Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 19, 1882, Page 4

4 I'HE OMAHA AI)A_ILY BEE: WEDN FS;)AY APKIL 19 1082 m——— The Omaha Bee Published every morning, exoept Sunday, ®ho oniy Monday morning daily. TERMS BY MAIL — One Taar,. ... 810,00 | Throe Months,$3.00 Bix Months, 5,00 | One . 1.00 THE WEEKLY BEE, publisked ev. ery Wednesday. BERMS POST PATD:— One Year...... “Three Months,, 50 Bix Months e 2 OORRESPONT E—~All Communi. eations rolating to News and Editorial mat- ers should be addressed to the EpITOR OF Tae ik, BUSINESS LETTERS—AIl Business etters and Remittances should be ad- dressed to Tir Omana Pusisnine Oom- PANY, OMaAHA, Drafts, Checks and Post. office Orders to be made payable to the order of the Company, OMAHA PUBLISHING 00., Prop'rs. E: ROSEWATER. Editor, PoriticALLy this seems to be a year for dark horses. Colorado aspirants are convinced of this fact. Monz corn and plenty of hogs will be the order of the season next fall if planting reports are not deceptive. Goverxor Naxce think it is better to be a railroad governor than a third- clans lawyer, JAKE SHIPHERD is about on a par with Oakes Ames as far as honesty is concerned, with 75 per cent. less shrowdness. ———— AxorHER appropriation has been asked from New York for the East river bridge. As far as Brooklyn and New York tax payers are concerned 1t is certainly New appropriations are asked for the naval obseryatory which contains the largest tolescope in the United States. It ought at once be put to the service of attempting to find our navy. Tue Aurora Borealis of Sunday morning was the most brilliant ever witnessed in this country since the wonderful spectacle of the same na- ture in February, 1872, Scientists formerly differed as to the cause of the phenomena, but common consent now attributes them to electrical dis- turbances in the highly rarified atmos- phere at a height of some forty or fifty miles nbove the earth’s surface. A connection has also been established by Prof. Loomis, of Yale, between the ovourrence of sun spots and the periodic reappearance of the Aurora, which makes it probable that during the present and ensuing year, auroras will be frequent and brilliant. In early times suroras like comets were held to portend some great disaster. low they are known to ocour in their most brilliant, forms av. intervals of eleven yoars, when the displays are more widely visible and reach over a greater circle of the horizon, The auroral display of 72 was observed throughout Europe and America, and was visiblo at the furtherest eastern points at Bombay and Calcutta. — Iy the North American Review for May, Carl Schurz, treating of ‘‘Party Schisms and Future Problems,” pre- sents many well-considered observa- tions which cannot fail to interest in the highest degree that large and growing olass of citizens who refuse to be influenced by obsolete party ories. ‘‘Days with Longfellow,” by Samuel ‘Ward, contains personal reminiscences of the beloved poet just deceased, ex- tending over a period of forty-five years. Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, in an article entitled ‘‘What does Reve- lation Reveal?’ seeks to prove that the objections brought against the Bible by modernunbelievers are based upon » misoonoeption of the trueintent and scope of the sacred volume. Lieuten- ant-Commander Gorringe writes of “The Navy,” with abundant knowl- edge of its needs, and with a degree of frankness almost, if not quite, un- recedented in the naval service. W, . Mallock, the well-known English essayist, in the first of a series of “Conversations with a Solitary,” very ingeniously contrives to put the advo- cates of democracy and modern pro- fi:: on the defensive. Fiunally, Gail nilton contributés & paper, ‘“L'he Bpent Bullet,” in which science, the pulpit and the law are with exquisite wit taken to task for the part they ro. spoctively played in the Guiteau- Garfield tragedy. e—— Ir is positively asserted in Washing- ton that Mr. Blaine will be a candi- date for aseat in the Forty-eighth congress, His decision on this point has been reached, according to his friends, with a view to helping out the party in Maine, where all four of the next congressmen will be elected on a general ticket, owing to the fail- ure of the legislature to redistrict, As the state at large is very close, it s bolieved that Mr. Blaine's name will be absolutely needed to assure party success in the coming election, The republican party throughout the country will rejoice in the day which sees James G Blaine on the floor of the honse. To-day it is prac- tically without a leader. Thespeaker is the weakest who ever satin the chair honored by Blaine and Randall and Robeson who aspires for leader- ship @8 the floor, and is too unsavory to 46 him a tollowing, ‘There