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hensive Tlicro Is no danger of losing con
gress In the Coxpylto Blmfllo.
"IJnd beginning , good ending , " so goes tlio
old saying There Is still hope for Improve
ment In the baseball team representing
Omaha In tlio Western league.
The people who nre loudest In their crlea
for tlio retention of our present absurd nnd
Incqultablo nystcm of tnx valuation nro pre
cisely tlioso who raalto use of Its defects to
cover up their own successful efforts nt tn\
shirking.
Governor Jnckson Insists that he Is thor
oughly convinced that his conduct In rela
tion to the reception of Kelly's army at
Council Uluffs was exactly "the right
thing. " What would ho have had to do In
order that his conduct might constitute
"tho wrong thing ? "
Tlio mere fact that extensive Improvements
have been made nt Arbor Lodc , the homo
of Secretary Morton , Is no Justification for
the rumor that the secretary Intends shortly
to return to farm life In Nebraska. Secre
tary Morton has not yet wearied of cabinet
pudding a.a served In Washington.
Tlioso petitions for paving are about duo ,
It It Is contemplated to have the paving
laid this year. The money In the Inter
section paving fund must remain Idle until
the property owners confer the requisite
jurisdiction on the council to draw on It.
The work of paving Is waiting on the action
of the property owners.
Congressman Bland promises us that ho
will have another free coinage bill ready
for his committee to report to the house
by the end of next week. Unfortunately
lilaml Is quite likely to keep his promise
this time. Congress may possibly know
when It has had enough of free stiver meas
ures , but Bland , ne > er.
At last accounts Kern was still Indig
nantly resenting the "meddling" with the
affairs of his constituency at the hands of
his republican associates In congress , whom
he has discovered to have entered Into an
unholy conspiracy to rob him of the credit
for the alleged work that ho Is performing
as their representative at Washington.
Protests against the enforcement of the
obsolete law deducting a portion of the pay
of a congressman for every session of the
house which ho falls to attend are mild to
what they will bo when the \arlous absen
tees come to draw their salaries for the
month Congressmen nro not the kind to
make willing martjrs of themselves , par
ticularly In relation to their money mat
ters.
Chicago must feel considerably bettor now
that the second competition for the privilege
of removing World's fair buildings lias re
sulted In an award to a firm of local house
wreckers on a bid J12.COO greater than that
which was previously accepted from a St.
Louis firm. The prestige of t.'iklng the Job
away from St. Louis Is alone worth the extra
money which the Chicago bidders offered
to pay. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
It now transpires that the huge losses
which the Western Passenger association
railroads are willing to undergo In order
to cut under , the Union Pacific Immigrant
traffic nro not BO huge after all , because of
the fact that these roads hnvo little or no
Immigrant business. Their anxiety to risk
all the Immigrant business that they have
Is based on a gi eater .inxlcty to get hold of
the rest of the business
Hx-Prcsldent Harrison practices what ho
preaches when ho Insists that It Is tlio duty
of n former high olllclnl to glvo to his ( tllou
citizens the benefit of his e\pc > rinco In good
sound ndvlce. A man who has served MIC-
cessfiilly as president of this great nation fnr
a term of four years adds all the moro
weight to his utterances upon questions of
public policy. There are still many things
which ox-pres'dents ' can proper y ilo.
The employment of homo labor Is nn In
tegral part of the- homo Industry movement
Our manufacturers nnd jobbers and mer
chants must depend upon the patronage ot
the worklngmen who reside hero to make-
their enterprises successful. They ought
then to roclprocato by oncomaglng the em
ployment of tht < laborers The development
of a demand for homo labor must go hand
In hand with the development ot a demand
for the products of homo Industry.
Penalties are nominally accruing against
the railroads for every day that they re
fuse or neglect to build the transfer
switches whoso construction Is required by
the provisions ot the transfer switch law
Their deliberate Ignoring of the law Is only
additional ovldonco ot their supreme confi
dence In their ability to Induce the courts
to nullify the act ot the legislature tn case
proceedings uvei get that far. Does the
State Hoard ot Transportation Intend to In
stitute suit to recover the penalties Imposed
by the transfer switch law T Delay Is moro
thau ever vusplcloui.
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The cjuillllon of unrest In which tlit- coun
try fliiilA Itself today ! A our vibicS ; demand *
the Rorlotii ntt-ntl n jf capabl" I'.iliikrrs ,
who may poMltily thrmr some light upon
UK origin and cmncs nnd perhaps 'iiggeat
remedies that will restore ft greater content
ment. The Koncral unrfsl In In no way
locallzMl In any ono part of the Unite I
State * , although It may be concentrated more
In ono part than tn another. It In found In
rnllfornln and In Now Hngland. In North
Dakota anil In Texas. H extends cast , west ,
north , south. It reaches , to n ilglitcr d -
grec , however. Into other countries Canada
nml Australia are Itno.vn to be the seaU of
considerable latent discontent , while oven the
European countries nre encountering unusual
conditions among the working people. Hut
In the United Slates the trouble Is moro
manifest to the eye , doubt'lcss bocatro the
United States Is ordinarily most free from
such demonstration ! * .
