THE OMAHA DAILY BEE , SUNDAY , MAY 4 , 1890.-TWENTY PAGES.
THE DAILY BEE.
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OKT-AHOJIA is sit hist invested with
territorial powers. The roijjn of lead ia
waning. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
TIIK weekly bank statement shows the
reserve lins decreased $205,000. The
banks now hold $3,129,000 in excess of
legal requirements.
TUB crowded condition of TIIK DUE'S
advertising columns shows that chromes
are not necessary to &oonro purchasers
of sterling wares.
TIIK clean-up of the assets of Napoleon
leon Ivcs if properly handled will not
the creditors live cents on the dollar.
The creditors ought to bo thankful for
small favors from financial emperors.
Saturday half-holiday movement
among the wholesale houses ia u commendable -
mendablo one. The jobbing interests of
the city have reached a piano to justify
the adoption of the rule in vogue in all
largo eastern cities.
M. En-THii and Edison propose to build
for Chicago a tower live hundred foot
higher than the Paris cloud scraper.
Sonio such lofty structure would bo a
great convenience just now to assist the
managers of the fair in looking for
funds.
MONTANA people unite with the rest
of the country in protesting against cor
porate spoliation of the Yellowstone
national park. The attempt of a mer
cenary lobby to force through congress a
bill granting an exclusive right-of-way
through the park to a plug road is an
outrage on the public. There is no ex
cuse or justification for permitting rail
roads to cross the borders of the park ,
much less to give exclusive rights to any
corporation. The park belongs to the
people and no railroad corporation should
bo permitted to invade and despoil the
grandest pleasure ground in the world.
TiiiiiiK is no occasion for the Nebraska
central bridge company to bo cast down
because the negotiations with the Rock
Island and Milwaukee failed. If the
company will go ahead with the work
and show that they have something
more substantial than a bridge charter
and to offer the railroads , they will have
no dilllculty in securing patrons. It is
self-evident that the Union Pacific yards
cannot accommodate all the railroads
that must in the near future cross the
river. The yards cannot bo increased
except at enormous cost. They are
practically limited to the present area. ,
livery road must secure ground for a
round house and storage of cars , which
can bo increased at moderate cost as
business increases. This cannot bo had
adjacent to the Union Pacific within the
city limits. There is practically no
room for extension except on the north
side.
TUB patriotic ladies of Washington
have formed an association for the pur
pose of tendering to the republic of
Franco n testimonial of national regard.
It Is proposed to raise by popular sub
scription a fund sutllolont to procure u
bronze statue of Washington and pre
sent it to the republic accross the sea , as
a memorial to the patriots who rendered
priceless services in the struggle for
freedom. The object appeals to all who
appreciate the valor mid self-sacrifice of
Lafayette and Roehombeau , whoso
timely assistance dealt the death blow
to oppression and gave liberty its foot
hold in the new world. The spirit which
animated the French people one hun
dred and ten years ago was strikingly
shown in our own time , by the
gift of the Dartholdi statue. To
supply In iv small measure the failure of
Americans to reciprocate , the association
declares it to bo "u fitting thing for the
ladles of America to oiTor to Franco some
memorial which shall convoy to the
present and future generations our grate
ful remembrances and strenghten the
ties which bind the two great Republics
of tha old world and the now. " The selection -
lection of the statue of Washington la
eminently appropriate. The life and
character of the "Father of his country"
embodies in the highest degree the most
ennobling features of our national exist-
on-
Ol'K PIlOFRSSlOyAti SIOVltSBtlS.
In far-off Egypt , In blessed Araby ,
In Persia and India it has been the cus
tom from time Immemorial for people of
quality to hire their weeping done by
professional mourners. When any man
of renown and wealth shuHles off this
mortal cell his remains are followed to
the grave or funeral pyre by a band of
women whoso lamentations rend the air ,
while they beat their breasts , tear their
garments and shed what appears to bo
a welling flood of tears.
But all this wailing and weeping Is n
solemn masquerade' . These emotional
outbursts of grief are a mere sham. The
hired mourners care no more for the
dead over whoso loss they go wild than
does the average actor who performs
in a tragedy.
The recent performances of galvanized
anti-monopoly editors in these parts are
a counterpart of the hired wallers of Con
stantinople , Cairo and Calcutta. Their
car-piercing shrieks and distressing
grief about the poor farmer is enough to
make a horse laugh. Like the hired
mourners , these mountebanks are rend
ing their shirts and pulling out their
hair over the deplorable condition of
our producers , whom they love so dearly
for a dollar ti year In advance. They
never tire of reciting his sufferings at
three months for a quarter , ' and they
dwell with unction upon the conspiracy to
demonetize silver and the Immediate need
of mud-scows down the Missouri , at six
months for fifty cents. And then those
Jeremiah diddiors fall upon the railroad
highwayman , with whom they have just
been dining In the Omaha club room ,
and choke him until his face is black
and blue for his merciless plunder of
the farmer. And the weeping and wail
ing and gnashing of teeth will continue
from now on until November , when the
duped and deluded farmer has been
given a rest under the sod of the politi
cal cemetery.
The average farmer knows a hawk
from a hand-saw , lie cannot bo imposed
upon by professional mourners at so
much a wail.
A SOUTH.IND imST ALLIANCE.
