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ft M. MntlotiH wlicro tlio wu.stbound llyor
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AHliland , Lincoln , Crete , Fairmont ,
Jfastins's , Uoldrefjo and McCook , nnil
all points sorvud by trains connecting
with tlio llyor at those points. The
llypr ( lop.s not pass through Omaha , but
Tim UIK : has t'lniftored a special news
paper train which will ronneet with the
llyor at Oreapolis .TuncUon.
Tin : Now York boomers of the scow
line should cn-st their dragnets into the
Missouri. There are more suckers in
the fhiinnul than on land.
Ix the lightof President Adams'annual
it looks as if the Union 1'acillc ana
conda hud swallowed rnnro lifeless
branches than it can successfully digest.
iXE persons wont through the
ordeal of a civil service examination in
Omalia last week. Few of those receiv
ing certificates will bo rewarded with a
position , for the lists arc now over
crowded. Tlio whole proceeding was an
olllcial confidence game.
THE investigation into election meth
ods in A rkansaH developed a blight varia
tion from the Mississippi plan. Only
when republican politicians endanger
democratic success is the shotgun called
Into action , and the obnoxious individual
suppressed. All other obstacles merely
whet the inventive genius of tlio reigning
powers to transform a republican ballot
into a democraticvote. .
THK proposed abandonment of Fort
Sidney has aroused a strong protest from
Hie people in tlio vicinity , and tlio state
delegation to congress is doing its utmost
to induce the secretary of war to rescind
las order , but with little prospect of suc
cess. To the people of Sidney and sur
rounding country the'removal of the fort
would prove a serious loss.
Tin : battle of the railroad giants is on
In the htate of Washington. The tlutor-
mination of the Union Pacificto invade
the dominion of Villard and build to
Puget sound has stirred up the liveliest
Ivind of a light for rights-of-way privi
leges in Sound cities , and the position of
alderman his : advanced in value five
hundred per cent. The activity dis
played by both corporations insures an
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era of railroad development which will
open to settleijiont and improvement vast
Ktrutchcs of agricultural , mineral and
timber country.
SHKltiKKSiCKi.KSof New York , after
n month's examination of' the business
of the olllco , strongly urges the substi
tution of salaries for the fee system. To
the fco system are duo most of the
mindalous robberies which have made
the government of the metropolis odious.
The evil is not confined to New York. It
exists in * a lessor degree in all states.
It is a temptation to the avaricious , a
premium on dishonesty and a fruitful
soureo of political chicanery. It should
1)0 abolished everywhere and regular
salaries substituted.
TIIKUK is very considerable political
Interest centering in tlio third congres
sional district of Pennsylvania , which
was represented by Mr. Randall. The
district is democratic by about seven
thousand majority , and the tariff reform
element in tlio party is making a vigor
ous effort to bring about the nomination
of a roprosontntlvo of that policy. This
has aroused the protection democrats ,
who dotnand that the policy advocated
1 > y Mr. Handall shall bo adhered to , and
thus u very lively and interesting light
is on between "tlio two wings of tlio
party. Tlio chuncos are that the protec
tion wing will win , and that the successor
ser of Randall will bo u man fully repre
senting Ills views on the tariff , probably
Mr. McAloor , who is a state senator
and \vjw ono of Randall's most devoted
followers. Thoru is not much likelihood
vf a broach in the democratic ranks so
tin-ions ns to permit the oleotiou of u re
publican.
TWO VKX I'tCTUIlKS.
Up on the hill , near the sanctified corner of
Eighteenth and Pnninni , ntunds 5 bomitlful
building which cost f I.V,000. An enormous
debt hangs like n cloud above it and the walls
of empty rooms ncho tlio footsteps of these
who cntor them. An editor busily writes ed
itorial * In opposition to the pooplo's appeals
for more money , against cheap water trans
portation on the Missouri river , and finally
against the proposed Independent organiza
tion of the Nubruskn farmer * and against the
work of Charles II. VimWyck , who has here
tofore been the editor's idol. And as ho
writes the presses in the basement grind out
a grentgrlstof extra copies of Tin : OMAII.V
Uui : containing six columns of Director Spald-
ing's eiiloglutn of the Union Pacific manage
ment. And ns they run the mortgage on the
big building and the debt that is not repre
sented by mortgage , settle down closer and
closer , and the editor writes harder and
harder , and the subscription list grows
smaller and smaller. This Is Hoscwater.
. M. ; f.fn the Sumliiu ll'urld'/fcmlil.
Up on the hill near the corner of
Twentieth and Dodge stands u stately
mansion elegantly furnished with all
the modern luxuries. Its occupant is a
young man who busily writes editorials
full of sympathy and devotion to the
toilers whom ho despises , and tlio pro
ducers with whom he has nothing in
common. The young man was born
with a golden spoon in his mouth and
brought up among the pampered scions
of American snobocracy who do not believe -
liovo America is good enough for them ,
find bend their hens to be educated
abroad. Wealth had como to
him not by labor but by Inheritance.
When ho came of ago ho found
himself the possessor of n quarter of a
million in moneys and lands. Hut this
fortune had a history. In great part it
was , like the wages of sin , blood money
wrung from poverty and distress by the
miserly , grasping money lender. ' It was
boodle procured by the betrayal of sa
cred trusts ; boodle that had como di
rectly out o ! the hands of the Credit Mo-
bilior thieves , and boodle that had boon
taken out of tlio national treasury under
republican administrations by swindling
surveying contractors and by contract
ors who were riprapping the Missouri
river at Omaha witli big chunks of mud
instead of stone.
No wonder this pampered young editor
lias a mania for improving the Missouri
river. It conies to him by hcridity.
No wonder this editor hates the sight
of the Union Pacific headquarters build
ing which always reminds him of the
Ilerndon house deal and the enormous
sums ho derives from Jay Gould's munifi
cence.
