THE OMAHA' DAILY 'BEEPWEDNESDAY ' , 'MARCH 1 , 1393 ,
THE DAILY B1GJE
t li Dlltnr ,
j ; nL18HKD HVKHY MOKN1NO.
TF.IIMB OP SUIISCHIITION.
Pnlly Hoc ( without Humlny ) Ono Vcnr. . I R 00
Pnllvniiil.St.nUnr , Ono Vcnr . 10 OO
Hlx Months . . . . . . . . yJ } ,
Thrcn MonlhH. , . . . 2 & <
Hnmlny Her , Ono Vi'tir . f J. " '
HMtirdny Ili'i' . Om Vrnr . } J' "
l ° °
Weekly Hoc , One Venr .
OITIOKS.
Otnnlm.Tlio lice Ililllrtlnir.
foil th Oinnlin , corner N mid 20th Hlrcoti
Council lllnITi laronrlSlnpt.
riilrncoontce. 317 Clmmlmrof Cinniwrt * .
Now Vork. UOOIMS 13 , 14 mid ID , Tribune
Ilullillns.
Wiisliliigl.in. 613 fourteenth fllreot.
All coininwilcalloiH lelntlmr Ui nnws nml
frtltorlnl inntti-r should bo uddrussod to tlio
Kdltorlnl Department ,
Hl'SINESS IrTrnU9.
AllliiiRliiPMslnltoDi nml ronilttnncMOmuld
1ion < Itlret e < l toTlioIIoo I'nbllsliliiK Compnny ,
Onmlm. lrnftn , check * and postonico orders
to t > o nmUo paynblu to tlio order of tlio com-
TI"E ntn PUDUSHINO COMPANY.
B\VOUN"sTATKMENT Or CIRCULATION
Htntoof Nnlirn < i1 < n , I
County of Hoiulns. I
Oporitn II. Tuchnck. secretary of TUP. IlBB
PiibllihlnK comp my , doe * wleninly swear tlint
thoiictualelicnlntfonofTiiK lUir.v UKR for
the week vmllng I'obruary 2G , 18'JJ , was us
follows :
Funtlny. rebrmiry 10
Monday , relirunry 20
Tupsdnv. IVbrtinry 21
WrilnpHdny. IVbtnnry 2U
Tliiirsiy.lVliriiury23 ]
rrldiiy , rviinmry 124 .
baturtlliy , robniiiry 25 . ,
OEOUUH II. T/.SCHUOK
Pnorn tnlicforo mo nn.l subscribed In my
presence this 2.r.tli dnv of I'ebrimry , 1H93.
[ Heal ] N. I1. I'MI , Notary Public.
n Clrrnlntlmi lor .Iiimmry , Slal7
T
CliUHCH HOWB la beginning to realize
that the boimto is not this house.
YESTKUDAY was ihllroad day at Lin
coln. The opponents of iiU-cunt mileage
rate wore out in full force.
Tin : action of tlio house- yesterday
upon the boot migar bounty bill will
meet the approval of the people.
WHO will now go before the railroad
committee of the senate and argue the
other Hide of the railroad question ?
THIS is the 1st day of March and the
very date on which an everlasting
quietus should bo put upon any and all
efforts of the legislature to count the
constitutional amendments in.
Tin : Kaunas populist house has ac
quiesced in the decision of the state
Btipremo court , and proposes to join the
republican house and put a stop to all
nonsense. And the nation will applaud.
IT HAS not yet been determined j
whether the bondsmen of ox-Treasurer
Hill or Treasurer Hartley are responsi
ble for the loss sustained by the state
through the failure of the Capital Na
tional bank.
NKW OHLKANS forced the lottery
fraud to emigrate to the South Sea
islands. It should now dump tlio prize
fighters into the gulf. A citizenship
that is. strong enough to stamp out the
Mafia is certainly able to free itself of
WHEN the Commercial club of Kansas
City speaks out the railroad managers
hprkon. Its members present a solid
front and will not suitor that city to bo
Imposed on by the railroads. But it is
different in Omaha : Very much dif
ferent.
IT IS quite possible that some of tlio
members of the senate committee on rail
roads know less about how the great cor
porations are operated than they did be
fore the special committee of managers
and general solicitors made Its visit to
the capital.
AND now it transpires that there is a
defect in the title of that remarkable
amendment recount bill that may prove
fatal to it. Tin : Bin : ventures the
opinion that the biggest hole in that
bkimmer has not yet boon made pub
lic and won't bo possibly until the legis
lature has adjourned.
IT is to bo hopod'that the legislature
will provide an ample appropriation for
the mAlntcnanco of the Institute for the
Deaf in this city. There has boona dis
position to cut the appropriation down
far below that made two years ago.
Such action IB ill-advised and will not
subserve the best interests of the stale.
A CITY electrician in Chicago says
that the Boll telephone is by its nature
a monopoly , and hence must bo tolerated
by the people to the end of time. The
Boll people are of the biune opinion.
Happily , however , there are high au
thorities who differ with them. There
Is a decided movement all over this
country toward breaking down the' tele
phone monopoly , and there can bo little
doubt of final success.
