Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 17, 1886, Page 4

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NEBRASKA likes Lo fall in with the fash- ions, but she is willing to draw the line i at tornadoes. “THe Belt Line,” says General Man- | ager Clark, “is owned and will bo oper- | ated by the Missouri Pacific.” So will be the Omaha & Northera. THE spring crop of immigrants is enor- mous. Nebraska will discount all former records this year in the number of new seottlers in her unsettled territory. Six days i the week for work are enough. Workingmen will endorse any movement which will assist in making the seventh a day of rest and healthful recreation, A MEETING of Herr Most’s friends in New York was dispersed on Saturday by the police. The anarchists are finding American policemen as tough to handle a8 European gendarme: Tue Herald calls upon Mayor Boyd to enforce the license law. Mayor Boyd's last attempt to close the saloons on Sun- day took the form of a circular note ask- - ing liquor dealers their opinign on the question, e e T ) THE first of the boodle aldermen, ‘Jaehne, has been convicted of bribery in New York, and Jake Sharp is trembling 4n his boots as he awaits the inevitable call of ‘‘next” from the district attorney’s Siim [Prospeots, In presenting the board of trade bill to enable the Union Pacific to borrow money to construct branch lines in Nebraska and Kansas, Senator Van Wyck took oe- casion to say that he presented the bill not because he thought it the best solu- tion of the problem, but because it seemed to be demanded by his constituents, and protected the interests of the goverment. The bill has been referred to the judi- ciary committee of the senate. It is only fair to say that the chances for its pas- sage by the present congress are not bril- liant. The Hoar funding bill has the preference in the senate, and, if reached, will draw out a lengthy debate upon the history and condition of the road. Congress is not favorable to any legislation which will seem to weaken the government lien on the prop- erty represented by the second mortgage bonds and accrned unpaid interest charged up against the Union Pacific on the books of the troasury. The support which the Hoar extension bill is rec ing is largely due to a mistaken idea the the measure is for the banefit of the gov- ernment and will increase its sceurity. As a matter of fact the bill legalizes all the thi and robbery of the past in Union Pacitic management and gives the thieves a quit-claim deed to their plunder. The board of trade bill on the other hand, while leaving all questions of the past to be set- tled as congress and the courts may de- cide, permits the company to use its credit in securing money to extend branches, under guarantees that the con- struction and capitalization shall be hon- est and that the government lien shall be secured by the property acquired. The opponents of the road in congress are not likely, however, in our opinion, to waive their opposition to any measure which will permit an apparent incres of the indebtedness of the Union Pacific, even if such increase is needed to protect the interests of the main system. This isone of the many unfortunate results of the management of the Gould and Dillon regime which has destroyed the confi- dence of the country in Union Pacific financiering and in the honesty of any plans professedly for the combined in- terest of the road and the people. Postofiice Complaints. If Senator Manderson and Representa- tive Weaver would turn their respective attentions to the crying demand of Omaha for better postal facilities they would meet a long felt want. The com- plaints of the inefficient service at tho postoflice are general. They are met by the postmaster with the reply that insuf- ficient force is the sole and only cause. If this is the case, every effort should be made to remedy tine trouble by a de- mand on the part of the sen- ator and representative speciallv in- terested, that the Omaha postoflice shall be placed on a par with other of- fices of its size and importance through- out the country. The business of the postoffice is growing with a rapidity which evidences the rapid growth of the city. Itis a distributing point for a large section of the westand an office of de- posit for great numbers of minor oflices in the tributary territory. The growth of Nebraska no less then that of Omaha makes itself felt in a daily increasing tax upon the resources of the institution Senator Manderson owes it to Mr. Cou- tant well as to the people of Omaha to make a vigorous movement upon the postmaster general to demand relief for the patrons of the Omaha postoftice. With a proper force of clerks on hand office. BROADWAY, New York, is to.have an underground railroad. As the legisla- ture has passed the bill and the governor . signed it, boodle aldermen will not be given the chance to twist $10,000 green- backs around their fingers when ex- Pplaining why they were induced to give a valuable franchise for nothing to vora- ‘eious capitalists. ; EpE———— THERE is said to be little doubt about Senator Edmunds’ re-election. There ‘ought to be none. Mr. Edmunds com- " bines ability with integrity and long leg- ~ islative expericnce in the senate. A basswood statesmun from Vermont would find it very difficult to rattle around in the shoes of the senior senator from the Green Mountain state. I GEeNERAL CrROOK gained & good deal of . well deserved praise by his system of . gagging Indians so that they could be ¢ ddentified and known when wanted, The © eouncilman who carries through a move- I ment to “‘tag’’ our street corners so that " $hey may bo distinguished readily will Peoeive a mountain of congratulations in ~ peturn for his labor and public spirit, SE————— . New ENGLAND papers continue to be E agitated over the fisheries ques- 3 raised by the ‘*Adams'’ scizure. If i high protectionist cranks who decline .