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9. ( IT lvfg THE OMAHA DAH > Y MOENHJGI MAT 25 , 1881.
THE DAILY BEE.
E. RQSEWATER. EDITOR ; „
GENERAL GRANT is expected to be
in New York in time to take a hand
in the Conkling fight
SINCE the laying of the water pipes
lias begun " slapping the gutter" is
the fashionable amusement in Omaha.
CHKONIC croakers ought to emigrate
from Nebraska at once. The coming
season , with its abundant crops , will
take away their occupation.
ROSCOE announces that he prefers
private life. We should toink that
the senator's last sensation in private
life would have lasted him for a life
time.
BEECUEH is pleased with the re
vised Bible. It is remarked , however ,
that the seventh commandment lias
not been expurgated.
FOK a senator who expects a spon
taneous endorsement of his official ac
tion by the legislature , Senator Conk-
ling is doing a great deal of political
wire pulling.
THE revision of the bible is interest
ing , npdoubtfbut what the nation
wants just now more than anything
else is a revision of New York politics.
THOMAS BKENNAN , the secretary of
the Land Leaugue , lias been arrested
by the British government under the
coercion act The ministry seem dis
posed to commit suicide , and a few
more such arrests will finish the job.
PKIKCE LEOPOLD was yesterday
created Duke of Albany. This is an
outrageous usurpation of one of Sen
ator Conkling's exclusive titles and
calls for prompt protest from Secretary
Blainc.
THE Count St. Albante , died a few
days ago in London. He was said to
be the last of the Stuarts. As the
count's family is wretchedly poor it is
safe to say that the body of the last of
the Stuarts will not be stolen.
THE Durango Record wants girls
who can get themselves up in gooc
shape. The editor should come to
Nebraska. Omaha girls , thanks to
the resources of fashion , canget them
selves up into any sliage desired by
the requirements of the season. We
have no scrawny end angular belles in
Omaha.
BROOKS went to Washington in
quest of a foreign mission , or some
other soft place on Uncle Sam's pai
role. About that time his admiration
of Garfield was boundless and his
paper was an enthusiastic supporter of
the administration. He came away
in the caravan of disappointed office
seekers , and ever since he lias been
clubbing Garfield.
AND now Secretary Windom is
following out the example set by Posl
Master General James in making a
thorough investuation of his depart-
inent. There seems to have been a
considerable amount of tottenncss in
the purchasing department and the
secretary is determined to find out just
how much.
BROOK * thinks thatUye , Colson &
Co. , should devote themselves to their
. legitimate business of grain buying ,
and three per cent money loaning ,
and keep their lingers out of the
management of tliat remarkable polit
ical journalistic and railroad concern
the lifpublican. On the other Messrs.
Xye , Colson it Co. , believe that
Brooks ought to devote himself to liis
Farnam street mercantile pursuits
and drops politic altogether.
BISMAIICK'H hand makes itself shown
in every move in European diplomacy
His latest clever stroke which he has
just been disclosed proves to be th
support which jivcn by him to Franc <
in her treaty with Tunis. To tin
amazement of both Italy and Englam
whoso interests are threatened by th
occupation of Tunis by the French 5
appears that France has wrestled from
the Bey an acknowledgement of he
suzerainty in place of that of Turkey
and tliat the'grantees of peace extend
ed to the whole country , instead o
being confined to the Kroumir district
By this action she has alienated their
old allies , Italy and England and f ha
is just what Bismarck wanted.
OFFICE OF NYE , COLSON & Co. , \
FREMONT , Xeb. , May 23 , 1881. /
FRIEND YOST It is my opinion that ,
if you wish to retain the present cir
culation of The Republican you liae
better manage to choke of Brooks , nn
liis Conkling-Garfield fight.
So far as I have any acquaintance ,
I do not know of one republican who
sides Avith Conkling , and republicans
generally fail to BOO the wisdom of
forcing a fight in the party here , on
what is purely a New \ork affair. 1
hear many declare that they have
stood about all they will of it.
Respectfully Yours ,
THEKON NYE.
Omen ov SIIIENO B. COLSOS- ,
FBEUOXT , Is'eb. , May 23 , 1881. \
"I want to d mn you heartily for
your words in the ( Jarfield-Conkling
matter. "
"Go ahead we will all Jight yon 01
* thabline to the end of the ivar. "
Yours & . , S. B. COLSON.
Tliis is plain [ talk which any pape :
published as an honest and sincere ex
ponent of party sentiment would heed
but Messrs. Colson and Kye ought to
know enough to know that the Repub
lican has not been edited in the inter
eat of the party -which it professes to
champion for more than six years. I
is merely the mouth piece of a gang o
political cutthroats and jobbers -who
train in the wake of a giant monopoly
Like a piratical craft it is always sail
ing under false colors , and the repub
lican flag at its masthead is a mere
decoy.
Speaker Sharpe in the chair of th
house at Albany is in as unhappy a
] wsition as Mr. Vice President Arthu
in the senate of the United States.
Assemblyman Spinola sprang to thi
floor , saying : "Mr. Speaker , in honor
of the unanimous confirmation o
Judge Robertson , I move " This
was as far as he got. The gavel of
speaker came down with a force tha
woke the echoes of the chamber lit
the discharge of a columbud. "In
honor of every thing that iit orderl ;
the gentleman will take his s > iat"snap
pishly said the speaker. "Well , th
victory of the half-breeds csn't be gagged
god , " retorted General -Spiuola , as h
took his seat , amid much laughter
Mr. Speaker Sharpe it is unnecessary
CONKIJNG-AND GAKETELD.
