Nebraska Newspapers

    DAILY B&E-TtttmSDAiT JULY 17 , 1884 , ;
, THE OMAHA BEE
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natters should be addressed to the EDITOB or Tn
Bli.
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THE BEE MIMING CO , , PROPS
E. R08BWATEK , Editor.
A. n.ntch.Mancr Drily Circulation , P. 1 0. Boj
489 Omaha Neb tt
Wn are told that Mr. Boyd'a proxy
which Dr. Miller carried triumphantly ti
Now Vork , was signed in blank.
Now that James E. Boyd lias roturnoc
the JTcratd will at once order n gonorn
illumination and a torchlight procesBion
JOHN KULLY'S Now York morning Slai
rofuBoa to bo the guiding atar of Orovci
Cleveland. It has boon a cloud of ligh
in thn day and a pillar of flro in the
night for the benighted democracy 01
Now York.
THOSE heavenly messengers from the
democratic national convention bearing
the benediction of the d. o. p. ( dead old
party ) have not yet reached Grammorcy
Park. It will bo an affecting BCOIIO when
they got thoro.
WHEN Orovor Cleveland aaked John
Ivolly to sit down on Orady last October
ho addressed him na "My dear sir. "
The next confidential letter that Cleveland -
land writes to the Tammany boss will
probably begin with "Dear John. "
A COMPARATIVE statement of the quan
tity of food and liquid * consumed at the
Falmor liouso during the two national
conventions , shows that the democrats
nobly maintained their reputation as the
greater drinker * . During the democratic
convention the quantity of whisky con
sumed never ran below GO gallons a day
atthoFalmorhou3candontho nomination
of Cleveland GO gallons of the stuff found
its way into bourbon gullets. During
the republican convention only 30 gallons
lens a day were consumed at the Palmar.
Thoao statistic ] will no doubt have a
valuable bearing on the campaign. They
will bo referred to with pride by Petro
leum V. Nasby at thoOonfodrit X Roads.
How many moro cornerstones will
they lay for the state capitol of Nebraska ?
They laid , a cornor-stono when the loft
wine of the capitol was begun. Then they
laid a cornor-stono when the right wing
tras commenced. Now Ihoy have laid a
cornor-stono for the contor. If another
additon is built wo presume another
cornor-stono will bo laid with grant cere
mony. The l&sfc oornor-stono wo are told
was taken from Stout'a limo-stono quarry
at South Bond , and was out and dressed
at the ponitontlary. The names of the
artists who dressed the stone were not
engraved upon it ; but the names of the
boss and the ponitontlary contractor were
cut into the rock to bo handed down to
f uturo generations.
A IIECENT telegram to the Now York
Jlcrald from Mexico states that the nom
ination of Cleveland is received with
great satisfaction by the Mexicans. This
roust bo vary pleasing news to Mr.
Cleveland. Ho now has the support of
the British lion and the Mexican groasnr.
The Mexican greaser is laboring under
the impression that Blaine will iuvado
and capture his country. Immediately
after Mr. Blaino's nomination a Mexican
paper advised the umostvigilanco on the
part of the national guard , the arming of
private citizens and preparations to pre
vent the threatened invasion by the
plumed knight. It is probably for the
came reason , if the truth could bo known ,
that the British lion now roars for Clove-
land. Ho is perhaps afraid that Blaine
and Logan will invade Canada and annex
it to the United States.
TUB Now York Herald publishes a
map showing the paths followed by the
cholera during its several visile in this
country. In 1882 cholera came from
Ireland to Quebec , and thence to Mon
treal , Kingston , Buffalo , Detroit , Chica
go , St. Louis , up the Ohio river to Cin
cinnati , and down the Mississippi river
1 to New Orleans. In 1848 it came from
Havre to New Orleans , then procoedcd
up the Mississippi river to St. Lctiis and
overland by the emigrant route to Lcav-
onworthj Fort Larainio , through the
couth pass to Salt Lake City , San Fran
cisco and Sacramento , and also up the
Ohio river to Cincinnati. In 180-1 it
came to Now York from England , Franco
and Germany and was distributed through
the United Slates. In ifiCO it came
to Now York from England , Franco
and Germany and was can led to Albany ,
Buffalo , Detroit , Cincinnati , St. Louis ,
Memphis , Nashville , Now Orleans and
f
all otbor principal cities and towns in the
United States. It was nho carried to
the Indian Territory , along the route of
the Union Pacific , then building. In
3873 it came to New Orleans from Havre ,
Bremen and Hamburg , and was carried
up the Mississippi river to Memphis ,
"Vkksburg , St. Louis , Chicago , and up
iho Ohio liver to Cincinnati , Wheeling
and PHUburif , and aJnioat to Philadel
phia and New York. The episode of
3854 followed Iho same coumaaa that of
MCO.
