Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 16, 1889, Page 4

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State of Nebraska, ) County of Douglas, (* Georgo I, Tzachuck, being duly sworn, do- poves and says that Lie'is secretary of The Ses Yublishing Company, that the actunl averago daily circulation of’ Tk DALY Be for the month of December, J&%, 143 coples: for March, 185, 18550 copll June, 159, January, 1889, 18 18905 copies: ‘ore me and subscribed in my 3)th day of November, A N.P. Ir Montana will throw a: L .souri barnacles now blocking her pro- _gress, the ship of state will glide into the union without a jar. It 1S to be hoped the Nebraska party will not cuitivate an acquaintance with the Mexican mescal while wintering in the land of the cacti and tarantula. Tue governor of Nebraska remarked’ tothe governor of Tennessee, anent the Jackson auniversary, “T'm with you in spirit,” How touchingly putriotic and appropriate! —— . THE Pennsylvavia state election takes place noxt November, but that does not affect the ardor of candidates alveady 1n the field. Itis arepublican family af- fair in which the democrats are not re- motely concerned, THE journalistic junk pile on Lower Douglas steeet is growing at an amaz ing rate. Another form, harasssd by hereditary imbecility, gave a feeble shriek last wook and collapsed. A pa- ‘thetic solemnity pervades that grave- yard of fortune and ambition, foreshad- owing final dissolution. THE state board of transportation fe- licitates itself on the fact that one of the railroads voluntarily accepted the. coal rates ordered into effect. This action relieves the board of an embarrassing {racture of friendship which would re- Bult if the corporations contested the schedule. The ‘‘honeymoon of har- mony” is sufe for the time being. NEw ORLEANS raised more money for a Davis monument in ten days than -was raised for the Grant monument in three years. If respect for men of deeds be measured by dollars the Crescent city shows greater regard for a princi- ple shot to death than New York for the memory of the genius who pre- served the union. Tue decision of the state board of transportation in the Elmwood elevator case is based on sound public policy. In this case the Missouri Pacific refused .to grant the Farmers’ alliance the right .to build an elevator on its grounds, thus ‘discriminating in favor of the elevators ~already built, The complainants showed thut the two elevators were insufficient to promptly handle the product of the ,Burrounding country, and that the own- ,ers had combined to fix the prices to be paid and to prevent com- petition, The railroad ignored this charge and set up the flimsy plea that the grounds are necessary for the operation of the road, and that the two elevators ave suf- ficient to handle all grain offered. After reviewing the evidence in detail, -the board tinds that there is ample room for another elevator on the grounds without interfering with the operation of the road; that the existing elevators unlawfully discriminate ugainst the peo- ple, und orders the company to grant the Farmers’ alhance the right to erect an clevator on its sidetracks *‘upon the same terms and conditions as .are granted to the owners of other ele- vators located at the station,” The decision strikes at the root of the elevator monopoly of the state. It enlarges and affirms the. principle . established by the highest courts that common carriers must grant equal rights and equal fucilities to all ship- pers. The ussertion that the alliance is an exclusive corporation is absurd. It is an organization of producers and shippers wno, believing that they ave unjustly treated by the elevator com- bine, are entitled to the right to ship their grain to market without the in- tervention of middlemen. It is not surprising that the company will eon- 16t the decision in the courts. It . touches the internal machinery of rail- road corporations whereby favored in- stitutions are built up and sustained at the expeuse of the producers. THE OPPOSITION TO MORGAN. The opposition to the confirmation of General Morgan as Indian commis- sioner, which is ascribed to sectarian animosity, ought to have little con- sideration from the senate if f{ts real source is as alleged. When General Morgan entered upon the duties of his office he found it necessary in order to reform the service on the lines which he deemed proper to make a consider able number of removals. It is alleged that in doing this he permitted religious considerations to influence him, and that most of those removed were men who professed a different faith from his. The commissioner asserts that he has not made removals either for religious or political reasons, every dismissal having been for cause, the character of which is shown on the records of the office. All unprejudiced people will give to this statement, and senators will have no difficulty in ascertaining its truth, Those who are nssailing the Indian commissioner on the ground of his al- leged diserimination ngainst thoze who profess a religions