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WiiKN the mercury fulls to 10 degrees
1 > olow zero ut Richmond , Vii. , the "oldest
Inhabitunl'u" memory fulls him und ho is
ullent.
exportation of gold has practi
cally ceased , and It is predicted that
money will presently bo us plentiful and
us cheap as ever.
IF SKCHCTAUY HUSK wishes to per
form a grout public service , let him grap
ple with the political lumpy jaw that
prevails in Kansas.
ST. Louis now claims to rank second
to Boston in the shoo manufacturing
business. If this claim is not good the
rapid development of the west will soon
make it so.
OMAHA has kept up the pace , hot
though it was. Her bank clearings for
the week ended Thursday show an in
crease of ! ! ) . " > per cent over the corre-
Bnomling week of 1S)2 ! ) , and her aggre
gate business placed her sixteenth in the
list of cities reporting.
A inr < r/ has Iwun introduced in the II
linois legislature to punish people who
point "unloaded" firearms at other pee
ple. Such H law would not accomplish
much , because it would seldom bo en
forced. Only the fool-killer can properly
deal with that form of idiocy.
IT is a great pity that some of the
good things said of ox-President Hayes
by tlio democratic press since his death
had not.been said during his lifetime.
Tardy recognition of n man's virtues
Is iKsrlmps better tnaii none at all , but in
ibis case it shows a partisanship too in
tense to bo entirely creditable.
IT is denied by both Senator Hill and
Boss Crokor that they have quarreled ,
and the senator is quoted as saying that
ho will do nothing to embarrass Mr.
Cleveland during his administration.
But these New York democrats are to bo
bollovcd only when it is positively
known that they are telling the truth.
NKW Youic CITY cannot bo cleaned
because the garbage scows are frozen up
in the bay. Will Now York never learn
that she has outgrown that old system
of disposing of her immense volume
garbage ? The day of cremation has
come , and crematories do not freeze up
All largo cities should burn their death
dealing filth.
THIS post of private secretary to Mi.
Cleveland has , it is said , boon offered to
St. Glair McKolway of the Brooklyr
.TSwjlc. Mr. McKolway is , wo believe ,
Bomowhat older than the president-elect
nearly as Jhirgo physically and a goo < ]
deal bigger in some other respects. .
private secretary ho would turn out
some of the most rhetorical productions
that-over emanated from the white house
EVKN the infant republic of ITayt
cannot outrage the rights of a citizen o :
the United States with impunity. Oui
government seems to Ixj in earnest ir
its demands upon the Dlack republic
for reparation in the case of the Amer
lean merchant , Frederick Moys , anU
will send a war ship or two to enforce
them. These Insect governments are
sometimes more exasperating customers
to deal with than the moro important
ones.
TIIK Chicago . city railway cleared
nearly $2,000,000 during the last twelve
months , and the people of that city are
unable to understand why a corporation
that is making so much money docs not
give hotter service. The same state of
affairs is to bo found in almost every
.city . , the theory of street railroad man
agers being that their obligation to the
public is diminished in proportion to the
growth of their wealth. The idea that
improved service would result in in
creased patronage has no force with
them.
Tin : bill introduced In the house of
representatives by n democratic member -
bor from Missouri , providing for a sus
pension of all civil service rules , laws
nnd regulations during the first year of .
each providential term so far as they
restrict or interfere with the free oxor-
clso by the president or the heads of
departments of the power to remove
or appoint oilleors or employes of
the government , Is no doubt In har
mony with the views of demo
crats generally. But it is a question
whethe/ the party that now claims all
the ollicos will have the nerve to favor
such u measure und bear the odium of
it. It means simply that the president
is to have a year in which to make a
clean sweep , with no civil service rules
to stand In his way. The measure Is
characteristic of the spoils-seeking de
mocracy.
iiAit.no.in luss nnnnis.
Tlii resolutions Introduced by Senator
Harris denouncing the practice of rail-
end corporations in tendering free
mram over their roads to members of the
ufrlhluturo and declaring It the sense of
.ho Htato pcnatc that the acceptance of a
'uilroad ' pass docs not comport with the
llgnlty of a senator nnd Is not in hur-
nony with the spirit of his ofllclal oath ,
was laid over for debate. The resold-
, lens are timely and to the point. The
sole aim and object of railroad managers
giving passes to members of the
legislature is to place them under
ibllgations. Men who pretend that they
arc not influenced by a railroad pass are
ithcr liars or hogs. A pass is a thingof
value. No honorable man will accept n
gift , or favor from anybody unless lie in-
; cnds to reciprocate in some way. If ho
Joes not appreciate a gift that saves him
money ho lo an ingrate with the makeup
> fn _ swine. Very few members of a legis
lature are in position to reciprocate the
favors of railroad companies in thoshapo
> [ passes unless they are regular ship
pers of products or merchandise ! . Kven
in that ease the passes usually are given
for political and not for commercial
reasons.
