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atxman II. TSWCIUJCK.
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cncc this 2J day of .Time. isni.
( Hcnl. ) N. 1' . rnil. , Notary Public.
This ought to bo the last annual police
men's picnic for several members of the
force. _
It was almost cruel In the State Repub
lican league to disappoint our friends , the
euiemy , by falling to furnish the hoped-for
falling out on the silver question.
Can It bo that the epidemic of congres
sional malaria has mistaken President Cleve
land for a congressman ? The fates ought to
know that the docking rule does not apply
to the president.
Nebraska republicans are not yet prepared
to break away from the position In favor
of sound currency which the party has al
ways occupied. They see no advantage to be
derived from wabbling on silver.
The officers of the Sugar trust have learned
their lesson well from the Into Jay Gould.
In republican states they are republicans
and In democratic states they are democrats ,
but In all states they are for the trust.
Abolish the public display of floral gifts
at the public school commencements. Com
mencement flowers are all right In the pri
vacy of the homo. They are all wrong when
hold up to the gaze of the audience In at
tendance upon the graduating exorcises.
Jim Kyner will represent Douglas county
at the Denver league convention , but It will
bo a good many years before Kyner will
again represent Douglas county In the legis
lature. On that point several pcoplo In this
town will have a word to say next Novem
ber.
Horace Greeley's bitter sarcasm that all
'democrats are not horse thieves , but all
horse thieves are democrats , might bo transposed - ,
posed In milder fashion by saying that all
democrats do not carry wheels In their heads ,
but all the democrats who do carry wheels
In their heads will bo In Omaha next week
to attend the 16 to 1 convention.
The Hon. Wash Hcslng's whiskers , the
hirsute rhapsodies which outweighed the
lengthy petition of his rival , Colonel Frank
Lawlor , In the contest for the Chicago post-
mastership , have succumbed to the ravages
of the barber's shears. The shock has been
so severe that the business of the Chicago
postofflco Is said to have suddenly fallen off
In almost the same ratio as the whiskers.
Congressman Drecklnrldgo promptly denies
that there Is any truth In the story that he
contemplates retiring from the contest for
re-election to congress from the Ashland dis
trict. He says that nothing but death can
take him out of the race. If death doesn't
take some of the participants In the cam
paign out of the race It will bo a miracle
far wonderment throughout the blue grass
region. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Drownoll hall , which has just completed
Us twenty-fifth annual commencement ex
ercises , Is ono of our Institutions of learning
that has done much to extend Omaha's edu
cational Influence beyond the boundaries of
the city Itself. It has from the first main
tained a standard of excellence that has
commended It to Its patrons , and Its patrons
number among them BO mo of the best cltl-
xons of the west. It Is , to bo sure , a pri
vate Institution , and a sectarian Institu
tion , but It has achieved a place among
the best private sectarian Institutions
of the kind In these parts , and may
well feel proud of Its twenty-five years of
useful existence.
Susan D. Anthony's readiness to support
the candidates , no matter who they may be ,
of the first political party In Kansas that
endorses the suffrage amendment to bo sub
mitted to the voters of that state Is scarcely
creditable to the Intelligence of women
voters should they bo given the suffrage.
Miss Anthony promises to urge all friends of
woman suffrage to vote the populist ticket
on condition of populist support for her
liobby. What becomes then of the argument
that women will always vote tholr convic
tions , and other things being equal will al
ways vote their honest convictions ? Will
the female vote be subject to the same
trades and dickers as the male vote ? Miss
Anthony's confession destroys some of the
Illusion with which the woman suffrage
movement has boon surrounded.
The general electric ordinance has been
hung up In the city council now for several
months. Members of the Wiley combine have
suddenly discovered that It would not do to
pass any ordinance that would give every
body a chance to go Into the electric light
ing business and keep it up for an Indefinite
period. That would seem to be a slap In the
face of Uellwcather Hascall , the father of
the general ordinance. Ho claimed that he
was opposed to monopoly In electric lighting
and , therefore wanted to throw the gates
wide open to all who wanted to submit to
the conditions and restrictions Imposed by
the ordinance. As a matter of fact , Hascall
and the other members of the combine have
all changed their minds on this subject since
the Citizens' ISIectrlo company have put In a
bid of $87.50 per lamp. Had Wlloy been
the lowest bidder ( he general electric ordi
nance would have boon ruihod through the
council with a whoop la ) The Haicall corn-
bin o It a dalir.
TllH C.IV.U ,
The Omaha Canal and Power company
has asked the commissioners of Douglas
county to submit a proportion to the rotors
for a subsidy of J 1,003,000 to aid In thn con
struction of a canal that will sdpply about
20.000-horso power for manufacturing pur
poses , street railway motor power , electric
lighting plants , etc. The promoters of this
enterprise are for the most part heavy prop
erty owners and representative business
men Interested In stimulating the growth of
Omaha and their request Is entitled to re
spectful and serious consideration.
