Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 14, 1888, Page 4

& j‘ ‘ to the Northwestern, ¢THE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING: —— TERMS OF SUBRCRIPTTON, Parly (Morning BER, One Year or 8ix Months. . Threo Monihy B OMANA SUNDAY dress, One Year,..... . . 200 HAOFFICENOS. 416 AN 410 TARN AN SThEET. EW YORK OFFICE, BN UTLDING WASHINGTON N 'OURTEENTI BT . CORRESPONDENCE, All communications relating to news and edi- rial matter should be addressd to the LDITOR OF THE BEr., BUSINESS LETTERS, B‘m business Jotters and remitiances should be i k¥, matied to any dressed to TiE BEE PURLISHING COMPANY, MARA. Dratts, checks and postofiice orders to Pe made paya e Bog Pablishing Company, Propictos, L ROSEWATER, Ldito to the order of the company, THE DAILY BE Sworn Statement of Circulation, Btateof Nebraska, 1, o QCounty of Douglas, | &7 Geo. B, Tzschuck, secrotary of The Bee Pube Uishing company, does soleinilly swear that the netual circulation of Tue DALY Bek for the week ending August 1L, 1858, was as follows. 1012 Wedn (K008 %‘urldu 10,027 jday, Augnst 10, ... . Baturday, August1l ... Average.... Vi GEO.TL TZSCHUCK Bworn to before me and subscribed in uy Provence this Lth day of August, A, 1), I N. P, I'ELL, Notary Public, Etate of Nebrask County of | George 13, ] oses and £ays that he is secretary of Tl bublishiug company, that the uctual av daily circulation of THE DALY BER f month_of August, 14,15 September, 18 ctober, 157, 2887, 15,22 coples \ 1es 15,206 copich " for March, 1K, Yor M 33 oy 1 iworn to before me and subscrik Dresence this Ist day of Aug i e Tue letter H plays a big part in In- diana. Harrison and Hovey hold the Hoosiers this fall, phooting scnsation, BoULANGER is willing to make him- gelf the center of popular attention, by becoming a target for bullets—so long 08 they do not hit him. SINCE Mr. Thurman has gone back to drinking “Old Tom,” there will be no more necessity for sending daily bulle- tins to the White House of the state of his pulse. UNTIL Cleveland and Harrison beat the record, the candidate who had held * #%5ack his letter of accoptanco the long- est time was Blaine. It was forty-three days after his nomination in 1854 when his letter was given to the public. THEquartermaster of the Department of the Platte has posted notices calling for bids for the sale of a site for the new ¥ort Omaha, within a radius of ten miles of this city, Uncle Sam is start- ing in carly to buy 640 acres and plat and improve an “‘addition” of his own, IT18 not improbable that if there were no tax on whisky the traflic would be larger than it is, but even with the tax it goes on growing. Government Btatistics show that the receipts from the internal revenue are steadily in- @reasing, and that the increase for the last fiscal year was mostly from the items of spirits and fermented liguors, THE reason given by the railroads for withdrawing the limited express trains between Chicago and the Missouri kiver was not on the score of economy, but a threatened rate war wasat the bottom of it. The “limited” were mak- ang money and cutting heavily into the passenger traffic of the other roads, which threatened to cut rates unless the fast trains were taken off. This new order affects Kansas City much more than Omaha, and as the former ety vigorously protests, the agreement may be abolished after all, THE table of bank clearings for the week ending August 11 tells an inter- esting story. As compared with Cleve- land, a city of two hundred and fifty thousand inhabitauts, Omaha leads by over a half million dollars, and over- tops Minncapolis, the great railroad and manufacturing metropolis of the north- west. Omaha is also far ahead in the rate per cent of increase in the amount pf clearings over the leading money centers of the country. For a mid- jummer week the city is showing up in e form. MINNEAPOLIS for some months past been investigating the best means r disposing of that city’s garbage. After an examination into the methods used at Chicago, Milwaukee, Pittsburg, Montreal and other cities, the crematory of Des Moines, Ia., secemed best suited or the city’s needs and was adopted. éhe furnace will be thirty-five feet ng, ten feet high and ten feet wide, ilt at a moderate cost. The garbage estion is one thatisvital to the health d cleanliness of Omaha as well, and council would be wise to follow Minneapolis’ example at once. —— THE annual statement of the Chicago Northwestern just published for the year ending May 81, 1888, shows - B decrease in its net earnings as com- with last year, although the vol- e of business in every department as greater. This is a peculiarity of @ railroad traffic for 1888 not confined C The reports of . peventy-five roads from January 1 to ' the end of May show an increase in " gheir gross earnings but a falling off in . their net earnings. But it does not ~ gignify necessarily that rpilroads ave ~ Josing money. The period last year with _ wrhich comparisons are made was a time ©f unusual prosperity and large oprofits, @'he buoyancy in the railroad world led to sive railroad building, the offects which the roads are feeling now, as not only created new debts but in- _oreased tho operating expevses. In the ; of the Northwestern, the construc- pew lines and additional train ‘cost that road overa million and dollars above its operating ex- 1or the year previous. : Blaine as a Target. Onee more the gunsof the democratic organs are fully trained on Mr. Blaine. Until the Chicagoconvention nominated a candidate theso papers