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OMAHA DAILY BBS } : TUESDAY , MAllCR 27. 1888 , DAILY BEE , PUBLISHED J3VEIIY MOUNINO. TEHM8 OF HOTSCniFTION , flatly fllomlnff Edition ) Including Bumlajr IH.VOn Year . . . , 110 00 J'orShiMbnths 500 ForThrce Months 3 GO The otnxlia Pnndar HF.E , mailed to any nil- dress , Ono Vonr 300 OMAIIAOrriCK. Non.SHANIiOlO I-'AIWAM STIIECT. NKWT YOUK OITIOB , Jioous II AND I&TIUIIUM : Jiiui.M.sn. WASHINGTON On ICE , Mo. Gia connnsroNnnNCR. All communication * relating in news and edi torial matter should bo addf essctl to the KDITOH orTMEUKB.JjtjglNRgg T/1rrmig < All traMncM loiters anil remittances Mjoula bo nddirdsert to TUB Ilir. PUIIMSIIIMI COMPANY , OMAHA , Hraf to , chocks and poMofllco orders to be made payaulo to the order of the company. The BGC Publishing company , Proprietors E. ROSEWATER , Editor. " " "TIIM DAILY HEIC. Rxvorn Slntcnicut of Clrculntlon , Btnto of Nebraska , l . County ofDoiiKlns * . f ( Jro. U , Tzschuck , secretary ot The nee Pnb- lIshliiK company , < loc solemnly swear that the ncuialclrcnlation of the Dally llco for the wooU rmllnc March BI. 118. was us follows : Soturilay , March 17 ! ,07' Bundar. March 18. . . . , > a,300 Monday , March Ifli SOflM WtMlni'siiay. March 21 a,370 Tliurndav. March ] s.A'O .r. Vrldoy , Marchai - .20,525 Averngo 0.511 OHO. n.T7SCHtJOH. Rnorn to and subscribed In my presence this Blth Uar otilarch , A. D. , 188a. N. H. J'KIIj , Notary 1'ubllc. Btato of Nebraska , I County of DoURlasB , | B < B > Oco , II. T7BCliurlr , bclna first duly sworn , do- VntvH and Haj-n that he Is secretary of The llco .5 I'nlillBlilnn company , tlmt the nchml avoraRo S , dally circulation of tno Dally life for the month BF of March. 1887 , 14.4W ) copies : for April , | i 1887 , 14.010 coplns ; for. Mny , 1887 , 14,227 copies : for Juno , 1887 , 14,147 copies ; for July. 1887 , 14.W3 copies : for August , 1887 , 14,151 copies ; for Beplembor , 1687 ( 14,349 copies : for October , If87,14,333 : for November , 18b7 , ir > ,220 copies ; for December , 1887 , ir.,041 copies ; for Janunry , It86 , 16,200 copies ; for Ifobruary , 1E88,16.W2 copies. QKO. n. Tzscnucrc. Bworn anrt subscribed to In my prepcncd this 3d day of M arch , A. D. 1888. N .P. FE1L. Notarr Public. OsrAiiA's long felt want is a market house , and she must have one before the date of the year is changed to ' 89. Tun N6w York Star's Grant monument ment fund now amounts to $7,333.11. This sum would bo more than enough to erect n tablet to the memory of Adam Butleau. CrJosKi'iiCHAMWKKLAiHcreateda-laugh in the house of commons by using an American word which , ho had picked up over hero. It is safe to say the word1 was not "free fish. " Die. McGLYNX has misnamed his now political organization. Ho calls it "tho commonwealth party. " If ho were true to his colors ho would call it "tho common poverty society. " Tiin mayor of Leadvillo cast his vote In opposition to enforcing the ordinance against gambling on the ground that 05 per cent of the taxpayers of Leadvillo favor gambling. There is nothing like sticking to your constituents when you know their sentiments. IT is gratifying to Icnowthat the press of the country , irrespective.of patry , con demn Adam Badeau for his heartless and. mercenary efforts to rob the widow 1 / of General Grant and steal the author- 1 " ' ship of the dead hero's memoirs. THE Burlington route is now filling novspap'ers that have admired and praised the Dundy decision with Inreo advertisements. A five hundred dollar card In a fifty dollar spnco will lubricate the elbow joints of the average railroad organ grinder up to the milo a minute Bpood of a locomotive drive wheel. Mrs. Clara Bewick Colby is storming the capital nt the woman's council , her husband , the gallant briga dier , is easing his sore and sin-sick soul by writing gunning poems for the Lin coln State Journal , the rhythm o fwhich would physio a double-toothed corn- shcllor. The Muse , in wild dismay , has taken to the woods. ALTHOUQII Jay Gould is homo again Wall street has not revived from the Cpeculutivo dullness that has lasted for Hhree or four months. If business docs not pick up , brokers will bo obliged to swap jack-knives between themselves. Everything else of value , except fu tures , has boon traded off. And it looks as if somoof the stock gamblers will bo compelled to earn nn lumost living pretty soon. Pnoiiinrriox laws in Iowa are as full o ! holoB as an old leaky tin can. The fitato locislnturo is forever trying to plug thorn up by using soft putty legis lation , The result is , as may bo ex pected , only temporary relief. All the tinkering in the world will not mnko prohibition < itnnd on its bottom and hold water. Only a few days ago the Bupromo court knocked a big hole into the Iowa law prohibiting tlio carriage of intoxicating liquors Into the state by railroads. And now the chairman of the house committee on the suppression of intornporanco is preparing it bill look ing to the establishment of a method of inspection of liquors. CHICAGO has a mayor and city offi cials who are determined. They are compelling certain railroad companies centering in that city to obey to the letter all ordinances affecting public improvements in which railroads are concerned. They iosist that the city's regulations as to the running of trains and protection to the public bo lollowfcd. But in Omaha ordinances passed for the welfare of this city to which all prop erty owners uro obliged to conform uro absolutely ignored by the railroad companies. The city council has upon Its records ordinances requiring rail road companies to open streets which they have blockaded , to viaduct lower Ftmmm street , to regulate the speed of trains and require them to ring the bolls at crossings. Thcso laws are alia dead loiter. The railroad corporations hold themselves above municipal con trol , They do as they plonso. When public safety , publio convenience , pub lic improvements conflict with their in terests , the city is mudo to suffer. Who ia