Nebraska Newspapers

    THIS OMAHA DAILY BEl SATURDAY , MAtlCIl 23 , 1803.
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NKHUASKA o.\ix.-ota every republican
in ttio ltj1nluturo ! to do his duty loyally
mid fearlessly.
TlKl'UiiUfAJfS in tha senate should
Btiind up for Nebraska and redeem the
pledges of tlio party.
llepubUainsin the senate should stand up
.for A'cbrasku and redeem ( ho pledijes of
1S92 byvotinijfor house mil 33.
IT rs a dull day that duos not brinp
, . disclosures of increased corruption at
the state capital. It never rains but it
pours.
THE oyulono that swept up through
Mississippi , Tennessee and Indiana on
Thursday must have been lost. That is
not usually classed as cyclone territory.
TilK Atlanta Constitution claims that
Georgia is entitled to 2,487 ollleos. That
ambitious state forgets that a cabinet
position counts for something in the
game of polities and patronage.
TUB date sot by Hrigham Young for
the end of the world falls on the ( ith of
next month. If the prophecy fails of
fulfillment it will bo suspected that
Brighatn was addicted to talking
through his hat.
SENATOR CLARKE is u promising
young man , with a future before him ho
cannot afford to sacrifice to appease tlio
clamor of the rebate jobbers or the en
ticing promises , of corporation favors
and concessions.
A LIVELY trade in eattlo is reported
from Texas and the state -is full of
'buyers. Ono herd of III,000 head was
.Hold the other day for $ lf > 0,000 , which is
the largest deal made this year in that
j'art of the country.
THE Missouri legislature is consider
ing a measure appropriating $ . ' ? o,000 for
the maintenance of the state geological
Hurvoy. Tlio purpose is the develop-
inont of the mlnoral wealth of the state ,
which many believe has only just begun.
OMAHA still progi esses commercially
In despite of Alarch's untoward storms ,
which have checked all sorts of spring
nativity , the clearings of the local banks
for the second week of the month , as re
ported to JirudstrccCs , show an increase
of 17.1 per cent.
The legislature should not adjourn before
it has stamped out corruption and placed
the stale institutions under the care and
ftipervision of officers who do not wink at
corrupt practices and have the integrity and
Ihcbackbone to stop thieves and plunderers
from 'wbbiny the state and lootiny the
treasury.
' THE general executive committee of
the Knights of Labor will iind the
Omaha knlphts well organized and ac
tive when they come hero in April.
The local labor men have boon fairly
successful in their efforts to influence
legislation this winter and arc well
pleased with Uio results accomplished.
THE report that Senator Clarke has
iloen persuaded by certain Omaha rc-
lliato jobbers to change front on the max-
limum rate bill lacks confirmation. Sen-
'ntor Clarke stands pledged verbally and
( iu writing to support house roll No.
Como what may , ho cannot go back on
his word of honor without stultifying
'himsolf. '
i THERE is enough material for twenty
articles of impeachment in the disclos
ures made yesterday In the lower house
nf the legislature concerning the cor
rupt disbursement of appropriations for
heating , lighting and janitor service at
the state house. Even the cell house
rcandal is eclipsed by those wholesalp
iiml systematic frauds upon the state by
mid with the consent and connivance of
the State Hoard of Public Lands and
IDuildings.
' OMAHA wholesale dealers are always
willing to pull chestnuts out of the fire
for the ratlrcads when the legislature is
in session. They always foresee terrible
disaster to Omaha if local railroad rates
dhoiild bo reduced. No sooner dees the
legislature adjourn , for two years than
the same jobbers repent of their folly
nnd subserviency. They bluster and
threaten in vain. They talk of organiz
ing n freight bureau to protect them
selves from Imposition and extortion ,
mid clamor local rate reduction to enable
thorn to sell their wares In Nebraska a
ngalnst Chicago , Kansas City , St. Joseph
and Sioux City. It Is the same story
every two years , and just now we have
reached the climax of the biennial bug-
lx-ar with Its appeals to the Dauglas
( I'-i'-irntlon to do the bidding of the corporation -
poration * ami turn u deaf uar to the do-
iitXiHl * of tlitjieoplo and tlio common in-
t * U of Orrmha with those of the pro-
6 > vrt of the wlato.
TWJ KNUtXHKtlS' SIDK OF IT.
The communication to the public by
( iramlChluf Kiuflm-.ur Arthur of the
Hrolhcrhood of i ii-iuuotlvo Engliu-ofrt
Klvon a difToront aapoot lo the dllllculty
between the engineers and the Ann
Arboi'Kallroad'eompany from that given
by the action of the federal court and the
protm reports. The InforiMioo from these
wan that the conduct of the engineers
was altogether1 arbitrary , that they
had failed to give the company an oppor
tunity to adjust the controversy and had
summarily loft its service without notice
or warning. This was clearly implied
In the orders of the court and In the re
marks of .ludgo Kicks to the men ar
raigned upon the charge of contempt.
