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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE--WEDNESDAY MOBBING MAY 181881.
THE DAILY BEE
E. ROSWATER. . EDITOR :
"I AM the state of New York. "
[ Richelieu Conkling.
THE opposition to sewer bondi
makes itself known in an inaudibh
whisper.
THE dangerous condition of oui
streets calls for instant action on th <
ipart of the city author ties.
" ! T will make a greater sensatioi
than the Sprague > candul. " [ Rosco <
Conkling.
OMAHA , during the present .season
will afford employment to every la
borer and mechanic within her limits
SENATOR CONKLING may attempt U
play the role of the modem Samson
but the pillars of the temple won't give
wav.
A WOMAN burglar has been caughl
in Philadelphia and that city is defy'
ing New York to produce a like in-
stance.
A WOMANS' hair reform associatior
has been started in Boston. It's mem
bers will propose to grow mouRtoohe'i
"just like the men. "
THE "star route-fraud , " for the-iuo-
ment gives way in the public . mind t <
r T * * " * * ' < * -
the senatorial sensation.Dorsayadt
t f1 v * . - - - i
Brady will now liave an opportunitj
to catch their breath. ;
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THE tfommg'scnSiftn will bb cculi-
arly malarious , owing * o tho. larg <
quantities of stagnant wat-er on th <
river bottoms. Omaha doss not Tie-
sire any ndditional disease faonij im
jcrfect 'd'nunagc aifl Vill vote sewei
Ixjiuls by an overwhelming majority ,
RETORTS from , every -section . of . oui
state give Tissnrances of a "seasoif ol
unexampled har7dstsT'tJi the Ilepul *
* * ' % * f' f '
lican "Vallej * wlii'ch JasUyear . suflferoc
from drought , the acrerage has nearl3
doubled and refreshing ruins hav <
made Ixumtoons crops , a certainty.
.
TuEcharacter- business houses
in course of erection on our streets
improvejyearl > y year.r5STherc a"rc ,
however , several whose thin veneer
ing of brick and spidery beams and
joists are invitations for Tuture disas
ter. Omaha needs a building inspect
or and must have one.
IT is now asserted that Mr. George
C. Gorham is the author of the recent
letters "from .an occasional correspon
dent" in the Xcw York Herald attack
ing President Gat-field. Mr. .Toe How
ard had previously received the credit
> f their authorship.
'CANADA is again agitating the ques
tion of throwing obstructions in the
path of emigration to the United
States. AYhole villages are moving
to Dakota. It it , noted that office
holders are the last to leave.
FnNTON says that
the party in western New York state
is with the president , and George
William Curtis says that the party in
the eastern and southern portions ap
prove of the course of the administra
tion. The Adirondack region is yet
to l > e heard from.
IN Ids late speech before the iNew
York chaiultcr of commerce , Secre
tary Windom made a few telling re
marks upon the transportation ques-
tions. It is evident that the views of
the cabinet officer have not changed
since the time when he declared that
four men sitting at Xew York could
nib the producers of the country of
S 5,000-000 at their arbitrary pleas
ure.
THE successs of Senator Wind&in. iu
extending the. ( ! per centsjs to be .re
peated with he n pe ? cent.-coupons
and registered Iwiids. A- call has
been issued by the treasury depart
ment for 820,000,000 in u percent ,
bonds , and notice has IMH.-II given that
the department is "ready tij''receive
registered 5 per cents for extension on
the Bame Uisis. 'Already over S80-
000,000 of tulegrapliic orders have
come into the department and the
success of the plan is assured.
THE SENATORIAL SENSATION.
THE resignation by Senator Conk
ling of his high oflice as senator from
.New Yqrk , is a piece of childish petulancy -
lancy in every respect worthy of ita
insolcnt.andarrogant author. It is a
fitting ending to a two-mouths contest
for the capture -of the presidential pre
rogatives' , in'which the selfish prefer
ences of dhe senator from New York
were insolently placed in the balance
against the will of the chief exccU'
tive of tins nation. The act
is startling only on account
of it * audacity. It is a bold defiance
of public-opinion and party sentiment
It is an insolent announcement to re
publicans that Roscoe Conkling serves
his party only when the party througl
the chief executive relegates its ap
pointing-power in the Empire State tt
Roscoe donkling. Ariewod oven in tin
light of the lame apology which thi
senator and his colleague tool have
made to the New York legislature , il
i the result of a petty squabble
for patronage. ' Defeated in his
selfish wishes the senator from
New York turns his batteries
upon his own party and at a most
critical moment in
national affairs re
signs his post at Washington , and
with the significant threat of desert
ing that part- which has made him all
that lie is , appeals to the legislature of
his state to indorse a course of action
which is denounced by all good repub
licans throughout the country.
It now remains to be seen whether
Itoscoe Conkling is the repub
lican partUpon the legislature
of New York
ture which a
a row weeks ago BO enthusiastically
ratified the nomination of Wm. H.
Robertson , devolves the duty of pass
ing judgment upon Senator Conk-
1luu's course. 4 If tliat legislature
views the affair in the same light iu
which it is looked upon by the party
at large , they will administer a lashing
rebuke to a man who put * his own
selfish preferences above party princi
ple nnd champions a cause which Jias
no more solid foundation Uinu the as-
aertion of-tile-right of n United States
SENATOR fcONKLIKQ AND THE
ADMINISTRATION.
SENATOR CONKLING has forced to an
issue the question of executive preroga
tive. For over two months he has
waged his warfare against an adminis
tration whose existence is solely re
sponsible for his own political in
fluence as a dispenser of patronage ant
whose staunch and unswerving fidelity
to the interests of the national execu
tive , lias won the respect of the bes
element of both the republican am
democratic parties.