No wonder ho wants to get even with
the republican party to which ho owes
his title as the son of a senator and a
goodly share of his pelf.
And this rich young man , insanely
ambitious but indifferently gifted , con
ceived it to bo his destiny to become a
man of great prominence. To this end
ho plunged into journalism , of which bo
knew nothing and for which ho was not
cut out by nature. And as he wrote and
wrote his fortune waned and .shrunk. In
vain lias ho played the demagogue and
impostor. The paper kept on sinking
money. In vain did ho magnify his cir
culation and print fraudulent exhibits
thereof. The people who know how to
advertise were "onto him" and his
bogus claims. The paper still kept
sinking two thousand a month. In vain
did ho levy upon his tenants and throw
the rental into the rat-hole. The paper
still icopt losing. Frantic appeals were
made on behalf of the toilers , but the
toilers laughed the kid-gloved aristocrat
to scorn and would not road his paper
oven when it was thrown over
the fence as iv _ free gift. Mortgages
were plastered thick and fast
upon his lands , houses and chattels
and still the paper would not pay. The
mortgage on his press was about to bo
foreclosed , and the pampered "Son of
wealth resigned his directorship in the
Commercial National bank and sacri
ficed the bank stock that promised largo
returns. But all to no purpose.
Finally ho turns to Van Wyck , whom
ho heartily dispises and had always de
nounced , ridiculed and slandered when
Van Wyck was in public life , and over
whoso defeat for re-election to the sen
ate ho gloated and rejoiced. And as ho
writes the presses in his basement grind
out a great grist of extra copies with
llaming appeals to the down-trodden and
distressed farmer whoso patronage ho
solicits in the name of Van Wyck. Ami
as the presses run in his basement the
accumulating interest on his mortgages
grows heavier and heavier and the only
temporary relief ho sees before him is
the check from Uncle Sam for his post-
ollico lots.
This Is Hitchcock.
STUDY THE 3LIHKHTS.
No part of the counsel and suggestions
addressed to the fnVmers of the country
by Secretary Rusk is more worthy of
their serious attention than that which
advises them to make a closer and more
intelligent study of the markets than is
their habit. IIo frankly told them that
the important questions of supply and
demand and of market prices are not
studied with the vigilance which charac
terizes the methods of merchants
and manufacturers , and yet a suc
cessful farmer must be as well
trained and careful in bu.siiio.is as the
storekeeper , and his equal in intelligence
and general education. All this might
bo so clearly obvious to every farmer us
not to need any argument to impress it
upon him , and ho can huvo no excuse for
not having a knowledge of the state of
the market both as to what ho has to
sell and what ho must buy.
How can the farmer hope , without
such information , to escape being victim
ized ? How shall ho avoid being taken
advantage of by the dishonest ami
greedy class of middlemen when ho
is ignorant of prices and of supply and
demand ? Tlio mldd Ionian , as Secretary
Rusk says , must within curtain limits bo
regarded as a necessity. Ho can do
ninny things for the farmer * which the
latter cannot so profitably do for them
selves. But it is to bo expected that the
middleman will make all the profit ho
can for hlmsolf , and if ho iinds the
farmer ignorant of the market value of
what he has to sell and knowing noth
ing about the general condition of
the markets , In most cases the
mtddloman is pretty certain to
take advantage of the farmer's ignor
ance and satisfy his conscience that it'Is
legitimate busincis to do so. It is un
doubtedly true that the wldo gulf be
tween the high prices ohargod by the
consumer and the uw prices paid to the
producer , which Is largely owing to the
excessive profits of the middlemencould
bo materially reduced to the bcnollt of
both consumers and producers wore the
latter generally better acquainted with
market conditions.
Thcro are , unquestionably , a
great many farmers who do
not need this advice. They htivo
learned the value of keeping
themselves fully informed ns to the
course of prices and other facts having
relation to their business. They give
first attention to the market reports of
the newBpapor they receive and they
study it carefully. No Instructive or
significant fact escapes them. They are
familiar witli values nt all the centers of
distribution , know the situation as to
supply and demand , and are posted upon
the Influences which are operating upon
the markets the tendency of specula
tion , the export movement , and other
conditions affecting the movement
and values of produce. They are thus
never at u disadvantage in their transac
tions for want of accurate information ,
and they are enabled to bettor judge
when the opportunity is at hand to sell
to the best advantage. But It is not
necessarily a reflection upon the farm
ing class to say that the majority of
thorn are not sulllcienlly careful and
vigilant in this matter , and their losses
inconsequence amount in the aggregate
to a very considerable sum. To till such
the advice of Secretary Rusk to study
the markets can bo commended as emi
nently sound and judicious.
SIMMY IXl-'AMOUS.
Down at the Union Pacific headquarters
there is a room JUled almost full with news
papers stacked up like cord-wood. Five or
six wagon loads of these papers arc there and
they came from the beautiful Bui : building on
the hill. There nro llfty thousand of these
papers and eaeh contains six columns of ful
some pralso of the Union Pacific- and misrep
resentations of the people. For nil this matter ,
which appeared in a recent edition of Tun
OMAHA BKK , and for nil these wagon loads of
pai > ei-3 the Union Pacific railroad paid Mr. E.
Hose-water or his company a largo sum of
money. Jl'viliMlcntM , April 27.
The gross earnings of the Union Pacific for
iiirco montns , ending Ainrcii : iif were seven
million , seven hundred and fifty thousand ,
nine hundred nnd forty-two dollars , an in
crease of six hundred and forty-seven thou
sand , six hundred and fifty-seven dollars ;
nnd net earnings ono million , eight hundred
nnd sixty-four thousand , six hundred nnd
sixty-nine dollars , n decrease of two hundred
nnd thirty thousand and forty-ono dollars.
