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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (April 28, 1881)
THE DAILY BEE , E. BO3EWATBR : EDITOR WHITEDJLW REID married a million sire's daughter , and poor Anna Diet Inson Is disconsolate. She couldn'l match that $500,000 check. willnever end. We bav < justdiscovered ; through Brooks' tele cope that THE BEE -was a alien ! partner with Wardell in the great con : mining e nit. Ora. Oily Council has committed serious blunder In "postponing action on the proposition to change the cart lines of our streets. The change ii bound to be m de sooner orJater. It trill cost this city thousands of dollars lars In re-Betting fire hydrants , and no system of surface drainage can ever be established until the curb lines are made uniform. Tuc { corporations and merchants who own the grounds and factories on our river front are not the only sulferers from the flood. The work- ingmeit who have been thrown out of employment and for that matter every man , woman and child in Omaha are sharers in the Joss. The floods have blockaded the railroads and the nil- road blockade his caused scarcity of provisions and articles of consumption that every family needs. The consequence quence Is a heavy advance in the pro vision and meat markets and natural ly an advance In the price of board. BBIQGS AND VAN WYCK. When JudgeBriggs was a candidate for the United States senate , four years ago he was assailed in the mrs * bitter and vindictive terms by the Omaha Republican. He was raked fore and aft about bis political record , and denounced as a persistent officcr- seoker. After the senatorial election Judge Briggs was importuned to sign a paper in favor cf Hitchcock's appointment as consul general Paris. He did : BO and he was a once applauded' one of thi most eminent and ssgaclon statesmen th t the whol hemiiphere has ever produced. Las summer Judge Briggs ventured thfi opinion that the Omaha primaries needed radical reform and went so fsr as to endorse the acts of the count ; committee in requiring registration o republfctn voters. This brough down upon his head an avalanche o blackguardism and abuse from whicl he didn't even recover when he con * * % eonted to preside ever the meeting t ratify the noinKation of the leglel * tivo ticket Steaded by Oontan A few days age KifBiK iSabunce that that the Judge would be tondera * an appolntmeutoa the court claims , and thii irWjprth another blast from the brass collared traar that edits the Republican. Our in tlmatlon that the abuse of Judge Briggs would be sure to elect himtjt the United State * senate , caused tha political wrecltw to reverse his lover , and he trie * to Inulime JadgnJBrl with the following dose of taffy : It is not , wltbia 'oBr. baerva.t daring the part six" years 'thai , Judg Brlpgs hai been "a candidate for of fioe , engagedJ fajipenerering strag gle for a position In the publio ser vice. " It Is true that his naffie baa often been heard in connection with honorable and responsible public of fices , but It has beoif 'through no ef fort on his part ; his aaiae < ha only been hoird'tm the lips of his numer ous personal and party friends. * * * * * If Judge Btipgi over takes "posi tion In the publKueecrlce" the office will have to seek'-'hlttr ; "ho Trill not seek the office. There are not -few in the majoritypirty , in this state who are of the opinion 'that It is high time that such an innovation should be made , and that the chronic office. Bookers stand aside and let the party do its own nominating. It is safe to predict , In that case , that Judge Brlggs wonld be among the first whom the people of the state would call upon to represent and servo them in acme public position of .high trust and honor. When Gen. Tan Wyck first asaum ed prominence in Nebraska politics , In the spring of ,1876 , by becoming the chairman of the state convention at FremontprhoRepublican abused and blackguarded the General in a tyle for which . Brooks-hu ouch a knack. In 'tbo'fall of 18 ? , Vhen the General waa the regular republican candidate for the atate senate , the Rcpublicun encouraged every effort of hit enemies to defeat him. "WhorTlhe General made his fir tT lront inrthe atatesenate , blackgu'a * < l Broekm eoaght to belittle 6 mIbyr.icurrUloH flings like the faltoVjng : & ? fel Gen. Van Wyck la chairman of the aenato committee'on mllitaryl It'I to be hoped that- the General will ahow abettor knowledge of the science than he has exhibited of theart of war. [ Republican , > Jan-Sh-1877. ' * The effort of Senator Yin Wyck to prevent Cams from packing the 'ten * ate corpmlttcot with jnoaopoly. . cap pers , waat ridleakd and SemUorJVan. Wyck lampooned in the folio wine HH style : > The reader of tha Wednesday ? * leg. ialative record would be highly amnted could he 'teadietweea the llnes"tbat portion relating to. Van Wyck'a fill- battering1 ? Tan "Wyck makes a pret ty fair fifteen minute speech but when he consumes three boors and that "talking againat time , " -the Goda da- liver aa. But thla waa not the point to which werrefer. It will be seen that General Yan Wyck mastered the antl forceeagainat the proposition to appoint a committee to report mem * berahlp of