Two months ago President Garfielc
first assumed the high office tc
to which he ha 1 been nominated b }
the party opponents of Senator Conk
ling , and to which he was elected ii
spite of the half-hearted support o
the Senator from Now York. He an
nounced his intention of dealing fairl }
with all tranches of his party
His first official act was to send to thi
Senate his cabinet nominations , ii
winch the interest of the so-calle (
stalwart element was carefully pro
toctcd. His next indication of kindl ;
feeling towards Senator Conkling wa
the nomination of General AVoodfon
and Tenney , Marshals Payne and Me
Dougal , all of which were idontifiet
with that element of the republican
party of which Roscoe Conkling wa
the acknowledged leader. Up to thi
point no ripple disturbed the politica
sea at Washington. Senator Conk-
Ting's loyalty to the administrate :
was unquestioned. It was
frankly .admitted by his i > art }
associates "that. President Garfiek
evident intention .was todeal fairl }
and impartially with the minorit }
whose" success wouH have made his
'nomination' impossible , and , " wliosl
efforts on his behalf were only pu
forward when the battle was alread }
more than-half , jron. Kvonat tliat
timehowever , proph6ts were no
. .wantingwho" predicted that Senator
Conkling's'-party loyalty could only be
maintained ' by 'liberal sops o :
patronage , and tlfat any recog
nition by President Garfield oi
an element in .his own .state which
contained the great body of'intelligenl
and influential republicans would be
made .at .the cxpeii.se of the senator's
fealty. '
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The nomination of Wm. H. Robertson -
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son proved the truth" , of these asser
tions. Trom that npment the country -
try was given to understand , tliat the
republican jwrty in New York was the
private property of Roscoe Conkling
and that any exercise by the
president of his constitutional right
of appointing federal officers , provid
ed such officers were not endorsed by
the senator from New York , would
not be permitted to pass unchallenged.
The gage of battle thrown down by
Mr. Conkling was fearlessly taken up
by the President He has refused to
bo cajoled or threatened. Standing
on the impregnable ground of his sol
emn obligation to maintain the dignity
and honor of the national executive ,
President Garfield's course tlirough
the trying scenes of the Kittle , forced
upon luni by Roscoe Conkling , has
gained the approval of every sound
minded American voter , and his brave
and determined resistance to the
arrogant and dangerous doctrine of
senatorial comity has won the day and
driven his leading opjwnents to the
puerile and babyish course which they
have been forced to adopt This
paper has no doubt of the verdict of
the people of the United States upon
the contest which i ? now Hearing its
culmination.
THE Postoffice Department was pe
cuniarily self-sustaining from 1700 to
1852 , and not ely that , but a source
of revenue to the government , its
surplus earnings previous to the fiscal
year of 1853 being nearly a million
and a half of dollars. . Since then it
has paid its way in but one year
1805 and the excess of its expendi
ture over its dnoome during the last
twenty-eight years has been about
§ 114,000,000. It is quite , clear that
this immense" loss is not entirely due
to the increased legitimate cost of tlic
postal service during "the period
named. The country has not enlarged
in area since 1853 , except by the-pur-
chase of Alaska , and while it has
grown in population and been to a
very considerable extent opened up to
settlement by the railway system ,
those factors of national development
do not satisfactorily account for the
hugely augmented expense of trans
mitting and delivering the mails.
A Woman's Paradise.
Cliitago Tribune.
The Territory of Wyoming must bo
a paradise for women , and that it is
not the Mecca of all discontented
female souls is a little remarkable.
All wrongs are righted there. The
tyrant man is shorn of his powers.
The rights of women are respected.
The lone , lorn creatures who are recit
ing or rostrums the abuses to which
they arc subjected , and who rend the
air with their pitiful narratives , should
emigrate there at once. A woman
who has been there recently delivered
a lecture in Albany , in the course of
which she drew a glowing picture of
the happy condition of woman. In
Cheyenne the waiter-girls and cham-
Iwrmaids got § 25 to § 30 a month ,
while men's pay in different employ
ments is only $18 to $25. The lecturer
herself had kept a public ranch at
Chugwater station , where she collect
ed the Black Hills stage fares and ac
ted as postmaster. For this she re
ceived $40 per month , while the dri
vers , who had to work much harder
and to face the terrible-winter storms
and expose their lives to the assaults
of Indians , received much smaller
pay than this. Political rights are ex
ercised freely. At the recent election
for Delegate to Congress , Mrs. Gor-
bctt , the young and handsome bride
of the successful candidate , went from
house to house in Cheyenne end elect
ioneered for her husband , and sent out
wagons into the country to bring in
the women , all of whom voted as she
wanted them to. Even the colored
servant-flrls go to the polls
with their mistresses and vote with
them , and if they live at an in
convenient distance from the polls they
are takento , them in wagons , and vote
with as much zest as the most
thusiastic male democrat in one of ce
city wards. The lecturer gave an in
teresting description of the manner in
wluch she went to vote while
living at Chugwater. An old-
fashioned Rock } ' mountain stage
coach was procured. The men who
worked about the'ranch , all the ladies ,
and two or three colored servant-girls
were bundled into it. Four horses
were harnessed , two of them wild
ones. The ranch was left in cliarge of
a young fellow who was not old
enough to vote , and off went the
load , the two wild horses threatening
Every instant to dump them into the
iitch , but all of them merry and jubi
lant Wagons were bringing the women
from thirty miles around , and they
nadc everything lively with their
aughter and jokes. After having
TrTing-tin3 tr"i fi I rlufi f nrtri - * ; . '
suit , and having elected their mar
they had that evening a grand auppe
and dance in honor of the victory
This is a state of tilings calculated tc
make Miss Anthony's mouth wate
