THE OMAHA DAILY BEE , , FRIDAY , NOVEMBER 14 , 1890.
THE DAILY BEE.
E , ROSEWATEB , Editor.
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Notary Public.
Till ! council combine 1ms richly earned
tlio solitude of private lifo.
r IT is evident Jay Gould intends to
squeeze ft few moro millions out of the
Union Pacillc.
Tun dark clouds of prohibition have
disappeared , but the council boodlora
are still with us.
Tin : Omaha Tammany shows signs of
returning lllo despite the fact Unit the
people repudiated the gang twice within
a .vour.
n is much consolation in the ns-
mirimccs of General Grooly that torna
does do not occur oftoncr than once in
two .
years. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Tun collapse of Villard stocks in Wall
street forcibly recalls the shock which
followed the -unloading1 of the Dutch
stockholders nine years ngo.
AT the rnto nt which now offices have
bcon created by the council combine )
within the past year , the next mayor
will luivo moro offices at his disposal
thnn the mayor of Chicago.
IP nASTKUXpapers persist In classing
Nebraska's sod house statesman among
the democrats In tlio next congress , the
pouor of tlio courts mufit bo invoked to
sccuro a political dlvorco for him.
SPKCULATIOX on the speakerahip of
the Fifty-second congress is a triilo premature -
mature , but all calculations based on the
omission of the boot of Texas are liable
to bo kicked to flinders within twelve
months.
BCTTLisns on the frontiers of the Da-
kotus are uttering loud and prolonged
complaints ri gainst armed Indians.
"Whllo there is no danger of Indian war ,
tlio policy of permitting the Sioux tobo-
como walking arsenals is not conducive
to the pcnco nnd tranquility of border
Bottlers. Roving Indians armed with
rifles , revolvers and innumerable knives
nro not calculated to make lifo In the scat
tered settlements of Dakota a ceaseless
round of pleasure.
ACCOHDINO to loaders of the Knights
of L-Jbor convention in Denver , the
Farmers' alliance was n sideshow in the
recent election , The knights did all the
work and claim nil the glory. The as-
Bortlons of these juwbono workingmen
nro founded on nn abundance of gall. Of
the seventy thousand votes cast in Ne
braska it is Rafo to say that the Knights
of Labor did not cast throe thousand. In
Douglas county , whore it would natur
I ally bo supposed thov possessed the
greatest strength , the alliance ticket
Avorngcd about twelve hundred votes , a
majority of which wore cast in the coun
try urecincts. In Lancaster , the next
( largest county , twenty-eight hundred
votes wore cast , seven-tenths of them by
fanners. So far ns Nebraska is concerned
the inlluonco of Craddock & Co. has not
been visible to tlio naked eye.
A KKcnN'f utterance of the British
minister of agriculture leaves no doubt
of the Intorttlon of the British povern-
ment to matntnin the roBtrlctions on the
importation of live cattle from the
United States. The minister of agricul
ture has hitherto professed that ho was
actuated by no other motive than a da-
Biro to protect British stock from Im
ported disease , but his Into speech at a
meeting of lory farmers very pointedly
Indicated tlmt ho does not ontortalu n
t friendly fooling toward this country , and
to the extent of his opportunity ho In-
toniiH to put every possible obstacle in
the way of American cattle gutting into
Great Britain. Ho had been officially
informed of the moat inspection law
Kolnpr into effect when ho delivered his
address , in which ho assorted tlmt
plouro-pnoumonla ttlll exists here , nnd
expressed IndtlToronco regarding the
authority given the president to pro
hibit the importation of goods from any
cduntry acting unfairly toward the
United SUitoa. It ia well to bo apprised
of just what the sontlmont of the British
government is in this rrmttor , BO thtvt
our government need not wnsto any time
in idle negotiations. With this knowl
edge the plain duty of tlio United Stntea
govarnmont is to demand a removal or
modification of the restrictions regard
ing American cattle , and If this is refused -
fused congress lias prescribed what shall
bo done ,
int.lT TUH 7IEB C
The -avlnga and Idloticjfixbblo of some
of the would-bo newspapers of Nebraska
ibout the results of the election nro a
lisgraco to journalism and common do-
ency. Dictator Burrowa and the brood
of jiifkiuscs that are always braying
ibout conspiracies and combines , in
vhlch Ilosowatcr and Tun IlEK are
nude chief factors , assert Hint Tlltt Dm :
claims Boyd'a ' election nnd that Rose-
valor proclaimed Hoyd before all the vo-
urns were in.
Kow , TUB Br.K claims nothing , nnd
Josuwater has made no proclamations
ibout the election of Boyd or anybody
clfcc. As a metropolitan dully Tfiu Biu :
ms in this election , as in all other mat
ers where enterprise and lavish outlay
of money nro required to got news ,
lemonstmted Its rightful claim to rank
vith the great dallies of the. country. It
aid out a very extensive nnd thorough
yslcm for the collection of the election
returns , it received several thousand
lispatches from its reporters in every
village and precinct , and spared no
iionns to have each report verified and
ovised as rapidly as olllclal counts were
mnde in precincts and by counties.
