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faiklo.4L in four yours.
C'omtllTT ImH .unroot ! to rollro nfloi1
Ills fifiht with Mitchell. So will
Mltoholl.
A TAt'TOUV in Onrilin Ims fttiloil ho-
( nuio of too inticli business. 'L'hal ii
tlio proal tiotiblo hero.
lr THIS b.iby Ituth slush continues
tlio country will liavo t ) t.iko heroic
dutoiibo by inciins of the forgotten chest
nut boll.
TH ( > Miimnirnnls ( who thought of * oi-
tlinp In Missouri or Kansas will iw\\
wend tholispoo'ly \viy to prosperous
mid retlcoincd Nebraska.
Sr.XA'iou I'lirrr.it predicts that the
pooplo'B party will swoop the counlrv in
] 8)0. ! ) There -lint ffoin' to bo no people's
pnrty in ' ( ] , Old Wliiskors.
SnxATOK lln-r , nonioa his horildud
marrhtKo. This is too bad. A man
riovor amounts to anything until ho ha' *
hoon miirrled ut least once.
Ovint in Iowa they are telling about
men lui ski ii fj 125 busliols of corn in a
day. Wo httvo homo good corn buskers
and liars in Nebraska , also.
Wu AHK poing to have u cowboy band
In town next week. That would seem
unnecessary aftar the democratic dem
onstration of Tuesday night.
AiiOUTayoar ago wo HOIO all talking
about tlio clear field which D.ivy 15.
Hill had for the presidential nomina
tion. Ah , tlio whirligig of timol
Now and then a ray of sunlight
b'oaks through the political clouds
Tlio republicans olcototl their candidate
for hoorotary of state in North Dakota.
TiinitK need bo no ( ours about demo-
c utio interference with the tarifl Itiwn.
The domocratio parly neve.1 did any
thing but howl , and it is not on a record-
hi caking tour this trip.
No CITY c'tn enjoy perfect immunity
from business failures Omaha has as
few in propoition to tlio nutnlor and
magnitude of her
business interests as
any "other city in the United States.
I5oir.s has issued the
shortest and snappiest Thanksgiving
proclamation of the entire lot. The
governor evidently takes tlio cares of
life moro to he irt than did his name-
Hake , the Kotnan poc.t.
MHK. LHASI : is opposing Jerry Simp-
won't ) senatorial aspirations to the bitter
end. But she cannot slay the tide of
fanaticism now any moro than she could
in 181)1 ) , when she opposed 1'eller's elec
tion. Mary IHIH too much house to bo
appreciated liy her co-workora in bleedIng -
Ing Kansas.
Tix exists in tlio
Black Hills in nuy-
ing quantities. This in now demon.
Btratcd , The Ilarnoy Peak Tin com
pany will market . ' 1,000 tons of metallic
tin yearly. South Dakota will Uvnl \
Cornwall , ami the ( 'rowing prosperity nof
tlio Black Hills country must bo bcno-
llcial to its natural supply depot ,
Omaha.
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Tin : p-irk commissioners have very
properly refused to accept the Walnut ,
Ilill pond as a gift to the city under the
conditions that it bj forever used as 10a
wtitur pond , and that it uliall revert to
the donor in c tso o ( a violation of thl ?
agreement. It IB little hotter than n
inudhulo and ought to ho promptly
tilled up.
Tins meeting of the Iowa Stito D ilry
association at Amos will have great in-
lluonce In tint state. T1U | census re-
turiiH of the amount of butter urulo and '
the oilier protiuatanf the dairies of low t
show an enormous output For years
the farmois nf Iowa tolled entirely upon
their gioat maulus of corn and nits , but
the tendency la now to diversify ( .inning '
by paying attention to the raising of
poultry and butler malting , and host
ilnanoial returns have been most
gratifying.
WHEN the glitlorlng sliver dollar Is
out of his view , General Weaver recov
ers liU line perception of the verities.
> * Noihlng could * uo saner than the ben-
tcnoo * of his post mortem epistle de.vl- ,
ing with the luniMltlp "Tho accession
of the [ democratic ] p-irty to power is too
result of violent re ictlon , and not of the
duhbur.Ho judgment of the peop'u. The
leaden * of tlio triumphant party are
without any well detlned policy , except
that of 'contemptuous disregard /or
every element nf reform within the
ranks of tholr own pnrty and utatmg the
JlOuplfi ut
1 ro rnoMHTK Annici'tiTrttiiti ; v-
1 TKIIRSTS.
I The three dnv mooting of the Nn-
llonal t ! Farmers congress which wlltonon
nl Lincoln on Tuesday next promises to
prove highly Interesting nnd profitable
to nil who are concerned In the agricul
tural development of this country , and
! especially so to the farmers of Nebraska
and neighboring states , all of whom are
atJIborty to attend the sessions of the
body , though only the regular delegates
will bo entitled to vote upon the various
questions that will bo considered. It is
peculiarly lilting tint tlio congress
should bo held in this state , In which
the interests of agriculture predominate
OVIIP all others. Tno mooting thus becomes -
comes central ami convenient for the
whole of a ere it agricultural population
c \tcndlng over so\onl states and torri-
tot ! ce > . and as this season of the year finds
most farmers comparatively dee from
pressing duties at homo tlio attendance
is sure to ho large.
The nuinbor of delegates present at
the meeting will be uncommonly largo
this you * . The'-o will 1)3 one delegate
undone nltei-nalo from etch congres
sional district in thn United Status , two
delegates and two alternate * liom each
.t ito-at-la-if" , tlio heads of all the state
ag'ieuUural locielies and agricultural
college's nnd one member from each ag-
j riciillural society in the country. With
-u 'h a rep escalation tho.-o ought to be
many able men to lake pirt in liio dis-
and it is certain tli it much
U3"ful inform.ition concerning topics of
ipocial intorobt to Hie agriculture cla s
will bo imnartoil. Tlio program , already
published in tills p'ipsr , shows that
many subjects of goner.il interest to the
country are to bo tro itod by iiiombtr.i
who have made u special study of them.