Ileforo the commissioners would bo justi
fied In submitting the proposition to bond
the county for $1,000,000 they arc expected
to consider and weigh well the conditions
nnd terms of the contract which the voters
are asked to ratify. It becomes tholr duty
as guardians of the public Interest to sur
round the proposition with such safeguards
as will Insure not only the completion of the
proposed canal and the conversion of the
water power for public use , but also to ex
act maximum rates for the use of the power
to consumers. The people should not bo
asked to vote a million-dollar subsidy which
at the end of twenty years at 4 > ,4 per cent
will aggregate $1,000,000 unless wo can have
guaranties that the corporation to whom
this subsidy Is voted will give us our
money's worth.
It does not matter whether the men at
the head of the corporation are Omaha citi
zens or foreign capitalists. Specific pro
visions must bo embodied In the bond prop
osition for the protection of the taxpayers
and made part of the contract between the
county and the canal company. The prop
osition as now submitted to the commis
sioners Is too general In Its character and
too ono-sldcd. Wo are asked to vote a sub
sidy for the canal , to bo paid over as the
work progresses , until forty miles have been
built and the whole million dollars has been
absorbed. No part of the million dollars Is re
served as a guaranty that the canal will bo
completed and the necessary plant con
structed to put It In operation. There Is
no reserve or guaranty whatever as to the
capacity of the plant beyond the statement
that about 20,000-horso power will bo gen-
crated. No condition Is embodied In the
pioposltlon as to the maximum cost of the
canal and Its equipment at the time It Is to
bo accepted. And last but nut least , no pro
vision as to the charge to consumers be
yond the vague promise that the charges
shall bo reasonable.
On all these points the commissioners
should require definite , binding and enforce
able provisions before the proposition Is
submitted. In fact , there Is no likelihood
that the bonds would bo voted unless the
proposition now In the hands of the com
missioners shall be modified and recast seas
as to fully protect the taxpayers as well as
the future consumers of power.
Wo entertain no doubt that the projected
canal Is feasible from an engineering stand
point and we are convinced thai Its con
struction and operation would stimulate our
Industries , Increase our population and very
materially enhance the value of real estate
In this city and county. It Is manifest also
that the construction of the canal would fur
nish employment for at least two or three
years to u largo number of worklngmen and
consequently would very materially Increase
the volume of our local trade. But we can
not afford to Jump headlong Into a project
that will require a million dollar subsidy
without exacting reasonable guaranties that
the project will be carried to successful com
pletion and when completed would be oper
ated In the Interest of our Industrial con
cerns and not merely for profit for a con
struction company.
Wo also should have a clause attached to
the proposition that will enable the county ,
the county and city or the city alone to ac
quire the canal and the plant with
in a fixed period at Us actual
value without computing franchises.
We do not want to perpetuate a monopoly
that might eventually dominate our city and
county and levy tribute upon all our Indus
tries.
, CUMl'KTITIOX.
Those who contend that the agricultural
products ! of this country do not require any
protection cannot have considered the
growth of the competition In the markets of
the world within the last few years. There
was a tlmo not very long ago when the
American wheat growers regarded with un
concern the probability that wheat could
bo successfully cultivated In India so as to
compete with them. They have not only
encountered a sharp competition from that
source , but from others where the work of
agricultural development Is only In the first
stage. New wheat regions have been opened
within the last few years the possibilities
of which are practically Immeasurable , and
from all these sources of supply the wheat
growers 'of the United States will have to
encounter an active competition In the
future. Some statisticians have ad
vanced the theory that the time
was near at hand when the world's
yield of wheat would not equal the
demand and when this country would not
produce sufficient for homo consumption.
The conditions show that this Idea Is
groundless and point to the probability that
so far as the world's supply Is concerned It
will continue for an Indefinite tlmo In ex
cess of the annual consumption , with the
possible consequence of still further de
pressing the price of wheat.
The Argentine Republic promises to become -
como ono of the most formidable competi
tors of this country In the world's wheat
markets and Its competition will not stop
with this. It Is the only country on earth
which can compote with the farmers of the
United States In the raising ot corn. Wo
are no longer to enjoy a practical monopoly
ely of corn raising In this country. That
Is the ono crop In the production of which
wo have supposed that by reason of our
peculiar adaptation no other portion of the
world could compete with us. nut It Is
found that the soil and the conditions for
raising corn In that vast country known as
the Argentina Republic are equal to those
In the United States , with very much
cheaper land and labor than here. Argen
tina has just begun to discover Its possi
bilities as a corn raising country. It has
an area about fifteen times as large as the
state ot Nebraska and with the exception of
a few provinces In the mountainous section
almost the whole of that extensive country
of 1,118,000 square miles Is adapted to the
raisins of corn , and It Is said that among
the mountainous provinces there are valleys
and plains most fertile on which are grown
forty-five and fifty bushels of corn to the
acre. Not more than 4 per cent of that
country Is under cultivation , yet It exports
30,000,000 bushels of wheat annually and
over 20,000,000 bushels of corn.
