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Tun Nebraska delegation to St.
Loula was likewise a "kungaroo ticket"
with the dunce Jim North nt the head
und the brains Sterling Morton at the
tail.
EDWIN GOULD has just boon admitted
to membership in the Now York stock
exchange. If anybody believes that
the lambs have all been shorn this sea
son , let him try to buck against the
Gould family in Wall street.
UTAH has sent to Omaha a special
pnlnco car containing an exhibit of the
products of that territory. The pur
pose of this enterprise is to advertise
Utah's territorial exposition. Our citi
zens are naturally interested in the
growth and prosperity of our western
neighbor , and are always ready to en
courage an enterprise of this character.
"Tint new bridge across the Missouri
river between Omaha and Council
, DlulTa has been completed. It has a
double track and roadways for car
riages , wagons and horse cars , and a
foot way for passengers. " Annual Jie-
yovl of the Union 1'aciflc Railway coin-
AB an imaginative writer of fiction ,
Mr. Charles Francis Adams , president
of the Union Pncillc , is a rival of Baron
Munclmuson. Horse car tracks , in-
dcodl
EMi'Etiou FitKDBUiCK will have no
"offensive " control
partisanship" over
the ballot in Germany. The Prussian
voter who goes to the polls will exer
cise his right of suffrage without dicta
tion from "Boss" BlsnuTrck. The resig
nation of Puttkamor , minister of the interior -
torior , who has been "offensive" as an
active politician , is a rebuff to Bis
marck and the high starch-collar aris
tocracy. As between Frederick and
Bismarck there can bo little doubt now
as to which one is emperor , as well as
ruler. .
Mu. CnAiiLKS FRANCIS ADAMS'vol
uminous report for 1887 to the stock
holders of the Union Pacific railway
company contains a list of the proprie
tary interest which the company holds
in various' concerns. Such are the
Council Bluffs street railway company ,
the Union elevator at Omaha and the
Union elevator at Council Blull's. It
must hnvo boon a lapse of memory or a
fill ) ) of the pen that all mention of a
Union Pucilic interest in the now wagon
bridge between Omaha and Council
Bluffs in course of construction was
wholly omitted.
TIIK fine weather of the past week
lias been most encouraging to the farm
ing interests of the state. From all
quarters of Nebraska the reports como
in that crops were uovor in bettor condition - ,
dition , The outlook in general
through the country is bright and does
much to overcome the unfavorable prospects -
pocts which prevailed in the wheat
market a month ago. There is rousou
to hope for a largo yield of all grain ,
except , perhaps , wheat. But it is conceded -
coded that the favorable weather has
advanced "tho wheat crop fully 20,000,000
bushels above the estimates last made.
TIIK action taken by the committee
of tlio Fair association with reference
to the building of a To in pi o of Ceres
was on the whole wiso. It would bo im
practicable to erect such a structure on
the fair grounds merely as a side-attrac
tion , The Temple of Cores must bo
ntado the centre of a special celebra
tion , and surrounded with such accessories
series as to make the carnival imposing
and novel. To carry out a programme
which shall bo on a bcalo of iimgnifi-
conco demanded by such a project , re
quires more money than the Fair asso
ciation alone could reasonably be
called upon to expend , The example
of other cities should be followed in
the mutter , The board of trade and the
various business men's clubs in conjunc
tion with the fair association could com
bine to further the project. In this
way the success of the carnival is made
the care of the whole city , and not of
any ono club in particular. If anything
is to bb done this fall , immediate action
must bo taken , A good plan would bo
for coiumittcoB of the various business
men's organizations to meet and form a
permanent Carnival assoclatlqii. When
this is perfected it will bo tlmo to form
ulate in detail the oaturcs of the car
nival.
An Knrnest llcmonstrnitcc.
The announcement is made lhatn
majority of Nebraska's delegation to
the national republican convention ,
uhdor the leadership of John M. Thura-
ton , general attorney of the Union Pa
cific railroad , intend to cast their votes
for Chauncoy M. Dopow , i
This will create more surprise abroad
than at homo. When the railroads
pooled issues and captured the rojcont
conventions by main force , it was
manifest thnt they had n deep
design to foist candidates upon the re
publican party at Chicago who would do
their bidding at Washington.
But the great mass of republicans of
Nebraska who have not become sub
servient to railroad domination for
selfish cn'ds and mercenary purposed
will resent this proposed transfer of
Ncbraska'8 vote to Chauncoy M. Dopcw
as an infamous betrayal of a sacred trust. ,
The foundation of this republic rests
upon the fidelity of the people's repre
sentatives. 'Mr. Thurston and his col
leagues arc in honor bound to voice
by their votes the sentiment of
their constituents. Who , among the
hundred and twenty-five thousand
republican voters in this state has ex
pressed himself in favor of the president
of the Vandcrbilt railroad erstomV
Whence comes the inspiration for cast
ing the farmer and soldier
vote of Nebraska for a railroad
manager , who has nothing in common
with the interests of the producers of
this country ?