Tlio railroads arc not entirely to blame
for distributing passes for political ef
fect. It is notorious , for instance , that
hundreds if not thousands of passes have
boon asked for by and furnished to Lieu
tenant Governor Majors and distributed
by him binco ho became president of the
senate and occasional acting governor.
The railroads rccogni/.ed in him one of
their unflinching supporters and tools ,
and they cheerfully supplied him with
blank passbooks , which ho nnd his pals
Illlad out at their pleasure. It is a ques
tion whether they would have dared re
fuse his requisitions had lie been un
friendly. Railroad managers do not like
to Incur the displeasure of u man who is
liable to become acting governor any
time the governor leaves tlio state.
It is perfectly natural that objections
wore raised to the immediate adoption
of Senator Harris' resolutions. They
struck many of his cilleagues , nnd
especially the honorable president , in a
very tender spot. It is almost certain ,
too , that they will bo laid under the
lablo by the objectors.
While the anti-pass resolutions are
pointed , they do not reach the murk.
The only way to strike an olTeetive
blow at pass bribery is to abolish
ish it by law , The Massachu
setts law prohibiting .the giv
ing away of transportation io public olll-
clals or the selling of tickets to such olH-
cials at rates lower than the regular
charge exacted from the public should
bo enacted for Nebraska. This is the
true remedy. Inasmuch as both the
republican and independent platforms
pledged their representatives to pro
hibit the railroad pass bribe , moro than
two-thirds of the members of the senate
are committed and in honor bound to
vo.tc for such a bill.
TlIEltK MUST lit ! KCOXOMT.
The demand for economy on the part
of the present legislature , is not a mere
sentiment. It springs from conditions
of the most practical character. Tlio
indebtedness of Nebraska is increasing.
Tlio lovenues of the state during the last
two years amounted to considerably less
than the expenditures. The receipts of
the state treasury for this period wore
$ . ' 1,082,870.11 , and the disbursements
$4-l,03S.J8. , ] ( ) ! During sixteen months of
the time over $88,000 was paid out
as < " interest on general fund war
rants. It is not questionable that
the deficit might have been avoid cd or
very materially reduced in amount had
there been an equitable assessment , but
this furnishes no excuse for extrava
gance. The legislature of 1S91 was the
most reckless with the public money in
the history of the state. It spent more
money upon itself than any preceding
legislature , and it Increased appropria
tions on every hand. Doubtless in some
cases thib was necessary , but that a
large sum could have bacn saved with
out detriment to the public service will
not bo questioned by anybody familiar
with the facts.
Wo are confronted by a condition
naturally resulting from this extrava
gance , and there is involved in the
question of providing a remedy the
credit mi ! prosperity of the state. To
permit die state indebtedness to go on
increasing must inevitably result in an
impairment of credit which could hardly
fail to bo inimical to progress and pros-
parity. The possibility of having to
resort to a higher levy to meet accruing
obligations and increased appropriations
would tend to keep out capital
and curtail enterprise. The policy ol
increasing the rate of taxation
should bo adopted only in an extraordinary
dinary exigency , and the existing situ
ation does not call for it if a fair assess
ment of all property is made. With thal *
don > Nebraska onn o illcot enough revenue -
nuo t the prc sent levy to pa / off the in
debtedness already Incurred and provide -
' vide for the administration of the state 1 '
government , if economically conducted , I
for to . Lot the assessI I
s Jiuo years come. assessment - '
ment roll bo increased BJ as to fairly j
rep e.sont the taxable property of the | '
sta'o , and there will bo no necessity for i I
Increasing the rate of taxation If expenditures - T '
penditures are kept within a eas liable
limit.
! But there must bo co'ii my. That Is
tlu real practical remedy. Tlio duty of
the logirilaturo is to hold its own expen
ditures down to the lowest point consist
ent with proper facilities for the trans
action of business , employing no super
fluous clerks and paying for nothing
that Is not absolutely necessary. If a
policy of this kind wore adopted and
rigidly observed many thousands of dol-
lurs could bo saved without the
business of legislation being in
the least Interfered with. There must
alsi bo the most careful scrutiny of all
appropriations. The public institutions
should bo allowed money enough to meet
every demand upon them , a fair margin
being allowed for increase from year to
year , and It Is not questionable that this
can bo done at a total expenditure c n-
slderably loss than has been allowed in
recent years. In short , it is entirely
practicable to make a largo saving In
public cxpendlti\res \ without detriment
In any respect to public service , and the
legislature has no higher duty in the
Interest of the general welfare and for
the conservation of the credit of llio
Hlate than tomnkothU paving byobsorv-
tig a judicious economy In till directions.
< lM.lf.VST I'OULtXU.
