THE OMAHA DAILY BEE ; TUESDAY. PEOBMBER 5 , 1893 ,
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A\rrnce. Clrmlutliiii for Ortoln-r. UII1C. :
CONOHl-SS lias reconvened nnd the
government nt Washington still lives.
As A voluminous author President
Cleveland can hold his own with most of
Ills predecessors in the presidential
chair.
WITH a Burfolt of money In eastern
loan mnrkuts Omaha should float the
remainder of its authorized baud
without delay.
TfiN solid1 columns of Grover is a
rather heavy dose for the average
American newspaper reader even if ho
has a cast-iron digestion.
WHISKY has been at the bottom of
many a man's troubles. It is still main
taining its reputation as a creator of
discord in tlio happy ways and means
family.
PunsiDENT CnnvKLAND might have
been reminded that his right to Rive
congress information on the state of the
union is not exhausted by the message
sent at the opening ( if the session.
THAT detailed description of the horses
Mr. Van Alen had purchased for use
during his residence in Italy , which was
conspicuously published in eastern
papers last week , must have been a little
premature.
THE report of the Interstate- Com
merce commission repeats , as usual , its
recommendations of amendments to the
interstate commerce law. Congress
will , as usual , omit to act upon the rec-
oinmoudations.
Tiuvcity is advertising for offers for
real estate to bo used for the proposed
now market house. Loss site and more
building is what" promises to benefit the
workingman and to alTord employment
to idle artizuns.
NEUICASKA manufacturing interests
must close down or reduce tlio scale of
wages paid in case the proposed tariff
bill becomes a law. Cotton , hemp , boots ,
pearl , the raw materials used , are in no
way cheapened by the now free list.
But few reductions of the Wilson bill
will inure to the benefit of the inhabi
tants of Nebraska.
FRIDAY next tlio railroad companies
are expected to appear before the city
clerk and show cause why the list of
property as returned by that official
should not bo placed upon the assess
ment rolls for 1891. If they are willing
to lot well enough alone they will not
file an appearance. The clerk has cer
tainly dealt kindly with them. '
KENTUCKY is attempting to levy a
franchise tax upon all telegraph com
panies doing business within that state ,
but finds that the Western Union in
tends to fight it to the bitter end in the
courts. IIus any one discovered a tax
which these giant corporations have
over paid without first * resorting to
every method of ovaslon known , to the
law ?
WHAT might have been a considerable
disaster hud the World's fair continued
open has boon indicated by the inability
of sonio of the buildings to withstand the
pressure of the BIIOW upon their roofs ,
[ f a skylight should have crashed down
upon the people when the attendance
was greatest it could not but Imvo been
accompanied with serious results. Every
day adds to the wisdom of closing the
oxpositlon at the tlmo originally fixed.
As AMONG the contesting parties to
the Lohlgh strike the right * of the
public to have the road continue to per
form its duties as a common carrier
with reasonable safety to the goods and
persons entrusted to it's care seems to
have boon entirely overlooked. Not
until the people Insist upin their rights
Mill force their representatives in con-
jcoss to enact measure * for their pro
tection will they secure roliat from
trlla-s of this kind , winch might HO
uslly have been avoided by the oxorclso
) f some forbearance on the part of the
amplojos and the managers of the Lo
hlgh road.
SOMK idea of the extent to which con
gressmen take advantage of their frank-
inir privilege may bo gathered from the
statement that during the last fiscal
year over 87,000,000 jiounds of free mail
mutter was transmitted through tlio
postoillco. LUtlo wonder that the rev
enues of the Postoflico department Imvu
a html time in attempting Ui catch up
with the expenditures. Smo menus
ought to bo devised by which public
documents may bo withhold from people
ple who do not \vant them , notwith
standing the fact that thoy'inay contain
speeches doliyored by their representa
tives in oougrous. Unless limits are
placed upon the ubusu of the franking
privilege tlio mass of free mail promises
to swamp the postcillco.
run
Headers of President Cleveland's an *
nual message will very generally give
first attention to the parts of it which
refer to the paramount questions of the
tariff and the currency. The treatment
of both these subjects is disappointing.
As to the tariff , it was expected that the
president would offer some now and
strong reasons in support of the radical
change in the fiscal policy of the coun
try which ho approves. Not only is
there nothing now in his argujnont , but
parts of It are so distinctly contravened
by experience and well known facts that
It would seem the president cither has
not taken the trouble tocarcfully inform
himself or ho hasn't a very high opinion
of tho. public intclligcnco in this
respect. If the United States had
never had experience with such a tariff
as tlio democrats now propose to enact
the views of Mr. Cleveland as to the
benefits to accrue from the contemplated
change might bo generally accepted ,
but this country has CAperimontod with
tariffs for revenue only , and the record
of results docs not warrant confidence In
the professed belief of tlio tariff roform-
era that anothbr like experiment will
benefit everybody promoting at the
same time the prosperity and- welfare of
the maiiufacturor , the worklngman , the
farmer and all classes of the population.
