Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 6, 1888, Page 4

() ==iE DAILY . fluence, has prevented action. ~ region will renew congressio e Z THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: MONDAY. AUGUST 6, 1888, BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING, TERMS OF SUBECRIPTION, Doily (Morning Edition) including Sunday R, (ne Year wovsiers madled to any ad- A . 200 2%, NOS. Wiy FARNAY STRERT, NEW YORK UFFIC MAND 15 Tit BuiLoing, W ASHINGTON O¥FICE, No. b1 FOURTEENTH BTRERT, CORRFSP ATl communications relatin torial matior should be address d to t oF THE DR, BUSINESS I All business Intters and romittances 1 and edi- EDITOR ould be ¥ PUBLISHING COMP ke and postofl e made payable to the order of tie co e Beg Pablishing Company, Proprictors. E. ROSEWATER, Editor. THE DAILY BEE, Sworn Statement of Circulation. Btateof Nebraska, 1, County of Douglas, | * % Geo. 1. Tzschuck. secrotary of The Bee Pub- siings compiny, ddcs solownly swear that tiio actund circulatioh of the Daily fiee . euding Augu:t4 1588, was us follow Tuesdny, Jul Wednesday Thursday, At Eriday, Algust 3 Baturday, August 4. Average... Sworn to heforo me and subscribed in m; presence this 4th day of August, A. D, 188 N. P. FELL, Notary Pubitc. State of Nebraska, | County of houglas, { & & George B. Tzsenuck, being first duly sworn,de- F))‘u and saysthat he is secretary of The Bee ublishiug company, that the actusl averay Daily Bee for the was 14,151 copies; Coples: for daily circulation of the month of August, 187, for September, 187, October, 13 1 KT, 15,220 copies ;'for January, 188, 15,20; for February, W02 coples; for March, 1885, 10,680 copi : for May, 18, presence this st day of Augurty A D., . P. FEIL, Notary Publj Tur Nebraska farmer will be on the “bull” side of the market this fall when the corn crop puts him there It looks as if Omaha is determined to become a rival of Chicago in the divorce court as well as in the packing industries. m— It wouLD seem that Dan Voorhees has not entirely recovered from the boil on his leg. He has broken out again with a fresh fit of spleen. Tne refusal of Justice Day to go on the Parnell commission has put the tories in an awkward predicament. The English judge could not barter away his sense of justice in taking his seat on a packed bench although he is said to be strongly prejudiced against Parnell. ‘WHILE the county commissioners are trying to find out why delinquent fees 1 the sheriff’s office have not been col- lected, it would be in line of their in- vestigation to make inquiries whether fines levied on delinquent jurors have ever been collected an turned into tho county treasury, EE—————— COUNCILMAN ALEXANDER has an eye for the wsthetic by introducing an ordi- nance requiring the telegraph and tele- phone companies to paint their poles. 1t is to be hoped that some councilman will have a nose for cleanliness and health by introducing an ordinance re- quiring the disposul of garbage in a city crematory. ——— THE mugwump newspapers of New York are pouring broadsides into Gov- ernor Hill, and warning the democracy that it will be impossible to re-elect him and that the effort to do so will cost Cleveland thousands of votes. ‘This, of course, is said to bring an ad- ministration influence in opposition to the governor, but the trouble with Cleveland is that he understands he must be a loser whether he favors Hill or is against him, the perplexing ques- tion being as to the position of least danger, The indications ave that the mugwump influence will not be able to prevent Hill’s renomination, and it is a promise quite reassuring to republicans. e———— ‘THE grain shippers of Kaneas City in o conference with the representatives of ronds west and east of the Missouri river have gained an important con- cossion. Heretofore when grain was shipped from Kansas City, say to the soa board, and held back at interme- diate points, as at Chicago, with a view of selling it, but was afterwards shipped to destination because it could not be sold, it was charged local rates. The new agreement with the railroads allows the Kansas City shippers to hold their grain at in- termediate points in transit not exceed- ing ten days and then to forward it to destination in the oast at the origi- nal through rate from Kansas City. These terms, so satisfactory to the grain shippers, can not be confined exclusively to the benefit of Kansas City. Omaha and other Missouri river towns have the right to claim the same advantages. By this arrangement it is expected that many of the complaints of discrimina~ tion will be removed. . Em—— THE Kansas state authorities have taken tardy action to suppress the war that has been flagrant in Stevems county, that state, for two weeks past. An issue between the citizens of two towns has caused the death and woubding of a half dozen men, but as ‘the crimes occurred in No Man’s land, which is outside the pale of all law, thosa ywho committed them will go un- punished. It is time this region with- out law was brought under judicial jurisdiction, and for this pur- pose congress ought to pass at the ut session one of the bills for creating the territory of Oklahoma, including No Man’s land, and oxtending over the country a terri- torial form of government, so that the Taws of the United States could be en- forced by the courte. There seemed earlier in the session favorable promise that this would be done, but political soheming, a6 well as some adverse in- Per- ess in the inter- haps the late murderous busi est In the lerritorial question. Death of General Sheridan. General Sheridan has surrendered to tde Invincible Conqueror. The daunt- less spirit, that never quailed before mortal foe, has met defeat at last. The eye that