THE OMAHA DAILY BEE , MONDAY , MARCH i ,
THE DAILY BEE.
OMAHA. OFrirnNo. HI AxnoTfil'AnxAst ST
Owicr , No , 613 rotmTEEsin Sr.
Published nvrrymonilnir , oTC"i > t Sunday . Tlio
only Monday morning ; pnntr nubllihod lu tlio
Utnto.
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Fix Months. . . ( .00 Ono Monti . 1.00
TJIK WnnKi.r Urn , I'ubllslicil nvory Vt'odnusdar.
TKIIMBi POSTPAID !
Ono Vrnr , wllli premium . . . . . . . . (3.00
Ono Ytnr , without premium . 1A" >
PIxMoiilliR , wlllioiit premium. i . . . . . ? * >
Ono Monlli , on trial , . . . . . . 10
connrsrosnrNCE !
All rnrnmtinlwitloni rclntlni ? to nt ws nnil mil-
torlal irtnttrrfl Mioulcl bo nJdrcs'eiJ to the Km-
/on or riiKlirn.
All Inillnfpulcllrnnml rnmlttnnpci clionM bo
naJrusH'd to 'Jim Urn I'L'm.nmsn COMPANY ,
OH.MIA. Draft * , checks mid pnXolIlcu orders
to bo miulo ) > ) nblo to I ho order of llio commny. |
TOE DIE POBLISBIIcliPJllll , PflOPRIEIOBS ,
K. UOSnWATKIl. KniTOit.
Tun Greek . .cliolnr of the Herald as
sumes Hint thttt paper was never edited
before ho landed in Omaha.
A Nuw Yonic jinpcr saj-n that that city
is orowilctl with bunko alinrps. If they
wro nil us bold as Jnko Sharp Now York
might as well fiiirrcnilor.
IK tlio tlnlly papers of Oinnlin would
ngrco to cliuo : cotincilinnnlc caudiilatoa
for tlio niinoiinuuniiiiit of thuir cantlulncy
thuy would ronp n rich harvest between
now nnd tlio blooming of the ( lowers in
the spring.
Wr confess tlmt n cede of journalistic
ethics which consists in pcorotlyformont-
liif ? trouble In n contemporary's ollico
while preaching brotherly love In typo is
n little beyond our commonplace com-
prehension.
UNOLH nn.tv SIIKUMAN has 'Mono up"
General Fry about us completely ns ho
did up General Hood when the rnmnant
of that command consisting of two mules
nnd a base drum was moving rapidly to
wards the llio Grande.
THE net receipts of the Chicago charity
ball , which was hold last week , amounted
to about $10,000. The net receipts of the
Omaha charity ball were ? 1,000. This is
doing pretty well for a city only one-tenth
the size of Chicago.
JBI IK more southern latitudes spring will
begin on Monday , but Professor Couch
hasn't ' hauled down his cold wave llagyct ,
and it will not bo safe to plant llowor
seed and spring chickens for some weeks
to como.
Mil. liovn claims that the opera liouso
property would bring him a much larger
income if turned into olliccs. An opera
house built upon less expensive ground ,
with entrances and exits on the ground
floor would be a paying investment.
WHILI : there will bo considerable moro
building in Omaha this j-cir than last ,
there is a good deal of card house con
struction going on just nt present Every
winter wo build great blocks on paper ,
which fail to materialize with "the
flowers that bloom in the spring. "
Tfinlfcraltl takes delight in quoting
from the San Francisco Altn. The Alia is
n .moribund sheet and is edited by an
Iowa wind-bag named John P. Irish , who
' deals out tally at long-range to Dr. Miller.
In this way Irish and Miller have formed
a mutual admiration society.
Two Maryland editors , who once chal
lenged each other to fight u duel , have
discovered that under the law they are
prohibited from "holding ofllco , ami they
are now petitioning the legislature to re
move the disability. Wo hftyfl "Cticcd
that since thp % UOor t3 "have como into
P ° iY5)PtU ) v& have not boon nearly so many
challenges to duels in Maryland as there
wore in former years , when the olliccs
went to the republicans.
THK cast has been wrestling wilh what
it is pleased to call a western' blizzard ,
just as if a bll/y.anl could not originate
nnywhero else than in tlio west. So far
as wo have boon able to observe from the
eastern dispatches it was only n high
wind storm which did not extend farther
west than New York htato. To call such
n modqrato blow a western blizzard is a
slander upon ono of our most vigorous
institutions.
Miss FANKII : MILLS , the Ohio girl , who
lias for some months boon a dime
museum nttraotlon on account of her big
feet , mid whoso father has o He red $5.000
to any man who would marry her , has
finally caught a victim. Ills name Is
Grlflln , a journeyman painter of Now
York. Ho probably wants to start n dime
museum of his own. Ho will have to do
eomuthing of that kind In order to foot
his wifo's shoo bills , us the $5,000 won't
Just long for that purpose.
Tinnn : is a strong reaction beginning
in Omaha against the wooden block
orazo. Intelligent property owners in
the now paving districts are beginning te
i see that their best Interests are opposed
to Cheap John paving materials , which
1i 1i 1 in the end nro much moro expensive
1i' than the best. Citizens who have pro
i i' ' Tided themselves and the city with snb <
i'q. . etantinl pavements are also protesting
1 against the laying of the cedar bloek
1r 1i nnlsimce , whore they , in common with
1i r nil taxpayers , will bo assessed to pay tor
i intersections and continued repairs , An
( Tra of wooden block paving would bo tlio
worst ecit-baok to Omaha's prosperity
which eho could possibly experience- ,
The very mon who have signed for
wooden blocks on the ground that any
paving will greatly increase the value of
f their property would bo the ones most
injured. The assessments for the cost ol
first paving would have hardly more
than half expired before a iccond lien
would bo placed on their property for ro-
piwlug. In Washington to-dny more
than a million dollars of unpaid nsse&s-
nicuts for wooden blocks are still out
standing on etrcots which have bpon re-
payed with a better material. Three
ytmrs ngo the HKK fought the battle for
* durable pavements on tlio tame ground
on which it stands to-day , Jta position la
fortlliod by the throe years' ' experience ol
every city which has dabbled in wood anil
t&r since that time , A pavement of wood
is a snare nnd a Uclualou , Jt is ns poor n
wl&Ututo for a pavement as corduroy U
( or a solid voud-bed. lu addition , it
naturally becomes a nest ( or UHh , n
Vrvedor for disease nnd u sourcn of un <
umljotf profanity for r.11 who nro unfor
tunate enough to bo compelled .to use it ,
DlotntliiR to Commerce.
