THE OMAHA BEE UEEf SUNDAY , APRIL 21 , 1892-TWENTY PAGES.
THE DAILY BEE
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Omnln. Tlifl Ilro HiillillliR.
PntiUiOritntin , oornorN nnil Mth Slrcett.
Council Illnrfe , IZPnarl HlrecU
Ohlcnrn onicn. 3l7 hamlior of Cominnrce.
New Ynrk.KonnmlR , U mll .TrllninoUullulna
Washlnitton , 613 Fourteenth i-treoU
COHIlRSrONDKNCK.
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tutorial matter should bo addreitod to the
I'dltorKl Department.
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Innrtilrrnurd loTlinllra I'tibtlihlnie Cotnpnny.
Omnlrn. llrnfu. chock * unil imMonico orilors
to bo made payable to tlio ordurof tlio com
pany.
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Coiinlv of Dotiplni. I
Opurso 'II. Tmclitiok , Bocrntnry of The llco
I'nlillnlilnir eoriitmiiy. doon Holummv snnar
that Ihn nctiml clrctilntlon of TUB DAILY II KK
for tlm week ending April S3 , Itwa ! a fol-
Hiindiiy. April 17
Mondnv. April IB
ntMtty. April 10 . . . . . . . 83. , . . .I
WoilncHilny April 20 . 2-I.WU
Thursday. April 81 . B.WH
Friday. April 2- . Kl.rIJ
Haliirdny , Aprlizu . , . " < . - < ' !
Avornso . 24.401
OKOKOK II. T/.HOIIUUIC.
' Hworn to liitfnrn mo nnd unliscrlbod In my
liroxmtci ) tills -Mil day of April , A. I ) . , IKK ! .
HKAI. N. P. KKII. .
Notary Public.
( 'IriMiliitliiii lur Mnruli , JM,3U ! ! <
MKTIIODISTS tlirouL'hout the country
may bo assured Unit the reports of the
proceedings of the gcnum ! confcroncoof
the Muthodist Kplsuopnl church to bo
jHibliHliod In TIIK Bun will bo nucurato ,
fair nnd Intoro.stliig. Wo shall devote
nil the Hpnco necessary to making com-
jloto dully reports of the sosHlons of this
grout ineotiuir of the greatest of the
protoBtnnt uhurchos. Our sluft assigned
ospocltilly to tlio duty of reporting the
conference in thoroughly iiiforinocl upon
MothodlHin mid selected with nnrliuuhir
roforoneo to preparing accounts of the
deliberations for Methodist renders.
Persons in other parts of tlio union in
terested in the general conference will
find it to their mlvnnlago to subscribe
for TIIK BKIC during the month of May.
INSTRUCTIONS are nil right in their
place , but a bincore supporter unpledged
in more duftirnblo than an unwilling supporter -
porter , pvon if ho ii pledged on oath
over a slaclc of bibles.
WHAT other object can tlio street car
company have in giving an annual pass
to an assessor than to inlluonco his
action ? Is not the acceptance of auoh a
gift tantamount to taking a bribe wlion
the man who accepts it cannot possibly
return value for value unless ho does so
in the negligent or dishonest discharge
of his sworn duty ?
TllKjnot-rollects no credit upon the
country precincts , but it does prove that
the South Omaha domagogua and his
railroad running mate- , Paul Vandor-
voort , nmdo an independent stumping
tour along the line of the Union Pacific
railway to some purpose. They helped
sot up pins in two out of the thruo pre
cincts visited for republicans who ought
to be ashamed of mi oh associates.
Tim Union Paoillu has generously
tendered a pnlnco car to tnko Webster's
delegation to Koarnoy. Tlio Union Pa
cific always has boon generous with
delegates to conventions which the rail
roads expect to manipulate. The people
of Nebraska pay several millions a your
to tbo railroads for carrying favored
politicians who are willing to help them
to keep up local rates.
Now it will bo In accord with eternal
fitness of things for the delegates from
Douglas to the state convention to turn
their coats inside out and cast their
votes for John M. Thurston. That will
pay the Union Pacific road for its expen
sive oxortionH to remand the repub
licans of Douglas county iiUo the hands
of wreckers who have no part in politics
except as bushwhnekors and mercen
aries.
TiiKcnpturoof Henderson , the Omaha
forger , in Chester , Pa. , Illust-atos the
difficulty of escaping from the hands of
the law in these days of newspapers ,
telegraph , photography and facilities
for travel from ono and of the country to
unothor. Safety in Illght is only possi
ble when the
individual committing a
crlmo has reached a foreign country
with which America has no extradition
tronty. Tlioso treaties are being rapidly
made to include most of the adjacent
nation * , thus gradually narrowing the
chances of eluding pursuit.