Then came the ; crisiSjin the contest
Between Gen Garfield and ! JVIr. Conk
ing a crisis , in whicW sbuggleper- ?
ional hitherto , assumed' the larger
onn of an issue on constitutional
grounds between the executiveand the
enate , in regard to the appointment
of federal officers local to New Yeik.
ii this larger aspect of it , the consti-
utional issue had become one which
nvolved the rights not merely of the
senators from New'Tork , but 6f the
senators from every other state in the
Jnion , arid of the .senate' ' itself as a
> art of the consUtutionalbody form-
ng one of the three great departments
of the government. It was no longer
merely "a New York affair ; " it was a
rational , and therefore also a Ne-
> raska _ afiair. In" this' larger this
Buprem"e , because"consilulional { issue
my own convictions and sym-
mthies are with the senators
md the senate. At he same
ime I became convinced that
; he president has been a victim of
wrsonal and partisan prejudice and
pressure from the direction of his
'chief constitutional adviser , " Mr.
James G. JJlaine ; that while it was
officially Gen. Garfield , it was person
ally Mr. Blaine who was urging on
-his fight against Roscoe Conkling to
threatened and imminent party rup-
; ure , division and defeat. It was at
this stage of the "fight" that the sen
ators from New York resigned. [ D.
n' . Brooks in the Republican. ]
AB an exponent of 'the.constitution
al issue between the Executive and
the Senate Mr. Brooks exhibits la
mentable ignorance of the letter and
spirit of the Constitution. The se
cond section of the second article of
the Constitution provides that the
President
"Shall nominate , and by andivith the ad
vice and consent of the senate shall ap
point , ambassadors , other public mininters
md consuls , judges of the supreme court ,
and all other "officers bf tie" United States
whose 'oppomtmenln are not herein other
wise provided for , -and which Khali be es
tablished by law ; but the congress pay by
law-vest the appointment of such inferior
officers as they think proper in'the presi
dent alone , in the courts of law , or in the
heads of departments. "
The judicial constructions of this
clause arc that the nomination is the
sole act of the president , and is com
pletely voluntary ; that the appoint
ment is also the act of the president ,
although it can be performed only by
and with the advice and consent of
the senate ; and tliat appointing to of
fice and commissioning the person ap
pointed are distinct acts. The consti
tution here throws upon the chief
magistrate the responsibility of the
selection of executive agents. What
is the meaning of "the advice and
consent of the senate ? Can it by any
reasonable and honorable construction
mean that the personal preferences ,
the likes and dislikes , of individual
senators , shall determine th action
of the senate ? Can it possibly mean
that the majority of senate may agree
in advance that they will reject or re
fuse to consider any nomination to
which any member of the majority ,
for any reason whatever , objects !
Such a course would be a flagrant violation
lation of the plain spirit and purpose
of the constitution. It would be a
practical overthrow of the executive.
It would substantially transfer
this power to one branch of the
legislature. The constitution imposes
a moral obligation upon the senate to
confirm a nomination which is not per
sonally unfit or impropjjr- which
does not imperil the publicinterest. .
It is .urged on "behalf of Conkling
and made' the basis for the abuse of
President Garfield-ihat the withdraw
al of theiioininationsof Woodfordand
others , on the _ one hand , and the ap
pointment ofv-Robertson without con
sulting the New York senators , is un
precedented. This is contradicted by
the political history of the past twelve
years. It was a" common practice o )
General Grant to withdraw \iomina-
tions. In 1871 while General John
MThayerwas senator from Nebras
ka , President Grant appointed the late
General Silas.A. . . Strickand' | Governor
of Utah. While this nomination was
pending in the senate and before Gen.
Thayer had time to.return to liis seat
from Nebraska , ; President , Grant with
drew the-nomination of" Gen. Strick
land without assigning any reason
whatever for the withdrawal. It is ai
historic fact that Caleb Cushing's name
was withdrawn by Grant while it was
pending in the senate. Presiden
Hayes withdrew quite a number o :
appointments-while-they pend
ing in the senate. Among these were
at least two Nebrakans. appointee
as U. S. marshal and one nominatet
as collector of internal revenue. Ev
ery one knows that Conkling and the
stalwarts would have regarded it as
perfectly proper for the president t (
withdraw Robertson's nomination ,
and it is simply absurd for them now
to prate about violated constitutional
principles. Conkliug's great grievance
is the appointment ofji local customs
officer without his concurrence. How
was it when General Grant apjxnnted
Simmons collector of Boston ? Both
the Massachusetts senators protested
against it , and. Senator tBoutwell who
had been a member of Grant's cabinet
presented a remonstrance signed by
several thousand of the business men
of Boston together "with his own ] > cr-
sonal protest , without avail. Sim
mons who was appointed at the in
stance of Ben Uullcr was confirmed by
the senate , and Conkling as one of
those senators who voted to ovcridc
the wiil of Massachusetts and uphold
what , he termed the presidential pre
rogative.
How was it in the , state ot New
York when General .Grant appointee
Tom Murphy to the very position now
held by Robertson ? * Did Genera
Grant consult Ruben E./Feriton who
was then a republican leader and a
United States senator from New York1
What would Conkling" have said ii
Fenton had insisted that the nomina
tion of IHurphy must lay over because
one of the senators was not consulted
And now about the moral aspect o :
the crisis "which Conkling has pre-
cipated by resigning his seat" in tht.
senate. Supposing General Garfield ,
during the war , while he was stationed
at a post of duty in Tennessee , hac
taken umbrage to the course of Gen.
Grant in not consulting him about
some important movement against the
enemy at a critical time had
thrown up his commission anc
deserted his post of duty , what woulc
have been said of him by the press !
