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A. EC. Fitch. Manitgor Dallr OirenUtion
TUB sidewalk nuisance still remains a
foo'.aoro as well as an eyesore ,
THE BEE will celebrate Iho Fourth cf
July by appearing to-morrow as uaual.
PROFESSOR KITTLE , of Fremont , la
again In Washington. Ho la bound ( o
keep the political pot boiling.
Ir Omaba had a man like tlio late Mr.
Springer , of Cincinnati , wo would have
had a fountain In Jefferson equaro long
ago. -
IT ia art ill wind that blows nobody any
good. The recent dry gooda smaili uj
Is proving a fat take , as the printers
would call it , for the lawyers.
THE Internal revenue receipts In Ne
braska for the year ending Juno 30 , were
$1.971,270. This is a healthy incronsa eli
i $ -155,479 over the previous year , nnd
shows thai ; wo are growing.
"Wiiv don't such outspoken and lndo
pendent papers as the Herald and lie
jj ublican have something to say with re
gardto the letter of Charles Francli
Adaran on Omaha viaducts ? It may b (
that In their case silence Is gold en.
THE Now York Herald aaya thai
Bt "until Andrew Jackson's time office
f holders were not permitted to nee the
president. " It probably meant to eaj
offico-sookora. as men after they are ap
pointed to offica do not as a rule care t <
t sea the prealdout.
JAMES D. Fisu , the swindling banl
president of Now York , who has beei
sent to prison for ton years , will bi
seventy-two years old when ho is re
leased. It Is hoped that the young mat
by that time will have learned a lesion
and that ho will turn over a now loaf
It Is never too late to mend.
h WHAT Is the reason that the board o
j ; public works does not push the work o
grading the city hall lota ? The CDntrac
was lot two weeks and the time will seer
run out. There are plenty of men win
want to go to work , and the contractor
who appears to bo in no hurry , should bi
ordered to begin operations.
IN the opinion of General Sheridai
there will be no serious trouble with tin
| y Choyenncs in the Indian territory. The ;
I ; are dissatisfied with the leases that havi
[ * been made to cattle men , and the mill
tary authorities believe that the abroga
tlon of the leases and the Issuance of or
dora requiring the owners of passln ]
herds to pay a nominal aum for the grat
consumed would remove all oxtstln ;
THERE are several eminent lawyer
who believe that , under recent suprom
court decisions , this city can compel rail
road companies to construct and malntaii
viaducts over their tracks at their owi
expense , whenever a railroad crossing endangers
dangers the lives of persona who are compelled
polled to t rave HO the tracks. If the cit ;
council should see fat to excrclso Us au
thorlty in this direction wo may be nbl
to got several viaducts without the con
sent of the railroads
Mit. HAWKS roconts the Inslnuatloi
that ho will drop his opposition to th
Farnaui street location of the city ha !
for twenty-five dollars , Ho aaya tha
the Farnam street folks will hayo i
spend $25,000 before ho lets up. W
suggest that a commlttso be cppolntoi t
wait on Mr. Hawca and see if ho can'
bo induced to glvo a permit for bnlldlni
the city hall on Farnam street. As w
have aald previously , a heavy propert ;
owner like Mr. Htwea should not b
trifled with.
WE are informed by a reliable citizai
of Holdrogo that the list of twenty-twi
contributors to the Omaha Republican'
five-cent fund was a fraud , Not ono
half of the persons whose names wen
published in that list were In Pholp
county at the time of the burning of thi
court bonao , and our Informant In of thi
opinion that they never saw the BEE'I
editorial In relation to the tiro. The Ha
w a no doubt gotten up by some shyster ;
who probably obtained most of the
names by false representations.
THEKE Is a great deal of complain !
about the wretched mail facilities between
Missouri Valley and Omaha. A letter
mailed at Mistourl Valley ! n the morn-
log goes to Council B lulls and remains
there till evening , when It comes over to
Omaha , but ii not delivered until the
next morning , It Is simply an outrage
that it should require over twenty-four
hours for a letter to travel twenty-four
miles , It is bopjd that Pcstmaitos Con-
taut will call the attention of the post-
office department to this matter , and
nrgo that Immediate stops ba taken to
Lave It rectified.
THE POWER OF MONEY ,
The acqnlttal of young Sprccltles Is a
d commentary on California jnstlco , It
ill bo remembered that ho walked Into
, ho Son Francisco Chronicle office and do-
boratoly shot the proprietor , M. H. Do
oting , who was unarmed and off his
nard. Da Young had no reason to BUS-
get that young Sprecklos came with
murderous Intent , as the Chronicle had
ot in any way availed him personally ,
t had simply attacked the the giant
lugar monopoly in Its usual bold and In-
cpondont style , and had exposed Its
methods to the public view. For this ,
, nd this alone , the aon of the sugar king
ttempted to kill Do Young. His assault
with a deadly weapon was without [ justi
fication or reasonable provocation.