Referring to this competition , Senator
Platt ot Connecticut said a few days ago In
the course of a speech In the senate that
corn can be bought cheaper In the Argentina
Republic today than It an In any corn
trowing state ot the United States. U can
be brought from the Argentine Republic
and landed In New York at leas freight
than Is paid for bringing corn from corn
growing states. "I undertake to say , " con
tinued Mr. Platt , "that with the pending
bill passed n man can take Now York funds ,
which are gold , send them to the Argentine
Republic and buy corn at silver prices , and
bring the corn to New York , where It be
comes gold , and If there wore enough of It
In the Argentine Republic , shut out from
the eastern portion of this country every ,
bushel of western corn. " The agricultural
schedule of the pending tariff bill prescribes
a duty of 20 per cent ad valorem on wheat ,
corn , rye and oats , but each ot these
products arc to bo admitted free of duty
from any country which Imposes no Im
port duty on the Ilko product when exported
from the United States. As the Argentine
Republic has no duty on wheat and corn
these products would coma Into the United
States free , and for the same reason the
wheat and rye of Russia would enter the
American market free. Undoubtedly Canada
would take off the Import duty on wheat
so as to gat a free American market for
that grain. With the price of wheat and
corn already down below the. profit point
and. an Increasing competition that threat
ens to still further depress It , a policy that
will throw open the American market to
our competitors and enable them to share
It with our own producers certainly does not
seem to be wlso or to show a proper and
just consideration for the great agricultural
Industry of the United States.
IKG03IK TAX 1XEQUALIT1KS.
If the democratic majority In congress Is
determined to pass the tariff bill with the
obnoxious Income tax schedule attachment ,
If wo are to have the Income tax despite
the protests that are being raised against
It upon all sides , It Is tlmo for our repre
sentatives In congress to devote some atten
tion to the crudities of the existing bill and
to attempt , It possible , to remove some of its
most glaring defects. The opposition In
the senate has proceeded upon this theory
with the schedules fixing the Import duties ,
offering and voting for amendments calcu
lated to save as many of our A'merlcan In
dustries as Is within Its power. A tariff
with the least deviation from the existing
law Is far preferable to ono that makes
the first move toward free trade a leap over
as much ground as possible. The proposed
Income tax will be burdensbmo enough even
after It shall bo perfected to the furthest
extent that the democratic majority will
allow.
There are two pitfalls to bo avoided In the
construction of any new system of taxation ,
particularly a system of Income taxation.
They are both species of inequality : The
first , discrimination between the taxpayers ;
the second , double taxation. There Is always
a largo class which evades the payment of
taxation whenever there Is the slightest
possibility of doing so by converting their
wealth Into property within the exempted
classification. It Is bad enough to pretend
to tax only those whose Incomes exceed
$4,000 , but as the tax In fact strikes In
comes less than $1,000 If derived from corporate -
porato Investments It Is bound to act as an
encouragement to people of moderate In
comes to transfer their Investments to
'
something not included In the tax. Again ,
as pointed out by' the St. Louis Republic ,
the language of the bill , which prohibits the
deduction of Interest on bonded debt from
the Income statement of corporations , ap
pears to relieve the bondholder of all obli
gation to pay taxes on his Income , whether
above or below the exemption limit. If
such Is the case there would of course bo
a rush to convert taxable funds Into cor
porate bonds , and thus to avoid the tax.
It Is at this point that the evil of double
taxation comes In. The corporation would
have to pay on Its whole Income without
deducting Interest paid , and , unable to In
demnify Itself from the bondholders , would
have to subtract the sum from the stock
holders' dividends. In other words , the
stockholders would bo taxed twice to pay
what the bondholders In strict justice should
contribute , In addition to their own taxes.
Where corporations are stockholders In
other corporations the same difficulty Is
likely to arise. If not guarded against , so
that the dividends of the first arc taxed a'
seccnd time when Included In the dividends
of the second. Double taxation of this kind
Is unjust from every point of view.
There are doubtless many other Important
points In the Income tax schedule that re
quire similar definition and perfection 1C
they are not to occasion Inexcusable Ine
qualities. These obscurities and defects
should not bo permitted to pass unnoticed.
A few timely amendments may prevent
widespread Injustice.
