Nebraska Newspapers

    OMAHA BAILS' BEE-SATURDAY MAY 10. I8H4.
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AllDmtnon r/otton And IknnltUneM houldfl'
tddrcaxj to Tin Dim PUIIUIIIIIVO OOIIPAKT , OMAHA
DrttiJ , Chock * Mid Postotllco ordcrj to bo made pay
ntle to the order ol the company.
THE BEE PIMISHINOO , , PROPS
r.K03EWATER , JEdltor.
A. II. Filch. Manager Iily ! Circulation , P. 0. Box
433 Omaha , Neb.
Wn wonder whether Marshal Gulhrio
will whack up with the mayor pro tern.
Ex-Au > nnstAN I < ITZOKUAU > , of Now
York , is one of the few men who would
rather walk than ride.
Gr.xr.HAi. OiiANT will now bo put on
the retired list. His presidential boom
lias collapsed with the Horse Marino
I ) ink.
TUB Amoricin onglo will bu eproad nil
over Chicago when the two great mayors ,
Ghasc , of Omnha , and Harrison , of Chicago >
cage , moot.
Do the respectable mombora tf the
Omaha typographical union ondorao the
viloiinil slanderous shoot which is publish
ed in the nnmo of the union as a stipple-
inent to Sfveosy'a hand-hill ?
WHEN Mayor Ohaso , of Omaha , moots
Mayor Harrison , of Chicago , ho will Bay
to him what the governor of North Carolina
lina waul to the governor of South Carolina
lina , nnd the Chicago mayor will liavo to
jot the bill , of course.
Tun last time Butler wai a delegate tea
a democratic national convention WUH nt
Charleston , in 1800 , when ho voted 57
times for Jell' Davis , and then broke up
the convention because it would not go
his way.
Now that wo uro to have a Missouri
river commission Nebraska ought to bo
represented in that bady by soracono
tylio will see that wo gut our share of tlio
appropriation of $500,000 , which in to bo
oxpo'idod on the river from the mouth tote
to Sioux Citv.
WHILE Dr. Miller titill pleads for the
lives of condoiir.itid murderers , Governor
Cleveland , of Now York , ia becoming
convitt''o.l thai hanging is not too good
for tlicm , It appo.\rj that Governor
Glovnlaud hon baou nhamcfully imposed
upon in the can.1 of the wicked Mrs.
Haight. By parsuading him that her
hair had turned white with romoroo and
topontanco , oho secured a commutation
of her death sentence whereupon she
removed a wig and disclosed a head of
hair of the richest and most authentic
brown.
lion. P. F. Muiu'iiv is now mayor of
Omaha. In that capacity ho can render
the city a great and lasting service. TJioro
has been much looseness in the city government
ornment owing to the failure of Mayor
I Ohnso to fill the appointive positions.
Mayor Murphy in now in position1 to
make theao appointments and have them
confirmed by the city council. Lot him
fitop forward and do hid duty fearlessly
and the council will doubtlcas give him
1 its cordial support. To begin with , let
jMayor Murphy appoint a now marshal.
That will not only provo advantageous to
.tho community at largo , but it will relieve
Muyor Ohasa hiinnolf from a voiy awk *
iTRrd'dilemma.
: are some business men in Oma
ha who ought to bo heartily ashamed of
' then : lves. They have ullowod their
names to bo used in the advertising
columns of Jn filthy vile and libellous
supplement to 8 o 'a hand-bill. They
cannot plead tin Vft > y not because they
were told in advauou by tlio disreputable
concern that priutH thoeo coarse and
vuljjiv libels jint what the object of
.its boycotting supplement was.
Tt in very natural that the proprietors of
low dives and dons , who sell rot-gut to
the tramps who make their living
l > y uponging from honest labor
ing men , should return the compliment.
