Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 9, 1883, Page 4

- hc, Omah 1 Bee Published every morning, except Su oy Tho only Nionday mornir aily. TERMS BY M \‘I - T tha. 230 O Salid CHE WEEKLY BEE, published every Walnerday TERMS POST PAID One Year......82.00 | Three Month Six Months. ... 100 | One Month ANERICAN NEws CoMPANY, Hole Ayen Newsdoalers in the United Statos i 1 1 to the Foito All B v Letters and Reuittances ul 1 dremsed to Thr HEr PupLisize Coxt Owmana, Drafts, Cheoks ond 1 Orders to be made payable to the order the Couips The BER PUBLISHING 0., Props. . ROSEWATER Editor Tuene are rumors that the Millard mare is off ner fecd. e — Omand wants and will insist vpon having cheaper and batter gas, Trthe political currycombs hold out, no lees than twenty nags will scro for a atart in the senatorial race. Tur bonded whisky bill has passed the acnato, but the price of drinks still continues at “'two for two bite,” Born the Wunlnngv n Monument and the Star Ronte trials may be ex- pected to bo finished by the end of the century. TuE past year was a peaceful one in America. The telegraph and railway companies furnished the country with all its wars, Joseru says that he enters the sena- torial contest on principle, but, like all political bankers, after his intorest. he is looking Tue houee con the railroad purveyors are trying to figaro on how many Cooka it takes to spoll the monopoly broth, Tug presidential succesgion bill is still before corgrees. The purty most Interested in the presidential succes- slon is President Arthur, Pusuie oploion is favor «f cheapor and better gas, and the city council cannct afford to ride over the expreesod wishes of the great majority of our cf unanimous in Wieisa out the anti-moncpolists is the Hevublican’s ides of harmony in the party, but at the late election the anti-monopolists came within an ace of mopping the floor with the re- publicans, — A MAcHINE for ohoking off oriminals | able tho minority to walk off with the | Porations diffora in diflorent states. in three seronds has been exhibited in Paris. A machine which will choke off congresmsmen primed with a three ) i hours specch would bo enthusiastically | THE NATIONAL CONVENTION. [Foccipa of railronds doing hailed by the public Evcry anti-monopoly weasuro pas ed by the legislsture should bs framed eepecially with a view to atanding the teat of the courts. mana- gers are in the habit of bonsting that they pay for their law by the year. Rep Croup claims that General Crook stole 100 of his ponies s>mo yoars ago in & campaign against the Ogalalla Sloux, Red Cloud negleots to say what scttlers were the original owners of tha ponies under dispute, Uxcue Rurvs Hartom is down on monopolies, but ha thinks congress a sot of blatherskites to object to his pet achome of gobbling up the Yellow- stone National Park in the intecests ot @ private corporation. Tur Oleveland Leader th that o oue can now say that there is no method in the printer's madness sinco the types made the Bradford Star epaak of the Gould road which is to parallel the “Nickel Plate,” as the “Guilt B Railroad Wik Pig Tron Kelly's commities In the house hss been tinkering with the tariff question and cudgelling their brains how to sacure the least possible | Forbes, tax reduction consistent with the|posed to give to each state two dele- | rate a that amalleat amount of public disatisfac- tion, the senate finance committes have finiehed thelr work and reported @ bill to the senate, the senate last changes, —bauk, session, watch, propri tho interaal revenue ary, ete,—it hedule; s two Cooka and | STAND FiRM vention; the districts ] The people of Nebraska wl option of choosing electod a legislature atrongly ple homo or at the state couvention; the "|to aitl-mouopoly legislation, expect |territorica and the Dstrict of Colan them to stand firm against every over- | bia to have two delegstes each, na ‘v s of friend or foe, which will break | now, Uader this plan the convention 0| thelr ranks or impair thele nsefulnes [ would be mude up as follows: Dole- | ‘xu their constituents, Every member |catec-at Jarpe, distriot delegatea, | | who secured his election on pledgos of | 650; three additional delogates-at-large | | anti-monopoly muat be freo to voice [ for cach republicen sonutor, 114; thres monts of his constituente, No[additional district delegatus for vmh; | ions should bo allowed to re- | ropublican representative, 360; terri- | | atrict the cxpressions of his individual | tories and the District of Columbia, 18 | judgment