Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, February 04, 1889, Page 4, Image 4
( ODD OMAHA DAILY BE $ : MONDAY. FEBRUARY 4 , 189. THE DAILY BEE. rumi8iiKi > MORNING. TEllMS OF SUHSCttllTION. lMition ) Jncliidlns Bu.vnAT Hrr.Oti * Ycnr . * 10 < " roi Hlx Months . fro KorTTireo Months . . . . . . . . . . . < " TUB OMAHA HIINIIAV UEK. malted to any address. One Year . - J Wt.EKl.r IIKK , Ono Your . . . . . . . . . . -00 DMAIIAOmrE.NOS. HANt > ! > lBKAlf AMSTIll'.r.T. CitioAno Omen WJ7 HOOKKIIV inm-mmi. nrwYoiiKOtmT. HOOMS 14 AND ir.TimiuNK Jliiii.ui.vn.VASIIINOTON Omen , No. 613 STIIKKT. OOHUESl'ONnKNCK. .Alleommnnlrntlnns rclntlnc tonovrnnnrt edi torial matter ghould bo addressed to thu LDITOII ug < \l \ .A 11 blislnesH Vtters mid remltuncos should 1)0 MlilrcRieil to Tim HBK Piini.isiitsn COMI-ANT , 3MAIM. Drafts , checks nnil postoinco orders to bo mmlc pnynblo to the onlor of the company. ThcBcePiililisliinECipany Prooriete E. ROSBWATKK. Kill tor. S i > i\iijV uiis. Sworn Stntfcintmtol Olronlatton. EtntcofNebmsXn , I- Countyof limt iiu . I8-1 OcorKO ll.TV. lmelc,8ocrotnrlvorTh lion Pub lishing Company , OOPS solemnly swrar that the nctimfclrculntlnn of TUB lUit.v luce for the wiek cnillmi i'obruary Z , lt& . was us rutlows : Piiiidny. Jnn. 87 . } $ Monday , Jim. V * . \yi \ Tucsrtny. .Inn. Si . Wrtlnpsdnr.Jiui. * ) TmirMlnv. .Inn. Ul 1 nilftv. Feb. 1 . - , baturday , J'ob. " . .le.uii HKOH3IJ II. TZBCHUUK. Sworn to before mo and subscribed In my j-rihtiico this "d ilny of J'ebnmry , A. I ) . 18.1 ' . Seal N. p. i'im : Notary Public. fctale of Ncbras . i . County of Mouslai. f " ( Jeorpu II. T/Hclmcic , JIMUR duly sworn , tie- tie ns and sayn that ho In secrutnry of the Hue rtihhsiiliiK company , tliat the actual avoractf dallj cliculutlonof 'inn DAILY BBC for the month of January , IBM , \b'Afl copies : for Feb ruary. IftA. J6.WU copies : for March , IbW , IS.CS'J copies : for Anril , 18 * . : n.74I copies ; forMny.lKsa , IS IB. ) copies : for .liino.lHSSll''Wtcoplosj ' for .lulr. JKIC. 18.UW copies : for AliRltst , IKS' ) , lrilKlc < > ptos ; lorKeptotnbiT , ISM , 18.161 copies ; forOctobor , JF8S. as JS.OS4 copies : for November. 1833 , 18.1)80 ) copies : for December , 1SSX. Itl.'ii ) copies. Sworn to before mo and Rtibscrlbeo in my Presence this SB ) day of January ISS'.i. 17 tf. P. FHHj Notary Public. Till ! tail end of the Douglas county delegation nt Lincoln will please puck its grip uml coino homo. "WK Alii : promised parks , boulevards nnd n union depot , but wo have Jetrer- son square lot us kcop it. " MINXKSOTA is about to outlet an antl- Pinkerton law. Slrango that so many states nowadays follow after Nebraska. IT may interest a great many people to learn that just thirty days from date General Harrison will btop into the presidency. TJIBKIS are four products to build tip a great commercial community. They are corn , cattle , cotton , wheat. Omaha has two of them. Now that the western railroad presi dents have decided to agree , how long will it tak by the Wuttorbury watch for them to disagree ? DAK LAMONT has given Mr. Cleve land noiico that on March 5 ho can be found nt his business oflleo , Now York City , open for further engagement. IK NKIIKASICA is the granary of the country , Omaha is the meat market of America. 'It furnishes fresh beef and pork , not only to Boston and Now York on the east , but to Memphis on the south and Denver on the west. "Docxou" FKANK BILLINGS , direc tor of the station for the study of dis eases of animals , spent four hundred dollars in the purchase of u horse and buggy. That must also have been the horse whoso shooing cost the state four dollara and seventy-live cents. It is not to bo wondered at that the legisla tive appropriation of fifteen thousand dollars for the o.xporimontal farm has molted like butter in the sun. A HILI , is now before the legislature of Kansas to compel the inspection of cnttlo on the hoof at tlio place , of slaughter. It is hardly expected that such a foolish measure will bo enter tained by the legislators the moment its fallacies are pointed out. The mem bers of the Kansas legislature certainly will not bo guilty of biting oil their nose to spite their /ace. The passage of Mich an act would bo a direct blow to the cattle-growing interests of the state , and would close every packing establishment in Kansas. EITOUTS are being inado to discover the cause of the low price of cattle to the grower. Indefinite charges are made continually that the dressed hoof men are to blame for it , There may bo gome truth in this , but it cannot wholly account for the apparent cheapness of cattle. The market for hogs has been remarkably stilt for a number of month s. Tlio hog grower cannot complain of low prices. If the pork and beef packing monopolies hold the power to depress the price of live stocl : at will , why do they notlowor the price of hogs as they have of cattloV The truth is , the low price of cattle is duo to the fact that the supply outruns the demand. A glance nt the table ot the number of cattle re turned for taxation would prove this. For the year 1881 the report shows that six millions of cattle wore returned from the nine western Btutos and territories devoted to cattle raising. In 1S37 the number returned was nearly fourteen millions , If the figures for 1888 were prepared they would no doubb run into the twenty millions , Whether those returns bo correct or not is immaterial. They are undoubtedly underestimated. Never theless those estimates prove that the re has boon an enormous increase in tlio number of cnttlo binco the palmy days when live slock fetched high prices. For that reason , it is to the interest of thu cattle growers of the west to extend ttioir market and encourage the hoof- packing industries. They must find avenues to dispose of temporary over production , Hut this can never be ac complished bj a short-sighted policy to restrict the free movement of cattle from one state to another by the pus- 6Ajfo of local Inspection laws , nor by un warranted hostility to the beef-packing Industries , through whoso energies the west is able to supply not only America but Europe with cheap beef. T11K SUItMJSSTOy ItLUXDER. The nttltudo ot Tun Bui : regarding Bubmlssion , in whatever form presented , lias boon fully and clearly defined. Wo have deprecated all reference to the subject from n profound conviction that the effect of prohibition could not fnil to bo hut mf ill to the material interests nnd prosperity of the state. Its agitation , nnd the un certainty regarding the result , must in evitably retard enterprise , chock the inflow of capital