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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. TUESDAY , JANITAHY19 , 1880. I THE DAILY BEE. OMAHA Off in , No.fH ) ASP MO \ns\MSr I UK ot r. Iion i & . 'rnint . K fit IMIIMI Orriti. , No. M.I 1 otimn.NTit i > t. IiiWI-tif < l fvrry rnornlnp . i-\rnji , . only Motiiln ) inoinliifr paper published lu tlio etato. TI.IIM 11V JMir , : One Vonr . . . . $ in.OTTm-c ) Moulin . J2.M Six Month * . D.uo Out.Month . l.W Tin. \ \ I.I.KM Hir. : . I'liMMiM r.wrj- HUM * , I-O'TI'AIDI One Vrnr , rrllli ppMnlDm $2.00 Outonr. . ultliont tuettilmii Plx Month' , without I'l-omluin Uiiu Month , mi tfiu ! . . 10 fr > wir i'nsursri : : Allenmint'nletitlnn r 'lnlliiir to find r * tl- Miniild l o fiililrcs-p l totliuL.ui- 7011 Of III : lll.K. All InHliifM Mlrr nitil rpinlltnnrr * flioiild lie nditrrwil In TUB HCK PriiM iUMi COMTAM- , OMAHA 1)tnlti ) > . clucks nntl j > o tolllro order * to l > c innili- payable to HIP order of llio company. m Bll POBllSHISGlFmill , PHOPBIIIflBS , K. H03EWATKK. Hlimm. Tni , democratic coal oil senator from Oliio is In liot water just now. ST I'.u I. lias built an Ice palace. Oinn- lin is content with u snow-sued. MoNTiil.U ; , is still strugfrling with llio fiiiuill poThe cholera could not have parali/.CMl tlic place any moro. Tin : New Orleans gas moU'l'S liavo been froxen , out the gas hills will thaw out all ( lie same on tlm J l of tlio inoiiUi. I'III'.SII > I\T : Ci.ivit.vi : : > ' .s first state dinner Is pronounced a hrillianl sueeom. There was no JeHur oiiian simplicity ahout it. Tut : Chicago Ih mid publishes illustra tions of the Illinois infantry uniforms hut it omits the picture of ( he uniform ordered by I'rigadler-Goneral Winston , tlio minister to l'er ia. J'AIIDV UVAN has backed on I of his pro posed light with iloim L. Sullivan.Vo lire ( surprised to see I'adily , wiio is a Chicago cage man , take water , when there is anj1- thing .strongct in sight. IIor-HocsuslruwDcrnes are selling in New York at $1 per box. They may liave the .strawberry color , but we ques tion whether they have a four-dollar flavor. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Tmv : arc tail.hig about another bridge in St Loins. They are doing the same thin in Omaha. If talk could build a bridge , we would have had another one long ago. t Wiux ; tlic white house capitulated to tlio gold bugs ( hey thought it a. very easy matter to capture the capitol , but they have discovered that congress has a wholesome dread of popular disfavor. Gnxnn.u. i'ori : is to bo retired from the army February IGth. lie should have been retired twenty-Tom * years ago after his return from ( he on-lo-licmioud-\vHh ! ! hindquartcrs-in-thc naddlo-cumpaign. Jilt. MrGii : : , of New Mexico , propose ; to organi/u a company of runger.s to shoot down all the Indians in the terri tory at sight. Ho may J'md it rather dilli- cult to get sight of the. active Apaches. Tin : enthusiasm in the woman suffrage inovemcnt in Vermont is evidentlv dying out. At the recent meeting of the state association it was .shown that there arc only 117 members , and throe dollars in the treasury. IT has been found that under the vast tracts of sage-brush in Nevada there is a rich , deep , loamy -oil , which can btj iiiade wonderfully productive with a little irri gation. Now lot the * . Nevada people irri gate and remove the idea that their state is a barren ideality. CoNr.iissMi.v : : will no doubt feel very grateful to Air. Colonial ) , the commis- mis.sionor of agriculture , lie has deter mined to increase tin ; seed rations to 0,000 packages. The country constituency will BOOH be laid under the usual obligations to their representatives in congress. A Xiw : MI\ICAN : oilers to capture every Apache if he is given MO men and CO bloodhounds. The bloodhound pro position is very practical , and the New Mexican ought to bo given the job , even p If ho does relieve the regular army of fe the glory of an Apache campaign. TIIK Omaha exposition directors are I greatly troubled over Gen. Test's weather predictions. Gen. Test has laid out a 'I programme of bad weather for the days selected by the managers for the exposi ' tion. The directors should cither change 'i the time , or get Gen. Tcbt to modify his forecast. MK. CHAIII.CS K. PIIKKINS , president of the Chicago , liurlington & Quincy rail road company , has written a six-column argument on inter-state commerce , ad dressed to .Senator Cullom , which , Hummed up in u nutshell , asks congress to let the railroads severely alone. Like JcffDuvif , all the railroad managers ask is to bo lot alone. ' _ Tin ; CJitenso iitrtild . ! ; : / "fiS soon fls it was discovered Hint a single robber stopped the Dmuhvood ftage in western Nebraska thy cauilry that had beim ordered out was withdrawn , and yet It is barely possihln that the troops might < lmvo cauglil him If they had kept right on , " II Is mit pictc ! > d that the robber was nn Apache Indian. This explains the Withdrawal of tlio regular aimy , IN 1877 there were only 780 telephones in use In this country , and now ( here arc over JiTj.OOO , At monthly rental of $11 these telephones produce a revenue of $1175,000 , and an annual revenue of 111,700,000. This is doing quite well fern n monopoly. If the Hell patent ! > invali dated it will reduce the tolli , but will vastly increas'ii the number of telephones Bud telephone companies , and the aggro- EMo'rotcnuo will bo much greater than U Is now. t CHICAGO has adopted iho Omahti method in handling thu saloons on Sun days , The front door * mu.