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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : WEDNESDAY , JUNE 9 , 1896.
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THE question now is whether gymnns
tics and boxinc should not bo introduced
iu the school board.
Mn. EDMUNDS always know that Van
Wyek could spar well , but ho wasn't
nwnre tlint ho was a slugger from Slug-
Ccrsvillo.
IT is very fortunate thitt the members
of the board of education nro classed as
non-combatants. Most of thorn arc over
forty-five and exempt from the draft.
WILL the railroad organ brigade ropub
lieh a few of the extracts from the leading
journals of the country praising the hon
esty , ability and parliamentary general-
chip of tiieir senator from NebrasKa ?
TIIE Philadelphia Tfccorrf flays that "It
Is not good politics this year to try to
send railroad attorneys to the legislature.
Wo have been railroaded too much. "
This applies with as much force to Ne
braska as it does to Pennsylvania.
CAITAIN O'SIIEA. . for whoso election
rarncll mtulo a desperate light , was the
only Irish nationalist who turned traitor
on the homo rule voto. Mr. O'Shca will
find the air of Galway very ninlarial , In
case ho takes it into his head to return to
his Indignant constituents.
now the democratic organ in
Mieso parts is very tender about Auditor
Babcock's irregularities , but if Babcock
becomes the republican candidate for re
election , we will have the charges rung
on his malfeasance and dishonesty from
the Niobrara down to the Republican
river. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
THIS apologists for Auditor'Babcock
admit that ho has retained state funds
in his possession which he had no right
to touch , but claim that ho is not using
them for his personal benefit. How do thcso
champions of jobbery and crookedness
know what Mr. Babcock Is doing with
the seven or eight thousand dollars of
state money ! How do they know whether
ho is speculating with It or keeping it in
gome bank on deposit without interest ?
TUB musical festival opens this evenIng -
Ing and should bo inaugurated by a
packed house. It is the most ambitious
nnd costly experiment of the kind over
nttcmptcd in Omaha. The best artists ,
n magnificent orchestra , and a fine chorus
will combine to make it n noteworthy
event in our annals Upon its success or
failure depends the future of such enter
tainments In tliis city. The BKE bespeaks -
speaks a liberal patronage from our
citizens , as well as from the
tnto outside of Omaha. It should
1 a matter of pride on
; J the part'of "our people to assure the finan
cial success of the festival , just as it has
boon a matter of pride to the manage
ment to muko its artistic success certain.
THK telegraph announces the sudden
death of Colonel Richard M. Hoc in
Florence , Italy. Colonel lloo was the
son of Robert lloo , an ingenious English
woolinnloinn and inventor , who became
A manufacturer of printing presses in
York. Richard M. Hoe succeeded
bis father as a partner in the business.
In 1841 Colonel Hoe , with his brothers ,
Bobcrt Hoe and Peter Smith Hoe , as
sumed the whole business , the former
imrtncrs retiring. In 1810 hu brought
put "Hoo's lightning press , " which soon
extensively used in newspaper
Since that time the Hoe fast
presses have been greatly Improved ,
most of the inventions connected with
fast presses ori inaHqd with the house of
Hoo.
ANOTHEU largo packing house will bo
milled to the industries now clustering in
_ South Omaha. Mr. John McSlmno has
t ; closed a contract for the transfer of the
. * establishment from Chicago , anil full details -
* tails will bo arranged botoro Iho wool ;
, _ closos. South Oraalm's future
"as a great manufacturing ecu-
_ ter is fast becoming assured ,
Jjvo and cnergctio business niou have
; lMCtnnt the head of the eritcrprh > e , and
' the liberal inducements which they have
T been always ready to oiler hao attracted
capital , and drawn with capital labor
mad steady employment for laborers.
Titc stock yards and packing houses
wbinod will make Omaha ono of thy
1 largest cattle markets in the country ,
/Iftockmon cannot hflbrd to pass thorn by
wUuthe superior facilities which they
'
wfll offer for ruady sulo and homo con-
[ Wuaptlon ,
"Work That \Von.
The week just closed lias been crowned
with substantial rewards for Scimlor Van
Wyck. It Logan with his brilliant vie
tory in defeating Senator Edmunds' at
tempt to table his amendment to the
Northern Pacific forfeiture bill , nntl
closed with his successful nnd audacious
movement which carried to its passage
the railroad land taxation mensuro nnd
placed it in the hands of n conference
committee of both houses In readiness
for final action.
"Brilliant strategy , " ssiys the New
York Herald , "carried Senator \ an
Wyck's measure to tax the rail
road land grants and to relieve
the people from n part oi
tlio burden of unjust taxation under
which they have been staggering. " The
scene In the senate , records tho'Now York
Timts , when "Seuntor Van Wyck debated
bated successfully with senator after sen
tor , and sometimes with two or thrco
together , was watched with tlio greatest
glee by a majority of his colleagues , who
enjoyed the debate muro tlmn any siml
lur discussion of the session. Mr , Van
Wyck answered Kdmunds in n way that
did not at nil plcaso that senator. A
Dolpli undertook to discompose Iho
braska senator and made a dismal failure.
Mr. Mitchell' tried tlio same thing
nnd met the samu fate. Then the
two Oregon senators nnd Mr. Edmunds
together plied Mr. Van Wyck with ques
lions and found him ready to answer
each with n retort that was right to the
point. Mr. Harrison was equally unstio
cessful in his attempt to overthrow the
Nebraska senntor. After all these had
been silenced , tlio last attack on Mr. Van
\Vyok was made by Mr. Plumb , who
would have boon better satisfied with
himself after it was over if ho had loft
the Nebraska senator alone. " "It was a
bad defeat for the railroad senators , "
says the Times.