jsUadiag committees. The joke of it ia that thla waa Van'a own device and he is another apeclmen of an engineer "Jiolst . .with , hia own patard. " It appears that be got up a .caucus to "fix" tha committees aforesaid , and than con ferred with .nobody in making up the slate. Thereupon , " the boya " wont back on .thelc edoutable leader and oar ac.ti-Bibaa'n speedily came to grief. His rulea for the government of a caucus are evldently"aT unlqu * and Van Wyckan &Ethoae contained in hi * forthcoming manual for the government of parliamentary bodies. They may-do for 'a country town in the far Interior of' York alate , " but Nebraska politicians and legislator * kave rather too -much Intelligence , independence andwlll-of-their-own to be thus led ; by the , noie blindfold by a thmbleful of fcroi'u expended in a loud voice , wild declamation , and under tht lath of a fifth-rate mule dritr. [ Re publican. The boya that" outgeneraled Van Wyck to the delight of Brooks , was a gang of tricksters and monopoly henchmen with Tom Kennard at- the * head and Church Howe at the taili- They floored Van Wyck by going back on their party , after being beat * en in the republican caucus , and com * bining with the democrats for a div- iaion of committees and patronage. And this kind of support was given General Van Wyck from that time forward during hia entire legislative career. In the campaign that culmi nated in General Van Wyck's elec tion , Brooks was the avowed chim- pion of Paddock. Every line he wrote at home , or from the battle ground , waa In opposition to the major ity of the legislature that elected Van Wyck. Not & stcne was left unturned , by Brooks , * aa Paddock's principal organ grinder to prevent the consoli dation of the element to which Gen. Van Wych owea his election. But , Tresto change , " Van Wjck was elected , and Brooka flopped on his belly with loud liudationa and the lick rpittle followed the general clear to Washington , and Insulted the stalwart anti-monopolist by assuming to act as hia mouthpiece. The man who in 1877 had only a thimble- fnl of brains , " tae noisy "fifth rate mule driver" waa painted in most gorgeous colon as a Nebraska Webster , Clay and Sewnrd all in one. General Van Wyck like Judge Brigga la a man of good flense and instead of being tickled by such flattery ho naturally must feel as all men do who have aeen Brooks IB his gyrations a contempt bordering on disgust. TRAirOB TO OMAHA. 'The overflow of the rii er is to be used by the railroad organs in an anmraent for another TJ" . P. rip-rap job. " [ Bee. When thia traitor to Omaha and enemy to every interest that Is mak ing thia city great , sees the Union Pa cific shops driven from their present location , be will probably be satisfied with the ruin he hci wrought to the beat interests of this city. * * * * * * The Republican docs not see fit , at present at least , to multiply words upon thla matter. Jt contents itaell witq asying plainly now that the warfare which Roaewater and hia backers have renewed on any attempt" which may bemade to se cure an additional appropriation to maintain the river front , will , if suc cessful , end in driving away from the city the two largest interesta of libor and manufacture within its limits to day ! If the citizens and business men of this city think they cap afford to aid Rotewater in securing this re sult , let them go ahead ; only , on our own part , wa propose that they shall go on In their disloyal and suicidal ccurae with their "yes open. [ Repub lican. I am aware that ! alone am responsi ble for the Mlaaourl river flood , the cyclone that blow'off two spana of the Union Pacific bridge , the burning of the Grand Central , the removal of the stockyards to Dillonvllle , the erec tion of the cow sheds that ornaments' , the Union Pacific depot grounds , the establishment of the terminus on Sidney Billion's twelve hundred acres , the ten dollar bridge toll , and many other drawbacks lo the full development of Omaha as a great city. I am horrified and dumbfounded that to all these calamities and disasters , I am about to add the crime of removing the U. P. shops from Omiha by refusing to sanction a tri fling donation of another $100,000 to that great national pauper , known as the Union Pacific railroad. Traitor md enemy to Omaha , as I humbly jonfess myself to have Tieen , without ; rial by jury , I plead in extenuation if these crimes a few trivial benefits that have , through me , been con ferred upon this -city during a reii- lence. of more than seventeen years. Daring that period I have paid over $12,000 $ in taxes .to the city and coun ty , * laige portlonof which went to pay the Interest on the bonds donated to .he Union Pacific. As far back us 1868 [ owned the block upon which Mr. Ipusel's residence stands , on the cor lercf 'Twentieth and Burt , and 11mr > roved I'nat property by expending iver 1,700 in buildings , fences , it3. In .869 I purchased a lot on fcmham. street and erected a > rick building thereon atji cost of learly § 13,000. Thai waai m a 'ear when the bottom was ap- larently about to fall out'of ; ) maha and confidence was Bhakon ln' ler further growth. While others had een importing iron fronts and'cut tone "from Abroad , every pound of ron and foot of atrtnelnray-building , rere purchased 'in * ' Omaha. When * v - tmaha waa called on to don ate $200- o 00 for thfT BurchMe of 'the U. P si epot groonds/and these bonds had 0 > be takes at par by Omaht property 0Pi Pici rnora , "I signed $2,000 for these ci snds and'paid $200 to Augustus 01 ioantze to takoithem off myhands. . 