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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE ; jTUESDAY. DECEMBER H. 18Sa THE' DAILY BEE. I'LIMjISIIKl ) HVBUV MOUSING. OT.rtMS OF BUllSCimTlON. jnly'Mornlntfn ! < lItion > Including Sumvv Ili.r.One Ycnr * W | rorsuMonllut Ij 00 ' -CO J'orThree Months - TUB OMAHA HUMMY HBK , mulled to any h address. Ono Vear SCO WEEKLY HUB , Ono Vonr - CM ronUESI'U. Allrommimtcfttloin rclntlna tonMV'nnil till- toi Inl mat lor should ua nildrcowil to tlio l.inioii njPiNis3.frrrr.its. : All business loiters ami remittiiiices Miotllrt 1)6 n < llrrs ( e < l to Tin ; DFK I'nii.isiiiMi COMPANY , O.MMIA. Drafts , chocks nnd p < ntoin co onlcra to Ijcmtulo paj-.iblu to the order ot the company. TlioBccPnbllsIiinsCflniDany , Proprietor ! K. 11OSEWATKTI , Kill tor. THI-J ! > AUjY HKK. flworn Statement ol Circulation. BtHtoof Nehnulca. I 8.3. County oC Dough tfo ll.'rzsclmck.scrrotnrvorTha Ileo I'nb- Company , IOM solemnly swear that the nttunl circulation of TUB Dui.v HBK for tlio \vcok cnillnK December t < . IBM. wu as follows : Pumlay , Dec S . $ ' $ ' Monday , Dec. II . . | I'J ' Tnc livy. Dec. I . WOT Wiilncs'iay. Dec. r > . } * , } % ) Tlmrmtny. Deo. U . . ; ITlilny. Ipc.7 . s- ' - - . ' baturday , Dec. B . . ' . " " Avrato : . I8.IB" 0OKM-il.T/.SUmiC'K. ! : ! : Buorn to before me nnil sulfi rlboil In my jiirnenco this 8th iltiy of Dor.umber A. I ) . ISS3. Seal N. 1' . KUIU Notary 1'ubllo. Btntoot Nebraska. i-0 County of Douula * , f" ( H-orRO II. rxsclnick. bcinR duly sworn , de- pofotand wiy.- ) that he u secretary of the HPO I'ulillHlilnjr company , tlmt the actual nvcrnRa dally circulation of TUB DAILY HKK for the month of li ) comber , 1 87 , Ifi.UU copies ; for Jnn- uary. IBS ) , in.'Ofl copies ; for February , 1KH. K.V.a copies ; for Jlnrch , IfHt , W.M ) copies ; for April , lfW3. 18,741 copies ; for Jlny. 1M3 , 17.1S1 copleitfor June , itcw , i'.ian conies ; for .Inly. I.W. is , U copies : for AiiRUst. 188 * , 1H.18.1 copies ; for September , IBM , 1S.134 cojilos ; for October. ] ft . was 18,081 copies ; for Novoinbor , m * , JS.U8U copies. OKI ) . II. T/,30HUK. ! Sworn to before mo nnd Bubscrlbed In my inesenca this 8th day of December. I8SS. N. T. FIJI fi Notary Public. M , Ala. , luig a sheriff who evidently believes in iloing1 his sworn duly. Ho deserves re-election. Tnu lontf-loolccd-for flying machine lias nmdo its npncaranco , but poor Darius Green was not around to take a sail in it. RHVKNUK reform not nlono concerns the legislature of Nebraska. Ohio has been stirred up to the necessity of n re vision of its revenue laws and methods of assessments. Tnu Washington landlord is no ex ception to the jjonoral rule. He makes liny while tlio sun shines. In other words , lie will treble his prices and cut down his accommodations during the week of inauguration in March. TlUJ militia appropriation bill will need watching when it comes before the legislature. Tlio people of Nebraska ai'd opposed to the maintenance of a citi/oii soldiery on a war footing , and that is what an annual appropriation of thirty-five thousand dollars signifies. IT is said that the small stockholders of the Burlington , AtchSson , Topeka & Santa Po and other roads are going to take a hand in determining the policy , ol their road in the future. Railroad malingers may find their bertha a hotbox - box in consequence. IT certainly seems absurd tlmttwgnty- three thousand Sioux Indians in Dalcota Bhould hold a reservation larger than the state of Indianaagainst the progress of civilization. The policy of the gov- ' eminent will probably bo framed in ac cordance with the recommendations of the Sioux commission , which suggests that arbitrary but humane measures bo taken. TltK clearings record for Omaha and other cities for the first week in Dccem- ' bar allows ti healthful incrcaso as com pared with the corresponding time last .year. It bears out the statements made in Tin : BIJK , that the apparent decrease in business for the last week in Novem ber , as mirrored by the clearings , was , duo to the fact of the Thanksgiving holiday , and not on account of any real bhrinlcago in the volume of trade. TIT is utter indifference to law , order and the rights of others too often dis played by corporations in pro-ompting our public btroots on Sunday should ro- colvo merited rebuke. The mayor has very properly given notice that ho will allow no company to again take advan tage of that day to evade tlio law , and lie will receive the support of the public in any measure ho may take toward the enforcement of his order. THIS adjournment of the federal grand jury at Indianapolis without ro- tunilng any indictments as to the al leged republican election frauds , is sig nificant. It indicates that the demo crats have failed to make out their case nnd score the sensation which they ex pected. Evidently their charges of cor ruption against Colonel W. W. Dudley , chairman of tlio Indiana state republi can coinmlttoo , wore made out of whole cloth nnd have fallen Hat. It is more than likely , therefore , that the investi gation will bo abandoned , and the dem ocrats will swallow their medicine man " fully. WHATKVKK rights the Motor com pany may claim under the franchise given to it by the vote of the people , the rights of the public to the streets are paramount nnd superior to those of any corporation. The city government is in duty bound therefore to prevent" the obstruction of the business fatcoots by the erection of poles and an over- lioad system of oleotriovirest The stand taken by the mayor adds no hard ship to nor interferes with the oppratlon of the motor system , , The mayor simply insists at the outset before fore the company has gone to the ox- poiiso of erecting a single pole or stretching a single overhead wire that the company must place its wires .through our business streets in under ground