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    THUi OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY , NOVEMBER 27 , 1887-SIXTEEN PAGES.
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POWDKUI.Y'S periodic letter threat
ening to resign lias evidently been
Ktureotyped.
BllACH has again defeated. Ilanlon.
This event is decisive and tlio Canadian
must now lake ti bade seat. Hut lie lias-
had his day , u good long day too. If he
is wise ho will stop down and out
gracefu lly.
Till ! state of Heatrico ih now looking
to Washington again where Senatoi
Paddnek is expected in a few days U
commence shaking tlie bushes forMigtit
plums. A bridge across tlie Blue river
national , is conlidently expected , if the
eonator fails to get n quarter of a mil
lion for a custom house.
K cities of the con nlry now clamor
ing for the republican national conven
tion , HO far as heard from , are Omaha
St. Lotius , St. Paul , Minneapolis , Chicago
cage , Cincinnati , UulTalo , Rochester ,
Wnhhington , New York , Albany , San
Francisco and Denver. Among nil
these claimants Omaha is most favored
ns to location and hero the convention
should be held.
UP to the present wo have simply ap
plied the thin end of a fifteen-cent raw
hide to the bade of law-defying mem
bers of the city council- But these
desperadoes exhibit such utter luck of
eontiveness that we shall bo compelled
to strike them in the face with the bull
of n black bnako whip. Instead of pay
ing some respect to public opinion ,
tire going from bad to worse.
Tun clergymen of Massachusetts un
derstand that atleastin their profession
there is no tendency towards centraliz
ation of capital. A late inquiry inU
the salaries paid this profession in the
Bay State developed tlie fact that the
average of income was less that oiu
thousand dollars per year. Knowing
thut the occupants of city pulpits receive
ceivo largo salaries , those in the rura
fllstricts will certainly never bccoint
monopolists.
IT is is about time for our citizens t <
Call for a division. The sheep in tin
City council must separate from tin
goats. The men who respect law am
honestly desire to carry out the wishe
of their constituents must break awa ;
from the conspirators who defiantly se
themselves above all law , incite din
Order and play in to the hands of burg
Inrs , foot-pads and thugs by refusing t
give our city clUeient police protec
tioa.
SAN PUANCISCO , as Omaha , is no
particularly proud of her fctreot-swceii
ing contractors. One of the papers o
that city says : "Tho city pays about $711
000 a year to have its streets kept clean
Ond Iho tax-payers very justly conceiv
that they are ontiiled to get somothinj
for the money which they pay for streo
Sweeping. " Omaha pays about $20,00
a year , and her tax-payers are of th
Buiiio opinion as those of San Fran
Cisco.
Tnr.iir. is a chance now lor Council
man Ik'chol to redeem himself by cut
ting loose from the law-defying bol
> other who proposes to continue th
policy of froozo-out on the police com
mission and recklessly disregards th
vroll known overwhelming sentiment <
the community. As the representativ
of the Fourth warel , Mr. Bochel has n
right to continue with the disreputabl
combine which has its mainstay in th
Third ward dives and among the lawles
elements of other sections of the eit ;
\Vo shall presently see whether Mi
Bcchel is past redemption.
TIIKIIK is a universal protest througl
out the country against the ruling of tl
IMVtotllco department in regard to trai
murks and pictures upon wrappers ai
envelopes of third clues mail matter ,
large pnrtion of every community
liarrasscd by the new order. The fan
is in thu law which congrc > s bhou
'imdify ns soon as possible. . It may bo
commendable ambition in Postmast' '
General Vilas to attempt to make tl
postal department pay its way , but
should bo bonio in mind that this inst
tution exists for the convenience of tl
people and not as a source of rovonu
The public has become so accustomed
using trade marks on all sorts of inn
natter that the sudden prohibition
Ike practice p'rqvcs'lo bo a great iucu
v oieiuv , „ ' . . - '
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Knl'orcc IIlull
In season and out of season the BEE
linn upheld the high 1 Icon so law us the
most effective and practical regulator of
the liquor trafllc. The only tangible
argument which prohibitionists have
brought against high license i * the fail
ure of the authorities of Omaha to have
the law rigidly enforced. For this fail
ure the liquor dealers are not wholly
responsible. When Mayor Broatch re
cently ordered the chief of police to en
force the provisions of the law , which
prohibits the sale of liquor on election
day , all but ten out of two hundred and
forty liquor dealers obeyed the order
and kept their places of business closed
on election day. And this , in spile of
the infamous reMilution adopted by the
city council advising the liquor dealers
to pay no attention to the law and the
mayor's order.
In other words , the liquor dealers
have shown themselves more law-abid
ing than the councilmen who are sworn
to obey the constitution and laws of Ne
braska.
The ino t llagrant violation of the
high license law is the disregard of the
provision , which requires the pay
ment of 81,000 from each applicant for
license before ho can legally sell liquor.
