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THE OMATIA DAILY HER : MONDAY , JULY 10 , 18911
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fixlny , July 4 . . . . . . . . 23.818
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TIIK DAILY nnd HIWDAY HKK It on sale In
Clitrnuont tlio following places :
Talnicr lum u.
Ornnd 1'adlU' hotel.
Auditorium hotel ,
( Iron ! Northern hotel
nnru hotel.
T/elnnd lintol. _
Wells II. SlriT , IBOStntoslrrnt.
Fllen of Tin : Ilit : pun 1m scon ntthoNo-
hrnnkn building nmltho Administration build
ing , Exposition grounds.
AtrrmroClrrnlutlnn 'or .June , 1803 , 24,210
TIIK Inciil tennis tournament now In
opomtTSnh u good sign of metropolitan
activity. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
THE gold reserve in the treasury In
creased over $1,000,000 last week. This
ia a hopeful stpn.
THE sympathy of the entire nation
pees out to the people of the cyclono-
ewopt d'lHtriuts of Iowa.
IF coxmuiss can manage to put a
little moro credit in circulation it will
liavo-dono its whole duty.
TIIK railroads leading to Chicago are
reaping a rich harvest in spite of their
constant reiterations that they are
doing business at a loss.
THE Bohemian-American national
committee have paid Nebraska and
Omaha a neat compliment by selecting
John Ilosicky as its president.
THE Chilian correspondent of the Now
York Jfcmld seems bent on expatriating
the extinguished Patrick Egan , la to of
Great Britain , Ireland and Nebraska ,
but the oily gentleman is standing the
treatment very well. > "
THE extra session of Nebraska's su-
tiromo court Is as necessary to the pros
perity of Otna'lln as the extra session of
congress is to the welfare of the country
nt largo. By all means lot the extra
tcssion bo convened.
AnauMENTS before the Boring sea
Arbitration commission have been con
cluded. A prompt decision on the facts
disclosed will give the members of the
commission , as well as the newspaper
reading public , a well merited rest.
AND now the weather bureau claims
that it predicted the recent disastrous
ptonn which devastated Iowa. There Is
little diflloulty in making predictions ,
Init the weather bureau's hindsight la
generally more reliable than Its fore-
eight.
AN OMAHA tramp was last week sen
tenced to seven years in the peniten
tiary for stealing two boxes of cigars.
The bank wrecker who received a flvc-
year sentence yesterday may find source
lor pleasing Sunday reflection over the
fact that' ho took dollars rather than
cigars.
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NEIIIIASKA'S banking law seems to
jliavo stood the test during the strain of
the past two months. The failure of [
tlio investment company in this olty
might have effected six or eight smaller
banks connected with it , but the eta to
banking laws , which require every bank
to stand upon Its own buqls , proved ef
fective. None of the connected banks
liavo suffered in the least.
SENATOII FRANK PETTKHUSW of South
'Dakota declares that ho will have the
Sioux Falls , .Yankton & South western
railway , which ho is building from the
former city to Yankton , in operation as
_ BH independent line by September. IIo
jls not building the road for keeps , h6w-
over , and ho expects to bo able to sell It
to either the Illinois Central , the Great
Horthorn or the Uurlington.
MlNNKifoTA political circles are in a
flurry of excitement over the arrest of
ox-Stato Senator Alon/.o J. Whltomon
at Monmoutli Park on tlio charge of hav
ing passed a worthlohs check. Whiteman
vas the author of the famous election
law of Minnesota which bora his niuno ,
nnd was one of the leading democrats of
the state. IIo upont an enormous amount
of money in his race for congress In 1800 ,
and of lute has been making books at the
moo tracks at u pace that completed his
.financial ruin.
THE fiiiporlutlvo goodness of a re
formed gambler is far surpassed by the
virtuous pretentious of the reformed
Cordugo trust. In a circular just issued
, by ono of the new otllcials , It is declared
that the man who wants to ( speculate In
tlio securities of the company hereafter ,
.if ho is u director , must resign from tlio
'beard. ' With charitable record , assur
ance is ah ) given that while the old
'inuiiagoiicu < antagonized others who
'
-\vcro In .thO trade , the policy of tholr
now change of heart will bo to inako
'friends ' , of all tholr competitors , The
confidence of u bunco stoeror is thrown
into the shade by this cool assumption
Of the gullibility of the public.
717/UVJ.YO DOWN TltR
Tlio Acknowledged leaders of the
house of representatives of tlio Flfty-
Bcconil congress were William M.
Springer of Illinois , chairman of the
committee ; on ways and menus , R. 1 * .
HI nml of Missouri , chairman of the com
mittee on colnngo , weights nml
measures , nnd "W. S. IJolmnn of Indiana ,
chairman of the committee on appropria
tions. These are the thrco most iniior- |
tant committees in the lower branch of
congress and therefore the men at the
head of thorn nro presumed to exert the
greatest influence upon the policy nnd
course of tho- house as to leg
islation proposed oy vthoir re
spective committees. AH all of
those loaders in the last house are
members of the Fifty-third congress and
the speaker who appointed them is cer
tain to IMJ re-elected , the thing logically
to he expected is that they will ho reappointed -
pointed to the chairmanships they hold
in the preceding congress. This would
be according to precedent , nottoobi
Borvo which would bo to administer to
these leaders , if they desire rcnp'jolnt-
ment , n political rebuke of the most
damaging character.