~ #0 permit a reciprooity troaty with Can- '?L‘ would withdraw their opposition to - pommerewl freedom, both countries ~would be the gainers. A tax on fish . @sught on the free ocean is an economic absurdity. The question as to its propri- oty should not be dignified into an issug, DHERE is altogether too much robbery oing on in Omaha under the disguise of ey-loaning. We refer to the usurious nsactions of those money sharks who n fifty dollars--for thirty days, taking ont the interest in advance and charging “from five to ten dollars ‘‘commission,” i which is also deducted in advance. . While people who permit themselves to be robbed in such a fashion may really descrve little or no sympathy, are people who as u rule ave dr by necessity, and the sharks cruelly take advantage of their situation. —— In spite of Mr. Tilden’s vigorous letter and My, Cleveland’s mterminable mes- sage, the chanees for the coust defense receiving any attention from this con- gress are exceedingly slim. Local jeal- ousies have been developed among the warious points along the Atlantic and Gulf coast which demand exteusive forti- fleations, aud their representatives in eongress ave squabbling so vigorously hat there is little prospect of unything ‘being done. If tho coust cuu only be fortiticd through a huge log volling performunce like some of the river appropriations of the the country will prefer to it & fow yours longer in dependence u the torpedoes which bave been for tiwme past her ouly relisunce for de. aguinst foreigu iuvasion, there will be no further excnse for the harrassing delays in the distribution, for- warding and delivery of mail from which the business men of Omaha are suffering. Under such changed circumstances a continuance of the trouble would call loudly for a change of postmasters. Another reform needed in the same line 1s the removal of the shabby and bat- tered mail wagons which consumptive mules and spavined ponies drag wearily to and from the postoffice and the depot. This transfer service would disgrace a decaying New England village. The non-resident contractors’ who are mis- managing this portion of the mail ser- vice should be brought to time with a sharp turn, What Then? Suppose the home rule bill is defeated as the croakers now assume; what then? 1s there any reason why the friends of Ireland should feel discouraged over the prospect? We think not. If Mr. Glad- stone’s measure passes the commons it will certainly be thrown out by the lords. An appeal to the country would be nec- essitated under these circumstances, just as an appeal will be certain to follow the rejection of the bill by the commons upon its second reading. Lord Hartington may talk of a coalition ministry and may even make the attempt to mix the oil of radicalism with the water of whig- gery, but it cannot succced. English politics have never been favorable to co- alitions. They have always failed in the past; they will as surely fail in the pres- ent. Liberal England has pronounced itgelf for Gladstone nud home rule with over- whelming energy during the Easter re- cess. It will voice its will even more emphatically at the next general election, The campaign which would tollow a dis- solution of parliament would be car- ried on chiefly, if wuot solely, on the one issuc of an Irish par ment at Dublin and Gladstone's wishes 1n the drafting of the bill. Eng land is now ready to admit that there is no middle ground between home role and coercion and that coercion is a failure. Tue dissension among liberal members of parlinment is not as to the necessity of home rule, but regarding the details of a practical application of the measure pro- posed, A general election may be need- ed to clear the stormy atmosphere, but the result iu the end wili be what Lreland and Irishmen, together with all lovers of freedom, so earnestly desir Guarding the School Lands. ‘T'he board of public lands at Lincoln bave adopted more stringen® rules to govern the appraisal, leasing and salo of school lunds in this state.. This action cowes none too soon. The esposure by the Bex of the manner in whieb by collu- sion with county ofticers the best agricul- tural lands in the state are being gobbled by non-residenss sharks at the minimum price scems to have had.its eficct. ‘I'he board now places itself on record as de- termined to revise all appraisals by gounty comuissioners and to cancel such #s are manifestly unfair. They.call upon l citizens in the neighborhood where such sales and lenses are made to furnish prompt information of all delinquencies in order that the remedy may be ap- plied, This means business. Agricultural lands in Nebraska have become too val- uable to be sold for a trifle or permitted to pass into the hands ot land sharks at half the