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THE OMATIA DAILY BtiE : TUESDAY , JANUARY 21 , IR93.
THE DAILY BEJffl.
TKUMS OK SUIISCIUITION.
Year. , t 800
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Omaha. Tliollco llnllillnB.
Houtli ( ) nmlin , corner .N lind Sfltli HtronK
Council lllniTu , 13 IViirl Hlivct ,
( 'lilrnim union , ai7 t'linmln < ref Commerce.
Now York , llooms 13 , 14 and 10 , Tribune
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COKItKSt'ONDKNOn.
All romnumlcatlons rolatltiK to nnws ami
rdltorlal matter should bo uddres-scd to the
Kdltorlal lomrtmunt. |
1IUSINRSH I.17TTEKS.
AlllmnlncHxlottiTH and romlHnncrs should
l > c addivHsed lo The lloo I'nblUlilnir Oomimny.
Omnha. DrnflM. i-liccks and vottoHlcn orders
to tie tiiudo pttyablu to the order of the com
pany.
u'HK nr.K punT.isniNO COMPANY.
fiWOIlN STATBMKNT OF OIUOUI.ATION
Jitatfi of Nebraska , I
County of Itoiisla-t. I
Ceorco II , Tzschuck , secretary of THE Tlni : .
I'ulili .iiiiiic company , docs solemnly \u-nr t lmr
UinncliiarclrciilatlonofTiii : DAILY HUB fo
llic- week ending January Ul , 1B03 , was u"
follows :
Hnnday. January 15 . 25'3iI !
Monday , January Hi . 23.7 00
Tuesday. January 17 . 2.1.0 00
, 18 .
Jnnnniy n' .
Thursday , .innunry 10 . H2'ZV7.
1'rlday , January ' . ' ( ) . 23,7-t )
Saturday , January 11 ! . -m.niu
OKOHOK It. TX.S-CIIUCIC.
Sworn to before mo an , I subscribed In my
jiresencu thU-lsl iluy of .laniiiiry. IH'J.l. '
[ Seal ] N. P. r'Kll. . Notary Public.
Aicrngn Clrriiliitlnii lor lloi-umbcr.U t , ASH
IK IT hikes four stroii" ; inun to curry
the Oiniitiu chin-tor to Lincoln it may
take n locomotive mid nix cars to lirhi" ;
it back.
_
Tim collitpso of the Capital National
bank of Lincoln all'ordH another strik
ing object lesson on the risks of political
bunkhi" ; . _
GRN'KKAL UUTUJK loft no-will , which
shows that oven that wlirowd old lawyer
bad no faith in his ability to construct
one that could not bo broken.
TUB national bunks of Omaha have
hud a narrow escape. If the collapse of
llio penitentiary contractors bank had
occurred u week ago some of their leadIng -
Ing directors , who were on the bond of
ox-State Treasurer Hill , would have
been severely singed.
SOUTH DAKOTA still has 2,721-in 1
acres of the national land gift for educa
tional purposes , having sold enough to
ronli/.o $ lJ87,3Jjl. , ; Tlioro Is no reason
why the educational work of South Da
kota should not prosper , for the lands
still held are rapidly increasing in value.
Tun French lobbyist , Arton , who Is
supposed to have bribed more than one
hundred deputies to participate in the
Panama swindle , is now In Itouinanlii
and is tluin out of the reach of the law.
Franco has stich-n largo number of canal
rascals to look after that it is no wonder
that Homo of them cannot bo found when
"they are wanted.
A liKPOKTBH who interviewed Mr.
Cleveland the other day declares that
the president-elect told him that tlio
doniocruti.o congress would certainly
repeal tlio McKinley law. Nobody else
has been nblo to induce Mr. Cleveland
to say anything about the prospects of
tuMflf legislation , and this fact exposes
the reporter's story to suspicion.
THE trade of the United States with
Mexico is rapidly growing , the exports
ii-om Mexico to this country during the
past year aggregating nearly $5,000,000
in 'io ' than those of the preceding year.
Considerably more than one-half of the
tital exports of that country come to the
United States. This trade can be greatly
increased and there is a disposition on
the part of American merchants to look
imro carefully after the Mexican oppor
tunities in the future.
THIS coal famine in Chicago is becom
ing serious , and the people are blaming
the railroads , which are said to huvo
given merchandise and grain the prefer
ence over coal. Tlio Tribune says : "Tho
coal man is allowed to wait indefi
nitely , and after coal is started the rail
roads sidetrack It before any other kinds
o { freight , and on tlio smallest pretext.
Tlio consequence of this is that the rail
roads leading into Chicago are saicr to
have their sidings filled for hundreds of
miles with coal cars. " Tlio explana
tion of this is found in the faet that It
pays bettor U ) haul other kinds of
freight.
EVIDENCB has boon taken in Toronto
byu commission appointed to Investigate
the charge of treason preferred against
the deputy collector of inland revenue
at that place. The deputy collector Is
accused of being a member of an annex-
ati in organization , but it does not ap
pear that ho has been guilty of any
greater crime than thousands of Cana
dians who have come out buldly for
political union. Perhaps it Is proposed
to innko tin example of him with the
view of crushing out the annexation
agitation , but If the government at
tempts to construe the attitude of the
unionists as treasonable it will speedijy
got into trouble. The result of the In
vestigation has not yet been made known.
