Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : iTHURSDAY , JANUARY 10 , 18 0.
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To WHAT class of flolittclans aiul lob
byists do our granger friends in the leg
islature refer in the bills introduced to
prevent the growth and spread of nox
ious weeds and sun Powers ?
WHAT did Senator Ingalls mean when
asked whether ho would accept a cabinet
position by roplyng : "I have a dollar in
my pocket do you think I would wish
to trade it for n half a dollar ? "
MINNEAVOMS has n park system
comprising : m area of more than one
thousand acres and of more than thir
teen miles of boulevards. It would
make us blush to give Omaha's park
nroa und extent of boulevards.
THE national banks of Colorado have
declared n not prollt of twenty-nine per
cent , and a dividend of nineteen per
cent on the capital invested in banking.
That speaks volumes for the banks of
Colorado , but how about the borrowers ?
CONSTITUTIONAL amendments are
being Hung around at the state capitol
like sholalas at an Irish fair. You
can't stop across one of the corridors
that lead to the great dome without ,
being struck on the head by somebody's
constitutional amendment.
TnEUK are six hundred nnd twenty-
four banks in Nebraska , of which one
hundred and six are national , three
hundred and four are private , and two
hundred and fourteen are state banks.
The necessity of revised banking laws
will impress itself upon our people and
legislature.
THE people of Dakota have taken the
reins of government into their hands in
the organization of tholr territorial leg
islature. If they guard the interests of
Dakota as zealously when admitted to
statehood , the now state will have a
prosperous future before it.
MK. THOMAS MA.IOUS has boon made
chairman of the committee on fish cult
ure. This is in accord with the eternal
fitness of things , , Thomas belongs to
the eel family. But Tins DICE would
suggest that spending sixteen thousand
dollars on fish culture for about ono
hundred dollars'worth of minnows is
almost as great a luxury for taxpayers
as raising farmers in the agricultural
college. . . . .
TIIK amended charter for metropoli
tan cities has boon introduced in the
house by Mr. Berlin. As a matter of
ocoiiomy , wo would suggest that this
valuminous bill bo not printed until the
Douglas delegation lias fully agreed
upon its various features , or in case
they aproo to disagree , at least until
Mrt Dorlin'd committee on municipal
corporations are ready to report. It is
a waste of money to print a bill that
covers forty or fifty pngos of typewritten
ten manuscript.
l < LANCASTER county , as usual , has
( f carried off nl\ \ the capital prizes in the
legislative gift enterprise drawing.
MoDrido is chairman of the ways and
moans committee of the house , and
Raymond is chairman of the same com
mittee in the senate. The public lands
and buildings committees are within
the grip of the Llncolnitos witlia nice
chain attached to nearly every member
of these committees by reason of tholr
hailing from towns and cities in which
public buildings uro located. In all
other committees from which an appro
priation is oxpccted for Lincoln institu
tions the members from Lancaster
county are strongly entrenched.
C. P. nuNTJNQTON , the Southern
Pacific railroad magnate and chief
owner of the Oriental Steamship com
pany , plying between Hong Kong nnd
San Francisco , is trying to have the
Chinese exclusion bill repealed. Ho
intimates that ho will put his steamers
into other business as soon as their
charters shall expire. Mr. Hunting-
ton's business in the bringing of coolies
to America was , eadly out up by the
passage of the measure.Vhoro each
Btoamor used to bring from twelve to
fifteen hundred Chinamen , who paid
fifty dollars n head for steerage puss-
age , now ouch vessel does npt average
fifty Chinese to a trip , Of course a big
hole is mada in Mr , Huutington'u re
ceipts , and this goes a great way to ex
plain his anxiety for the loss of Amer
ican trade and commerce with China.
A
In placing a notorious nnd disrepu
table railroad capper tit the liond of the
railroad committee Speaker Watson
hns commuted an unpardonable blun
der. Ho hns not only stultified himself
by publishing to the world that the
railroad influence la potential with
him , nnd will' dominate the railroad
committee of the house through
out this session , bill ho has
seriously jeopardized republican su
premacy In this slate In the near future.
The republican party will justly bo bold
responsible for bnd government nml de
cent republicans will regent the choice
of n rotten old reprobate like Olmstead ,
whose record in connection with the in
vestigation of school land swindles wns a
disgrace to the party nnd whoio
conduct ns a man has simply
boon Infamous if wo can believe
the re-curd ? of the divorce courts.
Mr. Wntson has rendered no service
to the railroads by placing such n no
toriously pliant tool as chairman of the
railroad committee. On the contrary ,
ho hns emphasized the fact that thu
railroad managers of Nebraska nro
not content witli fair and reputa
ble men , but persist in thrust
ing upon the state servile tools
and loud mouthed lackeys In every
responsible position. Mr. Watson can
not plead that this blunder , to call It
by a very mild name , was the result of
Ignorance ns to the character or rather
the utter want of character in this man
Olmstead , but ho has mndo this choice
In the face of n most earnest remon
strance. *
KLKUTIOX
The bill introduced by Senator Sher
man , proposing Important changes in
the laws regulating the election of con
gressmen , is : in earnest of the inten
tions of the republican parly to reform
the method of choosing representatives
in congress so ns to secure a free and
fair ballot in every congressional dis
trict throughout the country. It is not
to be supposed that any -bill for this
purpose , however fair and jiibt in its
provisions , could pass in the present
congress , but Mr. Sherman's introduc
tion of his measure at this time is not
inonportutie. It will bo in n position
to command the early attention of
the next congress , and meanwhile
it can receive such public discussion as
its importance demands.