Two papers bearing upon the public
ro id prob'em will bo presented and
other matte s in which tlio farmer is
not alone Intoroitod will bo discussed ,
Not oily will tlio f.irmors congress bo
welcomed by the people of Nebr.isk i ,
but it will ha found that attention will
bo given to its deliberations by thous
ands who do not till the soil. Tlio do-
pijndi'noo of the west upon upon agricul
tural ami - understood
progress p ospo-lty is
stood and appreciated by all.
ll'K.l I'Ktt Ob I'Ul'UM-il' I'ltO l'KCTS.
timi.stic leader. In his address to the
populists ho congratulates them upon
what they accomplished , with tlio aid of
the democrats , in carryingsovoral slates ,
and takes a most hopeful view of the
future. When it is remembered what
largo claims the presidential candidate
of the third party mudo in the oirly
P'utof his campaign , before his eyes
were opened to tlio impossibility ot get
ting an electoral vote in the south , it is
somewhat surprising to find him satis-
lied with such small rosults. Kvorv in
telligent populist must know that the
success o ( his pirtywas duo in nearly
o\ci'i case to fusions with democrats or
free s Ivor republicans , and that the
bupport from these sources was not given
jus an endorsement of the cardinal prin
ciples of the third party , livery demo
crat who voted in the west for Weaver
electors is as strong in the democratic
faith now as ho over was , and tlio free
silver republicans in the silver stitos
who voted with the populists did not
thereby intend to approve the sub-
treasury and Hat money schemes of that
third party. This support give to the
party an apparent strength which it
will not bo able to show again under the
changed conditions lo.isonably to bo
expected in the near future.
bo fur as tlio south is concerned the
populist party is prnutio illy dead. Ab
solute democratic domination of that
section is assured for at Icist the next
four years and the now administration
will do its utmost to make it so strong
thai a solid south can bo counted on as
ro.ibonn.hly . certain In the next presi
dential election. The populist idea that
it may bo broken on the silver question
IB very sure to bo disappointed , because
that question will doubtless bo disposed
of within the next four years and tlioro- !
fore will not bo an issue in the presi
dential campaign of 1890. Tills will
also go far to settle the fate of the popu-
liits in the west , for u considerable part
of thoHtronglh of the party is this soc-
lion was duo to its advocacy of the free
and unlimited coinage of silver. Very
few voters in tlio west favor its other
currency plans and the nio o they nro
diicussud the loss support they will have. '
The very gro.it majority of wjsiorn people -
plo want a sound and stable currency , .
and not a currency depreciating in purchasing -
chasing power from wool ; to woolc , as
would bo the case with unlimited issues
of paper direct from the government.
Tlio populists will gain no adherents
from this class of people.
( ioner.il Weaver is mistaken if ho be-
?
llovos the ropubllcan party Ins boon almost
.
most annihilated , but his u.'iticlsm of
the democracy sho.v.s n corract appre .
ciation of Iho charac'.gr ' of that pjlltical
organi/nlion , and it is bueiu of this ,
character that the renubllcm pirty ,
btill .standing for p-inciploi and p-jliolos
which have nude the United Stiles ono
of the great ludimri il and c > in narchil
powers of the o u'lh , will ontlnua to
oxibt and will bo agiin intrmtod with
the control of the government. When
the people shall have had a lesion in
in.n
democratic snprom icy the republican
party will be rostnrod to power by a ro-
acilun moro swooping and doolsivo
than th it the country has jtut witnessed L-
nessed , and when that time ojmos the ;
populist pirty will bo Httlo more than a
muniory ,
CIIAIlThll
Theapithyof Omiha citUous in im
portant public m.ittors is sometimes ox-
asperating. It is but aix weeks until
thu legislature will convene , and unless
a moro profound interest is awakened .
than now exists the Douglas ti
delegation will go to Lincoln , as ll ,
witli only a chaoile notion of Iho wants
of the people in regard to charter
amendments. The chief reason erin
these biennial amendments is found i'n
publie indifference until the legislative
session is nearly over , when ills suddenly
discovered that something unsatisfac
tory is likely to occur. Wo tire icon
willing to got together , but the late
hours of the session nuiko the work of
amendment necessarily hurried. An i a
result each amended charter haa been
loaded at the lost moment with some
provision entirely at variance with pub-
Uo sense nnd publlo sentiment. The
vicious legislation of every loglfllatlvo
body is usually pushed through at the
close of the session when time cannot
bo take n for the calm deliberation im
portant subjects deserve.
After uiglng the people for weeks to
initiate the movement for the nmoiid-
ment of tlio charter , through public
meetings , at an early day without np-
p.irontolToct , Tin : BKI : now Invites oiti-
vans to contribute to Its columns their
views upon the subject. In this way it
is hoped interest enough can bo aroused
to bring important nmondmonts to the
surface.Vo shall hope Inter to see a
committee of representative cllirons
appointed by a public meeting of our
best people , to formulate our amend1-
incuts and proceed to Lincoln , if need
be , to aid the delegation In pushing tlio
bill covering the charter amendments
through that body early in the session.
The delegation will cheerfully support
any measure which erystalli/os public
feuntlinont , and thu citizens of O.iinlu
owe It to thnir goJd n iun , as well as to
the logislaluro. to agree at an early
date upon such proper a'ld nocosairy
amendments to the present , charter as
phall remove Its crudities and strength en
its power for good to the community.