This provision was purposely miscon
strued by General Manderbon when ho
was city attorney. Under his ruling an
ordinance was drawn in direct violation
of the statute , and fjuiirtorly payments
were allowed. This , of course , loft all
the dealers in the same boat as outlaws ,
since no license could bo issued
until the last quarter. But as
General Manderson was the legal
adviser of the city , his ver
sion of the law held good until the
courts decided otherwise. In due time the
state supreme court rendered a decision
which made the payment of $1,000
mandatory. No attention whatever
was paid to this decision. The council
and license board deliberately ignored
and nullified the decision of the MI-
promo court and have continued the
lawless system up to date.
A new departure has just been taken
by the council , which calls for some
plain talk on our part- and decisive ac
tion on the part of the mayor. The
council , by and with the advice of City
Attorney Webster , has passed a re
vised high license ordinance which is to
take effect in January. This ordinance
re-enacts the unlawful proviso that pay
ments can 1)0 ) made quarterly
and leaves the city in the .Mime
attitude of reckless defiance of the law
and the supreme court as it has been in
the past live years.
Why should men who arc sworn to
obey the law violate their oaths and
record themselves as outlaws':1 : And why
should the city attorney give counte
nance to such conduct 'i It seems to
us the mayor has a plain eluty to per
form , and that is to veto the ordinance.
Wo believe in high license , but wo do
not desire the law to remain a sham and
i delusion. If the payment of 81,000 is
) pl > ressive , let the law bo modified. But
while it remains in force , the author-
tics have no right to ignore it or set it
uside. Compliance with the law is the
only safeguard against prohibition.
The SalV'Kiiafds ol'tlic ICcpubllc.
The Uov. Dr. Newman , who obtained
ijreaI prominence ris the court chaplain
of the Grant dynasty and staunch sup
porter of the the third term C'a'sarism
uis a happy faculty of opening his
mouth and putting his foot in it. Dr.
Newman delivered u Thanksgiving ser-
11011 at the national capital , in which he
iloppcd over completely and exhibited
lis natural tendency toward imperial-
sm and despotic methods.
Dr. Newman's text was ' 'The Safe
guards of the Uopublic , " and this text
afforded him not only ammunition to
jombard the Roman Catholic church ,
which he regards as the natural enemy
of the republic , but ho delivered a
whole broadside at anarchists in gen
eral , and Herr Johan Most and Captain
Black in particular.
Dr. Newman is reported as laying
down the following cardinal principles :
"Ho who by luiiKUugo Incites to treason is
a traitor : lie who incites to anarchy is nn an
archist. We must hold men responsible foi
their utterances. "
The doctrine which Dr. Xownuui lays
down sounds very patriotic , but it novel
was and never can bo carried into prac
tical effect in a republic without
seriously shaking its very foundation ,
Wcndol Phillip.- , and William Lloyel
Garrison , who rank among the most
loyal of Americans , publicly denounced
the constitution of the United States m
a league with hell.
Horace Grcely advocated peaceable
secession and urged congress to let the
erring sisters go. Charles Sunnier
Henry Wilson , Salmon P. Chase
William H. Seward , and some of the
most prominent public men openly denounced
nounced the hanging of , lohn Brown
who was convicted of murder and higl
treason. But nobody , not oven the
most rabid slave-driver oven demandei
that Phillips , Garrison , Grecly , Sumner
nor , Seward , Chase or Wilson should b <
hanged of punished for treasonable ul
terances. And how was it during tin
war' ? It is a matter of history that fre <
speech was tolerated all through tin
north during the most trying time ii
the history of the nation , and that tin
great "safeguards of the republic" wen
never allowed to bo repressed by an ;
fear of treasonable speech.
Copperheads were allowed to his
their sympathies with treason into tin
ears of loyal men everywhere , and tin
only Interference1 with free speech wa
by mobs , and not by the police. Win
does not remember Brick Pomoroy'o in
famous and treasonable sheet the La
Crosse Jcnwcntt ? That paper was mor
dangerous to public safety than all th
anarchist harrangues , yet more thai
one hundred thousand copies o
it were circulated through the mail
each week without interference , at i
time when the laws of war would hav
justified its suppression. Clement
Yallandigham was about the only ma
who was taken to task for stirring u
rebellion at home , and ho was not him
nor incarcerated but simply tranbferrc
aero.-s the border into the confcderat
lines.
Dr. Newman and other extremists d
not socm to realize that free press an
free speech arc the onfegiiarilii of our n
public. 'Like Samson who pulled iiwa
the pillars of the loniplo and crushed
his i'hlllstliie enemies , under its ruins ,
the.'o but-blind patriots would break
elown the safe-guards of the republic ,
in their zeal to destroy its onouiles.
Several of the most prominent jour-
fnals of America have already sounded
tlie alarm and entered an earnest pro
test against autocratic and lawless in
terference with free speech nnd free
press under pretext of repressing
anarchy. The Philadelphia Jlicord
whoso owner , Mr. Singerly is a live
millionaire makes the following appealer
or free speech :
The right of freedom of speech is too pre
cious to be violated even in the contemptible
person of Jolmnn Most. Vastly moro harm can
bo done by mulling such creatures as Most
'martyrs" to the causa of free speech mid
free thought than by giving them unlimited
privilege to bubble. Whenever a mini is
denied the right of uttering sentiments that
do not tnuot the approval of the
majority freedom of speech Is destroyed.
