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A'SAFKTV plugnponl found the Omaha
council onsy to capture.
LOCATIN'Q pool booths in South Omnlm
100 foot from saloons is no easy task.
IT IB snfo to assume that Dr. Grossman
will not join the Missouri Valley medi
cal association.
HARMONY prevails only to a modified
degree- among members of the house
delegation from Douglas.
BmieiiAUSKK is waiting- for a thaw.
What docs the chairman of the board of
public works call a thuw ?
MAYOH GUSHING is not enthusiastic
ever the Australian ballot law , but
Mayor Gushing is wanting in enthusi
asm ever many otlior reforms.
Mu. STANDKVKN has been boiler inspector
specter long enough to understand his
business , but does ho perform the duties
for which ho Is paid $1,600 a year ?
THK house has banished the lobby
from tlio lloor. This should have been
done two months ago. It is no use to
lock the barn af tor the horse is gone.
IT Is observed that the llvo objectors
now blocking the wheels of legislation
at Lincoln are consistent. They object
to everything , including a call for the
yeas and nays which would put thorn on
record.
WITH a city government consisting of
ofllco holders enough to manage the
business of a city of half a million the
city IB permitted to wallow in the mud
nnd street crossings continue in a fright
ful condition.
THK proposed boulevard across the
state- college farm is us much of a rolil
estate job as the saline hind scheme.
Both are hatched by speculators who
expect to enrich themselves at the ex
pense of the state.
LINCOLN has boon comparatively dull
this winter in spite of the legislature ,
but with Si Alexander on ono ticket for
mayor and John II. Amos on the other the
next two weeks will bo full of old time
political excitement.
THKRI : is very just ground for tho-
opinion that the scheme lor choosing
presidential electors by districts is of
democratic origin. It is unquestionably
born of a hope by its moans to steal a
part of Nebraska's electoral vote from
the republicans in the next presidential
election.
WHIM : Gould , Ynndorbllt and other
great Wall street manipulators tire phm-t
mng a gigantic consolidation of rail
ways , to Include about 50,000 , miles of
trackage , it is stated that ox-President
Cleveland , Dan Lament and William C.
Whitney are figuring on a deal which
will place the street railroad transporta
tion of the principal cities In tlio hands
of a single giant corporation. In this
day of corporate combination nosohemo
is Impossible , but In the end these gi
gantic combinations only hasten the Ir-
roprosslblo conflict that can only end In
government ownership of monopolies.
Tim fact that the question of submit
ting the Bohring sea controversy to
arbitration promises to interfere with
the proposed western trip of President
Harrison may bo fairly construed as
meaning that the administration is dis
posed : o regard with favor tho'sugges
tion of Lord Salisbury. Otherwise there
would ba no necessity for delay , but if
arbitration is determined on the presi
dent , will naturally wish to bavo a part
in formulating the conditions under
which It shall bo conducted. It
does not seem that this need
to bo n very dlllluult task. Sluco our
government bus already presented the
questions it would desire judgment on ,
and only two or three of thcso are ob
jected to or asked to bo modified by the
British govern mont , it would appear
that the administration is very desirous
to arrive at nn agreement , and as the
tone of the last dispatch of Lord Salis
bury indicated a similar fooling on the
part of the British government , ttioro is
reason to regard the prospect for a set
tlement of this dlsputo tu being
favorable.
Whom the Coda vrlsfi to destroy they
first inuko mud , Tlio bold aud high'
handed attempt of tlio rnltrond to block
nil further legislation on the railroad
question cannot fail to reuse the i ooplo
of Nebraska to the most Intense pitch < j (
Indignation.
The fact that a stuto senator abruptly
rim away from the halls of legislation
and placed the Missouri river between
himself ml the state's authority at the
very lime when an Important railroad
bill was pending affords almost xin-
answerable proof of corrupt tampering
nnd downright bribery. Railroad man
agers will vainly disclaim any respon
sibility for the infntnous betrayal of
trust on the part of Senator Taylor ,
The people will refuse to bellovo their
disclaimers. They will say to them
selves , if quell things can bo done under
the very dome of the state capltol ; if
mon can bo deduced and abducted by the
hirelings of corporate monopoly , what
remedy is there left than to administer
summary justice to those who have sold
out the dearest Interests of the people
and thoho who have led them on into
the pitfalls of temptation ,
This is a deplorable state of affairs
and those who BUO far enough ahead can
not fail to roalix.o that those who have
sown the wind will reap the whirlwind
at no distant day.
TUB BBK has been consistently nnd
honestly opposed to the Nowborry bill
because it docs not believe it would be-
coino a law and because it docs not bo-
llovo It to bo so formulated as to stand
the test of the courts. Hut wo have no
language MilTlclontly strong to condemn
the methods which have been resorted
to by the railroad lobby , not merely to
defeat this bill but to block and defeat
all railroad regulation.
JOSklt'll 11.
The death of General Joseph E. John
ston removed the hut of the really great
soldiers of the confederacy. Amonirlhom
all ho easilyranked second in ability , if
not first , and had not prejudice or envy
curtailed his opportunities lie undoubt
edly would have made a much more bril
liant record than he did. GcnoralShor-
in ' ' " that when
man , his 'Memoirs , says
the union armies were before ViulMburg
General Grant told him that Johnston
was about the only general on the con
federate side whom ho feared , John
ston being at thai time engaged In
organizing a force to relieve I'omborton ,
who occupied Vicksburg. The remark
of Grant was the highest possible com
pliment , nnd it was justified by the sig
nal ability shown by Johnston up to that
time and subsequently. As n strategist
and tactician ho was not excelled by any
commander on the confeilorato side , and
perhaps by Sherman alone in either
army , while as an intrepid and stubborn
lighter ho had no superior. lie did
brilliant service In Virginia and
the west , but the fact of
his superior qallficntions brought
him lute disfavor with Jefferson
Davis , who sought to completely dom
inate all the military operations of the
confederacy , and lie was compelled to
give way to inferior soldiers who would
pay greater respect to the views of
Davis. Thus at u critical juncture ho
was relieved of the command of the con-
fodonilo forces at Atlanta and the com
mand given to the rash nna reckless
Hood , a change tnat very probably made
the task of the union army in capturing
that stronghold much less difficult.
