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SKNATOU QUAY , who has returned
from his boutharu tour to look nftor
Pennsylvania politics , tolls the ropuhli-
canH of that state that greater regard
than heretofore must ho had for the
character of aspirants in selecting can
didates. Tt will ho well for Nohraska
republicans to inuko a note of this as
of worthy imitation.
GONKUNOU KUSSIIM , has entered the
lists In the crusade against trusts. Ho
reminds the Massachusetts legislature
o' the urgent need of more stringent
restrictions upon the stock and hond-
iHsuing privileges of bueh corporations ,
lilsolosures in connection with the
Uoston gas ring investigation wore the
incentive for the governor's admonition.
THK newly rcappointcd Union Pacific
railroad director , County Commissioner
1'addock , Is cavorting around the de
partments at Washington. In nuo time
lie will condescend to return to the
place In which ho is supposed to ho doing
IwBlncss for the county and draw his
Hilary for April , if he lias not already
drawn It in advance , as ho did his pay
for the two weeks prior to his resuming
the functions of commissioner in his
present term. When it comes to draw
ing his salary Major Paddock never
falls to put in an appearance with
promptness and dispatch.
u county road pavement should ho
of durable material. Limestone maca
dam will not do. That was shown con
clusively on Farnam street at an expense
of $21,000 to the property owners , and
three years discomfort to everybody who
Vodo up and down that thoroughfare
during the macadam period. Wooden
blocks uro not to bo thought of and a
l > rick roadway would bo n doubtful ex
periment unless laid upon a bed of con
crete at least six inches deep. The only
tangible paving material for our coun
try roads are stone blocks. In making
selections it becomes aquestion.whethor
the cheapest stone is the most economic
in the long run. Colorado sandstone
blocks are a trillo cheaper than granite ,
hut they will not stand the wear and
tear half as well as Sioux Falls granite.
Colorado stouo will wear down in less
than ton years and have to bo turned
nml rolald. Sioux Falls granite will bo
as good 100 years hence as when laid.
public will watch with interest
the inauguration of what promises to bo
the greatest railroad freight war over
waged on the Paolllc coast. The rates
which the Southern Pacific proposes tent
nt once put In operation on such com
modities as scoured wool , wine , borax
and rags and like freights are said to bo
in several instances not moro than 1mlf
the regular rates , and , according to the
view expressed In a Sail Francisco tolo-
tfrnm , they are so low that neither by
rail nor steamer can freights ho moved
with any protlt to the transportation
companies. The schemu of the Southern
Pacific Railroad company in making
this onslaught is to break down the com
petition of the now North American
Navigation company. At this date the
steamship company has only third-rate
ptcamors chartered and it is stated has
110 accommodations for a largo business.
But the now transportation company
may huvo resources and facilities behind
it which the Southern Pacific does not
Biispcct and it may bo able to carry
freight at a loss as long as the railroad
cares to compote. At any rate the
shippers of the western coast will have
the benefit of the competition as long as
It lasts.
RECENTLY published statistics showIng -
Ing the increase of trade with countries
that have reciprocity arrangements
with the United States conclusively
Hhow that the policy has up to this time-
boon anything but a sham. As ono item
it may bo stated that during a year and
ix half of reciprocity with Cuba and
Porto Rlci our trade with these Islands
increased to the extent of over $18,000,000 ,
more than three fourths of this amount
being in exports. Nearly all the flour
now consumed in these islands is Ameri
can , whereas before reciprocity this
country sent very little there , and there
lias boon a generous growth in the
exports of other articles which are es
pecially favored by the arrangement.
The total increase in our trade , duo
largely or wholly to reciprocity , is esti
mated to bo not far from 8100,000,000 ;
but , allowing it to ho half that amount ,
the policy has boon of great value to our
agricultural producers and manufac
turers , much moro to the former than
the latter. Nevertheless , it seems to bo
the settled determination of the party
in power to attack this policy , and it
will not bo surprising it within the next
two yours some of the moro important
reciprocity ugroomonts uru abandoned.
AND T1IK I'l'lttM I'l.l'NOKH-
MIS.
Thontmosphrroof Lincoln hnit boon tnlntod
wlthcoiTiptloti nml venality for no innny
jo.irn that nu\ attempt V > IIUI-RU nml clean
up sta.t < institutions ( s nunto bo ascribed
hv the organs uf tno DOWITB thnt be inper-
witml spite work or jiolltlnil iiwlleo ami ro-
vrtieoOuuu Hun.
When 1'llot Ilosowntor doolumt thnt tlio
"viiry nlr of Lincoln Is permeated with cor
ruption" he Invites a slnp from every self-
respecting citizen ot Lincoln and every No-
timsknn who Is proud of the state and its
cnpltiit city Jniiriittl ,
Rvov MHO ; TMK OMAHA IJr.n. In Its struct"
fur .uiMH.ulomltsm ami ItH ffTorU to nmku
IMlltlf.il cnnltrtl tlirouili Inrtlcttncnt of state
onii'on , lin < born rhiKliiK tl * chawa hi this
line , It has at every oipuiUmlty ] nml on n.ini-
berloss orcnslims nbus'il mill nnillgntK ) Lin
coln nnd hi'lu It up to public view us a city
( copied with Individuals who uro tlilcvcs
nml robbers , public nnd private plunderers
nnd who live , move anu have tholr boinjf hi
nn atmosphere fetid with corruption nid | dis
honesty. Those cowardly and wtultous
Insults upon a people that In Intelligence ,
morality , honesty and ovcryiiunhflcatlcu thnt
POPS to nutko up Rood citizenship outshine
the people of Omahii as the sun outshines a
tnllow candle , will boar fruit that will In no
way redound to the credit of Omaha or the
cowardly assassin of character who gives
thorn publicity.