or to bind him nawillingly | Total, 1,294 {to a pelicy which will not meet| Thoaim of the parly, as exprossed | with the approval of tho people of | through the national convention, was this atato, Tho logiclature, on a free, [to securs a basia of on | tair and open baliot, is atro i | which should take tho ¢ of | moaopoly, A large majority of its|gates out of tho Lauds of th 5| | mombers distributed wiwong the three |aud give froe voice to the wishea of | | i | | pledgea to select a man for the United | larger vepresontation y | Sisten senste who will voioo the will [should be given to A |of the producers of this siate in the | heavy republican introduction and prasage of measures |those in which the dewocrate Inoking to the relicf of the people|t the electoral votes, In each from tho exactions of corporate moncp-|of tho plans proposed these | oly. r. o snly hope of the railroads |idess are conside Tho eab- is i u division in the rankn as will|committee mothod is the most prevent united action, Aud this is the object wiieh every monopoly cop per at Lincoln ls working for Tue ek urges upon thoso members the praise of their constituent than they do for the approval of the cor- poratione, to stand firm against every overture of tho monopoly agents, No man who has bis own interests and the interests ot his constituents at heart ¢'n sfford to enter into wny compacts, public or reoret, with tho agonts of the monopoly managers, No legielator who seeks for further advancoment at tho hands of tho peo- plo of Nobraska can s.fely bind his voice or his vote on subjects of vital intorest in alliance with men who are working to defeat the princtples in dofenso of which he was elected. The caucus trap which is ready to beaprung by tho monopoly cappers should deceive no one, Its object is too plain to need oxposure. No anti-monopoly republican can af- ford to hund ap himself in the per- formance of kLis swora duty by pledg: ing himself in advance to the decrecs of ony caucus promoted by the very men whose influence he was elocted to defeat. No legislutor, whatover his political afilications, who has sccured his seat on a platform binding him to anti-monopoly legisiation can with snfety join any alliance organized and englneored in the intorests of corpor- ate monopoly. Tue Ber urgea the legislatura to stand firm for the principles of anti- monopoly because they hold the whip hand. 'They cannot be defeated in an open fight in which every member is placed upon the record. The only hope of the monopoly managers lies in euch a division of their ranks and soattering of their strength as will en- spolls while the majority ts disputing about plans and methods, The ac jouraed aud final meeting of the republican national committee will be held in Washirgion next week to decide upon a plan for calling the next national republican convention, At the Chicago convention of 1880 the committes was charged with devising euch a plan‘as should secure to the sovoral congressional districts the right to elect their own delegates, the basia of representation and the details of the been performed nearly two years ago, when the first meeting was held in Washington and several plans wero actively discussed. The first, pre- sented by Wm. E. Chandler, pro- vided that the next convention shall consist of four delogates at large from each state and two from every con- ressional district. Another plan, which was brought forward by M. Martin, of Kausas, suggested four delogates at largo frora each state, one republican votes last presidential election. A third and on the whole the best basis of all those suggested was that of Mr. of Massachusetts. 1| All the plans propoeod were reforred roduce [to s eub-committee consisting of the tax on manufactured tobacco to|Mossra, Chavdicr, Forbes and Me- * 12 cents per pound, aud rcduco the| Pherson, T special licenro @ moat imporiant, as woll as the most|that is a combination ¢f the others, |their income producing pawer, which bulky part of the bill, {s the fifth sec- | and which will incroase the member- | is the true gauge of the value of th TP 8 | tion, which coutains tho tariff |ship of the convention from |prop and applisnces of corpora.: | nohedules. Thoso sppesr to be, in the |the former nuwber ®f 756 to | tione waaeasment which | iu, th r nmended the tariff | the extraordinery and u , lomita the es of corporations | B, Ao 4 7 p y iz IMANAROADIO | Wil fui) to moet the requirem nts of | commission, with some chauges in the | number of 1,204, Tho sub-committeo | (hy law