THE WEEKLY HERALD; rLATTSMOUfH. NEBRASKA, MaUCH 23, 1893.
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THE HERALD.
PIHUH1KP EVEKY TlllkSl.AY.
r. A. HUX IllBU. fc'Htor.
RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION.
One Yer-ln advance, 1 5(1
Knot paid In advance, K 0"
Six month. - . 73
Three month" "
Telephone NunitK'r 3s.
REPUBLICAN CITY TICKET,
Kor iiii'iiiIm-is of School Hoard;
hTKPIIEX A. UAVIS.
CARY S. POLK.
KorCoiiiiciliiiiur- Kirst Ward,
CHKT II. SMITH.
Kor Councilman -Second Ward.
KDHKRT U. WINDHAM.
Kor Councilman Third Ward.
JOSEPH W. IIRIDGK.
For Council man Fourth Ward.
WAHlN'tiTON SMITH.
For Councilman Fifth Ward.
SKiKLC. t.KKKN.
Having purchased the entire
plant and good will of The Plaits
mouth IlKRALD, I will endeavor to
wield the Falter to the full satisfac
tion of its readers; and should I
miss some of the local brevities, or
social notes, lay it to the fact that I
am n strangT among you, and you
have not felt as free to report these
happings as I hope you will in the
near future, The politics of the
paper will remain unchanged, ex
cepting, if possible, that it will be
more radical than heretofore. I be
lieve in protecting our home work
ing men against pauper paid labor
of foreign nations, thereby enable
ingour home manufacturer 1o pay
the highest wages received lor la
bor, of any nation. I sincerely he
lieveinthe principles, laid down
b such man us Abraham Lincoln.
James G. Hlaine, V. S. Grant, Jas. A.
Garfield, Henjainin Harrison, Win.
McKinley, and other great leaders
of the republican party. I will at all
times, strive to do what is rfp,ht by
everybody, hoping to merit a por
tion of your patronage; and should
anyone feel that they have been
mistreated at our hands, they can
report at the headquarters ol
this great religious weekly,
where the fighting editor will
be most highly pleased to
entertain you. Please bear in
mind that our latch string
is always hanging out and
nothing would please us better
than to have you drop in and get
acquainted. F. A. HUNUlAKn.
From all appearences Hon. F. K.
White, from our own city, has wing
ed all others and captured the
United Slates marshallship in place
of Hrad Slaughter. Good for Frank.
John M. Thurston will deliver
his eulogy on Hlaine at tin Lan
sing theater in Lincoln Wednesday
evening. The house will undoubt
edly tie packed. When John M.
knows a thing, he knows how to
to say it.
THE A. P. A's of Omaha are bend
ing all their engpes to get control
of the board of fire and police com
missoners, and it is an open secret
that, should they do so, other men
will be substituted for Chief of
Police Seavy and Chief (ialligan of
the lire department.
Hritish pig iron production was
8,48,7 tons in 1MU. Last year, or
ten years later, it was about U.iXiO.OiiO
tons less, though exact figures are
not yet available. The I'nited States
producted '.US7.iKK of peg iron in
IS'.rj.as agaimt ,(V.,:U2:t tons in 12.
Iron Trade Review.
IT is conceded by all that the
weather for the past week has
been the severest March weather
we have experienced for years. In
some parts of the country stock
and even people have sutfered to a
great extent. Nobody was expecting
it and, consequently not prepared
for it.
tho rcpiihlivuii cnnrontiim
should mvvt ererr night in tin
trvok fur n month, Iwttcr men
votilil not ho solrvtotl for it city
ticket. ) V goo; reiiihlicunx come
out nml ico will put our shnMors
to tlio n licct nml lift us one in.in
l'e ir7 in.iko it u ghuiil rcpuhli
run victory.
