Nebraska Newspapers

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is securely
OMAHA" . ' ) imporltmco us a convention
cll.is . ivc' > jrnl/.ed on all sides.
Tun president of Mexico reports the
country tit peace with all the world.
Even the jreuM'i-.s on the Uio Grande lie
down with llio lambs they run ticrons the
border unoh.serveil.
Tim eMUiu.siiistic endorsement of the
McKinley tarilT bill by L'oliunbus Delnno
iiecuriitely ini.'asiiroH the importance to
Ohio interests of having an Ohio man at
the head of llio committee.
Tin ; animal report of the Hiirlington
railroad system for 1RSO shows a , liimn-
cial condition radically at variance with
the alarming assertions recently uttered
by its managers in Nohrn.slcti.
TUP. prospect of expeditious work hold
enl b ; eoiiffrens at llio beffinninjj of the
session I.fur , from boiiifr roalined. The
outlook for u comparatively short busi
ness hen-ion becomes more dubious as the
weeks glide by ,
Tun republican anti-prohibition con
vention in Iowa , furnishes an object les-
hon to that elans of republicans of Ne
braska who would wreck the party and
on its ruins rear a monument to the
lurinorv of Saint John.
TIIK election of the parent of Peck's
bud boy as mayor of Milwaukee and the
defeat of a white woman by a colored
ulster in Sulina , I\an. , throws it halo of
{ jrlin humor over the returns of the mu
nicipal spring elections but it was April
fool day , you know.
TIIK farther Tfenry George plunges
Into the antipodes , the more enthusiastic
ho becomes in favor of breaking down
every vestige of the protective system ,
nnd purmitling the cheap labor nations
to wreck the industries of the United
States.
" \VHATHHH prophets are uncommonly
prolille for tlio season. They have
spotted April with earthquakes , cy
clones , tornadoes and deluges , spreiiding
them so thick over the country that if a
moderate disturbance occurs it cannot
miss one of the predictions. The
weather sharp should bo classed with
the anarchist and treated accordingly.
TIIK municipal elections in Nebraska ,
besides showing a pronounced anti-pro
hibition sentiment , bring in htrong re
lief the superiority of our present law
governing ' the liquor trallie. Local op
tion give'n each community the right to
mi | > pre > .H , restrict or license the tralllc.
It Is the essence of homo rule. By u ma
jority vole , any city or town can refuse
licence and enforce prohibition without
additional legislation , itut tlio unrea
soning prohibitionist would rather sub-
Miluto outlawry and free whisky for li
cense nnd regulation.
TIIK Kansas hoard of agriculture is
one of the most active and useful state
organl/.nt ions in the west. The reports
annually issued by the board arc nlwuyn
admirably compiled. This year's report
will embody reliable data as to the ac
tual coM of growing corn , wheat , oats ,
etc. . and raining marketable cattle ,
r.lnnks have been furnished to progres
sive farmers in every county , and "it is
expected the result will furnish material
for a standard compendium on the coat
of iho principal farm products.
NoTWiTii.sTANm.vo the general com
plaint of business depression , the actual
tigures of the domestic movement of
products and of the export trade make
what would scorn to bo a very satisfac
tory showing. The receipts of wheat at
the M-aboard for the last three weeks of
March were about thirty per cent over
last year , while of corn they were moro
than double , and the movement of cattle
nnd provisions was remarkably largo.
In c&ports the returns for l-Vbrunry were
ten million dollars in excess of the corresponding -
responding ; month last year , and this
guin was doubtless maintained in March.
The stale of foreign trade is satisfactory
evidence that commerce is not blocked
thio year by speculation. Jt is plain that
tlio depnWon is not duo to a reduced
movement of products , but to tlio low
prior- , , which leave no margin of prollt
to the producers.
rim iiK.wios nt rotr.i.
Strong in tiimilwr * and in clmraclor ,
llio convention of Town republicans op
posed to the prohibitory law , and In
favor of high Ikon.'O nnd local option ,
WHS one ol the most notnhlo over assem
bled In that state , it was composed very
largely of men who voted for prohibi
tion , nnd who hivvo done all they could
to.Kecure tut ollloiont enforcement of the
law. Tlioy are among the most
intelligent and substantial clti-
/end of the Hlato , who have
a Hlrong personal an well ns
a patriotic interest in Its progress and
prosperity. They tire republicans who
have been and are still faithful to the
principles of the parly , nnd dcslro Its
continued success. They are men re
spected and honored In their respective
communities , and of such trustworthi
ness as to justify the fullest confidence
in their statements.
These men are entirely familiar with
the operation of prohibition in Iowa.
What is their deliberate and formally
expressed judgment upon that policyV
They dcelaro It to bo a fnil-
I're. ' They assert that experlenco has
conclusively shown that general prohibi
tion , operating on all communities alike ,
Is not adapted olthor to suppress intemperance -
porance or promote morals. They pro
claim themselves unalterably opposed to
any attempt to introduce into the con
stitution the doctrine of stnto prohibi
tion. They demand that the experi
ment of general prohibition shall be
abandoned and tlio law so modified Unit
thoto communities which desire a
change shall Imvo the right to deter
mine whether intoxicating liquors shall
be sold as a beverage within their limits ,
the sale of liquors to bo regulated
through the medium of high license.
And thny say to the republican party of
the stale that Iho only course it can hon
orably and safely pursue is to abandon
the position it has taken in making n
party question of prohibition , and in
future to rigorously exclude all reference
to it from the party platform.