On behalf of that great majority of
republicans who still remain unclefilcd
from the contamination of 'corporate
influence , wo earnestly remonstrate
against this perfidious defiance of their
will and wish. Coupled with this pro
test , Tim BKB serves notice that its
support will under no conceivable cir
cumstances bo given to Chauncoy M.
Dopow.
During the four presidential cam
paigns since it was founded TIIK DICK
has always championed the national
republican ticket. It supported Grant
in 1872 ; Hayes in 1870 ; Garilold in 1880 ,
and Blnino in 1884. It stands pledged
to supper any of the candidates prom
inently mentioned , whether it bo Sher
man , Allison , Grcshani , Harrison , Ilaw-
1'oy or Algor. But it cannot and will not
rally the party under a standard bearer
whose nomination stamps under foot the
cardinal principles upon which the
party was fouildcd and through which
it has held supreme control of national
affairs for twenty-four years. The
party that had for its mission the relief
of the oppressed of all races ; that gave
free homes to millions of the home
less' , that struck the shackles from the
limbs of four millions of slaves ;
that made the poorest laborer
the peer of the millionaire can not and
must not stultify itself by kneeling at
the shrine of railroad billionaires.
The party that gained its first
triumph under the immortal rail-split
ter whoso heart throbbed in natural
sympathy with the toiling masses , can
not hope to restore itself to power by
making corporate monopoly its main
stay. And even if success under
the New York monopoly leader was as
sured Tnu BEE would still withhold its
support. The election of Chuuncoy M.
Dopew wo'uld bo a triumph of the con
federated monopolies over true republi
canism. It would bo a fatal blow to re
publican institutions and a menace to
the republic. If republican supremacy
is to bo bought by the surrender of all
that liberty loving Americans have held
dear , wo will have no part in it.
In order that wo may not bo misun
derstood as to the course which
TIIK BKE will pursue in case
Chauncoy M. Dopow becomes
the republican nominee for president ,
wo will define our position clearly.
Tun BEE is not a convert to democracy
and does not propose to change its po
litical faith. It will not support Cleve
land and Thurman.
Wo propose to uphold republicanism
and republican principles as expounded
by the founders of the parly. Wo pro
pose to support an olcctoral ticket made
upof republicans who will standplcdged
to cast their voles for n republican
candidate for the presidency , but will
not vote for Depew. Wo confidently
bollovo lhat a majority of the party in
this state will rail'around the standard
of true republicanism and give such an
electoral ticket their support.
In other words , the anti-monopoly
republicans of Nebraska will put an
electoral ticket in the1 field made up of
republicans who have the courugo of
their convictions und will stand or fall
by thorn. . '
If the railroad republicans poraibt
in opposing such an electoral ticket
by a tickol pledged to Dopow they must
take the responsibility for whatever dib-
iwlor may befall Iho party.
ol'Defect ion.
One of the most prominent demo
cratic politicians of Brooklyn , N. Y. ,
said to an interviewer on the day of
Cleveland's nomination that ho should
not vote for him , that lie know a num
ber of active and influential democrats
in that city who would not support the
president for re-election , and that ho
had no doubt Kings county would give
a republican majority next November ,
Mayor Hewitt of New York was inter
viewed before and since the democratic
convention , and on both occasions in
timated very decisively thai ho would
do nothing to promolo the re-election
of Mr. Cleveland , In the first inter
view he was quoted as saying
that howould - not vote for Cleve
land "becnuso ho is no statesman , " and
ho did not believe in his re-election. In
the lalcr interview ho declined to say
whether or not ho would support the
ticket , but ho said sufpclont to show
that lie has no regard for Mr. Cleveland
and will not bo likely to osort himself
for his ro'olcction , if indeed ho shall
not actively nnd openly oppose him.
Mr. Cooper , of Now York , a politician
of equal or greater influence than Hewitt
itt , may bo safely counted upon not to
lake any active part in Iho campaign ,
and it will not bo at all surprising if ho
publicly declares himself ngainst Clove-
land. In other quarters signs of defec
tion are making their appearance , but
those in New York are of especial sig
nificance ,
The truth is thnt the country has
taken note , as it naturally would , only
of the boisterous display of enthusiasm
by the democracy at St. Louis , and lost
sight of the strong undercurrents of dls-
plonsuro and dissatisfaction tlmtnro of
wide extent. Witnessing the oxuboi'-
ant manifestations ot the 'national con
vention , the majority of people have
boon willing to accept it for what it
sec mod to bo , without reflecting upon
how much insincerity there was in it
and the extent of disappointment and
chagrin it concealed. The artificial
exultation has been mistaken for
the genuine article , the manufactured
zeal for n spontaneous ardor. But be
neath all this surface show of passionate
gratification there was a keen sense of
its hollowncss and its pretense , and as
well a spirit of dissatisfaction that was
hold In chock only by the most earnest
appeals for the "good of Iho party. " It
may bo impossible , however , to keep in
line all of those who were ready to ralso
in the convention the banner of revolt ,
and who in fact did for two days menace
the harmony of the convention. The
strong interests which influenced their
conduct at St. Louis remain , and what
they found impossible of accomplish
ment there they may seek to attain
where the voice of the minority is more
potent. Those men may refuse
to bo decoyed into supporting Mr.
