Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMAHA DAILY BEEWEDNESDAY : ! , MARCH 22 , 1893.
THE DAILY BEJg
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'rdllnrlnl nmtler should bo addressed to llio
Editorial Dop.irtment.
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lionildrcssed tciTliolloo I'ubllslilnp Company ,
Oninlm. DrnflH , ehecks nnd postolllco orders
to Ixi tiindo paynblo to the order of tlto com-
nun punLisHiNo COMPANY.
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INKAI. 1 Notnrj Public.
A\nrnRo Cli-i-iilatlon lor rtiliiunty , 21.Ml )
Boumcr C'oc'KKAN says Clovolnnd Is i
nil right now. Wonder what ho will get ?
ItepubliriiiiH in the senate dimdd stand up
for Xcbruda and mlfem the pledges of
JS02 by voting for hoiw toll S3.
UP TO tliis writing \vo haven't hoard
of any banquets bohifr iirobontcd to the
estimable lady whom Kynor Insulted in
the house po.stollleo.
Dr.Nvru is very ] > roiul of her indus
trial exposition now in progress , but
eho should see the Nebraska manufac
turers exposition next May In this city.
VBKY little is hoard just now from
democratic SHU-COS abiut wiping out the
robber turKT. It is Htraujre tliat intore&t
in this great enterprise should have
abated BO aimi/.ingly slnro election.
W12 STIUDDKU to think that Nebraska
is now without a United States marshal.
The Folsun lots are utterly unprotected ,
and thirsty democrats are humming :
"Water , water everywhere and not a
drop to drink. "
SKNATOKClVAHKKdO'sOl'VOS the highest
praise for his courageous course in voting
ing his honest con\ lotions on the railway
question and standing up for the pro
ducers of this state in spite of the press
ure from powerful corporations.
Tin : populists of Kansas will have a
legislative insurance bribery investiga
tion too. It is singular that ho many in
surance companies got tangled up with
legislators. It may yet ba necessary tor
the state to insure its lawmakers against
the blandishments of insurers' ' .
Tun county commissioners and the
council finance committee have again
failed to get together In regard to that
balance between the city and the county ,
with which they have been wrestling
for many weary months. The robins
will nest again before the matter is dis
posed of. j _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
The Ifijhlaturc should not adjourn before
it has stamped out corruption and placed
the state institutions under the care and
supervision of officers who do not wink at
corrupt practices and have the integrity and
thcbackbonc to stop thieves and plunderers
from robbing the ktatc and looting the
treasury. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
JUSTICE UitKWKK said at a meeting ol
the Congregational club that It is an in
justice for congress to discriminate
against the Chinese. There can bo nc
question of the soundness of this propo-
sltion , yet Washington Is a long waj
from San Francisco , where the high
binder binds.
No MXSS than twenty-five nuimifuctur-
ing concerns of Lincoln will make ex
hibits at the coming exposition in this
city. Reports from all parts of the state
indicate the same lively interest and the
prospect iu\v is that the second oxpos.1
tion will bo many times more oxtotisivi
than the Ilrst.
SAMUKL , W. ALLKUTON , the non
partisan citizens candidate for mayor o
Chicago , has In forcible terms forbii
the use of money collected of city 1ml
employes to aid in his election and hat
directed tlutt the money oo refunded
This may bo a grand stand play , but 11
is none the loss commendable.
Tin : Kantas City Commercial club ii
making plans for "another swing aroum
the circle of Kansas towns , " as tin
Times calls It. These Kansas City bust
ness men are pretty well organized am
they don't propo&o to let anything litho
the way ' of trade get away If they cai
help it. How Is It with Omaha ?
Tin : complaint is made that one or tw
jobbing houses In Omaha , which doponi
largely upon ttiolr Nebraska trade , ar
n t abiding by the homo patronage prin
ciple to which the inurchuntH , manufac
Hirers and consumers of the state ar
now BO generally committed , but ar
importing goods that can bo purchase' '
in Nebraska as well as olhowhoro. Sue
cases are rare , however , and It Is hope
that it will not bo long before they cai
not bo found at all.
SKCHCTAKY MOKTON recently ii
formed Governor lioyd that lie woul
have ir thing to do with dispensing fee
oral 1 atronage In this state that ho ii
tended to confine himself strictly to tli
business of his big beet ] dispensary. Di
now Tin : Bnu's Wns > hngton ! dlspatclu
Indicate that Mr. Morton Is bcekii > " 1
dictate every appointment and his pe
nlcloua activity has greatly dlsturbc
Senator Allen and Congressman Uryai
Hero is the field of a lively threo-co
norod fight. The jxsoplo of Nebras.1
will not approve this state of thing
What they wuut is garden seed.
; .v roun DUTY.