TUB republican press has spoken in
cordial terms of commendation of the
manly and graceful action of Mr. C'love-
huul in going to the funeral of ox-Prosl-
dent Hayes. It was a tribute of respect
which publicly testified to the pornonul
esteem in which the living ox-president
hold the man who had lllled the highest
ollleo in the republic , anil ( t was in the
highest degree creditable to Mr. Clove-
land. Uut how many nu-n of his party
will think better of him for his manly
and honorable course. The demo
cratic press without exception has
sought to detract from the record of Mr.
. 'Mlayes by assorting that the presidency
was secured to him by fraud , and that Is
the opinion of the great majority of dom-
oc'-uts. Mr. Cleveland , to his great
credit bo it said , is not one of thive , and
in going to Fremont he administered u
deserved rebuke to UHHO who claim that
there was any defect in Hayes' title to
the presidency and who repudiate the
action of a commission of democratic
and creation.
STATK
In vlovr of Hie fafluro of the Capital
National bank and the incidental loss
which the ntato treasurer or the stale
may sustain It becomes the duty of the
legislature to take such action as may bo
found expedient under the circumstances.
The first stop necessarily will bo an ox-
amlnatlor by exports of the treasurer's
bond , the responsibility of his sureties ,
the exact condition of the treasury
the safety of the various depositories In
which state funds have been placed.
If the treasurer and his bondsmen are
hold accountable for the state loans and
deposits In banks It may become Im
perative to take stops to collect from
them the amount held by the Capital
National bank. If , on tlio other hand ,
the special bond accepted by the board
designated by law releases the treasurer
and his bondsmen , It will bo Incumbent
upon the sttito to make an Inquiry Into
the condition of the defunct bank and Its
assets and the ability of the stockholders
to muko good the deficit.
It will bo the duty of the legislature
to devise some plan to prevent the re
currence of any such disaster by sur
rounding the loaning of public funds
with hiifogmirds that , will make it next
to impossible for the treasurer or the
state to incur a loss of any considerable
amount. One of the most offo.titivo
means of prevention would bo pub
licity and checks to prevent cover
ing up any questionable transaction
by the misplacement of public funds.
If the treasurer was required to
publish monthly statements of his
balances , together with the amounts de
posited in each bank , any very serious
loss would bo almost impossible. The
present system of state and national ex
amination makes it very difficult for any
Insolvent bank to keep Its real condition
under cover for any great length of time.
Bunks that depend largely or entirely
on public funds would bo under constant
surveillance both by the examiners and
competing bankers. Another important
safeguard would be the limitation of de
posits in any single bank to $100,000.
Tlmt restriction alone \\ould bo a bar
rier against any scheme to concentrate
the state deposits in one concern.
1'llK IfUMIIKK XHGVSS.lllV TO A CHOICE.
From this day on the balloting for
United States senator will bo in strict
accord with the provisions of the act of
congress relating to senatorial elec
tions. Tlio question has been raised ,
however , whether anybody can bo
elected senator unless ho receives slxty-
hovon votes , which is a majority of the
members elected to both houses.
On this point desisions and precedents
abundantly sustain the position that a
majority of n quorum is all that Is re
quired to make good the title to a seat
in the senate. In other words , if a
majority of each of the two houses responds
spends on roll call in tlio joint convention
and on any ballot for senator any candi
date receives u majority of the members
present and voting , it is the duty .of the
presiding ofllcor to declare him duly
elected. This does not oven mean that
a majority of each of the two houses must
bo recorded in' favor of a particular can
didate , but merely a majority of the
members present and voting. Thus , If
17 senators'and 51 members respond to
the roll call , 'any candidate receiving 35
votes would bo legally chosen , oven
though every ouo of the ! ! 3 votes cast
for him had been members of the house.
Those who contend otherwise , and in
sist that it takes 07 votes to elect a sena
tor , no matter how many are present ,
have no authorities to cite in support of
their position.
, A I'ROin.KM WR TI1K STATES.
The incidental reference in the re
port of the special committee of the
house of representatives which in
vestigated the anthracite coal monopoly
to the growing evil of transportation
companies acquiring property not
necessary to the business of a common
carrier , suggests a subject which ought
to receive the attention of the legisla
tures of the several states. The commit
tee said it is n fact not to bo dis
guised that the railroad companies are
in one way or another absorbing the
timber , coal and Iron lands of the
country , and this was characterized us a
dangerous evil , such ownership tending
directly to monopoly and oppression.
