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as to what the contract contemplated let the contrast itself clear away the mist, It says: "During the term of said contract the system shall have the capacity and powers and shall afford ample proteçtion to property against fire for a radius of 1,000 feet from each and every one of said hydrants without the aid of either steam or hand engines, That the water to be furnished through said hydrants shall at all times, when required during said term of twenty-five years, give the fire protection herein mentioned," The consideration for the performance of this contract was that the city of Omaha should pay the sum of $ 84 per year per hydrant for not less than 250 hydrants for the term of twenty-five years for said service, The growth of the city from 80,000 to 140,000 inhabitants has necessitated a corresponding increase of hydrants, to the extent that today Omaha is paying, or is asked to pay, $ 233 per day for water for fire protection alone. For fifteen years the city of Omaha has religiously carried out her part of the contract, realizing at the same time that the water works company has from the beginning. openly and defiantly violated Its every obligation. Because of the failure of the water works company to do what it is obligated to do under the contract the city has been obliged to expend large amounts of money to make available what little water supply there is. Huge piles of broken brick and mortar, myriads of bill boards, bootblacking establishments on the prominent corners (successors to big mercantile concerns), all testify to the capacity of our water system, The mayor has taken the ground that the water works company is indebted to the city in a large amount for non-performance of contract, and with that belief has vetoed the ordinance appropriating money for the payment of their bills. An action was commenced in the United States court this spring by the water works company for the purpose of determining their rights under the contract; it has not yet been adjudicated; they do not seem very anxious to push the case to trial. An idea got lodged in the minds of a few persons some time ago that the water works company might be hired to do its duty toward this municipality. Following out the idea a proposition was made to the city council, asking that if the court would issue a mandatory order to the receivers of the water works company to expend $85,000 in enlarging of mains and otherwise improving the water system the city would pay over to the water works company the $85,000 claimed to be due them. This was agreed to with the provision that the city's claim for damages for past non-performance of contract should not be waived; matters progressed; finally an order issued from the court granting the receivers the privilege of expanding this $85,000; the receivers came before the council in the shape of a letter, saying they "intended" to expend this amount in the manner as indicated by the court. Neither the city attorney nor any other person acquainted with the situation claim that the water works company is bound to expend dollar of the money for improving the system, but it is admitted by the city's legal advisor that by the payment of this money to the water works company the city waives forever any claim against bald company for past violation of contract. In short, this act would be paying the water works company in large sum to do that which is in the power of this city to compel them to do under the terms or its franchise.

The ordinance under which the American water works is now operating provides that "In case of the refusal or neglect of any person, company or corporation or their assigns, who shall construct water works under this ordinance to comply with the provisions and requirements herein contained, and each thereof, and to keep such water works in good order and repair and ready and fit for immediate and constant use, in accordance with the requirements of this ordinance, a reasonable time being allowed for repairs in case of accident, all the rights, privileges and immunities granted by and acquired under this ordinance shall be forfeited and the said elty of Omaha shall thereby bo and become vested with the ownership, possession, control and management of said water works, and properly appurtenant thereto, or connected therewith, subject to a just compensation therefor; Provided, that nothing shall be paid or, allowed for the unexpired franchise of such person, company or corporation."

The city of Omaha has the power to take under condemnation proceedings this entire plant. It is well known that municipal ownership of water works, gas works, electric light works and telephone systems is the only way by which the people can secure these staple necessities at reasonable rates. "The city of Omaha pays enough every year for these necessities to pay the interest on all the money invested in these plants and to create a handsome sinking fund besides. The taking of the water works plant by condemnation proceedings would solve the whole problem.
F. B. KENNARD.

Mrs. Peattie's Candidacy.

Fremont Herald (dem.): The Bee, in its remarks about the candidates on the populistic state ticket is narrow enough to make an unkind allusion to Mrs. Elia W. Peattie, on of the candidates for regent. It says that she is "probably as well qualified as any woman who would accept the nomination." A great many people may not know the animus that controlled the Ben in this case. Mrs. Peattie happens to be a newspaper writer whose husband is newspaper man who edits a republican paper in Council Bluffs. Mrs. Peattie is employed on the World-Herald. This is not the first time the Bee has sneeringly referred to this estimable lady.