No such benlficcnt results having boon
attained under the revenue only tariffs of
the past , there is no sound reason for the
bollof that they would como from
another trial of that policy. But
there appears to have been a
doubt in the mind of the pres
ident as to the correctness of his
theory so far as the question of wages
Is concerned and ho remarks that oven
If wages should bo lowered "the intelli
gence of our workingmen leads them
quickly to discover that their steady
employment , if permitted by free ma
terials , is the most important factor in
their relation to tariff legislation.1'
The intelligence of our workingmcn
will toll them that -Under the existing
tariff policy , until it was menaced with
overthrow by the success of tno ( loino
cra'io party , they had both steady em
ployment and good wages wages from
which they were enabled to' live com
fortably and save something and they
cannot bo certain of cither under the
change which the democratic party
proposes. If it was overproduc
tion , duo to the sharp competition
of our mauufucturors , as Mr. Cleveland
cays , which brought about a suspension
of work in mills nnd factories , a dis
charge of employes and distress in the
homes of our workingmen , will the situ
ation bo bettered by subjecting our
manufacturers to a greater foreign com-
petion ? But it is claimed by the advo
cates of the proposed change of policy
that it will enable American manu
facturers incrcaso the exports of their
products. In what direction ? Not in
any European country , certainly ,
for every manufacturing nation
of continental Europe gives tariff
protection to its industries and
nobody will be absurd- enough to
suppose that British manufacturers will
allow us to obtain any foothold in
their home market. An illustration in
point has recently been furnished.
American carpets wore gaining popu
larity in the English markets by reason
of their cheapness nnd attractive do-
signs. The British manufacturers re
duced the price of their carpets and
will nt once put a greater variety of de
signs on the market. There is no sub
stantial ground for the idea that Ameri
can manufacturers can materially in
crease the exports of their 'products to
Europe , and as to other countries wo
should bo at just as great a disadvan
tage in competition with European man
ufacturers , under the proposed now
tariff , as wo are at present. It is a most
fallacious view , therefore , that wo can
make up in the increased exports of our
manufactures for what wo sui'rondor of
the American market to European man
ufacturers. Of course Mr ! Cleveland
approves the Wllsan bill and urges its
adoption.
On the very impsrtant-subject of the
currency the president makes iio recom
mendations. The country and congress
are not informed as to what his viowa
arc on the questions of allowing tlio na
tional banks to issue currency tottho par
value of their bonds deposited to secure
circulation , the repeal of the 10 per cent
tax on state bank currency , and the
coinage of the silver seigniorage. While
recognizing the fact that' the abandon
ment of silver purchases has nmdo an
entire chungo In the complexion of our
currency affairs , the president has no
doubt tliat something satisfactory
will bo dJiio by congress to meet
the currency requirements of our grow
ing population and business and simply
suggests that congress need not bo in a
hurry to deal with this subject. Per
haps Mr. Cleveland has allowed his
secretary of the treasury to speak for
him regarding the currency , though in
his reference to the report of that of
ficial there it no intimation of any cur
rency recommendations. A suggestive
feature of this portion of the imusigo : is
the recommendation that the authority
of the secretary of the treasury to issue
bonds bo made clearer by an amendment
to the existing statutes ,
There will bo very general disappoint
ment at the brief reference which tlio
president makes to the Hawaiian issue ,
and especially at the fact that only a
vague idea is given of the instructions
under which the American minister at
Honolulu is acting. The mosbago states
that the intention of tiie government
was "to restore , as far as practlcablj ,
the btatus existing at the time of our
forcible intervention" and our present
minister ' 'receive , ! appropriate Induc
tions to that end. " It would noom that
the president might with entire proj
prlety have gene a little fu.-ths , * anJ lot
the country know the full nature and
8C01W of Tlio minister's instructions
whether ho was ta take an uo ivo part
in restoring the status , which can mean
nothing else than replacing thu deposed
queen on the throne , using tlio naval
force ai his command fjr this pur
pose , or was tD maintain an atti
tude of nunlntorvontlou , leaving the
revolutionists and the royalists lo settle
the matter as boat they might , It is not
Apparent that any harm could ccmo fi'cm
letting the American roorla into the
secret which the uuinluUt putiu has so
well guarded nnd it would have satisfied ,
no end of curiosity and sollclllUlo ; As
sodrt as further advices arc received iho
president says they will bo sent to con
gress , together with all other informa
tion at hand nnd a special mcssngo. It-
is therefore probable that within a few
days tin country will bo in full posses
sion of all that has been done under the
present administration" the Hawaiian
matter. A fair inference from the lan
guage of the message is that tlio res
toration of the deposed government is
expected.
A largo part 6f the message is devoted
to International relations , much of
which will repay nttontlyo perusal.
Tiie attitude of the government regard
ing the domestic conflict in Brazil the
.president says is that of an attentive but
impartial observer. Summaries of tlio
reports of the several heads of depart
ments are accompanied by pertinent
comment and suggestions which are
generally judicious. A. largjc num
ber of citizen's will bo paHlculnrly
interested in what the prcsldojit says
regarding pensions. Of course an at
tempt is made to justify the cpurso tha't
has boon pursued , but it will not. . bo re
garded as entirely successful oven by
those who are not altogether friendly to
the pension system.
