of politicians. The
republicans are naturally iubilant over the
way things went. They regard the victory
as an indication that republican politics have
come to stay. Indiana men in Washington
say yesterday was their day on tho four new
states, and point to the fact that at least four
former well known Hooslers are on the road
to the governors chair or to congress- A. G.
was an editor at Muncie, Ind. before he
went TO Dakota. John II. Wilson elected to
congress IN Washington, was lawyer
at Crawfordsylle, Ind. ii. Q. Hansbrough,
who goes to congress from North Dakota, is
"a native hoosier. Judge VideOn c. Moody,
OF South Dakota, is from New Albany, Ind,
and was colonel of the Ninth Indiana nfan-
try and at the close of the war was appointed
captain of a company in the Nineteenth In
diana infantry, regular army Ex-Governor
Gilbert A. Pierce. of North Dakota, form
erly lived at Laporte, Ind. The two gentle
men last named are TO be elected to the
United States senate by the legislature
chosen. Martin Maglnnis, who ran for con-
gress in Montana, is former Indiana man.
His election is at this writing in dispute.
Yesterday was a great day for Indiana
men, who took Horace Greeley's advice aud
went west to grow up with the country.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The statement OF the pension office shows
that during the months Of July, August and
September lsss the original pensions issued
numbered s,7Oj, and during same time this
year, 10, $50.