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Omaha daily bee., 1884-08-20

crowd the yards and outbuildings every
evening. In the Leavenworth street
school a large number of windows have
been broken and the outbuildings strewn
with filth. Gangs of young and grown
boys frequent the yard up to a late hour
every night playing cards and ball,
throwing stones and romping through
the basement and upper floors of the
building, smoking cigar stumps or pipes.
No one interferes with them and a po-
liceman is a stranger to the neighbor-
hood. For the care and protection of
this school a %janitor is paid about $40 a
month and an extra allowance of $40
for rent to live elsewhere, while the
work of ruin goes on. The destruction
of the buildings by fire Is not among the
impossibilities and the board should
either employ a man to guard the peo-
pies property during the evening hours
or compel the %janitor to do it.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-08-20
A Monopoltst's Candidate.

LIES NlolueS Leauef.
1t is developed in the Fifth congress
ional district that ''Tama jim" Wilson
was defeated for denomination by agen,s
and Interested parties evidently working
for the Washburn and Moen barbed wire
monopolists. Wilson is Interested in the
Farmers Protective Association and has
vigorously fought for free wire in Iowa.
This is the principal reason why Mar
shall county revolted against him and
made the nomination of Smith, Judge
Hubbard's man, possible. Wilson indi-
Gated the causes of this opposition in his
paper during the canvass as follows:
One of the chief owners of the Mar
shalltown barb wire factory moved, in
in the Marshall county convention that
the delegates to the congressional con
v~ention do their utmost for Milo p.
Smiths nomination. Merritt Greene is
opposed to James Wilson because James
Wilson is opposed to Merritt Greene's
gigantic monopoly and has fought it with
out fear or favor. Every railroad man is
opposed to Wilson. They know his in
fluence in the halls of legislation, hence
their opposition. Barb wire men hate
hihi OSooo iC was Ouc VI Itl6 uleu IudI
aided in breaking up their nefarious
schemes to compel the farmers of Iowa to
pay them the or twelve cents for every
pound of wire used. Marshallcown barb
wire men and railway employees
combined manipulated the caucuses and
sent a united delegation in opposition to
Wilson, and the voters of the county have
allowed themselves to be duped to vote
for the men who, to say the least, are in
the interest of barb wire and railway mo-
nopolles.
While the eulogy-- paid to Mr.. Wilson
takes on a rather roseate hue it is need.
less to deny that the main point is cor,
rectly sized up. Washburn & Moen
have played many deep games in Iowa.
Some have won and some have failed.
We do not believe that this corporation
can come into Iowa and dictate the
choice of congressman in any of the dis.
tricts.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-08-20
Look to Your Congressman.

Catskill IN. " Mail.
If you want to vote directly for the in
terests of the nation have o care who is
sent to represent your district and state
in congress. 1t is here that public meas
ures originate and are fostered until they
are put out as the law of the land as
good or evil to the people, If your rep
resentatives at Washington are good men
determined to act for the welfare of the
people, then prosperity and peace will be
the peoples. If your representatives are
selfish or bad men, lookin only to their
own interests and those of certain classes
of citizens then the masses will suffer in
jury. Do not lot the pomp and glitter
of a presidential election continue to
draw you away from the vast impor.
lance of having good men in congress.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-08-20
In Michigan,
Chicago Herald.

Chicago Herald.
The political situation in Michigan is
peculiar. General Garfield's plurality In
that state was 53, 900 and his majority
over both Hancock and Weaver about 90
600. Since then a coalition of democrats
and greenbackers has carried the state,
electing the governor and several con.
gressmen. The farmers and workingmen
generally are not now favorably disposed
toward the republican party, with which
they have long acted, and there is a very
formidable prohibition movement in
progress which threatens to cut an i'm
portant figure in the approaching can
vass.
The republican convention Just held at
Detroit made an effort to harmonize all
these conflicting interests, but it was
not wholly successful. Mr.. Luce, put
forward by the farmers as a candidate
for Governor, was defeated by General
Alger of Detroit, and then Luce was
nominated for lieutenant governor.
His positive refusal to accept the honor
may be accepted as an indication that he
is not entirely satisfied, and it is prob
able that the great interests which pre-.
sented his name will not be particularly
enthusiastic in support of the man who
defeated him. An unmistaL able bid for
the suffrages of the prohibitionists is con-
tanned in the platform, one plank of
which advocates the submission of the
question of temperance reform to a
popular vote. While this does not com
NIT the party to that issue, and is, in
fact, only a convenient way of lodging
a II important question in a year when it
is liable to make trouble, it is presumed
that it will be satisfactory to most pro-
hibitionists.
If Farmer Luce had consented to stand
as a candidate for acknowledgement
the republicans of Michigan might have
reason to congratulate themselves on their
diplomacy. AS it is, the alienation of
the farmers, Greenbac6ers and working
men has probably been brought about
and only the prohibitionists have been
placated. Whether the first step toward
prohibition will attract more voters to the
party than 1t repels, remains to be seen.
General Alger does not appear to be a
very heavy weight. His speech in the
convention accepting the nomination was
an amusing piece of fustian. 81 would
rather, said this doughty warrior, ''lead
a cavalry charge against an enemy, than
face this assemblage." So far as a stu
dent Of war history may know to the
contrary, General Alger, if asked to lead
a cavalry charge, might plead that he had
a good deal rather be at home making a
political speech. He may be a good man,
Omaha daily bee., 1884-08-20