But wo cannot understand how any ro-
. epcctablo business man can lend his name
to euli infamous and lawless work. Sup
pose , for instance , that a prominent dry
goods man , whoso card appears in tlio
vile supplement , should for good reasons
refueo the demands of his clorka.nnd they
should assail kirn in slanderous and filthy
handbills. Suppose furthorthat a would bo
rival in business should huvo these hand-
trills printed and circulated. What would be
thought by the community of any busi
ness man who would countenance such
BU outrage ? What would bo thought of
the man who would solicit trade through
euoh a modiumt The publication of a
newspaper ia as much a business
enterprise as soiling groesriea , dry geode
or hardwaro. Everybody h s a right tote
( to into the newspaper business and so
licit patronage. But no community would
tolento any attempt on the part of r
dealer ia groceries or dry goods to hire c
lot of tramps and vagabond * for the pur
JKWO of villifying and slandering anothei
doilcr. Wo pay this much not becaux
ivohavo sustained the least injury t <
r nu.tation or busioost , but became wf
/eel that common decency should bo ob
nerved by all no 3 who have rcputatioi
fit slake in their ovm bueincss.
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,1 DISGRACE TO WO
IT has boon the boast of our city that
the workingmcn of Omnha , who form it *
backbone , nro nu honest , intelligent , in
dustrious , law-abiding class of people.
Many of them nro excellent mechanic ! * ,
who pride themselves upon their mem
bership in trndcs-uninns nnd other socle-
lies intended to clotalo nnd protect the
interests cf labor. They mean io bo
right in nil lln'ir dealiiiRa and are as
anxious no any other clnsa to keep up
the ( rood name of their craft.
The conduct of a handful of tramps ,
who misrepresent the Omaha typographi
cal union , Undn to bring the good name of
the sober and respectable workingmcn of
Omaha into dUroputo and disgrace.
These audacious acalawngs have tnkcn it
upon themselves to use the name of half
n dozen trades-unions as endorsers
and co-publishers of a boycotting
sheet , which is to vile nnd
filthy that it is unfit to go into any decent
family. Now wo aak in nil fairness
whether any rospccuiblo workingman
wants his union to father such infamous
libels ?
Wo know that the moulders , the boiler
makers , ' bricklayers , ' carpenters' ' and
tailors' unions arc , for the most partcom-
posed of fair , decent and honorablojncn
Will they eay to Una community that
they approve and countenance the rcsoit
to malicious defamation , coawo and vu'-
gar libels ns a moans of obtaining redress
forany real or imaginary grievance ? If so
the labor unions of Omaha will bro.ik up
uf their own weight. Good , true and res
pectable men will ho ashamed tohavo any
fellowship with them , nnd the communi
ty nt largo will feel compelled to stamp
them out ns a matter of self protection
Is it neb high time then that the trades
unions of Omaha should repudiate this
shameful business ? Do they not aeo tha
their good name is being used to pul
Railroad-Eating llouao Swoesy'a chest
nuts out of the fire ? Are the boycotting
printers carrying on this war aa n matter
of principle ? It ia notorious that only
four or five of ttho men who struck in
TUB Br.B olH"o remain in Omaha , and
they , having hired themselves out to do
dirty work , are lining the names of
10 various trades unions for their nofari-
usonda.
The BIK : makes no appeal for sympathy
o its patrons. It has Blood the brunt of
huso and slander for thirteen years , and
ns grown prosperous through the vile
itncka of rogues and blackguards. It
an morn workiiigmon on its subscription
at today than it had before the prin-
ors' striko. But the workiiigmon of
malm , whoso cause it has championed
lirough good nnd ill report , cannot allow
boir good name to bo used as a mask for
uor'lla warfare which would make a
Hottentot blush with shame.
THE FENCES MUST OO.
The case of the United vStatos vs. the
Brighton ranch company to compel tlio
lefondant to take down its fences , is now
n trial in the United States courts in
his city. The defendant is a trespasser
in the public domain , having fenced in
i2,000 acres. Its fence is 57 miles in
ongth. When this case was brought to
ho attention' of United States Die-
riot Attorney Lamborteon , ho laid the
natter before the interior department ,
sklng for instruction nnd nt the same
imo recommending that an the Brighton
anch company was n trespasser , its
oncoa should bo taken down immediately
iy n United States posse.
