Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 4, 1881, Page 4

4 The Omaha Bee. YPublished every morning, exeept Sunda,y “The only Monday morning daily | TERMS BY MAIL | One year......810.00 | Three Montlhs, £3.00 Six Months 5.00 | One v 1.00 KLY BEE, published ev. | T PAID: ’ oar, . 00 | Three Months. . 50 | Months 1.00 | One Witer CORRESPONDENCE A1l Commmni. <cations relating to News and Editorial mat- ters should be addressed to the Enitox or “Tur Bre. BUSINESS LETTERS Tetters and Remittances should be a dressed to Tre OMARA PUBLISHING Cov- FANY, OMAHA. Drafts, Checks and Post office Orders to be made payable to the order of the Company OMAHA PUBLISHING C0., Prop'rs E.ROSEWATER., Editor, dohn H. Pierce is tha Authoria- Aation Agent for THE DAILY B All" Rusiness | | | | Cireu Ixvications.—For the Upver Mis- ®issippi and Lower Missouri Valleys: warmer, fair weather, variable winds shifting to southeast, followed by sta- tionary or falling barometer. Thurs is a year of dead-locks, Lonp Durreniy will not succeod Sir KEdward Thornton at Washington. This will let some other duffer in. Ir is summer weather in Albany. #ut the politician should know no summer, Ho should always be cool. Oxe-Tiiepof the Republicans of the XNew York legislature support Mr. Conkling, and one-fourth Mr. Platt. Tnk Old Guard died but refused to surrender. The modern Old Guard won't die, but frequently deserts. Taar $30,000 house which Senator Platt bought about a month ago at Washington will shortly be for sale or to rent. Tir Presbyterian general assembly Tias located its Temperance committeo in New York. This is a slight on Kansas. Tur quacks si the medical law dias gone into effoct have discovored that Nebraska is an inhospitable eoun- try, SENATOR CONKLING i8 alone respon- “Hit by his own boomerang” will be the gene werdict. sible for his misfortunes. —_— AND now the paragraphers have a xich field for remarks on Lorillard's Tprug.” Several Amoricuns at Epsom Downs found it good to-back-'er. SevERAL of the monopoly journaly are climbing the fence and apparently taking the side of the peopl o on the 4ransportation question. They are “‘donning the livery of heaven to sorve tho devil in.” Our dispatches forshadow the con- solidation of Gould’s entire south- western system at an early day. Con- solidations are popular with railroad kings bocause they destroy competi- tion and diminish expensos, A CoNNECTICUT MAN has invented a breach-loading pipe which can be dis- charged and reloaded without beir relighted. If the same genius can only invent a breach-loading pocket book for husband'’s use about the time of millinery openings, he will not have lived in vain, Tur Manhattan railroad company is a corporation whose capital consists of $35,000,000 of stock, all water, Mr, Conkling has been retanied as its ©ounsel in suits brought against it by ¢he city of New York for evasion of taxes. This is another link in the chain of Conklings antimonopoly rec- ord, —_— Ir has boen feared that there would be trouble in shipping grain by way of Now Orleans during hot months in consequence of the liability toheating, On this point the 8t. Louis Republican says: ‘‘There has been no complaint about hot or swelling grain on the barges, not even the faintest whispor, There has been some heating of grain and meal shipped by rail to interior points of the South, but’the grain ahipped by river has gone all right, ‘The heating on the cars proves, what has long been claimed, that the admi- rable arrangements for ventilating the | barges make the danger of grain heat- ing in transportation by river very much less than by either rail or lako and canal,” —_— Tue medical bill passed by the late logislature went into effect on Wednes. day, and all of the physicians qualif under the provisions to practice in Omaha have complied with its re- quirements under oath. It is under stood that a number of quacks who have been preying upon human in- firmity in our city have also registered. By s0 doing they have committed per- Jjury and made themselves amenable to the laws of our state. The physicians, not only in Omaha, but throughout the state, ought to take the matter in | hand aud appoint a committee to fer- ret out the impostors. The grand jury of Douglas county soon meets and an investigation of the offenders will be #he next thing in order. ( THE OMAHA DATLY BEL: A METROPOLITAN DAILY. | Having fought its way inch by inch in the face of most formidable opposi jion and distanced its local contempo raries in commanding influcnce, Tiy | Bee now enters the front ranks of | journalism to take its place side by | side with the leading papers of the | country. | During the ten years since Tie Bex | was founded Omaha has doubled and Nebraska more than treb led her population. The circle which ton years circumscribed | by the of has enlarged, and extends new from the Mississippi river to the great Salt | Lake. more than | ago was boundaries Omaha | In this vast field no metropol- [itan journal has as yet been cstab- | lished; mainly for the reason that ne | paper commanding the necessary capi- tal of money brains