There is no evasion or equivocation in
these declarations. They are plain ,
straightforward and incapable of being
'misconstrued. They are justified by in
disputable facts. Klsowhoro in our col
umns will.be found interviews with a
number of the prominent members of
the convention. Those bear conclusive
testimony to the general failure of the
prohibitory law in the larger cities and
towns , and to its damaging effect upon
the material prosperity of many commu
nities. It has retarded the growth of cit
ies , driven out capital and industries , and
neecsr-nrily depreciated property values ,
[ t has compelled higher taxation for the
support of municipal government , the
cost of which has been increased by the
maintenance of "an inquisitorial and un
scrupulous constabulary and in reward
ing spies and informers. Yet the liquor
traflichah not been suppressed , intem
perance in most of the cities and towns
has not decreased , crimes duo to
the use of intoxicants have not
diminished in number. There
has been , according to the
reputable witnesses whoso testimony wo
give , no general , social or moral im
provements an a result of prohibition ,
but on the contrary there has been a
widespread growth of fraud , hypocrisy ,
rascality , and contempt of law.
Nearly two years ago TIIK ft 12is. made
u very thorough investigation of the
operation of tlio prohibitory law in Iowa
and published the facts as ascertained
from personal experience and observa
tion by its own reporters. The action
of the Dos Molnes anti-prohibition con
vention , and the statements of individual
members of that body arc a complete vin
dication of llio disclosures made by TIIK
BKK. It is impossible to say with any
degree of certainty what effect the ac
tion of the convention will have upon the
republicans of the Iowa legislature , but
the influence of so large and respectable
a body of citizens will not bo lost , though
the attainment of their recommendations
may not bo possible at once.
.1 HAUtt'.ir I'KKsiinKXTH riKH'S.
Some weeks ago the president of the
Chicago & Alton road , in discussing the
railway situation , attracted a great deal
of attention by advocating the govern
ment ownership of the railroads as an
alternative to a continuance of tlio prevailing -
vailing condition of affairs ? His plea in
effect was that If the railroads wore not
to bo permitted to do ar they please
their owners would better dispose of
them to the government. At the same
time the Alton's condition was shown to
be satisfactorily prosperous nnd the out
look for its business , favorable.
President 1'erkins of the Chicago ,
Burlington & Quiney has just nubmitted
his animal report for 188 ! ) . It shows the
net earnings of the system to have been
nearly a million dollars greater than for
thu previous year. The company has
fully recouped itself for the loss of sonio
live million dollars from the memorable
strike with Us engineers and lias a com
fortable surplus. Yet Mr. Perkins is
not entirely satisfied with the situa
tion. Ho says the long and short
haul rule as interpreted , and the
prohibition of pooling , have IILMIII shown
to bo insurmountable obstacles to the
satisfactory conduct of business , and
suggests that slight modlllcntinn * of
those provisions would unable the roads ,
with reasonable slate la\\ > , to HO regulate -
late themselves as to give a fair oppor
tunity for profit. The present returns ,
remarks Mr. 1'orklns , do not encourage
the Investment of additional capital , and
if the oxLsting conditions should 'con
tinue it is a que.-itlon of time merely
when his company must slop adding to
or improving the property.
It is quite possible that It would bo an
advantage to both the public and the
railroad * if the Interpretation of the long
and short haul rule worobonunvhut modi-
lied. Hut in view of the figures of Uur-
lington earnings , and the general re
turns of the principal lines , it | not easy
to see wherein llio provisions of law
complained of Imvo seriously
interfered with the earning capacity of
the roads. The fact would seemtu bo
that all except the coal roads have been
doing about all the business they could
take care of , and It Is a matter of recoiil
Unit there have been times within the
past six months when btmioof them wont
unable to meet the demands upon them.
If Mr. Perkins can demonstrate Hint
what laaujtfcsts should bo done would
bo in the Interest of the public , that
It would result In cheapening
the coat of Irnneportntlon and
securing uniformity and stability of rates ,
his views will receive careful considera
tion , but a plea for tiie modification or
change of the law on the ground that
railroad returns are not satisfactory Is
not likely to make much impression in
Iho face of the figures of earnings of the
Burlington and other systems. There Is
no Interest In Iho country which is at
present so prosperous , as a whole , as the
railroads , nnd none for which the out
look is moro favorable.
COTMXKb JIKSlir A.
Tlio vacancy caused by the death of
General Crook will incidentally afford
an opportunity for the promotion of
some field ofllcors now holding the rank
of colonel to brigadier generalship.
While Colonel Griersonmay justly claim
the Impending promotion by the right
of seniority , his selection by the presi
dent for the brigadiershlp to bo made
vacant by the almost certain promotion
of General Nelson B. Miles is by no
means certain.
Jn making appointments above tno
rank of colonel , the president ! ) have al
ways exercised their own discretion and
seldom show any regard for the standing
of ollicers on tho- army register. With
out disparaging the claims of any olllcer
who now stands In fho line of promotion ,
TIIK BIK : ventures to commend Colonel
Ileilry A. Morrow of the Twenty-first in
fantry , now stationed nt Sidney ,
for promotion which ho has
earned by his gallant and patriotic
services. Colonel Morrow can point tea
a most brilliant record as a volunteer
soldier. Ho participated in four of the
most desperate battles of the war Fredericksburg -
ericksburg , Clmncollorsville , Gettysburg
and the Wilderness and was brovetlcd
major general for gallant and meritori
ous service as'coinnmjider of brigade.
His army service since tlio war has
been chiefly on the frontier , and the people
ple of this section justly regard him as
one of the western pioneers. It is
chiefly because Colonel Morrow is idont- '
ilied with the great west that the people
of this state feel a deep interest in him
and would bo'pleased to see him made a
full brigade eommnndor.
irOLTKS lA'-SUKKP'S
The common experience of mankind
in all ages has shown apostates to bo the
most bigoted of zealots. A man who
foreswears his creed , politically or re
ligiously , always outdoes everybody that
is brought up in the faith. The Mosbys
and Mahones arc the loudest and noisiest
of stalwart republicans , just as the Danas
and Palmers have been the most rabid
democrats.