-t bo closed , Lut the back doors are siJrtaya open. This leads the St. I'.uil I'loa.trVt / , . < to ttay that the fact that it has been decided to yield even so .il < ghl a triotitaof ic > pcct to the day ne\vrtIll-lav ) , a hopeful in dication that thu t'hiea o authorities bavo st.ll aouui little n pocl for public opinion , This applies equally well to Omaha , Atlillrnllon by Commission. Among the grave problems of the dny nhh-li occnp.i tlic attention of the ablest minds on both sides of the Atlantic is the amicable adjustment of the difl'crcnccs between wage-worker nnd employer. In the satisfactory solution of this great que tion capital and labor are equally in terested. In dealing with the labor ques tion public men naturally desire to pla cate labor in it * demands for living wages and fair treatment without offending - ing greedy capital nnd anlagonixing Its powerful influence. Arbitration doubt less commend * it elf as the mo l rational , ell'eetive and equitable means for pre venting bitter controversies , violent con- llict , and prolonged lock-out * . Acting upon this idea the governors of several states , notably the oof New York and Iowa , have recommended the enact ment of laws creating boards of arbitra tion. Such bills arc now pending in various legislature" . In Iowa the bill introduced by Senator WooUon is regarded by many uth ! fuvor ( and hai attracted more attention than any other measure before the hoii'-e. Under this proposed net a cnmniK-lon of live mem bers to be known as the slate board of arbitration i to lie created. Three of the Jive members are to bo appointed by the governor , without regard to their calling , and two are to bo representative laboring men. After 18 7 then1 two latter members are lo be select ed by the.slate senate from among a num ber of candidates propo-i-d and recom mended by the various chartered labor organizations. The board of arbitrators is to consider and adjii-lnll dlll'urenees thai may arise In Iowa from time to time between wage-workers and employers. Whenever four of the live members agree upon any general proposition the dc- ci-ion is to bo final , excepting that appeal may bo taken to the .supremo court. Decisions of three members are to bo binding only in the individual ca cs. Kuforeement of the decisions of tile board is pro\idcdfor , with full power of writ of injunction , and other appro priate remedies. In case of repeated or continued violation , or refusal of either party to carry out the judgment of the board , that writ may issue without bonds , to that those without ability to give bond , are furnished with ample power to have their rights determined and enforced , with the whole power of the slate. If it is expected that this or any similar bill , will do away with labor troubles it is a delusion. Arbitration by commission as is proposed in this bill would prove a costly farce and failure. In the first place such a commission , appointed by political machinery , would iw-s under the control of capitalists and monopolists almost as boon as it was organized. The three member- ! appointed by the governor would naturally be selected from among the political friends of the governor , or through the inlluence of large capitalists and railroad managers , whoMi interests would be involved. The two labor representatives , ten chances leone one , would bo "professional" workingmen - men whose labor is confined to agitation and political wire-pulling. Such men are .subject to influences and methods with which the corporation managers are only too familiar. Tims constituted the board of arbitration would bo a jug-handled affair , and its decisions would fail to command submis sion of laboring men on a strike whenever n decision was rendered adversely to them. AH appeal to the supreme court to sus tain the board would also be of no avail. There is no court in this country and no power on earth thai can compel a man to worit for less wages Ihan he is willing to accept. The only way that arbitration can bo made effective is to have arbitrators in which both parties liavo confidence. A state coiirtiiissioii , no matter by whom appointed or how cre ated , will not be a success. If such a body is to simply sit as K court of claims , the whole question of disputed wages might Letter bo disposed of by the ordi nary courts. Wo have advocated arbi tration as the f-alisfactory method for settling labor difficulties , hnl wo do not believe in machine arbitration. A law that would define the powers and duties of arbitrators , chosen in cases where a clashing of interests occurs , would doubt less prove beneficial and ollicient in preventing : i resort to force. Arbitration is now regulated by law in the settlement of properly differences and partnership all'airs. Usually each parly selects one arbitrator and the two agree upon a third. When a unaimous deci sion is readied an appeal is very seldom taken. This usage could bo made equally applicable to questions of wages. The ready-made machine arbitration board would probably agree much oftener than the board chosen by the parties to each dispute , but it would seldom prevent costly strikes and bloody riots , which i.s it after all the main object of arbitration. Now York Kitllrond CoiniiiiHRlon , The battle in tlio state of New York be tween the railroad corporations and tlio people seems likely to break out afresh. n Three years ago , alter a long and excit w ing eonllict , tlm people won , ami the cor si porations for the first time in the history w of tlio state wcro defeated , A commi-- itVw , conferring power to regulate railway tolls and prevent discrimination , was enacted. The power to appoint , two of the three commissioners was vested in ( rover Cleveland , then governor. De feated in their cfi'ort l/j provunl any rail way legislation the corporation managers partially succeeded by securing the ap pointment of tlio majority of the board. lly a wise provision ot the law , making one commissioner dependent upon the en dorsement of the chamber of eoinmerco , board of trade and transportation ami national anti-monopoly league , Hon. John O'Domioll , the present fearless anti- monopolistie rommisaiouor , was appoint ed. Hut the railroads , through u willing executive , got him appointed for the shortest term , three years , and it expires Injuuw weeks. This only goes to confirm flie to'imdni'ss of our views with regard to any system of railway regulation which In depends upon the choice and action of coiumibiionorii. The railroads