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THE BEE PUBLISHING CO , , Props
B. nOSKWATKR , EDITO * .
A. H. Fitch , Manager Daily Ciroolatlon
T. O. Box , 483 Omaha , Nob.
FoniiTH o ! July oratora are rospocl
folly icferrod to tUo proceedings of th
Illlno's leglalataro forgpatrlotis nmmun
tlon.
TuEiin will bo a small democratic pin
f either In tha ooglo this year for oratoria
plucking -tho first In a quarter of
century.
Now tlmt the city council haa pi.rma .
nontly located the city hall , It is hope
that all obstructions will * e B3 End tha
work will bo begun cti the building th
season.
PRESIDENT CLWEUKD Is evidently
very considerate men. Ho dots not wis
to cill his political friends to Washlngto
during the heated lerm. It will prob
ably bo n "heated , team" all the yea
round for como of the boyo.
Tnn petition asking the city council t
act with a committee- cltizans to prepare
pare n plan for a general Fourth of Jnl
celebration was referred. This moan
that the committee to which it waa re
f erred will make a report aomo time af te
the Fourth of July.
SPECULATION , like trade , Is very anil a
present. A'TStnmercIal paper haa figure
out that tha thousand active members o
the Now York stock exchange did no
earn in commissions , week before last , on
the rocordcd transactions in ntocks nut
bonds , an avorAcro income of ever $ G
oach.
ISN'T It about time for the publication
of the laws passed by the last logislatur
of Nebraska ? The law requires tha
they should bo published within alxt ;
days after the adjournment of the legla
laturo. It in now tbout three months.
Binco the session was concluded. There
is no excuse for any auch delay in thi
Important matter.
THE Saturday half-holiday is fast be
coming an established fact In Now York.
It is estimated that on last Saturday a
least 30,000 employes In that city enjoyoc
a half holiday. All the largo mannfao <
taring establishment ] arc filling into
line in favor of the no departure. Ono
firm employing 2,000 parsons In its va
rious fictorlt a hao adopted the Saturday
half holiday , beginr ing at 12 o'clock , and
with a commendable liberality makes no
reduction in uucci f"r it o half d y thus
given to the Hoiking tccn aad women
This Is a movement thut.lii ban ad to grow
in popularity and extend to all large
cities.
BEFORE any paving is done on Thir
teenth etrcer , couth of the railroati
tracks , the Union Pacific bridge that
spans that thoroughfare should bo exten
ded to the full width. The council octet
very properly in adopting the report ol
of the commltloo recommending that no
paving ho done iu that district until this
obstruction Is removed. The B. & M.
span is eco hundred feet long , and there
is no good reason why the Union Pacifi
epan tihould not bo made the eamo
length , The understanding wa * when
the Union Pacific obitrnctod Thirteenth
it would remove the obstructions and
glvo a clear paitagewoy , the full width oi
the street , whenever travel demanded It ,
and when the council ordered it. Thlr
tecnth' ' street has bcccmo ono of the
busiest thoroughfares in the city , nud is
now traversed by the street cerj. It is
high iimo that Ihe Union Pad Do ahouk
take tome fliers in this matter. It ought
not to wait to bo compelled to movoby
any action which tbo council might
Pnomsou EDWARD FJIXNKI.AND , pres
llont of the Royal college of chemlstrj
in England , has contributed to the number
bor of the Popular Science AlonUily t
valuable and interesting paper on thi
Yellowstone park. Ho dooi not attemp
to describe the wonders of that wonder
land , but dlsonseos Its admirable qualities
as [ a great winter ranltarlum. Ho is
convinced , from his own personal obser
vations during a visit to the Yellowstone
> reglon last fall , that the national pork
possesses all the euential conditions of a
winter climate for invalids in on even
higher dogieo than the valley of Davos ,
in Switzerland , at an elevation of 5.40C .
footubovo the level of the sea. The value
of high altitude for patients suffering
from chest diseases has long boonrecog
nized In 'Europe , and the valley of >
Davos is the popular winter resort
for persons .thus D filleted. The
, elevation of the Yollowiitono national
1 park is greater tlan shut of Davos , tbo
{ * , oeason of snow la lunger , while the free
southern horiton Increases the dally
period of aun hino by moro than two
hours , whilfc there are numerous sites >
well protected from the northerly winds.
Professor Frankland . < eoa no obataclo to
the early development < tt the region as a
great winter sanitarium , .Perhaps eomo
day it will become ni great wscit for
ai Colorado IB now. j
RAILROAD POLITICS
The Republican na'a'taotictd that tr , .
oommllteo at present engaged in 'this city In
Investigating thoVallroad quest ) on , haa tailed
t J receive InfdAnatlon on a C T important
subject , er.rdoly , the chlel le on for tire long [
persistent tnil malevolent Attacks on the rail
way cajtrations of Nebraska by a number ol
people cftllirjr thcmtejivcs unti-monopolists.