The sudden conversion of certain poli
ticians and newspapers to the antimonopoly
nopoly creed is to be taken with a grain
of allowance. The danger to Iho far
mer springs from the insincerity and
excessive zeal of his newly converted
friends. These mountebanks and shys-
teis talk louder about the farmers' dis
tress than any toiler who tills the soil ,
and they denounce monopolies moro
fiercely than tlioso who have battled
during a whole lifetime against monopoly
ely , extortion and misrule. Every
nostrum for doctoring the currency and
scattering millions among the needy
people is championed with n hurrah by
i lie new born "farmers' friend. ' ' If any
body should propose to bridge the At
lantic ocean Tor the benefit of the pro
ducer they would clamor for the bridge
and try to make the farmer believe that
relief is in si ht.
But wo apprehend that Nebraska
farmers , at least , are not all idiots and
fools. They are intelligent enough to
discern the false from the true. They
know a wolf in sheep's clothing
when they see one , even as
they would recognize the ass after ho
had donned a lion's hide. The ears will
stick out.
The deceptive howl of the old monopoly
ely organs in these parts about the dis
tress of farmers will not deceive them
any moro than does young Hitchcock's
sudden outburst of admiration for Van
Wyck , whom ho always berated , ridi
culed and abiibcd when Van Wyck was
in the slate legislature and in the United
Stales senate , if any creature on earth
is despicable and detestable it is the
mercenary impostor and demagogue.
Fortunately the average reader of news
papers can sgo through a millstone when
it lias a hole In the center. Mr. Hitch
cock's crusade on behalf of the distressed
farmer and his clamor for fiat money
is too gauzy to deceive anybody. Tlio
only elVeet it , can have is to show him up
in liiu true colors as an unmitigated
fraud.
Tin : IKK ! is liberally patronized by
merchant , mechanic and farmer , its
sympathies in behalf of the producer
and laborer have always been sincere
and outspoken. It does not have to
masquerade as an opponent of monopoly
and extortion by railroads or money
kings. U will continue to advocate what
It believes to bo to the true interest of
the Industrial classes. It will in the
future , as in the past , champion every
reform which it honestly believes to bo
practicable and lawful , but it will not
sloop to trickery and deception
for the salapf filling its satis with every
pausing hrco/.c that blows. A man had
better bo right than president. What
the farmers most need now Is ndvico
Imbed on good hoive sense. If they desire -
sire to accomplish anything in the
irrepressible conflict with monopolies ,
they must turn a deaf cur to the rant of
flat money cranks and apostates from the
monopoly camp. They must concentrate
their onurgii-s and Influence upon meas
ures of relief that are within their
reach.
Tun hog- packing record for the past
live weeks shows a largo Inorqasu In the
total product. . The iun l significant fea
ture of the table is the marked decrease
In Chicago's total , and the licri ! ase In
Kansas Clt.Oinnhu . , St. Louis and Indl-
unapolls. Omaha's position as Iho third
packing center of the country Is firmly
maintained with an Im-rou'so * of eleven
per cent over Iho corresponding period
of last year.
KOMIof ; IhTiuer'n municipal methods
might bo prolltably transplanted In
Omaha. The cable street railway com
pany recently built a public viaduct over
the Platte river at a cost of one. hundred
and Binciit } one thousand ilutliita , of
which sum the tiH.y paid only twenty-live
thousand. Iir iiddltlon the company Is
required to keen the structure In repair.
In Oinnlm iilij-rail regard for local cor
porations is Bg.gictit ; that the city builds
viaducts and pro.sentrt them to the street
railways free of.cost. . Even with these
liberal terms , tlio corporations hesitated
for months before accepting them.
SHOULD the aHtthorlllcs of Salt Lake
City depart frpni'lho prevailing custom
in western citlen'tind exact n certain per
centage of tlio pitrnings of all franchises
granted by theiconncll , they will set a
commendable extlmplo of municipal fore
sight. In the rage for improvement in
now cities , valuable right-of-way privi
leges have been recklessly voted away ,
and arrogant corporations , created in a
inihtahcn spirit of liberality , have been
built up to prey upon the public and
dominate llio public interests. Fran
chises possess a great value for pri
vate corporations , and none should bo
granted without netting the public a
permanent revenue.
Ix suiiMiTTiN'O the legality of the
school bonds to the supreme court , the
school board has takcn , the surest road
to an early settlement of the dispute.
Every point raised by the opponents of
the bonds lias been submitted to the
court , and if the decision is in favor of
tlio bonds their disposal cannot be ham
pered by technical objections. It is of
the utmost importance to the educational
Interests of the city that a favorable de
cision bo rendered , so that the additional
schools can bo completed in time for the
fall term.
CITY ATTOKNKY POITI-KTON has
called attention to the fact that all pub
lic improvements are exempt from the
operation of the lien law. In
other words , no workinginnn em
ployed by a contractor of public
buildings , sewers and pavements has any
lien upon Iho work for unpaid wages. It
is therefore eminently proper , if not im
perative , for the city council and board
of education to require all contractors on
buildings and public improvements to
file .1 suilieient bond to cover the wages
of all workmen employed by them on
such work.
Tins farmers of Nebraska are not so
forgetful as their new-found supporters
imagine. Tlio history of their struggles
against corporate domination is stamped
with the name of Hitchcock as an in
veterate enemy. The same name at
tached to a journalistic kite is not likely
to inspire confidence in its sincerity or
increase the subscription list.
Ix ASSESSING ! viaduct benefits the
equalization board is liable to overdo
the job and vitiate the levy. It is a mis
take to suppose that every taxpayer , in
addition to paying a share of Hie bonds
voted , is willing. , to go still further into
his pocket Urmfiko up a purse for the
owners of property directly bcnellttcd.
TiiKvolo of the members of the state
board of transportation on the reduction
of local freight rates enables the produc
ers of the state to" separate lh.ejr friends
from their onomio'.s. .
MAJOR DKWKKSK and Captain Phil
lips are reported to bo at Washington
on a pleasure trip. The junkets of these
gentlemen of leisure are always sig
nificant.
Some Satisfaction in Tills.
Detroit Free 1'rrxa.
