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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 22, 1882)
The Omafra Bee. rnb'jfhed every rnomlneexccptSand y Rhs on.jRlonusy laorning ( Ulljr. T10UM8 BV MAIL Ono Year 510.00 I Three Months. W.OO 6U Monthi o.OO | Ono . . 1.00 fHK WRKiCLY BEE , pnblM.ed er- ry Wedi si < 1 y. TEUMS POST 1'AID- OnoYoftr. . . . . $2.00 I ThrooMonths. . 50 IrMntln. . . 1.00 | One . . 20 AHEIUGAN NKWB COMPANY , Solo Agonta or Newsdealers in thoTTnltod States. OOURBSPONDKNOK--A11 [ Common ! ftliotM rclatin ( ? to NowitnndEdltorlMmRt- era sliouM bo addressed to the KniTOB 0 IHK IJriw MUSI VIS3 LKTTEI18 AH UnMnewi tetters mid Kcmtttancca should be ftd Irc-wod to THE HER rtmtiHiiwo COM- tANY , OMAHA. Drafts , Chock * nndroRt- Hico Orders to be made pnynblo to tlio rdet of the CompanyT IhB BEE PUBLISHING 00 , , Props P.I ROSEWATEtU Editor. SEATS on the Now York stock or- ehaigo nro soiling for $33,000. Nothing - ing pays DO well as legalised robbery. THE Clovolnnd Leader rises io re mark Hint there is great comfort in the fact that not half of the congress men nominated can bo cloctod. IIuuiiKLi , believes that the early catches the first worm. Success ful applicants for pension oflico clerk ships are already receiving his 2 per cent circulars. AN enormous apple and pciuh crop of Texas is stimulating the establish ment of stills for the manufacture of poach and npplo brandy. Texan pro ducers are predicting as a result thnt brandy will become ns cheap tmd com mon place as vvino in Franco. Sumo measures ought at once to bo adopted to docrcaso Texan crops of apples and peaches in the interests of prohibition , as Governor St. John's gospel has not yet become popular among the cow boys. COL , BLIBH" opening argument in [ tlio star route trial disclotod a number of striking oxiunplca of the methods by which reckless and unscrupulous contractors swindled the government by Inflating mail carrying contractu beyond their legitimate proportions. For oxamplp , ono route which pro ' duced a revenue of ( jbout § 700 a yenr was "expedited" by Brady so that from costing $8,288 a y ar , jt cost $72,520. Another route , over which jiino postal cards nd. ( wcnty-uino loiters ters woi'o ' Carried in eighteen da } " ? ; was "expedited' , so that the sum ol $40,000 was added to its annual cosh Such barefaced robbery of course can- apt bo defended and tlio indicted ? jjcampa rely only on a failure of the government to show thnt the corrupt management of the mails was a part of a conspiracy , to di fraud the nation. CONKLINQ AND CORNELL. The damaging accusations brought against lloacoo Conkl jng by the Albany and the Nflworlc Timtt on their face the evidence of their truth. In effect they ohargo that the ox Bonator , acting as the paid Ir I attorney for Jay Gould , tried to bribe Governor Cornell to sign a bill reliev ing the Pacific Mail company of $900- 000 in taxation and to give his asaont io a bill of the same character on behalf - half of Jay Gould's elevated railroads. The TiuiM says that in representing the elevated roads Mr. Oonkling was in his nuavcst mood , ready to lot bygones s genes , political or otherwise , bo by p-jncs , but most persistently pleading that hero , in sooth , was the turning point of liis lifo , and that between the liberal fco which ho would earn and the railroad speculation ! of which ho [ would have the betutit , by securing the governor's signature to the bill , ) I > ho might in a very brief time gain i . respectable competency. The ox ) senator cajoled , and the ox-senator threatened , but the governor was firm , and lloscoo Conkllng left the executive chamber no longer the concealed , but the avowed and open foe , politically and personally , of Alonzo li. Cornell. " The charge is of the gravoit nature. It appears to como directly from Clov. Cornell himself. It is Hbolaus i untrue , and for social , political am legal reasons it must have boon wol weighed before being made public , Gov. Cornell's political future ivoulc undoubtedly bo forever ruinei by making a false charge and tbo presumption ii that 1 ho must have had the moans of justifying him before ho epoko out As might have boon expected Mr Oonkling makes an emphatic donia of Governor Cornell's charges. Hi fortifies himself with u statomon from Jay Gould to disprove the char ges made by Governor Cornell. Whor ; such a flat contradiction is made th ' , public must reach conclusions by com ' paring motives. The only possibl \ motive Governor Cornell could lmv < in preferring tuch grave charge against Mr. Conklim ? would b a bid for the support of anti-monopoly republicans. Mr. Cornell alread , enjoyo the , confidence of the anti monopoly people. His vetoes of th . elevated railroad swindle and his aj > proval of the railroad comroUsionc bill have assured him the support o anti-inonopoliats. On the other hand , Mr. Cpukling" motives for denying the charges an jmtent to everybody , lie in' accusot of an attempt to corruptly influonc thu conduct of the chief cxccutivo Now York , and ho must deny tn charge just as any other man accuse of crnno before a tribunal would pleat not Rtiilty. Mr. Gould bciiiR in th mme boat with Colliding as an allcgei accessory also promptly comes to th front with his denial , Public opin ion will incline to the belief tlm Governor Cornell hnd no motive fo concocting such grave charges , am Mr. Conklmg will have to produce better proof than Jny Gould's donin to discredit Governor Cornell. Mr' Conkling's capture by Jay Gould is another instance of the policy o the monopolies to secure for their per sonal ends the ablest and most itiflu- oncial men of the countrj , Five years ago Mr. Conklinq pronounced in favor of the principles of anti-monopoly. Ho declared to thu certain knowledge of the editor of this pnper that the rights of the people as agninut the corporations was the ruing issue of the day , end declared himself ready to lead in a campaign , in which anti-monopoly would bo the battle cry. 80 well defined was his position on the question that the Na tional anti-monopoly league strenu ously supported Mr. Conkliny's candi dacy against Chancny M. Dopow in the contest for the United States sen atorahip , at Albany. THE lir.R was then opposed to Mr. Conkling because it believed that the issue was simply whether Jtoscoo Conkling or James A. Garfield should bo president of the United States , but it gave him credit for sound views upon those questions which are in dispute between the corporations and the poopla of this country. Since his retirement from political life , however - over , Mr. Gonkling'fl actions have belied lied his former words , Ilu waa the attorney of the Northern Pacific at Washington when the land grants of that corporation tvcro in danger of forfeiture by Congress. Ho advocated the interests of the steamship com- mnics when the first Douster stcorago bill was killed by the presidential veto md during thu past few months ho has been the retained attorney of iovcral railroads in the recent suits in STow Yoik praying for a mandamus to joinpol them to receive and transport 'roight blockaded by the late strike. 3uch a record is corroborative of the shargcs of Gov. Cornell that ho has H'coino a venal tool of Jay Gould and lonnot but injure Mr , Cotikling greatly j n the estimation of many of those rh.9 TfOro foimerly his steadfast ad- lirors , while it will certainly preclude ii'i election to any oflico of roprcsonta- ivo trust in the futuro. fl ) HE ENGLISH COMMANDER. Pluck and luok , so suy .Htiglish rltics , have combined to glvo Sir larnot Wolsoloy his proront eminence B coinnianclor-in-cliit-f of the British nny in Egypt. For the first limo in ) is career Sir Garnet is afforded an , pportunity of testing whether his bilitios , heretofore exercised in minor ; il'aira , will bo equal to the conduct of u great campaign. His f mo has boon ti iado , up to the p usont time , as a mdor of expiations against untamed orces. Ho is now at the head of an nny of 40,000 men , in command of n nofit important mission against su- lorlor forces , and on a Hold where his kill , experience and judgment TO likely to bo put to a severe and irotractod test. Sir Garnet Wolsoloy now at the beginning of hia fiftieth roar , thirty years cf which have boon ipont in active service. His first sor- rico was in the Burmese war of 1852 , vhuro ho received uovoro wounds as uador of the storming party , n 1831 ho landed in the c Jrimen where ho served in the trench- )3 before Sebastopol , and while charg ing an advanced position was danger usly wounded about the head , compelling polling his retirement on sick leave EIo gained distinction in the Indian mutiny , served in the Chinese war in L 1800 und was procont at thu taking of the Taku forts. Colonel Wolsoloy'a ( first independent movement waa dur ing the Hod river dillioulty in Canada , when he conducted a inixeti force with considerable skill through an unknown country. In 1872 he commanded the expedition against the Ashantcoa with remark able vigor of