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The people over the state know how inde
cent nml dishonest the uttucks of Tun OMAHA
UIK : upon Lincoln are. Two thousand plrls
nml boys from over the state are attending
school In Lincoln whcra there lire not llfty
from over the state attending school In
Omaha. They do not come to Lincoln nor
are they sent to Lincoln because "the air is
permeated with corruption , " but because
this city stands pre-olinlncntly above any
other city In the west , exactly the opposite
of this. Lincoln Call.
Who dares deny that the atmosphere
of Lincoln Is tainted with C3rruption
and venality ? Who dnres deny that the
state has been systematically pillaged
by thieving ringnters who Imvo for
years Infested the state capital ? Why
were Dan Lauor and William Dargau
indicted by a Lancaster county grand
jury ? Did not the same grand jury
come very near Indicting noveral state
olllccrs who were implicated in asylum
swindles and penitentiary steals ? Was
not the collapse of the Capitol National
bank the climax of Imposture , forgery
and the rankest ot grand larconv , involv
ing the state in a possible loss of oovoral
hundred thousand dollars and ruining
scores of honest working men ,
merchants , widows aiut orphans ?
Was there nothing corrupt in the
deals f > etwcon the penitentiary con
tractor and members of the state
board ? Huvo not the high-handed
frauds perpetrated by supply contractors
and subordinates in state institutions in
collusionwith state otlicials been a cry
ing scandal in this state for years ?
Were not our "indignant1' contempor
aries of the Journal mixed up in a good
many of these frauds upon the taxpayers
and is it not decidedly impudent lor
such unclean gentry to ask self-respect
ing Nebraskans to resent the moro inti
mation that the atmosphere of Lincoln
is tainted with corruption ? Why don't
the clti/eiis of Albany resent the re
peated charges of corruption and
venality made by the Now York
papers against the rotten rings that
Imvo infested their city for years
and years ? Did the- reputable
papers of Now York , Philadelphia
and other commercial centers consider
the exposure and breaking up of munici
pal boodlor gangs as a cowardly and
gratuitous insult to Intelligent and hon
est citizens
Is it not an insult to the intelligence
of the state for anybody pretending to
common decency to ascribe the exposure
of dishonest methods in the management
ot state institutions and the effort to de
pose olllcials who have connived at fraud
and winked at barefaced swindles to por-
boual malignity and hostility to Lincoln ?
Do the people who have 2,000 boys and
girls attending the educational Institu
tions at Lincoln want the truth sup
pressed ? Do they want their boys and
girls to ad mire and respect public officials
who have violated their sworn obliga
tions , made themselves parties to corrupt
jobs and countenanced the most unblush
ing frauds ? Our much insulted and
indignant contemporaries evidently on-
tortaln a very low estimate of the
morals of the people of Nebraska and
the patrons of our state educational in
stitutions. Fortunately for the reputa
tion of Lincoln and the state , the
editors who take exceptions to the
coin-so of THK BKE speak for
only n very small fraction of. the people
at the state capital. They lack lament
ably in moral stamina and Imvo always
represented the element that considers
stealing from the state perfectly legiti
mate.
The honest , self respecting , un-
buught and unpurchasablo. citizens
of Lincoln , and especially the
hundreds of victims ol the Moshor
bank swindle , are in accord with
the effort to purge and clean up the
state institutions , and they do not feel
insulted or maligned by the publicity
which Tun Bui : has given to legislative
investigations and impeachment pro
ceedings. We need scarcely say that
the people of Nebraska , with the excep
tion of the criminal classes , their allies
and beneficiaries , want to sue the law
vindicated and dishonest olllalals re
tired from powoju'und ' place.
Omaha needs no defense at our hands.
She has never resented the exposure of
rogues and thieves and her citizens do
not fool insulted when the press strikes
a blow to break up boodlorlsm In munic
ipal and county government.
The cry of hostility and malignity to
Lincoln 1ms been the stock-in-trado of
public thieves and their organs at the
capital over since Nebraska was made a
state. The changes were rung upon
malignity and hostility to Lincoln when
the Htitlor , Kuntmt-d and Stout ring was
broken tip by legislative investigation ! !
and Impeachment- * . That was the mem
orable era when state olllcern built pri
vate roxldetiees with bricks designed for
the Insane asylum and university , and
when the tottering asylum was
sot on llro by hired Incendiaries
in order to avoid the scandal
which would follow the tumbling
down of the walls. In that Incendiary
llro several Insane Inmates lost tholr
lives , but the Lincoln ring organ never
whispered a word uain , < it the assassins ,
Incendiaries , and highwaymen whoso
proud found victims in the llames ! Thnt
was the era when sevonty-llvo sections
of land were stolen by conniving state
olllcials for a railroad that was never
built ; when Lincoln town lots ot apart
by the htato for the Masonic fraternity
were gobbled and appropriated by the
editorial champion of the thieves !
