Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 15, 1886, Page 4

THE DAILY PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TERMS OF § Daily (Moeniae Ba Bep, One Yoear Por 8ix Months For Threa Months The Omaha Swnday 1 address, Ono Yon ling Su OMATA OFFICE, N NEW YORK 0O WaSHING T CORMESPONDENCE! All communieations relating to n torial matter showld be addiossed Lo TOR OF THE BEF. NUSTNERS LETTRRED ANl Tieiness letters o nittances should ba addressed to THe I IMPANY OMAna. Drafts ks and to be mado payable 10 the o THE BEE PUBLISHING COP 5. ROSEWATER, Epiton ho Lot che: THE DAILY BX Sworn Statement of Cire State of Nebraska, 1 County of Douglas, Geo. B, Trechuck, lation. seeretary of The Bee Publishing company, does solemnly sw ihat the aetual eircnlation of the Daily for the week cnding Dec, 101, 153, was as D Dec, 1 Saturd Sunday. Monday, Tiies Wednesday, Dee, Thursday, Dec. O Friday, Dec. 10, 13,270 Gro, B, TZ80nUer, Subseribed and sworn 1o before ine this 11th day of December, A, D., 185, N, I, FEir., SALI Notary Publie. I'78chuck, being first duly sworn, deposes and says that he 15 secretary of the Bee Publishing company, that the actual av- eraze daily cirenlation of the Daily Bee for the month of January, 185, was 10,578 coples, for Februnry, 18%, 10,505 copies; for March, 1886, 11,557 coples; for Apwil, 185, 12,101 coples: for May, 189, 12,490 copies: for June, 1886, 12,208 copies: for Jilly, 1856, 12,314 copies | for Avgust, 155, 12,464 copies: for Sentember, 1854, 13,090 copies: for Oetober, 155, 12,080 coples; for November, 1585, 13348 conics, Gro. B, Tzscnvex Sworn to and subscribed before e this 6th day of Noyember, A . D). 155, [SEAL.| N. I’ Frir., Notary Public. Average. . Exgry man's house to bo his castle. This does not apply to Omaha where every man’s lotse and door yard up to the gas meteris claimed by the gas company. said be WAt with disappearing ranges, high railroad tarilfand a combination of the meat packers to secure low prices the lot of the rangeman just at present is not a lappy one. Lt us hear no more of English moral- y. The social fabric of English aris: tocracy is rotten to the core. Radical ism s finding its strongest avgoments in the proceedings of the British divoree courts. A KANsAS man rovernor of Wyoming, and a New York man to the seat of honor in Dakots President Cleveland appears to be brave carrying out the policy of ignoring te tovial residents in the distribution of t ritorial honors. Tue fivst act of the house this session was to pass the te bill regulating the manner of the clectoral The amendments made arc considered of minor importance and it is believed will moet with ready concurrence of the upper body. The two questions of the electoral count and of the presiden succession were perhaps the topics of highest moment discussed in the last ses- sion of congress. The sccond was dis posed of Iast summer and itis to be hoped that the first will reeeive its final determination before the present con- gress adjourns, has been appointed sen coun A NEw York member of congress es presses the opimon that Mr. Cleveland can never carry that state again, He thinks Hill would get a larger vote than the president, but does not think the gov- ernor could carry the stute against a pop- nlar republican candidate. Mr. Cleve- fond has been doing his very best for gome time to placate party discontent in his own state, but he appears to have ac- @omplished very little in that direetion, and he is evidently, so far as can be Judged from the expressions of the d emo cratic press, no stronger there to-day than when he appointed Magone to check the growth of the Hill influence, He has probably let, however, suflicient power to prevent Hill getting the delegation in the national convention, and it more than likely that it will be divided. Ont- side influences may consolidate it in sup- port of Cleveland, but there will cer- tainly be more or vancor, and the Tl element will not be likely to support the president with much zeal if he is nominated. Unless there is great change, which there is no good reason to expect, in the next year and a half, Mr, Cleveland will not command the full vote of his party in New York, and he will need it to carry the state. There are very substantial rensons for the opinion of the Now York congressman, loss 1i statement made on the authority of n Berlin paper, that the czar, on find ing a letter upon his writing table sa g that the nihilists were beeoming im patient, summoned his ministers and urged them to propose s constitution suitable to the condition of the empire, and expressed his determination to hay an annual parliament at Moseosw, of course be genorally regarded with eredulity, The czar bas given no pul evidenee of any intention to depart fron the traditional policy of the empire, or to relinquish in any degree s soyereign will and autocratic rule, ‘I indica. tions are that he is maintning, and will continne to maintain, all the forms and methods of despotisn swhieh distinguish the government of Russia. Yet it may not be entirely absurd to regard sucl ocenrrence as the Berlin paper announced as possible. It would not markable or unexpected thau the emanci pation of the serfs by his father, and would be a wiser proceeding us a mcans of strengthening the government in popular regard, for the act of Alexander 11 made bim many caemlies among the powerful nobility, who had profited by sorfdom as the planters of the south did by slavery. Furthermore, the present emperor hias quite us mueh need 1o & some way o appease popular discontent and reliove himself from tho harrassing fears of pubiic cnemics as lind his futher QOue can conceive that he might be will- ing to wake almost wny concession to improve an existence that must be nearly unbearable. Still the story is highly improbaule, and doubtless has no more substantial foundation thauo the iuventive hn:giumiun of & newspnper correspond- € BEE.