and their al- lies found it a pleasing labor to continu- ally assert that Blaine was practicing duplicity in declaring that under no circumstances would he become the can- didate of his party. When the sincerity of his declaration was fully established the organs general were forced to be cilent regarding him, though some of the more malignant kept up a desultory fusilade against the Maine statesman. His return has enabled all of them to reopen their ba s, in most cases charged with a very weak sort of ridicule, implying that thoy do not re- gard the matter as one at all serious to the prospects of their part) It is the best evidence they could give of their trepidation. Mr. Blaine is pretty certain to be the principal target for the democratic edi- tors and stumpers during the campaign. That he will supply them enough to think about, and that of a nature not altogether amusing to them, it is en- tively safe to pred 1t is to be hoped they will have the manlinessand the fairness to discuss the facts and argu- ments he shall present, and not attempt to combat them with personalities, toward which a tendency is now being shown. M. Blaine 1s a private citizen, and =0 far as any man knows is not an aspirant for any office. In discussing before his countrymen principles and policies which have relation to the gen- eral welfare he should have absolute freedom from personal abu that the democ s may not re- gard this obvious to a citi who is not a candidate warrant call attention to the assurance of Mr. Brice, chairman of the democratic national campaign committee, that this to be a Heampaign of intellect” and not of per- sonalitics, If the democratic editors and speakers will permit the canvass to be conducted on that line, so far as Mr, Blaine is concerned, it is pro! will find themselves conside proved mtellectually when paign is ended. The signs the The “American” Party, There will assemble in Washington city to-day a convention representing what is called the American party, an unorganized political movement which has for its chief purpose the promotion of a policy to restrict immigration and to subject alicns to alonger residence than is now required for obtaining citi- zenship, The promise s that this con- vention will be quite largely attended, though its mewmbership will be made up chiefly from less than a dozen states, It is called to nominate candidates for the presidency, and no doubt it will find men willing to be thus prominently identified with the movement, not- withstanding its essentially un-Amer- ican character. Among those who have been talked of as the head of the ticket, are Mayor Hewitt, of New York, e Mayor Low, of Brooklyn, Senator Blair, of New Hampshire, Wade Hampton, Governor Rusk, of Wisconsin, and Gen- eral Negley, of Pennsylvania, the latter being the most favorably regarded. It will thus he n that the members of the new party are not at ali particular about the past or present political at- tachments of men, and are ready to go into either political camp for a standard bearer. Mr, Hewitt could very likely have the presidential nomination of this so-called Amevrican party, but he has very explicitly and decisively said that he doesn’t want it. It is hardly probable that any of those whom the convention will most desire as candidates would ave to imperil whatever political in- fluence they have by accepting the leadership of this party. Ttisnot to be apprehended that this movement will immediately amount to anything, if it ever shall. There is certainly no present demand for it. Granted that the country is getting too many of a class of immigrants which are not desirable, there is surely no need of a new party to remedy the evil. A committee of congress is in- vestigating the matter, and thus far the trouble 1s shown to be that the laws are not enforced, not that they ave inadequate, The thousands of laborers imported under contract during the past year or two could not have come into the country if the laws for the exclusion of such people had been faith- fully and rigidly enforced, and when- ever there shall be a congress to pro- vide all the nccessary machinery for their enforcement, and an administra~ tion willing to execute the laws, there will be no further sonable cause of complaint regarding immigration, e are principles ayowed by this an party as to which all citi- zens agree, and which have] b peatedly declared by the great political parties. But the vital objection to this embryo organization is that its cardinal purpose is to make nativity the test and requisite of #11 political preferment, and if possible put into effect the know- nothing policy which more than thirty years ago was overwhelmingly con- demned by the people, though then championed by some men who had won honorable fame as statesmen and polit- ical leaders. It isa wholly unnecessary and unjustifiable movement, and the fore doomed to be abortive. Altogether too Frivolous, The protest entered by THE BEE against the closing of the public schools during fair week has evoked excuses from certain quarters which are alto- gether too frivolous, On the one hand, we are told bya a contemporary that champions the ill- advised action of the board that the schools were ordered closea for that week because the superintendent thought that half the children enrolled would refuse to attend school on account of the fair, and the board thought that “Young America knows his rights, and will have them, by fair means or foul,” This is & novel idea. Suppose a circus was billed for one week