THE announcement that the Waldonsos
have decided to leave their homo in the
Alps , where for centurion they have
withstood the fiercest storms of religious
persecution , to make a now homo in
America , again brings to mind that this
18 essentially the land of those perse
cuted for conscience sake. Everything
is as free in America today as it was
when the wilderness proved more at
tractive to the Puritans , the Quakers
and the Huguenots than the intolerance
of elvlll/atlon. The Waldonsos will
gain a homo where they may worship
God as they choose ; America will gain
another element of good citizenship , and
both will be blessed.
GOVKIINOU McKiNKEY has shown that
nbovo all things , elbe lie is a man.
Whether his misfortunes financially
we.ro such as an ordinarily prudential
business man need incur nmountu to
nothing. Tlio reverses came , his modest
I * * fortune was swept away and ho is com
pelled to faLo the fact that his salary as
governor Is his solo bourco of income at
present. In the meantime many well
meaning pet sons have nrndo olTet-s of ma
terial assistance. To those the govornot
replies with true American independence
that , although "broke , " ho is no beggar
and will not shrink from facing the
world again in tlio buttle for bread. The
energy which placed him in the gov
ernor's chair at Columbus will not see
him In want lonff.
77/R OOLt ) Offrr/,011' CHKOKKI )
The announcement is miulo that the
gold exports thin week will bo light , so
that the treasury wilt bo able to .neot
whatever demand there Is without en *
dangorlng its reserve hold for tlio re
demption of legal tender notes. The
Bttpply of gold in the treasury available
for shipment has dwindled to small pro
portions , but if , as appears , the otitllow
has been checked It will require but a
short time for the treasury to accumu
late a supply that will bo ample for Its
protection. At this time of the year
the movement of gold into the treasury
is generally active , and while it is not
likely to bo as largo this year as usual ,
there is reason to expect a steady gain
for a time.
The sudden falling off in the demand
for export seems to clearly show the accu
racy of the president's judgment that the
movement was largely the work of specu
lators who conspired to force the govern
ment to issue bonds in order to protect
its gold reserve and maintain its credit.
It may never bo definitely known
whether such is the case , but appear
ances strongly Indicate It. It required
extraordinary firmness on the part
of President Harrison to com
bat this movement , which threat
ened to at any time deplete the treasury of
Us free gold , and it will bo remembered
as one of the most creditable acts of his
administration that ho refused to allow
the government to bo placed at the
mercy of what ho believed to be an ut
terly unscrupulous conspiracy. Ho was
prepared to maintain resumption and
protect the credit of the government by
an issue of bonds if the emergency had
become imperative , but ho proposed to
exhaust every other resource before
using this one , and the stand he took
defeated , at any rate for the pros-
bent , tlio designs upon the treasury. The
president showed good financial judg
ment in this matter and at the same
time manifested his usual firmness in
doing what ho believed to bo best for the
financial interests of the country.
It Is impossible to say whether the
new administration will bo immediately
confronted by another organi/.ed effort
to deplete the treasury of Us froj gold ,
but the question of fortifying the re
serve will undoubtedly command its
early attention. European countries
that have been locking up gold
Franco , Germany , liiissia and Aus
tria are not expected to abandon
that policy , and .so long as they continue
it the United States is likely to go on
losing gold. What appears to bo a pres
ent check to the outflow may , therefore ,
boonlj temporary , and before the Cleveland -
land administration Is a month old it
nwj have to take definite action in this
matter. Doubtless it will bo prepared to
do this whenever the emergency shall
arise to make it necessary , there being
no question as to the authority of the
secretary of the treasury to issue bonds
under the resumption act.
TllH FAILKD HANKS.
The committee of the United State ?
senate which investigated the affairs of
certain failed national banks has made
IB report , and it is curious and Interest
ing to note that the causes of disaster in
every case investigated wore essen
tially the same. It was found that gen
erally the olllcors of the banks wore neg-
.igont or incompetent , and in some cases
dishonest. Nearly every wrecked na
tional bank owes its failure to the mis
application of funds by the oflicors. It
is"a very interesting fact that with all
the crookedness of bank oflicors the loss
to creditors of national banks annually
for thirty years lias been only ono-
tvyolfth of 1 per cent. Of course note
holdovers have lost nothing.
The committee submitted the outlines
of a bill for the correction of abuses , the
main features of which are limitation
of the total liabilities to any bank , cor
poration , firm or person to one-tenth of
the capital stock and surplus of the
association ; no loan greater than $1,000
at any one time to stockholders or officers
of a bank to bo made except on the au
thority of the president and three-
fourths of the directors in writing duly
signed , or by a majority vote of the
directors at a legal mooting ; the liabil
ities of stockholders and oflicors to
bo recorded in a book kept
for that solo purpose , and false
entries in such book is made a crime.
The bill further provides for two general
examiners to supervise the local ex
aminers , and the law as it stands is
otherwise amended in the direction of
greater safety.