After the war General Johnston re
mained faithful to his democratic prin
ciples , but accepted in good faith the
rosulte of the conlllct and was never ag-
'grosslvo in proclaiming his political
views , while his personal example was
always in the interest of friendship and
good-will between the sections. Ho be
came a warm friend of General Grant ,
and all his conduct in civil life was that
of a patriotic citizen who had at heart
the welfare of his country. Ho has
given to history an account of his re
lations to the rebellion , which ho
called "Narrative " and It
a , con
tains much valuable material , besides
showing- character of the man in a
light altogether to his credit. In the
list of able commanders which the re
bellion developed the name of Joseph
E. Johnston must always bo prominent ,
and Americans can proudly refer to him
as ono of the notable examples of our
military system.
JFK.IJYCB AND RUSSIA AS ALLIES.
No more important , news , assuming it
to bo well founded , has como from
Europe in a very long time'than the nn-
nouni'omont that a formal treaty of alli
ance has boon concluded between Franco
and Russia. For several years , or as It
appears since. 1887 , those nations have
boon considering- question of an alli
ance , a treaty for which purpose was
prepared , according to the present ad
vices , four years ago. It seems that
until now the c/.or lias steadfastly re
fused to go farther than to establish
an entente cordlalo between the two
countries , and this fact gives peculiar
significance to his final sanction of the
treaty of alliance. If after having twlco
rejected the proposal of an nllinnco , ho
wu induced to enter into it , the action
must bo regarded as of the greatest im
port , especially with respect to the pos
sible designs of Franco. Tlio relations
between that country and Germany are
unquestionably more strained at this
time than they have before been for
several years. Although the French
government cannot justly bo hold in the
least degree responsible for the treat
ment of the Dowager 12umrcss Frederick
by a portion of the Paris popu
lace , nor for the course of French artists
with respect to the Berlin exhibition ,
still these manifestations of public hos
tility to Germany made such an 1m-
prossion upon the Gorman government
that It has sought to retaliate by mak
ing nioro stringent tlio passport re
strictions in Alsaco-Lorraino , thereby
intensifying ; the fooling of antagonism In
Franco.
"Without following , out In detail the
obvious tendency of this state of affairs ,
it is possible that Russia's acceptance of
It is easy to connect the reported treaty
of alliance with a conviction on tlio part
of the French government that
war between Franco and Germany
Is inevitable nnd cannot ho ranch longer
postponed. The people of Alsnco-Lor-
ralno still plead , doubtless raoro vigo- :
ously than over before , to return to the
embrace of France , nnd they have the
sympathy of the entire Pronch nation.
Every Frotichmiin nrofoundly fools that
the supr-jmo duty of his country is to re
gain this territory , surrondo-od to Ger
many ns a part of the tribute of conquest ,
and the sentiment of whoso pconlo Is not
more Gorman today than when they
passed under the imperial rule of
\Vllllnm I. Franco Is well prepared -
pared for war , but she will bo
stronger with a Russian alliance , for
while she might successfully cope with
Germany sin eric-handed , the latter
power Is able , under the terms of the
triple alliance , to call to her aid Aus
tria and Italy , and were she to do this
the cause of Franco would bo hopeless
without the assistance of Russia- With
that assistance assured , Austria , and
oven Italy , might decline to Intorfuro ,
since with Germany's hands full Russia
could easily overwhelm Austria and
have n force to spare agnlnst Italy. But
while the reported alliance has been
sought by Franco , and therefore is pre
sumed to have reference to her designs ,
it Is significant of a purpose on her
part speedily to bo put into olloct. Such
a conclusion might bo plausibly urged
in view of the fact that the Russian
government has never acted In any mat
ter of this nature from concern for the
interests of another nation. Whiitovor
compacts Russia has made in the past
huvo been with priimry reference to the
siicccfes of her own plans , and there Is no
ro.ison to suppose that she Is now dis
posed to depart from her traditional
policy. The establishment of nil entente
cordiale with Franco , which It is said
was as far as the czar has heretofore de
sired to go , would have Involved no sac
rifice on the part of Russia in the event
of Germany and Franco becoming in
volved in war. It would bo simply a
declaration of friendship carrying with
itati obligation of material aid. An al-
liaucoisa very different matter , and if
Russia has thus ongnjrod herself It is
highly prob.iblo that she has a well de
fined design to carry out.
At any rate , If nn alliance l w boon
concluded between Franco and Russia ,
the fact is of the very greatest signifi
cance , and the only reasonable inference
to bo drawn from it , in view of the in
creased strain In the relations between
the powers , is that it means war and at
no very remote time.
THK A'/jiniB/wv / ntr L'S ra7-.ro/rr. /
"Tho Nowborry bill , " says Tun Bir : , "Is
sure to uo vetoed by the governor because It
is unreasonable , nnd oven if approved by the
governor , would bo sot aside by the courts. "
It would bo interesting to the people of
Nebraska to learn Mr. Hosowator's ' authority
for publishing the Intentions of Governor
Doyd. in ! ( l-7/finW.