in Omaha, and Young America insisted that it was his right to roam about the city tosee the elephant parade the streets every day. Would any ra- tional person consider it proper to close the schools because to keep them open would spoil Young America’s fun. And what right has the superintend- ent to assume that hall the children would refuse to attend school during fair week? Why should he care whether they all did or did not attend? Tt is no- torious thut the first week of the term is largely frittered away on organizing. s closing the schools the first week, cond week will be devoted to or- ganization, and that means that more than half of September will roll round before the public schools will be ace tively engaged in educational work. On the other hand a teacher who does not sign her or his name, takes excep- tion to Tni BEE'S protest, and enters the following ple To any teacher or, in fact, any person fully acquainted with school work, the proposed holiday wust scem not a blunder but a wise plan. You say, “Had the board simply or- dered the schools closed for one or two haif days and di od the teachers to escort their pupils to the fair, no serious objection would have been raised.” That would be expecting a great deal of the teachers. take forty or fifty * i the fair, be responsible for their safet) keep them together, would be an undertak- ing few would be willing or equal to assume, "urthermore, this is not a teacher's duty, and so not to be thought of for a mowment. Supposing Monday was given as a holiday to the schools, in order to allow children to at- tend the fair—children, as a rule, are not permitted to attend such places without their parents—and are all parents d g0 to the fair grounds on Monday they lay aside all duties to attend on Mon- day because the children have a holid; on that day! They will not. They think at this time one day more or less makes no arecat difference. This, if anything, is more frivolous than the plea that Young Ameriea will have his vights! Is it beneath the dig- nity of the teachers of Omaha to attend the children at the fair, and look after their personal safety? 1t may not be a part of their duty, as set down in the rules, but our conception of teachers is that they are the guardians and pre- ceptors of the boys and girls who are under their care. For this, as much as any other duty, they draw their pa If it is a pleasure to them to have a cation away from the cares of school, it should also be a pleasure to them to accompany the children to an exposition and to impart to them lessons that can be drawn from wing the various products, machinery and articles on exhibition. This has been done time and again, both by teachers of public schools, seminaries, colleges and boarding hools. As to the parents’ inability to conform to two half holidays, which THE BEE suggested to be set apart, we only need point to the fact that parents do find time on a particular day or evening to attend the circus or minstrel show with their youngsters, As to the teachers themselves, and their pleasure doubtless was as much in the minds of the board as was that of unruly Young America, we believe that two half-holidays within a weck after a two months’ vacation ought to be ample. ‘We still insist that the board, in the interest of the public schools and its patrons, should revoke the orvder for closing the schools between the 8d and 10th of September. It is not calculated to promote the welfare of the school children, but on the contrary will tend to increase the risk of fatal and serious accidents to them while running at large. —— The Heating Franchise. The ordinance granting a franchise to the company that proposes to supply Omaha with heat for store hou: and private residences by the process of heated water, will come up for final passage at the next meeting. While Omaha should encourage every project designed to reduce the cost of heating and lighting, it is questionable whether such franchises should be granted pro- miscuously and without royalty or bonus to the city, The time is near at hand when a franchise in Omaha for any such purpose will be worth hundreds of thousands of doliars. Inany event, the ordinance now pending should be ecarefully ov hauled, and no loop-holes left that will enable the incorporators to speculate on the franchise without doing any work themselves. They should be re- quired to establish a plant with full capaeity to mect the present demands of the city and lay at least two or three miles of pipe, connected with the power- house, within the next twelve mouths. The mere laying of a mile of pipe, dis- connceted and in out-of-the-way places, isa mere show, and would be worse than Dr. Mercer’s “'rust streaks.” THE resident taxpayers have been assured by the organ of the non-resident yndicate tax-shirkers that they are enjoying an economic, cheap and efil- cient municipal government. South Omaha has been incorporated just sev- entecn months and she is already be- hind thirty-five thousand dollars. In other words, the city is run- ning two thousand dollars behind every month, For this deficeiney they have not a thing to show, If the pro- perty of the town is mortgaged for thirty-five thousand dollars now, and the same ratio is kept up the debt will soon eat up the property. Of course, by the time the debt is due, the syndicate will have all its lots sold off and the resident property holders will find themselves in a hole. This is the plain English of the whole matter, Staving off the debt for a few years is only