blazed in battle has lost its lustre, The voice of command that summoned always to victory is silenced. The intrepid heart, as gentle as it was brave, is still and pulseless. The great soldier—one of the greatest the world has known—has joined the innumerable army of immortals. The profound sor- row of a nation will attest how entirely the dead hero possessed the affection and honor of his countrymen. General Sheridan’s career was wholly military, and it consti- tutes one of the most 1llus- trious ehapters of American mi tary history. Of the great triumvirate whose ability and achicvements were pre-eminent in the war of the rebellion on the side of the Union—Grant, Sher- man and Sheridan—history will record that the soldier who has just died de- serves to occupy a place of honor not less elevated than the others. The s sistance he rendered to Grant in Vir- ginia that geeat and just commander has borne most ample testimony to. He gave Sheridan his fullest confidence, allowing him the largest latitude for the development and execution of his own plans, and invariably with results that were of the utmost advantage to the union armies. The future reader of the history of the rebellion will dwell upon no portion of it with greater in- terest than that which records the first aid of Sheridan in the Shenandoah ley, his advance toward Richmond, his ride to Winchester, when he snatched victory from the jaws of de- feat, and his brilliant and masterly achievements in the grand movements of the army of the Potomac, which ended with the capture of Richmond and the overthrow of the rebellion. Among the great soldiers of history there are not many whose victories as subordinate commander were more honorable to their wisdom and their valor, or more valuable to their country, than were those won by Sheridan after he was placed in command of the cav- alry of the army of the Potomac. All this splendid work of Sheridan demonstrated that he was a soldier in the broadest sense—not simply a bril- liant and intrepid fighter. In this re- spect few of the great cavalry com- manders of history will stand compari- son with him. Ney, Murat and others who will be naturally suggested, pos- sessed the gallantry, Gash, and all the mere fighting qualities that distin- guished Sheridan, but in the larger ability that makes successful com- manders—that plans as well as wins victories—the American gen- eral was the peer of the greatest of them. His services to his country were of inestimable value. As a man, General Sheridan had a most kindly heart, and he made and held friends. He was a modest man, whom fame and station did not spoil. He had no ambition above that of being commander of the army, and when talked of as a possible presiden- tinl candidate he promptly and unqualifiedly refused to allow his name to be considered in that connection. It was sufficient to him to be the first soldier of the repub- lic, and in that capacity he rightly avoided all association with politics. His death will be sincerely mourned by a grateful people, to whom are left too few of the distinguished soldiers whose genius and prowess preserved the union, and his memory will be cher- ished and perpetuated as one of the most brilliant and successful of the na- tion’s military chieftains. The Question of the Hour. The tax levy for 1888 has been com- pleted by the state board, and the ratio of taxation is fixed at seventy-five cents on the hundred dollars of valuation on the real and personal property sub- ject to taxation. This is a reduction of six cents and a quarter per hundred dol- lars as compared with 1887, but the levy is still outrageously high. The levy made by the bourd is expected to yield one million, three hundred and seven- teen thousand, nine hundred and thirty doliars, In other words, in this year 1888, the people of Nebraska are to pay over one hundred and thirty thousaund dollars for the maintenance of their state government. The enormity of this forced contribu- tion can only be realized by com- parison of Nebraska's tax levy with those of other states. Our neighboring state of Colorado, which has new state buildings to construct and institutions to establish, levied a state tax last year of forty centson the one hundred dol- lars and managed to conduct its entire state government with an income of five hundred and thirty-two thousand two hundred and fifty-eight dollars. Florida levied the same tax as Colo- rado, and only realized three hundred and sixty-seven thousand, one hundred and ninety-seven dollars. Minnesota, with a state debt ten times as large as that of Nebraska, was con- tent with a state tax aggregating six hundred and five thousand, six hundred and fifty-one dollars. The state government of New Hamp- shire was maintained with a tax aggre- gating four hundred thousand dollars. North Carolina, with over fifteen millions of debt, only levied a state tax aggregating four hundred and eighty- seven thousand dollars. Vermont only levied ten cents on the hundred dollars, and realized an ag- gregate state income of three hundred and seventy-one thousand six hundred and ninety-seven dollars. ‘Wisconsin, with a state debt of two millions and a quarter, only taxed her people seven hundred and eighty-three thousand one hundred and fifty-nine dollars. Kansas, with double our population and double the taxable property, levied two hundred thousand dollars less state taxes last year than Nebraska. Out of the thirty-eight states only twelve have a more costly state govern- ment than Nebraska, and in all the statés but one the levy on the hundred dollar valuation ranges from eight to fifty-five cents, while eighteen of the thirty-eight states are below forty cents ou the hundred dollars. In Nebrasks