The eyes of the whole state are turned
to the legislature. The people of Nebraska -
bra-ska demand of tholr representatives
a stern and fearless vindication of the
law. Every republican olllclal In the
Htato house who has been recreant to his
trust should bo publicly arraigned for
his misdemeanors and summarily deposed
from power and place. Such a course Is
demanded for the safety ana welfare of
this commonwealth. The state treasury
has been looted by men who were sworn
to guard it. Our state institutions
have become cesspools of corruption
through the criminal negligence
and recklessness of state ofllcors who
might , had they exorcised ordinary dili
gence and care , have saved the state thou
sands of dollars. The great penal In
stitution at Lincoln , which has cost the
taxpayers of Nebraska from $112. " ) to
$150 for every day In the year , has been
the ground of gigantic frauds and
dwindles through the connivance of
state olllcors charged with Its super
vision. Mistakes and irregularities on
the part of public olllcors may bo over
looked and , condoned ; criminal negli
gence , reckless infractions of law and
downright palpable dishonesty must not
only bo rebuked , but severely punished.
The duty of the legislature is clear.
It must purge the state house. The leg
islature bhould not falter in its resolve
to impeach the members of the Hoard
of Public Lands and Buildings who
have not already been retired by the
people and refuse to retire thom-
bolvcs. The claim that the supreme
court will not sustain the impeachment
Is the Miriest nonsense. The supreme
court of Nebraska will not stultify itself
by glosblng over criminal scandals such
as have been brought to light by the
legijlature. The supicmo court Is not
ignorant of the fact that the high court
of public opinion is not only to sit upon
the action of the legislature but also
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upon the tribunal designated by the
constitution as arbiter between the people
ple and tholr falthloas public borvunts.
iiM'unuc.ixs ix Tin : STATISKXATI :
Republican members of the senate are
making a record on the railroad ques
tion that Htands in lamentable contrast
with pledges made In the republican
state platform on which they were
elected. Most of those senators stand
individually pledged to their constitu
ents to vote for a reasonable maximum
bill. What explanation or excuse can
they make for refusing to consider hoii'-.o .
roll Jill ? Why do they persistently re-
fu&o the right of way of a measure
which they are in honor bound
to dUcuss and pass upon before they
adjourn ? IIouso roll 33 is not the New-
berry bill of I8'J ' ] , or oven of 1893. It
is the bill compiled by the hoiifeo rail-
read committee and revised by the
senate railroad committee bo as to
lender it free from rational objection.
The bill as it now stands before the
bonato Is from 10 to 30 per cent higher
than the maximum rates now in force
in the state of Iowa.
Can any honest republican stand up
for the extortionate local rates to which
Nebraska hr.3 been subjected for twenty
years ? Why should not these rates bo
materially reduced by the legislature
in view of the fact that the railroad
managers have had control of the state
railroad commission ever since it was
created ? Do the republicans of the
state bcnato represent the railroads , or
lo they represent the people ? Do they
magino that they can explain away to
the people their refusal to give
irompt and fair consideration to the
illls prepared and enacted by the
wpular house of the legislature ? If
, hey llnd anything in the bill that would
work injustice to the railroads , why don't
they point it out and make an effort to
eliminate It ? Remember that there is
iv hereafter , when the republican party
will bo called to account. Why should
the senate bo the slaughter house of all
railroad regulation and all reforms ol
every nature which have been promised
to the people ? What possible chance is
Lhoro for over electing another repub
lican to the state donate two years hence ,
If the republican members of the senate
repudiate the obligations which the
party has assumed for them and
[ or themselves and their party ?
TK.UVS/'OKT.tT/O.Y H.ITKS AND I'lllV-
ILKGKS.
The transportation bureau of Kansas
City has set on foot a movement to secure -
cure passenger rates for that point ii
proportion to the ratoj made for tin
World's fair in Chicago , and has askoi
the railroads and the trafllc association
to favor Kansas City with tire same privil
cges accorded to Chicago and the wcston
cities. A proportional rate into Kainaa
City from the west is also asked , or at
least a btop-ovor privilege so that pas
bongers can stop there either going 01
earning. It is arguoJ that St. Louis ha ;
been accorded equal privileges , and tha
while the roads are ready to make rate ,
between Kansas City and Chicago li
both directions nothing has been don
in the way of favoring the former will
through rates from the seaboard or fron
the west.
The bamo subject has , boon moro 01
less discussed In Omaha , and this papo
has repeatedly urged that stops b
taken to secure seine rccognltloi
for this city in respect to stoj
over privileges , If nothing more
Judging by what Is known of th
methods of railroad rate makers , th
prospect of bceurlng through rates froi
the seaboard or , from the west seem
rather remote , both for Kansas City an
for Omaha ; but the stop-over prlvllog
ought ta bo granted without hesitation
If the accommodation of its patrons is ;
mutter of any concern whatever to
railroad company it should need no ai
gumont to prove that this concesslo
would bo only just and fair. Thousand
of rooplo from the west will wish t
btop In Omaha on tholr way to the oxpt
sltion or on the return trip. Many i
thofco are business men who hnv
commercial relations ulth this city , nil
who will wish to stop hero in the ii
\
torcst of a trade in which the transpor
tation ompantea themselves are on-
corned. This consideration ought to
have some force with any corporation
that looks into the future nt all.
