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IT la a real oslato bouin with n Hip ; 15.
AN enlargement of tliu county of Doug *
las so as to afford room for a half < lo/.on
inoro additions to the city of Omahn will
bu the next matter strictly In order.
Tnn dofcnt of Omaha's charter would
mean a loss of millions of dollars to our
citizens and a heavy blow at our future
development. Arc the men who do not
blush at being owned by Uio corporations
ready to shoulder the responsibility of
playing into the hands of the railroads ?
SncitETAuv UAYAUD is quoted as say
ing that the president and cabinet tire in
perfect accord OH the lisherics question ,
and that the recent rumors to the con
trary rtro without foundation. Secretary
Manning's characterization of the course
of the Dominion " "
authorities as "brutal"
indicated tlio feeling in administration
quarters.
A MKivrixa of trunk line presidents i.s
to be hold in New York on Thursday to
discuss the inter-state commerce bill. It
Is not understood that this meeting is
called with the design of taking action
that Hhall have an influence at Washing
ton , but rather to determine the course
of the railroad companies connected
with the pool in case of the bill becom
ing it lav- .
Tnn striking coal handlers of
York and New Jersey arc very naturally
appealing to public sympathy by citing
the monopolistic character o the coa )
roads and companies with which they
are in conllict , and it must be confessed
I ) their argument is not without force. If
| | the injury and hardships incident to this
trouble coiddfall wholly , or oven largely
upon the soulless corporations who em
ploy the dissatisfied labor there would belittle
little regret at the occurrence , but un
fortunately such is not tlio case. There
lias already been a great deal of sufl'oring
and loss among the people of the region
Bllectcd , and there is certain to bo much
more. Meanwhile those upon whom the
penalties ought to fall are experiencing
no privations , and except as they maybe
bo anxious regarding their contracts are
not manifesting any serious solicitude
respecting the situation.
IT wn.r , bo unfortunate if the house of
representatives shall succeed in defeat
ing the extension for seven years of the
treaty between the United States and the
Hawaiian islands. Tim eflbrt to do so
has no other motive than to benefit the
Louisiana sugar growers. It is not prob
able that the privileges accorded to the
Hawaiian sugar interests would work
the least harm to the homo industry , but
If it should do so it would bo very largely
counterbalanced by the political ami
commercial advantages gained by the
country from the prcsentnlliunco with the
islands , which constitute the most im
portant port in the 1'acilio , ana affords
us an invaluable point of vantage in rcf-
crenco to Asiatic nations. Kugland and
Germ nny are known to bo very anxious
to sccuro u hold on the islands which wo
now have , and if we relinquish It. one or
the other of those powers will certainly
stop in and rob us of ths only available
coaling and victualing station between
San Francisco , Japan and Australia , and
will thus , moreover , divert to F.uropu thu
valuable trade with the islands which is
now exclusively our own.
Tun long senatorial struggle in Texas
has happily ended in thu election of John
II. lleajran , who will succeed Senator
Maxey in the upper house. Reagan's
election will bo haded with pleasure
throughout the country. Ho 1ms fought
a desperate light ugainst the corporations ,
backed by a following of devoted sup
porters , and has won. For long years ho
lias been the apostle of the regulation of
Inter-state commerce in tlio house of rep
resentatives , laboring manfully to ad
vance the cause of anti-monopoly and to
impress his ideas upon the public from
the public rostrum. Air. Reagan is
the father of anti-monopoly legislation
and the veteran enemy of corporate
jobbery. For this reason the railroads
made a desperate attack upon his can
didacy and fought it to the bitter cud.
The battle of the ballots in Texas has
been in progress for nearly two weeks ,
during which Reagan's following never
wavered. Deaf to threats and allure
ments , they never swerved from their
duty. Half the devotion on the part of
the men chosen by the' people to return
General Van Wyes would have made his
'lection ' mre.
lict. Them Beware.
The methods by which the confederated
corporations of Nebraska are trying to
control legislative action at Lincoln calls
for decisive action on the part of the
people. For the second time. In two
years the corrupting agencies employed
Liy the railroad managers have brought
about a llagrant betrayal of public
trust and defiance of the popular
will as expressed through' the
ballot box. Two years ago the proposed
railroad commission amendment was re
jected by nearly two-thirds of the voters ,
but the pernicious influence and pressure
of the railroad bosses , headed by llol-
drcge , of the U. & M. , and Thurslon , of
the Union Pacific , forced upon the state
n fraudulent railroad commission.
The present session lias witnessed oven
a more reckless reversal of the popular
will through the same agencies. With
the money wrung from the toiling pro
ducers the satraps of Wall street gam
blers ami Roston railroad kings have de
bauched the lawmakers and brought our
legislature into general disrepute.
The time is now at hand for something
more decisive than Indignation and popu
lar resentment. The railroad managers
who arc engaged in this villainous work
must bo made to understand that they
are no better than the scoundrels whom
they employ to do their work of bribery
and corruption. The people must , if it
becomes necessary , teach a lesson that
will not be forgotten. The men
who conspire to defeat legis
lation by wholesale corruption
are worse than burglars or common
highwaymen. They tire outlaws against
whom the people cannot protect them
selves without taking the law into their
own hands. This is plain talk , but wo
only give voice to the deep undercurrent
which is setting in tiie direction of vig
ilance committees. Let the railroad man
agers , who nro at the capital out
raging justice by tampering with the
legislature , beware. They arc tread
ing on dangerous ground. An
outraged and exasperated people are de
termined to put an end to their infamous
methods. There is such a thing of wear
ing out the forbearance of a longsuffering
ing and patient people.
