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Several aspirins- - patriots have beenbrought to a realizing sense of the su-

periority of walrus meat to nothing.

Hox. John L. Sullivan's announce-ment that he has sworn off will not

demoralization ofcause any seriousthe whisky market.

Pklncess Poxiatowski, nee Sperrjof San Francisco, has landed her titledhusband, even though the titled hus-

band be not landed.

President HiPPOLVTE'jj talk on theplotters against his government soundsas though he might have at one timebeen a heavyweight pugilist.

Pklvce Fuaxcois Marie ie Bour-bon, the son of forty kings, has hiseyes on the throne of France, withslim prospects for the rest of his

It has been found that whisky canbe made from beets. It was knownlong ago that beats can be made fromwhisky, and there has ever since beenan overproduction.

The farm on which John L. SullivanJs to do his great Cincinnatus act ofretirement is of eighty acres and 100miles from Boston. It is alreadystocked with cattle, etc.

At length England adopts the dol-

lar as a coin. It is to resemble theJapanese yen, will be struck in Bom-bay and mostly circulated in Japan,China and the straits settlements.

It is not surprising that Chinashould confess her inability to protectforeign subjects residing within herterritory. It has been fully shownthat China cannot protect herself.

Brazil has long been having a rev-olutio- n.

Now the bill has been pre-sented. It is for $8,000,000, and Bra-zil cannot help but wonder thriftily ifshe got enough fun for the money.

The kaiser is said to be displeasedat the new monument erected at Wies-baden to the memory of his grand-father, Wilhelm I. If the kaiser willbut inspect photographs of some ofthe public monuments of America,however, he will speedily become

Cal'Tain Montague Martin jumpedt' from a bridge 130 feet high at Pough-- A

keepsie. He did it on a wager. Thev" difference between the captain and

any other idiot seems to be that thecaptam now has a broken leg-- . II

'should be encouraged to trv abridge. ST

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With every year that passes Ameri-ca-a

mea; "read lees ofrwhat k calledliterature," while Anwrieia

read more. Already 'tke fmccess ocfailure of ia aovel depoaio iiaon thewaeaea, ami tay mafce hmh- - it in

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to commit suicide was cut down by hisgloving wife before death came, and as

soon as he recovered he took the roneand gave her a sound beating with it.There seems to be a moral in this lit-

tle story for someboly, and somehowit does not strike us that it vindicatesthe loving wife.

A member of the Pearv expedition.who esteems it a great piece of luckto get back, in summing up thetakes of Peary, asserts that the princi-pal mistake was in going at all. Thatis the literal truth. Under presentconditions all expeditions to the poloare fit only for the members of suicideclubs whose time is up.

It was a Baltimora- - woman, whoafter the death of her husband, re-

moved the black crepe from the doorand put out blue mosquito netting, ex-

plaining that black was the sign ofgloom, and blue the symbol of joy.The funeral exercises then proceededwith lively manifestations of happi-ness over the ascension of the

It seems that the fates are againstAnna Gould, and that she is destinedwith all her millions, to lead a life ofloneliness. At home her familythwarts her, and in England even the

.queen conspires against her. One of"these days Anna's gentle blood willrebel, and she will go to Thibat,where she can have just as many hus-bands as she wishes in fact the morethe better.

Since wheat fed hogs weigh fully asmuch and are as healthy and vigorousand quite as satisfactory to the pack-ers as- - any other kind, that questionwould seem to have been settled oncefor all. At the ruling price of wheatand corn, and with a big foreign wheatcvop in the bargain, there will beample opportunity for every farmer totry the new method for himself beforethe winter is over.

Our steel war vessels, of which weare so proud, have one unpleasanthabit, they are subject to "fouling'" ofthe bottom. A steel ship outwardbound and usjing a ton of coal per milewill, on her two months later,require two tons of coal per mile toforce iier through the water. This in-capacitates these ships for long cruises.It will be necessary to return to the

Id plan of copper sheeting a vervexpensive after-though- t. In learningaew things in naval architecture theauthorities should not forget old and

ill established truths.

.Caxad.v added no less than $10,500,-01- 0to her tremendously large debt

:'liat year. 'If not restrained as spend-thrift she will find herself in the handsaf:a receiver by and by and Uncle Samwill buy her railroads, canals andflkinga dirt cheap at public vendue.