The interior department , however ,
.dopted the polite , technical and long-
: lrvvm method of procedure in equity ,
bus treating the trespassing company as
f it actually had snmo right in the prom-
sea. An equity case was accordingly
nstitutcd , nnd the defendant actually
liad the presumption to put in an answer
with the intention of making n dotermin-
id fight. It wns not aati&fiod with hav
ng the benefit of free grass for its tnous-
finds of cattle. Inasmuch as the frro
rats has nnido the company thousands
nnd thousands cif dollars it certainly is
in inconsistent plea that the lands are
rtlilcEs. Ewn if they wore nothing
but a lot of cnud hills , they belong to the
> coplo and no one has a right to fence
.hem.
Thuro can b but ono just decision in
uch n case aud that is the fences must
[ o. The Brighton ranch company , however -
over , is not the only trespasser on the
p blo ! domain in Nobrnska. There nro
about u hundred others on a smaller scnlo
nnd it is about time that they should bo
taught that the people have some rights
which they are bound to respect. Cattle
men have raised cattle for years withou
fences nnd have grown rich , nnd then ) is
no reason why they cannot continue to
do ao without being trcapaisera. They
ought to bo satisfied with the privilege o
free grass and free water. It is intiniatet
that the cattle men , all of whom are in
torcstud in the result , brought inlluuncu
to bear on the interior department io
have the Brighton case disposed of ii
court , instead of in n summary manne
by n United States posse tearing dowi
the fences. Had the United States mar
Bh l , however , removed the fences by
force the question would have bcci
settled once laid for all , nnd withou
expense , _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Mil , BLaiixr.'H bKOin in Colorado is no
jmt wlut it 8 ems on the surface. Tli
Denver Tftbuna , a loiuing republics
papur of Onlorado , indulges in the follow
ing coihmont :
' 'Them never wai such a sham as tin
alleged B'atno ' boom. It is OMily tx
pi vincd. Tha eUss of men tvho come tt
aintu conventions the local polU < ci.'iui >
'ilinoat ' nil belong to the following ot fim
hormn/ uopirmus f > r tlio senate. 120
of thwa following * ligurod to eocur
| ) reull < o for ita cliiuf by veleetlng u dolu
K.-itioii which ho could control mid upo
Inch 1m cmld Irade fi r vantag i groun
in the bonutorml battle , which is uln-ail
rauing beneath 1lio aurfacn. Knell Btart * *
with the presumption that lha poop !
wore for Blaine and they all cnpouacd
' CUISP , not becau o they cared for
im , bu' in the hope of winning for
licnuulvo.i Ilcnco wo had the absmd
| ) cctacio of four hostile political factions
eying to out shout onch other for one
tlaino man , when each of th m was will-
ig to desert him in a moment in order
> flcciiro control of the conven-
ion. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
O Til Ell LA NlS T7l. IN 0 UltS.
The cry for municipal rtfornt haa at
nat reached the great metropolis of the
rorld. A bill has been introduced in
nrliamont to consolidate all the hide-
ondont municipal bodies that now make
ip the cliy of London into ono hoad.
it present London ia composed of no lvn *
hnn 03 ! ) local inunicip.il bodies , of which
lie city of London , no-called , is the sin nil
at in area and population , In the
raiual growth of the vast metropolis ,
larish has been added to parish , and
> oroughto borough ; but this addition
aa boon geographical , and not municipil
r political. Around what is technically
ailed "the city , " as a centre , have clua-
orcd from century to century an over
ndotiing circle of oottlomonta , which
ave acquired and preserved each ita own
oculiar iiyatcn of local administration.