This problem. It was declared by the
committee , .which is of constantly In
creasing Importance , must bo solved in
some way by congress and the legisla
tures of the several states. "Tlio public
Interest , " says the report , "demands
that the business of the common carrier
should be absolutely divorced from any
other. The railroad companies wore
chartered to subserve a great public pur
pose , and to conduct a great depart
ment of public business , and they
should not be permitted to abdicate
their public functions and descend to a
participation in the private affairs of
the people , to the end that they may
prostitute their franchises derived from
congress or one of the several states in
securing an unequal and unfair advan
tage over the private I'iti/.en. " The
soundness .of these views Is unquestion
able and the Importance of the subject Is
obvious. That tlio intrusion of the rail
road corporations into the domain of
private enterprise tends to monopoly
and oppression there is abundant evi
dence. The Reading combine Is but
one of a number of examples ,
though the mo t conspicuous one , in
proof ( if this. Tlio control by the rail-
reads of the Hocking valley coal region
In-Ohio Is another , and additional ex
amples can be found in the south and tlio
we t. In every ca o of such ownership
the public has suffered , and In the very
nature of things It will always do so
where tlio corporations are able to sup
press competition and exact their own
terms. In the case of the anthracite
monopoly tlio eoiiiumers have boon com
pelled to pay a considerable direct ad
vance In tlio price of coal and in
addition an increased freight' charge
clearly In excess of what was just and
equitable. Thin Is the Inevitable effect
of permitting transportation companies
to do business foreign to their legitimate
functions and In competition with pri
vate enterprise.
The duty of putting a check to this
growing evil is manifestly urgent , and
this must lx > performed by tlio states.
Congress may be able to do something In
the matter , though Its authority re-
strlDlod , and tit any rate It Is not wlso to
rely upon legislation from this source ,
chlelly for the reason that railroad Influ
ence Is always strong with that body
and It requires a long struggle to secure
legislation unfavorable to tlio wishes of
the corporations. The people of the
states have all the powers necessary to
protect themselves against the aggres
sive spirit of aggrandizement and the
rapacity of the corporation" ) and they
should vigorously assort them. The
common carriers should bo compelled to
confine themselves strictly to the busi
ness for which they receive their
franchises from the public.
ItKOUTjATlOX or TllK
Three years ago the legislature of
Massachusetts , In response to a vigorous
popular demand , passed an act to-rogu-
late the lobby , which hud become a reproach
preach to the state. Tills law provides
that every per on , private or- public
corporation or association , which em
ploys , or agrees to employ , any person to
act as counsel or agent to promote or
oppose in any manner , directly or indi
gently , the passage of any legislation , or
to act in any manner as a legis
lative counsel or agent In connec
tion with any legislation shall , within
one week of the date of such employment
or agreement therefor , cause the name
of the person so employed , or agreed to
be employed , to bo entered upon a legis
lative docket , and it shall also bo the
duty of the person so employed , or agreed
to be employed , to enter , or cause to bo
entered , his name upon such docket.
The scrgcant-at-arms ot the general as
sembly Is required to keep two legisla
tive docket buoks , ono of which is known
as the docket of legislative coun
sel before committees and the
other as the docket of legisla
tive agents. In the former are
entered the names of counsel em
ployed to appear at a public hearing before
fore a committee of the legislature for
the purpose of making nn argument , or
examining witnesses , and also the names
of any regular legal counsel of corpora
tions or associations who act or advise
in relation to legislation ; In the docket
of legislative agents are entered the
names of all agents employed In connec
tion with any legislation , and of all per
sons employed for other purposes who
render any services as such agents.
These doolcets must also show the name
ind business address of the employe ,
he name , residence and occupation of
lie person employed , the date of the em
ployment or agreement therefor , the
ength of time that the employment Is to
ontinuo , if such time can be doter-
nined. and the special subject or sub-
ects of legislation , if any , to which the
employment relates. No person can act
as a legislative counsel or agent unless
ils name is entered in the proper docket.
Another important provision of the law
is that every person or corporation em
ploying such counsel or agent shall muko
i sworn statement to the secretary of
state of all expenses paid or incurred
by the person so employed. Violations
of the act are punishable by a fine of not
less than $100 nor more than $1,000 , and
it is made the duty of the attorney gen
eral , upon Information , to brin proso-
utlons for such violations.
This legislation recognizes that there
may bo proper functions in connection
ivitli promoting or opposing the passage
of legislation , but requires that they
shall bo exorcised under conditions of
publicity and responsibility. Although
the law , according to the testimony
of the governor of Massachusetts ,
has not done away wholly with
the evils incident to the
lobby , it has reduced them to the mini
mum. Massachusetts still has the lobby ,
but those who engage in this business
nro very generally careful to comply
with the requirements of the statutes ,
for obviously under such a law the op
ponents of a bill will bo likely to watch
for and promptly expose any proceedings
which seem to bo contrary either to the
letter or the spirit of the statute , and
the knowledge of this fact tends to keep
within proper bounds those who are
concerned in promoting its pas-
sago. If it bo conceded that
there is some legitimate Hold
of employment in connection with legis
lation , as recognized by the Massachu
setts act , perhaps the plan therein
provided for the regulation of such em
ployment is as good as can bo desired.