'iyX c Sealers returned from the Arcticthat there are moro seals there

ever. Government officials sav?iilliat seals are emulating hen's teath in

aualitv of scarcitv. If both sets of- -v

'ormation are true they are not onlyiportant but extraordinary

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ALWAYS A FRIEND OF LABOR.

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ported by Mr. Majors.

Thomas J. Majors was a member ofthe state senate of Nebraska in 1S87,

and while a member numerous billswere introduced which were of particu-lar benefit and interest to all mechanicsand laborers of the state of Nebraska. J

It has been charged that GovernorMajors is not the friend of labor. Forthe purpose of refuting this charge hislegislative official record should be pre-

sumed to be the very best record toshow what the political history of theindividual was and is, and it certainlyis better evidence than the mere idlestreet or newspaper gossip which isgenerally circulated against a candidatebefore the election.

Bead for yourselves. Judge of Gov-

ernor Majors from his past official lifeand record, the truth of all of whichyou can readily verify yourselves byreferen.ee to the official reported pro-ceedings of the senate of Nebraska forthe year 1887, which are contained inthe senate journal, which is obtainableat the office of the secretary of state,or at any of the public-librarie- s of thestate.

TO AID MECHANICS AND LABORERS.

Senate file No. G, introduced in thesenate of Nebraska in 1887, was a billfor an act to aid mechanics and laborersin the satisfaction of liens and to amendsection 4 of article 1, chapter 54, of thecompile!! statutes of Nebraska, entitled"Mechanics' and Laborers' Liens," andto repeal said original section.

Governor Majors, then a senatorfrom Nemaha county, voted "yes" forthis bill.

EIGHT HOUR LAW.

Again, at the same session, senatefile No. 194 was introduced, being abill for an act to constitute eight hoursa day's labor, and to amend section 1,chapter 90, of the compiled statutes ofNebraska.

Governor Majors, then a senatorfrom Nemaha county," voted "Yes" forthis bill.

Mechanics and laborers who residedin Nebraska in the yepv 3887 know thatthis law was enacted for them andthem alone.

Hut you can go further and by an ex-amination of the senate journal of 1887,you will find that the interest of labor-ers and mechanics was further consid-ered, and that had the bill become alaw there would have been a remedyprovided by lar whereby all contro-versies between laborers and corpora-tions could have been adjusted by ar-bitration.

ARBITRATE ALP CONTROVERSIES.

Senate file 23. A bill for an act toprovide for the arbitration of contro-versies between laborers and corpora-tions. " ;p -- - r - - -

Taw till provided itbat'aar eitisea ofXkk Uaitad Statas, reaideat.W tfce stateof Naaraeka, is :ta;iMplojr' af . Mjr-raaL taiaarrapa or omrdaiaw lwniatni iavtteatafceasaykHT a "etroTersywitK aW xefeHaffkiaaMlf afffiered ay'tke actio of saeacarporatioB, its oftetn-a- r affaata. as to

amount of his wages, tae tisM .ofthe payment thereof, the hours oflabor, the severity of his labor, the

or changes of his employ-ment, or the manner of his treatment,could have such contrdversy and griev-ance settled and determined by arbi-tration. That any employe being una-ble to settle his controversy with suchemployer by mutual agreement and de-

siring to arbitrate the same, could filehis complaint under oath in writingwith the county judge of the county inwhich he resides, setting forth thereinthe name of his employer, and the par-ticulars of his demands, grievances andcontroversy, and asking that the samebe settled by arbitration. The bill fur-ther provided for a hearing and theissuance of a summons as in civilactions, returnable in not less thanthree days; that at the time of hearingthe plaintiff should select one, the de-

fendant one and the county judge one.person, all citizens of the county, asarbitrators to hear and determine thecontroversy; the arbitrators to beto make a award according to thelaw and the evidence, under the direc-tion of the county judge; that whenthe evidence was concluded the arbi-trators were to be kept together underthe charge of an officer of the court,until the award was agreed upon,-awar- d

to be in writing and returned tothe county judge who was directed toenter the same upon his docket, andthen enter judgment in accordancetherewith, and that if the defendantcorporation failed or neglected to com-ply with the terms or requirements ofthe award and final judgment enteredwithin the time fixed by the countyjudge, such' corporation was to befound guilty of an offense and forfeitand pay not less than S."0, nor morethan $200, such forfeiture to be paid

the school fund of the county, asin other cases of misdemeanor, and alsobe liable to the plaintiff for all damagessustained by thereby.