On the contrary , according to the state
ment of Mr. Arthur , every honorable
oll'ort was made by those acting for the
men to adjust the dilllctilty , and the
manager of the road was given ample
notice of the determination at the men
to quit the service if their terms wore
rejected. Accepting this as true it
would scorn obvious that whatever in
this alfalr has been arbitrary the rail
road is guilty of , and there is very good
reason to believe that this will bo shown
to bo the case whenever the facts in the
dilllculty are fully brought , to light , and
it is to bo presumed that the brother
hood will see that everything bearing
upon the issue is given to the public.
Mr. Arthur takes occasion to inform
the public that it i $ not ho who orders a
stoppage of work. lie possesses no such
power Tlio men having a grievance
decide by vote what they shall do , so
that the responsibility is entirely with
themselves. The chief engineer says
that where the engineers and firemen
have a contract with railway companies
there is no trouble and they
II nd It much the best way
to do. It would undoubtedly bo
wise to nuiko the contract system general -
oral if it bo practicable to do so. for it
would seem that such an arrangement
must in all cases , whether the roads bo
largo or small , be mutually advantageous
to tlio parties to it. Tlio indications are
that the engineers and firemen will bo
able to make a strong defense when the
issues are judicially heard next week ,
but in any event the controversy is cer
tain to be carried to tlio highest tri
bunal , from which a decision may bo ex
pected more clearly defining than has
over yet been done in this country the
relations between coiniflon carriers and
their employes.
O VII /MUM 11A A' lA'TKUKS TS.
The principal purpose of the president
in sending a commissioner to the Ha
waiian islands was to obtain trustworthy
information regarding tlio political con
ditions there. H is important for this
government to know just what the feel
ing of the people there is regarding the
proposal to annex these islands to the
United States , and there are valid
reasons for distrusting the representa
tions of the men sent hereby the pro
visional government. They wore ad
mittedly the representatives of a miller-
ity of the people they claimed to
speak for , and while it is doubtless true
of that minority that it has the intelli
gence and wealth of the islands this
government cculd not with a proper re
gard for its own character take action
that might bo hostile to the will of the
majority.
After the political conditions the matter -
tor of'next ' importance relates to our
commercial relations with the Hawaiian
Islands. These are quite fully sot forth
in a report of the bureau of statistics
of the Treasury department , just pub
lished , from which it appears that
practically all of the trade of
the islands is with . the United
States and that it is of considerable
value. Down to 1877 , when the reci
procity treaty begun to produce effects ,
our commerce with the islands was
inconsiderable in amount , but it steadily
grew from year to year until 18)1 ! ) , when
its value reached over $10,000,000. In
1892 the value of the commerce decreased
to less than $12,000,000 , , in consequence
of the adniisslon of sugar Into the United
States frco of duty from all countries by
the tariff act of 1800. Tills caused a
considerable decline in the sugar imports
from the Hawaiian islands , and in this
fact will bo found a potent
reason for the revolutionary movement
which resulted in the overthrow of the
monarchy. The sugar planters being
deprived of the opportunity to dispose
of all their surplus production in the
American market conceived the idea of
securing the bounty that would go to
them if the islands became a part of the
United States , and improved the first
chance to seek this consummation. How
much they did to incite the action of the
queen which was made the excuse for
revolution the American commissioner
may perhaps bo able to discover.
As the trade of the islands is chiefly
with the United States , naturally Amer
ican interests predominate. There are
between seventy and eighty sugar plantation -
tationon the islands , In which u large
amount of American capital has been in
vested. It is stated that of the forty
sugar corporations , with a capital stock
of S2S,000OIW , American ownership rep-
roumt : ! $22,000,000 , while such owner
ship in plantations not incorporated h
much greater than that of any other mi
tionallty. Taking all the sugar inter
ests of the Islands together , Americans
own nearly threj-fourtlm , the romaliuloi1
being divided between 13itish , O jrnuui ,
native Hawaiian and other nationulitie.i
It is not to lw double I that annexation
tion would exert an Immediate an-.l de
elded effect in improving the commerce
of the islands. They would very likely
realize a rapid increase in population
and agricultural development. But
equally satisfactory results are possible
with a protectorate , or with any policy
other than annexation that will give a
guarantee of good and stable govern
ment for the islands. The report of
C numisslonor Dlount , which should bo
forthcoming within the V"t two or
three weeks , will probably decide the
action of this government In this Im
portant matter.
THE argument that the United States
needs to annex the Hawaiian island j In
order to secure a larger o.immorcj with
thoin lun not mut-h force in view of the
fact that almost the entire products of
the islands now come to this uountry.
