Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE.MONDAY , MAY 15 , 1803.
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Itii tlnc > Democrat.
Of the republican iircss of Nebraska TUB
OMAHA HP.I : mono Is making the impeach
ment fight. The other dailies , ilho World-
Herald nnd State Journal , well knowing the
rottenness thai exists , nro rather defending
the fraud. This docs not surprise us in the
Journal , n It has been n direct beneficiary
to the theft , bill II does surprise us lhal Iho
"World-Herald should kcop sllonl as lo the
rottenness that It knows exists.
WALt , ntroot IMS lost Its prestige as
Iho dictator of the national financial
policy.
As A gambling resort Wall street is
rapidly dcgonorutlng into a national
nuisance.
THE Chicago newspapers are now talk
ing of running the big show until Octo
ber 1 , 1891.
SECRKTAHY CAKUSLB'S strong box
now contains nearly $2,000,000 of free
gold. It all came from the west , too.
OP AI..L the arguments against prohi
bition dynaniito is the least ofllcacious.
The Muscatino saloon keepers have dis
covered this fact to their sorrow.
THE Impeachment trial has reached
its second stage and commencing today
tlio defense will have its innings. THE
BEE will cnntimio to print the only reliable -
liable rojwrts of the proceedings.
THE exposure of the alleged anarchist
plot to blow up the World's fair was a
very clover advertising dodge , but it
will not have a reassuring effect upon
the nerves of prospective visitors.
I tS Tim announcement that Rev. Sam
S Small desires to ix > the presidential nom-
ncc of the prohibition party in 1801I will
enable people with rcminifccont tenden
cies of mind to recall the fact that such
n party is really in existence.
THE nunonforcument of the Geary
Chinese exclusion act is rapidly assum
I f ing all the phases of a political issue in
It k * ' the Pacific coast states. The feeling
against the administration is especially
Btrong in Oregon and Washington.
A fcARRFUl , perusal of the evidence BO
far adduced in the impeachment trial at
Lincoln will convince the average
reader that one-half of the effort of tlio
defense has been expended in behalf of
the asylum ami cell house boodlers.
THE asmtmptlon that the republican
newspapers of the country are criticis
ing Cleveland's financial policy in the
hope of precipitating u panic is the
veriest twaddle. The warmest sup
port accorded the administration in
the recent Hurry came from the repub
lican
WHEN the run un the Plankinton bank
at Milwaukee commenced Saturday Phil
Armour , with the characteristic mod
esty of a typical western man , chartered
n special train and dispatched $1,000,000
in gold to the rescue. It is just this kind
'of financiering that will prevent a panic
nnd it bus the gomiino western lltivor.
INDICATIONS point to a largo gather
ing of representative men from dilToront
Htates in the union in response to the
call of Governor Kniite Nelson of Min
nesota for a great anti-coal camblim and
other unlawful trusts conference. The
convention will asfeejnblo in Chicago on
Juno 5 and ( ! . Twenty-six governors
have already responded to Gjvornor
Nelson'a proposition for aiuih a conven
tion , among them the governor of Ne
braska , Russell of Massachusetts , Pattl-
BOn of Pennsylvania and Altgold of Illi
nois. Knob state Is entitled to ten dele
gates , to bo named by the governor , and
Governor Crounno has acted promptly In
appointing the dolegallon from this
fituto.
TuiCBtatoof Washington is placing
herself in the van of irrigating enter
prise in this oauntry. The now system
for the irrigation of the Yakima valley '
into which the water is
about to be
turned will convert about 00,000 acres > 10f
sagebrush Into a fruitful garden. Plans
are now being made for extending the
Hystem ao as to reclaim about 25,000 )
iioros moro. The building of the great
ditch with its myriad laterals has boon
n undertaking of no email magnitude ,
and exports declare the entire work the
most perfect in the country.Oth'or systems
nro contemplated , and the impetus that [
irrigation is mire to give to agriculture
and horticulture will enable Washing
ton to contribute an immunt-o volume Bof
produce to the markets of the country.
Hero la another suggest Ion for the en
couragement of irrigation enterprise nin
the Btuto o ( Nebraska.
TltK SOUTH AXD UMrrOfMTfOff.
It Is reported that the executives of
tlio Routlicrn states nro receiving letters
( roiii immigration agents in the north *
west proposing to send foreign settlers
Ui the south. It la also Hftld that when
the legislatures of the various southern
Hlatos meet next winter some proposi
tions will bo made to establish an immi
gration agency abroad , to bo supported
by the different southern states. The
governor.of ) those states , It Is stiff-
go.st 'd , appreciate the linportnnco of
having agents abroad and would have
advised Hituh n course at the recent con
ference at Richmond had It boon doomed
pro | > or nt that time.
The convention of southern governors
which met nt Richmond 11 short time
ago for the purpose of formulating some
plan tOHccuro Immigration to the south
was not strikingly successful , but It very
plainly Indicated that there Is a strong
sentiment in the south favorable to im
migration and that the movement to
encourage it is likely to gain in strength.
What the possibilities of succor are Is
question. It Is a fact that only about
one-hundredth part of the immi
grants that como to this country declare
their Intention to become citizens ot any
of the states of the south , while
the rest of them settle In northern states.
What I * the reason for this ; * The ell-
mate of the south is genial. The agri
cultural capabilities of a large portion
of that section nro unsurpassed. Land
In the south is not dear , relatively , and
there Is every reason to suppose that it
will yield rewards to industry proportionate
tionate to any other part of the country.
