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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-12-04

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again, some people know how to take In
great draughts Of air. while Others do
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-12-04
MOTION TO RECoMNuT.
TILE BILL PASSED.

The question then required on the
passage of the bill, and the vote result
ed-yeas, 139 nays, %. Without reach
ing action on any other measure the
Hnnen ahinnrned.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-12-04
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NAIIeNITY or TUE BILL.

The bill was not artfully framed. It's
only art was its absolute malignity.
Pass this bill and the right of the people
10 choose their representatives,, that
right SO precious and priceless 10 every
lover of liberty. Was lost-lost beyond
recovery and beyond recall. lie then
proceeded TO make a constitutional ar
cument against the power OF Congress TO
pass laws regulating the election OF
representatives III the lower house OF
Congress. Not having this power itself
il could not delegate tito Federal cleo
ton boards. These boards would be
screens behind which the lowest forms
Of fraud and wrong would be practiced
with ippunity.
KFFKcT ON THE coLoRED CONSTITUENCY.
The effect on the colored constituency
of the South would be most unfortunate.
The negroes, stripped OF all motive ior
further self-exertion would become per
petual pensioners on the national Urea
sury. Facile and yenal representatives
would be ready for any assault on the
public Golfers taxes would be LEVIED on
the labor Of the white men and women
of the North for the support oil negro
constituencies. who. abandoning. every
thought OF selfimproyement, would idiy
wait Tor their annual dole.
EFFECT ON THR SOUTH.
Tho South had had for q period o.
years rest. 1t had made great industrial
progress and invited northern capital
Omaha daily bee., 1890-09-03

OF early accomplishment. 'sThere will
be, perhaps" says the Sun, "four great
transcontinental systems with transverse
dependencies dependent upon the COM
petition with natural waterways and tho
necessity of draining the commerce of the
centre of the continent and the south
west to the gulf. The shortest railroad
TO the longest haul by water will prevail
against all other competition.
Circumstances certainly justify the
forecast OF the San, and it is undoubtedly
correct in saying that the results will be
revolutionary and far-reaching, but it is
not 50 easy to agree with its opinion that
the tendency it points out is expedient.
On the contrary, there are very sound
reasons for believing that it may be
pregnant with danger to the best inter-
ests Of the country and the people.
Omaha daily bee., 1890-09-03
NATUR LA NS.
How People of Foreign Birth May Ic-
com g Citizens of This Country.

com g S1t1ZCnS OF lnIS lOhntFy.
The statutes made and provided for the
naturalization of those who are not but who
wish to become citizens of the United States
should be thoroughly understood by those
seeking to acquire the right to vote. Follow
ing are the provisions under which citizen
ship NAV he acquired.
Title XXX-Natualizat Section 2lG5 :
An alien may be admitted to become citizen
of the United States in the following manner,
and not otherwise:
/. He shall declare on oath. before circuit
or district court of the United States, or a
district or supreme court Of the territories or
a court of record of any of the states
having common law jurisdiction, and
seal and clerk two years,
at least prior to his admission, that it is bona
fde his intention to become citizen of the
United States and to renounce forever all al
lcgianco and fidelity to any foreign prince,
pOteutate, state or sovereignty OF which the
alien may be at the time u citizen or su biect.
2. He shall, at the time of his application to
be admitted, declare, ON oath, before some
one of the courts above specified, that he VIII
support the constitution ofthe United States.
and that he absolutely and entirely renounces
and abjures air allegiance and fidelity to
every foreign prince, potentate, state or
sovereignty; and particularly, by name, to
the prince, potentate state or soy ereignty of
which he was before citizen or subject;
which proceedings shall be recorded by the
clerk of the court.
3. 1t shall be mado to appear to the salts
faction of the court admitting such alien that
he has resided within the United States five
years at least, and within the state or terri
tory whore such court is at the time held one
year at least and that during that time he
has behaved as amanof good moral character,
attached to the principles of the constitution
of the United States and well disposed to
the good order and happiness of the same,
but the oa tn of the applicant shall i'll no case
be allowed to prove his residence.
Paragraphs four, five and SIX pertain to
the naturalization of honorably discharged
soldiers, persons bearing titles or belonging
to the nobility of foreign countries.
Section 2, 2,l67-Any alien being under the
age of twentyone years, who has re-
sided in the United States three years
next preceding his arriving at that age, and
who has continued to reside therein to the
time he may make application TO be admitted
citizen thereof, may, after he arrives at the
age of twenty-one years, and after he has re-
Guiding the three years of his minority, be
admitted citizen of the United States,
without having made the declaration re-
quired in the first condition of section
2l65; but such alien shall make the declara-
ton required therein at the time of his ad
mission; aud shall further declare, on oath,
and prove to the satisfaction of tho court,
that for two years next preceding it has been
his bona fide intention to become citizen of
the United States; and he shall in all other
respects comply with the laws in regard to
naturalization.
Omaha daily bee., 1890-09-03