Now that spring has really come to
stay ills pertinent to ask why the mayor
nnd city council don't enforce the ordi
nance to require the street railway
company to ropluco all the wooden
poles on the motor line with Iron posts of
improved pattern. The company coi-
talnly lias boon very llborally dealt
with. They have had ample tlmo to
comply with the ordinance and cannot
olTor a valid excuse for Ignoring its
provisions. At any rate they should
without further delay place iron posti
on the lines of our principal thorough-
fixrpa.
Tnr. small-bore newspapers at Lincoln
whoso special business it la to Bay ugly
things about Omaha , find another cause
for making an exhibition of their pro
vincial meanness in tlio fact that two
Omaha men have been honored with
places on the World's Fair commission.
This was to bo expected. They are like
vrlso dlaantUfied bocauo an Omaha
arch iteot drew the plans for the Ne
braska building. In this pnrtlcular ,
however , Omnlm should not bo blamed ,
because it was the board of director * in
Chicago tlrnt passed upon the merits ol
the plans proposed. Hy the way , Omaha
pays one-eighth of thoonllro state taxes
nnd she contributed over SlfiO.OOO toward
the construction of the public buildi ng
at Lincoln.
TIIK nKAl * ttANOKO.
The friends o ( Benjamin Harrison
should not bo lulled to flloop by the ap
parent unanimity with which ho hns
boon endorsed by nbnrly every state and
district convention. The real dnngor of
the siluntlon lies In ovor-confldonco anil
the prevailing belief that the nomina
tion at Mlnnonpolla will bo conceded to
him by acclamation without n struggle.
There Is grent signlficnnco In the bit-
lor fi | > oocliCB recently made by the- two
Colorndo senators nnd the throat that
the itocky mountain Btatcs would pool
Issues on free silver nnd cast their votes
for n third party cnndldato If Harrison
Is ronomlnnttid. There la manifestly to
bo iMJoneortod onslaught ngnlnst Hnrrl-
son by thd I'nclflc const nnd Hocky
mountain delegations. Tremendous
pressure will bo brought to boar upon
all wunlc-knocd delegates by the threat
that his nomination moans the inevit
able loss of every elector in the silver
mining slntos. And if these tenderfoot
can bo frightened they will bo re
inforced by the men who are masquerad
ing for Hnrrlson while in ronlily
anxious to bavo him bonton. That a
very considerable proportion of the con
vention will bo mmlo up ot this class of
doublc-donling politicians must bo mani
fest to every Intelligent observer. The
hostility to Harrison among the fol-
loworu of Quay , I'lntt , Clarkson , Algor
nnd several dark horses , who hnvo bean
kept in the background for prudential
reasons , will break out whenever It la
found safe to start a stampede. Instruc
tions nnd pledges will bo sundered like
n wisp by men who nro nt heart op
posed to Harrison because they hnvo n
fnncioil or real grievance.
"I'luce none but Americans on guard
tonight , " was the instruction of General
Washington on the eve of ono of his
hiittlos. Place none but real Harrison
mon on the delegation if you sincerely
doslro to BOO Harrison ronomlnntod. It
is proper enough to instruct for him ,
but It IB not safe to trust any man who
is not known to bo for him first , last and
nil the timo.
ait.WK OF LIKVTKNANT OKKKHAL.
Secretary of War Klkins is actively
supporting the offortto revive the grade
of lieutenant general , bills for this pur-
[ > ese having been introduced into the
senate and house some time ago. Such
n measure was passed by the sonnto in
the last congress , but the proposed
legislation failed owing to the fact that
the houdo proposed a substitute provid
ing Unit the grade of lieutenant general ,
Lo bo conferred upon the present coin *
innudor of the army , should continue
only during the continuance in olllco of
that officer. The sonnto bill provided
for ro-ostabllshing the grade on the
broad ground of public expediency. Tlio
IIOURO passed the personal bill which its
committee reported , and between the
two the plan fell to the ground.
The bills introduced at the present
session are similar in character to the
senate bill of last session. The now
senuto bill provides that the senior
major general of the army , while com
manding the army of the United States ,
shall have the rank of a lieutenant general -
oral , and shall bo entitled to the snino
pay and emoluments of that grade , and
to the selection of the same personal
HtntTwlth the rank , pay nnd emoluments
as heretofore fixed by law , and on his
retirement , by virtue of oxistinur law ? ,
shall bo entitled to the retired pay of a
lieutenant general. Ono of the house
bills provides that the grade of the
lieutenant general be re-established in
the army of the United States , and the
president is authorized to appoint , by
and with the advice and consent of the
senate , a lieutenant goiioval of the army.