The people of Nebraska will take a just
pride In reading the praises which the
nbillty and honest work of their senator
has drawn out from the leading papers
of the country. His victory over the
monopoly senators is a victory for the
tax-payers of the west , and a triumph ot
perseverance and energetic labor carried
riod on through live years of public
service.
After tlio Battle.
Announcement will bo made on Thurs
day by tlio detoatcd English cabinet
whether they will resign their ollices or
appeal to the country by a dissolution of
parliament. Tlio majority by which the
homo rule bill was rejected gives thorn
the option of turning over the govern
niont to their opponents , or of demand
ing the popular verdict on their course
through a new election nnd n now parlia
ment. The defeat of the government
bill by the decisive majority of thirty
seems to have been unexpected and may
materially affect the decision of the
cabinet.
Mr. Gladstone and his colleagues may
feel it advisable under the circumstances
to permit the formation of a coalition
ministry and to afford the country the
opportunity of seeing how fruitless will
bo any attempt to carry on the govern
ment with a parliament so divided as the
present. On the other hand there is
strong pressure from the angered con
stituencies to force an immediate disso
lution nnd to nflbrd the people the op
portunity of hurling their traitorous rep
resentatives from a power which they
have abused.
It matters little what may be the pres
ent decision , the people must have their
say in tlio end. Dissolution may bo tem
porarily postponed , but it is inevitable
before the close of autumn. Then the
liberal leaders , led by the greatest Eng
lish statesman of the ago , will appeal
not to men who make concessions only
when they are compelled to but to tlio
body of the English people among whom
etill remains the old and homely English
sentiment of fair play.
The Business Situation.
The general trade outlook has many
encouraging features. In Omaha jobbers
report heavier sales and easier collections ,
while the bank clearings continue to show
a largo increase in the volume of business.
The disturbing eflcct of the labor agita
tion is still felt in some branches of busi
ness , but it is causing loss inconvenience
and apprehension , and there is a bettor
feeling in nearly all departments of trade
and industry. Exports of brcndstufl's ,
provisions and cotton continue very fair ,
and the homo-trade distribution of farm
products and manufactured goods is
larger iu the aggrrogato than during the
olosing weeks of last month , although
traders as n rule nro not buying much in
advance of actual requirements. A good
deal moro business has boon done in most
lines 'during the past fortnight tnan was
thought probable during the nroyalonca
of the scare and uncertainty about the
labor troubles , but merchants do not look
for any sustained general activity owing
to the lateness of the season. There is
moro conlidonco , howovci1 , in the pros
pects for nn early opening of a successful
fall season in most branches.
The dry goods market continues mod
erately uotivo. Wool is In bettor re
quest , nnd prices throughout the west
show an average advance of two conn
over hist year's clip. The iron market is
linn , and leading mills are running on
full time. Sales of steel rails last weak
footed up a total of GO.OW.tons.
During the past wcok leading operators
in wheat in Now York , Chicago nnd other
grain centers were strong buyers for a
rise. The result was a strong
market nnd yalues advancing
from 3 to 4 cents a bushel.
The change of speculative sentiment
springs from several oausos , among
whinh are unfavorable crop reports from
some of the foreign wheat Holds and from
Minnesota nnd Dakota , and the reduction
in visible stocks consequent upon the recent -
cent liberal export movement nnd lighter
receipts ; but the chief element of
strength it probably to be found in the
largo short interest outstanding at low
prices. Tlio buying for short account
hsii been au important factor iu helping
the advance in prices. Export business
early in the week was quite active , but
foreign markets have not responded to
ths advance on this side , and there
has been less doing within a day or
two. The decrease iu the visible supply
of wheat last week was about 8,000,000
bushels. Stocks of winter wheat are
light in all markets. Droughts and
chinch bug * uro causing Homo apprehen
sion iu the northwestern wheat belt , and
there are the usual reports of insect rav
age ? in the wmtor wheat sections , but as a
yet there itf no reliable evidence ot sari-
o'us Injury to the crop In any quarter. In
the west corn prices are } cent lower enlarger
larger receipts , nnd in Now York the
Juno option is 3 cents lower as a result
of free selling caused by a feeling of in
security as to the keeping quality ol
stocks in store , which nro largely mntlo
up of winter-shelled grains recently
shlupcd by lake and cannl from Cliicngo
How Ito Dodged.
According to Judge Post's York
organ , which never loses an opportunity
of stabbing the senator , Senator Van-
Wyck dodged voting on tlio olcomnrgar-
ino bill. As the article making the charge
was written before that measure reached
the sennto , it would bo interesting to
know where the editor obtained tlio In
formation which ho had the distinction of
exclusively publishing. A glance at the
dispatches of Monday will show just how
Senator Van Wyck "dodged" on the
question. It was in his usual manner.
He led the debate against shelving the
bill as it came from the house , nnd
had the satisfaction of winning a
victory on behalf of Iho friends
of the dairy interests nnd the
thousands of petitioners from the
state which ho represents. The bill will
bo considered by the senate and in all
probability will become n law as the re
suit of Senator Vnn Wyck's exertions.
This is the kind of "dodging" which the
people appreciate.