But in these palmy days no moro
pla'-ing fraud or swindle was perpetrated
upon the people of Nebraska than the
recent robberies at the Insane asylum
and penitentiary cell house.
The people of Nebraska are proud of
the state and Us capital city , but they
are not proud of the mercenaries and
thieves that Imvo despoiled its taxpay
ers and sapped the foundations of good
government in demoralizing and degrad
ing her public servants.
NKHllASKA KXTITLUD TO 1'ltlWRHRXCU.
The collector of internal revenue for
the district embracing Nebraska and
the Dakotas has always boon appointed
fiora Nebraska. The perfectly valid
reason for this is the fact that this state
furnishes probably quito three-fourths
of the revenue collected in the district.
The Dakotas nro prohibition states , and
while there is some revenue derived
from government licenses to sell liquor
In those states , it is small in comparison
with what is paid into the national
treasury by the brewers , distillers and
liquor dealers of Nebraska.
There is a candidate for collector of
internal revenue in this district from
North Dakota and It is intimated that ho
has some strength at Washington by
reason of having been a very
zealous Cleveland man. The appoint
ment of a collector should bo
made upon business principles and
not altogether as a reward of par
tisanship. The president has declared
that this is to bo a business administra
tion , and if ho was sincere in this ho
should bo governed in this matter by the
practical consideration that inasmuch
as Nebraska furnishes by far the larger
part of the revenue of the district its
collection should bo entrusted to a cit
izen of this state. IIo will have no diftl-
eulty in finding hero a capable man for
this olllco who at the sumo -timo will
answer every political requirement.
There ought to bo a very earnest pro
test made by Nebraskans who are in
a position to have some inlluouco
with the administration against the ap
pointment of a collector of Internal
revenue outside of this state , with the
possibility of removing the collection
headquarters from Nebraska and sub
jecting the interests hero which pay
revenue to the inconvenience and ex
pense of going elsewhere. It is an
obviously just proposition that these who
contribute most largely to the support
of the government should have the pre
ference in all respects. But oven if the
appointment of a North Dakota man
should not result in transferring the
headquarters it would still bo an injus
tice to Nebraska.
The only interest THU BEE 1ms in this
mutter is a desire to see this state fairly
treated. Every practical and business
consideration demands that a Nebraska
man bo selected for collector and every
other consideration should give way to
this.
THE Denver Ifcpnllicuh lays down
some very plain truths , which may prove
wholesome if not palatable to these of
her citizens who have been satisfied
with what may bo called "relative
praise" as to her advanced position as a
city. Exactly the same truths are
equally applicable -several other west
ern cities which lay claim to metro
politan greatness , and tholr recognition
would prove none the less beneficial.
When Denver's claims to bo consid
ered metropolitan are examined , frankly
says that journal , "it at once becomes
apparent that it is still in the relative
stage. It would be difficult if not impos
sible to find anything in which Denver
excels any other city in the United
States. It cannot claim to bo metro
politan until its streets nro all paved
and its parks improved up to the metro
politan standard. In respect of art Den
ver can make no claim at all , There Is not
a single statue or monument In the
whole city. Its public libraries are far
below what the libraries of a city of its
size ought to bo to say nothing of com
paring them with similar institutions in
largo citios. There Is not a single street
which , considered as a driveway , is
really creditable. " It is In this caustic
setting out of her shortcomings that the
llepublicun illustrates what is necessary
to bo accomplished before just claim *
can bo made for metropolitan considera
tion. The admonition of encouragement
Is also added that although as a rule
metropolitan characteristic ! come with
ago and growth In population , "a city
can advance very far toward the metro
politan class without waiting to ucquiro
a population of 500,000. "
THK promoters of the proposed Hud
son river nnd Ohio ship canal connec
tion are displaying renewed energy in
the enterprise , and are earnestly setting
forth the great advantages that- would
accrue to the Ohio valley in general and
to the Iron city In particular from Its
completion. They talk of the ability of
Plttsbnrg , when thus connected with
Luke Eric , to build "ships for the na
tion , If not for the world. " and the possi
bility of developing u grain shipping
trade in competition with Buffalo. The
sohomo attracts attention outside of the
Ohio valley , as does also another great
scheme , the connection of the Mississippi
river and the great lakes by the proposed
cauul between St. Paul and Djltuth.
For this ontorprJw n company lm been
Incorporated lilKyjInnosotn , with n cnpl-
tnl of $20,000,000. The I'lnolnnatl Cla-
silk , noting th " "vigorous enoriry dU-
plnycd in pushbjjmforward these enter
prises , says thn | Uj the meanwhile that
city Is not movliyjrji peg toward n Mourn
navigation canal connecting Cincinnati
with Lake Krfljlfty way of Toledo and
the Mnumeo rlvw , notwithstanding the
apparent advantages such a canal would
afford the city and , ontlro state of Ohio.
