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AVITIIRO Clrpiiliitlon lor Trhronry. 21,301)
A CJKKAT deal of rhltoulo lias boon
nltncd nt the now Coluinbian postngo
Blntnps , but it appijiirs that three of thorn
Bro sold to wno of the old stylo.
Tun "oltlo.-it posliiwHlor in the sor-
vico" contlnuoH to bob up soronoly. Ho
is liable to lese his-hoary head unless ho
can prove that ho has always been a
democrat at heart.
man who held oflluo under Harri-
Bon IH not likely to bo discarded. That
Is Carroll 1) . Wri ht , cliiof of the do-
liartntont of labor , who was appointed by
Mr. Cleveland and has proved an ctti-
'clont aud valnablo ollleial.
1 A QUESTION that needs to bo Bottled
Brightly and permanently at the outset is
the question of the disposition to .bo
jnado of giii'lmgo. Many oitles arc now
dealing with it and Omaha is among
the number. Our present system must
bo abandoned or modified at once.
IN ONK county of Arizona the board of
supervisors lias offered a reward of
82,000 to the person first developing an
Wto.ilan wclMvithin tlio borders of tlio
county with a How of 17,500 gallons for
ton consecutive days. They are after
water in earnest in Arizona , and they
jiooil it.
1 TUB crime charged against the con
demned directors of the Panama canal
Was that of contributing to the election
expenses of influential deputies and
members of the government. The ap
plication of such a law in this country
would keep our courts busy and fill our
prisons to overflowing.
1 TP IT satisfies the ambition of Isaac
Pusoy Gray to bo minister to Mexico ,
after having been a candidate for presi
dent , victt president and a place in the
'cabinet ' , ho must bo easy to plcaso. Per
haps ho has been proceeding upon the
theory that a man who does not claim
.everything will not got anything.
REl'RESl'.NTATIVK KKCICLVJY i9 HOl
likely lo ho Hworvod from Iho fearless
'discharge of what ho believes lo bo his
'duty ' by any taunt or threat from the
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boodle organ nl Lincoln or by slurs from
the representative of the Omaha Daily
' Weathercock. Mr. Kockloy is mudo up
of the kind of limber that is not blown
ever by fitful giwls of wind.
TUB democratic office seekers are dili
gently reading President Cleveland's
civil service reform utterances on the
occasion of his inauguration in the
hope of finding something between the
lines that will encourage thorn to hope
that the victors-will got all the spoils.
Nobody has yet been able to make out
exactly what the president did mean.
IT IS probable that the administration
will speedily recall the American min
ister to Hawaii , . Mr. Stevens , and re
place him with a man who can go there
free from any prejudice and not under
the influence of the men who are promoting
meting the c'auso of annoxation. There
has boon no intimation that our minis
ter was prompted in the action ho has
taken by any other- motive than a doslro
to promote what ho conceived to bo the
host intorostrt of the United States , but
liis demonstrative interest in the revolu
tionary cause was certainly uncalled for
and it suggests that ho may not bo jra
trustworthy source of information as to
the real santiment of a majority of the
people of Hawaii. 'Not a grout deal of
Importance is to bo given to the state
ments of the deposed queen , who oof
course has no friendly feeling toward
the minister , but regardless of this it is
clearly desirable that Home ono bo sent
there who can report upon the condition
of affairs absolutely without prejudice.
THE latest European advices give
promise that the present year is to bo a
period of great political interest in the
old world. The matter which is just I
now giving most concern to European I
Btatesmon is the proposed abdication of
the emperor of Austria , whoso many
cares and sorrows have made him utterly
weary of power. His retirement would
probably bo followed by most Important
results affecting the relations of Austria-
Hungary to the other powers , and
therefore ho is being strongly ;
urged not to abdicate. The sit
uation in Germany is a troubled ono for
the government , which Is in uncertainty
regarding the fate of the army bill ,
while the threatened disruption of the
triple alliance has led Emperor
William to project a trip to Italy for the
purpose of endeavoring to adjust the
differences between that country and
Austria. In France the disclosures in
the Panama canal investigation over-
bhadow everything else nnd another
ministerial crislu scorns to bo at hand.
On the whole European affairs present
uoino very interesting features that seem
to assure this us a memorable year for
most of the nations of the old world.
TIIK nVTY OK THH
The committee oharjjod with the in
vestigation of alleged dlshoiipsty in thn
construction of the now cell hoimo in the
penitentiary and the cJiuluot of officers
connected therewith htn submitted Us
report , together with the testimony
takon. Although the committee was at
tlio outset hampered In It * olTorttt to get
at the true Btato of facts and mo-it of the
evidence was given by unwilling
witntMscs and parties interested In
the suppression of information
that would criminate contractors and
olllt'lals , the proofs of corruption and
criminal negligence were overwhelming.
The conclusions of the committee as em-
bodied in its report are fully borne out
by the testimony and if anything arc
milder than the disclosures of downright
fraud and high-handed misappropriation
of the state's funds would warrant.
