Nebraska Newspapers

    THE DAILY BEE WEDNESDAY , SEPTEMBER 2,1885-
THE DAILY BEE.
OMATIA Omen No. OU AND 010 FARXAH ST.
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only Mon < uy morning dill ) * fUhtlshed ln < ho state.
One Yeir . $10.01 IThrco MontXl . $ 2 PO
Six Months . . . 6.00 I Ono Month . , . 1.00
The Weekly Dec , PtAiItdinl ovoiy Wednesday
titnxs mirAtu.
One Year , wMiprcmlum . . „ . . , , , , . . . , < 2 CO
One 'ear , Mflliontprrtnkim , . , . . . . 125
fllx 11 mths , without iiremuim . . . . . . . . 75
Une Month , ( .11 ttla , . . . . . . . . . . 10
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All CornmtinlcatloBi rcUtlng tf > News and Editorial
tnattora ehoulil bo a-Jdrcised to the KDIIOR OF nil
EES.
E03ntr.sn
All llrslncn Tetters and Hcmlttances ( hsald be
vlilrcfvil to Tim Ilp.n TuRiivitNa COMTAXT. OMAHA ,
ritts.Checks anC Vast ollicoorlors tj to made pay.
Ma to 'tho onltrot the comjiany.
THE BEE PUBLISHING CO , , Props ,
13. HOSEWATKU , Knirotu
A. 11. Filcli , Manager Daily Circnl-xtiou ,
Cmalm ,
ALL tra want now h fair ircathor foe
iho Onnha f lr and oxpoiitlon.
A MOWNO Bpoataclo the cattle herds
coming out of Indian Territory.
TUB Omaha exposition can onlf bo
m&do a Buooosi by a long pull , a
pull , and a pull oil togothor.
WHEN Mr. Boyd and Dr. Miller ha resolved
( solved the labor problem they will tacl tlo
the Onuha poatoflico.
PAKK will bo the ce ater
of Interest ia-morrotr for 'horsomoo
M&ud S. will attempt to boat her ruoon
ol 208J. ;
JOHN SIISUMAN'H epcocH h not no ;
mere severely crltlclecd by the doiriocratl
press than it ia by aomo of the leading
republican paper * .
SULLIVAK and Paddy -Ilyan. nro to
hare a eot-to la Baltlmoro on the 15tb
The Boston Hlaggor Trill probably give
Paddy what Paddy gave the drum.
IN the dairlog homo reports Omaha
atill leads Minneapolis , Cleveland , In
dlanapolle , llarkforJ , Oclnmbus , and nlno
ether oloailn home ci'.los , and la next
to Dalrolt. Her clearings last wsok
amouatud S2,078,47G. .
TUKR-C "fora racelvod nt the Ohloigo
al.ocky'ijcs ? labt week 49.708 head of cat
tle. Tljin it the Urgent number of cittlo
ever reuoirtd In CHt go during auy one
wouk , v.-ah ouo or two cxcsptloas , olnco
the uatabliihmont of the stockyards.
TUB democratic aud ropabllosti atto
conventions of Novr York will bo hclc
this month , within & few days ofeach
ether , at-Sirdtoxa. Tha landlords of the
oammsr .hotels nro accordingly happy.
There IE nothing llko a big political con
vention to wind up the au inmor season
with.
JUDGE "WALKEit , acting commissioner o !
the general land office , ia authority for
the atatomont that the Illegal fences on
the public- domain must bo removed Im
mediately. Alottoc IB "balng prepared
which fixes a date , end a copy of thU let
ter Is to be sent to ovary trespasser. If
the troapaaaera do not than obey the
order of the president , they will bo sum
marily dealt with , even if it Ia ntcaesary
to order 'the'military to remove the
fences aud arrest thorn. "One thing
may bo put . .downos certain , " says Jndgo
Walker , "tiio administration moans busi
ness. " If the trespassers wish to avoid
t trouble , it would scorn that they ought to
act upon this gentle hint without any
' further delay.
GoVEUNOi : PIEIICK , of rDikota , has ob
tained 30,000 from the national treasury
as the govornineni'a oh are of the orpon-
03 of the territorial census. Nebraska
trill proaently como In for her share ,
which will amount to $34,750. The
claim la b.uod on en act of congress
passed In 1&70 , to the effect that any
atttto or ton ttory which shall take a con-
tin beginning the Crat llocdiy In Juno ,
mldiray botwiicn two decennial coasutos
of tho'United State ; , complying with the
{ forms of the 1'cdonl census , and file a
copy thereof \rlth the secretary of the
( ntarior , then , upan a rcqalaltion from
the governor of nuoh etato or territory ,
tbo United Statifl shall pay one-half'tho
amount for tikl.ig . the last preceding
consul. In addition ) to one-half the per
centage of gain In population.
WHEN this p poif stated that it was
presumptions for homo talent to Inth
that it ahall bo allow * cd to compote fo
the plans of the clt.r hall building , wo
meant oxiotly what wit said , it is pra
sumptions for any a rohlteot , who has
never constructed a ( ire-proof public
building , to Insist tbat this city
shall take the tlik of osperi
matting with hli plans aud trust to
lack for the outcome. Ifr. Long , the
oldest member of the board of education
and for a long tlmo Its president , do
elared publicly at the hit me.itiag of the
board that nearly ev y one of the four
or five arohltocti employed upon our
Bohool buildings had failed to plan a
building that had not settled or cracked.