out material, and otherwise assisting.
1t Is true that Mr.. Argyle, the foreman
of the Republican, and MI.
Long, the telegraph editor Of
that payer rendered material aid to THE
BEE during the Sunday morning fire, and
we are indebted to them for their valuable
assistance. But, 90 the other hand, we
do not appreciate the in%sinuations and
nnuendoes of Mr.. Jackman, of the Her
aid, and the city editor Of that paper, and
of Mr.. O'Brien, the city editor of the
Republican. We do not believe that the
proprietors of those papers endorse their
%utterances, nor would have al
lowed any such statements to APP
pear in their papers had they
been aware of the intentions of their en-
ployes. O'Brien is a contemplate sneak
who has come to this office time and
time again to ask us to help him carry
out certain schemes to work up q repu-
tation for him as a detective, but when a
gang of, guttersnipes, who pretend to
represent unionism, are arraignod by the
BEE he rushes to their defense and stabs
us in, the back, That's the kind of a
cowardly sneak he is. His course is a
disgrace to reputable journalism. In
any other city the newspapers would
denounce anything of this kind. We
do not ask for any sympathy, but we do
not appreciate the sneers and abuse of
such whipper.snappers as O'Brien and
Jackman, who have taken advantage of
their positions to stab US.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-08-20
Keith County SCHOOL land FRAUD


Blair Republican.
On last Wednesday an injunction was
served on the county treasurer and clerk
OF Keith county, restraining them from
Issuing leases of the school land in Keith
county. This injunction was sued out in
behalf of prominent citizens of Western
Nebraska, with d view to heading off one
of the most stupendous frauds that was
ever attempted in the state. The history
of the leases as shown by the petition
filed in the district court of Keith county,
presents a picture of Wholesale bribery
and corruption rarely witnessed. 1t ia
alleged that one Doran, of Omaha, A. G..
Kendall, commissioner of public lands,
III. @. Bleasdale, county clerk of Keith,
and others, conspired fraudulently to.
gether to secure to themselves all the
school lands in Keith county, over 100, 900
acres, at nominal figures, and in def
ance of law and justice. In furtherance
of this scheme, II. g. Bleasdale appoint
ed three appraisers, who, for a nominal
consideration, signed their names in
blank to the appraisement, and the
values in said appraisment were after
ward filled out by Doran or his fellow
conspirators. One of these appraisers
boasts that he received over $500 for
signing his name. No doubt the others
were paid in proportion, Bleasdale ad-
mits that his share in the transaction
was $3.50 in cash, and several sections of
the land. According to the leases these
lands have been leased at from 6
to 50 per cent on a value of 40 to 20
cents per acre, q mere fraction of their
real value. Their real value would be
from SO to So per acre, and they would
be readily taken at that price mo.
Platte Telegraph, July 81.
There is little doubt hat the above al
legations concerning our Land Commits
sioner and his pals, contains a great deal
of truth. If the charges can be proven,
as above stated, condign punishment
should folllw. Such public plunderers
are usually so clever in covering up their
crimes that though there is a moral GER
tainty of their guilt, it is impossible to
secure conviction. Not only this, but by
the help of political confederates, thsy
are whitewashed and continued in office
to steal again the first opportunity.
We have a solid and influential ring of
such thieves in Nebraska, and its rami-
t~ication extends into every county. and
some claim even Gov. Dawes is impli-
Gated. For the good of our state and
the republican party which they dis.
grace, they ought to be repudiated at our
coming conventions. II not, by the
voters at the polls.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-08-20
WESTERN NEWS.
DAKOTA,
tricts.