One pretext for abridging this in
estimable right of free citUcns might bo fol
lowed by another'until nt last n policemen's
license would bo required before u man could
utter nn opinion different from that enter
tained by the public authorities. Strong and
self-reliant communities do not hasten to ar
rest people upon a inorcret > ort that they have
used seditious and dangerous language.
Such is the policy of Jealous despotisms ,
Which have reason .to dread crltlcBln ,
When open discussion is not tolerated , se
cret conspiracy , which is infinitely moro
dangerous , takes its.pluce. It is to the high
est interest of society that it should know not
only what Is said of it by its worst enemies
but who those enemies arc , who are their
leaders , und where they congregate. Uusslu
keeps down all discussion on the part of the
enemies of its despotic government with u
heavy hand , nnd Kussiu is honeycombed with
conspiracies that threaten to break out litany
moment in a irrepressible llumo of revolution.
Tho'.Pittsburg 7e ( ? er , by all odds the
most inlluential and conservative daily
of that great manufacturing city , tersely
expresses itself on this question in the
following language :
That the American people abhor nnnrc'hy
has been made very plain within the last
year. With the peaceful wcnixm of the bal
lot in their hands to effect a revolution when
ever the majority feel the necesHlty of a
change In the system of government , or feel
dissutislled with its policy , they have no
patience or sympathy with a method , or its
advocates , who preach bloat * nnd murder and
dynamite to right their wrongs. The citi
zens of this country nro in the main intelli
gent enough to know that anarchy would bo
tin evil of such infinite magnitude as things
ire , that they can best afford to bear the ills
hey have rather than fly to others they know
wtof. * * * * * * * *
n tacitly approving of the measures taken to
sileaco the anarchists , they should see to it
hut the law of equal freedom is not trans
gressed. In opposing the advocates of an-
uvliy , in suppressing their meetings and im-
u'isoning their writers there is danger that
, he line may be ero-wed. If the mayors und
he police force are to have the power to
udgo of how far men may go in the way of
agitation by speakers and press , we may soon
see introduced the c/ar's method of suppress-
ng socialism anil nihilism , The sacred
re.ibines of free speech and a free press
bhould be most Jealously and carefully
guarded , and only bo restricted by the law of
equal rights. The law proiHjrly takes hold
of these who wickedly slander to their iujury ,
or who incite others to crime , but it is not a
statutory offense for men to hire u hull unit
alk balderdash if they desire to , or to ndvo-
cute new ideas , however ridiculous they may
) c. Freedom of speech is one of the sacred
ignis of n free people and should not be
encroached upon , even to punish or suppress
anarchists.
The Co-Operativr I'rinclplo.
When the last national convention of
the Knights of Labor failed to make pro
vision for extending the principle of co
operation , and the general feeling man-
fested regarding it seemed lacking in
interest , the friends of co-operation bo-
.ieved that an important duty had been
neglected and a serious mistake made
by the organization. Assuming , how
ever , that the convention was in posses
sion of all the facts regarding cooperative
tive enterprises in this country , it it
easy to see why the majority may have
concluded that as yet the financial re
sources of the organization could be em
ployed to better advantage in other di
rections.
Co-oporativo enterprises have been
undertaken in the United States on n
much moro extensive scale , and during
ti much longer period than is gen
erally supposed. There are industries
now being carried on upon the cooperative
ative principle which were established
more than twenty years ago , and then :
were experiments under this plan at n
remoter date which long ago failed ,
The principle has also had a wide appli
cation , having been tried in most of the ;
manufacturing cities of the country ,
The history of these co-operative enter
prises is not all of a discouraging na
ture. On the contrary , there are in
stances of highly gratifying successes ,
But the results of the experiment in tlie
United States have , as a whole , not beer
satisfactory , and it is interesting anil
instructive to note the causes cited ii
explanation of this.
The New York SIM recently invcsti
gated the history of co-operative en
terprises in sixteen representative
cities east of the Mississippi , will
the result of finding that the failure ;
largely outnumbered the sui'eesscs , am
that of the latter only a very few won
worthy of comparison with similar in
dustries carried on by individual capita
and energy. The failure of most o
these undertakings is ascribed to lacl
of business skill and judgment , conten
tions among managers and inability ti
compete with the regular trade. Tin
general history is that so long as a eo
operative enterprise , for which ther
was a fair field , was conducted on btric
business principles it prospered , bu
when these coated to bo observed in it
management it failed or went into private
vato hands. Many now large and prosperous
porous enterprises had their beginning
as a co-operative experiment , havin
been rescued from disaster by boin
changed into private or joint-stoe
concerns doing business after the en
( Huary methods. There have been , however
over , some uotiible successes which ar
convincing examples of what can b
accomplished when co-operation 5
started on correct business principle
and these are adhered to. There ar
several very succes-sful enterprises i
Now York ; the co-oporativo bhops e
the plumbers and coopers at Mihyauke
have been in operation for nearly tw
5 > oars with entirely satisfactory result *
the co-operative , fufulturo muuufuclor
at Indianapolis , started several years
igo , has boon a market ! success' , the co
operative broom factor ' at Now Orleans
lias been so sucoo sful that it is now
doing iiuiro business than any of its
competitors ; there are BO vocal
successful co-oMrutvo | | shoo fac-
lories in Masghclrttsetts , and a
few other oxninplc's ' exist else
where. In all cases where co-operation
lias been successful its effect upon the
labor market in Its locality had been
Ijonollclal. In the system of cooperative
tive stores , also , the failures outnumber
the successes , but tlfo history of several
issociations demonstrates that the sys-
: om can be made successful and highly
> onofielal when conducted on correct
jusiness principles.