ward you will receive the remaining Ave vol
umcs OF the Encyclopedia, which arc now al
most ready for printing.
Good thing, isn't iti Ali but you don't
begin 70 realize how good 1t Is. You Fnow
Tue BEE, OF course, so we needn't say any
thing about IL. But you don't know the
Amcricanizcd Encyclopaedia Britain Mica, and
that's just the reason why we want TO tell
YOU all about IL.
Maybe YOU think II is an Encyclopaedia like
tho Other Encyclopedias Dead wrong II
isn't anything of the sort. Audit isn't al ro-
print OF tho Encyclopedia Britannica, either
1t Is sui goncris, that's Latin for one Of n
kind-not much use in game of cards but
mighty good thing in alibrary. Unique, you
understand
Ever hear Of the Belford.Clarke company
of ofChicago, Big publishing house, y OH know.
Full of fwestorn enterprise and energy. AL
ways looking round FOR things that don't ex-
ist but ought to, and bringing them into ex-
istcnce. That's the way this western coun-
try grows. Well, the Belford-Clarkc com
pany have taken the Encyclopaedia Britanni-
ca, pulled IT TO pieces aud put it together
again in such such style AS to make ii the host
and most complete Ii brary of universal refer
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About which do you want the most COM
plete information, the city of HOrwich, in
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or the state of Nebraska! The most noble the
marquis of Doodletou, lord lieutenant Of Fen
shire, or plain Benjamin Harrison, president
of the United States. Hunt these up in the
original Encyclopedia Britannica and
YOU will find pages devoted to
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words to the American. Then turn to the
| Amcricanizcd Encyclopaedia Britannica and
| the whole system is reversed; the matters
| that interest Americans are treated at full
length, while subjects exclusively English
| about which 099,999 Americans out Of every
| 1000, 900 care Just nothing at all, are proper
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Something new The Encyclopaedia Brit
annica contains no biographies of living peo-
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sort of thing. The Amcricanized edition
! gives tho biography of every noted man liv-
ing and especially of every noted living
| American, down to the present year.
| Anything norei Well yes, the maps.
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Omaha daily bee., 1890-09-03
NEBR AsKA COUNTY FAIRS.
The States Relation to Maria &c.

To the state, marriage is n civil con-
tract between man and a woman. 1t
can be nothing else or more than that,
says Rev. NJ. j. Savage in the Septem-
Der Forum: And the only interests of
the state, as state, is that all the rights
and duties involved ina civil contract
shall be maintained, to the end of public
order, The moment that it attempts
anything beyond this, it is tresspasser
on personal rights, and works only mis-
chief. 1t is hardly matter for dispute
that those who have claimed to be act
ing for God, in political matters, in the
past, have been authors of cruelty and
injustice.
Most writer's on divorce reform" as
sumo that one great end to be aimed ut
is to prevent divorce by any and all
means Their highest, their one ideal
seems to be to keep people tied together
without regard to consequences.
But IL Is not question OF the ideal. 1t
is as to what the state has right to do
under present actual conditions. Men
should seek the ideal in all departments
of life, not in marriage only. But should
the state decide on what that ideal is,
and enforce it always by pains and PEN
altiesY Is this not rather matter for
school and church and individual striv-
ing? 1t is not the duty Of the state to
force people either to marry or to stay
married Neither of these is the end +,
so far as state jurisdiction is concerned.
1t is for the state simply TO guard the
rights of the individual parties to this
contract, precisely as in the case OF any
other
Omaha daily bee., 1890-09-03
4 DOMINANT TENDENCY.