Tin: late slugging alf.iir at the
state house, is a disgrace to a civi
lized country. When our law-maker
disagree and take the law into their
own hands, flow can we expert our
citizens to live up to the letter oi
the statutes ': They should set a
better example and not use the
halls of justice to settle their dis.
graceful petty fndes. Were it our
pugilistic neighbors, Kansas, noth
ing would be thought of it, but
coming from a civilized state, pen-!
pie can but lo k upon it with re-j
proach. j
Las t Thursday nij;h;, Prii e a club
room, or in Anglo Saxon, saloon, at
Kagle, was broken open and nil the
lhe snakes, varmints, and other
night blooming eerie", were poured
over the floor. It is thought some
of the fanatical temperance cranks
did the work. If that idea is cor
rect, it will be a serious blow to the
temperance cause in that locality,
and, although we are temperance,
we think it a high handed piece of
business. If the people had kept
their eye open for "jags" the next
morning, they would perhaps have
a very good idea who pulled the
bung.
Mr. HisskM. has taken upon his
o vn shoulders the responsibility
of making the rule that, "no person
who held a post-office under Cleve
land's former administration, would
be considered." He states further,
that the full power of this rule ap
plies to fourth class post-offices and
that he, not the president, is respon
sible for it. This leaves the rule
open to question, and still leaves it
possible for ex-democratic post
masters to get in, as the president
can appoint whom he chooses over
Mr. Hissell's head, while, should a
howl go up, as in the case of the
democratic editors, the responsi
bility can not be fixed upon Mr.
Cleveland.
WF, are pleased to note that the
great canal scheme for Omaha and
Lincoln is still progressing. The
final survey of the Hendrik's
canal is being made and has been
conducted so quietly that no re
liable information could be had
until now. At present they seem
to hold the inside track on the
Omaha and Fremont canal, having
filed their water right to both the
Platte and Klkhorn rivers prior to
the Fremont scheme. The Hend
rick's scheme nas been under ad
visement for the past three years.
It is to f.e seventy-five feet wide and
eighteen miles long; it is to run
two power plants, one near Ash
land, froi.. which point power will
be transmitted to Lincoln and one
at lhe turmimus where power will
be transmitted to Omaha. The
total expense will be about ?2,(Xk,.
mm.
Senator Jno. M. Palmer of the
i'nited States senate has been
selected by the democrats as chair
man of the pension committee.
They could not have selected a
a better men for that responsible
position, as General Palmer has
seen service in the I'nited States
unity during the war and knows
the privation and hardships that
the soldier had to endure during
that bloody strife. There is only
one other senator on that side of
the house that was a union sol
dier and that is Senator Vilas, who
is comparatively a young man.
The rebel brigadiers are thick, but
they could not, in justice, be select
ed for such a position. General
Palmer was very popular with the
soldiers, and much of his political
success is owning to his personal
popularity. He has stated that he
will ask from the senate authority
to investigate the pension bureau
and we hope that his petition may
be granted.
The opponents of annexation of
Hawaii are chuckling with delight
over the president's withdrawal of
the treaty. Hut it is hardly possi
ble that the President will go back
on his own record. In his message
in l.sNl Cleveland said:
I f pirpt my tmhcMtntitiK conviction
that the intimacy of our relations with
Hawaii should tc cotpliii'lzcd. A n rr
nult of the ri-cciprocity treaty of IW."i, thene
ilaiid,on the highway of Oriental and
Au-tralaMiin traffic, art- virtually nil out-po-t
of Amrricau coinmrrce and u step
ping fctone to the Krowin trade of the
Pacitic.
This shows that Cleveland in
lSSti was not alarmed at closest "in
tiniacy'' with the people of Hawaii.
Two years later in his message he
said:
In the vast lield of Oriental commerce
now unfolded from our Pacific hordcrw, no
feature presento stronger recommenda
tloiixfor coimrehional action than the
ctalHhtucut of communication ty hiiIi
mariue telegraph with Honolulu. The
Keokiraphical position of the Hawaiian
Kroii, in relation to our Pacific Mutes,
creates a National interdependent y and
mutuality of interest which our present
t rem icx were intended to foster, ami w hich
make close cominuuicatiou a logical and
C Humeri ial necessity.
It is not probable that the presi
dent has changed his mind, or that
he will allow the golden oppor
tunity now ottered to escape.
"GOLDEN PERIOD."
In IM!, under democratic low
tarii'f, referred toby Vice-President
S cvciison and Hon. William M.
S,n iuger as the "golden period" in
politic. il history of this country, the
editor of this paper, younger in
years and in experience than he is
now, was living upon a farm in
Stephenson county, and well re
members that his father, in the
early spring of that year, went to
market with a bushel basket full of
fr.-sh eggs, which were sold to O.
