Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 24, 1889, Page 2

SDAY JANUARY 24, 1880 THE NEBRASKA LEGISLATURE A Scheme to Investigate Iowa's Liquor Law Defeated. LIVELY TILT IN THE SENATE. Mowe and Raymond Discuss the Bill Providing For an Elective Rail- road Commission—Uabor Day Debate, Honse. Lixcons, 3 Tan, 23.—[Special to Tra Bre.|—Dempster presentod six resolutions from various parts of the stato in favor of the submission of a prohibitory amendment Satehell, « an of the committeo on rovenue and taxation, roported that house roll 172, the bill exempting invalids and dis abled pensioners from paying poll tax, do pass The committeo porte hc tax’" bill, do pass, Resolutions requiring the postofilce in the house t kept open until 9 p. m., and pro widing for a supply of 1-cent postago stamps, where paper wrappers cannot be procured, were introduced and passed, A resolution providing for an assistant night watchman was introduced and on mo tion reforred to the committee on emploges. Mr. Hampton introatced resolution re quiring the chief clerk to prepare a list of all tho employes of tho house with their duties and compensation for the inspection of mem: Yers, Passed Among the bills introduced to-day, are the llowing : By O'Sullivan—For game, By Swartzley—Providing that the county shail pay all clection expenses By Hikor—Chunging the law relating to accidents, The houso went into committeo of the whole to consider McBride's bill, making September 1a legal holiday, to be known us Labor Day. The claiise, “And troated as tho of tho weel, commonly called Sunday, stricken out. Hull moved the bill as amended bo postponed. dwell opposed the motion and said that o laboring men of the country demand this measure and are entitled to recognition. Hall replied that tireats had been mad that secret organized labor would knife any one at the polls who opposed their demands, but such considerations bud no intluence on and towns re Everett's “‘dog on cities roll 98, the protection of first day " was indefi ster said the business interests of the state would suffer, and he did not believe in Dooming special interest Bulker fayored giving labor a holiday it they are entitled to one and demand it. “But e are not logislating for Lincoln or Omaha, but for the people of the whole state. T am wllling to give labor a holiday provided it does not affect the rights of other people.” “orbin also opposed the moasure. The bill was finally seut back to the com- mittee on labor with power to substitute the senate bill on the same subject. AFIERNOON SESSIO! Hunter, chairman of the committee on con- stitutional amendments, sent m a report signed by the majority, as follows: e, tho undersigned mombers of your ocomnittee, have concluded to defer further action for ten days on the house roll No. 1, o bill foran_act to submit to the electors of the state, for approval or rejection, an amend- ment to the constitution of this state to pro- hibit the manufacture, sale and keeping for sale of intoxicating liquors as a boverage, and providing for the maner of voting on such_proposed amendwents, and we recom- mend that a committee of five be appointed Uy the speaker to visit es Moines and other oints 1n lowa to examine into the practical workings of the prohibitory laws of that tate, and on their return report their find- ogs to this house, provided tnat the ex- peases of such trip be contined to the actual expenses thereof. J. C. McBru WiLLIAM BOmACEK, W. A. GarpNen, Leoroup Hany, HeNey BECEMAN, HaL CHRIsTY, A minority report' was also presented, signed by Hunter, Hampton and Hawthora, recommending the passage of the bil). Cady moved that the report of the majority be not concurred in. “The speaker ruled that no report had been filed, that the communication was only in the nature of a request. Olmstead wanted to know what would be the effect of adopting Cady’s motion. The speaker saia it would leave tne bill in the hands of the committee, and be equival- lent to refusing to appoint the special investi- gating committee, Caldwell sugzested that both reports be re- ceived and placed on file, Cady said: “The members should under- stand this question. To adopt my motion 1s equivalent to saying no committee will be sent to lowa.” Baker said he was in favor of the people of Nebraska managing their own affairs in their own way. Is prohibition is a farce and the people want to indulge in such a luxury it is thoir privileges. Lot us face this question like mon and settle it onc way or the other. Corbin opposed the sending of any committes on a junketing trip at the ecxpense of the state. Ho had official reports from the governor that were sworn to, und that settled the ques- tion with him. Dempster hoped Cady’s motion would carry, White wanted to strike out Des Moines and insert Council Bluffs. He feared the committee, if they got to Des Moines, might fail to return, Caldwell said: “Two years ago this ques- tion absorbed the attention of the house to tho exclusion of other important business. Let us meet the question and settle it now. Ballard thought tho question of prohibi- tion and submission were two different ques- tions, and whether prohibition is a success 1n Towa is not the quesiion at issue. MoBride explained why they had made the request. Ho said: “If prohibition is not a success in Iowa the people of Nebraska cer- tainly don't want to mlo{n it.” Majors arosc and said: ““The proposition Boforo us was very plain if we want o put off the consideration of tho question wnd send the committee to Iowa, let us support the motion of Mr. Cady. ‘The motion to deny the request was car- ried with very littlc opposition. Dempster then moved to adopt the minority report and place the bill on tne general file. he speaker said no report from the committee was before them: that @& minority could not file a report and ruled the motion out of order, Brink of Boone then sent up a resolution roquiring the committee on constitutional amendments to report the bill back on Thurs. day morping. The roll was called on this motion with the following result: Ayos—Abrabhamson, Haker, Bailoy, Bal- , Berry, Bisbee, Bortis, Brink, Burn- ham, Cady, Cameron, Christy of Clay, Cole- man' of Antelope, Corbin, Cruzen, Demp- ster, Ditler, Dunn, Elliott, Everett, Farley, Featon, Fieldgrove, Gilbert, Hali, Hampton, Hawthorn, Harding, Hays, Il of Butler, Hill of Gage, Hunter, 2otinson, Lash, Lee, Majors, MoNickle, Polter, Rhodes, Robb, Bargent, Satchell, Scoville, Shephard, Stirk, Bt. Rayner, Weber, Weller, Wells, West- over, Whitehead, Whitford, Whyman, Wil- cox, Williams, Winter,3Yutzy—57. ‘ays—Beckman, Berlin, Bohac Oaldwell, Christy of Dodge, Lk, Cushing, Delaney, Denman, Dickinson, no, Fuller, Gardner, Gates, Gitchrist, Green, Hahn, Hooper, Horne, Hungate, r, Larson, Ley, Mattes, jr., McBride, llan, Meeker, Morrissey, Neve, Olm: \stead, O'Sullivan, Seed, Severin, Swartsloy, flmd] Towle, White, Mr, Speaker.