putting off the day of reckoning. —_— Tug Johustown, Nebraska, fellow citizens of John P. Anderson, whose imprisonment in a well for seven days, was a sensation of universal interest, are endeavoring to raise a fund to be used in rewarding the courage and for- titude of Anderson and the fidelity and labor of the men who rescued him. Itis said that Anderson’s hard exper- ience somewhat impairea his physical condition, and that he may never again be the vigorous man he was be- fore the accident, There is a mortgage on his farm which his neighbors and friends desire to pay off and to give him a small fund besides, THE BEE is asked to assist in doing this, There can be nmothing but commenda- tion for the philanthropic inj terest which the friends of Mr. Ander- son manifest, but THE BEE cannot re- gard his case as one that makes such & § special appeal to=the generosity of strangers as would warrant this paper in calling upon them for subscriptions to the proposed funds Alnderson showed admirable qunlminjn Wis very unfortu- nate experitnce—churhge, self-poss sion, and good judg#hent. Rqually his rescuers are vnl.nle:ltat-rm\il for most faithful and persistaht effort. But hero- ism of this sort, if Hergism it cun prop- erly be s nok of ko exceptional a character as to givelhe parties aspecial elaim to general philanthropic consider- ation. We shall be very glad if the friends of Mr. Andepson succeed in rais« ing the fund they Wish to obtain, and we trust there are a great many people who will be induced by this reference to the project to assist in making it a success, But T Beg does not feel that it can properly identify itself with the matter in the way it has been asked to do. Tre labor question ought to be thor- oughly sifted by the time the national bureau of labor is ready with a full re- port. Congress has enlarged its scope, giving Colonel Wright, who is at the head of the department, power to in- quire into the social,economic and moral conditions of working women in leading cities, and to ascertain the condi- tion of ilway employes. Aside from this burean, the national govern- ment has instituted special inquiries. Such are the Ford immigration commit- tee, now investigatiug the movement of pauper labor into America, and the re- ports of our consuls in foreign countries as to the condition of labor abroad. Twenty-one states, morecover, bureaus of labor statistics which co-op- erate with the national burean. IProm all these sources Colonel Wright can draw information and make such dedue- tions as the testimony in his hands may warrant, have Flannel-Shirted Senators, New York World, Flannel shirts have become popular among the members of the United States senate. Senator Platt started the fashion by appear- ing ina blucand white fine striped shirt some time ago. Senators Beck and Black- burn at once abolishied boiled shirts and the festive flannel was adopted in their place. But the astonishment of the senate was un- bounded when Mr. Edmunds walked imto the chamber Monday wearing a shirt of white flannel. Senator Edmunds, the dignificd, conservative iceberg from Vermont, had never before appeared among his colleagues in so frecand easy a costume. Perhaps blazers and tenuis shoes may yet find ac ceptaice among our nation's law-makers. —~~— and Grant. " Sun. Sheridan’s personal attachment to General Grant was always warm and devoted, and the points of his public performance of duty since the war which have been most cised were those in which, as in Louisi- ana and Texas, he was attempting to en- force what he believed to be the policy of his cuief. Political lifo he was sincerely averse to, and limited his activity as far as possible to the strict performance of military duty. His devotion to the, couutry was un- questioned and unquestionable. His patriot- ism was pure and sincere, His great ser- vices and the romantio brilliancy of his career forbid that his fame should be for- gotten, and it is likely to grow ounly more solid and glorfous with time, Sherida N The Fisheries Treaty. Boston Advertiser, The simple question before the senate is whether the Chamberlain treaty contains an honorable and a reasonable ain between the two countries, If it does, it should cer- tamly be ratitied; if it does not, it is not for the senators of the United States to be swayed by any impulse of fes That the treaty contains a one-sided bargain is not merely the belief of the republican senators, but we are justified in concluding, from his speech upon it, that Senator Morgan of Ala- bama, who is the foremost man of his party in the senate, would vote to reject it if he were not acting under a political stress. If the terms of the treaty are not what this count an reasonably demand th is no room for two opinions upon it. We are not 50 weak nor Canada so strong that we are to play the part of a little Bulgaria to her Russia, ‘What Cleveland Said. Washington Critic, The white house is so awful hot, 1I'm driven to retreat; But, Daniel, there is no relief In this my country heat, Oh, Daniel, bring my palm-leat fan And damn the weaiher, dear; But do it in a whisper, Dan, So Mrs. C. won't hear, ——— STATE AND TERRITORY, Nebraska Jottings. Dunning is shipping hundreds of prairie chickens to the castern markets, The Presbyterian church at York will be dedicated the first Sunday in September, An epidemic of croguet has broken out in Norden, following in the wake of the recent hail storm. A good jeweler and_watch malker is badly needed at Sidney. Thero is but one in the town, and he cannot attend