Icnnwhilo the "city" itself , once the
Imo of residence of nobles and mor-
lianta , haa , in process of time , been
rnnsformcd into an almost exclusively
commercial and financial quarter ,
t haa retained it ) ancient municipil
pntom , by which the "liverymen" have
looted the common council , the trade-
uilds the aldermen , and tlicso two
iguthor the lord mayor. At the present
mo the "city , " covonng a modest urea
[ only one rquaro mile , does not contain
bovo 50,000 resident inhabitanta.
The measure of the hpmosecretary pro- _
oaoa to mnrgo the "city , " the veatrica ,
lie boroughs , and the board of works
ito n single municipal body It makrs
lie corporation of the city the nucleus of
lie now system. Tlio Lord mayor ia still
o rule , and to rule over four millions in
tend of fifty thousand citizens , that la ,
, ia powers are to run throughout the
wolvo equaro miloa of the rnotwpolis.
'ho board of aldermen in to bo abolished ,
'ho new common council will bo chosen
rionially , and will be composed of tno
undred ana forty mombura , of whom
orty-six will bo contributed by the Met-
opolitan board of works , and the reston
baais of equal ull'rnfo { , by all motropoli-
an London. The electorate will consist ,
f all citizens who , in a borough , are
unlificd to bo burgeaaoa. The exclusive
irivilogo of the "liverymen" ia to bo
Wi'pt away forever.
To the now common council will bo ao-
ordod all municipal powers , except thoao
elating to the police , the schools , and
no or two minor bodies. Tlio motropol-
MII police will otillremnin under the con-
rol > < f the home ofllco ; and the London
chool board will atill bo elected soparatc-
y , and bo independent of the municipal
ody.
ody.Mr.
Mr. Gladstone has a confidence as to
lie safety of Colonel Gordon in Khar-
oum which his following in the British
arliamont and in the English press do
tot share or understand. Ho meota ov-
: ry demand for fuller explanations with a
'uforonce to the neccfaity for secrecy in
n the execution of the plans of the gov
irnmont , and censures the natural curies-
ly , not to sajr anxiety , of his country-
non aa unpatriotic and obolxuctivo. He
udmits that Berber ia in danger from the
mtivo tribes which have revolted all
round it , but assures his hearers that
hay need have no apprehensions what
ever as to the fate of the moro distant
and not leas threatened Khartoum. .Such
ofty confidence must have some ground
if assurance unknown to ordinary mor
als , for Mr. Gladstone is not a fool , and
lonovorhna been characterized by ox-
coaaivo audacity or an overestimate of his
oaourcca. The worst symptom in the
lituatum ia the fact that Colonel Gordon
does not shn.ro in this feeling that Khar-
oum ia safe. If ho be nut misrepresent
ed by what professes to bo dispatches
'rom Khartoum itself , ho is very much
annoyed by the failure of the British
; ovornmcnt to send himself roinforce-
nonts , and is contemplating Jan uvacua-
.lon of the fortress as a ncceaaity.
A confarenco to determine the many
iloubtful points in the politic ) and finun-
CCH of Egypt will convene in London in
) lino. Only Franco has objected to thia
[ imposed oonferonco , and her objection
kvas not to the principle ) of the confer
ence , but to the claim of England to
iniit the scope of the deliberations
Ingla'id wiHlus the powers to confer
nly upcn Egypt's fmnncial diflicullics
franco would only accept an intition up-
) n thu condition that the conference
.mould bo considered free to take up an }
xutof thoc.ise. Apparently this dilli-
uulty hits been overcome in thu true tyli >
of tweedlvdtio diplomacy that is. Eng-
and has nccepUd Franco's demand as to
the rights of thu conference upon thu
undi'ratauding that Franco will not make
any dilllniiltien for England under pro-
tunco of assorting those rightr.