JURIES AND JURYMEN.
In the North American Ilovlow for Ji
ly , Judge Robert 0. Pitman presents n
article on "Juries and Jurymen , " 1
which ho says that "tho theoretical qua
ideations of jurors in all the states ni
reasonably high. " This may bo trtro , bi
the fault lies in the practice of Bolcctir
jurors without regard to the proper qua
ideations. Such indeed has boon 11
practice all ever the country , and parti
ularly in Omaha , until quite frcquontl ;
The fault lies with the officials and m
with the laws providing for the manni
of selection. It is a gratifying fact , hov
ever , that in Omaha there has boon du
ing the last ttvo or three years a gradui
and perceptible improvement in the a
loction of gwnd and petit jurors. Ti
reform BO far has been in response I
the demand of the people , who * are tire
of seeing the professional jurymen ni :
the irresponsible nobodies constant !
filling the jury box simply to pass awe
time ana draw pay. Such juries cai
not , and will not do justice , ar
hence their rcdiculoua or outrageo :
verdicts , as the case may bo , while cau
ing little or no surprise , excite great it
dignation , Such juries afford a profltab )
occupation for the profcusional jury flxoi
It Booms , however , that the commissior
era are at last beginning to realize th
importance of selecting grand and poti
jurors with some reference to their moro
and business atanding in the community
and if they aticced as w H in the future
as they have in choosing the juror
of the present term of court , tin
public will have no reason to find fnul
with them.
It is too often the case that roputablf
businots men , when drawn as jurorn
endeavor to avoid their duty to the pub
lie , and the court is too apt to accopl
their excuses and dismiss them. Sucl :
mon should remember that if they will
not perform jury duty they become re-
iponaiblo to a largo extent for the pooi
: omposition of juries. Upon this point
loint Judge Pitman says : "It is a cur-
ont notion that the reason why so
ow first class business men are
bund upon our juries is that
; hey are excused by the courts.
Clio returns wo have given show that
mch mon rarely got upon the jury lists ,
[ n the nxcoptional cases , whore auch mon
ire returned to uorv , it is no doubt one
> f the most important duties of a judge
o brace himself up against yielding to
my but the best of excuses Boards of
rado would do well not only to indicate
t as n point of honor that none of their
aombors should Book to shirk this grave
mblic duty , but to see to it that their
lass bo properly represented. And here
at mo add that the general hardship of
ho jury duty is over-estimated. I have
opoatodly had business mon , at the end
f a term , confess to mo not only the sat-
ifaotion they have felt in performing
his function , ni > d the interest they have
olt in their workbut * their aurpriso that
t was ao little onerous. "
Judge Pitman very properly advocates
ho hotter treatment of jurors BO that
licit duty will bo performed under moro
*
grooablo circumstances and moro com-
) rtablo surroundings. However ,
nprovomonts in this respect
re gradually being made ,
ad the discomforts of jury service are
ot half so Bovorc os they were some years
go. In the olden times the jurors were
opt without food or dro until they
grcod , and it was only at a comparatively
Dcont date that jurors were allowed to
oparatc during the trial of a criminal
aso.
aso.Tho
The judges of the superior , circuit
nd county courts , in Chicago , propose
o hold a conference this week to discuss
, proposition to improve the jury system
iy calling for the attendance of jurors
lurinq only ono session each day , from 1
o D p. m. Under the present system
ho courts open at 10 o'clock , and at least
n hour is taken up in the hearing of
notions , granting orders , aiid other bust-
icss , before the regular trials begin.