to blame ? The fault is with city officials who have not the backbone to enforce a compliance of law upon these corporations. Illnlr'fl Latest Folly. If nothing interposes to prevent it , thcro'wlll como-up in the senate to-day , for-n second reading , the bill of Mr. Blair pr6vidlng that in civil service ap pointments preference shall bo given to wounded confederate soldiers in all cases where ox-confodorntos nro np- pointcdiVljon this bill was introducoft last week it natUrftlly created a pro found surprise nmong senators on both .sides of the sonata * Familiar ns tit at body had bocoino with the singular caprices of the Now Hampshire senator , hero was something tlmt wont beyond anything they could have deemed possible. Republican senators mrulo linsto to disavow any previous knowledge of the measure or any suspicion that its author's mind was drifting in thatdirection. . The democratic senators wore , equally ignor ant. It was speedily inado apparent thai the extraordinary plan had been evolved by Mr , Blair without aid from Lnny source , and that ho had been most careful not to suggest to. any living man the surpribo ho had for tlio senate and the country. It would acorn ovldont that the Now Hampshire senator laid the flattering unction to his soul that ho had nt last conceived something whoso generous and beneficent nature would surely commend it to all men and give him nn assured place nmong the polit ical benefactors of his time. But Mr. Blair very promptly .discov ered , much to his surprise and chagrin , doubtless , that ho had again "put his foobin it. " Senator Hoar bluntly told him that ho did not perceive the real effect of his own measure. Senator Plntt em phasized his disapproval of ttyo bill by the unusual parliamentary proceeding of objecting to the second reading. Senator Mandcrson , while crediting the measure to the warm sympathy of its author , announced , that ho could not vote for a second reading. Senator Hawley charaptcrizod the bill ns "fun- dnmentajly a mistake. " There was one voice hoard in its defense , that of Rid- dlobcrgor. The senators from the south who spoke on it did so to condemn. No confederate soldier , they said , had asked for the billand none of them desired It. The , kindly spirit that sug gested it they would appreciate , but confederate soldiers do not ask of the United States government any peculiar right op privilege. The well known obstinacy of Mr. ' Blair will undoubtedly load him to stick to this measure as long as the senate will tolerate it , and it is therefore to bo hoped , it will receive final treatment to day in the refusal of tho' senate to fur ther entertain it. If this shall involve a discourtesy to Mr. Blair with all the meaning-of a rebuke it will bo deserv edly administered. The generous and benevolent spirit which southern sena tors were pleased to believe prompted the measure Is of no consequence beside the fact'timt its character is wholly bad if not positively vicious. "Tho basis of the obligation as proposed under this bill , " said Senator Mandorson , "is. ser vice in tbo confederacy , is active sup port And armed aid and comfort to the war of the rebellion. " Said Senator Hawley : "I hold that it would bo a crime , a dishonor-to the graves ; of union sol diers , to saythat now wo will only regard the question of valor , and that wo will give to those men who were the bravest in this attempt to destroy the country the preference in all political honors and preferments. " These opinions suf ficiently indicate the objectionable character - actor of this latest exhibition of Sen ator Blair's folly , which It is to bo hoped the senate will to-day summarily dispose - pose of , it may also bo hoped with the effect of inducing the tedious and troublesome old man to give his inclina tion for wild schemes of legislation a long and welcome repose. Expensive Neglect. When labor wns allowed to receive some attention in the house of repre sentatives last week , among the matters considered wns a bill providing for an adjustment of the accounts of laborers and mechanics arising under the eight- hour law. This bill has boon reported favorably to both branches of congress , and its Interest lien in the fact that it involves a drain on the ' { treasury the minimum estimate of which is thirty million dollars. The eight-hour law was passed in 1808 , but has not been complied with. De partment officers have permitted labor ers to work nine and ton hours a day when required to do so by contractors or others. In the twenty years since the law was passed a great many por.son s have worked overtime without extra compen sation. The proposed adjustment would extend to all departments of the gov ernment , all public- works , all navy yards , into everything , in short , In the line of labor that has boon done for the government in twenty years. Not allof course , who have served the govern ment during that time would derive any benefit from it , Tint the number that would bo bonofittod would constitute quito an army. The bill has encountered vigorous op position , but it nleo has strong support. Those who oppose Iturgo that it is a claim agent's bill and that ilg effect would bo to make the eight-hour law pdious. Those who defend it insist that it was the intention of congress when the law was passed that laborers in the service of the government should work eight hours a day without reduc tion of pay , and that consequently those who have been required to work longer hours nro justly entitled to additional compensation. This principle was recognised in the proclamations issued by President Grant on the subject , which led to. the temporary observance of the law in the navy yards , Without reference to tlio merits of the eight- hour legislation , which cannot properly enter into consideration , although quo of the opponents of the present bill spoke of it as creating "an nn&tocracy of labor , " it will not bo questioned that the law should have been observed in good faith , the presumption being that such