THE COURIER.
thousand dollars on the effect of bis Bible candidates were nominated, but
oratory is revolting to sinners. The for the last two Tears, Lincoln citizens
'holiness meetings" now being held have been served by men capable of
in Chicago are addressed by this Duke filling the positions they were elected
M. Farson. whom relicion has not re- to. Captain Billingsley, L. L Lind-
fined and to whom it means, shouting,
weeping, groans, unctious singing
and laying bets on his hypnotic
powers. 4
A Profitable Scheme.
If Pat Crowe is not guilty he should
make arrangements with one of his
relatives to deliver himself up to
the police and afterwards divide the
reward for hisupprehension. The re
ward is offered for the aprehension
of Croweand Pat 'tias'showrr that he
will not take chances on any uncer
tain delivery of money agreed to.
He has a fertile imagination and
plans for the immediate exchange of
the twenty-five thousand dollars for
his corpus would be easy for him to
formulate though it seems somewhat
difficult to amateur kidnapers.
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Kingtinm.
The German Kaiser understands
the art of dress and the influence it
has upon others. He gets himself up
in the robes of royalty of tener' than
the other kings. He rides out sur
rounded by guards and fenced off from
the public by a state which fairy lore
has bred in us an appetite for. A
man in a sack coat and a derby hat,
-undecorated, inspires no particular
awe, even when we know he was born
a prince. Kings make a mistake,
considering the twentieth century
uncertainty in regard to the perma
nency of their jobs, in not oftener
dressing for the part. The people do
not -get R) very much for their money
and their royal employes-should be
willing to occasionally wear a crown
and an ermine-lined gown and assume
an air of hauteur strong enough to
satisfy the cockneys that they are
looking at a real king. King Edward
TIL rode to his first parliament in a
regular Barnum coach, immense, and
gilded with real gold-leaf where he
sat folded in an ermine robe in a
glittering solitude that nearly drove
London wild witli delight. Among
the billions of noses, mouths, eyes,
and ears, that compose the faces of
the monotonous multitudes we have
seen ever since we were born, there is
not enough difference to quench the
longing for variety and romance that
fills every wistful human breast. A
new king, with a fabulous crown con
taining jewels, for which the world
lias nc match, should give his subjects,
more than half seduced by the prom
ises of democracy, a sight of a real
say and men of their ilk formerly
feared by the taxpayers and lovers of
law and order have no longer an?
power. In city government they have
the power of their individual votes
and that is all, which is not exactly
true: They have a repulsive influence.
It is doubtful if any other influence
could have called out so many voters
for Winnett as the advertisement
that Captain Billingsley was for Mr.
Woodward. Fear that the gang that
controlled the city before the days of
the operation of the Lincoln system,
as well us a wholesome respect for
the administration of Mayor Winnett,
induced men who are not in the habit
of voting, to vote at the recent pri
maries. The overwhelming indorse
ment of the candidates of law and
order demonstrates the complete over
throw of the old gang which baa ter
rorized and tyrannized over Lincoln
for years.
In taking account of progress, it is
gratifying to note the impotence of
these ward bosses, whose interests are
directly opposed to tax-payer's inter
ests, who want a wide-open town, and
a mayor they can reason with and
convince. Little cities are micro
cosms of big cities and Lincoln is,
just at present as deservedly compla
cent, for her size, as New York will be
when sli2 finally defeats Tammany
ball, installs, a decent, mayor, gets
rid of Chief Devery and acquires an
efficient and honest police force. In
describing Bill? O'Brien of Chicago
who is a candidate for alderman in
the fourth ward of that city the
editor of the Record says of him
"The recrudescence of 'Billy O'Brien
is a distinct misfortune for the resi
dents of the new Fourth ward. If he
shall be elected be need not be ex
pected to serve his ward In any help
ful manner. Its streets will remain
neglected and its alleys unclean, and
its complicated street and steam rail
way lines will be used to the best ad
vantage of the alderman. Instead of
talking care of the interests of the
ward O'Brien will make the interests
of the ward take care of him. The
evil of 'Billy O Brien in the council
will not be borne solely by the Fourth
ward. He is one of the 'gray wolves'
described by the Municipal Voters'
league. He belongs to the political
carnivora of Chicago. His presence
in the city council will be a menace
to the entire city.
