Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 1, 1888, Page 4

o THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: S APRIL 1 1883 —SIXTEEN PAGES, JTHE DAILY BEE, PUBLISHED RY MORNING. TRRME OF SUBSCRIPTION, ly (Morning Edition) including Sunday ’nlx'-, One Year nx;v L] Six Months . s 0 o Three Months w0 ¢ Omaha Sunday Bre, mailed to any ad- ross, One Y ent 200 AHA OFPICE, NOSITARD T8 FARNAM STREET. W YORK OFFICY, ROOMS 14 AND 15 TRIBUNE UITDING, ASHINGTON OFFICE, NO. OURTLENTH STRERT. PONDENCE. Tnting to news and edi- addressed to the EpiToR ® BEE. BUSINESS LETTER! 11 hrisiness letters and remittances should be rensed to THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY, CORRE Al communications matter should b 1A, Drafts, checks and postofice orders to made payable to the order of the company. The Bec Publishing Company. Proprietors E. ROSEWATER. Editor. THE DAILY BEE. ASworn Statement of Circulation, Slate of Net Inukn. unty of Dou; s’«u Ly k, secretary of The Beo Pub- Bahing company, does solemly swear that the metval circulation of the Dally Bee for the week v g S arch 30, 1888, was as follows: M v | slss, (%% March March v, Mard sday, March 2 March 50 : 10,850 EO. B TZSCHUCK, v_presence this Average Ewaorn to and subscribed Bat day of March, A. D., 1K, tate of Nebraska, | !(h\umrnf Douglaes, (88 Geo. I3, Tzschuck, being first duly sworn, de- s and says that he [s_secretary of The Bee biishing company, that the actual average daly circulation of the Daily e for the month of ‘March, 187, 14,400 e ,\‘»ru, b (% A k87, W25 coples; 147 coples; for July, ) for Aunst, 1887, 14,151 cop M copies; for O 2687, 15,220 coples: , ;fl 1CLH l(lll’;”;‘u“u‘:l\' l;‘b‘)‘ ruary, , 15,902 copies, . Y Ya¥0. B, TZSCHUCK. gworn and subscribed to in’ my presency this 2a day of March, A, D, 1888, N. P, FEIL, Notary Publie. Tirg Baster hounet makes its appear- #nce this time with April-fool’s day, but gentle spring still lin r the lap of winter, EE—— S0 FAR as Mayor B h is acting _within the letter of the law in dealing with the liquor interest of Omaha, he Will be supported by citizans 23d ihe ourts, (03 copiest for September, 187, 1 SENATOR VANCE of North Carolina Believes in revenue reform beeause his toddy comes too high. By careful cal- eulation he finds that the whisky he drinks is taxed 400 per cent, the sugar 76 per cent, while the nutmeg comes in ‘free. As the senator prefers 99-100 "hinlcy 10 1-100 nutmeg the inequalities of taxation grates on his nerves. — IN paving, as in everything else, the Pest, in the long run, is the cheapest. f'en yearly installments paid for dura- " Ble paving material will relieve prop- erty owners from all further paving tnxes. A cheap pavement means per- petual paving tax. A mile or two of durable pavement lmd each year is much morc desirable than ten miles of paving that will goto picces within five ov six years. AMERICAN workmen who are threat- encd with Chinese and other pauper “Iabor can sympathize with the condition of the French artizan who is compelled to compete with poor, cheap Ttalian labor. It is said thut 250,000 of thiese Italians are working in France, and owing to their low social scale can work for wages 50 per cent lower than what the French workman asks. In the city of Lyons 50,000 of these foreigners com- pete with home libor in both skilled and unskilled service. Twelve hours is wnot uncommon for a day’s work, though the native workmen are agitating against long hours, and threaten to boy- cott the Italians, Tur Women’s International council, fn session at Washington during the past week, will come to an end to-day. 1t has been a notable gathering whose deliberations have attracted a good deal of attention and comment, but it is hy no moans certain that the practical results will be very marked. The eouncil proved, not for the first time ‘%hat women can differ as widely in their views, and as obstinately adhere 10 their opinions, as men can, while somo of them can be quite as crrvatic and injudicious as the sterner sex. On the whole, however. it is to to be hoped the work of the council will accomplish mauch good. A CENSUS of people who live in tene- ment houses in New York City shows that 1,016,885 individuals live in 81,534 tenements, an average of thirty-twoper- sons to every house. The report states, furthermove, that the greater number of these dwellings are old buildings, ill- adapted for tenement purposes and erowded to excess. It was for the very purpose of bettering the condition of the houies of the working classes that the Henry George and the anti-poverty so- eleties were formed, But it secems that Bittle success has been achioved in this @ivection, The truth of the matter is, the avecage inhabitant of New York ofers the crowded, busthing hives of nil{ to o cottage in some out-of-the- way suburb of New Jorse, SUNDAY observance ean be carried by religious enthusiasts to a state border- ing on fanaticism. ‘The latest instance comes from New York y, where Judge Bookstaser rvefused the injune- tion asked for by Nliiott F, Shepard to restrain the stage coaches from running on Sunday, ‘The complaint of Mr. Shepard, who is a stockholder, is not ouly novel but under the eircumstances _ almost ludicrous. He said in his peti- tion that Sunday travel inflicted great injury on his feelings, and that as a stockholder in the stage company he had been and would be compelled to jdentify himself with the immoral and drreligious acts of the corporation, The answer of the judge turns the laugh on ‘Mr. Shepard by suggesting that the Jatter could free his conscicnce from any vespousibility in su iniguitous trafiic by selling bis stock. Of vourse “ghis view never suggested itselt to Mr. _Bhepard, It would be interssting to Jears whether