The efforts of Kansas City to secure
concessions arc much more likely lo suc
ceed than those of Omaha unless our
business men put forth some orgnnl/ed
and systematic endeavor to influence the
policy of the railroad companies In this
respect. It must bo confessed that
wo are at present poorly propaVeu1 to do
this. Our men of afTulrs are so deeply
devoted to nllalrs strictly personal to
themselves that It is dlfllcult to unite
them upon any project for the advan
tage of the community In general. But
there are some hopeful signs of a ehango
in this respect. The now Commercial
club , designed to embrace every legiti
mate commercial and professional In
terest in the city , glvoa promise of becom
ing nn elTectlvo Instrumentality for the
advancement of every undertaking that
concerns the welfare of Omaha. Other
cities have achieved much through such
organizations. They bring diverse in
terests into touch with one another and
unite man upon common ground in
behalf of a common purpose. But if the
rate concessions and privileges asked of
the railroads by Kansas City are to bo
hccured for Omaha it will bo necessary
to act promptly. Unless an earnest
effort Is made this city will obtain no
recognition whatever.
Tlic people do not want the legislature to
adjourn before the state home has b"-n
purged of dishonest and faithless official * .
The people icill cliecrfully bear any taxation
the legislature may impose on them if the
legislature will only do its duly fearlessly
andrcijaidlcssof all pressure from corpo-
iatc Injlucncc or the corrupt lobby.
AND .III ! LAW.
The conflict between the Toledo ,
Ann Arbor & North Michigan Railway
company and its engineers has boon car
ried into the courts , and the result will
bo awaited with great interest by both
the employes of railroad companies
throughout the country and by the cor
porations. The vital issue relates to
the interchange of tralllc on Interstate
business between the road whoso engin
eers are on strike and connecting roads.
The constitution of the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers provides that
members of that organisation shall re-
fube to haul freight on a connecting road
for a road on which there is a strike of
engineers , and in obedience to this re
quirement a boycott was Instituted by
the engineers of a number of roads
against cars billed from the Toledo ,
Ann Arbor & North Michigan company.
That company filed a bili of complaint
in the United States circuit court for
the northern district of Ohio , upon
which the court ordered that a writ of
injunction bo issued enjoining and re
straining the defendant railroads , eight
In number , from refusing to offer and
extend to the complaining com
pany the same equal facilities for
interchange of trafllc on intor-
btato business as are enjoyed by
other railway companies , and from re
fusing to receive cars billed from points
in one state to points in another state
which may bo offered to the defendant
companies by the complainant , and from
refusing to deliver in like manner to
baid complainant cars which may bo
billed over complainant's line from
points In ono state to points in other
states. Another order of the court en
joined and restrained the chief ofllcers
of the Brotherhood of Locomotive En-
glnors and the Brotherhood of Locomo
tive Firemen from issuing , promulgat
ing ' or continuing in force any
rule or order of any kind un
der the rules or regulations of these
associations requiring or commanding
employes of the defendant railroad com
panies named in the Injunction to refuse
to receive , handle or deliver cars of
freight in course of transportation from
ono state to another , from and to the
complaining road ; and also from In any
way directly or indirectly endeavoring
to persuade or induce any employes of
the railway companies whose lines con
nect with the road of the complaining
company not to extend to said company
the sains facilities for Interchange of
interstate trafllo as are extended to other
railway companies. A third order re
quired the chief ofllcors of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers to make
known to the members of the association
involved that the rule or regulation re
quiring them to refuse to handle cars ol
the Toledo , Ann Arbor & North Michi
gan Railroad company is not in force ot
effect against said company. March 27
was sot as the date for the hearing of the
issues.
It will bo soon that this judicial action
takes a wide scope , and the fooling ol
the court may bo inferred fron
some of the moro striking ro'
marks of Judge Ricks in addres
sing eight engineers and firemei
who were arraigned before the coni
fer contempt in. refusing to obsy its
orders. The judge said : "You are
engaged in a service of a public character
actor , and the public are interested
not only in the way in which you per
form your duties while you continue ii
that service , but a-o quite as much interested
torested in the time and clrounntuni'c ;
under which you quit that employment
You cannot always choose your owi
tlmo and place for terminating thes
relations. . If you were permitted to d
bo you might quit your work at ;
time and place and under circum
stances which would Involve Irreparable
able damage to your employer
and jeopardise the lives of the traveling
public. " The court said It did not a
sumo the power to compel the men t (
continue in the service of tholr employe !
against their will , but it did undertaki
to compel them to perform tholr whole
duty while such relations continue , am
It also claimed the right , for the pur
pose of ascertaining whether its ordvr
had boon violated , to determine wlUi
the relations of the mon to tholr em
ployer legally terminated and who
tholr obligations to observe the prdc
of the court ceased. It is obvlou
that the determination of the ii
sues involved will have a vcr ,
Important bearing upon the future t
the associations of railway engineer
and firemen , and indeed upon all organ
zatlons of railway employes. Somotliln
important will bo gained If the final ju
dicial decision OH.UIO Issues raised and
these may have IHBO considered by the
supreme cnirt HfEJho Tutted States-
shall fully and q\f \ jtrly define the obllga-
HOIH to the pubi ivyf both the railway
corporations atUjhplr omployes in eon-
noeti'ui with those controversies.
