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THIS OMAHA DAILY BEIfc THURSDAY , FEBRUARY 2 , 1803.
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LnT no guilty inun o cupo.
THINGS nro not so monotonous at Lin
coln just now.
NOBODY can blnmo the Nebraska
ground liojf if ho staya indoors today.
Tim Pinkoi ton Investigation in con
gress has ended in smoke , 1 > ut tlio oper
ations of the Pinkcrtons end In blood-
Hhcd.
Tin : Hawaiian commission which
parsed through Oiniiha eastbound last
evening hud a fair opportunity to learn
what the climate of Nebiaska really is.
Tin : contest in tlio North D.ikota leg
islature it ) , by no means , a heated one.
The latest accounts report that the mem
bers are balloting with their overcoats
and hatH on.
Tin : promotion of Mr. Edward Dick
inson to the position of general manager
of the Union Pacific system will meet
the approval of the army of employes as
well as of tlio patrons flf that road.
Ir CANADA wants to bo annexed to the
United States lot her burn her bridges
behind her as Hawaii has done. Those
islanders can give our Djininhm neigh
bors points on the annexation business.
IT IS haid that Mr. Bayard objects tea
a cabinet portfolio on account of his pov
erty. Perhaps Mr. Cleveland could steer
him into a few Washington real estate
deals that would overcome that diffi
culty. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
THE fight against the. Geary law for
the exclusion of the Chinese IH becoming
sufllcloiitly animated to justify the be
lief that the law will bo repealed. Noth
ing will bo lost if it is , for it will never
bo enforced.
IN ADDITION to all of the other things
that Uncle Jerry Ru < ik has done to make
'his place secure in history , ho has given
the American people a winter that will
make his name a hoiibohold word for
generations.
A coNTUiirouAKY that probably has
information from the inside says that the
coal monopolies are not mining coal for
fun. The natiu al inference is that they
must bo in the business for their health ,
for they declare with impressive solem
nity that there is no money in it.
PEHIIAPS the selection of Judge
Gresham for a cabinet place would show
that Mr. Cleveland desires to surround
himself with clean and competent men ,
but it would hardly show him to bo a
great politician. A largo element in the
democratic party would roaont it.
- Tin : total lack of bluster on the part
of the British government in relation to
the Haw alian alTair may bo taken as a
pretty sure sign that Great Britain has
( no idea of gaining any advantage for
thru-self in tlio adjustment of the case.
She generally pursues the opposite
course in all matters having any inter-
.national bearing or significance.
i Tun value of irrigation , even at great
'cost , has been fully demonstrated in the
nrld regions of the southwest. A con-
iract has just boon lot for the construc
tion of nn irrigating canal in Arizona
Hhtit will bo hovonty miles long , with nn
average flow of six foot of water , and
ywlll cover lliO.OOO acres of land. The ox-
lionso of building this great ditch will
be $2,000,000 , but it is believed that it
will bo highly profitable. It will render
fruitful an immense territory that is
'now unproductive.
WHKN the famous steamship City of
Now York sails from Liverpool on the
2."ith inst. she will boar the American
flag and will belong to the American
lino. She will bo given a warm recep
tion when she reaches Now York. , The
City odPnrU , also now belonging- the
American line , will presently fly the
stars and stripes , and several new ships
equal to these ocean greyhounds will bo
added to this fleet as soon as they can bo
tnillt. There will be nothing afloat su
perior to the American vessels from tula
lime forth.
TIIK gerrymandering legislative ap-
portlonmont law of Indiana , which was
declared unconstitutional by a republi
can supreme court , has fared no bettor
at the hands of the democratic supreme
o3iirt which has lately came in. The
now court has denied the application of
the attorney general for a rehearing
nnd the Icglxlaturo will have to pass u
now law , This proves that a gerry
mander may be so infamousas , to find no
favor with u oourt made up of repre
sentatives of the political yaJtyvMuh it
is designed to benefit.
D HMttWA r KMPMl'KS
There Is hardly a railroad company in
the country that Is nut in the habit uf re
quiring of employes connected with It/
train service excessive hours of labor.
I-njlnoerH ! and brnkamun on freight
trains are often compelled to work , par
ticularly in the busy scaling , eighteen
and twenty hours a day , until they be
come worn out with the .strain upon
their vital energies nnd become unfit to
cxorol o proper care nnd vigilance
In the performance of their dntlea.
The same la true of railway tele
graph operators and Hvvlteh tenders.
Many serious accidents have been duo
directly to the inattention to their du
ties of railway employes exhausted by
overwork. It ia said that at least a
do/jon vvrocko within the last yeai * or tw-o
have been found to have been caused in
Ibis way. and doubtless thoio wore many
more accidents from the same cause.