The .trial has been In progress several
weeks , and has resulted in a burlesque
n justice. The older Sprocklos , In or
der to save his ion from the penitentiary ,
has "BUgarod" everybody whom U waa
necessary to sweeten , Even the news
papers were purchased , and during the
course cf the trial they did everything
n their power to mold public
opinion and prepare It for the
expected verdict not guilty. Th (
speeches of the defendant's cmlneni
counsel were printed In fnll In all thi
San Francisco papers , except the Chron
iclc , and were accompanied by ingonlouily
worded and Insinuating editorial com
monts. For their mercenary part In thl
bnrlojquo these pipars received a total o
$25,000. Having thus thoroughly pavoc
the way for an acquittal and made It oas ]
for the jury to return a verdict of no
guilty , wo ara not surprised that young
Sprecklos Is to-day a frco man
The verdict was not in accordance will
the evidence , which proved conclusive ! ;
to an Impartial and unpurchaaablo mine
that Sprocklos did the shooting , nnd die
It with malicious intsnt and without jnsl
provocation. The only conclusion la tha
> Spreckles' money not only purchased thi
newspapers but the jury. Had ho beoi
a poor man ho would to-day bo Inside thi
walls of the atato penitentiary. So fa
as DoYonng is concerned the vordic
simply Is "Spreckloa served him right.
According to these twelve honest jurors
DoYoung has no right to conduct an In
dependent newspaper In the Interest o
the public welfare. Ho must not crltl
clso the wealthy monopolists of Califor
nia for their misdeeds and thole grinding
exactions upon the people. If ho dooi
ho must take the consequences , and b
liable to be shot down at any moment
The monopolists have no use for a fro
and untrammeled press. Mr. Do Young
if he desires to maintain his antl-monop
ollstic course , will hereafter have to gi
armed and accompanied by an oacori
and bo prepared for any emergency. Thi
only way for him to got justice In sue !
cases as that of Spreckles Is to take th
law Into his own hands and meet the BE
sassins with their own weapons and li
their own cowardly manner.
POLITICS IN NEW YORK.
'With the president and two member
of the cabinet coming from Now YorL
and the Immense patronage at their dls
posal , the democrats ought to bo able t
carry that atato next fall. The pins or
now being sot with that object in vlon
The recent appointments in Now Yor !
are n recognition of the " county democ
racy" in New York city , as again !
Tammany hall. Cleveland owed nothin >
to Tammany , but from a democrat !
standpoint It would have Boomed a mal
tor of policy to unite the two factlom
Perhaps thla was tried , and , Tamman '
wanting the bsst of everything , it wa
decided to reward the faction that atnc
faithfully to Cleveland. Notwlthstand '
Ing the discontent among the Tammany
Itos , who really had no right t ;
expect anything , it Is maintained tha
the appointments ao far made wll
tend to atrengthon the democracy. However
over , the republicans are preparing for
gallant fight. While the democrats cxpcc
to retain the majority of the mugwump :
the republicans hope to aecuro a grea
many votes from Tammany. On th
other hand the democratic bosses wl
probably make a great effort to holi
Tammany In check by a fair distrlbntlo ;
of the great number of minor office
among the two faction ? . Hecrotarle
Whitney and Manning , assiitd b ;
Hubsrt 0. Thompson , who la vlrtaall ]
conceded to ba the actual dispenser o
federal patronage In Now York , will n
doubt endeavor to devise some aatlsfac
tory plan of dealing out the governtnon
pap. The following is a partial state
mcnt of the plunder yet to ba distribute
and It would ba strange If they could node
do a great deal of "harmonizing" with II
The clerk of customs receives $5,000 pc
annum salary , with two clerka at $2,200 an
32,000 respectively , The auditor receive
$5,000 ; assistant auditor , $3,600 ; two clerks
§ 2,000 ; one at $2,100 , and two at 92,000. Th
cashler'a salary Is 85,000. with several clerk
at salaries ranging from S2.7CO to S2.00C
The ten deputy collectors rective $3,000 , nni
eoveral clerks' salaries In each division rang
from $3,500 to $2,000 , Then there are weigh
ere , Rangers arid other employes In the cal
lector's ollico with fat pay and emolument !
not to mention inspectors almost wltbou
limit. The naval oflicer has eii clerks a
$2,500 , eight at $2,200 , and twenty at $2,000
The surveyor has one auditor at $5,000 ant
one deputy at 2,600. The general appraise :
lias one clerk at $2,500 and one at $2,000
The appraiser has ten anittanta at $3,000
chief clerk at $2,500 , twenty examiners al
S2.EOO . , ono at $3,300 , elx at $2,200 , flftocr
at $2,000 , and three at $2,000. There ar
openers and packers at per diem from $3 "f
to $3 ; firemen , inttaengeri , porters , watch'
men and what not , constituting a patronage
far In exceis of any one of the departments
of the government not protected by civil
service regulations.
Tui appointment of Judge Savage as gov
ernment director of railways isuulvorially np-
phuded as the bent that bas been made for
years. Flattering invitations to him to make
war on the Union Pacific railway , coming
from those who had no hand la hUJappoint-
mont will probably not bo accepted by that
gentleman. Ornate Herald ,
Judge Savego has not been made
government director of railroads , but
simply a government director ol the
Union Pacific railway , The attempt to
construe the compliments paid to Judge
Savage by the BEG as a flattering Invita
tion to him to make w&r on the Union
Pacific railroad Is far-fetched , This paper
is not In the habit ol flattering anybody
very much , Judge Savage Is the last
man wo would attempt to flatter for the
purpose of carrying out any policy which
does not commend itself to
his consclonco as being right.
