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TiJE DAILY. BEE
E RU5EWA7BR- EDITOR
IT IS nearly time for Mr. Tflurber
to be denounceo as "a socialist nnd
CJtaiau.ut" by the reilrrad organs.
THE BEE upc.ksizes to its readers
fort'eming so mach of its spice to
fraicroad matters. Sir. TurWs Hr-
Tjclccntho "Brinyaami the Pee
ple" presents Hi * * uwa entertained
THE BEE in EC admirable a manner
-it , feels justified in reproducing it
Da. Mttics Us still for railroad
and job printing. Dr.
Slillcr knows which Bide his bread is
bartered on. The Herald on a basis
| of legitimate journalism wouldn't pay
of "Homo
if fir the composition
Gorsip. "
T-iiunt.Y IJAIX'S committee have
tlwcovered marks of republican fraud
n iho late election. Tammany hall
tlioTiU pull out of its own eye the S10-
QOO.COO beam which it ttolo from the
city c-f New York by bribing judges
anil packing ballot-boxes , before it
endeavors to extricate the mote out
of the eve the republican parly in
Kew York City.
AT the coming session of congress
provision must be made for refunding
uoO.CCO.OOO of the loan of 1881 ,
bcmring 5 per cent interest. Several
"billi ro now pending before corjjrcBS
for thi purpose , the mst important
cf which 5 Fernando Word's , which
prmidis thst any refunding bond I-
eu-il pluil not be at a greater rc.te
thin 3J per cent. It is understood
tha Se.retiry Sherman wi 1 recom
mend R low intf rest bearing bend iii
MH annual report , but whether at 3 per
c nt or a S per cent , is not known.
The connn winter will bo a pecu
linrly fav rablu time to fioxt tuoh ale
lo * . Trie plethora of uninvested
menry on the market is unpr < ; cfdent-
cil In Kc r Y < k , ra'lro d fhrc *
iiigG aid 7 per c-rit. d v d-ndf
a premium of 3" to U ) pei
cens. G xvmm-nt 4 per csnt. bondf
nw s < ll ng at 112 , nnd if 4 percent
binds command 12 pr cent , pre
- nihim , thire is no reJSorTVhy 3 pei
tr Dts a'dinil I not V n plsced t pir.
thut ll'teg who revolve
ihe R'pitblicaH , RIO taking p
the cry that 'lur BEE in n cl-ig to the
win-Is of pro retB of O nal a by i't
vnrrasiime : : tof corporate capitul. Tns
JBnB has never and will ncrorrppji *
tha legitimate use of cup'ral in cmld-
ini up < ha intrrei1 * . > the state , rir
f ir f list matter in increasing thewcal'h
of its investors. So long as corporate
ca nidi makes no uco of thepoworjwhicli
t acquires to oppress the penpltcrush
cotupe itiui and interfere with ti e
legitinmo working of the lawa of
WaSc , TncTJES is ready to welcoiro
It s lurnisliin employment to cur
citiza ft d disttibuiing wagea and
tn > ner iiinuiix our merchant : and
traSe : m n. TUB BEE wsges
210 mir on capital , p.s suci.
It w.e'fi8 inj war on railroads be-
"oiBie hey nra rail'O d * . It is on'y
swhn woiha nnd corporate power are
used t > make poverty all the more
'jiijmg , t , , interfere with the free ex-
preswoa tf public sentiment at the
polls , to opp.ess producers and builn
itbit up on the ruined fortunes cf
that TUB Bit raises its Toiic
bt the iniquities of corporate
bapi nl nnd corporate monopolies.
'One thing TUB BEB will refuse to do.
It will not make itself a fawning
Vjaiphant to wealth and power ii or
t deiij cipit&l in the hope of enriching
itself. It sees in the brawny mnacles
Ql our laboring men and mechanicr ,
in our hard working merchants and
< ridtraen , fully es important ele
ments in building up the prosperity of
the stito ts thoio vrlelded by
"the stock gamblers and railroad kinps.
of Wall street. It rccognizjs in Uie
elurdy farmer pionaera of our state
who have do homes
m on our frontier ,
Prf tetorin yebra ka's
advancement than anyone
however , shrewd * nd brilliant as a
laslroad wrecker.
If upholding the interests of the
people and exposing the crooked nets-
os of corporations as wo1 ! as individual *
l i olpRgmg the wheels of progress , for
* t time , it at least emurot a iur >
twalthy growth in the near future. ? 7
_ ibis be aciiuoTiiB BEE it willing to
plaid cuil-y , fcclirg sure that within a
few ih rt years it will be as largely in
< ha n > jmty of woikers in tie
P oplofyttrcat as it now seema to
laonnpoly organs to be in tie
THA.T CABINET POSITION.
Blanche , Tray and all the -other
d gs who b ik with the Om&ha
are as ittng the Hitchcock
bu-oiu in urging the claims of en-
6 -iitW H tchcco'c fr the praition f
v of the interior under Ger.
GrSeld's administration. Thorr'n ' *
cipil rojsoa adduced is thatHlichcock
ws a cUa'tmto of Gon. GaiSeldit
Willums cilleje and on this acsout t
ins n inside traIcon the
Tne vv'a hingtinl7ttianiil
Imi this to tar about the matter :
"Thi rr-poblcm press and peoclo
. . * * N b-Htkn a-o oiicinjratinp their
' 1 ( I t-u- < * nJ elTorts mi Hn P. W.