Mr. Sliepard will act “wpon the suggostion and ease his con- " welosce. Some Plain Talk. The city treasurer has been acting ke holder for the liguor dealers who 1 their license in installments. The law expressly provides that license shall only be granted upon the payment of thousand dollars. When the treasurer accepts less than one thousand dollars he does so as a private citizen not asan official. His bondsmen are not responsible for any money he handles contrary to law, and if he should fail to pay the money over to the school fund nobody can compel him to do so. The entire risk is with the liquor dealer: The fact that city treasurers hav been allowed to act as stake holders for saloon keepers does not make their acts lawful, any more than the fact that the city clerk has charged and pocketed illegal fees for making out applications for license makes his conduct lawful. The ordinance which allows quarterly payments is a farce and a fraud on its face. The law prohibits 1y man from selling liguor without a ‘nse, but the ordinance says any man may sell liguor nine months of the year 50 long as he has a license for three months of the year. If he chooses to quit at the end of the first orsecond quarter, or if he happens to die during that period, the sales were all unli- censed, and the money paid to the treas- niot be legally accounted for, because the law does not author the trsasurer to receive license money un- tila license has been issued. The fraud- ulent ordinance was passed at the in- stance of the liquor dealers, in defiance of the law and the supreme court deci- sion. Nobody but a shysterlawyer who wants to be employed by the liquor dealers would for a momentvretend that the tender of two hundred and fifty dol- lurs will give them the right to deal in liquor, The mayor is simply complying with the law which his predecessors have violated and refused to exccute. The Liguor dealers have had ample notice of his intention to cuforce the law, and they have now only an excess of 8500 to raise over the quarterly payment, If they aveay themselves against the mayor, they array themselves against the state authorities. If they band to- gether to vesist the authorities they lay themselves liable individually aud col- 1an leciively to severe fenalticd, and if any violence results they will become re- sponsible. Tt is not only folly, but mad- ness for these liquor dealers to assume a hostile attitude toward the municipal authorities. Those who counsel them to do so arc their worst enemies, one The Next Chief Justice. Chief Justice Waite having been laid to rest, the problem of choosing a su cegsor now devolves upon the chicf ex- ecutive. All the indicationsare that Mr. Cleve- land will take his time before announc- ing his choic He has already inti- mated that the successor to the late chief justice will hardly be named be- fore the closing days of congress. It is to be presumed that no republi- can will be appointed. Six of the jus- tices at present on the bench were for- merly affiliated with the republican party, and however strong might be the claims of a republican jurist for the po- sition, on the ground of experience and ability, it is not likely that Mr. Cleve- land would see his v clear to consider them. The choice, s far as can be learned, will probably fall uponanorth- ern demoeratic lawyer, Speaker Carlisle has been suggested in certain quarters, but he is not seri- ously thought of. Allen G. Thurman, ‘“the noblest Roman of them all,” is set aside, it is said, on account of his age. No better appointment upon the democratic side could be made, but the real opposition to Mr. Thurman comes from the gigantic corporate monopolies which he has made it the business of his life to oppose, and who, in turn, succeeded in retiring him from public life a few years ago to be succceded by Standard Oil Payne. The suggestions of Secretary Vilas and Postmaster General Dickinson are made from a purely political standpoint. Neither of these oflicials have any na- tional reputation aslawyersor juristsand Mr. Cleveland is hardly likely to make the serious mistake of elevating them to the chair once oceupied by Oliver Ells- worth and John Marshall. Of Minister Phelps, who is urged by a portion of New England, it can be said that few abler theoretical lawyers conld he found in the country. The bias of his mind and the fact that during the war he was ono of the most rancorous of northern copperheads will undoubtedly operate, as they should, to prevent favorable consideration of his name hy the president. The country at large will be less in- terested in knowing the political com- plexion of the coming chief justice than in learning his mental calibre and judiciul cxperience. The United States supreme court since its in- ception has had & world wide reputation for ability, and its decisions upon points of equity have carried weight among the courts of all nations, What the people wiil demand, and what they will be quito satistied with, will be a man of learning, of legal and forensiec experience and of judicial temperament, joined to a private li against which the breath of suspicion or reproach has never been directed, If Mr. Cleveland selects such a man he will receive the commendation of the thinking public, whether his nominee be u demoerat or a republican. e e Another French sis. The resignation of the French cabi- net, which was promptly accepted b the president, is portentous of another crisis in French affairs that may prove sorio The victory of the extremists in the chamber of deputies, on the bill for a revision of the constitution, is sig- nificant and ominous, The government did not desire the immedlate passage of the bill, and ‘the ministry had worked laboriously and anxiously to