The report brings us face to face , says
the Philadelphia North American , with
thefact that with honest administra
tion of the affairs of a national bank
within the law failure is as nearly an
impossible happening as may bo in mun
dane affairs. The system needs emenda
tion , but oven as it stands honest and
intelligent methods will secure creditors
from loss. Legislation is needed to pre
vent manipulation of the funds of a
bank , which are in the nature of a trust ,
in the special Interest of stockholders
and olllcors. It would po-haps not bo
true to say that this Is generally clone ,
but there is opportunity to do it and
this should bo removed. This would bo
accomplished by such an amendment to
the law as that proposed in the bill of
the senate committee relating to loans
to bank stockholders or oflicors. It has
boon urged , also , that bank directors
should bo required to give closer atten
tion to their duties , but it is questionable
whether legislation can do anything to
materially improve careless or incom
petent men. If such men cannot find
In their perbonal interests an ample
incentive to vigilance and a faithful dis
charge of duty legislation will have no
effect on thorn. Ono of the most Impor
tant requirements Is more rigid bank ex
amination , the loose and cureless
methods too common making It an easy
matter for oank olllcors to manipulate
the funds as they please. It is undoubt
edly a fact that some of the most dis
astrous bank failures that have taken
place under the national system might
have Qbcon averted if bank ex
aminers had looked moro closely
and carefully into the affairs of
the banks Instead of taking the
representations made to them by the
officers. The senate committee found
thut In some cases the examiners wore
indebted to the failed banks , which was
sulllclont explanation for thulr careless
ness. Supervising examiners paid by
the government to look nftor the local
examiners and BOO that they properly
and faithfully performed their duties
would probably provide a sulllolont rem
edy for carelessness and inolllolont bank
examinations. All these suggestions
have before been raado to con
gress , but while the necessity for the
proposed changes In the law Is fully ad
mitted there seems to bo a general Indif
ference al > jut supplying them. Of
course there will bo nothing done in the
matter by the present congress.
DEMOVlt.lTlC
The senate of the United States will
organize as a democratic body on March
1. Slnco 13(50 ( the senate has chosen a
democratic presiding olllcor only twice
Allen G. Thurman , 1870 to 1881 , and
Thomas I-1. Bayard In 1831. David Davis ,
who presided over the senate from 1831
to 18S3 , was a compromise. It will thus
be soon that the republican party has
had control of the national senate
twenty-eight out of the last thirty-two
years , and only once during this period
has the democratic party had control of
both branches of congress at the same
time. After March I that party will
for the first time since 1801 assume the
full responsibility for the administration
of the government.
The democratic party will come Into
power pledged to certain radical changes
from the policies that have prevailed
during the last thirty years. It is com
mitted to the doctrine that a tariff for
anything but revenue , that is , a pro
tective tariff , Is not constitutional , and it
has promised to so revise the tariff as to
bring it to a strictly revenue basis , Jit
is pledged to the repeal of the silver
purchase act and to the revival of state
bank Issues. It was upon these
cardinal principles enunciated in
the democratic national platform
that Mr. Cleveland was elected to the
presidency and the democracy retained
control of the house of representatives
and secured a majority in the senate.
Four days hence the party will take up
the momentous task to which the people
have called it , and the question as to
how it will discharge the duty assigned
to it is of paramount interest. For the
next two years , at least , the democracy
will have no excuse for not carrying out
its pledges. With everything in its
hands if it fails the fault will bo wholly
with itself.
The indications are that the extreme
policies announced in the national plat
form will not all bo carried out.
Mr. Cleveland ha ? given sufficient
intimation that ho does not accept the
doctrine that protection is unconstitu
tional. Ho will undoubtedly urge a
thorough revision of the tariff , but not
such a revision as would destroy the pro
tective system. The president-elect , it
will bo remembered , in accepting the
nomination naid that the democratic
party was not a party of destruction , and
the idea ho obviously intended to con
voy by this remark ho may bo expected
to illustrate in his recommendations re
garding tariff revision. The free traders
will not bo permitted to dictate the
character of tlio tariff that Mr. Cleveland -
land will approve. As to sliver it is
evident that nothing can bo done
until some sort of compromise is agreed
upon , and this will bo found very diffi
cult. The incoming administration will
unquestionably insist upon the repeal of
tlio silver purchase law as the one thing
necessary to enable it to maintain the
credit of the government , but it must
offer some very liberal concessions to
silver in order to have this done. The
number of free silver democrats in the
next congress will not bo less than in
the present ono , and , as has been clearly
demonstrated , they will not consent'to a
stoppage of the purchase of silver with
out some arrangement In behalf of that
metal which shall bo as favorable
to it as the existing conditions
aro. The party is so badly divided on
this question that it is not easy to see
how it can bo brought together. As to
restoring the state bank currency Mr.
Cleveland will very likely bo with the
eastern wing of the party , which is op
posed to a return of the anto-bollum
bank note. It is the impression that
the foreign policy of the next adminis
tration will bo favorable to the acquisl
tion of additional territory , and it is
said that Mr. Cleveland will not frown
upon Canada because of her annexation
desires. In this direction the adminls
tratlon will doubtless have no trouble in
securing the support of the party , for
this is in line with its traditional policy.
The democratic party will come into
power at a time when the country Is
prosperous and growing. It will have a
great opportunity to advance the general -
oral prosperity and promote national
progress. It remains to bo soon whether
it lias the wisdom and the patriotism
to make the host use of its opportunity.
