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Mr. Blaine has again written a letter
in which he positively declares he will
not Ic i candidate for president, so the
field is left clear for Gresham.
The delay in confirming Mr. Fuller as
Chief Justice does not imply that he is
likely to he rejected; but it goes to show
that the senate is not enamored with his
anti-war record.
Three out of four of the many amends
which the democrats are making to Mr
3Iills plan for reducing the revenue are
designed to increase the duties on articles
produced in democratic states.
The Confederate Brigadiers opposed
the bill to ctmfer a new honor upon Gen.
Sheridan. Even on his death bed, they
cannot forgive him for the dashing way
in which he used to turn their thinks and
spoil their chances of victory.
Ouit navy is having a busy time of it
just now. Hardly have our ships of war
been called off from a glorious but
bloodless engagement at Morocco, when
some of our vessels are sent to Cuba ;tnd
Hayti to protect American interests. Yes,
these be piping times o' peuce. Bee.
Decoration Day has come again, with
its patriotic memories and its beautiful
ceremonies. Twenty-three years have
not lessened in the slightest the sentiment
of love and veneration in which these
ceremonies are founded; and when the
vears have rolled into centuries that sen- J
timent will still exist in undiminished
vigor. Decoration Day is one of the
celebrations that the American people
will not willingly let die.
A Philadelphia saloon-keeper has
"one crazy over his failure to -ct a
license. That's oue. Keep tally. On
the other side count up the maniacs made
by having whisky peddled freely on
every corner. Add the list of women
crazed and then count in the number of
children begotten in rum and bred under
saloon influence. Statisticts have been
appealed to in vain that side. We can
stand one case of insanity on the side of
reform. The best of it is the law is go
ing to be enforced, and those who en
force it are not the only ones.who will
suffer. The growth of "Ljw and Order"
sentiment is steady and sure. It will
cover the land. The divc-keeper must
be-in to adjust himself to better order
and decenter society. He must not let
the law stiike him unprepared.
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VALISES.
The high license law of Pennsylvania
has played havoc with the saloon element
of Philadelphia. Over 4,000 saloon
keepers retired from business today be
cause they have not been licensed to con
tinue another year. They went out with
a hurrah and gave the liquor away to all
who wished it.
The Omaha World is still kicking at
the republican party because it is not En
glish enough you know, and whining for
fear public sentiment is against the Mills
bill. The Omaha World, as a Mugwump
Journal, ought to confine itself exclusive
to "Mr. Sampson of Omaha." As a
Mugwump political contrivance, the
World is entirely to much of a dough
face and as a Democratic Journal it is en
tircly too much of a Mugwump eunuch
"Mr. Omaha Sampson"' is about heavy
enough for the young man that falls at
the World's nursing battle.
An Austrian chemist claims to have
invented a destructive fluid that will b
more deadly in its effects than the fabled
Yupas tree. He claims that this fluic!
when brought in contact with the aii
after the explosion of a shell in whieu i1
has been contained, is transformed into .
gas, which being heavier than the air.
descends to the ground killing all met
and animals within its reach, and more
over destroying iron, bronze and othei
metals, as well as setting all infiamabh
tilings on fire. If this be the case, wars
will be of short duration and stragctie
generalship become a lost art. Arizona
Citizen.
How cheap the average democrat!
dough-face editor must feci upon rend
ing Mr. Blaine's second Blainy letter yes
terday. Every coward among them
who has been measuring Mr. Blaine's coi n
in Mr. Cleveland's half bushel, swearing
that Mr. Blaine's first letter was a trick
and dishonest statement mnde on purpose
to mislead the public as to his intentions,
has been knocked clear out of the ring.
Mr. Blaine has not made a statement to
the public since he has been in political
life that he has not backed up. Now
let us hear from our democratic whincrs
who have been prejudging Mr. Blaine
and his intentions. "What have you to
say for the great fat fraud who ha3 been
unblushingly and unlawfully using the
entire federal power to secure a rcnomi
uation ? "What about his letter of false
pretensions, wherein he informed the Am
erican people four years ago that he would
not be a candidate for a second term ?
Don't all speak at once ! "What do you
think f Groyer's honesty and manliness
as compared to Mr. Blaine's straight-out
from-the-shoulder letters ?
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Till-: RECORD OF A REFORMER.
The question of civil service reform is
not now so prominent as it was four
years ago. Then, we were assured Unit
the Government was going to everlasting
smash in that connection, and that Mr.
