THE OMAHA DAILY BlflJB THUJKHDAY. DECEMBER 17 , 1891 ,
THE DAILY BER
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OI-TIOES.
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HWOIIN STATEMBNT OK CIKCUI.ATION.
i-tiitn of Nebraska l .
County of Dounlan. I
Ocn , II. T/.scliuok. secretary of TIIK Urn
I'uhllflhlii' . ' roinp.-iny. ilooi nloninly swear
that the nctual circulation of Tun > .ut.v IlKK
for the week ending December ISJI.wiis as
follows :
Hunday , Dne. n a
Monday. Din1. 7 , ! ; / !
Tuesday. Dei8 . . Ji >
Wednesday. Doc n : r,7A !
Thursday. Doe. 10 f-1. I"
l-'rldiiy. Duo. II ! -iL-
Suturdiiy , Doe. 11 J'.lKi
Average . 2i.O.li !
OKO. IJ. TCSC1UJOIC.
Sworn In before me and nnhscrlnud In my
prrsence Ill's lth ! ! day of December. A. D. 18JI.
Notary'Public.
Thn prowth of the nvoraco dally uln-illatlcm
nf TIIK HKI : for six years Is shown In vho fol-
lowln-r table :
IHW 1887 IS-1S ISS'.I Ift'.KI
Jnnunrr 'D.W 15.20' IO..W
Kcbrusrr III.TJ. 11,1 * ' ! > , V.U W.W . IU.71H H.1II
Mnrch ItKIT 11,41X1 IS.K'il M.HIS 14.OU
l..l'.ll 18.744 -U.Vil
ii.ni 17.181 iO.M )
Juno 14.147 I8.S5) ) M..10I
Jidr M.ir.u 18,11.1.1 SO.OH2 37.021
AllKIKt II.IM I8.IS.1 I8JVM 3I.7.V.I
Hepti'tnLer I.I.ITfl 18.IM I8.7IU ! iv > 7
Oclotwr IS/.W' ! I8.0SI I8.JW7 JO.ICJ ji.ini )
NoTcmhcr ruts Ih.fft H..U ! IIUIO 2J.IBII 54.KM
December I3.S.IT li.Oll I8.KJ 2-1,471
TIIK Chicago dcsporiulo is enterpris
ing onoti h to tlrlvo a St. Louis robber
to suiuido.
BKBT sugnr uud tlio sugar boot lioltl
tlio boards at Lincoln today and nil thia
interior rngion is listening Intently for
the discussion and its results.
COUNT rJJotSTOi's noble efforts on be
half of the famine striukon Russian
peasants force an unwilling world to
forgive him for perpetrating "Kroutzor
Sonata. "
SII.KNCK , more or loss undignified , is
still the only dolonso offered by E. C.
Cams , chief oil inspector , to the serious
charges of neglect of duty made and
proved by Tim Bisii
SKNATOU KYIK of South Dakota , in
attempting the grand straddle , has ap
parently come to serious grief. His du
plicity will probably result in shelving
him so far ns bis legislative usefulness
is concerned.
EDWIX M. FIELD was a plunger while
ho lasted and many a Wall street spec
ulator chuckled at the thought' of fleec
ing him. The young Napoleon of
finance quit business $2,000,000 ahead of
Wall street , however , though bankrupt
and insane himself.
GKNKISAL G KANT'S famous remark
that it is always safe to trust to demo
cratic blunders for republican success
promises to bo again verified if the first
ton days of the present congress are any
criterion from which to judge of the
work of the session.
JOHN W. DANIELS , who WAS reelected -
elected United States senator from Vir
ginia on Tuesday , is one of the ablest
men on the democratic sldo of the sen
ate. Ho is a law writer of national re
nown , an orator of the old but eloquent
style , and a general favorite with his
associates of both parties.
BIIA/.IL is too busy just now to ratify
her treaty with the United States and
asks for an extension of time. Unhap
pily for that country the business in
hand is of a very serious character. It
may result in either a wooding or awake
wako and therefore the request for ad
ditional titr.a is reasonable and should
be granted.
GUNKUAL NATHAN GOFF , ox-con-
gressman tvinl ox-governor of West Vir
ginia , was appointed United States cir
cuit judge of the Fourth district , and
republicans everywhere will say that an
able , faithful and ilosorving mun was
rewarded for valuable services to Ills
state , his party and the nation when ho
was selected.
MONTANA has sold 2" 0,000 cattle thia
year at un average of $10 per hond.
This is the bast year the cattle growers
of the young state have over experi
enced. It is safe to ostlm ito the ro-
colpts from cattle , hordes , sheep and
wool in Montana thia yoir : will roach
816,000,000. This Is the country whloli
northwestern extension of thoB & M.
railroad will open up to the Omaha
stool ; yards. These figures ought to
convince almost anybody that the coun
try la worth annexing.
As TIIK BKK predicted , J. D. Wood
ruffs brooxy interview In Monday's issue
concerning the Shoahono Indian agree
ment hna already agitated the capital
meimporio. Mr. Mori-Hint is verifying
Mr. Woodruff's story In lining the news
papers with the merits of the majority
report and is attempting to discredit
the views of the Wyoming member of
the commission. Mr. Woodruff is able
to talco care of himself , however , nnd
hla atory will bo heard by congress II
not by the dopartmont.
Mn. BltYAN la recognized ns the
loader of the Nebraska delegation In the
house , according to the Omaha double-
ondur. Leader of which Nebraska dele
gation ? The Independent , the fusion , or
the straight democratic ? At this dis
tance Kom appears to load the Inde
pendent , McKelglmn the fusion , nnd
Ltryan the democratic portions respect
ively of the Nebraska delegation and as
ouch of these consists of ono congress
man nil each loader has to do ia to utuUc
u.'ouud utter hla ovvtt uoso.
