Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 10, 1889, Page 4

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: (THURSDAY, 189, JANUARY 10, DAIL BEE., D EVERY MORNING. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Dally Morning Bdition) including SUNDAY THE PUBLISH In placing a notorious and railrond committee Speaker has committed an unpardos #1000 A CRIMINAL BLUNDER. disrepu- table railrond capper at the head of the Watson ble blu Am One Yoo 2% | der. He has not only stultified himselt For Three Months NS % | by publishing to the world that the THE OMAHA BUNDAY Bk, mailed to any railrond influence is potential with O T VS FART AR BT him, {uu] will' dominate the railrond r'i l(m».r.nr Ihrn_i!n'u- committee of the house through- 3 RoOMS 14 AND 15 Tiint o 1\ i - o BUiD1 WASHINGTON Ovrios, No, ol [ OUt this session, but he has FOURTRENTH STREET, serfously jeopardized republican su- premacy in this state in the ne: CORRESPONDENCE Atfcommunications relating to newsand edi- Sorial matter should be addrsssed to the EDIToR OF THE kK NUSINESS LETTERS, Al business |etters and remittances shonld e nddressed 10 TiE IEE PUBLISHING COMPANY, OMATIA. Drafts, checks and postofice orders to be made payable to the order of the company. cent rapublicans will vesent t of a rotten old reprobate like ( whose pe ar future The republican party will justly be held responsible for bad government and de- e he cho! Yimstead, wd in connection with the in- vestigation of school land swindles was a i ishing Com iptorg | disgrace to the par and who oo Bie PULSHAE Compiny PROJRGs | bervco to” the oty - whow E. ROSEWATER, Editor. been infamous—if we can belicve — the rocurds of the divorce courts. o Mr. Watson has rendered no service ®worn Statement of Circulation, Btateof Nebraska, 1o o County of Nongias, { % George I, Tzachuck, secretary of The fee Pub- lishing Com solemnly swear that the tori y pliant tool as chairm railroad committ On the he has emphasized the fact to the railroads by placing sach a n an of th contrary, that the actmf ol of e DAL BRE 10 119 | 1uilvond managors of Nebraskn are Sunday, Dec. ) 0.2 | not content with f and reputa- Jonday, Dec, 81 IO [ ble men, but persist in throst. eatsudiy Soi | ing upon the st sorvile tools 408 | and loud mouthed lackeys in every 033 | responsible position. Mr. Watson can- Avisige i a6 | not plead that this blunder, to call it GEORGE I TZSCHUCK. by a very mild name, was the result of reney e e e, A Dl | 1gnorance as to the character or rather Seal ¥ N.P. FEIL, Notary Public. | the utter want of character in this man Btate of Nebras a, Lo, County of Douglas, Lag. Olmstead, but he has made k, Deing duly sworn, de. George I3, Tzschut i 2 face SRER George 11 Tuachuck, being duly swort @& [ in the face of a most enrn mhllll)lnu ympany, that the actual average | strance.« daily circulation of THE for the motth of January, 183, for Feb- SHERMAN ELECTIO. ror March, 1888, 10,680 1 coples; for May, 88, 9,24 coples : for July, t, 1558, 15,153 copies: Sr October, ruar ecopies 15 1K) copes: fos 168K, 18,0183 c for September, 14 The hill introduced by man, proposing imnor the laws regulating the electic Senal this choice st remon- BILL. tor She nt changes in on of con- ,,n“;;;';'fi'gn;’fl;j;"3,"’,",;‘, and sabacribealamy | tions of the r publican party to reform N. P. FEIL Notary Public. the method of choosing representatives ————e s | 1) CONTOSS 80 A5 10 sccure a free and To WiTA'T class of politicians and lob- | fair ballot in_every congressional dis- byists do our granger friends in the leg- | trict throughout the count It is not islature refer in the bills introduced to prevent the growth and spread of nox- ious weeds and sunfowers? WirAT did Senator Ingalls mean when asked whether he would accept a cabinet position by replyng: I have a dollarin my pocket—do you think I would wish to trade it for f a dollar?” provisions, could pass in th congress, but Mr. Sherman’s tion of his measure at this tin inovportune. to command the mnext congress, it its importance demands. The an propos tion of congressmen consist i pofntment by the pres proval of the senate, of five voters in each state, to be Kkn board of state canvassers, a voters in each congressional d serve as an and MINNEAPOLIS has a park system comprising an area of more than one thousand acres and of more than thir- teen miles of boulevards. It would make us blush to give Omaha’s park aren and extent of boulevards. Tue national banks of Colorado have declared a net profit of twenty-nine per cent,and a dividend of nineteen per to be supposed that any Dbill for this purpose, however fairand just in its o present introduc- ne ot 18 It will be in a position the carly attention of neanwhile an receive such public discussion as safeguards which Senator Sher- to throw around the elec- n the ap- ident, with the ap- qualified lown as a wd threo listrict to clectoral board, the ap- pointees to hold office during good by cent on the m,,lm.l m;-c,.m: m‘lmnllunl:[- havior. The latter board is empowered That speaks solumos for the banks of | 1o uppoint rogisiers and - judzes, Colorado, but how about the borrowers? | § veage olection precinets when- ever necessary to s CONSTITUTIONAL amendments are being flung around at the state capitol like shelalas at an Irish fair. You can’t step across one of the corridors that lead to the great dome without. being struck on the head by somebody’s constitutional amendment. clection. Provision i® made plete registration