always have managed and always will manage lohccurit control of the commissioners , up nt least a majority of its members , Tlm appointment of a successor to Mr , O'Dounell devolves upon Governor Hill , Mr. Cleveland's sueco'.sor , llo is n dem of ocrat and the senate is republican , Doth must concur in the appointment , U ap pear * that the business nuui ot New York , without rospuot to party , us well a * the labor societies and farmer * , nro all unitedly asking Governor Hill to re-ap point the sturdy anti-monopoly commis sioner the only ono on the board not bound b3' the fihanklcs of corporations. The governor is already talked of as a candidate for the next president and yet hesitates over the appointment in order please the railroad corporations. AVhilo Mr , Hlll'd position on the transportation - portation question and his action in re gard lo the coming vacancy in the New York board of railroad commissioners do not concern us directly , we deem it proper to caution Governor Hill against n very serious blunder. During the late campaign the opponents of Mr. 11111 charged him with being a corporation attorney. Whether this was true or laNe will be shown by his course in connec tion with Mr. O'Donuell. He ought to know enough to know that a pronounced monopolist will fare very poorly in the we-t in 183. In the next national cam paign a candidate tainted with corpora tion iiilluenec would stand as good : i chalice of being nominated for the presidency as ho would of being struck by lightning in Janunrv. The next president of the United Slates won't bo a corporation attorney. It is enough for the people of the we t lo know thai the biiMiie s , anti-monopolist and labor in- tere.'U of New York want Mr. O'loiinell rc-appointcd. If this request is not heeded Mr. 11111 belter fold his tout and retire from the presidential race , Jl is a wise man tliitt Icnows how and when to take " ( lie tide that leads on to . " fortune. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Double Taxation. The Lincoln Journal , which is the K-mi-ollicial organ of the state adminis tration , deteud.s the course of the attor ney general and the supreme court in or dering the collection of thein anc asylum head lav. The grounds upon which this .special ta\ levy is sought to be sustained arc that its enforcement will bring about the collection of board bills and medical fees from patients who arc able to pay. We are told by that paper that "tho neglect of Douglas and the other coun ties to settle with the state for the suit- port of its patients is equivalent to forcing the taxpayers of the slate to support all its patient- the hos pital , no matter how well able the patient or his relatives , legally respoii-iblo for his support , arc to pay the same. The law makes the county rcspon-ihlo to the stale first , and then the patient's ' proper ty or thai of his friends legally held for his support , responsible to the county. The slate cannot come in and collect di rectly from the individual. " Thiis precisely what all fair-minded people will object to. The slate imposes a general tax upon all property for the maintenance of benevolent institutions Mich as a ylums for the insane , the blind , the deaf and dumb , the feeble minded , and tlio aged and infirm. Kigid rules are established for admission into the-e in stitutions , nnd if any imposition is prac ticed it certainly will be in behalf of the poor rather in laver of the rich. It is not presumable that men or women in comfortable circumstance- not have themselves or relatives immured in an insane a-yliim for llio sake of getting free board ami lodging. Having paid his full shareof la.Nes , including levies for the maintenance of all charitable and benevolent institu tions , llio man of means is as much en titled to their benefit without extra charge as the pauper , who 1ms never contributed a dime in taxes. We give the poor man Hie benefit of free school- , and the prop erty owner enjoys the same privilege without a .special charge for his children. It is unjust and unreasonable to impose a special tax upon a whole county for the maintenance of its insane after the prop erly has borne its full share for main taining benevolent state institutions by a general tax. It would bo no moro nor less than double taxation , which no law yer of any standing would defend or ad vocate for one moment. On one point we arc willing lo stand corrected and that i.s the statement made by the Jour nal that $75,000 ! , of the money formerly collected as a head tax was paid out in 1670 to build additions to the insane hospital and furnish the same. That fact alone does not fciistain the equity of tins double taxation in connection with the iiK-auc asylum. Oinnlia Comes Up Smiling , Xo. lit. Omaha takes the thirteenth place in last week's report of the thirty-one clear ing house cities. Her clearings amounted to $ : ) ,180,45I , , standing nc.\t to Kansas City , with $ ! ) ,012OSO , and ahead of Mich cities as Milwaukee , Detroit , Denver , Minneapolis , Cleveland , Hartford , Mem phis and Galvcston. Omaha shows an increase last week of 50 per cent over the corresponding week of last year , being moro than twice as largo an increase as shown by any other city. Kansas City shows a doorcase of 0 0-10 per cent as compared with the corresponding week of last year. The Kansas City Wines niakes the following excuse for the de crease in the clearances of that city : The decicnso shown In Kansas City's ' busi ness leeoul for the past and the preceding week is more apparent than lent for the rea son that , beim : tlio center of a rcat section which depends upon It for supplies and which does the bulk ot its busline i > ; 'j- , * storm of Inst week and the week piovlous Interfered nio t seriously with every dennit- nieiit of tnule. The Times should not forget that the same storm prevailed throughout Ne braska and the territory tributary to Omaha , and thu business of Omaha was subject to tlm same impediments a.s that of Kansas City , Dut Kansas City ought to bo proud