HFAHK LIFE IXSVItAXCK.
The proposed Income tax , according to the
opinion of some of the ablest llfo Insurance
managers In the country , will raise the cost
of llfo Insurance or lessen Its benefits for
rich and poor alike. The claim Is that the
Income tax provision Is so worded that If
Tt Boos Into effect It will compel llfo Insur
ance companies conducted on the mutual
basis to pay a tax of 2 per cent of the money
earned every year upon their Investments ,
regardless of the fact that such funds nro
not the property of rich corporations run
for the profit ot their stockholders , but be
long to all of the policy holders , the majority
of whom are poor or In moderate circum
stances and have ) Incomes far below the
limit ot the exemption provided by the pend
ing bill. On the other hand some authori
ties say that this Is a mistake , claiming
that the exemption In paragraph G9 of the
bill , as It now stands , will suffice to protect
the Interests ot life Insurance policy holders.
There Is an organized effort being made by
the mutual life Insurance companies to secure -
cure a modification of the proposed tax as
affecting these companies , and It Is probable
that It will bo successful , for It ought not
to bo difficult to convince the representa
tives of the pcoplo that It would bo a most
grievous error to tmposo a tax which would
tend to discourage persons from making pro
vision for tholr families after death. If the
bill as It stands Is not Intended to affect
policy holders In llfo Insurance companies
run on the mutual plan , as some hold , then
this should bo made so clear and explicit
that there could bu no doubt or question
about It. It Is reported that the senate
finance committee Is considering the question
of modifying the Income tax proposition with
a view to making It acceptable to the demo
crats who are opposed to the tax , and It Is
to bo expected that It any changes are made
the Interests of llfo Insurance policy holders
and of savings bank depositors will not escape -
capo favorable consideration.
Although not apparent , It Is very probable
that the vigorous protests that have-been
made against the propoied tax have had
some effect upon too senate democrats , and
If the statement be true that there Is a dls >
position to make the Income tax provision
acceptable to the democrats who are opposed
to It there may bo a radical modification ot
this portion of the revenue bill. It is doubt *
tul whether any concessions that might bo
wade would Induce Senator Hill to support
an Income tax , but the feeling mur be that
It Is expedient to gratify the wishes ot domes
crats like Gorman And Smith and llrlco ,
who , although plcdgfc o support the proposi
tion ns It stands , prolaMy iloilro somn modi
fications. Hut notoufrfges reasonably to bo
expected will make llijS foalure ot the demo
cratic revenue pollor ucccptoblo or rend.er
less unjuntiriable suchHeglslallon In n time
ot peace , when , by"lh'o admission of democrats
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crats themselves , ltj.'js' unnecessary. Nor
will any changes rejtevp It of the odium ot
sectionalism that ntyact\cs to It.
Mr. Havomoyer , president of the Sugar
trust , says that thoi sugar schedule of the
new tariff bill Is utlll far from satisfactory
to him. Ho probably nsked for even more
than the democratlc'ftenatcrs ' were willing to
give , however much 'they may recognize the
obligations of tholr party to the trust. Noth
ing short of an absolute monopoly of the
sugar refining business , with the privilege of
fixing prices nt will , would bo entirely nnd
completely satisfactory to Mr. Havemeyer.
SupriMiiuny of thn Mujorj.
Chicago Tribune.
The calling out of the mllltla will end the
war. Sooner or later the miners must yield
to the majors.
A lloioliitlon Impends.
Kansns City Journal.
When confederate soldiers stnnd up nnd
announce that henceforth they Intend to
vote the republican ticket , Missouri dem
ocracy may well begin to Inquire where it
Is at.
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Wonders of Military Justice.
S.in Francisco Chronicle ,
The decision ot a court-mnrtlnl Is some
thing to nrouso wonder In the mind of n
civilian. Here Is Lletttc-rutnt Maney , who
shot down Captain Hedburg when the cap-
tnln had his hands full of bundles , acquit
ted by a military court of murder , but
adjudged guilty of conduct unbecoming an
ofllcer. The western civilian calls a man a
coward and a pneak who selects such an
occasion as Money did to get revenge on
an enemy , but under the military code this
offense seems to be "conduct unbecoming
an olllcer. "
Tito I'lunlm ; of 1'onnoyor.
New York Times.
The disappearance of 1'cnnoycr from the
American political horizon Is a matter for
congratulation beyond the confines of Ore-
Ron. 1'ennoyer Is , In sooth , a horrid hood
lum. He calls himself a democrat , and he
was elected as a democrat , but essentially
be Is a populist In the most offensive sense
of the term. He has made himself con-
aplcuous by Insulting , In the crudest nnd
grossest way , two successive presidents of
the United States "of opposed jiollttcnl
faiths. " Also he has been appealing to the
Ignorance of his people In Oregon with a
simplicity that might have been attractive
If It had not been mischievous. In fact ,
there could not well be a worse kind of
man than 1'ennoyer.