of voters, ar heavy penaltios. the boards and the election pear ample for the protection and the prevention of fraud, methods preseribed are nol cated. The expense is to he THERE are six hundred and twenty- four banks in Nebraska, of which one hundred and six are national, three hundred and four are private, and two hundred and fourteen are state banks. The necessity of revised banking laws will impress itself upon our people and may encounter some republ sition, although the proposed not otherwise be carried out. : Tho mensures will logielature likely finvite a groat discussion, particularly TiEe people of Dakota have taken the reins of government into their hands in the organization of their territorial leg- islature. If they guard the interests of Dakota as zealously when admitted to statehood, the new state will have a prosperous future before it. number of congressional dist, it is not more radical in the eloction methods it proposes circumstances require, and it MR, THOMAS MAJORS has been made chairman of the committee on fish cult- ure. This is in accord with the eternal fitness of things, Thomas belongs to the election of congressmen, measure, since it is provided it be fainy criticised ds a part cure a free and fair ballot, and to appoint commissioners of for a com- 1d offenses against the law are to be punished with The powers given to judges ap- of voters while the t compii- paid out of the federal treasury, a provision which 1 oppo- plan could very deal of in the south, where such a law would certainly change the political representation of a ricts, but reform of than the 18 strictly within the constitutional authority of congress to prescribe regulations for Nor can n that the judges of election shall not all be of one the eol family. But Tiw Bee would | 1y Bug whether this bill shall suggest that sponding sixteen thousand | Pt oeuntale to @ majovity dollars on fish culture for about one . i Glout . 1€ | of ropublicans or mot, it hundred dollars’ worth of minnows is | ;¢ goubted that the next congress will almost as great a luxury for taxpayers as vaising farmers in the agricultural college. adopt legislation designed to free and fair ballot everywh election of congressmen. Tie amended charter for metropoli- tan cities has been introduced in the house by Mr. Berlin. As a matter of economy, we would suggest that this valuminous bill be not printed until the Douglas delegation has fully agreed apon its various features, or in case they agree to disagree, at least until My, Berlin’s committee on municipal corporations are ready to report, It is a waste of money to print a bill that covers forty or filty pages of type-writ- ten manuseript. MORE TRL The Quarterly Journal of E published by “‘Fair Harvard quarterly published by unfair shavpers. 1t will not be forge for them. [For the writer deliberately LANCASTER county, as usual, has carried off all the capital prizes in the legislative gift enterprise drawing. MoBride is chairman of the ways and means committee of tho house, and Raymond is chairman of the same com- mittee in the senate. The public lands and buildings committees are within the grip of the Lincolnites with a nice chaif attached to nearly every member of these committees by reason of their hailing from towns and cities in which public buildings are located. In all other committees from which an appro- priation is expected for Lincoln institu- tions the members from Lancaster countyare strongly entrénched. then argued in against them. If this is th law taught in the great New York lawyers will soon be on after the bane, for by a coincidence there is an on trusts in the January The writer is E. Benjamin C. P. HUNTINGTON, the Southern Pacific railroad magnate and chief owner of the Oriental Steamship com- pany, plying between Hong Kong and San Francisco, is trying to have the Chinese exclusion bill repealed. He intimates that he will put his steamers into other business as soon as their charters shall expive., Mr. Hunting- ton’s business in the bringing of coolies to America was sadly cut up by the passage of the measure. *Where each steamer used to bring from twelve to fifteen hundred Chinamen, who paid fifty dollars a head for steerage pass- age, now each vessel does not average fifty Chinese to a trip. Of course & big hole is made in Mr. Huntington'’s re- ceips, and this goes a great way to ex- plain his auxioty for tho loss of Amers ican trade and commerce with China. Mr. Andrews points out. lovingly and has deducted portance, trust is applied to association differ widely in character and analyses them and finds that cluding the Standard Oil armor-clad institutions in w that of the shysters of the Tombs. tunately the antidote comes quickly 0 secure a cre in the T LITERATURE. dconomies, ) is in pleasing contrast to the political science Columbia, which latter periodical permitted itself to be grossly victimized by liter: ry otten that in the magazine of Columbia college Professor Dwight, the president of Co- lumbia college law school, published an article on the legahty of trusts, which was something more than an apology ignored all that was wrong and hurtful to the public in such organizations, and their favor because nothing blameworthy had been alleged e kind of York law school, the reputation of all the New a par with For- singular article number of the Boston periodical mentioned above. Andrews, and hisaim is to gather together the results of the three trust investigations ordered nearly