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Omaha daily bee., 1889-10-05
THE AUSTRALIAN BALLOT.


AT the November election ,Massachu-
setts will vote under the Australian bal
lot system, and as she will be the first
state to apply this plan with very little
modification, the result will oe awaited
with general interest. II it shall prove
to be in Massachusetts an improvement
over the old system an agitation for its
introduction in other states is to be ex-
pected, while if it should show no ad-
vantages over the system 1T
will supersede, in preventing the
corrupt practices in elections or
which it is claimed to be the
remedy, the country will probably hear
no more of it.
1t may as we'll be said in advance of
the experiment with the new law in
Massachusetts,, that those who expect to
absolutely Danish bribery and other
abuses at elections are very sure to be
disappointed. In Australia and other
British colonies where similar ballot
laws are in force they have not been
found effective in wholly preventing
corrupt practices in elections. There
was an extremely bad state of affairs in
the Australasian colonies in connec-
tion with the suffrage before the ballot
system now in vogue in those colonies
was adopted, and it is not questionable
that it has worked an improvement
there, but it has not removed all the
evils. A writer in the October Forum,
who is perfectly familiar with the sys-
TEN because he ''has been both elected
and defeated many times under the
ballot says that while it affords
complete protection against in
timidahon, except in the case OF
people who are SO timid that
they are scarcely fit to exercise any
civic function, it is not SO effective a
protection against bribery. In theory,
of course, says this writer, the ballot is
a complete protection against bribery,
because the person who gives the bribe
| can not be sure hat he gets the vote he
has paid for. Thus wholesale and sys-
| tematic bribery, such as used TO go on
| at open voting, has been made impossi-
| BILE, "yet there are devices by which
bribery may be effected" says the
writer in The Forum, and he states one
simple Ineluou tndt hdS Docu otoh
employed. 1t is this: An agent ar
ranges with number of men that they
are to receive SO much for their votes.
He then brings them to the voting
booth in u body, and sends the first in
with instructions to put piece OF blank
paper into the ballot box instead of his
ballot paper, and to bring the ballot
paper out To him, the agent. This in
wolves the sacrifice of one vote, but it
insures all the others. The Sc cond
man puts the first mans ballot
paper, which has previously been
examined by the agent to make
sure that it is correct, into the ballot
box, and brings out his own. The third
man puts that in and brings out an-
other; and SO on until the tale is ex-
Omaha daily bee., 1889-10-05

Now that brick is as cheap in Omaha
as it is in Kansas City and Denver, the
fire limits should be extended over the
whole city. Kansas City and Denver
derive great advantage from the fact
that they are built up entirely of brick.
They impress people by the substantial
character of their buildings and that
has helped them greatly with investors
and proved of material advantage in
holding up their real estate prices. If
Omaha would now stop building fra me
houses she would not only gain i'm
mensely in appearance but would soon
overtake Kansas CITY in population and
wealth.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-10-05

ACCORDING to recent consular re-
port, cooperative societies are becom-
ing very numerous in Germany. 1t is
said over four thousand are doing
profitable business in the empire.
These societies, which take the orm of
a savings bank and life insurance COM
pany, have never been SO popular in
this country as in Europe. They might
we'll attract the attention of wage
workers, especially those who receive
small pay. They afford safer places for
investment of earnings than most of
the savings banks managed by private
parties, and they also offer advantages
not possessed by the banks.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-10-05

THE state constitution leaves no room
for doubt as to the manner and method
of filing vacancies on the supreme and
district benches. 1t provides that in
case of vacancy in either court before
the expiration ofthe regular term, ''the
vacancy shall be filed by appointment
by the governor, until II successor shall
be elected and qualified, and such sue
cessor shall be elected for the uneX-
pired term at the first general election
that occurs more than thirty days after
the vacancy shall have happened"
This provision clearly gives the candi-
date elected at the coming election his
place on the district bench the moment
his election is certified by the proper
authority. There is no law to prevent
him qualifying until the first of jan
uary following. That would simply
prolong vacancy which he was elected
to fill. The primary intent of our
system OF government is TO have every
department constantly administered.
There should be no interregnum on the
bench any more than in the executive
Omaha daily bee., 1889-10-05
the VAN AND HIS RECORD.

