THE OMAHA DAILY KEE. iflrEDNESAY. ? FEBRUARY 1. 1893.
THE BEE
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PUUUSHKL ) KVK11Y MORN1NO.
TKUMH Ol' HIMIJTUUTION.
Dnlty Urn fwllliontfitnitnyi Ono Year. B 00
Jlnllv nml Sunday , Onu Yunr . 1000
WxMmillm . . g
Thron Month . . . 200
Huwltiy lire , OutYiar . ? J
Hntiinfay llco. Om < Year . } gJJ
AU-cklyllcc , Uno Your . l ° °
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Omnlin.TlicMIoolliilldlms.
Hoillh Ouiiilin , rnrni-r N uml 2rlli Btrcots.
( nuncll II1UIT.S , 12 IVnrl Ktrcnt.
Clilcat'o Onion. 317 ClnimlMTOf Cormiiereo.
New York , HUOIIIS 19 , 14 mid ID. Tribune
Ilulldlng.
Washington. 013 rotlHrrnth StrooU
C'OKUKSI'ONnKNOK.
All communications rohitlns to news ami
rdllorhil mutter should bu addressed to the
IMItorlal DepartinrnL
1IUSINKSH MTTTEIW.
A 11 business loiters and remittances should
1m nddrctt'od to The Itro 1'iiblIshlnB Company ,
Oiniilm. Diuflti , rhi-ck.H and postotllcp ordori
to bo made payablu to thu ordur of the com
pany.
U'HB BEK PUBMSHINO COMPANY.
HWOUN 8TATKMKXT OI < ' OIKOULATION
ftato of Nobrnska , (
County of Douglas , f
Oporuo II. T/tcliuok , secrntary of Tun HER
J'lihl ( shine rniiipnny , dors solemnly iiwrar that
ThciirHiarrliruhitfonof Tin : DAII.V llix for
thowee-k ending January U8 , 1B33 , was as
follows :
Humlay. .Tnnunry 22 V5-2S2
Monday , .tnnuary 23 23'7JT
Tuesday. January'Jl 23,921
Wednesday. January 2S 23HH , '
Thursday , .fmiimrv-JO 23,009
J'rlday , January--1 ! ? 2.1,097
Kaiurday. January UH 24,300
UKOUOK II. T/.HOIIUOK.
Sworn to lioforo in" an,1 Buliscrllipd In niy
presence llil.s 28th day of January , 1893.
IHcall N.f. \ KEtl , . Notary Public.
AvrniRn Clrrtiliitlon for lloceniWr , S4.5MO ,
A oooi ) iwny ) of the statesmen who
enter the United Sttitcs wonuto tliia year
will bo iiniiblo to Bay that the ofllco
nought the man. The Kcruinblo has boon
pretty ( rciiurul.
Tins senate 1ms postponed the dis-
rusaion of tlio anti-pass resolution to
February 2 > , but tliat fact should not bo
in the way of the speedy passage of a
1)111 prohibiting the use of free railroad
transportation by public ollloials , state ,
county or immifipal.
SOUTH OMAHA'S charter amendments
wo expected to go through all right ,
Init it takes n good many conferences
vrith representatives of other cities to
prevent opposition to them. If the citi
zens of South Omaha are satisfied wjth
the amendments they should escape
opposition from other quarters.
IT IS to bo hoped that the effort that
is being made to Induce the railroad
companies to issue Omaha stop-overs to
liaHsoiigurs going to the World's fail-
will moot with success. It would bo u
good thing for this city and a conveni
ence to many who might wish to trans
act business hero on their way to or
from Chicago.
DESPITE the tremendous eastward
movement of wheat that prevails during
the fall months there is still plenty of
It left In the west. The aggregate
Btock at Minneapolis , Duluth and Su
perior Is now placed at.0,1)14,422bushels { )
ns ngajnst 17,51,1,000 , bushels a year agent
nt the same points , and the elevator
stocks are still growing.
IT is understood that a largo amount
of spurious coin is now in circulation in
this city , much of it sufficiently well
made to deceive those who are not
accustomed to handling money , or these
who are so careless as never to examine
the change that is given them. Such
"inonoy will pass out of circulation when
public suspicion is aroused.
THE opinion of the state superintend
ent of schools as to the use of school
funds for the maintenance of training
classes will probably dispose of that
.question for the present. If the school
funds cannot legally bo used for that
purpose the teachers training institute-
cannot bo maintained in tills city unless
u special fund is provided from some
other source.
STATISTICS compiled by the Railway
Ago show that the railroad foreclosure
eales during 1892 wore loss important
in the amount of securities involved
than these of any previous year for
eight years , with the exception of 1888.
The amount involved in the foreclosures
of last year was $95,893,000 , while these
of 1891 involved $189,000,000 , . and 328- ,
181,000 in 1887.