price at which neighboring far- mers are holding their farms. Our school lands properly managed will furnish a splendid endowment for Nebraska's edu- cational system. Such & rich trust can- not be too carefully guarded. —_—— ‘“Gems of Thought” on L There are some rich *‘Gems of Thought" in Mr. Powderly's recent secret eircular to the Knights of Labor which ought to be framed and hung up in every lodge and in every assemby room where honest workmen meet to discuss their interests, I ask our members,” writes the gen- eral master workman, “to keep a jealous eye upon the doings of the labor men who never labor.” This is wise and timely advice. The working men of Omaha have followed 1t through the labor troubles of the present spring. They know from experience that it is the labor men who labor the least who are always most mischievously active in stirring up unnecessary strife and in refusing to adjust difliculties or. which arise. Mr. Powderly believes that reason and peaceful organized effort will accomplish more than brute force, *1f the men who possess money cnough to buy guns and dynamite,” he writes, “‘would invest it in the purchase of some well-selected work on labor, they would put the money to good use. They will never need the guns and dynamite in this country.” “If 1 kill my enemy, I silence him, it is true, but I do not convince him. I would make a convert rather than a corpse of my enemy.” “In the hands of men entirely mouth the gun is as harmless as his word.” “Men who own capital are not our en- emies. 1f that theory held good the workmen of to-day would be the cnemy of his fellow toiier to-morrow, for, after all, itis how to acquire capital and how to use 1t properly that we are endeavor- ing to learn.” These are paragraphs of pithy signifi- cance from the pen of a man liberally supplied with common sense and with a very happy faculty of so presenting the common sense of a matter as to carry conviction to the minds of others. Every honeat and level-headed working- man will promptly endorse such senti- ments as those we have quoted and will wonder how they can be called nto dis- vute. But a sentiment is one thing; to make it an actiye directing force is auite another matter. That is what Mr. Pow- derly is attempting to do in the great labor organization of which he is the His success will be the success of the Knights of Labor. Improving Local Architecture, There is a large field for improvement in the efforts of our loeal architects, es- vecially in the line of public buildings and structures designed for mercantile purposes on our business streets. We are still struggling with the packing-box style of brick fronts, relieved only by bands of stone, with an occasional uso of the fashionable terra cotta. There is an advance, of course, on the old con. ventional plain brick fronts, but as yet there are few signs of progress towards n distinctive archi- tectural style, bold and vigorous in conception, and adapted to the require- ments of individual locations and the uses for which the buildings are intended. The two buildings of most striking archi- tectural merit in Omaha to-day are the High school and the Lutheran church Among business buildings in course of erection the Barker block will be the first to depart from the oconventional idea. The new Merchant's National bank will also be a noticeable departure in archi- tectural treatment from the buildings which have been erected of late in Omaha. Omaha architects arc somewhat limited in scope by the high cost of build- ing stone and still oftener by the low fig- ures which property owners are willing to pay for their buildings. But they are still lacking in originality, boldness of conception, vigor and freshness. Their designs have in most cases been mere modifications of those of others. The style set for one building early in the season can generally be traced in all other structures designed by the same house during the year. Whether Omaha is to be a picturesque and a beautiful city depends largely upon her architects. Nine-tenths of the plans drawn and designs accepted are made in our midst, Other things being equal, itis right and proper that this should be the case. But our architects must keep up with the times if they pro- poso to keep up their bank accounts. Property bas become so valuable that in- vestors in permanent improvements are beginning to demand the best.” They will not long vemainGatisfied with end- lgss veproductions and modifications of the plans drawn for others. They are al- ready calling for individuality in design and the best of work in construction. ‘I'ae cight-hour movement among the Chicago lumber-handlers has failed. It did not succeed because its success would have materially injured it if it did not entirely destroy the lumber trade of Chi- cago. Other great lumber markets were pot asked to join in the movement for what waus virtually a 20 per cent increase in wages. Compliance with the demand on the part of Chicago lumbermen would have wiped out the profit of the business and given all their competitors else- where the opportunity to transfer the trade to their own wharves. This is what the sensible Powderly meant when he said that the cight-hour demand in every trade wust be universally granted in order to make the movement a success. No manufacturer, hampered by heavy competition, eould