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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 27, 1894)
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : TUESDAY , FEBRUARY 27 , 1S94 , i : . UOSI'JWATntt , IMItor. "I't III.IHIIKt ) fiVKUY Dally HM tnltli'iut Himtlnv ) Ono Year t J 00 J'nlly nti'l Sunliy. Orta Yen- > J W ° " - ilonllm iK Mnnthi fJJ. ' K-c , On Your * I1 i } ' ! " " , one Yttir , " 1 .VI6J t ! ( , Ono Ywir. . . ' 6J nrnnKi. Th * ItiillillnR. , - , . SU. South omnhn. corner N nnil Twenty-foul" roum II rinttn. IS IVMi-l Ktrret. Olllrf. It ; rimtnlipr nt Comtnorcn. . r om IS. 14 ami 15 , Tribune linlMlnc. " COItltTHI-ONnUNCIJ. All tnmniimlentlnnx n Inline to now * nna cill- Ic.lnl nmttcr xlmuM ) > < > uililrrmnl ! To ttie Ivlltor. lit His'CHs I.ITTIIIP. : STATIIMKNT OP CIUCtJLATION. aeor c It. Tzschuck. secretary of Tht > Hco J'ubllHi.jtiK company. helnc duly sworn , nays Hint th "irtunl number of full nnd complete , 'oplP.s of Tin. Dally Morning. KvcnlnB nnil fiundny. n < ? printed during the month or January , JSDI , was us foloWs : 1 ' " . 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The people of Ilrazll are said to bo anxious for a speedy settlement of the so-called Brazilian war one way or another. So are the people of the United States. Judging from the public utterances of the general master workman of the Knights of Labor , one would Infer that ho was sov ereign In fact as well as In name. Hereafter , when Governor Hogg of Texas wants to go out deer hunting , ho will first consult .tlie attorney general anil will carry with him a copy of the game laws of the state. Another fire Is attributed to defective elec tric wiring. Another argument In favor of the pending ordinance giving the city elec trician power to enforce the rules of proper wiring. If the State Hoard of Transportation Is still on speaking terms with the D. & M. railroad Its officials will have the grain rate from Falrbtiry to Omaha readjusted so that this city can secure the trade to which It Is entitled. Charitable organizations In all the large cities are still Issuing urgent calls for funds for the prosecution of the work of poor re lief. Spasmodic charity has had Its day. The campaign against poverty Is every where sifting down to a systematic and steady onslaught. Lot the Jury In the case of the county hospital contractors go out and Inspect the building. It won't take twelve Jurors long to determine whether defective work was done on the building when constructed. It Is a monument to the most gigantic swindle over perpetrated upon the people of Douglas county , The Knights of Labor will do well to think twlco , before willfully violating a restraining order of a federal court , however - over odious and unwarranted It may appear to bo. The law Itself provides a remedy by appeal to secure the dissolution of Injunc tions Issued without the necessary color of Jurisdiction. Eleven prisoners will bo discharged from the state penitentiary during March. There has been a gradual decimation of the number of convicts the past year. The people of Nebraska must bo growing better , and are not , as has been charged , "upon the verge of moral , financial and material ruin , " Ne braska Is all right. Ono report of the proceedings of the lower house of congress the other day says that It resembled a bear garden. A sim ilar analogy expressed In another paper char acterizes the proceedings as resembling n boor garden. This must bo an unwarranted slander on the beer garden , and -demands a congressional Investigation. The persuasive powers of the Commercial club are being used successfully upon country - try merchants , whoso trade the Jobbers of Omaha want and must have. When No. brasku merchants learn by personal contact of the manifold advantages of the Omaha market they will need no further Inducements - monts to trade hero. Self-Interest will do the rest. The old question of the right of the city to impose a license tax upon persons pur suing particular occupations la again Involving the city authorities before the courts , The coal dealers license case pur ported to liavu Bottled this last summer , when the city did not manifest interest enough In the adverse decision to appeal to the higher court. This question will nut bo settled until the supreme court settles It right , The government of the United States la as fastidious us It In exacting with rcfarcnco to the enforcement of the Chinese * exclusion lawVhon the Chinese residents of a Washington town prepared to comply with the provisions of the law and handed In their photographs for inspection It was found that they had forgotten to remove tholr hats before posing before the photos- raphor'a camera and so will have to go through the onlcul unco more. Will the woes of the Uhlnamon never end ? The county commlslonors are making a move lit the right direction when they resolve - solve to require of the county treasurer a monthly statement showing the precise * amounts of county money hold by the dif ferent banks that have boon designated ne county depositories. The. publication of this statement would bo a further check upon the power of the treasurer to favor ono bank more than another , unit would at the Bumo time taku the people Into the confi dence of the county bookkeeping. There Is no call for secrecy In connection with the safekeeping of public funds , Ol'tt About two months ago a desperado who hml been In Omaha only forty-eight hours held up n man going to his homo In ono of our directs about 11 at night and made him hnul over what change he