But it seems probable , regardless of
these considerations , that a change will
be made In the chairmanships of the
thrco leading committees of the house.
It is reported that Mr. Springer Is
not regarded by the administration as
the proper man to bo nt the head of the
committee which will have charge of
the work of revising the tariff in the
coming congress. Reasons are not given ,
nor will any bo asked for. If the presi
dent does not want the Illinois congress
man as chairman of the ways and moans
committee it is entirely safe to predict
that ho will not bo renppointod to that
position. There is every reason to be
lieve that a perfect understanding ex
ists , between Mr. Cleveland and Mr.
Crisp ns to the composition of the prin
cipal committees of the next house , nnd
it. is not to bo doubted that
the latter will faithfully carry
out his part of the agreement. It
is not very difficult to find reasons why
Mr. Springer may not bo acceptable to
the administration. It is undoubtedly
the intention of the president to compel
congress , if possible , to adopt such a
revision of the tariff as the adminisira-
tion shall suggest. As a first condition
to this it is evident that the administra
tion shall dominate the ways and means
committee. Mr. Springer has very pro
nounced views on the tariff , which
there is reason to believe uro not alto
gether in harmony with these of
Mr. Cleveland. Their interpreta
tions of tariff reform , it is safe
to say , do not agree in all respects ,
nnd unquestionably the congressman
is the more radical. If permitted to
frame a tariff bill ho would undoubtedly
do so upon lines to conform with the
declaration of the democratic national
platform regarding protection. It is
pretty well understood that Mr. Cleveland -
land Is not disposed to go to the extreme
of tariff reduction contemplated , by the
anti-protection plank of the platform ,
'and it is a much easier matter to appoint
a Chairman of the ways and means com
mittee in harmony with the president's
views than it probably .would bo to con
vert Mr. Springer to these .views , in
volving , as it would , a measure of
stultification on his part. Of course
if it bo the intention to turn down the
Illinois congressman , as now appears
probable , it will bo done as gracefully as
possible that is to Bay , ho will perhaps
be given the opportunity to decline the
position , and thus save himself from the
political damage that might result from
being incontinently rejected.
As to Mr. Bland , it is doubtless a fore
gone conclusion that ho will not bo ro-
appointcd to the ohalrmanship of the
committee on coinage. His position re
garding silver is so broadly and uncom
promisingly antagonistic to that
of the administration that to
continue film at the' head of
the coinage committee would ob
viously bo in the nature of a rebuke
of the president. There is excellent
authority for the statement that the
attitude and Disposition of every man
appointed on the coinage committee
toward repeal of the silver purchase law
will bo well known before the comraittoo
is constructed , and there will bo assur
ance that a safe majority of that com-
mltteo will advocate early affirmative
action in a bill to repeal the silver purchase -
chase clause of the Sherman act. It is
Htatod that Mr. Holman does not desire
to ho continued at the head
of the comml too on appropria
tions , fooling unable to again assume
the labor and 'responsibility ' connected
" with-that position. The cheese-paring
"Indiana economist doubtless learned 1
something that convinced him of the ex 1y
pediency of declining the chairmanship
of the appropriations committee , assum
ing the truth of the report that ho does
not desire it.i
There is some talk about the possl-
billty of the house resenting interfer
ence on the part of the executive with
the appointment of committees , but the
indications are that the president's wlahoH
in this direction will bo fully complied
with.
It now transpire * that the negro who
fell victim to last week's horrible lynch
ing was almost beyond question an inno
cent man. Mob vloloneo , in general , is
always to bo deplored , and this Is simply
another evidence that it cannot be de
fended in any civilized community.
Lynch law is no law ; carried to its logi
cal end , it id anarchy pure and simple.
Thu advantages claimed by the advo
cates of lynch law are temporary and
delusive , The disadvantages and evil
results far outweigh any bonollts which
may for the titno being aooruo. Chief
among thcso is the fact which wo have
noted that the mob in Its blindness and
fury is Hablo to execute nn innccont
man. From its very beginning , long
before the time of Magna Churta ,
our jurisprudence bus been nialnly concerned -
corned in building up the bulwarks
which protect a man in'his person and
property. Our whole criminal pro
cedure has been constructed on the
theory that no man is guilty until so
proven and that it is bettor that ono
thousand rogues should live rather than
that ono guiltless man should die. The
provisions of the common law which
sought to defend the accused prlsotie
from tlio torturous Inquisitions prevalent
on the continent of Kuropo wore carried
by the cnrly colonists to this country
nnd Incorporated by them Into tholr
statutes nnd constitutions. Those uni
versally accepted rules wore omitted
in the first draft of the federal constitu
tion , but the Insistence of the pcoplo
secured tholr immediate Insertion as the
first ten amendments to that Instrument.
