Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 11, 1888, Page 4

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 1888, PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Paily Morning Edition) including Sunday .‘-J‘“y... Yenr A £10 00 Six Mlh“hfhl) 5 0 Three Montis : ll: Omaha Sanday Bes, mailed to any ad- " dress, One Year 1 . “.? ..k‘rm OFFICE, NOSIUAND 010 FARN AM STRE ov"“")lk OFFICE, ROOMS 14 AND 15 TRIBU! BUILDING, WASHINGTON OFFICE, NO. FOURTERNTH STRERT, CORRESPONDENCE. smmunications relating to news and edi. .,,‘,‘.,‘,:.',',;'";; should be addressod to the EDITOR Bek. ¢ o BUSINESS LETTERS. Al business letters and remittances should be addressed to THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY, MAHA, Drafts, checks and postoffice orders to made payable to the order of the company. The Bee Publishing Company. Proprictors E. ROSEWATER, Editor. THE DAILY BEE. Sworn Statement of Circulation. State of Nebraske, fas nty of Douglass, Goo. 1. Tzschuck, mecretary of The Bes Pub- Nishing company, does ll?l!mlll{ swear that the etualireniatio of the Daily Bee for the week ending Apri 6, 1858, was as follows: Baturday, March 1. ............ undny, April 1. onday, April 2 esday, Aprild. .. ednesday, April 4. hursday, April 6 ay, April 6.. L0410 cesiasiinns 10,641 (RO, B, TZSCHUCK. orn to and subscribed in my presence this dny of April, A. D, 188, °N. P. FRIL, Notary Public. ate of Nebraska, 5 County of Douglhsa, | % Geo, 11, Taschuck, being first duly sworn, de- ‘and says that he 15 secretary of The Beo blishing compnny, that the actunl sverige . daily circulation of the Dafly Bee for the month of March, 1K, 14400 copiest for April, 1887, 14,018 coples; for May, 887, 24257 coples: for June, 18T, 14,147 copi for July, 1°87, 14,08 coples for August, 1867 I61 coplos: for September, 187, 1440 coples: for October, 167, 14,353:; for November, 3847, 16,220 coples; ®for December, 187, 15,041 mv(nn. for January, 18K, 16,200 ‘coplea: for February, Y, 16,982 cO] A % 4 TG¥0. B, TZSCHUCK. Bworn and subscribed to in my presence thils #d day of March, A, D. 1888, N.P. FEIL, Notary Public. _— THE union bricklayers and contra tors are farther apart to-day than they were four weeks ago. Average............. THERE are still several planks loose in the sidewalks on the prineipal thoroughfares which the inspector fails 10 observe IF the council will only have four men at work at Hanscom park this sum- mer, it seems that a fifth man might be employed to look after Jefferson square. A CORN palace isa good idea as an attractive feature for fair week, but why are we obliged to copy after Sioux City? Omaha should get up something original as well as appropriate for the oecasion. SINCE the dead-lock began in the » house of representatives April 4, the principal proceeding has been the call- dng of the roll. Day in and day out there has been nothing but a succession of *‘ayes” and “noes” as the members have answered to their names. THE unfortunate street car aceident which cost the life of Mr. John Grant’s little son demands an immediate reform in the strect car service. The city de wands experienced drivers and con- ductors. T'he time has come when the streot car company should be compelled to take every precaution against ncci- dents. danger that the board of education will become more improvi- dent and reckless than ever hecause the revenue from licenses alreay paid oxceeds $150,000. With such a large fund at its disposal the clamor for all sorts of hare-brained schemes and the demand for higher salaries will become almost irresistible. THERE is CoLONEL “Bill” Morrison, of Tllinois stands a f show for the vice-presi- dency on the democratic ticket. He will have the solid support of the Illinois delegation. And if for any reason Indiana overlooked in the making of the presidential slate, hori- zontal Bill’s name is very likely to be written witha big B in the second column, A MEMBER of the board of trade wants to know whether there is a char- ser for a poutoon bridge between Omaha &nd Council Bluffs. We refer the gen- gleman to Union Pacific headquart- @rs for information. The Union Pacifie controls the two bridges at this point and the pontoon charter can probably be found in some pigeon hole at the compuny’s offic TuE latest advices on the chief jus- ticeship point to Judge Schofield of the Tlinois state supreme court. But the judge is reported to say that he would not accept the high office even though it were handed to him on a silver plate, This may be true, but we would not take the chances of tempting an 11li- nois democrat with that office unless it had a string tied to it, A THOUSAND thanks are due to the friendly Kuropean nations who are ling to arbitrate the serious com- plications which have arisen between the United States and the great power of Moroceb. An appalling catastrophe bhas veen averted, For what could defenseless America do against the myriads of barbarians which Ali Bey might haye sent oyer here to subdue us? WinwLe the chief of police is making a vigorous effort all along the line to clear the alleys of garbuge the pools of stagnant water in various parts of the city continue to breed malavia, These cess pools are far more dangerous to the publie health than the filthy alleys, Why can’t the street commissioner have them filled? If there is any money in the city treasury for grading it could not be mere profitably iy 1 A VERY large portion of paviug con- tracted for in 1867 still remains to be done. The award for this paving made on the bids for 1 year. he failure to fulfill these tracts left the board of public works the option: to let this