Omaha daily bee., 1885-05-18
UNDER WHICH N
WISE ACHERS OF PLATTsMoUTH r. on,
IN A WILDERNESS OF BURIED

HOPES.
PLArTsMoUTH, Neb May 16.-Z0 the
Editor:-My last letter to your valuable
paper appears to have created a desire in
the minds of the good cltizens of Platts-
mouth for reading good literature, as l
heard more inquiries for a copy of the
BEE on Tuesday last than 1 have for any
other publication, "Moses and the
Prophets not accepted. Even clergy
men were known to 20 about the streets
saying, give us the true gospel as record
ed by s'McI." in THE OMAHA BEE. And
there was no supply oven with The de-
mand. Now l did not mean to express
any personal likes or dislikes, neither
have I done 80. Nor have / meant n
personal offense to DR.. "Hobton's''
chaise, as my mail is not 60 extensive but
what the facilities of the offics Will be
sufi Client to accommodate 1t at all times,
bvt when a man like DR.. Miller, who
has nothing in common In this
matter, who has no other motive
than to display to the people Of the state
of Nebraska that even If he was not re-
warded with the position IF postmaster.
general under the ''partlssn" corvile
administration that he at least has been
appointed tenth corporal without pay in
general ''postmssters" division of this
well organized army. And also that the
position being even without glory, be
can achieve the same On the bloody field
at West Point In June. What a glorious
contrast that field will present. DR.. MI,
Ter of Nebraska, a ticketed visitor, the
cadets in full dress uniform, ''visitor''
undreHs uniform, same WON at Platts.
mouth during the campaign of 1884.
Now If DIR. Miller bad wished to exhibit
his "infooence" with the administration,
could not he have done so in a way In
which the will Of net only republican,
democrat, but even mugwump and pro-
hibitionist should be thwsrted2 Let liza
illustrate. The city of Omaha has q re-
publican postmaster, Mr.. Coutant; 1t also
has a democratic editor, DIR Miller. The
city of Plattsmouth has been
decorated with the SAM
!, article. Suppcsiug Mr.. C5utsnt
should resign, as Csptsin Marshall has
done, supposing the citizens of Omahs
should petiti II the administration, dem
p ocrst and republican alike, to appoint az
q excellent gentleman, one of Omaha't
Oldest aud most popular cit zens, one whc
. hes the confidence and friendship of the
people. both great and small, for thirty
8 years, who has bsen In Office of public
trust during most of that time and wht
9 has been found faithful under all, any
and the most trying circumstances, as ha
- hanp tho caua in pIottun,onth To final
= the hypothesis, suppose Mr.. Sherman
f our democratic editor, should ASSERT hi
'Inhooence" wi h the administration Gam
certainly he is entitled to more than DR.
Miller, for he was the choice Of the dem
ocracy last fall for senator from this dis
f trict, and we have never heard of Omahr
honoring DR.. Miller SOY should step II
o andssay; "Nay, my friends of Omaha, y
cannot have as ye wiHh. | will sppoin
n some man as your postmas g
who Is the select friend of som
Q four or five, a royal coterie who denomi
8 nate themselves the Grand distributing
machinery of political patronage In Ne
d braska, with our democratic editor as tn
general master..mechanic." What, goot
people of Omrhs, would be your verdict
The slmilitude is correct, and | hnoy
that the indignation would be In com
9 parison with the size of the cities. T,
show that / am not at all prejudicsd II
Q this matter, 30 far as our political pro
n c~livltles are concerned, l can state as al
a absolute certainty from NY own knowl
edge, as many as a half dozsn of ole
Q time friends of DIR. Miller's paper VIII
Il have discontinued it.
X Laying aside our suggestions with re
10 gard to DIR. Miller, let US recall the grea
promises of reform and If civil seryic
which last fall bore such q potent part Ii
: achieving The great ~"uDwashod " victory
Bow Grover Cleveland was held up t
d us as luscious a morsel even as 35o bo.
OF straw berries Two In a box by the oil
% line democrats, who have stood the brun
Of battle 10 these many years, Ho'
quickly has this "milk and honey
turned to "gall and NORWOOD" Thos
whom l saw on the street last fall liftinI
IS up their voices and saying, now let m
70 die that my s,son Joseph Is alive and
have seen his face" are lifting up thsi
10 voices to-day and saying, Babylon hi
fallen Babylon has fallen - but instea'
of quitting on sackcloth and ashes
g they go about the streets murmurip
y one with another, say ing, "give u
the republican fesh-pots Of Egypt
a rather than this ''perishing In the wilde