This unrest , too , lakes on numerous differ
ent forms. The spectacle ot Industrial
nrmlci composed of uncmploysd men rising
up nil over the country ami heading toward
Washington , where they hope to petition
congress in person to redress their grlev-
nno&s , IH the universal theme of the public
press. These men nre dissatisfied where
they now nrp. They are convinced that they
have nothing to lo c and everything to gain
by ft change In their situation. They see no
prospect of n speedy change by remaining
nt liomo and so nro endeavoring to hasten
It by meotlnr ; It half way. The number of
those who have actually joined the In
dustrial armies up to this time Is com
paratively Insignificant , but they hnvo elicited
such exhibitions of sympathy and approval
from organized bodies dt laborer * every
where that they must bo regarded as really
ropresantallvor of a much larger number.
At the same time , despite the hard times
of the winter Just passed , we see the in
auguration of several largo strikes , Involv
ing men scattered over a vast area of terri
tory , not to mention the usual number of
smaller labor difficulties with which almost
every city of any Importance Is afflicted
The strike on the Great Northern threatens
to throw out ot employment the greater part
of the operating force of that road and to
hamper , If not Interrupt , traffic over Its
lines. The great coal miners' strike has
practically put an end to the mining of
bituminous coal throughout the whole coun
try and necessitates the Idleness of at least
100,000 men. Nor Is the unrest confined
solely to the emplojes , since many factories
and mills are still shut down , owing to the
uncertainty of conditions that render their
financial success doubtful. The discontent
among employes and employers reacts upon
ono another to the further disadvantage of
both.
both.Tho panacea which nt the turn of a
magic key Is to dispel all clouds at once
and forever Is to be avoided ns much In
social disorders as In cases of physical dis
order. The general unrest has been the
aggravated result , not of any ono cause , but
of many co-operating causes. The remedy
Is not to be found In any single legislative
act of congicss or In any single measure of
reform , but In a combined effort of all to
better the present condition In every possible
way. The revival Is not to be effected In n
day , any moro than the disorder has been
brought on in a day , but one , like the
other , must be the slow process of time
The ago when people waked up in the morn
ing to discover that the evils they were
suffering were but a dream is no more.
The facts of the general unrest are patent
to every one , nnd every one has his work to
do to counteract the forces that make for
discontent.
.1 VXIF01I31 JIAXKHVI'T LAW.
Action by the present congress on the
question ot providing n uniform bankrupt
law Is expected , but the Indications are that
nothing will bo done before the second ses
sion bejond , perhaps , reporting bills In the
two houses. It Is now evident that the
tariff bill Is not likely to bo disposed of until
far In the summer and after that currency
bills will probably command n great deal of
the attention of congress. The democrats
would like , If possible , to adjourn the present
session earlier than usual. They want to
got among their constituents nnd endeavor to
explain away the disastrous effects upon the
business and labor of the country which the
proposed economic policy ot their party has
had. With this In view they are making
a vigorous effort to get an agreement with
the republicans of the senate on a date for
the final vote on the tariff bill , nnd If they
succeed in doing this , which now seems
hardly probable , they will hurry business
after that bill is disposed of. Everything
that is not of urgent importance will have
to wait for the next session , and hence It Is
probable that bankruptcy legislation will go
over.
As to the chances for this legislation In
the present congress all that can bo said is
that they nre uncertain. Some action ought
to have been had before this on the bank
ruptcy bill that Is In the hands of the senate
Judiciary committee , but it aupears that delay -
lay has been caused by the failure of the
subcommittee to prepare a definition of what
constitutes bankruptcy to bo Incorporated In
the bill. This Is a bomowhnt singular
reason to assign for delay , but It Is seriously
given. Ono of the acts declared In the
Torroy bill to constitute an act of bank
ruptcy Is a trader's suspension and his
failure to resume far thirty days , nnd until
a petition Is filed , while insolvent , the pay
ment of his commercial paper for StiOO or
over This Is considered much too stringent
by many advocates of the bill. Another
provision which mny be changed Is that
which makes It an net of bankruptcy to sell
on margins while Insolvent. Whllo the bill
was bcfoio the house thcro was talk that
the advocated of the mill-option bill would
bit Ike out the words "while insolvent , "
thereby making all sales on margin acts of
bankruptcy. H Is thought that this mny
bo ch mgcd so as to abandon the definition
altogolhor , or at least destroy the opening ;
for amendment by the advocates of the anti-
option law. It would som that these objec
tions do not present nny very formldnblo
dlinculty nnd they would not it there was a
generally earnest Interest in congress re
garding this legislation.
Of course the business Interests at the
counlry can got alons another year , or sev
eral years , without a uniform bankrupt law.
It Is not ot so urgent Importance to the
welfare of the commercial community us
Boino other matters requiring legislation.
Hut It mich a law Is demanded in the In
terest of justice and In order to effect n
fairer and moro cqultabla EettUment of the
obligations of Insolvents than Is possible
under present conditions If It is ncce&sary
for the just protection both ot the creditor
and the debtor the sooner the country Is
given the law , In the best form that the
wisdom of congress can frame It , the bettor.
To nuke a law to which there will bo no
objection U , of course , impossible. No
such lavv now uxIuU or ever will. What Is
known as the Tarrey bankruptcy bill has
been under consideration in congress for
several jronrs , nml h s unJorgono numof-
ons amendments It has been studied care
fully by the business Interests ot tho.coutr-
tr > , ni represented In the commercial or-
FMnlzallon.i of every section , nml has rc >
celvml their approval. Theno Interests Imvc
declared that such a Ian Is needed , nml
never moro so IJinu now. Tholr practically
unanimous opinion ought to bo conclusive
With congresi. There Is n contlderablo ele
ment In that body , however , which regards
this proposed legislation as designed to
supply a club to ono class of the business
community with which to belabor the loss
fortunate class. It remains to bo scon
whether this clement Is strong enough to
defeat a uniform bankrupt law.
