THE OMAHA DAILY BBE : Fill HAY , AUGUST 17. 1891 ,
THE jMAHA DAILTBEE.
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Sworn to iM-foro mo and Riinscrlbed In my pres
ence this 1st day If Auetut , 1MI.
( Seal. ) N. I * . FEIU Notnry Public.
The battle of the ballots at Nebraska City
has been a record-breaker for Nebraska dele
gates.
Every republican vitally Interested In the
success of the slate ticket will attend the
primaries today.
It won't bo the fault of the trust If there
Is any whisky left In bond when the new
tariff law goes Into effect.
The Sugar tr'ust didn't get quite nil that
It wanted , but It will try to worry along
as best It can for a little while longer.
If the militia arc no longer required to
preserve the peace nt South Omaha , why
keep thorn there a moment longer than
necessary ?
Mr. and Mrs. Qoudy have announced their
candidacy for u third term Incumbency of
the ofllco of state superintendent of public
Instruction.
Republicans of Omaha and Douglas county
should attend the primary election today
If they want to voice their sentiments in the
county convention.
McKclghan Is In no hurry to get back
to Washington before congress adjourns.
That democratic endorsement of his ro-
nomlnatlon by the populists has not yet
been captured.
No legislation Is required to rornovo ob
structions to the completion of the union
depot. If the depot company wants to com
plete Us work , let It go ahead and do so.
There Is nothing to prevent It.
I Pullman Is getting Into bad habits once
more. Ho has just Inflicted upon the people
ple another ready-made interview , telling
how virtuous the Pullman company has
been and how badly It has been treated by
Its employes and the general public.
We print elsewhere a letter from the
Grand Island Mercantile company which
throws a searchlight upon local freight rate
discrimination In this state. It Is needless
to say that the State Doard of Transportation
can find In this case a profitable Held for
exploration.
Can't the democrats como any nearer than
$15,000,000 above the mark denoting the nec
essary revenues of the federal government ?
What has become of the great Cleveland
maxim about leaving the surplus In the
pockets of the people rather than In the
national treasury.
Of course England halls the passage of
the tariff bill with delight , for the same
reason that she rejoiced over the return of
Grover Cleveland to the white house. Any
thing that promises gain to the Interests of
English manufacturers makes the English
heart beat with joy.
All the county road paving for which funds
have been provided ought to bo finished before
cold weather , sets In and It can be If the
contractors keep up the pace they have sot.
The employment afforded by these public Im
provements ought to tide a considerable
number of laborers over the greater part of
a winter that might otherwise be hard for
them.
The president Is being overwhelmed with
telegrams from prominent democrats In
various parta of the country advising him
to veto the now tariff bill. Dut President
Cleveland Is known to be ono of those who
takes all the advice offered and then does
as ho pleases. It would be rash to predict
a vote even if two-thirds of all the demo
crats In existence should waste money on
telegraph messages of similar Impart.
Lot us suggest that strong efforts bo made
to secure the participation In Omahn'a Labor
day demonstration of labor organizations of
neighboring towns. The local celebration
should bo one not merely local In character.
If the proper Inducements are held out and
the proper cntortntnment promUed , thcro
ought to bo little difllculty In securing the
attendance of largo delegations of laborers
from numerous Iowa and Nebraska towns.
It Is just as Important to attract visitors
from abroad as U Is to gjt out a full
representation of all the homo labor organi
sations.
The Lancaster county bar Is nuking a
move to get rid of Irregularities In the system
of Jury drawing by which the courts ere
constantly Inflicted with the presence of the
professional juror In jury cases. if any
.manipulation should bo discovered In the
election of a Judge the court would bo Im
mediately scandalized , but the selection of a
jury which often plays a part moro Important
than that of the judge Is generally left to
minor otllcluls moro or less open to the In-
tluenca of litigants. The abuse Is not con-
lined to Lancaster county. The professional
juror 1 gaining a wonderful foothold In
Douglas county as well. The bar < hcre would
bo doing both themselves and the public a
great service by adopting some plan that will
Insure the lelectlou of honest juror * la all
Tin : VM.UMir MATnntAb mr/.H.
The bills ( or free sugar , free coal , Iron ore
nnd barbed wire , passed by the house , have
been sent to the senate finance committee.
Interest centers on the bill for free sugar
nnd another warm contest In the scnnte over
this measure Is possible. A majority of the
flcnatj are probably In favor of free sugar.
The republican- ) would rote for It anil a
number of democrats have announced that
they favor It , and yet them Is very little
likelihood that the measure can b ? passed In
the senate. In the first place , ns shown by
the letter of Secretary Carlisle read In the
senate on Wednesday , to make sugar free
would result In a deficit In the revenues of
the government for the next fiscal year esti
mated by the secretary of ths treasury nt
$28,000,000. $ It Is true that this was ques
tioned , on the ground that the estimates of
revenue were based on the Importations of
the last fiscal year , and under the now tariff
Importations are expected to be largely In
creased , but the general opinion nmong dem
ocratic senators seems clearly to be on the
side of the secretary , ns was partly evidenced
by the reference of the sugar bill to the
finance committee , nnd It must be regarded
ns very unlikely that these senators will sup
port a measure the effect of which might bo
to embarrass the democratic secretary of the
treasury nnd the democratic administration.