? hua the jurymen are compelled to lose
icarly the whole morning , which they
night profitably devote to their own bus *
ness. It is the same in Omaha , and the
Jhicago plan no doubt would bo found
o work equally as well horo. It is u
natter worth considering by the judges
nil the members of the bar. Under
ho proposed plan the Chicago courts
rill devote the morning to motions ,
irdors , &c. , and the afternoon to jury
rials. It is bo believed that by this di-
ision of the day , business will bo expo-
lited , and jury duty will bo loss onerous ,
nd consequently business mon will not
10 so apt to make oxousos for not solving
, a jurymen. This of course will bo the
aoans of securing a batter clam of jurors.
fho Chicago News , in urging the odop-
ion of this plan , says that the advantages
,10 , so obvious that it is difllcul ) to under-
tand why it should moot with any oppo-
Ition ; the whole judicial system will bo
lonoGttod by it } lawyers will have the
iiorning to devote to olllco work or mo-
ions , judges to the hearing of motions
nd the examination of a uthoritios , and
urors to their own business.
' . 'JUS JiOYCOTTEJiS ONCE MORE
The protest , filed with the city council ,
gainst letting the city advertising con-
ract to THE Bin : is another specimen of
10 feeble attempts to boycott this paper ,
'ho ' protest la signed by ninotopii por-
me , who are put forward as the ropro-
Mitativca of the eutiro organized labor
lomont of Omaha. Upon its face the
3inonstranco boars evidences of the utter
urcgard for truth and common sonso.
t is alleged that Tim BKB la a "rat"
111co and does not pay fair wages.
The fact is that the printers in the BKE
Ilico got better wages than those employ.
I in any other newspaper olllco in Omn-
a. Wo pay il ! cents per thousand ,
liilo the Jfcrald and Republican only
ay U3 CvUt3unii .he essregatu amount of
small typo sot in tb.'ig olllco is greater thai
that many otb < jr. Every union printo
that loft this oFlico would bo only too gla
to como back. Union printers are not cj
eluded on account of their unionism , bu
only when they are sent to this oflico ti
create trouble. If our wages are unfai
why docs the Omaha printers' union giv
permits to members to work in this ol
fico ?
The boycottora ask the city council t
lot the advertising to the paper that h.i
the largest bonn fide circulation. Th !
is precisely what wo demand. Wo ar
ready not only to establish that wo nc
only have the largest actual circulation ii
Omaha , but wo are willing to do the ad
vortislng free of charge if our circulatioi
Is not four timoa larger in the city o
Omaha than thai of either of tha morn
ing papers. Wo are not only willing t
make affidavit as to the circulation o
Tin ; BUB , hut wo are ready to place th
subscription Hat with the names and res !
donco of the paying subscribers bofori
the council for inspection.
The stupid fabricator who concoctoi
that remonstrance says that the morninj
BHR circulates only in Council Bluffsnnc
as a clincher declares that the circulatioi
in Omaha has bcon almost wiped out b ]
the ivitlidrawal of the workingmen fron
its lists. This is decidedly rich. Wo d (
not pretend to deliver the morning cdi
tion of the Bin : in Omaha by carrier , nm
therefore the reference to the Counci
Bluffs delivery is moro buncombe. Bui
it is a fact , nevertheless , that the genera
circulation of the morning BEE is full ;
double that of any rival paper printed if
Omaha. The workingmen , however ,
have never boon subscribers to that oil I
tion. They take the evening BEE , nnc
the boycotters have never boon able tc
reduce the circulation among workingmor
to any appreciable extent.
Our subscription books show that the
largest number of [ [ patrons , of all kinds ,
that were induced to drop the BEE dur
ing the recent strike was 100 and moat
of those have renewed their subscriptions ,
Wo can show to-day that
out of 3,600 patrons in
Omaha not loss than 1800 laborers and
mechanics are regular subscribers to the
evening edition of the BEE , and where
ono workingman subscribes from three
to five road the paper. The reason of
this la that the working people have
never lost faith in the BEE as a true
friend of labor , and the moat effective
proof of this is that ono third of the
men who have bcon induced to sign
Lho remonstrance are now regular sub-
ioribora of the BEE , and there is no doubt
that the others road the paper just ai
regularly aa those Trho subscribe. Why.
Ed. Walsh himself , who certainly kicked
is hard as anybody , now tikes iho BEE
is regularly as ho docs his snppor. And
fet the boycotters advise the council to
; ivo the city advertising to the paper
that is road by the workingmon. If the
: ouncll acts upon their request It can do
nothing else but make the BEE the ofli-
sial paper. The boycotters are only
making themselves ridiculous to try and
injure this paper.