A certain oJitor has informed them that at
one/time there was u. strife between the Union
Pacific and the Biwllngton & Missouri on the
question of pro-rata , but tbat editor omlttei
to state that out c ( tbat pnrtular contention
grew the railroad politics which have been an
unmitigated e arso to the Teoplo and to th
corporations ot this str.to. The pro-tola
Rchtme was the spawn of a railroad com
piny which at that time tough t to breakdown
the Union , 1'odfiOiInot by open competition
butbyunjnstacd inimical leginlaUon. Vo
the parpens f pasiinp that legislation tbfl
road sacurcd the services of the Nebrask
member of the national house o ( representa
tivca ( who introduced the pro-rat yrill ) nn <
enlisted the editorial and political astlstanc
o ! Mr. 3idw rd llosowator. Threatened !
this wf.y the Union Taclfic fought In defons
ai bostlt could , doubtless appropriating to It
eelf weapons similar to these employed by
enetmos. Necessarily the ballla was wage
In this state with oven moro frentv than i
Washington , nnd "eides" were formed , which
to nn eminent degree , remain to th
Jaj' . Omaha Republican.
There _ is just enough trath injeclc
into this statement to make it plansibl
to these who arc not conversant with a
tha facts. This chapter of political his
tory , inspired by Mr. Thomas L. Kim
ball , was not , however , inserted for th
purpose of enlightening the Intor-stat
committee about Nebraska politics , be
cause the committee had loft Omaha th
night before the nrticla waa published
lit has boon manufactured for homo con
sumption nnd is designed especially fo
the ears of Charles Francta Adams. I
was written for the purpose of justlfyin
the conduct of the former administration
of the Union Pacific in making that cor
poration the prime faotar
Nebraska politics. The truth of history
however , must bo vindicated oven if i
re-opens old sores nnd has to re-kindle th
moldering embers of the political fire
that were nt n white heat until a vciy
recent period.
Up to the year 1875 the people o
Nebraska were divided only upon party
issues and party line ? . With the ndvon
of Jay Gould and his treated politic !
niter ego , Mr. Klmbnll , In the Union Pacifi
management , a now era began. Th
Union Pacific became not merely a publi
carrier , but a political force that exerted
its pernicious influence upon every quarter
of the stato. The Burlington's aitomp
to pro-rato for its traffic at Kearney
thronph congress may have fnrnishec
some pretext for Mr. Gould's managers
In forcing the employes of the read into
the political field , and using them pro-
mlscuontly like to many Hessians in
fighting pitched battles in conventions
and at the polls. But the real aim waste
to snbjugato Nebraska and rnako It
mere province of the Wall street dictator
with his overbearing political satraps
domineering over the people through
subservient lackeys in office.
The first time that the Union
Pacific politicians showed their
land was not in tha contest over Bur-
ington & Missouri pro rate , but in the
iilstorlo contest over the narrow-gauge
railroad projected from Omaha westward
through Saundoru , Butler and Polk coun
ties. The projectors of this road were
chiefly Omaha capitalists , desirous oi
jetting an outlet Independent of the Union
Pacific into central Nebraska. The people
ple of this county were asked to vote
jondo to aid this enterprise , and the
Omaha press nnanlraouly advocated il
until Dr. Miller performed his celebrated
flop with thu Herald , and the anbuldlzed
Republican followed sulr. At thin jane-
; nro Jay Gould telegraphed his in
'amonn throat , thav if aid iras voted
: o the narrow-gango ho would
remove the machine shops from Omaha ,
and otherwise cripple the city. To cap
iho climax of outrage , a contract was en1
torcd into with the late Senator Hitch
cock , whereby the Union Pacific purchased
'or an onormons aud exorbitant sum the
old Herndon houses for its headquarters ,
and at the eamo Iimo acquired a largo
block of Omaha ItepubUcan stock , thus
entering the political arena as the co
partner of on odious political ring , which
then had Us iron grip upon tbo machinery
of the republican party. When election
day came , tbo citizens of Omaha were
not only confronted at the polls by the
solid array of railroad employes , but by
the whole host of postal clerks , ronto
agents , custom ofliclalr , surveying con
tractors , and & rabble of hired roust
abouts. From that memorable day the
anti-monopoly cry spread like a pralrlo
fire ever the atato. There were no longer
democrats , or republicans , or greenback-
era , but the people on ono side and the
rallrcad with Its horde of stilker ? , cappers -
pors , and hireling bummers on the other.
As between the Union Pacific and Bar-
llngton roads the anti-monopoly elements
naturally gravitated towards the Bar-
Innton , which was then the weaker and
east offensive of the two corporations.
It Is not trno , aa Mr. Kimball Intimates ,
.hat the Burlington secured the services
of Edward Rosewater or of thla paper
or that particular campaign or any other.
iYo favored the prorating wllh tint road
ecaute we believed it to bo according to
ho spirit , if not the letter , of the Pacific
allroad charter. And , furthermore , bo-
auto It would have given ns
healthy competition between Omaha
nd the west whore the
ates were then so outrageously high.
The pro-rata bugbear which Bets Kim-
all worked for all it waa worth , las long
Inco boon shown to bo an arrant hum
tug. We were told by Mr. Kimball
mt if the Kansas Pacific demands for
irorata were over granted , it would be a are
alamlty to Omaha , became Kansas City d. .
ould then have equal /fto'JItles ' with up
Irr.aha ( or the Paclfio coait traffic. The
fiosaa Pacifio has for yoara had yroraHa ,
nd Kansas city has had equal facilities
with Omaha over tinea that road
was swallowed by the Lnion Pacific ) ana-1
conda , If Omaha and Nebraska have
uffered by that prorata , who but the
Union Pacific Is responsible ]
But wo digress from political history.