It is ono of the many political virtues
of General Van Wyck that ho is a man ol
strong convictions nnd is always ready
to stand or fall with tlio open expression
of ins political faith. During his five
years of senatorial service his voice has
been heard and his vote re
corded on every issue of na
tional interest. It has never required
n smelling committee to ascertain what
the views of the senator from Nebraska
were on any leading question. The pub
Ho has always found that out without
much delay. No member of the body in
which ho is nn important nnd dis
tinguished factor , has been moro mil
formly in Ins scat or more faithful in tlio
discharge of his duties to his constituents.
When the scavengers of the railroad
organs discover that the senator has
"dodged" a vote on any important issue ,
lot them mark the record with rod pencil
and preserve it carefully for campaign
use. It will bo a rare and a precious
document.
A. 1'crtinont Inquiry.
When this paper propounds the very
pertinent question whether wo have a
chairman of the board of public works ,
our amiable contemporary , the Herald ,
responds thaf'thattho city has an honest
and efiicicnt chairman of the board of
public works who Itnds time not only to
discharge his duties well , out also keeps
ono eye on the city engineer's depart
ment and several jobbers. "
This contnmptiblo fling at the city
engineer , coupled with the in
timntlon that Mr. House has
been the means of throttling
jobbers with whom either the engineer
or somebody connected with this paper
has been in collusion , cannot bo passed
by in silence. The relations of Andrew
Rosewatcr to the chief proprietor of this
paper never have and never will eflect its
views upon any question of wiblic policy.
As oltj * engineer Andrew Kosewatcr
must cither stand or fall upon his own
merits. If Mr. House or the adventurer
who edits the Herald knows anything
that in any way afl'ects the integrity of
the city engineer let them produce their
charges and give the mayor and council
n chance to investigate and to put a more
honest man in the plaoo. If there has
been any collusion with jobbery in the
engineer's oflicc , which Mr. House has
discovered , it is his duty to inform the
council at once. If he or his chnmpion
of the Herald knows anything connect
ing the publisher of this paper with job
bery in any form wo challenge them to
make it known.
Our inquiry ns to the whereabouts of
Mr. House did not emanate from the
engineer's oflico or any other oflice , pub
lic or private. Wo are in the habit of
inquiring into the conduct of local im
provements , and wo always discuss them
without fear or favor. When Mr. House
was proposed for the chairmanship of
the board of public works he received
our endorsement , and his unanimous
confirmation by tlio council was largely
duo to the fact that the BEE had com
mended him as honest and capable. It
has turned out that Mr. House , however
competent ho may be , has shown himself
negligent and inefficient. Every hour of
the day wo stumble upon some public
improvement that needs his personal su
pervision , but has been overlooked. Wo
do not know where Mr. House spends his
days or what takes up most of his time ,
but everybody who walks our streets
knows that ho does not supervise public
works. While James Croightonxnay have
been rough and severe in his dealings with
contractors and people who obstructed
street * or failed to make ordered im
provements , there was no trouble about
finding him where work was going on.
When the council ordered an improve
ment Mr. Creighlon saw that it was done
and done promptly and properly.
The people and the council have been
very forbearing ; with Mr. House. Wo
will go into details if it is necessary to
show what a wretched and slovenly super
vision our public works have received
since Mr. House has taken chnrgo. The
facts are notorious as well as aggravat
ing , Mr. House must either mend his
ways and enforce the orders of the coun
cil nnd his own orders , or ho musfHixl
komo position that will demand less at
tention on his part. There is no use of
mincing matters any longer. The board
of public works and its chairman must
either show moro reason for their exist
ence , or they might as well bo abolished.
MR. LAMAR once compared JofT Davis
to George Washington , and Zach Chan
dler fired a shot nt him that reverberated
around the entire globe. And now wo
nro told by the Omaha champion of job
bers that Ilofl'mau is no more a horse
thief than lllaine is a house breaker.
This is hard on Mr. Rhino. After nil
there is only one step from the sublime
to the ridiculous.
Mr. Long end Rer. Copeland ought to
be presented with boxing-gloves by their
respective admirers In the school board
and permitted to fight it out \l \ it takes
all summer ,
Needn't Call Tor Volunteer * .
Utlwauket Journal.
No man who has ever eaten salt mackerel At
bosrdlnjf uouso > vfil ever lighffor the Maine
fisheries.
KINGS AM ) QUF.BNS ,
Wftlc's daughter Louisa will choose Oscar
son of Sweden's king. W ales begins to fee
old.
old.The
The king of Slam has decided to cst.ibllsl
a wliool In Bangkok forj the Instruction o
native women.
King Ludwlg of Rnravla Is ngaln In thp
sulks , and refuses to see or coiiimunlcat
with any one.
The Kmpros * of Austria still suffers fron
phthnlmia. She would give her fortune t
sec as well ns n pooiest seIng girl in her do-
inaln.s.
Trlnco Albert Victor nnd Prince Georcc o
Wales have Just published n book oiitltlet
"TheCniiscof Her Majesty's Ship Uachante. '
The emperor oC China Imperiously declines
to chew Hue-cut. No barbarian choppeil-ui
tobacco for him. Gl\e him opium or glvo hln
aclioivstlck.
Queen Kcgeiit Clulstlua ot Spain , wll
be decorated by the pope Whitsunday will
the order of the Golden Hose n very mm
honor.
Ev-Quceti Isabella has given to Queer
Kogcnt Christina of Spain the chrlstciiliiK
robe of the late King Alphoiiso. It Is o
Mnllncs Inco , trimmed with water ribbons
embroidered with Ikmrbon lilies.
