Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 7, 1887, Page 5

STILL BEFORE THE COURTS, Lawyers Grinding Onos More on a Ocle: brated Legal Chestnut. THE GREAT DAWSON WILL CASE, Bupreme Court Decisions—The State A P W & University to Have an Armory and Gymnasium~The Omaha Motor Incorporates. [FROM THE DEE'S LINCOLN BURFEAU.| The Lancaster district court reassem- bled yesterday morning after the Fourth of July celebration for the transaction of such business as might come up. After some motions the famous Dawson wil case was called up as per agreement. This case involves a vast amount of property, and is becoming historic. Starting in the district court of this county with one Giles, father-in-law of L. C. Burr, as plaintiff, and a large num ber of property owners as defendants, it has been in nll the courtsin the land. It was romoved first to the federal court in Nebraska, from which 1t was appealed to the supreme court of the United States. Recently that court, through Justice Bradley, rendered an exhaustive opinion on the subject, holding that Giles was not a bona fide plaintiff and that he held the property in question only ns a make- shift, and without consideration; that the proverty had been deeded to him simply that the case might be taken to the fed- eral court; that under such cir- cumstances it was wrongly in the United States court and should be remanded to the district court of Lan- cester county from whence it came. In accordance with this order the case was called Wednesday morning but council for plaintiff stepped in with asupplemen- tary answer and proceedings were once more instituted. The result of the case will be looked for anxious as upon 1t hangs a large nu ber of picces property. L. C. Burr, J. M. Woolworth and Judge 0. P. Maison appear for the B}Mnufl. and Howard and Ames and erquette, Dewese and Hall for the de- fendents. A number of astorneyf have Crete to attend the lawyers’ eroises. one to ay ex- THE SUPREME COURT. The following gentlemen were admit- ted to practice: William F. Black, R. F. Rockwell and Charles E, Davis. In re Board of Education, Omaha; ar- gument ordered. State ex rel Grosshans va Gray; re- ferred to take testimony and find facts, The following causcs were argued and submitted: Aspinwall vs Sabin, Dakota Stock ete. Co. vs Price, State ex rel B, & M. R. R. Co. vsScott. The following decisions were handed down: State ex rel Carter vs School District 49, Sa- line county. Mandamus. Writ allowed. Opinion by Cobb, J. The duties devolved upon the mem- bers of the school district board, or upon the moderator and director, by section 8, of chapter 79, compiled statucs, can only be porformed by those two oflicers acting in conjunction.” Any attempton the part of cither of them to perform such duties alone, and without the joint action of the other, is incffectual and void. State ex rel Bullock ys Babcock. mug, Writ allowed. well, Ch. J. 1. The appropriations made by the legislature, where there is no provision limiting particular cases to a shorter eriod, extend to the end of the first iscal quarter after adjournment of next regulur session, 2. Where an appropriation was made b{ the legislature of 1885 for the purpose of sinking a well in the salt basin, and the legislature of 1887 adjourns sine die March 31, 1887, Held, That the appro- priation of 1885 continued in force until August 81, 1887, People vs Sargent, 107, 111, 494. Pcople vs Lippincott,§ 64, 111, 256. Paoople vs Needles, ¥0, 1d, 675, ap- proved and followed. State Bank vs Lowe, FError from Saline county. Reversed. Opinion by Cobb, J. ‘The act of the council and house of rep- resentatives of the late territory of Ne- braska entitled “An act to provide for liens upon live stock for their keeping,” approved Feburary 18, 1867, examined and held, notto give a lien upon live stock for their Keeping, superior to the lien of a previously exccuted, delivered and recorded mortgage thereon, Bandwich Manufacturing company Feary, Error from Seward county. versed and remanded. Opinion by C 1. The evidence examined an suflicient to sustain the verd 2. A verdict so clearly wrong as to in- duce the belief on the part of the re- viewing court that it must have been found through mistake or some means not apparent in the record, will be set aside and a new trial awarded. THE UNIVERSITY. Two new buildings are to be con- structed in the university grounds for the better accommodation of the increased number of patrons. They will be an armory and gymnasium, “The armory will be known as Grand Memorial lmPl and the plans now in preparation in- dicate that it will be a building worthy of the honored name it is to bear, The university grounds occupy four blocks, and the original building was constructed A8 near the center as possible. The laboratory stands on the southeast corner, and it is proposed to put the new build- ings on the east side of the grouuds also, thus occupying one side ata time. All the instructors elected at the recent meeting of the regents have m'cv‘]:(\'d, and the prospect for a large attendance is now excellent. Some necded repairs will be made on the old buildings during the vacation, and Chancellor Manatt will gain 1doas by a visit to some of the more famous universities in Europe He has already startod on his journey. INCORPORATED, The Schuyler Building and Loan asso- ciation filed articles of incorporation with the se of state. The princi- al place ot business is to be at Schuy- er, Neb, The capital stock is $400,000. C. K. Sumner, M, L. Weaver, H. Sprecher, Morris Palmer, J. F, Wine M. T. Bohanon, . C. Canon, A. M. Par- sons and Thomas B. Crewitt compose the board of directors. No indebtedness exceeding $200, is to be incurred except for purchasing real estate. The directors and two or three others are the incorpo- rators. Articles incorporating the OmahaMotor railway company were also filed. The terminii are to be 1 the cities of Omaha, Florence, Millard, Plattsmouth, Factory ville, Fremont, Papillion, Belvidere, Neo- braska City and the county road west of Kensington in Douglas county, Capi 8tock §500,000. The company” may uls construct and operate street railways in the city of Omaha. The company is also authorized to buy, sell and own real es- tate for the purpose of carrying out the object of the corporation. The indebted- ness shall at no time exceed two-thirds of the capital stock. The incorporators are Samuel D. Mercer, C. E. Mayne, C. B. Brown, H. J. Davis, 8. 