Sitlo-Traoklnirtlu : Oniiitin Charter.
Mr. Andrew J. Poppleton , who has
made himself so useful to his railroad
employers in the charter committee , has
made another flank movement to bull
doze the Douglas county delegation and
gull the legislature. lie called a star
chamber caucus of the defunct com
mittee , secured the attendance
of nine members , and by his
one-sided appeals induced n ma
jority of this faction to adopt a resolution
requesting the legislature to reject the
charter as introduced by Mr. Lininger
and substitute a > bill which suits Mr. Pop-
plcton and his corporate employers. In
stead of treating the Douglas delegation
with due courtesy , which required that
the resolution be directed to them as rep
resentatives of Omaha , he had the reso
lution sent to Mr. Shcdd , who has no
business whatever with it.
This is a piece of railroad strategy to
deceive the legislature as to the true
interests and wishes of ihe people of
Omaha.
It was a high handed proceeding
in full keeping with the crooked and dis
reputable course by which it is attempted
to foist a charter upon Omaha framed
purely in t'ic interest of the giant corpor
ations. It was H studied attempt to treat
tlic Douglas dclcgut&u as mere dum
mies.
Mr. Poppleton has overshot the mark.
The charter committee was not organized
to dictate to the delegation , but merely
to furnish the skeleton for the charter ,
which the delegation was expected to
father , and for which it , and not Mr.
Popplcton and the railroad employes of
the committee , will be held responsible.
If Mr. Popplcton was honestly laboring
for Omaha and tlio state instead of play
ing decoy for the railroads , ho would not
meddle with the charter as agreed on by
the delegation. He has misrepresented
Omaha and the state on the committee
and it is high time that the musk be
dropped.
On behalf of tlio people of Omaha wo
resent this attempt to misrepresent their
wishes. The seven men who joined Mr.
Poppleton in passing the decoy resolution
did in no ecnso voice the wishes of this
community. Four out of the seven are
on the pay-roll of the railroad and ex
press companies , and the others were
misled by Sir. Popploton's jug-handleu
representations.
The people of Omaha have full con
fidence in the delegation. They
heartily approve the charter provision
levying city taxes on railroad estate ,
which is the bone of contention. Mr.
Poppleton of course had no trouble in
enlisting in his cause the rock-rooted
railroad organs of both parties , but he
underrates ( lie intelligence of tlio legis
lature if ho imagines that they
cannot road between the lines ,
For our part we want this issue
publicly discussed , Mr. Popplcton
and the other railroad attorneys will
presently discover what our citizens want
in the premises. There will bo no star
chamber nicotines but a popular demon
stration that cannot bo misunderstood or
disregarded.
Will They I > ure ?
The railroad lobby at the state capital
has never boon more numerous or power
ful than at the present session. The sen
atorial election showed this fact clearly
enough. It verified the charge made by
this paper early in the campaign that
the railroads bad pooled their issues to
join in opposing the expression of the
popular will. The success of these cor
poration cormorants has made them
more audacious in their threats and
boasts than ever. The political attorneys
of the allied monopolies are now openly
boasting that no measure of whatever
nature which directly or indirectly af-
fcoU corporation interests in this state
can pass the legislature without their
sanction. They are threatening a city of
80,000 people with chaos in its govern
ment and a permanent chock to its pros
perity through the defeat of its charter
unless the Douglas county delegation
yield to their wishes in the amendment
of the bill. With a brazen assumption of
{ icrsoi'lal owmrship of the two houses at
Llncolnt they boast that no charter for
tlio city of Omaha can secure a passage
which has not beou stamped with the
seal of approval at railroad headquarters ,
and received the assent of the corpora
tion lobby.
It remains to be seen whether the venal
crew who make traffic in men's souls
and barter and sell the consciences of
representatives of the people can carry
out their threats. Will the legislature
dare to deliver themselves body and soul
into the hands of the confederated
monopolies ? Will they venture to risK
the results of violated pledges , broken
political vows ami brazon-faced treach
ery to their constituencies ? Can they af
ford , in the face of the undisputed popu
lar sentiment , to play fast and loose with
their own convictions of decency and
fair play ? With the demand for legisla
tion to remedy the wrongs from which
Nebraska is sulTering at the hands of
these corporate extortioners will they
dare to close their oars to the plea of the
voters ami tax payers of this state regard-
lessof party who have committed to their
hands the sacred trust of righting their
wrongs ? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Opnrnilnc on tlio President.
The signal failure of the railroad cor
porations to exert any appreciable in
fluence upon congress in opposition to
the inter-state commerce bill did not
lead them , as it should have done , to
abandon further eflbrt to defeat the will
of the people. They determined to play
their game to the end , and as soon as the
incasurn had gone from the legislature to
the executive branch of the government ,
the corporations turned their attention
to the president , and have since been
bringing to bear every pressure at
their command to receive a veto. A
convenient instrument was found in At
torney General Garland , who while i n
the senate opposed the Oullom bill as un
constitutional , and this is the ground on
which the corporations have now taken
their stand. The president has until next
Friday in which to approve or veto the
bill , and in the meanwhile the attorney
general is expected to furnish an opinion
regarding the constitutionality of the
measure. To help him in this task ho
has received from tlio attorneys of the
corporations written briefs , elaborately
setting forth the views of Mr. Garland
when in the senate , the later opinions of
Senator Kvarts to the same oll'ect , and
Mich additional and original argu
ments on the question of constitutionality
as these astute lawyers arc capable of
presenting. Thu general feeling seems
to be tliat notwitlistandingsome material
changes in circumstances nud conditions
since Mr. Garland in the senito opposed
this kind of legislation , lie will bo found
not to have changed his position , and the
corporations are said to be very hopeful
of securing a favorable opinion from
him. In that event they will storm the
white house with tremendous vigor.