4Irchrock for nme position in
" 1'c i i nt G.iSrli'a cab'it when n
* nll be formei , the intosior folio
. > = 4i4 luuiud. Some strets
in this c nnection is pUc >
. c' < l up'm tli9 f t that the
ntj'r sident-ol < > ct nnd < x Senator Hitch-
< " "ok wcra scho.il in > : c * . While all
tin schnol it Hours tf the new presi-
fontnnny bi talented and able atatea-
tncnaud worthy of nnprecisti : ! ! , there
P. > , ? " ri > fie mauy m d < f them than there
.tiiticiit. positions in the cabinet
. . for he miy be ( Otneirh'at ein-
ed by their pr s'Iig to the
. „ * { Uroat jmt at this time. Ti.i is ir tend-
-c i pd t > a py to all th t clais , and Ihe re-
- iw-Ltr-wir'-v M not wide out of auy want of
o wntxespect for either of them. We sin-
orely h ps th t h)4 ) former school-and
li's ma'es will cptro Geocr&l
Tr ' * WCraTfieldy. the erab rravmont that
I mnda for poattion on account cf
c o is y relations inu t mevit bly
vrpj t > hiui. Give the president-
c o an unetnbra ed opportunity to
niak : ti3 _ his cabinet under a cool and
Then ha
TEUEBEE'S THOHDEEBOLTl
Scathing Eeview'of
read Monopolies of the
Coant-y ,
Their Power to Oppress the
Producing Classes Con
stantly Augmenting ,
Colossal Organisations Daily
Becoming Stronger and .
More Imperious.
The Supreme Issue
eelf to the tfrcnt.
s
B. P. Tliarber In Eeritaers" Uonlkly f rl > cctm-
tcr.
lu approachini ; the problem of the
relations cf the railroads of this county -
ty to the people , it must , first of all ,
bo borne in mind that transportation
on tea and land has developed under
radically difhrent principles. The
ocean being * frep to all and open to
any Individual who chooses to place
lilt ship thereon , a venol could go
wherever its owner chose to send it
ilia lawa of competition , and of supply
and demand , -which have heretofore
heun found potent to protect the pub
lc interest , applied here , as in other
branches of trido , nnd answered their
purposes fully. So universal was the
oprtion of thi law that it has beet
relied upon to govern the relations o :
r.ulr > * GJ to the pub ic , and inly upoi
tjo IrtSger development of the ne
mama of transportation hai it become
tvident to al hat had been" fore
niJii by a frftr itiat thu cuiidri ns o
iha two kind's of comm rcti r <
OB etiiiallyd ( Terei t ; that a railrond ie
a imiiirnl monopoly , and must bb
treated as BUch.
in 1S71 , the eonate of the Unlred
States , in iTcEpcnae to a gene-al de
m na , appointed a special com
mittee on tr npnr > a'iin , oornpcB
_ ed of Ssmtois William Wi idem , of
ota ; John Shetmim of Ohio ;
Conkhnr , cf UcwYorkjTl G.
, of V\Bt Yi t > 5ni { T M Nor-
, < f Ooorji ; j J. W. jtihnscn , of
tm ; John H. Mitchell , nf Or
gnu ; snd S. B. Cinn\er , ot Florida
The cimtnittfre occupied < ho entire
summer < -f 1874 in mhint Rn tx
haustive iziinii > nt on of the aiilij rt ,
and in * lie'r rtpnrtwo find the filiow-
irg ( P/gelBB ) :
"In the matter of taxation , there
ftsc to-'l-y four men rejiri-Benjin < : ih *
four great trunk Hues batweenjChicago
asid Is w Yrk. . who pn3o ° a , and who
not unfr.qutntly extrc-g-- , iniers
tthc * ! tlio conuieai rf ihOjUni'od
tSt te * would tot venturatd _ exert
Tniy mav at ny iiiue.nd foe any
re mtn satisfactory lii-tllemsMVO' , by
the singlu siroko of a pen , reduce the
rain * of property in this country by
' undreds of million * of dollars. An
additiontl charge < five -cants p r
i iist el oi xhe tr.iifporlat oo o | cert &li
would have bjen tquiv Fent foa tax
f forty fip mtlHau 6f dulUra ron
Iho crop of 1873 26 congreas vrou d
JUro totxetnausc v at . a
cipt upon a nrcesMiy of tria meat im
urative nature ; and yet tiie 0 gentle
intn exercise it whenever it iuu thei
uprcmd will and plens.ue , jwitbcu
expla-mtion or Fpology.i'h | the
rj pid and ineritnblo progress nf com-
binat ion and cons < lidation , tneso co
lostal organ iza ion are daily bEcomint
sirongtr nnd mere iinptTious. Tne
day is not distant , If it has not'ulread ;
* rtiveJ , when it will be the riutyi u
'
the statesmen to inquire whetHer t'haru
11 Jess dancer in It-uM'-g the prnparty
and iudu'trial interests of thh paople
thus u holly at the mercy of R few
men , who recogn'zj no responsibility (
U-ot to their atticklu Idtrs , and n >
principle of ncticn but periondt an (
"orporatoapgrsndiz'inent , Jhsn < ii
adding some hat to the potrer n <
patronnge of a government 'directJi '
n-jponsib'e ' to the people andjcntirel ;
under their contrcj , "
InthoEfateof 2few York , 'diesatis
faction regarding railroad bmiiase
uinnt has existed for a lonx time ; a
statement of the grievances 1fufi"oro (
by the producing and other jntorests
has from time to time been laid be
fore the legislature , and investigation
cf the came a ked ; but so'raany
members wore controlled by the rail
roads that for several years fcvea nn
iaveatigation of prieVAfiQes- thing
which ought lo ba the common righ !
1 1 every citizen was domed. Public
sentiment reeardinc this question has
t een eDnstnutly growing monger , BDC
U -t rear ihp aEsembly nppojntod an
blii comniitteo of nine , mambers
Bon. A. B. Hepburn , chairman
which occupied nearly nine months m
an investigation cf tncsubject. . It
found Ihe princip * ! charges "fully
7iroven , " and its comment upon thl
st-Ve < f things then developsd was as
follows :
' Tim mistake n-ns in Tiot providing
j. roper tafeguards to protect the pub
ic intere--t , and hold the roa'ds to a
-Irict accountability for their t-ans.
nctio.-B Thus through the Jaxity o
our Uwa nnd the w nt of govermonta
cmtr 1 ( 'iiei > uraby ! excusij-le , con
siderinj : the uufuteeon potsibihties c
railroad derelopment at the limp o
ho cnactniei t of llioee IHWP , but n
l-mcer pardonable in th light of th
eiide' ca hetewiih Bubmitted ) . hav
cr. pin thr-ft- abuses hereafter men
tionud , to gltring in their propottiou
as t > svor of fiction rather thnn actui
his'ory. " _ ( R port , p go7. )
Y t this investigtion did not toud
up in one of the innat rerions phase
> t thit question the political currnp
lion 3irecily rctulfint ; from the de
partwre from corr > ct principl-s i
r.tilnad inHiiajenn nt. In ord < r t
rrivo Bt a proper nndenlaudins ; o
his q-iestion , it i < n on siry to r < > vier
iriifl/ these principles and sketch th
nrozteis tf this preatest invention o
the ge.