THE Denver Tribune is again agitating
ho Bubject of the removal of the mill
ary hoadquartora of the department of
ho Platte from Omaha to Denver. It
ays that the officer * at Omaha are unan-
mously in favor of moving "from the
lido of the murky waters of the Missouri
.o the moro genial climate of tlio Queen
3ity of the Plaina. " The Irlbunc la
limply wasting KB time in trying to raise
.ho hopes of the people of Denver that
inch a removal will take placo. The
itatomont that the officers here are unan-
moualy ia favor of moving to Denver is
i falsehood. The oflicora located here
ire Kablo to removal to other pointsfrom
.iino to time , but the hoadquartora will
remain horo. The Tribune aooms to
'orgot that Omaha is the natural location
'or the headquarters of the department
) f the Platto. Furthermore , Fort
Dmaha and the government corral or
lopot are permanent establishments , and
mvo their influence in retaining the head-
luartora hero. There ia no more likoli-
lood of the military hoadquartora bolng
novud to Denver than there ia of the
removal of the headquarters of the Union
I'dciiia or B. & M.
WK have always boon 111 favor of all
iho public improvements that the city
: an legally pay for , but there is danger of
incurring liabilities which wo cannot
noot. It is not desirable that our war
rants should bo hawked about , nor that
vo should have a largo lloating dobt.
iVo can better afford to delay Bomo of
, ho work for another yoar. Rome was
lot built In a day , aa the saying goes ,
ind Omaha should not attempt to ovor-
lo itself.
HENDIUUKH has bravely como to the
eacuo of his wlfo , who has boon indis-
root in expressing opinions about Mr.
Jlovoland that are far from coinplimen-
ary. Fortunately Mr. Cleveland has no
rife or there might have boon"troublo iu
ho democratic household.
Olnna anil Franco.
SHANOHAI. .Tuly lo. The French minister
itTlou liua clomumlocl the withdrawn ! of Ciil-
icio troops from the frontloraof Tomnitu ami
ho payment of lutlomulty nski'd by Frnnco.
I'uo demand \vm delivered to Tmiug Li Ya-
non , who rejected It. The time nllowod
ylilun by Franco ( or compliance with the
urnia uliu ottered expired July 1'Jtli , nml war
> l < I > arciiUy U inevitable.
Tlio JUomlly i'aK ! o. $
MA113KIU.E8. July 17. i'weuty deaths from
holern yoeterduy ,
TOULON , July 17. Dantlm from cholera
oat ntifht , ! , Including' the wlfo'of the Adml-
ul Fltqult. Mnnluiiml Cuuimollor Allzarcl
triuattucku.l by thodlsoneo hut night nml illuii
Ills morning. Uosuonu , minister of 'tlio lute-
icr , and Horrluon , mliiUtor of commlrco , nr.
ivud. Tiioywero Invited tpvUHSt. Man.
Irlor hosjilul.
Cnilavorn Carried On .
CONSHOHOCKKN , Pn , . J uy ] 10. IJoJy anatch-
ru oarrlud oil tha badly of Jolm Muy , wko
mrdorad. lila daughter and suicided Us
WESZ OF THK MISSOURI.
The statistics from the records of t !
county assessors of the state , publish
recently in Tnn BEE , f urnish a variety
Interesting information concerning ot
rapid growth in wealth and populatiot
The reports covered twenty five countlo
from Buffalo on the west to the Mi
souri river , and from Ilichardson on tl ;
south to Knox on the north. Th <
embrace a majority of the best count ! '
in the state. The assessed valuation i
real estate in these counties shows an it
oroaso of $1,811,017 ever that of 188.
while personal property increased In tl :
same period $2,325,080 , or a total in
crease in taxable property of $7,137)301
This is certainly a remarkable showln
for ono year , Eittmating this to bo one
fourth the actual value of the prop or t
assessed , wo have a total increase c
$28,519,212 in the gouoral wealth c
twenty five counties. Taking It ft
granted that the counties referred to roj
roaont ono half the wealth of the state ,
low estimate , the total Increase would I
557,098,424 , or $150,434.14 per day.
The increase in wealth is the natun
result of the vast number of omigran !
from the crowded east and the old worl
who have Bottled in the etato during tli
past yoar. The government census of 186
sravo the state a population of 452,40 !
and the ochool census of last sprin
showed a population of 090,000. Th
reports of the assessors show a populo
tion of 453,549 in forty counties , whil
the census of 1880 gave the oamo countic
321,742 , an increase in four years o
131,807 , or an average of 32,920 a year
Should this ratio of increase continu
until 1890 the population of the state wil
reach 1,100,000.
