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    THE OMAHA DAILY SEE : TUESDAY , JULY 6 , 1880.
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SINOK 1880 the requirmctit for pontons
1ms oxnccded $ r > 0OUO,000 a year , tlio high
est liiriirea having been reached in 1883 ,
when there- was ptiiil out $00,012,573.
The amount required the present year
will bo nearer seventy than sixty mil
lions. Obviously only tlio most meri
torious claims could justify any addition
to this euotinous demand upon the public
treasury.
IK the organs of the Bell Telephone
monopoly are to bo believed , that gov
ernment suit will never bo brought. AVe
imagine that neither threats nor bribes
will shako oft' the grip of Allen G. Tlmr-
man , who has been retained to prosecute
the case on behalf of the people. The
history of the telephone patents will
boar an investigation and ought to re
ceive it.
ami Jones of the New York Sun
tinu Tunes ate blackguarding each other
in the columns of their respective jour
nals with a vigor and enthusiasm which
puts the pencil-pushers of the "rowdy
west" to shame. Ami yet not long ago
Mr. Dana was mildly reproving western
journalism for its disregard , of tlio ameni
ties of cultured , llfo. Messrs. Dana and
Jones should , pack their heads in ice and
attend Mr. Arnold's lectures on "Sweet
ness and Light , "
PIUISIUENT CLEVELAND has far outrun
any of his prodoessors in his use of the
veto power , and , very likely before the
end of his term will exceed the aggregate
record of all the other presidents. Ho has
thus far sent in feoventy-thrco vetoes ,
while the total of his predecessors
amounted to only 109. Of the other pros-
dents Lincoln sent in but one veto mes
sage nnd Grant led all the rest with twen
ty-nine. The exhibit is u rather striking
commentary upon the character of much
of the work which Mr. Cleveland's party
has boon doing in congress , and will not
bo lost sight of when the party is again
put on trial before the country.
THE committee on foreign aftairs of the
United Slates senate has a curious docu
ment in ono of Its pigeon holes. It is
the petition of a Boston housekeeper ,
who formerly as the wife of a missionary
resided In China , asking congress to make
an exception to the anli-Chinoso law in
her favor , in order that she may import
Chinese servant. Thu unhappy lady
sets forth that she is almost ruined in
purse and health by the losses and the
misery she has sull'ercd at the hands of
servants in this country , nnd since she
must have hired assistance she is hopeless -
loss of peace and comfort In the future if
I \ compelled to depend upon the sort of
domestic help which alone is to bo ob
tained hero. It Is n question with her ql
Chinese service and happiness , or the
imial Celtic or Teutonic nttlclo nfid a llfo
of wretchedness , The case invites com
miseration , but of course tlio lady must
boar her share of tlio ills which every
housekeeper who must luivo servants is
liolr to or return to China.
WK do not know just what iluijfTvlanco
Is to be jrlvon to the Young Men's Reform
convention which has been in session at
BlontrojU. liboussing Canadian allaira and
iiulloy , but it is apparently nn assemblage
entitled to some consideration. The
prime purpose of the convention seems to
have been to discuss tlio question of Can
ada's : independence , which has taken a
* * fltrong nnd extended hold upon the public
mind of the dominion , and particularly
so upon the young men , who are not so
susceptible as are their seniors to the in.
fluonccs of a traditional loyalty. The
now generation of Canadian politicians
Jiavo evidently more faith in themselves
than did their fathers , and a wiser view
also of the possibilities of the country , or
rather of the clianoe of utilizing those
possibilities , if the people were left to tlio
exclusive and absolute control nllko of
their domestic aluilra and their relations
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with otlior countries , Tha controversy
now pending with the United States in
relation to the fisheries 1ms had a very
great oiled | u stimulating this sentiment ,
mid ills inevitable that the advancing
power and prosperity of this country will
keep the fueling alive and active. The
convention decided to postpone consider
ation of the question of independence to
the next annual meeting , and in the
luenntimo itlll assuredly bo a promi
nent subject of popular thought and dis
cussion. Tlio convention declared
fitronglyiu favor of a treaty of reciprocity
with the United States.
A Not Hopeful Pnrtls.-in.