This may bo hard on homo talent , but U
li tine , The .en'y ' school building In
is Omaha which line ( toad the toit of years
Is the high lohooL Th t was plannwd by
an outside expert , who in&kea school
buildings B specialty. Wlicn the .high
school , which cost 200,000 , WCB built ,
wn had several tix-psying arebitocts in
Omaha who doobtleu thought tb y were
bid y treated bjeaus ) they were not otn-
ployed. In splto of their known lit1 * of
oxpfrlencaon public bulldiu ts , ( haruure
doubtleu sovaral "brilliant young arohl-
tooU" who feel confident that tboy could
excel Myori or any other apacUliat If
thry cnly hid the ohnnco , In their case
the adage " /ooli raih la whera augola
/tar to tread" FiJ hold gcod.
A BUliSIDIXBt ) BRANCH.
Omaha cillf.eni are good dwl upltitsd at
prcatntover claimed dlrcttminftllon DR int
he Interetts ol that city b ; the Chictgi &
otthwestcrn and 1U Nebraska ( eedert. The
act of the matter Is oath road Is loallog attet
ta own Interests joat u aoccesstnllyASclrcura'
tancos * will permit. Succetgful railroads
make business cllter. id necessarily benefit
he country trlbatnry to Ihora. Tha Omaha
iiB Is opposed to voting bonds tj railroads ,
but in this c a thinks U would be bansficUl
to donate leads and money to build o ping
road simply lo bo used as a leter by the U.
P. and O'jiaba to eecn.ro trade and traffic ,
tforthetn "Ntbraska is beginning t "patldlo
lor own canoo. " Hot trunk line baa never
practiced any snch cut-throat dlicrlmlnatlona
aa havelv n the Union Taclfio ira unsavoiy
record , ad J It ia Billy to cry out "discrimina
tion" baforo Oraabo oilers Inducements
to fctock shippers over Chicago. I
LI doubtful whether a northern road woult
be a ny ndvantago t 'Omaha'but It would bo
nthwp experiment If the mrol districts coulc
bo bamboozled into votlcg heavy bands and
tharlfiht of way. ' "Discrhnlnalion" in thl
ca o to a good drive to Rot up an agitation on
b'nt it wou'.d bo a Wlio Idea to watt until there
fa a trade to discriminate against. How mucl
atoific lm been ehlpped from Blair to Omaha
in'thopartsirmonthi ? Very little ; not be
cacao of rates , but because Chicago holda th
proatlgel So long as our trunk line Is ns pop
uUr OB now , 10 long as Us rates nio ns fairly
equitable , -Siinilliean can conceive of no
greater folly tbau assuming an enormous deb
to Lelo maintain a grip of Omaha or the U
r. railroad , oa the doubtful plea that dis
crlmlnatloaa would bo abrogated which hav
little existence except in the minds of schem
era. IHair iRtpMiean ,
The Blair Republican bus not only
distorted whit the BEE did say , but It ox
hlbita acplrlt towatdi Omaha that is certainly
tainly malicious and ungrateful. It aho
makes statements that are not trno. How
any paper iu northern Nebraska , am
particularly a paper so near Ojaclia a
the Blair Republican , can atsamo sucl
an attltudo towards the coramercla
metropolis of the state is nomothlng w
find ft very difficult to understand
Omaha baa a great many thluga to con
tend with , ono of which is the jealousy
of unthinking people who have not brain
enough to sco their own advantage , ant
who Boom to take no prldo whatever in
the greatness of their ojm ttato. Qiv
Omaha 150,000 * people , and the land
within a rcdlns of fifty miles would b
worth moro than double what thsy ar
to-dy. Property in Blair wouU b
moro valuable if it were a sab
nrb ot Omih % than a village tributary
to Chicago. As a suburb of Omaha it would
fuvo some prospects of growth. There
cro any number of tonns within thirty
miles of Chicago that have boon built up
by Ohloigo builnosa men who have made
their homea in the suburbs. If the people
of Blair havo'any ssnso they will see tha
it ia to their advantage to assist In build
ing up Omaha rather than contributing
to the prosperity of Chicago. The
bridge across the Missouri at Blilr can
not In any way make a great city of tha
town. It simply affords the people o
Blalrji little shorter route to the oaatj'.bnt
If they can ship their cattle and products
to a good market distant only twenty
miles what sense Is there in going to Chicago
cage , 500 mllca dlttant ? Omaha prices
are as good as thoeo of Chicago , and our
market possesses advantages that mike
It superior In some respecbu.