and fill the soul of Mrs. Iiivermoit
with delight , and why they and th
other victims should linger here , fel
tered , trampled upon , and grouno
down into the dust by the tyrant man
when such a paradise awaits them , i
remarkable. Why are they .not urg
in the discontented to go there anc
ameliorate their condition ? Why d
they not advise the surplus of womei
which now exists , especially in Ne >
Englandto pack their trunks and band
boxes and start for the setting sun
While Wyoming is a woman's Para
disc , it is evident , however , that it i
not a Paradise for all women.Th
woman who plays the piano , em
broiders storks , faints away at th
sound of a fire-cracker , or is soulful
intense , or utter , would hardly be a
home in Wyoming. "The most n ,
fined and stylish of them , " says ou
lecturer , "can drive or ride the ranc
horses and ponies , and are capita
shots with pistols and Winehcste
rifles. They think nothing of ridinc
out carrying a rifle and shooting
prairie-wolf a .bear or a mountain
lion. When the hostile Indians wer
roaming the country , the women , whc
lived at lonely ranches , where the ;
often had to be left alone for som
time , talked freely about the matte
but showed no fear. " On the othe :
hand , they barred their doors aw
windows and kept their rifles close b ;
where they could be used at a mo
merit's notice. Now , it is evident no
ever- woman can fill this bill , but i
any can it must be women of the An
thony kind , who never embroide
storks , or play the piano , nor fain
away , have none of the weak
nesses of their sex , affect to b
.the rivals of man in all maul }
ways and habits , and look down upoi
the Infirmities-of ; others of their se
with a lofty disdain. A concentratioi
of then- efforts in one place lik
Wyoming would be far wiser thai
their present scatteration policy
There are not enough of them to g
around all over the United States , bu
wliat a power Miss Anthony , Mis
Livennore , Mrs. Stanton , the Sinitl
sisters , and Abby Kelly Foster woul
be if they should concentrate thei
work on Wyoming'
"Vested" Charter or Corporation
"Rights. "
Louisville Democrat.
In our last issue we discussed am
settled negatively the question wheth
er "Charters are Contracts. " "We
showed that .all corporations , whether
public or private , in their character
are the creatures of legislative eiuict
Client , and tliat they are endowed b }
charter with certain privileges , on cer
tain conditions antecedent. There
are those who admit all tliis argument ,
jut attempt to escape its logical con
sequences in the control of private
corporations , which are minor to pub
ic coqwrations , by alleging a doctrine
of "invested rights , " meaning there-
> y invested charter , or corporate
rights.
This is a very specious and a very
leceplive idea. It catches many
ninds by its sound and its plausible
xterior. It suggests property rights ,
and hints at a contract to sustain
hem , which does not , and never did
xist. There is no more specious or
langerous doctrine than the idea that
a corporation may , by some legerde-
nain of investment , or occupation and
operation of labor and capital , enlarge
ts privileges , cheat the general pub
ic , or gain an advantage over the
tate. This is simply the language and
dea of conquest : Whatsoever can be
aken and held becomes sacred by pos-
ession ; in other words , becomes "in-
ested. " It applies as well to indi
viduals , or a tribe , as it does to a pri
vate corjxjration.
No such doctrine can be allowed in
civilized governments of either the
nonarchial or the republican form.
3ere all rights and powers pertaining
o the public welfare belong inaliena-
jly to the governed , to the state.
3orporations can not obtain by char-
er , nor by ony other process , any
right which is not held at the will of
he state. No artificial person , how
ever pow erful or wealthy , can become
'invested" legally , of any privelege ,
or right , which is not to be held as a
.rust , and forfeitable at any time the
state demands.- Ask yourself , if an
ndividual , because rich ana powerful ,
could arrest rights from the general
mblic , and by naming them vested
ights , call on the state to protect him
n his assumptions and robberies ? An
artificial person , as a bank , or a rail
way company , has less natural rights
Jiau the individual ; and , oi course ,
cannot do with impunity what would
be illegal or criminal in the citizen.
"But , " says the defenders of the
doctrine of vested rights for railways ,
' /we deal with privileges. " Precisely.
Privileges are less than natural rights ,
and are always proscribed ; limited in
time and purpose. The privileges
lennitted by charters still belong to
the shite. Corjwrations are permitted
to use them for the public good. In
doing so they acquire no possession
but that of usage for the public
welfare. That usage may be forfeitec
to the state by a failure to comply
with its conditions. Is tliis not clear
The object of the state in granting a
charier is lint to create a rival , nor to
Imild tip nd enrich anartificial persoi
at the expense of natural persons. Oi
to contrary , the object of the state is
to enrich the natural persons who are
citizens , and to aggrandize itself. Tha'
is the object of evercharter. . If tin ,
men who obtained it , or their succes
sors , enrich themselves , it must' be
incidental.
The question may bu asked : "Have
private corporations no 'vested rights ? "
Certainly not , as against the public or
the state. All they have that other
persons do not have is certain "privi
leges" these they hold conditionally.
These privileges do not belong to
them hi fee simple. They have the
right to use them as against other ar
tificial persons. If their usage should
be infringed , they go to the common
law for redress , as if one man tres
passed UJKHI another's premises ; and
that , too , whether the party complain
ing owned or rented the premises.
Many persons suppose that charter
privileges include rolling stock , bank
stock , depot buildings , bonds , and
other securities. Notlihig of the sort.
They are incidents of the business like
Free passes , or election of officers.
Corporate privileges depend on the
terms of the charter , and not on the
length of the track , or amount of rollIng -
Ing stock , or bonds , or notes , or mort
gages. As to all "collateral matters
corporations stand on the same level
with natural persons , whether doin"
rasiness as individuals , or as firmst
Tliis embraces ever } ' question of righter
or property.