Cleveland and a policy they doom inim
ical to them bocau.se there is associated
with him a truer and abler democrat
whom' they would bo glad to honor , but
who If elected would bo powerless
against the obstinacy and the despolic
spirit of the party dictalor.
There are domocrals in Now York ,
Now Jersey and Indiana , who have a
praclic'al concern in the result of the
next presidential election , and who will
bo very little swayed by any sentimental
considerations. Whatever effect the
rod bandana may have on tho-massos of
the party it will possess little attrac
tions for those intelligent and sub
stantial democrats who huvo im
portant interests at stake. The
Howitts nnd the Coopers of the party
have got beyond the time when the
hurrahs and the devices that catch the
crowd can affect them , and it may bo
developed lhat Ihoy are more numerous
than is now supposed. It is but four
days since the national democratic con
vention finished its work , and already
there is defection in influential quart
ers. What may not reasonably bo ex
pected as the campaign advances , if
the representatives of the republican
party shall act with the wisdom that is
lioped for in the choice of candidates
and the enunciation of principles ?
THE day is not far distant when an all
rail line will connect New York city
with Buenos Ayrestho capital of Argen
tine Republic in South America. The
plan is certainly feasible. An inlorna-
lional railroad extending from Iho
Unilcd Slales through Mexico , Central
America , and draining South America
from ono extreme to the other , must of
necessity cement international trade on
the American continent. Much more
has been accomplished in a realization
of this railroad project tlian is com
monly credilcd. Within the past throe
years the South American states have
actually built and surveyed routes for at
least ono-third of the distance , about u
thousand miles between Buenos Ayres
and Bogota , the capital of Colombianot
600 miles from Do Lcssop's canal in Pan
ama. Railroad connectionsaro already
established between our country and the
City of Mexico. And the task of binding
the Spanish republics of the south to the
Mexican capitalthough of u stupendous
character , is certainly within Iho possi-
bililios of engineering triumphs.
The completion of Do Los-
sop's great canal at Panama
will be a great stimulus to Iho project.
Undoubtedly the gap of a Ihoubuml
miles between the City of Mexico and
Iho Panama canal will bo closed by
railroad connection as soon as the com
mercial importance of the inlor-occanic
canal is established. There would bo ,
in that event , about 2,600 miles to bb
built between the Panama canal und
the termini ot the railroads leading
northward from Buenos Ayros. The
dilllcullios in the way of a South Amer
ican railroad are nogrcatcr than the ob
stacles which attended the building of
iho Union Pacific twenty years ago.
What can bo done in the next twenty
years may now appear fanciful and
hairbraincd.
THE Rev. Mr. Pondloton , of Worces
ter , Mass. , has made a most unenviable
notoriety as being the originator of the
slory that President Cleveland had
since his marriage been guilty of sev
eral acts of dissipation und had fre-
quonlly ill-treated Mrs. Cleveland.
Ho claims to huvo said very little to a
reporter who interviewed him , which
ho requested should not be printed , und
ho charges the newspaper man with
having made him responsible for u
great deal more than was said. Apolo
gies and explanations , however , will
nol ncquil him of having boon most in
judicious und uncharitable in repeat
ing the ill-founded gossip ot a
certain class of Washington society.
The vulgar pamphlet that was cir
culated ut SI. Louis , reflecting upon the
domestic conduct of the president , is
said to have been written by a Now
York reporter , and involved the mother
of Mrs. Cleveland. The most conclusive
denials of these statements have been
made , which all fair-minded people
will accept without a question. It is
certainly to bo hoped that the Impend
ing campaign la not to be inudo one of
personal $ lnndornnd abuse , from which
neither party could hope to gain any
thing. This sort of thing was the dis
graceful feature of Iho luat national
campaign , and considerations of etslf-
respect and of ot/r / claim as a people to
the respect of oilier nations demands
that it shall nol \Jo \ repeated this year.
THEIIK is-aUogetlior too much "funny
work" going on behind Iho scenes of
Iho state boo.riV of transportation at
Lincoln. Wh6i { valuable ptiDOrs and
documents can bo fllehoA from the flics
and nobody kn6ws what becomes of
thorn , it is high tlmo that a change bo
made in the clerks of that department.