nnd population , nnd prove tu every way an obstacle to our growth. Under the existing high llcen&c and local option law Nebraska hag moved steadily forward in the path of prosperity. While the stales that lm\o adopted prohibition have re mained almost stationary , their toxvns falling inlo decay , their hinds declin ing in vojuo , nnd their industries leav ing thorn , thio atalo has had the fortu nate experience of n steady growth in population and a steady increase in wealth nnd prosperity nlmosl unpar alleled. To strike n blow now nt these most favorable conditions , holding out the promise of a greater progress in the future than in the past , is ono of those mistakes which are worse than crimes , and in the face of all the ovi- dcnco that proclaims * its folly is the very rashness and recklessness of a blind and heedless fanaticism. With regard to the dual propositions of the submission bill , the presentation of the question to the people in that form is perhaps preferable to the sub- mlssloniof a single prohibitory amend ment. It is a rcasontiblo view that had the prohibition advocates carried sub mission as they desired , and their proposition should bo defeated by the people , the agitation would bo renewed nt once. The submission of the two propositions together will give the people an oppor tunity to determine which principle prohibition or high license they will permanently embody in the funda mental law. and there ouffht lt > bo some advantage to the cause of high license in this. Tlio two policies must bo dis cussed side by Hide , and in such a controversy the sup porters of high license should have litllo lo fonr if they are activoand earnest. The weight of argument , and of experience in Nebraska and else where , id largely on their side. They can demonstrate that while high license lias everywhere served the cause of temperance , prohibition has nowhere been successful in stopping the tralllc in liquor.e . THE WEST JAT T1IE TREASUUr. It is not from a sectional spirit , as that is ordinarily understood , that the west desires to bo represented in the head of the national treasury under the next administration. The people of the west have no reactionary financial theories or policy which they wish to promote through a representative of this section in control of the fiscal af fairs of the nation. They do not con template retaliation upon the "gold bugs" of the east , as some of those have professed to fear. There is no conspiracy of western financial interests against similar eastern interestswhich the next administration is oxpccled to subserve , as hits boon charged by Now York poli ticians with accompanying threats of disaster to the republican party. The west has no idea of disturbing or departing - parting from the sound republican policy under which the national treasury * ury was administered until the p csent administration came into power , cover ing an era which , with the exception of a short period , was the most prosperous in the country's history. The west desires representation in the head of the national treasury because it believes this section to bo fairly entitled to that consideration. It is the chief wealth-producing section of the country. Its farms and its mines have con tributed most largely to the payment of the national debt , ana < vill continue to do so. Its productions give more to the commerce of the nation than those of any other section , and they are steadily and rapidly increasing. Its people pay a larger proportion of the national revenue than those of any other section and will always do so. These are sufficient reasons why the great west should bo represented in the na tional treasury by a man who comprehends the vast magnitude of its interests and is in sympathy with its aspirations. It is unquestionably true that there is a pretty general fooling of distrust in the west of eastern financiers whoso views have boon formed under the narrow influence of Wall street. The people of this section do not believe it to bo to the advantage of the general welfare that that influence should dominate in the administration of the financial affairs of the nation. Dut the greater reason they have for desiring a western man at the head of the treasury , is in the position of the west as the largest contri butor to the wealth , the commercial progress and the goucral prosperity of the nation , which in the fulfillment of its Inevitable destiny it must always continue to be. J1AHIUSOX ON CIVIL SERVICE. Tlio reported talk of General Harri son with a friend , on the subject of civil service reform , is suggestive , nnd should receive the attention both of those who are in the olHcos and those who hope to got in. General Harrison indicates with sufficient plainness that ho IB nut in sympathy with the enthusiasts re- S | > eoting civil service reform , who would make a swooping extension of it nt once , but rather is ono of the conservative class who believe that it must ben work of time and popular education. "I have btudicd the matter , " the president elect is reported to have said , "for several years , nnd belle vo reforms are possible , but they cannot bo made so sweeping at once. Tlio people must bo educated to the requirements of the service in this particular , and the njoro Imperative the demand for perfect ser vice becomes the bettor prepared they will be lo make some sacri fices In order to obtain it. " This is n view which men who look at this mat ter in a practical way can heartily com mend. Granting all that the roost ar dent advocate of reform in the civil ser vice can say as to its necessity , it la obvious that umler n polit ical system like ours so extreme a chnngo ns the radical reformers would effect nt once is out of the question. Civil service reform has been on trial for more than twelve years , and yet it is undoubtedly true that not more than half the people of the country tire aoso- lulcly in favor it. It is well known that the masses of the democratic party nro unqualifiedly opposed to it , and there nro many republicans who are uofr heartily devoted to it perhaps a larger number since the lost national election than before. It may bo that another txvolro years of honest trial may bring thu whole pcoplo to support the re form , but this popular education \vill hardly bo accomplished in less time under the most favorable conditions. But General Harrison indicated by his remarks lliaf there la not to bo any backward stop during his administra tion. Men who nro experienced and elllclont in the public service will find in what ho said nothing to give them concern by reason of the