Similar clauses In almost every slate
constitution guarantee the security
of Hfo nnd person. No lynching
can take place without dirootly
violating these bills of rights. When
lynch law Is administered the accused is
neither allowed thw assistance of coun
sel , the privilege of confronting the
witnesses nor the right of a jury trial.
No wonder then that the inob so often
find * on investigation that the person
executed is by no means so clearly
guilty ns at first Imagined.
When wo examine the moral effect of
nn i illegal execution wo will find that
the I t rror inllictou upon evildoers is
temporary 1 only. How can the violation
of a do/.en laws by hundreds of people
impo.sc upon others respect for the
crinllnal cede ? _ Lynch law is a mani
festation of disregard for' the duly
enacted law of the land , "a hvpso into
barbarism , " as it has boon aptly termed.
Its spued and inoxpcnslveness afford no
nmplo compensation for this. It not
only inflicts penalties without duo pro
cess of law , but often" inflicts pen
alties which aro" altogether incom
mensurate \vlth and unwarranted by the
crlmo convicted. If a mob can burn a
murderer or tar nnd feather a wife
beater , would It bo any moro Inconsist
ent to hang u burglar or lay stripes on a
dlsturbjor of the peace ? What Is to pro'
vent a man from accusing another to
whom ho owes some grudge of some
frightful deed , from organizing the law
less elements of the community into a
mob , from depriving a follow-citizon of
life without the least possible excuse ? If
nn organized baud may violate the law
with' impunity , the individual ought to
have an equal right to do BO. Logically
then , each man ought , to bo allowed to
determine what laws ho will obey and
what laws ho will disregard. This is all
that the anarchists demand. Lynch
low , llko anarchy , must bo discouraged
and blotted out.
TUB COUNTY
The Board of County Commissioners
has flxod the rate of taxation for county
purposes for the ensuing year at 15
mills. This is a decrease of 1.7 mills
from that of 10.7 levied \n \ 1802. On a
valuation of 82o,423,528 that is a valua
tion loss last year by $313,503 the yield
is estimated to bo $48,457.30 loss than
that of last year. In other words the
commissioners have undertaken to con
duct the county affuirs on a moro eco
nomical basis and thus afford the tax
payers a much needed relief.
While a decrease of burden measured
by 1.7 mills in the rate does not on the
face appear very great , yet every decrease -
crease , however-small , is a move in the
right direction. If the state levy is
made on equitablo-.baals the saving
to the taxpayers ought to bo still larger.
In 1802 tbo state levy was 0.25 mills , the
county levy 10.7 mills , the total state
and county levy 22.05 mills. Last year
the amount added by the state board as
Douglas county's share of the expanse of
caring for the insane was i mill. This
is now Included in the estimates for the
county taxes nnd the state rate will be
lessened by the , subtraction of that
amount. The total state and county
levy then ought this year to bo reduced
by at least 2.2 mills.
All this is well and good so far aa it
goos. But to assess a tax upon a county
valuation of slightly over 825,000,000 for
all real and personal property within
Douglas county is a ridiculous pro
cedure. The assessors have notoriously
failed to do their duty both as to listing
the property at its true value as the law
requires and also as to fixing the valua
tion of all property at figures relatively
equal and just. On this low valuation a
levy of 20 odd mills assumes a magni
fied appearance to these who ao unac
quainted with the actual system of assess
ment. What wo ought to have , and
what wo must have sooner or Inter , la a
listing of property at its real selling
value.
TIIK JiKHIAO SKA. ISSUfl.
The arguments before the Boring sea
court of arbitration have boon brought
to an oild , and the case has boon given
to the court. It cannot bo a great while
before the tribunal has reached its de
cision and the end of the controversy is
settled. It must bo purely a matter of
conjecture as to what the decision maybe
bo , and yet the average American judg
ment will naturally incline to the
opinion that it will bo in favor
of the United States. The general
oral proposition , so far as this country
IB concerned , is that there is an absolute
ownership in the United States in the
seals and that this ownership is not lim i-
ited to the urea in which the seal pro !
create , but extends to all the waters in
which these animals perform their nat
ural functions. Abstractly this is the
whole claim of the United States gov
ernment , and it is the thing of first im
portance which the international tri
bunal is asked to pass upon.
