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-4 IttE OMAHA DAILY BE t. TUESDAY FEBRUARY 14 , 188& THE DAILY BEE I ) KVKHY MOIINING. TEHM8 OK BUHSCIllPTION. JMly ) ( Morning Kdltlon ) including Sunday Ill-K , Ono Vcnr. . . , . . . , . tlO ( ] Vir Hlx. Months . . .r. . n ( JVr'J'hrcn Months . . . , . . -i 'Jho Omnlm Sunday HKfi , matlciX to nny rt- ilreuft , One V'eiir , . . , . , , , . . . . . . . . . " ( OMAiiA'Omcfc , Nos.914NHtjin KAHNAM RTHEK- NKW YOIIK orricR. HOOMS H AND liiTitinrN liiilr.iii.vn. WARIIIMITON Urnce , No , Cl Founir.KNTii STIIEUT. COIIUKSPONDRXCtt. All communications rclntliiR to nown and oil torlnl matter shoulit bo addressed to the KDITO ' " ' ' 'lUJSINKJia I.KTTKIIS. All binlnes.s lottern nnd mnlttnnces should t nrttlresstMl to TUP. Ilr.K 1'tniusiiiNfi COM PAW OMAHA. Drafts , chcrkn and postoltlco orders t be nmilo pnynblii to the order of the companj The Bee PuuliSuiniTcipy , Proprietoi E. ROSEWATEK , Editor. TJII3 I1EE. fiworn Statement of Circulation. Btntc of Nebraska , I. , " " County of DotiKlans , ( _ _ ( loo. It. T7BChuck , hccretnry of The Hea Pnl IMiliiK company , iloeHHolcmnlyswi'nr that tl uctunl circulation of the Dully lU-o for the wet ( . ndlnp J'eti. 10. 1H # , wus us follows : Bnttmluy , Koti. 4 . 15r ! Sunday , Kcti. fi . iri : Monday , I'ob. n . j.lfl.U 'Puptday. Fob. 7 . lfi.6 Wednesday , Kelt. H . 1.1,01 Tmirndav. Fob. U . 1fi. y. Feb. 10. . . . , . in,6. Average nmn.TZsctiuuK. Pworn to nnd BUbBrrlbfd In my prexenro th llth day of February. A. U. , 18HH. N. I' . FBI U Notary 1'ubllc. State of Nebraska , I- _ County of Dongas * , f"-8- Oeo. 1) ) . Tzschuck , being first duly invnrn , d poses and Hays thnt ho Is secretary of The Hi J'ubllslilnc company , that thn actual avorui. irftt 1T ( < N J ( W1 A1U VIIII'Vl f JUU December , 18B7,15,011 copies. OEO. H. TZSCHUCK. fiworn nnd subscribed to in toy jresence th Zdduy of Jnmmry , A. D. 1888. N. r. FCIIj , Notary 1'ubllc. Mil. BLAINK'S letter came ono day tc BOOH to bo acceptable as a valentine. LAWS should bo enacted to mal < trusts" as unpopular as burglaries. THE Raa monopoly finally came dow and the "boys"made a lively fight fc that $45,000 claim. PAT Foim was in the front of th fight with the "boys" that ordered th $15,000 gas claim paid. ST PAUI , now receives $297,000 anni ally from high license. This beats pn hibition and free whisky. SEVEN murderers will bo hanged t Fort Smith on April 27. Hanging isn played out in Arkansas. SENATOR INO ALLS' residence in Kar sas was recently .destroyed by fire , bi his prohibitionist friends point wit pride to the fact that the well w ; saved. THE falling oil in the revenue of th bunks in the onst shown that the sprin revival of trade has already sot in. Th outlook for business in the west durin the coming Boason is also good. THE question of most moment wit Chicago children just now is what wi bo the spring styles in papas. It is poor Chicago child that cannot have paternal change at least once a year. ELAINE being out of the field , assnn ing his announcement to that effect f bo sincere , or that in nny event the r < publican party will take him at h word , a fresh impulse will bo given t booms. The immediate effect has bee 'to give Sherman stock a sharp advauci THE political campaign in Louisian is ono of the fiercest that state has ovc known , and is-dovoloping all the elm actoristics of the old-time political ba ties there. Thus far there have bee six assassinations duo to quarrels bi twocn members of the democratic fin tions. EASTEIIN papers have for some tim boon busy tolling stories about the torr bio loss of stock during the past wintoi There's little or no foundation for thot reports. The testimony of the stockmo s that the loss is lighter than it h ; boon for years , nnd they ought to kno as much about It as eastern editors. SENATOII SHEHMAN is reported 1 have said regarding the Blaine lottc i that ho had boon expecting such n announcement for some time , and was for that reason that ho had ontorc the list of candidates. If the senator correctly reported the inference is wa ranted thut Mr. lUaiuo's withdrawal sincere nnd complete. THE strong confidence in the succci ol the republican party this year , o : pressed by Mr. Dlaino in his lotto ought to bo very reassuring to tl : party. ' In this respect Mr. Blftlno undoubtedly sincere , nnd if the part makoa no serious blunders the rcbu uwy justify his confidence. THE republicans of Alabama nro sal to bo showing moro activity just no than they have shown for many yea' past. They may not bo able to mal nny serious inroads upon the solidity > the democracy of Alabama during tt coining campaign , but republicanism gaining ground and holding what it hi ( T-- gained. The influx of northern caplt1 te und northern ideas is on the increase. Hian llconso in St. Paul has hoc eminently successful. Over throe hui drud saloons have closed their dee since January 1 , and the city revoni lius boon increased by $300,000. In co : trust with this stands the city < Indianapolis , whcro low license pr vails. With n population not o coeding 110,000 there are 4U7 saloons i full blast , and the income of thu oil from this source is only $42,700. SOMEONE writes to the Now York Site to inquira which is the correct style wait/ this season , the hop or.jlho glid The Sun dodges an answer , probab because Mr. Dana does not \vnlu. may bo said , though , that in the wi and \voully \ west it dopouds on yoi partner. Yougltdo if you have a glidi und hop if you have a hopper. Ypi wultzcr. U.chlvalrio or uothin , Mr. ntalno Not A Candidate. The letter of Mr. Btnino to the chait man of the republican national comn\it tee , announcing that his name will nebo bo presented to the national convontio for the nomination of candidates fo president nnd vice president of th United States , is a contribution to th IKtlltlcul incidents ot the day of surpass ing interest and Importance. Thor have been reports that. Mr. Blaln would not ponnit his imino to go bofor the next republican national couvci tion , nnd certain gentleman known t bo in his confidence Jiuvo boon crctlitc with having received assurance from him that under no ctt cnniHtnnccH would ho again bo a candi dnto for the presidency , but no crcdcnc was given these statements. The inos common oxprebnion regarding them wn that they were a device of the friends c Mr. Blaine to ascertain the populn feeling , but as a matter