Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 13, 1880, Page 4

HE DAILY BEE: DECEMBER 13 1880. <. ROSEW AT — De La Muryr's congressivnal days are nambnered and ha mopes about the capit 1 wondering which are most un- gratefal, ch..rhes or constituencies. NEVADA popiTs estimate that Ool. Fuir spent over §150,000 to elect a democratic .ezislsture ana secure for himeelf tue senatorship. It was the most expeus.vostaie Fair ever held in Nevada. TeE motto in tae last campaign which did the most service to the re- pablican party was, “Let well enough alone.” JIf the would-be financial tinkerers of the east are wise thuy will heed it during the present "session of congress. ] THE legislature of Nebracks will meet at noun on the third of Javusry, and will be com»osed of 114 members —30 in the senate and 84 in the bhouse. Balioung for United States senaror will begin oh the 17th of Jun- uary, and at least one balloc a duy mus: be cast un:il the result is de- clared. —_— THE opiuion of tas supreme which reverses Judge Savage’s Cecis ion in the South Omazha sewer ca: court isa fortunate one for the city et larze. It means a propes exteusion of oar sewerage system, the exp f which will be borne by the v North Omaha will now aud South Omaha must bear portion of the expense. it will be found that the 1 citizens will gain nothin » & great deal. ha e In tne Tae New Yorc Judge Black’s croshing lettr laws governing railroad monc bud ior w uew issue cv which t ocratic party may nde nto p The T'ibune echoes the monopo 80 often the Om-h gan of Jay Gould, that all an oly advocates are poor republicans « aswsistaut democrata. — TaE friends of Dick Adams, the de- f.ulting postmaster of Deadwood, sre tuskiug sirong exeriions to procure his pardon by President Hayes before ho puts cn a convicts siriped suit, What reason nas the president for P4 oning Adame any more than ope of uh- score of horse thieves and high- waywen seut to the penitentiary from the Glack Hills. His defalcation was brazen &ud defiant, and for nearly thrce years was bushed up by officers of the department. If ever anybody ever deserved to have a striped suit auu shaved bead, Dick Adams the man. — ribune t = raised by is Tae English court of sppeals has decided that Jim McHenry, one of the leeciies who lived for years on the Eric, must pay over to the recetver some §2,000,000 claimed as commis- sions for the placing of stock and bonds for the Erie stockholders. Jay Goold robbed the Erie road of $9,000,- 000, Jim Fick of $2,000,000, and tweniy others have made themselyss rich off its earnings. Yet to-day the roud is earning & heavy surplus on an over capitalization of four times its valug, and the stock is steadily ad- vancing. These esormous sums have beon drawn out of the pockets of the people, and the railrosd maguates alcne have reaped the benefits, THE telegraph announces that two resurrectionists of Adrian have been seut to the Michigan penitentiary for a year. What has been done in the case of the Omsha grave r bbers! The sentiwent of the community demands a prompt and thorougli investigation of the outrage. Why has the district attorney been idle in the matter? If property is found in the possession of an individual and there is presumptive evidence that it has been stolen that pe:aon is comyelled to give an account of himself. Why has not this course been taken with the officers of the mcdical college in whose rooms the maagled remains of a human being were found festering? The public has a right to know what steps have been taken in the matter and what course the sworn officers of the law intend to pursue, — COERCION OR REFORM. A large class of English conserva- tives, headed by the landed intarest snd championed by Mr. Fronde, are urging upon the British miristry the necessity of immediate and violen ¢ measures of coercion towards Ireland, snd exemplary punishment in the cases of Mr. Parnell and the indicted members of the land league, Laying aside all thought of remedying the grievous'wronge, which even such up- holders of the Imperial authority are forced to admit have been the prime cause of the Irish uprising, they mis- take violence for strength and urge vengesnce before answering to the appeals of Ireland for justice and re- form. The first