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THE OMAHA DAILY BEEi WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 28 , The Omaha Published every tnonitn p , ex Tli only Motulny morning daily , . 'XKHMSJJYMAtL- v ar. $10.00 I Thr. 83.00 Months. . . fi.OOOrro | ,00 Tim WKKKfcVT 3JIJK , pnbllKhcder. ey Wednrwtay. HKKMS TOST IAID ? : OnoYcar. _ SjJ.M | ThreoMon'.lis. r.o . Six Month * . , . . T.Gol Ono 20 All Comnmni cutloua rclftUag'lo NCWH and. KdltorM mat ters i-honM IK > v.Mro.wed to the Knrrun 01 THE Ur.K. BUSINESS LKTTKIIS All IJuntoeM Letter * null 'Remittances nhrmM l > o wl- to TIIK OMAHA runLi.siuKa COM PANY , OMAHA. Draft. " , Checks nnd IVU otfico Order * to l > o made payf.blc to the onlcr of tlii ? Conipnny. OMAHA PUBLISHING 00 , , Prop'rs ' 53. RO3EWATER , Editor. jb'ilwlu Dnvis , MfinnRtr of City Circulation- .tolm If. 1'ierco N In Chnri'oof tha Mull Clrcii itl-in of TillIA1IY : IJKK Call lor RnpubllonuStnta Conven tion' Tho-nepitbllciUi electors of the Stale of Nolirafkft n e hereby called to wnd dele- pnteH fnnn the tevcral counliii' , lo me 't in State Ciinvi.ntinn nt Lineoln , on Wcilnei- day , Octobct-ritli , 1881. a * S&O o'clock , p. in. , for the tmrpo.'o of pUclntf in muiilim- tioit-candidates fur ' . 'n ' following named clEccf , viz : One JmlKo of the Supreme Couit. Two llejCL'ntx of the Stale TJnlversily. And to inxnaact Mich other bnslneM ax innv properly eonie befuro the finvciillon. The Fcver.il eonnliuti am entitled to rep- rcwntation m the State convention iw fol- IOWH. ba cd upon tha vole c.v-t for AV. Collins for 1'rcnldviilial elector , L- . i each ono Innidrcd anil (1M ( ) votes , and ono for the fraction of Bovwily-fivo (7.1) ( ) vutiM or over. Also ono delegate at lai-jo ( for each orgnnfecil coun- ty. ty.Counties. . VK Del | Counties. Vt . 1-H 11 .lolimou , .1008 Antelope. . .r > 77 11fi Kearney . . fiW ISooiiQ. . . , 071 5 Keith . IU ! JJulFnlo. . .llTi ! ! ) Knox.- . fiM Hurt . 1010 8 hlnc.vlor.3397 IJntler. . UVJ " Lincoln. . . H77 Ciw..180l 111 Madi'on. 070 Codnr 213 2 .Mwiiulc. . 81 ! ) Choyimne. 1SU ! 1 Nancu. . . . 10 ! ) Clay ir,17 Itli MucltollH. . MM Colfnx G& " > li Xeniahu . 1 17J1 Cluije 1 Otno 11)18 ) Ciiiiiinltr , ' . r-os 5 Pawnee. . . 1181 Cut < r . . . ' . 200 3 PhclpH. . . . -ISO JJakotn 323 'I Pierce. . . . 70 : M- t'.illc 01 ! ) 3)tmily. . . 1'latto 8r | Dixon. . . . -ir,0 JteilVillovv284 Joilgo HIM ] ) onalo . . . : (2UO ( Sulnc..l6U ! 1'illiiioro . . .1-101 Snrpy. . . . -ll ! ) Satimlan..l717 . . 133 Reward , .lift ! li'imia.i , . I'.Oli Sherman aos , .172(5 ( Sioux. . . . 15U Stanton. 180 Oroeley. . . . Thayer . * ) . ' ! ! Jl.ill , Vulluv 'illl ! IfllVUf nr..i.'l. Kuirilton. . . SO ? 8Vheeltr , llarlnn ( i7S ( NV.iynu. . , 118 JUtchcock. . ia > 2 Webstar. 10M ( Unit 3.'H It York. . . . 1441 ] { uwnnl. . . . 0157 5 Jefferson . . lOuO 8 Total. . . It i.i recommended I'l rat. That nn proxies bo admitted to the convention ex cept mich a.i ara held .by. persons residing In the counties from which thu proxlu * aru Given. , ' * ' ' ' . Second. That no delegate shall roprc- entan abficnt member of hU delesati'in unless ho ba clothed with authority fnnn the county convention or ta In poi eabion of pmxii * from regularly elected dulcgateii thoruof. By order of tlio Republican State Cen- ral Cdinniltto ? . JAMUS W. DAWKS , Chm'n. K. J. HEXmutsiiOT , Scc'y. pro tcm , Lincoln , Nub. , AUR. 31 , 181. " \Viio is your iroforrod cundulutd ? . "WHEN doctors \vliu is to decide ? \ -Tun hist Btnlo fair wua not much of A fltato nlfnir. , TIIU plcdfua ot ollico scukuro nro tliiohor thiiu autumn leaves iind witlior nearly as rapidly. n grout iinliuiial c.ilainity cnn jioi throw ( i pull ever the iiHpii'.itiuns .of candidate ; ) for ollico. Our. inuruhiints nro quietly ( ; illiii ; ( ; up mi Oiniilui uxpp'sition mid the bull . once Blurted will keep on rolling , Tin ; wjr.slnp of the risini ; nun lii ; ' coinmoiiced all ever Iho country lunv . that sorroir over the Halting ono 1ms lulled. I ? Governor Kirkivooil comes ) ) .ick from AVashinyton to contest the Town Bonatordhip ho in.iy give Jim Wilson omo troublo. SiMiu the late train robbery XUtlo Hock , Mit-souii IB reading Ar- a lesson upon bandito. Puts shouldn't call kotilca black. Tiitui : nro 240,000coinnicrcinl irav- ulvra in the United SUitcm nndit is es timated iliat it would ruqutro1,000 ten ton cnra to tninjport their trunks .and Luggage , Irmaltcra very litllo whether ( In- ! teau is tried