creed different from his own ave making a grave mistake. The tendency of such a course is to arouse controve and inflame preju- dices which cannot be productive of any good. If the organs and representa- edence tives of the faith which General Mor- gan is said to have discriminated against in the removals he has made from the Indian service persist in making this an issue against him, they must expect that his course will be as warmly nnd zealously espoused by the opposing religious creed, and thus there would be brought about that most bitter and relentless of all contentions, a re- ligious -conflict. The senate of the United States is not the arena in which this should be allowed to take place. The duty of senators in the matter of the conficmation of Commissioner Mor- gan is plain. If they find that he is fitted for the position, by character and capacity, he should be confirmed. An attempt has been made to injure him by raking up an incident that occurred while he was in the army, and this’ single attack uoon his character he has disposed of to the satisfaction of fair- minded men. It is a matter that ought ve no weight in determining the of his fitness for his position. As to his capac- we ure not aware that it had ever been questioned. No one has given more careful and thorough study to the Indian problem than Gen- eral Morgan, and he has received the hearty endorsement of those who take a deep interest fn the welfare of the In- dians. Since he has been at the head of the Indian bureau he has shown marked ability in the performance of the duties devolving on him, and has unquestionably improved the service. Tis vlans with respect to the education of the Indians have been very gener- ally approved, and on the whole, his administration thus far has dewmon- strated that his appointment to this im- portant position was judicious. This being the case there ought to be no question regarding his confirma- tion, and cortainly the very last influ- ence to which the senate should give attention is that proceeding from any religious source. It will be a great misfortune whenever church influence, Protestant or Catholie, is permitied to affect the judgment of the senate in the performance of its constitutional duty of advistug and consenting to the ap- pointment of public officials. FOR CUBAN INDEPENDANCE. More than forty yeurs ago President Poik authorized the American minister to Spain to make an offer to that gov- ernment of one hundrad million dollars for Cuba. At that time a ereole insur- rection in Cuba was apprehended, and it was threatened that this would he antagonized by Africanizing the island, which, it was held, would cause rovolt among the slaves of the cotton and sugar states of the countr The proposal of the United States to pur- chase Cuba caused a great deal of in- terest at home and discussion abroad, particularly in England. But Spain promptly and peremptorily rejected the proffer, and while there continued to be much talk of plots and intrigues looking to the seizure of the “Gem of the Antilles,” there was no further effort on the part of the government to ne- gotiate for its purchase. A few years later the American min- isters to Great Britain, France and Spain,of whom James Buchanan was oue, issued a letter which has become famous as the ‘“‘Ostend manifesw,” in which they urged that Spain having re- fused to sell Cluba at a price beyond its vatue, it was time to consider whether the possession of that island by Spain endangered the internal peace of the American union, andif so we should be justifed by every law, man and divine, in wresting Cuba from Spain. Tnis bold enunciation from such a source created n good deal of excitement for a time, but except in the southern states it received very lit- tle approval, With this endea the ef- forts to involve the governmentin a scheme to get possession of Cuba, though plots secretly organized to cap- ture the island continued to be talked of down to 1860, and doubtless the Span- ish government was in constant appre- hension of trouble from this source. It knew that the slaveholders of the United States were a unit in de- siring that Cuba should be possessed by this country, and it understood that while they were ablindantly able to or- ganize a force to invade Cuba their in- fluence 1n the government was so potent that a movewent of this character might be allowed to be carried on from our shores. These facts of history are given present interest by the introduc- tion 1into the United States sen- ate a joint resolution requesting the president to negotiate with Spain in order to get her eonsent for the establishment of a free and in- dependent republic in the island of Cuba, in cousideration of a sum of money and the guarantee of such com- mercial advaulages as'may be stipu- lated. It is proposed to ask Spain to nawe the price for which she would re- linquish all claim to Cuba snd hu- | consent to have A republic estab- lished there. If congress should make the mistake, which is not at alt proba- ble. of passing this resolution, and the president