The people of northern Nebraska
should not forget that Omaha pays ono-
tenth of the entire etato taxes , and II
would seem that the fact would entitle
her to the sympathy and support of all
settlers cf the state. The Blair Repub
lica.il asomt t ? forgot that Omaha capital
built the first railroad to that town , and
contributed largely ta make it the thriv
ing town It Is to-day. The Rciiublican ,
in denouncing the proposed northern
road from Omaha as an intended eubI-
dized onterprisa , forgets that the Sioux
City , & Pacific , in whoso interests It
seems to bo laboring , is a cubsldfccc
road. It was originally ono of tbo
fro.uoot ; frauds In the country , and wan
controlled by a sot of rogues muoh moro
. .mcrupuloui than tha Credit Moblllor
ring wnlah manlpulatad the Union Pa
cific. The oharga that the propoeoc
road from Omaha Is to ba in the inter
est of the Union Pacific Is almost too
silly to notice. Bow can au Independent
line , with ita terminus In Omaha , bo a
feeder to the Union ] Pacific ? The
RcpuUtoan asks how many cars of stock
have como to Omaha from off the line o :
the Siour City & Pacific ? Very foir , in
deed , and wh > ? B Imply because of the
unjust discrimination of the Chicago &
Northwestern and ita ally , the Sioux City
& Pacific , against Omaha. Stock slip
porn of northern Nebraska ara anxious
enough to send their cattle and hogs to
the Omaha market , but they cannot do so
because they ctnnot tocnro cither facili
ties or fair rates. So far as the Chicago
. & Northwestern Is concerned , If it per
slsta In its diacrlmlnationsand warsgalns
Omaha , there will bo found a tray to
bring it to torins even if wo do not got a
direct railroad of our own into northern
Nebraaki. When the people of Blair
are aakcd to assume "an enormous deb
to help maintain the grip of Omaha" il
will bo tlmo enough for the Republican
of that place to sot up a howl. The people
ple of Blair may consider themselves
lucky If the proposed road paseos through
their town. If the ronto should bo laid
tut to tbo weat of thtt place wo venture
oo assort that the Blairltes , Including the
yubllcaH editor , would rntko every
effort and offer every Inducement to have
It chsngod so ai to atrlko tholr town.
TUB llercdd appreciates a compliment
'roin the BEE , but it has a peculiar way
of acknowledging It. It was not slow to
reproduce what we nld in pralio of Us
Sunday itauj , but It takes pains to
tollttla this paper by giving prominence
, u the "Evi.viNO DEB' * as the source
Iro-a which it draw * Hi faouey , al
though our compliment fint ap
peared in the morning edition
Tfco ryjtematlo way In which tho1
prefixes Iho Trord "avonlng" to
he BF.K is an attempt to convey to i's '
own patrons the impression tbat the BEE
s a small atttraoon shoat on a par with
he mushrooms tbat flourish and dlo in
) maha wlt'A oflch succeeding seisin. Wo
are not in the habit of boasting about
oar growth and enterprise , preferring to
et the piper show for Itself. It m\y not
De out of plaas , hoirover , to remark thai
the BEE publishes three editions dally ,
end that our two morning editions have a
larger circulation than all the Omaha
dailies combined , whllo the evening
edition will rank in quality and quantity
with any afternoon paper In .America. In
Omaha the evening edition of the BKK
has n larger circulation than all the
Omaha dallies put together have both in
and out of Iho city.
CL1UNING OUT THE FRAUDS
General Black , cammlsiioncr of pan
slons , Is progressing very satisfactorily In
tha work of weeding out of the pension
list all fraudulent pensioners. It hi
long been known that so veral thousand ! o
peraons have for years boeu drawing pee
a'ona ' to which they were In no way entitled
titled , Investigations , whloh word begun
recently , develop the fiot that at th
Philadelphia agency the names of deceased
ceased pensioners and ro-marrlod widow
were borne on the rolls and that frandulcn
payment ] had boon madu to parties who
personated the dead men , or who pretended
tended that they were still the widows o
the deal aoldlors. About § 20,000 had
boon paid out in thfa way. Examiaa
tions Were made at other agencies , wit ]
llko results. The fact b now made pub-
lie that the examination of the Ohicag
agency shoved that 500 fraudulent pen
elonors wore on the rolls , and that th
agent had bean dlractei to drop them
Even the Washington agency has been
carrying a number of such frauds , and i
all probability there Is not an agency ia
the country tint is entirely free from
them , It Is to bo hoped that the gooc
woik will bo carried through to tbo em
until there ii not loft a single bogu
pensioner on the list. Only those wh
are honestly entitled to pensions shouli
bo permitted to receive any of the bene
fits of the acts which have been psaae <
for the relief of the soldier , nnd th
soldier's widow and orphan ; . Commie
timer Black , who was himself n soldier
cannot bo criticized for his efforts in thi
direction. Bo should bo commended fo
the work ho baa undertaken.
THAT TORPEDO BOAT.
If there is anything that the govern
ment needs moro than another just a
the present time it In a torpedo boat. VV
notice byilato dispatches from Now Yet
that a torpedo boat is being constructed
near that city , which , if a snccesa , will b
n tnbmarlno wonder. The builders do
clara that it will revolutionize snbmorin
warfare. The building of the beat > ha
been conducted with great secrecy , one
the name of the inventor and the per
sons interested with him have boon so fa
kept secret. The description of this tor
pedo boat Is-ai follows :
It ia shaped like a cigar and Is fifty feet Jon ,
and eight feet in diameter. The head Is de
elgned to constitute a sharp ram , which , when
driven by the prodigious strength contem
plated In the power of the boat , will pcrfo
rate the iron plating of a ship , and then by n
retrograde motion quickly withdraw itself
Tail ram looks like the enout of A hog. It I
built of st'el and has peculiar edges of Eharj
Eurfttcss , intended to f icilltato its operations
Oa tha top of tha craft ia a small iron turro
surrounded with little electric lights to aid In
steering. Between this turret and the rain a
the head la an aperture at the mouth of which
la a dynamite gun hidden from view. Direct
ly over the gun and on tbo nook ot the VCBSO
Is a sharp , thin p ieco of steel. It ia intendec
to use this to destroy small craft or other tor
pedo-boats by rising suddenly from under
neath them and piercing a hole in them.