It is also provided that the pay and
allowances of this grade shall bo the
same us in former years.
Those measures put the proposed leg
islation on the ground of the expediency
of placing the commanding oillcor of
the army in a grndo superior to his sub
ordinates , and this is at least reason
able. The mistake of the last congress
was in overlooking the fact that appoint
ments to the igrndo of lieutenant general -
oral for war services wore completed
and closed up by an express act of congress -
gross more than twenty years ngo.
Throe ollluors only wore selected for
that irrado. Grant , Sherman and Shori-
dan. and two olIlcci-H , Grant and Sher
man , for the still higher gnulo of gen
eral. When Sherman was made general -
oral and Sheridan lieutenant gen
eral It was expressly provided that
those grades should lapse with tlfoir
tunuro by those incumbents , but when
Sheridan lay on his deathbed congress
conferred upon him the rank of general ,
no change being made in the law re
garding his vacated grade of lieutenant
ironoral.
The propriety of giving the rank and
pay of a lieutenant general to the olllcor
commanding tlio army would seem to bo
obvlous.but it may not bo possible to make
the present houuo of representatives bee
it , because there is Involved an addi
tional expenditure of a few thousand
dollars u year. Hence the proposed re
vival of the grndo of lieutenant general
will probably have to wait for ti loss t > o-
nurious congress than the present ono.
X.l I , Mt.WTWKS.
There Is a code of unwritten ethics
which no honorable member of the legal
or medical profession should violate.
No doctor or lawyer who has any pride
in his calling would either directly or
indirectly tnko advantage of his clients
or patients for mercenary ends. The
foes which roputnblo men in those pro
fession * exact for their services are sup
posed to bo ample. They nro not urbl
trarlly fixed by law or even by competi
tion. Every lawyer and oyory doctor
fixes his charges awarding to tlio esti
mate he has of his own ability to com
mand pntronngo ,
A Ilngrnnt abuse of popular confidence ,
if not a downright imposture has ,
turnover , boon tolerated at the hands
of professional men in this city , which
tends to lotfbr the professions In the
ostimuto of all houost , thinking pooplu.
It has become a custom among doctors
who stand high in their calling to
nccont free uo of ofllco'r'ooms at the
hands of irugglsts , nnd In some cn cs
doctors enjoying extensive practice
have had their olllco rent p.itd outright
by druggists whoso proscription blanks
they uso. This mutual exchange of
favors might not bo discreditable wore
It not for the fact that some , if not
most , of thcso doctors purposely pro
scribe onotmous noses of medicine
when they know that the greater part
Is not to bo used. Tlioso double and
treble doses of costly compounds are
not only an imposition for the benefit of
druggists nnd doctors , but they often
causa great hardship nnd absolute dis
tress to people of limited moans
nfllictcd with diseases. Many poor mon
nnd women in distress have to pawn
their furniture and clothing to pay
in Hated drug bills on the top of doctors'
bills , which in themselves would bo
burdensome enough.
A similar and equally Indefensible
practice has grown up among attorneys.
Every capable lawyer whoso advice and
services are In demand Is entitled to re
ceive liberal pay for his time nnd skill.
Hut no lawyer who makes any pretense
to professional prldo should take nd-
vantage of his client and exact from him
ono dlmo more for nny outlay connected
with his suit than ho has actually paid
out for him. And yet some of our most
prominent lawyers are constantly guilty
of a species of imposture , if not petit
larceny , alike dishonest nnd dishonor
able. Wo refer to the practice of ac
cepting rebates from publishers for legal
advertising and pocketing tliodilToronco
between the price fixed by law and the
price actually paid. This Is not the
worst feature. The object of legal ad
vertising is the widest publicity in
papers of established circulation Hint
roach the masses. But such papers can
not afford to accept less than legal rates
for their space. In any event , they
cannot give 20 or 2o per cent discount to
lawyers nnd make out fraudulent bills
for the full legal rnto against their
clients.
Whit is tlio result ? Mortgage fore
closures , sheriff's sales nnd notices to
nonresident property owners nro in
serted in papers which circulate only
among lawyers and a few mortgage
sharks and sharps looking for a chance
to secure property at forced Bales whore
nobody ia bidding. Thus the interests
of people who have boon driven to the
wall by creditors , nnd widows and or
phans whoso heritage is to bo parti
tioned and disposed of , wro sacrificed to
the greed of attorneys. People are sold
out of house and home before they know
it , just as people are of ton divorced by the
same process of advertising in reader-
loss sheets. This malpractice is be
coming moro scandalous from day to
day. It has ox tended from lawyers to
court ofllcinla nnd furnishes n striking
illustration of the debasing influence
which a potty brlto can exert in an
honorable profession.
