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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE , TUESDAY , APRIL 6. 1886.
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Hit BIE PDBLlSHIIIcliPJlllf , PROPBIEIOBS ,
r. IIOSKWATKH. KniTOn.
v MANNING'S ' phjslelans now
express llio hope that lie may partially
recover from his stroke of paralysis , but
there are no hopes that ho will over bn
able lo resume the duties of his oflleo.
Secretary Manning is evidently in a very
bad way. but if the attorneys of the Hell
Telephone company are to bo believed ,
Mr. Garland is tlio sickest man in Hip
cabinet.
Tun slurs cast upon Mr. Kaspar are
entirely undeserved. For instance , it la
reported that ho is the keeper of Bohe
mian hall. Ho is not. Ho is a notary
public and conveyancer of property with
a proprietary interest in a qulol and re-
spcclable saloon in tiio Second ward. It
is well known that Mr. Kaspar has largo
properly interests in the ward , is strictly
temperate , and in every respect a good
citizen. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
ACCORDING to our esteemed anil able
contemporary , the Now York Comwarcinl
Advertiser , "tho management of a great
railroad , liUc the Union Pacific or the
Now York Central , oilers far greater
scope for an honest ambition than almost
any other career. " Possibly so. Hut past
managements of the Union Pacific will
hardly bear out the theory. Honest mn-
bllion was crowded out by dishonest job
bery , and stockholdings and patrons suf
fered in consequence. A railroad mana
ger with honest ambition would be a
dime museum curiosity.
AT the risk of repeating what it has
said before , tlio BEK makes the assertion
that oyory factory and mill started in
Omaha lays a brick in the solid founda
tion upon which this city will build its
future prosperity. Omaha in 18)0 ! ) ought
lo have at least 100,000 inhabitants. It
has room for them within its present cor
porate limits , not to speak of various ad
ditions which are occasionally being
placed on the market. Industrial enter
prises form a substantial basis for mu
nicipal growth Wo want and wo must
haye moro factories.
A SUBSCKIUKU in Barneston , Gage
county , writes us to inquire what has
been done by the Nebraska delegation in
reference to the Otoo and Missouri In
dian reservation lands. The matter has
received the attention of both Senator
Van Wyek and Mr. Weaver. Senator
Van Wyck introduced a bill in the senate
on March 20 , ( S. 1918) ) extending the time
of payment for the lands purchased and
Mr. Weaver some days later introduced a
bill to the same effect in tlio house ,
( II. 7037) ) . But measures nro before tlio
appropriate committees and every cflbrt
frill bo made to secure for them a favor
able consideration and a speedy passage.
ALL England is in suspense as Thurs
day approaches. On that day Mr. Glad
stone will move his measure providing
for tlio future government of Ireland.
The vote which is to bo taken on the
motion will dccido whether the present
ministry Is to fall , or whether Mr. Glad
stone is to bo permitted to crown his
magnificent political career by the great
est triumph of life. The result is still
very doubtful. Much is thought to depend -
pond on tlio speech in which the great
orator will introduce his homo rule bill
to tlio commons. The moment of the
commencement of the measure which
is to commit au English party to
justice to Ireland will bo ono
of historic interest. It is likely to draw
forth the most silver toned strains of Mr.
Gladstone's speech and the most earnest
of those stately periods with which ho
has so often thrilled a listening parlia
ment , Tlio liberal party is disorganized ,
but it has boon drawn back into line
many times before by Win. E. Glad
stone's masterly appeals lo sober com
mon sense and English love of juslioo.
It is also by no means certain that tlio
premier's plan may bo BO modified as to
attract support in quarters where opposi
tion in advance Is duo to ignorance of
tlio real nature of tlio plan to bo pro
posed. Mr. Gladstone is a practical poli
tician and may bo depended upon to tack
lu an unfavorable bronze if by so doing
ho can make his proposed landing.
ENGLISH naval circles are greatly scan
dalized at the audacious enterprise of
Secretary Whitney who has been beokinc
British information nnd skill in making
up his collection of plans for the now
cruisers , It is st.atud that Sir Nathaniel
Barimby , ox-chief constructor of the
British navy , Whlto , tlio present chief
constructor , ami Sir William Armstrong ,
the gun maker , have all boon furnishing
designs for our now cruisers. Mr. White
writes to tlio London News that the
American government bought some de
signs of Armstrong , "unliko any in tlio
British navy , " but that Barimby "took
no part in drawing up the designs. "
Uarnabv himself , however , writes to tlio
London Ncivs"I \ conMdor that the fact
that 1 am pensioned does not debar mo
from designing for foreign countries if 1
thereby obtain work for British builders.