had nt the muz zle of a revolver. The footpad \vns ar rested by the police , tried In the district court and convicted of highway robbery. As a plea for n light sentence , his lawyers iot ; htm to tell the trial Judge , who hap pened to be the Irascible and bombastic Scott , that he had brought $30 to Omaha on his arrival and lust all ho had at the faro table. This may have been true , or It may have been a downright fabrication. In any event It furnished the Judge with an other opportunity to dnnco a Jig on the corpus of the mayor and deliver a stump speech on licensed gambling. Now , when tlitf prisoner at bar confessed himself guilty of gambling , besides high way robbery , lie was entitled to a double dose. The man who gambles at faro Is guilty of a felony Just the same as a dealer of faro , and moreover the man who delib erately walks Into a gambling house for the purpose of betting his money at an unlawful game Is entitled to no sympathy. If after gambling away his money the man proceeds to hold up -wayfarer In the street with a revolver , 'ho can scarcely plead the baby act , because ho lost his money at faro. Hut Judge Scott is nothing If not a dema gogue. Why docs he rave and froth at the mouth over the mayor and talk wild about licenced gambling In Omaha. The anti-gambling ordinance grants no license to anybody and the collection of the $160 fine -can In no way be construed ns a permit to carry on gambling. On the contrary It 'places In the hands of the public prosecutor cuter the needed proof for convicting keep ers of gambling houses If ho Is disposed to prosecute them. Judge Scott certainly known enough to know that the machinery for enforcing the statute against gambling Is In the hands of the sheriff , the county attorney and the Judge of the criminal court. Why does the Judge everlastingly vent his spleen at the mayor In this manner Instead of addressing himself to the law officers of his own court. The people of this community cannot bo hoodwinked by these periodic outbursts of self-asserting vir tue. A Judge Is no different from any other public man who holds his commission from the people. A man may fool Homo people sotmi time , but no man can fool all the people - plo all the time. KHlN'S FOOLISH TllllKATS. General Master Workman Sovereign mis takes the temper of the American people If ho expects them to give moral support to his threats of violating the Injunction Is sued by Judge Jenkins. It Is poor policy , to say the least , for the leader of a great labor organization to announce amid a blast of trumpets that ho Intends ) to defy- the legally constituted authorities of the United States. Violating nn order of the court can only lead to other and equally serious violations of the law. The action of the master work man sets an example to all the men icrs of the labor organization which ho controls. It tends to blunt their respect for law and to encourage lawlessness. It invites upon the Instigator the penalties which Ho within the power of the court to Impose , Labor leaders , and chief among them Mr. Sovereign , liavo Justly denounced in un measured terms the corporations that have endeavored to evade the restrictions placed upon them by counts and legislatures. They have scared the railroads for not living up to the Interstate commerce law. They have accused them of trying to get control of the courts and of refusing to obey their orders whenever the latter might not suit their purposes. Yet hero we have Mr. Sovereign threatening to do exactly what the corpor ations have been denounced for doing. If ho ventures to ignore Judge Jontflns' order , how can ho expect his opponents to bo held back from doing likewise ? Should the re ceivers of the Union Pacific , for example , dare to reduce'employes' wages In the face of the ruling of Judges Hallott and Rlnor the country would bo deafened by the righteous protests of labor organizations of every kind. Judge Jenkins' order may bo wrong and ho may have exceeded his lawful authority when ho signed a paper designed to prevent the concerted quitting of work on the part of the Northern Pacific employes. Dut this will not justify Mr. Sovereign In deliberately violating the Injunction. If the order Is wrong there are remedies provided by law to establish the fact. The remedy Is by appeal or by a petition for rehearing , and not by defiance. It Is gratuitous for Mr. Sovereign to Intimate that the labor organ izations cannot got justice from the courts. The roccnt decisions of Judges Hallctt and Illner and of Judge Caldwell prove con clusively that the federal courts are ready to consult the Interests of employe as well ns of employer. Mr. Sovereign's threats cannot help the cause of labor. I'KWKH'S lltil'OllT OS AOmOULTURK. The Investigation made by a subcommittee of the senate committee on agriculture Into the causes of agricultural depression , a re port of which has been submitted by Senator Peffer , appears to have been very thorough and pursued with a purpose to got at the real facts. The epitome of the report printed in The lieu shows the findings and the conclusions of the committee to bo In a very high degree Instructive and Interesting , and they can bo commended not only to those Immediately concerned In agriculture , butte to all who care to bo well Informed regardIng - Ing that most Important of all the interests of the American people. Agriculture Is the basis of national wealth and prosperity. More than one-third of the population of the United States Is engaged In agricultural pursuits , and the annual addition to the wealth of the