should propose a negotiation in compliance with it, there can be no doubt what the result would be. If the Spanish government did not vigorously reject the overture as a picce of wholly unwarranted impertinence and a palpa- ble affront, it would very promptly decline as heretofore to con- sider any proposition for parting with Cuba. The Spanish treasury is not rich. The statesmen of Spain are not perplexed with the question of how to dispose of a surplus, as isthe case with ours, Their trouble is rather to find the means to make ends meet. But Spain is not yet in a financial con- dition which renders it nocessary for her to part with her most valuable pos- session atany price which the Anerican people wouid be likely to consent to pay. Hence if this proposition were pre- sented to the Spanish government our government would very likely be vigorously snubbed, as it would well de- secve to be. Cuba is undoubtedly mis- governed, and it is possible that the development of the island and the wel- fare of its people would be advanced under a diffecont governmont. But it is not the business or the policy of the United States to encourage the estab- lishment of ropublics by appropriations from the public treasury. e s— BOGUS CONCERN The ambition of western communi- ties to become'centers of industry is a commeadable one, but in many in- stances it overloaps the bounds of com- mon sense and business judgment. Cities, townships and even counties, carried away by glittering promises of permanent beneiits, vote aid to manu- facturing schemes without investigat- ing the character or responsibility of the projectors, nor do they deliberate on the source of supply of raw material and the extent of the market for the product. These are essential to success. Lack- ing either, failure is certain, thus im- posing burdens on the taxpayers with- out rendering an equivalent, and creat- ing distrust and depression in the com- munity. Last year several boomers of watch and sewing machine factories invaded the western states scoking aid for what they termed ‘“*mammoth industries, em- ploying thousands of men.” One of these concerns cast its linesin a town in southwest Nebraska and gathered in u school of suckers. Plans for the fac- tory were drawn, contracts made for the building and machinery and one hun- dred acres of cornfield laid out in lots. While preparations were going on for the building thu boomers took good care to dispose of the lots, pocket the proceeds and decamp when the market was supplied. Kansas furnishes another striking 1llustration of the modern wildeat man- ufacturing concern. The American Sugar company spread its tentacles over the western section of the state and enthused. the struggling farmers with promises of graat protfits from beet cultuve. A central factory was started. and plans lmd to con- duct business on a large scale. The company’s agents were scattered over scores of townships and proposi- tions were submitted to the people to vote from fifteen to twenty thousand dollars in bonds to secure the location of branch factories. The officers an- nounced that.they proposed to build one hundred mills, and as an evidence of good faith ana success displayed quan- tities of sugar alleged to have been ex- tracted from beets at the parent factory. Investigation developed the fact that ‘he company mixed imported pure sugar ith the sorghum sugar manufac- tured in suflicient. quantities to produce first-class sugar, The quality of the fraudulent sugar, the price paid for the raw mate- rial, and the liberality of the company in offering to plant factories 1n every township for a stipulated bonus, aroused suspicion and led to the exposure of a well-laid conspiracy to rob the taxpay- ers of one million dollars in subsidies. Many sumilar instances can be cited to show the folly of aiding and encour- aging manufacruring concerns without careful inquiry into the character and responsibility of the managers, and above all whether the product will command a profitable home market. IF that commodity vulgarly called gall is essential to the success of the world’s fair, Washington will secure the prize. Gotham greed and the wealth of the windy city combined cannot ap- proach 1t. The Washington *‘board of promotion” calmly asks congress to issue the modest sum of fifteen million dollars in District of Columbia bonds and guarantee the interest and princi- pal. With such gilt-edge security the citizens gencrously offer to take the bonds. Under this charming scheme the government would be solely re- sponsible for the success of tite exposi- tion, while the city would reap the harvest without contributing one dol- lar to the cost of the enterprise, The capital citizens are not troubled with enlargement of the heart. —— THE British lion furiously pounces on Portugal for daring to thrash an offen- sive potentate in the African jungles. It will be noticed thatthe size of the of- fending nation makes a vast difference in the vigor of the Lon’s roar, e em———— Blind Leaders. Louisville Courler-Journal, There are several men