The Frontier.
F rtTlSUSIIKD ETKUY THURSDAY RY
The I'KONTTEU PRINTING COMPANY
W, I). Matrkws, Editor.
THE PLATFORM.
Wo reaffirm the American doctrine of pro
toetlon. Wo onll attontlon to 11m provvtl
uhroiul. Wo inulntnln tlint tlio prosperous
condition of our country Is largely duo tc
tlto wlso'revenuo legislation of the republl
cun oongres*.
Wo believe tlmt nil articles which oannui
bo produced In the I'nlted 81 lit on, except
luxuries, should hi1 admitted free of duty
and Mint on nil Imports coming Into compe
tition w ith the products of American la cm
there should tie levied duties equal tothi
difference between wages abroad und at
home. We assort, that the prices of maim
flic lured articles of ye acral consumptloi
have been reduced under the Operations ol
the tariff act of ls'K).
Wo denounce the efforts of I ho d“inocrutlt
majority of tho house of representatives ft
dostroy our tariff laws by piece meal, tu
manifested by t heir attacks upon wool, lend
and lead ores, the chief products of a num
ber of states, and tvu ask the people foi
their Judgment thereon.
We point to the success of the republican
policy of reciprocity, under which our ex
port trade Inis vastly Increased, and new
atid enlarged markets have been opened for
the products of our farms and workshops.
We remind the people of the blttur oppo
sition of the democratic party to this prac
tical business measure, and claim that, ex
ecuted by a republican administration, our
present taws will eventually (five us control
of tho trade of tho world.
The American people, from tradition and
Interest, favor bl-metalllsm, and the repub
lican party demands the use of both Hold
ami silver as standard money, with such re
strictions ami under such provisions, to lie
determined by legislation, as will secure the
inulntcnunoo of the purity of Values of tho
two metals so that the purchasing and debt
paying power of the dollar, w hether of silver
gold or paper, shall be at all limes equal.
The Interests of the producers of the coun
try, Its farmers and Its worklnifinou, de
mand that every dollar, paper or coin, Issued
by the xovernment, shall bo ns good us any
other.
Wo commend the wlso and patriotic steps
already taken by our government to secure
an International conference, to adopt sueli
measures ns will Insure a parity of value
between gold and silver for use as money
throughout tho world.
Wo demand that every citizen of tho
United States shall bo allowed to east one
freo and unrestricted ballot In nil public
elections and that, such ballot shall he coun
ted and returned us east; that such laws
shall bo enueted and enforced us will secure
to every citizen, bo ho rich or poor, native or
foreign born, white or black, this sovereign
right, guaranteed by the constitution. The
free and honest popular ballot. Ihc Just and
equal representation of nil the people, as
well as their Just uud equal protect ion under
tho laws, are the foumlutlun of our republi
can Institutions and the party will never
relax Its efforts until the Integrity of the
bullot and the purity ol’ elections shull ho
fully guaranteed and protected In every
state.
Wo denounce the continued Inhuman out
rages perpetrated upon Amorloan citizens
for pulitloal reasons In certain southern
states of the Union.
We favor the extension of our foreign
commerce, the restoration of our mercantile
taurine by home-built ships, and the crea
tion of a navy for tho protection of our na
tional interests and the honor of our Hug;
tho maintenance of tho most friendly rela
tions with ull foreign powers; entangling al
liances with none; ana the protection of tlto
rights of our fishermen.
We reaffirm our approval of tlio Motiroe
doctrine and belloyo in the achievement of
tho manifest destiny of tho republic In Its
broadest sense.
Wo favor the onaetmeutof more stringent
laws and regulations for the restriction of
criminal, pauper and contract Immigration.
We favor efficient legislation liy congress
to protect tho life uud limb of employes of
transportation companies engaged In carry
ing on inter-state commerce, in mining and
manufacturing.