The president counsels great care and
circumspection in allotting lands to In
dians. Ills denunciation of speculators
iu public lands , who stand between the
land office and those whomtho , govern
ment invites lo settle on these lands ,
will bo generally commended. On the
subject of civil service reform the pres
ident says that lie is more than ever con
vinced of the incalculable benefits con
ferred by tlio civil service law , not only
in its effect upon the public service , but
also in its effect in elevating tlio tone
of political life generally. The infer
ence from Mr. Cleveland's ' language
Is that ho believes in the reform
earnestly and strongly , but there is a
good deal in the record Of his adminis
tration thus far which the friends of the
policy could not approve. Those have
criticised the administration and it is
evident from the poluVed thrust which
Mr. Cleveland gives them that the criti
cism hurt.
The message is long , but every citizen
who desires to bo well informed about
the affairs of the country ought to make
it a duty to carefully read it.
TIIK souru furon.s AN INCU.MI : TAX.
Senator Vnnco of North Carolina , in a
recent interview , said that there is
throughout the south an almost unani
mous sentiment in favor of an income
tax , and ho was of the opinion that an
income tax of some character will bo en
grafted upon the tariff measure before
it passes congress. He could not say
what form of tax would Lo adopted , but
had no doubt that a plan would bo
evolved which will receive "a hearty
southern support. " The North Carolina
senator , it is perhaps unnecessary to
say , is not in favor of u higher
tax on whisky and tobacco in
order to increase the revenues of the ,
government , but ho approves of an
income tax as a peculiarly just and
equitable method of raising public
revenue. The animus of the southerners - !
ers is obvious.
The south favors tin income lax'be
cause nearly tiie entire burden of it
would fall upon the north. Assuming
tho'oxemption under such a tax to bo in
comes of $3,000 _ and less , which is the
latest proposition , forovory man in the
south who paid the tax there would bo
at least an hundred in the north.
Nearly the entire revenue which tlio
government would derive from this
source would como from the capital
ists , the manufacturers , the mer
chants and the recipients of largo
salaries in the northern states , who
enjoy no rnoro of the privileges and ben
efits of the government than do the people
ple of the south. Will any fair-minded
man say that there would bo no inequal
ity or injustice in , a tax which oper
ated in this way ? It is possible that
Senator Vance's prediction that an in
come tax will be engrafted upon the
tariff , bill will bo verified. It is announced
nouncod that the democrats of the ways
and moans committee have decided not
to increase the tax on whisky. This is
a concession to southern sentiment , said
to have the distinguished support of
Secretary Carlisle , naving done this
the democrats in congress may
make another concession to south
ern sentiment in favor of an
income tax. Until this is done , how
ever , it must continue to bo believed
that there are .enough northern demo
crats in congress to pi-wont the party
from adopting this indefensible and un
democratic policy , tlio demand , for which
is distinctly sectional and is not'promptod
by any considerations of justice and
equity. .
Jim. va.v ALK.V utaiii\K-i.
In declining to accept the position of
ambassador to Italy , after having done
everything In his power to secure it and
ftor having persistently refused to glvo
up the race while the nomination
was pending in the senate , Mr ,
Van Alen finally defers to the
irresistible demands of an out
raged public opinion. No nomination
in recent times has raised such a storm
of indignation from men and news
papers of every political faith as did
that in question. The appointment was
characterized as the consummation of a
corrupt political bargain. It was
pointed to as being substantially the
s'alo of a high diplomatic ofllco for so
much money paid for the purpose of se
curing it. Tno new ambassador was held
up as having no other qualification en
titling him to tiio position than his pos
session of great wealth , which had been
shared with the democratic national
com mitten ami which gave promise of
further financial assistance to the party
in future campaigns. And finally it was
denounced as subversive of the princi
ple upon which a democratic govern
ment must bo founded , namoy ) , the se
lection of public servants on account of
their fitness for the place , and for that
alono.
Mr , Van Alen denies nope pf tlio sub
stantial facts in the case , although ho
takes exception to the conclusion * that
huvo boon drawn from them. That ho
should give to the democratic national
couiaiitico a contribution to bo used.In .
the furtherance of President Cleveland's
campaign nmoTflltlng1 td thoushnds of
dollars and ndl * Imagine for an instant
that such contribution wont to establish
an obligation"1 Hh Ills favor In
case ho ahouTil" " * nsplr.0 to public
office at the noljds of the admin
istration Only gcjtjQoshow his simplicity
nnd ignoraucw of. political methods.
Granting that thoi extraordinary cam
paign gift was t < romptod by purely patri
otic and unselfish' motives , it cannot bo
assorted that it , wiU received and used
with the same simple Innocence as to
its capacity fcjr , cprruptlon. Nothing
but the fact that the circumstances can
not bo cxplnlmnl away could have In
duced the new ( Ambassador to resign his
imleh coveted appoliitmont.
Ono thing in this connection must
strike tlio curious spectator as particu
larly rc.narkablo , and that is the delay
of Mr , Van Alon iu rescuing
the president from the odium
that has attached , to this nomination.
His unwillingness to bring undeserved
rebuke upon the administration might
have manifested itgoif at a much earlier
stage of the proceedings. lie undoubt
edly heard of the movement to head off
his appointment by raising a fund to re
imburse him for his campaign contribu
tion nnd might then have withdrawn his
application for the place. During the
long weeks that bis nomination was
pending before the senate he watched
with unconcern the abuse that was being
poured upon the president , but made not
an effort to put an end to the onslaught.