Mrs. Peattie is not running on the ticket supported by this paper, but The Herald is liberal enough to concede that there is something good in the candidates on the opposition tickers. The populists might have searched the state form Douglas country to the Colorado line without finding a better candidate than Mrs. Peattie. She is the peer of any man in Nebraska in education and ability, and she understands decent polices as well as any writer on the Bee. She is deeply interacted in the work of building up our educational institutions, and the state university has been the subject of several increasing articles from her pen. By tireless energy Mrs. Peattie has made a name and a fame fro herself in literary circles, and through it all and above all she has found time to rear an interesting family as only a fond and loving mother could do.

"As well as any woman who would accept the nomination!" Of course, and better than most men. Why not be fair in politics? Why not concede what everyone knows who knows Mrs. Peattie, either personally or by her writings, that she is a woman of wonderful ability, wrapped up in the one idea of uplifting humanity and tireless in her efforts to make others happier and better. The fact that she is a woman should have no part nor place in the race she is making for the office. The republican party will have to sock a long time before it will find in its ranks a man better qualified for regent than Mrs. Peattie.

Nebraska City News (dem.): The Omaha Bee is never charitable to its political enemies or those with whom it differs, but in its editorial on the populist convention it went directly out of its way to cast a slur upon a lady who is honored and respected throughout the state. It says: " The woman nominee, Mrs. Elia W. Peattie, ran fro the Omaha school board on a democratic ticket last year and failed to secure the necessary votes to elect. Her qualifications for the position are probably as good as those of any other woman who would be willing to run." That criticism was entirely unnecessary and uncalled for. The News has no love for populists, but we do admire honest and noble women, such as Mrs. Peattie, and so far as brains are concerned she has not an equal in the state. We admire her for her actual worth, and simply because she is in the employ of an opposition paper is no reason why dirty flings should be made at her. Should she be elected sh will fill the office with ability, but she won't be elected.

Crete Herald (dom.): At Lincoln, Wednesday, the populist state convention nominated Judge Samuel Maxwell for supreme judge and Mrs. E. W. Peattie and James H. Bayston for regents of the state university. Judge Maxwell has a long and honorable career on the bench that will make him a strong and popular candidate. Mrs. Peattie is the versatile writer of the Worl-Herald, and has been an ardent worker for the organization and advancement of her sex.

WHY CREENBACKS ARE GOOD MONEY.
(Journal of the Knights of Labor, Philadelphia.)

The $ 346,000,000 of United States treasury notes or greenbacks that have been in circulation for the last thirty years are the bost answer to the goldbugs and silverbugs who claim that metal money of one kind or the other le the only real money. These greenbucks to the amount of nearly $350,000,000, are falsely claimed by the bankers and goldbuge to be redeemable by the government in gold, and for that reason alone are valuable. But, as a plain matter or fact, they are not. First, because there is not and never has been any law making them so; second, because the act forbidding their destruction forbids their being redeemed in gold or anything else, and orders that they must be kept out and continued in circulation, which could not be done if they were ever "redeemed;" third, because none of the people of the United States ever wants them redeemed. Every business man, every workingman and every farmer is perfectly satisfied with the greenbacks and infinitely prefer them to gold or silver coin. Why? Simply because every citizen of America knows that behind every one of those greenbacks lies the whole wealth of the United States, $ 75,000,000,000, over $ 200 of good property for every dollar of greenbacks issued, so that no same man of ordinary intelligence or a teaspoonful of brains ever dreams of doubting that the greenbacks are "good" money in the best sense of the term. Hence it is they pass current wherever they are known, both in England and on the continent of Europe, as well as in every corner of the United States, and will buy just as much of anything as gold coin of equal denomination.