Whllo this destructive craft may bo a
nine-days wonder In the east , the won
der in this part of the country will be
whether this Is the invention in which
Dr. Miller is said to ba interested. If i
Is , wo suppose that nf ter it Is launched
upontho ] water , an * effort will ba made
to launch it upon the government. Wo
await future developments with moro
than ordinary interest. "There's mil
lions In it. ' |
THE fool friends of home tclant have
already dona Omaha architects moro damage
ago than they can repair In ton yoaru
Out of pure malice towards the editor of
this paper thuy have forced us to talk
plain about Omaha architecture and cal
attention to defects which otherwise
would hava pasted unnoticed. The lie
vublioan building Is a conspicuoni mon
ument of this jlm-crow architecture , anc
a careful Inspection of ether great struc
tures wouli close the debate. To th
credit of homo talent , bo it siid , there
are at least two Omaha architects , Messrr
Voss and Fowler , who openly admit thit
fire-proof public buildings are a specialty
whloh they do not carojto attsmpt , and
yet the Onnha buildings designed and
surer/Intended by the o two architects are
among the most substantial In the city.
ONE o ! the bouea In the Union Pacific
shops Is to be appointed a member ol
iho board of public works in place ol
Mr. Gray , who baa resigned , Bis seleo.
tlon is saM to bo at tha urgent request of
the workiugmen. Oar experience with
Union Pacific basses ia the council and
board warrants us in the belief that the
nteresta of the railroad will bo looked
after first , the interests oftho city next ,
whllo the workiugmen will come In at the
tall end of the procession.
MY.EKS does uot piy taxes In Omaha.
Phereforo ha must not bo given
preference over mm who pay taxes , but
are not known to hava ever phnncd a
building that would not burn dowu iu
* oaly mluu'er , This is about on a par
with the plot tha * , bjouiio women ate
axjd they must bs glvou the privilege to
ota. Suppose t la city should dccido to
brldgi Sixteenth street with a $100,000
viaduct. Would wo have to advertise for
all the specialists in Amount to present
plans , If wo know that by o doing wo
would got no batter plans thau those ob-
.alnaMa from some celebrated viadnct
cnglneot ) Would the council bo in duty
bound to invite plans from all the "homo
talent" unftincora who had never designed
Anything moro than a culvert or a com *
mon railroad bridge ?
TUB ipnoranoo displayed by some o
our contemporaries in the discussion o
city hall architects le , If anything , moro
inoxcneablo than their malice. Ono o
thceo Ignoramuses actually asserts tha
the people of Omaha don't know any
thing about Architect Myers or his abll
Ity. Porbnps wo cm enlighten the bril
liant young -journalist by pointing to the
Douglas county court house.
THE now odltOM that have boon 1m
ported Into Omaha within the last three
months are very indignant because homo
talent is not employed to make plans fen
n $200,000 fire-proof public building
These upstarts talk os if they were heav ;
properly owners and had resided here
sluca 1804.
THE nrt of button-holing is becoming
all the rage jast now. About every otho
man you moot on the street stops you
and , confidentially informing you that ho
is a candldVo forcfiico , asks your opinion
as to what his chances aro. To all sue !
wo rai'ly that "politics is m'ghty ' uncor-
THE real fight between Sullivan anc
McOiffray la now In progress. It Is eve
the poajcrsion of the receipts of the !
recent burleequo performance in Cln
clnnnti.
1 ET ns grade Harnoy street this joir
so as to ave something to show In the
way of progress and improvement In th
center o tha city.
THE TRA.DE OUTLOOK.
There is now a steady Improvement In
commercial circles In all the largo busl
ness centers , and the outlook for a heav ;
fall trade la decidedly encouraging. Th
feeling is that no nutter what miy occn
in the speculative ups nnd downs of Wai
street , legitimate business for the res
of the year will bo steady and active , anc
constantly improving. The fall trade Is
now approaching its full height. Althougl
the immediate demands for goods , owing
to the IOTT point which country stock
had been allowed to reach , has boon uup
piled , the purchases from now on for the
next six weeks will bo very heavy. The
dry-goods dealers of Now York , Boston
Philadelphia and Chicago generally repor
that their trade Is oatlafactory , vrhil
mme of thctn do not hesitate to say tha
It is somewhat better than they had been
led to oxpcctr Tlio cotton markets have
developed llttlo of interest , aside from
the pacdlng manipulation of August can
tracts in Now York , where prices hav
fluctuated considerably under the Influence
enco o ! speculation. The price cf nstua
cotton Is generally about the eamo as :
week ago , and legitimate demand is moderate
orate , as there la a disposition to dcfo
largo purchases until the now crop i
ready for market. The cotton good
trade is fairly aclive , and farther frac
tlonal price advance ] have [ been made on
staple fabrics within the vreok. The en
coaragiag report comes from Baltimore
that the cotton mills at Woodberry , four in
number , employing over 2,000 opera
tlves , ore making arrangements to go to
werk on full tlmo. The Meadow mill
which has been idle fora yearhas startec
up with a full force , GOO men , on fol
time. The Woodbarry , Clipper & Park ,
Druid and Mt. Vernon mills will be run
on fall tlmo on Monday next.