_ Ono important feature of these slntis
tics is the faot that the cultivation o
wheat is rapidly docroasing. In thi
twenty-five counties referred to there ha
boon a decrease in the area under wheat
compared with that of 1883 , of 20,591
acres. Only six counties Nanco , Sunders
dors , Stanton , Platte , Woyno and Dou
glas show an increase , amounting to 82. .
acres. But while wheat is being abandoned
donod , corn ia becoming the great staple
the increase for the present year boinj
105,005 acres. The counties of York am
Saundora show a decrease in area of con
planted , the former of 10,590 acres , one
the latter of 30,534. The total increasi
In land under cultivation in twenty-five
counties foots up 3,810,100 acres. In 1881
there _ were 5,504,702 asres cultivated
and it is safe to estimate , from the abovi
Dgurcs , that fully 10,000,000 are undoi
cultivation the present year. These fig
urea speak louder than columns of word !
af Nebraska's rapid growth iu populatior
and wealth.
A correspondent at Bordeaux , Sioua
jounty , Neb , , writes :
Where Is the Omaha Indian reservation ? If
t sold or being sold to Bottlers and how an
Ihoy Bold , under the homestead or pro-omp-
, ion lawa , or can nny ono purchase them bj
ottllnt ; on them ? Are the lands Rood ! What
3 the price of them ? and who nolU thomt
The Omaha reservation lands , situated
> otween Burt and Dakota counties , were
> poncd to pro-omption settlement last
\.pril. The lands were first appraised af
iricos ranging from $0 to $20 per acre ,
tccording to quality and location. The
onus cf the government wcro the ap-
nralsod price of the land filed on , one
'ourth cash'Und'tho lialftncoia five years.
Dho lands were appraised in forty aero
clocks. A largo number of people have
ilroady settled on the land and doubt-
ess the cream of it is taken , The land
s among the best in the state , well
ratorod and suitable for all kinds of
arming. The Noligh land oflico haa
hargo of it.
Reports from Cheyenne indicate that
lie Burlington will tap the Union Pa-
ifio at that point. This ia not surprising
3r scarcely a week passes that the push-
ig and progressive "Q1' people do not
rive a wedge into a root of its mammoth
ival. The plan is to build north from
[ udson on the present line to Cheyenne ,
distance of forty miles. The now boom
allowing on the hoola of the Yellowstone
aad makes the magio city broaden at
or girth and fool aa if the rest of the
rorld was doing homage to her greatness.
5ut Ohoyonno dosorvoa her good fortune
for pluck and poraorvoronco aho takes
ho boanory.
The Leader says of the now road :
'Oonorol Manager Potter , of the Chicago
turliugton & Quinoy road , Baid to ono
f the loading citizens of Chuyenno , a
ontloman who haa very largo internals
oth in Ohoyonno and Larainio county ,
nd indeed thowholo territory , that ho
as astonished to hoar of the amount of
usincss being done in Choyono , and it
ould bo for the interest of his road to
xtoud their line at once to this city ,
'his substantially is what ho said , they
itend to dc and to do the right way ,
unt as Boon as the necessary arrange-
lonta can bo made and conaummatod.
If the fact that this company will then
rpparo to extend their line at | ouco to
iiis city there can bo no reasonable
oubt. At the present time it is less
)33 than sixty miles from , the Colorado
no to the northern terminus of the Bur-
ngton & Missouri road and it ia there-
sro plainly to bo scou that just so soon
s the authorities of that road are con-
inced ( as they appear to bo now ) of the
ct that it is for their interests to run
un their road to Ohoyouno they can and
rill do so at onco.
Hon. John Dillon , the well known Irish
gltator and cr-mombor of p&rliamont ,
rho moved to Colorado last opring , has
tarted a colonization scheme , backed a
lumber of prominent Irishmen of the
rest and oast. It is proposed to purchase
00,000 acres of land In the Ogden Vol-
ay , Utah , which will bo colonized with
minigrnnts from the Emerald Isle , The
otails of the scheme are not madn public ,
'his is a praleo-worthy undertaking and
no which will result iu much practical
oed to his follow countrymen. Mr.
Hllon has devoted the greater portion of
is life to improving the condition of the
ooplo of Ireland-aud extorting from an
uwilllng , alien government a few half
ivillzed laws saddled with coercion.