11. Wright, a merchant in Freeport,
forH cents per dozen, in 'store trade'
and that for the eggs so sold calico
was purchased at la cents per yard.
There area great many old settlers
in Stephenson couuty who remem
ber that "golden period" of low tariff
and democratic government as well
as it is remembered by the editor
of this paper. Hut times have
changed eiuce then. An exchange
say e that a Maine farmer went shop
ping the other day with twenty-five
dozen eggs and obtained in ex
change the following list of articles
which he took home: One-half
barrel of flower, a bushel of meal,
a pound of tea, a pound of coffee,
five pounds of sugar, a pound of
soda, a gallon of oil, a bar of soap,
a gallon of molasses, a quarter
pound of tobacco, half a gallon of
vinegar, a package of mixed spices
and a calico dress pattern. It might
have been expected that a man
would forget something, and he
did. His wife scolded him for not
bringing a bag of salt. Freeport
(111.) Journal.
BLAINE AND HENRY CLAY.
James G. Blaine is often compared
witli Henry Clay. The parallelism
in taking in most points, but the
differences are, after all, as many
nnd as grea as the similarities.
Clay was probably the greater
master of the art of oratory. His
voice was a superb musical instru
ment, and with it he swayed his
auditors at will. Hut Henry Clay,
while undoubtedly a great orator,
can hardly be called a great thinker
He was always somewhat super
ficial, Iilaine was a man of wider
knowledge and sounder Ihinking.
Clay was essentially a triiner.
Hlaine was positive nnd fearless.
He was an abler man than Henry
Clay. The two were much alike in
the art of winning and keeping
friends. This is sometimes called
"magnetism," and explained as
somewhat quite undetinable in the
personality. And yet the nature of
it is not far to seek. It must con
sist in a really affectionate and
sympathetic disposition. Men loved
Henry Clay because beloved them,
Hlaine had keen sensibilities. He
craved affection and in turn gave it
lavishly; and that was the charm
that won to him not men of his own
party, but men of all parties. In
that magic power of winning de
votion he was the Henry Clay of re
cent politics. Hoth were iutensly
American; both supermely loved
the welfare and glory of the repub
lic; and both, while they keenly en
joyed the strife of parties, were yet
much more than party men. They
were not merely republicans. In
the highest sense, and in no par
tisan way, they were both national
republicans.
WHAT ISPROTECTION?
Protection to home industry is n
practical fact; it is the policy of al
most every civilized nation, and is
as firmly establisned among these
nations today as ever. It is not a re
lic of barbarism, but is an inspiring
and guiding element in our high
est industrial civilization, says a
writer in the American Economist.
Free-trade is a theory, its prac
tice unknown in any civilized land.
Only savages are absolutely free
traders, and they have no trade.
The idea of protection is that
each government should encourage
the industry and skill of its people,
and the development of the natural
resouaces of its territory, nnd that,
to this end customs, duties on for
eign imports should be so levied as
to prevent the tree importation of
articles that can be made or produc
ed at home, and also to furnish
needed government revenue. Du
ties thus levied, it is claimed, so en
courage pnd protect home manu
factures, and home labor and skill,
that those manufactures grow solid
and workingmen gets varied em
ployment, and the common good
is advanced.
It is indeed difficult to find, in
any country, great industries which
have grown up under free-trade.
Instead of building up a "Chinese
wall," our national experience
shows that a large and healthy for
eign trade both exports and im
portsgrows up with protective
duties which help to solid wealth
at home as a safe basis forjdoiuestic
and foreign commerce. A tariff
regulates, but does not prevent im
ports; it invigorates and fructifies
the? home domain steadily and con
stantly, while every approach of
free-trade gives us the deluge and
the dearth.
Protection is not a panacea, good
against crop failure, had business
management or extravagance, but a
powerful element in the conserva
tion and development of national
resources and of personal skill and
p wer. There can be no inflexible
standard of duties; rates good for
one country may be too high or
too low for another, and each na
tion must consider its rates of in
terest and wages nnd revenue
needs, and so shape its tariff as to
give its people fair scope and com
petition with others.
