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Omaha daily bee., 1895-08-26
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

Sioux City Journal: The freight trains in
Nebraska will go in two sections next fall.
The democratic party of that state will also
travel in two parts, and unless great care is
exercised there will be a collision.
Sioux City Times; It is reported that there
is not man living of the Thlrty-seyenth
Iowa regiment Of volunteers. Efforts are be-
Ing made to discover whether this is true
or not. for, II true, the regiment is probably
the first to be completely extermnated.
Sioux City Tribune; In denounclng the
A. p. A., however when the chief organ of
the demo-pops in Nebraska is moving heaven
and earth to fasteh an avowed A. p. A.
police and fire board upon the city of Omaha,
the convention was not only grossly incon-
sistent but displayed an immense amount of
political stupidity.
Dubuque Telegraph; Some Iowa demo-
Gratis who favored Boies for president" saws
the Cedar Rapids Gazette, must be glad
he was not nominated! Had he been elected
he would have forced free silver, and they
would have felt called upon to have different
financial views IL they held office. -
This Is caustic. o e but true. The ser
Witty OF most federal Office holders to the
autocratc dispenser Of patronage is a dis
grace to American manhood.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-08-26

now 20 years old. unqualinedly denies
any intentional wrongdolng and asserts
that the final auditing OF the accounts
will show that the government has re-
cciyed every dollar coming to 1t. There
are very few who will not be disposed
to unqucstioningly accept his state
mcnt and certainly there should be no
one unwilling to believe that Mr.. Spof-
ford is guiltless of any criminal intent
pending the result of an investigation.
His long and able service to the gov
ernment surely entities him to this con
sideration. Referring to the case the
Washington correspondent of the Philn-
delphia Ledger says Mr.. Spofford is a
man of simple habits and is possessed
OF very little means outside of his sal
ary, although he has been constant
editor of publications and frequent
writer of reviews and magazine articles.
His enthusiasm for the maintenance
and progress of the library, says this
correspondent, seems to have led him
into technical violations of the law for
the benefit of those entitled to its use.
Everybody who knows anything of the
excellent services Mr.. Spofford has rem
dercd Will sincerely hope that lie will
be able to satisfactorily explain every
thing upon which the charges against
him are based.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-08-26
CAL BRICE's BAILI.yICK.

Globe Democrat (rep): Mr.. Campbells
speech in favor of the strict enforcement OF
the Monroe doctrine is magnificent, but II
isn't good politics, If he expects any help
from the Cleveland administration.
indianapolis News dndD: On the whole
the Ohio democrats have done very well.
They have nominated strong candidate upon
a good platform. Whether they win or not.
they have at least succeeded in putting them
selves in fair shape for next years fght.
Minneapolis Journal (rep): The decadence
Of free silver sentiment was distinctly indi-
Gated at the Ohio democratic convention,
where the vote on substituting free silver
minority report from the committee on reso-
lutions for the sound money plank was 270
for and 525 against.
Buffalo Express Gep): Seldom, if ever,
has the convention Of a great party been
more completely owned by a single man than
was the democratic convention in Ohio. And
the remost remarkable thing about it all is
that the sole force which this man repre-
sents in politics is money.
Minneapolis Tribune (rep): Ex-Governor
James e. Campbell. who has accepted the
democratic nomination for governor of Ohio
against his will, is an able and popular man,
and If any democrat can win in Ohio he
can. And II he should win. his nomination
for the presidency by the democratic national
convention would not be surprising.
Detroit Free Press tQem.); NOT only was
the wisdom Of the convention displayed in its
action upon the money question, but it was
equally apparent in the unanimous nomination
of Ex-Governor Campbell to the position
which he once filled with such credit to him
self and his state. His was the exceptional
case in which the Office sought the man.
Cincinnati Enquirer (dem): There has been
no journal or individual more active and per-
sstent than the Enquirer in preaching the
doctrine Of majority rule There is no going
behind the returns" when the state convention
speaks. The meeting at Springfield yester-
day was final. There is not going to be a
rump or boting convention and there ought
not to be.
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette (rep0: The
virtue of the democratic party was not proof
against the ways Of the third senator of New
York. He who comes here to Ohio two or
three times a year, richly rolling in his pri-
vate car. found the democracy of the great
state OF Ohio as subservient to his behests
as it was in 1890, when 1t gave him the
noblest Office the state had to give.
Louisville Courier Journal (dem): Perhaps
democrats of Ohio, as the prospect Of vic
tory there is not very great Still, it must
be remembered that this is the year in which,
according to precedent, the democrats should
get a majority on joint ballot in the leg.sla-
ture. 1t has passed into a prOverb that when
John Sherman's successor is to be elected
the republicans always carry the Legislature;
when the successor of Sherman's colleague
is to be elected the democrats carry 1t. This
has happened so often that Mr.. Shermans
enemies charge that it is what he desires.
However, this tradition may be like one OF
those pitchers that go to the we'll once tco
Omaha daily bee., 1895-08-26
VOICE or THE STATE rRnss.