afford to stand alone the advance in his line of production. If all the lumber handlers 1 the country Lad succeeded in securing the reduction in hours at the old pay the only effect would bave been an advauce in the price of lumber, But where the men in one city only struck for the shorter hours, the movement was fore-doomed to defeat. —— HoxE rule may be dufeated in the pre- sent parliament, but its success in the. near futire is as certain as the return of the seasons. been educated to a support of the: prin- | eiple i ed. ‘The yusrrels pnd dissen- British publi¢ opinion has 1 slons are simply as'tothe proper details of application. English liberalism has never yet endorsedd a' principle which 1t did not sooner or'‘latér incorporate into the law of the realtn.” The failure of the present home rulé bill, if it comes, will certainly be followed by the success of another measure, either in the hands of Mr. Gladstone or some of his able lieutenants. No FURTHER inquiries will be made made by tle state department into the murder of Capt. Crawford by the Mex- ican bandits who masqueraded in the un- iform of a friendly nation. Mr. Bayard, whose life-long politieal policy has been to let well enough alone, has been un- able to see his way clear towards erect- ing his spine sufliciently to vindicate American honor and American arms in this case of dastardly o KANsAs Ci1y's professional base ball ning is not so much of a success as a Kan- sas City tornado. It has not knocked out a single opponent so far. We really would like to see that nine win just one game. WHEN stone and concrete sidewalks take the place of rotting and treacherous hoards, Omaha will have fewer suits to defend for damages to broken limbs and dislocated rib THE star-eyed goddess of reform will feel very lonely this summer. Henri Watterson has gone to Europe on a vaca. tion and left the goddess at home in old Kaintuck. Tue tornado insurance agent is now getting in his work in great shape. The vecent blows have made a boom for him, and he is flying around on tne wings of the wind. Mg. Cu £ y is as obnox- jous to his party as Andy Johnson's famous ‘‘my policy” was to the republi- cans of 180 AND now the dirt begins to fly from picks and shovels in Omaha. Idle labor- ors on the street corners will soon be as difficult to find as hens’ teeth. POLATICAL POINTS. Judge Kinne says the new administration has given strength to the democracy in Towa. A stampede of republican papers to the support of Edmunds is reported in Vermont. There is a movement in Louisiana to adopt a constitutional amendment abolishing the state senate. There are some people who think every one of the Illinois congressmen will be re- nominated. 02 3 The silence of Sengtor. Evarts on the silver question leads to the infetence that the presi- dential bee has stung his tongue. Warring republicay faetions in California bhave patched up a. pedce, which will be tested in the convention %o be held August 25th. o) Down in Texas thpy axe trying to decide whether the Farmers’ alliance should be car- ried into politics, or ‘politics carried into the allinnce. ) The republicans hdve seventeen members of the Ohio senate. “As this is two less than a majority they are trying some way to make a9 out of the 7. « 1 It 18 generally understood in Pentisylvania Iabor circles that Mt. Poviderly will accept the democratic ow¥nation for governor it tendered him. 5 Gtorge W. Greene, secretary of the mug- wump committee in 1854, is another one of those who think Blaine i3 stronger than ever with the republican party. Virginia had agreater number of electoral votes than any other state till 1805. Now there are eleven states aliead of her, and two others holding an equal representation. The Massachusetts Civil Service reform league suggests to the president that remov- als and appointments be posted for a specific time in order that the public may be heard from. It is believed In’ Georgla political circles that Gen. John B. Gurdon will receive the democratic gubernatorial nomination, main- ly on account of his strength with the ol soldiers. The Davenport Democrat pleads fora short campaign in lowa. As there are few new issues it considers that the peopla would rather devote their time to business than to polities. There seems to be a general impression that Gen, Gordon lives as markedly in the present as Jeff Davis does In the past. This is one of the reasons why Gen. Gordon may be a candidate for oftice in the future. Massachusetts republicans are not so cer- tain to nominate Lieut. Gov. Ames for gov- ernor. Congressman Rice and Mr. Crapo are both strongly backed, and the senatorial election threatens to complicate the matters. A Washington county correspondent in- forms the country that Messrs, Elkins and Manley are often at the capital looking after Blaine’s interests. It is not stated just what they do, but no doubt they will do all they can, They are beginning to put Chauncey M. Depew on the ticket with Blaine for 1888, It is said that Mr. Depew granted twenty-eight pasees to Albany and return in_half a»-our the other day, and that be tin have the sena- torship if Le wants it, Lo 2L The Anarchist, Philadelphia Times. 