and Nevada alone the state levy ranges above seventy-five cents on the hundred dollars. These are stubborn facts and they must be faced at all hazards. The tax- ridden people of this state must grapple with the state tax-eaters and choke them off, Thirteen hundred and fifty~ thousand dollars a year for state taxes in a state that is practically out of debt, is utterly indefensible. Why shouid it cost more to maintain state government in Nebraska than it does in the more populous and wealthy states? This is the question that confronts us now and will continue to be asked by every tax- payer from now until the legislature meets. That there is something rotten in Denmark is patent. Our state offi- cers are not high-saluried nor does this state maintain a larger number of be- nevolent and penal institutions than other states. Where then do these thirteen hundred and fifty thousand dollars each year go. Tue BEE is taking great pains to col- lect statistics that will enlighten the people on that point. Meantime the conventions of all partics should raise their voices against extravagance and in favor of revenue law revision, and above all the republican pirty should see to it that the men nominated for state offices this month are capable and rigidly honest. Unless men of known integrity ave pub in nomination the party will have to face disaster, notwithstanding the national campaign. A man’s shirt is nearer to him than his overcoat. The demand for lower state taxes will have more weight in the im- pending campaign in this state than the racket raised by political hacks over the protective tariff, which every intelligent man knows cannot and will not be materially changed aslong as the republicans control the United States senate. —— Treaties With Indians. It is noteworthy that the conduct of the Sioux is having a very decided effeet upon the public mind unfavorable to continuing the policy of making treaties with the Indians. That pohey has been observed largely as a matter of sentiment, notwithstanding the man- ifest absurdity of the government nego- tiating formal treaties with its wards and the ophion of the supreme court that such conventions have no binding force on the government, but there is a growing feeling that the time is at hand when the government can not wisely or with justice to the peo- ple go on allowing a few Indians to obstruct progress aund stund in the way of the general welfare in order that they may live in a condition of idleness and lawlessness at the ex- pense of the whole people. The proposition which his been sub- mitted to the Sioux is so entirely fair and just in its terms, and the result would $o unquestionably be to their great ultimate advantage, that their ob- stinate refusal to accept it is convincing a great many of the folly of dealing with Indians in this way. They mani- festly cannot understand what is best for themselves, they are under the in- fluence of strong prejudices which are kept alive and intensified by designing men, and they are naturally hostile to whatever makes for ecivilization. They should be fairly deult with on the same general principles of justice that are observed in dealing with other peo- ple, but the policy of treating them as entitled to special comsideration will have to be abandoned, and it undoubt- edly wil be if the Sioux reject the treaty proposed to them. The senti- ment is that their reservation should be opened, whether they will have it so ornot, It is a rich territory which should no longer remain unproductive, and there is a demand for it which it is the duty of the government to regard. road Issue. It is expected that to-day Justice Miller, of the supreme court of the United States, will decide whether the temporary injunction granted by Judge Brewer, restraining the Iowa railroad commissioners f rom putting into effect their schedule of freight charges, shall be made permanent. This issue has excited widespread interest, and the decision of Justice Miller is awaited with a feeling of profound concern by the people and the railroads, The aecision of Judge Brewer was hailed by the corporations as a signal victory, and its immediate effect was to ad- vance the speculative price of the stocks of several roads directly interested in the decision. It has received, however, a great deal of ad- verse comment, as involving a principle hostile to the constitutional right and authority of the state. It imposed a check and limit upon the legislative power which if allowed could be em- ployed at any time under like circum- stances to defeat the will of the people. The jurisdiction of the federal courts, in controversies of this character, is ques- tioned, and there is a very general ex- pectation that Justice Miller will not sustain Judge Brewer in assuming jur- isdiction. The attitude of Justice Miller regarding the rights of the states has been very clearly defined and no man on the supreme bench has made greater concessions to state au- thority, so that there is fair reason to expect that his decision in this case will be in favor of the people. — THE state board of equalization has not kept faith with the Douglas county commissioners. They agreed to reduce Douglas county from eighth mills to six and a half, which would have been relatively higher even at that rate than a majority of other counties. Instead of fixing the rate at six and a balf mills they have rated Douglas county at seven and one-eighths for the present year. This is only three- eighths of one mill below the average state levy and seven-eighths of one mill below the highest rating. While it saves Douglas county twenty-one thou- sand dollars on the basis of the highest rate, the aggregate contribution from this county for the year 1888 for state purposes will exceed the enormous sum of "one hundred and seventy-four thou- sand dollars, J. M. Schoup, of Fort swam one last week in West Okobojl lake from Ar- nold’s park to Omaha voint, a distauce of three muiles, NEBRASKA' POLITICAL NOTES. The Campaidiris Now Opening Up In Barnest. CLUBS FORMING EVERYWHERE, Republicans and Democrats Rapidly Getting Into Line While the Labor and Cold Water Par- ties AreUnusually Active. From Nebraska Oity, Nenraska City, Neb., August 5.