The suggestion made some time since
by Senator Ingalls , of an alliance be
tween the south and west with a view to
the advancement of their mutual inter
ests , appears to have found a very
hearty response in the south. The idea
of the Kansas senator was that the two
sections are united by an identity of
interests and would ultimately come to
gether and rule the country instead
of standing apart as at
present and being pulled first
one way and then another by
the east. Perhaps a like expression
coming from no other man in the coun
try would so impress . .outheru men , for
the reason that Senator Jugallshas been
regarded by the people of thai section as
peculiarly and exceptionally hostile to
them , and hence his suggestion has been
received as significantly striking and en
couraging.
This is the comment made upon it by
the New Orleans Times-Democrat , which
observes .that although a political
alliance between the south and
west is impossible , or at any
rate very remote , tbcro is nothing
to prevent a commercial and industrial
alliance , a combination looking to the
advancement of the two sections which
can assure their prosperity and that of
the country "and free themselves from
any control or dictation on the
part of the oast. " Our .southern
contemporary goes somewhat far
ther in its expression of hostility
to the cast than we are prepared to
endorse , though its citations of griev
ances are unquestionably in the main
true. There are examples enough of
eastern selfishness which has operated -
orated to the disadvantage of both
the west and the south , particularly with
respect to financial and industrial all'airs.
This spirit is now being exhibited in re
gard to the proposed irrigation of wcst-
oran arid lands and in relation to the salver
vor question. But the east has also been
helpful to the wcht and south , though it
must bo owned her people have found it
very profitable to be so. At any rate it
is not necessary to adopt a policy of hos
tility to the east in order to olTect such a
proper alliance between the south and
West as may bo necessary to advance
their common interests , and from which
the entire country would reap the benefit
of an enlarged commerce and increased
wealth , adding to the prosperity and
comforts of the whole people. What is
wanted , in the view of the Times-Deni'h
cntf , is the enunciation of a western and
southern commercial and industrial
policy , and It suggests a convention of
delegates from all portions of the south
and west to frame n platform upon
which the representatives of thc. o
sections in congress could unite. Such
a platform , it thinks , should
embrace silver coinage , a more junt
tariff , river improvement , government
construction of levees , and the irrigation
of the arid lands of the west. Wo are
by no means sure that a convention is
necessary or that it could accomplish
anything inoro than is posslblo of attain
ment through an expression of the con
stituencies of the representatives of the
two sections. So far as the general
popular sentiment of the west is concerned -
corned it is in favor of ( ill the above
propositions , and if there are any western
members of congress who are not dis
posed to respect that sentiment they
would hardly bo moved to do so by the
voice of a convention. Wo believe , however -
over , that the largo majority of such
members are willing to regard the pub-
lie sentiment of their section , but we
very much doubt whether It would bo
possible for southern members to so far
lay aside political considerations as to
unite with western members for the pro
motion of any such general policy of
practical legislation as our contemporary
suggests , The time may come when the
representatives of the south will do
this , but It is not to bo expected ot them
at present , or so long ixa they are dis
posed to view all questions of public
policy from u strictly party standpoint ,
whether they involve anything of apolitical
litical nature or not.
However , the subject Is certainly wor
thy of consideration , and it is gratifying
to find that the suggestion of Senator
Ingnlls has been so well received in any
ortlon of the south. Whatever prac-
loublo proposition may come from that
section looking to a movement for nn
alllanco of intercut * with the \Vost will
IKJ very sure to twelve rospovtful con
sideration , for after all the west Is far
more practical than political , and Its In
terest and sympathy can always ba
counted upon for every undertaking that
contemplates the material progros-j and
prosperity of the nation.
The present prosperous condition of
the public schools of the west Is largely
duo to the liberality of the national gov
ernment. The endowment of agricult
ural colleges , lavish donations of public
lands and five per cent of the proceeds
from sales of public lands have netted
munificent funds , enabling the newer
states to keep pace with the growth of
population , and lay a broad and secure
foundation for popular education. With
out this assistailco during the formative
period It would have been practically
impossible by direct taxation to have
established and maintained the excel
lent public schools and provide them
with a permanent income. The wisdom
of the nation's generosity is conspicu
ously shown in the fact that the percent
of Illiteracy in the west is much smaller
than in the older states.
A strong feeling Is manifested in con
gress to extend national aid to education
in a substantial and permanent form.
This sentiment has taken shape in a
bill drafted by Senator Morrlll , which Is
now being considered by the committee
on education and labor. The bill pro
vides that the net proceeds of the sales
of public lands and throe-fourths of the
iiinnnv nniil Into tlin trnivsiirv In- the PJL-
ciflo railroads under the Thurmnn act ,
shall bo devoted to furthering education
throughout the country. The money
thus obtained is made a permanent
fund , upon which four per cent interest
will bo allowed. The interest is made
payable annually to the state and ter
ritories , one half to bo divided equally
among the agricultural colleges
established or to be established under
the act of July 2 , 1802 , and the remainder
to go to the respective public school
funds in proportion to school population.
The amount to bo paid each college is
limited to twonty-flvo thousand dollars
per annum , the excess to bo placed in
the school fund.
The Merrill bill avoids the features
which wore fatal to the Blair bill. It
drcs not raid the treasury for a lump
sum to bo divided among the states , nor
does it suggest federal interference with
the public school. It merely es
tablishes a permanent fund in tie ]
United States treasury , the interest to
be devoted to upholding and
strengthening the educational system
of the country. The magnilicent re
sults of federal aid to the schools of the
west amply justify its extension , under
properjsafeguardsto all sections of coun
try. Conceding Hint the states are com
petent to provide for the education of
their youth , no rational objection can bo
urged against the creation of a national
endowment fund to assist in increasing
and elevating the public schools and
making them so far superior to private
schools as to silence criticism by friends
or enemies.