It is geaorsl'y admitted that rail
road * , beins pub ichijjhwnys and com
mon cirri > r , should tr > at all hippei
with eouiltty undfr l.ka c'rcumstan '
oei , a id with rc'a-itre ' tqua'i v wher
oircuaiB'ajccs d'il'-r. The ftmctioi
of > h railroad beinc csjqntia'ly pub
I c in na'u'c , and the vote of the stnai
iUfpar h vm r had us much to
io w th conferring the fr nchi < o uti
j r which railroads are c inettucici
> tid < p 'rated as that of the large ship
p r , t ie right o { the c-tizcn on th
highway hera comes in to , limit th
ttpora'ion of tha law of wholesale sue
rnUil , which governs' in private trans
action * . When the capital actuull
invested in wllroa-is his been fair'j
ly compensitcd , the rest of the ad
vantBRp * accruing from the 'discover ' ;
nd uppl cation of' steam tq the pur
p ' es < f twnspirtation shonld be en
jori d by the pub'ic.
Within the memory of compsra
t vely youug m-n. ordinary fiftt r d
were tha only me ns of communion
tion except tb't furnished by ou
Tnete vereoirned a'ni
kept in rrd r by the public. . The de
mand for improved roids resulted it
turnpike compaciVe , wlvih y e-ctsir
tered by the ttate * arid"allowed to
charge tolls to rcitnburje the capital
invctted in theio improved roads
Their charges , however , were required
to ba publicly pasted , and to be the
same to tlL Xeit , the railro&d
K
Elicited privileges from the state to
Gin-tract railroads on the same prin
ciple which had governed the cnn-
stru-iit u of improved tump ke roads.
The firtt idoi was to sl'our any citizen
o put hia own vehicle on the new iron
4ids , but this was found impractio *
bio , and the corpora'ions owning the
oad became the solo carriers over it ,
hia was the first step toward a
monopoly around which has
gathered many evils. At that time ,
lowever , the danger was not app r-
ni ; the principle of the common car
ter treating allahippara aLko was rec-
isnizjd , ami it was not until the many
hort linea of railroad were cousoli-
lated into great systems that the
> ewer of monopo'y was understood
and exercised. Tae evils , however ,
eon came , but the advant-jjes "of the
new roads were so encrmcut , and so
eager were the people tn secure them ,
that the evils remained fora longtime
unnoticed. Among the firtt of thesa
wcs that of fictitious cost ; tha rail
road law of most of the states was
based upon the theory that the c pit-
al invested in those steam roads was
entitled to a fair return and the pub
lic was entitled io all the r st of the
advantages. It was something like
the principle of our patent-liw , which
insures to the public the benefit of
all inventions after they hive
yielded certain returns to the
inventor. In one eenso ,
it was a partnership the stae , which
is the natural owner of all highway * ,
contributing the frinchises , while the
a.Delations of individuals in a corpo
rate capacity constructed the roads.
Ia the stuto of N"evr York , it was
stipulated that nf'cr their chtrgei for
transportation yielded more than ten
per cent. , tiet.upon the capital actually
contributed for the construction of
thcee reads , then tholegisla.ura might
reduce the chaiga for transportation
to a point which would not yield more
* h n thia ; or , in other w ords , that after
capi'al ' find been thus compensated ,
the uublicuhoulii come in for it.aharr .
of the pnfi-s of the pirillcfrhip. in
the shape of reduced chafes for
transportation. Thus is was made a
primary | rinciple 'hai c a-ges should
beamed upon cost o/jjrcfes.
Howili.fi pr iioipie IIHS btenevadpd
by stcek watcrini ? , by construction
companioa aud other devices , is well
known , but until recently it was not
sn well known that railroad nunage"r *
hiH f > rmulatcd a new principle upon
which tn ha e cliarse' , via. : ' 'what
the ir ffio will bear , " and that in the
iDplicatlon of this principle S'-m3 ' of
the most important evils in our tmns-
P'irtaii > n system hive d-vo'oped. '
The fullo wins ; , f run Too GrapMs ,
illus ritea the work'ng of the new
pr'ti - nlo on the Paiitic onsg * ;
"Instead of having rate * for freight ,
thuy V.AUI to uiiku aoecial contracts
io iirdii.g to a man's proSta. F r ln
etance , a nun in Arizona has a
m'ro and gts out a quantity ; f
ore , but Ins no facilities lor fluxing
and f melting it , and mu't Bnd it to
Sm Francisco. Ho Bays to the rail
road :
' 'I want to sand my ore up to San
Franciscb. What will you charge me
a tout'
" 'ttow much does it assiy } '
" That ia none nf yi.ur business. '
" 'YtB it is. We waat to know how
much it a says in oidcr to know how
much to ch.rgu you.1
11 'Tuirty doll'.ra .1 ton , ' *
" Well wa will ohatge you ten dollars
lars a ton and that will leave you
twenty dollar * . '
"Another ni n has a mlns , and he
put t equejtion :
" 'What will you tale ray ore to
Sin Francisco for1 !