Even the professed nnxlety of some of these
senators to vindicate themselves from the
charge of subserviency to the Sugar trust ,
It ought to be safe to assume , will hardly
lead them to act In distinct opposition to the
evident desire of the democratic head of the
of the treasury , whose task has already b3cn
an arduous and dl'Dcult one.
There Is another consideration , though
how much weight It may have with the
democratic senators Is uncertain. The pas
sage of the free sugar bill would tend to
aggravate thn embarrassing position In which
the president has been placed by the sur
render of the house to the senate on the
tariff. Mr. Cleveland In his memorable
letter said that under the democratic plat
form nnd In accordance with the declared
purposes of the party "sugar Is a legitimate
and logical article of revenue taxation. "
and he urged that while no tenderness should
bo entertained for trusts "wo ought not to
be driven away from the democratic prin
ciple nnd policy which lead to the taxation
of sugar by the fear , quite likely exaggerated ,
that In carrying out this principle nnd
policy we may Indirectly and Inordinately
encourage a combination of sugar refining
Interests. " Ho further said that In taxing
sugar for proper purposes and within reason
able bounds there was no danger of running
counter to democratic principle. Thus the
president Is clearly and fully committed In
favor of the policy of taxing sugar nnd
having advised that this be done It would
manifestly very greatly Increase the em
barrassment he Is already under to send
him a free sugar bill. It is to be presumed ,
also , that the letter of Secretary Carlisle
had the concurrence of Mr. Cleveland.
There ar still other considerations war
ranting the opinions that a bill for free sugar
cannot pass the senate , but perhaps those
given are sufficient.
As to the other bills , and esp'clally those
for free coal and free Iron ore. It is pretty
safe to predict that they will bo burled in
the finance committee , but If It should be
otherwise there Is hardly n possible chance
of any one of them getting through the scn
nte. The senate democrats who voted to re
tain coal nnd Iron ere on the dutiable list
are not se2klng any vindication. Trey are
perfectly satisfied with their action and will
steadfastly adhere to It. Thess "popgun"
measures will , therefore , If they ever again
get before the senate , be overwhelmingly re
jected and the victory of the senate over the
house bo thus more strongly emphasized.
'Kl.CO3lKn A
It Is no surprise to learn that British
manufacturers , particularly In the woolen
goods Interest , are very much
pleased that the tariff question Is settled
hero so far as It can affect them. A Lon
don dispatch states that the woolen manu
facturers of Bradford , Leeds and Halifax
nro expecting a great revival of business.
It appears that they have been watching
the course of the tariff struggle with the
greatest Interest nnd anxiety , but at the
same time without manifestation of feeling ,
for fear of prejudicing the Issue. Es
pecially In Bradford , which Is a center of
the woolen Industry , the solicitude has been
Intense , and , ns the dispatch states , "the
outcome Is accordingly all the more wel
come. " These British manufacturers see
the great American market opening to them
ns It has not done before In a third of n
century , and they are naturally happy over
the prospect. It is a great bcon to them
after years of slow trade and narrow mar
gins of profit , and they will be certain to
make the most of It. That they have
great admiration of the wisdom and states
manship of the democratic party goes with
out saying.
Well , that party has certainly gone as
far us It dared to In behalf of these foreign
manufacturers. It has reduced existing
duties on woolen shawls , not above 40 cents
per pound , 7G.71 per cent ; knit fabrics , not
above 40 cents per pound , 74,27 per cent ;
blankets , 00.71 per cent ; hats of wool , 72
per cent ; flannels , not -over BO cents per
pound , 66,71 per cent ; woolen dress goods ,
54 per cent ; woolen plushes , C2 per cent ;
carpets , 04 per cent. These generous re
ductions In the Interest of the foreign manu
facturers nro well calculated to make them
feel good and lead them to Infuse new llfo
and activity Into their Industries. They
have for several years been casting nbout
hopelessly for new markets , but they need
do this no longer. The greatest of nil the
markets of the world may now command
their undivided attention and care. And
It Is not alone the woolen manufacturers
of Great Britain who are happy over demo
cratic tariff legislation. There Is also great
gladness among the Welsh tin plate manu
facturers , in whoso behalf a reduction of
4G per cent Is made from the existing tariff.
Of course there will bo a marked revival
of the Welsh tin Industry , for the past few
years somewhat less extensive ) nnd profit
able than formerly by reason of the Ameri
can competition stimulated Under the Mc-
Klnley tsrlff. How long will It take , the
Welsh tin plate manufacturers to again
get complete control of the American mar
ket by crushing out what competltldn there
la hero ? Can there be any doubt that they
will nmko a most strenuous effort to do
thin ? The British cotton manufacturers
have less reason to rejoice than thosa In
the woolen Industries. They are not so
well favored , The manufacture of cotton
goods U not an exclusively northern In
dustry. Fortunately It ls extensively car
ried on In tlio south , where It has been
rapidly developing under republican tariff
policy , and It still retains a measure of pro
tection that makes It secure against foreign
competition. It la In this respect the incut
favorably situated of all the Industries af
fected by the new tariff.
