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About The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 1, 1896)
i - ' s !. j ,j- mck'rpn rrsyrg?rr'g V01ll.NO. 5. ESTABLISHED IN 1SSG PRICn FiVE CENTS LINCOLN. NEB., SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 1 I89G. ENTERED IS THE POST OFFICE AT LIN'COLX AS SECOND-CLASS MATTEK PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY BY THE COURIER PRINTING AND PUBLISHING GO. Office 217 Xortli Eleventh St. Telephone 384 W. MORTON SMITH SARAH B. HARRIS Editor and Manager Associate Editor been criticised in theso columns. The propriety of somo of his methods and statements has been questioned. But withal he succeeded in doing what ho set out to do. He awakened a wide spread interest in Nebraska. His letters showed that there arc many worse places than Nebraska, that in fact, there are few better places. They provoked discussion and set people to thinking, and from theso letters has come a healthy, all-pervading sonti ruent. Tho World-Herald and other papers have sinco taken up the refrain and it has been demonstrated beyond all per-adventure, by irrefutable Tacts and figures, that Nebraska, even in the days of adversity and drouth, is an ex ample of unparalleled material progress and prosperity, with possibilities beyond Subscription Ratcs-In Advance. computation. Per annum 2.00 , . . Six months 1.00 Reference Las been made in The Three months 50 Courier to the successful work of the One month 20 Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben in Omaha, and Single copies 5 it ha8 been 8Uggeste(i that the same idea - might be profitably applied to the state. Recently the Nebraska club has been organized for a worthy purpose. OBSERVATIONS WhetheritwilJ be productive of great benefit remains to be seen. I might be made moro effective by following the T ., ,i iu, Ak-Sar Ben idea. Why not form a In the newspapers and elsewhere . ..... there is observable a patriotic desire to ? LeS,on f -JebraBka. a c oso or- "Stand Up For Nebraska" that is un- Ionization with the one definite pur- i - ..- ,oa pose of pushing Nebraska? An organ usual. At no time in ten years has J ,.,., , , ., , , . . i,.i i; ization of this kind properly equipped there been a more hopeful, loyal TeeliDg . l f throughout the state. Indeed it may and in he hands of the right sort of men be said that the people of Nebraska are f ff th 8tatf what 'ho Kn'Rhte i u.. ... v.o,- v.r. of. Ak-Sar-Ben have done and are doing aroused now as they never nave been b before, and are more loyal, more alert. rr maha- Through the darknesses of tho past ,, , 4. i :n..o,i If a man were offered all the gold that three years have the people journejed, haB been produced ;n California or in sometimes in discouragement, some- the Rocky mountains in return for the times in despair; but the lesson of ad- expenditure of time and money that has versitv seems to have borne fruit. Tho been spent in seeking and mining it, he trials have brought out the great vigor gSJ0"1 l tak th ffer and courage of our people. Misfortune Thi8 is not 'dearly or elegantly ex- has checked the spirit of extravagance pres8ed but it is probabIy trne. And that would, sooner or later, have caused tho ,PSSOn of it ig that the prosperity a revulsion independent of crop condi. attendant upon mining ;n(UBtrIes is tions. A temporary and accidental do- , . 8 ative and HctitiouB. To. parture from conditions that have ob- da7 meQ in Nebragka ar0 flock. tained practically uninterrupted for Jo Cr-pple Creek tj ca9t their twenty-five years has opened the eyes fortuna oq the BWjrt.runn; tMe of of the people, and warned hem against fa tfaat ebbsand flow8 Hbe anv other the habitof sloth ,n agricultural produc- nQW bringi rich tion. There ,b a apirit of investigation up broken 8pars and corpses and invention abroad in the land New -g a uncertain. After af what ;g the ideas are being rapidly applied, both in foundation for tho stability of a mining agriculture and commerce and the COUQtry? A hole in tho ground with a beneficent results are everywhere mam- little Bbjning metal in it. Tho supply may give out at any time, and then the , ,. superstructure that has been builded People have at last come to believe must co Hke a houge of that the recent experiences were wholly car(g NebraBka hag eomethinff in unnatural and not prophetic, lhey finiteI more 8ubstantia, and fit. have considered the accomplishments ab,e and certain than co,d and 8;,ver of the past quarter of a century and mines and of - men who they know more about the progress and are ,eav far (Jolorado tod . wealth of this state than they ever did be com; back t handed a few before. Altogether the state of feeling monthg or a year from now. is most encouraging. J. W. Johnson, familiarly known as "Jo," is entitled to distinction as the man who gave this patriotic movement its first real impetus. Mr. Johnson has The city of Lincoln is now well along in a process of liquidation that means many a private loss, but which will, ultimately, be of general benefit. En cumbrances are being removed and property is passing into tho hands of persons well able to improve it. Tho aggregate of indebtedness is being wonderfully reduced. There is a gen eral readjustment going on. When the tide begins to turn, it it has