THIS OMAHA DAILY IJR15 : SATURDAY , Al'RIL I , 1803.
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Bworn In bo Torn HIP nnil Mitiscrllii-il In my presence ,
thin 23tli ilny ol March , IS.il N I' Int. .
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The slxtj davs for which legislator * can
draw pay h.ivu now expired Very few of
the tnemben are hi condition financially to
pay their own expenses ut the capltol for
moro than.i few dn.vs longer At least ten
clnjsinoro oiiKht to bo Klvon by the law
makers to llnish the \\ork of purlins thn
Rtato house by impcachlni ; ofilcers who have
connived at fr.md .uul permitted the treas
ury to bo lootrd by dishonest contr.ictors ,
thieving subordinates and public plunderers
generally
If Nebraska is to he ledooinctl from the
curse of boodlerism and the majesty of the
law is to ho vindicated bv the lawinakcis ,
the pooplp should not onlj encourage and sus
tain their Inmost leprespiitativciin thoRood
vork in v liUh they in o eniMRod , but they
should subset ibo libpralh to defray their ex
penses Kvorj citizen of Nebraska who an-
IH-OVCS the vvoik of thn legislature and
desires thirvvork of investigation to bo ear-
'ilcd to Its legitimate conclusion by linpo ich-
incnt proceedings should .it once write to
Ills representatives and lomlt whatever he
can afford to pay to lion J. N. Gaftln ,
Bpcakcr of the house of icprescntatlvos , Lin
coln In towns and cities contributions
ahould bo solicited by clubs Public meet
ings should also bo held to express the desire -
sire of the people for whatever mo isures
they want the letfislatuio to carry through
before it adjourns.
There is no time tn bo lost. Stand by
3'our local ropiosontiitlves and urge them to
Bland up for Nebraska in her hour of tribu
lation.
All contributions received by Sueakcr Oaf-
Jin will bo acknowledged through Tun BEE
Logan McKej nolds , on bebalf of Clay
county . . . .
U'otal rccoi\ed up to M.uch ! ( ! . . „ 270
THE motto of the prusont loghlaturo
Js "Don't Monkey with the BuSaw. . "
RiU'UUMCANS should roraoinbor that'
lfHo servos his party best who serves
Ll3 country best. "
IT WIMJ bo Tom Uentou'a turn next.
Ho will bo the bluest rogue caught by
the impciidliniont net.
ANY oxpcnso the logiHlaturo may in
cur in purginir the btato house will bo
cheerfully borne by the taxpayers.
THK logislatui o cannot lionorably recede -
cede from the work of reclaiming Ne
braska and placing the management of
] ior institution : ) into the liands of capable
und honest olllelals.
IT is a question now whether the rail
road bill und other important measures
are to bo smothered by the legislature
or whether the legislature LS to bo
snuffed out before it has had a chance to
consider them.
The kyidutMC dtouhl not adjourn before
it has stumped out corruption and placed
the state institutions under the care and
supervision of officers who do not wink at
corrujit practices and have the integrity and
thobackbone to stop thieves and plundeiers
from robbing the state and lootiny the
treasury. _ _ _ _ _ _
THE loiter of the impeached bta o
officers demanding an impartial investi
gation of any and nil charges which
have -1x3011 made against them came
rather late. Had it been written at the
beginning of the investigation it might
liavo boon accepted as an earnest desire
for vindication. Now it will bo taken
/or what it is worth.
A PAUIS mob is ibout as formidable
nnd savage now as in the days when
mobs ruled the French capital. A young
woman was nearly stoned to death it
that city the other day because hei
father , n Gorman journalist , had criti
, , QJt.od the Panama setuulul with toomucli
bovorilj. It is impossible Ufhnagino ai
American mob doing such a thing a :
that.
that.A
A 8YSTCM of saloon lines 'has boon established
tablishod in some of the Iowa towns as
n moans of making the liquor intorosl
pay n part of the expense of running the
municipal governments. Having u
last reached the eonuluihm that prohi
bltion is a failure , the people are com
ing down from the lofty position that nc
oompromiso tshnll bo made with tin
liquor biiHlni'ss. Iowa needs high license
It works bettor than fines.
TUB impeached state officials and theii
personal friends labor under the dolusioi
'that the pos > ition taken by TllKBKKfron
the outset in favor of u tlioi ough invest !
{ ration nnd rigid accountability of ofil
cials found to be implicated in any fraut
or job was inspired by personal spleen 01
n desire to create a political sensation
Tito fact is that THK Biu has had m
quarrel , personal or political , with an ;
of the members of the Hoard of Publii
J.nmlH nnd Huildlngs. It had no othoi
motive than purging the state house o
corruption and partially relieving tin
republican party from the odium whicl
> Yutihl naturally attach to it by reason o
the Moshor hwimllos und frauds per
potrntod under the very eyes of the delinquent
linquont btuto oilleora.
I'/
NU oM.snwcrm. -
The unanimity with which the lo is-
ntut'u has voted lmppaihm > nt resuht-
tons tharglng the incmbi-rs of the Into
Statn Hoard of Public Lands nnd Build-
wlthinlsdi'incatiorrt In ollleo alTonls
gratifying evidence that the representa
tives of thn people , rognrdluM of parly ,
tavo diiclded to vlndlcato Iho law * nnd
Htamp out corrupl prucllccs in the
slate houso. In carrying out
.he process of impeachment it is
.o bo hoped no nii'inbor or faction
will resort to obitruetlvo tactics in any
shape or form. The impeached olllc.lals
lave publicly demanded a full , fair and
mpartlal invesllgallon of any and all
charges brought against them , and their
"equests should bo aeooptt'd as being
mule in good fuilh. The articles of 1m-
loaclnnent formulated by Messrs.