in Washington or in Now Jersey. There tire ropun in either plnco strong enough to uusiieiul Ina iniflurnltlo cnrcnsa , Ili'.m : in nn opcniiig for snino pukriot. General John A. Haider- consul uonehil at Bangkok , Biani , is about to ruturn and ruliro to the Rhades of piivato life. , QOVJilUtOlt PlfcLHBUUV , Of MillllCBO. ta , dccluioq to bo u candidate for re election and decluros tliat ho ia deter- a jiucd to retire from political lifa at the end of his olliciul torn ) . Xebruskn .Head * a few. Oovenior J'jUabtirya among iU oflieo holder * . THE REPUBLICAN FRIMA-1 RXES- Next Fridaynftnrnoon primnry elec tions nro to bo hold by tlio republicans of tin's county for the purpose of nelcvt- ing Bcvonty-fivo delecrnk * to the coun convention that is to bo hold in this city Saturday. Tlio purpose of this convention is to noiniunto A full conn * ty ticket , consisting of nherilT , Irons , uivr , clerk , county judge , surveyor and commissioner. The convention is ! B ( to select twenty-three < tele ati'S to represent Douglas county in tlio republican - publican state convention to bo held at Lincoln on October FHh. To the people of this city and county , nnd especially tlio InxpayorH , theno coming primaries nro of vital iniporlnnce. From the tnxpnycra stnndpoint there in inori ) invoK'iid in the mnnngvincnt of coiinly limn in a prcaidenti.nl election. Tlio national rovvnucn nro levied by indi rect tixntion. Few feel the burden imposed on them by the t.ix on whis , tobacco , matches .or patent modi- cincs. Tlio luxes imposed upon real nnd personal property for the nuppoit if ) our county government , bear down with na much weight upon the poor working man , whoso onlirc wealth ia summed up in a wrclclied oot of second end hand furniture , M they do upon Iho fanner , merchant nnd manufac turer. Ournystcm offlulcctiou of ciuuiduics for oflico l > y delegate . convrnliniiH , leaves very little ch.-.nco for individual choice. Usunlly the v.itera hnvo only n choice left among the candidates nominated by party convention ? and n-J the stream Jievcr rise.i above its Donrco these candidates are , with rare [ exceptions , 'no batter "than .tho av- cr.ago delegate in the uouiiiinliiig con- vonlion.i. And hp\v are thcso dalo- gntca chosen ? Presumably they are representative men picked for their known udhornnco to llxcd political principles Uleir respectability and reputable - putablo cluu-ncter. AH u matter of fiict , they ro mnlo up largely of tlio most disreputable politic.il rif-raf , with < \ few decant men saiuhvieh d in hero and there. TJio primary olocf.uma , nscojuluctod in Oiimhn , aru munlly ] > nc1cd by po litical bunnucr.i and strikow in the interest of corporater monopolies nnd conn [ it rin iH. ] \fen \ of all ohadu.t o ! poliUcal opinion and no political opin ion nro allowed to vote promiscuously , and when Iho contest is close and ex- cilinjj' , non-reHidonlaaro impprtcd , re peaters are sent from ward to ward , nnd gravel trains carry section handn from precinct to precinct. An honest attempt to reform these . abuses nnd fraud a was m do Intst year , but the political managers of the Union Pnciftu brought nil their power nnd influence to bear ngainst it nnd broke it up by main forceAn effort WILT made last winter to secure the pnssngo of a law to prohibit frauds at primpry elections , but it was defeated by corporation cappers in Iho legisla ture. ture.Ho Ho the primaries this fall will ba run in the old fashioned way nnd unless rcspotablo republiciino .turn on ten mas&o the outcome will bo the same as it wns last spring , when lias- call- was nominated mayor and the party was forced to repudiate the | " choice of its convention. The m 'ii who are most interested in giving tlio coining primary a Bern- blnnco of respectability and decency are the candidates for county cilices. They have everything at stalto in conductini'tho priiiiatica in accord ance with strict party usas'o and preventing - venting repeating ballot box Bluffing nnd oilier fraudulent practice. ' ) , I ) willafford _ us pleasure to ivo a hearty and vigorous nupport to tlio republi can county ticket this fall but wq can iiuch support only on con dition that the primarieR are hoiicatly ami fairly oumluotud and the candi dates are competent men , whoso in tegrity cannot justly bo called in quc - tion. I'IIKSIDKNT Aimiuit will bo called | upon without delay to appoint a siic < cessor for Justieo Clifford on' the supreme bench of the United