The legislature of Indiana proposes to
find out whether it is possible to stop
the overworking of tailroad emplojes
In that state It has before it
a bill making it a misdemeanor
for any railroad olllcial to c-nfoice moio
than sixteen consecutive hums' work
upon any employe , and prescribes a
heavy line and term of Imprisonment
for all thodo who violate the prov lalons
of the bill when It became * a law. The
measure hns the sanction of the organ
ized railway men , who have sent mpro-
Bentatives to urge its a-toptlon. There
can bo no question that the object of the
bill is a commendable one , and the general -
oral public has as much Interest in such
legislation as the employes of railroads.
People who travel have the right to
demand that life bo made safer by the
imposition of just utteh safeguards. The
overworked man who has anything to do
with the running of trains must in the
nature of things bo us a rule an unsafe
num. Ills faculties cannot bo as clear
and alert as they should ba and his
thoughts are more likely to bo upon him-
bolf than on Ills duty. The engineer who
do/es in his cab , the telegrapher who
ventures to take a brief "nap , " or the
brakeman or switch tender who falls
islecp at liis peat of duty , each
Burrondeiing to the irresistible man
date of tired nature , may imperil
scores of lives , nnd certainly those who
entrust their lives to the care and vigi
lance of these men have the right to ask
that railroad companies shall not le-
qniro of them such excessive homy of
work as will "impair their faculties and
render them liable to mistakes or to
failure to promptly and properly perform
their duties.
The railroads of thin section are un
doubtedly as careless and culpable in
this respect as those of Indiana , and the
suggestion of remedial legislation that
comes from that state may very properly
be commended to consideration in Ne
braska. A judiciously framed law lim
iting the houib which railroad compan
ies in tills state may require their train
employes to work would undoubtedly
bo acceptable to such employes and cer
tainly would bo approved by the general
public.
THE uinrisu I'.iitijiAMKxr.
That the session of the British Parlia
ment which bsgun Tuejday will bo of
exceptional interest neems clearly indi
cated in the opening discussion of the
proposed policy of the government. The
opposition gave unmistakable notice of
its determination to wage a vigorous
warfare against the Irish homo rule
plan of the now ministry , and by way of
doing this both Lord Salisbury and Mr.
Balfour indulged in criticism of the gov
ernment in terms so similar as to show
that they had a perfect mutual under
standing as to the line of attack. The
former declared that "tho keynote of
the Irish policy of the government w.ib
supposed to bo the support of the crimi
nal classes , " and that "tho prerogative
of the crown had boon used to shield
murderers and release dynamiters. "
Mr. Balfonr , referring to the release of
Egnn and Callan , asked whether this
action was part of a policy of amnesty
"intended to involve the release of all
the Irish dynamiters , " and charged the
secretary for Ireland with having iiiod
the crown prerogative for palitical
purposes , this being simply a modifi
cation of the language used by Salis
bury , which undoubtedly moro nearly
expressed the sentiment of tlio opposi
tion , the bittorno3s of which was dis
closed in the further rum irk of the ex-
premier , that "all the acts of the gov
ernment caused the impression that it
was much more in sympathy with crim-
mils than desirous of vindicating the
law. "
The reply of Earl Kimberley to Salis
bury appears to have been exceedingly
tame , but the brief synopsis of
M.r. Gladstone's answer to 'Bol-
fonr indicates that the "grand
old mun" is Htill equal to
the demands upon him. IIo reproached
Balfour for criticising a measure not yet
before the House and for booking to
create prejudice against a plan of which
ho was ignorant. Declining to reply to
the Invective against the administration
of Ireland , Mr. Gladstone simply re
marked , by way of its vindication , that
"the wise policy of clemency had been
simultaneous with a great decrease of
agrarian crime. " Thus.vm outlined
wliat promises to bo one of the most
interesting and important contests the
British Parliament hai known in
recant years , deriving peculiar Interest
Indeed , from the fact that it will proba
bly be the last light Mr. Gladstone will
bo permitted to make for the cause of
homo rule for Ireland. The veteran
statesman is in his 84th year , and al
though his intellectual powers are un
impaired he cannot in the nature of
things ba expected to much longer re
tain the physical vitality necessary to
meet the arduous demands of political
conflict and grave public duties. People
everywhere , therefore , who are inter
ested in the question of Irish htnna rule
will regard with more than ordinary
concern the progress of the battle which
Mr. Gladstone has renewed In babul f of
thafcauso.
Mr. Gladstone ha promised that there
shall bo no delay In introducing a homo
rule bill , the preparation.of which is
understood to have bjon completed. The
new ministry will propose a number of
domestic reforms which , if they can ba
effected , will mark u now era in English
politics , but with the small and not very
stable majority supporting the govuro-
motit it is hardly possible that it will
IK ) nblo to carry out all of its program.