The total 7aluo of Hawaiian exports i-f
nu'rchntullso during 1301 wnit $10,107 , 1IO ,
nnd the value of Imports Into the fulled
States from the Islands wnMft,07r > lHS2. It
Is an Interesting fact that the commerce
of tlio Hawaiian islands was largely
pocurcd to this country by a reciprocity
treaty that was entered Into In 1870 , In
that year the exports to the United
States amounted to only $721.207 , but In
the following year , when the treaty
wont Into effect , the exports wont up to
$1.10SU20. At the same time the im
ports Into the islands from this country
almost doubled , Increasing from 81170- !
tiSl to $2.r > : > 0.ir : > . The increase since
then has been very rapid and almost
the whole trade of the Islands is now con
trolled by the United States. Nobody
need bo disturbed about our Hawaiian
commerce.
j\ \ role of censure by the IrgMuttnv
have nonwrc effect upon the Jloard of Public
JMndfi and JJuildinys than pouring tcuter
on a duck's back. 7' < mi the rascals ottt
and place the management of our state in
stitutions into the hands of men who will
not stand by and let the state treasury be
pillaged by thieves and swindlers.
TIII : K.IHTKIIX int.itx Ko.tas.
While the grain growers and dealers
of the western states are taking a deep
interest in the efforts that are being
made to secure a reduction of transpor
tation rates on western railroads a deal
is on foot in the east which promises a
decided increase in the cost of moving
grain from the eastern lake ports to the
seaboard. Tills Is a mutter in which
every western farmer and shipper has
an interest , since it has a direct
bearing tipjn the cost of transporting
the products of the farms of the
west to the seaboard markets.
At a recent meeting of the trallle man
agers of all the trunk linoj interested in
tlni transportation of grain from the
eastern lake ports to the sea an agree
ment was entered into by the Now York
Central , West Shore , Laekawanna , Krie ,
Pennsylvania. Heading and Jersey Cen
tral by which those roads are pledged
to stand together and maintain the
egnlar tariff rates , which are nearly
wico as high as those received last year
> y tlio New York Central and Erie ,
vhich carried practically all of the
grain that was moved by rail from
Buffalo to New York. It is said that the
titling of rates last year was disastrous
.o tlio railroads and that they cannot
, ! Tord to" repeat the experiment , and
lave accordingly agreed to prorate the
usiness.
There was not much encouragement
'or ' the farmer in the prospect that the
est of transporting grain is to bo in-
reasod rather than diminished while
irice remain at low water mark. The
.ncrcasu in the cost of moving his pro
ducts must come out of his pocket. The
ulk of this grain must go to the
icaboard , and the oxp.cn3o of getting it
.hero . is a matter of concern to him.
There is , of course , no means of
ttcertainlng how much justice there is
n the claim that last year's rates from
Juffalo wore too low t J afford a reasona
ble profit , but the fact that the roads
ich put'forth this claim made a rc-
narkably large gain in ea'-niugs hut
r does not give it much support.
They have been in tlio grain business a
eng time and the rates which they
nado last year cannot have boon , at all
.n the nature of an experiment.
It is constantly becoming more ap-
laront that the only satisfactory and por-
nanent solution of tlio great problem of
.transportation . from the lakes to the sea
ics in the ship canal project , by the
carrying out of which the eastern grain
oads would bo forced to an uncondi-
ional surrender. That enterprise is too
great to bo quickly developed , but when
the people have had time to grasp it
iilly and to c Jinprohend what it really
neans it will cease to bo considered too
'ormidablo to bo attempted. The east
ern railroads are putting forth every
effort to cripple and destroy the Erie
canal as a competitor and are meeting
with great success in that undertaking.
The old ditch is not worth much now ,
.md the railroad.and elevator inlluenccj
.n ' the legislature at Albany will soon
Inish it if they continue the work which
they have boon doing for a few years
: mst. Tlio doap waterway must come
joonor or lat > > r , and the sooner the
better.
The people do not wirit Ifn leyinlulure to
tdjourn bfon tin stt1nitr / /i-is / 63311
mrycd of dishonest and faithless ojl-ialn.
The people will cheerfully be-tr any taxation
the Ivyixlutiuv may impost on them if the
legislature will only d' ) its duty fearlessly
and reij'.trdlcss of all pressure from corpo
rate injlucncc or the corrupt lobby.
TilK thousands of bo3mors now camp
ing on tho.boi'dors of the Cherokee strip
iwaiting H-J opening will experience u
tired fooling on learning that there is
still a possibility that the territory will
not bo thrown open for settlement at all
this spriirj. A dispatch froai Washing
ton discloses the fact that there is a
clause in the treaty , inserted by the
senate upon Its ratification , which pro
vides that the compensation is to
ba in time payments instead of ready
cash , and this provision has UJD
yet boon approved by the In-
dhins. As matter * stand the opening
of the strip dopan'lsi entirely upon the
view which the Cho.'okooa take on this
point at. the mooting which they will
hold on Monday n xt to conildo. * it. It
is entirely within the range of 'possibili
ties that they will want cadi Instualof
the government's promUo to pay. In
that case the tivaiy will have to go before -
fore congress again and a long delay
will nece-ssarily ensue. For the sake of
the expectant settlers who are anxiously
awaiting the opening , many of them al
ready very near to starvation , it is to 1)3
carne-itly hopail that such a calamity
may bo averted.