The pro rsta fight of 1870-77 , which
culminated in the overthrow of Jay
jlonld'a satraps in the senatorial contest ,
is a thing of the past. So is Boss Kim-
ball's Waterloo in Senator Van Wyck's
triumphant election , but the antimonopoly
ely iscucs sllU Eurvivo. The B. it M. is
no longer an ally of anti-monopoly , but
has mudo common cause with the Union
Pacific on many occasions in foist
ing upon Nebraska Imbecile gover
nors , worthless and incompetent
legislators and disreputable and
and nnpricipled congressmen. The
dragon's tooth which Thomcs L. Kimball ,
John M. Thuraton , Captain Phillips and
other political railroad bosses hr.vo sown
broadcast have risen like armies from the
soil , nnd men like Oharios Francis
Adamo , who deprccito these methods ,
are now taught to believe that ; "tho long ,
persistent end malevolent attacks on the
railway corporations of Nebraska by anil
monopolists" are chiefly responsible for
the multitude of enemies which the rail
road ) have mado.
KEEP IT BEFORE THE PEOPLE.
The people of Nebraska who have been
assured that they ard to have relief from
railway abuses through the railroad com' '
mission may as well inako up their minds
that they will remain at the mercy of the
railway managers for at least two years
longer. They need only road the follow
ing synopsis of Commissioner Gcro's tes
timony before the United States senate
intcratato commerce committee as pub
llshod iu the Union Pacifio organ , the
tiepubliean :
0. H. Gere , editor of the Lincoln Journal ,
and ono of the eecrotaries si the stato'raUway
commission , presented his views. It ia to bo
regretted that unavoidable circumstances
render it impossible to obtain hia full testi
mony.
Asked by whom ho thought railway regula
tions should bo fixed , ho replied that the rail
roads might do It themselves under the pro
visions of legislation and the judgment of n
railway commission. Senator Harris Inquired
if the witness believed that a commission
should have potentlary power to repeal wrong
rail exactions. If such a tribunal could not
ba had , ho thought It Improbable that the
railway question could bo Bottled ,
Senator Cullom asked witness how affairs
were fa Nebraska , whether the railways are
paying rebates hero and showing ether favor-
tiems. Ho was doubtful about that ; some
complained that such was the case , and others
maintained that it was not. Asked if he
; hougbt the rebate system fair and right , he
equivocated and said that ho thought it just
; hat a heavy ihlpper should ba granted con
cessions over the smaller , but at the sametlmo
vary phase of rntas phould be open , Asked
f this were not a game of freeze-out against
; ho small dealer ho granted the possibility of
this effect , but maintained that it was equit
able on the part of the roads.
Atked by Senator Flatt if ho had ever been
n the railway service ho replied in the nega <
tivo. Asked if in political contests ia the
state ho had taken an attitude in sympathy
with the roads , he admitted that this had at
, imea been tha case , but in other instances
"he had fought the railways. " Asked if he
'elt now in his own mind tbat ho was free
rom railway bias and obligations ho answered
hat ha was ,
Tuu fine Italian hand of Mr. Thomas
L. Kimball is again visible In the editori
als of the Omaha Republican. Docs
Mr. Kimball propose to ro-opon the rail
road fight In Nebraska for which ho was
mainly responsible ? Does ho imagine
hat ho can deceive Charles Francis
Adams and throw dntt Into the
eyes of the people by publish-
ng a thane of falsehoods concerning -
corning the conflict which * has been
BO dlcaatrous to the railroads in their of-
'ort to dominate over Nebraska
Why decs Mr. Kimball reiterate that
stale and exploded ttory about the thou
sand dollar chock when ho knows , as any
man knows , that Jay Gould and his com
pany have cover been able to silence ,
much leen to control , this paper ? Why
does ho Insinuate blackmail , when ho
knows that fifty one-thousand dollar
checks would have been paid by Mr.
3ould and his corporation , bed they been
able to obtain control of the Omaha BEE ?
If this sinister attempt to revive a con
troversy which has been so unprofitable
: o the Union Pacific in the past is in-
Bonded to bolster up the old ring that
has well nigh wrecked the Union Pacific ,
nnd made almcst every farmer and mer
chant in Nebraska an onerny , in the
eyes of Chirks Francis Adams we
magino It will prove futile. Mr. Adams
can ace through a millatono aa well as
anybody. If ho will only take tha
trouble to Inform himself about the
career of Thomas L. Kimball aa a polit-
cal bull dozer and aa the head and front
of our political brigand * , who have
packed our conventions and legislatures
with venal miscreants , ho will find that
t may ho neceicary to divorce politics
rom railroading moro rigidly than ho has
[ one It BO far. ,
n
THE immense traffic of the railways
hat converge at Omaha and the certain P c
and rapid growth of this city justify , in
nr opinion , the demand for the erection n
f a nnion depot. Kaneas City , Denver , hi
t. Paul , and other cities of much leas
A
mportanco titan Omaha have elegant
nd commodious union depots , which
argely facilitate and Accommodate traf-
c. Omaha has been very liberal for
owards tie railroads in not only grant- at
ng them right ol way through attests and
venues , but she has donated largo and
ostly tracts of land in the heart of the
city to the Union Pacific , which ( o day to
worth from half a million to a mjllion
dollars. Ocr riverfront has been given
almost entirely to tbo ralliojdi , and I Ing ,
It la not naklng too much of thorn to giro
as a union depot that will bo a conven
ience to ( ho public and our own citizens.