was the intention of congress lu passlng'it. If there was any doubt re specting its terms or meaning , on the part of heads of dopo.rt- monts or others having. jurlbiUo- Uon of the employment of labor for ( ho government , they should have promptly sought it in the quarter whore it could bo authoritatively given. To go on per sistently ignoring the law was certainly nn indefensible course and may prove n costly one. There is , however , no very great probability that ho adjustment bill will pass. Political considerations may enable its supporters to got it through the house , but Its fftto in the senate is hardly questionable. Its effect will very likely bo to cither cause ti modification or repeal of the. eight-hour Inw or its observance in future. Tlmt 1'nokcd Meeting. On Friday night rv so-called mass meeting of North , Omaha tnx-payora and property owners was hold ) at which res olutions were ndoptod requesting the city cpuncll to repeal the ordinance by which the city hall was located on upper Fnrnnm street and to submit n proposi tion totho voters of this city to locate the oily hall on Jefferson square. It is as serted by the "official organ" that coun- cilmcn Bedford and Burnham who yore present at this mooting have pledged themselves to join Hascall and Ford in their vannl and vindictive Eohcmc. While they realize that an attempt to re-locate the city hall means a- renewal - nowal , and continuance ot the contention nnd bitter strife which have prevailed in this oily ov0r since the present council has como into power , they labor undprtho delusion that the mooting voiced the wishes of their constituents. Now. who nro the 1 constituents of a councilman at largo ? l They are the voters ofi the whole city 1 nnd not merely citizens of one or two wards. Did that mooting it ) any sense represent the business oomimmlty nnd the mass of moro than four , thousand citizens wljo voted for the nine members of the council elected at largo ? "Would anyone qf these couu- cilmon from Bedford do\yn to Van Camp have stood n ghost of a show of being , elected had they Ijoon committed to tlio Hascall sohomo of spltowbrk and , job bery to put the city hall on wheels ? But suppose that Messrs. Bailey , Bed ford , Burnhnm and Counsmnn had been elected as ward councjlmon , does any- bjody pretend that the mooting last Friday represented the taxpaylng citi zens north of Farnam street ? The meeting at Wolf hall wns called under false pretenses by parties who have for months been trying to work up a job out of the city hall. Tho.call under which their mooting was hold , was an invitation to North Omaha property owners to'discuss projected publio improvements - provoments for their section of the city. Certain members of the council who hnvo not trained with the bell-wether , were decoyed Into this trap by postal card. With few exceptions the parties in attendance were the same old brass band gang that some weeks ago ordered the mayor to remove the chairman of the board of public works because ho would not play Into their hands , The secretary of the moetincr was a notorious oil room capper who was removed from office for embezzling money in his custody as clerk of Doug las county. Several other such "rep resentative citizens" were conspicuous in that remarkable assembly. The question is , will councllmon elected at largo obey the behest of a packed ward meeting , or do they propose to respect the known wishes of the leading tax payers , and rank and file of the business community ? What do they expect the city to gain by following Hascall's lead ? Suppose they carry the proposition to relocate , how can they possibly carry the bonds to erect the building which requires a two-thirds vote ? Do they im agine that parties who have invested i hundreds of thousands of dollars in property nnd buildings in the vicinity of the court house in gootl faith will not resist the scheme to depreciate their investments and contest it through the courts until Ilascall and his pals have been politically buried out of sight ? AVho Is Adnnis ? Who is R. O. Adams ? Is ho the same person that was employed in this city years ago by Willis & Andrcson and found wanting in integrity ? Is R. O. Adams the sumo person that acted ns insurance agent in Omaha years ago , managed to pocket the premiums of pol icy holders and finally was hold up by the company for appropriating funds that did not belong to him ? Is R. O. Adams the same person that entered into a conspiracy with one Isaac S. Huscnll about eleven years ago nnd procured forged and stolen papers fiom one Flannigan , private secretary of Wm. Irving , superinten dent of the B. & M. railroad , for which stolen nnd forged papers they paid six hundred dollars , ns testified to by said R. O. Adamsand Isaac S. Ha&call.boforo the legislative investigating committee of 1877 ? Is R. O. Adams the person that was appointed postmaster at Dcadwood , Dakota , atid while holding Biiid olHco embezzled about $15,000 , was indicted , convicted and sentenced for said felony , nnd pardoned out of prison 'by Ruther ford B. Hayes ? If this R. O. Adams is the identical person who hiij ) put in a bid for paving our streets wo would suggest that the mayor and council take nroper precautions against crookedness if the contract is awarded to him , Tim influence of the railroads in the United States senate was illustrated in the votes of the Intor-sloto commerce committee rejecting proposed amend ments to the law which would hnvo in creased the chocks upon thcso corpora tions. One of those was to btriko out of the law the words "under substantially similar circumstances and conditions , " and'tho other was to revoke the discre tionary power given the commission to suspend the long and short haul clause. This power having been exorcised at the request ot the railroads , and pre sumably in their interest , may bo so again , nnd In proposing to remove this discretionary authority from the com mission Senator Wilson was in accord with a sentiment that is general in the