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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 ,