So when a question of amendment
or forfeiture of charter comes before
the legislature it is not how will the
alue of stocks be affected , but b the
condition of the charter preserved is
he public served is the state bene-
itted ? These are sole legitimate con :
idenkions. There are uo vested cor-
orate rights to be considered. If
stockholders , orstck speculators , or
holders of mortgage securities are
affected , that is a question between
them and the offending or delinquent
sorporation. They must look to it.
Die state cannot consider them as a
special or separate interest , but only as
they are part and parcel of the gen-
jral. public. Everyone is bonnd in
law to know the law ; to know if a
mortgage exists , and to inquire the
terms of the charter if he invests in
xjrporated securities. All these tilings
ire matters of public record.
WHAT WE HATE.
We liate growling , no matter the
lource or cause , and recommend here-
vith the remedy. Use St Jacob's
) il and laugh , at pain. It will do the
* " "
THE DISGUSTED DEITY
' ( Continued from First Page.
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there were awaiting the action of th
senate several citizens of NewYor
named for offices connected with th
courts district attorneys and mar
shals. These were all reappointments
most of them had been originally com
missioned by Mr. Hayes. They wen
certified by judges of courts and man ;
other eminent persons , who atteste
the faithfulness and merit of their ser
vice , and recommend their continu
ance. They were not presented b ;
us. We have
NOT ATTEMPTED TO DICTATE ,
nor have we asked the nomination o
one person to any office in the state
Indeed , with the sole exception of th
written request set forth above , w
have never even expressed an opinior
to the president in any case , unles
questioned in regard to it. Som
days ago the president abruptly with
drew , in one .and the same act , th
names of Gen. Woodford and Mr
Tenneyand of two marshals. Thi
unprecedented proceeding , whethe
pennissable by law 01 not , was gravelj
significant. The president had nomi
natctt these officers after they hat
been weighed in the balance. Thei :
official records were before him , am
had been fully scrutinized and ap
proved. It must be presumed h
thought the nominations fit to b
made , and he thought it was his dutj
to make them. There is no allegation
that he discovered any unfitness 5i
them afterwards. It could hardly b
that he had discovered unfitness in al
of them alike. What , then , was th
meaning and purpose of this pel
cmptory stop ? It was immediate !
stated , as if By authority , and seem *
to be admitted , that the purpose wu
to coerce the senate or senators t
vote , as they would not vote if lef
free from executive interference.
THE DESIGN
was to control the action of senator
touching matters committed by th
constitution to the senate and the sen
ate exclusively. It has been suggest
ed in addition that by recalling thes
nominations , and holding them in hi
own hands , the president might , in
the event of the failure of anothe
nomination , use them to compensate
that failure. If it can be supposed
that all these public trusts are to beer
or would in any event , made persona
perquisites to be handled and disposec
of , not only to punish the independence
enco of senatorial votes and action
but to liquidate the personal obliga
tions of any individual , however higl
in btation , the conditions are utterh
vicious and degrading , and their com
pliance would compel the representa
tives of the state to fling down theii
oaths and representative duty at the
footstool of the executive power. Fol
lowing this sweeping and
STAKTLINO EXECUTIVE ACT.
came ominous avowals that a dis-
seijter's failure to "advise and con
sent" would be held to act for the of
fense , exposing .all senators , from
whatever shite , to executive dis-
[ Jeasure. Thus we find ourselves conFronted -
Fronted by the question whether we
shall surrender the plain right am
sworn duty of senators by consenting
to what we believe to be vicious am
! mrtful or be assigned a position oi
disloyalty to the administration which
we earnestly wish for. We know no
: heory avowed by any party which re
quires such submission as is now ex
acted. Although party service may
) o fairly considered in making
SELECTIONS OF 1'UBLIU OFFICERS ,
t can hardly be maintained that the
senate is bound to remove without
cause an incumbent merely to make
ilace for those whom any individual ,
even the president or a member of his
cabinet , wishes to repay for being
recreant to others , or serviceable to
liim. Only about two years ago the
senate advised Gen. Merritt to be ap
pointed collector at New York. It is
understood that among the senators
who so advised was Mr. Windom ,
now secretary of the treasury ami
head of the department , whose subor
dinate Gen. Merritt is. Another sen
ator known to have given this advice
was 3Ir. Kirkwood , now secretary
of the interior. It is said that , like
the postmaster-general from our own
state , these cabinet officers were not
uiken into consultation touching the
removal of Gen. Merritt , but their
sworn and official action as senators is
none the less instructive. That the
ate secretary of the treasury and the
ate administration , up to its expira
tion , less than ten weeks ago ,
AITUOVED GENERAL MERHITT AS AN
OFFICER.
s well known , and it is nowhere sug
gested that any citizens had petitioned
'or removal or that official delinquency
on his part is the reason of it. In the
ilacc of an experienced officer , in the
nidst of his term fixed by law , it is
iroposed suddenly te put a man in ,
ivho has had no training for the posi-
: ion and who cannot be said to have
any special fitness for the .official
duties. In the inaugural of President
Sarficld , delivered on the 4th of
March , stand these words , "the civil
sen-ice can never be placed on a satis
factory basis unless it is regulated by
law , for the good of the service itself ,
for the protection of those who arc
intrusted with the appointing power
against the waste of time , abstruction
of public business caused by the in-
tn'dinate pressure for place , and for
the protection' incumbents against
intrigue and wrong. I shall nt the
proper time ask congress to fix the
tenure of minor offices , several execu
tive departments and prescribe
grounds upon which removals shall be
made during the terms for which
incumbents have been appointed. "
Assuming Gen. Merritt to be an
officer of average fitness and honesty ,
it might be reasonably argued that all
senators should , with alacrity , advise
liis displacement by a man of obvious
superiority. Possibly it might bo
said that all should advise a selection
'or Gen. Merritt's place of a man who ,
irithout superior fitness , had
lis country or even his party con
spicuous and exalted service. The
case in hand does not belong to either
of these classes. The vocation of Mr.