step toward any gen- uine solation of the troubles which are now racking the country must bo & full and fair recoenirion | by the British mmistry and the Eug- lish people that Irish agitation and sedition ariss from a¢state of zffuirs which cannot be met by denunciation nor aided by a display of armed force. A people convinced of the justice of their cause is not likely to be quelled into submission by arguments devoted to showing them that the means by which they are endeavoriog to make their wrongs apparent and to awaken public sentiment to a. knowledge ot their desperate condition, are not strictly within the bounds of the common laws or sanctioned by the d-cisions of the English courts of judicature. Itisidle for the British ministry to prate upon a strict en- forcement of justice in an island where justice has long been a mockery where equity in the of the peasantry has never had an existence. It will be equally vain to bring into ope ration the machinery of coercion which was last attempted in 1871, with what permanent r-sults the present popular uprising at- Supposing the cabinet decides susperd the habeas corpus act, silence the voice of the press, arrest leaders and followers by the score, and estatlish a reign of ter- ror throughou. the island, what ad- vance wilt have been made towards a and case testis, to permanei t and practical solution of the Irith troubles. What hope will bere be for the future of order and | trarquil submission to the present un- versally adwitted iniquitous system of land tenure! By repressing one Irish disturbance for a time the cabinet "'“ | will only insure i’s recurrence for the fature. Mr. Gladstone’s ministry have fall- en heir to a tremenaous task in the © | solnrion of the Irish difficulty. Their | conrse, up to the time when the prose- of the leaders of the Land sue was decided upon, has been for most port & just and a moderate | can they hope to gain {from the conviction of Mr. Parael) ssociates! 'The causes of the pres gitation are beyond the con- trol of ue man or set of men. Toey are rcoted deep on a basis of wrong, shameless oppression and bar- barons exiostion They spring from se of distorted justice, and bear their fruir dieaffection and long as those causes exist. The pacificatio- Ireland wili uot depend upon coercion, legal prozecttione and an exhibition of the strergth of the home govera- ment, but mely ard prudent leg islation. Urdaunted by the detor- mined opposition of the land d interest aud the obstinacy of the house of lords, undisturbed by the cries that they are introducing an epoch of confiscatic n, catting at the root of ali property and sappirg the bulwarks of tbe English nation, the Liberal min- istry, if they entertan any desire for permanent peace in Ireland must in troduce at the next session a land bill, which strike deeply at the the pre- sent system andlordism, | cution But w a strong will of sedirion cor to of will of Trish establish a syziem of tenure by which tenants may resp the benefit of their toil. and supportand edncate their families aud fit them to become useful and happy members of society. No half way measures witl suffice. Not until such a measure is adopted aad put into succes-ful cperation can the Brirtsh minisiry expect tosee peace and 1 rosperity in Ireland. —_— AUTOMATONS OR INSTRUCTORS. In a previous article TeE BEE ex- pressgd its opinion that one of the greatest causes of complaint in our admirabls system of common schools arose from the difficulty of procuring competent instructors in the varions grades. This defect, as we stated be fore, is the nataral result of the rapid expansion of our educational system, both in the number of its pupils and in the wide extent of territory covered by our public schools. No course o study, however, thorough it may be in theory, can be profitably paorsued by the majority of our school popula- tion without the intelligent and help- ful direction of competent and edu- cated instructors. Such teachers, it is difficult to pro- cure. Great as has been the expendi tare of public monies for normal schools for the training of teachers, and numerous as are the graduates of these institutions, they bave as yet largely failed to meet the want which they were created to supply. Not- withstanding