Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, March 21, 1882, Page 4, Image 4
T Ui ! OMAHA DAlli * BLJfi : TUESOAf MARCH 21 The Omaha Bee Published every morning , eroept Bond * ; Cbs only Monday morning AMy , TKUMS BY itAIL 3na Vtur. . . . . $10.00 I Three Month$3.1 at * Months. 6.00 One . , 1.1 IRE WEEKLY BEE , cry Wednesday. BERMS POST PAID. One Year , $2.00 I ThrooMontbi. . I . . 1.00 I One . . ' CORRESruNDENOE-AJl Common allows relating to News and Editorial m en khould be nddrcfwod to the EDITOB c TlUBRK. BUSINESS LETTERS-A11 Bunlnc. . Letters and Remittances should be K drawed to THE OMAHA PonusiiiNa Ooi PANT , OMAHA. Drafts , Chock * and POT offlco Orders to bo made payable to U order of the Company. OMAHAPDBLISHINBOOProp'K , Ei ROSEWATER. Editor. A OANTAI , joke calling out th troops at the requests of the railroai company. - _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ . THK strikers don't seem to hav much respect for members of th special grand jury. Call out som moro militia. TIIERB don't seem to bo many can didates for the council this spring What is the matter } Have they al gone on a strike ! BOMB of our homo guards are re netting with deep feeling Ministoi Lowell's lines : "Tills kind o' solJjorln nlnt a bit Like our November traintn' , For there a man could run in door * If It tires only ralnin' . " No less than thirty application ! have boon made for the shoos of Dr Garnet , who recently died while min ister to Liberia. The climate is said to bo sure death to an unacclimatod foreigner , but oven the prospect oi death awakens no fears in the average - ago office Booker. Tun item "funeral expenses"- congressional appropriation bills it held to cover a largo amount of . . .what Bill Nye calls "improved cemetery promoter. " Over 8300 worth ol cocktails were consumed by congress men who attended Garfiold's ' funeral , and the item was passed as a legiti mate expenditure of that ceremony. COUMIHSIONER FINK says the pas sage of the Reagan bill to regulate inter-state commerce would bo a great calamity. . Wo have no doubt oi it. Just as soon as congress regulates the management of the trunk linen by law , the trunk lines will dispense with the services of the commissioner , and Mr. Fink would bo without an occupation. IT will pain many persons to learn that Vanderbilt's palace which cost nearly $5,000,000 is not an entire success. The kitchen is so arrangnd that the odors of the cooking mingle with the smell of fresh paint in the pantry parlor and the gilt on the frames in the art gallery , Beef steak dados onions and tapes try are wall enough in their placebut too close a connection is apt to spoil the effects ; THE president has given congress good und sufficient reason for placing the troops under General Orook at the disposal of Governor Nanco. Now lot the governor give President Ar thur sufficient reason why ho imposed on the president by telegraphing him that ho was unable to suppress the alleged insurrection in Omaha before ho bad any personal knowledge of the situation , and before ho had made the slightest effort to quell the riot. SENATOR EDMUND'H bill to regulate retirements from the army is an im provement on the present method , but falls very far short of the 'plan now in successful operation in the navy. It provides for the retirement , voluntarily or otherwise of officers who may receive thereafter a compen sation graduated to the length of their service. Officers who have served ton years will receive a bonus of ono years full pay. Two years full pay is offered as a bonus for fifteen years ser vice. After a certain limit has boon passed inthe , service , the rotirim ? officer is to bo entitled to a pension , twenty years entitling him to an annual ponsionequal ) to ono-half of his full pay ; twenty-five years to a pen- Ion of two-thirds and so on until forty years of service has boon reached when full pay will bo allowed as i pension. Provision is also made thai none except general officers shall bo allowed to servo after having reached the ago of sixty-two years and genera , officers having reached that ago will only bo continued at the will of the president. Senator Edmund's bill is an improvement , on the ono whiuh suggests half pay only for officers wko remain in the service af ter sixty-two years of ago. We are of the opinion , however , that what the army needs to increase its efficiency is a rigid compulsory retire ment law similar it ) design and soopo to the ono now in operation in tie navy Asd which will infuto now life into the service by spurring ambition and stimulating energy by holding up the the certainty of steady promotion aad an honorable retirement and ample provision whoa the approach of old age makes their active services no longer available for the government. WAGES AMD COST OF MVINC Living wages are wages which wi enable a man to sustain life , pit yido for his family and with oconom lay aside a little for a rainy day. Th question as to what are living wage in Omaha must bo decided after comparison of the cost of house renl fuel and provisions in this city wit