At this late day he concludes that it is
inadvisable for him to invite further
misrepresentations of the bargain which
brought him his appointment. What
ever may bo the real motive urging Mr.
Van Alon to decline to accept his am
bassadorship It can scarcely bo said to
bo solely a regard fol1 the fair name of
the president and his administration.
IN RECOMMENDING tlio gradual aboli
tion of the preparatory department of
the Nebraska State university the
faculty of that institution has at last
como around to the point of view which
Tun BEE lias taken for years past. The
theory of our educational system Is that
the local school districts shall afford
their pupils the elementary instruction
that is required for admission to the
university. Wo are told that few of the
schools throughout the stale really
como up to the standard pot by the
university and that if tholr pupils
are not furnished with the necessary
preparatory work"by the state they will
*
not , in many instances , bo able to pur
sue tholr education further than the
lower grammargrades. . This is of
course a good plea for the unfortunate
pupils , but a po6 ] ' reason why 'tho btato
at largo shoujil assume tlio burdens
which the delinquent school districts
ought to bear. n'What ' is needed is a
thorough reorganization of our elemen
tary and liiglujchools throughout the
s'tato so that tlieV may supply the prep
aration necessary 'ris a basis for uni
versity work. TJio. State university has
all it can do to make its funds moot the
demands of its legitimate -university in
struction. The preparatory school has
boen'a ! drag a fts/H'cols / , and tlio , sooner
it is Shaken 'offj9tho more rapid will bo
the unlvorsity's1pirogrcs3. ,
LONDON policemen ard not in high
favor with the British anarchists , whoso
mooting was spoiled''by the interference
of the police authorities. The anarchists
are evidently not to bo allowed to have
their own way in England as on the
continent.
Hero 1 oo.
rij Commercial.
A public franchise Is a private snap In
this town.
H
Dungor AliPiul.
Globe-Democrat.
A tax on corporations will probably re
duce Attorney Goucral Olnoy's pay as coun
sel of the Chicago , Uurlingtou & Qulncy
railroad.
Are They Nut itnir Alatcrlnl ?
H'as.'idiufou Star.
The ways and means committee favors an
Increased tax on cigarettes. No sugRostlon
has as yet boon offered In the direction of a
heavy tax on monocles.
IMIlcront l > ol n tn ot View.
' riitlatlelpMa Ltilyer.
A careful assimilation of published argu
ments on the Wilson bill shows conclusively
that the projected tariff \voulfl unquoation-
fee [ " .e country.
A Juillont ! Ujipurtun ty.
at. Louis Iteinililtc.
The numerous wrecks on the Lo'iigh road
since the nonuuiou inoit wont to work on it
may make it necessary to take that Lake
Shore federal Judge down into Pennsylvania
to order the striuors back to work.
Imiirovliii ; Juilifinoiit.
By romovltipa democratic civil service
commissioner In order to retain a republican
advocate , thu president bus displayed a degree -
groo of excellent judgment which ho might
make a frequent oxainplo to his great ud-
vantaKO.
-
KecoivnrKhlp Iimirlm.
That poor old government mortgage on the
Union Pacific is .having a hard tlmo of it.
No soor.or does the road full out of the
clutches of iho Gould managers than it falls
into the hands of receivers , who now de
mand pay of $1,50Q u month per man. To
protect iho government the number of ro-
eolvcrs WHS increased to tlvo. This would
impose a costof S'JO.OOOa year for this luxury
of a receivership Tildflo. And of course the
governments interdsta'ln ' ' the road will help
pay the bill , „ ,
J'rnuil , Jnfi\iiiy \ , Insult ,
KewrYorlt Hun.
Dut there is no chemistry that can erase
the record of ISOaoeTasteuTby the llrst prin
ciples of political rectitude , and party honor ,
the protectionist ' tarjtnroposod / ! to congress
by Mr'Wilson ana the democratic majority
of the committee pn ways and means is a
fraud , an infamy wJ.ajt Insult. As the years
go by wonder wlllillncreusu that democrats
could bo found willlng4o si n their names to
Mils coiuession of' ' imposture nnd faUo pretenses -
tenses , this jiceeptiXJitQ of the tokens of it degrading -
grading humUlatlofoVi
Union I'arljtojlleorcaiilzatloii.
Unne < rstatenrofor. .
Of course certain securities of the system
must necessarily suffer severely in a reorgan
ization based upon comparative merit. The
collateral trust 4tfa of the Union Paciilo.
the Leavenworth , TopeUn & Southwestern
4s and the Kansas City &Omahu 6s will un
doubtedly bo Bhuruly scaled , owing to the
luck of earning power of the lines upon which
they are inorteagou. In this connection It
will bo Interesting to observe what dcgroo
of attention , if any , will be paid in the reor
ganization to a guarantee prltinipM nnd
Interest by the Union Pacltio , espcciully
wliou such Kuaruntco'is ' nOlxed to a security
of comparatively little merl , | . " The number of
bond issues , guaranteed principal and In
terest , is small , embracing only 1000,000
Leuvonwortb , Topelta & Southwestern ,
f 1,83(5,000 ( Utwh & Northern 5 per cent cor.-
sols , $12,000.000 Oropon Short Linn X t'tnh '
Northqrn/i per cent collateral tiiuU ana * l- I
MTpfW Cntpn Pacia < 5 , Mneoiti &Colottvlo Urst
f j. Tu the AVchlson itorpnni itlon , It will bo
romomboroJ , conMdoi'Ablo alittilfUMiira ap
peared to bo nitachftd to n Ku.tmntuo ° ' tlio
branch line bnmli , principal .mil lute-rent , by
the pjirtmt company. Whether Mich will bo
the case with thoJJnlon Pacific vomalns to
bo seen.