[ Xianc , Pound and Greene should be
atilled without factious quibbling , and
notice should boseruid promptly upon
thn supreme court , so that the aceiuoil
shall lm\o aspeedy trial that will alToul
hem an opportunity for vindieation.
'lii' hoard of managers should bo se
eded from among the members who
ifo known to favor the process of im
peachment and not from UHHO who for
liny teusin may rog.ird It as improper
mil are dlspjsolto obstruct it by dila
tory motions and want of energetic s.ip-
[ > ort , Impeachments of state officers are
very rare and when they are resorted lo
they hhould be oJiidueted oy altornejs
: > f established reputation and ability.
I'oiplo of Nebraska will toleiMto in
feeble , half-hearled proseculion. The
Impeachment should ml bj ullo\vo.l t )
degenerate into a farce at the very out-
ct. Inasmuch as the hearing Is to ba
before th 3supreiiu c mrt , the impeached
ollloials are assured of an impar
tial trial that will afford them
every opportunity for vindication.
There can , therefore , bo no excuse for
obitructho tactics at any stage of the
proceedings. If the legislature acquits
it-elf in the ungrateful task it lias setout
out to | o"form it will nrik in the his
tory of Neb -aska a-t one of Iho mem
orable legislative Indioi. If it allows
itself to bj swerved trim IU duty it will
justly merit papular condemnation.
The expressions of the norkingmcn of
Omaha upon the ma.i-mroj before tlie
legislature in tlic interest of labor
ought to have great weight with the
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representatives of the pmplo. These
men ink the passage of the bill to ex
clude Pinkortonism from Nebraska , and
this propibod legislation concerns not
only them but the whole. No good
eiti/en of this state , having confidence
in the sufficiency of Its laws for the pro
tection of life and property , and in the
ability and willingn MS > of the lawfully
constituted authorities to enforce those
laws , will question for a m iment
the expediency of providing against
the possibility of an invasion of No-
brtiskii by armed msrcenarios acting
undo" private control and direction.
Other states which have hud an experi
ence of the danger to the public peace
and to the lives of the people from the
employment by corporations of Pinkerton -
ton forces have legislated against them
und Nebraska should not wait for a like
experience before acting. In this mat
ter the people of the states must protect
themselves. Congress , it appears , can
do nothing , and oven if it could do any
thing undoubtedly the most effectual
protection would be found in stuto laws.
Lot Nebraska be put in line with the
other states which have declared against
Pinkoitonism.
The workingmen are In favor of the
bill providing for compulsory arbitra
tion and ask that it bo passed. The lan
guage of their appeal is in those force
ful terms : "Wo hereby call upon our
representatives in the legislature to
cease their senseless quibbles and oppo
sition and assist in its passage. " Some
practicable plan of arbitrating dilTor-
o ices botw eon employers and employed
is greatly to ba desired , and while the
measures bjforo the legislature may not
bo the most judicious plan that could
bo adopted no barm could certainly
como from giving it a trial. All legis
lation of this kind must bo moro or less
experimental , and if the proposed law
should not fully answer the purpose in
tended a succeeding legislature can sup
ply the remedies which experience may
suggest. Wo should make a start in thk
matter , finding the promise of good re
sults in the arbitration systems of other
states that have proved effective in preventing -
venting horious conflicts and in satisfac
torily adjusting differences between em
ployers and employed.
The bill prohibiting the introduction
in Nebraska of the system of labor
known as "sweating" is heartily en
dorsed by the workingmen , and ought
to become a law. It is no reason for not
adopting this legislation that the sys
tem it prohibits has no existence in Ne
braska. It may bo introduced at tiny
time if there is nothing to prevent it
and once lodgo'l here it might not bo an
easy mutter to uproot it. At any rate
tills cruel and merciless system which
subjects women and children to lon
hours of labor and to the most slaving
conditions , must not bo allowed
to get u foothold in this state ,
and tlioro can never bo a moro favorable
time than the present to legislate ti
this end.
The utterances of the workingmen regarding
garding convict labor and the impeach
merit of dishonest officials merit utten
tion. The legislature can make no mis'
take in giving hood to the demand o
labor for such legislation' as the workIngmen
Ingmon are directly interested in. U
only chance of error is in disrogurditi } .
tills demand. All of the measures referred
ferrod to are well advanced and there ii
no good reason why any of them shouli
full of adoption.
IT is amusing to nco the strife goinj.
on among the democrats of this stati
over the spoils of office. Kvery day i
now announcement is made as to who
among a do en old wheel horses , will
dispense the pap. Each appointment ai
mala Is tak > th tin fnv ire 1 ono t ) In-
ihuito th'i stiv ifth of his pull nt the
\\hltolu.ij'1. I'll i > all are unanimous
on ono point an 1 tint ! > that the oIllc'M '
wuroo'naU'd f ir il'Mtm'rati and detti >
crnltt ought now to he Installed regard-
lofl-t of whether the Inoanibjnts' terms
have expired or not.
CAI'lTAl. / ; A1/S//J/K.Vr / DKMAXDHD.
