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Show I LK1TF.R FROM COI M'H' I . III.UI I V I .Mlifrs on tlio lliR Mnildj1." Loral Politics uml E.ioclloiiH- The Hiai-e diucstion Corscit Bi.lti-s, April 10th, 1S7 I. Editors lleruhl: , I returned to this place from tlio Hoosier land two weeks ago, I think thn same dav that your E. L. S. passed pass-ed through, but did not get to see him, a (act which 1 very much re- : grettcd. I h.ivo been on the Mck list ever 1 since , and iudeed for some lime previous, and have, therefore, not had opportunity or inclination to : furni.-h vou uote.H or incidents, and if : ' I hail, biinuld in all probability havo , remained silent, knowing the pressure upon your columns, and tnat your alitor bting on the wing can and doca 1 supply you with all tho foreign cor-; cor-; resiiondeiiee you re-quire, or for which you have space. "I take my pencil in hand" now merely to mako a few observations upon ordinary topics.Tln- weather has been and .still h quite h ickward as tliu term .goes, It is not truo precisely pre-cisely lliat W'iiib.r lingers in the lap of May;"' possibly it would be more accurate lo s;iy that Spring lingers in tho lap of Winter; at all events we ' still have frttty nights, and cold north winds; and an extra supply of woolem undershirts overcoats and shawls are still in order. Long haired men are ; the fashion one of whom tho sub-, sub-, scriber is which. Yoxl haulers and coal dealers arc in good spirits. Yesterday's sun, however, gave some ( promise of a let-up of the powi-r ol 1 the ice king, and the Grangers are busy putting in their Spring crops. " The order of Patrons ot Husbandry , this, I believe, h the title oi t.ie institution hat become very nume-' nume-' runs in Iowa, Illinois mid Indian., ' i and other Sta'.cs too, 1 prcsiuiie. Precisely what they expect to accom-t accom-t plush aa an order ostensibly opposed to monopolies, at the same time e.-v-ehewinjj politics, lam nut prepare1 to t';iy. it may he that they wdl , make some combined t tlort after a while, though 1 think they claim u.ii, to interfere in politics. The gi-od pe(.io of this pla-e held 1 an clectimi on .Monday lad for muni- cipal ollieers. There was a jiepubli-can jiepubli-can ticket put iu nomination, also a j i ticket ostensibly anti-monopoly; but the result shows that the people are not very warmly enlisted in politics. ; ; The taloonists and their friends, 1 think, without regard to party feel-j ing, voting for the anti-monopoly candidate! who was elected by quite a respectable majority; a portion of the candidates on each ticket were elected. elect-ed. At Omaha an election was held on Tuesday, the fight nominally being a party one, the Democratic and Republican Re-publican part'es each having a ticket in the field. The result is a Republican Republi-can triumph. Your correspondent is ot the opinion that this roult was, brought almut in consequence of an I open fight made by the organ of the 1 'emocratic party against the women's ! temperance movement. J Although a Democrat myself, and1 in sympathy with all legitimate movements move-ments of the party, I must say that, , in my opinion, the rc.-u!t of the hna-ha hna-ha election was a ju.-t icbuke loL.c, party fur permitting iL-.e:it t.i champion , f and defend tiie liquor Irallic. It the ; parties who control the parly iu ()ina- ha arc prepared, and if they have de- j eided U iiifert in their platform mi ' 1 anti-tempeianee piank, the tomier the- etcMj out and go into liqtudntiun I the better for all concerned. Some little fluttering is obseivablo in this latitude in conscquc neu of the ' rumor that a Committee in I'nngn-ss . is about to mako a recommendation . that the I'nion Pacific It. li. Company Com-pany tie reipiired to on Tate iho bridge and it.-i appioaclus between ' this dace anil Omaha as a part of the ! road. Many people beem lo think j . there is no propriety r justice) in being ; compelled tei pay 10 per car tor freight, and fifty cents per passenger for crossing on the bridge, particularly particular-ly when tho latter are compelleel to transfer and re-ehe-ck baggage1, and at a loss of two or three hours' time in . the operation. v hut view Congress may take of 1 tho question of course I cannot foretell; fore-tell; one thing is certain, the interest of two small towns ought not to stand in the way of a just and fair treatment of the great number of people who patronize the rei.ul. Either the) U. P. trains ought U connect con-nect with the Iowa roads at this idaci; or llnij should connect with the U. 1'. at Omaha. Which shall it be: The answer to this question will be: found in the answer to another one is the bridge a part of the road 1 1. D. J. |