Free-trade is absolutely unres
tricted international intercourse;
free exports and imports without
custom houses. It does not exist
outside of savage lands. Great
Hritain, its professed apostle and
propagandist, has but a deceptive
and fragmentary approach to this
theory. It has been styled "A
Science based on Assumptions,"
and its advocates abound in meta
physical theories, and in strange
notions that truth can be got out of
abstruse assertions unsustained by
facts. Plainly enough, it political
economy is to be of any value, we
want the light of facts and experi
ence as a guide to correct ideas.
More historic truths and careful
statements touching industry
ami trade figures, dates. causeB
and results.lcan be found in a sin
gle volum of Henry C. Cary than in
a score of standard free-trade books
Kich in assertion and unsustaiend
theory, but poor in facts, must be
the verdict as to free-trade writers.
M. Chevalier, an able French
statesman, well said:
livery nation owes it to itself, to
seek the establishment of diversifi
cation in the pursuits of its people.
. . . It is not an abuse of power,
but the doingof apositive duty by
governments, so to act at each
epoch, in the progress of a nation,
as to faver the taking possession of
all the branches of industry whose
acquisition is authorized in the na
ture of things.
Such "taking possession," not by
monopoly, but by fair competition
is the aim of a protective policy.
John Stewart Mill says In his
"Political Kcononiy."
The superiority ol one country
overanother in a branch of pro
duction, often arises from having
begun it sooner. There may be no
inherent advantage or disadvan
tage on either side, but only a pres
ent superiority of skill and exper
ience. A country which has these
to acquire may, in other respects,
be better adepted to the produc
tion than those earlier in the field;
nnd besides, it is a just remark,
that nothing has a greater tend
ency to produce improvement in
any branch of production than its
trial under a new set of conditions.
Hut it cannot be expected that in
dividuals, at their own cost, should
introduce a new manufacture, and
the burthens of carrying it on until
have been educated up to the line
of those with whom the possessors
have become traditional. A PRO
TECTIVE DUTY, continued for a
reasonable time, will somethimes
be the least inconvenient mode in
which a country can tax itself for
the support of such au experiment.
This grants the argument to pro
tection, as a principle, and comes
from a free-trade writer of element
ability nnd character.
To single out for protection any
industry iron, wooden, wool, Ac
and ignore others, is not the true
way. The interdependence of all
industries, and such fair protec
tion as each and all may need, must
be the guide and motive of honest
and fair action.
Protection does not establish
monopoly but breaks down foreign
monopoly by encouraging home
competition. It does not aim to
benefit one class at the cost and
expense of another, but to benefit
all. It helps domestic commerce
and develops our own resources,
and so gives solid basis for a
htalthy foreign commerce. It de
fendsthe weak against the strong,
cares for thoseof our own house
hold, aims to advance the welfare
of the working people by opening
varied employments at fair wages,
and elevites the character of our
national life.
Republican Work,
what Harrison's admiuistration
and the ' fifty-first congress has
done in four years may besuinmar
ized as follows:
Kree coiners huillcd.
Opening of (Ikliilioniii.
I'ii it-American congress.
Suhsidics to tf Kinships.
X m iuiiiil (iiiirantiiie hiw.
C hile lirouuht to her knees.
Restriction of itn migration.
C ivil service rules extended.
International copyright law.
Steps taken tounnex Hawaii.
Policy of retaliation adopted.
McKinley law and prosperity.
Louisiana lottery knocked out.
Keeeiprocity treaties tieyntintcd.
The quarantine against cholera.
Progress in rchiiildiiiK the navy.
A vastly inproved postal service
K.trudition treaty with Kii),-!and.
Raid of gold speculators defeated.
International moil t a ry conference
lnitian line liccomes Auiericart.
Italy's impudence diarplv relinked.
Canada disciplined I t lie president.
1 nternut ioual arl titration established
World's fair sanctioned ami promoted,
hmjiind concern iiitf the seal (piest ion.
Saloon treaty dictated nt Washington.
S.irvey for an interenntiuont a I railu a v.
New inni ket opened to American pork.
- I les Moines Capital.