conduits. His action is timely and in the interest of the whole city , The motor company will hardly risk an appeal to the courts in order to main tain their claims. The franchise frantod did not contemplate the com plete surrender of our crowded streets to any corporation. AX IMPOIlTAXr SUIT. The suit brought yesterday in the United Slates court , in this city , by the Western Union Telegraph company against the Union 1'aclflc railroad com pany , setting forth that the plaintiff has information that the defendant con templates violent nnd decisive acts In derogation of its telegraph contract with the Western Union , and asking that the defendant bo enjoined from the tiso of the plaintiff's telegraph system , is im portant and will attract general atten tion. tion.By By the act of congress of 1802 , the bond-aided railroads were re quired to Iceop a telegraph line In repair and use , and to give the govern ment a preference In the use of the same at fair and reasonable rates of compensation , not to oxpced the amounts paid by private parties for the same kind of service. All the ro.uls trans ferred the right to construct and main tain a telegraph line to the Western Union Telegraph company , which was clearly in disregard of tlio obligation imposed on them by the act of 1802. But in ISO I congress passed an act authoriz ing the railroad companies to enter into an arrangement with the United States Telegraph company "so that the line of telegraph between the Mis souri river and San Francisco made Upon and along the line of said road nnd branches as far ns said road nnd branches are built , " and such an ar rangement entered into in the way pro scribed was to bo "held and consid ered a fulfillment on the part of said railroad companies of the provision in the act in regard to the construction of telegraph lines. " Tito Western Union claims to have succeeded to the rights of the United States Telegraph com pany , and the roads have held that the contracts made by them , transferring their telegraph privileges to the Western Union , " are , under the act of 1S01 , a fulfillment of the requirements of the act of 1S ( S. Tlio question was passed upon in a suit brought by the Western Union against the Union Pacific and others in the United States circuit court for the district of Kansas , the decision of Judge Miller being in effect that the act of 1801 was manifestly intended to enable the bond-aided railroads to re lieve themselves from the obligation to build and operate telegraph lilies by entering into arrangements with tele graph companies to perform their tele graph service. This matter has recently received some attention in congress , where the right of the railroads to contract with private corporations for tele graph service has been questioned , but not until this suit was brought had there been any intimation of a purpose on the part of the Union Pacific to abandon the contract with the Western Union. The answer of the road to the bill of the telegraph company will bo awaited with a great deal of interest. Meanwhile It is not unreasonably in ferred that the real motive of the Western Union's action is not a fear of hostile proceedings on the part of the Union Pacific , but u desire to silence the questionings in congress regarding the validity of its contract with the railroad. A CIIAXCE FOR EX PL AX A ZTOiV. There are several republican politi cians of Nebraska who arc called upon to explain what they did with certain sums of money during the last cam paign , and the call is one they will have to respond to. The statements of Tan Bun regarding the reckless use of money by the republican state central committee have forced from the treas- urerof the committee some highly in teresting disclosures , which will bo found elsewhere. They can hardly fail to produce something of a sensation in political circles , and to the politicians who are involved they will carry any thing but pleasurable sensations. There is not n great deal to be said respecting these disclosures , and in any event comment must prop erly wait until all sides are hoard. As they now stand they certainly present two or three politicians in a most un enviable light , and unless tlioy can give an entirely satisfactory explanation , which apparently will be no easy thing to do , they may ns well put away politi cal ambition. As to Mr. Bcehel , who , it appears , made those- facts public in self-defense , justice requires it to no said that the reflections which have been cast upon Him seem to have been wholly undeserved. lie appears to have acted always by authority , and it is not shown that ho in any case exeocded the rightful power' of his position. Chairman Richards was evidently far less vigilant and careful in guarding the disposal of the funds than ho should have been , but the man on whom nearly the full force of the disclosures falls is Mr. Webster Eaton. What lie did with the seventeen - teen hundred dollars which the vouchers show him to have received will doubtless make a highly interest ing story , if ho shall conclude to toll It. Of course Mr. Seoly will also bo ex pected to explain , and in view of his reported present ambition , he cannot do so too quickly. THR VlflON PACIFIC FIJNDFXa ItlLL The frlands of the Union Pacific fundIng - Ing bill who have boon anticipating a prompt passage of that measure as soon as it could bo brought before the atten tion of the two houses of congress , are likely to bo disappointed. Dispatches from Washington indicate that there will bo a more vigorous fight made against its consideration at the present session than at the last. Senator Plumb has already virtually announced him self as preparing to load the attack in the senate , nnd the anti-monopoly rep resentatives in the house have spent the session in gathering ammunition with -which to riddle the measure should it come up on special