The volume of business In wool has
continued large , and on aomo descriptions
prices have slightly advanced , but the
general range of values is unchanged.
The feeling of confidence among holders
Is stronger , however , aud in some cases
stocks have been withdrawn from the
market lu expectation of bettor pi ices
later In the season. There is Incroitcd
activity in nearly all lines of woolen
; oods. Bu3 era are pressing for deliveries
lu execution of orders for fill clothing
woolens on which the looms nro now em
ployed , and many of tbo worsted goods
mills have already maiketed tholr entire
production of light weights for the
omlng season , The whole mar
ket is stronger , and hero and
fioro was a slight cdvanco in prices
noted. The worsted yarn trade isory
aotivo and the recent ndvanco Is wol
maintained. The average Improvement
within the month is about 10 cants par
pound , tl though ia some cases 12 to ID
cents per pound advanoa has been paid
ov'ofi the lowest prices acoptad under
strata of ompetltlon In exceptional In
stances. The general iron-trade situ
ation and outlook are inorj encouraging ,
Taera is a alight improvement in de
mand for standard brands of pig
rn , and a fairly satisfactory inn
of orders Is noted for 'wrought '
ilpov , ( hoot , plato and brldgo Iron , on
whloh prices are maintained with greater
firmnojs. Inquiries for about 100,000
ons of steel lutis wera on the market
ast week , and soma good-alzad orders
lave been pUoad , bat it is doubtful if
muoh or any airanco has been obtained ,
except on small lots. In western Pdim-
ylvania a tteady Improvement U noted
n nearly all branches of the iron and
teol trades.
The decline in who it haa not bad the
fleet of stliuulitlrg the export demand
o atiy extent. The Uaoiuitlons for the
month of August , ai shown btha closing
Chicago quotations , fjr September de-
itb , 80 } oente ; Augait 24 h , 78 | ojtits ;
very wtio ; Auguit 1st , 89j coatsAugust ;
August 28tb , 7l ) § cent * . The Interior
movement of irrata ii tmill for thU tlmo
of your , nnd there ii evident rolactnnca
on the part of farmers to sell freely at
current prices. The sentiment of opera
tors on the principal exchanges is still
very bearish. The prospect of an only
improvement ta export dcnund , which in
generally regarded as the prc-ioqalslto
condition of a healthy reaction to higher
prices , Is not very encouraging. The de
cline In corn Is duo to the depression In
wheat , favorable crop prospects , and &
gain of 1.037.0CO bushels in the visible
supply consequent upon the recant falling
off in exports and larger shipments from
the Interior. There la still comparatively
llttlo speculation in earn. Sj far noth
ing has occurred to impair the prospect
for the largest yield on record.
The Hit of buslnoio failures keeps up
ta the recent average , but few Important
suspensions are Included in hat week's '
report , which makes the total for the
United States and Canada 189 , as against
177 the previous week aud 1G8 the wojk
before. The largo reserves In the Now
York banks have been materially reduced
durlnij the month of August. This is
taken as a sura Indication of Improvement
in buelnoes ,
RUBE FENTON'S ' FOLLY ,
Reminiscences of One of New Yuri's '
Noted Political forte
Tlio Grcclcy Revolt of 1872 nnd the
Chief Actors in it Spoilo ami
the Principal
Ingredients ,
Written for tbo BEE.
The death of ex-Oov. Reuben E. Fen-
ton , of Now York , recalls BOIBO romiuls-
conoes. Ho was a conspicuous iiguto In
political alFatra fifteen and twebty years
ago. Ho was not a brilliant man , or of
marked ability In auy respect ; but ho
possessed exceedingly agreeable manners ,
a very attractive personal appearance , and
great political tact and shrewdness. Bo
was a skillful political manager. Ho
passed from the honno of representatives
to the chair of governor of New York ,
and from that to the United States sen
ate ; but In 1872 ho made a political mis
step which blighted his future political
prospaots. It was his support of Groe-
loy.
When the presidential election of 18G8
was coming oa , it bacamo apparent dur
ing the whiter of ' 07 nnd ' 8 that Gen.
Grant wonld bo the nominee of the re
publican paity at the convention which
was to meet in Chicago the next May.
Gov. Fenton bccamo the most prcmlnmt
candidate for the vice presidency. The
Omaha Republican , of which Mtj. Bal-
oombo was then proprietor and m n gor ,
was a very earnest advocate of Fonton
for that nomination. Es-Gov. Morgan ,
of NOT York , then in the senate , was
also a candidate for it , and was exceed
ingly
JEALOUS OF FENTON.