| | | reform | wi who an | be more re- | THE OMAHA DAILY AndWhy Not? Dawes professes to desites of the tariff, Colonel Morr atiack hotizont prompt Mr. Randall an 1 his 1 it Only y to defend o indred m it classes on is pining » present law movement old Morrill tem which rolls up < of dollars a year in m chielly wrung from the the country in increased cost of wnee to poor stands 1 sta " of s and )at that st reduction and (ots for the in the way of an opening of surplus of Amer manufacturers ¢ The blind s of the giant Wt industries have been f y long on the protection pap that magine that the public will consent permanent tax on lubor to of n sel to increase protected eapital, “Thierein lics the essence of the prot tion fallacy. “The tanfl' does not ¢ th of inbor, It increases the profits of capital by restricting competition in the home market It decr s the wrofits of labor by building up a Chinese wall around industry which prevents the iarketing of the surplus abroad and its np mills and factories while labor soks employment elsewhere There two per Nebrask alation directly bene fitted the janee of tarif. maintenance exorbitant people of the west for the manufacturers of the east, There is no good renson, politieal or economical, why taxation should continue to pile up a national surplus above the requirements of the government, For years to come tarifl for revenue must be a tarifl for pro tection. 1f congress would attack the in iquitics of the present tariff manfolly and not as cowards there would be a prompt reduction in its taxes and a nerous en- larzement of the free list. the profits wage not cent of Its overtaxation of the benefit of the Kne 20 als Revamped, The Ch News, acting doubtless under ispiration, revamps the old and exploded charge of self-interest i con- nection with Senator Van Wyck's efforts for justice for the settlers on the Denver & St. Joseph railroad lands in southern Ne- braska. Senator Van Wycek fought honoestly and fairly for his constituents in this matter. In reponse to scores of earn- est petitions from residents of Nebraska who had paid §2.50 an acre in settlement of Kneyals® fraudulent claim, Senator Van Wyck deelmed to support the house bill, whicn gaye claimants only half that sum in satisfaction of their claims against the government. The fact thathe owned a small amount of land subject to the benefits of the appropriation had no welght with the senator. [le announced that he was satisfied with the house bill so far as he lnmself was concerned and would have accepted the conditions had not his constiteency deluged the senate Innd committee with petitions against the injustice which it would perpetrate. 1f the honse bill which Economist Hol- man enginecred through that body had been accopted, Senator Van Wyck would have lost a few hundred dollars while his constituents would have as many thousands out of pocket. Ho has resolutely fought the cutting down of the allowance to Nebraska settlers, maintaining that the government must bear the entire expense of the costly mistake of the general land office in allowing entries of settlers to railroad lands and then confirming the title to the company when scttlement and improvements had been made. Senator Van Wyck has held that every dollar which Knevals succceded in muleting out of the settlers must be re-imbursed by the government, His position is equitable and right and cannot be as- sailed by charges of personal interest. been The Business Situation. teports from various centers of trade show continued business activity which are sustained by the clearance record. Omaha, as i3 her custom, stands high on the list of commereial distribution point with the heaviest increase in bank busi ness of any city in the country. Season- able weather and the approach of the holidays have quickened sctivity in nearly all branches of retail trade, and this has had a favorable reflex influence on the general jobbing markets. The season of stock inventories, repairs of mills and annual book settlements is now s0 near at hand that comparatively mod- crate trading in all wholesale depart- ments may be reasohably auticivsted until after the turn of the year; but the situation, as a whole, is full of encouragoment for the future. Wool is dul!, and, while not quotably lower, the market is weak to sell. Hold- ors, howover, are generally disinclined to increase sales at the cost of price con- cossions, and are not urging business Their confidence is based on the improved condition of general trade, the shortage in the world’s clips (which some author- ities estimate to be equalto a deficiency of 250,000,000 pounds), uud the probubil- ity of decreasing foreign competition in the goods trade during the coming sea- son, There is aly of a falling ol in m o in ady some cvidence the imports of woo ingto tl advang s in Burope, and a shght deeline wool v t g auctions 1 London is notlikely to materinlly change the present promise of tho teade. At the taoment the woolen goods trade is in between-seasons period and very quie Ihe grain trade has been loss actiye on | foreign orders, but there hias been a brisk | speculative business in leading markots, Early in the week wheat p reoeded somewhat from the highest poiat owing to a temporary lull iu the