There is reason to believe that the corpo
rations could hardly have a more im-
pres.-Oble and trustworthy friend in the
present juncture than the nttornev gen
eral.
eral.The
The latest opinion from Washington is
that the president will sign the bill unless
Mr. Garland is able to fully convince him
that it is not constitutional. This is not
entirely reassuring. Tiiorn arc reasons
for thinking tliat Mr. Cleveland is not
enthusiastically in favor of such legisla
tion , and it may not require very weighty
argument to produce the conviction in
his mind which the corporations desire.
Hut there is another influence to which
the president is very susceptible , namely ,
the possible political cilcct of a veto , that
will undoubtedly receive very grave con
sideration. The great "majorities by
which the bill was passed in both
houses of congress were an un
mistakable declaration of the popular
will tlio result of years of earnest and
patient effort by the people to secure re
lief from tlio selfish and unjust methods
of the railroad corporations. It was the
uost signal triumph in the history of the
country of the people over corporate
power and ruonopoly. It has been heart
ily welcomed by the people at the begin
ning of an era of independence of cor
porate dictation and control. To defeater
or seriously obstruct the full consumma
tion of this work must be fatal to t'so '
political hopes of any man responsible
for the failure , partial or complete. Will
Mr. Clov eland take this risk ? Will he
oven with the support of the attorney
general , array himtulf against the people
ple and tlto nearly unanimous action of
their representatives , in the interest of
the corporations , on ft proposition the
determination of which can bo safely re
mitted to tlio courts ? Wo arc strongly
inclined to thing ho will not. Ilowuver
well ho may think of the opinion of his
attorney general , assuming that it is still
the opinion ho held i\a a senator , ho will
hardly permit it to outweigh the judg
ment of scores of others equally able who
tound no constitutional impediment to
supporting the bill. However highly ho
may esteem the friendship of the corpor
ations , ho will hardly fail to see that
it would be largely overbalanced
by the loss of popular confidence that
would follow adverse action upon the
measure he now has in his hands. Wo
do not believe Mr. Cleveland will make
the grave political mistake of intorp < 3ns !
the executive opposition to this legisla
tion.
Tlio ItiiHlno.sH Situation.
The last week of the month has closed
with a fair but by no means unusual
activity ot business in any quarter. Labor
troubles oust have seriously embarrassed
shipments to the interior. Western
points report good trade and a gradual
improvement in commercial conditions.
Omaha as is her habit shows a steady in
crease in business over the past year.
Consumption is keeping pace with pro
duction is most departments , and in sev
eral , as in iron and steel and some of tex
tile manufacturing , the demand is call
ing for an extension of plant and a larger
output. This healthful condition of af
fairs promotes a cheerful feeling in trade
circles , and merchants generally look
forward to a satisfactory expansion
of business as the season advances
toward spring. Wool continues iirm
with advices of a rise of 10 per cent in
the prices secured at the colonial
auctions in Liverpool. The prospects
are regarded as favorable for a goo
trade in manufacturers of wool of all
kinds , but Felling agents find it very dif-
iieull to advance prices above the level of
values ruling a year ago. The iron and
steel industry continues in a strong po
sition. Largo orders previously placed
keep mills , and urn aces , actively em
ployed , but new business is restricted by
the high views of makers and sellers ,
and consumers in many instances are
awaiting a cle.ir.-t1 discernment of future
conditions before placing new ordors.
Grain marKets continue weak. Jixport
demand is small. The wants of foreign
buyers are being supplied by largo arri
vals off the coast of the United Kingdom
from American Atlantic ports and from
California , ami in the presence of ample
stocks for immnliatc wants English buy-
crs nro temporarily holding oft' . Clear
ances have been smaller this week owing
in part , to the labor troubles in New
York harbor ; and as the Interior move
monl of swrinu wheat hns increased" a
little the tendency to a decline in visible
stocks has been momentarily ar
rested. These features of the situation
and the peaceful tenor of the foreign
news have caused a weaker feeling in
the market , the cfloct of which is appar
ent in the decline in prices. The weak
ness is chiefly noticeable in the late op
tions , as the aetual property is largely
banked against contracts , and is not
freely offered for sale. The lull in expert -
port demand is regarded as unlikely to
continue for any length of time , and
there is an underlying feeling of confi
dence in the market , as attested by the
small decline in futures and the compar
ative steadiness of the cash grain.
Pnr.smr.NT Ciivii.\xi : : ) lias signed the
bill to complete Fort Russell in Wyom
ing and repair and rebuild Fort Robin-
ion in this state. l > y agreement between
General fehcridan and Senator Munder-
FOII , a sum sull'uieiit to complete Fort
Niobrara , will bo allowed from the fund
txnpropriateil by the sundry civil bill.
