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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
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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
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