OPMrrrir
The bill of Senator Cullotn of Illinois
to provide protection for railway em
ployes by compelling rnltroiula to use mi
uitomatlc coupler Is , so far ns its object
Is concerned , a commendable measure.
The killing nnd maiming of railway
employes In thia country la really
nptmlllng. According to the last
report of the statistician of the
Interstate Commerce commlcsion the
number of mich employes Ulllcd
and Injured during the year end
ing Juno : ) , 1891 , wus about H'J,000 , and
the very largo majority of thcso wore
the victims of the primitive nnd perilous
coupling system. It is a record of cas-
ualitica in aslncrlo Industry which in any
ether country would bo regarded an
nlnrmlng , nnd would receive from the
government not only prompt attention ,
jut the application of the mint stringent
eglflntlon necessary to a remedy. In
this country , however , the railroads
Hive gone on from year to year killing
uid maiming tons of thousands of per-
aoiu in theirflorvlco without any serious
attempt having boon inndo to compel
-hem to provide against such casualties.
[ f It is In the province of congress to
enact a law that will have tills result It
is certainly time it did so.
The measure introduced by Senator
Cullom is peculiar in the method it
proposes for determining the choice
of tin automatic coupler. It provides
that the choice may bo nuulo by voted of
the common carriers and the employes ,
the former to hnvo ono vote for every
freight car owned , I eased or controlled ,
and the employes to bo entitled , in the
aggregate , to one-third as many votes as
may be cast by all the common carriers.
The Intei-atato Commerce commission is
to have power to decide upon the valid
ity of the votes , and the choice of
any particular coupler will depend
upon Its getting 500,000 votes out
of a total of not less than 000,000. In
case no choice is made a commission of
live competent persons is to bo ap
pointed by the president to detormlno
the coupler best to bo used. If congress
has the power to aulh orizo a commis
sion fo- this put-pose , wliy not do so in
the llrst place , instead of waiting for
the result of the roundabout , plan of
voting , with its necessary details , and
delays1 Is it good policy to al
low the railroad ; ) and their em
ployes , the latter being more
or less liable to have their
opinions and actions controlled by the
companies , to luivo anything to do with
determining this nmttur ? A commis
sion could act promptly , requiring only
a few experiments with couplers to de
cide upon the best , but who can say how
long it would take to know the result of
the voting planV
At any rate the bill provides for an au
tomatic coupler , and also tlmo all carriers
nro to equip at least 10 per cent each
year of the number of freight cars used ,
so that after the year 1000 , a tlmo quite
remote enough , all cars will bo equipped
us required by the bill. The object of
the measure is good , whatever criticism
may be made upon tlio methods proposed
for attaining it.
3II7ST I'VltaUli JIUHlXK-iH MRTIIOUS.
Mayor Gushing explains his action on
the library ordinance and adjacent lot
purchased that the ordinance and reso
lution had been signed prior to the ser
vice on him of the injunction. So far as
the ordinance accepting the bequest of
the Reed collection Is concerned nobody
will find fault. But the mayor had no
more right to approve a resolution that
involves tin expenditure of S18.000 out
of the library fund when there are only
$11,000 in that fund at the disposal of
the library board than the coun
cil had to vote this overlap. The
mayor and every member of the council
who voted for this resolution have violated
lated the plain provisions of the charter
and laid themselves and their bondsmen
liable to prosecution for the excess.
Right hero lot us say once nnd for all
time that the action to enjoin the pur
chase of the lot adjoining the Rood
library lot was brought solely with a
view to restrain the deliberate violation
of the ohartor and incidentally to compel
the waiver by the heirs of the Reed es
tate of all their claims for reversion
of that property before 'ho city under
takes to expend $100,000 in improving It.
The assertion that this Is an attempt
to force the relocation of the library is
preposterous on Us face. The proposi
tion on which the bonds rest expressly
requires the proceeds of those bonds to
bo expended on the Reed lot. Not a dollar
lar of this money can bo expended
legally on any ether location.
It Is the duty of our city authorities to
nrotcct the city from the outset against
the reversion of the grounds and
buildings to the heirs of the estate. In
ether words it is their duty to insist
thnt nobody ahull hold a string to the
property upon which the city uroposes
to expend not less than $100,000 and in
all p-obnbility Is bound to expend 8200-
000 before the structure is ready to bo
occupied for a library and museum.
It K t'O KM Kit MO 11 K.I 11F Y.
13. F. Moroarty is the moH conspicu
ous member of the Oiu'iha city council.
In the roles he has choion In that body
he hnscnuplod his name with n notoriety
which extends all over tlio country. An
honest man would bo humiliated by the
prominence which Moroarty has at
tained. Not so with the councilman
from the Seventh ward.
Moroarty has been through the llory
furnace of two Investigations lately.
The llrst was occasioned by a suspicion
that ho had offered his vote in certain
cases for boodle and in others was to ba
rewarded by the legal business of n cor-
poruticm seeking n favor at the hands of
the public. In the opinion of moat
people who followed the Investigation
Moreany only oscap3d conviction because -
cause the Afro-Amoriciin In the wood
pile was covered with liquid lime. In
the ether case ho was charged with
murder nnd escaped solely because of
eonulotlng testimony nt the preliminary
hearing.
The gentlomnn'a gall hna been fed by
those nppitront vindications nnd now ho
demands n grand jury to ascertain
whether or not li 1 ? , Davis nnd C.
Sncoht are Interested in city contracts.
If they are ao Interested Moronrty has
known it for nt loaat a year , n.id has
been an accessory lu voting appropria
to contractors with whom , nccord-
ing In Morcurty , those cotmcllmon hnvo
boon directly or Indirectly In partner
ship. As a reformer Moroarty certainly
caps the climax. It is ns luml to con
vict n man of boodllng ns it would bo to
convict n loose woman of n do-
parluro from the moral code.