oxport demand and to realizations on recent purchuses Ly speculators; but the partal reaction was not unexpected wfter the “bull flurry’’ of last week, and most of the de cline sincs been recovered Uhe seaboard murkets ave, in fact, § to fofa cent per bushel higher than they were | week ngo, but Chicago quotations are § to ¢ of a cent lower., The favorable gen- eral position of the trade has not been by the developments of the th 1o changed week, and there 1s every indication of an | carly renewal of active buying for ex- port. Corn prices are 1 to [§ centslower under increasing supplics and a hght de- mand for exporf. Tug new Freuch abinet is poor make-shift for a ministry which will shape affairs in France in accordance with a peaceful public sentiment. Tho | volatile and untrustworthy Goblet heads | the list as premier. The unpopular | Daunbin, who figured in’ the Roustan jous to begin the | | in 1 trial in 1881 as procurcur-gene named as minister of finance. The new French eabinet is a hoteh-poteh of non Tt cannot stand the strain Labonchere on fome ftule “The English mails bring great stamp speceh upon the home rule delivered by Henry 1. cditor of 7 toa London audience on Thankegiving eve. It of most powerful efforts which England has lieard during the home rule campaign It deals with facts as affectir d punctures the bubble of with the weapon Labouchere 1s the eports of 1 subjeet of Wbouch ore u one g theories, the tory ar of common sense most brilliant paragraphier in England. He is a free lance with lis weapon always at the tilt He is foarloss and ontspoken, shirking no nd meeting ck with counter attack and irony with terse and pithy sarcasm. Refering to ITreland’s appeal for a national existence he says: We have a federal empire; all_our colonies have self-government. Ireland has not self- government, and what is the result® Our colonles are peaceful and satisfied; Treland is dissatisfied and miserable. It 18 said by some that thero 15 some wonderful distinction be- tween Treland and a colony: that Ireland is insoime sort of way part and parcel of Engr land. 1 know no two countries in the world that are under the same rule in which there are such natural divergences as England and Ireland. A sea divides us, religion divides us, race divides ns, natural feeling and natural habit divide us, [Hear, hear.] The wisdon of our ancestors decided there should be a partiament in England and another parliament in Treland. We, the moderns, have interfered with this, and we, less lan a century ago, swept away the Irish varliament. And how did we sweep it away? By fair means? No, by the basest arts and by the vilest corruption. |Cheers.| Since then we have been engaged in a foolish task That task has been an attempt to convert Irishmen into Englishmen. [Laughter.] We have sought to erush out Trish nation- ality. We have deemed that a erime in Tre- land which we recognize as a virtue in every other part of the world. This is the argument from analo It is strong and to the point. Mr. Labou- chere points to the loeal parliaments in overy state of the American union and in the British colonies. e defends and advocates Ireland's demand for her own parliament on the ground that granting it will strengthen instead of weakening the empire e reealls the fact that the Irishleaders lave not spoken so strongly in favor of separation as the Canadian leaders spoke before home rule w nted to Can Yet, since home rule was granted not a word is heard in advocacy of separation, and to-day there is no part of the empire more true to its integrity than the Do minion of Canada Ate the Lrish perfect fools? |he continues.] 1 liave come aeross Lrishmen, and have found that they are shrewd person: They must &now on which side their bread is buttered. “Llhiey must be aware that Lreland 1s an agri- cultural country ; that of the exports of Ireland at least 9% per cent come to England: that if we were to shut our ports to their exports they could findno market elsewhere, owing to the protective duties, and Lreland woutd be ruined. n, the Insh have fought well on many a battle field, [Hear, hear.] They are Dbrave veople, but they are perfectly aware that even if Mr. Gladstoue’s scheme were carried out we should have the armed force, the fortresses, the fleet, the money and numbers, And the Lrish simply out of what may be ealled mere “cussedness are not likely to go in for any attemnt to separate themselves from England, becanse even if they desired to separate, which 1 deny, they know perfectly well they could not carry out their wish. Could anything be clearer. Here is the argument from the standpoint of self-interest. 1t is a plain common sens os of reasons why if home rule should be granted Ireland would knit still closer the bands which connect her with Englund as a political necessity instead of endeavoring to sunder them, and to make herself the football for continental intrigue. In disoussing the liberal policy towards Ireland Mr. La- bouchere is no less happy. He points out that men are often right in altering their views and says: But it so happens that on this particular question_of Ireland neither Mr. Gladstone nor the liberal party has changed in opinion. What does a doctor do when called in to ad- vise in an iliness? He may alter the remedy oceasionally, but his object is always the same. He does not change his aim, which is to cure his patient |Cheers.] What does the Arctic explorer do when he is trying to adyance to the pole? 1le oes up one chan- nel which he thinks may lead there, but if he finds 1t blocked with ice he tries anotner channel. Yet his magnet points invariably to the pole. [Cheers.