The house of representatives 1ms
passed a bill amending the Interstate
commerce law so as to give it greater
vitality and cITectlvoness , but It rejected
the proposition to allow pooling con
tracts. A majority of the commerce
committee of the house reported In favor
of this amendment of the net , but the
views of the minority regarding It ap
pear to have commended themselves
to the judgment of a majority
of the house. The pooling amend
ment , In the opinion of the
minority of the commerce committee ,
proposed to legalize "railroad wrecking"
and stock speculations by authorizing
not only agreements for the division and
apportionment of net and gross earnings
among the carriers themselves , but also
authorizing the carriers to divide nnd
apportion thobl ) among other carriers.
Under these provisions , said the report
of the minority , stockholders will bo n *
much at the mercy of railroad mana
gers as will the public. The various
monopolies CDtild obtain rebates by con
tract enforceable in the courts instead
of by stealth and eoncsalmjnt as hereto
fore. It was the view of the minority
that the proposed aunndmant would
take away the only safeguard the public
has against railway extortion.
This action undoubtedly disposes of
the question of allowing the railroads to
make pooling contracts , HO far U3 this
congress is c incorned , since the senate
committee on interstate commerce re
fused to report a pooling amendment.
Tlio result will , of course , bo a great dis
appointment to the rullroads , which it is
understood were preparing to enter into
agreements for regulating both freight
and passenger business In expectation
that the proposed amendment would
pass. It appeared a short time ago that
they had good reason for such expecta
tion , for the drift of sentiment In congress
seemed to bo favorable to giving a trial
to the pooling proposition and there
was u strong expression from tlio
business interests in support of It.
The ablest railroad managers in
the country had presented care
fully prepared arguments to con
gress in advocacy of the change , point
ing out the dinicultlos and disadvantages
incident to the prohibition of pooling
and the bonelits that must result from
permitting ever a restricted system of
pooling. As the result shows , however ,
congress was not convinced , and the
situation , so far as this matter is con
cerned , will remain unchanged.
The amendments to the Interstate
commerce net adopted by the house , and
which will undoubtedly pass the senate ,
impose greater restrictions on the
railroads , relieve the law from the
damaging effects of adverse judicial
decisions , and strengthen the powers of
the commission. The action of the house
indicates a feeling decidedly favorable
to the law and to making it thoroughly
effective , and there is every reason to
expect that a similar disposition will bo
manifested by the senate. The rail
roads can do nothing but accept the
situation , though it is quite possible that
there will now bo moro talk of combina
tions than has recently been heard.
Till : STKKL llAlfj KXTOltTlON.
Some light is thrown upon the causes
of stagnation in the iron business by
figures presented by the New York
Commeniul Jhtllctin in relation to the
production of steel rails. This industry
is controlled by the Iron and Steel asso
ciation , a combination of producers pos
sessing power as absolute ns that of any
trust or alliance in the country. During
the year 1S)2 ! ) the price of steel rails was
held at S30 per ton , as it was after Janu
ary of the previous year , but the
avorayo prifj of Bessemer pig iron
was $14.37 last year against 815.95 in
1891. A ton and one-eighth of pig
iron is reckoned as the amount
roiulrcd to produce a ton of rails , ' which
would make the expense of material
about 817.1)3 ) in 1891 and SHU7 in 1802.
In 1891 rails wore sold for $12.03 per ton
more than the cost of tlio material , but
in 1892 the manufacturers demanded
Sllt.SIJ per ton moro than the material
cost them. It thus appears that the
profit was nearly $2 per ton greater dur
ing the past year than during
1891. The combination sold last
year only about 1,300,000 tons of rails
and only 1,418,219 tons the previous
year. As the extortion was greater last
year than it had been baforo , the pro
duction and sales wore reduced , and
yet tlio capacity of the mills was not
anywhere near fully employed In either
year. The production of steel rails was
moro than 1,000.000 ton ? greater In 1887
than it was iust year , and the inference
is that the sales have bacn cut down by
reason of the fact that buyers would not
stand the extortionate prices lately de
manded. The statement of the manu
facturers that they a"o only charging
enough to protect tli3'iualvo3 from loss
is shown to ba groundless by the fact
that in 1837 , when the production was
greatest , , and when the business was
exceptionally prosperous , the dllTorenco
between the est of malarial and the
'soiling price of rails was less than it is
now , or only abiut $13 ,
The journal ubjve referred to , which
is a conservative an ! reliable authority
upon such subjects , says that ' 'it is the
persistent and iinolent extortion of this
steel rail oinblnation which has done
moro than anything else to retard the
prosperity of the great iron and steel
Industry. Consumption of Iron In the
form of rails has boon chocked by an
arbitrary and excessive prico. Estab
lishments able to make steal rails have
therefore turned n large part of their
producing force to other articles , and
thus have increased the output of suah
other articles bsyond the demand , and
have forced down muny products to the
lowest prices over known. "
This seems a rational explanation o f
the depression in the iron 'trade , which
has boon almost the only unfavorable
feature of the e jinmorclul record of the
past year. It may also explain In somu
measure why there htn baan so little
activity in railroad construction , for It
is reasonable to suppose that extortion
ate prices for stool rails would have a
tendency to deter rallroal ; rporatlons
from building contemplated lines. Upon
the whole It lookstvs If tlio rail combination
(
nation needed to p , broken up when the
general breaking tip of trusts "mil combi
nations now dcnumdcd by the people
takes place. i
TIIK republlcan of Michigan propose
to make good theJjQiromlso to repeal the
aw passed by the4tist democratic logls-
.titurc , providingfi&r the choice of presi
dential electors "districts. The lower
"louso of the legislature has passed n bill
'or this purpose and tlioro Is no doubt
about Us going through the senate nnd
receiving the approval of the governor.