CALIFORNIA "newspaper * understand
the serious ofToiiU the appearance of
cholera in this country would have on
the fruit industry on the oast. The
health authorities of the larger cities
would undoubtedly forbid the sale of
fruit , or establish such stringent regu
lations to insure the presence of nothing
but the most perfect and fresh fruit In
the markets that they would about con
stitute a boycott. As n Caution to the
fruit growers of California , whoso
prospects for abundant yields are so
bright this season , they are advised that
the "only way to win the confidence of
the health officers is for California to
ship no premature fruit and nothing
but the healthiest of their products. "
At the same time confession is made
that for some seasons past proper care
has not been exercised In the selection of
fruit and the state suffered by it. That
other than a moral reason exists why
only perfect fruit should bo shipped
this season gives some assurance that
the east will hereafter got bettor fruit
from the Pacific coast than it lias some
times received.
Tun Tneoma , Wash. , Lcdycr directs
attention to a matter of special interest
to builders and lumbermen. It says that
the now freight rates made at the begin
ning of this year permit nearly all the
higher grades of the lumber of that re
gion to compote successfully with the
pineries of Minnesota , Wisconsin and
Michigan as well as the products of the
south in a very largo part of the eastern
and middle states. The shluglo indus
try , which was practically dead a year
ago , has taken a now lease of life ; all
the old mills are being run at full capac
ity and new ones are building , while
there is an increasing demand for the
better grades of building lumber , long
timbers and even for fencing and spruce
lumber. Ono mill in Tacouuv is now
selling lumber In twenty-seven of the
forty-four states. This new activity is
already attracting , the attention of east
ern mill men in that direction.
Tin : law requiring the deportation of
Chinamen who , slmll have failed to
register before May 5 is not to be put
into effect at that time , ' the Department
of Justice having 'decided to await the
decision of the stip pmo court as to the
constitutionality o the law. It has al
ready been arranged to make up a case
for the federal courts and it will bo
pushed as rapidlyas piacticable , so that
probably within ' 'a few' weeks from the
date at which , tbo , law should go into
effect the quostlonias to its constitution
ality will bo determined. Tills action
is manifestly wise- * because If the law is
unconstitutional it' ' is desirable that the
government bo sa'vod the expense of
carrying it out , which would bo very
considerable , while wo shall also avoid
any upleasantness with the Chinese gov
ernment , which has shown a moro re
sentful mood than it ) did regarding any
previous legislation unfriendly to its
people. _
D THE California legislature enacted a
very stringent law to secure the purity
of elections. Wo referred some time
ago to the corrupt practices act of Mis
souri , which goes much farther than
these of New York , Massachusetts and
other states that had adopted this legis
lation , and the California law is equally
drastic if not a little moro so. Perhaps
no state had greater need of legis
lation of this kind than Cali
fornia , which has long had a most
unenviable record for the corrupt char
acter of its elections , and It is creditable
to the democrats ot that state , who con
trolled the legislature , that they prc-
vlded what will doubtless prove a pretty
thorough remedy for the long-prevail
ing evil. Eight or nine state * now have
laws to prevent corrupt practices in
elections and there is reason to bollovo
that they will he general within the
next ton years.
Aln'l llnliiKT " Thing.
( Vifrrf/i Tribune.
Atrorney General Olnoy is at a loss to uu-
ilcrstnmt why ho Is. talked about so much
ho hasn't been doing nnythlnir.
.
Ono K44untl l to Oumocrittlu Id-form.
Am1 Yorl. AdMrtder.
Prison management \vnieh is conducive to
the easy escape of prisoners is an important
movement in the interest of democratic re
form.
( ilvo I.iliur it C'lmixo.
Chtciigii Juurnnt.
The working classes will make the fair a
financial success or n failure. Give labor n
chance to participate in the advantages anJ
benefits of the lair it has helped to make.
Open the gates.
Course tlm Smith Should 1'uriuu.
JinLi\fitti / ( \ > ie-Dei < > cnit ,
The wny for the suuth to secure capital
nml Immigration is Uii give tnom nssur.iiic-o
of just nnd fair tn.'nj.ntc > it. Instead of notify
ing them that they are expected to auliordi-
nato tholr interests * 'ib the welfare of the
democratic party. _
I'unli till ) llnil | ii'linioit Cii4e ,
ttcl > m itilitlu I'rcsn.
The determination ui' the supreme court to
push the impc.icluilwit cases through as
tinlekly as nossihle i . , ) iishly commendable.
The state officers c.iiCiwt afford to rest umor
the imputation of infill for longer than is
absolutely necessary1. '
ThU In Conllilnitiul.
Some features of thqjBroatdisplay nt Jack
son park will not boywinploto when Presi
dent Cleveland presses the button that starts
tlio machinery , but It will bo the greatest
exposition that cmv opened as it Is. This Is
confidential and oQiciul.
I. ( it I.HIMII Ilia Duel of Wnr
ClitcU'jii Tttbunr.
L t the war go on. It should spread , and
should last until the rates are hammered
down to one faro for the round trip. The
rallro.iils can make money at that ll-juro , anil
the s.ioucr they come down to that basis the
moro they will make. ' *
l.onl ontlmrut I'tvorit It. n
f/iMnlrlii'iri lierot if.