The clnlni of Commissioner Fink In his
circular on the dressed beef rates , that it
is the duty of the railroads to protect ono
business from the cll'ccts of competition
of another is nt once a dangerous as
sumption of powers nnd an absurd at
tempt to claim functions which Ho entire
ly beyond the province of common car
riers , Tim railroad lines are chartcral
and opcraled with ono distinct cud In
low so far as the public which creates
them is concerned. Tlmt function is to
perform equal and umliscrimlnatlng ser
vice for all pntrons , to exchange com
modities between points on nnd beyond
their lines , In short to act as the instru
ment of commerce and the employes of
the people who pay them for their ser
vices , Under tlio common law they arc
compelled to servo nil parties alike for
equal fccrvico and to charge each in pro
portion to the service rendered.
The arrogant assumption of the right
to tllctato what goods shall bo carried
over their lines which Is implied in their
present attempt to crush out the dressed
beef industry cannot bo suppressed too
quickly. To admit that the common
carriers of this country have llio right to
combine lo prevent condensation of food
because it is less profitable to the rail
road lines would bo to place n club in the
hands of every corporation with which It
could bcatout the brains of local Indus
try. The public at largo care little
whether or not the eastern trunk lines
own slaughter bouses and stock yards on
the banks of the Hudson. Hut they are
vitally interested In protecting thomsolvoa
ngalnsl nil organized raid on western
dressed beef producers , because the
growth of this Industry decreases
the profits of hauling live caltlo
a thousand miles to tlio sea board.
The determination of Messrs. Armour &
Co. lo test in the courts the right of Mr.
Fink to place a practically prohibitory
tariff on dressed beef will give general
satisfaction. It will boa test of the power
of tlio corporations to repeal the laws of
trade and to set aside the operation of
commercial principles which lie beyond
their province to meddle with. If the
railronds can suppress industries which
cheapen food because such condensation
of food products is drawing out of busi
ness clumsier and moro expensive meth
ods of supplying the public , they hayo it
in their power to raise a bar between the
industries of tiny section of the country
and the markets of the cast , and to dic
tate the form and direction of the com
mercial activity of its citizens. Against
such a tyranny the country must at once
rise in indignant protest. It cannot be
permitted. The inevitable law of legiti
mate trade competition must bo permit
ted to hold its sway , oven if the present
prolltsof the railroads sutler by the bene
fits which accrue lo Ihe public at largo.
They Can't lie HooodwinUctl.
Tliellnr throws out alcelcrthus : "How
would it bo It Maiblial Cnmniings should am
for councilman in the Fifth waul' ? "
It would bo the natural thing for a coruipt
republican olllclal to do to enl.ugc his oppor
tunities by going into the council. However ,
running is ono thing , and decline Is another ,
As a candidate for maishal the Herald would
take positive delight in welcoming Mr. Gum-
minus with bloody hands to a hospitable
gi.ive.
Tlio DISK also says that "Marshal Cum-
niinss as councilman of the Filth ward would
represent the labor element , " llo\v does tlio
BKI : know ho would ? The writer has It In
mind that the 15ir : is impudent iu assuming
to rcpicscnt the "labor element , " with whl cli
as an Institution Itoveu has uncompoaed dlf-
feionces. Herald.
If the BEE is impudentm venturing to
speak for workingmen , it is a good deal
moro impudent for a man who is merely
hired as a " writer , " and docs ijot gwu n
penny's interest in * * , o 'ilcrald , to assume
tC speak for the proprietors of that
paper as the champions of organi/.od
labor. The Knights of Labor , like the
Nebraska grange , have left the doors
wide open for the cappers of monopolies
to play the spy upon thorn , with n view of
achieving political cuds. Kvorybody remembers -
members how the Nebraska grangers
wore imposed upon by Church Howe ,
whom limy elected as their grand master
The kid-gloved gentleman who has taken
the contract to bufog and hoodwink tlu
workingmen by masquerading as i
Knight of Labor has a very big job on
his hands. The laboring mon of Omaha
have had ample experience in
times past witli the sympathy
and friendship of the Herald.
In the language of Artonius Word : "It It
true tliu leopard cannot change his spots ,
butj'ou can change them for him with n
paint brush as I ouoo did to a leopard of
mine that wasn't naturally spotted in an
attractive manner. " During fifteen
years past in every struggle between cap
ital and labor , whether iu this city or in
tlio country , the owners of the Jlerald
have always ranged themselves in violent
lent opposition to labor. They have de
nounced tlio worklngmon and wonting-
men's organizations ns ' 'ro < Mianded in.
condiaries , " "communists ami fiends. "
Only live years ago , when a moro labor
demonstration was magnified into a riot ,
the Herald was loudest in calling for
troops , and demanding that working-
men's wages should bo regulated by the
bayonet. The same men own tlio Jfaralil
to-day , and they have not chanced their
ylows with regard to labor , no matter
what the pretense may bo. If Inbot
troubles should arisoon the Union Paeihc
to-morrow the man who Is now playing
knight and capper on the editorial stall
of tlio Herald would bo compelled
polled to turn the guns ol
that paper upon labor or lo o
his job , To whom has labor In Omalui
always looked for a fearless advocacy of
Its rights during labor troubles ? Did
It over turn to the Herald ojlico , which
was generally guanlud by policemen and
deputy sheriffs for four of a labor mob ?
