E. EOSEWATER , Editor.
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Itto 1'iihllsliliig Comp.iny. that tlio actual
a VITIIKP dully circulation of TliKDAlMTllKK for
tlic > montli of Juno , It-Mi , wan 18.KVJ copies ; for
July. ! ( - ( . , IS.r. copies ; ofor August , lwn.18.nsi
copious for September , lbt , 18.710 con lea ; for
October. ISO , IH.IW copies ; for November. 1S89 ,
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for Jnnunry .Ifni , ID.snnroplPi : for February ,
3F00 , 111,7111 rottlcs ; for Mnruli. 1BW. 20.81 % copies ;
for April , I8CO W,5G4 copies ; , for May 1800 , 1H.180
roiloM. |
'J'lii : weekly bunk Htiteniont ; shows the
reserve has decreased $813,000. The
ban kit now hold $0,115,000 In excess of
Ictfiil requirements.
Tin ; Union Pacific could hardly have
Bclet ted a more voluminous mouthpiece
tor its debt extension bill than Kepro-
icntiitive Dalzell.
ONT of the Caldwcll heiresses man
) gcd to exehtingo her wealth for n titled
hu.shuiul , and Anglo-maniac circles tire
Oiled with .sapient joy.
Tin : first railroad in the holy land is
Aping built. This will deprive pilgrims
of tlii' prayerful eclat inspired by a ride
on the flexible humps of patient camels.
Prospective seaside visitors arc offered
extraordinary inducements in monster
sea serpents this season. It is a decid
edly poor rohort that does not boast of
DUO or more marine cuttle fish.
WHIM : Chicago is fairly satisfied with
a million and a quarter , a few pa"hgs of
regret still linger because professional
sprinters were not employed to thor
oughly explore her expansive acreage.
ST. PAUL'S onlstlo to the Minncapol-
itans forms the text for many a stirring
Eormon on neighbor ingratitude. The
uielani'holj fact remains that a mammoth
census bubble is writhing in mortal
Qgony.
Tim electric machines in use in the
census olllco to count and register the
schedules of population are as effective
as the electric batteries applied to tlio
enumerators in the various cities of the
country.
TIIK increase of the caoltnl stock of
Iho Omaha stock yards company indi
cates a marked degree of prosperity and
the determination of the management to
keep pace with the demands of its stead
ily increasing army of patrons.
TIIKHK need bo no anxiety regarding
the Nebraska exhibit at the world's fair.
In three ye.\rs Omaha's postollico site
will make an antique show in itself ,
flanked with life size specimens of the
architectural warts which its enter
prising boomers have recently erected.
C Susan II. Anthony's now society wears
the suirgestive Indian title , " \Vinodang-
Bih. " The public is assured that it does
not intend to resurrect the hatchet.
( The campaign will bo fought to a blood
less finish with brooniaticks and safety
pins.
DnxKU chuckles over the prospects
of the removal of one or more Union
Pacific olllcials from Omaha. The town
fairly gloats over the jiossibility of grab
bing a crumb from Omaha's loaded table.
The residents of the foothills have been
engaged so long in the fruitless occupa
tion of removing the shops and head
quarters that the disease lias struck in
and became chronic. Their joy in this
instance is as unsubstantial as tlio phan
tom they are constantly chasing.
Tun financial situation remains very
comfortable. Money is plentiful for nil
legitimate jieedb. the ilonmml is good ,
And rates nro linn nt 8 per cent. Trade
i ill the jobbing district is htcudy and col-
leetlons fair. Crop prospects nro finer
Ihnn uMiul , even in Nebraska , eolebrated
for almost unfailing regularity in this ro-
Bpect. C'ity retail trade , though some-
whnt alTeeted by the hot weather , is fair ,
nnd there is a brisk demand for Fourth
nf July goods. The dniry produce innv-
Uot is dull and tiiinwietlons light. Veg
etables and fruit * from homo farms are
In ample biipply audprtees are low.
is moving to impose severe
penalties on directors of joint stock com
panies who tire incompetent or neglect
tholr ilutiep. A measure is pending in
parliament providing tlmt no person
bhall act as director without first filing
a certificate from two competent physi
cians that he is of sound mind and of
competent understanding , another Irom
nn incorporated law society certifying to
his knowledge of the law relating to
public companies , and a third from two
chartered accountants that ho 'is ac
quainted with tlio various systems of
bookkeeping. A similar law in the
United Status would disband nine-tenths
of tlio dlrectories'in the country , where
they have become high salaried orna
ments to corporations.
Cl.OSK 0V TIIK SCHOOL VJMrt.
The school year of the Omaha public
schools will close this week , and the
thousands of children and tlio scores of
teachers who for the past ten months
have diligently and faithfully pursued
their studies and performed their duties
are anticipating n well-earned vacation
with a lively sonao of the relief nnd the
pleasure It will bring. This onJing of
the school year lias a meaning nnd 1m-
portanco to the children and to the pa
tient workers In tlio educational
Held which may not ho fully
appreciated by most of those whoso
attention is absorbed by the hard
practical duties of life. Wo are apt to
regard this annually recurring event aA
one of these inattor-of-courso affairs
which do not require of us anything
more than the merest passing attention ,
making no particular demand upon
either our sentiment or our interest.