It Is n comfort tif know that some of the
dishonest men of Now York are in jail even
if they are only there as attendants.
Tired ol' the Monopoly.
Kansas City Journal.
Tlio democratic newspapers are burning
with impatience for some republican state
treasurer to turn defaulter.
Something of a Vindication.
Xf.unfit ( jliilHS-Dciiuienit.
The Into ruvehitioiiH concoridnpr Tammany
corruption are calculated to vindicate those
congressmen who voted against the location
of thu world's fair in Now York.
Al'oein With a Moral.
( Vii'd/n ( ( / llcnihl ,
Two merchants dealing side by side ,
For Kutthifj trade the lirst relied
On advertising far and wide.
Tlio while Iho second trusted
To other methods to obtain
The golden prixo ho sought to.Riihi.
Upon the first the dollars rain.
The other nuiivhant busted.
Pious Rockefeller on Trusts.
John D. Kocltofcller , being n.skcd by a
World reporter for his opinion on the sub-
left , remarked of trusts : " 1 can see nothing
hut the advancement of the public interest in
a combination of capital to promote a great
national industry ami to secure to our own
country , in that particular article , tlio control
of the nmrUots of the world. " Mr. Itockefol-
lur is president of I ho Standard oil combina
tion of capital , which haw si-cured to this
country in general , and it-sclf in particular , a
large business la [ lot'rolenm.
I'rolilliillon HUH Knllctl.
/ > i' Miilnr.t /.I'nid'r.
The Jown legislature has u lilll before it
which extends tAWtie.s and towns the right
to llriMisAlm trrthi1 ! In intoxicating liunors ,
under earefiill.v gil/mled / rest riet Ions , if sneh
towns and cities Vo'ilolre. ' If this bill should
bivomo a law , prohibit Ion will still ivinair.
tlio rule in Iowa jylioro the people di'Mro it.
ft Is not iiroiioscjo , | foivo a saloon upon any
iMtminmity , ltj ilasjiied | ; to allow the eltl-
y.eim of any town tcj vote out and Keep out the
trallle In liquor wbcru they can , and where
they cannot it iNiUUMignud to lay Htrong hanil.s
upon the dlvo.H inul'illh'it doggery holes that
now lurk In the alleys , barns ami cellars and
drag them out iutTlho light of day whore
regulation and lawSvIll rearh them. It Is not
tlio design of tlKi'li ' l to iniTeaso tlio drinking
placoH in the staCe , but to roaeh these drink
ing places and ijj\\hi.'iii ; ( \ heavily , and besides
that , to put Ilium Muinler mitrlctloiis whica
will ilivmiMi tlii-lr auinhor.
Sover.il years ago Iowa tried the experi
ment of | > rohililtloii. For six year * the state
has had the miKsl stringent prohibitory li ys
that the frli'mls of the system could iluvi. > o
and wrlto. We tate what nine mem out rl
every ten in Iowa know to bo trim when \vfl
say these lawn have proven a failurn and that
they aru universally disregarded , violated ,
unit in very many places openly dulled with
out the fear of puniHhini'iit. A tnifllo that
had formerly brought hundred * of thousand : *
of dollars In rovimuo tu the various treasuries
of tlio state him rim [ seott free from tax nnd
ho * piled up expense upon thu Mule. UxproM
earn and freight emit have hourly coino into
the stale and imliottlod a torrent of prohibited
lliniliU whieli IIIIM ( lowed into cver.v county
anil ! U'Uliui'iii uiieliwkiit > > y htw mill cou-
Iliietl in tut thuimvii liua > system of
regulation. It has been like n "gftng of men
had plugged the mouths of the city's
sewers so tlmt the drainage ami tilth nnd
poison which had been curried oft by these
channels had been thrown back until they
had deluged the whole surface of the curth.
Such is the coin-so the trnftlc ha * run since
the days of prohibition.
Now , from the standpoint of decency and
morality , there Is a demand for reform. The
bill now pending Imposes upon no community
an Institution which it docs not declare for ,
and at the sumo time it brings relief In a sys
tem of tax and regulation to those communities
In which the present ) nw Is openly defied.
Heal friends of tcinpornnco arc working to
very poor purpose when they oppoao a reform
of this kind.
A majority of the voters of Iowa dceln'-od
for this change at the election of last fall.
The democratic party stand as a unit for the
change. At the time of this writing a largo
convention of representative republicans
from nil over Iowa Is iascssloii'demandliigtho
change. Of the republican papers of
Iowa , all the nblu and leading ones demand
the change. Among them are the ICeokuk
C5ato City , the Sioux City Journal , the
Des Molncs Hegistcr , the Cedar Kiiplds Ga
zette , the Council Dlutts Nonpareil and many
others. With all tills sentiment of Iowa call
ing for a change in the present cast Iron pro
hibitory system , will It bo possible that a
majority of the members of the legislature
will stubbornly refuse the concessions de
manded i It will be a sad day for tlio republi
can party la Iowa If they refuse this measure
and adhere to the despised method of prohi
bition.
ANSWKni2D.
KKAIINKV , Neb. , April y , 18UOTo the Kd-
ito of Tin : I3ia : : If the attorney general will
pardon mo I would like tlio privilege through
your columns to lu'coimnoilato a creature at
Lincoln signing himself "Nebraska" who
seems to bo seeking knowledge.
He asks through the State Journal the fol
lowing questions which 1 will do him the
favor of answering in order as asked :
Question Don't you know that neither you
or the state board of transportation have any
power to interfere with interstate business J
Answer The attorney general or any citi
zen of Nebraska 1ms u right to communicate
with and consult the powers governing inter
state business regarding either state or inter
state business. The interstate commission
gets its foundation in part for action from
facts regarding state local rates , and if local
rates are high , through rates will ho also.
Q. If so , why don't you admit thia to the
farmer who is making such requests J
A. The farmer Js making requests for local
rates to bo lowered so that the through rate
may bo shown to bo too high relatively , and
Mr. Lccso is getting cursed by such ercalmcs
as you because he won't lie to the farmer as
yon do.