The World's fair nationil commission has
referred to the loual directory the question
of o | > cnluic the oxiKwition on Sundays. This
Is not meutln the question siu-\roly | ; but
It is an admission th.it the iiUMitlon is still
open , and that it is not a national one and ,
therefore , by imi > Uc.itIoti. not properly with
in the purview of congress , u the decision
hould finally bo loft to local sentiment thcM
would ho little doubt thai the causa ef true
morality would pruvnll , nnd the { tales bo
thtoxvn open to visitors
Hrliurx Mlrt'tM'il t'iirll .
Carl Srhura has taken the place of George
William Curtis hi the civil service reform
movement. While Mr. Curtis lived ho was
Indisputably the foremost representative of
thnt cause. Not merely his great ability and
peerless elonuence , , but hU elevation of pur
pose * , his puritv nnd dignity of tone nnd his
dlslntcrosto.l character made him easily pre
eminent. Tlicro Is no one left who will al
together 111 ! his rule , for ho had In n rareand
peculiar degree made the cause his own
Mitnlcliml Itrfnrin , n lo I'mnchUm.
Them nro now pending In the city council
a number of ordlnatu-es 'grunting very valua
ble franchises to private coriioratlons. As a
type of these the Midland rapid transit
ordinance may bo cited. Such measures
should bo carefully watched.
Ami , by the way , why Is not this a good
time to Inaiigurntt ) a now line ot municipal
polli-y In dealing with such matters ( Here
tofore it has be > n customary for a corpora-
tlon seeking n franchise to first lay aside n
corruption fund of a few hundred thousand
dollars to be used In "inllucnelng" nldermen.
la return for this expenditure the council
has granted most valuable concessions with
out requiring any substantial equivalent In
behalf of the city. H Is true that the cor
porations have been compelled to pay hand
somely for their franchisee , but the money
has gene Into private hands Instead of Into
the city treasury. Why not change this ?
Why not lav down the proposition now that
no public franchise will bo granted bore-
alter unless the city tfets n fair revenue
therefrom ? And when n franchise Is granted
why not Insist that the ordinance shall bo
drawn up by tlio city law department , In
stead of the attorneys ! for the corporation
seeking the concession ?
JI/.IST.S FHOM It.l.ll'H linillt.
Sin is Its own detective.
The devil shuns n happy heart.
Persover.mco often outruns genius.
A moderate drinker is worth a great deal
more to thodovll than thoout-and-out drunk
ard.
ard.When
When you pray for the Lord to bless other
psoplo don't Insist that it shall bo dene your
wny.
wny.Did
Did you ever know a Christian who
didn't backslide as snon as ho begun to grow
rich'
There are people In the church who stop
believing the bible whenever a famine comes
in sight.
It is easier to walk the tight rope without
falling than it is to criticise others without
backsliding.
The man who does right only because ho
has to would rather work for the devil at
the same price.
Finding fault with others is ono wny of
telling people that you are not quite so good
as you ought to be yourself.
There too many people who make n fifteen-
minute prayer lor missions and then get up
and put a Si-cent piece in the basket.
If men would stand up for their religion
like they will for their politics how quick
the devil would begin to run.
If some people would bo n little moro care
ful about where they stop , those who follow
them wouldn't stumble so much.
The kind of preaching many a mar. wants
is that which will permit him to servo the
devil all the week and still respect himself.
That preacher will probably feel lonesome
in heaven who has never said anything in
his sermon to make the devil show his teeth.
Don't exmet | much from the man who Is
always talking about what great things ho
would do it hu had somebody else's oppor
tunities.
There nro people who have to take all
their gold to the devil's blacksmith shop ,
nnd have It made into chains with which to
bind themselves
Dotiolt I'rco Press : Wife I want a spring
bonni-t.
Husband What kind of n one. dear ? "
\Vlfu Any Iclml , so It's stylish and nli-o.
llusbiinfl Very well , dear , you shall have a
no\t
Now York Sun : Ted Ho proposed last
iilu-lit , and she refused him.
Nod-Did ho tell you ?
Ted-.Vo.
Nod Then how do you know ?
Ted 1 passed the lioiisiiwhen ho was bidding
bur good night , and hu said It only once.
DMrolt Trllmno : Timorous Lover Do you
think It will bo easy to arnuizo things with
your father , darlfn y does < locs ho under
stand thtnileadllyi1
Chicago Dannol Oh , yes. Pop usually gets
there with lutli feut.
YiaHhlngtonNows : Wo can only olTor ono
"remlnlsconca" of Hilwln liooth , and It Is
second bund. Ono day nn Inquisitive person
uski'd Mr. liooth If lu thought ho would over
return to the staco , ami tlio trugodlun mourn
fully replied : " 1 fear not ; I do not feel iihlo to
demonstrate my littlest for the work by whip
ping John li Sullivan "
Chlcugo Mall : Husband Hut wo have no
phiro for him to sleep.
Wife You forgot thu folding bed In the par
lor.
lor.Husband
Husband No , I don't. I snld wo hud no
place for him to sleep.
Washington Slur : ' ilus Herbert uny flirin-
clal ability ? " usked the young woman's father.
"Oh yes. Indeed , pupa. " wus the conlldent
toply. "You know ho has no prospect of u
fortune and ho told me that he has gotten sev
eral thousand dollars In debt. "
Vogue : "The lust time I saw Trotter ho wa
iloimiv In I-1" ' " -lib two girls. How did ho set
tle the matter ? " .
