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Omaha daily bee., 1885-02-10

HOUSE roll No. III, intr )duced by Mr..
Thompson, may be termed a daisy. This
bill provides that when any person shall
plant and properly cultivate, for the term
of five years, forest trees In rows of not
less than six feet apart and the trees not
to be less than four feet apart in the rows,
he shall receive q reward of 1888 an
acre, provided that there are not lessths
800 trees in good gro wing condition upon
each acre, and this b punty shall apply
only to one acre to ev cry tract of forty
acres, and so on. The b ounty Is to con-
ttnue for five years, so that a perIop
owning ~fortyacrss and PLAN ingone acre to
trees, as prescribed, would r,'Celve an az
3 regate of SIG So. This w seem {
sm Nj amount, but IT every farm or in Ne
should take advantage of AucA ar
offer, the state treasury would be called
upon tor an immense sum of money
We don't want any such timber culture act
passed in Nebraska. II would prove as
Omaha daily bee., 1885-02-10
STATE CENSUS.

Now that The Nebraska legislature has
under consideration a state census bill,
perhaps it would be well for that body to
consult the ceatus laws Ct other states be
fore taking fual action. Some important,
valuable Ideas might thus be obtained.
Under the proposed state census bill in
New York the enumeration will be lin
tied to the population, that being the tole
purpose fer which tits required by the
constitution Of the slate. The New
York Times tays:
The natioral c~eutus'of 1880 Is farfuller,
more complete, and more accurate in its
statistics for this state th5n any state
census thst was ever taken. Another
will bs begun in five years from row,
and, Judging from Tasi experience, 3
state oensus on the model Of hat of 1870
would not be published within three
years. The last state census contained q
variety of social and industrial statistics,
bat it YVES so full of inaccuracies, and
after all So incomt lete, as to he Of no
practical value. The single important
purpose which it served was that for
which alone The state census was
originally designed, TIRE furnishing Of q
hlsis foc reapportioning representation
in he legislature. IL cost the people Of
thi, state over $500, 900. OF this $l2S,
O37 30 was paid by the state and
1868, 034. 80 by the several counties.
This was an altogether unnecesssr Try X
pense. 4 Another fea.
tuie of the Thatcher bill is the require
ment thSt ,hs enumeration shall be made
on the first day of December, aud the re-
turns filed with the county clerks on OF
before the 3lst of the came month. The
law of 1855, which the other pending
bills continue in force, requires the emu
meration to be made on TIE lat of June
Summer is an exceedingly unfavorab
time for securing a full and accurate
census of the population of this .state.
and such a census has not been made III
der state authorities in the last thirty
years. The change proposed is a gooo
lone,
Omaha daily bee., 1885-02-10
HE HAD READ THE PAPERS.
Efforts cCBunko Men to Swim.
die Il Wide Awake pCnnsyI.
vauian.

EAsToN, Penn, February 3.-Henry
Levau, a well known citizen and dis.
pstcher ct the Lshigh & Susquehanua
road at this place, had an experience
with "bunko" men In New York, and re-
lated 1t on his return last evening. lie
ssys he was walking on Broadway above
Grand street when a polite young chap
stopped him and said, "Why don't you
buy your shoes of me any morel' Mr.
Levau told the stranger that he must be
mistaken, as he was not In the shoe bust
ness. "Well,' replied the young man,
that is strange. Isn't you name Brown
"No. it's Levan. The two separated,
and Mr.. Levan soon forgot all about the
incident. He continued his walk down
Broadway until near Cortlsndt street,
when q man with a full beard stopped
him and said, : Hello, Levsn, when did
you come frSm Philadelphia2' Mr..
Lsvan has a brother in Philadelphia, and
the two look remarkably alike. "You
don't remember me, | suppose. l used
to live in Easton, and am q brother of
President Hackett, of the cid Ea1ton
bank. l have been out west, and am in
the clothing business. l am bound south
now, and the fellow ohatted on, leading
Mr.. Leyan to suppose thai the speaker
had grown out Of his recollection. On q
promise to give Mr.. Lcvan a copy oil
Cowpets poems that a friend had left fol-
him in q side street, the Eastonian wa,
persuaded to accompany "Hackett' tc
come place or the Bowery. They entered
a room, and soon afterwsrd q man came
In ours ng and swearing and said he had
lost $3.50 on q bet about CARDS. The man
who had wonthe moneyhad b~eengenerous,
however, and had shown him the trick
and given HIM the cards. They c insisted
of three cards with eagles on them and
one with a mans head. The trick was tc
pick out the mans head. The fellow
claimed to be from Alabama and spoke OF
money as ''tan bark" He bet 'Hack.
ext" $40 that he could not pick out tn,
mans head. ''Hacke't' readily picked W
the card and the Albanian made hin
take the money, "Hackett' at first de
Ginning. Then the southerner tackled
Mr.. Levan and offered to bet him $10(
he could not turn the right card. "Hack
ett' in the meantime had TUNED the cor
ner of the card and given Mr.. Levan the
wink. The later without betting readily
turned the right card. "You've won,'
said the southetner, "take the tan bark.
its yours" But Mr.. Levan declined.
ooh, but I never take back money wher
| %lose," said the card thrower. "Well, !
never bet" said Mr.. Levan. "But sup
pc e you had lost, have you 500 about
you to pay?' eyes, l have" said Mr.,
Levan, and comprehen6ing his posi- ior
he stepped qui ky to the doorand walked
down the street.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-02-10