DAKOTA.
Farms in Brown county sell for $1,000 an
acre.
The total valuation of Edmunds county is
1886, 1896.
1t is estimated that Hand county has nearly
10000 population. .
The bean crop of Buffalo county is estimated
at $4,000 bushels.
Eighty bushels of strawberries were grown
this year on the grounds of the Sioux Falls
nursery.
A tirst'class tow-mill has been located at
Flandreau, and will be in operation in time t.
utilize this seasons straw crop.
Wild mustard is causing a good deal of an.
noyance to the Morton county farmers. 1t
grows very rank and interferes with the growth
of the crops.
The managers of the Sioux Falls fair, are
trying to arrange a fve-mile race to be rode
by women on the last day of the fair, for a
purse of S!5.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-08-20

G. A. r., of Denver, held an indignation
meeting recently and vigorously denounced
the politicians of the state for neglectine
them in the distribution Of offices.
The citizens of North Denver are raising
the wherewith TO build a $4,000. yiaduct
across 18th street.
The Colorado Coal & Iron company is
opening up the Crested Butte mine about q
quarter of a mile from the place where the
disaster occurred q few months ago, in which
so many miners lost their lives. The company
is simply opening up the old vein in a new
place.
The coal miners Of the Canon City Coal
company at Rockville are still on a strike
which they inaugurated about four weeks
ago. The number Of men out of employment
in these mines is about 200. This strike was
caused by the company reducing the tonnage
from Sl.25 to Sl.10, and The miners refused to
accept the 10 cents reduction.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-08-20

The BEE has no dispositi on to do in
justice to MI. James E. Boyd. He
claims that we have overestimated the
actual value of his property at 100000,
the fact being, as he says, that it will fal
$l50,000 short of that amount. MIR.
Boyd asserts that he paid one per cent.
of the aggregate taxes of 1883. We con-
cede that this is all wrong and an injus-
tice to Mr.. Boyd who probably does not
own more than one thousandth part of
the property of the county. This is the
result of the low and unfair assessment,
and Mr.. Boyd's statements do not con-
trovert the fact hat Mr.. Doll does not
do his duty.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-08-20

AMONG the articles in the North
american ReUieW for September, three
in particular merit the serious considera-
ton of everyone who studies the tenden-
cies of our government. The leading one
is by Bishop j. Lancaster Spaulding, who
insists that the only sure "Basis of Pop
ular Government" is morality, not culture
of the intellect, nor universal suffrage,
nor the development of material resour-
ces; and that if the country is to be
saved from ruin there must be a return
to the incorporating moral code of
of the founders of New England. The
policy of "The Exclusion of the Chi
nese" is advocated by John H. burst,
who presents a striking array
of forcible and original ar
guments againts M~onqolian i~mmigra-
ton. Four distinguished writers on po-
litical economy, namely, David A. Wells,
Thomas G.. Shearman, j. b. Sargent,
and Prof. w. G. Sumner, set forth, from
every conceivable point of view, the
"Evils of the Tariff SYSTEM" and it is
announced that in the Review for Octo-
Der several writers Of no less distinction
will exhibit the "Benefts of the Tariff
System" The other articles in the cur.
rent number are "The Demand of the
Industrial Spirit" by Charles Dudley
Warner; ''lnspiration and Infallibility,"
by Rev. DIR. j. I'll. Rylance; ''The Need
of Liberal Divorce Laws" by Elizabeth
Cady Stanton; and sour Remote Ances.
try" by Prof. Alexander Winchell.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-08-20
WAITING ron, THE DEFENSE.

WAITING ron. THE DEFENSE.
We have supposed the protection of
the school lands was a sacred trust, and
that public officers would save them from
spoilation with the same zeal they
would protect a parents grave. If re-
ports are true the alleged syndicate and
the officers consenting are worse thar
ghouls who rob the graves ofthe dead. We
have been waiting to see the defense Of
the state board. The facts already
stated rendered a defense from them
absolutely necessary. The republicans
as a party cannot afford to keep quiet.
The republican convention should de-
nounce such outrages, and if the charges
are true the guilty state officers should
be indicted instead of re-nominated.
We cannot consistently denounce the
plundering of public lands by grasping
railroads, by foreign aristocrats and cat
tie syndicates, and quietly witness the
more villainous robbery of our school
lands.
The members of the state board are
sworn especially to protect the interests
of the people, and are paid for that pur-
pose. Why is it that the fraud in Keith
county was exposed by its citizens and
brought to light by its press? Is it ex-
pected of the private citizen that he
shall be a guard and detective to protect
the state from the ravages of its sworn
defenders?
We are patiently waiting for the de,
Tense. 1t should be made before the as.
sembling of the state convention. Then
the convention should act fearlessly, de-
nounce the wrong if there be any, and
not reward ~defaulting or inefficient of.
ficers. Unless that is done, the people
may hesitate to endorse what the conven-
ton does.
Let the present state board justify it's
conduct or step down and out. The
members cannot plead ignorance. That
plea will be more than one of guilty.
Neither can they hide behind the sub.
terfuge of a national campaign. The
national ticket will take care of itself in
Nebraska. 1t requires no sacrifice of
state and local issues. Nothing, not
even the alleged misconduct of theschool
board, can prevent a large majority for
Blaine and Logan, SO that the people of
this state have nothing to do but keep
their own record clean and punish any
attempt to rob the state of any portion OF
its school lands.
If it is true these lands were appraised
at twenty-five cents per acre-and that
fact was known as it should be by the
state board-and if it is also true that
railroads lands were sold at three to five
dollars per acre in that county, which
fact Is known to all the people, certainly
the defense or excuse of the board
will be watched with great anxiety.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-08-20