~ [Special to Tie Bek]—Polities in Otoe county have never been less interesting than at present, and, aside from a few leaders, no one seems to have an opinion as (o the outcome of the primaries or conventions. In conversation with Tie Beg representa- tive, a leading republican expressed himsolf as to probabilities. st of all,” said he, Van Wyck will be the republican candiduto for senator, and_ will be clected. Paul Schmike will be satistied with a seat in the house, and, of course, will have what he desir Ran McKee, of Palmyra, is also a candi- date for nomination for representative. He is a pronounced aoti-Van Wyck man, but, to suy, has promised to_support him in case of his own clection. J. O. Moore, also of Palmyra, and Albert Joyce of Syracuse, are two others who desire to represent Otoo at Lincoln next winter. The former is u political par o, while the latter fayors V k. John C. Watson is said to lose much slecp thinking of his chances to represent O and Cuss counties as float senator, V never wanted anything quite so cagerly he does the float senatorship and_stands a good chance to win the nominati has many friends among the polit therearc many uien whoare better 3 votors in general. His known fidelity to Van Wyck, however, will be of great assist- ance to him. The county newspapers are not enthusinstic for Watson. Mr. Watson is ndidate for congress, and hs friends etly urging him to the front and 1 win in a contest with MeS in a_disric y republican. Mr. Watson's 1s & legislator is clean and open and his ability is undoubted. Prohibition will cut a very small_fizu the fall election m Otoe county. Tho re lution adopted by the republican state con vention to dment proposi- tion at the prin entirely ignored in Otoe coun ontral to regain in_ the United ucceeding Senator derson. He wili go to the state ser that aim, and his friends think he has more than a fighting chance to win. Certain it is, there is no man in Nebraska 50 popular with the people as General C. H. Van Wyck. The democrats have as yet brought no d as candidates for any office, ption of Robert Lorton, one of men, and 'y popular, who is spoken of as a ndidate who will be pitted Van Wyck in the race for stat J. Sterling Mort T rarding the floating item about the his son, Mr. ington road, and . He says the kinship, if any, > as to be ridiculous to mention it, Morton owing his present 1 influence of Levi P. Morton, utterly false and: preposterous; that the two gentlemen had never known each other, much less had they ever met, and that politicians were *‘digging for very small Potatoes’ in trying to make capital out of the alleged kinship. e relation Paul Levi P. is 80 ren and as for Fom Pawnee. Paw Ciry, Neb., August 4.—|Special Yo Tir Ber.]—Thg question of senator and representatives from this county to the legis- lature is getting to be pretty freely discussed. The idea of naming men and seeing them swell up has given place as to how they stund, The republican county committee has called the convention to elect state delegates, The convention méets Saturday, August 18, in this city. ‘The respective merits of the candidates will then be discussed and dele- '8 to the state convention be nominated, her or no Pawnee county will send up ual anti-license resolution it has to state conventions of former times is not ascer- tained, but it is believed they will not stop to do so this time. Gene Berry will figure largely in the county convention that nominates represen- tatives. He has distinguished himself as a farmer and being on the right of way ap- praising beard when the B. & M. built through this county. The ‘‘distinguished” part of the programme was after the prop- erty owners were made to believe they had to accept the appraisers’' torms, when they found too late thev were fooled. Another candidate for legislative honors — Pawnee county gets two representatives— will be J. P. Love, of South Fork. “Uncle Jobn” figures largely ameng the grangers aud thinks to pull a good vote. He is a good, easy-going farmer, who will do as the party tells him and help wonderfully to pull Berry through. But in case the Renator- ship goos to Riohardson county the latter of these will be fought by H. C. Worthenn of this city. He belongs to the “Humphrey crowd.” All of these are the ‘‘promineantly men- tioned” ones. There are moro developing. C. A. Schaffel, a good honest farmer near town, who uses his energy and intelleot to- gether, was talked of, but he gave them to understand he had a mind of his own on public questions and would obey no ring but the voice of the people as he understood it, and the talk has very greatly died out. From Hitchcoek. CuLBERTSON, Neb., August 4.—[Special to Tue Beg.