Columbus Journal: The ex-oIl inspectors
dadclt had not been made good at last ao-
counts
Alma Record: The Thanksgiving OF 1888
and the Thanksgiving Of 1895 will bear no
comparison:
North Bend Argus; Out OF $4,000 COLI
lectcd for relief purposes. s32. i9065 was ex-
pended for provisions Nice, isn't III
Fremont Herald: Can II be possible that
Nebraska Will have to have another Barrett
Scott case in order to rescue her attorney
general from oblivion?
sutton Advertiser: The fellow who Is
keeping track Of Nebraska's corn crop this
year estimates the yield will exceed 200. .ooo.-
900 bushels. Enough to bury the free coin
age OF silver folly forever out of sight.
North Bend Argus: Perhaps when Attor-
ney General Churchill gets through with the
Omaha police mudde he may find time to
look into the Hilton case. 'Twould be .
fine proceeding for Hilton TO be cleared OF
the charge against him.
ONeill Frontier: The Bee suggests that
Tom Majors is even now arranging prelimi-
naries to secure the gubernatorial nomina-
tion in 1895. II 1t is true that he is a can
ddate every delegation to that convention
will go instructed, and he will not be noml-
mated, either. The party cannot afford to
stub its toe twice on the same nail.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-08-26

Ex-Congressman Coombs, government
director of the Union Pacific railroad,
insists that the government must share
with the other creditors the losses en-
tailed by the bankruptcy of the road.
Qnite true. The government has been
sharing nothing but losses ever since it
became involved in the Pacific railroads
loans. But when the government
makes its concessions it wants to know
that 1t is through with them and that
1t is not throwing the public upon the
mercy of future managements. The
government may be the heaviest cred
itor of the Union Pacific, but It also
represents the patrons who have been
paying and must continue TO pay inter
est on the investment at which il is
capitalized No adjustment of the debt
Will be satisfactory that does not take
into consideration the charges which
are TO be imposed on the local traffic of
the company.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-08-26
TJTOMpSON,S n

TITOMPSON'S THTRTY-FOUR THOUSAND
When the official organ of the A. p.
A. police board made the assertion ten
days ago that $4,000 voters were en-
rolled as members of the order in Ne
braska we charged the manifest fake
up to the carelessness of the typcsetter
or proofreader. But when the same
assertion is made through the Chicago
Journal on the authority of John G..
Thompson the imposture calls for re-
proof.
According to Thompson there are in
the city of Omaha four A. p. A. coun-
ellis, with membership of about $500
voters, and in the state of Nebraska a
total of 15S councils, with a member
ship of $4,000. This will be a revela-
ton to most people in these parts. If
there are 27,500 A. Z. AS in Nebraska
outside Of Omaha we would like to
know where they have been hiding. 1t
is safe to say that the entire
A. p. A. contingent in Nebraska
outside Of Omaha is considerably
less than 5000, more likely less than
5000. There are fully fifty counties
in the state in which the dark lantern
order has never secured recruit.
But 25,O0O imaginary A. =. AS more
or less cut no figure with swash-
bucklers like Thompson. Did not
Thompson conjure up those 5000 armed
Americans under Dixon who were
ready to march upon Omaha from Chi
cagO at moments notice from himself
and his aide-de-camp, Colonel Hitch
cock? Were not those 5000 patriots
armed with Winchestcrs, who mustered
in the attics and dark cellars of Kansas
City, also part of ThOmpson's $4,000?
According to the veracious Thomp-
son, as quoted in the Chicago Journal
it Is not uncommon for 1000 men to
attend the meetings of each of the A. p
A. councils in Omaha, although as
matter of fact no lodge room in which
they congregate would hold more than
300 if packed with men like sardines in
a box. When it comes to figures
Thompson is such an expert that he
never bothers about a few hundred or
Il few thousand, so long as the excess
is always in his favor.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-08-26
MoNuoLIAN BRUTALITY.