If , on the other hand , the Herald Im
agines that Judge Savage can bo used
like some of his predecessors to play the
stool-pigeon for the Union Pacific man-
agora because his appointment was fa
vored by ono of their organists it under
rates the calibre of the man , Nobody
wants Judge Savage to make war on the
Union Pacific and ho could not do It if ho
would aa a government director. The
fnnctlona of government directors are
limited to an excursion over the road once
a year and a report about Its condition
and its relations to Its principal creditor ,
Undo Sam. In fact' , the government
dlroctoro have for years been mere super
numeraries , and of no moro use than a
fifth wheel to a wagon. At the same
time U Is gratifying that at least ono of
the now directors has mind and ability
enough to compose his own reports in
stead of having them written out for him
y by John F. Dillon , Andrew J. Popploton
it or Charles Francis Adams.
CHAKLES FRANCIS ADAMS , Bonlor ,
whoso serious Illness at hla homo in
Qulncy , Massachusetts , will probably
result In hla death , is seventy-eight yoara
old. Ho comes of an Illustrious family.
His grandfather , John Adam ? , was the
second president of the United States ,
while his father , John Quincy Adams ,
waa the sixth president. Mr. Charles
Francis Adams was a graduate of Har
vard , and a lawyer by profession. In
1848 ho was nominated for the office ol
' vlcc-protident by the froo-sollors ,
who supported Mr. Van Buren foi
the presidency. Having joined the
republican parly ho was elected to congress <
gross in 1858 , and again In 18GO. In the
spring of 1861 ho was appointed minister
to England , the duties of which position
were , during the American civil war ,
very arduous and critical. Ho performed
thesa duties with much ability and prn <
donco , and returned homo in 18G8. Ic
1871 Mr. Adams was appointed ono oi
the arbitrators on the Alabama claims ,
Ho is the only living member of thai
tribunal of arbitration , unless the Brazil
ian viscount d'ltajuba survives In hit
eighty first year ,
te
THEUE Is a mistaken notion among the
retail grocers and provision dealers that s
market house will cripple their trade. In
our opinion the market will do nc
such thing. Usually in cities of out
population market days are limited tc
three days a week. On thoco days the
butchers , bakers , and vegetable gardenon
will compote in open market , but thi :
competition will not seriously Interfere
with grocers who supply patrons all ovei
the city through free delivery. Purchasers -
chasers at the market will have to carrj
or aond homo whatever they buy , and in
st the main the only advantage will ba a
g varied and fresh supply of meats , vogcv
° tables , and fruits. This la desirable foi
all clasaea of citizens , but especially foi
the working poaple. To farmers and
7 gardeners the market will prove a greal
is convenience , nnd Its establishment wll !
cnablo them to dispoco of their prodncti
* to consumers directly with very little losi
of time.
o
it Ix will bo entirely unnecessary foi
11 Judge Savage to disclaim any obllgatlor
11r
r- to the BEE for hii appointment as gov
ra ernment director cf the Union Pacific
Bt The suggestions on the part of cortalr
railroad organists in both parlies that th <
jndgo should make such a diichimer an
as Impertinent as they are superfluous
The BEE lays no claim to any Influence
with President Cleveland's adminlstra
tlon , and It would not exercise it over
if wo bollovod wo had full away with tin
pawors that bo. , Wo don't propose to gc
Into the office-broking business. The
glory nnd profit of that kind of traffic will
bo cheerfully conceded to the bosses whc
run the democratlo machine.
IN last week's statement of the clear
ing honso cities , Omaha bolds the four
teenth place among the thirty cities ro <
potted. Her clearings were $2.-198,303 ,
and uho ranks ahead of Detroit , Minne
apolis , Cleveland , Indianapolis , Hart
ford , Columbus , Memphis and Syracuse ,
and Is close upon Milwaukee , Louisville
and Providence , Nearly all of these
cities are much larger than Omaha.
HERE ia a hint to Omaha cabmen ;
Improved caba In England are now pro
vided with electric bells to signal the
driver. A new hansom has a receptacle
for an umbrella ( presumably a wet one )
outside the door ; the owner , moreover ,
will not forget it , because ha must raise
tha umbrella in order to open the door to
get oat.
THE fame of Smith , "the merchant
prince of the prairies , " bas extended
throughout tha length and breadth of
the land. The people of Omaha will no
doubt bo ontestainod by the editorial arti
cle on Smith , from the New York Times ,
which wo ropubllsh In another column.
If thla kind of weather continues much
longer ( ho summer retorts will not draw
many persons from Omaha this season ,
Wo have heard a good deal abont "cool
Minnesota , " but wo question whether
the summer resorts of that atato are any
cooler thin Omaha ,
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MACKI.V , the Chicago election crook ,
who has made snob a dosporalo fight to
escape punishment , has again boon con
victed upon his second trial , and sen
tenced to five years Imprisonment. Ho
Isn't in the penitentiary yet , however ,
although ho ought to bo there ,
THERE Is a demand for suburban prop-
rly close to the city limits of Omaha ,
'ho ' purchasers are principally gardeners
beer-gardeners. With them a thousand
lollar license saved is a thousand dollars
arnod.