.tiV OMAJIA ItKVKLATOH.
This is an era of messiahs , saviours ,
revelators and doom-sealers. Over in
Illinois a now Christ has risen in the
person of Schweinfurth ; in Cali
fornia several John Baptists have
preached repentance and the approach of
the end of all things.
Not to bo outdone , Omaha comes to the
front with a sage , seer and revelator in
the person of General Test. Our inspired
fellow-citix.cn has pondered over the old
testament , wept with Jeremiah and sym
pathized with Job. To his prophetic
vision Hie depression under which all the
world has been groaning , grumbling
and growling over since 187'l was pro-
dieted in the last chapter of the Book of
Daniel , which foretells the scarcity of
money and a plague of cranks.
In that same woobogotten chapter
General Test divines the restoration of
the Jews to their ancient kingdom in
Palestine , "through the instrumentality
of Grand Duke Michael , now in com
mand of that .section of the Russian um
pire where the .Tows are now mostly con
gregated. "
Tills will bo a revelation to the .tows.
Most of these "chnson peoplo" couldn't
bo induced to go to Palestine if they
wore offered four corner lots apiece on
the main street of the City of Jerusalem.
They could not bo driven there , except
ijt the point of the bayonet. But wo
presume < ho prophesies of Daniel , as
interpreted by the Omaha seer , will
liavo to bo fulfilled. Wo shall presently
witness tie ) conquest of Constantinople
and the seas of Marmora and Azof will
turn carmine with Moslem gore , The
lost tribes of Israel , which are supposed
to have been the forefathers of the
American Indian , are already on the
ground under Buffalo Bill , and the rom-
nnnt of the Pawnees , the Choyennes ,
Choctaws and Onuihas will soon join
their broUiren in the far off Orient clad
in paint and feathers , and- highly per
fumed with bear-grease ,
But before this all comes about , in the
fullness of time , Columbia , the gem of
the ocean , must start all her mints to
coin the silver spoons and plate of the
.Tow and gentllo Into silvery dollars free
of charge , so that the Lord may prosper
our farmers ; that their corn may sell at
a dollar a bushel on the cob , f. o. ! > . , and
wealth shall pour Into their coffers from
the four corners of the earth.
When all these things have conio to
pass in the very near future the Omaha
real estate exchange will b3 jammed
with boomers and thousands will pawn
their wages ten years ahead -for twenty-
foot lots down in John T. Clarke's sub
division of Omaha , near the Plnlto
river , ton miles below the now fort.
DUUINQ the past five years Now York
city has boon robbed of millions by ofll-
cial boodlerf. Feeble prosecutions wore
attempted , but the friends of the crooks
delayed proceedings so that out of twenty
or inoro rascals , only one reached the
penitentiary. Every attempt to mote
out the full measure of justice was
blocked by the district attorney. The
anxiety to shield the public robbers Is
in startling contrast with the unseemly
haste displayed In indicting members of
the World's staff for writing and pub
lishing a Ti'toji-nphy of the wrecker of
the StowinTtu-itato. Follow * mid IIllloli
have good reasons for making common
the men who have exposed
their
Tun C i iittl to bo hold tit Ogden ,
Uttih , in .ft , promises to bo an affair of
morc , thniSjdlnary mid local Interest.
Thoprom&t ? _ of It are making special
olTorts to fyfyv n largo attendance from
the HouthMuti there seems a favorable
prospect tjj | | they will succeed In doing
this. It iw announced that an excursion
will go frojntNow Oi'loans the latter part
of Juno amj-twJU stop over on its way to
Ogden at various western towns and
.eltjcs , .very likely including Omaha. The
people of Ogden are manifesting a de
gree of oiUorprlso and push which Is cot-
tain to bring that thriving and promis
ing city Into wider , notice , it is reasona
bly to bo expected to it3 very material
benefit.
A Kaunas Theory.
iMultcttlt ( jnurttrjournat ,
The theory that drunkenness is a disease
Jiniy hnvo oriRltmtcd in Kansas , where so
many thirsty people f reimcnt the drug stores-
Hint to the Siii'iiltts Smashers.
J'/iljadt/jrflfn / 1'rcii.
The republican party will reduce Ito major
ity qulto as fast as-tho surplus If It wastes
tub 'nttcr ' on extravagant appropriations.
Civilization nml iTiiHtioc.
A'cw York lleralil.
The Inventor of the locomotive cab Is still
living. Tim inventor of the railroad sandwich
Is dead. Civilization and justicego hand In
hand , us It we're.
The Missouri Illver Scow Ijlno.
Chteaon Trllinnt.
For some reason that now line of steamers
on the mighty Missouri materializes but slow
ly. In vain St. Joseph tunes her songs , and
Kansas City cries. The catiish still in hungry
throngs the stream monopolize.
Time Tor IJoth to ICeop Quiet.
I'ltttluro Dlpntcli.
When two of the prominent men of the na
tion roach the point of controversy when all
that either can say Is to call the other a cow-
nrdly and variegated liar , it is time for both
to keep silent.
Ijattor-Day Know-Nothings.
fit. 1'iiul I'lnncer Prci .
Quito evidently the St. Paul prohibitionists
ai'c in the Hold for votes. It is not a neces
sary qualification that the man who votes
with them shou\d \ bo strictly sober , cither.
Politically , the prohibition party Is no inoro a
tcmpcranco clement than were the old-timo
know-nothings.
Good Atlvico to Ijarry.