Hoth of Nebraskas Irontier posts will
now bo placed in a condition demundcd
by tile interests of northwestern Nebraska
and the largo population of settlers along
the southern line of the Sioux reserve.
journals are said to be amused
at Senator IngtUls' sueecli in which ho
expressed a desire to sail through seas
of Knglish gore. They tire probably no
more amused than Mr. Ingalls' constit
uents , who compare our navy of three
plug gunboats and n score of old hulks
with England's majrnilicent fleet and
place our army of ' 'o.OOO men , including
cooks and olliccrs' servants , side by side
with England's columns a half a million
strong. Mr. Ingalls hails from Kansas.
If ho contemplate * a sailing expedition
of the kind mentioned he should promptly
organize a fleet of prairie schooners.
Mn. CitAjiK was in favor of raising the
ago at which girls could consent to their
rum , to seventy-five years. If the age at
which members of the legislature could
consent to their political ruin had been
raised to tin equal limit some years ago ,
Mr. Crane would bo in a better position
before his constituents.
THE law making elections day's state
holidays if passed , will benefit every one
except the newspaper men.
PKOMtNliXT I'EIC'SONS.
lustin McCarthy Is to lecture in Chicago
Feb. S.
Whistler , the well known London artist , Is
a native of linltimoie.
Mrs , Frank Leslie wears diamonds the slzo
of biid's oe s on fashionable occasions.
hester Wallack will besixty-eliiht years old
this month. He has snow-white hair and Is
a little lame trom gout.
JIason Hey , formerly an oflicer In the con
federate navy , Is the only American now In
the service of the khedlve of Kfiypt.
Minister Plielps is much censured in Lon
don for his somewhat rude refusal to attend
the dinner irivon to Stanley , the exploier.
Judge Albion W. Tourree. the author , has
made application tube admitted to practice
as an attorney in the courts ofiN'ew York.
Miss Clara Ifoitz , the successful lady lawyer
of San Fianeibco , is conducting an Important
land suit In the federal court at Kansas City.
Minnie llauk will leave her I'.irls homo in
March and make a professional tour tluc.ush
Germany and Austria , and afterwards test
apaln the flexibility of the English purse.
A. J. Diesel and ( Iconic W. Childsof
Philadelphia hubscribed the greater portion
of the 8100,000 to be used In tlm endowment
of the Academy of Fine Arts , Philadelphia.
Loru Randolph Churchill spent last week
examining the points ot inceliors.-s at Mew-
market. .If he fails to nmke the people see
how bin a man he is , it. is expected ho will
abandon polities for the piesent , and uo In
lorn spotting lifu.
( ieoruo II. Ptndleton Is homo from
Germany , and there is no minister from
this country now at Berlin , "Vienna or Con
stantinople. The dignity of tills great coun
try Is Inrirely sustained iibrond by the aged
and useless Phelps and the youthful and ac
complished Cousin IK'ii.
Mr. Darncs , of Geuigla , Is the heaviest
member of the national house of representa
tives. Ho weighs over three hundred pounds.
Messrs. Sawyer , of Wisconsin , and Stanford ,
of California , are the portliest men In the
senate and have the fattest pockctbooks.
'Ihe smallest man in congress Is General
Wheeler , of Alabama : the tallest man Is Mr.
Stewart , of Texas , who btands six feet three
inches in his boots.
Jjlchts Out.
Jliiger I'acotH.
The sentry challenged at the open gate ,
Who passed him by , because ttio hour was
Into ;
"Malt ! Who goes there ? " "A friend I"
"All's well. "
"A friend , old chap I" a friend's farewell ,
And 1 had passed ihe Kate.
And then thu lomr. | ) ist notes vro shed ,
'i'Uo echoing call's last notes were uer.U ;
And scumled sadly , as l stood without ,
Those last sd notes of all , Lights Out I
Lights Out I
Farewell , companions I , Wo have Side by
Hldo ,
Watched history's lengthened shadows past
us glide ,
Ami worn the scarlet , ' touched at , paid
And buried comrades lowly laid ,
And let thu lone years glide ;
And toll and hardship hnvo we known ,
And followed wlier'O the Hag had gone ,
Hut all the echoes answeilng round about
Have bidden you to bleep : Lluhts Out I
Lights Out I
And never more lor ino shall red lire flash
From bright revolvers on iho crumbling
ash
Of Hie Is hopa's fruiHon. Fall
Thu withered fricmNiiiH ; and they all
Art ) bleeping. Fai-t away ,
Tliu Itiorio of our lives dfc.iv ,
Thu robnsof night about mo lay ,
And tlm ntr whispered as 1 stood without
Those last sad notes of all ; Lights Out I
Lights Out !
IliMico IliN Defeat.
Jjiuitvllte Cvurier-Jvunial.
Van Wye k is full of marked peculiarities
that separate him from the close councils of
the republican party , two of which are his
riigL'cd honesty and hid sworn enmity to
monopolies , llunco Ids defeat.
Ho AVIII I
.S.in . JYniicfsca Call.
Van Wyck has been ft thorn In the repub
lican 'side for several years , llu is one of the
few senators who talk tight out In meeting
Whether-U pleases the congregation or not.