01t t fcen the Grand Central hotel waa m rejected I subscribed $1000 towards' is stock and p"kld every dollar of 4t Pi ( Aides donating$250 more towarda PiPi IB purchase of , the hotel grounds. Picc of the moat - ccm ome loyal-friends of m maha according to the U. P. standard tpudlated their subscription to the oiol or paid it in Babcock extin- it ulahers. Within the pait ten years nco I embarked In the newspaper nainesa , I have given steady employ- tent to from thirty to fifty persona and aid out over three hundred thousand oil rs in wages In Omaha Up to the time 'HE ' BEE was established , no piper in maha had penetrated the South latte . The brat country. traveling PI PIol ; enU that entered that section aa rep- olol isentativea of Omaha enterprise were ol invassers for TUB BEE , and our ' holesala merchants and mannfactur- T s speedily followed. The first rep- ttbi isentativca of Omaha In the Black bira Ills region ware paid correspondents raat ! THE { Bui The firtt illustrationa tl tlai ' the Black Hills were brought out aira i THE BEE. The five annual illna- ra ram ated reviews iasued by THE BLE m i a cost of over fifteen hundred dol- b : raeich , advertised Omaha-in every u rter of the globe through over 5,000 papers , and have done more to nc : ake Omaha known than any other isan edlum. Daring the past two yean CO H BEE has expendad over $10,000 effort to advertise as i an the advantages ex : Omaha and resources of Nebraska , lei tying for advertising in more than BO 4,000 newspapers In every state o : tha union , and Omaha ia now con arantly advertised In every section o the continent by THE BEE which circu lates In all the states and territories from Maine to Oregon. My first treason to Omaha begai when I represented Douglas county it the legislature in 1871 , and stirtec the movement for the impeachmen of Governor Butler and the breakln ; up of a corrupt ring , whose ramifica tlons extended to this city. It wai then that I exhibited those disloya traits that refused to blindly follow the directions of the Union Pacific officers , who sought to gat a bill through authorizing them to fix theii own tolls over a wagon bridge , which they proposed to build over the Mia scuri at Omaha. In the perversity oi my disloyal nature I caused a bill to pass , which ia still a lair , authoriz ing tha Mayor and Council of Omaha to fix the tolls , if such a bridge Ia ever erected. ( Page 25 , SUtntes of 1871. ) Another act of treason toward Oma ha on my part was the abolition of the costly , double headed school board and tha substitution of the present board of edacitlon system which the Omaha Republican opposed and the people of Omaha ratified by a vote of ten to one. My last legislative act was even more treasonable towards Omaha when I palled through an ap propriation of $15.000 for the estab lishmsnt and erection of a deaf and dumb Institute in Omaha , which the state has since enlarged by additional appropriations of over 30,000. All theaa treasonable acts were insignificant , however , com pared with the high treason I com mitted when I refused to accept $500 which Thomas L. Klmball came into my office to offer me in 1875 , as a slight token of affection in case I succeeded in inducing the county : ommissioners to withhold their proclamation for the narrow gauge aond election. By stubbornly do- ilinlng to oppose the narrow gauge project , when the other pipers and > ditors remained loyal to the TJ. P. [ forfeited thousands of thousand of iollara of patronage , and have never inco b'eea forgiven for my treason. My enmity to Onnha was manifest- id in many otner ways which make ne liable to the same charge of high reason. For nearly ten years , be- finning with Its championship of the IBW constitution of 1871 , which the lonopolles eo bitterly opposed , THE SEE has been a stumbling block and horn in the flesh to jobbers , political ilunderera , impostors and common windlers. From the days of Witch Ha- el Hammond to the time of the great lolly swindle ; from Stoddarl and ilarvin , who went to the penltentia- y ; to Mumey and Aldricb , who ought o have gone , THB BEE baa been a reasonable terror , and I , as its editor , lave incurred the deadly hatred and Loatllity of the horde of scallawags , windlera , quacks andmonopoly bench- aon for whom the Omaha Republican taa been at all times the consistent south piece. Just now I am on the eve of com- cutting another great act of treason n opposing further donations to the Jnion Pacific railroad which has al- eady bulldozed and extorted over one illlion dollars in bonds and lands rom this city. For the twentieth tme Omaha is threatened with the omoval of the Uuion Pacific hops if she doesn't submit t nether levy of blackmail. Thes Ighwaymen forget that they , by thei : wn contract , have bound themselve } maintain these shops in