In a recent dobntu in the British com
mons , on the Iiiah magistracy , Justin
McCarthy allowed the injustice of the
prcaoiit arrangement. Iruliuul , having n
population four-fifths C.itholic . , has 80 ! )
Catholic magistrates to it(59 ! ( I'rotputant
magistrates. The point made by McOir-
thy waa that nearly all the magistrates
TO carefully talion out of ono rdlifiioup
organization and from a class hostile to
the will of the Irish people. No people
desirous of fuir dealim ; and impartiality
In the administration of .
justice can p.-t-
tiontly acquiesce in such a ono-sided ar
rangement as this. It is ono of those
IDngllsh devices to keep the Irish under ,
which will before many years bo abel
ished.
The occupation of the most stratogeti-
oal points in Central Asia by thu Iliusinn
forces is caiuirg a good deal of agitation
among British statesmen , more especially
among those who itru opposed to the
Oladstono policy. Thu wily Riminni
are firmly established nt the Aforv ossiw ,
within 250 milts of Herat , the "Kny tu
fiulin , " us it is sometimes called ; rrr-
t.ilnly the key to Afghanistan Thr
Rritish are fully 500 milin from Herat , at
Quutta on the Eonttunst ; HI the Knssiium
IIHVU the ooiiinuiiiliin ; iulv.intni.'iH At
Merv tlioj'havo Potfi'i nnd Afghanietnu
orrtctioilly a * thuir merry , and they will
in.d ubtodly , in ho emrsnof time , s curt !
Unra. and nun x tVroin , leaving , proba
bly , the Hludii Kuli mountains to be
hu southern boiimUrv of tlmir Asittio
unipiro Biucu 1077 ( hn Russlann ha\o
brim steadily ] iu hii | ? Iliuir w. y in Cen
tral AHia , At nv > 'ry frt'sli aKmuition ,
Prlnc ( lottacbaki If u i-d t i atnuro th
IJrit'uli ' gnvcriununt tlmt no tori-1 r a' '
aqilinitlonwmiintuid.fi ; hutyor < f o
ytwr groit Mm-ka > ( TurV o i n havn b o >
niuiuxu'l ; the Ofiis has boi'ii paiscd , ait
to-day thu I'aropowitus and the Hindu [
Cush nro the real southern boundaries of
.ho cfcar's Central Asia ioasc sion . Af-
hanistnn will ono day become n bnno of
contention between Britniu and Kuftsia
I'ho British government , n few years ng > ,
secured the control of lUbochi tau. If
the toriea were in power in England , to
day , there would bo n war in progress for
the possession tf Afghanistan.
iMthough Bismarck has withdrawn from
; ho I'rutniiAn Ministry \\hero ho was con-
atantly nagged and irritated by factional
Hnpulca and the boldness of liberalism ,
10 will bo none the lees restless when
giving hii whole attention to the duties
of the Chancellery , where , lit ) Bays , ho has
, o watch til ! ) cliofs-board of the world.
Indcod , ho haa now armed himself for a
low conflict with the clerical party and n
renewal of the Vatican negotiations with
reference to tlio repeal or further modifi
citionoftho stern vccleMiistical Inwa of
en years ngo. is just now out of question.
The Prussian bishops will not got back to
their sees ; The church will not gut her
subsidy back , nnd the stnto will still con
trol oduoition ; thnl is , unlcsi the Cleri
cal 3 submit to Bismarck and vote fiubmm-
lively for the iixtensiun of the anti-social-
at law , and for the essentially sociuliuic
neasuros. which the chancellor , to beguile
, ho workingman , has formulated , carry-
"iif out the nocialiitic idea of strict pater-
lalism. Bismnrck'e last days are to belays
lays of hard struggling to prop up the
lystcm ho has reared.