and plack has com- | mended itself to public favor and con- | fidence by a foarless, honest, outspok- | en, aggressive championship of the | interests of the producing and indus t advoeacy of needed political reforms. | classes, and an earnest aid in the building up of our rapidly growing city and contribute to the material developement of the whole weat. What has long been needed in Omaha, and the west is a widely cir- culated popular paper that can match the papers of other great cities and is not dependent upon the patronage of politicians or corporate monopo- lies. We confidently believe that Tnr Ber will meet this want. aware that the publication of a first- class metropolitan eight-page daily that can make pretensions to rivalry with the dailies of other great western cities, is a laborious and costly under- taking, and we have made ample prep- arations to We are meet every emergency. We have in our press rooms the most superb set of newspaper printing ma- chinery wost of Chicago and north of St. Louis. We have the first and only latest improved double-cylin- der Hoe extant either Towa, Kansas Nebraska, and we have the fivst and only folding ma chines Our font of type is larger and more complete than is posscssed by any other paper, west of the Mississippi, and in every other respect our facilities for publish- ing a first class™Mtily are unrivalled by any paper this side of Chicago. The exhibit we make elsewhere of our circulation shows that Tur Bek has reached a stage of growth that makas such costly and extensive printing facilities an absolute necessity. It will be our aim in the future as in the past to keep abreast of every ad- vance in journalism. The enlarge- ment of the morning edition of Tur Ber does not merely mean an addition to the quantity of paper, but an in- crease in the quantity of general news and an improvement in the qual- ity of its reading matter, The principles we have championed, and the doctrines we have advocated press in or | these three states. in the pust we propose to maintain in the future, with all the zeal and vi at our command. At no time more than at the present has the demand S for cheap transportation been moro general and tho relations between the rail ays and the people be 1 more clearly defined. The necessity of milway regulationsis now univer sally recog The imperative need of a thorough reform in the civil service and the divoree between the national executive and congress in the distribution ot patronage is rapid- ly forcing itself upon the public mind. The rigid accountability of publ officers to their constituents, and the weeding out of dishonest and incom- petent barnacles is becoming the pop- ular watchward everywhere. Public sentiment is gradually com- pelling the press to fall into line upon the platform upon which Tux Bee had planted itself years ago, and this sontiment has been created in a large measure by the persistent offorts of this paper. Encouraged by the fruition of its labors Tur Bee is not unmindful of the fact that it owes its success to the backing and liberal support of the mer- chants, farmers aud laboring men, who have accorded 1t generous patronage and upheld it in its hand to hand con- flict with powerful combinations they sought toerush or muzzle it, The com- bat in which we have been engaged or B0 many years is by no means ended, and Tue Bee realizes the fact that its influence and usefulness in the future must depend upon a continuance of the moral support it has received at the hands of the public. While Omaha | more than any other locality will be benefitted by the costly enterprise we | have undertaken, the entire State, and not only this state but the gr. and the country large, is in- terested in the maintenance of a met- ropolitan daily that advocates the principles of Tue Bx at wost at WaeN steamers land at our levees and turn to the side our surplus wealth of food products, Omaha and Nebraska will begin to realize the ex- tortions under which they have been suffering for years past at the hands of the wonopolies, THE SENATORIAL BATTLE, | The end of the fourth days’ contest | in the Senatorial battle bodes the incevitable defeat of Messrs, Conkling aud Platt. Mr. Conkling, notwithstanding the crowing of the stalwarts, the official of a score of prominent federal office-hold pressute ers and the undignified electioneering of the Vie: President of the United States, has been unable to add to his strength Hf the of g day. Out of 106 Republicans in joint convention the «x-Senator has received a scanty it Albany for- | pourin |add immediately to the productive | the collector. B34 votes and Mr. Platt, his| eamp follower, only ¢ In other words, Mr. Conkling lacks 20 of a majority of hisown party 47 more votes vote and would requi to secure an electio minded spectatorbelieves for a moment that these can be secured and the | at of both the ex-senators is cer tain. It has not as yet been the poliey of the opponents of concentrate their forces upon any one for candidate successors to the ex- the senators, operating through the hearty support which con- stituencies are