of fact they re coivcd very Irttlo consideration. Th universal belief was that Mr. Blivin fully intended to allow his name to b presented to the convention , nnd thu meantime ho would place himself or tlrely "in the hands of his friends. " Ill letter , if it shall not remove all doubt f to his intentions , certainly removes hii from the list of acknowledged cand dates , and thus materially changes th aspect and the conditions of the ropubl can situation. The letter of Mr. Blaine was writtc less than thrco weeks ago , but it cor voys the information that his declsio not to again bo n candidate was mad more than a year ago and at that tira communicated to Chairman Jonei Very likely it was also known to othci in confidential relations with Mi Blaine , so that the disregarded roporl were not without authority. The cor sidorations prompting this decision Mi Blaine states are entirely personal t himhclf. It would not bo decorous t inquire or suggest what thet considerations may bo. The partisa opponents of Mr. Bluino will , of cours < not omit to do this , but these who r < epoct him asadistinguishcd party londc of whom valuable assistance to thocaus of his party is still expected , will not t > curious to know what the personal rot sons can bo that have induced him t tuko this moat unoxpcotod stop. Thet and all others , ho > vovor , will soriousl ask themselves whether the persons considerations can really bo so potontii as to preclude Mr. Blaine from bocon ing the candidate o'f tiis party unde any and all circumstances. What does this announcomoti of Mr. Blnino that his nam will not bo presented to the ropul lican national convention really moar Is it a sincere avowal of his fixed dotoi munition not to bo a candidate , or : there a method in it such as might I looked for from a shrewd and practice politician ? Misgivings respecting it at inevitable. It will bo said of it that i lacks the vigor und earnestness that b < tokens sincerity , and it certainly suf .goats a reservation that loaves M Blaine free to accept the nominatio if it came to him in the way that ho hi been believed to desire. A fair judf mont of the moaning of this le tor seems to us to bo that i simply is intended to withdra Mr. Blaine from all conflict for th nomination and to deliver him from th discussion and criticism necessarily involved volvod in such a conflict. Ho desires t avoid antagonisms , nnd unquostionnbl ho has boon well advised of the c oun of political fooling as affecting himsel Ho doubtless knows quite us well as i ho wcro at homo that thousands of me in the republican party who wei hitherto his staunch friends have become como convinced that the welfare of th party requires that it shall select som other ono of its Distinguished loaders n its candidate this year. Ho has learno that many republican nowspapoi which have heretofore sup ported him now think that i would not bo wise to again nominal "him. Ho has soon that while th strength of his old enemies in the part is not diminishing his former frionc are dropping away from him. Ho ha observed that the moro generally an carefully the question of his nvuilabilit is discussed the stronger grows th opinion that his nomination would b hazardous to the party. And finallj ho cannot have 'failed to discover tha there is a widespread disposition amou republicans to revolt against the idc that the party , with a dozen ublo nn trustworthy representatives of its polk nnd principles from whom to select presidential candidate , is undc an obligation to again nominat the only candidate who since its fir victory led it to defeat. Having the : circumstances before him , it'is not dill cult to understand that Mr. Blaine woul see it to bo a prudent political move stop 'out of the conflict and as far as pc siblo silence the discussion of his avail bility. Remaining none the loss for tli announcement in the hands of h friends , if after declining to make struggle for the nomination thosa frionc should bo strong enough in the convoi tion to make him the candidate of tl party the responsibility would bo upc the party , and Mr. Bluino would the have u right to expect and demand i loyal support. Is it not moro than pro able that the political considoratioi had greater weight in determining tli decision of Mr. Blaine than the po sonalV What is now the duty of republican Obviously- take Mr. Blaine at h word and drop him out of the list i possible candidates. If ho is sincere I the assurance ho has given the purl that his name will not bo presented its national convention ho desires not bo any longer thought of as a possib candidate. If'tho assurance is not si : core , and is simply a political nmnouvo then bo deserves to bo discarded as candidate. The duty of the republica party in this matter is plain , and whu ever view may bo preferred rogurdln his letter it should bo concluslvo again Mr. Blaine receiving any further coi GidonUion as a presidential candidate. A Successor to Sparks. The prolrnutud 'Ulay in t ) ) tipp.iln mont of a iuc'1'i.fr..oi-ii Uenornl Spur ! as commissioner t > ( the guntmil lui ollloo is attracting much commui throughout the country , Mr. Span ; retirement \vni duo to the opposition o liis superior officers to his bold nni honest administration of thu public Inn interests of the country. For the firs time in long years honest settlers dis covered thnt eomplitipco with the Itn wan to bo made a prerequisite to cltilin upon the government bounty. Throug' good mid evil report General Spark administered the general land oftlc without fear and favor and with solo re gard to the interests of honest mon an an equitable conduct of public affairs. In this ho wna ably seconded by hi assistant , Mr. Stockslngor , of Indlntui who , as a member of the public land committee of the house , had for a Ion time been nn ardent champion t reform in our publio Ian system. Upon Mr. Sparks' retirement Mr. Stockslagor became acting In-ni commissioner and for several montli has conducted the ofllco with a vigo and enegy nnd tact which has con manded general admiration. Withou yielding in any respect to the pressur which' was brought upon his prodo cebsor to relax his scrutiny of entries e public lands , Mr. Stockslagor has exhibited hibited a tact and a push which has cai ried on General Sparks' work to its Ic gitimato conclusion. It now appoat that the same objections made to th administration of Mr. Sparks are ugoi