The prince of Wales Is an enthusiastic
amateur photographer , and Is said also to be
n good otic. Even before he bought the
camera he had experience hi taking nega
tlvcs fiotu his mamma , Ainei lean actresses ,
nnd others.
Victoria , queen and empress , had a verj
narrow escape on the Illver Mersey the other
day. Just as she left the steamer n gilt lion
crown fell heavily from the top of a Hag-stall
which she had passed. If the accident Imi
happened a moment sooner she would have
bcon knocked down and severely Injured.
Ilic Chicago H < > n Knocked Out.
The oleomargarine bill having passed the
house by a vote ot 177 to 101 , we are moved to
remnik that In the contest between the Unltei
States cow nnd the Chicago hoij , Chicago loses
the llrst round.
Time Flics.
St. TMiti Glolic-Dtmocrat.
People talk of war and Its events ns things
of yesterday , and yet our new lady of tlio
white house was not horn until the year after
Vickslmrg and Gettysburg had practically de
cided the great struggle.
A Mastodon in Indlnnn Politics.
Clilcagn Tribune.
A mastodon has been dug up recently near
Goxlicn , Ind. It has been unearthed just in
time if they Intend to use It In politics for
theio hasn't been anything really big in Indi
ana polities for n long time.
Donnelly ChnrRod \ \ ith Fraud.
CTifaiuo Ifcin.
It Is our sincere conviction that the Hon.
Ignatius Donnelly's much-talked oC "Key to
Shnkspcrc" is a preposterous fiaud. If Don
nelly were to try to , ppcrl an old-fashioned
padlock with it he'd liaVe lo borrow a bledgc-
luunincr before he could accomplish his object.
* ' * * * '
Rather Unkind. -
St. Louis ( jlobe-Dcmnctat.
Wo think It unkind Iu the picsldontto
close the white house because the wedding
presents arc lying around loose In sonic oi
the rooms. lie might allow the anxious dem
ocrats' to enter and have them searched as
they leave. f '
t
Missouri Colonels Slighted.
S ( . Louis Groba-Dcmocrat.
Not a single Missouri colonel received oven
a piece of the wedding cake , to say nothing of
an invitation to tho'wedding itself. The
.same Is true as to Texas. Her bravest and
best citizens were coldly neglected. There
will however , be a chance to get even two
years from now. When the call of the states
isordcied In tlio democratic convention , n
gentleman whom wo might name , but shall
not , will have cause to regret that of his live
bundled packages of wedding cake In silver
boxes not one was sent to Missouri or Texas.
The Man ATho Advertises.
Lynn ( Mast. ) Item.
He's just a bit ecstatic , but not * n whit rheu
matic , and he docs It up emphatic when ho
sends a business "ad. "
And he cuts a knowlngcaperasho says : "Put
iu the paper at top of highest column If
yon want to make mo ghul.
"Start it with your biggest letter , set It up a
little hotter than that other feller'sad.
ncioss the way.
"I want It fixed up nice nt the cheapest kind
of price I'm going to sec if advertising
doesn't pay. "
Now every bpringnnd winter ho rushes to the
printer , and in the time of summer and
the fall.
And his comIs so plain yon can read and
come again oh ! the man who advertises
knows it all.
Then the paper man sits down and scratches
on his ciown and hits his scalp a fearlul
kind of thud ;
He's thinking us bo's winking : "Wore col
umns matlo nil top my business L could
chop , be fut and sleek , anil ilch as mud. "
Tlio Romance of a Xlckel.
A romantic courtship begun in Balti
more under peculiar circumstances , has
ended in a happy marriage at Richmond.
Va. , writes a linltimoro correspondent of
the St. Louis Globo-Domocrnt. The
bride is Miss lilancho Thurstield , and
the groom is Mr. Thomas Bowers , now a
merchant in Richmond , but at the time
this love story opens a resident Of this
city. OHO afternoon last Juno Mr.
Bowers boarded an up-town Madison
avenue car , and was soon deeply inter
ested in an afternoon paper. Presently
a handsome young lady entered and took
a seat beside him. Ho glanced nt the
now and pretty passenger , and as ho
looked at the pretty face and figure bo-
aldo him ho noticed tlio young lady draw
her hand from her pocket and a blush
mantle her cheek. Ho saw that she had
forgotten her purse , and nssho wa ? in the a
net ot signaling the conductor to stop
the car ho politely asked her if ho could
of any borvieo , The Hush tigaln rose to
her cheek , and her embarrassment in
creased when she informed Mr. Bowers
of her situation.
"But permit mo to pnyiyour fare , " re
quested thegontlcmnni
"If you will give met your card so 1 can
return the money I will consent , " shoVe-
plied.
The conductor came nlong nnd Mr.
Bowers dropped the additional nicknl in
his hand.
" 1 am over so much.obligod , " said the [
pretty miss. "Now , will i.you give me
your card ? " T
Cards wore exchanged-nnd the next
morning a messenger entered Mr. Bow '
ers' onico and handed1 him a neat en
velope addressed in * 'Judy's ' baud. It
contained a niokel and Hue neatly ex .
pressed thanks of MisffTHursfioId. Cor
respondence followcd Und the acquaint
ance thus formed soo.ii ripened into
friendship and terminated as above ro-
latedt and tlio bridal couple uro now )
crossing the Atlnntio on their wedding i
trip. Mr Bowers is a well-known and
successful merchant of Richmond.
Gall. .
Texas Sittings : "Dot Gilhooly has got
some galls , " remarked Moso Schaum-
burg.