decision and an excel lency of generalship which won him a valuable sword , the freedom of the city of London , thu thanks of both houses of parliament , a grant of § 125 , 000 and the uller of a barcnetoy , which he declined. Ono of Sir Gar net's most prominent excellencies na a military man up to the present time has boon his great knowledge of the quartermaster and commissary do- partmonta. His troops in their various campaigns have invaria bly boon perfectly equipped i.nc amply supplied , and it is reasonable to suppose thai the present Knglial army of invasion in Egypt will sulfur from no such blundering and misman agement as that which eo seriously impaired the succecs nf the operations in the Crimea. Besides his military employment Sir Garnet has hold im portant civil posts under thu colonia' oflico. In 1874 ho was sent on special uuHsiou to Natal , and for BOV oral months was atl interim governor of the colony. In 187U ho was appointed u member of thu Council o ; India , and in 1878 high eommisiionor and coiiunandor-in-ulilef of the Islam of Cyprus. In 18/P , after the Is landlwhana catastrophe , ho went ou as high ommiiiaionor of the Trnntvaa and Natal , and reorganized the affair of ululand , Sir Garnet was made captain in 1855 , major in 1858 , lieutenant colonel onol in 1859 , and colonel in 18G5 From 1874 to 1870 ho was commando of the auxiliary forces , with the rani of inspector general. On hia return from Xiiluland , in 1880 , ho waa ap pointed quartermaster general at th Horse Guards , and lately succtcdcc Sir Charles Kllis as adjutant genera of the army. His first niovo in successfully throw ing the dust into Arabia eyes , while ho took poBiossion of the entire course of the Sucr. canal , on behalf of thu British government , la an exploit which argues well for his career in thu now field , where ho will win either diegraco or a dukedom They Do. > i U City itcpubll on. Viilcmtino voted to pass the $10 , )00,000 ) steal over the president's Veto. Let thu people rcmembor it. Svroot Southern Rovonge. AlhnUOdutltutlon , Sheila of dynamite in the shape of Florida watermelons are still parsing lorthward. The south is reaping u oriiblo revenge. Where the Tulk Will End. Buffalo Truth. Smalt U. Anthony will talk wo- nun'fl rights to the Texans until aomo lornod animal Btoura for hur , and then ho will shout for a man to protect ler. 'Bllus nnd Knnx I Whut Moneonsol Sprlnsdcld NcjuhlUtn. Wonder if Doraoy wrote that letter .o Gariield about thu time ho m said o have called Sji ncor into his room to witness a silent transfer of an 011- vclopo of $1,000 bills to Brady ! The tiumo [ Man. ) rnrcr Tribune. Gen. George Ii. McClollan has writ- en a paper severely criticising the Unglmh methods in Egypt. George s the man , you know , who heroically lug celery trenches uruund Richmond n thu very face of two dozen woudcn annons. Preparing for the Next Circus. Cincinnati inquirer. There will bo thirty-four moro rcp- caonfativos and dcle ntua in the next sungrces than in tlio present. Undo iaiii will have to follow the cxamplu ei by orhor enterprising manugerf , : id erect a tent with two centor- olcn. Oonontli the Rule of Men Entirely annul. Cevv York 8t r , When Mr. Tilden has passed away lis memory will etillboafrf < niaconco in the hearts of tlio vho will worship and love him as tht lUtlior and originator of the famous i reverb : "Tho bar'J ' is greatur than ho ballot. " ( Would Hu-vo Dleturbou GoorRo. in77fl : "I lament ho fatal policy of the Htatoa of em- > loying their ablest mon at home. " f he had lived in the e d ye ho wou'd ' amont the moro fatal policy of send' ng so many hard drinkcre , salary- rabbors and harbor billera , mere JOOFB and bluetorcre , to attend to na- ; ional afl'ulrs. : An Egyptian Idyl. llallaJ.An Dublin llallaJ. . linnks , contagionn to tlio Nile , iroat I'harjoh'd duuplitor went to bntbo in style ; ; \ud nn HIO rnn about to dry hvr rovul xkln jlio kic'.cd the bulrueh that had little ; Mos'eH in , \t that ovtnt mirprised , awhila KIO titud ] In Hllouco Kazing nt tlm micreil find ; riicn turnltiK tn her mnids eho euid in no- : co tit. mild : "Blood nn' " ' . girls , which of ycz owns the child ! " PUo Solid South Not Hopelessly Split. Clettl nd llernlil ( lto | ) . ) Thcro are yet two years in which to putty the cracks and put iron bands nround the Bold south , and whenever work citn bo put in to advantage it is certain the bourbons will be busy. Thu shot-gun may have lost its effect , but the fraudulent register , the tiasuo ballot and the false ojunt can still be c depended on as valuable instrument- nlitiod , and legislative enactments have been found to work admirably in disfranchising republican or inde pendent votorn. A Word In tlio Telephone's Ear. 