NIAUAKA.
A most important undertaking , re
garded with reference to Dossiblo re
sults , is that of ulili/.lng the water power
of Niagara falls , which a company com
posed of some of the largest capitalists
of the country U now ongngod in. This
project , which had boon talked of for
years , there is now every reason to believe -
liovo will bo carried to a successful con
summation , giving to the region near
the falls n cheap and unfailing power
for industrial uses which it is believed
will develop there a manufacturing center -
tor unequalled in the world.
The water power furnished by the
Niagara river above the falls is esti
mated to bo equivalent to 11,000,000 horse
power. Some idea can bo obtained of
this enormous power , now going : to
waste , when it is stated that the Con
necticut river at Holyoke only furnishes
about 24,000 horse power and the river
nt Minneapolis only 18,000. The com
pany which proposes to utilize the
wntora of Niagara for industrial pur
poses has built a tunnel 8,000 feet long ,
which is capable of furnishing power
equivalent to 140,000 horse powo - . nn
amount that vahtlv exceeds anything
furnished unywhoro else in the world.
The Niagara river never runs dry and
there never is an appreciable diminu
tion in ils'bodv of water. Everywhere
ese ! whore water power is used manu
factories nro compelled either to have a
steam plant which can bo relied upon in
dry weather or else run the risk of shut
ting down for lack of power. That can
never happen on the banks of the Niag
ara , The power from that source will
bo unfailing.
Manufacturers are said to bo talcing n
liyoly Interest in the enterprise. The
company owns'JOOOncroj In the town of
Niagara , tlio greater part of which has
already boon soeuro'd by mill ownors.
The on : lneor.s of the company estimate
that the electric power which can bo
developed and furnished will be prac
tically illimitable , the only problem yet
to bo solved boingthu amount of voltage
which can bo carried olloetlvoly over
twenty miles of wiro. The promoters of
this enterprise nnliuipate , apparently
with good reason , tlio mnit importnnt
results from IU They believe that the
great manufacturing city of the future
is to be located upon the buik : of the
Niagara river , and that the time is not
far distant when the city of Bufi'alo will
extend from Its present situ full twenty
miles to the north , when there will bo n
oily , or n chain of cities practically ono ,
containing 1,000,000 of people and par
haps the largest capital investment In
manufacturing in the United States ,
with ono or two exceptions.
Practical mon will see at a glance
that tboro are vast posslbiUtloa in the
successful utilization of the water power
of Niagara , and the wonder is that
American Ingenuity and enterprise did
not long niro mtiKa use of it Hut largo
capital was necessary , and hence the
undertaking , years ago pronounced
feasible by competent onginoerd , had to
wait until such capitalists as the Van -
dorbilts , J. Piorpont Morgan nnd
others of grout wealth became
interested In it. Fifteen million
dollars has boon invested in the enter
prise and probably nearly aa much more
will bo put into it. It is oxpootod that
the work will bo complotutl nnd In one
ration by the time the World's fair
opous , and if so it will furnish foreign
I' IV I
visitors not tbrr-icnst striking cxnmplo
of the energy nnd Ingenuity of the
American pea ) * in employing every \
aironcy to doopmont nnd progress at
their commanjB
( imiAT MOTTI
On my rotuffl from Europe last Octo
ber 1 was tnkon by surprlso ever the
prominence which a broken-winded
political hack who hnd played himself
out completely nti Council Bluffs yonrs
ngo hnd ncqul cMJin Ouiahn during my
nbsonco nbroad > 'Ho had worked up a
boom for himself by agitating In fnvor
of Omnlm ns the plnco for locating the
nntionnl republican convention and kept
himself before thopublio day in nnd day
out under the title of Colonel Scott , nl-
though ho had never boon either a
major , captain or corporal so fnr nscnn
bo "colonel"
learned. Presently the
blossomed out ns u cnndidato for district
judge nnd his most devoted friend and
backer was Hon. George W. Llnlngor. "
I hnd mot this man some yonrs before nt
nn Associated press mooting which ho
attended ns n proxy for the Council
BlulTs aVonjmiviJ nnd ho loft a most un-
favornblo Impression1 by his exhibition
of brass anil gnll mlxod In largo doses.