Kx-Sonntor Katon , of Connecticut , who
by virtue of long service in the demo
cratic party and acknowledged ability as
a politician , is entitled to speak respect
ing his party and to have Ills opinion re
garded , in a roocnt interview did not
convey an altogether hopeful view of tlio
democratic prospects In the battle of the
coming fall for the next house of repre
sentatives. Being outside of the political
arena , Mr. Raton's vision Is not obscured
by the dust or his reflections disturbed by
the uoi. o of the conk-ntions going on
tin-rein , and ho Is able to at once see and
( iollbornto clearly upon the situation ,
lie could not therefore tail to discover
that the ofl'orU of the leaders of the party
are being directed to the possibilities of
the futuio specially with reference to the
nt'xt presidential election , each and every
one of them trimming his sails with the
view to catching a popular breeze that
may waft him into such favor as
shall give him n claim to the
attention of the next national
convention. It does not require
any remarknblo gift of penetration to
discern the real drift of the plots and
counter-plots of Kandall , Morrison and
others among the democratic leaders ,
nor is it necessary that ono should have
the wisdom of a seer to see 'to what re
sult this .sort of thing must inevitably
lead the party.
The consequence of this purely polit *
ical struggle in congress is suon in the
factional breaches and controversies
which have retarded all legislation nnd
deprived the country of reforms which
had boon promised and which thu people
ple expected. Had the representatives
of tlio democratic party In congress ,
with their overwhelming majority , been
governed by an noncst desire to con
serve the public welfare , instead of al
lowing themselves to be manipulated by
a few self-seeking leader ? , congress
might have by this time or sooner
brought its labors to a harmonious ter
mination , given the country judicious
reformatory and remedial legisla
tion , and the democracy would
have been stronger than a year
ago in the confidence of the
people. But when has a democratic
congress shown its ability to devote itsulf
to the conservation of the public inter
ests , or demonstrated that it was tiny
bettor than an assemblage of political
schemers and wire pullers ?
The democratic party is heavily handi
capped by the course of the present con
gress , and it cannot bo relieved by any
thing which the majority in the house
may do or attempt to do in the few re
maining days of the session. A demo
cratic president lias found it necessary
to administer to it official reproof , and
the more candid and outspoken demo
cratic papers of the countryns for exam
ple the Louisville Courier-Journal , have
condemned it in unequivocal terms.
The paper noted recently declared , in
summing up what congress had failed to
do , that the democratic success of two
years ago was to all intents "a fruitless
victory. " Its omissions are patent and
indisputable , while tlio little that it has
worthily done hardly challenges consid
eration. Yet tlio party had a splendid
opportunity to increase and strengthen
its hold upon the public confidence. It
has utterly failed again , as it has many
limes before , to show that it has the
great Interests of the people at heartand
it deserves to bo repudiated by the pee
ple.
Another Sample of ltcfbrm.
A chorus of gratulation from the nr-
dent advocates of civil service reform
bus greeted the appointmontof Governor
Thompson , of South Carolina , as assist
ant secretary of the treasury. Wo are
assured that Mr. Thompson is a sincere
believer in civil service retorm , notwith
standing the fact that ho is a South Carolina
lina politician , and that lie can bo safely
trusMd to put his faith into practice. The
present Incumbent of the ofiico , Mr. W.
K. Smith , is said not to bo heartily in
sympathy with this reform , anrt yet Mr.
Cleveland has kept him in olllce , and
would doubtless have retained him there
to the end if the ofl'er of a railroad attor-
noyship had not tempted him to resign.
It occasionally happens that some cir
cumstance arises , of which this under
consideration is a sample , that suggests
a serious doubt as to whether the presi
dent has been as careful as so pronounced
n supporter of civil service reform should
bo in selecting men for positions having
an appointing function , as doe ? that of
the assistant secretary of the treasury ,
and it is just such disclosures that
have most to do with convincing
a very large class of people that civil ser
vice reform as practiced is a good deal of
n farce. Hero is a man whom the pres
ident has tolerated in a position Inv lvi
Ing the oversight of alle.ppohitmonta in
the depjivtottjj , who is said by so excellent
'
lent authority'oh civil service reform vir
tue as the Now Yorlt Evening Post to bo
unfriendly to the reform a man who it
might bo fairly surmised has boon in col
lusion with Illgglns in the oilbrts of that
unsavory Individual to east reproach
upon the policy , and whenever practica
ble tp dtjfcut it. How many more of this
sort of men is Mr. Cleveland permitting to
remain in olllce ? As to Governor Thomp-
ton , ho appears to have a consistent
record as a supporter of the now princi
ple , but it is not safe to count too largely
upon him until ho has been thoroughly
subjected to the pressure of the horde of
Hpoils neekers which constantly infests
Washington.