giving to the adminis- tration, They desire to crystallizo the wavering judgments of a number of senators and assomblymen who are waiting for the turn of the tide and to avoid all disse their sions in their own ranks by permitting, for the present, the fullest proference. ever, to have much positive stre among tho anti-Conklingites, vz, Governor Cornell and Chauncey M. A ticket with Cornell and Depews a the administration candi- dates would be a concession to the stalwart wing, Mr. Cornell heretofore been classed faithful followers of the ox-§ Mr. Depew has been oneof the most expression of individual Two names scem, how- gth Depew. having the enator, among srmined opponents of Conkling- but is open to the strong objec- tion of being a corporation attorney. Among the other candidates ex-Vico Prosident Wheoler has a strong follow ing. Mr. Conkling should now, in self-respect, withdraw from the con- test. Tt is evident that his state h lost confidence in his qualifications fo the office to which he aspires, and that his own party recognize him us a leader. refuses any longer to for the de- funct Empress-mother of China, are of a most complicated character. The Chineso Embassy at Berlin, not hay- ing a temple in which to perform the customary religious ceremonics, will Tur funeral ceremonies observe the solemn act in private. Ad- dresses of condolence can only be left in writing. The members of thé Em- bassy will wear deep mourning fos the first twenty-seven days, and during the first one hundred days they are not allowed to shave. After the above twenty-seven days mourning of tho second class is worn, and thereafter that of the third class. The grand functionaries appear at Court is strict- ly excluded during the duration of | public this stance, has been reduced from three mourning, which, in in- years to twenty-seven months. Tue Kingdom of Greece has gained a portion of the Turkish territory which she demanded under the treaty of Berlin, but there has also been turned over to her a portion of the Turkish debt. It seems to be conced- ed, however, that the debt should be divided up with the population and the land in some unfixed proportion which is to be determined by future negotiation, This may prove a diffi- cult question to settle. It is a fact perhaps not generally known that we have a difficulty of the same kind in this country. It has never been defi- nitely decided how much of the debt of Old Virginia should have been as- sumed by West Virginia, but no one doubts the justice of the latter state assuming her share of the burden. Bismarck has emerged from the cloud, and snaps his fingers at the Reichstag, informing them that they can deliberate and voto as they please, but he proposes to have his own way. He threatens Wurtemberg and Bavaria for obstrueting the business of the Em- pire with their petty squabbles and appears particulurly lively over the prospect of a rough and tumble con- test, Mg, Evwarp ATkiNsos has furnish ed some admirable statististics on the 1f §12,000, 000 have been saved to the people by the voluntary reduction of tarifls by the corporations, who notwithstanding decrease of freight rates, have been able to pay their enormous dividends on watered stock, it remains to be seen how much more can be saved by legislutive enforcement of oquity and justice. STALWART ournais ave frantically | appealing to the Republican members of the New York legislature to “‘heal the bLreach.” It isn't the fault of the Republican party that Roscoe can't tuke his seat, Lot him who suffers from the tumble heal the “‘breach.” No candid- | Mr. Conkling, to | | The flattering success that | senators. Their one object has been has attended the carrier of Tur Ber, | to effectually ensure the defeat of the and the widespread patronage it en- |stalwarts by compelling them to joys warrant the bellof that our en- |exhibit their weaknes Mr. Robert- deavor to establish a metropolitan [ gon and his followers have also daily in Omaha will not only be ap-[had in view the powerful of- preciated at home but will materially [fect of public opinion upon | uniform in which the Embassador and | | bodied | pease a discontented peasantry. ( ATURDAY, JUNE 4, 1831.-TWELVE I"\Ul;.\‘. THE LATTER DAY EXODUS. |many nl‘fl\wlnmlxnnn at his disposal| THE FUGHT To EGYPT The ¢normous immigration which is is country affords an inter ymmentary upon the political and industrial condition of | Europe, 1 vo thousand immigrants a | day or over 700,000 people a year are | there are not far from six thousand | landing ir shores and quictly dis tributing themselves throughout Hu" country with few oxceptions producers, They pacity of the mation, aid in the | resources and | dev opment of its rapidly assimilate to its customs and political ideas. | This unusual exodus shows plainly | | that something is wrong or else this | enormous influx would not occur. Tdle curiosity, & r desire toin i explanations will suffice to account for the d towns, One-fourth of the entire popu taken pass ing disposition, a | ins —none of these | pulation of whole villages and lation of Sweden has for America, thousands