Cleveland was the man specially raised
up to prevent the catastrophe. Now.
we hear very little about the matter, anil
Mr. Cleveland seems to rest content upon
the record he has made ns an enemy of
the spoils system. That r.-cord is one of
the things by which his sincerity is to be
tested and his usefulness determined;
and it is therefore worth looking at.
Fortunately, the facts have all been col
lected and certified bv the New York
Union League Club. They show that of
the 50,1 "34 ollicers subject to Executive
appointment, 42,li"2 were changed during
the first two years and four months of his
term; and it is fair to assume that the
changes since made have very nearly cov
ered the entire list. That these changes
were necessary, nobody believe.-; that
they have not improved the charueter of
the service, everybody well knows. They
simply imply so many experienced re
publicans removed because they were
republicans and so many inexperienced
democrats appointed because they were
democrats. A few instances are given of
the sort of men who have thus been se
lected for reformatory purposes:
The statement is fully warranted by
the record, that of the first seven Terri
torial Judges named by him, live within
a week were publicly named as "morally
and professionally unfit," and three of
the live have since been retired for mis
conduct. A list of objectionable ap
pointments made during the first half of
the presidential term showed that fitty
nine have been of persons who have been
convicted or indicted for various crimes,
ten have been concerned in political
crimes, three deserters and one expelled
from the United States senate, three dis
qualified from oflice for violation of
oaths, three the tools of persons so dis
ruputable that they could not hold oflice.
and six more, of whom three were ap
pointed to enforce the internal revenue
laws, were either themselves liquor sellers
or attorneys of liquor sellers. To these
are to be added sixty-one notorious
political hacks.
This is very interesting reading for
those who supported Mr. Cleveland in
1881 upon an express pledge from him,
several times repeated, that he would res
form the civil service according to defin
ite rules of persomil capacity and fitness,
and regardless of all partisan considera
tions. They can see at a glance that he
has systematically violated that promise,
while pretending to be bound to it. The
theory that he has done the best he could,
considering the circumstatces,is fallacious
and dishwnest. He was not obliged to
make all these changes. The matter was
in his own hands and he deliberately fa
yored the spoils-seekers when he had
solemnly agreed to resist their demands
and frustrate their designs. He knew
what the circumstances would be when
he made the pledge which gained him the
votes of the civil service reformers. There
was nothing said at the time about doing
the best that his party would allow him
to do; and it is too late now to offer
such an excuse for his notorious failure
In the case. He stands condemned by
the official facts as a deliberate hypocrite
and a dissruised enemy of the cause to
which he professed so much devotion.
Will the voters whom he has thus betray
ed give him another chance to play them
false ? If they have such an intention,
then they are not less culpable than he
and their boasted anxiety for reform is
only a mask to conceal their alliance with
the democratic party. QloLe Democrat.
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SOCIAL ENTERTAINMENT AT
THE CAPITAL.
Social entertainment in Washington
liffers from that of any other city in the
country, on account of the cosmopolitan
character of the people who reside in the
capitol city, and the intere-t that is shown
in all they say and do. In no city an
rhere so many elements that can be com
bined to make the social feature of life
brilliant and ple. sant. Every state sends
her repiesenti ve men and women; nil na
ions send theirs. And while the title of
imbassador is not heard among the di
olomatos, it makes no difference in the
personnel of the minister-, who must be
men of the highest character to sustain
the dignity of their countries. Ministers
who have distinguished themselves in
the diplomatic service of this country
have been promoted to the title of am
bassador, and transferred to places less
pleasing to them than the Republic of
America. "While the absurd idea that
foreign ministers to this great republic
represent the person of their soverign
obtains, great injustice will be done to
them and also to our representatives
abroael. The representative of the very
smallest kingdom outranks an American
minister in diplomatic courtesy at foreign
courts, because this is a republic, while
thev must sustain royalty nc matter how
infinitesimal the kingdom.
Foreign ministers, however, after com
ing here are not long in recognizing the
importance of our country, ami in no
sense under rate us either socially or po
litically. Their dutis are very light, anel
they really have little else to do but to
enjoy the interchange of courtesy in so
ciety. Mrs. Gen'l Logan, in The Ame
rican Magazine for June.
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MR. CLEVELAND'S FOLLY. .
Nobody doubts now that the "humilia
tion" of Hill by the administration, which
has recently been accompedished, was as
deliberately mid studiously contrived as
whs the scheme by which the same agency
"downed" Randal!. The ae queduct scan
dal, to be sure, which was disclosed and
developed by the republicans, furuised a
convenient mask behind which Mr. Cleve
land could werk out his designs against
the governor, but it appears reasonably
certain now that without this aid means
Aoulel have been provided to destroy
Hill's influence in the politics of New
York. This task might not have been
accomplished so early or so effectively us
it has now been done, but that it would
be accompolished in any event before the
meeting of tLe national convention is ex
tremely probable.