Union r/iclfln Itrrcitrcrnli'p.
A cw Yartt Tri'iuii ' * ! ,
\Vo should proatly dlsllku to believe that
the activity dUplityod by Mr , Cleveland's
nttornny ironoral in the affairs of the Union
Pnclllo Hallway company , now in the hands
of receivers , was Inspired by any other
motive than gcnulho solicitude for the inter
ests of the government ,11 holder of tlio ob-
ligatiotii of the company to the amount , in *
eluding principal and interest , of Roifio $ T > 1-
000,000. lint if this is his solo anxiety ; it his
interference with the rcrob'orshiti pro
ceedings Is duo entirely to bis fear lest tlio
government may bo defrauded ami his anx
iety lo protect its Interests , wo can only
say that the advantages Mr. Olnoy
has so long enjoyed an n director
of the Chicago , Burlington & Qulncy
railroad for acquainting himself with tlio
railroad situation in the west have
been grossly no loctcd , Nor do wo Under
stand why the Uurhngton should retain us
Its couiiflol u lawyer of so little capacity and
such conspicuous lack of good judgment nnd
sound senio. ' There Is an explanation ofthU
circumstance which Is entirely consistent
with the theory of the attorney general's
ability as n lawyer , ami which Also explains
his retention as n director nnd as tlio com
pany's attorney by that exceedingly shrewd
and long-hcndud corporation , the Chicago ,
Burlington & Qulncy Hallroad company. It
hardly need bo said , however , that the
compliment paid to the gentleman's intelli
gence by t hi J explanation Is nt the expanse
of his oniclal Integrity.
Whoever known anything ot the railroad
situation west of t.ho Missouri river , or of
the history for the last twenty years of the
great corporations competing for thn trafllo
of that vast area , does not need lo bo told
that the Interests of the great railroad com
pany of which Attorney General Olnoy Is a
director ana paid attorney would bo promoted
meted to a creator degree by the breaking
up of the Union I'acillo system than by any
other possible event. Indeed , a ulanro at n
railroad map showing the two systcmi and
their connections is sufllcicnt tocotivincoany
person of ordinary Intelligence of the truth
of this statement. The rivalry between tlio
two systems has boon always a matter of
public notorioty. What is not so well
known , perhaps , is the fact that the f nil tire
of the Union Pacltlo to como to any terms
with the government on the debt question
nnd obtain relief from thn onerous re
strictions whereby it was prevented from
building branch lines , except by costly
roundabout processes , has boon largely due
to the opposition or the Burlington com
pany. The ndvantairo to the latter ot hav
ing Its rival hampered and crippled in the
development of ine teriltory naturally trib
utary to it , while the Burlington itself was
building into it with Its own branches and
tapping it In all directions , is obvious.
It will not seem strange , perhaps , to per
sons familiar with the practices of railroad
managers that tlio methods adopted to keep
the Union Pacific at a disadvantage have
not always been open and above board.
Tnat the Burlington company keut in its
pay under general retainers ono or more
members of congress that thcso members
wore most active In opposing any legislation
for the relief of the Union Pacific and that
in ouo iiisUncS the passage of u funding bill
for that purpose was only prevented by fili
bustering proceedings , instigated by re
tained counsel for the Burlington , wo believe
to be susceptible of proof. The implacable
hostility of the Burlington for Its rival was
well illustrated at the tlmo of the great
strike on all the former's lines. It was tup.
attitude of the Union Pacific , under Presi
dent Adams' directions , toward the at
tempted boycott that did rcoro than any
thing clso to break the backbone of the
strike. President Perkins of the Burling
ton acknowledged the obligation in a note
of grateful appreciation. But when Mr.
Adams suggested that the favor bo
reciprocated by the cessation of the
Burlington's opposition to the fund
ing bill , It was refused on the
ground that the Burlington could not
give the Union Pacific such an advantage.
Soon'after the appointment of three re
ceivers for the Union Pacific news name
from Washington that Attorney General
Olnoy was very much exercised over the
possibility of the government's Interests be
ing jeopardized In the management of the
property. There was a proposition to In
crease the number of government directors
to ten. leaving llvo for the stockholders , so
that the government would bo practically in
control ot the ro.ul , . This was eiuito in line
with the wisdom which lias characterized
every government interference with the af
fairs of the corporation. For whatever may
ho said of its management by the
stockholders who have a rorsonal
Interest In its success , nothing is
more certain than that the trans-
ferrenco of responsibility and power to ten
persons , appointed , not because of spcci'il ' fit
ness , but on political grounds , as such ap
pointments always lir.ve been made , would
end in disaster to the interests both of the
government and the stockholders. A com-
iiiomiso , it seems , has boon agreed upon by
which two additional receivers representing
the government have boon appointed , which
gives the government a majority.