) no of the utraugoat features of Irish
emigration to this country ia the fact
tiat at homo the majority of them strug-
lo against high routs to make a living
If a few acres of ground , yet iu this
ountry where land can ba had for a gift ,
lioy crowd the tenements of largo cities
is toad of taking advantage of the
atinn's bounty and making for them-
lives a homo and competence on a farm ,
roe of rout and rasping landlauds ,
The Denver papers are handling Prosi-
cat Lvrj"y , of the Bio Grande read ,
without gloves and contrary to all pug
listio rules. It if ill bo remembered thi
Lovojoy came from the east as a rallron
reformer , and the result of his managi
mont of the Rio Grande property is to I
found in the foot that the road dofaulto
the July interest on its bonds and a ri
ccivcr has bcon appointed , Lovojoy BI'J
nalizod the clcso of his career by toarin
up ono milo of the road where it joins th
Denver & llio Grande Western , in a spiii
of spleen because the latter road , boin
operated under a lease , would nc
Knuckle down to his whims. Spoakin
of hia rise and fall the Denver Opinio
says : "Tho probabilities ore that Prcsi
dent Lovojoy , of the llio Grande , wi !
never como back. In any event , ho wi !
not como back as president.
"Ho has boon a lamentable illustratio
of the folly of placing on ass in a place c
power. At no time has ho known anj
thing about the road. Utterly ignoran
aa a railroad man , ho has depreciated th
property to an extraordinary oxtoul
Frequently in a state of beaatly intoxica
tion , ho has boon unable to devote eve
the small intelligence ho may bo possosse
of in his sober moments to its aflairs. H
has boon the most disastrous fizzle in th
railroad history of this country.
"His order to tear UD the track of hi
road _ is an illustration of his theory a
fighting. An ordinary president wouli
have boon content with having the tracl
washed away through hia own igtioranc
and carelessness , lie would not wish ti
add to the damage by hiring mon to stea
money from the stock and bond-holdon
by committing malicious mischief. Mr
Lovojoy appears to bo an ass of origin
ality , howovor. Ho has a fertility o
idiocy. Or , perhaps , ho waa drunko
than uaual when ho nont the dispatch t <
rob the stock-holders by doatroyiug thoi
property.
"It is about time that thoao who hovi
money in the company should rW themselves
solves of thia failure. The suddonneai
of his elevation lost him what little heac
ho had and ho has been running on the
remnant ever sinco. The sooner ho ii
driven out of control the better it will beer
: or the Colorado and for the RioQrando. '
"
f
NOTABLE VICE-PRESIDENTS.
The Records of Ttioso "Who Worthilj
Filled the Important Oflico.
Chicago Herald.
The oflice of vico-prosidont was intend
ed by the founders ot our government to
bo an oflico of great dignity aud impor
tance. Under the mode of election as at
firstcontrived _ , tho- vice president was to
bo , in fact , the second choice of the elec
tors for president. The electors were to
assemble at the time appointed in their
respective states and vote for two per
sona. The votes were to bo transmitted
to the senate and there opened. The per-
aon having a majority of the electoral
vote was to bo the president , and the
person having the next highest number
of votes , without respect to a majority ,
waa to bo vice-president. At the first
election Washington received the unani
mous vote of the electoral college , but
John Adama received only thirty-four
votoa out of sixty-nlno , not a majority
but the next highest numbor.
