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Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-09

THE city council this even; g will
finally consider the amended ordi
rance erantirg 70 tho United Gas I'm
progemont company of Philadelphia
the right to erect works and furnish
gas to consumers in this city, The
proposition made some six weeks ago
by the representative Of the company
has been three times before the
Gil. It has twice been referred TO the
city attorney, and tinslly m from
his hands in the shape Of ali or
dinance, in which the rights of
cur citizens are carefully guarded and
in which every proposal originally
made is incorporated. Briefly stated
the new company proposes to furnish
gas to our people of double the illumi-
mating power Of that supplied by the
present company at nearly one,half
the cost. IL offers to light the city
lamps at a saving Of over 40 per cent.
under the present price paid for street
lighting, end to keep the lamps lit
from sunset to sunrise. The
proposition is made by a
body of eastern capitalists who
mean exactly what they say and are
able to carry ont all their promises.
Within three months after the passage
of tho ordinance the works will be in
course of erection, and the pipe laying
will begin as soon as the frost Is cut
of the ground sufficiently TO admit o!
excavation,
THE BEE, on behalf of the c~jtizenr
Of Omaha, who desire n cheaper and
better article Of gas, urges upon the
city council to take prompt and decis'
i've action upon the new ordinance.
New York has just granted the right
to a company using the same process
to lay mains In the streets, and the
certainty Of q competing gas company
has at once depressed the stocks oil
the older corporations. At the pres.
ent time Omaha is paying more fol-
it's gas than any city of its size in the
United States. 1t is estimated that {
saving of over 800, 900 annually a
present prices could be made by thu
use of the gas furnished at the prom
ised rates by the new company. Gu
sity cannot afford to stop new enter.
prises from locating in her midst. Ant
1t especially cannot do so when sucl
enter prlses are dollars and cents il
the pockets of a large portion of on
people.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-09

vention; the districts TO have the
option Of choosing their delegates at
homo or at the state convention; the
territories and the ID strict of C)lum-
bia to have two delegates each, as
now, Under this plan the convention
would be mad. up az follows: Dele
pateE-st large, l52; district delegates,
$50; three additional delegstes-a large
for each republican aouator, ia; three
additional district d~elegatss for each
republican representative, $50; terri
tories and the District Of Columbia, 10.
Total, 1894
The aim Of Tho party, as expressed
through the national convention, was
to secure a basis OF I presentation
which should take tho election Of dele
gated out of tho hands of the ooGaes
and give FREQ voice to the wishes of
the people. It was also intended that
larger representation proportionately
should be given to Atates which cast
heavy republican m%sjJuties than to
those In which the democrats con-
troll the electoral votes. II each
of the plans proposed these
ideas are considered. The sub
committee method is The most
cumbersome of all. A convention COM
posed of thirteen hundred politicians
would be more a mob than a delibsr.
alive body. l. would be unwleldy and
unmsnageable. No chairman could
hope to control it. Mr.. Fosters orig
inal method would secure every bene-
fit derived from the srb .committe
Plan. In addition 1t would make the
convention a smaller, less expensive,
more orderly aud delibevetive Assem-.
blage. Under its provisions, states
like Kansas and Nebraska would SO.
cure the influence in republican coun-
ellis to which they are entitled under
their increased congressional repre-,
s~entation. But any of the plans un,
der consideration would Re q marked
improvement on the method which at
the last convention brought trouble
into the party ranks and iuaugurated
a conflict whose influence did not ce8sq
with the assassination of President
| Garfield.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-09
THE RATIONAL CONVENTION