It is the manifest duty of the house to
sustain the findings of its committee by
accepting its report and spreading it
upon the journal of the house. The
testimony taken in tho. investigation
should bo printed and made part of the
legislative documnnts of the session.
On this thcro should bo no division.a
Any attempt to side truck or amend Iho
report on the ground that it tends to cast
reflections upon the Iwo ex-governors
Is u mere subterfuge as a diversion
from Iho damaging disclosures affecting
members of Iho Board of Public Lands
and Buildings who tire slill in office.
Tlio committee has performed a dis
agreeable task , not as partisans , but as
representatives of the whole state. It
has discharged its duty conscientiously
and without fear or favor. Itsstrictures
have fallen impartially upon republicans
and democrats 'Whether they wore
friend or foe. While the most
severe censure is at the door of
republican oflicers , it is not for
republicans of the house to take excep
tion , much loss to condone or defend
those who have shown themselves culpa-
blc. On tlio contrary , republicans of the
house can render their party no greater
service than by rebuking dishonesty and
malfeasance in republican officials.
The conduct and vote of republicans
will bo a crucial test ns to the fitness of
the party to bo entrusted with the man
agement of state affairs in the future.
Tlio eyes of the whole state arc upon
the house of representatives. The people
ple will tolerate no horse play in a mat
ter of such grave import. They look to
the hpuso to vindicate the laws , purge
the state capital of dishonesty and place
the seal of condemnation upon public
plunderers and faithless officials.
STOP BbUFFlNO AXJ > SlIUH' UP.
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livery subscriber lo The Morning World-
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This is the ilold ' '
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When Mr. Hitchcock banlorod the
editor of THE BEE about South Omaha
he was promptly taken up on his offer-
and asked lo begin with South Omaha . *
as quick as possible. Instead of coming
to lime promptly he put olT'hts propose ; !
exhibit of the World-Herald h
Omaha list lo next Saturday. "Why is
delay ? Could not the Soulh Omaha lisl
bo copied in a day , or is it to bo doctored
and stuffed for the emergency ?
I'HAVTICAl , 'i'.UMW IlKb'OltM.
Since Mr. Cleveland plainly indicated
in his inaugural a-ldrosi that it would
not bo the pulley of his administration
to follow tlio promise of the Chicago
platform and strike a deadly blow at :
protection , sorno of the party organs
which were loudest in condemning pro
tection are now admitting that it would
not bo wlso to abandon it alt jgothor and
are saying that all that was over in
tended , dojpito tlio very plain and un
equivocal language of the national plat
form , was a modification of the tariff.
Ono of those organs says that "tho aim
will bo t3 HO reform the tariff
on just eoJiiomlcal principles as to
speedily banish the spirit of protection , "
which may bo possible-while retaining
in some measure the substanca.
Perhaps no newspaper in the country '
speaks with more authority regarding
the Intentions of Mr. Cleveland than the
Philadelphia L'd'jer. Ind-je.l it is
understood to come moro nearly to being ' !
lahis - organ than any other paper. In
commenting upon the inaugural address )
that journal , which has always bean
Itfriendly to protection , construed the anc
marks of Mr. Cleveland regarding tariff
reform as meaning that no attempt lo
bo made to destroy protection , and ut
the reform in the '
tariff which hu'ujn-
templates , and which is expected to nho
developed In an administration bill to bats
ready when the next congress meets ,
will bo a very moderate departure from >
the existing system. It is believed that
rtho L'd'jtr spoke from an accurate
knowledge of the sentiments and pur-
pose of the president , in fact that its
utterance was inspired by him , nnd
hence there is every reason to accept It
with confidence.
Tariff reform of the character thus i
suggested need causa in alarm or tils-
turbatico to the iKulnom Interests of the
country , and If M * . I'lovolnnd Is properly
represented by thuo who ivo immnoJ
to authorltaltvi'ly speak for him , ho in-
toml.s that none shall b.i caused. Ho has
boon f.r the I tut four yours In a position
t ) oUwely observe the great buslnojs
Intercuts of the country and lo increase
hl.-i kmwledgo of Ihem , and It Is to bo
prcjuin3l : thai ho bin an Intelllgonl np-
prcclnllon of what It would mean to
those interests I ? make an extreme
thd
change at once from the cconoiuio polhi
icy under which they were oUabllshod
and have grown to tholr present prom
portions. 1 It is undoubtedly a fact ,
therefore , thai ho bus not the
least : sympathy with the radical element
of his party , which bt'Heves , or professes
tn believe , that the vordlet of the po >
plo hist November called for the ruthless
sweeping away of the lineal policy
which has been maintained for thirly-
two years.
But can Mr. Cleveland bring bis party
tt acquiesce in his views ? Can ho induce -
duce Iho extremists , who are perhaps
Iho larger uli'menl of the parly , lo
modify their opinions and come to his
intc
terms ? There have been intimations
tctl
thai they would resent any atlonipt on
Iho part of the administration to force
a tariff bill of its own upon them , nnd
they will bo very likely to do so , but
there is reason to bollovo that they will
tlu
ultimtiloly yield , rather than that the
party should do nothing in Iho way of
tariff reform. The s-tifo conclusion would
seem lo bo that while there will be a
general revision of Iho larilt it will bo
made within conservative limits , and
thai there will bo no attempt to destroy
the protective policy and surrender the
American market to the foreign com-
polilors of American industries. Thcro
is nothing in such an outlook lo disturb
the ] liiduslrial intoresls of llio country.