country from Its farms Is many tlmos greater than that derived from the manu facturing and mining Industrie : ) . The value of as accurate a knowledge of the conditions affecting this Industry as It Is possible to obtain will bo generally recognized. Agricultural depression Is not confined to the United States. It Is n practically uni versal condition. It la severely felt in Great Britain , whore It has existed lor several years. Only a few days ago the emperor of Germany publicly deplored the unfortunate condition of the farming Inter est In that empire. The agriculturists of Hussla are having an oven worse experience , and , In short , the depression prevails In every country of Europe , not excepting Franco , though It la less severely felt In the latter than In other European countries. Australia suffers from It , an do also the coun tries of South America. It Is , Indeed , a world wldo ullllctlon and It presents one of the most Interesting ami Important problems at the time. Giving duo considera tion to this fact It Is not possible to accept ull the conclusion ! ! advanced by Senator Peffor In accounting for the agricultural de pression In this country , but so mo of them are unquestionably sound. Among the latlw , ono Is th itlll excessive transportation charges , undoubtedly the moat Important factor In the problem , nlncc It makes the greatest drain on the producers' profits , where It leaves any chance for n profit. Senator Peffcr reaches a conclusion com mon with all Investigators In this field , and that l.i that ono of the moat certain reme dies for agricultural depression Is a diversi fication of crops. On this point ho finds In the beet sugar Industry n highly valuable source of advantage to the farmers of the west , and presents an argument In favor of fostering and promoting that Industry which ought to convince everybody who Is not hopelessly prejudiced against national old In building up any American Industry. The report , after pointing out the difficulties to bo overcome In order to successfully estab lish the beet sugar Industry , shows that the bounty method of encouragement had re sulted In largely Increasing the sugar pro duction of the country , that of cane In creasing In 1892 CO per cent and that of beet nugar for the same year 210 per cent. The report favors the retention of the bounty , expressing the opinion that It would bo cheaper to do this than to abolish the bounty and restore the duty , and by way of Justifying this view a computation Is given showing that under the bounty system there was saved to the consumers of sugar In 1892 over $34,000,000. This portion of Senator Pcffcr'B report possesses peculiar Interest at this time and ought to have a good effect on the senate , but It Is hardly to be expected that the recommendation of a retention of tjio bounty will bo adopted. The best that can bo looked for regarding sugar , as now Indicated , Is a duty of perhaps 1 cent per pound. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ TI1KKK IIAWMIAX I All who have not lost Interest in the Hawaiian question will read carefully the reports submitted to the United States sonnto by the committee on foreign rela tions. These consist of a majority report , signed by the chairman of the committee , Senator Morgan of Alabama , and the re publican members , n minority report by four democrats of the committee , and a supplementary report by the republicans of the committee. While there Is nothing essentially new presented in any of these reports , they together present all phases of the question , so that the partisans of cither aide may find In them a Justification of their views. The majority report , drawn by Senator Morgan , who takes high rank as an ex ponent of International law , acquits every body of wrong except Minister Stevens In ordering the American flag to be raised over the public buildings at Honolulu. The land ing of American troops Is justified on the ground that there was no power In Hawaii to enforce the laws and therefore it was the right of the United States to land troops on the Islands at any place where It was nec essary , In the opinion of our minister , to protect American Interests. It Is also held that It was the duty of our minister to recog nize the new government as BOOH as possi ble , In order that the citizens of the United States might bo safely remitted to the care of that government , the hour when or the conditions under which the recognition was given being a matter of no material Im portance. Our minister , however , had no authority to raise the flag of the United States on Hawaiian soil and declare a pro tectorate and his action was void for want of power. The order to haul down the flag and abandon the protectorate is held to have been In accordance with the duty and honor of the United States. "To haul down the flag of the United States , " says the report , "was only an order to preserve Us honor ; " In regard to annexation the report says It has been a subject of almost steady contem plation among the Hawailans and their kings and that the United States has always been regarded by the ruling power in Hawaii as a sort of house of refuge whenever the exigencies of fate. might compel Hawaii to niako her choice between homo rule and foreign domination. Whether annexation Is wlso and beneficial to both governments Is a question that must receive the consideration of both governments before It can bo safely settled. The recognition of the provisional * government Is hold to have been lawful and the course of the present administration In