-DII , oiisiiji enough only ono would huvo
him. "
Texas permits high toned convicts to hire
substitutes to work for them in tno convict
camps.
Arkunsuw Traveler : They sny the purchas
ing power of money has Increased , unit yet you
can only buy ono G-contelgur for u nlcKol.
Indianapolis Journal : He You lot thnt
young C'udson Uls < 5 you. you know you did
There Is no use for you to deny It.
She 1 know I did. dear , but I shut my eyes
and Imnglned thnt It wus you.
Chicago Trllmno : Two plddy young men
were strolling through .Midway I'falsanco the
other diiv nhi'ii they saw a Turk a short dis
tance uhcnd of them.
"Do vou sec the Turk ? " said one of them , "I
um going to have snmo fun with him. "
So nrosenllv hosuld to the Turk :
"Well , old I'e/ry. how's yor liver ? "
A-d the Turk replied , In perfectly good Kn-
gllsh :
Much bottur than your manners , Nlr. "
ItutTalo Courier : Man In the Moon Say ,
wunt lo ilo tno a fnvor ?
Tlio Hun-Sure. Wliut Islt ?
Mun In the Moon Just muko It hot for that
half million of lunatics down there who uro
going'round screeching that I'm their sweet
heart , durii 'em ,
Now York I'ross : "She mnkcs n perfect hluvo
of herself. "
"Doesn't her husband help bur any lu hoi
chores ? "
"Whenever she usks him ho growls. "
"Sho shoiildn' mind that , but Insist on his
uldlng her. "
"Well , you .see , she's u tempuruce woman'
andshecannot consistently work the growler. '
Washington Star : "I will nowatteml to this
writ ot attachment , " said the young lawyer
who wus composing a love letter.
Detroit i' ' Itntne.
With her hoopiUlrU thun the rophyr
Toyed nnd trfllod to horirrlof.
.Such u time she had hud never ,
To ht-uveii pruyed she for relief.
Ami the cyclone , lightning freighted ,
( 'aino In answer to bur cry.
Slio wu bodily translated
To a belter world on high.
She was pretty and nuat nnd her charm * were
complute
When she took off her hat nt tlm play ,
And right there and then she conquered the
men ;
Sim received ton proixisuU next day.
Indlanupolls Journal WenryVatLlns
Wliut uro you cryln' utV
jllsmul unison Tlio sound of your voice. It
sounds so much like thu wind over an empty
Jug.
_
CMc 131 Inttr Ore in.
IIo reud for a tlmo with pleasure ,
Then ho begun to glow mud ,
Ho hud dropped a teur for thu heroine's woes ,
And found It n medicine ad.
lllmtm Atlvtiltttr.
Sho's an awful trnmun thu neighbor's suy.
And koepi her hu-.li.iiid on mlsery'ii InlnU ,
VIM. 1 saw her in u Im/gy today ,
When * ho uctuully dioru u her > o to drink.
IIOH TO VONNHt.1 *
If Mr Council had not Imponchod my dis-
Interostednesi and honesty In his two-column
nKiloity | In yesterday's papers , I should re-
innln silent nnd leave htm to the charitable
consideration of the public. Hu nftlrms that
since I ceased to bo the general
solicitor of the Chicago , St. Paul ,
Minneapolis * & Omnlm railway I have
had the "most violent antipathy
towards railroads" nnd Imvo "posed as the
guardian ad litom of the people. " My record
on the Union Pacific question has boon un
changed for fully twenty years. My course
In the senate In 1831-18S ) . I may cite In this
connection , Mr. Council confesses that It Is
to him Incredible that any ono should act
without pecuniary consideration In behalf of
the public. Mr. Council ( wo may Infer from
what ho says ) Is not built that way.
What n delicate humor there Is In the state
ments made by him , viz : "So far ns I nm
personnlly concerned , 1 nm only desirous of
what may bo for the best Interests of the
city. " "If what Is proposed ( ho adds ) Is not
for the best" then ho Is willing that other
vlows should prevail ! Lot us accept what
ho doth protest so much. Perhaus no one
In this Is called upon lo nxorvlso greater
charity than I , slnco ho not merely Inti
mates , but directly says , that I have been
secretly retained bv the Milwaukee road ;
that I nm acting a dishonorable part ; thnt
inv labor In this matter ostensibly in behalf
of the city , Is a pretext and n falsehood. In
passing , let mo sny that this statement Is
destitute of truth and that I am only re
strained by politeness from saying that it Is
false as shcol , which ( merelv ns n matter of
fact ) is really the truth about It
I pardon Mr. Council much because 1 know
that the late decision In the depot matter
was a grievous disappoln.nont to him-per
haps the moro grievous because ho loved the
welfare of the city so much. Did ho not say
to the city council that ho would sweep away
the injunction in fifteen minutes , by a wave
of the hand , ns it wore ! How keen then
must have been the grief of his great heart
when , after laboring two full hours anil
waiving both arms galoro-lous-lv the while ,
he got loft' Yea , then the puckering string
of his trail bladder broke.