The safeguards which Sonalor Sher-
pan proposoa to throw around the elec
tion of congressmen consist in the ap
pointment by the president , with the ap
proval of the semite , of five qualified
voters in each state , to be Known ns a
board of state canvassers , and three
voters In each congressional district to
servo ns an electoral board , the ap
pointees to hold olllco during good be
havior. The latter board is empowered
to appoint registers nnd judges ,
increase olcction precincts whenever -
over necessary to secure n free and fair
ballot , and to appoint commissioners of
election. Provision i made for a com
plete registration of voters , and offenses
against the law are to bo punished with
heavy penalties. The iwwers given to
the boards and the election judges ap
pear ample for the protection of voters
and the prevention of fraud , while the
methods prescribed are not compli
cated. The expense is to bo paid out of
the federal treasury , a provision which
may encounter some republican oppo
sition , although the proposed plan could
not otherwise bo carried out.
The measures will very
likely invite a great deal of
discussion , particularly in the
south , where such a law would certainly
change the political representation of a
number ofcongrossional districts , but
it is not more radical in the reform of
election methods it proposes than the
circumstances require , and it is strictly
within the constitutional authority of
congress to prescribe regulations for
the oicctiou of congressmen. Nor can
it bo fainy criticised ds a partisan
measure , since it is provided that the
judges of election shall not all bo of ono
party. But whether this bill shall
prove acceptable to n majority
of republicans or not , it is
not doubted that the next congress will
adopt legislation designed to Secure a
free and fair ballot everywhere in the
election of congressmen.
MOKE TRUST
The Quarterly Journal of Economics ,
published by "Pair Harvard , " is in
pleasing contrast to the political science
quarterly published by unfair Columbin ,
which latter periodical permitted itself
to bo grossly victimised by literary
sharpers. It will not bo forgotten that
in the magazine of Columbia college
Professor Dwight , the president of Co-
lumniu college law Rch6ol , published an
article on the legality of trusts , which
wns something more than an apology
for thorn. For the writer deliberately
ignored nil that was wrong and hurtful
to the public ; in such organizations , nnd
then argued in tholr favor because
nothing blameworthy had boon alleged
against thorn. If this is the kind of
law taught in the great New York law
school , the reputation of all the Now
York lawyers will soon bo on a par with
that of the shysters of the Tombs. For
tunately the nnlidoto comes quickly
after the bane , for by a singular
coincidence there is an article
on trusts in the January number of
the Boston periodical mentioned above.
The writer ia E. Benjamin Andrews ,
nnd his aim la to gather together the
results of the thrco trust investigations
ordered nearly simultaneously by the
United States house of ronresontativos ,
by the Now York state legislature and
by the Canadian house of commons , a
circumstance somewhat significant , as
Mr. Andrews points out.
The writer has studied the reports
lovingly and has deducted from the
multifarious ovldonco some facts of im
portance , It is clear that the name
trust is applied to associations nnd to
agreements between associations that
dllTer widely in character and aims. He
analyses thorn and finds that there nro
eight kinds of trusts , all differing from
each other in well dollnod points. The
most important of these , however , are
these which belong to the category in
cluding the Standard Oil and the
Brooklyn Sugar trusts. These are
armor-clad Institutions in which , be
yond any question , the owners of stock
in other companies or the propri
etors of property surrender their
stock or tholr property and obtain
corllflcatqs issued by the trustees , or til
rectors of the trust. Ho shows that In
the evidence given by reluctant wit
nesses there was direct contradiction ,
notonly between the statements of each ,
but between their statements and the
legal documents which were admitted
in evidence. Many efforts were mndo
to show that there was no surrender of
properly , nnd that the trust was only
an agreement lookng to certain praise
worthy results. But these , as ho shows ,
wore prompted by counsel. Also , with
regard Co the watering of stock , this
writer's statements contrast strongly
with the absolute sllonco of Prof.
Dwight. Ills words are :
"Htivo the great trusts secured ex
traordinary gains ? Undoubtedly they
hnvo done woll. The fauo vnluo of the
sugar rofinoiM' total certificates was
llxod at1 sum far greater than that of
the total stock which they replaced.
The Now York committee says four
times greater , und the way In whioh
counsel fought shy of the point lends
color to some such estimate. Putting
various data together wo hazard
the conjecture that the prop
erty which was placed In trust
hns boon gladdening its owners with ton
per cent returns , which would Imvo
boon much higher had it not boon for
'all this howl in the papers about
trusts , ' as Mr. II. O. Ilnvomoyor ex
pressed it. "
Yet , Mr. Andrews , whilst showing up
the bad features of the trusts , does not
condemn thorn utterly , but points out
with perfect justice the good they have
done. His salient idea seems to bo that
under the present conditions of intor-
nntionnl competition certain industries
have been forced into such organiza
tions by the instinct of self-preservation ,
but that they have taken advantage of
the machinery of organiyation to help
themselves to illicit profits at the ex
pense of others. The public has not al
ways boon hurt by thobo very peculiar
combinations , though Individuals and
rival companies have been remorselessly
ruined. In sotno of tliom , notably in
the sugar and oil trusts , a distinct vein
ot patriotism was manifested. The
writer says nothing about the Chicago
moat trust , of which probably ho know
nothing. Summing up all his facts and
inferences which ho himself did not do ,
the advanced and perfect trusts seem to
have grown out of the close commercial
connections between the nations of to
day and the jarring systems of protec
tion and free trade. The trusts protect
themselves.