Indeed , it is alrealy appnroiit that it
will eiic'ouiiter dllllcttllles which threaten
the almost Inevitable failure uf Home of
HH plans.
OMAHA'S \\'ATKlt \ \ SUl'I'f\ ' .
Tlio following from the Now York
Comntcrchtl Jlullclin show.s how erro
neous and damaging impressions may bo
created by means of Information fur
nished to the press by careless or mall-
clous persons ;
The water supply nt Omaha Is sild to be
very bad. A fewdu.v s a o the now water
tower was received , and nt n test given six
engines could hardly throw a stream of
water iovor a throe story-building. The
city owes the water company about $75,1)00 ) ,
and this Is accepted by some as the
reason for the poor pressure
Omaha Is sild to bo In need of
four steam lire enjtlni's ( tlrst class ) and a
s-ilvago corps In one flro recently , It Is
j estimated , Its expenses for two years could
have boon sived had n Distent similar to
that In Chicago , St. Louts and Kansas City
been In vogue.
Nothing could be further from the
truth than the statement that the water
supply of Omaha is "very bad. " On the
contrary It is remarkably good , and Is
one of the things upon which this city
especially prides itself. The system was
constructed with a view to future needs
and upon a scale commensurate with the
> right prospects of growth then and now
xi ting. The water tower test tofcrred
o as requiring the use of six engines to
brow a stream ever a three-story bulld-
ng was really made from hydrants with
he annual pressure , without the help
) f engines , and a stream was easily
htown over a live-story building. The
uggestion that the water company may
> e furnishing a poor pressure because
ho city owes the company $75,000
vould be absurd under any eiretun-
tauces. It refers to an old disputed ac-
; ount that was disposed of long ago. As
o tlfe need of four new lire engines ,
hat is not HO wild , for it is acknowledged
hat tw o are needed and stops are now
jcing taken to procure them. True ,
Omaha docs need a sah age corps , and
hero is no doubt that a gt eat deal of
nonoy would have been saved if w e had
riossod oao at the time of the burning
of the Continental block ,
The clti/ens of Omaha must bo par-
loned if they recent such statements as
vc have quoted above , for it is an injury
o the business interests of any city to
eprcsent that it is not adequately
guarded against loss by fue.
Omaha wants moro business enter-
irises and is constantly inviting them ,
ali ing that an inferior water supply ,
a poorly equipped lire department and
n-ohibitivo insurance rates are not con-
lucivo to growth and prosperity , a
iboral policy lias been pursued by this
city in making provision against tire
osses. This policy has been amply justi
fied by the record of past years
and will be continued in the future. Con
sidering the destructive character of
: nany of the buildings erected in this
city in the earlier days the flro losses of
Omaha have been remarkably light.
The substantial structures which have
now taken the places of most of the tiro-
traps have greatly reduced the danger
from that source , while the facilities for
waging b.ittlo against conflagrations
have been constantly strengthened. In
tills respect this city com pares favorably
with any of its sl'/o in the country and is
superio.- many.
If what ib bald regarding the worn and
soiled paper currency that is afloat bo
true , congress Hhould lose no time in
adopting the proposition authorising the
secretary of the treasury to take up the
old notes and issue now ones in their
place. It is reported that some enter
prising medical man not long since sub
mitted a number of old notes to a mioro-
faeopic inspection and found in one single
bill about eight thousand disease germs.
This was eortainly an alarming disoov-
cry , for although this bill may have had
most exceptional opportunities for ool-
lecting tlio germs of disease , the fact
was demonstrated that here may bo a
most prolific moans of disseminating
contagion. Indeed , it booms to bo gen
erally agreed that such is the ease.
The medical profession generally has
not vet boon called upon to pass on the
question , but such scientific opinion as
has been expressed is to the olTect that
no better plan could bo adopted to
spread disease than the circulation of
filthy currency , and eortainly this seems
entirely reasonable. The old green
back , or bank note , that has passed
through hundreds of hands , and boon in
all sorts of pockets , and places , must
inevitably absorb a great deal of unclean
and unwholesome matter , and it is by
no means incredible that disease germs
should ba thus generated. There is one
rollection in this connection that may
servo to somewhat relieve any popular
fear which may arise from the discus
sion of this matter , and that is the faut
that bank clerks , who are constantly
handling paper currency , do not suitor
in health therefrom , but it is by no
measure wise to assume- from this , that
there is no danger.