With n proper xmdorttcndinR among tbo
railroads that center here , a union pisicn-
er depot could doubtless bo erected which
would accommodate all the roads. The
Union PaclGc cf courio must to the main
factor , and that company is inoro Inter
ested then any other in each a depot.
The dangerous approaches to the present
depot are in themselves an Incentive fcr a
change of locution and rocomtrucfion
Even If the proposed viaducts are con
atruclod the present depot Trill always
remain an cye-soro and nsonrco of dls
comfort and complaint. Itscemn to ns
that no bettor time cauld be chosen thnn
now for taking the preliminary slops
toward a union depot.
TUG moat Important of the postn
changes that gD Into effect on July 1st ,
is the practical reduction of the proton !
rate on letters by Increasing the weight
from one-half to ono ounce , upon \ > bicl
the present rate of two cants will bo
charged. Under the act of March 3
1883 , the letter rate on each half onnco
or fraction thereof , was reduced fron
three cents to two cents , and under the
act of March 3 last
the rate la fixed a
two cents on each cunco or fraction
thereof. The loss that will result from
thla change will possibly bo rnado up by
ttio moro general nso of the sealed on
volopea for overfreight Inclosurcs , hlch
have hitherto been sent at ono con
an ounca unEoalod , as fourth-clats
matter. However , the ounce rate
will bo an appreclablj convenience to
the public. Another Important change
is that authorizing the iasao of a spools
stamp of the face value of ton cents ,
When In addition to the lawful postage
this special stamp fs attached to a letter
the delivery of which Is to bo at a free
delivery office In any place of over 4,000 ,
It shall entitle such loiter to immodlato
delivery. Such specially stamped letters
are required to bs delivered immediately
within ono mlle of any special delivery
office between 7 o'clock in the morning
and midnight. This special stamp will
no doubt be quite freely used , especially
upon important letters.
TIIEHE are evidently no ofTonslvo par'
tisaus among the republican office hold
ers in Omeha. At least they have not
yet been disturbed by any charges that
would lead anybody to euppsso tbat they
have been offensive to any one , not even
to the democrats. This IB n gratifying j
etato of aiTiklrj , and prlma facie evidence |
tha1 ; they have made n good record.
GOVEIIXOK GIICK of Kansas , ha * Invited -
vited President Cleveland to visit the exposition -
position nt Bismarck , near Lvwronco , in
September. Aa the next presidential
campaign is three years off , it is not
very likely that President Cleveland will
exhibit himself at any Kansas pumpkin
show this season.
GENERAL GRANT'S condition is temporarily
arily improved by fho change of atmos-
phoro. His doctor says ho could not have
Ived until now had ho remained in Now
York. Ills removal to the region of
of pnro air at Mt. McGregor may prolong
his life for several months.
STATE JOrilNGS.
A new brick house is going up at Old. t
_ _ A negro horao thisf has been jugged at 1
Ivesrney.
The boys In tha Kearney reform school ore Pa Pn
cultivating ninety acre a cf corn. a
The corner stone of a nowMothodist church
n 13eatrlce will ba laid next Saturday : d
Thieves have been raidint ? tbo freight cars
f the Sioux City and Pacific at Fremont ,
The Falrbury echoo ! district haa decided to
issue bonds to the amount of 54.ECO for a new tib
chool.
The assessed valuation of Gice county is
S5i70,000 ( ; Beatrice 81,125,000. The total
tax levy ia 12i mills.
The eleventh annual state sportsmen's con
vention and tournament will bo held in Sew -
ard , Juno 23 , 21 , 25 and 20.
Over 500 people are said to have signed the
omperunco pledge at Kearney , the result ol
v two weeks' temperance crusade on the banks
if the "ratjing canawJ , "
The house of a farmer named Booth , living
near Burnett , \ \ as destroyed by fire a law
days ago. Mr. Booth attempted smoking
meat too near the house.
A twenty-pound inetcorlta was seen to fall
and strike In the railroad park at Blair , where
it was afterward discovered by the station
agent , It struck a tree in its descent.
Oliver W. Ohllds. the successful contestant
'or ' tbo naval cadetshlp from the "bitr Third , '
9 a Bftventoen-yaur old "printer's devil" m
, ho offlco of the 1'Jainview Garetto. lie has
reefed his shooting stick and tacked a marlm
pike to his belt ,
Levi Calkins , of West Union , Caster county ,
jialtered a fractious cole to lead him home. ci
The colt leaped into the air and Jerked Lev :
so quick that ho knew not what happened til !
he struck the ground headforemost , the c n-
lussion producing death. The deceased was
i former resident of Cass county.
Congressman Laird has concluded to throw
the appointment of a naval cadet from the
iccand congreisional district open to compel- !
ivo examination. He desires all candidates
n his district to address him personally by
Better without delay , and to report In person
at Hastings for examination July 14th at
noon.
noon.An V
An emigrant named B , L. Stanley , on his
way wett with his family , three teams and
herd of cattle , committed suicide at Arupa- M
hoe on Saturday by taking four ounces of
laudanum. Intemperate habits and having
more temper than brains seems to have led to
the act , this being his fourth attempt to climb N
the golden stairs.