of being the twelfth city , ag Omaha is of being the thirteenth. It is now in order for the Kaunas City 'J'imcs to publish another burlesque article ) on Omaha and call it an overgrown village. Tins paper cannot be accused of being an enemy of foreigners , but it does scorn o us , judging from tlio list of namus from which tlio county commissioners have selected the grand and petit jurors that an American has no business to bo concerned in thu administration of justice Douglas county. Out of sixty mimes put into the hat all but seven or eight were Germans , Scandinavians , Irishmen , Englishmen , and Bohemians , Such an un due preponderance of foreign-born jurors would , however , bo unobjectionable If the parties wore responsible eltlxuns and men of known Integrity , Hut the worat it is that n Inrgo percentage of thoH pel-tons were ex-bartendoro , saloonkeepers ers , free lunch fiends , and men of no oc cupation whatever. When It is borne in mind that thu commissioners have over 10,000 names to select from , It looks ns If their raugo of acquaintance was ooutiuud to the bar room and. resorts of political bummers. With such material for juries the administration of justice in our courts becomes a roaring fixi'ce. WHIM : there Is sd much cross firing about the nirvey6r-generalhip of Ne braska , there is a ignlficaut calm about the collector-hip ami mai'slmMi'ip , the two largest plums'n ! the political orchard of tliis state. 'i Tniii : : : will be no council meeting this week , but the committees can do efficient service by having u building inspection ordinance prepared and digested ready for passage for next week. Kvr.uv year the -dorm * are reported as "the wor-t for forty j-ears , " but the wor."t is yet to come. TII.VT lilltKli SflT. llnstlnirs Oa/nlte-Joiuiial : This will plvo theltr.nanotherblnmheitlsemeiit , and that's about nil Hint \ \ 111 pointof it. Hastings Ga/elto-.lotuiial : Thoiospoiislblo editor of Ihe Uinniia Dm : IMS imolliei fno.dOO libel suit on his hands That man I'osewaler nlwajs did have the vre.itcst luck of any newspaper mvii in the .state , I'upllllou Times : Hoffman thinks Ids rciutitinn | , Ims suffered $31,0)3 ) mid siu-s lo icojxpr tint amuuti I. If'isewatcr piniul-.es an Interesting time , and lloll'niau will hem iiaiiyuni'i ] ' r.niit thliiss bcfuro he gets Ids Yolk Times : Kditor Itoscwator fs made the defendant In a thhtj thousand libel suit brought by Unll'mm , private -eoret.ny . to ( iov. Dawes. Mc.iiitime Mr. Itoinimn would be Kind IT he weie able to raise Hilt ly cents on the piospcetho tidily thousand. dele Yltlelto : We do not know what Mr. llolVmaii's modeol defense will be , whi'llier ho will pro\cthat Itas only a small puny , or whether there was no loiuiclulinn I'oi the chaise , or whether the company hu keeps ought lo disprove the assertion , Mr. Itosi1- water has employed able attorney.- , and Is ready for the fray. N"elili ! Lender : HolTinnn has IK-PII debating the matter in his iiiiml e\er since , unit finally concluded his chaiacte.rjhas been damaged ? ! XiX)0 ( ) woith. HolVnuii's couscieneo iim-l have a hide like a hlppopotamoiis ur else the Uir.S : sting muihl have icni'hcd it Ionic oS i ; . Noilh P.end Flail : Kdilor Uosowater has a S'0OUO ' ! libel suit on his hands commenced by ( Jov. D.IWO.S' pilvato secretaiyI.'M. . llolf- inuii , who , It will beiemembered.was aeeit-ed bv the Hir. : with crookedness In hor-c deal ing. Shouldn't wondur It old Kosey had it onto him now. Weeping Water Keptiblicnn : ThelJr.i : has been sued forlilH by one .J. Mllloii Hollman , of Lincoln , who says his incuratcd fcelinirs sue worth < 5"0,0X ( ) . In our opinion Mr II. will get hlsolairartpr aired in a very unpleasant way bclnruhc is tlnu.ii,1 . ! ; ! , with this mailer. Poi haps he may gel lesson enough out of It to teach him lo keep olit of law suits In the future. ' St. Louis ( Hobo-Democrat : Tiince Uis- mniokand the private1 .secietary ol the gov ernor of Xebniska have < simultaneously in- Mtitulcd 1HL'I sails al'aiusl newspaperIt Is evident that thegic.it men of the timenio making common C.UHC in the matter of wieaklngenjjoaiiue upon the licentious pre.ss. Fiemnnl HeiaUl : U'ho , lii ! : : re-publishes the "Jiln'lmis * ' article on llDllmaii , tjie gover nor's private secretary , so that the public can jmiscriiotiior timy were libelous or not , and adds that "his ualiTe , ( > " > unit reputa tion couldn't bo damaged fifteen cents woilh by any man or piper , even the J'olicc Ua/ette. " Jlctlcrumkc it SdO.OOO. ( irafton Loader : It looks as though there might be some tun in the future but when a lie is told which is considered worth so much aM,000 : ) it must bis a good one and ceilaluly dcsoives notice. However Mr. Ho-cwater Is ceilainly able to take caie of himself and will no doubt do .so , and it' ho proves as successful in his defense as hu does in editing the IJin : , he will stand as usual the \ictor. Nebiaska City News : The. Omaha Uii : : does not seem to be very badly scared on ac count of the S30.00J libul suit instituted by J. Milt Ilolfmiui , private secretary of ( ! ov. Dx\\ed. ; The Jim : thinks it can substantiate Its charges , and The Xews believes that it It pur.siicsltslaveitlgatlonsiigio.it deal ot po litical histoiy will be brought to light , and not the least will bo a few facts ooncanilng the attempt to iob the sUle treasury , and the rcwaid to thu delestlvro ( ! in. Mr llii : : , yoli have struck a lich Held. Blair K"piiblican : Tin' Oai.iha . Bir : has a STO.COJ libel suit on hnn.l. Tlio article taken exception to appeared at the time of the lob- beiyof the slate tiensury. It intimated that J. Milton JlofTmnu , llio governor's private secretary , might bo In collusion with the gnng us he once l.nd been airestcd for horsc- Fteallng. That would -e.'in to bo u small thing to cot offended at. Hosy did not call himn tiamp , Iraud , thlc-l or murderer only said ho was arrested on suspicion. Hoffman was umoasonable to get m.i > l at sueli a small matter. Hastings ( iazcllc-Joiiriial : ] ; . Itosowatcr lias boon sued for libel by Hoffman , secretary of ( iov. Dawes , because he , about a j car ago published in the Uii : : in tides accusing Hoff man ol having jears ago sold a hor.so not be longing to him , and having been connected with a plan of a safe burglary. It i.s rather astonishing that tills suit is brought now , so longa time after tlio alleged libal , ami after the excitement it caused in llio beginning had entirely died out. Jtosow.iter has engaged Mcssis. Mason & \Vlicdon \ for the defense , who may stir up things moro lively than ex pected by Mr. Hoffman. 