This indicates increased expenses , probably
caused by purchases of newspapers and the
assistance of friends who are wrestling with
mortgages. H'urM-llcraM , April 'S.
Now what is the object of these mean
and malicious assaults , and what are the
facts ?
Two weeks ago the Chicago 2'riijnnc
published the full report of Government
Director Spalding. This report was
also published by THK BKK. For this
publication , covering six columns , and
three thousand copies , one hundred and
twenty dollars was charged. Does any
decent man pretend that the Chicago
Tribune and THK BKB have sold out to
the Union Pacific and gonp'over to the
monopolies.
The best proof to the contrary so fai
ns THE BKK is concerned was furnished
in the following comment upon Spald-
ing's report which appeared in the very
next issue of TinBKK : v.
NEmiASKA AXII Till' I'XIOX I'ACIFIC.
Government Director Spalding has taken
it upon himself to rebuke the people of Ne
braska for what lie evidently deems to bo an
unwarranted disposition to meddle with the
affairs of the Union Pacific railroad. In re
viewing the condition , and management of the
Union Pacific Mr. Sp.dding says :
I found people In Nebraska who are pos-
SO-.SIM ! with the Idea that , tlio Union P.iclllo
was constructed and * lionld be operated main
ly In ( lefurenqe to the wishes or that M'ullon ,
and who actually believed that their state
should bo consulted by the managers before
any Improvements were made. Innovations
prosecuted or extensions pushed forward. In
the minds of such people the question whether
the road had done more for the state than the
MI.uu nan none ior ino roau iirverKuenieu pres
ent.
ent.Mr.
Mr. Spulding had better read up on the
history of the Union Pacific , nud its relations
to the people of Nebraska. Ho may not bo
nwnro of the fact that NebiMslu Inis been an
important factor in the construction of this
road and has contributed millions upon mil
lions of dollars towards its maintenance.
More than one-third of the main line of the
Union Pacific is located in Nebraska , mid of
the vast domain wbiclt constituted its land
grant several million acres are located in Ne
braska. For moro than fifteen years after the
railroad wns completed the company shirked
its taxes by refusing to take out patents upon
its lands In Nebraska , thus shifting the bur
den of taxation upon the other taxpayers ,
who wore ehielly farmers nnd working pee
ple. At this very day five hundred nnd
twenty-eight thousand seven hundred and
eighty-flvo acres of Union Pacific sulisidylands
in Nebraska remain exempted front taxation
because , patents have not yet been taken out
therefor. While the people of Nebraska have
been subjected to extravagant freight rates
the company ignored the wants and necessi
ties of the most fertile sections of this state
by falling to construct branch lines that
would have materially added to our wealth
mid population. For years the Union Pacific
dominated Nebraska polities , dictated who
should represent her in tlio national legisla
ture , foisted upon an exasperated people state
officers , Judges and legislators who were sub
servient to its managers and disloyal to the
interests of the people of this stato. While
constantly pleading poverty anil inability to
build feeders in Nebraska or to construct
needed depot facilities in this and other cities
the Union Pacific has always been able to
rai.se funds for building branches In Colorado ,
Utah , Idaho , Montana and Oregon. Does
Mr. Spalding consider it an impertlneneo for
Nebraska to resent this discrimination and
illiberal treatment !
Nebraska always will remain a very exten
sive contributor to the earnings of tills road ,
and her. people huva a right to insist that the
road shall bo operated with deference to their
wants and without unreasonable exactions
from its patrons.
The Union Pacific debt , excessively inflat
ed by the Credit Mobiller construction ring
nnd lawless manipulations of Jay Gould , will
bo u bunion of which the people of Nebraska
nro expected to bear a very largo shuro. Has
Nebraska no right to concern herself In con
gressional legislation by which it is proposed
to tax the patrons of the road to make good
the entire principal and inteiust of this enor
mous debt ) All the people of Nebraska con
cede thnt the road hus done a good deal for
the state , but tHe Union Pacific is u national
highway built by the munificent liberality-
the United States.
This editorial surely did not escape
the notice of the editor of the W-II.
But ho Is a hypocrite and a contumptl-
blo impostor whose insane ambition
prompts him to "play the demagogue and
inspires hltri'wh ! { the idea that ho can
achieve renterhjtis n great journalist only
upon the ruln of TUB BISK.
TUB ; .v.wfc7 t2mv IXQUIIIY.
The joint ' rongrebaiotml commiUoo
which is pnJ&'cutlng ' the immigration
inquiry ut Nflw York appears to bo os-
pccially zct'\oijs \ in obtaining opinions
favorable tojv , , pollcy for discouraging
immigration. Wo do not know what
are the Individual views of the mombora
of the committee on this subject , but
there is renso'n'tp ' ' suspect that u majority
of them are in sympathy with the qulto
common eastern Bontlmcnt unfriendly to
immigration , and that they have readily
permitted themselves to hoar opinions
mid suggestions ehielly from persons of
this way of thinking.
Ono of this class who occupied the at
tention of the committee for an cntiro
day is Prof. Smith of Columbia college ,
who is the author of n book intended to
show that the time Is como when this
country should discourage immigration.
Among his rccommcndationa was the
utterly impracticable plan of requiring
a consular investigation of the ante
cedents and character of every intending
emigrant. The committee apparently
was so well satisfied with the views ob
tained from Prof. Smith that it accorded
htm a valuable advertisement of his
book by making it a part of the record
of the investigation.