But If common report nnd current belief -
liof among clti/.ens of Omaha could bo
crystall/od Into n jury verdict , Morcarty
would bo down at Lincoln making bar
rels for Charley Moslor. This may not
bo complimentary but it la the blunt nnd
unvarnished truth. From nil such re
formers n ? Morenrtv may the Good
Lord deliver usl
TM IXH TO STATKH fOlt lllllll.17'IO.V.
There is danger that the movement
for reclaiming the arid region will be
embarrassed and Injured by the many
plans proposed for its promotion. The
last irrigation congress , reflecting the
consensus of the most Intelligent west
ern opinion on tills subject , suggested a
simple , practicable and direct way by
which the government could materially
aid the states and territories in carry
ing out a policy of irrigation
without milking any demand upon the
national treasury or involving tlio gov
ernment in any financial obligation.
This was thattliu government shall
grant in trust , upon such conditions as
would servo the public interest , to the
states and tof-rltorioj needful of trrign-
gation , all lands now a part of the pub
lic domain within rfatd states and terri
tories , except mineral lands. This plan
received the approval of the sec
retary of the interior in his
annual report , qualified by the
suggestion thnt with regard to
the sources of water supply for Irriga
tion there should bo reserved to the
United States the power of forfeiture
and resumption in case of great ribuso era
a conflict of interests between states
threatening to lead to actual violence
between their respective populations ,
or allowing the irrigation of vast dis
tricts to fall into the hands of monopo
lies without sunicicnt protection for tlio '
people , This view was concurred in by
the president in his annual message ,
and so far as wo have observed it has
met with no objection anywhere.
Any proposition to involve the na
tional government financially in connec
tion with the reclamation of the arid
lands is certain to meet with vigorous
opposition , and therefore to injure the
movement for thnt purpose. Such a
proposition li is been made in a bill in
troduced by Senator Dolph of Oregon ,
which provides "for the loaning by the
United States of funds to the
states or territories for the pur
pose of assisting in the construc
tion of reservoirs , fountains , canals ,
artesian and ether wells , and any and
all ether works used for the develop
ment , conservation and furnishing of
water supplies for irrigation in aid of
agriculture. " Although the am.iunt
that may bo loaned to any one state or
territory is judiciously limited , still the
plan would create a debt for which
the government would ba responsible ,
and the best public opinion of
the country undoubtedly will not
sanction anything of this nature. There
is a feature of this measure which may
commend it to an element of the people ,
which if that , the bonds of states or ter
ritories accepting loans shall bo depos
ited with the United States treasury and
notes issued to the par value of the
bonds , such notes to ba legal tender for
all private and public duos not exceed
ing $10,000. This would give the country
another form of currency and might become -
come the prolific source of an endless va
riety.
Propositions such as this only servo to
complicate the irrigation problem and
retard the progress of the movement for
the reclamation of the arid lands. The
practical advocates of irrigation do not
ask nnysuoh expedients.
i * TIIK IXIKIK * > T ov ir.iT/jKir.ir1.
A convention that will have some in
terest for the producers of the west and
northwest will meet in Detroit today.
Its object is to discuss the subject of im
proving the lake channels so ; is to per
mit the building nnd sailing of vessels
of greater draught and tonnage , also
the question of connecting the hikes with
the " ocean by a watorw.iy capa
ble of accommodating the largest
steamers , and to take action which
will enforce tlioso matters upon
the attention of congress. It la urge > I
that the full usefulness of the lakes ns
highways of cheap and rapid transporta
tion between the northwest and west
and the Atlantic coast nnd Europe will
never bo roalixod until the twenty-foot
channel which will BOOH bo com
pleted between 1)ninth and Chicago
and Lnko Erie pjrts shall hnvo
boon extended to tidewater. Then
steamships carrying . ' 1,000 or 4,000
tons will ply regularly between
the lake cities and the ports of the old
world , and the grain Holds of the United
States will bo brought nearer the mar
kets of Europe than over before. Of
course this must come In the course of
the development of the country , and
there Is really no section of the nation
so largely interested In it ivj the great
west , for whoso products oven now there
nro not ndoqu.it3 outlets , as thu grain
blockade slnco tlio close of lake navi
gation sulllclontly demonstrates. Not
withstanding the shipments of grain
from the northwest by lake , during the
past season , were unprecedented , mil
lions of bushels of wheat remain in the
elevators at upper lake ports and along
the railroads. Our g-oiit inland seas are
bound to play a most important part in
connection with the transportation prob
lem , nnd indeed u"o already doing
so. The west and nurthwest , which
have so profound tin interest in
that question , nnd ono that must steadily
increase with the progress of their de
velopment , ara not , therefore , uncon
cerned in the movement for Improving
the facilities of hike transportation mid
connecting our Inland seas with the At
lantic ocean.
.1 KKittir.inr , i > , vmio.\ .
Assistant Attorney General Shields of
thu Interior department has decided
thnt Jane Waldron , the daughter of a
white father and n half-blood Indian
mother , was born a citizen of the United
States and cannot claim rlghla in un In
dian. Ho debars her nnd her children
from the right to draw annuities tvnd
rations froutho government , and re
fuses her the privilege ol taking trlbnl
lands in severally.