Senator Jones of Nevada, who is conceded by men of all parties to be by far the ablest man in the United Sintes senate on the money question, declared speech in 1890 that "It was a misfortune to mankind that the words promise ot pay were ever printed on the greenbacks, because by it millions were led to believe that the value of exchangeable power resided that promise instead of in the legal tender power conferred upon it." And it is because o this all-important fact that they
are not "redeemable," but "receivable," by the government and the people that the greenbacks are "good" money. In all the years that have passed since they were issued not $100 of them were ever presented by any farmer, laborer, merchant or manufacturer for redemption in gold labor and legitimate business prefer the greenback to the clumsy coin every time.

as to what the contract contemplated let the contrast itself clear away the mist, It says: "During the term of said contract the system shall have the capacity and powers and shall afford ample proteçtion to property against fire for a radius of 1,000 feet from each and every one of said hydrants without the aid of either steam or hand engines, That the water to be furnished through said hydrants shall at all times, when required during said term of twenty-five years, give the fire protection herein mentioned," The consideration for the performance of this contract was that the city of Omaha should pay the sum of $ 84 per year per hydrant for not less than 250 hydrants for the term of twenty-five years for said service, The growth of the city from 80,000 to 140,000 inhabitants has necessitated a corresponding increase of hydrants, to the extent that today Omaha is paying, or is asked to pay, $ 233 per day for water for fire protection alone. For fifteen years the city of Omaha has religiously carried out her part of the contract, realizing at the same time that the water works company has from the beginning. openly and defiantly violated Its every obligation. Because of the failure of the water works company to do what it is obligated to do under the contract the city has been obliged to expend large amounts of money to make available what little water supply there is. Huge piles of broken brick and mortar, myriads of bill boards, bootblacking establishments on the prominent corners (successors to big mercantile concerns), all testify to the capacity of our water system, The mayor has taken the ground that the water works company is indebted to the city in a large amount for non-performance of contract, and with that belief has vetoed the ordinance appropriating money for the payment of their bills. An action was commenced in the United States court this spring by the water works company for the purpose of determining their rights under the contract; it has not yet been adjudicated; they do not seem very anxious to push the case to trial. An idea got lodged in the minds of a few persons some time ago that the water works company might be hired to do its duty toward this municipality. Following out the idea a proposition was made to the city council, asking that if the court would issue a mandatory order to the receivers of the water works company to expend $85,000 in enlarging of mains and otherwise improving the water system the city would pay over to the water works company the $85,000 claimed to be due them. This was agreed to with the provision that the city's claim for damages for past non-performance of contract should not be waived; matters progressed; finally an order issued from the court granting the receivers the privilege of expanding this $85,000; the receivers came before the council in the shape of a letter, saying they "intended" to expend this amount in the manner as indicated by the court. Neither the city attorney nor any other person acquainted with the situation claim that the water works company is bound to expend dollar of the money for improving the system, but it is admitted by the city's legal advisor that by the payment of this money to the water works company the city waives forever any claim against bald company for past violation of contract. In short, this act would be paying the water works company in large sum to do that which is in the power of this city to compel them to do under the terms or its franchise.

The ordinance under which the American water works is now operating provides that "In case of the refusal or neglect of any person, company or corporation or their assigns, who shall construct water works under this ordinance to comply with the provisions and requirements herein contained, and each thereof, and to keep such water works in good order and repair and ready and fit for immediate and constant use, in accordance with the requirements of this ordinance, a reasonable time being allowed for repairs in case of accident, all the rights, privileges and immunities granted by and acquired under this ordinance shall be forfeited and the said elty of Omaha shall thereby bo and become vested with the ownership, possession, control and management of said water works, and properly appurtenant thereto, or connected therewith, subject to a just compensation therefor; Provided, that nothing shall be paid or, allowed for the unexpired franchise of such person, company or corporation."

The city of Omaha has the power to take under condemnation proceedings this entire plant. It is well known that municipal ownership of water works, gas works, electric light works and telephone systems is the only way by which the people can secure these staple necessities at reasonable rates. "The city of Omaha pays enough every year for these necessities to pay the interest on all the money invested in these plants and to create a handsome sinking fund besides. The taking of the water works plant by condemnation proceedings would solve the whole problem.
F. B. KENNARD.

Mrs. Peattie's Candidacy.

Fremont Herald (dem.): The Bee, in its remarks about the candidates on the populistic state ticket is narrow enough to make an unkind allusion to Mrs. Elia W. Peattie, on of the candidates for regent. It says that she is "probably as well qualified as any woman who would accept the nomination." A great many people may not know the animus that controlled the Ben in this case. Mrs. Peattie happens to be a newspaper writer whose husband is newspaper man who edits a republican paper in Council Bluffs. Mrs. Peattie is employed on the World-Herald. This is not the first time the Bee has sneeringly referred to this estimable lady.