Allowing for sonn oxageration as to
the danger from unclean paper currency ,
it is nevertheless manifestly desirable
to got rid of it , anil while tills would
east the government something , the ex
pense should not bo considered , when
the question of the public health is in
volved. The secretary of the treasury
should bo authorized to make
immediate provision for replac
ing all old and soiled paper
currency with tliu new notes , and this
ought to bo done periodically , perhaps
as often ta every two years. In the
meantime , as the public becomes
aware of the possible danger lurking ii
the folds of paper money , there will
doubtless bo an increased demand for
silver , which will enable the treasury to
work oft a very considerable amount of
the standard silver dollars now in its
vaults. The silver dollar is the least
convenient currency by reason of its
bulky .but It has an equal purchasing
power with every other dollar and it
dosa not harbor disease ge"ins. The
crusade against the unclean paper cur
rency must go on until its. object is
SESATOU JO.VES of Novad a , one of the
to the Brussells international
nonotary confpronco , who has just ro-
urnod to tlity ( tytinti'v , says that the key
if UuMvlioloialUiatlim regarding sllvor
s with Kngl ! i < ) > All the othc r Kui'o-
) onnc ntrllKntorostod , } la the quos-
ton of bimetallism , Mr. Jones thinks ,
ivould be vvlfllHg to ejino to the blmo-
tillte standard Huth a uniform Ilxod ratio
batween nllvtri and gold if England
would take tlm stimo position. Other
members of 'the American delegation
itivo expre qd ti practically slml-
ar opinion , BD tlmt it should perhaps
> o accepted ifi ( a correct statement of
ho situation , and yet it must not bo for
gotten that the Gorman government
ook a very pronounced position against
iiny change in its monetary system.
"Joubtlcas , however , if England wore tfo
igt ee to a bimetallic standard at a lived
i-atlo the other countries of Kuropo could
bo Induced to accept it , and this bolng
ranted it becomes an interesting quns-
lon as to what chance there is of Eng-
and taking such a position. At present
hero seems to be none at all , although
here is unquestionably a considerable
sentiment in that country favorable to
ilmetallism. These who urge that the
tvay to bring England to terms is for tlio
United States to stop buying silver sug
gest a olan the ellliMcy of which is alto-
ether problematical.
Tin : Boston Atlvfiliter takes the cor
rect \ low of the proposition to annex the
luwalian islands when it says that it is
not in accordance with the bottled poliej
of this country. "Thoro is no need , " says
that paper , "for the appropriation of
law all , Cuba. Samoa , Ilaytl or any
other outlying little nation. It is milll-
jient to aid those countries In any proper
ivay to self-development and to say to
European powers , 'hands olT.1 The Mon-
oo doctrine , upon which this nation in
sists , works both ways and should bo as
binding upon the Un.ted States as upon
: my European power. " The first
impulse am ing many to accept the gift
which the provisional government of
Hawaii , composed of sugar planters and
spsculntors , proposed to present us , is
less general now , ami by the time the
Hawaiian commissioners have laid their
case before the Washington government
there will bo few ready to advise accept
ing their proposition. It is said that they
threaten to nuike .such a proposal to
England if tills country rejects , but if so
it is merely a bluff. They know that
under no circum taneos would England
be permitted to assume domination of
the Islands.
Tin : county - commissioners have
reached a sensible conclusion in respect
to tlio question1 whether the city of
Omaha should be compelled to pave the
streets connecting with the county toads
to be improved bcfoio the work on the
latter is commenced. The county road
construction will bo started as soon as
the material tjj b6 used is agreed upon
and the paving of the selected streets to
the city line wilMje taken for granted.
This was the Only cpurso open to the
commissionersl ( > y which another year's
delay in the expenditure of the road
fund could bo avoided. The choice of
material for theimprovement ? may easily
bo made the cuAl'so ' of'disagreement and
delay , but it is to bo hoped that the
members of the board will see the im
portance of settling these questions as
speedily as possible , so that the improve
ment may bo begun as early as tlio
weather w ill permit. There nco plenty
of laborers awaiting employment and
the people who have voted bonds for the
work are anxious to see it started.
TIIK republicans in the United States
senate who favor the admission of now
btates have amended their original pro
gram by including Arizona with Now
Mexico , Utah and Oklahoma. Bills
have passed the house providing for the
admission ot the flrst'ivwo. It seems tluit
the republican senators concluded that
it would not bo' just to the people of
Arizona to leave that territory out in the
cold , although a justifiable reason
could bo found for doing so in
the lack of population and of
resources sullicient to support a
state government. As to Utah a good
deal of opposition to statehood is shown
there , so that the chances of that terri
tory coining into the union at present
are not good. It is possible that bills
will pass the present congress for admit
ting some of these territories , but , it is
hatdly probable. Doubtless none of
them will sutler in prosperity if they
should bo compelled to lenuiin as they
are for another year or two.