'The anarchist isn’t as big a man now as he wasa week or two ago, and what he has to say is read or listened to as much as the words of a dying villain, When the Ameri- can people jump on a man they mean busi- ness every time, T e Jeff Davis is on Their Trail. Philadelphia Press, There is a tight race’ between George W. Julian, of Indiana and George C. Gorham, of Nowhere to see who! is the biggest ghost in contemporary polfties, If the contest were to stop right mow-the gate receipts would be divided evenly between the two competitors. v . e 2 The Beauties of IlPustrated Journal- s Kansas Oity Bmes. The Second street comt house was never a very sightly building, put the Globe-Demo- crat's picture went it = several additional shades of horror, The ‘Globe-Democrat’s court house combined the puzzling aspect of a humpbacked dome with the business pose of a setting hen. L] —— The Decline of Tenuyson. Chicago Times. Mr., Tennyson’s latest poetry has provoked even more severe comment than any other of his recent poems, And much of it is de- served. Itis fresh evidence that arbitration has failed to restore the harmonious relations that once existed between him and his muse, and the latter has undoubtediy determiped upon a permanent lockout, e It is Charged Up to Morton. A Chicago News. J The rymor that Dr. George L. Miller was about to retire from journalism in Nebraska appears to have bean projected by the Hon. J. Sterting Morton, who is nervously await- ing bis turn atthe bat. But Dr. Milier will THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: MONDAY, MAY 17, 18s6. not retire from journalism untll he has penned Mr. Morton’s epltaph—you can stick a pin there, P — Anarchy in] Bottles, Chieago Herald, Mr. Rosenfeld’s drugs and chemicals have proved more deadly and certainly more un- erring in their aim than the bullets ot the po- lice. Nobody drank them who was an “Inno- cent spectator.,” Every man who took poison in that apothecary shop stole it, and presum- ably those who emptied the bottles down their throats were foremost among the an- archists in the work of gutting the building. No sympathy need be wasted, therefore, on the dead and dying who fell in that engage- ment. They wanted nihilism and they found 1t put up and labeled under strangs names in bottles, They took it and it knocked them out. There are morc things in chemistry than the petroleumite, who prides himselt on his knowledge of deadly compounds. ever dreamt of in his philosophy. e Congressional Funerals, Chicago Times. Congressman Weaver says that he was se- rious in introducing the bill for a standing committee to look after the funerals of de- ceased members of congress, and shall en- deavor to pass it. But an objection toa standing committee for this purpose is that it will monopolize the only opportunity for recreation and a good timej that members of congress enjoy. ‘The congressional funeral 18 t00 ood a thing to put into the handsofa favored few. It must be handed round. No member of congress who is fond of cham- pagne and Havanas—and what member of congress is not?—will vote away his Share in these convivial obsequies by passing Mr. Weaver's bill The only bill relating to con wressional funeral funerals that can pass is a bill increasing their number. pcsndio - A Bit of Gossip. Cotumbus Dispateh, There is & young lady from Troy Most handsome ana winsome and coy; We are nothing to blame _That we don’t give her name, For that might the story destroy. She got from a lady a letter— In Buffalo 'twas that she met her— Wedon’t know her name, But, then, that's just the same, And, perhaps, It is something the botter, This letter declares, 1t is said, That Cleveland’s decided to wed; ‘The bride told the news, Said she conldn’t refuse, And will soon to the altar be led. Thera's the story for what it is worth— You know its rom its birth; Ferlaps you' icious, _But of gossip deliclous You'll have to admit there's a dearth. ——— A Duel Over Mennie Palmer. Miss Minnie Palmer is in London and her manager, Mr. John Rogers, has been arrested for threatening to fight a dvel with Mr. Arnold. The latter gentleman is & member of the company which is playing “My Swectheart” at the Strand theatre with Miss Palmer as the star, and it is alledged that the reason why John Rogers wants to shoot Mr. Arnold is that Miss Palmer favored the latter. 3 E\'m'fihofly in London theatrical cicles is laughing at Rogers’ challenge. Charles Arnold, who is a handsome young fel- low has contributed much to the success of “My Sweetheart,’’ by his performance of the part of Lony, and his impersona- tion of the lover finally became so real- istic as to arouso the ire of Rogers, who is Miss Palmer’s husba ag well as her manager. Miss Pal enied hav- ing encouraged old’s attention beyond the ™ requirements of the play, but Rogers denounced Arnold in Vigorous Aan picturesque language, based, apparently, upon the theory that he could whip. his' weight in wild-cats. Arnold at once severed his connection with the Minnie Palmer company and joined that of the Holborn theatre. It doesn’t appear that Arnold, after leaving the mer company, mentioned the fact of his quarrel with Rogers to anybody, but Rogers’ managerial soul thirsted for a %ur,v advertisement. and he penned the following challenge, for sending which the summions was served upon him “*Charles Arnold: My contempt and hatred for you are such as only death can satiate. _Such curs as you are not fit to live. Name the place and time, and let us go 