PHILADELPHIA'S attitude toward the
World's fair is much more friendly than
that of Now York. The Philadelphia
Press is generous and patriotic enough
to say : "If the World's fair people want
the old liberty bell to grace and dignify
their exposition there will probably bo
no serious objections to its going , under
proper safeguard. It certainly did nor ,
take an act of congress to got it down to
Now Orleans on n much loss important
occasion. "
TIIEUK irt.to bo another chapter in the
long drawn out dispute between the
Pullman Palace Car company and the
city of Omaha in relation to the pay
ment of that tax account. The refusal
of the court ti ) reinstate the old injunc
tion does not prevent the company from
starting a now CIIMJ , and it has accord
ingly scoured an order restraining the
city treasurer from selling the palace
cars upon which ho had levied. No
doubt these taxes will bo paid some time ,
but It is evidently the purpose of the
company to delay the day of settlement
ns long us possible.
IT is the opinion of the exports who
have examined the stones submitted to
them from the Idaho diamond fields that
the mines must have boon "salted. "
Most of the stones sent to Now York to
Iw tested turned out to bo quartz crys
tals. The real diamonds in the lot arc
declared to bo from the Klmborlv mines
In Africa and are of an inferior qual
ity known as bortz , worth only
$1.50 per carat. So it scorns that
Idaho not only 1ms no din <
mends , but oven the stones used tc
dccoltyo prospectors are almost value
less. These developments show how
easy it is to start a great mining exclto-
019
mont on very small capital. Idaho has
plenty of mineral wealth hidden nwnj y
beneath hgiMtpil , but so far as is know n
It Is not in the form of precious stouos.
t.KT XO ai'WTY MAN KM Al'K.
Tlu indictment of Charles W , Moshor
by a federal grand jury on his voluntary
confession of guilt as the chief perpetra
tor of the stupendous frauds , forgeries
and embezzlements by which the Capital
National bank and the state treasury
have been looted ban created a profound
conviction that his lawless operations
have extended over a period of many
years , by and with the co-operation of
men who hold official positions In the
capital. It is now known beyond u
doubt that Moshcr has for years
been uti Individual borrower of
and speculator In state fnnds. The
amounts thus held by him as personal
loans are said to have ranged all the way
from $ , -)0,000 ) to $150,000 at divers times.
How wcro these vast sums expended ?
How much of the $300,000 which wcro
chiefly drawn out of the state treasury
and mink have been invested in specu
lative enterprises , and how much of this
enormous deficit was paid out to
political sharks and legislative boodlcrs ?
How much of the hundreds of thousands
of dollars was "borrowed" by state ,
county and city officials and editorial
blackmailers who wore never expected
to repay their loans ?
Moshor is not n natural born embezzler
and forger. His downward career only
dates back to the time when ho assumed
Stout's penitentiary contract , which
plunged him into the political vortex
and made him the head and front of the
boodle lobby , that has for four succes
sive sessions of the legislature carried
on systematic raids upon the treasury.
When the whisky ring disclosures ,
which involved many very prominent men
In high life , were made , General Grant
issued the historic order to the secre
tary of tbo treasury : "Let no guilty man
escape. ' ' The revelations made through
the collapse of the Capital National bank
make it the duty of the legislature to
break up the ring of political mercena
ries that clustered around Moshor and
recover for the state every dollar that
has boon lawlessly .pilfered from the
treasury. They must go to the bottom of
all the crooked work , reclaim what be
longs to the state , no matter in whoso
hands the stolen property may be , and
expose and punish dishonesty wherever
it may bo found. In this work honest
men of all parties should join , not to
make political capital for themselves or
their party , but to redeem tno state and
sot an example that will have a salutary
olTect upon men who hold positions of
honor , profit or trust.
IIA H'AIIAN
The United States has had suddenly
thrust upon it the opportunity to ac
quire additional territory by annexa
tion. The figment of native monarchy-
in Hawaii has baou overthrown and a
provisional government is in control
thoro. Representatives of that govern
ment have been sent to "Washington to
present the situation to the government
of the United 'States and to ask
that this country take steps to
annex the Hawaiian islands. The
people who have taken the reins
of power in Hawaii do not want a re
public or a protectorate. They desire
that the islands bo made a part of this
republic. Their reasons for this are
bnth political and commercial , but
chiefly tlib latter. As territory of the
United States Hawaii would enjoy
material advantages which she does not
now have , and her principal industry ,
the production of sugar , which
is languishing , would bo restored
to its former prosperity. The
men who are seeking annexation
arc chiefly speculators anil planters
whoso primary aim is their own a rr-
grandizeihont. In their anxiety to pro
mote then1 selfish purpjse they are
wholly indifferent as to what might bo
the consequences to the international
relations of the United States of acuopt-
ing their proposal.
The reports from Washingtoryndieato
a considerable sentiment there favorable
to thlo project. Men prominent in pub
lic life are quoted as approving ; the pro
posal that the government shall make
this radical departure from its
established policy. Members of
congress who advocate the exclusion
of European immigrants are wil
ling to admit to the privileges of
American citizenship a population in
which the representatives of the Cau
casian raoo constitute only about 15 per
cent. According to a census taken in
1890 the population of the Hawaiian
islands was a fraction in excess of 90,000.