of Germany's | | strongest and most substantial indus- | gricuitural classes s fs of Hamburg and Bre- trial and ¢ crowd- | ing the whi men, while the steady stream which for a quarter of a centu- ry has been flowing to our shores from Ireland shows no sign of decrease. A people does not leave its fatherland and cross the seas to min- glein a stranger’s nation unless home associations have become unbearable. Farmers do not emigrate from a pros- perous country, or mechanics from a centre where trade is successfuly pros- ecuted. Inall such mighty ments there must be and is a deep un- derlaying cause. That cause in the present instance is not difficult to disco: Europe to- day is suffering under a crushing weight of political and industrial op* pression. Taxes are wrung from the poor to support the pomp and extray- agance of royalty, to support class privileges and furnish a livlihood to a Enor- move- lazy but landed aristocracy. mous standing armies are feeding on the substance of the land, and forcing into their of able- 1d ambitious youngmen. The ranks thousands producer has become the slave of the consumer. Drudgery has taken away the greatest incentives to cheerful and honest toil, and wealth mocks at the miserics of poverty or adds new bur- dens to an already overweighted peo- ple. | The political atmosphere of Europe is not less di ging than its indus- trial condition. Kingly rule and im- perial despotism heavily classes whose cducation has ingpired in their mind newthoughts on liberty and constitutional government. The shadgw of a great war appears and disappears yearly on the political hori- zon. The intrigues of diplomacy and the mutual distrust of rchies may at any moment precipitate a gen- eral conflict which will drench the land with blood. Even the semblance of peace now maintained is enforced by the bayonets of millions of armed sol- diery and the stability of the throne is secured only at the expense of the vitality of the natlou. Under such circumstances only two remedies pre- sent themselves, revolution® or emi- | gration. a2 America welcomes gladly to her fer- tile lands, her busy factories and her sour rest on mona ficlds of labor this vast army of weary Here they will find land for the landless. farmer, and good wages for the skilful and in- san. We have no kings [ to support except our railroad kings, butambitious foreigners, dustrious a [and they will soon be dethroned; we have light taxes, an insignificant army and a government of which they may soon become constituent parts and to the presidency of which their children will be eligible. We have mines, yet undiscove: »d, to develop, rich prairies, unbroken by the plow, to till and vast industries now in their infancy to be fostered, A thousand lines of endeavor lio open to them. What wonder is it that they come? The dread of over- population by reason of this throbbing tide of immigration is groundless. Long before the United States is un- comfortably crowded, Europe will be forced to meet the movement which is draining her of life blood. Retorm measures looking to the retention of the working classes in Europe must soon be undertaken. France has solved the problem in her change to a republican form of govern- her ment, Ttaly, with a limited monarchy and a representative chamber of depu- ties, has met the question half way. with the first cactical attempt at land reform to ap- England is struggling T- many, Austria, Russia and Norscland must soon follow, antry will be the consequence of a liber g causes which brought it into effect be- A contented peas. 1 and just government, and emi- ion will cease just as soon as the come inoperative. of the New York patronage, Senator Conkling had in view the practical control of six thousand federal pointinents furnishing support nearly thirty thousand people. governments in emoluments at their disposal thanthe patronage of the state and city of Now York. The collector of the port ap- | to| Few | 2urope have larger | of New York has 963 distinet salaried places at his disposal. The collector draws a salary of $17,000 a year, and In his desperate contest for control | are worth from £3,000 to $£4,000. 1In the internal revenue branch a vas t & . army is employed at similar rates of |0 @ Tour of the Central Counties | giicuty experienced i compensation. A corre is familiar with the subject says that appointments under the United States government within that state, all of The immigrant class are | which depend upon the eollector or| the clique of politicians who make There are about three thousand appointments under the state governor, and a very large mu has been nicipal pat which mage, by the officers to state officials diverted legislature from municipal ing 1200 missioners who = vinted by com their power from the legislature while the state derive offices pay omployes, having fifteen thousand | Phe hend « ofticials, fede wonld the ntre of this vast circle of be for. We form some 1dea of what C nkling lost an from this rough estimate when the president appointed Robert- son as collector, of is to Tur supreme court of the state Maine