But surely this is to think too meanly of
an incident of the passing year that has
so largo a significance for the boys nnd
girls who in n few brief years nro to tnko
the places now occupied by their seniors
in the field of practical endeavor.
A llttlo reflection will suggest
that this ending of the school year
is something of an opocli In the lives of
many of the public school pupils and
every parent knows that it brings its
anxiety as well as Us promise of pleas
ure. There are records to bo made in
those closing days of the school year
which may have an Important influence
upon tlio future of many young lives , nnd
to thousands of Omaha school children
the question of successfully passing the
examination and advancing to a higher
grade is a far more serious one
than to most of their seniors in tlio ques
tion of what congress will do
with3 the tariff or with silver. And
the teaohOrs , also , arc not without con
cern for the rc-mlt , since their merit
mustbodotormined by tlio record made by
the young minds under tholr charge. It
should bo understood , therefore , that
the closing of the school your is an event
which has its serious as well as its ngrce-
able aspect , though doubtless for those
whom It immediately interests the lat
ter largely predominates.
The public school is the peoples' college -
lego , justly characterized as "alike
tie ) glory and' power , the crown
and foundation , of free in
stitutions. " Its advantages are
open equally to the rich and the poor ,
and within its portals all stand upon a
level. It is the glory , as it is also the
safeguard , of the nation , and American
public sentiment will never consent to
any limitation or impairment of its in
fluence. The people of Omaha have a
just right to feel proud of its public
school system , which is not excelled by
that of any city in the country , and the
record of the closing year will un
doubtedly show tlmt it has in nowise
fallen behind in the inarch of progress
and of judicious reform. The assurance
for the future is to bo found in what has
been accomplished , and there is cer
tainly in this enough to justify the most
hopeful and confident anticipations.
RAILROADS AXD MlNEK.ir LAXDS.
The question of the right of the land
grant railroads to claim the mineral
lands within their grants is command
ing great interest in Montana and other
states in which these railroads are en
titled to lands under grants of congress.
In his last annual report the
secretary of the interior re
ferred to this qiiestion as of very
great importance , affecting the
welfare and independence of many of our
citizens. Ho urged that the mineral
land should bo reserved for the
people and that there is no claim
on the part of the railroads to
obtain these sources of vast wealth not
intended for them that should bo hu
mored to the least degree beyond the
law. Ho suggested that a law should
bo pissed ; by congress enabling the land
department to thoroughly investigate the
character of lands supposed to bo min
eral and within the reservation of the
law before the railroad is entitled to any
cession whatever. Nothing has yet been
done by congress toward carrying out
this recommendation.
Although the act of congress abso
lutely and unqualifiedly reserv.esall min
eral lands from the railroad grants , the
Northern Pacific and other companies
claim mineral lands discovered since
their grants wore made on the ground
that the reservation applied only to lands
known to bo mineral at the time the act
of congress was passed , and this con
struction of the act has been sustained
by the United States circuit court for
California. It is said that high legal
opinion regards this as the proper con
struction , and there is not much doubt
that it will bo sustained by tlio supreme
court of the United States. In that
event the effect would bo in the state
of Montana alone to take valuable
mines from perhaps three-fourths of the
private owners who have boon in posses
sion for from ton to twenty years. One-
half of the eight hundred miles in Mon
tana traversed by the Northern Pacific
is through a region abounding in the
richest deposits of gold , silver and
copper , and that company under its
grant has laid claim to two million
eight hundred thousand acres of land
covering four thousand discovered mining
properties yet unp.itontod and nearly
one thousand patented mines which
have long been in undisputed
possession of private owners. The
act making the grant was
passed In 18tH , and most of the mineral
producing lands have since been discov
ered. These facts give some Idea of the
importance of this question so far as
Montana Is concerned , and interest in It
is by no moans confined to that state ,
though the mining properties at stake
there are doubtless moro extensive and
valuable than any elsewhere which may
bo claimed by the land grant railroads.
The secretary of the interior recom
mended that authority should bo
given that department to refuse to
certify lands to the railroads
until there was clear proof that
the same were not mineral , and sug
gested that it would not bo unreasonable
for congress to direct that the patents
issued should themselves contain a reser
vation of any land therein described If
It proved upon further development to
be actually mineral land. Ho urged
thut the vast mineral wealth within the
grants to the corporations was not In
tended to bo given to them and that they
should not Ira allowed to obtain It b }
default. Of course the railroads are
bringing nil their influence to bear to
prevent congressional action , and if there
should bo a decision of the supreme
court favorable to tholr claim before
congress acts they would bo masters o
the situation. There can bo no quostloi
that the host interests of the country
require that the mineral lands shall bo
reserved for the people , nor is it doubt
ful that ; this was the intention of con
grcss , but In view of the judicial do
clslon in California It Is manifestly im
portant that there should bo furtho ;
legislation of the character recom
mended by the secretary of the interior
TIIK CKXSUS COMt'LAIXTS.