It may now bo 100,000. One-half of these
are natives and half-castoj , while 30,000 ,
are ChinoaO and Japanese. There are
about 9,000 Portuguese , who caunt in
little as the coolies. The planta
tions , the banking , the trade and
the professions are in the hands of a
'colony of white. ) numbering about 0,000 ,
or say 2,500 Americans , 2.0JO English
and 1,500 Germans. Is it dcuirablo or
expedient for the United States to absorb
serb a population of this character , dis
tant from our boundaries upward of 2,000
miles ? Is it not reasonable to assume
that to maintain an orderly and peace
ful government there would involve an
amount of trouble and expanse which
the bonofiits to bo had from possession
would not repay ? It is true that the
islands are fertile and that under
favorable conditions for their develop
ment they might boo 31110 greatly more
valuable than at present. It is also true
that there are commercial and strategic
reasons for the United States insisting ,
as it has done for half a century , that nc
other power shall occupy or dominate
the Hawaiian islands , but mno of these
considerations justify the ubaniinmont
of an established policy , and whenever
that uolicy shall bo abandoned this
government will have taken u departure
upon dangerous ground.
The annexation spirit has boon growing - '
- ing during the last few years , stimu
lated by what some may regard as a
patriotic aspiration to extend the powei
and influence ofthe republic Publh
men have advocated the annexation o :
Canada and of .Cuba , and there hru been
n inoro or ICSH considerable popular re
sponse favorable to these BUffge.stlons.
It is a dangerous sentiment , the cultiva
tion of which ought to bo discouraged.
The boundaries of the republic are
wide enough for safety. We
do not need for our protec
tion jyiy outposts that wo cannot obtain
with the ODiu'urroiico of other nations ,
and all that wo may demand with a just
regard for the fair requirements and
rights of other nations wo shall have
little difficulty In obtaining. If over wo *
adopt a different policy and aggressively
reach out for increase of territory and
dominion then will begin the career
that must inevitably end in disruption
and decadence.
The question of regulating the charges
of express companies Is engaging atten
tion in several legislatures now in ses
sion. It Is u mutter that ought to bo
acted upon by the legislature of Ne
braska , for in no other state , HO far as
wo are aware , are the express companies
more exacting than hero. A suggestive
measure for regulating express charges
is before the Missouri legislature. It
declares all express companies to ba
public carriers , and provides that
within ninety days after the act
goes into efTeet the companies doing
business in. the state shall file with the
board of railroad commissioners u sched
ule of classification of matter carried
by them and rate charged thereon , and
a copy of their rules and regulations
shall accompany such schedule ; also any
joint rules where two or more companies
exchange business.
The board of commissioners are em
powered to alter the classification and
establish rates , and the establishment of
such rates by the commissioners shall be
prlinu facie evidence that they are
reasonable and just. The commissioners
are also required to fix maximum
rates and enforce the same. Discrim
inations , rebates , drawbacks and favor
itism of all kinds arc prohibited both in
classification and transportation. The
commissioners , on their own motion oren
on complaint , may investigate any com
plaint of discrimination or overcharges ,
and they are empowered to send for per
sons and papers , and to compel the attendance -
tendance of witnesses. The attorney
general is authorized to institute pro
ceedings for violations of the law , and
the penalty is a fine of not less than 8200
nor exceeding $1,000 for each offense.
If it bcj admitted that the express com
panies are as much pub'.io carriers as
railroads the authority of the legislature
to provide for the regulation of their
charges is unquestionable. We do not
know thatanyof the states have adopted
legislation for this purpose , but there is
evidently a widespread popular demand
for it which sooner or later will have to
bo generally respected. The express busi
ness is highly profitable. The com
panies are under no restraint in
the matter of charges for the
service they , parform , except
from the limited competition of the
postal service. When not subject to
this competition the charges for express
carriage are very generally unreasona
bly high , making the most liberal allow
ance for the cost of this sorvico. Wo
bolicvo there can bo no reasonable doubt
regarding the power of the legislature
to regulate express charges , and a proper
consideration for the interests of the
public demands that this be done , and
also that the express companies bo pro
hibited from practicing discrimination
of any kind.
THE TRADE SITUA1IOX IX OHKAT
Reports of British commerce for 1892
show that as respects materials imported
for manufactures there was a decrease
of 8.3 per cent , 40 per cent in raw silk ,
21 per cent in hemp , 18 per cent in cot
ton , 17 per cent in zinc , 14 } per cent in
hides , 11 per cent in rubber and 7 } per
cent in lead. It is rare that the supply
of materials is so greatly curtailed in a
single year , and the natural expla
nation is that there has boon a great de
pression In the manufacturing in
dustries of G-cat Britain during
the past year. Imports of iron
are increased nearly 11 per cent
and imports of tin increased 7 per cent ,
There was also an increase of 10 per cent
in wood. An evidence of the depression
in the manufacturing industries of Great
Britain is shown by the fact that the
nmnufaoturb"d products continue to in
crease in the aggregate. The increase
last year was especially great in silk
stnlYs , paper and glass , while imports of
iron and woolen manufactures , of miscel
laneous silks and of manufactures of
leather show some decrease.