unfinished paving to the purtics who are the lowest bidders for paving in 1888 or allow the cont ors for last years paving to complete the paviug includad in their contracts for 1 sur 1587 at the vates at which the lowost bidder for psving in 1858 will re- sveive for puvinyg with the same material Whis yeur. This ia simply business. basis of con- ot Nebraska at Chicago. The republican party of Nebraska has nothing to fear o much as the danger that threatens itof falling under the direction and domination of self-seeking corporation mercenaries. The action of the convention of republican clubs in this city showed plainly what class of men are again endeavoring to rule and run the party in thisstate. Subsequent davelopments have still more distinetly indicated that these men are actively and insidiously at work to more firmly fasten their grip upon the party, so that they be enabled to render it a mere machine for furthering their ambitions and purposes. Advices from various portions of the state show that they are not losing any time, or allowing any opportunity to escape that will aid them to n themselves solid. They are adroit and skillful in the rk ways of political scheming, and are as unscrupulous as they are shrewd. They are the confidence men of politics, who make victims of the un- wary and confiding citizens who will not take the troublo to look up their records and inquire as to their motives and aims, The republican party of the nation will soon enter upon a campaign of the gravest importance, considered with re- ference to the possible effect of its ro- sult upon the future of the part, It cannot afford to make any mistakes, Tt must fight the old enemy, now more strongly intrenched than at any other time in moro than thirty years. In order that the party may avoid mis- takes it is necessary that everywhere it shall put forward as the rep- resentatives of its sentiment and policy men of unquestioned character and ability, who have always been faith- ful to its principles, and who can be trusted to subordinate all other consid- erations to the welfare of the party. The seleetion of such men is quite as essen- tial in assured republican states, such Nebraska. n any other. There is no renson why Ohio and Illinois, be- cause they are sure to cast their vote for the republican eandidates next Novem- ber, should not send as delegates to the national convention men of the highest ability and character, who will not only faithfully represent the republicans of those states, but will exert an influence upon the deliberations of the conven- tion. Nordo the republicans of those states intend to be represented by an inferior class of men. The strongest and truest of their lenders will be at Chicago. It is equally desirable that the republicans of Nobraska shall be represented there by men who can voice their sentiments with some chance of being heard and respected. The national republican convention will be no place for small- bore politicians. Still less will it be a proper place for monopoly apologists and the creatures of the corporations. The great work to be accomplished there, upon the wisdom of which will depend the immediate fate, and, per- haps, the lifc of the party, must not be imperilled by the presence in the na- tional convention of narrow and seclf- seeking political schemers who are republicans for revenue only. Nebraska has able, faithful and hon- est republicans who can be depended upon to wisely and creditably rep- resent the republican sentiment of the state at Chicago, and it is from among such that the selection of delegates should be made. They will probably not push themselves for- ward in pursuitof the honor, nor should it be necessary for them to do so. They are well known, and the call to them to serve should be spontancous and hearty, If this be done, Nebraska may have a representation in the national repub- lican convention of which her people can be proud, and which may give her a commanding influence upon the ¢ acter and action of that body. Other- wise there is danger that she will be represented by men who will bring her no credit and may imperil rather than help the cause of the party in the It is not too soon for the re- raska to give this mat- r serious attention S5 in Urah, s from Utah state that the territo izing some- thing very like a boom, and that the people are giving all their attention to the question of material prosperity and progress, leaving political matters to take care of themselves. The subject of statehood is hardly discussed, and when a couple of weeks ago the an- nouncement was made that the senate judiciary committee had reported against the admission of the territory at present, it was received with general unconcern, as if the matter had never been iously thought of. It scems that apart from the greater interest of the people of Utah in their material af- fairs, there has fbeen o char n the sentiment of the more thoughtful citi- zens vegarding statehood, Th represented as believing that it would not be altogether good. In the territorial condition the general govern- ment pays most of the of the local administrations, and consequently taxation in Utah is lighter than in any other state or tervitory in the union, the total for all purposes being only about two cents on an d valua- tion which will not average more than twenty-five per cent. of the cash value of the property. DProperty owners un- derstand that under a state government the taxes would be la ly incrensed, and they are not anxious to rter the advantage they possess in this respect for the politi privileges, of doubtful value, to be acquired by statehood. It