The Now York papers very generally
endorse the position of the Columbia
professor. The Times remarks that
"taking the whole country together ,
thoughtful Americans are pretty well
agreed that wo have long passed
the point at which It is dcsirnblo.to
encourage immigration , and reached the
point at which it is desirable to
discourage immigration. " Yet that jour
nal must bo aware of the fact that Scan
dinavian farmers are being imported
into one of the Now England slates for
the purpose of peopling the deserted
farms , and that such farmers would bo
heartily welcomed in other eastern
states. That paper further says that
"tho natural increase of our population
and the increase by immigration that we
cannot reject will reduce us soon enough
to European conditions in spite of all
that wo can do. " Our natural increase
on the basis of the present estimated
population is less than two
millions a year , and for several years
the immigration has not exceeded half ti
million persons annually. The country
is capable of sustaining a population of
five hundred million and still not bo so
densely populated us some European
countries. In something moro than a
century the country has attained a popu
lation estimated to bo sixty-five million.
Need wo give ourselves any serious
trouble at the promise which these facts
hold out that we may bo reduced to the
European conditions which the Times
had in mind , two or three centuries
hence ? It must bo borne in mind that
wo shall" not , always have an
immigration u largo as wo
are now receiving , which is very much
less than in the years of greatest Eu
ropean emigration to the United States.
This country jdoas not. offer. the attrac
tions tmd opportunities to the foreigner
it once did , and newer countries ,
offering special inducements , are get
ting a considerable share of the emigra
tion from Europe. This diversion will
increase with the growth of the country ,
so that within the next ton or twenty
years our immigration may not bo more
than half what it is jit present.
Besides , it is quite possible
the time may como when the
number of our own people seeking
other lands will nearly or quite equal
the number coming hero from Europe.
Tlio apprehensions of Prof. Smith and
those who agree with him huvo no sub
stantial foundation , and it will bo a
grave mistake for the committee investi
gating immigration to give undue promi
nence to the opinions of alarmists hold
ing such-views. Everybody admits that
there are abuses which need to bo reme
died , and that the law excluding ob
jectionable jxersons has been evaded and
violated. But correction is practicable
without erecting now barriers , for which
there is no reasonable demand.
IK congress follows the advice of the
special senate committee on Canadian
'railway competition , remarks the
Springfield , Massachusetts , liepnllimn ,
in ruling the Dominion roads out of the
transportation business of the United
Stales , Now England will bo hit in an
important place of vantage. It is ad
mitted to bo only fair that the foreign
roads bo compelled to compote with
American roads on the same conditions
the laws have imposed upon the hitter ,
but the llciiublicun thinks congress will
hardly venture to shut out the Canadian
roads entirely , nnd for the reason that
there is too much American money and
too many American interests in these
roads to make such a policy popular.
The fact that this reason has not been in
fluential enough to prevent the senate
committee from making the recommend
ation contained int its report miggosts
that it nuiy not bji biifo to rely upon it
when the qitostio'iWoinesbefore ' congress.
If the evident purpose to restrict , and
perhaps destroy , Canadian railway com
petition is defeated it will bo accom
plished only by the united offouts of the
representatives of 'ew England and the
northwest , and this is fo bo expected in
vlow , of the expression of the manufac
turers and producers of these sections
respectively who are mutually interested
in maintaining this competition. The
attitude of the senate committee on this
subject distinctly antagonixos the weight
of opinion ellcltc l by its inquiry.
THK lessons .0(1 ( experience tire lost
upon railroad corporations. Encour
aged by the recent decision of the
United States supreme court and an
error in the law , the Iowa railroads are
about to enter upon another contest with
the stato. The costly and fruitless con
test of the last four years , during which
they threatened to overwhelm the gov
ernment and then surrendered uncondi
tionally , foreshadows the result of the
coming struggle. The state commission
is not seriously alarmed. The members
have not been smitten with remorse or
rushed off to headquarters to mollfy the
big chiefs , nor uro the btato boards of
trade passing resolutions against the
dangers of reduced rotes. Ou the con
trary , the commissioners calmly await
the onset , confident thnt right will pre
vail.
THK selfish political jobbers of South
Omaha , promise the saloon men un
bridled liberty in return for liberal cash
contributions to fight annexation. They
insinuate that ono half the thousand
dollars license will go into the general
fund to sayo tlio town from bankruptcy.
The proposition la absurd. Not u dollar
of the license money can bo diverted
from the school fund. If an occupation
tux is levied , the liquor dealers will be
held up , not only for the full amount of
the license , but liberal tax in addition.
Tlio truth is tlio elements lighting .union
and progress uro cutting off their noses
to spite their faces. They uro opposing
tliolr own interests and undermining
the foundation of the city's growth and
prosperity. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
GltAi'KVlNK advices from the mayor's
oflico give cheerful assurances that Mr.
C'ushing's boom for the governorship is
a thing of life and beauty. Having
popped the question to the grangers ,
Mr. dishing will wear sprays of hay in
his waving locks ns a sign of high re
gard for the buxom country vote.
WEEK after week , with the regularity
of time , tlio records of Omaha's pro
gress show a steady advance. The bus
iness of tlio banks furnish strong proof
of the financial strength of the commu
nity , and of the widening scope of the
city's trade and commerce.
THE price of silver has advanced
twelve cents in two weeks. The
cartwheel is rolling onward at tin irre
sistible gait and crowding tlio yellow
metal for first place in the confines of
the treasury. A silver dollar will soon
bo worth a dollar in'silvcr.
THE proposition to swap state olllecs
for three congressmen meets the ap
proval of the Samosot braves. The fact
Unit they might receive something for
nothing strikes a tender political chord.
DOUGLAS county should promptly fol 2
low the load of Lancaster county in or
ganizing to fight ajrainst free whisky
and outlawry.
IN THE matter of railroad rates the
Omaha stock market is in position to
compote successfully with all rivals.
Tin ; Highwayman in Politics.
Hiiftim Ululie.
If the offer of the Louisiana lottery coin-
. puny of Sl'J.oOO.OIK ) to that state for a renewal
of its charter is accepted It will begin to look
as though the highwayman's chances in poll-
tics wore assured in at least one section of
the country.