fact that they are not in political sympathy with the administration. General Harrison recognizes the fact that "no party in this ngo can hope to retain power xvhon the efficiency of any part of the service is made secondary to party needs. " Nothing' more explicit could bo re quired by way of assurance that it will not bo the policy of the next administration to make a clean swoop in the public ofliccs. Another - other significant part of this talk of General Harrison , which ought to bo reassuring to the reformers , is this : "Tho time is not far distant when tlio politics of a government employe will cease to bo considered in his retention in the service , and when otllcioncy nnd faithfulness will ho the only requisites. " * It is sulllcient lo say that all this is 011- lirely consistent with what General Harrison said in his letter of accept ance and also w'th the attitude ot the republican party , which instituted civil service reform and has strenuously fought to maintain it. There is every reason to believe that it will not retro grade under the next administration. Thu City Hall. Tlie Omaha lleraM , June" , J889. "Work should begin on the city hall at once. If not , why not ? The season is advancing. Magnificent buildings , the result of private enterprise , are rising beside tlio mouldering founda tion of the city hall. The inaction is a waste of time and money. The old wrangle is duad. _ The attempt to author ise the securing of a now site perished of'its own weakness. There is no further reason for delay. "Tho foundation has been examined by competent and disinterested archi tects and pronounced in every wav suffi cient to stand such a superstructure as has been designed for it. Mr. Men delssohn of this city has taken the Myers plans and so modified them as to conform in the matter of cost with legal requirements , without necessitating any change in the structure to impair its usefulness or materially lesson its ca pacity. Therefore work should bo re sumed despite any individual opposition. Not only is the building needed , Dut the money to bo sot afloat by a resump tion of operations \vould bo noticed. "Several score of men would bo given steady employment. To allow the foundation tosland unused another year would bo the height of folly. A man's private affairs , conducted , on a similar plan , would speedily bring him to pov erty. "There is a disposition in the council to take UD the matter again , and the sooner it shall bo taken up the bettor. Lot it bo taken up purely with a view to starting operations , and not to plac ing now obstructions in the way. " MaicitG. isss. "JotTorson square is not the place for the city hallor fora government build ing. As to the first point , the people have decided. As to the second , the proper authorities \vill decide in duo time. As to the merits of the square as a building silo from an architectural point , there is no reason for discussing , save as opinions rolled upon surround ing property. If the place were not needed for a park , nnd anyone chose to use it for building purposes , ho could doubtless do so with perfect safety. No ono expects over to hear that the ma terial bottom has dropped out of Jeffer son square. " 1'ractlcnl Jolin Slicvninu. CMwao Tim ft , Senator Sherman bus no moro romance in him thun a rail fence. Just ns wo are get ting ready to turn loose on Germany the Ohio senator arises with un Evarts frigidity and informs the country that thcro will bo no light and that Jake Klein cuts no figure In the row. Has Senator Sherman nnv uu- 11 pa thy toward Mr. Klein because ho hulls from Chicago 1 Smart Men Consult Their "Wives. A'ew York Sun. An observer of tlio parallels In Ufa finds that Ch nun coy M. Dopow , Alonzo U. Cornell , Krastus AViman , Warner Miller , Dan La ment unil Kiln Wlicoler Wllcox's ' husband all iiiiilso cloao confidantes of their xvlvcs and lielmvo toward them as if they wore still couriers , uncertain xvlmt the answer of the ladles would bo if marriage was pioposcd. * Criminal St. Li > Uil'P < The authorities of Plummervillo , Arlt. , do not seem to liuvo discovered that a brutal murder , welch bun excited the horror nnd indignation of the entire country , 1ms been committed la tliolr town , Some means should bo discovered to prod them into a lively sense of tliolr duty. A Trlllo Too flroad. Mtnncapold Trilmne. A Plumber announced in the Omaha police court the oilier dayllmt all reporters lira liars. This plumber xvas undoubtedly sulky and mad at old Horcns , or > Jio would never have mndo such an unqualified statement us 'all xoportcra uru Hard.1 Will Make It Intorostliif ; . KcwYnrlt HeraUl. When Hlalno is secretary of state hero , Herbert Ulsmitrck chancellor iu Germany , Crlspl controlling Italy , and Uoulangor minister of war in France , theio should bo plenty of news for everybody who likes nowe. The Cures of Ollloo. Clilenijo TrUiwu. Dan Lament remarks that ho has hud enough of politics , nnd In going into business in Now York after Mnruh 4. Curious how tired ttiuy all grow toward tlio close of the administration. STATE ASI > TKIUUTOHV. NcSbl-nsku .loltlnirt. The Congreffatlonalists of Hay Springs nro to Imlld n purvonagc. High flno parties are the correct IhltiR now In Tildcn social circles. The new Catholic church nt Hclwood lias been christened St. Peter's. McCook Is to have an electric light plant In operation ih ninety ilnys. Hod Cloud U to have n telephone exchange , starting In with ten subscriber * . A commnylinli | been orgiuiiroil nt Is'clipli for the manufacture of pressed brick. The city marshal of Wayne , In accordance with n now ordinance , raided the mirb wlro fence * in town Ami confiscated them. An avorneo of twenty cars of lee per day Is being shipped from Crelyhton to points along the main Hue of the Utlchorn road. The furniture dealers of Norfolk Imvo stocltcd up heavily with bnb.v carriages , and it is said that they knew whut they were doing. Tim body of a newly born bnbo was fount ! In nn outhouto nt Defiance Thuradny , and In. fantlcldu is suspected. The coroner is invus UL'llUttg , The While Caps of Wayne warned n worth less fellow named Sid Clark lo leave Iowa within Iwcniy-four hours or take Iho cense quenco. bid skipped. The young ladles of Hcrtrand have adopted an inllo.xlblo ruin that their gentleman cullers shall not bo allowed lo slay later lhat 11 o'clock in thu evening , A trco belonging lo n rich man nt South Sioux City fell the other day on a poor mini's property , and in order to get 11 oul of Iho way the poor man cut it up. Whim Iho rich man hoard of It ho swooped down un liU unfortunate - fortunate