Mrs. Peattie is not running on the ticket supported by this paper, but The Herald is liberal enough to concede that there is something good in the candidates on the opposition tickers. The populists might have searched the state form Douglas country to the Colorado line without finding a better candidate than Mrs. Peattie. She is the peer of any man in Nebraska in education and ability, and she understands decent polices as well as any writer on the Bee. She is deeply interacted in the work of building up our educational institutions, and the state university has been the subject of several increasing articles from her pen. By tireless energy Mrs. Peattie has made a name and a fame fro herself in literary circles, and through it all and above all she has found time to rear an interesting family as only a fond and loving mother could do.

"As well as any woman who would accept the nomination!" Of course, and better than most men. Why not be fair in politics? Why not concede what everyone knows who knows Mrs. Peattie, either personally or by her writings, that she is a woman of wonderful ability, wrapped up in the one idea of uplifting humanity and tireless in her efforts to make others happier and better. The fact that she is a woman should have no part nor place in the race she is making for the office. The republican party will have to sock a long time before it will find in its ranks a man better qualified for regent than Mrs. Peattie.

Nebraska City News (dem.): The Omaha Bee is never charitable to its political enemies or those with whom it differs, but in its editorial on the populist convention it went directly out of its way to cast a slur upon a lady who is honored and respected throughout the state. It says: " The woman nominee, Mrs. Elia W. Peattie, ran fro the Omaha school board on a democratic ticket last year and failed to secure the necessary votes to elect. Her qualifications for the position are probably as good as those of any other woman who would be willing to run." That criticism was entirely unnecessary and uncalled for. The News has no love for populists, but we do admire honest and noble women, such as Mrs. Peattie, and so far as brains are concerned she has not an equal in the state. We admire her for her actual worth, and simply because she is in the employ of an opposition paper is no reason why dirty flings should be made at her. Should she be elected sh will fill the office with ability, but she won't be elected.

Crete Herald (dom.): At Lincoln, Wednesday, the populist state convention nominated Judge Samuel Maxwell for supreme judge and Mrs. E. W. Peattie and James H. Bayston for regents of the state university. Judge Maxwell has a long and honorable career on the bench that will make him a strong and popular candidate. Mrs. Peattie is the versatile writer of the Worl-Herald, and has been an ardent worker for the organization and advancement of her sex.

WHY CREENBACKS ARE GOOD MONEY.
(Journal of the Knights of Labor, Philadelphia.)

The $ 346,000,000 of United States treasury notes or greenbacks that have been in circulation for the last thirty years are the bost answer to the goldbugs and silverbugs who claim that metal money of one kind or the other le the only real money. These greenbucks to the amount of nearly $350,000,000, are falsely claimed by the bankers and goldbuge to be redeemable by the government in gold, and for that reason alone are valuable. But, as a plain matter or fact, they are not. First, because there is not and never has been any law making them so; second, because the act forbidding their destruction forbids their being redeemed in gold or anything else, and orders that they must be kept out and continued in circulation, which could not be done if they were ever "redeemed;" third, because none of the people of the United States ever wants them redeemed. Every business man, every workingman and every farmer is perfectly satisfied with the greenbacks and infinitely prefer them to gold or silver coin. Why? Simply because every citizen of America knows that behind every one of those greenbacks lies the whole wealth of the United States, $ 75,000,000,000, over $ 200 of good property for every dollar of greenbacks issued, so that no same man of ordinary intelligence or a teaspoonful of brains ever dreams of doubting that the greenbacks are "good" money in the best sense of the term. Hence it is they pass current wherever they are known, both in England and on the continent of Europe, as well as in every corner of the United States, and will buy just as much of anything as gold coin of equal denomination.

Senator Jones of Nevada, who is conceded by men of all parties to be by far the ablest man in the United Sintes senate on the money question, declared speech in 1890 that "It was a misfortune to mankind that the words promise ot pay were ever printed on the greenbacks, because by it millions were led to believe that the value of exchangeable power resided that promise instead of in the legal tender power conferred upon it." And it is because o this all-important fact that they