8 EN A TO JIB AND CONGHHSSMEX. u " ' ' - " " ' " * * am n { u"f ; vann , . . , - ' " " i- "i- j i"Jrliir , * ' ' " - Slttlng behind stylish i lg - . . . Itepi'esenlativo Taylor of Tennessee , Is another \\lio wants the eivll service law 10- peali-d , ' Speaker Caillslo has , euau'gcd ' his Kentucky Irani Covliigton to" Xowpoit , In another county. . i Senator Mitchell , ol Pennsylvania , used to bo the rlp-roailng editor of the Tiosa County ( I'a. ) Agitator , ' j Coiigiessmaii iloutellc , ol Maine , edited and managed the liangoi } Vhlg and Courier forfiltoeii ycaib. ' ' C-ongrassman TownslieiM ) thinks Mr. Til- a don's Jotter on the eoa t il foiibcs will have gicat weight with Kdmuuds says whcnevcifH majority of the women of thu United 'jl-'M In any state do- Blio Hie MiffrnKO ho will void for 11 , CoiiBiessmaiiVyntt \ Aiken.ol South Car- ollini , is laid up ut his homo In CokcsbuiK from the clfects of a fall on the Ice a year PRO. Senator Cameion has presented to the Kpls- conal congregation at Steclton , 1'a. , the lot upon Which thuir church Is built , besides help ing them In other ways , .Senator Width-all , Kecielary Lamm's suc cessor In eengiess , Is ono of ( ho tallo t ami thinnest men In Washington. Ho Is said to bo an etfectlvo bpeiiker. Congressman t'oran , of Ohio , says ho will not seek ic-uloctloii ut the end of his term , Localise It eoat.s u congressman moro Hum Mr , salary to llvo In U'asliluiton , ami he can't Hffoid It , Hrnulor I'almer , of Michigan , soinetlmes Htaitlcstho cmloiis In thu streuts of Wash- lur by wctirlni ; u tiuy teuler lu the front of his buttoned tip Cocrcoat for The bath master of the house of tatlvcs snjs Coiigicsmnn Morrison nc\er takes a bath there , Mr. Cnillsle does so occa sionally , nnd Mr. Itamlnll comes "when his rhciimnlles Iseiy li.nl. " Senntor Kvartsdl-po es ot the loiv that he does all the choies on his New Kneland farm , by saj lug : " .My heaviest choreme towalk down to the im-ture.s and \vatch the entile. " Congressman Morrison and other Illinois congressmen are preimiinu a plnu to remove the depot of Indian supplies liom Xrw \ ork to Chicago. The purchases iu New Yoik aggregate S'J.OOJ,000 a year. Concios-mnn Cm tin declines with thanks the honor ot belito ; Iraii-frMicd tiom the for eign chairmanship to that of banking in ouler to humor the srvrclaiy oftnte ami satisfy the ambition of joiuu Mr. liclmoiit. lepto ! entfit\e ! Keagnn thinks the conspira cy of Ihe money-lenders to wlthdiaw from nsonhniil one-halt ot Ilia molnl money oC the world will be lebiiked lu tlm mo.st ( * lnal manner by the American people and con KIC.SS. Coiitfivssman ( ilovcr , of St. Louis , Is a bachelor whoe lelbiiro Is dovoteit lo the law. At pH'M'iiUu ! i.s iimKlnt. a illive-a ol ojiluioiH of the highest eoiirts lu I lu > country , nhleh , It Is tlmmjht , will be of great \alno to the legal frnlcinlly. .Senator 1'vnits U said lob" annoyed at the comments imulo on his JJo i ! siicee'i. ' It is giniliSlm ; to know that lie hns niiivednl a stale of mind which enables him ( o slime Ihe Bcneuil fci'llii ! ! of those who lead and tried to umk'islaud Hint lemaikiihle ] ) ioihictloii. Senator ndmiunlsperns mo t comjenlal when most dl-airtcealile. Senntoi ( Sray's de sire lo. speak on -ilveupiestlon Inliuleied with I'ldmunils' Moimoii bill. Ho withdrew his bill for the time being , saying lmtply as he did so , "Hint it had b.'como an unwiltleii law ot the senate that a new senator should be permitted to speak unlc-s the capitol burn ed down. " The committee of ways and means I * , ot eoui-e , an niitl-tuillT bnily. .Mr. Moiilson's po-ltion Is well undeistDoil , nnd so Is Mr. Hewitt' * . Mr. Millof Tc\n , is apusitive lUT-linder ; Is Mr. MeMillau. Tlm 1'hll.x- deinlila 1'iess sij , > < he is of the "feivid outer. " ' Mr. Mnjbmy , olMiclil au , Is n sim-cio liee- tiaik'i ; so is Mr. JJieckeniidec , of Aikan.'ns , and his namesake or Kentucky Mr. Haiiis of Ueoiyia , is moie allied to Mr. Hewitt's x lew than to that ol Mr. Mills. Thai , Coal Problem. L'irtK rttlcttc. In Ouster county coin Is 10 cents per bushel , nnd hnid coal Is si" > prton. . This would moio tliau ennobnrate the statement ot Senator Van Wyck "that it takes 100 bushels ol ! coin to buv one ton ol coal. " Hubblcd to tlie SuiTace In Nebraska. ( Ataiyj Xcut. A son nml namesake of J. Waircn ICeifer has located peimanently in Nebraska , lie Is theliist distinguished Ohioan to bubble to thosinfaec In that bonier statu since 1 ! . II , Hayes closed out his llijiior bustueas in Omiilin. I'robalily Hired : i Girl. Ultfima / / ( / . ) ( ' / . The yonut ; lady In Cohuuhiis Neb , , who went toleep on awash day ten weeks ago and who has been in a peaceful slumber near ly cscr since , is now imported wide-awake. 