A surnciENi' number of measures
aimed at the trusts and combinations
have baen introduced during the present
session of congress , but there seems at
present to bo no moro prospect that any
legislation on that subject will bo
olTcotod than there was baforo any bills
relating to it wore introduced. Other
questions Jiavo crowded these bills asldo
and will doubtless prevent their consid
eration indefinitely. In view of the
strong and practically unanimous popu
lar sentiment Ujjavor of effective anti
trust legislatloa-iifciwould seem as if con
gress might givo'this matter precedence
over some other-)1 Hint aio less urgent.
IT IS by no moans cartaln that blood f
shod will not result from the oxtraor ;
( Unary wrangle in the Kansas legisla
ture before it is lidded. Tlio members )
of the opposlngjrliouso carry guns and
declare that the will use them if neces
sary. Has not "this thing proceeded
about far enough ?
A Jourimllitlu Curiosity.
The greatest eulogy on lion Hutler nnd the
most vitriolic attack ou Uuthcrford Ii ,
Hayes both came fr m Uucla Dana. A man
who could h.ito Hayes and udoro Butler Is
certainty a curiosity.
itiirriir.tr i.vi ttitoui.n iti.ui.uniit ,
Iln rutllllod or tlio I'nrty Ciin-
n ot Hope In Contlmin In 1'oirrr.
Hopubllcun iiuMiibora of the legisla
ture must make an effort to redeem the
pledges made by the party to the
laborers and producers of this state ia
its govern ! 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 u true cnum > ! ution of pledges In
favor of reforms demanded by the people
ple or they are a delusion and n snare.
The republican platforms of 1800 , 1801
and J8U ! ) pledge the party to speclllo
legislation In the interest of the lab nor
and producer. Tlio platform of 18K ! )
contains the following plank In favor of
railway legulutlon and the abolition of
uiilrond pass bribery.
We demand the rediu-tlon of freight nnd
pisseiiRer rates on railroads to correspond
with rates nowpiovnlllng in the adjacent
plates to the Mississippi , and we fuitl'cr
demand that the legislature shall abolish nil
passes and free transportation on railroads
excepting for employes of railroad com
panies.
The platform of 1800 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 reads
as follows :
Owners of public elevators tint receive
and handle ( -rain for utorai-o should be de
clared public w.uehoiisemen and compelled
under penalty to receive , store , ship and
handle the griin of all poisons nlllte , with
out discrimination , the state ic ulutinir
charges for storage and inspection All
rnilroul companies should oo required to
switch , h-iul , handle and lecolvo and ship
tlii-giatn of all pel-sons , without discrimi
nation.
The platform of 1801 embodies the
following plank :
Wo arc henrtilj in favor of the general
provisions of the interatito commerce net ,
and wo demand the regulation of all rallv ay
and transportation lines in such a manner as
to insuio fair and reasonable rases to the
pro.luocis and consumers of the country .
The platform of IS'.U.upon ' which every
republican member of the legislature
was elected , leitorates the pledges made
in tlio tw o preceding platforms in the
follow ing language :
The lepubllcan rarty Is the friend of labor
in the faotinvv. mill , mine and on the fin m.
It will at all times stand ready to adopt any
measure that may improve its condition or
promote its prospei ity.
The farmers of our state who constitute
the ehiet element of our productive wealth
floating population , aio entitled to the cheap
est and best facilities for storing , shipping
and inaiUeting their products , and to this end
wo favor such laws as will give them cheap !
safe and easily obtained elevator and vv.uo-
house facilities , and will furnish them
promntly and without dhcrihilimtion Just
and equitable rates , and proper transporta
tion facilities for all accessible markets.
Wo demand the enactment of law s regu
lating the charges of" express companies in
this state to the end that such rates may bo
in.ulo icasonablo.
Wo favor the adoption of the amendment
to the constitution providing for an elective
railroad commission , empowered to tti local
passenger and freight rates
On the question of labor and the pro
hibition ot Pinkerton police the party
stands pledged in the following planks :
Wo dcploio the occurrence of any conflict
between labor and capital. We denounce
the agitation of demagogues designed to
foment nnd intensify these conflicts , anil wo
most e.uncstly disapprove the use of private
armed forces in any attempt to settle them
We believe that an appeal to the law and its
oftkers is ample to protect propeity and pic-
serve the peace , and favor tbo establishment
In some form of boards or tribunals of con
ciliation and arbitration for the peaceful
settlement of disputes between capital and
labor touching wages , hours of labor and
such questions as appertain to the safety
and phj steal and moral well being of the
laboring man.
We believe in protecting the laboring men
by all necessary nnd Judicious legislation ,
and to this end we favor the enactment of
suitable laws to protect heilth , life and limb
of all the employes of the transportation ,
mining and manufacturing companies while
engaged in the service of such companies.
Will the republican members of the
legislature stand up for Nebraska and
the republican party , and redeem the
bolcmn pledge made to the people , or will
they heed the appeals of corporation
mercenaries and become recreant to
their trust ?