Tliis is an entirely proper proceeding ,
tlio action of the democrats in repealing
the law being wholly Indefensible ,
and their subsequent defeat
was a popular rebuke of their course.
A good deal may bo said , doubtless , In
behalf of choosing presidential electors
by districts , but democrats do not ask
for this system in states where they
have an assured majority. A proposi
tion to introduce it In any of the south
ern states would not receive a moment's
consideration.
THE National Board of Trade adopted
a resolution asking congress to appro
priate $100,000 for the survey of a ship
anal route from the lakes to the Atlan
tic. It is evident that there Is no chance
) f this project getting oven this recogni
tion from the present congress , for the
proposition is stoutly opposed by the
southern representatives , and that is
quite sulllcient to defeat it. That it
will fai'o any batter in the next con
gress is not at all probable , because the
same influence will bo potent then as
now , and besides the democratic party
Is not favorable to Internal Improve
ments of this character. Tlio present
'encration is not likely to see the bo-
innlng of this enterprise.
OTlllUt.IMtS TllAX Ol/llS.
Thus f.ir none of the mud which Ins boon
thrown at M. Carnet has struck. His as-
ailants are thumsulvcs too much discredited
for their unsupported assertions to carry
much weight , and the president , who inll
along has berne himself with the confident
domcuuor of an innocent man , has been able
to retain the confidence of tlio paoplo. His
enemies , however , Invo not abandoned the
campniqii , airl if by tholr contrivance some
record should leap to light in corroboration
of their innuendoes the crisis would im
mediately bDi'otm , acute. It would not bo
necessary for their purpose to produce in
supportof their charges evidence suftldcnt
to sustain a lejal indictment. It would bo
enough to bring All Carnet unmistakably
within the scopdj'of compromising circum
stances. With aVrcll-doflned and reason
able Ooubt captJ | upan his integrity
lie could not-ja maintain himself a
day. Public indignation would com
pel his rcsigiuitiojA just as it compelled
under conditions inu i less grave , the resig
nation of his predecessor , and it is then that
the peril to the republic , as at present or
ganized , would bccoma imminent. There is
no vice president under the French const !
tution. When the office cof president for
any reason beco'ines vacant , the vacancy
must bo tilled by .Vvoto of the legislative as
sembly , the scnato and chamber sitting In
Joint session , and the trouble is that ns
things now are in Franco the nation would
not be satisfied to have the present chamber
participate in the election of M. Carnot's
successor. A demand would arlso , n vehe
ment , Imperative demand , for tlio dissolution
of the chamber and an appeal to the country ,
and during the interim the government
would bo left without an accredited execu
tive head.
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The Spanish Cortes has been dissolved by
the now prime minister , Sagastn , and the
general elections arc to take place in the
month of March. It is a foregone conclusion
that they will result In favor of the present
administration. Notwithstanding thatSpain
is popularly regarded as being the most
backward of all European nations in every
thing that concerns constitutional govern
ment , yet it possesses an organized and
highly Intelligent electoral machinery , by
means of which the' politicians in ofU c can
win as many constituencies as desirable ,
laws against bribery and corruption being
unknown. A ministry tint cannot got Us
majority is hold too imbecile to govern.
Spain differs from the ether constitutional
countries of Europe in that , whereas
in the latter politicians who are am
bitious of forming an administration
must begin by getting a parlia
mentary majority in Spain , on the ether
hand , the ministers are appointed to ofilcu
first , and only afterward find the required
number of supporters. It may bo added that
the present administration in Spain Is the
strongest that has hold offlco since the
death of tlio late King Alfonso , and its
solidity and probability of endurance may bo
estimated from the fact that It Includes
among its number General LopeiDomlnguoz ,
the most popular soldier in the Spanish
army , and that before Sag.ista consented to
assume the premiership ho visited the cele
brated republican leader and statesman ,
Emillo Castollar , and obtained from him an
assurance of an armistice , and oven of the
support of the republican party in Spain.