There are a number of Hat contradic
tions in the piescnt instrument and
so\oral ambiguous flections For in
stance , the poweis of Iho Ltnard of
Health 1 are so indellniloly set forth as to
mtiko it impossible to comply with the
letter of llio law. The powers of the
Board J of Park Commissioners as defined
in the charier have brought out two
\orydistlnct nnd opposing1 interpreta
tions from two distinguished lawyers.
The responsibility of olllcors to the
heads of the dopirtmonls to which they
naturally belong should in oaeli in-
bo so clearly defined as to compel
harmonious work. For instance , tlio
duties of the city prosecutor should not
only bo distinctly stated , but his re
sponsibility to the legal department of
the city should bo likewise clear and lie
bhould bo subject to the direction of the
city attorney.
Thcso are only a few of" the many
amendments which are needed. Lot
iit
citi/ens bestir themselves at once upon
this l. important matter arid aid TIIK
Bii : ; in teaching the composite result
J which should bo the guide of the legis
lative delegation and bo immediately
accepted by the delegation itself. If f
Omaha citizens agree as to tlio amend
ments ' no opposition need bo anticipated
from the state at largo.
i
MKXT.
In apito of the fact that immigration
tends almost wholly towara the west ,
while the population of the south is aup-
m ontcd only by the natural increase of
her people , the southern states have
done a great deal during the past ton
years to eatablish u reputation for busi-
ness enterprise and productiveness.
Compared with the progress of the west
that of the south seems slow , nnd yet
there has boon u steady growth in many
sections of the south in recent years.
This is duo in great measure to the
enterprise of northern capitalists who
have found promising fields of activity
there and have built up a new industrial
life upon the ruins that wore loft by the
war.
war.Tho
The pride of the American people in
tlio prosperity und progress of tlio coun
try is not much affected by sectional in-
lore bis or piojudiccs , and it is to bo pro-
sumed that the revival of productive
industricb in Iho old south is observed
with s itisfaction uverywhore. But for
social condition ! ) which have unfortu
nately provoniod that section from being
filled up with industrious and thrifty
homo-seekers , as the west has boon , the
record of growth in the south would
have been much moro brilliant than It
is ; but it is by no moans n record to bo
ashamed of. The money loss "to tha
south by the war is estimated as high as
i $0,000,000,000 , which is $1,500,000,000
moro than the total amount invested in
manufacturing in the United States at
the last census.
It is pertinently suggested that if
some disaster should completely destroy
the m-inufactuflng enterprise * of the
country and ultorly wipa out the cap
ital thus Invested it would bo poasin'o to
form some idea of the enormous loss
which the southern states snst lined bv
the war. It is conclusive testimony to
their powers of rcounoration that they
are now rapidly accumulating woilth
and building up extensive industrial
enterprises , notwitnstanding that much
oi tlio vigor and industry underlying
their present progress is from the
northern states. The iron industry has
perhaps made greater strides in the
south during the past few yo irs than
any other. In 1831 that entire section
of the country undo only 451,510 tons
of pig iron , whllo the output for the
rest of the country was 4,193,021 tons.
In I8H ! the south made 1,911,04tons
and the rest of the United Slates 7,360-
ili ) Ions. It will bo soon that the
growth , both actual and relative , was
roat. Tlio output of coal from southern -
orn mines in 1801 WHS more than U.1,000.-
000 tons , compared with 0,01)0,000 ) tons
in 1881. The cottonseed mills have increased -
creased in nuinbor from forty in I8S1 to
200in 181)1 ) , and their eipltil his in
creased from $ a,600OOU in the former
yonr to $ aOOOa,01)0 ) ID the latter year.
Many other industries have grown In
like manner and there is an excellent
it.o
prospect thut tbny will continue to
prosper. The south needs a little moro
industry and vigor , noads moro of Iho.
snap and vim that characterize the
west , but oven now the spirit of pto-
gress is gaining ground in that section.
Tlio rtccond nnil short session of tlio
Fifty-second coiigrow will ho 'in Ducotn-
her 5. It promises to ho uncommonly
intorusting. Thu question now hoinu
ngltntcd of a snacltil aoaslon of the
Fifty-thlril congrosa will pruhahly bo
ilotorminod hy the action lutcon at thu
closing' Hosslon of this con robd roj .ird-
ing curtain foiiturcs of thu turill und in
making provhlou for onubliny the
trouHury to moot its obligations. It in .
ealu Unit there is iiupondin ? d in nor of
thu fliuuiiilul do part mo tit of the govern-
men' bocomint ; ombarrussed bofu.-Q the
tctfular time of mcolinu of the now
congress unless the present ono pro-
vidou Incrcaeed rovcnuoa for the on-
ponsos of the government. This the
domocr.itio hoimo may nllompt to do hy
reducing dullo ? ' o"n cortnln nrtlclos ,
thereby iiicroasftift' ' tltoir Impo.t.illon ,
nnil pat-Imp } hy.noalorlnrr suRiira to the
of diultiu'enrtitlot nnd nbnndonlntr
the n lymont of bnnntlos. tt U thought
to bo not Improb.iWo that ropuhUrnns
onnujjh In the stinnto cnuld ha inducad
to support p-opoiils of this ch.ir.ictor to
pa s u hill through con ros ? , hut it is
entirely sifo totrotlol that saoh lu-jts-
livlion would encounter dofi'.it ut thn
1 ninth of the irdMdont Not'.ilntr 1
moro certain than that I'rosidont II if-
rlson would vole ninoisitro rostorlnjj
( "titles on sujT.irs now free , nnJ ho could
not consistently glvo his npp'ov.il to
liny of the plans of the domoirnoy re-
Knrdlng the tirilT so fur ns tln h ivo
dovclopod. Ho c.in bi rolled upon not
lo do nnythiujr to change the llscvil
policy of the jjovorntnont cstablishud by
Iho icpub'lcan ' party and to which ho Is
as fully committiid us any ether republi
can.
can.It
It would seem well assured , therefore ,
that nothing1 will bo accomplished by
the ) ) roscnt congress1 regarding the
tariff , or at any rate nothing that would
incronsjj the revenues of the government.