JUDOE cooLtir Dnvuxns THE LAW
The address of Judge Cooley , chair
man of the inter-state commerce com
mission , at the dinner of the Boston
merchants' association , contained some
statements which the public and the
railroad managers will do well to re
flect upon. The judge stated the im
portant fact that the period in which
{ ho railroads woro-most bonufittcd by
the inter-state commerce law was that
in which the law was best observed and
least complained of. This was not a
very extended period , but it was suf
ficient to demonstrate the fact that the
law was not inimical to the interests of
the riiijroads , and that had they con
formed faithfully to its requirements
all the time , instead of resorting to all
sorts of devices to defeat its intent ,
there is every reason to believe that
most of the difficulties in the railroad
situation , nnd the consequent loss in
the past year to stockholders ot fully
forty million dollars , would have been
avoided.
ButasJudgo Cooley said , the equal
and just purpose of the law , that the
railroad business of the country shall
bo done openly and with full publicity ,
is defeated by contrivances that are
clearly opposed to the intent of the law ,
it not to its torms. What these con
trivances are the invcstifiations
made by the commission at Chicago in
part disclosed. Ono of them is the com
bination between the scalper and the
unscrupulous passenger agent , wTiich
the chairman of the commission charac
terized not too strongly as a crying evil.
There is a prospect that this will be
broken up. The general managers of
western roads in session at Chicago are
reported to bo very nearly unanimous
in favor of abating the commission evil ,
nnd it is expected that they will at least
agree to establish a merely nominal
rate for commissions , beyond which
agents will under no circumstances bo
permitted to go. If this is done rind
faithfully adhered to , one very
great source of dlllloulty between the
railroads will bo removed. All do-
ponUd , however , upon the good faith Of
the managers , and experience does not
warrant unquestioning confidence- that
this will bo kept. However.tho dispo
sition that is being shown to remove
this evil ( mould bo earnestly encour
aged.
But this is not the only evil that
needs to bo eradicated from railroad
practices in order to place them , on a
sound nnd straightforward business
basis , nnd ns was said by Mr. Charles
Francis Adams , all the evils would not
bo romcdiodif the Int&r-stato commerce
act were repealed at once. The panacea
for all the ills of the railroad situation
would not bo found in abandoning the
law. As Judge Cooley remarked , there
is something else needs reforming besides -
sides law , and honest railroad mana
gers should find out what it is nnd re
form it thoroughly and permanently.
Judge Cooley has not the least sym
pathy with the complaints of the rail
roads regarding the inter-state com-
inorco law , which relate chlolly to the
long nnd short haullauso nnd the pro-
vfbion against pooling. In his opinion
the former embodies a principle of right
in itself , while ho regards the argu
ment for pooling as radically unsound
and vicious. The address of Judge
Cooley is a valuable contribution to the
discussion of a vital and most important
question , aud it will bon-o to strengthen
public confidence in the law of which
ho is the chief exponent.
THE
In tholr desperate struggle for life
drowning men have been known to
catch at straws , In their desperation
to keep their heads above water , some
of our local contemporaries exhibit
symptoms of the Urownlng'inan. Thcj
cntcli tit everyin dgnilcatit ( remark , niul
torture every b.Vprcsiiun of THE Bill
to ninko a point for their rcndcrlcss con
cerns. Because Tin : Bin : has not seen
fit to fall in with the new-fangled
nnd untried olcction reform whicl
is being pushed in the name of organ
ized and unorganized labor , wo are
told that Tlir.BLK is turning its ba
on the worklngimui ,
Who is iMitltliul to tlio worklngman's
respect and confldoneo ? Is it the man
who dnrcs to differ with them because
ho is convinced that a schomofor whlcl
they clamor is impracticable , or is i
the demagogue who pretends to bo con
verted to any ism that may bo brought
up in the name of labor nnd tries to ride
the hobby for his own boncHl ?
Are the worklngmon of Onmhn < wcl
dupes as to trust the professions o
papers that nro edited by kid-glovei
dudes who never Imvo done a dny'
labor nnd always apologize to tholr in
titimte associates in the clubs for the
purl they nro taking in workinginc-n'ti
meetings ? Are llio workingmen o
Omnlm dupes enough to nllov
corporation attorneys who threv
dust into their eyes by professing
fossing to favor proposed olcction
reforms when their masters keep an oil
room lobby at Lincoln to debauch the
lawmakers ? Wo do not believe thoj
are. And we do not bolic vo that intelli
gent worklngmon , native or foreign
will construe the objections made bi
Tin : Bun to ono feature of the imported
Australian reform on account of the in
ability of many foreign voters to reni
and understand the English language
ns a fling at all foreigners. Has
it como to this , that a man can
toll the truth about nnluralizei
foreigners without being placarded as
a know-nothing and an enemy of the for
oignor. ' Has a man who conscientious ! )
exposes the weak points of any projoc
or reform become an enemy of ever' '
working-man ? Arc all the editors ant
politicians'who play the hypocrite foi
the sake of exerting an influence on do
ludcd l.iborlngtnon the only true friends
that labor has in the press ?
COUNCILMAN WIIKELKH'S resolutions
brought before the council mooting
providing that all contracts for publii
works shall bo certified by the city
comptroller if sufficient fundshavo been
provided for their payment before being ,
presented to the mayor and council for
final action , will meet with thoapprovn
of our citizens. The comptroller's
report will at least call alien
tion to the creation of overlap :
if it will not to a great extent
act as a check to extravagance
However , there is nothing to prevent
the council from ignoring the comp
troller's report. Contracts can be made
and illegal expenditures voted despite
his protest that available funds are not
on hand. In the past the mayor lias
repeatedly called attention to overlaps.