There are economic reasons why the
Bonth should bo the most tempting field
for Immigration in the world. Yet
so few of the people coming from
the old world does it attract that
an extraordinary effort is deemed necos-
Lary to present its claims and advanta
ges to the people who nro seeking homos
in tin ) now world. While the economic
conditions strongly invite immigration
to that Lection , very little goes thoro.
There seoina to bo but one explanation
of tins , and that Is the social conditions
that prevail in the south. In the tlrst
place , the immigrant from Europe , if ho
Imvo any intelligent information about'
the social conditions in this coun
try , knows that ho cannot occupy
so favorable a poiition in the
south , either as a small farmer
or as n laborer , that he can in the west.
The old aristocratic spirit has not gone
out of the former bcction , while in the
latter it has never assorted itself. It
still remains true of the south that the
toiler and the poor man must stand in
the background. In the west this has
never boon the case. Another obstacle
to immigration to the south is the fact
that the political conditions in that sec
tion are unfavorable to free and Inde
pendent action. They put a constraint
both upon the opinions and the
conduct of men , compelling : them
to pursue a certain courbo
in order to win success in any direction.
Still another obstacle is in the loose re
gard which the southern pcaplo have
for law. The many instances of mob
violence in that section , which there is
no attempt to remedy , cannot fail to im
press Europeans , familiar with the au
thority of law and taught to respect it ,
that there is in the south an absence of
that security for person and property
which is to bo had in other portions of
the country.
It is evident that if the south is to ob
tain the immigration which it desires
and which it undoubtedly needs for its
development and material progress ,
there must bo a radical change in the
social and political conditions of that
section. Unhappily there seems nt
present but small promise that this will
bo attained.
.IMSrBtt AXI ) SKtlV.lXT.
A recent decision of the supreme court
respecting the liabilities of a railroad
corporation to an employe for injuries
received while in the service of the com
pany does not seem to have attracted
the attention its significance should
commend.
Thirty-six years ago Chief Justice
Tanoy handed down his famous opinion
in the Dred Scott case. Si.c of the asso
ciate justices of the suprema court hold
with him that the negro was so far in
ferior that he had no right ? which the
white man was , bound to respect. Only
two justices of the court , McLean and
Curtis , dissented from this opinion.
It Is thought by some that tlm decis
ion just handed down in this railroad
case may prove as far-reaching on the law
relating to master and bervant as the
memorable decision had on the institu
tion of uluvory. The opinion disposes of
the case of the Baltimore & Ohio rail
road against John Baugh , reversing the
judgment of tlio circuit court and re
manding the case for a new trial. A
noticeable coincidence is , that the de
cision , which was read by Justice
Brewer , was reached by the same vote
as the majority opinion in the Dred
Scott case. Chief Justice Fuller jolnoil
with .lustlco field in a lengthy dissent
ing opinion , remarkable for the vigor
ous language In which it is couched and
iho drastic manner with which the con
clusions of the majority uro contro
verted.
The circumstances of the case , related
more fully than given in the dispute ! * ,
are these : Baugh , a locomotive fireman
on the road , was injured , as ho
claimed , In a collision at Bel-
hilro , O , , through the negligence
of the engineer. He brought suit
against the company and win given
u verdict for $13,750. The railroad com
pany appealed from the circuit to the
supreme court. The question consid
ered was whether the engineer and fire
man of this loujinotlvo , running without
any train attached , wore fellow aorvants
of the company , or . whether the engi
neer was in the position of master , rep
resenting the company. Justice Brewer
and thu majority of the couvt hold the
former opinion. In doing so ho reversed
the dcclblon in * " the eas.e of a railroad
company against Ross , that wont to the
supreme court from Minnesota somu
years ago , and has since become a load
ing case. In the RMS case the court
hold that * 'a conductor of a railroad
train , who has a right to command the
movements of a train and control the
persons employed upon it , represents
the couipauy whllo performing those
I duties ( nntl doe ? not boar the relation of
fellow servant to the engineer nnd other
employes on the train. " In the Bnugh
case there was no conductor , as the en
gineer was n helper , but rule ton
of the company provided that in such
cases the engineer became the con
ductor. The majority of the court
maintained that Baugh was n follow
servant of the engineer , knowing with
htm the peril of the trip , and by volun
tary riding amt'iied the risk , and ,
therefore , cannot recover.
The principal objection in Justice
Field's dissenting opinion , supported by
the chief justice , to the decision rend by
Judge Brewer , is to the claim that the
question is one of general law , In which
the state laws nnd decisions of the
courts of Ohio , the state in which the
accident occurred , are not followed.
The verdict and judgment In the court
below , ho stated , were reached in con
formity with the law as settled by the
supreme court of Ohio nnd under the
judiciary act of 1785) ) that was the law to
control. Under the opinion of the ma
jority , ho said , the Uoss case falls , and
the law of master and servant is given
a construction that will make it exceed
ingly dllllcult for a co-omployo to sccnro
damages. Pointing out the dangers in
the opinion of the majority ho said the de
cision "destroys the autonomy of the
states , wipes out the state line and goes
far toward building' up a powerful cen
tralized government in place of the gov
ernment of limited powers which was
created by consent of the sovereign
states. "
This decision by the highest court in
the land is certainly an important ono
and will bo sure to attract greater at-
toutlon than it has received as sosntu
its full purport is generally known and
understood.