A Tennessee man interrupted his
own funeral by breaking open his
col'tiu lid and demanding to tie taken
home. In the absence of full par
ticulars it may be safe to assume
that he was an ofiice seeker, who
did not wish to be buried until he
had heard the latest intelligence
from Washington. This theory is
borne out in part, at least, by the
news that he has since died and of
fered no objection to the burial.
He was sure that there was no
hope. Nebraska Stale Journal,
THE SHUCKIN' BEE
Written rxpreoily for The Herald
How i like to lay a thinkin', it jit does a
feller good,
T' waller in the grant. V think, Vpecially
in the wood,
Where the Bquir ls'n' chipmucks set up
'n' jaw V bark,
An' you fielin'just that miserable-hut
happy es a lark.
'X' tonight I was a thinkin' of the time
we used to see,
What fun we used to hev, at the good, old
shut kin' bee.
With the Kill's 'n' boys around the pile a
statulin' on their knees,
'X' talkin' jet es sociable V jolly es you
please.
When the crib wusgittin fuller 'n' the pile
was jroin' fast.
We all commenced to hettin'as to who
would shuck the lust,
'X'l ketched myself u wishin' that Ik-
"ud be the one.
When I seed 'er lookin" sneakin' like, her
eye chuck full of fun.
Jim he 'lowed thai Xancy'd shuck the last
red year of corn.
I kind o" 'lowed she would, yes she'd shuck
it in a horn.
I couldn't keep from laughin' w hen I look
ed across at Hess.
'X' seed 'er hide 11 ir,.i,t l.i.r r i .
neath 'er liudsy dress.
I was purty ninh a bustin' I's so full of
bottled glee.
When I seed 'er hide that year V look so
sheepish like at me
'X'l felt so dog 'oh funny, 'n' my vision
seemed to blur,
'X' I never wanted nothin' jist iiothin'-
septin her.
The crickets with their chirpin' opened up
tlieir iioisv bull.
With the katydids a helpin", an' the dew
iK'gun to fall,
'X' my heart jist got to churniu' up my
feelins newly born,
When liessie, with a flourish, shucked the
last red year of corn.
Then we all went in the kitchen, w here
the table neatly spread
With cakes. V pies, 'n' chicken, V the
whitest kind of bread,
Was ft j( ml in' fairly groanin', 'n' we done
it jestis too,
Eorthe villles seemed to disappear like
airly niornin' dew.
The supper soon was over, 'n' the room
was fairly tier d.
'X' aich tuniu'upof instruments, I skersly
ever hurd,
Each feller got his parduer for the old
"Virgina Keel,"
'X' we reeled 'n' turned V twisted, from
the head end to the heel.
Hut 1 started out to tell you 'bout that
onery lout from town,
That used to come a fooliu' and u nioii-
keyin' aroun',
'X' idlers wurin' store close with silk 'n'
satin linin',
His red neck tie a glarin' 'n' his high
heeled boots a shinin'.
He'd ullers come a sneiikiug 'rouu'j I
never seed him fail,
To get along 'bout supper time, a look in'
thin 'n' pale.
Like he'd been a counter jiimpin' ever
since the human fall,
And stickin' out all over was his everlust-
in' gall.
He took a shine to Kcssie, the onery, lazy
lout,
'X' I iiiudv my mind up sartant, I's goin'
to see him out,
So I kep' my eyes screwed on 'em, us they
pranced aroun' the floor,
'X' purty soon I seed 'em both a shyin'
through the door.
Well, 1 sauntered out myself, aroun'
among the apple trees,
'X' there I fouud 'em, talkin' jist as lovin'
as you please,
Course I stood 'n' watched "em, jist like u
feller would,
A feelin' like a coon that's treed when
roastin'-ears is good.
They stood there kind o' cooiu' in the
solem silent hush.
While I was sufticatin' on t'other side
the brush,
'X' there I was a listenin'-'n' I want to
tell you mister
I was purty nigh a dien", V by geineuy
he kissed her.
If you ever seed a feller jist natu'ully n
biliu',
I reckon it was me. for I's purty nigh a
spilin'.
To get mixed up with him 'n' fairly clean
him out,
'X' have that thing wound up beyond the
shudder of a doubt.
Well, talk erli'iut your railroad recks w ith
hien jammed us atwixt.
Hut I tell you taint a patchin' to the wty
I hud him fixed.