This is the last chance the republican
party has for regaining popular confi
dence. It must either keep faith with
tTra people or disband and let some other
party assume the reins of povv or.
No Ills 1 1 cement There.
KMIHCU Tfleoiam.
Mosher's belief that ho should bo punished
should bo heartily concurred in by these
whom ho robbed.
Suout Suuntoil lliinny Ar lcorn.
Nurfnlli A'cu-0.
These sweet disciples of reform , Vander-
voort and ISdgcrton are king bees of the rail
way lobby at Lincoln-
IIuvo r.oc.ltml tlio
l'lalt mnuth Journal.
The leaders and the laity of the Nebraska
legislature have now become well enough ac
quainted to ' 'know whom to trust" and a
settlement of the senatorial problem may
icasonably bo expected In the near future.
An llxpnimliu SUIIHUII.
A Lincoln man has llt'urcd out that the ag
gregated incomes of Mosher and Outcalt of
the Capital National bank , that was ,
amounted to about $ . " > J,000 , and ho can't BOO
how thoj spent It all Humph , easy enoiyh.
Think ot the cold weather , and then iccol-
lect that whisky and coal are both "up. "
AV'lirru thn lt * | > oii ll > lllty lleata ,
CMC ig Hertild.
Speaker Crisp w 111 bo held m-ilnly rosnon-
bible for the action of the house on the silver
suspension bill , or for its failure to act. The
present speaker and ox-Speaker Heed , with
Mr Catchlngs of Mississippi , constitute the
committee on rules , and can llx n day for a
oto 011 the bill. It Is understood that the
committee Is willing to sotapirt tvvoor throe
days for the consideration of the bill , but
that will not do. The sllvcrites could nil-
buster and prevent n vote from being taken
In the rules on the suojcct the time should
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report
bo fixed for a vote If Biwnkor Crisp will
join with ox-Speaker Kcctl tlmt object cnti bo
attained.
I'rpfl Trndn Hint I'oirrtj * .
A ftp \'inh Aili'trtl'fr.
Ixitulon U overrun tins winter with unem
ployed poor. Wretched eivatuu"1111 ! tin )
, treott niul sorm-h thn ver.\ gutters for
scraps of food , nnd no mlo < iuto means of re
lief c.m ho found. lAindim hns inoutor
ufaith anil greater iwvurty tliau any city ou
the cllllnjil ( * lobo.
< lrnT IK u ( inhrlcl. >
Kt Prliil I'iinutr-l'ini.
It Ii n trlllo slnyular tli.it , although ho h
a * ) ( liMf an post , H.IJaril ni.in.iiwHo hear
the ilrst cablnot wlilsporuf Mr. Olinohiml ,
whutiMs ninnv : i inun who his had his e.ir
i Ijiht tit the 'pliant ! ever .since List November
has not boon nhlo to ho.ir o\cu a rustle that
he could mistake for a c.ill.
To llii'.il ; tint
A str.niRn mtMsuro has boon ofTerod In the
ftonntoof 1'cnns.Uranla | > ro\KlliiK for a con-
Htltutlon.il Miiii'iidiiicnt Ilinltliik' the rlt ht of
sulTr.nro.it state , countj and loc.il ek-cllons
to these qualified M > tors who \otod nt the
preceding pi lin.iry elections Its imniosp ii
to compel \otors to .ittend the pilniaiics.
Tim I'rro 1 null ) Coul Trnnt.
The free ti.idoco.il enmblnohlcli Is ta
monopoU/e the oo.il Holds ot No\.i Sootla ,
in.ikos Its | u < illt4 out of Ainei lean consumers
and drives the Amoiienn inliio operators out
of American in xrkuts , has . i capital of $ , ' ( ) ,
OOit.U'O ' As a stni ter among five trade
monopolies this is a juottj big one
rri > M'c" " > i > r Ilillut Iti fnrin.
/ /'t'iniii/i/ i ndii / / .
The eomplcti1 siuvess of the b.illol reform
s.vstem In so largo a pioportion of the states
miltescci tuin Its speedy adoption intheio-
innlnlng states At the boglnnlngof the
pi esont \ e-ir the only states still M Ithoiil it
were Knnsis and Id.iho In the north , nml
A'ub ' 1111:1 : , Floudii , Oeorgl.i , Tbilisi ma , North
Carolina , South Caiollnuuid Yliglnta In the
south. All thobo ou lit to li.ivo it oiubodlod
in their statutes bcfoio the ne\t presidential
election comes around , ami the chances are
that all of thorn A\I11 do so.
Tlio "Miichlim" anil Mr , t'lntulnml ,
; / < ; > e'i H'etMu
The diniculty Is that no matter If Mr.
