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Notary I'nlillo.
.Aii'iHK" ririMiliitlnn Inr April , iit.tlll.
Tun fiprht on Harrison is that of the
political busses tvjiiiltist the pooplo.
\VK wil.t. presently BOO tlio opponents
n ! the Nohrufkn Contrnl deploy their
forces to bout the project.
"WHAT is so rare na ndny in Junel"
liiirsts out the pool. Well , iv oloar day
in May this year la the rarest thing wo
can think of.
IT is rnporlocl that Tammany Is about
to desert Mr. Hill. This ia the llrst
l.'oiiuiiio impetus that tlio Hill boom has
received for weeks.
THKUK is ( throwing belief that Floury
"XVntloraon's control of the democratic
parly is con lined to that , portion of it
which may be found beneath his own
hat
Tun report that Tom i'latt will retire
from politics if Harrison is nominated ia
lucrodiblc. Mr. Platt could no moro
ituy out of politics than a Hah could stay
out of water.
Till' president will have hUCapo May
eottago lined with American tin plate.
'J'lioro is such a thing as American tin
plate and the free traders are beginning
to know it at last.
TilK Iowa prohibition editors on their
excursion to California will be called on
to explain , when they rottii'ti homo ,
nbout their disposal of the wino given
them on their entrance into the golden
elate.
IT is to bo hoped the now street signs
wilt HOOD ni.ilco their appearance , at
least nt the intersection of our principal
streets. It would do no harm if street
higns wore placed on every permanent
l.imp peat.
TUB domocr.its in congrosi arc talk
ing of cutting Director General George
11. U.ivis elf the Columbia : ! exposition
list. They had hotter not , for ho might
return to politics , and if ho does Illi
nois will go republican thia full by
CO.COO.
Tun sad news cornea from Now York
that Anna Dickinson has bean com
pelled to leave the Fifth Avenue hotel
heoauso she cannot pay her board.
Poor Anna Dickinson , ono of the great
est women of America , but rudderless
and helplcas.
NKW Youic emphatically denies that
Bho is jealous of Chicago. Now if Chicago
cage will deny with equal emphasis that
nho expects to outgrow Now Yorlc there
may bo tin era of mutual good fooling ,
though tliora would be some mental res
ervations on both Hides.
"IOWA lots , " bays the Chicago Inter
Ocean , "arc going oT ! rapidlv along the
Big Mudu'y just now , but not in n way to
please real estate speculators. " 15ut
there is no real waste , after all , for those
lots will stop Bumowhoro. It is a real
estate transfer without consideration ,
but it is perfectly regular.
COMPLAINTS uro hoarcfon the Pacific
const of tlio unusually largo numbers of
Japanese arriving in tills country , and
although nothing is snid against the
character of the immigrants , proba
bly because there is nothing to bo
Bald , it Is evident that they are not
to rccolvo a very cordial wolcomo. It
will not bo easy to excite a prejudice
ngainst those people BO long as they bo-
Tiavo themselves as well as they htivo
Jono hitherto.
KmvAH ! ) HUMAMYeTy p3rtlnontly
points to the fact , in the last number of
the aVcio .iVttfiYm , that who it has boon
dropping in price for some weeks , but
Hour lias not , whicli goes to show that
tlio eastern consumer and western pro
ducer are ir.adu . to pay tributi ) to trusts
nnil combinations. This 's ala > suggest
ive of the fact that the high price of
moat is strikingly at variance with the
low price of cattle. The only question
is , what are wo to do about itV
Oim latcfil diwpatchos bring us tidings
of greater and moro dls'istcou llo.ds.
From Sioux City comes the tidings of
part of the city under water and 8,000
people without homos. Omaha extends
to Sioux Cltv and other allllcted dis
tricts her profound sympathy and the
eager proffer of whatever assistance
she iniiy render them In their di-o dis
tress. It is blncorely hoped Mr.it the
succeeding intelligence may llnd the
llrst reports somewhat exaggerated , but
in any event in what Omaha nan assist
she Is ready and willing. There has
never been n time when she hesitated
to render aid to the uulortunato and the
noody.
nil , / / > ! . / M.uomrr in in / r n.