—40. Colllns, Hunna and Truesdell were absent. Bills on second reading were read and re- , A large number of comuittee re- ¥ were handed in, House roll 162, fixing fees of county treasurer, was favorably re- . “After corsidering some bills of winor importanca the house adjourned. Senate, LawcoLN, Neb., Jau. 33.—[Spocial to Tue Bew.)—A sharp discussion was precipitated Ao the senate at the outset of the day by a cemmittee repert recommending the indefi- mite postpouement of two bills, by Raymond of Lancaster and Beokley of York, provid- Aag for the submission of amendments for an elective railroad commission. Raymond and Keckloy plead to have their ‘ills put on the general file to come up for _dlscussion in committee'of the whole. Senators Conuor, Robiuson and Suther- 1and argued the policy of making the com mission rosponsible direetly to the people. In the course of his remarks General Con- nor said: “If T had my way I would have a schedule of freight rates ostablished by the legislature, [ would fix the terms of trans portation and write it in the law. Then I would take measures to enforce it."” Senator Nesbitt expressed surprise at the n the constitution as indicated by s many amendments proposed, and he dep recate h_frequent changes in the funda ment. w of the state. If any change be made it should be to make the commiss| appointive, but no_change should be 1 until the present system have a fair trial. Senator Church Howe said he had seen no petitions for an clective commission. He knew of no disaftection towards the present system except from the Lincoln district. ‘Tho rural districts are all quict. The farmers and small shippers are all right But because the rwlroad commission cannot be moulded_in the interest of one wholesal the jobbers come up hera to fight the fon. ‘“The supreme court has held commission has absolute power to raise or lower freight rates. What more do it It §s not the people who uro c ange, but those who w make the people cry. L am speaking railroad staudpoint. o railroads dot care how you choose your missiont The courts have given them supreme power, and it makes no difference whether the board is elected one way or the other. But L am opposed to the expenso which the pro. posed change will entail. Attorney General Leese says he 1s going to make radical re- forms in the board this spring. Let us give the commission a fair trial before making a charge, This move comes with very poor graco from a district that employs an ex: railrond freight agent at a salary of §,000 a year to secure it special favors from the railroads.” I3eardsley, of Lancastor, said no one had asked him to work for one. ‘Much obliged,” said Howe to Beardsley a see how it is. Beardsley represents untry and Raymoud the city.” “The gentleman from Nemaha (Howe) cannot take any other position. He is a rail- road president and is on that side. Two years ago he thought the people wanted him o o to congress, but they elected him to stay at home. |Laughter.| Isn't that true?” Howe—You ought to know. You were one of the manipulators. Raymond—The people had a chanco to vote on tho gentleman from Nemaha. He ought to let them vote on this measure, If the railroads had been fair and just there would have been no need of a $1,000 agent to watch them, “The speaker then m: lo general charges of ineMcicdey and cowardice against tho pres- ent commission. He also maintained that the people demand the change. Lindsay—If the gentleman is anxious to be with the people, let him come over and join us on the matter of submission, Howe--The gentleman from Lancaster (Raymond) says I am a railroad man. I ad- mit it. But L am here in the interest of the people. He says he favors the clective com- mission because the people demand it Now, if hie will join with me and vote for submis- sion, for which we know there is a general demand by the people, 1 will join him and vote for an electivs Amission. 1t was a barcfaced bluff, because Raymond is instructed against submission and Howe for it, but its uncxpectednoess took the sen- ate completely by surprise and created much merriment. Ijams—The people of my district gave a large majority against Attorney General Leese. 1 tako it they are against the present railroad commission and want something else. What this bill is I do not know. It happens to be something else |laughter] and I would like to have a chance to_consider it. The report to indefinitely postpone was de- feated by a vote of 24 to 9, and the bill will come up in the com- mittee _of the whole. The vote does not fairly indicate the complexion of the scnate on the proposition, as the dis- position is to give a hearing to almost any bill on demand. Among the bills introduced was one by Conuer, prohibiting anyone setting trees or shrubs in Nebraska until he has deposited with _the secretary of state a certificate giv- ing his age, name, ete. There is likely to be a change in the gov- ermment of counties with township organiza- tion. A joint scnate and house committee has reported a half dozen bills for that pur- 0se. "*T'io committee on school lands introduced a substitute for the Ijams bill relative to the conveyonce of the Omaha high school grounds. It directs the governer to issue the title to the city instead of to the school dis- trict of Omah AFTERNOON SESSION. The senate took up the Keckley bill remov- ing the $5,000 limit of damages for a man killed through the actioable negligence of his employor. Robinson moved as an amendment that such damages be limited to §10,000, and Howe moved to make it $6,000. Lindsay feared juries