\Vo do not know that there is any serious
objection to cither of the gentlemen named
other than that it largely increases the ox-
pen'so of the receivership by adding two re
ceivers , neither of whom Is a practical rail
road man. The active interference of Mr.
Olnoy is hardly to bo explained upon the
ground of his solicitude for the interests of
the government. And yet wo repeat that
wo should dislike to believe that ho is acting
as attorney for a railroad corporation and
using his oQIclal position to crush a rival.
Hmill Kimus mill Prosperity.
riillatlclitlita I'fmM. '
The Ideal farm of the future will doubtless
bo the fort.v-acro farm. There comes u state
ment from California that within a few ( Viys
two land corporations have disposed of their
property , amounting to 100,000 acres , and
that another In Merced county Is dividing
up 40.000 acres more , with irrigation thrown
in at $1 the acre , us an inducement to pur
chasers , Some years ngo no farmer cut
much liguro who did not cultivate 1,000
acres , and to the holder of a 10,000-acro
tract feudal reverence was due. But settlers
In search of moder.nto estates went beyond
him , vineyards nnd orchards developed in
other sections , the small homestead became
moro prolltaulo than the great cstalo , and
the attraction molted away land monopoly.
Tins is an object lesson In neutralizing the
offcct.1 of a bad land ryntom , 1 ho settler
ulctatcs terms and the snvill farm becomes
the popular means of prosperity. Forty
acres east or west means many a fortune to
the farmers ,
SHCUL.tlt ItllUTH AT Till ! I'VLl'lT.
Philadelphia Record : Hov , Dr. Briggs" "
latest bit of higher criticism is to character
ize tlio biblical story of Jonah and the whale
as a flight of the imagination. A great
many persons suspect that Dr. Briggs is
something of a Jonah himself.
Chicago Tribune : Tlio exceeding seldom.
ness , so to speak , of Korean Teed and Hov ,
( Jcorgo Jacob Bchweinfurth of late tends to
co nil nn the alarming rumor prevalent some
months tigo that these alarming personages
Imvo been compelled to go to work for a
living ,
St. Paul Glebe : A couple of youqir rowdies
engaged in a light in the vestibule of an In-
dlanupolls church the other evening , whereupon -
upon the preacher suspended his ocnnon and
gave ono of the young men a sound thrashing -
ing , That preacher deserves an Increase of
salary or else an extra donation visit from
thu members of his Hock ,
Springfield Ucpubllcan : Kov. Dr. Hains-
ford said to his brethren of the Uplscop.il
church In Now Yoric Wednesday ; "Wo are
fast asleep locked In the alumuorof flxod
opinion. " W. T. Stead put the same idea
much moro strongly iu nn address to some
theological students and professors in Chicago
cage the other day. Stead said , and then
repeated : "Church members are too
damuod comfortable. "
Chicago Herald ; Christians and non-
chrlstians will bo interested in reading the
announced now encyclical by I eo XIII on
the Authenticity of the bible. Many of the
documents and codexcs bearing on author-
sliiu of portions of the book have Ion ? been
In 'toino. It , Is to bo hoped tnat the pope
may incut the arguments and allegations of
skeptics about the authenticity of the
gospels with evidence not open to ref *
fututlon by the so-called "historical
Bchgol. "
XKIltt IS/f I t\ll XKIllt.tSK I.V.I.
A lodge of Aneiont Order of llll > ornl\ns ; \
ins hcou Instituted nt Athlon , with twenty-
six charter mnmuers
Hccatiso ho lo.vlpclt \ \ gun with aunli n
heavy ohargo that this breech waff blown
nut , Jim UnUlon nf Sterling li laid \m with
two Imlly dlsttgiiwfl oyi s.
Ulehardsoii county farmers assort that
aorgh'iim makcA valuable foo'l for Mock.
Two crops can bo harvested from ono sowing
nnd it Is | ir.x > f rtcnlnst dry uontlior.
Sidney Is in need of ft good professor ot
music , one who < tan load u brass band as
well us giva instructions on the piano nnd
violin. There Is a good npcfiini ; for a man
of that kind there and it Kiifllclent .salary
will IK ) guaranteed him.
James Prltchard , wife and children
ICearnoy wcro taken from tlu-lr homo by the
Jfllclals and lodged in the county hospital
because of tholr desperate poverty. Two of
thcmuGiG unconscious \\hcn removed , but
they arc now recovering.
There camA near bcint : a tracctly on the
streets of Neltch the other day. A man and
his wife and a third party camu together un
expectedly and the two men drew revolvers.
They didn't shoot , thouirh , but warrants
( mvo boon Issued , for their arrest.
William Malone ot Ulysses , after nn ab-
BPIICO of twelve years , n.voiitly went over to
Osceoln , wncro n gcutlomiui whoso face ho
had forgotten , came up to him nnd paid him
$10 to settle nn old $ . " > account with Interest.
The debt was only nn old harness trade.
Over thirty foot ot the Hurltngton railroad
bridge Just west of Newark wus burned out
Saturday night. The engineer saw the
bridge burning In tlmo to stop his train be
fore reaching It and the flames wcro put out
by the crow. A hnndcar was telegraphed
for and sent down from Kearney , taking
back the passcnifcrs , mail and express , The
flro was probably sot for the purpose of
wrecking the train , as the engineer thinks
fram the looks ot things If liahaObcotiitlftoeii
minutes earlier ho would have run nearly
onto the bridge before realizing his danger.