There ia not a business firm in the
country which would tolerate such
gross carelessness , not to sny anything
of Iho suspicions that the records have
boon purposely abstracted. The board
should hold an Investigation and find
out who is responsible for the disap
pearance ot the prepared schedules and
papers. The matter is too serious to bo
passed over in silonco.
Wlicro the Hub Coin on.
ChtMgo Inter Ocean.
Very beefy men or very old mon nrd not ,
as a rule , good runners.
" " ' '
4
A Paroilo.r.
CMcaoo Rc\ct.
Here Is n democratic pitrmloxi Grny and
Ulnck nro fast color * , bocouso they do not
run worth a cent.
The Dirgo.
1'toiicer t'rtn.
The democratic campaign opanod at St.
"
Louis wltn "LHxIo. " It" will wind up at
Washington with "ThoHcnrtUowcd Down. "
A Deserved Rebuke.
CMctHw Tribwic.
Oinalm Imnkors for Chicago's hog trade.
What ali'o really needs , as her unfinished Y.
M. C. A. building sadly shows , is some of
Chicago's Christianity.
How to Get Solid.
PhllaMplita Times.
The czar of all the Husslas is meditating a
trip to the oust to bo crowned emperor oC
eastern Asia. Ho wants to bo as biff n gun
as Victoria , empress of India , If ho has to
fee every railroad porter from St. Peters
burg to Snmarcand to achieve his end. A
new Russian loan may bo shortly expected.
*
Grcshum and Vnn Wyalc.
Clifcaon Tribune.
A correspondent writes to the Tribune
from Now York advising the republicans to
nominate Von Wyok of Nebraska as the
candidate for vice president to offset Thur-
man. He bogs to call attention to tbo fact
that Van Wyck Is as great a martyr as ttio
Ohio statesman , and thai his name , Ilka vic
tory , begins witU , V ana has seven letters
In it. Well , the convention might do worse
thtin to make Us ttokot Gresham and Van
Xho Clean Sweep.
Kew lo ) JVafl ami Exftrtgi.
In view of the Accent revelations of the
shameless violations of the civil service laws
in tbo custom hoUse the most audacious of
them by orders from the treasury depart
ment that were undoubtedly Inspired from
the white house C is well to rcpubllsh the
following otllclnl record of the removals made
by this hypocritical-administration up to Juno
11 , 1887 , almost a year ago , as follows :
Ofllcors , , No. Changes.
Fourth-class postmasters . D'.GOa 40,000
Presidential postniasters . 2,379 , 2,000
Foreign ministers , . 33 32
Secretaries of legation . 21 1C
Collectors of customs . ill 100
Surveyors of customs . 82 all
Naval onicots . 0 all
Appraisers . 30 34
Mint nnd ossny onlco sup'ts. . . 13 11
Assistant appraisers . 9 all
Internal revenue collectors. . . 65 84
Steamboat Inspectors . 11 8
District attorneys . 70 C5
Territorial judges . 30 22
Territorial governors . 8 all
Pension agents . 13 15
Surveyors general . tfi oil
Local land oOlccrs . 231 100
Indian inspectors and special
agents . 10 9
Indian agents . D9 51
Land ofilce special agents . 83 79
Song of the Jlffili Protectionist.
i ? . 1C. Fast in l > utl < .
O , ycs.wo'll build our commerce up by legal
ized starvation
And benefit our worklngmcn by general tax
ation.
We'll help the millionaire grow rich without
especial struggling ;
And , though wo put the brakes on trade , wo
boom thu art of smuggling 1
We've put a penalty on food , for each protec
tion meeting
Would adequately stlgmatlio the heinous
vlco of outing ,
Against this flue no innn should raise a caviler
or a qucHtlmi ,
But pay n dally license for the privilege of
digestion.
Wo must protect tbo worklngman from Eu
ropean lubor ,
Teach him to vcnornto himself and oxccralo
ills neighbor.
Protect him while uo earns enough to grind
the government axes
And git enough each Saturday lo pay his
weoltly taxes ,
Wo would reform the worklnginan , and view
with special loathing
Ills vicious predilection for , and tendency to ,
clothing. n
And we feel sure no patriot will over grudge
the giving
The government a daily tax for the privilege
of living ,
CIOSI5TED IV ITU NEKDIIASI.
Tlio Con n y Commissioners Transact
RtiBlnctft und Mcot In Scorct ,
The Saturday deliberations of tlid county
commissioners were witnessed by a largo
lobby , the majority being on liund to put In
bids for the opening of now roads. Chair
man O'ICccffo presided over the chestnut
bell , and nil the commissioners were on hand.
A. H. Frlcko psUed for $75 to pay for a
fence that will # damaged on Ills property
through tlio openlug of a roud , and P , Pur-
rlsh's couimunlca km relative to frescoing
the court house wa placed on Hlo.