'hlcds'O Hcnld. The telephone is ono of the won ders , na it ia also ono of the nuisances of the ago. Up to u hundred miles or BO it annihilates space , and in the short period of a twelvemonth it is warranted to reduce the best Chris tiun in the land to the most abject profanity. A man swearing at a yoke of oxen cnn oxorcito his lungs and also liii boots upon the obsthmto cat tle , lie can nmkn the woods ring and thu landscape shudder with im precations. But thu outraged man at u telephone has to swear internally , which is an dangerous as nn internal hemorrhage. Ho often forgets him self , and appeals in beseeching tones to the central oflico for help , but is only rewarded by a callous reply from a thin voice that the wires are out of order or somebody's line is across hia. As if he did not know that before. Kallrond TAX Bhurporn. a. The republicans of Kansas call upon the National government to relieve their state from an outrageous imposi tion practiced by thu land grant mil- roads there and elsewhere , The rail road companies have their lands listed , by which they are withdrawn from settlement anil ecourud to thu road * . but thu latter refrain from taking nut patents and perfecting their titles until they are about ready to sell the lands , which remain in the meantime exempt from taxation. In this way millions of acres or railroad land in , Kansas and in other western states , enjoy an immunity from all taxation , although owned not by the govern ment but by these private corpora tions , The latter are enabled there by to hold the lands indefinitely , while they yearly appreciate in value without costing tholr owners a cent in w y tf AX-it ot , The late republican btrtto convention in Kansas asks con gris to correct this by compelling Ih railroads to take the patents to thei land at once , and the local titln thu pitsing from the government , thij thereby become taxable. It is t marvel that Mich a palpable cvanior on the part of the railroads of the ! liability as land owners has been suf ferud so lonp ThoTultd District. Kesrnojr I'rom In the Third congressional disttic the Press prunedts a gentleman uel known in buffalo county , a id Nubrua kn. In no duing , wo desire to stnti at the outset that our candidate hai entered thu race to utny , and win thu nomination , and his numu is H Jii. E C. Calkins. Mr. Calkins served , cnu term in the legislature as senator , ant nirtdo an excellent record , Ho is n or ok'i r , an old stldier , having servot with honor and credit during the war of the rebellion , Upon the great questions which must become the prominent and pre-eminent questions of political economy in the near future , viz : that of transportation , the taril ! nd taxation of corpjrato property , lie is with and fur the people , nut nhould the republicans of this district nominate and elect him to congreos , ho will bo found in thu front r.ink of those who will be over vigilant to defend the weak against the strong He is ono among thu ablest lawjcra in .ho State , a ready and forcible de biter , and n irontloman of as sound judgment as our State can boast , and ivo bulinvo that every citizen of But- ale county should take an honest jriiio in giving him a unanimous on lorscment , and in sending a clclega : ion to Ftomont who will vote for him irat and lust , nnd who will have no second choice. It is only by Handing such men to nominating conventions .hat success is iver achieved. Now ; lmt Mr. Calkins is fairly in the field , et it bo thu business of every friend who buliovos that wo should ncnd a delegation in his interest , to work with ; hat end in view , and not bo deceived jy parties who are laboring to give the delegation to an outrider. Whether urowo Drifting. Larami j lUoaioi itiff People who wcra at the train on Tuesday evening noticed a young man who were a look of chastontd joy and hia hair long. His hair vas hia chief attraction , hanging down his back in wavy ringlets and tied with a piece of pahi blue ribbon. At first the city marshal was going to arrest him for wearing men's clothcp , but pretty neon ho discovered thnt it were a nliuht moustache that looked like the Hull on a Z 0. M. I poach. This ynung man was bound for Idaho , where ho is a mining expert and ter ritorial masher. When a mining expert gets to do ing hia