Ordinarily I seldom have occasion to
revise my first impressions , but 1 was
persuaded by Mr. Llnlngor that I hnd
struck a rough diamond. Ho vouched
for the brassy colonel ns a true mnn who
had boon persecuted nnd keut down be
cause of his anti-monopoly tendencies ,
nnd only wanted an opportunity to dem
onstrate his ability nnd fitness for the
bench. Mr. Llnlngor was seconded by
our managing editor , Mr. Hnynos. Very
reluctantly , I must confess , I yielded to
Mr. Llningor'ji entreaties because I sus
pected ut the outset that Scott was
pounding the national convention torn
torn with n deliberate nnd sollish pur
pose. In tluo time my antipathy to
Scott gave way , and the columns of TiiR
Bun continued to keep him before llio
people , although Scott never scorned
quite content with the quantity of pulTs
ho was steadily sponging.
Up to my toturn Scott nnd the mon
associated with him had only raised
$0,000 of the $ )0,000 guaranty bond for
the nntionnl convention , nnd the whole
schema was about to bo abandoned.
Keeling that the city would bo disgraced
in the eyes of the country nftor Scott
hnd solicited nnd secured endorsements
for Omaha ( always-at the expense of
others ) I put my shoulder to the wheel
nnd lifted the ijrojcc 'out of the ruts by
raising the grqator part of the $50,000
guaranty bond , aind over $2,500 in
money subscriptions to defray the ex
penses of the delegation. Then Scott ,
GREAT Soott' jow' his horn at what
ho hnd nocoinpjlghod nnd had himself
named by u littla coterie of the Real
Kstato Owners hasoc'mtlonns the spokes
man forOmaha-boforo the national com
mittee.
But I am putting the cart before the
horso. Scott hnd ingratiated himself
into thoconliddh'eo of nn clement of our
people who hi ( v\ \ ofon \ mnsso Inbt full
against local misrule'in the. court house
nnd city hall. A natural-born dema
gogue , Colonel Scott rondily foresaw
the cyclone , nndrhe jumped In with the
tide , just us ho would hnvo done hnd
there been n populnr prohibition
crusndo or nuy other uprising through
which ho could ride into ofllco. So
Scott hnd no trouble in getting nom
inated , nnd by the help of TIIK BKK ,
which uommended him without stint ,
he wns olectod.
That turned his head completely.
His conceit and insolence know no
bounds. IIo bocnmo offensively nrro-
gunk On the special train that carried
the Omnlm delegation to the national
capital ho quarrolou with everybody
and mndo himself unbearable. At
Washington ho gave Omaha n very un-
onviublo reputation. Great Scott in
sisted upon monopolizing the entire
time nlloltod to Omaha for thu presen
tation speech when every other citv hnd
three or four of the ablest orators of
their respective stntcs , nnd was only
prevailed upon to give up part of his
time after Eovcrnl disgraceful scenes nt
tlio Arlington hotel.
His speech before the commit too was
viciously abusive und lost Omnlm several
votes that would hnvo boon cast for her
but for Scott's tirade. Ho was lampooned
and denounced by the leading papers of
the country for his want of courtesy and
outrageous insolence.
But the most discourteous exhibition
of conceit was Scott's conduct nt tlio
White houso. The Omaha delegation
hnd called to pay their respects to Pres
ident Harrison. It was ushered into
the reception chamber , while the pres
ident was holding n conference in nn
adjoining room. Grant Scott pompously
seated himself In the president's chair
and remained Boated ufter the president
hnd entered. Senator SaundocH intro
duced the delegation to the president.
Scott did not rise from his seat , while
everybody , including the president ,
remained standing , Very naturally the
president was jcj.Uoil ( nnd turned Ins
back on Scott w ilo talking to the dolo-
gntion. Scott ijqniuliiud motionless in
the prosldont'svcluiir during the entire
interview , and "When the delegntlon
passed out of tipj ( room the president
ignored Scott'tt'oiirosanca nnd Scott
Ilimlly picked uu his hut nnd sauntered
out nflor thu delegation , mnnifosting the
most irritable twjijpor booauso the presi
dent hnd ignored him Great Scott !
Ever since iho'J eott hns boon plot
ting to gut ovenwith Harrison. He
kept his own cumisol up to wltliln four
or live days tCujjl'HVon ' ho suddenly dis
covered that ntJLnrgQ number of his
nrdnnt ndmlroi vmitod him to stop olT
the bench , drag"'hls judicial ermine
through the political gutter to bocoino
a delegate to the nntionnl convention.
Scott'a mnbitloii t is moro boundless , if
such n thing could oo , than his concoiu
To gratify it m has sncrlllced friendship -
ship , dignity , manhood und honor. He
entered into a conspiracy to wuyluy und
politically assassinate the man who of
all others was hid friend when ho Hooded
a true friend , nnd the only man who could
have Induced inn to commend him as a
worthy man for popular aupuurl for
the bench , ami ho chose as his accom
plices for this dastardly work W. J.
