Nebraska Newspapers

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Al.i < political roads now lead to Lin
coln.
MEMiJKliSini'in the Nebraska militia
1ms ccusod to bo a holiday jest.
ISN'T tlio legislature a trifle too largo
for Dictator Burrows' vest pocket ?
Is ? Ntnniiu : nnil variety of political
parties , Ireland and Kansas are running
a close race.
and California have experienced -
poriencod earthquakes. Both states
are dctui'ininod to bo felt if not hoard.
Till' question for tlio legislature is
this : IB the constitution , or the will of
Jay Burrows to bo regarded as the supreme
premo law of the land ?
Tun record of improvements in "Wash
ington for the past year is very credita
ble , but there is still room for improve
ment in both ends of the capital.
Tim demands of the Colorado bullion-
nlroS'Oii the mint olllcials tends to Drove
that Colorado gall has lost none of
its smooth adamantine qualities.
How many legislators travel , on the
courtesies of the railroads ? The information
mation is not "necessarily for publica
tion , but as a guaranty of good faith. "
ASSUUAXCUS come from financial and
commercial sources that the present
monetary stringency will vanish within
ton days. For which the business men
of the country will bo duly thankful.
TriK Indians are Bnid to have informed
General Miles that they demand the 1m-
mediate withdrawal of the troops and
that they will treat with nobody for
peace except the vice president of the
United States. Evidently this idea
originated with Chief Gall.
THE last prop under the monarchlal
party of Franco is gone. The decision
of the Homnu clergy to support the re
public will provo disastrous to the royal
pretenders. It is an example , though
late , of tlii ) fucilitj ol the church in bow
ing to that which cannot bo averted.
T1IJ3 old council combine , with the
tnx-cators and Twonty-oightora behind
its back , is trying to perpetuate itself
through u now loader , whom they pro
pose to nmko prcsidnnt of the council.
This simply means that wo are to have
.another your of extravagance ana job
bery.
t THE citizens of the northwest express
warm gratitude for Tun BHU'S vigorous
efforts to hnvo the mllitli hastened to
tholr protection. The credit is duo to
the governor and the otHcials and mon
of our gallant militia. THE Bun's
nmnlo telegraphic facilities gave it the
best opportunity to first observe the
necessity of the movement
UNION PACifc'iO Attorney Thurston
declares in court that President Adams
had no right to mnko a contract per
mitting the Milwaukee trains to cross
the bridge. If Mr. Adams had no au
thority in the promise ? , and the contract
IB annulled , how can the company fulfill
the conditions under which the viaduct
bonds were voted ?
Tim last session of the Fifty-first congress -
gross has thus far proved severely dis
appointing to the republicans of the
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west. Week after weolc has been
wasted over dreary speeches on that
hateful sectional measure , the force bill ,
which has boon repudiated by the press
and public sentiment of north , south ,
east and went. Nothing lias been denote
to relieve the critical financial situation ,
nor to glvo the business interests of the
country the assurance that present con
ditions are to remain undisturbed.
The apportionment bill a mousuro of f
long-dolayod justice to the growing
west remains unconsiderod. The pure
food bill , the Ilorbort bill , transferring
arid lands to the control of western
etatos , the numerous measures intended
to roiniHly the imlpublo defects
of the now tariff law , and many other
propositions of vital oonuarn to the
country wait vainly for consideration.
No short Bosslon of congress over had
greater reason to dispatch business and
push rapidly forward to the accomplish
ment of Important results. Whoa will
this republican congress awaken to a
rue some ) of Its duty to the country ?
TO ir/MT TltS URVaitMCAXS AUK COMat
MITTKD.
The republican members of the loglac
lattiro , which will assemble nt Lincoln
tomorrow , are committed by the last
platform of thnlr party to certain polip
cles and principles , which it will bo their
duty to endeavor to hnvo carried out in
legislation. It may bo well to remind
thorn of what the moro important of
those aro.
The republican platform demanded
mid 'purity of elections , and called for
such a revision of the election laws
of the stale as will guarantee to
every voter the greatest possible
secrecy in the casting of his
ballot , while providing for tlio punish
ment of any who may attempt the cor
ruption or intimidation of voters. This
dumiitul docs not necessarily Imply that
elections In Nebraska have boon goaov-
ally unfair nnd corrupt , but simply rec
ognizes the fact that the time is como
when this stale must take Its plnoo with
others which hnvo adopted laws for the
adequate protection of the ballot and for
securing fair ami honest elections The
necessity of a pure popular ballot to Iho
preservation of republican govern
ment Is admitted by all intelli
gent and patriotic men , nnd
marked progress has boon made within
a few years In legislation to secure hon
est voting. There Is no reason why
Nebraska should not promptly fall Into
line with Massachusetts , Now York , In
diana and ether states which have
adopted laws for the proper protection
of voters and demonstrated their good
effects.
The platform demanded that the prop
erty of corporations shall bo taxed the
biuno as that of Individuals and that the
provisions of the constitution requiring
the assessment of franchises shall bo enforced -
forced by suitable legislation , No citi-
7cn who believes that the burdens of
government fahould bo justly distributed ,
every class and Interest in the stnto
bearing its fair share under a system
that will permit of no discrimination ,
will question the justice of these de
mands. It is well known that under
present conditions the corporations cs-
capo their just share of taxation , and
the injustice to the individual taxpayers
involved in this discrimination calls
urgently for remedy. There are no so-
rious dlllicultics In the way of applying
a remedy , but on the contrary , the prob-
loin is ono of the simplest which
the legislature will bo called upon to
consider , and yet there is no question it
can consider that is of greater import
ance.