Governor Majors, then a senator fromNemaha county, voted "Yes"' for thisbill

This bill passed the senate and wassent to the house of representatives,where it was reported for passage onthe fifty-nint- h day of the session, andagain reported on the special roll ofthe house for passage on the sixty-secon- d

day' of the session, but was notreached in the house before adjourn-ment.

USURIOUS MORTGAGES TO BE VOID.

While still a senator, GovernorMajors voted yes to senate file 100

a bill for an act. to make chattelmortgages and bills of sale given to se-

cure usurious contracts absolutely void.This bill should have become a law. Itwas aimed at short time loan agents

, who were taking advantage of thepoor man's necessities to extort usuri-ous rates of interest Senator Majorswas a warm supporter of this measureto render all such contracts absolutelyvoid.

AGAINST POOLING PRICES.

Senate file 32, which also receivedSenator Majors' support, was a bill toprohibit grain dealers, partnerships,companies, corporations or associationsfrom combining or entering into anyagreement or contract to pool or fixthe price to be paid for grain, hogs,cattle or stock of any kind, and to pro-vide punishment for so doing' of a finenot exceeding $1,000 or imprisonmentin jail of county not exceeding sixmonths, or both, and to be liableto the party injnred in civil action.

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ELECTION-- OF SENATOR BV DIRECT VOTE.Senator Majors advocated and voted

for the passage of senate file No. 53,which was a memorial and joint resolu-tion relating to and urging upon con-gress the submission of a constitutionalamendment to the United States con-stitution, submitting the- - election ofUnited States senators to a direct voteof tfie people.PASSAGE OF THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE

LAW.Senator Majors advocated and

voted for senate file JXo. 11, memorialand joint resolution urging upon con-gress, the .immediate, passage of the in-terstate commerce law.IN FA.VOR OF TAXING SLEEPING OARS.

He voted for the passage "of sen-ate file 1C3; a billjo tax sleeping carsand dining-car- s.

EXEMPTION OF POLL OR LABOR TAX.He also voted for the passage of sen-

ate file 249, a bill for an act to exemptsoldiers, sailors and marines who werein the service of the United States dur-ing the war of the rebellion, and whoare now disabled, from poll or labortax.UNIFORM FREIGHT AND PASSENGER

RATES.He voted for the passage of sen-

ate file 8, memorial and joint resolutionasking congress to establish uniformfreight and passenger , rates on rail-road's, and to prevent unjust discrimina-tion and extortion on lines of railroadsfrom Nebraska to Chicago and to com-mercial cities of eastern states.

NO ATTACHMENT OF PENSION MONEY.He voted for the passage of sen-

ate file 259, a bill to exempt from levyand on execution or attachmentall pension money and property pur-chased and improved exclusively there-with of the solders, sailors and marineswho were disabled in the service of theUnited States.

THREE CENT A MILE BATE.He-als- o voted for the passage of sen-

ate file No. 4, a bill to fix the maximumrate of charges and to fix passengerrates at three cents per mile.

In 1889 Governor Majors was a mem-ber of the house of representatives ofNebraska from Nemaha county. Dur-ing this session many bills were intro-duced for the purpose of looting thepublic treasury of the state and a greatmany members of the house who wereopposed to extravagant and unjustlegislation formed a combine whichwas known as the "Farmers' Combine,"whose object was to solidly oppose anylegislation which would in any mannerbe termed extravagant and am just tothe tax paying people of the state.This combine consisted of republicans,democrats and some independents. Mr.Majors was chairman and leader ofthis so-call- ed

: 'combine."Among the bills defeated by the

efforts of this "combine" was one toappropriate 20,000 to pay for the ex-penses of sending the Nebraska Na-

tional Guard to New York city to assistin the celebration of- - the 100th anniver-sary of the inauguration of Washing-ton. A strong effort was made to passthis bill, but by the efforts of Mr.Majors and his friends it was defeated.PROHIBITING' POOLING ON LUMBER, C(AL,

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to proaitot lam uer dealers, coat oeaters,paraeas, .companies, partnerships, cor-poratio- as

or associations frora eateriBgiaio .aay" coatrict or agreement, orcbmbining'tb pool or -- fix the price-a- t.

which lumber, coal, goods or stocks ofany kind whatever should be sold, andto provide punishment for violations ofsame.