Slates. The court ia already three yeara bu- hind in it.s work anil the hopeless bicl- iieen of Juatico Hunt , who rrfiiHta to resign until a year from next Decem ber , when he will bo elugiblo to a pen- Dion , malcea practically anothei vacaiu , cy , As Justice Cliltonl was an cuat- ' cm man , it Eccms probable that hi.i Buccossrir will como from Now Unglnnd , .Geographical boundaiies hav.o always boon elosoly observed in the appointment of uipromo court to justices and there are no good reasons to doubt that Prruidont Arthur will follow precedent in this cuso , The of names of Senator I'dimtnda of Ver mont , nnd Judges Dcvens , Gray and Ifoar of MusjiachueEutts , nro promi nently mentioned in connection with the coming appointment. It is ru mored that Senator Edmunds picferd to retain his seat in the &cnato for the ho present , where ho is ' greatly A needed. The objections to cent in by General Grunt for u like position , nnd rejected by the senate. Chief Justice Gray , of the Mntmehu- Botta Biipremo bench is admitted to bo vtrong candidate for the position. Ifo ia aaid to possess the most judicial nnd the boat /iniahod / mind in Massa chusetts nnd to bo hi every wivy fjuah- fled for . . , the , . ofiicc. ' ; J' bo V * ? ir - r 1 v t THE MASSACHUSETTS PLAT FORM , The M mchnsetts republicans mot Inat votfc in convention nnd rcnoini- nnlcd Oovcrnor Long nnd their entire stnto ticket. They nlso adopted n platform which , if open to the chnrgu of being extreme in nome of ita ut'.crnuccfl , is fit ill n model for fcnco-ridini ( politici.ins , in that it dodges no issue nnd plainly expresses the meaning ol thorn who drew it up. In Iho Iii at plank the government is urged to exert all their powers to moro elfeclually guard the right of every citizen cntitle'l to vote , to the free exeicieo nnd just ef fect of his flitfrrugo. This sentiment o emphatically endorsed by General ( I a field in his inaugural nhould be voiced by oveiy republican in the country. It is ail issue which can only become dead by its ccmnleto vin dication. The nccond nnd third plunks cannot bo endorsed nnd will not bo endorsed by the mas ; of the re publican paity. They dimnud that tlio coinage of tlio silver dollar of less inttinsic value than Iho gold dollar be slopped and that , the legal tender act ho repealed No tinkering with ourcuireiicy should bo tolerated by the people. In ita present condition it is uiuplo .in a circulating medium and fulfills itn proper uao 11.1 n meas ure of vuhr : . The frnnk declaration of the Ttla.sHuchugcttf ) convention on this question is ) n manly expression of opiniun , which declines to pander to popularity or change conviction through policy. On the ourntion , of civil seivicc reform Iho platform doua docs nut go to equal ex- treiui'H. It rt.fr.seo to follow Senator IXivii' vagarie.i on the aubject and calln for the "mainten ance of the constitutional prerogative of the president to make nomination ! ) on Jiin solo responsibility , and of Iho constitutional pn-rdgatlvo of the BOII- ale to cunlh'tii or refuse to confirm Hitch nomiiK ifiii.i fruo fro.in executive dicttilion. " ll.iving gone an far as thin , it condemns political and rccommondu competitive- exami nations fur fint appointments to clerkships. Tlie tariff question which is certain to nmuno moro and moro importance in c'.ch aucccudin ; ; scH ion of congress also receives attention. The platform duinaudu n roviaion of the taiitl' Itiwa which will bring them moro in accordance with fhe rc- recciifc devolopmonta of trade. Thu ropiiblicnn party can scarcely afford to permit thu qucBtion of u reviled tariff to bccomo a party i&suo , p.nct the .UnsKaohustittfi convention "haa donu well in ruiain adoi.iand which will bo heard in still louder turma before the the'p ' next presidential election ThoJI.issrvchuaotts convention wan the first political gathering which has assembled ainco tbo nccoRsion of Pres ident Arthur. Thia circumstance gave to ila ' resolutions regarding the now president nn especial weight. The resolution wns ns follows : To Gen. Chester A Arthur , elected by I ho republican national convention IIH the u.s.iociato of Gen. Gurfiuld on the republican ticket , and chnseli by the people to h.i bin mteees'sor in the presidency in such n case us hns arisen , the republicans of Massachusetts , in full ' appre ciation of the peculiar ombarrnsuicnts of his assumption of nftico , and in full expectation of Ida faithfulness to the principles