ether parts of the country. It is th purchasing power of money whir. gives it value. Where a dollar ca only buy what a year ago could b bought for eighty cents , wo say thn prices have risen twonty-fivo per cent Moro properly , the purchasing powo of a dollar has decreased by one fifth , and workingmen who rccoiv ono dollar to-day really receive enl ; eighty cents in the value of the wage which they made last year at the cam rate of pay for their services. Ii Omaha there has boon an advance o from fifteen to twenty per cent in thi cost of provisions of all kinds House rents , which have always boot enormous , have not fallen. Meat have gene up from 2 to 5 cents i pound , fuel has advanced thirty po cont. Flour , broad and potatoes havi advanced from thirty to fifty per cent But while there has boon a qonora advance in the cost of living there ha not boon an equal advance in wages Workingmen who had hard work t < make both ends moot on last year' , prices find it impossible , with thi greatest economy , to support thoi : families this year on the wages the ; have been receiving. This i the cause of the general demand mand for higher wages which n being hoard in Omaha and in ovorj part of the country. The question o : the justice or injustice of this demand cannot bo considered apart from thi question of the cost of living. When common labor in Omaha asks for r dollar and seventy-five cents a day il is in reality asking for wages equal tc those of a year rgo. A dollar anc Bovonty-fivo cents this spring will buj very little moro moat , flour and pota toes than a dollar and a quarter woulc have purchased last year. The pur chasing power of a dollar has decreased and workingmen are the first to fee the affects and to demand the remodj in increased wages. THE ANTI-POLYGAMY BILL The Edmunds anti-polygamy bill , which has just become a law , containt provisions that will result in a mosl radical change in the government ol Utah. The bill reaffirms the national act that makes polygamy a misdemeanor meaner , which , upon conviction , shall bo punished by fine and impris onment. It excludes from jury sort den all polygamists , whether they ac tually practice plural marriage 01 merely believe polygamy to bo a di vine institution. It declares us legitimate - imato the issue of Mormon marriage * born beloro the first of January , 1883 , ind makes araplo provisions for am- noaty by the president for past of- 'ouses ' upon proper conditions. All sigamists or polygauiists , male or fo- nalo , ore disfranchised They uro ilso debarred Irom holding any office > r place of public trust , honor or imolumont in any territory under .ho jurisdiction of the United States. Pho most radical olmngo which this ) ill contemplates is the abolition of .ho present Territorial government of Jtah and the creation of a board ap- ) omtod by the president , confirmed > y the senate , which shall bo charged vith the duty of reorganizing the gov- irnmont of Utah. The board isom- mworod to canvass the votes at nil lections , and issue certificates to such lorsons as shall appear to bo lawfully ilectod. The members of the board ire to bo drawn fram not loss then political parties. The roorgan- zed territorial government will , if the Sdmunds bill is strictly enforced dis- ranchiso the largo majority of the Mormon population of Utah , and de prive them of all the rights which ou { ovennnont confers upon settlers ii .ho territories. The obvious design ) f this bill it to crush out polygamy md the country will watch the rosul dth a good de-a ] of interest. . M M fOREIGNERS AND STRIKES Strikes are only so many mobs iwarming with ignorance , whisky anc 'iolonco. The spirit of the whole hing comes from the bougnrly labor ysom of the overworked and poorly iaid masses of the densely populated lutriots of Europe. It is engrafted ipon this country and festered and : opt alive by the foroicn population. -Omaha Commercial Record. How about the strikes now in pro- ress at Lynn and Lowell , whore the Inkers are sober and intelligent anorican mon and women , whose an. esters came over with the Pilgrims tint landed at Plymouth llockl Were the hatters of Connecticut liat wont on a strike three * weeks ago ireigners , swarming with ignorance ml whisky ? How was it with the historic telo rupher's strike of 1870 the most itensivjo strike that has ever taken lace in this country. More than inety-fivo per cont. of tlio tele- praphora engaged in that strike were morican-born and mon women as itolligont as any equal number of on and women of any calling , 'ill any man who has the least re- rd fo his reputation assort that the logropucrs engaged in that strike > ro a mob of foreigners swarmming th ignorance , whisky and violence ? Wo are aware that many ignoran people who lot others do their think ing are of the opinion that all strike are incited and uphold by drunko ignorant foreigners. As n matter of fact , strike are just as frequent nmon American workingmen and working women in Now England factory town as they are among workingmen c foreign birth in the west. Strike are always liable to end