HEALTH COMMISSIONKU SOMIRS sub
mits a report to the Board of Health
which makes a most gratifying showing
for Omaha. In 1891 the total number of
deaths from contagious diseases was 287 ,
against 2H ( in 1892. In the figures are
included deaths from consumption ,
which were oighty-fho in 1SU1 and 109 In
1892 , an Increase In the number of fatal
cases of this disease of twenty-four. This
shows a decrease of forty-seven in the
total number of deaths from other dis
eases , which are really dreaded because
of their epidemic nature , or a percentage
of decrease equal to 2,1.20 per cent.
There are several sources to which this
result may bo attributed , but much of
the credit Is undoubtedly duo to the
efforts made to clean the city last fall ,
when the danger of cholera hcotned im
minent. The showing should encourage
citizens to greater things and make
them ready to respond more cheerfully
to. the demand of the sanitary inspector.
And it may bo remarked in passing that
it is none too early to commence clean
ing up now.
IT is said that Mr. Cleveland's in
augural address w l contain some very
plain talk regarding the disposition of
the ofllcos. Positive mtlua will bj
served that morlt will bs the only thing
considered , and the howo.vi of wood and
drawers of water in the service of
the party may as well make up their
minds now to the cold fact that long
years of party loyalty will lot In Itself
count In the distribution of the leave *
and flahos. It ' ' ul80 said that Mr.
Cln'iuutd wlllir , ) o the extension of the
civil sorvlco rules Ao that they will cover
pretty yearly n\ [ $ f the olllcos that do
not have to bo appointed by him direct.
Ho Is undorstiVxl to bo In favor of
bringing the consular porvlco under
these rules and-will endeavor to have
this done. Ex\5e3tant \ democrats who
are calculating ou a "clean sweep" of
republican ollldaiy are going to bo dls-
app'olntod , If what appear to bo trustWorthy -
Worthy reports "oftrrcctly represent the
intentions of tho'prcsldcnt-elcot. Ho tip-
pi.'ara to have been sincere In declaring
that democratic success should signify
something ulse than a redistribution of
partisan spoils. Criticism of the now
administration by old-lino democrats
will probably become very earnest before -
fore the ides of March have passed.
IMMIOKATION during the month of
January of this year fell off materially
from that of the eorrc.spondlng month of
last your , and for seven months includ
ing Jifhuary the falling off , as compared
with the corresponding period a year
before , was nearly 80,000. It is noted
thut the decrease in January was mainly
In Russians and Hungarians , while
Increase appeared In Austrians , Ger
mans and Italians , with a small decrease
from Great Britain. It is suggested
that the obstacle which lias been raided
to assisted or forced Immigration
of the moro undesirable classes may
account for much of the decrease.
The figures are calculated to re-
love the anxiety of those who profess to
believe that there is something to bo
'oared from a largo inflow of immigrants ,
and of that other class who from wholly
> olllsh motives would close our ports nl-
rOgothor to the people of other lands. At
.he rate of immigration for January wo
should increase our population from
European sources lets than 200,000 dur-
ng the year 1803. and lie , is a very un-
oasonable man who can see in such an
addition anything to excite apprehen
sion.
Wi : PUINT the opinion of Elon. , ] ohn L.
Webster relating to the validity of the
M'oceedings of the present legislature
when the vote on the constitutional
uncndments was canvassed and they
ivoro declared lost. Mr. Webster holds
that to adopt an amendment ta the con
stitution it must receive a majority vote
of the electors voting at an election
wherein such amandmont is submitted
to the peoplo. hero has boon an at
tempt to prove that the two amend
ments must bo declared carried if they
received a majority of the votes cast for
members of the present legislature. It
is alleged that tli < recount farce was in
stigated for th4 purple of 'developing
the fact that they ( did receive such ma
jority. But in jViow of the- letter and
spirit of the constitution and the un
doubted legality of the canvass made on
the amondinentviyto at the opening of
the present legislature , no intelligent
man will contend that the amendments
can be counted fyl i't this late day.
SAN FRANCISO ) ' has-'submittod ' .and
there will bo no more prize fighting in
that city. It is evident that the manly
art of slugging an opponent till ho drops
senseless has reached its period of
decadence. So long as "mills" are
carried on in the conversational style
now prevalent -jmong the bright par
ticular stars of the ring , the only car
that'suffers is the public's. But there
Is a vast difference between dinning your
prowess into the auricular ori'ico ' of an
unwilling audience and having a
husky bruiser bang you with a
hard glove. This fact is known to the
bruisers bettor probably than any other ,
and so long as they can live without
working or fighting , gaining a liveli
hood by merely talking , they'll do it.
But ono by ono the cities of the United
States are closing down on them , and
soon a prize fight of any sort will be as
nearly impossible as a meeting between
Sullivan and Mitchell.
Mn. CLEVELAND Is said to have a
very hearty admiration of President
Harrison. Ho is quoted as saying that
ho regarded General Harrison as ono of
the ablest presidents in tlio history of
the country , and that ho admired his
strong will power and his independence
of action. There is reason to 'jolieve
that these two distinguished citizens
have a warm mutual respect for ouch
other , both having points of character
allko. It is evident that Mr. Cleveland
has been giving close attention to the
Harrison administration , particularlj
with reference to its business methods ,
and it is very likely that ho will en
deavor to emulate Its example In this
respect. That will be a good thing for
the country , which during the last three
years has learned the value of a high
standard of efficiency in the public
service and wants it maintained.