The policy of this paper lias becn rom
its inception not to blow its own horn ,
but to lot its enterprise speak for itself.
THE BEE is the only paper west of Chicago
cage that had a special reporter of its
own al New Orleans nl Iho Sullivan-
Corbott prizefight and during the sj'ar-
ring contests of the past week. It did
not send u syndicate man , hired by a
do7.cn or moro papers , bul deputed for
Ihls work Mr. Sandy Griswold , its sportIng -
Ing editor , who is recognized among the
most accomplished men in that line in
this country.
II so happened Ihat Mr. Griswold
duplicated as a part of ono of his dispatches -
patches from New Orleans a description
of several pugilists Ihat had appeared
originally in the Chicago Times , not as a
telegram but as an illustrated article
on prominent puirilists. This may have
boon plagiarism , but it is not moro un
common than a reproduction of bio-
graphical sketches from cyclopedias and
magazines Ihat usually appear in the
leading papers of Iho country , with tele
graphic announcements of some great
achievement , ' criminal act or dentil of
un individual.
And now iho Worlil-JIerald , which
fabricates most of Its news in its edi
torial rooms , raises a great hue and cry
about Mr. Griswold's fake dispatches
and seeks lo create Iho impression Ihat
Mr. Griswold's name was signed to a sot
'of grapoviiio'telegrams that were gotten-
up to order in THE BEE olllco. While
THE BEE can well afford any compari
son that may bo made between its tele
graphic , columns and these of the I'\tkc-
Mill , it may not bo out of order to show
that every special telegram published
over Iho name of Sandy Griswold was
genuine. The folio wing certificate speaks
for itself :
OMAHA , March 10 , 1893. I hereby certify
that special dispatches received over the
Western Union telegraph lines from New
Orleans , signed by Sandy Griswold , were
delivered to Tun OMAHA BEE on the follow-
inir dates , containing the number of words
set opposite to each date :
Date. Words.
Februarys ? 1,770
February i8 ! 075
March 1 9'J4 !
March 2 3,459
March 3 1,020
March 0 7nr
March 7 4,009
March 8 ; 1,527
Total \ 10.044
. .W.Y. . UJISTKU ,
Manager Western Union Telegraph Company ,
This only represents a fraction of the
telegraphic news from Now Orleans !
which Tin- : BBC published , but it affords
conclusive proof that THE BEE is not '
obliged to fabricate dispatches with the
scissors in order to keep up appear
ances. Tlio truth is that our special
dispatches frequently have to bo cur
tailed for the want of available space.
THE BEE has paid for over 15,000 )
words of special dispatches from Now
Orleans. How much special did the
World-Jferald got by telegraph from
Now Orleans ?
Not ono solitary word.
DO II'K H'AffT SPECULATIVE
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There has been Introduced in both
houses of the legislature a bill which
may properly bo doscrilHiil as intended J
' .
t'o encourage speculative banking. It
provides thai any number of persons , nol
less than live , may associate together for
Iho purpose of forming a trust company ,
and such organization is authorized ytl )
do everything thai constitutes a banking
business and something more. II could
receive deposits and make loans , pur
chase , invojl in nnd selj slocks , bills irof
exchange , noles , bunds and mortgages :
and other securities and do other things
that are common ti banking , except teas
Issue bills intended
to circulate as
money. The proposed corporations
would enjoy In addition the privileges ;
and functions of trust companies dis
tinctively.
The onaclmcnt of this bill inlo law
would open Ihe way for organizing in
Nebraska a numbar of speculative eon-
corns which would bring disaster into
thousands of depositors. The proposed
legislation would bo harmful lo all hen
esl banking Intorosls nnd to the public
generally. It would supply no domain'
that is not fully mot under existing
law In relation to banking and trust
companies , whlln It would afford in
opportunity for unscrupulous persons inti
engage in Ibis business to an almosl
unlimited extent. The effect of this
would be to seriously disturb and demoralize
alize- the banking business in tills state
which IK now on a quite satisfactory
Under the bunking law passed
few years ago , wliToh appears to have
been ! < well enforced , the people of
Nebraska have suffered very little by
reason of illHhiMusaLb.inklng , so far as
intl institutions reached by the law are
concerned.fl" "
concerned.
The aim shffTi'rd bo to strengthen
rather than to weaken the banking sys
tems , to Incrunsurlts security by addi
tional safeguards instead of opening the
npw to the orenltoiTof Irresponsible con
cerns. Oil
This Is a mattdHas to which the legis
lature cannel i&cVelso too much care ,
and In the absoiico of any urgent de
mand for increased banking facilities
other than what may bo provided under
oxlsllng : law , It will bo wise to bo sails-
llotl with the conditions as they nro.