hair up with a blue ribbon , ho wild romance of our mighty wcsi a played out. If the time has arrived vhcn Indian fighters , trappersguides tnd m'ncrs ' wear coraets and drink shocolato , the joy of the free and < -'a.rleBS ( rentier is a thing ol the pwt j 4 illlellOvwo IioJt ) > that thld irian was > ' fraud , and that the characteristic ustler of the Rocky mountains is not > oing to travel over the p'ains with on imbioideied night shirt and n fresh awn tie for every day in the week. 3nco the plainsman rode nil day on . ho luikout for Indui.e and at night ickotod his broncho and atu a cliuutk , if ouli pork or nothing at all and slept f the Indiana would let him , Now tlrubs have changed it seems. Cho Dtift-eyed eoraph , fiesh from the Sow England etoro , p.tcleanup his ooth bruBh and caniplur ice and goes ivhoro lilaty waits him. It ii death o the dnno novel trade and annihil.i- ion to the funny business of the jlood-curdling woat. All ti iiiun needs in these days iu order to become a ' uido and win glory ia a wealth of nair and a gold mounted revolver. If liis thing continues the old "squaw man" will eventually enter the camp f the hostile in a plug hat and a adot blue coat cut so high in the tail that it won't be safe for him to wear MI open back shirt. Buckskin with bacon rind plncquos on it , has gone : jut of date , and the man whoso regu lar beverage was strychnine and alkali ; water , has disappeared almost from , the green plains of this lofty altilood- leum. Good bye , bravo men of the jladsomo west. There are only two jr three of us loft , and wo have to wear glasses and dress in the modern iarb ; of this artificial generation. Ono uf these daya there won't bo valiant cusses enough loft to protect our wo men and children from the hostile col- li'ga student. Railroads und tlio State. 3nn Frinilsco Chronicle. It is the fashion in railroad circles to appeal to the cupidity of mankind by the plausible argument that rail- ; nays enrich the State in the enhance ment of the value of land und the ad ditions made by the roads themselves to the taxable find productive proper ) ty of the country. Thus a railroad , journal treats its readers to some ex ; tracts from a speech inado 1 j an ex- Governor of a wi'storn State , to the ; effect that the 8 COO miles ot railway in the State of Illinois , being estimated at about § 40,000 per inilo , have added over 320,000,1)00 ) to the property of tlmt State ; that they parn § 50,000- 000 a year ; employ 00,000 men , to whom they pay yearly wages amount ing to 825,000,000 , and that their mi- ) tire operating expenses are 30,000- 000 , It is further assumed that these 8,1)00 miles of road have increased the value of land to the extent of $10 an acre , and this makes an aggregate in ) crease of the wealth of the State in ' lundod property , duo to railroads , of : 8350,000,000. "This , " says the ox- Governor , with much ostentation , "is moro added to the wealth of the State by thu railroads than the railroads all is wat. " There is some truth but moro dolu- ion in all this , It is true , fur instance [ thnt rail A ays honuatly managed , and with duu regard to tha rights of those who usu Miuni , do add very much to the vultio of the property of the pee ple. Ltnd situated ono hundred mile ) from market , if its produce hnd to bo hauled with mules , horses , or oxen that distance , would not bo worth nearly as much us laud but five or ten miles from market. And railway , however , that would deal fairly with the producer might make it worth within a small per cent as much. But if thu railway service were conducted " on the average piinclpal ruling these corporations , namely , to tat the pro ducer the full difference between th value of his produce as his own dee nnd its value at the market , it is as clear as demonstration that tbe vnlu of his land would not bo greatly , if a all , enhanced by reason of the railway I ho other sophistry in thn anjumen worthy of exposure is that railways di not , as is assumed , increase the taxa bit a of n state to anything like thei estimated value Take Illinois as an illustration. Her whole Uxablo val utHinlSSO were but § 830,000000 Of this amount but $160,000,000 wa personal property. Railways are taxed as personal property. If thej were taxed at full value their apgro eato assessment would bo $320 000 , 000. It is in fact less than $50,000 , 000 ; lees thr.n ono-sixth the assumct yaluo of a property that yields a ne income of moro than $20,000,000 ! year , after paying all expenses o