When public man comes before the
people for promotion he should at least
have clean record behind him. The
admirers and supporters Of Secretary
Laws have essayed TO secure his nomi-
nation for congress under false pre-
teuses. Their principal stock in trade
has been Mr.. Laws honorable career as
register OF the McCook land Office
On that score the only proof to
the contrary has been the we'll
known incident at McCook on the day
Mr.. Laws entered upon his duties as
register. The back door OF the land
office was thrown open to gang OF
claim jumpers, while honest homestead
ers were barred out Mt the front door.
This has been secuted by the swash-
buckler press of the Republican Valley
as unworthy of attention.
Now we are In position TO further cor
roborate the we'll founded suspicion that
Mr.. Laws was not as straight N his Of
fee as register as he would have
us believe. No man can read the
letter of Z. II. Stewart, an
old soldier and citizen of Sutton, in Clay
county, without reaching the conclusion
that the manage ment of the McCook
land Office under Mr.. Laws was not in
the interest of the honest home steader,
but chiefly for the benefit of the land
shark and periured pre-emptor. That
these revelations have been withheld
until this time does not condone the
offense. 1t simply shows that the
republicans in the Second dis
trict, who have been wronged,
h ave had great deal OF
forbearance with n man who also had
been soldier. But there is no written
or unwritten law that iustities man
who has been unfaithful TO a trust IN
demanding position as representative
in congress even if, like Corporal Tan
ner, he had lost both of his legs in de-
Tense of the union.
The republicans of Nebraska have
always shown the greatest consid era
ton for the old soldier, but
they have not always been will
ing to sacrifice the interests
of the state to crippled union veterans
when they found them to be un worthy
of public confidence.
A very striking instance is the record
| OF John j. Gosper. In 1874 Gosper was
nominated secretary of state, with a
hurrah, over all competitors, because
| Tom Kennard announced that he had
left u leg on southern battlefield. AT
the end of two years as secre-
tary of state Gosper was retired
| from Office and shelved because he had
failed to inspire public con fidence.
This precedent might have been fol-
lowed in the case of Mr.. Laws very
properly at the end of his first term
but for his action on the railroad com.
mission just before the convention
which led the people to believe that he
desired to do his whole duty regardless
of corporation pressure. The con
vention had scarcely adjourned wher
violation of the pledges made in the re
publican platform that the freight rates
in this state should be reduced Mr..
Laws voted to reconsider the action OF
the commission and to leave the rates
where they had been.
1t seems to us, therefore, that Mr.
Laws record in the land Office, and il
the Office of secretary of state, is no
such as to warrant repu blicans in fore
ing him upon the Second district, ant
upon the state at large, in defiance o
public sentiment.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-10-05
THE BEES SUNDAY Flyer.

Commencing Sunday morning, Octo-
Der 6. THE BEE will run special news
paper train, via the Union Pacific rail-
way, from Omaha to Grand Island and
Hastings. arriving at the latter point
at 9:l5 u. m.
The train will reach Fremont at $40
a. m. and there transfer packages Of
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south on the Fremont, Elkhorn 81 Mis-
souri, Valley railroad, which will place
the paper in Linwood, Seward, York
and intermediate points twenty-four
hours ahead of all competitors.
Leaving Fremont at 5:l5, the train
will arrive at Grand Island at $3.50 a. IN.
AT Grand Island packages of The SUN
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The service will be ample, every pro
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All orders for THE SUNDAY BEE for
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For the Sunday following send in your
orders by mail.
While this is not the first special
newspaper train which THE BEE has
chartered, il is the first time that any
newspaper west OF Chicago has at
tempted to TRANSPORT its papers by
special train distance Of over one
hundred and seventy miles. While the
publishers do not expect to realize any
thing approaching the heavy outlay in
CURED by this exclusive service, its
patrons and the public generally can
not fail to appreciate an enterprise that
will place THE SUNDAY BEE on theil
Sunday breakfast tables in towns anc
cities reached by the regular mail trair
between 10 a. m. and sundown.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-10-05
a RADICAL CHANGE NEEDED.