Q. Don't you know tlmt the market for
corn , wheat , oats , and farm products gener
ally is outstdo the state that lumber , coal ,
salt and mcivlmdisc lor Nebraska is all inter
state business ;
A. Partly yes and partly no. If local rates
were low on corn it would bo stored in
Omaha and Lincoln and held for favorable
export , as it is in Chicago , Baltimore and St.
Louis. Wheat is largely local , as it linils a
market in homo mills. Low local rates would
make Omaha and Lincoln the great depots
for the distribution , for lumber , coal , suit and
moirhamliso of all kinds , because of the
short time in transit from these points to
local points for retail.
Q. Don't you know that the local business
is only about 10 par cent of the railroad
trallie in Nebraska :
A. No , sir , it is nearer .10 per cent. You
Imvo simply been misinformed on this point.
Q. Don't yon know that Nebraska , situ
ated in the center of the country , is inter
ested in low rates for the long haul to the sea
board moro than local rates'
A. No , sir. Nebraska is interested in local
rates , and when they arc made low she can
consistently call for low through rates of the
interstate commission and get what she is en
titled to , namely , low local rules and low
through rates.
Q. Whoa you had an opportunity why did
you not present your case , if you had one , to
tlio United States commissioners while they
were in Lincoln u few days ago !
A. The cuso was presented us fully as It
was necessary at this time and diiu'l lese any
sleep hut what you will bo informed more
fully on this point later on.
Q. Don't you know you are doing the state
a great injury by advertizing it in the eist ; us
a place that all persons seeking homes lu the
west should slum for the reason that there is
no prollt in doing business as wo arc situated !
A. Your question implies that I have done
something which 1 have never done. I never
advert'std ' in the east or elsewhere that the
west wns a place that every one should shun.
( If the writer were answering this question
hi his own name ho would say that so deliber
ately insulting and false u question as this
should be answered by taking thouskorof the
question by the impo of the neck and kicking
the seat of'his pants clear up into his ncek.
But the attorney general is moro polite and
being a dancing master will lot it go by umio-
tiecd. ) I made statements of fact and truth
to thoattonieygenei-.il of the United States
regarding the attempt to fasten the Union
1'acllic swindling upon this state and if you
refer to that as against the state , muko the
best of it.
Q. Don't you know that there is no state
in tlio union that can show greater prosperity
and pi-ogress than Nebraska has in the past
thirty years i
A. As to prosperity , no ; as to progress ,
yes.
yes.Q. . Don't vou know that you can go back
to the poor lulls of West Virginia if you don't
like It out hero/ /
A. Yes ; I can go wherever I over lived
and bo received with .smiling welcome.
Q. Don't you know that you cannot force
capital to come to Nebraska , and that it will
not come so long as you and others are pound
ing the investments that have already been
miulu in thoslatof
A. I know that capital cannot bo made to
come anywhere by foreo. A little of it may
lo ) fooled into coining to invest in watered
stock ami schemes , but not a great deal of it.
I also know tlmt you chiiiu' investments have
*
been niado to miextent in railroads which is
not , true by from fill to 75 jier i cut. and I can
not lie a party to tno consummation of your
fraudulent and blackmailing Hfhoinc.- ; and
eontldom-o deals. I know that wealth looks
to build itself up on labor , and If labor is
unfairly do.ilt with the highest good of any
community is not attained. And wealth , ini-
imrted or attracted by hex | ) of unfair nnd dis-
Inmost gain , is always disappointing to all
parties.
( J.-Don't you know that those who have
settled In the western part of the state in an-
UdiKilion of railroads being i-oiuitriieted m-o
entitled to MIIIIU consideration , and the build
ing of new lines should bo eiieour.igeil rather
than discouraged' !
A. Ye.s , tlio western people should Imvo
consideration , and 1 have been trying tocn-
ablu them to get freight rates on the roads
they have , so they could live until moro poo-
plo'settlrd alongside of them to justify moiv
railro.ids to be built at reasonable rates.
Building of now lines should bo encouraged
after llio building of farms has begun and
biislne.--s bus begun to grow which latter
condition will of it.sell furni.sh all necessary
uiii'ourageinent to railway building. Kail-
- at the ills-
roads do not want fiu-onragnniLMit
i-ouraguniont of the industries they .subsist
upon ,
< > . m conclusion , don't you know tlmt you
Imvo v not the real interests of the btnto at
heart , selfishly trying to keep your-
holf in oftliv , IxiliovhiK a f-oft job
of writing Blliv lettWTi on an absurd salary is
bettor than taking chances with the rest of us
working for a living/ /
A.-1 do not claim to be so well posted on
this subleet as you will /lad / the people of thl *
state to no this fall. That I have madu every
effort to got n resolution Introduced In the
state board lending to a reduction of the local
rates , your Mr. CJeorgo W. Holdrego has
well said and of that you "working" people of
the railroads well know.
The ival workiu-s and producers of this
state know of my efforts too.
I linow , however , and MI do you , that If I
hod been misllanimous as HOIUO of the olllcew
of this state Imvo Ifjen for the past two years
that the people of this state would not now
know nearly so much alxnit how you and your
partner tools of the railroads were rubbing
them , and it would have been comparatively
easy for mo to gut endorsement at the pri
maries and state conventions for oflli-t' .
UesjK'CtfiUly submitted by an admirei of I
IJi'uoral Lec-io. A J. GI m. I
NT.ITJK
NolirjiHka.
A three-legged calf U n curiosity an Tren
ton.
Arlington feeders will buy oO,000 , sheep this
spring.
Loup county will hold a fair this fall at
Taylor.
Swnnton has changed from prohibition to
lU-ense.
Peru's old town Iward was rc-elcctod with
one exception.
Bloomliigton elected n license ticket by
thirty majority.
Scotia Is to have another bank , bucked by
capital from Ord.