Ho Is a rood mtin to Have In n legislative
body composed Inrjcly of respectable fossils ,
who care more to preserve tlio appearance of
vlttnc than to bo virtuous. Van Wyck was
lionost r.nd outspoken. It ho saw sham , ho
would attack it. Mo will bo missed In thu
senate. In many respects he has not left a
successor.
The lltiflticro nro Wronc.
llitlaMplitn Itecnnl.
Thomas A. Edison , who spent his strength
In tlio strain after fame and fortunn , Is so
much better that ho has turned away from
death's door nud has planned some south
ward Jotirneylngs to meet nud gvect the
spring. Mr. Edison did a lifetime's work In
ten years , llu Is an example of the ruslilm :
ways of the ace . Wuat he accomplished all
of us know of and honor him for ; but to say
that the rushing method Is rltht would bo to
offend good sense. The rushers ar < s wrong.
Who wants all of Ids lightning In ono minute
and alt of his thunder In ono hour ? Our
fathers were bettor men In some ways than
we ate.
HTAI'M .IQl'T 1NG3.
lion. II. W. Uo s , county treasurer of
Thayer county , died suddenly Monday
night.
Foil link is the euphonious title of a
new town on the South Loup in Cuslcr
county ,
The general merchandise store of
George ( . ' . Drew , at Taylor , was with con
tents , destroyed by fire a few evenings
ago , causing a loss of $1,000.
An engine wipe at ( ! rand Island started
out on ; x hunt lor chickens with a "tin
loaded to thu mux/.lc. The first shot
sickened him and thu bird escaped. lie
has taken n thirty-day lay-oil with a
broken shoulder. .
When Hiram Weeks due his own grave
in n wi'll near An. elmo , and covered up
with thirty-live teet of earth , jus fellow
workmen , Ross aim Mnnper , did not cry
out for help , but gazed into the cavity
nnd bid him n tearless farewell. A few
days after they concluded to notify tlio
coroner , but Hiram was still m tlio hole
at last accounts.
The Lincoln artist who photographed
a soul on its llight through space , has de
veloped n mania for body Miatehing.
His latest "still' " is ono ot the rankest
cadavers ever exhibited in public print.
I'rinco liiclmnl Thompson , L. L. M. , of
Me.Cook , has abdicated the throne of the
Foity Liars and tendered the kingdom
and all its royalties to the rising .genius
ot the Saline .suburb.
Thu wild bli/.x-.ard of 15ii/.ilo Mills ,
known in political circles us licorgu A.
Brooks , i.s , o enthusiastic over the elec
tion of Paddock that he proposes to ban-
quettlii ) "straights" of the county as soon
asa sulliciency of internal n.iint can bo
had. Brooks i.s the fellow who gained
some notoriety in Chicago , after the
nomination of Blaine , by painting his
plug hat to match the sunflower on his
omiiller.
The advent of the Kansas City it
Omaha road has infused considerable lift )
in the commercial veins of Sutton. A
board of trade was orgttni/.ud Monday
night with representative men at the
head. The ollicers-elect are : L. IV Fowler
ler , president ; F. M. Brown , first vice
president ; F. C. Mattison , second vice
president ; 1. N. Clark , treasurer ; J. W.
.Johnson , corresponding secretary ; Daniel
S. VtinValkenbergh , recording secretary.
Abraham. Thiesson , a member of the
Russian colony and citizen -of Jull'erson
county , recently visited his old home in
the dominion of CV.ar Aleck , and now
come dark and bloody rumors from the
st'Uo of Beatrice tliat Thiessen has been
beheaded , cast into prison , and hurried
oil' to the dismal tombs ot Siberia. Mean
time friends ot thu deceased or the im
prisoned , as they choose to take it , can
rest in peace , with assurances that the
friendly oilices of Uncle Sam will rescue
Abraham from the claws of the bear.
Brigadier General Colby , commander
in chief of the stale militia , ATSollicers
and men , reports that during the past
two years whilo-wiitired peace held a
tight grip on the afl'airs of the common
wealth , and that nothing occurred to mar
the brilliancy of tlio Ctiini ) Dump and
I'egleg ( irill'm campaigns. As a consequence
quence the munitions of war are mustj ,
the accoutrements rusty , and the fringed
collar of tlio brigadier is bathed in dan-
ilrnir , calling loudly for a liberal
appropriation.
True nud Fal.su Democracy.
The Fret 1'rcis , St. 1'aul , Xcb.
For the last fifteen years the
charlatan of the Omaha Herald has
been using the democratic parly
of Nebraska as an article of
merchandise , and lias successfully kept
his ulflVtin foot bidden from the demo
crats of the state. Hut the late senatorial
contest has uncovered him , and the
Herald stand.sout bolnjyasthu champion
of jobbery and the tool of republican job
bers. The present legislature has a largo
democratic representation who were
elected by the anti-monopoly vote of the
state , ami tor the purpose ot representing
the people of Mubraska , instead of the
Omaha Herald and its constituency.
These democratic representatives come
from the people who have long suspected
the Herald of treachcrv to their interests
and of being the subsidized agent of the
enemies of the best interests of the
masses. These representatives of the
the people refused to cast a compli
mentary vote for a tool of monopoly ,
the editor of the Omaha Herald , and this
is the fcccrct of his wrath. He no doubt
had contracted with the monopoly inter
ests of the state to hold the democrats out
of the senatorial light and allow the mon
opoly majority of the republican party to
elect a railroad tool to tno United Slates
senate. Hut twenty-live of the demo
cratic representatives of the people re
fused to do his bidding and attempted to
elect U. II. Van Wyck , whom the people
of Nebraska ashed to have elected For
this tiie pirate of democracy puts C. D.
