Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMAftA DAILY , REE : MONDAY , JUNE. 13 , 1892
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RATITY tonight.
\Vi5 observe with ( mill that Chill and
Gormimy nro dlsplctisva with JIurrison'8
nomination.
ONI : of the most brilliunt tlocoratlva
displays over witnessed in this city is
that of the Industrial exposition.
RiU'OHTS of nnolhur crisis como fioin
Chill. Tlittt country needs u now style
of civili/ation lucre than she does a
new crisis.
OMAHA republicans are urged to at
tend the mooting1 at Exposition hall to-
niyhtiiml totalio along1 tlioir democratic
neighbors. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
NIAHLY every scat in Parliament is
contested and all the contests arc sori-
ous. The English crow moro like
Americans ycarny your.
Tin : death of Colonel L. L. Polk may
nossibly have removed the last obstacle
to llto triumphant march of Whirligig
Weaver to the Omaha nomination.
Tim prophat who made that renowned
trip from Joppa to Jerusalem would
luivo an easier time today. A niilroad
is being built between the two points.
TKXAS soldiers will appreciate life in
Omaha this week. Thoro's nothing like
having matters arranged to give guests
a feeling of homo , oven to the weather.
A TIXAS man has sued Governor
ITogg for 830,000 for calling him "a pro
fessional liar" In ono of his campaign
speeches. It is pretty hard on an
umatour to bo thrown out of bis class
in that way.
AN KASTCIIN inventor 1ms invented a
process by which ho promises to make
gas at 2 cents per 1,000 feet. His discov
ery is ill-timed , however , for the demo
cratic campaign orator will presently
bo in the Hold.
DEMOCRATS who are disposed to fool
happy over the president's ronomination
are invited to road the i-ool and wise ro-
mnrk of Henry Wattorson "Tho presi
dent is without doubt the strongest man
the republicans could hiivo nomlnatoa. "
Tin : Fort Wuyno and Indianapolis
bnso ball clubs do not seem to calch the
spirit of the hour , but psrslst in losing
games at this time when all Indiana
people should bo pounding the lifo out
of their opponents.Vo fear they are
not loyal Ilousiors.
Tun people who attended the opening
of the exposition at the Colisoutn.on
Saturday wore highly cdllicd by the
good showing made for Nebraska indus
tries , The exposition is a great edu
cator. It gives very tangible ovfdonco
of the greatness of this stuto.
Foil a good , big , grasping and relent
less monopoly wo commend the IJoll Tel
ephone company. People who bought
$1,000 worth of shares a few years ago
are receiving only $0,000 per year from
It now. Standard Oil and coal compa
nies have to work for a living in com
parison with the "hollo" business.
Rnv. Dii. PAUKKII of Plttsburg says
that the supposition that u man can bo
both a politician and a guntloman is
the fiovoroat strain that can bo put upon
human faith. The trouble with Dr.
Parker is that his opportunities for
observation luvvo boon limited. IIo
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ought to Imvo boon in Minneapolis last
week ,
THIS imperial council of the order of
the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine will beheld
hold in Omaha in the third week of
August , Immediately after the triennial
corclavoof thoKni-jlitsToniplur atlOon-
'vor. It is oxpootud thai not lo s than
fi.Util Slirinors will visit this oily and ro-
inalnhoru sovorul days , It is announced ,
ill so , that u number of comnumdurios of
Knights Templar will visit Onialm and
bojourn hare throe days. This will bo
on" of the most interobtlng events of the
year , and the distiuculshod visitors
nl oulil he finely entertained. They are
men who Unow what good untoit-ilnmont
in mid iii well how to appreciate a goner-
cm hospitality. Our citizens will bo
asked for contributions to ontorlaln thn
cumin mdorios , provision having boon
in ido ( or the Shrlnors , and it U confi
dently expected that there will bo it lib
eral response. Onuilia has never entor-
tulni'd u worthier body of mon than will
bo hero during the thiid week of August
and they must bo well taken care of.
s' o.v 7W ;
The doniocrftttc nntionnt committee
bus opened its headquarters at Chicago ,
and a number of members of the com
mittee and other lights of the party uro
already on the ground making prepara
tions for the coming fray. Those who
look upon Governor Holes of Iowa as a.
dark horse merely , n man to bo consid
ered when a compromise upon "some
good western man" becomes imperative
ns a moans of averting war , will bo sur
prised to learn that the advance guard
of the Holes boomers arrived in Chicago
last Friday and immediately began oper
ations. The nomination of President
Harrison , they say , mako.s It absolutely
essential to success that the name of
Horace Holes shall bo inscribed on the
democratic banner. It is claimed that
the Holes sentiment ia strong through
out the south and west , and the growth
in population in the western states is
urged ns a strong reason why the east
should no longer have a controlling
volco in the soloution of a presidential
candidate. The western democrats nr-
guo that if an Indiana man la good
enough for the republicans an Iowa , 7iian
is good enough to be put uu against him.