St. Harnaboa church protest against the
payment of taxes lyas referred to the Ju
diciary committee , nnd C. H. Huwes1 com
munication In reforcnco to u now chimney
for the county jalljwas placed on file ,
The county clorH B vo notice that ho had
three , clerks nt wo jk on the tax lists , but
that the force was Inadequate to do the work ,
andaslced for additional help , Heforrcd to
coinmltUiO on courthouse and Jail. Eight
special deputy ahurlffs were ordered for tlio
fair grounds durlnfr tbo racing season ut $3
per day , and the tratract of J. O. Hoot for
grading road 20 D wit * accepted ,
Ucports of committees Allowing and or-
dcrinc the payment of a number of claims ;
referring ii-iuiest of George Lobcr to erect a
fruit stand in front of tlio court house ,
Resolutions adopted That hereafter trans-
portntlon will not bo furnished paupers for a
greater distance titan ! iOO miles except by ac
lion of the board of session ; appointing
Simon McCarty road supervisor for the
south district of Douglas precinct.
After adjournment the commissioners wont
into secret session , und had u consultation
with ox-County Clerk Ni-cdham and his at
torney in regards to the money paid out and
rqsorvcd bv Mr , Necdhnm for correcting the
indexes in his onlco , which it Is claimed was
done itupi'i-feftly. Mr , Nccdlmm , it Is un
derstood , informed the commissioners that
he retained no more money than ho was en
titled to , and inaista that the work was done
as correctly us tlio means at his command
would permit of. It all probability the com
missioners will give their views of yester
day's scunco ut tholr next meeting.
II PROVES A BOOMERANG.
Judge Dandy's RooontDoolBlon Oon-
cornlng the Uulon Paolflo.
THE CORPORATION'S OMAHA LOTS
If It IB Not Hiilijcot to Sinto Con *
trol ThcU its Title to Tliom
li Vold-Judgo Dillon
Ilcflrd From.
\Vorks IJotli tVnyn.
LINCOLN BUIIIUU OF TIIK OMAHA DBB. )
1020 1 SinitKT , }
LINCOLN , Juno 10 , )
When the Union Pacific railroad , n few
ftliort months ngo , entered upon tlio work of
defying the atnto nnd the stblo board at
transportation the local tUtornbj's Imd evi
dently forgotten corUIn very Interesting
case the rend had once mot in Kansas.
Through the willing Intoriirctntlon of the
law by Judge Dunfly , tlio road secured on
injunction prohibiting the state board from
Interfering in any way with the road or Its
exorbitant rates of transportation , It waste
to all npponrnnccs a grcnt victory for the
corporation , bul they had more victory than
they could hhhdlo and Just prloFlo the day
Bet for the final argument in the case the
.local Union Pnciilo attorneys suddenly
changed front from radical assertions that
the case would bo pushed , to tlio statement
thai the case would bo dismissed , and dis
missed it vrns , before .Tudco Drawer , on tlio
motion of the attorney of Iho Union Pnclllo.
There nro some interesting facts and history
connected with the dismissal oMlio case that
llnve not heretofore been made public.
After Judge Uuiuly had rendered his de
cision holding thnt the Union Pncillc roaa
was entirely above and beyond slate con
trol , that it was greater tlmn'Mho stale Of
Nebraska nnd could not bo regulated or
Controlled by the state , Attorney Gen
eral Loose bccan some work in
the case thnt has ' surprised
the company and put nn entirely different
phase on thotmatter. The attorney general
about a month ago visited Omaha and passed
a couple of days among Iho records of the
courts there , where ho found that the Union
Pnciilo had been for years exorcising the
rights of eminent domain in the state and
had , through condemnation process , acquired
title to over JD.OOO.OOO worth of lots In the
city of Omaha alono. The state constitution
expressly provides Hint no rend can acquire
property In the state without being Incorpo
rated under the state laws and subjecting It
self to Btato control , yet the attorney gen
eral found that the union Pacific had been
constantly ncqulrlng property In violation of
the law and In the face of it demanded and
received from the federal court a decision
that the road itself was not amenable to the
stato.