Ho cimo to my desk one day on
asked me why It was that iho Oman
Republican was advocating the nouilns
tlon of Fenton for the vice-presidency ,
and seemed to bo In bad humor about It
Ha said ho thought I ought , out of cour
tcsy to him , a brother senator , to hnv
the Republican from support'
] g his rival. Ho was disposed to hoi
mo responsible for the choice of the Re
publican. I Informed him very plainly
that-I vrai not responsible for the action
of the Republican , bad no control eve
It , and that Fenton was not my choice
Furthermore , I reminded him that , when
Nebraska was struggling for admission a
a state , ho , ( Morgan ) voted every tlmi
against It , and theretcro , had no tpca' ! '
claim for its support. Ho WAS unfriendly
for nemo tlmo , but after a while appeared
to forgot the matter. My choice wai
old Ben Wade , the noblest Roman o
i horn all. Ho led the fight for the ad
mission of Nebraska. But when the
convention mot , Wade , Fonton , and the
others wsro distanced by Sohuyler Col
fax , Gjn Grant having bean nominated
by aclamatlou for the first placa on the
ticket.
The cause of Gov. Fonton'n defection
from the republican pjrty Ir 872 crew
out of tbo appointment of Inomso Mur-
iby to the oolloctorship of the port of
.Now York In 1870. Gov. Morgan'a sena
torial term expired on the 4th of March ,
I809and Gov. Fenton was his successor.
Ho nnd Oonkllng wera not harm unions
When President Grant sent in the nnm > >
of Tom Murphy for the Nov York ojl
, olotshlp in place of Moses H. Giiauoll ,
rimivid ,
inEiu : WAS WAH IN inn OAMI-
of New York politics nt once. Oonkllng
suppxtod the confirmation of Murphy ,
and Fenton oppoeod it , and they joined
Isiuo. It was a protracted , bitter strug
gle and formed ono of the memorable
scenes of executive session. Fenton was
not much of a debater and was a very
poor antagonist to b ; plttoi a aloat the
great Now Yorker. , who , in t'jo writer's
opinion , has no superior In the forum.
He treated his colleague in a gentlemanly
manner on that oaoaslon , but ho bastow
od on him eomo of his most cutting , fm
Ished satciun. Ho dealt polished blows
which told every tlm ? . Fenton WAS com
pletely discomfited. When the vote
was taken on the confirmation of Mur-
pby. whloh involved th removal
of Grlnuell , only three republicans voted
with Fonton agaiust the oonfitmatlou ,
They wore Sumner , Trumbull ( if the
writer la not mistaken ) and 1'lpton.
I'huiuoota became public at tbo time ,
: hsrofore ho cun refer to them. Fr jm
hit time onFoaton was soured against
; ho republican party , and in 1872 was
Ipo for the Groeloy movement. His
rouble resulted from the question nf the
division of patronage in the state cf New
York , And tlii was true In regard to
each one of t'uoio republican senators who
switched cif Into that insane Greeley
oberao of that year. Net a shadow of
irlnciple had anything to do with their
iftliiioal action at that tlmo. Carl Sebum
jocimo angry with Grant became he
would not re-appoltit his brother iu law.
Jdmuud Jti'son , collector of Internal
everiuo at Chicago , and ho also was then
Ipe for the Gratio7 folly , the only inem-
rabid result of which was
TO KILL J'OOIl OKEEtBY.
The angry controversy which spring
p between 0)nklln ) and Fouton over
tie appointment of Murphy , and the rc-
osil of Gen , Grant tu ro uppalnt Shutz's
rother-ln-law collector of Internal
- - rave-
no , aud a few similar disappointment ! ;
n the part ot certain senator/ , really j
nued the organization of the liberal
movement of ' 72 , whloh nominated the
editor of the Tiibnno for the presidency.
The molivo was , to overthrow Grant nd
the republican puty ; and the result was ,
AS all the woild knows , a memorable ,
and moat lamentable , political fizzlo.
The anbonncement that some tflioor ? ,
who have boon absent from their regi
ments so long that they have forgotten
to what ones they bolotig , will resign
rather than comply with the secretary's
order to rejoin them , is refreshing.
They cannot resign too soon. Such ox-
creccencios ought to have been lonpod off
from the army long ago. "Uapt , Wharton ,
on Gen. Hancok'a staff , has not boon
with hid regiment for seventeen jom.
Oapt. Whorry , ono of Gen. Schofiold's
staff , has not been with his regiment for
eighteen years. What a commentary
upon fivoiltlsm , which should not bo
known in the army. Lieutenants have
performed the duty of captains , haVe ren
dered hard scivlco on Jtho frontier , but
WITHOUT TIIF. H.ANK AKD PAY
to which in justio ? , they were cntltlol.
The qnoitlon might well bo asked , of
what earthly nso are division headqusr *
tnrs on Governor's Island lu Now
York harbor or in Chicago ? The de
partment hoadquirtora at St. Paul , Oma
ha , Fort Laavonvrorth nnd San Antonio
have jurlidistlou over all that portion of
the country where the army ought to bo
except enough to guard the forts on the
eastern coast , which could report direct
to the army headquarters at Washington ,
Going Into Gen , Sherman's office a few
yoara ago when ho was at ( ho head of the
army , the writer found him busy ever a
map of the United States Asking him
If ho was stud ) ing geography , he replied
"I am trying to carve out a UOTT depart
ment to fit tbo rank of major-goupral.
Wo have B3 much rank in the higher
grtdes of the army that it is difficult to
tind or create places commensurate with
it , " In other words , there waa so much
rank that places had to bo criatod for it ,
and that a good deal of It was orna
mental. JOHN M. THAYEH ,
GRAND ISLAND , August 30.
POlATlCAt/ .