At any rate it merits the consideration
of legislators who believe that the lobby
is a serious evil , which ought to bo
wholly removed If possible , and if it bo
not possible to do tills , then that it bo
subjected to such restrictions and regu
lations as will secure publicity and re
sponsibility on the part of those .engaged
in the business and their employers.
TllK NKKU UP TAX HEFOItM.
Scandalous favoritism in the assess
ment of property is not confined to
Omaha and Nebraska. It prevails to a
great extent in all the western states ,
from the great lakes to the Pacific. The
plutocrats and nabobs of California are
not only shirking taxes on their railroad
and mining property , but they manage
to evade taxes on personal property
whenever they can do so. Last week the
grand jury of Santa Clara county , Cali
fornia , presented a report to the court
in which it culled attention to the ex
tremely low assessment of the property
of Senator Leland Stanford. Extracts
nro given from the records showing that
HO thoroughbred lior&es are assessed at
$4r > , : iOO. The grand jury considers this
stock , being of great value , should bo
assessed at least $ , ' > 00.000. Personal
property assessed at $28-l.)0 ) should bo
raised , in the judgment of the grand
jury , and the real estate assessed at
$101,780 should have Its assessment In
creased $ . " > 00.)00. ( ) .Tho report adds :
"In view of the fact that this property
has been assessed nt about tlio saino
figures for the past four years It is rea
sonable to conclude that the taxes on at
least $2,000,000 of personal property huvo
boon lost to the other taxpayers of the
county by erroneous assessments In this
ono instance. "
This Is very suggestive us well as
Instructive The grand jury found that
the assessor must have been tampered
with and in doing HO violated his oath of
ollleo. The grand jury found that
Leland Stanford was guilty of making
faUo returns of his personal property
nd in doing so had laid himself justly
liable to the ponjilllos Imposed upon
persons who make \llshono3t \ or false
returns. Hero was an opportunity for a
fearless and honest grand jury. It could
and should huvo'Wt ' an example by
Indicting both the'tiAsbssor and the tux-
shirking senator , nut this California
grand jury only aarpl very loud and
made a report to ( ho court calling atten
tion to assessment frauds. And there
the whole mutter hffllltprobably end.
The moral of this 'is plain enough ,
however. The wholo'systom ' of taxation
Is wrong and the people huvo themselves
only to blamo. The ollleo of assessor is
everywhere regarded us of no moment
and men of very elastic consciences are
elected as assessors. The consequence
Is that the property of great corpora
tions and wealthy land owners Is assessed
ridiculously low , while the property of
the middle class and the homes of wuge
workers are assessed for all they are
worth , and If It so happen that some
banker or capitalist has beenusscsscd at
ho sumo rate us other people the board
f equalization steps In and rates him
own.
The remedy will not bo found until the
Thole method of assessment Is reformed
nd the ollico of assessor Is elevated to a
tandard above that of sheriff or county
iommisslonor and the men who fill these
ilucos are chosen from the runks of the
> est business men of every community.
1 QUKSTIOX Or COMl'KTJTtOX.
The grain tonnngu of the Ei-io canal
'
us decreased from 45fl7I ! , < ' )00 ) bushels
n 1887 to 2.i ) : ! ) 1,875 bushels In
802. During the sumo period the rull-
oiuls competing with the canal for the
jrnln traffic- increased their business
rom 23,201,102 bushels to 01,08(1,210 (
iiishels. The canal carried 01.TJ per
'ent ' of the -grain that parsed across
tfow York state in 1887 , but last year it
'urrled ' only 28.95 per cent.
Tlio significance of these figures can
lurdly escape the attention of those who
: ire interested in the great problem of
grain transportation from west to east.
They mean simply that the railroad com
panies are killing the canal and that It
ivlll soon ccuso to be a competitor unless
.omothlng . Is done to Increase its offcct-
vcnoss. The west has u deep interest in
, his subject , but is powerless to do any-
hing for its own protection so far as tlio
New York stuto waterway is concerned.
iYs wo have repeatedly said before , the
July solution of the trunsportu-
ion problem that can be per-
nunent is the proposed deep water
: > utlet from the lakes to the sea ; but so
nuch opposition to. this undertaking has
been developed Unit there is no prospect
, hat it will soon be 'realized. It may
uko years of agitation to bring about n
sufficiently strong Jiublie appreciation of
the need of iiship can'al to insure its con
struction , and in 'thp1. meantime thcro
can be no relief from high rates on grain
jxcept by means ojj the enlargement and
-inprovomcnt of "tho' old and inade
quate Erlo canal.- i lit the state of
New York does , . ' ijot immediately
ilo something > im that direc
tion the railroads , wU ! rhavo the field to
themselves , for the navigation of the
anal in its present , condition cannot bo
made profitable. Touring the past year
thousands of boatmen abandoned the
business because they cduld not follow it
longer without losing money. The rail
roads are constantly fighting the canal
through their agents and newspaper
organs , and its complete abandonment is
only a question of a short time unless
the people of the state that pretends to
maintain it become aroused to an ap
preclutlon of what would result from
absolute control of the grain trufilo by
the railroads.