S ( . I.i/ulx Globe-Dcmiicmt ,
Tammany has had Editor Uodkln , of the
Now York PostJ arrested several times , but
the grand Jury has refused to indict him.
Now if the Post , ufter exposing the corrup
tion and lucniciuncyof the Tammany faction ,
will support HIS republicans who will run
against Tammany in the coming election , it
will show sons'o and consistency as well as
courage. '
It Nullifies Prohibition.
Clilcauo Jtemlil.
The roccnt'dooision of the United States
supreme court condemning as illegal the seiz
ure of liquor , IffftsToriglntirpackagcs in Iowa ,
which had beenjshippcd from Illinois , is un
deniably ono of jgrcat moment. It involves ,
of' course , thA pVoposltlon that this liquor
cannot bo sob.cu until -It-has been drawn out
into n glass anil is on its way to somebody's
mouth , and thcroffire , practically , Unit it can
not ho seized at all. This amounts almost tea
a nullification of the prohibitory law.
lieliolioani McKliiIcy.
nieauit Tribune.
The reply of MajorMcKinloy to the eastern
and western iietitious reminds ono of the re
quest of the people of Israel to King Holio-
boain , which was :
Thy father iiiiulu our yoUo grievous ; now
thorufnro inuko tliou the jrilovmia hurvlco of
thy father and his heavy yoUu n'lilch ho put
tilion us lighter and wo will serve lliec.
The answer which Huhoboam made after
talking the matter over with the Dclanos ,
Lawrences , and Harnstcrs , the ratn-ralsors
of the duy , was :
My father ninilo your yoke heavy and I will
add to your yoke ; mv lather al.-o chastised
you with whips lint I will chastise you with
.scorpions.
The result was that Israel rol > cllcd against
Rchohoain mid ehoso another rulur.
Tlio KliIit-Hourlay.
.SI. liOllli Ilfl > llllllc.
Everyone who has thought on the subject
deeply enough to ho ubla to sea the underly
ing conditions of our present economic situa
tion , must bo more or less Inclined to concede
the reasonableness of the demand for fewer
hours of labor. When cue machine and ono
man do the work of a hundred men , the nine-
ty-uiuo men whoso labor is saved ought to receive -
ceivo some bcnollt of the saving. The only
way ia which they can receive it directly Is
iu a relief from the strain of long and hard
labor as a necessity o ( earning a living. "A
living" means the necessaries of lifo in suQl-
cient quantity.
A Practical Repent of Prohibition.
St. Louli ( Holic-Jkinocrat.
The decision which of the United States
supreme court has Just rendered In tliu casu of
Lclsy & Co. , against the state of Iowa , Is
In line with many preceding rulings of that
tribunal , and is in harmony with reason and
common seuso. Naturally , of course , this
ruling will bo followed by an immense 5n-
crcaso In the sale of bottled liquors In the
prohibition states , as the larger packages
must usually bo brokenund thus comes under
the police power of the states , before reach
ing the consumer. So far us regards the
larger towns this means a practical repeal of
all prohibition enactments , and will hasten
the actual remand of all such regulations all
over the states Invhlch they exist , ami the
adoption of stVingcnt and readily enforced
high license lnVys. '
TivcityrHour ( , AVoi-kors.
Jfosldll ( llobt.
Whatever thut.outcome of this proposed
gigantic uprlslu pf the laboring manhooil of
civilization seeking eight hours will bo , God
only knows , n ,
Wo are sure that Oswald Ottondorfor , In
the current NtfrthvAincrioan , has hinted at a
great truth. Development Is the law. A
political liberty'las ? been the result thus far
of centuries of "Try , try again , " so the bet
tor condition o Wbor will not bo attained at
a jump. Hut , llVt'lo t y Httlo , with experiment
after experiment1 at the cost of a hundred
failures to ono real advance , and of treasure ,
strength , Hfo worn with hopes deferred , tbo
God-given betterment of all the race draws
noar.
An Unfortunate Attitude.
.Murom ( III. ) llcacon.
It must send a koeu pang of regret to the
hearts of all truu friends of temperance to
read the announcement that the ministerial
association of Omaha has decided to take no
part In the tomporaiico meetings about to bo
inaugurated in that city by Francis Murphy ,
the great tomporonco ovangolfst. The rea
son thcuQ .saintly apostles of theological aris
tocracy will not co-ojwrata with Mr. Murphy
Ia because ho is not a third party political
agitator , Mr Murphy bcllovoa Iti reforming
men by oi eraUng upon tholr hearts ami con
sciences by eloquent | Kmmslon nml through
the Instrumentality of the gospel rather than
by passing laws. Mr. Murphy has reformed
more dissolute men has done more for the
cnuso of temperance than the combined efforts
of nil the third party prohibition dreamers In
the United States.
Mr. Coimrll'n Hill.
iVcio TorSim. .
Mr. Council of Nebraska has Introduced
Into the hoiiso of representatives n bill pro
viding ttmt no laborer employed by the gov
ernment shall get loss than fj | > cr day. It
would bo too charitable to regard Mr. Cou
ncil's ' bill as anything inoro than n bid for
votes. It Is a demagogy pure and simple , of a
plceo with many other measures brought for
ward In congress by men who show mi Inter
est In the worktngmcn whenever the congress
elections begin to draw near.
Hills like this Council bill have n certain
speciousnc.ss that sometimes deceives , but
they uro ( also la political economy mid false
In iwlltlcs. The government Is the repre
sentative of the whole body of citizens. It
has no right to create a favored class com
posed of Its own employes.