in congress who are blinder than Mr, Milburn, B uiring Minds, Chlcago Herald. Mr. Reed, tne new speaker, looks like Shakespeare, and a prominent question in the house is: “Who 1w thunder is Shake- speare PR sk Suggests a sSad Condation. Chicago Tribune. Shurtleff is the name of the republican who succeeds Cashier Silcott. It has s sound that seems dunly to recall to mind the condition to which the defalcation of his thrifty predecessor has brought many & con- fiding congressman, e e A Rival of Washington's Servant, Washington Post, ‘The man who first suggested to President Pierce that he appoiat Jefferson Davis secre- tary of war Is iow coming forward 1n pla- toons and baltallions and letting the wind blow throngh his faded whiskers. And the wind is the wind of his lungs, and the blow- ing thereof f4' from within. ——— Profiibition a Falinre. Washington Post. The three states of the union which have adopted prohibition as a remedy for the vice of drunkenndss —Maine, Kansas and Towa— have in effect, 'tome to the conclusion that Lhe so-called remedy is a failure, ariamerde - Boston's Weak Side. Chicago News. Ex-President Cloveland dined with a room- ful of select Bostonians the other evening, and now it is openly predicted that Massa- chusetts would go democratio if he should run for president agaln, becauss he praised the succotas) — Jay ttle Game. Kansas City Fimes, From the assurances of some of the New York papers that Jay Gould 18 atraid of the effect of the competition of long distance telephoning on telographic service, we infer that Mr. uld wants to buy some more Western Union stock cheap. PR AN Don't Want the Mormons, Sprinafield Republican. ’ Mormon agents in Canada report favor- ably upon the Canadian northwest as a refuge for the samts, Mr, Cannon, one of the first presidents of the church, favors the scheme. “The Mormon revelation,” says the Toronto Mail, “was made in the United States; let its consequences be confined to that country.” ——-— The Republic and 1ts Soldiers. Cleveland Leader. Since 1861 over a thousand millions of dol- lars huve been paid out in pensions to sol- diers and their dependents. Such a record was never even approximated by any other nation. Yet there are those who think the republic has not done its duty by the sol- diors, gruey T i MONDAY MIRTH. Pittsburg Chronicle: Fowls cannot be classed as gormands, if they do eat by the peck. Washington Capital: Wine is like certain horse-race entries, in that it is compelled to wait for age. Yookers Statesman: The man who was compeiled to bite the ‘*dust’” was probably trying to ascertain if the coin was good. Oil City Blizzard: A man named Gus Witherspoon ate seven fried eggs at one sitting recently. We are not told if he ate them Witherspoon, but we suppose so, Life: Mr. Cambridge—Miss Lakeside, have you ever read *Looking Baclkward " Miss Lakesiage—No; I tried to once, but 1t gave me a crick in the neck. Boston Transcript: Tight collars are said to be the cause of near-sightedness, It is well to remember, however, that tight col- lars are frequently able to sea double. Binglamton Republican: The female or- ganistof u Utica church has eloped and married a fourteen-year-old boy who pumped the organ. The affair has taien the wind out of the choir. Texas Siftings: Jawkins—Good gracious, Jabez, you're ali broke up, Whera dia you get that black eye'l _Hogg—Oh, dat was only a_little linguistic dificul! 1 call a few things by their wrong name. Courier des Elats-Unis: “What do you mean, sir, by awearing bofore my wife! You must apologize.’” “Pardon, monsiéur! Pardon! 20 apology swear first, New York Sun: ‘‘Gracious, Mrs. Malaprop, *'L read in the papers of a ‘Congressman ax large.’ I do hope they will capture him before he does any harm.’ Boston Courter: “I1 understand,” said a handsome young woman, entering the print- ing office, ‘“‘that you employ ouly girls and that you are in need of a forewoman " “'Yes,” replied the printer. “Can you make up forms?” *“Just look at me and see,” she answered, turning berself around. She was engaged. Munsey's Weekly: “What is this scandal about Wanamaker?” “Wiy, he uses his inside knowledge of the weather bureau to help his business along. He has information about the weather twelve hours in advance, and knows exactly what to display in his windows, parasols or umbrelias, patent leathers or goloshes.” “It turns out,” remarked the telegraph editor, *'that the bank robbery in Greenup- ville was a smaller affair than at ficst re- vorted. Instead of $6,500 the fellow gov away with only $65.” “Grimes,” bawled the night editor of the Morning Paralyzer through the speaking tube to the foreman, *‘take that heading ‘Bold and Successful Operation of a Daring” Financier' off the accountof that Greenupviile affair and put in its place ‘A Rascal Makes a Sneak on a Bank.’” I do mako ’I did not know ze lady wish to exclaimed IRRIGATLION HICS, National Help Oniy Just—Western Streams Should Water the Land. Orawronn, Neb., Dec. 11.