to all the busi- ness. Harris visited cyclone. The fi; edge of the town was demolished and scat- tered all over the prairie, but the wrestle was too much for the energy of the storm, and it collapsed without dong any further damage. Dr, Micham, of Norden, is said to be so mad that his once raven locks have turned a firey red, all on account of the loss of a barrel of pickled pork by a thief. The medical man is on the trail of the hog rustler and ex- pocts to camp on it until jhe overhuuls the outfit, When that occurs the coroner will have a job. It takes a mighty mean man to steal from a man who has just bad all his crops destroyed by hail. The mayor of Aurora is having considera- ble trouble with the councilnen. He called a meeting the other night to transact im- portant business, but two of the city fathers ot on their ear and leftthafmeeting without aquorum, Then the ayor tried to make them attend by swearjng out warrants, but that was in excess of his anthority. He will now call a mass meetin, ofi citizens and ap- ply for permissiou to »ui thé ciuy alone, ! Wi Towa agricultural reports éstimate the corn crop this year at 272,555,000 bushels, The Davenport glucose works started up again Monday after three weeks of idleness. The artesian well at West Liberty tiows twenty-five gallons per minute, but it is not strong enough, and the coutractors will go still deeper, i The governor has received from the war department notice that his requisition would be honored for a long list of munitions of war for the lown national guard, including 200 Springfield rifles of 1884, 50,000 cartridges and 20,000 blank cartridges. The police force of Sioux City have pur- chased horses ana saddles acd will take a whirl out through the suburgs of that city oceasionally. Their idea in Mounting them- gelves in this manner is to cover more terri- tory and they buy the outfit themselyes. Mr, D. F. Coyle, of Humboldt, has been awarded the fine Bb cornet offered as a prize byJd. W. Pe\bser. of Philadelphis, 5 the per son who could writs {i Lrticle on **How the 1o Tegu pands, article to be published L in his ‘paper and voted upon by the sub- scrivers, Wyoming. The first frost of the season was visible at Laramie on the morniug of the 7th, A company with a capital of £15,000 has been_incorporated to erect u roller mill at Lander, Tramps are scarce around Cheyenne, and 1t is hoped that this state of affairs will con- tinue for a long time, John Gehm, the desperado who made his escape from the jail at Choyenne and was r captured, was last week transferred to Ju to serve his term, Colonel I. W. French, who was an old pios neer of Cheyenne and at one time conducted alarge mercantile business there, died re- cently at Appleton, Wis., of heart discase, In Laram'e county the personal property al cstate is asscssed now at 80,453, Last year the territorial board re- ned #1,100 or £11,000,000 as the county's apportionment of the taxes of the railroads and telegraph lines, so that this amount added to the taxable property i the county will bring the amount up to over 10,000,000, Samuel Sparhawk, sixty-one years of age, and father of Sheriff Sparhawk, of Fremont county, and of Frank Sparbawk, of Fort Fette . shot himself with suicidal intent one day last week in a chairr at his home in Lander. He is still alive, but owing 1o his advanced years it is feared the wound will prove mortal. No cause 15 known for the act, 'here has been some exceedingly bad her around Buffalo, in Johnson county, of late, and it scoms more like fall weather there now than it does like midsummer. 'hey have had not only rain storms by the i but have also had hail storms and snow has even fallen there within the past fow days. The streams are full of water and they have but little use for irrigation ditches this summer, Two prisoners in the jailat Evanston made a desperate and successful attempt to escapo recently, When the deputy sherit entercd the jail with supper, two of the prisoners made a leap at hiw, forced him down, gagged him, took away his arms, watch and about 800 in money, * Then they left f known. As soon as the facts b A POSSC Was O tuted. for their ot ne known anized and a pursuit insti- of 875 each hus been offered apt An Estimate of Sheridan, ew York Sun. Sheridan was at the time he com- manded the cavalry corps of the army of the Potomac in his thirty-third year. e weighed about 120 pounds, but was as hardy and wiry asa wild Indian. Al- ways neatly, Dbut never foppishly dressed, indeed, scarcely ever dressed in the regulation uniform of his rank, he was as natty and attractive a figure as could be found in the whole army. With a clear and flashing eye,a bronzed and open countenance, an elert and ae- tive carringe, he appeared at all times and under ull conditions, a bright and cheerful figure, ready for any undertak- ing which might fall to his lot. He was not one of those pedantic grumbling fel- lows who always knew more than the commanding officer and never approved the plan they were expected to carry out. Te was the prince of subordinate commanders, and by his unfailing alac- rity won his way straight to the confi- dence of those in authority over him. It cannot be claimed that he was thenor that he ever became a great theoreti- cal student of the military art in its higher branches, or that he knew much of grand tactics or strategy, or of militarv precept and history. If the truth must be confessed, he was never much of a lover of books, nor yet was he altogether neglectful of them, There were a few with