To \ \ honi would labor look to-morrmv if
a conflict between it uud capital should
arise ? Would i | not naturally turn to
tlio HUB which has uovvr failed to glvo
it a fair hearing oven at the risk ol
losing the good will of capital ! whosti
advertising patronage is IU principal
source of revenue , in absence of ndlroad
job work ? Wo taka the workingniou oi
Omaha to bo iutolligunt imough to dis
tinguish botvveau friends who have stood
by them In need and trouble aud pre
tenders who want to mtikii political cap
ital out of their friendship.
It is a piece of impudoiiuo for tlio Her
ald to intimate that thuro are any "im
composed dift'oreiiees" betwoan the pro
prietors of thoi.JEB nnd their employes.
No complaint has boon made by any ol
them as to thglr wages and treatment ,
and no grievance eau urlsu which wo arc
not disposed to ndjv'st amicably , H is
true , howovor.thnt an effort U being made
through just such cappers a ? the ono that
now edits the Herald In the absence of Dr.
Alillcr , to create a controversy through
outsiders who are willing to play cats-
paw for political purposes. This Is only
in keeping with our experience in the
past , when our amiable contemporaries
have fomented trouble in onr ofllco for
the purpose of breaking down a success
ful rival. As to Marshal Cumintngs , the
Ikmld may proceed at once to fence In
Its graveyard and employ Its sexton.
The political funerals which have tnkon
place at the Instance of tlio bloody
lord high executioner who sheds
red Ink by the quart in tlio Herald are not
very numerous. Marshal Cummlngs can
await his doom with composure. The
contemptible lllng that Cummlngs would
not bo a proper representative of the
labor element only shows to what extent
stupid malice In charge of a political ave
can go. Marshal Cummliigs has been a
mechanic and laborer all his lifo , nnd if
anybody can bo classed as a representa
tive of real labor It is Tom Gumming * .
Hot AVnvo Signals.
. The value of the cold wave signals 1ms
been fully and fairly proved to the pub
lic during the past winter. The black
blocked Hag Hying from the various sig
nal stations throughout the country have
given timely warning of approaching
cold waves to many citizens who would
have otherwise boon without such infer
mation. The service has been satisfac
tory and a great accommodation to the
public benefited The question is now
being mooted why provisions should not
bo made by congress for a hot wave
signal service during the summer months.
Its introduction and operation would
bu ns simple aad .satisfactory as the pres
ent pyhtom of signalling the approach of
cold weather. Hot waves follow the same
rule as their opposites. Their course and
the time of their appearance cou'd bo as
definitely determined as those bringing
with them a fall of the mercury.
It Is a well known fact that people are
taught moro readily by simple signals
than by long bulletins of changes in the
barometer and thermometer. The "hot
wave signal waving in the sky" would
bring the news of coming heat to thou
sands who would never stop to read "Old
Probabilities" iu the papers. It would call
as loudly for dusters and parasols as the
cold wave Hag has for arctics and over
coats. To shippers of perishable goods
such an enlargement of the signal ser
vice system would bo invaluable , while
to a perspiring public it would be hallud
as a great acommodation. While con
gress is in session is the time lo start the
ball rolling for the hot wave signal. The
meteorological committee of the board of
trade would meet with general approval
if it took the matter in hand for a re
port at the next mooting of that body.
THERE is something almost pathetic in
General Sherman's labored review of the
controversy forced upon him by General
Fry , and in his indignant denials of nny
intent , in word or deed , to disparage his
old friend and commander , Grant. No
one can read the correspondence con
tained in Sherman's reply without fool
ing a strong touch of sympathy for the
grizzled soldier , whose loyalty to n com
rade was brought into question by twist
ing a sentence , taken nt random
trom a long letter , out of its
uroper connection and distorting
its significance to the disadvantage )
of the writer. General Sherman spoke
the truth ot history when he wrote that
for months before Shiloh Grant yvas un
der n heavy cloud , and ho difta in.0bv
W/correct. lnf Kaco when bo stated a.s
nis conviction that the Illness of General
C. F. Smith gave the supreme authority
of a lifetime to the discredited officer
who was afforded at Pittsburg Landing
the chance of adding the victory of Shi
loh to Donelson , and of rising through
successive commands to the leadership of
the armies of the union. This is what
Sherman meant , and this is what ho said ,
concluding his letter with the sentence ,
"Grant was under a cloud , but it tested
and strengthened the qualitos which were
in him and produced such fruits. " General -
oral Sherman addresses his letter "To my
comrades and friends. " They will not
exculpate linn on the showing because
there has been-no offense requiring ex
culpation. The place of "Unolo Billy"
Sherman is too secure in the hearts of his
countrymen and in the affections of his
old commands to bo vacated by any
paper controversy which can now arise
over the events of the past. The general
will only awaken sympathy for his
worst misfortune , more a misfortune than
a fault , that of talking and of writing in
so picturesque and interesting a style
Hiat the public at once claims possession
through the press of the material which
he provides in such abundance when con
fronted by the representatives of the
press which ho abuses so roundly.
TuAKKic-MANAOEKThomas.L. Kimball ,
is now in Washington. Ho will prob
ably appear betoro the Pacific railroad
committee to testify that ten per cent of
the tralllu over the Union Pacific wont on
passes. When the editor of tlio Uiu :
made the same statement at Lincoln some
two years ago Mr. Kimball contradicted
him and swore that only one per cent of
tlio travel was on passes. At that time
the Union Pacific was issuing ton passes
where they are issuing ono now. Hut
since Mr. Adams has reached the conclu
sion that the pass system prevents the
railroads from lowering its passenger
tariff , Mr. Kimball will promptly
swing into lino. Mr , Adams
has also convinced Mr. Kimball
that ho was very much mistaken when ho
swore before several legislatures that the
branch lines of the Union Pacific were
operated at a dead loss merely lo accoin-
niodato the grangers. The figures whleh
have been produced by Mr. Adams and
thu Union Pacific government directors
show that the branch lines are the most
productive of all the railroad property
and are in fact the bnckbono of tlio sys
tem. Mr. Kimball will undoubtedly back
Mr. Adams up in his statement aud the
next limo ho upponrs before u Nebraska
JngWuturc ho will take back what ho bald
before tliu last one.