The az journea and final meeting OF
the republican national committee
will be held in Washington next week
to decide upon n plan for calling the
next national republican convention.
At tho Chicago convention Of 1880 the
committee was charged with devising
such a plan'a as should secure to the
several congressional districts the right
to elect their own delegates, the basis
of representation and the details of the
selection being loft for future
decision on the part Of the
committee. This duty ought to have
been performed nearly Two years ago,
when the first meeting was held in
Washington and several plans were
actively discussed. The first, pre-
scented by VIM, Il. Chandler, pro.
vided that the next convention shall
consiat of four delegates at large from
each state and two from every con-
gressional district. Another plan,
which was brought forward by Mr..
Martin, of Kansas, suggested four
delegates at large FROM each state, one
from each district and an additional
delegate at large for each 12,COC
republican votes polled at the
last presidential election, A third
and on the whole the best basis of all
those suggested was that of Mr.,
Forbes, of Massachusetts,. 1t pro
posed to give to each state two dele
gates at large and one district dele
gate for each representative, and al
additional delegate at large for each
republican senator in the existing con
gress, and an additional delegate from
each district which has a republican
representative In the existing con,
gress.
All the plans proposed were r%eforret
. to u subcommittee consisting o
Mossrs. Chandler, Forbes aud Nc
Q Phcrson, These gentlemen, it IL re
o ported, nave agreed upon q new plal
that is q combination # the Others
and which will increase the member
ship of the convention fror
Q the former number of 700
the extraordinary and unmanageabl
number of 1894. The sub.committe
propose to give each state four del,
gates at.large and two delegates fc
10 each congressional district, as nov
n then to give three additional del,
gates.at.large for each republican Sol
s. ator in the then existing congress, al
three additional district delegates +,
T. each republican representative in Il
10 then existing congress-the delegate
at-large to be chosen at a state CO.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-09
Omit the Caucus.

York Repub lean.
The Legislative forces of the state
met in their grand corclave yesterday.
They have many grave Issues before
them, and their course will be watched
with the most ecrutiniziug interest
There will be a sharp struggle over the
election of a United States senator,
the contest Ringing on the point of
choosing a mau who will specially fos.
tsr the great transportation companies
of the state, or who will insist on a
wholesome regulation OF those com.
panies. The conservative forces will
demand that there be e CAUCUS of re-
pub'icsns, believing that this wing can
control the nomination of q senator in
perpetaation of the old ring which has
held tho state 10 lis own power. We
believe u representatives should
scan the ground very closely before
they have anything to do with q eau,
Gus,
Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-09

is not a well posted politician who
oopbts the existence OF such a state Of
elfAtrs The people pay the fare of
such shysters over the railroads to the
capital in addition to their regul T
salary of SO a Gay, and these pinks OF
political perfection pocket the email
amount and accegt the rendered
courtesy" Of tho corporations. Now,
do these men who DO this expect togo
their full length In securing relief for
the people, "NO man can serve two
mgsters."
Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-09

WHILE Pig Iron Kelly's committee
In the house has been tinkering with
the tariff question and c~udgelling their
brains how to SECURE tho least possible
tax reduction consistent with the
smalleat amount of public disatisfac-
ton, the senate finance committee
have flushed their work and reported
a bill to the senate. The first four
sections of the bill are the leading
clauses of the little tax bill passed by
the senate last session, with few
changes. They repeal the minor taxes
bank, match, proprietary, etc.-in
the internal revenue schedule; reduce
the tax on manufactured tobacco to
IL cents per pound, aud reduce the
special license and ciglr taxes. The
most important, as well as the mos
bulky part of the bill, is the fifth sec
ton, which contains tho tarii
schedules. phese appear to be, in tn,
main, those recommended by the tarii
commission, with some changes in tn.
cotton, silk, metal, sugar, wooien anC
chemical rates. The finance commit
tee has Departed much less from tn
recommendation OF the commission
than the ways and means committee
which ia still at work. The two meas
ures will autagonize each other wheI
they meet in the house, and a confer
ence committee will have to settle tn
difference finally.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-09
STAND FIRE.