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As against Germany , the Swedish nation
would never hesitate to side with n Franco-
Kussiun coalition. The experience of Fin
land since that country has been included in
the great northern empire is , upon the
whole , calculated to ijonvlnco the Swedes
that under a Russian protectorate no at
tempt would bo made to interfere with their
language , their religion , their laws and In
herited Instttutloinfor with their powers of
local self-government. Without tlio uznr's
aid Sweden canmJ hope to retain much
longer her political connection with Norway ,
a ? she could not hava established it in thu
first instance- without the assistance of a
Russian army. What is true of Sweden is
no less true of DcnnUrk , that in her pres
ent state of isolation she is doomed to
political inalijnUy.anco , nnd that only
through submission 'to a Russian protec
torate can she hopji. for territorial and com
mercial expansion. The Danes might in
tlmo condouo tlip.Jismt'inbonncntof Hoi-
stein and Laucnbimr ) but they will never
forgive the Ucspoilers of Schleswig , which
they look upon as no less truly Danish soil
than is tlio island Y f alaml. They believe
that they still ha've impart to play in northern
Europe , but they recognize that in these
days of colossal fleets nnd nrmlps they must
fight under the flat ? of ono of the Rnvnt
lowers , In vlow of the hatred whli'h the
Unties foci for Germany , an alliance with
Russia In iitonn practicablennd ; this , oven If
It took the form of subjecting Denmark to n
Russian protectorate , would bo powerfully
commended by the hope of regaining at least
part of the land wrcstinl from them by Our-
man Invaders thirty years ago. A combina
tion of the bcntullnavlan states with Kussla ,
and Franco would , from a maritime anil mil
itary point of view , . be regarded as a full
counterpoise to the participation of Italy In
the triple alliance.
The negotiations between Russia nml China
on the 1'nmlr question hnvo led to a complete
exchange i of opinions between these powers ,
but 1 , ns yet , to no agreement. 'Iho Chinese
envoy , who returns to Uerlln early in Jan
uary , will await there the answer of the
Tsungll Yamcn , the Chinese foreign office , to
his memorandum regarding Utmla's views.
Tills mcmor.iihlum maintains that China has
withdrawn sonra of her troops from the dis
tricts adjacent to the Pamirs in response to
Russia's assertion that a conflict might easily
arlso between the Chinese and the Afglnus .
Russia undertook that she hcrsalf would
not occupy these districts. She did ,
however , send trojps thither , and they
seem likely to stoy. The memorandum goes
on to demand that Russia shall withdraw
her troops in order that Chiu.i nny substi
tute hers to show tint the tract in question
Is Chinese territory , especially as It was for
merly occupied by Chinese troops. This dis
trict is mainly the province of Sumtai ,
whteh contains many of the pissss between
the Celestial empire and Afghanistan , and
others which are used as commercial roads
between China and a part of llritlsh India
and the interjacent territories. China in
tends to take full possession of this prov
ince again for the sake of her important
trading interests there. As soon as Russia
consents to this China will leave her the rest
of the Pamirs , where she has never had
troops , and which she docs not claim. It is
3.1 id that these proposed terms are not
wholly acceptable cither to China or Russia.
Collapse.
Cincinnati Coininerrlitl.
The Kansas populists have discovered that
they are able to go it nlone without the
democrats. Republicans rejoice to learn that
the speed of the party has boon accelerated.
A I'olntrr for Nobmslct Solans.
I'lilhttMplilH l&l'ju ' :
The members of the Pennsylvania legisla
ture are well supplied In the matter of sta
tionery. Among the requisites laid on each
desk are "a leather covered memorandum
book , with money purse attached , " and "a
folding coukscrew. " The latter is presuma
bly for use with refractory ink bottles.
The nil-Nothing House.
A'ew Yi is Trlliiine.
The do-nothing character or tendency of
the majority In the house has often been
shown , but never moro strikingly than when
the democrats opposed the passage of an
order requiring the attendance of a quorum
in order that business might proceed. Less
than seven weeks of the session remain , but
tlio democrats who control the house seem
entirely indifferent as to whether necessary
legislation Is accomplished or not.
's Ciiloliratcil Case.
Salt Lahe Tribune.
In Wyoming a band of accused men are to
bo turned loose without trial because it is
impossible to get Jurors In the county to hear
the cases. The county has been about made
bankrupt In the effort so far , and the people
are so tired that they are now petitioning to
have the prisoners turned loose. The ends
of justice would bo better served in ninety
cases out of 100 if the causes could bo heard
by an upright and learned judge , or by a
court composed of three Judges.
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SKSATOllIAI. VUTl'OUltltl.
Gothenburg Star ( rep. ) : Ex-Governor
Boyd is in the midst of the senatorial fight ,
but what ho hopes to got out of it is a. ques
tion.