The nearly universal complaint that
the census enumeration has not boon ac
curate and thorough cannot bo dismissed
ns wholly without justification , but it Is
altogether probable that some of tlio
cities which have assumed that their
population has not boon properly enum
erated have complained without suffi
cient reason. Nothing is moro common
than overestimates of population , and in
cases where the early returns ol
enumerators did not promise to
verify the estimates It was natural
to conclude that the work was
being c.irelossly and inefficiently per
formed. Unquestionably this was very
largely the case , but the fact is that a
number of cities that wore most vocifer
ous in tholr complaints on the strength
of the early returns nro now satisfied
siuco later returns have shown that their
largest estimates would bo voilliod or
exceeded. This is the case with Chicago
cage and St. Louis , for example , and
although Kansas City nnd Donyor will
not realize the exaggerated estimates of
population they had made for advertising
.purposes , ! ! Is by no means to be concluded
that the [ census enumerators in these
towns were utterly inefficient. Very
likely in nearly every city of the country
some people will bo missed. Under our
system this is probably unavoidable.
But undoubtedly there will bu very few
cities whose returns of population will
fall below the most judicious and con
servative estimates. Complaints are not
confined to these places that have made
extravagant claims of population , but
they have been the loudest from such
places.
The experience with this census
suggests whether our method should not
bo reformed , as unquestionably it could
be. It is contended with" reason that it
is impossible to got good work done
under n plan which practically compels
the employment of inexperienced agents ,
and that the class of persons willing to
accept appointments for a temporary
purpose and at small pay can not bo
looked to for efficient service. It is by
no moans true of all or of a ma
jority of the present census enu
merators that they are incom
petent and inellleiont , but enough of
them are so to have seriously interfered
with obtaining an accurate enumeration ,
and ono effect of this will be to prolong
the work , while another may bo to im
pair confidence in the general result.
The experience may have its value in
leading to a change of method hereafter ,
and it lias already started the suggestion
of a permanent census bureau , charged
with gathering { statistics in a continuous
way nnd publishing them while they are
fresh and valuable.
A NOTAIiLK KXIIIHIT.
The exhibit of drawing , designing and ,
handiwork by the pupils at the public
schools of Omaha , which closed last
night , was a notable event in the history
of the schools of this city. It was an ovi-
dcnco of the existence among iho chil
dren of the city of an extent and versa
tility of art talent , and of the progress
making in the development of that tal
ent in the highest degree gratifying.
There is , of course , no reason why the
children of Omaha should not bo
as gifted in this direction
as those of any other city , and yet wo
are quite sure that many of tlio largo
number of people who visited this ex
hibit were surprised to find so great a
display of talent of so high an order of
merit. Wo venture to think that no
other city in the country having no
larger school population than Omaha
can make a moro creditable exhibit ,
both as to extent and general excellence.
The highly gratifying results thus far
achieved in these branches of instruc
tion urge the duty not" only of
continuing them , but as far as practic
able giving them increased attention.
Their direction is mainly practical , and
it has como to bo almost univor&ally ad
nutted that the education is most useful
which embraces a liberal shnro of practical - .
tical instruction. Of the hundreds of
parents who saw the exhibit wo doubt
if there is ono who would have
the teaching of drawing , design
ing and manual work dropped from
the system of instruction. Further
more , it is desirable that the planer
or system under which such good re
sults have boon attained shall be ad
hered to , and that these who have estab
lished it and brought it to a high state
of olllcaoy , and whose Interest and zeal
nro fully enlisted in the work shall be
retained to further advance it. In what
ever other departments changes or in
novations may safely bo permitted , ex
perience urges that it would bo unwise
to allow them in the branches which the
exhibit attested are so competently
cared for. Nothing must bo done that
will retard progress in a direction that
promises fo secure to the children of the
city such important and valuable benefits.
AWIKO IXDVSTUIAL KDUCATIOX !
Among the many educational meas
ures pending before congress , Senator
Merrill's may bo commended as the most
practical and beneficial. The purpose
of the bill is to create an endowment
fund "for the support of colleges for the
advancement of sciontllie and industrial
education. " It proposes to sot apart as a
permanent fund the proceeds of public
land sales and the receipts from govern
ment aided railroads , the Interest
thereon to bo divided annual
ly among the colleges established ,
or which may bo established under the
act of congress approved July 2 , 1802 ,
for the benefit of agriculture and tlio
mechanic arts.