Those interested in the cause of co
operation must learn from the ascer-
aincd causes of failure what is neces
sary to bo done to achieve success.
I'liero does not appear to IKS any sound
reason why the intelligent working
. lasses of America should bo less able
than tho.-e of Kngland and Germany to
conform to business principles and re
quirements , and in both these coun
tries co-operation has been greatly
successful. In England almost every
town has its co-operative association ,
ind in some of the larger cities these
associations have accumulated great
wealth and have proved to bo a great
lower for ameliorating tlie condition of
, ho working classes. German olllcial
statistics show that nt the close of 18S ( >
.hero were in existence -i.llW co-opera-
ivo societies against ' 1,170 in 1885 , a
growth that indicates the success of
.lieso associations. Co-operation , both
n the production and in the dislribu-
, ion of commodities , contains the prom-
so of greater advantages and benefits
o the working classes of the United
States than any other principle or sys
tem with which they can concern them
selves. It is advocated by the most Sn-
elligent and earnest friends of labor as
.he most certain and effective means
) f securing to the wage earners
greater independence and a better re-
.urn for their labor. That co-operation
uis not been more successful in the
LInited .Slates is due to no fault in the
n-lnciple , and the causes of failure are
remediable' . The subject is one which
every intelligent workingman should
make himself familiar with , and which
every association of workingnien should
'requontly discuss.
A HlKTliliiK on too.
When Mr. Seward negotiated the
[ iurcha-0 of Alaska and authori/.ed Kus-
sisi to draw on the "United States for
$7.200.000 , it was thought by many of the
statesmen who opposed the purchase ,
that we- had laid in too much stationary
iceberg and totem poles. But , in these
stirring times when desirable corner
lots , within two blocks of a cable ne
ire searched for and purchased at
placer mine prices , we i t once appre
ciate the magnitude of the Alaskan ac
quisition. And now coiqes Herbert C.
Jones , who claims to 4 bo jja lawyer and
genius , and submits u proposition to the
Pacific coast Steamship company where
in he offers for the mere "nominal sum
of S-10,000,000 to build. } a Railroad from
Portland , Oregon , to Juneau , Alaska ,
His plan is to popularize the project
by soiling five million shares at ten dollars
lars each. In fact , the projector is not
a particular man , and would not
object to ice-watering the stock to
double that amount.
It Dimply daze'.i the intellect to dwell
upem the possible results of this great
enterprise. At five per cent the inter
est on the investment would be only two
million live hundred thousand dollars
per year. The fact that it would be
necessary to run a freight train once or
twice a month to supply the citizens of
Jnnoau and surrounding country with
their wet groceries and bring back ice
bergs , chunks of gold and Alaska diamonds
mends , at once justifies the investment.
Then for three months in the year there
would be excursions , carrying perhaps
from eight to ten tourists per day ,
ninety per cent of which num
ber would probably be dead
heads. This assures handsome divi
dends to the live million stockholders.
Within a few years a Siberian branch
could connect .luncau with Kurope.
Bridge Behring straits , orfor that mat
ter , Mr. Jones could dig a tunnel while
he is capitalizing hiscompany. Thence
on to Asia , Indiaand intospacel George
Francis Train could give one psycho
twist and build the road within twelve
months , providing Jones would join and
organize an Alaska Crodit-Mobiler. In
that event congress will liberally endow
the road with an aurora-borcalis subsidy.
Among the > incidental advantages it
might be suggested that the ruddy
Ksquamaux maiden could leave her far
north-land home Saturday morning , do
her shopping in Portland , Ore. , Satur
day night , and bo back in time to ac
company her beau , who grows fat on tal
low candles and walrus oil , to church
Sunday evening.
Tliis now communication with the
suburbs of the north pole would also give
the ticket scalper a chance to advertise
his Alaska iceberg compound cupon
tickets for Fourth of July excursions at
reduced rates. But over and above all
tho.so potty consideration and inci
dental advantages to bo derived from
the outlay of the few million dollars in
executing the brilliant , but by no means
aboriginal scheme conceived by Mr.
Jones whoso salary should bo increased
to nine dollars a week , , is tlfo assurance
that the price of ice in San Francisco
would go elown twenty dt'grees below
Cicero. i
As to Jones , he will not only bo im
mortalized in America , but the czar ol
all the Hussias will confer upon him n
patent of nobility and change his name
from plain Herbert Jones to Ivan
Jonosokobilowitch.