The attorney general also found that in
1SS5 , when the state of Kansas brought ac
tion against the Union Paclflo In thnt state
to make the rend conform to the state laws ,
that the same plea was raised that the road
was greater than the state and beyond state
control. In the Kansas case John F. Dillon ,
the general so ioltor of the Union Pacific ,
saw the storm coming and entered into a
stipulation in which the road agreed to sub
mit to state control. Acting on this informa
tion and with the further knowledge thnt
through quo wnrranto proceedings ho could
dispossess the Union Pacific of their title to
grounds taken under condemnation proceed
ings , Mr. Lccsc wrote ns follows to Mr. Dil
lon :
ATTOHKEY GESEIIAL'S Omen , LINCOLN ,
Neb. , May , 1888. Hon. John F. Dillon , Now
York City , N. Y. Dear Sir : Some time ago
the Hon. A. J. Poppletou , late general attor
ney of the Union Paclflo railway company ,
commenced proceedings in the United States
court for tlio district of Nebraska against
the state board of transportation of the state
of Nebraska , to restrain the-said board from
fixing rates for the transportation of persons
and property. A hcarinc was had before the
Hon. Elmer S. Duiidyon a motion to continue
the temporary order of Injunction. The mo
tion was sustained as to so much of the order
os related to the Union Pacific proper , and
dissolved as to the Omaha & Republican Val
ley railroad , the branch lino.
I prcsumo you are well aware of the facts ,
but enumerate the above to refresh your
memory. The case is now pending in the
court and will como up for hearing in May.
There is no doubt in my mind but what the
result will finally be determined In favor of
the state , but it is expensive to the state as
well as troublesome. I want to assure you
that it is not tlio intention of our state board
to do any injury to your road , but wo do want
to place the Union Pacific road on an equality
with all other roads in this state.
You arc well aware of the great injury it
would cause our state if it were true that
tlicro was a corporation or persons within
the boundaries of our state that were great
er and higher than the state itself.
Our state board have been enjoined by the
United States circuit court from interfering
with the Union Pacillb railroad company on *
tlio grounds that tlio company Is indebted
to the United States government nnd was
chartered by congress. This , It Is claimed ,
is sufficient to oust the Jurisdiction of the
state ovur the whole lino. I wish to state
further that I have been to Omulm and have
taken a list ot all the lots and lands owned
by the Union Pacilio and taken under con
demnation proceedings of our state. Tlio law
under which the Union Pacific has taken
these lands applies ulono to corporations of
tills state those that are governed by the
laws of this stato. The Union Pacific depot ,
the mnchina shops , nnd lands und lots valued
at some millions ot dollars have been ac
quired in this manner ; and now if it is to bo
said that the Union Pacific is above our laws
then I can clearly say that our lands are not
within the reach of any such organization ,
and our ronstitution prohibits any foreign
corporation , or ono organized under the laws
of the United States from acquiring lands In
this state for depot or ether uses.
You will find on examination that thou
sands of dollars worth of property has been
acquired by the Union Paclllo for its use ,
since our constitutional provision has bocn
in force ,
Tlio net of congress docs not give the com
pany this power , but limits it ulono to the
public domain. The decision of JuJpo Dundy
has startled our pcoplo nnd they will never
submit to having a roitd In our Btato that they
cannot control.
. 1 do not know of any good reason why the
state of Nebraska should not have all the
rights over corporations in our state that tlio
state of Kansas hasovor corporations within
her boundaries ,
I have before mo the stipulation entered
Into between the Kansas Pacific and Ames ,
and the state , and also n copy of the loiter
you wrote to Attorney General JJradford ,
Yon therein state , thnt you ndvisoa the stip
ulation as It was desirable- huvo harmoni
ous relations with Kansas. It scorns to rile
that you will dcslro the same harmonious
fooling with Nebraska.
Now what I desire is , that you order Mr.
Thurston , your general attorney in this state ,
to withdraw the case now pending In our
United States circuit < * > urt , and give Nebras
ka the same rights as you have given Kan
sas. Tills Is no inoro than right to the people -
plo of tills state and no harm can como to
your road.
I write this to you personally , as I do not
doslro any controversy between your road and
the etato , if It can bo avoided , and your sense
of justice will convince you of the Justice of
my ) > osltloii. The foots In controversy nro
with the btnto , and a long litigation will cer
tainly do more injury to your road than the
bonoflts you will receive. Of course the ro-
ults will certainly bo , that if your company
Insists on-thecourse , it IUIB pursued and is
determined to carry the case to a final issue ,
then the state will proceed to oust the Union
Pacific from the use of the lands that have
been condemned in violation of our constitu
tion and laws. \
I dislike very much to bring on a conflict
between the state and the corjioratlon , out f
cannot and will not submit to the proposi
tions claimed by your company , and if you
decline to have the proceedings dismissed , 1
will commence proceedings in quo wnrranto
In our supreme court to forfeit the lands you
huvo taken from our citizens. If you were
hero on the ground and made an examination
vou would readily see that the company na
no case und if the United State * bupremo
court ever passes on the question you will
ilnil my coMCUnions are right.
I do not write this letter to threaten but to
appraise you of the rights * of our stnto which
thu company have entirely overlooked , ana
tccl sure from what 1 know of you that you will
ronllro Iho justice of. my cause. Thnt the
friendly feeling n ml rolntlons thai have so
long existed between your rondnndoiir stnto.
should bo ooiitintioil , Is my grcAt doslco | butte
to exclude ono rend from Iho operation of out
laws , would ho unjust to all ether rends In
our stnte nnd dlsnstrous to our citizens.