Tin : action of tlio Now Jersey legisla
ture In passing a bill to legalize modern
horse racing wMSh is ono of the worst
forms of niOdorn"uTnbliig ? ! in that state
and then adjournlftr , Is a sample of what
an alleged luwy making body may do
when it sots its mind to It. The populai
protest that Is no\v sweeping In n wave
over the state IsOJsotless. That indig
nation should bo bottled until time to
elect another losjEflaturo. It would bo
effective then MI/
IT'S all In thot * | lJr it's done , .after all
The medical salients of Drake uni
versity at 1)33 Miines noadod subjects
for dissection , sqyflo of the faculty went
forth to "snatch" them by lantern light
Ho was caught , alft Is now a fugitive.
The medical studoTits' ' of the State unl
vorslty at Iowa City1 wanted a subject
so thuy sent over ta Dos Molnos and
bought ono , almost iut the doors o
Drake. There's no moral in this , onlj
facts. ?
Tlixy'ru All Kicking.
fnilionjnurii'it.
And now Norfolk , Is klokln. ? over the mis
statements contained in nn nllctfoil writo-u |
of the town whUh ninHnrod In arocunt issue
of the Worlil-Horalil It would uiipiur thn
they got ovim u worse dose than Cliadrou
Dukol.i'H DUorro Mill.
Xcic Yuil , tt'tir'il ,
The South Dakota loKlsliitiiro lias pisso (
a bill to i&iulron Malik-nee of nl least six
mouths in the state before brlnsint ? sul
thuro for Ulvoivo This slight extension o
time will probably not huorforo seriouslj
vlth the onorntloix of thn illvtnvo mill , mid
t will compel nultori for illvorco to "Icnvo n
Ittlo moro money in the stale "
Ono Vlcnr of Main Khlnr.
/ v'o'tniftHull ,
Sum Kldor's opposition tow.ml the corpora-
Ions "first endured , then pltloil , thun cm-
iraeed. "
.Itifttn Common NolirmlmVomlrr. .
iftlmukti I'lliXtwi ,
It U announced thnt the population of No-
iraska Is Increnslnjf at the rate of 1,000 nor
lay. Thnt is Indeed n womlerftit growth ,
iui Nebraska Is noted for wonderful things.
Tnlln in Onn lltpurlcncml.
Gentlemen who contcmplato attending tlio
nauKur.itlonlli hull with delight tlio Information -
formation that a piece of lemon , judiciously
cntcn on thn tnornliiR nftor the festivities ,
vlll neutraliro the breath , whllo a towel ,
carefully lllluil with broken luo , will Impart
i delightful coolness to the hold
The I'on | l'luiiml Up ,
( iMic-Dimiiemt.
The ICitnsns populists will ablilo the do-
clslon of the state supreme court , which ilc-
litres that the republican hnuso is legal ,
Hsbaml their own house and join tlio repub-
lean body 'Tls well War smooths its
wrinkled front again. Oneo moro ppaeo
olgns along the ICaw. 'Tho Kansas rebel-
Ion Is ended.
I'titronlio lloiiin I nil in try.
Nin folk Xtw * .
The Columbus Telegram's sensible ro-
narks about the action of the state banking
> oml in icjuslng admission to Nebraska of
oreign building and loan associations are
leroby cordially approved Thousands of
our people have been robboil by these wild
cat Institutions The homo associations are
good enough.
A riutnrnit nollncil.
I'niltaiul Urcanntan.
"Who Is a plutocrat ? \Vlutdoos the word
moan ? " These are questions addressed to
tlio Orcgonian by ono of its readers A pluto
crat , in the modern meaning , Is ono who
thinks the property and business of a country
should have some influence or consideration
In Its legislation nud government. The
opposite term Is ochlocracy , which means
government under the direction of the mtiltl ]
tudo who have neither property nor busine <
Interests , but want to live by preying on the
industry , business and property of a country.
&KH11.1SK.I AX1 >
The Kearney Methodist ICplscop U church
celebrated its twenty-first anniversary on
Sunday.
Nebraska City business men have begun
the organization of a club. It Is proposed to
incorpoiato with a capital of $ T > , ( K)0. )
An Atisclmo butcher has been forced to
leave town because a tival meat peddler dis
covered the head of a lumpy-Jawed steer in
his slaughter house and exhibited it to his
patrons.
A 3-year-old child of some German imini-
giants \\lio recently irrived | at Talmagedlod
last week of a disease supposed to be small
pox. The physicians have no fear of the
spread of the contagion
A meeting will bo held nt I'lalnviow
March i3 ! for the purpose of deciding where
the next Grand Army of the Hepublle re
union shall bo held for the district compris
ing thoTounties of Pierce , Knox' , Antelope ,
Cedar , Wajne , Dixon , Dakota , Wheeler and
Holt.
In trying to stop a runaway team at Ilur-
chard , N Piper had his lug broken between
the knco and hip and J S Haired had bis
ankle badly sprained Tlio horses were
finally caught , but not until they had caused
another team to break loose iind run into a
creek.
Two Burlington freight cirs Jumped the
track near Juniatu and burst open Ono was
loaded with wheat and the other with broom
corn , and they rolled down an embankment
about twenty-five feet. The accident was
caused by the rim on a wheel breaking.