How would he have been welcomed
liome by the loyal people of Ohio !
And yet this is precisely what Conk
ling has done , and fur deserting
his post of duty .he is being applauded
by men who pretend to call themsel
ves stalwarts. The desertion oi
Conkling and Plait from ihcUnitec
States senate , left that body in the
hands of the enemy. It placed the
entire administration of this govern-
vho could not only .have reorgan-
zed the committees and elected
president pro tern , but who
really were masters of the situation
n the matter of republican appoint-
nents. Was it not an act of absolute
disloyalty to the republican party to
vacate two seats in'the United States
senate at that crisis ? Are men fit
ubjects of admiration who will
commit such an act ? WIiat would
lave been thought of the Massachu
setts senators if they had resigned
their posts when Coukling and Ben
Sutler pulled throngh an obnox-
ous collector ? What would
lave been thought of Reu-
> en E. Fenton if he had
childishly refused to fulfill his duties
as United States senator in the midst
of an important executive session be
cause Tom Murphy was nominated
collector of New York ? The truth is ,
the conduct of Conkling is utterly in
defensible , either from . a constitutional -
*
al or party standpoint.
Doukling's Work for the Demo
cracy.
Dcmer Tribune.
Somebody with brains is guiding
th6 democratic party. No other
theory will explain the attitude it has
maintained since President Garfield
went into office. At present its best
ally seems to be ex-Senator Colliding.
He is doing it as much good as he can ,
and his efforts are evidently being ap
preciated. The New York dispatches
state that Samuel J. Tilden is actively
employed in trying to get Mr. Conk
ling back in to the senate. ' Inter-party
assistance in faction fights is quite
common in New York , and
Sir. Conkling deserves his reward.
AVhen the new senate organizad ,
Mr. Conkling was a strong Mahone
man. He saw in Mahone an entering
wedge which would split up the solid
south , and , at that time , he was very
anxious that the solid south should be
split. For weeks ho was chief nuise
of the JMahone majority , and protected
it with kindly fervor. Others
blundered with him , but he was chief
patron of the blunder.
The longer the Mahone blunder
lasted the worse it was for the repub
licans and the better for the demo
crats. Its failure in the democratic
opposition 'was a triumph for the
democratic opposition. The longer
the. delay the greater the triumplu
Conkling continued the dead-lock for
weeks , thus increasing the democratic
credit , solely because he wanted the
time to .mature his fight against a re
publican president. nsztCTVTO
AVhcn the dead-lock ended there waste
t\\o ways of getting out of the re
publican dilemma. One was by drop
ping Gorham and Riddleberger and
chosing respectable men. This one
-was on the basis of Mahone's vote.
The other was for a compromise with
the democrats on the smill ; offices.
Tliis should have been done at the
first. Conkling , by resigning with
Platt , has put both ot these out of
power of the party. The democrats
can organize whenever they please.
JJut it is in giving them the chance
to organize , and with it the option of
not organizing that Conkling has done
the party the most serious harm. It
is idle to conceal the fact that the
moral efl'ect of a refusal to take ad
vantage of the situation is very great
ly in favor of the democratic senators.
They have not only acted with unex
ampled decencj' , but thej" have also
acted with unexampled shrewdness.
It would have been playing into the
hands of the republicans if they had
organized immediately on the receipt
of the New York resignations. By
not doing so they make contrast with
the Mahone business which is not
pleasant to contemplate. ' Mr. Conk
ling gave them the chance to do this.
Because Conkling is disgruntled , it
is said that we are going to lose New
York. This talk is evidence enough
to the general impression that Conk
ling will sacarfice the party to his per
sonal interests any time. That has
been a tlireat of this sort implied from
the beginning of the fight. His gang
made the Kelly trades. His gang de
feated the New York Assembly. It
dickers with Five Points to swell
the chorus in Conkling's praise. If
New York is to be lost because of
Conkling's defection it can have but
one effect. It will kill Conkling polit
ically. The Republican paity is a
much more important organization
than he is a man.
Let him trade and dicker. and
threaten. In spite of it the chances
are against his return , and the Repub
lican party will be much better oft
without him.
What Has Ho Done ?
Cleveland Leader.
Ex-Senator Conkliug is an able man
in many respects. He has brains in
abundance , and they have been well
stored with legal , political and liter
ary lore. He is an orator of acknowl
edged force and elegance. He is a
shrewd and crafty political manager.
After these points , what ? "What great
national measure , indicative of broad
and unselfish statesmanship , has he
over originated ? In what great con
test has he been the first to throw
down the gauge of battle ? With
what great event in our national his
tory , outside of political maneuverings -
ings is liis name prominently associated
ed/ / These arc questions that sug
gest themselves in view of recent
events , and we are surprised .when we
renew his record for an answ er. We
find that instead of being an origina
tor and a formulator of ideas and poli
cies , he has been a follower , with
power and shrewdness enough to seize
upon events at just the right time and
mold them to his own advantage. He
has been a politician rather than a
statesman. In that way ho has
gathered about him a following which
for the ciumbs from his political.table
have subserviently done his bidding
and thus made him a great power
in his own state. He has been
vindictive and exacting and
those he lias assisted , and they have
cringed and crawled before him , until
ho has coino to think it his prerogative
to imperiously lord it over all. He has
been pampered and petted , by those
who have sought his favprs , until he
lias-been spoiled , hence we find him
in the ridiculous and undignified role
of an overgrown schoolboy in the
serio-comic performances of the past
few days. Because he could not have
his own way , and his fellow senators
would not consent to accept his per
sonal will as .the imperative law of the
senate , because they would not make
Ins personal fight their fight , he re
signs in a pet , and takes Jus "deputy"
with him.