. ' Thu republican party has always been the
Champion of tho oppressed uia recognizes
tlie dignity of manhood irrespective ot faith,
color or nationality; it symputlzcs with
the cause of liomu rule in Ireland, und pro
tests against the persecution of the .lews in
Xtussla. 9
The ultimate reliance of free popular gov
ernment Is the Intelligence of tho people,
and the maintenance of freedom among
mou. Wo therefore declare anew our devo
tion to liberty of thought, and conscience, of
speech and press, and approve all agencies
and Instrumentalities xvhlcli contribute to
tho udueatlon of tho children of the lund,
but while insisting upon tlio fullest monsura
of religious liberty, wo are opposed to any
union of church uud state.
We reaffirm our opposition, declared In the
republican platform of ltwx, to ull combina
tions of capital organized In trusts or other
wise, to control arbitrarily tho condition of
trade among our citizens.
We heartily Indorse tlie action ulreudy
taken upon tills subject, and ask for such
further ssglslatson as may be required to
remedy any defects In existing laws, and to
render their enforcement more complete and
effective.
We approve the policy of extending to
towns, villages und l-uruljcommunltles tlio
free delivery service, now enjoyed by tho
larger cities of the country, and reaffirm tlio
declaration contained In the republican
platform of 18S8, plodglng the reduction of
letter postuge to 1 cent at tlie earliest possi
ble moment consistent with the maintenance
ot the postoIRce department and the highest
class of postal service.
We commend this spirit and evidunco of
reform In the olyUServioe, and tho wise uud
consistent ciifoMBment by the republican
party of tlie luWf-roguluttng to same.
The construction of tlie N Icnruuga canal Is
of tlie highest importance to the American
people, both as a measure of national de
fense and to build up und maintain Ameri
can commerce, und It Bhould bo controlled
by the Unltod States government.
We favor the admission of tho remaining
territories at tlio earliest practicable date
having due regard to the Interests of the
people of the territories and of the I'nlted
States. All tlio federal officers appointed for
the territories should be selected from the
bona tide residents thereof, and* the right of
self government should bo accorded as far
as practicable.
We favor tlie cession, subject to the borne,
stead laws, of the arid public lands, to the
states and territories In which-they lie, un
der such congressional restrictions as to dis
position. reclamation and occupancy by set
tlers as will secure the maximum benefits to
the people.
The World's Columbian Exposition Is u
groat national undertaking, und congress
should promptly enact sueli reasonable leg
islation In aid thereof as will insure a dis
charge ot the expenses and obligations Inci
dent thereto, and the attainment of result!
commensurate with tlio dignity and progress
of the nation.
We sympathize with all wise and leglti
mate efforts to lessen and prevent the evil:
of Intemperance and promote morality.
Ever mindful of the services and sacri
fices of the men who saved the life of tin
nation, we pledge anew to the veteran sol
dlors of the republic a watchful care am
recognition of their Just claims upon t
grateful peoplo.
We commend the able, patriotic and tlior
ouurhly American administration of Pros
ident Harrison. Under It the country ha:
enjoyed remarkable prosperity and the hou
or and dignity of the nation, at home ant
abroad, h.ive been faithfully maintained
and we offer tbe record of tlie pledges kop
as a guarantee of faithful performance it
the future.
Winners.
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Najar look to Chicago.
Harrison and Reid! Good.
Harmony, Harrison and Reid.
It looks like Cleveland next week.
Well,how do you like the ticket?
Ben*i« wearing a new hat these days
Reid strengthens the ticket in New
York.
\ Ih 1896 it will be McKinley who hcadi
the ticket.
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Tiirc greatest show ou earth at Chicago
next Tuesday.
The I-told-you-so man can now pro
ceed to proceed.
11 akmon v is perching on the republi
can banner all right.
Scott and Hazelet neutralized each
other nt Minneapolis.
What has become of the republican
club? Wake up, boys.
We still insist that Blaine was not a
self-made candidate nt Minneapolis.
Jo IJauti.ey apparently has the cinch
on the treasurership at. this writing.
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Hki’iiumcans are happy and the dem
ocrats gloomy over the result nt Min
neapolis.
Tiik Nebraska delegation cast fifteen
votes for Harrison and one for McKin
ley. Warner strayed from the fold?