was never a better opportunity fora strong and aggressive leader to-dsy. And such s leader thau MAYOR AND COUNCIL. The government of this city is vested in a mayor and city council. The charter gives the mayor the power to nominate, and, with the ad- vice hnd consent of the council, to ap- point certain city officers that are not elocted by the people. The power of the mayor to nominate is absolute. In other words, the magor may sug- gest any names to the council for ap- pointment, but the counci! may either ratify or refuse to ratify these nomi- nations. The plain purpose of the framers of the law was that the coun- cil should review the mayor's choice and be held responsible with him for every officer he commissions. The mayor is not supposed to be in- fallible. He may make blunders in presenting candidates to the council, but every councilman is in duty and honor bound to veto any nomination that they would not individually endorse, This veto power given to the council is no more to be regarded as a menace or insult to the mayor than the mayor's veto power when ho refusos to sanction an ordinance passéd by the council or even a single item of an appropriation It is a common thing for presidents to send nominations to the senate that are rojocted because the senate regards the parties as unfit fer the places named. The senate very often has information about the men nominated by the president which the president does not possess and hence they only act in accordance with their sworn duties when they refuse to confirm men whom they do not want to intrust with positions in the public service. There is no reason why a mayor should feel slighted by the action or refusal of any councilman to go on his bond to the people as endorser of any man who is disqualified by reason of bad habits, disreputable conduct, or incompetency. The citizens «f Omaha will hold every councilman individually respon- sible for his vote in confirming the mayor’s appointments and we say to them,fact prudently,idon’t foist officers on the tax payers of Omaha whom you would not employ for your own business. Endorse no man who has an unclean record as a job. ber or spokesman for jobbers. Lot us start out with a clean sheet this time. Give us good government, competent, honest and sober officials, and your constituents will say Well done, good and faithful servants.” Each of you is as intelligent and competent to judge ot the fitness of men as the nated and adequate punishment pro- vided for frandulent bankrupts and their confederates; the equity scheme contains no penal remedies against fraud or collusion with fraud. The provisions of the Lowell bill are such as would expedite business; those of the equity scheme are the reverse. Under the Lowell bill the courts would have power only to aid the law by making necessary rules of practice; under the equity scheme the courts would have power to fix the fees and costs. Under the Lowell bill a number of decisions un- der the act of 1867 would prove highly valuable in guiding and expediting proceedings; under the equity scheme. so radically different from codified law, the value of past decisions would be small, Finally, there is no ques- tion about the coustitutionality of the Lowell bill, and there is a question of the power of congress to confer upon the courts the authority to make a part of the law, as supposed in the equity scheme, AS TO WALSH. Ever since the strike the organs of the railway corporations have made it their special business to assail and abuse every man that was in anyway considered a leader among laboring men, Like the Irishman at Donny- brook fair—wherevor they saw a head they struck at it. At the outaet they attacked not only the head of the Protective Labor Union, but the heads of every trades union and every labor organization, It was mainly at their instance tlat Douglas County was put to the needless expense of a special grand jury, and at their in- stance not only Ed. Walsh, president of the laborers union, but also half a dozen other officers of trades unions were indioted on a charge of which no jury will convict them. Later in the day, just before the spring election, they sought to create a diversion by concentrated blows at Walsh, and by dealing out taffy to Knight and several other indicted trades union leaders who had suddenly been transformed from dangerous rioters to highly resptable mechanics. The attempt to divide the working- men failed, and Dr. Miller's and Thurston’s bogus citizens’ movement was defeated at the polls. Then the ery of fraud was raised by the political dead ducks to cover their mortifying defeat, and the charge against Walsh, who was the prime cause of their woes, was renewed with vindictive fury. During all these weeks this paper mayor