simultaneously by the United States house of representatives, by the New York state legislature and by the Canadian house of commons, a circumstance somewhat significant, as The writer has studied the reports from the multifarious evidence some facts of im- It is clear that the name 5 and to agreements between associations that aims. He there are eight kinds of trusts, all differing from each other in well detined points, most important of these, however, are those which belong to the category in- The and the Brooklyn Sugar trusts. These are hich, be- yond any question, the owners of stock ] in other . companies or the propri- etors of property surrender their stock or their property and obtain cortificates ssued by the trastees, or di rectors of the trust. He shows that in the evidence given by reluctant wit- nessos there was direct contradiction, notonly between the statements of each, but between their statements and the legal documents which were admitted in evidence. Many cfforts were made to show that there was no surrender of proper and that the teust was only an agreemont lookng to cortain praise- worthy resuits. But these, as he show were prompted by counsol. Also, with regard fo the watering of stock, this writor's statemonts contrast strongly with the absolute silence of Prof. Dwight. His words ar “Have the great trusts secured ex- traordinary gains? Undoubtedly they have done well, The face value of the sugar refind total cortificates was fixed ata sum far greater than that of the total stocl which they replaced. The New York committee says four times greater, and the way in whick counsel fought shy of the point lends color to some such estimate. Putting ata together we hazard conjecture that the prop- erty which was placed in trust has been gladdening its owners with ten per cent returns, which would have been much higher had it not been for ‘all this howl in the papers about trusts,” as Mr, H. O. Havemeyer ex- pressed it Yet, Mr. Andrews, whilst showing up the bad features of the trusts, does not condemn them utterly, but points out with perfect justice the good they have done. His salient idenseems to be that under the present conditions of inter- national competition certain industries have been forced into such organ tions by the instinet of self-preservation, but that they ve taken advantage of the machinery of organization to help themselves to illicit profits at the ex- e of othe The public has not al- s been hurt by these very peculiar combinations, though individuals and vival companios have been remorselessly ruined. In some of them, notably in the sugar and oil trusts, a distinet vein of patriotism was manifested. The writer says nothing about the Chicago meat trust, of which probably he knew nothing. Summing up all his facts and inferences which he himself did not do, the advanced and perfect trusts seem to have grown out of the close commereial connections between the nations of to- day and the ing systems of protec- tion and free trade. The trusts protect themselves JUDGE COOLEY DEFENDS THE LAW The address of Judge Cooley, chair- man of the inter-state commerce com- mission, at the dinner of the Boston merchants’ association, contained some statements which the public and the railrond managers will do well to re- ficet upon. The judge stated the im- portant fact that the period in which the railroads were most beaefitted by the inter-state commerce law was that in which the law was best observed and st complained of. This was not a very oxtended period, but it was suf- ficient to demonstrate the faet t the law was not inimical to the interests of the raijronds, and that had they con- formed faithfully to its rdquirements all the time, instead of resorting to all sorts of devices to defeat its intent, there is every reason to believe that most of the difficulties in the railroad situation, and the consequent loss in the past year to stockholders of fully forty million dollars, would have been avoided. But as Judgo Cooley said, the equal and just purpose of the law, that the cailroad business of the country shail be done openly and with full publicity, isdefeated by contrivances that are clearly opposed to the intent of the law, if not to its terms. What these con- trivances are the investifiation made by the commission at Chicago in part disclosed, One of them is the com- bination between the scalper and the unserupulous passenger ageut, which the chairman of the commission char: terized not too strongly as a erying evil. Thore is a prospect that this will be broken up. The general managers of western roads in session at Chicago arve reported to be very nearly unanimous in favor of abating the commission evil, and it is expected that they will at least agree to establish a merely nominal rate for commissions, beyond which agents will under no circumstances be permitted to go. If this is done dnd faithfully adhered to, one very great source of difficulty between tho railroads will be removed. All de- pends, however, upon the good faith of the managers, and experionce does not warrant unquestioning confidenco that this will be kept. However, the dispo- sition that is being shown to remove this evil should be earnestly encour- aged. But this is not the only évil that needs to be eradicated from railroad practices in order to place them on a sound and straightforward business basis, and as was said by Mr. Charles Francis Adams, all the evils would not be remedied if the intBr-state commerce act weve