The measure is free from the objec
tions raised , Against Senator Blair's bill ,
which appropriated a fixed sum tom \
distributed pof capita among the public
schools of 'ilio states. It simply sots
apart fragmentary sources of revenue
for higher education and establishes a
permanent Income for educational
institutions 'established by- congress
twonty-olglifVears ago. Senator Mor-
rlll declare , tlmt his project does
not intorforpi with free homesteads
nor with the Vlghts of pre-emption , nor
docs it forestall any legislation congress
may enact fii regard to public lands or
railroads. ' '
The act of3 ifeoa haq well boon termed
"Tho most Important educational enact
ment in America. " Under its beneficent
influence forty-eight prosperous colleges
are now sending forth annually hun
dreds of sturdy young men thoroughly
equipped for the battle of life.
Federal aid supplemented by state
gifts has borne rich fruit , but
as Senator Morrlll points out , they require -
quire liberal assistance to successfully
compete with colleges munificently endowed
dewed by individuals. They require com
plete modern equipment , which in many
instances cannot bo provided by the
states. A national fund is necessary to
place them on an advanced plane and en
able them to furnish educational ad
vantages in tlio higher branches for
these who lack the means to enter pri
vate colleges.
National aid to education , particularly
in the west , laid the foundation
of our magnificent public school
system. It created an educational fund
that is today a source of permanent rev
enue. That the .benefits thus conferred
on the pioneers of the west have been
fully appreciated is strikingly shown in
tlio fact that tlio percentage of illiteracy
is by far the lowest in tlio now states.
Such grand results proclaim the wisdom
of government aid to education when
hedged in by restrictions against extrav
agance. The Merrill endowment bill
provides all necessary safeguards against
waste and is free from the objections
against direct raids on tlrtj national
treasury.
CKKSUS REVELATIONS.
There arc few men In the country better -
tor qualified to speak intelligently and
accurately on the indebtedness of the
country than Robert P. Porter , superin
tendent of the census. In a recent letter -
tor in reply to the reckless assertion of
Ben Butler , Mr. Porter shows tlio ab
surdity of the claim that the mortgage
debt on agricultural lands exceeded
their assessed valuation. Even if the
claim was true , it would simply moan
that the indebtedness was less than one-
fifth of the actual selling value of
the land. Taking Michigan for
example , the tables compiled
by tlio stale commissioner of
'abor place the total assessed value of
farms in the state at three hundred and
thirty-live million dollars , while the
mortgaged debt , amounts to only sixty-
'our millions without taking into account
.ho payments made on the principal of
the debt. The total indebtedness of Illi-
lois is about four hundred millions , of
which fifty-live per cent is credited to
Chicago and Cook county. Only thirty-
, hreo per cent of the entire acreage of
that state is under mortgage a ratio
vhich proves the general prosperity of
.ho agricultural classes of the
stato. Another striking evidence of
the prosperous condition of tlio
mblio in general is furnished by
eports of county indebtedness received
it the census office. Returns , from twen
ty-eight hundred and nine counties in
.ho country show the bonded debt to bo
> ne hundred and thirty millions , an in-
roaso of twenty-live per cent in ton
'ears. The increase is largely in tlio
vestorn states , whore the growth in pop-
ilation and wealth has far exceeded the
debts incurred for necessary public im-
) rovemcnts. That the security is con
sidered gilt edged by financiers is shown
n the fact that state , county and mu-
ilcipal bonds , drawing four to six per
rent interest , readily command a pro-
nium. Mr. Porter declares that should
uunicipal and individual indebtedness
) o increased twenty-five to fifty millions ,
vo shall still have a decrease of ono bll-
ion in the public indebtedness of the
country , regardless of the marvelous do-
olopment of various sections of the
vest , which have grown from infancy to
trong and healthful manhood in tlio last
lecado.
WILL PllOVB A liOOMUllAXO.
. Ho made a pit nnd diggoJ it , aud is fallen
nto the ditch which ho uiaJo.
Ilia mischief slml ! return upon his own
K\ul imtl his violent dealing shall come down
upon his own pato.
This inspired declaration of the
: ) snlmist is strikingly applicable to the
attor day plmrisees who have boon dig
ging pitfalls for Nebraska editors.
Their great hue and cry about the
> apors that have offered to sell advor-
ising space to the bogus "Turner" of
liouisvillo is an exhibition of rank
lypocrisy and villainous calumny. It
was scandalous for the prohibitionists to
osort to forgery and imposture to play
lecoy upon „ publishers of Nebraska
mpors , and it is infamous for them now
o turn upon reputable editors and
irand them ' 'as venal and mor-
onary creature's ' because they quoted
Jioir advertising rates to tlio
mpoitor "TuwiQr" who in reality was
ho venal mendicant that expected to
pocket twenty-live thousand dollars for
"pulverizing * the rum power" In Ne
braska througji Jho'oicc. \ .
No rational , IHM ) > U will contend that It
wan disreputable ) or oven Improper for
publishers toqilo'to ' their rates to a parly
claiming to'1)6 ) ; a foreign advertising
agent. That thmo day in and day out
by all IcgitlniHto'jiowspapors In the coun
try , and Itoniado no difference whether
the publisher who quoted his rates was
a license man or a prohibitionist. It is
not uncommon for political managers to
advortlso their shakers and their doc
trines in papers of opposite political
faith.