Omaha for ver , and that the removal of thesi iops from this city lays them liabli > the forfeiture ot the depot ground ad even the approaches lo the bridge. . E in opposing such downright rob- ery of the tax-payers of ihli city , I ave become an enemy of Omaha I m ready to take the cense nonces. ave staked everything I own , my resent prospects and my future sue iss on the growth and prosperity of maha. The labor of my best sara has been expended iu aildlng up this city through the par - ; r which is now recogn'zsd ' as the test influential journal between the akes and tha Rockies. My interests e identical with those of the mer. lants , manufacturers and laborers ho have , made Omaha their home. rhenever the interests of Omaha are sailed or threatened , I am always ady to defend and uphold , but 1 iver will follow in the wake of a set mercenary rogues who hire them- Lves out for paltry pay and pat naha on the back while : king her pockets , who r down and hound down ery man who darea to interpose ob- > cles in the way of corporate cor- irante , that hive on every occasion ilated their sacred contracts , tram- id on oar rights , oppressed oar peo- and kept Omaha back , when she ild to-day have been a greater com- irclal centre than . .Kansas City. In 3 language of Patrick Henry , I say : f thia be treason , make the most of " E. ROSEWAIKIU ' FBEIQHT BATES. IW TO RESTORE THE 1AVT OF COMPETI TION TO THB BUSINESS OF THB COM MON CARRIER , - * - The political economists insist that e great law of supply and demand jnlates the resources of society as rfectly and completely as the law gravitation controls the movements the heavenly bodies. The rule , wever , does not hold when its ope- tion has bee ? artificially disturbed. tat the common carriers have dls- rbed the operations of the rule will conceded , notwithstanding that Iroad managers with an air of petior knowledge , continue to quote 3 doctrines of the economists aa lams. As a matter of fact , freight s are not fixed by scientific aims. The development of the Iway system of transportation has > nght out a class of so-called ex- rts , whose calling , Including high ary , depends upon perpatnating the tion that the sabject of freight ratea ! 0 intricate a character that one not expert is not to be expected to nprehend it. Dne system of railway management , we ntve It , has no doubt become jeodingly complicated. The prob- i given to the railway mignate to ve Is how to get the highest r. to out of the traffic accessible to his road. Too high a rate Icsss freight entirely , as the commodity declines ' to move. Too low a rate discredits' his skill as an expert in the showing ot the groes receipts of his road. The questisn ever in his mind Is what rato.will tha business bear. To an swer this question involves the know- ledga of an infinite variety and num ber of subjects. A car load of ono commodity of a given weight is charged two , three , and often ten times the rate thai another car load moved over the same track of the same weight is charged , and the rate for the same commodity varies with every fluctuation of the market. Countless illustrations might be picked out. One would snnpoae that the rate for a car-load of silver ore from a given to a given station would be the sanu. Not so. Ask for a rate and the first question is , What is the yield per ton ? If it be high grade ore the shipper can af ford a high rate and he must pay it or haul by wagon. Complain of the rate , and say Smith Is shipping ore at a lower rate. The answer is , his ore does not yield o e quarter that yours doos. The shipper answers , I have nothing to do with that. The expert tells him he does not under stand the intricacies of railway management. If I charge Smith full rate he will not ship. I must have his freight , and to get it must chirge a rate to induce shipment. You can afford to ship &t the rate I offer you. As to you , then , the charge is reason able. You ought not to c implain if I haul Smith's low-grade ore at a rate he can ship. The only question for us to consider is this : is your rate ralr ? Another familiar illustration : Say cam is 70 cents in New York , and a full crop west. A rate Is fixed that will give the western f&rmer about 30 cents. The next year perhaps there is a smaller crop west , but the demand in New York is not so strong ; the market is down to 50 cents. Last year's rate will keep the corn at home , because the farmer could not get more than 10 cents for his corn. Some thing must be done. Freights mubt be had. Down go the rates. The western farmer gets 20 to 25 cents for his CDrn. The common carrier levies for his blackmail all the difference in price. It ii amusing to note the excuses exports give for these fluctuations of ratea. Wnen rates are high , we hear learned disquisitions upon the costs of trans portation. Figures that look like pages of logarithms are produced. Statistics about grades and curves , cost of construction , repairs , and re- vivalsj idle ca , empty return car goes , etc. , and nice calculations to show that It coats a cent , or a cent and two mills , or a cent and seven and one-tenth mills ( we have seen one such where the fraction had been car ried down to .0199) ) , per