1'roateh , John Clurka and the notorious
gang of political cut-throats who tronoh-
orously dcaortcd their colors and elected
what Scott calls un alien Romanist as
mayor of Omnha twoyonrs ngo. In vain
did Llnlngor plead with him to forego
his Ambitious design. Scott spurned
him contemptuously and showed his
baseness and Ins.ino craving for notor
iety by pushing his canvass to the end ,
A moro despicable ingrnto nnd un
principled demagogue has never yet
played his brief part on the political
sfngo of Nebraska.
It Is my privilege as an editor and
duty as n man to apply the lash of pub
lic contempt and scorn to this hypocrite
and Ingrnto ns his conduct merits and
unmask him to the credulous multitude
that hns followed him for the past few
months ns n patriotic reformer when In
fact ho is n political mountebank.
M RosiWATKii.
UMA1IA HKAI , KSTATK.
There cnn bo no question now about
Omaha's future. She Is sure to become
n great city , unless the indifference of
her citizens shall allow the natural con
ditions to bo changed nnd trade to bo
diverted from Its legitimate course.
Those years of depression have not been
years of retrogression. Quito the con
trary , for while speculation has not
boon active , legitimate enterprises have
prospered , the population has gradually
increased nnd the city hns steadfastly
hold her ground. Real estate values
have touched bottom. The reaction
from the phenomenal activity of a few
years since has reached its utmost limit.
The feeling for months has boon moro
confident. Eastern investors have not
hesitated to ncca.pt ndvnnlngoous
offers of ' promising hinds nnd
lot ? . Real estate operators are begin
ning to withdraw from Chicago and
other "booming" cities nnd to look
toward the grent west for the best
future'returns for investments. Homebuilding
building is on the increase nnd the out
look In every direction is encouraging.
Contributing in largo measure to the
promise of tv renewed activity in this
field of ad venture nro the extensive pub
lic and private improvements cither al
ready partly under way or about to bo
begun. The additions to the packing
houses and tlio extensions of the stock
yards at South Omaha have given a
strong tone to real estate in that suburb.
The federal building , the street im
provements , the now business blocks ,
the viaducts and other enterprises nil
point to ( in enlarged demand for labor
nnd a consequent increase In the volume
of wages paid out to bo distributed
through retail establishments. The
Manufacturers nnd Consumers associa
tion by the aid of n patriotic public opin
ion is plneimr its members upon a moro
solid footing than over before and offer
ing nn encouragement to manufactories
which is moro potent in its inlluonco
than subsidies of lands or cash. The
jobbers report n bolter trndo than they
have enjoyed for years. These nnd
many minor elements have aided in
bringing about the improved conditions
which are making themselves felt in
the stronger , moro confident movement
for real estuto improvement nnd invest
ment.
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For the early future investors nnd
owners look to the advantages certain
to accrue from the Nebraska- Central
railway enterprise , the extension of the
railway line to Yankton , the probable
resumption of work upon the union
depot , good crops and the removal of
discriminating rates now operating to
the disadvantage of our jobbing trade.
Thcso are moro or less uncertain of
course , but the buoyant fooling which
the abundant harvests of the past year ,
the building nnd street improvement
enterprises and other evidences of re
turning prosperity have aroused , load nil
classes of citizens to anticipate the
realization of those hopes for other nnd
larger undertakings , and to turn from
the slow profits of low interest rates to
the moro promising outlook in the direc
tion of real estate investments.
TJIK OHAXT 31OXUMKXT.
On Wednesday next , April 27 , tlio
seventieth nnnivcrsiry : of the birthday
of General Grant , the corner stone of the
monument to the illustrious soldier at
Riverside park , No-.v York city , will bo
laid. After nearly seven years the
pledge given by the ncopla of Now York
to erect n suitable memorial to General
Urn nt if his remain * wore allowed to
repose in their city is to bo redeemed.