west , while the proposition is sound on general principles. There IB perhaps no very great danger that the present commission will again freely exorcibo its power in this direction , -on the solic itation of tko railroads , as it did at the outset , but equal security with , its suc cessors-cannot bo assured. As the use of this authority is not likely efor to bo asked for by tho.pcpplo of any soolion of the country , tjipro can bo no sufficient reason for retaining it in n law enacted In the interest nnd for the protection of the people. Thtt'fnct that the railroads want It retained'is ' ample argument in favor of rovokl'nU it. The probability is that the law VflU undergo very little change at the prpsont session of con gress , and it is quito certain that , so fai ns the senate is concerned , such changes as may bo made \ ill not bo lo the dis advantage of the railroads. Tim lowest bidder for cedar block paving for-tho ensuing year is a person by the name of II. Oi Adams. All things being equal the board of public works nnd council are in duty bound to award the contract to Mr. Adams. It is merely { V question whether or not the lowest bidder is responsible , and whether ho is in n condition to fulfill the contract in all its requirements as tp materials nnd , warumnnshlp and time This naturally loads to the questibn : Who Is R. O. Adams ? Is ho a responsible contractor , or merely nn adventurer with no other capital than a 81,000 check procured temporarily frqm some speculator who is willing to divide with him if ho can sublet the contract at a bargain , THE taxpayers' nnd people's cham pion , the Honourable Councilman Has- cnll will , of course , bo for Dick Adams. Hnscnll lias a warm regard for his nim ble-fingered ox-pardn.cr whp climbed qvcr the transom in tha United Stales court house with him eleven years ago when they hired Flannlgau lo swear , to those foi-god and stolen Bi & M. docu ments. Uv coorso. 'H nnd telephone wires in Omaha must go under ground. The blizzard has said so. Tlio Apollo , Uelva Dear. Dtttutli Tlincf. Our presidential ticket is Conkllng nnd Loclavooil , tlio Apollo and Uolva dear of Araorioan politics. A Splendid Idcn. rilleotirp Post. There is so much chin mimic among the l pugilists nowadays that \ \ would bo u good Idea to sottlD nllfuturo prize lights by arbi tration. ' i Arbor Day LMnttting. CMcayn Tribune. "Arbor day" would bo a fitting occasion for the planting of gas trusts and the like. Lot thorn bo. planted , About six yards under the surface. Snd Nowsjtb Monopolists. Ex-Senator Van HVyck Is trotted out us n candidate for prosiclunt by a Nebraska papor. It wlll'bo ' sad news to the monopolists to hear that Vim Wyck is stfll on earth. Very Homelike. CMcafln llaalil. Jay.Gouldiroturdfeitto his bolovcilAmorlca Just lu tlmo to rcacrthe'suprcmo court docis. > ion in favor of the B ll telephone monopoly. Taking this Into consideration , things must , seem quite like 110019 to him , Cut Tliorji Off Short. Kcw I"qr7 < Journal. The olows of the , njilar boor in Barnam's monagorlo wcro cu , oft on , Sunday and the , animal is no longer dangerous , so far as . scratching is concerned. Now if the tenta cles of the Titanlo trusts could only bo cut oft short the publio would feel safe. Bring forth the big nnti-mdnopoiy saw and let the good work eo on. * The Best COUTHO to Pursue. Chtcnun Mail The Fifth Illinois district has contributed its mlto to the Grcsham boom. The move ment is growing and Judge Grcsham keeps right along in the even toner of his way as though such n thing as ambition wns entirely foreign to his nature. Ho has never lifted his hand to encourage the development of favor able political sentiment. That is why ho is strong , and that is the reason his chances are good. Ho has before him several living illustrations of the truth of the theory that n presidency pursued is rarely overtaken. Ho may yet poke his nose under the wire ahead of Blaine , Harrison , Allison , Mi-Donald , Bay- nrd , Thurmnn nnd all the other seekers. A Costly Victory ( ? ) Wall Street Ncus. The Burlington & Quinoy tliihks It is win ning the light because it is running moro trains. It claims n victory , but it l more ex pensive than a defeat. Franco was the richer for paying the indemnity to Germany , when Germany wns the poorer for receiv ing it. The company 1ms alienated Its assocWcs , has lost the support of faithful employes , has antagonized the railroad system of the country by trying to involve all other roads in the Inovltaolo results of the pighcadcdnosi of Its managers. It is to-day a borrower of money in which to pay its dividend. And yet they expect , or seem to , that other roads who are satisfied with fair returns on capital will support them In their insane attempt , to keep up 8 per cent dividends by squeezing cm- ployes. The Chicago , Burlington & Quincy has only begun to sco its in 1st alto. STATE JOLTINGS. Eight saloons are required to irrigate West Point. West Point has levied an occupation tax to replenish the treasury. The ghost of Bohnnan stalkn in the corridors of Nebraska City's jail. Norfolk has organized a gas , oil and coal company , witiuS. S. Cotton at the head , Evqry family in"Cum'ing county is al lowed one dog free fof tax by the gener ous assessors. j } | , Crawford elainwto possess moro en terprising men Urtho square inch than any town in the enCu. Lincoln sighs forl an ark to Moat her out of the Blc-ugnjof Despond , while cedar blocks Iloat auout , heedless of the cries for relief. A bean lodged irutlia windpipe of the young bon. of Mr. " Weir at Ainsworth , last week , and hurried uiin to the angels before earthly rellfcf came. "Everything is running smoothly on the Burlington. " Two moro engines. mutilated by scabs , have been Imulcu into the Platlsmouth shops for repairs. The belles of Hebron were robed in in tissue paper costumes aVa leap year party Friday night. The puriwrt was so transparent that the bachelors took to the woods , Fremont is going Into the hemp busi ness. The crop of criminals in