8. Curtis and £. M. Stone. THE RAILROAD MANDAMUS, In the argument before the supreme court in the Chicage, Burlington & Quincy mandamus cuse some interestin, points were brougnt out. The railroad attorneys tried to establish a kind of dual existence for the company in Nebraska, *50 a8 to make it lpxour that they could acquire title to lan The counsel for the state took this up and showed very Manda- Opinion by Max- vs b, J. held not vointedly that it was unreasonable for a cvgrrurmlon to become a citizen when it wished to secure avy rights, but when any one was injured to be a foreign cor- poration and have its suits removed to the federal courts. The uttorney general is quite hopeful that he will win the case for the state. MUNICTPAL ) The chairman of the city counail finance committee presented a summary of ex- penses for the ensuing year to the coun- cil last evening: Water department .o Fire, police and health, ..., City'department 5,500.00 Lighting streets. ' Lo 050000 Printing and revising ordinances 2,775,00 Salaries ana judgment: 12,000,00 Public works and library’ 6,200.00 City engineer, roads and : lnlrrea!‘un bonds........ XPEN 2485 00 T00.00 Total. .- $194,400.00 There is something of a clash between the council and the county commissioners on the levy for road purposes. ‘Lhe coun- cil wanted 8 mills and the commissioners granted 1, THE GAMBLERS, The gamblers of Linculn continue to attract the attention of the public. The contest now is over the possession of the “stufl.” The property was taken from the gamblers by the county court and Jus- tice Brov nimmediately issued snother re- plevin and secured the goods for the gamblers once more. They are now in the possession of Deputy Sherift Lang- don where it 18 thought they will remam until the right of property is legally de- cided. They are making desperate ef- forts to keep together but find it 1s very diflicult. -~ NO LONGER A LUXURY, Many American Wage Workers Make the Trip to Europe Nowadays. Some sixty or seventy potters from the Trenton potteries will be among the passengers for Europe on the Adriaticon July 6, They are going simply on a pleasure tour, and when they have had a good visit to the old country they will return home, “Summer tours in urope are getting to be quite a common aftair among the wage workers of Americg,” said a steam- ship agent yester “The queen’s jubilee, of course, drew an unusual number of English over to the other side, but English, Irish and Scotch residents in the United State isit their native countries in incre; every year. The excursionists are of kinds, mill operatives, mechanic employes i various trades and’ busi- nesses. They have got ahead here, and they want to show their fine feathers over there. “A singular practice has grown up among the Scandinavian emigrants in the northwest. The severity of the chimate in some parts of Dakato and Minnesota makes winter employment an impossibility, and the Ncnnl}mnvinn set- tlers, or large numbers of them, start for Kurope iu the late fall, spend the win- i ndinavia, and then return to America in the spring or early summer. The round trip from the northwest to Sweden and return does not cost them over $100.” “‘How about the Germans?" ““The Germans are rather careful about visiting home until they have acquired the protection which citizens' papers give in that country; but they do go in large numbers when ' they feel safe enough. One young German, brought to this country when a coild, and duly natural- ized, related to me the other day an inter- esting inecident illustrating the condition of aflairs over there. When he got to his native place he started to visit an uncle and his family, The young German- American attired in a suit of clothes which gave him somewhat of an ofticial aspeet. He was surprised, on the door being opened to him, to be received with evident griet and giances of consterna- ation, instead of n hearty welcome, [t seems the family mistook him for an of ficer come to drag the eldest son ot the house off {o military service. Itisno wonder that under such circumstances, German immigration is large while the immigrants are cautious about making return visits. e REAL ESTATE. Transfers Filed July 5, 1887, Phebe Jane Traynor and husband to Mrs Maria Stewart, lot 1 blk 204}, wd vessnes £12,500 Hy Mogates and wifeto A E fl lot 14 blk 7 Hillside add, W DI ner and Saml Cotte cos, to John L, Mile and Jas Thompson, 14, 15, 16, 17, 15, 25, .9, 8,7, 11, 18, 17, 18, in 2,'and 1,7, § 3, 14, 15,16,17,18.20, 25,2 in 3:'and 1, 4, 7,8, 2, 19, 12, 1 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 92, 2 and 26 10 4, in'Cotner & Arehers add to 8 0) deed. . o6 - 15,000 € ) Smyth to Thos Brennan, lots 1 4 and 6, Rosalind place, w d. J D La Course and _ wife to ‘Thomw Brennan and € J Smyth w 2 of lot 5 blk 6, Reeds 1st add, w Morris Littlelield to the public, | of Smithield, streeis and alleys, dedi- cation. . o W G Albright and wite to Chester” A Evans the 8 100 feet of lots 13 14 blk etters add to SO, w d.. b1 S Mayue and wife to Huzh Marro, n 20 £t of lot 12 blk 10 i M; Ist add to Valley, wd. .. . Chas F Fahs to Ellie E Fahs, lot 11 blk 23 South Omaha, wd. Mary I3 Thornton to Publie plat of cor: ner, being n half of ne iy of B w i of soe 25,715, 13, strects and alleys dedicated to publie T e Douglas county to C ¥ Driscoll, lot 19, blk 3, Douzlas add, w d.. S C & Sherman to N A" Kuhn, undiy i- interest in blk A, Reservoir add, wd W A Beattv and wife to Henry Heth, lot 10, blk 4, Kirkwood add, wd.... Union Pacitic Raitroad Co. to John Maguire,n e 4 of se 1 of sec 1 township 15, range 10, w d. Union Pacitie Railroad Ca Maguirese 3 of 5 e & of township 15, range 10, w d Z Lew W Hill to George W Liniuger, lots &, blk 4, % in 10,12 in 5, 4 and Sin 6, 10 and ind dand 108, 2 4 and 10 in 9, all in Marsh's add, wd... M Donnelly toJ B Regan and 11 M Mason, 1ot 8 blk 7, Jerome T A Creigh and wifé fo I I Wedeler, part of lot 2 bik 15, S & Roger's adt, w d.. ... ... = J B Regan and H M Mason lot 3 b J 1 MeCagne and wife 01 11 Good- rich, lot 16, blk 8, in sub div of J I 1ek'S add, wd,. . ik > Michael Lee to pubiic y div of lots 18, 10 and 22 blk 5, Bi line add, streets and alleys,ded 10 the public......... ... . Johu L MeCague, executor, to Robert B Guild n 35 {'blk 4 in- sub-div of J 1 Rediek's add, deed .. 