TO JtR
The board of county commissioners Is to
bo highly commended for the efficient
methods It has adopted nnd pursued In plac
ing the affairs of this county on n strictly
business basis. This has been no easy
task Tor jcars the affairs of the county
have been conducted In a slip-shod and loose
manner. There was no check upon of
ficials or any attempt to keep their expendi
tures within the bounds of lavv. There was
no accountability for fees collected , pur
chases mailo or supplies and furniture on
hand. The scandals ot the county hospital
construction nnd reconstruction , the un
methodical distribution of charity were
among the legacies of former boards , and
the proper care and disposition of paupers ,
criminals and Insane wards became a serious
problem. While the abuses and defects of
the old let-alone system have not all been
remedied the board has made gratifying
progress In that direction.
Among the reforms which the board. Is
about to inaugurate is the strict accounta
bility of officials subject to Its supervision
and the straightening out of crooked things
done nnd defalcations by men who have
formerly held adlcc. In this work the
board Is determined lo show no partiality
or partisan favor. Whenever the records
In the court house show any former official
to have failed to straighten his accounts or
whenever nny ex-officer Is found to have
appropriated to his own use fees over nnd
above the amount allowed him by law the
board Is determined to collect the amount
due the county from his bondsmen. This
Is the plain mandate of the law , and It Is
the duty of the board. In prosecuting this
class of offenders the board has no option
to make exceptions or show favors. The
statutes of Nebraska must bo the sole
guide. Under the statutes every countj
oiflcer Is expected to settle and turn over
nil monejs and properties of which ho Is
custodian when ho passes out of office.
When the fees of nny office fall short of
the salary allowed by law the officer has a
just claim against the county , and the
board Is in honor and duty bound to allow
It. When the fees of any oflco nre In excess -
cess of the salary allowed by law It Is the
duty of such officer to turn the excess of
fees over salary Into the county treasury.
No officer whose term has expired has any
legal right to collect fees duo to the ofllce
which ho has vacated. The fees belong to
the ofllco and not the individual who fills the
offlco. When he ceases to occupy the of
llco ho becomes a private citizen , and has no
right to touch a penny of fees. Any other
construction of the law would bo prepos
terous. Where the officer has collected
fees In excess of the salary fixed by law
and falls to turn over the surplus ho be
comes a defaulter just the same as If he
had appropriated to himself money or prop
erty in his custody as an officer.
In all such cases the commissioners have
a plain duty to perform , and that is to In-
slltuto civil and criminal proceedings If
upon demand the defaulting official docs not
turn over the funds Illegally collected or
appropriated by him. In pursuing such a
course the commissioners will bo upheld
not only by the law officers but by all law-
abiding citizens.
ninaa r//j/ TO TIME.
According to the city engineer's estimate.
It will take $5.000 to repair the Sixteenth
street viaduct and make It safe for travel
for a year or two. It goes without saying
that the viaduct cannot be reconstructed
and propped without stopping street rail
way travel over It for a time. Now who
Is to foot the bill for making these repairs ?
The lavv requires the railroads to pay for
viaducts across their tracks. It stands
to reason that where viaducts nro worn out
nml must bo rebuilt that the railroads must
pay their proper proportion ot the cost if
tlic viaduct crosses moro than one railroad
company's tracks. It also stands lo reason
that any street railway company enjoying
the right-of-way upon the viaduct should
bear a fair share of the expense of its
maintenance.
Councilman Has call wants the city to
take sleps at once for reconstructing the
Sixteenth street viaduct to the tune of $5,000 ,
or whatever It may cost to put it In passa
ble condition. Where is this money to
como from ? Mr. Hascall wants to go
ahead anyhow and incur the bill whether
there is money in the treasury
or not or whether the railroads
contribute their portion or . not
There are two views to toke of this
matter. One Is to tinker up the viaduct
and wait two or three years longer for the
railroads to construct a now ono , taking
the chances of having the cntlra burden
thrown upon the city by a change of char
ter which the railroad lobby will try to
juggle through the next legislature. That ,
of course , would mean n continuous patchIng -
Ing of the wretched wooden brldgo for an
Indefinite period. The city never will have
surplus enough In the treasury to build a
substantial Iron nnd stool viaduct of proper
width over the gap between Leavonworth
and Plcrco streets , and Die chances of get
ting $150,000 In bonds voted for It are very
slim Indeed. The other Is to force the
railroads to como to time and have a new-
viaduct built this year on the plans already
adopted by the Hoard of Public Works. If
the viaduct Is to bo closed for patchwork
wo may as well close It for building a now
ono. That need not take much more time
than will bo taken up in rebuilding the old
one. Tlio now piers can bo built without
Interfering with the old viaduct , and the now
supoi structure can bo put In place almost
as rapidly , It not moro speedily , than the
stringers and trusses of the old ono can bo
rclald.
Mr. Hascall ought to know enough to
know that It never pajs to rebuild an old
house. If wo are to spend $5,000 lot us do
It on that part of the new viaduct , the approaches
preaches , which the city may be required
to pay for under the charter. It the rail
roads resist the enforcement of the lavv ,
which they never fall to do on every oc
casion , lot us fight It out In the courts.