neighbor and demanded pay for Iho wood. It is ironor.illy believed that the stingy mortal will suffer the fate of Dives. Daniel O'Hanlon , of Dakota City , was fa tally injured by a boar Friday night , llo was Irylng lo sepnr.ilo Iho ntilmal from a number of other hogs when It sei/ed his iinlilo In its Jaws , crushing the hones to splinters. Mr. O'Hanlon fell to Iho ground whereupon Iho boast lasceratt-d his logs and hips terri bly. Ono gash on the llushy part of the thigh is live inches long nnd very duup. Says the Harrison Herald : Matthew Hoill.y , of Omaha , was in town early this week , nnd sought to regain possession of his child. The mother successfully protested \vith n six-shooter in her hand , nnd Mr. Hoilly resolved to no moro scok her or Tommy , and returned east , where ho lives with three other children. In 1SSJ ho was burled by the cuvmg in of a bank of earth where ho was working , and was seriously in jured. Cripplbd and almost helpless , a sepa ration look place between Iho man and wife , thu wife leaving with the children. Since Ihen they have lived togolher nnd again scp- nratod. Mr. Ueilly , always n sober , Indus- Irious man , Is now working in Iho St. Paul yiirus ul Omaha , and desired lo lake Toiuinj unit educate him. lo\vn. Exinx is soon lo have a now bank. The city murdhnl of Lennox is six feet and six inches lull. Moro than 200 pcoplo have been converted or reclaimed by Iho revival now iu progress nt Tnmu Cily. It is estimated that nt least 500,000 bushels of gram nro purchased annually by Iho merchants of Muscaliue. The Garclto flays Ihnl Creston is probably the only cilv of nearly 10,000 inhabitants in the world ttmt.supports but ono undertaker. A parrot Just added to the furniture of the Lonmior house in Dftbutmo saves the clerks the trouble of bidding departing guests good- by. / Gcorgo Loyton , a prominent Leo county farmer , died at Vinciuiios from the oftecls of nn injury lo the spine received by being thrown from a horse. An eccentric Colored character in Daven port , known .as'j'Prlnco Albert. " died last Thursday , aged 'seventy-four ' years. Foi twenty-live year's ho was the city bill poster. The Farmers , ' Shipping association doing business at Aurclfa voted last week to admit persans not engaged in farming to member ship. It is said tjmt the merchants of Aurclia will take stock la the association and , work for its success. A tramp whQiOiico before worked out his sentence on the stone pile at MarshalUown returned to the city and asked to bo run in again. He said he wanted to work but could liml nothing to do. After debuting the mat ter thu authorities bought him a ticket to fresher fields. Polk Wells , the desperado who is serving a life sentence at Fort Madison for the mur der of : his cuard , has sent to Govern or Lar- rabco the third and last installment of Iho manuscript of his autobiography , pages 7-17 to S40 , inclusive. Ho desires that the gov ernor publish the story to servo as u warn ing to others , and lhat the proceeds be used iu educating his children. Dakota. The Baptists of Deadwood propose to erect a church building. A move is on foot nt Vermillion lo lay out a park on Iho island. Iroquois Is expeclantly looking for a big boom in the spring. The Deadwood city council has purchased a silo for the city hall. There are sixty-three members of the Mitchell board of irado. Over Ihreo hundred scholars are enrolled iu Iho Lead City schools. A slock company has been formed to pros- peel for coal near Montrosc. The Gary gas .well is going down rapidly and a strike is expected some time this weok. The Union Banking company has been organized at Aberueen with a capital stock of WOO.OOO. Onlda claims to have moro literary and so cial societies than any other town of its size in Dakota. There are thirty-five common schools now session in Jerauld county , with an average attendance of seventeen pupils to each. Yankton college has nearly completed ar rangements to build an observatory next summer , and mount theicln the big telescope recently purchased. The Aberdeen Electric Light company 1ms recently purchased u now llW-liorso power Kussell engine , which will arrive in the course of a weok. The present building will at once bo enlarged with a view of doubling the capacity of the company's busi ness. Carpenters are making rapid progress on the bridges of tlio Doudwood Central. Sur facing Is also nearly completed , nnd If the weather continues favorable the road will bo ready for the rolling stock in less than iwo weeks. The Press alleges lhat the young ladies of Sioux Falls have caught the boxing fever. They have u set of old olght-ounco cloves that are as hard ns a picco of jasper , and with thny maul each oilier around ul their regular afternoon gatherings. TUK MAX'WlTIi A OL.UB. An Kxcd out Ad ( Irons to the Mcm- btrti ill't ho .ImfrnnllHtio 1'rofodsion. Tlio follOwlngJjMIflruss was road yester day afternoon , before the Omaha Press club and many friendsan the Continental block ; In searching ta'djcarllest records of our profession I tlnd tha institution of thu oflico of censor among thaHomuns about 413 U. U. Tlio pair who attained to llus dignity wcro ollgiblo only by having passed through all the various olllcos of Iho state , and oven oin- puiors assumed the title ox olllclo. These censors had thu power of punishing mural and political tnmsirressions , and they deemed the Ill-treating of families , extrava gance , nnd thu pursuit of mean professions as sufficient cuusp'for condemnation , They were the first gonuinu ami original reporters , and they must li&vo enjoyed themselves ; made their own assignments and hud 110 city editor over them. But they were responsi ble to one mighty tribunal for the conduct of their olllco , Jusl us you are lo-day and that was thu great voice of Iho people , who nlono could pronounce upon them , I have- undertaken to soy u few words to you on Bomo phases of the use and uuusoof power iu journalism. Wo all wield clubs of various kinds , moro or less weighty , the journalist u peculiarly potential one. Now the text of thiH Bhoit Bermoa is that "thu man who uses his club Ilko n bully U worse than a coward , " Rightly , wisely UBIH ! the press is a friend to ull aorta uud conditions of liouust men und women , and a terror to evll-docra and ull the following of Iho baser sort. And hi thu just employment of this foremost \voupon of civ ilization rents a vital responsibility. There has of lute hcon u elrotiui of drivel ] > ourod upon the profession on the "Ainenl- ties of Journalism , " uud the "J'ono of the Prens , " uud "Personalities , " mid u variety ot filtered