The bill was of special interest to theworking classes of people in this stateand was for their protection against ex-

tortionate prices for all such articles,and was a bill that particularly inter-ested the farmers of the state.FAVORED PAYMENT OF WAGES ON PUBLIC

BUILDINGS.

There had been many complaintsthat the general mechanics' lien lawthen in force was inadequate to protectmechanics and laborers who worked onpublic buildings, therefore House Roll42 was introduced and its passage fa-

vored by Mr. Majors. The bill was en-

titled "An act to secure the payment ofmechanics' and laborers' wages on allpublic buildings," where the provis-ions of the mechanics' lieu law doesnot apply.

Governor Majors, while a member ofthe house of representatives, favoredthe passage of House l'oll No. 121.

TO PROTECT EARNINGS OF LABORERS.

A bill for an act to provide for thebetter protection of the earnings of la-

borers, servants and other employes ofcorporations, firms or individuals en-

gaged in inter-stat- e business.This is the law which protects rail-

way and other employes from havingtheir earnings, while working for rail-way companies or other persons garni-shee- d

by collection firms in other statesand has been a very beneficial law forworkingmen working for corporationsin this state.

MAXIMUM RATE BILLS.

He supported the passage of HouseRoll No. 45, a bill for an act to regulaterailroads, to classify freights, to fixreasonable maximum rates to becharged for the transportation offreight upon each of the railroads inthe state of Nebraska, to increase thepowers and further define the duties ofthe board of transportation xind to pun-ish violations thereof.

He supported the passage of HouseRoll 45, a bill introduced by Hon. C. L.Hall, (now Judge Hall of the districtcourt of Lancaster county) which wasthe most direct and clean cut rate re-

duction bill ever before any session ofthe legislature, and the only one beforea session in which Mr. Majors had avote.

It was a maximum rate bill, substan-tially the same as the "Newberry Hill."The bill was introduced and read thefirst time Jan. 8, 1S89, and passed thehouse (of which Mr. Majors was amember), March 2(5, 18S9, but the billfailed in the senate. (See house jour-nal session 1889, page 1843.)

TROVIDES FOR RELIEF OF OLD SOLDIERS.

He supported the passage of House.Roll No. 142, an act to provide for therelief of Union soldiers sailors andmarines, and the indigent wives wid-ows and minor children of indigentor deceased Union soldiers, sailors ormarines.

He also favored the passage of HouseRoll 172, to exempt pensioners, disabledsoldiers and invalids from paying polltax, or working on the public highwaysin, this state.FAVORED GENERAL LAW TO IMPROVE

ROADS.

He voted to pass House Roll 268, "anact to authorize the county board ofany county in which a city of the met-ropolitan, first or .second class is situ-ated, to grade, pave, or otherwise im-

prove roads leading- - thereto, and to as-

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rFAVOKD.E IRRIGATION LAW.; He otefl foHouse Roll 35.V whichbeeanas. a;la w;--, entitled "an act to pro-vide, far water,--" rights and irrigation,sndtcrefalate .the right to the use ofwaterrfor agricultural and mauufactur-in- g

purposes.U2UTJ5D STATES MILITARY POST.

He voted for the passage of HouseRoll 433, granting the consent of thestate ofxNebraska to the purchase'- orcondemnation by the United States ofa tract of land in Sarpy, Washingtonor Douglas counties fora military postand reservation and ceding jurisdictionthereof to'the United Stales.WARRANTS DECLARED "STATE SECUR-

ITIES."