Justiceto - the honest banking Interests
ol the stale and Iho protection of the
people against possible fraud demand
the defeat of the bill In question.
co.vr/rr i.Mton iiut'oiiM.
The old problem of prison labor re
form , with which almost ovcry state In
the union has attempted to deal in ono
way or another , seems as far'from n sat
isfactory solution as ever. To provide
labor 1 for convicts by which the burden
which their support Imposes upon Ihe
taxpayers : of the state may bo dimin
ished without placing that labor in competition -
hV
petition with that of the honest wage
earner is an undertaking thai presents
snmo very perplexing dlllloultles. .
Even in llio state of Now York ,
where Iho penal system has been
Iho subject of inueh study and has been
brought to a high state of perfection by
means of reform measures that havb
nb
been applied from time lolimo , thoqties-
lion of prison labor is slill an unsollled
one. A bill is now pending before the
legislature of thai state providing thai
road making shall bo a part of the hard
labor included in the convict's sentence.
The pressure of public sentiment against
convict Icaso is strong in every state.
The prison contract system is hostile to
the interests of Innost labor and
moots with condemnation from the
toiling masses on every hand.
Thib is not a more mailer of
prejudice j ; il involves Ihe great question
of daily bread In which many thousands
of ] men who work for a liyng are vitally
concerned.
In the state of Nebraska the convict
labor problem is as important as else
where. Thcro is a demand among our
wage earners fora reform in this re
spect thai will pVcvotil Iho enforced
labor ] of the conviyt from coming into
competition with , -that of tlio honest
workman who obeys the laws and con-
Iribules liis share ti ) the support of the
commonwealth. This demand is espe
cially urgent at. , times when work
is i hard to , ( find and many
are obliged to eat Iho bread of idleness.
.t is by no means1 surprising that work-
iigmon who are1 'out of employment
should entertain a'slrong feeling of re-
icntmont against aprisoii , system which
unploys convicts'to do work which re
duces by so much Iho demand for their
own labor. ' '
As it must ? bo 'ctfnceded that labor cf
some kind is an essential part of any
state penal syslom Iho prime object is lo
determine what that labor shall be ,
with the purpose constanlly in mind
of reducing lo a minimum Ihe
competition with ' honest' toil. It
nay be argued that labor of any useful
tnd productive kind on the part of pris
oners must constitute such competition ,
but this is not altogolhor Iruo. Road-
making in Iho slalo of Nebraska is nol
now , and probably will not bo for some
years to come , an occupation in which
the free laborer will find employment ,
[ lore and there a litllo work of lhal kind
may bo undertaken , similar to that
which Douglas county has decided to defer
for the improvement of. thoroughfares (
leading into Omaha , but owing to nat (8t
ural drawbacks which need not )
bo referred to it is by no
means likely that the stale
will very soon attempt any regular
system of road building. Nobody doubts :
lhal road improvement is needed. It [
would benefil every interest in the stale.
The workingman would in many ways bo
a gainer by it. Then why not sot the
co'nvlots at work on the public roads ? : 0f f
they must work , nnd It is conceded thai
itd
they must , lot their labor bo so directed
that it will bo a benefit instead of a loss
to the honest wage earner and to all
other classes in tlio state. The details
Isd
of a successful system of convict road
labor need not bo touched upon
hero. but there is no doubt t ;
that they can easily bo worked
out when it is decided Lee
put such a plan Into operation. Wo be
lieve thai Ibis would effectually dispose
of all existing objections on tlio part of
honest workingmen to the employment
of convict labor , while nt the same tlmo
10o
it would give iho slate a substantial re
turn for the expense of maintaining its
criminal class. This is ono of the live
questions of the day in this state and (
Boouor or later It must bo squarely met.
The reform demanded must soon como ,
and it Is not easy t'd 'see how it can bo )
accomplished upon .any other linoj than
these hero Indicated" .
THE care nnd protection of the insane
Is a subject thai isaiow receiving allen-
llon in several statuA1. In the legislature
of Illinois a bill hjltf boon introduced re
lating to the eomultmont ( and dotonlion
of insane persons wh'joh ii intended to
prevent the commitment of ns
alleged to bo infcuuo without the mosl
careful and thorough investigation of
tlio facts. There is.uo . doubt that griev
ous wrong has oftqiVilwon done by the
confinement of wane persons in asylums
through the efforts of these who
had personal interests to serve
thereby. Oni'o confined the pro-
suniplfon is always against the victim ,
who has thereafter a very slender chance
of redress. In Now Hampshire , since
the burning of the asylum at Dover , by
which forty poor wretches were roasted
to death In their cells , there has been a
strong popular protest against the con
finement of Insane persons in death
trap * under tlio euro of men who have
no souse of their responsibility and no
regard for the lives of these placed inm
their charge. 1" 1' ° resi > e < ! ts reform
in needed , and Investigation would doubt
less show that similar abuses prevail in
other states than those named.
Ann inrr.no.unt.