this fact, the profession is crowded. There are ten applica- tloas for every vacant seat on the platforms of our schools, and yot we ventare the assertion that none of the so-called learned Lrofessions is filled with 80 many members totally unfit- ted for the duties devolving upon them, as ir that of public instruction. Too many of the teachers in the pub- lic schools are mere automatons, ma- chines for the enunciation of rules and facts, listeners rather than im- parters of knowledge, remorseless Gradgrinds, with no higher smbition than to dole out the morsels farnished by the enter- prising publishers of patent readers, arithmetics and school histories. root o The trite old saying that “a poet iz born, not made,” might with ¢qual truth be applied to the successful teachers. Such instructors as Dr Arnold, of Rugby, ard Horace White, of Boston, men who have lef: their mark on educational methods by rea- son of their own independence of all conventional methods of instraction, are rare instances of genius in the art of teaching. Education means “‘drawing cut,” not forcing down, and the successful teacher is that one who beet draws out the capabilities of the individual pupil, and leads, rather than forces, it into the paths of knowl- edge. To a large extent the teacher should be independent of the text book. ‘‘Hearing lessons” and teach- 1ng are two separate and distinct mat- ters. Any one who can read and write is competent to do the one; com- paratively few are fitted to perform the duties of an instructor If improvement in our educational system hasadvanced along any one line more than another during the past five years, it has been in the direction of improvement of teachers. The much vaunted Quincy school system depends for its success almost eutirely upon the individual excellence of its instructors. The Cleveland and Peoria schools which have been the models for those of twenty otner citits, arethe result of able superintend- ence and intelligent enthusiastic in- structors. In oarown :ity the grade of teachers is higher then it has been for Omaha can point with | satisfaction to a numberof faithful years, earnest instructors in her public schools, The responsibility for the selection of competent teachers rests upon our school board. The disgraceful blun- der which they made in the case of Mr. Lyon should never be repeated. No superintendent or teacher should be elected to a position in our schools before a searching examination of his quahfications. Examination s"ould always precede not follow an election. If this plan had been fol- lowed in the casa of Mr. Lyon, much trouble and embarrassment would have been avoided. Finally the success fail- ure of our school system is intimately connected with ‘he ques- tion of efficient instruction. The pu- pilsshould catch enthusiasm in their work from intelligent, refined and sympathetic teachers who know how to adapt their instruction to the ca- picity of the children. There is a sufficient number of mere automa- toms i our public school system. Let us have for the future cunly competent nd efficient instractors. or LITERATURE AND JOURNALISM. THe Navar ExcycLor@pia. L. R. Ha- aersly & Co., Philadelphia. (IBNER'S MONTHLY and St. NIcHOSAs. Scribner ., New York. Lirtery’s Livise AGe. Littell & Co., Boston. THE ANARCHIST SOCIALISTIC-REVOLUTION- ARY RE Dr. Nathan Ganz, pub- lisher, 3 Worcester Square, Boston. The long promised Naval Encyelo- pedia, for sast in the hands of the printer and elec- trotyper, wiill be ready for iesue to subscribers . an early date. I's pub- lizhers .sessrs, L. 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The other eve I read THE BEE, And hung 1t on the floor, And its famea *“Body-snatching case,” Commenced to ponder o'er; ‘When presently I heard a tap, A voice my name did call, I recognized Policeman Ford And Marshal Westerdahl. They asked me to cowe right along And quick investigate, A case sgainstthe city’s peace, An outrare on the state. I donned my overcoat and hat, Ay cane 8 ung on my arm, And starte | off with them to see ‘I he cause of this alarm. They led e to Farnham and Thirteenth, To the top of Helinan’s block, They open a door «nd thrust me in, And turned on the loc! A score of students glared on me, With griw cadav’rous glares, And neath a pale blue jet of gas, Stood 1'emonstrator Ayres. A charnel odor filled the room, Wierd howled the arctic wind, And on a centre-table lay— A corpse that had been skinned. Its muscles, arteries and vens, Were gaping to my view, Y Its fleshl-ss sku'l on side-board grinned, The light was hellish blue. 