Tlifs enterprise , coupled with the em
ployment of half a do < con exports in its
office , under tlio supervision of Rote-
valor himself , to summarize mid foot up
he returns , enabled TIIK Bun to dis-
nnce all would-bo competitors , not only
n the completeness of Its election re-
urns , but in their absolute accuracy , as
ncnsurud by the returns so far received
> y the secretary of state.
In publishing these election return1 ?
Tun BUB necessarily had to admit that
3oyd ran ahead of the other candidates
or governor on the face of the returns.
That did not make Tnu Bnn a champion
or claimant for Boyd , but simply a roll-
iblo and painstaking newspaper. It was
the first to announce Boyd's election ,
| ust as it was the first to annotinco the
election of Grover Cleveland , who be
came president by about the same ma-
ority.
It is Into that at the special request of
William Henry Smith , general manager
of the Associated press , the editor of
I'llK Bn : , over his own name , wired the
CMtlt of the election according to the
) cst means at his command for ascertain-
ng lhat result. If this is not satisfuc-
.ory to the wretched nonentities who
are trying to glvo themselves some
prominence by scurrilous and indecent
attacks upon this paper , they are wel
come to make the most of it.
MVllE IMPORTANT T/f-tiV POLITICS.
It is to bo hoped that politics will not
gro b the attention of the now legisla
ture to the exclusion or injury of Im
portant business interests of the state
which will come up for consideration ,
legislature elected in Nebraska over
had larger questions to meet and settle.
One reform which la bound to como
Homo time , and ought to como at the
next session , is a change in the methods
of nssobslng property for taxation. The
present method of putting valuations
. idiculouslylow and the tax rate ridicu-
: ously high is a fruitful source of dissat
isfaction. It pleases nobody , unless it
bo extravagant county boards who desire -
sire to cover unreasonable exactions
under n mass of complicated arithmetic
which the average taxpayer is unable
to penetrate. It scares awny capital
ivith lofty percentages that boar no true
relation to the real amount of taxation.
[ t is a ready means of excuse for over
or undervaluation of property , ac
cording to the mood or interest
of the absofefaor. It is a method which
invites dishonesty aud general looseness
in the raising and disbursing of publio
revenues in nil the cities and counties ol
tho-stato. To reform this obvious abuse
should bo ono of the first acts of a legis
lature which was elected with the hope
that it would do much to advance the
material interests of Nebraska.
Other important matters not to men
tion the absorbing questions of railroad
regulation nnd revision of the usury
laws will bo the adoption of means for
pushing the development of the state
and attracting now capital and popula
tion. The methods which have done
much for other western stutoriaro worthy
of trial horo. Provision must also bo
made for the representation of the state
at the world's fair.
These are some of the business ques
tions which will have to bo dealt with
by the next legislature. They are much
more important than politics. It Is to
bo hoped that they will bo met b.v
clear-headed and public-spirited repre
sentatives of the producing and business
interests of a state that is still just in its
infancy.
TIJK ELECTION HILL ,
The decision of the president not tc
call an extra session of congress lessens
the chances for the passage of the oleC'
tlonbill whioh Is in the senate. The
advocates of the measure are said to be
as earnest as over in the dotcrminatior
to pass it , but it is doubtful whether thoj
will bo as numerically strong aa whor
congress adjourned. It is reasonable tc
suppose tlmt the late elections wil !
cause many republicans at both ends o
the capitol to roriso their opinions or
the election bill , and while it is not t <
bo doubted that the more radical o
them will insist on pushing the measure
it is certain that the conservative ole
inont will bo largely reinforced in numbers
bors and emboldened in tholr opposl
tion. The bill was formally postponoi
until the December session , but it , has
no special privilege. Still it could b <
taken up at any time by a majority vote
but unless the rules can bo amended si
as lo fix a time when a vote shall b <
had It Is not probable that it will b <
taken up. To attempt to change tin
rules would precipitate a light tlm
might bo prolonged to the close of th <
session , and since the republicans nr <
not unanimous in favor of a chnngo it ii
not likely that these who are will brinj
on n partisan conflict over this question
The well informed Washington corro
&pomlent of the Philadelphia Lcdtjc
snyg that Independent of the parlla
montnry obstacles that besot , the bill tin
result of the election has thrown addi
tlonal obntaclos In its pathway , nnd i
would not bo surprising If it should to
quietly abandoned. Undoubtedly tlm
courco would bo heartily approved by i
very largo majority of the ropubllcui
party. Outside of the south , where thi
election bill was directly responsible for
the loss of republican congressmen , that
ncasuro exerted very llttlo Influence
upon the elections Most of the con
stituencies throughout the north hardly
icard of it , and none pave it very soii-
ous attention. But while it played no
significant part in shaping the result , It
can safely bo said that if It bad been
made an issue the popular verdict would
liavo gone heavily against it What
ever may bo said in defense of legisla
tion of this kind as an act of justice to a
argo body of the people who are do-
prlvcd ol the franchise , and therefore
ire not pronorly represented in con-
jrcss , or Indeed are not represented nt
ill , the fact must bo owned that the
masses of the republican party do not
bcllovo s ch legislation to bo expedient ,
while many thousands of them hold the
opinion that it would fail of its purpose.
Under existing circumstances It Is ob
viously the part of wisdom to allow the
election bill to quietly die.
KVVUDlATINaOLHVKI.AND.