Minneapolis Tribune: The Washington
officials seem to seek to belttle the affair and
make out that there is nothing unusual or
censurable in the conduct Of The Chinese au-
thorities. This attitude is the natural out
growth Of our weak and humiliating foreign
policy
Brooklyn Eagle: The world mourns that
Christian missionaries should be made 10
suffer at the hands OF an imbruted mob In
China, and IL rightly demands that Justice
should be done. But did this Christian land
do any justice when a gang Of western
miners shot and killed the Chinese laborers in
their town not long ago? Were the protests
Of China against such conduct regarded?
Chicago Record: These things cannot be
permitted to last forever. After a number
OF such performances 1t will be necessary for
civilization to intervene in self-defense.
When that time comes the Chinese will be
rid of the Manchu yoke, the miserably cor
rupt system of government will be aban-
doned and China will be compelled to act
as a government responsible for its acts both
at home and in relation to foreign powers.
Philadelphia Record: Americans abate
nothing OF their respect for the advice OF
Washington and Jefferson about avoiding
foreign alliances, when they wish their govern
ment to be In the fight for the safety of
Christians in Armenia and China. The ma
tions which profess Christianity will be dis
graced until every spot on the earth is free
from persecution on account of Christian
faith. III the emperor and the sultan must
go, the United States should be among the
first to say SO.
Chicago Times Herald: The incautous-
ness of the missionaries IN invading China
is not plea In abatement. They are Amer
lean citizens, under the protection OF the
flag wherever and whenever found Amer
ican gunboats are now cruising in Chinese
waters. The appearance OF one of them
cleared for action, in a Chinese port would
do more to compel proper punishment of the
murderers and relief for the frightened
Americans In Canton and other towns than
another month OF Juggling with diplomatic
forms
Omaha daily bee., 1895-08-26

THE CASE OF LIBRARIAN SPOFFORD
For thirty years Mr.. A. r. Spofford
has been the librarian of congress and
during that period the name of no
man in the country has been more IA
miliar than his TO those who have CON
tributed to American literature A
man of great intellectual requirements
and thoroughly proficient in the ardu-
Gus duties of his position. he has COM
manded the utmost confidence of all
who had any official relations with him.
In all these years lie has maintained
character believed by every one who
knew anything of whom to he above
reproach. 1t was therefore very
great and most unpleasant surprise
when recently the charge was made that
the accounts of Librarian Spofford with
the treasury were not correct and it was
implied that he had misappropriated
money which had come into his hands;
also, that in connection with the copy
right business he has collected fees not
authorized by law and failed to account
for other fees which belonged to the
government.
While admitting confusion in his ac-
counts, the veteran librarian, who is
Omaha daily bee., 1895-08-26
An Expensive Relief Department..


The report Of the state relief commission
shows that there was from all resources re-
ceived the amount of s79,449.63, and after
disbursements are subtracted balance of
s2,l6S.s2 remains in the fund. OF the
amount disbursed for provisions $12, ,O92. .04
for flour s15,102.0G for coal $4,772.O5 and
specially designated to Custer county
S2245O. This makes total expenditure for
supplies of 32,190.65. Adding the balance on
hand to the amount expended as above makes
total OF S34.353.S7. Deducting this total
from the amount received leaves $i5, ,O95.76
1t is therefore evident that it requires s45,-
Os5.I6 to distribute in relief $32, 1906, or
In other words it cost $4,000 more for ex-
pense than was spent for relief. OF this
amount there was paid over $50 900 for trans
portation, $1,000 in freight and over 81, 900
IN office expenses. But to think that only
$32 900 Of the money collected was spent for
supplies out of fraction less than $50, 900
collected speaks volumes for the usual meth
cd adopted in this state of feathering some
body's individual nest. While Investigations
are In order it looks as IL there might be
colored gemmen unearthed in the relief COM
mission department
Omaha daily bee., 1895-08-26
BLASTS FROM THE RAMS HORN

Sclfshness is hard snake to kill
Christians get along faster when the1
travel in pairs.
Angels are disappointed when the preacher
stops working for souls and goes to working
for dollars.
IL putting on a plug hat could add q
cubt to the stature, the world would be
full Of giants
Whoever tells us OF our danger is our
friend, no matter whether we believe what
ho says or not.
When a father gives his son good advice
he is sometimes more his friend than when
he gives him money.
People start in the Jericho road because
the devil keeps them from seeing where
they are going to come out.
Tho preacher is not apt to do much pray
ing before preaching when he knows he II
going into the pulpit with a good sermon.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-08-26