If the court shall decide , as the repre s-
sentatives of the British government
have asked It to do , that the govern
ment of the United States has no author
ity in the Boring sea beyond the three
mile limit , which is the regular inter
national boundary , it is only a question
of time when the extermination of the
BUU ! will bo complete. This is not a conjecture
'
jecture , but an absolute certainty. The
ponnission of polaglo baling ,
as it has been carried'6u' " for >
years , without the restrictions that
have boon thrown around it by the
notion of the government of the United
States , would simply result In the ex
termination of the seal , and In that not
only this country , but the world , would
milfor. This Is ono of iho vital positions
of the United States in the whole con -
troversy. Wo have hold from the beginning <
ginning that it was of primary impor
tance to preserve the seal that Is , thai
it was essential that they should not bo
allowed to bo killed promiscuously and
indiscriminately In the sea , and that U
permit this to be done was not only in"
Injury to the Unltcrt States , but to the
entire world dopomiont upon the pr serration -
ration of Die nonl. > a
There can bo no dnabt that this posl-
tlon of the UnltcavStat ' lias mndo n
very strong ImprOTslon l""i Kuropo ,
and while It may Ge a mistake to pre
sume that it will cBntrol the decision of
the court of arbltrifjfti } it is reasonable
to assume that the finding by that court
will not bo hostile to iho position which
this government haqjjunlntatncd. The
position of the Unlted'Stntes In this con
troversy has boon Injio ' highest degree
creditable to us , and there Is excellent
reason for the expectation that wo shall
sccuro the greater advantage from the
decision of the court of arbitration ,
Tun sudden nnd almost unprecedented
Increase In canal traffic on nearly all the
artificial waterways In this country has
directed renewed nttontlon to this
motbod of transportation. A canal
union will assemble in Now York in >
September to consider- schemes for the
improvement 'of systems already con
structed nnd to promote now enter
prises. Ono of the propositions that
will bo discussed is that of deepening
and widening the Erie canal so that it
will bo possible for a seagoing vessel to
tmss through It to the great ports now
established on the lakes. The plan is
pronounced entirely practicable , nnd
both Governor Flower and Senator Hill
will appear before the convention to ad
vocate it. The senator will also at the
approaching session of congress ask that
the United States share with the state
of Now York the expense .of the great
undertaking. With such development
of this approved waterway system and
the additional Increase of its capacity
by the utilization of electric energy ns a
motive which ' to bo
power , appeal's prac
ticable , the west would no longer bo de
pendent upon tbo trunk railway lines
for the transportation of grain to the
eastern seaboard.
IT is disclosed that the receivers of
the Reading Railroad company already
as richly deserve the attention of the
courts as the company itself did when
their appointment became necessary.
The increases of price wh'ch have recently -
contly been ordered by the agents of the
several coal roads have raised the price
of anthracite almost to the figures which
had been reached just before the col
lapse of the Reading company. It is un
derstood that the receivers were repre
sented in the combination meetings at
which thcso advances were ordered.
Thus they became members of an unlaw
ful combination orig'dgedjn suppressing
competition in the coal trade nnd making
high and arbitrary .prices for a neces
sary of life. The NoW York Times calls
attention to the pgplincnt fact that it
was the Pennsylvania court , of which ono
of thcso recoiversiivia ; chief judge be
fore ho took the placojhonow holds , that
not only donouncod-'such a combination
illegal , but also decided that under the
aws of the state fl of , New York it is a
criminal offense. rlt'is illegal at com
mon law and"a violation of the federal
statutes as well. - - * * r
t
A SOUTH CAHOLTKX" Judge now de-
r m.i - \ ' ' , " " , * , , ,
dares tho.new state saloon .law , which
went into effect Jtily l , to be { .unconsti
tutional. If the case is" carried to the
court of last resort and decided adversely
to the state , what will become of tbo
stock of liquor which Governor Tillman
has so carefully tasted and foundflt for
the southern bourbon's requirements ?
The great innovntion'mny turn "out to
have been nothing-more than a scheme
to furnish the state officers with a choice
stock of alcoholic beverages.
Tins Washington Star suggests that
President Cleveland exemplify once
more his disregard for party tradition
and political precedent by appointing
ox-President' Harrison to the vacancy
just opened on the bench of the supreme
court. The question is not , Is the candi
date the proper man for the place ? but
rather , Will the president do it ?
dive the QIIIIK n Shako.
Lincoln Keics.
The chill thnt sweet over the city when
Gorhum Detts got leave to do chores for the
state for two years board has not yet sub
sided in some quarters.
Suspend unit Adjourn.
I'ttttliurj Dlspalch.
If congress will suspend silver purchases
and take a recess till October or November
It will have the consent of the country to en
joy the interval of cooling off.
llcsponilbillty for the Jtomody.
Globe-Democrat.
Perhaps the democrats are not directly to
blame for the existing financial trouble , but
the responsibility of providing a remedy for
it rests upon them , and a mistake will bo
fatal to them.
Can't Gat Kimngh of Them.
Kansas City Journal. ,
Notwithstanding the continuous and violent
lent nbuso heaped upon it , the dollnr of the
daddies KOCS right along attending to busi
ness and doing the people 100 cents worth of
service every time it changes hands.
Scaudals Might Haye lloim Avoided.
I'latttt uu'h Jcurnal.
State Auditor Moore declines to audit the
iaccounts sent in by tno World's fnlr com-
mlssionor. If formqr "state auditors had
boon as careful hi auditing state accounts
the scandnls of the pasl'two ' yeura would not
huvo disgraced the sta'&i _
Dnu't ItopuatJrust MUtakca.
lltMrcJje I Citizen.
The republican party , incioils to act care
fully this yuar in nominating a candidate for
the supreme court , fprit ) , it makes as sad
a nilstako as It has sometimes In the pmt it
must expect defeat at fii'p polls. The situa
tion Is a pravo ono unil requires carof ul con
sideration before a nomination is made.
An
Grand
The State Bourd of Pprvh'aBe and Supplloi
has solan excellent oxbmplo by unanimously
passing a resolution o the effect thai nil
superintendents of btUto institutions shall
hurcuftor , in making loiii proposals for sup
plies , specify ttmi Nt\raska-miulo goods uro
to bo given the preference , quality and price
belntr equal. _ _ \ *
The AVorkiiicii..Mutt ' Hulfur.