When the legislature of 1S90 conven-ed it was ascertained that a large sumof money had accumulated in the statetreasury to the credit of the perma-nent "school fund." It amounted toseveral hundred thousand dollars, andbecause of the failure of the "Board ofEducational Lands and Funds" (con-

sisting of the Governor, Secretary ofState, Treasurer. Attorney General,and Commissioner of Public Lands andBuildings) to find suitable investmentfor this money, it was remaining idlein the state treasury, and of no use toany one except, the state treasurer.

The constitution of the state provides"that the school fund should not be in-

vested in anything, except in UnitedStates securities, or registered countybonds of this state." The board had ashort time previous decided that statewaiTants drawing interest were not"State securities" within the meaningof the state constitution. At this timethere was a very large number of statewarrants held in New York and Phila-delphia, which bad been endorsed bythe state treasurer, "presented and notpaid for want of funds." and thesewere under the law drawing seven percent interests To save this interest tothe school fund Governor Majors, thena member of, ,the house of representa-tives, on January 10, 1889, introducedthe following resolution. House Roll107:

"Whereasaquestion has been raisedas to the proper interpretation of theconstitution of the state of Nebraska.

"Therefore, be it resolved, Thatstate warrants, when endorsed by thestate treasurer, 'presentedfand notpaidfor the want of funds,' are state securi-ties under the meaning of article S, sec-

tion 9, of the constitution of the stateof Nebraska."

On January 12, 1889, Mr. Majors of-

fered the following resolution:"Resolved by the house of represen-

tatives of the State of Nebraska. Thatthe supreme court of the state arehereby requested to furnish this bodywith an opinion setting forth whetheror not state warrants drawing interestare state securities under article 8, sec-tion 9, of the state constitution."

The resolution prevailed, and thesupreme court rendered an affirmativedecision, by reason of which thousandsof dollars was saved to the permanentschool fund.

WORLD-HERAL- D COMMENDS MAJORS.

The Omaha World says Majors savedthe state 552,500 a year interest aloneby the introduction of the foregoingbill.

From Omaha World, Januar3'21, 1889:"Tom Majors introduced a joint resolu-tion the other day which seems to haveattracted slight attention consideringthe importance of the subject. There

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debtedness, and thus saving to thestate in interest an annuity of 552,500.The resolution aimed to declare thestate warrant a stdte security, but asthe matter, after investigation, seemedto rest with the interpretation of theconstitution, and as it appeared thatthe legislature possessed no jurisdictionthe resolution was withdrawn, and anopinion, solicited from the supremecourt. If that tribunal shall decidethat a state warrant is a state securityand the money of the school fund shafibe used to call in the warrants, thebanks of Nebraska will losre a prettypenny, and the state treasurer, who es

from the banks the interest onstate deposits, will have to curtail hispersonal expenses for a few thousandsa year."

AGAINST A PRISON CONTKACT.

Alajors was in favor of the repeal ofthe act extending the "prison contract"'from Stout to Mosher. The OmahaWorld of January 23, 1SS9. says: "Rep-resentative Majors of Nemaha intro-duced very innocent looking bill. Itsimply provided for the repeal of chap-ter 8Gcf the session laws of 1SS7. Turn-ing to this chapter a little surprisepart3 is presented. Chapter SO is thebill passed by the last legislature ex-

tending the V. H. 15. Stout "prisoncontract" to C. W. Mosher. Mr. Majorssaid to your correspondent that hethought this act would cancel the-contract- ;

that the measure was a most in-

iquitous and corrupt measure, and thestate could not too quickly endeavor toright the great wrong. He thoughtsomething could be done.

The Herald, Omaha, Friday. March22, 18S9, says: "House Roll 214 isMajors1 bill repealing chapter SO of thesession laws of 1SS7. This affects sec-

tion 48 of the law as it stands in thecompiled statutes, which provides forthe extension of the contract of C. WMosher for the care and labor of theconvicts in the state penitentiary. Bythis contract 40 cents per day is paid bythe state for the care of each convict.The contract was originally made toW. H. R--. Stout, and was by him transferred and assigned to Mosher.

! Majors bill seeks to destroy the act ex- -,

tending this contract ten years beyondJ the time it was originally run. which

was to October, 1889.'This bill was indefinitely postponed

bv the house upon report of the com-

mittee on March 22, 18S9.