repealed at once. The panacea for all the ills of the railroad situation would not be found in abandoning the law. As Judge Cooley remarked, ther is something else needs reforming be- sides law, and honest railroad mana- gers should find out what it isand re- form it thoroughly and permanently, Judge Cooley has not the least sym- pathy with the complaints of the rail- roads regarding the inter-state com- anerce law, which rglate chiefly to the long and short haul~tlause and the pro- vition against pooling. In his opinion the former embodies a principle of right in itself, while he regards the argu- ment for pooling as radically unsound and vicious. The address of Judge Cooley is a valuable contribution to the discussion of a vitul and most important question, and it will serve to strengthen public confidence in the law of which he is the chief exponent. ——— HUMBUGGING THE WORKINGM AN In their desperate struggle for life, drowning men have beea known to catch at straws, In their desperation to keep their heads above water, some of our local contemporaries exhibit symptoms of the Growning man. They catch at every insignificant remark, and torture overy e¥pression of Titk Bk to make a point for their readerless cor ns. Because Tie BER has to fall in with the new-fangled untried tion reform which o not seen fiv and is being pushed fn the name of and organ- are ized unovganized labor, w told that TiE BEE is turning i on the workingman. Who is entitled to the workingman’s respect and confidence? TIs it the man who dares to differ with them because he is convinced that a scheme for which they clamor impracticable, or is it the demagogue who protends to be con- verted to any ism t :be brought up in the name of labor and tries to ride the hobby for his own benefit? Are the workingmen of Omaha such dupes as to trust the professions of papers that are edited by kid-gloved dudes who never have done n day's labor and always apologize to their in- timate associates in the clubs for the part they are taking in workingmen's meetings? Are th workingmen of Omaha dupes enough to allow corporation attorneys who threw dust into their eyes by pro- fessing to favor proposed election reforms when their masters keep an oil- room lobby at Lincoln to debauch the lawmakers? We do not belicve the, are. And we donot believe that intelli- gent workingmen, native or foreign, will construe the objoctions made by Tue BEE to one feature of the imported Australian reformon account of the in- ability of many foreign voters to read and understand the English tanguage as a fling at all foreigners, Has it come to this, that a man can’t tell the truth about naturalized foreigners without being placarded as a know-nothing and an enemy of the for- cigner. Has a man who conscientious] exposes the weak points of any project or roform become an enemy of every workingman? Are all the editors and politicians who play the hypocrite for the sake of exerting an influence on d luded laboringmen the only true friends that labor has in the press? COUNCILMAN WIEELER'S resolutions brought before the council meeting, providing that all contracts for public works shall be certified by the city comptroller if sufficient fundshave been provided for their payment before being presented to the mayor and council for final action, will meet with the approval of our citizens, The comptroller veport will -~ at least call atten- tion to the creation of overlaps if it will not to a great extent act as a check to extravagance. However, there is nothing to prevent the council from ignoring the comp- troller’s report. Contracts can be made and iilegal expenditures voted despite his protest that available funds are not on hand. In the past the mayor has repeatedly called attention to overlaps. But the council time and again ignored his protest and entered into contracts over his veto. It remains to be seen whether that body will respect the comptroier’s injanction under similar circumstances. But the remedy to pré- vent illegal expenditures must come through a provision in the charter which shall make the creation of over- laps a criminal offense and the debt of the individual councilmen voting them. Fasserr, the Grand Rapids school furniture agent, boldly admits that he tampered with an employe of the school board, and paid him money for his sup- posed influence on members. And the only excuse he gives for such conduct is the broad assertion that they all do it. In other words, that he is no worse than any other school furniture agents whom he unblushingly charges with systematic boodling in procuring or- ders. This ought to be a revelation, not only for ouroard of education, but for all school boards. Such an indict- ment of the school furniture deale in the wature of things, place drummer for school furniture * the least important action of the house of representatives since the re- cess wus the recommittal of the reso- lution which proposed a change in the rules intended to give consideration to the Pacific railroad funding bill. This action is regarded as a death blow to the bill in the present congress. In the next it must take a now start under conditions less favorable than the present. The result will be entirely satisfuctory to the great majority of the people most directly concerned, who vegard the funding bill as unjust to them, and promising little or no ad- vantage to the government, MR. 1A 58 y careful not to put himsell within the range of the libel and slander law when he 1inti- mated that THg BeE was offering itself to any school furniture firm that would puy the highest price for its influence. If Mr, Fassett would make his innuendo specific we would give him an oppor- tunity to make good the charge in the courts. 