TUB complicated state of public alTatrs
in the Republic of Nicaragua and the
apprehensions necessarily felt as to the
issue of the battle that seems pending
between the government and revolution
ists , commands the special attention of
the people of this country. Nicaragua
is the largest of the Cent'-al American
states , with an area of10,500 square
miles and a population ot nearly 'ilii,000.
Its commercial intercourse with the
United States is measured by about
! jilr > 00,000 of exports and as great a
value of imports annually. But chief
interest centers on this republic in
that across its territory is to run
the maratimc ship canal to connect the
waters of the Atlantic and the Pacific.
This is eminently an American enter
prise , progressing under a charter
granted by congress in 1880 to capitalists
of this country. In view of the disas
ters that have overtaken the Panama
canal enterprise , the speedy construc
tion of the Nicaragua channel becomes a
matter of importance to the commerce
of the world. The total length of the
proposed route is 109 miles , but of this
142 miles are included in the River San
Juan and Lake Nicaragua. The original
total estimated cost was $90,000,000 , , and
six years were sot for its construction.
Moro rapid progress will have to be
made on the work than heretofore to
carry out this intention , and the
troubles in the state are likely to
retard operations. The reports received
at Washington regarding the progress
of the revolution are conflicting , n.s are
also the statements respecting its incep
tion. That it was incited and is sup
ported by New York capitalists is de
nied by the former secretary of the Nicaraguan -
raguan legation in that city. That
the troubles jeopardize American inter
ests is evidenced by the fact that the
United States government has dispatched
a war ship to cither coast of the dis
turbed republic. The Atlanta from
Now York is cnvoyago for Groytown ,
and the Alliance from San Francisco for
Corinto. Upon these will devolve the
duty of protecting the interests of Amer
icans , for the cities now in possession of
the revolutionists embrace' those on the
entire line ot the canal west of the lake
and the principal portion of the canal
from Groytown to the lake.
SOMK years ag. > Michigan abolished
the death penalty for murder. The
judiciary committee of the lower branch
of the legislature of that state has just
reported in favor of restoring that
ponnltv. The justification for this is
found in the increased number of mur
ders. A bill to restore the death penalty
provides that only persons convicted by
direct evidence shall bo hung , while
those convicted wholly on circumstantial
evidence shall bo imprisoned for lifo at
hard labor. Under such a ln\v some
murderers would escape hanging who
deserved that penalty , but if a com
promise must bo made this is perhaps
the best that is possible , although cir
cumstantial evidence is sometimes al
most as convincing as direct evidence
and it would bo rare indeed that convic
tion for murder could bo bocurod with
out it. But the important and instruc
tive fact in this matter is that after
many years of trial the people of Michi
gan are not satisfied with life imprison
ment as a deterrent to murder. Capital
crime has increased out of proportion to
the growth of population , and convic
tions for murder in the 11 rat degree
a"o no more numerous relatively under
the present law than when the penalty
was death. The experience of Michigan
Is commended to the attention of those
who advocate abolishing the death pen
alty. There is a number of such in Ne
braska , whoso efforts to seonro such
legislation from the last legislature
fortunately failed.
Tin ? letter from a wounded veteran
making inquiry respecting the oignill-
cnnco of some of the changes in
the rules governing the pension otlico , of
which mention was made in a recent
issue of TUB Run , indicates the close
attention paid by the old soldiers to the
new methods under the present admin
istration. The changes to which ho al-
luilo ) are only part of a long series that
Commissioner Loohron is placing in
practical operation. Important as their
observation must prove to claimants and
tholr attorneys they do not possess approximate -
proximate falgnilicanca to the .swooping
order just is mod revoking the cele
brated "completed ( Ucs"order of ox-Coin-
inisiloiioiRuum This radical change
In the method in vogue prior to 1889 is
for the avowed purpose of dealing more
equitably wllh just such cases
M that our correspondent states
his to bo. Its aim ' 9 * "
take up for consideration hereafter nil
pending claims ih the order In which
the evidence is filed. But THE BEK'S
old subscriber must recollect that there
are n multitude of claims , fllod previous
to the date of his application , that must
take precedent. The rule requiring all
aflldavlts filed to bo wholly typewritten
docs not promise to increase the expense
involved in prosecuting a claim. As it
is the pension attorneys and claim
agents prepare the affidavits and the
process by typewriting should bo no more
expensive than the employment of a
good penman. Doubtless its chief object
is to guard against the mistakes that
nro liable tonrlso from illegible writing ,
nnd It should benefit rather than prove
n hardship to the claimant. The rule
requiring all correspondence In regard
to claims to bo addressed to the bond of
the bureau need not dolor the claimant
making inquiries as to the status of his
application nnd will most likely assure
him more judicial consideration than
ho would otherwise rocolvo. The
special acts pensioning Mesdames
Grant and Logan were passed under the
Intuitive apprehension , It is probable ,
that these worthy bonollolnries would
never marry ngain , and the utter im-
probaolllty of the contingency renders it
hardly necessary to discuss the olToct
such an event would bo likely to have on
their status on the pension roster.