J'lu-lft at the \Ylntn JIoiiRO ,
Some ono who has taken the trouble to
Investigate , reports that President Cleve
land is saving $35,000 u year from his an
nual salary. Well , why shouldn't hoV
Mora than $100,000 a year are appropri
ated by congress for maintaining the
white house , The servants , u.shcrs , door
keepers , messengers and clerks oinploycd
ro all paid lor by the people. Twenty-
live thousand dollars annually nro appro-
printed for contingent expenses , includ
ing fuel , stationery , carpels , repairs , car
nages , horses and Improvhments , Four
teen thousand dollars Is supposed tn bo
consumed In lighting tha oxccutivn man
sion and twelve thousand for taking earn
of tlio green houses ,
That eminent statesman , K. 11. ilnyos ,
who economized by looking the uxccutivo
wine cullii.v and culling on the boys
when Lucy II. had her back turned , was
abl to lay usdo fully $3JO,000 , us the ro-
suit of his four yours , term. ThU id now
tccurely invested at Fremont , O. , and
made quite a colossal "nest egg , " so to
speak. Mr. Cleveland by following the
example of his lllubtrious predecessor
would soon be practically independent
of the whlnn nnd surprises of nominat
ing conventions.
Tliirty-hvo thousand a year is n neat
little sum for investment. Mr. Hayes in
setting the example of thrift set also
another example which Mr. Cleveland
would be well to study. Ho planted a few
dollars in Omaha real estate , and quad
rupled his money at a speed that that beat
Hlpgs & Co.'s interest on Washington
deposits , "hands down. " Let us suggest ,
now that marringe has given the presi
dent a large interest in improved prop
erty in tills city , tniit he add to his invest
ment from his salary s > a\ings. Thirty-
live thousand will soon become seventy
thousand. Just at present Omaha real
estate bents government bonds and Wall
street stocks all hollow.
Tito Port Omnlin Illll.
Senator Manderson's letter with regard
to the Fort Omaha bill modifies in some
degree the objectionable features of the
scheme , but by no menus convinces us of
thu necessity or advisability of the pro
posed change. The senator is very
tender and touchy. Whilst lie takes
pains to impress upon our eiti/.i-ns that
his sole aim in this matter is for the pub
lic Interest he insinuates that our opposi
tion springs either from ignorance or
personal bias.
Senator Mandcrson is simply mistaken.
Our opposition to the Fort Omaha bill
is not actuated by personal or political
motives. Wo have not a dollar's worth
of property within three miles of the foit ,
and have no pecuniary interest in any
land.s within the limit of the re-location
which is contemplated by the bill. Wo
may bo ignorant with regard to the meth
ods by which the now location is to be
fixed , but wo wore not as ignorant about
the design to make tlio change profitable
to a land syndicate whicli originally ex
pected to make a swap of a tract of land
for the present site of the fort.
We had called this Fort Omaha bill a job
because we know as long ago as hist win
ter that a land syndicate desired to ex
change a largo tract southwest of Omaha ,
comprising about six hundred acres ,
worth say . $30 an acre , for the eighty
acres worth $ loOO per acre now occupied
by the fort. This syndicate includes
Senator Manderson himself , and
that fact was commented on very
severely some months ago by the
Washington correspondent of the
Kansas City Wines. The senator
admits over his own signature that tlio
original schema contemplated the ex
change of sites as projected by thu syndi
cate , but he asserts that that idea has
been abandoned and free-for-all
a - - com
petition is proposed in the bill. If such
a competition could bo had the suspicion
of jobbery would bo groundless. The
peculiar methods usually pursued where
political mlluunccs and personal pressure
can bo brought to bear are , however ,
just as likely to bo resorted to in this case-
as they have been time and again in lo
cations of government buildings , etc.
But tlio main question after all is
whether the public interest and the local
interests of Omaha will be advanced by
the proposed bill. Senator Mander on
assorts that General Sheridan is de-
tormiued to have the fort re-located , or
abandoned. His reasons arc said to bo
first , because the fort is remote from rail
road communication , and second , because -
cause there is not ground enough at tlio
present fort for target practice , and quar
ters for a larger garrison.
Now we take it that General Sheridan
will revise his views on this matter if it
can bo shown that the facilities which
are lacking can be secured at much less
expense than would bo incurred by the
re-location. Fort Omaha has secured
ample railroad facilities within the past
month by the Belt line railroad. The
fact that the Fourth infantry was con
veyed from Fort Omaha on its journey to
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the Pacific coast last week in conches
over tbo Bolt line railroad shows that
troops can be moved to and from the
fort by rail more easily than they can
from Fort Leavonworth , which no gen
eral has ever proposed to abandon.
Whilst it is true that the present sitodoos
not afford facilities for target practice
and extensive quarters , it is a notorious
fact that the government can purchase
all the land it needs adjacent to the tort
for a sum not to exceed $200,000. The
Fort Omaha bill appropriates$160,000 for
the new quarters. Wo venture to assert that
two-thirds of this sum will have to bo ex
pended in putting the grounds in condi
tionnot counting the cost of water works
nnd other necessary conveniences which
have been provided at the present fort at
iv heavy cost. It is safe to say that half a
million dollars will bo taken out of the
national treasury to replace what will bo
torn down and . .b.ecomj3yprthln s if
the present ; fort is abandoned.