AVe've Got a Hotter One.
Omii/ni Krtetitor.
Ibson , the Norwegian dramatist , has written
a play. "A Doll House. " The otlior day a
youiiK Indy called at nn Omaha bookstore ,
( Jlmsu .t Kddy's , anil asked for It. "A doll's
house , " repeated Ilio elork. "O , wo don't keep
toys. Von can find It , no doubt , at Hnvdcn'.s
across the street. " And the wicked Chicago
people tell this as Illustrating culture In
Onialin.I'lio Town "
Pump" in Omaha World-
Herald , April yo.
That's good , but we've got a hotter ono.
The AVorld-IIerald Is miming , with immense
satisfaction and big typo at the head of Its
editorial page , n letter from the Wcssel print-
Jug company of Lincoln , attesting that said
.printing company Inserted a "want od" In
both the World-Herald and Tin : Bnn of April
lit. "Wo received tea replies stating that
they had noticed the advertisement in Tun
BCB , " says the W. P. Co. , "lyhlto over thirty
were received in answer to the advertisement
In the World-Herald. " It has just leaked out
that the advertisement offered a situation tea
a "good printer. " The compositor who set It
up road it aloud to thetwcnty-nlno other com
positors on the Morning World-Herald , and
the ten compositors on the evening World-
Herald all read it In TUB Bun next day. Forty
men In all and all dissatisfied with their Job
immediately jumped at the chance of getting
work elsewhere , oven In Lincoln. Accord
ingly , permit us to extend to you our con
gratulations on having the best advertising
medium In the city of Omaha.
VOICE OF THE STATE PKESS.
Walino Wasp.
No party dares to refuse the demands of
the national alliance , and wo speak advisedly
when wo say that the republican party Is only
waiting for an opportunity to act. The re
lief may not come In the exact way supposed
by the alliance , but it will come nevertheless ,
and that speedily. Not through a now party ,
for it would take a decade to build one strong
enough to do what the republican party is
ready to do at your bidding. The party is
your servant , command and it must obey.
Tliayor's AVork for the People.
Uasttntii Zfeliml < an ,
Somebody favors the Ncbrusknn with a
marked article in a state paper testifying to
Governor Thaycr's manly and soldierly qual
ities , but deprecating his alleged third term
aspirations. This Is very accommodating and
kind , and was possibly Instigated in behalf of
somebody's first term aspirations. The gov
ernor has been too shrewd for this class of
people , however. Ho has not yet asked for a
third term , but his efforts to secure some
practical benefits for the farmers iu the way of
reduced rates on their produce and more re
cently to change the swindling methods of
Chicago grain gamblers , who have It In their
power to place the value on shipments con
signed to that market , has set a good many to
thinking very seriously about the advisability
of embracing the third term idea. And if
that should bo the prevalent notion we do not
know of n single reason why every sincere
republican could not acquiesce in ttio decis
ion. While wo may not favor this as the best
plan to pursue , wo see no reason for republi
cans to place themselves In an attitude of op
position , when to yield to the -will of the ma
jority In the party would bo to stultify them
selves.
Better Tlinii Klchos.
Kearney Hub ,
It is better to bo born a Benton and become
the brother-in-law of a congressman than It Is
to ho born rich. A brother of Tom , our
horny-handed auditor of state , who Is a
brother-in-law of Congressman Dorsoy by
marriage , has been appointed postmaster at
Salt Lake City. Having helped a member of
his family into an elegant berth , ho will at
once proceed to reduce the corn rate again on
the Union Pacific between Omaha and Coun
cil Bluffs.
Politicians Have Their Eyes Pooled.
Fremont Tribune.
The gathering of the grangers , members of
the alliances , Knights of Labor and other or-
ganlaod bodies of labor at Lincoln May 21
will bo a matter of Interest to the politicians ,
although the call for the meetingjsays It Is to
bo strictly non-partisan. If any considerable
number of the granges and alliances nro rep
resented at the meeting you may depend
upon It that the politicians will bo only too
glnd to listen to their tale of woo and promise
to do their bidding.
Horsey luid.IIlH Fourth Term.
Sdiart Ledger.
Some of the turners at the shrlno of mo
nopoly are trying hard to make it appear that
Congressman Dorsoy will bo a popular candi
date If ho should desire a nomination for
congress fora fourth term from the "Big
Third. " The fact Is as patent as the nose on
n man's face that the bulk of our voting popu
lation the farmers have had u sufficiency ,
a plentiful satiety of Dorsoy rule , und the
more the few of his paid and pampered
henchmen persist in forcing the issue of his
candidacy the more unpopular ho will become.
Ijocso VH A'aii AVyok.
Kearneu llnli ,
The World-Herald can now take Its choice
between Attorney General Leeso and General
Charles H , Van Wyek. As the nearest approach
preach to serving democratic interests , of
course It chooses the latter. That is all right ,
of course , so far as the World-Herald Is concerned -
corned ; but the position of the attorney general -
oral , who has perhaps served the whole people
ple as well ns Mr. Van Wyck , Is on the other
hand satisfactory to the rank and file of ro-
publlcuns. The republican party Is abund
antly able to carry out any reforms within
Itself by properly attending to the primaries
and conventions , and this Is what It will do
Iu this year of our Lord 1800.
The Only Itemed y.