would, under the vroposed” act, be made a prey to’ narrowing appeuls to their sympathies and prejudices, Ransom alleged that other states had a 5,000 limit, He argued that juries would discriminate in favor of the heirs of rich and popular men, which would not be fair to poor men. Conner asked if there was not as much likelihood of appealing to a jury's sym- puthies in the case of & man maimed and helpless, There is no sense, he said, in the proposition to permit a jury to find §10,000 or £20,000 damages for a man " injured, and only $5,000 for a man dead. It should also be re- membered that an attorney’s fee must come out of a $5,000 judgment, and the speaker knew of no attorney who would take such a case for less than §1,000. As a compromise he favored Robinson's amendment. Nesbitt replied that in tho case of a man killed no one couid compute his expectancy of life and earning power. In the case of a man injured he has to suffer the pain and live on in a maimed condition. He was will- ing to raise the limit to $5,000. Keckley expressed a willingness to accept Robinson’s $10,000 limit. Howe's amendment, raising the limit to $6,000, was adopted. 'he committee of the whole then agreed to report the bill for passage. Kobinson’s bill for female suffrage in vil- lages and in cities of the second class came up unexpectedly. It was found very defec tive and sent to the judiciary co mmittee for repairs. They Discussed Prohibition, LiNcoLy, Neb., —[Speciul Telo gram to Tue HBee] Lindsay, Hurd, Robinson, Burton, Shanner, Keckley, Jewett, Roche, Wetherald and Funck held a two-hour conference at Hurd's sleep ing room to-might to discuss ways and means for sub- mission. The meoting was hastily called and was held with closed doors. Lindsay was in the chair, Numerous petitions were presented. The mombers of the senate and their leanings were discussed, and the conclusion was reached that the submissionists had cighteen votes solid aud & margin of three doubtful mem- bers to work on. A proposition to push a bill for prohibition as an alternative to sub- mission was opposed by Hurd and perhaps othors, 'The adoption of this club is held. i abeyance. The meeting adjourned subject to the cull of the chairman, An effort will be made to get a fuller attendance at another meeting within a day or two. A Senatoriai Conference. LaxcoLy, Neb, Jan, 23.—[Special to Tup Bee.)—The conference of seuators favorable to submission has not yet been called. It will be a secret meeting, and no attempt will be made to adopt & cancus gag rule. It will dis- cuss submission and outline a plan of cam- pagn. Some of the interested gentlemen are disappointed in the posture of the house cau- ous to bind all republicans to its actions, and there is a feeling that submission has re- ceived a black eye. It will- come up, how- ever, for another round. — 3 The Omaha Contest, LixcoLN, Neb., Jan, 23.—([Special Te to Tus Bew.[—The house committes on privileges and elections held an important session to-uight. Mattes, a democratic men ber, read a letter from County Clerk Roche* in which he stated that the ballot boxes did not contain any poll-books, but on opening the box the poll-book of the First precinct of the Second ward was found. After examin ing the condition of the poll-book and counting the ballots the republican majority of this committes practically de- cided to throw out the return froul this pre- ciuct. The ballots in the Second precinct of the Second ward were counted and found to be about one hundred loss than the names on the list. 'This precinct will also be thrown out. The ballot box from the First precinct of the Fourth ward is yet to examed The committes will 1l no_more witnesses, A m itto Omatia to secure an outlin eloction roturns, 8o far as the yrosentatives, and the missing keys and poli-books. Arguments on legal points will be heard Friday afternoon Legislative Notes, LixcoLy, Neb, Jan. 25.—|Special to Tus Beg. | —The members all praise Tne Bee for the fall report of the work of the caucus 1n this morning’s issue. “That report ought to soll 10,000 copies of the paper,” said & lead ing submissionist Speaker Watson wants it distinctly under- stood that he did not sign the call for the caucns to consider the question of submis sion. The omission of a comma in the report of Hall's speecn would indicate th “Speaker Watson and fifty-one members signed the call. The paper was presented to the spoaker but ho declined to affix his sig naturo. Mr. Seoville did not claim, as the brief uopsia of his speech would lead one to , that the caucus could bind absont members, He meant only that the absentecs should be present and abide by its action Oratory 18 being fast developed on the floor and the lawyers are not the only meim bers gifted with a ready flow of words, Curbin and Gilehrist, who are farmers, ar Cady, who is a banker, are all good speakers and command attentlon when thoy ariso to speak, The submissionists *‘caught a tartar’’ whon they cast roflections on Cady and Rayner in their remuarks last evening. These gentle men proved equal to the occasion and de- fended their position with marked ability. “‘Labor day" is meeting with much opposi tion in the louse, espocially from the farm- The amendment treating the ist day of ptembor the samo as Sunday was sav- agely attacked and stricken out,and even then the opposition was formidable. The committes on labor wi'l substitute the senate bill, which passed that body with an almost unanimous vote, and theu the fight will be fought overagain. Caldwell and Hall, of the Lancaster dele- gation. seem to get on opposite sides of every question, Hall opposed *‘Labor day' and Caldwell favored it. On the railroad and mouopoly questions Hall will stand with the people and Calawell is expected to favor the corporations. Mr. Dompster is_ strongly opposed to send- ing o committee to Des Moines to investigate the working of the prohibitory law. Ho say *‘the question is'” submission, the redemption of the party vledge, and not prohibition, Mr. Cameron of Washington, who has been counted for prohibition, arose 'in the caucus last ovening and_fairly paralyzed the sub- missionists by declaring that he was in- instructed against submission and would not take part in the caucus. “What do you think of the effort to make submission a party measure?”’ was a ques- tion asked of a doubtful member to-day. “It is u bad move,” was the repl Such resolutions have no effect on me. They can't_bulldoze the legislature and this bill cannot be forced through by any such means The third party prohibitionists are making a nuisance of themselves, They daily be- sioge members, and especially doubtful'ones, and pretend to urge submission. They are unwittingly doing very effective work against the measure. The woman suffragists have not given up the fight. They have applied to the supreme court’ for an opinion on the constitutiouality of municipal suffrage and have introduced new bills in both houses to confer on women this privilege. General Conuer objents to having the rail- road commission hung on the coat tails of the executive officers of the state. Senator Rob- ioson said the people of his district don’t know what a_railroad commission is, They have never seen one, In referring to the constitution Senator Robinson provoked a laugh by venturing tho opinion that Nebraska had outgrown its ants. P A mong to.day’s visitors are W. F. Bechol, Pat Ford, Tom Lowry, G. W. Whitlock and inspector MeDonald. Senator Pope filled the presiding officer’s chair whilo the senate was in committee of the whole this afternoon, Mrs, Senator Lindsay of Beaver City and Mrs, Senator Funck of Beatrice had seats with their husbands this afternoon. Morrissey was completely doue for to-day. In opposing in committee of the whole the bill punishing the wearing of the insignia or rosette of the Legion of Honor, he aroused the wrath of Iieldgrove, of Buffalo, and that gentleman arose to the sublimity of the occasion and declared in a very earnest voice that the bill was intended to keep out such follows as the gentloman from Douglas, who crawled under the canvas. His sally Dbrought down the house, and Morrissey said that seeing as they were going to sit down on him, he would wlihdraw his objection. [— AMUSEMENTS. One of the most satisfactory ergagements played in this city by Mr. and Mrs. W.J. Florence, was brought to a close last even- g at Boyd’s. Mus. Florence, however, was not in the cast, because the piece was Dom- bey & Son, in which there is no part for her, ‘While the supporting characters acquitted themselves in & satisfactory manner, Mr. Florence, of course, as Captain Cuttle, at- tracted the greatest attention. Iu this he displays greater artistic ability than in any other of the characters assumed by him. The St. Louls Claim. The question of title of E. V. Swmith’s, Paulsen’s, Axford’s, Idlewild, Pruyn’s and other additions in this city, of which some thing was said in Tuz BEE a short time ago, will likely be brought before the federal court before many weeks. The latest de- velopments go to show that the surviviug contestants as to the title in the old case, of which Helfenstein was one of the defend- ants, have vested their interest in him, and that the title haa been declared void after Helfenstein & Gore had been dismissed out of the case, and before the decree was made in the case of Root vs Shields and others, An attorney of St. Louis nas been here for some time, and Le claims to_have unearthed an old decree 1ssued by Judge Kellogg in 1865, which will materially alter the circum- stances of the case as regards ownership, Grim Warriors Make Merry. The old armory on Capitol avenue looked its best lust night, when the oficers and men of the Omaha guards sought in aslight man- ner to repay the kindness of the ladies who had charge of the bazaar recently heid for their bonetit, Red, white and bie hid the darker corners of the room, and left the elec- tric light to show the brilllant costumes of the ladics who danced where the guards so often drill. It was not a ball, but brought out some of the best of Omaha’s society, and from half past 8 until midnight, the strains of the orchestra took the place of the usual bugle calls, The band of the corps furnished the music, and the arrangemeuts for the evening wero left to M. Terell, Ed. Sher- wood and H. A. Carey. Quite a humber of army people were there, and all present cn- joyed themselves. Weather Indication Neobraska and Dakota: Fair and warmer, southerly winds, becoming westerly. lowa: Kair and warmer, preceded in south- east portion by colder variable winds, ei- erally southerly varying to westerly. L~ Death of William Horn Wilnam Horoer, aged eighty-four, died Tuesday night at his residence on Davenport street. The deceased was well known and bighly respected in Omaha The funeral will take place to-morrow to Prospect Hill, SUACOBS O], SPRAINS, STRAINS, INJURIES. htla Miak 1311 Seventh B4, Leuleville, Ky. e ek i e ity Rallws .& 18 fell over om me, presalng me g : Sl AR s A T JASYER BROWER. Fold by Druggiste and Dealers Bveryohere. THE CUARLES A. VOGELER 9., Baltimors, Md, CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS P, Sherman's Anti-Trust Moasure Taken Up in the Senate. SUNDRY CIVIL APPROPRIATIONS. the House on Thneir Consideration in Leads to a Controversy the Subject of Organized Liabor. Senate. WasniNGTos, Jan. 23.—Senator Sherman this morning reportod from the committeo on foreign relations the following amend ments liplomatic and consular appro- priation bill For the execution of oblizations and the protoction of the interosts of the United States, existing under the treaty between tho United States and the government of the Samoan 1slands, £00,000, or so much thercof as may be necessary, to b exponded under the direction of the president, this appropri ation to be immeadiately available. For the survey, improvement and occupa tion of the bay and harbor of Pogopagy in theisland of Tutuila, Samoa, and for the construction of the nocessary wharves and buildings for such occupation, and for a coal- ing station therein, under tho direction of tho president, §! . This uppropriation to be immediately available. The census committee reported back with sundry amendments the house bill to provide for taking the cloventh and subsequent cen- suses, and Mr. Hale gave notice that he would at an early aay ask the senato to pro- ceed to its consideration. On motion of Mr. Hoar the concurrent res- olution for the counting