WASHINGTON state republicans are
congratulating each other on the swoop
ing and decided victory won in the re
cent Spokane city election. The same
result is also promised at the next dav
of municipal reckoning in Seattle. The
conditions that prevail in the public af
fairs of those two strongholds of repub
licanism in that state are remarkably
similar. The retiring democratic ad
ministration of Spokane , as that of Se
attle , was carried into power by the
wave of discontent that came from busi
ness depression during a republican ad
ministration. The same promises and
questionable means were used in both
cities to gain municipal control , and the
subsequent management of the affairs of
tooth cities has brion equally bad. The
reform promises have boon broken ,
extravagance has boon the rule , neglect
of duty has boon conspicuous in either
city and democrats aj well as republi
cans have bacomo heartily ashamed of
the municipal officials. It is not likely
that after tlio experience they have had
the republicans of either city will vote
the democratic ticket again , as many of
them did last year , whatever the dissat
isfaction that may exist. As indicating
the carelessness with which the finances
of Seattle have been handled , the
city council has now pending three
ordinances for validating certain
warrants amounting in the aggregate -
gate to more than $000,000 , which
have boon informally , if not illegally ,
issued , and whjch must bo adopted to
save the city from the stigma of repudi
ating Its just dohts. Pivo bonding ordi
nances are also pending , aggregating
SI,07f , ,000. Seattle's present bonded
debt is already SS.fiGj.OOO , and if this
proposed now issue of bonds is author
ized it will increase the city's total
bonded debt to $ : t,040,000.
Now the Iowa democrats are com
plaining of Cleveland's Ingratitude.
The incumbent of the white house has
much to answer for.
A'l Unilsr One Cunvni.
Kana Cttu .innrnal.
Ono must expend $15.00 in admission foes
In ordci to see nil the shows at Chicago , hut
lie can sen enough for 50 cents to make his
head swim.
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Not u Fnvornblo Tllilo for Trusts.
C/ifc / an Tribune ,
Ono of the welcome siRiis of the times is
the fact that the bonds issued by the now
trust iu leather have boon withdrawn
' temporarily" from subscription by the
banks , because the present seems an un
favorable moment for soiling them. It
v.-oulu boil good thing if all the other trust
stocks and "securities1'
were similarly found
to bo unsalable , not only now but forever.
Let HID Ilrail J'.i t llu Hurled.
Chicago llcmlil.
There Is n pcnor.il and Jlrm belief amonjr
northern democrats that it la bad policy for
the pcoplo of the south to perpetuate war
recollections and to stimulate tlio perishing
animosities of the war period by extravagant
nnil untimely displays of thu unwholesome
sentimentalist ! ! which they limy cherish on
the .subject. It is nntiir.il that they .should
love the memories of their he-roes ; that they
should bestow the crown of martyrdom on
those who died in their cause ; that they
should love the faded and worn emblems of
their calamitous faith , and that they should
regard with a lasting , mournful interest the
papes of American history stained with their
tears and blood.
Hut there Is a time for all things. Thcro
I are proprieties in personal , political and
material lifo which command observance.
The individual who does not at the proper
time lay aside mourning for n de.-ul relative )
Is regarded as of unsound mind or sickly sen
sibilities. A peoiilo who nourish their sorrow -
row long after their c.iuso and its consequences
quences have disappeared , and whoso defeat
has brought them countless blessings which
tholr victory could not have produced , xhow
n ridiculous weakness when they abandon
the practical affairs of Ufa to Idle away their
time as mourners in a graveyard whcru the
sou covers a loss wXueh was their Incalcu
lable gain. , , , J
Aftur th tf'iiil ' C'omldno-i.
CMfnyi ) Heeiinl
In this year of political , religious and social
congresses one ineiHlng moro or less in Chi I-
cngo Is not numcrjt'a'lly , noticeable. Hut Iin
Juno 5 anil I ) at Conlj-al Muslo hall a unique
gathering will ho u'ssttmblod. In response iuM
II rail frofn Governor Nelson of Minnesota at
least twenty-six states of the union will send
delegates to pjrtiefrttio.In . a convention hav
ing for its object UiiMlofeat of coal combina
tion1) in all parts of the United States , Nut
only will ways amimeans bo discussed for
proveuting combinations In coal , but efforts
will bo made to coiifrtferacl the influences of ! )
nil trusts which optfratu In violation of state
or national laws. *
The convention'lU'Qutllncd is the result of
the war which Minnesota's legislature so
successfully waged' against the coal combi
nation in that atatlfWst winter. A joint resolution
elution which passed the Minnesota legisla
ture authorized Governor Nelson to Issue th not
call and provided for u representation of
ten commissioners from each state to : > c
up pointed by the several states. Twenty-six
governors have responded and us many states
will bo represented.
Thu questions which are to be agitated at
this convention concern every | > ortioii of the
country. In spite of anll-lrusl legislation
these Krc.it corporations have sprung uji
everywhere until tney have affectou niiiiiy of
the staple articles of commerce , It may bo
iiuostlouod If everything soaffucled 1ms boon
the worse for the ronauuiur , bul In any case
iho objecl sought by such orgauUer.s has
been to roip greater prollts by n control of
the markets.
Kor one reason or another anti-trust laws
have been too long practically Inoperative.
If the convention does nothing elm it will
have demonstrated that the people of the
country are shaking off tholr passlvenoss un
der the aggrossiju of monopoly.
VOVHT OF I'vnt.io orio.v ,
'Nork temocr t ! Lincoln li becoming R
rather sultry plneo for the croml th.it lim
been pllfcrlru the state. The developments
In the Impeachment trial nro not helping
matters very much for them.