of the part ) ' and just antici pations of tlio people of the country , pledge tlmir cordial , considerate and united support. In expressing their confidence in and sympathy with the now president Iho Itfussachusottn republicans only reflect the sentiment of the entire na tion , who are moro than disposed to give to the now oxccutivo a nupport I and c.oiwidoratiim which will bo inde pendent of party'linen or Kceliomil boundaiies. Tun Tfoii. Lionel Kaclcvillo West , the now British minister to Washing ton who in expected toland , in Now York nexv week is a doHcondaut of Thomas the third Lord of Delaware , whou : > name wan given to ono of on ? status. I/ird Dohiwaro was ovenim1 * of Yirgini-v. The Lijiidon 'J'clcyritjji eoiniiiimtinu upon thia appointmmit t Bay : Mr. SacviloYost ! | haa the uniqiio recommendation , aharcd by none of hit diplomatic foro-runnon , of having in his veins the fame blood which warmed thu heart of an uneostor al- feady known in American history an unce.itor 'who loved Yiigiiiin with moro than filial alloelioii , uml-diud al sea ( luting his third westward voyage acroHi the Atlantic , in order tu ro- Mime thu ivinti of t'ovurnntuut 'hieh illness hml eompollod him for awhile lay aside. " T'iu diitiwi of the iiresidont pro tern u the rcnatu are not analogous to thoiio of' the vioo-proaidont. The president pro torn of the Ecnnto i.-i simply the proHulinc ? olllcer o thai. body and has not the casting vote in case of a tie. lliu name ia called on the roll with the other members , and answers to il without official title. number of tiiuttt durint ; thu incnm- bency of Urn chair by the president pro tern , n tie vote 1m boon lost , the chair buing r.nublo to cast the deciding it ti ; vote. This occurred several tinms tib during the adminiatration of Andrew Johnson , i.i tlt. TilK nnnunl list of pr.iiria I'trcs bo- t. gin to roll up in the interior conn- ; j tiea of the state. Our farmers cannot j , urged too strongly to .adopt proper tl s ngftin t the danger. Many honscs , barns and stored crops have boojjBwcplawayoftonlifc ilpclf is lost , because n few days of labor hnd not been expended in ploughing n i.arrow fire guard around the homestead. No form of insurance is BO cheap nnd so satisfactory. JAY GOULD has again been heard from ; thin timu as having obtained control of the Ohio & Mississippi rail * read which has for years bcon oper ated in conjunction with the Balti more & Ohio system. It's a cold month wlifiii Gould does not gobble a jcclor to its stock. WIM OM may bo retired from the cabinet , but ho i.i liable to loom up ns .1 formidable candidate- the presidency in 1881. Ilia pro nounced nnti-nionopoly views will make him available when the irrepres sible conflict comcn between the mon opolies nnd the people. Tin : Doono county railroad strikers tinder the load of that experienced U. , P. capper , Loran Ckuko , have tried the 3,11110 , t.'icticj in calling the pti nurios which wrre no uiisuccesuful in Omaha last year. JJoonn county fanners will refuse lo be m.itlo the catspaw for Kchoming.politiciars. AiiTitounn 'J'ni : TJin : baa not bcon favored with the official cull for re publican primaries in Douglas county , wo venture to state that the county comuiittoo h.is'ordorcd nn election of delegates next Friday afternoon niul n county convention Satimhy. Titi : latest roporta from \Vaahington nfl'oid no encouragement to the stnr Ijrouto thieves. President Arthur is represented as determined to retain .Tame.j and MucVeagh i'l hia cabinet until the star route thieves are brought to justice , " A ChnF.ru of D.-u-lmcss. fl.llaitclplil.-v I'l eta. The original provision of our con- ulitution with regard to thu election of president and yicn president wns Iho longest siuijlo section in the in strument , nnd in the convention and mibsoqucnt discussion excited -the least opposition and elitieitm of anj- . The litat soiious cribia in our history Krov/out of iU defects , and though the particular weakness then brought to notice was cuced by umcndinent , the unthoroughnesD in ( ho workmanship - ship of thi.i part of the constitution revealn itEelf vrhencvor ; v test is applied. In J870 v.'o were brought to the vcruo .of civil warbccuuto the constitution failed to provide how nnd by whom the electoral vote should be counted ' and disputes concerning it decided. Notwithstanding this waru- iiijjt congrcai has failed thus fur to provide any Bafogiurd against the re currence of this