. Plattsmouth Journal ( dem. ) : What's the
matter with Hon. Matthew Gering as a com
promise candidate for United States sen
ator ?
fieatrico Express ( rep. ) : If the republican
members will give Paddock their solid sup
port ho will bo the next senator. This is the
logic of the situation.
Nebraska City Press ( rep. ) : The sena
torial situation at Lincoln changes as quickly
as n kaleidoscope. Eaeli day seems to bring
about new developments , and thcso in turn
point to other results , which may bo as de
ceiving as others have been. No ono should
bo accused of Jickleness who has changed
his views as tlio circumstances have
changed from which lie Judges.
Bloomlngton Echo ( rep. ) : Governor
Crounso has given out the fact that ho will
not bo a candidate for senator. Ho says
that by the votes of the people of this state
ho was elected as governor , and ho is of the
opinion that ho should till that onU'o and
none other. If he keeps ou as sensible for
tlio next two years as he has started out ho
will surely bo the successor of Senator Man-
derson.
Papilllon Times ( dem. ) : Were it not for
the foolish actions of ono or two democratic
legislators James E. Boyd might bo elected
to the United States senate. And ho would
ho a credit to Nebraska. In the house , in
rough and ready debate , Boyd could never
equal our Bryan , but in the sedate senate ho
v-'jld bo the poor of any there. Boyd may
never bo chosen , in fact ho Is not seeking tlio
place , but certain it is that should he bo
elected Nebraska would have a senator not
owned by the Pacific railroads.
Seward Reporter ( rep. ) : The indications
are that the contest is likely to bo somewhat
protracted , and if a choice is made inside of
a week most people will be surprised. It
seems probable that the republicans will got
together after a time on some man , nnd it is
believed by many that if they do they can
win. Senator Paddock has a good lead , and
seems to bo the ono on whom the vote could
bo the most easily centered. The interest
in tlio senatorial election dwarfs all other
matters , and little legislation is likely to bo
accomplished until the result is reached.
Kearney Hub ( rep. ) : The claims of the
friends of Majors and Thurston in the sena
torial contest that it is the duty of repub
licans to vote as they please until it is de
termined who Is the moro available and to
whom independents would come the quickest ,
may not bo good rti.ii'.ning , and is of course
suggested by common interest against the
candidate who has enough votes to con
trol a caucus , but there is apparently no
strong reason why Senator Paddock should
fail to take that much for granted and wait
for time to determine tlio question of availa
bility In his own favor.
York Times ( rep. ) : There is a growing
feeling that Hon. John M. Thurston will bo
the next United States senator from Ne
braska , in which case tlio successor of Sena
tor Paddock will bo a republican , and there
will not bo any doubt about his position on
party questions. His opponents , all of who m
seem to bo especially interested in other
candidates , claim that the people of the state
would distrust Mr. Thurston on account of
liU present relation with the Union Pacific
road. Sueli an argument is too idle and
i-owardly to bo considered for a moment.
Those who opjxjso Air. Thurston admit
themselves that there is nothing in it. They
say , however , that some of the i > coplo would
bo afraid that hu would not fairly represent
the state , und for a couple of years , until ho
had time to show his loyalty to his con
stltuoms. the party would suffer.
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report
TIIK cuiiHvi'.T r.oniir.
LINCOLN , Neb. , .Tan. BO.-To the Ivlltor of
Tin : linn : lAir eighteen year * I hnvo liocn n
continuous reader of TUB llr.s , and \vhilo
tlioro imvo boon times when tlio expressions
of your paper eonllleteil with my opinions t
liuvo always regarded the- stand of Tun URK
relating * o null-monopoly the greatest
favor and esteem. 1 have raid the paper ns
u republican iind endorsed its sentiments ns
n republican and have deplored the tendency
of that party to drift iiwny from the people ,
whoso rights It was organized to Protect.
lUvopnuhiK thn perliniMitss of thu situation
In Nebraska today. I hope. I may bo per
mitted to present n fo\v thoughts which t
consider of importance n relates to the con
dition of affairs at Lincoln.
Ono can form u fair Idea of the political
situation and Its MM-IOUSIICSS by .simply driftj
ititf nround the city of Lincoln Into the lobI
tiles of the hotels , Into the corridors of the
capital , and If you please ( though it should
cnuso a blush of shame to overspread the
countenance of u respectable man ) , into the
saloons and. God forgive , into the bawdy
liouses of this headquarters of corporation
rottenness. At all these places the work of
the hirelings and strikers of these corpora
tion ghouls , whoso venality can only oo
measured by their opportunities , h apparent.
The means adopted by the corpor.itlous to
roach the members they desire to eonvliu'o
of the error of their ways < ! ) are varied , and
exclusively original in muny cases , and it
has required a greater amount of real , en
ergy and industrious watchfulness ou the
part of those who desire honest legislation to
head oft the schemes put on font hourly by
the corporation strikers than ever before in
the political history of Nebraska.