Crete Vldctto No ono denies tint the
rnllro.id.i hnvo riihu , but the lotflslntor who
considers It tils llrst duly to Hrxerllli-o ovorv-
tiling for tlio bciU'flt of tlioaa t-orpor.itlons U
not representing the people of Nubr.tska.
irolilreKoCltb.cn : It Is time thu o whouro
hi fitvur of r.Ulroa-,1 roijnl.itlon got together
retwrdloss of party linos. The people want
r.tllroiul regulation and r.iltroad freight r.lte.s
roducod. A law wliU-h iloos that will be Just
as Rood whether passoil by republloam , in
dependents or democrats , The until object
Is to ( jot tlio Inw. Thoan who hujp pais such
a bill urc entitled to gratituderog.irdlcss of
their party limitations.
I'lattsmottth Journal : Clover Church
Howoi-atno near routing the anti-railroad
legislators , but Porter saved the rotmrt on
tlio railroad bill. The railroads have no fear
of remedial legislation so long ns Tom Ma
jors holds the whip In hand In the senate ,
but appearances would bo better If the
house , which Is supposed ' " contain a sifo ;
majority of represontatlvu-i of tlio people ,
should fall to fulfill the expectations of the
constituents who eluded them.
York Democrat : Honorable gentlemen of
t.hu seniito of Nebraska , will you give the
people of Nebraska u maximum freight law ,
or will you take the awful responsibility
upon your shoulders of denying thU demand
of the i people ? It Is about tlmo to speak out.
There- a lurking suspicion out this way
that you Intend to shoulder the responsi
bility , with all of Its direful consequences to
your political future. Your friends at homo
nro asking for bread ; will you give them a
stouef
I.KT At ) JtlVll .SII'/.V/ > / ,
Plattsinouth Journal : When a sclf-con-
fcssoil scoundrel and bankrupt can inalto an
extra dlvo Into the pockets of friends and
noiselessly bring out ? UK,000 ) lu cash and a
promise of Immunity from the annoyance of
imprisonment , wo bcllovo ho is entitled to
entry for tlio sweepstakes prize. Moshor is
truly a Napoleon of finance , and Nebraska
as a producer of men of genius 13 climbing
dangerously near Now York.
Ulair Pilot : And why should Moshcr bo
screened , oven If his friends paid back every
cent of his stealings ? Or Is there anything
hi the law that permits Its ofllctals to com
pound this or any other felony for a money
consideration ? These things are perhaps
beyond the comprehension of the common
people , but they can yet readily comprehend
that corruption and dishonesty are moro
powerful in intluenco in high placoi than
candor and honesty can ever hope to bo.
Friend Telegraph : Had Moshcr been a
poor friendless postal clerk who had stolen
less than $ -0 thcro would bo great olTort
made to send him up for a good term of
years. Hut the man who has systematically
robbed both the rich nnd poor until the
amount reaches nearly a round million dollars
lars has In some manner became a great man
in the eyes of the law , and if his friends can
bo worked for 13 per cent of hla crooked
ness ho may go stark trco. This Is a queer
ago we are living in.
A 11 ron k In the .Monotony.
Chicago Keifs.
There is at last a break in tlio revolution
ary record of those southern nations. Hon
duras , determined to bo original , Is having
two revolutions instead of-one.
A.Sample Hull.
Clilciiun .Mall.
Thcro was never a more beautiful sped-
men of an Irish bull than the willingness of
tlio Ulster men to take arms against the
government of England in order to show
their loyalty to it.
J. Stnrllns'H Crop.
Tribune.
J. Sterling Morton has not yet confirmed
the report that ho once raised 1S75 bushels
of corn on a tweiity-acro lot. Perhaps the
figures were wrong. Possibly he raised
twenty bushels of corn on a 1,575-aere lot.
Innoceiico.
St. Iiinttf lieimlillc.
Is it true that ovcry member of the Alls-
souri legislature has a free pass In
iwckotr Or tliat : i majority of them are
thus guilty ? If it were truo. how could they
expect from the people respect for laws that
are inado by lawbreakers !
Should Hnvo Itotlruil Two Ycnrx Ago.
St. LoulK Itepuhllc.
General James S. Clurkson announces that
ho will not bo n candidate for rc-cloction as
president of the National League of Repub
lican Clubs. It is said that the general wilJ
retire from politics entirely and devote him
self to the Mexican enterprises in which ho
is interested.
Due of tli "linmortiilft. "
Denver JVcics.
Grcsham Is ono of the immortal 30B who
went down lighting for a third term for
Grant in the Chicago convention in 18SO.
The reunion of the stalwart SOti will bo hold
next month. It Is not known whether Mr.
Cleveland's premier will appear again within
the ranks of the stalwart old guard.
Tlio I'limiimttlo I'lunie.
JVcio
The mall pnoutntUio lube system appears
to bo a complete success , Judging from a dis
patch sent by Postmaster Kielu of Philadel
phia to Mr. Wanamaker last week. The
system Is capable of indefinite expansion ,
ana the introduction of it during President
Harrison's administration is one of the
things that will help to make that adminis
tration memorable.