Senator Uortniin of Marylund U
nnutliri' ' democrat who him llltlo
sympathy with the i-heoso-parlng
notion. ' < > / the Indiana dcmugopii'1 ,
Mr. Holmnn , and his adhomnK Tlio
Maryland senator rccognixai that the
country is growing , and that there
must noco.Mnrlly 1)0 a growth of
oxpondlltiros. In the course of a dobalo
In the sonnto on the naval appropri
ation bill a few days ago , Mr. Gorman
said that the cxpondlttircs grow during
the four yo.irg of tlio Cleveland
adinlnist-tition. and ho presented n
table showing that every congress since
the Forty-third , with the exreptlon of
the Korly-oighth , had increased appro
priations over these of the preceding
congros-i , no matter what administra
tion wapiti power. Tivi tntnl oxpond-
IturcH under Preside a Cleveland's
administration , said Sj.mlo.Gorman ,
were greater than undi-r President
Arthur's , "and as the country grows
and you go on with the construction of
your navy and open the harbors and
deepen the rivers and make great gnus
fortho army and navy , these expend
itures must increase. "
Another democratic senator , Gray of
Delaware , speaking on the same subject ,
said that whatever individual opinions
might be in regard to tlio policy of creating -
ing an American navy of modern build
and equipped in modern fashion"public
opinion has settled down pretty much
to reoogni/o the necessity of a , prudent
and wise expenditure of money upon the
navy of the United States anil creating
it nnvnl force upon modern principles
and constructed in modern fashion that
will give us a standing among the naval
powers of the world and give us a self
reliance nn a commercial power which it
is impossible wo should ha 'o without
such an armament. " Common sense
views of this kind are not to bo expected
from moaof the Iloltnan typo , who are
moro polittcinns , but there are thou
sands of intelligent democrats in the
country who will agree with SonatoV
Gorman and Senator Gray ; democrats
who approi-lato the fact that this is a
growing nation , requiring from year to
year mo-o money in order to carry on
its affairs properly and pursue the
march of development and improve
ment. It is manifestly absurd to expect
a country of ( 5UOO.Of)0 ) people to moot
its requirements with an cxpundituro
that was found necessary when there
was a much smaller population. Thu
Ilolman policy , if fully carried out ,
would bring the country to a standstill ,
and while the people do not want ex
travagance they desire progress. It is
fortunate that there are democrats in
congress who have the courage and
candor to rsbuko the parsimony of the
Holman element of the party.
rut : sK\r \ viiKianr nvitri.iu.
The action of the Board of Trade in
subscribing annually $1,000 for the
period of three years for the mainten
ance of the now freight bureau wis
patriotic and wise. Tlio need and ob
ject of the freight bureaus are quito
well known in those cities where they
have become as psrmanont and useful as
any oilier commercial union. The lack
of such n bureau in Omaha is manifest.
In these days the science of railroad
ing has become ono in which the
brightest brains are employed cm-
ployed tos'jiuiro the greatest advantages
to the companies they represent. Iluil-
roads are poolo.l everywhere and nro
constantly combining for tluir own ad
vantages. For ono individual or several
individuals separately to altamnt to
compote with the trained men employed
by the railroad companies wore folly.
The railway tnon would hold them
powerless. Consequently it is now pro
posed to constitute a. freight bureau
which shall have as its object the study
and handling of the great question of
transportation of freight. It is no now
matter to state that the question of
freight rates rises above all other ques
tions between the railroad and tlio mer
chant. There is something more than
a suspicion that a judicious investiga
tion would show that Omaha is being
discriminated ngainst by the railroads
whicli run into this city. At any rate
it will bo advantageous to compare onr
rates with thoao of other paints , and if
there are any evils and outrages it will
then bo our work and duty to romoly :
them. And it can bo done. The action
of tlio IJjurd of Trade was eminently
wise.
.1 niisA
The irrepressible conflict between
capital and labor , which has long had
an important bearing upon English
politics , scorns to bo as far from mutually
satisfactory adjustment as it evoi- was ,
and is as harassing to the party loaders
as if it liau not boon the theme of years
of debate and contention. Lord Salis
bury has just.dono an unexpected thing
in receiving a , deputation from the
Workmen's association of London , with
whom ho discussed the labor question in
a spirit that wasutoncn conciliatory and
uncompromising ; conciliatory in the ad
mission of the justice of some of the
grounds of complaint put forth by the
worklngmon , but decidedly unyielding
as to the wisdom of their plans oven
from their own point ol view. The
eight-hour day was the subject of the
discussion and the argument of the
worklngmcn was based upon two sub
jects more leisure for self culture and
a supply of work for the unemployed.
The llrst object Lo.d Salisbury said was
admirable , but the second ho declared
to bo illogical , and supported his argu-
mnnt troni the mouths of tno workingmen -
men themselves. How , he asked , could
the eight-hour day lo-.ivo more work for
the unump eyed if , us is elahnod , the
laborer would do as much work In eight
hours as ho now does In ton ? All of the
work performed by these now employed
would still bo dotio by them under an
eight-hoar law and those who are now
unable to llnd employment would bo no
hotter oil than before. But if the em
ployed should not do as much in eight
hours as they now do in tun the em
ployers would have to hlro men now
Idle , thin increasing the cost of pro
duction , diminishing the consumption ,
and honca reducing wages.
It Is unnecessary to say that the con
ference was barren of results and that
the deputation retired in wnn > n humor
than before. It was evidently the pur
pose of Lord Salisbury to teflon his vis-
Porn by the cordiality of his nn u"i. i '
and a rut did iiclmlMiuii of the ! > o n Mi i
Icf ? elf cult'iro , and then to co ivinco <
tlinm by his logic that the rolu-l which
they demanded would result In di-mslor
to Ihntnsolvo * . Hut they had not t-omo to
him in a sultnhlo frame of mind to appre
ciate his logical appropriation of their
nrgumunlj to his own use , and It is likely
that they wont away with n fooling that
thny had boon bidly trontod. There Is
not much reason to hope that labor and
capital will ever "got togo.thor" In England -
land
Tilt : SOUTH AXl ) TIIK IPKST.