The people of Nebraska who have
elected a legislature strongly pledged
to anti.mouopoly legislation expect
, them to stand firm against every over.
ture Of friend or foe, which will break
f, their ranks or impair their u%sefulne7
to their constituents. Every member
who secured his election on pledges Of
anti. monopoly muot be free to voice
the sentiments of his constituents. No
combinations should DO allowed to re-
strict the expressions Of his individual
| Judgment OF to bind him unwillingly
to a policy which will not meet
with the approval Of tho people Of
this stato. Tho Legislature, on a free,
fair and open ballot, is stroagly anti
monopoly. A large majority Of It's
members distributed among the three
parties are bound Ivy tho htronpest
pledges ~ select a man for the United
States senate who will voice the will
Of the producers of this state in tho
introduction and passage of measures
looking to the relief of the people
from the exactions of corporate monop.
oily. The MY hope Of the railroads
is such d division in the ranks as will
prevent united action. Aud this is
the object which every monopoly cap
per at Lincoln Ia working for
The BEE urges upon thoso members
Of the legislature who care more for
the praise of their constituent than
they do for the approval of the cor.
p%orstions, to stand firm against evory
overture Of tho monopoly agents. No
nan who has mis- own interests and
the interests of his constituents at
heart en- afford to enter into any
compaot,, public or %Eecret, with the
agents of the monopoly managers.
No legislator who seeks for further
advancement at the hands of tho peo-
pie of Nebraska can 81 fely bind his
voice or his vote or subjects of vital
interest in alliance with men
who are working to defeat
the principles in defense of which he
was elected. The caucus trap which
is ready to be sprung by the monopoly
cappers should deceive no one. It's
objec; is too plain TO need exposure.
No anti-monopoly republican can af-
ford to handicap himself in the per
formance of his sworn duty by pladg.
ing himself in advance to the dccrecs
of ony Caucus promoted by the very
men whose influence he was elected to
defeat. No legislator, whatever his
political affiliations, who has secured
his seat on a platform hinding him to
anti.monopoly legislation can with
safety join any alliance organized and
engineered in the interests of corpor-
ate monopoly.
THE BEE urges the legislature to
stand firm for the principles of anti
monopoly because they hold the whip
hand. They cannot be defeated in an
open fight in which every member is
placed upon the record. The only
hope Of the monopoly managers lies in
such a division of their ranks and
scattering OF their strength as will en-.
able the minority to walk off with the
spoils while the majority is disputing
about plans and methods.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-09
The Coming Senator.
Ee5, aka ri nal,

NeO' h'hR ol nal.
In the present general assembly of
the state 10 being enacted one of the
o important events that has trans
pred In it's history. Il is the first
time that corporations have been met
face to fsco with on anti. monopoly
representation of equal numerical
force. Only two short years ago and
the corporations moved on disregard.
full of, and with the most perfect con-
tempt for the small opposing speck they
saw in the distant political horizon,
but the little speck grew and swelled
In its proportions and power, until it
has become a crushing force, bearing
down every opposition before it's on
ward march. Railroad politicians and
railroad newspapers have jeered and
threatened, bullied and cooked, to
calm the storm they themselves have
raised, but ali to 40 purpose. 1t has
swept on, and on, Till to, day corporate
power in its alarm, with it's spirit Of
defiance broken, Is forced to stand be.
fore the people of this state d hYpo-
critical dissembler. l. is now slop.
ping over with sympathy and sdInira-
ton for a candidate, who az this time
tud3 1t convenient and full of com
fort to wear the auti-monopoly label.
We say TO our representatives 'bv
their fruits ye shall know them
Look we'll to the fruits. Be sure OF
your mar. This suggestion may be
strictly complied with and jet defeat
may follow. 1t may result from
two auses fret, money; and sec.
ond, a caucus manipulated by
~sagacious political tricksters. The
keen eye of a deeply interested con.
stituency is sharply fixed upon every
movement OF it's agents, and il can
not be deceived AID we shall soon see
how we'll the unframed representatives
Dof tho anti-monopoly column will be-
have before corporate power under fire
at short rangc--a power well drilled,
and commanded by tho most able pc
litical tacticians OF the state. A good,
sound, anti.monopoly republican the
people desire chosen senator, and he
member of this legislature who fails
TO give his assistance in affecting thil
vital object, will be held to strict &C.
count. Skulking behind trumped up
excuses will not save him from d Just
indignation of an outraged constitu.
enCy,
Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-09

The Fargo Argus has a way of jog
ging the memory of a creditor that
might bs called a trife personal. The
other day it enid: "As the good peo'
pie of Fargo we're returning from
places of worship yesterday, Torkey.
behind a speedy horse, was shedding
down Broad way at a 2:40 gait, but
that bill is still unpsid.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-09
a Good Programme.