No other train had passed over for nearly
flvo hours.
Valley county ctlbons have recently or
ganized the North Loup Irrigation and Im
provement compr.ny , which proposes to place
under an irrigating cannl some 7.000 acres of
valley land rating with the tinest in the
atato. A competent engineer was employed
to make the necessary survey nnd hi Novem
ber the North IJOUP precinct backed the en-
tcrpriso by voting JIO.OIX ) bonds to the roin-
pany. The canal will traverse the township
( iiajonally and when finished will bo about
twalvo miles in lonsth. It is bcllevou the
railroads will grant reduced rates on lum
ber to bo used In constructing the iluct sary
Humes , nnd when secured , excavating for
the canal will begin nnd the worl : will bo
pushed to completion.
l.WHT .IffIt .Sffl/ > ' .
Chicago Times : The word Ulster brings si
joyous sl iilllcitico : to o\on the most pro-
iiounrtMl Irish nationalist these days.
1'iick : Patient Ah , doctor , I fed that I urn
at death's door !
Doctor { ontliusliistlcally ) Oh , don't fonr.
W'll pull you throuirh.
I'hllndolphla Tlmos : "Helns bus a quenr
habit. WliL'iiu vor ho Is out di IviiiR and hiMM > S
: i iiiun btumlhiK on a corner , he whips up Mn
horsoand n.isses him In a hurry. " "it'sn force
ot Imult ; ho used to ho iistrout car driver. "
Imllimapolls Journal : "doing to make your
liuti'l larger ? "
"Yes , " answered the hotel keeper. "It will
bo more Innkeiiplng. "
Chicago Tillniuo ; "Just ono moro , Katlol"
plondud the young uthlutu.
"Lot inn nloiio ! suld ICutle , pushing him
uway. "I don't see why they call you a half
bad ; . Vou'ro not half us backward as you
ought to bo , slrl"
Washington Star ; I'ollco .luilm What did
you in i CM t this man for ? Ho said hu was doing
nothing but riding his blcvclo.
OdU'or McBolib Huro , lie loolcod croolcod ;
though ho stands straight enough now.
Mother ( nour-slKhted ) See thatdls-
cracofully Intoxicated brule across thu street !
\Vheio can tlio police bo ?
Daughter ( weophiR ) Oh , nla. It's brother
Hub !
Mother ( swooning ) Then the saloon keepers
have been drugging tlml poor child iig
THI5.N AND NOW.
Kantai 0 / Joiiriiat.
"Tho world Is mine. " he. sail ! ,
AH ho proudly left old Yale ,
With thu ( Inn nullef that ho
Held the world fust hy thu tall ,
lint the years hiivii come and none ,
And Ins spirit has grown meek ;
Ho Is selling tapn and thread ,
Kiirnlng just'fifteen a week ,
AN ODD1TV IN UtIYMC.
aru i.
Backward , Make
Turn Mo
lluckward , A
You O Youth Lot
Can Tlmo Asaln , MoDe
Do In Just Think
It Thy For Once
15y Flight Tonight Ag.iln
jl'lnclng Tlmt
A t
V Own
Thn
i * ' *
My Whole
( and. Land.
o
A TAA'UIHLK TltllllOK.
"I'm not afraid , " the youngster said ,
"Of any boKV man ,
I don't believe that ho exists
Bo prove it If yqu cull. "
And then the nurse's ready wit
A duul of 1 rouble siivod ;
"Tlio will catch sir "
liolloy car you , ,
Miosnld. And ho boliavou.
HAD IT IS iflSDOS EARLY
Mosssga Qlviu Out In Atlvancs
on Lombard Street.
CARLISLE'S ' ESTIMATtS F03 THE
liy tlio sV-rot i.r of thn Tron .
ury < > l Mini * Which Will U Mt.
pcmlpit < in intiTprl : < ( M of tin *
I'orlnnco to Nrtiritskn.
\Vismxcvrox UniKVfor Tun HRR , )
M'J FoniTEENTii STHUEr , >
U'kSIU.VOTOX , Deo. 4. |
It appears that thu only ones who havi
been or will bo bcnoHUM by the president' !
message are llrltish speculator * . The full
content * of thomessago were In the hnmli
of Luinb-ml street speculator. ! last night
niul all London look advantage of the la
formation upon our markets this morning
Ttiero was heavy selling on tlio Bo.ml ol
Trade In New York from London at the
opening ot the market this morning. Nc
buying orJcrs came from London , ami it wai
not long before a cable Inquiry brought \ \ \ \
intelligence that l ondon speculatora won
taking fidvniuago ot iho president's mos
sago. This N not the first tlmo liritlsh
speculators have boon taken Into the coiill-
doneo of President Cleveland. They ills
counted his call for 'in cxtr.iordlnnrv session
of congress and his sliver message. Thuy
have the insults Infurin.ition upon nil ot his
olllclal acts.
The Nebraska republicans here ilnd noth
ing In the message which affords thu least
encouragement to the Interests of tliuli
state.
C.irlUlr'.i Aiiniml I'stlnmtu * .