Mr. Conkling has had the reputa
tion of being a bold political "fighter.
But he has signally failed to exhibit
that characteristic in this case. Tins
was his first chance for a square standup - "
up and knock-down political fight with
a man who was his match. He invit
ed the contest ; yet , the instant his an
tagonist struck out from the shoulder
and delivered a telling blow squarely
between his eyes that "indicated busi
ness , " he appealed to the crowd to
help him , and because they
refused he threw up the
sponge and ran , closely followed by
his little Platt. It would have been
much more to his credit to have stood
his ground and hit back as best he
could from his place , and when beat
en , as he was sure to be , to have grace-
ftdly acknowledged defeat and accept
ed the situation. He would at least
have saved his reputation as a fighter.
Now , even tliat is gone , and even
those who had admired him most on
that account are deserting him.
Kan and Woman.
London Saturday Review.
After all , the work of the world must
be done by men , and woman's educa
tion , woman's character , woman's
place therein , must be governed by the
one paramount consideration what
will best enable them to fill their rcla-
PERSONALITIES.
Gen. Burnsido is'impatient 'to get a'
Rhode Island clam.
Gorham is beginning 'Jo wonder
what is to become of him now. * -
General Lew Wallace , of Indiana ,
is a man of taste he takes Turkey.
Dr. Tanner is operating in Chicago
with a patent for painless tooth pull
ing. ' -
Little Lotta-will kick up "KeFTieW
on the shores of Lake- George this
summer. s = * *
Platt skips along almost unnoticed
in the wake of Conkling like a dinky-
boat dangling after a schoo'nerr-
Deacon "Richard Smith , of the Cin
cinnati Gazette , calls Halsfead , of The
Commercial , "the Mephistopheles of
the President. " , ,
Mr. Edwards Pierpont hasn't re
ceived any office under the adminis
tration , but he's supremely happy ,
nevertheless. He has just been dining
a duke.
One of the wealthiest settlers in
Australia is Jem Mace , the noted
champion of the prize ring , who landed
in Melbourne two years ago with § 50.
He has made a fortune by speculating
in mining stocks.
Fanny Davenport Tvill have a glass
dress , which is to be built for her in
Pittsburg. What the baldheadedmcn
of this country want to know is ,
whether the garment is to be of plate.
Fanny Lear , the dashing ] young
American woman for whom the festive
Russian Grand Duke Nicholas stole
his mother's diamonds a few years ago ,
is now in London in sore financial
straits.
The Washington correspondent of
The Boston Journal telegraphs that
"Mrs. Senator Mahone lias twice been
the mother of triplets. " A contempo
rary wickedly assumes that this ac
counts for General Makone being a
readjuster.
John Shields , of Jasper county ,
Ind. , lias lost fifteen steers in six
years by lightening. Shields had-bet
ter go out of the steer business , or
else put lightning-rods on their tails.
Every one who has studied London
signs has noticed the appropriateness
of name and business which is visible
everywhere. For instance : - Rumfii
& Cutwell , tailors ; Alfred Pinch , shoe
maker ; Tugwell , the dentist ; Going S
Gonne , auctioneers.
Ross Wilkinson , nominated for U.
S. marslial for- the western district of
Louisiana , had be'en dead two weeks
when his name was sent in. An army
of place-hunters howled in concert
when they learned that they had been
beaten by a stiff.
Will S. Hays , who has written
somctliing less than 5000 songs , is a
candidate for mayor of Louisville. If
elected he will drive.all the disorderly
characters out of the city by singing
one his songs to each law breaker
brought before him - a sort of Sing
Sing punishment.
The Litest reason given for Anna
Dickinson's refusal to play Claude
Melnotte is that she got her pants on
wrong side before , and her appear
ance before the mirror so startled her
that she worked in seventeen faints
in twenty minutes. This report may
not be true , but it is entitled to con
sideration along with others. Kit
Adams.
Put away the little teacup with
which our Le Due used to treat. He
on earth no more will need it. For
lie is now the victim of a monster
beat. Bamboo-slf.oots and garden-
truck he'll no longer heed. Darling
little Lo Due has gone himself to seed.
In fancy-gardening no longer he'll be
soaring. He's been brought to grass
by Massachusetts Loring.
scandals under our government aris
ing from the power of representatives
and senators to make appointments in
the name of the United States. Here
we have a senator six years in his seat ,
and who lias attained a national dis
tinction on account of his party ser
vices , who is this nfoment accused of
a wholesale system of swindling , ex
tending through a large number of
states , and done with a boldness and
want of common prudence frightful to
see. Letters are written or telegraphed
and men employed to increase a mail
service already too munificent , and the
said letters arc made a basis of extrav
agant appropriations , which the sena
tor in his place supports. Meantime
bonds in blank are signed by one of
his postmasters and satellites are
brought to Washington by the pound
the same being perfectly worthless.
Why should this man have had post
masters or mail agents , or a large hand
in the post-office.department at Wash
ington , except in accordance with this
vicious system , which , instead of mak
ing him a statesman , induced him ,
perhaps , to become a rogue.
Another instance of senatorial p.it-
ronage came out not many years ago
at a hotel hop in Washington , uhere
some of the young men experts put
their heads together and agreed that
a certain woman who was at the hop
was off color. The hotel .detective
followed the damsel up and discovered
that she was the mistress of a senator ,
one of the sly and moral sort , who
Jilways supports the most stalwart side
of his party , believing that the more
unreasonable his partisanship , the
greater patriot he is. A political
opponent of this man had sent to
Washington this damsel in question ,
with an introduction to the senator ,
asking him to get her an appointment.