every kind. This is more than 0 per c > nt on n capital of $320,000,000 Pnvuto property docs not yield moro tlnn this in any state ; yet it is thi rule in Illinois to assess ordinary private vato property at from 50 to 70 per cent of its full cash value , while it is the rule of the railroads to have their property assessed at but 10 to 18 per cunt of its cash valuo. The same rule obtains in nearly every state that is ridden down by these corporationo but moat of all in the Pacific states , where four men own and control ali the railroads south of Oregon. No man over yet objected to rail roads because they aeaist development. No man is so big a fool as thnt. Everyone admits that they do assist development and do contribute largely to the general wealth of a state where tiny are managed with duo regard to the general welfare. The objections are only urged against that by far too largo number of railway jorporations , which , like locusts , ice , and other parasites , demand nnd eat up all that accrues from thorn ; und at the same time , by corrupiinp or intimidating the body politic , evade their just share of the taxes and their other duties in the fitato. Every sensible man who has lived in this state for twenty years knows that the railway have not added substantially to the value of property They have not , simply bocuuso they have taken ; o thomsulvcs , with the hard hand of a Pharaoh or a Cu ar , all the benefits derivable from them. The value of real estate has not increased , at all in irnportion with their extension. Wherever it has increased , it has done so in spite of thPir oppression ? . They should have added ever $100,000,000 .o the taxables of the state. They mvo not , directly or indirectly , added $10,000,000. They should pay taxes m 570,000000 They do not , in ct , pay on $7,000,000. As all they iavo was given to them by the public , hey should bo grateful and aflbrd us ho cheapest rates of any road in the Jnion. They are in all respects un- 'ratoful , insolent , arrogant , coriupt- ng and eliiBivo of their duties to the tnto and the people. Mr. Poor'd Railway Report. rc4 > tro t's. It ! our issu9 of Jtjjy 22 some c-om- aiisons were given from Mr , Henry 'f. Poor's Manual of llio fiiihonda of ho United States for 1882 , showing ho decrease in railway freight rates roui year to year. Concerning this leoreaso and Mr. Poor's conc'usions ' .heralrom , reference is rcado further m. The Rulway Manuel mny be } .ud to stand J.lono as a compend of nformation upon railway matters , and vo avnil ourselves of the statistics lollect''d therein to present some ad- ) litit nil facts of interest beating upon ho developments of the past ytar ; The activity itrrailtoad afftns dur- > ng the year 1881vas extraordinary. thousand three hundred : ind ifty eight miles of r nil toad were built -tho greatest number for any ono 'car. The coat of the lines construct d durinc the year was $233 750 000. bout $75,000,000 were expended on hies in progress , and $100,000,000 in old roads , improving their tracks , now stations , otc. The total imonnt expended in construction dur- ng the year would approximate in ound numbers $400,000,000. It is xpccted that the mileage to bo opened n 1882 will equal that for 1881. Up o the 1st of Juno , 1882 , 3 077 miles vero opened , as agains 1,731 miles ror the same period in 1881. The ailroad mileage nearly doubled in the pears from 1870 to 1881. The gross jarninps of all the roads in operation in the United States in 1881 amounted to $725,325,119 , an increaao over the previous year of $109,923,188. fheir not earnings were § 27C- 354,119 , as against $255,193- 13o in 1880 , un increase of over $21,000,000. The nsuregato surront expenses were $119,505.071. rho amount of intercut paid on funded debts during the year was 5128,887,002 Nuuity-threo millions , hrce hundred and lorty-four thou- mnd two hundred dollars were paid in lividonds in 1881 , as compared with 577,115411 in 1880. The cost of peratmt ; the railroads for the year vas $119,505,071 , or 02 per cent of huir gross earnings. The number of persons employed in operating them ho past year averaged about twelve to the milo of operated line , or 1,200- JOO in all. The number employed in jonstruotion was about 400,000 , mak- ng the total number of employes ibout l.O'OO.OOO. The number of uilea inopuralioninl881 was 104,813 , is against 93,071 in 18SO , an increase f 11,142 miles. In the introduction to his manual , Poor endeavors to provo that on the jart of the railroads no monopoly