. /t vote of censiifify \ the legislature will
have no more cffechifim the Jiottrd of Public
fMttda and Jluildfltyi than pouring water
on a duck's back. 'iO'U the rascals out
,
and place the mtinSytnient of our state in
stitutions into the ttqndi of men ic/io / will
not stand by and let the state treasury be
pillaged by thieves and swindlers.
Tin : venerable Judge Agnew of Penn
sylvania says the annexation of Hawaii
would bHng into oxUtonco alarming
constitutional conditions. There would
arise the obligation to guarantee to a
remote and discovered state a republi
can form of government , protect it from
fiivaslonand against domestic violence ;
Invoking the pnvor to call forth the
militia to execute the law.s of the union ,
suppress Insurrection and ropoi Inva
sion. This uowoi1 cannot bo fully exe
cuted without a parinunont government
force upon the Islutrls , and besides
this there mint bo a sulllclent
naval force. The advocates of annexa
tion profess to believe that none of those
things would bo necessary , because If
thb territory became a p.irt of the
United States foreign governments
would respect it just as they do the pres
ent territory of this country , but it
ought to bo obvious to everybody that
wo sho.ild have to maintain there a laivl
and a naval force , and It is very question
able whether the benefits to bo derived
from possession would repay the outlay
necessary to maintain It. But this Is
perhaps a loss borious matter than the
radical departure from the established
policy of the government which would
bo Involved in annexation. It Is difficult
to give creJonco t' ) the statement that
either President Cleveland or Secretary
Orosham is disposed to do this.
Ex-SncRnrAiiv Tu.vcv was banqueted
a few evenings ago and in the course of
his remarks ho said that when the ships
now In oiirso of construction are com
pleted the United States will rank as the
fifth naval power , surpassed only by
England , Franco , Russia and Italy. Wo
shall have passed both Spain and Germany -
many and can once more take rank
among the naval powers of the world.
Ton years ago there was hardly a ship
yard in the country willing to under
take the constrrfctlbn of a mod
ern man-of-wauaS | Today wo have
the most magnffitjLMil ship yards to
bs found anywlierS. An interesting
feature of the cnlqjision was the hearty
approval by the pro.sont secretary of the
navy , M" . Herbert , of the administra
tion of the department by his prede
cessor and the "asguranco he gave that
the policy Instituted would be main
tained. The navJiUcstablishmont of the
United States is now in a condition that
appeals to the piiita of the people , and
while there will probably bo no great
addition * tp it under the pregout admin
istration the country will demand that
hereafter it shall at least be kept up to
the present standard.
IN .TUDGI : WALTON'S case the office
bought the n'an. Ho did not seek it , ' but
actually declined it. When Tin : BUK
printed the fact of his declination an al
leged democratic editor accused us of
manufacturing the news. A democrat
cannot credit a report of any man's de
clination of ollico. With him such a
thing Is preposterous unheard of among
democrats. But , happily , Judge Wal
ton reconsidered and has assumed his
now duties.
1'clei ,
VhllaiMptila llecortt.
The Baltimore authorities , acthifr on the
hint K'von ' in the recent decision of the
United States supreme court declaring the
light of municipalities to put a roiisonnblo
tax on telegraph poles , have decided to im
pose a tax of & per i > ole.
Dctworu Two Tires.
Clitcaun Ittconl.
On the heels of the work of Minnesota's
legislature in showinp up the co.il trust
coino charges of Jobbery in a bill touching
the stain's lumber interests Between co.il
and wood Minnesota , promises to bo well
warmed up.
The Hunt for Truth.
GlH\ie-r \ > cmwmt.
Commissioner Blount , whim ho reaches
Ilauuli , will inquire into Minister Slovens'
actions. This is right. Prubablv the ac
tions A\ ill bear Investigation. Anyhow the
investigation will please the country. Lot
us have the whole truth about this Hawaiian
opibodo.
Two Altogether DIir roiit IIUU.
Hoii'dls Journal.
The bill that has passed the house of the
Nobnska legislature providing for the reduc
tion of freight rates is known by the name
of the Newborry bill ; yet it is not in reality
the bill of two joars ago. It has been
changed so as to make an average reduction
of 'i"i psr cent. If its friends had been as
reasonable two years ago as they scorn to be
now the measure would have bucomo a law ;
but now It is very doubtful if It Is passed in
the sen.uo.
The Olil 'story.
JVcu'iYVifc Il'orM
' The wreck of the licading road has dls
close 1 some of tile methods byawhlch tin
business aflairs ol tlio company were manipulated
ipulatod and ultimate ruin rendered al
most inovllnblo. Ifls Iho same old story ol
Iho otlicers of one c&rhpany pulling up bonds
which Ihoy hold ! n trust , as uollator.il 01
margins of speculation in the stock of an
other , upon the llimsy pretext tint the la
tcrosls of Iho road required such a dlsposl
tlon of the comp iny.'s securities.
Ittcnnl.