Admittinc this to bo the situalion , the
question of a special session of the i.ow .
congress is manifestly one for surlous
uonsidor.ition , and it aupuars to hu re
ceiving enrnost nltentionfroin thodomo-
cr.itlc leaders. So fur in they huvo ex
pressed themselves , however , there Is
radical ililloronco nf opinion as to the
necessity or expediency nf calling nn
extra rfosslon of the
Fifty-tliird con
gress , and il is doubtful on which smlo
tlio woipht of opinion is nt wosent. The
number of democrats is undoubtedly
largo who bcliovo thut the party ought
to respond as promptly as possible to
what they roirnrd as tho'popular de
mand for : i revision of the tariff. Per
haps there is an equal nuinbor who
thinlc it inoXDodictit to hastily disturb
und uiiboltlo llio industrial interests of
the country and lliat it will bo hotter
from u pniy noint of view to give those
interests time lo prepare for what is ex
pected , which they may bo ab'o to do if
tarifl revision ib not effected until fif
teen or eighteen months hence. It is
possible tlmt Mr. Cleveland will defer
to whnt shall appear to be the predomi
nating dssiro in the party , but it is not
likely that his views will bo mndo known
until after ho is inaugurated. He
knows what lie must encounter from the
iiuuurtunilics of the politicians and I
olllco bcolccrs during the opening months
of his administration , nnd lie is very
likely to take this into account in de
termining the question 'of an extra ses
sion of congress. The democrats nro
confronted with u'cleluinma which can
not fail to provo a. source of i.itioh per
plexity to them.
Tun statement thftt ut u mooting of
the , presidents of alljtho seaboard trunk
lines of railroad it was decided to ignore
the interstate coinmo'rco law and return
to the plan of business in vogue before
that huv went into effect , is important if
true. It nupoararfroui the dispatch thut
this decision was readied as offering the
only way to maintain rates , and it is
said that the presidents are hopeful that
the law will not bo rigorously enforced
againbt , them. It is hardly credible that
men at tlio head of great railroad enter
prises subject to the power of nongross
to regulate intorstnte commerce would
thus deliberately ngroo to disregard a
law of the government , yet such an nr-
rnngoinont is quite possible. If it lias
boon mndo and there ia a serious at
tempt to carry it out there will bo pro-
bontod n direct conflict between the cor
porations nnd the government which
must bo mot only in ono way. The pub
lic will earnestly demand that the roads
bo compelled to comply with the law.
Assuming tlio report to bo correct , it
implies a dolibointoly planned and for
midable conspiracy to destroy tlio inter
state commerce law , nnd this the people
of the country will firmly and with
trroal unanimity resist The cluim that
the roads cannot maintain rules under
the operation of the act is manifestly amore
moro protest. If the seaboard trunk
lines wore allowed to carry out thair re
ported purpose there would , of course ) ,
bo nn end to nil regulation and tlio law
would become a dead letter. It is a
bold move which these railroad nrosi-
dents nro suid to have determined upon
and it must bo vigorously denit with.
THKUR is a funny row in Chicago over
the distribution of the spoils. Both
Carter Harrison of the 'Jimcs and
Washington Hosing of the Stunts Zcitiiny
wibh tlio democratic nomination for
mayor , but the Times ia energetically
booming Hosing for a foreign appoint I-
ment for an obvious reason. That man
Harrison Is a queer man. Not ono pa
per in Chicago has omitted to abuse
him round ) } ' , yet ho holds a tighter grip
on the democrats of the Garden City
than any ether man , and when lie runs
for olllco ho receives the open support
of thousands of honest , sensible republi
cans. The war is on , however , and
promises to give the mayoralty to the
republicans very easily next spring ,
Tin : report tlfut till contention over
Iho Now York soiiutordhlp has boon al *
layed and that I'dward Murphy of Troy ,
ono of the most powerful chieftains of
Tammany , has i ijty a clour Held indi-
catoa Ihnt the tlgpr''hiH | boon fully reo-
ognizod. Mr. Murphy is n Tammanyito
of the most thorough kind and lias for
many years had n prominent part in the
management of tHol'creut political ma
chine by whoso/vjTorU the success of
Cleveland in the Kuiplro state was made
possible this year/
TllHHU seems tpifoa something pecul 1-
iarly unhealthy iilM\ ) cattle stealing 1I'H 1n
Wyoming. Tworni6ro of the rustlers
have been found with bullet holes I'Hn
tholr bodies , limiting four that have
been slain in the same vicinity within
two woelis. The regular course of the
luw is preferable as a means of doaluig
out justice tu outlaws , but it cannot bo
denied that thu sunimiiry method prac
ticed in Wyoming U remarkably of-
fectlvo ,
THU enlargement of the shops of the
Union P.u'itlc in this city , made nocos.
twry by an increased demand for facili
ties , is in various respects u good thing
for Orjah.i. The employment of un in
creased force of men will somewhat
benefit nit who are Interested olthor
directly or Indirectly In the growth of
the consuming clns * . nnd It inny In this
instinco bo n stepping stone to still
fuilhor onlnrgoment nnd the payment
of yet greater sum1) In wages to mo-
chnnirq tunl laborers employed In these
largo shops. Kvon the erection of the
now building now in process of construc
tion will furnish work lo n considerable
nuinbor of men.
Ttlo < si : domocr.Ua In ? vfow York who
arose in Indltrnution against the attempt
of sotno members of their pirty to hang
1'resident Harrison In ofllgy showed
that they Irul a lltllo sense loft. Noth
ing could bo moro outrageous than an
attempt to put such nn Indignity upon n
chief magistrate who is honored and
esteemed the world over , and whoso ad
ministration in now praised by all po
litic il opponents who have n sense of
fall ness and t'oconcy.