himself and if he makes a mis- take and yon know it, it is your duty to correct its THE BANKRUPTCY BILLS. The bankrupt bill reported by con- greas is met by a howl of indignation from eastern merchants. It is claimed to be inferior in every important par- tioular to the measure drawn up by Judge Lowell, of Massachusctts, The New York board of trade and transportation have passed resolutions denouncing it as ‘‘a law for lawyers, receivers and dishonest debtors” while the Lowell bill is characterized as ‘‘a law for the honest creditor and the honest but unfortunate debtor.” The objections to the *“Equity Scheme" as the house bill is called in distinction from the Lowell bill are stated as follows by the special bank- ruptcy committee of the board of trade and lransportation: With respeot to handling the assots, the creditors, under the Lowell bill, would select their own assignee, and appoint, if they saw fit, a committee of three to supervise the disposition of the assets and the incurring of ex- pensps, Under the equity scheme the oourt would” appoint a receiver. Under ghe Lowell bill three oreditors would be required to file an involun- tary bankruptoy petition; under the equity scheme any one creditor oould fldo so. Under the Lowell bill all fees, ro far as possible, would be abolished; all offi vials would be sal- aried, and a peicintage charged to cover other oxpenses, with an entrance foo to compensate the government. Under the equity schomae the fee sys- tom would be preserved and opportu- nities afforded to exaot more fees than were collacted under the act of 1867, Under the Lowoll bill the amount of property exempted from its operation would be substantially uniform for all traders in the United States; under the equity scheme the unequal State exemptions, which in some States im- pair the ®redit of traders therein, would be preserved, and would vir- tually defeat the ostensible object of the law. Under the Lowell bill the rights of creditors would be guarded by requiring a three-fourth majority of value to accept compositions; under the equity scheme a large majority in number and amount would be suffi- cient, Under the Lowell bill an hon- est dobtor would be discharged by the law; under the equity scheme the debtor ceuld be discharged only at ihe disoretion of the court, and an honest debtor might be held or a dis- honest one discharged. Under the Lowell bill preferences and conve y ances in fraud of creditors could be prevented or sunnulled; under the equity scheme such fraud is so poorly guarded against that opportunity would be offered the dishonest debtor to evade s surrenner of his pro 1a the Lowell bill crtmes are g has taken no notice of the tirade against Walsh and no attempt hus been made to defend his character or his course. On the one hand we have never sought to refute what was known to us to be baseless slander, and on the other hand we have ‘treat- ed the silly attempts to make Walsh a candidate for cengress with silent contempt. But the persistent effort of the Herald and Republican to sow discord and dissention among work- ingmen by constant repetition of downright falsehoods and by charges that cannot be sustained compel us to say a few words as to Walsh, At the outbreak of the labor troubles the charge was made and has been repeat- ed that Walsh was a vagabond, a loafer and reckless incendiary Our acquaintance with Mr. Walsh does not date back of the strike, and the only information we have concerning him comes through other parties, 1t 1s a fact that Dr. Miller cannot gainsay that Walsh is a skilled bricklayer, who for several years has not only been working tor contract- ors, but has taken contracts and employed mechanics. himself, A mechanic who works,.at his trade during every seasom oannot be called o loafer or vagabond, | From personal knowledge we can vouch that Mr, Walsh has at no stage of the labor troubles advised violenoe or incited riot. The charge has been mude and repeated by the Herald, that Walsh 18 80 disreputable that no respeotable mechauic will work with him—when as a matter of fact Walsh has had somo of the bricklayers whom Dr. Miller has classed as extra respectable, workiug undew him in our city. ‘I'hose who have read about Walsh in the corporation papers would naturally believe that decent mechanics refuse to work with him because he has committed some terrible crime; when in fact the cause of trouble in the particular instance, which the Horald s0 often refers to, was that Walsh, as foreman for a contractor, had displeased some of the workmen because he insisted on doing work in a manner which did not suit them, Tt is charged that Walsh was a partner of Winscit, an absconding contractor, which is false. Walsh was simply a sub-contractor, and one of Wincit's