The people of Nebraska have long
since found out that Tun BKU never
makes assertions for which it has no
authority. Tim BKE has the very best
authority , and that is Governor Doyd's '
personal statement.
Governor Boyd has made no secret ol
his intentions to veto the Nowborry
bill , nnd the unmitigated fraud , who
insists that the legislature must pass
this "hill or go homo without any railroad
legislation , knows this as well as wo do.
If the editor of the Jachasa Battery was
sincerely in favor of rational railroad
legislation , ho would not ndvocato a bill
which the governor is sure to veto , am'
which is almost certain to bo sot aside
by the courts. Hut the J , B. is masquer
ading as an anti-monopolist to catch
gudgeons , and its utterances on the rail
road question are as insincere as they
are jackasstical.
07/B / MKTIIUDIST COXFJIREKCK.
The Zioii's Herald of Boston , In its
issue of March 18. says :
Private nilvicos from Omaha state : "A
$ i",000 oond is now bolng signed by our citi
zens for general couforonco entertainment.
Until that Is done there is nothing to report.
After that , everything. " Such Information
would indicate that Onmba Is making a late
but desperate endeavor to fulfill the
promise which It volunteered to pre
sent to the lost eonoral conference.
There Is n general feeling throughout the
church that it would bo much' wiser for
Omaha to relluqulsh its purpose. The propo
sition for free entertainment was generous ,
but could not have boon adequately consid
ered at the time. It involves an unreason
able burden upon that enterurisins city. 'J'ho
notion of the general conforoncj in receiv
ing too proffer of free entertainment was
such that the invitation of Omaha cannot uo
accepted upon any other basis. All references
to the matter which have appeared In those
columns are written in the Interest of that
ambitious western city and for the greatest
good of the church.
Omaha is justified in baing ambitious.
She has all the elements of ono of the
greatest interior cities on the continent.
Her progress Is ono of the marvels of
the ago hqr future is within her own
roach , \Vhothor that future shall ever
bo realized is a question largely to bo
settled not only by this generation , but
by her present citizens , and that within
the next two or three years. As with
individuals and nations , so cities reach a
crisis which demands larger develop
ments , greater resources and mightier
energies. For the present time loss Is
to bo expected from the outside but more
from her own capitalists. It should bo
a part of the policy of Omaha to attract
the attention of these elements of ex
pansion which come from- personal ob
servation.
What western city has had a grander
opportunity to achieve this result than
In the coming1 of the gonnrnl conference
of thoMothoUist Episcopal church whoso
organization Is wide-spread , and whoso
religious press penetrates the homos of
a constituency represented by millions.
For at least two months these religious
papers will be filled with the doings of
tho.conforoucoand , incidentally , with the
name and characteristics of Omaha. No
other city in the union will he so well
and thoroughly known ns this , All these
correspondents will bo graphic in their
reports touching the streets , the private
residences and public buildings , the
banking houses and commercial Impor
tance , together with the real estate In
terests of Omaha ; our schools , churches ;
our habits and customs , our people ; their
Intelligence , customs and moralities ,
will ongairo the pens of correspondents
employed. The religious journals of
other denominations will bo represented
In that mighty conclave , together with
the metropolitan press of the nation.
The telegraphic business incident to such
a convocation would bo iinmonbo , both
to the morning 0ml evening papers of
the country , n
Whether OnVMia is equal to the enter
tainment of sue\j \ | ) body of educated rep-
rebontntlvoj front all parts of the known
world UiiqucstioJ\ \ wholly within her own
ability to doci4e , , She has the wealth ,
the intolligonocsnlio appreciation , and
elegant homos , 'lfl ' do herself ample jus
tice. Whether 8ho will sol/.o the oppor
tunity nnd puMbrth her latent energies
ami domonstrnj lto the world that for
the years to coiiie,8lio should bo the soot
of great natlonHliuonvontlons to accom
modate both east and west IB a question
for her now to decide.
The committee of seven 'appointed
by the larger committee of 100 that
recently mot at the Paxton will com
mence the canvass of the city for the
guaranty sum of S25,000. "Wo nro In
formed that more than one-half of this
amount is In sight. The gentlemen on
this committee are among our best
known and influential citizens , who have
already given their own names toward
guaranteeing the necessary amount ,
This sum should bo raised within the
next -18 hours , and then Onialia will open
her gates to the thousands who will at
tend this great religions body.
inn OWIMVTZ von . .i.iirc.iv snirs
There are very promising Indications
that the i > 33tnl subsidy law will have
the effect it was expected to in stimulat
ing the construction of American steam
ships. The postmaster general is pro
ceeding in Ills practical way to render
the law offoiitlvo , aivl the assurances he
has received are altogether of an en
couraging nature. Ono of the most ac
tive men in the last congress among the
advocates of pojtnl subsidy was Mr.
Farquhar'and ho has communic.ited
with roprcsontutlvosot all the existing
steamship lines as the representative in
an unolliclal way of the pojtollloo do-
pirtmont. Uo found the steamship
pjoplo generally dtspiscd to avo.il them-
helves of the provisions of the law , and
lie expressed the opinion , as the result
of hisobdjrvMtions , that at the oirlioit
possible time there will ba a gonor.il re
vival of activity In the ship-building in
dustry. The ex-congressman st-itod his
belief that all the American companies
will increase their tonnage , and ho had
uo doubt when this was done the com
merce Of the country would bo greatly
beneflttcd.