against that of Acting Commissiono Stockslagor. The great corporation whoso acceptance of land-grants havi boon hung up in the general land olflc for investigation are moving vigorousl against Mr. Stockslagor's appointment The bogus pro-omptors and land synd : cates who have secured throug ] fraudulent representations million of acres of the best agrlculturr lands of the west are using their oflbrl tojirovont the nomination of Mr. Stoch slagor. In addition political influence have been invoiced by the enemies < land reform In an adverse movemon against Mr. Stockslager , and the pros poets at present are that a successoi other than himself , will bo chosen t succeed Mr. Sparks. The people of the west , without r < gard to party , are in favor of such a administration of the public lands t will preserve to actual settlers an honest mon the public domain. The have refused to lend an oar-to the 2 pe cent n month sharks and agents of Ian grabbing syndicates in their raid upo the administration of the general Ian office. In anhonest execution of th laws they have seen vast areas of terr tory filled up by actual settlers , when under other auspices , great tracts i land remain unimproved and i the hands of non-residents. Wit the rapidly decreasing area < the national domain open for homos fo the million and free farms for honoi mon , the pcoplo of the west hav learned that vigilance in land adminii tration is the price of liberty for actui settlors. They arc watching closol nnd carefully the course of the adminli tration with respect to the public di main , and they will bo inclined to trot with little leniency a return to the ol methods under which political influence and dishonest methods operated ac vcrsely to the popular interest and i behalf of the favored fow. How Much Did They Got ? About two months ago the editor < the BEE met two officers of the Unite Gas Improvement company at th Palmer house in Chicago. Tin company being the owner of the cor trolling interest in the Omaha Gt works , the editor asked why they di not como to some settlement with tli city on their long pending clairr "Wo would like very much to have thi claim settled , but the boys demand flft per cent of our bill for themselves , "What boys do you refer to ? " asked tli editor. "Why , the boodlors in yet council. They are so bold and braze as to make no bones of i and insist that wo divide on claim with them in the middli If wo have got to divide wo woul rather give the city the difference thn pay it to that gang. " "Why don't yc ask that the claim bo arbitrated and tak the whole business out of the gas con mittoo'i" ' asked the editor. "Wo woul very gladly do so , " replied Mr. M.orgai ono of the officer's referred to , "and w will recommend to Mr. Murphy to pu sue that course. " On his return to Omaha the editor < the BKE through the columns of th paper urged the council to settle tl gas bill by arbitration. Ho called c Mr. Frank Murphy and that gontloma stated that ho would cnacavi to carry out the euggestioi But no such action was taken. Tl council committee on gas , of whic Manville is chairman , hold on to tl gas bills two months longer , althoug they had boon'in their possession ovi since last May , and on Saturday epccial mooting of the council w ; called at the instance of this committi nnd at that meeting the gas company claim of$45,000was allowed iii full by tl committee and ordered paid. Now tl question is what percentage of th claim are the boys to gctV In Docomb < they were holding back for 50 per con hcw much did they finally agree to a copt in February ? Will tha counc purge itself of this scandal , or will the brazen it out and defy- thepublio at the taxpayers to help themselves ? IF the testimony of the Chicago papo is to bo accepted that city isthovrickoi est in the country. All sons of'criin nals swarm there , and the police fen is eharactorized as utterly insufflclor cither for preventing crime or arrostln the perpetrators of it. There are sou matters regarding which the s'tati monts of Chicago papers would bo r < coivod with great allowance , but as 1 the wickedness of that city wo have fu confidence. Chicago is really a voi bad town , morally speaking. IT is announced from Now York tin District Attorney Fellows will at om present charges to the grand jui against Russell Sago and Jay Gould f < the larceny of Union Paclflu bonds. Tl : district attorney has boon promising u < tion of this kind ever since ho woi into ofllco , and now that ho has bee "approached , " as he alleges , ho ma feet lt.to.bo necessary in his own vlnd cotion to push the matter.Thooounlr , Will cheerfully listen to the disclo.- ures. TIIK I'iKMi OF INDUSTRY. The Maginls cotlbn * mills at Now Orleans hnvo doubled their capital to $1,000,000 , an the Lane mills hiwu also Incre.tsod thol capital. The brlcitmakcrs of Philadelphia nnd v rlnlty have In n few , cases closed contract for all the brick they can niuko from now ute to midsummer. ' ' Three years npo a 1,000,000 textile main fnctunng coinpanj-wus started at Mugo ; Quo. , nnd another mill , to employ 300 handi will soon bo built. Indiana has 220 coal mine ! ! , the annual pn duct of which last year wus n llttlo ovc 0,000,000 tons. Natural gas no perceptible It Hucnco ou the output. The growth of the business In troplci fruit has led to the introduction of n now rt frigeraior carwhich keeps things fresh longe and better than any in use A largo cot ton mill at Enterprise , Miss , called the Stonewallturns out 3,500,000 yard of cloth per your , nnd it Is said to bo the be ; imying factory in the south. The exports of American machinery t Mexico , Central and Squth America nnd Aui tralta continue to agitate the manufacturer of machinery in Great Britain. A patent thread extractor Is having a larg sale among cotton manuf' : turcrs. The bulh ers nro sending a great mauy of the machine to England. A good many of our honi manufacturers let the thread go with tli waste. A syndicate of Now York capitalists wl build a railroad from Montgomery , Ala. , t Chattahoocheo , Flu. It will run through th richest pine forests of the south. A Now York railroad has Just ordered te locomotives from the Rogers works , ut Pa erson , nnd the St. Louis & San Francisc company has ordered twenty from the Bah wins. A Pittsburg mechanic has Just returnc from Ontario , where ho built n steel wnte tower 140 feet high and thirty feet in dian