Although the Inw compelling Clilnesi
laborers to register , . ! * largely sectional in iti
application , It Is non the less Important tha
Its validity and constitutionality should hi
determined by tli highest legal tribunal litho
the laud. The thrWt of the Chinese Slj
Companies to light the law may result ii
bringing the matter before the United Stale ;
supreme court , where a conclusive dcclsloi
m.iy ho arrived at. The people of the I'.icllli
slope are In earnest In their efforts to ox
cluUotlio Mongolian element ; and they wll
stop at notning to compass this end.
Corporation i In IHIIi ! .
The following statistics compiled from tin
files of the United Status Corporation liu
re.iu , the Temple , Chicago , shows thatdur
Ing the year IhUJ there v\ero incorporated Ii
the stale of Nebraska 'Jit now corporalions
with a lotal capitalisation of ? lO.OA'i.lOO , dis
tributcd as follows
Murcmittli ! nnil nwnufaeturlnjr
oompiinlps , f.7 . J5.030.-10l
* '
iwM. .lllvlUT.t . . a.230.001
Oold'.Hlher and othur iiilnlnj ? and
hnieltliiK companies 0. . . 4 , dvJ. ' ! ; !
Co il and iron conipanlos , 1 . 600,001
Main , lu nt. powi-r wnil transportii- . . . , ,
lion coiiipiinU"1 . 8,040,001
ami loan . - , a. 8 . .
llulUlliiK ! > * ' ay-wlntloiui .OW.Oij }
Irrigation companies. U '
Miscellaneous companies , 08.
ni'Ti\
Itrpnbllrain of the l.ngMntiirn .Mint Ho.
ilrrm Their I'lirty IMrilgrs.
Uoiniblluan mombeTs of the loglslu-
tnru must make an olTart t > rodooin thn
plcdjjos nui'lo by the party to the
labjrora and nroditccvd of this state in
Its Huvornt platform" or becjino responsible -
sponsiblo for Inevitable disaster. Party
platforms either moan BOinutliltijj or
they mean nothing. They are either nn
honest declaration of party principles
and a tru j enunciation of pledges In
favor of reforms demanded by the people
ple or they are u delusion and n snare.
The republican platforms of ISiK ) , 1891
and 18 12 pledge the party to specific
loglsln1 Ion In the Interest of the laborer
and p odlieer. The platform of 1300
contains the following plank In favor of
railway regulation and the abslltlon of
railroad pass bribery.
_ Wo demand the roJuctlou of freight and
p' monger rates on rallrouls to correspond
with rates now prevailing in the adjacent
states to the MisalsMppI , and wo further
demand that the legist ituro shall abolish all
passes anil free transportation on railroads
excepting for employes of railroad com
panies
The platform of 1 SOL ) also pledges the
party to enact IIIWH for the regulation
of olovatord and the prohibition of dis
crimination agaiiHt any class of ship-
purs. The plank on thla biibjeot reads
as follows :
Owners of public elevators tint receive
and him Ho ( { rain for storage should be de
clared puhllo warehousL'iiu'n an I compelled
under penalty to receive , store , ship and
handle the KIM in of nil persons alike , with
out discrimination , the state rcKtilatins
'barges ' for storage ami inspection. All
allroad companies should be required to
haul , haiullo and locelvo and ship
lin ( jrain of all persons , without dlscriml-
atlon.
The platform of 1801 embodies the
allowing plunk :
We are lieirtily in favor of the general
revisions of the Interstate commerce act
nd wodemaul the regulation of all railway
ml transpjrtitlon lines in such a m inner as
, o insure fair and reisomiblo rates to llio
iroJucars and consumers of Iho country.
The platform of 1802. upon which every
'opubllean ' member of the legislature
ivas elected , reiterates the pledges nuulo
n the two preceding platformin the
'allowing language :
The republican tnrty is the frloirl of labor
.n the factory , mill , mine and on the farm.
t will at all times stand ready to adopt any
measure that may improve its condition or
iromotc Us prosperity.
The farmers of our state who constitute
he chiot element of our productive wealth
.TO uin ? population , are entitled to the cheap
est and hcst facilities for storing , shipping
; ind marketing their products , and to this end
, ve favor such laws as will give them cheap )
sifo and easily obtained elevator and wate-
louse facilities , and will f mulsh them
iromntly and without discrimination ] ust
ind equitable rates , and proper transporta
tion facilities for all accessible mailccts.
Wo ilem uul the enactment of laws rogu-
aling the charges of express companies in
this state to the end that such rates may bo
nado reasonable.
Wo favor the adoption of the amendment
to the constitution providing for an elective
. allroad commission , empowered to llx local
ussenger and ft eight rates.
On the question of labor and the pro-
liibltlon of Plnkorton police the party
stands pledged in the following planks :
Wo deplore tliuoccurrcnco of any conflict
between labor and capital. We denounce
the agitation of demagogues designed to
foment and intensify these conflicts , and wo
most earnestly disapprove the use of private
irmed forces in any attempt to settle them.