| 8o, too, it Is with a statesman. He should not change his aims ana objects, but he should exhaust every means, and he should alter his means as often as he possibly can. When he finds one fails he should try another, in order to attain his object. | Cheers. | Labouchere has the happy faculty of calling & spade a spade and the knack of steering directly for his point, A few more such plain and common sense talks are only needed to turn the minority In favor of ome rule mnto a strong majority willing and anxious to do justice to Ire- land. it guments is L't Douglas county bar, in conjune tion with the bars of the remaining coun this judicial district, has decided at a municipal court would be a less feasible method of jndicial reform than an increase in the number of judges. A bill to this eficet will be drafted and in- troduced at the coming session of the legislature. With two additional judges, the overwhelming load of business with whien our district court is now burdened will be materially light 1 and the now cases cun be more rapidly disposed of Leavenworth Street Grade The meeting called on Monday eyven ing to discuss the proposed change of ade on Leavenworth street was in no sense of the word a representative one. It was composed principally of residents on the sido strects, of property owners living beyond the line of the proposed chango, and of men who do not reside in the city of Omaba at all. It was con vened and collected to pass a resolution aflirming the necessity for a new grade, aud those who convened it saw that enough votes were present to carry their point. The council should not be aflected in its declsion by the result. As a matter of fact, an overwhelming majority of properiy owners between Twentieth street and Phil Sheridan street, where it is proposed once more eut and il this thoroughfare, are unalterably opposed to another radical change of grade. The present grade is an easy one. The street has already the best gradient of any ¢ast and west thoroughfare runuing oul from the to BEE: WI city. ™ A few months ago, when the exist ing grade was adopted, this was conceded by the very parties who are now willing to saerif; t property of others to im: prove their suburban fand o interests of the city don v CDNE and the change. The property owners chiefly affected protest emphatically against the ould hesitate a plunge ts for damages the move council sl ore they the city sion of with no resulting benefits to city a large Ty of New York will have no home candidate to present to the next national convention. Lhis the lead r« of the party in that state already acknowledge. A year ago it was thought not improbable that Senator Evarts might figure as a possibility having the support of the Empire state, but the waker of claborate sentences has not as a logislator greatly enlarged his fame or succeeded in establishing a elaim to sup rior statosmanship. My, Conkling buriec his political hopes when he was defeated for re-election to the senate after having resigned, and doubt less his best friends understand that republican of promimence and character would be less available than he in a presidential race. Arthur, had he lived, might have been among the candidates Thus the republicans of the pivotal state are unusually poor in distinguished leaders, but they will e none the less ul in the national convention, and the candidate who obtaing then united support will have his chaness greatly strengthened., At present Mr. Blaine appears 1o be the man most likely to do this, but there wiil be some hard and skillful work done in othier interests be tween now and 1888, republicans no Jupar Gepsey, of New York, has sued a cireular to all the employes of his court in which he urges his officials to treat rich and poor alike. The lower courts, says the judge, are largely the courts of the poor “and among the Liti gants who seek their aid are many who by reason of educational disadvant find it hard to make their rights clearly understood; many others of forcign hivth, who are as yet imperfeetly ncquainted with our customs, and not a few who. smarting under some recent wrongs, are unreasonably irritated against the world at large, and are nclined to regard even would-be friends as enemies. But in all eases, what ever may be the provocation to im patience, it is our duty to be Kindly and helpful and unchangeably polite” and good tempered. ‘A soft way turneth away wrath,” and no man ever yet re gretted that he bad crred on the side of forbearance and self-control.” This is admirable. We do not know that it needs to be commended to the study of any courts in Nebrasia, but it y the perasal of all court of nowever little they v which it teaches, may be situated or LET us favor public improvements by all means. They add to the facili tor travel, to ease in the transaction of bust ness and to the enhancement of property values. But there isa point where the general beneiit eveeeds the private ad- vantage. This cannot be greatly ove steppod without the payment of heavy dumages by the city. The cost should always be counted before entering npon any improvement against *he wishes of the properiy owners most affected. Lany Cavrsiin’s mother-in-law, who, by the way is mot, nor has ever been Vicky Woodhull, was on the stand yester- day in London, and made her wandering boy of son-in-law squirm in his seat as she gave her testimony. Queen Victoria has forbidden all reporls of the trial within the sacred precinets of Windsor castle. If the same rule was the London cable and pres thousands of