There is a dilTcronco , however , in the
conditions governing the selection of
candidates In the two parties. Governor
Holes is practically unknown in the
east where names count for a great deal
among the democratic voters and work
ers. The democrats have nothing In
the way of principles and purposes to
create enthusiasm except principles and
purposes connected with the spoils of
ollicu. In the eastern cities especially
tlioy would demand either u name or a ,
barrel , and Holes docs not represent
either to them , They neither know
him nor his friends. Hut the chief con
sideration in this connection is the fact
tlmt neither the Cleveland nor the anil-
Cleveland faction has any idea of com
promising at all , and much loss has
oitbor any intention of accepting a com
promise candidate who is not on its own
side. This may seem a paradox , but it
is n fair statement of the case as it now
htitnds. Hill woulu compromise on a
llill man anil Cleveland would compro
mise on a Cleveland man if neither could
bo nominated. The situation may
change before the convention opens , but
at this distance the Hoios boom looks
rather frairilo.
mi : ii
There will bo1 It votes in the electoral
college of 1892 , and 2'23 will bo necessary
to u choice. The increase since the last
presidential election is 43 , of which
number 20 will bo cast by the new states ,
namely : Idaho , Montana , North Da
kota , South Dakota , Washington and
Wyoming. The remaining 23 are the
additional votes based on the new ap
portionment to the old states , as follows :
Alabama , Arkansas , California , Colorado
rado , Georgia , Kansas , Massachusetts ,
Michigan , Missouri , New Jorsov , Oregon
gen , Wisconsin , 1 each ; Illinois Minnesota
seta , Pennsylvania , Texas , 2 each ; Ne
braska , 3.
If the states vote thip year as they did
in the last presidential election and tho-
six states which have since been , admit
ted align themselves with the repub
licans , as there is every reason to expect
they will , the result will bo to give the
republican candidate 269 votes in the
electoral college against 175 to the
democratic candidate. A part of the
vote of Michigan , however , perhaps not
to exceed live , must bo deducted from
the republican estimate and given to the
democratic. Upon thcsti llgincs it will
bo seen that the republicans could do
without New York and still have rv
majority of live , but if they should lese
Indiana also they would be in a minority
of ten. There is no good reason- , however -
over , for regarding Indiana as a doubt
ful state. Harrison carried it four years
ago , and nothing has boon offered to
show that ho cannot carry it again. In
fact , Indiana democrats practically con
cede that ho will again receive the vote
of that stato. Ii is by no moans improb
able that the six voles of Connecticut
will go to tbo republican candidate next
November , and the votes of West Vir
ginia , six in number , may also go in the
same direction. The democratic plurality
in the latter state four years ago WHS
very small , and there is good reason to
believe that at the presidential election
of this year it will bo shown that the
lomocrnts have lost ground thoro. There
are far bettor reasons for believing that
the republicans will carry Connecticut
ind West Virginia than there are for
ho assumption of the democrats that
they will carry any western or north
western stato.
Any careful and candid view of the
situation must carry the conviction that
, lie republican chances of winning the
mttlo of 1892 are very much batter than
those of thoiroppononts. The republi
can candidate is unquestionably stronger
in popular conlldonco than ho was four
vcars ago , and the claim of republican
[ lolicy to the support of the people hus
ieon ) greatly btrongthonod during that
| ) oriod. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
IJKMQim.lTIG MVIblOX IX TllH SOUTH.
There are factional divisions in the
democratic party in the south which
may well cause anxiety among the
loaders of that party In the nation. The
split in Alabama , is a case in point , and
a nearly similar state of affairs exists in
the two Carolinas , in Florida , Georgia ,
Tennessee , Louisiana and Texas. In all
of those states the democracy IB divided
into factions which are lighting 'each
otlinr with as much bitterness as they
ever fought the republican party. Hav
ing so completely suppressed the repub
lican vole In these states that they have
no fear of it , the democrats nro now at
war among themselves , and the contest
of the ( actions seeking the power and
spoils of ollico is shurp , vigorous and
rolentloss.
There Is a fight on in Tonncssoo and
in Texas over the control of the state
convention ? , which in both cases threatens -
ens to'cvontuato in a spirit like that in
Alabama. In South Carolina the regu
lar domoorats have put a ticket In the
Held , which will probably bo antagonized
by another ticket with Governor Till-
mnn at his bond , nominated by the alli
ance democrats. In North Carolina and
Florida a compromise was olTected be
tween the contending metiers , but thuro
isstill , a grout deal of bitter fooling.
The situation in Louis-hum was shown
ut the late slate election , and in Georgia
the democracy is far from united and
harmonious ,
These con niets are ( or the control of
state affairs , and while they are ot a
nature to cause the loaders of the p.trty
at largo some anxiety , It la questionable
whether they afford any giound for
republican hope or expectation of break
ing the solid south this year. In his
speech nominating Harrison Mr. Dopow
said : "Tho democratic parly is now
divided , but tbo hope of the possession
of the power once moro will make it In
the final battle moro aggressive , deter
mined and unscrupulous than ovor. "
This is the safer view for republicans to
lake , rather than counting With any
confidence upon reaping advantage from
the divisions in the ranks of the southern
democracy. The party in that section
Inay quarrel ever the local spoils , but In
the national contest the factions will
get together and tlioir votes will bo
counted for the presidential candidate
of the party. Regular democrats mid
alliance democrats will stand shoulder
to shoulder at the ballot box in support
of the nominee of the Chicago conven
tion. Wo would not imply that the
republican party should make no olTort
in tbo south. The task of redeeming
that section from absolute democratic
control , involving as that control does
the distranchlsomont of a largo body of
citixons , must not bo abandoned. The
republican party would bo unfaithful to
its principles and forgetful of Its mission
if it should relinquish the patriotic duty
of securing to every citizen In the south
his right to vote and to have his vote
counted. It Is pledged to accomplish
this , and it is not to bo doubted that the
pledge will bo fulfilled. But it cannot
bo accomplished this year , and the
republican party can expect no ad
vantage in the next presidential election
from the democratic divisions in the
south.
KXGL1SH I'llKSS GOM3IKKTS.
The capacity of the average English
journalist for misapprohondlng the sig
nificance of political events in the
United States is extraordinary , but
there is ono fact that seems to have
boon driven home to the English under
standing of late , and that is that the re
publican party stands as tbo representa
tive of the policy of protection to Amer
ican industries , a policy that at ousus
both alarm and resentment in England.
