.
THE RIEL ZSSUE RAISED.
An Ottawa dispatch says : Mr. Laundry ,
of Mont Magny , has put the following no-
. tico ot a motion on the prder. calendar for
Friday next : "That this house feels it its
duty to express its deep regret that the
vsentencc of death passed upon Louis Reil ,
convicted of high treason , was allowed to
be carried into execution. " Itm understood
that the motion is being made at the insti
gation of tho government who are said to
IDC courting defeat on this issue.
r ZEGISLATJCTJS HEWS AND NOTES.
A. Record of Proceedings in Jloth Uranshe *
oftlte U. S. Congress.
HOUSE , Feb. 27. Immediately npon as
sembling , tho house , under the previous
order , went into committee of the whole for
general debate on the state of tho union.
Mr. Chandler submitted an argument
against the suspension of silver coinage and
contended that there was no sound basis
for the prediction made by tho "gold bugs"
that the continued coinage of silver would
have tho effect of driving gold out of the
country. Mr.Lanham spolce in support ol
the bill previously introduced by him to
disapprove an act of the legislature in New
Mexico to prevent the introduction of dis
eased cattle into the territory , arguingthat
it was unconstitutional in that it interfered
with inter-state commerce. Mr. Weaver ol
Nebraslca discussed the silver question and
predicted that the effort of the money
oligarchy , assisted by the "executive officers
of the nation , to double tho people's bur
den and cripple the business of tho country
by the suspension of silver coinage would
prove unsuccessful , now that the attention
of tho people was attracted to the question.
He favored unlimited coinage , and asserted
that if the whole yield was coined annually'
it would be twenty years bofore the per
r" -capita circulation of the United States
would bo equal to that of France , and this
circulation he said had been made without
taking into account the increase of popultf
t > fui of the country.
SENATE. March 1. The house committee
-on public lands voted to report adversely
the report of Surveyor General Dewitt , of
Utah. The minority report of the senate
judiciarjcommittee on the Duskin case is
three or four times as long as the majority
report. It embodies no resolutions. Pugh
nuked that the report be printed and placed
on the calendar. It was not read in tho
senate. The report says that when Presi
dent Cleveland came into olfice he found
-about 95 per cent of the offices filled by
republicans , appointed as a reward for
party serviceThe party to whom the
president owed his nomination and election
has been exiled from all participation in tho
-civil administration of the government for
nearly a quarter of a century. The friends
-and supporters of the president made ap
plication for a redistribution of public
trusts. No other president has ever been
subjected to such a severe trial or has met
with such grave difficulties and no other
had such an abundant supply of valid
reasons and causes urging him to tho free
exercise of the power of removal from fed
eral office , and no other ever resisted with
more firmness the just claims of his sup
porters or used his power of removal more
conscientiously , cautiously and sparingly.
Notwithstanding these facts , tho (550 nom
inations sent to the senate in suspension
cases had been allowed to remain before
the conimitees without consideration and
full disposition.
HOUSE , March 1. Brumm Ksked unani
mous consent to have printed in the Rec
ord a memorial signed by J. P. Brighnm
and others asking for the impeachment of
Daniel Manning , secretary of the treasury ,
lor high crimes and misdemeanors in the
execution of the silver law. Eldridga
moved to suspend the rules and pass tho
Mexican pension bill , with a proviso except
ing from its provisions persons politically
disabled. Afterdebate , and pending neti.on
upon the motion , the house adjourned.
SENATE , March 2. The committee on
pensions reported with amendment the
house bill to increase the pensions of
widows and dependent relatives of deceased
soldiers and sailors. The amendment pro
vides an increase of the pensions of minor
children from § 2 per month , the amount
fixed by the house , to § 4 per month. Van
Wyck said he would ask an early con
sideration of the bill and would ask tho
senate to increase tho minorchildren's pen
sions to § 5 per month instead of § 4 , as
recommended by the committee. He would
also ask that insane and helpless children
should receive the same pension given to
minor over 18 years of age , so long as dis
ability or insanity should continue. The
bill was placed on the calendar. The edu
cational bill was then considered. Logan
submitted as amendments the"substance
of measures heretofore introduced by him ,
one providing an appropriation § 10.000-
000 the first year , § 17,500.000 the second
year , § 20.000.000 the third year. § 18.-
000,000 the fourth year. § 10,000,000 tho
fifth year , § 14,000,000 tho sixth vcar ,
v12000.000 ; the seventh year , § 10.000,000
eighth year , § 8,000,000 the ninth year ,
§ 6.000,000 tho tenth year , when the ap
propriations under this act shall close ;
also , an amendment providing a special
fund of § 2,000,000 to aid inbiiildingschool
houses in sparsely populated districts , not
more than § 100 on any one house , nor
more than one-half the cost of the school
in the case.
HOUSE , March 2. The committee on in
valid pensions reported the bill extending
until July 1. 1888 , the time within which
P applications for arrears of pensions may
be filed , extending the provisions of the
\l \
arrears net to special pensioners , and pro
viding that in applications for pensions
the person on whose account the pension is
claimed shall be presumed prima facie to
have been sound and free from disease at
the date of enterinz the service. The
speaker laid before the house the response
of the secretary of the treasury to the
Bland rcsolutio'n calling for information
concerning the circulation of the standard
silver dollar and the policy to be pursued
as to the pni'inent of silver. Referred to
the committee on coinage , weights and
measures. After the morning hour expired
tho house went into committee of the
whole on the pensipn appropriation bill.