A 1'rlnco of the Prulrlcs ,
There la a truly wild and western flavor
the tale of L L. Smith , of Omaha ,
whoso ambition It was to bo known as
Iho Merchant Prince of the Prairies , "
but who IB , In fact , known only as the
ivaslvo Insolvent of tha Missouri valley ,
Omaha is n breezy aud progressive cap
itat , oven though Mr. Hayes no longer
takes part In Ita commercial activities ,
There is something hi Its atmosphere
which naturally Inspires romantic pro-
"ecta.
To moat men who bad suddenly ac
quired $75,000 and who had no practical
knowledge of the dry goods business it
would not occur to embark the money at
Omaha In that precarious branch of traf
fic. This , however , Is whatL. L. Smith
did , and given L L. Smith , $75,000 , and
this disposition ot mind , his nulmquont
career waa almost inevitable. It was In
evitable that ho should spend hla money
In advertising. There la no evidence and
little probability that a clnglo dollar ol
his $75,000 w s Invested in prosaic dry
goods. A nucleus of dry goods waa in
deed necessary to his nebulous commer
cial comet , but ho seems to have prccnrcc
the nucleus on credit at Chicago , His
ready money ho invested In buying the
whole advertising space of newspapers
a procedure which In itself wo would no1
bo understood rashly to condemn in
"organizing mammoth excursions , " In
giving concerts to the poor , In poker , anc
in backing his horotcopo of the Chicago
wheat market.
Any ono of these diversions , if purauoi
upon a generous and L. L. Smith scale
will in a abort time abiorb $75,000. The
wonder Is how Smith contrived to keep
all of them going at once and under thi
highest pressure fora period of cigh
months before ho came to a pyrotechnical -
nical stna'h. Ho must have frequently
sat behind insuperable hands of poker , o
have forecasted his grain market with oc
caslonal BUCCCBS. If ho had been bleed
ing at every ono of his numerous anc
ample pores his $75,000 could not have
lasted so long. His nucleus stock o
dry goods probably gave him llttlo
trouble. Ho permitted his credu
lous creditors in Chicago to do the
thinking about that. Perhaps , Indeed
ho sold some of It , and applied the pro
ceoda toward the fulfillment cf his mis
slon of painting Omaha and Ha vlclnll ;
rod. This mission ho seems to have thoroughly
roughly accomplished. Ho rubricated an
area extending over several degrees o
latitude and longitude , and In the seclu
slon to which ho is for a time oondemnec
ho may solace himself with the conscious
ness that , though other men may have
made larger and moro continuous profi
at Belling dry goods in Omaha , no othe
man , since the distant daya of George
Francis Train and the Credit Foncier ha
over made that capital for a season eo to
howl.
It must bo a wild local rumor whlcl
declares that the merchant prince of the
prairies has abicondod with 3100.000
Patting $75,000 Into a business which ap
pears to have consisted almost exclusively
of liabilities , and running the same on i
scale of uncqnaled grandeur for elgh
months , would not as a rule produce tha
or any other balance on the right side
Besides , It Is not In the nature of L , L
Smiths to abandon BO exciting a game
before It is played out , so long aa there
la a etako left. When things become desperate
perato , and when the adventurer If , In hla
own expressive language , "flat broke , '
then only ho gathers what fragments can
be laid hold upon and absconds. It i
extremely unlikely that L , L. Smith ha
gathered $100,000 as the fragments o
the $75,000 which ho invested in tbo rot
paint now bleaching upon the fences o
the Northwest. Appirently ho did receive
ceivo some money from the persons who
bought out hla business , and his liabili
ties ho seoma to have bequeathet
In an Impartial dlvieion between them
and his creditors In Chicago. These latter
persons seem to bo rather worse off thai
anybody else , injurious as this fact mus
bo to the just reputation of the wes
for smartness. Not very long ago a
Chicago newspaper contained an affect
Ing recital of the horrors of Lud
low street jail , to which It attachocc
the striking moral that country mer
chants who wished to swindle their
creditors without nndeigolng these In
convonloncicn and Indignities ahoulc
avoid New York and buy their goods In
Chicago. Perhaps after a few moro L
L Smiths have arisen in the retail trade
like rockets and come down like sticks
the wholesale merchants of iho wostcn
centres may conclude that the establish
mcnts of local institutions planned on the
general lines of Ludlow street jail mlgh
have a sobering effect upon the Imagine ,
tlona of ambitions retailors.