The New York Sun remarks that the
dominant commercial tendency of our
time is coalition, and it thinks the most
interesting manifestation of the tend
ency is offered by the railroads. We
have noted the remarkable progress
that has been made within few years
in railroad consolidation, promising to
bring the entire railroad system of the
country at no very remote date under
the control of a few corporations, and
our contemporary, also noting this
movement, regards it as eXpedient.
The Sun says there is nothing more
probable than that in tho very near
future the New York Central, with all
its magnitude, will be only link in
chain, bearing the same proportion to
the whole that any one of its own little
links did to the present great line from
Buffalo to New York, 1t expresses the
opinion that the consolidation of the
Central with the Lake Shore is inev-
liable and cannot be much longer
deferred, and it will be followed, If it is
not preceded, by n coalition with the
Chicago & Northwestern and Union
Pacific, with the result OF single and
continuous property from New York to
Puget sound. The Pennsylvania rail-
road is not likely to see an arrangement
Of this kind consummated without en-
deavoring toachieve an equal advantage
by obtaining control of properties now
Independent and antagonistic The con-
solidation of the whole southern system
is now projected with the probability
Omaha daily bee., 1890-09-03
EXPLORATION OF ALASKA.

The development of Alaska in popula-
ton and trade within the past half
dozen years has been far more rapid
than the most sanguine could have antic-
ipated Mt the time this territory was
purchased from Russia. The last report
of the secretary of the treasury states
the volume of trade to be not less than
ten million dollars, and constantly grow
ing. Gold, silver, lead, zinc
and other minerals are found
in the territory, and many de-
posits of coal. These sources of wealth
have been reached with comparatively
little exploration, and it is reasonable to
suppose that what has been discovered
by no means represents the full riches of
this really remarkable country. 1t Is
believed that in the unknown regions Of
Alaska there may be sources of wealth
equal to any yet disclosed.
The proposal that this territory
should be thoroughly explored has
been discussed for several years,
and it is again being urged with
more favorable prospect of securing
the required authority and appropria
ton from congress. The plan of Gen
| cral Cutcheon, chairman of the military
committee of the house, is to organize
an expedition under the command of Of
iicers of the army, and to thoroughly
equip it for the prosecution of pro-
longed exploration from which would
| be obtained an accurate knowledge of
the topography of the country, its re-
sources and capabilities. 1t is stated that
| the secretary of war heartily approves
| the project and so far as appears the
| military committee of the house takes u
favorable view of it.
The proposed exploration may not be
ordered this year, because the present
| disposition in congress is not to incur
any expenditures that can safely be
| deferred, but reports from Washington
| regarding the matter warrant the opin-
! ion that such an expedition will be
ordered at the next session, and that
! liberal provision will be made for it.
| Alaska has thus far been n very profit
| able investment for the governm ent, and
| it is not to be doubted that it's yet un-
| known resources will very greatly in
| crease its value.
Omaha daily bee., 1890-09-03