But the council time nnd again ignored
his protest nnd entered into contracts
over his veto. It remains to bo scon
whether that body will respect the
comptroller's injunction under similar
circumstances. But the remedy to pr6-
vent illegal expenditures must come
through a provision in the charter
whioh shall make the creation of over
laps a criminal offonfac and the debt ol
the individual councilmen voting them.
FASSETT , the Grand Rapids school
furniture agent , boldly admits that ho
tampered with an employe of the school
board , and paid him money for his sup
posed influence on members. And the
only excuse ho gives for such conduct
is the broad assertion that they all do it.
In other words , that ho is no worse
than any other school _ furniture agents
whom ho unblushingly charges with
systematic boodling in procuring or
ders. This ought to bo a revelation ,
not only for our"board of education , but
for all school boards. Such an indict
ment of the school furniture dealers
must , in the nature of things , place
every drummer for school furniture
under the ban.
NOT the least important action of the
hou&o of representatives since the re
cess was the recommittal of tlio reso
lution which proposed a change in the
rules intended to gi'o consideration to
tlio Pacific railroad funding bill. This
action is regarded ns a death blow to
the bill in the present congress. In
the next it must take a now start under
conditions less favorable than the
present. The result will bo entirely
satisfactory to the great majority of the
people most directly concerned , who
regard the funding bill as unjust to
them , and promising litllo or no nil
vantage to the government.
MK. FASSCTT wns very careful not to
put himself within the range of the
libel and sjandor law when lie inti
mated that THE BISE was offering itself
to any school furniture firm that would
pay the highest price for its influence.
If Mr. Fassott would make his innuendo
specific wo would give him an oppor
tunity to make good the charge in the
courts. If Fassott had taken the
trouble to road the testimony before the
school board investigation ho would
have been able to discover that THE
BEE'S effort in connection with the
school furniture scandal was to detect
and expose just such boodling ugonts as
ho has confessed Himself to bit ,
THE St. Louis jute bagging trust ,
which wont to plocos on January 1 , evi
dently mndo a sorry moss of it. The
price of the bng lijg up to January 1
was twelve cents a yard , but the mem
bers of the combine were sadly disap
pointed in the quantity of the goods
; old. Now the manufacturers would
bo willing to soil the fabric at eight
cents the yard. But the cotton planters
liavo found a cheaper substitute for the
covering of their cotton bales and twid
dle their fingers in the face of the jute
r ebb o rs. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
THE creation of four throo-dollnrs-n-
day pugos for the semite committee
rooms is strictly original with tlio fertile
genius that holds a pre-omptlon on the
secretaryship of the state sonato. By
right of Original discovery ho is entitled
.o u royalty of fifty per cent of each
ingo's salary. When Walt Sooloy's in
vention for squandering taxpayers'
money roaches Washington it is barely
possible that the United States senate
may avail itself of it. Such n thing for
congressional committees hava not yet
been thought of at the national capital.
TIIEUI : can bo no doubt that n largo
number of parsons In the city and
county are drawing aid from the county
charities who are not entitled to anch
support. The county commissioners
should carefully investigate the innUor.
Not only the taxpayers but the deserv
ing poor who nro deprived of the bene
fits which belong to them should bo
protected from imposition.
A coMMiiNiunr.E resolution was
passed by the state Bonato which pro
vided that clerks and employes should
receive pay only for the time actually at
work. If the spirit of this reform bo
carried out , the slate will bo relieved
of paying thousands of dollars during
this icsslon for services not rendered.
The house should by all means follow
the example set by the sonato.
TJIIJ resolution which passed the
council providing that all bonds shall
bo registered in the comptroller's de
partment before being delivered to the
treasurer to bo sold , Is good as far as it
goes. But all our municipal bonds
should bo registered at the olllco of the
secretary of state for the mutual pro
tection of the city and the bondholders.
Tlio llalnbow dinner Sits Down.
Inter-Ocean.
Cnlvln Krlco appears to Imvo cliasod the
rainbows into their retreats ntul thou snt
down to rest ,
A Caniulliin Sneer.
Tornnln ( Italic.
The victorious American fleet should now
bo diverted from liny ti to Samoa. LJismarck
inlKlit u'ivo in us readily ns Legal me did. In
both c.1109 the American ll.it ; was InsuHoil.
Why should not Uismnrck bo made to pay as
well us tbo president of liny til
Discrimination.
If n farmer in Kansas who Rrows sorghum
should bo paid n bounty of ono cent u pound
on sorclmni sugar , why should not his next-
door neighbor , who grows corn , bo paid
bounty on the Johnny calcc or whisky that i
produced from liU cruilo mateiiaU Wh
maice fish of one farmer nnd flesh of another
Kiijlil lit tlio Front.
Iirimmfe floomeraiip. t
TUB OMAHA Hin's : annual shows tlio me
tropolis of Nebraska to bo behind no city in
the wcsl In prosperity and enterprise , It i
already the third pork packing center it
America , Its bank clearings last yea :
amounted to over $173,000,000 and the vol
umu of wholesale business done aggreg.itcd
M7,000,000. ,
.
Will Anytlilnir litJUoft ?
A movement is now on foot to save ai
many as possible of the tics and rails ns an
still left on the mniu line of the St. Louis &
Chicago road. Gentlemen who know a great
deal tibout the mismanagement of the prop
erty say that nothing short of complete and
radical reorganization can save n dollar to
the various security holders. The stock ,
which was some time ago quoted at lOfS
sold on Saturday nt $1 per share , and tlioi :
only 100 shares were required.