The triumph of Senator Cullom in the
passage of he inter state commerce bill
10y the senate is tnRthsr instance of a ju-
NOR successfully hat ling against the ira
dit'on of that body that only the senior
s'nstors liz service should initiate legisIa
ton. There have been several instances
of That kind In this congress, much to the
disgust of the venerable patrlarchs who
think more q senatorial courtesy than of
the needs nf the country - Washington
Republican.
Whattriumphhss Mr.. Cunom achieved2
Was any railroad attorney bro ught before
the railroad committee or any other
committee of the senate TO oppose
this measured Did any railroad organ
anywhere lift Its voice against it, DID
not Mr.. Cullom have a nearly unanimous
support of the house of lords, which, In
these days, is mainly composed of ser
wants of the corporatlonsl If CulIcm's
bill had been anything Ike Reagan's,
which is In the interest of the people, |
there would have been a triumph achieve
In gettlDg it through because Mr.. Cullon
would have been compelled to overccm
great obstacles. As it is, Mr.. Cullon
has simply served his ma,terr. by anc
with the aid of their other servants and
tools.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-02-10


No good explanation has been or can
be offered for the loose manner In which
the county Jail is conducted, nor is there
any good reason why certain prisoners
should be employed to do work and err,
rands inasmuch as the sheriff and taller
are supposed to be paid sufficient to have
all necessary work done without calling
on the prisoners. If the prisoners 90
any work the county should have the
benefit and not the sheriff. The county
commissioners have a duty to perform in
regard to the jail, and that is to thor.
oughly Investigate the management. In
the first place the people of this county
sre paying too much for maintaining and
feeding the inmates of that institution.
OF course, the price is fixed by law, but
the commissioners should get an amend
ment passed by the legislature reducing
the expense. The present price for feed
ing a prisoner is seventy tive cents a day
for the first six days, and fifty cents
Tor every day thereafter. This goes to
the sheriff, and it is a pretty fat thing for
him. The commissioners gay they pay
from 5000 to $1,000 a month for feeding
prisoners. The sheriff, therefore, gets
from $1,000 to $12, 900 a year for keep
Ing a boarding house, and while he has
among his boarders a lot of dead beats
he is never beaten out of q cent. he
certainly ought to make considerable
money, and probably does. The fact Is
that forty cents a day ought to cover
the expense of feeding a prisoner in the
county jail. 1t is not supposed that they
are to be given mince pie and other
luxuries, but plain food alone. II the
county commissioners would occasionally
visit the jail, without giving notice in
advance, they might find its condition
somewhat different from what 1t is on
visitation days. They ought also to take
some steps towards making the jail more
of a self-sustaining Institution than 1t is
now, and to do this some sort of q work
house should be established in connection
with it which would afford an oppor-
tunity to convicted prisoners of working
out their fines and paying for their board.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-02-10

GRANGEE logielation seems to be get
ting into fashion in Russia. But In lieu
of the desul,ory state egislstion existing
in this country, Russia is to have IL ex
tending all over the empire. A special
government committee is to fix rates for
all the roads ana adjust all the differences
between local and through rates. 1t seems
that it is against these diff rencts that
the Russian peasants "ki,k" most,
arguing that transportation between great
centres is made cheap for and by ri,h
merchants, while that between small
LcNi!ie,i is made Intentionally oppressive
to tho poor trader.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-02-10

THE Pullman Pacific palace car com
pany never has any taxable property in
this city or state. Why cannot the legis.
lature pass a law compelling that com
pauy to M ke some showing of its prop.
erty and contribute something to the
revenues OF the stats2 Omaha is the
headquarters of ;he company and it
keeps all it's carr, used on the Union Pa
cifc, In this city. 1t seems to ua that
Omaha ID the proper place to have those
cars taxed. We do not belleve that a cent
of tax Is paid or these Union Pacific
Pullman cars enywhers.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-02-10