THE unnounojinont of Secretary Car
lisle that ho intends to onforea the pro
visions of the Chinese exclusion act will
occasion some surprise. It has bion
generally buliovod that the law would
bo allowed to baojmo.u dead letter on
account of the great expense ati'l ill 111-
cnlty that must noeiwuavlty attend the
onforcuniant of the penalty provision.
The exclusion act wont into effect on
May 0 , 1802. It provide j among other
thingj that all Chinamen in Uila
cjuntry who shall have fulled to
bo registered ful photographed within
ono yonr from f the date on which
the law wonUMnto effect shall bo deported -
ported to ChHtliMvt ) the expense of the
govornmi'nt oftho , United States. It is
well known thUD-tho Chinese have paid
practically no atyontlon whatever to the
law , the roglstnatlon having been so
small as to bottLiignlicant. ( The cost of
gathering up Uioao thousands of delin
quents , seatt6r6H all over the country ,
nnd sending tlti-m back to their native
land is estimate/fat / J 10,000,000. It would
bo a gigantic undertaking , but of course
it is not Impossible ! . Many will doubt
its expediency , however , as many have
criticised this portion of the exclusion
act. The Chinese themselves do not
bollove that the penalty will bo enforced ,
but the formal announcement of Secre
tary Carlisle , which has practically the
force of a proclamation , shows' that the
government is In earnest In the deter
mination to teach the Celestials that
they cannot defy our laws with im
punity.
THE statements received from various
cities by Mayor Bemis in response to his
requests for information as to the preva
lence of vice and the manner in wh.ch it
is looked after show that Omaha , in
stead of being the wickedest city of its
size , is at the head of tho'n freedom
from vice. It is a good idea once ir
while to explode the extravagant
charges of the fanatics.
THERE are sigjis of political hunger in
Missouri. The St. Louis licpublic says :
"For a small state , Now Jersey has had
swill enough for a while. Let it stand
back now and wait until its betters are
served. " There Is a flavor of pork about
this that is highly suggestive.
THE cowboy desperado is now nearly
extinct , but a stranger who met ono in
Colorado the other day and refused to
dance at his command wa's promptly
killed for his temerity. The exception ,
however , proves the rule.
An lOiti-iiHlvo llc-itv .
l'llll < lltcll > llt < l 7 ( HIM.
Some are so much at sen MS to what Cleveland -
land is ( joint , ' to do that tlio.v almost feel like
throwiiii ; up their hopes.
Clovoluiiil mill Ills Apptiliilniniitx.
JVtic \ ' < ii-h Sun ,
The bottom nrinciplo in determining Mr.
Clovclaiul's selci'tion of ofllceholdors under I
Ills scc-oml administration is tlio subject of i
moro or loss discussion. To some of our con-
tomporanos the matter appears very mys
terious. The president is ccrtiiluly not pun
ishing his enemies , or rewarding his friends
to any decree that Is indecent. Ho is not
iccdini ; ono fai-tion and stnrvitii ? another.
Ho is not nunifestlv bant iipan buihlln ; up anew
now imiclime. Vile is not drawing upon
roi'ojnii/.ud meriM to the exclusion ol now
blood ; and ho i.s not constructing a .civil
service upon purely experimental linos. I'ho
old party war horsQ has a fair show , and so
has the youtiR democrat whoso name is not
yet familiar to tlio majority of his fellow
citizens. i
iiL-lcuil l > y Suiitluimitulists.
JVfio 1'Or.k Hrenlna Sun.
A cheering cro.wd following a convicted
murderer , and niaiiins his Journey bu-k : to
jail from the bar ofthe court 'where bo was
rosontoncod , a triumphal progress is not u
plcsanl tbiiti ; to contomplnto. Thnau WHO
took part in tlio Vinrciisoiialilo and uuthink-
intf dcinouatration rufist have forgotten that
b.y acting a- ? they did tboy slighted the Jury
of citiztms whoi iioiivk'toil and the eight
udgcswhooa different occasions brought
their knowledge and Judgment to boar upon
the cnso. Fortunately for the common
wealth the calm air of the court room is ono
thing and the clamor of the street another ,
and the time will never bo , so long as our
iistitutions ave jntac-t. when Jho Urst will
bo influent-oil or swayed by the s''t-ond. Of
the ono , calm , delibT.ito judgment is the
clmivtchcristir ; of thoxothcr , impulse often
generous and magnanimous , but still im
pulse. _
Tux the I'olcs Out of Sight.