in violence and nearly always entail greater lesion on the strikers than on their employ era. But this costly experience doc not prevent strikes , because labor ha no other moans of enforcing its do mantis for fair treatment and livinj wages. Strikes may often bo frivolous anc unreasonable , but they are nearly al ways the laboring mans protest agains ill treatment or low wages , and thi disposition to seek redress by strik ing is not confined to race or sex , The most aggressive strike of whicl wo have any record in this country began at Boston in 1775 when thi Yankees dumped the Britisl tea cheats into the bay That strike was kept up for sever years and after much bloodshed and property destruction o conference wai effected at Yorktown whereby thi strikers wore allowed to sot up it the business of government for them' ' solves. There were many foreigner ! associated with the native American in that strike but nobody has evei denounced thorn as a mob swarming with ignorance , whisky and violence , PidinoN KELLY'S proposition to cul down federal taxes by taking off fiftj per cent of the tax on liquors was sal down on with a loud thud by the re. oublican caucus. While old Pigiron Policy is howling so loudly about the enormous tariff on whisky and blessed ness of high mriff on iron , thousand ! of Pennsylvania minor * are on t strike because the manufacturers are claiming all the proGts resulting from an extravagant protootivo policy. We need a tariff for the encouragement ol American industry , but it ought to bo adjusted so that the benefits are not all on the side of capital and the jurdons thrown entirely on laborei and producer. SOUTH DAKOTA will shortly bo added , o the list of states , the senate com mittee on territories having unani mously instructed Senator Saundert .o report a bill in favor of its admis sion , provided a census , to bo taken during the coming summer , shall show that tin- territory has sufficient population to cntitlo it to a memboi of Congress The remaining territory will bo known as North Dakota , and will bo continued under the presenl rOrritorial novurnmont. Southerr Dakota is settling up rapidly , and hero is no doubt that it has aufficieni nhabitants to entitle it to the ro- quirnd representative. Flvo Thousand Dollars , ro the Editor of the Coo. The West Point Progress says : "Five thousand dollars reward it offered for the arrest of the cowardly murderer of Ool. Watson B. Smith. ? ow lot the citizens of Omaha show heir impartiality by offering anotho ivo thousand for , the arrest of th owardly murderer of poor , innocent sld George P. Armstrong , who woulc bo living to-day but for the action o Mayor Boyrt , Dr. Mill or , Datu Brooks and others , who called out th troops. " Every word of the above is mam iestly true , and the citizens of Omaha lesorvo a severe rebuke that they lave not before this collected enougl ; o pay for a good detective , who yould ferret out the cowardly mur Joror of poor , innocent , old George Armstrong. , It would bo of course ivorso than useless to expect impar Jality from certain so-called leading jitizona of Omaha. I mean it woule 3 o unreasonable to expect , that the high-toned gentlemen , Boyd , Dr. Nlillor , Datus Brooks &o , , whoso in- licmation at the murder most foul if W. B. Smith know no bounds vill bo moved by the cold-blooded nurdor of Armstrong , they being to i largo extent themselves the prime : auso of his death. If justice is to bo dealt out ; if the supposed mur- leror of Armstrong is to bo brought .o court and the question hero set tled , if stabbing in the back of an > ld unarmed man , lying on the 'round , was an act nf "performing luty , " or a murder , the workingmen .hemiolvos and their friends must ako upon themselves , to collect a urn necessary for detective work and irosecution. I for one subscribe to ho fund ton dollars. JNO. ROHIOKY. The New Comet. [ tlon l AwocUtoa I'ttte , DiTiioiT , March 20. Prof. M. W. larrington , of Ann Arbor university , olographs the Evening News that on lunday morning ho saw the now pmot. It is bright and has a dis- inot tail. It is a very pretty object , > ul so small that it requires a good nstrumont to sou It. It is three or our degrees north of ho star Omlck on in herioulles and is traveling slow- \f \ northward. It rises about 10 'clock in the morning. A Hurricane. ttlonal AatocUted I'roM. . PAOLA , Ind. , March 20. A torrifio term passed ever this station , doing reat damage. It unroofed the Hunt louse and several buildings , blow own a barn at Foster's farm , killing ro horses and damaging much pro- orty in the line of the storm. Sergeant ACaion itlonal A worn ted Pitu. WASHINGTON. March 20. T.he Ma- m relief fund here amounts to 8300. otitions are pouring in for his par- CHARGE , CHESTER , OHAKQE With Gatling Guns , Howiteei and Bayonets. How the Bloodleos Insurrei tion Was Crushed. The King of Franco 'With Twii T n Thousand Men Marched Up the Hill natl Then Marched Down Again. The Omaha Campaign Viewed by tt State Presa. DKMOURACY AND BAYONBT8. Omaha a democratic mayor goi crnmonttroopa. Hcatl [ Butler Count Preiw. TUB DOT mtlOADlER , Qov. Nanco has boon at Omaha fc a week commanding the bravo arm at long range , Ho uses the bridi chamber at the Withnell hotel , whic onabloa him to keep under cover unt the cruel war is ovor. [ Wahoo Tiraoi AJf OIJTBAOli OIT MANHOOD. The citizens of Omaha should hay armed about three hundred of then ; Bclroa and given Xfance twenty mil ntea to loaro with hia militia. Quai toring a little army in their city fc nothing but to bayonet innocent an peaceful citizens , was an outrage th rnnnhood of that city should roaont.