Omaha daily bee., 1888-09-09

is found to be unreasonable and unjust as
much so as though expressed in words. The
law does not require vain or useless thing
to be done. 1t would be vain and useless
thing to write that higher rate superseded
by a lower one, by the order of the board of
transportation, was unjust and unreasonable
and too high.
That fact is fully found and clearly ex-
pressed in the order reducing rates. And
the order reducing the rate was a clear lind
ing of all things essential and necessary to
be found to make legal this order, and for
this reason the exceptions taken to the order
of July should be overruled.
Respectfully submitted, o. =. MASON.
"PREPARATION DAYS CLOSE.'
The opening or preparation days. for the
state fair close to-day Everything will be
in apple pie order. Secretary furnas says
that every department will be full and com
plete. arrangement work" said he, us
way ahead of thot of any previous year"
The annual Nebraska exhibition for 1888
certainly promises to be "a grand success, and
the promise can only be nipled in the bud by
continued stormy weather. But IL this un-
fortunate condition should arise the fact will
still remain that the finest aggregation or
Nebraska products has been collected for ex-
hibltion ever known or seen i'll the state.
Almost every department will be full before
old Sol goes into his western slumber' for
the day.
Secretary Furnas has been especially Wig
liant this year. Whenever he has heard of
am attraction he has gone or sent some one
of his assistants to secure it for the exposi-
tion if possible, The result OF his early Ia
bors for the state fair have told for good.
With the close of the day everything will be
in readiness for the formal opening OF the
doors on next Monday morning. This could
not be said at this time last year. The last
of the arrivals from the Iowa state falr Will
reach the ground tomorrow morning.
Practically, the entries have all been
made. II has been impossible for THE BEE
representative to get the exact number
today, but 1t is certain that the aggregation
will exceed that of any former year by at
least |, 200. This fact will attest the vast
amount of work that has been done by the
gentlemen who have had the exposition in
hand. But the contributors must come in
for just share of the praise. They come
from all parts of the state, even from the To-
calities of the "sod house, ana ''dugout" !"
Western Nebraska will be particularly rep
resented. The products of western fields
and gardens will form no small part of the
attractions of the fair.
The day has been very busy one at the
grounds, aud the workmen will be ready for
Sunday rest The coming week will be one of
the busiest ones in all the history of Lincoln.
From the present outlook it is safe to say
that the attendance at the fair will be the
largest ever known. AT least 10000 people
will be on the grounds next Wednesday and
Thursday.
EAGAN on THE NATIONAL TICKET.
Hon. Patrick Eagan stated to The BEE
representative this morning that he had just
received letter from a prominent Irish
democrat of New York, who expresses the
positive conviction that the republican stand
ard bearers will poll 100000 Irish democratic
votes in the Empire state. Mr.. Eagan fur
ther stated that his correspondent was a
man of strong conservatism, and would not
| express an opinion of the kind unless it was
based upon conditions that wholly war
ranted il. ~ am certain" said Mr.. Eagan,
| "that Harrison and Morton will be elected.
| The log rolling of the Golden club in Amer
| lean politics is too much for the Irish voters
| of this country to stand You will find that
| they will rebuke the innovation en- mass at
| the polls"
NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT, C. A. X.
| A special train will leave the Burlington
| depot this evening Tor Columbus, o., and
| will bear two or three hundred Nebraskans
| to the national encampment of the Grand
| Army of the Republic. The train will go tc
| Its destination over the Chicago, Burlington
| & Quincy " .Aout change. Governor
| Thayer will be among the tourists, and
while IN Ohio will be the guest of Governor
Foraker, by special invitation. Captain w
! @ Henry commander of the Department OF
| Nebraska, General A. B. Cole, Colonel II. T.
| Palmer and II. c. Russell, post department
| commander, will also go on this train.
| CITY NEWS NOTES.
| About half of the Wahoo militia encamp
| ment passed through the ,ity to-day en- route
home. The Nebraska City boys were ''ar
| hundredn strong.
Colonel Al. Fairbrother, editor of thu