The comments o'f the London press
upon the result of the Minneapolis con
vention are curious and interesting.
The Tiniest lays all the blame of the for
eign policy of the present administra
tion upon Mr. Blaine , and looks forward ,
"witn the increased
perfect equanimity , to
creased chance of Harrison's ro-olec-
lion. " This will seem a very strange
view of tbo case to those who have made
even the most casual study of tbo ad
ministration. The "perfect equanimity"
with which tbo journal quoted looks
forward to the president's ro-oloction is
based upon the mistaken notion that ho
has been a mere figurehead and not the
real president of the United States.
That an enlightened newspaper , posses
sing every facility for keeping itself
posted upon the subject , should go so
wide of the truth scorns incomprehensi
ble. But the Standard shows almost as
dull an understanding as the Times. It
says that "Harrison gathered all the
authority into his own hands , turned
the members of tbo cabinet into a sot of
department clerks and secured the
credit for all the successes. " The truth
is , as all intelligent Americans know ,
that the president did nothing of the
kind. Ho surrounded himself with able
mon who were admirably fitted for the
duties which their several cabinet po
sitions imposed upon them , and ho
shared with them the responsibilities
and , to a proper degree , the honors of
ono of the most perfect and successful
administrations in the history of the
country. '
Such are the forces which shape pub
lic opinion in England concerning Amer
ican politics. One idea the British mind
has successfully grasped , namely , that
the democratic party , liuo the newly-
arrived immigrant from the Emerald
isle , is "agin the government. ' ' That
is all the knowledge of our politics that
is required to place free trade England
on the eido of free trade democracy.
Every encouragement is offered by the
English press to those who are trying to
break down the protective system oy
which this country has thrived and by
which England's commercial domain
has boon limited.
The significance of this attitude of
leaders of thought and opinion in Eng
land toward the republican party , and
especially toward its loaders , who are
most .intimately idontiliod with the pro
tective policy , will bo plain enough to
all who know what the effect of that
policy has been. The recent utterances
of Lord Salisbury in behalf of a de
parture from the .present free trade
policy of England and the adoption of
measures of retaliation against this
country for the injury it has Inllictod
upon English commercial interests ,
sulllciontly explain the position taken
by the London press concerning the
coming presidential campaign. The
democrats are welcome to all the as
sistance they will receive from that
quarter. It will injure rather than
bonollt their cause in the minds of
thoughtful mon.
l Aliro.iil ,
Ifcw Yoilt llcmM.
With Vesuvius In n siaio of eruption the
American In Europe ) can think of the presi
dential campaign , gaze on tbo oxcltod vol
cano and fool at homo.
The l.nnil Signal Uun.
tlWie-Dtmncrat.
The Oregon victory lee Its like tbo begin
ning ot a repetition of tbo events of four
years ngo , whou tlio republicans marched to
victory la a systematic and Irroslsttblo way.
The L'limlni ; htorm Cent or.
CMcajn Newt.
Signs in tuo political aoavoni Indicate that
tlio domourallo convention to assemble In
Chicago wittiin two weeks will have much
ttio same cluiructorisUcs as tlio turbulent and
contentious BattierUK ! at Minneapolis. It is ,
I > i-tmp3 , true that rivalry will not bo as
bitter between any two aspirant ) .
C rii' > 'ii\v Kingdoms.
A'eiti Yurli Hfcntno Sun ,
Indian eorn , as inalzo U called In Kuropo ,
is steadily making its way into favor In ( Jor-
inauy. Thirteen mills Uuvo been ttroctod In ,
order to grind tbo corn arriving In Germany
from America. Tbo niodoof using tUo ground
meal U to combine U with unit its bulk ot
rye flour. This louroi the full flavor of the
rye , to which tno Germans nro accustomed ,
without any perceptible tastu of tlio malzo.
The same experiment , under slightly different -
ont conditions , hasfltried [ in Ireland ,
where two parts of njalryj Hour nro usually
mixed with ono part of ordinary wheat Hour.
Indeed , the broad prepared > n this manner
by the Irish poasantn Js both palatable and
nourishing.
KpluiMliK IM'Ollljr.
Aem l'Alt\ltlttitttcr. ) \
Mr. Cleveland is enlmty repoilns nt Buz
zard's Day. Ho elves iihlmsolf no concern
about Chicago. Ho has discounted his
victory , nnd his conlldenco In Doittny U as
profound as was that of Davm when ho
loaaod his sling and'Startoil In to terminate
tbo existence of GoHfUUf
A Tragic Spectacle.
Chkaun Inter Ocean.
In the \\rocit of matter and the crush of
worlds now In progress about us , lot us fern
moment and prayerfully coptemplnto the
Hon. David D. Hill of Now York , on un
happy man who has bitten off moro than ho
can chow , and U slowly choidtiK to death.
Bomorvllle .Touriml : It pays to lie Rood , but
the man who U jood only because It \ > nv * Is
not the ono who will got tlio highest salary.
Smith. Orny fc Go's. Monthly ! "Howbo-
novolunt you nro Rottlnfel" ol'iorvod u vlslt-
Inu friend , us the otlinr tossed u dime to an
or4nngrlnUur ,
"Vi > 3 , " was tlio rop'y : "not n dupe s pusl
but I fc'lVo Bomulhlnt ; to the poor. "
Hiirpor'sWaokly : "Tut Uln' "built 'sploslvoi.