drawing room dillettnnto opinion H Is worse limn drivel U is consummate rot. Very nearly the firsl province of th anirttcur seems to bo a fulminullon on th "ri.hl way lo rim u newspaper. " Am sometimes even veterans indulge n lotus droning of perfect sheet , prlnte * on calla lily paper In blai'k diamond tpyc having the largest circulation , an In depend out policy , loaded down with aivorltomenls ( nnd ni-rcr ofTuuding a single subscriber. In this active , tuirriliiK , breathless ngo there I precious little rose color connected with Ih grim actualities of Jauriiiillsm. A. rcporto gets the news or ho gets lofti a journal hit hard or It RiUhors no moss , nnrt a live news paper lallts plain or Iho people take Ih other paper. Komnncu nnd woo , want am luxury , the vilest passions of Iho hunint heart nnd the purest virtue which redeem the race , pass In dally review before Ih man who gathers the news , and they nro t him , facts to bo classified nnd prlntcil There is small need for wonder ul the good natural cynicism which types the nrcrnir reporter , for ho moves every moment of hi life in Vmuty Fair , und in the very midst o the nolsQ nnd shunting , nnd the lies am schemes of this unrest wo call living. Am to such among the ranks ns have clean hand and u clear manly life there is thu doubl ine.id of prnlso which belongs to them tha Imvo fought in the thickest of the light. Fo indeed 1 do not know of any class of nun Who stand closely face to face with so num. varied types of human worth und worthies' ness , 1 call our friend the "man frith th club , " because a stout weapon Is needed it this war fare ; Iho world Is nol idealized yet when it is , the ideal paper will bo published nnd it may be there will bo ideal reporters with real wings. Hut not yet not yet. Now Ihen , "tho man who uses his club Ilk n bully is worse than u coward. " Hisadver nary cannot lilt buck If ho docs , it Is too late. A lie will travel n thousand mllu while Inilh Is getting her boots on. I do no know a meaner expression than ono ver\ commonly used : "Hotter bo civil to him o ho will publish you in the paper. " It implle the use of a clnh by n bully. And oti the other hand , any member of Iho profcssioi who announces , " 1 have got it In for him , ' from some personal cause , domuans hi estate and lowers his ofllce. 11 Is not the province of his paper to become como n private club. I would rather see ntiy man before in pounding stone for the county , ttmti to kno\ llmt this use of his weapon wcro true of him It is well to remember , also , that sometime the other fellow may have just cause lo us a real club. PoiImps Ihoro Is no ono department in the profession to-dtiy which has opened up so much debate , or Is so susceptible ol abuse n the "interview. " Thcro are many phases of this Industry to which lam strongly op posed , because I believe Ihoro are certaii strongholds of privnlu life which should beheld hold inviolate even from the uawspnpar Interviewer torviower Unlit isdcsiied to emphasise ono point , und that is a stein condemnatioi ol the "assumed interview , " mid Ihoro is i tendency in ibis ilircclton which should bi checked for two reasons : First , it is U am n ably dishonest , and second , it assails the in dividual honor of every journalist , both as n man , and a citizen. To bo moro explicit Your renders demand the news , mid your chiefs expect you to furnish It. According to unwritten American law every man thii side of Canada , nnd north of Mexico , is i proper object for an interview on uuy possi bio and impossible subject. This is , rightlj or wrongly , from your point of view. Well now , luslc you fairly , would the unfortunate mini recognize in many cases the few commonplace monplaco p'uttludcs willi which ho answem 3 our questions in the expansive column o crimson lined rhetoric which appears In the paper ( You may answer , there are a major itv of the interviewed who nro doubly pleased to have their talk "dressed un.1 That may be true of a class who take kitullj to free advertising , but not of the man who knows his limitations , nnd does not pose as a master of eloquence. You formulate a false hood for him which might lead to no end o iniquity he might take lo lecturing. Now i is tnis "dressing up" lhat is the demon ol mischief. If the interviewed has nothing to say , and says that , it is nothing more nor less than rank dishonesty to make hirti utter words in the public print which had no fomi dation in fact. I am speaking now of wha I Jconceivo the highest relative law of n re porter's life , nnd that is the law of fact , am not romance , when ho interviews n wan. Ho has no business lo "surmise"or "conjeclure1 or predicate un opinion. That belongs to the inside , to the argument man the theorizer and the prophet. A reporter reports facts , with Iheories he has nothing whatever to do And to my mind that man who approaches the Highest to the frozen truth in a clear , dis passionate , truthful report of an incident , conversation or the like , uses the powerfu weapon al his command honestly and like i gentleman , thus fulfilling the highest ant first duty of his calling. You will bear will mo when I say thcro is a tendency tow.m this flippant , ilushy sort of reporting which very often pronounces upon topics on which older and moro thoughtful men deliberate dubiously. And the most abominable fcaluiu is the substitution of words and opinions which have no foundation in fact in the mini of the interviewed. This Ihoughllessness , shall one say whenever it is practiced by nnj member of the profession IH of vast harm to every journalist. For the person inter viewed will ever after dread the sight of a reporter ; a dislrust of the entire fralernitj is bred , which assails the best Interests o : every newspaper man. He did not sav much , so ho is made to say moro ; that "moro" was the reporter's , who "did not know , " so the citizen stands pilloried us ridiculous , and in Vanity Fair to bo made ridiculous is to bo damned. You Imvo used your club dis honestly and bunglingly , and wounded some ono. ono.Now if there seems to bo a growing dispo- silion on Iho part of the average business man to avpiil nnylhing like a frco and friendly talK with the reporter , it may bo traced unerringly" to the causes set forth above. It is within the record of the fact that the effect of these "assumed inter views" in several instances has been pro ductive of most embarrassing complications and most uwkwaidsituations. It is the "little rift within thu lute" which has done the harm ; and Die chance word , the casual suggestion , the apparently harmless surmise , has