English capitalists who were ongor
enough a few yoirs ago to Invest In
property In the southern states are be
coming moro conservative In consequence
quence of their failure to realize the
prollts expected. The bright future
whicli was said to bo dawning upon the
south was set forth too much after the
manner that prevails among the Ameri
can promoters and boomers , and the re
sult has boon disiupolntmcnt. The
truth is that sumo portions of the old
south have boon excessively "pro-
moled1' of late years and luivo not ful
filled the prohiisos of thoao who brought
thorn to the attention of northern and
foreign investors.
Perhaps there Is no bjttor illustration
of this than Is found in Florida. A
few years go it was believed by many
northern people that there w.vs a mine
of oxhaustlcsj wealth in the cultivation
of oranges in that state and that fortune
awailod any man who could raise money
enough to omb.ivk in thai bus
iness. Tills belief was fostered
by the boomers , and largo areas
of Florida land , much of It worth
less , was unloaded upon northern people
who had caught the orange fever. The
result Is just what might have boon ox-
peeled. Northern farmers and f.-uit-
growers , and others who know nothing
of the ruquiroaionts of the business ,
went to Florida to plant or.ingo groves
and to become poorer year by year until
they were compelled to give up and re
turn to the north. Many northern men
are still paying taxes on Florida orange
land that has never yielded thorn a dollar
lar , la niiiny liases the trees were
killed by frosts when they were about to
como into be-iring'and i-vcn when good
crotn came the prices fell low by reason
ol glutted markets.
In the cotton st.itos the dreams'
investors have not boon fulfilled ,
because cotton has not escaped the
downward tendency of prices and lius
been far too low to yield anything
approaching the profits expected. But
there are social and industrial problems ,
too , which have combined with low
prices for products to depress southern
property in the markets of the north
! .s well as in England. The social
inequality and the drawbacks arising
from it have exerted a blighting inllu-
once upon the movement to develop the
latent resources of the southern states.
These disadvantages are too familiar to
require particular notice. That they
will long continue to lotard the pros
perity of a great portipn of the south
is clearly recognix.cd ; and candidly
admitted by the leading men in those
states where the race problem is most
serious.
In bright contrast to the conditions
ivliich delay the promised millennium
in the south is the ama/.inar develop
ment and prosperity of the young and
lusty west. Social inequality is lioro
unknown , no race problem is possible ,
and iv natural growth and extension of
the diversified industries and pursuits
to which this vnst country is so
admirably adapted has nuido the future
of the west secure. The "promoter"
may invite foreign and domestic
capitalists to invest in this smiling land
and yet have a clear conscience , for the
possibilities of the west put to shame
the feeble resources of the imagin
ation. The south must await her time ;
the west has nothing to wait for.
LAU'IjKSS FAVOltiriSM.
The appraisement made by the city
clerk of the Belt Line railroad for tax
ation is $ lGliO. ! ) , This is-suppouod to bo
the value of the land and improvements
thereon outside of lifty foot on either
side of the main tracks defined as the
right-of-way. The valuation put upon
the Belt roitd by .lay Gould is $8,000,000 ,
and it is fair to presume that nt least ,
oiio-third of this value is in the lands
outside of the right-of-way. An ap
praisement of less than $20,000 on
§ 2.703,000 in property is decidedly
libonil-as compared with assessments of
other real property. But ov m that as
sessment has not yet bzon paid for last
year. So much for the city. '
Tlio county has a right to collect taxes
on the entire Bolt Line railroad which
begins and ends in Djuglaa county. At
an appraisement of one-tenth of its
value the assessment would bo on
$800,000. But , instead of assessing the
Belt Line as a sepirato property , as the
law provides , it lias boon returned as
part of the Missouri Pacific and assessed
at $ ! U-151 , including Missouri Pacific
donot. . , roundhouses , switches , otc.
Nobody .wants the railroads to bo
taxed any higher than the property of
other corporntlo is and individuals , but
when such glaring favoritism is shown
it becomes almost a public scandal.
THK XK ' IlltUiOK ,
On Juno 10 the voters of Omaha will
decide whether the city shall have a
railroad bridge ever which all roaas
will bo purmittod Id enter the city , or
shall continue indefinitely at the mercy
of the Union Pacific. The itnport-.xnco
of this matter cannot bo overestimated.
The decision of the voters will deter
mine whether Omaha shall by the year
1001) ) double its population and business ,
or move forward only nt the present rate
of progress. No intelligent and un
prejudiced limn can doubt what the ef
fect will hoof bringing half ndo/.cnmoro
railroads into this city. It will stimu
late growth as nothing olsu hua nvor
done , The removal of the disadvantages
ilndar which Omaha now labors in con-
noquonco of the Union Pacific bridge
monopoly would give an unprecedented
impetus to business in all branches.