order before fore the recess. The opponents of the bill are culling attention in the public press to the fact that since the adjournment of congress the Union Pacillo road has Issued $1-100- 000 worth of Jlrst mortgage bonds on the Union Puolflo , Lincoln & Colorado railroad in Kansas in direct violation of the law of 1873 , and that they wore prominent parties in the combination teas * * as ? form a railroad trust to violate the Jn- tor-stnto commerce act. They are mak ing a rigid analysis of the Outhwalte bill and arc clearly showing that in the lien which it gives the government upon the roads it ta moro open to criti cism than the bill introduced bv Sena tor Hoar in the last congress and which was ridiculed out of existence on account of the weakness of Its security. The Lincoln & Colorado railroad bonds , which were issued during the last summer , pledged the property of a rontl which was built Irom the not earn ings of the subsidized Union Pa cific railroad and was therefore - fore the property of the latter and whoso iesuo was consequently at once a violation of the law of IS" ! and of the Thurman act which prohib ited a diversion of assets. It is also notcil that while the Union Pacific is working to induce congress to accept the proposed fifty year three per cont. extension bonds at par , they are offer ing at ninety-six the bonds of their branch lines , which pay five nor cent , or a two per cent greater annual Inter est. Under the now arguments which will bo advanced against tlio passage of this measure there is no fear that it will ob' tain favorable consideration. The people ple of the west will not bo heard In congress alone through the petitions of inconscquontal boards of trndo meet ings. Tno question Is one of national ns well as of local importance , and It Is lilcely to bo so treated at the national capital. A PROJECT THAT SHOULD FAIL. Wo are informed that n bill will bo introduced in the next legislature to establish a medical school in connec tion with the state university. Wo have not learned who is responsible for this project , nor does it particularly matter. Whoever its advocates may bo , it is a project that should not succeed. There Is no conceivable reason that would justify attaching a medical annex to the state university. There is no present necessity , nor is there likely to be in the future-for such an addition to the university , and wo nave very little doubt that to uo so would violate the intent and purpose in establishing that institution. It was designed to give the youth of the state , eligible to its privileges , a comprehensive ujii- versity education , but not to supply schools for special instruction such as a medical school would bo. It is a wrong theory which assumes that it is any part of the duty of the state to provide men with a special education which is to bo their source of livelihood. It is no moro reasonable to ask the state to do this than it would bo to demand that it should furnish the capi tal to set men up in business , for practically this is what is douo in providing for a special education. The truth is , Nebraska's state univer sity needs pruning rather than the ad dition of a medical or any other branch. There is much useless teaching there which might bo dispensed with greatly to the advantage of the institution. It will be the duty of the legislature , before - fore listening to any proposition for en larging the scope of the university , to ascertain what is being done there that is needless and measure its appropria tion accordingly. Wo have no doubt the expenses of the university can bo very materially reduced without in the least impairing its usefulness. As to a state medical school , if such an institution bo necessary or desirable , the medical practitioners of the state are the proper persons to move for its establishment , not as a branch of the state university , but as an entirely in dependent institution. It ought not to bo dlfllQult to secure an ample endow ment for such a school , and if properly organized and conducted on a high standard it would sooa become , self- supporting. There are many such schools throughout . the country , and the worthiest of thorn are highly -successful financially , The reasons against attaching a med ical school to the state university , to bo another source of drain upon our al ready overtaxed people , are conclusive , and the legislature will fail in duty to the people if it entertain such a propo sition. TUB testimony that is coming to the pcoplo of this country of the deplora ble condition of the natives of Alaska is too direct to bo passed over in silence. It is a blot on our civilization that the Aleuts are morally worse off under our government than they wore under the rule of Russia. The appeal that has recently boon addressed by the natives to the people and press of America for help , since the "truth never reaches Washington , " will awaken a responsive chord. Pub- lie sentiment , if no other influence , may stir congress to action. In a few months the lease of the Alaska Com mercial company expires and congress will be asked to extend its valuable franchise. The whole Alaska question will bo brought to discussion , and the barbarities and iniquities practiced by the company and its employes will bo fully ventilated. It is safe to predict that congress will not presume to re new the contract with the Alaska Com mercial company , no mattes what pres sure is brought to boar , nnd a happier day , in consequence , will drawn ferAl Al aska. CANDIDATES for the secretaryship of the Omaha board of trndo are incubat ing. Seine of them have already pooped , Omaha has reached a degree of importance in the commercial world that calls for a wide-awake , broad-gauge man in the vacant secretaryship , Uo must bo a man who knows. Omaha by heart and can form a fair estimate of her needs nnd the possibilities