The republican platform demands the
reduction of freight and passenger rates
on railroads to correspond with rates
prevailing in the adjacent states to the
Mississippi ; that owners of public ele
vators shall bo declared public ware
housemen and compelled to handle the
grain of all persons upon equal terms ,
the state regulating charges for storage
and inspection ; also that railroad com
panies shall bo required to receive and
move the grain of all persons without
discrimination , and it favors the enact
ment -of more stringent usury laws
and their enforcement under severe
penalties. All thcso demands are
sound and judicious , were mudo with a
jiibt regard for the interests of the neo-
plo , and having1 received the unanimous
approval of the representatives of the
republican party in convention are bind
ing on every member of that party in
the legislature. Wo do not apprehend
that any of thorn will fail to receive the
full support of these republicans , but it
is well to suggest that the measure of
tholr fidelity to tho&o pledges of their
party may have an important bearing-
upon its future in Nebraska.
THE SEtfATK SITUATION.
It is expected that early in the present
week n decisive change will take place
in the complicated situation that has
prevailed iu the national senate since
before tlio holidays , and that a definite
issue will be reached. It would bo un
safe to say -what that issue may bo , but
there are indications that it will take
the form of nnabandonment of the meas
ures that are responsible for the vexed
state of affairs , namely , the election
bill and the proposed rule for closing
debate. A large majority of the repub
lican senators are still favorable to these
measures , but those who are not appear
to bo immovable in their opposition ,
and without them their party colleagues
will hardly bo dibposcd to push either
measure through , even if they are
strong enough to do so. Several sena
tors not known to bo opposed to either
the election bill or the closure rule have
expressed the opinion within a few days
that both would have .to bo abandoned ,
and to give up either would put an end
to the ether , The adoption of a rule
providing for the closing of debate is
necessary to reach a vote on the election
bill , and the prospect for the adop
tion of the proposed bill is
not regarded as at all favor
able. If it had no ether excuse or justi
fication than the doslro to pass the elec
tion bill , its failure would glvo no cause
of rogr. t. As it is , it is opposed by n
few republican senators on principle ,
while the supporters of the free coinage
of silver are not willing to accept it bo-
uauso they do not want to cut oil amend
ments. Meanwhile the democrats are
prepared to continue the discussion to
the end of the bosslon if necessary , or it
they are not prevented from doing so by
BOIUO radical move oil the part of the re
publicans not now expected , though ad-
mittftd tq.be possible. It seems that the
democrats have obtained some encour-
ngomnnt from the rulings of Vico'l'rcsi-
tlent Morton in the chair.
The situation in the eoiuito Is doing
the party of the majority no good. It
ought to bo perfectly plain to the re
publican senators that the masses of
their pavty either take no interest what
ever in the election bill or are uncom
promisingly opposed to it , nnd that in
wasting valuable time in the discussion
of this measure which ought to bo de
voted to the consideration of practical
questions relating to tlio material inter
ests of the people they tire making Bontl-
mont against tholr party. The
New York Sun shrewdly ob
serves that "the Fifty-first congress lias
boon good to the democrats , and fur-
I nlshod them with plenty of issues for
I 1892"If the present situation in the tri tr"i
ate is allowed to continuo It Is the demo
cratic party that will proDt from it. The
country Is not nt present concerned
about nny sort of political legislation ,
but it docs anxiously want that -which Is
practical , It Is strange that republican
senators cannot understand this.
A VLAIK TALK WITH flKURASKA KK
A low days ngo a letter addressed to
myself . by L. 1) ) . Richards , latocandldato
for governor , was given to the public
through the medium of the democratic
and _ prohibition dailies at Omaha and
Lincoln. The pretext for this vin
dictive post-mortem message is
said to bo a review of the
late campaign , mid the causes that
brought disaster upon the republican
party , which appeared ever my '
turo in Tin : Uuu of November 10 , to ro-
futo malicious and baseless ns&orllons of
certain papers and politicians who were
trying to lay the responsibility for the
defeat of Richards at mv door ,
I confess that I made a grave mistake
in falling to carry out the good old
maxim that bids us never to spank ill of
the dead. If I have said anything un
kind or ungenerous about the political
corpse burled by the landslide of the 4th
of November * 1 sincerely regret It. And
I have no disposition to carry on a
controversy with the gimlet-bore editor ,
disappointed spoils hunters and political
dead ducks who composed the "mes
sage" to which Mr. Richards' name wns
appended.
I realize , however , that the rank and
file of republicans earnestly desire to re
trieve the disaster that has overtaken
;
the party and hope to see it restored to
supremacy. To them I doom it my duty
to point out the roofs and rocks on
which wo have stranded and the course
wo must in my opinion pursue to
bring back into the fold the mon thnt
j1
have become disnlToctcd.
At the outset lot mo call attention to a
few facts ami , figures. Two years ago
Nebraska pave Harrison 10S25 ! votes ,
Cleveland 60,552 , Thsiyor 103,033 , , and
McSlmno 85,420. Harrison's plurality
ever Cleveland , 27,873 ; Th.iyor's plu
rality ever McShauo , 18,5GH.