Mn.V. . A. L. ( iiiijiox , in a communi
cation published elsewhere , culls attcn-
tionto the. necessity of an ordinance In
regard to streets tlmt are to be pavsd ,
Mr. Gibbon suggests that duo notice
should be given to the gas and water
companies to lay their mains , ana ( hat
each property owner should bo compelled
to make gas and water sewer connec-
tidus for'each lot of twouty-two fectt
bringing the same to \\p \ \ curb lino. If at
the end of llio time prisfcribcd bj * tlio pro
posed ordinance this ( vork is not done ,
then the city shall do it and assess tlio
cost against the prof > 'Vfy. These are the
essential points suggcitcd by Mr. Gibbon ,
nnd the city council Mould at once take
action upon the ma tir. Heretofore tlio
gas and water compalles have been very
slow in laying their Rains , owingto vari
ous causes , and haVeat tunes seriously
delayed tlio paving. That property own
ers should make collections witli tlio
gas , water and sowcrmhlnson the streets
to bo paved Js cmiicntly proper , as it
will prevent a great deal of damage to
tlio pavement after it is laid. After llio
pavement is once laiq it should bo dis
turbed ns little as posiiblo.
Tin : snrgcon-gcneial of the United
Slates Marino hospital expresses the
opinion that owing to tlio precautions
that have been taken tiio cholera will not
make its appearance in America. Ho
urges , however , that cleanliness , both in
dividual and municipal , bo maintained ,
as well as a thorough ( system of inspec
tion of emigrants nt foreign ports.
Tin : exposition building will accommo
date very largo assemblages , but Omaha
is sadly in want of two or thrco public
halls that will scat froii ono to two thous
and pcoplo.
BOSTON , bolter known as Ucantown ,
has had a wind storm , out it was nowhere
compared to the big llows of Prof. J. L.
Sullivan.
THE snow-storm is1 n back-sot to the
crop of spring pc-etry.
KINGS AND QUKENS.
King Oscar , of Swedenhas become a teeto
taler.
Qacen Marsharlta ot Italy the "Pearl of
Savoy" Is said to the best dicsscd woman in
Kit rope.
KlngThcbaw's royal ancestry , according
to the Burmese documents , number 587,000
klms.
The czar of Russia is about to send an cx-
ploiliiK expedition tlnough Khorassan.under
the diiection ot Dr. lluddc.
Tlio crown prince of Germany has seventy-
two decorations. It Is rumored ho will attend
the next masquerade as a crazy-quilt.
The Prince o Wales , unlike some of his
Imitators In this country , weais a black silk
ribbon as a watch-guard , because ho can at-
lord it.
An increase In cable tolls Is expected In
case Prince Alexander Kaiagcoreovltch becomes -
comes frequently mentioned again In piess
dispatches.
The Sultan thinks the Shah of Pcisla's
poetry is poor stuff , add the shah thinks the
sultan's piano playlng'wiljjjirlng cats Into fa
vor once more , says th Courier-Journal.
The urlnco of Wales , never opens a booker
or a newspaper. Competent secietarlesioad
cveiything the pilnco should know , and the
result is related to him In fcondonscd shape.
When KiiiR Lndwig o\ \ Bavaria wasio-
cently seicnaded by a o.inil playing Wagnci's
music he howled like ado/aud smashed all
the furniture. So It suonis that tlio poor
'
man had lucid Intel vals , , .
Qacen Victoria's birthday piesont to the
crown piince > > s of Germany was a "full-dress
caiiiago , " and it has just been dispatched to
Deilln. The Intpilor Is lined with blue silk
damask , witli gold fringe hurt tassels. The
outside Is ot claret color , with lines o cilm-
son and all the mountings aie of brass.
At a icccptlon given at St. Poteisburg by
Pilnco Youssonpoir to the ompeiorand cm-
piess of Kussta neaily a thousand guests
wcicpicscntto erect their sovciclgns. The
cnteitalmacnt Itself was the climax of o
sork-s iioj uulikn oj-i , n t'Q QUCjn ( KUza :
uotli at Kcnllworth and ilvallng even that
cxtra\agant display. ISoth tlio royal
guests danced until S in the morning.
Reducing Transportation.
Pcorta Transcript ,
Seven thousand cans ot milk aie shipped tc
Chicago daily. In order to reduce the cost
of Ir.xnspoitatlon the water is not put in imti !
alter the lacteal Iluid reaches the city.
Ho Wants the Earth.
Tecumfch CMeflatn.
It Is Intimated by some of our exchanges
that J. F. Xedluor wants to be the next secio-
tary of state.Yo rise to Inqulio what else
after that Mr. Zodlkor wants. This gentle
man's wants have become chronic.
Just What tlio Pcoplo Want.
Aipfllfon Time * .
Van Wyck's bill providing that all branch
lines of the Union Pacille railroad built In
luturo shall belong absolutely to the United
States until all that company's Indebtedness
to the government Is paid , Is the kind ol
legislation the people of Nebraska want.
No Aiilt-Vnn AVyck Men "Wanted.
The paralytic howls of the subsldl/ed
newspapers against Van AVyck are hailed
with exultation. It Is the .spur that makes
the broncho kick. In the coming campaign
no anti-Van Wyck man need apply for n
seat in our legislative halls.
A Good Many Yours AJJO.
Chicago Mall.
A story Is to appear in the Chicago Ledger
founded upon n great mystery which the Chicago
cage detectives once cleared up. It nuisl
Lave been a good many years ago. A story
founded upon the mysteries the Chicago de
tectives haven't worked up would be equally
as Inteiostlng , we should think.
Wants tlio Governorship.
0 fliid Wand JwltptmUnt ,
Hall county ougl.t to go ID the roptiblicnii
ronventim this lall with a candidate lei
governor who can tet theiOpfind a delegation
tl at knows how to put li m theie , and If thu
pioper candidate Is boluctodi and a suitable
delegation bent , wo have no doubt of GUCCCS ? .
Ho Was o St. Louis -.Plumber.
.St. Lauti Ilei il > ltt < in.