is suid to be not imprabuble that when the next movement is made for state- hood it will be favored by the Gentiles and opposed by the Mormons, thus re- versing the situation as it hus beon. Ther been a large growth in populution of the tervitory with- ar, and the eflect Iy marked in the im- ite values in Salt City. It is said these have in- creased during the past six months to the amount of $5,000,000. . Undoubtedly thisis to some oxtent specalative, but wious observers have thought for time that the Mormoun pital could not long be neglected by invuste ors; and have predicted that whena start was made it would have a pro- Trustworthy are expens asse has in has 1w the past n especi proyement of real es Lake som, longed and vigorous run. Tt is perhaps | not due altogether to the wisdom and | foresight of the men who founded Salt | Lake City that it is located where it | must inevitably become a city of some | metropolitan pretensions, It enjoys some peculiar advantages, and nothing to be more certain than that | within the next ten years it will have a business and prosperity which no one would have ventured to predict ton years ago. The territory of Utah is rich mineral resources and has a productive so0il, while having generally n very fa- vorable ¢ With such conditions it is certain to attract population rap- idly, when settlers become assured that they have nothing to apprehend from Mormon interference. With the growth of population the Mormon problem will soon ccase to give any trouble. The curative agencies are work and are operating s torily. A few more yeurs will se end, so far as Utah is concerned, of all the controversy which the Mormon question has so long caused and this in- teresting piece of the nation may be- seoms in | come one of its most populous and pros- perous parts. —_— The Minority View Not Acceptable. The general principle is laid down in the report of the minority of the way and means committee that any exten- sion of the free list will be damaging to American producers of raw material, and that any reduction in the tariff on manufactured products will inevitably sweep out of existence American indus- try. It will be unfortunate, we believe, for the republican party, especially in the west, if this view of the situation is taken by the representatives of the party in congress assembled. W the clamor for the maintenance of the war tariff may be among re- publican voters of the highly pro- tected industries of the east, it is not apparent among the farmers and pro- ducers of the west. There is a genuine demand among them for reform of the tariff and for revenue reduction through a reduction of taxation. This feeling, which has been voiced so strongly in Minnesota, is scarcely less prevalent in Towa, Nebrasku and Kans where the great proportion of the citizens are de- pending upon labor which is only indi- rectly and in a comparativ small de- gree benefitted by a high tarviff, The farmers of the west, quite irre- spective of the party with which they afliliate, favor a genuine tariff reform. They concern themselves less with the tables of technical statistics and with the various theories which they are used to bolster up, than they dowith the fact that the chief burden of tax- ation, through the tariff, falls upon them and that the resulting benelits accrue most largely to the advantage of citizens in other scctions of the country They Know that clothing, that food and that shelter are greatly enhanced to them in cost through the operations of a tariff which is piling up asurplus in the treasury and which is maintained by a coalition of protected interests which they are called upon by their votes to support. With the great prineiple of tariff re- form, to which both parties have com- mitted themselves, they are enti in syvmpathy, but they will not long remain in sympathy with any party whose per formanee does not tally with its profes sions. To the farmers of the west, the fact that there is an enormous surplus in the treasury is of infinitely less im- portance than the fact that there is an- nually an increasing vacuum in their own pockets. However much the high priests of unwarranted protection may laugh away the statement of the yearly in- er ng list of mortgages held by enst- ern manufacturers and trust companies upon western farms, the western farmer who works from morn till night in pro- viding means for the support of his family will decline to look upon his in- creasing indebtodness as an evidence of incrousing prospervity. The rapid peopling of the country and the en- hanced values of farm lands have, per- haps, thus far enabled him to make up his losscs, or to carry his losses, by in- crensing loans upon his realty, but his sility to borrow 1s in no sense an evi- dence of the benefits which he has de- rived from a taviff upon manufactured products, Conventions, artfully manipulated by shrewd politicians, may for the time he- ing suppress and smother the demands of the western farmer for tax tions, but it cannot forever suppress it. reduc- A BILL in the Massachusetts legisla- ture to permit savings banks in that state to invest in bonds of Minnosota and its cities was voted down by an overwhelming majority. This action an eastern contemporary, joining in the chorus of that section depreciatory of western seeurit “may be taken as a sort of offic riing to New Eng- land investo) that speculation in western lands and securities has ex- tended to the limits of financial safety.” The inference is strained, since it is not likely the solons of the Massac's setts legislature took any trouble to in- form themselves regur curities and