This Is a very Important decision nnd
will bo far-reaching In Its re
sults If tiHiainod by the courts ,
in case of nppmil , or if adhered to In the
practice of the Interior department. It
is n well known fact to persons familiar
with Indian affairs that n great many
persons almost entirely white , nnd
abundantly nblo to provide for them
selves , hang like leeches to the Indian
reservations or their tribes for the sake
of annuities , rations nnd lands in sovor-
nlty. In many of thu Indian schools ono
sees moro Caucasian thnn Indian feat
ures nnd faces. Many of those are chil
dren of well-to-do white men who
have intormnrriod with persons of Itidlnn
blood , but who scorn to bo classed
socially with the tribes to which they
nro connected by marriage. In almost
every state of the union , slnco the now
policy of allotment of hinds lu aovcvalty
has obtained , claim-nits to lands spring
up. lu many cases men and womnn setup
up their Indian origin for the ale of
securing lauds or tribal moneys , whoso
maternal grandparents severed their
tribal relations thirty and oven sixty
yours ago. Tlio Indians luivo doubtless
suffered considerable loss from this
cause in cash and lands and the nation
in rations.
As wo understand the decision ,
the children of white men mar
ried to women of Indian bloud , where
the mother has severed her tribal rela
tions , nro hereafter to bo called white
and not Indian. Tills reverses tlio old
rule which classed all persons having
the faintest truce of Indian blood as In
dians and entitled to the immunities nnd
privileges of Indians. It ought to dis
courage squaw mun and will disappoint
a great many thrifty lawyers whose
clients are clamoring after years and
oven generations of civillx.ed life to bo
cn'-olle'd as savages for jtho sake of allot
ments. It can do no injustice and can
prevent n great deal of fraud.
TIIK tenacity with which n majority
of the council persists in pushing
through the Ketehatn furniture con
tract is within itself a proof that there is
something very magnetic in this jolx
The council received notice of the in
junction through the veto message of
the mayor. It sought to evade the
order of the coih't by passing a now reso
lution to nwafa the contract to the
Ketcham company. This is dangerous
business and Judge Ilnpcwoll may see
in it a marked contempt of court deserving -
serving his attention.
TAXPAYKUfcannot nffol to have the
precedent established of paying $18
each to the saVon election olllcors required -
quired at oacn of the eighty-eight poll
ing places In Omaha. Tlioro were 010
of these officers , and at $ li each they will
receive SS iOii. Jf their exorbitant do-
munclS are acceded to they will receive
just three tinros as much , or 811,03 ? .
T.JIK despised and obtrusive kodak was
put to a now and important usa'in Phila
delphia during tbo last election. Snap
shots of suspects at different polls were
taken , resulting in the discovery of a
number of repeaters. The kodak's entry
into politics promises to increase the
popularity of the kodaks and to help
purify politics.
OMAHA will cheerfully entertain the
National Drill association and guarantee
the prize money necessary to the suc
cess of the m Jotlng hoi-J in .I-jtio. Noth
ing loss would bo honest or honorable.
THK Union Stock Yards company
keeps well abreast of the limes in
South Omaha. Jt appropriates $100,000
for next seasoni * ( improvements.
CHRISTMAS is a great deal closer at
hand thnn the , consummation of Dial
Kok-hani furniture job.
MQKKAIITY wants u grand jury.
Mnrourty , you should bo accommodated.
THK injunction is almost as effective
as the grand jury.
THK bank pool is still solid.
Title I
iVciu Vtirk Ite'imlfi :
it the no-rout policy goo * into operation in
England half -the dukes uiut earls ami lords
will have to como over a assisted immi
grants.
The I it.- Will Ply.
I'lillmldptiln I'ren.
When thu Kiuslnu bear and the British
lion got to lighting ever the Cashmere goat ,
whatever oho may happen the goat is stiro
to suffer. '
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David's T oiiblu.
Chlrauit ACICJ.
' Governor Hill of New York will see in the
president of Switzerland a mun < Utor his own
heart. The SwUs executive has decided not
to resign. _
Tiimiiltu us Slloiino In the West.
Xcw I'ni'fr Tltn 'i.
The response from the west to Uovcrnor-
bomit.or Hill's proposition to llx tlio pulley of
the democuitlo jtiriy by the repeal of the
MulCinloy bill pra not ( tattering to that
'
dtalesman.
3
CI-H ) | > 'H Ai. pulling DlllliMiHy.
If Speaker Cris nly had a couple hun
dred moro llrst elans committee uhnlnnaii-
.ships to bestow hbWjld mane himself vastly
moro popular \ii\\\ \ tha mob that ruloi the
south wing of the-oamtol.
A Ciiiiiu ) niliille ) .MtMiNtii-o.
CmrdmnTl Cummtrctil.
Mr. Paddock's jnu\J food bill , recently in-
trcduccd in the susttUe , has a special intoron
In the driisf tr.ulo , lund U designed to stop
abuses lu which , n/Wtam lines , ttioro have
been grniit prollts. Adulteration is tlio dcatu
of trade , howovor.
Too Mnitli ol it Oouil Thing.
lit. litiiiti Itevulillc
Wha * a spectacle Is presented just now in
the Inability of the railroad companies to
handle the enormous grain crop. Kvory-
whcro thoulovotoM aru ( llled to huntlni. ' ,
and the on tire rolling stock nf all tbo rail
roads hi the country U inadequate to trans
port the uraln that Is altered. Why should
any ono go hungry whuu the earth has DOOM
so generous I
te > r. ; .
The appeal whleh bin liean sent to this
country for uM for the siru-kon puonlo of
coutrul Jupuu lulls a uueo' * story , liulf a
million human beings loft homolos * by enrth-
qtmka and tire , nnd all their moan * of liveli
hood taken away , Implies n condition of suf
fering the full horror of which can hardly bo
grasped. Out of our bounty wo should fjlvo ,
and that quickly.
TUB ( IKIlHVM.IiXimit ,
UulTalo Courier ( dom.i ) The president's
observations upon the political gerrymander
nro just and commendable.
Hartford Coil rant Crop. ) : The president
makes an appeal to the people , Irrespective
of party , against thu 'Vorrymandcr" and In
favor of fair ballot , that deserves to moot n
hcatty popular roMionse.