FROM a sentimental point of view per
haps the United States would bo justified
in allowing Canada to impose discrimi
nating tolls and to take ad vantage of this
country in other ways as she is now do
ing , for Canada Is in a state of great
financial stress. Her public'debt is so
great tlmt she may fairly claim to bean
an object of sympathy , and it is steadily
increasing. The debt of the Dominion
increased last year over $5,000-000 , and
the revenue decreased $1,057,4117.
The public debt of Canada
is three-quarters ns largo as that of the
Uni'ol ' States , while her population is
only one-twelfth as great as that of this
country.Vith an increasing debt , a
decreasing revenue and very little
growth In population it is not easy to
see how Canada can hope to become
prosperous except through continental
union , but that must bo of her own seek
ing. This country can well afford to
wait until the Dominion is fully ready
for the change.
A DILL has been introduced in the
legislature , at the instance of thoOmahn
Kennel club , making dogs persona
property. Tlioro are a great many val
uable canines in Nebraska , and the own
ers of those animals feel that they are
not properly protected In their property
by the existing law , which affords no
adequate redress in case of the theft of a
valuable dog. Being required to pay n
tax on the animals they claim that they
ought to bo "given bettor pro
tection against theft , so far ns
this may bo secured by providing
a proper punishmoh't for such an offense ,
us is done in most/qtiier states. The do-
111 and scorns reasonable and will cer
tainly have the su jip of ull owners of
valuable dogs , who.constitute u quito
influential body of 'citizens.
SENATOII HoaiMnof the Now York
state senate committee on the Rending
combine says : "I .ami for amendatory
price on coal , the sumb as on gas. There
is no other sort Of legislation that will
bo of any value In' this matter. " The
people will bo sutistiudrwith free compe
tition , which may always be depended
upon to regulate prices ; but if tlio cor
porations will not permit unrestrained
competition the unfoi'v'omentof ti law fix
ing prices may boejino necessary. It
would nettle the combination bu.ilno.ss In
short order. >
SOMB people are never truly happy
unless they are being swindled. In nn
eastern town the other day a gang of
shurpors sold u large number of alleged
silver spoons , which wore worth only u
few cents each , at price * almost ui high
as genuine silver spoons would huvo com
manded at n reliable jewelry store.
Kaoh seller represented to his victims
tlmt ho was obliged to dispose of the
spoons to rnlso. money for the relief of
his starving family. There are plenty
of victims for the swindler everywhere.
A Ditrk UOR.
Governor Hogg of Texas , In organizing nn
effort to defeat Senator Mills for re-election ,
Is bollovod to liavo himself in vlow for the
succession. A lies as a dark horse would bo
a novelty. _
\ \ iio . . . i an .cuir. '
/Ill/IlIKIJMllfo ( JllllflKll.
Of the W.lCS.OiH ) which do Lcsso | > s testifies
liat lie paid out in this country , only SAtJ.ooO
i niTountcd for a fact which provokes
rondornumt about the distribution of the
llicr $1,030,000.
Precocious Hoynlly Shlnglm ) .
CMalO'i A'twt.
\ cablegram from Madrid announces tlmt
ho young kins of Spain was recently
panked by bis mother. Tlio proverbial
'uneasiness" ' of the crowned beau seems in
, lils ease to liavo settled a little lower down.
Alton ( I. Tmmii.iirH Opinion ,
1'htlailcliilitd Teleuntm ,
ICx-Senator Thiirman says it would have
'eon ' n grave betrayal of tlio trust reposed in
jlm If General Hayes bad refused to accept
, ho decision of the commission. This would
uvo been followed by nothing less than
naivhy.
I * Itnxtor HooilooKtl ?
St. 1'iinl I'lanctr-l'rtts.
Mr. Baxter of Wyoming is accused of
ing the president-elect's choleo for United
States senator , urd is worried half to death
'or fear the report will bo credited in the
cglslature. Hecent events In New York
naUo Cleveland's friendship a nightmare to
candidate.
I. ini < iititloii4 ; of Coloni'l .lonos.
St. Ollf * ItCllllllllC.
The "Women's Democratic club" of Hock
Springs in the state of Wyoming , where the
ramon vote , has endorsed the handsomest
aloonkecper in the town for United States
nar.shal under the coming reform adinin-
stration. And this is "tho elevating in-
lucnco of women in polities" they have been
, elling us about I.
Illppolyto In Florro Array.
Clilenun Iltmlil.
Kobolllon 1ms broken out In Haytl , and
lippolyto has dispatched to the seat of war
in army consisting of ! KX ) men and twenty
'ommandlng ' officers. The makeup of this
mdy of troops Indicates that tlio trouble
mist bo of a very serious nature. Under
rdlnary elreumstanees a Haytion army of
hat size would have consisted of twenty
nen and liOU commanding olllccrs.