The indications are that Mr. Clevo-N
land will have to fight hard in order to
ct * the nomination for the presidency
in 18U. ! ) The democratic demand for
him is by no means unanimous. On the
contrary there are party loaders who
liavo already proclaimed their opposi
tion to him , and such men as Senator
Gorman of Maryland , Blackburn of Ken
tucky , MoPharson of Now Jersey and
Eustls of Louisiana will exert a great
inlluonce. Gorman has never bcon es
pecially friendly to Cleveland , or at least
not since ho was chocked in his attempt
Lo manage the patronage of the adminis
tration , and it is therefore not surpris
ing that ho has thus early gone on record
as against the ronomlnation of the ox-
president. Eustis , also , has never been
a friend of Mr. Cleveland , having stood
with Heck , Vnnco and other democratic
senators in practically ignoring him.
But Blackburn and McPherson were
until now understood to be among the
strongest supporters of the ox-president ,
and therefore their virtual repudiation
of him is significant.
In a recent interview the Now Jersey
senator remarked that the Held had
broadened , and the democracy was no
longer dependent on Now York for Us
candidate. The party could go to the
west for a standard-bearer. This idea
found acquiescence from the Kentucky
senator , who expressed his displeasure at
the failure of Mr. Cleveland to do any
thing to assist the Tammany democrats
in their late contest. Senator Eustls is
authority for the statement that at a
conference of leading democrats in Now
York city some time ago it was prac
tically decided to throw Cleveland over
so far as Now York is concerned. Ho is
quoted as saying that there was no at
tempt to conceal the fact that Cleveland
is distasteful to the loaders of the democracy -
mocracy , and that an outside man is
preferred if it should bo found that Gov
ernor Hill is not acceptable.
Unquestionably Governor Hill stands
better at present with the democracy of
the country than over before , while ho
Is in virtual control of the party in Now
York. Ho has announced his wish to
again be a candidate for governor , which
disposes of the statement that he desired
to go to the United States semite , nnd
doubtless his wish will bo complied with.
Congressman Itoswell P. Flower aspires
to the governorship , but ho will very
likely give way to Hill rather than take
the chances of being defeated in a con
test with him. If Hill should bo ro-
olcctcd next year ho could easily obtain
the Now York delegation in the next
democratic national convention , and
would therefore have a very decided ad
vantage ever Cleveland. All the indica
tions are that this will bo the case.
But the trend of democratic opinion is
manifestly toward getting a candidate
outside of Now York , nnd if the party
had nn available man in the west ho
would have a very excellent chance of
be.ing made the standard bearer.
ANOMALIES OF TUB ELEOTIQN ,
It will not bo well for the friends of
reform and the enemies of corporate ag
gression to build too high hopes on the
results of the slate election. It is true
that both branches of the legislature
have alliance majorities , but it remains
for nctual experience to demonstrate
that its component parts will all stand
firm in the encounter with the corpora
tion lobby.
All is not gold that glitters not
every man who protests his devotion to
the people proves true at the critical mo
ment.
There were some very strange bedfellows -
follows in the recent campaign. It ia
now plainly seen that W. A. McKolghan
had the ardent support of the B. < k M.
railroad in the Second district. The
railroad owed a long standing grudge to
N. V. Harlan , and railroads have the
Bourbon quality of never forgetting.
Thus men who could discern the power
ful undercurrents at work in the Second
district behold the anomalous spectacle
of a corporation fighting for the so-called
prophet of anti-monopoly and sticking
its long knife Into the man whom the al
liance farmers wore preparing to bury
under an avalanche of votes. The ranU
and file of the independents wore unwit
tlngly working with the railroads to defeat <
feat a man who bad won the undying
enmity of corporations by standing ur.
manfully for the pooplo. This very fad
should have boon the strongest argu
ment In support of Harlan. THK Bun
does not say that MoKoighnn bad any
understanding with the railroads , but il
Is well aware that ho was the-instrument
with which they hammered a man whc
was above corruption and beyond ro-
preach into the dust of defeat.
The same anomaly was observed Ir
the independent state convention. The
man whom the railroads feared was
beaten by a man whom tholr cohorts
favored. These are samples of sovornl
like results in the state election. MOD
have bcon chosen to the legislature
under the ban nor of anti-monopoly who
ewe tholr success to the occult power
that has so long made nnd uninndo poli
ticians in this state. . Men wore de
feated by nntl-monops to the profound
satisfaction of the railroads ,
THK BKH hopes the producers will
realize every reasonable hope which
they entertain in regard to the ne l
legislature. It will contribute all in iti
power to that end. But there have been
enough peculiar things developed al
ready to make'it wise for the friends of
oform to koojV sharp eyes on certain
people at
AN. uitaKNT DUTl' .