5,033,834 E D Pattie and husband 1o O 'l and Ballou, ¢ 34 of lots 5 and 6, in b zht and wife 'to” W Meikie, E k 40, Allbright's Choice add South Omaha, wd... i ree E and Annie Harker to Marle McCoy, ot , bik 17, Orelard 4, W e Florence Land Coto M D Chapman, 10t 10, blk 150, and undivided g of out lots 7Tand 183, in Florer Martha hapman to James ker. lot 10, blk 158, and undivided 1-20 of out lots 247, 317 and 183, in Florence, q e... . J M Parker and wifeto Mrs M D Chap- man, lot 17, blk 108, in Florence q € E Mayne and wite to 1 G Clark, Tot . Hawes' add, w d s F Sasstrom and wife to east M feet of lot 7, blk 2 wdd, woa. John H' Hungate u Valkenburg, lot 13, bik 10 Bedford Place, w d. J P Williams and wife'to lot 4, blk 8, Hillside add, w d Douglas county to, William Cleborne, lots S ana 9, blk 9, Douglas add, w 2,000 5,500 to John oe 15, 1,500 1,28 PURE PRACTICAL PATRIOTISM The Characteristio Address of Hon, Charles H, Van Wyck at Wakefield, OUR POLITICAL BLEMISHES. Judas an Infant in Sin Compared ‘With “Oll Gangs''—A Pharasatcal Attorney--Startling Facts and Figures, Following is the speech delivered by ex-Senator Van Wyck, at Wakefield, Neb., July 4. ‘I'he people from ocean to ocean, from the frozen pines of the north through all grades of temperature to where the orange trees bloom, are met on this national Sabbath day—one in all the year—on bended knee with uncovered head. all breathing the same prayer of thankfulness, the same acelaim of &ratitude and joy for all we possess of glory for the republic, and vrosperity for the indi- vidual Civilized nations, whatever form of gov~ ernment—the cruelty of prinees or the extor- tion ot taskmasters,indulged in holidays and feast days, ‘T'he pleasures of heart and mind cannot be repressed by untoward conditions, neither is there any existence so favored that the soul i= uot praying—hoping tor a better time ming. Feriection in government has not et been reachod, so that entire contentment has been obtained when in the overilow ot enjoyment, the people could sit down in quiet and say, “‘now, soul, take thine ease.” Nature and man are still in trav; at the early dawn. No paradise yet reac Among the most favorite the state of man- Kkind has been one of unrest, of struggle, of hopes deferred, ot promises broken, toil'all in vain. We come this day to volee our joy that, al- though short in the possession of all that man should have, yet we stand upon the highest pinacle of national excellence, in the exerclse of rights of citizenshiv equal to that of the haughtiest monareh, ing full liberty of n not losing the preroga the individual in those of the citizen. ‘I'hank- ful forall that has been reccived through thousands of years by blood, suffering and sacrilice from tyrants, more bratal than w.ld beasts; from the heartless, unrelenting grasp of th Itish and avaricious. It would not be tedious or diflicult to make an inventory of the world’s assets of privileges and pos- sessions from the time Noah entered the ark and settled accounts with the mocking.unbe- lieving multitude, but what a fearful balance sheet to make up the debit account for the costs of the small benetits, the scourges and scaffolds, the oeeans of blood, the groans of men, the anguish of women, and the tears of childnood. I know the regulation Fourth of July is expected to sip the honey sweet from the flowers and blossoms, even” though the low- ers may be poisonous and the blossoms never blnln: fruit, no matter, sip the sweet for the day. ‘We must study the past to know how much of sweet we are securing, so that each recur- ing anniversary may add to the stock we may gather from the flowers of life, We ineet for more than the pyrotechnic and tinsel of gilded words, and exalted bombast, ilade of fireworks, All that may be 't we will do better to learn the actual serfous, to study the past for its warn ings, and obtain from the presenta promise and augury for the future. The mariner will never return to shore who floats ceaselessly ina summer sunshine on a et sea, without retlecting upon the winds t hove, and some again will lash the n into tempest 1f he is not pre of the storm; if he ot wreath the first mad surges of the wa: his b ill go down:so will man on the land nid the blandishments of society and the lust of power. The aggregation of the achievements of tire world would be greater (u-lhf' had all been retained as gained from epoch to epoch. But the enemies of man nized his peaceful enjoym cured, but continu onquer back and | from him the tithe captured by centuries of contliet. ‘T'he people are in the same position to-day as in the ages past; the relations are but little changed. The rulers, however desiznated, ame instinets and desires Pharaohs until now. He is unwittingly an enemy of the human tamily, who advises to sing hosannas only, to be prayerfully content with the little lie enjoys, and not attempt to make his own condition or the world’s better, ‘The solution of the mission of man and nations seems no nearer than when Adam and Eve took care of the garden in paradis ‘I'he enrse that nan should eat bread in the sweat of his brow continuing from that time would seem quite enough of burden, but when supplemented by the opp! ion of govern- ments, the injustice of society, the stupidity or crime of the individual agaiust nimself, the load was greater than he could bear. ‘I'he mass of mankind bas been kept as to-day— muttering Ve mever re nt of the: e and war, to WERS OF WOOD and drawers of water. The life of nations has been now or then a drop of dew with eyclones of oppression and wrong, now and then a mountain rill in a shaded deil with oceans of anguish, deserts of grief. Jefterson claimed there were two classes— the cons ives to keep things as they were, the radicals to try and make them bet- ter. No matter the form of the government or the extent of human liberty, the same two classes nfortunately the con- servative elass have in the end prevailed. Now and then masters have been overthrown only to come back in another shape, 1t was never intended wan should be sat- istied with oppression and injustice, with what should come to him by accident, or by tho sufferance or permission of his superiors, either in the now or the hereafter. Man was directed to seek, to knock for the glory be- yond the grave and that be Lave bread only by the sweat of his brow. Providence intended in this moi Turkish bath for the human famil he should subdue the forces of nature: that he should build rude cabins or comfortable dwellings to protect from winter's cold and summer’s heat—that he should dig to find the coal and precious met- als; that he should cast upa highway and finally railways; that he should control the lizhtning in its ‘course and compel it to do his bidding, and apvarently has answered the question prepared by the Almigh Job, “Canst thou send lightnings that th may 2o and say unto them, here we are’ that he should 'guide the tempest over the deep and restrain 1t for the safe transporta- tion of merchandise and humanity, that he should lind out systems by searching the heavenly bods than a That IN THIS LABOR there is no organized war by )i’o rnment or wealth against theactivity