The e cupo of Irving Latimor from the
Michigan state prison , whore ho was
serving a Hfo sentence for the murder
of his mother , ha ? naturally led many
of the citizens of that state to ask them
selves whether society would not ba
bolter protected if Michigan were t )
adopt capital punishment In place of the
projcntlnu , which makes Imprisonment
for life the most severe penalty that can
bo Imposed for murder. Latimor is sup
posed to ha\o killed his fattier , lie
s known to have murdered his mother ,
nnd now he has taken the life of a
irlbon keeper. Ills caw Is an excep
tional one , but the escape of life convicts
.1 by no means a rare occurrence. It
. ory often happens that escaped
prisoners are not iccaptured at all , and
if they do fall into the hands of the law
it is usually because they have attracted
ittention to themselves by the commis
sion of further crimes. La timer is still
i young man and he will in all proba
bility have nriny years to servo in
prison , if lu > ciuld effect his escape
mco. why could lie not do so again after
i fo\v \ years of quiet behavior and cease
less watching for opportunities ? Tlioro
is no safety for society while such men
remain alive. Capital punishment alone
is adequate to meet the requirements of
such ca es.
A bill is now pending before the logls-
iuturo of Michigan which provides Unit
the death penalty shall b < inflicted upon
convicts who murder their keepers.
This peculiar measure win introduced
before the escipa of L-itlmer , but the
latter event and the tragedy attending
It have greatly strengthened the senti
ment in its favor. But such a law
would bo so plainly illogical and incon
sistent that a strong popular demand is
now made in the state of Michigan for a
capital punishment law that will
not put a soecial value upon the
lives of prison keepers or any other
favored class. Did Latimer commit a
worse crime \\hon ho muidered a keeper
than when ho took the life of his mother ?
The idea is too absurd to be seriously
considered in behalf of a general cap
ital punishment law the Detroit Fict ,
I'l ess says'
Them is far too much soutimonUlism in
our tieatmcnt of all kinds of o\H-doers , and
cspo-Ullv in our treitmml of murderers.
V > 'o are assuio.i by the sentimentalists on a
do7en diffpicnt grounds th it there Is no U33
inflicting the death penalty , and chief among
the gtounds Is the plea that it does not tend
to deter the inurdcicr. Yet there was not a
member of the house , woentuio to saj ,
who did not foul , when the news came of
Latlinpr's escape , th it trio dcith penalty
would operate.as a deteiicntin such cases
If it docs not , of what a\ail is a law punish
ing uith death the convut that kills ? And
if tliu convict that has murder In his heart
may bo deterred by the fear of doitli , why
not the murdcious-mindcd individual who
has not yet been impiisoncd }
It mtij fairly be assumed that this
\ oiees the sentiment of a majority of
the people of Michigan. They want
capital punishment and there seems to
bo some prospect that the legislature
will enact such a law as is desired in
stead of passing the preposterous bill to
inflict the death penalty for the murder
of a prison keeper.
The proposed abolition of the death
penalty in Nebraska would bo u back
ward step which public sentiment would
never approve , and fortunately there is
no probability that such a stop will bo
taken. Michigan has tried imprison
ment as a punishment for murder and
after many years of experience it has
baen found inadequate. It docs not
afford sufficient protection for society ,
and it no\or will until the world is much
hotter than it is today.
The people do not wunt the Icyitluturc to
adjourn bcjoic the state / IOKSUtas been
puiyidofdixhonritt and faithless ojjkiuls.
The people will chfijullij bear any taxation
the Icyi-tlHlurc may impose on them if the
leybhUuic will only do its duty feuilci-sly
und icijt ( > dlc. < Mof all picture fiom cotpo-
late injlucnee or the corrupt lobby.
THK letter addressed by Messrs.
Humphrey , Allen , Hastings and Hill to
the members of the legislature assem
bled in joint convention to act upon the
impeachment resolutions proposed by
the house of leprosontatives is a unique
state document. Its evident purpose is
to create the impression that the meth
ods pursued by the legislative commit
tees in conducting their investigation
tire without precedent und the pending
impeachment is the outgrowth of a con
spiracy rather than the consequence of
misconduct and malfeasance on the part
of the impeached officials. Messrs. Al
len , Humphrey , Hastings and Hill have
no moro right to stigmati/e the legis
lative investigation us a star chamber
proceeding than they would have had u
right to denounce us partial and
unfair the inquisition of u
grand jury in its piosonta'ion of an in
dictment without giving the accused an
opportunity to refute the testimony of
the criminating witnesses or to bo
heard in the grand jury room in their
own defense. The proceedings in this
instance have been precisely the same
as the preliminary course pursued in
the impeachment of Hutlor and G'llos- '
pie by the legislature of 1871. It is the
process that has boon used in almost
every case of impeachment by congress
and the state legislatures.
AN ATf.ANTA editor who has been in
Washington reports that there are only
SOU Georgia ollico seekers there instead
of ! )00 ) , ns has been stated. It is highli
proper that this correction should be
made , hut it should bo accompanied bj
the explanation that several hundrei
have gone homo to mn no their Injured
feelings.
THE proceedings now in progress it
the district court of this county nguins
alleged land swindlers , who are elmrgec
with selling worthless lands to iniiocon
mid unsuspecting purchasers upon fraudulent
ulont representation , will bo watchei
with interest , not only by thosO w ho cluin
to have boon defrauded , but by all win
fool an Interest in prose"vinj the ropu
tnttnit of lho fiutci which cnntnt fall to
bo seriously ilniAngod ly mieh trnnmu'
tlons. The injiJJifyu of Nebraska are In-
torcstotl In having Bottlers buy doilrnblo
farms In thin Htato , of which there ur >
plenty to bi hnth nnd they do not wish
to wee nnjbrxly'V" tiwnv swindled nnd
disappointed t ydlisiiade others from
Investing in NwJ > jnku property , fraud
ulent land truwmctions must bo st > pied
wherever they are dl'coveiod.