Manufacturing enterprises would bo
attracted hero , the jobbing trudo would
uiurunso and in every way the addud
facilities which the Nebraska. Central
bridge would give would result In benefits
to the city that would repay a hundred
fold Ih h i' ' > ' i vrhii-U It IM uropmod lo
KiVii the euHiunj , Huih n promise
otijjlil to lining , ( , very innii juillcitoxn lor
the future ijjWros-9 nnd prosperity of
Oiniilm to usufhts efforts for the sue-csa
o ( Iho bond proportion , It will onrotintor
opposition. liuUlloui effort will bo niiitlo
to worlc uj ) hostility toll , nnil the friends
of Oinnhtt will ncod to bo nctlvo nnd
vlRllunt In orilorho wln. There is every
ronson to oxtioA that the proposition
will carry , hccanso it would bo n rolloiv
_ tlon upon the common sense of our poo-
'plo to suppose tlint they would reject
such n protniso of rollof. But it Is never
wlso lo ho ovor-i'onfldont , nnd the only
snfo conrso is to work constantly nnd
/enlonsly ns lotin ; us there is work to bo
dono. The opportunity to push Onmhii
nhcitd , with small cost to the community
wild without nny risk , is ixthnnd , nnd our
plain nnil imnonitlvo duty is to iin-
provo It
/ we nKTrKiT nuoh IMHKS.
There is ono olomontof a , city's beauty
and grace in which the fair city of
Omaha is sadly and woefully deficient.
While keeping pace with rival western
cities in commerce and growth , it must
bo confessed that she lags behind moat
of them in the matter of school grounds.
In SI , Paul , for example , the citizens
have made the school parks places of
delight , provided with bountiful lawns ,
trees , fountains , playgrounds and with
many other UMlhotlc and comforting
features. In Minneapolis much the
fctitno plan Is followed. The lessor cities
of Dos Moines , Kansas CilVi Spring-
llold and 1'corla , not to mention many
others , tnito great pride in their
schools and their environments. In
fact , it is tlio rule in every village to
concenter nil the loveliness and grace
possible in thcr school building and
the grounds. Schools are their only
boasts and they are determined that
thoy. shall bo beautiful.
Now there is no sensible or logical
reason in the world for Omaha pursuing
an opposite couise. It is no honor nor
prollt for Omaha to bo compelled to
admit that there is scarcely a sightly
school park within her borders. And
it is the positive duty of every Omahan
to steer nil visitors clear away from the
Loavonwortb. Ilartman , Park , Dodge
and Cass schools , whose surroundings
nro simply disgraceful. Tlio High
school buildincr is well situated and
partially well surrounded , but the op
portunities there are not improved to
the extent of which they are capable.
It is so all ever the city. Ono of the
greatest prides of America is her free
school system. . . .iVo can stoutly refer to
it as an exponent ot our progress and
enlightenment ; but if the old proverb ,
that knowledge comes from association
and environments , is true , then wo have
little to cluim''in - the knowledge of
Omaha children ;
Beautify tho.school grounds.
Woulil Suva Campaign Kxponioi.
Adi1 1'or/c / HsraM.
It Mr. Clovolaod'and Mr. Hill were to con
sult solely the welfare of the democratic
party ( buy wonlfa , . Vcttro from the prosliloa-
tial coulost at ohco. " * - _ -
: iv < > rs of IMllllcd 'Mini.
C'/ifcniP / Time * .
Tlio way In which ttio Missouri river Is
cutting lanil oft tbo domocratln statoi of Ne
braska ( t ) mid Iowa and depositing it on the
doubtful Kniisa ? stioro savors of offensive
partisanship ,
Two Things Sitttlnil ,
( tlohc-ncmiicrat.
Tlio republican party can elect , any man to
too presidency Ibis year whom it may nom
inate , and it has decided to nominate Harri
son in spite of the objections of disappointed
oflloo seekers.
Working fur Thulr Koililer.
St.'nut I'liinctr 1'rciii.
How coed rtnd pleasant a tblug it is to observe -
serve that none of Mr. Cleveland's dearest
friends have deported him that all his old
appointees and ofllca holders are out on tbo
skirmish line , willlug to lieht , bleed and die
for him. The ox linowelu his stall and the
ass hU master's crib , and please do not for-
irct it. _ _
Srnalor llarlinur.
.
A mnn of quiet and reserved habits , stead
fast in bis friendship , und boyontl reproach
In his personal life , Senator Bar'jour loaves
uohlnd him a name that , apart from its in-
dellblo connection witn publio ovonU , will
bo hold in deepest reverence by the people of
the state which bad entrusted to him tbo
hlebost honors and responsibilities witaln
its
Ilumornitlfl r , ! < m ami Independent I. nnil ) .
I'oi li I'/rsc.
Some of our independent friends nro Insist
ing that there snail bo no fusion between ttio
doniOL'rats and independent * tills full. Don't
worry , brethren. Thuro will be r.o attempt
at any. The two parties will flsht the republican -
publican enemy , nauh for Usolf , until it is
SCHMI willed is the llttost to survlvo. That
ouo will absorb the voters and tbo other will
vanish. That is tbo protons and there is no
need to try to hasten it. Lincoln Horuld.