Vork , > o
ChlcaKO Tribune.
Working , not bragging , should bo the
business of this campaign. Instead of assuming
suming- that the democrats are already de
feated , go on "with the hard work needed
to beat them. Tell the voters what the
democratic leaders have done to deserve
defeat , a.s by giving the rapacious Sugar
trust 350,000,0110 of taxes. Organize In every
precinct , prevent ballot box stulllMg , and
get out the full vote. These are the meth
ods that lead to victory , not boasting about
sweeping the state from end to end be
cause some discontented democrats In the
Fourth judicial district slapped the first
candidate for a nonnolltlcal olncowho
came along , and relieved themjr'lves of
their wrath thereby on the blunders of
their party leaders n , Washington.
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licfomi tlio , Jury System.
Knnsas.iCKy Times.
William J. Bryan -of - Nebraska recently
addressed the graduating i-lasa of Jaw Ftu-
dents nt the National university. In his ad
dress the Nebraska congressman advo < ated
reforms In the jury system , among which
were the adoption 'of ' the California nnd
Kentucky system , .Whereby three-fourths
of the jury can reach i a verdict In elvll
cases. The speaker fiqnd-jmned the sys
tem prevailing In scone , states where Jurors
were excluded whoi had read reports of the
case In the newspapers , thereby excluding
that Intelligence necessary : o mate- com
petent Juror. Mr. Aryan's i.-n-nrlia are
timely and directedupnlnst a uri-iU tvll in
our trial courts , namely' , ' dealing out justice
by Ignorant 'and Imcompet nt juries. His
position Is to elevate the Juries of the
country , and thereby reach that more In
telligent Justice. The position that a Juror'
should be rejected because he IS the reader
of a newspaper , followed to Its complete
sequel , Would fill our Jury boxes from our
Insane asylums. The system la both out
of date and contrary to sound sense.
Stnr-Kyod noddnstt Spenlcs.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
With overwhelming changes ot party ma
jorities goingon all about us In the face
of such a popular rebuke to the Incapacity
of leaders as no politicians ever received
before In the history of the country It Is
worse than folly. It Is a crime , for demo
crats who yet retain some self-respect nnd
to whom the people have been wont to
look for unselfish counsel , to bate their
breath and hold their tongue. The feathers
of the ostrich are fair to see , but his mcth
ods of self-protection nre ridiculous. They
are not to be Imitated by democratn. The
tariff bill which Is about to jass the sen
ate Is abominable. 1'ractlcally , It will
yield the consumer little , If any , relief. It
presents the democratic party in the char
acter of both a fool and a fraud , crippling
the cause- without a shadow of compensa
tion. The administration should In some
way there vire many ways-disentangle
Itself. The house should throw It out by a
single vote. The committee of conference
Hhould promptly report Itself unable tu
agree. The ways and means committee
should as promptly bring In a measure
Involving revenue only a simple tariff scale
raisingJ250COOCOO on fifty single Items-no
schedules and classifications with their
misleading- subterfuges and confusing In
cidents and , If this be rejected as It
doubtless would be adjourn congress and
KO to the country , placing the responsibil
ity where it belongs , pledging the party to
stand by its guns and to light Its batiie
upon the line of principle and honor until
the people shall decide , conclusively nnd
for all time , whether we are to live under n
free trade system or under a protective
system.
THE FLIGHT tV CKOKEJt.
Kansas City Star : Mr. Croker has slipped
off to Europe on the eve o ? another examina
tion. Mr. Crokcr's health Is so precarious
that , ho may be called away to California or
Europe at any tlmo. It Is a moro coin
cidence that his health began to droop just
after the revolt against Tammany lost fall.
Chicago Times : Boss Croker's present
Pilgrimage to Carlsbad In search of mud
baths Is probably due to his turtle-like In
stinct to hunt his hold when danger threat
ens. The Lexow Investigating committee
Is the agency from which Turtle Crokor Is
prudently fleeing to oozy concealment In this
Instance.
Chicago Inter Ocean : The flight of Croker
before the senatorial committee now Investi
gating municipal crookedness In Now York
Is a virtual confession of guilt. The peo-
pla will put that Interpretation upon It. The
constitutional convention now In session at
Albany will see In lt > tv(4nce ( $ that something
radical must bo done to reform the govern
ment of big cities , Jljh { > present constitution
Is nearly half a century ofd , the ono framed
In 1867 having boon/fuJjjpJtcU by the pcoplo.