—To the Editor of Tur Brg: In an editorial of the Yth inst. you comment upoa the ideas of Major Powell in his paper, read before the New York chawber of commerce, It would appear to me that this is quite an impcrtant question to the people of a large portion of this state. There are thousands of acres of land in Ne- braska that are waiting for water to make them of value. We have several large stroams running lengthwise through the state that are pouring into the Mis souri water whigigevould do us so much good on all sides and make fertile land that now can only support onimals that can go long dis- tances for water, In your editorial you present a case sub- Ject to aiscussion as to whether this work in the western country should be done by the states alone or with the assistance of the government. 1t wouid appear to me that it I8 quite proper and right that the efforts of the states and territories should be encour- oged by liberal appropriations from Wash- ington. Are not our farms and farmers as deserving of assistance as tne merchants of the coasts whose barbors and river outlets are costing us millions cach year to keep in Kgood condition ! ‘Chere is another idea which Is worthy of consideration. You say that Major Powell estimates the ©vostof a certain system of storage at §1,000,000,000. You ask the question, wiil justify the expenditure, al it by saying. thut experience has shown that it will Now this decisiafl is bused upon the probable additional _prodiiitiveness of tho country fayored. In addition to this I would suggest that the growin@f trees upon our own tree- less prairies would. follow quickly the advent of irrigating cansls and the effort upon & country of gra)vy g forests has long since been shown to bejgliditional rainfall and ad- diuonal moisture ta be swallowed by adjoin- iog land. This would then cause a more effective distributign of the rainfall and re- duce the future, {¥penses of the irrigation atem. ) - A writer for tho Nation says in praise of the methods andJaws gdverning thedistribu- tion of water in the irrigation system of Colorado: *'I'rustrated neither by drought nor flood the husbandman is able to - mature his crops to pefection, to accelerate or retard their ripeniog and to bring harvest to st their conveuience.” Inas- much s waters of our streams are in western states and end in the south it is clearly & matter of uational inter- ©st that the water be stopped and distributed in the west, where it is needed, and not al- lowed to overflow 1n certain seasons in south- n states where it does damage, And, as before, Lere 18 & chauce for the west 1o get ber share of the immense amount of, woney that 1s appropriated yearly by con- grcu for public improvement un‘{ it should e the duty of western congressman 1o rise in a body und ssy: “Gentlomen of the east, when you vote for our bills for appropria” tions to assist us in reclaimiug vast num- bors of square miles of our soil, we will thea assist you in obtaining your appropriations for the rivers uad barl of the east.” B. 8. Pavoock. DUTIES OF IDEAL CITIZENS, John Habberton Belleves in Con= science in Politic PRINCIPLE AND PARTISANSHIP Tho ldeal Citizen Wants to Know Why and Oan't Be Depended Upon to Vote With the Machine. Conscience in Politics. The ideal citizen is the man who be- lieves that all men are brothers and the nation is merely an oxtension of his family, to be loved, respected and cared for accordingly. Such a man attends personally to all civio duties with which he believes him- self charged. Thoso which are within his own coutrol he would no more in- trust to his inferiors than he would leave the edveation of his children to kitchen servants. The public demands upon his time, thought and money come upon him as suddenly and unexpoctedly as the acci- dents of family life, and often they find him ill prepared, but he nerves himself to the mevitable, knowing that, in the village, state or nation, any mistake or neglect on his part must impose a penalty, sooner or later, on those whom he most loves, It may be that the nation may want to declare war; perhaps the state may desire to juggle with its debt or somo other intorest involving the principle of honesty; but eyen if the work at hand is no more important than the deciding of pound dues or & small appropriation for repairing o bit of broken road, ho recognizes the duty of informing him- sell regarding the matter from the tandpoint of the good of the commun- Seliishly, lie knows that any blun- der which may be committed will in- flict disagreeable, exponsive, perhaps fatal results upon those he loves most; largor way he vealizes that every- body about him—the men and womén whom he respects because they are his equals, and those whom he pities be- cause they are unable to look after their own vights under the law, may suffer if a few intelligent citizens chance to neg- lect their duty. GOOD FOR ALL DEMANDS. The ideal citizen is **good for all de- mands” justly made upon him; he never shirks work or s that what he negleets to attend to will be made right by his fellow. men, to whom he will re- turn the favor at some future and i detinite time. He