endeavoring to bring about by peaceable negotiations a restoration of the deposed queen was right and proper. Somewhat In consistent with this vlow appears to bo the following passage In the report : "When a crown falls In any kingdom of the western hemisphere It Is pulverized , and when a scepter departs It departs forever , and American opinion cannot sustain an Ameri can ruler In the attempt to restore them , no matter how virtuous and Just the reasons may bo that seem to Justify him. " The supplemental report of the republican members of the committee holds that the appointment of Dlount was not In accordance with the constitution , that the orders plac ing the naval force virtually under the com mand of mount wore without authority of law , that Qlount had no rightful authority to give the order to haul down the United States flag , and that the provisional govern ment , having been fully reorganized by the Harrison administration , Its successor had no authority to attempt to reopen the questions determined by such recognition and to en deavor by any means whatever to overthrow the provisional government or to restore the monarchy which It hod displaced. The mi nority report condemns the entire course of Minister Stevens , two of the minority , Sena tors Duller and Turple , expressing them selves in favor of annexation under proper conditions. These reports make u valuable addition to the literature of the controversy. TI1K HOOK ISLAND COXTJIAOT. Omaha cannot remain an entirely disin terested spectator to the effort on the part of the Union Pacific to not aside the con tract by which the Hock Island railroad has , been given access to Omaha nnd South Omaha over the Union Pacific bridge and a right-of-way over part of the Union Pacific tracks between this city and Denver. By this contract Omaha has enjoyed for the past few years the benefit of direct connec tion to the capital of Iowa and other towns on Us line between this city and Chicago and a competing line through a part of the region south of the Platte that has con tributed largely to the. cattle trade and packIng - Ing Industry at South Omaha. What will bo the effect upon Omaha If this contract Is abrogated ? Will the Hook Island bo compelled to resume Its former transfer system at Ulllonvlllo , and would It mot have to abandon Its Denver passenger trains by way of Omaha , and turn all Its South Platte traffic to Lcavcnworth and Kansas CltyT True the Interstate Bride * and Terminal company might connect the Hock Island with Omaha over Its bridge , but how would that glvo the Jlock Island ac cess to South Omaha ? Suppose oven that a compact could bo made to run the Hock Island freight trains In and out of South Omaha by the licit line , would not the road bo absolutely cut off from connection with Its main line south of Lincoln ? This Is a matter of vital concern to Omaha , * nU It this cty | has any legal rights under Its bridge nnd depot contract with the Union Pacific , these rlghU Ahould be enforced. The city should make ttself a parly to the proceeding now pending In the courts no that no map judgment may bo taken , oven by agreement botwcW Uio Hock island and Union Pacific , by ftlrtcH Omaha would bo deprived of whatever .benefits have accrued tinder the contested , contract. In any event steps should be taKcrp'a't ' once to ascertain whether any of the Interests of this city are Jeopardized by the , nrgposcd abrogation of the Rock Island contraRt , and whether ths city Is In position to.jjrevent Its cancellation without other gug antles that will In. sure for us the continuance of the traffic wo have already acquired by the privileges which the Itock Island now enjoys over the Union Pacific bridge' and' the main line. A careful perusal of the columns of Ne braska dally and weekly papers shows that many public and private enterprises are awaiting the opening of spring , when they will be launched and carried to success. Hands will bo voted In a number of counties for Irrigation ditches , court houses and branch railroads. Towns will vote bonds for water works and sewage systems. Local capitalists are asking for bids npon projected business blocks and residences. Several churches arc soon to bo built. In fact there appears to bo an onward move through out the state , more noticeable than hereto fore. This does not seem to be compatible with the song of despair and business depres sion that has held sway the past lx months. It Is evidence of the native strength of Ne braska and her ability to recover from tem porary business troubles. Retail trade Is dull In Omaha among the majority of merchants. The largo stores have attracted the people by advertising , what they have to sell. During the cold weather the average citizen keeps Indoors evenings anJ reads his newspaper , which directs the way to the bargain counter. If the proprietors of small stores would adver tise their goods they , too , could Increase their Gales. During hard times people arc forced to look for bargains In purchasing the necessaries of life. That they must buy Is self-evident. The merchant who knows best how to draw them Into his store Is the successful merchant. The late A. T. Stewart - art did more newspaper advertising In dull times than when the people enjoyed gen eral prosperity. That his policy In this re gard proved profitable Is conceded by the leading merchants of Omaha. Do the people of Omaha and Douglas county want to secure the location of the state fair for the next term of years ? If they do they will have to exert themselves nnd offer. Inducements that