It Is to bo presumed that every ropub-
lean In tlio present congress appreciates
fully the urgency of the duty to pass n
capportlotuncut bill. There is no mater -
or claiming the .attention of this con-
'ress of greater Importance. The ne
cessity for the readjustment of the rep
resentation in the lower house of con
gress has nuv'ur l en as'grcat ns the re
cent census has shown it to bo. This
earrangcmcnt Is a matter of justice to
each of the states. There is nothing
partisan about It. It is found that the
differences In the present congressional
representation are quite as glaring when
Llio southern states nro compared with
each other as7hon republican states nro
compared with republican or when dem
ocratic states are compared. In all
jomparlsons the discrepancies are found
to bo equally great. Thus , as the house
of representatives is now constituted ,
northern republican states are found to
range from ono member of the house for
each ono hundred and sixty-eight thou
sand inhabitants down to one for each
four hundred thousand , while southern
democratic states are found to differ in
the ratio of ono hundred and sixty-two
thousand to two hundred thousand. Such
differences call most emphatically for
speedy rectification , and the call is from
every state and in the interest of every
btato , without regard to section or pol
itics.
itics.Thoro
There ought to bo no difference of
opinion aa to the equity or necessity for
the passage of a apportionment bill
during tnis congress. It is necessary in
order that there may bo opportunity for
notion during the coming winter by such
legislatures as will bo in session , or at
the furthest at the sosjions a year from
the corning winter , unless congress
should determine to relieve the legisla
tures of the duty of districting the states.
A bill for this purpose has boon intro
duced , and if it appears clear that the
constitution gives congress the authority
to proscribe ) tlio congressional districts
a measure of the kind is very likely to
bo adopted. The fcollng is general
among the republicans in congress that
such outrageous gerrymanders at those
in Ohio , Indiana and Maryland ouffht lo
ba prevented , and this can only bo done
by congress taking the arrangement of
congressional districts out of the hands
of the legislatures.
It is oxpactcd that the democrats will
fight most vigorously- prevent the
passage of a apportionment bili by
this congress. There will bo little
danger of their accomplishing anything
in the house if the republican members
can bo kept la Washington , but they
might bo successful in the senate. The
result of the late elections will encourage
them to employ every moans of obstruc
tion , and the country may expect to wit
ness an unparalleled exhibition of filll-
bustoringand dilatory tactics. But a
reapportionment bill ahould bo passed if
possible , and it should bo ono of the
earliest measures for consideration.
THE reports that reach us from Wall
street regarding the ascendancy of Jay
Gould in the control of the Union Pacific
may or may not mean anything. The
probabilities are that the reports were
concocted by stock gamblers with a view
to bearing Union Pacific stocks. The
annual election of Union Pacific direc
tors will not take place until March , nnd
many ups and downs may bo reported in
the stock market between now and then.
When Gould had control of the road re
ports were circulated every few weeks
that ho was outflanked and bound to
stop down , but for all that Gould hold
on with an iron grip. So it is at pros-
out.
IF there is anything in sight that the
railroad companies and franchised cor
porations want within the roach of the
city council , from a public thoroughfare
to n viaduct , all they have to do is to ask
for it Until every square foot of public
property ana every public thoroughfare
is transferred into the keeping of some
voracious corporation or monopoly , am
bitious ward heelers and thrifty honora
ble bilks will all want to bo in the city
council , where on six hundred dollars n
year they can grow comfortably wealthy
in a single terra.
THE board of public works declares
that the services of inspectors can bo
safely dispensed with. But the power
to do the dispensing is confided in the
chairman , who is expected to see to it
that the inspectors are kept actively em
ployed in the interests of the combine
until after the city election. Mr. Birk-
hausor must cancel his political debts.
THE question that confronts the tax
payers of Omaha now is whether the city
council is to bo owned and controlled by
franchishcd corporations and manipu
lated by jobbers and boodllng contrac
tors or whether the city affairs are to bo
run in the Interoat.of the taxpnyhig pro
perty owners. , T , ,
THK business-i anon of Omaha have
done remarkably yell In the campaign
against prohibition. Now they must
buckle on thoirqrmor , and assist in rid
ding the city of. lias-caters and boodlors.
THE tax-eaters are busily engaged In
laying plans for1'continued prosperity.
They enjoy thojj soft berths that have
boon created fop.tholr exclusive use and
benefit by the combine and do not pro
pose to bo ousted from them if they can
help It. , 'f ' ,
THEIIE Is no .iuunediato danger that
the counciimunfo urognns of the Hon. P.
Ford will go a-begging in the bloody
Third , though not one of the score of
aspirants In the field Is physically capa
ble of filling them.
WE must not lose sight of the fact that
the Immediate future of Omaha will depend -
pond very largely upon the outcome of
the city election on the first Tuesday In
December.
THE number of eminent democrats in
the btate tendering advice and counsel
to Boyd indicate an alarming want of
confidence in the elect.
ACCORDING to a resolution of the
board of public works suspending "tho
services of all inspectors immediately
upon the completion of the ability to
further perform service for the city , "
the commissioners of insanity must bo
convened to determine when the Inspec
tors roach the "completion of their
ability. "
j.v THE
Miss Susan D , Anthony , b.v far the ablest
nnd most Influential advocate of the woman's
suJIraRo Idea In tbo United States , was In
Omaha yesterday , the guest of Hov. Newton
Mann ol Unity church.