St. I'aul Pioneer 1'ross ( rep. ) : The most
Important request of the proldctil couched
In language which shows that thU Is near
his heart nnd engages all his earnestness Is
for protection to the public against the In
famous gerrymander.
Indianapolis News ( dem. ) : Wo ndvlso the
democrats inlongross to talco lha president nt
his word and adopt an amendment ttiat will
prevent gerrymandering for national pur
poses. It Is n gaum that two can play at , and
the republicans may bo In position before
many years to make much moro of It than
the democrats possibly could.
Su Louis Cloho-Dnmourat Crop. ) : General
Harrison writes feeltncly on the norrvman-
dor question , for ono of tliuso rascally schemes
defeated hint for re-election to the senate
about llvn years ago. Ho developed such
strength among thu people at that time , however -
over , that ho became a presidential posslull
Uy , and later on a presidential actuality.
IndlanapollsJourr.nl ( rep. i : It would bo a
great relief for thu country to see both
parties In congress suspend thu work of
president making and partisan legislation
lonp enough to unite in adopting and sub
mitting lo the people a constitutional amend
ment which should nt nnco ami forever put
an end to gerrymandering in national elec
tions.
Charleston News and Courier ( dom. ) : Thls
suggestion of the president appears to ho
made in much better temper than most of his
suggestions affecting the rigtits of the state
to rcgulato their own domestic affairs. Wo
are sure that it Is said in much bultur form
than anything that the president said when
the republicans were lu the majority In both
branches of congress , anu we shall hope for
Its Impartial consideration by the members
of congress from the south.
Now York World ( dem. ) : Now for the
gerrymander tlioro is nritono good word to ho
said. Tim right of every citizen to vote Is
sacred and should bo secured by law. Uni
formity In the method of choosing presi
dential electors Is so desirable that , with the
single exception of Michigan , all the states
in fact nnd voluntarily choose them in the
satno wuy. lUittho framers of the consti
tution , believing that liberty Is moro secure
under a federal republic of limited power
composed of states regulating their ow'n af
fairs in their own way than under u consoli
dated government , wisely loft it to the
several states to provide for these necessities ,
ouch according to Its own views and circum
stances.
"LKT (7.S tl.lt'K I'KAVK. "
Now York Advertiser : "Lot us nave
peace , " said General Grant. And , standing
beside his grave. Mrs. Grant pleads : "Lot
him have peace. "
I'hlladelphla Lodger : The inconsldorato
people who keep urging Ganoral Grant's
widow to have his remains removed to Wash
ington would cense troubling nor if they had
as much regard for her aead husband as
they profess. She has expressed herself
plainly and palheticallv , and her wishes in
the matter should bo scrupulously re
spected.
Cincinnati Commercial : The renewal of
the proposition to remove the remains of
General Grant from Hlversldo Park to Ar
lington has stirred Now York City up. and
most cmptmtio protests ore made , and the
papers of the metropolis promise , if the
measure is defeated promptly , that the long-
delayed monument In honor of the great hereof
of the civil war shall at once bo completed.
Philadelphia Press : If the widow of Gen
eral Grant objects to the removal of her Into
husband's remains from Now York to some
more national resting place , that ought to
settle the matter. Her wishes should DO respected -
spectod and all atritation of the question
should end. In spite of the shameless m-
dilTerenco which Now York so lonsr mitnl-
fost d , it would lie scarcely less than Inde-
cant to persist in a movement against tlio
objections of the w'idow , and there Is no
reason to suppose it will bo.
I.RVS itK MKiiuv triiir.1irj C.I.Y.
Dillas News : Chicago now feeds her guests
on mule ; beef and her hospitality Is unbridled.
I.owcll Mall : Tlio farmer who hides his
ll.'hl under a biHhe ! Inuiirs I lie risk uf noud-
IM ; , ' u HO.V barn.
Now York Herald : flags The coroner's
jury found that I lay rich died from a blow ad
ministered > JV lilmsulf.
lilKis How In tlio world could thathav'o
bcc-ii ?
Flltss lie blow out the gas.
Washington Star : 01110 nf the most ropro-
hoii-Hlblu uxlilldtlons of mud sllnsltig over
known are now comlnii from tno household
hydrant.
Aisic l"nr/f I'ra * .
'TIs the soul In the fauo that wo prlio In the
filr ,
And us much admiral Inn we feel
Tor tlio maid In her tlppot of Astrakhan hair
A- > for .Miss I'ppurteii In her seal.
SomorvlHo Journal : "What will you do if
yon are elected ? " asked the deputation of
voters delegated to ascertain the ground
whereon the cundldiilu stood.
"Cireat Seott : What shall I do If I am not
elected ! " moaned the candidate to himself
before lit had niadu an audible reply.
l < lfe : Th-i tiZiirliiu Alex , there's a plot
a'-'alnst ns. right here In our own household.
ThuGV.arcarelossly ( ) , I'm gutting used
to that sort of thin- , ' .
Tlio Czarina Hut thU Is tint most dastardly
plot yet.
The C/.ur-\Vliat Is It ?
The ( . 'zarlmi ( In awful whlspor ) The cook Is
going to leave.
"Oh. I've lost my honrt. "
Tim maid did sadly moan ;
"l-'or. spite of all my art ,
Jai-l : trumped It with his own. "
Washington Star : "Do you make a rebate
on this booNluak thnt 1 ordurud wall done ? "
"Not as I knows on , " was tlio reply.
"Well , vou go lo the uasluur and ask him If
ho won't'blll It as raw material. "
L'AHIIIM ! Clllr.4.
Xen > York lleniil.