has existed in fact , and that "in no kinds f business haj reduction of charges 'or service pet formed been so great as hat made by railroads , and that to luch reduction is the vast prosperity tnd enormous wealth of our country ilmost wholly duo. " The tone of this that of the advocate. The necessity if a defense of the existing railroad lystem does not seem to have been irced upon Mr. Poor by any circum- itunces of the work in which ho was engaged. But perhaps ho himself Felt that BoiretliuiK in the way of npology was needed. Lot us examine the grounds of the defense. The ovi- ionco presented is that from year to pear the rate * of transportation have been reduced. When ono con siders the number , complexity and interdependence of forces and inter nals iu the modern community , that must ba regarded as a soiupwhut itraugo statement which attributes "amost wholly" to the action in one direction of a single , though powerful , interest "tho vast prosperity and euor mous wealth of our people. " Perhaps if Mr. Poor's zeal were somewhat wider and moro many-sided it mfg'i be equally apparent to him that the carrying interest could scarcely have ijrown unless there was something to be carried. While the railroad man aeora have been laboring to build ii | the vast prosperity of the country nature and huma i labor , co operating have been also doing something throughout the country , and oapecinl ly along the wmtern linn of the "march of empire. " Indeed , from aomo incautious remarks of Mr Poor , it is plain that some notion of this had at times boon present to his own mind. H suys mat the solo condition of increase of tonnage was reduction of rates , and by acknowledging that the railroads have alwajs charged the freight trnllij over them all it would bear , virtually admits that the internal commerce o" the country has grown , from other am previous inllncnt-os , in spite of , quite aa much as by , the favor of the rail roatt people. What other conclusion could ho himself have drawn from his statement that "it is a law in business that rates or profits depend upon ac tivity of , or extent of , demand , " anc fiom his other statement concerning ono of the great railroads , that ' 'it ha : always charged all ito business woult bear , and in obedience to this rule it must , in the face of constantly in creasing competition and to moot the wants of its settlers 2,000 miles in land , continue ! indefinitely the reduc lion of its rates. " Mr. Poor contends that "there can bp no monopoly in law thu construction of railroads is open to all. " That may bo true ; but the community has of late boon somewhat moro concerned abou the existence of monopolies iu [ act. A now railroad cannot bo buill every day and by .anybody who chooses. The expense is too vnat and the probability of obtaining thi necessary concessions from Icglsla turos , too often interested in main < taining the status quo , is generally rather romoto. The existing roads would scarcely have been granted them by the people. Competition as m active practical force is soon to bo imited by such considerations as ; heso. Now a monopoly may bo erected by the concurring off irts oi nany persons , as well as by the oct oi m individual. The railways practi cally own the roads on which they travel , and control the t radio on those roads. A pooling combination reat- ng on an agreement of thcso carries o maintain certain rates on the roads hey control efTjcts a monopoly in act , however the same may bo re garded in law. Bucklm'M jarmc Waive. The BEST SALVE in the world for Cuts Jruiaes , Sores , Ulcers , talt Ilhoum , 1'e er Sore * , Totter , Chapped Hands , Chil ilains , Corns , nnd all skin eruptions , nn' ) aitively cures lilos. It ia guaranteed tt ivo satisfactfou or money refunded 'rico , 25 csutfl per bor. For cale4by 0. " " . Goodman Prohibitory Ooastltnclonal Amendment - ment Convention. In pu.raura.nco of the instructions ; ivnn by the conference workofa , hold in the city of Lincoln on July 27th , a itato convention of all who favor sub mitting to the voters of Nebraska an uncndmont to the state constitution prohibiting the manufacture and sale f alcholic liquors as a beverage with in the state , will bo hold in the city of Lincoln on Wednesday , September 13ill , at 4 o'clock p. m. The object f the convention will ba to , First. Perfect the organization of ho Nebraska Prohibitory Amend- nont association and elect the olficors f t ! o same. ' Second. To arrange for a thorough lyfctornalie canvass of every precinct