o'f her future. The position is one which allords nn energetic man nn oppor tunity to bo of some benefit to the commercial interests of the city , nnd the board should not make the mistake of appointing n man who would simply Icoap the records of the ofllco and collect rontiils from the ten ants of the chamber of commerce , A man is needed who will bo willing to Borvo the board , and not attempt to control it in the interest of the rail roads , as one of the candidates , in the light 01 past events will undoubtedly at tempt to do. T ' The Atldrosa o'f Mrs. Stnnton Last Monday Nlijht. FIGHT BOODLERSWITH BALLOTS. How the Imioi-ancu nnd liillToronoo ( ( of tlio Citizen Are Hcsponslble for i'ollllcnl Corruption The Gospel of n < innllty. What Society Owes the Sox. Elizabeth Cady Stunton dcllvcrcil the fol lowing address In the convention ot the Ne braska Woman's Suffrage association In this city : 1 propose to talk this evening to women on their iluty to vote ; to take an nctlvo part lit government ; to cultivate the virtue of patri otism , nnd thus stimulate their fathers , husbands , brothers nnil sons to a conscien tious discharge of their public duties. The majority of men nro so absorbed in the dally struggle for wealth that the most Important interests of the masse * are loft to the management of a small minority of politicians , \Vo need every luiluenco wo can summon to-day to rouse men to their duty. If women would use as much persuasion to ( jet men to the polls and primary meetings as they do to get them to the church , the opera , orovcnlne parties , wo should have better government. But women use no influence In this direction because they Imve no apprecia tion of the importance of suffrage for them selves. Many men never go to the polls , many more never attend a primary meeting , and many , right or wrong , si'uply vote with their parlies , quite regardless of platforms or candidates. Tlio consequence Is corruption and imbecility in every department Of gov ernment. Our journals , like faithful watchmen on the towors.aro continually warning the people of the danger of this apathy and indifferences of good men to their public duties , but few heed the warning. An editorial In Tun Bnn ( the host Journal this smo of Chicago ) of November ! i * , urging gooa men to attend the primary meetings and reconstruct your city council , shows the pressing need of rousing men to their public duties. "It is the duty of every citizen , whether ho bo republican or democrat , to attend his respective primary. Ho should see to it that only reputable and trustworthy men receive the nomination of his ward. This ought to bo no idle appeal. The welfare , the pros parity , the future greatness of Omaha hang in the balance. Nine honest , councilinen cai infuse vigor and honesty in the city govern ment. But nine boodlors can sink the city Into corruption and hurry it into bankruptcy. It remains in the taxpayers' hands which ol the two ho will take. The exertions of n few hours nt the primaries and the polls on the part of our citizens for the selection of men of character to the council will bo worth moro to the city of Omaha than al the endeavors made by our business men to attract capital and Immigration. " This appeal from.one who understands the situation is an ndlpisslon of the fact thai those who constitute the governing power of this city arc not faithful to their trusts. Now ono reason of this is the ignorance of women in regard to questions of government and tlieir indifference to nil interests outside - side the homo. To my mind the sphere of man and woman is the sameonly with differ ent duties in thaB.spiero. ) Their lifo work is side by side. M6nshould take moro inter est in their homos "and women more in the state. If woman's desires and ambitions are limited to personal adornment and family aggrandizement , we need not look for much public spirit or lofty patriotism in the men of their families. If wo would cultivate a higher political virtue in the men of this ila- tion ; women must be made to feel their re sponsibility in the success of the grand ex periment of republican government. What should we think of a woman , who. having inherited a splendid estate , should , through the inefficiency of a husband , allow everything to run to waste and ruin , hoiibo dilapidated , leaks in the roof , water in the cellar , lawn nnd garden overgrown with weeds , grapery ana conservatory dismantled , fences down , orchards and woodland plun dered , children playing in the streets and highways in rags , ignorance nud vice ? Sensible pcoplo would consider her as great a failure as the man by her side , and far moro guilty , if possessed of ordinary common sense and executive ability. It would clearly bo her duty to supplement if possible her husband's incapacity with her superior ability and to take the helm of domestic gov ernment. The rollgion of women is too often a sickly sentimentality , born of nppathy and super stition , lending them to accept with patlcnco tlieir present condition , rather than meet the necessary friction iu gettlnc out of the old grooves of thought and action to conscien tiously assume the new duties , thut in this transition period , woman is called on to dis charge. The family is but the nation in ininaturc , and the duty of the wlso wife and mother m the supposed case , is the duty of the wise women of this republic in the present hour. There is a largo department of legislation that belongs specifically to women. Ques tions of education and religion , the sanitary conditions of our homes , school houses , Jails and prisons , temperance , charities , the treat ment of criminals , marriage , divorce , prosti tution , the rights of children , and the protec tion of our domestic animals that cannot pro tect themselves. Our dally papers arc filled with crimes of every variety nnd degree , that