Meantime , take down the entire viaduct
and lot Sixteenth street across the tracks
between Leavonworth and Pierce bo open
for wagon travel. Make the rallioads como
to a dead stop with all their tiatns before
crossing , and compel them to establish
and maluta'.n gatekeepers to prevent
' nocld'lit When Ut ? 'in8 ' ' )0en 'lone wo
Imagine the rallnl i managers will ilovlso
a way of netting cHough money lor building
ttlo viaduct In Jjtatordanco with pinna
adopted by the Doanl ot I'ub'.lo Works. Let
us have cur rights tested once nnd for oil
II mo.
Another batch of pension attorney * have
been disbarred from practice btforo the de
partment for violating the pension laws by
exacting Illegal fees , nnd executing fit' ' o
vourhors. These potwtnn shirks donrvo
no sympathy from the | ooplc , the chief mis-
fortune being that tl ure left free to
apply themselves to c | ially nefarious busl-
ness In other llelils stll open to them. The
penalty of disbarment ( i iiono too severe for
men who take advnnttgc. < of the Ignorance
of deserving veterans , particularly when the
law nlloWB them fees sufilclcntly romuncr-
ntlvo for ml the services which they may
render.
What measures has the Hoard of Educa
tion devised to secure nn accurate and com
plete nchool census for this jcar ? The ap
portionment of stale school moneys Is based
upon our cmnnaratlon of persons of school
ago and unless the enumeration ls correct
Omaha will be deprived of her Just share
In that distribution. The work nhould be
undertaken In a businesslike manner In
stead of parceling out the positions of
school census takers , as has often been done ,
to Incompetent men who have some political
claims upon different members of the board.
Unfortunalely the people are not per
mitted to know what the assessors arc doing
until after their tax lists are completed and
placed on flic. They go on placing u valua
tion upon property at an absurd
fraction ot the true value despite
the fact that the law calls for n
valuation ot all property at the fair market
price. Omaha suffers dally from her
ridiculously low lav. valuation and her alarm
ingly high tax rate. A fair tax valuation
at the hands of the assessors would do away
with both thcso evils. !
Kansas populists must bo hard up for con
gressional timber If they have to request
General Weaver to remove to their state
In order to run for congress. An imported ,
candidate would labor under serious disad
vantages , which have doubtless prompted
General Weaver to decline the kind offer
After running for the office of president of
the United States it would be too much ot
a come-down to his dignity to stand for the
position of representative In congress from
the state of Kansas.
Hero \\o Co Again.
Sew York faun
Kill the Income tnx ! Wrench Its cells off
the body of democracy.
liicrrillhln Tolly.
Ixmlsvlllo Courler-Journnl
Two promlnent > Alnbnma young men
killed each other because one of them ob
structed the other' , view of a political
speaker. Such folly Is almost Incredible *
There Is no justlf\oatlnn \ for killing un >
body nt a political speaking cxctpt the
speaker. _ _
The ( njiLKnicrir.
SprlnsMold ( Mnsi ) Republican.
Secretary Carlisle's 'rep'cnlslied gold re-
seiv'p will present n baldy damaged nppe.ii-
nnce aftT this vvosk'a pold shipment to
Kuiope If the shipments keep on , more bor
row In ? will have to follow , but therV Id no
llkfllnuod Hint they will lo any giat ex
tent. Anyhow , no rengpn for nlaiin lonm-r
exists , and none will b < j felt. The situation
Is very different ffom what It would be
weie the government still forcing laige
quantities ot ilcprLClatbd dollars Into cli-
culallon. * ' _
Jllentli-lioaril
Detroit Tree Tress.
It Is far from .nn , edifying or reassuring
speclncle to see the membership at the na
tional house of representatives fade nwny
below the quorum point In response to tlio
attractions of a base bull game. With
neither binnch of congress doing anything
and the alleged statesmen having the in
terests of the country in trust Kolng out to
vie with the bleachers In yelling appro
val of grand stand plays , the suggestion
that a republican foim of government Is ,
still experimental will not down.
ixvasra TAX nooiir.n.
New York Herald : Our Washington corre
spondent reports that th. democrats In the
senate are awakening to the fact tliat It will
bo n suicidal blunder to force the obnoxious
income tax through and arc beginning to
renlbe that In order to pass the tariff bill
th y must first cut off Its Infamous populist
ilder. It is said that Senators Hill , Murphy
and Smith will not vote for the bill with
that rider on , and It Is believed that several
other democratic senators will follow their
example.
Washington Star : It Is beginning to look
very pointedly as if the Income tax feature of
the tariff bill were doomed to death or
mutilation. The democrats who nre lespons-
Ible for th3 bill are beginning to think very
seriously upon the situation , nnd many of
them feel that they can hardly afford lo
sacrifice all lariff legislation lo Hits one
Item. The spirit of "lake what > ou can got
and bo quick about It" Is fpre-ullng , and
th y may decide lo lake , what Is given freely
and afterwards fight Tor the rest Ihey want
It Is evident to those familiar with con
gressional legislation that the bill must be
made a party measure , with a solid demo
cratic support , in order to ba pasied.
vi.iri < : r..iM > ' ! > TALK TO TIIK Jtort , .
New York Sun ( dem. ) : The letter of
Hon drover Cleveland to lion Chauncey F
Hlack Is a dishonest document. No other
ndjectlvo describes it.
Washington News ( dem. ) ' The presi
dent has never said "anything moro timely ,
moro forcibly or more wisely. Ho has
marked out the path of democracy. Will
democrats follow In It or go astray and be
lost ?