Tiimmiiii ) Appointment * .
lldi-jter's H'cMy ,
Whenever Tammany has been held In
ibcck l > y a formidable opposition , its ap-
tointments have shown some respect , or at
east fear , before public opinion. It is too
irudent to defy propriety while its power is
hreatened. Uut now that it is supreme , it
brows off illsgulso and reveals tlio linked
deformity of that selfish greed which in-
pires its whole career. Throughout Its
ilstory its character has been consistent , and
ts aims unchanged. Whether it puts for-
as apparent leader , a patriotic and
wise statesman ns a tool of its secret mas-
era , whether it supports a Hewitt or a Gil-
roy , its ultimate purpose is the same. It is
consirncy to plunder the citizens In tjio
name of the government. In Its nature it
'iinnot present n peed nomination , save
.vhcn it must deceive its victims in order to
secure its power ; and the power once gained
is used without scruple. It could not act
otherwise. The fancy that the vast , complex
business of the metropolis can over bo prop
erly conducted under the sway of nn asso
ciation pretending to bo political , which has
: io aim but to control the municipality , and
10 lifo but the spoils of oftlco , is absurd. It
is not by Tammany , nor through Tammany ,
nor with Tammany , it is only over
Tammany that the way lies to any reform in
city government. The appointments of last
week will doubtless cost Now York heavily.
Their evil results can never bo exactly
measured , but it is likely that , in years to
come , lifo will bo cheaper and living dearer ,
mblic-order less'securo , vice nnd crirno moro
-lfo , and the community poorer by millions
ot dollars in consequence of them. Yet if
they open tlio eyes of citizens to the one way
of reform , they may still Drove worth their
cost. There may bo some reason to think
that the hand which has thus moved Mayor
Gilroy ns its puppet has overleaped its pur
pose , and that these appointments are the
beginning of the end. It was said long ago ,
'Whom the gods will destroy , they first
nako mad. "
ir/r.
Philadelphia Tlmei : In Siberia the ground
In winter Is frozen down fiomo IIfly foot. A
person's lot tlieru must bo hard If hu's yet
ono.
Truth : It Is the man with ono arm that docs
things In an olT-hamlcd sort of way.
Yonkers Statesman : Out In Chicago tlioy
rnfor to the now Columbian coins as tlielr
better halves. "
Now York Sun : Trlvvot Don't you cot aw
fully tired saying "Hollo" to thu telephone
when no ono answers ? "
Dlcor YDS ; homotlmes I feel lllfo reversing
thu syllables.
Chicago News : Charley Did yon kiss that
Iloslon clrl you were making such desperate
love to a moment ago ?
Charley Can't you see tro frost on my mus
tache'1
Knto Field's Washington : The ofllco seeks
the man , then the man reciprocates by seeking
olllces for his rulallviss.
Chicago Inter Uccun : "I'd think street cars
wpulil bo built .lust alike at both ends. "
"Woll , they arc. "
"Oh , no ! Any conductor will toll you there's
always room up front. "
Washington Star : "You wcro corio n good
while , " said the Invalid to lmr husband , who
had been to the drug store ; "It must liavo
taken thu clerk u good whllu to put up the pro
scription. "
"I don't know ; I think ho must liavo spout n
good dual of thu time putting up thu price. "
WATCH HIM XKXT 8UJI3WH.
Chicago Ketca Ileconl.
Who-mo ? Y' say I
Cussed the heat las' J'ly ?
I reckon not ;
Sweated home , o' course ,
'Twu'nt nothln' worMij
Hut botV
I reckon neil
Summer I ul'ys liked ;
Leiii'imde 'n' tliln's spiked ,
'N' beer n-ll j
Unit taku Mimmur'n mlno ;
'S In my llnu
'
o'lilz :
Yo.s , 'tis.
Ma kick ! Huh ! What's hot ?
Think I've forgot
How I felt ?
Jcs' warm mi' nlco ;
You glmmu Ice
'N' 1 won't molt.
I'll tuko boat , you bat ,
Wish 't wiizsummur yut
You sou
It's this lamswoizlcd ,
Ding doz/lcd
Cold
'At gits mo I
NATIMLFRUIT FLAVORS.
Vanilla Of perfect purity-
Lemon Of great strength-
Grange Economy In their us * .
Rose.te.
and delicioutty at the fresh fruit.
DEPENDS UPON NEW YORK
Quarantine Measure Adopted by the House
as Amended ,
PROSPECTS OF ITS ULTIMATE SUCCESS
No 1'art of tlin 1'ropcmed l.rRliiliit Ion Will
rrriuUtnil to Interfere wllli tlio iti-Rif
Intlnii * on tlio Subject Adopted
ny tlio Stntos.
WASHINGTON BLMIEAU OP TUB Bus , )
Mil KounTEBNrii STHEKT , >
WASIIIXIITO.V , V. C. , Jan. 23. I
The ( luurantlno bill as emasculated by the
Tnmmnuy nmctiilinent forbidding the na
tional government to ntoillfy , relax or sus
pend state quarantine regulations was
adopted in the house today by n majority so
largo that Us opponents did not oven make
an effort to demand the yeas and nays. In
splto of the throats or Congressman Kilgoro
of Texas to filibuster asainst the passage ot
the bill and In ludicrous contradiction of
Amos CuinmltiKs' statcmont this morning
that , "It was time n doctrlno of states rights
should bo re-establlshud and that ho would
do all In his power to prevent the success of
the bill , " thcro was not the slightest effort
at flllbustorliiL' . Apart from u remarkable
parliamentary complication in which Mr.