Cmtcr County lle.icon : Head the evidence
taken In the Impeachment trial. If the people
ple hid rend moro In the Inst quarter of n
century and worked less , they wjuld have
hnd more money In tholr pockets.
1'lerco Call : The trial of our Impeached
state ofllcinls has cornn.enrcd nnd wo hope
that tholr doings will bo shown to the people
In their true llpht. If found guilty they
should bo given the full extent of the law ,
Lodge Pole Express : The Impeachment
proceedings at Lincoln arc showing that
somebody i.i sadly In need of punishment.
The prosecution should bo upheld by every
honest man In the state regardless of poli
tics.
tics.Central
Central City Nonpareil : A the Impeach
ment proceedings progress , the public dons
not lese Interest hi the matter , tint , on the
contrary , they are fast arriving nt the con
clusion that for Incompelcncy nnd loose
business methods , the state board takes a
whole bakery.
Pintle County Argus : The Impeachment
court continues to hear damtrlng testimony
against the corrupt state house ring. When
completed the trial should bo compiled and
' "shed in a book form , with appropriate
illustrations. Wo wonder It the State
.lournal would like to bid on printing the
book.
Genoa Loader : The impeachment trial nt
Lincoln , though like the nulls of the gods ,
"grinds slowly , " is getting there Just the
suue. : and the mass of corruption being
raked up Is truly nauseating. But lot the
good work go on-and permit "no guilty man
to csez po'1 If it impeaches every ofllclal and
ox-oniciat back to Governor Uutlcr.
Hen trice Democrat : It Is passing strange
that Colonel Dorgan , Captain Hill , Ueorgo
Hastings and otbor republicans of promi
nence , who are very busv just now in an at
tempt to dmigo the penitentiary that they
built , should have such treacherous mem
ories. They hardly know where they nro i\t ,
or where they have boon for the past year
or so.
Holdrcgo Citizen : Whatever may bo said
about the waste of money in conducting the
Impeachment trial nnd the big amount of
money the attorneys will make out of the
deal , there can bo no doubt that the state
officials will bo more careful about the way
they handle state money in the future.
There has boon a terrible stink kicked up
over the affair , and whatever may bo the
outcome as far as the accused olllcials are
concerned , the state will in 'ho future have
its llnancial affairs looked after more care
fully.
Plattsmouth .lournal : . The persistent ac
tivity of counsel for the defense In the Im
peachment trial la take tidvantago of every
technicality to limit the testimony of prose
cution to the narrowest bonus possible , in
dicates that the impeached ofllcials are not
near so anxious to have the whole truth
como out as they were when they Issued
their address to the legislature a month ago.
Their profession .of Innocence has vanished ,
and they st'iud in the attitude of ordinary
criminals , anxious to oscauo by every possi
ble Haw iu the indictment or lapse of the
proicoutin ; ; counsel.
Nebraska City News : John T. Dorgan ,
who is mixed up in a coal contract with some
stats institutions in which the state Is sup
posed to have got decidedly the worst , of it ,
has been excused by the supreme court from
testifying iu the impeachment proceedings
now being held at Lincoln , on the ground
that thu testimony that ho might bo called
ui)0ii ) to give would tend to his conviction as
he is now under indictment by the grand
jury. That is ono of ttio worst admissions
the defense has yet made. If there were no
crooned transactions why should Dorgan or
any one else bo afraid to testify ' 'to the truth
ami the whole truth. "
Klmwood Leader : It is a mistake to at
tempt to preserve the reputation of any
political party by concealing frauds and
wrong doing.s of public oflleers who arc re
garded as the representatives of that party.
To even oppose objections to a proposed in
vestigation is to suggest the probable de
sirability of such an investigation. An
honest oftlcial feels no apprehension when
an Investigation of his public acts in talked
of. Men who have done no wrong , know as
the entire public understands , that an in
vestigation of their oftlcial conduct can only
place them on a higher plane for recognition
by the people. Popular Judgment in this
country is eminently Just and equitable.
ISDVltTHl.ll *
Senator Proctor of Vermont , with two
local capitalists of Knoxvillc , Teiin. , Is soon
to erect the largest marble mill in thu world
at that place.
Up to the end of last year the trustees of
the Peabodv donation fund have provided
for the laboring poor of London 11.27H rooms ,
with wash houses and laundries , occupied
by SO , 114 persons.
The first organized strike In South Africa
was made recently by the carpenters and
joiners of Capo Town. They want an ad
vance of wages from Us to 10s UJ n day ,
claiming that the cost of living has lately
largely increased. They ask support of all
workmen in South Africa ,
Ohio has a successful state employment
bureau and thu last legislature created a
state board of arbitration. Governor McKinley -
Kinloy has appointed two members of this
new board , one an employer of labor and the
other a wnrkliigman. These two are to
select the third member , If they can agree.
It's like ' pulling teeth for some of the labor
papers'to resist using what are known as
"patent insUc.s " The use of these plates h
contrary to union printers rules , though
they would enable a labor organ to dispense
with a vast amount of expensive composi
tion. In some instances the plates are used
iu spite of the printers protests ,
The removal of the headquarters of the
Cigar Makers International union from Buf
falo to Chicago is s-iid to bo well thought of.
The cigar makers are now in the same buildIng -
Ing in which the switchmen have their grand
lodge headquarters , The membership of tlio
International miio'i is about US.UOO. Its llnau
dill condition is reported unusually sound.