thousands of women weep nnd pray . over in their homos , without a thought that they arc in a me.uuro responsible for their existence. The question is often asked why Is it that the moral and spiritual progress of the race does not keep pace with its intellectual nnd material achievements. I would answer , the moral and spiritual world belongs spocifl- c.ill.v to women , and she Is not yet awake to tier duty in this realm of thought and action. The world of trade and commerce , of material wealth , discovery , exploration , invention , belongs specifically to man , nnd wo can look with pi-id o and thank fulness on the wonders ho has achieved in the last half century. In fact man has ac complished all ho over proposed , with two exceptions. IIo has tailed to find out the nature of women , and tha latitude of tlio north pole. Nov. ' I do not think I could throw any now light as to the voyage to the north pole , but I could help him In his researches a % to the Idiosyncr.iclos of Eve's daughters. The key to the whole situation is found In the golden rule. If man will simply accord women precisely what ho would dcsiro for himself under similar cir cumstances , ho will understand her nature as well as his own. ' Had woman fulfilled her duties In the world of morals as well us man has In tlio material realm , wo should now welcome as marvellous changes In social ethics , in the progress of the race toward o true manhood and womanhood , In that Inner life seen by the eye Of Omnipotence alone. As citizens of this great republic wo have an Inherit mice , unsurpassed In the history of nations , boundless acres , majestic forests , lakes and rivers , inexhaustible mines of wealth and the ItiHtitutions of a continent , to make nnd mold to our will. In our federal constitution , Declaration of Independence and republican theory of government , wo have a magna rhnrta'of rights , such as the daughters of kings uud emperors wore never pledged , Andrew * iCarnegle , in his "Tri umphant nomocracy , " 1ms painted in glow ing colors the grandeur of our prcseut out look as a nation , and the Infinite possibilities of our future. Russia and America are the only nations still in the act of growth. The rent have reached the zenth | of their power and are looking toward thu soiling nun , Wo are the only nation that has proclaimed thotruo Idea of government. In the old world they have governments and people ; hero wo have In theory at least a government of the people , by the pcoplo for the people , to bo fully rcalUod as soon as women , one-half Urn people , are enfranchised , and the laboring masses know how to use the power they pos sess. In the old world , the palueo on thu hill Is the homo of nohillt ) , hero it is the pub lic Bdiool or imUvrsity where the children of rich and poor , side by nklo contest for pri/os for scholar ship. Thus tha value of character above all artificial distinctions , tha great lesson of democracy is early learned by our children , Theru Is no excuse for ignoranca ueio ; the circulation of our Journal * and magazines l fabulous uuJ so cheap us to bo available to all. Tlioczarof Uussla and the lories of England might learn from our experience thnt self-government anil "homo rule" nro safe and ponsiblo. proved sa by a nation of M.ODO.OOOof people. Lord Salisbury siys : Tno Americans have a senate , I wish wo could institute it here , marvelous In Us strength and effic iency. * Their suprouia court gives n stability to their institutions , which , under the vngue and mysterious promises here , wo look for In vain. Such writers nnd historians ns Sir Henry Maine , Froudo nnd Mntthcxv Arnold , hnvo all commented on our democratic institutions in most complimentary terms. Indeed the whole toneof Kngllsh writers nnd travelers has entirely changed sluoo they amused tlio world with the ridicule of our people llfty years ago. H Is the duty of the republic as viewed from this standpoint , thnt I tirgo the women of this nation to defend and maintain. You have an equal share to this rii'h In- hcrltauco and It is your duty to vindicate your rights. Would that I could awake In the minds of my countrywomen the dignity of this demand for the right of suffrage ; what It Is to bo querns in their own rigut ; Intrusted with the power of self government , possessed of all the privileges and Immunities of Ameri can citizens. The ballot Is the crown of honor and the soppier of power in a repub lic ; by it our social , rolixious and political relations uro all regulated , Are not the edu cated women of America as capable of wield ing this power ns Victoria of England , and U not individual sovereignly lit a republic ns evalted ns in a monarchy I What American woman would scorn the position of Hi Haiti's queen I And yet the position of an Ameri can citizen Is prouder far , if the duties of self-government are fully discharged , Who ever heard of an heir apparent to a throne in the old world abdicating his rights because - cause some conservative politician or nus- tcro bishop doubted women's capacity to govern } When I hour American women , do- sccndcuts of JolTerson , Hancock and Adams , say they do not want to vote , I feel that the blood of the revolutionary heroes must have long since ceased to How in their veins. Whoa 1 hc.ird that u body of Massachusetts wo men had actually been before their legisla ture to beg that the women of the state might not bo enfranchised , I blushed for my set. set.In the year 1770 , when our fathers seiit forth their declaration of rights , booming at the mouth of the cannon. It was hoard round the world , electrifying the lovers of liberty everywhere nnd making every crowned head tremble on his throne. And when later they issued our national constitution reasserting the broad principles of justice , liberty and equality , it was the coronation day of our virgin republic. Tlii'n government