1nto a room together, lock the door, and fight until only one of us shall be able to come out and tell the tale. Your enemy. JonN R. ROGERS." e The Presidential Bridal Outfit. Washington Correspondence Chicago Herald: The action o} the women wage workers in passing a resolution at their meeting this week begging the president to have his bridal trousseau made in this country has caused much comment here. The women were in earnest when they passed the resolution for they said they were afraid the president would go, like his intended bride, to the marts abroad for his outfit. There were numerous of- fers from the workers in that_meeting to make his night shirts, Oneof the giddy women arose and remarked that she thought from heresay that it would t: a yard for the collar and a bolt of muslin for the garment, and if frills and rufiles weroused perhaps # bolt and a half would benecessary. The suggestion was turned down as irrelevant. Since the meeting the wageworkers have had numerous suggestions. It is not likely that the president will give out his orders for his trousseau to a ‘‘private firm,” but order what he necds from his own haberdssher, but the more reckless of the wagework- ers declare that they are going to maks a magnificent troussegu forthapresident, and hire a store o» the avenue and ex- hibit it— iy say thav such an exhibi- +10n would be a most attractive one and will be sure to make money. The robe de nuit will be the chef d’eeuvre. It will be trimmed with red satin, with Hambu edging and ruffles. The size will be fit for Jumbo, but that will not matter, for it will bo the piece de resistance of the collection. They claim that they are in earnest, for they want to show the public that the women of America can make as fine and handsome things as are made in Europe. e How Becretary Lamar Rides, Sorrespendence Pittsburg Chronicle: When Seeretary Lamar was in the senate ed to join the senatorial riding par- s every time they could be induced to take bini along. He enjoyed it thorougly, but he did not like to go fast, and his fits of absent mindedness did not add charm enough to his conversation to make it worth while to stuy back to enjoy it. As a consequence he has been going by himself lately to the imminent danger to tree boxes and fences, which are not able to get out of his He is u striking figure when he gets' thoroughly wrapt "L) in one of his day dreams on horseback. His baggy trousers climb up far enonghto leave a hiatus between his shoe tops and the lower ends, and his loose coat rises in a ridge around his neck. His hat eatehes the infection and settles down towards his ears, and the omnipresent umbrella hangs under his arm by so slender a grip that small boys follow to catch it when it falls. Fortunately for the country in general and the interior departinent in particular, the horse is sensible enough to do noth- ing but walk around, usually in quict streets, where no one will see the old gentleman, When he gets tired he runs against a tree box, wakes Lamar up, and then ambles off home with him, ———— e Labor Troubles. Prrrspure, May 15.—The bakers' strike was declared off last night by the Knights of Laber. The men were ordered to return to work. ‘The employers agreed to thie twelya- hour. arrangement. Superintendent Kerris gan agreed 10 reinstate the - fireman dis charged during the Knights of Labox stive, | republicaus and democrats. Politically and Materially. THE PEERS OF THE WHITES. Administration Compared With the Supine Small-Bore Of- clals of Nebraska. Lirtie Rock, Ark., May 14.—[Editorial Correspondence of the Brge.]—Nobody can realize the marvellous change wrought by tho war who has not, like myself, lived in the south during slavery times. I had not set foot on confederate soil since 1868, and very naturatly had an intense curiosity too see for myself how the negro fares with his former master, whether freedom and poiitical equality have bettered his physical and social con- dition, and the effect abolition has had upon the southern whites. THE SOCIAL REVOLUTION was manifest already in the southbound traip from St. Louis. Ivividly remember the awful experience of a southern plan- ter as related in my presence while living in Alabama. He had been traveling for pleasure through Ohio over one of the roads leading to Columbus in a car oceu- pied by a mixed crowd. *“Would you be- lieve it,’ said the Alabamian, “The con- ductor walked up to my seat and ordered me to drop my cigar because smoking wasn’t allowed in the presence of ladies. ‘I don't see any ladies in this car, Mr Conductor. I only see a couple of nigger wenches over yonder, and I don’t pro- pose to stop smoking on their account.’ *You must stop your insulting language,’ shouted the Yankee conductor, ‘or I'l and_put you off the ever hear of such an clamation all around ¢ bad enough when§ whito gentlemen are compelled to travel in the same car with nigyers, but this could only happen among those cussed Yankees.'" 1f my Alabar iend has survived the downfall of the ‘‘confederacy’’ he has long since got over his resentment at that Yankee conductor. The “nigger car” has long since pussed away, and colored peorle travel side by side with southern gentlemen in passenger coaches as they o in southern street ¢ . IN SLAVERY TIMES the nogro \v:m:\lwuf’ '[]n'clud to pull off y sul his hat and humb ute every white man he passed on the public highway, and turn out of the way for the most wretched corner loafer. 