Ono of the first questions that Adams
addressed his mind to waa to the titles
which ahould go with the offices of presi
dent and vice president. Sturdy patriot
and great man that ho was , ho liked the
trappinga and the suits of oflice. Ho
appeared on the streets accompanied by
four scrord-bearers , and ho thought and
said that the chief officers of the nation
should bo surrounded with splendor and
pageantry. "High Mightiness and Pro
tector of our Liberties" waa the very
lowest designation ho could think of with
which to approach the president. As to
his own title ho was uncertain. At the
inauguration of Washington the arranged
ceremony was that the president-elect
should bo received by the senate and bo
escorted by it to the house ot representa
tives , where the oath was to bo adminis
tered. This throw Adama into great per
plexity , and ho addressed the aonate as
follows :
"Gentlemen , I do not know whether
the framers of the constitution had in
view the two kings of Sparta , the two
consuls of Homo , or the two auffetos of
Carthage when they formed it the ono
to have all the power while ho hold it
ind the other to bo nothing. Gentlemen ,
[ feel great difficulty how to act. I am
possessed of two separate powers the
DUO in ease , the other in posao. I am
rice president. In this I am nothing ,
but 1 may bo everything. But 1 am
president also of the senate When the
president comes into the senate what
mall I bo ? I wish , gentlemen , to think
ivhat I shall be. "
A solemn sllonco ensued , though the
! on. io of the ridiculouslous was BO strong
ivith Bomo of the senators that they came
near bursting into laughter. Tlion Ells-
worth aroao , with most profound gravity ,
md aaia : " 1 have looked ever the con-
itltutiou and I find , air it ia evident
md clear , air that wherever
; ho fsonao is to bo there , sir , you must
> o at the head of them ; but further , air ,
[ shall not pretend to say. " The sonata
lold out somu time for titles , but the
louse of representatives would not listen
, o It , and it was finally ordered that the
iresldont should bo addressed by his ofii-
sial tltlo only Mr. President. As to the
rico president , ho had no designation
prhntovor.
Adama continued vice president during
.lie yoaraof Washington's administration ,
md then succeeded to the presidency ,
joing followed in the vice presidential
; hair by Jofl'orson. It was during the
attor's incumbency that ho composed
the manual of parliamentary rules that
lies at the foundation of parliamentary
law of the United States.
Aaron Burr succeeded Jollerson after
that memorable contest for the prosldon-
: y of 1800 , which led to a change in the ,
inothod of choosing the vlco president. It
was while ho waa vice president that hia
luol with Hamilton took plnco. Ono of
the best presiding officers that ever filled
that chair , ho ia described as having "the
impartiality of on angel , and the rigor of
) devil. " Hia farewell to Iho eeimto at
the close of his term produced an unex
pected and profound sensation. At its
; oncluaion the whole senate was in tears
md so unmanned that it was some time
jcforo they could recover themselves
lulliclontly to como to order and choose-
I'ico president pro torn.
To Burr succeeded Goorqa Clintontho
'amoiiB war governor of Now York , dur-
tig the revolution , Ho waa an able ,
vary , aolf-wlllod man , very popular , but
lospotio ia hia nature. He wns one of
ho strongest opponents to the federal
ionstitutiou , and mine near defeating it
n the Now York convention. Ho was n
cry imposing figure in the politics of his
iino , bat ha is known loss as vlco prssl-
lent of the United Status than i > a gover-
lor of Now York. _ Governor Clinton ho
vas to the end of hia days. Ho was vice
iroeidont under Jotfersou's second tonu
, nd Madison's firef term. HP gave the
casting vote against the renewal of th
United Stotos bank charter in 1811. H
died In the oflico at Washington In Apri
The next vice-president was Elbridjj
Gerry , signer of the declaration of indi
pondonco and 'member of the constiti
tional convention , minister to Prance an
governor of Massachusetts , a wily an
adroit politician , whoso nome ia no
chiefly remembered because of associatio
with gerrymandering , a political dovic
that ho Invented. Ho also died in oflic
in Washington in 1814.
Daniel D. Tompkins , of Now Yor )
wa < vlco-prcsldont for eight years , froi
1817 to 1825. Ho had boon the govorne
of Now York during the war of 1812 , an
as such had rendered great service to h
country. At the close of his term e
vico-nrcsldont ho was ono of the moi
prominent candidates for the "presidency
but unfortunately for him , the careless
ness with which ho kept his account
during the war governorship gave rise t
accusations of default against him , am
ho sank Into an obscurity so profoun
that oven his vice-presidency is hardl
romomborod.
The next was John 0. Calhoun , botto
known as a senator than aa vico-prcsi
dont. Ho was in fact a loading caudidat
for president in 1824 , with Crawford
Adams , Jacksou and Olaybut his friend
prevailed upon him to take the Bccom
place , with a chance for the succcssioi
afterward. But for him that time novo
came , owing to Jackson's hostility , am
then it was that ho began to brood eve
secession schemes. Ho delivered hi
casting vote against Van Buren's confir
mation as minister to England , where
upon Old Hickory swore that Van Buroi
should bo the next vice-president , will
succession to the presidency. All o
which happened in accordance with tin
iron will of that old despot. Van Buroi
waa Buccoeded by "Col. Johnson , wh <
killed TccumBoh , " Richard M. Johnaon
of Kentucky. Hia caao was the firsi
whore the senate waa called upon to olecl
a vico-prcaidont , there being no choice bj
the electors. Ho was an amiable and
somewhat garrulous old ignoramus , when
the people of Kentucky delighted to
honor with high ollico. Hia lucky ahot
at Tecumseh made his evorlaating fame.