will attract the State Board of Agriculture to this city. If the state fair Is worth trying for at all , It Is worth a campaign that Is organized to win. Other Nebraska cities will not be backward In urging their claims , and Omaha will have tt > make out her case If she expects to secure , f.ho prize. If the people are not anxious i to have the fair lo cated in this city it will bewell to have their attitude distinctly understood. A weak attempt made , nt the last moment and ending In failure would be worse than no attempt to secure the fair at all. Within a few days the transcontinental railways will open ono of tholr bionnlal rate wars on Pacific coast business. It makes little difference to 'flic ' line officials whether or not the roads are. deep down In the slough of financial despond , controlled by high salaried recetve'rs. They go merrily on cui'- ting one another's throats , making a solemn compact to maintain rates today onlv to break It tomorrow , and throwing the prop erty of eastern stockholders Into the rail road Junk pile. To bo sure , people who want to travel between "tho states" and the coast will derive a temporary benefit. There are , however , other interests to bo subserved. No bankrupt Institution can successfully en gage In a cut-rate fight. If the police commlslon decides to order the suppression of gambling and the closing of all gambling houses the chief of police will bo expected to enforce the order to the letter. Wo have had closed gambling houses that were never closed and wo have had pool room gambling that was never molested. This shuttlecock and battledore play will scarcely be tolerated hereafter un der prctcnso that gambling has been abso lutely suppressed. There should bo no loophole for holding up favored gambling houses by policemen , city detectives or blackleg lawyers. There ' is nothing more demoralizing than a bribed police. Heccntly The Bee has received no less than a dozen queries relating to the status of naturalized German-American citizens and their liability to military Impressment should they return to the fatherland. It Is a generally accepted fact that any German who may have left hs | native country with out having performed military duty cannot find immunity under the laws of the-Unlted States should ho return to Germany and fall Into the hands of conscript officials. The laws of this country do not protect natural ized foreign-born citizens to that extent. Military service Is a duty that every man owes to his country on demand. Major Charles F. Humphrey received a well deserved tribute to his merit tin an officer of the army In his appointment as chief Quartermaster for the Department of the Platte to fill the vacancy caused by the retirement of General Dandy. Major Humphrey has had an oxtonslvo experience In the quartermaster's department and Is already familiar wUi | the work which Is to bo assigned to him In his now capacity. Ills past record Is ample assurance that the efficiency of this branclj , of the service will bo maintained at the highest standard. Wo extend our congratulations to Major Humph rey. ' ICoyal Sqk'lclo. T.nulnvtna ihnirier-Journal , And no King LoUcngula. Is dead , poor fel low. Heathen an Tie was , who can suy lie was not a patriot according to his llghtu ? It was u worry day.for him when the white man found out thut there wnB gold In bin hlllH nnil fertile lands In hi * valleys , LackIng - Ing the craft of other South African poten tates , who huvo 'compromised with the Kiirnpcnnti , ho recklessly attempted to butt the bull off the bridge. ' with the usual re sult. ' 'I ' . 1 A ( lOOn JMA OOAVC H7IO.VO. Buffalo Express So McKnno must not b regarded as "a good man ROIIO wrong , " bu an a "bad man found out. " It Is no rcproacl to religion that McKane claimed to be re ' llgloun. But U Is to bo hoped that his fat i will servo to recast the Ideas of a grea many Americans as to what constitutes a good citizen and as to what constitute i worldly success. It In tlmb wo all realize ! I that a very good neighbor may bo a very bat citizen , and that a man's public condtic ' should correspond with his private profes slons. I Indianapolis Journal : It Is not creditable to any church that a man who has been no i torlous so long as has McKnno has been per j mltted to use It as a cloak to hln evil deeds j For years MrKuno has been notorious , no 1 only In politics , but In protecting vice li Gravcscnd , but all the time ho has been per mltted to be superintendent of a Sunday school and to bo a leader In the church And now the presiding elder says thatIf I shall appear that he Is guilty of the crime ! charged against him he will bo expellee unless ho expresses contrition ! Philadelphia Hecord : Our esteemed cor respondent who wishes to know our oplnloi of that "fine old Irish Catholic. Boss Me Kane , " Is respectfully Informed that we have a very poor opinion of him. But a the boss has not yet resigned his position a Sunday Kchool superintendent at Gravcscnd and as the Methodist church has not ye canceled his membership In that respectable religious body , It Is too soon to load hln onto the Irish Catholics. The dlsposltlot to bring reproach upon any church by rea son of the wickedness of any of UH members IH as shallow as It Is uncharitable and un reasonable. Sprlngllcld Republican : The trouble will McKane Is that he has done what so many other professing Christians In all dcnomlna tlnns are doing every day , drawn a sharp line of demarcation between his rellgloi ii ml his business , and rarely If ever per mltlcd the former to Interfere with