It was easily done , and the govern
ment'was paying for the pleasure of
the senator , who had the pru
dence to surround the damsel
with fill the
forms of re
spectability , even to bringing her mo
ther on to be his housekeeper. On the
iiitlht'in question she had escaped from
durance with a fellow-clerk , and was
having a gay time at the ball. This
senator probably has never had the
least idea that in the city of Washing
ton there were one hundred persons in
almost daily intercourse with him who
knew all'about" this hypocrisy. What
right has he , merely on liis request , to
put any human being on the pay-roll
of the government ? particularly to
corrupt the service , mislead , perhaps ,
other young women in the civil list ,
and convey to his fellow-citizens a
loathsome notion of the public employ
ment ? The man is in the senate now ,
and is a thick-and-thin Conkling man.
Apain , there was a distinguished
senator whoso patronage extended
over the whole Union , who gave a
notable office in the senate to a young
man as the price of an intrigue with
liis wife. Thousands of people knew
it all the while , and it was a matter
of daily comment , and even of news
paper notice ; and in his moments of
disgust and remorse the young man
himscf breathed liis complaints.
"Why should such a senator have the
making of private character around
thg capitol building ?
Another eminent senator , perliaps
longer in the public service than any
living man , returned , from the Cin
cinnati convention of 1876 , and imme
diately , by the help of Grant , had the
postmaster of his city removed , be
cause the postmaster expressed a pri
vate opinion in favor of Blaine for
president I was taking lunch with
this old senator when he was chuck
ling over his action , and I thought to
myself that a more disgusting spectacle
of gray hairs I had never seen. The
vices of the patronage had made him a
heartless , tyrannical savage , and , he
could not bear in a free country to
have of his
one office-holders even re
spect a politicalrival.
One of the blackest books" in the
history of man can be written on the
patronage as dispensed by congress
men and senators , elected only for the
purpose of giving us their experience
and wisdom in framing the laws and
institutions of the country. They have
little or any time for such work , being
now wholly engaged in turning meu
out and putting others into office. In
class of men who keep posted in ad
vance of all scientific and commercial'
ch'anges , and arev engaged in holding
their-co'untry up to its best efficiency
in the race for wealth and civilization.
Our public men , gorged with this slave-
riolding-patronage , are often debating
the mere rudiments of political econo
my , and many apparently have never
ready a book. Good fellowship , fami
liarity , coarse fidelity jmd genial dis
honesty are the most cultivated twits
hvlliis patrbnSg6ws6'ciety. " H 3w many
men of fine parts have we seen go to
the dogs in a very few years from the
glut-of personal power in politics ?
POLITICALTlTOTES.
The seat of war has been transfer
red from Washington to Albany.
Mr. Dorsey will hardly come up for
the Senate in Colorado four years from
now.
now.The
The Chicago Times expresses the
general sentiment when it says : Ma
hone came in like a lion and is going
out like a donkey.
Congressman Murch has been invit
ed by the Michigan Geeenbackers to
come on and assist us in arrangingto
carry the country in 1S84. "
Hannibal Hamlin is the only person
alive among those who ran on the four
Presidential tickets , of 18GO.
Congressman Hammond , of Alaba-
a , bear such close resemblance to Mr.
Jay Gould that , though in moderate
circumstances , he is said sometimes to
fancy himself a man of millions.
GeneiU George Manny , of Tennessee
nessee/ who has been nominated as
minister resident to Columbia , is a
confederate brigardier , who raised the
first regiment of rebels in Tennessee.
He has been a republican since the
war and was a Garfield elector.
The New Hampshire democrats are
excited over the discussion of the elec
tion of a successor to Senator Rollins ,
whose term expires three months
prior to the session of the State legis
lature in 18815. The cause of excite
ment is the probability that the im
mediate Legislature , which is Repub
lican , will elect , as the weight of legal
opinion is in favor of the course.
The political campaign in Pennsyl
vania is opening early , and the news
papers , especially those with republi *
can constituencies , are already be
ginning to discuss the claims and the
chances and the character of the seve
ral candidates for the nomination for
state treasurer. It is conceded that
the republican candidate for the only
state office to be filled will be elected ,
but it is evident that Jhere will bo a
struggle over the nomination.
The patronage of the custom house
of New York is something greatly to
be desired by an ambitious politician.
The collector has 953 appointments ,
the aggregate of the salaries being
$1,400,000. The patronage includes
one assistant collector , ten deputy
collectors , forty-nine messei'gers ,
twenty-two laborers , seven weighers
and gaugers , eight foremen and jani
tors , eighty-four assistant weighers ,
two vundred and eighty-six inspectors
at § 4 a day , four Long Island coast
inspectors , bno hundred and nine
night watchmen , nine inspectors and
their employes. ' Four of the em
ployes have been in the custom house
more than twenty-one years , ten more
than nineteen years , eight more than
eighteen years , thirteen more than
seventeen years , and one hundred and
sixty more than twelve years. The
new collector appoints his deputies on
taking his office.1 The term of collec
tor is for four years , and ths salary
is § 12,000 a j-ear. Ho receives about
§ 5,000 additional in fees. Hence all
these tears.