In 1800 , with ever 12,000 moro votes
polled than in 1883 , the aggregate re
1ti publican 1 vote for state olllcors was only
a fraction ever 73,000 , while the demo
cratic vote averaged about 05,000. In
other words , the republican vote decreased -
creased ever 3o,000 and the democratic
vote 15,000as compared with the vote for
probidont. But the vote of Richards
fell 119,517 votes behind Harrison and
35,105 behind Thayor.
In Douglas county Thayer received
8,6S ! ) votes and Richards 0,450 votes , or
2,142 votes less than Thayor. These
figures are significant. With all the
howl about the defection in Omaha and
Douglas county the fact remains thatO,450
republican votes wore cast for Richards
in spite of the general distrust in his
profession s on the prohibition issue , I
admit that Douglas coun ty might have
elected him , but thn percentage of loss
in Douglas co unty is lower than it is in
nine-tenths of the other counties ,
Adams county gavo'f hnyor 1,837 votes
two years ago , but Richards only re-
coivcd 1,331 votes in 1SOO. Antelope
county gave Thayer 1,302 votes , Rich
ards 080. Boone county gave Thnyor
1,173 , Richards 033. Buffalo , Thayer
2,282 , Richards , 1,205. In. Saunders
county Richards ran 1,011 votes behind
Tlmyor , and Nance county gave Thayer
012 votes , while Richards only received.
159. Now coniparo the vote
of Richards with that received ,
by Majors. Richards' total vote
is 08,878 , Majors' total vote 74 , SO.
Douglas county gave Majors 2GSO moro
votes than Richards but that still loaves
Richards 2,822 votes behind Majore } in
the balance of the stuto. Had Richards
kept up with Majors and the ether can
didates in the state outside of Douglas
county ho would have boon oloclod by
ever three thousand majority. Now I sub
mit what right has any man to hold mo
responsible for tlio fact that Richards
ran behind Majors in 72 out of the SO
counties ? And why harp about Douglas
county when Ricluu-ds ran over thirty-
two thousand behind Thayer in the state
outside of Douglas county ?
Parties , like individuals , should profit
by oxporlonco. In politics , ag In busi
ness , success depends very largely , if not
wholly , upon confidence. In business
confldonco is only another name for
credit , and credit can only bo main
tained by unswerving integrity and
u prompt " discharge of financial
obligationa In politics confidence
is another name for popular support , and
popular support can only bo assured by
an adlloronco to principles and an honest
discharge of tlio obligations which the
body politic assumes toward the people.
In national politics the republican
party has n glorious record to which it
lias pointed with pride for a quarter of a
century. In state politics the party has
degenerated and lost popular confidence.
The cyclone that has swrpt the state
was nothing moro nor loss than a popu
lar revolt against the disregard of the
demands of the producing and industrial
classes. It was a rebuke to the party
for pledges unredeemed and public son-
tlmont defied.
It Is charged that this storm was
brought on by myself and others who
have championed the cause of the
laborer , the farmer and the merchant
against the aggressions of monopoly
and opposed the domination of the
railroads in the politics of the stale and
nation. This is on a par with the lament
of the defunct candidate for governor ,
who attributes his defeat to his inability
to gag and iron every republican editor
who advised him to say in uublio what
ho was constantly whispering in private
as regards his standing on ono of the
important issues pending in the cam
paign.
To review the history of the republi
can party from the impeachment of But
ler down to the present day would take
more bpnco than is at my disposal at
this time. Sullico it to say that u duup-
seatcd conviction has prevailed among
the masses iinu ( boon growing from year
to year that the machinery of the party
has boon under the control of corporate
monopolies , who have foisted u ; on the
people mon distrusted and dlxroputablu ,
and repressed every effort at redress
from the exactions of public carriers
that has boon mado.
Ncbrubku'ii delegation at the lust re
publican natl6AnT convention -was made
up of Bovon ralirmd lawyers and three
railroad politicians. And this In the
face of the fact that two-thirds of the
republican votofcj are farmers. The last
republican IdtflfcSaturo capped the ell-
max of extravagance and jobbery by
appropriations that piled the taxes
mountain high upon the pooplo. On top
of all this the party forced a split In Its
own ranks by submitting prohibition.
No wonder there was a storm browing.
When the dnrlc clouds began to gather
nnd loud imitlcrlngs of the embattled
farmers could bo heard in every precinct
nnd school district , the loyal republicans
who were not wearing the brass collar
called a conference with a view of
placating the exasperated tillers of the
soil and Inducing thorn to take an active
part in the republican conventions. This
conference was hold May 20. Ex11
Speaker Ilnrlan , who presided ,
explained , in taking1 the clmlr , the ob-
jects ? of the conference by declaring that
for years there had boon a conflict between -
tweon . corporate power on ono hand and
the people on the othor. * * The elements
that represent tlio corporate power , "
mild the sponkpr , "ara orgnnlzodjind the
people nro unorganized. This''confer-
once is for the purpose of bettor organ- !
station of the people to formulate a plat
form and secure the nomination of mon
who will answer to the people and not
to the corporations. "
Tlio platform adopted embodied ,
among others , the following resolutions :
llcsolvcd , That wo view wltli alarm the
intense discontent among the republicans of
the state , chiclly duo to the pernicious and
demoralizing interference of corporations and
their attempts to control all department * of
our state covcrnmont legislative , executive
nnd Judicial aud wo earnestly npno.il to all
republicans who desire to preserve our instl-
tutions to rally to the rescue of our state
from corporate domination by actively par-
ticlp.it Ing in the primary elections auu nom
inating conventions.