Whllo the gratification manifested by
British manufacturers at the favorable turn
for tlieiu of our tariff legislation 1 * natural
nnd not unwarranted , It Is passible they may
overcttlmnto the benefits they w II derive
fr-rn It. Amorlran enlrrprlse and energy
will mtlco a very determined utriiRKle 'o
retain control of the American market , nn 1
the superior productiveness cf American
labor , together with the Ingenuity of our
pcoplo In devising Improved methods of
production , may offset the cheaper capital
nnd labor of cur European competitors. A
contest fcr this great iiurhet In Inevitable ,
end Its effect upon some of our Industries
can hardly fall to be harmful.
AKDTIIKII
An ordinance has been Introduced In the
council to submit to the voters of this city
nt the coming general election n proposition
to authorize the Union Depot company to
complete the so-called union depot building
adjacent to the Truth street viaduct. On
Its face this proposition would seem un
objectionable. No valid objection can be
rnlscd by anybody to the completion of the
structure begun three or four years ago nnd
abruptly nbandoncd at the Instance of Jay
Gould when he sought to repudiate the con
tract between the Union Pacific and the
Milwaukee and Rock Islnnd companies.
While the general Impression , prevails that
the Howe Injunction suits blocked the depot
building the fact Is that It simply blocked
the Issue of the $150,000 of city bonds
Illegally voted for the viaduct. Thcro Is
nothing In the way of finishing the depot now
and there Is no necessity for submitting a
proposition to permit the Union Depot com
pany to go nhead with their station any
tlma they want to.
Why , then , Is this proposition to be sub
mitted to the voters of Omaha ? If we
guess aright the real object Is to get a
perpetual quit claim from the city to nil the
rights and privileges acquired by the con
tract with the Union Pacific , under which
that company assumed the obligation to
maintain the transfer of Its passenger busi
ness and keep Its headquarters and shops
In Omaha , and also to permit all railroads
entering Omaha over Its brldgo to share Its
depot and transfer privileges at reasonable
rates. Now , If Omaha votes a release to
the Union Pacific , what Is there to com
pensate her for yielding such Invaluable
girantlcs ? Does the proposed Tenth streat
depot afford even the remotest Inducement
for abandoning what has cost Omaha years
of struggle and hundreds of thousands of
dollars In taxes ?
Would the council be justified In making
such a bargain or submitting such a proposi
tion to the voters ?
JUDGE STllODK
After a deadlock unprecedented In the
history of republican conventions In Ne
braska , Judge J. B. Strode has been nom
inated for congress In the First district. It
took more than 1,200 ballots to reach n con
clusion. A stubborn contest such as this
Is evidence of the strength of the candidates
participating , and emphasizes the fact that
this year a republican nomination In the
First district Is equivalent to an election.
The First congressional district comprises
seven counties In the southeastern portion
of the state , containing nearly 75,000 voters.
For years It had been regarded as a safe re
publican stronghold , and while Bryan was
elected to congress as a , democrat In 1890 Toy
a good plurality he barely escaped defeat In
1892. His plurality over Field was but 140
votes. This being an acknowledged repub
lican year , Mr. Bryan has not shown the
hardihood to again stand for election in the
First , and In fact no democrat has yet been
found willing to bo offered as a sacrifice on
the altar of his party.
Judge Strode Is a man of moro than aver
age ability. He has been a citizen of Ne
braska for nearly twenty years , and Is well
and favorably known throughout the First
congressional district , possessing those rare
qualities of manhood that have drawn to
htm many friends and unwavering sup
porters In the party.
It Is a significant fact that his chief op
ponent In the convention was first to break
the deadlock and make Strode's nomination
a fact. This is a strong Indication that
the fight ended -with the convention and that
the friends of the defeated candidates will
work zealously for the success of the ticket
and to ratify the work of the convention.
A DKSKRVtllJ COMPLIMENT ,
la accordance with time-honored usage ,
which ncccrds to every efilclent nnd faithful
representative In the national legislature nn
endorsement for a second term , Hon. E.
J. Halner has been renomlnated by accla
mation by the republicans of the Fourth
district. Mr. Halner represents an Intelli
gent and discriminating constituency , nnd
It Is'highly creditable to him that ho has
gained their respect and good will by dis
charging the duties devolving upon him
satisfactorily to all classes. No man , how
ever brilliant or Industrious , can accom
plish great things during his first term In
congress , nnd moro especially when he hap
pens to be a member of the minority party.
The next house will undoubtedly bo repub
lican , and the people of the Fourth district
will profit by the experience Mr. Halner
has gained and the Influence which a re
publican will exert with a republican
speaker wielding the gavel.
The New York World publishes a list of
leaves of absence granted by the house dur
ing the two months of Juno and July , which
shows that the epidemic of congressional
sickness has not yet been brought within
control. Under the farcical operation of the
old docking law , revived In this congress , all
a' member has to do In order to enjoy his
vacation and his salary at the same tlmo Is
to say that h'is absence Is due to sickness.
The World figures that were the absentees
docked In every case , as the law contem
plates , the treasury would be richer by more
than $200,000 , whereas the amount saved
from conscientious congressmen who do not
care to make a lying report will not exceed
$2,000 , or one-hundredth part of that amount.