Tin : result of the hearing in pi-ogres ;
before the. inter-state commerce com
mission , which relates to the arrange
ment existing between the Standard
oil company and the leading southern
railroads , will bo regarded with great
and general interest. The inquiry ii
maelo on the complaint of a refiner ol
petroleum at Marietta , Ohio , who is one
of the few whom the Standard has no1
been able to drive out of the business
His trade over im extensive portion ol
the soutUwcot has , however , been al
most destroypd by the competition ot
the great corporation , which by reason
of iti contracts with the railroads is.
enabled to greatly undersell the Mari
etta refiner. Ho therefore nppoals to
the commission for relief , stating that
unless ho can have equivalent rates ho
must , like others before him. give up
the struggle , The investigation has
now been in progress u week , nnd some
of the developments have been of a very
Interesting nature , all fully justifying
the complaint. On the evidence pre
sented it is not easy to see how the com
mission can fail to decide that a most
unjust discrimination in favor of the
Standard has been practiced , and that
the roads guilty of thiscourso are amen
able under the law. It is intended to
bring the olllcersof the Standard before
Lho commission if those gentlemen can
lie found , in which case the country may
gel a great deal of interesting informa
tion regarding the methods of the great
monoHly | of which it now has no accu
rate knowledge. It is the most notable
ease the commission has had , and the
outcome will bo u matter of very great
importance.
PiiKiinr.N'T-MAKiNO in France is a
very different matter from what it is in
Iho United Scales. There the president
is not elected by the people , but by the
senators and deputies constituting the
chambers , and the whole business may
be consummated in a few hours , as was
the case when Grovy succeeded
McMahon. There is no campaigning ,
in el the opportunities for wire-pulling
ire very limited. Thus when McMahon
liad determined to resign , his purpose
was announced to the chambers at one
i "clock in Hie afternoon of January.'lOth ,
1S7l. ! At once , upon completing the
reading of the letter , the president of
the chamber , then M. Grevy , pro
ceeded to read the artielesof the consti-
LUtion which required in case of vacane'y
in the presidential office , that the
senate and deputies shall immediately
meet in convention and elect a succes
sor. That was at , " > : " ( ) of the same after
noon , and the convening of the assom-
uly was announced for 4 : . " > ( ) . At that
liour the .senator * , and deputies mot , and
M. Grevy was by a very large majority
elected the new president. The outre
Lime from thu announcement of the res
ignation of one president to the election
of another was not more than five hours.
The letter of President Grevy , announc
ing his resignation , was sent to the
chamber last night , and the same
course that was gone through when ho
was elected will bo again pursued ,
though very likely more time will be
occupied in choosing his successor.
THK most earnest republicans in
Cuming county take a great deal of
comfort in the retirement e > f Judge
Crawford from the bench. This nonpartisan -
partisan juggler was beaten by over
500 majority in spite of the desperate
cllorts made by "straight republicans' '
of the Valentino stripe. They traded
the entire county republican
ticket off for Crawford , and
the stalwart ex-congressmen himsoH
displayed two roestors in his window
jubilating over the democratic victory.
The doleful news of Crawford's , defeat
has , however , east a deep gloom in the
camp of the bolf-styled ' 'straights1
while Crawford , like Jeremiah of old ,
goes about mournfully in sack cloth and
ashes.
IT took .several years of hard fighting
to rid this city of shysiering and thiev
ing justices of the peace. But the roust
abouts that had the new charter
mutilated last winter revived the old
nuisance and Omaha is to-day again
cursed with a brood of justices who will
prey upon the community like grass
hoppers on a green corn patch. One ol
these mock turtle law expounders ha *
just boon caught in an unmitigated piece
of rascality in collusion with the notor
ious Van Ktten. It behooves the county
commissioners to demand his resigna
tion or have him removed to Lincoln.
POLITICS AMI POLITICIANS.
The Falls City Journal quotes Tom Majors
to prove a i > ollticul point. The evidence is a1
far-fetched us Donnelly's cipher.
It is understood that Colonel Colby IK now
managing a life insurance cemp.my. Having
adjusted the loss on his iwlitieal death , tin.
colonel feels much at home in his new po
sltioii.
Appleget's majority over Thomas in the
First district was L'.OW , while Hroady's ma
jority ever Stull was Ml. The First is si
banner district. And it might bo suid that
thu Third und Seventh uro not slow.
The members of the Lincoln city council
who were lined for e-ontempl of e-ourt express
their intention of going to jail. Wo arc
pained to state thut none of the members ol
Omaha's city council have any biich inten
tions.
Thu Pl.iltsmouth Journal wants Mr. Hoytl
to resign us a member of the democratic uu
tiouul committee , or else have his son-in-law ,
Mr. Uierbower , let go his United States mar
shalship. Mr. IJoyd will nol follow that ad
vice. Neither will Mr. Hierbower. They
both know und appreciate a good thing wliei :
they see it.
A Wymore paper says Watson Pickerel
has gone to Washington to uccept u positioi
us third assistant door-keeper of the United
Slates senate. The fair Watson is u graduate
of the Lincoln oil rooms , and undoubted ! }
understands his business. When Paddocl
became senator thirteen years ago he recom
mended Captain Ashby for sorgeant-at-urm ;
of the senutt * . Hu did not nmko the riflle
luckily. Wo huvo not heard whether Mr ,
Paddock will recommend the captain for sec
retury of the scnato this time , or only have
liiin appointed minister to the isle of Man ,
POLITICAL POINTS.