ha: n that method in practice, and he does not like its effects. Ouve of them was the “Tweed Ring,” in New York; another was the “Whisky Ring,” which encompassed the United Sta He knows how to apply, in civic affaivs, the point of the old saying that “‘a stitch in time saves nine,” and, conversely, that if stitches are not taken in time there may sud- denly be rents and exposures which newly aroused industry cannot reps in time to prevent disgrace and loss The 1deal tizen always “wants to lnow why.” His conscience may be better than his education, but he loses no opportunity to discover what have been stumbling blocks of other com- mu.ities, states and nations, and he prefers to learn these from original sources of information, rather than from persons who maice explanations, at the eleventh hour, to conform to pre- arranged sclfish or partisan purposes. He does not find this task easy, and at times his mind seems so confused and dark that he wonders how order and duylight can ever get into it, but he perseveres, knowing that when one is in a fight it is better to be beaten than to dodge responsibility by running away. PRINCIPLE IN PARTISANSHIP. In politics the ideal citizen takessides and votes with a party, but he makes his partisan affiliations through princi- pie, instead of prejudice or the par- tiality that comes through personal ac- quaintance. He finds this hard work at times; somehow . everything worth doing or having requires a greut deal of personai effort and not a little self-sacrifice; yet he realizes that to be led by the nose is unmanly, even if the leader be a wiser man than he and a personal friend besides—that to blindly follow a man whose principal qualification is a talent for leadership is to give wuy 10 the weakness vhrough which leaders have become tyrants and nations have lost their liberties. In politics he finds that men and mensures are at times so lamentably mixed that it scems almost impossible to separate them, and the more con- science he hus the greater is his trouble to decide between them. Nevertheless he does it. His decision may compel him to oppose some of his dearest friends, for there is a good deal besides conscience that makes differ- ence of opinions; but he knows that to accept ideas second band, no matter from whom, is to admit that oue is not fit to think for himself, but only to be a. slave. He may respect men with whom he differs in opinion, but it is not neces- sary on that account that he should re- spect their erroneous ideas. He is not 10 to be held to account for other peo- ple’s opinion, but for his own. He re- members that Abraham Lincoln and other historic characters did not always agree with the most prominent men of their party; if he had read his nation’s history as closely as any patriot should, he kunows that George Washington, while president, was one of the best abused men who ever livad, Yet Lin- coln and Washington are still held reverently in the public memo ¥, while the names of most of their critics have disappeared from general remembraunce. It is the man who thinks who is remem- bered; he who ouly follows has nothing in his characterto keep his memory green, A PAINFUL POSITION. Sometimes the ideal citizen finds himself obliged to vote with a party which he previously has opposed and in which his associates are his old politi~ cal enemies. In such case his position is paioful, for, as a rule, the more thoughtful and earnest the man the dearer to him are the ties of sympathy and old iation. Bat if he would be true to his trust he must regard duty before inclinatien: to go “‘with the maultitude to do evil” is no compensa- tion for duties undone and responsibil: ities neglected. Abraham Lincoln urg- ing the emancipation proclamation upon his unwilling eabinet, Horace Greeley signing the bail bond of Jefferson Davis, Sam Houston protesting in the Texas convention agasnst the secession of the state, Czur Alexaader of Russia, issuing his ukase to froedom for the serfs, opposed all of whom they haa been previously bound by ties of association and friendship; they were right, their friends were wrong; nevertheless their deeds em-nni;ed them for a time from friends who loved them dearly; the pen- alties were fullof agony, yet'they were accepred uullinchingly and and “borne bravely, It needs bravery to moke an ideal citizon; many men who have wise and noble intentions fail at the point of oxocution, and a beginning which doos not result in an end were better not . begun, for it merely leads to its origin- ator being held in contempt—Dby his friends as well as his enemies, ACTION IN LOCAL ISSUES, The idenl citizen knows that local ne- cessilies have no possible connection with national issues, and acts accord ingly, He does not vote for a candi- date for constable or town clerk simply because the man belongs to his own party, but regards all such cana dates according to their qualifi- cattons for the offices for which th have been nominated. Like Washington, he votes for ‘‘meas- ures, not men.” If the duties of the of fice about to be vacated