The lady was on her way homo to Wash
ington , D. C. , from a vigorous but unsuccess
ful campaign in South Dakota , where the ques
tion of woman's guftrago was before the people
nt the recent flection. In 1831 Miss Anthony
engaged In a debate with Mr. Kdwnrd Hoso-
water , editor of Tin : Bur , at Hoyd's ' oWiu |
bouse , and although opponents in a very
earnest discussion the debate resulted in
malting them warm personal friends. Miss
Anthony called nt the editorial rooms of
TIIR BIE : hist evening and spent half
nn hour very pleasantly talking over the
prospects of her special hobby , of prohibition
and of the political situation In general. She
said that thcro was so much Interest mani
fested in the location of the capital In South
Dakota that It was Impossible to Interest the
voters In woman suffrage. Ttio two leading
political parties paid but llttlo attention to
the discussion of the question which Inter
ested her nnd the rest of the suffragists.
"I have mndo up my mind , " said Miss An
thony , "that hereafter I shall let the two old
parties fight their own battles , and I shall
con line myself to the work of furthering the
cause I so much desire to see tilumphant. I
have not had much to do with prohibi
tion recently. The protilhltlonlsts In Ne
braska nro undoubtedly iu the minority ,
but they form a very respectable minority.
The efforts of our woikora In the cause of
suffrage will bo largely directed , for some
time to come , toward the United States con
gress. "Wo hope to accomplish moro there
than by working among voters HKO the
miners of South Dakota , who care nothing
about the movement. The Swedes can bo In
terested In prohibition , but they turn a deaf
ear to woman suffrage. "
Miss Anthony said she hoped still to see
the day when women would bo given the
right lo vote in every state in the union.
"Tho admission of "Wyoming , with Its
women in possession of the ballot , has ( jlvcn
us a great deal of hope , " said the lady.
She was shown through Tin : Br.F. building
and expressed herself ns being surprised anil
delighted with the magnitude , inngnlllcenco
and arrangement of the building. Miss
Anthony is sovcuty-ono years old , hut still
retains to a remarkable degree tbo mental
and ph3'slcal vigor of former years. It Is
something quite phenomenal to see a woman
of three score and ten still able to appear as
ono of the loading orators In a political
campaign.
J" . D. Hubble , the democratic postmaster nt
Falrbury , was resting comfortably in a capa
cious arm chnir at tlm Paxton , complacently
cogitating upon recent events. A BKB man
Interrupted his inuslnps nnd asked him a few
questions. Then Mr. Hubble said :
"I don't know as Hiehnrds' refusal to de
clare against prohibition made much dlflcr-
cnco. Itwas just about the same ns If ho had
declared In favor of it , because it was gen
erally understood that ho leaned that way ,
and If ho had come out against it , it would
have weakened Boyd and strengthened Pow
ers. "
"How do you account for the election of
Boyd nnd the defeat of the balance of the
dcmooratlo ticket1 !
"Well , Boyd made moro of n campaign than
any of' the others. Ho was really the only
man on the ticket who went out nnd did hard
work all over the state. Another thing , ho
was helped by the alliance people moro than
any other candidate. I don't know how It
was in other parts of the state , but down In
our county whenever the -alliance people
scratched anybody it was almost always In
favor of Boyd. Wo didn't have a democratic
paper in the county , while the republicans
had two andt ho alliance one , but the vote
showed republicans 1,20.3 , democrats 1,010 ,
alliance 753. The other parties did all the
stumping , but wo c.imo out pretty well with
the votes. "
"What figure will the alliance cut In 18031"
"Thot depends altogether on the legislation
of the democratic congress. If it ia satisfac
tory to the farmers , the alliance will bo n
thing of the past , but If it Is not , there will
bo nny quantity of alliance men In the suc
ceeding congress , ami they would elect a
speaker. The work of the next congress will
have a very heavy bearing on the result In
1892. "
Hon. John A. Dempster of CJeneva Is in the
city. Speaking of the recent election Mr.
Dempster said :
"It was a sure enough cyclone all ever tlie
country for the republican party , but I want
to tell you another thing. There will bo just
ns great a reaction after a while. I look for
the state and nation to swing back again with
a vengeance two years from now. "
Hon. E. L. Mcrrltt , formerly editor of the
Omaha Herald , but now n resident of Spring
field , 111. , nnd recently elected to the state
legislature , passed through Omaha yesterday
on his way homo from Denver.
"Do tlio democrats hope to elect John M.
Palmer to the United States senate ! " a Bne
reporter nsUcd Mr. Mcrrltt.
"Do wo hope to elect himl" the gentleman
said , earnestly. "I should say wo do. We
will elect John M. Palmer to the United
States senate on the first ballot. "
\V. L. Young of the Nebraska fish commis
sion was In Omaha yesterday. In speaking
of tbo estimate made last Monday by tlio
commission for the appropriation needed for
the ensuing two years Mr. May said :
"Tho commission will not nsk for so largo
nn appropriation this winter as It did two
years ngo Because wo shall not need so much
unless moro extensive Improvements than
are now under contemplation are undertaken.
During the post two years wo built n flsh car
and a now hatchery , nnd these two items of
expense wo shall not have to incur very soon
again.
Legislative Irresponsibility.
State Ji > nii\al. \
Considerable discussion Is now going on In
the state press concerning the threatened
contest of the election of Mr. Boyd to tlio
Governor's ehnlr. Some are denying that
the legislature has any voice In the matter
except to declare the total of tbo votes , and
the name of the person appearing to have re
ceived the highest uumbor , as the person
elected to a state oftlcc. Others claim that
as the legislature Is made by the constitution
the solo Judge of the election of state officers ,
It Is In joint session the supreme master of
the situation , can count when It gets ready and
settle a contest ns seems good to it.
