Omaha daily bee., 1889-10-06
AN AppEAL TO COBURN.


honored by the republicans Of Douglas
county with the lucrative position OF
sheriff. During both OF these terms no
has also been n member OF the board oil
education. His conduct in these re-
spOnsible positions has not always been
exemplary or commendable. The fact
that he was reelected to the school
board last year by large majority was
paraded rs n vindication from grave
charges. AS matter OF fact it was
merely a proof OF Coburn's popularity
with school teachers aud school house
janitors and his unscrupulous use OF the
sheriff S patronage in the school cleo
ton.
Mr.. Coburn will make the mistake OF
his life if he persists in his candidacy
for a third term.
Unless he is bereft of reason he must
realize that he needs united republican
party to insure re-election. This is
simply out OF question. Mr.. CO.
burns candidacy can only end in his
personal defeat. and may also prove dis
astrous to the whole county ticket. In
the interest Of the republican party, we
appeal to Mr.. Coburn to withdraw.
Gratitude toward the party to which
he is so much indebted would
gard for his own reputation
should impel him to withdraw.
We say this in no spirit of malice or
vindictiveness. THE BEE has treated
Mr.. Cohurn with the utmost indul-
gence, ana Mr.. Coburn has treated
THE BEE very fairly at all times. Its
opposition Is not personal. But we
have become convinced that Mr.. Co
burn is dangerous man in
the shcrilf's office. His sympathy
with criminals is too pronounced
and his alliances with the lawless
classes do not commend him as candi-
date for sheriff. Much as we desire the
success of the republican ticket we hold
good government above party success.
Unless Mr.. Coburn withdraws we
shall do our duty and our whole duty
and Mr.. Coburn understands what that
means. 1t remains with him to save
the party from disasterand himself from
humlliating and overwhelming defeat.
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GERMAN WORkIiEN'S INSURANCE.
Within the past six years the German
government has established system
for the compulsory insurance of work.
men against sickness, accident, disabil-
ity from old age, and permanent in
trinity. The operation OF this peculiar
system is explained in the October
Forum by Professor Taussig. Only the
classes commonly called working" are
affected by the system, and practically
all such-men, women and children
are insured They must be insured
whether they will or not. There
| is no choice, but the compul-
sion is applied, not directly to the
| workmen, but primarily to tho employ
ers. 1t is required of employers that
| they shall act as agents for the enroll
| ment of the insured and the payment of
| the premiums. They are bound to give
notice, within three days after employ
ment begins, of every person hired by
them who comes within the terms of
the act, and they are bound to pay the
contributions or premiums, on behalf of
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| charges, moreover, they must pay out
| of their own pockets. They are en-
| titled to deduct from the stipulated
| wages of their worlimen two-thirds of
what they pay to the insurance fund,
| but one-third they must pay out of their
| own means. The workman himself has
nothing whatever to do with the process
| pf ini,
or of paying the contributions by which
| the benefits are made possible.
| There are several sorts of insuring
bodies, the most common being
the local sick associations, which
the local authorities of every
city, town or village have
| the power to establish, and the manage
ment OF these associations is subject to
| the surveillance OF the local authorities.
| Any capitalist who employs as many as
| fifty persons may establish an indepen-
dent association, whose members are
his own workmen only, or the authori-
| ties may compel him to do so. Volun-
tary friendly societies are permitted to
be organized, composed of WOrkmen
alone or workmen and employees united,
the requirement being that they shall
guarantee as much in the way
| of benefits as the compulsory
associations give. The benefits to the
workman who falls sick are liberal. He
| gets free medical attendance, with
| medicine and all needed surgical and
medical appliances. If he is disabled
from work he gets a sick pay OF one
half his wages, not exceeding, however,
one and one-nalf maris-a mark is equal
to twenty-five ccnts-per day. If illness
ends fatally, and it did not result from
some vice or culpable excess, the
association pays to the repre-
sentatives of the deceased q
lump sum amounting to twenty
times the day wages of common la
borer. When sickness results from
vicious practices the benefits may be
granted only in part, and may even oe
denied altogether. AT most, the bene-
fits are granted for period of thirteen
| weeks, Insurance against accident