|—The contest for the republican nomination for representative from this dis- trict is the all absorbing topic of political dis- cusssion in this section. This district, the one hundred and sixty-seventh, comprises the counues of Hitchcock, Hayes, Chase and Dundy. The contest n_this county is be- tween W, W. Brown and Hon, W. D, Wild- man. Brown represented the distriot in the last legislature and it is owing to the dis- creditable record made in the house that a forniidable opposition to his renomination has arsen in all parts of the district. Brown's constituents heartily agree with the brief summary of his record in the legislature which appeared in ‘Pe Bee shortly after the session adjourned as making a desperate tight to carry this © unty, but with n possible show of success. In order to divert the attention of the public from his own disreputable personal as well political record, he and his henchmen have seen fit to assail the character of the Hon. W. D. Wildman, who, in point of ability and reputation, compared with Brown, is as a giant to a pigmy. The primaries in this county will be held on the Uth of August and the convention on the 14th. The representative convention has not yet been cailed. The democrats have not yet deeided upon a candidate, as they are awal “n%e“w action of the republican con- vention before they make a ‘‘forwacd” move. From Butler. Davip Crry, Neb, August 4.—[Special to Tue Bee.]—The democrats held a mass meet- ing in this city to-day and elected delegates to attend the congressional convention to be held at Hastings, and also to the state con- vention, to be held at Lincoln. Not much available legslative timber has yet been dis- covered, yet it is probable that Matt Miller will be induced to run. Casper peremptorily declines to again be a candidate. However, Casper is promisently spoken of as the con- ional candidate for this district. The smounmn ‘was not instructed. From Cumin; Baxcrorr, Neb., August 4.—(Special to Tue Bre.]—All the political parties are or- ganizing for effectual work this fall in this county, The democrats elected the county officers last fall, through the bad manipula- tion of a few republicans, By proper organ- ization and management the republicans can carry the county by a handsome majority. ‘The democrats are sending circulars ail over the county soliciting the names of all demo- crats that will sign their names, But many of the old-time democrats refuse to endorso the freo trade platform. The prohibition party has organized clubs all over the county. In some localities they seem to have considerable strength. But the great issuo in this country is between the republican and democratic parties and_all other ques- tions will be absorbed by the two old pa ies. By systematic and proper managen republican party can be restored to ner position in the county this republicans will organize here in & They will ende: to have the best speak- ers hero this faii to present tho 1ssues of tho campaign in their proper light. I Tho ow days, From Seward. SEwARD, Neb., August 4.—[Special to Tug Bre.]—Politics are rather quiect, but our county is solid for Harrison and Morton, and for Willwm Leose for attorney gencral for another term, el finciconpa STATE AND TERRITORY. Nebraska Jottings. The contract has been let for buillding two bridges over the Republican river near McCook. An Uncle Tom's Cabin company 18 making the residents of interior towns very weary these days. August Koeler, an Aurora saloon keepor, has been fined $100 for sclling liquor to an habitual drunkard. Eli Rouso, the old Dakota City lecher, has sold out his property and will hie himself away to some more suitable clime. A number of families at Fullerton have been very sick, caused by eating pressed beef. None of the attacks proved fatal. The Cuming county agrioultural society proposes to make an effort to_cupture the prize offered by the state fair for county ex- hibits, Louie Stander, an old soldier and for twelve years an inmate of the Thayer county poor farm, has been sent to the state soldiers’ home auv Grand Island. A cow belonging to George Smith, of Long Pine, discovered a box of paris green in a potato pateh and ate it up, box and all. The next morning she was a corpse, The unliccused dogs of Aurora are not being annillated very rapidly. The city murshal had to shoot seven times at a cur tied to a tree before he could hit it. One of the remarkable things about the residents of Campbell is the amount of vive- gar that they use and the peculinr casks that it is shipped in. Thereis no salooa in the town. The last ‘“‘round-up” has beon made in Cheyenne county. Less than four years ago the county was’ given up entirely to range cattle, but now the cattlemen have left and have been superceded by the farmers, Ed Haiglt, a resident of Pierce, is playing the Job act, sitting in sack cloth and ashes and refusinz to be comforted on account of the numerous boils which make the present hot weather unusually uncomfortabio, The Gage county agricultural association will hold its seventeenth annual fair at Beatrice September 4 to 7, iuclusive, Three thousand dollars in premiums, $1,000 for speed, special attractions each day, Roman chariot races and balloon ascensions will be some of the features, An lowa lady named Good, who for five years has been searching for her little son, found the missing boy at the residence of Simon Kirk, near Creighton,last week. Kirk been gi the custody of the child by its father, who had separated from his wife and had later been sont to state’s prison, Mvrs. Good secured possession of the bov, but Kirk will contest her claims to him in the courts. According to the Rising City Independent, Dr. George R. Dunnelly, who is making anti- prohibition specches in various towns in the state, has had quite a varied career, He is known as “Antelope Dick,” and it is said that a few years ago he started out from Grand Island as a temperance orator, at the sawe time jumping a board bill of about $30, 0s several small whisky bills about the city. At one time he was editor f the Osceola Herald, and ith the record left behind him everywhere he has been it is not likely that he will become a power in the land in any cause. At his birthplace, Independence, Mo., things are entirely