Pools To-ilny , Koolu To-morrow.
Commercial Mvcrtttcr.
In the palmy days of the South sea bubble ,
wo are told , nn occasional advertisement
used to appear in London to this clTcct : "At :
enterprise , thn nature of which cannot a' '
present bo disclosed , but which will retun :
from fiO to 100 per cent per annum , Is open
for investment during a limited period. '
The nblo projector did not disclose the nn
ture of Ins enterprise until ho had collected
a few thousand pounds sterling , and betaken
himself to parts unknown. How much lias
the American speculator of the ninctccntl
century advanced in intelligence beyond tlio
standard of the British speculator of 1720.
m
BlodCHty of Grontiioss.
Clifcago Tribune.
Eminent statesman I wish you would
take occasion to any In the strongest possible
manner that my name must not bemontioned
in connection with any cabinet office what
ever.
Reporter But , senator , I have never
heard your nnme spoken of in any such con
nection. The Idea has probably never oc
curred to any
Eminent statesman ( with vohomcneo )
And It must not , sir it must notl Bo care
ful to say so in writing up this interview , I
believe that is all but , hold on 1 You may
toll the business inanngor of your paper to
send mo 500 copies of to-morrow's ' Issue.
NKKIIASKA HOYS' tiETTEHS.
They Wroteto Hurrlson , Unt Il
Nnver Jtocclved Tliom.
Two little follows way out * in Nebraska
nro wondering , no doubt , why they Imvo not
heard fcom General Harrison long before
this , saya the Indiun'ipolls Dispatch. They
live in Loup City. It will bo remembered
that u short time ugo a largo cabin readied
thla city from that place. It was intended us
a present to General Harrison , but the donor
never turned up , and the cabin wan turned
over to the Big Four railroad people. It is
filled with yroducts of Nebraska , nnd weighs
Just 0,200 pounds. To-day two tiny notes were
found In the cabin among the shcafB of
wheat. They were scrawled on pieces of
note paper. One was ns follows :
DcAitMii. HAIIIHSOJJ : I thought I would
write you n letter and Hond you my compli
ments. I wrfs very glad whim I heard you
was elected , and so was the rest of my
schoolmates. There nru only flvo democratic
boys going to our school. 1'leuso write if
you got this letter. My school teacher Is n
democrat , but you fooled Cleveland had. My
father is a republican , nnd ho was very glad
you were elected. I must close , hoping you
will stay in ofllco two terms. YOIIM truly ,
Loup City , Neb. EH.VEST J. Pn one.
The other wns in about the same strain. It
rend ;
UeAit MR. HAIIIIISOX : I am very glad
Unit yon are elected. My papa ia a republi
can nnd la very glail you 1110 elected. 1 hope
you will stay in ofllco two terms , Wo hope
you will like the olllco , I am in school , and
I heard tlio sod house was a going to go this
noon. I'loasc wnUi soon. I hnvcn't mucu
to say. I will write you when you uro iu tlio
white house.
[ Then follows a pencil sketch of a bird
rearing a letter in its mouth , und underneath
.ho following : !
"Yours truly , ASIII.KV Coxouit.
"Loup City , Sborinun County , Neb. "
Van Ktton A.talii ; ArroHteil.
David Van Elton is once uioro behind the
jars , ile was allowed his liberty on a (1,000
> end which expired Friday last , und was no-
tilled several times by Deputy Sheriff Grobc
that it inmt bo renewed. Yesterday ho was
ngnln notified , nnd warned that Jail would
allow tiny further delay , but ho remained
jbstinuto , and at last , on instructions from
bounty Attorney Mnhonoy , ho was locked
up. Ho demanded that he should bo t a Icon
from his olllco by force , nnd was uceomiuo-
iluted to that extent.
A ProyiVHslve Kiiohro I'nrty.
Mrs. George Hlggins will entertain her
rionds at progressive cuchro at her rusl-
enoo , corner of Popplutou aud Georgia two-
3UUS ,
Tim OAUSK OP CATHOLICISM.
A llAivqurt Olvcu By tlio Mutual Ilrnn-
llt Association.
, At the MtUnrd hotel TuoMlay night St.
Joseph Hruncli No. 1 of the Catholic- Mutual
Benefit n * < ! odutloi ntul It * friends b.iniuottod
sumptuously.
There were present nbont one hundred
persons , and it could not bo fmfd Hint cither
sex \VM In the majority. The vlvnclty nnd
brllllnncy of the life and color micmblod
were Inspiring.
After the serving of the bnnmiot the presi
dent of the society , Major J. H. Kur.iv , In
welcoming the society , snld :
"Hlght Uevorcnd HMiop , Lndle and Gen
tlemen : ThoCiitholio Mutual Honollt asso
ciation comes Into your midst this evening ns
nn Infnnt lucking n dny ot being ton months
old. Wo hope thnt you will find it n very
lively child. It Is the design of this orpin i-
ration to fulfil the purposes for which
It was created. It will bo com
posed of good men who nro period
Catholics. Us ntcinucrt will not forgot tlio
obligation resting upon them , beyond ttto
care of the slcl : and dying nnd
the burying of the tli-ail , to look
to the welfare of the living , limiting
their live * as comfortable nnd hnppy as pos-
atblu in this vnlo of tours. And the best
ntothod of proccduro for thnt end , it appears
to mo , is n constant mingling together. I
inn glnd to sco before mo such nn ntnply
tilled ( mil , nnd bid you nil right welcome. "
Mr T. .1 , Mnhonoy , in the absence of Mr.