( llsyerdyinoiillo's do splocllnUt tlilnn ever I
comn crost. Doro wnz a ni in wukkln lonjor
us In do rock-out on thu railroad , which ho
hid on a hat llicoyone. Well , salil do stulT
wont olT soinuliou , and when wo foun lilni
over do mountain In do udder county lilt luul
clone blowud him thro' his hat , an' do brim
wuz 'routi' his unklos"
Cloak Uovlaw : ICIncloy Wall , old man. I
see your daughter ims got marrlud. Allow
mu to congratulate you ,
llliwo 1'leaso don't do It now , old follow.
Wnltforslx months.
ICIiiRleyVliy. . wh.it's the matter ?
llliiRO ( despondently ] Tlio bills for her
trousseau are Just comliu In.
OONE HUT NOT VOUOOTTEN.
Chicifjo Kewi.
Prematurely and oouk-suroly crow ti boom In
health most poorly , with ambitions that
would load to HIIV liolRht.
But 'twas derided till It hided and so It up
and dlcdcd and now we're going to ulaco It
out of sight ,
ON THE OTHER SIDE.
An Opponent of the Ncbrmltn Central
Honda VoutllutcD Hit Idi-us.
OMAHA . Juno 11. To the Editor of TUB
Bun : Some WCOKS ORO , Mr. Dumont
requested that all articles against voting a
subsidy to tlio Nebraska Central Kallwuy
company should be signed by the partlei
writing the samo. A disinterested person
might naturally Inqulro the motive of this
request. Ho might ask what difference it
would tnako with the nrgumcnt whether it
came In from an humble individual in the
lower walks of 11 fo or from ono who , to all
appearances , was at its pinnacle. If the
argument were good , Its source would cer
tainly bo immaterial , tl'ho subsequent
course systematically pursued by the advo
cates of tuo bonds reveals the object of that
request. Argument has been answered by
abuso. The terra "corporation cormorant1 ! , "
"tax shirkers , " "Old fogies , " "moss backs , "
'tin hornors , " "onomlo's , " "dog In the
manger , " end other line classical expressions
have been Hung ou $ byfho wholesale ; and
every man who nasvveQtjUrod to express his
disapproval ut the bonds , or even his doubt
as to their advisability'das boou the subject
of a tirade of personal aouso.
Even ono so fair as Jotjn D. Howe r ecomes
tainted with the same proclivities when un
dertaking the tusk of an advocate in th's
unrichtuous cause. " 1'ho lion skin" of
fair and gentlemanly argument seems not to
bo buflleiont to carry , to success this raid
upon the public treasury , aud must bo "oked :
out by the fox skin" of tricKery and abuse.
It is not strange that this Is so.
With every falsehood DOino grain of truth ,
must be interwoven , to make iho fa'.so ' ap
pear plausible , and in the vast mass of abuse
there has boon commingled a semblance of
argument. But in undertaking to reason
the question , the advocates of tuo bonds dose
so larcely upon false promises.
Mr. Howe says ' 'that for twenty years a
free bridge and terminal company has been
the crying demand o [ the hour , that its reali
zation means for Omaha moro than anything
that has over occurred in its history. " Lot
us consider this. Lees the Nebraska schema
contemplate a "free" bridge ) If so , why do
they refuse to state so in tbo proposition. Is
It because to state this would , as Mr. Howe
says , "defeat the scheme ? " To pose before
the people of On.aha as the projectors of a
"froo" bridge , nnd at the sntno time to asit
capitalists for the money to develop n money
making enterprise means deception either to
Omaha or the capitalists. Wo may rest as
sured that tbo deceived party will bo the
same old victim of so many former decep
tions. It will bo Omaha. So far from mak
ing this a "free" bridge , the Nebraska Cen
tral refused oven a reasonable maximum
bridco rate , and uavo undertaken to befog
the public with that useless clause for arbi
tration.
Mr. Howe tolls us the maximum clause
would defeat the scheme because it would
frighten capitalists from embarking In the
enterprise. Then capitalists must bo Induced
by the prospect ot prollt on the amount
invested. Wo arc told that this schema will
cost $ SOOuOUO for the briaee , the depot
grounds and Improvements , the right of way
and trucks through the city and in order to
Invite capitalists it must bo made to appear
that it will earn a good parcantago on tUnt ,
amount ever and above the cost of
maintenance and repairs. To do this and
pay oniy o per ccni on ino mouuy
Invested will require an annual income
of nearly $1,000,000. What amount of trunlo
hab the company in sight to produce this
enormous income ut reasonable rates. Only
about 200,000 or 300,000 oars now annually
pass through this city , aud the now biidgo
cannot hope to got moro than n fair pro
portion of them. If it secures 100,000 , or oven
aoo.OOO , oars per annum they must charge
the present bridge rate In order to produce
this Income. In the face of tlicso facts , In
tbo face of tbo fact that this schema has ooen
conceived and-plannod on asoaloof enormous
expense , an expense only equalled by the
celebrated "Niokel Plato , " wbut folly to call
it a free bridge , one which is to raise Oinuba
out of tbo slough ot despond. Is Omaha in
such a slough ? Are wo suffering
so greatly from this "brldpo monopoly1 !
Wo have heard so much of It that alt or
many of us tiavo como to accept the state
ment without Investigation or thought. I It
not possible that wo heroin liavo made a mis
take ) Muy It not bo that this continual
howl of Omaha ut the mercy of the Union
Pacific has in the past and Is now doing us a
great deal of Injury , and Is not substan
tiated by the facts ! \Vhon wo ivoro a small
vlllaco the Union Paoiuo had the power to
absolutely control the oily and i
douot not that' ' tbo company did ,
just what every r ono Olso would , the
thing It believed to bo for its Interest.
Brldeo rates were $ iy u car and passcnccr
rates 60 cents a head. Iut Omaha , In spite
of all these dlsadvautagqs , has bad a steady
and continuous growth. A growth moro
marvelous and rapid than that of any other
city In the history of ted union. Tlio power
of the Union 1'acillo has steadily declined.