has decided that “‘a church not a corporation with authority create debt in erecting a house of worship.” Tf this interpretation of the law were to prevail throughout the country it would revolutionize the church building business by putting it on a cash basis and cutting oft so much of it as is now managed on trust. ONE reason *‘why we laugh:” The semi-annual dividends payable in Bos- ton in June aggregate $4,378,465 Republican. One reason why we don’t laugh: A ldrge part of that trifle of four million was skinned from western producers by exorbitant freight tariffs. ssteemed contemporary the Times appears in a bran new dress and a new and attractive head. This change in the Times cord with the growth of the city of which it is one of the most valuable exponents, In the financial statement of the | Chieago, Milwaukee and St. Paul road made that the Missouri will be bridged twice by the company. be opposite Omah the announcement One of these brid Tius is the senator, sulky and worn, Who worried the cow with a crumpled horn, Who skipped from his seat In tulant heat And reti all tattered and torn, [From Alba sies by R. C. A GraxitE menument has been erected to Zachariah Chandler, The granite is not more unflinching than the fidelity to republican principles of the man whose life and death it will commemorate. CoERCION, eviction and clubs are the principal topics of conyersation in Dublin. *The government are playing a game against dangerous odds. With the Irish, hearts are always trump. Tuee is trouble in the U, P. news- paper The manager says that an ox and an ass never have been able to plough together, but leaves it undetermined which is the ox. Ji WiLson's bid for anti-monopoly support has not attracted much atten- tion. It is impossible to crase a ree- ord by a single speech. concern, % Tug Inter-Ocean has published an anti-monopoly article and the Republi- can suddenly discovers that it has been deceived in the character of Robbins, Axsrica in givipg England another scure and is exporting flour to Great Britain in such quantities as to cause great alarm at Glasgow. Arcupisor Crokg, the famous Trish prelate, delivered aspeech Thurs- day which should of the classics of Irish eloquence, remain one QuEEN Victoria lately refused to receive a titled lady who had married within a few band's divorce. The Queen would pine months after her hus- in solitude if she visited Indiana, Tur Rev. Lockwoon prayed earn- estly at Albany that the le might have more faith, ature One section | of it hiad plenty of faith, but wanted more votes, Judge Savage Sick. There is some probability that the June term of the district court will not be held owing to Judge Savage The judge has suffered for a long time being confined to his house. with an ailjent which requires that a painful operation should be performed about every two years, and he has just been undergeing this operation. The clerk may open the court, and adjourn from to day, until the able appear, but it is' believed the term will be passed over, as Judge Savage would find it unbearable to hold court in his circumstances such weather as this. The judge is by no means dan- gerously ill, but suffers greatly. day judge may be pondent who | endent upon their earnings. | New York senators, | : under the rule Mr. Conkling contends | can Valley railroad, Wedoubt whether | some cases cannot be accepted with- 8 in full ac- | 1 )itioal ‘policy and economy or not, of Nebraska. Saunders, Dodge, and Platt [ Booming Under a Bright Sun., A Mental Delusion and n Snare Correspondence of the Beo. Hoorer, Neb., June 1881.— Riding on the rail between David City ard Valparaiso affords the rider anew The police of New York City, number- | and not altogether disagrecable expe- |it.” rience. He wonders what gifted renius in the sister sciences of civil | engineering and uncivil geometry was cate task of establishing the zig-zag, in-and-out, out-and-in, come-and-go, front, | up-and-down, front-face, fac , state and municiprl, | horee-shoe, mule-shoe, ox-shoe and no- | shoe route for the Omaha & Republi for crookedness it has its match on the continent, the excepted. in a wilderness of telegraph peles (for they surround him on every hand) and to be inextricably mixed in a multitude of railways; anl{ yet there is but a single track, and a single line of poles —and all this the result of a determi- nation to avoid deep cuts and costly fillings, and to keep to the hard-pan of a reasonably expensive grade. Brok- en, hilly and gorgy, as is most of the country in this portion ot Butler county, and totally unfamiliar as it is with the plowshare. it is yet a mag- niticent region for stock. The grasses are luturiant and nutritious, and the water sufficient; and it was a real pleasure to look upon the frequentand extensive herds of cattle contentedly grazing in the ravines, on the hillsides and on the table-lands. What at first suggests itself as a misfortune to But- ler, is therefore an agricultural bonan- zn, and it is being commendably utilized. On the train we met with and formed the acquaintance of Mrs. Bittenben- der, late of The Osceola