victims, But suppose it had been true that he was the partner of a man that ab- sconded; would that make him a swindler and defaulter? Old settlers of Omaha remember a highly respectable firm, of which Dr, Miller was partner that built the old Herndon house, and settled their debts with scrip that netted working- men ten cents on the dollar. That firm is wealthy and highly respectable now, and sneers at ics that pay their honest debts. | In alate numberof The Herald work- ingmen are informed that two hun- dred dollars of the money which had been contributed for the support of the famished strikers were paid tog Cowin and Smythe as attorney fees for defending Walsh and the other so- called rioters. Now who contributed this 1noney? Was any of it donated by the honest builders of the old Herndon house? Could the workingmen with any wself-respect refuse to hire competent attorneys for the defense of their in- dicted leaders, and would Dr. Miller ask that Walsh and others go to trial without attorneys. Another terrible charge is that Walsh is drawing 812 a week salary for doing nothing. Uponenquiry we find that Walsh has drawn fifty-ono dollars for services and incidental expenses during the period since the strike. He is draw- ing no salary now, and does not de- pend on the workingmen for support. We presume, however, that The POLITICAL NOTES. Already ex-Governor Fairchild, of Wis. consin, ex-minister to Spain, is mentione | as o candidate for the United States sen- ate in 188 The Pennsvlvania greenbackers are try. ing to make a trade with the -republicans o demoorats, by which they shall get one place on the state ticket. Mahone's attempt to hold up an admin. istration party by the tail in Virginia appears to have met with an unexpected diffionlty, The tuil has given w The wife of Dr. Felton, of Georgia, is said to the best politically informed wo- man in the south. She is her husband's most intimate political adviser, and accom- panies bim on his canvassing tours, At a apecial election in Louisville, K the people have ratificd by a larce majo ty the ordinance of the city council ap- propriating £1,000,0.0 to the state as an inducement to locate the capital there, The Boston Journal would very much like to see Mr. Blaine in the house again, There is a better opportuity there for branch of the government, The New Hampshire Republicans are delighted that New England hassecured a Cabinet officer, Chandler and Rollins who have been at variance, have aetllz:i their difference and it is already agreed that Chandler is to be elected Senator in Herald and Republican will continue their daily tirade against Walsh, but we apprehend they will meet with no better success in creating discord among workingmen than they have mot this spring. ENORMOUS IMMIGRATION Last year's immigration was unpar- slleled. This year's promises to out- do last seasons numbers. The rapid- ity with which the thousands of Eu- rope’s population are swarming to our shores would be alarming if the power of our country to support countless numbers of additional settlers, labor- ers and mechanics had not been tested s0 satisfactorily and so repeatedly. A single line of steamers in New York is discharging passengers at the wharves at the rate of 5,000 a week while the arrivals at Castle Garden average nearly 3,000 daily, Six hundred and seventy thousand emigrants landed at our ports in 1881, The estimates for the present year place the number whom we may ex- pect at a million and a quarter. This great multitude are seeking homes in & new country where all are welcomed without regard to national. ity or religion. There is room enough for all. Millions of acres of the pub- lic land lie open for settlement and | may be had almost for the asking. Developing industries, great private and public improvements and the rap idly increasing demands of the trades will furnish ready employment for all who ask work, There is no lack of occupation. In the west every able- bodied, industrious and thrifty emi- grant will find plenty to do, either in breaking new farms, working on old ones or assisting others to build up towns and villages. Noris the e suffering from an over supply of labor. The superintendent of the Castle Gar- den labor bureau, & few days since remarked: ‘‘Just now there is a very urgent demand for all sorts of labor, skilled and unskilled. We are send- ing men out to farmers all over the country. We are having many appli- cations also from cigar makers, car- penters, cabinet makers, blacksmiths and other mechanics, Since* Monday morning nearly one thousand persons have obtained employment through the bureau, most of them being Ger- | man, Irish and English. This morn- ing we sent off a lot of farm hands to Cleveland, O., where they will got $22 por month. Farm