The long dulny in carrying out their
promise to the family of the great soldier
nml to the country a promise which
prevented the erection of a monument
in the capital of the nation is not cred
itable to the generosity , the public
spirit , or the patriotism of the people of
Now York. That wealthy city ought to
have supplied the small sum asked for
the Grant monument at once , but it has
taken all those years nnd the employ
ment of various devices to rniso the fund
to n point where the laying of the corner
Btona can be done with the assurance
that the work will bo carried forward to
completion. The people of Now York ,
therefore , cannot bj congratulated upon
the fact that they linvo finally boon
induced to do what they should have
done six years ngo ,
The laying of the corner atone of tlio
Grant monument will bo a memorable
occasion. The president of the United
States , members of the cabinet and of
nongross , nnd distinguished citl/.ens
from all pai ta of the country will par
ticipate in the ceremonies. The event
will lovlvo in the minds of the whole j
people the splendid military record of ,
the illustrious loader of the union !
urmioH , nnd the thoughU of men of
every section of the country will dwell
for n time upon his honorable service to
the country In ponce as well us in war ,
remembering especially Ills solicitude
( or the establishment of the fraternal
relations between thu people of the north
nud the south , which ho believed to bo
indispensable to a perfect union. It was
General Grant who sought to quiet the
passions nnd olTnco the antigorusun : of
his countrymen by the Injunction : "Lot
us have poaco"nnd no weightier or
moro influential words wore over spoken
by any American.
"Thu monument to bo erected in River
side park to porpntuato the memory of
Grant will bo a loss imposing memorial
to the great soldier than the American
people duoiro , nnd sooner or inter a
grander monument , hotter typifying the
greatness of hi * achievements nnd moro
justly illustrative of the pstoom and af
fection of his. countrymen , will bo
erected at the 'nation's capital. There
need bo no hurry to do this. There Is
no dnngor that the fnmo of Grant will
bo dimmed by tlmo or that the Amorl-
cnn people will cease to cherish his
memory. Without the nld of mnrblo or
bronze these would llvo on , because
they are nn Imporlshablo part of the his
tory of the nation from which It derives -
rives much of its honor nnd glory. But
there is need that the whole people
shall nroporly nnd udoquntoly attest
their homngo for the first of American
soldlprs , the sincere patriot nnd the
truocltlzon illustrious In war nnd faith
ful to every duty In peace nnd this they
can do by erecting nt the sent of gov
eminent n monument worthy of the mnn
nnct of the nation.
GKNKUAI. CYIIUS E. BUSSKY , assist
ant secretary of the interior , mot his
enemies face to faoo in the Rnum inves
tigation with the most conclusive proof
of the absolute falsehood of the state
ments of Witness Dugnn , charging him
with defrauding his creditors in Louis
iana. IIo explained that , his bank
ruptcy was brought on by the panic of
1ST ! ! , nnd ho settled with his creditors nt
iT > cents on the dollar. Afterwards ho
paid up dollar for Hollar and ho tri
umphantly offered to pay $2 for every
claim of $1 that could bo found against
him in Louisiana. To the credit of the
partisan committee which hns boon
raking the pension ofllco with n fine-
tooth comb to find political capital to bo
used in the coming campaign , it should
bo added that after hearing General
Bussoy's statement thu false charges
sworn to by Dugan were stricken from
the record. The vindication of a bravo
ox-soldlor and honorable gentleman
could not have boon moro complete.
TIIK Now York Sim proposes to con
solidate Now Mexico and Arizona and
to divide Utah between Colorado and
Now Mexico. The suggestion will not
bo adopted of course , but a bettor ar
rangement would oo to dismember
Arizona nnd Nevada , dividing the
former between Now Moxtco and south
ern California nnd the latter between
Utah and northern California. Follow
ing this , California shou'd bo divided
into two states. She is now too largo ,
being over 800 miles in length and 200
miles in width. With these additions ,
which would bring contiguous climates
and interests together , two good , strong
states would bo made , nnd the 10,000
voters of Novadn would not elect two
senators nnd a congressman. Arizona
has scarcely 60,000 Inhabitants and is [ I
not populous or wealthy enough to sus
tain a state government , but would bo
able to secure nil the benefits of homo
rule by the consolidation suggested.
EVBIIY stop the republican party takes
from now on in Nebraska will either
tend to strengthen or weaken it in the
coming campaign. Democrats may
blunder and the independents may quar
rel , but the republican party cannot
hope to regain its lost supremacy by
building upon a foundation of rotten ,
worm-cnton or unsawod political timber.
To talk plain , It is not to bo expected
that wo cnn attract back into our ranks
men who have loft it because they nro
disgusted with its subserviency to cor
porate power nnd men who hnvo lost
conildenco in its lenders by continuing
in the old ruts or by resurrecting politi
cians who have boon buried under an
avalanche of popular disfavor.
TUB Douglas county republican who
hns swallowed every dosa offered him
by the political doctors of tliis county
must have a digestive apparatus made of
cast iron. If TIIK BKK were inclined to
cite instances it could repeat names
proposed by republican county conven
tions in the lust twenty years which I j
even now would nauseate every honest
man in the party. The fact is the man
who can truthfully sny ho has voted all
the republican tickets proposed In this
county from top to bottom is cither n
fool or a knave.