Robertson and his
legislative and per
sonal experience and surround-
ngs did not denote super
iority in quantities , knowl
edge , business habits and familiarity
with revenue laws and systems of the
United States which might make him
more competent than Gen. Merritt to
collect the vast revenues and adminis
ter the vast business pertaining to the
; > ort of New York. Certainly he can-
lot in this respect be held an excep
tion to the rules of right and consist
ency in which the constitution and
aws have placed the public service.
We know of no personal or political
en-ice rendered by Mr. Robertson so
ntnscendent tliat the collectorship
uf New York should be taken in the
nidst of the term and given him.
AS A RECOMPENSE.
_ Mr. Robertson is reported by the
New York Tribune to have declared
hat his nomination was a "reward"
a "reward" for action as delegate tc
he national convention. If Mr. Rob
ertson in his action was influenced by
a sense of duty if he voted and act-
> d upon his honest convictions it is
difficult to sec what claim ho has for
any reward not to speak of such a
great reward. The action of which
in estimate is thus invited is un'der-
teed to be this :
HISTORY OF ROBERTSONS BOLT.
Mr. Robertson and sixty-nine other
nen accepted from the state conven-
ion a certain trust ; they sought and
ccepted the position of agents or del-
gates to the national convention ,
'he state convention , declared its
> Lainly stated judgment and policy
ras to be observed and supported by
hose it commissioned. To this dec-
aration all selected as delegates gave
mplied consent. But several then in
duition made most specific personal
to secure the nomination of Genera
Grant.
THEY MADE THIS PLEDGE
as a means of obtaining their own ap
pointment as delegates and they dii
as both personally know obtain thei
seats in the national convention upoi
the faith of their personal statement
of their earnestness and fidelity. The
obligation thus assumed we under
stood to involve integrity as much as
the obligation of one who receives a
proxy of a stockholder in a corpora
tion upon promise to "vote as his prin
cipal would vote. Whether Mr. Rob
ertson was or was not himself bound
not only by honor and implication
but by expressly giving his word , be
comes quite immaterial in view of the
claims made for him. It is insistec
that he "organized the bolt , " or , as i
has been sometimes stated , he was
the leader of the bolt. This is to
say that he invited , persuaded or in
duced others whom he knew had givei
their word .and had obtained their
seats by doing so.
TO VIOLATE THEIR WOK1I
and betray not only the republicans
assembled in state convention , but the
republicans of their districts as well
who had trusted in their honor
Whosoever counsels and procures
another to do a dishonest or dishonor
able act must share with that other
the guilt and should share also the
odium justly attached to it. We are
therefore wholly unable upon whatever
ground we put it to see the justifies
tion for ourselves should we become
parties to using public trusts whicl
belong to the people to require sucl
modes. But the appliances employee'
to effect results ,
SET UP NEW STANDARDS
of responsibility and invade , as we be
lieve , the truths and principles o :
which the separate and co-ordinate
branches of the government stand. A
senator has his own responsibility ; lie
is amenable to his state and to the
body of which he is a member. He
is bound by his oath to "advise am
consent" on his business to the best
of his judgment-before God. What
ever or whoever else may constraii
him , he is to be exempt from execu
tive menace or disfavor on the one
hand and executive inducement 01
the other. A long-standing order o
tiio house of commons declares that i
member shall suffer expulsion who
even reports the wishes of the execu
tive head of the government to influ
ence .the votes of members. The Brit
ish constitution is not more jealou :
than ours in regardtoglving adviceanc
HONEST INDEPENDENT ADVICE
as to the appointment proposed it is
as much the right of senator as it is
the right or duty of the president to
propose names. Be his advice one
way or the other , it is no more an aci
of disrespect or treason to the nomi
natingpower thanthe verdictof a juror
or decision of a judge. The idea tha1
the senate is simply to find out what is
wanted and then do it we cannot be
lieve safe or admissable and thus far
no party has dared or assented to sol
up such a test of party fidelity or al
legiance. In this instance such prom
inence has been given to the subjeci
and such distrust been expressed o :
the correctness of our positions thai
we think it right and dutiful to sub
mit the matter to the power to wluch
alone we are bound and now ready to
bow. The legislature is in session. II
is witli republicans in the majority ,
and New York abounds in sons quite
as able as we to bear her message am
commission in the senate of the Uiiitee
States.
With a profound sense of the obli
gation we owe , with devotion to the
: epublican party and its creed of liber-
; y and right , with reverent attach
ment to the great state whose interests
uul honor are so dear to us , we hold il
respectable and becoming to make
room for those who may correct al
errors we have made and interpret
aright all the duties we have miscon
ceived. Wo therefore enclose our res
ignations , bUWold fast the privilege
as citizens and republicans , to slant
for the constitutional rights of al
men's minds , of all representation ,
whether of the state , the nation or
people. We have the honor to beverj
vespectfully , your obedient servants ,
ROSCOE CONKLIXO ,
THOMAS 0. PLATT.
TJntazed Railroad Property.
The anti-monopoly leagues in Jer
sey City number already 30,500 active
members. The purpose of the organ-
zation is to force railroads to share
the burdens of local taxation. Of the
magnificent natural water front Jer
sey City owns but one public dock ,
; hat at the foot of Morgan street.
With tliis single exception the rail
roads have secured the whole wjiter
'ront from Bergen point to Bull's
'erry , a distance of about ten miles.