As to the alleged facts the marquis of
Hipon , first lord of the admiralty , has the
right to question mo. " Secretary Whit
ney denies that any British olllci-rs are
financially interested in the now cruisers.
Our navy department has evidently
been working quietly lo sccuro llio host
ideas upon naval construction from the
best authorities on the subject. This is
not saying that auy of tlio Britten plans
are being adopted for our cruisers , out
3 there is no doubt that any valuable for
'e"Ign suggestions have not. been over
looked. The country demands a gooi
navy , built on the most approved Inodols
and the navy dopurtmont under its pros
cut chief , seems duUsrinlnotl Unit Iho
money appropriated flhnll uo well ex
peudud. ' .
County Oovcrninont.
A number of tlio licnvicst tax-payers of
Richardson county have politionctl Judge
.Jroatly , of the district court , for nn in-
mietlon restraining the county commis
sioners from levyinKaii ins.inotavoi $22-
000 , nnd such further relief from the
ocklcss extravagance of the hoard as the
court could grant. The petition presents
n picture of brazen rascality that would
it the case of scores of counties outside
of Richardson. The commissioners arc
'n law unto themselves. " There is no
restraint or limit to their power in dis
posing of the people's money. There is
no veto power to limit their expenses , nor
n law sullicicntly e.\net to keep their sala
ries within the hounds of honesty. Ses
sions are hold MS frequently as [ they de
sire , and the routine work of the olllcc' ,
which could bo disposed of in a dais
spread over days and weeks for no other
purpose than to increase the salaries of
Llioofllemls.
The Kiuhurdsou county commissioners
fully appreciate tlio importance and prof
its of their tiositlon. Though voted out of
olllce in 1883 by a majority of 1M)0 ) , they
conspired and .successfully defeated the
adoption of the supervisor system , and by
a species of fraud and trickery managed ,
by appealing to tlio courts , to hang on to
the olliccs and finny their salaries regu
larly. Tlio'ostimato of expenses made by
tlio board for the present year amounted
to $110,000. , The sum included $22,000 to
pay the insane tax. The amount duo the
state is only if 11,000 , whieh can bo paid in
yearly Installments , yet the commission
ers , without excuse or warrant , increased
the burden of taxpayers $8,000. This
item tlio court promptly enjoined. Two
thousand dollars was also set aside to re
pair the roof of the courthouse at Falls
City. The board seriously declared that
the shingles wore rotten and a now roof
was necessary lo save the building from
ruin. An examination proved that the
only repairs needed could bo done with a
fraction of the estimated cost. Tlui injur
ies to .tho roof consisted of n few shingles
broken with bird shot fired at pigeons ,
but those pinholes were conveniently
magnified and enlarged to justify the ap
propriation of $2,000.
In addition to the two items mentioned ,
the petitioners charge that the salaries
drawn by the commis.sionors , amounting
to $550 each in 1885 , are excessive , and
more than they are legally entitled to.
They are further charged with .squander
ing $2,000 on "repairs" in the county
jail , with permitting immorality in the
county poor house , and with paying
three prices for collins for the pauper
dead ; with overriding the protests of res
idents of small towns against granting
liquor licenses , and with paying lawyers
out of the county funds to defend the
commissioner system in the courts. The
petitioners asked that the board bo en
joined from acting as such until the .su
premo court decide upon the legality of
the election abolishing tlio commissioner
system. The court declared that the
condition of county affairs was disagree
able and disgraceful , and assured the pe
titioners that the question submitted
would receive his earnest attention to the
end that all possible relief should bo
granted. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Jlltolicock uiiil llcchcl.
The most contemptible , and small-
Kouled thing in the present city campaign
is the personal warfare waged by young
Hitchcock against Mr. IJecliol. Two
years ago Hitchcock was a candidate for
the council. In the Fourtli ward vopnb-
lie-All caucus he was warmly supported
bv the editor of this paper as against
Bechcl. But when ho was beaten we
yielded to the majority and did what we
could to elect Mr. Bochel. Last year
when Hitchcock was a candidate at-large
the BKE supported him as did Mr. Bccho )
himself. His defeat was due entirely tc
his own stinginess. Ho refused to con
tribute a , dime to the citizens' committee
although he was oil its ticket and
was scratched to death , uolitically speak
ing. Since ho ventured into the news
paper field ho has taken it upon himself
to choke Bechcl through calumny ami
misrepresentation. Under the pretense
that ho was lighting a , "job" in the city
hall location ho kept up a constant fusi-
lade against Mr. Bechol , who certainly
represented his ward in working for tlio
location of the city hall on the most eligi
ble site for that building. The approval
of the ward was expressed most emphat
ically last fall when ninety-nine out of
every hundred voters of the ward rati
fied the location at the polls.