ctcr. Similar towers have been built in Co orado. The wprld's supply of pencil wood is draw from the gulf coast swamps on both sides c Cedar Keys , and the product is shipped t Now York , Now Jersey nnd German ta < torlcs. A Moadvillo man says ho has dlscovorc how aluminum can bo cast , soldered an welded. If so ho has a very valuable paten because of the lightincss and strength of all minum. Thcro are dally utilized In Chicago f roi 8,000 to 10,000 gallons of blood , which ; evaporated and used to manufacture button cheap Jewelry , brooches , Delt clasps nn hair ornaments. In 18S7 the exports of boots and shoes froi Great Britain amounted to 003,485 dozen. Tli continued depression jln the agricultural ii tercsts is spoken of as the reason for the fu shoo trade in Great Britain , Shoo Jobbers in Lynn are urgently callln for shipment of goods already ordered , an are sending for more' . Thcro is a tondonc in this , as in several other branches of tradi for salesmen to RO out earlier each year. American hardware is finding ready ma : kets all ever the world. The exports of th week ending January 21 amounted in value t $33,000 to thirteen countries. Shipment were made to London , Liverpool and Hull. The Fall River Spinners nro to get 19 cent a cut , instead of 18 cetits , from February 1 ! A sliding scale Is to take effect when wage sjuill advance above , a certain fixed llini as has been practiced In the anthracite co : mines. In 1850 there were but fifty-eight powe looms in Ireland , but about 25,000 are no' used in the production of linen fabrics fo homo and foreign consumption , besides soi cral thousand hand looms scattered througl out the country. Tis But a LilUIe Faded Flower. Chicago Times. The latest news from Now York is to tfc effect that Rosowell P. Flower Is not ono < those that bloom in the spring not th : spring. Omaha as a Hog Market. Columbia Democrat. South Omaha as a hog market is of grc : value to the farmers of Nebraska. Hogs at now bringing in that market as much as the nro worth In Chicago , 500 miles further eas The people of Ncbraskifnow have the chanc to appreciate the value of a homo markc The cattle market at Omaha , while not belli as good when compared with the Clncnfi market , is of no small benefit to the farmci and stockmen of this great western countr ; Good News to Nebraska Farmers. Veaver Cltu Ttmci. The Omaha packing houses slaughters from November 1 to January 25 , 245,000 hog : During a like period a year ago they lullc only 1(57,000. ( Thus it will bo seen that tl : business is rapidly growing. This is goo news to Nebraska farmers. It is much be tcr to pay freight to Omaha than to Chicagi Wo are too far from Chicago to make thi the market for cither our hogs or cattle. W hall with satisfaction every indication the Omaha is to bo the market for Nebraska hogs aud cuttle. Please Send Bio a Valentino. M. K. , Harver't Magazine. St. Valentino's coming to-morrow. And I'm ' an old woman , I know , Who ceased thinking of posies aud Cupids , And true-lover knots long ago. My autumn Is very near winter , I've almost forgotten the spring , I3ut nleuso send mo a valentine , somebody , Just for tbo fun of the thing. That the women still youthful and pretty , Whoso lives are yet happy and bright , Should get all the rhymes of the season Really docs not appear to mo right. Let them take the love poems. I ask but A verso that will pleasant thoughts brinj So plctuo send mo u valentine , somebody , Just for the fun of the tiling- . . Knlghta of Liahor Ball. The united assemblies arc Just now pr posing to hold a Joint ball , the proceeds to t applied to the land-building fund. Delegate from nine assembles met at Julius Meyer room , corner Twelfth' and Farnam strec lost night and committees for the varloi duties In currying o.i t the arrangement were appointed. The exposition hall was o dorod hired for the occasion. The ball wi take place on Monday , .April . 0. The onthi slasm displayed by the members augers we for Uie success of the ball. If it Is unythln like last year's ball it will bo the biggest < the season. Last yeur'j bull realized 171 over all expenses. The assemblies not ro | resented are requested to send delegates t the next meeting , Monday , February 20 , i the same place. Wont Through the loe. Three young men who attempted to cros the river from Council liluffs on the Ice las evening had a narrow escape from drownlnj When about In the middle of th'o river tli Ice gave way and two of the party , F. \ \ Graves and the other name unknown , wer precipitated Into the water. After a struggl of about fifteen minutes they regained soli ice , but were obliged to move cautiously on did not roach this side until an hour latoi landing near the Barber Asphalt company' ' oftlco , whore , utterly exhausted , they wor cared for and later escorted to their homes. Yesterday's internal revenue colloc tioua amounted to 118.900 ra , . EXTRAVAGANCE AND MlSRtiLl They Dorrmnd a Publlo Protest o Citizens and Taxpayers. MR. ROSEWATER'S TIMELY TALK Tlic Hoard of. Trade nc lns n More incut to Invostl nto City Im provements niul Check * Cruukcd Work. A Fruitful Mooting. A largo number of the members of th board of trade responded to the call for i meeting at the assembly room last nlghl President Her presided , and the sccrctarj Qeorgo M. Nuttlngor , wus at his post , an read several communications. One , In th form of a petition from St. Paul appealing t congress to regulate the interstate law as I refers to wholesale dealers , was referred t the freight bureau committee. The following communication from th Omaha postofllco clerks association was n ferred to the committee on memorial : To the Uoord of Trade of Omaha Gentli men : Enclosed you will find a circular froi the national postoMco clerks association , U gether with three bills , viz : 1. A bill-for the classillcatlou of clerks 1 first-class postofllccs , and for llxiug salarlc of sumo. 2. A bill fixing the hours of labor of clcrlt In first-class postofllccs. 