From an economic standpoint this
is not desirable. From n purely
military standpoint there Is no need
of u change. General Cnrlin , xvho
commanded the fort for several years , is
most decidedly of tlio opinion that no
change of location Is required for the con
venience of the army , General Crook ,
wo believe , holds the same opinion , Gen *
oral Howard , who commanded the de
partment for nearly four years , did not
indorse the scheme. But Senator Man
derson says that Seorotary Endjcott lias
agreed with General Sheridan in
rocommoding the change. How did
ticorotary Kndieott reaoh that conclusion ?
Tlio secretary was in Omaha last year ,
and if memory servo * us right was taken
out to the fort by members of the syndi
cate who doubtless impressed him with
the necessity.
Right lioro lot us remind Senator Man
derson that Omaha was not consulted
about tills project , It was sprung on thu
public very suddenly. No discussion
was had , and no effort was made
to remove General Sheridan's
objections to the present fort
by a guarantee of railroad facilities and
an option of additional land at a limited
figure. In view of all this our course as
well as that of the board of trade in tills
connection should not have surprised the
senator. U'o still insist that the public
interest will not be subserved by rushing
the Fort Omaha bill through the lower
house of congress ,
Tnn difllculty in selecting n jury to try
thu Chicago anarchists , with all the at-
funding circumstances , is likely 10
strengthen the opinion of those who re
gard the jury system with disfavor and
add to their number , Thus far 850 njon
have been called and but seven chosen.
One of the difficulties experienced is the
fear tfiat prevails that the men who con
stitute the jury , whatever the verdict may
be , will bo thereafter marked members of
the community of whom a penally will
certainly bo exacted. Some are governed
by a fear that they may become the vic
tims of anarchist vengeance , ami the
friends of the accused arc doing all they
can to keep alive this feeling , while
others are apprehensive of general public
reprobation If the men on trial should by
any means escape punishment. It is to
bo deploped that any citizen liable to bo
rilled upon to assume tlio responsible
obligations of a juror should be swerved
from his duty to conserve the interests of
law nnd order by any fear of personal
consequence1) , but unfortunately thn ma
jority of those who are acceptable us
jurors under the restricted condi
tions and limitations prescribed by the
laws of most of the slater , are of the
class that have little knowledge and less
care of what is for the general good , and
arc for the most part not imbued with
very elevated ideas of the sanctity of the
law. The man whose claim to accepta
bility as n juror rests chiefly upon the
fact that he is ignorant of current public
events in the community of which ho is a
member , or if having some knowledge of
them obtained no impression from tlio
information , is so much a human tcr
rapln that the least intimation of danger
to lilni'-elf is sulllcieut to induce him to
retire into his shell and with the con
sciousness of personal security "let the
world wag on as It will. " So long as juries
must bo composed largely of this class of
men , it will bo impossible for the system
to grow in the favor of people who believe -
lievo that a fair amount of intelligence ,
reasonably good judgment , the integrity
necessary to impartiality , ami a well-
grounded souse of the obligations of clti-
y.enship , are among the de
sirable qualifications of u juror-
Tnn memorial to congress of the
Women's Christian Temperance Union
of Indiana , stating that young and inno
cent girls are impoi ted into Chicago in
largo numbers for immoral purposes ,
makes a startling disclosure , if true , and
it is probable that the women who offi
cially signed the memorial have trust
worthy information in support of thu
allegation. It may not unjustly bo said
that no charge of immorality against
Chicago can be regarded as incredible ,
since her enterprise in that line la con
fessedly not le s active than in every
other , and constitutes an attraction for a
considerable part of her floating popula
tion which unfortunately a largo portion
of her people are not in the least ashamed
of.
EVEN Massachusetts legislators are not
above voting to themselves an extra al
lowance of pay , whuji by reason of their
own mistakes , or carelessness , or neglect
of business , they remain In session a few
weeks beyond thn usual tjime. This year
the legislature did not | adjourn until
about four weeks later tlyin had been the
rule , and the members voted themselves
additional compensation to the amount
of $100 each. Thus thousands of dollars
will be paid out of the public treasury for
legislative work that unquestionably
might have been accomplished a month
earlier than it was , but perhaps the people
ple ought to bo gratiftil'to ' their repre
sentatives that they a'rc i\ot \ mulcted in a
much larger sum. Precedents for salary
grabbing arc becoming too numerous.
THE readers of the Br.E will no doubt
appreciate the fact that they are now
supplied with the Now York HcrcihVs
special news. These cablegrams arc
published in the Br.E on the same day
that they appear in the No iv York Herald.