Tilt : narrow escape of a heavily loaded
motor tr.iln on the Douglas street bridge
cmphisi/os the importance ot the
greatest precautions in the nrinagemont
of trains crossing the river. The derail
ment of motor trains at grade is bad
onousjh
Silllln Inllrli'ilill'llls | IVnl ( Illy.
Iliis'lngs At'mtxh in.
At last account ! Undo .loluinv I'nwors
was out liehiml the uirn ticUlliit ; lilnnolf In
tlio rib ? , jumping cielit feel tilsh nnil .veiling
lllio Uoirnnctio Iinllun , while Vun w 3
\\oimcrhitf "wbctonm 1 ntn sit. "
SoiiiiiliUln * .
I'll / .
Donmcrats have been ralamlty howlers
without i-rttmo or teason. Their oxntnplo is
one \\tilcli trtio lepubiloitis ouijlit to b i circ-
lul to avoid. H U sound political philosophy
lo iii-copt dcfoat without , premonitions of iuf-
pumUni ; disaster to Iho country.
llio Trni ) I'r.iilw Illc fiitir.
( Itlcifiit Intel ( > ! tin.
Our esteemed coritomporarv , the ( Jhloaeo
Hor.ild , siuiids up for the nrlncinloi of lt
party. It demands that J Storllac Morton
of Ncbrnkri uo in.ido sccrotarv of u ricul-
turo , "because ho Is a life lotij , ' frco trader. "
That is honest.Vnlterson , Morton , llurd
and Ueortjo are "ih.i bic 1" ol domocr.icv
today. The platform of thopiutv Is with
them , and they are with the plntforin.
Nilir.nlii vtiimi iTp for tlursrir.
Un < ifmi lit Intl it'Wlcnt
A ratilloatlonof the resultof the NobrKki
election \\ou d bo in order now at anv time.
Noorask.i still stand * for the p.irtv of pios-
pority , huniunltv and progress and when
within a few mouths tbtidisunpointcu p'oplo
will bu howling wit n dU ust at thn nuino-
cralio party forlts dlsnnl failuio to fullili Us
promises and clvo us bolter times , thovill
batfin to roall79 Iho real virtues of the paw
they deserted , when the counlry was in ttio
initial of prosperiiy.
Otiii'ixlons
NOIIIOI.K. Neb , Nov. 10. To thu Hdltorof
TIIK IlEb : Will you ploasa .uiswor In Miniliiy'i
Hi : is wh it this
aclinol l.iw H thu sui-ins to
huvo cut such u ligtiro In the oloctlon In Wis
consin and Illinois/ J. .M.
Answer The Wisconsin law , known as
ttio Donnatt IMV , provided , section 1 , that
Iho parents or guardians ot a child bo-
tweou Iho nges of 7 and 14 years should
PRUSO uuoh child to nltcnd n public or pri-
vaio school for a period of not loss than
twelve consecutive vfeeKt , and not moro than
twenty-four weeks in each voar , such period
to bo llxed by the Board of EJueation or dl
rectors oi the several towns or distriots.
Section 2 provided a peuultv for violation
of not less than f-'J and not moro than f30 for
onoh offense , "and failure for each wool ; oi
part of u week on the part of any such per
son to comply wlih ttio provisions ol this act
shall constitute a distinct offense. "
Tno liflh .cction dollnod what onnstltu'od
a school , namely , ' wherein is t.iuuhr , as part
of the elementary education of children ,
reading ' , wrlMue. nriihruetie and Ualtoi
Status history , in the English lanttu.ico. '
This was the feature against which objoctioi :
wab raised. ' U save state ofllcers supervisory
power over private schools and aimed to
uuollsh schools in which German is tiiut'ht
almost , exclusively. 1'iwor of prosecution
under the aot was confnrrod on public scboo"
boards. This law was repealed by the ! oRh >
laluro of 1891 and u compulsorj law substi
tutod.
The fllmoiu law was in the niniti similar to
tbo Bennett luxv. In addition to the ccinpul
sory features sweeping power over private
schools was conferred on public school di
rectors in city and country. Sucti tliseutors
could approve or condemn a school at will
If a narcnt or guardian bent a child lo a con
damnou school , ho or nho was lUblo to flue
und Imprisonment. What raado the lau
odious was the ZrM shown in tha enforce
ment in the country districts , partaking o
tbo nature of persecution. The icpeal of th
law was a prominent and successful Issue In
tbo recent election In Illinois.
HY 1HK ,
Indianapolis Journal * MudKo Do you bo
UHVO llu re's sucli u til I ill.1 as a lioodoor
Vabsloy 'I hal Is u nleo question to ask of a
man who has known you for years.
f-omorvlllci Journal : The man who novo
had an Itifiilllbln remedy lo euro a cold Is tin
only inun In llio unuor > u nlio noverhnsono
Philadelphia Hceord : "You are lined ? ' , ! K
and fosls fur ilriuiKuntiCbS" Hald the nui.-ls
tr.ilu to ihu prlioniir.
" 1 liuili nil ruht , " said thn iiiHoiior : "but
'poul fioin th'Uci'lshloi. . I w.tntiny cabo laar
bofurea full euiirl. "
1'ncU : "I am not \\ualthy. " lie sairtj "hut I
the devotion of n irno and lotidur liotirt PDCI
for anythUix with you , Mlis Olnrii "
"ll Kiies well onuiu'li with mo. Mr Spoon
bill , " Inturriiptod the fair Klrl , with u punalv u
look on hoi face ; "but Mow will HKO ullh the
gtocort"
Good Nnws : litttlo llov "Mnmiiia. may I
) ia\o thai blK family Illlilo a little whlluj"
1'ond Jiamma ' Of coiimo yon ean , my pot.