Ills an hour of extreme doubtfulness and
the gigantic corporations are called upon to
exert greater energy , greater watchfulness
and cunning than ever before if they secure
favorable legislation or oven prevent hon
esty to prevail.
I'oor devils who have hardly been able to
cat n squnro meal at their own table are
wined and dined at the expense of the
corporations niul made to believe that the
future has brilliant prospects for them , that
their pathway will bo strewn with flowers
and their sleep will bo undisturbed by
dreams of poverty and discouraging hard
ships.
Is it any wonder , then , that thcso men
who have been selected to represent the op
pressed should for the moment forgrt , their
trust and lose sight of the goal which the
masses are endeavoring to reach ? Is It any
wonder that with the powerful Influences ,
the persuasive arguments , the possible op
portunity of providing for wife and children ,
man should forget for the moment honor and
reputation and the relief of his fellow man ?
The crcat effort of the railways is In behalf -
half of their candidate for senator , and it
matters little to them whether It be a demo
crat or republican. The corporations are
bendintr every effort to mould opinions in
the senatorial tlifht , not simply because they
want a man devoted to their interests , but
because when they have caused a member
to leave the path of justice and honor the
next step in his downward career is com
paratively easily accomplished.
For years have the people of the state been
laboring for the supremacy of Justice and It
is a matter of moro grave importance than
any other question that can possibly arise.
The corporations have gone on from year
to year accumulating power , until little Is
is left outside the environs of their political
machine shop. Year after year have they
taken from the people everything almost
their very existence. Day after day have
they crushed out almost the very life of the
oppressed farmer of Nebraska with their
iron heel of power and authority. They have
controlled political parties and legislatures
from thu ear.v history of the state down to
the present. The ingenuity with which they
wheedled and cajoled honest meaning men is
almost past comprehension and the trickery
resorted to would have placed n i > oor man In
the penitentiary for life.
No longer can it bo doubted that the cor
porations of this state will stoop to any de
gree of Infamous crime to secure the end
aimed at.
When such acts as these committed by
the corporations in the last session of the
legislature oceur , how can It bo doubted that
these coriwrations are determined to control
and shape nil legislation of the future ?
Cjlknow whereof I speak when I say that
the extent of villainy , and the same , or n
greater , degree of crime will bo resorted to
and committed in the present legislature
than has characterised all previous sessions.
There are within my possession facts
which prove beyond any possible doubt this
theory. Propositions have already been
made to no loss than three of the independ
ents , with a money consideration insinuated ,
with n view to influencing them in the sena
torial contest.
I assume nothing when I say that
the people of Nebraska are in dead earnest
In their effort to wipe out this system of
knavery and prostitution of honor , and I
fear no contradiction when I assert that a
thorough accounting will bo demanded of
every individual member , and the man or
men who have proven themselves untrue to
the trust imposed in them will forever bear
the mark of dishonor and disgrace which
neither money or corporate influence can in
the least allay or destroy. Ho will bo branded
as a traitor , a coward and a villain , and the
stair of .dishonor will go with him to his ,
gravo. I
Every independent can , with absolute assurance -
suranco of being correct in Ills assumption ,
brand every person who approaches htm
with a direct or insinuated attempt to in-
llucnco him as a cowardly hireling of the
monopolistic corporations. AV. A. C.
The noimi-I'op. Dlxsiiliition ,
aYcic Ynrtt Sun.
It is fortunate for the democrats of Kan
sas that the populists have given them
notice of dissolution of partnership. An in
fluential part of the Kansas democracy has
always opposed fusion with the granger
( Iraechuaos. What , In fnct , have llui Knn
MS democrats got out of the fusion * They
have pulled n lot of populist chivstnuts out
of the lire , and they have weakened their
own organisation.Vo want nothing moro
to do with your crowd , " says the Ilon.iJrrn
Simpson. Mr , Simpson can be assured that
the disllito I * mtittnl. "Two years from
now , " cries the philosopher of Mcdlclno
Ixdge , "wo will lick both the old parlies "
Well , Jerry , Just wait and see who will be
the llekcr and who the lichee.
r.Naisi.ATUiii : .IA/I i.onnv.
Plattsmouth Journal : While the money
holds out to bum the vilest legislator will
not return.
Hastings Ncbraskan : It is fairly rainlnu
bills in tlio legislature and there are not
over ono out of twenty that will over amount
j I to a niw of pins only to make expenses for
I I the state to meet.
j Fremont Tribune ; The members of thti
legislature should get down to business , milt
frittering away tlmo on n senatorial elec
tion , select their man. pass same necessary
appropriation bills and go homo.
P.ipllllon Times : It will not bo dented
that John A. McShano and 1)111 Pnxton own
the South Omaha stock yards , but for ono
the Times denies that either of these shoddy
aristocrats lias a mortgage upon the demo
cratic party In Nebraska.