} \'ashlntitnn \ Star.
Baltimore's municipal authorities nro mov
ing toward the levying of a tax on telegraph ,
telephone and ulcetriu light poles , not bo-
c.iuso the city needs any Increase of income ,
but bec-auso it desires to convince the elec
trical corporations that burying their wires
in conduits is cheaper than stringing thorn
overhead. Efforts in the line of snc-h t-ixa-
tion have heretofore been frustrated , for a
bill authorizing such n levy , passed at the
last session of the legislature , was vetoed by
the governor. Since then , however , the state
supreme court has declared that tax lawful ,
and with this decision to support him the
mayor of Baltimore ban come to the conclu
sion that the city council may levy it without
special authority from the legislature. The
city solicitor has tlio matter under considera
tion and if ho ngrco-j with the mayor then it
rests with the council as to whether the ob
structive and dangerous overhead wires shall
or shall not' continue to bo within tholimitsof
a progressive ami thoroughly wideawake
city.
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. is TO Jtuoin.iiitH.
Grant Woolly West : It begins to look as
if the old state ofllcers who nro responsible
for the penitentiary affair are going to bo se
verely handled by the legislature. Ono
thing is certain : They should cither make
peed the sum lost by the state or bo stamped
with the brand of disgrace. It Is time that
some humanity , as well as economy , were
being excrcisail at the stnto prison.
Schuylcr Quill : The Omaha World-Her
ald will gain nothing in joining with the
boodlors and ollroom gansr to belittle Editor
Kosowator of TUB Bun. If the World-Her
ald desires to boi'omo the loading Journal of
the state and to bo a power in politics it
must have n higher motive than mere per
sonal spite , and must especially not seek to
give it vent by applauding the low acts of
Hosowatur's traducers nnd assailants.
l-'roinoiit Leader : Tin : IJr.u says that part
of the republican legislators will vote for
the nnpo.icnment ofstsUo olUucM who have
been guilty of neglecting their trust , and
thus , with the Independent members , make
a positive cnndomnatiun of the guilty
parties. The guilty.parties are crying for
quarters. Thoyaruwaid to make promises
such as ivfundinir nil the losses tlin slate
has m.ido if they will bo allowed to escape
punishment. AnyHhiof would propoio to do
this , but law will not allow of this ; if it did
it would produce a'llad taste of society. Tha
legislature-cannotWfctortain thn proposition
for a moment ; if it did the p.'oplo would eia-
donm their aetlo This state has beep
robbed time and ujfain by the republican
riii'zs , and the tliluvcs have escaped punish
ment. The statutJiital | ( scorns to have been
tlu'lr stamping g .jund. Tlio lots , capital
buildings. p'iiltonif' < ry. asylums and school
lands seem to luYQJx > .m their common tilth ,
to tap nt pleasure..They have boon tanpcd
time and again wRUp the guardians of tlio
st ito have slopt. Mo pro.icnt lot of hood-
Icsa ollloluls are lutyvorua than these who
have boon In place boforJ thorn. It has bcon
loft to the Independent party to protoot the
state from the lobbora , and the pcoplo will
expect them to an their whole duty. If they
do not the Loader will bo disappointed.
FHIIIT OH l\tt.t
Itppiilillcnn * nf tlio l.ccMnturn .Mint Ho.
| PPIH Tliflr 1'nrty I'lcOc1 * .
Republican members of the legisla
ture must make an effort to redeem the
pledges made by the party to the
laborers and producers of this state in
its several platforms or become re
sponsible for Inevitable disaster. Party
platforms , cither moan something or
they mean nothing. They are either an
honest declaration of party principles
and a true enunciation of pledges in
favor of reforms demanded by the people
ple or- they are a delusion and n snare.
The republican platforms of 181)0 ) , 1891
and 18 )2 ) pledge the party to sinjolflc
leglsla Ion in the interest of the laborer
and p oducer. Tlio platform of 1890
contains the following plunk In favor of
railway regulation and the abolition of
railroad pass bribery.
Wo demand the reduction of freight and
passenger rates on railroads to correspond
with rates now prevailing In the adjacent
states to the Mississippi , and wo further
demand that the legislature shall abolish ad
passes nnd free transportation on railroads
excepting for employes of railroad com
panies.
Tlio platform of 1800 also pledges the
party to enact laws for the regulation
of elevators and the prohibition of dis
crimination against any class of ship
pers. The plank on this subject reads
as follows :
Owners of public elevators that receive
nnd handle grain for ? toraeo should bo de
clared public warehousemen ami compelled
under penalty to receive , store , ship and
handle the grain of all persons alike , with
out discrimination , the state regulating
charges for storage and inspection. AH
railroad companies should DO required to
switch , haul , handle and receive and ship
the grain of all parsons , without discrimi
nation.