Messrs. Cannon. Wilson , Hammond and
others addressed tho house , but no final
action was taken.
SENATE , March 3. The chair laid before
the senate the president's message on tho
treatment of the Chinese in the west , which
has already been published. It was referred
to the committee on foreign relations ; also
a" message from the president relating to
the payment of claims of Cherokee Indians
and the sale of n tract of land belonging to
the Sac and Fox Indians. Frye presented
a petition from the citizens of New .Jersey
praying for legislation for the legal protec
tion ofyoung girls. Riddlebcrger offered a
resolution , which was agreed to , requiring in
each senator to report to the senate the ol
name of his private secretary. The educa
tion bill was then taken up , and Harrison
epoke in advocacy of it and in opposition
to the Allison amendment. An amendment
by Hoar to tho amendment of Allison was
agreed to providing that a state having on
separate white and colored schools , the "
money received by such state under thebill h
Miiotilil be apportioned and applied in pro- ] >
portion to the illiteracy of the two races At
respectively until an equal sum per capita l >
shall have b.een appropriated from the na
tional and state funds , and declaring the A
dbjecfc' thebill to T > e to secure equal ad- n ;
vantages to all children ol whatever color . pi
or race. tJ
HOUSE , March 3. The speaker laid be
fore the house the message of the presiden
on the Chinese question troubles and it wai
read by the clerk. It was then referred tc
tho committee on foreign affairs. Th
ways nnd means committee reported bill
extending the provisions of the act for th
immediate transportation of dutiabl
goods to the ports of Omaha , Key Wes
and Tampa. Placed on house calendar.
The committee on agriculture reported th
bill to establish agricultural expenmen
stations in connection with the college
established in tiie several states. Referred
to committee of tho whole. The commit
tee on expenditures in the interior depart
ment reported back the resolution direct
ing that committee to investigate the ad
ministration and expenditures of the pen
sion bureau under the present and previous
administrations and ascertain what foun
dation there is for the statement in th
annual report of Commissioner Black in
reference to partisan management and
extravagance in that bureau in the term o"
office of his predecessor. Placed on housi
calendar.
SENATE , March 4. The chair laid before
the senate a message from the president
transmitting the annual report for 1885 o
the board of Indian commissioners. Among
the memorials presented was one presented
by Teller , from the Colorado legislature ,
urging legislation to protect the rights ol
settlers on public lands. The committee
on library reported favorably the joint re
solution accepting from William II. Van
derbilt and Julia Dent Grant objects o
value nnd art presented by foreign govern
ments to the late Gen. Grant. Sewoll ,
from the committee on military affairs , re
ported favorably the house bill for the re
lief of Fitz John Porter , the report giving
the views of a majority of tho committee.
Sftwell added that Logan would later pro
sent the views of the minority. The educa
tional bill was then taken up and debated.
Logan moved his amendment , already sug
gested , increasing tho appropriation to tho
total amount of § 130,000,000 in ten
years , giving the first year § 15.000.000
the second § 17,000,000 , the third § 20- ,
000,000. the fourth § 18.000.000 , tho
fifth § 10,000.000 , the sixth § 14.000.000 ,
the seventh § 12,000.000. the eighth § 10-
000,000 , the ninth § 8,000,000 , and tho
tenth § 0.000.000.
HOUSE , March 4. The speaker laid be
fore the house a communication from the
secretary of war recommending an appro
priation for extra-duty pay to enlisted
men employed at Fortress Monroe. Re
ferred. At the expiration of the morninj
hour Cannon moved to lay aside the pen
sion appropriation bill for the purpose o
taking up the urgent deficiency bill. Lengthy
discussion took place , participated in by
Messrs. Cnbell , llynn , Harrows , Hammond
and others. Randall , of Pennsylvania
moved tho previous question , which was
ordered. The ayes and nays were thei
taken and the bill was passed ayes 241
Bennett , of North' Carolina , cast the only
dissenting vole. The speaker announcer
the special committee to investigate the
facts concerning the ownership of Pan
Electric telephone stock by certain public
officers as follows : Messrs. Boyle , Gates ,
Eden , Hall , Hale , Rnnney , Millard , Han
back and Moffatt. Tho house then ad
journed.