Attention is called to the varied and in
teresting collection of cable HOWS in this
issue of the BEE.
C MRS. CLEVELAND attended a session of
congress on Saturday and was discovered
in the pallory of the houso"keoping tabs"
on the members. It is pleasant to note
that the president's wife is not inclined to
conlino her knowledge of housekeeping
to the executive mansion.
YALE's university crew broke the record
on 1'riday. They also "broke" half of
Harvard college who wcro staking their
father's money on the result of the great
boat race.
SKNAIOK MANIJEKSON'S request that we
publish liis Fort Omaha bill was not com
plied with because wo had already pub
lished the bill twice , first soon after it
was introduced and again two weeks
ago. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
A FHENOII lion tamer has invented a
new kind of savings bank. Ho keeps his
cash in a box in the lion's cage. No at
tempt has yet been made to burglarize
that bank ,
Mn. GLADSTONE'S shirt collar Is four
inches high. Speaking of shirt collars ,
Omaha can furnish an oxnmplo which
would make William K. wild with envy.
THE "must go" business has been some
what overworked , but wooden sidewalks
on our business streets can bo put under
no otlior heading ,
"TRANSFIXED by a Sky-Uockot" is the
latest novel appropriate to the season.
The title promises a rapid "flail. "
JPOIUTlCAIj POINTS.
Finnic Kurd predicts a split in the democ
racy which will leave tlio protection demo-
ciats outside the paity. ,
After the excitement , over the guberna
torial campaign In Georgia them IB complaint
that the people won't le/ister.
Stove Klklns Is llguringto , elect a lepubll-
cnn IcglskUino in West Virginia , so that ho
can go to the United States senate.
Wisconsin agitators nro trying to form anew
now jmity on a platform if ) opposition to
Uovcinor Itusk's attltudu during the stilke.
Congressman Itandall , l > lls ( fair to be the
next lepubllcancnndiilalb foi ; thu piesldcncy ,
to judge fiom the plaudit ? bestowed on him
by thooigaiis. ,
The campaign In Now1 Jersey premises to
boa meinoiablo one. The lepublicaus are
still threatening to Imlm'oo the prohibition
candldato tor governor.
Goveinor Jloblnson of Massachusetts hav
ing vetoed tlio bill exonerating cx-soldleis
from the operations of the stiito civil-service
law , tlio mugwumps mo happy again ,
From away down cast come rumors that
the republicans of Missouri nro going Infer
for a thorough organisation to snatch the
state from the grasp of the democracy.
Kdnards , the man whom the Maine demo
crats have nominated as a soldier candidate
for governor , Is abused by the republicans be
cause ho doesn't belong to the Ur.ind Army
of the .Republic.
Judge Klsdoii F. Bennett , conqre sman-at-
large from North Carolina , will not bo a can
didate for ro-electlou , He is the member who
declared that " 'to the. victors belong- the
spoils' Is God's o\vn gospel dowu In my
country. "
Kx-fcnntor Barnum Is reported to be. plan
ning a specinl rnmpalgn to elect a democratic
legislaltuciu Connecticut , In the event ot
success ho would go back to the senate.
Samuel Fe endpn , secictarv of the repub
lican national committee , will piolublj lie a
candidate for Senator llawley's place on the
rcpublle.in side.
How the \\hitlUli ; of time changes men
and things. At the clew of the wai Paisnu
IltovMilow , then goveinoi of Ten n two dro\e
his piedeeessor. Isliain ( } . llairis , out of the
counliy bj oflVriug a rewind of S"i,000 for his
en phi 10. A few days snto the same llnirls ,
now a senator fiom Tennessee , fnttodnced a
bill for the relief of the widow ot P.xrsoii
Drownlow , nnd heatliiy Mijir-urts it.
It is nnnounci'd that Senator 'VYIiillliorno
of Tennessee will not seek to bo ivtuined.
The prlnel ] al candidates for his place arc
timornni Bate. evCoiipiessman House , ami
ex-liouTiior .Matks. \\nsmnjoi-general
In thn confederate ntmy , nnd limps fiom
wounds received. Mniks was n btlgadlei-
general and uxt a leg. 1 Louse was a colonel.
Whltthmuu expects to bo elected member ot
congtcss.
Unit Over by n Hwltl Cart.
tMfoan lltiwM.
Algernon Swinburne , having attacked
Gladstone In a poum , the old gentleman is
now In a position to sympathize with the
man who \\as inn over by a swill call.
"Will Not lie IncoitvciiIcnocU.
SI..niif * ( Jlulic-Dfinitctat ,
.Missouii colonels traveling In Ucotgla will
not bu IneonvenlenciMl by the prohibition law
iccciitly put In fotet ! In that state. Liquor
Is still sold by the quart there.