N
The platform of 18D1 embodies the
following plank :
Wo arc heartily in favor of the general
provisions of the interstate commerce act
and we ( Ionian i the regulation of all railway
and transpnrtitlon lines in such a manner as
to insure fair and reisDnable rates to the
producers and consumers of the country.
The platform of lS)2upon ! ) which every
republican member of tlio legislature
was elected , reiterates the pledges made
in the two preceding platforms in the
following language :
The republican uarty Is the friend of labor
in the factory , mill , mine and on the farm.
It will at all times stand ready to adopt any
measure that may improve its condition or
promote its prosperity.
The farmers of our state who constitute
the c-hlot element of our productive wealth
creating population , arc entitled to the cheap
est and best facilities for storing , shipping
and marketing their products , and to this end
wo favor such laws as will glvo them cbcap
safe and easily obtained elevator and ware
house facilities , and will furnish them
promntly and without discrimination just
and equitable rates , and proper transporta
tion facilities for all accessible markets.
Wo demand the enactment of laws regu
lating the charges of express companies in
this state to the en J that such rates may bo
made reasonable.
Wo favor the adoption of the amendment
to the constitution providing for an elective
railroad commission , empowered to ilx local
passenger and freight rated.
On the question of labor and the pro
hibition of 1'inkortin police the party
stands pledged in the following planks :
We deplore tlio occurrence of any conflict
between labor and capital. Wo denounce
the agitation demagogues designed to *
foment and intensify these conflicts , and wo
most earnestly disapprove the usoof private
armed forces in any attempt to scttlo them.
We believe that an appeal to the law and its
ofllcors is ample to protect property and preserve -
servo the peace , and favor the establishment
in some form of bo irds or tribunals of con
dilation and arbitration for tlio peaceful
settlement of dispu'os between capital and
labor touching wages , hours of labor and
sucli questions as appertain to the safety
and physical and motfil well being of the
laboring man.
Wo believe 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 ttio service of sucb companies.
Will the republican members of the
legislature stand up for Nebraska and
the republican party , and redeem the
solemn pledge made to the people , or will
they heed the appeals of corporation
mercenaries and become recreant to
their trust ?
This is the last chance the republican
party has for regaining popular confi
dence. It must cither keep faith with
the people or disband and lot somoothor
party assume the reins of power.
miciiKKnvvi. . cmw.
Koii&vif : "Your turn will como soon. " said
the imiit'cnnlotis young ninii ns hu Inspect
his c nil's.
1'lilladulplila Times : There Is no conclusive
proof thiil tlio fnvoritu novel with olllro
si-olu'rs Just now id 'Tut VoiiMuU in Ills
I'lucu. "
C'lilcngo Mull : "Tho uarllcst lllncs are hero , "
siiysthu I'lilliid.ilnlila luord. . Oh , como olf.
What malioj you lilac tlmtv
Washington I'ost : "Ounlit u democrat to
have pk > during I.unt ? " Inquires the Muniphls
ApinJiil-Avaliuieho. Certainly. This is a ro-
puhllcnii Iiont.
Inter Ocean : Huso bull Is ono business that
cnii'l nourish without strlkos.
Wnslilnjjton Star : "Swoct ari > tlin uses or
Acl-vorio-lly. " null ! the man who wrltu.s poetry
for the .soap linns.
Klmlra ( iiwuto : Tlio outcome of a court
ship nowadays Is largely a iiuottlon of Income.
Troy Pros" , : A damper Is usihtlly put upon
a theatrical venture when It falls to draw
wull.
1 < owplt Courier : A spring cold has beat It
Into our head Hint catarrh Kiiinutlino.s plays
the mlsclilot with tlm ear drum.
Now York Hnrald : MnmiKur ( to popular
What salary do i-xpi-eU
li < ailln man ) yon
liivnlliiK man I must have a contract for
'sinwurur ' 'That's umlorstond ; but how iiin
iicliinl uash do yon want for your services'/
liuuillng intin 1'lnrty ilolhu-s a week.
Washington Htar : "What Is the illtTurcncu
hotwui'ii mimor and nonsense ? said the In-
nuKlllvo man. . , , , . . .
"Humor , " leplk'd the candid man , "is repro-
simloit by the JOKH you iniiUo yourself ; non-
si-iiso Is roprusunted by thu Joke boiuu otliur
fellow makes. "
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report.
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OTItlllt M.MJ.H TJl.t.V
There has boon some wild talk on tha pnrt
of newspaper correspondent ! ! at Horltu about
ihoj-ouiiBoinporor'a Increasing the nrmy by
mporinl decree , In case the desired addition
should bo refused by the next Helchstap. An
attempt has been made to draw a parallel bo-
twecn tlio present situation and the state of
things In 18W , when the present oirtporar's
{ rntxlfnthcr enlarged the Prussian army by
tits personal lint , In splto of tho'rofusalof the
I'russlan Landtag to vote tin nuproprlntloii
for the purpose. That was virtually n c6up
d'etat , ami during the ensulnR four years the
I'russlnn constitution was suspended so far
as the levying of taxes by royal warrant for
Lite maintenance of the army was concerned.