the state guarantees a good proiit , and in sures the prettiest a winning hand with the choker to lead. Genoa is rushing to the front as the graveyard of aboriginals. Several sacks of Indians bones have been dug up and commented on , Yorriuk-liko , by the peaceful conjurora of LoV emerald heath. ' ' Plttttsmo th threatens to- tap the Platlo river end harness its unfettered power for the general benefit of the city. The schema opens up n vast vista of possibilities nnd sheds n ruddy glow on the industrial future of the city. Tlio prohlbs of Nebraska City nra suffering from a freshet of poUtloal am bition and a constipation ot candidates. To relieve the painful pressure and produce a normal condition of things , a committco has been appointed to scour the town for running material. The distinguished Lucius Warbler Colby sings of his fnto with tearful mod esty , in the Lincoln wrcss * "Hough rooks nro rolled o'er his dooppravoof unrest , nnd the darkness of 'death drapes his pillar. " 'Tls sad to think that ono so young , so fair , BO frolicsome should give himself nwny in the springtime. The county sent war has broken out in a now spot In Parkins county. It is ono of the inalienable rights of now com munities as well as individuals to secure by hook or crook , or a stuffed ballot-box , the advantages" nnd profits of olllalnl power. GnMit will again load its forces against rebellious rivals. The council ot Nebraska City had scarcely recovered from the cemetery squabbler before it wns plunged intp a cauldron of despair by 'some olllcipus person questioning the legality of Its nets , because a member moved from Iho ward from which ho wns elected. Such a trifle should not disturb the Bweet slumbers ol the ancient burp , The assault on Donaldson's sent is likely to provoke nn explosion. A suspicion lurks in the vicinity that it is loaded. A fellow named John J. Roberto is circulating about tlio state as traveling engineer of the Burlington. Ho wears a voluminous mouth ana a mnsslvojfpnir ot tecond hand lungs , nnd scruples not to use both in putnping np his em ployers nnd'circulatlng falsehoods about his peers , the striking engineers. Hoborts is a fresh importation from iPeniisylvunia , where his Paul Morton lung power olovatcd him ns a beacoi ) in the rufllcd sea of1 scabs. About fpur months ngo ho wns released from the service of the state , and his promotion to the society of his equals so enlarged his head , that a common ovory-day smoke-stack could not cover it. Those who desire to obtain his photograph can got it by writincr to Division 101 , Brothor.hood of Engineers , Pennsyl vania , "What the Inter State Act Una Donn C/ifcnpii / Ti ibunc. In the last number of Science Appleton - ton Morgan elaborately reviews recent experiments in railroad regulation , and concludes that the results nro as un satisfactory to the non-railway public" ns Balaam's cursing of Israel was toBalak. "What hast thou done unto mo " ciiicd the disappointed king. "I took thco to curse mine enemies , and , behold , thou hast blessed them altogether. " A strict parallel is presented , Mr. Morgan thinks , by the \vork of the inter state commerce commission. Created solely in the expectation that it would benollt .tho public it has steadily and per sistently ruled in favor of the railroads , and in its first report rejoiced publicly that railroad earnings had , boon increased under its administration , and "no destructive rate wars had oc curred , " .Mr. Megan reviews the work of. the commission with great sarcasm and is particularly severe in dealing with the noted decision in the Louis ville & Nashville case , whore the com mission "seized upon its first- opportun ity to assume that ; the statute of' inter state commerce was of. . no practical value to anybody , but intended to be under stood in a purely Pickwickian sense. " These strictures are fully deserved. In tlio case referred to the firstimportant one-taken into consideration the com mission exerted itself to strip the short haul rule of all moaning , and it has ever since adhered strictly ton do-noth ing policy. The commission has done its best to eviscerate the law and con strue it at nil points against the public and * in favor of the carriers. After the experience had with this body Mr. Mor gan asks whether congyoss will not feel encouraged to establish "an inter-state theatrical commission which shall re view and absorb the early functions ot 'Master of the Hovel , ' 'Stage Censor , ' and Lord Chamberlain. " Mr. Morgan is clearly in error in as suming bocnubo the work of the com mission has been so wretchedly weak and inadequate that the inter-state act itself has been of no benefit to the pub lic. Aside from and independent of anything done by the commission the self-operative features of the act have produced good results. No ono is now asking the repeal or oven any con siderable amendment of the measure. Freight rates on an average in the northwest are 20 percentlower than before the adoption of the act. With pooling prohibited and competition made free the railroads were defeated in their efforts to shove up rates , and were compelled finally to make a ma terial reduction in both state and inter state charges. The annual saving to the farmers nnd shippers in Illinois and Iowa alone can hardly bo. estimated at less than $15,000,000. The reduction came first on the intor-falnto hauls , but free competition at last brought tlio do mestic tariffs down to a corresponding level. Many of those benefits wore ob tained in spite of the commission , and npno of them on account of anything It did. In the matter of the drum mer's miloiigo , for instance , after the commibsion had fully approved the 3-cont rate competition forced the railroads to reduce it to two and two and a half the carriers being thus unable to hold fast nil the commib- sjoii gave them ! No ono supposed that the interstate act could work uwoll as it has when hampered nnd opposed by the commission appointed to execute it. Substantial benefits have been