THE United Safes government,
through a congregational act, has offered
to pay to any state taking a census this
year une-half of the expenses. Before
the census, bill that has been introduced
In the Nebraska legislature is passed 1t
should be carefully examined to see
whether it complies with the congress
sional act, so that we went lose the ma
tlonal appropriation.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-02-10
What the Republican Parry Must 7,

st. Louis Globe Democrat.
1t is very easy, now that the penalty
has fallen, to see how iG mis hit have been
averted, and another republican Pre- sident
elected last November by a good round
majority; and the special sting Of it is
that we can excuse ourselves for not hav-
ing seen and escaped the danger only by
impeachlng our own intelligence. In
other words. it is al so plain now, and
might obviously have been made different
with 30 lite trouble on our Part, thai
there is really no room to explain the
matter except by q confession of want of
sense. We were deprived of power not
because the enemy was so much stronger
and more sagacious than usual, but be-
cause we were ounaccountably weak and
fool sh. 1t is time to look the fact squar-
ely In the face, that it takes the whole
p .rty to carry all election, and that the
whole party cannot be depended upjn to
volatile straight ticket in spite Of all per
sonal objections, and to stand by the flag
without regard to how much it may cost
In the surrender of private Judgment and
the forfeiture OF salf-respeet. The
democratic plrty cannot be d sIodgsd
from its present position by tbs woes
a one that were insufficient prevent Mr..
@ eveland's election. We must have, il
addition, the help of those republicans
Win, for reasons satisfactory to them
selv. s, went out ffom the party fold and
voted against us. Many Of them are
wilingand ready to come back, ind many
others can easily be led to return. The
plain duty of the new year, from a re-
publican point Of view, Is to make it in
every way agreeable tor these wsywsr
mes to resun c their old party relations
nd join IN the work Of restoring affairs
to the old basis and giving sway again TO.
the sentiments that, through accident and
Of y, have been Tor a time s]Upp'anted IN
no Int res. Of the party that has always
outed and res 81, d them.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-02-10

CAPTAIN j. M. LEE is n very pious
man. He has introduced a bill in the
legislature to prevent the RAINING of
railroad freight trains on Sunday. Capt.
Lee would have q stock train tied up for
twenty-four hours In order to have Sun
day strictly observed, yet he will work
and vote for every job to overburden the
people with taxation, that may come
up before the legislature. That
the kind of q pious man he is.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-02-10

A Bill has been introduced into the
New York Legislature for tbs suppre ,sion
f Sensational gush and the glorifcation
of felony. 1t provides a fine for the frat
ofense and imprisonment for repetitions
'gainst 'any person who shall send TO a
convicted fallen, or to a person held for
trial for the crime of murder In any Jail,
rison or peniteltt2ry of the stst,, a
bouquet cf G1wors OK other sympatheti,
oxen" Fines and imprisonment ar
Lao provided for any shefiG, isiler, en-
1loye or attendant, who shall kuowirgl
convey to any convicted murderer or pei.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-02-10
THE RIVER AND HARBOR BILL

LIE M EN- AND dARBOR BILL
The river and harbor bill, which has
now become the fone of contention In
the house approprlates $12, OOO, OOO,
of which 50. 800, 900 is for the Miss
issippi river below the mouth
of the Ohio, and all of it will be ex-
pended in tho states OF Arkansas,
Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri and
Tennessee. The other appropriations
for the southern states, including Mis-.
courts share of the Mississippi and MIG
souri, river appropriations, are as follows:
Alabama, $545, COO; Arkansas, $75, OCO;
Delaware, S118. 900; Florida, $211, 500;
Georgia, S292, 600; Kentucky, $751;.
600; Louisiana, $277 COO; Maryland,
$4,000; Mississippi. Sal, 500; Missouri,
$405, 700; North Carolina, SIP, 900;
South Caro'iua, $179,OOO; Tennessee
$l36. 0C0; Texas, $780, 900; Virginia,
$250, COO; West Virginis, $3.50, 400.
1t will be seen that the south Is pretty
well provided for. The sixteen states,
which compose the south, will receive
neatly 81, 900, 900, an average of nearly
$4,000 each, while the amount to be
expended in the other twenty-five states
and eight territories is about So, lis, OOO,
an avelage Of nearly 1885, 900 to each
state, if nothing be assigned to Dakota,
Montana or Washington terrier
Omaha daily bee., 1885-02-10