n the stato. Third. To make arrangements for mch political work as the delegates present may deem necessary to secure the submission to the voters of the itato of a prohibitory constitutional amendment. The people of each county who be lieve that all government rests upon the conaont of the governed , and that in obedience to this principle of gov ernment the question of the existence of the alcoholic liquor trade should bo submitted to the people , are requested irrespective of the personal habits , so far us the uao of liquor is concerned , to call a convention and elect dele gates to the state convention. Each county will bo entitled to ono delegate at-lurgo and ono delegate for each 500 votca east in the county at the fall election in 1881. The question involved in this cam paign is not the question of prohibi tion or licenuo or total abstinence , but simply , "Havo the people a right to govern themselves ? " The people ask the ( Submission to them of an amendment , and to em phasiza this report it is hoped that the triouds of a government of thopuople , by the people and for the people , will tuko oteps at once to organize the state. THE COMMITTEE. Trno to hoi * Trust Ton mucn cannot be Bald of the over fnltliful wlfo nnd mother , constantly wntchint ; and caring for her dear HIICH , never neglecting n viugle duty In their behalf - half , When they nre lu-sniled by disease , nnd the system nhou d have a thorough cleansing , the ute ranch und bowels regu lated , blocd puiitiid , nnd malarial polsou exterminated , eho uiubt know the that Kiectrio Bittern arc the only sure remedy , They are the best nncljmrest ineiitiue In the world nnd only coat lifty cento. Sold by O. F. Goodman. "ECH'NIOAL AND MINING ES- OINEERINQ.at the Reniielacr Polytech- nTc Institute , Troy , NY. Theoldut encin < er- tiiKBihooi In Amenu Next ttrm Vt lnu tfcp- f mber 11th Thu ro lst-r or 1S > 2 contilnn a Hat nl the vrodiu'oa ( or the pajt 65 jtars , with their pewit b i ; also c tin of tuJy , rnjulto mcnta exiwiBui etc. Adlio s DAVID M .GREENE. dawlui Director. I. DOUGLAS , ARCHITECT , OARPENTER , SDPBRIHfBNDBHT , 4c , all kinds of Job work doue. OLD IJuiLui.Nos HHCO.NSTHUCTKD Kc buildluBH creiteJ. 1'lira auj > cdllca- tloni ( iirnl ln.J 1416 Harnjy at. liet. UthftlStli , PIPER HEIDSIECK GiGARS , OHAHPADNE FLAVOR , j3k3E 3CtJ3El S2MC03BC3G , Tbe bust to the countrj ; lor tbe money. M. A. McNamara , SOLE AGENT No. Q14 S , Fourteenth Street Omaba Are acknowledged to ba the best by .ill who have put them to a praoticil test , ADAPTED TO HMD ft MI GOAL , COKE OR WOOD. MANUt'ACTUlinD BY BUCK'S STOVE CO. , SAINT LOUIS. Piercy & Bradford , SOLE AGENTS FOU O.MAKA. Every Corset is warranted aatls- lactory to Ha wearer In every -way , or the money will bo refunded by the person Irom'wuom it waa bought. The only Corset pronounced by pur Jendlne physlcOins not lnjurlmi to the wearer , andcndorst < lby ladles u the "inostcomtortttblo end perfect luting Corset OTOI PRICES , by Vail , PontAEO Paid I Ilcnlth Prcacri Int. # 1.00. Hclf-AilJuitlnir. I.BO Abdominal ( extra hca > y ) * 2.0U. KurtlnE , * 1.00 Health Preserving ( line rontll ) S.OO. Parngoa SLIrl-Mupportlne , $1.00. i For Kale by leodlnc Itctutl Dealer * everywhere , CUICAGO coitsia' co. , cuicaeo , m. D. WELTY , ( Sncooesor to D.T. Mount. ) ilnnnfacturer and Dealer In Saddles , Harness , Whips. FANOY HORSE CLOTHING Kolies , Dusters and M Goods o ! ALL DESCRIPTIONS. Agent faJas. . R. Hill & Co.'fl f it GOWCflUB. HARNESS "The Best in The World , " Orderj Solicited. OMAHA , NEB me ly EUROPEAN HOTEL , The most co it rail lor.iticl hitnl ID the city. I omt 763 fl.OO , 31 I/I an J ilJO1) ] ) relay. Firnt cl 4 Hestaur nt connected with tlio hotel. .HURST. - - Prop. Corner Fourth and Locust Streets. Ulo Times uud Tieooborpns Kriltm by h th only llfu authorized by her , nnd nil ch not bo a "BIcoJ am ) Thunder" story , auch ai bos HCD miI will 10 ilnbllaUcd , but & true Lltu by the only p ntonho in In pwoi Ion ol tbe ( acta a Jal htul and Jf voted wife. T uth li raoro nturostinu than fiction , AirtHts should apply lor territory at om > Bond 75 ctt. for Sum. pin Book. j K. Wtanitinrn & Co. , . . inn.ini.Atr.a | < ? t JjOulu. Jo. Samuel 0 , Davis &Co.r DRY GOODS Washington Ave. and Fifth St. , . ST. LOUIS , MO. LAKE FOREST U IVERSITY eOOLLEaE-7breo COUHCJJ open to bo'.h AUADBCU'Blc 1 MI * Riulis Gives f 'i"CO l'8 i n .11 dUl , souiinary tot Young 'lt ? bu" " > ' and hcalhluf. > , 'l ' I" txioit oC ftdTanta.-ej. ' " " "to 1"On l882 , Lute Forcut , 111.