which he was familiar, and Shakespeare stood at the head of the list, But as a practical sol- dier it may well be doubted if there was evera better one inany avmy, He had a natural instinet for topography, and readily—almost _instantancously—mas- tered every detail of the theater of war in which he was operating, He wasa rapid gatherer of news, and never de- pended upon army headquarters to tell him what the enemy was doing. He made acquaintances with the people wherever he went, and readily found a way to learn from them whatever was worth knowing., He kept his scouts constuntly on watch of the enemy’s camps and columns, and never at any time in his career was taken unawares by their movements. Other men were sirprised, but he never was, and fre- quently when commanding a division it was his lot to warn those above him to be on the lookout for trouble. He was far from being nervous or an alarmist, but he had an instinet for danger which never failed to warn him when it was near. He was an excellent provider, a most skilful forager, and atall times ex- ceedingly watchful of the wants and re- quirements of his men. Whether com- manding infantry or cavalry, he gener- ally managed to get for them the best as well as an abundance of whatever there wasto be had. Liking a good dinner, but in those days by no means a heavy eater, his mess was always amply provided, amd frequently when others were hungering he was revelling in_all that a sold s appetite could desire; fand this was due to prudent foresight and care, and not in the least, as w frequently the case with others, to greed or chicanery. Upon one occasion, after the battles about Chattanooga, he exchanged honey and quails and home-made bread with o less fortunate friend for canned oysters and crackers, and thought him- self the gainer by the exchange. No man in_the army understood better than he how to supply his troops or how to make them comfortable in eamp or on the march. No man knew better than he how to move them from place to place, or was wore familiar with the tactics of battle. Withal firm, though reas who never ex or impossible performances. he was like other men in many w Although generally cheerful, and companionable, he was at times somewhat irrite and irascible, and when these moods came upon him the laggard who fell in his way had a rough time of it. AN The Deplorable Condition of Several Families in Keya Paha County. Lixcovy, Neb., August 11.—To the Editor of Tug Beg: In your paperof Friday you call attention to the suffering condition of some sixty families in Keya Paha county and 1n a portion of Cherry county, and suggost that the governor designate the chaunei through which contributions might be made for thewr relief, T have received a communication from T. R. Evans, chairman of a relief committee, and D, T. Gerdes, secretary, of Nordan, Keya Paha county, appealing for relicf. The con- dition of these familics is deplorable. The hail storm destroyed every vestige of their crops. They appeal to me to furnish aid from the state, but that, of course, is not in my power to render, but in their behalf T ap- peal to the charitable public to make contributions as they feel able to give. The call is urgent, and 1 hope it will be liberally responded to. As Tur BEE was so successful in securing aid for the school teachers ibly by the blizzard last suggest that Tne Bk be coutributions e APPEAL TO CHARITY, a large amount of who suffered so te winter, | respeotful! 5 the channel through which may be forwarded forthe r Suflering fami L 3 amilie 5 living in that portion of the state might contribute directly to the officevs of releif comnmittee above named. Very truly yours, Joun M. THAYER. A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE. Neither Republican nor Democratic, Prohibition nor Mugwump, PLATFORM ON WHICH HE STANDS How He Will Deal With Immigration, the Tariff, Corporations, Saloons, Pinkertons, Federal Patrons age, Foreign Powers, eto. A New Platform, . There is an honest, industrions man in Omaha who has evolved an idea. He has succeed in corraling it, and asks BEE to put it before the world, ybe it will grow and grow until all political parties will succumb, and our prophet’s name be emblazoned on the finger-board of fame, Here it is: OMAIA, Neb,, August 10.—To the Editor of Tie BEE: As neither one of the parties now before tho people is offering any relief, but merely fighting over the spoils, I therefore offer mysolf as an independent democratic candi- date for the presidency on the following platform: 1. Absolute prohibition of any mor omigration to this country at the pres- ent, or at least rigid restriction of the and the gradual removal of the Chinese, The relief df the m. cessive ta ion by the removal of all internal revenues, except those on liquors, and the reduction of the tanft on all articles of n¢ and daily consumption by the people, to the low- est possible point consistent with the wants of the government, and, if necessary, of raising the duty on lux- especially liquors in all forms, provided, however, the tanifi shall be no lower with any other uation than they may charge for importations from the United States 8, All corporntions dof ness under a charter from co and shall be, wholly subject troll of congress, and’ that congress should pass laws governing railroads, and establish passenger and fre rates at a_fixed rate per mile, which rate should be just and equitable to both the roads ‘and the people, and should be the same for a long or short haul and should bo the sume on every mile of railroad in the United States, 4. All alien land or cattle syndi- eates doing business in the United States should pay a government tax of 10 per cent per annum on all such hold- ing All saloons or othe tailing liquors in the Uni should pay vernment t per annu 6. No more Pinkertons or other alien cut-throat and crimi charact should be permitted to practice tem of gendarmes and surveilance over the people, which is wholly foreign, un- 1 1 and repugnant to our law- biding citizens and American institu- tions. 