1. In win Unionist.
Last week orders were issued by the Santa.
Fo railroad company to 'reduce wages 21) ) per
cent by discharging enough workmen to ef
- fect the desired chango. We have not noticed
that the heads of any of the ornamental
ofllcers of the company fell into the basket.
U wasn't necessary so long as they could
tuko it oulof the workmen.
A Cuso fur tlio Insanity Hoard.
7/arfm , ton Herald.
- Shades of Crcususl Will wonders never
ceasot A man In Knox county appeared before -
fore the board of commissioners and uskod
to bo nsccssed for some money which ho had
on deposit in the bank and which had been
omitted by mistake when the assessor
> called on him. That man would grace a seat
right up next to thu throuo aud deserves a
Imrp dnd n crown. When ho rtlos his hotly
should bo embalmed nnd n Rrcat vrhlto
monument crecUtd to his memory. Ha is
probably the only living | xximon of Ills
kind nml should ha preserve- . ! with the
grontobt caro. _
There'll Ha a Vh.tngn Hy-nnil-llr.
M'n wi Kra ,
Some of the Nobraika railroads nro trying
to make the freight law : n odious to the
ucoplo nn possible by cutting down tholr
train service. Now , lot It bo undoMtood nt
the beginning that the roads Imvo taken no
trains of ! of the trunk lines , but have
stripped their branch lines of everything
that can ho spared at nil , and this Is dona to
Increase the service ( in the trunk lines in
order to moot Ihb enormous World's fair
passenger tranlo. The cry of unjust freight
Invp don't go with those who are inclined to
see things as they' actually exist. No doubt ,
the train service will bo put Kick on the
branch lines as soon nsthd great fair is over.
I.ct thu Ilullroitl * Art Knlrly.
Tceum ch CMf/f < ifn.
While some of the railroads In the sttuo
are forming plans for curtailing oxi > cnsos by
reducing the service , on account of the .Now-
berry bill , others nro announcing that they
will miiko no changes at present anil will
continue the service ns heretofore until It
becomes apparent that they nro doing busi
ness at a positive loss. Tlio Inttor course
scorns to us to bo the mo l commendable nnd
buslncss-hko. It is proper enough to make n
change when the necessity of it is absolutely
determined , but thu public service should not
bo disturbed on mere suspicion. Let the
Ncwborry bill have h fair trial before Judg
ment Is passed on it. An attempt to make
it odious from purely selfish motives will
surely rcaet on those who ndopV such n
course.
The Printing Stunt.
When the stnto printing board asked for
bids some time ago It Is nlicgod there wns n
combine formed , of which the State Journal
Printing couipnny of Lincoln was the hond
and front. The prices tit which the contract
wns nbout to bo lot were considered out
rageous. This nnd the protests were so
emphatic Unit the printing board was
forced to call for bids again. This nearly
brolco the hearts of iho men who run the
Stnto Journal Publishing company , nnd the
editorial columns of that paper were filled
with argument ! to prove that the bids were
as low ns nay respectable printing house
could do the work for. But notwithstanding
the fact that the State Journal company's
first bid wns nbout $40.000 , it was glad to got
the same work for $10.000 , nnd oven then It is
charged it had to pursue its regular course of
jobbery and fix its bid so it could bo made to
road enough ways to secure the contract.
Morn Intiirrit Wuntoil.
A'cbraska Citu I'rcss.
There has boon llttlu interest apparent
thus far in the approaching state election ,
yet this is hardly u cause for wonder or sur
prise , inasmuch aS the people have scarcely
recovered from the excitement incident to
the national campaign ef last year. But for
republicans the ensuing election is ono
fraught with the greatest significance. This
is especially the case In Nebraska , although
the importance of the contest should not ho
underestimated in any locality. The repub
lican party was soundly defeated in the na
tional contest and the reins of power in
trusted with unstinted confidence to the
democratic party. That party has nut thus
far justified the people in the confidence
placed in it , and the uncertainty in mone
tary affairs Is attributable in no small degree -
greo to the IncK of confidence felt by the
pcoplo In the party's policy of government.
In Nebraska the case is slightly different ,
yet similar too , in its effect upon thu people.
Republicanism won n grand victory in Ne
braska lust lull , and this state was about the
only ono that hold its own against the un
precedented revulsion of popular feeling.
But the impeachment trial and its revela
tions of crookedness , although not blnmablo
to the party , hnvo placed a cloud upon the
party which only a popular endorsement at
the polls can dispel.
Reasons such as these make the pending
election ono that republicans should give
the closest attention. Good men must bo
nominated and the party sustained by nil
meant.
Co'rporstloiiB Clone Mad.
Wttn.r Chronicle.