KdTeny of St. Lonls4o&t n wager of SWO
to a nickel on Tuesday last lit Dallas , Tex. ,
dining a cocking nuln , and paid the larger
sum without a mm mnr , iThowholo city was
lost In admhatlon of hinl as'fc phenomenally
good losci until the icaWn of his bang tiold
tmnsphed. Ho b a St , Louis' plumber.
- * -J -
Will Invent in Another lui nt : .
1'oifc Ttmu.
Wtm Lung , a ChlneJo fcuuidryman of
Omaha , has sued the llKi'for51,000. : The HIK :
said it was nunoied that tiit'ro was a leper at
Lung's laundry. The celestial will probably
invent the money in another lime. Wun
Lnng sounds so much like a hopeless case of
consumption ,
A Uhymc All the Way Thronjh.
Xuri Woicu llcmld.
Cast nsldo on n lone , ban en Isle ,
In the bea into which llow ( ho NIslo ,
With no clothes but a batteied old ti Io
I'ioiu a fid ) suit n ruthm- scant pIMu
I of couryd could not dress with much stUle ,
While I thu-lt Ju that ics dencp vlslo ;
inic ns tlieio was no QUO to smtsle ,
1 managed tlio years to beglslo
' 1 hat had else been a long weary whlslc
IIJI nun nuiiixi iiiiiit ) imsie ,
tao homo fium my dreary uxtsle ,
And I tills way the tale jilavo on lisle , -
With the trust that It noVto hill riole. ' . .
PRIVILEGED PLUNDERERS ,
The Public and Private Tunotions of Rail'
roads Beach a Common End ,
The Utter Failure of 1'olltloal Oodles
to Cope With the Question A Now
Itctncdy Foftlio Kvll Proposed.
Don I'tatt tn the Clitcauo Ciirmil.
In a nuiiibcr of the Current before mo
I find an editorial suggestion to the ef
fect that tlio boltervty to rcliovo our
selves of the evils accumulated in our
present system of railroads 13 to linvo tlio
government own and control tlicso high
ways of trade. A highway is the proper
ty of the public and of right should boun
der the control of the government. That
a railroad is such n highway our coiirls
have already decided. Common sense
leaches us that mechanical sclonco lias
( riven us in tlio shape of a road-bed and
its iron rails precisely what nature gave
us in a river , n lake or ft sea. Had the
public in tlio Ilrat instance seized on tills
and eonsttuctcd the road through its gov
ernment , there would have been no ques
tion as to proprietorship. Hut tills was
not done. Instead of that , private cap
ital was called in , and pcrmitlpd to not
only cntiunch itself behind the exclusive1
privilege of corporation , but the rights of
tlio public disappeared from the organi
zation.
In this complicated condition ( lie com
mon mind is sorely perplexed , 1 have a
farm of COO acres. 1 see , one day , a num
ber of mon with Instruments on my best
meadow , I ask them their purposes , and
they inform me thai they are prospecting
for Hie 1'utunt Screw , Pod Augur , lice
Line from Columbus to Toledo. 1 tell
them 1 want nostrch invasion of my farm ,
that it will destroy its value , and they
must ecaso , or I shall drive tiioni oil'as
trespassers. They inform me that it Is a
public improvement , and if 1 refuse the
right of way they will appeal to a oouit ,
and have my property condemned. 1
persist and they do so. The P. S. , P. A.
ii. L. is constructed , My fences are bro
ken down , my meadows ruined , my cattle
killed or frightened out of all growth by
this public improvement.
A year after 1 drive u lot of fat cattle ,
fattened under great dillieuHies , to the
station , intending to freight them to To
ledo. 1 Hud myself discriminated against
in the way of freight charges , in favor of
a huge cattle monopoly of which the rail
road officials make un important part.
I find myself charged enough in the way
of freight to take all the profit out of my
beef , and I remonstrate. I am laughed
at. 1 threaten an appeal to the same
court which condemned my land ami
learn that Uio railroad is private proper
ty , over which Hie court lias no more con
trol than it bus over the house or Held I
rent of another.
Now , where the public interest ends
and the private right begins confounds
the commoiMnulcrstnnding.
I state this actual occurrence on the
proposition , generally accepted , that the
actual investors , stockholders so-c.xllcd ,
are controlling their instruments. Tlio
situation is further muddled by the fact
that tho. mon who put their money in the
improvement are as much out as I , a pro
ducer , am. Of this , however , further
along.
I wish to treat of your proposed reme
dy , and i will not delay by using Ham
let's warning , that says :
"Hotter boar the Ills wo have
Than lly to othins that wo know not of , "
for wo are well acquainted with the ills
of government usage. The so-called gov
ernment taints all it touches. Our civil
service is so inclHcIont and corrupt tliat
it shames us before the world. This gov
ernment hold our lands in trust for the
actual settler. What has become of
, Oration pt oysters. I could ( ill your
journal with instances of inefficiency , ex
travagance and corruption in all that
government undertakes to accomplish.
Were this immense outlay of railroads
transferred to that source of power , wo
should iind it controlled by a party for
partisan purposes , the republican to-day ,
and the democratic to-morrow. This
party government that makes a mockery
of the fan HVage would give us evils piled
on the ills wo already .stiil'er from.
Did it , however , Mr. Kdilor.over strike
you that this system of railroads is in
fact and eilect our government , and
while lye talk about transferring it to
tlio political structure , tlio political struc
ture somotino since , passed to the control
of the body you propose seizingnud pur
loining.
This is rather a startling proposition
and yet it can bo demonstrated.
The framon ) of our constitution tried
the experiment of constructing a gov
ernment on paper. All the other govern
ments of the world have grown to what
they are through usage. It is of only
late years that the practice lias obtained
of putting the results of long experience
into writing and calling it a constitu
tion. The lathers of our lorm varied the
process and put their theory in the con
stitution , and called on the people to
put thotr practice in accordance with
the fnunors' political structure. Wo
have complied to tlio extent of giving
the constitution our unqualified admira
tion and support as a political n flair , and
all the time wo have gene on like the
rest of the human family , the world
over , aud built to ourselves a government
of usage with its unwritten constitution
and common law. In this way wo have
what wo may call two governments , ono
purely political , and the other of a prac
tical hort , pertaining to the community
in its everyday life , and business affairs.