I trust thnt 1 may henr from you soon , ns I
doslro n speedy determination of Iho question
before the expiration of my ofllco.
Youra very respectfully )
WlU.lAM LKIiSlt ,
. . . AltornOV General.
The rcbly to this Idler % vas received Ihb
week following from Mr. Dillon , nrtd In addi
tion the subsequent proceedings will show
thnt Mr. Dillon was Interested In Iho ( Son-
tonls. Mr. Dillon's reply Is ns follows f
Union Pnclllo Hallway Company , Now
York , M y 0,1SSS , Hon. William Loose , At
torney General , Lincoln , Neb. Dear Sirs 1
have the the honor to ncknowlcdgo the ro-
colpl of your loiter of the 8rd inst.
I appreciate Iho Importance of Us subject
mailer and Iho spirit In which your lollor Is
written. I am not acquainted with the fnoU
and have taken steps to acquire knowledge
of them.
This will necessarily toke n llltlo tlmo , but
I Will bring the niattor lo n conclusion as
soon as may bo. I merely wrllo now lo ac
knowledge the receipt of "your communica
tion , and to sny that as soon as I can learn
the facts I shall submit thorn to the com
pany's officers or board ot direction ami com-
immlcuto ihclr answer without unnecessary
delay , Moauwhilo I remain , with great re
spect , your obodtont servant.
JOHK F. DU.LO.X , Gonornl Sollollor.
ThU correspondence nnd especially the
slralght-froin-tho-shonldor talk ot Attorney
General Lccso lo Mr. Dllllon shows lo Iho
most obtuse Iho why and whcroforo of the sud-
ilon dismissal of the case decided so ardently
by Judge Dundy against the pcoplo of Ne
braska. But the UUuilssal Is not nil thnt Is
wanted from tlio Union Pncllo. In conver
sation to-day Attorney General Lcoso stated
that stipulations after the kind agreed upon
botwccn Mr. Dllllon nnd the state of Kansas
would bo prepared nt once nnd forwarded
for slgnaturo nnd approval on the part of the
Union Pacific , that the record might bo set
tled for all time thai Iho road was subjecl lo
conlrol of Iho sInto the same ns olhor.
railroads In Iho slato. With a stipulation pf
this character on , record the road would not
bo interfered with In acquiring property In
the state under the laws of the state in com
mon with other corK > ratlons.
The stipulations agreed upon between tlio
Union Pacific and the state of Kansas by
which the quo-warrnnto proceedings against
the rend Ihero wcro dismissed were brlelly :
1. That Iho road agreed lo waive'nil claims
of right to remove state cases to federal *
courts , the rend agreeing that cases brought
against Ihcm should bo tried in the stnto
courts.
B. Thnt the road would conduct Its opera
tions , its transportation of freights and passengers -
songers and the rates for the same in con
formity to the slate laws.
8. That the road will have parties In every
county through which the road passes upon
whom service by legal process ajulnst the
road can bo made.
4. To exhibit all accounts and statistics of
operating the road to the proper authorities
iu the stato.
6. To keep officers In Iho slate who will
have power to arbitrate and sctllo claims.
0. To reimburse the stale for all ils cosls
and expenses In the trials that had boon in
curred prior to the dismissal of the cases ,
The stale In the stipulation waived no
right to quasllon the legality of consolida
tions that hnd bocn mudo by the company
or rights in any pending suits. It
will bo observed tiiat tlio Kansas
stipulations were what might bo termed iron
clad nnd thnt they removed nil question of
extra rights that the Union Pacific pretends
lo hold by virluo of ils charier from Iho federal -
oral government. Stipulations of like character -
actor between the road and this stale will
place Iho Union Pacific on Iho same level
with other railroads in the state and the
board of transportation can regulate its
charges iu company with other roads. The
dismissal of tbo CUBO that had been de
cided in the company's favor by Judge
Dundy points conclusively to the fact that
the road will stipulate- and if it does not the
pcoplo of the state have an attorney general
who will not hesitates to dispossess the road
of its lots and lands and rights of way that it
has secured in direct violation of the state
constitution.
Tbo boat of all spring medicines is
Tarrant'a Seltzer Aperient.
Stop at the Globe botch
A.H Octogenarian.
Chicago Keici.
"Who is this Mr. Thurman whom the dem
ocrats have nominated forsomething ? " asked
Mrs. Wisnrwas of her husband last evening.
"Ho is a very eminent statesman of Ohio , "
replied Mr. Wishiwas , "and ho is almost an
. " "An 1"
an octogenarian. octogenarian ex
claimed Mrs. Wishiwas. "Dour me , why
didn't Ihcy cheese a white man. . '
STATE JOTTIKGB.