The possession of the roads are not
confined to the river front ; their yards
extend far inland and cover acres of
; he most valuable parts of Jersey City
and Hoboken. A network of rails'at
, ho Central railroad yards
covers all that part of Jer
sey City known * > Communi-
uw. The network of tracks in the
Pennsylvania railroad yards practically
oloses Hudson , Greene , Washington ,
and Plymouth streets to traffic. The
Erie railroad has closed all streets con-
iguous to the river an even in the
icart of the city Freight and catlle
.rains . prevent the passage for long
> eriods at all hours of the day. All
heso vast properties arc practically
exempt from taxation for municipal
mrpoBes. Some persons who have
estimated the value of tlxis exempt
> roperty put it down in Jersey City
alone 'at neary one-half the vaiue of
all the property in the city , They
hold it to be worth § 00,000,000. More
conservative estimates value it at from
§ 30,000,000 to § 35,000,000.
The constitutional convention is to
neet in Trenton next month , and the
natter will bo put before its members
or consideration.
Georgia Too.
St. Louis Republican.
There was an unusually interesting
ca-party at New York last Saturday ,
assembled to test the merits of some
amples of tea raised on the farm of
1. Jackson of Mclntosh , Ga. Mr.
Tackson brought the plants with which
ic made his experiment from India ,
vhere lie lived for sixteen years ; they
were of the Assam varieties. The
> arty invited to taste the samples met
n the private office of a tea-importing
inn , and the tea was made at the ta
ble where they sat , boiling water being
wured on in the presence of all.
The tea was pronounced very good
as good as the importing article ,
> eing superior to it in strength
ind Savor. The India or Assam teas
ro not well known in this country ,
s they are sent chiefly to England
vhere they are used to mix. with China
eas of a lighter body. Commissioner
jeDucwho was a member of the
> arty , stated that ho had been offered
lie same price for the Georgia teas by
lie cargo that the best India teas fetch
n London. The Georgia tea costs 1G
o 20 cents a pound to produce. Some
pprehension was expressed that the
much greater cost of labor in this
ountry than in India and China
would be fatal to the cultivation of
lie plant here on an extensive scale ;
> ut , in reply to this , it is asserted that
lachinery might be invented to do
lie work of drying , rolling and cur
ing , and thus materially reduce the
ost.
Almost Crazy.
How often do we see the hardwork-
ng father straining every nerve and
luscle , and doing his utmost to sup-
> ort his family. Imagine his feelings
hen returning home from a hard
ay's labor , to find his family prostrate
rith disease , conscious of unpaid doc-
pra' bills and debts on every hand ,
t must be enough to drive one almost
razy. All his unhappiness could be
voided by _ using Electric Bitters ,
tvhich expel every disease ' from the
bringing.joyjuidj'happine to
GREATEST REMEDY KNOWN.
Dr. King's Ne'w Discovery for Con
sumption is certainly the greates
medical remedy ever placed within th
reach of suffering" humanity. Thou
sands of once helpless sufferers , now
loudly proclaim their praise for thi
wonderful discovery to which the
owe their lives. Not only does it posi
tively cure Consumption , but Coughs
Colds , Asthma , Bronchitis , Ha
Fever , Hoarseness and all affections c
the Throat , Chest and Lungs yields
at once to its wonderful curative pow
er as if by magic. We do not ask yo
to buy a large bottle unless you knew
what you ase getting. Wo therefor
earnestly request you to call on you
druggists , Isu & McJlAHON , and get
trial bottle free of cost which will con
\ Ince the most skeptical of its wonder
ful merits , and show-you what a regu
lar one dollar size bottle will do. Fo
sale by Ish & McMalion. (4) ( )
Worthy of Praise.
As a rule we do not recommend pa
tent medicines , but when we know o
one that really is a public benefactor
and does positively cure , than we con
sider it our duty to impart that information
mation to all. Electric bitters ar
truly a most valuable medicine , am
will surely cure Biliousness , Feve
and Ague , Stomach , Liver and Lidney
complaints , even where all other rem
edies fail. We know whereof w
speak , and can freely recommend t
all. [ Ex. Sold at 50 cents a bottle
by Ish & McMahon. (4) ( )
Mrs. lieutler , 78 Delaware Place , Buffalo , N. Y
sa\s : I ha % e used Dr. Thomas'Eclectric Oil Jo
XcuraljiB and fonnd permanent relief from Ita
Great German
REMEDY
FOR
RHEUHA1ISH ,
NEURALGIA ,
SCIATICA.
LUMBAGO.
BACKACHE ,
GOUT
i .ir ,
iiUUii.'Uiiaiiin ill | ) ; ! < SORENESS
or HIE
CKEST ,
SORE THROAT.
QUINSY ,
SWELLINGS
'iinni1"1 '
JLHD
miiililiinj
SPRAINS ,
lltenuaflflllJ1
FROSTED FEET
J.1D
EARS.
33 XT 3R. xv s
1.1D
SCALDS ,
GENERAL
BODILY PIS ,
TOOTH , EAR
HEADACHE ,
All other Fains
JtSD
ACHES.
No Preparation on earth equals dr. JACOBS On. as
a ? irr SURE , siuru : and ciliur External Remedy.
A trial euUils but the comparatirely tnfling outlar of
SO CKNTS , and every one lufferinr. with pain can hare
cheap and r aitlva proof of its claims.
mUECTIOSS IS ELETEX LlSOtACES.
SOLD BY All DRUQOISTS AND DEALERS IN MEDICINE.
A. VOGELER & CO.
Ualttmore , Mirf. , V. S. A
A. . MSO | BenM
OmcB Jacobs' Block , comer Capitol avenue
and Fifteenth street , Omaha Neb.
E M STONE M D
, , , , , ,
General Practitioner and Obstetrician.
Office opposite I'obt Office , over Edhotm &
Enckson's. Residence , 2107 Chi-
catro Kt. ml3-
3XTOTXC3E3.
Any one having dead animals I will remov
them free of charge. Leave orders southeas
corner of Ilarney and 14th St. , second door.
CHARLES SPL1TT.
