Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-06
BOONE COUNTY.
Business Gradually Improving as
Winter Departs,
The Disgust Of the Masses with
the Work Of the Legis-
ture.
Evasion OF Taxes by tho Railroads.

Correspondence OF The BEE.
ALBION, Boone Co., Neb., March Q.
Business, which has been quite dull
nearly all winter on account of low
prices and bad weather, Is improving,
and although money Is a cash article
aud q little hard to get hold of our
farmers are generally In good spirits,
and will enter upon springs work with
an earnest determination to gain a
livelihood and q little ahead for q
rainy day in spite Of grasping monop.
ol.es and greedy money sharks.
The action of the legislature In re.
fusiug to pass any laws to regulate
railroads will, 1 think, add much to
the strength Of the anti monopoly
cause in this county. The people feel
that the republic An party, being in the
majority In the lower house, is re.
sronsible for this refusal, and many Of
them have voted the ''straight ticket
for the last time, and will now sup.
port only such men as they have rea.
son to believe will make the princi
pies of anti-monopoly the first and
great consideration.
Senator Harris and Representative
Thompson, both of this o1unty, have
made better records than man,
thought that they would make; bu,
there is q strong feeling that they die
wrong in voting for Willard; and tn,
Major Pearmsn steal is q spot or
their garments which 1t will reauir,
some time to wash out, However, a,
they opposed the capitol a%ppropria
ton, and voted for the senate RAILROAD
bill, we fell that they are better thar
some from other districts. But 1t il
not probable that they have really en-
deared themselves very much to the
people. for we feel that they only die
their duty, and not all of that.
As you are no doubt we'll aware, w
have no anti-monorojy paper In thil
county. The Argus is now our worst
enemy, and In Its last issue attemp',
to throw the odium OF the failure tt
secure railroad legislation upon tn,
anti. monopoly movement. 1t says:
thinking men cannot help but SCI
that the independent party scheme
which was to purify our politics ant
transform such worn-out politica
hacks as Ashby, Reynolds, Dsch, ant
Butler Into pure political spirits, robet
in garments whittier than snow, hal
been q signal failure, and in fact, hal
not only not accomplished anytbius
itself, but has prevented all railroad
Legislation originating In the repub
lioan ranks from being enacted"
This Is pretty thin, when we con
slider that the only railroad bill which
originated with the republicans wa
, the house committee bill, which wa
not worth the paper which would hav,
been wasted In printing II, and was
In fact, worse than nothing. Sucl
ohalf will not take with the farmers O
this county, and sooner or later MI
LBrainard will find tina. granger and
fool are not synomous terms.
The News has always opposed us
but is far more candid than Til,
Argus, and acknowledges that the re
publican majority In the house Is re
sponsi5le for the failure to secure the
needed legislation. It says:
"The republican party in Nebrssk,
has been most completely sold on. ans
shamefully betrayed by the m~sjorit,
In the lower house of the legislature
1t Is to be hoped that the men VIII
have thus proven traitors to a saoret
trust will now be remanded to privat,
life."
And again, In commenting on som,
remarks from The State Journal, l
says:
"If anybody got any glory out o
this session of the legislature we fai
to see 1t. The Lincoln and railroad
Hobbies would corrupt heaven and at
tempt to seduce Gabriel if they coult
make anything by so doing"
If The News mar continues to sticl
to the rotten old partyship he mus
eat considerable ''crow;" for all mus
admit that reform within the party 1,
q failure.
Some five years ago this county,
through Its commissioners, entered
into arrangements with some OF th'
agents of the B. & M. r. r Co.
who owned a large lot of land here
upon which they had for four years re
fused to pay the taxes, to remit o.
cancel those taxes for the sake of get
ting the county settled. This wal
done, and an injunction was issued By
the United States court at Omahs
perpetuslly restraining the county
from collecting the taxes assessed
against those lands, the four ear
ending January 1, 1878. The count,
commissioners are nov taking steps tt
have that Injunction dissolved, and 81
attorney has already been employed
for that purpose, There Is considera
BILE excitement over the question, and
at least q respectable minority are op'
posed to reopenipg the question.
(iRANGRR.