It is hard to bulievo , but. nevertheless , a
fact , that the on tire political structure
could be removed without aU'ccting otir
welfare. Wo would miss the excitements
of electing a president , and feel at a loss
lor awhiht for congressional talk , lint in
a short time wo would find ourselves
neither hotter or worse than wo were be
fore wo lost our beautiful thuory of gov
ernment.
If anyone doubt this IcUiich look about
him , This community of lifty millions
is not agitated over grave questions
affecting our existence , let alone our
prosperity as a people , There are quus-
tions of capital and labor , the tyranny of
corporations , and ( lie monopoly of wealth.
Are any ot these vital questions ro-
cogni/.od and acted on by tlio govern
ment ? Head thu messages anil debates ;
why , the member who woul I rise in Ids
place , cither on thu I'oor of the house or
senate , and dwell on the woos of a people
would bo listened to wilh iif.tonMiniont . ,
and treated with contempt a * a "crank , "
and such treatment would bo propur ,
for ho would bu a cv.mk to intro
duce to those chambers matter so
entirely foreign to tlioir business.
The business there is for omt-half
to charge the other half with incapacity
and dishonest dealing , and then appeal
to a pcoplo divided in the sumo way ,
with no dillbrunco between ( ho hostile
camps but that of mimes , and the po&sua.
faion of ollico.
For twcntytfivo years wo had no ques
tion agitating the people In election * that
had in it uny rvfui tineahatovor to the
well-boing of the people. The very sys
tem in vogue of collectnur revenue was
never submitted for the consideration of
the masses.u d to-day , if vgu niK the
common congressman ino diu'erenco be-
twuon a tarill for protection and ono for
revenue , ho will answer , as did Senator
Sherman on ono occasion , that ho docs
not know , Our elections have boon on
dead issues , or worse , as last fall on personal -
sonal matters. . i
'I ho fathers , in their construction of our
political fabric , sormod haunted by one
great fear , and that was the people , in
whoso behalf they erecteil a government.
This resulted in a cast-iron ailalr that lin s
no elasticity , no adaptability whatever to
the changing wants and necessities of th o
governed. No government is farther re
moved from tlio control of tlio people ,
than this so-called popular government
of ours. The president is put In ollico for
four years. Ho cannot even hn inlln-
cncod , lot alone controlled during his
term. The senate , an nilslocrntlo uody
made in imitation of the Mulish house of
lords , represents states , and each mem
ber Is In for six years. The homo , under
this , has become a mcro nppendngo of
the executive and senate , for it lives on
the patronage dispensed by the executive
and senate.
The result of all Iliis is tlio utter elim
ination of all questions of principle or
policy from the eanvasa that ends In an
ek'elion ,
All tlio while , however , the unwritten
law of us.tgo frames Itself Into govern
ment , and under It our right * , privileges
ami living are Used and abused.
The fathers thought , for example , that
in destroying the lawof entail , they elim
inated nil aristocracy. They certainly
destroyed the aristocracy of birth. Hut
in leaving us tlio corporations they left
us a worse abuse , that produces far moro
evil than the one destroyed , for it is soul-
lossorgaui/ed greed , rapacious and cruel ,
that lives forever.
Those corporations make our govern
ment. They hold in tliulr la-oping all the
right to "lift- , liberty and the pursuit of
happiness , " to secme which our political
structure was created. Hence what you
propose to remedy by purchase or seiz
ure by the government is tlio government
itself.
The world is , at last , awakening to the
fact that all the evils that nlllict Immunity
come , not from unequal political
privileges , hut from an unequal distribu
tion of property. \ \ o have a largo class
that piodtieos everything and enjoys
nothing , and n limited class that pro
duces nothing and enjoys all. This is as
possible under a republic as under n
despotism. To-day the masses go from
the polls where they have enjoyed the
noble privilege of voting , to hovels of
starvation , and yesterday a citizen died
of whom wo boast that ho was the richest
man in the world. Every day the gulf
widens between the very rich and the
very poor. What is it to mo that I pos-
SPSS the noble privilege of voting the
Hon. Lycnrgns Leatliorlungs into an
ollice while my children cry for bread ,
and the roof above my family is not my
own.
In treating of this , I have dealt with
the subject as if the political fabric of
pur fathers had been lott to us , pure and
intact , as it came from their hands. Such
is not tlio fact. The evils of a corpora
tion government have tainted and well
nigh destroyed that of the fathers. These
combined corporations those hideous
things built up among us , such as the
Standard oil monopoly , nominate the
candidates of both paitie.s for the presi
dency , select our senators , purchase
members of the house , own the legisla
tures of states , and overawe our smaller
courts. All our elections have come to
be more questions of money. A pur
chase of a chair in the senate is common
and when it is necessary to secure politi'
cal enthusiasm , that is bought with
money. Sitting in the gallery of the
senate the other day , I counted a major
ity of the members cither representatives
or creatures of corporations.
This structure of a government that
was meant to bo a political process
through which to secure certain rights ,
and act only as a conservator o f the
peace , has boon moved trom its base to
thatofall old governments which are
meant to bo paternal affairs , that under
take to do .something for everybody ; iud ,
end in favoring a few at the qsPO'.ise'of
tlio many. The form remains.Vo \ have
lets.
'i'liogo facts are necessary to enable us
to comprehend the report , made years
since by Senators Sherman , Colliding
and Wimloni on railroads , that told us
that the railroads could ta\- the entire
products of the country to an extent that
congress dare not attempt. "They rise
above all law , " said 1'rcbidcnt Garlicld ,
when a member of the housc "and defy
all control. " "They do notthrcaton our
liberties , " cried the late Jeremiah S.
Black , "for , with their hands upon our
tnroats , our liberties are of the past. "
Those eminent men are not commun
ists , and their warnings were not the wild
cries of ci-inks bent on disturbing vested
rights , for the sake of dcstioying only.