The talk of a job was all in
young Hitchcock's mind , and ho knew
it as well as anybody. Ho knew it so
well that he privately requested Mr. Boyd
not to veto the ordinance , while ho pub
licly pretended to oppose it. What is
more to the point , ho has as much inter
est in tlio city hall as any property owner
in the ward , and if to-day there was any
serious scheme to chaugo the location ho
would raise a biggnr howl against it than
ho has raised against Bechcl , The fact is
that young Hitchcock is one of those pub-
io spirited people who are willing
to saorilico their wife's relations
on the altar of their bleeding coun
try. For instance , when Farnain
street prouorty owners wore raising
a fund to pay the damages for the la.st
change of grade which more than doubled
the value of Hitchcock's property ho do-
ollncd to sign $1 , while other property
owners paid all the way from $100 to
$1,000 each and raised u total of $7,000.
This Is the kind of iv man who wants to
dcfoat Mr. Boohol because ho Isn't active
and enterprising enough to suit his ideas ,
TUB last Union 1'acillo rupert has
brought out howls of dissatisfaction from
the stockholders in Now Knghiml who
seem to have been struggling in the vain
hope of a prospect ot dividends. The
air is full of criticisms , ami every avail
able theory except the right one has bcou
oll'erod to explain the condition of the
road. The Union Pacific railroad has
boon milked dry by former managements
and swampiid by dishonest jugglery with
the securities and weighed down with so-
called auxiliary lines , In desert sections ,
built to enrich inside construction
rings , costly to operate and un
profitable to maintain , If the money
expended in the Oregon Short
Line had been us'jil in extensions in Ne
braska , the road would have secured a
permanent and a yearly increasing in
come from tlio growth of the country. If
the millions sunk in the Kansas Pacilio and
Deliver Pacific consolidation had been in *
vested ill local linns as feeders to and not
asfluckorri upon the main system , Mr.
( lOtild would huvo been a few millions
poorer , but stockholders and pfttrons
would littvo been correspondingly beno-
fitted. A hundred other "ifs" of unwise
and dishonest management might bo
cited. Tim present management
has a sorry job on hand
in trying to repair tlio
damages of its pirate predecessors.
The road is burdened with an enormous
debt , handicapped by the effects of tlio
mistakes of the past , and harassed by a
yearly increasing competition from lines
built at one-fifth of Its cost and operated
at a trilling expense for fixed charge * .
The prospect is not a flattering ouo for
the stockholders.
AVm. F. Heclsol.
The Fourth ward republicans have
named the right man for the right place
in making Mr. Uecliel their candidate for
the city council. Mr. Bechol has faith
fully represented the ward for the past
two years , and ins work for its interests
is shown in the hundreds of thousands of
dollars worth of public improvements
which it has received as the results of his
efforts. No ward in the city has been
favored to an equal extent. Honest ,
popular , hard-working , with a clear head
and good judgment , Mr. Bechcl has justi
fied tlio confidence placed in Him
by his constituents. He makes the light
this year against Mr. Jos. Uarncau , a
young man without public experience ,
and who doesn't own a dollar's worth of
property in the Fourth ward , or who did
not a few weeks ago. All of Mr.
Oarncau's interests are in the Second
ward , and ( hero are rumors alloat that
his ambition for a sent in the council has
another and quite a diflerent basis than a
desire to work for the people of the sec
tion which ho wishes to represent. Mak
ing crackers on Jones street and board
ing on Capitol avenue are not sullieient
grounds for claiming the suffrages of
Fourth warders against such a man as
\Villiam F. Bechcl. Personally we have
nothing to say against Mr. Carncau. Ho
is a man of moans , and has agreed to
spend them liberally in the present can
vass. Tlio Fourth ward is , however , a
hard one to buy up.
A.
The Third ward has a chance to re
deem it elf in electing Mr. Burniestcr to
replace Pat Ford in the city council. Mr.
Biirinestor is ono of the oldest residents
of Nebraska , a loyal veteran of the war ,
and a hard-working mechanic. The ward
has been long enough represented by a
sot of blatherskites and roustabouts. Pal
Ford's only qualification is that ho is -x
bulldozer who was picked up by tlio
democratic bosses to do their dirty work
in primaries. His own ward repudiated
him only a few months ago us a candi
date for sheriff , and ho was snowed under
in the city by the most overwhelming
majority ever given in Omaha. If the
ward will now sit down on him as it
ought to ho will give us a rest forever.
Mr. Burmoster is an honest , capable ,
respectable- - and respected citizen who
will do good work for the interests of his
constituents , and will represent the ward
and the city with credit to himself and
the community.