If It-was thought that the expressed de
termination ot the Nebraska railroad com
panies to discontinue passenger trains on
their branch roads as a retaliatory measure
to punish the people for the passage of the
railroad rate law was but an idle threat the
minds of the people must by this time bo
disabused of that idea. Already the thing
has been done , and sections of the state
which hnvo been enjoying very acceptable
service nro now obliged to bo satisfied with
a mixed train consisting of freight can ,
stock cars with a coach or two hung to the
rear end. The public along these lines Is
naturally and justifiably incensed. They do
not believe that the railroad companies can
not afford to run the passenger trains. They
did not believe that the law enacted by the
last legislature -was unjust. Nor are they
yet convinced of it. Of course the
aim and purpose of the roaas is to make the
now law as odious an possible , but they may
find before long that they have only suc
ceeded in making themselves and their
"methods moro odious than over , if possible.
If the railroad companies continue to prac
tice the method which they have thus early
adopted to harrass the public , -we prophesy
that the war between the railroads and the
people bus but commenced. If the pcoplo of
Nebraska ureas determined as were these of
Illinois nnd lown , and wo believe tlioy nro ,
there will bo but ono result of the struggle.
The people will win nnd the principle of
railroad regulation by law will not bo aban
doned. The Idea that the stnto is greater
than the corporations which it has created
will not bo given up.
The railroads would do well to remember
the old saying that "whom the gods wish to
destroy they first make mad. " They are
now exhibiting a madness which may react
with destructive power and cllcct.
t'JSUl'LK , t.\D
Prom a ministerial standpoint the Hawai
ian situation is one of nomination and accep
tance.
It is strange a mind reader should go to
Chicago to bo burled alive aud Si. Louis
so near.
Under the now dispensation In South
Carolina , a decided taste for corkscrew curl
is growing up among men.
Scott Hayes , the youngest son of the late
ox-Prcsidant Hayes , has gone to Cleveland
as the general manager of an electric corn-
puny.
There is nn Impression in democratic cir
cles that the next chairman of the coinage ,
committee will not wear the countenance of
Bret Hart's heathen.
A Jersey mendicant. Mrs. Susan Small-
woo < l , died recently In the midst of filth and
left property valued nt 10UOOI , ) for lawyers
and heirs to quarrel over.
Clifford Calvorloy , a moJornBIondo.r.in on
a wire ever the Niagara gorge in two minutes
thirty-five und two-fifths seconds. It waa
on the Fourth , and Mr. Calvcrloy was in a
hurry to got back from Canada.
The precipitate flight of President Cleve
land to Buzzard's Bay was not so much for
rest as to escape the presentation of a
Georgia watermelon. The administration's
Interior department is already overstocked.
Now that Senator Stanford is lild at rest
a doctor who wasn't called In uavfl ho died
of un overdose of doctor. Thus from death
do the living receive strong confirmation of
the truth of the ' -Too
sayingToo many doctors
kill the patient. "
Ibo hour when graveyards yawn U not as
much of a fiction us some people Imugino.
Hero is William H. ICngllsh , Ills draperies of
woo garnished with the mould of thirteen
years , resurrected for the purpose of ex
plaining the money problem. The fact that
William Ls tolerated on the surface shows
the country's stock of patience i * not ox.
huustod.
Colonel Clinton P. Ferry , now tarrying in
Chicago , usplrea to the title , "Duko of Ta-
couia. " There U but ono "Duko of Tucoma , "
nnd ho is Colonel AVililum Ludovlco Viss-
cher , the sweet singer of St. Joe , Omaha
und Cheyenne , the gorolcss warrior of
Larumio , the founder of Falrhavon , the boa-
cou of Bollinghaui bay .and the apostle of the
evergreen state of Washington. All others
aft basa imitations.
Just as Minister Lewis Baker is waltzing
with tlio haute long of Granada , announce
ment is mudo that the St. Paul Ulobo is for
sale. For yours back Baker hold tto des
tiny of the Glebe in the hollow of his hand ,
and pumped out democracy at such a rate
that republicanism became invincible in
Minnesota The party will have to hump
Itself now that Baker is gone and tbo Glebe
going.
M.4M'A JIUII.V
. , . ,
A snlftlcss man loves to tnlk about his bad
luck.
Ixjvo's Invcstmcnt-i are nlwnyn drawing
dividends.
Joy Hint Isn't almrcd with somebody else
soon becomes moldy.
Nobody looks for fruit on a tree that is
covered with thorns.
Tlio man who lives only for himself 1 en
gaged In very small business.
Grateful content is the best sauce that wit *
ever served with any dinner.
If grumbling could bo oxuhntigod for gold
how many of us would soon bo rich.
It Is Tory foolish to give your children good
advice while you nro setting them n bad ex-
amplo.
When a pronrhor becomes n politician it
gives thu devil n chance to hitch his sled to
the Lord's chariot-
Schuylor Herald : Paul Vamlorvoort , that
greatest of nil Independent demagogues , is
now delivering a sorfus of lectures in South
Dakota. This ox-railroad undcratrnppcr
now pretends to bo the only friend of the
pcoplo , nnd that his party is the only party
that can bo trusted to right the present
wrongs. The Independent committee have
shown excellent taste in sending Vamlor
voort where ho is not known. The Inde
pendent party has some very good features ,
but they nro all more than overshadoxrcd by
the fact that such fellows nsVnmlorvoort are
allowed to become- its lenders and dictate its
policy , ouch moil ns ho nro In the move
ment for what money there is In it they
care nothing for the farmer or his interests.