Iliiiaia is nutinualy Bounding the pow-
irs ns to their disposition to form n
cnRiio of common protection against
anarchists This ia , perhaps , prelimina
ry to the imperial interviews which nro
set do.vn for Juno , fimmiiuch na there
ia not n country in Europe wluro nnar-
chiom has not recently shown u > mo for
midable signs of life nnd drctructivo in
tent , the fair's "fi-olor" is likely to moot
with n consentient c'/iorm. Such n com
bination of crowned heads , however ,
will tend rather to encourage than dia
may the ommiaaarioa of chaos , who will
btiu.-t tmd thut they have inspired real
terror in the pnliiccs. The mo it cftac-
bivo measures which the sovereigns could
tike to root out this dread evil would b
to sati fy their subjects with equal jus
tice nnd liberty.
Affairs in Cuba are alill very rebellious ,
pince the last elections in Spain the
Cubani are moro than over disposed to
revolt. The result 01 the Into eloctiona
'or members of the Spanish Cortca by no
means represents the opinion of the
country. The best proof cf this ia that
, ho uutonoinists vrcro triiimtihant at the
: a t olcetion for provincial deputies in the
province of llavanna , the moat important
of the whole island , nnd in which the
olooti iia are subject to laws much more
I'quitabio than those for the election to
tlio cortta. The triumph of the liberal
conservatives haa thes foio exasperated
the Cubans and everyone eho who ia
opposed to the Spanish mismanagement.
Tlio triumph of the conservatives waa
brought about by tno influence of the ROV
eminent oxarted in their favor na well aa
liy ooveral despicable tricks to which the
conservatives resorted and nn intrigue
which offended the Cubans very much.
Under Count Tolstory's TWO year's cen
sorship helms killed nine Russian journ-
ils. All f.noisn papers , with the excep
tion of the Danish , Norwegian , Hungar
ian and Siuuiiali , have to pass the ontoal
of the censorship , and some of them ,
mostly FrciiCii. ro nltogothor prohibited
in Ilussia.i , l2ditors { of newspapers and
foreign correspondents appealing to
the Ministry , nro allowed to receive
their paper. } unmutilatcd but only on con
dition of promising noror to Bhoflr these
papers < o any ether mortal. Newspapers
o'o not lloml-ih in lltHtia , as may bo un
tlorstood fwrni the fact that in St. Peters
burg , with ita million inhabitants , there
nro , bosiduB the two olliciul pipers , on ] }
three lluBsian and two German journals.
The latter content themselves with re
peating what their Kusaian contemporar-
ica aay.
Senor Xorila , the Spanish rnvolu-
tloniat. is constantly being told to "movi >
on. " Like Noah's dove , ho cannot find
n resting place. A little while ngo tlm
SWIBH politely suggeatiKl to him that ho
Inavvi thuir hordorB , and now it occur
that Franco told the unfortunnio ugitatoi
lie must ' 'skip" if ho would avoid expulsion -
sion from the Grovy nnd Ferry republic.
Of course , Xurilht "skippid , " nnd unless
hit agitation agitntua n little moro than
has been the case of late , he will have to
keep on "skipping1' indefinitely. Europi
has no uao fpr a nnolutioniat , especially
un unsuccessful one.
The next French cibinet council will
bo called up'in to deeidu the question
with regard to the retention of the French
troops at Toiiquin until the Chinese gov-
ormnmit pnyu tno imlomnity demanded
by Franco. Vice Admiral Poyron ii
strongly opposed to the withdrawal of u
fiint-lo eoldicr until 1 ho rrquiremonts of
the French government nru completely
satibtied.
The dutch are growing daily moro hos-
lilo to ward H Porlnjrnl bre.uno of ita as-
aumption t-f control of the lower Congo
coast , onvlach there nro many dutch
Hottlemcnts : The pnipn-siiion of Portu
gal to establish cuatom hoiura at thu
months of Cmigo and collect duty from
Dntph vessels that trade along tlio river ,
has boon duVuttvd upon with much bit-
torni'fs durinij the past week in thn
Dutch cliambura , and it is believed that
Holland will aecido toreaiat these Portu
gucfto pretentious oven to the point of
war.