The hand that holds in its grasp the prop
erty of a land , has all which governments
are instituted to protect. Poor Shylook
summed it up in a few words , for when
the noble quibblers , after holding him to
the letter of his bond , overrode all jus
tice and seized his possessions , ho cried :
Nay , take my life and all ; paidon not that.
You take my house when you do take the
pi op
Thai I doth i bustaln my liouso ; you take my
llfo
When you do take the means whereby I live.
These means belongto the corporations
and not to the people. Wo have to remember -
member that the ills we sutler from are
not in the abuse of power , but in the
power to abuse. Wo may always safely
rely on the power being used , not only
to servo the greed of those in possession ,
but to gratify the animal propensity to
tyrannize as well. The advocates of the
present sy.stcm point to the immense
work in transportation done by its man-
iigors , and toll us we may rest secure in
the sellish interest of the owners to in
sure their own profit in n reasonable
charge for general distribution. In
the same way the late gifted
Wondull Phillips was told thai his niastcr
could ho relied on not to abuse his
slave , for on his slave's health depended
the mastor'fa well-being , The great phi
lanthropist , Uorgh , is assured that the
carter will not injures the horao that
makes broad for his family. The friend
of animals will prove to you on a bit of
paper that freight is dear and hor.sollo.sh
cheap , as the eloquent advocate of hu
manity culled attention to the fact that
cotton was moro precious than n slave's
llfo , and there was and U margin enough
to gratify the brutal abuse of unrestrain
ed ownership.
There might bo something in the argu
ment woio investors in tfieso railroads
masters of tliuir instruments , Jiiii tlicso
have passed from tholr control , and the
virtual ownership to mon who , without
investing a coat , realize vast fortunes
from an abusn of the property , Mobbing
the stockholders on one side , they
plunder the producers on the other , and
any president can make moro on Wall
Mi cot In one month , bulling and bearing
his own block , than his entire line will
reall/.e through legitimate business in a
year , From this source vamo the wealth
of our richest man in thu world , lately
deceased ,
Kvim competition , the health of trade ,
is closed against UK through combina
tions , and to day wo are treated to the
spectacle of a great highway headless at
the seaboard , being fought.to the bitter
end in its attempt to re.iuli tide water at
.Now Vork , and our congrois and a cor
rupted state lei'lslature are called on to
aid the combination ,
1 have not thu spuco to show tlio pro
cess , through which moneyless ndvcntur-
era huvii i > oaM/a-ed themselves of tho.so
vast and vital onterpvi os , nor yet the
sjmoo to give details of our wrongs , \Vu
can rest on the faet abnvo Muted that
wrongs como not so much from an abueo
of power ns from the power to abu&o.
benator Cullom's propped remedy is a
delusion and a snare , It Is tissue paper
in the path of a pralrio tiro. A little
commission at Washington is ONpecti-d
to do , what government .itsolf fulls to ac
complish. Jhu creatuioiito bu greater
than its creator. With llio corporations
owning congress , how long will it bo be
fore they possess the little commission ?
Senator Cullom hints , in a focblo way ,
at the real remedy , nnd this fetches mete
to ( lie object of my article , nnd that Is to
call attention to the only nblo suggestion
which this ngitation has hi ought to the
front. I refer to the bill offered to tlio
Hengan committee , by Major Frank S ,
Horn ! , president of the Ei'langcr system
of southern railroads.
President Frank S , Uontl is a remark
able man. A railroad magnate , with all
lie has Invested in this sort of property ,
he lias brain enough to sec that unlesi ! \
some remedy is found to restrain wrong
and \nl\\K \ \ \ this vast power under legal
control , iiio people will ilse in their
wrath nnd destroy this immcnpo and
necessary propeity. Ho proposes that n
tribunal shall bn open , free of cost , to all
sullbrersi a tribunal the railioads will
re.opeet , and In which the people shall
have conlidpiiop. lie opens the way to
the courts of the United States now
closed against us , by making it the duty
of the government to pro i'OUto when
ever complaint Is made , irco of c6sl to
the complainant , in other words , the
government becomes the prosecutor and
tlio Mitl'uicr only n witness. This Is , in
substance , the bill 1m pioposcs to make a
law. I have not the limit in this paper
togivotho details. These nto simple ,
and for thu olid sought , seem to bo per
fect.
fect.Of
Of all the great structures lofl by lite
fathers , the courts alone remainolllolont.
Statesmen are rare , but n llnx or is pos-
Mblo. These courts , as I have said , lire
Hosed to us. The victim of oppreision
lias to enter the arena single handed ,
and fight all the combined wealth of the
land. Thu law's delay will destroy him
if ho escapes the depression that comes
of the Insolence of ollico.Vuhavo law
enough , if wo can only fetch it to hear.
The error of Mr. Uengan , that earnest
honest-hearted reformer , is in the 10-
enactment of laws already in existence ,
without giving us thu tribunal to en
force them.
If we can get our members of congress
to consider this srrowing evil , which is
doubtful , let them study the remedy pro
posed in tholioml billand at 'least give
It a trial.
j
A Hold Buccaneer.
N//jiifs ( Globc-Dcmocrut.
llev. llebcr Newton , In his sermon last
Sunday , spoke of the late Jesse James ns "a
bold buccaneer , not of the sens , but of the
lailroads. " Wo would not advise Mr. New
ton to move to Mlssotul and urn for an ollico
on the doinociatlo ticket. Thomas T. Crlt-
tondcn ticatcd Mr. James as "a bold buc
caneer , " and now look ot him practlclhg
law In Kansas City , Instead ot ropioseiitliiK
the Government at a forci en couit.
Bail Johnnie.
A'cw VuiJntphtc. .
It is alleged that John It. McLean Is about
to letlro , tora time at Icabt , fiotn Ohio poll-
tips. Wo doubt It. If John wore wrecked
like Itobinaon Uiiisoo on a deseit Island ho
could not bo happy until ho picked a qunrrol
with Ids own shadow.
Sheriff Murphy , ot Urown county , loft
the oily Saturday in company with
his prisoner , the young horse thief , Ed
Emery. The eaptiyo was ably guarded
duriuir his stay at the Canliuld House by
tlio veteran porter , Maj. ( Jeo. White , as-
by three navy revolvers.