were actuated solely by the desire to keep at home, earning four or ing western se- five per cent, money that could be em- ployed in the westin an entirvely safe way that would pay eight and nine per cont, The bonds of Minnesota and of the prosperous cities of that state are just as safe investments as the bonds of Massachusetts and of Boston, and more profitable. It is unjust to the banks of Massachusetts to deny them the privilege of buying these bonds, and we have not a doubt that the influ- ence which killed the bill to permit the banks to invest their money in this way came from the borrowers of money, who want o keep it at a four or five pe rate. The persistent talk in the about the insecurity of western invest- ments is the shallowest nonsense, can be demoustrated by refe well authenticated facts, W no doubt Miunesota will continue to pros- per and advance - without the help of Massachusetts capital, —_— savings uce to have RuopEe ISLAND has a law that no fc eign-born citizen can vote for state of- ficers who does not hold property to the T value of at lenst 3131, The law is a relic of old colonial days, and under it many are disfranchised who are otherwise competent 1o vote. At the last election, in which the republicans were success- | ful, an amendment to the constitution, relating to suffrage, was submitted to the people, the object of which is to do uway with the property qualification of voters, and it was successful. As the amendment will take cffect at once, it is estimated there will be added to the voting strength of Rhode Island at the next election about eight thousand. The democrats claim credit for the amendment, and will doubtless push their claim with the new vot- e The move intelligent of these, however, must see that the amendment could not have passed with- out a large republican support, since it required a two-thirds vote. The mat- ter has some importance, as the repub- lican majority in the state at the late election was less than two thousand, and it is by no means certain that a ma- jority of the new foreign-born voters can safely be counted on to vote with the republicans. Nevertheless the re- moval of the restriction on suffeage was a commendable thing to do. No state now prescribes a property qualification for voters, GENERAL BOULANGER, just elected to the chamber of deputies, may find his new political career short-lived. It was a burst of enthusinsm which elected him, but he is by no means the popular hero he is painted to be. He has no support among the working classes, and he expects no sympathy from the con- servative republicans. His main strength lies with that effervescent 35 of Frenchmen who follow under leadership which promises a daz- zling military future. To hold the af- fections of such a fickle constituency requires a hero of Bonaparte's stamp, who can ride rough shod into the presi- dent’s chair, and by a brilliant states- manéhip fire the French people with military ardor. * A Boulanger is no Na- poleon, his present enthusiastic ad- mivers will rapidly cool in ardor, and hiss Deputy Boulunger out of public noties Tue captain of the Pinkerton mer- cenaries, threatens to prosecute the BEE for criminal libel for denouncing his gang of bogus policemen, and demanding that they be ordered to dis- band and disarm. The valiant captain should by all means carry out histhreat. If it is criminal to denounce the lawless invasion of this city and state by non- residents hired to club and shoot citi- zens under pretended authority as special policemen and deputy sheriffs we are ready to take thé consequences. Meuntime we advise the captain and his Hessians to pack ‘their grip-sacks and disperse or we shall invoke the power of the courts of this state to de- clare what right tie Pinkerton patrol has to play policémay and sheriff in Omaha or any other partof Nebraska. TF the direct-tax repayment bill, over which a number of democratic congr men are fillibustering, passes the two houses, something like $15.000,000 will be divided among forty states and ter- ritoris This tax was levied on the states in the year 1861 by congress and was collected for only one year, and only in part of that | It was a bur- densome and unpopular measure and quickly'repealed. Of this direct tax Nebraskais entitled to just $19,312,which s a small figure beside the elaim of New York for 4330, Dakota is, however, the most modest claimant of the countr For the sum of $3,241 she will give the treasurer of the United States a receipt in full for all claims to that fund. Takes the Cake. York Journal. Boulanger means “baker,” and 1t looks as if the famous French general of that name may take the cake —-— Too Slight a Hand. Nashville Amerfcan. It is not the hand that rocks the cradle but and that never had an opportunity to adle, that wauts to rule the coun S - Take It Away. New York Graph If our folks are not mighty careful th Bashaw of Tanger will steal our navy some night aud put it in a Morocco museum as an American freak, A Scandalmonger, Atlanta Constitution, Tt wasleft to Mr. Gould to prove to the public that he is a scandalmonger, and th fore a very weuk 1 ofore ho been credited with a ve ght iutellect, - A Favor Chieago News. Daniel i3 so favorite a name with the sident that if we were buying pools on 2 chief justiceship, our first, last, and only choice would be Daniel Daniels of Dauicls. ville, has L Cor Be and Brains, Kansas City Star, Boston brains muy furnish western people with books. But statistics show that the barley and brewer of the st supply Bos- ton with its beer. “A fair exchange is no robbery.” ¥ —-— Copyrighted it Ohio. Clicage News, It is