The shadow of Crokor's ( Jack In flight must
rest as an Iniprceslvajojulniler of duty upon
the convention , ploafrlng' eloquently for re
form , i hi
Chicago Tribune : Richard Crokor , thq
ex-boss of Tamman&magatn ; | on the run.
These sudden disappearances of Croker are
always storm signal * * Indicating that thora
Is general danger nhoaTTfor Tammany and
particular danger for. Prpker. The health
of the ox-boss Is always affected so that It
needs an overland trip or a sea vyago whenever -
over the slow moving processes of justice
begin to menace Taninuny. This tlmo It Is
a sea voyage , which JsjHecessary to Improve
the tone ot his stomach and brace , up his
nerves , which have been shattered by the
effort of accumulating a largo fortune with
out working for IU
Now York Tribune : The whole edifice ot
Tammany misrule and corruption Is crum
bling , and the rats ara on the run , The pre-
clpltato flight of Crokor li only ono Indica
tion of the consternation which has over
taken the corrupt men who- have so long
plundered this town , and who only a few
weeks ago were either contemptuously de
riding or audaciously defying the effort to
dislodge them. Unless we greatly mistake ,
the coming woelc will bring now revelations
and developments which will Iricreate their
discomfiture and Bend moro of them whirl
ing , perhaps out of the country , perhaps up
the river , at any rate out of public llfo and
Into the obscurity of disgrace.
1'or.iTioAr. roTVounnr.
Stewart Ledger : There Is plenty of
political timber In the republican party from
which to choose the slate ticket , Let none
but the very choicest bo taken.
Plattsmouth News : Strong congressional ,
legislative and county tickets will greatly
strengthen the state republican ticket. It
the republicans desire to Win they will close
up all the gaps.
Atkinson Graphic : The republican press
of this district , In Its just excoriation of
Congressman Kern , may be wasting Its pow
der. Some other fool of the populist brand
may get the nomination ,
Lincoln News ! It Is quietly hinted that
although there nre a good many checks In n
blue hickory shirt but few of them have
over found their way to the treasurer ot the
republican state central committee.
Hastings Ncbraskan : It Is reported that
Billy Ilryan Is to make the speech of his
llfo In Omaha at the free silver convention.
Ilryan has been making "speeches of his
llfo" ever slnco his advent to misrepresent
Nebraska In the halls ot congress , but the
good ho has accomplished or that ho has
prospects ot accomplishing Is not visible to
the naked eye. , .
liluo Springs Sentinel : The democracy ot
the state Is trying to hoodwink the populists
Into attending a sliver convention to be held
In Omaha on the 21st lust , and after they
get them all there to have Billy Bryan cap
ture them by his eloquence Into supporting
a fusion ticket with himself as candidate for
governor , with the additional promise that ho
Is to be made United States scnatcr. It Is
quite a scheme , but It Is Homcwhat doubt
ful If the Independents will follow very nu
merously In a democratic wake.
Plattsmouth News : There ore many catch
phrases used by soft-shell democrats and
populists which nro deceptive In the ex
treme. Ono of these Is that the country Is
now suffering from business stagnation be
cause of the scarcity of money. Nothing
could bo farther from the truth. There Is
moro money per capita In the United States
today than ever before In the history of the
nation. It Is In banks , stockings nnd cellars ,
however. And thero" It will stay until there
Is activity In business. That will not come
until the tariff-smashers arc defeated.
Wnkefleld Republican : It Is generally con
ceded that Qcorgo D. Melklejohn will be ro-
nomlnated for congress this fall by the
republicans of this district. No reason has
yet boon given why he should not ba renom-
Inatcd , and , for that matter , re-elected. Al
though belonging to a minority party In
congress , and thus prevented to a greater or
less'extent from assisting In shaping posi
tive legislation , Mr. Melklejohn has never
theless made an exceptionally good record
as a representative , as even his political ene
mies have to concede when they come to
examine the same.
Ho wells Journal ( dem. ) : The free coinage
conference to bo held In Omaha on Juno 21
Is simply a well laid scheme to lead a part
of the democratic party Intoi the Independent
camp. At presenl It looks very much as
though the plan would work. The leaders
openly state that If they do not succeed In
capturing the next state convention that they
will go over to the Independents. Their
threats are foolish In the extreme and their
efforts to dictate to the next stile convention
will be a dismal failure. It would bo nothing
strange If many of them did go over to the
Independents , for many of them who signed
the call have been In the habit of voting that
tlcket- they have been democrats In name
only. Let them go Into the Independent
ranks , and then we will know where to find
them.
them.Wayne
Wayne Republican : C. S. Coney , the pres
ent county superintendent of schools In Stanton -
ton county , Is receiving a good many kind
words as a candidate for the nomination of
the republicans as state superintendent. Mr.