or the expectation of the cotton, silk, metal, sugar, woolen and | propose to give eoach state four dele- | people. ohemical rates, The finauce commii- | gates-at-large and two delegates for cigur taxes, The | ported, have s reed up: of tho legislature who caro more for | unms selection belng left for futnre|haveshown that the raiiroada of Ne- decision on the part of the|braska shitk from one-half to committee, ‘This duty ought to have|two-thirds of their taxes upon from each district and an additional | ture to draft and pass such a law as delegate at large for each 12,000 | will relieve the people from the un polled at the|jast burden of taxes placed upon their It pro-[not be gates at large and one district dele- | private property. Taxation is impcsed gate for each reprosentative, and an | for the protection of property through additional delegate at large for each |the maintenance of a state govern: The first four | republican senator in the existtng con- | ment. sections of the bill aro the leading | gress, and an additional delegate from | quick as the clanses of the little tax biil passed by | each district which has a ropublican|to call for the protection with few |represcutative In the existing con They repeal the miuor taxes | gress. e gentlomen, it 18 re- | aro aubjec & new plan | ebi teo has departed much less from the|each congreestonal district, as now recommendations of the commission [then to glve three additienal del gates-at-large for each republican & thau the ways and means committee, which s still at work, The two meas- ures will autagonize each other when | three edditional district delegates fo vhey meot in the house, and a confer- | each republican representative in the ence committee will have to settle the | then existing congress—the delegates- at-large to be chosen ata state con. diffsronce finally, n. ator in the then existing congress, and sambersome of all, A convention com- posed of thirteen hundred p would be more a mob than ns v deliber- I: would be unwleldy and sable. No chs u conid ontrol it, Mr. Foster's orig- inal method would secure every hene- fit derived from the snb committe plan, In addition it would make tho convention a smaller, less expensive, more orderly aud deliberative assem- blage. Under its provisions, etates Iltks Kansas and Nebracka would se. cars the influence in republican coun- cils to which they are entitled under their increased congressional repre- sentation, But any of the plans un. der consideration would be a marked improvement on the mothod which at the last convention brought trouble into the party ranks aud inaugurated a conflict whose ivfluence did not cezse with the aceassination of President Garlield. ative body. hope to TAXING THE CORPORATIONS! The bold fevasior corporations do ‘of taxes by the \osa in No- rosulted in a loud demand ¢ busi brasks, has rtion of the state for tho patsage of a law which will compel them to bear their just proportion of the burdens of taxition. The fecling | of the people on this qaestion was | platnly exprossad at the last eloction, | aud tho present legisluture ntands bound to their coustiiuents to make a radioal reform in the methods by which rallroad property is assessed in this state. Tho board of equalization has proved a failure, It played easily into the hands of the corporaticn attorneys from its first organization, and became at once the legalized in- strumont by which the railroads evaded their just obligattons to the state. The method of taxing the cor- from cvery p In Pennsylvania tho state derives an annual income of over a million dol lars from a tax imposed on the gross busi- ness within its limita, A bill proposiug the same mothod is now under couasideration in the of Missouri, and a eimilar measure is to be introduced in the Now York senate, Any method which will provide & means of arriving at a fair assessment valuation of railroad property wenld bo preferable to the system now in operation in this state, Statistics published by Tue Bee logialatare the shoulders of the people. The Union Pacific, whose market value has been quoted at $115,000 a mile, pays taxos on an asseesmont of $11,368 per mile. The Burlington & Missouri, whose roadbed equipment and franchises are valued at over $80, 000 per mile is assessed at a tritls over $10,000. Every other railroad in the state ¢cvades its taxcs in a like propor- tion, It will be the duty of the legisla- shoulders by tax-sharking corpora. tions. There is no reason why the property of the raliroads should assessed at