'Now he walks the roads and streets independent as any one, even though he knows that every other man he has passed is a colonel, general or judge. These are only little straws, ha always believed in calling a spade a spade, and 1 propose now to pre- sent the unvarnished facts about the negro in Arkansas as I have seen and found him, There may be sections of the south where the negro is still subjected to cruel treatment, and deprived of his civil and political rights. ~ Aff pains- taking inquiry Imust say that such is not the condition of the colored people of Arkan: Right here in Little Rock the negro dwells in more comfortable houses, wears better clothes, and enjoys by far reater prosperity than the coloved popu- ation of Omaha. It is simply surprising, but it 18 a fact I can vouch_ for, that the homes of the colored people of this city will compare favorably with the homes of industrious white workingmen in any American city. In passing their open doors 1 noticed that they are well furnished and neatly kept. A{u'gc num- ber are owned by their inmates, who are employed in almost every vocation, Quite a number of the best mechanics of Little Rock, including masons, bricklay- ers, carpenters, painters, machinists and blacksmiths, are negroes. I visited several of these houses and talked with old negroes who had been brought up as slaves and they all tell me that they are PROSPEROUS AND CONTENTED. “But how about voting; don’t they bull- doze you and keep you away?” “I always votes as I pleuse, sah; I vote republican every time, but there is some bad darkies, salh, what sells their votesto de democrats. They ain’t many, though,” suid my informant.” This was fully con- firmed by leading white republicans, who admit that the negro in this city and nearly everywhere in Arkansas is re- ceiving fair “treatment and fair wages. Several negroes in Little Rock are rated from $20,000 to $30,000 in real property. One owns 4 fine brick block occupied s a saloon and gambling house. Gambling is still a favorite pastime of whites and blacks down here. Incidentally T may remark that Arkansas is A HIGH LICENSE STATE with more severc restrictions than Ne- brasku in some respects. The county and state license aggregates $700 a year, payable in advance, and the city charges %2.: per month. 1 was surprised to meet several negro policemen and_letter carriers, This iz })rubublv a bid for the nesto vote on """!\l issues which #7G not fought here on 8! t perly lines, The intercourse between colored and white people is more cordial than in the north. = They come in contact more frealy evorywhere and the general fecl- ing among the native whites is that Ar- kansas would be a desert without the negro. 1 have talked with a dozen men who were prominent in the rebel army and they ‘all express themselves with- out reserve that their overthrow of wias a blessing in dis- & The free negro is more useful as @ factor in their prosperity than he ever was aus slave. OF the 800,000 colored people of Arkunsus, nine-tenths probably are tilling the soil Tost of them arerenters of plantations. The; 0 much ground rent—from §5 to § ar---or they work with planters Quite & number, [ am tol wwred land, some by purchuse and others by homuosteading. The only drawback [ liear of is that poor, ignorant cks are mercilessly flecced by the country dealers, who charge them exor- bitaut prices for everything they have to buy. Many of them are shiftless. They work during the season on the spend e ilar of their say tween Christimas and New Year' “The negro In this state,” said Logan D, Roots, the Arkansas me the national republican committce iy nothing 1o complain of so far as mate welfare is concerned. ‘The only - thing wrong is that his ARE NOT ALWAYS COUNIED. There is no trouble on this score in a ational election, but in county and state elections they are nearly al 5 o frauded. This charge ntted by e N aoraca s trua - Last vanr the republican cand was counted out. 1I'n in this county which Las been ref 3 thrown out for seven or cight ) The only reason is the voters we ue: ail black-republican.’ Othor instances were eited and proofs were produced that show where canvass: ers have thrown out balf a doz cinets ar a time, *“T'his is not the wor said & leading vepublican, “'they ofte destroy or change our tigkets. I spite of all this the republicans mana, stall their county elerk last was mostly due to the fact th rutining on a mongrel ticket ‘n\ I e for county jildge o is one township COLOR LINE IN ARKANSAS Marvelons Progress of the Blaoks, Soclally, The Vigorons Honesty of the State ing can palliate the ballot box frauds, the fact that republicans and democrats can harmonize on local eandidates is sig- nificant. In the Little Rock school board partisanship is entireiy I*Inon-d A Ru}ht here let me say that the colored people are receiving THE FULL BENXEFIT OF FREE SCHOOLS and I am informed hayve made remark- able progress. The schools «xrhmvolg maintained for them are largely ai tended. The teachers are colored and said to be first-class. The colored peo- ples’ churches are well attended and some of them, notably the Methodist African church, are among the finest structures in the city. With its 45,000 majority the