St Paul Globe ( dem. ) : When President
Cleveland makes up his mind to give * publi
cation lo his views on matters political tlio
occasion cho.sen Is always timely , and his
words selected with duo care and uttered
wllh force and aplness
St. Louis Republic ( dem. ) ' Mr. Cleveland -
land advises the democratic party to strive
for principles rather than spoils Can't
vvr > strive for both al once' Mr Cleve
land is no less a tariff reformer bcciuse lie
gets $30.000 a year for It
Cincinnati Enquirer1 ( dem ) ' Mr. Clove-
laud's appeal to democrats to conquer their
appctllo for ofllce suggests a scene in "Nicho
las Nlckleby , " In wfclclt ; Squeers , iho Bchool-
masler , eats a hoL beefsteak , wllh accom
paniments , In tliaj fifasonoa of the half-
starved children vvfiosa liard-hearted parents
huvo consigned thcltf to the tender mercies
of "Do-tho-bojs 'I/aH. ' / " As Mr Squoers
turned tha last morsel 'of Juicy slcak round
nnd round upon liIs'Tork before placing It In
his mouth ho safd lo the luckless lltllo
chaps "Ah , boys-hnman nalor Is a rum
'un , she Is ! WheiQ'Sp have conquered > our
appetites you have conquered human nator. "
What dmnocrat8ll'tioso | boys would have
madt * for thcso times !
Let us be good.
TIIK t'O.VAjlViA'r KWKKH ,
AYa lJmtor | ) Star
"Whatever is , ls > lBht , " I've heard
I'll never sing Hint song ;
The modern motto , I'll adopt
"Whatever Is , la wrong. "
Just think ot how delightedly
We'd bask In Hummers charm !
What hours of sweet content we'd pass
If heat were not so war in I
What blissful comfort we could know
In months that now speed Illy !
What weeka of indolent icposc ,
If cold were not so chill ) I
Think ot the rnmbluu wo might take ,
With freedom from regret.
CoiiRUltlng naught but our desires
If ruin were not no vvetl
And so by night ami day I'll raise
My vvall botli loud nnd lontr.
To innke this foolish world believe
"Whatever is , Is wrong. "
< > Tiun ; . im TII i.v urns
ministerial crisis has been act-
ll d by King Leopold In a manner that meets
with general approval and is calculated la
lildreAsc the rcptilnt'on which tin posjrs'es
frtr being n nun of Infinite political ingenuity
and fertility ot roiource. He has nccreptid
the resignation of the prime minister , llcT-
nncrt , and of ono ot his collMigars , nnd has
appointed tvro now mtn , hitherto belonging
to the dissentient conservatives , lo the cabi
net , the direction of which ho 1ms Intru ted
to M. dd Burlet , the minister of the Int rlor.
Moreover , by agreement with the dissen
tients , It has been dcc'dcd to leave the que >
lion of the representation of minorities , upon
which the government majority went to
pieces , for BCttl mont by the new chamber ,
thus leaving the way clear for the new
Parliament to pass the electoral law render-
lug possible the gcncinl election In Ortobor
by the extended electorate. What the new
chamber will bo like not even ill ? mo l
dur'ng of political prophets ventures to
piognosilcate Tow prime ministers have re
tired from oUlrc with so distinguished n
record Milnd them ns M Hecimiert When
he came Into office , In 1SSI , the deficit
amounted to 10,000,000 francs , whereas for
the past ulx or seven vcars there has been
a largo annual surplus this , too , notwith
standing th fact that there has bi-un n
notable decrease In taxation In ISSG ho put
down with a firm hand the scilous riots In
the mining districts , but , seeing tint tbej
wore nol wholly wllhout cause , Inaugurated
a magnificent series of laws for tin working
classes , providing , among other Ihlng' , for
the format'on of councils of masters and
men , for Hie facile acquisition of houses and
gardens for the laboring classes , and for the
prevention of the abusa of nlcahol. Under
his enlightened administration the penal nnd
prl on system has been Improved , new de
fenses constructed along Uiu frontier , the
moral nnd phvslcal condition of the army
hollered , nnd the rallronda nnd postal .ser
vice of the country developed Nor would It
be just to forget the Uadlng part taken by
M Hcormert In establishing treaties whereby
the Congo Free Stnte had Its future secured ,
and by which , moreover , Ihe suppression of
Iho African slnvn trade was tendered a mai
ler of concern lo all the civ Hired countries
* *
What Is there to show for an expenditure
which is literally breitl.lng the backs of the
Italians nnd reducing them to the exhaustion
and despair which charactorl/ul the Gallic
provincials In the last days of the western
Uoimn empire ? Enough lias been spent on
popular education to Increase the proportion
tion of conscripts who can read from 43 per
cent In 1SS71 to 69 per cent in IS02. It is
plain that , from tlio view-point of Illiteracy ,
Italy Is still one of the most disgracefully
backward countries In Europe. The number
of miles of highroads has been Increased
since 1S70 by only 11,000 , still exhibiting for
Italy only seventeen miles of highroads for
10,000 inhabitants , ngiinst eighty-four miles
In France. A good deal has been spent on
rallwavs about three-fourths ot the whole
network belongs to the state yet nil the
lines put together have n length of no moro
than 8,500 miles. It Is not , In truth , on
those appliances nnd agencies of civilization
which may bo classed under the heud ot
civil expenditure that the huge sums levied
or borrowed by King Humbert's government
have been lavished It is their army and
navy for which the Italians are taxed almost
to death. Tlio Italian war fleet lias been
nearly trebled In ten > cars , comprising at
present 329 vessels and 21,000 sailors , against
117 vessels and 0,400 sa'lors In 1SSJ. In the
last mentioned year the military establish
ment , Including the standing army , thu first
reserve and the second reserve represented
n total of 1.986,000 men : In 1892 the aggre
gate had risen to 3,027,000. During Ihe last
flvo years the expenditure for military pur
poses has nvciaged $86,200.000 annually , and
has absorbed 23 per cent of the national reve
nue. Tlio deficit which confronts Slg. Crispl
could be wiped out tomorrow If Italy would
withdraw from the triple alliance and cut
down her army to the level of her resources
Dut this will not be done ; nnd that Is why
the destiny of the Italian people presents
one of the gravest problems in the contem
porary history of Europe
Some very interesting statistics are pre
sented In the recent official returns bf the
British army. It appears that its aggre
gate strength on the flrst day of the present
year was 219,000 , being the largest over
known under the present establishment , and ,
In fact , exceeding by about . " ,000 the au
thorised maximum. It is naturally im
possible , with the constantly recruiting and
discharging , to keep the force ulvvas at the
exact point set by law , but the purpose
doubtless Is to keep the average for the
year close to the maximum , and , Indeed , It
wns 210,400. The army reserve hns befn
continually increasing for the last twenty
jears , but from special causes there may bo
a slackening in this increase next yenr.