THK roslgimvirtu of the chief of the
grain inspceUbii department of Ne
braska , the headquarters of which nro
In this city , will bo u euu-.o of regret to
all who have profited by the thorough
system of inspection that has boon estab
lished under his management. Thin
department is ono of great Importance
to the producers and shippers of grain
in this state , nnd it is to b ( > hoped that
in the appointment of a new chief inspector
specter duo consideration will be gM'on
to the need of securing a man ( / -
ability and experience who will
maintain the high standard that has
been attained. Before the grain inspec
tion department was established in this
state our producers and shippers labored
under great disadvantages. They wore
obligetl to submit to tl.o arbitrary grad
ing of their grain b \ eastern inspectors
and the complaint win often made that
this grading was too low. Bj this means
b ith producer nnd shipper wore place 1
it a disadvantage in the market. 15ut
the Nebraska inspection is now accepted
everywhere and when a consignment of
jraln leaves Omaha its standing in the
narket is definitely fixed. The \aliu1 of
; lie system can hardly bo o\orostiiuiitcd
ind it i to be hoped that it will continue
to bo as useful in the future as it is now.
t ote of censura by tlf Itiihlitluiv
Kile no more rfferl npin the Ih trdof I'
JMwlt and IhtildiHiji tltttii puuriny water
on a ditt'h'i buck. Turn thr ittwtli ont
ind place the munuijnnrnt oj our slate I'H-
Wifud'ons into the hundi of iiifii who uill
not bland by and let the sfc / / IVHSKIVbe
\iillaycd \ by thirci and si
Ex-SEniETAKY UAYAUO has the honor
of being the fiist Aineiieun ambassador.
Mr. Bayard goes t ) England , and it is
: irobablo that he was induced to do so by
he fact that ho would be the first rop-
osentutho of the United Stales at a for
eign court holding the highest diplo
matic rank , it having been understood
some time ago that ho had declined any
[ inblic position.The / title does not carry
with it any additional salary. In this
appointment MivCJovclaiul has attested
liis warm friendship for his former secretary -
rotary of state\\Jiilo , men of all parties
will regard it with favor. There can bo
no doubt that' ' * 7\Jr. \ Buy uul will rcpro-
ent this country : it St. James's with dis
tinguished merit. Doing an ex-senator
the now umbusinqor was promptly con
firmed \ \ ithout the usual reference of
the nominution'lo'Vommittee.
OMAHA'S busiuo.sb for the week ending
on Thursday waslfairly satisfactory , as
in Heating the eomnued progiess of the
city's jobbing interests. The bank clear
ings , reported by Hi adh eel's , show an
inctcnsoof 23 percent o\er the corie-
spending week of l i)2. )
A SMALL boy has been arrested in
Chicago for stealing five peanuts. They
will not tolerate thieving on such a
small scale as that in Chicago.
tltcsiiiutc shouldptand up
for Xebra a and icdcein the pledges of
1S92 by votiny for hoiwioll 33.
Truth \\ull Told.
J'lipf/ldm / Time * .
The state house boo tiers have boucht t ho
World-Herald outright. The consideration
was not money , but a vial of wrath against
Kosowater The World-Herald disgraces
Nebraska journalism
llrform nnil NupotUm.
Jmltanaimlti Journal.
It Is slid that within fortv-cijjht hours
after the reorganization of the Um ted States
senate fourteen senators' sons nnd ono
senator's daughter had been appointed com
mittee clerks and were drawing pay at the
rate of SVJ40 per annum This seems to be
the essence of democratic reform.
Meaner tlmu tint lion * Imp.
irnhoo Atio Hia
When it comes to being the meanest man
on earth , Tom Majois is several laps ahead
Th.itilj old orthodox satanwlll no doubt
shut up the shop and go out of business , ho
hus b'cn so outrageously outdone by the
licuten int go\ei nor of Nebraska wiien the
corpoiations wore tinning heuou and earth
to smother the Now beiry bill in the senate
Thn 1'olly ot Spoils.
New Yurh Trlbuii'
The whole system of political appoint
ments and removals puts a premium upon in-
competency and inexperience What would
bo thought of the practical ability of a manu
facturer who made a practice of lomoving
periodically all his foremen and heads of
departments and filled their places with raw
and inexperienced men ? His folly would
not bo greater than the ignorance and
stupidity displaced in the direction of the
American consular service.
Jliivi'iiuo nnil Itnnd I.IUVH.
In the rush after boodlors the legislators
have overlooked the demand of the people
for hotter ro "enuo and load laws Our
present road und revenue laws are an every
dn\ disgrace to the state Uy assessing
pru [ erty nt n small per cent of its saluo wo
apparently show the highest rate of taxa
tion imposed h > any state in the union ,
when in fact , notwithstanding wo have been
at the iiieio of u ring of state house thieves ,
our state taxes aiojoallv lower than those
imposed by a h.Uf Xf/i/eii other suites
Intorpxts ol tlifS'Stiita Domnml It.
1'ltitt.uifiuth Ilcialil.
No greater honour eould be bestowed upon
the Htato of Nebraska than the p iss igo ol
the maximum r.Uo bill It would bung mint
dhect benollt to the fanning classes of this
state than any other bill that has been In
troduced in. the senate for \oais When
this bill may bo placed before Co\einoi !