1'iob.ibly the liunily IMS a hiicdgiil by this time. _ _ _ A Const itiilionnl Convention. Hijiftffujt Ttinv. Let's- have a stale uonstltntlonnl roineu- tion. OL'coiilse theie is no nece-sily lor a levlsionol theeouslliiitlui ) , Imt theie me so many Xobi.t ki : leiiubltcnns after gubeina- toiial glory Hint it will bo necessaiy to cicale a lewmoiepoailious ol honor for Ihe aspir ing ones lo till. _ The Aliiin Thins , AfteiAll. . It is linidly fair , perhups , for Hie I'l lends of Oen. Miles to boom him tor promotion by trying to hnve him appointed to supeisedo Ocn. Crook ; but at the sauu ; time it a very stious : reason why Gen. Crook should hiiny uj ) the work of Mibiluing tlio Apaches ami that is the main thing , after nil. On the llijrlit iiido. Laud Comiuis.sloner Sparks may err in some of his decisions and rulings , but he docs not err on the side of ( ho land-giablK-r.s and blgiallroad corporations. As the cuors of the interior dcpaitment liavo uniformly been on their side for many long years , tlio novel ty ot the change is lather refreshing and the country can stand it t'oi awhile. lr , Millrr'n Sol'i Soap. IfCHtlll. The Hastings Democrat icmark.s : "Vc ( iods and liltlo lishiis ! What doc.s Dr. Miller mean when ho publishes the name of Tobias Castor , the Saline statesman , in con nection with the I'liiled States somiloi ship'.1' ' Jlo moans , by applying soft soap on willing and weakmindedictlins , to keep them at 1 woik in the traces. Different cuttle rcipilie dlllcrcnt kinds ol' loddcr. Oloau Kiiock-Oiit. ffXelll J'lilninc. Helng taunted by the Kepublican fornc- ccpting passes fiom Hie Union Paclfie. rail- rontl , Kditor Hoiewnter , of the Iiii ; : , icsiinnd ed by sjiowhig that passes hail hern offeied him but refuscit on Hie ground that ho could not consistently accept them. It was a clean knock-out , a kind of back-handed swipe , us it were , inther grinding the In-ignlflcant In sect In thu dust , merely us a mailer of form , and without any appnienl exertion , Tlm IJronoIio KlalOHliiili ) . y'.ip///Io . / / / Tinien. Downcast they call our senior sopator "llio bruncho statesman. " Van has earned tln > title by hli > constant "bucking" mra "I"r thoeafclmn ! ' " " "I" UIU . . . i j wnocomooutito No- brns1a , slrclch a baib wiic aioiind thousands of acres of goveinment land and prevent honest settlers oiuipjlng It. Thcio mo c'Citaln Inctlviiliml- Lincoln and Omnhu who htivn tiled to put a railroad saddle on Van's back , aiict Ihey will testify Hint llio senator cnn do the ' 'buck" net very success fully. to _ _ Ilov. Patber Iletts , formerly of Omalin , riitcagn Xcitt. 't'ho Kplscopnl clergyman who officiated at In the luneml sorvlce-of Hie late II. } ) . Jnrdlno lu Kansas Oily Is lejioited to have delivered very soncatlonal sermon over the corpse , Tho-o who know Mr. B' tlwill not bo uniiued to hear this , for Mr. Untls 1ms long beoiiiiiliIloU'iltiibiMisatiouallini. Ho U what Is called "high chureli ! " he believes in and practices iniimmerj ; wax candles , Intonn- lions nnd oilier feeble Imitations of I ho Itomish church ilulight him ; he oven sailers himself lo bo called Father Jletts by his hys terical actmiiers. Wo doubt very miieh whether all hlb Intellectual emit ami pictur esque smisatlonalism will .servo to abate one whit the popular opinion thai the late Mr. Jaidlno was ono of the most dangerous char- to uoleiB ever admitted to the pilcsthootl. The peculiar biulallty of the iccenl irnch- Ing iu weeturn Nubr.nk.i lay In the faot that the victim was mi lusaiio mail , Dieudlul as are the crimes that aio porputratvil by lima- lies , In all elvlll/.ed lamlj , It Is huld to bu tlio duly of society not only to prottut thorn fiom an their own Incspousibillty Imt to plaou tluuu inw wheio thov cannot haiiu othci-s. Tliu Sulmy re maniac kllli'il life jailer and was ldms-lt reel olhi kllluU by umob , whuu It Is murall ) u-i-iuiin his that in any compctcui court the umn would ha\ebcon shown to bean unfortunate who could not rightfully be held to nil nrcounla bllltj for his acts. As nude Ihepioeesses ot Judge Lynch In the far west are suflloienllj just to commend them'ilve.s to people who npprcriato the necessity for slorn methods In n spar-cly settled eouutrj , and tlicdiRlcultlc" ! in the wnj ot dealing with cilmo by .legal methods , but when It comes to h.iiittuij lire- simuslbles the wliole system is dlvnMllnd. In thisca elt was the dnlv ot Ihe people to ie that a pei'fin wlura thej kurw to be ilnueeroui was propoily c re-l for. Killlnz In that , they were tunr.illy . charge.ible with the dnmnscc thai he Old. The Poetry of Ail vert Is In ff. I'linlni' ( firnVir. 't'heie isn land of bltln t'tarsnud wnllitifr. A Innd mojt liKc Hint drcai one Dnute knew. Where wan-fared Niul'c , with dark lobes tinllin ? . In sad pioressioii move * , brows bound with me. It ! * a land peopled by w Itlw niortal , Compaiid with whom the virtcjiu live were Wls And Hieie is will above its gloomy portals : "We did not think II paid tonifveitifc. " There Is n land that Hews with milk nud linuey , Jxot the ioiuteii ri1 , nor vet the sorghum strains , Knch dwelliii ! ; bear * a gripsack I'nt with money , HoiiiN , eoupon.s , slocks , and vniious otliei uains ; O'-1 ' ilwsc ns , nt high llde , Hie fi-hps. ou'iii doth drown tlio lalighlcr In their eyes ; I'm belter luck they ha\e no oit of wishes ; Thu cake I.s thells , they leal lied to adver tise. liacUtioiu * In the Senate. SI..iinN l'-i"-llii > itili. The corporations and the land-grab bers are tioiiifl ; to defeat llio re-election of Sena tor Van \Vyck \ < if Nebraska They can allbrd to pay all that it will co-l lo beat him and are determined to beat him at any co.-t. lie is an honest and fcailess mini and therefore a very troublesome one in the senate , lint unless they can have him removed before the end of his term , he bids fair lo pay them well in advance for downing him hereafter. It is said that the smaller rascals who were cheated bv the bijryor rn cils : in the Itackbono lantl- rant job , have been load ing him tip with inlormatioti , and that when he next joes oil' in the senate the wounded will bo many and the. commotion great. It seems that the original grantees i.-3iicd bonds on Ihe < iranl without ever buildin < c a mile of the railroad , and that these bonds were all bought ii ] > for aon > * by political spec ulators [ , who , after the propo-cd road and the ' grant hud been forgotten , saw a chance to turn an honest penny and make the bonds valuable by pooling their influence . nnd bavins thu grant trans ferred , with tlm connivance of the inte rior department , to the .Now Orleans i'a- eilie , a totally different road , running in another direction and on the other side of the Mississippi from the proposed Now Orleans anil Vieksburg road , to which the land wa p.ranled As the land had risen to aalne of about SIO.000,000 it was worth having , ami the Xew Orleans Pitoitio could a ( lord to make the holderof tho-u worthless bonds n liberal oiler tor it. Hut -omuliow , before the patent- were issued , some of the bondholder.