The AVilcl anil Woolly East.
AVir 1'orfc IIcraM.
Sometimes we hear of a festive cowboy dis
charging his gun into a passenger coach on a
railroad in the west , but to hear that the
windows of u Ninth avenue "L" car nro per
forated with three bullet holes offers food for
reficctiou and mutter for police investigation.
A Tribute to General Kreiiiont.
* PMlwtrliiMa llrronl.
General Fremont , who has been placed on
the retired list of the army , was the Stanley
of his day , and his explorations of the liocky
mountain regions were marked by the same
qualities of rugged and adventurous heroism
that earned for the explorer of the dark con
tinent the royal welcome accorded him in
Brussels.
Oinaliu is the I'lnec.
Denver JVcirc.
The new judicial bill fixes the location of
the circuit court of this district at St. Louis.
The district is composed of the states of Ar
kansas , Missouri , Iowa , Minnesota , the two
Dakotns , Kansas , Nebraska and Colorado ,
and tlio Kansas City Times enters a prompt
protest against holding the circuit court so
far toward the southeast of the circuit , and
suggests Kansas City as a more central and
convenient point. The News approves what
it says , but is not certain but Omaha is a still
better point , as between the extreme north
and south boundaries of the district. Cer
tain it is , however , that either Kansas City
or Omaha are more central than St. Louis
and better calculated to subserve the con
venience of litigants from Colorado and west
ern Kansas nnd Nebraska.
Tlin Ministers Agreed.
Jsifm/cttc Ditilu Call.
Last fall Mrs. Cougar was canvassing In
Nebraska and got into a controversy with
Mr. E. Hosowator , editor of Tin : OM.UIA Bui : .
Growing out of the matter came a bomewlmt
heated controversy , between the par
ties , and finally liosowuTer appeared atone
ono of the meetings and intcrnipto-a
her , asking , time in which , as ho said ,
'
to refute 'slanders which had been
made against him in her public addresses.
She refused to divide time , and had Koso-
wnter arrested for disturbing n religious
meeting. The case came up for trial Wednes
day , and nfter hearing four , witnesses the
case was dismissed by the prosecuting attor
ney , who evidently shared tlio opinion of the
Lafayette ministers , that hers was not a relig
ious meeting.
TI113 AI..MAXOISLAND POLITICS.
.ludgo W. A. Peffcr , editor of the Kansas
Fanner , in summing up the alliance situation
with relation to politics , said in an editorial
last week :
The hardest work which the alliance has on
band Is toKitaliead. It. Is ht'Mit with party
nioJnillci-H and party demands on all sides ,
I'.vi-ri birly on tliu oulsldi ) Is otrurlng uilrleu.
l > nn good friend they aroall good friends of
the alliances , these advisers are Insists on
the "iii-dor" Kolng Into politics , but would
have it KII rlKht Into Ids party ; another wanU
It lo.stiiy out of iHilnK'h lc- l U Injnius Us pm--
pectH ! another , more Ihild than tlio lu.it , u--
Mirei Ills alliance filemU that If they umlL'r-
lalto any political movement jds paity is M )
htiong that It will tpiii'h the alliance it le.s-.on
by bri-aklni ; It to pieces. Democrats IIN-.IIIIIO
thnt tlio alliance demand for an equitable ail-
JiiKliui'iit of larlll' dnlle.i so tlml fanners may
t'njoy a fiili'hhniu of whatever boiu'lit.s How
fioni protection , Is a movement aloiiK deiuo-
eratlo linen , and hiineu papers of Unit party
am pattlim tlio alllunco upon tliubai'lc eni-unr-
avlnvly. Tliu Kansas L'lty Times , ( 'Jilrimu
Herald , Now VorU World , til. Louis Hupublle ,
.Montgomery Adveitl.iiT and other leading
demiM-ratle piipo-n : , manifest ureat futurist in
the movement of the alliance , wishing that
party advantages may follow.
On the other Ininil. rupubllcan papers , the
Now York Tribune , I'hllndi'tpltlii ' 1'russ , ( ! hl-
eago Inter-Ocean , HI. houls ( Jloliu-leniot-rat
and TopoUn Capital , hpuaU less patronl/.liiKly ,
moro boldly , dictating rather Hum exhorting ,
commanding rather than rcijiietnliiK. and
there IH no dl po > ltion toconnlllatii or coiupiii-
mlso. The rumibllean parly pioixi-,1" , to K"
rlu'ht along Independently ut the alliance , con-
tlnnliiKiis It Inu buun KIIII | , at-klii * noiue | ;
lions and answering none. Asto IUUIS.T' unu
tlio leiniirl ; Is nppllcahlo jn other htiiti" . no
tion lias iM.'cn served upon tlio alliance that no
attack upon thopolluyof the republican party
will ho tolerated , mid In tlio notion nolhlnK Is
hiild to Indlciito a disposition to oven I sum to
complaints upon the purl of theniumuoii > hlp
coming from the alliance.
The Kansas l-'urmcr Is not authorized tn
speak for tint nlllam'o ollli-lally , lint It knows
very well what tliu nlllunvn wunuand bow It
oxpiMith toHtlaln the objool * ( .ought. We u -
Hiuuour iiulchljors that them U no Intention
on thu imrt of the ullmnce to
nmVo war on any party , nor w
theru any present Inlnutfon to orxunlzu u
nuw nnrty nr to undo with au > exUtlnt ; purty.