nowv reported that the father of Gov- ernor Hill of New York was the captain of a nal boat. The nation will be told next that zovernor formerly presided over the de tiny of a mule on a towpath. But presiden- tial candidates from Ohio have copyright on that story and Jobn Sherman is prepared to enforce the all interlop 2 Ll TS Reform 1n Spots. New Yok World, The mugwumps do not couceal their dis nent at President Cleveland’s course d to civil service. The Evening Post observes that his policy seews to have baen based on the idea that the civil service ought to be reformed on a sort of local-option pla which the form sentiment was were to be resiste which the r ought to be al This is “refory not appow inr that is, that i states in re strong the spoilsmen but that in states in form ser weuk the llowed to have their own way rld last year described as in spots,” and the independents do 1 to like it e 00 Many Candidates, St. Pau Pre 2 100 many presidential candidates it the senate for the good of the country. It Las appurently been shawed out of passing the bond pyrchuse bill with Plumb's green back inflation anieudment. There Swoouer offered | only wmau A substitute for tha whole bill, accomplish- ing the same object in another way, to which Bock offered a silver inflation amendment similar to Plumb's, except that it replaces the notes of national banks rotired with standard silver dollars to be coined in excess of the regular 00,000 per month instead of with treasury notes. This is bad enough, but it is better than the other, because a sil- ver dollar is money, if worth only S0 cents, and not a note of hand without security or limit. —[Copyrigh The “Trust' Robbors, Philadelphia Record, Hereafter every man who shall build a house will have to pay tribute to the Sash, Door and Blind trust, which controls about three-fourths of the production of these es- sential articles in New England, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. How con- temptible must a people appear in the eyes of foreigners when they submit without o mur- mur to wholesale extortion through gigantic combinations in restraint of trade, without slightest serious cffort to curbor control the plunderers * * * In New York state the trusts have discovered the meaning of pro posed legislatisn againet their interests, It means simply that the professional politici- ans have found a new set of vietims to bleed The trusts rob the people and the politicians blackmail the trusts. This is American politios, ——— A Statesman's View. Washington Critie. Thereare unthought thoughts And unkissed kisses, Sad for the boys And sadder for the misses, But sadder than these It may be stated, Is legisiation That is unlegislated. ——— The Presidential Outlook. To the Editor of the Bee: Your Washing- ton correspondent recently announced the rumor that President Cleveland was seri- ously contemplating the withdrawal of his name from the race for the nomination; that his lotter of declination had been written, ete. Still more recently came the report that Governor Hill, of New York, would soon announce the fact that he is out, and with this later rumor comes an intimation of Gov- ernor Hill's reasons—that for six weeks past Mr. Cleveland's friends have had the New York state democratic machinery completely in hand. Notwithstanding these rumors, pro and con, and the movement last fall and during the winter to force Governor Hill, of New York, to the front as a democratic presidential candidate; the alleged dissatisfaction of certain leaders of the party with the present administration, ete., as time passes tho certainty of Presi- dent Cle nd’s renomination ceases to be it has now become an absolute v, and the dissatisfied leaders cannot escape it if they would. Mr. Cleveland has the democratic party cornered he will secure a renomination, name the can- didate for vice-president, and write or di the party platform. As a matter of fa sustained by evidence, he has alroad dicated his man for the vice-presiaential honors, ana Governor Gray, of Indiana, is the man. To be thus able to defy the old-time In- diana democratic leaders, such as McDonald, Voorhees, Hoiman and Dick Bright, who at heart detest Governor Gray and look upon him as a renegade repub- lican, a man who opposea them all through the democratic dark days of the war, and who as a republican leader in the state legislature forced through by a most arbitrary ruling the adoption of the amend- ments to the national constitution—with all this against him, the president's avowed preference for him evinces a consciousness of power on the part of Mr. Cleveland, equal to anything shown by Boss Tweed in his palmi- in New York City. And yet, in idential programme Cleveland shows exceptional political ¢ s the following conclusive reasons will rly show: Tobe elected he must sccure not less than 201 electoral votes. With the solid south ain—he will have 153 votes. Add to these New Yorl, thirty-six votes, he believes to be and would still be twi y @ sential to success. Neither Connceticut's x nor New Je! nine votes would be Mcient—together they would be—but Mr. Cleveland's tariff views will cost him the loss of the clectoral vote of oue if not of both these munufacturing states, and the loss of either with Indiana and he 18 boaten, With exceptional good sense Mr. Cleveland has evidently determined to make the fight for Indiana’s fifteen votes, and abandon to tho republicans Connecticut and New Jor- sey. Adding Indiana’s fifteen votes to New York's thirty-six, and 153 from the solid south will give him 204 votes to 197 for his opponent. It is then this Indiana vote he proposes to