Whom Kolorm Conies In ,
( ltutie-Dein < terat ,
Democratic statisticians aro-figuring out
thai a duty on tea , coffee and sugar would
yield a revenue to the government of from
$50,1)00,000 ) to $100,000,10. ) a year , in proportion
to the rate of the duty. The republicans
inado these articles Iree , but the democrats
are likely to'restoro the duty on them. They
will tVy to do It anyhow. The dumoarats ,
know the "friends of the
vou , are working-
man. "
nclnl Outcasts.
Itccoitl.
Balllngton Hooth proposes to try In this
cc-.mtry the plan of farm colonies for the
regeneration , of social outcasts which his
father Introduced successfully in "Darkest
England , " nnd the ilrst colony will probably
bo settled In Now Jersey. It will bo an ex
periment , of course , but ono of the pro-
foundcst interest industrially as well as
morally , and it cannot fail to enlist the sym
pathies of nil who feel a sense of concern for
their fellow-men who may have fallen by the
waysldo.
Attacking I'riiocloi'n of Contract.
ffeiv York Times.
It is reported from St. Paul that a bill has
been introduced In the senate of Minnesota
prohibiting the preference of ono nrocious
metal over another tn the making of con
tracts , the object being to abolish what are
known as gold mortgages. Thorn is no run-
sea to suppose that such a bill could bocoino
law in Minnesotawhich state has boon nota
bly free from the infiuenco of the moro dar
ing populist ideas. Hut if It could ho passed
it could never bo enforced. Freedom of con
tract Is a right far too dear to the American
mind to bo restricted or abolished by any
legislallvo body. Even If the law should b < j
sustained by the courts , which is doubtful ,
any attempt to carry it into ofl'ect would
nrouso a fatal opposition , and that not
among lenders , but among borrowers. It Is
the latter who would bo restrained and om-
barnisscd and not the former and It would
take a very brief experience to show them
how deeply they would bo Injured by such a
law.
Itnllrniiil 1'uro * HIM ! thn U'orld'H I'lilr.
.
The World's fair In Chicago is not a private -
vato venture for private gnin , but a great
public undertaking for the public good. The
states and the natiomil government have
contrlouted directly to this undertaking , and
the railways must do their share towards its
complete success , both direatly and Indi
rectly. The purpose of the fair is in the
main educational. That purpose will bo do-
fcatod unless a very great number of visitors
are nhlo to visit Chicago , and by studying
the oxhlbits learn the lessons that they
teach. The great majority of tneso visitors
must go to Chicago by rail , and Iftho rail
ways , by ungenerously high faros , discourage
the visitors who must count each dollar of
expense , then the railways will have failed
In tholr duty towards the public. The very
people who will bo mosl benefited by visiting
the fulr iiro these who must carefully con
sider the cost. A matter of $10 or $15 in rail-
wav faros Is nothing to rich men , but it Is a
great deal to the artisans and mechanics and
farmers of the country. Uesldes being
wrong lu Itself , such a policy would bo short-
. , . . . .v.J. oven from n purely dollish Rtntul-
, .olnt. In the development of the country
mil Hit growth la wealth the railways prollt
llroctly nud quickly. The Centennial exhi
bition gnvo n groal Impetus to trade , and ro-
suited ' In the growth or of many Industries.
I'ho Columbian fair will do the sumo thing ,
ind In Its complete HIHVCSS the railways
mvo nil Interest that the managers cannot
afford to Ignore ,
A UllRIK
George Parsons Lathrop nsys tint I rln
- ess Kaiu'aiil ' has no royal blood In her vein * ,
nmlttmtho I.- * tired of hearing her talk of
"my Ihrono" nnd "my poplo. " .Sir. I/Uhrou
wus born in Honolulu , tinil U familiar" with
the political history of 1 Iaw.nl. Ho calls at
tention to the fact that the ruling power
thcro has not even Indirectly been connected
with blood or lineage , but has passed nt
! iazurd from ono Individual to another , anil
In ono instance was determined by popular
election.
s tit IMwy ttio Snnlldwcr.
1'iijifllfon Times ,
Is the patronage plan degrading ? Lot us
sco. Two months ago every deniocrntio
editor In Nebraska was denouncing .1. Ster
ling Morton us n republican corporation stool
ilgeon. Then Morton had no power. Today
Morton Is In Cleveland's cabinet , with n lian-l
on the patronage throttle , and what do wo
see ? the disgusting spectacle of a ma
jority of Morton's lute tradticors
dcallmr out columns of gush and slush lu
honor of llio man they but n short while ago
consigned to political perdition. And why I
Simply because the nvorago democratic ed
itor wants nn ofllee and Is willing to sacrifice
his soul to got It. Two or three months ago
the Times expressed a belief that Morton
had made his campaign last fall in the inter
ests of HID republican ticket.Vo hold to
that opinion today , and no promise of politi
cal preferment for self or friends shall lea'l
us to "crook the pregnant hinge. * of the
Knco" before the Nebraska member of the
cabinet.
Xo I'litRo for < la , < -l.r I.iurjor * .
l'orl < Tim * .