prevent that result. It was urged that under the existing political conditions the move would be frought with danger. The various factions had been keenly aroused by recont -events, and it was desirable that there should be time for the people W bocome quieted, 5o as to be able to reftect with deliber- ation. before procecding with so impor- tant a work as ¥hat of constitutiondl re- vision. The argument was made that the passage'6l the bill would be an ap- proval of the manifesto of Boulanger and a great satisfaction to that general, who had attacked the institutions of the country and who had talked of purg- ing the chamber, But these appeals, together with the expressed lope of royalists that the adoption of the me ure would tend to restore legitimate monarchy, had little effect upon the op- ponents of the government, and though the majority by which the bill passed was only twenty-one, it was sufficient to overthrow the ministry. The reappearance of Boulanger in the political arcna, and the prominent asso- ciation of his name with the question of a revision of the constitution, are what render the situation ominous. So long as this soldier, prompted by a soldier's ambition, exerts an influence and has a following in France the peace of the republic is not absolutely secure. When, a few months ago, he was exiled from Paris to his command it was hoped that would end his machinations, but it did 80 only temporavily. The restless and ambitious soldier, who had enjoyed a taste of political power, found that he possessed some of the ability of the poli- cian and discovered that he had a fol- lowing, could not be content with the humdrum of the camp and the uninte esting round of peaceful military bus ness. It was soon found that he was actively . maintaining correspondence with his political friends in Paris, and when his application for a leave of absence was refused he boldly vio- lated army rules by going to Paris with- out leave. Summary justice followed in his removal from the army, a pen- alty which no other generalin France could have survived, but all the indi- cations are that he has since grown stronger in the popular regard. Tn the late clections. without being anywhere a candidate, Boul ceived nearly one hundred thousand votes This evident attachment of the French people to Boulanger is ex plained by the veply of a deputy when tioned regarding the impending red war with fico st be 461 on nd that the only man able to raise her was Bou- langer. The feeling is that France must be prepared for the day, prob- ably not far distant, when Crown Prince William of Germany succeeds his father, belicved to e steadily sinking under his incurable and exhausting afiliction. The imperial rescript, conferring upon the crown prince the functions of a co- regent, was a notice to Burope that the emperor is no longer able to attend to many of the details of his task, and no- body doubts that he will grow less so until the end, which cannot be far off. Then will succeed the ambitious, head- strong, daring young soldier, who hates TFrance and the system of government that prevails there, and who will not ate at the first opportunity that to maunifest his hatred of the ve- Nomiually the emperor of Ger- many is nearer to being an autoe than any sovereign west of Vistula. Actually, so long as Bismar lives, the throne is ommipotent. Bis mavek helieves that the peace of Europe hangs by a thread, and that thread all Europe believes the anxious heir to the Prussiun throne waits only the oppor- tunity to break. France understands, and gives to Boulanger an anticipatory homage which may be thrust upon him at the slightest promise of a continental disturbance. The change of the scepter in Germany would put Boulanger to the front in France, and none realize this more fully than he. The present exigency will put to a test the ability and character of Carnot, and will determine whether there has descended to him any of the genius of his distinguished an- cestor who in the French revolu- tion organized victory for the repub- licans, There is some reason to fear, however, that he will be found wanting if the erisis should become really serious, and that the men who have disregarded his wish and compelled the resignation of his hinet will be able to carry out whatever other plans they may devise. The early political developments in France promise to be of very great interest. —_— A Prosperous Monopoly. The annual meeting of the American Bell telephone compuny wus held in Boston a few days ago, when some in- teresting facts were disclosed. The total wire mileage of the company was stated to pe 145,732, or nearly six times the circuit of the earth, the increase in the past year having been over seven- teen thousand miles, Employment is given to a little more than six thousand persons, and the number of exchange subscribers is in round figures 159,000, There are under rental a few more than 380,000 instruments, and the number of exchango calls por unnum is estimated in round figures at 369,000,000, The net earnings of the company last year amounted to $2,210,000, of which 31,568 000 was paid in dividends, the ance going to the rescrve fund and the surplus. The latter amounts to over two million dollars, and altogether the figures show that the company is having a most profitable business, that must he ving a very large percentage on the capital invested., “The report of the dircetors naturally deprecates state legislation for regu- lating telephone rates, but it is not to be supposed that their opinion as to the expediency or justice of such legisla- tion will have any gre: ht. Ref to the favorable n of the supreme court was made with evident gratifieation, but it should be borne in mind that there arve three of