Crounso wo venture to say that It will become -
como a law ditcctlv thereafter Mr Crounsc
is a mm of good business ability ami will
recognize at OIILO the , betiellt.s to bo derived
for the people whom he serves Ho has al
ready committed himself upon this question ,
nnd sijs ; if the senate should pass the bill
ho fools that ho would bo beheading the
best mtciests of his st ito in vetoing it.
Slun but Sure I'
I'littilil-liihtti 'lltnti
The spoilsmen ma.v gnash their teeth an I
weep and howl and thej will bu still unabk
to prevent the extension of the classified
civ 11 service They can and doubtless will
hinder and delay its complete application ,
especially In the st ito an J munlcip il serv Ice
Slowly but none the less surely the spoils
system of appointments m.ist go , not be
cause public sentiment is ilunghr. ; but because
cause conditions are A system tliat t.uinol
bo applied to a private business without the
most dls istrous results cannot bu applied
for anj gioat length of time to the go v tun
iiioiit affairs of 05.000,000 iicoplo. Civil scr
vice reform Is making nnd will continue tc
nuke stead ) proxrcm , not so much because
the i uoplo are in love with it as bccuusi
thej can't get ulonj without It
OTItKHI , IV/MTII IV
The proposed pn ment of H ilarlc * to mem
> orsofthu House of Ctommotn Mn change
which the radical elom tit In and out of
' -irllampnt hat oinmVlj advcx ittnl It was
me of the reforms declared to bo nocess irj
it the Noxvcastlo convention , nnd it Is ono
ipnu which the | K > pularlzillim of the House
of Commons very obviously depends. The
ireseut system operates to keep the control
of the House In tbo hinds of men of Indc
Kiiident meaiiH , of capitalists , aristocrats
ind hnded proprietors. H uroso from the
fact tint admission to Parlliment vvis
> rlRlnally restricted to freeholders of land ,
who needed no com ens itlou for their
services , hut wore glad and could afford to bo
tiombors f jr the honor of the position It Is
ossoatlilly an aristocratic system and Its
maintenance. Is Incompatible with nny trim
representation of the British democrat1)
I'ho poor man is shut out or Is forced into
the humiliating position of living on the
voluntary contrlbations of his constituents
Herein has conslslo t ono of the gicatest
difllciilttes of the Irish puty Its members
are no-irly nil hi very molorato circum
stances , nnd they could not h ivo relalne 1
their seats without assistance It was the
need of f mulshing them with ihnnclnl sup-
pott which mule Mr Painell s t isk so dllil-
cult and iiecessltatcv.1 those appo ils for funds
to which the friends of Irchn 1 in this coun
try have with such liber illty been accus
tomed to tespond. If members are In the
near futuie to i evolve siliries there will
bo a great change hi the constitution of the
nu\t House The resolution adoptol last
week needs to he supplemouto 1 by further
legislation , but even so , it is an Impirtiut
ami significant step forward , and tint it
should hive b'on t ikon is all tin * nuio sur-
piislng hoc.iusu Mr Gladstone , if not oppos
ing , has not warmly approve 1 the projected
change. Ho Is old-fasliiono 1 enough to
shrink from a reform so subversive of tiadi
lion and so certiin to Do proluctlvo of mo
mentous consequences But ho is evidently
not exerting himself ag linst it , an 1 appir-
ently it is much noai er than anyone h id sup
posed The House of Commons has only to
. .v jes , and th it settles it.
f- * *
A remarkable assembly met the other day
in Stockholm with the view of bringing
piessuio to bear upon the Swedish govciu
ment and Diet in the interests of elocto.al
reform Paill imcntarv bulTrago oven for
the lower house of tbo Swedish Diet is
icstiicted by a compirativulj high piopoit.v
qualification to ( i per cent only of the whole
population. Among the ( jinlilled classes
little political activity prevails , and out }
about one-third of them votol at th1 last
elections The rapid spread of deinocra'ic
ideab has led to a strong agitation for an
extension ol the suftiago ami the govein
incut has accepted in piiuclplo the nocessltv
of a lofoim , but the proposed reduction of
the qualification is fai from sittsfiitig those
who clamor for universal suffrage , without
any lestilction in the nutter of scTie
loadois of the loform movement tbciofore
conceived the idea of organi/ing a general
election on the Hues of the mcisuio the.v
advocate , and thus convoking the icpiesen-
tatives of the unenfranchised misses to
meet at Stockholm in an opposition assem-
bh , under the name of "the people's diet. "
at the s imc time as the constitutional
Chambers The 1HU delegates thus elected
aio advanced radicals with a considerable
spiinkling of sociil democrats. They ic-
ccivcd a mess igoof sympithy and congratula
tion fiom tlio lacllcal paiti in the Norwegian
Storthing.
The suspension of hostilities between
chinch nnd state in Itaiy is appaiently at an
end The minister of justice Sig Bonacci ,
has introduced his hill for making civil mar
riage obligatory before the religious ceremony -
mony , and imposing heavy tine's on all trans-
giessors The pricit who marries a couple
bofoio they have gone through thu civil core
monj is to bo punished in the Hist case bv a
line of fiom ILK ) to 'J.OOO lue and by tempo
rary dcpiivation of the income o'f his bsno-
lUe , for the seconu offence by a line of from
500 to fiOOJ , lire and similar deprivation , and
for the thiid by a line of fiom 1,000 to 10,000
Hie , b.v imprisonment for a j ear and per
petual deprivation The measure has long
been neccssaiy in the interest of common
morality the number of deserted women
having become a great scandal. Thcuo was
a division of opinion concerning the bill in
the Vatican , some of the cardinals advising a
compromise with tbo government , which
would secure state authority , vvhllo avoid
ing an attack on the religious pi inciple ; but
the irroconcilables prevailed , and tbo pope
decided to have no negotiations with the
government , but to trust to clerical agita
tion only.