Hie feud between the president and
the distinguished Pennsylvania democrat
has been in progress fer over a year. The
refusal of Mr. Randall to bow to the
behests of the administration on the tariff
question was an offense which could not be
condoned, and he was marked for slaugh
ter. The patronage of the state was tak
en from him and given to his enemy, W.
R. Scott, who represents the twenty-seventh
congressional district of the state.
The fact that federal office-holders were
active in assisting Scott to organize the
democratic convention of Pennsylvania a
few days ngo in the free trade interest
furnishes the latest anel complelest evi
dence of the administration's victory
over Randall.
It will stiike the average intelligent
person, However, mat mis i.ieveianei
scheme to crush Hill and Randall is bad
polities. Of course the aelmiuistration
has nothing to expect from the Pennsyl
vania democrats, even under the most
favorable conditions. A split in the party
in that state would simply increase the
republican majority which was certain to
be rolleel up under any circumstances.
But Randall's influence is not confined to
his own state, and it is outside that state
which it would be exerted, if at all. in
presidential years. In 1884 the speeches
which Randall made in New York un
doubtedly won from the republicans of
the state more than COO votes which,
transferred to the democracy, made
Cleveland president. Hill, too, did val
iant service for the national ticket in his
state in 1884. The vote of New York in
the coming canvas is even more doubtful
than it appeareel to be four years ago,
wun an possibility oi aid Tor tne presi
dential ticket from the governor or the
congressman out of the question. It is
this fact which makes the administration
assaults on Hill and Randall the most
conspicuous blunder, in a partisan sense,
which Mr. Cleveland has committed since
his inauguartion. Globe Democrat.
One of the best evidences of Platts
mouth's prosperity appears in the con
struction of so large a number of resi
dences eluiing the spring season just end
ing, and that too, in the face of the strike,
continuous bad weather, anel the unparal
lelled course of the Journal in prejuelic
ing the city's interests, by misrepresenting
the effects of the strike and public opin
ion. Not less than forty houses, includ
ing important udelitions, by actual count,
have been, and are now, in process of
constructiem, which is a much larger
amount of buileling than was done dur
ing the same season last year. The build
ing "boom" of 1887 was not under gooel
headway until the month of July. Still
one huudred and twenty houses were
constructed durum g the year, which rep
resented an increase in population of at
least six hundred souls. Plattsmouth has
had a steady growth for four years past
andl8S8 will be no exception. It is true the
strike has caused some of the more timed
to delay in building, and some few who
have been immeeliately affected, have
given up the idea altogether, but now
that the stiike is practically ended, there
seems to be a revival of interest in im
provements anel The Herald finels that
the carpenters are again figuring on a
large number of buildings yet to be con
structed this season. The railroael shops
are working their fullest capacity and
giving employment to as many men, if
not more than ever. The Herald pre
dicts that Plattsmouth vill yet have the
most prosperous year in its existence.
The Irish show no signs of retreating
before the dictates or threats of Rome. A
meeting has just been held at Limerick
to which special attention had been di
rected by Bishop O'Dwyer's warning.
The answer to the bishop was fierce de
nunciation by Mr. William O'Brien and
angry groans from the assembled crowd.
The meetings at Waterford and Kildare,
whe re Messrs. Dillon and Healy spoke,
were equally emphatic in depricating
interference from the church authorities
in Irish affairs that have no relation with
church or religion. Those who attended
the Limerick meeting are guilty of delib
erate disobedience of their spiritual
superior, anel the penalty to be yisiterl
upon them is a matter of general interest.
Firth has a female artillery battery
and they were at the celebration at Wy
more the other day. and under their cap
cain, Mrs. M. A. Adams, the young can
oneers diel nobly; they captured all the
university cadets, and Nebraska is proud
of her female soldiers.
The arguments made in thr house in j
favor of the bill te prohibit the trnnspor- J
tation of goods manufactured by convict j
labor from one state to another were of
the nauseous character usual te dema
gogues when they address themselves to
labor. The bill is manifestly uncon.sti
tution il, since it does net seek to "regu
late commerce among the several states,"
but simply to prohibit it. The prohibi
tion eloes not seek to prohibit commerce
in hurtful articles, but merely in articles
produced in a certain way. The? same
arguments employed to prohibit the trans
portation of goods maele by convict labor
would be equally effective and yaliel te
prohibit that of any other goods. The
bill, in fact, opens the door for a general
scheme of Miter-state protective legisla
tion. It would be quite in keeping with
such legislation to pass a law prohibiting
the transportation of cheap manufactured
goods from Massachusetts to the south-
crn ami western states where " infant in
dustries " have been started. In fact. the
arguments used by Mr. Cubot Lodge in
favor of this bill are exactly adapted to
support such a measure. Mr. Lodge
cited the case of cocoa matting produceil
in the Pennsylvania state prison. The
cocoa matting, he saiel, had severely ciip
pleel the manufacture of such matting in
his own state. Perhaps so perhaps not.