Handsome sideboard cloths can bemade of coarse- - linen, with an inser-tion of crochet let in some threeinches above each end. The ends arebordered with laci to match, and anarrower edging to correspond iscarried along the front.- -

The novel appliques for linen arebecoming extremely popular, givinga wonderfully good effect at the ex-pense of remarkable little time andtrouble. The latest idea is to usethem upon silk or satin, and to coverthem closely with stitches of coloredfiloselle.

Some new linen embroidery haab;en brought out, in which the pat-tern takes the form of open scallopsor arches, set one above the other.When thesa are buttonholed over andthe linen cut- - away from beneaththem, an effective openwork borderis the result.

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Representative.For many years the Hon. Wm. S.

Holman, of Indiana, has posed in thehouse of representatives as the "watch-dog of the treasury: falling heir to thattitle when the original "watch-do- g ofthe treasury", Hon. Elihu R. Wash-

burn, of Illinois, retired from congressin 1SG9.

He has for years been known as thegreat "objector" of the house of rep-

resentatives, and while it is undoubted-ly true that during the long period ofhis congressional service he has pre-vented the passage of many privateclaims that possibly should not havehad a favorable report, it is equallytrue and beyond all question that hehas objected to and prevented the -- passage

of hundreds of as honest, just andmeretorious claims as were ever pre-sented to congress.

Every speaker of the house of repre-sentatives, from lSiil to date, fromGalusha A. Grow to Charles F. Crisp,has known the inconsistent and hypo- - as;&critical character of .hidffe Holman sooposition to private claims and has soexpressed himself either publicly orprivately, none with more positiveuessand vehemence than Speakers Kerr,Randall. Carlisle and Crisp, all sturdydemocrats. His "wobbling" and trickycourse in this regard was fully exposedin the 51st congress by Speaker Reed,and has from time to time been venti-lated by the Washington correspond-entso- f

leading democratic papers. Fora few 3'ears past, Judge Holman haschanged his tactics as to private claims.He has always been "willing to woundand yet afraid to strike." And so hasinstigated and invited other membersusually men of no character or stan-dingto do the "objecting," while hewould privately furnish the reasons orarguments against the bill. There aretoday on the files of congress, or on itscalendars, hundreds of just and meri-torious claims which have been "ob-jected" to, congress after congress, byJudge Holman, who as the record willshow, has passed or assisted in passingscores of unworthy claims, involvinghundred of thousands of dollars.

He has specially posed as the enemy of"war claims," particularly of that classwhich asked for property destroyedin battle or by the lawless and wantonacts of troops, or as a milisary necess-ity. All this class of claims under therecognized piinciples of internationallaw and never paid, for the reason thatno obligation to pay for property so de-

stroyed is recognized as existing. Afew such cases, as for instance college,university., and school buildings,churches,4hospitals, etc., have, as amatter of grace and public policy beenmade exceptions, but they have beenplaced entirely on that ground.

The bill was II. R. 7992 for the reliefof J. and O. P. Cobb & Co.. and appro-priated the sum of 5,441.00 to pay saidclaimants for certain barges and flat-boa- ts

loaded with hay, which were des-troyed by a U. S. gunboat by order ofGeneral Rayle during the Morgan raidof 18C3 to prevent said hay from beingused by General Morgan's command.Judge Holman passed a bill throughthe house of representatives of the 38thcongress paying for both the hay andbarges, but the senate liberal as it is