W it,mam McKinley made many
friends at Minneapolis by the manner
in which he presided over the conven
tion.
Hauhison and Held clubs are now the
order of the day. What is the matter
with O'Neill having a nicely uniformed
club?
The editors are beginning to return
from the California excursion, to take
an active part in the coming political
battle.
O'Neii.i, welcomed the news of Harri
son’s nomination with delight and a
beautiful pyrotechnic display dispelled
the darkness of the night.
As an editorial writer Lcssinger, of
the Independent, is entitled to the belt.
The depth of learning and profound
logic evinced by this crusader against
wealth is simply over-powering.
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Jack McCai.i, can carry Douglas
county,and would be a formidable candi
date for governor in some other locali
ties, but take^it all around he would not
bo so sure a wipner as Judge Crounse.
The Platte County Argus, edited by
Col. Bixby, is one of the neatest weekly
papers in the state, and the only ob
jection we have to the Colonel is that
he is on the wrong side of the fence,
politically.
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And now it is intimated that Tom
Benton is grooming his deputy to take
his place in the auditor’s ofllce. Such
fellows as Benton lijvc had enough at
the hands of the republicans and should
be relegated to the rear.
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It Is claimed that Chauncy Dcpew will
be offered the position of secretary of
state by President Harrison. Mr. De
pew would conduct the affairs of state
in a manner that would be satisfactory
to all parties, and would uphold, in a
fitting manner, our dignity as a nation.
Holt county republicans are happy.
Harrison was the man they desired to
see nominated, and he has been. The
republicans of this county will now fall
in line and work with untiriug devotion
for the success of the ticket this fall.
Again we say, hurrah for Harrisou and
Hcid!
In the death of Col. L. L. Polk the in
dependent party loses one, of its
ablest leaders. He was the mainstay of
the southern elliance, and had he lived
he would, no doubt, have been given a
place on the national ticket by the
Omaha convention. The question now
arises, who will take his place?
Omaha has no candidate for governor
on the republican side who can carry
the city. At least that appears to be
the opinion of every Omaha republican
we have talked with. The country re
publicans have no particular objection
to an Omaha candidate, providing assur
ances of success are given, but they will
insist on a united demand at Icnst.
There must be no Rosewater and anti
Rosewater talk if Omaha preeents a
name.
WniLR in Omaha wo had the pleasure
of listening to an address by Stephen A.
Douglas,. jr., at a political ratification
meeting. Like his father Mr. Douglas
is aggressive and a fighter, but he pre
fers to fight in the republican ranks'
instead of the democratic, and gives
cogent reasons why he is a republican.
Douglas says Mr. Harrison is not strong
because he is president, not srong be
cause of his friends, but is strong be
cause of the enemies he has not made.
Republicans discussing the result of
the Minneapolis convention on the cars,
on the streets, in the hotel lobbies,every
where, agree with remarkable unanimity
l that it is wise and just, and certainly
augurs victory for the republicans in ‘
November. Even the Blaine men admit
now that the contest is over, that Harri
son was entitled to a renomination, that
his administration has been clean and
business-like in all respects, and profess
satisfaction with the ticket. There are
some who think perhaps that McKinley
would have proven stronger—that may
be true under the circumstances—but
surely the campaign can be conducted
now on the record made, and aggres
sively. There is nothing to defend with
Harrison, but with Ulninc it woud have
been very different. All republicans
can and will fall into line for Harrison
and Reid, and the ticket will grow more
popular every day.
Put Nebraska In the republican
column this year with an old-time
majority. And Holt county will con
tribute her quota. However, a great
deal depends on the nomipees for state
offices. Make no mistakes. It will not
do to be influenced by personal feelings,
nor for jliat matter by locality, in the
choice of a candidate for governor. We
want a winner. And to be certain about
it a man must be scclected who can
carry Douglas county, and at the same
time will be strong in the country. We
have such a man in mind—Lorenzo
Crounse of Wnshmgtan county', Mr.
Crounse is not a candidate, but he can
not well refuse to accept a nomination.