Competitors in lU business bavo gained a
foothold aad bridciUDlls and rates liavo as
steadily and continually fallen until today
wo do liavo a "free" bridge , as free to all intents -
tents and purposes to the shipper as wo
could possibly nuvo'xvcrt ) there no Missouri
river flowing at our eastern border.
Lot mo explain. All freight shipped to or
from Omaha east of the Mississippi river Is
delivered to the shipper without the collec
tion of a dollar for brldgo tolls , Wbat. then ,
becomes of this liuo and cry about the bridge
monopoly ? Stop and think. Is it not possl-
bio that the people of Omaha are being used
at the monkey use > l the cat , to rake In chest
nuts for iho railroad companies ) Lot mo
repeat , the merchant who rocclvo * goods
from or shin ) frolght to the territory east of
the Mississippi river does not pay a single
cent for brlugo tolls. Brideo tolls uro paid ,
but thov nro paid by the railway company
handling his freight , and If Omaha should
build a free bridge on which no charge should
bo made for crossing , tbo railroads alone
would cam tbo bonolit aud freight to and
from Omaha would not bo a dollar less.
Freight rates are not made and unmade
bv Individual railroads. There In ti gignhtto
ponl controlling this western country of
which every railroad Is n member. In the
secret counsels of that pool , the rnto * of
Omaha , of Denver , of ICnnsat City , of SU
Jo ! > ! > h , nnd all other sections of the Vast
Wosit nro determined. This pool cnn bo
broken not bv n bridge , not by a hundred
rnilo line Into Iowa to connect with some
railroad now n member of that pool , but
only by a railroad all tUo way to Chicago.
Such a road , nnd such n road only , if
managed outslda of the pool Would clVn'com-
potltivo and reduced rules to the oast.
It Is only a few months since Omaha was
tha scene of a great and bitter lep.\l contest.
Giant cirooratlons were the combatants , nnd
wo were inado to bollovo that If the Milwau
kee and Hoclt Island rondi rould gain their
suit the long omor.rgo would be lifted. Our
papers ndvocatodtho cause of tho'o roads.
Our cltircni shouted In unison for thorn , nnd
great was thoiejolcing when at last they
wcro victorious. Wa aeumod to sro a now
day dawn for Omaha , nnd the first Milwau
kee train was greeted with crowds nnd
cheorj. But time passed on , weeks crow Into
months , and months into a year with no
reduction of rates by those roads. The
Milwaukee and Hnck Island trains rode
daily Into nnd through our city , nnd on
those trains nnd cars not a dollar ot brldgo
tolls hns been lovind by the Union Pacllic
road , but lias the shipper noticed nnv
material reduction In bis bill ) Orraua did
the shouting and the fighting , but the Milwaukee -
waukeo nntl Hock Island roads htivo quietly
g"hthcrod In the persimmons , nnd wo hnvo
yet to see any disposition on their part to
dlvldo with us the fruits of that victory.
Would it not bo the same , should theo
other rands como over this 'new free ( ! )
brldgo of the Nebraska Control which Is to
bo so "freo" that thoj won't oven agree to a
maximum frelnht rate !
It Is onlv a few years since Douglns county
voted to this same Nebraska Control n largo
bonus for which they ngreod to give this free
bridge and union depot and toi-mlni.l tacll-
Itlos. nil to cost $1,000,000. What was the
result ) Wo soon ascertain thiit wo wcro
voting our bonds and our money not to help
Omaha but to help the Milwaukee and Hoclt
Island roads pound a good contract out
ot the Union I'acillu company. Those
railroad companies nnd they alouo re
ceived any bcnollts from our donation.
The same Nebraska Central nnd the same
mon nro now asking for n now and enormous
subsidy. May wo not well ask what Is In
the wind ) Are the Milwaukee nnd Hock
Island roads , or some other road di-slrlng to
ualn some now ndvantago ever the Union
Pacillc , und tnulug this convenient Nebraska
Central in order to hamper another bargain !
Wo may well ask ourselves whether the
coed , If any , to como out of this now pro
posal will not accrue to these or some other
railroad comnany rather than to Omaha or
Douglas county. Can wo afford such a
thing ) Are wo here only for the convenience
of assisting ouo corporation to down another !
Wo nro told that Iho 100 miles of road to
bo built in Iowa will bring to our doors "at
least half n dozen railway companies , " nnd
for this magnificent promise wo are asked to
contribute the sum of Sll'O.dOO.
nnmombor , the Nebraska Central road
does not "propose" to build this 100 miles of
lino. It onlv "plans to construct ot cause to
bo constructed" that line of railway.
There are six or eight lines from Council
Bluffs radiatiUE to various parts of Inwn ,
but ever thcso railroads do not como these
half n do7en companies , and I challenge Mr.
Howe or Mr. Dumont to draw u possible line
of railroad from Council Bluffs 100 miles in
any direction and show hotV ever that line a
half n dozen railroads can roach Omaha. If
such a line could connect with half a dozen
railroads the only theory upon which can bo
based the statement that these roads .vill
come over that line must bo that it Is to belike
like the bridge a free lino. But does the
proposition say this ) No. It says thnttho
Nebraska Central may build or cause to bo
built suck a line and if , therefore , any ono of
these dozen roads mentioned shall happen to
build n branch line Into Council Blulls the
Nebraska Central can demand this $100,000
from Omaha.