1f Fassett had taken the trouble to read the testimony before the school board investigation he would have been able to discover that Tk BEE's effort in connection with the school furniture scandal was to detect and expose just such boodling agents as he has confessed himself to be, Tue St. Louis jute bagging trust, which went to pieces on January 1, evi- dently made a sorry mess of it. The price of the bagging up to Januavy 1 was twelve eents a yard, but the mem- bers of the combine were sadly disap- pomnted in the quantity of the goods sold. w the manufacturers would be willing to sell the fabric at eight cents the yard. Butthe cotton planters have found a cheaper substitute for the covering of their cotton bales and twid- dle their fingers in the face of the jute robb evs, THE creation of four three-dollars-a- day pages for the senate committee rooms is strietly original with the fertile genius that holds a pre-emption on the secreturyship of the state senate. By right of orviginal discovery he is entitled to a royalty of fifty per cent of each page’s salary, When Walt Seeley’s in- vention for squandering taxpayers’ money reaches Washingtan it 1s barely possible that the United States senate may avail itself of it. Such a thing for congrossional committees have not. yet been thought of at the national capital. THERE can be no doubt that a large number of persons in the city and unty are drawing aid from the county charities who are not entitled to such support. The county commissioners should carcfully investigate the mattor. Not only the taxpayers but the deserv- ing poor who are devrived of the bene- fits which belong to them should be protected from imposition. A COMMENDABLE resolution passed by the state senate which pro- vided that clerks and omployes should ay only for the time actually at work. 1f the spirit of this reform’ be carried out, the state will be relieved of paying thousands of dollars during this session for services not rendered. Tho house should by all means follow the oxample set by the senate was receive T resolution which passed the council providing that all bonds shall Do registered in the comptroll partiment before being delivered to the treasurer to be sold, is good as far as it goes. But all our muanicipal honds should be registered at the office of the secretary of state for the mutual pro- tection of the city and the bondholders. s de- The Rainbow Chaser Sits Down. Inter-Ocean. Calvin Brice appears to have chased the rainbows into their retreats and then sat down to rest, A Canadi. Toronto Glohy The victorious American flect should now be diverted from Hayti to Samoa. Bismarck might give in as readily ns Legitime did. In both cases the American flag was insulted. Why should not Bismarck ho made to pay as well as the president of Hayti! - I ination. Philadelphia Record, If a farmer in Kansas who grows sorgium should be paid a bounty of one cent a pound on sorghum sugar, why should not his next- door neighbor, who grows corn, bo paid a bounty on the Johnny or whisky that is produced from hie crudo material? Why mate fish of one farmer and flesh of another? Right at the Front. Laramie Boomerang. Tur OMATA Ber's annual shows the me- tropelis of Nebraska to be behind no eity in the west in prosperity and enterprise. It is atready the third pork packing center in America. Its bank clearings last year amounted to over $175,000,000 and the vol- ume of wholesale business dono aggregated £47,000,000, i Will Anything Be Left? Wall Street News, A movement is now on foot to save as many as possible of the ties and rails as aro still left on the maiu line of tho St. Lonis & Chicago road. Gentlemen who know a great deal about the mismanagement of the prop- erty say that nothing short of complete and radical reorganization can save a dollar to the various security holders. The stock, which was some time ago quoted at 10@12, sold on Saturaay at #1 per share, and then only 100 shares were required. ——— Fools To-day, Fools To-morrow. Commercial Advertiser. In the palmy days of the South sea bubble, we are told, an occasional advertisement used to appear m London to this effect: “An enterprise, the nature of which cannot at present be disclosed, but which will return from 50 to 100 per cent per annum, is open for investment during a limited period.” TThe able projecter did not disclose the na- ture of lis enterprise until he had collected a few thousand pounds sterling, and betaken himself to parts unknown, How much has the American speculator of the nineteenth century advanced in intelligence beyond the standard of the British speculator of 1720. ——— Modesty of Greatness, Chicago Tribune. Eminent statesman—I wish you would take occasion to say in the strongest possiole manner that my name must not bementioned 1n connection With any cabinet office what- ever, Reporter—But, senator, I have never heard your name spoken of in any such con- nection. The idea has probably never oc- curred to any— Eminent statesman (with vehemence)— And it must not, sir—it must not! Be care ful to say 80 in writing up this interview. I believe that is all—but, hold on! You may tell the business manager of your paper to send me 500 copies of to-morrow’s issuc. ——— NEBRASKA BOYS' LETTER They