David City Rcpub lean,
Lot the legislature get down to
business at once; elect q United States
senator who is not owned and con-
trolled by auy monopoly; pass some
wholesome railroad regulation laws:
provide for their strict enforcement
and then draw mileage and per diem
aud 60 home. 1t is a sad comment on
the ~integrity of about half the men
VINO go to the capital pledged to anti
monopoly legislation, that they ride
back and forth on free passes issued
by the railroad companies, but there
Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-09
Hope OF Eallef.

Pa'tsmou'h Journal.
The organization Of tbs Legislature
has been such as to give tho people
some hope Of securing somo relief
from the burdens of unlimited and
ren0rseleo5 charges for freights on
railroads., and its membership is such
as TO warrant the belief that soma
man in sympathy with the people will
be elected TO thu U. S, senate. IL is
fair to presme that the days of Sens.
tor Ssunders ara numbered, and that
soma one who Is not the sole property
Of the c1rnorationa viii 90 in hia stead.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-09

the very nature Of things it cannot be
valued on the some basis as q black
smith shop or a Wholesale grocery
store. A railroad IL worth what 1t can
earn. Its earnings are derived aE
much from the power given It by the
people to exercise several of tho It,
tributes of sovcreignty, including the
right Of eminent domain, as from It's
road bed, its depots and machine
shops. In other words its franchise
rs a part Of ito income producing power
end, therefore, valuable, must temade
to bear its proportion Of the taxes.
Aud this IL exactly what was con
t~omplated by tie mandate Of con-
s!itution Inch has been oyaded by
the influence If the railroad attorneys
and the h9lp OF the board Ct eqpa iz,-
Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-09
Preserving the Fosslls.

Schuyler Sun.
Prof, Aughey urges the legislature
to msks some provisions for presory.
ing Nebraska fossil. There is no
nee y1sity for arming this matter; tne
NobrsBka l~ogislatars haBp'5 do q much
Of anything else for the past twelve
yeas, A every session there are q
lot Of old fossils standing around
pleading to bs preserved An asylum
for the INDECENT wouldn't be I bad
tAiag.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-09

NEW YORK gas companies are agi-
tsted over the granting of a right to a
new company, the Equitable, to lay
mains and furnish gas to consumers.
The process to be used is practically
this same as that employed by the
United Gas Improvement company Of
Philadelphia, which offers to supply
Omaha with light at about one-hali
the present figures.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-09
A Lack OF Confidence

Sioux City JourrA al,
The action of the Nebraska senate
in taxing the committee appointments
out of the hands of the lieutenant
governor amounts to a vote of lack of
confidence. Lieutenant Governor
Agee, under the circumstances, would
be quito justified in following the
Epglish custom of rendering his resig-
nation.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-09

The Cleveland Leader thinks that
no one a now cay that there is no
method in the printers madness since
the types made the Bradford Star
speak of the Gould road which is to
parallel the "Nickel Plate" as the
"Guilt Edpe."
Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-09
All IN One Boat.

Talls City Journal.
Senator Saunders, being interviewed
by an Omaha reporter about his sene-
torial prospects, was asked what the
democrats and anti mOnopolists would
be doing while he was getting In his
work, '"Why, bless YOU" sid he,
"we're all anti monopols ats nova
days" There Is nothing which exer.
cises such "a retormatory effect upon
even the average senator az the dlaap'
psarance Of hia constituency, They
are all anti-monopolists then, bless
you.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-09

RED CLOUD claims that General
Crook stole 100 of his ponies some
years ago in a campaign against the
Ogalalla Sioux. Red Cloud neglects
to say what settlers we're the original
owners of tho ponies under dispute.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-09

Every anti-monopoly measure pass,
ed by the legislature should be framed
especially with q view to standing the
test Of the courts. Railroad mana.
gers ere in the habit of boosting that
they pay for their law by the year.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-09

PUBLIC opinion is unanimous in
favor # cheaper and better gas, and
the city council cannot afford to ride
over the expressed wishes OF the great
maj GRITTY of our citizens.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-09

A MACHINE for choking off criminals
In three seconds has been exhibited in
Paris, A machine which will choke
off congreismen primed with q three
hours speech would be automatically
hailed by the public,
Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-09
Haro TO Beat.