Correct you are , brother. Tbo democrat
who is fool onoucrh to turn in and help a fol
low of his own slzo to lick a bit ; bully , while
the follow continues to call you hard tiamcs ,
and is scared to death for fear you will offer
to help him , is too big a fool to have any
woigiu with the great mais of democrats.
The Idea of democrats running after the In
dependents , for tlio privilege of potting a
chance to vote fpyiomo cratilc wbo wants to
tot tin ofliuo , Is tno ridiculous for n moment's
consideration , and the domoctat who Is fool
enough to ima jna that tbo independents
would endorse him ! * too big a fool to bo of
any use and haii"uuttor bo defeated than
clouted , No man ciui servo two masters.
Tlin N w > Yiirk 3
Jlilrpsr't Weekly ,
The most sorlous.blow to the prospect of
ucmouratio suucu s la the election of this
your , whoever 'may ' bo the candidate , has
boon civon by thaiuourso of the democratic
legislature and axccutivo in tbo state of Now
York. If the rgvjq'U within the barty which
thU conrsu bar ( traduced should triumph ,
und and In a roor iinlzatlon of the party us an
' '
agency of the v'iow's which reform democrats
bold , a moro batU'faclory political situation
than now exists might bo roachod. Ono ot
tbo convincing arguments in tbo republican
convention fit ( hlcBRO In isro ngnlnU the
nomination of Mr Howard WM that it would
transfer toV < nhliipton the Albany repub
lican machine , a very modest instrument
compared with the present Albntiv demo
cratic nnchlno. Mr , Howard' * frlotuU were
very Mire of his nomination , bill Abraham
Lincoln wni solortotl. What universal dla-
may nn.l apprehension unions all Intelligent
ntid patriotic Americans would not bo pro
duced by the protpaol of the transfer to
Washington , to opornto with national resources -
sources upon a national nronn , of the damn-
crntlc power which baa been supronm nt Al
bany during the lust winter , which boian
the session with the theft of n legislature
and oiiilod with placing In the hands of Tnm-
many hall the control of the election in the
city , which decide * the rostilt In the state 1
Tim Onptlnl or tlio I'm.
This romatico about the contem plated removal -
moval of tbo state penitentiary from Lincoln
to Kearney Is becoming Intorosilnu. At
tlrsl it had the appearance of a Jolto. Now
the now.spapar * have progressed o far as to
bo able to Klvo the dcutls of the whole
Biihomo. The Huvonna News devotes n
thlnl of a column to the subject , from whicli
It U learned that a syndicate ot capitalists
has boon formed to offer a largo tract of land ,
n big cash bonus , otc. , otc. The Hub expects
that Kearney poojiln will uwako some of
these bright mornlnirs and behold the ram
parts of the penitentiary frowning from
Capital hill , so long nnorvod as a silo and
future seat of stale government.
CO3IIAU ISI'KSTS.
The pooplo's national convention at Omaha ,
July I.
The democratic national convention at Chicago
cage , Juno "t.
The ropublti'aa national convnntlon at
Minneapolis , Juno T.
Griicrnl Van Wyck tallcs nbout "Froo Sil
ver mid Its Relation lo Labor" In Uanvor ,
ftlay 2\ \ .
Mr. Kdlson is conlldont of his ability to
establish telephone connection with Mercury
and MUM , and says no can llnd out whether
the inhabitants of those planets are civilized
or savage.
Lieutenant Totton , having failed to make
the world wind uu Its business on the day ho
had llxod for thai event to como off , will now
tuico his revenge by writing n history of the
human race from the creation to bis own
fuiluro as u prophot.
hjenator blnnford , it "s said , will resign
early next year should a republican iogisla-
turo bo elected ibis full in California. In
cipient apoplexy threatens him , und tils phy
sicians have wurnud him that absolute rest
and freedom from excitement nro imperative
in his present condition.
Among tbo delegates from Now Jor oy to
the republican national covcntion is the vet
eran millionaire , John J. Hlnirviio is widely
known in tbo northwest. Mr. lUnir is now
1U years of ugo , but is hulo und vlpornus and
OIKI of t'.io most earnest and uncompromising
republicans in tbo country. Ho has attended
fin a delegate every notional convention
( whig or republican ) since 1S11) . Ilo voted
for the nomination of General \Vllllain
Ilunry Harrison , und forty-eight years lalor
for the nomination of his cruudson , the
present president. Mr. Ulair's fortune-
estimated nt litty millions.
Talk has already commenced ns to who
shall bo the presiding oUlcers of the Min
neapolis convention. McKiuloy is said to bo
nn aspirunt , Fasselt of Now York is malting
uiiuiot but extremely vigorous under-ground
canvass lor tbe permanent presidency , and
Gnlusba A. Grow , wno was a member ot tbo
Thlrty-llfth nnd Thirty-sixth congresses
from Pennsylvania , would like the place ,
nnd Quay and Cameron are both for hi mi
out ho u too old. It will require a clear head
and a thorough knowledge of parliamentary
rule to preside , uud Kansas men say the
Bonato never had a bettor presiding o'fllcor
than Ingnlls. They und the Missouri repub
licans will put Ingalls forward for the place.