Every manufacturer is intciistcd in get
ting a rival out of the way, whether it be
the product of prisem labor or of free
labor. His worel is not to be taken upon
that point without thorough investiga
tion. But supposing that the manufac
turers of boots and shoes in Illinois find
that the competition of manufacturers in
Massachusetts "severely cripples " them,
is there any constitutional reason why
they should net have a law passed te) pro
hibit the transportation of boots and
shoca from Massachusetts to Illinois ?
Moral reasons there are in plenty, but we
are speaking of constitutional reasons.
We can see none whatever, but we ct'ii
see plainly that Mr. Lodge anel those who
agree with him are blazing the way fur
inter-state protection laws, from which
the older manufacturing states will be the
first and principal sufferers. N. Y. Post.
It is becoming more apparent every
day that the Chicago and Reck Island
railroad intends at no distant day to en
ter the state of Nebraska, either by cross
ing the river at Omaha or Plattsmouth,
thence to Lincoln and ihe west. The re
cent businees arrangements entered into
between the M. P. and B. fc M. are prov
ing detrimental to the interests of the
Rock Island, as effecting its share of the
traffic from west of the Missouri river,
hence she must move to protect herself.
If the business men of Plattsmouth rustle
and move at once to properly present the
inducements for striking this point, we
we may within a jrear from now boast of
three railroads, with an assured popula
tion within a reasonable time, of oO.OOO
inhabitants, for there is hardly a doubt
among those who are in a position to
know the facts, but that the Missouri Pa
cific will close the gap between Union
and South Omaha within the next six
months. The Lincoln board of trade now
has a committe at work loejking to their
interests, let the Plattsmouth board of
trade do likewise.
The Knights of Labor of Colorado arc
about to start an experiment in co-operation
at Glenwood Springs, which, if
successful, is destined to have a great in
fluence on tlf order. Several hundred
acres have been secured on Grand river
which are to be turned into fanning land.
Canning works and kindred establish
ments are to be erected which will intro
duce a new industry into Colorado. The
colonists who have undertaken t'l j work
are enthusiastic and bespeak for the en
terprise the support of not alone the
knights but the people of the state. Co
operation in the Uniteel States has not
been a success. It is to be hoped, how
ever, that the Knights of Labor have a
plan which will prove eminently bene
ficial. Bee.
Undoubtedly in nominating Fisk and
Brooks for peesident and vice president,
respectively, the prohibitionists have se
lected a strong ticket. Fisk will draw a
good many thousand votes from the re
publicans of the north, and Brooks will
weaken the Democrats in the south some
what, although not dangerously. The
prohibitionists have no terrors for the re
publican part this year, because that par
ty at this moment is in better shape te
make an aggrseive and successful canvass
than it ha3 been at any time since 1872.
Globe Democrat.
Senator Plumb of Kansas says the af
fairs of the Indian Territory have never
been so badly managed as they are at
present.. He can easily substantiate it
for it is notorious that Mr. Clevelanel's
Indian commissioner has permitted all
kinds of abuse of authority on the part
of his subordinates, and that the work
of civilizing the Indians has been shame
fully subordinated to that tif putting
money into the pockets of personal and
political favorites who hold trad'ng
privileges.
Left. Who got left? The democrats.
THE SALOON IN POLITICC.
Tho Anti-Saloon Republican
Lcr.c;c- Its Objects nncl
its Alma
an appiiks.h to 'i in: i;j i-i i-.i.ic an von ns
or M.iiii v su .
Hkaix'I.'aici i ii A.vri S.i.o; Kh-i'is-i.ican
I, i.am i;, Lincoln, Ni.ii., May i).
The loyal re-publicau should not be
alarmed at tin- heading -f this address.