I'ald Mm ioir Tnv.
St. LouN Gliibe-Demafiat ,
Mr. Cleveland Is said to bo the Hist picsl-
dentol the United Slates who e\er luld a
dog tax In Washington , lie Is evidently de
termined to attach some liuiioitanct and over
whelming fact to his name that will carry It
down to postciity.
o
As to Morality nnd Ilrlclcuats.
iYeiti Yiiih Haute , /onnnil.
Judge Kk'liaulson , on tlio English bench ,
condemned a felon to death who thiewa
brickbat subsequently atohis head ; but , as ho
happened to stoop at the moment , It only
knocked oil lil.s hat. Ills litends congratu
lating him on his escape , ho said : "You see
how , that II I had been an uurlcht judge , 1
had been blulu I"
! > y JjylnR Portraits.
I't'orta Juuinal.
The 15ev. Dr. Sundetlnrid , who ofllclated at
the Clovoland-Fol&om nuptials , bus com
menced suit against a newspaper for publish
ing a picture of him that , ho says , resembles
CJtiiteaii , the assnsslu. The coed pieachcr
man feels as bid over it ns does Miss Lillta
Mitchell , of St. 1'anl , who in her suit against
n newspaper of that city dcclaies that an al
leged likeness of her recently printed was a
worked-over cut of "Lydla Plnkham , " of
patent-medicine fame.
Wliy Not Try High Ijlccnse ?
Theio is a wide conviction among many
earnest ofovcivors that It is more effective
than piolilbltion , because piohihition does
not enforce Itselt , while high llren.se does.
High license has worked well whcio\cr it has
been tried. It cuts elf the low saloon ; it
shuts up the majoilty of the worst places of
debauchery ; U inteic'sts evciy licensee in the
enforcement of the law ; It produces a great
revenue and relieves taxation ; It leaves no
argument of pilnclplo with any temperance
man , but makes U only a question ot method.
Its results in Ohio , Illinois and other states
nave been highly satisfactory. Why
shouldn't it bo openly avowed and fairly
tiled ?
Slippery Fellows
irall Street Nnvs.
The cashier of a private bank in Nebraska
lately skipped , and the next morning after
bis departuio a notice was uosted on the door
that the bank was closed. Theio was the
usual excitement , and It was filially ascer
tained that the amount embezzled was only
8300. The president was appealed to to
know If such a trifle as that would swamp
his bank , when ho replied :
"Gentlemen , I've closed the bank to look
over the books. While it appears that ho
didn't take but $300 , I'm not colng alicad
until 1 discover whether it really Isn't 550,000.
You can never tell what a cashier has been
doing until ho skips and gives you a chance
to look over the books. "
Tims Huns the World Away.
Ctiaik * J. Dnntihte.
Like snowy HIIcs , licet ns Hue ,
Whose fragrant coiuse is run ,
Like dewdrops on tbo eglantine ,
Like frost-work in ( lie him :
So vunlsn youth's delightful dicams ,
bo beauty's charms decay ;
Like blossoms strewn on sparkling streams
Thus inns the world auay.
Like foam upon the billows bright ,
Like sunset's gorgeous dyes.
Like moonbeams .shedding silver light
Over the jeweled skies :
So sillily irom our vision glldo
Hopes , plans and projects gay ,
Alone wo loam at eventide ;
Tints runs the world away-
Of filondjj V/IIQIU ruthiow Hi :
Wo to ilay by day beroll ;
The spectres of our perished Joys
Ale all the comrades loft.
Love's chain is broken link by link ;
Wo sin if the mournful lay.
Foilorn upon life's river brink ;
Tims runs the world away.
BTATK AND _ TIS R HITO ItY.
Nolrnslca Jolting" !
Four thousand of the 0,000 loaohors in
Nebraska are women.
The Arapahoes tackled the Lyndon
base ball club Friday and laid them out
10 to 5.
J. T. Clarkson odors a premium of if ICO
for the best five acres of corn raised in
Cheyenne county.
Arnpahoo celebrated Saturday and en
joyed a delicious rest from tire and fuus
on Sunday and Monday.
Tlio Hurt County Touchers' institute is
to bo held at Tokuimih , July 10 to 30.
K. IS. AtkmMHi , conductor.
'I'ho ' barbers of Hastings recently wont
out on a strike , and alter a compromise
was made the price of shaving was imme
diately rnibcd to 10 cents ,
The Uin : correspondent at Arnpahoo
writes- Politics are beginning to occupy
the attention of the ollico-seeker , and
there are already three candidates for
county attorney , Taylor , of Arapahoe ,
and Lindsay and Scevors , of Beaver City.