Elk Point Courier : Tlio address of
Paul II. Vandcrvoort In Klk Point ,
S. D. , lust Saturday , was such a wild
harangue that even the few Independ
ents present , whoso stomachs are supposed
to bo coated for just such waah , could not
stand H. Vnmlorvoort Is cither in advance
of his party or a typical crunk. Ho has no
respect for facts und figures and llros at his
audience anything that comes to his mind.
Very few of his audience had the courauo to
applaud his remarks , nnd the ono or two
who started out bravely to give him a ( treat
send off are apologizing to their acquain
tances forlotting their 7callead them astray.
Yundcrvoort tackled everything in sight'
and his explanations were miserable fail
ures. It is to bo hoped ho may visit Elk
Point again. His frothinirs are polbon to
the party ho represents. In short ho disap
pointed his friends and amused these wno
do not take any stork in calamity.
, IT TltK JfAIIi.
All the specimens of woods In the Forestry
building were varnished gratuitously by ono
firm nt a cost of $50,000.
The Liberty boll is to thousands the most
interesting object within the gates , nnd it is
viewed by many each day , who look upon it
with rovcronco.
A mandolin weighing three ounces , its
shell so thin that it is transparent , is ex
hibited in tbo Italian section in the gallery
of the Manufactures building.
During the mouth of Juno the paid admis
sions to the AVorld'sfuiraggreguted2iO ( < J,30o.
In May only 1,050.037 paying visitors passed
through the turnstiles.
The cages containing birds are the most
showy part of the British Guiana exhibit.
Thou- showy plutnago is n genuine delight to
the ladies who appreciate showy hat trim
mings.
In ono end of the gallery of the Costa Ulca
building is stretched a long distance land
scape of blue sky and while clouds. On
tnis canvas are nailed stuffed birds. The
object , is not to elevate art , but to show the
birds.
N The life saving station is to add a now at
traction to its exhibit. A stranded ship ,
with mast and rigging true to nature , will
bo manned several times a day with half a
dozen shipwrecked mariners. Then the life
savers will shoot out the ropes , and fasten
the tackle to the wreck and gloriously bring
the helpless seamen safe to shore.
It has been often said that there is not a
statue of George Washington on the
grounds of the exposition , and not even a
bust of thointher of his country ; but there
is. It is sufficiently noticeable that more
prominence is given to hundreds of other
notublns of history without misrep
resenting the facts , America shows
many statues and busts oven Brio-
ham Young being remembered ;
but Washington has also a bust. It ia a
Japanese display and can bo found In the
Japanese section of the LiberalArts buildkvfl
The Japs have always had the roptutution
of being the most polite people on earth.
The gavel used by Director General Davis
at the Fourth of July exercises possesses an
unique historical Interest. Itwas first used
in the Long Room tavern in New York on
the centennial of the inauguration of Wash
ington , at which time the Sons and
Daughters of the American revolution were
formed. When the Swiss of the United
States came to celebrate the 600th anni
versary of the federation of the Swiss states
their presiding officer called his countrymen
to order with the same gavel. Again It was
used when the French residents of the coun
try gathered together to commemorate the
centennial of the fall of the Bostllo. Months
aftcrwurds vrucu tbo Poles , exiles from their
native land , gathered together to sorrow
fully commemorate the adoption of the
Polish constitution , the sound of the same
gavel echoed through the hall in which they
met. Since then it has been used in Inde
pendence hall in Philadelphia at the time of
the formation of the-League of Human Free
dom , on the nineteenth anniversary of the
birth of Kossuth , umLfiniilly on Juno 7 last ,
when the Columbian Liberty boll committee
was formed
Till } SVl'HKMK
Grand Islnnd Independent : It makes but
little difference what part of the stntn Is
represented In the siicccssorshlp to Judge
Maxwell. Whnt Is wanted Is a man just
about Ilka Judge Mnxwill.
Piomi County Call : The republican party
mny ns well fiico the music. It must cither
rouominnte SnmucI Mnxwoll or see n popu
list ulixilod to the supreme honch next No
vember. Norfolk Journal , llcnomlnnto
Maxwell , sny wol
Kramer Journahlt la perfectly proper for
the west imlt of the stnto to nsk for the supreme <
promo judposhlp to coma out this tray. Tlio
western part of Nebraska hns any number
of m in who would bo n credit to the Judicial
ermine. Whnt nil true Nobrnsknns want
first , however. Is n man of profound knowl
edge , a inivn of brains nnd personal Integrity
that tins never been questioned. It Is n pity
thnt partisanship should enter into the
selection of the judiciary of our stnto , nnd
nil parlies should make it tholr business to
nominate only men of known ability ami
purity of character. H this is demo our
state will never hnvo occasion to blush for
Its judiciary.