the same placed upon No property owners are so railroad managers of the law whenever thelr investments are threatoned, Baut in addition to the value of their road bed and equip- ments, the corporations possess fran- hich under the cowstitution chiscs ot to taxation, These fran- o8 are valuable as an element in la taxing the corporations the legis- | lature is bound to exercise striot just be just to the people of Nebraska if it negleots to frame such a law as will take into se T [ count something more than the tangi- ble property of the rallroads. Cor- porate property muet be taxed on the same basis as other property, but in ice, But it cannot THE DAILY BEE the very nature and, therefore, yalu | y f things it cannot be [ Lonthe sims basis aa a black- | smith shop or & wholesslo grocery | s worth w mHerH store. A raflr earn, Its earnings derived as| much from the 1 Peop tributea of o thel to exer minent bed, its shops, In othir w 28 a part of ita to bear ity prop: n and the h -1 Lio; | | Tie city council this evenirg will | finally couet smended ordi naieo rrantic United Gas Im. | provement compavy of Philadelphia the right to erect works and furnis gas to consumers in this city, T propoeition mado some six weeks ago by the repreae haa beon three times before the coun. cil. Tt has twice boon referred to the city attorney, and fiually comes from his hands in the shape of an or- diance, in which the rights of cur citizsns are carefully guarded and in every proposal originally made is incorporated. Bricfly stated the new compary proposes to farnish gae to our paople of doublo the illumi- natieg power of that supplied by the present ccmpany at nearly one-half the cost. I:offara to light the city lamps at a saving of over 40 per cont. under the present price paid for street lighting, and to keop the lamps lit from sunset to sunrise. The proposition is made by a body of eastorn capitalists who mean exsotly what they say and are able to carry ont all their promises. Within thrae months after the passage of tho ordinauce the works will be in couras of ere and the pipe laying will begin us soon as tho frost s cut of the ground svflici exoavation, Tuk BEE, on bokalf of tho citizona of Omaha, who dusire a choaper and better article of z eity council to take prompt and de ive ncrion upun the new ordinance, New York has just granted tho right to a company using the same procees to lay mains In tho atrects, and the certainty of a co hae at once yto admit as, nrges upon the tirg ¢as company ed the stocks of the older corporations, At the pres- ont time Omaha is paying more for its gaa than any city of ite size in the United States. It is eatiniated that a savirg of over $100,000 annually at present prices could be made by the are of the gas furnished at the prom- ised rates by the new company. Our sity cannot afford to stop new enter- prises from locating in her midat, And it especially cannot do so when such enterprlscs are dollars and cents in the pookets of & large portion of our poople. New Yo tat new company, gns companies ave agi- d over the granting of a right to a the Equitable, to lay malos and furnish gas to consumers, The process to bo used is practically the game as that cmployed by the Unitod Gas Improvement company of Philadelphia, which offers to supply Omaha with light at about one-haif the present figures, Tue Fargo Argus has a way of jog- ging the memory of a creditor that might ba called a triflo personal. The other day it enid: ‘“As the good peo- ple of Fargo were returning from places of worship yesterday, Torkey, behind a speedy horse, was eledding down Broadway at & 2:40 gait, but that blil “—M 1 Hara to BBHL. Hastings Nebraskan. It is said that the anti-monops will concontrato upom Gen. A, H. Conner for U, 8. senator, He is one of the best men in the state, Were it not that he Is in danger of being handi. capoed by anti republican affiliations, it would be hard to find & better man for the position. A Lack of Confidence Sioux City Jourral The action of the Nebraska senate in taking the committee appointments out of the hands of the lieutenant governor amounts to a vote of luck of confidence. Lieutenant Governor Agoe, under the cironmstances, would be quits justified in following the Eagiish custom of tendoring his resig- nation, e All 1n Une Boat, Valla Cify Journal, Senator Saunders, being Interviewod by an Omaha reporter about his sena- torial prospects, was asked what the democrats and anti-monopolists would | be doing while he was getting lu bis . *‘Why, bless