ton per mile. When the rate Is low we hear as learnedly that the freight must be had. That the market will not stand a higher rate. Wo are interested In the prosperity of our customers. Wo must build up the business tributary to oar line. We hear no such discussion with reference to any other business. The farmer sells his wheat , the shoemaker his shoes for whatever he can get , and he would bo laughed at if ho attempt ed to argue up the price. This modern principle upon which rates are fixed makes the carrier a partner in the profits of an infinite variety of busi ness. He must be an expert , indeed. Thia doctrine of what the -business will bear has lad directly to the con solidation of the great lines under the management of a few , and to the "peeling" of the rates at competing points and to mutual understandings not to invade the "territory" of each other for freights. Now and then there are little quarrels and short pouting ipalls tu be followed by closer alliances and higher 'rates. We have at last reached this point that the business of the cemmon carrier is the only great industry that baa carried without competition. Statesmanship stands bewildered in face of the fact. Low mutlerings are heard all along the line. The producer and the consumer are pinched and suffer. Mad blows have been struck here and there. The grangers have shown their teeth ; have- driven legislation through legislature after legislature. They have knocked loudly at the doors of the supreme court , until it answered that the people ple could regulate rates. That court has thrown to the winds the whole doctrine of the vested rights to fix rates. Investigation has followed in vestigation ; volumes of testimony have been printed. The monopoly Is , nevertheless , stronger -day than ever before. On the floor of the senate , the other day , [ t was stated that to-morrow four men may meet in New Yort and tax the people two hundred millions per innnm for their own benefit , and there ia no way to prevent it. States- iien hoped , economists promised , : hat cempetition wonld ultimately solve th'o problem. Wait a little while , said they , and the lans of trade will assert their power. Wo iavo waited until wa have seen that what little of competition there was las been destroyed. We may aa irel ! admit openly and frankly that : ho attempt to make ono railway to rompete with another railway is a allure , It is naeless to experiment 'urther in that direction. 'For moro ban a generation we have baen work- ng by this rule , and have succeeded n perfecting monopoly. Little faith teed be placed in legislation simply egulatlng or fixing ratea. Stops that lave been taken are iu the right direo Ion. Many paints of controversy have een settled thereby. But 'the 'whole f atom mast be remodeled. Our notions f railway property , of railway fran- tiisos , of the business of the railway Drporations are all wrong. Instead E building ona railway to compete 1th another we must create competi- on on ihe same track. This wa the rat idoa. It waa contemplated in the irly charters. The idea. that a rail- ay company should act as a common irrier 'was an afterthought 'The igerness of localities to get the ben- it of the highway of Iron and the > eed of steam harried us all into the ice of construction. Charters were ranted carte blanche. We all ro- lember it When one road oppressed o built another , If possible with lore libertl grants as a counter-irri- mt , as you would put a mustard piss- ; r on your stomach. When" that died we.fixed rates by law , or we ara to. There is no reason why the corpora- on that owns the franchise , that instructs the highway , and that irnishes tha motive power , even , lonld be the exclusive common irrier on the road. Charters used > be cranted t'o corporations to con- rnct toll roads , turnpikes , aim canals. he corporation owing the franchise instructed tha highway , collected ilia for the use thereof , and whoever aveled thereon and whoever had a > am or boat could carry for hire. A milar system may bo easily built up ad adapted to railroads. The experts lay be expected to J3neor _ at such a reposition. We will , however , take issona from them. We have not for- Dtten the Blue lines and Red lines id White lines run by corporations hose stock was owned by and paid I , rge dividends to directors and mana- : ra acd general freight agents'of rail- ays then hurrying into the hands : receivers. These lines furnished 10 care , sent them to ba lutded , * J intracted with the shipper , con- tinned the freight to its destination. The rallwiy company furniihed the track and motive power and was paid by Iha owner of the cars. There ore now In operation several com- pafaiea that own and leaaa rolling Block. We hare but to enlarge the system. Thcae lines are mete crea tures of favoritism ) were used oatenai- bly for conveniencs , were permitted only by consent of the railway com pany , and were generally for the pri vate profit of its managers. One step farther need be taken. Annonnce and enforce everywhere the doctrine that a railway is a public highway , that any person or corporation may have his or their cars hauled thereon as often and to any point he or they please for