Kayner Involved tlio house thcro was no
delay on any point.
Tlio amended bill contains nothing of vital
Importance save the authority of the presi
dent to totally suspend immigration from
any infected port. It carries no appropria
tion of money for the execution of Its provis
ions. The fate of the bill now rests with the
senate. The Tammany amendment is ac
ceptable to Senator Harris , and as soon as
the house measure is transmuted to the sen
ate ho will ask that the original senate
measure bo adopted as an amendment to the
house bill , and will ask for the appointment
of conferees. This , however , he can ac
complish by unanimous consent , and it is not
believed probable that .Senator Hiscoek of
Now York or any other senator will stand
idly by and permit the bill to become law in
its present form. There would have been no
oblcctlon to the bill in the senate but for the
Tammany amendment.
llxpeet to I'nm tlu > Memire. :
It was with considerable hesitation that
Senator Washburn today agreed to the
proposition of Senator White to the post
ponement of a llnul vote upon tlio anti-option
bill to a week from tomorrow , the last day
or this month , although tlio Louisiana sena
tor , who represents the opposition to the
measure , assured the senator from Minnesota
that the postponement was not Intended to
delay action upon the bill as amended when
it goes back , to the house. Senator Wush-
burn has all along feared that it was
the purpose of the opposition to hold the bill
back from the house till thcro vyas such a.
jam of appropriation bills that a lliiiil vote
could not bo reached in that body. The
Minnesota senator , who is the principal
author of the bill , said after the agreement ,
which insures the disposition of the bill on
Tuesday of next wei-lt , that quick , work
would bo made of the senate amendments
when the measure is sent back to the house.
It was the original intention of Messrs.
Wnshburn and Hatch , representing the
friends of the measure in the senate and
house , to not ask for a conference eommiUeo
to consider the senate amendments when
the bill goes b.ick to the house and to pro-
oipitato action upon the amendments by
open debate. Since the adoption of the bill
lias been so greatly delayed'in the senate
they huvo changed their tactics.
It is now thcinintontion to ask for a con
ference in the house as soon as the bill goes
to that body , which will bo on Wednesday.
February 1. Should it pass the senate , and
it is generally conceded that it can be
passed by that body , although It is acknow
ledged on all sides that it has lost support
by the discussion of the past week , when it
finally reaches a conference committee ,
which will bo headed by the two statesmen
named , it ifl the purpose of the friends of thp
measure to accept any amendment rather
than hazard its chances of success. It looks
now as though the bill will become law in
some form.
Nuliraalta nnil Iowa Coat Troiluct.
Prof. R. W. Parker of the geological
survey has just issued a special bulletin on
the coal productions of the country , from
which tlio following Is taken , relating to the
coal product of Nebraska and Iowa :
Nebraska produces about 1,500 short tons
of coal annually for n local demand. No
regular system of mining is carried on , the
coal being dug by farmers in otT seasons.
The coal when sold brings about $ . ' ) per ton ,
the total product being valued at about
81,500.
Iowa : The total product in 1S01 , 3,825-U > 5
short tons ; total value , $1,807.00' ) . Before
entering into any discussion of the returns
for Iowa , as received by the survey , it will
bo found of interest to make a comparison
of the total product as obtained by the
survey and that compiled by the mlno inspectors
specters of the three state Inspection dis
tricts. These reports are of biennial publi
cation , the latest one covering the fiscal years
ending Juno 30 , 18'JO and 1801. According to
the inspectors' reports the product of the
state for the two fiscal years aggregated
7,702-lS ; ! short tons , and for the two calendar
years , according to the returns to the sur
vey , 7,847,231 short tons , a difference of only
141,751 tons , or a little less than 2 per cent.
A greater difference is noted in the valua
tions reported , tlmt according to the In.
jicctors being * IO,8W,007 ( , and according to
the survey tU,918t > OS , Hrlll lx > Interestlnir
to note also that both reports show a decreased -
creased product In 1801 , the ntnto reports
showing a product of 3.0S0.4W tons In 18W
nnil of ! l,7'JIWl In isyi. a decrease of ! ! , > SMl )
tons. According to the survey the output
loll from 6tm,7tt ! ) tons to llSi , Wi tons , a
loss of 100.214 tons. The decreased produc
tion In 1SOI was duo In part to strikes ,
but chlclly to the Importation of coal from
other states , particularly Illinois , wnloh
owing to favorable river freight rates could
tlnd a market In Iowa cheaper than her own
coal could bo brought by rail ,
Democratic Senators Olijrrt.