The fact that the legislatures have fre
quently defied the constitution of n state with
Impunity , because , of ttio Impossibility of pun
ishing Individuals fer the sins of the cor
porate body , Is sufficiently well known.
Legislatures have split In two moro than once
In thU mutter of declaring n governor elect ,
as in Louisiana , nnd each of the fractional
bodlc.9 have met and sworn in other persons
claimed to have been elected In sunlclcnt
numbers to make two legislative quorums ,
and have gone on with their business until
one or the other was repressed by mobs and
driven out of the capital.
Moro recently the legislature of West "Vir
ginia refused to count the vote nt nil because
the majority of the members seated , were
democrat * , nnd the governor that was elected
sn the fucoof the returns was a republican.
They went on with their business until the
end of the session nnd adjourned leaving the
old governor in the clmlr until n few dnys be
fore the expiration of the term of onico of
the man who had been deprived of bis scat ,
ind then mot with n now set of returns that
and been tampered with by the returning :
lioanh , aud the democratic courts , Hint Indi
cated the election of the democratic gov
ernor , whereupon they had him sworn in.
The democratic supreme court of the Btato
easily winked at all UIIHO abuses of execu
tive power on tbo part of the legislature.
Still more recently , in the state of Mon
tana , the first legislative scssloa was spent
In a fruitless attempt to organize under the
constitution because of two sets of returns
for legislators and state oniulals , two houses
were runtdng nt the same time , nnd the do-
ctslcus of the supreme court on the election
cases wore disregarded until the United
States senate settled the matter by excluding
ouo set of senators and admitting the other
sot.
sot.It
It appears from these precedents tlmt If a
legislature declines to bo governed by the
constitution and omits to do things of a mixed
executive and Judicial nature that the consti
tution enjoins upon It , thcro is no ado quato
remedy. Nor Is there any penalty that can
bo Indicted on the legislature or any member
thereof for the violation of the oath of ollleo
taken by the members in which they swear
to support , nnd , of couwe , to obey the consti
tution.
The irresponsibility of legislatures Is the
great weakness of our national and state gov
ernment. Any other otllcer of the state , cx-
ocutlvo or Judicial , can bo called to account
for the violation of his oath of ollleo. The
leglsl.itu ro ns nbady cannot bo called to any
account nnd no member of a legislature h ac
countable to anybody except tbo body of
which ho is a member.
The reason for this anomaly In our system
Is that It Is modelled to n great extent after
the English system. There the commons
have nothing above or beyond them In the
shape of a constitution , nnd nro wholly Irre
sponsible. The only way they can bo dealt
with in case they assume a high baud Is by
prorogation. The sovereign can disperse
them and take away their Individual rights
to sit at his pleasure.
Here the only casein which the chief mag
istrate can prorogue a legislature is when the
two houses cannot agree upon n. day for nslno
dlo adjournment. Nor has any mandatory
order of a court directed to the legislature
itself , any practical force. If the legislature
refuses to do what the court directs thcro is
no penalty. 'Jho court cannot do what tbo
legislature refuses to do. It may state what
the duty of the legislature is In the promises
on appeals perhaps , but that Is as far as Its
jurisdiction can go. Tbo court may nullify
an unconstitutional act of a legislature , but
it cannot euro a wrongful omission of a con
stitutional duty by a legislature.
Tlio IVnll Street Gambler * .
JJenvcr / ? < 7 > nMfr < in.
A very panicky feeling exists In the New
York stock market , and some of the Wall
street gamblers will probably go into bank
ruptcy before It Is allayed. The danger Is
that legitimate business may bosoilously in
jured by the financial disturbance brought on
by the stock gamblers. It would bo a good
thing for the whole country if the New York
stock exchange could bo wiped out entirely.
XEU'8 OF THE XOKTint'EST.
Nebraska.
Thcro are 10. German families belonging to
the Catholic church of "West Point.
Hev. A. W. Coniiott has loft Burwill to become -
como the pastor of the Congregational church
at Falrflold.
Thcro has been but ono case In the HastIngs -
Ing-s police court since October 20 , aud that
was a plain diunk.
Piro nearly destroyed tno rcsidcnco of Eu *
gene Hammond at Hustings. The loss Is
covered by Insurance.
Three thousand barrels of apples have bcon
shipped from Hulo this year. The average
price per barrel was S .
The Nebraska City pontoon bridge 'has
been cut loose and started down the river for
Its future destination , Auchison , Kan.
Excavations have been made at Ulysses
for ten now brick blocks to take tlio place of
the buildings recently destroyed by flro.
Thomas Sweeney was killed nnd Lewis
Mclntosh was injured bv the caving In of a
sand bank near Ulysses Wednesday after
noon.
Jacob Penn , ono of the oldest settlers of
Otoocoijnty. died at his homo near Dutibar ,
aged sixty-llvo years. Ho canio to Nebraska
In 1859.
W. B. Bock of Burt county would llko to
bo president of the state senate and C. D.
Shradcr of Logan has his eye on the spcak-
crshipof the houso.