Until the postmaster general submits
his proposition , which will not bo long
delayed , the st ? unship companies can
not tell what will b3 their precise re
sponse , but it 'is not expected that any
of thorn will decline the rdvantagos offered -
forod by the law. , Itis presumed , also ,
that now comp.vnios will ba organ
ised because it is understood to
bo the intention of the postollico
department to establish mail lines
where iiono inow exist. As the
postmaster general will insist that
the vessels which are to carry the malls
under the term of the law shall bo fully
up to the requirements , both as to ton
nage ana speed , very Jew steamships
now in sot-vice will' ' moot the conditions ,
nnd now ones will li'a oto , bo constructed
in order to obtain the subsidy If the
disposition manifested tot ikoudvantage
of the postal bounty shall assume practi
cal shape the hhlp-buildlng industry will
for u tune become one of the most active
in the country , giving numerous other
industries a vigorous boom.
A good deal will depend , however ,
upon the nature of the propositions to bo
submitted by the postmaster general ,
though it is to bo presumed those will bo
as liberal ns the law will permit Mr.
Wanamakor has boon ono of the most
earnest advocates of the now policy , and
ho may bo expected to do nothing that
will obstruct or retard Its success. lie
will , therefore , undoubtedly make the
terms of his proposition as generous as
hb has authority to do , the law being
very clear and explicit in its require
ments. Doubts have boon expressed as
to whether the postal subsidy law would
induce shipbuilding , because of the con
ditions it imposes nnd the limited time
for which contracts can bo made , but
from the expressions thus far obtained
there seems to ho little reason to appre
hend that the now policy will not provo
entirely successful.
Tin : people have rights which the
board of public works should respect.
There can bo no excuse for ignoring
such rights merely for the gratification
of personal ill-will or upon a pure tech
nicality. If the Asphalt paving com
pany docs not perform its contracts
according to their terms , the city has
Us recourse , but when people In good
faith have petitioned for a given
quality of pavincr material and are willIng -
Ing to lift themselves out of the mud at
their own expanse , a mere technical
want of compliance on the part of the
contractor should not deprive them of
the privilege nnd plunge the City into
a litigation likely to prevent improve
ment upon the streets in question for nn
indefinite period.
CoxanussaiAK ( UKYAN has begun
already to live1 at the rate of $5,000 u
year. Ho gave a Banquet Friday night
'
to Governor Boy'dtund the democrats of
both houses of the legislature.
Tins course 'of'1 the minority in the
state soiinto in blocking all legislation
is utterly indefensible. Ours is a gov
ernment of majorities.
Vlolssituil'6B ' ; of
/I / ntpOlolie ) \ ,
Some men nro bqiu ; rich , some achieve
ilchos , and some nra members of the Call for-
fornla legislature when a United States sana-
torsliip is to bo sold.Ji
Nn Favoritism.
I'/ifiuIeljii [ ? ( Inquirer.
Our indignant Italian friends nro respect
fully reminded that their denunciations of
the New Orleans outrage would sound bettor
If they contained seine wont of denunciation
of the Mafia and Its work.
's Creed.
Xcw Yurff .Sun.
The formula for producing and incurring
mugwumpupltois exceedingly simple : Do
n democrat , promote the cause of democracy ,
and got for a single instant between IIou.
U rover Cleveland and thosunsblno of hopo.
Ttioro la only ono nropuot , nnd bo U stuffed.
.Modern I'YiiilnllHin.
. UMiita Cuimtltutttin.
The small manufacturer is uo longer an In
dependent factor In the business of the coun
try. The small donlor has been swallowed
up by the blif companion. The simll manu
facturer is'mercly a foreman ; the small mer
chant U simply an agent. It Is plain that wo
nro living under n notv feudalism. No oath
of allowance ties > n to It , but our helpless
and dependent condition makes us yield to its
power , _
( loci on the Hidu of the llcnvifftt I'oll.
f > 'e\t \ J'mJt Tilbiw.
The Now Jersey legislators listened to the
prayers of the chaplnln against the ovll of
gerrymandering and theu took ptocecJIiiRS
toward carrying out the worst Berrymnmter-
Ing on record , The prayers of the uhnplnln
were not effective then , uut may hnvo on an
swer at the next election In Now Jersey.
Very
Seward Itcporlor : Judge L. A. QrolT has
resigned tliooftlco of commissioner of the
.gonural land ofllco , after nbout twenty
months' of Iturd and constant service , be
cause bis health was falling under the close
application which the business demands.
Judge Oroff has made a very successful and
popular ofllciul , aud Ills resignation U much
regretted.
Prlilu In tlio "Vets. "
IViifailctphtK lice ml.
The silver antilvcrsiry of the Orand Array
of the Republic , which will occur on April 0 ,
promises to call forth many patriotic demon
strations , A quarter of n century seoim n
long time on which to looit b.iclt , anil the rot-
roipoct Involves many saJ memories. Hut
thuro are also many causes for national
thankfulness ; nnd the men \vho helped to
save the union can tnlto Just pride In com
memorating the event.
Protection Down Sou til.
H'rts/ifiii/fim / / lft. .
The value of protection to the south impressed -
pressed Itself upon Major MeKlnloy during
that tour In the lai'tfo tuunbor of blast fur
naces uud nmmilactures which had been
started , and especially in the promise of a
great industry In the manufacture of tin
plate. Major McICinlcy believes that If the
south did not have tuu race question to hold
It together It would como over to the side of
protection at the next election.
A Mltlo Itoni'Nly Wouldn't linrin.