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Switzerland Is at the present moment in
the thvocs of an antl-Somotie aglta tion ,
which hats led to a serious conflict between
the cantonal and federal governments. Two
joars ago the powerful Socio'y for the Pre
vention of Cruelty to Anim ils came to the
conclusion that the Hobiov ininner of kill
ing live stock w as char.ictci bed by needless
cruelty , and appealed to the iogisl.itines of
Beinc , Ar ovle and other c nitons to prohibit
the bleeding of tiiiim ils prior to their receiv
ing the do ith blow , this being the method of
slaughter presciibcd by Talmudlo 1 iw The
cantonal Diets in question in each case ac
ceded to the demand , und enacted statutes
forbidding this " form of slaughter
under severe legal penalties The
Hebrews thereupon appealed to the federal
government , pointing out that they aio guar
anteed freedom to exorcise the tenets of
their faith , not only by the articles of the
amended constitution of the federation , but
also under the terms of a treaty nogotlited
thirty i ears ago between Swit/urland nnd
Franco , the latter country having taken the
initiative in seeming for tbo Jewish race the
emancipation fiom these legal tlisibllitlos
under which It hau until then 1 iborod in the
Swiss republic. The foloril goveinmcnt
had no altciiuttvo but to aceoilo to the
vv Ishcs of thu .lews anil at once c illcd upon
the various cantonal Diets to repeal the
statutes pissed prosc-iiblng the Hebrew foim
of slaughter. Its ilcimnds , however , hive
remained unheeded by the cantonal authoi
itles , who are , therefore , nov In open con-
lllct with the federal government upjn the
matter
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# *
The duke of Orleans by in iking a pirado of
his audacity and vices may have inspired the
royalists with a flickering hope that ho has
the old Bourbon blood In his veins and will
make a dash for the throne But whoever has
lead moJern French history aright knows
that the coup d'etat that is proclaimed in the
manifestoes of royalist pretenders is novei
accomplished The nation ma } bo despoiled
of its libeities bv sudden acts of violence
like these of the first and the third Napoleon ,
but It novcr fails lo defend Itself when It re
ceives timely warning of conspiracy and dy
nastic crimeClurlesX in 1S2S , Louise PhilIppe -
Ippo twenty joars after , and the duke of
Broglle , on thu 10th of Miy , attempted to
deal violently with the Parliament and to
oveirldu constitutionlaw. ! . They failed to
bring about anotoerd December because
France was forewarned The manifesto of
th J count of Paris and the cscap ides of his
scapegrace son are preposterous attempts
ag ilust republican institutions The Pronch
pjople will bo at once amused nnd warned
by them.
Iliirritli Inr ilnkc.
SjirOia/ltM / ( Jiiiwftjiubffnm. ) .
The now secretary of tbo interior , Hoko
Smith , seems to have the temper to deal
Jintivbiit Riitimnrllv with railroad itnlms to
unearned land itrnuts Ills decision against
thu Southern Piiclllc coinpiny nweeps Into
the puulle domain muiiy th'niMndsnf ncics
if good laud vvhlrh will nmv bo open to
settlement mulct the homcsteul 1-uvs Ho
ins some most linpoilant CIISIM of this
harneter In connection with the Northern
i'aelnV , and the dlsK | > sitlon the ndmlnlslra
tlou will uiiikn of them will bo watched
with ginat public interest
ritOK iti.t'K Mw. . i i'1-isKi-t i rtt > .
West Point Itppnhllcan Senator Kvcrott
s nuno than meuting the expectations of his
constituents Ho is fearless and able , and Is
ilw.iis found on the side of the people
is against corporations Ho worked nnd
voted for the passage of the maximum
ft eight bill and other measures that vltallv
iffect the countri people lie IMS a futuio
before him , and his attitude tn the senate
will bo of much benefit to him oventwilli
York Times Mr Kecklov icfnseii to servo
on the impcichmoat committee , und showed
tils good Judgment in dolm ; so The people
of York eountv bollevo implicitly In Mr
lv.ecklc\v's Intcgtity and are disposed to con
fide In bis wisdom Nu man can think on all
subjects Just as unj other man thinks , nor
act on all micstlons Just as am othi r m in
acts lu the main the people of York county
recount this fact , and fieely wccoid lo
their representatives the light to act as
tiny think best , so inn/as thej have confi
dent o in their Inlegiiti of purpose.