The old scheme to make the agrlcul-
tural bureau a cabinet department has
been revived. The head Of the depart
ment is to be called secretary Of agricul-
ture, and is to receive the same salary as
auy,ther cabinet officer. A bill 10 thisetc:t
has been reported favorably by the com
mittee On agriculture. II the bill ra1ses,
and if DIR. Miller doesn't get the post
master.generalahip j.. Sterling Morton
may endeavor to catch on to this posi-.
ton
Omaha daily bee., 1885-02-10

much of a fraud az the national timber
culture set, which wiz probably be re-
pesled az an early day. Treo.plsntlpg in
Nebraska is sufficiently encouraged by the
arbH day premiums; bat perhaps ltwould
be well enough to increase the nutaber
of these premiums. 1t seems to US,
however, that the planting of trees
ought to prove remunerative enough in
Nebraska without any rewards from the
etnhn
Omaha daily bee., 1885-02-10

A BILL, beginning "Wherefore, the
state of Nebraska is justly % indebted TO
Samuel Bacon in the sum of 81, 658 o."
ETC., has been introduced in the legiala-
ture. We question whether the state
owes Mr.. Bacon anything, and we are
incllned to believe that he is playing the
hog. His claim is made for service rem
dered and money expended by him as
principal of the Nebraska institute for
the blind. He succeeded In having the
blind asylum established some years ago
at an enormous cost, when there were
only nine persons In the state who were
in need of such an institution. and who
could just as well have been taken care
of elsewhere until there was
a demand for an asylum
in Nebraska. Mr.. Bacon then got
himself appointed as superintendent and
his wife as m,tron. When the state board
decided to dismiss, him he de6ed their
authority and refused to go, although he
had drawn his pay. The board was com.
PEELED to 90 to the courts and forcibly
eject him. Mr.. Bacon comes before the
legislature in very poor odor. He de.
serves no recognition whatever, and it is
hoped the legislature will cut him off as
sharply as it did Tom Kennsrd and Pat
Halves. If Bacon has any claim against
he state let him go into the court, and
establish it, as the state can be sued Just
t 10 SINE A. a corporation or an individually
Omaha daily bee., 1885-02-10
Why Stanford Crossed the Rockies

Chicago journal.
Leland Stanford went West in 1884
and settled at Port Washington, twenty
odd miles North of Milwaukee. He was
a young lawyer, with some ability and
some ambition, and in 1850 was the Dem.
ocratic candidate for district attorney in
Warrington county, which uniformly gave
an immense Democratic ma pity on the
general ticket, but was liable to act queer
ly in regard to minor candidates. Stan
ford was d feated by Eugene S. Turner,
who ran as an independent candidate for
the same office, and he expressed infinite
disgustatthe L, suit. "D-n thecountryl !
was his expressive remark, as he packed
up his lsres and penates shortly after the
election and started for California. He
is now q million are, has been lieutenant
governor of California, and will be a
member of the next national Senate.
MIR. Turoerlives at Port Washington, and
is still a thri ty, well-to-do village lawy er.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-02-10

son he'd for trial for the crime Of murder
any ouch forbidden token. This Is a
timely bill, and It ought to become a law.
The fashion that prevails among sen
fenced idioss of adjoining the cells Of
murderers, horse.thieves, hIghwaymen
and other criminals with flowers and other
ornaments is becoming altogether too
common and disgusting.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-02-10

Has the board of trade gone to sleep
over the matter of securing a aite for q
chamber of commerce. There is no
good reason why this project should not
be pushed to a successful termination.
Until the board of trade has q building
of it's own it will never amount to any
tbin0
Omaha daily bee., 1885-02-10

CABINET-CONsTRUCTIoN Is a sort of
fifteen puzzle. Now you see il, and now
you don't. 1t certainly aeems to be as
much of a puzzle to Mr.. Cleveland as it
Ia to anybody elsa.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-02-10

THE professional juryman would like
to know when the new court house is to
be inaugurated. He is getting tired of
hanging around the old court house, and
wants to get into a more comfortable
loaing place.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-02-10