Keliratka .S/yiuil. /
So far as wo know the Nebraska Signal
was the llrst paper in the state to advocate
government control of railroads. Subse
quently the OMAHA. Bun expressed the opin
ion that the question would result In govern
ment control , and now comes the Jefferson
County Alliance , which says : "Tho United
States should own and operate the railroads
and telegraph linos. " It Is the only snro and
absolute remedy. It will forever take the
railroads out of the domain of polities. It
will remove all contention and the conflict
now going on between thu people und the
railroads , and the people will get the benefit.
The effort to control railroads und telegraphs
by present methods reminds us very forcibly
of our experience In boyhood days la con-
-v' ij mud dams. By tbo time we had
plastered ono breach nmdo by the rising
wnler , another appeared , until wo became ex
hausted and disgusted with disappointment ,
So It Is and over will bo with the use ot proa
eat methods for the control of railroads. 11 }
the time ono source of friction Is plastered in
by legislation the people are confronted by
another. When the government acquire :
and operates the railroads , the great rullroac
problem will bo satisfactorily solved , bu
never before.
The Farmers' Friend Poser.
The "formers' friend" poser Is striking an
attitude about this tlmo o1 year. The nlllnnco
doctrine Is a doctrine that ho has believed h
nml advocated for years. Ho can point yoi
to the day and date when ho prophesied the
uprising of the tolling masses against the
grinding heel of monopoly. If you will take
this "farmers' friend" poser to n dissecting
room mid nnalyzo him and separate him Into
component parts , you will find that his love
for the farmer , ns compared to his love for
himself and a fat ofllco which ho hopes to oh
tain , Is In about the same porportlon to each
other as u grain of sand Is io a township of
Lincoln county real estate. The posing
farmers' friend is rliw In Nebraska about
now. If yon plug him you will find him
pithy and pnmpklny inside. Kick him out.
DANIEf , KNEW IT.
OMAHA , May 3. To the Editor of Tint
BKK : To my mind there Is but ono radica
means of relief for the present world-wide
depression of values that is the absolute
free and unlimited coinage of sliver. Now ,
don't think I am branching oft Into vagaries
but I believe you nro a firm bellover in the
biblo. You know that the present depres
sion , la fact slnco 1ST3 , nil over the world ,
has been the worst over known in the history
of nations. Iu the last chapter of Daniel you
will flnd this depression predicted to bo
followed eventually by the restoration
of the Jewish nationality , mainly through
the Instrumentality of the Grand Duke
Michael , now In command of that section of
the Husslan empire where the Jews are now
mostly congregated. In the preceding
chapter , yon will find the prediction
of Knglund being In charge of the "precious
things" ( revenues , etc. ) of Egypt , and
spreading her power over the surrounding
continent , us seen In her control of the Suez
canal nml operations In the Soudan , etc. The
chapter also predicts the conquest of Con
stantinople "by planting his pulaco between
the seas" ( Mamora , Black and Azof ) . Now
ns I understand it this predicts a great war
In Europe , to scttlo the eastern question , und
liberate the Jews from their long cxilo.
Another thing to notice is the steadily In
creasing population of Jerusalem and the be
lief among the .Tews of Europe and Asia that
their nationality is soon to DO restored and
even now some of the lost tribes ( Asher ) nro
making their reappearance. Now believing
as I do in the bible und the prophecies , after
careful study of years , I Und they are based
on mathematical principles beginning with
some historical epoch ; for instance that of
the 1,2UO years from the destruction of Jeru
salem by the Komans in A. D. 70
to the appearance of Wyclyf , the reformer ,
in 1 00 , which was the beginning of the
end of the Jewish exile. Taking this us a
guide , allowing 1,200 years ( forty-two months
of years ) from the conquest of Jerusalem by
the Mohammedans in A. D. 037 , wo have the
result ns A. D. 189T when the Jews are to bo
restored , or the 1,835 years from the birth of
Mahomet , when the Jewish temple is to ho
rebuilt ( in HXJ ) : ) . Pardon this long digres
sion , because you may ask what has this to
do with the remonetizution of silver. In this
argument you will notice three things , a time
of depression , u great war and the restora
tion of the Jews. Concede the time of de
pression and wo have one fact ; then the
others must necessarily follow. As u matter
of statesmanship , an enlightened self-inter
est will teach the American people to tnko
advantage of what Is coming. To do this it is
certainly the part of wisdom to relieve the
distress of our deoplo bv enhancing the value
of property and cheapening the value of money
coin by making it cheap and plentiful , nnd
In what better way can this bo done
than by throwing open the mints nnd coining
all the silver that is offered. At the best the
mints can only coin about § 05,000,000 per
annum in silver ( taking nearly ix years to
coin an amount equal to the greenbacks ) .