SENATE , March 5. Among petitions pre
sented was one praying congress to take
steps to have restrictions placed on the
importation into Germany of American
pork and one praying that the department
of agriculture maybe represented by a cab
inet officer. A resolution offered by Hale
was agreed to calling on the secretary of
the navy for a variety of information con
cerning the Dolphin , Boston , Atlanta and
Chicago. The education bill was taken up ;
and the amendment offered by Logan was
agreed to , providing that the secretary of
the interior is charged with the proper ad
ministration of this law through the coin
mis&ioner of education. Those two officers
are authorized , with the approval of the
president , to make all needful rules and
regulations , not inconsistent with the pro
visions of the bill , to carry out these pro
visions. Evnrts offered an amendment
providing that if any state shall decline or
relinquish its quota of the moneys of the
bill the amount so declined or relinquished
should go to increase the quota of states
accepting it. Agreed to. Other amend
ments of detail were made. The bill hav
ing thus been perfected as in committee of
the whole , was reported to the senate , and
most of the amendments made as in com
mittee of the whole were agreed to. On
motion of George , the section setting forth
that thedcsign of this act was not to estab
lish an independent school system in the
states , but only to extend aid to state gov
ernments , was restored by unanimous
vote. The bill was then read a third time
and passed yens 3G , nays 11. A number
of pairs were announced owing to the neces
sary abgen.cc of some senators.
HOUSE , March 5. After the call of tho
committees for the reports of a private na-
ure , the house went into committee of the
whole on the the urgent deficiency bill.
Burns took up and explained the provi
sions of thn bill. The total amount car
ried by the bill was § 034,452. After de
bate on the various provisions of the bill
the commitleearoseand thebill was passed
yeas 229. nays 20. The house then went
into committee of the whole on the private
calendar. The committee soon arose and
the house , after passing two private bills ,
tool : a recess until 7:30 , theevening session
to be for the consideration of pension bills.
At its evening session the house passed
thirty pension bills and adjourned.
WORSE THAN THE HZ.UZES.
Drunlen Husband and Wife Leave Their
Children to Slaree.
Offier Dudley of the Humane Society ,
says a Chicago dispatch , caused the arrest
of Charles and Johanna Kratz. They have
three little children , and complaint waa
made to the Humane society that the par
ents totally neglected their children and
left them to wallow in the filth about the
house , which is described as being so dis
gustingly dirty as to be unfit for the habi
tation of swine. The father works occas
ionally but spends his money for whisky
and beer , which he shares with his wife , and
both remain drunk as long as the spirits
hold out. The only sustenance of the fam
ily is what the children , driven out in tho
cold , manage to beg about the city. The
neighbors have given the little ones shelter
again and again , but seeing no reform to
the degraded parents , entered complaint.
The children will probably be sent to tho
Home for the Friendless , while the parents
will probably be given a chance to sober
up under a Bridewell sentence. The house
occtipfed by the Kratz family , the neighbors
say , ought to be abated as a nuisance , for
its present condition it will be the means
spreading disease.
y LAIRD'S BROTHER.
The mangled body of a man was found "
the railroad track near Albuquerque ,
New Mexico , a few days ago. His watch
had stopped at G:30 , showing that he had
been run over by the morning freight train.
the inquest the body proved to be a
brother of Congressman Laird , of Ne
braska , who has been visiting friends near "
Albuquerque for some time past. Friday
night he became intoxicated , nnd it is sup
posed wandered off and went to sleep on
the track.
NEBRASKA AND KANSAS SETTLERS.
Introduction of a Jltll for Their Relief by
Congressman Laird of Nebraska.
Be it enacted by the senate and house ol
representatives o ! the United States of
America in congress assembled , that for
the purpose of reimbursing peruons , and
the grantees , heirs and devisees of persons ,
who , under the homestead , pre-emption or
other law.-1 , settled upon or purchased landa
within tho grant made by an act entitled
"An act for a grant of lands to the state of
Kansas to aid in the construction of the
Northern Kansas-Railroad and Telegraph , "
approved July 23 , 18GG , , tnd to whom
patents have been issued therefor , but
against which persons , or their grantees ,
lieirs , or devisees , decrees huvu been or
may hereafter be rendered by the United
States circuit court on account nl the pri
ority of said grant made in. the tvct above
entitled , the sum of two hundred and fifty
thousand dolbir.s , or so ni..ch thereof an
filial ! be requited for said purpose , is hereby
appropriated. Provided , hov ver , no part
of paid Hum shall be paid to an/-oneof said
parties until he shall havefiltd with thesec-
retnry of the interior a copy of the haid
decree , duly certified , and also u certificate
of the judge of said court rendering the
Bnnio to the effect that such a decree was
rendered in a bona fide controversy be
tween a plaintiff showing title under the
grant inutle in said act and a defendant
holding the patent or holding by deed
under the patentee , nnd that the decision
was in favor of the plaintiff on the ground
of the priority of the grant made by said
act to the filing , Kettlement , or purchase by
the dofendmit or his grantor ; and said
claimant shall also file with the said decree
and certificate a bill of the coats in huch
case duly certified by the clerk and judge of
said court. Thereupon it shall be the duty
of the secretary of the interior to adjust
the amount due to each have paid , not ex
ceeding three dollars and fifty cents per
acre for the tract his title to which shall
have failed as aforesaid , and the costs
appearing by the bill thereof. He
ehall then make a requisition upon
the treasury for the sum found
to be due to tiich claimant , or his heirs and
devisees or assigns , and sr.all pay the same
to him , taking such ivlease , acquittance , or
discharge as shall forever bar niiy further
claimiigainst the United States on account
of the failure of the titile as aforesaid : Pro
vided further , that when any person , his
grantees , heirs , assigns , or deviseea. shall
prove to the satisfaction of the secretary of
the interior that bis case is like the case of
those described in The preceding portions of
this act , except that he hab not bnen sued
and subjected to judgment as hereinbefore
provided , and that he hns in good faith
paid to tlie person holding the prior title
by the grant herein referred to the sum de-
ninndid ? of him , without litigation , such
secretary shall pay to such person such
Bum JIB he hiin so paid , not exceeding three
dollars and fifty cents per acre , taking his
release therefor as hereinbefore provided.