given n pointed emphasis to an interview which in the process oi digestion by thu pub lic finally brands thu burned-out merchant with setting tire to his own storu. How can he assure his friends ho did not say bo , when they have road his deliberate utterances in cold print ) The Injured citi/en gams the added shame of hypocrite if ho denies it ; to rush into print-is suicide , for his mry friend owns the club. 1 urge this matter of per sonal honor , because 1 conceive it is the best Block in trade you can carry ; its conserva tion slrcngtlicns you with your cliunts us men to bo trusted , and without this confi dence your usefulness to .vour paper is Im paired to a degruo which renders your service well-nigh void. I venture to say to you that thu roluclnnco to be Interviewed by lhal class of men who are moulders of opinion or leadeiH in commerce arises lioni this fear of being misquoted , When a man has said his .say , bo il ton lines or n column , that Is his cxpiessca thoughl which ho is willing lo make public. To go beyond this is to wander into u country of vuguu and dim conjecture , wherein tun to ono you go astray ; und to go astray , knowing your limitation , is dishonest. To speak moro plainly , mid to ( iinplmsi/.o n point which I am aware is us clear as sunlight to you , -your coinmoicial value , us it were , in in exact piojKjrtlon to your record for tollabiiity with thu public. It Is thu plainest of business propositions , And aside from its dollar value there is also the added obligation you owe your profession in your position of publio censor. So thun to bo painstakingly accurate is good sense , good business sagacity , good morals and good faith will , your chosen duty in life , "bpoalt of mo as 1 urn ; nothing ex tenuate , nor sul down uughl In malico. " liut this Is only ono shle of the uuestlon , only tno lesser half of Iho evil to bu reme died. If it is not fair to quote u citUuu for iioro or. lesu than hu has bald , what shall wo nay of thosu reports which uru printed wherein the clti/on hud no intention whut- Hoover of being reported ! There is nothing connected with tha modern newspaper which iceds reforming more than thu unwarrunt.i blu liberty taken by Ihn press with the pri vate or unofilclal conversation of the cltiron , 1 piotest nguinsl the monstrous doctrine th.it the press 1ms u right to give u man's private opinion or quote his inadvertent remarks vllhoul hla knowledge or consent. That islet lot the "freedom of the press , " but thu very oosc.it sort of llcenbu. It is an esplomtgo mil a dutrotivu HyuUmi which attacks the se curity and the privacy of the Individual , it s Bubvorsiva of personal freedom in the strictest sense. It is thoroughly dishonest , jays a distlnculshod journalist : "Evury day n thu Intimacy of homo or the absumcd pri- uey of friends u mini says u hundred things of persons ami uffuiro with u freedom which vvquld un Inconceivable if ho were speaking for the public Intorvlowiug springn from the Interest of the public In noted persons. Ami it i.s only the vlow.s of Important men on Important subjects which nrc worth report ing. " When nn Important man Is Inter viewed , It many times happens lhat very much of Ills characteristic originality of ex pression is lost , because the larger number of Inturvlawors uro not phonoitntphors , and write the report from memory. The mischief - chief of Interviewing will correct Itself ; but there will lie many victims during the pro- CPS.S of correction. Wo wll ) iigrco , Ihen , If you rlcuso , lhat the newspaper , pure and simple , should bu a paper of news , n record of events ; that Its nlm should bo to stnto fairly what has oc curred , and to rolled events without distor- lion. This was understood to ho Iho primal function of Iho earliest mnvsiunor. Wlmtuvur thu party or the sympathy of the newspaper , nnil vwllh whatever force it may Pill- torlally advocate or oppose views and inun , Its readers nro untltlud to know the now * . that is , to have a truthful report of Iho fact ft Thu paper may uiako whul nso of thu facts II can , lull unions 11 doils with facts It meioly confuses the public mliul. Now , you and I Know tnat tlio oxnct truth concerning the democratic rally last night cannot bu ob tained from cither of the opposing sheets this morning. U Is reported on thu ono side ns u grand outburst of popular enthusiasm , and on Iho other us a dark and dismal failure. Hut the public do not gut Iho luitli , or what they pay for , which is furl "Thu protection meeting last night , " says the Daily Horn- blower , "was a nmjiilllcuul expression of Iho popular voice on u question sacred to every iruo American heart. " And Iho Morn ing Concertina remarks , "Thuro was the usual gang of moss-banks nt the protection meeting last night ; iwoiily-sovcn men , two boya und an umbrella. " Now , Iho bewildered citbon Is awuro there was a mooting , but be yond this ho knows nothing , You nmv gather from these remarks that n stricter honesty and accuracy is urged us between the reporter uud his client , the pub lic. As among men , we do not deem it wise or judicious or saTo to toll nil wu know of ono another. The moral shingling is rather leaky and shaky in a great many Instances. Society ami the welfare of Iho public are not bonollttud by proclaiming from the housolop Ihu weakness and the frailly of our follows. Thuro are ono or two in a thousand who could stand It to hnvu Iho cover taken off and face the world on their record. Use your club with a iiuo remembrance of this fact. fact.And finally , you have a discretionary power vcslocl in you which is widu and far roach- ing. Yours is n composite olllco , wherein Is rovcnlcd to you something of those hidden tideways of tlio human heart which used only U ) bo viewed by the lawyer , the doctor or the minister. Your oar Is very close to thu respiration of humanity , the fears , the secrets , the rrlmus , Iho hates , tlio passions and Ihu pomps , the vices and Iho vanities of the race. Abuse it not. Hu vigilant , but bo just. U is your high privi lege to lglit against wrong and error , and it is your province to ho strong helpers for the right in thu manifold questions which alTuut thu public good , thu public morality und thu prosperity of the people. , A Drfenso of Governor Uiitlor. OMAHA , Neb. , Feb. H. To the Kdttor of Tin : HIE : After examining the bill now pending before the committee on claims of the house , for the relief of ox-Govornor Duvld Butler , 1 have concluded that it should obtain. I was in Lincoln at the lima the alleged high crimes nnd misdemeanors with which the governor was charged occurred , and am somewhat familiar with the fuels , all Iho details of which , after so long a time , I can not now recall. I wrote a lotlcr to Iho State Journal at the time , which has ull the facts in the whole affair , and thu communication I made them was said to be the only just and cquitablo view to take of the case. The conduct of the governor after the ira- peachment should bo sulllciunt to convince any skeptic that there was no wrong or violation of law intended. After thu senate , sitting as a high court of impeachment , hud found the governor guilty , and hu had been deprived of his oflico , without any .suit or force ho paid every cent to the stulo that was due , and holds a quietus for thu same. The senate somu four years afterwards , having fully Investigated the court of im peachment nnd its finding , in its wisdom and justice expunged Iho record of the whole proceeding. When the iccord was purged , it was proof that there was no cause for im peachment and that no crime wa = commit ted. Thun if there was no cause and no crime Ihc governor should have been , as ho was , completely exonerated. If ho has been wrongfully prosecuted and compelled to ux- pend largu sums of money , the statu can bo just only by reimbursing him for his expen ditures , made necessary bj thn trial. 1 was asked by a member if there wns any pre cedent in the United Stales for any such reimbursement. I informed him what I hero relate in the case of Andrew Jackson , who in 1815 , just before the baltlo of New Orleans , suspended the writ of habeas cor pus , and imprisoned n man whom Judge Hull had released. The Judge fined General Jackson $1.000. That was in 1815. On Iho 10th day of February , IS44 congress passed a law refunding the general his 91,000 with I ! per cent interest from the time the fine was paid , amounting to nearly $ .1,000. This law can bo found In volume 5 , pcgo OM , United States statutea-at-lurgo. In Febru ary , IS34 , General Juckbon caused thu gov ernment duposits in the United States banks in Philadelphia to bo withdrawn , and ils : i result tha bank fulled. On the 28th of March , 1S" > 4 , the senate passed n resolution of censure , to which the general sent a vig orous protest to Iho senate , and the .senate voted the protest n broach of privilege. The vote of censure and Iho prolost remained of record until the 12th duy of December , 181' ! , during the called session of tlio Tivuuty-sov- enth congress , when old Tom Hcnlou cham pioned Iho general's ' cause , and tiie lecord was expunged. Bv rofoiuncoto volume 13 of the Congressional Globe , pngo11 , thu u\- punging resolutions can bo found , and further on in the s.imo volume can bo found the debate on the passage of the expunging resolutions. The original vote ot cunsuru can bo found in thu proceedings of thu Thirty-third congress , on paeo t7l ! of thu volume labelled from 1833 to 1S3" ! . The num ber of the volume I cannot recall , but Ihuso books are all in the state library. A more detailed and complolo history of refunding , and expuncing can bo found in Barton's Lifu nnd History of Amlrow Jackson. The record having brcn dxpungnd In Gov ernor Butler's case ho should bo reimbursed. PAT O. HAWKS. An Oliltiuiry Item , Although this was the l)7lh ! ) funeral wo have olllcialcd al alone , ha.ys tlio Nevada Enterprise , besides moro than llfty In company with othorrt , wo think it wnH decidedly the ncnlost corpse wo linvo over boon. It showed that thosu who had the care of the hotly iu charge understood what was required of them , horoujhly. { The collln nnd robe were is neat and tasty aw our worthy friend nnd ( rontlomnnly undorUikcr over jjot ip. Thu nicest little ono was made lo oolc us though it was dr.ipcd ready for Iho company of the pure and white who "oniposo the family above. For all it ivns made to look HH nine as human Hindu could make It , yet it wiib had in- Iced to bae that little innocent om1 low- ji'oil into the cold and lonely , Hilont , lark and uhoorlcBii bed , whore the nolhor'H lovinp : hand cannot reach to irons the rhild lo her bosom and quiet ts troubled honrl. And to sou the fond mronts press the last lin orini ; fcihs on ho innocent , snow-while chock was a < cone intended by Him on liitjli lo molt , i ) tcmrri Ihu hardobl heart. Yet this is he und of life , nnd we must all sooner > r Inter go the Mimu road. Lot 113 , then , > no and all , be as wiHl pruparud an ihut ittlc innocent and hlamulosa child , Imdli'H Solti | > nn Klccllon Itet. A presidential election wnjjor lias udt boon soltlcd by three pretty nnd ilucky youiif ; ladles of North llillorini , vlans. , ny walking to llostun and giving L dinner nnd u mntincu party. The ouii tf 1ml luo nro MIB.I Fannie Ciohoro , , lihs fil'//.io Copolnnd and Mlbs Pannto Jopelun d. The most severe cold will soon yield oUhamborlnln _ > s Cough Ilomuly. It dua not bupprodd a cola but loosens and aliovos it. No ono iillllctod with a hnmt or lung trouble can USD it with- ut honofll. 1'rico 60 conls pur bottle. Sold by all druggists. TO-SlOllKQWS KIiKCTlON. What Into llo Voted Upon anil AYhoro It Is to Itn Done. To-niorrow has boon sot nsldo for the hold. Ing of n dpoclal olnctlon , at which Iho people will l > 0 called upon to vote upon the follow , lug propositions Shall n city hall for this city bo erected to cost not to oxcooil $ , "KXOCK ) . Shall the proposed ( mil bo located on tlm slto Imown as .JofTorson square or on lols r > nnd 0 In block 110 , the silo nt the corner of Klghtoonth nnd Farnnm streets originally selected , and on which Iho foundation of Iho proposed hall now stands. Shall bonds of this city In Iho .sum ot S3Y ( ) , ( > > K ) , to become duo in twenty years , nml boar Interest not to exceed 0 per uu'it per annum , to Uo lined for no other purpose than for defraying the cosl of const ! action of tlio proposed hull , bo Issued , Shall $ i"lHH ) In bonds b > issued to pay for paving , replying ami nmcadaml/itu ; the iu tersccltons of sticets nml alloys , to rim not moro tlinn twenty years. Shall $ UXtHd ) In botula lie Issued for tlio construction nml maintenance of sewers , $ T > 0OW , ) of which Is lo bo naod on sewers in North nml foi > , OW on sewers in South Omaha. .Shall $ IOiDOJ ) In bonds for the renowul of outstanding bonds of the tlty beretoforo is sued for tlio purpose of paying for tlie niv. nssnr.v right of-wnv and depot grounds ol the Union 1'arllUt bo issued. The polls will bo opou on Tuesday nt o'clock in tlio morning , und continue open until 0 o'clock in the evoiung at tlio follow Ing places : riusr w MID. First District Corner of .lones and Tenth sticets , barbershop Second