of the electoral vote was taken ap and passed. It provides, that the two houses of congress shall assomble in the hall of the house of representatives on the afternoon of Wednesday, February 15, 1850, to receive the vote of the electoral college. On motion of Mr. Sherman the bill* to de- clare unlawful trusts and combinations in restraint of trade production was taken up for consideration and amended by striking out of the first section the words, *That compotes with any similar articlo upon which a duty is levied by the United States,” and _ inserting in lien thereof the words, “In due course of trade.”” He then proposed that, the bill go over until to-mor- row to allow Mr. Hoar to offer some amend- ments to it, The bill accordingly went over until to- morrow. On motion of Mr. Voorhees, the senate proceeded to consideration of the house bill for the reliof of the State National bank of New Orleang, formeriy the Louisiana State Bank, 'The DIl was opposed by Messrs. Platt and Edmunds, and was advocated by Mr. Hoar. Mr. Edmunds offered an amendment, which was agreed to, striking out the word “belonging,” and inserting the words ‘‘al- leged to belong,” 80 as to make it read “proceeds of cotton alleged to belong to said bank.” After further discussion the bill, as amended, was passed ahd a committee con- ference ordered. Mr. F'rye asked unanlmous consont that his special order (special railroad funding bill) should be given precedence over other Agreed to. i said that a vote would be taken on the bill this woek. The bill was then taken up and laid aside as unfinished business. Mr. Chandler gave notice that he would, no later than Friday of this week, ask the sen- ate to take action on his rasolution proposing an investigation of the election in Louisiana last April. I'he District of Columbia appropriation bill was taken up but not_disposed of, and after an executive session the senate adjourned. House. WASHINGTON, Jan, 23.—The house went into committee of the whole on the sundry civil appropriation.bill immediately after the reading of the journal. Mr. Lawler of Illinois offered an amend- ment appropriating 59,000 for repairs and the preservation of the custom house build- ing at Chicago. Agreed to. Mr. Landers of Illinois moved to strikeout the clause on the bill providing that for the use of steam presses in the bureau of engrav- ing and printing a royalty shall be paid not exceeding 1 cent per 1,000 impressions. A long discyssion ensucd as to the relative merits of hand press and steam press worlk, during which Mr. Butterworth said that the organization of hand plate print- ers had declared war upon steam machines and had deterinedm that they should go. If they ought to go on ther werits let them go, but if ‘they ought not to go on their merits’ the fact that these gontlemen desired thon, to go was not the slightest reason for putting them out. He had been told that men who worked on stean presses were hissed and aunoyed while going to and from work by the hand workers, If this were true the secret: of the treasury and thesuperintendent of th bureau ought to be impeached for not vindicating the right of man in this country to earn his bread. A committee had been appointed by the house to look into the character of the work of the steamn presses, and he was soiicitious to know whether th witnesses testified as they would have testi- fied, had it not been for the reign of terror established in the bureau; if such a reign had been established. Quite a colloquy ensued between Messrs, Butterworth and Foran of Ohwo, and Farquhar of New York, in which the latter spoke for the organized mechanics of the 1and, who had, he said, built and kept up the induStries of the country. Mr. Butterworth said that he approved the combination of the latter, but he did not ap- prove of force being used to exclude any Awerican from any walk of life or any 11- ing. It was needless for the members to shut their eyes to the fact that some of these organizations had starved widows and orphans into compliance with their behests. He hrad not suggested that the Knights of Labor were opposed to the introduction of labor eaving muchinery. But he knew that some- tunes misguided men, under a belief that it was against their intercsws, had protested and fought, and even used violence, against their introduction. All he insisted upon was that the members should stand by their de- liberate judgment and not yield to the sug- gestion that it would shorten their political life not to do 80. ie denied the right of any association to say to this boy that he should not learn the trade of his father. Against that right he inveighed. (8o long as huck- stering politics yielded to the trade wind: sotin motion here or.there, just so long would fresiustitutions be in danger, not be- cause the men did nov kuow better, but be- causo they had not the couruge to do better. If this bouse had done s duty the children of men who had made and kept the republic would not be 8o crowded out of employment by the ship loads of lazzaronl from Kurope who land daily on our shores, -An- immigrant brought in energy, thought, some money, moral make-up, manhood; but we were having thrown upou our shores men who represented nothing upon God's earth except an appetite, @ stomach, and an almentary canal. Neither the house 'mor congress had dared, in the presenceof a political neceasity, 10 stand by the homes of their country. He hoped that this congress would do so before the session was over, but he protested that no association in the world had a right to unish bim and starve bhim to death bacause ¢ hired this man or that. Mr. Crain of Texas said he was surprised that so distingui d & representative of the republican lmrly, which had posed as the friend and champlon of the laboring men, attacked them because they had done what capital had done—organized themnselves for their own protection. It was by oOrganiza- tious that they compelled their employers Lo pay the rate of wawes thoy demanded and were able to attain the present rate. Mr, Farquhar offered an amendwment that none of the mony appropriated shall be used in the repair of steam presses, and Mr. White of New York, an amendment fixing the royalty at 1 cent per thousand