There was no other damage done.
Two Bohemians direct from the old coun
try , landed in IIowclls the other day penni
less and starving. They had not eaten a
mouthful since leaving Chicago and they
had been on the road three dnj s. They w cro
cared for by Iloivells people , who discovered
that their destination was Odcll , where
they had relatives , but that by an error their
tickets had been made to read IIowclls In
stead of Odcll.
Kearney has secuied u broom factory.
Heretofore the nearest largo broom factory
has boon in Grand Island , and the raising of
broom corn has not received much attention
by the farmers of Buffalo county , but it is
quite probable a largo quantity w ill bo raised
in that county the coming season. The corn
is worth in the fall from f40 to $50 per ton ,
and these who have had experience say there
is good money in it at these figures , as it
grows quite heavy , especially on new break
ing.
.SOUK XUTKO aiKX.
J. Sterling Morton weighs 100 pounds , M.
Hoke Smith 205 pounds and W. S. Blssell 1)00 )
pounds.
Governor Flower of Now York and J. Ster
ling Morton spent their boyhood days in
school together.
It can never bo said of the Hon. Hoko
Smith , at all events , that ho spells his name
Smyth or Smytho.
W S. Caine , M. P. , presided at a recent
temperance mooting in London and W. E
Abel made the address , 'ihero was no dis
turbance.
The movement for a monument , to Commodore
modoro M F Maury , the famous writer on
navigation and metcoiology , meets with
much favor all through the south.
President Harrison has placed in the hands
of a local real estate ngeucy a thirteon-acro
farm near Harrison. O. Uho farm Is for
sale. It is said to include a part of the old
Harrison homestead.
Mr. Olnoy , w ho is to bo Mr. Clevclai d's
attorney general , is a six-footer and weighs
over " 00 pounds. Ilo was attorney for sev
eral railroads , and his practice is said to
have been worth v > 0,000 a year.
David II. Smith , son of the MoTmon
prophet , Joseph Smith , has been nn lumato
of the asylum for the insane at Klgin for
seventeen yeais. Ho was u brilliant man ,
and has written a book of poems and ono of
psalms , the latter being now in use.
Prof. Francis William Newman , brother
of the late Cardinal Newman , now
verging on four score and ton , enjoys fairly
good health , and although comparatively a
recluse In his homo ut WosUm-supur-Muro ,
England , maintains an Interest in all that
occurs in the theological world.
General KaolitT Hrinkcrhoft of Mansfield ,
O , will succeed General U B. Hayes as
president of the National Prisoners' Aid
association. Ho was a volunteer in the
union urmv and rose to the rank of brigadier
general Ho has for several \cars been llrst
vice president of the National Prisoners' Aid
association
General Beauregard was , almost from the
first , the victim of Jeff D vvis' spite and Jcal-
ousv Boauregard always hold the president
of the confederacy in contempt , and after
the war had closed and he was free to spuait
ho was not backwaid about cxptesslng his
views of Davis' ability Ho characterized
him as "narrow and timid "
General Abrain Dally , ono of tnr few sur
vivors of the war of ISlti , died in Brooklyn
last week of old age , being half way along
in his U7th year For many years ho and
another flno old fellow had talsed the Hag in
New York City on Evacuation day , but
about a year ago the other veteran died , anil
on the last anniversary the old general was
not ublo to bo present
Major "Ligo" Halford , President Harri
son's private secretary , has nullified as a
paymaster In the United Slntus'.mny. Ho
has purchased his uniioim , and will sail for
Europe on Saturday , when ho will begin the
onerous duty of pai ing off the United States
commissioners , llarlan. Morgan and Pbolps ,
who are to settle the Bering sea controversy.
Besides these thtoe commissioners Major
Halford will also have to piy throe gentle ,
men who have been provided with soft places
In Paris nt the o ; peii30 of the United Suites
government for a period of lx months or
moro. These are J Stanley Brown , son-in-
law of the late President ( Jarlluld , und Hub
T Smith and Francois Jones , thrco clerks
In the Stuto department Besides paying
these six people and seeing that they are
properly piovldod for Major Ligo Halford
w 111 bo required to draw his own s lary. Ho
will thus have seven people to pay off , and
will probibly bo absent from his homo and
friends for mx months at least upon this
grinding duty.
MAJORITY OF ALL REQUIRED
What 5s Necessary to Boouro the Adoption of
n Constitutional Amendment.
VOTE ON LEGISLATURE WILL NOT DO
lolut 17. Wcl > lcr C/'ointriiin the l.nw O
ItiK Hin < ' ' < In I'ulut-Tlio.lceniMi Illlt
Is Not ( loot ! niul .Mint
Hi , Void ,
A BUB man called upon Hon. John L Webster -
stor at his law office In this city yesterday
and asked him for an opinion as to the legalIty -
Ity of the proceedings by which the legisla
ture declared \ost \ the two constitutional
amendments submitted to the people of Ne
braska nt the November election Mr. Web
ster graciously granted the icqucst , and his
opinion fully affirms the position Tm : lliti :
has all along held , to-wlt1 That the process
by which the legislature Is attempting to
"recount" the votes on thcso amendments Is
Irregular and all to no purpose
Mr Webster said :
"In reply to > our Inquiry touching the
right of the legislature to cause a recount of
the ballots cast for and against the amend
ments to the state constitution , which were
submitted to the jwoplo at the last general
election , and to take as a criterion for com
putation the votes cast for senators and rep
resentatives at said election , 1 state the fol
lowing as the result of mj brief investiga
tion.