In Cincinnati the prohibition vote was onlj
about ono-thlrd as great as in lib,1 ; .
The Philadelphia Inquirer ( rep. ) think1
the republican defeat in Virginia Is a victory
iu dlsguUo.
It would seem tlmt the result of the Mury
laud election has saved Higgins , if ho wai
ever in danger.
General Hr.igg , of Wisconsin , has forgottcr
all his grievances and publicly Indorses Clove
Iciml for a second term.
"Why wouldn't Grcsham and Hnwloj
make a good republican tleUcU" inquires tin
St. Louis Globo-Dcmocrut.
When the will of the people controls the
muscles of the people , the will cannot hu hup
pressed at the polls nor counted out , by tin
trickster.
The Cluvoland Plalndealer ( dcm. ) think !
there will bo no dlniculty in re-ulcctlii
Mr. Cleveland "if the democrats in congro :
will do what they should Uo. "
A large number of btatcaiucu who have tic
' " * *
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our for the pliilnti at their Indignant neigh
bors , ro vastly exercised over the political
situation In France.
It is the true polle\v all round to have nn
open light on the principle of protection , and
let the best side win. Should tin ? next can-
vuss be coniltied mainly to the civil-sen Ice
Issue and the tariff , without re'sn'rviit Ion or
dodging on either side , it would do much to
lift the controversy of ls $ mvuy from sec
tional lines and make it more national than
It 1ms been for fifty yonrs.
National conventions have outgrown the
habit of looking to members of congress for
presidential "tips. " Hut the public will
watch with no little interest the Indications
as to the probable digiKi.sltlon of the treasury
surplus. Thut huge pile of Idle money In the
treasury of the United States , wrung from
the people by unnecessary and Indefensible
taxation , Is the central fact confronting the
statesmanship of the | > orlod.
Several half brced sheets' , including the
Chicago mugwump organ , says the Chicago
Tribune , nro much concerned ever an alleged
iintl-Hlaliic scheme to hold the republican na
tional conve'titlon In New Vork where "local
inllueuco" is expected to tell heavily against
the man from Maine. The mugwumps and
independents should not permit themselves
to become unduly excited or anxious over
this or any other alleged plot against Ululiie.
Oimitm e'omiiiK to tlie Kront.
$ l > i ( ny/irM / MnnUtir ,
Omaha Is coming to the front as ono of the
leading stock markets of the country.
Must Mukc Oilier ArraiiKcincntH.
Clitcnt { 'J'ltlmnr.
The time is coming when the United States
must enlarge its navy or pare down its Mon
roe doctrine.
Oft' UH Itnlanuc.
I'hlliiiltliilita Cull.
Who is that man ! Thut is George Francis
Train. Ho's all right. The rest of the
world Is a little off , however.
A Dangerous- Thing to Do.
( .Vifriii/o / Ti flume.
H is a dangerous thing to step on take chil
blain of u red-headed man in a crowded
street car Just previous to a change in the
weather.
lust thcTliliii ; .
I'iffoliifiltsHitch. ! .
How would this suit the ubbreviiitors ?
"Senators and gentlemen . Having read the
newsp.iperh , you know what the country
needs. Go to work. G. C. "
Mlglit Have Included Omnlin.
h'dii I'miie/cco / .IryniKiiif.
It requires more real talent to prevent one's
sc.f . Irnm being run over and run down in
New York or Chicago than it does to edit n
weekly paper In California or servo in Iho
stuto legislature.
Sparks' .Mistake.
/uiiixiM Cltii Join mil.
The resignation of Land OIY.ee Commis
sioner Sparks Is an event that we have not
seen the end of yet. Thotroublewitli Sparks
was simply that ho took democratic profes
sions of reform to mean something.
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A Severe Punishment.
.1fw.cn ( / . T. ) Mlnar.
Judge Buck at Murray , the other day , or
dered u Jury to bo fed on bread , incut and
water until they could decide on their ver
dict. The foreman sent in word that the
bread and meat were correct , but the water ,
the jury 'hoiight , was uu unwarranted pun
ishment.
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Would They Not Destroy tlie Bombs ?
ftmi/clo / ( V'cr. ) StunddHl.
A subscription has just been taken up in
the Slumlord olllcc for the purpose of buying
some bombs to throw at the colored school
girls who play baseball opposite the main
entrance of our studio. Some of their
screams would go through u four-inch plank
and then tear u fellow's cur-drum.
Life LcnvcH.
The day , with its sandals dipped in dew ,
Has pushed through the evening's golden
gales ,
And a single star in the cloudless blno
For the rising moon in silence waits ,
While the wind that sigh lot he languid hours
A lullaby breathe o'er the faded ( lowers.
The lilies nod to the sound of the stream
That winds along with u sullen How ,
And , either awake or half In a dream ,
I pass through the realms of long ago ,
While faces peer with many u sniilo
From the bowers of Memory's magical isle.