secure by the nomination of an Indiana man for vice president. He well re- members that the same tactics were success- ful in the election of '54. How_can the republicans defe devised plan of the democratic It is well known that Mr. Cleveland and the democratic newspapers throughout the country have been morbidly anxious for the momination of Mr. Blaine, Knowing his popularity in all the absolutely certain publican states, and that he could probably carry most of them by larger majorities than any other man, they have counted on this strong_following to him through the publican national convention, override the cooler und more caleulating men, and force him with an outburst of cnthusiasm on the party as their candidate and o certain de- feat at the polls in November by about the same vote us in 1584, As a mun of political sagaci than a match for Mr, dvisers combined. Th Vs t this well ader? v Mr. Blaine veland and presidential political judgment, and, consequently, he has quickly blocked the democ ramme by an unconditional and absolute withdrawal of his nume from the list of candidates—and he did 1t because he meant it With Mr, Blaine out of the race, who of those left in can, with greatest certainty, carry the doubtful states —Indiana, Connceti cut und New Jersey, or Indiana and one of the other two? Ior with Indiana and either Conneeticut or New Jersey added to the states carried by Mr. Blaine four years ago, all of which states may now be counted as certain for the republican candidate, who ever he may be, and suceess is assurcd 10 the republicans. The est political dolt can sce that to carry Pennsylvania by 100,000, Towa by 40,000, "Nel %, ‘and all the othe republican statcs by corvesponding majorities, and lose New York and Iudiana, would do no good. Indiana and Connecticut, or Indiana and New Je must be carried, in addition to the states” which gave their clectoral votes for Blaine, for without theso all such grand majorities would be as ashes to the lips 1t is assumed that New Y annot be carried by the republicans this year, for the reason they are not united, that the mugwump vote will remain with Mr. Cleve land, and the prohibitionists will have a ticket in the field and throw away on it from sixty to seventy-five thousand yotes—th 1ifths or more 0f them being cast by former republicans. e reasons th n vote York will pr short of the st by them in 1 New Yo New J Counecticut and Indiana all went for Cleveland at the last president ial election. If Indiana and Counecticut can be taken from Cleveland this year and added to the states which voted for iBlaine in 'S4, it sives the republicans 203 electoral votes 1o 195 for Cleveland The republicans must learn w their oppouents and from their past ence. Mr. Cleveland proposes vote of Indiana by the nom cernor ( as his vice preside candidate What then should the republicans do 1 ply this: Nominate their candidate for pres ut from Indiana, and their candidate for vice president frou sther doubtful states, Cou Tn the ( 1 a num r of distin, s re sted for the republ nomination an with the ¢ lowing was W. H. Seward, of New York, The gation from Indiana was composed of y able men, and they insisted on the nou ination of a candidate who could with abso lute certainty carey their state; they did not believe . Mr. Seward could do ~this; they belie: Mr, Lincoln to be the who could render that from experi ) secure t stion of Gov. Tiic thie state safe, and thoir urgent fin- ally provailed—Indiana named her - Mr, coln was nominated and elected to-day the people of these “Unitad" States arc indebted to the firmness and_sagacity of the republican leaders from Indiana for the blessings of the “‘free” country they now en- joy. i‘lnw. 88 in 1860, the Tndiana dclegates should be permitted to nama the candidate With whom that state can, with absolute cer- tainty, be o d in November. Who the man would be is as well known now as it was, prior to the convention of 1860, then known, The republicans of Indiana have already, and with singular unanimity, fixed upon the man, and a better, abler or more popular man for all the republican states could not be selected. This Indiana man should have on the ticket with him a man equally as distinguished, both as a soldier and statesman, The ticket then would read For president, Ben). Harrison, of Indiana; for vice-president, Joseph R. Hawley, of Con- necticut This ticket would ecarry every state that went for Blaine in 1584, with Indiana and Connecticut added, and would certainly be elected. And that'is what the Chicago re. publican convention of 1585 has been called for—to nominate a ticket that can be elected. - STRONG PROTESTS ENTERED. Two Contractors Talk Out In Meeting To the Council, Regan Bros. and Brennan & Co., of city hall contract fame, the Pinkertons, and the law-defying railroads of the city, took up an hour and a half’s time of the city council last night, to the utter disregard of other busi- ness, and when the hands in the big clock tallicd 9:30 the solons presented signs of drought and weariness and at that hour a motion was put and carried to adjourn until 7:30 p. m, to-morrow, much to the evident chagrin of the lobby, who had not been treated to o much councilmanic oratory be- fore for many moons, Speecii making commenced when the board of public works turned in a squeal from Re- gan Bros, to the effect that they would do no cedar block paving on streets ordered in 1857 for the reason that the price of blocks had advanced, and furthermore that the council had not kept faith with them in putting streets in condition so that they could go on with the work when it was ordered. This