Then they was a kind o' fixing up 'tween
Mess 'n' me.
'X' I never seed that feller at another
slnickin' bee.
Well, Kessie is a tuckin up the young 'mis
in their cots,
"X" don't know I'm tli ink in of the to wiliest
o' spots,
Where the gentle night winds tangle with
the blossoms of the clover.
'X" the plumb trees tiodin' brunches
throws the blackest shailder over.
-Hiu. yroix.
The telegraph despatches of yes
terday brought the good news to
Cass county that the Nebraska mar
shalship fight was settled, and that
Hon. Frank K. White of this city
gets the plum, Mr. White's papers
only reached Washington day be
fore yesterday and his appointment
was decided upon at once. Nat
Hrawn, Doolittle, Luidart and Due
phy are set aside. The endorsement
of Representative Krynn and Sena
tor Allen has no influence. J. Stea
ling Morton, as predicted, has had
his say nnd thecandidate whose as
pirations he endorsed will wear the
shoes of Hrad Slaughter, Mr. White's
name was brought up in the cabi
net meeting Tue-day and after a
discussion of varieus candidates he
was selected for the position. Gen
eral Vifquain, who has been strong,
ly in favor of Mr. Dunphy, is much
disappointed over the outcome.
Hilly Hryan and his telegraphic en
dorsers are distinctly in the soup.
My
Sweetheart's Face
that's my wife's you know wears
a cheerful, life-is-worth-living expres
sion, ever since I presented her a box ot
WHITE RUSSIAN
She is always recommending Kirk's
soars to her friends says she is
through with experiments has just
what she needed to make labor easy,
and ensure perfectly clean clothes.
She knows what she's talking about
don't forget it.
JAS. S. KIRK & CO., Chicago.
OLIVER & RA.MGE,
I'KOI'klETOKS OK 1UE
TheBostonMeatMarket
I' his Firm ilo tlieir own Killing and
use nothing' bi.t Cass County
Cattle and Swine.
FRESH and SALT MEATS
Always on huiul.
COUNTRY PRODUCE SUCH A3
POULTF?Y, BUTTER & EGGS
hoi (iirr and sold.
CLOCKS,
WATCHES
AND
JEWELRY.
WALL PAPER,
DRUGS AND MEDICINES,
For pale by
A. H. SNYDER,
PLATTSMOrTH, - NEBRASKA
The con:f.jrt;il'.'. wen ciaa citizen was
SciiiiC iilon.u' Woolwimlnvenue. home the
other w.-i.i-ig when a big, burly tramp
sU ;.i.(l Lim i.:k1 i;t,kcil for a dime. The
citizen looked him over and asked:
"Do yon have no more, regard fur
yourself t'.au to liivjr on the streets?"
"That's just it. bosvi," was the reply.
"It's because I have regard for myself
that I do. There's too many dogs in the
back yards." Detroit Trie Press.
In I'olitM H It Id "rull."
From the Hopeful Younir Man to the
Pastor As I s4.:.nd in the broad avenue
cf life I f.nd so i::any closed doors 1 know
not which on- to open. How can I tell
which will lead me to success?
From the Praclical Pastor to the
Yoni.g M;i:i T-u re's only one, and you'll
tind it labeled "Push." Exchange.
Saving unci Spninlliip.
"I saved un :i.0S lust vir " said Woi.
us prouuiy.
"And I suppose you spent it on pres
ents for your papa and mamma?" asked
the visitor.
"Yes," said Wallis. "That is. all but
$3 of it." Harper's Bazar.
The man who, after studying a hun
dred women, thought he knew the sex
thoroughly, admitted, on intimate ac
quaintance with the. one hundred and
first, hat he was densely ignorant of the
nature of any one of them.
A t'ninlly Wig.
A man in Bridgeport wears a wig that
was worn also by his father, grandfather
and great-grandfather in their turn. It's
a regular family hair-loom. Philadel
phia Ledger.
What is this
anyhow
It is the only bow (ring) which
cannot be pulled from the watch.
To be had only with Jas. JJoss
Filled and other watch cases
stamped with this trade mark. O
Ask your jeweler for pamphlet.
Keystone Watch Case Co.,
PHILADELPHIA.
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