Record, and tary of the Nebraska woman’s ge association. She is a lady of decided talent and liberal culture, and whether one concurs in her ideas of “‘star route” always At times one seems to be he is bound to respect her zeal and the courage with which she asserts her convictions. She will devote what time and energy she can to the new political departure, with her land steadily on the lever of the law, to | whose study she has been devoting considerable time—will probably re ve a regular course at the Towa City University, and in duetime enterfully upon the practice of her profession. Through Saunders county the outlook was hopeful, even " tlatt Wheat and other small grain, as the grass, never showed more favor- ably at this season of the year. Corn was less promising, though many fields presented a good Stand and a thrifty growth. But much corn ground re- mained unplowed, owing to the un- usual and excessive dampness. Farm- ers, however, thought that there would still be time to plant, grow and_har- vest a good cron, unless Jack Frost should put in an unduly early appear- ance, of which they had little fear. The Platte was once more out of its banks, irrigating the expansive bot- toms and irritating” the bottoms pro- prietors, who weie grieved at having their grazing and prospective haying privileges thus wetly interfered with. But no fear; there will be much more good grass in Nebraska (millions of tons) this year than all the mowers in the state can get away with. [ by the frequent rains, and did not pre- | sent her usual attractivencss. Though |a moderate “railroad center,” the of & great city. An active commerci | point it will always be, for it has bus. | iness men with vim and grit. Tt has a good agricultural snrrounding, and owes much of its prosperity to Sen- ator White and his flouring mills, the latter being kept in constant motion to meet the demands upon them, FREMONT. The city is of course pushing on to the prerogatives and perquisites of a not get rounded empire. Hergrowth and business expansion are certainly noteworthy and encouraging. Some of the business houses and private residences here are among the finest in the state. The severe winter and backward spring have tested the Fre- monter's nerve to some extent; but the day brightens, and with the Platte bridge restored and mado free, and the Lincoln, Wahoo and Fremont railroad once] in operation, look out for such a boom all along the line as mnever boomed befor Messrs, Nye, Dorsey and others, in the way of stock improvement are doing mucfx for Dodge and surrounding counties, | and are entitled to no small meed of praise, HOOVPER, This stirring town is loc: ed in the wiles from Tremont on the 8, S | P. R. R., having a population of 300 or 400. It is one of the most pictur- esque points in the valley of the Elk horn, and surroundings of unex- celled agricultural richness. The school building located upon a com- manding eminence, affording a view [ for many wiles in every direction, is a two-story brick of atiractive propor- jtions, and cost £4,000. The presid- | Ing genius is Prof. Day. The presb terians have an excellent brick house | of worship, and have Rev. Mr. War ner as pastor. There are two exten | sive grain elevators, one of them con | ducted by E. H. Harris, Esq., one of the financial “*he; weights” of the town, & flourishing mill conviently near, and a goodly number of business | houses, prosecuting all the depar | ments demanded by the nacessities of | the people. Among the more promi- | nent are Charley Eisely, a patron of Y| Tre Beg, and several times a repre- | be consoling to all such people who sentative in the state legislature, where he discharged his duties with credit to himself and satis- faction to his constituents. He is en- gaged in the general hardware trade, besides having a farm of 400 acres; is doing well, and of course is deserved- g. | posed that the town will never attain the proportions | northeast corner of Dodge county, 156 | - |the demand was supplied. iy popular with all that appreciate tru manhood The business of the town has heen a little slow this spring, owing to the crossing the Elkhorn, the bridge having gone down with the early freshets and the wat not yet having subsided sufficiently to permit of re-bridging. However the | contract has been let, and the bridge will be in place short of sixty days. Hooper needs agood hotel, and presents a good opening to some ex perienced hotelist who posscsses a imn(lcrfl((' capital. A m*v\n‘mpl‘r here is by no means an_impossibility in the | near future, and for such the location | i8 promising. Stock-raising is one of the leading features in this vicinity. All things are adapted to that kind of and there are ‘“‘imllions in sveral houses have recently been | erected, and others are in course of | construction. | JAUNTER | pursuit, arios to three thousand | entrusted with the delicate and intri- | | Great Men in Free Governmont. Iphia Press President Garfield was lately re- | ported to have said, in substance, that no man was so great but tl could be spared and his place reac supplied. This, at