District Sixth street , botwcen Pucllle nnd I'iorco streets , Alvln's h.ubi'r shop , Thlnt District-Corner Hlcvonlh and Dor- cus street1 * , engine house No. I HIKOM ) \\\1MI. First District South end Sixteenth street , viaduct , Cllison & Iliirlumtl'ft building Second Distilet Corner of Seventeenth and A'ltiton streets , Arnot & Co's. store. Timti ) w uti > Firsl Dislriel No. UXM Dnvenpoitstrcol. Second District Comer Tenth and How ard streets , Occidental hotel , lonmi WAiin First District I'lanters' hotel Second Dlsti let No. 1S03 St. Mary's uv- cnuc. FIPTII WAlll ) . First District No. OU1 Noith Slxluonth btrcol. Second District Corner Sixteenth and Izurd sticots , cngluo lioimo. NI.VTII w uti > . FirstDislnet-Twenty-fourth street , Sixth ward icpubllcan club rooms. Second Dislriel Twenty-fourth street und Bolt railway line crossing. sin KSTII mn. First District Corner of sVoolworth nnd Park avenues ' 1 hompson's building. Second Dlstrli't Twenty-ninth nnd Shirley streuts , near Qualoy's schoolhouso. uidiiriivutt ) . First District No. 2103 Cuming strcel , Uiirdick's ' harness shop. Second District No. 2103 Cuming street , barber shop. NIVTII WAlll ) . Fust District Twonty-ninlh nnd Fariiam sliocls. C. .1. Johnson's store. Second District Corner of Lowe nvenuo and Mercer street , Hyun's olllco. Favors tlia Knrnnni Site. OMAHA , Neb. , Fob. 3. To the Editor ol Tin ; I3ii : : : There is a time in the affairs of men when the minds of men nro concen trated to some important issue. That iasuo is at hand. That Issue comes before us to day nnd demands our honest , Impartial deci sion. The issue is , Whoio shall tlio city hall bclocatodl The only objection to the Far- nam street location , as offered by some of our prominent bankers and North Omaha capi talists , is that of a school boy , with no insight , no sense of future umvcnioiifc uor central location , but simply that it is hid from view by Tun BEE bnlldinpr. Does our worthy friend I. S. and etc. . propose to build n public building llmt no is nshnme.f to have stand by THE UKB bulldiiiR that at this day is casting its shadows from polished walls and mnssivo structure on the so-called "hole in the srround ! " Have not tlio tuvnuyon of Omaha been assured that u monumental building can and shall bo erected on the present sltol Have not our lionorablo school board. In ( rood ; faith , pledged $25,000 towaid tins eiidi Will the Now York Llfo building , the now Paxtou j blank , the now Commercial National bank , I the board of trade , Tin : HUB building and I the county court house detract nml mar thu I beauty of the proposed city hulH If so , why I not RO a little northeast of JolTcrson square I and erect the city Hull on Homo spot that tha I Union Pacific railronil'unw uses for repair I works or car shops I It is not the matter of a 1 slto that has caused this trouble , and 1 I assure the cltbens of Omaha that they I will see and fool with some regrets within I ten years the folly of locating the city hall on I .Tufforson square. At the present rate of I increase South Omaha und Omaha proper I will be occupying the same council chambers I within ton years Then where should the I city hall bo located J What Is the demand of I the citi/eiis of Omaha to-day for u now post- I oflico } What will bo the demand of tlio I citizens for a central city hall ) It is my opmion'that should .lelTorson square bo so- I Icctod ns a site for the city hull it would I never be erected. Suit after suit will ho biought against the city for damages , and injunction after injunction will bo instituted restraining the erecting of n public building on Iheonlv pirlr or sqtiaro in Omaha. Ono of the most imperative demands of Omaha to-day is a city hall. Then , let nil good oitl- 7cns lay aside personal interest and preju dice , and on Tuesday , February ! > , cast their votes to maintain Iho faith and confidence of foreifcn mid lee nl inteicsts by deciding ta build the city hall on the present silo on Farmim street , and demand that work bo commenced uud be continued till Omaha boasts of the finest municipal building In the United States Whvnotl Yours truly , I1. M. Kts.sin.i. . Tcv K IlolrosH- li > a Million. ( At Era , near GaitiHvillu , Tex. , Mrs. ' i \Vinfiuld and Mrs. LaUinoss , daughter ! ! of a prominent Hlocknuin living near ] Km , have been found to bo heirs loan i OKlale in England worth at least XI(100i ( i 000. The critnlo him boon in the IJng lish cnurlti for homo lime , awaiting the J discovery of holm. Mrs. Lnttinohs und Mrs. Winflold inherit through their mother , now deceased , I AVI 1(1 ) ) ; In Ohio. j A don of twonly-ono vioions wild iloga I ban been di&covurcd at Knyotte Juno- ] ' lion. They have committed 'many depredations - I rodations , and attacked suvoral persons. I Cliolciiijj Catarrh. Ilnvu you nwiikemtd fiom n dlsturlnMl tlcop j with all the horilblo unKatlonsdf nn aHjashin j ( luflilnv ; your ihr'int and iircsimi ; thu Ufa. ] breath fiom ) , nil lljrht inul tin-it ? llnvn } < < il I tii/tli eil HID lnn < ii' r mid ilnhility that sur'-i ' cil I the I'JIoit to i loin .Minr tin out nnd lii'iid of lint I rutnrrlntl iiiiitlorUliut iidojiii'gslnKlaflm'ino I it oxeitH npuu Ihu inlnil , cloudliiK Ihu mi < m , < iy I und filling tin- head Hli pains mid tstinn , o 1 nolsu.i ! How difficult It IK to lid the mihul pun I 8uc ; , tin on t and liinirf of th 5 jiolhonuus I nil ran t stltv who nn > iiflllcti'ilvlli J i Huw ( lillitnlt to protect thunyixi'i i nualnst ' Hu I'mIhor nroui tint imvaiils ( tlini IIIIIKH. llvvrnml nldnoyn , ull phy lclani will ml in It II U a teirlblii iHsouHii nnd cries out for K.-llef mnl cli ro. The riimiirkabli ) rniativo powers , whnn M I r/thiT H'tmidlt-i ' ) uttuily full , orHA.MOiin'rt lUni' < ; AI , I'lilti' , itiii attcmodby ili'iuxuiiilH wlmnr.U' ) . fully iHcommend It to fwllnw ( iiillerorw. No btalcmout U miiiln ru nrrllii It that immot N tmbMlitnllatttd by Ilio iiiott ie pcuublo uml rull- aliln i nfurencf s. Knch packet contains nno linttlunt thn KADI , c.ti. C'ltiiK. one box ot ( UTAiiiiiMf , KOI.VI'.M1 und nn ( iii'iiiivMi IMIAI.KII. lth tieutlsu mid dlruo tlonu. und Is Mild by ull rlnijclsts for ! I.O' . I'OTTKII OllL'll iV ClIKMICAI , CO. ItOSlOV , KIDNEY PAINS Wllhtholr Nu.uy. 'lull , nciiliitr. llfi > lor , . tUI-L'ono Honutl n , i ellin i d In 0114 mtnutoliy Uin ( 'imrmiA _ > I'l , hf 1:11. : Thu llrst- mid only pnlu uu- ilulnc I'lastur , A Ijoolutoly unrlvnlled UN HII In , hUntunuoimand Inrulindti umldciin to p.iln In- ( lamination and \makiiesx. At all drnnK runts ; llvo for I h 0 > ; or , poxlii ii frc-o , of I' " " 'id ANfiCiir.uiCAi/Lo , , Huston ,