realized from the interstate act , and moro will come when the commibsion is reorgan ized so lib to give it vigorous enforce ment , Ono of the duties of tha next republican president will bo to reorgan ize the commission so that it shall not bo composed exclusively of democrats nnd mugwumps and not devoted solely ' to the service of the railroad corpora'- tlons. Hard Coal in Iowa. ClitMuu JlrraM. The Herald has never been able to say many good words for the hard coal combination , but ttio recent protest of thib body to the Iowa railroad com- mibsionor.s is one that the lowans can not afford to reject. The commission ers have recommended n scale of freight rates that would discriminate shame fully against the transportation of Hard coal. For a haul of 600 miles the roads are asKcd to charge the outrageous lig- uro of 83 n ton , while for a ton of soft coal the tariff is only $1.72. For shorter distances the discrimination ia not bo glaring , but the fact remains that there is no hard coal to bo carried "llvo miles" or "fifty miles. " The Anthra cite association , as thocoal combination , is named , attests that hard coal is shipped in box cars , which will carry return freight , while soft coal goes in open cars , which must bo pulled back to the mines without cargo. The hand of the soft coal man is to bo seen in this schedule. But the people will bo foolish to try-the doctrine of protection to homo Industrie ) ; at the ex pense of their own fuel. 'Every dollar they add . to the price ol Hard coal , an article that is already cornered , will bo also added to the price of soft coal * Am' ' the oxnmplo whicn the Blnto may plvo will not pass unheeded in these days o private greed and low tmblio spirit The way to break down the hard coa ring is not by piling up the price ot an thraclta in Iowa. Tito Importance or liullnim. IVtrttaml Orrtmfmi. < . There is good reason for the growing opinion that the real Imttlo ground o the coining presidential campaign wll bo Indiana. It has nil along been a matted of grave doubt whether any republican could carry Now York against Cleveland , and the sltimtioi will not bq changed if instead of Cldva land the democrats should nominate Hill. If Now York is to bo dismissed from Iho list of probabilities , the necessity o carrying Indiana becomes paramount. Very iimny republicans nro now looking nt the problem In this way and the fac has brought into now nromjnonco the Indiana men whp have boon suggcstoi ns candidates for the presidency. Thov nro , as nil the country knows , Judge W. Q. Gresham and ox-Senator Bon Har rison. Both nro gentlemen of high I character , both have fine war records , both hnvo served in Indiana nnd the nation in high pnblio offices , From the current talk of the day wo gather that na an active party loader General Harrison risen , aided by his friends , has the profqroiiQO with the politicians , nnd the entire prestige of what may bo cnlloO the machinery of Iho party in Indiana , Judge Grcshnm's position on the bench and the conservatism befitting a judi cial position have necessarily kept him out of active party warfare for several years. TFhis , hqwuvor , will prove no detriment to his cnmlidnoy , nsvhtlo ho lias not made active friends of the minor politloinnsot the state , ho 1ms avoided the enmities inseparable from aggressive partisanship , and to-day all conservative republicans in Indiana believe - liovo ho could ppll a larger vote thai ) General Harrison. Judge Grouhnm woujd , unquestion ably , bo the strongest man before the country. HQ has long been , > the thought of the party , a man proper for the presidency. Democrats , too , are willing to admit his fitness. Referring to a rpcont utterance by Judge Grcsham respecting the folly pf political ambi tion , the Now York Sun remarked that ho "was wise as ho ia wont to bq in his view ot " "Ho every subject , adding : would bo ono of the strongest candi dates the ropublicrn party could nonil- nato for president , nnd if ho should ) bo elected ho would make an able , upright and most valuable chief magistrate. " The nomination of Judge Grcsham would bo.a most fortunate thing for the party , independent of the considera tions involved ns to Indiana. Ho iop- ; resents the best spirit of , the party , and is entirolf free from the practical objec tions which nro sometimes attached to really first-class men. Oil ; , BUT NOT ON THE WA.TEKS. Xlie Latest I'lmscs of. tlio Bricklayers' Strike. There was n meeting of the brick co.nlrao tors yesterday in their ropm in Paxton block , at which quito nn extended discussion took pltico on.the subjeot qf. using oil with which to burn brick. It was led by Con tractor Smith-who , has just returned from Chicago , where the system is In use in a num ber of yards nnd where it is claimed , to bo giving great satisfaction. Contractor John son has already Introduced it Into his yards in this city , but thus far hns not boon very successful . in working it. Mr. Smith says that ho will commence with , it In a short time , placing it in four of his kilns , and bringing nn export from Chtpago to work it until his own buincrs can learn tha business. In Chicago the contractors claim they can burn their brioU in about thirtv-slx hours , which Is about half the tlmo requited by the old process with ooal and wood. If It should be attended with the sain a relative saving in this city brick could bo burned in seven days , whci c.is they now require between twelve and fourteen days. In thoflormcr city , the con- t/actors claim that three barrels of crude oil nro equivalent to ono ton of soft coal of good quality. But to this , for Omaha Ibrickiucn , would have to bo added the freight/ from Chicago to this city. No action was takcu by the conti actors , nnd ouch will bo gov erned by his own ideas as to whether ho adopts the new or still adheres to the old system of burning. A1TLICATIOXS. Onoof the gentlemen presonb , who holds anofllcialpositionintho association , said that the mails weio particularly heavy yesterday morning with