Whllo making a show of refusing to pay
members except for work actually performed ,
this house has been as great an offender In
the line of absenteeism as any of Its pre
decessors. Its claim to economy by reason
of Its enforcement of the docking law will
not bo able to bring It any credit.
Senator Berry of Arkansas thinks that by
passing the bill for free sugar the senate
can nt one turn free Itself from the charge
that It has been manipulated by the Sugar
trust , But the paesago of n dozen free sugar
bills would not clean the tainted skirts of the
senate. The people luivo evidence of the
Sugar trust's work In the sugar schedule of
tliu tariff bill. Free sugar might bo ac
cepted as a partial atonement , but never
as R complete acquittal.
Senator Vest kindly Informs the republi
cans that the best campaign document In
the hands of the republican party will be
the president's letter to Chairman Wilson
denouncing the democratic senate for its
part In training the new tariff bill , as If
the republicans -wore not very much nllve to
this fact. Jf\a \ president's letter furnishes nil
the evidence'that could be desired of the
lncompctcntVOt'1tlie democratic1 party to conduct
(
duct the n il cf government nnd of the
necessity ifro ) , ; orlrg the republican parly
to power."i
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An Omaha'correspondent ? ' of the Chicago
Tribune tclls'"t\ie \ world that William Jen
nings Bryan .IB heading for the poptilUt nom
ination for thc'i'rcsldency ' In 1SOG. This will
bo news to ofV\'tor Allen. It must bo con
ceded that Mr. .Bryan has the same right ns
nny other innn to nsplro to the distinction
recently Inld tfowh by that eminent statesman ,
James B. Wcn fr. What nerd Bryan cnro
for carping critics who m.iy nsk : "Upon
what meat dotli this , our Caesar , feed that ho
hath grown so great ! "
Tlio Xiitiit Dny or Infiiiiiy.
Nuw forte Sun.
Will August 1.1 , 1S9I , be known In demo
cratic history us perfidy nnd dishonor tiny ?
Tuulns flip .lolio Hrrliiusly.
Indianapolis Mews.
Congressman itrynn of Nebraska , the boy
orntor of the I'latte , scenm to be Inking
himself seriously n.s a candidate for the
United States suiuUc.
I. it tic , but Oil , My !
Chicago Itocord.
He doesn't cut much of n llgtiro on n liny-
scales" , but recent eventstlemonstrati1 Hint
Arthur P. Gonimn la n heap bigger nmn
thnn Grover Clcvulnml when It comes to a
rough-and-tumble In the senatorial cockpit.
VciliTd Drcnil tlio Flro.
ChlcsiBO Intfr Oeonn.
People who limm-ine that the voters of the
United States will repeat the Idiocy of 1S92
must have n poor Idea of the Intelligence of
the American people. Jlen may be par
tisans , but they cannot bo expected to re
pent the financial nnd romnierclnl disasters
they Inaugurated nt the ballot box under the
speclotiH niul attractive name of "tariff re
form. " They nml the world can nei > they
have only been sold to the highest bidder
by the party In power.
A I.Ittlo r.atc , Jiut 1,1 fn .Slzu.
SprttiRfleM ( Mnss. ) Republican.
It Is difficult to refer to the tariff situa
tion at Washington with nny patience. A
worse spectacle of treachery , obstinacy ,
stolidity and general Incapacity tins never
been seen at the capital than that which
the democratic majority la now ofterlnff to
an Impatient nnd distracted country. Never
did the genius of the man who llrst em
ployed the mule to symbolize the demo
cratic party blaze forth In such a Htrlklns
light ns It does today. Our only hope lies
In the fact that the beast cannot always
kick nnd bray , Imt must sometime take a
step forward. The lire Is already burning
under It.
Jugglery of lillrnicl : : Hooks.
SprlnKflcld Repuliltcnn.
Thlg extraordinary exposition of crafty
bookkeeping methods in railway manage
ment will be mnde to emphasize the de
mand th.it the government extend its
powers of supervision to the requirement
that all Interstate raJlronds keep their nc-
counts in some prescribed uniform way ,
which shall be simple enough for Inventors
and others to understand. Railroad book
keeping Is now too generally used to mis
lead Investors ami conceal the real stale
of the company's llnanccs to be much
longer toleraited. Nobodv but nn experi
enced accountant 'cnn ' ordinarily form any
Idea of the financial situation of a road
from the , purposely complicated nnd In
volved rei > ortH that are made. This device
of managers to'hqlp themselves at the ex
pense of security holders and the public
must also go.
UnliiHlriictcd.
Lincoln News.
The railroads are playing their game with
their usual shrewdness nnd cunning , nml If
Tom llnjors Is noUnomlnaled by the repub
lican state convention next week then It
will be because the delegates had the man
hood to pick , 'out ihe .man of their choice
Instead of following the dictation of the
railroad companies. County after copnty
has held its convention , nnd delegation
after delegation to the state convention has
been selected without one worfl of Instruo-
tlons. They Ijave , not been Instructed for
the simple reapon that the rollrpnil Influence
was sulllclcnt to. prevent any such thing
being done. They know from , long expe
rience how much easier It is to Influence
Individual delegations by one of the many
moans In their power than to throw county
conventions their way. The practice of
sending unlnstrucleil delegations , like that
of permitting a cnmlldate to select thP dele
gation , is decidedly tmrepubllcan , and sub
versive of the basic principles of the party.