American newspape be correspondingly benefitted Tur chairman of the house committee on public lands compluns that the senate will not keep pace with the house in reclaiming the public lands illegally held by great corporations. The trouble is that most members of the senate are legally bound to the great corporations as their attorneys and are only too will- ing to serve their masters at - the expense of their constituents, Waex citizens note the contrast be- tween our paved strects and quagmires of interseeting unpaved thoroughfares they realize what the strongest of all arguments in favor of a_well paved city Omaba of to-duy is a very different city from the, Omaha of yesterday and pave- ments have done much to cause the nge. SrcrETARY LAMAR has not yet handed in his decision upon the location of the Indian supply depot, bnt the probabilities are thut no western city will pluck the persimmon. Our Washington dispatches make the prediction on the authority of the editor of the Ber, that the depot will remain in New York, S Tie city council should investigate under what grant the Omaha Gas and Gas Fitting company refuses to make con nections with 1ts' mains during the winter season and declines to permit citizens to lay serviep pipes within their own lot lines —e CURRENT TOPICS, The czar of Rtussia his ordered that next month new names be given to all towns and villages bearing German naumes, The new French mivistry formed by M. Goblet is pronounced the most common= place since the war with Giermany. William Reed, formerly treasurer of the South Boston Horse m'll«ml. pleaded guilty to the charge of embezzlifg $160,000, Jehu Baker, congressthan-clect from the Eighteenth Illinois distriet, was fined 85 and cost for assaulting a reporter at Belleville, J. L. Rockafellar, president of the Stand- ard 01l company, is arranging to furnish the wanufactories of Cleveland with natural gas. Senator Mahone is said to have wade £400,000 on the rise of Ricomond & Danville stock, The senator is 8 wan who is uot to be crushed. Matthews, the colored recorder at Washing- ton, is recelving fees at the rate of §:5,000 per annum through the activity in real estate in the district. On the waters of Niagara iiver, Saturday, Alphonso King walked 100 yards in a huge pair of tin shoes of is own invention ona wager of §3,000 niade in New York, The house of representatives has passed a bill exteading the laws of the Unit States overthe public land strip south of Kansas, and {hrow the homestead entries. Ballet dancing when the exponent ots £10,000 & and Subra $6,000, thousand dollar cven being pre Te, pretty hang of ani year, Rosatti That's bet than gomng dent of & unives How Abont Utal Hartford € was Utah when th A year ago it W was writt b - Knows a Good Deal Abc Chicagn Time Jay Gould says that he knoy about Jndge Gresham. Jud lowever, appears to know a y Gould Coal Power Will Mak Springfield (Mass) Teep “The discoyery of a vein of ¢ site of Omalia, Neb,, promises city’s rapid deyclopiient facilities as a distributing poin vantage as the center of on grain and_ cattle districts in lacked only a system of manufa itis confidently hoped that e bring, *“Water-power said @ prominent business ma power will make Omala.” Al the Union Pacific road says the: tions that a_coal-blanket unlerl Missouri va “a prominent real estate agen cided rise m the value of reat the week i which the Known, Think it Over ver do things in a hurry, I'ake vour time, And Jabor weli Aud, when iiatters of import 1'ress you more than you can Never rashly make Your mind up Whether vou sliall biiy or sell “Think N Vet to halt "twist two opinion When you know Which one is right, T« wrong step and u long o1 Into darkness from the light And lest you should Choose adversel 11 vou have the time ere nigh Think it over, 4y be some other person Will be wronged, 1 you showld hade: For you know by the ada; Short and simple, * “Then lest you Or any other Should be injured or ab Think it over, Make your mind up in the m After you Uave taken rest, b upon it till the davhy “Then refréshed Choose well and wise Many ha,e applied the test, ink it over. Countless fortunes have beer Broken has becn Many a trist, And the owners, later fallen Prosteaie, made to b I Allbecause of 1asty judgment, Where the parties failed 1o ju Think it over, Never do things in a hurry ! Labor well And_take your tiny You who fain woild, trud Larn the dollar and the dime T'his applies “To every station, Every land and every clime, Ihink it over, tailvona With all deference to our ing contemporary Democrat said to the charter- mittee, we must repud e its The Demacrat called the att committee to th act that 81,00 property in this city belongin roads escaped taxation for city s assertion 'y, and it is needle very ron oven to good business | of it. Maare, fandango, gets $12,000, ter by eeveral to conl ity h? o W« A erying it Gonld e o very little Giresham wd deal about Omaha coal under the richly for the With her excellont nt and her ad- o of the finest the west, she actories, lieap fuel w minde Minneapoli n, “and coal igh oftielal in re are ind ies the whole < to say that ' notes ade ostate during nas been meo tell, kes waste.” wning tand sunny, ‘tis the best, ¥ \ <quandered st and honest, xation, esteemed morn- of what the making com- construction tion of the 0,000 or 50 of i to the rail- purposes. 