F. X. Hooper of Baltimore , Mil. , has in
vented a rotary printing press which prints
two colors ut once from Princeton curved
stereotyped plates. The press is tlio Ih Hi In
which this double color printing lias been
accomplished by the rotary principle , and It
can make a speed , as shown by a trial , of
r . , r. > 00 Impressions an hour. It is said that
thu machine can print anything , from the
smallest label to a Hour bag.
Wood pulp is rapidly becoming one of the
most universally used of manufautured aril-
cles. Not only is it found available for mak
ing many of the necessaries and conveniences
of man's lifo , aside from newspapers , but it
U also appearing in artistic cofilns in which
to bury him. It is interesting to note In this
connection that there are very few areas of
spruce lumber in the United States west of
thu Adlrondacks.
The Braes Worker thinks the ? 1XM,000 ( ) ,
which it estimates is spent annually In tlio
holdlngof labor conventions , should be saved ,
II thinks that the mombars of organisations
themselves should act on measures affecting
the membership without waiting for conven
tions or .spending cash for delegates ex
penses , The constitutions ol all associations
could bo changed , it believes , so that ques
tions cou'd be regularly submitted to thu
'
members for their votes'
General Master Workman Powdorly ami
A. W. Wright of the general executive board
of the ICulglits of Labor , have formed a pub
lishing company for thu purpose of issuing a
Labor Day Annual. They propose to pub
lish u.ieh year u large volume pertaining
to industrial affairs , The lirst is to bo scut
out to Knights of Labor assemblies , Farm
ers Alliance branches and to thu leading
hotels in November. Tlio Wo.i Is to present
histories of organisations and sketches of
oftlcors , together with sketches and Dor-
traits of leading employers of labor , articles
by well known writers on labor topics , etc.
It Is to contain advertisements and be made
as general in scope as possible without
losing sight of the labor interest.
An Iron worker , writing to the Iron Mold-
ers' Journal on the subject of co-operation ,
gives this Interesting sketch of the Koch-
dale Kqultable Pioneers' association : "It
was a result of dissatisfaction , with the
wages and the condition of trade , of twelve
poor weavers , who mot to discuss their
situation and advise as to some means to Im
prove tnelr condition ; they mot one night In
November , IBIS , and before they saparated
they agreed to pay into a common fund the
sum of 1 penny each par week , At the end
of a year tint fund had grown to JU.'J , and the
membership of thu embryo association hud
increased to twenty-eight members. With
this small capital they began business in
.8 < 4. In 1830 the ftswlntlon sold X353.WI
worth of Roods , loiwlnj ? not profit for that
ono ] year of xa\OJ3. "
Vnnco W. HJolmwho pronounce * his immo
Yclm , " is believed to lie thoyoungpu telegraph -
graph operator In the world. lie clicks oft
nnd receives mcngc.int the lm | > ortatit oftleo
nt Colton , Cftl. , U ) the entire satisfaction of
hi * employers , and U complete mns'.ornt
all the Intricate details of his profession.
Hjolni wan 11 years old last September.
JCWVC'.ITIO.V.l/-
III 1803 Now York city p.itd for Its school
bill W.OOO.OOO.
Ex- Mayor Hewitt ot New York presented
to the University of the City of New York
the -lX ( ) volumes sent him while n member of
congress by the Sultan Alxtul Unmcil II.
A fellowship worth ( ff > 0 n year , hns been
established nt the state university of Call-
fornla , nnd Miss Kate Worts of the Oakland
High school has been selected for the place.
A Denver boy has won the highest honors
In the Interstate oratorical contest at Colum
bus , O. U was only n few mouths since that
a couple of Denver boys carried off the
honors in the
Ilnrvnrd-Yalo oratorical con
test.
test.The
The favorite student nt the Hast Mnlno
conference seminary at Bucksport Is Dick
Quick , the first mate of the fnur-masted
schooner Tnlopa. who hnd the cour.igo to
enter the institution without knowing even
how to read or write , but in two terms with
hnrd work lias become one of the smart
pupils , nnd can now handle a pen as wollas
a mnrllnosplko.
Wellcsloy college has for nearly twenty
years occupied a foremost position In the
progress of eollpglato education for women
In this country. Like all such institutions ,
however , the demands upon It have outrun
Its means , nnd for some reason difltcult to
understand , women's colleges attract fewer
gifts , oven from women , than men's Institu
tions. The nlumnrn association of the college
has sot out to raise $1.000.003 of additional
endowment. Half of this is desired for the
geiior.il fund nud the rest for various pur
poses , of which the most Important is a
fund to nld young women unable to pay
tholr own way.
The gymnasium of the Women's College of
Baltimore Is unsurpassed In its equipment ,
nnd has In ndditiou to the usual apparatus
a set of Zander machines for particular
movements in mechanical therapeutics. The
requirements for admission are high , the
sanions ttio entrance examination for special
work in the college for the purpose of elo1
rating the position of the physical culturlst
nnd to supply superior women us teachers.
The physical culturcdeiurtmont Is In charg'J
of a full professor , nud is on nn equal footing
> with the literary studios , and the required
work in physiology aim hygiene during the
uulor year covers ninety hours.
The school census of Atlanta shows an en-
ciiuraglng condition of things in that city.