Coney Is In the full vigor of manhood , and
Is reputed * as being one of the best school
men In the state. That his own people think
well of him Is evinced by the fact that he
Is now serving his fifth term as superintend
ent In that county. The superintendent Is
one of the offices that requires a peculiar fit
ness to properly discharge Its duties , and
wo are assured by the very best of authority
that the gentleman In question possesses the
very qualities that would give us an able
administration of the office. The country
north of the Platte Is entitled to the office
this time , and If wo all unite on the proper
person we can get what we want.
PEOl'Lli ANJ > UllXOS.
Let the critics rave and masticate their
checks. Rosebery Is a three-times winner.
According to the revised lexicon of the
senate , public office Is a sugared trust.
Blustering threats and bold defls hurled
about "Lexington , Ky. , smell strongly of
moonshine.
There Is a definable something about an
heiresses' figure that veils the blemishes of
a bathing suit.
The chinch bug Is abroad In Illinois and
the trepidation of the democracy Is Increased
correspondingly.
Senator McPherson's son abstains from
squaring himself by contributing to the
national conscience fund.
Tomorrow Is flag day , the 117th anniver
sary of the adoption of the stars and stripes
by the continental congress.
The contagion of pie consumption is spread
ing In Boston to such an extent that the
supremacy of the festive bean Is seriously
menaced.
Before the New York police Investigation
proceeds much further provision should bo
made for an Increase In the number of
penal Institutions.
The broad , swelling activity and Irre
proachable loftiness of the Frazer river has
sickened the Mississippi , and the father of
waters Is confined to Its bed.
The rolling" thunder of Oregon reverberated
around the national capital without attract
ing attention. Evidently the saccharine
statesmen had taken no stock In It.
General Artz of Kansas Is said to bo the
most successful of the Commonweal leaders.
Ho has passes on all the Kansas railroads
and furnishes his men four meals a day.
Mr. Wanamakor says the House of Com
mons Is as dignified a body ns the American
house of representatives. Just where the
dignity comes In Is left to the reader to de
termine.
It will take $28,000,000 to carry out the
program arranged for celebrating the COth
anniversary of the dowager empress of
China , This sum equals the amount blown
In on flro and smoke on America's natal
day. _
I'jeu roiaxa CUSXKH.
PlaJn Dealer : Yes , "life Is a stage , " but
there's no encore.
Harper's Bazar : Apothecary ( roused at
3 a. m. ) Well ?
Catnips Thunder , no ! Would I bo hero
at this time if I was well ?
Atchlson Globe : The only apparent effect
of advanced civilization seems to bo that
children begin to worry at nn earlier age.
Philadelphia Ledger : Baron Hlrsch has
bought Matchbox , the horse that ran second
end In the Derby the other day , nnd ex
pects when It comes to the scratch to inako
a. utrlko with him.
Boston Transcript : It hardly pays wast-
Imr your time telling a boy what you did
when you were of his age. He would
rather pass the tlmo telling you what he Is
going to do when ho becomes a man.
Philadelphia Record : A cat Is said to
have nlnu lives. This may account for the
nine muses.
Galvcston News : There Is no place Ilka
the homo of one's sweetheart.
New York Herald : Dlmplcton Look here ,
that unlmal you sold me Is too lively.
Horse Dealer Aren't you a married man ?
Dlmplcton Yes. What has that to do
with It ? . ,
.Dealer I supposed , of course , you wanted
a horse your wife couldn't drive.
Detroit Tribune : Servant Miss Do Boots
says eho can't see you.
Mr , Chollyboy Ah , I got that Impression
when I met her on the street , but 1 wanted
to be sure about It.
Minneapolis Tribune : It Is the quiet man
who looks us though he might pass the hat
at the temperance meeting who develops
the biggest yell when the umpire decides In
favor 01 the home team.
LOFTY COOLNESS.
Judge.
Twos nt a roof garden I mot her
( I was bent upon taking- the air ) ,
And now I can never forget her ,
She's a maiden so dainty and fair.
My love , cruel lan , she ne'er heeded ,
Bhe took up with a lover more bold
I cot much moro air than I needed ,
For I'm left wholly out In the cold !
ON THE NEED FOR A NAVY
Why the United S'ates Ncotla Her Vessels
iu Time of Pcaoo.
ASSISTANT SECRETARY M'ADOO'S ' ' ADDRESS
Tells Ilio Hey * nt tlio Men-port M'nr College
the Tlmo linn Not Yi-t CIIIIIQ When
All 1'cnplcA Cnn Dwell In
llnrniony ,
NnWPOnT , n. t. , Juno IS. The com.
mcncomcnt exercises of the United Stntes
war college on Coasters Harbor Island opened
In the college hall nt 1 o'clock this forenoon.