THERE is no danger that any school
board will ever attempt to pull down the
high school building Such talk is mere
gabble. The proposed onesstory brick
structure in the rear of the high school
will be at best a temporary affair. 1t
will help to bridge over the dilemma in
which the board finds itself now for
want of accommodations for the primary
grades of the Central school. The
patrons of the Central school would GER
tainiy prefer to have their children
quartered on the ground floor of a
building that is we'll ventilated and
supplied with commodious exits than to
have them climbing up three or four
stories into the tower of the high school
building. In due time when the board
is placed in position TO purchase suitable
grounds in the vicinity a large and more
substantial school house will be erected.
From financial standpoint the tempor-
ary school house is more economic than
renting some private residence or store
and converting it into a school house at
large expense.
Omaha daily bee., 1890-09-03

The August reduction Of the public
debt does not come up to the average,
owing to the vast sums equired to pay
semi-annual interest on bonds and like
obligations. But the figures do not rep
resent the actual reduction. The sums
withheld to pay for bonds called in
should bo properly credited TO the total.
When we compare the public debt today
with the amount at the close Of the war,
the marvellous recuperative powers of
the nation may be measured. In 1866
the public debt reached its highest
level, amounting to two and three
quarter billion dollars. Less available
cash in the treasury, the debt now
amounts to eight hundred and seventy
five millions, a reduction in twenty-four
years of one billion eight hundred and
ninety-eight million dollars. With the
possible exception of the fiscal opera
ton of Franco following the Franco
Prussian war, no nation in the world
can furnish a parallel for the financial
strength of the United States.
Omaha daily bee., 1890-09-03
CONGRESSMAN BUTTERWORTH of

CONGRESSMAN BUrTERwoRTH of
Ohio, who is also general commissioner
of the worlds fair, is making u tour of
the northwest, and in October will open
the Spokane, Washington, exposition.
AS this exposition will be the biggest
given this year by any western state,
including Montana, Idaho, Oregon and
Washington, the Ohio congressman may
conclude to settle the worlds fair site,
and choose the whole northwest for it..
While this would Interfere a trine with
real estate spectators in Chicago, it
might meet the hearty approval of the
gentlemen and ladies who have indi-
re city followed Columbus.
Omaha daily bee., 1890-09-03

SEVERAL councilmen and ex-council-
men imagine they have earned promo
ton to the county board, and are
furtively watching Anderson's move
ments. The latters disposition to retire
peacefully to private life has been hung
up for the present, and the great dis
penser OF parliamentary logic is in the
"hands Of his friends" Unless he re-
ceives q loud and prolonged call to serve
the dear people for another three years,
1t is probable he will try to name his
successor But, conventions propose,
the voters dispose.
Omaha daily bee., 1890-09-03

PLANS for congressional junkets after
adjournment are developing. Among
the number already proposed there is a
painful absence of the annual investiga-
tion Of the Pacific railroads. For some
mysterious reason these favorite politi-
cal junket routes havs been overlooked.
The omission is all the moro inexplica-
BILE for the reason that the roads are in
splendid shape to enlighten careworn
statesmen, and the commissary depart
ment was never in better condition to
decorate and stimulate the interior de-
partments of congressional bodies, But
there is yet time to rectify the oversight,
and give the popular lunch routes show.
Omaha daily bee., 1890-09-03
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an IMpORTI NJ DECISION.

The secretary of the interior has rem
dered decision of vast importance to
the mineral states of the west. The
question involved theright of land grant
railroads to all mineral land within
their respective grants. Despite the
fact that congress excepted mineral
land" from the terms of the grants, the
railroads maintained that the exception
referred only to known mineral lands at
tho date of the passage of the law. In
deciding the test case, brought up on ap-
peal by the Central Pacific railroad, the
secretary holds that by the terms of the
grant all mineral lands are excepted
from its operation, whether ornot known
to be of a mineral character at the date
when the railroad company's rights at
tached under the grant, if they are dis
covered to be mineral lands at any time
before the issuance of a patent to the
company or certifcation where patent-is
not required. In effect the decision
gives the discoverer prior claim to min
eral land, for which a patent had not
been issued to the railroad. 1t will set
tie a vast number of like claims, involv-
ing mineral lands of incalculable value,
especially in Montana, where the North
| ern Pacific claims whole mining camps
on the grounds that its rights attached
the moment its land grant boundary was
defined. Apart from the Importance of
| the decision to miners. it will have the
effect of expediting the taking out of
| patents and subjecting land grants to
| local taxation.
Omaha daily bee., 1890-09-03