Wrote to Harrison, But Ho Never Recelved Them. Two httle fellows way out* in Nebraska are wondering, no doubt, why they have not heard from General Harrison loug before this, says the Indianapolis Dispateh. They livein Loup City. It will be remembered that a short time ago a large cabin reached this city from that place, It wasintended as a present to General Harrison, but the donor never turned up, and the cabin was turned over to the Big Four railroad people. It is filled with yroducts of Nebraska, and weighs Just 9,200 pounds. To-day two tiny notes werc found in_the cabin among the sheafs of wheat, They were scrawled on pieces of note paper. Onec was as follows: Diax Mi, Hannison: 1 thought I would write you a letter and send you my compli- ments, 1was very glad when I heard you was elected, and 80 was the rest of ‘my schoolmates. There are only five democratic boys going to our school. Please write if My school teacher is a you get this letter. democrat, but you fooled Cleveland bad. My father is & republican, and he ias very glad you were elected. 1 must close, hoping you will stay in offic two terms, Yours truly, Loup City, Neb. ERNgst J. Prioge. “The other Was in about the same strain. read: Dear MR, Hammisox: T am very glad that you a cted. My papa is o republi can and is very glad you are clected. 1 hope you will stay in ofiice two terms. We hopo You will like the office. 1am in school, and T hieard the sod house was a going o go this voon. Please write soon. I haven't much 10 say. [ will write you when you are iu the white house. [Then follows a pencil sketeh of a bird bearing a letter in its mouth, and underneath the following: | *Yours truly, AsuLey CONGER, “Loup City, Sherman County, Neb," — Van Etten Again Arrested, David Van Etten is once more behind the bars, He was allowed his liberty on & #1,000 bond which expired Friday last, and was no tified several times by Deputy Sheriff Grebe that it must be renewed. Ycsterday he was again notified, and warned that jail would follow any further delay, but he remaincd obstinate, and at last, ou instructions from County Attorney Malioney, he was locked up. Hedemanded that he should be taken from his office by force, aud was accommo. dated to that ¢; nt. A Progrossive Euchre Party, Mrs., George Higgins will entertain her friends at progressive cuchre at roresi dence, corner of Poppleton aud Georgia ave Bugs, Lhis eveuing, It . 5 A e st THE CAUSE OF CATHOLICISM, A Banquet Given By the Mutual Bene- fit Association, At the Millard hotel Tuesday mnight St Joseph Branch No. 1 0f the Catholic Mutual Bene s t association and its friends banguetted \ptuously. There wera prosent about one hundred persons, and it could not be said that ether sex was in the majority. The vivacity and brilliancy of the life and color assemblod were inspiring. After the serving of the banquet the pres. dent of the society, Major J. B. Furay, in welcoming the society, sald “Right Reverend Bishop, Ladies and Gen tlemen: The Catholic Mutual Bonefit asso ciation comes into your midst this evening as an infant Iacking a day of being ton months old. We hope that you wiil find it a very lively child, It is the design of this organ zation to fulfil the purposes for which it was croated. It will be com posed of good men who are perfoct Catholics, 1ts memoers will not forget the obligation resting upon them, beyoud tho care of th sick and ' dying and the buryin the dead, to look to the ‘wel of the livi malking their lives as comfortable and happy as pos. sible in this vale of tears. And the best mothod of procedure for that end, it appenrs tome, is o constant mingling togethoer. I am_ glad to sco before wme such an amply filled hall, and bid you all right welcome.’ Mr. T. J. Mahoney, in the absence of Mr, John Rush, responded to “The C. M. B. A" graphically depicting the history of the asso- ciation, and prophe 2 its future ot usefulness. The speaker referred to the title of the association as a suficiont explan tion of its objec The Right Rev. Bishop O'Connor treated “The Church in America” to an exposition as follows ‘The sentiment, gentlemen, on which I have been asked to speak this evening is one su gesting thoughts innume nd some them are too profound for ANCo on 0 casions like the present. Nevertheless you will permit me to invite your attention to just one or two of the many claims which our national church upon our regard We venerate the church for her great an- tiquity. It is not, as too man, often led to suppose, an organization of recent date or importation i this country. 1f early scttle ments can give a claim to the name Ameri can, then this national church of ours is emi nently an American institution, She was the first ¢hurch to pla mark—the first christ of ian symbol raised above tho soil of this continent was the cross Long before the puritans landed at Plymouth the church had her missionaries and her martyrs in this country. In the sev. enteenth and eighteenth centuries she could count numerous mgregations of native Christians in many parts of the territory now under the dominion of the Us id the lnstorian, Bancroft, speaking of the progress made here by the irench Jesuits as early as 1640, says that the French brought the cross to the faces of the inhabitants of St. Mary, of the confines of Lake Superior, and to the homes of the Sioux in the valley of the Mississippi five years before tho New England zealot had addressed the tribes of Indians living within six miles of Boston har- bor. Then