Vn Wyok's Enemies ,
Grand Island Independent ,
The Lincoln Journal , "tho paper o :
Gere , the now R. R. oem , " with great
gusto reprints an article of the Bradshaw
Gazette , In which that paper gives ex
pression to Its monopoly feelings by abus
ing our senior Bonator VonWyck , Van
\\yckis too old for those corporation
tooli , they want him "to throw the bur
den on younger ahonldera1 who are willIng -
Ing to carry loadsfor the corporation
aristocracy , and they prophesy that at
the next senatorial election the people
"will see that ho ( VanWyck ) Is put upon
tha shelf BO high , that ho will no longer
bo offciislvp to the nostrils of a long-Buf
fering and patient constituency until
the end of time. " By "constituency"
theaaR. R. papers of couiso mean the
It R. magnates and their dependency ,
who are ia the habit of electing sena
tors for the people , and who hata Van
Wyok , because , all his "old ago" not
withstanding , ho was young and
vigorous enough , to defeat Dingle-handed
the whole railroad gang cf the United
States senate , and to B&VO for the people
millions of acres of land , which some of
the railroad kings had already In their
rapacious month , trying to rob the people
of them. To such an "old man" they
would greatly prefer a youngster , broke
In due time to the bit and harness of the
corporations , a mm like those , who are
considered good enough for Nebraska
railroad commlaslonore. The railroad
bosses will make , and are now already
making a great effort to defeat Van
Wyck , and they will spend not only their
own money for this purpose , but they are
crafty enough to got .their bands into
the atato treasury , procuring for their
hirelings $2,000 salaries , In order to get
rid of the only senator who defends the
people ,
A SCRAP OF HISTORY ,
ThcPeriMOuS Treachery of Jainos J ,
Bayard to Aaron Bnrr ,
ilcctod as n Supporter of llurr llo
Betrays Him lor Jefferson The
Primary Unnso of thoJlnm-
Ilton-Bnrr Duel ,
To the JVlltor ot tbo BKK.
Tn Hit asaoclatod proas dispatches n
'ow ' days ngo I read abont half of a col
umn containing an interview of Hon.
Chof. F. Bayard , secretary of state , concerning -
corning what Impartial history written at
the time pronounces the meanest kind of
lorfidy.
The Hon. Thos. F. Bayard muit cer
tainly know the History of the memorable
contest that took place In the house of
representatives in February , 1801 , when
on the 7th day and thirty-fifth ballot his
; rand father , James J. Bayard , waa
; nllty of treason to the federal party and
became a traitor to hla friend and patron ,
Aaron Bnrr. Ho certainly is not ignor
ant of the untiring efforts of hla father
and his undo which ceased only with
their death , to change public opinion
concerning this most perfidious act of his
[ grandfather.
There have boon but two presidential
olocttona when no candidate received a
majority of the votes of the electors
college , the first was in the fall of ISflO
and the cocond In the fall of 1824. Thee
Jeffnrson was elected In the first Instance
and John Qulncy Adams In the second
The facta about the election of Jcfl'er
sou are as I glvo them below , from al
the sources obtainable from the files o
old newspapers of that date and from
the books and pamphlets that were written
ton at that timo. If the Hon. Thos. F ,
Bayard desires , or any other person In
search of the facts will go to the con
gressional library , read the newspapers
of that date , and will call upon Mr
Spofford for Vol. XVIII. , miscellaneous
documents , ho will , after reading them ,
become thoroughly satisfied and con
vinced that James J. Bayard was the
first man that proposed to desert Mr.
Bnrr for Jefforeon , and did so on the
thirty-fifth ballot. It was justly de
nounced as an tct of baseness that clung
to him all his life , a piece of Ingratitude
and perfidy that after his death his twc
sons labored for years ( by obtaining ant
publishing testimonials ) , in their vain
effort to clear away the lasting Btlqraa.
In addition to this act , there are those
that believe that Jamas J. Bayard's ' con
duct In that affair when public opinion
was eo Bovcre , that in order to mollify
the feeling , blamed Alexander Hamilton
for bis conduct , that Hamilton had pol
soncd his ( Bayard's ) mind , which was
the real beginning of the quarrel whlcl
resulted In the duel between Burr anc
Hamilton , when Hamilton was kllloc
near Hoboken , N. J. , in 1801.
Now aa to the facts. In the presiden
tial election of 1800 there were sixteen
states In the union. Now Hampshire
and Kentucky came In 1707 and Tennessee
see a year or two afterwards. There
were four candidates for president. A
that time no candidates wore before the
people for vice president , but the candi
date having the next highest vote to the
president elect , was declared the vice
president by the joint convention of the
two houses of congress. The four candi
dates were Thomas Jefferson , of Vir
ginia , Aaron Burr , cf Now York , John
Adams , of Maesichnsotts , and Charles
Pincknoy , of South Carolina. At the
election Jefferson received seventy-five
votes , Aaron Burr sovonty-fonr votes ,
John Adams sixty-five votes and Charles
Plnckney sixty-four votes. There was
no election by the people. Under article
XII , which Is the twelfth amendment to
the constitution , it Is provided in suet
an emergency that the house ol
representatives shall elect from
the three candidates having the
highest nnmber of votes a president ,
each state being entitled to ono vote.
For thirty-four ballots In the house o !
representatives Jefferson had eight votes ,
Burr six votes and John Adams twc
votei. Bnrr was the candidate of the
federal party , and had been the friend oi
James J. Bayard , of Doloware , who was
also looked npon as n staunch federalist.
