Omaha daily bee., 1885-03-02

1t is stated that some of the firemen
when called out yesterday morning had
more whisky than water on board. There
was one little fight between a fireman
and an outsider, and other Incidents,
which indicate that the threatened In
v~estlgation cannot come too soon.
Blsxslm, the Third ward democratic
nominee for alderman, Is reported as say
ing he would not have run had he not
been urged to do 60 by a delegation of
Council Bluffs best citizens. This dele
CATION consisted of Mayor Vaughan, j.
j. Frainey, Will Calvin and VIII Patton.
Blaxsim, If elected, will stick by them.
Vaughan Is trying to blind the work
ingmen. He represents that IL Bennett,
Shugars and Straub are elected all i'm.
provement will be stopped, and there
will be no work. Thinking men, who
have watched the force of warrant, and
the amount of cost the laborer gets out OF
expensive contracts, will not be stuffed or
bluffed.
The dear old grandmother rouses up
from her nay long enough to make the
startling statement that Murphy, the
democratic nominee for alderman al
large, has not become naturalIzed, and Ia
therefore Ineligible. He may not be
na~turallzed, but he is thoroughly
Vaughsnized, and will therefore be sup
ported by the gang.
The workingmen should bear in mind
that under the present administration
contracts have been let for filling streets
at thirty.seven cents a yard, while the
teamsters doing the work get only ten
cents a yard, the balance of the thirty
seven cents ~going-where? Workingmen
cannot afford to elect Murphy or Blaxaim
as these two will work In harmony with
the PRESENT administration.
"Put up or shut up" Is what Vaughn
says to the Saloon men. A majority OF
them have concluded it better to put uI
a little, rather than have a fuss. Vaughan
now has a gold-headed cane, a jewel-be'
decked star, a horse and buggy, and there
cannot be many more subscription Hats,
as 1t is pretty well supplied. The threat
ened shutting up of the saloons will
squeeze a little more money out of the
boys.
The Globe, Saturday evening, pub
lished a card purporting to be from j. d.
Geiger, saying he was discharged from
Mr.. Shugart's employ, in 1882, for work
Ing for Mr.. Pussy. Mr.. Shugart not
only denies it and challenges any man to
make an affidavit of the fact, but Mr.
Geiger himself signs a card denying that
he made any such statement to the
Globe.
Mr.. Ed. FL. Neil, the genial business
agent for the Girard and Vokes London
bicycle and roller skating celebrities, is
in town perfecting arrangements for the
appearance of his renowned company Of
champions at the Council Bluffs rink,
Thursday evening, March IL. Mr.. Neil
informs us that the company is doing an
enormous business, far beyond the most
aanguine expectations of the manage
ment.
eff l can have everything my way, the
saloons shall run. II can't have my
way In everything, | will shut the sa-
looms up" That is a clear V~aughanism.
The question of what is right or what is
wrong, the question of what Is for the
city's interests does not cut any figure.
it is the cry of a spoiled boy; "Give me
that ere, or I'll kick ye." Keep cool,
Mr.. Vaughan; you only excite yourself,
and make Others laugh at you.
Charles Nicholson who had the scrap
with Chief Walters of the fire depart
ment, and whom the chief so summavily
discharged, has been put back in his posi-
ton again. 1t was claimed that that the
trouble arose over politics, and that the
rsinstat ament was for political effect, and
to stop the investig alton which Nichol-
son threatened to have made. Saturday
the chief thinking he had made a mistake
in reinstatlng Nicholson, told him to lay
off until after election, but Nicholson re-
fused. Such are some of the results of
turning the fire department into a politi.
cal machine. Let the investigation go on.
Mayor Vaughan, In his desperation,
seeing that coaxing will do no good, now
openly threatens that If the people will
not elect his candidates Murphy and
Blaxsim, he will close up every place In
Council Bluffs where liquor is sold under
any circumstances, drug stores and all.
If he thinks he can scare anybody he is
more conceited even than most people
have thought. Vaughan's predictions of
of what he would do and what he would
not do have been heard and tested be.
fore. He thinks doubtless he can secure
some of the dislffected saloon men, and
force them to vote as hs wants. They
know Vaughan, though, and won't scare.
Il. w. Gray, who served as one of the