The total school population is lf > ,7H' > , of
which D/J-Jl is white uud ( i.-l'Jri is black. The
fact that only , " > 8 whites and 215 blacks of
school ago have never been to school and
that only IICI whites and OTI bl.TUks of school
ago iannot : rend or write , is a striking proof
of the progress education Is hulking among
the negroes in the south. It is true , proba
bly , that the situation is moro favorable iu
Atlanta than any where else. But admitting
this , the fact that the most progressive city
In the southern states can make so good a
showing is encouraging , because every other
city will bo emulous to couy its progress.
IMOTK1) l.Kfl'ti ;
Hnrvnrd Iiatnpoon : "What lorm Is applied
to n 111:111 : that signs another man's name on u
elieckV" "Ton years gunorullr. "
Harvard Lampoon : "Time's up , " soliloquized
Ilagley as hfrnmuoutof the pawnshop wheio
he lias just luft his watch. "
Brooklyn I.lfo : "Wo lost our cook a week
ngo. " Williamson : "Let mo congratulate
you. She Is cooking .it our house now. "
Life : Von Dolun Do you bolltivo Unit St.
Patrick drove tlio snakes out of Ireland ?
SlncloiiU Not' 1. It was the heavy tux on
whisky.
Harper's Ilnz.iar : Ho ( exhibiting sketch )
It's the best thing I over did , Shi ) ( sympathet
ically ) O. well , you mustn't lot that discour
age you.
Lifo : "Do you think you could over love a
uoot enough to marry litinV" "Well , I might if
ho were very rich and promised faithfully to
swear off. "
Kate Field's Washington : Farmer ( In pawn
shop , surprised ut tins diversity ) 'I'on my
soul I Drelb.ilKteln llcnv much do you vant
on It ?
Uebor Land nnd Mfttr : Hi owning Sinn
Help ! Do tluow mo a llfo-bi'lt ! I'assi-nser ( a
tailor ) Most liappy to oblige. What MM round
tlio walsl , pleasuV
1'iick : Mrs. nienor-llliid That tailor of
yours Is getting very familiar. Ho bad tlm In-
holunru to salute mo on the street today. I
think such people should be kept ata distance.
Mr. Illmvor-lllud Well , my dear , I'm sum
I've done all I could ! I've stood Umt man olT
now for two years.
Ilostmi Transcript : Duacon Jones Do you
think It sinful to marry for money ? Parson
Tiiim It never occurred to me so : on tlio con
trary , sometimes 1 have thought tlio fee was
too small.
Slntmger Why don't llttlu Eva como on ?
Undo Tom mill -
> 'lio Is inaKliii ! 11 llttlo speech to tlmcompnuy ,
thanking It for tin ) pleasant way It bud le-
inuiiiboreil hurC'Jd birthday. "
Iviilo Field's Wellington : filnge Mnnnxer 1
thought 1 told you to hire only liamlBOino men
usHiinusV
Assistant Well , so I did.
j "Why , tliruo ottlmni have carroty Imlr and I
the roil turn-up nost's. "
"Well , Uiey'iu vivutablo supcs.you know. "
'Tlshore llmt short HUISOII
Tbatseonis Hlco a ( liTam
Too w. i rin for Iliu oysler ,
Too cool for Ice croam.
HAiitlmctit of Iho IVupIo of 111 * Imlml r
lit * Itimnlltti yiir < Unn. . ) , p ,
HoNoi.ri.u , April SO. . To the Kdltorof Tirth o' '
llur. ! ThU present crisis In the nffnln fount
the Hawaiian kingdom deserves nil the O.\nr' ' '
tention It Is receiving from Americans.
. \ , , J. j ,
nro asked to further nml carry out the plnblowj
'
of n certain party or faction existing nmoK * col ,
the imputation of n friendly land. T-hls * tb (
the exact truth. Will you permit mo to , '
a llttlo Into dotallt
There nro now on these Islands two grot ( l
parties the annexation party and the Ibe | I
wailau clement , The former has a cloarjii"18 J *
definite aim -to put the Ulamls under
United States , These i > ooplo nro almost i
foreigners they nro In some cases dcsccu
nuts of missionaries ; very ninny of the othe.
nro merchants , shop kcoj > u > ' nnd sugt
planters. In addition to these are the iiuist Oiml <
I'ortugtieso Immigrants , r. number of will'
clerks and mechanics , nnd a fowllnwnllnn' ° d IF
The nnncxntlonlsts comprise tlio Broa\t''ur- \ ' (
part of the foreign clement mm almost nlli0Jccl ,
the rich and educated population. Were oi
form of government n moneyed aristocrat'
they would bo the natural rulers , nnd , 1 l'1J ' (
fact , they propose to nrrnngo matter * i U1K _
that In case of annexation tlioy slmll lmVco-X' *
exclusive control bore. This purpose
rctu-oscnta lives n TO wed In Washington nn
tholr newspapers hero , at first , made
statements. After slowly waking up to th0
fact that the United States does not pr , '
pose to require property ( iiinllllcatlons ictlesV
suffrage the Journals hero speak nuieli iAlol | '
giving the franchise to the unlives. lfllorl. (
private the whites laugh nt the Idea. It rndc
repugnant to them that a dnrk-skiiined me will-
should rule , merely because tlioy nro In thttiat , .
majority. Democracy and clvle equality ui'
very absurd notions In their eyes. Mono
must prevail ; "force must rule , " us a Icull
lug spirit among thu iinncMitlonlsts said t.rld. <
mo last week. JvolL.