M JOlfiT H.iTKS.
iinl.
In Iowa the railroad commissioners have
adopted u schedule of "joint rate ? , " ns the
pbraso is , for railroad freights. They bavo
provided mat the prii-o of transportation
over two or more connecting railroads shall
bo but little or no more than if the haul was
over a continuous lino. This is us if u law
should bo onacied that if u man bought a
coat in ouo store , a vest in unothur , and
trousers at a third , the cost of his onliro suit
should bo tbo same as if bo bad bought all
the garments ut the same place. The Iowa
courts sustaiu this absurd legislation
Sfoii.c Ctlu Jimrnal.
But hero are uonio facts. The railroad
companies themselves had joint rates , "but
little or no moro than it the haul was ever
a continuous lino. " When the now railroad
law went into effect some of tbo companies
withdrew the joint rates wherever they
thoucht it would badger tbo public and
tend to create prejudice against the law ,
but conceding tbo rates where tauw saw lit.
Wbon they were asked to mnko joint rates
they pave as an excuse the nllegation that.
tbo law did not permit this to bo done , al
though they were doing It wherever they
chose. When it was decided that the law
permitted -tlio making of rules uy the com
panies they then took the grouna1 that they
could not bo legally compelled to make joint
rates. The Stnto , Board of Hallrood Com
missioners decided , m accordance with this
view , that tbo law was so dofcctivo that ibo
companies could not bo compelled to put joint
rates into effect. Tlio legislature at the next
sesslun accordingly reined led the defect of
the law and required the commissioners to
make u schedule of joint rules , which tlioy
have dono. Tnoso uro some of the facts , and
they make a very Uiffuraiit showing from tbut
which is evolved out of the ignorance and
prejudice of the Chicago paper.
eo.v.i/7J.VT ox TIII ; VOM'
Philadelphia Uecord : Tbo committee on
the itinerancy of the Mulhodlsl Episcopal
general conference , now In session iu Omaha ,
has nuoptod a ronort in favor of the nbolitior.
of tbo pastoral limit. The drift of sentiment
In the church hag boon In favor of this
chaupo for some tlmo , and it is in keeping
with the progressive spirit of Methodism.
Chicago Mail : At u mooting of Sabbatari
ans la Omaha yesterday a Boston divine said
tbut if the American Subuath cnulci not bo
preserved in any other way ho was in favor
of electing none but Americans to olllec.
Such a know-nothlnc course tiocossitaics
Americans going lo primaries , and the uvcr-
ego American "hasn't ' tlrno to while away
around primaries. "
Kansas City Star : The scarcity of chap
lains la tbo army und navy has boon pointed
out to tbo general conference of the Meth
odist Episcopal church at Omaha , and that
body , in the missionary spirit which dls-
Utigutshcs the churcti of John \V'o. < loy. proposes -
poses to supply ihodoflclonoy. The spiritual
condition of tlio army and navy U probably
us satlifactory now ns it ever has boon , but
Unit does not imply that it is not susceptible
of improvement. Indeed , It is an open secret
that many of the chaplains tnom&olvos uro
proper subjects for a now and copious
oaptium of gruco. If the Mothoilist church
still possessed the militant impulse which
inudu it such a great moral power hundred
years ago it might undertake the evangeliza
tion of the army and navy with abundant
prospects of a glorious harvest of souls , out
it is doubttul whether it would bo equal now
to tbo dlllicult mission of casting out the
sins which so easily besut men wno enjoy
the leisure nnd food upon the meal which
tends to stimulate lloshy inclinations among
the soldiers of the regular army and the
sailors of tbo American navy.
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report
ABSOLUTELY PURE
HELPING OUr FREE SILVER
Wlmt tlio Ailministratinn Hit 1) ) in and
1) Doing for tha M.)7.-m nt.
LITTLC HOPE FOR LEGISLATIVE ACTION
DrniMrrnU Itnliitit In lli > .iriit ) tlio l'iirl ) '
rinlROS llppo'llI'Mi IIIIMI Wi'ntnrn Mril : -
tnr * Tlmt Is I'oiirly llnnnil Thu
liitcrnittliinnl Ciiiifcirciicr ,
WASHINGTON . D. C. , .May IS.-Special ( to
Tnr : Dr.n.IThose who are Interested In ttui
silver anxiously dn'l-
question nro awaiting a -
into antiouncomont from the whlto hou o
of thosuccess of the administration In bring
ing nbout nn tutornallonal conference.
Thoughtful tnon , who uro devoted to bi
metallism , look upotiiho | efforts of the presi
dent and his ndvlsora as wlso , prudent and
patriotic ,
The securing of a free coinage law In this
country alone , and unaided by the cooperation
tion of other nations , appears , nftor repeated
oilorts , to ho utterly Impraotic.iblo. The defeat -
feat of Iho free coinage bill In the lion so ut
the present session of congress , bv ati over
whelming majority pledged to free coinage ,
leave ) lltt\o dcilbt that the llnal success of
free coinage advocates must como from
steady and progressive legislation in con
junction \vllh other nations.