- 'Croto Standard. TBOT OUT CAttNH. Bomo people in Omaha , wo foai ill become BO terror-stricken ani labituated to calling for the protec tion of troops , that militia will bo 01 dored out orcr any common streo row. Such as are in a trembling con litipn should- use their influence ii uving our lieutenant governor quar ; orod there. He's n fighter am might have a soothing effect. [ Sow ara Reporter. EFFICIENCY LICKING EVERYWHERE The calling out of regular troops tx quell the labor troubles at Omnha wil shed no luster on the governor of tin itate , nor on the mayor of Omaha There Booms to bo a lack of efficiency somewhere , and the gentlemen occu jying the positions above montione < rill merit the reproach of the country 'or their timidity and indecision in at emergency where the civil authoritioi ought to have been equal to the occa sion. [ Pawnee Republican. OOOl ) WAdES , GOOD MEN. Omaha and Pittsburg laborers an on the strike for higher wages. It ) maha the trouble first commenced with the B. & M. men on the dump > ut different tradesmen are now or tjanizincc into unions and joining ir ho movement. As a union man oui sympathy is with them , but wo art opposed to mob violence , and advo cate keeping the peace , as it is the mly way that laboring men can effecl , heir ends with capital. Evorybodj cnows that $1.75 a day is small wagoi to support a family at the prices o provisions. [ St. Paul Free Press. DEAR OEOttdE , YOU LIE HULL. The Herald says : "Public opinioi n Omaha and in the state is like i solid wall of approval and strength' ' at Governor Nance's back for hi nethods in dealing with citizens o .hat town , Perhaps , but we don't be iovo it. The expression hero ha > een ono of condemnation for calling mt t'tio militia before any effort liac ) eon made to maintain order by thi organization of the police. As it is .ho . whole state of Nebraska is made to pay for protecting Omaha from th < violence of its own citizens , without .heir lifting a hand in their own do bnso. [ Plattsmouth Journal. THE HA1IE OLD CROWD. Senator Van Wyck is trotting par ticulary hades for telegraphing to the president of the Labor Union. But if Senator Van Wyck will please ob serve whore this hell comes from he will find that it is right square from the shoulders of the men who opposed Ilia election to the United States son- ite. The animus is apparent. But bho honorable senator can rest serene ly , satisfied that in telegraphing to a trorkingnian , ono of his constituents , instead of detracting one iota from hie sharacter as a man and a representa tive of the people , it adds to it a hun- Ired fold.-West Point Progress. UOKE SOARED TITAN IIDRT. There couldn't have .been much longer in Omaha during the recent itrike. Wo judge BO from the raor- senary attacks made upon ono another > y the Omaha press. The Herald set ip the claim of being the only great [ iiardian of the city and strike proven- ivo. To this The Republican replied , ailing the Doctor an Ass , and claim- ng that honor. The two together lion pounced upon THE BEE as the fthihat and the special cause of all ivil. All in all Nebraska has boon horoughly disgraced by those exhibi- ions at the very seat of disturbance , ly those attempts to make capital out 1 defiance of law and order , if there ras such a thing in Omaha. [ Crete itandard. WHERE THK U1IOB PINCHKH. TljoNoligh Advocate says ; "Tho } . & M. railroad are again making an ( Tort to bring about a compromise of heir back taxes duo Antelope county. Mio amount they owe the county is bout $58,000 , and we have heard it tatod they offer to give $30,000 for a ocoipt for all taxes up to date. " And this is the sumo B. & M , com- any that didn't have anything to ar ; itrato with the wbrkinginon of ) maha , who wore striking for living rages , but is perfectly willing to windlo the taxpaynrs of A'ttelopu uu. ty out of $22,000 taxes. Call om IIH troops , Qov. Nance , and make dis corporation pony up. and week ) ok for seconds to this motion to Dr. filler and Datus Brooks , the law , or- er , and justice editors of the city of imaha. { West Point Progress. KEATHKK BED BRAVES. Bettor laws nd better adjustment I labor is needed , more brains and s gab at the front. Some study of LUBO and effect and a little knowledge ' politic * ! economy might be used , srchauco now and then in fixing the slationi of man to his fellowmau. If Omaha has 30,000 people , it is osumable 10,000 are males capable self-defense. It is said the "mob" numbered 000 , that really includes bystanders , so that of aggressive force