3. A bill granting leaves of absence to clorlt in first-class . - post-ofllcoa. This circular and these bills speak fo themselves , nhd wo ask that your honorabl body forward to our congressional dotage tion at Washington your approval and BUI : port of the bills , and facts as sot forth in th circular. With the discussion of the need of better postal services for the west goln on In Washington , wo hope to meet wit favorable results In legislation in regard t salaries and hours of labor. Hoping you will give us your hearty suj port , wo are , yours respectfully , Omalm post olllco clerks association , by L. S. MOI.E , Secretary. Communications requcstipg the cooperation tion of the board in the proposed ccutonnio celebrations were placed on Jllo. Propositions wcro read from manufactui crs contemplating locating in Omaha. The are : Charles M. Gosnell , sash , doors imi blinds ; F. C. Helm , brick company ; LW Young , glass works ; E. M. Ulrdsdell , mower and rcapors ; Bloom Bros. , buggies and gear for the wholesale trade ; E. F. Harrington mowers and reapers ; S. N. Stewart , to bull pontoon bridges ; William Mullen & Co , knitting factory. Uoforrcd to committee 01 manufactures. . The special committee authorized to rais funds to assist F. E. Maynard made their re port , which was referred to the comiultte on ways and moan's. The report of the com mittee to whom was referred the matter o raising money for the aid of the John Dcrk" manufacturing company was placed on lllc The committee on by-laws reported profi ress and further time wus granted. Gait lard & Kuun were appointed ofllcial inspect qrs and weighers of provisions. The follow Ing standing committees were elected for th < ensuing year : Manufacturers Gordraan.NasoaAVb.colcr Tuttle and Davis. Membership Evans , Mccdayand Moyoi Memorial Meyer , C. S. Chase , E. Iloso water , W. A. L , . Gibbon and J. M. Wool worth. Live Stock Her. J. F. Boyd. J. A. Me Shane , H. H. Mceday , W. A. Paxion. Ways and Means Wakefleld , Goodmai and Merriam. Metcrology Evans. Arbitration Martin , F. E. White , Hitch cock , Gray and Walker. Auditing Clark , Evans and Martin. Transportation Wakeiield , Squires , Trox ell. Strong and Cody. Freight Bureau Malice , Walker , Brady Shecley and TroxelL Provisions Meday. Grain Merriam , TroxelL McYVhorter White and C. W. Thomas. Property Her , Meyer and Nattinger. W. N. Nason spoke encouragingly of thi work being done by the commitroe on manu facturers , and said that they had hopes o securing a largo number of mauufacturini firms to locate in Omaha. Mr. C. Hartman informed the board tha Mr. E. Kosowuter was in the room , having just returned from a trip to the east , am that he would bo pleased to hear from tha gentleman. In accord with popular rcques Mr. Rosewatcr spoke as follows : Mr. President ! A little more than twi weeks ago I left this city on a business tri ] to New York and incidontly on the way bad I touched Washington and several othoi cities. Before I loft there appeared to bi some agitation with regard to a railrom from Omaha to Yankton. The matter hw not yet been presented in a tangible shape t < the commissioners , and when I arrived Ii New York the following telegram wai handed to me at our oftlcc. OMAHA , Jan. ! il. Edward . Roscwator Proposition before commissioners to bom Douglas county in aid of Ynnkton road fo $300,000. Douglas need not buy favors fron railroads now. Omaha knows your sonti mcnts. On that question , even you and I cai meet , there. Instruct your paper to presen the issue in Its right light and oppose it vig orously. It is the wish of thousands of tax payers. FKANK WAI.TKU. I am not going to waste any time on thli dispatch. It is suggestive , and these win know the relations of Mr. Walter to ccrtati railroad co anics will realize who is nppos ing this enterprise. Before I loft New Yorl I had an interview with Messrs. Ben Smith Frank Smith , Augustus Kountzo and one o two other men interested largely in Omaha and they were all congratulating themselves upon the prospects of this Omalm & Yank ton road being built. When I got to Wash ington I picked up on Omaha paper , am there I saw that the whole matter was on th point of collapse. Now. I am not familiar with the cause which brought about the delay of the propo sltion , but I know that the Omaha men ii Washington wcro much disappointed. It aji pcarod to bo a black eye to the cit , of Omaha , not BO much so bocaus wo have not carried it out , but because it lm < gone forth that wo were going to build thn road , that our people in very largo number had petitioned for it , and suddenly the enterprise priso was shelved because of some tjuarre among themselves. It would have been much better If this pro Jcct had never been presented. I fear wo nr getting the reputation of doing a great doa of blowing and accomplishing very little. While at Washington I discovered that ou postoftlco bill had passed the senate , and wa meeting a great deal of opposition in tin house committee , and that there it need : considerable work to get the committee ti report favorably upon it. The house hai given the committee ono day , I thin ! the 21st of February , for presenting nil bills it may recommend , and unlesi our bill was presented on that day , tin chances are that wo will not get It through at least , until after the presidential election Mr. McShano himself is doing all ho can and other members of the Nebraska dolcga tion have done a great deal of quiet work and if anybody 'in Omaha has any influcnci with any member of congress , they can do in bettor than address themselves very prompt ! ; to that member and urge him to give it i support in the house. There is an appro hcnslon that Omaha is not large enough yel for n building of the nrst-class such as L' proposed in the bill of Senator Mujidurson. * I traveled from Washington on to Cincin null , Indianajiolls , Milwaukee , and cniiu back two days ago. While traveling I madi some inquiry and comparisons with rcgun to municipal government , and I mustsay , am 1 say it reluctantly , because I do not wnnt u damage Omaha's reputation abroad , that ou city as compared with other cltios of oqau population , or something nearly equal , is vi-r ; extravagant IndianaimlU , for Instance , U i city of 110,000. That is very nearly our pojui lation , but I find that our city h'ovornmun costs fully ilfty per cent , more than thcir's They have twenty-ilvu wards , each ward rep resented by ono councilman ; Jive aldermanii districts , represented each by two aldermen Each of these gets tHX ) a year , and thesi thirty-five members draw less than one-thin as much pay as. our eighteen councllmun And so through the cntiro tna chinery of city government. I llml for instance , that Indianapolis has out : ono treasurer for the city and county Ho has no salary , but