There are two for legislative honors Dr.
Annies , of Heaver City , aud Babcoclr , of
Cambridge. Leo for state senate , ot
course , comes in. The democrats have
not as yet named any candidates for the
legislature. Mr. McClure , of Oxford , is
talked of as tlio democratic nominee for
county attorney. The campaign prom
ises to bo a warm one , ns nil the candi
dates for nomination are well known and
tlio usual amount of mud slinging will be
indulged In.
Iowa Icorn * .
A gang of Indiana are skinning the
country.
The farmers near llolstoin have organ-
ix.ed n stock company for ihu purpose of
handling grain , seed , live stock , etc.
An effort is being made to beouro Gen
eral I egan at the reunion of tlib First
Iowa cavalry , to bo held at Cedar Rapids
in September ,
The trainmen on the whole lovra divi
sion of the Chicago , Hurlington & Qulncy
have received moru pay for the mouth of
June , on account of overtime , than they
have for any other month for the past
two yours.
David Foster , of Columbus CityLoui < n
county , was recently kicked on the side
of the head by a playful pony and re'
ceivod a fracture of tno skull which may
prove fatal.
tOn July ! 1 , nt Thayer , there were twc
rival celebrations , thn citizens propel
and the workers in the gravel pit , both
observing the natal day. Tno pntrotism
was shipped in kegs labelled "naiN. "
The DCS Jloines city council * has
grunted a charter to the llroud ( itiago
street car line , which will at once pro
ceed to build several miles of road in that
city nud compete with the old street car
company.
A burglar entered n house at Marshall-
town recently , and in his midnight re
searches could only tlnd $ , ' 0. Consider
ately thinking that thn first of the month
was eoininjr around , ho left $15 to pay the
rent and put the other JU5 in his poekc
and Ic.ft.
The Wesleyan university , at Ml. Pleas
ant , will make nn effort to raise $100,000.
to be u ed as follows : $ , ' 0,000 to increase
the endowment fund ; SJ 10,000 to build a
chapel , and $10,000 to cancel the indebt
edness of the unh crsily. Timothy Whit
ing , of that place , has given $5,01)0 ) con-
ditionalh to the endowment fund.
Dakota.
Dcadwood Is curbing her streets.
llismarek is building a street railway.
Tlio first through passenger train from
Chicago will arrive in Hapid City to-day.
The steam flour mill going up nt Knn-
nail will be ready for business Decem
ber 1.
There are 211.080 head of mules and
horses pastured upon the plains of Da
kota.Vitli \ these feed 8U.-101 head of
o.\en.
Mr. James Wilson , of the Ilarney Peak
liu company , purchased for tlio company
u group of valuable tin mines located
two and a half miles north from Chester
for a consideration of if'5,000.
Deadwood citv has a mine within its
corporate limits. The locations are in
thu southeast corner of the city , in ingle-
Hide , extending over the hill to Little
Spruce gulch. There is a possibility ol a
valuable mine being discovered there.
It is said the ore assays ? ! ! 00 in gold.
in 10iigln.tul.
llemM ,
"The Knghsh system of baggage carry
ing seemed to pu//.le Mr. Heucher , " says
the cable dispatch announcing the arrival
of tlio Hrooklyn preacher In London ,
"and his perplexity afforded Dr. Parker
considerable amusement. " Probably Mr.
13eccher would bo greatly perplexed at
seeing people fail down stairs as a regu
lar tniug , but if they assured him that
that was the way they always came down
they would have a right to derive consid
erable amusement from Ins wonderment.
Nothing in this world is more atrociously
stupid than "the English system of ba"--
gage carrying. " The fact that it is per
sisted in alter methods of bringing order
put of chaos have beoa devised and put
in force in other countries is the best of
evidence that the traditional conscnatisin
of the liriton is ot a character that will
yield to nothing less emphatic than ( arth-
quakes or boiler explosions. The check
system lias boon tried on several roads in
Lngland , but its abandonment has soon
followed , because popular prejudice waste
to great that it would not oven admit of
tiiu adoption of a manifest convenience
so simple and inexpensive as to invite no
criticism on grounds of delay or cost.
Should a hundred pas.sengor.s , each
with a trunk , present themselves at an
English railway station , intend ing to take
the same train to London , their baggage
would bo in their own keeping until tno
train arrived , when they would be com
pelled personally to .superintend its load
ing. If the "luggage van" becomes
overloaded the passenger must wait
until the next train or go without his
trunk. To leave it is to lose it , and to
send it without also going himself is to
lose it , for the railroad company acknowl
edges no responsibility.