The Imputation that 1 have been retained
by some private Interest doubtless arises
from the fact that certain prominent lawyers
( Messrs. Woolworth nnd Cowm ) have ap
peared with mo in the case. In
this case they appear under authority
from mo which is hv wrltmtc Any citizen
may son it at my office. It is said they uro
attorneys for the Milwaukee and Hock Is
land railroads also ; they are. Their assist
ance has been welcomed by me , for ( I must
confess ) I have sometimes felt that working
gratuitously for the public was a thankless
task. The Interests of these companies nnd ;
of Omaha , In this matter , run together. Do
wo not want them to come into Omaha ? Do
wo not want nil other companies to come inhere
hero ? Why should wo not work together to
thnt end ? Is it not an "object lesson" to our
citrons in this contention f Iloio are two
great railroads striving to gut facilities nnd
footing in Omaha ; the Union Pacific is try
ing to keep them out , and the city attor
ney is using the name of the city
of Omaha to aid the Union Pacific
to Keep them out , nnd ns \\ell , nil
other companies Does not the city attorney
( and , ns is well known , in opposition to the
mayor's views ) ask that the fee simple of
the depot grounds bo given the Union Pa
cific when that company Is doing all It can
in lf > op these i wo roads ( and nil otbersj out
of Omaha ?
How dare W. , T. Council champion such n
thing ? He sots himself up in opposition to
the irallcy of the mayor in the matter In
stead of being loyal to the administration of
the mayor , as he is bound in honor to be. No
more patriotic citizen can bo found in our
city than our mayor. To the utmost of his
ability he is trying to give this city nn hon
est and economical administration of tlio
public business. Council has set himself up
in this matter to be higher than the mayor ;
to bo a bigger man than old Domisl Mayor
llcmis says : Lot all railroads come
in ! Council says ; Help the Union
Pacific to keep them nil out.
If Mr. Council cannot loyally carry
out the policy of the mayor , let him resign.
I call upon him In the name of an outraged
city to resign ! And I call upon the mayor ,
If the resignation of this official is not forth
coming , to lire him from the public service !
Show to us who is in tyor ; is it Council or
Hcmis ?
I speak strongly. 'Lot mo illustrate this.
Such words should not bo spoken lightly.
Set mo down for a slanderer If I do not Jus
tify myself.
It BDCS without saying that Omaha wants
all eastern railroads to come in hero to aid
In developing our city nnd stato. Clearly
that is for her interest. Wo must overcome
the Imputation that "Omaha is a Union Pa
cific town , " i. c. , that the Union Pacific owns
It and that wo will not help any eastern
road to got a foothold here. For twenty
years has the Union Pacific barred tlio way.
The Kock Island road lias a line from Chicago
cage to Council Bluffs , also a line of some 000
miles in length from the Missouri river to
Denver. It desires to come to Omaha and
to connect these two lines in our city. Shall
It bo driven nway ? Shall It bo compelled to
cross the river at some other placof Shall
its competitors west of the Missouri , the
Union Pacific and tlio B. it M. , keep its line
sawed in two , the western ( WO miles thereby
rendered nearly valueless ? Is Omaha for
thnt ? Will Omaha help these competitors to
perpetuate such nu iniquity ? Thnt Is the
status hero today ? The Union Pacific con
tracted to let the road into the city and
westward , but now ( under Clark ) pleads
the baby act and says the contract is ultra
vires ! It denies the right to use the depot
ground that wo bought. Council ( our city
attorney I ) In the name of our city , contrary
to tlio wishes of the mayor , puts our city in
the attitude of helping the Union Pacific
railway to keep the Rock Island sawed
in two , to keep It out of Omaha ,
hv propoMiiR to plve > the Union I'nclllo nu
wny n fee itimplo tltlo to the dotx > t KITHIIU ! L
by giving It n club to boat nut thu brains i"l
the ItooV Island nnd thr. Mllvfaukeo , nml a "
other eastern nmiU- thus nmbllnr lh
Union Pnellle lo keep Oninliu bottled tip f * '
all tlmo to comol What nn outrage1
This Is whv , In hohalf of the patriotic i id
Tensor Omaha , 1 demand the reManntlonu
the city attorney There Is nothing , nbs4
lutolv nothing , to palliate his vonduot f
Omaha would treat the ilock Island or w' '
other road , ns Council's scheme contemplate
then let tlio waters of the Missouri rise an1
Uro\vn out the ton n , for It docs not desnrv
to exist. Is Council justified in plat In
Omaha In such an attitude tovtnrds t-nstir
roads" Shall we help or antagonize the *
roads !
Again 1 eall upon the mayor to fire him I
ho persists in using the powers of hit ofllc
to so utterly nnd Indefensibly prejudice th
welfare of the city
Lot mo return again to tbochargo tint
represent the interests of these railroads ,
do. I am helping them to come Into Onmhrr"
1 will help any others In the same wnj , > .
nm not employed by nny of them , nor would !