After a hot struggle St. Paul voters decided
in favor of high licence.
After three years of prohibition Fallertoa
has returned to the saloon.
Nine families of Kussiatis emigrated from
Jimsen to Montana lost week.
The Oago county fair will be held Septem
ber 'M and October I , ! ! , , mid .
An Enworth league with twenty-two mem
bers has been organized at Trenton.
A bridge will bo constructed across the
North Platte at Bayard this season.
Grafton will not Imvo saloons this year , an
nntl-lieonso board having been elected.
Fifty stacks of hay near Tulniage were de
stroyed by lire started by a spark from an en
gine.The
The second session of the Indlanola district
conference of the M. K. church will be held at
Hartley Aprils.
Frank Thebold , living near Seward , while
trying to load n gun , discharged the weapon
and lost a linger.
The prohibition vote doubled over hist yeat
at Blue Hill , but a license ticket was elected
by seven majority. .
Uticii has decided for license by nine ma
jority. Last year the town went' three ma
jority the other way.
Kxeter , which went dry bv nine majority
last year , has derided for high license this
year by thirty-one votes.
The Burnett ( h-aiid Army post is making
arrangements for a grand Fourth of July
celebration to last three days.
Hdgar's city council Is a tie on the license
question , but the mayor believes in wet goods
and will cast the deciding vote.
The contract for building Callaway's new
flouring mill has been let for fi'JIT ! and it
will be ready for business in sixty days.
John Skirning of Dustln struck his pony
over the head with a rifle , causing tlio gun to
discharge and instantly killing the animal.
The city council of Craw ford has disposed
of $10,1)00 ) received from the snloof lundiiig
bonds by allowing that aniutmt of old claims.
Clara Carlson , a Swedish girl of Edgar. 1ms
drawn $ .1,090 in a lottery and has borglit a
farm and sent for her lamlly living in tlio old
country ,
- There were four tickets in the field atSlan-
ton in .suite of the Wet that all the parties
agreed in issuing license so longas tlieijlorum
law is in force.
There was consternation in the Presby
terian church at Scotia when it was discov
ered tlmt the congregation had been dis-
mivseil without the contribution box having
been passed , bat a good deacon managed to
corral most of the people before they C
mid gave them a cliunco to contribute.
Peter Hennegiii , who disappeared from
Reward ten years ago with a lot of money
belonging toTotlier people and who was sup
posed to have been murdered , 1ms turned up
in Scat lie , Wash. , where lie is engaged in the
real estate business. Tlio'wifo and child he
deserted are now living in Iowa , but in .spite
of that fact Heiinogin has married again.
According to the Grand Island Independent
a Swcetwaier couple went over to Loup City
to get spliced , but the judge being gone they
had to wait. In the meantime the intended
groom went up town and got so full that he
was found sleeping under a threshing ma
chine in tlio evening. Ho was taken to the
hotel and put , to bed , and was sober enough
the next morning to go through his part of
the marriage ceremony. Then the happy
couple departed for home.
It is reported that the recent prairie lire
north of Paxton did great damage to the Ger
man colony that recently settled in Arthur
county. They were imioiimt as to the rapid
ity of a prairie lire and were slow in making
preparations to fight it , and in consequence
Charles Kraft lost everything ho had , his
clothes c itching lire and himself Imiily
burned. Ills wife and two children matlo a
narrow cheapo , Mr.-i. Kraft becoming be
wildered and wandered away , but was res
cued. A German from Nurtn Platte was so
seriously burned that his life is now despaired
of.
When it is borne iu mind that Lord Scully
owns over three townships of land in this
county , and that two years ago not a thousand
acres of it was broken , while this .spring's
planting is done it will not lind live thousand
acres ot this laud not broken out and culti
vated , some idea can bo obtained of the agri
cultural progress that is being mailo in Nuek-
ells county , says the Superior Journal. Of
coin-so it would bo infinitely better if this
10,000 acres were owned ami oeeupied by 500
or 1,000 good families , but it is infinitely bet
ter than to bo lying out us nil open pasture.
The Two Dalcotas.
A female rillo club nourishes at Marion.
Spink county has un equal sulTrage society.
Work has commenced on the U-.ipld City In
dian school.
The Catholics of Lead City will hold a grand
fair May'JO toil.
A black eagle measuring seventeen feet
from tip to tip was bagged at Parker tlio
other day.
La FlaumiP , charged with tlio murder of
old man Carticr near Sturgis , has been ad
mitted to bail in the sum of $1'J,0)0. ( )
Steugim Johnson and John Johnson are
under arrest at Brookings , charged with
breaking into a freight car and stealing * 'JOO
worth of property.
Daniel Price , .school and township treas
urer of Clear Lake township , ' Kdniumlx
county , has disappeared. lie is short in his
accounts about -IIK ) .
Mrs. Dr. Ueld , well known In the west as
the "Cattle Queen. " was married last week at
Uaiiid City to J. B. Mc-Cloud , u ranchman
living near llermosa.J
Coal has been discovered on the recently
opened lands north of the forks of tlio Chey
enne. Chief Bull Kaglo , with a band of about
thirty Indians , Is encamped in tlmt vicinity
mid t'hrcatons to keep settlers from locating
claim : ) .
Will" playing on the bluffs about ! wo miles
above Pior're , ono day last week , seine chil
dren discovered a washout in the side of tlio
liill ; caused bv heavy rains. Ono of the chil
dren entered it and found that the place had
the appearance of being a large cave. They
told homo men in the noiirhborhood , who re
paired to the spot and mailo an examination
of the iiluco. The cnvo was found to lie part
ly natural and partly uitilleial. Its dlnieu-
s'ioiu were about 0110 hundreed feet long and
twenty feet , wide , A s"'T ' 't entrance was
found concealed in a patch of bushes in u hol
low , and a homuwhat obliterated path con-
nuctcd it with the road. Kvidencn about thu
rilnt-o shows that it undoubtedly was the
secret meeting pwco of llio great gang ot
horse thieves thai infe-stod that region borne
twenty veu-.H ; iigo. Colonel .loo Ueed , other
wise kn'outi 11 * "Buckskin .loo , " a scout in
that section for forty years , says that twenty-
three years ago ho guided sovonil companies
of vig'ihnitos In n chn o after the gang , but
that they noveleouH bo trailed further than
a point houuiwhero near tills cavo. ft is
claimed bevural men were killed In the early
ihiys by tlio gang.