VoTING for United States senator will
begin In the Illinois legislature to day,
and at least one ballot must be taken
every day unit a senator is elected. The
prospects are that it will be a prolonged
Omaha daily bee., 1885-02-10
VOICE OF TAE STATE PRESS.
mr. KimbSms Railway speech

mr. KimbSlrs hallway speech.
Fremont Tribune.
MIR. Thomls NJ. Kimball, general traf
tc Manage of the Union Pacific railroad
was before the railway committee of the
NEBRASKA legislature a few days ago and
made q very elaborate speech against the
prop tiCn to reduce the passenger fare
upon railroads of the state to three cents
per mile. Mr.. Kimball, on behalf of the
great corporation which he represents,
p'oaded the poverty act and INDUCED in
n good deal of censure of the state press
ror making it necessary for him to appear
at Lincoln every two years to defend the
rights of the Union Pacific. He said
that many of the newspapers of Nebraska
have a "disposition to do injustice, to
wrsng and to libel the managers of the
railways We believe Mr.. kimbsll is
wrong. The press of the state knows a
good deal concerning the condition and
the history of the U. p. railway. 1t has
usually pursued a liberal course toward
the company and recognizes as readily as
any the Importance of harmonious rela.
tions between the corporations and the
people. But when Mr.. Kimball denies
to it the right of rejecting the sentiment
of common.sense and conservative bust
ness men everywhere he sets up an argu.
ment easily shattered. Public opinion Is
usually nearer right than private when
that private judgment is warped by the
love of gain. Neither ran he fssten any
blame upon the press of the state for de-
manding Legislative control of railways
That is a fundamental principle in the
platform of all political parties of the day,
be they republican, democratic, anti mo
nopoly, %greenbaok or any other. If Mr..
Ktmball overturns these he will be under
obligations to furnish better proofs than
he did in his late arguments.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-02-10
THE BUREAU OF STATISTICS.

Mr.. Carroll d. Wright, who has been
appointed commissioner Of the new labor
bureau, thinks hat a bird in the hard is
worth two in the bush. In other words,
he does not propose to let go his grip as
chief Of the Massachusetts bureau of sta
Distcs until he is assured by President
elect Cleveland hat he will not be dis.
turbed in his new office. 1t Is not likely
that MIR. Cleveland will displsce him,
and the probability Ia that Mr.. Carroll
will make a very efficient officer. As the
head Of the Massachusetts, stat stical bu-
reau he has shown great ability and has
given great satisfaction In that state. As
to his programmed In regard to the ma.
tional bureau he says that he shall not
take up the wOge question at present, as
the labor market is in too unsettled a
condition just now to make that matter
practicable. He expresses great conf.
dence in a revival of trade in all direc.
tions at an early day, aud says that, al.
though he may be mistaken, we shall find
three months hence that the percentage
Of unemployed men will be much smaller
than at present. 1t is hoped that MIR,
Carrol's prediction will come true. He
proposes to ask congress fer $4,000 an.
nually for the bureau, as anything les.
would cripple 1t badly, and if congress is
disposed to be niggardly in appropriatlng
money, he declares that he will have
nothing to do with the bureau.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-02-10

THAT anarchist sensa.Ion, produced by
tho Philadelphia Press, is simply an old
scare.crow in q new dress.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-02-10

THE New York Herald attempts to
explain what a mahdi is. We should say
that he is a holy terror.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-02-10
Railroad Regulation.


IOLh LILIES.
A great many people are appalled, at
the magnitude of the question of railroad
regulation, and stand in ave of it, as
though it was something above and be-
yond the intellect Of an o~rlinsry man.
This impression originated, no doubt,
with the railroads themselves, and has
been industriously fostered and dissent
mated. We believe that We have men In
the Legislature who ale fully as smart
and In every way as competent to deal
with this question as the railroad man
ayers themselves. And we feel no super
stitious ave Of a railroad company, nor
any dread of dealing with them as with
other men or corporations. If
our legislature should pass a law
fixing the rate per 100, and by
the car, on all classes of goods, and
make the prices reasonable 80 as not to
cripple the roads, nor overburden the pee
pie, no harm could arise, and q vast
amount of good would be accomplished.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-02-10

DOR THADE-For pre.
Il terred, three (3) valuable lots In Dayton, Ohio.
One ~ lot in st. Louis, Mo $40 acres OF fine land Ia
OF incumbrance All comm unications will be treated
strictly confidential. s. Ii. Wlnspear, 2O94 Cuminy,
St' ~3S7jan9O
Omaha daily bee., 1885-02-10

WANTED-Agents to work for the Western Mu.
w tual Benevolent Associa' ion, Of Beatrice. Ntb.
Cash capital SlU0, coo, paid up in full those desiring
agencies in Eastern Nebraska or We tern Iowa,
should SddIcss c, \: Woosley No 1929 Farnam st ,
Omaha, Neb., or Oliver G.. sabin, sec'y, Beatrice,
Neb. To good agents, men or won en-, a liber al
compensation will he paid. Company ID cc.opera-
tive in plan, safe, reliable and cheap, and easy to
work. SO6-i22