Tliu allhinco Is agreed upon a fuwfuiidu-
inuntul propositions rulullnx to llnunco ,
transportation unfl land , and tltoy want lewb-
luUon upon tlioiOhuhjecU. They want muro
money lu circulation ; they waul tuo govern
ment to IMUO nil the money directly and Rot
It to the people without the Intervention of
IntnrDst-olmrftlnR ajwiolcni they want money
mndo plenty nnd put out nt low rntf of Inter-
cstt they want the government to tnUo ulmrgo
of the money of the country no that Its bcne-
liu nmy bo enjoyed by all the people upon
fair terms ami on eiinnl terms the sumo nito
of Intoiost on the nnnio amount of money for
the Damn length of tlnifll It wnnl.s transporta
tion controlled by the government In the pub
lic. Interest no It may bo chcnp , certain , mifo
ami ciiual In It * burdens and henollls ! It wants
a readjustment of our land system , that all th
public- lands may bo gathered In speedily and
disposed of to settlers under tlio homcutcnd
law ; It wants alien nwnettdilp of lands abel >
Ishptl In some ennltabln wnyi It wants to He-
euro for the peo.ilo the largest possible nu-ns-
useof benefits from the unused lands of the
country ; U wants U'jiUliitlon that will cause
vncnnt lands to bear their full share ncre for
aero of the public burdens result Ing from
taxation ; It want * homestead * protected In
the Interest of ellI/.OIIH anil their families ! It
wants n restoration of the redumption law so
that citizens , whim misfortunes befall them ,
may h.ivo opportunity to pay their debts and
save their homes ; In .snort , as to these threu
crcat matters llrst , and as to all re *
luted matters afterward , the alliance
wants such legislation as will ciiuull/o
burdens nnd benollt.s of government , affordIng -
Ing equal protection to all tbn oltlzen9.de-
xl my I UK the Inilncnro of the money power ,
suppressing romblnatIons against freedom of
trade , and placing the debtor on terms equal
with his creditor.
Tbe.so things tbn alliance bns pet out to
achieve. They naturally oxpceted to have
the work done through the machinery of ex
isting purlieu , and hence no quest Ions of party
building or party disintegration havu yet
been dismissed by tlio alliance. It has been
expected that. Inasmuch as the alliance Is
made up of members of all parties , every
member of the alliance would bo a missionary
In Ids own party to spread alliance doctrines
there. And that Is the status of thu alliance
at this wilting.
YOUtt 1UCJHT CONCEDED.
OMAHA , Neb. , April 23. [ To the Editor of
Tun HII : . ] My attention has been called to
an editorial In yesterday's BIK. : Your voci
ferous demand for an unchallenged right
strikes mo queer like , but it shall not fail of
respectful answer.
1. Hut Mr. Men-Ill couples with his challenge
the Insulting condition nmt whosoever takes
tliu negative shall proclaim hlmsolf as the
renre.senlatlveof the saloons. jo\v wo would
ask .Mr. Merrill whether bis demand Is In con
sonance with the genius nnd spirit of Christi
anity ?
Myunswerls : Yes , sir. If I err in class-
ng license people on the side of the saloon ,
perhaps it may be by your re.isoning process
Unit classes prohibition preachers with poli
ticians and pharisecs , Then , if wrong , I am
honest in it and only a license "phnriseo"
will pillory a devout Christian for his honest
convictions , you know. Yes , sir.
2Vo want tn know and have a right to de
mand whether Sir. Merrill means to Im
pugn the motives and ussall the Integrity of
every man who believes that prohibition Uues
not prohibit ?
Not n bit of it. The newspapers solemnly
reiterate stale falsehoods and refuse u hear
ing to the other side how can people depen
dent on them largely for information help
being nil wrong.
I ) . We want him to toll tbn people of Nebras
ka whether Mnrtln I.ntlior.Ui'orgo Washington
and Abraham Lincoln are to be classed among
the rcpti'sentatlvesor the saloon because they
Indulged In the moderate use of Into.Mlcutlni ;
beverages.
Bless you , no , not by any moans. I do not
see how nny sane mind can drag them into
any kind of connection witli this amendment
campaign. They arc nil dead men. Besides ,
my question was , "Is the moderate use of in
toxicating beverages an ovili" Note the
word "an. " I would not attempt the miracle
in logic of proving all moderate drinkers that
over lived to be representatives of the saloon
today. Yon .seem to have accredited mo with
that ambition. Furthermore I do not believe
that all moderate drinkers alive are repii'sen-
tatives of the saloon. Lastly :
We have a right to demand on behalf of ( lion-
sands of devout Christians In Nebraska
whether or not they are to bo pilloried by
prohibition Pharisees as the wicked champions
of tint saloon whenever by their voice or their
votes they shall dare to oppose the prohibitory
amendment ?
1 hold that no devout Christian anywhere
should bo pilloried by anybody for anything ,
and I am down on every'bran'd of phnriseo.
Now , you claim that rights are mutual. Let
me demand some things 1 want to know. In
the first place I demand to know whether or
not , when a moral issue becomes also a politi
cal issue , moral teachers must drop
ill If honesty and veracity should
be adopted as plunks in the
policy of political parties and newspapers
must I then cense their advocacy as a
minister ! You argue that since proliibition
lias gotten into politics I have no right to
preach it. Then political parties can silence
the pulpit on any moral issue bv putting said
issue into their platforms. Would it not bo
more manly to meet our arguments than to
cull us politicians and plariseesi I demand on
"behalf of thousands of devout Christian * in
Nebraska" to know whether or not it is in
"consonance with the genius and spirit of
Christianity" to pillory us thus merely for
advocating a moral Issue even in politics !
If you aio so ready to fly to the
defense of Christian charity why
did you not , when one minister of a minority
of live against a majority of thirty-five , with
tlio insolence of an ecclesiastical demagogue
rushed into print to say that said majority
were bigots and bad no common sense , tackle
him ? My dear sir , your sensitiveness nbout
Being classed among saloon advocates is
anomalous in view of the policy of your
paper , and only indicates that you .should try
the golden rule on us "prohibition parisces. "
Kespcctfully , 1 . S. Mmtnii.i , .