The writer has nevei been identified
with Crounse in politics, but as tht situ
ation is presented at this time considers
him the most available man in the state
and the one most sure to win. Omaha
and Douglas county will give him three
thousand majority over any man the
combined opposition can put up, and he
is the only man who will keep up with
the procession all over the state.
Wiiitei.aw Reid, who was nominated
by acclamation Friday in Minneapolis
for the vice presidency, will give strength
to the ticket, for he is recognized as a
man of ifltegrity and ability, who has
done good service both ior the party
and the country. Although a native of
Ohio he is a citizen of New York, and
so in the nomination of the ticket this
year the party has pursued the traditional
policy of selecting a western man for
the presidency and a citizen of an east
ern state for the vice presidency. Mr.
Reid’s work has been that of a news
paper man. He took chnrge as editor
of a papef in Xenia, Ohio, his birthplace
before he.attained his majority, and he
has been connected with journalism
ever since. As the head of the New
^ork Tribune since the death of Horace
Greeley he has exerted a powerful in
flunene upon politics, and has been
recognized as one of the chief counselors
of the republican party of New York.
As minister to France he distinguished
himself in the negotiations which ter
minated in the admission of American
pork into that country and thus opened
a large martlet for one of the most im
portant of American farm products.
He displayed talents of a high order as
a diplomatist and in every respect con
ducted the affairs of the legation in a
manner creditable to himself and to his
country. The nomination of Mr. Reid
will be received with approval by the
party in all parts of the union. A
strong, true, pure man, he supplies in
his career an example of the success
which may be achieved by one who
unites energy with mental vigor and an
honest purpose.
THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE.
There will be 444 votes in the electoral
college of 1892, and 223 will be necessary
to a choice. The increase since the last
presidential election is 43, of which
number 20 will be cast by the new states,
namely: Idaho, Montana, North Da
kota, South Dakota, Washington and
Wyoming. The remaining 23 are the
additional votes based on the new ap
portionment to the old states, as follows:
Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colo
rado, Georgia, Kansas, Massachusetts,
Michigan, Missouri, New Jersey, Ore
gon, Wisconsin, 1 each; Illinois Minne
sota, Pennsylvania, Texas, 2 each. Ne
braska, 2.
If the states vote this year as they did
in the last presidential election and the
six states which kayo since been admit
ted align themselves with the repub
licans, as there is every reason to expect
they will, the results will be to give the
republican candidate 269 votes in the
electoral college against 175 to the dem
ocratic candidate. A part of the vote of
Michigan, however, perhaps not to ex
ceed live, must be deducted from the re
publican estimate and given to the de
mocratic. Upon these figures it will be
seen that the republicans could do with
out New York and still have a majority
of five, but if they should lose Indiana
also they would be in a minority of ten.
There is no good reason, however, for
regarding Indiana as a doubtful state.
Harrison carried it four years ago, and
nothing has been offered to show that
he canntt carry it again. In fact, Indi
ana democrats practically concede that
he will again receive the vote of that
state. It is by no means improbable
that the six votes of Conneticut will go
to the republican candidates next No
vember, and the votes of West Virginia,
six in number, may also go in the same
direction. The democratic plurality in
the latter state four years ago was very
small, and there is very good reasons to
believe that at the presidential election
of this year it will be shown that the
democrats haye ldst ground there. There
are far better reasons for believing that
the republicans will carry Conneticut
and West Virginia than there are for the
assumption of the democrats that they
will carry any western or north-western
state.
Any careful and cendid view of the
situation must carry the conviction that
the republican chances of winning the
battle of 1892 are very much better than i
those of their opponents. The republi- !
can candidate is unquestionably stronger
in popular confidence than he was four
years ago, and the claim of republican 1
policy to the support of the people has ;
been greatly strengthened during that
period.—Bee.
PRESIDENT HARRISON.
The campaign of 1892, like the ono of
1888, is surely to be fought out mainly
upon the general issues of the two great
parties, principles and policies, not
personalities and piques;but the personal
repuation can not be overlooked, and is
sure to be a potent fuctor in the deter
mination of the result.