danger. On the question 1 of presidential inability and the duty of Iho vi'co president in the present ' cnsid of a ( Fairs both la\v- jers uyd luynion have written learnedly niitl lengthily during the nt&t : two mouths , and we are still apparently as far ( is ever from a con clusion. The grave defect in our national constitution in relation to the presi dential succession is only less remark able than the failure of congress to provide n remedy , us experience mani fested its danger. All history showa that the transfer of authority irom one ruler to another is an extremely criti cal period and a most frequent occa sion of civil disturbance. To make the royal micccssion certain and be yond dispute boo uniformly been the anxious cure of premiers and parlia ments. Time the presidential succes sion should bo surrounded with equal safe-guards is no less necessary to the puuci ) mid safety of n republic , i\Vhilo muiy will scarcely permit us to queslon 1 : the all-sudiciont wisdom with which \ the constitution was originally framed , hr.vin"g regard to all its other provisions , wo believe there in no ono who is disposed to laud the pivpciouco ot Iho fathers in icforoncu to thia one feature of our fundamental law. In the striding phraib of Senator Morgan of Alabama , this defect is "n eham of appalling darkness in our constilulion. " hi a contribution to the October number of The Ninth American Review entitled , "Some Dangerous Questionc ; " Senator Mor- g.in pointy out , the perils we are con- a nlantly incurring in thus allowing this cha m tn lie unguarded and unbridged acixibH our path. The constitutional provisions on thn nnbject aru not moro jjdiinnj/ly defective than are > oino i-f the lawn of eongrosH passed in purauiinco therewith. We have heretofore pointed out thu apparent unwisdom in making the president pro tempore of the senate and the fcpcakor of thu house succeed in order lo the temporary uxurcisoof thu pivei- dentaiiJ vice president should both bu- como removed or disabled , They lire neither of them permanent officers ; at the present time both ate non existent , and in the nature of things iniittt often by no. They ni'iy bo hold by men of n different political faith than thu president nnd vice president , and , as they ure the creatures of con- grcsu , it gives the legislature btrong motive when the vice presidency is vacant to gut the president out of the way. The presi dent pro tempore of the Hcnuto nnd speaker of the honso are chosen on account of their ability as presiding officers ever deliberative bodies , with usually nut the slightest regard to their suitableness for the presidency of the United States. Congress made them next in order after the vice pro - idout in the line of the presidential succession for the single reason that the offices wore mentioned in the con. i tut ion , but ns they nro not mention- tioned in that'connection the reason is becomes nn reason. Senator Morgan shows that thia law no less u chasm of darkness than is the constitutional provision it waa in ed tended . to supplement. Suppose that the president pro tempore buccccdn to the presidency upon the contingency indicated. Senator Morgan maintains that ns ho holds the oflico by virtue all ot being president pro tempore of the Senate he must continue to bo sinator in order to bo president. Ho thus has to occupy three offices nt the same time Iho duties of which nro in many respects wholly repugnant. If , however , he must continue to be I' president ' pro Uint-nre of the senate , or in his absence Iho senate would be obliged to elect another president pro ( cmpnro , who would in turn oust him from the presidency of the United S.ntcs. Wo nssunio that if Senator \Vnde had succeeded to Andrew. John son's place his relations with the sen ate would have ccued or 'been suspended ponded , as any other couiso would have produced endless complications. The law , however , and the constitu tional provision on which it is b.ised , are chaos itself in thu posnhilitios of confusion which they involve , and we are glad that such an inlluenliil mem ber of the senate ns Senator Morgan is convinced of thu urgent necessity of the c.vtly overhauling of the vholu s tbject. The River Convention. There is , of course , to bo another convention held somuwhero in the ucst this full to consider and resolve ho 'importance and necessity of improving the navigation of thu great rivers of the west. This is * n great subject , wiioso importance can scarcely be exaggerated. It 'iiiultuli-s UioiitihV.atiim of the great highways provided by nature for the , commeice of tlio vast interior of the continent. It embraces within ils ccopo the waterways from the head waters of Iho Mipaouii river to the t Gulf of Mexico , and of all thu tributary streams from Iho Moiion-rahula in Pennsylvania to tlio : wateiu that How into the Jlio Orando in Texas , The existing evil ith , that thona"igationof these natural highways is iiitii.rnptcd by obstacles which , can bo removed , and also inter rupted at the ee.