In regard to the raise of 20 per cent in
the First ward assessment, Judge Lake
has given an opinion that evidence must
be taken to show that a district is rela-
lively low before it can be legally raised.
This may be correct, but it does not con-
trovert the statements of the BEE that
Mr.. Dolls assessments are not only out
rageously low but ~outrageoualy unfair in
many instances. If the First ward had
an assessor who would make q fair and
honest assessment there would be no ne
cessity of equalizing that ward with the
others. That the First ward, as a whole,
is assessed relatively much lower than
the other wards, there is no question in
the minds OF men who have taken pains
to look into this matter. The raise Of
20 per cent on the whole ward, while il
may have been done illegally according
to Judge Lakes opinion, would work NO
injustice to any one. 1t is simply putting
that ward on a level with the others, and
merely raises the inequalities that already
exist, without disturbing their relative
positions. To remedy the inequalities OF
individual assessments in that ward
whether the assessment is raised or re.
duced, will require the election of q
man as assessor who will do his worl
thoroughly and honestly, treating al
men alike. Will Judge Lake please tel
US who ia to pass upon the Huficiency o.
the evidence, which is required accord
ing to his opinion, before a district assess
ment can be raisedif it is relatively toe
lowl
Omaha daily bee., 1884-08-20

The conduct of the Herald and the
Republican is a disgrace to journalism.
We do not believe that Mr.. Richardson
and Mr.. Yost countenance or sympathize
with incendiaries, or would given even
Indirect support to a set of men who have
waged this disreputable warfare upon
the BEE. We remember that when the
Herald building took fire the editors
and the employees of this paper were
promptly on hand TO assist in carrying
Omaha daily bee., 1884-08-20

THE absurd rumor that there is a pos
sibility of the Union Pacific and Burling-
ton forming an alliance has again been
been started. If such an alliance is
formed, it will be like an alliance of wa
ter and oil, in which the oil, representing
the Burlington, will always be on top.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-08-20

AND now Indian Commissioner Price
says that he did not resign because his
office was moved from its old location
to another building. He simply does
not want to live in Washington any
longer.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-08-20

The Frewens, who own immense herds
of cattle in Wyoming and Montana, are
still ~endeavoring to convert those terri
tories into British provinces, by getting
the British government to allow cattle
from those territories to be shipped to
England without quarantine and other
restrictions, provided they are sent over
the Canadian Pacific railway. Whether
the British government will make an ex-
ception in favor of the Frew-
ems proposed route remains
to be seen. Perhaps our own govern
ment may have a word to say about this
matter. The shipment of Montana and
Wyoming cattle by the Frewenu' pro-
posed route would certainly infiot
a heavy loss on American rail-
ways and stockyards. 1t is claimed
by the Freiyans, who control $780, 600
head of cattle, that the transit of
American cattle by their route through
Canada will net six millions per annum,
and that there will be an outlay of half
that amount in Canada for fodder, while
the stock is in transit. 1t is not likely
that American railway managers and
stockyards men will stand idly by and see
millions of dollars turned from their &C.
customed channel. We question wheth-
or the Messrs, Frewen will aver be able
to carry out their scheme. They cannot
expect to obtain privileges that are not
accorded to cattle men in other terrific.
ries, besides Montana and Wyoming.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-08-20

SINCE when has the Herald become SO
great a defender of labor unions and
labor in generals When the Pittsburg
riots were going on it wanted the work
ingmen crushed out no matter what
means were employed. So it was also in
the labor troubles in Omaha and every
where else.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-08-20

The board of education should take
immediate steps to fit up rooms for jan
itors in the several schools that are now
neglected. This is essential for the pre-.
servation of the property from the depre-
dations of gangs of young hoodlums who
Omaha daily bee., 1884-08-20

M. ALLEN STARR, M. D., will have ap
interesting article in the September Pop
uJar Science Monthly, on "Where and
How We Remember" in which he pre-
sents evidence to show that each part of
the brain has its W definite work to
nerform.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-08-20
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Omaha daily bee., 1884-08-20
COLORADO.

The directory man places the population of
Leadville at l2,OOO-a falling off of 1000 in
the past year.
The members of Veteran post No. AZ of the
Omaha daily bee., 1884-08-20

however, Notwithstanding this silly affec.
tation. IL the democrats, g~reenbackers
and w%orkingmen coalesce, as 1t is now
thought they will, the campaign in Mich
igan will be ali interesting one, with
something more than a possibility that
Butler and Cleveland may divide the
electoral vote between them.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-08-20
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