Vour thouslus are on hlithor thliiBs , I suu , "
Little Hey "Ves'in , " Hi Idijot ( to hoMolr , two
liourHiifterwarus ) "llnmi)1 More of thai jam
KOIIO , 1 don't sou how th it boy rouchoa It , "
Tlir.CIUMS IN HAWAII.
flfir l'nifIlcei , > nlrr
Tim qiH'Cii of Honolulu
cits Hiiflly uliuwlu , ' tulu ,
Altliouvh airalrs look uravu.
\\'hun iiild d un iivpliinatlon
Hha s ivs. with perturb itlim :
"It''i just Haw ill huvo. "
New Voikllcrild : Hovln ? IlnKBS After
all. It n ivs tur l > porllto , pardnor.
.loioso Ja s Not always. The other day I
\MIB no In'deaf and duiiil ) . and whun u man
ifiivt ) mo u dollar I says , ' 'Thank yo , sir I" and
ho had mo arrested.
Somorvlllo Journal : Customer Look hero !
That latatniilt of uliitlies you made modou&n'l
lit. within two voirs !
Tailor Well , Isn't that tl.o way you Keuor-
ally puy your bills ?
II1TJI .i MOUl'll.
llnlitrtJ liurtht'ctn ItnuMun
I love Iho man who knuwii It nil ,
ITOIU uust toent , from north to south !
Who liimviH nil thin fl. bot'i uruat and muall ,
Anil lulls It lth his llrelfismouth ;
Who linliU a IHleiiltu world In nwn ,
Thu uhllu ho worl.s his Iron jaw.
Ofitlmes In oirnlmr'ulmly mini ,
U'liou tulllnlit huflona siu'lil and sound ,
Ami runhyr bn-ulhos a purfoct psilm ,
TMU follow brings Ills mouth around
Wllh In loni ; iinllop that ciin tire
The olzhl-day ulocK'x Imuatlenl Iru.
lilt eooJ , stronir mouth' ' Hu wlnlds It wolll
Ho works ll just for all It'B worth :
Nut h IIIIHOII'H jannonu f.iiiitul cimlil toll
huoh nil'-lity ui'ods upon the eai Hi.
Hu iiullh thu Ilirotilo npau vrlUii.
Ami worUs her hard on every bide.
l'l > hill and down , throuuh bwarnp und Jitul ,
It nuviTntopu : It nu\er hullcti
Tliroii''li ulr and sky , oYr HPII and Inntl.
He liilUb. und talks , ai.d talk * , and talks ,
And ittlkH. anil talks , Hint t.ilki , anil talks ,
And talliu und talks , and tall.a. and talk * .
Gnoil Lord , from ovl's florco and dire ,
Katu lib uacli dav from fuar and woo :
From wreak and Hood , from storm and lire ,
1'iuiii HUddun duuth , from huurul foot
Kruin ulliihtluic ruluami burnlni droulh
And from the mau who plays Ilia mouth ,
SENATOR SHERMAN'S ' DENIAL
tbo PoculKr Statement ! of
Mnny Fnbllo Mon ,
INCLINED TO BE PREMATURE
imlum\ Spprl.il ( ; itt-rrM"iiul-
Mit -
lij-lliolrContrmlli-lory Statement *
i ; ( i. Their fiitnm Cnmlnrt
nr Southern lrimicrat .
WASHINGTON- n r or TUB HKB , ]
flin PontTGrNII ! SrilKKT. >
-
W\s UNorov , t ) . C , Nov. 17. )
Senator Sherman's denial that ho intends
to resign hit sent In ' .ho ITnttoil Stales ion-
ate causm no surprise The Imbit among1
nitillo men to tinny nnv public statement
\\hlch they rc'Rird us proniiituto N so well
ecopnlzuil In U'ashlnclbn Unit n iloniat tins
low come to bo rojrririli'il us n conHrnmtlon
n tmiiv Instances. This luibll of o
denial * Uojs not nucoiiirily crow out of
inturnl temlonov upon the pat t of public
to embarrass trith , but it Is rnthor a
Jiirt of the dnilro of ah man In miullo Ufa to
coop their future nlans In co-nploto clarltti"ii
until nn ODporintmv Is nITordo I to in.tkn the
iinnotinueinont to ttio best possible
nil Mintage.
Ptiblln attention wns llr t cailoa to this
custom ot pubhu men to deny uvorythlin ; to-
ii'lntrto themsi'lvtH personally uhon Sccio-
lary.lohn W NoOlo was roportoil , nbout a
year iieo , to imva r"siKDPil ihu portfolio of
tlio hi urinr. The ntiiioiinooniont was made
upon tlio nmknritv 'it nn ofllol il who pot Ills
Infoi mutlon dlioL'tly Iroin Noetotiirv Noble
lilinscll. 'J'hu scc-sotiirv lotd hli tilllruil trlcnd
Unit ho intmiJol to rcsicn , and then tint ho
n ml totiiMod , WHOM tlit < nnnuunccnipnt wa
ai'tu.illy uudu by the in.-ss lilt' mcsiiluni hail
taui.li no nctlon noon the rMlenullon , titul
natiirallv fect-iotim Noble was cniierinod to
see tun ptvmaturn pnhlleation. He than
shiteil tliut iiuh.i.inolivsii ( uo , iiiidthospoelnl
coi tostioiuti'iit * who h nl intiilo thu sKituinotit
thnt nls resignation in the liniids of tlio
puislilont stand OJforo lilt , country .is f.ibrl-
eater > , or soirotiilt.p worse , Ignoramuses.