Blinply gets fees fron the collection of taxes. Ono clerk does tin city business ana ac-U as comptroller , Hit allowances for himself and assistant * , , In eluding fees , are estimated at about fA. [ > OQ Our clerk and comptroller with tholr tleputloi cost us together over $10,800 a year. Our ox pcnses In that department arc. relatively nearly four times as high ns they were thrci or four years ago. Slnco my return I have taken some llttli pains in looking up city affairs , and I tints suy that wo are drifting rapidly Into muni clpal bankruptcy , unions wo stop the ox travnganco and waste of moiinv. On Tuesday last. I am told , the councl inndo a levy of 44 mills for city taxes for tin present vear. Now , with ! U ) mills rountj taxes , this will make us pay no.irlj seven nml ono-half per cent of taxes thli 'year. When you advertise abroad that tivxc1 are seven per cent and four mills In Omaha you frighten capital away. The council ii not entirely to blame for this state of affairs The assessment In Indianapolis is sixty mill ions , ours but sixteen or seventeen millions but their tuxes are only ninety cents on i hundred dollars. They are limited by tin state law of Indiana. Hut our present coun ell , ns you nil know , has pursued n very reckless less and lawless course tfmt must bo checkei or wo shall bankrupt the city treasury. : had n talk with the mayor to-day , and hi said that in August alreifdy there was m overlap of f 14,000 , Independent of the f I3,00t claim of the gas company. So that to-day there Is an overlap in thl1 city of more than f 100,000 , and yet the counci kejis going right on , piling on moro Inspectors raising salaries , increasing city oxpcnscs.atu doing it entirely In defiance of the provisions of the charter. The treasurer of this city bj law is entitled to $1,500 for n deputy and an ; work that may bo dona In his ofllce. Ho gotJ 3 per cent on nil delinquent taxes , and then i salary of fl.WXl himself. But the councl have , in dcllunco of the charter , voted bin nearly $5,000 since ho has boon in oftlcc , dat ing back from May. The city olerk hn three deputies ; two of them nro Uio sons ol counciluien , and ono of these , I learned enl ; to-day , was accused when he was In the em ploy of the United States mall service , of np nroprlutlng things to himself that were com ing through the mail , and a report was made about him in that regard. Now thcsi young men $135 and $110 n inontli- nro worth $75 or $ $0 per month and no moro The charter provides that the city clerk Html make out the tax list , but the council havi hired Mr. Helm for $1,500 to make the ta : list , and that $1,500 is added to the expense of the city clerk's ofllco , when that officer ii expected under the law to do that work This is only a trifle , however. These arc only little surface matters. I came baek am my attention was called to the action of UK city council with regard to the city hall. Yet : will pardon mo if 1 go at some little lengtl Into this subject , because it Interests not oulj myself directly ns a property ownoi in the neighborhood of the hail- that Is a small matter , for tin BEB building will bo erected whatever may become of the hall. But thcso tire the his torie facts. In May , 1S85 , wo began the agl tut Ion of erecting a city hall building on thai ground. In the saino month an agreement was arrived at between the board of cduca tton and the city council of Omaha to Join to gcthcr and erect a building on plans to bo ap proved by both parties through their Jolnl committees , the board . of educatior to furnish $25,000 towards the con struction of the building , or ruthoi to advance it , as the city had m money then , and the city to assign to then the rooms in one of the stories of that build ing as subsequently planned. The plan drawn by Architect Myers , was adopted dur ing that season and the contract was submit ted for ratification to the voters of Omaha , On the 3d of November , 1885 , the citizens ol Omaha located on lots 0 and 0 In block 110 the city hall on the plans of E. E Myers ; as expressly provided in the mayor's proclaim ! tion and at the same election the citizens ol Omaha voted authority to the board of edu tation to expend $25,000 in conjunction will ; the city on the some ground. Now , then nearly thrco years have passed away and the city has been paying $5,000 or $0XX ( rent a year. Sometime in Septem ber , 1SSG , a contract was made for the basement and sub-basement of that building with Kcagan Brothers , and that contract stipulated that that portion of it waste to bo done and finished on the 1st of July , 1837. The contract was for $43,000 and n fraction. It particularly stipulated that upon all questions arising as between con tractors and the city , the architect was tc have the final arbitration that is , the final decision. The Ilcagan Brothers evidently had no design to do that work. They soon sub-let it to tbo Brounans , and the Bren- nans , having no capital or a very little , 'kept dyiy-dallying and fooling around and when the first of July , 1887 , came they had not oven built the sub-basement. Meantime they had tried to substitute in ferior material for the materials required in the contract ; the hoard of puulio works stopped them In that and had a controversy over it , but the council stepped in and sus tained the contractor. Then the architect insisted that within that contract was in cluded all the work to the top of the water- table , including the iron beams. The con tractor pretended that that was not so and the council takes sides with .the contractor , and then the war began on the plans of Mr. Myers. Up to that time no discovery had been nmdo that thcso plans were defective , or that the building as planned would not stand. And they suddenly discovered when the contractor had failed that Myers was a very bad man , and had to bo got out of the way. So wo have had a controversy. Finally the board of public works dismissed the con tractor and undertook to finish the buildings , as they hud a right to do under the contract , but the city council reversed that action , and ordered that Mr. Brcnuan should go on. The city council released the bondsmen of Mr. Keaguu and got up n new contract , in which no time was specified as to when Brcnnan was to finish the building. There never was any intention by Brcnnan to finish it , it was n put up Job to let him out when they .found