The decrease In British exports during
the year was significant. In metals alone
the dooreaso was 0,152,233 in value- ;
yarns and textile fabrics , 5,030,509 ; in
machinery and mill work , 1,018,701) ) ; in
apparel , 912,323 , and in miscellaneous
manufactures , 3,52(5,933. , ( The decrease
in iron products was 1 ! ) per cent , in hard
ware and cutlery nearly 13 per cent and
in machinery 0 per cont. The decrease
in cotton goods was 7 par cent , in thread
nearly 12 , in woolen fabrics 5.3 , in cur-
pots 12.4 and in silk manufactures 6.1 per
cent. These statistics show a condition
of British Industries that has awakened
much apprehension. A recent issue of
the London JUcnnomint gave a discour
aging account of the iron business in
England , and the same journal shows in
a review of the cotton business that dur
ing the past year ninety-nine spinning
companies sustained a not loss of 9t,800 ,
whereas in 1891 and 1893 the same com
panies made fair profits. The shipments
of goods to most of the countries which
Great Britain supplies wore much
smaller last year than usual. The de
pression In the manufacturing interests
of that country , which has caused serious
financial difficulties and has thrown
thousands of wage earners out of employ
ment , may prove to bo only temporary ,
but it is significant that such u depres
sion should have existed during a year
that witnessed the greatest business
prosperity in the United States that hai
over boon recorded.
TiiKREare two Sioux Indiana from the
Pine Ridge agency who are decidedly ofl
their reservation. At last account !
they wore hi the hund.s of the police at
Sydney , Australia. Those two omlnonl
Americans had baan with tha Wilt
West showbuk , not tired of their business
and took to vfaf/rnncy. The State de
partment at Xj hlngton has been naked
to propose Honu1 * Way by which they maybe
bo got homolMJt they never will bo
missed if thofy turn from Australia is
indefinitely purfponed.
WK LAKHS ir/r/f
The iinmiaVroAslon of the Now York
State Board o/JlVade / , which will begin
at Albany 011,1. tlio 15th inst. , promises
to be a very important gathering. The
board comprises thirty-one commercial
organizations , and seven additional
organizations are to bo admitted at the
coming meeting. Any action taken by u
body of men representing commercial
interests so numerous and so great. can
not fall to exert a potential influence.
The most important subject to be con
sidered at the mooting In Albany is one
that concerns the whole country and is
of particular interest in the west , as it
directly touches the great question of
transportation that is now pressing for
attention. The Albany Chamber of
Commerce will urge the adoption of a
resolution , which was laid over from the
last annual meeting , requesting repre
sentative's in congress to procure as soon
as possible the enactment of a law di
recting the appointment of a com
mission whoso duty it shall bo
to survey the different available
routes from Lake Eric to the ocean and
recommend that which shall bo found
the most feasible , with its estimate of
the cost of a channel twenty feet in
depth and of suitable width , and making
an appropriation to provide for the nec
essary expenses of said commission.
Another important resolution will be
olTerod by the Albany chamber propos
ing that the national government so
deepen the Hudson river that ocean
going vessels may receive cargo directly
from canal boats upon their arrival at
tidewater.
The I'oi'hester Chamber of Commerce
will ask the adoption of a resolution
favoring the construction of a ship canal ,
along tlie line of the present Erie canal ,
from Luke Erie to the Hudson river.
These resolutions will occasion a great
deal of discussion , in which many prac
tical and able men will participate , and
by this means it will be possible to as
certain the sentiment of the business
men of Now York in respect to
the ship canal project. Tlio plan
proposed by the Albany Chamber
of Commerce is eminently practical
'
tical and sensible. There may bo insep
arable obstacles in the way of the con
struction of a successful deep waterway
from the lakes to the Atlantic , and in
any event the appointment of a commis
sion composed Qf competent engineers to
study routes and prepare estimates must
bo the first step. This work need not
cost a great sum qf money , and it would
determine whether or not the ship canal
solution of the transportation problem is
a feasible one. i . .
THK anti-option bill passed the United
States senate by , tlio vote of 40 to 20 ,
which may /airly bQ regarded as a very
decisive victory1 for the advocates of that
measure. The contest .thus ended , so
far as the senate is concerned , in the
triumph of the demand of tho'agrlcul-
tural producers of the country for pro
tection from what they believe to bo a
damaging system of speculation , has
been one of the most interesting in the
recent experience of congress. The op
ponents of this legislation have fought
it earnestly and stubbornly and marked
ability has been shown in the discussion
of the subject on both sides , the opposi
tion making its strongest stand on con
stitutional grounds. Tlio impression is
that there will be little delay In passing
the measure in the house , it being under
stood that the opposition to it there and
outside concedes that there is no chance
of defeating it in the house. There has
boon no intimation as to the views of the
president regarding it , but it is doubtless -
loss safe to assume that it will
receive his approval. Of course it is
not expected that the interests affected
by it will submit without a struggle in
the courts , and undoubtedly as soon us
possible after the law goes into olTect
assuming what now seems probable , that
the measure will become a law a case
will bo made to test its constitutionality.
Meantime the agricultural producers of
the country may congratulate themselves
upon having won a victory whore they
had least reason to expect it.
AND now it is proposed that the gov
ernor , secretary of state and attorney
general shall constitute a state board
of boiler supervisors with power to ap
point a boiler inspector , who in turn
shall have power to appoint six deputy
boiler inspectors. What next ? How
many inoro state boards are to bo
created ? Have not the state officers got
about enough to do and are they- not
pestered sufficiently with office seekers ?