1 accent a dollar from any of them , ovenl
should It bo offered. I nm not built that ]
way. Only one man has ever Intimated thtil
contrary , I grlovo that there should lie om-J
who would suspect u. But this ono Is Coil- '
nell. I must try nnd bear this
I can 8.iv to Mr. Connell that the author
ity of the attorneys associated with mo in
this ense , derived from mo , is In writing nnd
open to his Inspection ; It w.\s given oil the
theory that the interests of the eastern roads
nnd of Omaha were identical In this suit. Il
the time should come- when those gentlemen
should undertake to get an advantage nt the
expense of the city under the authority derived
rived from me ( n thing not conceivable ) , 1
assure you , I would fire them out of the cusi1
In open court nml without ceremony Lot
not your heart bo troubled If you discover
evidence of any such perfidy kindly advise
meof It
Perhaps It Is well to expose the pretext of
the Union Pacific people thnt n fee slmph ;
title to the land ( that is , n title released
fiom the obligation to perform the git-at
contract made with tlio eitj In 1872) ) Is noees
siu-y to enable the depot company to build
upon it , Did not the Union Pacific build the ,
old depot , which cost ( It says ) JlSS.lKKl , upon ,
it without any other title , or asking nny
other , than what it has' Has It not expended -
ponded tens of thousands of dollars in trucks ,
oti- , upon it without asking any bettor title ?
The fact is ( ns shown in evidence ) ,
the Union Pacific and B. & M Imvo
agreed to furnish to the depot company the
money , for each * 1OIK ) In money they fur
nish they nro to receive JM.MH ) In depot bonds
nndl,0K ( ) in its capital stock , in other
words , fci.fiOO In securities for every $1 ( XX )
they put in. This is the fact These com
panies can , in the usual way , lloat these
iKmds nnd make a very handsome "saving. "
That they need a better tltlo Is n pretext :
they want It so the } cun keep Omaha bottled
up. JOHN D. HO\\E.
A Cor I'ftlon.
Fni'.MONT"Nob . April BllTo the Editor of
TIIK Dr.ii : In TUB BUB of this duto wo find
the following notice : "John A ICophn of
Fremont has begun action in federal court lo
force the payment of a judgment against
Moses Jerome and others connected with the
Fremont Hinder Twine company. The
amount involved is said to bj about $ T , ( XI ) ) . "
\Vo wish , \"U to give this statement n vig
orous denial. The suit mentioned is n per
sonal matter of Moses Jerome and has no
signlllciincolmtuver In connection with the
affairs of this company , being simply an no
tion to recover a personal -loot by attaching
slock of said Moses Jerome nnd testing thu
validity of n transfer of stock made bj him ,
Nr.miAsKA Bis'iii'.u T\MNI : Co ,
B. W. KUYNOMIS , President.
Indian I'.iriiHTH.
Advices from Chamberlain , S. D , state
hit there is goinj to bu a largo amount of
small grain put in on the Lower Brulo reser
vation this spring , and that the Indians are
taking a great Interest In fanning. There
are now three threshing machines on the
lower Hrnle reservation which nro managed
by the boss farmers and are used to thresh
for Indians. Thus the agricultural Industry
is getting a stnrt west of the Missouri river
In that vast country , which up to a few years
ago was unoccupied by the whlto men , nnd
in course of time the .stock raising nnd agri
cultural industries will culminate nnd bo car
ried on together.
An effort is bein'g made to sec uro the con
struction of a l.iranch line of the l-Soo" road
from Hankinson , N. D. , to Sioux Falls via
Wntertown.
or . /o.v/v OITHJK it
* ' . 1 , . S. ( n .l ( inii
I'oor Jonesho voted early , and he also \oled
Into ,
"I'lir , " said he , "I think noHIco Is a-comln' ; "
An' when he seen the lingers on the democratic
sluto ,
lie rode his mule to Washln'ton u-hummln't
An" said Jones : "I'm hero !
An' It seems qulto clear
I'm entitled to u olllco. "
Hut they suld : "Next your ! "
I'ur , you see , there was u fellor that was hold-
in' of tlm pluco
The otllcii fur which Jours wus jest u-plnln' ;
An' the gover'ment WUH waltln' with a patient
sort of fuce ,
Till he died , or took n notion fur rcslgnln * .
1'lrst , 'twas "pick and cheese , "
Then 'twas "win or lese ; "
So Jones , ho Kept n-wultln'
1'er u dead man'.s shoes.
He went down to the village where the feller
hud the job
An' ho olTored him n hnuso an' lot furclyln' ;
Hut the tune , It kept n-golu' , and no crape \\as
on the knoh ,
An' Jones sat In the comol ory slgliln'l
An' today you'll ( bid-
All u-uandi-rlii' In his mind'
I'oor Jones. ] e.st waltln' , uultln' ,
An' that feller uiitcslgnrd !
& GO.
it Minufa < 5turor an 1 ! l > tUjl
of Clothing lu tlu WorU
Our Tailors
They are the people to whom you should re
turn thanks for the eleg-ant
designs of the May suits now
shown by us. They are not
to blame for this beastly
weather , though we expected
to sell more of them the
suits than we did. Its a
very nice collection we're
showing now. If it rains this May like it did a
year ago you will want to invest in ono of our
mackintoshes , that looks like a light weight over
coat. Umbrellas are not so much the style now
since those new mackintoshes have come to bo the
rage. We have them plain dark and light colors
and in stripes and plaids. Wo can nt anybody and
when we've fitted you to ono you'll take it and like
it , too.
BROWNING , KING & CO. ,
ttoioopeerorir ewnlnjtlll ft U j g , W , COf , 16tu dQl jJjl ) U