there wa probably , at best , 1,500 or 2,00 There is , there must be , in the neigl borhood of 5,000 men in Omahi owning property , keeping store doing business , interested in prosor ing lav and ordor. Why are sue mon so indifferent to the prcservatto of law and order , if there wasdang ( of destruction of property ? Whym combine to protect each other befoi calling for the troops and outside aic Is it indifference or cowardice th ; usually leaves the impression that th disorderly forces of a city outnumbe its law-abidinecitizens. I Plattsmout Herald. THK SITUATION IN 81IOHT MKTRK. It has become a very common thin for the railroad companies and larg contractors to send out handbills ac vortising for " 500 mon and teams , when , in truth , they have not wor enough for 100. A largo number t men aio thus congregated togothoi "the labor market glutted,1' an wages are cut down to starvatio prices. The mon thus cruelly de ceived , have no redress. They see strike. The doors are opened to all th dons of iniquity ; the militia is callo called in , and a few old mon bayc netted. Vagabonds prey upon sc cioty. The young men from th toyns and villages who form our mi litia are debauched by the rum suckers and prostitutes noi responsi bio as citiiens for their behavior , am without the discipline of regular sol dlers , the militia have proven itsolt moro dangerous element than th striken. The murder commit ted by the Nebraska militia has beoi roused by Jim Stephenson's miserable ble lie , when ho advertised for 501 men , while he only had work for 75 [ Butler County Press. A lUtMEDY HUUOE8THD. These labor movements when car ried to the extent it haa boon so fro luotitly of late , raises profound ques ; ions that must sooner or later bo sot tied. No one questions the right t ( strike for higher wages , but to try bj brco or intimidation to prevent othoi aborora from work should be , by stat ut * made a crime with suitable penal ties attached for violation. It is onset < sot of organized laborers combining against other laborers who are unor ganized. On the other hand it is pea siblo for wealthy corporations and manufacturers to so control the price of labor as to make it oppressive tc ho workingman. Wo believe thai ihpre is need of some legislation or his matter , or at least provision nw' ( vhorohy a competent court may ronv edy the evil in coses where there it ividont wrong. With this remedy ai land there would probably bo no opor ovolt and destruction of lives or pn > porty. Let our law-makers take notice of this emergency and remedy the evil by the enactment of such laws as are necessary to meet the case. [ Hastings Gazette-Journal. UNNECESSARY INCONVENIENCE. The actions of the officials of Omaho and of Gov. Nanco during the past week in regard to the labor demon strations in Omaha can hardly receive the sanction of candid thinking men. For the mayor of Omaha to become easily frightened is absurd , and for the governor of Nebraska to call out the militia and telegraph to the presi dent to place the regular soldiers un der his control , before ho had investi gated the need of such action , is a proceeding that can hardly escape criticism. _ The presence of troops always serves to exasperate a crowd , and should not bo called on unless as a last resort. Besides this the great expense that it causes the state to keep 500 men under pay for a week , and the cost of transportation for the soldiers , should cause some delibera tion before such an action is takon. It is no small matter to take 500 mon from their business without . < moment's notice , and to keep them for a week to the great inconvenioncc of the mon and all who have business to transact with them , and it seoma that not only was it unnecessary , but Omaha would have been bettor off if the militia had not boon called. Wy- moroan. THE KILLING OF AKM8TRONO. The occupation of Omaha by state and federal troops , and the killing of an inoffensive old man , is ono of the greatest outrages ever perpetrated upon a free people. The trouble was caused by a miserable scoundrel named Jim Stevenson , who had a contract to do some grading for the B. AM. , advertising for twice as many mon as he wanted and then re fusing to pay the wages promised , and when the mon struck for higher wages und became somewhat riotous , the mayor and sheriff lost their heads and telegraphed frantically for troop ? . When the state militia arrived they ictod as though they were in an 3iiemys country in time of war in- itcad of a law observing city. Arm- itrong , an old man of sixty , while passing along the streets , as ho had a right to do , was stopped by a militia- nan , and because ho insisted on his rights as an American citizen , was mocked down , and while lying on his 'ace on the around , was sUbbed : hrough the back by a bayonet , and Iragged to the guard house , where he lied. A moro cowardly murder was lover committed , Unless those in : ommand of the state militia bring : ho murderer to speedy punishment , ; he blood of the gray haired victim vill rest upon their heads - [ Falls 3ity Journal , BPINKLKS8 