As wo suggested would bo the case
some weeks ago , when General Crook's
transfer was proposed by his friends , the
critics of that distinguished ouTcbr are
boasting that his relief from Ariz'bria and
assignment to Omaha is a confession of
failure in his work in the southwest. A
year ago Crook asked to bo relieved when
SJID Carlos was turned over to a civil
agent. Ho repeated the request a few
weeks ago , when -ho believed that his
work was completed. General Crook
comes to Omaha in accordance with his
own wishes and the petition of the citi
zens of Nebraska and Iowa. This Is the
truth and the whole truth in a nutshell.
SOME policemen have a very queer idea
of their duties in regard to elections. The
fact is they have nothing whatever to do
with the elections except to cast their bal
lots like any other citizen , and to pre
serve the peace and maintain order as
they are required to do on any other day.
Tlioy have no right to interfere in any
way.with thorighcs of citizens as voters
nor with their choice.
ALL women who are citizens of the
state and of lawful voting ago , may vote
for members of tlio board of cducalion ,
provided they comply with the usual re
quirements. Those who have not been
registered will have to make allidavits
tlio sixmo as other citizens.
VoTEia who are registered have an
unchallenged vote. An unregistered
voter desiring to vote must make alii-
davit giving satisfactory reasons for
ills failure to register , and this aflidavit
must bo attested by a citizen of the ward
in which the voter resides.
Property owners of the First ward have
never hud reason to distrust Mr. Thrano.
Ho has boon faithful and elHciont. No
body knows what Mr. Lowery would do.
Ho certainly has no oxporionoo in public
iilihira ami would have to spend two yours
in learning the ropes.
W.u. F. HECUEL lias done more for his
ward In the last two years than any other
Fourth waid councilman has in MX. Ho
is a sound , honest , energetic and ellicicnt
business man , and will receive , as ho
ought to , a rattling endorsement from his
constituents.
WE are informed that Mr. Boyd ex
pects to got Bolau , Garvoy , Lowery and
Ford into the uoxt council , so as to got
rid of Cuinmings and other city otllolals
who do not suit his fancy. Ho counts on
them first , last and all tlio timo.
AT the election to-day each voter
will cast ono ballot for hts ward council
man , also ft separate ballot for three
members of the board of education , and a
separate ballot on the $100,000 sewerage
bonds proposition.
E. F. MoiiiAirrr , tlio democratic can
didate for member of the board of educa
tion , must not bo confounded with J. T.
Moriarty , the bright young lawyer. But
no ono who knows both will bo likely to
confound ( horn ,
WE wish a search warrant could bo is
sued for the Omaha & Northern rail
road. Where did it couio from and
whither has itgoao ?
THE polls open to-day at 8 o'clock
in the morning , and cloio at 7 o'clock in
the evening. Vote early.
A KEW soreheads in the Sixth ward
want to kick up a .racket ajjaiust Mr.
Manvillc , under the pretense that ho is not
n friend of organized labor. Mr.Manvillo
has been n worklhgman all his lifo , and
is in good stanSlngcln labor organiza
tions.'i'
THE great "rustler" Gnrneau wants
the Fourtli ward democrats to take off
their coat. ' ' for him. What did Mr. Gar-
ncau ever do for a democratic candidate'
Tin : Fourth ward wants more side walks
nnd lamp posts , hut if any sidewalk is to
be built in front of Hitchcock's property ,
they don't want it.
Mi : . LUCAS wants to bo councilman
from the Sixth Ward , but his record is
not such as will entitle him to confidence.
Tin ; "citizens'circular" tells the Fourth
ward people that Mr. Garnoatt is a "rust
ler. " "If anybody kin he kin. "
Mi : . CmiNT.r is a workiimman , and la-
boringmon of the Fifth ward should
stand by him.
HKMKMUEU that every vote counts.
Vote early.
DOX'T neglect voting.
POINTS.
The Massachusetts senate voted to abolish
the iMilt-tnx qunllllcntloii for voting.
Kx-Onv Crltteaden , of Missouri , is thought
to have an eve on Senator Cockrell's scat.
tludRO Caleb Wet < of Kentucky Is said to
hnvo the Inside track fur the Utah governor
ship.Among
Among the numerous candidates for guber
natorial honors in ( tanrgla is ( ! cn , John 1) .
Gordon.
( en. Lewis Wallace , or I ml hum , positively
declines to accept the republican nomination
for .secretary of state.
The Courier-Journal says : Democratic
leaders in congress must pive democrats out
oC congress something to light for.
A local option electln ooccursin lllchmond ,
Va. , April ) , and the excltomrnt bids fair to
run as high ns It did In Atlanta.
The Detroit Tribune lectures the Michigan
republicans for Indulging In factional out
breaks and warns them of a possible Novem
ber repentance.