THK tin soldiers of Rock Springs nnd
Green River nro very much olTondod
because United States troops were
called upon to assist in suppressing the
troubles In Johnston county , and the
officers have resigned. The stockman
who were so willing to surrender to the
federal troops are making no complaint ,
however. They know that the action
of the War department probably saved
their lives and they also know that the A
stnto mihtln would hnvo been n loss In - /
vincible guard to protect them ngnlnst /
Uio Ire of the rustlorson the long march
to llio railroad.
OTKUKAU , of Virginia Is a man who
hns won the respect of the country by
sinking his democratic partisanship in
the interest of nn honest election. Ho
hnd the manhood to defend the right of
n republican to n sent on the floor of
congress which hnd boon fraudulently
usurped byn democrat. It is significant ,
however , that , ho was in a hopeless
minority.
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MAY DAY in Europe has boon transformed - >
formed from n peaceful nud innocent
holiday , Indulged In chioily by children ,
to a day when anarchists , socialists and
the turbulent element generally
threaten the wolfnro of the community
nt Inrgo by their excesses. There is
reason for the npurohonslon with which
Its approach is regarded.
ACCOHDINO to the Fttfa Factory the
editor of this paper hns no longer any
following in Douglas county. With
thirty-five pronounced Rosowntor men
among the sixty-three delegates to the
state convention , it would ecom that the
famous victory of the rotten combine
that claims to dominate the county was
not very swooping.
How to get down easy has boon the
most harassing problem of the several
favorite sons who hnvo striven for presi
dential dologntions in states where the
Cleveland Hood hns boon kept per
petually nt high tide.
TIIK old guard of Washington county
wnnt Judge Crounso nominated for gov
ernor , but Crounso positively declines
to have his name mentioned.
A Foul Sliimlrr.
Kcw York Comincrttal ,
Out In ICnasas they nro saying tlint Jerry
Simpson wants congress to appropriate $ J-
000,000 to bring about a cross between boos
anil liRbtning bugs so that the boot can wo Hi
at night.
Tlio Oriint Momnm-nt.
jYeio Viirft Tribune.
Under the sagacious , slcllfnl nnd onercotio
direction of General Ilornoo Porter the \vorli
of the O rant Monument association is going
forward with every prospoot of swift ami
com oleto success
Hard FnctB for InllutlonUts.
( tube Dnnncrat.
Tbo latest statement of loanablo funds in
the banks no J trust companies of the country
shows on agxregato of frl , 134,000,000. These
ilgurcs certainly do not indicate a scnrcltj
of money , and the inflationists should otuJy
them carefully.
A Terror to KORUOI.
Kaunas City Star fr 6-
Journalism was highly confplluoutcd by
Herr Most whoa ho expressed " tv desire to
swoop nil reporters from thoofiico , of ilia
curtu. Were it not for tbo roportcrc' such
fellows as Most would not bo compollcil to
ranlco so many trips to the ponitontlary. *
Ktlucntlnnttl Advance.
SI. 1'diil rionar J'rcs .
No other act of the St. Paul Board of Ed
ucation , ualoss It bo its distinct and firmly
pursued policy to extend and complolo llio
work of giving manual training to the chil
dren of the pcoplo , will compare in im
portance with its resolution , just taken , to
establish kindergartens as a part of tbo pub-
Ho school system. And in ultimata im
portance and ultimate results , there is -I
probably no comparison even botwocii -
thcso. The schools of St. Paul are now not
only in line with tnoso of the most pi-ogres-
slvo cities of this country , but they are
started upon a work wbloh will enrich the
educational hcrilago of the people , aud
bring to them n largo part of the oenellts
that should hav e been theirs long ngo. The\Jf \
adoption ot the free kindergarten raoatw
the first full und frank recognition of the
principle tnat the education of the child is
the auty of the siato. Hitherto \vo hnvo
ooon satisfied , blindly following tradition
and precedent , to educate by plecomoal.
Now wo ore prepared to make this publlo
duty ono complete nnd consistent whole.
. W. Corn or IjU & nnl CO. U all.
Oh , What a T :
Spring
Looked for a while as if we'd have
winter all summer , but
those who thought so
/ / came to see us by droves
in the last few days , and
you ought to have seen
our boys turn out the
spring suits. Finest col
lection on earth to choose
from , at prices all the way
from $10 to $30. Every one of them the
very latest pattern and made to fit and
wear as well as tailor's goods at twice the
money , Our $1.65 hard hat is a jo-
dandy , H.attcrs get $2.50 for them.
Browning , King & Co
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