OFFICIALS PUNCTURED. When will the authorities of cities earn that it is a dangerous expedient o call upon the soldiery to quell local listurbances ? In the Pittsburg riot .ho presence of the military only icrved to excite the passions of the awloBR element. In the Ohicugo riot , ho onlv ntdl trouble was between the > VT ufH ' ! ou miliHi and th" exci'od neb , and in the present labor trouble n Omaha the unnecessary presence > f the military and the attendant in cl inch ely circumstances is but another > roof of the cupidity and incapacity ) f the proper authorities. In all of these instances it has been hewn that it is not the strikers who ire the mob , but the lawless element if society , "who toil not , neither do hey spin , but are ready at all times o siezo upon such occasions as oppor- unities for spoil and plunder. Wo are heartily in sympathy with ny organized effort on the part of la- ior to secure just compensation , and ; seems , from the facts as seen by us , bat the alleged riot , and the dU- racoful deeds of the military in Oma- a , tliould bo placed where H justly bolongs- the doors of Mayor Boy < Governor Nance and the monopol blatherskite who runs The Herale seconded by The Republican. Upon them rests the rcsponsibilit for the murder of the inoffensive ol man by the military mob , and the should bo punished as accessories t the crime. Although wo do not always ogre with THE BEE , wo heartily , ondbra its position in this matter , whothc taken from motives of policy or fret inclination. [ Oakland Independent BLOOD , BAYONETS AND BLUSTER. Wo wont to Omaha on Saturday oi pcctinjr from the demonstration made to see our metropolis deluged ii blood when wo considered the fore brought into requisition Sheriff Miller lor of Douglas county , Mayor Boyd o Omaha , Gov. Nance of Nebraska and the president ot the Unitei States , backed by the mighty power within them vested , wo expected th < turbid Missouri would bo dyed bloot red with the crimson tide of thi strikers. In old bellum days wo havi soon the bodies of the sturdy foomoi mangled and slain , cover the fields o sanguinary strife with loss parodi than was made to gather the mon o stool on Saturday. But our curiosity was unsatisfied , our thrist for gen was unquenched. Wo saw the stead ] swarthy ranks file by , wo hoarc the masurod , martial , tread of tht veteran and the halting broken tramf of the militia man hopping to catcl stop with the music as their captait shouted left ! loft ! but alas ! they wore not confronted by the mighty mob they found no foeman worthy of theii stool and "Tho king of Franco wit ! twice ton thousand men marched ur. the hill and then marched dowr again. " But Dr. Miller was safe , Jim Stevenson was safe and the conntrj was saved. And yet we questioned whether it had not been for the city il the knave who by his abuse of the working men had incited to riot and the wretch who through hia malicious shoot had sMcled his dir ty epithets and ' s of bitches" at the an ry etowd had been given ever to the mob for summary justice. We are a triend of the la boring man , but wo hayo no excuse for a mob. The laborers unquestionably had a right so strike , but they had no right to interfere with the rights of other laborers , The remuneration that the laborers wore receiving was not enough to keep together the body and soul of a heathen Chinee. And the poor man-don't know what to do. RosBwater ahead of them , Miller behind - hind them , and Brooks coming in on their flank some counciling , some anathomizing and others goading thorn on. May God have mercy on the poor Omahogs. [ North Bond Bulle tin. CHEAP BUT POOR ADVERTISING. Omaha and Nebraska are getting considerable cheap advertising just now by reason of the massing of troops at Omaha to preserve the peace and to keep the striking workingmen from molesting those who wish to work. Although free as air this advertising could well be dispensed with. And from the distance , it really appears as thouch the local authorities of Omaha and Douglas county took counsel of their fears and their expectations rather than devoted their energies towards preserving order and man aging their own affairs. The only un lawful act of any consequence , com mitted up to the time of calling on the governor for troops , was the driv ing off the workmen from the B. & M. dump , and mildly thumping a few special policemon. While this , of course , was unlawful and reprehensi ble , yet the men soon dispersed and the .usual quiet was restored. Then was the time for the local authorities to have quietly nabbed the loaders and prosecuted those who had been most active in assaulting the work men. Instead of d"nng that , however , or ranking any ether earnest endeavor to maintain the supremacy of the law , they appeal to the gov ernor for for aid. Now one of two things is true ; either the local author ities could have managed this disturb ance unaided , or else the citizens of Omaha and Douglas county were in such close sympathy with the strikers - ors and their methods as not to bo available in assisting to maintain pub- lip order. Whichever horn of the dilemma that turbulent community phooaes to take , wo are of the opin ion that the rest of the state should insist upon Douglas county's paying ill the expenses incurred in doing what it ought to have done without isaistanco from any other source. The condition of things since the iirst and last assault on the workmen ias boon quiet. Business has gone > n undisturbed. How much of this lias boon o ing to the presence of .lie regulars and the militia cannot DO known , At the public meetings , told daily by the labor union , peace- ible moans abno are advocated by ho speakers. Sutton Register. 