Says the Washington Hatchet : If Senator
Inijnlls had lived fin thor east and hud never
met .lay ( Jould ho would be rcjiaidcd as good
presidential timber.
In Connecticut it requires a majority vote
to elect a governor. A proposition to change
the constitution so tlinl a plurality will elect
has been under consideration , and will prob-
bly be acted upon by the next legislature.
"The re ti racy of Secretary Manning will
firmly lix the grip of Dave 11111 upon the dom-
oaiiitlconrnni/iti ; ( > ii in Now York , " says a
Uotluun politician. " 11111 had pretty nearly
gotten there already , but .Mainline was an
obstacle in tlio way. lie could never hope
for complete success while the secretary was
opposed to him. Now Jt will bo different.
His physicians wljl positively forbid any
fuither active work'.l'or . a long time to come ,
and Hill can put in/ the Interim by making
himself too strong to bu disturbed. Hill is
in many respects the most uotablo youni <
man in the counlry > to-d.\y. He Is nearer the
democratic nominatloirjn 1SSS than any other
pursuit in his i > arty'nnd'lio will get nearer be
fore the time comes , "
\VI1I Some Oilo Answer ?
"What lias become of the railroad commis
sion ? Oero is certainly paining his 52,000 a
year without much trouble.
It ConiOH
Kinristim'ii Jffruld.
A dozen boxes of strawberries at 84 per
were served at President Cleveland's last din
ner to tie ! senators. JefTersonian .simplicity
comes high , bat a democratic administration
must have It.
Gould's Game.
Denver Tribune.
When Missouri Pacfllo stock is low enough
to satisfy the bear movement Mr. Could wilt
pnib.ibly sec to It tl < ut the strike is ended at
once. It Is quite possible that Mr. Gould will
be a bull before long. Let him be careful that
ho don't make one.
A Dig Coal 111 so.
l'liltadcli > lila lfceinil <
The deliberate announcement of the coal
combination that tlio price of coal will bo
raised by progressive jumps of 31.10 per ton
is as cool a proceeding as the demand of a
highwayman for the purse of the passer by.
The highwayman enforces his request with a
cocked pistol ; the coal companies cock their
pistol at the consumer by limiting production.
now They IlojiiUJ.
Kew York H'urlil.
( ioneral Master Workman 1'owderly , It
seems , began his working life as a switch-
tender. Mr. Iloxlo , manager oC the Gould
system of railroads In the southwest , was atone
ono time hostler in a hotel near Dps Moines.
Afterwards ho became clmirinnn'of llio repub
lican slate central committed and United
States marshal ot Iowa. Mr. Gould himself
earned his first money as a map peddler.
Secret Hesnions ,
Kcllgh Leader.
Senator Van Wyclc seems determined to
persist In his crusade against secret sessions
of the senate , especially whllo that body Is
considering nominations for ollicc. The
country Is entitled to anv Information the
senate may possess of an official nature , and
the secret session Is only ono of the useless
as well as Injurious prerogatives which that
august body defends so zealously.
Chief Guronimo.
Kiiuenc FlcM ,
In Arizona yarns are spun
Of how old Ueronlmo's gun
Hath 'mong the whites much havoc
wrought ;
And how when lip hath had his fun ,
He bids his bucks to eut and run ,
Nor let themselves bu > c.uiglii.
In Washington the jlilo ; Is told
That when this Injun , bad and bold ,
Surrenders , 'tis lMcauiolm ! craves
The grub and powder which are doled
Uy agents of a power cajoled
To ( ieronimo s braves.
Next time this sly old buck Is spied
lloshonld bo canghl unit swiftly tried ,
And In a prison ftitely bound
A prison In thu mountain Hide ,
Some six feet long by t\yo feet wide
And six feet unilfnund. ; .
goniu in Chnpinvillo ,
Conn , is said lo naVe " A wagon so con-
struclcd that a craukconnected witli the
' '
rear axle is made toc'hu'rn butter during
his daily drives ,
The crhno of the last boy sent to the
New Hampshire reform school was the
setting on lire of a passing load of hay ,
whereby the farmer on top of it was
nearly burned to death.
Forty million people , or one-fifth of tlio
subjects of the "Kmpress of India. " are
in a state of chronic starvation. Himino
succeeds famine at tlio rate of ono in
every five years.
Frenchmen can properly be called "tho
Knights of the table. " They are good judges
In nil its refinements and delicacies. In oidcr
tofctlmulalo thu appetite and keep
the digestive- organs in jrood order tht'n '
glvo pro-emliicnt'o to Angostura Hitters ,
vVhoii you try them bu sure It is the genuine
article , manufactured by Dr. J , U. 1) . Siegert
& Sous. .
conroiiATtoN oncANs.