The "gray wolves" of Lincoln have
been beaten by determined hunters
who have made up their minds that
they shall no longer prey on this com
munity. They are not wiped out of
existence and they still have a certain
influence in conventions where the
kinf. in a priceless crown, ridinu in a
gold coach drawn by horses caparison- packcan assemble and terrify those
ed in cloth of gold, and decorated in
gold-mounted harnesses. Gorgeousness
.such as this is worth the price to the
f populace and though the slmple-
hearted,""unaffected King 'Edward the
not acquainted with their real weak
ness. They are waiting for a chance
and while they are circling around
Lincoln to find an unprotected spot,
it is just as well that the voters know
TIL may be averse to making a show that they are there and watching and
of himself, an occasional exhibition of tbat when the common fate of man
ana woives overtaxe inem, oilier
"'gray wolves" will take their places.
pageantry is essentially gratifying to
all people.
An Invoice.
The city primaries just held by the
"republican party has again demon
strated the efficacy of the Lincoln
system. In the Lincoln system no
trading is feasible. One disreputable
candidate can not make a bargain
with a more reputable man to ex
change delegations. It is impossible
for employer or patron to hold any
' club over employes. Only a limited
sum of money can be spent and very
few men care to buy votes which they
can not see delivered. When the Lin
coln system was tirst tried improper
nomination's and unworthy and Inell-
The City Federation.
When the federation of Lincoln wo
mens' clubs ceased to meet, the organ
ization was not discontinued. It was
agreed upon by the committee of dele
gates from the several clubs who met
to discuss the propriety of discontinu
ing the organization, that the presi
dent of the woman's club of Lincoln
should act as the president of presi
dents of all the clubs of Lincoln, so
that when there is a necessity for
united action an officer for calling
them together and dividing them into
departmental agencies to accomplish
a definite end may not be lacking.
That this was a very wise plan was
demonstrated last fall when the clubs
of the state met in Lincoln in annual
session and preparations for their
entertainment, arrangement for an
audience-room etc., were made by
Lincoln club-women under the effic
ient direction of Mrs. Bushnell, presi
dent of the Lincoln woman's club.
Where a city is, like Lincoln, divided
up into a large number of small clubs,
it is extremely convenient, on occa
sions to have the machinery of organ
ization into one large city club at
band. In Omaha there is practically
but one club, the active and very large
woman's club. In any movement in
which the club women of Omaha are
united, the president of the woman's
club is, tacitly, the executive. Polit
ically (in club politics; the office of
president of the woman's club requires
more tact, quickness and parliamen
tary knowledge than any other office
in local clubdom. The title of the
president of the woman club is presi
dent of the woman's club and presi
dent of the presidents of all Lincoln
clubs.
Neighborhood Centers.
The Chicago city council has recom
mended using school-bouses as they
are or were used in rural districts,
as meeting places for the neighbor
hood. Heretofore these great plants
into which communities have put
their money have stood idle for three
months of the year and are rarely used
at night. Ihere is no reason why
when not in use for school purposes
the buildings should not be used as
meeting-houses for debating clubs,
women's clubs and all kinds and forms
of association for cultivation of the
higher social instincts forthedevel
opementand encouragement of which,
the latter part of the nineteenth cen
tury was so remarkable.
The Chicago plan contemplates
making the schools public-library
centers and centers of civic and social
education in addition to theirjliter
ary function.
Postal Reform.