the jus- tices who do not believe that Mr, Bell is eutitled to his claim the in- ventor of the telephone, and that of the four who did believe his claim just when the decision was rendered, but three remain, so that as the court now stands there is a tie regarding Bell's claim, two of the justices heing cluded from pussing on it. The gov- ernment has a case in court-against the Bell company, charging fraud in con- nection. with the patent, which will up- doubtedly in taye reach the suprewme ence to be ex- court and reopen the whole result will. then d upon the next chief justice, unlefqidy or additional evidence stould g a change in the s of one or m 1he justices who have alveady giveus opinions adverse 1o Bell. In any e he d dered will not h--' ded final long as other clai £ 10 the invention of the telephons see any hope of having it reversed, since the death of the chief justi fresh cournge. ase. sion ren- such have taken THERE t among theological teachers éind riters to form a religious union throughout the coun- try for the purpose of promoting evan- gelical harmony. An effort is to be made to create a universal Protestant church that shall reflect the highest aims of the Christian religion. Men with progressive ideas have long looked forward to such an ideal church which shall cut loose from dogmas. But few of them felt that the time was sufti- ciently ripe to undertake the reforma- tion. The promoters of this grand ob- jeet do not contemplate any rash or hasty action. The evolution from dogma to religion is to be gradual. When such conservative thinkers as Prof. Smyth of Andover, Dr. R. S. Storrs, President Gilman of Johns Hop- kins, Bishop Coxe of New York, Dr. Philip Schaff. Dr. Lyman Abbott are identified with the society, theve necd be no fears that orthodox christianity is endangered. And yet these men vep- resent sufficient diversity of ideas to mould thought and belief into broad, liberal channels. All lovers of true re- ligion can only wish the movement god- speed. Tne house having passed by large majorities the bills granting to Muvs. Logue and Mrs. Blaiv a pension of two thousand dollars a year each, both measures will undoubtedly be promptly passed by the senate. What their fate will be in the hands of the president is less certain, VOICE OF THE STATE PRESS, The Auburn Post, in speaking of Judge Appleget, suys it scems “that at last we have the right mau in the right place.’] The Schuyler Herald sees in John A. IKe- hoe, of Platte Center, the only man fitted by nature and politics, to succeed Marshal Bi bower. The Oakdale Pen and Plow advises far- mers to ‘‘set the bull-dog or shot-gun on the first Bohemian oat swindler caught on the premise The Syracuse Journal takes the prohibition for desccrating the polifical weetings on h party leaders to ta Sabbath by holding that sacred da, The McCook Tribunéis the authori Mr. Hastings, of Crete, would lik into Congressman Laird's shocs. several other men of note. Boone county papers are looking for a con- gressional candidate for congress, and an- nounces that Boone isthe only county in the state that has no candidate. Boone county shouid be exhibited at the state fair, The Arlington Defender, after looking over the unsettled state of -affairs, is con- strained to say that youswill hear music in the air until the finangd labor and railroad questions are settled, and settled right. “If there1s capital itching to build the third bridee across the Missouri river at Omaha,” asks the West Point Republican, “does it not scem arbitrary for the govern- ment to step inand say it shall not be don: Capital is not apt to make mistakes, so we infer the bridge “There is every braska this year the larg ation in the history of the state. The people who arecoming belong to the classes aly wel come to a community. They either have moncy or they have the spirit of enterprise, which is as good as money,” says the North Nebraska Eagle. The Fremont Tribune states: “The Nance County Journal, Mr. Meikeljohn's home paper, formally presents him as a can- didate for congress, and uotifies ‘‘the bal- ance of the Third congressional district that Nance county does not intend to be ignored n the coming campaign.”’ In paying its compliments to the school teachers of the state, assembled at Fremont, the Tribune says: *“The fact that Nebraska stands at the head of all the states of the Union in the matter of intelligence, is suffl- cient to account for the long and graceful heads of the good looking teachiers now so- journing in Fremont.” The North Bend Flail calls upon the farmers of Nebraska to organize. Inits re- marks it suys that every farmer in Nebraska should at once move in this matter, Every day he delays, the combination against him is growing stronge With organization, he can dictate instead of being dictated to; he can control instead of acting the menial. The Schuyler Herald, after figuring on a possible general result, inclines to the opin- fon that *if the republicans of this district should nominate Russell for congress he will be as budly beaten as Church Howe was in the F'rst district two years ago. Russell has all the objectionable traits of Church Howe, and docs not begin 1o be as smart a man,” “Phe Chicago, Burlington & Quiney strike,” suys the Grand Island Independent, “is proving a terrible calamity to the entire northwestern country, but if it hastens the government control of railroads it will, after Il, prove a blessing in disguise, notwith standing the temporary disaster, suffering and deaths it causes, for then we will have rouds run in the interest of the people. The Valley Enterpgise, furnishes this choice bit of informatian. which will go a long way in filling the }lwniu: vacuum in Awerican science: “Ndvercut off the pig's tail while he is alive. The pig's tail mdi- cates his coudition. If he i® sick or his food does not agree with hind hid tail straightens out, aud if Le is in perfect health, it curls up tight.” The York Times, a staunch and time-tried republican paper, thus ansivers a question propounded by its csteemed contemporary, concerning Stinking Water Jim 'he Ro- publican asks franticaMy 1f the Times will support Mr. Laird it he is pominated. The Tiwes Lias never yet come td a river so deep or so wide that it could not get across, but it dow't expect to bave to cross this one this trip. Dow't worry too much until you have hiw nominated.’ “The Superior Journal govern both employer and corporations. It concludes monopoly will say we will produce for so much money, aud there is vo regrets for the producer in that case, he wust pay the amount, aud if there is any thing left after the freight 18 paid he gets it, and if not, he is out the time he spent in pro ducing. It is an absolute truth that as long as we have large corporations doing business without & standard basis fixed by the govern ment to govern employer and employe, just 50 loug will we have strikes, contention snd uisettled state of affairs in labor circles. l *‘We have pever seeu au election in Ne- ¥ that to step So will favors a law to employe of great The railroad trausport your braska," sags the Grand Tsland fndependent, when the leading democratic pabers did not claim that they had & good fghting chance for suceess; and for the vast fwen'y majority has steadily and S0 it will These demo- yet years the republican increased from year ely do for atic papers tion to year years to come, aro really funny but not quite so funny after. they even try to make th they have some show in Ne fact is they have no more show than an arn less man at a husking bee.' The S Quill suggestion: “With organized capital on one sido and ovganized labor on the other, cuts in wages, strikes, cte., will be continually on tap. Ina business of such public interest as the railroad, the great detriment the country in case of strikes cail now be some- what realized. The ouly way lamaties is for the government charge of the roads and run them then would be unnecessary and unheard of and consequantly all trouble and danger averted, The government, we beliove now the first time, should own and control the railroads and telegraph. The philosopher of the West lican 100ks into the future in the following manner: “Altogether thmes look very bright for this yoar. The excep tionally fine cr raised last vear is at tracting attention to the state: the develop ment of the Black Hills country is to be of @reat benefit to us: the recent location of ex tensive packeries within our borders, all these facts have so advertided the state abroad that the gaze of the whole country has been turned this way. This year we are going to reap the benefits of this by such an inpouring of home-seekers as the state has never before witnessed. Let them come: there is room for millions more in the great state of Nebraska,” The Nebraska City News makes the fol lowing cheerful announcement to the voters of the Second congressional district: “The ‘Big First! is soon to lose one of its leading lights, Hon. Church Howe proposes to dis pose of his property in Nemaha county and will remove to Hastings, where a portion of infs time will be occupied in attending to his dutics as superintendent of the Hastings branch of the Missouri Pacific and the re mainder will most likely be used in tearing down Jim Laird's congressional fences and building his own. The people of the Second congressional district will find Church a ‘sly, devilish sly’ fellow.” There is one con solation. 1f the Second district swaps Jim Laird for Church Howe our sad loss will be their gain, before el 1t 8¢ mselves believe raska, when the huyler makes this sensible to to avoid ca Point Ropub o " he Yorl Times, a staunch republican pa- per, murmurs thus sadly: ‘A state republi can club was organized at Omaha last weelk, and John M. Thurston was elected prosi dent. The republican club, made up of 120 delegates, one-third of them from Lincoln and Omaha and the balance from the other large towns of the state, is not the republi- can party of Nebraska. The ill-advised ac tion of this handful of men, however, will greatly reduce the republican majority in the state,in spite of all the hard, honest work of good, faithful republicans, who were anxious to see a larger majoritiy this fall than ever before. Tn this case, as inall others, the railrogues have shown their own selfish interests in everything, and the interests of the party in nothing. Concerning an evil that is yearly growing the Blue Spring Motor remarks: There are a few things about our courts that need revi lutionizing. The first we may mention is the professional juror. He sits around that he may be chosen to fill out. When it comes time for the attorneys to challenge juror counsel on each side proceed thusly survey the jurors chosen and then reason— ST will seratch that man. He belongs to law- yer B, And I will strike that man off the list beeause he will do anything lawyer C. says is right. He has of his own and acts only as C. dictates to Lawyer D., another be owns him. Now this is a pretty state of affairs. The idea of having so many men who are labeled and who are known to bring in verdiets in favor of pet lawyers. We think these men should be given 4 leave of absence for about three years, until their ownership wears off. it Complimentary, Wood River Gazefte, The Omaba Bek is entitled to a very great amount of credit for the interest it has taken in the three Nebraska schoolma’ams who suffered from the January blizzard. The Ber fund for these unfortunate ladies approxi- mates $15,000 which will go a great way to ward alleviating the distress following the dire misfortunes that overtooik them on that terrible day in January, Neligh Leader. The Omaha Bee fund for the benefit of Miss 1to, has reached the generous sum of a little over 000. Mr, Rosewater, the editor of the paper, paid her a visit last weck, to consult her wishes as to the investment of the money. The Bee has done a good work in ralsing money, not only for Miss Royce, but for the other unfortun; school teachers who were vietims of the late blizzard. Oalidale Pen and Plow, Mvr. Rosewater, editor of the Omaha B paid a visit to Miss Royce recently Plain view. The Beg fund at that date for Miss Royce amounted to #5,6i%, The Antelope county fuud added to it will run it up to#6,000 or more. Mr. Rosewater’s enterprise on be- half of the blizzard heroines should make him th ron saint of the Nebraska school ma'ams. Oualidale Sentinel. Mvr. Rosewater of the Omaha Bue, visited Miss Royce at Painview recently, The fund raised for Miss Ro, amounts to nearly $5,000. Mr. Rosewater’s enterprise on b half of the blizzard heroines is commendable, e Peacc With Ho Chicago Tribun We find this remarkable sentiment in the speech of Hon. W. P, Hepburn livered hefore the Towa repub vention: I take it, o, 1 con- tor that s than on - with gentlemen, that it is we should'be nnited with less m we should have o larger or constantly disturbed councils. It asy to “'he united with less nem- hers That is the way the republican party in lowa has been united more and 5 have rolled by since 1850, They were “upited” 75,000 plurality for CGarfield and “united” with only 700 for Blaine in 1884, 14,712 plurality for Juckson in in 1886, and 15,166 plurality for Larabee in 1587, T'he republican paity in Hepbu own distriet was “united” with ma jority in his favor in 1884, und sunited” with less “‘numbers” in 18 when his opponent had 2,212 mujority With due respect for Mr. Hepburn, The Tribune lod upon to say le of talling urrant non- s stirved up. it will do v no good in lowa or nited” with numbers--to be the Germans and veformers might Hopburn's voeabu- lary to be “united” without a majority or ‘oven a plurality, without power. without oftice, and even without the good honest respeet of the country. The Tribune wangs *‘harmony” us much as anybody, but it wapts teuth and justice more, 'Peace with houor!” —not ™ more as ye to he Con- increusing without the tavift in M wntly funited” without 8000 mean mony with dishonor!"—ought to be tho motto of every true republican at this juncture. — i, A Long Session. Wasmivrox, D, €., March 80.—[Special to the Beg.]—There is every prospect that the present session of congress will extend far into midsummer. A number of senators ex ss the opinion that it will be at least the of August before congress adjourned The calendars of both houses are now crowd od to overflowing with bills, and the pigeon holes of committees are stuffed with embryo and crude measures awaiti consideration A presidential campaign is approach and political capital must be manufactured for use on the stumyp. Notwithstanding the de sire of many membersof the house to adjourn early, in order that they may be able to d vote some time to their,congressional cam pugns, there are small hopes that their wishes in this respect can be carried out Even if other measures could be hfted out ot the roud, the consideration of the tariff ill would prevent a shortening of the ses son, There is to be along debata in both houses on this question, which has been wod into prominence Ly the president’s sage, and the senate s necessariiy ( to wait until one of housc bills in some form or_other is prosented for its con sideration. No tariff bill is likely to reach the senate for from sixty to ninoty da come. When it docs, every indication points 1o a protracted struggle in the upper house which will be carried back w conference and thence again to both houses for flnal adjudi cation It has just leaked out that Prosident Cleveland has privately announced his in tention to veconvene both houses of con gress in extra session for consideration of the taviff in case congress adjourns without passing a bill for revenue re- form That this will _probably be offective 1 foremg some adjadication be tween the conflicting interests in congress, but Bits effect will necessarily be to prolong the session indefinitely and to protract the sittings of congress fur nto the middie of sumwer, There has been considerable dissatisfac. tion expressed recently in both branches of congress over the dilatoriness in the con struction of the new congressional library 1tis now nearly two years sinee an apj priation was wade by congress for the pur chase of a site and the inauguration of this fmportant nutional undertaking, The pres ent need of & now structure, in - which the overflowing treasures, accumulated under nm.u\‘y. ght law and ' by purchase, could be housed, grows daily more apparent. M thun five hundred thousand volumes and pamphlets to-day piled in stacks and hieaps in the old capitol, crowded into a space intended for only 250,000 volumes. As are sult books, pamphlets and drawings are being seriously injured. Valuable records of copyright, which the hbrarian wmay be called upon [ produc in court at any tineywere lps iy the joint one o) the most vainapie of existing public libraries in the world is materiaily im- paired in its usefulness, beeause shelf room and elbow room have not been provided for its growth, arrangement and distribution. From the debates in the Congressional Record it appears that u larze portion of the fall and the entive winter has been wasted on account of u dispute botween the archi- d contractor, which, only a few weeks arbitration in