bit of information inspired the question if the contractors were not compelled to carry out their obligations. Some councilmen were of the opinion that they were, others didn't be- lieve it was right to force ‘the Regans, and some had doubts which they wanted the city torney to clear up. Mr. Webster was not arcd to render a decision on 80 short a e, and he was given until Saturday to “look up the law.' Almost on the heels of the Regan's polite letter of declination, came one from their substitutes on the city hall contract, Bren- nan & Co., firmly protesting agaiust the re- port of the special committoe appointed by the council 1o arbitrate the claim of the con- tractors. As soon as the clerk had finished reading the communication Councilman Lee arose and had it Jaid on the table until such time as the special committee made its report. Following is Breunan & Co's. letter of objec- tions: To the Honorable, the Mayor and Council of the City of Omaha—Gentlemen: Here with we respectfully submit for your consid- eration our remonstrance to the arbitration made by the committee selected by your hon- orable body 1o adjust our claim for work per- formed and material furnished on the city hall. We were notified that we would not be permitted to be represented on said com- mittee of arbitration, unless we notified the city engineer in writing who our representa- tive would be. In pursuance of this notice to us, we notified said city engincer on the 30th of March, 1888, that we had sclected I, M. Ellis, architect, to act for us on_said com- mittee. aid Ellis, who was willing and ready s0 to act, was not permitted to act with” said committee. Truc, Mr. E. J. Bren- nan, of our firm, was at times permitted to be present at some of the meetings of said committee, but at most of said meetings he was not permitted to be present. We furth respectfully except to the report of said arbi- tration committee for the following reasons: 1. Said committee measured in the work done by us, 1,106 cubic yards of stone ma- sonr) 1 per cubic yurd—$12,166. To this we obj the following reasais: The stone on board the cars at Jackson street, Omaha, cost $13.50 per cubic yard; hauling same to the building from Jackson strec ibic yard; setting said stone $1.05 rd; sand and cement making a total of £1S ard which would make the 1,106 yards of stone musonry $20 per per cubic y 15870, 2. Asallowed by your committee, 6,180 re feet footing ‘at 60c per square foot, 8. To this we object as follows: Foo: ings on board the cars at Jackson stree Omaha, cost H5¢ per square foot, setting 100 uare toot, mortar ¢ per squarc foot, making a total of 70¢ per_square foot— 6,150 re feet footings at 70¢ per square foot— uare Ashlar cut at 80c per squ as allowed by vour committ this ~we object as unfar and unreasonable for the following reasons: First, the measurement is not as agrecd upon, the svrface measurement, according to the city engineer’s figures. onght to be 2,207 square feet, and we can prove that for cut- ting this class of work 35c is a fair and re sonable figure; 2,207 square fect Ashlar cut at 35¢ per square foot, 4.1 clean cut'traps at $1.8714, d by your cominit wouts (Barret’s inproved) were expre dered, and they cost in Boston #5 e on same to Omaha, £20.95, e cach. Total cost, $40. . Fifty cubic yards stone delive ground at & per cubic y We object 1o this, becaus that there is od the ground %0 cubic yards and be. s each cubie yard cost ou the ground 5, a total for Stone groun 5 cuble yards exc :d by you cause there hus by the dirt de ach; and’ sct ed on_the m no al vered on alley b n Harney 0 d by Chinir House and the engine and further the measurement is not cor lowance for yard, #, 7. Your com sonry $150. We $1,000, 5. For extra teo allows for extra ma Laim for tye sume at leust labor fo iz jambs caused by c he architect and superintendent of the building. We were allowed nothing by your committee for this work., We claim #i0), The fore are the objections we make, and to 1l spoc ble body. We ask ¢ for fair treatme We are willing that the questions in dispute tratord be thres in number, the connofl sstect one, weone and these two a third, all of which is respectfully submitted, 1. F. Brexyax & Co, Accomrinying the foregoing was the s pended, which, t00, went to sleep on the tables To tho FHonorable the Maror and City 'cmm-u‘—ucml!o'mem At the requost of he contractors for the city hall basement Ihave tho honor to state thpt at the time the contract was let the price of Colorado sandstone was 55 conts per cubic foot for rough footing, and 65 cents or dimensi.n stoney that in lprll, 1857, for a valuablc consideration, the price was duced to 40 cents to Messrs. Drennan & Whalen, the sub-contractors. _Yours, eto., ‘ C. D. Woorwotn! Councilman Keapar then began an one slaught on the Union Pacific and Burlington railroads by offering & resolution that stops be taken at once to compel them to put tha crossings at Fourteenth street in a safe and passable condition. He was reminded by other mer bors that the council had beon trying to do this thing for many yoars, but that the efforts had proven of but littia avail. It was the unanimons belief of ail present, hovever, that the vty should keep “hammerin away” at theso haughty corpo- rations untl they come to timo, 80 Mr. K as« mn"l petition was received and placed on 0. Some talk was indulged In when the polics and fire conimission sout in their response to Councilman Ford's resolution oftered a woele ago asking them “by what authority tha Pinkertons wore allowed In the eity to atrest and abuse ‘old-time citizens.' ¥ T this query the comission said that they were