Newspaper Opposition to the Hattlo
ol' tlio HrcmUviiuicrfl.
, Iowa , Marcli 30. To tlio
Editor : A copy of a metropolitan journal
of great wealth and wide circulation
through the northwest lies before mo. It
contains full tch-graphio reports of the
prevailing strike of the Knights of Labor
on llio southwestern railroads. Tlio lead
ing editorial speaks lllppautly of making
"angels of the knights" and "widows of
their wives" by the hand of armed militia ,
and calls loudly upon the corporations of
the country to unite in n leairuo for the
purpose of crushing out the labor organi
zations which oppose their methods. This
journal grow from nothing to importance
in the role of special champion of llio in
terests of "tlio common people , " and is
still widely read by that class with a good
deal of the old-tlmo confidence. These
uiisuftpccting patrons havolittlo idea that
this and other papers , oneo rightly
trusted , are now either owned or subsi
dized by corporate monopolies , which in
ono way and another annually lilohaway
from them one-half of their hard earnings.
They probably little suspect that through
its cunningly devised statements , sophis
tries and lies , they are being led lo con
demn the action of their fellows in cor-
poralo bonds , who are now making a
manly slriko for deliverance , which if
successful will bo n victory not only for
themselves but for all bread winners
throughout the laud.
Through the vicious inllucnco of this
paper , llio onlv ono they are in the habit
of reading closely , many such bring
their own quota to that public opinion ,
against winch it is harder to successfully
strive than it is to unaided break the op
pressor's bonds.
Allied corporate monopolies now large
ly control the in1 ws-gat boring and news-
publishing business of the country. Facts
calculated to aid labor in resisting the
encroachments of tlio money power can
ho either withheld or grossly prevented
by these powerful agencies. A fact effect
ually suppressed i.s as though it were not.
.But the fact that a formidable bread-win
ner's revolt against the damnation and
robbery of lingo corporations has happily
passed beyond the limit of possible sup
pression by all the costly machinery of
tlio money power of our country. The
thundiM'ing wheolsof commerce no longer
wake the sleeping echoes along the val
leys llii'ro has been a strike or a walk
out. The clank of machinery is not
heard in tlio great factory of Skinner &
Flint there is a boycott. A rebellion
airaiust tlio tyrranuy" and extortions of
monopoly lias come and can no longer bo
ignored.
The attitude of the subsidized press ,
big ami little , in tlio face of this i-evolt , is
higlilv significant. Labor organizations
and labor movements are assaulted or
Hlurrod with the most reckless abandon.
Hired liars are loading Ihe columns of a
section of the metropolitan press with
falsehoods and specious pleadings well
calculated to deceive the public- and man-
ufactarc sympathy for the robbers as
against their victims.
It shows a conscious necessity , on the
part of the money power , for a support
ing public opinion to bolster up their
special interests , and a determination to
resort to any methods , no matter how
desperate , which may promise to bring
that support. That power requires a vi
tiated public opinion that will justify the
shooting down of a Knight of Labor by
the state militia , when found in the
course calculated to secure justice at the
hands , of his oppressive employers. It
wants u public opinion sopemvic'd ns to
Justify a United Sta s marshal , if at tlio
Dohestof some minion of confederated
robbers , to direct a posse of federal
soldiers lo lire upon men who bared
their breasts to rebel bullets' at their
country's call , because , forsooth , they demand -
mand even-handed justice under tne Hag
tlioy shed their blood to savo.
To thin , the trend of the editorial before
mo reaches , and lo Ibis limit the policy
now inaugurated by the monopoly cor
morants points
The wrongs imposed upon the industri
al classes ot this country by dominating
monopolies , through their prescriptive
privileges , and the power of'aggregatcd
money , arc deep-seated and galling.
The instinct of justice , common 'to hu
manity , will fix the sympathy of fair-
minded men everywhere , with right ef
forts , rightly understood , to be rid of
these wrongs. This sympathy , as all
know , will go far toward insuringsuccosK
in tlio revolt against these wrongs , and
huncc the necessity on the part oFthc oppressors
pressers to corrupt and keep foul the
sources of the people's information , in
order lo avert their righteous condemna
tion of existing methods and practices.
Consequently wo find such journals as
the ono before mo employed m mislead
ing the public judgment and conscience ,
as to the merits of tlio contest.
Out of the pittance of their hard earn
ings left them by grinding monopolies ,
farmers , mechanics and wage workers
for this paper and others like it hire-
Ony of robbers and in their columns
read what if true should consign to a fel
on's cell the men who , from time to time ,
demand fair opportunity and fair remun
eration for honest toil.