democratio party of Arkansas has naturally become domineering and discordant, The farm- ing clement 18 on the verge of revolt against abuses which democratic legisla- tures have fostered and grievances which the democracy have failed to redress, The Arkansas Farmers' Wheels, pat- terned after the “Grange,” have sprung into existence within two years, and now claim a compact organization of over 60, 000 members. They have called a state convention and propose to put a ticket in the fieldin opposition to the regular machine democrats. In this im]]lcuding contest the negro will hold the balance of power and his vote will be counted. My active sympathies always have been with the producing and industrial classes in secking relief from oppressive exac- tions, vicious legislation and the misrule of monopolies. I sincerely hope ‘‘Arkan- sas Wheelmen will enforce their rights and protect their interests by eleoting a farmer legislature this fall. ~ I am, how- ever, very favorably impressed with tho present state administraticn of Arkan- sas. Governor Hugbes is a firm, honest and faithful executive, 1 may possibly be prejudiced in his favor because Ne. Il;mskxl has for years been misgoverned y SMALL BORE POLITICIANS and monopoly figurcheads. But I maintain that the backbone dis- played by him and his colleagues recently ~in dealing with railroad , and hi i economic administra- tion of state _insti utions entitle him to the thanks of every farmer in Arkansas. 1 need only cite a few points to convince ns that Arkansas is a better d state. the Arkansas state board of When equalization, which, like the Nebraska board is made up of the governor, treasurer and auditor, met re- cently, the railroad attorneys rased a a perfect howl against the assessment, But the board, with Governor Hughes at the head, stood firm and would not re- duce the assessment. NOW MARK THE DIFFERENCE between Arkansas and Nebraska nssess- ) In Nebraska, the right of way, . rolling stock, depots and all . provements are pooled and assessed at from $3,000 to $10;500 per mile. Tho mileage is divided to the counties, and no other Tocal taxes can be assessed. In Arkansas the state board has as- sessed the tracks and right of way at from $2.500 to $10,000 per mile, and then the rolling stock’separately at from $1,50 to $7,000 per mile. The buildings in each county are a at the appraised axes. The tracks in for city purposcs e eage rate fixed by the nd the buildings and rolling d in each city are also subject to city taxes. Now let me compare penitentiary man- agement in the two states. In Arkansas the state has leased its convicts just as it has in Nebr: Arkansas in the last year received $25,399.85 for the use of the convicts, and the lessee paid the fare for transporting the convicts from counticg where they were sentenced, and fyrnished their clothing and board, In Nebraska ch county pays for transporting its convicts and the state pays 45 cents per day to the lessee besides the use of their labor. In other words the Arkansas pen- itentiary is not only self-sustaming but actually yields a handsome revenue. The Nebraska penitentiary costs the tax payers over $15,000 a year. ANOTHER CONTRAST between Arkansas and Nebraska may be worthy of notice As far back as ten years ago the Arkansas legislature passed a bill directing assessors to place all lands ]nuentefund unpatented, which were claimed as belonging to any rail- road, on the tax lists. The Iron “Moun- tain road resisted and made a test ocase. The Arkansas courts sustained the logal- ity of the act and finally the United States supreme court aflirmed it. ‘‘As betwaen settl and railronds,” said a prominent official to me, ‘‘our supreme court has decided in fayor of the people every time. They are incorruptible,’” ue for county I city are oss i = Although Arkansas contamns nearly a million population, more than one-third of the available area of the state is in the hands of Uncle Sam and the state. The four land offices together disposed of 244,580 acres last year, but there are still over seven million seres in Arkansus subject to the homestead entry and pre-emption. Be- sides this the state owns 2,881,876 acres which have been forfaited since the war by failure to pay the taxes. And yet Ar- kansas afforassome of the most desirable tracts for farming on the continent. They raise everything except tropical fruits, and the only present drawbragk i3 » 53. perabundance of timbe* | am here strictly_on business relating to *‘Hoff- m%n’s Horse” and not as immigration agent, hence I cannot go into details, Such intormation can be had b n]l{)llcu- thion to the Little Rock land oflice or the state secretary of Arkansas—always enclosing postage, if you please. E. R, e LM s A New ric Plant, New York Medical I Phytolacea electricca is the name to a plant which possesses strongly marked electro- magnetic properties. In breakinga twig the hand pives n shock that resembles the sensation produced by an inducting coil. Experiments made on this plunt showed that a small compass was aflected by it at a distance of about twenty fect. On a near approach the ncedle vibrated, and finally began to revolve quite rap- idly. The phenomenon was repeated in areverse order on receding from the plant. It is said that no birds or inscots are this plant. 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