too hot for him. A few years ago he bobbed up in a Kansas town us a minister of the gospel, and after creating great excitement in the religious circles and getting in debt to all the uusus- pecting, he imported a woman of easy virtue 1o the town and played such a high game of disgrace and villainy that the natives fired him out of the country, He afterwards turned up in Denver, where he opened up a game of chance in violation of the law, and was compelled to skip out to avoid being arrested. bes —— Representatives of the People? Grand Istand Independent, Mr. W. F. Griffitts, as a railroad speaker before the Omaha board of trade, assumes the role of a ‘‘repre- sentative of the people,” claimed that the board of transportation ought to have yiclded to the advice of some so- called boards of trade of different Ne- braska places, and that a reduction of railroad rates were disastrous to the in- terests of Nebraska, uncalled for and against the will of the people of Ne- braska. We want Mr. Griffitts and his so- called delegations of so-called boards of trade to understand that that they are by no means the representatives of the people of Nebraska; that the interests of most of them are entirely different from the interests of the poople, and that the great majority of them lack the independence of character and of business relations required for good and reliable representatives of the peo- le. The egotistical fnterests of the mer- chants have very little, if any, todo with the true interests of the people. It hardly makes a difference toa mer- chant whether he pays $100 or $20 for a carload of goods, becaude he adds the freight to the price of his goods, and takes so much more from his customers: who have to suffer tor it. Consequently the majority of them, ninety probably out of one hundred, look with supreme indifference on the most outrageous overcharges of the railroads. The com- won merchaunt takes an interest in the freight only, when discrimination is racticed, either in his favor or against im., And here just is the point where the railroads control him, sv that he is always willing to help them against the people. They can favor or hurt him, either individual against individual, or city against city. And they use this power by threatsof their vengeance or promises of their favor. This explains why it it an easy thing for the railroads to et in A meeting of o board of trade a majority which is willing to whitewash railrond oppression, railrond swindles and rail- road overcharges. A great many stay away from lack of interest and from fear the railroads might hurt them while the railroads send their tools to do their bidding. In this way they got some delegations of “*boards of trade,” to appear before the board of transportation, and had some meetings in Omaha and Hastings called, to make declarations in favor of excessive railroad overcharges. For these men, who are nothing but railroad assistants, it is the height of impudence and deceit, to call them- selves “representatives of the people” and to claim that their demand is the “will of the people.”” Itis the vsual rail- road game to foist upon the people rail- rond men as ‘‘representatives of the ople.” '1“rmt among the merchants there are men, who are willing and able to truly represent the interests of the people we know well enough, but they are scarce and form an exception rather thanthe rule. Those, that crowd themselves nto these delegations of boards of trade, are none of these exceptions, they are the common railroad tools like those who erowd the political clubs, primaries and conventions for the benefit of the railroads and thelr exccsslve rates. IN AND ABOUT THE CAPITAL. Some Sly Political Work by No- braska Rallroals, SEVERAL SCHEMES O4 FOOT. One of Them is the Capture of the State Board of Tra ore tation — Their Chances of Success. 1020 P Steeet, LisooLN. August 5. #:Oh, yes,” said Judge Marvin to Tie Be presentative last evening, “‘the ads aro getting in some sly polit- ical work these days. Play those fel- lows for fools and you will get let down hard every time.” “But what great things are they do- ing. judge?” “They are bent on capturing tho state board of transportation, and they will come pretty near doing it. No groat effort will be made to beat Lecse for attornoy general. Ho is too hard a nut for them to erack, althou gh they would make a sturdy effort that way if they thought it would do any good, He is too strong for them, though on the surface it would seom that to beat him was the only thing the railronders cared for. In my opinion they are only throwing mud in this direction to hide their real in- tentions.” “‘How so? Please explain.” “Well, you will find that the state convention will develop tho fact that they want the state treasurer, auditor of public accounts and the commis- sioner of public lands and buildings, and the vavious candidates they have in the field for these positions goes a long way toward unveiling the end they have in' view. To be half way fair they will seem to bo willing to coticedo something tothe dear people. Theyswear by Leese and the renomination of Laws is concoded upon past precedent. Now if you will study the geographical loca- tion of the candidates they have sprung who are evidently friendly to their in- terests, you can sce the force of my po- sition at u glance. Beuton, Peters and Grosshans ave open candidatas for au- ditor of state. Yost, Graham, Hill and Einsel are gripping for the treasurship like grim death. Dew, Carter and Parker are working havd for commis- swoner of public lands and buildings, and 50 it goes, and vou will find a dozen other fellows playing at dark horse can- didates, and they come from localities that are most likelv to