. . . . < * '
Nebraska , Iowa anil Dakota Pensions.
AVAhinsuio.v , April ! ! . ( Special Telegram
to TIIK Bui : . 1 Pensions have been granted ns
follows to Ncbraskuns : Original Washing
ton I. Hiott , _ York ; Sylvester II. Head ,
Mernn ; John Crook , Salem. Inercaso-Jacob
Heatly , Lincoln ; WilliamF.Mooro , Kind-aid ;
Uidiu'iond V. Black , Brock ; Lewis A. Gan-
son , Lodgepolo. Original widows , etc.--Jamos
B. , father of .1 times II. ( Joodrldgo , Syraeu.su.
Iowa ponsUmn : Andrew Bryan , Lake
nity ; Ilenrv Lanilschooft , Akron ; Adam
Henniger , deceased , Cliirinda ; John W.
Cheshire , deceased , Des Moincs ; Kufus I.
Sparks , Jefferson ; Fayetto Swncor. | r air
field ; Hugh 10. Carroll , Saiiborn ; Milan M.
Uunyelu , Dana , liicivu.su Oliver H. Cone ,
Marlon ; John Bower , Ottiimwa ; William
Playlo , liwurt ; Luander Powellson , Batavia ;
Norman K. Deinan , Allerww ; Samuel W.
Briggs , Ottiimwa ; Surreno I ) . Putnam , Cns-
hilia. Kuissuo Jam ri N. Cottral , Sabula.
Kclssno and Incivnso- Horace C. parsons ) ,
Irvhigton. Original willows , etc. Minors of
Uriah K. Swigurt , Maquoketa and Clinton ;
Fimnle , muthorof Hubert Heynolds , Guthrlo
Center.
South IJukiitupensions : Incit-iiv- Patrick
Couwuy , 1-Jlkpoint.
PMA1I 'I'lIP PT I 'IMA / ' t IIIT ( I
HIM ! illh SI Alt CAPIUL ,
The State Ex Kol , School District of Omnha
vs , Beaten , Auditor.
ATTORNEY GENERAL LESSEE BRIEF ,
A AVai'iiliiK to ( ' 'C ' lUirllngtoiiCoin -
plulnt oI' Italli-oad Discrimination
I'rom Grand Lake Capitol
Note.s-Clty ltemn.
Lixcot.x , Neb , , April tl--Special [ Tele
gram toTnr. But : . I Attorney General Leoso
has prepared his brief In the ease of the stuto
ex rel school district of Omaha vs Thomas H.
Ik'titon , auditor public aeeoimt.s. | ln nub-
sttuice It states that the rclators have miscon
strued the law ; that the .school board under
section 25 ivorts the estimates of amounts to
the city council for all funds necessary to bo
ruled by a levy , Including purchase of sites ,
election and finishing of buildings , aim that
no vote Is necessary for this purpose unless
the amount for .sites ami buildings exceed
S iUOO , : that in this event the election must
be had to authorize the school board to report
this amount to the city council , which is re
quired to make the levy for the amount it-
ported. This section , the brief recites , dm s
nol authorize the issuing of bonds , but the
amount to ho levied and collected as other
taxes. It cites further , that to vote bonds
the election is held under the proclamation of
the board of education and In the manner and
form prescribed for elections in metropolitan
cities ; that stated place is unnecessary but
that they must be voted nt u regular election
or at an election cahcd for that purpose ; that
only quiilillcd voters at school meetings can
participate ; tlmlii majority of all the votes
cast , at such tin election is necessary to
authorize issuance of bond.s ; tlmt at the elec
tion in ( | uestioii I'J.lKS votes were cast and
tlmt of this number but I..RW were polled for
the bonds while ' . ' , ss-J were east against them.
This , declares the brief , is not a fulllilmeiit of
the law , ns a majority would bo tiMl. It
eit-s , further , that there was but one set of
judges and clerks of election , and therefore
one election. The proposition contained a
proposition for the erection of an addition to
the high school building at an estimated cost ,
of ? 7r > , < xxi ; that the -site on which the school '
building is located is not in the school district
but in the city of Omaha ; that the proposition
submitted does not contain any provision fol
lowing a tax to pay the interest on the bonds
and none for the adoption of the amount of
tax to be levied to incut the liability incurred.
Sect ions'JT mid'J.S of chapter Ib are cited to
cmi > lmsl/.o this point.
A WAliNINIi TO TIIH 1IVW.IM1TOX.
Attorney General Leeso received the fol
lowing self-oxplaining petition today , which
was signed by over UtM farmers and 'business
men of tlio county as .stated bolow. The at
torney general will Inquire jute the matter ,
and if necessary commence suit to dissolve
the corporation :
Whciens , Tbeflll. A M. river railroad In Nc-
hraskii some time between the dales of
Isss , and . l.sss , obtained the right-of-way
for a railroad running from Arcadia. Ne
braska , to Itrcwstcr. Nclnaskn. Hiiongli the
comities of Valley , Ciistcr. I.otip and Illani- ,
and constructed UK- grade upon the at ovc line
and have allowed the saiau to lemaln without
tics or rails , hut by said grmln keeping out
competing railroad lines and depriving citl-
/ciis along the line of Ills | said grade of lall-
road privileges ; therefore , we , the undersigned
clll/ens and freeholders In the above nnim-il
countlc.s and adjacent to Jho above lines , pray
that such action be taken us will .ininpcl tlio
aforesaid company either tonmileln | tlio
aforesaid line or snow icasoti why their char
ter should not be annulled. w
AX AI.I.I : < ; III : IMSCIIIMINATION.