Itoyond the ItocUlcs.
Baker City , Ore. , Is now lighted by elec
tricity.
Wyoming coal shipped into Oregon brings
* 10 a ton.
Billings , Mont. , offers $5,000 to anyone who
will build a Hour mill.
Three Indians will bo buns at Mlssoula.
Mont. . December 15 for murders committed
the past year.
W. H. Slbloy , n Nnvada City , Cal. , man ,
recently purchased In Oregon twenty pair of
Mongolian pheasants , which were introduced
Into that state several years a o. The price
ruiiKcd from $10 to $15 per pair.
Laura do Force Gordon , the "lady lawyer , "
Is engaged in a suit at WalU Wnlla , brought
by ladles who voted last fall , but whoso
votes were not counted. Thoysuo for dam
ages and Laura Is tailing- care of tbelr Inter
ests.
ests.A
A strange nnd fatal disease has appeared
among the cattle in the eastern part of Ne
vada. Death ensues in an hour after the
animal shows symptoms of the disease. The
eyes then bulge out and the tongue turns
black.
Promenent citizens of Boise City have Is
sued a call for a commercial convention to
meet In that city December 0 nnd discuss the
needs of the now commonwealth of Idaho and
nroparo memorials to present to the First
legislature.
There are growing on a furm In San An
tonio , Ual. , two larco llg trees that are as
old ns the state. Thny are thirty feet in
height have a very larRo spread , and are
marvels of productiveness. It is thought
they will yeld 1OJO pounds of fruit each.
The bark Tnmarlne , from the Arctic ocean ,
arrived at Sun Ifranclsco on the Dili Inst.
with 900 barrels of oil , aXW ( pounds of bono ,
and 175 barrels of sperm oil , the product of
sixteen whales , all of which is valued'nt $10-
000. This is the most valuable cargo among
the whalers for the year.
A salmon taken at Astoria , Ore , , had a
silver Walthnm watch and chain In its
mouth. The watoti had evidently laid in the
water for years , as the steel portions crum
bled to dust when touched. Its presence In
the salmon's mouth Is accounted for by the
fact that saluion at this season of the year
will eagerly bite at r.ny bright object , nnd
the watch nnd chain had been caught by tlio
net dragging on the bottom. As it was
hauled In It attracted the attention of the
salmon and he took It in.
Game Is exceedingly abundant in San
Francisco markets the present season.
Oeeso and quail uro very abundant and of
other varieties the Bulletin says : "Ducks
are now coming from tlio north by myriads.
The umrlccts , wliero every variety is seen in
largo piles , Illustrate- abundauco of this
game. The llttlo teal Is hung up In bunches ,
and hero mid thcro , separated from the great
piles of the moro common lilud , cno may sco
bundles of canvas backs ; but the market Is
never overstocked with the latter variety ,
Snipe , rail and all the long-billed varieties
are lump up to tcmnt the buyer. Venison
has boon abundant lor many a dny , Occa
sionally the carcass of a young bear may ho
neon , Ho has a place Iu the game list. The
coon , also , Is among tlio spoils brought In
from the country. A few weeks later larks.
robins and the rued birds will bo abundant.1
OMAHA'S ART EXHIBITION ,
Something About the ArtisU nud the Work 7
They Hayo Done.
A VERY COMMENDABLE LOCAL DISPLAY ,
> : -
Interest on tlio Itieronm1 ni toliof
Will Take the Vvir.cn OITcrccl by '
tlto Ansoclntlou I'nr tlio
Host IMuturei.
"A great deal of accent , but very Httl < j
nofco , " said Wagner when lending one night ,
to his orchestra. This Is sometimes a dis
tinction worth tbo painter's consideration.
Kspeelnlly should the yoiinfc artist boar this
constantly In mind when engaged upon his
exhibition work , for so very often does ho full
to discriminate between true and ultra-vivid
color which rcllects Wagner's Idea of accent
nnd noise.
Of the 217 oils on exhibition In the Mfo
building thcro are but very few for whoso . .
presence upon the walls ono Is forced to - > 1
blush , as has generally been the case In the * '
preceding inhibitions. There nro very few
daubs nnd fewer absurdities , when the ngo of
the association lb taken Into consideration.
Ono pleasant feature of the exhibition Is
that so many of the pictures are eotnpleto
compositions , good In almost every pnrtlcu-
lar. This has no reference to merely paint
ings which uro satisfactory In the ensemble ,
but canvases which In their entire surface
are covered with perfect workmanship.
Charles Cr.ilg of Colorado , a member of
the association , basin his "Nasty Day" ( ( Mi )
ono of the very best works in the collection.
It depicts 11 scene familiar to nearly every
frontiersman , Ute Indians going lo tno
agency for H implies , and deservedly excites
admiration. The atmospiiero Is perfect , the
detail carried to tlio llncst point consistent
with the subject matter , the -whole effort ,
commanding recognition , Mr. Craig certainly" *
Is to bo congratulated for his masterful de
lineation of the A incrlcau Indian nshols.
Mr. Borglum Is also largely represented ,
but none of his work Is new , having been on
exhibition for some time at the Ldningergtil-
lerj. Thcro Is a big future for this young
Omaha artist , and when his reputation is
made , when ho is n prizewinner in the Paris
salon , ho need not paint any better pictures
than the ones on exhibition now. His repu
tation will do the rest.