Western humor Is often practical, and a
notable specimen Of the western joke comes
from Chadron, Neb., where three British
tourists were arrested for fast bicycle rid
Ing and were fined $50 each The cyclists
refused to pay their fines. although they had
plenty Of money; then they were ordered
out to work on the streets, but they refused
to work; furthermore they are said to have
appealed to the British ambassador. There
is nothing very funny in the fact that these
visitors were fined, nor is there even the
appearance of humor in their decination to
work. but there is something intensely
laughable in the primary fact that anybody
should be arrested for speeding a bicycle
up or down the one street which Chardon
boasts; thoroughfare which Is bounded on
two sides by saloons. blacksmith shops, two
or three general stores and couple of
frontier hotels; other boundaries there are
none, for not even a surveyor could tell
where the street ends and the prairie be-
gins. Ever since Chadron commenced to be
1t has been the custom for more or less
intoxicated cowboys to ride at full speed
along the either very muddy or very dusty
boulevard and coincidenta with such i'm
promptu races was much yelling and whoop-
ing and pistol firing and other western ac-
compartments to a full grown mounted Jag
Therefore 1t is very funny 10 those who
know Chadron to read that three respecta BILE
bicycle riders have been arrested and fined
for fast riding in Chadron
Omaha daily bee., 1895-08-26
HOPE TO ovnnwHrLM THE rRrscn
Hovns Collecting Large Force nt
the GupttnI

the Capital.
LONDON, Aug. 25.--Ehclbcrt @. Wood
ford. recently arrived from Madagascar. who
assisted Mrs. John l.. Waller, wife Of ex-
United States Consul Waller. out OF Mada-
gascar, after her husband had been sentenced
by French court martial to Imprisonment
for twenty years. has been interviewed upon
the subject Of the war In Madagascar.
He said: "My month at Tamatavc was
almost like months stay in charnel
house. Many funerals were held nightly.
At Antanarivo the IIovas are confident that
tho French will not reach the capital. While
was at Antanariyo many OF the native
deputatons arrived and offered the services
OF their tribes against the French The capt
tai and roads to and from Tamstaye were
tecming with troops drilling continually.
Large bodies OF spearSmen were coming in
from the hills. 1t is not intended that the
advance Of the Hovas shall be made until the
French are near the capital, although sklr-
mishers have been sent out to harass the
vanguard OF the French army of occupation
When the French reach the heights an over
whelming force of Hovas will be dispatched
to surround them. Should the French sue
ceed in approaching the capital the natives
have planned to cut an embaniment of the
Ikrpa river and surround the capital with
water. 1t is probable that IL they are then
driven out by the French they will turn the
capital into a plague spot by the slaughter
Of thousands of cattle in the streets They
will leave the carcasses of the animals to
decay and await results.
"There is strong anti-forcign feeling in
Madagascar. The prime minister spoke to
me, denouncng bitterly the American and
British governments and the injustice and
i'll treatment that the natives had received at
the hands of the whites. Much distrust of
the whites is apparent in all parts of Mada-
gascar. This il manifested by the refusal of
the natives to serve under white command
ers II is feared that a general uprising of
the people would follow the breaking up of
the Hova government, in which event the
whites would undoubtedly be stoned to death
or otherwise butchered" i"
Omaha daily bee., 1895-08-26

Reports from Washington are to the
effect that the experiment there in pro
gress with the underground trolley is
decided and pronounced success.
There is really no reason why the under
ground trolley should not be n success
in American cities, for they have been in
successful operation in European cities
for years past, The overhead trolley
may be tolerated temporarily, but it
must be temporary afiiiction. The
nnsightly wires must so and if the
electric ears cannot be propelled with.
out wires the wires must soon be at
least hidden from sight.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-08-26
GOLDENROD.
Karl Buhle.