Those who desire the Independence of th < sher
country are its original Inhabitants in a inasnor-
and also many of the foreign residents. O-S bo
course , the tlawnttniis do not desivo forotgr i
rulo. Their treatment of us Ins alway.
been friendly , nnd to mo It seems harsh a fit !
cruel to deprive them of tholr country nttcf
the right to cheese the form of go vow men t _
most acceptable to them. In carfu of abso-Jor-
lute necessity , wo might , of course , luvudi
the country and seize the islands. Tln\vti. \ J
action of Minister .Stevens In establishing a JT
protectorate and in backing up the rovolu. . . a ! ) ,
tiouary "provisional government" was slm '
ply an outrage upon an unoffending people. , . '
That ho and wo were Invited by the forciirr nr"
faction merely aggravates the offense , l.lfe _ t
and properly wore perfectly safe hero , nsKo-
they are now , and have boon for the las\ \ ,
twenty years or moro. .ted i
It may bo isKed why the Hawatlans sub-
milted so easily to the overthrow of their , o ( '
laws and Ihcir queen by the foreigners. The
answer is easy ; they ara a pcnceablo people , .
they had no warning , no military ( save iiv. ' , . ,
handful of palace guirds ) ana no urms..Y , :
Besides , they know hotter than to defy two'i'j ;
United St-itos war ships. They rest tholr , : : '
cause upon our justice and honor. If wo
i-oiillscato their country , they can hope for H
no mlress. . " .
It will be observed that I siv : not a word w
about any reasons for or against annexation ; * ;
I only aim to give opinion , as It i' hero In ' 9 , '
Honolulu and on this island of Oahil. It.,1
must bo distinctly understood tnnt tlio cry { . ! J °
for annexation Is foreign without any feel-1 ; ?
Ing of friendship for the United States or for h >
the welfare of the llawaiiaus , and wholly1 * " ' .
for dollars and cents. Thu old missionary J1-
clement forms only n purl of the movement , 'v *
To Hud Just how people feel , one must mix
among tncm , listen to clerks and cnrpenters > x
and Portuguese laborers , and throw aside '
the stuff printed by the newspapers here. ;
My authority for Hawaiian sentiment h conJi -
vorsutlon with evcry-day natives and with 'y
their leaders. i
They are lighting annexation by mass J15
meetings , by patriotic leagues , by distribut. '
ing Hawaiian flags , by petitions to our comr
missioncr , Mr. Blount , and similar methods.ll"
I think they deserve to succeed.
t
Hnxnr O. CAUTBII. 1 ,
s G.
From Iltnry Aiutln' I'oem IlMil nt the Jloitun 'i
Menim tnl Mtctlnu- T
And yet ho mlssi'd thumiwn of his ambition ; ' >
llu , IIUo Napoleon , was with falliin ) dimmed ;
And so by history's easily bllndad vision
Ills poitrull Intlt In .shadow must bo lliiniLMl. -
Ilellovu It not. No iii-Jro material gain ,
N'oolllre , not Columbia's ehlefostiirlnj.
Can make success. The pouors within do- '
cldn.
Not long ago a man worth millions died
Ills heart inerociuelty , niprociaft his liraln
Tlio drearlo.it fnllmo 'neatli thu pitying
skies !
All true success Is wlmt n mortal makes
Out of bis gifts and glvtis to brothur men ; .
And hcn ono's llfo is lived for others' .saUim ,
Karh ttilentof the heart Is turned to ton.
Was tills tlio secret spoil , ,
That made him lender ? More than twenty , ,
Without "gift or onieo to linstow , * '
ll moved thn minds of millions , and BO well
That by his will the thlr.l-turm duiiRCr fell . . .
( For this nlono what priceless ilt-lit wo own ! ) < "
Into that maelstrom dalk whence nothing ro'J 'J '
appears ,
There bo , withal , In life's mysterious inuzo
Scorning failures , suns distresses ,
Knr suiierbur than successes.
Some suns at suiting show moro glorious rnys. t
Mid slnoudlng clouds , than thosn that roll >
Ihioiigb cloudless ( inys. '
H'oii In defeat Illalne WHS a lendnrHtlll , ; ( J '
Thostrangni'onspli-iry of iiciMiliint
That lobbed him ot unrth'H crowning compll- j ,
{
' his power lo tlirlll , ' \
A shaihxirpatliiHlohlsspl.milorliiiit ; ' , '
DiMipi'iiIni ! tliit.elnnlll : loyally , f .
Thai persona ! Ho profound , i , ,
Which mulcts men love true royally ,
Moit truly , ttlion discrowned. - o < i
"hip. J
Miiiuf murjn na I
of Olothliu l-i
We're Cleaning Up
You've no idea what a relief it will bo when
those everlasting1 hammers
get out or the store. For
years we've been hampered
for room and for weeks
> ;
we've been hammered for j *
0 1
more room and now we've 1 t
got , it then comes the
J
cleaning- . We'll be ready-
to show off our new room in
a few days now. We're so
glad to get done that wo fool
like as if we might present a ' i
house and lot to those who
como to the grand opening-
in a week or so provided they don't say anything-
abouthammers and speaking of hammers reminds
us that we're hammering out a lot of suits , the
prices on which have been hammered down to the
lowest ebb.
BROWNING , KING & CO. ,
Store open e rjr evenlnjUH l j g ( YJOT / ( , 15th dlKl DOUSES StS.