Uusolved , That while wo dcslro to accord
to railroad corporations their rights and privi
leges 03 common carriers , \vo demand that
thov shall KO out of politics and stop inter
ference with our conventions and legisla
tures.
Itosolvcd , That Nebraska has for years been
subject tooxorbit.inttransportatlon rates , dh-
criminating neainst her products , thusrctarJ-
inc her development ; and wo condemn the
state board of transportation for failing tocx-
orclsa the authority vested in them , nnd by
refuslnp to afford to the people the relief they
were pledged to Rive. Wo tueroforo demand
that the legislature shall enact a maximum
tariff bill covering the transportation of our
products and priuuip.il imjiorts.
Hesolved , That the national convention of
1SSS pledjred the republican party to luvlsion
of the tariff and a reduction of Import duties ;
therefore we , us republicans , request our dole-
Rates In congress to oppose the McKiuloy bill
in its present form.
The state central committee first
voted to hold the convention the last of
July or early in August , but finally con
ceded a week and sot the date for July
23. This concession was accepted by the
anti-monopoly republicans as a com
promise. Every effort was made to in
duce the discontented republican farm
ers to remain within the party and en
deavor to get into the conventions.
The only inducement that could have
brought them back into line was the
adoption of a satisfactory platform and
the nomination of candidates who were
In perfect accord with the senti
ments expressed and pledges mado. It
is admitted on all lyinds that tlio plat
form was all that the discontented farm
ers and worldngmon could have desired.
But the convention was hoodood at the
ouUot when Church IIowo was made
chairman.
The fool friends of the Into candidate
Insist tluit IIowo was placed in the chair
because ho was a good presiding olllcer ,
The truth is , Richards foisted IIowo into
the chair regardless of his known con
nection with Jay Gould's railroads , because -
cause Howe in the chair was worth
a good many votes to him.
The outcome was that while
IIowo forced Richards' nomination
by his bulldozing- tactics ho lost the
ticket hundreds if not thousands of votes
at the election. The alliance and dem
ocratic papers made a great handle of
the fact that the convention was pre
sided ever by Jay Gould's man Friday.
The framers of Richards' message as
sort that there must have been collusion
between myself and Howe because bo
appolnted.mo as member of the commit
tee on resolutions. The truth is that bo
first refused point blank to place mo on
that committee , and only consented after
repeated requests had boon made by tbo
Douglas delegation.
The mourners ever the late candidate
pretend to bo aggrieved ever my asser
tion that the choice of a railroad man
and money lender was Ill-advised and
unfortunate at such n critical juncture.
Now , I would like to know wherein I
have distorted the facts. Richards may
not have been a railroad man in tbo of
fensive term , but his business relations
have always boon Intimate with Iho
Northwestern railroad managers. As
agent of the Elkhorn land and town lot
company ho certainly must hnvo
boon either a business partner of the
railroad oflicials , on tholr pay roll as an
employe , or getting his pay on commis
sion. They toll mo I slandered Richards
in representing him as a money louder.
What else Is ho ? IIow did ho make
most of his money ? What difference is
it to the fanner whether Richards was
loaning his own mpnuy or Unit of a trust
company ? Republicans who attended
the congressional convention at Go
.
lumbus will remember that ono of
,
the candidates , Judges Humor , declared
that "tho republican oarty has already
loaded up with a banker and money
lender who is charged with being a
money shark with railroad proclivities ,
and wo cannot 'afford ' to go before the
people of this dlbtrict with another , in
view of the foreclosures on farms in
Iluffnlo , Ouster aii ) | Holt counties. "
Tbo judge wrid applauded to the echo
by thodologatos.jpresuut , but the account
'
of this incident'was suppressed by
I'llis Blue la tbo interest oflUchards and
the ticket. Now lot mo abk in all candot
what ruliof could tbo farmers have ex
pected from a man whoso sympathies
and interests were at variance with tlioit
own. The plallorm pledged the party
to n reduction of railroad rates. Would
Richards have signed a maximum rate
bill ?
The platform pledged the party to
more stringent usury lavs. Would a
broker and mortgage negotiator have
approved n stringent usury law ?
Tlio platform pledged regulation
of elevator charges and ether null-
monopoly logiulatlon. Would the agent
of the railroad town lot syndicate
whoso relations nro very intimate with
elevator owners anil other concerns do-
pondcnt upon , land monopoly have its-
slglctl in redeeming this pledge ?
It was up-hill bnslnoes from the start
to t stem tlio tidal wove that threatened
to submerge Iho party with such n
standard bearer ; but I expected that
an early and vigorous campaign
would enable us to counteract
the ! independent movement and
give us n. chnnco to win with reduced
majorities. To my surprise and chagrin
our lame duck candidate turned his
back upon the state and forced the post
ponement i of campaigning for two months
while ho wont junketing to Boston , Now
York and Washington. If Ulcharda
had 1 boon placed at the head of a division
during i the war ho would have mudo a
ridiculous figure as a commander had ho
allowed the enemy to occupy the
strategic points and choose his own battle
ground. j. Tills is just what Richards did
in 1 the last political campaign. Ho al
lowed 1 the independents to make Inroads
into his ranks , gave thorn the advantage
of ( position , nnd then cnmo up at the last
hour 1 to bo whipped.