Wo nro asked what risks wo would Incur
if it should fail after we have voted the
bonds. But a few can bo mentioned :
First \Vo should Impair our credit. Ilnvo
you thought , of the sizs of this subsidy
$750,000 ! Nearly equal to all the bonds voted
this year for public improvements. Such an
exhibition of the tendency on the part of
this community to throw away its securities
cannot fail to bo disastrous to our credit. A
very small tnattor Influences the credit of
a city or community and it these
bonds nro voted nil other bonds of
the city must bo sold at a greatly reduced
price. Intbiswuywo shall lese thousands
of dollars. The result will bo that Orauha
will lese its reputation as n conseivativo
city and the day of our prosperity bo put for
into the future.
Second To vote these bonds drives all
competitors out of the field , and this Is just
what the Nebraska Central wants. They cry
monopoly , monopoly , when they are seokioK
to fasten upon Omaha the most burdensome
monopoly she has yet experienced , and have
the affroiltary to nsk that Omaha pay for it.
There are several corporations now In ex
istence whoso object is to bridge the Mis
souri river at this place , and furnish Inde
pendent terminal railroad facilities In
Omaha. If these bonds are voted to tno Ne
braska Central all other corporations seek
ing to do the same thing may as well with
draw from the field. This Is a sorlous
thought on the pert of the taxpayer. Lot us
suppose that the Union Pacillc Is antagonis
tic to any ot nor bridge ; which is easier for
that company to fight against , a whole field
of rival corporations or to have the number
reduced to but ono ? If these bonds are car
ried , until they expire , the Union Pacific can
give up fighting the interstate company and
all others seeking to bridge the river , und
devote its entire attention to the Nebraska
Central. Has the Nebraska Central In the
past so conducted Itself in the performance
of its pledges that Omaha should put into
the control ot that company tha entire
possibility of a bridge at this point , and by
that act destroy all the efforts of other citi
zens who are tryinc to give us a better thing
without asking aid for so doing !
Third It Is a great mistake to suppose
that if these bonds are voted that they nro not
p.\ynolo unless the enterprise Is a success.
When the Nebraska Central company takes
possession of tbo six blocks of land
is payable. Suppose they stop right there
and nothing moro Is done , that would nmtto
a very nice real estate speculation , would it
noti Has any provision boon mndo to get
back this $100,000 in case the balance of the
work should full ? Not any. The proposition
is not built that way. When $400,000 have
been ox ponded In Improving tnut land ,
another $150,000 Is payable. This im
provement may bo by the Nebraska
Central or any other railroad company.
Neither does It moan a $400,000 depot , but
may bo only a "calf shod. " Suppose the
Missouri Pacillc concludes to build a depot
there a.s the assignee of the Nebraska Cen
tral , and wo pay this $250,000 and nothlnc
more is done , wo have no "freo" bnden , no
terminal facilities , nothing for which wo
have ronllv paid this money. Is there any
provision by which It may ba recovered if
the brldgo is not built f Not any. So you
miulit go on from Item to Item aud you will
ilnd that this proposition Is so constructed
that for a very small amount of work the
Nebraska Central will bo nt llberly
to atop whenever it pleases after
drawing from the city and couuty a
largo amount of monoy. But thut ; Is not thu
idea which they present to tno people. They
build up before us a magnificent "canlo In
the air , " a grand paper work , and toll us this
is to bo their gift to Otnana , for which they
are to receive a certain subsidy. They ncg-
loot to say that tbo proposition is so drawn
that they have the option to accept all , or
any part of It ; to do just as much as they
sco lit and rocolvo a largo bonus , to give us
for that not this complete structure but an
abortion.
How many opportunities does this put
Into their hands for trading ? How easy it
would be to go to Jav Gould and offer For a
consideration to sell out the union depot site
und bonus. How easy It would bo to go to
the Union Pacific and sell out the county
bonus. If the Nebraska Contra ! nrn acting
In entire eood faith , those various proposi
tions would have been put In under nn
entirety , so that all of the enterprise would
have boon assured or no part of the bonus
would bo payable.
These nro the risks that wo run If wo vote
those bonds , whether the enterprise suc
ceeds or not. If It succeeds and is all built ,
this now tax of $70,000 per annum Is placed
on record u flrst mortgage on every piece of
property In Douglas county. Are the tax
payers ready to add to their Incumbrunco )
Does any man for a moment bollovo that by
subscription this $750,0X ( > bonus could bo
raised nmoni : the taxpayers of this county ]
Hardly possible. And yet , wo are told that
the opponents of this deal are not taxpayers.
Has tuo laboring man a mortgage on bis
homo whirh bo hopes to pav off ia bettor
times ? What folly it U to start that pay
ment by increasing the Incumbranco.
AKTI-UO.SU VOTEU.
HONORS JUSTLY BESTOWED
The Active , Stirring mul Brilliant Oarcor
of Whitolaw Reid ,
EDITOR , AUTHOR AND DIPLOMAT
Ills Itlso from n Coiiiitty KcwHpnpcr to
the Trout Itunl ; of Amrrlvitit .limriml-
tuts Itrlrlly Trnrril 'A Splnn-
< lld lU-voril.
Whltolnw UelO , candidate for vlco presi
dent on the republican ticket , Is ono of the
bsst known journalists in the United States ,
To his reputation ns a journalist ha has re
cently uddcd tlmt of a successful diplomat ,
having served his country f.iltliHilly aud
well ns minister to Franco.
There Is n moral In the Ilfoof Whltolnw
Hold well wotth the attention of the youth
of the country , Inasmuch as It oxemnllitcs
what can bo done by oucrgv nnd parsoVor-
anco.
Horn on October 27 , 1837 , at Xonln , O. , of
Scotch ancestry , ho has ever preserved the
1 rails of character of th.it nationality. Hub
ert Clmrlton Hold was his father , while his
mother , Marlon Whitolaw Konaldsvns a
direct descendant of thu famous Clan Kon-
nlilof the highlands.