We believe that an appeal to Iho law and Us
ofllcers Is ample lo protect property and pre
serve the peace , and favor the establishment
in some form of boards or tribunals of con-
illation 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 physical and moral well being of the
laboring man.
Wo bellovo in protecting the laboring men
by all necessary and Judicious legislation ,
and to this end wo favor the enactment of
suitable laws to protect health , life and limb
of all the employes of the transportation ,
mining and manufacturing companies while
engaged in tno service of such companies.
Will the republican members of the
legislature stand up for Nebraska and
the republican party , and redeem the
solemn pledge made to the people , or will
they heed the appeals of corporation
mercenaries aiid become recreant to
their trust ; '
This Is the last chnnco the republican
party lias for regaining popular confi
dence. It must cither keep faith with
the people or disband and let some other
party iissunio the reins of power.
Now York VI in With K
Dctrrlt'ice 1'irtn.
The Now Yorkers persist in laughing nt
"hayseed" legislation in Kansas , yet fa
miliarity with some of their own legislative
idiosyncrasies would suggest that they are
guilty of the folly of tin-owing sloncs while
living in glass houses. Ono of Iheir states
men once tried to seeuro the passage of a law
to make the consumption of cheesu compul
sory upon the convicts in state prison and
the militia of the stale. Of course , ho ropie-
sentod a cheese-making constituency.
uiiro nf ICtirnrm *
Kcw I'nh Tilbitne.
The democratic attempt to m.iKo the re
publicans responsible for the leal billion congress -
gross is charaetorlslic , but it w 111 not suc
ceed. Even Mr Holman is not equal to the
task The figures prove thai lliodemocraite
congress spent nearly $10,000,000 moro than
Us republican predecessor , and such flguics
as these are stubborn Ihtngs to deal with.
The wisest course for our domoeratic friends
is to accept the responsibility and not try to
shift It to other people's shoulders.
I'lntu MCII'H 1'liMi fcir Tap.
St. Lout * Iteinllillc < ilcm )
Owing to an unfortunate * misrepresenta
tion of the views of Postmaster General
liissell on the disinterestedness of the press ,
the report has gene abroad that all the soft
sn ips are to bo given to bink dlroetois , rail-
reid directors and corporation Inwjera and
none to editors
Tills erroneous impression is responsible
for want otherwise would be Iho unaccount
able notion of the Kditorlal Association of
Nebraska In protesting against the assump
tion that editors are too dlslntoroslod lo
want the poslonlces. Our Nobraskii con
temporaries have adopted three wheroasos
and a bo it resolve , ! to the ottoct that demo-
rrallo editors have labored most strenuously
for the welfare of the country and the ad
vancement of sound principle mm that now
when the goal has been reached they are
entitled to have their whack This Is the
intent ami pun > ese of the resolutions , a copy
01 which is to bu forwarded to the president
and to Seorel.T-y J. Sterling Morion.
Wo confess that on first reading this wo
were humilitatcd. Wo had fell nuro that
none of the high-minded and dUlntoresloU
cdllors of Iho democratic press w lulled lo ho
muzzled , and U seemed to us that these Ne
braska resolution * wro little if any hotter
than a direct demand for muzzles
On reconsideration , however , it plainly ap
pears that Nebraska journalism has not de
scended from Its hlgii plane It Is still unin
fluenced by thu domoralUing mania for
siwHU No Nebraska editor wants ofllco for
its own sake , but If ho must take it to keopn
lawyer from gutting It ho will do so ruthor
thnn suffer the roiiroachcs of his conscience
for falling to sicritlco lib own personal In
clinations to prevent the welfare of the people
ple from being put lu Jeopardy
Mr. Cleveland i having a hnrd tlmo to
provunt the lawyers from hogging overy-
tnIinj iNobmsktt Journalists wish him lo
understand that tliouirii they prefer the Inde
pendence of prlvnlo life thtn- will accept nil
ofllees that would otherwise bo tilled with
lawycis.
Considering the resolutions In this light ,
wo nro able to svmpathl7C w lib tholr purK | > sc
ntul to commend them lo thoeonsldornlloti of
President Cleveland , who In this matter ,
as in everything else , can count on the s > in-
pathy ntul assistance of thounmuz/.Iod demo
cratic press.
vi'.ui'LK HI.vor ; . - .
Senator t-Vyo will deliver the eulogy on
Ulntno In Boston on May il. No man knew
him bettor.
Oscar Browning , the provost of King's
college , Cambridge , was the Ilrst Kngllsli-
nmn to cross the Alps on a trleyclo.
Lieutenant Governor Hheohan of New-
York never travels without his Identification
tag , which might prove useful in IMSO of
accident.
Gnrdlucr C. Sims , an ( ilcetrlo ongluo
builder of Providence , may got the dmno-
crallo nomination for governor of Hhodo
Island this month.
Tesla , llio electrician whoso researches
have lately attracted so much attention , wns
employed for a jear or moro In the Wosling-
house works In Pittsburg.
Mascagnl , the famous Italian composer ,
was the lion of Berlin during his recent
visit to that capital. Gorman papers say ho
signed tils name for autograph hunters moro
than 1,000 times.