J. H. FLIEGEL ,
Successor to J. H. Thiele ,
MERCHANT TAILOR
No. 230 Douglas Street , Omaha , Neb.
D.T. MOUNT
. . ,
UINVFACTCREK AM ) DEALER [ X
SADDLES AND HARNESS
1412 Farn. St.
Omaha , Neb
AOP.ST FOR THE CELEBRATED
CONCORD HARNESS
Two Medals and a Diploma of Honor , with the
tery highest award the Judges could bestow was
awarded this harness at the Centennial Exhibi
.Ion.
Common , also Ranchmen's and Ladies' SAD
DLES. We keep the largest stock in the crt
and invite all who cannot examine to send for
iriccs. ap9tf
KENNEDY'S
EAST - INDIA
S
G H
HR
BITTERS
ILER & CO. ,
Sole Manufacturers , OMAHA
LEGAL NOTICES.
Jacob Johnson and Ellen Johnson , his wifewill
take notice that on the 20th day of April , 1881 ,
Villiam T. Seaman , plain till , herein filed his peti-
ion in the District Court , of DongUs County , Ne
braska , against the defendants , the object and
irayer of which are to foreclose a certain mort
age executec by the said defefendants' to one F.
) . Bryant , and by said Bryant duly sold and
ransferred to one C. J. Canon , and by said Canaa
: uly sold and transferred to said Seaman , upon
ot nine (9) ( ) In block "T , " in Shinn's 3d additjon ,
to the city of Omaha , in Douglas Co. , Neb. , to
secure the payment of a certain promissory note
ilated April Oth , 1874 , for the sum of 8118.25 and
nterest , and due and payable in three months
rom the daje thereof , and that there ( s now due
upon said note and mortgage the sum of $115.25
nd interest at the rate of 12 per cent , pel an
nm from maturity , and an attorney's fee ; plain
iff pray $ for a decree that defendants be required
o pay the same or that said premises mayjjg sold
to satisfy the amount found due. [ t - J
You are require to answer said petition on or
before the 30th day of May , 1S31.
WM. T. SEAMAN.
By A. CnAffwicx , his Attorney.
Dated April glth. 1881. apZler thU
LEGAL NOTICE.
Fo N. Sehmithroth & Co. ,
Zou are hereby notified that on tha 19th day of
[ arch : 1831 , Joseph B. West and Coarlcs L/Fnts-
! ier commenced a eiril action against you before
Hugtare Benecke , Justice of the Peace in and for
.he county of Douglas and State of Nebraska , to
-ccover the sum of $90.90 and interest thereon
rom the 27th day of May , 1880. An o der of t-
achment has been issued in said action and your
roperty taken thereunder.
U 1 ou nntl-in are required r- " to pp > . < = " > ? * w"D" - -
The Oldest Established
BANKING HOUSE
IN NEBRASKA.
Caldwell , Hamilton & Co. ,
1CT A. r i M. a-1
Business transacted same as that of an Incor
porated oank.
Accounts kept In currency or gold subject to
sight check without notice.
Certificates of deposit Issued payable In three ,
six and twelve months , bearing interest , or on
demand without Interest.
Advances made to customers on approved secu
rities at market rates of interest.
Buy and sell gold , bills of exchange , govern'
ment , state , county and city bonds.
Draw eight drafts on England , Ireland , Scot
land , and all parts of Europe.
Sell European passage tickets.
COLLECTIONS PROMPTLY MADE.
augldt
United States Depository.
NationalBank
OF OMAHA.
Cor. 13th and Famum Sts.
OLDEST BANKING ESTABLISHMENT IN
OMAHA.
SUCCESSORS TO KOUNTZE BROTHERS. )
ESTJIEUSHED 1S56.
Organized as a National Bank August 20,1S6S.
CAPITAL AND PROFITS OVER - 9300,000
Specially authorized by the Secretary of Treas
ury to receive subscriptions to the
UNITED STATES
4 Per Cent. Funded Loan.
orricEns ASD DIRECTORS :
HERKA.V KOCXTZE , President.
AvotsTfs KOCXTZK , Vice President.
II. W. YATES , Cashier.
A. J. POFPLBTO.V , Attorney.
Jens A. CREIOIITO.V.
F. II. DAVIS , Asst. Cashier.
This bant receives deposits without regard tc
amounts.
Issues time certificates bearing interest.
Draws drafts on San Froncisco and principal
cities of the United States , also London , Dublin ,
Edinburgh and the principal cities of the conti
nent of Europe.
Sells passenger tickets for emigrants in the In-
man line. mayldtf
BeitierL.Tlioias&Bro.
WILL BUY AND SELL
AMD ALL TRANSACTION ! )
COS5ECIED THEREWITH.
Pay Taxes , Rent Houses , Etc.
IT TOU WANT TO BTT OR SEU.
Call at Office , Room 8 , Creighton Block , Omaha.
apS-dtf
Nebraska Land Agency
DAVIS & SNYDER ,
1505 Farnham St , . . . Omaha. Nebraska.
400,000 jek.ci
Carefully selected land in Eastern Nebraska foi
sale. Great Bargains in improved farms , and
Omaha city property.
O. A. DAVIS. " WEBSTER SNYDER.
Late Land Com'r U. P. R. R. 4p-fcb7U
BTRON REID. LEWIS RKZD.
BYRON REED & CO. ,
OLDEST ESTABUBnED
Eeal Estate Agency
j *
IN NEBRASKA.
Keep a complete abstract oi title to all Real
Estate in Omaha and Douglaa county. mayltl
AND STILL THE LION
CONTINUES TO
Roar for Moore ( s )
Harness
AND Saddlery.
I have adopted the Lion as a Trade Mark , and
all my poods will be STAMPED with the LION
and my NAME on the same. NO GOODS ARE
GENUINE WITHOUT THE ABOVE STAMPS.