However , n permnnent , first-class reserve of
between 70,000 and 80,000 can bo counted
on. Out of tin militia many men joined the
regular army , navy and marines. The
yeomanry cavalry has been decreasing for
some > ears , but the volunteer force con
tinues to show nn upward tendency.
According to the London Standard , at no
previous time has Ihero been so large a
force of enrolled men available for service
In case of need. First comes the tegular
aimy , with nearly 220,000 of all ranks
These could bo Immediately supplemented
by 80,000 army reserve men and 30,000
militia reserve , maklnr I" all 330,000 men
availible for service abroad. Almost e\-
ac'ly the same nuribei would then remain
enrolled for home defense , namely , 228,000
volunteers , 94,000 militia and 100,000 jeo-
manry , making 332,000. Thus the aggregate
for foreign and homo service , In case of
emergency , would be 662,000 men.
After twenty-two jcars of bitter strife be
tween crown and Parliament in Denmark
the conflict lias been brought to a close nnd
a rQconclllatlon cffecled , wllh the result that ,
for the first time since 1876 , the budget pre
sented by the cabinet has received the
sanction of the rolkthing. During all these
sears King Christian has persisted in re
taining In office the conservative cabinet ot
M. Estrup , notwithstanding that It pos
sessed no majority In the Lower House of
the Legislature , but only In the Upper
Chamber. The result was that the Polk-
Ihlng refused lo vote any of the supplies
required by the administration , which , con
sequently , was forced to levy taxes by royal
decree. Year after year this has gone on
and It speaks highly for the patience nnd
common sense of the Danes that they should
have toleraled BO long such a very flagrant
encroachment by the crown upon their con
stitutional lights und prerogatives True ,
frequent attempts have been mnde to Im
peach the ministers , but the king has always
Interposed his veto , and one of the principal
features of the compromise which has Junt
been effected Is a bill of Indemnity for Iho
cabinet. So they can no longer be held to
account.
J.V .WOO7 i JlKllltV.
Arknnsavv Traveler : A citizen of Geor
gia has In his keeping two cKfs Hold to b ( >
forty jeurs old lleru'a $10 that Hayu thosr
CBRS can't be beat , _
Chicago Tribune : "I rail that one-e.vrd
brlndlo cat over there Hill Dalton , " said
Rivers "becatiHO I've killed It ulKht or ten
tlmc-H ami It hns nlvvaya turned up next
morning with an alibi. "
Judge : Wife ( nt pnrty ) That derollrte
wnlst of Mrs Shapely iltfj her pcrfectlv.
doesn't Iff lliubund ( looking Intently ) U
would it there were enough of It.
Brooklyn Life : "They say thnt money Is
a drug In tlio markot. " "Yts , but the
trouble IH one has to huvo a prescription
In order to get It. "
_
Life : Tlio Young Doctor Just think , six
ot my patients rccoveied this week The
Old Doctor It's youi own fnult , my boy.
You frpond too much time lit the club.
Indianapolis Journal : Indignant Constitu
ent Sir , you ha vo proven utlerly false to
your principles.
Great Statesman Nothing of the sort. 1
merely wore- them out and got a new set.
ANOTIIim VIEW.
Pick.
This fact In chaste , poctlo
Luntruagu oft la lit us hurled :
"The hund that rocks the cradle
la Die band that rules the world , "
Hut from a truthful standpoint ,
Tlila thine cannot be put ;
For the tenson thnt the cradle ,
As a rule , Is rocked by toot.
EVOKES LOUD DENUNCIATION
Vigorous Editarial Expressions on tlio At *
tempt to Abridge ) Liberty of tha Fr < ra.
CONTEMPT FOR * AN UNJUST JUDGE
"I Inn' for tlin IVnplii to ItlKii IJ | ) In TliHr
Might nml < , ( . < ) Unit IVUv TjtntilN
\\VnrliiK the .Indlclnl I riulnu
Arn Shorn of I'mvur.