XMUtAliKA .t.\l > XlMK.tSKAXS.
The greatest revival over known in
Wnlioo is In progress at the capital of
Sanders county
The people of Stuart nro making n lively
effort to secure the building of a chicory
factory in tholr town.
Thomas J. Williams , who once represented
Franklin comity In the legislature , dlod last
week nt his home near lllldroth.
Aurora will probably have n law suit on Its
hands , as Mrs. Wlleox foil Into nn open ditch
loft unguarded by the city and broke her log.
The Ponder Republican is preparing to
issue nn edition of 10,000 copies to bu do-
votud to the advantages to settlers which
will aeciuo through llio allotment of
Omaha reservation land.
The return of the wild geese is responsible
for llio loss of Fred Prcllor's hand at Uas-
sott. Ho was out shooting nt the festive
birds , when lie plugged himself in the hand
so badlj thai amputation was necessary.
There's a boom on at Ix > omls. A now lum
ber jaril , the Christian church and live now
dwellings have recently boon added to the
town , and the Loomis Milling company is
making Its llrst shipment of 100,000 pounds
of flour to Glasgow , Scotland.
The village of dglo has developed a sen
sation , aceoidlng to the I'lattsmouth .Jour
nal The village has no licensed saloons ,
but Mr. C. C. I'rlco has boon operating a
"Jag stand1' on Iho quiet in the burg , much
lo Ihcdislikc of Iho teetotalers A few nights
ago the resoit was entered and every re
ceptacle of llio water and other drinkables
was smashed and the contents spilled about
the floor. The episode has caused an nu-
usual commotion , and Mr. Prleo retaliated
at once hi lai ing in n now stock of wet
goods Then came n warning that a coat of
tar and feathers a united him in c.iso ho
failed to leave the village. Mr. Prleo , ho\\-
e\cr , is still at the old sltrul dispensing "jag
water , " and refuses to bo blulfou.
Aa AIII.
Detroit I'ron Press : Waiter You can't got
drinks hero , sir.
Mraiwr What ! lla\o I stinck the place
of departed spirits ?
Philadelphia IJeeord : "Why do you ero-s
thoocean e\ery I.ontf" "Iantto gho uo
sometlilngoNoi v l.t'nt"
Troy Press : All the n\orago thcatio goer
asUs for Is a ( ait sliou.
Washington Star : "I Irivo'nt nnynftlm
liquid quality that muslelans talk about , "
said tlio biss ditun , "but 1 can diown out the
rest of llio band , just tlio same. "
Cleveland Plain Dealer : Tlio man who
doesn't know cNorythlng is usually lliu man
who lias some tense.
Illnglinnitnn lcndeVlicn | , llio booftto.ik
Is tough , p Uoi-famlllas is apt to bo found
grinding Ills tuoth.
fiood Notts : Kindly Old ( Jent Well , my
llttfo man , what would you lll.e to bu when
you crow up ?
J.lttlo Jlan I'd like to bo u nlco old Rcntlo-
in.in lIUoou , ullli nothing lo do but walk
aiound and ask questions.
l.ouell Courier : lUuelilrds nro loportcd and
tha crowcussulll soon disturb the Into rlsor.
Detroit Frco Press : A man doesn't neces
sarily lia\o to bo a Ilrst elass atliluto In order
to play n stiong game of pokor.
Philadelphia llvcord : Wlion a young man
talks foolishly hu U denounced as "talking
through his lint , " but the young lady who In-
dnlKos In comorsatlomil rambles "has u tolu-
plionu In her bonnet , " according to slung
cran Us.
TUB CUOCITsKS.
Tlioy'io In line ,
Looking line :
Gleaming up like chunks of gold ;
Standing llioro ,
( ioocl : n ul fair ,
Wlieio some Midas touched tlio mold.
And they glow
Not for you ,
Itn > y shiM ) to Minimum's stoie ;
I'm tint tiamp ,
Merry Ncaiiip.
Itcally owns the earth once moro.
P \T\TAT * OO1OT 1 > 1M ITTAVO
CANNOT ASSIST RliLAlIOXS
President Olo7elnnd Dooldodly Oppoioil to
the Principle of Nepotism.
PARTY LEADERS MUCH DISAPPOINTED
nnil CoticrMnmoii Unionilly llavo
llinlorsoit Mi'inlirr.i of Tholr ruinllloi
lor OnU-Ul I'.nltliun mid Are Now
Quito iriiromCortiililn ,
WAVIIXOTOV IHmtuu OKTIIK Br.n , )
5111 KoUHTKKNTIt STIir.HT , >
msitiMiTO.v , U. ( J. , March Ul. )
Prcsiilout Cleveland jj.no another dash of
cold water in the f.ico of ouli'o seekers todaj
by declaring that ho was opposed to tli'o
principle of nepotism lu appointment to
ofllt'o , as nearly all the ilumooratlc st'iutoM
and congressmen horn have either appointed
or endorsed relatives for onlelal positions.