It is a good deal of gall for the place-
hunters 1 xvho wrote his squatter governor
inaugural 1 to lay the blame for his blun
ders on mo and say that ho preferred
going f down in defeat rather than take
my i advice.
It is equally absurd to assort that I
secretly stabbed the defunct because ho
did c not oppose prohibition. Everybody
knows ] that I gave cordial and hearty
.
support to N. V , Hurlan on
the 1 stump and through Tills
111H2 , notwithstanding the fact that ho
was a pronounced prohibitionist in the
legislature 1 and a firm supporter of the
amendment.
What the republican party must do in
order i to recover its prestige is to bring
to ( the front a grade of men whoso
careers have been in harmony with the
common people nnd to retire the bar-
uncles and vultures who have dragged
the party down and Avrcckod it.
TIIK JIUXGliY UOIWK slT LIXCOLX.
Dispatches from Lincoln inform tlio
public that tbo clan of hungry barnacles ,
strikers and bummers who plunged the
last legislature into disgraceful extrava
gance has id ready rjlliod for another
raid on the public treasury.
Wo doom it proper to repeat that the
nst session of the legislature cost the
: > eoplo of Nebraska S 100,000 an average
of over $3,1GG a day. The records show
, hat 272 employes woroomployed to wait
on 133 members of the senate and house
: it a cost of § 59,331.25 an average of
aenrly 81,000 a day.
It is notorious that the friends and de
pendents of members were employed
upon every ridiculous pretense that
could be invented , and that clerks , mes
sengers , janitors , postmasters and
numerous ether varieties ol tax-caters
were multiplied in a manner that would
jankrupt any private business in exist
ence. In marked contrast with this
shameless travesty on decent government -
ment is the fact that the last legislature
.n Kansas cost but $78,740 , or $111,200
oss than the legislature of Nebraska.
tVnd the Kansas house nnd senate nro
composed of 103 members , against 133 in
this state.
What does the alliance legislature
propose to do about it ? If it represents
inything it is a deep-seated demand of
the producorsfor economical government
it Lincoln. They have broken the shackles
of party to secure retrenchment nnd ro-
"onn and drive out of the state house the
corrupting influences that have for years
made legislation a farce and defeated
the wishes of the people. Can it bo pos
sible that they will begin their work by
providing places for the hungry horde
that hascampod in Lincoln and thereby
repeat the disgraceful record of their
predecessors ? Wo do not bollovo It.
The legislature which will assemble
tomorrow represents nn honest nnd
earnest demand for bolter mon , better
methods and hotter results than recent
sessions have seen. But If it begins with
repetition of the old extravagance , in
the face of a complete exposure of its
rottenness , must it not end In dibgrneo
for itbolf , defeat for its cause , and
liuiniliatlon. for its party ?
Two YKAIIS ngo iv commission wan np
pointed in Kansas to revise and codify
the laws of the stale and suggest such
changes us wsro deemed expedient nnd
bonullcinl , Tlio commission has con
cluded its labors and reported tlio ro-
suit to the governor. Radical changes
are recommended in all bi anchos of the
state 'government , and if approved by
the legislature will elfcct a saving of
$300,000 a year to the taxpayers. The
principal changes are : Providing for
the election of railroad commissioners
by the people , a Btato board of charity ,
a reduction of the salaries of county ol
llcors and the abolition of all fee ofllces ;
taxing the actual value of property , uni
form school laws and school text books ;
stringent regulation and inspection of
state banks , a reduction of judicial dis
tricts and radical curtailment of the ex
penses of state institutions. The work
of tlio commission has boon thorough
and thp result of its labors affords a valuable -
able lesson for the legislature of No-
b'-uska.
EVKUY day's events go to provo that
the only true solution of the bridge con
troversy is an independent bridge. The
permanent welfare of Onmha can only
bo secured by free access to the city for
all railroads.
TIIK most painful feature of tlio
bridge dilllculty is the dospuruto straits
to which the Union I'acillc legal depart
ment Is driven to discover fatal Haws in
a contract of its own maklntr.
"WAUS and rumors of wars chase each
other on the northern border , yet tbo
Omaha gunrdn' gatling continues envel
oped in the cobwebs of peace.
TIIK first question for the courts to
determine is whether they have sufllclont
power to enforce tholr orders.
Will Kr.uliuulo Knuli Other.
.SI J , uu ( Jl lit-I > em < } ; rat ,
There IH a highly cheerful prospect that
the free silver men will kill the force hlU and
that the force bill inuii will Iclll all free btlver
emulation which is attempted ,
.VJEW'S OF THK XOItTlltl'KST.
Nolirnnkn.
Mnillson is ncROtlntlng for mioloetrlo light
plant. .
The Frontier figures up the Improvements
at O'Neill ' during 1SW nt 11411,370.
Oiccoln's ' creamery shlpneil ft carload of
butter to Now York la t week ,
A freight train jumped tlio track at Seward ,
ton ) up tlio rails for 100 yards mul smashed
several cars , injuring Conductor llumy
slightly.