first Y rather a startling thought, and sig in {out qualification. He cited the case | of President Lincoln and said that when he was taken off in the midst of | Ius nscfulness the Union cause did not fail and hardly suffered a check. But this was because the Union then did not depend on pthe life of any one man. It was mighty and powerful in and of itself and had many men qualified to lead in the work of reconstruction. Mr. Lincoln's name had a prestige which would have been useful in the work which re- mained at his death, and which no. one else could command, but it was not essential to the completion of that work. The _critical, dangeraus period had been' passed. But there certainly is a tide in the affairs of men when the support of a great leaderi s all-essential, and when his loss brings disaster and ruin on the cause of the enterprise he supports. History shows this clearly enough. Mr. Lincoln’s death at an_earlier day might have ruined the Union cause; certainly there were periods during the war when, if he had been assassi- nated, so far as finite minds can see, i would have proved an immense disas- ter. And yet no one can be positive, | because no” one can tell what might |have happened had—something else happencd which did not happen! The president’s main idea, however, is correct. Only those will be cm- phatic to deny it who possess the | consuming vanity which obscures a | just estimate of their own powers, | Because certain men, in politics or Dbusiness, occupy leading stations, it isno proof but that they could be dropped out and their places filled without jar or hindrance to the cause or the interests they represent. Wlen | the war opened and hundreds of thou- sands in all walks of life at the north abandoned their callings and hurried to the front it might have been sup- interests to which they had been devoted would certain- ly suffer. There were individual cases of hardship, no doubt, but as a whole the country soon prospered amazingly. And 80 in business all around us; die who have originated and car through vast enterprises requiring the highest order of special talent, and yet it is rare that their work fails. They have builded so well and taught others so well how to do their work that it goes on very much as though nothing had happened. Nothing is easier than for the ad- mirers of a great man or sometimes the great man himself to over-estimate his importance after achieving distinetion. The case of General Scott may be ited. When the war-cloud of scces- ion burst, the nation furned to him s the military Moses, His former suc- | cess and proved capacity warranted | the assumption that, supplied with all | e could demand, he must and soon | would crush the rebellion. But his | day was over, and another leader had | tohe found. " One after another fol |lowed and were set aside, and no one an tell even yet whether some of these might not have succeeded with further trial and opportunit We only know that the cause finally pros- pered in spite of 1 reyerses, and are reasonably sure that it was never in a condition where the loss of any great leader would have ruined it irre- trievably. . In literature, journalism and art the same thing occurs again and again. Nobody doubts the remarkable ability and towering personality of such memn as the elder Bennett, Greeley m!(l Raymond, nor that up to a certain period in the history of the journals }ulluded the death of any of them have been exceedingly dangerous, if not ruinous, to their prospenity. Bnt as their prosperity became apparent others learned from them, and in some cases improved upon them, and when at last each took his placein the silent halis of death the enterprises they built up with so much care, labor ed without end anxiety o on jar or hindrance although some of the peculiar qualitics which marked each of them were not and could not be supplied. And it is a just pride and glory of our system of fice goyernment and universal education that it enables every young | man highly endowed by nature and ambitious for distinction to quality himself for high positions, sothat when | the opportunity comes ho can take a vacant place and fill it creditably | and successfully. Army cfticers found during the war that when men | were meeded to run a locomotive, grade a rosd, lay tracks, build | bridges, set type, or edit a camp news- paper_all they had to do was to ask qualified men to step to the front, and Men of o al genius are rare, but | genius and great executive ability are | applied to business a host of studedts sprung up who not only imitate or ap- propriate what is really great and use- ful, but to whom methods and plans |are suggestions to new and better | methods. when -| When a great man dies, then there need bo no fear—except in extraordi- | nary cases—his abscuce will have any serious business effect. This should | from much adulation or innate vanity, | think themselves absolutely necessary to the success of enterprises which they may have founded or are manag- ing. President Garfield was right, and the thought should tone down the | vanity of some ill-balanced natures.