Silver Crook Times : The tnlk of Iho pop
ulists nbout Judge Maxwell showing his In
dependence of his party Is nil bosh. Ho
doubtless gnvo nn honest , unbiased opinion
without fcnr or favor , ns every Judge should
do. The pcoplo honor him for It , In thu re
publican party ns well ns out of It. In our
opinion the republicans will rcnomlniito
him. It is also our opinion that the old
gnng will not bo nblo to defeat him as they
defeated Kecso two years nco. The nous ns-
sumo nn air of superior virtue nnd tnlk ns
though every honest man belonged to them
ns by reason of some law of natural affinity ,
when the fact Is , ns every observing man
mny see. Hint they hnvo more rascals nnd
dcndboats to the square Inch thnn any other
party thnt ever nourished on the sacred soil
of Nebraska , i
JP.f.SSJ.'N ' (3 I'l.K.ta.lXTJtIKll.
llochestcr'Dnmocrnt : His gcnornlly n great
blow to n candle to Jinvo Us Unlit put out.
Now Orleans IMonytiuo : Ice Is sonsntlvo.
When left nt your door In tbn hot sun It will
run n\vny If nut brought. In.
, Somcrvlllo Journal : In Franco the mnn
w ho lends n dunl life Is likely to load a duul
life , us well.
IlnlTnlo Courier : Mini may understand wo-
innn , but It cenarally puulus her homo to toll
what she Is driving nt.
- - KntoKlold's Washington : She Miss Itrown
Is nngry with mo. Ho Why ? She I fnllod to
rojiont n list of gossip sliu told mo for the
world's sake not to mention.
Klmlra Gazette : JUKHOII says If every man
was us anxious to test tbo tiuth of religion ns
ho Is the truth of n fresh paint sign the
churches would bo crowded.
, Chicago Record : Caspar Corker Say ctillt
you knows tint guy \ve culls Kng los ? \\"y , ho
vent flshln' ylstlddy. Jonas Duadbcat Ketch
anytliln. ' Caspar Corker Nuw : too hi7y to
pull on the polo when ho got a bile.
Washington Stnr : "Her Inflection wns ro
nmrltnblu" I * what tlio critic \vrotu about the
Indy who roclUis.
"ilur liilllctlon wns remarkable" is what the
compositor het up.
Kanxns City Journal : "Man wantn but lltllo
hero below. " To test the Hay Ing's worth , coup
In n balloon ami sou how soon you'll wuut the
earth.
Indianapolis Journal : "Now , you wouldn't
sny that that man ncross the street Is worth
810,000 , would you ? "
"Oh. I don't know. It might bo true. "
"Tlmt Is the icason I thought you wouldn't
say It. "
1'lilIiHlelplila Record : "Jump aboard , miss , "
snld the conductor briskly. "I'll HCO to your
Imjr. " "Hut nmminu wants to kiss mo good-
by1 ' replied the girl. "I'll attend to that too.
All aboard I"
PLAINT OF THU IX5VEII.
Washington Star.
"My friend , beware of provorlM , "
Tlio sportsman sadly signed , , '
'Tor failure IB the Baa result
With moot that I hnvo trlud.
Tlmt money makes the inaro go
I've often heard , nnd vet
It seems to work the other way
With money that I bet. "
1'or Iloncat Methods.
Korfollc Journal.
The battle to bo wagered -within the lines
of the republican party for the control of the
next state convention will be between the
gang \vho hnvo been running" " the machine
until they hnvo run it into the ground and
the rank and file of the party who want to
'see better men load aud moro honest meth
ods prevail. ' A triumph for the gang will
mean certain defeat at the polls.
TIIK VOW IX TIIK CLOUDS.
After the rain that boat the grain
And leveled tbo golden corn
Had swept with furious might and main
From night to the ourly morn ,
As fair uu Mowers upon n bhroud
Shone forth the bow in the cloud.
After the wind that downward luapt ,
Like a giant from Its barn ,
Wnoso IKHUOS of Hfo and death had swept
From thu bund that holds thu Htara ,
After thu rainfall long and loud , ; <
Gleamed gay the bow in the cloud.
After tlio thunder's muttered wrutb ,
And thu IlghtnliiK'a blinding dart ,
There rose hciivunly tinted path
In the htonn-sky'fl angry honrt ;
And thundorscoUiod and wild winds bowcO.
To the truce of peace In the cloud. Jf.
After the wrong thut wrecks the soul
And shatters the dreams of Hfo ,
After thu sorrow's sudden roar
ThutcutH with a two-edged knife ;
After iho llfo-storm long und loud ,
Thu bow of peace in thu cloud.
BROWNING , KING"
& COL I
Largest Manufacturers and Retailers r x
ol UlutblaK la tlio World.
It's this Weigh- :
We've still on hand a whole slew of.summer
suitss They'll have to be sold
this season , so we've put the
prices way down. There ar-e
some beauties among them.
There is also a big wad of these
skeleton-lined coats ( or unlined -
lined ) coats and vests which
we must get rid of this week.
Straw hats must go , too.
They're marked down about
one-third.
On second floor the children's goods are getting
a cut also. That lot of boys' vacation suits at $1.50
are worth nearly twice as much money. Reduc
tions all along the line.
Economical people will buy now when the
styles are to be had.
BROWNING , KING & CO. ,
| S. W , Cor. 1611 aaJ Boujlis Sis.