Tin ? WORE GOES JBRAVELY O2V.
Z7ic Great Reaper IJ'orJat of McCormicli Again
in Operation.
The McCormick reaper works at Chicago
resumed work March 1st , 150 men report
ing for duty. Great crowds were in. the
vicinity-of the works early in the morning ,
and to their presence is ascribed to the fact
that a larger number did not apply for
work through fear of intimidation. A largo
force of police were on hand to preserve
order , and arrested three or four men who
were noisy and aggressive.
When thegreat bell sounded at the works
not to exceed 150 men had entered the
yards. Large numbers of working men had
appeared carrying their dinner pails , but
were taken in charge by strikers. A great
many were prevailed upon to remain out.
Great crowds of strikers lined Blue Island
avenue facing the works , with the evjdent
intention of intimidating any men expect
ing to go to work , and finally the police
ordered them back. They were slow
to move at lirst , but when the
order to disperse came a second
time and the officers advanced , they turned
and ran across the prairies , scattering in
all directions. The dispersal of the crowds
restored confidence to the minds of the
wavering ones , who had been prevented
from entering at first , and they started
hurriedly for the works. In live minutes ,
according to Mr. McCormick's count , 1550
men were at work in the various depart
ments. Superintendent Averill says a num
ber of men refrained from returning owing
to having received threatening notes last
night. * He expects the work tc be in full
operation in a day or two. Mr. McCormick
opened the yards in person nnd declared he
would not shut down now if he only had a
dozen men to work.
The police arrested twenty men for creat
ing a disturbance , one of whom was mak
ing a speech advocating that the strikers
use their revolvers and shoot any one en
tering the yards. They were taken to the
police station nnd arraigned for carrying
concealed weapons. They were fined $5
and costs each , llevolvers were found on
their persons.
COLOXEL JTcPIZERSOy DEAD.
Titc Old Indian Fighter Talcs 3Iorfhinc ana1
Ends All.
Evnnsvillo ( Ind. ) dispatch : Colonel E.
II. McPhcrson , a graduate of West Point
and well-known Indian fighter , who at one
time gained great reputation by recovering
two young women from the Indians on
Platte river , and the author of the expres
sion , "The only way to reach an Indian is
by a ball of lead , " suicided at hisboarding-
house by taking morphine. While sta
tioned in the far west during Lincoln's ad
*
ministration he ordered his soldiers to
shoot at sisht every Indian they came
across , whether hostile or not. For the
killing of a number Indians upon different
occasions as a result of this order , he was
ordered to Washington and severely repri
manded by Secretary Stanton. Ho is the
brother of the wealthy grain merchant of
Chicago. He has also a wealthy brother
in Iowa. His mother and sister reside in
Denver , Col. McPhcrson was 40 years of
age , and made Covington , Ky. , his home.
About ten days aco the colonel , while in an
intoxicated condition , cowhidcd his wife for
changing boarding places , for which he was
takeu before the mayor and fined. Since
then he has been drinking considerably ,
and threatened to have revenge both on his
wife and the mayor. Last night he re
paired to his boarding house , where he
treated his wife with more than kindness ,
and retired for the night. When his wife
visited his room this morning she found
the colonel on his bed dead , with a small
box empty of its contents and the label
"morphia , " on the stand near by.
The March number of THE ST. Louis
MAGAZINE hns sevetal pages of fine illustra
tions ; interesting stories of Win. H. Bush-
nell , Aurel Adair , Margaret Madden and
others ; papers on "Modern Manias , "
"Mirth and Laughter , " and ' 'An Average
Politician , " by Miss Snyder of the Celina ,
0. . Standard , A. E. Cotton and Walter M.
Ilaines ; poems by Vivien Castane , Mary
Bassett Hussey , C. L. Cleveland , Anna L.
Lear and others ; a biographical sketch of
Maude Meredith ; "Our Window Garden , "
"Light Moods" and Editor De Mcnil's other
usual departments. For a specimen copy
and a set of gold cards send ten cents to
New St. Louis Magazine Co. , St. Louis , Mo.
JT is reported that the judiciary commit-
tee of the senate voted to report adversely
upon the nomination of Nachariah Mont
gomery , of California , assistant district at
torney general for the interior department.
The grounds of the committee's objections
are said to be the sentiments entertained
by the nominee with respect to the public
school system , which sentiments were
publicly expressed in a pamphlet issued by
him several years ago.
SECKCTARY LAMAR has requested the at
torney general to institute suits against
parties for limber trespass upon lands re
served for school purposes in Washington
territory , thus asserting the right and pur
pose of tho general government to protect
these lands from trespass until such time
as the grant of land is completed , upon the
admission of the territory as a state.
IT is estimated that there has been a de
crease of $2,500,000 in the public during
the month of February. The pension pay
ments during the month amounted to
about SllsOOO.OOO.