In a political campaign in Baltimore
not long ago contending parties pur
chased space in a leading political organ
and utcd its columns for weeks In spread
ing their conflicting arguments. Mean
while the editor of the paper kept on
hammering away according to ills old-
time convictions.
This was perfectly legitimate. But In
Nebraska the hired stumpers and mer
cenary agitators continue to brand a
venal , corrupt nnd conscienceless the
papers that have been blacklisted b }
the twenty-five thousand dollar Voice foi
quoting rates on matter adverse to pro
hlbltlon.
This course has already proved a
booiuorarrg to the intemperate reformers
Editors who might have boon won ovoi
by the prohibitionists are now outspokci
against the crusade.
LAST Monday the San Francisco
Chmniclc celebrated a quarter of n century
tury of prosperous existence by opening
to public inspection the fine now build
ing which is soon to bo its homo. Tlio
erection of splendid structures for tholi
occupancy by the successful newspapers
of the country is becoming BO common as
to command little attention outside the
communities in which such newspapers
have attained their success , and yo
every such event is noteworthy us
Illustrating the material progress o
the press. A dozen years ago onlj
a few of the prominent newspapers o
tiio country had buildings of their own
equipped with all the facilities for proj-
orly carrying on their business , while
now there are few greatly succossfu
dallies not thus provided for , or preparing
to bo. It is becoming necessary as an evidence -
donco of the substantial prosperity of a
newspaper. The San Francisco Chron
icle's now building is by far the
finest newspaper home on the Pa
cific coast , nnd is provided with
every appliance and facility neces
sary in the publication of a
modern daily journal. It most substan
tially attests the prosperity of the
Chronicle , whoso quarter of a century of
history is among the most interesting in
the annals of journalism , nnd its propri
etor , Mr. Do Young , is to bo heartily
congratulated upon this convincing ovi-
idonco of his energy nnd enterprise.
Tun crop prospects nro constantly Im
proving , but the largest crop Nebraska
will raise this year will bo harvested in
the political field.
TIIK Union Pacific is buffering the
usual attack of summer complaint and an
annual economical purgative must be
administered.
; n is a lull in the political atmos
phere just now that portends a very
heavy storm in the near future.
ICciiunlor'tt Frightful Uvamplo.
Chicago Titlmne.
The way of the transgressor is hard. How
the prospect of dying in Juil of old ago must
appall the heart of tlio murderer Kctumlorl
A Trifle Too Sweeping.
Jtntton lleralil.
The preacher of the baccalaureate sermon
at Vassar advised the young ladles to go
forth with the firm resolve not to loan on ati--
body olso. Wasn't this u little too swooping !
An Unauthorized Comlpaliit.
tt'athlngton I'o < ( .
An exchange complains that too many doc
tors of divinity are being turned out in this
country. When wo consider how badly tlio
latter day divinity needs doctoring the com
plaint seems much out of place.
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Mayor Peek's fjlttle Joke.
Chicago Time * .
Mayor Peck , the humorous executive of
Milwaukee , played a practical Joke upon the
the bridge tenders of the city by making n
tour of inspection of ( ho bridges at 3 o'clock
in the morning. The joke has had a bracing
effect upon.tuem and they no longer sleep at
their posts.
Journalistic Aini'iiltioH in Gotham.
I\'cio \ 1 * < It Sun ,
Wo have no reason to bcliovo that Mr. Car
roll E. Smith of Syracuse is a liar and a
scoundrel , but ho is distinctly identified as
such by the Now York Times. However , It
should bo borne iu mind thiif the incurably
dishonest-minded person who runs the Times ,
always needs corroboratiou of the strongest
kiud.
Guying Grovor.
7v"insi City Journal.
The students of another western college
have held a mock democratic com ontioii und
nominated Grovcr Cleveland for the presi
dency. Their mock notification has called
forth ono of these beautiful letters from the
ex-president aud tlio students thoroughly
enjoy the joke. This little amusement is
known us "playing horse with Grovcr. "
Itroail Hint to Davhl M. Hill.
iVeio 1'oifc Times.
It has become almost provciblal that the
man who sots deliberately at work to secure
the ofllco of president for himself falls , oven
if through the active politicians he compasses
the nomination. Some pictty small men nave
become presidents , but not through working
directly for the ollico Doforo the public.
Too Much VcrliliiK" ' " 1'iiw Papers
Now York has just set an example in legis
lation that ought to bo imitated by every
oilier state In the union. It relates to the
simplication of transfers of real estate mid
the shortening of tlio forms which now oc
cupy so much space mid breed so much litiga
tion. . . . It is a gic.it pity thut legal doc
umeats of all Hinds cannot bo abbreviated
aud simplified in HUe manner.
Democracy In Kxjicnslvo.
/mHniia ; > tf. < JUKI mil.