While the democrats of North Flatto were erin
holding a mass convention last Saturday , "to in
indicate by tccret ballot their preference as to
whom 1'resldont Cleveland should appoint teni
postmaster , " the announcement came like a ni
cyclone ; , tbat Mr. Ferguson hod ' 'got thar. " nive
An unspeakable silence fell upon tbo auem- vewi
bly Jind muttered oaths and maledictions wiVi
filled : tha air. The gathering kicked itself Vipt
homo. pt
has
Contribution to thoOrclghton Fund ,
Grand Island Independent. Ti !
Ho
It's a little too funny to eoo the Omaha md
an
Republican sue Mr. Oreighton of Omaha
libel for calling tbat paper a railroad pi
organ. The piper estimates the damages arwe
$10,000 , but it will do well if it re we
covers as much as the amount of the 18
Rosewater libel judgment against the
Republican. We will contribute 5 cents . or
that fund If Mr. Crtightcn Is found I ft ho ?
goilty as the Republican was , f ,
ph
Boo the Omaha Lumber Co , before buyto
buUdlnginaterlal , 18tb.Et&UP.R.R. lot
STATE PEE88 COMMENT ,
Thnt titljcl Snli ami the KCftult ,
Nebraska City News : The Omaha He
publican la getting childish. Its editor
has started a five-cent fund to pay the
judgment of K. Rotewater , but so far
has received no subscription ; . Pay up
like men , nnd quit your sqenling.
Paplllion Times : The Omaha Repub
lican lisa brought tttlt for $10,000 dam
ages against Jim Crelghton , chairman of
the Omaha board of pnblio works , for
libel. Crclghton is a democrat , which
will glvo a political aspect to tbo ciso.
The parly getting a majority of iho jnry
will probably wiu.
Nebraska City News : The libel aujt
of E. Rocotratcr vs , Nye and Yost is
ended , nnd a v.rdiot of $100 returned lu
favor of tbo plaintiff , Oar fat frlond of
the Republican will not bo so anxious to
ropubllsh nnythlng ho sees in regard to
an enemy. Rosowatcr made n Rood
fight and won. Glvo the devil hia dues ,
Humbolt Santlnol : Editor llosonntcr ,
of the Omaha BKE , some time ago.
brought on action of libelagainst Iho pro
prietors of the Republican of that city ,
otarglng them with calling him n confed
erate spy , and on Friday'last the jury
gave the Invincible BEE man n verdict for
$100 ; which refutes the charge although
it docs not enhanceRooy's wealth to any
great extent.
North Platte Telegraph" : "Rosoy , "
the Irrepressible Omaha BEE man , got n
verdict of damages in the amount of S100
from Yoit nnd Nye , for libel last week.
The defendants have copied an article
from a country paper which alluded to
Rcsowntor na n confederate spy and
failed to publish a totraction , hence the
suit.
Crolghton Pioneer : Eiwnrd Rosewater -
water , the editor of the Omaha BEE , hai
been vindicated in n recant jury trial Inn
case against the Omaha Republican. In
1882 the Republican got up n atory that
Rosowatcr served as a confederate epv
during the war , nnd that ho was a man of
no character. Mr. Rosawator appealed
to the courts nnd has boon vindicated ,
and it's enough glory for ono day.
Shelton Clipper : In the case of E
Rosewater , of the Omaha BEE , against
the Omaha Ropnblisan for publishing an
article from an exchange , which stated
that Rosowatto was a spy in the confed
erate service , and which has been in the
ccurta for some two years , a verdict waa
found a few days ago of $100 against the
Republican and the great Sir Edward is
vindicated.
Sutton Register : It is seldom that ono
newspaper brings a suit against another
for libal. The fact that the aggriavod
party la in position to retaliate In kind ,
would naturally Incline n jury to award
merely nominal damages In any event.
A suit of this kind was tried in Omaha
last week with the BEE as plaintiff and
the Republican was defeated. The libel
lous 1 article stated that Mr. Rose-water ,
of the BEE had been a confederate spy
during the early part o ! tbo war. The
jury gave the plaintiff a verdict , assessing
the damages at $100. Tbat the state
ment was malicious and false there could
bo no doubt , but many will doubtless
think that the BEE had hold iti own
pretty well in the matter of compliments.
York Times : A Douglas county jury
has 1 ; awarded E. Rosewater n judgment of
ono hundred dollars for a libel , pub
lished * ' in the Omaha Republican a couple
of years ago. The amount is small , but
the jnry probably made n pretty correct
estimate of the ability of the Rapublican
to damage anybody. It is a wholesome
lesson to all papers that employ person * !
calumny and publish rumors as facts It
was often hinted , in the days when the
publication was made , that Mr. Rosa-
water had been a rebel spy bs-
fore entering the union nrmy ;
but the charge had never been
made by n responsible person in a
way which admitted of legal prosecution ,
until the Republican ecizod upon an arti
cle published lu a country exchange , In n
direct statement. Mr. Roco water seized
this ! earliest opportunity to vindicate his
loyalty , nnd though the case has been
pending for some time , ho has succeeded
nt last in proving tbo libsloii j nature of the
article : , nnd establishing his otn loyalty
to the union. The rumor was started
during the Hitchcock senatorial cam
paign , for the purpose of weakening the
influence of the BEC , and was so iridtu-
triously nnd jadlclouily circulated aa to
bo very annoying to Mr. Rosowater.