of hand or brain. ‘The Creator intended other tields of labor far more important, yot when men seek to search and garner there, then a howl goes up from conservatives in one dread warning of danzer if the mind should sea and fully uuderstand the rizhts of man—the wultitude in the journey of life. We proudiy boast of the ADVANCEMENT OF THE WORLD from tae time when the patriarchs lived in tents and transported grain by camel, when Joseph the family pet was sold by his own brothers to the Midianit- ish merchants and became great in the land of ~Egypt, not many miles away, yet no telegrapy, or railioad, or mail service whereby 'a man s0 dis- tinguished as Jacob had no tidings of the countries around and ljoining therefore knew notning of his son’s bistory and doings with Pharaoh, until the famine drove his maining sons for corn and learned that Joseph was still alive. From the time when Jesus gladly rode upon a colt into Jerusalem and he disciples, who were fishermen guided rude barks on the sea of Gallilea until_now, a re assault or l:»ml.“ceuyln Palestine the next day, nown throughout the clvilized world— Leviathous of the deep plough sea and ocean, iron bands span continents and trans- port the products of two hemispheres. All this we understand of the mighty things done on the iand and on the sca. BUT WHAT OF MAN of the millions and billions of lives worn away duriny, the azes gone, and what of mau to-day? Intelligenee has been generally diffused by universal education so that the laborer bas wmore knowledge than the patriarchs, the Plotemys or Herods. Even now knowledge 1s not considered a dangerous thing by conservatives unless it leads to radical reforms in law or society. We realize the great advance in the world's prozress, and again ask, what of the men who made it? 1tis well to note that the wen who made states, dug cavals, built rallroads, made ships and navigate them, built eities and rnxu‘el and laced the worid on ‘tils high vantage, had but little pecuniary or proprietary inter- est in the works of their cteation, really but little more than those who move the pyra- midsin the desert, Society, law and government were at fault, are they not now? Except for a short timd and at long inter- vals the few here organized and governed society, and the still fewer who own and control the wealth of a nation frame the laws. True, we boast of the sovereignty of the people in theory, practically an illusion. Y ear after year you o through the form at the ballot box and lufiwsfl you are elect- ing men to represent you, bui you find the few in the end dictate the laws in their in- terest and adverse to yoyrs. A Nebraska audience will need no further proof than their own consciousness. For years you have been seeking and were promisea legislation regulating railroads, but you did not get it. You have been seeking an equalization of taxes, neitier do you get that, You elect the ofticers who make the state board, and the railroads owned by million- aires are not assessed to bear equal share of of the burdens, with the farm which the owner works with wife and children all the year through and the returns barely pay taxes, interest, bread and clothes for family. Mammoth corporations induce the men your votes elect, your servants forsooth, to assess railroads from $5,000 to $10,000 per mile stocked and bonded from 550,000 to "$100,000 per mile on which charges are extorted from le people to pay interest and dividends, while the net earnings on same yearly will be one-fourth of the assessed valuation, thus three-fourth of the population are wronged by their own act through the agents they elect. And so you bless the Lord and give thanks that y © not as other miserable people, but exercise political sovreignty ana elect your own rulers, The great majority of the people M the re- mblie, particularly the west, have for years been pleading tor FREE LUMBER, without paying teibute to the few pine barons in America, but your prayer is no inore re- garded than was the prayer of those who built the pyramids in the dw Y our masters here sport deny your honest demands and then in moc! ary taunt you with being sovreign in elect- ing men who make the laws, ‘I'ne people demand FREE SUGAT, they see no reason why the laboring man in government should pay the two cents per pound, the same amount Gould and Vanderbuite pays, Sugar must be protected by the the paternal government, a parent tor the few, the strong, the wealthy, so thata large profit may be made by the sugar planter. Why not some tax for the corn krower. he is needing itas much as the cane grower, Yet the people cannot obtain this just deinand of free suzar. YOU BEG F E yet your taskwasters, part of whom reside in New Kozland, insist upon the highest protection for overy: thing manufactured in that specially rotected section, insist that tax shall be col- ected upon all the nation. cept the New England fishermen, and this paternal gov- ernment shall pay back or rebate to him the tax he pays. A tax on salt to cure your beet and pork, but free salt for curing the fish cau 1o by New England. T'osaibly 1 should not speak too frankly of these things, for this is one of the two days in the year when the American citi: boasts speciaily of his freedom and sovereignty. I‘c is expected on July 4th to talk loud and long of his political birthright, his sover- eignty, and on elcetion day, 'he depos- its his ballot, which in ehildlike simplicity he thinks will “execute a freeman’s will as lightning does the will of God.” ¥OURTH OF JULY WAS A PROTEST, a radical declaration against conservative 1on and will be of little value to us ntinued as such, t of injustice and agressive tax- ation against which our fathers fougzht still exists, and we ean only continue the glories of this day and meke them brighter by the same determination our fathers nifested. As we look down through the vista of the past, and upon all the nations of to-day, we boast with pride that this is the grandest re- public on earth—grandest in its form of government, in the territory em- ed within its limit: in the rights exercised by its eitizens, and m the prosperity and happiness of its people, while wer hiere is often unserupulous and wealth ng, Lraspi avariclous, the toiler has compensation and more enjoyment than anywliere under the sun, Y et this fact intensifies the interest In this day and shows how little in all the world ex- i8ts, as the result of the achievements of the the zood, the true, How little civil- ization and christianity has really accon.