Mr. Bnrr had Induced James J. Bayarc
to become a candidate for congresj , anc
when ho was before the pooplu of Dele-
ware as a cand'dato at that name election ,
Burr carried the electoral vote of Dele
ware , and James J. Bayard was electee ]
to congress on the name iseuea and on the
same ticket. For thirty-four ballots In
the house James J. Bayard calt the vote
of that state for Aaron Bnrr for proeidont.
After the thirty-fourth ballot James J.
Bayard went to ono of the Maryland del
egation and proposed that they cbango to
Jefferson ; Maryland had six members
and they were equally divided between
Jefferson and Burr , which change was
made and Jefferson elected.
Now , as to the duel that was fought
between Bnrr and Hamilton. These
ttfo politicians wore rivals in the state of
Now York. ; they probably were the high-
eat men of their day not excepting Tom
Jefferson or John Adann. Hamilton
was a much younger man than Bnrr ,
and their rivalry was accompanied by
ranch vlndlctlvencHs by their respective
partisans. During the contest above re
cited , a celebrated attorney by the name
of George Ogden , who had boon a lav
partner of Burr , managed the campaign
on the part of that gentleman. After
the election of Jefferson , Mr , Ogden took
occasion to denounce the conduct of
James J. Bayard , and then It was , that
It was first Intimated by Mr. Bajard that
Alexander Hamilton had told him that
Bnrr was a rake , a debauchee , and by no
means a man to trust with the safety and
perpetuity of the country , In fact that he
waa unfit to bo president of the United
Slates. It la true that the deed did not
take plaoa until nearly four years after
wards , and that it arose from a law suit
where they were opposing attorneys , but
the fact remains , that Hamilton did se
cretly poison the mind of Bayard ( gainst
Bnrr , and that Bayard did not have the
manhood to keep the confidence , but
violated It to excuse hla conduct , and the
further fact remains that Burr killed
Hamilton In the duel.
I do not often undertake to arouto the
ivlog by disturbing tbo repose of tbo
dead , but Thomas F , Bayard Is a public
man , has been in public cffica many
fears , was a copperhead during the war ,
md is premier to the democratic accident
now In the white house. Wo have a
right to put tbo truth before the public ,
oven If over eighty years have passed
alnco his grandfather sold out Aaron
Burr. Mr. Bayard said that his grand-
'ather ' declined the French mlcalou for
reasons based upon purity of purpose ,
The real reason Is presumed to be that
is had already anfliclontly outraged pub
lo opinion , and lie was afra'd , just as ho
was when lie tried to appeaio it by cacti-
Icing , as many people believed at the
lime , the lifo of Alexander Hamilton ,
Most respectfully ,
PAT O. HAW r.s.
OMAHA , Nob. , Jnno 30,1885.
A GHEA.T bGUHAIUlt'S OA11EHH.
Kooord of tlio Abscond-
In Dry Goods Man ot Omaha ,
The report from Oniaua , Neb , cf the
failure of L , L Smith , who ran a Inrco
dry goods store in that city , and who loft
suddenly for parts unknown , leaving
debts to Iho amount of $150,000 unset
tled , recalls to the mind of several
Chicago lawyers and business
men his career Is this city during
the yeara 188381. Ho waa first hoarc
of , to the chagrin of several dozen coun
try merchants , as a dealer in butter and
cheese nt 81 and 80 LaSallo street. The
firm failed under suspicions circum
stances , and after a vain endeavor of the
creditors to collect their duos , the name
of L. L. Smith was forgotten. Smith
subsequently started a commlcaion homo
on the west sldo under the name of W.
T. Johnson A ; Co. The scheme allegcc
to have been worked was to receive con
slgnmonts of fhur from firms In the
northwest , ship It to Now York , anc
secure advances on It. When the bills
full duo the firm filled.
A firm known as F. W. Pullcn & Co
14G East Klnzio street , was another o
Smlth'd qenturos. In this Instance a
largo firm of flour manufacturers in Min
ncapolls was "worked" for a car-load o
flour , but the house became suspicious ,
and escaped the fata of others who gave
credenca to the representations of Pullon
& Co. The Minneapolis firm sent on
letters that ahowad the modus operand
of Smith , and they are now ia the pos
session of a well known lawyer In thl
city. A Dally NOWB reporter was per
mltted to look at them. In every in
stance in which Pullcn & Co. asked for
credit they referred to Mr. A. Good
rich , banker , 124 Donrborn street
who , upon the receipt of a letter from lh >
manufacturer , would wiito nn answer on
a sheet of paper , with n heading printc
In largo black letters , "A. Goodrich
Banker , " atatlng that ho know F. W
Pillion intimately , and would have no
hesitancy in granting him a reasonable
credit , In the event of the ( lour bolng
received by Pullon A : Co , nnd their sab
sequent failure , which followed in due
course , Mr. Goodrich waa invariably
found to have loned money on the stool
In hand , and thus bad a lion on it that
loft little for the creditors.
H. P. French & Co. , of 38 River
street , was the third firm started by
Smith. By means of letters of Indorse
ment from S. H. Gage & Co. , who bad a
loan office at 110 Filth avenue , and used
a note head designating themselves as
bankers , French fc Co. secured a con
signment of 1,300 barrels of flour from
Gordon , Barker & Co. , of St. Louis.