That candidate ia considered by the workotB
to ba the most magnetic who can draw the
largest check ,
Allan G. Tlnirrann'd rod bandanna will
wave in Oaio from the Hump like an auction
flag at a eheilll'a tale ,
Benjamin I" , Butler's head is level. Ho lias
promised not to attend the state convoution of
tbo Maseachucotts democrats.
If Hnadly accepts Leonard's challenge to a
joint discussion of the issues of the catppaipn ,
there ought to bo some rare fun in Ohio poli
tics.
tics.Tho
The Iowa republicans have uot been far
behind Senator Sherman in heavloR a dea-i cat
on General Grant's tfrava. Philadelphia
Record ,
Tocumech Sherman haa one moro job to a-
oomplish before ho cliea. Ho should get an ax
helve and convince hia brother Jolia that tbo
war ia over. Chicago Herild.
The Sun is apnln asking , why should it cnn-
Kreteravn bo bmied at public cxpensa ? Tbu
Suu must not ba too crittc.il. The burial of
some congressmen Is a great public duty and
pleasure. Albany Turns ,
Governor Hoadly'a opsnin ? of the campaign
in Ohio is called "striking the key note. "
The toy note of the Ohio cimpaittn la 82 , and
tlio voters usually sttiko it ou election day or
the evening before. Chicago Herald ,
It took the Mississippi democrats four days
to make their ticket. Tbo Ohio democrats
did up tha job in four hours. Tha distinction
represents the difference batwsen a dead sure
thiu ? and a sura do d tliicg. liutfalo I2x-
press.
If there ii an institution In this country
which requires the best civil eorvlco of which
our government Ia capable , and where busi
ness bhculd ba conducted strictly on business
principles , It Is the New York custom home ,
the daily receips of which avocgoabout ? 350.-
039.
039.Tha
Tha newspaper correipoudent who hunted
up the pretident in the wilds of the Adirond-
ixc3 wns unkind enough to make a note of the
fact that the chief magistrate's pnutaloons
were torn. Mugwumps take a good deal of
comfort in the reflection that he did uot tear
them in turning republicans out of office.
The postmaater at Toledo , who has gone
over tu the democrat * , is repotted as eoying :
"Holding the views I do. I must most em
phatically decline to march in the republican
processions this fall. " A case of bid proof
reading , probjbly. "Holding- nflico I do"
Is what he said undoubtedly. [ Milwaukee
Sentinel.
Undo John Shermin Ii IB been stirring up
the democratic menagerie out In Ohio , and
the Bourbonj enjoy it in much the name way
that n coon with a sore biok enjoys b ° ing
prodded wlthothMrp stick or n hot poker.
Uncle Sherman eeoma determined to have
name od-faihioned ! fun , however , oven If it
breaks up tbo whole circus , [ Philadelphia
Press.
Gen. Butler's repetition of bla grand somer
sault act , In a letter declaring Cleveland to be
'the greatest president since Jackson , " and
coming out ia support of hia administration ,
will surprise no ono who remembers his past
porlormaccea of this sort , Agility in chang
ing political petitions does not diimnieh , but
rather Increase ? , with cge. And so eupplo
Bpnjunln again vaults into tbo ring with his
"Whoop la , here wo are nf ain. "
Pullman Robbery wo. ! ,
The tblovo ] liivo taken a naw "lay,1
aa they would call it , In ether words
they have found now fields of ooeratloi
which in this part of the railway world
they are operating assiduously. Until n
few days ago , the pluudaring of a Pall-
man coach wag a rarity , but in the past
week tha BEI : haa had the task of re
porting four such ooiiiriencea. The first
two happened on two successive nights on
the 0. B , & Q. train between Chicago
and this iiolnt ; the the third on the St.
Joe & Kansas Olty train and the fourth
happened Saturday night on the Mlssiurl
Pacific. On this train three gentlemen
U. B. Plnnoy , of the Hurlbut Paper
com piny , of South Leo , Mast. , Ohas. J.
Cbrlf , of Clark Bros , & Woldron. Sioux
Olty and W , W. Oloon , a coramcr-
citl agent from Clnolnnattl took
Pallmin aoeommodatloni together
at Kansas Olty bound hither. Upon
awakening In the morning Mesirc , Pin-
neyand Clark found their wallets had
been stolen , the first losing $45 and the
seoind bslng out 838 , thoroby. Tha two
plundered gentleman took an unfortnu-
at auipl-lon of their companion , Mr.
Oloon. and upon rjachlnjj Omaha em
ployed Detective IT , Lndlow to work
upon his character. The wires iroro
uad : ) to mauy pilnta to which the en
quirers were referred and tbo best of
teatlmon'als for Air. Clocn answered
jaoh message , Apologies followed , but
tbo lost money was not recovered. Tbo
Pullman Company baa a job before it in
stopping theto thefts.
A ne vjr Amount ,
The fines collected from gsmlfcera
iCil sporting womeu during the month of
August"said Officer Turnbnll Mend y , ag-
; ro a'.o the largest aiiouut ever received
n ono month frou tbeso tourccs , in the
iletory of the city. The auvjuut win
il,103. There are now t-l li . ( rambling
> limes In the city , paying $2 ? 05 etch ,
I'herj ate nineteen disorderly houses with
23 sporting women.