" 'How nmshdoes it asaiy ? '
" That is none of your business.1
" OH , too , miut t ll , and he says :
11 'Well , it yields three huudred dgl-
lars a ton. '
' -"Then we will chare you one
hundred dollars per ton to take it to
Sn Frauciwco. Tliat IttaVca you Iwo-
"Tno man has i > . a'ternative , and
pjs the moneyio s.-H the ore , but he
becomes A discotlrrfi d miner. Thus
the railroad cucnp u y is foFcing the
tjuestion a ? to xvnsi'iira the restrict-
iOjS on a common carrier. , and wheth
er thu mere cnrrK-r can be despotic
nth the people , arbitrary in its rates ,
asd vir ually HH owner in every inter-
cat on the line. ' *
Agdn , on page 06 of the Hepburn
comuiitUo'sreport , we find :
' Now , as to the necessity for some
regulation to protect the public , see
toaiimony of Mr. Butter , pa es 463 4 ,
where he testifies that he serves the
stockholders only , and only regards
the public interest to maknittnbutaty
to the interest of the stockholder * .
Yilas [ testimony , page 415 ]
lealides to the same oorjmng ;
motives. Mr. Blsnchat , after des
cribing a railway officer : as subject to
three practicsl tribunals , first , the
president of the roadjoeonnd , the law
as laid down affecting transportation ;
and third , the unwritten law of com
merce , say : "It his been our
policy in this matter , while keeping
within the statute la\r as far as I knew
it , or had occasion to know it , that
wherever this public unwritten law
came into contact with the interests
of the shareholder * , I believed it to
bo my conscientious duty tn decide in
favor of the shareholder ; I knew of
no claim that the non shareholding
int'r _ < st3 had upnn me as a railroad
cfiicerso long as I was -witlrn tbe
written law , to "concede its views in
the matter of ta'es. ' and in * the min-
asoment of our ironic. ' The marked
importance which is here attached to
keeping withia the law , emphasiKfls
U.e necessity for a law for govern
mental control "
" "What the. traffio will bear" is , to
scmo extent , a legitimate considera
tion in fixing charges , but , left to the
uncontrolled discretion of railroad
manner * , the public interest is not
Mifficently considere , and out of the
powir to make special ra'es , which
r ilrod companies have conferred up
on their acents , f.voiitism , both as
between icdrrtfuilsand o.immu : itfts ,
has reaul ed. This has prevailed , and
still exists in a greater or less decree ,
throughout the Unitoc S atfs. To
hat txtent in the State of New York
i * indieiiod by the report of the Hep-
'Mirn c-"nmittae ; the report B JB
( p ge 48) ) :
"i'ne charge that the railroads
of thia state di criminate against the
citiziDB of this state , and in favor of
western and foreign producer * , ii ful'y '
proven by the evidence taken. Thd
cha-po that they discriminatu against
certain localities in the state , a * com-
pirtdwith others , is fully proven.
L'ho charge that ther discriminate in
'nvor of certain individuals , as coin-
p r. d with others in the tame locality ,
is fully proven. "
It u a remarkable fact that not only
did the railroads oppose this invest ) ,
cation , but the presidents of the New
York Central and Erie roads , in a
j lint letter to the committee previous
10 the inve tigation , generally and
specifically denied the existence of the
alleged abuies which were afterward
pnven to exist. .The Hepburn com *
rnittee accompanied their report with
a f cries of seven bills designed to rem
edy , in the state of New York , the
t ting abuses. Of these , four t > f
minnr importance were not opposed
bv the railroads , and wrro allow
d to become laws , but thecssion of
'he lecis'ature ' developed the fact that
no bill to which railroads objected
could pafsamajorityof ; the senatehid
Heen elected in ihfir interest , and
bi ls , in themselves just and conserva
tive , were defeated.
This tendency on the part of consol
idated corporate interests to perpetu-
the acquirement of poht-
* " "
ical power , abuses which they have "I
found it to their interest to perpetuate ,
is onojjl the most serious of.the evils
trhich > threten the public jalfare.
United States Senator David Divis , in
a recent letter says' -
"The rjpid growth of corporate
power and ina malign influence wnich
rit exerts by combination ontheln-
tionzl and state legislatures , ia a well-
groUnded cause of alarm. A struggle
is ptrlidingin the near future between
this overgrown pan fir , with its vast
ramifications all ovtfr the union , and
ahardirrip on much cf the politic * !
machinery , oo the one hand , and the
jaople in ah unorganised condition on
; he other , for oantrjl ot the govern-
moa.It wM be watohed by every
patriot with intense ansiety. "
It is an opan secret that the rail
roads furnish a Urge share of the
money required to operate the ma
chinery of our elections , and in all
districts where psliticil parties are
cloiely matched , their money , en the
side of the candidate who will promise
to favor their intoreats , generally
carries the day. They know no parly ,
and consult no interests but their
own , and , as a matter of course , the
venal and less worthy element in our
political life , tinder auch i system as
this , usually triumphs , and
men who are too honest cr too
independent to bow to corpo
rate will are so weighted in the raca
for political preferment that they sel
dom come to the front ; Mr. Jay
Gould , in his evidence before the NW
York legislative committee of 1873
which investigated the affairs of the
Erie railroad , openly testified as fol
lows :
"I do not know how much I pitd
toward heipirig friendly niea. We
had four sutet to look after , and we
had to suit our politics to circum
stances. In a democratic district I
was a deaiccratj in a republican nis-
ttict I was a reputilicin , and in a
doubtful di-tdct 1 was doub ful ; but
ih every district and at all times I
h v l < v > iys bet-nan Brie man. "
The state of things une rthed by
this investigation was officially de-
acMbod in the report of the legialaiive
cuinmitiee , as follows ! ;
"lt-18 fuither in evidence that it
UH8 been the custom of ihe managers
of the Erie railway , from year
to year in tha pastJo
tpjnd large sums to cintrjl
elections and tn influence legis ation.
In the yeir 1868 more than ono mil
lion ( $1,000,000) ) WAS disbursed from
thtroisnry td "estri and legal Ser
vices. ' F r interesting iiems roe Mr.