A number of democratic senators have
given notice to republican members of the
senate committee on military affairs that If
the nomination of Private Secretary Hulford
to be a paymaster In the army with the r.ink
of major Is remrted | to the senate they will
earnestly antagonize its confirmation. Their
opposition Is In no sense personal , for It U
understood there Is no objection to Mr , Hal-
ford ou personal grounds , The precedent
sot by the republican senators four years
ago when they refused to confirm the nomi
nation of lion Adlal R Stevenson ot Illinois
to bo a member of the supreme court of thn
District of Columbia , on the ground that the
president had no right to name any one to a
life position so close upon the retirement of
his administration , is the oxeuso given for
this objection. The democrats also contend
that the president should have given the
position to an army olllcer bv promotion ,
Not all of the democrats will fall into line in
tills contest , and unless the opposition is
ciulto obstinate it will not eut much of a
tiguro.
The bill ceding the Oklahoma military reservation <
ervation to the city of Oklahoma for school
purposes , which has passed the house is in
the hands of the senate committee on null
tary affairs and referred to Senator \Valilmll
as a subcommittee-man. The chances are
about oven as to action upon the bill. Many
Inquiries have been made about this measure
by Xebrasltans.
Senator Manderson is trying to secure an
increase of pension for the widow i.f Lieu
tenant Harrington , who was killed In the
( 'UHter masHacer , and whose body was not
found. The widows of .ill I lie oilier odlcers
killed hi that massaccr have been given lib
eral pensions.
The house hill opening to settlement under
the homestead laws the ( . 'herokeo Strip is
now upon the table of the president of the
senate , and a duplicate of the measure has
been favorably reported from the senate
committee , anil will no doubt soon hcmmo
law. Several letters liavo been sent bore by
Ncbraskans asking that an a.Mcmlincnt bo
made to the bill excluding certain persona
from the provisions of the measure and
barring all who have taken homesteads
already. Those who have used their entry
rights will not likely get in on the C herokeo
Strip.
President Harrison will probably sign the
Oinahii bridge bill this week.
Waukon , la. , is to have its first national
bunk , application for its charter having boon
nmdo B. F. Boomer and associates of Wau
kon.
.1. II 'Cole of Keokuk Is at Wllllard's , and
Mr. T. K. Bustamanto , minister for Vene
zuela and family , and John Pierce of Iowa
arc at Wosrmley's.
John II. B.u-son , a prominent banker and
stockman of Lusk , Converse county , Wyo. ,
Is at the Shore-ham.
Senator Manderson is taking stops in the
matter of the appointment of a register of
llio land olllceat O'Neill in place of Uiliespie ,
resigned. The nomination of W. D. M.itliews
of O'Neill will probably go to the- senate In a
day or two. Senator Pettigrew said today
that ho would likely sectiro the adoption In
the senate this week of the house bill allow
ing settlers on timber claims to prove up
after .eight years' residence , whether Irons
have been planted or not , by paying $1 25 an
aero. The senator said the bill , if it became
law , would bo worth $1,000,000 to settlers in
South Dakota.
Mrs. Preston and Miss Lily Preston of
Davenport , la. , are at the Arlington for the
season.
Hoprescntatlvo Hayes of Iowa today intro
duced a bill to remove the charge of do-
scrtlon from the military record of Jacob
Putnam , deceased , P. S. II.
e
Trot Him Out.
Clitcuao Trtltwie.
Sneaking of Kuthcrford B. Hayes , where
is the democratic politician who would not
have accepted the presidency without any
doubt as to the validity of his'titlo if it had
been confirmed by an electoral commission
composed of the highest dignitaries of the
land ? Where is the democratic editor that
would not have used up gulons of ink in
championship of n democratic president so
elected { Let him stand forth and be counted.
Sleepy. :
Ifnmnnladroirsjr
In tlio day tlmo
after a { food
night's sleep ,
thoro'B Indiges
tion and
disorder.
by rfimoTlne thou
which M
u BBau.n-0 mnttor
Inc tlio sjraiom , will euro nil MUl U
nnrt Nervmm lllsiirdprx. n d nil )
aulcLIf icllm Nlclt llrnilurlie.
Covered wilhn Tasteless and Soluble Coatbip.
ornllrtrtiK8lflt . rrlco 2B eonts a tioH.
Now York Dnpot , M5 Cannl St. *
'v *
Miuiiifaotiiran nn'l KotUlori
otointlilni ' tno World.
Immovably tight
Up against the rear of our store is the room now
occupied by Mrs. Benson , who is to vacate
within a few weeks , when we will pro
ceed to tear out the dividing wall , thereby
giving us one of the largest and best ap
pointed business houses in this entire
western country. In the meantime we
arc closing out as much as possible of our
present stock at reduced prices , so that
we canbe ready to start in new again in
our new palace. Suits for $10 , $12.50 , $15 ,
$16.50 , and so on , have been reduced at
least a third. While overcoats are cut down in the same
proportion. Hoys' clothing has received a severe shock
in prices also. The pants that are odd in size go at
$2.00 up to $5.00 and a little more , any pair worth 2 and
sometimes 3 times as much. Damaged goods will not
now be sold cheaper than our perfect garments lor the
next few weeks.
BROWNING , KING & CO. ,
Store open Saturday every ovenln till 10 j till I S.W. Cor , 10th and Douglas St