Mr. Depcw well called Benjamin Har
rison America’s parallel to the younger
Hitt. Belonging to one of the most illus
trious families in the United States; the
great grandgather a signer of the Decla
ration of Independence, the grandfather
a president of the United States, the
father the leader of his party in Ohio in
1800, he has during the last four years
achieved a place in history which is the
especial glory of the name. Four years
ago he was an expectation rather than a
realization. His rank as a lawyer was
high and bis record ns a senator good,
but his towering ability has been the
surprise of his administration. The
country supposed when be was. nomin
ates that he was a fairly able man, but
hardly more than that. Itis short cam
paign speeches made them inquire: Is
it possible that a great statesman heads
the republican ticket? Fortunately for
the real test of his ability the two most
important cabinet officers, the secretary
of state and of the treasury, were dis
abled from official business at very criti
cal tinies, and in both cases the presi
dent came to the front in person and
conducted the affairs of their respective
portfolios, doing so in the most satis
factory manner. Those two espisodes
fairly demonstrated the lemarkable
statesmanship of Benjamin Harrison,and
taken in connection with the general
administration of affairs and the con
tinued felicity of speech, has left no
room to doubt that a very great states
man occupies the office of president and
is a candidate for re-election. He has
all the courage and integrity claimed
for his immediate predecessor, with a
faculty for grasping great matters which
was singularly lacking in Mr. Cleveland.
The latter was a tireless worker, but he
wasted his energies over petty details
and never could rise to the mastery of a
great subject. It should have been
Cleveland and not Harrison who brought
Great Britian to a settlement of the
Bering Sea difficulty, and would have
been had it not been lit the contrast in
the real ability of the two men. Every
genuine American must be proud to
have at the head of the governmenth
president who is equal to every emerg
ency. England is still proud of her
greatest soverign, Queen Elizabeth, be
cause she was the real head of the gov
erment, doing most where the danger of
jnistake was greatest, Of all our presi
dents Benjamin Harrison will be known
in hiBtory distinctively for the firmness
of his grip upon the reins of govern
ment without the slightest encroach
ment upon the prerogatives of others.
Such a candidate is sure to grow upon
the good opinion of the people. These
are the qualifications which stand the
test of reflection. The more the people
think about it the better they will like
the idea of voting for a man who has
demonstrated on a grand and high
scale his pre-eminent fitness for the
greatest office within the gift of any
people.
Ed Fry, of the Niobrara Pioneer, has
announced himself as a candidate for
state senator in his district. Success to
you, Ed.
\V k wonder what this world would be
to us it throughout our lives we re
posed ou a bed of roses! Should wo
in reality, feel more happy than
when, under the present social dis
pensation. we frequently feel a sharp
thorn in our sides, and a flbro of their
keen biting points starting out
against our heads in the night-time
ns if so many tittle imps were holding
a carnival amidst the feathers of our
pillow? YVe have often asked the
question both of ourselves and others,
but never could obtain a satisfactory
answer; and being obliged to take
rofuge in the court of experience we
very soon discovered that appearances
were Invariably deceptive and that
the : oses and thorns of life mingle
promiscuously together; that they
were inseparably united—one for a
itimulunt to man, the other as a re
ward to him during the natural
pauses between his eyert'ona
The value of pure air as an agent
of health in the animal system is
pretty generally understood, but the
knowledge is for some unaccountable
roason. very imperfectly applied in
practice. We declare in a nonchalant
sort of way that fresh air is a very
good sort of thing, and even go so far
as to admit that to a certain extent it
is a very necessary thing, and yet no
element so vital to existence and so
easily made serviceable is so cavalier
ly or stupidly disregarded. Not one
factory or workshop in ten is con
structed with any humane or scientific
respect of the principles of thorough
ventilation, and not one nursery in
one hundred is suplied with the quan
tity of pure air essential to the com
fort and heaTlh of the infants confined
to them. More concern would be
given to the matter of pure air if its
relation to health were more definitely
known, or if we realized what dis
eases are in a large measure chargea
ble to an Insufficient supply of oxygen
to the functions of the system.