Cleveland were mine inclined for peace
than wo bellovo him to bo , ho cannot iiiako
concessions to "m.ichlno"
a that Is hostile
to linn and ( louts his principles IIo and the
bosses" aie h'olng in opposite directions So
far us ] > ollUc.il principles go , hq and they
\\a\a \ \ nothing in common Tlioj do not know *
the value of principles They are in politii s
for spoils So far , also , as paitj manage
ment goes , ho and they ha\o nothing in
common. Air Cle\eland helioses In thoiulo
of the people , In the supiumaey of the otolsi
while the "bosses" believe in their own
irresponsible oligarchy Hvcn thing that ho
docs by way of iccogiiirtng the "maehino"
must increase its oligarchical power. The
refusal to recognbo it , to accept Its advice ,
to act upon its locominendations , will help
to free the dcmociatio puty of the state
from n control that makes its defeat in the
immediate futuio Inevitable.
Winter wheat Is reported us iloing finely
in Ad uns county
A Gibbon feeder lost S',000 worth of sheep
hi o\er feeding last week.
Kryson & Cai-dinell's cairiago shop nt
Crete was destroyed by Hie. causing a loss of
8'J.OOO
Wilson's hardware store at Wallace has
been closed by ci editors. The liabilities
amount to $10,000.
Jacob Hull of Verdon cut himself in the
Ics whllo trying to kill a beef and bled to
death before assistance could reach him.
Because C. W Mosher remains unobtru
sively at the best hotel in Lincoln , the
Plattsmouth Journal asserts that "a big
thief is n great man in these dajs. "
Prompt medical aid resulted in thosnntch-
im : from the Jaw s of doith Miss Lizzie Mc-
Voy , a Liberty girl , who had tried to end
her existence by taking two ounces of
laudanum.
The Fremont ChauUuqua managers have
decided to keep the gates open on Sunday
next summer , but the admission will bo fioo
and the only entertainment will bo preach
ing services. Nobody will bo allowed to
diivo on the giouuds on Sunday and all
amusements will bo stopped
As a icsult of a person il feud between
teacher and pitron ever tlio treatment of a
pupil , .Tamos Tibbies , a Hurt county farmer ,
went to the school house in his distilet nnd
after a , few words with tlio teacher , Dennis
Flannigan , proceeded to do him up in true
pugilistic style Both came outj with well
bruised faces , howe\er. Tibbies was - arrested
rested on a charge of assault nnd battery ,
and after trial by Jur.v was found guilty. As
both parties uie well known in the com *
munlty and there being prejudice against
both , over 100 men had to be summoned be
fore a jury could bo secured.
miiiii ; ii.iH.trr.
Indianapolis News : To Lllluokalani- Your
name did it.
New York World r In the event of annexa
tion must wo annex Queen Liliuokalanl ,
uamo and all ?
Boston Globe- With a name like Llliuoka.
him It is no wonder that tlio deposed queen
of Hawaii should mom n that her reign should
bo so short.
Kansas ( JIty Star : Why not settle the
Hnwalnn difticulty by crowning Clans
bpiccklcs ? Ho is vlrtualli king of the ex-
cannibals anyhow
Globo-Democr.it : Ono of the serious objec
tions to the annexation of Hawaii is the fact
Unit wo should bo obliged to take In tr
( , 'neen Mlluolcnliini when wo nlrciwly ha\ ,
Mr ? ) I .onso
C'hle.uo Mall \Vliv not iionex Hnwall and
send Carter Hawaii Harrison tlieio as pro
visional governor ? ihon the extra ' IP in
his name will no longer wobble aiound a >
such an unnntwcicd conundrum
St Ixiiils Republic If Mr ( 'huss fcmc , kles
can i ut his Hawaiian sugir plantations an.
npxi-d lo the United States , the people of Urn
United Stilton will have to pay him sever il
millions : t jcnr In bounties. This may Im
one nt the reasons why Mr Spreckles Is vj
nnvlnus to get Into the union.
.SWAM lOltl.tl. I'Ori'HVHHt.
Kandolpli 'I Inuvt : It has become a settle. . !
conviction In Nebraska that t'nlted States
seiutois should bo elected bv direct \otoo1
the people.
lloatilee TJmr-s If the | Kputlsts get the
demociats to imlto wltji them in the election
of a L'nlted States son itor tlnw 111 have ti
forsiko "tho middle of the reid ' The democrats
ocrats never cou'.d keep the middle of th
uud , and If thoj join the populists It will
neeessaiili l o a few paces from the center
of the highway.