Indiana , by reason of gerrymanders , has
had democratic legislatures the greater part
of the time for twenty years. These legisla
tures have llxcd the financial policy of the
state , If It can bo said to have hud ono , and
what is the result ! November 1 , 1881 , the
bonded debt of tlio state was f4b70OS ( :
seven years later it was $ * 1-I7JCOS an lu-
crcaso of 81,593,000. _
John Hull Amuses Us.
Arip l"oi/v Tillinnf.
Americans may bo pardoned if they regard
with cynical amusement the embarrassment
of the Hrillsh government lu settling the
Newfoundland fisheries dispute. They hnvo
had an experience of their own In having an
tiquated treaties rigidly construed by that
government so aa to deprive them of tUuIr
historic rights to the llsheiles comiuored by
their Now Kugland ancestors , and so to nul
lify these principles of commercial reciproc
ity which have the force of common law in
both countries. They can iillord to enjoy the
spectacle of witnessing Kngland'ii purploxity
when other antiquated treaties arc Interpreted
against It in the amo spirit by Franco.
An Important Correction.
FKKMONT , Neb. , Juno 21. To the Editor
of I'm : Urn : Permit mo to call your atten
tion to n mUtako in TIIK HKE of this d.Ho. In
yourlUtof mcmbomof the State Husinuss
Men's and B.iiikors' association you have
twcnty-flvo Ilrms of Fremont loft out on our
list unil mtservdito.1 to North I'latto , viz :
noiiiux'iidiig with C. P. Hcrro , menhant
tailor , down to and Including Nosblt &
ItoKom , hardware , 1'leaso correct and oblige.
Your * truly , K S *
[ The nbovo error occurred possibly In the
freauunt shifting of the tyiwd. We shall ro-
pumUu the list with additional namw shortly
wheu the twcnty-flvo Prt'iuont names will
Und a proper pluuKu
THE FREE COINAGE BILL ,
How tbo Souftto's Action la Viewed by Bop-
rcscutatiyo Newspapers ,
A BIG BENEFIT TO MINE OWNERS ,
1'licro Is No Question About This , Hut
Homo Dln'ereneo of Opinion
Kxlxts as to Its KfTeot
Upon the Country.
Chicago Trlbtmo ( Uop. ) : That the sena
tors from the silver mining states should bo
for free coinage Is uatural enough. They re
flect the wishes of most of their constituents.
They think the throwing open of the mints to
silver will stimulate greatly the mining in
dustry and lncrea.se the output of silver , ami
that It will make profitable mines now UK-
prolltablo. New ones will bo opened. The
.halcyon days of the speculator will como
ngiiln. Probably such consequences would
follow for n time at least. But the tem
porary gain of Colorado might bo the perma
nent injury of the country at largo.
Chicago Herald ( Dem. ) : Quito in keeping
with Its change character and low estate ,
tlio United States senate , In dealing with the
silver question , out-Horodcd the Hcrods of
the house of representatives nnd declared
most sweeping in favor of the depreciated
silver dollar as n standard of value. It re
mained for the senate , supposedly the most
august and the most conservative legislative
body hi the world , to adopt at ono stroke the
sum of nil the cheap money idiocies that have
been advocated by visiouaries und knaves for
the last twenty-live years.
Chicago Inter-Ocean ( rep. ) : Tills silver
question is too vital to the interests of the
country to bo trifled with or used to promote
a passing political purpose. To drive out
gold on the 0110 baud or to discredit silver on
the other would bo n criminal blunder on o
gigantic scale , ono the entire American people ,
west aud cast , would not only deprecate but
punish.
New York Times ( Ind. ) : What the house
will do with it no ono can say , but whatever
the outcome may bo It will bo bud.
Boston Herald ( Ind. ) : No ono wants the
silver dollar. That the silver men themselves
admit. What the people want according to
them are paper dollars based upon silver. Is
it not more reasonable to base these dollars
upon silver bullion than upon a coinage which
is expensive , and , after it Is made , for the
purpose of circulation useless.
Cincinnati Commercial - On/otto ( Rep. ) :
The silver barons of the United States sen
ate have won the day in passim , ' the free mid
unlimited coinage bill The measure W.M
opposed'.by the ablest , safest , tyest , most
patriotic men In the senate. It was carried
iu the face of a declaration by a senator that
any administration which would sot itself ur
against unlimited silver coinage , " \ \ ould be ,
ns it deserved to bo , hurled from power. " It
Is evident that the silver baious uio disposed
to run the government.
Cincinnati Timos-Star : The bill is of a
liccc with the monetary plans of the wildest
adherents of the greenback heresy. It comes
so near the Hat inouey craze that couforvji-
tlv ) business men uro a unit against the
action.
Pittsburg Dispatch : The Dispatch does
tot approve of such mi extreme me.isuro as
.ho senate product for reasons frequently set
"
forth in these columns. But the law , if" any
should bo passed this session , probably will
)0 far leas objectionable than the senate
would make it. The predominance of the sil
ver sentiment in the senate only shows the
possibility of free coinage and u premium on
gold in the future.