applications from abroad of bricklayers who expressed n dcsiro to como hero to work at the ruto of f 1,50 for nine hours. Three men , who were willing to do the some thing , had loft the oflico of the association , ho claimed , shortly before tbo reporter made his appearance. NO 1101 COTT. "Tho BEE of last Saturday , " said a con tractor to n icpoiter yesterday "reported Hugh Huiphy'ufoioman as saying in substance - stance thaiAlr. Murphy had bought brick from the inombors of the brick contractors' association and. that ho had been denied the delivery of his purchases. The rrason assigned for the refusal is be cause Murphy was working union men , I want to say that is not the caso. Wo have never rofuscd to deliver bricks to pcoplo who work union men. Wo would bo only to glad to sell bi ieks to whomsoever wo could , because - cause wo have more bricks than the neces sities of the season demand. " Another contractor aflh mod this statement and n third said : "Tho brlcklnycia are en deavoring to create the impression that wo nro boycotting them. Wo nro not doing it. That is their game , They nio phiylng it , on us , but if It becomes necessary for us to rosoi t to It wo will do it. But wo don't need it , " IMST NKIIIT'S MBBTINO. The Brick Contractors' iipgoclatlon was In full session nt their hcndquai tors In the Paxton - ton block last oven Ing , and their action re sulted in a declaration of war against tha demands - mands of tha dissatisfied bricklayers. All but two mcmhora wore picscnt , ami the moot ] ing was distinguished , by d unanimity of spirit in nil the proceedings. The session was probably the most important ono hold this year , nnd exactly dolincs the policy of the contractors for the coming BUUBOII. There is no mistaking the challenge. They further iiuvo guaranteed that all workmen willing to accept their terms shall in ovary way bo pio- tcctcd nnd the contractois will put up a largo sum of money ns a forfeit , Frank Murphy , president of the Merchants' National b-nik , was named ns the trustee in this matter , The contractors bay they have inado all the concessions they intend to and now they in tend going ahead Independently of what the bricklayers nsk. They deny the assertion that they aio attempting to boycott the union , but claim that whatever they have done has boon necessary for their own pro tection , The secretary said ho had received no loss than 100 letters from bricklayers In diffci cnt parts of the country , asking if the report was true that bricklayers could got 50 cents an hour for tfiolr services in Omaha nnd slgipfyln/ / ; their intention of coming hero if contractors would guurantco them faucli wages. A number of thcso letters were read by tha secretary. The following resolution was presented and unanimously adopted , Whoruas , Tlio Bricklayers' union of this city has declared a strike for higher wages and less hours work and has inado other demands - mands which wo , the brick contractors have refused to consent to , believing as wo do that they nro unreasonable ; and Whereas , Wo have tried to settle our dlf fcicnces with the said union , having ofTcml them fair and liberal wages mid have inado them other propositions of a just and busl- nuss-lllco charuUar , which they have rejected ) and na our business lius heretofore been do- inorallzcd nud inado Very uncertain by our compliances with thuir rules and demands , wo think tlio tlmq 1ms nowumvod to assert our rights and our determination to conduct our business hi tbo future in such manner us Bhull seem jut > t pud right to ourselves. Keaolved , That wo will no' longer submit to the crnsplnfr demands of tyranleal rule * ol the Bricklayers' union nf this city , nnd tlmt henceforth wo will bo firmly united In reMit- Ing the same , ami wlllnso nil honornblo menus to counteract their notions In opposition to our interest t. After Vhts the following irmnlfosto wns drawn up nnd signed by nil tlio members present : Know nil men by thcso presents , that wo , tlio undersigned , who nro brick contractors of the city of Omnhn , liaVltiR concluded to resume work upon tlio several contracts under ourcontrol nnd direction , nnd being willing to pay to competent bricklayer * ( .lio sum of M ) cents per hour , for nine hours , a day's labor , do , In consideration , ncroo to employ men competent In Iholr bttsfncsq , who nro willing for such wages , to work for us , nnd enable us to resume business , nnd whether they bo union men or otherwise , wo hereby Jointly nnd severally tiRreo to protect nil bricklayers who may bo In ourcmploy against the payment of any and nil flnos , or other IMjiinltlcs that may b& Imposed upon the the bricklayers' union of the city of Omaha , so long ns they remain In our employ ; nnd wo do further ngroo to gva ( to suqh ns may accept this offer , such employment ns the season nnd wcntbar will permit ; wo further ngreo tlmt Frank Murphy imvy bo designated nsn proper niul fit person to net na a trustee on bqlmlf of all suc.li bricklayers , niul to en force in their nnmo nnd for their benollt the obligations ot this contract ngnlnst us. They Ishiitnrcn the Hrloklnycrs. At n Joint assembly hold yesterday nf tor- noon , composed of committees from each of the assemblies of Knights of Labor In Iho city , the following resolutions were unani mously adopted : Hesolvcd , Tlmt H Is the SOIIBO of tha united assemblies of this city tlmt wo ofTer our nld flnanelntly nnd otherwise to the bricklayers of Omalm now on n strike for the eight hour working day. nnd tlmt wo condemn the notion of the building contract ors In Impeding the building progress of this city , niul tlmt n copy of thcso resolutions bo sent to the bricklayers union , mid to the daily papers for publication. * AMUSIOMBNTS , Mr. GoodnU'a Jiciieflt n Glittering SUCOCBH. The benefit tendered Mr. W. U. Gooclnll last evening was n most gratifying success to both bcnoflcinry nud the participant in the cast. Uoyil's oporn house wns well filled with n refined nnd enthusiastic luullcnce , nnd the nffnlr went