-Uons when naviga tion is tlio inoHfc desirable by a lament able insulliciency of water. The nugnitudu of these difficulties is .shown by the fact that continuous lines of railway are constructed along the banks of the Mississippi from Sr. 1'anl to Now Orleans and along tbo baiilis of tlio Ohio and Missouri and other great streams , which are in con sequence comparatively abandoned. Thu waterways' of thu valley Mis sissippi meatnro lii,000 miles of navi gation ; these route. * , if propeily avail able , ought to furninli the states and territories through which they pasn with all the menus of transportation they need. Instead of answorinu' thia purpose , there are moro than 20,000 miles of railway employed in the transportation which ought to bo performed by the navigation of the livers. Day by day nnd year by year these railways are extending tliciriron arms , until in lima thcro will not bo : i county or a township between the Allejrhonies and thelWkjinoun'ains that will not have itn direct railway communications. These railways fur nish a means of transportation ala cost which in round terms may be placed at thrco timis as threat as the transportation by water would cost if available. In other words the diffi culties of navigation on the rivers sub ject the producers of the Mississippi valley to a cost for transportation by rail which consumes so much of their produce annually as to deprive them of a great portion of their earnings , and reduces their annual profits often to the minimum. The singular fact remains as a na tional reproach that 15,000 miles of river navigation , capable of transport ing all the merchandise carried by the 90,000 miles of railway , and at one- half the cost , remains year after year neglected and almost abandoned with out an effort to make it available , even to the people who live on the very banks of thcso rivers. Cities which a i onoration ago , from their location nt thu mouth or. the junctions of these great streams , had most reasonable expectations pf being cen- tics of Iho trade and commerce of the teeming valley , have already passed the climax of their greatness , and ex- exhibit in their neglected lofcos and general stagnation the story of the abandonment of the river whoso waters now flow undisturbed under giant bridges crowded with railway trains bearing off tbo products of the land. Instead of being great depots for trade , the once handsome- , grow ing , and prosperous cities and towns along the rivers are now ljut way-sta tions , reached by bridges , on I he great artificial highways traversed by loco motive and the railway train. What trade the once ( louriidiing river towns [ and cities now have is berne lo thuir doom , not , by way of the rivers , but by the railway train The Hivor Convention is called to moot once inoiv , to endeavor to nrouso national Bunt.iment in favor of such improvements of the great Western rivers us will chuck thia decay and abandonment of Iho liver commerce , and incidentally of the river town * and cilicu. The Indianapolis Senti nel , in nn article on this subject , gives the following list of rivers which do- mtiiid the immcdiato attention nf the government to imiku them imvnr'.i- Ue : . ' in mile- ' . Mist-kdmJ Ji.lliO 71 * wwrnri I'.IOO ' I Ohio D50 C'nin1 ct land , . , . , . ' . . . . . fiOO Tonncsseo . ' 1,200 of Ited - . 