1ts escape from taxation does not, as our morn- ing contemporary ted, add any revenue to districts, And i did i Journal in the predicament of transfer of ation from a dened eity, where it is most n lightly burdened raral distric less needed. ‘The revenue ment, or rather need the inte court with judgment and back insidiously intima- the ural t leaves the favoring the heavily bur- eeded, to the where it is aws need amend- erpretation of bone, The de- vice by which taxation is irregularly levied in bebalf of and for the benefi Is unconstitutional. Or, per better to say it is absolutely wrong. tunately, constitutionality and it of railroads s it would be Unfor- It do not always run on parallel lines, There is nothing s0 sacred about corporation pro should be exempt from the burd the the common herd A Back-Action Bo Nt Lowis Globe-Democer: Judge Gresham's presidential ceived a big lift from an unexpe Jay Gould charges him with werty that it ens Taid upon om. al, boom has re- eted quarter., being influ- enced m his decision in the Wabash case by his aspirations for Tesidence | house,and adds, by implication, will do his best to keephim out information ought to bring ¢ many votes in the nom - -~ Our Military and Naval The Journal of the Military Serv! stitution for Decembe cle in Policy of the United St by Licutenant A, L. Wagner, infantry. While taking a , contd tos somewhat esham ating con u the white that he (Jay) of it. That a sgood ition, Polic In- ains an arti- which the **Military and Naval is discussed of the Sixth pessinistie view of his subject, the author presents an array of facts and figur certuinly of mstruetive character Beginning with the revol viod, and following the bis country to the present tim prominent featurcs of our found in every period to b provisions in time of peace fo ities of war; an injudicious re raw troops;and . miscellan meddling by eivil ofticials w duet of nmihitary operations.” stance of this last feature of it is stated that “the chan the sceretary of war in the d 1 extremely intere es which are itionary pe tory of our e, the most policy are “inadéquate or the neces- elinnce upon neous inter ith the con- Asan in our policy, es mide Dy isposition of troops in the ficld of battle, contributed to the sh In speakin; exumples are give ney in every war lled upon to play cllion ealled forth a & had be on a much more limited United States volunteers. volunteers made a foree “pee: the armies of the south.” " Bu cation wus costly, ana tune even in_ the school of Three yours' experience wi not a little Bludenshurg militia sea neful a ud of foree that n proviously employed, WaS 1 disaster of g of the n of their which they part. Thic though le, ' namely, 1865 these uliar among it their edu- work of actual war, s necessary hefore they became really eflicient, and it wag the experience of fo! war that converted the raw lo mto the soldiers of 1865 troops it was who orushed th “Phe union was preseryed at of $3,000,000,000 and the mg cost of more than half a mill Lieutenant Wagner, ugr many other military authorities, ur years of vies of 1861 These seasoned | o rebe the expense amentable on lives." ng with believes hat 80,000 regular troops, pitted against the raw levies of the south up and supperted by a 800,000 volunteers, would pressed the rebelliou nd fol narmy have inside owed of sup- of gand | one year | maximiim cost the writer says | avord the conclusion Tike preparation cost the United States ut least $6,000,000,000." This and the paid in pensions since the war, * have been more than suflicient to tain an wmy of 45,000 men from rinning of the Sen ing out of tho re T'he shrewdn Europe at ron-clads ct ot self economical ¢ that when it should After e of such & campa “It is imposs to that the fack of war wou main ite } nole war to the br Ilion."’ <s of our nation in allow at experim has often been th ongratulation by many « zons, 1t s argued HECOME NECOSSATY OF that when all doubtful questions of armament, eto., shall have been settled at the expense of European nations, we | may then construct the best for our own | use. Th ueh lauded policy is seen m its true light when we reflect_that in | cighteen years, by Licutenant Wagner's showing, we have spent in teh ir up absolute ooden vessels nd “quasi iron-clads’ which Admiral Porter declares an enemy would sink as worthless after captaring them more than enot money to have built and kept in_repair, nineteen iron | elads like the British jInflexible, eleven Iike the Italian Lepanto, or nine steel eruisers like the Chicago. have wasted on repairs the cost of con structing snd maintaining apowerful | fleet, and this is called cconomy.’ Turning to the regolar army Lieuten ant Wagner traces its history which has run in the main that of a'struggle for existence, and states the object for which it exists. The nrmy is, or should be more than o mere poh foree; it should be school of application for oflicers in time of peace; A model for the militia and a force of such strength and organization that it may be capable of easy and quick cxpansion in ease of war. Trmight then e depended upon as @ powerlul factor of national strength 1t need not b cost to e to accomplish all of these ends it is apparent that it should be lar than it is, In these considerations may be found the real and best reasons for the main | tenauce of an army in time of y ‘T'he details of army oflicer: throughout the country is spoken of as a sound measure of woliey, tending to pro: mote and extend military Knowledge among the people Founding his provision upon the les of the past, Licutenant Wagner takes, as w ave remarked above, a rather gloomy view of the future. At the sume time it must be admitted that some, at lenst, of the lessons of the past have been useful to ns as a people. The action of congress of 1812 was far more vigorous