The members of a ftnte delegation are In
almost every Instance politician * or wnnl
workers selected In advance by party
leaders , and In many cases are not repre
sentative republicans. To entrust them
with the honor and power of throwing the
vote of the county to thla or to that man
Is not only unwise , but Is not representative
government. It Is safe to say that the ma
jority of republicans in each county In the
state favor the nomination of either Mr.
JIacColl or Mr. "Majors , nnd If republican
principles are so dear to the party leaders
as we are led to believe , the sentiment of
the party should be manifested In the
county convention by Instructions for one
man or another. We should then know for
a certainty which Is the real choice of the
party. As It Is now , a dangerous power has
been entrusted to men In many cases un
worthy of It , and they will not represent
the true sentiment and wishes of the party
for the simple reason Hint by manipulation
that sentiment has been suppressed and no
Instructions how to vote given. It Is such
tactics ns these which make politics a dirty
game and permits the control , by corrupt
tools and public enemies , of many conven
tions.
HE31UVHA cr'a visiiosou.
New York Sun ( dem. ) : What a record for
the house of representatives In the Fifty-third
congress , with a democratic majority over
all of not less than eighty vo'es !
Detroit Free Press ( dem. ) : Good has been
done , but much more will be accomplished
before the end Is reached. . The traitors
could not bo forestalled , but they will bo
punished and the right will prevail.
Buffalo Express ( rep. ) : And so , by over
riding parliamentary precedents , with con
scious shame , with terror of further ex
posures of venality , amid the angry pro
tests of the more honest democrats , the
Infamous bill was passed. It Is the con
summation of hypocrisy , the complement of
a lie.
Cleveland Leader ( rep. ) : The action of the
house marks the humiliating and Ignomin
ious failure of the cause of tariff reform.
It marks the surrender of the democratic
party to the most gigantic monopoly that this
country has over seen. It brands the demo
cratic parly as a party of false pretenses , a
party of deception , a party of fraud ,
Cleveland Plain Dealer ( dem. ) : The demo
crats of the house of representatives , In
agreeing to the tariff amendments offered
by the senate , have triumphed over the free
trade fanaticism Kni\ vindicated genuine
democracy. They1 , have saved the nation
from the shame > , o& an empty treasury and
established ample Incpme and unimpeachable
credit. . , 10
Boston Globe Mem ; ) : The house showed
what the democracy''could ilo with a free
working majority } but the senate has
shown what a i > .irj ( < can do on the nar
rowest possible ( jnnjjjln of power. That ,
without a vote to spare , It has been able to
readjust and In nearly every Instance reduce
the entire tariff system of the nation , Is after
all a splendid monument to the competency
of the democratic 'paVty.
Indianapolis Jo'urna' ) ( rep. ) ; The demo
crats In the housb..who have been guilty
of this perfidy to ina { American people will
come back with Dtofuso explanations. They
will niuitlicmatlzoiUliii trusts whoso bidding
they have done , wjlllo. they will seek of the
Sugar and WhlsJiy ieoiile fractions of the
{ 75,000,000 whlcli , .they have pocketed by
reason of their voles for the senate bill.
All explanations art ) Insults.
Chicago Post ( dem. ) : The house has sur
rendered. What eleo could It do ? Be
hind It were the people demanding early re
lief from the oppression of McKlnleylsm.
lleforn It stood a shameless , brazen conspir
acy , knitted together by self-interest , defiant
of public opinion , corrupt , but powerful. It
was a question whether the house should
submit to the Gorman blackmail or refuse
all compromise and adjourn ,
Louisville Courier-Journal ( dem. ) : No
party was ever placed In a mare humiliating
position than that visited upon the demo
cratic party yesterday In the lower house
of congress. One thing r.Ione U certain ;
those who have betrayed It will pay dearly
for their treason. One short year ago all
the trumps were In our hands. Now we da
not , as Hop Price of blessed memory used to
ay , "hold a prominent card. " j
, S VUA It t ) I ft-Kit .V Tt A r.1.
Vlgoronn I'rotmt of dm ( irnnil lOnntt Mrr
rnntllr Compiiny.
Complaint has been entered before the
State Bonrd of Transportation by the Grand
Island Mercantile company that , owing to
discriminating local freight tariffs , It has
"paid over 110,000 In back freight charges
on which there has not been one dollar's
worth of service rendered , " The mercantile
company referred to has addressed n letter
to Secretary Dllworth , and the company's
president , Mr. J. II. Peterson , has reqiiostci
The Bee to publish the following copy of the
letter :
GUANO ISLAND , Neb. , Aug. 1.1. W. A
Dllworth , Secre'nry of the Nebraska State
Board of Transportation. Lincoln , Neb : Iear
Sir Your letter of August T. answering our
letter of complaint ng.ilnst the highway rob
blng system that Is Imposed upon the In
terlor towns of Nebraska , received am
noted.