St. Paul Pioucrr-Prc-ss , ( rep ) : Tlio free
coinage of silver , which these insolent des-
> ot-s of the mines would inllictupon the coun-
ry in order to swell their gains beyond the
cvenues of royalty , means such a degr.ula-
ion of the currency of the people as has
lever been attempted in this country , and
uis novcr been attempted in any other with-
ut involving every industrial and com-
norclul interest in utter ruin , except these
ontrollod by wealthy and powerful corpora-
ions. It means the utter demoralization of
ho finances of the country ; the Inauguration
f an era of wild .speculation on fictitious val
ues , followed by a general collapse and ruin ,
n which the poor men and men of moderate
leans will bo the chief sufferers , and whoso
nly bencllciaries will bo the sharpers aud
.he capitalist.
Minneapolis Tribune , ( Hep ) : The scu
te's action must deoplj shako the confidence
f the country Iu that body. It contains too
i.my men who are not there as statesmen ,
nit as servants of private interests. The
argo majority of these who voted for free
oinago nro said to be either silver mine own-
rs or otherwise Interested in the schemes of
ho so-called "silver gang. " Tim bill cannot ,
f course , pass the house , and In nny case it
vould bo vetoed by the president ; so that wo
re not , practically , in any dangur of such
ogislation. But it doc not conduce to a
enso f public .secuiity to re.ili/o the na-
lonal senate is capable of such monumental
oily anil recklessness.
Minneapolis Journal ( Rep. ) : It. would
eem absolutely ccitalu that this bill will Lo
etoed promptly by the pro-iideut. If ho
signs it lie fathers a damnable blot upon the
fair name of Inn great party. But such an
idea is really unthinkable. The picalilcnt
will do his duty to the best interests of the
country. Ho will veto the bill.
Cleveland Leader ( Hep ) Wo think that
the senate has made a great mistake from
whatever standpoint its action Is considered.
It yields at once to all the demands of the
silver producers and goes to the full limit of
metallic inflation. Nothing is left for experi
ment or preparation. The action taken
should bo rover.sed for the sake of financial
security and In uminlunco w ith the views of
a majority of the ablest and most conserva
tive statesmen in the republican party.
Detroit Preo Press CDem. ) : The utmost
that ran safely bo said Is that the possibili
ties of danger are so great that the risk ought
not to bo run except for the attainment of
some very dcslrahlo result ; and If there Is
nny Mich result -beyond the aggrandizement
of the silver mine owners ut the expens5 of
the rest of the community It h is not thus
fur boon made clear. There Is enthusiastic
assertion that the great general public is
going to reap n bonellt by reason of the In-
crcaso In the circulating medium ; but how or
why the Ixmellt is to accrue no oneof the
slUCfiucn has undertaken toshow.
Springfield Republican ( fml. ) : The radical
nature of tlio bill will at once ho seen. If
enacted Into law It will dopivelato the
standard and contract thoclrculutlng medium.
The 113'j grains of standard silver uro now
worth about bO cents. No ono having a debt
to pay will take 1X ( ) cents worth of gold to the
mint to bo coined wlu'ii W ) cents worth of sil
ver will answer his purjwso us well. Consequently
quently tbo mouiont this act takes effect gold
\\ill ro to n premium und disappear from cir
culation. People holding gold or gold ccrtlil-
caten will not offer them iu genenil exchange ,
but u 111 buy with ? l silver bullion enough at
proBunt prluvt to make f 1 ut ) for payment of
dobU or for use In general purchase * . Alwut
$ .VX,000,000 In gold coin and cortltleuto * are
now lu circulation To drive all this Into
hiding , us the senate bill would , will result In
a tieuieuUous contraction of the currency ,
wild flurtuntlons In prices nnd the dcuiorall. , :
zntlon of trade , j
Milwaukee Sontlncl ! The dangers of the !
house measures have boon pointed out
already ; these dangers nro Increased by tin )
senate amendments , nnd probably there are . * .
few , If any , sober ami experienced Ihnin. toes
not Interested In silver mines
who do not ro.
gnrd the matter with dismay.
Utlcn Herald : The Plumb amendment U
silver cnulnoss of the craziest variety.
Wisconsin State Journal ! The silver bill/
as It passed the senate Is n wide-open nn > T
reckless measure with scarcely a safeguard
around It.
Salt Lnko Tribune ( Hep.Vo ) : had
hoped the compromise agreed upon would bo
adhered to ; that both houses would agree to
Increase ) the absorption of silver -I.WW.iXK . )
ounces per month. The president would
have signed a bill like that. It would have
answered every pur | > ose. It would have been
Just as good to the country as free eolnusjo ,
bolter In ono or two respects than free
coinage , mm would have led directly to
an ciiuullty between the metals.
VOIC13 OlTl Hi STATIC PU13SS.
Kearney Hub.
This Is not going to bo a very happy yc.it
for the professional politician. Ho already
begins to feel lonesome.