- wlishied for the great world, i It we haye the most, those having less must bo miserable indeed. Millions of people during thousands of vears have been jostling along the highway of life seeking 70 IMPLOVE TIIZIR CONDITION, to receive a fair reward for honest toil. when it became a grave question whether the orsof this life were groater than the ors of the worst hersafier, governments with state religion have sought coroled and mitred priests to impre upon tarved, shivering, suffering, oppressed humanity that ‘T'he two elements of GOOD AND EVIL areas strongand antazonistic to-day as atany veriod in history. All that education, in- vention and science has done the zood has in the same deuree increased the evil. Human nature has remained the same. We ve alluded to Jefferson’s classilication 1800 years before, when the world was in some respects more wicked, several characters were plainly drawn, ‘The straneer who traveled from Jerusalem to Jericlio and fell among thieves, with the usual results, ‘T'he conservative priest eame down and erin 2 his garments about hin meekly erossed to the other side, Then came the conservative Levite, looking at him with an exclamation point in his eye, muttered “Poor Dent! What a pity!” ‘and daintly passed by, " ‘Then came the radical conservative, who at once bound up the wounds, lifted him on his horse, took him to an inn and paid the bill. How diiferent had been the world then and to-day, had the new commannment that “ye o another,” and the practice of the amaritan,’ been universally adopted; mong nations, inj awong indi- Is at an end, ‘The only way to escape the scorpions and the fires of Lereafter wascheerfully to endure the scorpions and bearthe stings and injustice heaped by the privileged few upon the toil- ing multitudes Of course th SALT, And through conservative would revile the Samaritan and exclaim impossible, tuat it would violate the intentions of the Almighty if_universal Lappiness should everywhere exist, “The schemer, the stock waterer, the pool organizer and rebate payinz corporation, the m-nw?’ lender at usurious interest, heartless speeulators in the necessaries of life, vile arbitrators of tood, high-toned gamblers whom the law and’ sociciy dare not touch, would all denounce it as an attempt to make the world better, and thus thwart the doings of the great Creator, ‘They would insist that murder, arson, rob- bery and other erimes could not be checked, but the class which the ‘law reaches is not really lar:e, not o large as the society pro- tected and gilded criminals whose offenses AT€ 10T DUMEroUs. Many years ago the poet spoke solid facts: “Plate sin lu gold the lance of justice harw- l1ess breaks, Clm‘:l ¢ it in rags a pigmy straw doth pierce ADULTERATORS OF FOOD AND are the most dangerous wrongdoers. Severe penalties are propesly imposed upon sowme, notably milk wateri and the of- fense, by the lactometer, fs easily detected. Farmers In the great daity district adjoining the city of New York realizes net 1}y cents per quart, and there is so Jittle ditfferénce in value between water and ‘milk that it would sean unprofitable for the dealer or farmer to take any chances by adding water, but the authorities are always vigilant to detect and punish any infraction. The grocer sands his sugar, the druggist adulterates medicines, great neat dealers make creamery and dairy butter from grease, tal- low and'lard, and exchange it for the hard- earned wages of the laborer. ‘Through mueh tribulation congress finally passed a law which thlblwdnllnulm‘lnl’lllu the arti- cle and calling or selling it as butter. HBut the most dangerous and destructive to the lutegrity and prosperity of the nation— more ttan “all others combined, for which there seems no check or restraint, is wnen organized capital, incorporated under sauc- tion of law, INVESTS ONE DOLLAR AND DILUTES 1T into three by issulng stocks and bonds. Your grain Is taxed, the wages of the day laborer is taxed, all the farms and every in- dustry is taxed to pay interest and dividends on capital three times diluted. And to-aay the great mass of people, you yourselves are, as the natious since the time of Clirist have been, traveling the sawe road VALUES from Jarusalem to Jericho, with the same re- Sults, not always so fortunate as to tind a good Samaritan on the way. The ehildren of Israel, God's chosen peo- ple, reached the highest point of human en- durance when Pharaoh compelled them to MAKE DRICK WITHOUT STRAW. At this age we are not many removes from that point. A Kind Providence has made our soil more fruitful than the plains of Egypt, and a gen- erous government has given in homestead or cheap price 160 acres to “‘every man who will The mass of our people should be not only prosperous and happy, but rien. How much of riches will be attested by the num- ber of mortgages at high rates of interest. Year after year, in portions ot Nebraska, corn is burned for tuel, because the railroads, more heartless than' the taskmasters of Pharaoh, refuse to transport at such rates that it can be exchanged for the coal of Pennsylvania. Et‘orr is our great product, as it was in vt "'l‘ne farmer here who raises 5,000 bushels gives 3,000 to the railroad to transport the re- maining 2,000 to Chicazo, 500 miles away. From his share must be deducted the cost of production, payment of taxes, interest money, subsistence and clothing for family. In the whole northwest you cannot prol ably tind a farm which, if Tair price is paid for the labor of father, wife and chil- dren, will return any profit to the producer, not even any interest on the money value of “his tarm. If that is not makir g brick without straw, then there is no forc in figures. Beyond sub- sistence and ordinary home couiforts the great bulk of {our earnings are transported 0 the east and returned from thence to build railroads still further alded by precinct, city and county bonds and owned by the stranger and taskuiaster, and in the furiher gencrous act to ornament your farms with mortzages, Money interest in railroads in this state fully repaid in lands from government and bonds of cities, precinets and counties, is by tricks and devices wade to represent 3 in stocks and bonds and then our taskmasters insist they must Impose exorbitant charges 50 as to pay interest and dividends on this aud and forgery of watered and pay to their presidents and man- agers from $25,000 to $50,000 year-—more than at one time was paid to the president of the United States, more thaw the farmer with a well stocked farm, free of debt. can make lifetime of the labor of himself, wife and children, The great millionaires in this country have become enormously rieb, the Goulds, the Vanderbilts, the Scotts and Sazes, from the construction and management of