\ | ) > \\H ol tlin I'rtir ,
TLThntcally spp.ildtiff , the : eorotiii hntl
not tcsiBiioil ; hr liNd onlv olTcrt'il his losl.r- (
nation to tlio pieililrnt and 11 h.id boon
liinitfil birx to linn \Vhlp | tno losiciintion
\ \ . .isot hiii ' upon llio pro ldonfs ik" > l ; nnd
upon u nav uhuii uviia shown by tin ! rhlof
executive to uiiii iiisotimodltli .1 nroaiini'iit
it-piibllean , ino sooti't.irv ot iho la-orior. for
seine lemon kno.vn onlv io hlin olf. ippo.itud
hU iloalal thul h Intetulnd rolunt. from
ptitille lifn It Is llio ndldiU prestimpllon
Unit Cii'iieiul Noble had hail un iniiiiiutlon
tint his ti'sipniition v\a-i to hn declined.
bn , too , the paolo' , iln donlJl anil iionunul
ntion thut Sccrctari IJI.xini ; tnatlo when it
v\as iiiinouiu'oil tlmi lie Intended to tea gn.
Another case in mint WT > th it ot ox-yctintor
Edmunds of Vermont , wno p < rslttpntly and
ropcatcdlv dontuil till ri'Dort * thit hu In
tended rosicnlnc his snu. Mr. IjJinunil'H
action was veiy rotnatlciblu. l\i- , icsiKiia-
tinn was pnblirly nunotmcod bv him in the
nilddlo of the session , He hud been denying
his Intrntlors lor moaUn. and etvhun ho
llnnllr vncatod his suit in thu ser.nto Son-
ntor DIXOII o ( Uhoiio Uland adnilttoa tuitt ho
I ) ml been inform bv thu senator himself of
his contemplated uubilrawnl , nun was thus
oniiblort to 09 the Ilrat nnn U' apply for the
senator's . doslc in Iho senate chamber , which ,
having a oholoo losation , was coveted by all
others.
Assistant S cietarv Nettlaton of the
Treasury department , who hasjtist losiffnod ,
is yol another iustonco illustrating tbo un-
wlllloRnoss of publioonicials to acknowledge
the truth ot statements concerning tholr fu
ture actions. And the case of Comptroller
Lacey of the currunuv division of the troas-
urv is also fresh in the memory of tlio nubile.
1'iuctiir'x Manlier Iti'lrexlilnc.
The action of ox-Sccrctary Proctor in nd-
mlttiriR that ho bud resumed his portfolio
anil that ho expected IT bo appointed senator
bv the governor of Vermont N such n rnro
and roIrasIiltiR instance or frmhncss that it
can on rcgauled as the e-.coptlou uhicli
proios the rnlo.
The most exasperatinc dnnials fioin public
men nrc made oc.imst sinteinont& rpgaidltn ;
their condition of hoilih. Tnu Hi B corre
spondent recalls the d"iiiil3 made concerning -
ing ttio condition of I'lnsulent ( iarlleld and
Mi. Samuel .1. 'J'llden. H was persistently
denied bv the iihvilciaus mil members ot
their families tuatihcsa distlnsniishpd In-
Viiltds were in dun rious conditions up to
within an hour or so of their death. Denials
were poisistontly madn that Representative
Samuel .1. Randall was seriously ill up to
within tuo hours of his death.
A report WHS circi.latoa at the capltol at
noon of the rtay when Mr. Hundall died that
ho was sinking and that tha und might bo
expected at any mo-nant A messonBcr was
dispatched to the Kandall resldonuo by the
sneaker for the nurnoso of learning the
pitiont's iruu condition. A note was re
ceived la roplv nnd rend from the clerlt'd
desk to tbe house , stating that Mr Randall' *
condition was unchanged nnd not alarming.
Ho died that same day , and It was subse
quently loained that the physicians informed
the family carlv that morning that Mr.
Rindall was dying and could not live through
the duy ; and furthormoie , this fact \TUS
known to the person who wrote the note to
the speaker.
Too denial entered bv Henalor Sherman U
believed bv these who nro conversant with
the inside faots lelutlng to his object In to-
tlrii.K to bo mndo with a view of Irustrnllng
the effects which the unnoancmnei t of his
Intentions itiar mnko upon hli Ohio oonstltu-
cuts. Kx Dovornor Pornlter WM Sonntor
Sliormnn'.s princlni\l opponent In tholiial sen *
ntorlnl llRhl , Uo lll bo n ftln n formldixDli
aopllcant as soon at u becomes known po l
lively that tliero Ii to bo n vacancy In th (
sonnto.
Sliornmii I'ictoM fo | er.
Il Is the doslro , frrquontly oxproxsea In
privnto coavorsatloti by Sonntor Shorm.in ,
that Secretary Foster should bo his succcs.
snr. The Konntor' prosumptlon has boon
that these members of the Ohio Iccnlatnra
\\lio troti'd for hi * ro-oloctlon last winter will
bo Milling to veto for , \lr Poster if they ara
left to ttiolr own inclinations ; but If ttora
should bo n pro.i'ntiiro ' iintiiutu omont atut
the f i lends of ToraUer , McKnilov mm oilier
aspiniats h vo na opportunity to uork unoa
the legislators , the remit may bo in uoubu
Hisniaattor ot hlstorv with the ronnb-
llcan leaders from Ohio now In Washing
ton thnt a fortnight before tlio Ohio logls-
latuio I'onvcncd last winter Senator Sher
man tinil dotui mined fully to doolino to enter
the racii for re-eli-ctlon. Secretary Koster
and other well known ropublicuns uunl to
tbo sonntoriuid bcirccd Him to stav in the
rnco. Ilo was assured thnt his canvass would
bo taken up bv hN Irlotuls and ho woultl bj
pulled through.
Ho llnahvlohloil , nnd was ro elected.
