Omaha daily bee., 1896-09-05
IupOSIyg rrOy ruE gND,ltNS.

My attention has Just been directed
! by well known aud responsible sub
! scriber OF The Bee ut Falls City, Nch
/ to 4 libelous circular issued from the
office of an Omaha German weekly last
/ Saturday and widely distributed in this
city as we'll as throughout the state,
which translated into English reads as
I follows
IAN APPEAL TO ALL SUBSCRIBERS or
THE NEBRASKA VoRWAERTS."
In consequence of crop failure during the
last two years. the most OF our subscribers
who have only very small incomes were
not in position to pay their subscription.
For this reason we were compelled to con
tract debts We owe Mr.. George II.
T2schuck, secretary Of The Bee Publishing
company, on account of paper and printing,
$1,000, ana TO secure this sum we had to give
a Chattel mortgage on the Nebraska Nor-
wacrts" Although The said gentleman
gave MS his solemn assurance in March. 1896
that he would give us time tor the pay
ment OF that debt until the farmers hai
converted their crops into money this year,
he threatens us now with foreclosure OF the
mortgage urless VIC support Mckinley and
the whole republican ticket MIR. George
b. TaschucS is in the employ OF the un
scrupulous Ed. Rosewater ,ol Tho Omaha
Rec. who notoriously leaves no means un-
tried to gain his object, which in this in
stance is a scheme to hitch the Vorwaerts
to the Mckinley monopoly cart. Being
firmly convinced that our country will drift
to ruin even faster than heretofore unless
we return to bimetallSm as soon as possible,
we shall continue to fight for Bryan and
Scwall until we fail or have achieved the
victory. The wealth of all the universe is
not large enough to buy the vote Of Il single
honest man, and we also do not propose to
sell our honest convictions. Inasmuch as
this is demanded and we are expected to
become traitors to our party unless we pro
cure the above given sum in Il short time,
so the Norwae1ts shall not pass into thu
hands OF the republican George p. TZschuck.
who is the tool of Rosewater. we urge every
subscriber in arrears. and those able to
pay in advance. to assist us by speedily for
warding their subscriptions so we may pro
cure the $1,000 and get out of this dilemma.
In that case the VOrwaerts Will not
pass into other hands, but remain on the
side of justice and truthfulness and on the
side of ;be people.
German farmers. you help yourselves II
you help us. Who helps speedily helps
doubly. Make sure that at least one Ger
man paper remains in existence in the state
OF Nebraska to tell the truth without fear,
= otherwise the paper would
become tn, tool OF the moneyed plutocracy
and Wall street gamblers, which corrupt
gang is making every effort 20 drive every
silver organ to the wall.
BENNINGHOVEN PUBLISHING COMPANY
Ernst Benninghoven. Treas.
The refusal of the writer of this
slanderous circular to make any cor
rection or retraction compcls me to
brand as malicious and false every
reference therein made TO myself or
The Bee. In rcpelling these baseleSS
charges it also becomes my disagrecable
duty to expose the disreputable meth
DDS by which public sympathy has
been invoked and contributions have
been solicited through deception and
downright imposture.
The inference sought to be conveyed
by the lying appeal for help is
that George r. Tzschuck. as secretary
of The Bee Publishing company, com
PEELED the Benninghovens to give a chat
tel mortgage as security for Il debt
owing to The Bee Publishing company
The truth is that The Bee Publishing
company has never done any printing
for the Nebraska NOrwaerts and has
never had any claim against the Ben
,i, ola,
that ! have personally or through any
one else sought to influence George b.
TZschuck TO fOreclOSe the mortgage or
to drive the concern TO the wall, as is
alleged by Ernst Rcnninghoven.
The truth is that George h. Tzschuck
some five years ago became interested
in the Festner Printing company, and
to my regret as well as to his own loss
has been involuntarily brought into
business relations with the Bcnning-
hovens, who owed the FeStner company |
several hundred dollars for work per-
formed and materials furnished. This |
debt was, however, only part of The |
1900 for which the mortgage was
given. The greater part of that sum
notes endorsed by George B.
TzSchuck and his father, General Bruno
Tzschuck. These notes were not paid
by their makers when due and McsSrs
Tzschuck had 10 make them good with
he bank in which they had been dis.
counted by the BennnghovenS.
All these facts were unknown to me
Until this week, when | made inquiry
If George B. TZSchuck as to the
about which the Ben
linghOvens have sought TO bcsmirch
ne 1t was also unknown to me until
he last two days that the impostorS
who are pretending to be Mortified and
distressed over the possibility of the
apture Of the Vorwaerts by Mckinley
md Wall street gamblers had sought To
egotiate II sale of the paper To the re
publican state central committee and
lade an offer to let the country 20 TO
uin If they were paid $4,000 for all
heir interest in the VOrwaerts. incIud- {
lg those unpurchasable convictions.
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