I
j The way to get good teachers Is to
have them thoroughly interested in
the work and thoroughly equipped for
it. There will then be no empty
school houses or dull classes.
Integrity is the first moral virtue,
benevolence^he second, and prudence
is the third. Without the first the
two latter cannot exist, and without
the third the two former would be of
ten rendered useless.
A boat that would go under water,
be fully in control of the operator and
be capable of making trips at a fair
speed of several hours in duration,
with perfect safety to the men aboard,
would revolutionize naval architecture.
The submarine boats have done this
much, except perhaps in the matter
of speed, but they do not do it every
time. They are not certain to work
when wanted.
It is not so hard for the human
spirit, full of emotion and stirred to
extraordinary effort by sudden im
pulse on battle-field or in other scene
of brilliant spectacle or maddening
exoitement, to risk the loss of that
which to every man is dearer than
all else. It requires a sterner cour
ages a heart more deliberate in self
sacrifice to risk life for others in a
dismal river overflow, in rickety boat,
with no skill against rushing waters,
with little endurance in the chill of
furious blizzards.
Neglecting individuals, here and
there, whet gathered together, would
form a minority not altogether Incon
siderable in its quantity and weighty
In its intellectual quality, is surely in
disputable that this disease of greed
is a serious menace to the highest
form of public progress. Culture in
the arts, religion, morality, health,
duties of citizenship, sociological
questions, and, in fact; all that falls
to bring material grist to the Individ
ual mills which grind day in and
night out to produce moneyed influ
ence for their owners—all these pur
suits are woefully neglected in the
frenzied rush to acquire a larger in
come than one’s neighbor.
Thb question “What are we here
for?" is a question not without pert
inence to members of the various pro
fessions; many of whom regard the
parchment that admits them to prac
tice as exclusively for their personal
advantage. ' To a certain extent mem
bers of the clerical and medical pro
fessions recognize their obligations to
the public. Each accredited member
of these professions performs many
public duties in care for mind or body
of those who are unable to make per
sonal recompense to their helpers.
This is right. It would also be equal
right for members of the other im
portant profession, the law, to emu
late this good example.
This is a time-saving age and every
thing and every plan that will con
tribute at all to time economy at once
becomes popular. The train that
will carry a passenger to New.York an
hour quicker than another is the train
that is to secure the more passengers.
A person contemplating a saunter
through Europe and having the whole
summer for a long saunter and con
vinced that the ocean ride is going to
be of physical benefit to him. still
will hanker for the steamer that will
take him across in the quickest possi
ble time. The get-there spirit comes
pretty near being omnipresent. Even
the tramp, who has till eternity to
reach his . destination, will take the
shortest cut to it if he knows 1L
The sunshine of life will never be
found laughing amidst the excesses of
living. It will be found playing only
about the moderate; and the temper
ate man—he who is temperate in ail
things—Is seldom at a loss for
splendors to admire and amusements
to enjoy. To him life is au elegant
panorama that never ceases to reveal
something new and exciting. It re
flects the landscapes with their varied
beauty until his soul is filled with de
light; and it even portrays the best
sentiments of the heart and the best
melodies that the zephyrs, the birds,
the streams, the human voice or !
angels ever make. Ho exhausts 1
neither his taste or appetite or the j
thing of which he partakes in his en
joy uient of it.
When men are so devoted to the !
accumulation of so-called riches as to I
pay no attention to their physical and j
intellectual needs it is not surprising 1
that they are apathetic in matters |
which only concern them as units of
a great whole. While thoughts of
material aggrandizement absorb every
waking hour to p greater or less de
gree; and leave no time for real homo*
life and proper supervision of the* l
children’s up-bringing, there is no
reason to wonder that civic affairs
should be left exclusively to profes
sional politicians—men whose whole
thought is personal advancement at
no mattor what cost to the public they
are supposed to serve. The strength,
or weakness of a nation lies in fhe-!
publlc-splritodness of Us individuals^
in
The marriage of a New York ,
tho head or the statue of u “p“
U prompt some ({rusty old baohelol
remark that !t is no new thing °r
coup'“ “«» »»* z
will
The English compartment car abom
lnation would not last in this counts
six weeks. American newspapers have
a way of assailing outrages of this
character that does the business for
them in short order. Witness the car
stove of a few years ago.