STATE .IXJtt T K It It I TO It V.
Nebraska Jottlngx.
Leigh Is to have u photograph gallery.
A Christian church has been organized nt
tiering.
The young men of Ohlown have organized a
gymnasium association.
The Maverick bank nt Gordon has changed
hands , L. H. Work retiring.
It bos been raining nnd snowing alternately
in Perkins county for the past few days.
The teachers of Holt nnd Antelope counties
will hold a joint meeting at Nellgh May 10.
A big jack rabbit hunt is being orgauizcd at
Shickloy in which many ladies will take part.
A Holdrego lady took a do.so of varnish the
other day by mistake for medicine , but she
will recover.
The Litchficld Gazette has ceased to exist
and the plant bus been moved to Pleusunton ,
Buffalo county.
The spring meeting of the Frontier County
Teachers' association will bo held at Stock-
villo Mny 'J mid it.
The York county Sunday School associa
tion will hold ILs annual meeting nt York.
Mny ! J , 2t : and 2
There are ten
princip'il of tin
which will soon
The Vuiilon cc
April 'M its spec
will bo set out 0
The Webster
"flaunted to a IK
with F. P. Shk'l
editor.
An attempt ti
ledge at Uaveni
not a person tun
liininnry lecture
Forty of the i
Ohiowa have bc (
nnd will give
house tomorrow
Theodore Fro
living near Cleui
three weeks and
committed sulciil
trouble nnbalanc
People of Covi
buildings near
them back for
nway during tlu
of last week win
of the river froni
up in Juno as It t
may disappear e
The acreage
county this yci
greater than thu
the Valentino K <
and thi ) ahnndan
year Indicates th
will rank with
districts in the U
UI
EmmetRburg v
A now bank is
sauquu.
A train load of
shipped from Hu
A calf has beci
beads , breaking i
The cbtate of I
M.
applicants for the position of
0 Clay Center public schools
bo vacant.
: metory association lias made
ial Arbor day and many trees
! n Wednesday.
County Alliance 1ms been
cdcd bree/o" at Ked Cloud ,
d.s , formerly of Blue Hill , as
n organl/o a Good Templar
port proved a dismal failure ,
nlng out to listen to the pro-
i ,
musically Inclined people of
: m in training for some time
i a grand concert ut the ojiera
evening.
c'liiiin , u prosperous farmer
rwutcr , has IMMIII missing for
his friends fear that bo has
le , as It is thought domestic
ed his mind ,
ington and Stanton who own
the river bank are moving
fear that the land will bo cut
> .lnno rise. The high water
shed in considnrabln sections
t lots and if the water comes
usually does It is feared they
ntirely.
of wheat sown in Cherry
nr is three or four times
t of any previous year , says
ijiublic.in. The good quality
t returns from tlui crop last
at this portion of Nebraska
any of the wheat producing
railed Hiatus.
own IteniH.
vill have a big cigar factory ,
to bo established nt Ken-
' stock valued at ? I2,000 wiw
irlun the other day.
1 Iwrni \Vnvorlywith three
nil previous records.
lunry Nurre , who was re
cently munlem ! nt Brown's station , has been '
appraised nt $147.000. ,
The ntnreh works roernttv destroyed br i
lire nt DCS Molnes will not bo rebuilt.
The now creamery at Sutherland will bo I
ready for business about tlio middle of May.
Hccnuso her husband spoke of her biscuits
ns like unto cobblestones , Louisa P. Mead of
Alton has secured n divorce.
Samuel Heuben , n peddler , committed ant-
_
jUUIIp * ll i O | Vii * m i i * iiuf'VM \ lll ltlt
languages fluently. Ho loft n note stating
that lltinnclal trouble had driven him to com
mit thu null act.
A mysteriousdisappearance which occurred
at I'ella twontv-ono years ngohas at hist been
cleared up. Trillium Van Vnrk came homo
from his work ono djiy , bade his family good
bye , stating that ho wns going on a short
visit , nnd dl npiK > ared. Nothing was ever
neon or heard of him until lust week , when
ho .reappeared ns .suddenly as ho had gone-
nwity , Ho made no explanation ns to his
Htrange conduct , but it has been learned that ,
ho has been living In Omaha for a number of
years under an assumed nniiio , and that hu
mid amassed considerable wealth. IIo hud
also taken unto himself n second helpmeet.
His I'ella wife lost her life In a burning house
ten years ago.
The oldest iieraoii In Iowa , and one of the
oldest in the United States , is Mrs. Hlllliml
of Linn county. Shots ono hundred ami fif
teen years of ngo ami routes of u family re
markable for longevity.Tho family consisted of > *
one brother nnd three sisters , twoof whom be-
Miles Mrs. Illlllard nro now living- ono In
Dakota and the other in Virginia. Tlio family
name is Kiser , nnd William Kiser , the
brother , has now reached the age of ono hun
dred nnd four years. Mrs. John Bnlloy , the
surviving sister , in ono hundred and ninu
years of ago and still enjoys good health. Tlio
other sister , Mi's. Arnold , was bom .Inly 4 ,
1777 , Just ono year after the signing of the
declaration of Independence , nnd died re
cently nt the age of ono hundred and twelve
years. Mm. Hilliard is a Spry old lady , and
is likely to retain her physical vigor for
many years to como.
unit Colorado.
Pueblo , Colo. , claims a population of 40XM. (
The saloons at Boulder , Colo. , tire now
closed on Sunday.
A national building association has been
organized at Laramie , \Vyo. , with a capital
stock of $15,000,000.
A monster celebration will bo held Mny Ifi
in honor of the creation of the now county of
Big Horn in Wyoming. ,
" "
\Vorkonthonormal school nnd college at" T
Cheyenne will bo commenced in a few weeks ,
The main building will cost $ .10,000.