and re ligion clasped hands. Luther's inspiring motto in the reformation , individual rights , Individual conscience and judgment , was re asserted , nnd has been echoed and ro-echocd through the last two centuries. Thus was humanity dignified , nil caste nnd class , all bills of attainder , nil royal preroga tives abolished , nnd the onth administered In old Independence hall pledged the right of self-government to every man and woman under our flag. The time has fully como when the principles of our government must be vindicated. The moral necessities of the hour demand the direct influence of the edu cated women of this nation In government. The recent presidential canvnss shows that men urc quite ready to avail themselves of woman's help m emergencies , and she is equally ready to give it There were women speaking on different platforms for different parties throughout the campaign. Women march ing in the processions , too , carrying flags and banners , some adding enthusiasm to public meetings by playing on musical instruments nnd singing quartettes. Their pens have been busy , too , discussing the merits of differ ent parties and questions under considera tion ! There lias never been a time in the history of our nation when women mani fested so much interest in nn election. If all this interest could have been represented in votes the republicans and prohibitionists would have had larger majorities , and a far greater number of women would have been aroused to their duties ns citizens. I do not say thnt the possession of the ballot will revolutionize the nation and transfigure - figure womanhood Instantor , but it is the flrst step in that direction ; It is the outpost to tlio temple of learning and power. To abolish all invidious distinctions of sex will inspire woman with irrcater self-respect , nnd give her opinions new weight in public affairs. To dignify woman is to irlvo our sons new lessons of reverence for the mothers of the race , for those who have cone to the very gates of death , to give them lifo nnd immor tality. Thus far wo have had a distinctively mas culine civilization based on the idea that society - cioty is constructed for the best interests of man alone. As ho has been the dominant power thus fur during the reign of physical force ho 1ms naturally in all his arr.ingc- tnonts consulted his own tastes and inclina tions. Our best legal authorities from Ulackstono down to Kent and Story , nil take the ground that man nnd women are not to be judged by the same moral code. This idea runs through all our laws and judicial decisions in all cases in which man and woman as plaintiff nna defendant appear in our courtK , mid the popular sentiment m so cial lifo reflect these decisions. Such are the sentiments ( referring to these of Kent and others ) nnd opinions of men who are- quoted ns authority on tills subject , nnd yet these "high priestesses of humanity , " while their profession is consid ered n necessity , have no protection iu church or state , under the canon or civil law. Though the victims of men , they nro hounded like wild beasts by men from ono shelter to another , dragged Into the couits , taxed by the state , robbed of their property , shunned by society at large and loft to perish on the highway. Whllo the women of wealth and position who shed tears over George Eliot's ' portrayal trayal of such wrongs in "Adiim Bode , " nnd in Hawthorne's "Scarlet Letter , " shun the hapless victims of our social system , they welcome the destroyer to their domestic altars. Alas I the cheapest article of commerce to day is womanhood. A vast organized com pany circumnavigating the globe has u profit able business buying and selling young girls in every market of the world , and hko cattle the prices rise nnd fall according to the de mand , now cast , now west , now north , now south , according ns the tulo of emigration tends , or as now sources ot wealth are dis covered ; they form a recognized fraction of the army and navy , alike In peace and war. When the ternblo revelations wore made In London three years ago , the world was startled with the iniquities Iu high places , Thnt was but a rift in the dark clouds that surround all wor.ianhood , giving casual ob servers but a hasty glance Into the world of misery and crime. Speaking of woman's standpoint of this dark problem , ono remedy I HCO la thorough education of our daughters for self stippoia.nud financial independence. Open to them all the higher advantages and opportunities of life : free access to the universities of learning , the trades and pro fessions , the positions of profit , honor mid distinction. Let us revereuco the woman who honestly earns her own bread , rather than her who lives in luxurious ease on HID tolls of another. Virtue nnd Independence Lro hand in hand. Alexander Hamilton said long ago , "Give a man n right over my sub sistence nnil ho has a right over my whole moral bulng. " Ami wliilo planting woman's feet on tha divine heights of purity nnd peace , wo must sedulously educate our sons into higher son- tlmonts of chivalry and reverence for the whole sex. It la the duty of every man to treat all women as he would wish his own mother , wife , sister or daughter treated , Surely if honor Is demanded unywhore it is In the relations of men and woman. If a gentleman Iu a game of blllljrds finds his friend choatitng , ho lays down his cue and plays with hm no more. If In business ho finds him guilty of questionable honesty , ho avoids nil relations thereafter ; but If n man enters home after homo und despoils the daughters of the people , it does not close tlio doors of good society to him , nor lessen his ctianed of holding the highest position under government. Alii my friends , so long ns thin Is our moral code , wo shall have thu social chaos wo now nulTer , yea , were still , for In worn- un'a transition from .slavery to freedom slio will more surely year by year avenge her own wrongs , feeling that stio hai no pi'otout- lon clsawhcro , Tlio antagonism botwuun the HOKOS in dally Increasing , and will , until justice , liberality and equality are vouch safed to women , And yet In natural confinement they are bound to each other by every law of uttruo- tlon. It Is thisflno almost Invisible cobweb of faith that men and women have In ouoh other that binds society together. A faith though often disappointed and betrayed , that makes for the fuw n love nud friendship thut may euduro through tlmu and eternity. Whether for weal or for woe , women must be an equal < uctor iu civllUution , hence , aho has a right to n volco In the laws that nftcct her welfare , from our standiwlnt wo sny , one code of morals for man and woman : and nature , by thQ terrible ponabtles she has In- Illctoa on the race , for the violation of this law , has set the sen ! of condemnation on the present system , end verillcd the warning given nmld the thunders of Sitml , "tho Mus of the fathers shall bo visited upon the chil dren to the third nnd fourth generations.1' This whole social problem H too vnst foriunn to adjust nlono ; the Interest of both parlies must bo equally rceardod Iu nny vnlid con tract , unit surely In the one on which rests our whole social fnbrla Galtoii onys , the brain of man is nl ready overweighted with the requirements of this Intense civilization , nnd to meet the still more complicated problems awaiting hl'i so lution , the nice nmst.by some means , be ll.'tcil up n few degrees higher. Where cnn wo look for this now force but in the education , elevation nnil enfranchise ment of woman. STATIC JOTTINGS. A fftlnt roar of the coming postonioe war is heard at Nordon. Holdrcge has n wholesale cigar house. There are only fifteen candidates for post master at Plum Creek. A resident of Union attended church for the llrst time in eighteen years lust week. 1'inkoyo prevails among the horses of Duel county and many deaths have resulted. The Methodist Sunday school of Shelton will have a snow mountain instead of a trco on Christmas eve. The pcoplo of Cherry county will vote on n proposition to Issue bonds for funding the floating indebtedness December"- ' . A Crawford man named Murphy has surd the Klkhorii Valley road and had n conductor arrested for throwing him from a train whllo it was In motion , The whole town of Harrison turned out to chase a forger who had escaped from an ofllcer , the other day , nnd finally succeeded in rounding ui ) their num. A Hay Springs Judge landed on his head in a large sized cuspidoio the oilier day , but managed to secure his release without issu ing a writ of habeas corpus. There will bo two big tunnels on the 13. & M. line between Crawford and Alliance , ono 1,300 feet long nnd the other fiOJ feet. Twelve hundred men nro now at work on them. In order to encourage the population of Sioujc county the Harrison Herald offers jirbcs for the first three pairs of twins born in the county. The competition will close January 1 , IV.M ) . The postofllco at Harrlsburg , ScoltXUluffa county and the building In which it was lo cated have been carted away to Ccntropolls. The courts will probably be called upon to settle the matter. It has been discovered that G. D. Webster , formerly city clerk of Harvard , sold a num ber of cemetery lots and /ailed to turn the money over to the city. Ills bondsmen will be asked to make good the loss. Iowa. Marshalltown is after a cheese factory. Charles City Is booming the plow factory project. A traveling man In Diibun.no was sent to Jail for thirty days for the attempt to Jump a board bill. The board of education nt Fort Dodge has adopted the now synthetic system of reading for the primary grades of the public schools. Dulmquo has n personage , ex-Alderman DocrJIcr , who claims to have known "Har- bara Fritchic , " the heroine of Whlttler's immortal poem , having been raised to man hood in the city where she lived , Fredericks- town , Md. A particularly successful farmer in Mills county builds his corn cribs bo that the sides and ends uro tight against the weather , but the bottom of the crib is of sluts and there is an air chimney or two in the roof , so that a current of air passing through the corn all the time prevents it from becoming moldy. Charles Aldricli , of Webster City , so widely known for his preat work of milking autograph collections , is in Dos Moines ami doing some studying in the state library. A new case has boon granted Mr. Aldrich in the library nnd will bo put up some time next January. It will bo a valuable addition to tills state department , as the great col lector has but recently returned from Eu rope , where he obtained some rare and cter- csting specimens. Ho has also- received as sistance by contributions from persons in this country that ho prizes greatly. REMICVJ3I ) OF HIS WISAIjTH. Charles Finloy is Jtiibbcd of Sl. O.it the Now Casino. Charles Finlcy , a Jefferson , la. , farmer , was robbed last night of $150. Tlio perpetrator of the job was a prostitute , and the place , ono of the wino rooms In Lew Hibben'H Now Casino on Douglas street. Finley met the woman early in the afternoon , and after drinking in several places Hibben's dive was visited , wlicro more drink wns consumed. Ho fell asleep nnd upon being awakened about 3 o'clock ho discovered thnt all his money was missing. The police authorities complain that the No\v Casino Is becoming. the resort of the toughest characters In the city , and thnt they experience much difllculty in carrying out their instructions when trying to locate crooks In this particular place. They not only arc denied iiifurimitl&n , but positive obstacles are placed in tlieirvay. . Within- the past two weeks scvernl questionable transactions havooccured at the Casino , nnil on Sunday night , AS Mated in