In landscapes Miss Ethel livens takes very
high rank. She has chosen to place on the
walls us representative of her art , an origi
nal drawing of a scene near Philadelphia
( fJ ) . It Is so excellent , so c.irofully worltod
up that some of tha leading artists of the
country have given it unstinted praise.
Charmingly pastoral , with a deep artistic
feeling running through It , the canvas will
stand an excellent show of taking ono of tbo
lending- prizes In the landscape class.
Mr. IJothery has more tbnn over justified
the good opinions of his frloiuls regarding bis
ability ns a pilntor In oils. Ho has made
tremendous strides In the past t\\clvo
months , Ids worlr being far superior to anything -
thing ho has heretofore accomplished. There
will bo a diversity of opinion us to which of
his exhibition pieces is the best. One , the
llguro of a woman , at her toilet (103) ( ) is dar-
iug , It Is unconventional. The llesh tints at o
excellent , the drawing , with the slnglo ex
ception of the left , shoulder , quite n-'coptablo.
But his subtlest art seems to have pone out
in the liming of "LelsuroMotnents"lli1) ( ! ) , the
lull length portrait of. a gray haired man ,
who Is busily engaged reading the paper ,
probably the debate on the Blair educational
bill. Tlio outline of the face , ttio working up
of the background , the tout enscmblo is per
fect. It Is a rlcturo wnlch places the artist
in tlio froat rank because of Its fcellug and
its truthfulness to the rules of art.
Ono of the most modest and conscientious
artists in the exhibition is Mrs. Frances Mu-
maugh. Retiring is her nature , yet wltlinl
the favorite ot the -whole artists' ' colony ,
she has a number of very charming canvases
on the walls. Mrs. Mmnaugh Is particularly
a painter of fruits and Jlowcrs. Thoroughly
appreciating her limitation , she always iloe'j
clover work within the scope of her ubillty
And several of her very host efforts nro hung
upon the line in the present 'exhibition. No.
112 ! , a study of la Franco roses , Is particularly
pleasing to the eye nnd thoroughly true to
unturo. No. I'M , "Autumn Treasures , "
which in this case nro cabbages' onions , tur
nips , etc. , was painted ns a companion plcco
to the "Impending Fate" of last yo.ir. As it
study plcco it is remarkably praiseworthy ,
reflecting the artist's knowledge ofthoiel-
atlvo value of colors. And No. 181 , "Tho
Deserted Claim , " has the true poetic ring I tst
is a lone hut in a wldo expanse of prairie ,
the cft" < ? et being heightened by the sombre
colors which the , painter has used. It shows
a thorough command of light aud shade and
Is deeply contemplative. .
Miss Sadie Kelly has a study of ducks /
upon the conventional board background , " *
[ 1)5 ) ] which are wonderfully well drawn , the
color being particularly commendable.
Ayoung woman with the instincts of the
French school of art is Miss Tcanu
McLennan who has fourteen pic
tures on exhibition , some of them ex
ceedingly worthy of critical commendation.
The young woman has unquestioned ability
and in a dom 3'oars from uow. when ago
tempers youthful impetuosity , will be in the
forefront of the light for fame. Two studies
of roses , Nos. 108 and 10'J , nro among the
gems of the collection. They are truthful to
nature , with nn atmosphere warm ana invit
ing , while her study of carnations [ 112 ]
shows much careful consideration.
A young artist who Is surprising her
friends is Miss Llcna Snowdcn , a pupil of
Mr. Kothcry's. A year ago her work WIIH
exceedingly crude but she determined to win
n place in the colony of artists and her ton
pictures in the present exhibition show what
can bo accomplished when doiorinlnatlou
holds the reins. No. 1 bll "vvlno and honey"
ia a gem , ono of the cleverest bits of trans
parent painting , if not the clevero-st. In the
gallery , nnd her roses are very effectively
drawn. Beyond doubt the young woman has
n future before her especially in still llfu
studies.
Miss Ilorshoy has a study of thistles [ 01 ]
elevated iilmostto thoroillng , the hanging rom- ,
mltteo evidently belloving that the painting , w
in the slain ; of the street , was "out of sight , "
and so it is In this far that ills nn exceed
ingly charming bit of worlr , quite worthy of
n ulaco on the lino.
Mrs. Ola B. Sonvoy , wlfo of the chief of
police , has painted a cluster of bovunlla [ ITS f
very prettily nnd effectively. In color anil
tone It is well nigh perfect ,
MM. George I. Gilbert has several very
pleasing sketches , No. 82 , a study of roses ,
being very artistically palutod.
Now that tha exhibition is open to the nub-
llc , art lovers should assist the association by
their presence. It Is beyond question the
best exhibition of homo talent Omahu has
hud , and tbo artists should bo encouraged to
oven bettor work.
At a quarry near Salt LaUo , hist week , a
frog hopped out of u pooled in the center of a
rojk which Had Just been blasted. The ani
mal was of small size and perfectly whlto.
Its eyes were unusually largo , but appar
ently blind. Whorotuo mouth should Imvn
been there wai only a lino. The frog died
next morulng.
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