Two MEMHEitSof the French Chamber
of Deputies liuvuHhed , each other's blood
in n duel with s\ypids. ; The amount of
blood spilled was very small , but it com
pletely satisfied ! t'hlo ' honou of the com
batants. These iKrcnch duels are as
absurd as they are1' harmless.
PIJOUAHL.Y Paul ] Vandorvoort can see
his dear old friend Kynor , and in
duce him to withdraw or pigeonhole
that telegraph bill" .
Tlmufiir U
(3MiiPtmocrat.
The Nebraska republicans have had fun
enough In the seiiitt-orlal matter , and should
now jjot together ; aSid perform the sober
work of clucllng sbmobodjr.
i I'aril.
Clneiinuttt Cnmmentnl.
In presenting tils claims as United States
senator from Kansas , Juda Martin will
have little to re-coininend him besides lite
record as n chronic democratto ofllco seeker ,
willliif ; ut length to bargain with the popu
lists. His pretense of being a liberal party
man will not hold iood. Three times ho ran
as a domocr.Utc candidate for governor ,
and twice as a doaio ratlc candidate ) for con-
Kress.
Crouinc1 * Opportunity.
( Viifnil City Ittpultllctn ,
On Governor Crounso Iscautwoil tlio hopes
of tlio rcpublii * ui p.irl.v in Nnhraskn today.
His record has boon a Ions auJhonor.ibl 'ono
and alons the lines of tint which Is most ad
vanced In ropub'.l "in doatrlnu. In all situ
ations wherein ho has boon triad his conduct
has boon admirable. Ho lias now attained a
position where the cousouoncos ( | of Ills ac
tions will bo most momuiuous , not alone to
himself , but to these who plat-oil him there.
Lorenzo Crouuso's election was in answer to
the great cry thnl went up from the throats
of thi people for Ui'llvor.uifo from that
vicious synlcrn of politic * which organltud
for plunder alone , had its iK-rfevt organisa
tion reaching to ovt'ijtown and village * In
Nebraska.I11 be become Involved In Its
folds , or will bo bo able to restore that ron-
( Tdcnco by whlrh republican supremacy Is
assured ! It will soon become apparent.
Titr.v .i//.i.v MJ.i/Krm.vu.
Tlio IMeilcr * Muilo by tlio ItrpiihUli.iii I'nrty
.11 tut Ho IlciliTUind.
Republican inumbjr.i of the legisla
ture must make an effort to redeem the
pledges made by the party to the
laborers and producers of this state in
Its several platforms or become re
sponsible for inevitable disaster. * Party
platforms either mean something or
they mean nothing. They are cither an
honest declaration of party principles
and a true enunciation of pledges In
favor of reforms demanded by the people
ple or they are a delusion and a snaro. "
The republican plutfornH of 189. ) , 1891
and 181)2 ) pledge the party to specific
legislation In the interest of the laborer
and producer. The platform of 1890
contains the following plank in favor of
railway regulation and the abolition of
railroad puss bribery.
\Vo demand tlio reduction of freight and
p.isscngcr rates on railroads to correspond
with rates now prevailim. ' in the adjacent
states to the Mississippi , and wo furtrcr
demand that tlio legislature shall abolish ail
passes mid free transportation on railroads
excepting for employes of railroad com
panies.
The platform of 1S90 also pledges the
party to enact laws for the regulation
of elevators and the prohibition of dis
crimination against any class of ship
pers. The plank on this subject roads
as follows :
Owners of public elevators thai receive
anil handle grain for storage should bo de
clared public warehousemen ami e-ouipolled
under penalty to receive , store , ship and
handle the grain of all persons alike , with
out discrimination , the state regulating
charges for storage and inspection. All
railroad companies should be required to
switch , haul , handle and receive and ship
tlio grain of all persons , without discrimi
nation.
The platform of 1891 embodies the
following plunk :
Wo are heartily in favor of the general
provisions of the interstate comiarrco act ,
and wo demand the regulation of all railway
and transportation lines in such a manner as
to insure fair and reasonable rates to the
producers and e-onsumers of the country.
The platform of lS)2upon ! ) which every
republican member of the legislature
was elected , reiterates the pledges made
in the two preceding platforms in the
following language :
The reiiublii'nn uarty is tlio friend of labor
in the factory , mill , mine and on tlio farm.
It will ut all times stand ready to adopt any
measure that may improve its condition or
promote its prosperity.
The farmers of our state who constitute
the chiet element of our p'roductivo wealth
creating population , are entitled to the cheap
est and best facilities for storing , shipping
and marketing their products , and to this end
wo favor such laws as will give them cheap !
safe and easily obtained elevator and ware
house /acilities , and will furnish them
promotly and without discrimination just
and equitable rates , and proper transporta
tion facilities for all accessible markets.
We demand the enactment of laws regu
lating tlio charges of express companies in
this state to the end that such rates may bo
made reasonable.
We favor the adoption of tlio amendment
to the constitution providing ff > r an elective
railroad commission , empowered to fix local
passenger and freight rates.