Tun HKK , an ofhVer wns denied mlml < < uoii there when in the execution of fpcclllo lust ructions from the chlof of police. .MA YOU miOATOIl 18 K1UM. The Motor Cm Ijrcut No Muro Poles Hun Iny Street Sel/.m-ei. Mayor Ilronteh was seen Suml.iy night , relative to the order Issued by him , requiring the polica to prevent the Electric Motor railway company from erecting poles nloug the ntrect. In answer to an Inquiry as to the n at uro of the ordinance under which per mission was first granted to the company , his honor aald : "Hoforotho telephone or telegraph com- panics uro allowed to erect poles in the streets they have to apply to Chief Galllgan for permission , Iu order Hint the wires to bo strung may hot iu any way Interfere with the wlre.s used by tlio pollen nnd Uro depart ments. If ho Is aattslled that the proposed wires will not so interfere , u permit 1 granted for them to bn strung , nnd the necessary poles erected. I understood at the time , thnt thu motor line wires came under the same head , and so grantnil permission for their erection. At thnt time there was no objection raised against them to me , but since then Mioh ob jection has been Hindu n number of times. It Is elnlmed that they will cross the Intersecting streets nt n height of about twenty feet , which would interfere with troflle , nnd It la said the horse railway will I'laim the same privilege nloug Fariiatn street. It would bo ns fair to craut it to them an to the motor company , nnd yet our business streets must bo protected. Other objections were thut the wires would bo in the way in case of tire , nnd bcsldo * that the city attorney questions their right to erect tb 'in. It wns after counsultjug with him that I Issued the order ngnlust thorn. It Is only n question of time , however , until nil the wires will have to go uudorground , "The company elalni they have the right , under the franchise granted them by the vote of the people. The city attorney thinks otherwise , but If they hnvo the right , n court will have to so decide before I grant them permission to proceed. " "Then you don't mean to rescind the order tothoixilicoJ" "No , It will remain in force until the courts decide otherwise. "Hy the way , tlicro is something 1 want you to say. I am going to put n stop to this pro emptlng of the public streets by corporation" of any kind on Sunday. 1 am not going to allow any company to take advantage of n day on which no restraining order or injunction can bo Issued by the courts or served upon them , for the purpose of tearing up our thoroughfares and so evading the law. You can say it will bo stopped ut onee , nud will not occur again while I urn in ofllce. " AMUKK.MKNTM. "From Sire to Son , " presented nt Boyd'.s ' opera house last night , is n work of uncom mon merit In the line of melodrama , consld- sldcred with reference both to its ilraumtio construction and Its literary qualities. The story is strong in human interest , and Is developed with admirable art to hold the at tention of the nudlcnce. All of the chnrnc- tcrs nro strongly drawn , there uro line touches of pathos , the humorous element is pleasing , the climaxes tire wrought out with great force , and the literary excellences are many. Altogether it is a production which its author , Mr. Milton Nobles , may well regard with great satis faction. Its presentation offered nothing for unfavorable comment. The Alfred Ar- mitngo of Mr. Nobles is n strong , well-sus tained impersonation , giving of course tlio nuthor's idea of his own creation , nnd noth ing could be liner in its dobcaey , rollnoinoiit , nnd womanly characteristics tliiin the Mabel Armitngeof Mrs. Nobles. Mr. Howard's Peter Griwcs was quite perfect In its way , ns also was thu Dr. Mandrake of Mr. Most- oyor , nnd Mr. Alfred Hastings met every demand of the character of Jonns Hardy. The nudlcneo was not largo , but It was ex ceptionally eordial , Mr. Nobles being twice called before the curtain. JIolil In . - . Up Itroad-n.-iy LIKlit. F. A. Schrniioclr , driver of Hobort I'rln- gle's bakery delivery w.ivon , about 9 o'clock yesterday forenoon started for the Fourth ward to deliver bread , nnil when driving under the U. & M. trade , on the driveway cast of J street , was pounced ujion by two men armed with iron bar. * nnd ordered to de liver up his money. Ho told them that ho had not a cent. That ho just deposited all his money at the bakery. Just then two men came by and the foot pads fled. Hnr.scfoi-il'H Acid I'hosplmtc lmpirt.s KiMiowed Slroni'tii nnil vinoitrhuro there IHIH liecn ex haustion. * A Juvenile OrulicHtrn. The pupils of Mr. Charles Hactciis held a rehearsal at the store of Max Meyer last night. Mr. Unotens has formed out of his pupils an orchestra of about fifteen , consist ing of violins , cornets , elurlonettes , flutes and one violincello. The young pupils showed great promise nnd Mr. liaotcns has the nucleus of n first-class orchestra. Next Tuesday a recital will bo given m the Y. AT , C. A. rooms to the parents and friends of the young persons. LJUJL advice to consumers of IVORY SOAP is , buy a dozen cakes OUR at a time , take off the wrappers , and stand each cake on end in a dry place ; for , unlike many other soaps the IVOKY improves by arc. Test this and you will find the twelve calces will last as long as thirteen cakes bought singly. This advice may appear to you as bein # given against our own interests ; on the contrary , our interest and desire is , that the patrons of IVORY SOAP shall find it the most desirable and economical soap they can use. Respectfully , Ce GAMBLE , Cincinnati , O. A WORD OF WARNING. There are many white soaps , each represented to be "just as peed as Iho 'Ivory' ' ( " they ARE NOT , but l.iu nil counterfeits , lack the peculiar and rninvfcabla qualitlei o' ' the genuine , Asl : for "Ivory" Soap and Insist upon getting it , A6 , by 1'jocUr & U a cuU la.