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The Australian war-ship Aurora'
passed up New York Bay recently
Opposite Governor's Island she fired
the national salute of twenty-one
guns, and the fort responded. Prob
ably these national courtesies are de
slrablo. If not necessary; and yet Sir
Arthur Helps estimated that they cost
more in time of peace than alt the P
orphan asylums of the world. So did $
Disraeli once contend that the buttons
worn on the baok of men’s coats
where they are of no earthly usa cost
as much as the whole educational
system of Great Britain.
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This country has no sympathy with
wh%» is called primogeniture, and
equally little with the custom of mil
lionaires leaving the bulk of their for
tunes to their sons and only pittances
to their daughters. The object oi
such wills is to continue great for.
tunes and to make them stilt larger.
An equal distribution among the chil
dren of millionaires would mean more
rapid dissipation of accumulated for
tunes. It would be more in keeping
with the spirit of republican institu
tions which are opposed to the cre
ation of a permanent moneyed class
The latest impeachment of Colum
bus is that he was a sea rover and
buccaneer; he cut off the hands and
feet of his captives; he was u slave
trader, and his thirst for gold was un
appeasible. In other words he was
the 9eaman of the Fifteenth and not
of the Nineteenth century. ' The ex
plorers of a century later would fit
this description almost equally.
Drake, Frobisher and Hawkins were
buccaneers scoured the Spanish Main
for silver and gold, made slaves of
their captives and practiced numerous
things which the Nineteenth century
has cast aside as belonging to the
cruelty and wrongs of feudalism.
There is no virtue in living in the
dark, damp caverns of life; in throw
ing ourselves before a self-constructed
car of juggernaut; in scarifying tho
flesh and depriving ourselves of the
innocent pleasures of the world.
Laughter is the sweetest music that
the human being can make; the man
who never smiles Is like a corpse; the
man who has a face so long that there
is danger of his stepping on his
chin. Is a nuisance. It is an insult to
God to refuse to enjoy the beauties
and blessings which ho has created.
It is a crime to abuse them. The
miser is a fool; the abstainer from any
innocent enjoyment has a defective
conception of both his rights and his
privileges. Our pleasures ehouid be
as intelligently planned and partaken
of as the necessities of life are planned
and enjoyed.
There is much too little chivalry
among lawyers for the. good of their
profession. Worse still, what there
is is discouraged and discredited as
much as possible. A lawyer who re
gards his legal training as imposing
upon him duties to prevent or expose
wrongs is too commonly considered
visionary and quixotic. Possibly this
may sometimes be the fact. Even
then it is better than a policy of sel
fish indifference, that may prove more
profitable and more promotive of per
sonal ease. It needs a brave heart
and all the encouragement that friends
can give to sustain a lawyer who has
undertaken this difficult task, and
this, at least, should not be withheld
from any who seem disposed to recog
nize that they have duties to tho pub
lic as well as to their paid cllonts and
to their own purses.
Like fire, electricity Is a good ser
vant, but a terrible master, ft is an
age of electricity. The fluid, as it is
still called, is harnessed and used
everywhere. It is a motor for work
ing engines. It is a means for the
Instant transmission of the human
voice to long distances and agent for
the quick conveyance of messages.
Used for artificial illumination it 1*
carried into private homes as well as
public places. Produced by different
means, it is conducted by wires. The
lightning stroke has informed man of
its deadly quality and has prompted
science to make use of it as an execu
tioner. Its dangerous quality fully
known, every corporation generating
and distributing this terrible agency
ought to exercise the utmost care to
prevent its becoming a menace to hu
man life. The art which employs It
for useful purposes is equal to t «
task' of rendering it. by c°mp e
Isolation of wires, entirely safa u
care entails expense and the clamor
tor dividends leads to criminal rec
iMsnsM. ' “