A'eil' Vmk TiH.une
A Massachusetts church fair advertises
"evangelical home made candy. " Tins is
well. The effects of agnostic machine nude
candy nro often delotertou ? , nud no solf-ro-
spacllni ; church fair ought to sell it. In these
d.iys of now theology wo vouturo to suggest
that church fairs exercise some c.ire iu the
mat tor of oysters as well as candy. A "ro-
vised" or "now theology" oyster may como a
little cheaper , but from an ethical point of
view It is fraught with danger.
Hadn't Komi "To Sleep , " Then.
Acio Ymlc H'cudl.
It was n rldl.-ulous piece of folly on the
part of the world's fair commissioners to
send to Tennyson for the song -which Is td
celebrate this great national occasion. * *
Have wo not our Lowell 1 And are ttmro not
younger poets capable of making effective
use of so great nn opportunity ? The bluii
dor was a rluiculous ono , which had a touch
of humiliation In it , suggesting as It docs a
irovalout Ignorance of literature of which
the American people generally are not justly
to bo accused.
\EIK
The Oafalalo Journal lias succeeded the
Pen nnd Plow.
Needtiam Brothcis have disposed of the
Coleridge Sentinel to Messrs , Ilutvhins &
Townscud.
The Wayne County Democrat has changed
hands , but A. I' . Chllds continues to occupy
the editorial chair.
J. C. Worloy has sold his lialf Interest iu
the 'York Independent to W. G. Eastman , a
York county farmer.
The Dodge County Loader has been estab
lished at Fremont asthoofllcial paper of the
county alliance. J. W. Suorwooit is the
editor.
it is reported nt Schuylcr that Editor John
C. SprocUer , of the Quill , has concluded to in
vest his surplus capital In the erection of n
three-story brick ou the lot ho recently pur
chased.
Markwood Holmes has retired from the
Dunipban Leader and hn-s gone taCozadto
asslbtiti the publication of tlioPlatto Valley
Naxvs. It Is said that the publication of the
Leader will bo discontinued.
J.V. . Johnson has retired from the editor
ship of thoSutton Advoi'tlsornnd has boon
succeeded by Wnrtin V . Clark. Mr. Johnson
was In such a hurry to quit the ofllco that no
failed to write the customary editorial vale
dictory.
Monday , May 4 , bos been suggested as the
time , and Wayne as thopluco , for holding a
convention of the publishers of Wayne ,
Knox , Codar. Dixon , Dakota , Thuraton ,
Pierce , Madison , Stanton , Cumitig and Burl
counties.
Kearney has two now papers. The Kear
ney Gait Is a monthly publication devoted to
booming the city , with II. H. Mnrtin as the
publisher ; and A. L. Clark , late city editor
of the Jounml-Knterpriso , Is issuing a Satur
day afternoon paper from the ofllco of the
late Democrat.
Says the Norfolk News : "Tho Fremont
Tribune is again engaged iu the pleasant ( to
itself ) occupation of nominating candidates
for ofllco , ConsidcrliiK the faot that the
Tribune has been considerable of a hoodoo
of late years , republican ) hwe reason for
congratulation In that it Is routining Us ef
forts to democratic aspirants. "
The Democrats of Pnwnco county are with
out an organ , the ChaUron Democrat having
succumbed to the inevitable. The Democrat
had tao distinction of beingtlio only news
paper In the state using- bright yellow paper ,
buttherovas nothing "yellow" nbout the
way In which the paper was conduutod. It
has been succeeded by the Chadrou Citizen.
Tuo West Union Gazette has begun its
eighth year and Editor Knutzmun takes ad
vantage of the anniversary to write a rather
Dolntod editorial addressed to bis constitu
ency , After pointing out the fact that his
support has been so poor that ho has been
unaulo to got a dollar uhoad to replace his
worn out material , to enable him tovcnr a
decent suit of clothes or to purchase n cheap
collln in the event of the death of a member
of his family , he concludes as follows : "Wo
nro tired of woruing like n dog to ndvniico
your property Interests while you manifest
no interest in our welfare. It Is n bhunio. It
is d d shame , nud you ought to bo ashamed
to treat a man so shamefully. "
A Mud Hoio.
OMAHA , March 21. To the Editor of TUB
BKK : Davenport street cast from Ninth nnd
extending norms nt least fifteen spur tracks
of tlio Union Pacliio railway is not paved
At the present time It is , nnd nlmoH tiUvays
1 : , In n frightful condition , The mud Is
nearly n foot deep and the .sight of hundreds
of poor struggling borsea attached to heavily
loaded coal wagons , attempting to cross thcso
trucks is really pitiful. There Is a very heavy
trafllo on this portion of the Htruot. The
council should have It paved , and paved nt
ouco , There is really no excuse for the proa-
out condition of things.
I.PO'H HiirrciKlcr.
OSHIIA , Nob. , March IS. To the Editor of
Tin : HKU : 1'leubu ammorlho following In 'I'm :
IlKii :
I > ld Lincoln and Orant liavna private moot-
Incbi'foio tliusiirnmdur of Ien and ilccldo
upon Uiourtlulcs of cuptulatlmi ?
A SUIISCHIUIMI.
[ President Lincoln wns at City Point for
some days previous to the fnll of Petersburg
and Appomattox and bad n meeting with
Genera ) Grant , but the terms of the sur
render of Leo were not discussed. General
Grant said that he wrote the terms of sur
render without having previously consid
ered the matter. ]
Wonihcr I'l-.iliubllitlcs.
JJus'o'i ' Courier.
The pocU oft have mentioned
'J'lmt BIeat unequalled snap
Tholnf.'orlniofwinter !
In spring's doltghtful lap.