help in New Jersey receive from $12 to $16 per month, Massachusetts is asking for blacksmiths, locksmiths, etc. Wo- mengre in demand also. Girls need not leave New York clty, as plenty of situations are ready waiting them at from $10 to $14 a month, German, Irish, English and French have the yreference,. Very few Italian women find employment here as servants.” There is a value to every new settler which can scarcely be estimated in dollars and cents, ' The vigor and energy infused into communities aside from their mere labor, by earnest and industrious men and women, is above price. Scattered throughout our states and territories, working hand in hand with native Americans in making and enforcing laws, in maintaining educa- tional institutions for their children which shall fit them to be better . citizens than their pa- rents, our immigrant settlers have always proved one .of the chief factors of & sound and industrious element uf our society. Then the more the merrier. The hundred thousand Germans of last year may safely be swelled to double that number this. They will find in America a new Fatherland, England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, which Blair's place in 1885, The republican state North Carolina, which will be held in June, will have an additional importance on account of the congressmen-at-large to be nominated. On the result of this elec- tion the republicins will base their hope of carrying the state in 1884, Third terms are not relished by the democrats any more than the republicans, Mayor Nolan, of Albany was elected and reclected by 6,000 majority, and pending his t.rm of office elevted to congress. He presumed on this to stand & third term and barely squeezed through by 190 votes, There are five members of the United States Senate who are citizens by adop. tion, namely, Chan. W, Jones of Florida, James G, Falr of Nevads, and Willism J, Sewell of New Jersey, born in Ireland; John P. Jones of Nevads, born in Eng. lind, and James B, Beck of Kentucky, born in Scotland. The success of the Democrats in the In- dinoapolis township election last week has led them to believe that they cancarry the district on Congressman, The Rejubli- cans carried it in 1880 by 805 majority. The present Representative is Stanton J, Peelle, who will probably receive a nomi- nation, His opponent, s it looks now, will be Will English, the son_of William H. English, the late Democratic candi iate for Vice-President. The c.ntest promises to be & vigorous one. The appointment of & new collector of the port at Boston will probably give an additional interest to the coming campaign in Massachusetts, This will Le inani- fested more in the choice of tte next leg- islature than in the contest for the gov- ernorship, for upon the legislature will devolye the election of a senator to suc- ceed Mr. Hoar, A member of the repub- lican state committee is quoted in The Herald, of Boston, as sayiug in feference to the app:intment of Mr. Worthington that “‘che objects of the game are three: The first is to build up th- stalwart wing of the party in Mas-achusetts. The sec. ond is to make Mr. Boutwell successor to Senator Hoar next spring. The third is to send stalwart delegates to the next repub- lican national convention. The game is a bold one, and there is an even chance of its sucoeeding,” convention in Grateful Women. None receive so much benefit, and none are so profoundly grateful and show such an interest in recommend- ing Hop Bitters as women, It is the only remedy peculiarly adapted to the st vty s e oy oiner ANGELL & BOWEN, OPERA HOUSE BLOCK. ANGELL & EOWEN, . JEWELRYAND MUSIC DEALERS, CcCARRY A COMPLETE STOOK O Watches, Diamonds and Jewelry. of the very latest designs. Silverware, genuine Roger Bros, Goods. GOLD AND SILVER HEAD CANES, the Largest stock in the City. PIANOS AND ORGANS, We baudle the best manufactured, and will not be ’ undersold, SHELT MUSIC AND MUSIC BOOKS, Musical Goods of all kinds, Remember our Prices are Lower than the Lowest. Manufacturing and Repairing a Specialty. BASWITZ & WELLS, OPERA HOUSE SHOE STORE, Under Boyd’s Opera House. Are noW daily receiving large Stocks of * .- | SPRING GOODS! And invite the people to call and examine : Goods. Good Goods! Low Prices l AND SQUARE DEALING AT THE “Opera House Shoe Store.” A {an31-d3m s PILLSBURY'*S BEST]I Buy the PATENT3PROCESS MINNESOTA FLOUP. always gives satisfaction, because it ma]resw ¢ superior article of Bread, and is the Chear: f‘ est Flour in the market. Every sack,, warranted to run alike or money refunded.; W. M. YATES, Cash Grocer. Special Attention Is Once More Called to the Fact thau ! M.EELLMANSCO. many ills the sex is alinost universally | Rank foremost in the West in Assortment d subject to. Chills and fever, indiges- tion or deranged liver, constant or pe- riodical sick headaches, weakness in the back or kidneys,pain in the shoul- ders and different. parts of the body, a feeling of lassitude or despondency, all are readily removed by these bit- ters.