impres- sluns. Pending & vote on any amendment the committee rose and the house adjourned. e — Mrs. Clara Colby, of Beatrice, Neb., read @ paper oo **‘Women in Marriage' at the con- vontion of the National Women's Suffrage @ssoclution at Washinglon yesterday, l CRAWFORD'S ASSURANC An Ex-Sawbones Ventures to Criticise the British Army. [Coppright 1829 by James Gordon Bennett.) Loxpox, Jan. 23, w York Herald Cable—-Special to Tne B General S. W, Crawford, who was manufactured into a major goneral from the position of militar sawboncs, has n giying an interviewer for the Globe ipse dixit about the poersonnel of the British army. He cott's Fusilier Guards as slow and their a utre ments as too hieavy altogetiier, “I think," he says, “that in modern warfare the English troops are too heavy, Their commissariate i8S too bulk requiring trains that would surely prove a sov e of great weakness in a compaign. While tnis is a striking feature of all the glish servi sially noticeable in the ca 1ly 50 in the cavalry of the [ ge proportion of a private’s kit is ouly for articlos necessary in keeping his uniform and accoutrements in order.” General criticised Crawford's estimate of Lord Wolseley is ludi Of ts red tape popinjay of & martinet who, in the east, where the soldiers kuow him, is despised as he desorves to be, Crawford says: “Itis but just that I should record the improession 1 have formed that Lord Wolseloy is as ad vancad in the application of modern ideas to military life as any weneral I have known." hataacfbel~ierto T 18, The Parncll Commission. Loxnox, Jan Before the Parnell com mission to-day, Dennis Tobin deposed that he was a member of the Kileolony band of moonlighters, A that when the mem- vers of the band were sworn the leader told them that by order of the league all tenants who paid their rents were to be raided. The moonlighters were furnished with arms and paid for committing outrages. Cross exam ined by Michaol Davitt, the witness said that raids were not made for the purpose of et ting cheap beef; they were moonlight affairs under orders. o g 2 THE NEW CORN RATES. Louis Makes a Against Their Er S1. Louts, Jan. 23.—[Spocial Telegram to Tnk Bre.]—A meeting of the grain factors on the floor of the Merchauts' exchange was held this afternoon for the purpose of consid ering and taking immediate action on the proposed abolition of the differential rate on corn from the cornflelds to St. Louis. The meeting was very largely attondod. It was decided to send a committee to Omaha to confer with the managers of the Union Pa- cifle railway and protest in benalf of this city against the unjust discrimination that would be made against it by putting in force on the 25th the proposed through joint grain tariff, which makes a rate of 3 ccnts more per 100 on corn to St. Louis than to Chicago. — - Charged With Wire Murder. Pour Tow W. T, Jan. —Charles Lumsdaller, a Scandanavian, aged forty-five, was arrosted here to-day for the murder of his flvst wife, near Fergus Falls, Minn., about a year ago. It is charged that ho was unduly mtimate with a servant girl, and that he poisoned his wife, and after her ddath married the servant. The couple then came here with Lumsdallers children. It is claimed also that he left a considerable amount of debts in tho shape of borrowed wone; O. L. Larson, also of Fergus Falls, who stole $2,500 and came to this territo; arrested last week by oficers from Fergus Ifalls. Through him the wheroabouts of Lumsdaller were learned, SPARKS FROM THE WIRES, Isham G. Harris has been re-clected United States sepator from Tennessce. Senator Cullom’s re-glection was declared in joint session of the Illinois legislature, The Oregon legislature, in joint conven- tion, formally re-elected Dolph United States senator. A fire in the dry goods district of New York city last night destroyed §100,000 worth of praperty. The bill for the suppression of White Caps was reported favorubly to the Indiana senate. Its passage is conceded. Two men were killed by the premature ex- plosion of & plast in the stone quarries at Shawmout, Pa., yesterday. A dispatch from Sydney, N. S. W., says that the German gunboat Olga has taken Malietoa, ex-king of Samoa, to Marshall islands. John Wanamaker, the Philadelphia mil- lionaire, had a secret conference with Presi dent Harrison yesterday, presumably on ocabiuet matters. Mrs. Lou Wright, of Bryantville, was brutally whipped by White Caps, o to some idle talk concerning her cha vefore marriage. ‘The naval reinforcements for the German fleet now in Samoan waters have left Bre- merbaven on the North German Lloyd steamer Noremburg. A battle between Hungarian and Italian mine laborers at Barry’s station resulted in one man being burned to death and several others badly injured. Goblet has telegraphed Waddington, the French embassador to England, instructing him to ask Lord Salisbury for anexplanation of the seizure by Great Britain of the two Tongway islands. Delegate Car of Wyoming. to-day ad- dressed the house committee on territories in behalf of the passing by congress of an enabling act for the admission of the terri- tory of Wyoming into the union as a state. Judge Patterson, of the New York su preme court, has granted an attachment against the property in that state of the St. Louis & Chicago railway company, in a_suit brought by the Holland Trust company to re- cover 830,000 on promissory notes. The senate engrossing clerks endeavored to complete the seuate’s substitute for the Mills tarift Dill, so as to get it back to the house before adjournment yesterday, but they were unable to do so0. It will be read und go to the house to-day. Secretary Whitney has written a letter to the chairmun of the house naval committee asking authorization to purchase the ne sary land for a coaling station in the harbor of Pago Pago, Samoa, and to erect a wharf, build lighters, ete. The secretary of state to-day received a cablogram from Acting Consul Blacklock at Apia, Samoa, by way of Auckland, saying that a large fire recently occurred on the island, and that the German consulate was among the buildings destroyed. He adds that the fire was undoubtedly accidental, No other details are given. ——— Almost an Accident. The funeral of the late Colonel Forbes nearly