favor of the r. In two years nothing has been done cept to excavate the ground for the founda- tion und prepare hids for the purchase of stone for the superstructure. Cne dispute after another has been in progress, each one of which has tended to effect- uall prevent any prosecution of the wor It is now nounced, how- ever, that “with the opening of spring a large force of men il be employed, and that the central Jportion of the building will be rushed to eompletion by day’s work and fin- ished within two vears from date. It would be interesting to know what feet the fact that the architect is employe ata perannum salary has had in de the progress of the work. He ) drawn between $7,000 and 8,000 for super- vision of the present hole in the ground and for superintending the drafting of plans drawn by employes whose salu by the government. Every month tl is delayed naturally inercase pensation, and it is not at all surprising, on this account, to find that every delay that has been inaugurated has started through his objections. The various s, tloor of the senate and house scem Lo hay brought this fact out quite elearly, Plumb's recent attack upon Sen: hees nnd the commission has appar the effect of s i work. Itis to be will now be pushed as rapidly ent with good workmanship. is to be erected by day labor in order to se- cure the best work. Such a course will doubtless increase the final cost, which some of the best judges estimat at #i,000,000 in stead of £3,000,000, as firsts Of this the public will not be apt to complain as long as the building meets the requirements and is constructed to last. TAKE YOUR BABY. cer at Pacific Depot. Probably one of the funniest incidents which has ever occurred in the history of Omaha tock place at the Union Pacific depot. A young woman of perhaps twenty years came into the ticket office, and after purchas- ing a ticket for Council Bluffs, went out on the platform and appeared especially anxious about something as she kept looking up and down the tracks evidently looking for some oue. Her gaze Was s00n s few moments a rather c hove in sight ¢ first appeared to be a bundle of clothes, but which was after ward found to be a squalling infant under his arm. As soon as hie appeared the youns woman endeavored to walk around the depot but alas! too lute, as the man espied ber, und breaking into & run he nmeneod shouting “Here Chulia dake your baby dake your baby.” “Chulia” did not scem o any attention, but walked the faster, but i e building counle rowd com structure An Amus the Union man which soon gathered learned the p SChulia is & young woman who 1 iy ave birth to a girl baby at the dence of the German montioned, Hans rtz, South Thirteenth street, wi ago. Hans has been suspi she recc s watehed hie that she v an effort 1o child, “You gome pick mit me Je some dimes dosc people vat not own alroady take dis on ou goos vere you bl nt pack.” 3w three Jes v, thinking desert th und m; ot bahics in't it ase,” and AMUSEMENTS, The Appearance of Booth and Barret at Boyd's On Monday evening, April 9, Booth and COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, What Was Done by Them at Their Mecting Yesterday, _Cha!rmnn O'Keeffe presided over the do liberations of the county commissioners yes terday. Tho conntd treasurer as directed to piaco lots 14 to 2 inclusive in Barker addis tion on the tax list of 1887, County Clerk Roche's petition asking for the employnent of a clerk to arrango, file and index oid vouchors, was referred to the comumittec on court house and jail, County Attorney Simeral notifiad the board th had a right to make improye- jmentson the jail without advertising foe hids. The committee on poor farm wore i rected to sell the twenty-six head of cattie on the poor farm at public auetion. Petitions asking for 4 dam at Cutoff lako, and the crasement of the culvert at Klk horn were referred to the committee on bridges. Daniel Dolanay's application ta ba ap pointed suj rintendent of the construction of the count, hospital was turned over to tho committee «a construction, pear at Boyd's in ‘““Julius Tucsday evening the play will be ‘Merchant of Venice,” Wednesday mati » ¢ Hamlet,” and Wodtesday night “*Mac beth.” This engagement, it is expected, will be attended by theater parties as far west as Platte and as far east as Des Moines, ROLANDY IREED. lian will appear at Boyd’s opera Priday and Suturday evenings, April Gund 7. On the opening night and Saturday matinee he will appear in the “Woman Hater,” aud on Saturday evening in “Humbug." NS house o JAMES BIROWN POTTER. iis lady appears al Boyd's on Inesday snd Thursday eveniug, ng in *Loyal 1 wnd “Rome Jiiiet,” the iatter pisee being produced ou Ihursday night next Joseph Levy, agent for i3ooth and Harrett, is at the Paxton uch of the = a4 is simply potato, A good, sound potuto washed in diluted sulphurie then boiled in the » golution, and then slowly dried, is all ready to be turned into buttons, poker chips, and innumerabie other things t ivory 1 for ouCe Upon o Lime, - Mary Ludkins, a colored woman, died Me., recently at the ad- veurs. She always said she could remember distinetly the visit to this country of the prince” who became King Will i\'. of England, and whose laundry work she claimed to have doune. ivory now in use use! Petitions and bonds for liquor licenses of Peter Holst and Eggert Oft were referred to the judiciary committee, Eli Johnson’s bond in the sum of $2,500 ta socure the faithful buildingof & bridge across the Elkhorn river, near Waterloo, was ap- proved. ‘Thie Pauly “ail building and manufacturing company of Si. Louis were directed to build balcony around the upper cage in the coun- ty jail and an iron partition in the guard's corridor, and 6. Androw to put in the lron doors