Secretary Carllslo's annual estimates ol
appropriations rciiulrod for the fiscal joat
cndlnu next Juno wcro sent to coimross
today , and they contain much of local In
terest to llnis readers. Among the first
recommendations Is th.it of $7,1,000 for coin
tliiuatloti ot construction ot the now fedora )
building at Omaha.
Other recommendations are : Survey ot
public lands in Wyoming , otu. , $20,000 ; ox.
penscs of territorial coui-H iu Utah , $35,000 ;
alii to Imlustrlal homo Iu Utah. $1,000 ; sinking -
ing fund Union P.iciilo Uallro'id coinpanv ,
ST.3,000,000 ; sugar bounty , SM.OOO.COO ; to pay
the 'I. 5 and U per com funds to stales oil
account of sales of lands , $100,000 , of which
Nebraska gets * - ' . , OOJ , feouth IXikou { 1,705.
Wyomig n M,40 : ! , Idaho $5.f 30 , and for tha
civilization of the Sioux Indians , 00,000.
The csttmatiM ijiscloso the fact that berv
ices were rendered by these employed
about public buildings in NobrasKii , which
were paid as follows : Heatrlro , $3,0'J ) ; Fre
mont , fl.W'i , and at Omaha as follows ;
Charles Holndorlf , buporintendcnt , J.3,0Wj :
Henry Voss , superintoiident. W John La-
tenser , suuorintenilent , Sii.80 ; Ilarry A.
Overbeek. forcuuin , $1,505 ; A. \Vllgockl ,
clerk , (1,005 ; U. 10. llurnett , wutehman ,
* W4 ; A. F. Klloso. watehman , fi'JO : J. W.
McCabb , watchman , $ fiOi5 ; Harrison wyrick ,
watchman , tCO ; H. fl , ICIrby , w.itchman ,
listimates nro made for pay of assistant
custodians and Janitors ot public buildings
as follows : Hcatrice. * 1,020 ; Council IJlulTs ,
J.'J.ai'O ; Lincoln , $3,0'.K , ) ; Omaha , ? 2'UO.
Xobrnnlc.t r.iml Olllcot' Slunvln- .
A statemontof the earnings and amount
paid registers and receivers of the land of.
floes iu Nebraska Is appended to the esti
mates , and It shows that , with two or three
executions , the receipts of the ofllcos were
all consumed in the expenses. Tlio earnings
of the receivers and registers in Nebraska ,
wcro as follows : Alliance.1.811.58 ; Bloom-
iiigton , $2,645.9 ; Broken How , W.ilST.Td ;
Chadron , eO,2i > 0.42 ; Grand Island , $3C00.4U ;
lO.i.li. ) . 'iho ' total receipts for the year wore
" ? 0y,02 . and the total expenses wcro jr,47.1 : ,
leaving a not revenue for the government
aggregating § 10,15' ! . The o dices which had
moro receipts than wore necessary to pay ox-
) > etises were Sidney , North i'Jatto and Ale-
Cook.
Cook.For
For the .Suiipiirt ol Nelirnsl.ii ImlluiiH ,
For the support of the different tribes ol
Sioux and Santco Sioux Indians in Nebraska ,
appropriations are requested aa follows :
TiveiHy-livo of thirty Installments to pur
chase clothing and so forth , $111,000 , ; to pur
chase such articles as may be proper nt $20
per head for 10,000 , cnjragod in agriculture ,
$100,000 ; pay of touchers , ono musician , car
penter , etc. , $10,400 ; pay of additional
employes at the several agencies for
the Sioux in Nebraska and South
Dakota , $20,000 ; industrial schools nt
the San too Sioux ami Crow Crook
agencies , $0,000 ; subsistence of the Siouxas
per agreement , $1,000,000 , ; pay of a matron ot
the Hanteo agency , $500 ; support of Sioux ot
different tribes , including these in Nebraska ,
$1,423,500 ; fulfilling treaties with Yank ton
Sioux , $50.000 ; fullllllng treaties with Slsso-
tons and Wnhpotons , $18,400. An increase
of $ (1,550 ( for the Flandreau ( S. D. ) Indian
school Is recommended , also $5,075 for the
Genoa ( Nob. ) school , $750 for the school at
Pierre , S. D. , nnd $ 'tlGOO Is recommended as
Internal revenue collodion expenses iu Ne
braska.
I'oraou il Mention.
Manager G. W. Mogoatli of the coal do-
nartinent of the Union Pacific at Omaha U
In the city. Pcmtr S. HEATH.
CD.
The Inrgcxt m.'ikori anil H-'llor ) of
line clolhes mi K.i
F
HALF OFF
Tuesday's the Last Day.
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Broken lots
lotsMen's Suits and Overcoats
$30 $28 $25 $20 $18 $15 $12.50 $10
for for for for for for for for
$15 $14 $12.50 $10 $9 $7.50 $6,25 $5
Broken lots
Boys' Overcoats and Suits
$20 $18 $15 $12.50 $10 $8.50 $6.5 $5.00
for for for for for for for for
$10 $9 $7.5 ° $6.25 $5 $4-25 $3.25 $2.50
We guarantee them to be our best and choicest
garments.
BROWNING , KING & CO. ,
Fend the pay W. Cor,15th and Douglas Sfs ,
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