On the question of labor and the pro
hibition of Pinkerton police the party
stands pledged in tlio following planks :
Wo deplore the occurrence of any conflict
between labor and capital. We denounce
the agitation of demagogues designed to
foment and intensify these conflicts , and wo
most earnestly disapprove the use of private
armed forces in any attempt to settle them.
We believe that an appeal to the law and its
ofllcors is ample to protect property and pre
serve tbo peace , and favor tlio establishment
in some form of boards or tribunals of con
ciliation and arbitration for the peaceful
settlement of dispu'es between capital and
labor touching wages , hours of labor and
such questions as appertain to the safety
and physical and moral well being of the
laboring man.
Wo believe in protecting the laboring men
by all necessary and judicious legislation ,
and to tills end wo favor tbo enactment of
suitable laws to protect health , life and limb
of all the employes of the transportation ,
mining and manufacturing companies while
engaged In tlic service of such companies.
Will the republican members of the
legislature stand up for Nebraska and
the republican party , and redeem the
solemn pledge made to the people , or will
they heed the appeals of corporation
mercenaries and bceomo recreant to
their trust ?
Tlria is the last chance the republican
party has for regaining popular confi
dence. It must either keep faith with
the people or disband and let some other
party assume the reins of power.
cvnnaxT
Troy Press : Dealers In lard ousht to have
no dllllculty In rendering their accounts.
Union County Standard : Panison was the
first man on record to bring down tlio liousu.
Chicago Times : Odd as It may seem , tbn
professional lady-kllltTs seldom slulgli their
girls.
Chicago News : There Isono Ihlng which the
modistes can tirgo In favor of the crinoline- ,
and that Is that It makes , the men keep their
dl.staucc.
Truth : Jack Would you elope with uny-
Koiallo ( coylyi No. not with anybody , but I
might wlthfcomobody.
Life : llrobson Who was the greatest show-
iiiun llarnuin ?
C'ralk Oh , no , Noah. You KPP , when ho got
his menagerie togetlierhit was the only man on
earth who had any hhow at all.
Somervlllo Journal : It Is pone-rally possible
tc toll about bow olu a pretty girl l.s by notic
ing about bow many valentines she gets.
Washington Star : "I Imvo mistaken my call
ing. " said a young man who hud deliberately
provoked an antagonist to hhow four aces.
Ill-owning , King it ( Vn. Monthly : Mrs. Cash-
ineru Your husband writes very easily , does
bt < not ?
Mrs. names ( wife of lllerary person ) My
husband wrllo easily ? You ought to see how
bard It Is for him to write out a check !
Till' COMMON KATE.
At tbu llrstof thu year
Hu ctmst-d drinking Ix-er
And abandoned thu rout and the revel ;
Hut hu weakened , abick !
And again hu Is back
To the world , thu lle-.li and the devil ,
TAI.KRIITIIIIOmill HIS OWN.
.YJIII York Truth.
I K.'ild , "How swi'Ot your bonnet Is ,
How well It Mills your style ! "
I knuwhliti'd Hston unto this ,
And aiiswe-r with a smile.
I'ur If I praised her to lior fnco ,
tihu'd stop mo fchor' 'liunmti
And MI 1 movfd at > uu 'oils ' pnco
And maUo love thiw.ii , ' ) ! hurhat.
WASIIBORNE WON HIS FIGHT
Dealings In "Futures" Will Bum Ba a Thing
of the Past.
ELEVEN MAJORITY FOR HIS MEASURE
Over Its riti.il IUIIIKIOnn / of tlio
.Mint Sptrltnil CunUviU tbn l'ro t nt
i HIM U'lltu-inril Sura to
lloi-uinoii l.ii\v.
AVASIUS'OIOX IlUllKAU OF TUB Hm , i
r > it ; Fot'HTr.K.xrii SniitBT. >
WASIIIMITON. D. C. . .Ian. ill. )
The death knell to "futures" and "options"
was struck atIi o'clock tb.li afternoon when
the senate passed what was .known as the
"anti-option bill" by the doclslvo vote of10
to 20. This in by far tlio moat Important
letfl.slatlon that the Fifty-second coiiKress
has e-nactt'd. liven shu-o the present si-sslon
hegnu on December fi List , Mr. Wasliburno
has Icopt the bill before * the senate and has
withstood all efforts to tllilmstor and talk Ute
to death. His laborious campaign met
with success today and the majority
of eleven that he se.-ui-cd was exactly the
number he predicted tern days a-.ro. It only
remains to reconcile same minor difference- *
between the liouso and senate and to seouro
president's si nature , aii'l it is conceded
on all sides that both of these steps can bo
secured without much delay.
The simple over the llnnl PISVIRP of the
bill w.is one of thu most spirited which the
present session has seen. Thu opposition
contested ovry Inch of the ( rround , although
they had admitted that the bill was sure to
pass. For three hours before the llnal vote
was tuUen there were brief speeches and a
deluge of amendments. The speech of Sen
ator Vest was a notable one , as it brought
forward the senator from Missouri in open
rebellion to thu expressed wishes of tlio leg
islature , which Instructed him to vote for ,
while ho worked and voted against the bill.