THE disposition of the board of public
works to secure permanent sidewalks Is
commendable, but there is no excuse for
piling up needless burdens on property
! owners. Where plank sidewalks are in
good repair and at grade, they should
not be disturbed. 1t is time enough to
order permanent walks when temporary
walks are worn out and require repairs.
The interests of property owners should
not be sacrificed to the greed of con-
tractors
Omaha daily bee., 1890-09-03

IOWA.
The Forest City flax palace is rapidly near
ing completion.
Hogs are dying in Audi bon county from a
fever entirely different from cholera.
Bert Boon is under arrest at Rock Rapids
for selling liquor without u government
license.
John Slur, tramp, forged the name of
George Martin of Manning to note for S65
and is now in Jail awaiting trial.
While digging in his garden the other day
a Muscatine man dug up nest OF snakes con-
tanning thirteen reptiles land twelve eggs,
ready to hatch.
Mrs. r. II. Allen Of Early, Sac county,
drank a quantity of embalming fluid the
other day with fatal effect. Dependency
over the approaching birth Of her child is the
cause assigned.
About year ago ''Dr. j. O'Brien, V. S."
arrived at Central City, rented an old barn
and put out a shingle bearing the legend. He
aid quite fourishing business apparently,
generally having from four to six diseased
horses in the barn, in which, lately, he has
lived, slept and taken his meals, doing his
own "housework." Lattery he has shown
symptoms of insanity, not really of dan
geroUs character, only as related to his treat
ment of horses, seeming possessed of the idea
that mos. of them had the glanders and that
he was empowered to shoot them. Several
owners of horses were obliged to drive them
off their premises 10 keep him from shooting
them. He told marvellous Stories saying that
his father was president of the Bank of Eng
land, that he had 500 900 deposited there and
$4,000 in Cedar Rapids; that the Wapsie val
ley belonged to him and was known as
"O'Briens dominiops." Also that he was
postoffice inspectOrj a government detective
and finally that .her was president of the
United States. The 'demented man has been
taken to Marion;frpm whence he will be
sent to the Independence asylum.
| While clearing up-the Inferior OF the old
court house at Dubuque workmen came
across grim and5gastly relic OF the early
| days when violenee was common in the rough
mining country around Dubuque. 1t was
| found stored awayshu dark corner of the
| attic, covered with dust and CRIME. 1t is a
| tall pillar, across the top of which runs
| cross bar. In the end Of the bar are cut deep
| notches for rope. 1t is a gallows, Two
murderers paid the penalty of their crimes
| upon it,. The beams will be cutup into canes
and will be carried by the county officials.
The KeoSuk Gate City, auent the wolf
| killing episode in that city the other day,
says: "A gentleman suggested TO reporter
| last evening that iJ would be unsafe for
| children to be upon tho streets until the tall
weeds were cut along the sidewalks. A wolf
was killed on one of the principal streets the
other day, and there is danger of them lurk-
| ing in the weeds and springing out upon the
unsuspecting and unprotected children. III
| fear of wolves will induce the citizens 70
harvest their luxuriant crops of weeds, the
coyote killed by Mr. Oldenburg, Sunday, Will
not have lived and died in yaiu.h
Wyoming and Colorado.
Never in the history of Aspen, Col, has
Omaha daily bee., 1890-09-03

SOME of the political cranls who have
been let loose on the people see disaster
to the country in foreign capital seeking
investment here. They would shut it
out and lock the country's gates against
the gold of Europe. This is the rankest
specimen of political rot ever exhibited
on the stump. If these political farmers
had their way they would doubtless shut
out the millions of foreign money now
being invested in Americas surplus
grain, cotton and meat.