rea sonable toll. Let this be understood ss the established methods of railway management and rival lines of car riers will compete for freight at every station If the railway companies wonld heartily encourage the new system it could bo adopted at once and without friction. This need not be expected. So long ns a railway company Is a common carrier on its own track It will be unfriendly to any competition thereon. Such unfriendliness means destruction. A week or two ago we had an illustration. One trunk line had leased to another line the right to run its trains over some ten miles of track. There was no trouble for years. AH at ones difficulty arose over tV.e contract. Trains of the les see were delayed hours in putssgo over that ten miles. Freight trains were wedged in en side tracks. Passenger trains were sided In between stock trains and left there for half n day. Each day lud a new excuse , and each delay was eatiafactorily explainedwith apologies. The difficulty was adjusted - od and the delays ceased. The suc cess of the now system depends solely unen the prevention ot such unfriend liness. This is the only obstacle , but that is not insuperable. The movement of trains is now tin * der the control of a train dispatcher , who , by means of telegraph , is per sonally present on the foot of every locomotive. Let legislation provide that the tenure of office of the train dispatcher is in the control of a state officer or btard of ccmmissionere. If you please , lot him bo appointed and discharged by the state. The rest is matter of easy detail. To him shall ba filven absolute control of the motive power and the advance of freight. By proper penalties , under constant super vision , let himbo required to move all freight and cars and trains , without discrimination * , on the highway from station to station. A griia shipper will announce him by telegraph that to-morrow at noon he will hard a given number of cars of grain loed- ed at station "A" to go to station "B. " The dispatcher will then make the best arrangement for transfer. Railways so transact their own busi ness. A and B open coil mines to supply a city. Each connect by track with the highway. Eich buys cars and a locomotive , if you please , for their business. When the trains have been made up they move on to the track andproceed ! to market nnder the direction of the train-dispatcher , where A and B compete with each other lu the saio of their coal. The boll should be fair and equitable for the USD of the highway. If the mo tive power be furnished by the rail way compacy the compensation tor that should be fair and just. The rates of toll should ba fixed and published and well known , the saino for every customer , and should not bo changed wiihont reasonable notice , as'turn-pike ' , canal , and ferry rates are established and published. The franchise and property belonging to a railway company will be as val uable as now and the publio will be better served by these highways. In thii way the great economical law of supply and demand will operate without artificial hindrance , and com petition , the very soul and lifo of healthy trade , will guide- traffic everywhere and perpetually. Each state ha * ample power to bring about this great revolution within its territory , and the con stitution has delegated authority to congress to enforce it upon commerce between the states. Outcry against governmental interference may be expected. No argument can ba offered , however , that would not be of equal force against government al management of tha postofibes. Thereat } roat ansstion of inland commerce Is forcing itself upon congress. Great ivrongs will not , can nol long bo on- Jured without a remedy. That there ire great wrongs seems to be conccd- > d. The questions here discussed present the great problem cf the age. Public opinion will turn more and aore strongly toward it. It may bo nlnistries and parties will fall before a final solution. WM. H BARNEH. 1 SUBJECT OF POPOLA.R IN TERE3T. The expression of a thoughtful man n other than political matters , is oft- n of great use to hia constituency. Dho Hon. S. H. Yoder , of Glebe klllls , Pouna. , has thus recorded his iDinionon ( a subject of popular inter- st. I have been selling St. Jacobs hl'for the lust yo&r. I have never i card a { person epoak of it , except as eplendld medicine , and. aa tha great pecific for rheumatic affcctlocF , wbo- her iniUtrmatory , acute or chronic , selling's , sores , sprains , burns , rounds , etc. I Bell mure St. Jacobs > il than any other kind of liniment , nd it gives universal satisfaction. I ' 111' always keep it on hand. The irmersjsay , that for man jmd beast , bey ; find nothing equal to it. Mover Give Up. If yon are suffering with low and apreesed spirits , loss of appetite , jneral I debility , disordered" blood , eak constitution , headache , or any isease [ of a bilious nature , by all leana procure a bottle of Electric Bit- irs. Yon'will ' be surprised to eee the ipld improvement that will follow ; an will be inspired "with new life ; rength and activity will return ; pain id misery will cease , and henceforth jtrVtll rejoice in the praise of Elec- ip1 Bitters. Sld at fifty cents a ntle , by Ish & MoMabin (3) ( ) rAlST INDIA \ VS Vd a P .TS ji F ? AAPJ UPAOTTJKBRS , ' 535IAHA , Neb. AOEM3 WANTED FOR Fastest Selling Boot of tbe Agel oundatjkms of Success , EUSISESS ANP SOCIAL KO RM S [ he Uw of trade. le/al forms , how to tranv bminers , valaable tables , < ocul etiquette , tliamentary araage , how to conduct pub ie slBe ; ln bet It Is a complete Guide to Succeta ' all c atgoa. A family nece ity. Address for , culari and special terms ANCHOR PUBUSH- Q CO. , St. L.tiia , ilo. J Great German I REMEDY fos RIEUmiSH , SCIATICA , LUMBAGO , BACKACHE , GOUT , SORENESS oruic CHEST , SORE THROAT , QUINSY , SWELLINGS aao SPEAINS , FROSTED FEET AXD EARS. SCALDS , CEHEEAL TOOTH , EAR iSD HEADACHE , 42ID Ali oilier Pain ? ACHES. No rrcparatioa oa earth equals ST. Jicoas OIL ai a 31FE , SURE , surtr. and CHEAT ExUrnil Itemed/ . A trial entails tint the compantlrelj trifling outlir of fiU Cinrs , and ererj one Buffering vrlth pain ctu aT cheap and roiltlre proof of lu claims. DinEcriONs ix ELETEX USGCIOES. SOLD BY All ORUGQISTS AND DEAUBS IH MEDICINE. A. VOGELER & CO. JtaltiK-ore , 3ftl. , Gentle Women Who want glossy , luxuriant and wavy tresses of abundant , beautiful Hair must use LION'S KATHAIRON. Tills elegant , clieap article always makes the Hair grow freely and fast , keeps it from falling out , arrests and cures grayness - ness , removes dandruff and itching , makes the Hair strong , < giving it a curling tendency and keeping it in any desired position. Beau tiful , healtnyllalr is the sure result of using Jiatliairon. Geo. P. Bern . . is BEAL ESTATE AGENCY. 16ih < t Douglas Sit.t Omaha , Neb. This agency docs BIRIOTLT a brokerage fccil neea. Doee notdpeinlate , and therefore any ar- gains on Ite'bcoka ' are Insured to Ita patrons , in Etuad of bclntr gobbled up by the atcnt ; HOGGS & HILL. REAL ESTATE BROKERS No I)3 Farnham Strut OMAHA - NEBRASKA. Office North Slda opp. Grand Central Hotel. Nebraska Land Agency. DAVIS & SNYDER , 1505 Farnham Si. Omaha , Nebr. aOO.WO ACRES carefully selected land InEasteru Nebraska for sale. Great Bargains In Improved firms , and Omaha citypropert- . 0. f. DAVIS. WE 8STER 8NYDER. Late Land Coin'r U. P. R. R ip-tob7t ( STBOM RK3P. blWID HMD. Byron Reed & ( Jo , REAL ESTATE AGENCY IN NEBRASKA. Keep a complete abtr.xc : of tltlo to all Keal Estate In Omaha and Doai. f' " " " * mayltl UNO. (3. ( JAGOS8 , ( ronuarly o { QUh & Jacob ] ) . 1117 Farnham 2i , Od ! stand ol Jacob Gl JRD/M9' lir G. J. KUSSELL , M. D , , Homeopathic Physician. DNeitra of Children and Chronic Diseases a Ipecialty. Office at Residence , 2009 Ca s Et. louts , 8 to 10 a. m. , 1 to 2 p. m. and after 0 ' . m. NEW HARNESS SHOP. The undenigned hiring had nine years ex- wriencc with Q. 11. & J. S. CoIIIn-t , and twenty- our J oars of practical harness rruklmr , > as now ommenced business for himself in i'ie large lew shop 1 door south of tha southeast corner 'f ' Hth and Uarncy fcts. He tn\l \ employ a large orco of skilled workmen and will fill all orders n hia pline promptly and cheaply. fRANDlS II. ItUKDICH. 3STOTICE. Any ona [ bavin ; dead animals I will remove lemfrec of charge. Leave orders lonthcaa om r of Harncy andlith St. , second door. CHARLES SPLITT. J. R. Mackey , DENTIST. Jorner 15th and Douglas Sts. , Omaha. Prices Rejscuib'e. a 32-2w "Manufacturer and Dealer in IADDLES AND HARNESS. 1412 Parn. St. Omaha Neb. AgCLt for the elebrated Concord Harness ! Two Med Us and a Diplo ma rf Honor Wtl h the trylllrfheat Awarltha Judges Could Bestow is AnarJed tnij lla-ncjs at the Centennial thibition. Common also. Ranchmen. ' * ) and Handle's Sad. ai. Vfo keep the luces * , stock In the West , id invite all ho cannot examine to send for icea. ap3-U H. 3. RISDOK. leucral insurance , . . < A , . . J ion , CaahAaseta . . . , . l5J07.ni EaTCHGSTEK , N. Y. , Capital . 1.000.CC3 IE MKRCnANIS , of Newark , N. J. , l.OCC.OO RARU FIHEPhUadeIphlaCapltal. . l.OX.OOO > RTHWE3TKRK MATlONALCap- 0 tal . ; . 90C.WX. RKMEN-S prjuo , California . 800001 UT13H AMERICA ASSURiKCKCo 1,200,000 : A IK TIRE INS. CO , Areets. . . . SoO.OCO 1KRICAF CENTRAL , Araota . 300(00 S ast Cor. of fifteenth & Douglas St _ OUAHA.NhB. I BAMKIKS HBBSES. THE OLDEST ESTABLISHED. BANKING HOUSE IN NEBRASKA. CALD WELL , H AMI LTOHICO Business transacted came u that o an In cor- Accounts kept la Onnoncy or gold ( abject to Sight check vrUhout notfcl CerUflatw ot deposit Issued p r blj ! s 'hits , six and twelve months , bearing Interest , or OB demand without Interest. Advances made to customers on appioreJ so- curltln t mark-t ratea of Interest Bay and Bell gold , bills of oxchvi e Govern- meiit , State , County mil City Bonds. Draw Sight Drafts on EnUnd. IroUnd , Scot- Una , and all parta of Europe. 