At the journey's end every man who
ban a trunk or nsachel in the uaggngc car
must claim it , and while the hundreds of
passengers are climbing over eacli other in
thoiroflorte to lighten their possessions au
army ot oabmun are doing their best to
claim their victims in tlio throng. It is
pandemonium , a confusion as senslcas
and idiotic as it is vexatious nnd perplex
ing to men accustomed to the order and
security which the check system guaran
tees , Mr. IJeechor's perploxitv _ is not to
bo wondered at when it is remembered
thatt although an extensive travolcr.ho has
conlinod his journoyings principally to a
country whure , in cities large or small ,
near or remote , a man's baggngo is
as secure as ho himself , and whore the
station regulations are such that the arri
val or departure of a train which may bo
destined to cross the continent creates no
moro noise and confusion than thu arri
val of a gentleman's private carriage.
If Dr. Parker , who Is a great preacher
himself , had been pained instead of
amused at his guest's annoyance , ho
might'bo expected to give the stupidity
of Ins fellow subjects an airing , but ho is
too thorough an Englishman to admit
that tlioro is anything wrong about a sys
tem which makes pack horses out of
travelers turns railway st lens into
ijeur gardens , and causes the loss of
thousands of dollars worth of propeity
every year.
Farmer Soumlly'H Politics.
"Sou hero , my friend , wliatdoyou know
of Van WyckV" said a gray-haired old
farmer to n young man of the flame voca
tion , who appeared to bo very free in hia
expression of disparagement of our
senior senator , "How long have you
known Van \Vyck ? You appear to bo
quite a young man nnd if I mistake not ,
have boon a voter a very few years ,
What has Van Wyck done that justifies
your tirade against him ? What did you
say ? Voter against tlio party ? Works
witli the democrats ? Pretends to bo a
republican but won't sustain tlio party
measure ? Just ns apt to pitch into n re
publican as anybody , lioyf U'cJJ , now ,
you think those are pretty
praro charges , don't you ? Of course
you do , or you wouldn't pitch into
Van Wyok so roughly , but if your
facts would justify , you could bring a
much graver charge against Van Wyck.
You don't know what it would bo , hey ?
Well now that's strange. If you have
the facts to back it up , charge him with
lighting against the interest of his
country , charge him with class legisla
tion , with trying to build up monopolies
nnd rich corporations , at thn expense of
the poorer men ; charge him with help
ing to give away millions of acres of our
public domain to powerful corporations ;
charjre him with shielding the rich catUu
syndicate , who destroy annually , hun
dreds of poor homesteaders on the grout
western frontier , charge him with the
refusal of his co-ounnition in the efforts
of congress to rucorcr the millions of
acres of rich land , illegally held by
powerful railroad corporation ! cliartrt
him witii placing n higher estimate upon
his party uililiatiou than his -Juty and
fidelity to his country , Thesa nro charges
that moan something Can't bring any
such cliurge , httyJ Well then I'd drop
the other , if I wus In your place , 'I hey'ro
not worthy your manhood. They're too
Ulmsy. What's ' that ? Think you maybe
a llttla too fast * That's right , honest
confession Is good for the foul My son ,
if you keep your uji ) and ears opun , by
thu Ututf you nru as old as I urn , jou may
hnvo lent tied npood bit bv cxpoHonon
and ob oration. . You may fiavo lonrnod
that Iho mnii who is worth anything to
his country la n mail who is Rinded moiv
by the intorost.s of iho people thnn more
Interest of party. You will linil thit : thn
trttc t nnd bravest man is thonno wh
dares to net nnd vole against the purl
stun of ills own party , when his ri-n-
st'ictico and judgment so direct , v. ' 1
even dare to vote with an opposing partv
wlioro tin' 00(1 ( of his country requires . . .
Mv son , it yon permit yourself to ! > u
uitidt'il in political a in other inntl
by the highest instinct * of yotirnianho , " ' ,
jou will never permit this party l li ; >
whip you into party traces ajjamM .11
dictates of your own con cleneo n- I
good jiidument. When partv roprcsei is
n prand principle , U is light , It is iiiilu , il.
that men should rally to its support u
light for its principles. Hut tlio IK.
comes to all political parties it has h ,
so In all the ages pii t when pu : i
must permit independent action
comes now as in the past w hen Ui
degenerate from high and noble air
Into u scramble for place , position : u .
emolument. Thou it is that thoioii ii
organi/ation is oll'ectcd. Tlicn it is , t' ' : it
whipping into party traces becomes i
important factor of success. When pii- !
ciplo binds Iho party together mid
prompts to Jiigh aim noble endeavor , tl.o
party lash is ncvor rcsoited to. eannol
safely used My son , beware of thu imm
wlio lias nothing hotter to oiler ns nn m-
ocntivu than the party lush. K
var PERRY DAVIS *
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