There are joys and sunshine , sorrows and
tears ,
That check the path of life's April hours ,
And u longing wish for the coming years ,
That hope ever wreathes with its fail est
flowers ,
There are friendships guileless , loveasbright
And pure us the stars in the halls of night.
There are other memories bitter pain
And buried hopes und a broken vow ,
And an aching heart by the restless main ,
And the sea breeze fanning a pallid brow ,
And a wanderer on the shell-lined shore
Jibteiiiug for voices Hint bpcuk no inoic.
There are passions stiong and ambitions
wild ,
And a llcrco dcsiio to stand in the van
Of the battle of life and the heart of the
child
Is crushed in the breast of the struggling
man ,
But short the regrets and few the tears
Thut fall on thu tomb of the vanquished
years.
There's a quiet and peace nnd domestic love ,
And joys arising from fuith and truth ,
And a love unquestioning fur above
The passionate dreamiiigs of indent youth.
And kisses of children on lip and cheek ,
And the parent's bliss which no tongue can
speak.
There nro loved ones lost ! There are litllo
graves
In the distant dell , 'ncath protecting trees ,
Where the streamlet winds und Uie violet
waves ,
And the grasses sway lo the sighing bree/e ,
And wo mourn for the pressure of lender lips
And Iho light of eyes daikened in Death's
eclipse.
And thus as the glow of the daylight dies ,
And Iho night's lirst look to the day is cast ,
I ga/o 'ueuth these bcauU'ul summer skies
At the pictures that hung on the wall otthe
pas' .
Oh , Sorrow nnd Joy chant a mingled lay ,
When to Memory's wildwood we wander
uwuy.
uwuy.A VtiXKU TfU ICBTIOX.
At a recent publio sehool entertainment
in Omaha , a question of eon ldoniblo iinjwrt
was discussed by two young Americans.
"Resolved , thutvi'hnnksgiviiig l a better day
for a boy than the Fourth of July , " was the
vexed question deftly handled by these who
may bo regaidcd us experts In determining
just what Is the best thing for Iho average
boy.
There urc several standpoints from which
this rcaUy mateii.il question may bo viewed ,
from any ono of which It assumes a perplexed
form.
Viewing It with parental eye the topic is
not relieved of any of its perplexities.
In the good old days when a "chip of the
old block" was subservient lo Iho parent tree ,
and elgarclto smoking a rello of Iho dark
ages , paterfamilias was conceded to bo the
besl Judge of wujit was good nnd what Inju
rious to the young hopeful. Admitting , for
Iho hitko of argument , thut the saino author
ity vests m the parent of to-day , it will cer
tainly bo dilllcull for them to determine bo-
twcon an ailment relieved by a physician and
ono remedied by u burgeon.
U Is perhaps the experience of every
mother that the ono < : duces the same loving
hymputliy OR the other. The mangled linger
requires luc fcuulc wutUiful caru uul uUeu-
tlon as t4io stubborn manifestations of.wr
overloaded .itonmeh. ! ' , ' ' .
aWhentlio mnttei-of ccwl ( s'fyol nmtcVlnI ,
Interested paitles wQuld i > crhups ask , for
porno easier problem ; but In view of the
economy with which a Thanksgiving ailment
can be treated In every well rcgnlutod house
hold Iho latter would porlmp * win the tiny.
From a boy's standpoint , thv nuesUou Is
open to discussion. It cannot bo dismissed
with the indifferent remark : "Kvery one lo
his own taste. " On the authoi Ity of ono who
was n boy himself , for a many years as was
consistent , the assertion Is nmdo that all
boys glory In the oame taste. An unwritten
law in the code of boydom , ono old
as that of the Mole's , requires
the "cutting" of any boy who attempts to
vary in the taste from the orthodox pii'fer-
ence. All boy.s sec alike. When one varies
from thl.s rule ho ceases to bo a boy and the
historian can wonh his hands of the resousl- | )
blllt.N of his entire future. To George WashIngton -
Ington alone has been accorded the distin
guished honor of retaining for his boyhood
the respect of bojs , after having committed
an unboylsh net. 4
Individually regarding all questions alllto
which affect their Interest there Is Utllo
doubt that the boy himself Is seriously put
out in solving this question.
The Fourth of July offers many opportuni
ties for display , n pasttlmo fully appro-
dated by the average boy. Excellent
chances for noisy demonstrations are
not few , nnd in accordance with it
time-honored custom the day is celebrated in
n manner peculiarly pleasing to the Juvenile.
On the other jiaiid J'CjOveriior's Sunday"
" "
strikes u long "and "oft felt want with thu
young inuii. The only Inducement ever suc
cessful in drawing him uwuy from a noisy
demonstration has been the prospect of ; i
good dinner , , \et just as often has he left n
partially finished feast to Join the din and
fru.of . noisy companions. Taking It all in
nil the question is a hard nut for the boys to
crack.
AVhatever preference the parent may have
and whatever doubts the literati may enter-
toln upon this subject , the world Is in debt to
the \oung gentleman who negatived the qurs
tlon for u thought which undoubtedly settles
the discussion us fur us the boy is concerned.