811 European Ptunaye Ticket * . nOLLECTIOHS PROMPTLY MADE. aneldt U. 8 DEPOSITORY. FIRST NATIONAL BANK Of OMAffA. . Cor. IStb ana Faraham 3treats , OLDEST BANKING ESTABLISHMENT IN OMAHA. ( SUCCESSORS TO KOONTZE BROS. , ) Organized aa a National Bank. Angrat SO. 1M3. Capital and Profits 0 ver$300,000 Specially kuthorlsed by the Secretary or Treasury to racelre Subscription to the U.S. 4 PER CcHT. FUNDED LOAN. OFFICZBS AKD DIRECTORS Hnuu * Kccimi , Frcddent. AoaoBTCa KODKTZI , Vice President. H. W. Tana. Ouhtcr. A. J. Fomnon , Attorney. JOHX A. CX'iaEioa. f. H. DATIJ , Aest Oajhlof. ItU bank iccelyes Jcpoelt without regard to amount ! . Issues tlma cfrilQcatesbea/lnz Intertat. Draws drafts CD San Fianclsoo and principal cities of tha United btatcg. * K > London , Dublin , Edinburgh and thd principal cltlea ot the conti nent ot Kurope. Bella paasage tickets toi Emigrants In the In. man lie. ra. yldtt HOTELS THE JRIQINAL. Oor. Randolph St. & 6th Avo. , CHICAGO ILL. PRICES REDUCED TO $2.00 AND $2.50 PER LMY Located In tha busluoea centre , convenient to places of amusement. Elegantly famished , containing all modern Improvements , paasenzer elevator , fte. 3. H. CUMMINOS , Proprietor , ocietl Cor. MARKET ST. & BROADWAY Council Bluffs , Iowa * On line o Street Rallnay , Omnibus to and from all trains. RATES Parlor floor , } 3.00 per day ; second floor , 82.M per day ; third floor , (2.00. The best furnished and most commodious honsa In the qtr. OEO. T. PUELTS Prop Laramie , Wyoming. The miner's resort , good accommodations , ar < e sam pie room , charge * reasonable. Special tttention given to traveling men. 11-tl II. C HlLLUr.D Proprietor. INTEIl - OCEAN 230TEL , Cheyenne , Wyoming. First-class , Fine arge Simple Kooma , one Slock Iroru depot. Train ? stop from 20 minutes Lo 2 hours for dlnier Fret Ha * to and from Depot. 1' tca 2.00 , 92.10 and J100 , uccordlmj to room ; : ule meal 76 cents. A. D. BALCOil , Proprietor. W BOr.DKN. Cnfe/ Clerk mlO-t AQENT3 WA.NTED FOR O2K NEW BOOK , "Bibie ior tiic Bemi : the story cf the Scriptures by Rev. Geo. Alexander Croot , D. D. . in simple and attrac tive language for o'd and young. Profiuely Illustrated , a.nkln a mo t interstice and im- preaslva youth's Instructor. Evcrr parent will iecuro tills work. Preachers , ion should clr- rolatel' . PjiceJOO. Sen < ? for circular * with xtr encs. J. ft. CHAMBERS & C0. , | St. Lonls , Mo ANDSTiLLTHE LION Continues to Eoar for Moores ( ) HARNESS & SADDLERY , asa sr I bave adopted the Lion as a Trade Hark , and all my Goods will be stamp- id with [ the Lion and my Name on he same. No Gooda are genuine rithout the above stamps. The beat naterial ia used and the moat skilled rorkmen are employed , and at the owcat cash price. Anyone wishing i price Hai ot goods will confer a favor iy sending for one. ) AVTO SMITH MOORE. , Vis CA , Jr. D. K. L. Siaocts , U. D. NEBRASKA MEDICAL AND SURGICAL INSTITUTE , s * ? K = T = - ' - , rrsKS - PKIYATE HOSPITAL. Now open for the reception of pa ienta for th IEATMENTOKALL CHRONIC ANDSU80I IL DISEASES. ES. VAN CAMP & SIGGIKS. Physicians & Surgeons , Proprietors. A. W. NASON. 3D E 3ST07IS T , nci : Jacob's B ck , corctr Capita 4.76. and U i Street , Omaha * aM IRIEIMIO IBID ! THE NEW YORK CLOTHING MUSE Has EemovecT'to -1309 FARNHAM STREET , ( Max Meyer's Old Stand. ) Where They Shall Keep Constantly on Hand an Immense Stock of MEN'S , BOYS'AND CHILDREN'S CLOTHING , HATS , CAPS AXD GENT'S FURNlSJUNC GOODS. PK1CES ALWAYS THE LOWEST. jSSr-Call and Examine Goods and Prices. * HI. 3VC. H HVL JPIE.A ! _ V 1309 Furnlmm Street , Omaha , Scb. MORE POPULAR THAN B/ER. The Genuine SINGER NEW FAMILY SEWING MACHINE. The popular demand for the GKJfOINE SINGER hi 1879 exceeded that of any previous year during the Quarter of a Century in which this "Old Reliable" Machine has been before the public. In 1878 we sold 356,422 Machines. In 1879 we sold 431,167 Machines. Excess over any previous year 74,735 Machines. Our sales last year were at the rate of over 1400 Sewing Machines a Day I For eiery business day In the jear. x&xinxx" * 233 * Tha "Old Eeliable" That Every REAL Singer is the Strongest , Singer Sewing Ma- the Simplest , the Most chine baa this Trade Mark cast into the Dnrable Sewing Ma Iron Stand and em chine ever yet Con bedded in the Arm of structed. the Machine. THE SINGER MANUFACTURING GO. Principal Office : < r4 Union Square. New York. 1,500 Subordinate Offices , in the \j nited SUtea and Canada , and 3,000 Offices in the Oli World and Sonth America. epl6-d&wtf PIANOS i ORGANS. 0" . S. W JbilG-IHIT , MH5. CHICKERING PIANO , Sole Agent for Hallet Davis & Co. , James & Holmstrom , and J. & G * Fischer's Pianos , also Sole Agent for the Estey , Burdett , and the Fort Wayne Organ Go's , Organs , II deal in Fianoa and Organs exclusively. Have had years experience in the Business , and handle only the Beat. J. S. WRIGHT , 218 16th Street , City Hall Building , Omaha , Neb. HALSBY V. FITOH. Tuner. DOUBLE AND SINGLE AOTINO POWER AND HAND PUMPS Steam Pumps , Engine Trimmings , Mining Machinery. BELTING HOSE , BRASS AKD IHOM FITT1KC8 , PIPE , STEAM PACKIKS AT WHOLESALE AKD RETAIL. KALIADAY WiMD-MILLS , CHURCH AND SCHOOL BELLS A. L. STEANQ. 206 Faroham Street fhcnba. Sob J. A. W A K E F 1 E L D. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IK LUMBER , LATH , SHINGLES , Pickets , Sash , Doors , Blinds , Mouldings , Lime , Cement , Piaster , &c. STATE AGENT FOR MILWAUKEE CEMEHT CO. , [ fear Union Pacific Depot. OMAHA , MB. 3VL O "V. IE . -j * J T " J. B. DETWIL THE CARPET -las Removed From His Old Stand on Douglas St. , to His JEW AND ELEGANT STORE , 1313 Farnham Street , fliere He Will bo I'Icascd to Meet all His Patrons. H-l-