Shortly alter his re-election ho soul word to
Scciotar.i Poster , nut ! stHtetl to a number of
the hitter's pcisuml Irlotuls that bolntuntlod
to rcmgn tuts fall or winter , and ho hoped
that Mr , roster \\otild bo his successor. This
much vour correspoiulont was n siiivd sov
oral months njjoto botrue , mill the statcmant
comes from nt liwst Unco very prominent
Ohlp republicans.ho aver that thov got
their information duvet from Senator Shor-
tnan. Hit possible that Senator Sherman
docs not Intend tn resign ; but that helm * said
ho would roslirn , and shortly , too , thuro can
bo uo honest doubt.
Un\ " i uiiirr.itn ,
"Ono thlnq has boon ileiiionstratod bv the
iccont eloitltons In the south , ' said 1'ost-
olllro InspL'i'lor Sltniuo of riiattanooirii , la
conversnvloii todnx , "and that M that Hit
rnco tiiostlon ) has solved itself 'llio colored
man in the south u-nllv inn m > mnro ngiit la
the o\eicl o of his li.uicliho than hu bud In
iMi ) , " ntiti ( . 'oloncl Sharim siuhutl deoply.
C oloncl Sharpe hns long lived In the south ,
mid Uimivs all nbout conditions there
"At Cliattiinooga uo niniinyed to get thn
voton of the cnloiot tnon cast nnil rounteit
lulily. but that was an exception wlilelt
should not bo tnetitluneil In I'oiislduriii ) ; th
ontlro sahoct. ] It is no mom nso for llio ru-
publicans to attempt to ducuto the oloctioii
uglils of the colored man south or to bioalc
into 111. ilsoclion tlinn It is to try to Hv I
have been n rainbow chnscr In the .sou tli , I
am free to iitlmlt , but I shall not ho In future.
U is only necessary for the domocratlo
rommiltocs to suv how much majority
is \ \ xnled in n statobcloxv Mason nnd DixonM
line , and It is pioducod. It Is just as cusy to
make ono majority in some soctinns ot Ton-
iicssue , lor liistunii . as It Isnaothoi imijoilly.
I hnvo hunul of colored tnoii in thonoitli
votliiK the dotr.ortatlo tlclcot , nut In view of
the Manner In which ihulr foltout south am
disfranchised , it passes m.v uiideistatidins.
It would scorn that seine colored moil \\lll
navur rca'i/o ulmt the leiiubllcauHhavo dona
and aiu doing for thoin , until they are nisi )
diafmnUilsod. "
.Mnj A Hi ut tlin Semite.
Small as is the democratic majority In the
senate tliero is yet no hope of republican
ascontloncy by the nlectloiis of lh',14. ' There
are several democratic bunators from state *
with republican govurnon , who would ap
point republican successors in CM no of do.ilh .
or resignation , but noilhor of these con
tingencies is looked for. The terms of thirty
somuuia oxplro In IS'.C , and their successor ]
will bo elected bv legislatures chosen In .
W.M Of the thltty only ton are from staleiJ
which nro In any way doubtful , and
of these ton not ono Is n democrat , except
Senator McPherson of Now Jersey , whoso
statu in IcslslutU'i ) campaigns Is nearly j
ulwnys good lighting ground. Tbo ottiur
niiio" include Bttitos whuro fusion bolwoon
democrats and populists has won a temporary
victory over the republicans. In no raso ,
however , except in Now Jersey , is thera ftnv"
prospect that a democratic senator whoso , '
term expires in lfeir > will bo succeeded av a
republican. This fact will nmku tun national '
campaign of IS' Hi iulcnsely Interesting , whllo j
that of Ib'.M will bo correspondingly dull and ,
devoid of oxcitemont.
To Anirml tlin ( 'oMstltiitlnii.
At , thn ri-cont olcctlun In Cnllfonim thora
was presented an iinpnt taut object , lesson
which appears to have been lost sight of In
I ho siibsoiiitnnt surmises. Tlio voters in
California dociiled , bv a vcrv pronounced
miijotlly , Ihiit they favored the election ot
United" Slates senators by thn people nud
not. the stnto logtslnluro. Of course tha
proposition tosuchanfto the constitution ot
the United States ai to provldo for the ulou-
tlon of United States senators by the direct
vote of tbo people instead of the logislaluro
could not bo adopted und nmJo
effective without action llrst by controls ,
directing that the question ha submitted In
nil states and decided by a popular vole , but
California , which hns boon agitating the sub
ject for .1 number of A oars , concluded to try
her own temper nnd sea what her own people -
plo dcf > ire and then use her notion us an argu
ment for u general submission of the piopo-
sltion if it prevailed In Hint slate.
Bills looking to Iho submission ol llio quos-
llon lo the people la all Iho mates have boon
introduced and discinsod In both houses of
the ptosont congress but no linal vnlo hn
yet been reached although Ihb scatlnionl in
both Iho house mid the sonnto ii believed to
strongly favor ibo change. 1' . S. H.
Di-friil Coniliu'cH to liu\lty.
Kunini Cltu Joiunal ,
Governor Ilumphroy of ICunsas has issued
ono of the shortest Tmnksirivlng proclamn-
lions on record , Uovenior Humphrey was a
caudldato for cmmrcas and loll outbltlo of
the btoastxvoiks.
S , CO.
. . Mamif iclurort mid Ilolillorj
of iJloihlnKln llio World ,
Sportsmen
Fully appreciate this time of year , but no moreso
than the coinnion , or
dinary citixcn , for this
is the time of year he
comes out in a brand
new suit , and if it's
made in the highest
sTvTe'of the art amlTFTt fits "we 1 and if it wears wcl
and costs something. like sixty dollars lie's glad it didn't
cost any more : but when he meets his friend with a new
one that fts as well , looks as well , an ! is as well , an 1
cost half as much as his then that makes him tired
$ iu , $15 , $20 , $25. like tint that's the way we sell them
We make all the suits we sell anl we know they are
just as good as any on earth or London.
BrowningKing&Co
' ' IS.W.CM. 15th & Douglas SlSr