7. Free trade, states rights, and the spoils system are, and would be, damnable cur: 8. An equal distribution of patronage among all reliable parties us near us possible, realizing that a man who is too much prejudiced to take in all re- spectable parties on equal terms is not fit for president. 9. All territories should mitted as statesas soon as they n the requisite amount of population and frame a constitution compativle with that of the United States, provided such constitution may not have been framed by fanatics, such as Mormo should congi fail to admit them through any political trickery, then the president should admit them by procla- mation 010. The building and maintenance of a sufficient navy to protect our citizens, both native and adopted, in their just rights in all parts of the world, and they should be so protected with all the force of the government when neces- es from ex- o the con- of #1,500 be A strong and vigorous American policy to overcome the weak and semi- English policy of the present impotent administration, which has done abso- lutely nothing but veto the acts of con- gress and turn out government em- ployes, and has proven itself incompe- tent to handle so small a matter as the heries question, and is unworthy the onfidence of the people, and has suf- fered our citizens to be murdered, imprisoned and maltreated, and our vessels captured, harassed and plun- dered without one word of protest from ‘the government. 121t is the duty of the pre: dent to doallin his power to allay all sectional anime yand cre: feel- ing of national brotherhood as much as possible, instead of which the present incumbent further alienated the people and widened the breach by his uncalled for wa on the government employes for political purposes, and after having said one term was enough for one maun, and having professcd great civil s o reform principles, he has lent the whole fo of the govern- ment to the accomplishment of his v election, to the great detriment of the peoples’ interests! 13, The Sandwich TIslands being the great American key to the Pacific ocean, the East Indies, China, ete., they should bhe annexed to the United States and made a stronghold and coal- ing station for our Pacific marine. 14, As the Canadas we ac- quired principally by the shedding of ican blood, and the so-called h North American Territory, cut- ting our possessions in two almost in the cewter, and the same is held by foreign bullying and arcogant, but weuk and_rapidly decaying monax therefore England should be compel to settle all disputes concerning the same in a satisfactory and prompt man- ner, or the so-called British Territor should be annexed to the United Stat : and to hold the same, peac at the pomtof the Suropean natious should be compelled to keep their hands off ter American republic; that the of nonintervention, so far as oua sister republics are concerned in maintaining their just rights against the greed of European nations, is weak. cowardly, and unworthy our standing a nation. 16, Asthe cabinet has become such a large part of the administration branch of the government, it is nothing but right that the people, when voting for president, should know something of who is to compose the cabinet; there- fore, if elected president, I propose to appoint _the following tle- men to the positions herein named, pro- videda they should see fit to accept the same: For secretary of state, John G. Car- lisle, of Kentucky; secrctary of the sury, Samuel S, Cox, of New Yor tary of war, John B. Gord secretary of the navy, United s Senator Hiscock, of New York; secretary of the interior, M. M. Estee, 0 Wifornia; attorney-general, W, B, Allison, of Towa; tmaster-general, ex-Senator Maxie, Texas; commissioner of lubor, T. V., Poyderly, of Pennsylva- nia. M. W. DONAKEY, 705§ North Seventeenth street. SOME ONE HAS BLUNDERED, — A Few Very Interosting Facts fot Omaha Taxpayers “Say,” said & woll posted taxpayor of Omaha, as he met & Bes man on the stroet, “Iwant to give you some points in regard to the blundering on the part of ow school board, “I happen to know porsonally that thore has been a great deal of blundering and favoritism, if nothing worse, {n the manncr in which the school board has boen running its affairs, and I think tho taxpayers of this :;ly \{‘uuu be glad to see its exposition in e “In tho first placs, when the board adopted and accepted plans for the Mason street school and awarded the contracts for build« ing it, neither the architect nor & member of that body knew tho oxact size, shape or grade of the lot upon which it was to be erected. In consequence, when the timg came to excavate for the building, s then planned, it would not go on thoe lot, An addi- tional contract was then let to cover tha changes wake necessary by this pioce of ig- norance, to the amount of §2,000, This must be counted as an extra, and this too, ofore the erection of the bullding had been commenced, Pretty early for extras, ehi fact, this building, which was to oost ¢ $45,000, can wot possibly be coms 40,000, readily be saen, all this troubla might have been averted had the school board and the architect used ordinary busis ness forethought. “The plans adopted for the Walnuy Hill school ran from $3,000 to #,000 over the first estimates, and the board was compelled to cut them’ down. This leaves the building without any exterior ornamentation whate ever 1 ook more like o barracks oy u warehouse than a school building, 1t also deprives the children of their play rooms, which it was necessary to leave ont, and which seem to me to be a very necessary adjunct to w school house in the winter,” “They have been tearing down the Laka street school,” he continued, *'to mako roont for u buildinis that will more fitly meet tho requivements of that district.” °This build- ing s creoted but three years ago, and through the influence of ho d_memoer from that _district at at time, was rushed up for the benefit of g v friends, without due regard to future requivements of the dise and anew building put up, w unparalicled picce of stupidity and extravagance which axpayors have oocas sion to feel sore about, as they are the ones wii y the fiddler,” delay in the Oun; contracts for the er which is of only ei most unbusfness lika View school house, Tha tion of this building, it rooms, wore awarded ul the school has not yot pted. There is no aps 1ono of the contracts lave been given every n ordinary enterprise could demand, 1t seems due only to procrase tination and essness on the part of the ot and the sehool board. The on of the Webster street school has also been delayed some five months, There secms to be some excuse for this, hows as one of the contractors on this builde James Griftith, died last fall, which used the delay. : “Now, nice pill for the taxpayers swallow, as I suppose they must, and that kioss, and almost criminal’ extrava- which the temporary school s in the outskirts of the town have beon Lknow what I am talking about y that there has been a leak of about £00 on each of these two-room frame schools. The board awarded the contracty ¢ accident, you know,” and here Mr. Tax- payer gave a mysterious wink, “to the brother-in-law of a” certain member of tho building committee of the school board, at 1,400 for each building, A well-known cons tractor told me, aftera_carcful estimate of the plans for the buildings, that he would have taken the job and made money at $000 for each two-room schiool “I haxe a lot more interesting items," con« cluded this gentleman, “in ard’ to tho peculiar business methods of = the school some other will r's busily think- ou more.” d o the reporter's in- you all the names you want, and will verify overything 1 over my siguature, if ne ry parentexcuse for th ors have died, and they opportunity that e ing until I can tell THE THIRD WARD MUDDLI The Primary Law B Investigated by Attorneys. The gentleman named Crawford, who dis- tinguished himself as one of the primary judges in the Third, is supposed to be still in . At least, he was last night and, it was claimed, proposed to remain, His identity as Gallagher, the tally-sheet forger of Chicago, has not been entirely established, some well posted people still holding that the man who figured as mentioned is not the Gal- lagher of state prison memory. General Webster and some of his friends, however, propose to pay him some attention, They are inquiring into the_constitutionality of the primary law, which it s claimed Gal- lagher violated. If the same should be found reliable, Gallagher will be arrested, and prosecuted. The is one dificutly, how- ever, and that 1s that before the conviction, before even the arrest, Gallagher may seq@ fit to leave this city and stute behind him, Connell Wouldn't Give Up. W. J. Conneli said to a Bre reporter that he had no connection in any manner with the alleged ballot box stufling in the Third ward knew nothing about the al gher, if what said of him was true he ought to be punished, Ho (Mn Connell) would not be a party tosucha scheme, and more than that, he had not ine cluded the Third ward in any of his caloulas tions for the nomination, because he knew in advance thut he could not secure it. . Some of the workers in that ward had come to hun early in the morning and said that Websten tud put @ great deal of money into the cons test and it would be necessary if he (Con- nell) wished to carry the ward” to put some money in it also.” Mr. Conucll says that, while he was willing to contribute to the I expenses of 4 canvass he did no 00d up in a e nd bé callod He accordingly refused the request and the balloting went on without s part. ohibitionists, he prohibition state committee has issued a loud-sounding manifesto to all friends of the cause in connection with the assembling of the state convention in this city on the 15th inst. The gathering will take place in the Grand opera house and it is claimed will speaker of Calif nong the orators. Lvery 2 its tlags and rs and uniforms, and como prepired to remain two days, 1t is cl 1 tuat thirty unties have already or iized, and that ibition votes will be polled in First Ward Democrats. The Democratic club of the First ward have elected Charles Conoyor president, vice William Spaulding, resigned. It proposes to establish a flabeau club and hold a wass ing in Motz hall on next Thursday night. IN EVERY:JM‘;RiE. No RETURN oF PaIp, AT DRurjaIsTS'AND DEALERS', ThE Cias-A- 0GELERCO-BATOMpe VI‘HI PIIJ(I_SKILL il LITARY ACADEMY -~ Y. Send for chtas onHudson N logue. . M. TILDEN, M.D. M.A,, Principal,