THE senate committee on expenditures of
public money met to make arrangements
for beginning its investigation of the charges
by Commissioner of Pensions Black in his
annual report to thccffcctthat the pension
office has been conducted as a political ma
chine under the republican administration.
It was decided for the present at least that
the investigation should be conducted by
the full committee , instead of delegating the
work to a sub-committee , llulcs governing
the examination of witnesses were adopted
and it was agreed that General Black
should be summoned to appear before tho
committee as the first witness.
STOREY , attorney for the Union Pacific
railroad compaiimade a statement to
the house committee on Pacific railroads
in regard to the indebtedness of that com
pany , lie favored some such provision as
was incorporate ; ! in the Hoar bill a fixed
annual payment to the government , in
stead of variable percentage. Storey dwelt
at length upon the importance of branch
lines , saying the stocks s-.nd bonds based
on them amounted to § 30,000,000 cash.
Besides these stocks the company held a
number of other securities that it would be
willing to turn over to the government.
Tweed , counsel for the Central Pacific rail
road company , also explained to the coin-
mil tee the financial condition of that com
pany.
HE HAD O-VJ7 WIFE TOO
Andllcnee Trouble T > " < Krpcricnccd by the
jUticlt-Jrarrieil Jliittbninl.
During the summer of 1885 , Augustus
J. Swartz , the dapper , good-looking clerk
of the Treinont house at Mansfield , 0. ,
met and wooed a pretty girl named Hattie
Baer , of Ashland , in that state. They be
came engaged , " but when the day for the
ceremony drew near Swartz induced her to
consent to a postponement , for the osten-
sibie reason that his financial condition
was not good enough to warrant his mar
rying for awhile. The real reason was that
he had a prior engagement w ilh Violet Car
son of New Washington. 0. October 25 he
married Miss Carson , and after a few weeks'
honeymoon he took her back to her father's
home and started for Florida with $2,000
which his bride and her father gave him to
engage in orange growing. At Tnlhihnsse
he camo across Miss Baur. who was there
on a visit. Being wholly ignorant of his
allianc.e with Miss Carson , she greeted him
with all of her old-time cordiality , and
took it as a matter of course when he
asked her to name a day for their mar
riage. They were married last January
and returned to New "Washington. Soon
afterward he made a trip to Chicauo alone ,
and while he was absent his duplicity was
exposed by wife No. 2 getting a letter which
wife No. 1 had sent to Tallahasse for her
husband. Swartz was arrested at the
honieof his first wife on uchurgcof bigamy.
Father-in-law Baer went his bail , but sur
rendered him a few days later. The day
before the case came up for hearing Swartz
got permission to visit his second wife in
charge of an officer. Being left alone with
h.'s wife they exchanged clothing and he
made his escape through the window and
fled to Windsor. He was decoyed over the
li'ernt Detroit , arrested , and taken to
Ohio for trial.
DEPOT JtURXED.
Fire broke out in Wiunepeg on the 1st in
the Canadian Pacific railway clepotand the
structure was totally consumed. The
origin of the fire is a mystery unless it was
by gas or some combustible substance in
the baggage room , where tho fire started.
The building arid contents were valued at
§ 200.000 and there was only insurance for
540.000. All offices were thoroughly gut
ted except what may be saved of the con
tents of the safes. BiiMtiess was resumed
in the old station , pending the construction
of a new building.
THE MARKETS.
OMAHA.
WHEAT-NO. 2 G2 % @ G3J "
BARLEY No. 2 47 @ 48"
RYE No. 2 44 @ 45
CORN No. 2 mixed 224' @ 22 %
OATS No. 2 22 @ 22 #
BUTTER Fancy creamery. . 27 @ 28
BUTTER Choice dairy 12 @ 13
EGGS Fresh 11 @ 12
CHICKENS Dressed per lb. . . 7 @ 9
TURKEYS Dressed per lb. . . . 8 @ 10
DUCKS Dressed per lb 8 @ 9
GEESE Dressed per ft 9 @ 10
LEMQXS Choice 400 @ 450
APPLES Choice 2 50 @ 300
ORANGES Mesina 2 00 @ 4 00
BEANS Navys 1 25 @ 1 50
ONIONS Per bushel 70 @ 75
POTATOES Per bushel 40 @ 50
GREEN APPLES Per bbl. . . . 2 75 @ 3 24
WOOL Fine , per lb 14 @ 10
SEEDS Timothy 2 25 @ 2 50
SEKDS Blue Grass 1 30 @ 1 40 a
HAY Baled , per ton 550 @ GOO
HAY In bulk G 00 © 7 00
Hoos Mixed packing 3 70 @ 3 75
BEEVES Butchers 2 75 @ 3 25
SHEEP Heavy grades 2 75 @ 4 00
NEW YORK. a
WHEAT No. 2 red 94 @ 94J4
WHEAT Ungraded red 90 @ 92 %
CORN No. 2 47 @ 47J {
OATS Mixed western 37 © 39
I'ORK 11 75 faU2 00
LARD G 4G @ G 30
CHICAGO.
is
FLOUR Gioice winter 440 @ 485
FLOUR Spring extra 3 70 @ 4 00
WHEAT Pet-bushel S4'-tfi ) 85
CORN Per bushel H4@ 3si }
OATS Per bushel 30K@ 32
PORK 10 35 @ 10 40
LARD 5 85 @ 5 87J
Hoes Pa eking itshippiug. 410 @ 440
CATTLE Stackers 3 00 @ 4 75
SHEEP Western 2 00 @ 4 00'
ST. LOUIS.