The bill providing for a commission to as-
slst the supreme court bus passed both
houses and awaits the signature of the gov
ernor. Already thcro are a number of attor
neys of more or loss ability and prominence
who have made a rush for the appointment.
The supreme court will undoubtedly seek to
appoint men who will bo of some use to
them , men upon whom they can rely to n
certain extent and in whoso Judgment they
have conlldcnco. If they appoint second-
rate lawyers the commission will bo a farce ,
ns none of the supreme Judges would place
any confidence In their findings and the re
sult would IK ? that the commission would bo
a failure. There is no danger , however , that
such appointments will be made. The Judges
nro fully awuko to the position , have every
menans of knowing who the proper and best
men nro and will act accordingly. The com
mission will be composed of one able demo
cratic anil two able republican lawyers. No
ono takes any risk in venturing that state
ment.
True Test ot Popularity.
Phllttdcli > hlit Times.
It Is n good tcsu of u man's character that
he Is thought well of at homo among the
people 1 who have summered and wintered
with him and who know him In private lifo
as well as in public position. Judged by this
test ( the outpouring of Indianapolis people
to welcome Ucnjainln Harrison , the private
citizen , who loft the simo city four years
ago as the president-elect of the United
States , was a tribute to tin * worth of the
man of which he or any other man could
justly be proud. Koturning to the associates
of n lifetime with no rewards to give in re
turn for a show of devotion , Mr. Harrison
could rightly accept yesterday's demonstra
tion by his old friends and neighbors as an
unfeigned tribute to his worth as a citizen
and public official , and it may as truthfully
bo snitl that Mr. Harrison's neighbors have
Just cause to bo proud of the record and
career of their distinguished fellow-citizen ,
no matter how much many of thorn may dis-
aureo with him upon the questions that di
vide political parties.
Ilfincaty vs. iculvocutlon : | ,
Crete VMnttr.
The members of a legislature nro not elected
on a state plutlorm , and are not particularly
bound by any dwlnratlon of principles not
distinctly republican In their nature l .vci'pt
It Is adopted by the convention that put t > uch
members In nomination. State Journal.
That's the idea exactly , Jt is this iden
tical theory of political integrity that has
given the republican party the exalted posi
tion it holds in the state today. It Is this
shirking of responsibility , outlined in the
above clipping , and assiduously followed by
the Journal for years , that made W.
V. Allen a member of the United
States senato. It may do as a cloak
behind which to hide the Inefficiency or
treachery of a member of < llio legislature ,
but it has taken Nebraska from the reliable
republican states nnd placed it In thn repub
lican column , una if that pernicious doctrine
is followed in the future , us It has been in
the past , Nebraska will not oven bo a doubt
ful stato. To place one interpretation on a
platform during a campaign and another
when the tlmo comes for act'on may bo re
publicanism In the eyes of the Journal , but It
is of that brand of republicanism which be
gets your Simpsons , and Mclvciglnns , and
IComs , and Leases. In fact , a two-faced
policy cannot win in any field.
Why are platforms advocating legislative
enactments adopted by state conventions If
they are not to bo followed by the members
of that party in the legislature ? The gov
ernor cannot comply with the aemnmls of
that platform. Neither can the lieutenant
governor nor the secretary of state , nor any
of the other statooftlccrs. All tbo platforms
of all the parties in existence cannot cnablo
thoao oAlcors to carry out the declarationu
therein set forth. Therefore , the principles
of the party , as thus enunciated , according
to the Journal's dcllnltion of political sins
cerity , are lint n.i the tinkling nf cymbals
and the sounding of brnw. v
The platform Introduced In the state con
vention nt Lincoln last summer called for
certain reform * at the luuuls of the state
legislature That platform was ndopto 1 by
a unanimous vote of KtT ! delegate * , nnd these
delegates represented the republican party -
not only of Llncoin and of Omaha , but of the
whole stato. It was the highest authority In
republican councils so far ns state matters
arc concomod No honest republican would
attempt to go behind It. No republican with
any regard for his future will dare go back
on those declarations. For ropubllcjini now
to claim that that platform should hnvo
no bearing upon the republican mem
bers of the legislature is to confess
that they were guilty of the moat
villainous lying last full ; and any roimhlic.au
member of the legislature who ropti-llatos
that platform on the Illmsy ground thai his
constituents were opiwscd to It will bo
guilty of downright treachery nnd Inexcus
able cowardlco. There nro no ether terms ,
to uso. I'ho will of the state convention Is
paramount to and takes pixvo-lenco over that
of any legislative or senatorial dUtrlct ,
especially where men by hook or crook , com
bination or deal nro elected In these districts
to represent Just ono idea and n minority
vote. If the republicans would gala their
former prestige In Ihis state they must do
as they promise , nnd hnvo no quibbling over
It cither. Truth Is truth. Lying is lying.
Success comes with ono ; everlasting defeat
with the other. There Is no half way ground
and there can bo no compromise.
Printer * ( ilvn , \ < lvlci > .