refused to pay for the barges whichhad;be eeatraeted for by.tU.e.govern-n- i

. ErefTthe senators did." not' askpayawat for the barges and Matboatswhich were the private property ofMessrs. J. & O. P. Cobb & Co. The bUlin. question had not been reported bythe very liberal war claims committeeof the house, though constantly impor-tuned by Judge Holman so to do. Onthe contrary the records of the com-mittee show that the sub-committ- re-ported it adversely to the full commit-tee and that by the special request ofJudge Holcom it was "laid over" forthe present session. The request wasmade b- - Judge Holman immediatelyafter the reading of the journal onAugust 27, the day before the final ad-journment, when there were by actualcouut, made by an officer of the house,but twenty-seve- n members present, acount by tellers some time later, on apublic matter of importance, showingthe presence of but eighty members,compelling the withdrawal of themeasure and the adjournment of thehouse. Judge Holman pleaded longand earnestly with Messrs. Marsh ofIllinois and other members to with-draw their objections, but in vain. Nota single member of the committee onwar claims was present, there wasgreat noise and confusion in the hall,the clerk read rapidly and indistinctlyand if most any other member thanJudge Holman had preferred the re-quest it is probable that the claimwould have "slipped through." ButJudge llolman is so obnoxious to mem-bers by reason of his insincere, trickyand hypocritical course in respect toprivate claims, that no request of hisfor unanimous consent is ever granted.He stated in prefering the request thatit was "a great many years since I haveasked the house to consider a privatebill." Why then this urgency in theclosing hours of a session with buttwenty-seve- n members present notone being a member of the committeeon war claims to pass a bill which hadnot only not been reported favorablyby said committe, but which insteadhad been reported unfavorably by asub-committe- e, and "laid over" for thesession, as a favor to Judge Holman?

The answer may possible be found inthe response made by Judge Holmanto Mr. Marsh of Illinois, who askedwhy he (Holman) objected to sendingthe case to the court of claims, baysJudge Holman:

"Sending the case to that court wouldinvolve time and expense, and mv cli-

ents are too old and too poor to bearthat."

It may seem incredible that JudgeHolman should thus publicly advertisehis attorneyship, but there is the lan-guage in the Record of that day's pro-ceedings, page 10,407, lines 4 and 5 ofthe first column.

Comment is unnecessary, for no lan-guage could do the subject justice.

SUGAR SCANCAL.

Some of the Results or the l'assnse of theDemocratic Tariff Law Seen from

the Standpoint of a Dis-

interested Observer.After the Brice-Gorma- n bill had

passed the hout-- the prediction wasmade by many prominent democratsthat the price of sugar would not ad-

vance. The reason given was that thesuo-a- r trust law, like the sword of Dem-ocle- s,

was suspended over the trust, and'twas but a slender thread that held itin place. They argued that if the trustadvanced the cost of sugar to the con-

sumer, and thereby injured the demo-

cratic party, the senators would be ina retaliatory mood in December andwould fire the sugar pop-gu- n at thetrust. In their war on it they wouldhave the active aid of many republicansenators, wbo will never forgive thetrust for the part it played in selectingMr. Cleveland in 1S92. The populists,too, would have to vote for the sugarpoD-gu- n bill, in obedience to the de-

mands of their constituents which would

forting assurances with which many ofthe democrats bore dawn- - the republi-can predictions that the price of sugarwould advance. And there was muchplausibility in the argument.

Uut sugar has advanced, and thecause of it furnishes one of the mostinfamous chapters that has ever disgraqed the annals of American politics.It should be published far and wide forthe purpose of confounding the schemesof the trust and the democratic party.

One of the most puzzling problemsthat the democrats have had to confront in the organization of the cam-paign which is now in progress, wasthe question of raising funds. An ef-

fort has been made to compel the sugartrust to again subscribe a large amounttowards the carrying of the presentelection, but it is currently reportedthat the Havemeyer sj'ndicate hasasked to be excused as they hadalready contributed a very large sumand have not" yet reaped any directbenefit from the demdcratusuccess of1892; and if they should be compelledto subscribe again to the democraticcampaign fund the price of sugarwould have to be advanced at once, inorder to help them to maintain theirbusiness upon anything like a paying

It is not generally known whatthe result of this conference was bythe public; but it is currently reportedthat the committee convinced the trustthat it was their duty to subscribe fur-ther to their campaign fund and let theprice qf sugar go up if necessary.

Are the people aware how this mon-strous combination at the capital is tofatten upon the .toil of the commonpeople for the next-thre- years. Fortyor sixty millions at least will be gath-ered from the pockets of the poor,while the democrats will go on'proftfc-sin- g

and declaiming to be the friendsof the toilers and the enemies of com-bined capital!