WHEAT No. 2 red 90Jj@ 93 is
CORN Perbushel 35 , @ 35
OATS Per bushel 29J , ' @ 30
HOGS Mixed packing 3 10 @ 4 15
CATTLE Stockersifc feeders 275 @ 420
SHEEP Common to choice 2 50 @ 3 50
KANSAS CITY.
WHEAT Perbushel 71Jj@ 73
CORN Per bushel 29 @ SO-J
OATS Per bushel 27 } " @ 2fl'
CATTLE Exports 5 00 @ 5 30
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A PATERNAL GOVERNMENT ,
Legislation in the Interest of La
bor , Land Tas , Property Tax ,
Eight Hour Law , Child
Labor , Convict
Labor.
i Lecture Delivered in Unity Ohurch.
Omaha , by Eev. "W. E , Oopeland ,
How far government shall Interfere to help
Jhe coming : of the Golden Age Is a very 1m-
sortant question , and one over which there Is
i great diversity of opinion , some arguing In
lavor of a paternal government which shall
: arry on all business and find employment for
ill who wish to * work , while others contend
: hat Government should leave such matters to
individual enterprise. We have in history one
ixamplc of paternal government , and that in
toe Empire of Peru. The Peruvians were only
icmi-civilizcd , yet the social condition was iu
tome respects the most satisfactory of which
ire have an } * record. The soil was improved
'iO the utmost capacity , even the hare rocks
vere terraced with producltve earth , well built
roadways , spanning valleys with strong bridges ,
: onnccted all parts of the empire , education
ivas general , manufactures of various kinds
jrere successfully prosecuted , and what most
specially commends the system , there were no
poor people throughout the empire , every one
aad enough to cat and wear and a comfortable
bouse iu which to live. Government took
diarge of everything and when the Spaniards
Invaded Peru they found wcrywhcre plenty
ind comfort. A land now almost a desert was
then a garden ; a country which can now with
lifiiculty support , a sparse population then
ifforded a plenty for millions. What would
save been the end of the paternal government
rre cannot tell , it was a success so far as it
ivent.
Socialism , which asks for a paternal govern
ment , has had its leading writers in Germany ,
there La Salle and Karl Marx wrote and
worked. The Iron Chancellor found in social
ism an enemy to his autocratic ideas , i\hich in
every way he"has tried to crush , without the
least success , the social democrats continually
increasing. While dreading the success of this
oarty , yet Bismarck recognized the justice of
many of their demands , and for a number of
rears has steadily worked to make of the cov-
; rnment of Germany fcoinethinir like what the
socialists dumamledr One of his pet schemes
not 3-et perfected , was the ownership of all
railroads in the Empire by tile-government , an-
Dther for government to supply work to those
ivho were out of employment. His govern
ment insurance for w.orkiii : people has become
i fact. The adoption by Bismarck of many of
the featuresjof the socialist dream as needed
bv a government in the 19th century , disproves
the common charge that socialists are mere
dreams and anarchists. No one would accuse
Bismarck of dreaminir of anarchical tenden
cies ; yet he admits the necessity of govern
ment ' doing much more for the "people than
any European government hns ever done be
fore , and lias taken the lea-l in making real
some features at least of the social dream.
However much Prince Bismarcic is disliked , no
one can deny that he has a deep interest in the
welfare of Germanand a keen insight into
the methods which mav secure that welfare
and his modified socialism proves that there is
some merit in the demands of the social demo
crat.
crat.And
And when we notice European governments
taking charge of transportation an'd controlling
the railroads there seems no good reason why
our government should not do the same. Some
af these railroads have practically been built
by the government ami should be'operatcd bv
it. There is no difference between the United '
States and Europe , except that the miles of I
railroad ! in this country vastly outnumber the i
miles ' in any European state. A French lie-
public can operate the railroad as well as a
German monarchy , and there is nothing in the
civilization or government of tht Uuiteil States
which interpose any insuperable barrier to
adopting a tystcm of railroad control which
has succeeded well in Europe except the great
er magnitude of the undertaking.
In tome directions I believe government
should enter the field Of labor as an employee
more extensively than ever before. Why let
ters should be carried by government and tele
grams by private individuals no one can ex
plain. Why some packages should be sent
through the postofllce and others through the
jxpress oflicc no one can tell. If it is the
proper thing for government to carry our let
ters and some express matter , it is equally
proper for it to carry telegrams and all express
matter , and it wqulil seem eminently right that
as soon as possible the government should
become the common carrier. Nor are we with-
aut some signs that such a result will 1)2
obtained. AT postal telegraph bill has been
introduced at every session of congress for
several years , and each year it meets with in-
ireasing favor. In this direction England has
taken the lead , and has made postal telegraphy
a part of her postal system. Every year the
postoflice department"docs an increasing ex
press business and soon will do it all. We
have seen that the wisest statesman in Europe
Prince Bismarck favors the government owner
ship of railroad in the German Empire and
what is good for Germany will be as good for
the United States. But "it is objected. Such
a change would increase the army of ollicc
holders in the United States to such an extent ,
that the administration would perpetrate itself.