Hut IHsmarek , who wan at that time prltno
minister of Prussia , fully understood , and
subsequently acknowledge , that ho risked his
linadj and when the battle of Sadowa
seemed to Justify his . arbitrary
course , ho purstiailod the , enthusiastic
Landtag to condone his unUiwful act. Ho
then solemnly stated on behalf of his mas
ter , the king of Prussia , that the unconsti
tutional defiance of the will of the legisla
ture should never bo repeated. In view of
this precedent , William II. could not oven in
the capacity of king of Prussia ralso n rogl-
mcnt without the consent of the Prussian
Landtag ; how , then , could ho by an r-xerclso
of arbitrary authority Increase the army of
the German empire , whoso pay must In a
largo measure bo provided by voluntary con
tributions from the semi-independent stalest
To increase the German army without tlio
consent of the Reichstag is entirely Imprac
ticable. Whether that consent can be ob
tained by n personal appeal of the kaiser to
his subjects Is , to say the least , very doubt
ful. To make such an experiment , and fail ,
would Irreparably damage ! the sovereign's
prestige.
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The resolution just passed by the Norwe
gian Storthing demanding a neparato consu
lar service , and autonomy at home in nil
matters not described In the act of union
with Sweden of ISM. was drafted by the rad
icals , and , for precedent , goes back to the
condition of affairs which prevailed before
the abolition of the royal lieutenancy. In
IbM tlio Storthing passed a resolution re
questing the king to abrogate the article in
the "Fundamental law" of Norway empow
ering him to appoint a Swedish lieutenant to
live in Christlanla as representative of the
royal authority. Although the Icing was
disposed to make this concession , the opposi
tion it provoked in Sweden was so general
that he withheld his consent. No
further steps were , however , taken in
the matter till the present king came to
the throne in lJi72. The Storthing then drew
up a fresh address on the subject setting
forth the wishes of the Norwegian people ,
to which King Oscar at once gave effect.
The present resolution ignores tlio recent
Swedish overtures for the settlement of the
vexed questions' issue between the two
kingdoms , including the larger one of the
Joint conduct of foreign atralrs. Although it
has beeti approved by a largo majority of
the radical party , there is said to have been
a serious divergence of views in the councils
of the party as to the wisdom of the course
adopted. Some of the more modeVato radi
cals went so far as to declare that , although
they would vote for the resolution itself ,
they must reserve their full liberty of no
tion with regard to future dovolopmcnte.
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The informal vote in the city of Hrimols
on the question of putting universal suffrage
in the revised constitution a vote which
resulted in a largo majority in favor of the
project did not seem to carry much weight
with the prime minister. The very day
after the vote was taken ho made n speech
on revision before the Chamber , in which ho
said that unlvcrs.il suffrage was only "a
dream" so far as Belgium was concerned ,
nnd that the vote of ISrjsssls In favor of it
"however important it might appear ,
had not changed his settled convic
tions on that subject. " He made a rather
neat point against ono of the apostles
tles of the universal suffrage gospel by citing
n speech of the lattcr's , made no longer ago
than 1SS4 , In which it was maintained that
"to muko head against the iniluenco and
pretensions of the clerical party thcro is but
ono force democracy , but it must be an
intelligent democracy. Before the suffrage ,
education is essential. " The question is by
no means settled , and yesterday's dispatches
reported tlio Intention of the Brussels worlt-
inginen to co on a general strike it universal
suffrage is not granted. Wo suppose tnat
they would regard such a step as conclusive
proof of their illness to take part in public
affairs.
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The state of chronic rebellion which seems
to exist in Iho Brazilian state of Rio Grande
do Sul , and which muy end in the separation
of that state from the republic , dates baclc
to the overthrow of Dom Podro. This south
ern province ono of the wealthiest nnd most
powerful In Iho republic carol little about
the revolution ono way or the other. It had
long been practically self governing , and
had had IJ * own wny In most mutters , I rw
IJcnt Poixotto started the trouble by appoint *
hip Har IMS Cans a 1 governor , who stirred up
popular Indignation at the outset by promul
gating nn unsatisfactory constitution for the
province. The result was nu attempt to turn
Cnssal out of ofllco , which led to an annod
revolt when the federal povontmi'iit eniuo to
his support. Fighting began n year npo and
has been kept up over since , with nn Interval
of n few tiiutiths last autumn. This truce
was duo to the defeat of the federal govern
ment , which accepted the situation , removed
Cassal , nnd lot the province , or the loaders of
the rebellion , select their own provincial gov
ernment. Peace lasted only until November ,
when the party who favor the annexation of
the province to Uruguay took up arms ,
Uruguay became involved in the row lu Feb
ruary , and now the Argentine Republlo u
said to bo Involved also. War is predicted
between Brazil and Iwlh these neighbors ,
nnd lu the meantime the provincial army of
Rio Grande do Sul has fought and routed the
army seal by Iho Rio Janeiro Koveriiment to
put down the revolt.