than that of the congress of the revolution, whose fatuous trifling in mat- ters concorning the prosecution of the war wis, on 80V 1 oe casions, well nigh fatal to the cause of independence. Agnin the congressof the rebellion was very far ahead of that of 1812 inats necessities of the case, and voted men and money without stint. But in these cases, action deinyed until r had actually be- gun. The great trouble has ever been in the neglec preparation in time of peace. In this respect we have been and are still enomics, But even here there is mmorovement. Publie sentiment which precedes and dirveets the legislation of the country, isnow more favorable than it 1 ever been heretotore, to the policy of preparation. This sentimentis echoed in the halls of congress and the last year has seen bills imtroduced whose effect, if they become laws will improve our navy. give us fortifications to proteet our Targest sea coast eities, and - greatly in crease the efliciency of onr arvimy. True, these have not vet become laws, but the fact that such bills have been in- troduced, mdicates that the people real- ize the necessity for legislation in this di rection, which must in tine have its efieet. ‘Lhe rebellion was a great eduen- tor of the people in_this respeet. At its clpse nearly two million soldiers spread throughout the country. and became sim- ple citizens, but eitizéns who had been soldiers, and who, as soldiers, could preciate the necessity for timely prepar: tions, These men eonld not fuil to have an effect on public sentiment, Organiz tions of a military eharacter have sprung up as one result of this dissemmation of military kuowledge, which operatte to initinte their members into the ele- mentary principles of the military act, and to preserve a military spirit among the people. Itis true that the knowledge thus obtained is but rudimentary, but if the rudiments are learned it is some thing. In this profession, as in others, step in advanee opens up a broader river, and shows that still other steps lie beyond. The national guards- man realizes that with his civil pursuits to attend to he cannot hope to become familiar with more than the elements of mili ence. He realizes that o neeessity for men to devote their hves and best thoughts to military matters alone; that is to say, he realizes the absolute neces- sity for an eflicient reauiar force if we ro to keep abreast with the age, if we to be in time of pence prepared for But in spite of- these encouraging signs, it must be admitted that they are but signs, and by no m accomplished facts,” We are not prepared for war Legislation is needed and time is anceded after the laws are made before we can make any protensions to readiness. 1t is to bo hnpt-l\ that the near future may see much-needed steps taken to give us some degree of that “might upon which Von Moltke has rocently said great nations must depend for sceurity, perhaps even for th existen Licuten 1 ticle is o timely ono, and shows a careful and pains taking study of his subject; it deserves more than & mere pern ‘The subject is one that commends itself to the carnest consideration of every thouglhtfui citizen and patriot K fopme s Viows, norane nd chicanery are roining the farmer. Humbng i2 the order of the day, and the people to b the farmers, I'he farmer recognizes the f goneral, stute, county meipal governments must by some form of taxation ested in this taxation sating out his vitals, and if will speedily accomplish his ruin Too much money is pald out for the ox penses of our courts. All should sokoted at a price per for time devoted to such it this price shon not all the clerk, AR humbugged are | that the <hip and nin- be sustained ie is inter n, as it is not changed towr civil suit be high of fuel COSES — 8 ry horif! balifly, jury. proportionste inter nsed for court purpose cost should be deposited in additional murgins should from day o day orginal deposit has und exactud pay amoant ot cost them In ¢ 1 property of or for all ¢ tach to the sainc en exhausted securilic from parties to inls 1" n 0 easc 1ls sho such liability from the moment ¢ is docketed - the eounty's lien take p denee of the attorney's who defends siueh eriminal. As mo our crimmal trinlz grow out of th | of intoxicants, a special license should ho pard by all wholesile and retail des mcluding druggists, for the beneit our coiirts of justic 1l fees atiach linble onld at { ale 17 1L of Lol to any officer, should ve righdly acconnted | for, and the moncy recewl covered into ¢ public troasar v the pay of all state and county ol s be afixed salary ! payable auarterly by warrant ou the | ¢ treasurer, signed by two disinters d officials, to be fixed by law There should be bat one treasur f all the funds collected for publice pur i the o, and all moneys salos of waste material, ete., should depogited, and » money should be drawn out except on a warrant setting forth specifically the object and the au thority therefor 1 warrant should 1 municipal funds by the by the ¢ k; for court by the judge, attested by his clerk; fe county, by the county judge or chairman of the board of county comr tested by the auditor; and wditors and others, should to keep a clear record of all rants by date, number, name object and authority public record, and any illegal or unau thorized use of public funds should b made by law an embezzlement of th funds 8o used or applied Provision should be made by law for a periodie valuation of all real estate by a stato board of experts, giving the valua tion at what such property would bring in gold for cash at a foreed sale. Whe property