One of iho first Kentucky pioneers was his
grnndfnthor , who catno from the south of
Scotland , but who , ut the beginning of llio
present century , crossed the Ohio river into
Cincinnati , of which ho uocaino ono of the
founders.
Ills oiUcrunl grandfather hid the reputa
tion of being ono of the sternest of coveniuit-
ois. U Is rotated or him Unit the land in
Ohio ot which ho was proprietor was ob-
tniuud only on condition that ho would opor-
ute u fuiry uorosj the rlVor every day In tnu
week , liR'HialnuSuimiiy. . Tut * wti * more
than bis conscience could bciir , mul rather
than break thu Sabbath dayi ho abandoned
Ins pioperty , purchased n new estate in
Oreono county , and there founded iho town
of Xcnlii , where his gnmdton was born ,
the Hes' . Hugh McMillan , also a Scotch
Covenanter and uncle of Whltolnw Hold ,
prepared Iho latter for college. At thai ilmo
Mr. McMillan was not only a trustee of
Miami university , but ho uas also principal
ot an academy nt Xouin/ During his
ncndomio and college LMrcor , thu reputation
of young Hold was of Iho best , and before ho
had attained hU nineteenth year ho gradu
ated with the hluhcM , honors.
Money nt that time , so far as the Held
family was concerned , was none lee plenti
ful , and young \ \ hiteliuv cast about him for
some employment. Almost Immediately bo
was oltored the prlucipalship ot the graded
school at Soutn Charleston. O. Will to the
salarj was small ho was Initial , nnd man-
need in lime to s.ivu enough to repay his
father Iho monov that had been expanded
upon his college course.
Ono year as a school teacher seemed
enough lor thu young man. At tto ngo of 20
ho purchased the Xenla Now * , and us the
editor ot tlmt journal ho lirst gave ventto his
ntdont republicanism. From the very start
ho tried to make his newspaper an exponent
of his party's principles. Ho had entered
politics long bcloro that timo. however , us in
the Fremont campaign of Iblili ho went on the
stump for his party nnd aid excellent
service.
At that time the Tribune , guided by
Horace Ureoloy , had become a power in the
country. Whltoluw Hold was a constant
reader of it and he was u strong ndmlror of
Mr. Orccloy's articles. These very articles
hclucd mateiially to mola his character and
to lit him for tbo services which ho after
ward performed tor the republican party.
Mr. Held first became a real figure in poli
tics in IbUO , when , although a warm personal
Incnu of Mr. Chase , ho advocated air. Lin
coln for the presidency. Qjtsido of Illinois ,
his was the first western newspaper to take
that position. Later on the martyr president
made hls > famous bpeech at Cooper Union and
then started westward. Mr. Uoid went to
Columbus to moot him. escorted him to
-Xeuln , nnd introduced him at the railway
station to Iho citizens of that place who had
congregated to meet him.
From that hour until the present White-
law Kcid has oeen laboring tor the wolfaio
of the republican party. Immediately niter-
ward she paid a visit to Washington nnd ibon
entered vigorously into tlio campiign by
accepting the position of secretary of the
Urocno county republican committee.
Growing tired ot editing 3 local paper , Mr.
Hold , in the winter ot that year , accepted a
position on the Cincinnati Times us legis
lative correspondent. Before that ho had
written letters to the Cincinnati Uazelto
which bad boon received with favor. Ills
compensation for hli correspondence to the
first nnmoJ paper was the munificent halary
of ? 5 per week. It was enough , however , tb
pay his .board bill , nnd at that time ho cared
for little moro. Ho looked upon It as being
paid so much for studying in a good political
school.
Ho held his position only a few weeks ,
however , as the editor of the Cleveland Her
ald , struck by the vigor of his articles , of
fered him 815 per week for a dailv letter.
This offer be accepted , and later on" the Cin
cinnati Gazette also ordered a daily letter ,
for which they were willing to pay f 18 per
week. From the date of his acceptance of
his last offer may bo traced the brilliant
career which ho afterwards pursued.
Ho loft the legislature nt the close of the
session to become the city editor of tbo Cin
cinnati Gazette nnd hold that position until
the war broke out , when ho wont to the
front us correspondent with McClollau'6
staff , nnd It was In that cnbaclty that ho won
his spurs.
Every ono who rrtatl the newspapers nna
lltoratnro of that 'titno can well remember
the letters from the sent of witf , published In
tlio Gnzotto ever tha nom do plume of
' 'Airato. " HU graphic pen depleted tlio
trupglo In n manner that few wnr corre
spondents on either sldo of the Atlantic ImVo
eijiiBlod.
As correspondent ho went through the
first nnd soeond Virginia campilgns ns well
na the Tennessee cnmimlgns , nnd tie was
also present nt t-'ort Donelson and I'lttsburg
Landing. Ilotoro the latter battle bo was
seriously ill in bed , hut ho loft it to witness
the struggle , nnd was tno only correspondent
who actually saw the l\xM. \
row things did more to boom the Onzotto
than hU graphic storv. It tilted moro than
'
ton columns , nnd W'hllolnw Hold , known to
the world onlv us "Agate , " hail gained a
national reputation. '
lie was also present nt the slogo of Cor-
Inlh , nnd oveii to this Uny ho relates how ho
and the ether correspondents wcro nnnoyod
by the potty tyranny of General Hnllcck ,
which llnaily resulted In their retirement
ftom headnuartors. In lee spring of 1SC3 ho
wnnt to Wnshlnctou , anil while there wns
offered the tnannRoment ot well known
paper of St. Louis. On hearing this , tlio
owi.ers of the Ga/otto Increased his snlarv ,
mid sold him , on coed turms , n largo
proprietary Interest In the concern.