The flour was forwarded to Carpenter ,
Kildnff & Co. , of New York , and an advance -
vance of $5,000 was obtained from them.
After thirty days Gordon , Barker & Go.
cent in their bill , and it was found that
French & Co. , alias L. L. Smith ,
had failed. A suit was begun
by the St. Louis firm , which
showed that the business had been i
fraud all through. Gordon & Co , produced
ducod the letter of recommendation irom
H. S. Gaga & Co. , and also a second lot
tcr withdrawing their indorsement , but ,
by a curious coucidonco that had also oc
curred where Mr. Goodrich , banker , had
served as reference , the consignment ol
llnnr had already arrived and boon ship-
pad to Now York before the bankers
repudiation of the Smith firms waa ra'
celved. The Now York firm showed at
the trial that at had paid nearly the full
value of the 1,300 barrels of flour , and tne
balance due French & Go. was just $290 ,
which sum was all the creditors got in
satisfaction of claims aggregating $7,000.
Among other firms who lost Bums rang
ing from 81,000 to $0,000 on business
done with French & Go. were Clement &
Son , Nconah , Wls. , and Carpenter & Go ,
Rushford , Minn ,
Smith is said to have had about $00,000
In bank hero when ho decided leas than a
year ago to engage In the dry goods busi
ness in Omaha. Ho succeeded in getting
credit hero , and afterward in the east. Al
first he bought cautiously , but after his
credit was eatabllsod east ho ap
pears to have been an ex
cellent customer for the drummers.
His recklessness soon oxclted sus
picion. Some local firnf refused hit
patronage , and others were chary toward
the last. The amount Smith owes In
Chicago Is estimated at 800,000. Among
his creditors are J. V. Farewell & Co. ,
$15,000 ; A. S. Gage & Co. , $5,000 ; 0.
Jafi'eo & Plnkuj , $4,000 ; and Manaol
Bros , , LoBarnn , Holt & Co. , Carson ,
Plrlo. Scott & Co. , J. H. Walker & Co ,
and Bullock Bros , , for nmallor amounts.
His Indebtednocss to eastern houses ( a
placed at $80,000 in Phlhdf Iphla , $10 ,
000 in Boston , and $150,000 in Now
York. The total liabilities to merchants
foot up about $300,000. It is thought
Smith took with him from Omaha over
$100,000 in cash.
Blatno mid
Washington Special ,
Gen , Logan Is usually as silent as an
oyster , whenever a newspaper man It
near , but It Booms that ho lost n little ol
his oxclnsiveneBS when a representative
of the Sunday Gazette called upon him.
Ho was asked relative to the truth of
certain newspaper reports of a coolness
that had sprung np between hlracelf and
Mr. Blame. "They are not true , " Gen.
Logan aald. " 1 have a very warm ad
miration for Mr. Blalnc * , and both birr ,
Logan and myself cherish the kindest
foollnga and tbo highest respect for Mr.
and Mra , Blalno. I regard him is ono
cf the greatest men the country can
boast of , and personally ho is ono of the
most charming and estimable gentlemen
living. There Is a warm friendship ex-
luting between Mr. Blalno and myself ,
and our respective families , The friend
ship has never been disturbed in the
slightest degree , and you may rest assured
that It never will bo if I can help It.
Any reporter rumor to the contrary Is
untrue and abinrd , "
JlllO Mills.
CLEVELAND. O. , JuIyZ. The men employed
n tbo wire department of the Cleveland
rolling mills joined the other strikers this
nornlDK , nnd there nre now 1,800 Idle men in
v'uwburah. The olhct-ra of the mills tele-
) lioued for police protection , but no violence
t feared.
The Root ol the Kvll ,
To thoroughly cure scrofula It Is
necessary to strike directly at the root of
ho evil. This la exactly what Hooi'a
arnaparllla dees , by acting upon the
) loo3 , thoroughly cleansing It of all 1m-
lurities , and leaving not oven a taint of
crofula in the vital fluid. Thousands
who fcavo been cured of sprofnla by
ifood'a Sarsapaiilla , testify to its wonder-
al blood'pnrifylng qualities. Sol 1 by all
druggists.
STEANQE THINGS
Told By the l * BgcnKcrn on tlio At-
tnntlo Express ) of Wednesday.
The patsongcrs on the Athntio 01 press
on the U. 1 * . which arrived hero Wednesday
day morning toll ot n series of fatal
accldonta which ocjnrred In the paajaso
from the weal.