Bismarck anil Berlin-
People. M ill certainly have heard with
astonishment of Prince Bismarck's
idea of removing the seat of govern
ment from Berlin , and many may have
regarded it in the light of atrich rather
than as a serious proposal of the great
statesman. It is a fact , however , that
for years Prince Bismarck has had a
secret grudge against the German
capital. He is known to be , with re
gard to his private taxes and pecuinary
matters in general , the reverse of a
spendthrift Few citizens have had so
many disputes to settle with the
civil authorities as the German
chancellor about the payment of his
own taxes. Perhaps the irritation pro
duced by these petty vexations may
have been the cause which has "in
duced him lately to give such free
utterance to his sentiments , and pro
pose a removal of the seat of govern
ment from Berlin. The idea , how
ever , is not new on his part. Seven
years ago he asked a deputy , who be
longed to a commission for the erec
tion of a building for the Reichstag.
"Who told you that the Reichstag is
to remain in Berlin ? Perhaps I shall
build a palace in Potsdam for it. "
Some time afterwards , at a parliamen
tary soiree , he was heard to expatiate
on the amenities of Potsdam , and to
declare that two thousand officials
could easily find room for themselves
there. Prince Bismark ignores
the changes which have taken place
in Berlin. He lives secluded in his
palace or on his estate in the country.
In Berlin he hardly ever shows him
self in the street. Nobody ever heard
that he took an interest in science or
that savants or literary men were seen
in his salons. Hi never appears in a
theatre , or at the opera , or at an art
exhibition. An anecdote recently went
the round of the papers , which showed
that since his student days ho had
never been in the Berlin Museum ,
which has now one of the first collec
tions in Europe , and the Berlin exhi
bition of 1870 , which in the opinion
of Germans , gave such striking testi
mony of the industrial skill in the
German capital- was completely ig
nored by him.
The Doomed Senator.
Wc t Point Progress.
We are sorry for Senator Saunders.
Ho will never be his own successor.
Mark it. For the faith that is in us ,
we arc indebted to the fact thai The
Omaha Republican , which for the last
four years has lammed it to him with
out mercy , now takes up the cudgels
in his behalf. Paddock's fate ought
to have been sufficient warning.
The English Channel TonnoL
Work on the tunnel between Eng
land and France progresses favorably
at the rate of about twenty-five feet
per day of ten hours , and has already
been carried to a distance of above
300 yards. This is in the shape of a
driftway of about seven feet in diame
ter , opening near the mouth of the
tunnel on the west side of Abott's
Cliff. Commencing here , it runs in a
line parallel with the line of railway ,
and follows the natural dip
of the strata. The idea is to
continue in this way until a
depth of some 200 feet below the bed
of the channel is reached. It is then
confidently hoped by geologists that
the character of the geological for
mations will admit of the engineering
operations-being advanced in a direct
line or level , so as to allow of a corresponding
pending rise on the other side of the
channel. The operations arc carried
on under the directions oT Colonel
Beaumont , the chalk being cut by a
disc furnished with cutters , which
is worked by one of that gen
tleman's compressed air engines. It is
a most ingenious mechanical contriv
ance , and far more reasons than one
is peculiarily adapted o the work
which it is performing here. The disc
makes two revolutions per minute ,
slicing off the chalk to the thickness
of a quarter of an inch at each revo
lution. There is no change in the
soil , which is still gray chalk , and
there is a remarkable freedom from
the percolation of water.
Mr. L. F. Thompson , Superintend
ent Moore & Wyman's Engine and
Machine Works , 37 Foundry street ,
Boston , Mass. , sends the following
item : My wife has b * > en suffering for
years with severe pains in the limbs ,
to relieve which I had her applyjjome
Oil. Now she is cured , thanks to the
wonderfully healing properties of the
Oil. It lias also been used amen my
men with splendid effect , and I can
liighly recommend it. -
WOMAN'S TRUE FRIEND.
A friend in need is a friend indeed
This none can deny , especial ! when
assistance is rendered when one
sorely afflicted with disease , more par-
ticulary those complaints _ and weak-
nesses so common toour female pop-
ulation."Every woman.1 should iknow 1
thaf Electric"Bitters are woman s
friend , and will positively restore
to health , even when all other reme-
dies fail. A single trial will ahvays
prove our assertion. The are ileas-
ant to the taste and only cost 50 ceuts
a bottle. Sold by Ish & McMa
hon. (1) ( )
Great German
REMEDY
FOR
NEURALGIA ,
. SCIATICA ,
LUMBAGO ,
BACKACHE ,
GOUT ,
SORENESS
oriuc
CHEST ,
SORE THROAT.
QUINSY ,
SWELLI-NGS
SPRAINS ,
FROSTED FEET
1KD
EARS ,
iVD
SCALDS ,
QENEBAL
TOOTH , EAR
1.1D
HEADACHE ,
ADD
All other hm
iKD
ACHES.
Preparation on earth cqiialj ST. JACOBS OIL u
a sire , SORE. SIUFLC and CHEAP External Renedr.
A trial entails but the comparatirely trifling outlay of
SO CX.ITS , and erery ona luffering with fun can har
cheap and positive "proof of ita claims.
DIBECT10XS 15 ELETE.1 L1XCC1CIS.
SOLD BY All DRUODISTS AND DEALERS IN MEDICIXE.
A. VOGELER & CO.
Jlnltlmiire. 2Iil.t U. S.J-
DR. G. B. RICHMOND ,
( Formerly Assistant Ph > aician in Chicago Ob-
btctne Hospital , for Treatment of Disease
of Women under Dr. Bjford. )
Will devote my entire attention to Obstetrics ,
Medical and Surgical Diseases
of the Women.
Office , 1403 Farnham St Hours , 0 a. m. to 12
and 2 to 5 p. in. ml9-tf
R M STONE M D
, , , , , ,
General Practitioner and Obstetrician.
Office opposite Post Office , over Edholm &
Enckson's. Residence , 2107 Chicago
cage St. ml3-t !