CATARRH
Vptir. arQatnalsamtoDla-
JL tllliitlou of Witch-
lliucl. Aiucilcan Pino. Can-
mill 1 ir , Miulgold , Clever
Hluswmt , oto. , culled SAN-
IOIID'H lUniOAi. CUIIE , for
llio ImincdliUo rcjp.Jf. |
l'orjiiiwjiit ? oujfl 0 , OVprJ |
j iUi Vt Vnfll'r ! , " ' irom iu
Minplo Cold In tlio Iluiid to
l.nis of Kinoll , Tusto mid
llmuinir. Cough uud Cii-
tnrrnlinl Consumption. Coinpluto troHtmcnt ,
ion-Utinjv of ono bottle llnillcnl Uuro , one \iox \
Oitnrrhul Solvent , and ono linpiovcd Inbalor ,
in ono paclcuKP , imiy now bo bail oC nil druggists
Ask JinSAMOHU'S lUmc.u.CuiiK ,
Complete Inhaler wilh Treatment , $ i.
"The only ntaoluto Fpocltlo wo know of. "
fMoil. Time1 ? . "Tho host wo hiivo found In u llfo-
tlmool Budorltiir. " tltov. Dr. Wlrclns , llosloij.
"Altor a lonjr striijTKlo with citlnrrh the Iluilloul
Ctiru IMS COIJCJUPIotl. " IKov. S. W. Momoo ,
l.owlMmitfh.I'ii. " 1 luivi ) not found 11 ciiso Unit ,
Itilhl not rclluvo at ouuo. " tAiidrow Lee , Muu
Chester , Muss.
Pottcr Drugand Clioinlcnl Co. , Bontoii.
"I MYSELF MUST GIVE-UP , I ci\n-
5not licur tills imln.l nelio nil over , uud
JnnthltiK 1 try iloos n\o nny good. "
Iluil nclio woiikiKW , Utcrluu piUns ,
' Soreness , lHuiL'ii53 , Hacking cough ,
. 1'lourUy nnd iheM. palna cured by
Hint iionrotirlnnl | and olucitnt antldnto to pnlu
and Inlliiumtlnn tlio OTTICIIU v ANTI-UAIN PMS
TBH. Kripcclully iiduptod lo Indies by roforliw
Its dollcato odor nnd gentle nicdlclniil nuulitloi
' stKcllvo loi-Sl. Mallod froo. I'ottt-r
ICo. 110310H Mass.
MHO 19 UNACO MINTED KITH THE OCOHRAPHr OF THII
t win. sec er EXAMINIKO THIS MP THAT The
cmoAGo.nomsLAND a PACIFIC mim
llr retion of lt > eantnl poiltInn anil cloio ) > tlon to
itfl prlncliKl line Cut ami Went , at lultUl andler-
inliinl i > Ini , roiiilllutai il , mutt Important mlif-
penllnciilnl link lit tlut ivitem ot tliruUKli Innipon
latlou whirl , Invltet > inl fariiltulrn tranlanil traffle
lii't d > nillloior llio Allatillii ( nil Paclflc Couit , . Ii
Ij nliui tlir fA orlt nrt lw t rout to anil from uolnti
l-iit , N irlhtiafci ftfirt HoiillifnNt , nnil rorreipondloff
l > oliili W it. Hortliwcit miU BoutUwuit.
The Croat Rook Island Route
Oaar nto i lit patroni that ien of perronal iecn.
rtly ntronlnj h/ olJ | , thoroiiKlily Imlluitul road-
lie I. iniootli tracki of 'uiiilnuuui nerl rail , iiikittn-
ll lly Imllt culrcrtii anil Inlilei'i , rolling stuck UK near
iwrlectltin in IIUIIIMI > kll | can inilm It , llio fif ty
Ulunou | ' | ! or pntilil biliri'llil irornj < Aliilalr liraktf.
nnil that enirllu ill > i-l | > lliia rrlikli KOVCTIII ilia i.rur.
tliiiliiurulloii.if | all Hi liuln. oilier rperlalll i uf
hl ronln nro Irnnif r * at all connritlnr p lut < In
Union ] ii'i iii , uiul Hie unmirptxeil comfort * Mid
luiurjeiof Itjl'iii' ' -
liol.tcrril Hay Cuailie , Mocnincunt rullman 1'ilaco
Hlet > | riuf thu alutt drtl n , anil tunuMuuiK plnliill
L'ai > , In wnloa f 1 ili > r t ly i unkixj nirnlj uro Irliurelr
rntcn. HotwunuC'lilcniro uiul imi ; cltr nnJ AlthUon
kiu alto run Ilia CileUratoU lluillnlnnfljulr far * .
The Famouo Albert Loa Route
J the dlr ct ami fatoiltu line lietwun Clilc o nil
fMnnc&pulUaii IHt laul\vhoie connprtloiiHar iiiail0
111'liiuii IUvutitor | all points In Iliu Tirillorlri ana
llrltl i rrovlnrei. o r thu loin . Koit .
are inn tu ttit * i.laiyi. .uuiinur r -
mru , iililiii > qu | ornlltl ( , Bint . . . liunllnir ami IliMnir
Ijri'uolfof Iowa anJ Mlniiriuu. I , ) , n\,0 \ , ( , , u.1 !
- uroiitoto the rl.li v > bi t He i uud | / lor l
lull ll of laloilor luknl'i
Htlll aimllur IIIKUT J.INK , la fenx * ana Kan.
Knl. . ' . . , | iu t < n iiiienvU IMIKUMn > Innall , InilUn.
biKilUiinil ! * fa tta.an , | Cnumll Illutri , K nn.Cilr ,
Uiniicnpoll * oml fat. I'Aul unit lnt.irnirill.Uu pulnti
. hoi ijenlk.l Infuriiiatluu tl in ami t older * .
cMaluttile.a * well tit tl < l.ot , at nil iirfntliiarrickui
Ulln.ok lu Uiu UiUtoJ Ivtaloj aint Canatlu ) ur IiuO -
R. R. CABLE , E. 8T. JOHN ,
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