John Hush , responded to "Tho C. M H. A. , "
grnphically depicting the history of the nssn-
elation , nnd prophesying its future grout
usefulness. The speaker referred to the
title of the association ns a .sufllclont cxplnn-
tlon of its objects
The Kight IJcv Itishop O'Connor treated
"Tito Church In America" to nn exposition
ns follows :
The sentiment , gentlemen , on which I have
been asked to a poult this evening is ono sug
gesting thoughts innnmeniblo , nnd some of
them nro too profound for utterance on oc
casions lllto the present. Nevertheless
i on will permit mo to Invite- your attention
to Just ono or two of the ninny claims which
our national church has upon our regard.
Wo vonoiMto tlio church for her great an-
Utility. It is not , ns too ninny arc often led
to suppose , an org.ini7ntlon of recent dntoor
importation in this country. If early settle
ments can give n claim to the numa Ameri
can , then tills national church of ours ia emi
nently nn American Institution , Shu was ttie
first church to place n mark the first clirist-
iun symbol raised nbovo the soil
of this continent was the cross.
Long bnforo tlio puritans landed at
Plymouth the church had her missionaries
and her martyrs in this country. In the sev
enteenth nnd eighteenth centuries she could
count numerous congregations of native
Christians In many p.irto of tlio territory
now under the dominion of the United States ,
nnd the historian , liancrofl. speaking of the
progress made hero by the frcnch Jesuits as
early ns 10-10 , says that tlio French brought
the cross to the faces of the inhabitants of
St Mary , of the confines of Lake Superior ,
mid to the homes of the Sioux in the vnlloy
of the Mississippi llvo voars before the Now
England 7cnlot had addressed the tribes of
Indians living within six miles of Hoston har
bor. Then wo would fool n deep Interest in
the welfaio of our national church because of
the sulntary influence she is lilco to have
on the , nation we love so well nnd
of which vo Cntholica forma by no means
insignillcant part. God , my friends , has
stamped this country with the interest of
unity and material greatness. Ita moun
tains , its valleys. , its rivers , traversing , as
many of them do , Its whole extent , the won
derful fertility of its soil und the vnrioty of
its products , the people of its different parts
nnd their dependence upon each other , nil
proclaim that from the beginning the Al
mighty intended it to become the homo of
ono great and prosperous people , mid in the
fullness of time thnt , the people and prosper
ity enter into possession of the inhoiitanco
prepared for them. They como from uivers
lands , bringing with them different customs
nnd laws , speaking different languages , nnd
in the lupsqof a couulo of centuries wo see
them united inio ono nation , governed by
tlio same laws , speaking ono Inngungo and
forgetting almost in n few generations the
different nations from which they sprung.
Sucli a country , such a people , ladies mid
gcntlcmon , has need of n great church to cn-
nblo it to fullil the destiny which God hus in
store for it ; it needs a church that Is one in
faith , ono In diciplinc , ono the same nt the
north and at the south , in the cast nnd in tlio
west. It has need of a church that is nblo to
take care of notions , preserve , elevate nnd
guide them. Give this country such a church
nnd history has no record of such things as
ft will do for God and mankind. Hut where
is thnt church to bo found i She is and can
only bo the Catholic church. The Catholic
church is the author of modarn civilization.
She nlono fully comprehends It , she alone is
nble to perfect and guido it. She
found nil the civilbed nations of
to-dny barbarous nnd enabled thorn
to become what they nro nt present ; nnd she
would have done much more for thorn had
not her work been hindered by the objections
of men and the powers of this world. This ,
then , my friends , in the great and only
church that can safely guide tills young
giant rcpuolio on the paih of Its destiny , will
it but recognize the claims of our chnrch and
submit itself to her guidance. When that
may happen no mnn now can tell , but our be
lief in the great future that is before the
United States bnnga to us tlio conviction
that happen it will sooner or Inter.
"Catholic Laymen" was the tlioino of
Hon. M. V. Gannon , who wns followed by
Uov. M. P. Dowllng on "Christian Educa
tion. " This gentleman maintained that the
Catholic educators should bo compensated to
the extent that they reduce the cost of uen-
cral education. In taking up "Our Guests , "
Hon. J. E. Hlloy regretted that ho had not
had time In which to prepare suitable words
on behalf of this "Infnn't lucking a day of
ten months old , " but that ho would express
its gratefulncs for the presence nt its levee
of the fathers and mothers , sons nnd beauti
ful daughters. Mr. Jules Lombard then
sang u Scotch composition , "Say , Are You
Sleeping , Muggio , " witli spirit nnd the pow
ers of Ills magnificent voice. While the
singnr's voice yet vibrated , Major l uray , in
n few kindly and fitting words , dispersed
the gathering.
SOUTH OMAHA HUDGET.
Meeting of tlio honlli Onialiii Ijivo
Htook I'JxcliaiiK .
Tlio On led HII in n Hocloty.
At the regular meeting of the Caledonian
society , held in the Knights of Pythias hall
Tuesday evening , officers were elected for
the ensuing year as follows : Chief , James
Ferguson ; first chieftain , George McDou-
gall ; accond chieftain and secretary , Erank
H. Can tlio ; third chieftain nnd treasurer ,
I'Vhnk Uurncss ; fourth chieftain nnd guard ,
William Wntson ; councllmon , John C.