But the wny things now are going ,
It rather aceins to mo ,
That winter's got the gentle spring
Across hia chilly unco.
JUT1 !
Revolt Against tha lilnij Which Has Boon
"
Ruling tho"Oltj. .
PEOPLE'S ' CONVENTION WILL BE CALLtD ,
Nominees of lloth i'nrtlai-January
IVim ol' ( ho Supreme Court
About nt jvn U ul Oihls
nud 1'iulo ,
LI.VCOI.V , Nob. , March 2:2. : ( Special to
Tun 13iiE.1--Tho common topic or conver
sation In Lincoln to-dny la yestord.iy'J roimb-
Hcnn convention , aud every whore suvoro
criticisms r.ro heard concerning tlio nomi
nation of SI Alexander for the ofllco of
mayor. In the hotels nnd on tlio street
corners groups of republicans have been dis
cussing the action of tlio convention and de
nounced it In the bitterest tennn. It is
openly declared that tlio nomination of Alex
ander moans n continuation of the ring rule
that now 1ms its deadly grip on the city , und
is robbing ; the \icoplo \ for the benefit of a
few corporations , it U declared that uoaily
nil the prominent patera ot the city hiuo
been throttled ,
Some of tbo most prominent and wpectcd
republican citizens of Lincoln uavo en
deavored to free the city from the corpora
tion rule now saddled upon It , but in vnlu , as
the ring planned the capture of the primaries
nnd succeeded. Open revolt is the result
nnd a people's convention is to bo culled in a
day or two. Some of the most prominent dt-
izons of Lincoln nnd the bulk of the repub
lican party nro urging the necessity of such
a reform movement , anil some llvolv times
are expected between now and election time.
This entire edition of Tur I3n : could bo
filled with reasons presented for calling tlio
people's convention , but INlr. C3. C. dt. John ,
ono of the republicans fiivoilny the present
revolt , best sums the situation upas follows :
"It is ref resiling and encouraging' to know-
that the public \vlien sulllcicutly Irritated by
an accumulation of potty wrongs , or , by the
multiplying force on the tnlml of each citizen
ot some ono atrocity , just or prospective. Is
ablu to rlso and inexorably nc-rapo the polit
ical barnacles from tlio muiilclualkcol , m
splto of the lamcutntioiis of these to whom
public pap lias become an Inveteracy , nnd In
contravention to the expressed clcilrcsof
railway corporations. Insurance companies ,
electric and gas lighting companies , banks
and ox-H. & M. railway superintendent and
other individuals with interested views , dis
solute principles anil extravnpint expecta
tions , uho consult the Intorcsts of thocityno
further than it is.subservient to their own ,
"In view of what is p.xst and liable still to
come In the line of nceillcss expenditures by
our city government such ni iioslocting the
central portion of the city as to water pipes ,
but extending water mains out to unoccupied
prairie ; such us the increase rtf electric
lights , needless except for the bcncHtof the
electric company , nnd the craltv aldcrnum
who stood by the helm aud steered the mois-
uro through , siifh ns the outrageous nnd far
cical display of competition in paving con
tracts , whereby the sumo contractor Is
awarded sill amtiacts nt tiidior llguics than
these submitted by other contractors , anil
the financial Jugglery connected with the
paving bonds bouilug Interest before needed ;
such as refusing : franchises to now clculrlo
lighting companies anil thereby depriving
the city of the benefits of competition , and
not entertaining the bids of any electric light
ing company excepting the ono which seems
to own the city fathers ; such us paving two
miles to the northeast of the city , wlillo
Tenth street recently was with dlfllculty
paved to the court house.
I say In vkw of these matters which fioab
well bnlasted in public conviction and belief
and which wo will gently call irregularities ,
it would not bo surprising If the taxpayers
were well nigh rioo in opinion for a revolt
against the present anil prospective city ofll-
cluls and their patrons and liot-o lords , to
whom they are or will bo Indebted for tliclr
positions , and to whom possibly tlioy have
sworn fealty , If there ever has bucn a time
in the history of Lincoln when nu effort to
wlolJ the power of the ring upon the city
manifested itself , it isnt tbo present , and It
devolves upon every taxpayer of Lincoln to
rebel against the nominees of the republican
convention of yesterday. Those wimlneea are
the fit exponents of nuilaclty anil rapacity ,
immunity nnd Impunity , of corporations nnd
individuals who woulil make tlio city sub
servient to their selllih schemes. "
THE CONVENTION'S.
The following Is the full ticket nominated
at the republican convention yesterday :
Mayor , Si Alexander ; elty treasurer , Elmer
Stcphcnsou ; city clerk , D. C. VanDuyn :
coimcilinon : First ward , N.C. J3rockSoconil ;
ward , C. B. Beach ; Third ward , G. I ) . Chap
man ; Fouith ward , l'A , Boehtner , l lfth
ward , II , 1 1. Buslmell ; Sixth ward , Georco
1C Brown ; Seventh ward , F. C. Smith ;
ccmotciy trustee , A.M.Davis ; members of
school board , Messrs , Kuton , llnclmoy nnd
Dales.
The democrats hold their convention last
night and tbo following is the tlckotcbobcn :
For mayor , John U. Amei : city treasurer , K.
A. Cooley ; city clerk , Will II. Love ; councilmen -
cilmen : First ward , James A. O'Slion ; Second
ward , Joseph Wirtninn ; Third ward , T. L.
Hall ; Fourth ward , Austin Humphrey ; Ifittti
ward , it. T , H. Millar ; Sixth ward , Italph
\Vhlted ; Seventh ward , O. D. Sullivan.
THE FOOT OP THK DOCKBT.