'Oddities of Southern liife , " By Henry Watterson , ? < Mor of the Louiivillf Courier-Journal. See the April CzNTUitr MAQAZINE. Proposals for PavlncStrents ] in the City of OmahaTNi . Sealed prodosa's will be recehed by the under- igned until Saturday , April 16th , 1882 , IS o'clock icon , for the pa 'lag of Douglas street and the ross streets between D uplas and Farnham rein Oth to 16h ! stretb , Including 9th and 16th trrets. First , For a foundation f concrete 0Indus In hlcknesa wltha superstructure compose 1 of a roosoto ! cedar block 8 Inches In length set with , iphalt a d sand. Second , For a found tion of concrete 9 Inches n thlcknois with a superstructure composed of rtoaote pine plank b li-c.ies In length , set 1th 11 halt and sand. Thip' , For a foundation of el au co > ne sind r gnuel 12 Inched In thickness with a super tructuro compose * ) of cedar Moil 8 tnohe * In jtif th and lint lets than 4 nor wore than bluches i rttam ! r tn bo i-H I h a pb lt nd n , Th i ud or uitul for louuual.ou to bo tborougdi > immer * or rolled. All the ork to bei'onoln i-c irdai'te with i-eclncatlous and I rider the dl- action ot the city engineer. Also , the city will consider proposals for j.v < ) g with Elm blocks or any other inaterU' , or ny other mode ot conotruitlou. All proposals or bids thall be accompanied by i names ot proposed sureties , Mho , Ip the rent of contract being awarded til enter Into a bond with the city of maha for the true and faithful performance of Jd contract. The city council reserves the right to reject jya dalllUi. Km elopes containing proposals o bldi shall > marked "Proposals for Pacing Douglas Street id Crosa Streets in th City of Omaha , " aud ad- esed to the undertlgnnd. J. J. L. 0. JEWETT , Onuha , Mirch 10th ; 183i. City Clerx. marlS-SOt D. S. BENTON. LTTORNKY-AT-LAW AJUJACH BLOCK , HOUSES / LOTS ! For Sale By BEMIS - < I rlfJEEHTHlND DOUBWSSTS , , 178 , House 8 rooms , full lot on Pierce nmr 2Uth street , $1,660. 177 , House 2 rooms , full lot on Douglas near 26th street , $700. 176 , Beautiful residence , full lot on Cass near 19th street , $12,000. 174 , Two housed and 1 lot on Dodre notr 9th trcet , $1 600. 176 , Uouso three rooms , two closets , etc. , half lot on 21st I oar Grace street , $300. 172 , One and one-half story brick house an twn lots on Douglas near 28th street , $1,700. 171 , House two rooms , wellcutern , stable , etc full lot near Pierce and 13th Btreet , i960. 170 , One and one-half story house six rooms and well , half lot on Convent street near St. Mary's avenue , $1,860. No. 170 , House three rooms on Clinton street near shot tower , $326. No. 169 , House- and 80x120 feet lot on street near Websb r street , $3,600. No. 168 , House of 11 rootrs , lot 38x120 feet on 19th mar Durt street , $6,000. OH 167. Two story house , 9 rooms 4 closet * . KOOO cellar , on 18th street near 1'oppleton'J ko . 166 , New house of 0 rooms , half tot on Ixard near 19th street , $1,860. No. 164 , Ono and one half stery house 6 room * on 18th street I ear Leavecwortb , $3.600. N. 161 , One and cm-half story louse of G rooms near Hanscom Park , $1,600. No. 168 Two houses 6 rooms each , closets , et on Hurt street near 26th , $3,600. No. 167 , bouse 6 rooms , full lot on 19th street near Lcavenwortb , $2,400. No. 166 , House 4 largu rooms , 2 closets half aero on Burt street near Dution , $1,200. No. 166 , Two houses , one of 6 and ono of 4 reoms , on 17th street near Marcy , $3,200. No. 164. Throe house * , one of 7 and two of 6 rooms each , and corner lot , on Cass near 14th street , $6,000. Nr. 163 , small house and full lot on Pacific Dear 12th stroett $2,600. No. 161 , Ono story house 6 rooms , on Leaven. worth near 16th , $3,000. No. 160 , Ilougo throe rooms and lot 92x116 near 26th and Farnham , $2,600. No. 148 , New house of eight rooms , on 18th itrcct near Lcavcmvorth $3,100. No. 147 , Uouso of 13 rooms on 18th street lear Marcy , $6,000. No. 146 , Houie of 10 rooms and IJlota on 18th itrcet near Marcy , $0.600. No. 145 , House two largo rooms , lot 67x210 fee inSheru an avenue (16th street ) near Nicholas , No 143 , House 7 rooms , barn , on 20th street lear Loa\enwortt , $2,600. . No. 142 , Homo 6 rooms , kitchen , etc. , on 16th i itrcet near Nicholas , $1,876. No. 141 , HOUJO 3 rooms on Douglas aeor 26th itrcot , $3150. No. 140 , Large home and two lota , on 24t lear Fatnham strot t , $8,010. No. 139 , House 3 rooms , lot 00x166 } foe ! , Douglas near 27th street , $1,600. No. 