The Contest of the bread-winners of our
country , with the largo aggregations of
money and privileges , which oppress and
despoil thorn , is to bo ono of moral and
not of physical force. It is a conflict in
wliicli tlioy can and must appeal to the
line judgment of mankind for support.
It is therefore a matter of thu very lin > t
importance that every man who earns
bread by brawn or brain , put the seal of
his condemnation upon every newspaper ,
big and little , which in false to ills cause.
The farmer , mechanic , or wage worker
may imagine the act would bo an impo
tent ono , should ho refuse to allow acopy
of some great subsidized corruption of
public opinion to como into his homo ,
So it would bo , if ho ulono should do it ,
but if a few hundred thousand like him
nelf , should do the muiio thing , it would
constitute an all-powerful act.
Were the brimd-winners of the country
to unite in withdrawing their support ,
they would break down every great met
ropolitan nnd provincial Journal unfriend
ly to their cause within ono year , no mat
ter what its financial strength might bo ,
Kcndor * make advertising possible , and
tlio hittnr bring money , which is required
in largo sums in making a great news
paper. It vvould he a physical , but not a
business possibility for a rich corporation
to print a grout newspaper without the
support of llio industrial classes of the
country , and consequently it could not be
done.
The arrogant "tlnmderor" lying before -
fore mo , which grow into favor and
power through honest causes , and then
became thu harlot of corporate power ,
could bo sent into bankruptcy within a
twelve-month by the united action of the
honest toilers of the northwest , whoso
caiisu it now daily betrays willi a Judas
kiss.
Their resentment is due all such news
papers as this one , but there is a higher
motive , yea , a necessity on their part ,
which is to purify , by all practicable
means at their command , the success of
publlo information , concerning the real
merits and methods of the impending
conlliet.
It is absolutely necwisury , not only to
rule out and do , wn Mich newspaper pros
titutes , but to .strengthen and sustain
tho.su journals which in the face of thu
temptations , blandishments , frowns anil
threats of entrenched corporate power.
have labored' and * > 'i.itfui'cd in the cause of
the broad-wiiinurs of our country.
Kvcry reader of thip article knows ono
or more of such journals , nnd will not
need to have them named. To liberally
support ono or moro such newspapers > 3
to wisely advance the common cause.
CATO.
Jjltctwy Notcit.
Three now serial stories are begun in
Harper's Magazine for April. "Spring-
haven , " by K. 1) ) . Illnekinore , is n picture
of rural Lnglish life hi the days of Ad
miral Nelson , nnd "King Arthur ; Not a
Love Story , " by Mrs. Craig , author of
' Halifax " for its
'John , Gentleman , has
theme maternal instinct , Charles Dudley
Warner furnishes the first part of "Their
Pilgrimage , " tx study of American lifo
and character of our summer resorts. In
"Going Down to the Sea In Ships" Phil
Uobiusou gives au interesting account of
the growth of navigation , and there is a
short story by the Into Hulcn Hunt Jack
son. In the Editor's Study and Easy
Chair W. 1) . Howells and Ucorgo William
Curtis respectively deal with recent He
lton and current social Ionics. Among
the artists who illustrate dilli-ronl artielos
are Charles S. Uelnhart , 13. A. Abbey and
Alfred Parsons.
The readers of Ca soll's Family Maga
zine for April , will acknowledge- that iliis
is au uncommonly attractive number.
Tlio Serial. "A Willful Young Woman , "
opens thu number , and has reached a
point where Cupid plavs an important
part. A short paper , "Will U Haiti To
morrow , " coma- * appropriately , with a
.similar paper by John lhirroughsandoiio ;
by Prof. Abbotl disoussi iifi weather wis
dom in animals and birds. This is fol
lowed by a di'Keription of "How Kid
Gloves are Made , " and this again by a
short fctory , "Hotha Chester's
Honey Moon. " A practical paper
on Hardening for the month
is given , followed by one equally practical
from the pen of "The Family Doctor. "
"Lifo in an American Hoarding House. "
is described with much truth. There is
an interesting interview with Henry M.
Stanley reported , ticRompunind by a new
portrait ot Hie explorer , in which lie lias
much to say of thu new state of the Con
go. A paper "On the Decoration of Bed
Hoom" has some good advice.
St. Nicholas for April is very beauti
fully illustrated. The engravings in
this admirable monthly are real educa
tors and promoters of artistic taste.
Mrs. Burnett's "Litllo Lord I'liuntloroy"
is ono of the brigli" . t serials in course of
publication. ' Historic Girls , " "A
Mountain Top , " " ( Suorco Washington , "
( continued ) , "Wonders of the Alphabet"
arc other interesting papers in tins num
ber. Published by the Century com
pany , New York.