has not been fully paid for by a purchaser, the remainis ty should be assessed and deducted from the and the purchaser should be separate receipt for so much of gregate tax as would properly belong to such deferred payment, and such receipt should be made by law, evidenee of puy ment of the amount the debt due on the purehase Internal revenue should be collected on and all imitation fool produets taxes on spirits and tobacco could well be inere and on imitations of butte: honey or sugar should be,relatively to tho 16 of a pure article-—very hig it taxes on imports shoufd be en- tirely removed from all articles of ne- oessity to the working man, and so ad- justed on all luxuries as to yicli the great- st possible revenue. Oncof the greatest impositions the farmer is subjected to Erows out of oue vicious patont law I'he inventor but seldom derives any benefit from his invention. ‘The middle men, who buy for a song invention, are the benefle tax on such products fixed by them to be d by commissions is simply limited by their own cupidity, Singer made his ten mil- Lions out of the sewing women of this country by selling a machine for §60 to $05, while he sent the sume machine 1o Europe and sold it at from twenty-five to thirty dollars. Congressshould pass a law authorizing iny one to manufacture atented ariiele " by mving sceurity to account to the real inventor for a royalty of from 2} to 5 per cent on his safes of such patented article most every tool used by the tarmer yields the manufac- turer from 50 to 200 per cent, growing out of o jons patent laws, and it such modificetion be made as is herein suggestod, favmers could procuro their implemer i average of 25 per cent alinventor would be better paid for his brain work and thousands of farmers could aflord to buy a telephone mstrument and be in telephonic connec- tion with the nearest village ot town Intelligent politici will arg farmers are benefitted by the tar ; They urge that the tavill’ protects Ainer can labor. Let us about this. I3 farm labor protectedr How much pro- tection is afforded to the able man who works from sun-rise to sun-set on the farm for §13 per month and hoard? Do Dlacksmiths, brieklayers, stonemasons, plasterers, ' carpenters, quarcy men, brickmakers, printers, telegraph opera- tors, railrond men, gastitters, plumbers, buteners, lnundry men, teamsters, day laborers, stovemukers, tinners, book- binders, bridgebuildert, sailors, bukers, addlers, harnessmak carr mak catriagettimmers, foundry men, hotel waiters and others who might be mentioned, have any protection from the taril? Do they not et more pay in this country than men pursuing corresponding avocations in smope? Do they not teceive on an av- erage more pay than the “taril pro- teeted”” Iabor in eastern cotton and woolen mulls—as mueh as “tarifl pro " ivon-maker If such labor is enumerated ean get along without arifl’ protection”—in fact, while sufler ing from tarift’ infliction, is it not reason- able to ur that labor in cotton and woolen mills might do as well or better than now, if the” tarifl’ w wken off of all the necessaries of lifer Aside from all this, is it right to tax all for the ben efit of a few capitalists? For one, 1 think not? Raptoar s0 whe b mayor, at " b such of payee. As @ permancn spirits, fo for tl States th vi see teal Esiate Transfers. The following transfers were filed tox record with the county elerk Dee. 13, O 1 Kellog and wife to the Western Loan & Trust Co, lot 1201k 1 Denise’s add, q ¢, 1 Mary A Collett to C H Kellogg, lot 12 blk Denise's add, w d, 5,000, Mary J Graham and hu L lot 12 DIK 1, Lewis’s add, w John I Mahinney to Wm 1 blk 3 Kirkwood, w d, 375 City of Omaba to Kund Nelson beginning at the s. e, cor. lot2 blk G e, $400. Geo W THls lot 4 blk 5 Kii ) to O 1, =000, It Homan, lot Barter, 0152t Omali, alph W Breckenridge, , 81 A S Paddock and wife to Henry W Suyder lot 14 blk 3 Paddock place, w d, $2,100 A S Paddock and wife to Henry W Tt 15 bk Paddock place, w d, $2,500, wPhe City of Omaha to Carl Christian rate, 2x22 1t s of lot 1 bik 207 Omalia, qf « ¥ Halthas Jetter and wife to Theo Olsen, lot 9and 10 bik 6 Jettor's add, w d, $1,250, 1da H Willimms and husb toJos H Blalr, 15t interest in lots in Florence as follows lot 5 in bk 58, 5 and 6 in 90, 3 in 03, 4 in 01, 17 i 4, 65, 10 anil 14 19 in 5, 1 and 16 in i 0%, G and 1100 96 15 and 19 in 1014, $ and 10 In'102, 12 in 110, 15 10 111, 15 and 20in 114, 10 dn bIK 120, 7 in bk 122,13 I blk 141, 8 in bk 0 Ik 1558 in bl 7bik | nd 16 in blk 16 and 1 167, 130 outlots 336, 0 ¢, $200 1t Willims and hush ta lots 18, 201, 223, also lots and aboye, e, 5200, The'eity of Omalia to Jeanie Hloward, 20X 12 11 heginiing at DIk 265 Onialia, o ¢, $60, Win O Barthiolomew to A 1 Con 35 Horbaeh's 1st Snyder L. 10 01, Jos 11 Bla i Woolwortly secor ot 1 kel w ¢ 100, AT Mayne and wifo to ¢ blk 8 Belvidere, wd Foward RKe anid Land & Trust Co, lots 4 Wi, &1 Tl Omalia & to Edward and S A S Padiock and w et al lot 5 b h Paddock place, Geo el to i n 1l Hobart Willlans o Fdward acres in 261512 W d, §15,000 nges in Towa fhanges in Nebraska during 11, 148 W Florence b Reoyes feto 1 Mtoflice Oh Nebraska and Postofiee the ek endin furnished by Wm oflien e Decembr Van Vieek of artment A tselanie wry i rence I Walnui 31, Douglas e vin, post master O county W Taster Houert | anpointed - Ke Castiio 10% A ges in lowa g Deecember 11 ishud- 11 ] Hall, 1o Postoflice el week en Estal turing el Ca e connty. tiasters appointed inty, Clinrles W. Shitema i coutity, L P Ballin zer: L county, B Nitles Manhattan, K A. (. MoGrow: oseow, Mi Frank Lewnbueler, aba .0