Huclmmin , J , W. G. I'Vuii'tiand , Alexander
Fr.izicr ; chaplain , Hov/ Robert L. Whnolcr ;
piper , Adam Hell. The meetings will bo held
on the second nnd last Tuesday evenings of
ouch month in Knights of Pythias hall. On
Friday evening , January 2 , ' ) , the society will
celcbrato Hums' day , and will have a meet
ing Huitablo to the memory of Robert Hums ,
the peasant poet of Scotland.
South Omnlm Llvo Siouk Kxoliantrc.
A mooting of the board of directors of the
South Omaha Llvo Stocx Exchange was held
at 3 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at the asso
ciation rooms , Exchange building. A com
mittee on printing , consisting of Mussrs.
Jutnes Viles , Jr. , Jumos G. P.Iartln and J. A.
Hnko was appointed. President A C. Foster
was npiwintod n special commlUoo to not with
nnd URSiat the charter committee. Adjourned
to meet at the uauio place Monday. January
U , at 2 o'clock p. m. , whun appointments and
ulcutions of secretary , treasurer und oilier
olllccrs will bo made.
Notes About I Iio City.
Assistant Manager James H. Howe , of the
Aniiour-Cudiihy packing house , has returned
from Chicago ,
The by-lawH committee , consisting of
Messrs. David Anderson , John Dee und A J ,
Haldwlu , met last night to draft a sot of by
laws for the South Omaha Electric Light
company. Other meetings will bo held till
ttio work is completed.
Lyda aged ten year * , daughter of Mr. and
Mm. William Trouson , died ut 7 o'clock lust
nl ht of malignant diphtheria. The Inter-
moiit was had ut U o'clock yustcnluy after ,
noon in Laurel Hill cemetery.
ft tor Lovely , of Arcadia , la. , Is In the city
lho pupst of M. P. O'DonnoU.
fiwift ft Co. Imvo boon adding machinery
La thOftuusago department. Two ntnv chop
pers und steam stutiers , wtla n capacity of _
100 pounds In ono minute nnd ten seconds ,
were put In yesterday.
St. Agnes TomiHSMiieo society Is arrang
ing to give nn entertainment , The imtnro of
the proprnmmo nnd the time nnd plaeo have
not yet boon decided upon.
H. H. Kooser , Missouri Puriflo travelitiR
stock nscnt , wns at the stockyard * yester
day
Manager John R Itayd , of the Tnlon stock *
ynins , left jesUrday for ucnvor.
L. O. Houson , of Greenwood , Is vlsitlnij
his daughter and son-in-law , Mr. nnd MM.
George II. Cutler ,
W. A. L. Gibbon , cashier of the South
Omaha branch of the Nebraska
bank , was ono of the C M. H A guests nt
the Millnrd hotel Tuesday night.
AI Powell , salesman for Martin Hros. , Imi
returned form St. Joe , Wisconsin.
Diphtheria In its most malignant form li
raging , Within u week two dilution hnvo
died out of one family , and cnsos , nciirl.v nil
fatal hnvo been reported continuously during
the fall nnd winter
'J II UK 15 aiOllli !
Strnng Record : TUB OMAIH Hni : has putn
tram of Its own on tht > H. .t M. , in order to
cntcu the "flyer" nt Plattsmouth , thus supply
ing its South Platte loaders hours m niivnnen
of Its rivals. The cntoi prise Is n big ono and
wines high , but nothing that will give ( In
renders nil the ninvs nnd promptly on ttmo
costs too niueh for TUB Hue.
Hcd Cloud Republican : Tun Ouuu Hun's
latest metropolitan move Is the running of n
special newspaper train to Plattsmouth to
connect with the west-bound liver Hy this
means Tun HRR Is circulated throughout lho
South Plnttc country several hours In ml-
vnnco of Its competitors Tlio train was put
on nt nn expense of $1,000 per month.
Nlobrara Pioneer The now year brought
into life a new feature in TIIK OMAHA Hun's
dully circulation. TIIK Hii : : company hns
started n morning trnln over the H A M ,
thus giving Its south Plntto renders the news
from four to twenty-four hours earlier than
nny oilier newspaper. For ontoriirlso this
surpasses anything of the kind west of Chi
cago. As a newspaper Tn K KEK now takes
rank with the great eastern dailies. Its
opinions nro not always In harmony with n
good many peonlo , but $10 n year Is a good
deal of money for opinions when you pay for
nows.
INTISUUSTIMJ IOWA ITKMS.
Wo Hong took out nn'.urnlUallon import in
Dos Monies. Ho was the llrst Clilnanmn In
Iowa to do so.
There hns been a "hen on" nt Little Sioux
Last Sundny she entno oil , mid twelve litllo
chickens followed her.
The Davenport proprietor of n plcklo works
is going to Germany to study n now inolhod
of putting up saner kraut.
A child wns recently born in Audubon
county with but ono nnu nnd ono leg.
The mayor of Crcston gave the Salvation
nrmy half ton of coal by way of contrlbu
tlon.
tlon.An
An old gentleman nt Jefferson , who for
years has used "specs" to road with , finds
out that with the plnsses removed ho reads
ns well as over , provided ho has the bars on
and the frame to look through.
Manual Arandtts , a Mexican living near
Ottumwn , was found dead in tlio road with
his horse lying on the top of him. Ho had
boon drunk nnd the horse fell over on nnd
crushed him.
The Poxvcshlok county court has decided
the case of n chnrivari party composed of
eighteen young men residing between Mnl-
com nnd Hiooklyn , who hud been Indicted
for dlstuibing the pence. Judge iowis Im
posed lines ranging from f I to $50. The
fines and costs assessed jigninst the bovs
amounted to over ? 400.