The organization known as the Anti Sa
loon R- pub'ieaii Liaj'tie i-i thoroughly
loyal to the party. It is an organization
within the parly to assist it in e arying
out its declared will. Its founders were;
the stalwarts of the tdalwarls, and it Hum--bers
among its hearty endorsers- such Re
publicans as Judge Noah Dayis and S u
ator Evart of New York; Senator Vv'in
dom of Minnesota; Senator. Halo and
l-'rey of Maine; Senators Allison and
Wilson of Iowa; Senator Sherman of
Ohio; Senator Piatt ef Connn ticilt, Sen
ator Harrison of Indiana; Senator Chaso
of Rhode Island; Senators Edmunds and
Morrill of Vermont; Senator Blair of
New Hampshire; Senutots Hoar and
Dawes ef Massachusetts; The lion. Theo
dore Roosevelt and Ex-Post ma-ter (en
cral Thomas L. James of New York.
The Republican party is and id ways
has been e.ne of pri'gress and reform.
This league will keep the pally, as it al
ways has been, ill the frunt raid;; it ,veuhl
keep it in honor, in ti uihl'i.liK sm Mid in
that self'-iespc ct that would comiuanel the
admiration and elevotion of the) thous
ends of young men who yearly receive
the right eW the e lective fram hi-e.
It would try to counteract the baneful
inlliK'nee of the saloon in polities.
The last State Conveaition passed tho
following reseil ut ion :
RLNOIotl, That the State ntral Com
mittee be instructed to inbrace in its call
for the next State Convention the iibmis
sion of the prohibition epiestion t the
vote rs at the Republican primal ie--.
The-re is no question but that this sub
mission will be maele as prnmi.-a-d. Wc
have the assuraii'-e of the cxe-cutive
committee to this effect. One object of
this League is to see that Ihi.-: question is
properly presented to tins people ami cor
rect returns maele of the y t j thea'eon.
We present you these facts regarding our
organization anel a-k your co-opcratiein.
As a national orgaiiiza iem its ii i i m and
objects are cxprcsseel in the following:
DECLARATION )V I'll I NC 1 TLKS.
First We: ie-gxrd the .saleon as the
common ami malignant fee of eivilia
tion and hu ;ii .n it y, and us a public e n
emy it emgl.t to be abedi.-hed.
Second We hail with great sat:;. fac
tion the rapid growth of the anti-saloon
republicans of the country.
Tliirel Recognizing the practical elilli
culty of temperance legislation and en
forcement, we unite upon the broad
ground of active Inutility te the saloon,
without dictating methods ef procedure.
The people have the right anel should
have the opportunity ol ele-e iding how
and when t h: saleou shall be suppressed.
Fourth As members of the republican
party, we are proud of its glorious past,
rejoice in its present vigor, anel have an
abiding confidence that it will prove to
be the agent of Divine Providence for
the destructi n of the saloon, as it was
fer the overthrow of slavery. The sa
loem is moral slayery.
Fifth Speaking for an overwhelming
majority of republican voters ami gooel
citizens we ask the national republican
convention to incorporate in their plat
form a declaration of hostility to the
sal o 'on.
Sixth We ask the active co-op'-ratioii
of all friends of temperance on this plan
of campaign.
To this platform wc comincnel your
earnest consideration. If the; principles
therein i nunciate-d mee t ye nr approval
please f-ay so and bece-me one of us that
these; eloctrines may pr:va;!.
Organize leagues, jf are but a
half dozen, no matter, perfect your or
ganization and make your repeats te (,.
a. AiRinson, ft cre tary, Lincoln, Nebras-
k
Be ae-tive. the half dozen v.ill i.muo
a nucleus and larger organizations will
be the. result.
It is the purpose to hold a state con
ventiem of leagues in Lincoln, earlv in
August. Organize that you may have
rcprcsentatiein.
We can carry this question in the next
legislature if we v.n- actiye. Thorough
organization and effective wo; k will ac
complish this result.
r: v ec T--i i v e cmimii t k i; :
Chas. A. Robbing. President; J. '
Hartley, A. G. Cn-erde e J,,l,n jr. Cotton,
L. V,. Garoutte, William Fullerton. o!
B. Polk, Vice Pre sidents; Chas. A. Atkin
son. Secretary; John Gillespie. Tre.a-un-r;
A. S. Raymond. John M. Stewart, Web
ster Eaton, Walter J. Lamb.
There is to be n'i international yacht
race this year, and the regret at the
omission of a contest which arouses such
deep and general interest is widespread.
But our British friends probably will not
leave us long in undiputeel possession of
the famus cup. The indications are that
the next time they compete they will, so
to speak, meet us on our own ground
that is, they are likely to senel over a
centreboard cutter to try conclusions with
our centreboard sloops. This will mean
an international concession of no small
significance; it will also .how that the
people of Britain are not so slow to catch
a new idea as some alert Americans sup
pose. N. Y. Tribune.
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