Jn speaking of the recent Sp.inlMi elections ,
the correspondent of tlin Uunlon Standard
in Madrid says : "The returns from Iho
provinces show that the republicans are
much divided almost everywhere , and they
have been beaten in Bover.il towns which
they represented In the last Parliament.
The principal fcnluro of the elections in the
provinces is the abstention from the polls of
70 per cent of the rural electors and f > 0 pur
cent of the town electors. It ivinnot bo
denied , however , that the republicans have
improved llmir position on the register slnco
the last RiMier.il election. Although all Iho
opposition parties , as usual , complain of the
conduct of the authorities , the elections
seem to have been curried out moro
fairly than usual. " Kl Imp.ircial and
other leading Madrid papers dojirecnto
the formation of any hasty opinion
nlKUt tlio ulenlllcnnco or probable consequences
quences of the republican successes in Mad
rid. They say that these nro simply the
result of the apathy or negligence of thu
monarchical electors , who thus pln.wvl into
the hands of Iho middle class republicans
who are so plentiful In the capital and in
Spanish towns. Neither tlio monarchy nor
the public tranqullity , they declare , can bo
disturbed by the presence of thirty advanced
republicans among Ji7 : deputies ; and the re
publicans tire powerless as long as the work
ing classes and the peasantry continue lo
abstain from the clo.'tions and from partv
politics. Some of the republicin majorities
in Madrid are attributed to the votes of the
Carlists , whoso solo aim is to embarrass Iho
existing government.
.u < m us CmiMiN.
/ ; ) ) ) ( ' in.
It will not be easy to 1111 our consulates in
foreign lands with the Kind of men the presi
dent says ho wants. Capable business men ,
with experience in the conduct of affairs ,
who are able not only to perform the routine
duties of their consulates , but master and
develop the possibilities of increased trade
with the countries to which they arc sent ,
are not easily induced to go into the govern
ment service. Such men are usually well
established at homo and full of responsibili
ties which they cannot afford to lay down
for the honor and emoluments of the average
consulate. There are comparatively few
Consulates where the salary is much moro
than the earnings of many i-let-Us and me
chanics , and still fewer which would not in
volve a financial sacrllice for a successful
business man to accept.
Tlin Southern Flavor.
Mlmieainltt Jiiiirtutl.
Ono feature of President Cleveland's oftlco
filling is the strong southern tlavoring ho in
| I giving to the work. The best oftlces in his
gifj are going that way an I even such men
us Simon Bolivar Bucknor , the ex-confeder
ate , who made such a bad Job of keeping
Kentucky in the confederacy , Is said to bo
booked for a European mission. Mr. Cleve
land is overdoing this southern business.
His partiality is too marked. It is going t"
bo a source of discord in his party. It Is lee
bcctiuiiitl to bo nationally pleasing.
I'liTJVS
Yiinlite Illntlc.
Wen IVter hod his pletur' toolc ,
Wen 1'etur boil Ills pletur' ,
Hu hc-d an UK'nnl/.In look
llNiuvk wa-j twisted In a crook
.lest llko a bmv-constrlctiT.
Ills hall- was llyln' all nhoiit ;
llc ! ( ! es his toiiKUu wiu lollln' out.
HCIMIIS If his ears they lloplK-d an' shoolc.
Wen I'nter bed Ills pletur' took ,
Wen I'etor lied Ills pletur' .
Won 1'etorhed his pletur' took ,
Wen 1'uter bed his pIcTur ,
Ilo iild that hu proposed to look
.le-,1 llko them plctur'.s In a book
Je-,1 like a lionian victor.
Hut his ol' whiskers toi > d out straight ,
Ho straight a forty-sovon pound weight
Couldn't pull 'em down , an' thnro ho but
With ono nye open , t'other shut ,
Wen I'eter hud hl.s pletur' took ,
Won I'otur bed his pletur1.
Wen Teter bed his plctnr' took ,
Wen I'eter bed his pletur' ,
He looked ho desp'rlt mi1 forsook ,
He'd Mii-li a straiiKlIn' . choUIn' look ,
.le-,1 like a bow-constrliter. :
An' w'on ( lie nun showed him tho.proof ,
1 thought that I'etur'd ralso tlio roof ,
Ho couldn't control Iilmsi-lf at all ,
llul hod to sit rlulit down an' bawl.
\\"en IVter lied his plcltir took ,
Wen IVter lied hN pletur' .
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