Tlio Magazine of Art for March ( Cassoll
& Co. , New York ) has an illustrated des
cription of Slylield , Surrey , n well-known
example of _ the domestic architecture of
the English Renaissance. There is a
sketch ot Franz Defregger , a painter who
is best known in Europe by his genre
scenes of lifo in the Tyroieso Alps , exam
ples of Ids work being also given. A
description of the Tiber from Baynorca
to the source is delicately illustrated , and
there is an article on "American Embroi
deries , " the writer of which conies to the
conclusion that America is not quite the
land of machinery and of machine work
which it is reputed to be.
Two suggestive articles in the April
Century are "Strikes , Lockouts and Ar
bitrations , " by George May Powell , and
an editorial on the Tlio Grant Memorial
"Who shall make tiio Monument ? "
"What kind of a structure V" "The
Question of Style , " ulc. The issue of llio
now life of Longfellow adds timeliness tea
a paper by Mrd. .Fames T Fields , on
" " in Social Lifo "
"GJimpscs of "Longfellow ,
which appears in the same number , ac
companying a new portrait of the poet ,
engraved from an ambrotypo taken in
13-18.
Edward Everett Hale has written an
account of tj [ Boston "VooSton ; Indus
trial Schools , " in whieh hundreds of girls
are , cacli summer , trained in cooking ,
housekeeping , emmoidcry , drawing , car
pentry , etc. It appears in the April St.
Nicholas , in connection with u story by
Charles Barnard , illustrating ono girl's
experience ) in the schools.
He "Wns Grocii If Ills N'aine Wasn't.
Detroit Free Press : A traveler for a
wholesale Detroit house was waiting in
the depot at. Poiitiao tlio other day when
a stranger approached him and askc I :
"Isn't your name Green of Grand
Rapids ? "
' 'No ' , sir. "
"Ah ! beg your pardon. I never saw
him , but expected him lioro to meet mo ,
Green is going to travel with a cirous
this year , and was to give me $25 to post
him up on some now calohes. "
"So you'vo got something now ? "
queried the Dutroitor.
"Yes , a few things. There i.s ono little
trick I gave to a drummer a few weeks
ago , anu he's made $75 on it already. "
"Maybe vou'd bo kind enough to give
it a way to me ? I'm one of the boys , you
know ! "
"Certainly. The trick is to toll the
date of any coin a man may have in his
pocket without looking at it. "
"But you can't do that. "
"OJi , yes. Have you got any coins in
your pocket ? "
"Ye.s , twenty of them. "
"Well , I can write down the date of
eacii and every ono of them , "
"Say , I'll ' bet you $10 you can't ! " exclaimed -
claimed the drummer.
"Done , " said the oilier as he pulled out
n bill.
A very respectable looking man was
standing by , and the money was placed
in his hands.
"Now , " said the sharper , "yon turn
your face to the wall and fold your arms.
I will write down the dates and we will
compare them. "
At the end of three minutes 119 had
twenty dates , and they put tne coins on
the seat to make llio comparison. The
man had hit only two dates out of the lot
"I'll take llio tenner , " said the Do-
troiter. as ho rose up and looked around
But ho never did , The stakeholder uli.
out , and the man with to trick was ad
bigger chap lluiu lie cared to tackle ,
An AeGommoilntliiiT Man.
Texas Sifting ! ) ; Solomon Isaacs Is a
young Jewish merchant of Austin wiio ,
however , does not care much for bus
iness. Ho is engaged to ono of the
Sclmumburg girls , Moso Scliaumburg ,
his prospective father-in-law , is very
orthodox , whllo his boii-in-Jaw i.s what is
called n reformed Israelite. "Solomon , "
said Mose , "I gives dot Itnchol ton-only
tousaml tolhir.s von yon vas married , bill
von you bromlses mo lo oloso up your
store dot Chowish Sabbath on , I gives
dot KaoliL-1 thirty tonsand dollars. " Solo
mon was silent fora moment and then
liosuiil to his prospective fatliur-iii-hiw ;
" 1 dolls you vat ; you gives dot Haehol
litty tonsand dollars and I don't open my
store no moro at all , at all ; I shoost takes
ituasy. "
Hho Ilaroly Gets Ijcft.
A clever lady , now in the outskirts of
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husband's gift , and in her ignorancn had
stationed her/self on the left. It was near
tiio public road. A man riding by
ilopped at the novel sight and blurted
out :
"Madam , you are on llio wrong side of
that cow. "
It was news to her , but her ready wit
came to her aid , "Yes. sir , " was her
pleasant reply , "but this isn't a common
cow. Shu was raised by a left-handed
woman. "
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