railroads, which they claim will bankrupt the owners if restricted in extortionate charges, which amount almost to confiscation and will in the end make you bankrupt. Yes, butsay their ‘mld defendants and apologists, these men should all_be paid for great skill, tact and brains What brains! The same that belong to the schemer, the maninulator, the corruptor ot legislators and the courts, shrewd to frame tricks and de- l\l[L'E-\. to get the money of others without abor. ‘The brains of the sharpers Issued §4,000,- 000,000 of watered stock without the payment of adollar. Reward with millions the brains which is eriminal enouzh to devise Credit Mobelier and other fraudulent schemes? Unlimited wealth necessarlly guarantees to its owners unlimited irresponsible power and they DEFY THE NATION. If by any preadventure they make any con- cession to the majesty of numbers they take care to keep control, ~ They consent here and there to a commission which genarally is cre- i’\lml,by themselves and a plaything in their ands. ‘L'ne danger to this country is not from an- archism or communism, ‘That excresence on the body politie will easily be repressed, it can gaii no strenuth or sympathies with the masses. Dynamite may be the only remedy where ages of oppression have left man uo urce. Russian despstism will nec- et Russian nibi'ism, this republic where the people elect their own officers, and in theory make their own law: vill doso in fact when they shall become weary of making brick without straw, the law created by the agents of the peonle must be obeyed. No oceasion to lay ake o’ mnights; the poor and humble, no matter how small or greivous the ofiense, stealing a loaf of bread r murdering by dynamite will never escape; he will suffer the penaity of the law. IT 18 ONLY TIE MILLIONAIRE, anarchist and communists who will escape. No attempt to increase the standing army to restrain their villainies. Oh, no; the man who dare allude to thelr sins, though deli- ciamly. is denounced as worthy stripes and death, ‘T'he importance of ra‘lroads cannot be overestimated, but the men who own them will probably never be canonised as saints. The gift of the franchise by the people, large donations of land and money, and the ion of oppressive aristoeracy of oalth than has grown up in England dur- ing centuries, would inspire in ordinary mor- lllf; a feeling of gratitude and a small return in moderate charges, but nothing of the kind, the e 10 make you sals, serfs, slaves, to be your masters, taskmasters allowing you to work your farins on shares, they taking the lion’s share, and then by the millions they extort from the people they cor- rupt, purchase too often the men in oflice, the men whom you elect to make ana ad- minister the laws. ‘Tue letters of Huntington, the evidence of ould before a committee ot "the New York islature unblushingly s rth the manner in’ which money is paid for this infamous corruption, 'lie ordinary common eriminal withdraws from exposure and public gaze, but this gang Of law breakers seei to court it 'he most withering and bighting is tne andard Oil, yet they boldiy came into the ited Statescourt in Ohio with a ru*hoad in the hands of a receiver and attempted to Justify a bold violation of law in a e 10 pay rebates to this unuatural monster thereby destroy the small business interest of many honest citizens. In our state such practices were denied by the dif t railroads, but a few days ago at Omaba a promineut ofticial swore that such things were done here, in rebates to large lumber companies, eleyator companies and smelting companies in which “owners of Union 1 ck were interested. essful contradiction, that no man has ever been nominated, or the people sought to elect one, who was opposed to railroads or their management, except to compel a jus “regulation, a reasonable charge for transpol ation, no rebates or special vrivileges Lo one nan, or dealer, or locality, yet before a com- mission created by anact of congress to in- vestigate the conduct of certain railroads aided by the United States, the same official further swore that in caucus and convention and at election he had souzht to defeat men who were hos- tile to railroads and in the legislature he had defeated HOSTILE RAILROAD LEGISLATION, and by hostile they mean ever, who doesnot worship the golden calt or iron rod our masters set up, who dares re- fuse cheerful acquisience in every act or de- wand, or has the hardihood to question the serenity or infallibility of railroad magnates, Hostile legislation is that which the majority of the voters demand in the interest of jus- tiee and fair play, and an orzunized raid is more often the legislature. High priced at- torneys are kept during the_entiro session to talk and —— with the mewmbers, and others are there to entertain and —— the same members whom you eleet, to pass such laws as will be for your interest and the state. This same Union ific official testiied the raiiroad owued or was interested in papers and that he wrote editorials for newspapers on the railroad issue; that all the wmen in their employ, that their friends, of course, all who had rebates and special priviliges, the shrewd attorney and slick editor, all' pre- tending to be working for the pnblie vood and ever ready to denounce, malign thuse who were ur:ing your interests, and, of course, accord to the railre manual, hostile to their interests, | oW you will pardon me. An abstract from the TESTIMONY GIVEN before said minissi by one Crawford, who after being upon the holy bible, for 1 take high conseientions indiyidual like Gi no infidel, and christtan as he is no doubt subseribed to the orthodox oath. He was an improvement upon the ordinary railroad wit- ness, He was willing to come'and then he readily told the truth when he dia come. Would that all the people of Nebraska could read it and then resolve to do what the conseience of every wan dietates. You remember the railroad crowd have al- ways Insisted that they spent no mone paid no men or ever attempted to interfere or control elections. Crawford and the U Pacitic ofticials have been compelled and they eonfirm the charges Lere made against railroad intluences. But here s the extract: “He was employed to labor with members at Lincoln last winter by Mr. Thu n who paid hin $400 or thereabouts for his serv- ces. He was there to_help keep the demo- crats solid ana defeat Van Wyck for United George sworn it a rge s cause ho was an antl-raflroad demagorue, 1 am opposed to Interfering with railroads by legisiation, 1 frankly give you my opinion that these Tallroad™ bills were simply Introduced by political demagogues ~ to furtlier their own ends.”’ “He belloves that the state Nebraska would be demoralized were it to permit the passage of hostile legislation by political cranks and complainiug shysters Wwho make that subject their crazy h()lnl|)' & ‘‘He also entertained the senators and ren- resentatives in a social way and cheered them up with liberal supplies of retresh- ments,” ‘This Is the railroad rlnl(orm. I hesitated to read itas & matter of delicacy, because it does me the honor to allude to myselt and required the special effort of certain rail- roads toaccomplish the result of last winter, and that, too, as the evidence shows by a combination _of straight democrats and straight republicans, Iut it is important that the people of the state should understand the means used to over-reach and defeat their demands, hence I have taken the liberty to read it and trust all the papers, whose editor- ials are not written by railroad managers, will publish it fully. ‘They can also publish the testimony given by straight republicans who ‘always throw up their hands in holy horror and frow white in the face when any suggestion s made of connection with democrats, ‘There was the testimony of Gurley and Hanlon branded straight republican, Of the later the report in straight de ceratic and straight republican papers say “Mr. Hanlon briefly related his work at the gislature and his connection therewith Mr. Thurston jat the conelusion of this part of the examination, Governor Pattison, one of the commissione aid to Comptrolier Mink of the Union Pag road “[ again make a formal call for the appear- ance of John M. Thurston before the com- L We have searched everywlere for him and haven’t been able to tind him. John M. ‘T'hurston is one of the oflicial attorneys of this road and he is a very important wit- ness, and the oflic of this company said they had no desire to conceal any- ng, but wanted a free and full investiga- ) Here was an_eclegant quartetto of straizht democrats and straight republicans, ‘This piebald, ring-streaked and speckled political Sanhedrim wus hired like the Hessians of old, and like them ready to tight under any banver which paid taem the most, An ambitious Unton Pacitic attorney, one of the strictest of this sect of political Phara- sees, who wears broad phylacteries and thanks God he is not as other men, especially the poor publican, hired this gane, mustered them into the Union Pacitic serviee, paid their bills and gave th woney in the end, to hunt in couples, to howl straight polities— one for the democratic and the other for the republican party—a motley crowd blatant and bold, wanted the people to understand they took their politics as they did their whisky—straight Crawford sw a:s they were there to amuse the legislature, w tell stories and anecdotes and set up the wine and cigars. But the chief, the lawyer aforesald, he of saintly cast of countenance, who assumed the cravity and ‘vuri!y of the aforesaid Phara- sees, and who also copied the apostles and sometimes went tishing, possibly on a Lake Genesarath, called in modern avd more wicked times Lake Minnetonka—he the mus- tering and pay ofticer of this crowd of po- litical vampires, it is claimed furnished the more substantial, solid part of Jhe feast and banquet promised for some of the men whom the people elect, Whata publie exhibition. Do you need anything more to arouse the people of this state on this Fourth of July to resolve that such proceedings shall neéver again disgrace its legistatu Railroad mana-ers and the ?\ulili(‘ ans care nothing for party politics, only as they can mako them subserve thelr seliish purposes. And then they expect the people should be moulded by the twols they purchase. The demoeratic party must be kept solid by such men as Crawford, and the republican party must be kept straight by the combination under the versatil attorney who. after tishing for rudgeons, becomes absorbed in less ex L»:Iln tishing for pickerel. All this must done to defeat demagogues and hostile legislati which three-fourtiis of the voters of the state demand. Such men must run your party chines, no matter if they crush out personal independence and overthrow the prosperity and rights of the people and make them the vietims of sueh taskmas nd year after year the people are betray many of their own chosen legrslators through the manipu- lation of such intluences, ‘The point of this struggle isin the abov testimony of the oppression. injustice, over- bearing dictation and control by railroads of elections and legislation. And it is already time you should issue ur declaration and manifest the spirit of jour forefathers when they threw the tea in Boston harbor, T'hen the lawyers, liberally paid by money extorted from‘you, and the editors whose editorials are written by railroad managers, in the meanness of hypocricy pretend they are laboring in the inferest specially of the people, the farmers of the state, wnd under that mask they appeal to the people,and with thelash of party dictation scek fo have the people help thein defeat the candidate ho tile to rallroads, and too often unde lead they are inveigled and unite in of the yelping hounds owned by corpol Suchutl by them, *Crucity him! Cruci- n0- h ti ma- THIE DANGER TO A REPUBLIC is when wealth accumulates and decay,” when wealth gravitates of the few, and the toiling mwany the dangers, oy have not the courage to we and overcome then, “The few men who control eapital control the government and hold the masses in bond- age. How remarkable that the only man- acement of railroads which can possibly benefit the veovle, according to their dog- trine, is one which adds miliions to those al- ready possessed by owners and mana sers, ‘Ten thousand two hundred millions of dol- 1ars represent the money value in farms. Yet two-thirds of the faris are morteag Neither is tarming anywhere remunerative. 