Ncbrnskn.
Sncnk thieves abound in Sullon.
Children's Day was generally observed.
Chndron's base ball team Is covered with
Unfading glory.
( Junck doctors nro trnvolllng through tbo
stnto , doing up the people.
Aurora , Hamilton county , will bore for oil.
The enterprise Is commondablo.
The stnto encampment Sons of Veterans
will soon convene In Tecumsoh.
Nebraska City's ' new opera house is certain
if Iho millennia docs not interfere.
There is not n saloon In Fullerton or a
druggist who has a permit lo soil liquor.
The Tecumsclt Hopuhllcan Is Iho oldest
nnll-snloon republican pnpor In the stnto.
Ex-Senator Van Wyok has promised to deliver -
liver the address nt several county fairs this
fall ,
The Chester Hornld snys il Is reported
thnl the Chostcr & Fairmont line will bo ex
tended south.
The Frnnklln county teachers' -Inslituto
will bo held in Uloomiagtou from August 13
to 24 Inclusive.
Seotln Is In Iho thfocs of n school board
fight. It Is difficult to decide who shall bo
the principal of the school.
O. E. Perkins of the "Q.'i ' rend vlsltod Ne
braska City nnd real estate is hold In a
lighter grip than over before.
The MoCook Domocrnt lias lived lo the ftgo
of four yearn , nnd starts inlo the fifth
stronger and boiler than over.
Heaver ollv Is working up n boom ; The
onthuslnsU claim lhat Furnns cnu bo made
the banner county ot the state.
The Crclghton branch of the F. E. fc M.
V. railroad will rest nl Verdigris slnllon ,
Ihlrleen miles northwest of Crclghlon , lor
this season.
The U tfl lenguo of republican clubs will
hold ils adjourned meeting at Lincoln Juno
B8 , for the purpose of ratifying the republi
can nominations of the lllth inst.
The farmers of Clay county foci Jubilant
over the prospects of n good crop lltis yonr.
Seldom if over before has small grain looked
bettor than now , nnd corn nlso avcrngos a
good staud.
A cinnamon bear and nn Italian nro work
ing Iho state. The Italian Is the sumo follow
who Imortnllzed himself by saying , "Some
times mo whippco bear and sometimes the bear
whlppee mo. "
The BnticrofI Jotirnnl says : "Thirty-five
Indlnn children and adults have tiled within
the past six weeks , of measles , and it was
deemed necessary to bloso the school at the
agonoy In consequence. "
The Uurllngton railroad will build 100
miles of road west Of Alliance on the main
line nnd twelve miles on the Hlaok Hills
route to Hemlngford. The suveyors are on
the ground and work has begun.
It Is said that a minister at Talmngo has a
"hoing boo" when his garden gets wcody.
and tlio members ot lus church coma In nnd
Hoc the garden , while no sits in the house in
the cool breeze writing his sermon.
Through Senator Paddock n valuable oon-
Irlbullon was recently secured for the Be-
alrico W. C. T. U. library. II consists of
bound volumes of the
Iwonty-nlno Congres
sional Hccord , containing u report of the
proceedings of the 44th , 45th , 4Uth , 47th , 4StU
ana 40th congresses.
A Fourth of July celebration that will
rival any In the United States , will bo the
ono hold In McCook this year. There will bo
those to chase greased pigs , the Qoddos * of
Liberty has boon secured and the eloquence
of a hundred voices will relate tulos of Iho
during of the grout grand fathers who fought ,
bled and died ut Trenton and Vulley Forgo.
Iowa.
The treasurer of Sioux county had $32-
840.07 of public funds on hand Juno 1.
The Iowa undertakers will hold their next
state convention in DubuqUc in Juno , 1839.
A Parkcrsburg boy rcconlly cnplured Ibo
first white pocket gopher ever seen in tliut
vicinity.
Prof. Foster , of Burlington , warns the people
ple to bo prepared for bad storms during the
lust half of this month. < "i-
The stone quarries al Monroe will soon bo
put In operation ami will furnish quite a booui
for that section of the country.
A farmer who resides In Tipton township ,
Hnrdin county , has a hen that lays two eggs
ovcry tlmo she goes to the nest.
Albla has jusl lavicd a special lax lo pay a
$3,000 judgment for damages to ono of its
citizens on account of a defective sldowalk.
The council at Sanborn huH decided to pay
the street commissioner n salary of of $ 'J5
per month for'attonding to the usual busi
ness , thus avoiding the diDlctilty of looking
after unimportant charges.
Everly produces nn interesting specimen
of the genus homo who denies his children
the privilege of un education for the reason
that ho himself can neither read nor write
nnd thinks it wouldn't do to huvo boys and
girls only live or six years of ago know more
than ha with his burden of iifly years.
I
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