Omaha daily bee., 1883-06-12

other words, We make q tariff In favor
of home Industry, which sccrues oil.
rectly to Mr.. Boyd's benefit. He ad-
mlts that, aud is pecfectly Satisfied
with the ordinance. All this fume
and fuss has been excited by q mares
nest"
l met q Burt county man on Satur.
day evening, who was q strong sup
porter of White in the last state con-
vention, when that gentleman, after
receiving the nomination for state
treasurer, was 30 neatly c~ountedlout by
Cad Slaughter to v Loran C!arke's
bacon. He spoke with a good deal of
feeling about Watson Parlsh's reap
pointment as government director of
the Union Pacific. ct Is q sweet
specimen of civil service REFORM"
said he, sand / am surprised at Man
derson's endorsement of the man. It
Is notorious that Parish received his
first appointment 90 the result of a
corrupt bargain with Valentine to de-
liver him the Burt county delegation
hand and foot at the Fremont couven.
ton. Parrish was beaten by the re-
publicans In the convention but he af-
forwards begged In and created enough
of q diversion to deliver his property
as agreed. This corrupt bargain and
the unfitness of Parrish, who Is a law.
yer and knows no more about railroads
than Jim Boyd does about opera
bouffe, ought to have killed him poll.
tic ally. Bat Manderson closes his
eyes and endorses any and all of Walls
appointments without regard to ante
cedents or consequences"
TT would surprise you" remarked
Indian Agent McGilcuddy, ''if you
could see how wonderfully fast the
valley of the Minnacadusa In North
ern Nebraska is settling up. From
Valentine west and north there is
scarcely q foot of land that hasn't been
claimed. Way back from the valley
to the hills and over them, farms are
being cultivated In the black loomy
soil that the extension of the Sioux
City road has brought Into the market.
The land office at Valentine Is build.
Ing and In o few weeks will be In ope-
ration. Affairs are very quiet at Pine
Ridge. We have driven all the whites
Who made us trouble off the reserva.
ton and since then have had no signs
of disturbance. Red Cloud comes to
see me every day and Is as peaceable
as a lamb. I have heard moth.
Ing more of Pollock's charges
against the honesty of my admlnistra-
ton. There was some talk of my In
dtctment tbefore, the United States
Court and I wish they would try 1t.
An agent would have some chance
there where he has none In the star
chamber investigation of a cranky or
dishonest inspector"
Governor Saunders, who Is living at
Kitchen Bros. excellent hotel, the
Paxton, was met by the writer In the
rotundn the other evening. "There's
a good deal of scullduggery about this
assessing business" said the sen
ator. II went up to the board of
equalization on Thursday and
called The attention of the commits.
sioners to several very great inequali-
ties In the assessment. I didn't com
plain that my property was assessed
too high, but l did protest that 1t
wasn't fair that other property should
bs put down at such low figures.
There stood before tho commissioners
one of the heaviest property owners
In Omaha cursing and raving because
his assessment had been raised above
last years figures. Any one who
knows anything about the value of
property knows 1t was low enough.
Bat I suppose he got what he Was af-
ter. Loud talk goes q good way
sometimes where q quiet protest
backed by figures counts for
less. l quite agree with you that the
evasion of taxes Ia Omaha Injuries the
city greatly. On a basis of one.third,
our property valuation ought to be at
least 81, 600, COO. Then to raise the
same or a little greater revenue our
tax lazy would be very little more
than a half of what 1t Is now. We
need a reform right here, and a good
business man on the board of county
commissioners would help 1t on"
"Detwiler got a plum, "butit was a
much smaller one than he deserved"
laughed a member of the last legisla.
ture as he read the announcement OF
j. BIS appointment as one of the com.
m%issioners to appralse the Omaha In
dian reservation. Instead of getting
the Omaha postofice, which the sena.
tor thought he wouldn't take, but
wouldn't risk rendering to him, he Is
given q job that will just about pay
Imhof's board bill at the
Commercial, where John worked
like a beaver 60 In.
crease the Henderson phalsn1.
Republicans as we'll as republics are
u~ngrateful." "Apropos of the post.
msstership, 1t is reported that Tom
Hall Ia bound to take advantage OF
civil service reform and stick in the
government building, In requesting
Halls removal Senator Henderson
was right. Tom has bsen away half
} the time since his appointment, rusti-
eating In Montana and Idaho, and
overseeing Charley's tie contract, and
the Office, as John Fursy says, Is the
worst run FIRST class office west Of
the Mississippi. Tom Hall went In
originally ON an agreement that he was
, to hold the office only two years. But
when the two years were up he made
a new bargain that was said to have
put 81, 200 a year In the pocket of a
person who had more influence with
the senator than any other man. That
little arrangement put the hook Ia the
old wal governors nose, which he
couldn't shake out, and when Hall In