- found out that Knrnum , of Connecticut , and some of the other big politician ; ; were pocketing all the proceeds , and that the smaller Iry of bondholders were to be ignored altogeth er in tin * transaction. Hence the noise nnd revelations which caused Mr. Lainar to stop the issno of the patents. II i.s to be hoped that ovnry politirian who held any of these bond'or had any hand in this steal , will be exposed to the full extent of his interest and participation in the rascally business. GREELEY'S WEAKNESS. 'J'tic ( " .rent Kititnr'ti Experience nt n Constitutional Convention. The following is a part of some inter- e-ting reminiscences published in tlio Watertown ( X. V. ) Times by the veteran lieinau llroekwuy. who was cmulovcd in olliee of the New York Tribumo during Mr. Greele.y's editorship : Ho had bin weak points. He erred in Ids judgment of men. J lim.-olt artle-s , ho gave his fellow beings credit for possess- ill" ; moro virtue and a greater regard for principle than they really pos-cs-cd. He did not know anything about playing tricks lilm-olf , and was therefore oil his guard when approached by scamps , and was an easy prey to dead beats and swindler- . Another of his weaknesses was his im patience. Ho thought the world might be reformed In a day -in hi.day. . When a thing was to bo done , bis idea was that ilh was to bo done now tin's very dny and hour. "The N " way lo re-nine to resume , and the re marl ; shows the manner in which his mind acted. He was u failure ilc 11il congrcami in our hts.t constitutional convention mainly in con.-erpiuncc ot the great number oflow eouuhes and In competents in those bodies. He thought IfiO lirst-chiss men ought to be able to frame a } ory fair constitution in from thirly to sisly days , and he was for _ com mencing thoses-ions of the convention at 8 o'clock m the morning and laboring right on until tlio work was lini-hed. nut lie - found himself surrounded by ono hundred ami more huvyers who were not in the habit of gelling up and at work at 8 in the morning , Not much. They thought 11 or la : i better hour , and that if the convention completed its labors in nine mouths or a year it would do pretty well. Tnoy were getting ! ? ( ! jier duy , and that was. more than a majority of them could make at home. The con-eouuiico was Mr. Greoloy became di-giisted , and after the convention hud been in ncaMon three or four months lie , packed itp and left. ti And in this connection n good story is told , which I believe has not been In print ; Tuii'M | UVI'u Ihron iiularirmalt/ / > - I tvlmicd talkers in tlio con\onlTo1ii-me7i fu who were always on their feet. Now It T happened that one of those windy mem- di burs was addressing the convention when thw Oreoh ) . } withdrew. Well , ho wvnttiwnj , thS1 and was absent about a month , as 1 re ] S1m member , when , happening to ue parsing m through the old Dutch oiipltol it occurred ela him he would look into the conven a tion and see what progress It was mak up ' ! ing. As luck would liavo it the identical dtm individual who was holding forth when m he Ml still held Ihe. lloor. As he looked "I ho raised his hands in horror and ex tu claimed : IU " ( Jreat Oodl Hasn't that d n fool finished his speech A < > t ! " In Mr. ( Jrecloy was In some respects odd to add peculiar , as mo.st pcnplo are who mo mi1e : fhoir mark in the world , Hut I My luiNO had thu impression that a good an many of his Idiosyncrasies resulted from I" llio tact that bo was de tiute ( of a homo lei of a wife to see that his shirt collar was lii.s put on right .shlo tin and his nccktio SI l properly udjtiMcd. J know ho was to ( Ipi some extent careless perhaps 1 should say indllVenim. to his pi rsonul appear- an'co ; but for that tery reason lie should have had a companion to care tor him , see that his clothes were in proper condition and put on n.s they should have - been ; and if ho had had a wile of that stamp 1 think liu .would have escaped much of llio talk respecting his dav > and jig personal . Mr. Gnu-ley had his gloomy hours , his seasons of ilesondeny ) ! as well as his foi cheerful ones , llo hail his ups and own- , and thu distance ; butwven tlm two joss w'as immeasurable. . When in . iinliuppv . mood ho wa-s f > hm ' ' * * . . , . . . _ _ t t * ! ! II wreiehi d. nn object of real pity. The ch rmnliiiiuii in hi- feeling after the bntllti at Hull Itun wu.s sueh as to Fend him lo couch ecK * , where ho remained o\'cr- of al weeks , tlircatonod with Boflenlng of the brain. The attack which nltimaleiy I c'i-rie.l bun olV was simiinr in kind , but of a more \idliMil t pe , while his physical s\-temfrom long watching at tlm bed side of his < h ing wife , had become so ini- pniivd that he sank tinder the weight of l\i \ ill.- . JUDGE BLACK'S ELOQUENCE. A Oi-oiit Spoprli Tn tlie MllllRnii Cnso mill Its lin'oet on n.Westerner. ritt-burg Dispatelr They tell a Ptory of a friend of n ve-teru congressman w ho happened lo be at ( ho eanitol. sightsee ing , at the time ( lie historic Milliganen-o was on trial before the supreme court. This emigre-small was to make a great .speech on n certain day , on some ques tion or other , and his friend went up to the capilol lo hear it. lie -omehnw mied his way in Ihe building , howe\er , and wandered into t he courl room In-teatl There heaw a man of towering ligure slridiug buck and forth in the narrow space before the bench , arguing the ease of , the defendant , Milllgan. Oratory ' 'H captivating to a western man , nnd he sl.iyed to listen a few minutes , ludge ninety was ilenoiinelng trial b\ military % commi ions , and painting the iniquity of all the extrajudieiai tribunals that ever in all history usurped the prerogatives of the duly established courts. He in