WAteon's testimony , pages 330 end
337."Air. . Oouldwhen last oathe aland ,
and examined in relation to various
vouchers shown him , admitted the
pavmont during the throe years prior
tt)182 of lurgueums tu Barber , Taeed
and belters , and to i' fhiencc leuiila-
tion or elections ; in. to Amounts were
chirged intno 'Im fa tubber account,1
Tha memory of this witness Was Vtiy
defective ai to details , and he cou U
only remain er large transactions ; but
could distinctly recall that he hid
been in the habit of sending moucy
into the numerous districts a'l over
the state , cither to control nomina
tions or elections for senators and
members of assembly. Ccneide'cd
that , as a rule , such investments paid
better than to wait till the men got to
Aloany , and added the significant re
mark , whun fiskurl a question , that it
would be as impossible * lu speedy the
numerous instinces as it would to re
call to muid the numerous freight c-tra
lent over the Erie road from dy to
day. " ( See testimony , page 556 )
The report of tha legislative com
mitted concludes with the following
remarkhble words :
"It is not reasonable to auppoad
that the Erie company haa'beon alone
ia the corrupt use of money for the
poht"I ;
elution in the direction of ths | coin-
pmy hat laid bird a stcrel chapter in
the history of railroad management
such as has not been permitted bo-
fore. It exposes the reckle-3 and
prodigal mo Ot money. , wrung from
the people to purchase the election of
the people's ' ftpreseatntiveS , and tb
bribe them when in office. Accord
ing to Mr. Gould , his op-rations ex
tended into four different stntes. It
was ijs ouBtom to contribute .money
to ihuuciice both hotninatioiis and
A recen1 e S o'al i The New York
Evening P d . ? i u > l "Wealth in
Connecticut l\litic , " JISCUSEOS this
subject us f "llowaij "
* * * With slow but steady
progress the principle has come to be
recognized , especially in the cengre-i
Eional' iatriclij and by the demo6iatic
party , that a man wh9 - 5 im
portant nomination.must get it by the
promise or implication of a liberal
contribution after the nomination ia
secured The result is the free Ueo
of money at Connecticut elections
and a corresponding dobauchmeut of
the political morals of the state ,
"A good illustration of this evil
appears in tha fourth congressional
district , made up of Fairneld and
Litchhold counties. This is the dis
trict represented in congress for sev
eral years by William. H Bjrnum ,
afterward United States Senator" , and
now the chairman of the democratic
national commmittee. Probably no
man ever succeeded so well us did he
in organizing corruption' , Ia each town
washis , band of workers , charged with
the dispensation of fuuds on election
day. e knew his men aud b'is men
knew him , and after each election ,
when it was found that 'Bill' Barnum
had run ahead of his ticket all over
hia district , men understood thu rots m
why. Presently the republicans
caught up the trick and practiced it in
the congressional election of two years
" .g.1 , when a comparatively obscure
candidate for congress ran ahead of
Governrr Andrews in the governor's
own townwheie his well-deserved pop-
ulatity was unquestioned. In every
snull town of the district it has now
come to be the fact thnt a venal band
of from twenty to bf < y electors offer
their votes to the highest bidder. A- :
aec ndaty result has been that no men
of moderate means c.n afford to tun
for oTinre's o * ev n for a state sena-
torship. * * *
"Ail this , which' every intelligent
voter in Connecticut knows to ba a
f ct , is a most diarepntabla and scan-
dtlous state of affairs. * * *
As it is now , the fact cf general and
cimprehensiYe bribery at important
elections is notorious , and it is na
small s'igma open the good name of a
New England commonwealth that the
crime is stimulated by a moral cow
ardice in communities which prevents
ilike the prosecution , of the briber
and the bribtd. A little wholescmo
Inland some independent voiingwill
Co far toward remedying an evil that
every good ci'icjn in the a tit a sees ,
feels , and utidira'and * , yet too often
hesiiaestorebnk < > . " [ N. Y. Evening
Pott , Aug. 19.1880.
Bailroad Tuxea. '
WahooTlmc * .
Mr. A. F. Arndt , of Wahoo pre
cinct , the man who is fighting the U.
P. B. B. Co. single-handed and alone ,
wis in the city Friday lasi to ply his
taxes. He says he aske'd the treas
urer to make out his fax receipt , and
to itemize it and make it perfectly
clear hl each amount was for. He
says that the treasurer refused to do
this , and he refuted to pay all not so
cleatly itemized , making a lt > gal ten
der of the balance. The taxes here-
fused tn pay were the dng tax and the
consolidated tax , which means the
railroad bond tax.
He cay * the Be two items of tax sre
net lawlul , and that he will not pay
' them , and defies the authorities to collect -
lect Ho claims that ther.i road bonda
of Saunderi county were obtained by
fraud and intimidation , and that he
will rjghtjt to the end. He claims that
the liw will bear Unpeople out in re-
fusu g fo pay these bonds , 'and that he
for ouehedoes n t propose to pay tnb *
utJ to a corprr iion that robs thereo-
pie ou of their entire earnings , ' and il
a detriment to the county. He is on
the right track , ? nd we glory in his
determinat on. The U. P. B R prem
ised to giva the peop'c of SatJadarB
county & freighUine for th < se blonds ,
but have failed to do this , and I'u'tic. )
aays , "Refusa to pay 'he bonda. " '
Such a ccuTie will brinf the cnsi- and
give the peopla who know a chattCa to
provo that the bonds in the first plaoa
were carried by fraud. Railroad cor
porations should not have any more
of a right to fob and steal than indi
viduals , and when they refuia to be
honest with tli9 people tbey should
be taught a Isason. Tbe U. P. K , . B-
refuses to be honest with the people of
Saundtr * county. Who is more ap
able than A F. Arndt to teseh them
the needed
Government Control of Railroads
Des Moin B Rgister. .
The Chicago Journal in discussing
the problem of railroad control , con
cludes that the only way to arrive at
a saiisfac'ory conclusion is through a
gpivernwont commission. This ide is
growing very rapidly , and will sweep
the great agricultural fit t he
proper time , unless Bimethmg'is done
to quiet the clamor by proper action
on the part of tha railroads. But tha
ultimate success of a congressional
comm ss'o" i * Hpvntl ka" .
The folitmii sc opinion was given by
Dr. .Tucnb Meyer , S.intLoui'j Mich. ,
in 1&74 The Hamburg D.oqs deserve -
serve to be recommended. I have
prescribed it for irregularities' the
liver , disorders of t e stomach and
di ° pnspa orgir ; ating from these dis
turbances , and have observad theme
mo t ' Atisfficrory rraults. The Drops
also cure constipation in "a short time.