The first ono was of Blrgular wlerd-
neBs , occurring at Grcon lllvor. Among
the paesoDRCts on this train was a fine-
looking , wcll-drcsaod Frenchman , whoca
I
baggage indicated that ho was a man of
menus. While the train lay at Grcon
lllvor ho walked about and took In the
grand aconory , which at length Booms to
have turned his brain. lie suddenly en
tered the oar , left his hat , valise , etc. , on
the scat ho had occupied , and leaving the i
train bareheaded struck oil on a dead run
for the lofty hills which rlso almost per
pendicularly from the city , crowned by
summits of pccnllar rocks. Ho was pur
sued for aoino distance by the railway
employes , but was seen to roach the euin-
iiilt of the highest ridges , throw his arms
above his head wildly and leaping from
the cralg dlsaupoarod ,
AT rOINT OF ROCKS
the second sensational occurrence took
place. A irmn by the name ot Pat Hop-
king , who came from County Galway ,
Ireland , and hud been in this country
about four years , was on the train with
his sister , both bound for the old country , I
intending to tall from Now York July 4. f f
Pat was about thirty-two years of ago ,
and hla slater , a handsome young lady , a , 1
was apparently a few yoara younger. < '
The lady eald that her brother
had tJUvsya been in good health
and waa Bound in mind , but
that In making the trip acroaa the moun
tains ho coomod uneasy and expressed
hla fears that aorao calamity was pending
over him. The train reached Point of
Rocka about dusk , and , just before it ar
rived there Monday night Hopkliu told
his sister that ho was going to seen friend
In the roar of the train , lie passed out
on the platform , and that is the lait the
slater over saw of him. When the train
had run about thirty miles , search was
made for him nnd ho was not to bo
found on the train. The con
ductor Is reported to have eoen a man
creeping up one of the steep do-
divides which line the road hero , and
houce It is supposed that the man jumped
or fell oil' , and has wandered away into
the desert , where ho must soon dlo of
thirst and hunger nnlots roecued. A
largo amount cf telegraphing was done
the next morning to learn news of the
unfortunate follow , but without success.
His aister continued on her journey alone ,
not neoming ID roallza the gravity of tbo
situation.
Aa If to round np the horrors of the
trip , Frank Thomas , of Thomastown ,
Me. , breathed his last about daylight
Tuesday morning , the disease carrying
him off being consumption. An Inquest
was deemed unncccmary , and the body
was turntd ovar to the railway company ,
to ba shipped on to the destination called
for on the ticket. The deceased had letters -
tors on his person , from which It was
learned that ho had a brother , Bartloy
J. Thomas , living in Thomastown , who
i\as telegraphed the sad news.
Old-tlmors say that a trio of similar * ij
sensational occurrences have rarely or J
never boon noted before In any other rnn
of equal length In the "far Trent. "
Tlio IiaatDAfs of tlio Domocratlh
1'arty.
Washington Letter to Cleveland Leader.
"These am the last days of the demo
cratic party , " said a loading democratic
statesman to mo last night. "Giovor
Cleveland Is ruining tbo old line domoc-
laoy , and four years of his demoralizing
policy trill leave ua In chaos , and wo will
all go down In the wreck which ho trill
make of himself and of us. Ho doubt
less thinks ho can found a now party by
hla present plan , but he will fall , as every
president who has made the experiment
has failed. John Tyler triad It. Ho was
baalcn Into oblivion , and ho la now the
laughing stock of the men of to-day. His . .
support In congress was so small that It &
was called the corporal's guard , and hla '
nominations wore rejected time after
time. Flllmoro tried It with Daniel
Webster to back him , and who talks of
Flllmoro as ono of the great presidents
now ? Ho filled as a prea'dont and bla
parly died with him , Johnson failed In
his fight against bis party and narrowly
escaped Impeachment. And Cleveland
will surely fail if ho persists In hla pres
ent action. It takes great occasions and
a long time to build up a now party. The
principles of civil service reform are too
weak to form the foundation of
a now P 'ly and Cleveland -
land will gain nothing by hla
sacrifices to the mugwumps. It Is , after
all , the machine clement which runs the
party. If ho slights this element , it will
knife him at the polls , and you will see
from the results In Ohio and Now York
that the president will bo frowned npon
by his own paity. Cleveland may bo
right In theory and ho may bo , aa I bo- ) y
lievo ho is , an honest man , but politics In
this country deal with realities and not
with Ideas. Wo must take the world as
It is. It ia necessary to our existence
that wo have two great parties in this
country , and it is only fair that these
who do the work of sustaining the parties
should hold such of the oflices as they
are fitted for. Since the world began no
government of the people and no busi
ness , either national or private , has sue
: eeded on any other ground than self-
Interest ; and any party or man who at-
.ompts to govern or manage on any other
principle will fall. It Is all very nice to
irate abont love for your fellow-man and
sharity , but these elements go for little
n the world of money , and they are
worth no moro la the world of politics.
Cleveland Is trying to manage this ttov-
irnmont upon them , but ho will find the
'onndation very thin indeed , and I would
not bo surprised at the close of his term
o see him ranting against humanity In
worse terms than those used by Tlraon of
Athena after tbo loss of his fortune. "
The Kind Ho Wanted.
Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph.
"Prisoner , " eald bin honor , "the evi
lonca Is conflicting , but you were evi
dently drunk and 1 fine you $25. "
"Thanks , your honor , " replied the
jrisoner. "Hoy I a k a favor of you ? "
"What la it ? " said the judge , good
natured'y ' ,
"I would like coma tobacco before 1
go. "
The judge was taken aback , but said
with a smile "Do you prefer any par *
Icutar kind ? "
"Yes , your honor , " retorted the prls-
ner with a grin. "I would like my fine
ut. "
His honor taw the point and made It
Smoke Seal of JNurlh CVoliaa To-
> acco.