stanced Herod , who , when tillable to slimle out from the multitude of children the Christ child who was to be king of llio .lew.s , tried all the names for prospective ( reason , con victed them , decreed their death , and had his seuleiiee carried out with such alacrit.N nndenl that in one day the wliole land was tilled with mourning and lamentation He cited N'ero tr\ing the whole Cliri-lian church in a body on the charge of setting lire to Home , and send ing them to the ero-s. Me de eribes Maebetir's hired mimlcrcr- < , the commis sion organi/od in llniupio's ease , which sal upon him that very night at a con venient place beside the road , when ; it was known he would be travelling. " He pictured Lola Monteminiler and mi-tre-s to thu king of liuvaria , and her "eojnmi-simi" "a pack of lirili-h bulldogs , trained to ( ear the lie-1 ! ) and mangle the limbs and lai > the life blood1' ami much more which I cannot acciuately recall. The we-lerner stood and drunk il in with eager ears and eyes that hung on every gesture of the orator , until , at the climax of Ihe. Monte/ instance , Judge IJIack thundered out : "It givemo unspeakable pleasure to tell you the sequel. The pcophi rose in their _ wrath , -nia-hcd down the whole machinery ot oppression , and drove out into uttermost shame king , dogs , unit .strmnpel " Then the listener rushed out of the chamber , hurried acre-s into the hall ot the hoii-e , pushed past the doorkeeper , down the ni.sle to tlio desk where hi.- friend was iu the midst of his speech , and , plucking him by the coal tail , c.\ claimed in \oiee so loud as lo be heard a do/en scat- around : "Wind her up , Hill ! Wind her up. and eomu over here nnd listen to old Jerry Blackgi\iii"em li l ! " BUNKOED. Helping a Slim to Draw a t'rlf.e ol' Detroit Free Press I was in Chicago , you know , and was picking my teclh on the walk in front of the Tremont hoti-e after a good breakfast , when a well ilre-scd , good looking man cornea up lo me and says : "Why , how do you do , Mr. Pepsin * How are all the folks in Detroit ? " 1 shook hands with him and as-nred him that everybody was well and heart\ \ nnd gaining on it. " .No place like old Detroit , " ho says , heaving a sigh which bulged out his vest likea balloon. I just wish I was back there again. " "Then you used to live then : ? " I asked "Was lorn there , sir Panic of lttli swept us overboard. We lost $ " 0,000 in siv months. How arc Aid. ( ! ies , U'csteotl , Jaeobiuid the other boys getting onV" I told him they wore just rolling in f.-il and wealth , and ho seemed much grati fied at the information. "Saj ! " he suddenly put in , "imijho on waul to see the climax to a very funny incident ? Il bought n ticket in a lottery nmiiinghuro in Chicago , and paid $3 for it. 1 sold it to my w ile for a dollar. She sold it to a friend for 75 cents , Tlio friend turns around and sells it to me for half a dollar Last night I got notice that the ticket had drawn $ ' 2,000. " "Xo ! " . . . "Sure as .shooting ! I'm just on mv K way to tlio olliee on Clark street to gel , Fj tlio money. If you haven't anything- | pressing on hand walk over. " J went with him. If there is anything on earlh I do despise it Is a man who can't stand by ami encourage another man to draw $2,000 in a lottery. The fortunate fellow was very talkative , and no grew confidential enough lo ask mo win tlier he had butler buy his wife a seal skin saeiiie | or a i > uir of diamond ear rings. I advocated the diamonds. Seal skin wears out and grows shabby , but diamonds are always o. K. with u pawn broker. We finally reached the place. It WIIH up two or threeIllghts of stairs , with two or three turns to the right and loft. The man in Ihe olliee looked shabby and lone- -onie , but I didn't lay Hint up ngalnst him. I'd have looked thu saino way If I had lost .fJ.OOO in cash. My friend Intro duced himself , exhibited his ticket , and tlio lonesome man fetched a groan of din- pair and handed him a roll of bills as big as my iirm. Then my Detroit friend whlsporcd to me that the lotturiy man had a. game-or two thoru. They wcrn't wicked games , but. just .somcthinjr to stimulate the system and throw off the bile. He wanted inn lo go in with him mid help clean the lonesome chap out of cool thousand. I look to the proposition very kindly I don't wish anybody any harm , but if I can gel ahead of a lottery mini I'm f/oln Irtil.fll. U'rt 1" " ' * " " ' " " ' - : - - : ' . ' " : ! ! } ' . attic1 bus fore he would consent to open his games. Then ho set out what ho called a "baby drawing. " You bought your tieknt and there was no delay In anecrlaiiiing whether t\oii had drawn a pri/.o or nod My friend and 1 wont in to bust that bud man up and wreck and ruin him. Wo chipped iu $ ' , ' 0 apiece and HID riHidt was cash prix.c of iM cunts. Then wo put ' $10 in partnership , and the UuKoU all druw blanks , liy tlitotiiuu wo had bothgot mad , and we went down for fno apiece and yelled for blood. Our cash re turn wus 50 ccnls Thun 1 began to m- lleet. Was it right for us to lion on that poor man that way and iiiiiineiulh ruin him ? No ! Tlm mini from Dotioitwho lost $10,000 in tliu panic was anxious for to go another hundred , but I wouldn't. natural synipiilhicshud been moused , and I wouldn't conspire lo ruin no IIUID'H pncijioets. J went down stulrn nloiio , lent mg my friend up there lo curry out . fiendi.sh intentions. As J reached thu rent I ti policeman ciimo along ami pieried : "Leuvo any money up theroV" "About S'.iO ' , " I uiiMvurod. "Want lo mal.c a ronipluiiilr" "For wlmtr" "Against the place. It's a bmike- -hoi ) ! " "Wlmt'rt a biinko-siiopv" Ho looked ill mo a long time , us If try. to remember something. Then hu , iiidihiiily remembered it itiul .mid. "You uro tlio biggest tool J'vu mot iu forty yours ! He was evidently jealous ol my stio- In busting the bank. In thodtiot Hceno iu Mr. Irving'n the-atrn ileeirio appliances uro provided to that every touch ot thosivorda of McphUlo- phele.s nnd Valentine u brilliant btrf.'iini fcpnrktf is thrown oil' , -