needod for the laundry and bathrooms. D. Fitzpatrici will put in_the necessary ma- chinery for th» laundry and bath tubs in tho bathroom. The Pauly company were also given the contract to fit up the vault in the oftice of the district court olerk, The claims of S, J. Fry $87.50, I, Olmsted £, I M. Kinr, J. F. Ransom, C. 1. Meagher* #4.50 respeetivoly, C, H, Howes, $43, Morten. son & Co., #1475, and Hans Weis, $04, wore allowed, The following resolution was adopted: Resolved, That the county clerk ba and s hereby instructed to furnish each county oMcer, so entitled, with a requisition book (sample attrehed), and that he be required to take a ipt for cach and every articlo de- livered to saia county ofiicers and koop a cor- rect vecord thereof. MORTUARY. MRS, MARTHA A, BROWN, The angel of death has again invaded tho ranks of the oldest and much respected settiers, and this time has claimed Mrs. Martha A. Brown, a most estimable and atly beloved lad Mr Brown passed peacefuly yesterday afternoon at the residence of her danghter, Mrs, Al- fred Sorenson, No. 1918 pitol ayeuue, o) : . the last nine years. Had she lived until the 23rd of May next the deceased would have been nine years of age. s, Brown was the widow of William . Brown, and one of the pioncer women of Omaha, having lived here sinco 1855, Mr. Brown ran the first ferry boat that ever crossed the Missouri in this vicinity, His popularity became established among the S4lers,” who were greatly indebted to him and his craft in ussistng them on their™ journey to the gold flelds of California. Mr. and Mrs. Brown wera among the first settlers in Towa, and estab- lished themselves at Mount Pleasant. Kmi- crating from there they came to Council Bluffs and then to Omaha, and the coupla were practically among the eight that founded Omaha, and were numbered among the orig- inal owners of the town site. Four of her children survive Mrs. Brown— Mrs. Alfred Sorenson, Mrs. Alexander Mac- ken Murs. Helen A, Van Camp, of Brook. Iyn, N. Y., and John H. C, Brown. The de- d was a devoted mother and a conscien- and devout Christian. For the poor nd lowly she always had a kind word, upled with liberality of purse, Her sur- the sympathy of the entire coume n their sad loss. of the funeral will be announced hereafter, away ey FAILED TO KILL HIS MAN. A Bad Bartender Uses a Gu miscuounsly. who tends bar at 1716 North words with the proprictor of the saloon yesterday afternoon and drew a revolver to kill him. The pro- prictor took fright and fled. Kirby pursucd him firing meanwhile, but none of the bul- lets took effect. The proprietor dodged around the corner of the house and disappeared. Kirby then returned to the saloon and gavae vent to his rage by destroying the property there. He fired at the elegant mirror behind the bar and completely rumed it. He also shot at a number of other valuables in tha room. On of his bullets passed through a double wall, mcross a stairway, nearly hitting a gentlemun who was going up stairs, and lodged in the opposite wall, then skipped, running up entecnth and took refuge in Saunders' saloon on Sixteenth and Burt streets, Meanwhile the patrol wagon was sent for and OMcer Ormsby was detailed to make thaq 51 When Ormsby reached Saunders’ > found Kirby had bolted the door. n Kirby saw Ormsby he commenced to evolvor, but the ofticor, forcing pen, made a rush for Kirb) aunders tore the revol fr -asp, and the officer, after a slight struge st him. 0. whilo gle managed to a HALE AND HEARTY, Patrick Clark 107 Years Old, Young and Ambitious, The oldest living man of the north- west, and probably the oldest in the United States, 18 Pateick Clark, of Bozeman, M. T., Mr. Clark was born in County G 3 X in August, 1780, decording to his own testimony, which in everthing else is perfoctly ve- linble, and there 15 no reason to doubt his word. For one so old Mr. Clark i3 wsually very lively, and insists in fing weather, upon being allowed to do light worle around the house and garden, Ha is a man of small stature, with very brond chest and shoulders. Tle hag never been woman of had habits, and ta these traits no doubt is his remurkably long life ascribed, The fock that he is yet in good physical condition is ghown by the fact that he not long ago licked a man down for a fancied insult, and that heis sound men= tally is evineed by his good memory, al- though he loth tosuy much about himsclf and has a horvor of talking to ters. An attempt to obtain his i ble, and it i doubt- less wh i will ever be sccom- plished. In middle life Mr. Clark took part in the Daniel O'Conncl uprising, the incidents of which he well remem- Vhile with a party of Irish ten- he was sttacked by a possc of gen- ten, and while engaged in this fight killed a man with a spade, and afterwards, together with his futhor, itenced W seven years at Botany bay. Through the int ssions of the elder Clark, the younger was released by the aid of a young woman who wos an attendant ‘upon the queen, nd whose father had once been saved from death by the old man Clark, The clder Clark served his full term of imprisonment. Patrick Clark came to the United States in 1851 and settled with two sisters who had precoeded him at Lowell, Muss, Soon after he removed to Migsouri, from t braskn,and finally reached Montay many here remember, 1864, He came to the Gal- latin vall in 1870, and for several T by himself on a ranch. Phree years ago the old man, being un- uble 10'gain a livelihood and feeling the noed of a home, made application to enter the poor house (which is unlike those of the east)and has since been tenderly cared for by the proprietor There is every reason to believe that Patrick Clark ‘is 107 gears of age, and there is no doubt but that he is the olds est man in the northwest,