The North Platte Headlight : Two
years ago last winter , on the uvo of tbo
election of the United States semtor , the
Omaha Republican published some dam
aging evidence ogilcsb Edward Rosa-
water , charging him with being a rebel
spy during the war , and that ho was
only saved from stretching hemp by his
begging for mercy , or something of that
sort ; . Rosswator at once went into court
for damages , ns the only way to etop
these HOJ , end last wesk was awarded
exemplary nftar in
damigc-3 a thorough
vestigation.
The U. P. road nnd its gang of polltl-
oil striker * will readily pay the damages' i
which Rosewater has donated to St.
Joseph's hoapltol and Iho costs , but the
pnblio ate mostly Interested in the signs
that possibly there may bo at some time a
halt to the wholesale Blander and abnso
of those who stand in the way of the
corpointion giant , that is attempting to
break down every ono who will not bow of
the knee. Every county in the state has
the henchmen of the same cloth ; doing
the dirty work for the corporations , and c
their deadly blows fall upon the Independent - flC
dent , fearless advocates of the cause of C
humanity in opposition to the tyranny of
the barons ; and the men who do not get
some scars In the defense of justice are P
not in the thickest of the fight. *
Y
WASHINGTON COIUlESPONDENrH ,
Men Who Mftko tuo Eclioes in the for
National Whispering Gallery.
New York Graphic.
E. B. Wright , of the Chicago Trlburm
and Boston Jotrnal , was horn in Chlcogo ( n
184 ? of Now England parents ; edncaat
ted in the pnblio schools and Chicago
university ; graduated st a German uni
versity and an American law school also ;
wrote for the proas and practiced law at
Washiuglou till 1870 ; became a oorree-
poudent of the Tribune at that date , and ron
remained so ever since.
John M. Carson , of the Philadelphia
Lodger , was born In that city In 1838 ,
Is a graduate of the public schools
of a printing oflice , being t > n accom fac
plished craftsman ; was in the union
trmy and came out a lieutenant colonel.
began newspaper work bcforo the
ar , and resumed it after Its close. In
L872 ho was at Waihlnjton ; as night edl-
of tha National Rsfublfcin , and from ily
.87-1 to 1883 waa the correspondent of 12
Now York Times. till
tillNc
Oharios Nordhoff was born in Weat- Jo.
ihalla , Pracsla , in 1830 , and was brought 1
this country at the age of four. When ,021
ourteen years of age ho went to aoa , and the
Was a sailor for nine yearn. Between
1801 and 1870 ho was editorially con
nected with the New York Evening Post ,
and subsequently served as corro pond-
ptli of the Tribune of this clly. Ho has
baon the Washington correspondent cf
the Herald for many years Ho Is the
author of many well-known books , prin-
ilpally on maritime oubjccle.
Frank G. Cotpantor , the chief of the
Washington bureau of tbo Cleveland
Lsalcr , o'mcs from Mansfield , 0. , and
is abaut 30 years of ago. Ho has been In
jmmtlitm since hla sohoil day , has
traveled extensively in the United States ,
Europe nnd North Africa , and has con-
trlbntod historical and dcacriptlvo arti
cles to prominent papars in this countty
and lo all the leading mag&z'no : . Ho Is
well known throughout the west ns the
writer of tie | gojslpy " 0\rp" letters In
the Loader , from \Ynshlnnton , and is an
occasional contributor to the columns of
the Mall nnd Express of this city. Hit
has n wide acquaintance with the pnblio
men of this country nnd an accurate
knowledge of historical and contemporary
subjects.
Edwin Atiroll , correspondent of the
Graphic , is only in his twenty-sixth yoir ,
but has had nu extensive joarnallstio ex
perience. Born In Connecticut ho re
ceived a collegiate education nnd his
'prentice ' hand" WAS exorcitol by edit-
Ini ; the monthly sustained by the stu
dents. After his graduation ho bccamo
n reporter on the Now York Eiprots ,
from which ho wont to Boston to assume
editorial charge of the Star. Grnvltatiog
back to the Emplro ntato ho was ap
pointed managing editor of the Albany
Argun. Next hu saw aorvloa on the Now
York Star , after the suspension of which
ho bccamo n mornbor of the Graphic's
stniT.
stniT.Ben.
Ben. Porloy Pooro , of the Providence
Journal nnd Boston Budgat , was bora
November 2,1820 , on the parental home
stead "Indian Hill Farm , " at Nowbnry-
port , Mass. Ho still owes it. Received
n partial academic education ; ran away to
learn the printer's trade ; was sent to
Paris for education as a lawyer ; practiced
at Now Orleans ; became n writer and
then n journalist , goluR to the capital
about 1844 , Ho was for thirty-five yuara
connected with the Boston Journal.
Served in the civil war as major of the
Eighth Massachusetts. Ho is a prolific
and able writer , and in addition to innu
merable stories and magazine articles has
prepared valuable governmental work.
Major Pooro la the "Dcnn" of the oarrea-
pondtmta.