Th era's fun whore the wind Is blowing
The eorn leaven dry and Hero ;
Thori.'H fun where the cider's Mowing.
Hi-own. * pixrkMim , sweet nnd clear ;
There's fun In finding a red ear
And soekln's' the redder lips
Of thu prettiest girl nt tlio husking
To cash your forfeit uhlp.s.
Poniorvlllo Jonrnil : Hullo I can truly say
that I never Mlrted with any man In all my
Nell ( thoughtfully ) What an awful lot of
fun you've missed ,
It Is pretty generally liollovod that the vil
lage blacksmith tonic advantage of his posi
tion at tlu ) bellows to put un airs.
TIIK MACIIINK AT WUItX ,
Somm-IKc Jnitrnul ,
The tlro.l humorist sat down ,
Despondent , ( lull and solemn ,
With not a thing ! i write about ,
And wrote about a , column ,
1IIK TIIHKK AUKS.
1'Vuiii Hie Frenrh nf Murle f.'uiis'aii'.in. '
Sly dears , when I wu * young like you
O. diiyn that long nso took ulngt
I had your wit. vour sweetness , ton ,
And loved , like you. the spring.
Fondly do I remember still
How dear In mo were Hi-Ids and llowera !
Mow dear the hearts In Ilk-liter hours
Made eaptlve lu the rfuy ( iiiadrlilu ;
A niurry child like vou , my dears ,
And such was I at ( IfIcon yours.
t.at4ir , my hoart. IMS wild and uy
To onodevout usuousul mo veil ;
And woddud Joys , how sweet urn they ,
To love and lo be laviid !
lint numoUiiiui. pouslvo and upurt ,
I prayed In MHTOI slelih to hoavoii ,
Tnat some near atrJiil mlitht bo given
Tn stir In mn a miilher'i. heart ;
Wife and fond mother , too. my dears.
And sni-h was I at thirty yours.
U later ! Onward still and nn
Time Illorf , ll'.o an uilvancinv wuve.
And Hummer , iiuiiiuin. both aru uno ,
Wlin nil Ihu Joys Ihoy p v !
Vul. whl u wo uro < p with fm'o and pain ,
Thu hearts that to our liubeii wo guvo
In liiulrsviuut Innofuneo may live ,
And with Ibi'ir b ibos bo yniur aituln )
\nd i > iich 'tin I at li-iulli. my dears ,
\VltU my full gpuiiot uib'Uty your * .
Shifting of Politioil Frionilihipi and Fights
by the New Oongrjiito.ml Djal.
HOW THE SFATE IS NOW APPORTIONED ,
Ari-ntiKcniont ofilio Olil Districts null
tlio Now Clmmicfl i > r Gnu-
( HilntcH stntiiH of tlio
Alliance.
Next year will bo a stirring tlmo among
Nebraska politicians.
The state will bo ontltlod to elect six
United Stiuoi congressmen Instead of three ,
and the aspirants for congressional honors
are already coming to the front by the score.
Prior to the meeting of thu last state legis
lature there were but three congressional
districts In the stato.
The original iVIr.-it congressional district
comprised tlio counties of Douglas , Sarpy ,
Saunaors , Cass , Lancaster , Otoo , Noniahn ,
Johnson , Richardson , I'IUVMOO and Uago.
The Second comprised all that portion of
thu state wast of the PliMt district and south
of the Platte river.
The Third liicludod'all tho' counties uorth
of the Plalto not Included in the First dis
trict. The south line of Washington , Dodge ,
Colfnx , Platte , Murrlck , Hull , Buffalo , Dawson -
son , Lincoln ami I'crkins counties formed
the ho'jnditry between the Third district and
the First and Second , and the big Third in
cludes everything In the state north of that
lino. In territory the Third district was
twlco as largo as both Utu First nnd Second ,
hut in population It was not ciial ( ] to the
Iirst , and was about 70,000 greater than the
bocund.
Sl.x Now IllHtrlctH.
I3ut the legislature , In accordance with the
census of IS'.IO , divided the state Into six con
gressional districts.
The First district is made up of tbo coun
ties of Cass , Otoo , Lancaster , Noinahu , Jehu-
son. Pawnee and Richardson.
The second comprises the counties of
Douglas , burpv and Washington.
The Third Includes Morrick , Nance , Uoono ,
Platto. Colfax. DoUgo , t urt , Cuming , Stanton -
ton , Madison , Ant-Mope , Pierce , Wayuo ,
Thurston , Dakota , Dixon , Cedar and Knox.
The Fourth illstrldt Includes Saundurs
Butler. Polk , Hamilton , Yorlt. Seward , Fillmore -
more , S.illno , Thayer , Jefferson and ( Jugo.
The Fifth district includes the counties of
Clay , Nuckolls , Webster. Adams , ICoarnov ,
Franklin. Hurlan , I'ho.ps , ( Jospor , Puma's ,
lied Willow , Frontier. Hayes , Hitchcock ,
Dutidy , Chase and PorKlns.
The big Sixth comprises the counties of
Buffalo , Dnwson , Lincoln , Keith , Ouster ,
Sherman , Howard , Orooley , Valley. Whoolcr ,
Gurlleld , Holt , Ilooit , Brown. Koya Palm ,
Loup , Blniuo , Thomas , Hooker , Chorrv ,
Grant , Logan , MoPhorson , Arthur , Douol.
Sheridan , Dawes , Box Buttc , Cheyenne ,
Klmboll. Banner , Scott's Bluffs and Sioux.
This reconstruction has naturally created a
general shitting of political fences and a re
arrangement of political friendships uud
Some CniulldntcH' Clmncos- .