Ail : jour drup rt f r Pr ,1 Gnilmtt 's French
SI'iny Fad , ai-d ! > ' nocf'i'r.
Tiiero l > n > u a inilruj.ius jonjBtlf'to d ( th ,
anO bujlnn.ill.thj > ll medicine * f r internal
u e wlicc y'uLin Via cv.rrfd cf fa er and urua ,
durai > , BSUS , blllioav dltonleri , , j urdlft\
dvpepia xvall 01 f < 1f.iTdtiig and nllm.
uf tha tv t r , blind and etj-'mioh. ' I y tte MC
H l'r-l. Culruetta'a tr no Livnr I'd , btj !
! jtttnroe".r uv-rj Una It ; nri'ra'iHt ' .IM
O.t loeptlie nl.-n nl SI SOIiialn tcr to rr'fch
Co. Torclmi'I it 1 < h "fiitjon r > y nixll
i is thf onlr i-d 'bit is pan i Jt > .ut
De"ie of o a - fctJ *
"
i
Neuralgia , Sciatica ,
Backache , Sspsr ss of * ! > §
Gout , Quinsy , Sere Throat , Swell
ings and Sprains , Burns and
Scalds , General Bodily
Pains ,
Tooth , Ear and Headache , frosted
Feet and Ears , and all-other
Pains and Aches.
No PrspamOsn on irth eqrialST. _
Ins
of Its claims.
BOIJ ) B Y AIL DBH&GIBTS AHD DBALEES
IH HEDIOIKH , ,
HAMBURG AMERIC N PAUKET CO.'S
Weekly Line OJL Steamships
Lc YlnK Kew Tcrk Ercry Thursday t 2 p. m.
f < *
England , France and Germany.
For Passsjre app'y t-o -
C. B. RICHARD & CO , ,
Pmengei AcenU ,
vlwav. NawTor > C
' .FOR SUBSISTENCE
STOltEg.
Om CE Pnrcnjisrso AKD DKMI C. S. )
OlIAUA , NiB. , AT. JBlb , 1680. f
. ID duplicate , lobjo-t to th
craxlcon itloni will bj reccSitd ai hli We
antt 12 e'clock teoi on D ctm'tr JBtb ,
ItSO , * . * which time and place thry nil ! b open-
el i i prcsuro'O hiddtrj , fur thenirnfahin.iid
Oclivsrj at the subi ftei co Stonliou o or on art
in "ruiha , ( it on cari : lr nipectiort nJ ie-
c , pia ce at placf pick n ; ) u may be teqaircd
by tbo Sao > -tnee Do artmeiit.
Or e huiulrc-1 and ten (110) ( ) birreli Pork ,
light nieato liodeU'ertd b > Jan. 20th. 1881.
( DO uml ed and ftentr thousand ( UO 000)
prn di-aon eh < rt , cl * rtlde-i , Bruium weight
an i thickuff * . n cked ii cme < , ttranputl. of
ibcui 2 > p ur.dbicOu C5ch , to t > edJlvcrid by
Jan 2 th , 18H1.r * '
Tht a thonta d (1(02) ( ) poandi hreakfist
lace , ( thin bnai BcanT/B3oJ , and In slit led
to * , ttrjppf d , cf about 1' 0 pru Us hmkfojt
bic < m eh , In b delirered br Jan. tb. Uil.
Bey n liun'tred nd fon'r ( UOIE.ponnd ) tins
Iinl ( i uro leaf ) twelve tn § n'a a e , gtnp-'ed.
Eatti tin mi it lioM ictnilli Spcnjdi , nec.uf laid
to ba ac ept d ; ) rice par la end no per pound
to t siat.d , to l-e'dc ' I ered bj J ' . 2Qlh , 18SO
Th * OoVtrnment rcurvM the rljbt to rtject
any or all proposal * . ,
Bl nk piop9 ] and fill Icfcroiatlon ai t th *
mann-r of bid Mnir , en ! Uons o b ohMrred by
M'lritn. .ind lerms el < ontr ct a"d jcymcnt ,
will be ! a > nf ei onuprl'wtl ' > a to ihUofflct.
Kuveh r eoni | niu i r.H'om't ' 'ih u'd ' be
rairic.d "Piopjuls fur eak-ii enee Stertf , " and
acdrc-iiil to the under i.'ud. ' -
- ' THOMAS WitOVL -
O H . P. < A.
or. o.
MERCHANT /AILOR
Capitol Ave , , Opp. MasoniS Ball ,
' . - - - NWB.
MAKE-NO MISTAKEI
MICA AXT.F.
Compct edlarjply of powdered mien andl'injlaai
is the bejt an i cheap it lubricator In the world.
H l t' ebf it because it dc a not pi m , but for mi
a bljrbly polUbexl eflrfai-8 o-var ibe azle , dolnz
a y ijj a Urza amount of friction. 1 1 U the
cheapest beciive > ou need use but half tbi
qtuiitlU in sre.ilu ; your araron that you wool J
uf any other ai'o grease maje , and then run
your * anon wicewlonj. It aniiren eqially
M veil f-r Mill Gcann. , ThresSinj IMachln
Borfics. &c , M for < gonj-Send for Pocket
tytlofcdlaof Thliijs Worm Knovmg. Mailed
tree to any d reR
MICA MAKUFACTURlrtC CO. ,
81 MICHIGAN AVKNUE.
CHICAGO.
Your Dealer For It
fx-tiO-U
( PC r < Cnfl r cay at bom * , b'arapki ort
LDJ I lOi\l \ fr . Addrers SUotoo 4 CO
Portland , M * .
-SHEELY BRO'S. PACKING CO : ? "
PORK AND BEEF PACKERS
Whofesaleand _ Retail in
FEESni f4TS& PROVISIONS GA IE , P ULTRVFISII , ETC.
CITY AND COUNTY ORDERS SOLICITED.
ORFIOE CITY : i AET 1415 Douglas St. Packing House ,
Opposite Omaha S.tock Tards , U. P. R. R.