At the Young Men's Christian association
yesterday afternoon the sublcct for discus
sion was a talk to printers by these who
have been printers. Mr. S. W. Nllcs spoke
briefly and was followed by Messrs. Hcynolds
and Kwitzlcr. These gentlemen declared
that printers were not as bad ns they had ,
sonVtlmes been represented and thai many
of tit-iii ! load good Christian lives , and as a
rule were generous , self-sacrillclng men ,
The remarks of the speakers were purely
Informal. They all advised ovcry printer to
take | Christ into his life nnd become bettor
and j happier men.
MK.tT IX HltllltT 31KTRK ,
India has lii'l cotton mills.
Ventilated Iwots are worn.
Undo Sain has 10,000,000 cows.
Glass was our Ilrst manufacture.
Tlio female invimtor is Increasing ,
In 1S1 J 'JS.OOO patents were Issued.
Germany lias.fit ( ) ! ) electric plants.
Cooking by electricity is In vogue.
An Amsterdam pcildlcrlaft $ SO,000.
Uncle Sam Is worth $ tl.1VISUOO,000. (
All PUlsburtf once sold for a violin.
There are aluminium tobacco pipes.
Millionaire Macicny was n newsboy.
Portugal loads lOuropo in Illiterates.
Massachusetts built ourtlrst canals.
Now Orleans loids In banana Imports.
Canadian railways stretch 11,201) ) miles.
Winnipeg breeds buffaloes with cattlo.
United States contains ; ! ,0.)0 ) paupers.
Knglaml uses 2,10,000.000 brick a year.
Our paper output is $175,000,000 a year.
\Vo inako tl7.0Sl,000 in ribbons u year.
Amcrlcan'Journals employ 200,000 men.
Chicago has twenty-live national banks ,
ISleotriclty propels till Toledo street cars.
St. Louis rivals Hoston as a shoo center.
China's richest banker has f',0XKK,000. ! ) ( )
Alaska has yielded Sn.OOJ.OOO lu sealskins.
A Mexican street car rents for ! .r > 0 n day.
Our dynumito Industry represents $ ( ) ,000-
OOl ) .
A machine picks 7,000 pounds of cotton a
day.
A COLLKVTIOX HI'H3III.KS.
Washington Star : "A penny saved Is a pnnny
iirned , " said the old lady who kept her savings
In a teapot.
Philadelphia Uecord : The clo"lc trust Is Urn
latest. It- * object bolng to put a Mop to tick In
the business.
Now Orleans Picayune : Cirrus performers
nro counting on a backward Mp
Philadelphia Times : The n vertigo hniifft'ror ,
after spollsdocsn't particularly iwro wlio lakes t -
tlio cake so long as liu ( 'ots a pudding.
IlliiKhamlon Loader : When a man Is slovj
about -etlllni : would It bo good policy for his I
grocer to tihalcu hltn ?
Drake's Miigiizliio : "My wife , " mild Sim
proudly , "Is queen of the- tea tabloj and shol
novur reiRiis butshu JIOIIM. "
Iloston Transcript : Only ono person In on ,
thousand dies of old iiuu. So H seums that old
a e Is not so danxurons astliu Insiirtinco tublesl
would huvo us liulluvu.
Chicago News : Celebrated Music Teacher .
1 rejrrot to Inform you , my youns friend , that
you luivo physical ( INiiilviintiiRps which will
prevent your bucomlnj ? a reat pianist.
Ambltrous Student Why , my HiiKors are
IOIIK and llexllilo , and .
Celebrated Music Teacher Yoq , but , pardon
mi1 have noticed you have signs of prema
ture baldness ,
Washington Star : "IIow'll you hnvo your
whiskers trimmed ? " asked the barber of the
man who was dozing In the chair.
"llnw'll I have them trlmmod ? " he repented
In a dazed way. Then , as the memory of In-
nuKiiratlon Hashed over his mind , "Trim 'em
red , whlto an' blue. " Then ho resumed hl
wip ,
WHAT WON H Ell.
1'ttck.
Ho told her of his high nstato
A > ho.sought her love togulnt
Hi ) boasted of hN Norman blood ,
Which also was In vain ;
lln mimed the hum he was Insured
The malilen caught her breath ;
Her head sought rest upon his lircastt
She said : " 1 in yours till death. " '
Sk COL
lit M'limfiiottirorj an I Retailer *
of Clothing la ttuVorU. .
Song of the Saw
The carpenters saw the wood the people saw
" the bargains because
we saw that it was bet
ter for us to saw olTsomo
of the price rather than
allow the saw-dust to
get in its work not that
saw-dust would hurt
the suits any , but that
they were in the way of the saw You saw how
they were sawingout the side of the store this
week didn't you Well , if you did , you saw those
now spring suits and overcoats you saw the price
you saw the quality you saw the exclusive
styles you saw nothing like them anywhere else
This one point we want to impress upon you
while the sawing is going on wo are prepared and
are doing business just as nicely as ever , and as an
inducement to bravo the noise of the saw wo are
offering the greatest bargains you ever saw. See ?
BROWNING , KING & CO. ,
Bloro T"urd,7iu ? ? iu"13 " " an sW , Cor , 16th and Douglas 31