"I have It very straight , " said a politician
from the First district yesterday to u BHE
man , "that Mr. Drynn will move out of the
First before the time arrives for hts place to
bo Illlpd. Ho cannot hope to bo elected In
the First district as it is now organized. Ho
will in all probability move to Omaha and
try to win the nomination on the democratic
ticket In the Second. lu this no will be dis
appointed. There nro influential democratic
candidates in Douglas county who will not
permit Mr. Bryan to como hero and walk
away with the prize. In my opinion Mr.
Bryan will he retired to private Hfo after his
present term. "
Mr. b. S. Alloy , an attorney of Wllbor , had
something to say about politics In the Fourth
district , when BPOIJ at the Pa-cton.
"Judgo Hambcll of Fairhury will bo the
cholco of the straight democrats of tlio
Fourth district for congress , I hollovo , " said
Mr. Alley.
"Ho is a clean and nblo man and will inakoi
an excellent congressman. It looks as though
ox-Governor Dawos of Crete would bo the
republican nominee If matters drift on us
they are at tirosont. James W. Dawos is the
smoothest politician In the republican party
in that district. Ho Is the hardest worker
in the dlsttrlct when he gels into a political
flght. When he has been at the head of the
republican forces of his own county they
have nearly always defeated the demo
crats. Jim Dawos can make the
republicans put on the ghost shirt
and dsuico when other republican
loaders in that county are completely boo-
doood. You want to keep your eye on Jim
Dawos. The only thlnir that will hold him
down Is the fact that he and his former part
ner , T , J. Foss , are having u hard slogo of
litigation. Foss Is ambitious , politically ,
himself and hu will stand on Dawos as long
as ho can. "
Where tin ; Alliance Com ; s In.
Deputy Sheriff Doano of Saline county was
also soon at the Paxton.
"I believe that W. G. Hastings will bo the
democratic-alliance candidate for congress.
Ho is open lor engagement , you know , at all
times. He can't swing in as a clear cut
democrat , because ho publicly declared that
ho had cut entirely loose from that party last
fall. "
"Will the alliance hold together for a hard
n ght next fall ! "
"No. Men nro leaving that party In
squads. There may bo enough of thorn loft
to join lu with Iho democrats nnd keep up a
show of strength , out as a separate organiza
tion the alllanco In our part of the state will
bo pretty badly shattered before the con
gressional election arrives. "
II'KHK NIHHt'f UP N.IM ) ,
Conlr\ctorn lluvo ( o Do Their
AVork Twloe.
Contractor Hugh Murphy has a force of
men at work tearing up and relaying the
stone paving lu the nlloy botwcon Davenport
and Chicago nnd Eighteenth and Twenty-
first streets , known as alloy paving districts
US' ) and U90. The work of paving those alloys
was completed less than two weeks ago , and
thereby hangs u tide.
When Mr. Murphy's men had apparently
completed the work of paving ttio two alloys
lu question , Mr. J. M. Wilson , living on
Chicago street between Klghtcenth and
Nineteenth , asked Major BIrkhausor , whom
ho met near the work , to bo a nro and have
the inspector on the Job certify , when ho
made his report , that the work had been dotio
accordihg tospocllicatlons if such wus thu
case.
case.Major Birhhausor at once became uneasy
and wanted to know If Mr. Wilson had soon
unvthlii ! ; wrong with the work. Mr. Wilson
replied that ho was simply wanting to know
whether anything was wrong with the worker
or not. Ho was going to have to pay for it
mid wanted the cortlllcato of the Board of
Public Works that thu specifications
had been followed by the contractor. Finally
Mr. Wilson went to the Board of Public
Works oDIco and asked for the report of the
inspector on the paving of the alleys. The
report was produced and then the taxpayer
'
received another IOMOII on the manner' lu
which business principles uro employed In
oily affairs. The report of the Ins pec tor
simply certified that ho had put In eleven
dnys's work on ono nlloy and two on another
and wus willing to accept thirteen days' pay
lu ( ull sottlcmont of his claims for thirteen
days' work.
"What's this I" asked Mr. Wilson , going
Into the room where the members of thu
monition , of the Board of Pubtlo Works vror *
In e. lon.
"Thai , " mild Major Blrkhausor after n
very careful examination of the paper which
had caused Mr. Wilson's query , "Is the re
port of Inspector Sodgowlck on the paving of
alloys lu districts nS9 and ! W3. "
"Vos , but what does It menu I" persisted
Mr , Wilson. "Doos ho corttfv here that tha
work has been completed I Does ho certify
thnt the work has been done according to
specifications. Do vou allow ostlinato.s on
such reports as this ! " Mr. Wilson wont on
to say thnt the report was no record at all and
aid not show how the work hud Ueou done.
"That's an Inspector's blank tuod by the
old board , " said Air. Birkhiiusor , in explana
tion.
tion."Vos
"Vos , but If It Is faulty , nnd a blind man
can see that ItU , whv does this hoard usottl"
asked Mr. Wilson , who was getting warm
under the collar.
"I don't think you know what you are talkIng -
Ing nboat , " suggested Major ICgbert.
"Perhaps I don't , " retorted Mr. Wilson ,
"but I am cortnln that no member of this
hoard know. what ho Is doing If ho vntos to
pay for work on such a report as that mndo
by this inspector. Vou admit thnt your Inspectors
specters nuvor certify that the work has boon
done according to spoctlluutlotis and you
admit that you take this important feature of
the work for granted , not oven-ron.ulrltig a
Htatument from your Inspector. "
Then aomo member of the board discov
ered thnt the Inspector's report was not a
Until otto nnd Mr. Sodgowlck was oallod In
and asked what yet remained to bo dono.
After n lot of questioning the Inspector
stated that the work had all been done ac
cording to thu speulllo.Uion' , but that there
was some tamping yet to bo dono.
"They've tumped It once , " said Mr. Wil
son , "and hnvo put the llnal layer of sand on
the top of the stones. Are they going to
tamp It again ! "
Matters wcro left lu thin shape. Members
of the board apparently felt that Air.