"
* n-
< *
iini.iviii
W
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, Tsh
Successors to Jos. IT , . , -
nniiPPiQTC *
LPityuySaSO MliO
Dealers in Fine Imported 1
< %
Extracts , ToUet Waters , Colognes , Soaps , Toilet Fowu v
A tullllneof SrirricallnetrtuneDU , Pocket Ca , Trun-a and Snprorter * . AbsohrM. ,
I > rn ; xndCbcmiciljusedln0up ajinj. Preserif tionsfiUed t any liottrcfths night.
Jas. M. Isli. Lawrence 2le3Jaho& !
MORE POPULAR THAN EVER.
The Genuine ,
SINGER NEW FAMILY SEWING MACHINE ;
.
In 1878 we gold 356,422 Machines. In 1879 we sold 431 167
Machines. Excess over any previous year 74,735 Machines.
Our sales ] ast year were at the rate of over
1400 Sewing Machines a Day !
For tvery bti9lne > < l y In the J r ,
The "Old HflJiabV
Tbat Every BEAL Singer is the Strongest ,
Singer Sewing Ma-
chins h,5.thisTr.d , M ° St
Mark cast into tht | | VMj I DarabJe Sewing Ma-
Iron Stand and emTJj&io $ ij W/ chine eep yet Con-
*
bedded in the Arm of SA ,
staoted. "
thaMachme. _
THE SiHOER iA UFAGTUHENO 00.
Principal Office ; 34 Union Square , New York-
1,500 Subordinate Offices , in tbe United States and Canada , and 3,0 Offices inthaOId
World and South America.
THE
Cor. Eandolph St. & 5th Are. ,
CHICAGO ILL ,
fe SpSSEE3 ; 33:23
. ff-i'fl ' d t Mt'&v'i r
PRICES REDUCED TO
$2.00 AND $2850 PER BAY
Located In the business ccnt-e. CSBTfDJent
to plao ei of amusement. Eleuan ly tonmtteit ,
.
uunuilnlnp ail tu u iu iu .t uveiiicu
el raior. Ac , J. U. CUJIMlNbS , Proprietor.
-rietf
OQDEN HOO
Cor. MAEKETST. & BROADWAY
Council Bluffs. Iowa <
On line o Street Railway , Omnibus 'o nd from
all trains. RATES Parlor Hixir SS-OQ et daj ;
Beoond floir * Z EO par diy ; third flr > or , $1.00.
The bestfnmishtdan.l most coin "odious hoaso
.intheiitr. OEO.T. PHELP3 Prop
FRONTIER HOTEL ,
Laramie , Wyoming.
The miner's resort , peed accommodations ,
arcteample room , cbarcesreasonable. Special
attention tfvn * o traveling men.
. fl itIU.l Rn _
INTER-OCEAN HOTEL ,
Cheyenne , Wyoming. ,
Fir t-cl u. Fine arpa Simple Roomi. one
block from depot. Trains stop from 20 m'.nntej
to 2 bourn for dinner. Free Bus to and from
Depot. Kates S1CO. S160 apd IS.OO , according
to room ; s'ngle uir.il 75 cents. .
A. D. BAtcOM , Proprietor.
W BORDF.N. Onlef Clerk. mlO-t
TPTON HOUSE ,
Schuyler , Neb.
Flist-cUra House , Coot ! MeaU. flood Bed *
Airy Rooms , and kind and acsottiaodatbig
treatment. Tw good sample room * . Sptaa
attention paid to commercial tra rclerf.
B , MHLEE , Prop , ,
al5-tt Schnyler , Neb.
. EENSTKEEBS , Manager.
r of all kinds of
Je-et St. Bet. Sth a * * " " * .
TIIK SIERCnANT TAIL OK ,
laprepared tomakoFanti , Suit * and o trcoatj
to order. Prlc i , flt and workmauihip goaranUtd
to rult.
One Door West of nrntc&shank'a.
toiy
EAST INDIA
SOLE MANUFACTURERS
flMAHA , Keh.
PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION LIKE
HETWCKK
OMAHAAND FORTOMAHA
Connects With Street Cars
Corner of SA0NDER3 and HAMILTON
STREETS. ( End of Red L < ne at follow- ;
LEAVE OMAHA :
630 , 8:17andliaa ] u ,3X3.6S7and79P.O. :
LEAVE TORT OMAHA :
7:15 : a. m. . 8:15 a. m . and 12:45 p. m.
4:00. : 6:15 and E:15 p. tn.
The 8:17 a. m mn , leivin omahs , and the
4:09 p. m. rnn , leavln ? Fort' Omaha , are ninally
loaded to full capicitywith rejulv panengen.
Tne 6:17 a. ra. mi will be nude fmm the post-
office , corner of Dod e and 15th torchta.
Tidteu can t-e procured from street cardrlv-
< n. or from dtlten of back * .
FARE.2SCKNTS , INCLODf.VfJ STBE CAR
w.tf
CHARLES RIEWE ,
UNDERTAKER !
MeUllc Cam , Coffin * , Cxskets , SLrouda , tic.
Farn raSlr . 10th and lltb , Omaha , S b.
TaUjnpUi.ordan prempUylatUoded to.
1 THE OLDEST ESTABLISHED.
BANKING HOUSE
INNEBBASKA ( ;
CALDWELLHAM1LTONCO
Rainess transacted same M that o an Incor
porated B nk.
Accounts kept tn Currency or gold gnbjert to
tight cboci without notice.
Certificates of deposit toned parable In threa ,
fcr and twelve months , bourlii ? Interest , or end
d ound without interest.
Advances mads to automera on approved a--
ctlrljlo- market r t of Interest
Eoyamlsell eold , l-tn of exchaiija GoTcro-
nieut. StaW , County acrl Ctty Bond * ,
Draw Sight PrafU on Fn.'Unil , Ireland , Bcot-
land , and all part * of Earopa.
S4H Europcla J saze Tickets ,
RQLIECTIOHS PROMPTLY MADE.
ancldt
U , S. DEPOSTTOKY.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK.
