Omaha daily bee., 1888-01-14
Bjll Nye on j. Caesar.

New ork World: 1he play OF Julius
Caesar" which has been at the Academy
of Music this week, has made II great
hit.
julius Caesar first attracted attention
through the Roman papers by calling
the attention of the medical faculty to
the now justly celebrated Cnsarian
operation. Taking advantage Of the
advertisement thus attained he soon
rose to prominence and iiourished con-
siderably flom 100 to Al b. c.. when n
committee of representative citizens
and property-owncrs of Rome called
upon him and on behalf of the people
begged leave to assassinate him MS n
mark of esteem. He was stabbed twenty
three times between Pompey's Pillar
and IL o'clock, many OF which were NOR
tai. The account of the assassination
is taken from u local paper and is
graphic. succinct and lacks the sensa-
tional elements so common and so la
mentable in our own time. Caesar was
the implacable foe OF the aristocracy
and refused to wear a plug hat up to
the time of his death.
Caesar continued to eat pie with a
knife and in many other ways to endcar
himself to the masses until 6S Il. c.,
when he ran for Qupstor. Afterward
he was Eddie, during the term of which
Office he sought to introduce a number
of new games and to extend the limit on
some of the older ones. From this
to the senate was but IL step. In the
senate he was known as good speaker,
but ambitious, and liable to turn up dur
ing "A close vote when his enemies
thought he was at home doing his
chores. This made him at times odious
to those who opposed him, and when he
defended Cataline and offered to GO on
his bond. Caesar came near being con-
demned to death himself.
In so B. G.. he went to Spain as Pro-
prntor, intending to write u book about
the Spanish people and their customs as
soon as he got back, but he was SO busy
on his return that he did not have time
to do so.
Cazar was powerful man with the
people, and while in the senate worked
hard for his constituents, while other
senators were having their photographs
taken. He went into the army when
the war broke out, and after killing a
great number of people against whom
he certainly could not have had any
thing personal he returned, headed by
| the Rome silver cornet band and lead
| lug a procession over two miles in
| length, 1t was at this time he was
| rendered a crown Just as he was passing
| the city hall, but thrice he refused it,.
| After each refusal the people applauded
| and encored him till he had refused it
| again. 1t is at about the time the play
| opens. Caesar has just arrived on a
| speckled cOurser and dismounted out
| side the town. He comes in at the head
| of the procession with the understand
| ing that the crown is to be offered him
| just as he crosses over to the court
| house.
Here Cassius and Brutus meet, and
| Cassius tries to make Il mugwump of
Brutus, so that they can organize new
movement. Mr.. Edwin Booth takes
the character of Brutur and Mr.. Law
| renee Barrett taues that Of Cassius.
would not want to take the character of
Cassiur myself, even if had run short
| of character and needed some very much
| indeed, but Mr.. Barrett takes it and
does it first rate. Mr.. Booth also plays
Brutus so that old settlers say that it
seems almost like having Brutus here
among us again.
Brutus was Roman republican with
| strong tariff tendencies. He was good
extemporaneous after-dinner speaker
and warm personal friend of Caesar
In assassinating Caesar. Brutus
used to say afterwards he did not
feel the slightest personal animosty
but did it entirely for the good of the
party. That is one thing | like abou
politics-you can cut out a mans vital
and hang them on the christmas tree
and drag the fair name of his wife ol
mother around through the sewers fo
six weeks before election, and so long al
it is done for the good of the party it il
all right.