Hlalr Uepubllcin I bete has never been
n time in the history of this state when
m liters of such tremendous importance hav
devolved upon the leglslatuie Hoodlcis
and thieves bad hone.v combed and outrage-
ouslj robbed the people and b.inktuplcd our
treasury The gag and puty lash
bad been applied to everv lepubll-
can who daio oppose the lohber gang
In this contlngencj lion \ \ D
llaller has moie than met tlie expectations
of the voters of this comity moio than this ,
lie has won a icputation ns wldoas the slate
Other republicans ioweie.1 under tlio patty
lash when the Now hem bill hung on the
even bilance in the house Ho was one of
the fo ith ss , unpurchasablo men w ho threw
olT the paitv shackles , vvoikod like a band of
Tiolans and uj their votes and inlluence
maile Its passage in the house possible \Vo
who live on the outside of such scenes of
trl tl and temptation can never tcillrc the
storm of abuse , the pressme of pirty inll i
encobioughttobe.il- our faithful lepro-
sentatlves Mr H illcr Ins hunoied his
coimti and the state , and the cltl/ens , ( ex
cept a few venal polil'c.il tools ) will ilso cn-
in.is.se to ilo him honor icirardloss of puty
ctced. The Kcpiibliean did notsuppott him ,
but it loves ana admires all who stand by
the people in the hour of gre it need
Papilllon Times A sulking figure in the
e\pli ing Nebraska sen ite is Charlie ( . 'larke ,
the boy senator fiom Omaha Kearcd in the
lap of luxury , the son ot a milliotiaiie , it was
but natural that his sympithies shojld lie
with tin ) capitalistic classes , rather than
w Ith the m isses Prom the day ot his nom
ination ho decl.ued himself in favor of rail-
load regul ition and of all ptoposed measuies
looking to the welfaio nf the common people
> i u slid lie was miking such cimpilgii
talk for votes. Men lied , for
never has a Nebraska legislator
'mn ' ttuer to ante election piom-
ises than has Senator Claike Sickness
Kuit | him out of his seat until la t week
Duunir his illness , which phvaicims and
friends sild would piovo fatal , his most oft-
oxptessed hope for ictiirn to health v\as in
oi.ler tint lu might bo able to keep his
pledges and do what little ho ml ht for the
gooJ of bis stale and her people It icquiies
moral courage for a man to take and main
tain a t out se in opposition to his suriound-
Ings , but Senator Clarke possesses that
courigo and his senatoual caieer must go
down in historv as a shining eximplu of
fidelity to pihiciplc
HIIUH vr Jin : i'.icn > .
Stnnton Kegister If these officers ha\o
been guilty of criminal neglect they should
suffer.
Blue Spilngs Sentinel If one-half of
what is reported about the Hoard of Public
Lands and Huildlngs is lute , those dela.vcd
in titles of impe ichnunt should bo ciowded
for all thci are vvoith
York Tunes Lot the full light of pub-
licitj shine in on thcofllclal nets of all the
state officers They sliould do nothing in
secict Ifthev have done w long lot them
make it light The state cannot afford to
lose anj thing by them , and the republican
putj cannot atToid to bo a puty to the
clime , either bofoio or after the f.ict
Wakelield Republic in lOven at the best
the 1kmd of Public Lands and Huildings of
this state has show n negligence to a culpa
ble dcgtco in the management of stiteaf-
faiis entrusted to it The plea advanced for
it that it had too much vv oik to do it piop-
erly is childish and is no excuse for allowing
the state monej to bo squandered While it
m.ij not be shown that these officials stole
anj state funds , novel tholess the money was
lost under their management , or rather b >
reason of their lack of management , and
they ought to make it good and step down
and out It is not a puty question , but far
moro than that , for it touches the foundation
principles of honest government "Lot no
guilty man escape "
i.r.i'ii J.M : .ir.s.
OMUM , March 31 To the Editor of THE
I5in : Your editorial regarding telephone
rates is so unfair th it it n unjust to the Ne
braska Telephone company You say tlitit
for telephone service in Pi cut h citiesof over
J5 000 inhabitants the rate is about f 10 s.
year The i ablegram on which vour infoiviia-
tion ns to rates isbiscd savs in Pan ? the
rate is about 100 francs per j car
I am informed that m France the service
is during the hours the postoflli o is open
Hero wo give service night and daj In
thn telephone company ( tutu no taxni
and no i > \ tlties There nro m > rA
pi'OMvs Imuiml In viMtlnjt h'Rlslu
tmos nnd illy councils to cMimmn
thiMu tint tin i i os ih.uxi'd nro Just In
PIUIU ' Hi' free tulenhonos nro given now *
papcMur.iH.er paitlc * In Umah.i wo | iav
our llnetneumi per dnv , while In Prnnco
less ill. ui < mc fourth that amount is paid lu
Pails thtuise of u pi Ivatt * telephone ml nil
the telephones lu Omaha nro ot that kind
Is400 f rum's orfso per.vear In Omaha tliu
rate Is $ M pei joir In Pails where there
nip sevenil pai tic's on the same wire thornto
for eai h p irtv IsJtX ) fr.iucs , or $10 per j ear
for p.ich In thlseouniry no tnervhant would
be satisfied to have several other merchants
on the s une line with himself , for in that
c.no w hen one pin ty Is using the line all the
cither pu-tles on the s'lino line must wait
until taopu-tv using same Is through and ,
beside * , each pirty on the line can hear nil
the other parties may say In Umah.i each
paitv has a private wire
Taking Tur. Urn figures to lw correct as to
prices in Palis , then Omaha subset Ibcrs are
pivlng less for telephone serv ice than is paid
In Pails This 1 know to lw tiuo consider
ing the amount of money Invested In the
business , the profits to the Telephone com-
jiin.v mo less than any business nun would
ho sitistied with , and this also Is true , there
is nut 11 c itv In the United Slates the st/o of
Omaha where telephones aie furnished ut a *
low a rate as in Omaha C' 11 YoiT ,
President Nebraska Telephone Co
OFFICIAL HEADS FELL.
Iti'piibllciin County ( 'iimmlxloiitMn Had n
l.lltl.Cumuli ! itliiu.