115 said the westis so far trom market, as the excuse for absorbing two-thirds of the crop for transnorting the remaining one- third to the sea board, and does not return the actual cost of production. At this time beef does not, yet when it reaches the Atlan- tic cities, the boast ot meat three times a day i3 not a reality to many laboring men. 1t i8 the same doletul story in the east. New England where republican protection- ists nake the farmer believe a high taritl is the open sesame to great crops and large prices, and in Pennsylvania demoeratic chiefs assure the unadulterated dewocrat that protection to coal and iron, althou h in- creasing the price of fuel chinery will more than cc by providing a homo mat Unprofitable as inay be this inllllalr{ in the west, 1t is lan- suishing in Pennsylvania and decaying in New Encland. ‘The money value of the farmns United States exclusive of eattle and ma. chinery, $10,200,600,000, equals the combined value 0f ralltoad property, neatly 7,000,000, 000, of which §4,000,000,000 15 watered stocks and bonds, and the capital invested in manu- factories nearly §5,000,000,000 more, while treble the nummber of population is engaged. Yet agriculture is powerless; manutacturers can secure all the fegislation they demand, and railroads o yo leeislatures, congress and 00 many of the courts Here are the plain, unvarnished facts: The admitted power 15 with the avriculturalists, You lack the courage to demand and secure, thy will be doue,as has bee 1d by another, SA mob of constimers subject to an organized army of manutactunng sud railroad “protecs tionists,” which means o protect tieir in- terests at the expense of the balance of the nation. Itseems o grave question just now with divines and philanthropists whether the world is growing bette; I the time of Corist 1 humanity was i ?--l when the end drew near and Chirist was led away, all fled, a dismal record ot devotion courage, Peter was not wanting in phy courage, for he smote with the sword the ¢ of the servaut of the high priest, yet ina few short hours he thrice denied nis Sast On the other bhand the greatest term of ignominy and reproach is betrayal, and the name of Judas, Yot the class of which he s the acknowl- edged head have, during 1,800 years, L= proved in baseness upon their leader. Judas was only an infant in that kind of wicked- ness He had some conscience, and repented and brought back the thirty piéces of silver to the chiet priests and elders, protesting he Le- trayed innocent blood, but they replied m soniething of the spirit of Vanderbilt: “W it is that to us; see thou to that,” while tney took the money and used it in charity, buying a potter's tield to bury strangers, The bribers | probably not manifest the s generosity neither do ti ) betray con fiding constituences experience any prickings of conscience, Thirty pieces of silyer would be no consideration to & wodern legsilator, ‘The trust renosed in his hands by the ballots of the people, be holds for Lis own gain to sell 1o the highest bidder, ‘They never be- men In in the erage States senator. 1 wanted to defeat bim be- | come conscience-stricken and otler 1o return of | the blood money, nor have delicacy eaough 1o go as did Judas and hang himse ( fos But you have reason to take courage that 80 mAny go up to your legislative halls ever: two years and stand like a wall of roel against all the reductions of vice and the in« fliience of money, while they sce some ba tering, their honor and souls for gain, they are subject to the revelings of such gangs a8 Crawford deserived organized by Thurston and paid by the Union Pacitic and other roads, but thay came to the people with clean hands and brave hearts and the people should reward such courage and honesty by sayin, well done good and faithful servants, an return them to the positions they have Lonored. This day will be well spent and full of future blessings if the Amcrican people will restore as one man, with a Fourth of July, 1776 determination the same protection and priviloges to all property, the sate rights te cach citizen, Lawyers on pay rolls of corporations and editors whose editorials are writien by rail road managers are tremblingly eloquent as to the danger to propetty from the acgressions of the multitude, that danger never comes along on sehedule time, always THE OPPRESSED AND WRONGED, It 18 the human nature of the humble and oporessed, to be long suflering s were ous fathers ot the revolution. As were the lsraclites who endured for years rather than even flee from opprossion. ‘T'he priviloge to exercise perfect liberty is not willingly granted by despots in a mon- archy or aristocracy and task masters in a ro- vublic that is only the result of long, bloody efforts and sacrifice. Rut for the struggle of the patriots of 1376 we would to-day be sube jects of England. «Within our time the sacr tices, blood and life of vour tathers, brothers, husba nd sons saved this great christain revublic from dismemberment by a slave nolding aristocracy und establishing a con- federacy resting on slavery as its chief corner stone, ‘T'his nation owes a debt It can never pay to the soldier of any and all our wars, who fot- lowed the flaz. who slept on the field with nothing but the blue canopy and the stars above him, disabled by wounds and sickness yet you have witnessed a most determin contest has been necessary and will be in future days to keep them from want, from alms-houses and from eating the bread ot charity. Capital in the money centers fiercely stig- matise efforts to create or increase pensions as frands. Twenty-five years ago capltal pezged these 1men ta leave wite and enildren father and mother and enter the servic Most of those who fell in the ranks and who left widows and children were really least interested In the unity of the republie. Not many of the class to which Gould and Venderbilt belonged Were found on the rolls of the Union army Yet, suffering as he may be to-day, there could not be found in all our broad land one veteran who would _not prefer to eat the bread of poverty, suffer want and privatio and cheerfully sacrifice the remnant of his days rather than see the natiou’s trophies, THE REBEL FLAGS, captured on many hard-fought fields, from brave men, erimsoned by his own and made sacred by the blood of his dead comrades, again returned to those who carried them in definnco and death against the great ropublic and its starry banner. We are now one people. All the pitterness of var s passed. Tlie conquored share with the conquerors the glory and benetits of the victory. But the repose which covers the grave of the past and the crimes of rebellion must ever retain the captured flags and the trophies of the war in the capital, which has always beeu defended by loyal hearts, over which thie stars and stripes have always tloated. And more and more is proven that there is nowhere tor the most laudable acts *‘rest for the weary”—never has been—and never will ‘The multitudes are i sce the salyation of thie Lord, the Lord overruled him, and guickly ax him of his error when 'he ordered him the ehildren of Israel that they go torward.” Loven the salvation of the Lord was not te be exhitbited to those tanding still.” (tever has been and is to-day the same journey—with the same results’ to escape— oppression, injustice—the taskmaster close behind, and the beauties and benefits of the promised land just before. 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