we would foel a_deep interest in the welfare of our national church because of the salutary influence she is like to have on the. nation we love 8o well and of which we Catholies form a by no means insignificant part. d, my friends, has stamped this ntry with the interest of unity and material Its moun- tains, its valle; its riv , traversing, as many of them do, its whole extent, the won- derful fertility of its soil_and the variety of its products, the people of its different parts and their_dependence upon each other, all proclaim that from the beginning the Al- mighty intended it to become the home of one great and prosperous people, and in the fullness of time that_the people and prospoer- 1ty enter into possession of the inheritance prepared for them. — They come from aivers lands, bringing with them different customs and laws, speaking different languages, and in the lapse of @ couvle of centuries we see them umted inio one nation, governed by peaking ono language and tting almost in a few generations the different nations from which they sprung. Such a country, such a people, ladies and gontlemen, has néed of o great church to en- able it to fulfil the_destiny which God has in store for it; it needs a church that is one in faith, one in dicipline, one the same at the northi and at the south, in the east and in the west. It has need of o' church that is able to take care of nations, preserve, elevate and guide them. Give this country such a church and history has no record of such_things as it will do for God and mankind. I3ut where is that church to be found! She 15 and can only be the Catholic church. The Catholie church is the author of modarn eivilization. She alone fully comprehends it, she alon able to perfect and guide it. he found all the civilized nations of t0- barbarous and enabled them to become what they arc at present; and she would have done much more for them had not her work been hindered by the objections of men and the powers of this world. This, then, my friends, is the great and only church that can safely guide this young guant republic on the pavh of its destiny, wiil it but recognize the claims of our chnreh and submit itself to her guidance, When that may happen no man now can tell, but our by liefin the great future that is before the United States brings to us the conyiction happen it will soouer or later. “Catholic Laymen” was the theme of Hon. M. V. Gannon, who was followed by Kev. M. P, Dowling on “Christian Educi tion.” This gentleman maintained that the Catholic educators should be compensated to the extent that they reduce the cost of wen- al education. In taking up “*Our Guests,” Hon. J. I, Riley regretted that he had not had time in which to' prepare suitable words on behalf of this *infant lacking a day of ten months old,”” but that he would cxpircss its gratefulnes for the presonce at its le of the fathers and mothers, sons and beauti- ful daughts Mr. Jules Lombard then sang a Scotch composition, “Say, Are You Sleeping, Maggie,” with spirit and’ the pow- ers of his magnificent voico. While tho singer’s voice yet vibrated, Major Furay, in afew kindly ‘and fitting 'words, disperscd the gathering. SOUTH OMANA BUDGET. Mecting of the South Omaha Live Stock Exchang -, The Caledonian Socioty, At the regular meeting of the Caledonian society, held in the Knights of Pythias hall ‘Puesday evening, officers were elected for the ensning year as follows: Chlef, Jamos Ferguson; first chicftain, George McDou- gall; second chieftain and secretary, Erank H. Cantlio; third chiefiain and treasurer, Frink Burness; fourth chicftain and guard, Willam Watson; _councilmen, John C Buch W.' G. Fouchand, Alexandor Prazier; chiaplain, Rev. Robert I.. Wheeler; piper, Adam Bell. The mectings will be held on the second and_last Tues nings of cach month in Knights of Pythias hall. On will y celebrate Burns' day, and will have a m. ing suitablo to the memory of Robert B3urns, the peasant poct of Scotland. South Omaha Live vk Exchange, A meeting of thoe board of dircctors of the South Omaha Live Stock Exchango was held at 8 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at the asso clation rooms, KExehauge building. A com mittee on printing, consisting of Messrs. Jawmes Viles, jr., James G. Martin and J. A. Hake was appointed. Prosident A. C. Foster was appointed a special committos to act with und ussist the charter committee, Adjourncd 1o meet at the same place Monday, January 14, at 2 o'clock p. m., when appointments and eloctions of sceretary, treasurer and other officers will be made. Notes About the City. Assistant Manager James H, Howe, of the Ariuour-Cudaby packing house, has réturned from Chicago. The by-laws committee, Messrs. David And; consisting of Doe and A, J laws for the South Om; company. Other meetings will be beld till the worlk is completed Lydn aged ten ycars, daughter of Mr. and William Trouson, died at 7 o'clock last of malig dipbtheria. inter moent was had at 2 o'clock yesterduy after- noon in Laurel Hill cemetery Peter Lovely, of Arcadia, [a., is in the city the guest of M. I, O'Donnell t & Co. have been adding machinery M ni, 10 th® sausage department. ‘PWo new chop pers and steaw stutfers, with a capacity of l 100 pounds in one minute and ten scconds, were put in yesterday, St Agnes Tomperance society is arrang. ing to give an entortainment I'he natare of the programme and the time and place have not yot beon decided upon. H. 3. Kooser, Missouri | stock agent, was at tho stoc