thi. latter. Probably he was not consciously a hypocrite. We see his like in every walk In life men who look after the main chance In this world week days with n very obtuse conscience , and for the main chance In the next world on Sundays ; and yet Jesus sah some pretty Rharp things about this sort o Christians , nnd did not hold out to them very bright hopes of the future. yKIIH.IHKA . ! > / > A'lillltASK.tXS. A big eastern brewing company Is to open a distributing depot at Grand Island. A building and loan association has beet organized at Clay Center with n liberal sub scription. Bids for the relocation of the Hurt county fair are now in order. Tckamah and Lyons both want it. Albert Madia , a Pawnee county young man , was thrown from u horse and had his skull fractured , The 8-year-old son of L , I ) . Mundele of Hubbell fell under the wheels of a wagon and had one leg broken. A "Gideon's band" of 200 members has been organized at Pawnee City as u result of the revival services there. Burglars broke Into the depot at HolbrooK the other night and secured a lot of tickets a little money and the contents of two mal sacks that they cut open. The Cozad Journal has been leased by a company of local populists , with Senator Darner at the head , and a straight Indepen dent paper will be issued. Some miscreant is still sending comic valentines to the good people of Holbrook and they threaten to tar and feather the offender If they can discover his identity. A desperate looking tramp , having in charge a cow and a young calf , struck town last Tuesday , says the Papllllon Times. Ho quartered himself and his live stock in the sheds In the rear of the Lutheran church and slept during two bitter cold nights be side his cow. He claimed to have plenty ol money to pay for a hotel lodging , but said ho preferred sleeping with the cow , as It was better for his health. Jtrforin nml licfoniKTS. Ililffaln Ktiiica * Dr. Parkhurst spoke nt n public meeting In New York on Saturday night. He Justly complained of the insincerity of HOBS Platt In regard to the Investigation , of the police department , liutMr. . J-'arkhurst failed to ft < cnll that he himself had boon asked for assistance by the senate committee nnd hud refused It. Parkhurnt hardly denies now thnt his light Is against the police force , rather than against vice. Purkluirst's usefulness Is gone. His methods strike the people as calculated to do more harm than good. As nn Instance , his pictured face wns hissed in a Buffalo theater on Saturday night by nn. audience composed of respectable , middle-class men nndwomen. . JReform suffers most from Its friends. A law nnd order league Sedgewlck county , Kansas , bus gone Into bankruptcy because it could not afford to pay tliu salaries of the spotters whom It employed to detect liquor saloons. The 'reform movement which depends on the spotter will be dis graced Inevitably , and will serve only as n stumbling block In the way of other re forms In the community where it exists. The Courts ami the Knllronda. llnuelliJcurnnl , The decision In regard to the constitu tionality of the maximum freight bill 1ms not yet been handed down. How much longer is this farce KoliiR to bo kept up ? Have the people no rights that the courts are bound to respect ? How much longer will the.rnllroads of the state be allowed to violate the laws of this state ? These are Important questions to the people of Nc- hrnsku. If u. railroad corporation can , by commencing nn notion In court , keep a law hung up forever It Is about time that the people found it out. Courts are cre ated for the purpose of administering law and Justice , but' In many instances they utterly fail to do HO. It Is high time thnt the constitutionality of the Newberry bill was settled. How much longer will the people have to wait upon the sweet will of the courts ? A Srniitorlul Cniidy Pull. Kansas City Times. Few people not acquainted with the sub ject understand the desperate efforts being made by the trusts to perpetuate them selves through the new tariff bill. Around the lobby each day nt Washington a buttle Is being waged as fierce , but not HO bloody , ns though two armies were engaged. In this terrific strife the Sugar trust Is leading , its despairing efforts , extending even to the presence in Washington of Inituences from Terre Haute , will not check Senator Voor- ht'es In his determination to push the Wll- HOII bill to consideration by the senate at the earliest possible date. Keep at It Till It fillckn. Silver Crt'H Urnc * , Between them , the railroads and the courts have so fur succeeded In making the maximum freight law a nullity. The law was probably no good any way , for one reason , If no other , that constitutional re quirements were not compiled with In its passage. Next winter It Hhuuld bo reenacted acted nnd with such care and such amend ments that even u railroad court would not undertake to net It aside. ] fo\v It Looks to Churloy , fieu < Ymlt .Sun. Mr. Cleveland thus continues to evince his contempt for his own profession In his own state. Ho has M'on no victory over Senator Hill. Ho has simply run away from him as far as he could get ; yea , even to the mouths of the Mississippi. Hcnnt Comfort. tVutMngtnn Mrtr. New York Is now engaged In the task of comforting herself with the reflection that It Is not so bud as It would have been If the supreme bench appointment hud gone to , say , Oregon , which Is hundreds of miles farther away than Louisiana. Cold 1'urt. Glolie-DcmocrJt , The present administration has made more votes for the republican party