( inuT.ll Can-to Itu Kntlrml ,
The president has practically concluded to
1111 the existing vacancy in thelistof paymas
ters In the army by promotion from the line.
This is accordance with the disposition of
congress with regard to such appointments.
There have been about twelve civilian ap
pointments to the pay corps and a measure is
now pending in congress to confine future
appointments of the kind to the line of the
army.
Humor has it that the president Iris de
cided to place * Hrigadier General K. A. Can- ,
recently promoted from the rank of colonel ,
on the retired list over a year ahead of
scheduled time. The reason given is thai
General Canis not anxious to go to Van
couver barracks as commander of the De
partment of the Columbia ; besides polities is
said to be somewhat involved , and the presi
dent , it is said , is tr.\itiir to make a place for
Colonel 13. S. Otis , who was not long ago
ordered to duty as snponntcndimt of the re
cruiting service at Now York. It is under
stood that he was originally designed for thu
place General Kuutz secured.
To InxcitlKiitc tlio Whisky Trust.
"We will probe the whisky trust to the
very bottom. " said Representative B.uium
of Indiana this afternoon. Mr. Hynuni was
today designated as chairman of the subcom
mittee of the Judiciary committee which is to
investigate the whisky trust. His associ
ates are Representatives Uoatnor of Louisi
ana , Stockdalo of Mississippi , Buchanan of
New .loisoy and Powers of Vermont.
"Wo will have our lirst meeting on Fri
day , " continued Mr. Uyiium , "ami at that
time will receive Mr. liurrow's aflldavits on
which the charges are based. The eutiro
investigation can take place right hero in
Washington. It should bo understood that
tins will not bo an expert investigation.
Woavant the trust to bring forward its side
of the case and wo will prob.iblv summon
the leading spirits of the organization. "
"Will you limit the investigation to the
question of adulteration of liquors ns pro
scribed by Mr. Burrow's resolution ; "
"By no moans ; the investigation will be
general. It will take up not only adultera
tion , but the monopoly mid trust feature.
Wo also want to Inquire into the manipula
tion of stocks , such as has recently agitated
Wall street. ThCn wo want to know' about
rebates , in fact I think the resolution is
broad enough to allow us to go to the bottom
of the whisky question. I think wo will
have no trouble in pushing the investiga
tion and preparing our report before tlio 4th
of March. '
Senator Chandler has introduced a resolu
tion in the senate for a senatorial investiga
tion of the whisky trust. Air. Bynum says ,
however , that the two .investigations lias
ono feature of superiority over that of the
house , as the latter is terminated by the
4th of March , while the senate investiga
tion , the senate being u continuous body , can
carry on two investigations next summer.
Western Tensions.
The following pensions granted arc re
ported :
Nebraska : Original Wilber C. Meyer ,
Albert M. Parker , Alexander Kirio , William
II. Porter. Additional William W. Cram.
Original widows , etc. Anna Wiverly , Bctsov
C. Prince ( mother. )
South Dakota : Original William M.
Kaull , John McDonald. Additional John
West. Increase Lewis W. Doty
Iowa : Original Gooi-go W. Miller , John
II. Roberts , Moses March , Joseph King ,
Jacob A. Swartz , Edward .1. Moxloy , Rccc-o
G. Lewis , Amos Jj. Llirhtfoot. Increase
Madison C. Staves , Grot-go Meyer. Samuel
Phillips , Joseph Martin , Albert N. Bliss ,
Charles L. Bloomiield , Xeph Itecd , William
II. II. Craiidall.-.Goorjjo M. Martin. Original
widows , etc.John Reynolds ( father ) ,
minors ( if Marlon Sandnrs , minors of llcuboi ,
D , Barker , .Slnwnu A Wlnsnr. Sarah S '
Anderson , Klltaboth Brynit. Additional
James ( ! Goodman , John II. Scholes , John
P. Harnden.
M l -lliiiirmiv
Asitalaut Secretary Chandler has re
versed the decision of the commission In thu
contest of Thomas II. Brandon against Mir.
tin I , . HUM , from Uluckfoot , Idaho , Includhu ;
Bird's timber claim.
llonnirmed tin- division of Richard M
Civswell ag.ihul Wilson Waddlngliam and
Kllzultoth D.inlols , from Denver , n case In
which the Union Pacific Is Inrercsted The
decision f.trora Orouwell.
' 1 he liouso bill extending the time to Do
ecmbor'i ) , 1MM. within which tlio Big Horn
Southern railroad can build through the
Crow Greek reservation In Montana has
passed the senate.
A favorable report has been made to the
senate upon thu bill directing HIP seerotnry
of the Interior to Investigate the claim of
Robert McGee and p.iy out of interest money
duo to the Sioux r.ico of Indians from the gov
ernment the sum of $10,000 for damages sus
tained by hlmbyivasin ; : of his Imvfnir been
scalded and otherwise injured by the Brulu
Sioux while- serving as a lo.imstor with n
train eonvo.ing government supplies to Fort
Union , N. M. , July IS , 1SJI , and If the secre-
tar.v , after giving nn opixirluuily t.i bo heard
to the Sioux natlviit of Indians , shad Ibid said
claim to bo c-ijuitablo and just , ho shah cause
to be paid the sum of f 10AM. or sach part 119
ho shall decide to bi ) Justly and equitably duo
Mel.ee.