Minneapolis Times- Judge Scolt of Omaha
In committing IMitor Hoscwnlertif Die Umnluv
Ice ! for contempt of court appears only to
Imvo done what a good ninny Judges would
like to do had they the nerve The courts
of this country , It Is suspected in sumo qtiar-
tcr.M , have become Ihe repositories of the
monarchical principle. Thai principle finds
Its expression In arbitrary action from which
there Is no appeal There nre no munarchs
In this counlry. The legislature may pass
laws and citizens mny test their constitution
ality In the courts Laws ntllrmcd In Iho
lower courts are goud unless some one wishes
to go to the expense of c.irrvlng up un ap
peal The people of this country nro justly
proud of their judlrlnry ystcm , and with
all Its faults , which me Incident to human
Imperfections , they look upon them ns r
ri'fugc from the contemptible politics ot legis
latures. The powcra re-posed In judges nro
vast , they nre neccssarll ) so. Hut In proportion
tion to their power judges should bo subject
to free , fair and open ultlrlsm. It would
bo uurepuhllcan to glvo lo a class of men In
thu community monarchical power and lo
admit Iho old compllmenlar ) proposlllon
that the king can do no wrong In other
words , Ihoro Is nalhlng sacred about the
person of a Judg" Yet of Into vcais there
has grown up a partial system of terrorism
among the caurts. It Is being assumed more
nud moro that judges nro tha he iron * ot a
shibboleth ; that they are the L ° vltcs of a
republic , charged wllh n K.acred nnd mvs-
tcrlous mission. Ihls feeling makes judges
often resent person it criticism out of court
and endeavor to punish It by the processes
of the lavv of which they nro the trustees
nol Ihe proprlolors. The Itosewnlor case Is
n flagrant Instance ot n growing practice
In that case the paper of which Mr Hose-
waler Is proprlelor crlllclred Iho action of
Judge Scott In the mailer of two Indictments
He charged that favor had been shown the
rich man nnd justice meted out to thu poor
man. The reporter who wrole Ihe matter
was arrested for contempt , lined and sent to
Jail The proprietor was also brought lulo
court , lined and commuted to prison The
judge tried to refuse him the privilege of
protesting against Iho sentence , but was
ovciawed by the sturdy conduct of Mr. Iloscr-
wutcr. The ai-tion of Judge Scott was un
doubtedly the result of personal pique. Ho
had already punished thu author of the arti
cle U was n grave question whether ha
had thnt right to punish , ns contempt of
court criticism of n Judlclri ict alrendy com
pleted. Ho mnnnged to iconic Judge nnd
jury In his own case thro'igh Uiu conven
tional handle of cnnli'iupt of court This Is
the process by which Judges protect their
dignity. H Is nlso the weapon with which
they assert their personal importance It is
a poorly defined , vague nnd variable power ,
depending for Its meaning In the temper and
spirit of the court. It is nnnlogous to the
king's prerogatives. It Is the mask of Judi
cial violence , nnd until defined and Its limit
ations ascertained It is a distinctly undemo
cratic power , liable to misuse through Ignor
ance and to abuse through knavery.
Chicago Post : Imprisonment of a newspaper
publisher for "constructive" contempt of court
was attempted In this city once jears ago
The Incident served for all time as a warn
ing to oppressive magistrates In Cook
county. Probably the assault of Judge Scott
on IMward HosewHter of The Omaha Bee
will result Just as the Storey-Williams In
cident did In disaster to the usurping
court. The case is one of flagrant violation
of the liberty of publication. Two men
were arrested In the act of robbing a rail
way station. One was poor. He wns sent
to the penitentiary. The other was the son
of wealthy parents. Ho was released. The
discrimination was typical. Similar cases
are well remembered In Chicago. It Is not
bejond the recollection ot even the youngest
of us that punishment of a man of "good
family" who "voted right" and was known
to the Judge was Impossible In a certain
austere court of this dlstrlcl , even though
the culprit was guilty of robbing Iho United
States malls. In the Omaha case a reporter
made some natural deductions from the
Judge's conduct. If the aspersions had been
cast on an ordinary citizen , or oven nn ex
traordinary ono off the bench , his only re-
courio would bo proceedings under the libel
law. Scott preferred to Judge his own case.
Ho held the reporter guilly of contempt and
sent him to Jail. Not satisfied with this , he
haled the publisher Into court. In spite of
his protest that ho know nothing of the
arllcle until It appeared , Mr. Uosewater
was fined ? 500 and senlenced to jail for
thirty days. It Is good to read the defiant
blast with which the journalist received the
sentence and the unspeakably mean cir
cumstantial orders of the court with regard
to its enforcement. It Is also cheering to
know that the state supreme court promptly
granted a supersedeas before Scott's
victim had spent six hours In Jail. Hut the
Incident should not end here. The Oma'.a
newspapers will do well to abandon their
notorious feuds for the purpose of leveling
the arrogance of this petty tyrant. The Insolence -
solenco of the courts in interfering with nil
except their O\MI , to lt with tholr
among the l rn In lofty Judgment of
the groundlings who made them , has been
growing Intolerably Hut the dny has nol
yet uawncd whnn n Judge can l y his finRori
on the tlirgit of the press without very
great peril to hlnmeir.