Wo also wish to reply to your communlca
tlon , published In the Nebraska State Jonnu
July 21 , wherein you state that sugars arc
usually hauled to the Missouri river am
local rates charged for return of 23 cents
Which Is not true , ns the local rate Is 2 (
cents Invariably. You also stale that for
the convenience of jobbers the railroad some
limes stops cnroute and leaves them nt their
destination , and yet charges the Iccal rate
In addition from the Missouri river. This Is
not true , as we have been In business nt this
jiblnt now nearly two years , and not one car
has goije to Omaha nnd back to our knowl
edge , nil having been stopped In transit
for the convenience nnd saving of railroads
only. You also state that you have Inter
esting Information coming from the rail
roads that they are not responsible for the
situation , caused by an agreement with the
sugar kings , and the assertion Is made tlia
Spreckles has agreed to sell this section o
the country only to Missouri river points a
a price no lower than Hnvemeycr can got
sugars In from the cast. According to this
agreement sugars are delivered nt a river
rate , and the roads say they are not responsi
ble. This Is not true. The facts are as
follows :
During the Western sugar refinery's season
the Western Sugar Refining companj
invariably make prices much lower than east
ern or southern refineries , thereby causing
all Missouri river nnd Interior Jobbers to
buy their sugars of them. After absorbing
all their excess they advance on their price *
nnd allow New Orleans to come In and sol
out their surplus , and up to the present
time we have never been able to buy but one
car of sugar cast of the Missouri river on
equal basic. This system of highway rob
bery Is purely n local matter , and we have a
communication In our olilce from one of the
sugar kings above mentioned , In which he
plainly stales It Is purely n local matter nnd
should be taken up nnd fairly adjusted by
the lines between Grand Island and the
Missouri river.
On the 1st of June we received a draft , with
bill of lading attached , for a car of granu
lated sugar , shipped over the Union Pacific
system , freight paid to Omaha.Ve Im
mediately paid the draft , secured bill of
lading , and awaited for the arrival of sugar.
This car arrived In due time ; way bill
to Grand Island , with printed instructions on
way bill : "Notify the mercantile company. "
We hauled this car of sugar nnd refused
back freight from Omaha , one hundred and
five dollars and some cents. This car was
hauled Into Grand Island with a train load
of sugars ; the balance of this train was held
on side track for disposition without de
murrage , and when sold was hauled to dif
ferent points on the Missouri river without
charge.
About June 20 we received another car
of sugar from the Western Sugar Refining
company , supposed to have been prepaid to
Lincoln. This car came .In as usual , vln
B. & M. and Aurora , a little town twenty
miles east of us , where the regular tariff
rate Is 9 cents per hundred. After the com
pany saved a haul of about 12S miles they
exacted from us 23 cents per hundred weight ,
which Is supposed to be Lincoln rate. This
we promptly refused and tendered the B. &
M. Railroad company the rate from Aurora ,
9 cents per hundred weight , which wns also
refused. We immediately attached this car
of sugar nnd took judgment against the B.
& .M. road by default. Since that time the
B. & M. Railroad company has petitioned
the court to open up this case , and the- pe
tition has been granted , providing they pay
C °
0n July 2 we wired the Western Sugar
Refining company's agents at Lincoln for
price on sugar , and immediately received
their reply by wire : "Can only accept your
offer for 4-7IT prepaid to Grand Island ,
which you will see Is exactly 23 cents above
Lincoln price. This fairly shows the Ina
bility of the great railroad corporations to
collect this exorbitant * local freight for
which sugars never traveled , and ought to
convince nny fair-minded man who repre
sents the people that there Is being a sys
tem practiced by the different corporations
of the state of Nebraska that is simple high
way robbery. If there Is any reason why
this city of Grand Island should not bo pro
tected with the proper differential to com
pare , with other Interior towns and cities ,
Lincoln nnd Fremont , kindly state your
reasons. It Is fairly shown by this move
ment of the railroad companies that they
have gone to the great American Sugar trust
nnd bowed down before them and asked
them to protect their corporations In robbing
small interior jobbers by adding these re
turn charges to their bills and accompany
ing their bills with bills of lading. If these
exorbitant charges that have been exacted
by both systems are legitimate , why not
collect same by law as any other private
freight or freight charges ? This is fairly
admitting that the system they have been
practicing Is unjust In every particular. Are
wo not entitled to the same differential nnd
respect of the railroad companies through
out the country as our resident beet sugar
refiner , Mr. Onxard , who has an exact dif
ferential , which we claim Aurora freight
nnd Lincoln differential , which Is 12 cents to
the Missouri river ?
You further state that you have Investi
gated to a certain extent the sugar rate prob
lem In the state of Kansas n couple of years
nro where the question got Into the courts ,
both federal nnd state ; about what the cut-
come was you have been unable to ascertain.
This seemG simply absurd , os any state of
ficer who Is representing the people fairly
ought not to take two years to investigate
such an Important question.
Up to the present writing we have paid
over $10.000 worth of back freight charges
on which there has not been $1 worth of
service rendered. Understand this Is over
and above the proper differential to which we
are entitled. Our city has as good facili
ties ns nny Interior town , nnd If nny whole
sale grocer or manufacturer exists in this
city he should bo treated justly nnd fairly
as compared with other Interior towns with
which ho has to compete.
Wo are compelled to sell sugars In com
petition with all river points as well a * In
terior points above mentioned. Kindly g > ! vo
this matter your early nttcntlon ; by so doing
you will confer a favor on this firm , us well
as many other cities and neighboring manu
facturers , und wo cnn see no reason why
nny river jobber , nnd. In fact , any jobbar ,
can object to this arrangement. Yours re
spectfully. J. H. PBTKRSON.