The January tcim of tlio suprorno court
will soon bo at an end , as the call of
the foot of the dockctcoininencodon Wednes
day. The following is a list of the cases :
First District Town of Midland vs county
'
board of Ga o county , Hill vs lllb , Hur os's
vs Huigess , Chicago , Burlington & Quincy
railroad company vs Qulnlun , Spates vs
Koilor , Edea vs Strum * . Uarnott vs KIlU ,
Southard vsB. M. railroad , Pawueo county
vs Storm , AVnfjucr vs Iluines.
Second District Stnto ex rol attorney pen-
cm ! vs Atchlson it Nebraska railroad com
pany , Slicwdy vs Hcnndom , Hilton vs
CrooUcr , stale ex rol MoBrido vs Fidelity In
surance company , Lieovs lltugmnnu , Poncho
vs Oustnfscn , Chicago , Burlington T&Quiuey
railroad company vs Uuitiu , Ilutchlns vs
'J'hackera , Owen vs Udall , May va Cain ,
Ilayden vs CooU , Kiounol vs facott , Aiidci *
son vs Imhoff , Taylor va s nlo , Iltd hlns
vs tato. Drown va Mnjrgard , Culvert va
state , Koggenkump vs Ilurgreavos , Dawson
vs Williams , Lincoln rapid transit company
vsUunUlc , Ucoves vsWilcox , Anderson vs
Lombard investment company , Oliver vs
Chicago , Burlington & Quincy railroad
company , Schneider vs Tomhllnfj Plalt.-
niouth laud and improvement company
Slaughter , Olson vs I'lnttsmoulh ' , Connor vs
Draper , Missouri 1'aclllo railway company vs
Twins , Bkkol Vi > JMcAlecr , Anderson vs
Ovcrton.
Tttinl District-Sullivan vs McMonamy ,
Bradford vs 1'ctorson , teinory vs Johnson ,
Until man vs Pejcko , city of Omaha va Ilau-
scn , state ex id. Ilnnlchart vs dishing ,
Uuppcrt vs 1/ennor , Anderson vs South
Omaha land company , Ilalciison vs lirodkv ,
Fiomont , Jilkhorn Ac Missouri Valley rail
way company vs Matthols , Bell vs Paul ,
llr.viint vs Iteod , Gwycr vs Hull , Iornanvs
Ilclmmi , Cunningham vs Fuller , biemssen
VK Iloman , Schlank vs Johnson , Hector AVIl-
hcliny company vs Nissan , ( lUlllphervs Connell -
nell , Star Union lumber comp.my vs Pinny ,
Oikainp vs Oadsden , Patrick Und company
vs Leavouwortli ,
Fourth District Stratton vs Onawa &
Republican Valley railway company , statcox
rcl llohblua vs Omaha & Northern Paclllo
railroad company , Thompson vs Wiggea-
horne , Itallsback , Mitchell As Co. vs
1'attou. Ilolllngsworth vs county of Saund-
crsstatoox rclCheovor va Johnson , florii.
boi-jter \ Stnfonl , Iowa savings bank vs
Harlsou A D turn I up , Ltiiiigrcn vs KunforJ ,
( Jehu ) lor National bnnkvs Hollow , Philips
\ < Ktihn. Loako vs Uullagly , Wutios vat'nu-
ctt , Weeks V.H tt'hcelor. I'orsinpor \ Tinkcl.
Fifth IJIUrict llaKln VM Hagnlii , Kay.
monilvrt Mlllur , Olado vsVliltp , James v
Button , llluohart vs Taylor , Ilaulsly valfcvv-
ncd.y , Onpltol National hnuh \V'llllMfuS _
Atithcns vs Anthem , Mealter vs CwfiMn ,
llovmmn vs Mrst Natloinl banlr , Kluwtriat
Hrolliors vs Yimnp , Boroppanvs 4lan
UnriiilnofsVllloy. .
Sixth District Slate vs Commercial
bunk , ICIiiRslry vs Huttcrilold , lllootucr vs
Nolan , Unllov vs stalo. *
Seventh District-Hoar vs Oorceko , Dank
of AVcst Union vs alcOill , st.ilo vs McCarn
Urothers , stnto ox rol Packard vs Nelson ,
Miller vs Antelope county.
Klfthth District NowcUvsKltnl > ftllOi\ryor \
V4 Taylor , Yoatnmnva Ynixtumii. M'nllock ve
\Volntor county , township ol Inimvnlo V3
Imiley , Ycl&ur vs Fulton , First National
bnok vs Scott , Splnk v state ex rcl HobMus ,
H. AM. vs JacksonIMiomlx Insumnco com
pany vs Diiiiran , llnvos vs Franklin coimtv
Iuinuer company , K.iyiiioniltirotlioisvs Wool-
man , Morn * vsVllletts , llowoll vs Alma ,
ml Hint * company , Nobr.iMm Loan .t Trust
company vs Shutter , Darker vs Kvcrsou ,
Mulligan JhlcMnnus , Miller v < Chicago
Burlington , $5 Qulnoy rrulronil comtmuy ,
Olloi vs illllor , Uolshor vs Htiby , Stabler va
( Uinil.-Bcchl vs Cowan , State Until * of Wlcox
vs AVllklo.
Ninth .District Hooper \VostcrholT. . Cuis
Coi'ily Hank vs llricker , licod vs Knoll ,
Stnr Lubrlcntini * Oil Works vs White , Laino
vs Uukor , Hams vs Koo , Burrls vs Court ,
Jordan & McCarthy vs IJoxvoy.