"What has ho bcon doing now ? " of
"You remember yesterday when it
rained so hard1
"Yes. we had a hard shower. " at
"Veil , lie corned into my sthore vilfl it
vash raining. I asked him if ho didn't
vant ter buy some umprollas , and vat you
dinK he miyJ" >
"I've ' no idea. "
"Ho says ho would prefer tovalt In
ray stlioro until dot shower vas passed
over. " '
6ENATOH VAN TCI'OK EXPLAINS.
HIsKnovftU Ijftml Purohftno , nnd Ell
1)111 Mclntlng Thereto.
From tli ( Sfuvird Jffporter.
WASHIN-OTON , D. C. May 2J , 1S30. Toth
Editor of the Itoportcr : I cannot bcllovo yoi
Intentionally would thus mtstato facts ns yoi
did In the following , In your paper otAprl
20,18SO :
Senator Van Wyck has received groa
credit f 10111 thq Omaha Br.r and some othe
patters for the passage of the Knevals lam
bill. The fact Is Ihere nro two bills pending
for the settlers on the Kuovals lauds. Sena
tor Van Wyck's bill has passed thoisenate
and Is now pending in the house. It pro
vides that all persons holding a governmeii
title to these lands shall lib paid 53.60 i > c
acre. Congressman Laird's bill , which ha
passed the house and Is now pending In tin
senate , provides only for payment tonctua
settlers. A large pait of these lands linvi
been sold to speciilalors , Senator Vnu Wye !
is prominent , liavlng bought 1,200 ncies of th <
lauds. Ills bill therefore provides fo
the payment of 83.50 to all holders ot titles
Including speculators , and If the bill become ,
n law Senator Vnn Wyck would recolvo frou
the national treasury more than 8-1,000. The
senator's anxiety to secure the pnssngo of hi
own bill Is thus quite easily explained. Mr
hnhil's bill jnovlde.s for the payment otlbr
money that the settlers actually paid , nut
seems by long odds the more merltorous ml
of the two. Vim Wyck's bill seems to cove
a little bill for himself , and will not lie like ! )
to pass tlio houvp. It Is Imped that Mr
Laird's bill pass the senate , and thtissecuri
justice to the nctual settler , whether tin
siK-eulalors make the big piollt they hope to
or not.
Tills is only n sample of the many , In
tcntionnl or otherwise , misrepresent
tions which at this limo frequently ap
pear in certain journals in Nebraska
This species of warfare will probably no
commend itself to the judgment of fair
minded friends or enemies. I only notic
it because its gross mis-statements secir
to reflect upon my personal integrity.
The facts are , in the 4th congress , ii
which Mr. Laird was not a member , I
introduced a bill for relief of settlers am
purchasers of these lands , etc. The bil
pns.sod thn senate without amondmoti
but failed in the house. In the -tSth congress
gross i introduced iho same bill , oxccp
tlio first bill gave $3.50 per aero , whiol
was then supposed would settle with Mr
Knevals , but before the meeting of the ,
18th congress , a settlement was made
with Mr. Knevals on the basis
of $3.50 per aero and that sum
was inserted in the bill and thai
wns the only change. Mr. Laird
introduced precisely the same bill in the
hotibo. This bill passed the sonata
that congress , out again failed in
the house. In the Forty-ninth congress
I introduced the samu bill in the senate ,
nnd Mr. Laird the sime bill in tlio house
The bill paused the senate without amend
ment , nnd the same bill received the
recommendation of the house committee ,
and when considered jn the house Mr
Holman , of Indiana , insisted that the
bill bo amended by inserting "the price
to purchasers should bo only § 1.25 per
aero. Mr. Laird and mvself agreed that
it wouhl bo better to let this bill pass
even with Mr. Holman's nmuiidmcnt.am
if we thought proper have it corrected , if
possible , in conference committee. This
would secure to the settlers the $3.50 do-
sired. So that the only bill over consid
ered in senate or house , was the ono of
fered in the Forty-seventh congress , anil
there was no separate bill iu the house at
any time.
I owned some of the Knevals land , bul
as I entered it under the law and paid
for it , and received patents on it , anil
paid taxes about fifteen years , it was no
crime. 1 probably could not benefit
others without in a mensuro sharing that
benefit. No ono objected when in my
name nnd at my expense , thus far , I car
ried the suit with Ivnovals to the United
States supreme court. After the action
of the house I toid Mr. Laird if I was the
only ono to be benefited I would accept
Mr. Hollman'fl amendment and accept
$1.25 per acre , but ho thought and so did
I , that a number of Bersons were m the
same situation as myself. He ascertained
that many others.werp to bo benefited
who wcro properly entitled to the $3.50
and insisted that an effort should bo made
to protect them , and Mr. Lnird and
myself propose to protect them , even
though I should also bo benefited. Those
persons , as well as myself , were com
pelled to pay Mr. Knevals $8.50 per acre
to save the land and it is only this sum
which is sought from the government ,
and this will hot repay the taxes and
interest for fifteen years on the money
originally paid.
Let me add hero that I paid for this
land in cash , not college scrip. Also the
yarn in thn Omalia Republican of what I
said and did with an agent of Knevals is
utterly false. I never had any transac
tions with nn ngent of Mr. Knevals. It
so let him bo named , By the settlement.
of other parties with Knevals at $ D.50 par
aero , ngninsc which at the time 1 pro
tested , 1 was compelled to pay Mr.
Knevals $0.00 per aero so the title should
not bo taken from mo by decree of
United States Supreme court.