Any one having dead animals I will remove
them free of charge. Leave orders southeast
corner of Harney and 14th St. , second door.
CHARLES SPLITT.
KENNEDY'S
EAST - INDIA
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BITTERS
'
ILEE & CO. ,
Sole Manufacturers , OMAHA.
D.T. MOUNT
. . ,
MANUFACTURER AVD DKAUR IS
SADDLES AND HARNESS.
1412 Earn. St.
Omaha , Neb ,
AOEXT FOR THE CEI.EBRATKD
CONCORD HARNESS
Two Medals and a Dipfoma of Honor , with the
very highest award the judges could bestow was
awarded this harness nt the Centennial Exhibi-
Comtnon , also Ranchmen's and Ladies' SAD
DLES. We keep the largest stock in the west ,
and invite all who cannot examine to send for
prices. apStf
Geo. P. Bemis'
REAL ESTATE AGENCY ,
15th and Dodge Sts. , Omaha , Neb.
This ORency does TRiCTLTa brokerage business.
Does not speculate , and therefore any bargains
on its books are insured to its patrons , Instead
of being gobbled up by the agent.
SELTZER
"Screw the Finger as Tleht as you can.
that's rheumatism ; one tarn more , that's gout , '
is a familiar description of these two disease ! ' .
Thou-h each may and docs attack different parts
of the system , the cause is belict cd to be a poison
ous acid in the blood. Purify this by the use of .
Tarrant's Seltzer Aperient.
It will do its work speedily and thoroughly. It i
the crcat friend of the sulfercr from rheumatism
and gout. SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
A , I , MM , Dentist.
OFFICE Jacobs' Block , corner Capitol avenue
and Fifteenth street , Omaha Keb.
MRS. LOUISE MOHE ,
Graduate of the St. Louis School of Midwife , at
1503 California street between 15th and 16th ,
north side , where calls trill be promptly respond
ed to at any hour during the day or night.
mld3mo
J. H. FLIEGEL ,
Successor to J. II. Thlele ,
MERCHANT TAILOR
No. 230 Douglas Street Omaha , Neb.
BRIDGE NOTICE.
SEALED PROPOSALS Will be received by the
undersitrneJ until 3 o'clock p. m. Saturday. Jane
4th. 1831 , lor building a (60) ( ) sixty foot bridge
with tw o (2) ) approaches on "Big Paplo , " between
sections 14 and 15 , town. 16 , r. 11 , according to
plirn and specifications in county clerk's office.
The right to reject any and all bids is hereby
reserved.
By order of the Board of County Commis
sioners. JOHN R. MANCHESTER ,
Cnnntr nrlr.
The Oldest Established ,
BANKING I HOUSE
IN NEBRASKA.
Caldwell , Hamilton & Co. ,
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 parable in three ,
sir and tn elre 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 sight drafts on England , Ireland , Scot
land , and all parts of Europe.
Sell European passage tickets.
COLLECTIONS PROMPTLY 3IADE.
augldt
United States Depository.
NationalBank
1 OMAHA.
Cor. 13th and Famum Sts.
OLDEST BANKING ESTABLISHMENT IN
OMAHA.
SUCCESSORS TO KOUNTZE BROTHERS. )
ESTABLISHED 1S5G.
Organized as a National Bank August 20,1S63.
CAPITAL AND PROFITS OVER - S300.000
Specially authorized by the Secretary of Treas
ury to receive subscriptions to the
UNITED STATES
4 Per Cent. Funded Loan.
OmCIRS A5T > D1RKCTOH8 :
Koorrzz , President.
AuoiSTCs Korarzz , Vice President.
H. W. YATES , Cashier.
A. i. POPPLKIOI , Attorney.
JonxA. CKEIOIITOV.
F. IT. DAVIS , Asst. Cashier.
This bank recehes deposit * ) without regard to
amounts.
Issues time certificates bearing Interest.
Drang drafts n San Froncieco and principal
cities of the United States , also London , Dublin ,
Edinburgh and the principal cities of th * conti
nent of Lurope.
Sells passenger tickets for emigrants in the In-
mon line. nuj Idtf
DexterL.Thomas&Bro.
WILL BUY AND SELL
AMD ALL TRASS 1CTI05S
COSSZCTED THEREWITH.
Pay Taxes , Rent Houses , Etc.
IK YOU WAST TO BTT OB SELL
Call at Office , Room 8 , Creighton Block , Omaha.
ap5-dtf
Nebraska Land Agency
DAVIS & SNYDER ,
1505 Farnham St Omaha , Nebraska.
Carefully selected land in Eastern Nebraska for
sale. Great Bargains in improved farms , and
Omaha city property.
O. A. DAVIS. WEBSTER SNYDER.
Late Land Com'r U. P. R. R.JpfebTtf
BTROX REED. LEWIS JIBED.
BYRON REED & CO. ,
OLDEST ESTABLISHED
Real Estate Agency
IN NEBRASKA.
Keep a complete abstract of title to all Real
Estate In Omaha and Douglas county. maylti
AND STILL THE LION
CONTINUES TO
Roar for Moore ( s )
Harness
AND Saddlery.
CDp"
I have adopted the Lion as a Trade Mark , ani _
all my tfoods nil ! be STAMPED with the LION
and my NAME on the Kinie. NO GOODS AUE
GENUINE WITHOUT THE ABOVE STAMPS.
The best material is used and the most skilled
workmen are employed , and at the lowest co-sh
price. Anjone wishing a price-list of goods will
confer a favor by sending for one.
DAVID SMITH MOORE.