The best material is used and the moat skilled
workmen are employed , and at the lowest ca.ih
price. Anyone wishing a price-list of goods will
confer a favor by sending for one.
DAVID SMITH MOORE.
Business College ,
THE GEEAT WESTERN
QEO. R. RATHBUN , Principal. "
Creighton Block ,
OMAHA NEBRASKA
, - - -
A Send for Circular. nov20d&wtf
M. R. RISDOM ,
General Insurance Agent ,
REPRESENTS :
P1KENIX ASSURANCE CO , of Lon
don , Cbh Assets .35fl07,127
WESTCHESTER , N. Y. , Capital. . . . 1,000,000
THE MERCHANTS , of Newajk , N. J . 1,000,000
GIRARD FIRE. Philadelphia , Capital 1,000,000
NORTHWESTERN NAT10NALC pitaI 000,000
FIREMEN'S FUND , California 800,000
BRITISH AMERICA ASSURANCE CO. 1,200,000
NEWARK FIRE INS. CO. , Assets . . . 600,000
AMERICAN CENTRAL , As ta 800,008
Southeast Coc. of Fifteenth and Douglas St. ,
OMAHA , NEB.
J. G. RUSSELL M. D.
. . , . . ,
HOMCEPATHIC PHYSICIAN.
Diseases of Children and Charonic Diseases a
Specialty. Office at Residence , 2009 Cass street ,
lours S to 10 a. m. , 1 to 2 p. m. , and after 0 p.
m. aplEd3m
J. R. Mackey ,
DENTIST ,
. Comer 15th and Douglas Sts , Omaha , Neb.
Prices Reasonable. ap32-2w
John G. Jacobs ,
( Formerly of GbhiJacolw , )
UNDERTAKER.
S'o. 1417 Farnham St. , Old Stand of Jacob Ga.
fdTOrdera by Telegraph Solicited. ap27-ly
. VAS Cxr , M. D. E. L. Sioaiss , M. D.
Medical and Surgical
INSTITUTE.
Private Hospital ?
entafor the TREATMENT of ALL CHRONIC
ind SURGICAL DISG43E
Drs. Van Cacnp 55 Siggins ,
Physicians & 3orgeons ,
New York Clothing House
HAS REM
1309 FARNHAM .STREET ,
( Max Meyer's Old Stand , )
WHERE THEY SHALL KEEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND AN IMMENSE STOCK OF M1W3
BOYS' AND CHILDREN'S
Clothing , Eats , Caps & Gent's ' furnishing Goods
PRICES ALWAYS THE LOWEST.
gr g-AT G-OO3DS
1309 Farnham Street , Omaha , Neb.
More Popular than Ever.
THE GENUINE
New Family Sewing Machine.
The popular demand for the GENUINE SINGER in 1379 exceeded that of any protons ye r during
the quarter of a century in whlth this "Old Reliable" Machine has been before the public.
InlSTSwesold . 358,422 Machines.
In 1S79 we sold - - 431,1ST "
Excess over any previous year 74,736 "
OUR SALES LAST YEAR WERE ATTHE RATE OK
OVER 1400 SEWING MACHINES A DAY.
For every business day in the year.
REMEMBER : THE
" OLD RELIABLE"
THAT EVERY REAL SINGER
SINGER
SEWING MACHINE HAS THIS
IS THE STRONGEST. SIMPLE J
TRADE - MARK CAST dNTO
THE MOST DfRAnLESEIVlNO
THE IRON STAND AND IMBEDDED
MACHINE EVER YET CON
BEDDED IN THE ARM OF
STRUCTED.
THE MACHINE.
THE SINGER MANUFACTURING GO.
Principal Office , 34 Union Square , N. Y.
1,500 Subordinate . Offices , in the United States and Canada , and 3,000 offices in the OH World and
South America.
Pianos and Organs
J. S. WRIGHT ,
-AGENT FOE
THE GHICKERING PIANOS.
AND SOLE AGENT FOR
Hallet , Davis &Co. , James &Holmstrom , and
J & C. Fischer's Pianos ; also Sole Agent
for the Estey , Burdett and t e Fort
Wayne Organ Co.'s Organs.
I DEAL IN PIANOS AND ORGANS EXCLUSIVELY. HAVE HAD YEARS EXPERIENCE
THE BUSINESS , AND HANDLE ONLY THE BEST.
218 Siiteentt St , City EaU Building , Omaha.
HAT.SEY . V. PITCH , : Timer.
POWER AND HAND
Steam Pumps , Engine Trimmings ,
MINING MACHINERY , BELTING , HOSE , BRASS AND IRON FITTINGS , PIPE. STEA.M
PACKING , AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
HALLADAY WIND-MILLS , CHURCH AND SCHOOL BELLS.
A. L. STRANG , 205 Farnam St. , Omaha.
J. A. WAKEFIELD ,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN
Lath , Shingles , Pickets ,
SASH , DOORS , BLINDS , MOLDINGS , LIME , CEMENT ,
I3TSTATE AGENT FOR MILWAUKEE CEMENT COMPANY
Near Union Pacific Depot , OMAHA , NEB.
J. B. Detwiler's
CARPET STORE
The Largest Stock and Most Com
plete Assortment in
The West.
We Keep Everything in the Line of Carpets , Oil
cloths , Matting , Window-shades , Fixtures
.and Lace Curtains.
HAVE GOODS TO PLEASE EVERYBODY.
m IT i fwm
1313 Farnham St. , Omaha.
DECORATIVE PAINTER.
BEST DESIGNS. LVTEST STYLES. ARTISTIC WORK.
. .
OR XT rjucnia irro.c OUSKCCO WOBJC ugrsruux.
8IQNS , PAPER HANDING. PLAIN PAINTING OF ALL KINDS , at REASONABLE RATES.