r P , J
JuJah P. Benjamin , who haa just died
in Paris , wns in many respects ono of t' > n
most remarkable men of our times , In
his lifo there is much which reminds one
of the career of Boaconsfield. Mr , Ben
jamin never achieved the qroatuosa of
statosmanshp which his other nbilitie *
would seem to warrant , but .w a lawyer
and advocate ho Ind few uuporiors in the
world. Whan Doujtuiin first c mo to
Naw Orloam ho wai mot by very much
the a imo jmrow foolinjj which Uraemia
field once int ro-l whan ont riiii { jiolitic *
in EuglHiid ; ho was taunted with beinc
a .low and looked down upon a unworthy
of the o HiBi'denitioa which hia abihtica
Til Now OrlouMH lien junta's llfn wa a
combination nf tha Imnl working lawjer
vith that of the pond natund , tmny going
leisurely K'-ntlemiiii II v ) would go along
the s'wtji Muuturin : ? wi'h ' an aimless air
iboiit huil. greeting hia friends hero and
them in tlm mtxit cf-Minl and kindly manner -
nor Suyill of otiituto , itnd rather -tout
nnd hnvng ii"thin f that 1-ok of
( i'irli'fijliu-ss which indicated the ilo | > ,
.
thinker. Ithu rasunl observer w < uld never
nl imo MKijn him f > r a great lawy-r Hut
'this ' lnvoof dimplioity dunlaywl in a'l hi 1
I notions nwi owned into the irUl and ar-
iitnont of his case and made tlio \ cry
ofTectivo part which stamped him ns h
nan of L'onius.
Some of the surviving judges of the
mipromo court of Luiitsinim , before
whom ho argued many questions of iin-
loitanco , nil concur that the mostdilli-
cull , complex propositions of law , thu
most voluminous rtcords , wore disrobed
ol their mysticism and of their confusion
after Bcnjimin had concluded an argu
ment. Ho unraveled o\ cry thing no
beautifully , made everything appear so
limpid , that the court always foil that a
great burden had been taken fnnu them
iftor ha had finished speaking. That
WAS hia f > rte as a lawyer , Ins 1 uiguago
was always very simple ; ho spoke tluontly
wid with a peculiar gtaco which c > m-
lled n respectful nttcntion.
Quo day nt n largo joint mooting of
whiga nnd democrats , Itandall Hunt , nn
nldor brother of our l.itu minister to St.
Poteraburg , taunted him publicly with
bning a .low. Mr. Hunt always boasted
) f hia ancestry and was supposed to have
been of Sweuish descent. He had been
very severe in the dubato and had charged
Bonjamino trith being n Jew , It was
then that Bonjimiu rising in hia usual
eimplo but earnest manner opened hia
ipocch by saying , that "tho gentleman
! nd called him n Jew , it was true and ho
wns proud of it. " Then in a burst of in
dignant oratory ho said : "While my an-
costora were battling with the Maccabees
against the imperial mistress of the world
for their lib rlus , hUancestors ( pointing
to Hunt ) wore feeding snitio in the wilds
of Scandinavia and vroro no better than
the brutes they fed. " Thia was received
with much applause nnd no one from that
'o ventured into personalities.
Bnnjimin , in the height of his practice
wua supposed to make in New Orleans
from sixty to seventy thousand dollars
njcnr. He had few enemies. Every
body that met him loved him , and the
only serious antagonist , it is said , that ho
had was a civilian named lloaolius ,
itgainst whom Benjamin , nt times , dis
played feelings of jealousy. There ia n
story told that one day , while walking
down the street with John 11. Grimes ,
ono of the greatest lawyoia of that period ,
and who , by the way , originated the fn-
moua Guinea suit , moro than fifty ycaia
ago , n noiao wua h"ard in the cjurt room
us though some ono was making n great
nrgumont. Colonel Grimes inquired _ of
Benjamin who it was that was making
uio Bpoech , and said , "there must bo
some great question involved. " "Oli , . "
auya Berjuiiun , "that sounds like the
voice of llusolius , ho is taking a judgment
by default. "
Benjamin wns looked upon in his social
iclutiona na a man of a kindly heart , nnd
ho was liberal with hia hand to the pour
to the poor and needy and to the chatita
bio institutions of the city , oven to his
own detriment.