This duclur.UUm of the president Iris cro-
a toil a decidedly unfavorable Impression hi
the party ranks. The friction between Iho
president and his party Is Incivaslii ) ? dally
and bids fair to break out at an early date hi
aetlvo opposition.
I.luMit to C'UIIHU Ik Split.
The decision of the democratic rauciu
today to leorgantzo the oftlcins of the seii.Uo
dm Ing the Interval between tlu > two con
gresses Is mi uuusu.il that It is lllu U U pro-
clpitale a protracted struggle bntui-en the
l\\o parlies in Ihe upjior body Such notion
has never before boon taken , although t\Uco
nltomptod.
The suiiato lu each of the Instances men
ttonoil voted to tliror , out old oniiilot\os dur
ing a recess In order to allow their sueces
scirs to draw their salnrj in advance of the
regular session The democratic canons was
divided on Iho quonlou pro-osod | , most of
the older senators protesting and voting
against iiiy change in thoprecodonts , but the
southern colonels and bilgadlors nml the
now senators with honehmen anxious to
draw salaries from Ihu government pre
vailed and It was decided to foivo an Imme
diate roorganl/.uion Mr c'ov. of North
Carolina as Secretary MrConk's successor
and Colonel Dick Hi Ight of Indiana as the suc
cessor of Kergeanl-at Arms Valentine The
lepuhlliMii seuitors threaten to filibuster
again at the i-hangu but it is not probable
that they will siuveed in long dolajlng the
action derided upon by the majority
inroutii : to South Anuirlo.i.
Bishop John I' . Now mini of Omaha sailed
to Jay for a four months tlip through
South America It is Iho i-ustom of Iho
Methodist house of bishops to delegate ono
of its members o\oo two jear to visit the
churches , missions and schools of the de
nomination in the countries to the south of
us. Besides this supervision the objei-t of
this visitation is to Inquire into the condition
of the membots of the church ana especially
lliat of the derg\
Bishop Newman , this year's iKlcgato. is
an old traveler and hid experienoe will make
his tripot more than usual interest , as ho In
tends to study the general and politi
cal umdition of the Kouth American
countries through whie.li ho will p.iss Airs
Newman accompanied ttio bishop inul Mrs
.losonh F ICnapp of New York , Mrs .1 Me.
Knight Moses of Washington and Miss
Wood , whose father is n South American
misslonar.\ , will nriko up the partof live.
lu an intoniew the bishop sus lliat It is
Ins purpose while away to glvo attention to
nil the great interests of the eoimtiles
visited , the condition of religion , education ,
commercial resiuives and politics and the
outlook toward uiiilicatlon. 1' S li.
A Mm ice to llmimn l.llo.
AVir 1'ojJ'tinca. / .
Tli cro was a network of electric wires la
the streets of thu district in Boston where
so much property was destroyed by tire
last week , and it is do illy shown that the
presence of lhes > o wires caused loss of llfo
as well as the inllletlon of severe injuries
upon some persons who still survive. In
ono of the streets there wore forty wires
strung along in front of a burning build
ing. Inmates of this building were driven
to the windows in llio third -storv bj the
Humes and smoke , but it wns impossible
for the llremen to roach them by ladders
because the wiics were in the way. These
unfortuimt" persons clung to the windows
as long as they could , but at last they fell
lo the pavement. The history of thU Ilro
piomises lo give now force to a demand
that the wires shall bo put under the surfaoa
of the streets.
c-
ciit vv.
I'llClt.
I long to see our four-oared crow
Heal nil the other cro\\s u , mile ,
And bring the champion colors tJ
Tills ancient Ivle I pile ,
Upon the Held whoio yoyliyr sighs
Wo iiiusn't lee our Iron grip !
Hut keep the basu ball , ami , likewise ,
Tliu foot ball championship.
1'or while wo'ioclmmplonsutthosn Ramos ,
On fortunes brightest load \\o'll Jog ,
And Keep about four thousand names
Upon Oio catalogue.
So lot the stutlont piny 1 icrosio.
And punch IhelUely bag with Urn ,
And , like uliy albatioss ,
Along the moo track skim.
The college then , through 1) ) its and balls ,
Will gain and hold a standard high ,
Till boyV 111 gladly to Its walls
I'lom legions distant lly.
And crowded to Its utmost brlclc
'Twill giou and glow much larger yet ,
When [ mm the students uoe.ili pluk
A man lo boat I'oibolt.
Largest Muniifaotnron and IloUllori
of Olothlnx In the World.
Higher Than Ever
Our hats are yes , higher than they will ever
be again. They're up on the
third floor. The prices ,
strange as it may seem , al
though they were raised with
the hats to the third , were not
raised. This has been done
to allow the workmen room
in w.iis'i tD tear oat th3di
viding wall on the flrst
floor. Wo have this week
received many now novel
ties in children's wear , ex
hibited on second floor , while men's suits for spring
are now shown in greater variety than ever. You
will be able to secure many desirable bargains
if you come before we make the hole in the side of
the house We'll have the greatest store on earth
when we get through the hole.
BROWNING , KING & CO. ,
j g. W , COF. 16th dDtl DOU ldS31