The present campaign on the part ofthe democrats will be waged on the"boodle' line. They expect to buywith money what they cannot other-wise control by party prestige. Suchdistricts as Mr. Wilson's, in West Vir-ginia; Mr. Bynum's, in Indiana; and--Mr. Traceys. in New York, in rewardfor their fidelity to President Cleveland,are to be furnished with all the sugar"boodle" they need to ensure their re-election. Surely the glory of the de-

mocracy has departed! The highsounding phrases of "reform," of "hon-ne- st

administration" and "fair dealingwith the masses" are to all intents andpurposes today meaningless sentences.The mask of democracy has at last beenpushed aside, and its true character ismade known. Spoils, both public andprivate, by which demagogues havefattened, is no longer a mystery of theinner chambers of Tammany and likeorganizations. They are known andbelong to the public The common peo-ple now understand that all professionsof the past are but the cant and rantof a class of political aspirants, whosought political prestige and power forthe purpose of selfish gain and selfishends.

The republicans, who in the past havebeen charged as being "boodlers": withthe buying of elections, etc all of whichthey have stoutly denied, need thistime to make no apologies for the useof money, as they are running theircampaign, as they have always tried todo, without the illegitinate use ofmoney in the hope of securing a greatvictory by the uprising of the peoplewho have seen the folly of allowing thedemocrats to.get into power, by

country has beendepoiled of thous-ands of 'millions and the cries of thepoor aad suffering ones have set themost indifferent to thinking how theprosperity of the past can be restoredacraia. Let each individual man andwoman daring the next few mouths, as j

they are reminded of the things con- - ;

taiaed in this short chapter of demo- -

cratic perfidy and crime, and as they j

sweeten their coffee with the sugar .

factoried and sold as an ill-gott- en arti-cle of commerce, by an illicit combineof "boodlers" and democratic politic- - j

lans, resolve that the time must sooncome when the people shall be releasedfrom the thraldom of the trust and thehomes shall again be made happy byindependence, each having found hon-orable- employment at remunerative

The Nation Dishonored by the Presidentand bis Tarty.

The people of the United States feelterribly humiliated. We have neverbeforefelt so keenly the nation's deg-reda.ti- on

as now. During the vicpssi-tude- s

of ante bellum da3's, Avhen thegovernment was accused of covertly as-

senting to the subjugation of Kansasto slavery; during the trying times ofthe civil war when whole states tookup arms against our government, neverduring this long period was the na-

tional honor so degredated as it hasbeen by President Cleveland and con-

gress. The chief magistrate of the na-

tion has published to the civilized na-

tions of the earth, the gravest of charg-es against our law giving power andhad consented to become a party to itsigrnony. During the election of 1892.it was claimed by the friends of Presi-dent Cleveland, that he was better thanhis party. It was generally believed (

by the republicans that this was true.How speedily have we been undeceived.Cleveland has taken pains to assert thathe is no better than his party and hehas giveu the strongest proof of it.Congress has just passed a revenue bill,a tariff bill, which affects every indus-try of the United States and every tradeand calling. This bill he charges was,

"The reproduction of trusts and theircombinations, the communism of pelf,

whose machinations have preventedus from reaching the success we de-served." Now to prove that he is no bet-ter than his party he allows this corruptbill to become a law, and in so doingsays that he takes his place with therank and file of the democratic party.He thus slanders the grcst mass of thedemocratic party. For the ranks ofhis party are surely patriotic and hon-est. They must resent this insinuationagainst their honor. One of ourearliest and wisest statesmen has said:"The degradation of a nation's honoris the inevitable prelude to her destruc-tion." This is undoubtedly true unlessthe masses of the nation rise up andresent this degradation and banish theauthors of it from the places of trustto which they were elected by the peo-ple. We cannot believe but that thepeople in their might will rise up anddethrone these autocrats of the trusts,congress and the president, and placehonest, patriotic men in power andwipe out,the stigma which we as a na-tion have suffered at the hands of thedemocratic party. Why, even a work-ing man stopped me on the streets thismorning and said: "What do you thinkof our country now, after the presi-dent's letter?" He said: "It is theworst thing I ever heard of." Ourpapers here have not alluded to theperfidious confession of the presidentnor stigmatized his act of charging therank and file of his party as willingaccessories to fraud. Every republicanspeaker and every paper in the UnitedStates should be asked to denouncethis insinuation against the honesty ofthe masses composing the democraticparty, and to denounc Sugar Trust andthe Whisky Trust, whose power hascontrolled even the president of theUnited States. . .,, '. ,

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