Congressional indignation is aroused
eery session because the costlof the
postal service exceeds its income. The
deficit is charged to the newspapers,
in order to keep the public from dis
covering that the abuse of the frank
ing privilege is the most serious tax
upon the service. Just now, when
members of congress are going home,
the Washington post-office is filled
with their boxes. Each congressman
is furnished with three boxes, free
from the House carpenter shop. Two
are of pine, strongly braced, and one
is of cedar. Each box is three feet
long, two feet wide, and a foot and a
half deep. The congressman Is sup
posed to pack them with documents,
etc and frank them through the post
office to his home. Investigation
shows that they are frequently filled
with clothing, bedding, type-writers,
etc. For the outgoing congress over
one thousand boxes have been shipped
to different parts of the country, to
gether with more than that number
of bags of public documents, which
will be distributed by the members
and ex-members during the summer.
Their total weight approximates, ac
cording to a Sun correspondent,
400,000 pounds and the shipments
average 20,000 pounds or ten tons a
day. As it costs seven cents a pound
to send and handle this "mail mat
ter," the deficiency in the postal rev
enue is accounted for when a year's
free sending of public documents and
reports is reckoned. Congressmen
used to send their laundry home
through the mails. Pianos, ranges,
bedsteads, and all of the various arti
cles which a congressman uses to dec
orate his home or himself, have been
sent through the mails, unboxed and
with only the congressman's address
pasted on them. This abuse has been
corrected by newspaper ridicule. But
the silly packages of seeds, and docu
ments, transportation charges on
which should be paid by the addressee
are still franked through the mails,
and the deficit in the post-office,
curectiy the result of the absurd
things franked through the mails,
charged to newspapers.
A Slim Cfiffi
Mayor Carter Harrison has been l
mentioned as a presidential democrat
ic possibility. His administration in
Chicago will probably prevent such
an accident. Blaine never recovered
the prestige destroyed by the publica- A.
tion of the Mulligan letters. He was
a great man, eloquent and able, but
the suspicion of using a representa
tive position for his own gain was
sufficient to make him a "tatooed
man." The presence in Chicago of
hundreds of thugs and hold-up men
suggests mayoral permission to those '
who know the habit of grafters. Sud
position of complicity or collusion
with thugs is sufficient to destroy his
chances with a national convention,
which would not be likely to nomi
nate a man handicapped at the begin
ning by an unfavorable record.
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A Summer School
Superintendent Gordon of the city
schools proposes to establish a sum
mer school. The outlines of his plan
are printed on another page. In Chi
cago and New York such schools have
been conducted by private subscrip
tion. It is proposed here to charge a
tuition of six dollars for the two
months. A fund might be raised by i
subscription to pay the tuition otm
pupils whose parents are unable to
pay it. Everyone should read what
superintendent Gordon has to say
about the summer school. Prolonged
idleness, especially the idleness of a
child, who has no richly stored mind
to stimulate him. is demoralizing.
Botanical excursions, manual-labor
lessons, language lessons and a retreat
into paths already trodden but not
sufficiently explored, will solve the
problem, of what to do with the boys
and girls in the summer time.
Society.
Dr. Huntington, rector of Grace
church New York, delivered an ad
dress to the New England society of
New York on the influence of women
and the demoralizing effects of bridge
whist which is plaved at private
houses for stakes. Of women he said:
"I draw my illustrations from the
lives of women because they are the
custodians of men's morals. Men are
what the women make them. The
more men desert the church for the
clubs, the more woman as the arbiter
of morals becomes accentuated. In
the life of the Puritan, the matron
and the maiden stood out spotless.
The spirit of discipline made them
what they were. We must have that
back if we would have life."
It is a strictly professional and min
isterial pointof view that men are what
women make them. Women respond
quite as readily to the influence of
men. But from time immemorial the
pulpit, like Adam, has charged woman
with beginning whatever wickedness
was most objectionable in the hour
when the sermon was written. There
are only a few women preachers and
only here and there a few newspaper
women to refute the charges. So the
accusation has become an indict-
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