The election Judges nt Bessemer , Wyo. ,
have been arrested for fraud in making out
the returns of the recent Natronn county
election nnd placed under $ , " 00 bonds ,
The city of Aspen. Colo. , has been sued by
the water and light company for fcUH,000 )
damages because the town trustees rescinded
nit nisi ftitttwit tri'.ittttitir 11 fivm * ) tu < In Out
company.
Fish Commissioner Miller Is planting IWO (
trees ut tlio llsh hatehery at Larnmlo. Ship
ments of young llsli huvo been begun to
various parts of tlio tenitory. mid n system
atic pluns of stocking till tlio Htreams in
Wyoming , suitable for the proportion of
llsli , will be carried out this year.
There is great activity in the Lander oil
llelds in Wyoming. The drillers nt the Mul
len it Brown well struck oil Thursday at n
depth of 1,100 feet. The machinery will now
bo moved from the Mullen well to thnt of the
Kidney company. Dakota parties are putting
up derricks and boring machines on two
properties.
.Says the Cheyenne Leader : The city edi
tor of this pa | > or received from an acquaint
ance in New York City u letter with n peeit-
llnr direction. It was simply his naino mid
the llgnresIII. . " The postal authorities
doubtless readily reckoned that the number
meant tlio forty-third state and rightly con
jectured that it was intended for a resident
of the capitol. At any rate the missive caiuo
through from New York in live days.
MIXltiTKK M'A 131 Kit OX NI'.llX.
He TalkH of the Political Sltiiiitlon and
Cliaiiecs l'or u Fortune.
[ t'i ji/r///if | / ( / / HtHDIiyJiinifn ( lunlun ItemiM. ]
PAIIIS , April 28. fNuii- York Hciiild Cable
Special to Tin : IIii.J Thomas W.
Palmer , United States minister to Spain , who
was passing through Paris on Ills wXy to
America , chatted with a Herald correspon
dent yesterday.
"What tire your views on the political sit
uation in Spain ? " he was asked.
"I think the present iiueen regent n most
excellent woman , disposed to administer the
affairs of the state on the broadest and mo.st
liberal basis. Still , there is no denying
that tlio republican current is running
strong in the country , and if the baby king
should die , or Portugal should follow the ex
ample of llrax.il , or if various thlnps should
happen , why , us they say in madrid , 'Qnien
sabe. ' One of the worat feature in Spain'a
present economy is the lack of homo pro-
duction. Almost everything is imported ,
The consequences are that wages urn low and
the cost or living high. Nor is them any
reason for this state of affairs , inasmuch as
the country possesses the most varied natural
resources. Hero is n clmncu for enterprising
men to step in and make u fortune for them
selves. "
"Do von expect to return to your post at
Mndriiil"
"That I cannot say until I have seen Presi
dent Harrison and Mr. Jilaino. It havu im
portant Interests in America which may keep
mo there. "
Mr. Palmer spends the next week on IM
Gascogne.
A It Kit / ' 7/.l IXCllHJXr.
KouinllHtH AVniit to Kly Their Itlooily
Kmlik-in from Xc\v Vork'H Oily Hall.
NKVOHK , April tS. ! [ Special Telegram
to Tin : BII : : . | The socialists at n labor meet
ing hero yesterday endeavored to have acom-
mltteo appointed to wait upon Mayor Crant !
and ask him to have a red Hag displayed on
the city ball May 1. Sergius Schoviteh supported -
ported the effort. Ho gave a history of the
red Hag which , ho said , did not mean Avar and
bloodshed , but was simply typical of humani
ty , and intended to show'that the blood of all
workiiiKinen all over the world was of one
color and that they should bo brothers. Ho
thought that if the Irish ilag could lly from
the city hall on March IT , the red Hag might
lly on May 1. The chairman of the meeting
refused to entrrUiin such u motion and the
socialists subsided after u hot talk
Positively cured by
thiixo T.iUli ) IMIIs.
They also relieve Dis
tress from JlyMiop'iln , In
digestion and Too Hearty
lilting. A perfect rem
cdy fur Dlzzlnc-si , N'auwu ,
DrnwHlncxM , Had Taste
In thu Moulli. Coated
Tongim , 1'aln In thoSldo ,
TOKI'ID MVKK They
regulate the Jloircts , Purely Vcb'ctulile.
SMALL PILL , SMALL DOSE , SMALL PRICE.
OMAHA
LOAN AND TRUST
COMPANY.
Subscribed anil Guaranteed Capital..tVXI.noo
1'ald In Uapltiil ! JW,0W (
HuyH and sells ntoc-Ks and bonds ; nrgolbites
cninmerolal paper ; ruculvus and nxi-untux
trust ) * ! iietxiis transfer agent and trustee of
corporations ; takes cliurtfi ) of propuity ; col
lects tines. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Omaha L.oan& . Trust Co
SAVINGS BANK.
S. E. Cor , 10th and Douglas Sts.
Paid In Capital tutjan
Subscribed mid liiiiirantUL-d C'upltal . . . KWXt )
Liability of .Stockholders WJ.tWJ
& Per Cent Intercut. Paid on Deposits.
HtANK J. I.AMli ; . Dnshier.
Officer * : A. 17. Wrinun. | > rt l < lent ; J. J. llronn , vlcu-
Uri-nlilmit , W. T. Wynimi , tri'iiiumr.
Dim-lorn : A.I' W > nun , .1. II. .MllhirU , J. J. Drown ,
( iiijr ( ! . Iliirlnn , K. Vf. Null , Tliuuiiu J , Kluitmll ,
Ucnriiu 11.1.aku.
liouns In unv amount mudeon city mid I'ltrm
Property , nnd on ColUturul Security , at Low
est rutus currouu