At Lincoln the coroner's office is
filed by physician. The propriety OF
this is now manifest. The third wife
of local physician has just died sud-
denly and from mysterious disease.
Suspicious of foul play have been
aroused and citizens have petitioned
the coroner to make post morrem in
quest. The coroner can readily com
ply with this request without mourning
needless expense for Lancaster county.
Had this occurred in Omaha, where ac-
cidental and mysterious deaths occur
quite often, the coroner would be COM
PEELED to call an inquest and employ
physician, This is radically wrong, no
matter from what standpoint it is
viewed. A city engineer is expected to
be civil engineer, and coroner should
by all means be practicing physician.
Instead of that our coroners have for
years been undertakers. Their interest
in the sale Of collins and conduct OF fu-
nerals is paramount. AS a consequence
our coroners juries and inquests have
often been farcical, and quite often
there have been no inquests, because
the coroner did not like to offend par
ties whose patronage he values.
A new departure in the selection OF
coroners Is in order. This is demanded, ,
not because we have any ill-feeling
toward John Drexel or Michael Maui,
but because we believe that radical
change in the selection Of material for
coroner is imperatively demanded in
| the interest of our citizens.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-10-05

THE congress of the Three Americas
causes commotion in the vicinity of the
infantile throne of Spain. That mon
archial reminiscence naturally breads
the growth of republicanism around
provinces in which the people are de-
prived of the right of government by
the power of bayonets. The result of
the congress will undou btedly
strengthen and encourage the Cuban
patriots to continue the struggle
against foreign despotism.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-10-05

SHERIFF COBURN's most ardent sup
porters are down in the Third ward
among the class that is always law-de-
flying and disorderly. This is very
good reason why Mr.. Coburn should not
be given a third term. The trouble
with him has been that he values the
good will and support of law-breakers
and keepers of dives and dens good
deal more than the respect Of law abid-
ing citizens.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-10-05

THE United States had the best
navy in the world at the close
Of the civil war. 1t was the
result of republican policy. It's decay
commenced when the democratic party
obtained control of the lower house of
congress in 1875. Now that the repub-
licans are again in the majority in both
branches of congress it is certain that
war ships worthy of the country's COM
mercial Importance.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-10-05

THE British ,!sche to secure pay
ment of confederate bonds is more of a
brace game than a Legitimate busin ess
transaction. 1t will not work. 1t is not
probable that foreign capital will be
kept out of profitable investments in the
south for the purpose of forcing pay
Omaha daily bee., 1889-10-05
Seeking Deep Water.

Colonel g. s. Chase has returned from the
Topeka deep-harbor convention. He says
the body was large aud able one, and that
several very eloquent sUeeches were made by
governors. senators, congressman and others,
the most remarkable one being that OF ex-
Governor Hubbard, OF Texas, the late mir. .
ister to Japan. The governor, he says, held
the convention spell bound for over an hour
After stormy session of three days the
convention harmonized. aud the result of the
agreement will be found in The BEES tele-
graph columns. The colonel introduced q
series of resolutions, which will be published
later,
Omaha daily bee., 1889-10-05

hausted. Shrewd and ingenious politi-
clans might find other expedients for
evadiug the law.
The result In Massachusetts, with the
new law will be watched with great and
general interest, and it will go far to
determine public sentiment in other
states in favor OF or against this plan Of
ballot REFORM
Omaha daily bee., 1889-10-05