I tils was the basis ot ills iiunnnlnl fortunes.
At once , nlmoit. ho bcc'imo n prominent cor
respondent at the nntlonnl capltnl nnd wris
appointed lihrarlnn of the house of repre
sentatives. While In Washington ho met
Horace Greoloy for the tlrst time Inlils Illo
anil iho two nt once hccauio close friends.
Mr. Greoloy Immediately niter the llrsl In
terview Invited him to rome to Now York
and Join the Tribune staff , hut Mr , Keld pre
ferred remaining where ho wan as the Tilb
tine's Washington correspondent ,
Kvon while nttondtiig to his duties nt
Washlncton Mr. Held found time to do some
war reporting mid among his exploits was a
visit to the haltlollold of Gcttysbutg nnil
willing from there ono nf the best accounts
Of the battln ever published.
When the echoes of tbo war had died
away , Mr. Held , In company with Mr. Chase ,
made a tour of thu nouth , and ns n result of
tlmt 11ho | | > nftcrwnrd published n volume
entitled , "After the Wnr : A Southern
Tour , " which bad a wide sale. In the spring
of I Slid ho leased thteo plantations opposite
Xatclici , where ho planted many r.cros of
cotton , which proved n failure. The next
year bo made a similar venture In Alabama ,
which proved profitable in moro wavs than
one. Ho found time then to wnto his "Ohio
In the War , " which formed an important ? * - \
part in the standard history of the great re
bellion.
It was In 1SOS tlmt Mr. Hold became editor
In charcoof the Cincinim 1 Gazette. Ho was
also Its correspondent durlne the Impeach
ment trial of 1'rotldent Johnson. If lor
nothing else , bis work there would hnvo
gained for him n icjiutntlon. Then Mr. Groo-
Icy rcnowe'd his Invitation nnil bhortl ; after
ward bo became nn editorial writer "on the
paper which bo practically owns today.
John Kussoll Young was at that time man
aging editor of tno Tribune , but ho BOOH
gave wav to Wnllolnw Held , who hold the
conlldui 03 of Horace Groelov more than any
other rnnn on the stiff , It was ho who , iu
Ib70 , by n lavish expenditure of money , sout
George \V. Smalloy nnd many others to the
Franco-Prussian war , nnd secured from them
n cable service that was tbo envy of the old
world as well as the now.
Shortly after Horace Grcoloy'a nomination
for the presidency in 1STho resigned tbo
position of editor-in-cbiof In favor ot Whlto-
law Held. It is not necessary to relate huro
the btory of that campaign. That it ended In
defeat was not thu fault of Mr. Held. On
Iho contrary , the Journal of which bo was
the bead did yeoman service. The doDth of
Mr. Grcclov followed , nnd it is related that
the lust words spolton by him were into the
ear of tbo young man who had succeeded him
in tbo Tribune.
During IS * : ) nnd 187i : the Tribune received
a setback ; but slowly It began to nso ngain.
In the presidential campaign of 1870 It sup
ported Mr. Hnyos , nnd in the bitter conflict
ever tbo disputed votes of the southern
states it was constantly for peace. Not lonu
after , Mr. Hold , through bis staff , succeeded
in uiiiavelingtho mystery of tbo famous batch
of cipher tolegrnms which pasied between
Mr. Tlldon'a agents in this city and the
democratic nirents nnd managers in the south
and in tbo fur west.
In IS O Mr. Hold warmly espoused the
nomination of James G. lilnltio , but when
General Garllold secured the prize ho Old not
Itciitnlo tosupport him , and it is an admitted
Jr.ct that the republican victory of that ycnr
was largely duo to his exertions.
In 1SS4 ho ngain laboiod bard for Mr.
Blainc , and when the latter secured the
nomination housed nil bis influence to so-
euro uia election. In 1SS8 ho supported General -
oral Harrison- and if any man living was en
titled to recognition at the hands of his
party , It was Mr. Held.
Up to the time Mr. Hold was offered the
position of minister to Franco ho had stead
fastly rtif used all political honors. Presidents
Hayes nnd Gnrfield both nsltcd him to become -
como American minister to Germany , but ho
declined. Journalism , ho then thought , was
moro in his lino.
On March 19 , 1SS9. he was appointed min
ister to France by President Harrison nnd
accepted. Before tnnt , in 1878 , the legislature
of the state of Now York elected him
regent of Iho State university n life post-
lion. Those nro the only ofllcos ho has held
up to date.
Mr. Hold Is n man of nttraotlvo presence ,
finely proportioned , erect nnd rather nbovo
the nvorago height. His countennnoo H open ,
nnd manly nnd at the same time dignillod
and commanding.
An odd nnd pretty trimming for hats nnd
bonnets consists of shaded oats dyed to nny
color desired. Crimson oats , purple nnd
brown shading to n light fawn tint , nro
formed into wreaths that ornament the
bums of bonnols with charming effect.
Largest Manufacturer- ; and Kotallon . ot
tbo West.
Shoulder
Arms-
Ladies who wear our $1.00 and $1.50
blouse waists will appre
ciate our half price sale
of ladies' and children's
blouse waists tomorrow
They'll be 50c and 75c.
In order to give visitors -Ji
a chance to try our cloth
ing we continue the 33l/3 per cent off
sale on men's suits. Special prices will
also be made on hot weather neckties ,
underwear , etc. The best selections of
summer coats and vests , straw hats etc. ,
will always be shown by us at the most
reasonable prices.
Browning , King & Co
/romnow till July 4 our store will lie . open . I { J XV P/jr .
ivoryday till SIMM , Saturdays till 10 p. in. | n "