Work will sooti begin nt Falrburyon Iho
now court house , the architect Imvlni ? com
pleted nrrnnKcmonts for shlppliiR the stone
for the foundation. Tlio bulldlnp Is to bo ol
stone throughout. The bonds wore sold nt
mr value.
Fred Vntterson of Hock niufTs , Cass county ,
was elected Justice of the peace nnd road
overseer last fall. Later ho win nmiointcd
school district treasurer and now hit latest
iippofntmcnt la to receive mi appointment us
postmaster.
"Warren Clough , pardoned by the povornor
on Now Year's day , wont straight from the
.pen to the palatial residence of Hon. 11 J.
Norvnl nt Scwanl nnd was tendered n rocop-
tlon anil dinner , which was participated in by
son.o of the leading citizens of Seivnrd.
A viperous poatofllco light has been waged
nt Falruury for the p.ist two or thrco weeks
botivcenT. T. llerryand A. F. Smith nnd
tlicir respective friends which was settled l > y
thca mioitnrerncnt In Tin ; UKK of last Wednes
day thnt Congressman Laws had rocotn-
mendoil the appointment of Smith.
While walking In tlio eastern part of town
James Wolntyro of Nebraska City wns ac
costed by three unknown men , and In turn-
liiB nbout was slugged and rendered uncon
scious by tbo Mow. The robbers then re
lieved him of jti * > in cash nnd a gold watch
mul chain.Vlicn bercRnlnoil consciousness ,
about an hour later , ho In formed the poltco of
the robbery , Init the guilty parties have not
yet been apprehended.
An cclio of the Into election Is the talk of
making Holdrcgo a township by Itself. As It
Is now , that city is in two township * and the
fnririers' alliance has elected all the ofllcera in
cacb , thereby giving- the ofllcoholdorsvlio
have bloomed pcrcnlally In tbo past an op
portunity to tnUo n much needed vacation ,
wliilothis arrangement would put the town
people back Into ofilco it would lighten the
lariners taxation to n certain extent , and it is
posbiblo an agreement may bo made to tuat
olTeot.
An unknown man , n SwoJo , who had been
working in the Glenrock coal mines , wont to
tbo t section house nt ( JluA , n tow miles east of
Harrison I nnd said that he was going to die.
Ho 1 Imndcd over f 1(5 ( and asked to have it used
to bury \i\rn. \ No attention was paid to tlio
remark ana lie was given a room and went to
bed i at the usual hour , but tlio next morning
ho was found dead. An inquest icsultcd in a
verdict of death from heart failure. There
were no papers to identify him. Ho was about
fifty f years old.
Says tbo Nemaha City Advestlser : John
Coons ( , a Tledford precinct fanner , bus started
n new breed of cattle , apparently. last ynar
one ( of his cows had n calf that did not have
any t tall and two or three Inches of tbolmck-
bonn 1 scorned to bo Inching. All the tail there
wns \ was n little bunch of hair thnt looked
like 1 a rabbit's ' tall. A ftnv days nco this snmo
cow ( gave birth to another calf that was
formed 1 exactly the same as tlio other ono ,
having 1 n bunch of hair in pi are of n tall.
John begins to thintt ho has a breed of tail
less cattle.
Alex Brandt , living below Homer , re
cently sent to President Harrison a watch
chain and charm made by himself , out of .Da
kota county straw , says the Dakota City
Kaglo. It was a flue piece of handiwork and
must have found tbo appreciation of tlio
president , for on Christmas day Alex re
ceived a picture of the wliito house , with
"Compliments of Benjamin J. Hnrrlsoii"
written thereon. Alex feels proud of his gift ,
claiming lie Is the only person In Nebraska
who was remembered by President Harrison
with n Christmas present.
William Knnggs , the oldest citizen of
Phelps county , lsdeadnt , the ago of seventy-
live years. Ho came from London , England ,
and located upon the land upon which ho re
sided twenty-eight years aso.whllo . Nebraska
was yet n. territory and while the Indians nnd
buffalo werous common and plentiful ns chip
munks nro today. Mr. Ifnnugs was assistant
postmaster nt old Fort Kearney in 1804 ,
when the only civilization visible In Ne
braska was along the I'latto river on
the old California tmil , snvo a few
settlements along the Missouri river. Ho
saved his scalp from the Indians by precipi
tous lighting on several occasions. Ho made
ono visit to the Little Ulue river in 1604 , and
oc. his return found ranches in asties , dead
bodies everywhere , and mudo his own escape
by outrunning thosavages to tbo fort.
I own.
Mrs. William I. Gllchrist , aged eighty
years , ono of the old settlers of Clayton
county , Is dead nt McGregor.
Hov. Arthur II. Harrington of Boonc bas
slguillcd his intention to accept a call to bo
rector of Christ church at Jnnesville , "Wls.
Dim Ilobson of Hnrdln county stirred up a
colony of fourteen skunks and killed them nil
ihu other day. Ho didn't ' mingle in the holi
day festivities much.
Au Odcbolt youth didn't want his girl to
know ho smoked , so , meeting her unexpect
edly , ho put his lighted cigar in his trousers
pocket. Ho won't do It acain.