A Glenn , Alilo Itaecr.
r/cmotit Trlluuie.
Dr. Mercer of Omaha has been brought out
by his friends as u candidate for governor ,
mid indications now nro , It must bo confessed ,
that ho will bo a nicer In the Held More < i
has been for u great many years prominently
Idcntltled with Omaha's material progress.
Ho Is n clean , able man nnd has a powerful
upport bchlna him at the metropolis.
llndlunl Chanson Needed.
Yuilt Times.
There is n strong feeling In the state that
to Insure success to the republican ticket tlm
fall , some of the present incumbents should
be let off. The jxjoplo have just reason to
complain of Inactivity and seeming servility
of the members of the board of transporta
tion , and they demand now men. If somo' '
radical changes are not nmdo the ticket this
fall will bo haid to elect. /
MuuColl'H FrlciulH Talk ,
GDtlieiibtirg A'nnt.
Jack MacColl has never yet said that ho
would not bo n candidate for the nomination
of governor of Nebraska. Ho has left this
matter with his friends , preferring to wait
until the time comes for notion. AH ono of
his filends , wo think the time has arrived ,
and wo say to the republican electors of the
state of Nebraska that In case the republican
party desires the services of an able , honast
and true man as their candidate for governoi ,
that Mr. MacColl will accept.
Democratic Congressional Tnlk.
JlMtrtec Demoentt.
Thci-o Is a feeling favorable to W. J. Bryan
' '
of Lincoln as tbo democratic candidate''for
congress in the First district. While the
Democrat regards Mr. Biyan as n biilllunt
young man and ono who Is nhlc and energetic ,
nnd If nominated would make an excellent
canvass , It regards Charles II. Brown of
Omaha as the most avallahlo tnun in the dis
trict. What the democratic party of this dis
trict needs is a man who has n record as with
the peoplo. Mr. Brown has that record , and
while nothing can bo said against Mr. Bryan ,
ho Is a new man nnd has his recoid to make.
Fanatical Intolerance.
1 ItHtttiU * .Yc/ju/mii. / /
The over-/ealous prohibitionist should restrain
strain himself from becoming fanatical. It is
dtfllcult for him to understand bow any one
can oppose his ide.Ls without being in the \ > . \ \
of the liquor dealers. Ho does not seem \ \ ill
lug t | > concede that the strongest element
among the nntls uro these \\lio believe it is
better on moral grounds to have the liquor
business under subjection to the law than to
bu run clandestinely in deliance of all law It
is this very spirit of intolerance now bein
manifested that makes many opposed to the
rule that would follow the adoption of pro
hibition.
Tlio AVroiijj Channel.
Fmniinl riall.
The Flail has no quarrel with the temper
ance people of tlio city or state. It admires
any pure and unselllsh effort to make men
butter , and will over champion any mo\
nicnt for a genuine reform. But It despises
the mercenary demagogue who prates for
reform at $100 per night , and who would tob
the widow und the orphan of their mites to
put fat upon his beastly carcass. To rai.su
the $1 < X ) for St. John on Thursday night , the
till of the man was tapped who finds it Im
possible to give his family a decent living
and pay his lionc-.t debts. It is at the
pcnsc of the poor people of Nebraska
such blatant demagogues us St. John uro
kept upon the road , and thut .such vennl and
slushy publications as the New Yurie Voice
urosubsidi/ed to flood tlio .state.
If the mono- spout for such purposes could
boglventthholy writ prescribes , totho jMxir
that we hnvo with us , untold good could IKJ
accomplished.
A Wor t About A ItatoiM.
SiiMim Atlveiilfcr.
The Advertiser thinks thut these fanner
friend agitators are doing the state morn
harm tliun good. The agitation in the begin
ningwasn good thing. It aroused the po > -
plo to resist oxhorbltajit railroad tariffs ui.d
to resist ruilroul manipulation in politics
But this purpoao is now accomplished. So
effect mil lias been this agitation in iirouslni ? J >
the people that today no man dare ask fm *
recognition In the republican party without
first pledging him.self to theao reforms. Hud
the special session convened It would nut
have dared refuse to pass the measuie- .
mimed in the cull. The uuxta legislature u il
not dare to pause or hesitate. It must inoxo
straight forward in tbo line of these just di -
mnmls , and the man who hesitates Is lost It
Is now only a question of time when those
things will come , as sure as the next vunU-i
snow , and the Advertiser , believing there i
force enough In the aroused will of the poi. .
pic , nnd manhood enough In the personal
muko up of the next law-making body , to m
coinpllsh suiely and ccitninly thcso dm I rn Ufa *
reforms , thinks it is better for the statn tTi.i'
this infernal howl about a fanner pmrit
that does not exist -jhould stop , and stop n
The press of the state , while holding fiu i I 'i
all these advantages that wo huvo .n .
.should turn Its attention now to the ivtim ! I
Ing of the broken unit battcicd loputition t
Nebraska.
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