NHTI BuFlTe.
The spirit of the golden autumn tio>
Is in the, happy, dancing goldenrod!
When first l see thy yellow bloom beside
The hot-white dusty road, or see thee hide
Thy .plumy flower where hawthorns bend
and nod,
] seem to feel the glad September air.
To see the haze o'erhang the distant hills.
To hear the cricket from its leafy lair,
To taste the purple grape and ripened pear,
And great gladness all my spirit fills.
Herald of a gorgeous nowery host
The aster and the flaming cardinal flower,
OF all the autumn blooms thou seemest
most
To call me from the vanity and boast
OF men, to seek a glorious pulsing hour
Where reddening foliage is overhead
And fragrant winds sing of a bounteous
God
Where brown leaves rustic to the rabbits
tread;
o. swaying flower, we'll Is II said,
A nations blossom Is the yellow goldenrodI
Omaha daily bee., 1895-08-26
wholcsnIe Houses burned Out.

CINCINNATI. Aug. 25.-Fire last night
destroyed $4,000 worth of property on Sec
ond street east of Walnut and on Commerce
street near Walnut. The buildings were
three in number and were bought recently
to be torn down for new approaches to the
suspension bridge. The loss on them will
be 100000 The fire started at II O'Clock in
Greasy & Sons storehouse on Second street
and extended to James Heekn & Co.'S cof-
fee ware house and from there to the spice
mills of the same firm. HeekinS the
heaviest losers, probably 100000. Greasy
loses $4,000 and the other losses In their
building will bring the loss there up to $780,
900. The Charles Brown Wholesale Grocery
company's loss is $4,000, making the total
loss $40 OOOO
Omaha daily bee., 1895-08-26
Indinns Killed by CattIemen.

CHICAGO, Aug. PA special to the
Tribune from Burns, Ore, says The courier
from Diamond valley reports the killing of
fifteen Bannocks by cattlemen under the
leadership of r. II. Smith. Smiths reason
was revenge for the murder of his father in
1873 in Diamond valley.
There is great excitement in the town and
through the country Troops are ready to
march short notice and await orders
from the county sheriff for authority to act.
Indians are reported approaching the town
from the south, but are believed to be
friendly.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-08-26

NEW YORK. Aug. 25.-William +. Har-
rity, chairman of the national democratic
committee, arrived on the Paris yesterday.
REGARDING reports relative 10 \ third term
for Cleveland, he said: II thiak it is pre-
mature to discuss that question. 1t is my
take an opportune time to declare himself
and although ne Is very strong with the
people, l believe he will ,ot accept the
nomination. / understand Mr. WrIney is
out for 1t, but there are several others. wEo,
WIN WIN Seyeaha ,,id h ary snd Whltney out OF the
being Villas, Dckenson and Carlisle. Mr.
Harrity predicts that in 1896 America will
be enjoying flod tide of prosperity.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-08-26
Colonel spaulding has it all fixed now.

Colonel Spaulding has it all fixed now
All he intends to ask congress to
do to encourage the construction of
his cable from San Francisco to
Honolulu Is the execution of a
contract that will guarantee him $780,
600 Il year for the work he may do for
the government. This, with 100000
from private sources and the S4O,O 900 an
nual subsidy from Hawaii, will make
S4OO,OOO yearly income. If when this
is assured the cable does not build
itself ii will be only because the colonel
has found some larger fish to catch.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-08-26

HARRISBURG, Pa, Aug. Ex-senator
Quay gave out the following statement last
evening: II have been hearing instances
of attempted bribery of delegates friendly
to me all day. As the facts come to light
they fully justify my warning to my friends
explanations. The combine Is making a last
desperate charge all along the line. They
are Offering sums ranging from 500 to 81, 900
for delegates votes. This is not true of any
particular territory. but appears In all parts
of the state. These are not idle rumors
but are fully substantated facts"
Omaha daily bee., 1895-08-26

still constitute aggressive competitors Of
the garden trhrli men located on this
side of the Missouri. This, too, in the
face Of the fact that the sales are prin-
clpally made t5 iniddlemcn and dealers
and not direct to consumers. In view
of this spontaneous street marketing
without shelter and without a single
convenience for marketing the neces-
slty for market house must be appar-
ent to everybody.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-08-26

II the exact influences which the Chicago
publishers have brought to bear to convert
the Postal department of the United States
into mere distributing agency for their
early editions could be known. the revelation
might be an interesting one. All that we
know is that the "pul' OF the Chicago
papers is something tremendous. since it is
strong enough to outweigh the interests Of
the whole northwest and southwest The
people of these regions are obliged to wait
every day about two hours longer for their
through mail than they would If the fast
mail trains were run out OF Chicago in the
interests of the whole public and not in the
interests Of the Chicago morning papers.