Grand Island Mercantile Company ,
By J , II. PETERSON , President ,
livltlcnro < > f lli'inocnitlo Dpuplllr.
RprlnKflfld Jtepulillcan.
General Jnmos H. Weaver hns got the
democratic noinnlntlan for congress In the
Ninth lown district , ns well the populist
nomination. Nothing bettor brings out the
despair with which the democrats regard
the congressional election outlook.
TIIK jtf.l/VJK.Vfl .U/.ST.IKK.
Bomcrvllla .Tmirtml.
"Something In blue ? Why , centnlnlyl"
The clerk Hays , with u smile.
For oh ! the very loveliest girl
Is standing fn the nlslel
And though the clerk Is sometimes cross ,
Ho Is so charmed by her
That he unrolls piece after piece ,
Without the least demur.
At last the maiden cries : "Oh , myl
Now Isn't Unit too sweet ! "
And , looklnr ; In her eyes , the clerk
Says : "Von ; that can't be heat , "
"Now , how much shall I need , " she bnys ,
"To make a pretty dress ? "
And ho replies : "Just seven yards.
You couldn't do with IBKH. "
"Seven yards , " she says ; "tlO.SO , then.
All right. Plenso send It out. "
Ami then she wonder * what the clerk
Is HO nmuseil about.
"Excuse me ! Seventeen yards In all , "
He nays. The tylo deceives.
You'll need the seven yards for the dress ,
And ten more for the vleeveu. "
IP IT ill
Shall the Party Commit Itself to a Tattooed
Standard Bearer ?
The candidacy of Thomas J. Majors con
fronts the republican party of Nebraska as
a menace to Its success In the Impcndlnit
campaign. To elevate him to the position ol
standard bearer will place the party on tlia
defensive and subject It to a galling llro that
thn following bill , certified to by T. J.
Majors ns president of the senate , was placed
In the hands of the auditor and a warrant
for $75 was Issued toV. . M. Taylor as bal
Mice due for alleged services In the senate
far the last fifteen days of tlio month :
TUG TELL-TALE CERTIFICATE.
l'\ir Sen-tea ( U..U.4M.O&X. .
Si.V.1 Tt ,
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) > crday ,
'J\itat \ , - - - , . .a. < . / _
Deduct amount drawn , -
Jlatanceiliic , - . . . .
Lincoln ,
J hereby certify that the above account li correct a mUutt , and hat not been jta Iti.
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J'reMenl ,
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&wrr/nry.
aJJu " < { ( fi ;
It could not withstand. Every candidate and
every party leader on the stump would bo
compelled to champion the candidacy of a
man who Is tattooed with a record of In-
delllblo Infamy. They would be confronted
at every crossroad with the story of the
forged census returns that scandalized the
state at the national capital and placed a
stigma upon the man whom the people of
this commonwealth had honored with a place
In the halls of congress as their representa
tive. They would be confronted with the
moro recent misbehavior of that same ex-
congressman while acting In capacity of
president of the state senate.
During two sessions of the legislature Ir
which he occupied the responsible and honor
able position of presiding officer of the upper
house by virtue of his election as lieutenant
governor , Mr. Majors was notoriously a tool
and capper for the corporation lobby , and
exerted all his power and Influence during
each session of the legislature to promote
Jobbery and assist boodle schemes and ob
struct , sidetrack and defeat all railway reg
ulation bills and measures to curb the rupac-
Ity cf corporate monopoly.
SCANDALIZED THE STATE.
During the session of 1SD1 the state was
scandalized by the abduction of Senator
Taylor , a populist , who had been elected on
the anti-monopoly platform , which pledged
him to support a maximum rate law. It
Is notorious that Taylor was on confidential
terms with Lieutenant Governor Majors ,
and especially with his private sec
retary , Walt M. Scely. There Is
no doubt whatever that Majors and
Seely must have Itnown of the plot to abduct
Taylor In order to keep him from casting his
vote for the Newberry maximum rate bill.
Taylor's abduction created such a sensa
tion that even If Majors had not been ad
vised about the plot he could not have been
Ignorant of the fact that Taylor had disap
peared. The fact that Majors directed the
sergeant-at-arms to have Taylor arrested
shows absolute knowledge on the part of
Majors of the disappearance of Taylor.
The records of the auditor's ofllco show
that Taylor had drawn $202.40 ns his pay
and mileage for the session up to the Umo
of his abrupt departure In the middle of
March.
On March 31 , when the session closed ,
THE TELL-TALE TAYLOR ORDER.
"U.UMOU5 , V
? UU > . NWkHKCOVMTI.
On\mnm \ ) .
The above Is a fac simile of the order of
the abducted ex-senator authorizing Wnlt
Seely to receipt the vouchers nnd warrants
for his unearned salary. It will bo noted
that the order Is in the handwriting of Walt
M. Eeely , private secretary of Lieutenant
TIs n wlto reformer who knows his own
tariff bill.
Senator Gorman deports himself as becomes
the Wellington of a presidential Waterloo.
The senatorial big four are not Indulging
n pyrotechnics. Like Brer Rabbit , they lay
ow.