C. H. VAN WYCK.
A 'Wholesome Precedent.
Chftfiao JJtrald ,
AttornoyGcner.il Garland , who never
were n swallow-tall , was bidden to the
wedding feast but came not. The strug
gle between his affection for his chief and
his aversion to broadcloth of a particular
out must have been intense and soul de
vouring. Ho could not well appear
among a company of swallow-tails clad
otherwise as to coat than with n swallow
tail , and ho forbore to appear at all. * ulJ
of wise saws and modern instances , the
attorney general may have boon deterred
by rcllecting upon tlio fate of ono who
was brought in from the highway to
grace n certain feast and mot with n
most uncomfortable fate ;
Anil when the king came In to see the
guests. h saw theio a man which had not on
wedding garim-nt.
And hu saitlt unto him , Krleiul , how earnest
Ihoii In hither not having a wedding garment ?
And ho was speechless ?
Then said theItlng to the servants : Rlml
him band nnd foot , nnd take him away , mid
cast him Into outer < lirl ; < ness : there ohall bo
weeping nnd gnashing of teeth.
I1 or many mo called but few are chosen.
A BUSINESS VIEW.
hotter Written hy Mr.
on the tinhor TrouhloH.
OMAHA , Nob. , May 17 , 1880. [ Mr. T.
V. Powdorly , Grand Master Workman ,
Cnights of Labor , Scranton. Pa. : Dear
Sir : As a laboring man iu nil my early
lays , and as a business mini in 1113 * latter
days , and with a most profound respect
'or honest labor , and its full nnd proper
support , alto capital nnd ith unrestrained
iropor development please allow mo
.o call your attention anil non.sldiirntion
to matters ot vital importance to your
organization , which if tidhure.il to by iu
numbers throughout the United States ,
will not only make the Knights of Labor
)0pular and rospcctcd , but will commit
solid friendship between capital and
abor so muuh ilcsinul.
Mrst The actual net earnings of labor
can and must bo properly oatsnuitcil. so
.hat the capitalist and laboring man cui ;
joth understand what efi'ect a chnngu in
lie price of labor will produce for cauh.
Second Any member of the Knights
Labor should ba oxpullud for trunUng
any man in any way to any intoxicating
Innks. or receiving the same as a treat
the hands of any man
First , then , as to the net earnings of
abor. Capital to-day lays back in uoth
nndnoss and despair , and labor has
m wrapped up in ignorance and
franzy that is appalling ; but both can
undoubtedly bo harmonized very inn-
orially by you at your iiux't general
meeting showing up iu Ji < ur d to all
local orders , and lo capitalists nliko ,
that , oonsidInK a laboring man's ex
penses to bo four-fifths' his hire , and
that for him to ask SO per cent , ad
vance on biro would bo unjust as
it would increase his not earnings 100
per cent. , and that taken from the not
earnings of capital on the same basis
you will readily see would transfer in
n majority of cases the profits of capi
tal over to labor , wldlo the above ,
would double the laboring man's net
earnings nt 20 per cont. ndvnnco.
Ton per cent ndvnnco would only in
crease the laborer's not earnings 5'J per
cent , nnd 5 per cent ndvnnco would only
increase his not onrnings 2 , " > per cent.
For cxnmplo : Four-fifths ol $2.50 is $2.00 ,
and this $2.00 brings fout-hfths nis biro ,
nnd counted as oxi'cnscs leaves 50 cents
not earnings. An'advnuco to his hire of
20 per cent would make his wages $3 OOj
take from this his former expenses
$2.00 and you will sco that his net profits
nro Increased 100 per cent. By figuring
10 per cent ndviinco on the same ex
ample you will sco his net oarnincs
are increased 50 per cent , nnd by
figuring 5 per cent advance you
will see his next earnings nro increa d
25 per cont. I think you will ngreo with
mo that only a very few laboring riien
have over been successful business men ,
and , therefore , as a class have not con-
oulved a true basis of figuring net earn
ings of labor , while the business man can
sco at a glance that to comply to a sudden
demand by n strike of even 5 per cent ,
will tend to ruin his business unless ho
can immediately secure nn ndvnnco on
his productions , which can seldom bo ac
complished in less than ninety days ;
therefore , Knights of Labor should never
strike and never boycott ; but make their
demands sixty or ninety days in ad
vance , and never for moro than 0 W ) 5
per cont. nt any one time ; nntl every
employer should do likewise by labor in
case of reducing their wages ; nnd in
cither cnso an answer should bo given
within thirty days tiftcr a domain ! ot ad
vance or reduction has boon made. This
method , if adhered to , will constantly
tend to bring capital nnd labor together
nnd cement them. I do not believe that
you or uny other candid man will advo
cate that ton hours' pay should bo given
for oven nine hours' work , lot alone eight
hours , which has lately been asked by so
ninny of the Knights of Labor , nnd'ad -
lieivtl to by n few who submitted bccauso
they had con ( rants to till.
1 predict that unless nn arbitration as
noted above is established , and facts by
figures of profit and loss to both capital
and labor can bo settled upon a scale
basis that will show thuir respective val
ues that much seems now us victories
won by strikes , will ruin alike both capi
tal mid labor to an alarming extent be
fore another winter sets in upon our beloved -
loved land.