Curtis Courier : A bill has Iven introduced
In the house at Lincoln creating the office of
county assessor and doing away with the
township office. Rightly constructed such a
law would ho a great blessing to taxpayers ,
and would oquall/.o taxes. We hnpo the bill
will become a law , conditioned upon the
tenure of office , and that to be four years
and only one term.
Lincoln News : That eminent octopus an-1
post graduate of ttie barnacle school - > f \\a\\ \ \
tldans , Walt Keeley , Is still sailtwr alone :
with 'hands and feet entwined in the curly
locks of the Majors senatorial boom At
times it is dinieult to detect which is the
boom and which the octopus , but there is as
much show for Majors belntr elected with
his present environments as there is for an
Omaha lobbyist to outer an Independent
caucus with Porter In the chair.
Fremont Flail : Hammond Is seriously
wrought up over the Catholic question In
Nebraska politics and sees in tlio threatened
unseating of some Omaha members of. the
legislature the linger marks of Catholicism.
Indeed he has discovered that a brace of
Catholic priests have been in the Lincoln
lobby and his very soul rebels nuainst such
nn outrage , lint Mr. Hammond may calm
his troubled spirit. If priests of any denomi
nation have hovered about the logislat ire it
has been doubtless to stand between that
body and an offended and outraged Jehovah
When such parasites as Agcr it Co. are
hanging onto the skirts of alnd.vit needs
some ono aliout who can wield Abraham's
Influence with God to save it from the fate
of Sodom and Gomorrah.
nr TIIK
Washington Star : "I have to do every
thing ! " tlio liarlirr milled discontentedly ,
"cut hair , shave , black shoos and lini'.li coats
I'm a regular Sliainpoo-bah ; that's what 1
um. "
AtdiKon filol > o : Happy 1 * the man \vlio
knows what he wants ami never entirely loses
faith that hu will some day get H.
Detroit l-'reo Press : Mabel So you think of
nmrryliiK Unit old man because be Is rich'
Iliirrlulta You wrong me , Mabel. 1 don't
think of It. If I did I couldn't marry him.
Somerville Journal : Why Is It that when u
man slips and does a spread-eagle act. all over
the sldpvrhlk bo always looks around to MIO
who .saw him before ho really duds out for
himself whether ho Is hurt or not.
Knto Field's Washington : Merchant -Is It
worth whlln lo advertise cheap perfumes ?
Agent Why , certainly ; It Is u legitimate ,
common scents bttsino.ss , you know.
Indianapolis Journal : Facetious Friend -
Well , have you and your wlfo yet settled as to
who Is the .speaker of the iniilse ?
YOUIIR Husband Notyol. Wo usually oc
cupy the chair together.
Clothier and Furnisher : Ho Do you think ,
dearest , that , you will over grow tired of meV
She No , darling , you need buvo no fears.
You have called on mo every night for tx \
months In the same Milt nml 1 still love you.
Indianapolis Journal : Wlbblo The plan of
employing convict labor on the road.s can't bo
put Into oiM'rullon.
Wabble- Why not ?
Wihulo-ll Is unconstitutional. A man can't
ho sent over the road twice for one oliunso.
OHIO IN OP TIIOSJ : CIOAIIS ,
"I want some nlco cigars. " and then
She beamed asmllo upon the clerk ;
"My husband says that- always whuu
Ifo doesn't smoke ho cannot work.
"Of course. I want It understood .
That nothing but the best will do ;
I'm willing If thuy'ro very good
To pay 6 cents for every two.
IS AN
HONEST REMEDY.
IT DOES WHAT
IT SAYS
IT CAN DO.
DO.IT
IT DOES CURE ,
IT HAS CURED THE WORST
IE3 u& . IE IfcT ,
AND THE PAIN
CORED.
Largest Manufacturer * and Kot.illo.-i
of Olotlilns la tuoVorla. .
Those Odd Pants
Go on sale now , because we don't want to wait
any longer. We get them
out of the way just as easy
by making the prices $2 ,
$2.50 , $3 and up to $6.50
not for pants that sell at
that price , but for pants
that are striped , that are
plaided , that are plain ,
that are taken from $25 to $30 suits , that the pants
alone would be worth at least twice as much as wo
want. They are made up of the same material that
brings us praise from all buyers. We wouldn't
selfydu inferior goods atany price. We won't have
it in the store. Some of those pants are odd in size ,
or maybe odd in color , or left over from suits , but
they're odd pants at odd prices , $2 , $2.50 , $3 , and
up $6.50 , and take our word for it , there never has
been pants sold for as little prices , when quality is
considered.
BROWNING , KING & CO. ,
Ftoreopcn ciiiUirclay ovary till evening 10 till 0.51 I S , W , Cor , 15th and Douglas SI