Wichita iKltv The Imprisonment of tMl.
tor IliisevrMcr by the Uumhu Judgp , the Inter ,
vrntlon of Justice Cnldwpll by hlx I'nllPd
StnlPrt ninrshils , nnd the finding ot ttiol'iiltel
SUtcs Fcimte commlttcn agaltiHt Judge Jen
kins , all oecurrlng diy lieforo yesterday as
reported In veslordiy mornlng'H dispatches ,
but cniplmxlres the Kagle'H expressions of
late louchliiK bi'iirh-nmd > laws and judicial
tyranny. The porvpfcnpss of A Cleveland
administration In its dogged obstinacy In thu
Interest of corporations and of chssps , nnd
th Inertness of a conxress which utterly
falls to comprehend the serious situation
thnt Inn prosirnled tlio Industries nnd para
lyzed the enterprise of rt nation , HKiiliifU
which 05.000,000 of pe-oplo nre protesting un
heard , nre but oppressive anomalies which
In all good time can bo rectified nt the ballot
box Ilul the Ronlut of Atnciican liberty
whose constitution reserves to HIP p oplo
Ihe power lo cn.iot and to repeal law a und
lo make and to unmake rulers , falls Im
potent befoio nn authority prcalrd as a con-
STvntor of , and n bar to the legislative nnd
rxecutlvp rommlsxIouH. The Impoteney of
ncpdeil redress comes of n fa'luri ' * of Hie
founders of a people's government. In th Ir
organic law to limit the Icrm of sorv'ee of
federal judges , whlrh omission has logltMlly
led to an assumption of prerogatives never
liHend . nnd flnnlly lo thn pro out marked
Instances of u urped Jurlsdltlon , nil built up
nnd sustained solely upon precedents estab
lished on their own. In transltu , findings
The mcnaco to nopulnr gnverliment today Is
not the law inking power or executive au
thority , I jC Its Judlclarv The fearx of the
people 'tint Justice mny bo denied them nro
not from n rulcrshlp which inhere * In tliPin-
selvcs , but In the prefecture of courts ngnlust
whoso mandntps the fundamental law of the
land has sealed their lips nnd withheld their
ballots.
Sioux City JournalThn conduct of Judge
Scott in the farcical contempt proceedings
against lid \\nrd llosevvntcr. editor of The
Omaha lice. con > lllules a judicial outrage
of thu highest degree. The proceedings ,
ending In a sentence of Imprisonment In
Jail for th'rly dajs and n henvj line , wore
shameful nnd disgraceful If there was cell
tempi , Ihu Judge merited It , and will re
ceive It from the whole community Tim
record of the ciso warrants the assumption
that the judge had a grudge against thn
editor , and abused and usurped the power ot
a court to wreak vengeance Sir Ho e-
water boldly faced the music , nnd those who
know him will need no assurance that ho
will fight It out on the line of his rights as
a citizen.
Now York Mail and nxpress Kdltor
Hosowator of The Omaha Heo has been or
dered lo remain a prisoner for Ihlrly days
and pay a line of J"iOO for making ciusllc
comments on the rnrcer of Judge Scott ot
that city. Mr. Itoscvviitcr Is vitriolic some
times , but Judge Scott cannot shut off the
flow by a short term of Imprisonment 1 ho
editor Is a self-made nnn , who hns built
up a great newspn | > er by his Indcppudenco
nnd courage , nud these who know him ex
pect thnt lie will emerge from the present
unpleasantness with victory on his side.
Olenwood Opinion Judge Scott of the
district court of Douglas county Tuesday
found IMitor Hosewater guilly of contempt
and sentenced him to tlitrly diys In Jill
and lo pay a line of $500. Hosevvatcr went
to Jill , but was only there about three hours ,
a writ of supersedeas being granted by Jmlpa
Post. If Judge Scolt hnuls up all the editors
of the country for contempt ho will have a
big Job , for we 'on't think there Is one ot
them but has contempt for him as a Judge
and a disgrace to the Judicial bench.
Cedir Hiplds Gazelle' The general opinion
will be that Editor Hosewatcr was unjustly
Imprisoned by Judge Scolt , who seems to
consider himself above criticism of any kind.
Mr. Uosewater made a good point when ha
urged that the employer could not bo Justly
Imprisoned for the criminal act of an
employe , committed without his knowledge
or consent.
Minneapolis Tribune' Tor a few days
The Omaha Dec will be edited from the Jail.
It is a safe prediction that there will bo
just as much contempt of court In its col
umns ns over. The Uee always hid a hot
and actlvo sling nnd the Incarceration of
editor Hosewatcr will not tend lo dull Its
point or reduce its temperature.
Minneapolis Journal : Helng elected Judge
does not always strenglhon a man's good
Judgment The Omaha magistrate who sen
tenced Kdltor Itosownter for contempt de
served all ho got In the way of back talk
from the Indignant editor. A lltllo brief
authority upsets some men , nnd Judge Scott
Is evidently one of that kind of men.
Davenport ( Iowa ) Tribune : Mr. Hose-
water , editor of The Omaha Dee , two days
ago , spent six hours in jail for contempt of
court , or of Judge Scott. Now aw hole llfetlmo
In jail would doubtless not bo miinclont to
show his contempt for that court.
Iowa City Republican : Judge Scott made
a grave blunder In sending tlio editor of The
Omaha lice to jail. It Is too late In Iho day
lo Imprison editors for criticising publla
officials.
Denver News : The cases of Judge Jenkins
and Judge Scott of Omaha show very clearly
the danger of placing such men upon the
Judiciary.
An KxiiliumtIon tlmt I'xpluliiR.
riilladclplili Itpcoid
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