1 , 00 Total milus , 10,570 In addition to these there are va rious other rivers which are of great importance , n long list of which may bo found in the annual river and har to bor bills passed by congress. The people of the whole valley of the Mississippi , ns well ns the people in thu eastern states , are deeply con - cerned in the objects of this conven tion. Transportation will always take that nirection whom its cost is the least. The value of nil western pro duct is regulated by th < i cost of trans portation ro the plnco where it is < m Mimed , From the priV.o at which it h sold at the place of consumption deduct - duct the cost of tranapoitntion and that of handling , and the remainder isthe price which the producer re ceives , It will bo scon that every cent added to the cost of transpor tation is taken from the price receiv ) by the producer. Chicagothn > ugh not on any of the great rivers , hai n deep interest in having thn western rivers improved. It would rejoice to eeo all these rivera made navigable nt seasons of the year , Thu riverj j being made available , for the trans portation of goods at all limes , the ralis of transportalion on the livers will bo sure to control nnd govern tliitao of ull the railroads. When the rates by rail exceed these by water Iho trullio will pass to tbo Y.lter routes , and the r.Ues by water will re main always the maximum. It is immnteiiid to the producer or thu con sumer whether tlio transportation be by water or by rail so lonjrat lliuralui by the cheap wnlor-routiB regulate ahd govern the raten by all routes , It- would bo of great piotit to Chicago if the navigation of Mississippi and Missomi rivers was made peifect , and pctiuuncntly so , and free to be used ut all times nnd at all seasons. Even if n ton of merchandise never went down these rivers the effect of their navigability would bo nil tlio same , I'ailroads would have to choose be- twet'ii limning empty trains or adopt ing river rati-a of transportation. In cither case the country would reap the blosbing and profit of clu-ap trans portation. Chicago therefore wishes this convention every success in its efforts ( o induce Congress to make the improvement of the gieut rivcr.i of the west a national policy , lo bo-adhered to until they eliall nH'ord broad , free highways fiom their soinces to the gulf to the people of the country. STATE JOTTINGS. ninnin : ; to Cal . -crt. Xcvvark working up a lira < c ? band. Lnbnrets nro scarce in Xolh Ik-mi. Tcc'.imrch Is to Imve a new drug Nturo. llastinjj'udistrict fair was a great sue- - COS" . Schujlur 3s cnjoyimr protr.ictod meet- insra. ] Iirliin county's soryham crop h excel lent. lent.Tlii1 Tlii1 ro aie now seventy pupils in Unanc college. O'Xoil ii buffering from a fresh meat fan inc. Dodge county is filling up with nnd cattle. Potatoes arc wni tli ? 1 S3 per bmhcl nt Onlbertson. The contract forthcliloomington bridge hns been let. I.inc hi has a musical convention with 200 inumbcM. Trailie tires are { jettiny in their work in D.wson county. Piunkcn mnlis La\c been making night hidcmu hi Hliur. > .Tot.itsnn coimtyVdi'-tnclcourt s > how3Uti eight dhorco eutw. I'.innrra [ n wc.-lein JTndi'iOn county ate hn = .v with field plowin ; ; . .i'fl Pm-IiylL-iian church was last Sunday. a City hc.a a ladies'archery club that meets thrco-thiii-s u .vi.-e . ! ; . NebroMin liai 1.10,000 children , and only .OiiO attending Sunday bchool. . Sou.c of tlio Dakota county corn fielda ill ' 0 S.'i to ! )0 ) bu.dicln to the acre. The Itivcrton Eagle hn : Ve-ii consoli dated with The Kcho of Franklin. . Thers were throw births in one night in tuo little town of Snpeiior last week. The cuiilract fur eicalinc' the Congrega tional seminary at NeJiyh ha Leon let. A great quantity of corn around Crate id being cut up ami put in s > hoc'c for fodder. Tnrry Gill , of ownid , hss dee in.cd ] , leaving anumciof ! cuditors behind him. The Fremont Mithndi&tinreout nf debt , and h.ive anew parsonage coiling 01,200. The U. . 'i M. au I Missouri P.-u-ifio havu commenced their diffeienced at I'alls City. : Vshooting affray on Apple cr ok , Holt county , waa cauacu \ > y a dispute over a hay tract. The ant-lreallii3 ! law 1 < being vigor iw- ly enforced in ] Jattln Creyk , Mudibon county. The York coufcrenco ImK 1-ecn divided on the line of the 1'latte , imiUing two bodies of it. The district board i.t Red Cloud have advertised for piopo.sala for tha new brick Bchool house. Thousand- toiH of hay adorn the nifies of Jolnuoii county nicely stacked r winter use. * The ninth annual fair in Pod.-o comity will lie held at Fremont on the 4th , 5th and tith of October. More hrick hns been chipped from the Cr tu jards than miyotlicr iiLcc along the line of the 3) . & M. The annual Hcmiblican Valley Concrc- gntional a < soci'ilion uill Le held at Alm.t , bogini.ing October 11. Twenty thousand immigration pamph lets wcru scut by the 15. & M. land depart ment to Hiirnpu last \voelc , Thu cniiity : cleikN olllcu in Dakota county is worth -l.f.CO a year t < ) the fortu nate holder of tlie poiition , l-'red C'nlin , of St. Tanl , hhnt ml fatally woiuuldd hiiiouif Inst wtek liy tha r.eci- dcntnl di uliurgo of a bhot gun. AVoik will ) oii lie rnninit'iirud on the iievCittlinllc clnnth at.O'N'eil. It ia t bo 40x80 fct-t , 1 feet po.