led to another fatal accident. Hack No. 80, returning from the cemetery, and contaming Mrs. Blackburn, Mrs. M. Smith and Miss Hattie Wood, stopped for a mowent on Sixteenth street, between Corby and Howard streets, to allow one of the la- dies to alight. Just s the driver opened the door, the horses started off on a trot, and Mrs. Blackburn fell to the ground, severely spraining her arms. Mvs, Smith became frightened and endeavored to jump from the hack, but she too fell to the ground and was rendared iusensible, Miss Wood retained her presence of mind and remained in the vehicle until the horses were stopped, when she was taken out unbarmed, LS Veteran Freo Masons. The veteran Frce Masons of Nebraska met and banqueted in Masonic hall last night. Phere were thirty-one gentlemen present who felt elated at the thought of having for upwards of twenty-one years gloried in nest attachment to mysteries of the craft, men on whom the hand of time had dwelt lightly. ~ An hilarity as of youth might have been heard eminating from the crevices of door and keyholes, and a reign of good fe lowship and amicable feelings prevailed. ‘The banquet, which was served in the hall, was of & sumptuous nature und thoroughly enjoyed. Spseches followed, the meeting terminating with sincere wishes that at the next assembly each might agaiu be present. Mr. Adams is Aiways Calm. Chicago Times: The report that Charles Francis Adiawms has been startled is premuture, When the sphinx miles, My, Adaws will startle, St. Protest Ind cter SHERIFI'S FEES, A Bill Dosigned Materially 1 orease Profits Not Small Now. The Douglas county oficials who v watching tho procoedings of the state legis laturo at Lincoln yesterday woro somewhat surprised as the purport of house roll 112 was unfolded to them. 1t was road by the clork in h usual matter-of-fact style and aroused no suspioions among the uninitiated The Douglas county men caught its objoct and at once b intensely interosted The title of the spparently insignidcant bill is Houso Roll 112, a Bill t» Amend Section 5, Chapter 25, of the Compilod Statutos of sbraska.” It has boen introduced by Mr Denman, of Grand Island, and to the tax payers of this county is one of great import- ance, This sectio referred 10 above, deals exclusively w wriff’s foos and par - fose | sarding of pris oners, The object of th 11 is to make 1t compulsory on the cownty to piy 7 cents per day for each prisones under six duy cents per day for those after that tine, Some time county 18sionors reduced the , and the sheriff now rece 8 or day for each prisoner, and 25 cents for those on bread and wator! This is not enough for the avaricious sheriff; hence the present bill By 1 ul perusal of the following items will the amounts the sherit has dr s the last three years for mo comni In this year Douglas county vaid $10,617.5 to tho sheriff for boarding prisoners, or an average of bI’¢ conts per day for each person. The estimatod profit on this 18 60 r cent, o cents per day for ch. Chict 215 cents for each insane persons in the county Jjail 5 was paid, or &t the rate of 504 conts cach. 'The profit on this is cstimated at 60 per cent. FFor boarding United Statos prisoners tho sheriff received from the government 3608, at the rate of 10 cents a day and 50 per cent estimated profit 1Por boarding Sarpy ¢ at 1 a day or S0 per For transients 875 unty prisoners, $160, ont profit at 81 per day. 185 voar tho sherilf recvived ding prisoncrs, or an aver: st per d with an - esti mated profit of 60 por For boarding insane 50, or s day each, with the sume 51 cents ostimated Boarding United States prisoncrs §1,200,50 at 70 cents per day cach py county £320, at 21 per day each. isients 50, at'81 por day edch. 1858, In this year the county commissioners cut down the sherifi’s fees for by crs, and where he g now gets an average of 34% cents, The total amount during this year paid to the sheriff for boarding prisoners $9.485.45, a considerable falling off rrom the $14.5 paid the previous year. But even now the profits are_estimatod at 45 per cont During this year the insane cost an average of < cents for each person per dny. “The Unit at 70 ceuts oa The Sarpy county prisoncrs, §183, at §1 each, and transicnts at #1 per hoad. As well us the fees arising from the above the sherilf gets a salury of 00 & year, which together with the estimatéd profits on the lowest salary he ever drew from the county would make in round numbers some: thing like $7,000 a year. esides this there arc numerous other feos from which he can inerease his bank account, as a close perusal of the said scction 5, cha; , will show. The totals for the ‘tast threc years paid to the sheriff for boarding prisoners ar lows: Tir 1856, In 1557 In 188 States prisoners cost §1.440.70 h. Total,...c, G Should this 150 1 3 law, the sheriff fwill jump from his &, fees for boarding prisoners in 1538 under re les to $14,397, the amount he received And by the simple words, “shall inserted In the bill the commis- sioners will _be obliged to pay it It might be well to_compare the figures of cost for keeping prisoners in Douglas county those eclsewhere Chicago tho ¢ for the board of each | Louis, during the summer months, 35 conts each, and in the winter 40 cents Cach per day are the prices paid for boarding prisone In these last two cases the couthy provides nothing else— neittier bedding nor clothes, nor fire. 1t will be seen that Douglas county pays almost double for the keep of its prisoners what cither of the above mentioned places do. LITERARY OMAHA, Preliminary Steps Tow mation of a Useful Society. There were no vacant scats in the lecture rooms of the First Congregational church last night, when the Rev. Dr. Duryea spoke on the subject of establishing a genune lite- rary society. One hundred and twenty-five of those present signified their intention of becoming active members of the society, and will henceforth devote one night a week to the study of English literaturo and _kindred . Psycology, biology and other ologies will also have a place in the curricu- lum, und there will be no expense beyoud that of purchasing the necessary text books. dnesday, at 8:45 p. m. is &ho time designated for the weokly meetings, and the promise is given that they will not