The three lepubllean members of the
I Joint of County Commissioners varied
the inonotonv of democratic ascendancy
jesteidav by gutting together and making
a sweeping eh uigo in counU empioies
.1 dm T Kvatis was relieved from bis | > osl
linn as auditor , and it was given to John
II Tate i : 1) Klllon , deputy
auditor , w is supeiseded b > H Aulrewa
Mike Leah ) , supciintendeni of the
court house , g.ivo way to Milis I )
llauckV 11 Hirper , engineer at the
eountv hospital , was displaced bv John Heed
.1 P Davis was appointed house phvsicliu
at the hospital to succeed Dr Hievourt 10
signed P .1 ( illilc was appointed issess > r
for McAidU1 pieeiiu'l in place of J Me-
jvnlle , who icfuscd to serve On motion to
lomovo Oscar Stevens , cluik of the bond ,
Messis Wllliims and Slenbetg voted ave ,
but Mr LIvesev made u lie b > llocltmg with
Mr Van Camp Mr Paddock was absent .j
riile.iBo Koeoid"Vly employer in ikos mo
awfully Hied "
"What's the m.ittnr ? "
" \ \ hy , I b i\o lo work for him "
Texas Slftln s- When a v\oman Is tryliiR to
\\rlle a letter on ; i h ilf sheet of papei nuicli
iiia > he s ild on both sides
Ivans is City .loiirn il So far the odlco
Beckers line lost tuo bats and SUM tat thou
sand hop 's at the \\hlto house
Washliuton Nov\s : Next to the mill v\ho
in ikes a living nindlni ; an elglit-d.i ) clock
the editor of the I'onmcsslonal Uecord li.m
about Iho softest job III the ccmulty.
ChliMito Tribune' 'In tliueasn of tbo wnrtl
onion " liiiiulred the leacheiherc does tlio
accent fill' "
And the siil-ejeil , thoiuhtful boy with the
fieclilnd face , said the accent fell mostly on
the hcunt.
1'hll uli'lphlii I.edsor' The o ik and heinloc k
solo leather tinners hive aboill completed
Ibelr cninblnn ind will liu'cupoi no under tin )
tlllo of tliu United States I. ilhei company
This , ill least , will not bo a sulnh'is corpora
tion
Washington ' 'tar "Is yer hens layln ? "
l the fiinner of his iii'
"Vesviis tliu dlsconsoluto reply "Tboy'ro
layln' on. "
HnlTalo riupilror- country editor has
gonu Insane Holslied to compliment a well
Knonn vviini in , and so lie unite a fivor.iblu
notli'o of Kale I'leld's pipeihitvvislils
( llsin.iv to lenil In his pipoi that "Kutu I'lelil's
\\.ish contalniMl m m > Items full of fasi-lnit-
Ing Inteiesl " Novondur lie has gonolnsanu
Indlinipolls Journ il' Sbojipei Mi i xi use
mci but hive you i bnller works connected
\vlth the stoio nou/
I'loonsalUor ( ) li , no , ma'am Tint noKn
vou he ir Is tluilj puurltur gill. Tliu bossgavo
her ( Its foi being 1 tto this iiioniliit ; , and she Is
laklng It out on the maehtnu.
Till , I 4STI 1C HAT
A'tic Ymk JimriKit
In a shop she sees a dainty hat ,
Shu fe.ists her ejes upon It
And every nluhl she's die lining now
Of that s e t Ulster bonnet
She scans Iho pi Ice lth fui rowed brow-
Two llmires , ire markc'it on It
Itut "hubby dear" Is ci i tain that
On Kistei : d ij sbu'll don it
- o
Whnn tbo wintry winds are hlonln' an' tlia
ground Is whlto with snow ,
An' tliu leu Ling throws his fetters o'er the
Htreims ,
Ain't It queer what ploasint ineni'rles of the
.summer 1 1 mo wo Know ,
How alluiln' then the wanner season SPOIIIS
Wu can almost hear the buz/In' of the frowsy
bumble buu
As bu ho\ors o'er the blossoms In the sun ,
We can aim ist sou tliu choi rlos on the ovur-
lo ided true ,
An' fiu cows a-smllln' 'cause tliu grass bez
cotnu
A clovur-scuntcd zephyr stirs tbo fluids of
i/nienln' grain ,
On the funcu the rooster crows until he's
ho u so ,
While I ) imu Nature's all a-chuclcloas she wel-
COIIDS once aitalu
Tin ) daisies and thu butterflies p erforco
An * then when siimmei clous airlvu vtu mop our
lie.il ed brow
An' wonder why HID outlook soeins so drear ;
Thu ley blasts of wlntur wu would gludly wol-
roniu IKJW ,
An' wi < bcoin the balmy bree7.es Ain't It
CO.
.
Laraoit M unif.mlurorj uti I ItH ilu.'i
of CJlotluu. lu Hi J WorU
Now Boys
As wo promised somothing- bettor for the boys
a few days ago ,
we wouldn't go
back on our
words for any
thing1 and consequently
quently this
Sa t u rd ay we
give away a
beautiful Easter
lily , pot and all ,
i , to every suit pur
chaser in the boys' department on the second floor.
We are going to make a hole in the wall in a day
or so now and wo want to make a hole in the boys'
stock too , and as we've got on a whole lot of new
styles we won't have much trouble in doing it.
We'll give you boys some special bargains in
whole suits and a whole lily thrown in.
BROWNING , KING & CO. ,
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