Casper , J. M. Higgins , S. N. Wolbacb. 0.
J. Wright , Philip Andres , J. G. Uilmoro
: iml C. ,1. Harrison on his black list and
holds them up to scorn. But cacti and
every ono of these gentlemen
will have cause in tha future to
thank his political god tlmt his name
appears on the roll. In the future of
Nebraska democracy those gentlemen
will onlv have to produce a copy of the
Ouiahallerald to prove that they are
true deiWsntU and kept faith with the
people whom ti : v represented. The
time is coming , and is hcrrs when a dem
ocrat must delino his democ
racy before he can claim the support
of honest men , mid any man
who worships at the shrine of the Omaha
Herald will bo scorned as a false pre
tender and montubank by an indignant
and loyal people. Wo say all honor to
the loyal seven , They have proven
themselves , in the face of corporate
power backed by sniveling sycophants
who blacken the character ot all who re
fuse to bow to organized wealth ,
to bo lionost and fearless men , Their
names will bo on the roll of honor
with the. people in the future , while
the Omaha Herald will bo despised by
every citizen who has honor or self-re
spect in any degree.
Mail Mutter ,
To the Editor of thu ISKI : I doubt thu
propriety of a person thrusting open the
door of a family residence , unawares to
the inmates , and unceremoniously tossing
upon the lloor documents of importance
transmitted through the mail. And es
pecially if there bo persons present to re
ceive the mall. 1 do not know whether
others have cituse to make the same com
plaint or not , but I say without hesitation
that it would bo plcnsant0rfor mo to have-
to call at the postolllee and get my mail
than to receive it in such an indecent
way as 1 have for some tune past.
CUJJUiG STIiUET.
WAGE-WORKERS' MEETINGS ,
Where Occisbiil ! : Excitement Always Ends
in Oalm Deliberation )
GREAT GOTHAM GATHERINGS
How llcporters nre Kccolvril ISiti *
torn nm ! 1'rofrssor.i Tnko i'nrt
Itoiv tlio ( ioticrnl Huslnc1)
in Conducted.
Ntw : Yonic , , lan. 23. [ Correspondence
of the HIE.J : There arc few occupations
more interesting and Instructive than
that of mingling with and observing the
workingmen who are making a mighty
cll'orl to accomplish something in poli
tics. Perhaps the leaders of the estab
lished parties might succeed butter in
regaining the allegiance of the workingmen -
men would they adopt such a course of
action. As it Is , those who stand outside
and aloof , from any reason whatsoever ,
fail generally to estimate with any approach
preach to correctness the intelli
gence of the men in the mo'vo-
ment and their devotion to it. They are
noisy and disputatious in their protracted
conventions ; they are suspicious to excess
of till men not known to bo partisans of
their cause ; they are now and then in
temperate in their denunciations of laws
and persons ; it may be admitted for the
sake of argument that they are given to
absurd , preposterous theories. Hut
through it all the candid observer will see
a steadfast determination to arrive at a
desired end , will see that there is a strong
undercurrent of harmony that no clamor
and incidental bickering can turn back.
Clamor and confusion frequently obscure
the harmony for hours , and then it will
suddenly appear with astonishing force ,
quelling tempest and babel and carrying
oil'till jealousies and contentions with a
rush. Let mo try to sketch a scene or
two in a typical labor convention , such
as sits hero in this city once every week.
TVI'ICAL 1.A11UK MKHTI.NGS.
It is about hall past 8 and the delegates
have been assembling for upwards of an
hour. A sergoant-at-arms guards the
door and admits no ono who cannot pre
sent a card of admission issued by the
executive committee in exchange for the
delegates' credentials. The only excep
tions are a do/.on or so reporters whoso
faces tire well known to the ollie'al as
bona lido newspaper men. Tliu reporters
calmly take possession of the small plat
formleaving the chairman and secretary
just room enough to perform their respec
tive duties. It is not every time that the
reporters get their privilege of admission
to tlio meetings of the workiimmen , and
they are inclined to make the most of it
when they do. John MaoMtickin i.s the
chairman of the convention , but ho is
usually seen on tlio lloor of the house
delegating the gavel to the first viee-
chairman , Frank Fcrrol , the popular col
ored man. Ferrol makes ti picturesque
presiding ollieer , and on the whole a
satisfactory one , as no one questions his
intention to be fair. It is said that the
people in Harlem know when ho has thu
chair by the incessant rumbling that re
sults from his pounding the convention
to order , llo is an engineer , but he has
the form and the muscle of a blacksmith.
His gavel is made of particularly heavy
and tough wood , and he broke it in two
at the last session of the convention. At
the first session he and the secretary ,
James P. Archibald ,
occurini ) TIIK SA sin TABLE ,
and Ferrol pounded so much and so vio-
lenty that Archibald could not take
notes. At the next meeting Ferrol was
provided with a small stand especially to
pound on. Ho is punctilious about
maintaining order and he manages to se
cure it by making about twice as much
noise as the delegates themselves. Hois
not always us quick wilted as might bo
desirable , and there is nothing like a
labor convention to take advantage of an
unnecessary pause in the proceedings.