Now , to the second matter of import
ance. You understand full wall that
treating has caused many a Knight of
Labor to lose his reason , and join for a
time in shameful anarchistic demonstra
tions ; and there is nothing that your
order can do that will so efl'ectually sep
arate the order from all appearance of
anarchistic desires and demonstrations
and thereby gain respect and favor with
capitalists , as for each and every member -
bor who will have his drinks , to
novcr pay for any drinks in any
way for any other persons ; and
besides the above , such members will
drink loss and save moro of their earn
ings. I would to God every laboring man
could sec it to his interests to abstain
from all saloons nnd save to themselves
and fnmilics their linrn earned money ;
for I believe that saloons as a rule nro
places of idleness , and , not only that , but
servo ns pitfalls to millions of laboring
men. It is bad enough for capitalists
and business men and anarchists to give
support in such an extensive measure to
this nuisance known as saloons , and
any reform j'ou can institute through
the honest laboring class lo do away with
the saloon , would in my estimation , not
only servo your order beneficially , but
humanity also. I trust that you will re
cognize my feeble cllbrt in nil the above
as coming from an entirely unbiased
standpoint , as I consider the greatest
good to the greatest number the motto
which wo should all seek to learn. I re
fer you to any whom you may know in
this state us to my social business stand
ing. Very truly yours ,
P . C. HlMKBAUGn.
Not What lie Was Hired For.
A man was bounding around in a car
on a new Dakota road when the conduc
tor cnmo through.
"Can you tell mo , " said the man , with
a grout show of sarcasm , "whether this
car is on the track or not ? "
"Sir ! " replied the conductor , machine
Into his pocket , "hero is a volume of tno
rules and regulations of tlio road. "
"But what do I want of it ? "
"Look it over and sco if you can find
any rule saying that I must spend 1113' time
riiiinintr along-side of the train reporting
its position to the passengers. See if
there is anything in thai volume that
compels nip to go humping myself along
on the prairie nnd yelling through the
windows 'Four wheels off now1 ! or
'Hind trucks dragging on the tics ! ' or
'Gentlemen , the baggage car has just
rolled into the ditch ! ' or Tns.songers will
please remain seated while wo turn oil
liero and scoot across the prairie after a
jack rabbit1 ! Look over them rules , sir ,
: ind see if you find any oh" these direc
tions. If you don't , in the future please
take your own observations on the
wheels. "
HEMORRHOIDS
Blind , Bleeding and Itching , Positively Cured
by Cuticura ,
A WARM bath with Cutlcura Soap , un oxnuis-
ItosUIn boniitiflor , ami u single iippllcatlon
of lUuiciira , tlio Kieul slilii euro , will In-
Bluntly allay tlio intrnco ItotiliiR of tlio most UK-
Kriivatcd cnflo of lidilngpiles. . Tills treatment ,
out blnuil with Hiiiull clobua of Cutlcura Hofiil-
out , the now blood purlllcr , tlii'ou tlinit ; per
ly , to rotfiilato iitul struiiKthon tint bowels ,
ovorcomocoiistlput'on anil roinuvo the cmite ,
will cni'o bllii'i ' , Mouilliiir inn ) Hctilnjf piles when
all other romodivs and evoa pliysluluiis lull.
ITOHINO 1ML15.S.
I was tfikon for the llrst time In my llfn with
illnd piles , so suvoro that 1 coiilil liiudly lioup
on my foot. I usc-d various remedied for thruo
rcolvB , tvhrn tlui Uisonso loof ! the Toriii of Itch-
ns pllos.nml frrowinirworop. Hy ailvlco of tin
olduontlomuii , I trltsd thu nil mini. Unn uppll-
ill Ion lollavod thn llclilntr mid I un * noon
cnroj. I wUli to toll the world that Iu uiisns of
tolilm ? plica tlio prlco of tlm lit lourn U of no
lu'count. I'roia un misoUcllcd ( iiinrlor.
Concord , N. II. O , C. Kinuv.
ITCHI.VG 1'ILKS.
I bojrun the HBO of your Cullciira llomodlos
rhon you llrst put tfiom on the miukut , nrnl
enow of two cusus of lUililim pllus Unit Imvo
iceu cured by tlio use , lit my stmirn.-itlon.of
lioio remedies. F N. MAUTIH.
VlJIDUN , 111.
ALL TH AT VoiJ CLAIM.
I Imvo tiled your Cntlcuin niiiudlcd nnd find
hum nil Unit you claim , and tlio UCIHUIIL' for
lioru in this suutlou Uin > nt
AuursTim W. COLLINS.
n , fln.
SPLENDID SATISFACTION.
Ctltlouru Homedlos have Klvea oploudld eat In-
iictlnnto thosiiot my customer * who Imvo hud
occtHion to use them.
lli.sav OKaMANN , Druirjrlet.
Outncy , III. -
OuTiiaiitA llKMr.Dir.B uio a positive nuio for
very form of eUu and blood dlfoaios , fiom
to scrofula. Hold everywhere. I'rlco ;
Bluimofi . . : Soup , 2. " > oj Ilosolvoiit. 81.0) . I'io-
narort hy the POTTKU Uuuu AND CIIKMIOAI. Co. ,
llojluii , MUIJ.
Send for "How to Cure Skin DiseasiS. "
niemlshei , plmplos , hlaoUliuailj , uud baby
hitmore i&e ! Curict'M B"\P.
"rillKO 'MOSC'LMS itroit tho"
I'aln annllJllati'd , Inllamrniillon oiilo
duixl , and iiiHhu-lul uiul oplOcin
dlHOBScs { irnvcfntod by tluit Inrnlllbl
imlldot * lo puln tuid liilliimiuntlou *
tUg UuricutiA Air/.I'Ai.v I'LASTKH ,
STRICTLY PURE.