This will immediately lead to an enhancement
of the rul.ua of silver , and u cheapening of the
value of gold , giving a great Incentive to men
to fiock to the western mining states and ter
ritories to dig the precious metals in a-region
1.200 miles in width , extending from Mnxlrn
to British Columbia. This will add millions
of population to the west , and in all that vast
region scarcely a bushel of corn can bo raised
on account of the altitudes. These millions
must bo fed ana clothed , they must have ma
chinery , etc. , and their animals must have
corn and oats , cresiting-u great market for the
agriculturists of the west , In this way using
every available bushel of corn , now
exported to Europe nnd other coun
tries. Under tllo stimulus of a
growing section , every manufactory In the
country will bo called upon to supply the
steadily growing demand. " The news of this
prosperity and fear of approaching war will
cause an Immense immigration from Europe ,
so that present and future mines will bo
taxed to the utmost to supply the money nec
essary for the business of the country. ( If nt
any time the treasury department wants to
clean Its vaults of the present or future ac
cumulation of coin , what is easier than for
congress to order the secretary to withdraw
the gold and silver certificates so the cola can
go Into general circulation ) )
I never could see any sense In the cry of
this country getting on n silver basis , ( except
in times of scarcity wheat has always been on
u silver basis nnd the wheat has never
deteriorated ) ns our mints nro limited , or
rather can only coin so much silver per an
num. Suppose gold does leave the country ,
wo are not obliged to take pay for
our exports In European silver. Now lot this
hlg European war come , and It looks that way
by present Indications , with Italy , Austria ,
Turkey nml Itns.sia bankrupt In coin nnd nil
of our silver in circulation among our own
people , nnd with Germany und Great Britain
is gold nations und wo refusing to take
European silver coin , won't they rake und
scrupo together nil the gold they can pot to
pay for our products ? With thla vast drainage -
ago of gold from Europe to the United States
what will those nations have left to pay their
armies but depreciated paper und silver , in
this way forcing silver Into general circula
tion , necessitating the call for nn interna
tional conference for the restoration of silver
among ull nations. After the war closes ,
with the Jewish nation restored , must nec
essarily come the development of Asia nnd
Africa ; with great railroads from Alexan
dria through Jerusalem to China ,
another from Qon-stnntlnoplo to the
Persian gulf , and .still another
through Siberia ; with future routes
through Africa , to bo determined , mainly
through the operatloiiH of Stanley and others.
It Is hardly to bo supposed that In all this
tlmo the people of North und South America
will stand Idle. In view of nil these things , I
for ono can see no reason to fear thu future
will over bo burdened with too much money.
Imtontho contrary there Is cause for dread
: ht t unwise counsels may prevent or rather
retard the development of the world for ages
> o como by limiting the monetary supply of
the nation. E. F. TKST.
FRANCIS MUniMiy'SL-AHOnS.
Dos Molnos special to the Kansas City
rimes : Francis Murphy , the great tem
perance lecturer , has secured within the
past year In Iowa , over twenty thousand
iifj'iior.s to the total abHtlnence pledge.
One would scarcely think temperance
. eformors of this kind were necessary
.n n slate possessed of an ironclad law
iguinst thu sale of liquors , but it scorns
.hat in Iowa more than any where clso
work of this character IH sadly needed
ind bin campaign In this state has ac
complished more fjomilno toinpcronco
work than all the prohibitory statutes
ever enacted.
Mr. Murphy takes n sensible Idea of
intemperance. He docs not expect u
man who him inherited Intemperance
in homo serious form such an a period
ical mania for drink , for example to re-
'onn by the power of Mr. Murphy and
iirayer. lie recommends such a man to
; ho care of a physician.
It is a singular fact that the Visits ot
Francis Murphy uro nearly all opposed
by the local clergy. That was the case
at Grcston , Waterloo , and at Marshall
town , where ho Is now holding u very
successful series of meetings. The opjiti
sltlon arises from the fact that Mifl *
Murphy Is not a prohibitionist , but . < 7
high license advocate. Jt Is true ho sel
dom discusses this phase ot the temper
ance question , as ho docs not find it nec
essary in his work , but his opinion is
well known and freely given , .when
asked. The local clergy , however , ns
a rule , take kindly to Murphy s work
when lie gels among them and generallj
fall into line with it before he quits th
town.
At ono of the nightly crowded houses
at Marshalltown recently nearly all the
ministers of the city were present ami
added to the effectiveness of. the work.
An unlocked for and gratifying incident
occurred prior to Air. Murphy's dis
course. The Kov. Mr. Tremont of
Waterloo , pastor of the Presbyterian
church of that city , was In the city ami
on the platform , und was introduced hy
Mr. Murphy to the audience , llo inad'u
a few remarks that tilled the lecturer ,
the local clergy and the congregation
with a pleasure and enthusiasm they Inul
not before experienced since the meeting
began , llo said Francis Murphy had lielif
a series of gospel temperance meetings
In Waterloo a short time ago. Wlu'ii
he came there some of the mlnU-
tors were skeptical , himself with the
rest , regarding nls work , and for a while
they refused to co-operate with him.
13ut Mr. Murphy finally captured tin-
whole crowd , and the work went on
gradually , and the results were notaleim
confined to the reformation of many
men , but the city was on the eve of a
great religious revival. Ho said the
Waterloo ministers unhesitatingly en
dorsed Mr. Murphy , as did the citizen *
generally. And the good ho accom
plished there was incalculable. After
the revelation by the Waterloo ek-rg ) -
man , Mr. Murphy addressed the multi
tude with an earnestness and oloquenee
that surpassed the previous cITorts , and
the effect was especially accentuated li.v
the number and character of the pledge
signers when the invitation was ex
tended.
AT THE IETE CHAMP/
Klla WlitcJcr irtlenrin Frank Le lte.'tNctnim-uir.
With her checks aglow and her eyes ashino ,
While the mad hours merrily lilt.
Wo watch the beautiful queen of wine ,
Queen of hearts and of wit.
Like the chiming of bells her laughter swells ,
And over her corsage low
Her round breasts rise In soft , flushed dyes ,
Like sunset-tinted snow.
From her small head's crown to her finger-tips
She is fair as fair can bo ,
And bon mots full from her ruby lips
And the listeners laugh In glee.
On brow ami breast rare jewels rest ,
On round arms sparkle and shine ;
For fortunes are cast like leaves In a blast
At the feet of this queen of wine.
As I sit nnd look In that perfect face
I see not beauty or youth ,
Hut u ghostly skeleton grins in Its place ,
A hideous thing , in sooth.