-ts , fr.une. Tnu H. & M. land department h.i.i nr- ranged for n grand display of J\'eljrula u-oilucU at the Atchison fair. Kfforts are buhig inatlu by tmno of the ! oplo ot IL.ivlan uiiunty tu reinovo their ! ' eoiinty eat from Alma to Orleuti It is tated that the IJcpublican Valley rend will layout n new lawn onu hundied and twenty milev ) < 'tt of Indlanoa. ! iJuielmnl , I'JWneo county , hai ceven . .utciH huidn'inu ntoro unit n grocery. Thy 1'rt'sliyturiaiin have begun building a ehurch. A. new S.,000 school house ii the nest , improvement in the i-iiterpri-'injf town if * Altna ; al.-ioa nuv.'bti'am tl'jurlnj null , to cos ! , 811,000. , Otoiiconnty farmer , living nuar Pal- myr.i , elopi-d a ( aw dayj Mnco with u young women , leaving his wife nnd ono child behind. Kd. Lester , a ihiver on tlio Hinming Water , wa * shot and vovoruly wounded by Doolc Vim Scov , a t. ek tender. Von Scoy In jail in Sidney. , Pawne ; City rejoices over the certainty bcii'g the teruimiH of thu new road to uhleh will bj Lo nu next bummer - mer I/ ) the li & 51 , A horiiblu and nameleas nntr'o was coinmlttcd upon Or , Coon J. Ord last week by n b nd of di.iguisud men , The . - . victim will probably die , | in Work II.IH commcncu'l nn the extension ' the Ulnlr ronnil IKHI.-C. Three new stalls will bo added , and tli work will be to an e.uly eoniplction. he old Rottler'a plcutu for Fillmore , Thnyer , . ) i'ffer on and Saline couniifs will 1-ohulclat Mciriijlilln's i-rove , in Frank. Hit piecinct , Thursday , October 13tti , [ 'ho'bod > of a maii , ( uppoticd to be Kd- ward Stafford , n tramp , was discovered nn the pralrla near Plum Creek. Thu jury rendered a verdict of death by dUeavojof the heart. The Ivuly of .Mm. Jtoed , who wandered from her home in South H ranch precinct , Otoo county , on Augn t lli ! > t , was found last week in Odago piecinct terribly , man- glud by the hogs. H'A i.'tnllcman l > y the name of Ut-ntley ia making arrangementN to put a cheeFO factory on Thompson ereckix miles north of Hlverton , He hat I'-'O eowii nnd iver 400 hca-1 of cattle all told. 1'ranklyn Kcho. Deputy Sheriff Vanca uliot nnd fatally woutiiled a coiv-bov nt North 1'latto on the IHli. Underwood Is tho'boy's name. He , with othvrs , had beu shooting freely about town and rotated when thu officer undertook to arrest him , A NEW * * -TO- Evetr Offered rt r IN , THIS "P.1TYS > GASH nmm Required of .Parsons Dssir- " au to Build. LOS 01 PAYISIfR 85TOS1Q Money Advanced -TO- Aesist Purchasers in Building * We Now Offer For Sale S5 Splendid S Located on 27tb , 28fch , 29th and 30th Streets , between Parnhani , Donglaaand the pro posed extension of Dodge St. , 12 to 14 Blocks from Court House and Post Office , AT PfilCES rongint from $300 to $400 \vhich is about Two-Thirds of their Value , on Km ] l Monthly Payment of $5 to ! JJ1O. Parties dosi'-ing to Build and Improve Need Wet Make any - Payment for ono or two years , but can vise all their Means for Improving. Persbns having $100 or $20O of their own , But not Enough to Build such a houeo ao tboy want , can take a lot and wo will , Loan them enough to com plete their Building. These lota are located botwoeii tlio MAIN KUSINKSS STREETS of the city , within 12 minutes walk of tha Uusiness Center. Good Sidewalks extend tend the Kutiru Distance on Dodge Street , and the lota can bo reached by way of either Farnbaiii , Douglun or Dodge Streets. TJiuy Ho in. a jiart ot the city that ia very Hapnlly Improv ing and consequently Increasing in , Value , and purchasers may reasonably liopo to Double their Money within a short time : . Some of the most Sightly Locations , the city may bo selected from thcno lota , especially on 00th Street AVe will build Jiousoa on a Smal Cash Payment of § 100 or 8200 , and sell house and lot on email monthly paymentH. It is expected Hint tlii'so lots/vill bo rapidly sold on < licso liberal terma , and persons wishing to purchase should call at our ollico ana cecuro their lota at tlio earliest moment. Wo uro ready lo show tho."o lota to all persons wishing to purchase. BOGGS & HILL , Real Estate-Brokers , 14O8 North Side of Parnhnm Street , Opp. Grand Control Hotel , 3MAHA NEB ,