According to this young man \\lio is destined
to mtike his mark in the world , the Thanks
giving boy revels in his unholy uppitite , and
leaves the fray with the ailment of
a home guard. "What could bo
more undignified , " asks he , "than the ap
pearance of a boy among' his fellows doubled
up with aches and pains In the region of his
suspender buttons * How different from him
is Iho Fourth of July kid , who meets his
trials as a soldier , and is borne to his home
to receive the sympathy of his parents and
Ihe envy of his companions. "
This is a stunner. The argument is con
clusive.
TIIK OMAHA KoeVfPAD.
The conclusive proof of Omaha's greatness
is the presence of f no footpad. This creature
of nocturnal habits and free lunch is never
where thenis nothing to steal. Ho is the
"breaking out" on thu body politic thut shows
allluenee and high living. As soon us respecl-
iible people in Chicago und Now York began
to disguise as boodlers and do wholesale
thievery , the footpad saw the enormity
of villainy would befoul all kinds of robbing ,
nnd lie came west. As long as those cities
plumed the legitimate , they were the parudino
of sundliaggers. From the shadows of
slumbering iwllccmcn they leaped upon thu
"tipped" waiters and tipsy aldermen and
gobbled fortunes in u night. There was a
kind of a bock beer bravery in leaping upon
the corsetted dude from the caveinous dark
ness. It took sand , a hag of It , to tackle tlin
red-c.\ed night editor and the belated minister.
Not because of dangerous resistance , but the
awful risk of getting nn.tiling. . Compare
such a heroic occupation with that of the
sneaking bondler leaping into the overflow of
Iho city treasury in broad tlojlight and
blindfolding the guardians of public trust
with greenbacks.
The footpad came to Omaha because hero
the policemen are not paid to do their duty.
Knowing thu loose way even paid police duty
was done , he fell bale in the Omaha plan.
There may bo glory enough in the glitter of
brass buttons mid the underside of u saloon
racket to keep u policeman constantly on top ;
might possibly lure him to stand the Jackass
kick of the north wind , and patrol the peril
ous sidewalks of the city without pay. Hut
the undersigned is not betting that way. The
footpad is not putting up bunds on thut the
ory.
ory.After
After night , | > cople on the street nre not ns
courteous as of old. When two men meet In
thu shadow of a building , they glare at each
other , their canes rise like the belligerent
tails of two canines , uud they pass with n
suspicious silence thut is moie omliiuus limn
n growl.
The other night Smith and Jones met In
one of thosogicat gaps of gloom. Smith
ncrvoimlj raised his cane a little. Jones saw
Iho rising glimmer ol thu puMc diamond
ring anil lifted bis cane in icadincss. Smith
saw him one bettor. Jones dittoed , their
e > cs glared , coat-tails swelled , their rannsde-
scendcd simultaneously and they \\nllupcd
each other like a spring carpet beating be
fore they discovered they were members of
Ihe same church.
Asidi ) from the dangerous character of the
sidewalks lliere is nothing to mar Ihe felicity
of Iho footpad save the impecunious charac
ter of the victims. Thu pad goes through
a night's "hold ups" and gets less ( if possi
ble ) than the steward at the church collec
tion. Indeed , a pad , wiser or la/ier than his
puls , lei one of Iho city churches collect it
by day und he stolu Iho contribution box ut
night.
Once In a great while n pad will get so hard
up that ho will i-vcii cmhno the discomforts
of our street cur sen Ice fur the sake of rob
bing the cash box at the end of the ride. Hut
the oilier nlghl u pad took the Cuming stieet
cur and was so worn out standing up , anil
crippled by being stepped nu , when hu went
for Iho cash box Iho driver knocked him over
with u cud of tobacco found on the floor of
Iho cur , and delivered him to Iho police. It
is n t true Unit the stieel cur company
docked the driver's wages for fooling nwuy
time on the comfoit of a passenger In secur
ing the footpad In u seat ,
Some of the reported robberies urc not
chargeable to the footpad. The victims huvo
held up their "hundtt" before starting homo
and staked too much on a bob tail flush.
The husband leaves IIH ! wife to corral the <
children and putn new plunk In Ihn plalform
of his pantaloons. Ho has imiiortunt diplo
matic business down town. Ho digresses
into painling Iho town mi nnarchlstlo red.
H'A-ounds up under the nnm do plume of Iho
Wild Color Mixer from Kulamuzoo , Al ! !
a. m. the policeman fishes him out of the gut
ter. Ho has been sandbagged and left un
conscious in the papers. Frequently ho
has only been slugged In the neck with Z
beer bottle held with inullco uforethouglil in
his own hand. fi
Many persons with caturrhal breath have
whisperingly ukcd mo what to do when or
dered up by a footpad. I do not claim too
great fumlllurity with the business , but my
advice is :
If you uro an average Omaha citi/en with
every cent safely locked up in icul estate ,
throw up your bunds. Don't worry
about the etlquelto of the occa
sion. The footpad will sliow you
how to hold your hands up. The only Iroublu
will bo holding yourself up ; but Uio foolputl
kindly help * Iho Imaging at tho. knees unil
collupsn of Iho vertebra and relieves you ot
all umbarrafchincnV und your vuluublcH.
Lu U.