Tlio moat remarkable feature in Benj
man'a career wna after the collapse ot
the confederate government of which he
had been latterly ita atcrotary of atato
when ho made his escape from this conn
try to England , Those who wore intim
utely acquainted with him any that he
arrived in England without any money
He began to practice law in a country
where the system waa totally different
from the slate in which ho haul boon rear
ed. Ho had not lived long in Eiiglnnd
when through the influence of Lord Cairnb
and others , he waa admitted to the far
and subsequently bec&mu Queen's coun
sel. It was said that thia was the flrat
instance of a stranger having
that honor conferred upon him ; but a
great deal oF hia success must bo attribut
ed to the fact that the Roshchild'a and
BeaconsGeld must have also helped him
in hia advancement. In New Orleans
Benjamin had been for many yom&
iho Itwyor of the great bankcis ,
mid wns known to them by reputation
Ho had also been unquestionably in com
munication with the English government
which all through our civil war sympn
thiacd with the confedercy nnd being aoc
rotary of state , of course Bnaconfield hud
often hoard of him. So when he went
to London ho waa not as friendless as
many would have baen. His great abili
ties combined with the assistance of these
friends gave him immediate position
ivhicli few ran hope to obtain. Then he
had been born in an English possession
and the ugh always considering himsull
an American yet , etill ho remained a BUD-
| t-ct of Great. Britiun under the doctrine
'once nnd Englishmen nlwnys an Eng
lishmen. "
With his great aucccssin London e ery
ono is fnmibar. Ho became a very great
lawyer theio nnd ia aaid to have locuivod
ono of the largest feea on record , uuiount-
iiifj to over n milliui of dollars. _ lt ia
not because Americans nrn partial to
him that ho Utamod so much of a reputa-
Mon but his intrinsic abilitita woio no-
< > < ; iii7ed by the members of the English
liar univuiHaliy. A\ hen the lain Judp'
Clinton Brills wa in London ho uas
told the same thing for on hia return to
Omaha when asked us to how Boinjamiri
otoud in England , auaworod ho heard him
.itguo a C.ISD before the privy council and
had made inquiries among the law ) ITS
an to hia pibjiijn there and they all con
currcd that ho was nt the head of thu
Ei > f.'IUh bar.
Whun wo think that a sti auger might
go to thut vaat eity and live thuro for jor-
ty years and attempt to practice law with
out going through the difi'erent degiada-
tions which lliti hvwcra of thu place nro
accustomed to nnd that one might remain
there , it may be , n lifo time und yet be
unheard of , though possessing at rene
abilities , his wonderful success can well
bo appreciated.
Bdiijumin never wrote much , _ but
hia later yeara a work on saloi which ia
mi authority used universally by the pro-
feeaion , waa given to thu public.
The JOWB of this generation can feel
proud of the fact that in the uepartmenta
of statesmanship , law and finances they
have produced the greatest characters of
tht ) a [ jo Thu natnua of Bcaconefiold ,
Btnjiimin and" Rothschild will be the
central figures of those branches , whdn
the historian records tlm salient events
of the cantury. CHAULE.S OODEN.
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Fremont howls for water works.
1 Vrimy nra fiahluK for anckua with rakea nt
I'lorcts.
Heluiyler Colfax loi-turoa at 1'awneo City ou
tlm 11 ill.
Ktrdiii'burg mpnoU to double tlio number
uf licr reftliinuaa tills yiur.
UfliiiiVtti fiom hfluvy rHiiu lacouiplalued of
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Tha truck nt t 1'romimt fair grounda in t-i
ba tucil n | > for driving purpose * .
Tlm Kikhorn mul Alaplo creek ro to lilgh
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