have w chance to secure represen- tation. The railroads are playing a sly game, and they are playing it hard. If they secure the treasurer, auditor and commissioner, they have & majority of the state board, and they care more for that than anything else.” Of the candi- dates I have namea for these positions only Graham and Grosshans are for the people first, last and all the time. Now you have my idea.” “But should the game explode, judge, don’t you think that the railroads would labor for the repeal of the law of their creation?” “That might be. but I doubt the wis- dom of that, becuuse of the peculiar difficulty there is in securing the passage of o statute law that will cover railroad issues as thor- oughly as the one that provides for the state board. The law that we have is good enough if the people are only shavp enough to keop a majority of the board at the helm who are in their favor and will stand by fair and equit- able regulation. The people had better let well enough alone and stand by what they have. Itis time that the people understood the importance of the pri- mary election. There is the place to make the fight, and the railroads would then settle down to the inevitable or do all the kicking.” LINCOLN'S SUNDAY GUESTS. At the capital—J. D. McDonald and C. S. Peafield, Fremont; J. P. Heale, Charlestown, W. Va.; J. T. Madder, S Joe; O. H. Schramm, Kansas City; Mrs. R. W, Kelly and Miss J. T. Dillman, Turlingtown; William Guettel, Chi- cago; H, Hill and wife, Grand Island; F. M. Benedict, Leavenworth, Kan.; A. @G. Meclntosh, 8t. Louis; P. M. Hallowell, Chicago; H. A. Aircy, Nobesville; Abraham Chapman, St. uis; Frank Livingston, Kansas City; E. B. Phillips, Valparaiso; F. L. Boynton, Westside, Ia. illiam Bruno, Chicago; C. F. Wilson, Marseilles, Ia.; D. W. White, S, Rogers and John Had- dock, Chicago; D. N. De Lim, Dos Moines; Frank Catron, Omaha; H. E. Riel, Valparaiso:§O. H. Johnson, St. Luuyi's; E. D, Wright, Binghampton, N Y, At the Windsor—G. O. Rinman, Cin- cinnati; H. F. Hubbard, St. Louls; J. B. Fatton, New York; R. L. Duncan, Chicago; B. Apple, New York; A. W. Pullen, Chicago; W. Hardwick, New York, H. Eslar, Chicago; F. T. J. Nu- nan, New York; J. S. Litt, Milwaukee; G. W. Setchell, Boston; S, Huchings, St. Louis; W. C. Fox, Chicago; J. W. Dickinson, Boston; C. W. Peck, Chi- cago; H. W. Young, Sioux City; Charles Connor, Chicago; L. C. Childs, St. Paul; A. E. Anderson, Chicago; W.D. Lemmon, New York; S. Velie, Chicago. Ben Spitz, Kapsas City: R. Suber, Chi- on ohn I. Dunn, Kansas Civy; H. . Gilbert, New York; H. Simmons and wife, Kansas City; U. H. McCarter, New York; John W. Fisher, Atthison; W. L. Jenny, Idaho; L, Ravebrook, Ot- tumwa, Ta.; William A, Wolfe, Omiha; R. K. Cooper, St. Joe; N. B. Hackman, St. Louis; Fd Long, Chicago; E. A. Haven, New York, At Opelt’s—S. W. Strunk, Atchison; J. A. Campbell, Seward; G. E. Weth- erwick, New York; W. H. Allen, Omaha} rge Loper, York; K. K. Fassig, Chicago; George B. Shumway, Kansas City; A . Van Husen, Sioux City: T w. Ball, Denver; A. A. Dunckel,” Boston; L. W. Willis, St. Josoph; W. H. Taylor, Kansas Cit, F. J. Jostin, Omaha; Frank Landers, Chieago; H. Rosenstock, Omaha; O. I, Turner, Council Bluffs; A. M. Githe Chicago; J. P. Malloe and George Ww. {)AIV_V, Fremont; Charles M. Hough, St. Louis; M Rayley, Omaha; W. L. Rothe St, Joseph! T. E. Patterson, Chicago; A. Da St. Louis; A, James, C| l}gu; Pollard, St. Joseph; L. L. Ger! Des Moines; L., C. Fessler, Chicago; C. C. Goodell, Peoria; C. E. Cannon, Columbus, Ohio; . E. Winslow, War- saw, Wis.; G. N. White, Chicago; C. RR. Chandler, Rockford, I11.; E. Rosenbuum, St. Louls; Eugene Pitts, Omuha; V. ! Crapser, Chieago; J. L. Webber, St. Louis; F. W. Wells, Fondulac, Wis.; C. A, Diamond, St. Joseph; J. N. Hunt, C cago. W. C. RIDLEY EXPLAINS, The following letter from W, C. Red- ley offers a word explaining his actions in" reference to the late death of his nephew, M. C. Ridley, quite severely condemned in some quarters of the eity. HASTINGS, Neb.,, August 4.—In an article published in the State Journal Friday, relcrrlng to the death of my nephew, M, C. Ridley, I am charged with unfecling conduet. Per- mit me to say that upon receipt of the telegram anpouncing his death I was L1NcoLN BURFAU OF TiE OMATIA Bre, } confined to my bed with sickness and was, on that account, unable to lvorsun- ally go to Lincoln and see to the ar- rangement o his funeral. Iimmedi- ately wrote a letter to his mother, in- forming her of the sad stato of affairs. and telegraphed to Lincoln as statod, thinking it best at prosent to bury him there on account of the ex- treme hot woather, with a view to re- moving his remains to his old home later on. As to the expenses of his funeral, T am not at present financially able to bear them, but it is not on ac- count of my lack of affection for him, as I have always been al: t & father to him,as ho would testify to were he alive to-day. W. C. RIDLEY. FOR TWO LONG YEARS, Yostorday afternoon Sherift Mallon, of Dodge county, committed R. A, Irwin and James C. Crawford to the ful care of Warden Hyers, and will do service for the state in the penitentiary for two years. These crooks were arrested in Fremont about five months ago for house breaking and robbery; were tried and convicted and are now paying the penalty of the law. A PAINFUL ACCIDENT, ‘William Davidson, a laborer on the N street sowage work, attempted to oross a plank over the trench yesterda, evening, and slipped and fell heavily upon his chost striking somo rusty spi icking from the plank one of which penetrated his tungs, pro- ducing a wound that may cost tho young man his lifo. Mr. Davidson passed a sleepless night, suffering great agony, and is but little 1f any better