THE International Funeral Directors
Association of the United States and
Canada, now in session in Toronto Can
ada, will hold its meeting next year in
Omaha. While this climate is no stim-
ulator Of their business, the sad, solemn
and melancholy directors of funerals
will learn much to their advantage by
coming To Omaha.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-10-05

head. II hasn't so much expression as tho
other side, but it's a blamed sight protticr.
pLawreuce American; Mr.. Goodcatch
calling on the eldest sister) Why, Johnny,
how you are growingl Nou'nibe man be-
fore your sister, II you keep on. Johnny
You bet will, Sister'll never be a man u
she kecps on being twenty like she has for
the last Ave years. Then there was trouble
in the household.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-10-05

The most important of county offices
are scarcely given passing notice. The
precinct and ward assessors, whose valu-
ations OF property affect every tax
payer, are dumped into the political
cauldron with oonstables and other
precinct officials that are comparatively
Omaha daily bee., 1889-10-05

OMAHA has shown very friendly
disposition toward Sioux City. Now
let us see how Sioux City will lrecipro-
cate. Up 10 this time she has thrown
cold water upoht every enterprise that
Omaha has undertaken and her papers
have belittledl and misrepresented
Omaha at every turn.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-10-05

ing on the frontier insure an honest and
just administration OF the land laws.
His first decision is cheering proof OF
his purpose to give honest settlers the
benefit of the doubt in all contests.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-10-05

The explosion of the Mississippi
steamboat Corona at New Orleans, by
which upwards OF forty lives were lost,
still further strengthens the claim of
1889 to being the casualty year in the
history OF the country.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-10-05

II took Columbus number of years
to hustle for the money necessary for
the discovery of America. 1t seems a
much greater task, howe yer, for New
York to raise sufficient cash to properly
celebrate the event.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-10-05
Editor HaIsteac Was Satisfied.

ULhCUlIIIIL IOINWcFCIUL TuzcIIG.
Mr.. Halstead, of the Commercial Gazette
has never opened his guns on anyone who
voted against his confirmation as minister to
to Germany, and feels as well pleased with
the result as any of the senators, though he
is not delighted with their methods. He
feels that he received two great compliments
-one his nomination for president the otner
his rejection by the senate
Omaha daily bee., 1889-10-05

NOT NOTWITHSTANDING the efforts of pa
triotic gentlemen to make the Missouri
navigabie, the murky persists in a con-
trary course. Even the government
fiatboat can scarcely wiggle through
the islands of sand which pillow its
bed. AS an artery OF commerce the
Missouri leads to bankruptcy.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-10-05

Boston sports have invaded Omaha.
sIf the cultured representatives of the
Hub will indicate their pleasure, they
can be accommodated with anything
from a chicken fight to a championship
base ball game.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-10-05

DENVER and Kansas City papers are
exceedingly disgruntled because their
people will not have an opportunity of
seeing the delegates to the Pan-Ameri-
can congress. On behalf OF this hos
pitable community wo tender the free
dom OF the city TO residents Of both
towns during the coming visit of the
congress TO Omaha.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-10-05
THE PORK CORNER.
Another Sensation on the Chicago
Board of Trade.

CHICAGO, Oct. 4.-The sensation on the
board this morning was the announcement
that the clique had gone before Judge Shep-
ard and secured an injunction against the
board of trade inspector to prevent him from
issuing certificates on newly packed October
pork. The clique yesterday received and paid
for all the newly packed pork offered. But
il now trausDires that this was the only pork
sold TO the clique at a low price, Tine high
priced pork rendered them on late deliveries
yesterday was refused and an Injunction to
prevent its delivery was asked for. The in
junction is not only against the official in
spector, but against all the officers of the
board.
The directors met in secret session soon
after the board opened. Their attorney was
present with copy of the iniunc-
tion and It's allegations We're carefully
considered. The injunction. besides prohibit
ing the delivery of the pork, also prevents
the board from disciplining the members for
refusing to take pork. The latter point,
however, has been decided 30 often in the
courts that little Importance was attached tO
IT.. The courts have always conceded tho
board tho right of dlsciDlining members for
tue infraction of The rules.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-10-05
The Baby Couldn't Stand 1t.