not already, the town will bo on a perfectly solid foundation, and all the people will bo in a position to benefit by it. Everybody wiil take a fresh start. Lincoln is sim ply passing through what Kansas C ity Sioux City, St. Paul, Minneapolis and every other now city has passed through. Noting the success of Mr. Jones in tho conduct of the Journal and confident in that gifted gentleman's ability to keep the wheels of the ponderous machine running, Mr. Gere has onibarUed in a little enterprise of his own, an enter prise that gives him a suitable oppor tunity for the display of thoso youthful enthusiasms and hifalootin tendencies that have ever been characteristic of Mr. Gere. Tho new enterprise is known as the Sunday Bicycle Journal, tho first appearance of which was celebrated tho first day of this week with appropriate pomp. It is understood that Mr. Gere has long been desirous of having some part of the Journal in which be could cavort around and kick up his heels un restrainedly, and not being able to se cure this privilege in the regular edition of the Journal he has decided to leave the morning paper entirely in the hands of Master Titwillow, taking tho Bicycle Journal for his own particular, peculiar property. In the Bicycle Journal Mr. Gere reigns supreme, and the result is spectacularly edifying. Master Titwil low looks askance at the coltish tended cies of his erstwhile superior, and in h:s own paper Sunday remarked that "thu public will hardly know how to tako it," (the Bicycle Journal). Mr. Gere was very interesting on his first appear ance last Sunday. The pity is that we have to wait a whole week for him. a Mighty empires are tottering. Thrones are threatened. Tho murmurs of the multitude ascend to heaven. Tho sky is leaden. The lightning flashes. The thunder rolls and roars in tremendous volume. Revolution stalks around tho earth carrying the death's head. Carn age is about to begin. War impends. Destruction is imminent. We stand on the eve of a revel of cataclysmic hor rors in which tho crashing of worlds will work the grand and awful finale. This is not the effect of drink. Neither is it the result of a night-mare. It is not caused by a perusal of a populist newspaper. There is nothing the mat ter. Just been reading the war corres pondence in tho Sunday newspapers, Col. Harwood remarks in the last issue of the Herald: -'If the people of Lin coln want good government, if they want an honest and efficient adminis tration, they now have an opportunity to take a step toward securing it. Let them remember that they have entire freedom or choice. The 'municipal gov ernment is just what the pcoulo mako it, either good or bad." This i'h a little trite, but to the point Tho frequency of theso expressions in Col. Harwood'B paper is generally taken as indicating a desiro on the part of Col. Harwood to do somo of the reforming himself. Whether he will bo a candidate for alderman or major is not at present known. A municipal election is coming. Somo good .sized men ought to bo crowded into the council, even if bigger chairs and desks have to be Eccured. The settlement of the claim of the Fitzgerald-Mallory company vs. the Missouri Pacific railway company by tho payment of $220,000 was probably the largest cash transaction that ever took ulace in this city. Business mon realize the importanco of this trans action. Practically all of this money will remain in Lincoln, and it means a big addition to the working capital of tho town It is understood that the lawyers got S80.000 of this money, leav ing 8140,000 to their clients. And yet it is sometimes said that lawyers are avaricious. Banish tho thought in tho faco of this object lesson of professional unselfishness. Trro fact that Judge Dundy dismissed tho contempt proceedings arising out of certain remarks in The Courier and later continued my hearing under the indictment by tho grand jury to somo time in May, has caused at least ono contemporary to wonJerif Judgo Dundy has not capitulated with the under standing that The Courier will remain silent in the future. If anybody imag ines that there is any understanding of any sort whatsoever he is very much mistaken. Nothing that Judge Dundy could do or omit could make any change in the attitude of Tho Courier. This paper is on record and it is prepared to stand by all that it has said. It does not propose to bo intimidated by sensa sational threats such as wero made per sonally by Judge Dundy before the grand jury in December. Neither will it stultify itself by making any com promise, the price of which is si'ence. In holding mo for contempt Judge Dundy was taking advantage of his high position to "get even" for criti cisms printed in these columns, the only proper redress for which is in a proceeding which he must institute as a private citizen. That he was con vinced of his mistake was evident in the dismissal of the charge. The second charge is even more ridiculous than the first. If it ever comes to a hearing I do not think that any one will insinuate that the case was not properly de fended. Through the last ten years Lincoln has been gradualy acquiring the frills which come to every community as it begins to take on age. Eight years ago Lincoln society was marked by its abstinence. Seldom it was that any- I i i i i $ ' A