Public sentiment favors Immediate adjourn-
nont of congress. But congress It not In the
malness of heeding public sentiment.
Whllo French justice Is unusually slow In
llsposlng of Santos , there Is no reason to
loubt but that It will bo ahead In the end.
It Is not likely the victorious senata will
emulate the FIJI Islanders who celebrated n
conquest by feasting on the roasted remains
of the Invaders.
Reports from nil sections of this delightful
country furnish attendant assurances that
he nvurate ofllce will not bo overworked
n seeking the man. {
If Senator Chandler hears of the doings
of the republican convention of the First i
district wo may expect a senatorial Investl- |
gallon In the Interest of ballot reform. ]
Mr. Corbott called Mr. Jackson a bluffer.
Mr. Jackson hotly retorted "You're another. " ,
I'lion they shook hands nnd parted. What |
a startling piece of . "news" to wire over the
country !
If the delegates to the First district repuh- |
lean convention could ballot at tha polU
vltli half the frequency shown In the con
vention , what a whooping majority would
> e piled up for the candidate !
All that Is necepsary to put the , finishing
ouches on tha democratic spectacle In Wash-
ngton Is to wrlio the presidential autograph
n the sugar bill with the quill used to trace
ho burning words addressed to Wilson on
July 2.
The above Is a fac simile of the ccrtlflcati
signed by Lieutenant Governor Majors mil
approved by the auditor , as now on fllo In
the office of the auditor of stale.
The warrant for $75 wns cnshcd by Wait
M. Seely , private secretary of the lieutenant
governor , and pocketed by him. Tnylor
never received n penny of this money fraudu
lently procured by the connivance of the
lieutenant governor.
This net alone stamps Thomas J. Majors ns
a dangerous man In nny public office. When
ho certified thnt Tnylor had served through
the entire term he knowingly nnd wil
lingly committed a grave crime that laid
him liable nol only lo Impeachment , but to
prGf'-ui.lon In the criminal courts.
Had Majors certified to a fraudulent
voucher In the army , or duplicated his own
pay In the army pay roll , he would have
been court martlaled and cashiered In dis
grace. Where the offense wns as flagrant
as the Taylor voucher fraud , he would have
been made lo serve a sentence In a military
prison. Is this the kind of a man Ihe re
publicans of Nebraska are asked lo make
chief executive of stale and commander-In-
chtct of fho military forces of the common'
weallhT
THE SENATE OIL ROOM.
The climax of Infamy on Iho part of the
lieutenant governor was the conversion of
his private office adjoining Ihe senate cham
ber Into a k'gtslatlvo oil room , In which
liquor was dispensed freely to members of the
scnato who wcro addicted to drink , and to
lobbyists , male and female , who resorted to
the room for debauching the law makers.
Every fellow who belonged lo Iho gang
carried a Yale lock key In his pocket so as
to have access at all times , night or day ,
when the senate was In session or at recess ,
to the demijohns and decanters filled with
choice brands of liquor , wllh which Iho lieu
tenant governor's room was generously sup
plied regardless of expense by the corporate
concerns whoso bills were to bo logrolled
through and \\hoso Interests were to ba
protected by the bland , affable and accom
modating lieutenant governor.
Can republicans stultify themselves and
jeopardize their cause by placing n man with
such a record at the head of the ticket ?
Governor Majors. It purports to bo dated
nt Portland , Ore. , but Is wrltlen on nn of
ficial blank , headed with the name of the
lieutenant governor , at the scnato chamber ,
Lincoln , Neb. , wllh the date line left blank ,
except the figures 1891 ,
I'ASSHHI I'l.KAKAN'fKIKS.
Cincinnati Tribune : When Mr. Gorman
was u page he was more easily turned than
now.
Boston Transcript : The latest thing In
the Industrial Him IH u trade union of ballet
girls. In a kick for wages they will bo ublo
to kick In concert.
Bomcrvllle Journal : Kvcn the man who
doesn't bullcvo In signs had better have
some painted when he opens a new store.
Plain Dealer : "I thuwnk th' Lawd , " ob.
served the dude , as ho tenderly rolled up
his white pantaloons , "that we have emu
style th' latlleH 'II not likely steal from us | "
Puck : Pipkin What are you going to do
with your son when he gets out of uollugo ?
Potts I think EUIIIU of Bending him to
school.
Indianapolis Journal : Watts I pea that a
national convention of colored democrats
has bcirn called.
Polls If U muiiiiH blue ones , tlio attend
ance ought to he something phenomenal ,
Bomervlllo Journal : When a man gets a
catchy tune Into his head the | x > on-Hl way
fet him to net It out la lo Iry to whlxtlu It
out.
Brooklyn Life : PrlMcllta I want to get u
gown to match my complexion. Pcnllta
Why Jon't you get a hand-painted one ?
Minneapolis Journal : A Nebraska paper
wants to put down "riot anil ruiurrucllon. "
This IH Ilktf the populist orator who HluU'il
his premises ami thun mild : "From thc.m
facts wo seduce the following conclusion , "
CAUTION.
Cincinnati Tribune.
When you see the hurnblu bumblebee
A-salllng o'er the Ira.
Atlondlng to hln buHlncsit
Why , It's best to let him bo