"Section 1 of the article of the constitu
tion relating to amendments providcs.among
other things , as follows.
" 'Said proposed amendments shall bo en
tered on the journals with the yeas and
nays and published once each week in at least
ono newspaper in each county wheu > a
newspaper is published for three mouths
immediately preceding the next election for
senators and representatives , at which
election the same shall bo submitted to the
clectorsforapprov.il or i ejection , and If a
majority of the electors voting at such elec
tion adopt sin a amendments the same shall
become a part of this constitution '
"It is quite clear that the constitution re
quires M majority of the electors voting at
such election' to adopt such amendments
This Is precisely what the constitution savs
"Again itill bo seen that , if the fminors
of the constitution Intended to Hay that a
majority of the -\otcs cast for senators and
representatives wcro all that should bo re
quired to adopt the amendments , thn aiticlo
could hu-\o said so , by inserting after the
word 'voting'four words ( for senators and
rcpiosent.itives ) Then the phrase would
huoread : 'and if a majority of the electors
voting for senators and lupresentativcs at
such election adopt such amendments , the
same shall bccomo a part of the constitu
tion '
"Tho fact that the constitution does not sn
read is a strong argument thnt it was not .so
intended
"The reference in the section above quoted
to the elections of senators and representa
tives is onlj used in the constitution as des
ignating the election nt which amendments
shall bo submitted to the people
"To ascertain , theicfore , whether amend
ments are adopted , It is necessary llrst to
know the whom number of votes which
weiocast atagenor.il election , and unless
the amendments receive such a vote as
would boa majority of all the votes cast at
such election , they would not bo adopted ,
and if uot adopted there is no power , legis-
lathe or Judicial , that can propoily make
thorn a p irt of the constitution
"The election at w Inch senators and rep-
rcsontatUes are elected is the same election
under our present laws at which wo elect
general state officers At thnt time but ono
billet is east , on which are found tlio names
of all onieers to bo elected , including the
governor and general state officers , as well
us senators and representatives The ticket
goes into one ballot box. There is but ono
sot of poll books In short , it is ono elec
tion. Now the language of the constitution
is 'a majority ol the electors voting nt such
election. ' Who are the voters voting at such
election ? They are all the electors who
appear there and put a ballot in that box for
any purpose , and whoso names go upon the
poll books as per.sons having voted It
seems to mo that this is the common sense
of the thing
"It was proper to designate n time at
which such amendment should bo submitted
tD the people , hence it was declared that
amendments should bo submitted at elec
tions for senators and representatives.
"The framcrs of the constitution might
have designated the time for the election of
members of the supreme court , but they saw
fit to fix a different time. It does not follow-
that because the clcctiou of senators and
representatives was fixed , as the time when
amendments should bo voted upon that it
was intended to take the number of votes
cast for senators and representatives ns being -
ing thonumborof votes cast utsuchelection.
"This question was not decided by the
supreme court ol Nebraska in State vs. Babcock -
cock , 17 Nebraska , 188 According to the
facts in that case at a general election there
wcro 134,000 votes cast for governor and
other state officers There were 1M,000 ! votes
cast for senators and representatives , and
there were cast In behalf of constitutional
amendments 51S.VJ ) votes
"It will bo seen tint in this case the
amendments did not have a sufficient number
of votes to equal a majority of the votes cast
cither for governor or for sciiatois and lopro-
sentatives. It was not necessary for
the court to determine whether In that
case it would have required a majority
of the votes cast for governor or
Imply ft majority of the votes cast for on"
ntotn and representatives As I road lht >
opinion of it majority of the court , howovar >
In thnt CIIHO lean drnbut ono comhiMoi.
from thn language of the opinion , nml that
goes to the extent of showing thnt It ro-
qulrc. n majority of nil the votes cast nt the
olirtlon to adopt ninendmcnts
It is trim thnt there nro found In thnt cue
ono or morn sontciKos which might bo hold
to convoy n different meaning
"This question was Incidentally referred
to In the case of State \ Anderson , ilO
Nebraska , 617 , but only ns ( Unstinting
another case entirely different , so that tt
does not npply to the question In hand
"Those who bcllmo that It enl > requires i\
mnjorlly of the votes cast for senators nnd
representatives to adopt amendments to the
constitution nrguo that the words "such
election" refer to elections of senators nml
representatives b > way of limitation uinm
the number of vole * to bo cast ,
"Thiiro lire two nnswors to this sugges
tion :
"First Such n construction would seem to
seiuiato the election of senators and repre
sentatives from the election of state officers ,
and treat the simons distinct nnd scparntn
elections , although both are held nt ono nnd
the same time , nnd constitute , In fact , but
ono Lloctlon Or , in other words It would bo
to say that wo can spunk of the eUvtlon of
govetnor as distinct and sop irate from the
election of senators and representatives :
\ \ herons , this is not true , in fact , and there
is no propilot.N In attempting to make It no
for the sake of argument
"Second- the fr.uuorsof thuconstltutlou
had Intended to put such a limitation upon
the number of \\hyilldthoynotdo
so. as wo have hoi etoforo shown how that
could have been done undorstaiidlugly nnd
spot lllcally
"Woavild nil difficulty lntlu < construction
by accepting the natural conclusion to bo
drawn fiom the whole context which Is
that the election of senators ami representa
tives is referred to only as dcslginting the
time when constitutional amendments shall
bo voted upon.