The slightest excuse is seized by the score
of men who have a .speech to make in
advocacy of this or that , and then Ferrol
shuts his expansive lips together , looks
blandly at tlio ceiling in the buck of thu
hall , and pounds steadily whnck , whack ,
whack , with an occasional " ( -ion'lm'n ,
come to order , " until the delegates get
tired of his noise and wait his pleasure.
Hu siarts thu meeting oil in good shape
by refusing to ajlow the secretary to read
the minutes until every man in the hall
has been seated and stopped talking.
Ct'SIIlNC HULKS.
Kvery man of the delegates is a parlia
mentarian , and nothing can no done with
out the strictest adherence to the pro
cedure as hud down by dishing , for
whenever the chair attempts to save time
by allowing some motion calculated to
expedite matters at the expense of mere
formality , there is ahyays some one to
spring up with objections and points of
order to insist on tilings taking their re
gular course. Among the delegates are
men who have been cherishing hope for
the rise of tliu party for years , and their
interest in it is UH tender as that of a
mother's. They watch the proceedings
with patience and anxiety. Now and
then one of them rises to appeal for thu
laying aside of petty diU'eruncos on un
important questions that tlio party may
intiko ready for a lively campaign when
the election of delegates to the state con
stitutional convention comes on. As a
rule tho.v tire heard in perfect quiet and
now and then their upm.'chos have the de-
Hired ell'ect ; but generally the convention
insists on going on in tiio painfully slow ,
noisy way , tumuli ellbrts to save time
aio thrown away if anybody suggests
tliu * an attempt is being made to enforce
a gag law.
TIII ; rituviors QIJKSTIOX is MOVKU
about once In live minutes , but it la voted
down almost every timu if any delegate
idiows a dusiro to have a further Hay on
the mattur pending. A vote Invariably
Buttles a dispute at onou ; theoretically it
iloes in other bodies , but here what ap
pears in dfbato to bo thu utmost
acrimony gives way to majority decision
ami become * need naluro. There is now
and then n Miapieion of discontent .vlir.u
several dnlegatos chum the lloor at once
and the chairman's recognition i.s pal
pably mistaken. Fcrrol got out of a dif-
licultv of this kind oncu by saying :
"Air. Jones , you liavo do Ho1 now , next
you , Mr. Smith , and den you Mr. John-
eon. "
This was satisfactory ami the speakers
were heard in the order announced. A
Blrikingfeaturoof the meetings is tlmt
when a delegate of pronounced ability
contends for the lloor , he usually tiots it
by the sheer will of the house. Such
men arc Louis F. Post , formerly editor
of Truth ; David Do Leon , of Columbia
college ; Dr. McCarthy , John Mao-
lYiaokin , Colonel It. J. Hinton and Wil
liam MeCabo. Thu latter is an earnest ,
modest man , a typo better by trade , and
ono of the pioneers. Ho can make an
excellent speech ami is profoundly re-
Epeeted by his associates. The u men
got the floor whenever they want it , not
through thu breaking of any parliament
ary rulu , but because the house hovtls
for them when they rise and the bpoakcr
who has the lloor finds it advantageous
to get through quickly , and
AKTKK JIIM NO OSK CAN III : IIKAIIO
to call for the chairman's attention ex
cept the leader who happens 10 bo on hit )
feet. Another interesting feature in con
nection \vuh thib is tlio fact tliat the edu
cated professional men among ( he dele
gates disagree upon the questions bcfora
the hou'o as radically as the stormliiff
workingmeu themselves. Many a tiir.o.t
has seemed us if nn earnest speech from
Do Leon , advocating a crrtmn eciiSiblo
course , might prevail if Post did not lm
mediately get up and make an eqttal'y
strong speech for just the opposite. Da1
Leon does n great deal of hard v > ork for *
thu body in drawing up documents , amr
It grieves him a bit to have them pickrcli
to pieces in the heat of a debate , llu
would like to have the convention taVo
for granted that his carefully consider-
plans nre the things needed , out the wo'k-
ingmeu won't have it , with allthrir r'
peel for the piofcssor and gratitude for
liis valuable assistance. , and more fh..n
that , the professor's educated collca u *
nre more likely than not lobe foi ml
on the side of the flaw pickers. After tl > o
cavilling and long-winded debating upon
the minor matters that come before it. it
Is wonderfully rcfieslnng and astonish
ing to see the convention scttlo down to
profound quiet in the discussion of some
really significant measure , to hear what
thu educated man is accustomed to call
"a common workingmau , ' ' get up and
make a plonr , terse , cnunmntical speech ,
and see the keenness with which discrlm.
inatums are grasped by the delentcs gen
erally. _ OMAU JA.MKS
Scnnlorlnl Kleotions.
i'rtii J'p'Mcf.-fO ChtvnMt *
The defeat of Van Wyck in Nebrnski
will tend very strongly to convince the
people of tlto United States of the nceess
ity of a radical change in the method of
oleetinc United States senators. In Van
Wyck's case , notwithstanding the popu
lar sentiment had been clearly and
legally indicated in his favor , some
members refused to bo bound by the express
press wish of their constituents , and re
fused to support Van vVyek.
The only possible legal remedy for
such a breach of trust as this , and such a
defeat of the popular will is to tidopt tin
amendment to the constitution of the
United States depriving legislatures ot
the power of electing senators and
making them dependent for their posi
tions upon the direct vote of the people
of the several states.