"Thoro are now 143 faloons in the city
nylug Jlccme. Two dropped out Itot
nontb , because they could not make
uoney under the nor doting law. " J
RRHOIDS
Illlm ) , Ulccdlrtfr , Aiitl Itching , Post *
lively ciircil by Cutlonrn.
A tt-armtnth lth Cutlcnra St p nnd a tingle ap
plication cf Cullctint Id ln * ' nty ! Ml y the IntcnM
It bin ? ol the most mcravtttd ate ol Itchlnr Mien.
This treatment comhlmdnith imalldrocsClCutlcv-
rn Kc ol\cnt Ilirco times per diy , to rogtiUto and
strengthen tbo bontln , otereooio constipation and
remove th > citue , ni,1 euro mind , Illcoolng , ami
Itrhlnjr I'llol when nil other remedies and oicj | > hyt-
ITCHING PILES.
, ( or the flrsi tlmo In mr life , with
Dllnd I'llcs , to severe th t I conl 1 hardly keep on my
foot , lu eil vatlom tcrr.odln for three neiVs , ithon
the ill-CMC took the lorm ol It hlnjf Pllei , aud ir/ow-
Ing worse , Ilyailrlcool an old irvntleman I trlM
the Cutlcura. One * | > pllcntion relieved the Itching ,
Mid I * TM soon curotl. Inlth to tell the world th
In OHM ol Itchlnn I'ilca thcprlcaot theCutlcut ilot
no account. Kroni MI unsolldt quarter.
0.0. KIDBT.
62 West Street , Con , N-'oord
ITOHINO PILK3.
I began theme of yciir Cutlcui * llcmcdlcj when
you first nut them on the murkit , nd know ol two
CMOS ol Itching Pilci that IIM been cured br the nso
atmy luggeitioii. blthctc remedies. F. N , MAHT1N.
Vlrdor , III.
THAT YOU
I ha\o tried your Cutleura Remedies an < i find them
all that you claim , aud the demand for them in thla
( ectlon In great. AUGUSTUS W COLMNS.
CXITICUKA IlK'otATsvr , the now Mood purifier. and
CCTICUIU nml CUTICURA SOAP , the irroat ikln cure *
and lioautiners. are sold o\crywlicro. Price , CUTICU&A
KOcjSoAr25cKiuioiVKNr ; , $1. 1'ro , atcdby the
POITKH DHUU AND OUEUIOAti CO. , IIOSTONl
Send for "How to Cure Skin
ISl llorrdslio I'lmDle . Ulaokhea-la and Ua
o \ | \l ) > , *
O rv I I hv , Humors , use Cii'lcum Soap. _ Ti
"EVERY MUdOLK AOUE3 tvnd dreadful pilng rob
me of shop and lest and ttrtngth. " To eucti the
Cutlcur * Matter cornea llko an impel of
merry , b lining rdlel and UicuBth'tD
thou < andaupon lom allotbor < listen
( live been pufferies * for ( rood AWrran-
tola new aud poifccr antlo'oie tn p ln
and lnn > minitlon , and the bo-t ptlnklll *
- „ . . > ur In tli world o' ' moJIcloc. At diupglstu ,
25C.J flvo fr Jl.Oj , milled frco.
Potter Drug & Chcmicnl Co. BnMon.
PROTECT
ANIIZTUOTIO deitroya tbo germ ) ot al toirta-
glous diteatcs ,
ANTIiruono wilt deitroy a'l ' ojor and keep the
air ol your tlcq > ln , ' roomt corl tnd frcih.
ARJ >
ANTIZTIIOIIC U wlthiut color or odor , and ii
harmlojs t j clothing or Ueih. It is Invaluable In the
sick room.
If persona wll uo Atlivmotia In tliowntcrln
which thuy Inthe , Hicy will find frrcnt "Met It [ Oft-
cns tlio watir , and docs not dry tto flesh llko ktn-
tucnii.
AGAISTST
Doea Iho clr In rout bnu'o Bmcll musty or Im
pure ? Ara j ou tnno3 cd wl' h the odor of coonlnpj Doyen
yon w.uit tn etop It ? Ant'zyinctlo ' Bjirlukled nbont
will Irishcn aud jiuilfy It oviry tloip.
Wither' Antizmotic Solution
Htit'ntlcj ehow thi' tbo oiorUlltx amcnr cillltcn
I ) far greater In the summT month ] than any ether
icascii. Htnl h ajd rtrfcoi action ol Iho bawtltaro
nBsuritl by tto u.eal hi iri'sFocd. It II ueutrUiii
! tn-tlD ( , Is rcar.lly ta'ioubytha llttlo ones , fcia-
tlorn notnxupni thodl tBt vuomane ; , andli ass'm'-
lateil whun t'lo atnmarh rtjccti all cl'o
K.JK..G-KOTTE .
719 South 8th St. , Omtba ,
telephone 602. Correspondence solicited .
NEBRASKA
OMAHA. NKBKA8KA.
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DHPLU8 MAY1,1RHS . . B04n
ori-icxEs :
FJ , W. VATIS , A. B , TOCZAIW ,
Prwident Vloo President.
W.V.&IonsE , JNO.B.OOLLINS , Liwia8 , Una
W. II , 8 , Hughes , Oaahlor.
UANKINQ ornoc :
The Iron Bank ,
JOE , 12th AND PAENAM STS ,
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ness Transacted.
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ar horses ? It Is for Inflamraa-
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