—[Courant. The Way to Victory. Franklin (Neb.) Guard, Nebraska politicians are actively at work preparing for the coming con- test. Many of them are anxious to serve the state in some official capac- ity, while others have friends they would push into paying positions, This is right. It is honorable to be able and willing to serve the public. The old and exploded idea that the office should seek the man did well enough in the day of the slow stage coach, when men of sufficient educa- tion and practical experience to hold theofficeof constable were exceptional, and when to be justice of the peace was considered a mark of rare distinc- tion; but now, in this age of steam and electricity, when men competent to fill the presidential chair can be found in every thriving and well reg- ted community,the reverse is true. ‘Then, perhaps, it is proper to assume » diguified and disinterestedness in all earthly affairs, but now it won't do. The man who does not deem the post- tion to which he aspires worthy of asking for, is very likelyto ex Sty et SASH DOORS, BLINDS AND MOULDING people do not judge him worthy of their suffrage, Our state politicians are not in much danger of losing vantage ground on the score of not_asking, for they seem to understand that point very well. What they most need is alittle more light on the question of what shape wiil the campaign assume two or three months hence. Lavor wnd wagen ariflud sevonue, | e ooond o Wow Hab Storo in_ Opgra House Blok on 16th 6.0 taxation and freight rates, are all questions of great moment, involying, more or less, the future welfare of our commonwealth, and all pressing for immediate consideration, cause the Prices ot CLOTHING, FOR MEN'S, BOYS' AND OHILDREN'S WEAR, ALSO A COMPLETE LINE OF | Furnishing Goods Hats and Ca We are]prepared to meet the demands of the trade in regard to Latest Styles and Patterns, Fine Merchant Tailoring in Connection f; RESPECTFULLY, rz M. HELLMAN & CO, ¢ 13011303 Farnham and 300 to 312 13th’ S.W. WYATT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN " EiEe, Lath, Shingles, 15th and Cumipg Sts. OMAHA, NEB SPRING 1882 FASHIONRA_E.I.E,A%TTEH ! i | re can be found all the desirable Styles at Moderate # / L Prices. A complete Spring Stock hag been bought and will arrive in a few days, i politicians to hesitate aud waver, and | o 1) | 1ng of Gents' Furnishing Goods wlll be added soon. wisely ponder before launching their frail crafts upon the troubled waters. They see full well that success is un- certain unless they can strike the popular chord and pursuc a course ap- proved by the masses. The republican party, with its twenty-five or thirty thousand major- in 1881 sent 163,000 emigrancs to seok homes in a new land, need not be afraid of overcrowding us by still further increasing the number, while to all people of all climes the United Statos sends the greeting of the old song: “Welcome all, welcome heartily, Heartily welcome, welcome all.” e———— Prat there is a strong opposition in congress to the national banking system is shown by Monday's vote on Mr. Crapo's resolution to make a bil) ity, should, and no doubt will, win, but it must place men in nomination who are fully in _sympathy with the people. A different course might lead to disin tion and ultimate defeat. Party lines cannot be drawn soclosely as in former years, The people are dai becoming more and more estranged from old party aftiliations, and while it is undoubtedly true that many will “rally around the old flag,” some will 0 out after strange ideas. This must o guarded against. Leading issues must be met with fairness and in good faith. Tn the future, asin the past, the republican party must cham- pion the cause of human rights; it extending their charters the specia:|must wisely voice the interests of all order for April 26th. Eighty-nine |our people. votes were recorded against the prop- osition, deteating the resolution and This is the way to wvictory. ——— orking & Lear, 1416 Douglas relegating it to its regular'place on the | street, buy and sell Becond-Hand and calendar, New Fuarmiture. sprlb-St R. J. BA%E. FASHIONABLE HATTER. ] PERA HOUSE BLOOE. | Opera House Clothing Storel J. P. LUND. Daily Arrivals of New Soring Goods in Clothing and Gent's Furnishing Goods! GOODS MARKED IN PLIAN FIGURES,, And Sold At “STRICTLY ONE PRICEI" I am selling the Celebrated Wilson Bro.'s Fine Shirts, kno as the BEST %’itflng and Most Durable Shirts Made. 217 SOUTH FIFTEENT_H B'!‘REET. 1, F.C. MORG-AN, WHOLESALE GROCER, mleodl; 1218 Farnham 8t.. Omaha, Neb.