Not , however , if the civil service reform be- j
come firmly established. We must interest
ourselves n.orc thn.n ever before in thi ? reform '
as a first step , towards an extension ftf the
functions of government. Once established
beyond the power of overflow and the objecJ J
lion mentioned would fall to the ground. .Many < |
wise railroad men , worn out with the continued '
railroad war , ever increasing in violence and1 1
frequence , see no other remedy than for the
government to end the strife'by purchasing I i
the railroads at a fair valuation. This would
JTive us an enormous national debt , but in its
function of common carrier the government
would leave the way open to earn enough to
pay the debt , and we might as well pay into
the treasury of the government as into the
treasuries of corporations. Under government
control we should have freight and passengers
transported at the lowest possible cost , and
should end the cisrantic stockwatering frauds ,
which have enriched the few at the expense of
the many.
In the matter of regulating the relations of
capital and labor the government should take
more active part than ever before. A new-
department is imperatively demanded , w hich
shall be exclusively devoted" the work of im
provising labor and capital. States are be
ginning to sec the need of boards of arbitra
tion and the general government should have
national bureau to which inter-state ques
tions shall be referred. This proposed bureau
of labor should gathcrstatistfcs and improve
the people on many questions about which
they are more profoundly ignorant , an i should
be a court of final appeal 'before which could
be settled the questions which involved capi
tal and labor In different states. We have had
enough legislation In favor of one class and it
now time to legislate for the other. The
'
message of the'governor of Kansas on the
question of arbitration is very pertinent to
this subject , he quotes the words of the Apos
tle , "let us reason tegether" as especially ap
plicable to the relations between employees
and employed , shows the advantages already
obtained from arbitration both in this country
and in Europe , and u-ge. the Kansas legisla"-
ture to appoint a board of arbitrationNe
braska should do the same , and to complete
the system congress should appoint a national
board. Besides a board of arbitration , there
an Imperative need of a bureau of labor
which shall disseminate throughout the coun
try well digested statistics on the condition of !
labor at home and abroad , such information
could do much to unite labor and capital , and
furnish the facts Irom which we could derive
accurate conclusions.
Besides this department of labor and the
carrying forward of certain public work by
the government , there needs to be a consider
able legislation. Most imperative should be
laws compelling employers to provide for the
safety of their operatives. Such laws have
been passed by the English parliament and
rigidly enforced. Mine anil factory Inspec
tors insure protection to life and lima , ami a
care for the health of miners und operatives.
We need similar inspectors appointed by the
national government who shall have full au
thority to investigate and to compel proper
provisions for safety and health ; this legisla
tion might be enacted by the state , but that
from some quarter such legislation must
come , the daily papers with their reports of
disasters to laborers from lack of precaution
on the part of employers plainly proves. Their
laws prohibiting child labor. Such laws have
been adopted in some states , but there has
been no general legislation on the subject.
Yet none can be of juore importance. Guilu-
labor throws out of employment adult labor
diminishes the demand for laboring men and
women. This is bad enough since it cuts
down the wages of the working people. But
this Is by no means the worse feature , the em
ployment of children , stunts * their bodies and
starves their minds , and thus deteriorates the
race. In consequence of child labor , we have
an increasing ignorance , and the next genera
tion will be physically inferior to the present ,
a proper interest In the preservation of the
race at least up to the present standard to say
nothing of Improvement , should secure the
abolition o [ child labor.
Then an eight hout'law. A wise divisioa of
the day assigns S hours for labor , 8 hours for
sleep and 8 hours for amusement , charitymen-
tal , physical and spiritual improvement. This
is a very ancient division of the day , but none
the lcs"correct , because of its antiquity. A
working man or woman can do more and bet
ter woik in eiirht hours than in ten , as statis
tics prove , and any one"can see the great gain
In general "intelligence , in phys
ical intelligence , in physical development and
in moral and spiritual life. Some workers hav
ing more time at their disposal would waste it
iu dissipation , more would spend it in improv-
ing their minds and their bodies , on the whole-
there would be an-Improvement iu the physical
and moral power of the people and no diminu
tion in the amount of work done. Some inter
esting tables in a book recently published by
the Putnam's on the Industrial situation ,
prove that the working people In Europe ,
whose day Is 12 or more hours , accomplish lesa
In that time than American workinir people iu
a day of 10 or 9 hours. The reduction asked
for will not diminish the products desired by
the employer and will do much for the im-
'
provcment'of the working men and women.
As a rule too much time Is spent by nil classes
in labor , we as a nation do not take time
enough for recreation , there is not that moral
and physical progress among the people of the
United'Statcs , which we have a right to ex
pect from our free institution ? , this change in
working hours will give this tiuie and at the
same time will not diminish the productive
power of a days work.