William 0. McBride , of the Cincinnati
Enquirer , was born 1844 In Philadelphia ,
and ii a graduate of its public schools. At
sixteen was a soldier in the ranks of the
famous Roundhead Regiment of Penn
sylvania volunteers , and in 18G8 entered
journalism on the Chicago Republican.
In i860 ho came to Washington and
eerved till 1883 as local ropoitcr , city
editor , and department reporter on the
Washington paper ? . Ho haa been chief
of the Ecqniror bureau einco 1883.
Frederick Perry Powers , of the Chicago
cage . Times , was born in Now England in
1840 , Educated nt Munson Academy
and Amherst College , Maseashusotta.
Sradiate also of University of Chicago.
Jommonced jonrnallani at Boston in
L872 , and editor of Newport Dally News
and reporter of Chicago limes from 1870
o 1880. Editorial writer till 1882 , and
Washington correspondent since that
year.
year.Elbrldge G. Dunnell , of the Now York
Times was born in this city in 1845 , was
educated in the public schools and served
his time as a printer. Ho began journal
ism In 1870 , and was connected with the
Evening Post from 1872 to87C. Slnoo
then ho has been on the city staff of the
Times , its Albany correspondent , and , In
1881 , was Bent to Washington , being In
1883 placed In charge of the Times
bureau.
A. W. Lyman , of the New York Sun ,
is a native of Ohio , abont thirty-five
years of age , n graduate of the public
tceooh1 , who has also served at tbo "cass"
and taken ell the steps , as a local re
porter and spcclil correspondent. His
principal experience has boon on the Sun.
He has served aa Albany correspondent
for several years , and was sent to Wash
ington In the fall of 1881.
M. G. Seckendorf , of the Now York
Tribune , Is about 34. yeara of ago , ot Gcr-
i birth. His cervices as journalist
have maiuly baon with the Tribune. Ho
has been at Washington for the pa tthrco
years.
P. V. DoGraw is the popular manager w
of the United Press association. Ho was
born February 21 , 1853 , at Kingston , N. re
J. Educated In the pnblio school * ; tele tli
grapher by occupation. In 187fi ho en tliat
tered Iho service of the Now York associated
ci
ciated prose , remaining until 1883 , when
he assumed his present post. ra
David R. McKee , general agent of the st
associated press at the capital , Ia a native stSi
of Wheeling , W. Va. WM born Soptom- SiN
her 17i 1842 , bo resided in California bi
from 1853 to 18G9. Educated In the pub biH
lic schools ; graduated at ( lie hi h school
at
of San Franos3o. Has bean engaged in atM
railway , ourveylng , banking , In the M
United Stairs marshal's oflici1 , nnd In at
journalism. Wea correspondent at Wneh- th
tip ton from 1607 for the San Frauc'sco ' III
Call and Bulletin. Has traveled exten be
sively In Europe. Been with the asso vi
ciated press for a number of years , and in vibe
entire charge since 1881. tn
Charles T. Murray , of the Philadelphia
an
phia Times and Plttsburg Dispatch , is n anW
native of Indiana , abont forty-fivo years de
ago. Ho has been a newsboy , printer , in
union soldier , editor , author and correspondent tei
pendent , residing In Washington as a teihi
correspondent ; for nearly ton years , Mr. hi
Murray's novel , "Snb Rosa , " la a suc de
cessful delineation of certain aspects of IE [
Washington life. IEmi
Charles M. Ogden , of the Philadelphia ev
BJ and the California Associated evwl
Prets , IB ono of the younger school of wlmi
correspondents. Ho la a native cf New
itt
York state , abont thirty-throe years of sei
age , a public school boy and a practical lal
printer. Ho has been in Washington
pr
six years , and has won an excellent ra
place among the correspondents. an
Ono Kver-1'resent Quality , fai
Boston Post. th
They occupied the same scat in the itha
iraoker , and shortly after the train had ha
started ono of them inquired : he
"Have you got a match ? ' hli
'Yes. to
"Smoke ? " It 1
' Yes. " cai
"Then you must have a cigar , haven't Th [ "
? m' '
m'Ut
"Yoi. " Ut
"Can you spare It1 ? dai [
"No , " 0)1 )
"Too bad ; I haven't a thing on the wll
ace of the earth. " Hi
tilWl
"Oh , yes , yon hove. " Wl
"What is It ? " wa
"Gall. " ata
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Ion
The celebrated "Faust Beer" for fain-
wai
use. Patent cork. Bond orders. of i
.21-1 Farimra St. , telephone 292 , or Bot- Ion
llng works 113 S , IGth at , , telephone atn
. 007. act
Brooklyn has only one church to every ills
inhabitants leu than any other city In bee
United States ,
COLD FACTS.
ContiDualion ( f Mr , Roscwalcr's ' stale-
Ho Tells of tlioKfforts Mint HAVO Hcca
Made by Ncl > r * lcft Tcoplo to
get
At the neeslon held Monday evening '
> y the United States senate intcr-stato
commerce investigation committee , Mr.