than any other In our history since that of Uu- channn. Highest of all in Leavening Bwer.Latest U. S. Gov't Report. ABSQU/TELY PURE HKHK ASH Tlinilli. Three years nnd five days more of drover. The. returns from Pennsylvania show what a full vote and a fair count will do. Bob Buchanan's Illerary life Is enlivened with nn average of one "scrap" n week. Slg. Crlnpl hurled his opponents over a political Niagara and has an optical cataract In reserve. A fortune awaits the Inventor of a means of preventing sedentary- polish on the bosom of mala divided skirts. Justice White owns a few sugar plums In Ixjiilslana , and , therefore , ns .becomes a patriot , favors protection oMiomo Industry. The Chicago Herald quotea'postage stamps and aldermen at unchanged prices. They are the only known commodities that hard times fall to depress. Those state officials of Michigan , whoso versallllty In padding returns on a propo sition Increasing their salaries forced them out of a Job , are now Invited to \ hllo away their Idle hours contemplating the outcome of seven Indictments. Whisky and sugar Is said to bo the stum bling block In the tariff road In the nuiiutc. The combination has Impeded the locomotion of greater bodies than the senate , yet with Its well known dangers the brave nnd the patriotic alike tackle It. As viewed by republicans , PoniiRjlvnnla speaks In thunder tones against the Wilson destruction bill. To democrats these tones are regarded as the despairing cries of pro tection cormorants. All depends on the political leanings of your auricular nerve. Susan II , Anthony affectionately strokes the hirsute napkin of Senator I'efTor nnd lovingly declares the Kunsan the sweetest nnd dearest champion of woman's rights. As Mrs. Peffcr holds the position of confi dential secretary to the senator there Is m possible danger. When the election board of the Klrst district of the Twenty-third ward of Pitts- burg made Its report of Tuesday's election the following statement was written on the certificate : "Wo hereby certify that there are no democrats left In this district , owing to the Wilson bill. " Not a democratic vote was offered In the precinct , Chlof Justice Jouno of England has ruled that a minister of the gospel has no right to plead as n privileged communication In court the substance of a confidential communica tion made to him as a minister by one of his parishioners. The court , lie say ? , nut the In dividual , must jiidsohen ih ? uidi of Justice require such secrets to be made public. Secretary Lamar was once taken to task by a lady at Bar Harbor who thought he did not recognize her. "Ah , Judge , " she said , "I am afraid you don't remember me ; 1 met you hero two years ago. " "Remember you , madam ? " was his quick reply , with one of his courtly bows ; "why , I've been trying ever since to forget you. " And she laugh ingly exclaimed : " 0 , go away , you dear , delightful old southern humbug ! " -nil' : ixrimTiti.il , jtirun : : The Cambria mills at Johnstown , Pa. , re sumed with 1,000 men , Brudstreot's has It that mills stnrtlns up to those shutting down are as 10 to t. The largo furniture factories of Williams- port , Pa. , are preparing to resume opera tions. The Philadelphia & Reading railroad shops will run live days a week instead of four hereafter. The rolling mills of the Valentine Iron company at Bcllcfontc , Pa. , started on full time last Monday. They have been idle all winter. The Calumet Coal and Coke company's works at Grccnsburg , Pa. , started up last week with 200 men , after an idleness of several months. The Ashland Emery mills of Perth Amboy , N. J , , which have been closed down for sev eral 'months , resumed business last week with a full force of employes. The Cclland & Campbell lace factory at Columbia , Pa. , will resume operations at oncot after a suspension of several weeks. Several hundred hands are employed. The Lake Sldo Nail company of Hammond , Ind. , has announced that it will start Its full plant early next week If the men would ac cept lower wages than the Amalgamated scale. A Fall River , Mass. , dispatch says that the print cloth market there Is In a very favorable condition and there are good pros pects that most tnills will continue running until April. The Birmingham , Ala. , Rolling Mill com pany has signed an agreement with Its employes , and the mill , which employes 1,000 men and has been Idle since last July , will resume next Monday. All of the furniture factories In Grand Rapids , Mich. , are now running on either full or part time , and they have orders enough to keep them busy until July , when the next semi-annual furniture sale opens. The Bnrbour Flax Spinning company at Paterson , N. J. , which employs COO men , women and girls , has given notice that Its Grand street mill , which has been working three days a week for the past few months , will resume on full time next Monday. The Iron Ago prints an Interesting para graph about the happy solution of the wage question In an eastern manufactory. Last summer the , proprietors told the hands it would bo necessary for the latter to accept a cut of 25 per cent in wages , otherwise the works could not bo kept running. The hands submitted without protest. A few days ago they received In cabh the full 25 per cent , with a statement from the em ployers that business had not been so bad ns feared and the workers were yjlcomo to the money. nifirnrxi-r.o.tff .voi its. Tin' Omnhn Usucd 330 shares of stock dur ing February. Tlicro are 220 nosoclntlons In Now Jersey , with 82.000 shareholders , 21,400 borrowers , and Investments aggregating (31,892,000. > A building nnd loan association was or- minlzrd In Clay Center last Tuesd.iy and 160 shares subscribed on the spot. The officers ehosiMi are : II , E. McDowell , president ; A. II. Perkins , secretary ! H. E. Stoln , treas urer ; William M. Clark , attorney. T'IO ' question of usury raised In the case appealed from the Cnss enmity district court Is a vital one to Nebraska associations , nnd will doubtless bo vigorously contested In tha supreme court. A decision adverse to the associations would mean a reconstruc tion of existing systems. The value of organization among bulHIng nnd loan associations was demonstrated In congress recently. The nmondmont to the Income tarlaun * of the tariff bill , exempt ing associations doing business within the stales In which they were organized , was directly duo to Judge A. S. Winter of the Ohio Stain league , nnd Judge Seymour Dex ter of the United States league. It was In troduced nnd Its adoption secured by Con gressman Ilnitk , whono sudden death In Washington two weeks ago shocked the country. Dayton , 0 , with .n population of Cl.OOO , has an nmoclallon doing more business than the combined business of Omaha associations and equal to half DID business tit all the as sociations In Nebraska. The .Mutual Is the strowc ; > sj association In the United States , and Its report Is Instructive ns showing the great popularity and success of the Ohio plan , pr.ictlcally a co-nporatlvo bank. The receipts hist year amounted to tlin mior- mous bum of J1.CSC.927. The loans nn mort gage security amounted to $ r > SG,2M ) ; with drawal of running slnolt. $ J5t91 ( ! ; of paid-up stock , ? 2fi8,200 , at an expense of only $1D- 410.49 , which Is less limn 1 per cent. Tiiurttiirs. IlOHton Transcript : The battleship does well enough at long range , but when she runs on a reef , then comes the tug. Now York Weekly : Old Lndy-My friend. ntc you a Christian ? HfggarVcll. . mum , no ono has over accused me of workln" on Sunday. Indianapolis Journal : "Von are one of the fellows who voted for change , aren't yotIV" "Yes ; change for n five. " Boston Globe : Tenchpr--Wh6 wan the first man ? First Hey Oeorgo Washing ton. Teacher -Next. Second Hoy-A dam. First Iloy ( Indignantly ) I djdn't know you meant foreigners. Somervllle Journal : A young man can bo vi-ry popular with the Klrls In HIP winter - tor time If his father only owns a horse and sleigh. Dotrolt Free 1'ress : They were passing a fruit store on Jefferson avenue. "Oh , my , " she oxohiimi'd , "look at tboso straw berries. Aren't they a lovely rod ? " "Of course they are. " he replied ; "that's the way they blush nt the price asked for them. " Vogue : Donald ( after tbo bill ) May I call on you occasionally. Miss Lester ? \Vo seem ns old friends , llavo I not seen you somewhere before ? Miss Lester ( cuttingly ) Yes , you saw mo hanging onto the strap In the car one day last week while you were sitting down. Kansas City Journal : "I would I were a bird , " she wing ; he listened with a scowl , and said , sub voice. If she were she'd be a screeching owl. Somcrvlllo Journal : When a woman can vasser begins to talk buslnoss with a man , she always starts In with a little gasp. After Hhe has gone away , and the man thinks over what she has made him prom ise , It Is he who gives the gasp. HEROISM. A Bray-haired , broken-down old man , With sunken eye nnd check. Climbed up the steps one winter's day , With humble mien and meek. He rnnpr the bell nnd a woman came And stood In the open door , And a smile spread over his wrinkled face As he saw his wife once more. And the old , glad light shone In his eyes And his huskv voice grow clear , As he said ; "U almost knocked me out , lut I matched that ribbon , dear. " OTJ > I/O/AY nnxjir. J. wiiitcomb mini. Old John's Jes made o * the commonest stuff- Old John Henry- He's tough , I reckon , but none too tough ; Too touch though 'H better than not enough ! Says Old John Henry. [ To does his best ; and when his best's bad , lie don't fret none , nor he don't git sad , He simply Mows It's the best he had , Old John Henry ! Ills doctern's Jes of the plainest brand- Old John Henry A smllln' face an' a hearty hand S rcllgen 'at all folks understand , Says Old John Henry. tie's stove up some with the rheumatlz , And they hain't no shine on them shoes o" his , And his hair hain't cut , but his eyeteeth - teeth Is.Old Old John Henry. He feeds hlsse'f when the stock's all fed- Old John Henry And sleeps like a babe when ho goes to bed , And dreams o' heaven and home made bread , Says Old John Ilonry. Ho ain't refined as he'd ort to be To lit the statutes o' poetry , Ner his clothes don't lit him but ho Jits mo. mo.Old John Henry. GO. Tlio largest mnknrt nnd Hellers of Hue clotlius oil uarlli , Your motiuy'fl worth or your inunoy bnc'c. Not over yet Don't delude yourself with the idea that winter is nearly over , because it isn'tnot for several - eral moons yot. Don't keep on wearing1 that shabby suit any long er , but get into a new ono and be in style as well as be pretty. Wo have out the prices down so low that you can afford to wear one for the rest of the winter and save it till fall , Never carrying1 over any goods , we take this means of making- sure of getting1 rid of all goods now on hand. The prices will surprise you when you see the suits. Wo can't quote any prices , for our space is limited , and the different kinds so varied. We'll soil you a suit if you come in , and the price alone will do it. BROWNING , KING & CO. , S. W. Cor.blh and Douglas Sts ,