A small boy in ono of tno Kcoknk Sunday
schools was asked tlio question , "Whoro is
heavenl" Quick came the response In the
jwpular slang of the day , "It's outof rleht. "
Mnrshnlltown business men gave a banquet
ntV ! n pinto. Their wives , unknown to them ,
fiirnishod the banquet , and the proceeds ,
amounting to $1,1)00 ) , were given to the poor.
The now ladles' hall of Simpson college , at
Indlunoln , was formally opened Now Year's
day. Tins building U nn olcgaut four-story
bt me Hi 10 , built lutlio form of a cross and is
td foot by SO.
Web-ilor Cltv Is proud of its new Congre
gational chuivli , wlilcli will bo dedicated tbo
third Sumtay In this month. It is complete
in ull appointments , lighted by olectricitv ,
amlcoitlOXi ( ) ) .
The sheep raisers of Humboldb county have
orgniiixed the Iluniboldt oounty wool and
mutton association , with Tneodore J. Smitli
president nnd W. W. Ulanclianl secretary.
Its object Is to foster the industry.
Doardnmn Brothers , nt Algomi , have forty
men at work picking and freezing poultry.
Up to last Saturday they had taken care of
b.UJU turkeys and 13.UOU chickens , and it is es
timated that this rcprcbdnts two-thirds of
the crop the firm will handle this year. \ \ .1
toco * Keed , of tlio snmo town , have pnc. i
8 < ) ,000 pounds of poultry and have olghu
pickers nt work.
The following lown people celebrated the
cohion weddings durlni : tlio holiday vmli
William anil Susiwtm I'lckroll. near Oka
loosn ; married ntSalotn , In. Mr. and Mn
It. U. 1'oster of Danville , Do * Monies count ;
Mr. nnd Mrs" . John Spcnsoly of Dubuquo.
The Pock inanuffictnrlnfT company , at
Storm Lake , Is making Iho lamest piece of
well machinery over pnttiplii Storm Luke ,
and doubtless in any place In the Ui _
States. I lisa main mofli well drill lofiur jl
tlos at Elleiidalo , N. D. , where they nrc
obliged to go down 1-00 lect for water.
Fourteen hundred horses were shipped out
of Warren county In 1SW , bringing an nvor-
nirooffllS ixr ) hcnd. Warren county ex
ported ? l-lMT(53 ! of Hvo slock during tlui
year , llcsides tliohor c.s this sum Includes
1.MRJ caw of hogs and lfi.000 head of cattlu.
The cattle were sold ut an average of $30 per
head , ,
Tlio at-teslan well at Mason City Is down
TOO foot , mul the flow has about conned. At
a depth of " 00 fret the well flowed about
twenty gallons per minute nnd incrcnu'd
gradually until n distance of 000 feet below
the surface wast renchcit , when it flowed
nbout ninety gallons per nilnutu. Further
boring seemed to tap the How.
The Two DnkninN ,
Plerro'H Improvements aggregate ftWVfto.
The Spcnrlish normal school has I'M alii
dents.
Vennllllon reports $130,125 , of building im
provonicnts.
The rainfall nt Yanklon in 1590 w.xs 21 21
CA" > bolo\v \ normal.
Pierre's two brick yards made 2ttOO,000
bilck the past your ,
Tor the first tlmo in its history Hri'.lo
county Is without a single republican county
olllcer. - -
A sheep breeders' association has bei'n
formed In Edmunds county for mutinil pr
lection and to promote sheep outturn
Hilly Franklin , a Grand Forks salooi
keeper , has sold $10,000 worth of drinks i
the past live months and cleared $10,0.10. ,
The bleached bone * of a nulTnlo carcass
will average llfty pounds , Mlnot shippi i
"i,000 , pouucis this season. This is the c < juu
ulent of fi.OOO buffnlos.
Chris Thompson , near Rapid City , has
plowed uj > fifteen acres on which no Vitll
llant an orchard. IIo has proven by oxpcn
incuts that fruit can Do profitably raised In
the Black Hills.
.Tames I ) . Smith , who died at Sioux Fulls
on Wednesday , was a resident of iVHuor
county. IIo was for thirty years before hu
f.iino to South Dakota , n citizen of Decorah ,
In. IIIs ago was 7J years ,
The death nt Lead City of Wesley Aloxan
dor was followed within the week by the do-
ce.iso of his daughter , Mrs. K. l ) . Millet ,
whoso unremitting ministrations during her
father's last sickness resulted in nervous
prostration and pneumonia.
The coming of the Seventh regiment to J '
Fort Sully has boon a boon ton number of
Sully county farmers. If there Is anything
nn army olllcer is especially fond of it Is good
fresh pggs , butter , tiilllr , chickens and so cm
Forts IJennettniid Sully have thus always
been quite a market to-tho farmers hi that
neighborhood for their produce and the ad
vent of another reghncu.t improves Iho mar
ket.
Ocorgo.T. Kahl , a farmer fifteen miles south
of Watcrtown , while pursuing thieves who
had been slcallnp hay from his stacks , was
shot and seriously If not fatally wounded.
A youuK man named Ball nnd two others
named Hawkins , nbout twenty years of age ,
lired shotguns into the farmers who wcivs
chasing them , and Mr. Kahl is in a critical
condition. Tno thieves were captured nnd
confessed the shooting- . They were taken to
Gastlewood for examination and later re
turned to jail nt Watortown.f
SOUTH OMAHA , Nob. , .Tun , 1. Editor of Tun
Hun : PlcasoMato In Tin : llii : ; wlnu d.ito of
.Jnnimry last "Tlio World Is Aiilnst | IIor" "
wuspliiyed In Omnlm ; also what opoia huuso
It V\UB played at and oUUguono of your
SUUSCKlUEIt.S ,
January 7 , 1SDO. Boyds.