Tenth District -Jeorfc-o va Kdncv , Klttoll
vs Jcnsscu , i'cillor vs Pennon , linum vs
Uceil , state ox rol Fo\vllo \ vs Piilntor , Do
I'rictt vsMcKlustrr.
Klovoiith Uistriet-Prohst vs Probst , Pen-
raudvs Whitney , Seaman vs Ilrumnltt , State
ox rol school district No. 1 , Hitchcock
county , vs Cornutt , Kllpatrick & Co. va.
bchaclle , Solomon vsHcjnolds.
nima AND KNI > S ,
Bishop Houncum lias returned from an ex
tended trip through the drouth stricken dis
tricts of tbe stnto. Ho urovo ovir several
counties nnd visited the poor m their nod
cabins. Many cases of great privation nnd
sufl'crltiKcanfo under his observation , and
ho is of the opinion llmt the state nlcl thus
fnr voted Is ontlrolv Inadequate to supply
the wants of tlio sufferers.
. .T.V. . l-'ioouuii , an inspector of the post
oftlco department , lias been in the city the
past week , tie sajs tlio Lincoln postonico
Is in good condition , though ho thinks It the
most overworked olllco In his division. OwtiiR
to lack of funds in the department , ho can
only promise iclli'f lifter the expiration of
this Usual year ending .I uno , ' 10 , when lellef
mav bo expected of a suDstaullal character.
Oliirlos White , ajouug sneak thief , wns
arrested last evening ou the chni'KO of pick-
Ins * : i lady's ' pockets In Briscoo's ' store.
Owing- the lire that destroyed Olhson ,
Miller A Ulchnrdson'.H establishment at
Omahn tlio now telephone directories will bo
dolujed several weeks.
I'ANSJMl
Philadelphia Ilccord : 'Ihe moth ball and
tlio baseball proclaim Unit spring has como.
sr. MTHCK.
A''i ( > York lleraU.
"Oh , who wns this Saint 1'atilek , pa ,
Tlur people call him frcatl"
"IIo was , my son , a learned mail.
Who taught each separata tilbo and clan
To read and write , und then to go
To other distant lands ami show
Tha natives how torulothoirslnto , "
Wlillo What do you suppose the Gicoks
did after capturinp Troyl
Joliuio Got their clothes laundered , I'll
betl
Tboplazlor isalwas giving people n pane
Ram's Horn ! When you want to BOO the
crcolicd made straight , look atarailioadmap.
Yonkers Statesman : When a man gets in
trouble it of ten takes a round sum to square
matters.
Boston Transcript ! To bo properly appro-
elated , one's oigatis of speech should not bo
witliout stops.
Sr.Joseph News : "Fo'ctiing ' llttlo thing ,
isn't lU" 111 thoowuer of a rutnovur pup remarked
marked to a friend.
New Orleans Picayune : The boy who
fishes is bound to bait his hook , even If ho
has to hook his bait ,
Boston Post ! Nocbanco for him. ' 'What
were your husband's ' last wordsl" The
widow ( sobbing ! "IIo hadn't ' any. I was
witb him. "
Richmond Recoruor : A wealth of sunny ,
polden hair not infrequently changes to an
utimlstaUablu red color in a few months after
niarrlago.
Washington Star. That was a considerate
rone-tor who in writing of the ileinlso of n
spinster of oiRhty said : "Sho died at an ad
vanced youth. "
Now OrleansPicnyuno : Anything on the
street Is good enough to proveau alloy by ,
Plttsburc Curoiilclo : Marked dowrrMho
youiiR mim's inouatacho when It begins to bo
visibio.
Somervlllo Journal : When a bachelor is
nslcod to roclc the craillo ho foola uioro lllco
stoning the baby Instead ,
Texas Slftlugs : It Is absurd to say that n.
slngloswallow doesn't make a sprliijj. Fire
a stone atouo and see If it doesn't.
IJInBhnmton Kopubllcan : Tborols a good
dealof siwculatioii nbout astronomical stud
ies' , but tlio astronomer seldom gets rich out
of it ,
Vale Record ! He SoTacit isn't devoted
to Kate any moro. Did thov fight )
Shu "Yes ; they had an ensagomoat.
18-OAHlT - " .
HIS - m-KCItON"
Orj e Cml Item.
"Anddo you love mowelll" asked sho.
"Moro than my lifi1 , " hosnid ,
"So well that you would die toriuoj"
IIo proudly ralsotl tils head
And answered , "Would I dlo for you !
Oh , no ; and this is why ;
Affection boundless , fond and true
Like mi no , can never die. "
Somervlllo Journal : Tnero never wm
girl so homely that she could llvo happy with
out a loohlug-glass ,
Boston nullotln : "Path to the Iionsprlnc"
Is Ictrend at n Hunimci- resort , and after the
victim hm tolled up a hill ho li i-cwardod by
the sight of an old wagon .spring.
'Tis better to have loved and lost
A thousand damsels dear.
Than to have faced ono ancient maid
A-Runiiiuy In leap year ,
Texas Slftings : Mr. Joncs-So you Imvo
be on oft on a brlilal tour to Canada and
Niagara Falls. What did you BOO tliat
plcnscd you most \\hllo ) ou wcro away , Mrs.
Spoony *
Mrs. Spoony ( modestly ) Jly husband ,
New Orleans Picnyuno : A rich man can
never know how many aour uiiddjar rela
tives ho lias until bo dies.
Ills rumored at Columbus that A , Li. Dlxby
will soon Htart un ovcrlng- edition of his
paper , tlio Sentinel.
Highest of all in livening Power. IT , S. Gov't ' Report , Aug. 17,1889. ,