W. W. Franklin of Jefferson , la , is at tha
St. James.
.1. .1. Richardson of Davenport Is at the
Kbbltt.
In the case of Leonard Vim-out , from
Grand Island , Assistant Secretary Oiandlor
today anirme.l the decision canci-iling the
pre-emption cash entry. P H II
KIIAIJ. in : 11.i if.ui .ixxuxr
Chicago Tribune : Hawaii wants to bo an
nexed to the United States , but England
and Mr. Hotmail of Indiana may object
Chicago Time's : Tlio islands are of both
commercial and strategic Importance , n > l
the suggestion of the now government ought
to bo considered in the Ught of the interests
of the L'nltod States in the Pacific ocean.
Chicago Tribune : The Sandwich Islands
would be highly valuable to us owing to tnclr
commanding position. They are the sugar
bowl of the Pat-lite1 states and a great coal
ing station for our navy , now owned by
American capital.
Philadelphia Inquirer : If weoncglect this
opportunity Grout Britain will find occasion
to control the islands. Let us have them
The.v constitute- line group. Sugar is an
extensive industry and capable of mm U
higher development under American pro
lection.
Chicago Herald : But the Sandwich iblands
would not bo a desirable acijuisiitun Form-
imr a pigmy state in the union it would bo
ridiculous. Any sort of a popular govern
mont. even such as these in our territories ,
would bo impracticable , owing to tin- character -
actor of the masses of the p.-opio.
New York Tribune : It must bo recognised ,
at least , that wo are close upon the tmio
when the * traditional hostility in the United
States toward an extension of authority , if
not also of territory , among the islands near
our coast must to sumo extent give" wato
the necessities of our increasing rommtTci'
Now York Sun : Wo don't suppose thro
will bo any dilliculty in the way of arrnnir
ing proper terms for the admission of tli. . >
welcome applicants. The state of Hawaii
may thus be * the Jiwt independent foreign
country to bo annexed to the American
union , and wo dint * say it will not bo the
last.
Chicago News : It behooves the government
mont to deal with it with a keen eye to the
advantages that may bo gained from an ac
ceptance of the Hawaiians' request. The at
titude which Great Britain and Germany
will assume under the circumstances may
well bo kept in view. Ono or both may oh
Joct very strenuously to American annex
ation.
Now York Times : The thing absolutely
certain for the moment Is that no Kuropann
domination over Hawaii , oven in the form
of iv Joint protectorate , will bo permitted
Tim alternative ! is autonomy doubtless now
ns a republic or annexation to the United
States. Tlio first points to learn are how
far the commissioners from Hawaii represent
her people and what terms they propose.
UXKQllA 1. AS < iKyS3JKXTS.
JOHNSTOWNNob. . , Jan. : ) . To the Editor
of Tin : Bcu : Recently you have made some
well merited objections to tlio present method
of making assessments for tbo purpose of
taxation. I notice that the state legislature
is floundering in its efforts to deal with the
same subject. To tlio most common obser
vation it is obvious that our present system
Is iiionlcient and unequal and therefore
unjust. All our legislators seem able to do
Is to suggest lines and penalties in increas
ing number and severity for assessors and
taxpayers. JAMES Mourns.
I'AIX Hit. , I1XKIXS.
Atlanta C < iiifiitfnn. ( (
Jim Jlnklns was the vainest man a mortal
over hocdj . , ,
The iieopln wondered at him fur an' nigh ;
If he saw two womim talkln' on Iho grocery
corner he'd . . , . .
Jo-j1 swear they stopped to sec him passln by
If .you ( old him that thu editor had made a
llttlonoto . . . ,
Ilout bli bcln' Keen a-walkln' of the street ,
Ilo'd i-iiiiuniiBi' ' all tlio papers 'till ho found Jos
what was wrote
An' read the tlilm ; to every man hu d moot.
Thorn warn't a follor Ilko him for a ImmlrJil
miles itroiiii' , . . . , , ,
Koi-wliPiihooomulodluhP smiled an wild :
"Tho iiiiKoN will bo jealous , for 1 always know
" ' "
Would""mightily bocomlii * of my hoaul"
& CO.
Largest Vnnuf.ioturorj an 1 KoUllarj
of Uiothlnz la tan \YorU.
Hoops for men
Should bo invented in this style for men who
have no pants. But if the bar
rel should drop down as low
as our prices on pants will be
for the balance of this week ,
the excitement would bo
about as great as it will be
when men know what the
prices are. Wo want to sell all
our odd pants this week. To
do this , we've put 'em all in
three lots. Prices were cut to
about value before. Now
those cut prices are cut again.
It's this way :
All $2 and $2.50 pants , now $1.50.
All $3 and $3.50 pants , now $2.
All $4 , $4.50 , $5 and $6 pants are now $3.50.
The last contains pants from $25 suits. This is the
best thing we've offered this season.
BROWNING , KING & CO. ,
Store open every ovonliij till H..il I S.W , Cor. 15th and Douglas St
Saturday tllllU