Business College ,
THE GREAT WESTERN
QEO. R. RATHBUN , Principal.
Creighton 'Block ' ,
OMAHA , - - - NEBRASKA.
i5TSend for Circular. nov20di\vtf
M. R. RISDOM ,
General Insurance Agent ,
REPRESENTS :
PIKENIX ASSURANCE CO , of Lon
don , CUh Assets . .S5fl07,127
WESTCHESTER , N. Y. , Capital 1,000,000
THE MERCHANTS , of Newajk , N. J 1.000,000
OIKARD FIRE. Philadelphia , Capital 1,000,000
NORTHWESTERN NATIONALCcpitaI 000,000
FIREMEN'S FUND , California 800,000
BRITISH AMERICA ASSURANCE CO. 1,200,000
NEWARK FIRE INS. CO. , Ass U . 800,000
AMERICAN CENTRAL , Assets. . . 800,000
Southeast Coc. of Fifteenth and Douglas St.
OMAHA. NEB.
J. G. RUSSELL M. D.
. . , . . ,
HOMCBPATHIC PHYSICIAN.
Diseases of Children and Charonic Diseases a
Specialty. Office at Kesldence , 2009 Cass street.
Hours 8 to 10 a. m. , 1 to 2 p. m. , and after C p.
m apl5d3m
J.R.
. . Mackey ,
DENTIST ,
Comer ISth and Douglas Sto , Omaha , Neb.
Prices Reasonable. ap32-2vr
John G. Jacobs , "
( Formerly of Gish& Jacobs , ) *
UNDERTAKER.
No. 1417 Farnham St , Old Stand of Jacob Gii.
jETOrders by Telegraph Solicited. ap27-ly
I. VAX CAMP , M. D. 1L L. Sioaixs , M. D. '
Meal and Surgical
INSTITUTE.
TTncniral Now open for the
nospitai reception of p -
tienUfor the TKEATMESr cf AtLCHROMC
and SURGICAL DISEV3E
Drs. Van .Caoip & Siggins ,
Physicians 2s Sorgeons ,
PROPRIETORS.
ODD FELWVWS 3 J02 / - „ U - .
New York Clothing House
HAS RE1I
1309 FARNHAM STREET ,
* * * " " '
CMasTMeyer's 6ld Stand , )
WHEBE THEY SHALV KEEP * CONSTANTLY ON HAND AN IMMENSE STOCK OF MEN'S
f *
BOYS' AND CHILDREN'S * "
OlotMng , Ms , Caps ; & Befits FnmisfiiDg Goods
5
PRICES ALWAYS THE LOWEST.
A TT.TTT Groous . jorao
. 3ML.
1309 Farnham Street , Omaha , Neb.
More Popular than Ever.
THE GENUINE
-
.
'
New Family SewingMachine. .
The popular demand for the GENUINE SINGER In 1S73 exceeded that of any previous you- during
the quarter of a century in which this "Old Reliable" Machine hn U-xn before the public.
InlSTSuesoId . - . . 356,422 Machine * .
InlSTflwesold 431,167 "
Excess o\er any previous year - - - 74,735 "
OUR SALES LIST YEAR WERE AT THE RATE OF
OVER 1400 SEWING MACHINES A DAY.
, for ev try business day in the year.
REMEMBER" : . ' THE
" OLD RELIABLE"
THAT EVERY REAL SINGER
SINGER
SEWING MACHINE HAS THIS
IS THE STRONGEST , SIMPLE t
TRADE - MARK CAST INTO
THE MOST DURABLE SEWINO
THE IRON STAND AND IMBEDDED
MACHINE EVER YET COS
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 Old World and
South America. scplCdiwtf
Pianos and Organs
J. S. WRIGHT ,
-SJ-AGENT FOI1
THE GHIGKERING PIANOS.
AND SOLE AGENT FOR
Hallet , Davis &Go. , 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 OUCANS EXCLUSIVELY HAVE HAD YEARS EXPERIENCE
THE BUSINESS , AND HANDLE ONLY THE BEST.
jr.
218 Sixteenth St. , City Hall Building , Omaha. \ /
HALSEY V. FITCH , : : : Tuner.
SXIWGKI E
POWER AND HAND
Steam Pumps , Engine Trimmings ,
MINING MACHINERY , BELTING , HOSE , BRASS AND IRON FITTINGS , PIPE , STEAM
PACKING , AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
HALLADAY WIND-MILLS , CHURCH AND SCHOOL BELLS.
A. L. STRANG , 205 Farnam St. , Omaha.
J. A. WAKEFIELD ,
WHOLESALE AND HETAIt. DEALER IN
Lath , Shingles , Pickets ,
SASH , DOORS , BUNDS , MOLDINGS , LIME , CEMENT ,
-g = TT. . . , JJ'JL'C.
iSTSTATE AGENT FOR MILWAUKEE CEMENT COMPANY
Near Union Pacific Depot , OMAHA , NEB.
J. B. Detwiler's
CARPET STORE.
The I argest Stock and Most Com
plete Assortment in
The West.
"We Keep Everything in the Line of Carpets , Oil-
Cioths , Matting , Window-shades , Fixtures
and Lace Curtains.
WE HAVE PLEASE EVERYBODY.
1313 Farnham St. , Omaha.t 4
DECORATIVE PAINTEE.
BEST DESIGNS. LATEST STYLES. ARTISTIC WORK.
. .
OR XT nucxis tzrou 019x203 WORK. rLanmrax.
SIGNS. PAPER HANDING , PLAIN PAINTING OF ALL KINDS , at REASONABLE RATES.
1218 TTarnp.v Strait. Omaha. Neb.