Urand Island Independent It Is slid that
the itopiillsU have given up all hop , ) to elect
then m m. and tliat most of them are readv
to vote for a lopuhllcan of well dellned anil-
monoKlv | ) principles , t\s \ for instance .ludga
Mavwell or Judge Kooso J'liat Is the pollcv
we have recommended from the beglnnliK ,
and the onlv one that might lead to n sills
fai'tor.v result. It is also predicted , that Mr
Thurston , tlio raihoid altoine.v In-chief
would , his rosignailon notwlihstanding
develop consldeiable strength And Indeed
it m.i ) happen that the legislatuic will v t
divide Itself into a railroad ami an aim
monopoly camp with 'Ihurstoii it iding ou
one side and Juilgo Maxwell or Uecsouiitho
otlui The thliil possibilltj is that theie.
will be lie election al all
cur.it n / ; 11 linn n 11 ,
lilcliiiiond Itieouhir. Women iiienol cinol
loduinl ) nnliiials. .Nooiniin will wilfully
step on u mouse.
Now Orleans I'lcavuno : If there Is noclmnrn
foi n prlv ite to iiiude coipoiil or-ter eiinthu
Is a ninlv failure as a soldlui
Troy 1'iess The business iiinnwhocwciiiles |
apiitnients over his Moro cun't very well
avoid 11liij. . ' abo\c bls Income
Ollrily DoiiloK It Is no that ( he street
fiont limits of pioperly iiinj be told ncnily lo
the v > ldth of u h.ili Just ou etvu lion tliu
snow Is shoveled
New Voik Herald- Diner \\altor. I find I
have Just moiiei topiyfut the dinner but II
leaves nothing In tin , way of a tip for vom-elf
VV ulter-Lut mo add up tlio check UK iln , blr
KniisasCltv JoiiinnlOh , Kansas , Kansis
pi In-ortho west' dioat In lesourcts , won-
ditfulli ble-,1 : gipnt In lesohe and gieit , too ,
indeed , but Rroat ieewhllllkens , how jou do
bleed.
Atchlsoii GlobeAn Important difference
but \\een u 1) ) iclielor and a married nnin Is thnl
the b.ieheloi Is not , , isli il to maliu oxphin i-
tlons every time he putsim hi- , lint
riitciiRo Intm OCIMII : "I tlionilil j on told
mi > thin thohtalrcaso In lUjKs' housu was cli-
culni i"
" \\iill , I only know that HlgRs snld when ln
went homo from the club tlio Mails seumed to
BO 'roiiml" >
l"ek ) : New Put lent Do jouthliiK you can
"n'l'mo ' , doctor ?
Doctor Well , I ought to. I hive hud ex
perience cm > Uli ! I li'ivo ' licen nttiMidliiK i
man with the imo disease for tlio last twenty
years.
jt'sr mi : HVMI.
llroiMim Life
A maiden fair of Hasten town ,
Whoso IIOMJ vveio .uiiro as her eye .
Who'd rang" ! the sc.Ue of all the fads ,
Woke in my heart tlio god of hlRlisi
Shu loved mi1 , and I thought to hear
borne oiuilltu , umluurlni" name ,
llul no. the learned darling called
Mo " lo-dovlu " the .
"lov - , Just sumo.
- TIIUVUIIT.
llniton Courtrr.
Tlio boaiitlful snow I ween I love ,
VAIth a lovn dooi > and profounil ;
I love to set ) It covering nil
Tliu bare , unsightly giound.
I love to see It Iliittoi Ing down
And iliinulng tlnoutcli tlio air
So white , so beautiful and so pure ;
Thuio Is not a sight moro fair ,
And whe.ro Is a sight ono-h.ilf so giand
As the gieat tioes nipuKly bowed ,
And tholi bum dead limbs all covered o'er
With the snow's white clinging shrouitl
Hut I ( lo not love the beautiful Know ;
Instead I urn tilled with ( Ircud ,
AVIion It comes In tons from u lofty roof
And lakes mu on the beud.
I ( Tasteless-Effectual. ) ,
Sick-Headache : :
iJFor - ,
iImpaired ! Digestion , : ;
Liver Disorders and |
Female Ailments.
Renowned all over the World
Corercd tilth TflslcIpM * Solnblo Coallo ?
Ask for neecham'a and take no".11 ! * ! *
;
* Made at St. Helens. I.nfrland. Sokl by
! drueRhfi and dealers. 1'rlcc 2B cents a
I box. New York Depot , 365 Canal St.
xJ SJ R
ca
Largest Mnnutnotiirarj an 1 KjUllon
ofuiottilug la tna World.
Some people walked
Because the street oars didn't run. Others
ran ; the runners knew about
our great pant sale.and . want
ed a whack at it before it was
too late. The men who know
what we do when wo an
nounce a big thing lose no
time in getting to the scene of
the transaction. We 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 j 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. ,
Storoopen Hiiuirduy every tllliu ovonltij till 0.31 S , W , Cor. 15tu and Douglas St