not aware that any "old-tim citizens” had been arvestod or abused, and there loft the subjoct. This cvasive answor was an incentive for some humorous throats and hot words. Commcil- man Hascall suggested that the commission had beon locking over the list of *old-tima citizens” kept by them and found they wore not the parties referred to, thus the basis for their answer. Councilman Lowry said ho knew of “old time citizens” who “had boen asaulted and arrestod by Pinkertons, and Councilmrn 'ord assured his hearers that he coild point out several ins stances hims He insisted that the mpyor, the commissioners and the shoriff had’ no legal right to wake specials out of those fol- lows, and he volunteered for one, if the council would give him authority, to raise a force that would arrest every 'one of the Pinkertons and mako them show by what authority they were arresting and abusing Hold time citize 18 A number of councilmen favored tho couching of Ford's resowtion in different languages, in effect asking the mayer to notify the councit at the special meeting to be held Thursday night by what authority the Pinkertons are serving as special polioe- men, This was accepted, and the councile men went home. ATIUSK Booth and Bar The Merchant of Venice." Boyd’s opera house was packed again last night, with the best of society, culture and refinement in the city represented in the audicnce. It was comedy night, and the play was “The Merchant of Venice,” given with the following distribution of partsy Shylock Mr. Edwin Booth Bassanio, Lawrence Barrett Antonio. Mr. John A. Lahd Gratiano, arles B, Hanford Mr. Lawrence Hanley -Mr. L. J. Hendersoit Mr. Kendall Weston Mr. Charles Koehler Mr. Charles Collins Mr. Edwin Roylo -Mr. Ben G. Rogers Mr. Owen Fawcett . Beaumont Smith Walter Thomas ir. James Morris Miss Minna K. Galo No -Miss Gabrielle Townsend Jossi Miss Agues Acres The Jew that Shakespeare drow {8 not tha Jew of to-day; not like the modern Jow as seen in this country and England, as a man among men, a8 good as any and as well treated, according to his qualification of cul- ture, refinement and deserts as a_gentleman, Shylock lived at war with the Christian; he wiis mocked at public places, spit upon ‘and cursed by the young bloods of the day. He hoarded while'they wasted; he was thrifty and they were spendthrifts. The men who insulted Shylock cursed his race, mocked his religion and despised him as they would a dogz, robbed him of his wealth and " his prec- ious daughter. Ts it any wonder that he de- manded the fulfillment of hisfhond. Ho con- quers his great love for mou That is of- fered him twice ov Ho is cold, pitiless, cruel, malignant. He is revenge, and ho i3 about to take revenge, which is all the sweeter becauso e can take it undor the cover of law, in a court of justice, and he can cut it from the vitals of & handsome chris- tian, who is idolized by his fricnds. With what zest he ns ‘his knifo, and with fiendish cyes he glares upon his vietim, 1t is the supreme moment when the breast is bared for him to cut. Whon the tablcs are turned on him and he sces how * im- possiblo it is to carry out the provisions of his bond, re Thelove of money live the bugs gold 1s den Solario, Duke of Nenice, Tubal, Old ¢ Launcelot Balthazar. Stephano. Leonardo. Por [ d bim; his interest, and even his principal. What a broken, poor old man he is then. He says they may as well take his life. Then he fs pitied for his lonely, joyless life. Mo Ydwin Booth act Shylock is to secull this, He plays on all the keys set fo¥ s character by the master, und gives full and color to the motives that inspired ‘s actions. 1t was a_grand performe The next character of most interest in comedy was that of Portia, one of the most perfeet of Shakespenre's women, Juliot was all hoart with but littlo brain, Desdos mona was silly and indiscreet. She married Moor. Portia was lovely, joyous and highly intellectual full of romince and_love, her wealth beautifully off flowers and the arts. Mr. Barrett made ahandsome and intelligent Bassanio, and Mr. John A. Lanca fine Antonia. Tha Gobbos of Mr. Rodgers and Mr. Fawectd were dehghtful bits of acting. Congregational Missions, board of directors of the Nebraska Missionary society met yesterduy in this city. There were prosent ", Sherrill, of this city, chairmang B. Perry, prosident of Doana fou. Charles West, of Line oln, who is acting as secretury in the abe sence of Itev. K. H. Ashmun, and Rev. John L. Maile, the superintendent and treasurer, The work consisted in closing up the affasrs of the socicty, this being the last meeting ot the year. During the last twelye months the has received from various £30,000, which it hus expended in the aid of Congregational chiurches in this state, Thera The Home morning Rev. A, F Rev. David ollege at ( ssociation be submitted to arbitration, but we respect fully yet earncs that we be accorded | an équal voi 2 couneil in selecting | the arbitrator: That is 1o say, let the arbi- | urc in_Nebraska about 150 churches, of which fifty are sclf-supporting, Tho aid to cach of the assisted churcles during the year has averaged 2200, 3 SPRING OVERCOATS. GETTING POSTED, O. JONES, American Most men would like a Spring Over coat, but imagine they cannot afford it. Jones will this week offer 8 clegant styles of Spring Overcouts in fine Cassis were and Cheviot Fabrics at $0.756 each. Oune style Satin lined through- out, and the others are Setin faced. The regular val of these Couts is £15.00, but Jones wants every man o have a Spring Overcoat. Auother bar- gainis a fine Brown Cazssimere Overvoad at 86.00; ask to sce it, Clothier, 1309 Farnan Stre