can better be discharged by the candidate of another party than that of his own, he votes for him, knowing that inefliciency in office is. above all other serious faults, the most dangerous blow thut can be io- flicted upon the common wealth. He agrees with the father of his coun- try in the beiief that **Iiternal vigilance is the price of liherty,” so no public 1n- terest is 00 small to demand and re- ceive his attention. Ho has seen great abuses develop from small neglects, so instead of concentrating his attention and spending his money in four years to elect the presidential candi- date of his arty, he attends all primary meetings and never fails to vote atan election because the office seems of small consequence. A DISTURBING INFLUENGE. The ideal citizen is always a disturb- ing influence in his own political fold. He is in the position of a missionary to a congregation of southern negroes, who persisted in preaching against theft, covetousness and other violations of the ten commandments, while his hearers wero longing only to hear of the wonders described in the book of Revelations and to exult in anticipation of rambling through the golden streets and stately mansions of tho gireat h after. *Pahson,” said one emotional and tearful brother, “ef you don’quit talkin’ 'bout stealin’ chickens an’ bein’ fon’ of other men’s wives, you'll knock all de ’ligious stufiin’ ‘out ob dis ” 1t is much the sume way in politics; the man who in time of peace prepares for war, and trics to urge his 'ty associates to forego setfish desires and incite all to_moro ¢ t effort for the general good, is ays sure to be regarded as a nuisance. Buch of the t political parties i1n the United contains some such men; cach of © men may perhaps be wrong in his views of some publ uestions, but each stimulates the ity of thought from which great principies are evolved. Consequently, the ideal eitizen must be prepared to become o martyr. Such a fate is neither pleasing nor profitable, and the more sensitive and spirited the man, the less desirable such a result will be. Tt isnota fate w be courted, but neither is it to be avoided “The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church;” equally do political partics grow in wisdom through agitation by men whom they may eventually cast out. The greatest men are seldom those who receive greatest formal recogni- tion; neither Webster, Clay nor Cai- houn ever became president; M 5 driven out of Egypt for avenging t} vrongs of one of hLis race, and was per- stently abused by his followers during "the many years in which he led them toward the promised land. The ancieny Greeks banished all their wisest men: as for Jesus, he was crueified instead of crowned. Nevertheless, the ideal citizen does not put on the air of a martyr, but goes to his work as the true soldier goes into battle, with a brave heart, a cheerful face and an honest hope that the best mun may win, even if the loser be him- self. Finally the ideal citizen looks out not for himself alone, but regards himself as but part of the commumty in which he lives. To make money out of poli- tics seems as hard to him as living upon the earnings of his parents or children, for he knows that the community or nation has no money of its own, but only what it extracts from the pockets of the people-—the poorest as well as the rich- est. His compenstation consists in the sense of duty well done, and . the more he does the less the roward he thinks himself entitled to, JolN HABRERTON. Emile Zola is anxious to visit this country. He has not the usual French prejudice against other lands, aud is said to have read @ good deal of American li He is especially fond of Bret Harte's works. Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis once served together under Major Zachary Taylor in the Black Hawk war, Lincoln ut that time was a member of the [1linois State Guard and Davis was an _officer in the regu~ lar army. Judge Brewer will not go to Washington until after his nomination has been confirmed by tho senate. This will not likely occur, he thinks, till some time 1 Junuary. In the mean time he will go ahead with his duties as circuit judge. Jules Milet, a nephew of the creat painter of *“The Angslus,” is maker of briarwood pives in New York, it is said. John Greenleat Whittier requests that his eighty-second birthday may be allowed to pass quietly, as his condition of health would not allow him to bear the xcitement of receiving his friends. Emperor William of Germany is credited with this trenchant observation: *‘Political parties are sheer flippery. [ know only two ~—the one that is for me and the one that s against me,” Senator Reagan of Texas, who served as postmaster general in the cabinet of the late president of the southern confederacy, is over seventy yoars of age, but a map who carries his years remarkably well. He walks to and,from the capitol in pleasant weather, and his step is firm and elastic. Senator David Turpie of Indiana is in ap- pearance a typical Hoosier. 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