The following letter has been handed to the
state board of transportation , and au effort ,
will bo made to correct tlio apparent diserimi-
nii t ion :
Ai.i.i.\M-i\eb. : . April I.-William I.eesc Ksi )
Iilmnln. Neb : Dear Sir Wu lmu > u mailer
that we wish to bring befoie von. I'lrst. wt
will buy Hint we located in the old town of
tiraml I.ake before Alliance WHS platted. Hi
fort ! I he road was hull ! Inlo Alliance w wrnl'- '
Mr. Calvcrl. superintendent of ( lie II. .V M
railroad In Nebraska , asking for n slle for , i
coalslied on their slilo track. In icply we
were informed by Mr. Culvert that when their
.side tracks wt-io built they uoniil con
sliler on application : after ( racks Her-
lilid and wlien llio road bad been com
pleted , we again wiote In icfeieneo to tb
matter. Dmicply wan Unit two locations
have already been si-anted at Alliance an I
wo cannot give tiny mine.'e followed thl-
matterup anil advised them thai our applk'a
tlon was tins first or second made , and thai , is
we bad been handling coal we .should lime
bad a location on tlieir slile track In piefer
ence to oilier parties. I'mlerdate of .March 111
11) ) . ISMI , .Mr. Culvert H nit ens as follows : "I Imv
gotten llio consent of our freight ilepa'rlmi n-
lo assign yon a coal .shed location at Aillan , e.
I'lease lot us linow wbcic yon want to locale
that K on what pail of the shin track. " l
reply we ad vised him of our prnfetciico an I
asked If we could erect a shed there. To tbl
he mailo no icply. Some time In Decemuero
last , year or In I he early part of January , Ihbli
we again wiole bat received no loply and on
the"ith ( of January we again wrote , In an
swcr to this ho said : "Something Ilko a year
ago wu oll'orcd you a coal shed at Alliance ,
contrary to our rnle.s , as wo then had two coal
slird.s lliuro , brllitvlng that you bud not been
fairly t rented. It was not Intended , lion-over ,
that this piomlfo was to bi % held open for an
Inilellnlto length of timo. Our poimltsaie only
given for thirty days , Having linurd nothing
from yon for such a long time 1 naturally sup
posed that you bud given up the Idea of pin
tins H shell on onr tracks , and al this time wn
Imvo no location there that I feel like ai-slgn-
Ing for a coal shed. "
Tlio facts are Unit as soon nswoiecclvc.il Ilin
letter Informing us Unit wo could locate on
t lie tracks , we answered and gave them our
prefeiencn. adding "I'leaso lot mi ) hnar from
you soon , us we are nnvlons to erect ( he lion- i
at once. We me at decided disadvantage in
handling coal , being obliged lo pay a ) cents
perton for unloading by team and not has iii-s
room lostine mueli coal. It looks as If tie1
Itiirllngton railroad company never Intended
to glvn ns a location or they would IniMan -
Kwercil wlteio to erect Hie sheds. In view of
the fact thai we v > eic among Iho llrsl dcutcri
licie , nnd Imvo been nl a. decided ills nlv.iii- .
lage In handlingcniil. Is there not , some way
lo compel llio conipanv to grant us equal fa
cilities with our compelllors anil give us u In-
caUim on the road's side track'If this l.s enl ,
of yoni-.iiirlsdlcllim will you kindly leferthl.s
matter to the rallioail commissioners and ad
vise mo at an caily day. Yours truly.
HiniMiv .t CAIIMIN.
( AIMTOI. INTII.I.UIINCI : ; : .
The first Stulo bank of liii-ining , Th-iyer
county , illed articles of Incorporation toduv
Capital stock , $ Kl.tMK ) . Incoriiorators : Joseph
A. Mall and George U' . LDober.
Auditor Bcnton received SIMI.OOO of Wu .h-
iiigton county refimding bund : ) today for
rcgisti-ation. lint , for souio reason , ho witii-
holds his signature for a time.
The cuso of William \Vendtvs the State of
Nebraska , on error from the district court of
I'latto oonnty , was illed for trial bol'oru the
iiipremo court today.
,1. II. Culver of Mlmk'ii , the seat of the
liomo for fallen women , was at the Htato
louse today. IIo thinks the Mil ford insti
tution a grand good thing.
IJav Leese , the ntUirney gnneral's eldest
ion , is sulforitig from a buvcru attack of lu-
llannnatory rheiunatlsm.
NI\V ; \ Mil-Aim : * ri-m.ic.
The governor today niado the I'ollowiiiK no-
larial appointments : I. 1. Goodrich , IVdar
Uaplda , Iloono county ; Ilclle inloj , Omiliu.
Oouglas county ; Cieorge Ostcrhont , David
[ ! ity , Butler county : .Martin II. Whitimn ,
Strang , Killmori ! county ; Alonxo ,1. Hurl.
Dimilm , Douglas county : U' . T. While , D.vM 1
Uity , Butler enmity ; 1C. Hess , Culbcrisi u ,
Hitchcock" cuiintv ; IJobcrt Kcrr , Onnilni ,
Donghn county ; S. Ulingmnn , David I'ilv ,
Butler county ; .laeob llccinur , Lincoln , Liin-
L-astor county ; L. O. Hull , Harrison , Sioux
L-ounty.
OMAHA
LOAN AND TRUST
COMPANY.
siibs ( > ilb ( > il & ( iiiarantui'd Capital . . . . .f.v > .o > i < )
I'alif III Capital . ICT.iM )
llnyH ami sells Htncks and bonds ; ncKnllaii-s
onimmcliil paper ; receives and exc.-nies
It iihlni acts IIH transfer audit and trnsuiof
'orpoiiillims ; lakes clmrgo nf property ; col
lects IllXl" ! . _
OmahaLoan < Sc TrustCo
SAVINGS BANK
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