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A | liberal casn commission to postmas- | ters and others acting as local agents. | T hoped to wait for Gabiiel’s twot Not hoping to come here; But Doctor Mercer and’ Livingston, Came i the dead of night, And dragged me thro’ the coffin head, Again to public sight. “T was carried here in a gunny bag, And spread out, a« you see, Each anatomic student cuts A pork-steak off of me, My grinnicg skull’s on yonder shelf Tor phrenologic view, My noble brain and lovicg heart, Wil soon bein a stew. ““My lusty lungs are fed to hogs, My flesi: will sausage mar, My cuticle they s y they'll tan. lo wrap a mild cigar,”— His tale of woe was quickly stopped By a crash at th’ door— And T jumped np. I was asleep, And dreamiog «n the floor. PERS 'NALPARAGRAFHS. Manager Armstrong, of the A. & P, telegraph office, returned from Chicago yesterday. J. A. Adams, U. P. agent at Aspen, went west yesterday. He has been with the company since 186 Co'. Bidger, a San Francisco, went west yesterday. Capt. N. T. Spoor returned to Denver yesterday. e mining operator of Lieut. Hayward, formerly of company G, N. S. M., left yesterday to resume his run on the Utah Northern. Hon. J. H. Millard returned from the east ye-terday. Guy Barton, Esq., ot North Platte, was inthe city yesterday. James M. son, of the U turned from New York yesterday Land Commissioner-Elect Kardall was in the city yesterday A. P Wooi, of the U, P. enciveer’s de- partment, ha . returned from the west. P., re- General Manager Touzalin and Gencral | Freight Agent Lowell left foc Chicago | Saturday evening in a B. & M. special car. Commodore Maury, commauder of the steamer ““City of Tokio,” arrived with his family from the west yesterday, and went east via. she C., B. & Q. spe ymaste - Corcoran, Pacific squadron, went ea Col. Sumner, U. 8. A., g the city last ni-h*, en ronte to New York, Lieut. Ducarr, from Ft. Sandes, was an east; bound passenger last night. Luke Voorhees, of the Black Hills stage line. came in from Sidney yest-rday. Gen. Geo, Crook left for Washington city last night, in obediince to a summons from Gen. Sherman. Frank Murray, N. Shelton, Geo. Mil- ler, Ezra Millard. and P. W. Hitchcock, were among the east bound passengers last evening. James Murray returned from the Gun- nison country yesterday. Dr. S. D. Mercer went west Saturday, Chas. Atkins came in from Chicago Sa- turdaymorning. Geo. E. stevens, of the U. P., has gone east. D. O. Clarke went out to Rock Springs Saturday. Judge Lake came up from Lincoln Sa- turday noon. John ¢ eattty, Jr., of Ogden, is visiting in Omaha. Thos. Gibson wentto Fremont Saturday on business. D. C. Howard, of Fremont, was in the city Saturday. Klmer Frank camein on the 0. & R. V. train Saturday. G Hon. Geo. E. Pritchett returned from | Hastings Friday. : Conductor Geo. Duncau, of the U. P., has gone to St. Louis. T. S. McMurray, tax agent, U. P., left | for Cheyenne Saturday. | Frank Hanlon was among the arrivals | from the State Capital Saturday. ! H. E. Friese, agent of Ellis’ “Oaken | Hearts” combination, is in the city. i Mits Mattie Kennedy, of the telephon | office, left for the east Saturday afternoon. | Terms to agents farnished on appli- cation. Specimen coies free, Address THE REPUBLICAN, | Springfield, Mass. Senator Farley, of California, went | through, bound for Washington. Friday | eve ing. i T SR B | mew-t g J Immense Stock for = " FALL AND WINTER Fine Custea-Made CLOTIEING Men’s Suits, Boys’ Suits Children’s Suits. WINTER OVERCUATS For Men, Boys, and Children, Under-Wear, iiats snd Trunks and Valises, Prices to Suit Ail R POL ALE'S ljarnham Street, Near Fourteenth at AGENTS FOR D’ VLIN BUOSTUN GLOTH! rosnzrose, | GROC 0MA Ll oMAHA Al T e X MEVER & CO. O VK EX & . VA Fishing Tackle, Base Balls and a full line of MAX MEYER & CO, WHOLESALE Cigars from $15.00 per 1000 upwards. 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