On the bare breast-bones gleam costly s torn * * ,
From the alcull hangs long , damp hair ;
But the flesh und blood are grave-worms'
food
This flesh that makes her fair.
And the grave-worms drop from her skeleton
lips
That held the secret of mirth ;
They slide and crawl to her llnger-tlps ,
That are green with the mould of earth
What If she hold out those bunds to you I
You would rise in terror and lloo ;
Yet under the Ilesh yon thrill to view
Is what I shudder to soo.
All that looks beautiful , bright and Jalr ,
Save u tress of hair and a gem ,
3elongs to the worms I
A banquet of Ilesh with tlicm.
Smile , my lady , but I am cold ;
You cannot win me so.
Though your bosom is wax and your hair is
gold ,
A skeleton grins below.
POMTirU
, .
Chicagoliitcr-Oceini : "No man is In. ' v
ponsiiblo , " SII.VH Senator Ing.ills. ButGrox r i
Cleveland will bu among the hist to appro * o
the sentiment.
Minneapolis Tribune : No demo iv < J
newspaper has boon so enterprising as i
state that Grover Cleveland shod win tc-i
when ho hoard of Samuel J. KamlalPs de.i" '
Boston Herald ; .Senator Blair's la't
scheme to have the sulo of liquors prohihi'ed
In the Distrlet of Columbia may bo looked
upon as n deep-lnld plot to shorten tlio C'Hi
gl-csslonal sessions.
Peorla Transcript : Senator Insal'
favorite book in the bible is .lob. Tins 1
probably because there is a wide dlfl'i
between Job and Jngalls. Nobody
Imagine Ingalls covered with boils andtafi
that is , without a shudder. And h > *
Inpalls would have tonguolashed such emu
forters as Job had.
Detroit Tribune : An Indiana paper I..H
something to say about "Senator Vooili-- *
Jlrst public appearance , " but what thu pVt |
plo are most anxious to hear about Is po i
lively his last public appearance.
Chicago Inter-Ocean : A Boston pnper
proves that Mayor Grant Is still "in symii.i
thy with the common people , " because -liu
rides a horse with n long tall" every morn n ( ?
down through Central Park. It Is a now tt
for a Tammany aristocrat.
St. Puul Pioneer-Press : Governor Pin > < \
B. Hill , in cfl'cct , says ho will sign no hub '
reform bill that will prevent an illiterate < r
drunken man from Voting the demoi-ruMi
ticket. A man is known by the constituent
ho keeps.
Peorla Transcript : There Is some iliisatisV
faction among the democrats on the matter of
running old John M. Palmer forL'nUetlSti > < M
senator , but the St. Louis Hepubllc. vhn i >
in connection with Mr. Palmorowiistlir , > p.ii" >
In Illinois , will probably hold their r < vali i
tnmtnoses down to the grindstone.
Loulsvlllo Uourlcr-Journul : If Mr M-
KInloy kills the glucose busliKws. oilier
farmoi-s than those of Kansas may have corn
to bum. O , William ! William ! why illd-t
thou ever leave thy native Ohio to dabble m
the statesman business I
St. Louis GIolxj-Domoomt ! Clifton If
Brecklnrhlgo might have been defeated f
ro-elcotion If ho had resigned his scat uf' < i
the murder of his opponent , John M. Cl.i
ton , but n defeat under such clrcumstuni
would have been far moro creditable to In
than retention of his scat has been uiul' '
present conditions.
An Kntcrpi-lHliiK Knnsnii.
ATCIIISO.V , Kan. , May8 , [ SpecialTelepi. .
to Tun Bin. : ] J. P. Pomeroy , a wenlth.v '
/en of Atchlson and Boston , will send un in. .
migration agent to Norway ami Kwedei. . . .t
his own expense. Mr. Pomeroy owns ; u.1"
ncres of land In Gi-aham county , Kansas , ui.J
ho wants to establish a Swedish colony on Itw ,
The man selected to inaUo the trip is Henry
M. Olson , u Swede who lives In Graham
county.
OMAHA
J.-OAN AND TRUST
COMPANY.
Bnbsorlbed and fliiaruiitccd Cuiiltal l.v-O1 * "
I'ald In Capital : MMI
lluy.s and sells Htooks und bonds ; ne nniitoi
t'omiiiurulul | iui > or ; recolvus und t > xe > 'iiti > s
tnisls ; iiutsiiH transfer iiKunt and truitiM ) " '
c-orioratlons | ; tal > uiohur uof piopurty ; c < ' > -
lools taxes. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Omaha Loan& Trust Co
SAVINGS BANK.
S. E. Cor. 10th and Douglas St
I'lilil In Capital % M.f
KiibserlbeilaiKl ( iiiarantccd Uapltal . . IwA
l.lublllty nl Htouldioldurii 'jmiiNv
0 1'orUunt IntiiriHt Paid on Dnposlu. X _ ,
ritAMv.1. l < AKUK.liishlfr "
Olllccri : A. V. Wymna. prealilBiitu , J , llrurui , t > < -
liroilUunti W. T. Wyiuun , tromuror
IHrectori ! A. U , Wrm n , J , 11. Jllllanl , J J llrow < , ,
( lujr C , llurtan , U , w. h'ath , T-oliim J , Ulmlia ,
lluuriiu II , lAlu.
IjoaiiHlnany unmiint madoont'lty anil l'au
1'ropurty , and on Collatural Suourlty , ut l.ow
Cbt rutts curiuut.