YOKK. Nob. , floo. ia To the Kdltor of THE
IIIE : ! Why not give us In Tin : HCK tlio pliini
andspocllleutUms of Iho uuoiiymout > JurMiy
citizen us regards to tlio railroad trusts In tliu
west ? If It Is , ni you think , from Hio pen of .1.
1. lllalr. It inlghl bo of Interest tn ninny of
your ruaUcrs. IIo IH imtod for Ion ; : loiters anil
If this ono from Jorbuy Is nut too loiu lets
liinolt. Cn A i ILLS GIIIENU.
Uriclly , the Now Jersey plan is to have
the government foreclose Its lien on the
Union I'acillc railroad , and operate it for the
benefit of the public. To secure this cud be
fore the expiration of the lieu , the anony
mous Jcfscyinn suggests that petitions bo
forwarded to tlio nttornoj general of the
United States urging him to proceed against
the road for repeated violation of its charter
niid federal laws ,
Hosi-nns. Tn. , Jan. J. Kdltor of THE llrt
Will you kindly Inform mo if you know of nn *
place where I cnuld start uu AllluiiL-o | ape
or sell a printing outfit ? j , o
Cannot inform you. Better advertise. To
TlIE IJCK ,
BUATIUCE , Not ) . , Dec. St. Kdltor of
Referring lo a rocunt statement In TIIK HKK
rogaidlni ; the population of Itaitrluu nml
Hastings have you not mmlo n inlslitku ? The
ottlclal oount BIUU Jlputricn l'Wnnd \ \ Hiist-
IngH IJ.'ll.t , If 1 um rlKlit Itlmlly concut It In
your nu.xl Issue. 1 hupo you did nut Inton- -
tloniilly duua an Injustluc.
Injustluc.Uouac.sH.
Uouac.sH. OLIVER.
You are rignt. By a typographical error
the population of hastinirs was made to up-
pear 1,000 greater than that of Beatrice. Au-
copt our apology to the Queen Citv of south
west Nobraslcu.
IJOLimKciE , Xol ) . , Doe. 'M. To tlio Rdltor of
Tin : lliii : : To decide a bet j > lui9o : nnswur
through your impur wlivthor nn ordi'r
has bi'cii Issued fuiblUdlni ; Indians
losivlnir tholr lutcrvntlnim and KdliiK wltli
tru\t'ng ] | sliows ? If .so , when win tliuordur
Usnecl ? ItusiectfullyVnr. . 1' . AI.MOMK
Such an order was issued by the commis
sioner of Indian affairs whcu IJufTalo Hill's
troupe returned from Europe ,
Thomas II. Seabrookand wlfo of New York
are ut tlio Millu.nl ,
Mr. A. Low of Topcka , Kiui. , was at the
Millard last night.
Charles K. Mann of Burlington , Vt. , U in
the city , at the Millurd.
Highest of all in Leavening Power. U. S. Gov't Report , Aug. 17 , 1889.
NEBRASKA
National Bank
U. S. DEP03ITOKY , OMAHA , NEB.
Capital , - - - - $ -100,000
Surplus Jnn. 1st. 180O , - 07,300
OIHcor < end Dlroctnra-llonri' W Vila * . Proiildeiit !
Txjwl * H. Iti'iol. Vlou-l'r , ' < lilol ] , Juiiiui W. havftk'o , W.
V.MorHO. John H CollliiM , II I * . Cmliliiif , J. ti. II ,
Patrick. W 11. S. Ilustioi , cmtilur
THIS IKOM. I3ANK ,
Corner I-tli mid Furmini Sit.
A General Iliuiklnj Iluslncis Transacted.
OSEPH GILLOTT'S
STEEL PENS.
GOLD MEDAL , PARIS EXPOSITION , 1889 ,
THE MOST MRFECT OF PENS ,
OMAH4
LOA.N AND TRUST
COMPANY.
Subscribed mid Guiiruiitcofl Gnpltu1&OO.GCO
1'uld ' InOnpltal BM.OOO
Iluyiand soils stookH and bonds ) npKotlutut
commercial jiupuri rucolvcs und oxeuulus
trusts ; aotsai transfer au'ont ; ind trustccM/f
tarporatloni , take * cliurgu til property , oul-
locts Uiu ,
Ornaha Loan&Trust Co
SAVINGS BANK.
S. E. Cor. IGlh and Douglas Sto.
I'aUl In Capital * 5WOO
BubscrlboU mul QuariuitOfcl Capital , , , . 100,001
Liability of Stookholduni S > ooWM
C 1'er Cent Interim ! I'uld nn Dorioalta.
MUNK J , I.ANlJi ; , UuHlilor ,
Onioersi A. U , Wymiiii , jirchldent. J , J , Hruwn ,
vice-president , W. T. Wyiuhn. truiuiirer ,
Dlruuton : A , U. Wymun , J. U. Millard. J. J.
llrown. Guy 0. Hurlon , K. W. NuuU ,
L. . muiDu.ll. Guouu It.