Then legislation looking towards equalization
of wages between the sexes. One ot the great
evils "in modern society is the payment of
smaller wages to women than to men for the
same work. As female labor can be obtained
cheaper than male labor many women arc em
ployed to the great injury of "their health , and
the'means since In the course of nature most
of the women will marry , to the great injury
of their children ; thus increasing the number
'
of feeble minded and deformed'who will be
come a burden on society. The book on In
dustrial Situation proves by statistics that ex
pensive labor gives larger"profits to capital
than cheap labor , that high "wages do not cut
down the returns which capital'labor obtains
for the investment. Pay women as much as
men arc paid for the same work , you will des
troy cheap labor and the employee will loose
nothing , while there will be a great improve
ment in the physical , mental and moral condi
tion of the race. Also this is a point always
to be born in mind in all discussions of social
progress ; what will assist in social progress
Now any one who has paid slight attention to
physiology knows that hard Work at starvation
'
wages r.rp'idiy deteriorates women and this re
sets on the next generation , punis-liinir society
for the violation of the Divine Law.1iateveV
degrades women degrades society and no agent
is more powerful in its degrading influence
than low wanes. Increas the wages of women
and you increase her dignity and win for her a.
greater respect , whieh iu turn will help the
whole body politic.
Then the prohibition of convict or contract
labor on public works. I mean by this the iui-
portation of foreigners hoe falwr i-i con
tracted for in foreign lauds where wages are
much lower than here , and the use of convicts
in competition with free labor. I believe iu
furnishing employment to convicts but in such
" "
a way as not"to"come into competition with
free labor. It is neces-ary that convicts should
be employed in this employment as a valuable
means of reform ; but work can be found for
them , not done by others , or if this be impossi
ble , let them be paid for their labor as much
as other workmenand the money received from
the sale of their products be set'apart for their
use when their sentences have expired after
paying for the cost of their maintenance. We
are to.d that this will increase the burden of
taxation. This remains to be proved , but
when you place convict labor in competition
with free labor , you lower the wa jiw for free
labor , and thus Increase the criminal class , by
thrusting laborers into that condition where
they cannot earn enough to support their fam
ilies. If taxation is somewhat increased by
preventing convict labor from competing with
iree labor , the extra expense if > offset by the
improvement in the condition of the working
people. While avoiding such competition , at
the same time the convicts must be employed
or we shall do nothing towanis their reforma
tion , and it has been settled that convicts are
not so much to be punished as to be made over
into better men aud women , to which end
nothing is FO effective a teaching them to
work. Legislation is required to prevent con
tract and convict labor from crippling free la
bor , as we have seen from the recent decisions
of the courts , that public work being required
to be let to the lowest bidder , and nothing hav
ing been said of convict or contract labor , Im
ported or convict labor be the cheapest , the
work must be given to the contractor who has
put in the louest bid , even though he import
labor from abroad inreti at European prlCK , or
emplov convictLegislation iu the interests
of free labor is therefore a necessity , to protect
our workinir people from competition with con-
victs or foreiini labor contracted before the la
borers leave Europe , both kinds beinir in some
sort slave labor , the foreign being the humble
dependent of the boss who paid his passage
from tne old country , the convict a dependent
on his keeper , ncith'er being free men.
With all these changes , we shall be far from
having a paternal government , we shall have
jlaccd few restiictious on individual enterprise.
And no one of the proposed forms of legisla
tion is new , thej are all in working operation
in the Old World , and working to the advan
tage of both capitalist and laborer. These de
mands are not fancies , not dreams , not crazy
schemes , have nothing in common with an
archy , but have all bee"h tried and fouud help
ful to unite labor and capital. Though we
are a republic and claim to be a most progress
ive people , we are in fact very conservative ,
and some of the European monarchies are
more democratic than the United States , at
least the parliaments pay more attention to the
producers of the national wealth , and listen
with more patience to their demands. Gov
ernment telegraphs and railroads are no
strange things in Europe. Stringent laws in
England provide for safety of life and limb in
mines and factories. Child labor though not
prohibited is made difficult. European gov
ernments would not ctrcam of placing conyict
or contract labor in competition with free la
bor. The hours constituting a day's labor
have been made the subject of legislation.
Equal wages for woman and man is about the.
only reform which has not been made by one
or other of Ihe European governments. Now
surely what has been done successfully in
other nations may be done here , and vsth even
better results , since we have the wisdom gained
by experience to guide us.
Misdirected Enthusiasm.
A gentleman who listened to Sam Jones in
Cincinnati tells the following as illustrative of
the peculiar methods of the revivalist : He
was delivering an especially fervid address.am
a little old woman who s.it'well up iu front was
constantly interrupting him with shrill-voiced
and rar-piercinar exclamations of uBIes * the
Lord ! " andGlory Hallelujah I" "Amen : "
aud other campmeetias eccentricities. Jones
stood it for a time , but finally stopped his ad
dress , and turning toth'i woman said : " 5i
ter. enthusiasm is a good thins- it is only
genuine. But you remind me of a little stesm-
boat that used'to run up a stream down in the
country where I came from. Ithad a very
small boiler and a vervbiir whistle , and ewry
time the pilot blew the whistle the boat
stopped. Now let the boat go on. "