oft with much oelat. Inas much ns tha porformnnco was but a repe tition of the excellent press club entertain ment , with the exception of < ono or two clover features , labored description would bo super fluous , nnd being n purely local nmnturo performance - formanco , criticism Is utterly uncalled for. Lot It sun I co to say tlmt every man on the bill acqulUeilihimsclf with exceeding credit , and each wns the rccoplcnt of unstinted npplnuso. The first part was especially clover nnd the very excellent singing of Messrs. McDonald und Briglmm wns remem bered by admiring friends uy the presenta tion of beautiful Iloral tributes. Mr. Goodall was nlso thus recollected , his fellow mem bers of Orlolo lodge. It of P. presenting to him a beautiful design , emblematic of their order , in cut flowers. Tlio performance of the Turn Voroln on the parallel bars was well "received , while the magical divertls. mcnt nt the hands of Oscar Endcrs wns ono of the best things of the evening. The "Now Adonis" was somowlmt of nn improvement over its original form und kent the vast throng scienming with laughter till thp cur tain dropped for the last time. SOUTH OM.A.HA. NEWS , George Mnyno Is in from Corning , In. with t\yo cars of hogs. Judge Routhor is again confined to his room through illness. The proclamation calling for the election to bo hold onTuesday , April 8 , has. been olll- cially issued , The supporter. ) of John Ennls will meet cither in Hunt's , hall or the 1C. of L. halt \Voilnosdny night Friends of'S. L , . Clifton wish to announce him as an indopnndont cnndtdato for the Third'wnrd. ' That makes the fourth in the fleld. fleld.Parrish Parrish & Finlnyson sue James Tobln for a commission on the sale of real estate , and Justice B. K. Wells will not for the blindfold goddess of Justice. Mr. Kiloy ( not the hotel keeper ) was run In on the old charge of drunUoncss , He was fined 50o nnd costs , nnd lot out to work out the fine on the streets. Pete Hanson , of Omaha , has the fixtures of the Into W. A. Evans' barroom , and will continue business In the old stand. At pre sent it is in charge of Johnny Moualmn. John O'Raurko is out in the flcld as a can didate for Third ward councilman , Ho is running on nn independent democratic tioket. but the law and order party saw * lit to endorse him , Guests nt the Exchange Hotel were : J. II. Roscnkraut , Haigler , Nob. ; S. M. Cudlorton , Kearney , Nob. ; I. S.Judy , S. A. Gushlro nnd George Uimmick , Clerks , Nob. : P. E. Frederick , Gibbon , Neb , There was a family reunion nt the Glasgow residence last night , when the return of Miss Blanche from school completed the family circle of Dr. Glnsjrow. Music , friends nud refreshments were in order , Mike O'Honrno ' had a narrow cscatic. Ho had dug a well on his Twenty-second street lot and just completed biicklng it when the sides caved in nnd carried everything to the bottom. They didn't carry Mike , however , for ho had Just como up from the well in time to sco it cavcin. Ofllccr Redmond mndo a clover capture last night , Tim McCarthy was knocked down on Q street by two men who wont through Ins pockets. It wasn't his payday , however , and they found nothing except Oniccr Redmond , who had them both under arrest in less than flvo minutes , The names given are Charles Colwcll nnd John Moore , and they woio bound over on a $ 00 bond. Tlio " .TofTorsonlan mooting" called by Johnny Donovan In the Third word for Thursday night jnomisos to bo a success. The A. O. II. band will help to miiko it so , for it will bo there , us well ns a strong dele gation from North Omaha. Good speakers hnvo been outraged , but Johnny is leaving "room " on the programme for his Third ward friends to have a say as well ns the others. There was quito n Hvoly tune In what Is known as the Galway Patch Sunday oven- ing. It was a dog fijrht , but the owners of the < T - it Out with e.ich other after tlio log fight was over. Finally friends Inter fered nnd thu tight was declared a draw , but now challenges are out/for both contestants and their wives to fltfht to u finish , Marquis of Quconsbury lulos. SOUTH OMAHA , March 21 , Editor Oinalui Di'.m At a meeting which was held hero this ovonlng it was decided that Pat Kowloy should bo put up on the Independent ticket 'or treasurer. The reason for doing this was that on the night of Match 11 at the domo- cratfb meetinir when they nominated the ofil- ecru it was thought ( lien that the ofllco of school tionsurcr was separate from that of city treasurer. It wan nlso stated nt the same meeting if both came under ono liead- ng that the nomination of city treasurer wan .o bo reconsidered , And ns P. Howloy had dduidod to run for the ofllco of school treas urer when ho was offered the nomination for oity treasuicr ho declined , At tha next dem ocratic meeting , which was hold ono week uter , the question was hi ought before the IOUBO and our chairman said In his opinion it would not bo wlso to consider ho mutter , us wo havu found out since our ast meeting that thu city tioasuror Is also oxolllclo school treasurer , oto. Our chair man , through his remarks , had it voted down , and Booing that our friend Mr. How- oy did not loceivo Justice wo havd decided to ilace his name on the independent ticket for city treasurer and exofllclo school treasurer. Yours , Glucose " \ VorkwVant lo Comp. A manufacturer of glucose lu Illinois with iranchos In various other parts Of the coun- ry , is looking about for a central silo in vliich to centralize their Interests , and hav urncd their attention to Omaha. Mayor iroutth was. In receipt of a letter from tno lartlos yesterday abklng what Inducamcntu his city Is prepared to olTor them to como icro , The correspondence will bu turned over to the board of trudo to day. August I3cormnn and MUs Sarah Roil , both of Omaha , wore last evening united In mnrringo by Judge A. O , Rood nt 1317 Pacific street. The same accom- noluting ( official has recently doubled up Albert Loiim and.Miw . Anna Peter * ion , -residents of the city ,