"It is my opinion , therefore , In the Inn.
gu.igo of the constitution , that it icquliei "a
majority of the electors voting at such
election" to adopt amendments "
Admit Ollliu IIUMlrni.
It may not be true that Mr Cleveland said
ho didn't give a tinker's booin-ta-ra-rn for
the democratic i > olltlcl ins , but upon that
subject it k safe to wager that ho Is doing
his thinking in a deep , uulphurom.bluu
llamo.
_ _
Onmlm'ft Oiildinil Koprnscut illto.
( Jinntl Iftaml 7' < mr <
Among the members of the lower house of
the legislature who have gained n reputation
for being level-headed and painstaking is
Or M. O Ulckutts. the colored member from
Douglas county Ho is iccogni/cd as u
gentleman of ability and his colleagues re
gard him us a good fellow.
i.st : A
Snmcrvlllo . .TouimlIf nil HIP clocks should
htilUiiHiicccsofully for nn ululii hum d ly llii-y
wouldn't lm\u to stilKu so much
Yonkers "U itcsuritr The cioss-ojed man
htib eiirvattx o of thn spyln' .
Lowell t'ouilcr : A train miiy ton st'illcil , lint
the piissuiiKurs .ire otlcn It'Cl oilt In the cold
Clotclunil 1'lnlii IHulor : It Is wrong ( o
"hold spite. " Thills uhy so ninny men hull
It nt tlio other fellow.
Dutrolt I'ri'o Pii'ss : I'uslotnc'r Why ilo you
refer to this folding brd as "tsliof"
I'lork Hi'catiso , sir , thuro Is no danger of it's
shutting up
Philadelphia llvconl : The dnnla-v Is KORPI-
nilly roKiirdoil an thu most stupid of imlmiils ,
which Is odd Inlou of tlio fact that It has tint
most lirnyln' powor.
Atlanta Constitution : "I sou Jones has ap
plied for ( ho C'lilnoii ! mission" "What urn
disqualifications ? " "Hccu putronUhiK n I/Id-
ncso laundry six years. "
Troy Press : The successful gambler Is nec
essarily a wlnsomu chap.
UtlcaObsor\or : Wo are milling lot-mlum
the crlnollnu If the girls will ujrioi ; not to USD
b.irbcd wire.
CloMjInml Plain Ji > nlur : When thu lejclslnfor
"calls fern division" ho doosn't nlnnjs tufcr
to the \ote.
Washington Star : "I Know why so man/of
our girls nro unliiippy when Ihuy mo marrkul
to foriilKiiers , " said .M mil. .
"WhynsUed .Miimlo.
"They can't Rot well onoiigh nciiu.ilntod with
tliclr husbands to piniioitnco tholr names. "
AN Ai'osntorni : .
Cltiaagn jveu. .
Thou frump of months
rubruniyl
Tliou'st. llcUIo nnd shabby nnd unkempt.
Thy winds blow two wnys and thy weather Is
Sin en dill 01 tint kinds nl onco.
I'vo not a largo , massive and hunged-up
Cold from thcu. Not to mention
La grippe , lonsllltls , nuuralKla , rheumatism
And that tired fettling.
Thou hast demanded
( iilocluis worn In thine honor nnd inlnu
I.enlcl
( or bunco then , thou inetereologlcal sloven I
Out of this !
Scat !
JtK.MUt ! : NTAIll.
Detroit I'rec I'rcsa.
Said I'nlly 'nh ! him sweet shown *
As all ulono , beside the stnlr
Wo stood a moment , while I held
Her hand and told her slio was fair )
Said Polly ( ah1 I'll no'nr forgot
Her rose-rod checks , her drooping eyes
And tempting lips ; 1 sen thorn yet ,
As well her piutty , Hufuot surprise )
Siilcl I'olly { o were all nlono ,
Tint hour \UIH lulu , and dim tlio light )
Said I'olly , and In tinniest , too ;
"Mop that ! How il.uo you , sir ? flood night ? '
Largest Minutnoturars nn 1 Uot.illora
of Ulothlni ; la tlu WorU.
Every Boy's Delight
It's the same old kind , but gotten up in new
styles styles that suit the
kid Star waists , we're talking
ingabout. . We never had
such a beautiful assortment.
Novelties in caps and hats for
boys are our latest produc
tion novelties. You know
what hat means when wo
say it. And do you realize
that our children's depart
ment covers asmuch-floor space as does the men's
department. Doesn't it seem reasonable to suppose
that wo offer a larger variety than anybody else
who devote one or two counters to the boys. Every
thing that is rich and tasty is brought to us ; that's
why you see some styles somewhere , and others
styles otherwhere and every style in our children's
department.
BROWNING , KING & CO. ,
Btoro open baturday nvory till evening 10 till 0.71 S. W , Cor , 15th and Douglas St