Hastings Nebraskan.
Ii Is said that the anti.monops will
concentrate upon Gen, A. II Conner
for U. S. senator. He is one Of the
best men in the state. Were it not
that he Is ia danger of being handi.
capped by anti republican affiliations,
it would be hard to find a better man
for tho positiOu.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-09

WIRING out the anti. monopolists
Is the Rcpublican's idea Of harmony
in the party, but at the late election
the anti .monopolists came within an
ace OF mopping the floor with the re.
pubiicans.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-09

UNCLE RUFUS HATCH is down on
monopolier, but he thinks congress- a
set of blatherskltes to object to his pet
scheme of gobbling up the Yellow
stone National Park in the interests OF
O private corporation,
Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-09

.***"One mans meat is another
mans poison" Kidney.Wor expels
the poisonous humors. The first
thing to do In the Spring is to clean
house. For internal cleansing aud
~renovating, no other medicine is equal
to Kidney.W Wort, In either dry or
liquid form 1t cures headache, bilious
attacks, constipation and deranged
kidneys.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-09

THE house contsius two Cooks and
the railroad purveyors are trying to
figure on how many Cooks it takes to
spoil tho monopoly broth.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-09

The presidential succession bill is
still before corgrcas The party most
interested in the presidential succep.
sion is President Arthur.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-09

JosEPH says that he enters the sena-
toriGl contest on principle, but, like
all political bankers, he is looking
after his interest.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-09

THE past year was a peaceful one in
America. The telegraph and railway
companies furnished the country with
all its wars.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-09

BoTH the Washington Monument
and the Star Route trials may be OK
pected to be finished by tho end of the
century.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-09

THERE are rumors that the Willard
mare is of Nor feed.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-09
Must stand the Strain.

GUS IVY ooAlNNl
Bslloting for United States senator
begins the 10 b # JspU1ry. Mean.
vhiio the buston.hole1 mus: stand the
q rain.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-09

THE bonded whisky bill has passed
the senate, but the price of drinks
still continues at 1.-TWO for two bits, .
Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-09

IFthe political currycombs hold out,
no lees than twenty nags will scJro for
a start IN the senatorial race.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-09

OMAHA wants and will insist upon
having cheaper and better gss.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-09
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The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1883-12-19

pieces and other aulum IN paTro. The eman-
cipation of woman by meerschaums and cigars
is an unexpected solution.
Mr.. Basset, chemist, claims to have dis
covered means Of producing electricity at a
nominal cost, and boxing it up in accumula-
tors without any sensible loss. If all that be
true, something like philosophers stone
shall have been found.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1883-12-19

His writings on the whole are full Of rerre,
passion, inexhaustible fecundity, absolute con-
fidence in a facility of invention and of cxecu-
tion. lie was prompt to seize and assimilate
the ideas, and the materials, and even the
works OF his contemporaries. He cribbed
wholesale from Sir Walter Scott, Chateaubriand
and Therry, but he said Shakespeare and Mo
liere appropriated what they found to suit
them, no matter from where. Genius be de-
clared never robs but conquers; he only copied
lie is distinctly charged with assuming as his
own from the covering same with his sigma
nature, the productions Of seyenty-iive c0ilaJ-
ordts,Ts-despite his denials. He was satir-
lied as the proprietor OF literary manufac-
tary Dumas & Co.. This may account for
his prolific pen. At one time he was running
three different stores in the .feUiQei0HS Of as
many different journals, besides writing plays.
lie founded two journals, the MousqueiTirs in
1858, and MOIite- CriSt0 in 1857, exclusively
for his own productions, and he had theater,
at Mantpensier, for representing only his own
plays. Despite this iudustrialism, lie found
time TO go to Spain and witness the dnc de
Montpensier's marriage contract, to visit Tunis
and liberate a dozen Christians from death, to
inspect Algeria as field for colonization, to
slay lions, to protect Abd-el-Kader to follow
Garibaldi, and to be curator of the museum of
NapleE