Just men who are not nclualod by porsonnl
animosity or chagrined by disappointment
accord to President llarttson ami his cabinet
great credit for perfect good faith In the
effort being made to bring about interna
tional co-operation In the behalf of silver.
In the face of the defeat of free coinage In
the house the statement of n Colorado son-
utor that It was brought about by the use of
fcdor.il patronage fulls rather Hat , No ono
accuses President Harrison of having dis
trict influence with the democratic parly
und the senator will look In vuln for tlio ap
pointment ot any democrat at the instance of
the democratic majority in the present house
of representative ; ! .
Wlml HID Admltilatriitlim Hits Dono.
A review of this administration discloses
n very friendly disposition towards silver
tro.n thu beginning. Tbo law of 1SJO ! was
practically procurrett In dollanco of the
so-called senatorial friends of silver. Later ,
in perfect harmony with the president , the
secretary of tbo treasury propojcd to
Increase the purchases of silver lo ( i,0)0,0ao : )
ounces per month , nnd was willing to sup
port the proposition to buy 10,000,000 ounces
oxlra during the then current your , In order
to tuIoup tbo surplus whleti Injuriously
affected the silver mnrkot. Socrolarv
Wlndom thought that by thus increasing the
purchase of silver the commercial forces
would bo bronchi to the aid of the govern
ment in restoring Iho ancient parity , and
thereby making u transition from oxlsllng
law to five coinage easy of accorapllsli-
ment without any perceptible dis
turbance to our Internal or external financial
relations. Everybody cow considers that it
would have been very wlso to have nctopti'd
the suggestion of Secretary Windom , miiilo
in the second session of the Fifty-llrst cou-
gress. The history of tun transaction shows ,
however , that Iho so-called senatorial friends
of silver indignantly refused to co-oporato
with Mr. Wlndom , and on the contrarv
charged him with being a "gold-bug , "
abused him in and out uf congress and in
sisted that they would have Ireo colungo or
nothing. The same men uro today opposing
an international conference by every moans
in their power , Including billingsgate mis
representation and , in some instances , palpa
ble.falsehood.
\Vllilt Somn Somttnrn Ilnvo Said.
It is suggested by moro than ono of those
anxious for some movement to beuolit silver
that the loud-mouthed critics of the i.d-
minislration , who nro condemning tbo efforts
lo bring about n conference , do not want thu
silver question settled at all , fearing their
occupation might disappear with tuo settle
ment of that crcut issuo.
A senator from Colorado is reported as
having openly charged that this government ,
and not England , snc-gosted , in the course of
correspondence' , that tbo aiscussiou bo
limited to the consideration of means for the
enlarged use of silver rather than to con
sider ttio question of frou and unlimited
coinage , lu this connection it is suggested
that if the senator did not know that his
statement was onunlv false when ho made
it , ho had ample isoans and full facilities nt
his disposal to entirely oemoustrate to the
satisfaction of nuy reasonable man that bo
was making a false statement.
Again , u certain senator from Nevada is
reported as having said that the president
was merely working with the international
conference to got up a little political capital
lust boi'oro election. If this senator did net
know that his statement was false ho might
have readily ascertained that to bo the case
by inquiring at the Treasury department ,
where he could have learned that the admir-
istration had been for moro than two yoais
strenuously striving to bring ncout tho'very
conference that is now supposed to bo near
at bond. Tnis statement , historically true ,
effectually disposes of the senator s petty
implication that the president lias merely
sprung this question for electioneering pur
poses.
In the face of violent opposition from the
sonctr.s from Colorado , and ono from No-
vadr , the administration is pursuing Ibo
OVPII toner of ils way perfecting Hrrango-
mei t. for the proposed conference. The only
"
opposition being" encountered , as far as the
records of the senate and house of reprosen-
tnlltns Olsrloso , arl ps from Mm rotirosonta
Itvos ol thn states incst directly lutorcMcd In
dome oiii"tlir K ' "i" iiTor
Trl'cruU ' < itt nnd Stunnrt scorn nlnro < < il
nt thn thought of ttin administration tnnlo tf
a Micross. Very violent nnil 111 Mtlurol i-nu
clsms do not , however , disturb the cquantm.
Hy or .sbnho tlin tmrposo of President llntrl-
ROII to uhl , as far ns poislblo , the people of
the Mates reiirmcnloil by those grniicmon.
llnpr fur t'ltlumto Snrrrx ,
Hoorotarv I''ostor Is , nt present , out of the
dly , anil if ha weio pivnonl It Is iloulniul If
tlio oorrospomlpuro , with reference to tin
rmiforericp , would bo shown , ns It scorns the
ntlfiicttt | ) nf Intoinational diplomacy iniposoi
on this rornnpondnnco the ctisloumrv diplo
matic restraints However , It Is currently
understood that tlio iwnfercuco of n sum.
rlcnt numiier of nations has been oxpro.ssuil
to I in uro the appointment of ounfciuus ami
thu mooting of the conference nt no distant
day.