The evidence in regard to that same ahot ,
pro and con , delivered before the people
in 1840 , when ho waa again a candidate ,
would fill many bushel baskets. It ii
now agreed by the historians that ho is
entitled to the honor. But no Whig
would believe it in 1850 , and "Tippoca-
nee and Tyler , too , " laid out VanBuron
and Johnaon.
John Tyler was the first vico-presidont
that succeeded to the presidency in the
constitutional method , and it ia generally
agreed that ho did not increase his fame
by his acts thereafter. The people laid
down the rule in hia case which they
have confirmed in three succeeding once ,
that his accidoncy shall not become hh
excellency by vote of theirs.
George M. Dallas , of Pennsylvania ,
next succeeded , a man of dignity and
uharactor , but of no great ability. Ho
had boon United States Senator and had
hold other offices. He was afterward
minister to England under Buchanan. Aa
vice president ho gave the casting vote in
favor of the tariff of 1840 , a free trade
ncaaurc , much to the disgust of his
Pennsylvania constituents. Ho has also
jntorod the realms of the great obscure ,
The remaining incumbents for this
; reat oflico are noted chiefly for the re
peatability of their mediocrity. Fill-
nero , King , Brockonrido , Hamlin , John-
ion , ColfaxWilaon , Wheeler and Arthur
ire names that will certainly never bo
listoric in any very high sonso. John-
ion will always remain the moat notori-
ma as well aa the most celebrated. His
inly act of vice president was to take the
iath of ofllcoi while oxcosaivoly drunkam1
hen to deliver himself af an inaugura
creed that shocked everybody botl
riends and foes. At such a apoctacl
roll might the dignified ghost of oh
ohn Adams repeat to itaolf , "I wish
ontloman to think what I shall bo. "
Contract Labor ,
'ho Million.
The bill prohibiting the importation o
Droign laborers under contract to work
jr a stated time at stated wages , or pay.
ig their ocean passage , has passed thi
ouse.
The spirit of thia bill ia right. It I
lie first attempt at any real protection
3 the American workingmon. It does
ot forbid any of God's creatures from
joking a homo in any portion of Hii
omuins. It will , if successful , simply
rovent an unnatural migration , now
irrlod on to the detriment of earlier sot' '
era and the derangement of the aocia
rganlzatioiiB naturally growing up among
linn
Thia unnatural , congested migration is
iko the slave trade or the coolie iniigra
ion , a thing to bo deprecated witnou
rojudioo to natural migration.
iJNVo all believe In the payment of the
ublic dobt. But these who have stud
id the matter must carefully are con
inccd that a too rapid payment of pub-
c debts , especially when , as ia our caao
ho debt is interwoven into the business
f the country , ia injurious.
But while thia unnatural migration is
bad thing , and while tno framers of the
w against it mean well , end may do
Jiiio good , wo fear that they have under-
ikon a big job. There are some things
rhlch plainly ought to bo done if pos-
Iblo , which are yet provoklngly impossl-
lo. There are others which plainly
pght to bo done if convenient that i ,
! their doing would not involve collat-
ral damages of injustice equal to or
roator than the bonofita and rightfl to bo
onsorvob.
Wo very much fear , while hoping for
lie boat , that in ono of these two classes
ill fall the attempt to reatrict the im
prtatlon of laborers. It "may bo down-
ight impossible ; it may bd only inoxpo-
lent.
For ono thing , certainly , it will grlov-
usly disappoint its friends. The labor
nported under contract is only a tithe
f what comes in , to compote with Amor-
: an labor , There are a thousand other
ays of unnaturally stimulating lmral ra-
ion , which are beyond the reach of law.
.nd if not ono of thorn were used , cheap
cean passage , increasing war burdens
nd other burdens in Europe ,
ml [ 'increasing population there ,
reeding social disturbances , all taken
jgother , will Inevitably force upon us
> r years to come an immigration which
will bo idle to attempt to stem.
So while wo welcome any attempt to
o what scorns feasible in that direction ,
0 are satisfied that the protection of the
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