that ho was going to lose $3,000 or $10.000 , which Keagan and his bondsmen were obliged to make good. . I am told that last Tuesday night the council had a special meeting , at which a committee of the council made a long winded rejwrt , stating that the building which Mr. Myers had planned would cost moro than two hundred thousand dollars , and that , therefore , his plans must bo rejected. Thereupon , In two minutes and a half. Has- call Jumped up and presented a resolution cancelling the contract of Brcnnan , and re lieving htm from all further obligation to the city , providing Mr. Brcnnan wus willing. And Mr. Brennun was on hand , and , while ho seemed to bo very unwilling , signed very cheerfully. Thus the farce was completed of removing the city hall , as they said , but the real play of it wus to got Hronnun out of a losing contract and to load the city with about $10,000 extra expense ; but that is not all. Just before I started for the east a promi nent contractor culled on me and stated that Mr. Fred Nye had written a letter to the late Mr , Hounds , and in that letter requested that the Omaha Republican Join bunds with the Omaha World in having this plan of Mr. Myers' rejected and another one , if possible , gotten up by Mr. Hodgson , substituted , and Mr. Hodgson , I was told , but 1 do not know whether it is true , offered to pay $1,000 for this kind favor toward the paying of Myers. in case thcro was any expense connected with Myers' service to the city. So , then , thcro were two parties In the council acting in two different direction ! ! and uniting at ono point. The one party wanted to relieve Bronnun of all obli gations and , in order to bring thut about had to reject the plans of Myurs. The other parties wanted to get an Omaha architect a job , and , to undermine another architect suc cessfully , had to como la the same point. And the. mayor had the wool pulled ever his oycs by Mr. Council , who was the attorney of Brcnnan. Mr. Council , accidentally , as it wcro , wus on hand at thut meeting and said thut ho had drawn those contracts between the city and Myers and consequently it wus nil right to annul it ; but as Mr. Council was not at this time the official advisor of thci city ho could give this sort of udvico verbally , frto of charge und without responsibility. The mayor , who was In ftueh n hurry , did not know In ) hud been duped until he had signed this contract rejecting Myers plans , open ing the door fur a gigantic Job , and when I HUV a gigantic job 1 menu it , The only pretense on which the action Is founded is thut they wanted moro giound nml a larger building. Thci only logiil grounds of reJoctiiiK the Myisis plans Is that the building would cost morn money than the amount voted by the citizens , Now , If they mean vvl'iit they suy if they propone to build a largi'r building costing ir.ora money than Myers proposed to build , then tUeyhuvo no right to rcjcft the Myura plans. But lot us leave thut out of consideration , After spending $25,000 of the board of education's money the council jobbers propose to tear up the foundations unil baSnment walls and take a now start. Docs that strike the taxpayers as very economical I Now let mo state a few points with recrard to city balls , because thes * gentlemen of the couucll profc s that the city of Omaha will not have room onmiffh In the building thnt Mr. Myers hits planned , I haVe personally measured the city hall In Now York us near ns I could do no , nnd this Is the state of facts : The Now York city hall has frontage of 151 foot by IK > ! It has three stories above the basement. The first and the second stories uro IfH by ( ft , the third story about ( Ci by y.V the total suaco covered aggregates 'W.U85 squnro foot. 1 went to Cincinnati. They have an old hall , somewhat out of dnto. It Is n building iiX ( ) by 50 feet deep , nnd only two stories above the basement , with twenty-seven oftlco rooms , Ou the first Moor is the mayor's ofili-o , the police court , office of the pollco clerk , the board of public works , the board of health , | x > llcu commission , superintendent of police and the water works oftlcc. On the second floor Is the council chamber , the city treasury nnd the law library , the city attorney , city clerk , comptroller's oftlco , committed room , city engineer nnd commissioners uf sewers and highways. The space of the two places nggrogiiU's ' . . ' 0,000 foot square. At Cleveland the city hull building Is four stories above the basement , 51 by 110 foot , aggregating a space of SJ , iOO feet. At Mil- waukec , where 1 stopped on the way back , tl.oro Is nu old city hall building , but a very good ono , throe stories nbovo the basement , with nn aggregate space of 8,400 foot on each lloor , or yi00 foot of space altogether. Now , then , Omaha proposes to have a building four stories ubovo the basement , without counting the nmnsard , each story 132 by 131 feet ; the aggregate , without the basement , is ttf.SbS feet square , ns against ilS.OOO feet squnro In Now York. With r.no story reserved for the board of education there would still bo 41 > ,41U squnro foot , as against ! 13,000 square feet In New York. With the ono story reserved for the public library and ono for the board of education , thcro would still remain ! tt)41 , ' feet square. Then they have the use of the basement which is fitted up for the pollco court , chief of i > olleo und all that which In the other cities la used for machinery and other purposes. If they take the whole story as Mr. Myers has planned for puulio library they will hnvo rtvo times as much space as Is taken up by the present library room. Now. then , I think I have disposed very thoroughly of the Idea that wo shall not have room enough for all city uses In our city hall since even in Now York when planned and built their present city hull New York hud moro than ( XX,000 population. When Omaha lias 000,000 people she can nfford to pull It down , but I don't think Hus- call nnd the other members of the city coun cil will bo in Omaha lit that tlino. Ono word moro. It has been stated that the Myers plans of the city hall building nro Imperfect. Who said 111 No competent architect cither in or out of Omaha has said it , for none ns I can learn have over ex amined it. The only eminent und excel lent authority quoted by the council Is our superintendent of public buildings a cheap John carpenter