Om.ttm ItnllnnR Organize.
Dal Cenlsio al Etna , "From Mount Conls
to Mount . /Etna , " such Is the nuuio of n now
organization formed in Omaha on last Sun-
tiny at the residence of Its president , on
Davenport street , between Ninth and Tenth.
This society has been contemplated , for Bema
time by the lendcis among the Italian resi
dents in Omaha , and it now starts out with
bright prospects , numbering already about
thirty members. Ita object Is of n social
nature , ns well us ono of mutual aid. It looks
nlso to the naturalization of its members ,
thnt they may have their proper place nnif
weight In the city's politics. The following
wcro elected ofllccrs for the ensuing year :
,
* -rtiit\JlHl VJ ( \ > t l'V lit llf lS ) * ILJbllt 1UL/JLI |
Fraijccsco Pasculc , Vincenso Crosei. A hall
hns not yet been decided on , but for the pres
ent meetings will bu held at the residence of
the president.
Florence.
The trial of the nine men clmrgod with
gambling at Florence last Saturday night
came up before Judge Cleveland yesterday.
Although the circumstances were much
against the men , the testimony failed to con
vlct eight of them. James Flamming , ono of
the waterworks men , was the only man
found guilty. All the mon nccuaed testified
that they were merely playing a sociable
game for chips and not for money. Mr.
Tucker , who was authorized by Marshal
Walker to take part in the gnmo to procure
ovldonco for the state , awore that the gnmo
was for money nnd thnt ho had paid u dollar
lor twenty chips. The witnesses for the do
fence testified thnt they did not BOO any
money on the tublo.
The city council mot last night nnd the
only innUor of importance : wns the council's
approval of Mayor Hunt's appointing Mr.
Walker city marshal , ,
Mnrrlngn
The following murrlngo licenses wcro Is
sued yesterday by Judge Shields :
( Elmer Walker , Omnim . . ' . Cl
I LouisoG , Fit/.gornld , Omaha . 'Jl
j Ludwig H.igomm , Omaha . Ul
| Louisa Null , Omaha . ail
( Henry Gllmoru , Omulm . tifl
( Sarah A. Heed , Omaha . it )
i Andrew P. Andrcnsoii , Omaha . a I
{ DortaM. Andoi son , Omaha . 25
An liiHiilti'il IMim.
Texas Sifthifcs : "Otis Do Smith IH
very nnpry nt you. Iio Bays you in-
aulted him nt the railroad depot the
other iltiy , " roinnrkcil Ilostottor McOln-
nis to Gimooly.
"Ye * ) , nnd 1 will insult lilni worse still
if I can Iny my linnda on him. Tlio
miserable scoundrel saw moRoinifoff
with my mother-in-law on ono arm anil
my wlfo on the other , and ho asked mo
if I wasn't fining on a pleasure "trip. "
Sneezing Catarrh.
watery rtlsclmrpeH from the cyt'H mid noi > e , tlui
painful Inllaratimtlon extending to the throat
tlio bwulllii ) , ' of thu mucoiiK lining , canalngrliok-
InKbuiiBiitloiiH , cough , rfnglngnolecH Intlichtud
and Hpllttlnt , ' henduchos , how famtlur th s
symptoms mo to IhousniulH Mho miir r peilodl-
cully from head < old * or Inlliiciizn , und who live
In Ignorance of thu fai ttliut imlncluapplication
of K.t.vronn'8 H.uno.u , C't'iit ; roil CATAIUIII will
afford lii'ti'ntiinnxi * tt'lle/
Hut UiU 11 fitment In canon of Mmplo Cutitnli
L-IVCH but u faint Idea of what thin i nmeily will
do In thu clitonlo foinm , wln.-ro tlio breuUiInR 1
obdtrnuud by choking , putrid mncoiiH uiciimu-
lulloiiH. tliu heiuliiK ultuctud. nmull anil tuutu
gone , tin oat nkcriiti d und hucklnu t'uiiK'i ' grud *
nully fiihtt'iilng lUelf upon tlio dolillltatuil ton-
loin. 'Ilii-n It 1 * that thu mur.vullouit ciiralmi
DOWOr Of bVNHIUIi'H lUlllCAl , CUIIIJ IIIUIllfoatH
Itself In Inxtnntaneoiifi urid Ki'ttofal ' relief I nro
liuuliiH from tlie Hint application. Jt Is rapid ,
radical , purnmnom , economical , mifo.
tUNrnmi'ri lUpiCMi.Cuiir. consUtH of ono hot-
tlu nt tlict H imrAii CtniK.onoboxof ( 'ATAIIIIIIAJ.
SOI.VK.VTUII and Ijirnovnn INII.U.KH , price tl.
I'OTTMt DllUO & Cllf.MIC.AL CO. IIOHIOV.
IT STOPS THE PAIN.
SKhlnoy unit Uturlnx rulim. und all
1'nln , iiitiiimmutlon , and Woakni'M *
JtUKUIUVKU IN . rH MIMITI , IIV 1IIJ1
JUTICIMU ANn-IMiM'i.isrKii. Tliu llrnt ncl
inly pain ulxluln planter. New. original , in-
itiuitunoouH. nuvur iiillliiK. Vastly vururlor to
M oilier ptuolerti unit romuJlea fur tliu iclli-f ot
mln. At ull ilunuTiota , ricentfi ; flvo tin l.t > Jj
'o. ,