day Managor Johin ¥, Boyd, of the U yaras, loft yostorday for Donver. L. C. Houson, of G his daughte 1 son George H, Cutlor. W. A L. Gibbon, flo_traveling yards yostor. fon stocke wood, n-law, Mr, is visiting and Mrs, cashior of the South Omaba branch of the Nebrasika Savines bank, wasoneof the C. M. 13, A, guosts at the Millard hotel Tuesday night Al Powell, salesman for Martin Bros., returned form St. Joe, Wisconsin Diphthe n its most malignant raging, Within a woek two child died out of one family, and casos, fatal have been the fall and wintor THREE MOR Strang Record tram of its own caten the “flyes ing its South Platto r of ita rivals, The entorprise is a big one and comes high, but nothing that will give its roaders all the news and promptly on timo ©08ts oo much for Tur B Red Cloud Republican latest motropolitan move is the running of a special newspapor train to Plattsmouth to connect with the west-bound flyer. By this means Tie Bee is eirculated throughout the South Platte countr, hours in ad- vance of its competitors. The train was put on at an expense of §1,000 por month, Niobrara Pionecr: The new year brought into life a new feature in Tie OMana Ber daily circulation. Tne Bre company started a morning trainover the B, & M thus giving its south Platto readors the now from four to twenty-four hours earlier th any other newspaper. For onterprise this surpasses anything of the kind west of Chi. cago. As a newspaper Tne BEE now takos rank with the great ecastern dailies. Its opinions are not always in harmony with a #ood many people, but $10 a yoar is a good deal of money for opinions when you pay for nows. has form fs on have noarly all orted coutinuously during COMPLIMENTS, Tur Owana Ber has puta i the B & M., in order to Juth, thus supply hou's in advance Tir Omana Ber's INTERESTING 10WA ITEMS, Wo Hong took out na‘uralization papers in Des Momes. He was the first Chinaman in Towa to do 80 There has boen a “hen on™ at Little Sioux Last Sunday she came off, and twelve littio chickens followed her. The Davenport proprietor of a pickle works is going to Germany 10 study a new mothod of putting up sauer kraut. A child was recently born in county with but one arm and ono l ‘The mayor of Creston gave the Salvation army u half ton of coal by way of contribu tion Audubon An old gentleman Jefferson, who for yoars has used “specs” to road with, finds out that with the glasses removed he reads as well as ever, provided he has the bars on and the me to look through. Manual Arandus, a Mexican Ottumwa, was found dead in the road with his horse lying on the top of him. He had been drunk and the horse fell over on and crushed him. The Poweshick connty court has decided the case of a charivari party composed of eighteen young men_ residing between Mal- com and i3rooklyn, who had been indicted for disturbing the peace. Judgo Lewis im posed fines ranging from §L to $50. Tho fines and costs nssossed against the bovs amounted to over $400. A X Omaha Italians Organize. Dal Cenisio al Atna, “From Mount Cenis to Mount A%tna,” such is the name of a new organization formed in Omaha on last Sun- day at the residence of its president, on Davenport street, between Ninth and Tenth, This socicty has been contemplated for soma time by tho leaders among the Italian resi dents inOmaha, and it now starts out with bright prospects, numbering already about thirty members. Its object is of a social nature, as well as one of mutual aid. It looks also to the nawralization of its members, that they may have their proper place and weight in the city’s politics, The following were elected oftic for the ensuing year: President, Antonio Venuto; vico president, nelli; sccretary pvanni Collombo’ living near treasurer, Rafuollo Venuto: director®, J. Dimerli, Capolungo, Pictro Vincelli, Fraucesco Pascale, Vincenso Cresel. A hall has not yet been decided on, but for the pres- ent meetings will be held at the residence of the president. gambling at Florenco last Saturday night came up before Judge Cleveland yesterday. Although the circumstances were much against the men, the testimony failed to con vict eight of thom. James Flomming, one of the waterworks men, was the only man found guilty. All the mon accused testified that they were merely playing a sociable game for chips and not for money. Mr. Tucker, who was authorized by Marshal Walker to take part in the game to procuro evidenco for the state, swore that the gano was for money and that he had paid o dollar for twenty chips. The witnesses for the de fense testitiod that they did not sec any money on the table. The city council met last night and the ouly maitor of importance was the council’s approval of Mayor Hunt's appointing Mr. city mar — Murringe Licenses, The following marriage liccuses were is- sucd yesterday by Judge Shiclds : § Bimer Walker, Omaha. . . 1 Louisc G, Fitzgerald, Omaha. § Ludwig Hagedon, Omaha. i Louisa Neff, Omak § Henry Gilmore, Omal Sarah A. Ieed, Omaha § Andrew P. Andreason, Omalia 1 Dorta M. Anderson, Omaha. . ... psulted Man, “Gus De very angry at you. IHe says you in- sulted him at the railroad depot the other day,” remarked Hostetter MeGin- nis to Githooly. *Yes, and ['will insult him worse still if Ican'lay my hands on him, Tho miserable” scoundrel snw me going off with my mother-in-law on one arm and my wife on the other, and he asked mo it'T wasn't going on a pleasure trip. An ftings: Smith is Texag ¢ Sneezing Catarrh. 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