It lining con coil PI ! by everybody that no
silver legislation can bo secured nt this 001-
sloti ot cougross , it is only lamentable that
the administration and these Itiiuln-
bio efforts to make progress
through diplomacy should be nnlng-
onlzoil chletly by three senators ronro
scaling status seriously interested in the
accomplishment of results. It is difllcult lo
account for their nttltudo , except on the
basis that they uro willing to subordinate the
tntorosls of Iholr .states In the silver ouustiou
to the expression nf their porsonnl hostility
lo President Harrison. Thuy can , mohnblv
SBO that the .success of tlio prciiik'nl in
iiclimlly accomplishing something lor silver
In djlluuco of their opposition , wo ltd result
In their political downfall. \V. K A
L.lVIUl .IMt IC.i.V l-.IT.
Washington I'ost : A Texas nilltor was
drowned Saturday while vnitiicnil lu liatliliie.
Tliei'u Is no oiiuouriigeinuul fuMimiMntiimg In
Texas.
Philadelphia Hocnrd : Mine. Alhlim-Tlrit
ossified Hum Is un fully quarrelsome. Mr.
HUeluton Voii'ro rltht. | my dour , llu luisbixm
the burnt of contention around thU nniioum
about luni ; enough.
I.ownll Couriers Adonlrun , who was van-
iliilshvd by .luriishn nt a rnriil spoiling match ,
stild Hint she was the must fiisolimtlng girl ho
over met us he fell hunualh her spell ,
A weather prophet Is without honor lu this
section of the country.
I'lttshnrs Illspiiteh : Dark trimmings nt ( ho
bottoms of skirts urn stylish Just. now. No
1'lttslmr.r huly m-i-d bo nut of this fashion
after walking two blocks.
Washington Star : "What nni you ilolui ? "
asked thu foreman of thu i'oiuiio.-.Uorulio was
neatly displaying thu uumusut huvvragcs fur
nished by n \ > lm > moreliunt.
And thu compositor answered simply , mod
estly , almost ilnprouatluxly. that hu "w.issul-
tln up Iho drinks. "
A girl from the Nile , who was lain.
Caused u stir when she got to Iho lute ,
And the papers next ilnv ,
Und whole columns to say ,
That thu milc that she had on w.is croat.
Philadelphia loi'orit ! : The housewife has
opunud her war on the moll's with u sort ot
tar-oru boom.
Washington Star : "I hyah. " < ahl I'nchi.oh
to a milxhlinr. "dat eon.'ress ilono M > 1 do\sn on
l'hillyilolph > ' .s mint DUMIIUX. "
"Voh ( loan hay t > o ! "
"Vas-icr. "
" \Voll , diit Hiitny am or shame , wlf do julep
time jus n-eomln' . "
Kliulra Oa/etto : Mnrrlagn will continue to
bo u falluro till our youni ; women learn to
support a man In Iho style lie hu * always boon
accustomed to.
lliilTalo Knqulrur : Paradoxical as It may
snam , It Is a fact that the more Miitum n
gels the more loquacious hu grows.
LI FKLiltII
Tntn Jlf < iMm < n Cloitft llcvkw.
It's May.
Hooray !
The moth now plpoa his merry lay ,
Ilucaiisu the sealskin's put nwny.
Anil soon
In Juno
Tlio lovers will he scon to spoon
lluncalh tin ) yellow , mellow moon ,
And so
\ \ o eo
Away from winter anil Its snow
To summer mul Its lorrld glow.
Kiu-li miild
Arnived
In summer chillies will promenade
Thu slilnlnt ; sand or forest gliniu.
Anil while
She flirts and walks with wanton smlla.
Her pa will count a lessening pile.
" H makes me
t'lrril ! People nslc
iao is marriaco
n fniluro ? Of
course 'faint ;
Si'poso I don't
know my biz
what nm I here
fori" If the wo
men only keep
healthy they keep
In good spirits
nnd cupid is in
demand Lot
every enfeebled
woman know thia
tucro'fl a remocly
that'll euro her ,
the proofs posi
tive. It does what Is promiaod.
IIoro'H the proof if it doesn't do you good
within reasonable time , report the fact U ) ita
makers and get your money back wilhout u/
word but you won't do It I
The remedy is Dr. I'lorco's Favorite Pro
scription and it fcas proved itself the right
remedy in nearly every case of feniulo weak
ness. It ia not a miracle. It won't cure
everything but it has done more tx > build
up enfeebled nnd broken-down women than
any other mudlcino known.
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For $12 we'll give you the
choice of any light weight
overcoat in the house ,
Thursday only.Now listen ;
some of them are $15 , some SI 8 , others $20 ,
$22.50 and $25 overcoats , our own make
for this spring , all colors and nearly all
sizes. But we only have 200 of them and
we close them out Thursday for $12 a
coat. And Thursday only , $12.
Browning , King & CoTe
To slvo our . employes . their ovnnlnss. . we . olosu . I < j U * ( W "
, utlJ |
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