this morn- ing. The attending physicians fear the rust from the spike muy cause blood poisoning and in that event there is but little chance for recovery. While a peculiar accident, it is cortainly a sad one. ITY NEWS AND NOTES, that insurance companies >d the insu ce rato on city property, because of the insufficiency of the water supply, spurs the water com- mittee to wonk its level best to help the city out of the pressing strait. It is now stated that 155 wells will be ready for operation by the middle of the week, every one of which will throw pure, sweet water. It is thought that this number of wells will do the work and raise the water pressure to the required need. This plan will be thoroughly tested, and more wells will be made if it is found to be necessary. Bishop Ward, D. D., colored, of Benning, D. will visit Lincoln Mon- day and on Tuesday evening will deliver a locture at the M. E, church. A grand reception will be tendered to him while he is in the city, He has been of the bishopric for over forty years and is one of the oldest of the K. M. E. church. His lecture Tuesday evening ought to bo largely attonded. The rain storm last night was very heavy here. Some of the business cellars were nearly filled with water, causing a great deal of hard work and considerable damage. Colonel Al Fairbrother and General MeceBride went to Omaha to-day to re- create for a day or two. P LA O Free to AlL The beautiful picture, *“Will They Consent?” is a large magnificent en- graving, printed upon a sheet 19 inches wide by 24 inches long. It is an exact copy of an original painting by Kwall, which was sold for 85,000, This eclegunt picture represents a young dy standing in & beautiful room, surround- all that is luxurious, near @ half- ‘door, while the young man, her lover,is soen in an adjoining room usking the consent of her parents for their daughter in marriage. The fine interior decorations, together, with the graceful position of the beautiful girl is in keeping with the sentiment of the picture. It must be seen to be appreciated, ‘This valuable picture is fitting to adorn the wall of any ladies’ parlor, and in order to offer an oxtraordinary inducement to intro- duce our Wax Starch, this costly picture will be given away, free to every person purchas- ing & small box of Wax Starch, Hibie starch 1s something entirely new, and is without a doubt the greatest starch inven- tion of the nineteenth century, (at least every- body says 8o that haveused it). It supercedes everything heretofore used or known to science in the laundry art. Unlike any other starch, as it is coated with pure whit® wax and chemically prepared upon seientifio principles by an_expert in the laundry pro- fession who has had vears of practical exper- ience in fancy laundrying. It is the firstand only starch in the world that makes ironing easy and restores old summer dresses to their natural whiteness, and imparts to linen a beautiful and lasting finish, Please remember that the present you re- ceive with each box of Wax Starch, has nover boeh 4old at retail for lesa thah ono . This offer is only good for six weeks, after mh the present will be omit- ted and tho starch sold at the usual price. Try it and be convinced of the whole truth. er your grocer for Wax Starch and ob- tain this beautiful and coatly picture free, THE WAX STAHfiH co,, Keokuk, Iowa. e THE SALE OF FORT OMAHA. The Bill Providing for the Purchase of a New Site, Below is a copy of the bill as intro- duced in the house of representatives by Mr. McShane, providing for the sale of the site of Fort Omaha, the sale or removal of the improvements thereof, and for a new site and the construction of suitable buildings thereon: Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congsess assembled, That the secretary of war is hereby authorized to sell the military reserva- tion known as Fort Omaha, near the city of Omaha, in the state of Ne- braska, and such of the buildings and improvements thereon as cannot be economically removed to the new site herein provided for. In disposing of said property the secretary of war shall cavse the grounds to be platted in blocks, streets and alleys, if, in his judgment, it would inure to the benefit of the gdvernment in making sale of snid site, having due reference to the requirements of the houses and buildings located on said grounds in such cases as they may be sold with the ground. The sec- retary of war shall also cause the lots, lands and buildings to be appraised and sold at public auction or private sale,at not less than the appraised value, hav- ing first been offered at public sale. The expense of advertising, uugruiwmam, survey and sale shall be paid out of the proceeds of said sale, and the balance paid into the treasury of the United tates. Seo. 2. That the secretary of war is authorized and shall purchase suitable rounds of not less than 320 nor more han 640 acres in extent, to be situate within a distance of ten miles of the limits of said city of Omaha, in the state of Nebraska, and construct thereon tho necessary buildings with appurtenances sufficient for a ten-company military post, to be known as Fort Omaha, in accordance with estimates to be pre- pared by the war department; and a nlAI“u(.n{sum of money, not exceeding 200,000, is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not other- wise nrpl‘o]ll'inwd. to enable tho secre- tary of war to e mlnly with the provis- ions of this aet: Provided, That the title to the lands authorized to be pur- chased under the sccond section of this act shall be approved by the attorney general. Sec. 3. That section 1 of this act shall be of effect when the jarcnhuae of .a new site provided for i sectiou & shull have been effected. A