.
4.
Cor. 13th ana Fambam StrfiOt-s ,
- > - , , . . _ . _ . . L _
OLDEST BAHKIHG ESTABLISHMENT
IH OMAHA. I
' ( SUCCES30B3 TO KOUNTZE BKOi , )
Organized u a National Bank , Aajtat 20,1853.
Capital and Profits Over$300,000
Specially -nthorlred by the SfcrotafJ 6T Treimy
to rectlv * Stibscriptlon to the
U.S.4 PER CENT. FUNDED LOAN.
omCJERS AND DIRECTORS
HlHYAH KodrTbii , T ra dont.
Auouima KouirrZB , Tice Pmldent.
H. W. YATM. CoBhler.
A. J. POTTLBTOW , Attorney.
JOBX A. CR iQimm.
7. H. DATU , At t Cuhler.
Thlt bank itcelveaJeposlt without ngsrd to
amount * . ' *
, Iwa time cfrtlflcates b arlnu Intneat.
Dfiw dfafta on San Tianclsco and principal
cities of th * Unltrf States , tlj London , Dublin ,
Edinbnr li and the ? HncipaldUe otth * contU
n ntof Enropa. ' . ,
Sells PMS B Ucketa for Emigrant * ' J * In * . *
man lie. mavlnu
KAL ESTATE BROKER
Geo. P. Benriis1
REAL ESTATE AGEMCY.
15fN& Ihwjlat 3it.t Omaha , Neb.
Thle afrenoy don stnicTLT a brokoTlg * bed *
neea. Does not ep cnlata , and therefore aay bu >
jr ln > on 1U booksn Insured tollpttnmVin
stead ot belnggobbl d qpbytheagent
BOGGS < & mil.
REAL ESTATE BROKERS
jVo / - OS Farnham Strut
OMAHA . - NEBRASKA.
Office North PIda opp. Grand Central Hotel.
Nebraska Land Agency ,
DAVIS & SNYOER.
1605 Farnham Bt. Omaha , Nebr.
iOO.OOO ACRES carefully tdected Und In Ea-teia
Ntbraaka for tale.
Great Bahrain.In Imprcred fanm , andOzmha
dtT pro party.
O. r. DA.Via. WEBSTKB BNTDEE ,
LateTandComVU. P. B.B 4p-eb7tf !
ITR05 mto. ima ana.
Byron Reed & Co. ,
OtDUT UTABLOZV
EEAL ESTATE AGENCY
NEBRASKA.
Keep a complete abstract of title to all Seal
Estate In Omaha and Dontas ; ! County. majltf
UNO. G. JACOBS ,
( Tonnirly of O'jh 4 Jaeobi )
: TAK
No. 11T Farnhaa fit. , Oid Simd of Jacob Gil
DRDKILt Br TKLKGRAPn
. : E\
UNDERTAKER ,
Odd FeUowi' Block.
Prompt attention riven t * nri > n by telezraph.
THE OHIY PLACFWHEHF TOO
can find a good aortmapt of
BOOTS AMD SHOES
At m LOWER flOUKS than at
any other ihoe hooje In the dtr.
P P. LANG'S ,
238 FARNHAM ST.
LADIES' & GENTS ,
SHOES MADE TO ORDER
ant aalUlactlangnanateed. FriedTaryrtasoB-
ablt , I
e attention of Bayers to Our Extensive Stocfc of
CLflTHI
00008 ,
WHOLESALEAND RETAIL
We carry the largest and
*
*
BEST SELECTED STOCK OF GOODS III CM A
>
Whioh Wo are Selling at
*
GUARANTEED PRICES f !
V
OUR MERCHANT TAILORING
Is in charge bfMr. THOMAS TALLOff , weU-establisha
reputation has been fairly
r t
t
' * We also Keep an Immense Stock ot
HATS ; GAPS , 'TRUNKS ' ANB VALISES *
REMEMBER'WE ARE' THE ONE PRICE
. -M'HELLMAN & co. ,
1.181 & 1S03 Fnvnlmni Stref. < .
.CF. S.
AGEIT
Fun
And Sole A cnt for
HalJet Davis & Co. , James & Eolmstrom , and J.&Q.
Fischer's Pianos , also Sole Agent for the Estey ,
Burdett , and the Fort Wayne Organ
Ob's. Organs ,
I deal in. Pianos and Organs exclusively. Have had years'
Experience In the Buainpss- and handle nnlv the Beat.
vlla1 ] Building , Omaha ,
SOtfe Street *
, . . _ _ .
' - * Ty yr-TTtrf ir . Tuner.
POWER DOUBLE
' „ ' Steam Pnmpa/Engica Triminiiagg , Mining ,
BELTING HOSE , BRASS AND IROH FITTINGS , PIPE , ST
AT WHOLESALE AND REfdIL. ,
nri I o
HALLADAY WIHD-f,1LLS ! ; CHURCH AND S8HQOL B\LS
. . . . . , 2 *
F. A. L. STRANft. 205 FnmhnTn Rtrp t
HENRY HOBNBERG
V. BLATZ'S K1ILWAOKEE BEER !
In Kegs and Bottles.
Special Figures to the Trade. Families Supplied at Reasonable
GA
Carpet ings 1 Carpet ings I
J
5
Old Reliable Carpet House ,
1405 DOUaiAS STREET , BET. 14TH MD 15TH
CBST .BX.ISBI IP I3ST 1868. )
Carpets , Oil-Cloths ,
Matting , Window-Shades ,
Lace Curtains , Etc.
MY STOCK IS THE LARGEST IN THE WEST.
if
I Slake a Specialty of
WINDOW-SHADES' AND LA&E GURTA1N3
And have a Full Line of
r
Mats , Rugs , Stair Rods , Carpet-
Lining Stair Pads , Crumb
Clothes , Cornices ,
Cornice Poles , Lambrequins , Cords and Tassels
In facfr'Everything kept in a First-CIasa Carpet House.
Orders from abroad solicited. Satisfaction Guaranteed
Call , or Address
John B. Detwiler ,
Old Eeliable Carpet House , OMAHA ;