The idea upon which the constitutional
provision for the election of senators bv
state legislatures was found has lost all
actuality. At the time ot the adoption of
the constitution a feeling of intercolonial
jealousy and distrust was eager and in
tense. Tlm new republic was an experi
ment attended with many doubts and
.fears , and it was thought expedient tlmt
the balance of power should bo preserved
as exactly as possible , at least in tlm
senate. 1'or this reason it was insisted
thai each state should bp regarded HS an
cntitv , separate and distinct from the
people of thu state , and that while the
people should bo directly represented in
the house of representatives , the states ,
as such , should bo represented in the
senate. For this reason tlio number of
senators in caeli state was miulo the
fiame , irrespective of population ; and to
lake away the idea of thu fcunatc being m
any respect tlio representative of the
people , the selection of senators .s
committed to tbo legislatures , as the con
crete expression of the state.
Of late years , and more especially siuco
the civil war adjusted the real relations
of states to the union and disposed of
much of the funiriis growth which bad
crept , over and brdden the true idea of
states' ' rights' , it has been seen that the
Mates nru the people ; that California or
Nebraska has no meaning , no existence ,
no potentiality , if segieisntod or distin
guished from their cili/.cimaml residents.
In addition to this , the old-time jealousies
and distrusts , eaeli of the other nave very
largely died out or worn away , and the
more perfect union which tlio preamble
to tlio constitution recites as a. moving
cause to the adoption of that instrument ,
is seen to depend rather upon patriotism.
devotion to * the country and national
pride than upon tin evenly adjusted
system of independent sovereignties , held
together only by a written compact , even
though thai compact , bo the constitution.
It is a well-known legal maxim that
when the reason for a ruloceaso.s the rule
should cease also. That is precisely thu
case with the election of United States
senators. Tlm reason for the ruin of
electing them by state legislature has
ceased ; thu rule siiould also cease and
their election bo committed directly to
the people.
But there is another and pregnant rea
son why such n course should lie adopted.
The election of n senator by a legislature
is the fountain-head and source ot all that
stream of corruption and bribery which
sweeps unchecked through the legislative
halls of nearly every state in the union.
The member ot the state senate or assem
bly who allows himself to bo improperly
influenced , cither by money or promises ,
in the election of a senator , is like : i woman
who yields her honor ; she may Ktrugglo
back into the path of virtue , but the odds
r.ro largely against her. If a men. bur of
the legislature surrenders his integrity in
respect to a senatorial election ho In
comes a mark for the attacks of iho
lobbv , and he oannot consistently refu-e
a bribe a second lime , having taKcn one
once. From the first slip his descent is
rapid , and he finds plenty to assist him
on the downward path.
Wo cannot expect , or even hope that
finch a sweeping reform can bccfl'eetid
this year or next , nor may Im for tin
years. Public sentiment must lir.st bo ed
ucated to its importance and necessity , 11
but when it is so educated nothing can
prevent the chango. It may taico numer
ous other instances of the will of the people
ple being thwarted and their posi
tive instructions disobeyed , but rneh will
but emphasize the absolute truth uf the
sentiment that all power is inherent In
the people themselves , and that it is far
butter tlmt the poodn ( should select I heir
own servants to do their bidding in both
houses of congress , than to delegate thu
authority to stale legislatures , by whom
thov are but too often deceived and bo-
trayed.
*
S A CUUO HKAUT OOK VKNT.
An Interest ing I'I-OK * ' " " " " "
Monday Mulit.
The last of the literary onturtalnnvnt n
given on the occasion of the Kciiii-annual
examinations at the Sacred Heart eon-i
vent , occurred Monday night. All the par-
tloipants acquitted themselves creditably
and it Is to bu regretted that lar-k of
Bpaco will not permit a detailed review
of the progranisao. A Us conclusion the
hoiiii-iiimtml prices were uwardtrt to the
successful eon install In.
The programme earned out last oven.
ing was us follows :
AN IIOUII WITH WOllllHWOIITlI.
Introdiiulmy . Mis * C. HabcoeJc
\Vliito Don ot Kylbtoni- . Miss S. J.owu
Luodamia . , . M iss S N .n h
IVtor Hell . Miss A. lliibcdck
Jleait-Lo.ip Well . Miss J. < inr
Tliu Kxciindun . Miss A. H. Junes
The Growth of a 1'oet's Mlid .
. M is * , ( ' , ti ! tighten
UUMl AI. I.Yrj.lU. 1)1)1. S.
Knlreo Tyrolean Sonc . KuIU
MiHsus IMvyer and McShunu.
hueet Tears Vocal Jun ) . Paeini
Misses IX and K. Unti hton.
Last Hope . Uottschal'.c
Miss L. Uitlloiie.
It i.s Better to Luuuh tliun bo Sighing.
Vocal Solo . iJynlzettl
MissO. Jtabeock.
Postilion D'Ainour.
Muses M , and N. MuN'ainain.
MoonllKht on thu Luke Vocal ( Juur-
.
Aliases U. CruliihK n , H. Lowe , J. ( n c unit
A. MfN.iiighlon.
Polish Serenade . KufU
.Miss May Miller.
Protect Us Tlii on Ji tlio Coinlnc Night ,
. ; . Novolto
Jllssty K. CrelKhlun , CVaiid A. JJubuud ; . '
Laundresses nru .w.ild ' ' over Klcctrio
Lustrp Starch. Try it. , '