you,” s:id be, “ye're all anttmonopolists nowa days.” Thero is nothiog which exer cisss such & ry effect upon | even the aver. ¢ a8 the dia po o of hia tency. T sare all anti-v polists th | you, s7 I A Good Programms. | David City Repat Lot the | ture ot L to business at o olect a Uaite ates | senator who is not owned and con- piss somo laws: | provide for thewr it | and then draw milongo ard per diem | and go home, Tt is & sad comment on | the lategrity of about half the wmen who go to the capital pledzed to anti- monopoly leginlation, that they ride back and forth on freo passes ~issued by the railroad compantes, bu: there by auy monop ad 'IZS{)AY JANUARY 9 is not a we'll posted uhia the existerce of cuch a state of | offatrs Tho people pay the fare of | tch shysters over the railroads to the | capital in_addition to their regualir| salary of $3 a day, and these pinks of | emali | tendered | X | oket political perfection the ¥ Prof y urges the to mike some provieions for pre Nobraska fostile, Thero 18 no Hope of [Leilef. Pa‘tsmouth Journal, The organization of the leg has been such as to give t some hope of eecuriog somo relief om the burdens of unlimited and remeraeless charges for freighis on raiiroads, and its membershty is avca a8 {0 rant the bolisf that soms man in sympathy with the people wi be electod to the U, 8. eenate. I fair to presme thay the days of Sens tor Saundera aro vumberad, and that scms one who 18 not the sole property of the corperations willooin hia stead, Omit the Caucus, York Repub ican. ‘The legtalative forcos of the state mot in their grand corclave yesterday., They have many grave issnes before them, and thelr course will be watched with the ncat ecrutinizing interest Thors will bea sharp struggle over the eloction of a United Statcs eenator, the contest hinging on the point of choosing a man who will specially fos ter the great transportation corpaunies of thostate, or who will insist ona wholesomo regnlation of those com- anies. The conae forces will mand that there aucus of re- 1blicans, ) ng fhat this wing can | control the nomination of a senatc 1 perpetaation of the old rivg which held state in ita own powor, « believe our reprosontatives should ecan the ground very closely befor they have snything to do with o cau cus, ‘e Coming Senator. Nebawka Si nal, In the preeent general assembly of the state 18 being enacted one of the most importans events that has trans- pired o its Listory, It is the first time that corporatious have been met fico to feco with an anti-monopoly representation of «qoal numerical force. Oaly two shoru years ago and the corporations moved on disregard- ful of, aud with the most perfcct con- tempt for the smallopposingspeck they saw in the distant political horizon, but the little speck grew and swelled inits proportions and power, until it has become a crashing force, baaring down every opposition before its on- ward march, Railroad politicians and railroad newspapers have jeered and threatened, ballied and cosked, to calm the storm thoy themselves have raised, but all to no purpose. It has swept on, and on, till to-day corporate power in its alarin, with its spirit of dofiance broken, 1s forced to stand be fore the pm le of this atate a hypo- bler, I 18 now slop- plug over with symp why and adira- tion for a candidate, who at this time fiuda tt convenient and foll of com- fort to wear the anti-monopely label, Wo say to our representatives ‘“‘by their fruits ye shall know them,” Locok well to the fruits, Be sure of your mar. This suggostion may be strictly complied with and yet defoat woy follow. It may result from two causes: firet, money; and sec- oud, a caucus manipulated by sagacious political trickstcrs, The keen eyo of a decply interested con- stituency is sharply fixed upon every movement of its sgents, and it can- not be decoived aid we shall soon see how well the untrained representatives of tho anti-monopoly column will be- have before corporate power under fire at short rang.—-a power weli drilied, and commanded by the most able po- litical tacticians of the state. A good, sound, anti-monopoly republican the peopls desire chosan senator, and the member of this legislature who fails to give his assislance in atfecting thia vital object, will be held to strict n count, Skalking bebind trumped up vxcnsea will not save him from a just todignation of an outraged constitu- ency. **“One man's meat is another man's poison.” Kidney-Wort expels tho poisonous humore. 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