IT COHTAIHS HO ontm is AV : v roim
CEKT3
fop i
Croup
IN THREE SIZE BOTTLES.
PRICE 25 CENTS , 50 CENTS , AND $1 PER BOTTLS
C N f BnTTLEf.nro mir tin for th
uu HJiT nri ° " 'l
( tough. ColdandCroupRemetfy
Tiiosr. nrsuitMi A nr.MKtiv ron
CONSUMPTION
ANTs
LUNGDISEASE ,
BhOuUlscvilio tliolni-Ki ) fl boltkH. UirooUoa
nccompiiuyliiK ( 'toll bottto.
Bold by all Modtcino Dealer a.
WHITTIER
01T
Arril rirtttiil > or UedlolCollrtM , k i t > m lonur
&Cii < llalht ireetkl trrfttmcntof CHtume , Niftvov * . An *
anJ ULODD UitBtits Ihkitftnr oihtr I'tTileltn 1&SI. LtinlL
M fltj ripfn ihow and nil old rf * l < S nli kaow.
Nervous Prostration , Debility , Mental nd
Phrslcal Weaknen ; Mercurial and other Afltc-
tloni ol Throat. Skin or Bones , Blood Poltonlna ,
old Sores nnd Ulcers , r. tt tri ith unr.r.H uj
lucrin.on UtourlrullK ptlnclpln H r lr. rrlxtdj.
Disease * Arising Irom Indiscretion , Eiceit *
Exposure or Indulgence , hid rrojot. m r \ \ \
folloiluj < lt ttt ! cfticuint. . . dtbllllr , Olmofn or iliit
lDlitrctlii.u ( > rraot7 , rltnrltiOD th f.f , , r'jilc l < J f r.
ttfrilcntolhi i.tliljor ltm.Hi , conlu.loi of | J < il. l . ,
rendering Marrlatro Improper or unhappr. ai
rttuiDmti ; < ur j. r n > hiili ( r > itM ) < Dth i > i > T > ,
lnicalpJ DT < lo | , rrfrloanr aldrm. C niululloaalo (
Ctrorbj mill fr , Iniluj .ujitrlcllj o nOd nll I.
A Positive Written Guarantee sinn la t rrM.
table tua. UidlclniicDtgTerjubtrati/Qatloriiptwt.
MARRIAGE GUIDE ,
200 PAOE3 , riND PLATES , clrcaat cleth n mi
tlDJlDt.italrdror flOo. tn | > oiitReor lumoay. Otir on *
wonderful | npletur i , true I * llf ( artlelaiOD tbt f itowU (
abjeotit wb iu T uirrj. when t. whyt taftobooil. omiq2
hooJ , thrilc-l ) d e T , iffecti fc tli > fte ; od teeisih phj * .
loUfrorrrnrtiluetlon , untltnknj miorc. Tbit * tsarrl4 or
contenptfttlni . . . tanrrtnc . * ihouM rf d It. P-prUr Mttlo.
, - , , ww > - tjf . - - . . - . . .i 't
HAXIUEYRR tV IIUO. , Wholesale
Supply Agents , Onuiliu , IVcb.
Kebraska National Bank
OMAHA , NEBRASKA.
Paid up Capital . ' . . $250,000
SuplusMay 1 , 1685 . 25,000
U. W. YATKS , President.
A. E. TOUZALIN , Vice President
W. H. S. HUGHES , Oasliler.
DIKEC7 °
W. V. MOMB , JOHN S. COLLINS
11. W. YATKS , LEWIS S. RKED ,
A. E. T6UXAUN ,
BANKING OFFICE :
THE IRON BANK.
COT. 12th and Fnrnara Streets.
General llunklaa
) | ! OJl MON 'I B'1S uoimi 3'IVIAfO
puu f ojja v puu
T v ivii.i oj jo ii-
upuu 'iutJ | | | ! jlxri
DR. IMPEY.
Prnctico limited to Diseases of the
EYE EAR , NOSE AND THROAT
fitted for nil forms oftlefpctlv *
Vision. Artiflclul Eyes Inserted.
URSIJt 1STHXI IU
liivtHtilly rrllevc * tlir
uioit viol * lit HttlK'U * .
uiiil li urt roDifwrl-
.ii l * lrrf > . Uftod \ > j
mhalitlun.tlmi roarhlng Iboillieoeertln'ft.roln-
ui Iho ipum. cllit to In * - - -
oiiioctortllon , ud BKKCCTH . - - -
whtrftlolb ! rrwrdlMr ll. A UUI romliiMt
Lrptlttlbf ) ( lnDir < llitfdlrrrt Budnnrr.UUIar vO et.
I'rlf. SOB. mil * I.OOIf dru ll n cr l-r i l [ .Trltl
Pief < nr..r.utip. iir. n.HiiiliiniN.si. i' i > i.rin > .
Do you wan ! , n pure , Idooin-
fug Coninloxiou I Jf 80 , it
few nntilfentions of Hnqnu's
MAGNOLIA BALM wiligrat-
H'y you to your lioart's con
tent. It docs nivny wJUi Sal-
lowiicss , Ilortucss , I'JinpIos.
IMolclios , and all diseases and
Imperfections ol'llio skin. It
overcomes the Hushed appear-
nnco of Jieat , fatigue and ex
citement. It makes n lady of
THJltTY appear hut TWi-JN-
TV ; and NO natural , gradual ,
and perfect are its eifecfs.
that it is impossible to detect
its application ,
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