who don't know ns much about publio building as I do , nor half us much for I have visited nud studied office nnd buildings scventy-ftvo buildings publio ings in the lending cities of America during the last six months. Ho soys that the plans are Imperfect. Mr. Bailey , the only member - ber of the council who is n practical builder examined these plans nnd pronounced them all right when Mr. House and my brother , then etty engineer , examined them. But no body else , competent to Judge their merits , has been asked to examine these plans. When wo started for the BER building they cock-and-bull that the foundation got up a - - story tion of the city hall was not safe. By the way , I will say this : that when this building was first started it was always predicted | ) mt Myers would bo my architect. It Is true that ho offered to do my architectural work very cheap , but I have an architect-that charges mo 3 } l > or cent for constructing our building. Mr. Bemor , our architect , has up to this time already received $3,000 on his work , while Mr. Myers has not received UO cents. My architect was here last f ll and ho examined the foundation of the city hall , and pronounced it perfectly safe for a six- story building. But I don't want the city council nor anybody else to take and stock In the BKK architect. Ho may not bo compe tent. But why don't they consult , take for instance , Van Brunt & Howe , who planned the Merchants' National , orMead , McKim- ber & Wliito , who planned tllo Now York Lifo building. They aro'cntiroly Impartial , Let them say whether or not Myers' plans are perfect nud are not such as would sus tain a building of thut character. The city council has never in any shape , manner or form sought to ascertain whether thcso plans were being carried out by the contractor. If there is anything wrong in the basement or foundation it is the fault of the contractor In using inferior ma terial , and the fault or the Inspector who al lowed them to use it , and the fault of the city council In sustaining that man Brennan in loing poor work. I know thnt the plans wcro pronounced by Mr. Coats and other builders EIS perfect us the average of plans for any public building , und lot mo say right here ( and hero is Mr. Mendolsshon who will not contradict it ) that the Douglas county court tiouso is just as good a job as any public building in the United States. I have uovor seen any iiuywhero for the saino money that would stand a com parison with It. Whether the plan is modern Dr ancient wo knoW that Mr. Myors planned .hat building , und thut the building as it itands to-day has no crack in it , so far us I know. But the city council proposes now to load us up with n now sot of plans and n now irchitect. They say they want to expedite , his work. It will take fully six months from low to get now building plans perfected in lolull HO that builders could bid for complot- ng the whole building. Instead of oxpc'dlting .ho work ns thev pretend , they would delay it jntil next fall , nnd could not put n much moro than the foundation > y the end of this year. The whole thing is a 'igantio job gotten up by u set of fellows ivho have neither decency nor care for their reputation , or they would have taken the trouble to inform themselves before they ibandon a publio building thnt has already involved so much outlay. But they Imagine ivo are in their hands and must submit to any imposition. They will presently discover Lhoir mistake. They want us to vote $100,000 In sewer bonds , nnd they want Douglas Munty to como forward und vote $50,000 In tx > nds to help them do some grading , because Lhoy have raided the treasury and last year made an overlap. Will Omaha tax payers vote to put any more money into the custody of such a reckless and extravagant : ounclli Only a few weeks ago two officers jf the gas company told mo in Chicago that members of this council demanded fifty per . cut of their gas claim before they would support It. What do you think of the mem bers of u committee that would have the jrazenness to go to a corporation and do- aiand one-half of a claim that a corporation : iold against the city 1 When the city is in such hands is it uny wonder people have no ? onfldencol ' I have said th ! , not as nn editor , but ns a citizen und taxpayer. I think this board awes It to Itself to call together a moro largely attended meeting nnd invite these councilmcn to ronin nnd meet the taxpayers face to face. Let us see whether they can bo induced to administer thn uffiilrHOf this sity Just us the ollleers of any corporation are expected to do. They are directors in Lho corporation of the city Just us you nro JirccUirs in the board of trade. Hud : lie directors of the board of trado. ivhen they worn constructing the chamber of roiiimcrco sided with the contractor nguliiHt Ihonrrhltoot nnd against his protests , ul- lowed him to do inferior work uud finally re leased him nnd his bondsmen after sinking Wi.ooo , yiiur directors would have a very : iard time to sin.y in Omaha uny great length jftiino. [ Applause. | At the conclusion of Mr. Hosowatcr's ro- uurks President Her said they wuro very np- iroprluU * nnd it v/.vs about time somethim ; , vas done to put a cheek to councilnmnlc Job- xsiy and oxtravngnnco. Mr. Ntuon moved that p. publio meeting bo allcil to disnisi tno matter. Mr. Whoolcr said that ho was satisfied hero was u Job on boniowhoro. There should ] j )0 u stop put to thu reckless wtiy in which ho roundl Is throwing away , and hits boon ill a'cng ' , the money of the taxpayers. It la in liiMilt and outr.iijo. Mr. Whi'iilor hud m- null.rd the plr.UH , and maintained that tlui wilding as proposed by the Myers' plan was "Iciity Inriso onouKh , nnj larger thnn ll'.to juildin M In other ciltci ) . Mr. Her said that thcro was no four that ho city hull would bo moved fioin iu pros- : r.t fill1 , und to him of lain it hud occurred hut tiling In municipal attaint looked u ,11 tl'j bit ciookc-d. The speaker dcfomlod 'tha 'UN levy and said that thu old lesiilenU , who vurc a bulk of the taxpayers wcro not Itlok- n . .Mr. Muycr replied that the old taxpayers ihould not kick. They got their land for Ittlo or nothing , and that it was thu now ! omcrs that were building up thu city. Mr. Vt'licoliir insisted that the tax levy was oo heavy and would keep mauufaclururft ind people from locating boro. Mr. Uotewttlor said that the council