IlyWIsIUH IUUFTfIt,
Howard Owen, the famous Augusta jour-
nalist, and almost equally famous judge of
baby shows, acted in this capacity 1t the
Grange far in Augusta this year. He ex-
plains in his paper why he did not kiss the
sweet little things this lime: he kissed col
ored baby in an unguarded moment and the
unlucky darling died in three months from
tnat time
Omaha daily bee., 1889-10-05

THE paternal care and anxiety dis
played by street car corporations for
the welfare of their men is purely un-
selfish OF course. Having designated n
clothing house for their patronage, it is
shall get shaved and have their wash
Omaha daily bee., 1889-10-05

IF THE prevailing rule could be re-
versed and the Office sought the man, i,
nine out of every ten of the multitude
of candidates in the field would not re-
cciye the slightest recognition.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-10-05

THE double-headed freak is thor
oughly posted on ''hauls." 1t is making
a monthly haul on the city treasury
with advertising bills without render
ing an equivalent.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-10-05

chair. To-this end the broadest latt-
tude must by given for filling vacancies.
To take any other view would be dis
astrous ,and cause serious complica-
Omaha daily bee., 1889-10-05
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Baltimore american.
Within month sugar trust securities have
declined from SIPS to $50. This looks very
much as if public confidence in that unholy
mbination is oozing out.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-10-05

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For aches of head, neuralgia. tand bruise.
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Omaha daily bee., 1889-10-05

JUDGE CROFT is western man with
western sympathies. His knowledge of
the trials and hardships OF homestead
Omaha daily bee., 1889-10-05
sunning Over With 'Em.

Chicdgo NelUS.
The new northwest was chock full Of
republicans On Tuesday.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-10-05

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presence this 18th day of September. A. ID. 1889.
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Omaha daily bee., 1889-10-05

IN THE hurly-burly of politics the
fight between the board of public works
and paving contractors seems to have
been forgotten.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-10-05

His majesty the sultan of Morocco, Mem
ley Hassan, has iudiciously released the
crew of the Spanish vessel captured by the
Rifiians on the Morocco coast. Spain, from
Omaha daily bee., 1889-10-05
THE DAILY BEE.

Sworn Statement Of Circulation.
State OF Nebraska, ss
County OF Douglas ~
George -. Tzscnuck, secretary or The Bee
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Omaha daily bee., 1889-10-05


Two thousand armed men, led by Euro
peans, are now following the beaten track
toward central Africa made fa nous by the
great explorers who were the first to gaze
upon the equatorial lakes. The paths which
Speke, Burton, Grant aud Stanley followed
on their peaceful missions are now the route
or an army bent upon destroying the rebel
chief Bushiri, who having been driven out of
all the coast towns he defended, has taken
refuge among the mountains. 1t is a strik-
ing illustration of the great change that has
come over the east coast, that the main out
let through which the secrets of inner Africa
have reached the civilized world is now the
pathway of an invading army. No other
part of Africa has been made SO familiar to
us in the narratives of explorers as the
region through which Wissmanns little
army is advancing To-day he Is pushing
across the jungle and The dreaded Makata
swamp, through which many traveller has
fioundered, buoyed up only by the hope of
reaching the great mountains looming before
him scores of miles away. The war in east
Africa has entered upon a new stage. Most
of the long stretch of coast where the revolt
against German rule began is now controlled
by the Germans. A large part of the rebel
force hat retreated inland, and 1t Is possible
that Wissmann's advance may res ult only in
driving them further toward the lakes,
whence, like the MahHists, they may be able
TO menace white enterprises ior an indefinite
time, or as long as they can procure Snug
gled supplies OF ammunition.
-
His majesty the sultan of Morocco, Men =
lev Hassan, has iudiciously released the
Omaha daily bee., 1889-10-05
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