137 , House 6 rooms and half lot on Caplto ivcnus near 23d street , $2,300. No. 130 , House and half aero lot on Cumltig itreet near 24th $960. No. 131 , House 2 rooms , full lot , on Izard loan 21st s'reot. $800. No. 129 , Two houses one of 6 and one of 4 oems , on leased lot on Webster near 20th street , 12,600. No. 127 , Two story reuse 8 rooms , half lot on Vobstcr near 10th $3,600. No. 126. House 3 rooms , lot 20x120 feet on 16th Btreet near Douglas , $676. ' No , 125 , Two ftory house on 12th near Dodge treet lot 23x60 feet $1,200. No. 124 , Large house and. full block near rarnham and Ccn.ral street , $8,000 No. 123 , House 6 rooms and large lot on Saun ters street near Baf racks , $2100. No. 122 , House 6 rooms and half lot on Web- ter near 16th street , $1,5007 No. 118 , House 10 rooms , lot 30x90 feet on Capitol avenue near 22d street , $2,960. No. 117 , House 3 rooms , lot 30x126 feet , on Japltol avenue near 22d $1,600. No. 114 , House S rooms on Douglas near 26th treet , $760. No. 113 , House 2 rooms , lot 66x99 feet on tear Cumlrg btreet , $760. No. 112 , Brick house 11 rooms and half lot on 1-83 near 14th street , $2,800. No. Ill , House 12 rooms on ( Davenport nea 2th street , 87,0,0. No. 110 , Brick house and lot 22x182 fo on lass street near 16th , $3,000. "Jo. 108 , 1 argo house on Harney near 16th trnjt , $8,600. No 109 , Two houses and 36x132 foot lot no lass near 14th street , $3,600. No. 107 , House 6 rooms and half lot on Itar ; car 17th strict , $1,200. f.o. 100. House and lot 1x108 foot , lot on 14th car Pierce street , $600. No. It 5 , THO story house 8 rooms with Ij lot n Aeward near Saundcrs street , $2,800 No. 103 , One and ono half story house 10 rooms Webster near ICtli street , $2,600. No. 102 , Two houses 7 rooms each and 1 lot OD 4th near Chicago , $4,0.0. No. 101 , House 3 rooms , tellir , etc. , 1 } lot * on outh avenue near Pacific stree , 81,650. No. 100 , House 4 rooms , collar , etc. , half lot n Izard Btreet near iO h , $2,000. No. 99 , Very large house and full lot on liar ey near 14th street , $9 000. No. 97 , Largo house of 11 rooms on Sherman Venue near Clark street , make an odor. No. 00 , Ono and ono half story house 7 rooms it 240x401 feet , stable , etc. , on Sherman ave- ue near Q race , $7 (00. ( No. 92 , Large brick house two lota on Daven ort etreotnear 19th $18,000. No. 90 , Large hoi.BO and full lot on Dole ear 18th tro-1 , $7,005. No. 89 , Large hause 10 rooms half lot on 20th ear California street , $7,600. No. 83 , Large house 10 or 12 rooms , beautiful jrner lot on Cass near 20th , $7.000. No. 87 , Two story bouse 8 rooms 6 acres o ind en Baundcrs street mar Barracks , $2,000 No. 86 Two stores and a nsiuince on leased alt lot.near Mason and 10th street , $800. - No 84 , Two story hou- 8 rooms , closets , etc. , " 7'fl llhfiacrcsof ground , on Blunders street near maha Dmncks , $2 600. No. 83 , House of 9 rooTs , half lot on Capitol renue near 12th street. $2,600. | No 82 , One and one half story touse , 6 rooms ill lot on Pierce near 20th street , 81SOO. No. 81 , 'ivo 2 story houses , one ot 9 and ono rooms , Chicago St. , near 12th , $3,000. No. 80 House 4 rooms , closets , etc. , large lot i18th etrett near White Lead works. $1,300. No. 77 , Large house of 11 rooms , closets. eel- r , etc. , with 1 } loti n Farnham near 19th street , I.OCO. No. 76 , Oreaul one-half story bouse of 8 rooms , t 60x8) ( tot on Cass near 14th street , $4,600. No. 76 , Jlouse 4 rooms and basement , fla 11x132 f.et Of , Marcy near 8th street. $676. No. 74 , Large brick house and two full lot On avenport near 16th street , $16,000. No. 73 One and ono-ha'f story house and lot , -C 1x132 feet on Jac son near 12th street , $1,800. ' \ , No. 72 , Largo brick house 11 rooms , full lot f > Da\o port near 16th street , J6.0X ) . J-f No. 71 , Large hou-e 12 rooms , full lot on Call. > ' rnla near 20th street. $7,000. No. 65 , Stable and 3 full lots on ran In street S ar Blunders , f 2,000. , j No. 64 , Two story frame building , store bnlow * ' * id rooms above , on looted lot on Doouu uear ' ' ' th street , $800 % No. 63 , House 4 rooms , basement , etc. , lot " ' , . , x230feet on Irth street mar > all Works. W < i f-o. 62 , New house 4 rooms one story , full lot " * ' * No. 68 , House ot 7 rooms , full lot Webster f * ar 21st street , $2,600. , t' Haruey near 21st Btreet , $1,760. ' , " No. 61 , Large house 10 rooms , full lot on Bur r 21st street , $ J,000. No. 60 , House 3 ro ms , half lot on Divenport ' ar 2SJ stre. t , Sl.OOn. .so 6U. four tioubM and half lot on COM neat thstrett $2600. S'o 12 , House 0 rooms ud full lot , Harney ir Mlh street , $2COO. Ho 9 , Ihree homes and full lot on Gas * near : h street , $3,200 , tfo. 7 , House 9 rooms , well , cistern , etc. , 5 lots 17th near Irard rtreot. $3,000. Yo. 6 , House 7 rooms , lot 66x88 ieet on Casi ir 17th street , $1,000. to. 3 , Lance house 10 rooms , well , cistern , etc. Harney near 9th street , $4,003. So. 2 , Two story house 0 rooms , etc. , full lot Webster near 15th street , $2,600. BEMIS' EAL ESTAFE AGENCY 16th and Douglas Street ,