Wilson know there was something
wrong with the work , but they
could not find out what It wasas lie persisted
that bo only wanted to see the final report of
the Inspector and hnvo the board's cortlllcato
that the work had boon done according to
contract.
Two or three days nftur this mooting some
of Mr. Murphy's workmen began work
tumping tin ) pavement again. Mr. Wilson
happened along nnd watched tha work fora
few niintite.H. Ho.discovered that the men
were not tamping the outside row of stones
on either side of the alloy so that the adjoin
ing stones were from two to three Inches ,
after tumping , below the outsldo row.
"Why don't you tamp this outsldo row ! "
asked Mr. Wilson of one of the workmen.
"Because , " was the frame reply , "that
outside row is Just level now with the
twelve-inch line and If wo tamped It down It
would show thnt there is not sutllclont sand
under It. "
Then Mr. Wilson declared himself nnd de
manded as a property owner thnt ovorystotio
in the nlloy bo tamped. Ho had known all
along , ho said , that the contractor was put
ting in about three Inches of sand when llvo
wore required by the specifications and he
was simply wultlnc to see whether the board
would certify to it or not.
Yesterday morning Mr. sVllson went to
Mr. Birkhuusor's ollloo and asked If the board f
had accepted the work. Ho was Informed I
thnt the members of the board had discovered ' * f
that the paving had not boon laid according |
specifications and thnt Mr. Murphy had boon
required to relay It. That's why ' Mr. Mur
phy's men are at work now. '
oar. \
AlnuurnctiircrH nnd COIIBUIIICI-H AHSO- )
ohitlon to lie Generally lO.xtciulecl.
The regular meeting of the Manufacturers
and Consumers Association of Nebraska wan
hold yesterday afternoon. It was observed
that the attendance while it was fair was the
smallest slnco the organization of the asso
ciation. In the absence of the president , Vice
President Trostlor presided.
Mr. Trostler stated that the members of
the association should do moro to advertlso '
the Nebraska trade mark , us thnt Is the dis
tinguishing feature by which Nebraska-
made gooas may bo identified. Ifthotrudo
mark is not brought Into prominence manu
facturers who hold bacit and do not help the i
movement , will got an equal benefit. Ho I
also culled attention to the face that ttio mem
bers of the association had not tilled out the
lists of general membership nnd returned
I hem ns they .should.
The matter of carrying the organization
nto the state was brought up again and It
was explained that the plans were being per
fected us rapidly us possible. It is proposed
at an early date to got together a number of
Omaha manufacturers and visit the manu
facturers of Lincoln nnd discuss the proposi-
. ion of forming a branch association thoro.
I The secretary reported that about forty
members ware still delinquent in duos and
several gentlemen walked up to the desk and
settled.
The following were admitted as members
of the association : John J. Muller , 1414 Fur-
uum , confectioner ; G. II. Forby , 1-lOIJ
Douglus , trunks : A. L. Undoland , 10(1 ( South
Fourteenth ; Phil Stlmmol. UU Jouos , seeds ;
Omaha Carriage Top company , U14 North
Fifteenth" Voegolo & Dinning. 1110 Howard ,
confectioner * ; Omaha Basket Manufacturing
company ; Fostnor Printing company , ll)7 ! !
Howard , blank books ; Stolnhuus Engraving
company , ( KM Paxton block ; F , Weldoinau ,
IfiUi ) Farnum , cigars.
The secretary stated that there was n
great dnarth of statistics regarding the man
ufacturing Industries of thostato and that ho
had sent out circulars to all the members
calling for curtain information regarding the
subject , and hoped that nil would respond
promotly.
A catalogue of the association is being
compiled and the socrotury reported taut
several prominor t merchants nnd bunkers
had taken advertising space in the book ,
amounting up to tha present tlmo to fciSO.
It wus moved thut any member who de
sired could have advertising space In tills
book at the rate of i'M apugo.
Mr. Oednoy suggested that some stops
ought to bo taken In Omaha to make an
organized effort to bring In manufacturing
establishments.
Mr. Fan-ell had an estimate of thu cost of
a boot-sugar and glucose plant combined. A
very largo part of the machinery used In n
boot sugar lactory Is available for the manu
facture of glucose , and the extra expense of
combining tno two is very small. Mr. Far-
roll's ' plan Is to opornto the factory for the
manufacture of ulucoso after thu sugar sou-
80ii is over , nnd thus utlllzo the plant through
out the year. _
Itl.AlSK 7.1 TUKJU.tX.
Mr. Millaril TullH thu New Vorkoru
Wlwt NobriiHkn. I'ooplo Want.
J. II. Mlllard , president of the Omaha Na
tional bank , Is stopping at the Fifth avoniiu
hotel , New York City , mid In conversation
with a reporter for the Morning Advertiser
of that city , said :
"There is nothing of special interest down
our way just now. The people are quietly
making the best of thu splendid crops and
naturally looking forward to the coming
presidential nomination. Oh , yes ; it Is
Blulno with the western republicans , and I
think Cleveland on tbo other sldo. The tariff
Is not an Important factor In our state , and
although frou silver was nt Unit the great
cry , I think the snntlmont is xlowlv chang
ing In the other direction. Nebraska Is con
servative anyway , and ns long as the times
are gnod the people uro not in favor of radi
cal measures. The farmer * alliance Is not
by any moans dond In our state , but the good
crops huva caused many farmers to return to
their llrst love , the republican party. "
N W Club HOIIHO.
A mooting of the Omaha club will bo hold
on Saturday ovonlng to take final action upop
the question of building the pioposod HUM
club houso.
Reports will bo received from the commit
tee having this subject in charge.
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't ' Report.