be_prolonged beyond 0p. m. In naming Wednesday as tho e of mecting, Dr. Duryea said that the rgy of Omaha were contemplating sctting hat ight aside for church life. In the east it was generally accepted as boing devoted to the church, and was quietly being dropped as an evening for social gatherings, Leadin; newspapers declined to notice public ente tainments held on Wednesday, and he thought that those of Omaha would look on itin that light, He wanted the members of his congregation who wished to become identitied with this literary society to bring any of their friends of other denominations with them, and he assured them that there would be hothing theological or sectavian in the meeting. Mossrs. Alexander, Somers and Mcintosh, and Miss Flouse and Mus, Benson wore then anpointed organization, with powor Lo s : thoe necessary text books, and the me adjourncd until Wedacsday, when Dr. Dur- yea will lecture on *Beginnings of Life.” | ure Razors in the Air. Fannic Harris, a colored woman residing on Eleventh street, was arrested last night on the charge of assault with intent to Kill. The intended victim was a colored man named C. Pege, who was locked up as prose cuting witness. The woman did not succeed in killing him, but she spoiled an overca with two cuts o razor, She boars an un s and o0 | Fowler SIOUX (ITY'S SERIOUS L0SS Fowler's Packing House Sold to Kan- sas Oity Parties. THE PLANT TO BE CLOSED DOWN, n Thrown Out of imployment — The Winona & Southwestern — Fatal Stab- bing Affray at Loga Four Hundred M A Packing House Shut Doy Stovx Crry, la., Jan, 93 —[Special Telo- gram to Tne Ber]—The firm of R. D Fowler & Co,, of Chieago, to-day sold their cking business in_Sioux City _to Goorge Son, of Kansas City. Ordors were at once issued by the new firm to elose down, but it cannot be learned whether the closing is permanent or not. Under R. D, Fowler & Co.'s contract with tho Sioux City Yards company the lease of the forme five years. Four hundred moen a out of employment, at loast temporarily. Ihe Winona & Southwoestern. Muasox Ciry, lay, n. 33, Spocial Tele gram to Tur Bre.] ~Tho corps of enginoers of the Winona & Southwestern railroad to day, completed their surveys botwsen Osage nd this city and havo brokea ¢ amp, Of the five surveys thoy will wlopt the most prac tical route, and ground will bo broken as soon as the is out. ity miles ar ited in this tion from Winona will be necess ush the work from now on in order to save somo of the subsidios now voted, which will lapse inside of a yoar. They conneet hero with Mason City & Fort Dodyre, and will build from Fort “Dodge to Omaha, making a through line from Green Bay to Omaha, A Y Dunt uthful Coy Ta., Jan 23, to Tue e ank Miller, Shorman Bart lett and Alameda Daniels, the last two being dupes of the fist, wero at West Union for usi ful purpose: foit moncy foll into the wroj 0 was sent in o d was found on his but sixteen, 18 di their e United St e mails for unlaw. $100 in countor- nuine. His lotter hands accidentally, und or to Daniels, and ols, though 0 will have to-morrow before es comunssion k The Supreme Court. Dus Moines, fa. Jan. 25.—[Spectal Telo- gram to Tk Brr I'he supreme court filed the following decisions hero to-day JWdward Wert vs G. W, Potts and G Hamilton, appellants; Polk district; versed. OPerry § n owndsend, appellants, vs W, D. Mills ot al; Monroe district; afirmed. eorge A. Warfield vs Elsie L. Wi appellant; Muscatine district; afiivmed. nn Phil vs John Polman ot al, appellants, akee district; aflirmed, ato of fowa vs William Aulman et al, ap pellants; Polk district: afirmed. riield, Only $3,000 Shor! Moixrs, Tu., Jan. 23.—[Special to T ~Great interest is being felt in th in the project for building a Y. M. C. A building which shall accommodate that in- stitution and the laties’ art club and the pub- lic library. It decided to raise £0,000 for the buildin ve of the lot, and all subscriptions were to be conditional on the raising of the entire amount by Januury 25, There has been subscribed up to this morn- ing $45,202.98. A Logan Stabbing Afteay. Des Morxes, Ia., Jan, 23.- [Special Telo gram to Tue Bre. |—A quarrel between two members of a literary society at Logan, Har- rison county, lust night, resulted in the stab bing of the presideat, Shevman Griton, by Tom Kennedy. Griton had reproved him for disturbing the mecting, and after it adjourned Kennedy stabbed him three times. He is not expected to live, Accidental Keoxuk, la., Jan. 23.—[Special Tel to Tur Bek. go Pierce, of this while out huntiug yesterday, had his loft hand so badly injnred by the accidental dis- charge of his gun that amputation was nec- essary. = GOT IT FOR MODJESKA But the Absent-Minded C Fruic ¥ el Modj tells a story about her hon- eymoon that is somew amusing. It Wil some ye 20, but she still lnughs about it. When the Count and Countess Bozenta went for their wedding trip, 1 think it was to Paris, Lam not sure, it does not matter. One moraing sho had just got up and the count had been out an hour or two taking a morning Ho came back and appeared to excited. “Helen! Helen! Come here.” *“What is it?” “Come here quick, I've brought you some lovely fruit, the first in the mar- ket. “All vight. out as 5000 1 She dresstd leisure her room. The count ing, deeply interestod in his bools looked around. No fruit was 1o b She looked all over the pince. count looked up. SWhat arve HWhere's the fi The count looked was not there, “Well,” he haven’t caten it unt Ate the I'm dressing. ['ll come S I get ready.” and came out of 15 sitting read- She soen. The 1 looking for?”? on the table. Tt id, “I'1l be hanged if 1 e Korr's thread, bluck fast dye. Hayden Bros. . e Women Drunkards Never Reform. g} Nelly Bly, the famous lady writer for the Now York World, put this question to Mrs. McAuliffe, the matron of tha Tomb: “Did reforming ‘No, I n known of sober for several they can’t control wild desire will you ] ver did,” was the reply. I hurd drinkers keoping monuths at a time; but thewselves, and a eturn which brings over know of any woman hay enviable cha) among the polic Give it o™ instantly: galgid ites and YOI Burns, S8 can be CUrte o Atiments o8 B them here ag: MUSTANG LINIMENT Thus the * Mustang” conquers pain, Makes MAN or BEAST well again!