Edward Rotowator , of the BF.K , contin
ued his afternoon statements , and eatd :
I have cited in n general way Iho
ciusoa of complaint hero , bnt I have not
dwelt nt any length upon the efforts wo .
have made to get legislation. Our con
stitution of 1875 contained certain provi
sions which made it obligatory upon the
legislature to enact las prohibiting dis
crimination , bnt the present constitution
says unjust discrimination , nnd author
ized them to , If necessary , establish
maximum rate * , nnd required them to Al
prohibit pool leg on parallel lines , and g
authorized them , lu the enforcement of W
nil railway regulations , to go so far , if
necessary , as to require the forfeiture of
the franchises already granted by iho
state. While there have been nlnco 1876 ,
I think , t leant five succeeding legis
latures ( svo have blenlal sessions ) there *
haa botn , I think , only otio practical nt- *
tempt nt legislation , that Is the first bill
oor passed and it Is the only ono In the
statute here ; it is called the Doano law.
This was a bill introduced by State Sen
ator Doauo , of this city. That law In its
general provislons vas In conformity with
the constitution , but It wan assailed nn
being Impracticable , inoperative , unjust ,
extravagant , etcThu railroads declared 'V"
in a general way they would live up to it
to the letter ; but they lived up to it with
n vengeance. They started out , for ox-
nmplp , to declare that they could not
charg ug exhibits to county or state fairs
with full transportation rates nt the name
price exacted from ordinary nbippcrs for
tbo common classes of freight.
Q Well , conld they ?
A. I think they could have made n
classification. The law does not require
nny moro than that for like shipments
ever like distances the same rate should
bo exacted ; tbat tboro should bo no dis
crimination. They said no moro excur
sions cDuld bo run ; they could give no
moro excursion rntcti. Trio rates to ba
charged should be uniform. The law does
not conlemplato anything of the kind ,
and they have so discovered since , but It
was enough to create great general dis
satisfaction. They also went to work to
raise the rates in far western localities ,
constraint . ; this law In regard to short and
long distances , BO that the people said ,
"Hero this law is no reduction to our
ictnal transportation. It ia n burden
Instead of n relief. " In that
way the thing gradually
were down until the managers found it
convenient to ignore the law entirely ,
and I have reason to believe that a great
many rebates and drawbacks have been
allowed , and , as I have shown this after
noon , higher rates have boon charged for
short than for long distances. There
has boon no legislature in session for too
last eight years in which there has not
been a great struggle for railway legisla
tion. The methods geuerallypursued by , .
the railway managers were thooo : They !
would get some of their friend
to Introduce multifarious bills , and comb
of tbcao bills are so stringent tbat
no rational man would want to vote for
them , and by having n larga lobby at
the state capitol and making all sorts of
promises of reward and employment to
members of the legislature , by combining
with parties who had jobs to lobby
through tha legislature , in returning and
exchanging votes they succeeded In de
feating every effort ao far to get legisla
tion , until th's last winter. There have
boon bills passed through ono house and
murdered and defeated in the other.
Q. What additional legislation have
the people been cocking since this first
law waa passed ?
A. In the first place a reduction in the
passenger rate , and it was never obtained
until this last winter , when it was re
duced to three cents.
The general demand was for n law that
would define what unjust discrimination
was , and , if possible , & rate law fixing
the maximum and minimum rates with
regard to four or five classea of freight ,
tbat is grain , cattle , coal and lumber ,
and upon the ordinary Ilnta of mcr-
cbnudieo.
Q. About what proportion of your
ralhojd traffic orgins and onda in the
state of Nebraska. What proportion begins -
gins in some other utato and ends in
Nebraska , and how much begins In Ne
braska and onda In some other states ,
How much in state nnd how much inter
state commerce.
A : Yurlonsstatomcn'shavo ' been made ,
Mr. Dillon In hia last report made .t
statement ; that a large per cnnt , tome- ' ,
thing like 00 or 70 per cent of the on-
llro t radio of the road was local , that ia ,
begin at Qgdon and ended at Omaha or s
rice versa , but that would bo intet-stato '
because n great per cent , such ni coal
Iraflio , begins in Wyoming and ends here ,
tnd large shipments of cattle begin in
Wyoming and go through there , In or-
ler to answer that question understand-
ngly , I would have to study uy the mat-
.er.
.er.I will proceed with regard to this legfs-
atlon. Thcao bills , as I say , bare been
lefeatod by corrupt Influences ; and when
say corrupt iuflences have boon need , I
nean exactly what I say , and I have
evidence of it. I was traveling last
dnter on my way down to Lincoln , and
net a gentleman from Columbus , in this
ttito. Ho aald that the member roprc-
lentlng that county in the previous legis-
ature of 1881 was sent there under ex
press instructions to assist In enacting a
railway ! law , but ho voted the other way ,
md he said that man now haa special
'acilitles and special rates ever
that road for his basinets and
is ruining my business , ( ho IB in the
jardwaro and machinery buslnou ) and
eaye , we cannot begin to compote with
ilm. He has an annual over the road
go whore ho pleases and bealdoa that
believe he has such low rates that wo
annot sell and compote with him.
"hero are many other Instances which I
a'ght cite where members of the Jcgis- '
tturo found their way to this city , not
aring to go back to their
matltuents , but found omplymont
dth tie railroad company. I don't Bay
has been the general rrglmie.
Vhoti the last legislature convened there
an expression of tbo people of this
late on the question of railroad logiila-
, and a constitutional amendment
submitted providing for the election
a railway commission. Our conatlto-
prohibits the craation of any now
tate cilices except those named in the
of 1875 ia the constitution Itself , to
railroad cornmlsslcn could not have
created constitutionally. Therefore
constitutional amendment waa sob *