Assltant Secretary of the Navy McAdoo do-
llvcrcd the opening address.
Mr. McAdoo. alluding to these who hold
that the civilized world was rapidly ad-
vanlng beyond the era of wars , said :
"Sharing the love of peace which crows
slowly with our advancing civilization , I yet
cannot blind myself to the fact that wo
are very fur Indeed from an ago In which
foreo Is not the handmaiden of civilization
ItBulf. There are wrongs deeper than the
wounds of war , and Indignities more awful
than Its horrors. So long as the contending
elements of peed and evil exist , so Ions as
right and wrong struggle for supremacy , so
long as Iron prejudice defends justice , so
long as the strong oppress the weak , ami
moral rlsht cannot restrain the cruel hands
of prevailing might , so long the sword will
1)0 powerful and controlling In the fate of
man and nations. "
Turning to the consideration of the needs
of an cfllclcnt naval force In this country , the
secretary said. "The only hope of military
or political Domination on this continent by
Europe would come from the dissolution of
the union as the result of peaceful or of
forcible secession. Had the late civil war
resulted In a dissolution of the union It Is
quite possible that north and south of the
contending lines small confederacies would
have been formed , and by local jealousies
of the weaker ones contending for European
alliances might have been followed by for
eign Invasion , nut so long as the republic
maintains Its present Imperial territory her
absolute and unqualified domination of the
great oceans within the tcmpbrato zone of
this continent , she stands as against foreign
aggression on her own soil , proud , pregnant
and Irresistible. Our Achilles' heel Is at the
water's edge. A million men on shore , were
they ever so bravo and armed , could not pre
vent the tremendous and certain destruction
that would bo wrought by nn explosion of n
monster shell filled with high explosives In
ono of our cities fired from the great guns
of a battle ship lying safely beyond the range
of our nearest fort. Klvo hundred men on a
battle ship well handled by a master of Its
art might save from destruction that which
100,000 armed men on shore could not re *
store. And while our country Is possessed
of vast material resources , especially In the
great valley of the Mississippi , still In the
very nature of things our storehouses are
upon the seaboards , and this will continue
as long as the great oceans are the free highways -
ways of the people. "
sirxTiuif r.iitTi.tLLT soi.ruu.
IJody Found In the lUvcr but Five Months
Alucnco Unai'caunlrd For.
ST. LOUIS , Juno 13. Dy the discovery of
the body of George Remmcrt In the river a
strange mystery has been partially cleared.
George Remmert was a porter and had been
with his employer for thirteen consecutive
years. On January 1 , ho wont to the store
to meet his employer to talk over some pri
vate business. The conversation was held ,
Hommert said goodby and departed , some
what In a depressed state. This was the Hist
seen of him until his body was discovered In
the river yesterday. When found the body
was beginning to decompose and the Identity
was discovered by the apparel which was
recognized by his family and relatives. But
It Is In this apparel that the mystery sur
rounding Hemmert's disappearance Is dis
closed. The shoes he wore on the drfy ho
was last seen were almost now , and these
shoes were found on the body when found
In thn river , and they show no signs of wear.
Nor did the other articles of his apparel show
any Increased wear. The body had been In
the water not over ten days. Taking these
facts Into consideration the unworn or un
used condition of the man's apparel and the
tlmo the body Is said to have been In the
water. In connection with the tlmo which has
passed slnco his disappearance brings about
the question , where was George Ilemmert In
the Interim between the date of his disap
pearance January 1 and the placing of his
body In the rlvor ?
yOT OXK CKXT O.V THE DOKKAR.
nubble Hulldlnc Association at Denver
1'oor Depositors llohbod.
DENVER , Juno 13. W. W. Drazlo , as
signee of the National Co-opcrattvo BuildIng -
Ing and Investment asoclatlon says the con
cern will not pay 1 cent on the dollar. In
August , 1892 , W. A. Hcmphlll after examin
ing the books of the concern reported that Its
assets were $121,000. When the assignment
was made there were 171.000 liabilities and
no assets. Assignee Braslo says ho cannot
find out where the money went. The loss
( Alls principally on poor depositors. Tb
president of thQ association was William J.
Smith , who It Is aald , < Is now conducting nn
association In I'lttsburg.
rr ftit.tr. I'o.ieniws ir.tnxun.
United Rtntrn Ofllcrr * .TrocordliiR In Ilia
Ktrciitlim of Tlinlr Order * ,
PORT TOWNSKNl ) , Wash. , Juno 13. Pri
vate advices from the Bering sea , dated
Juno 3 , stnto that up to that tlmo the United
States fleet had warned twenty sealers , of
which eight wore- American ships. The
orders regarding the treatment of sealers
were not opened until after the fleet left
hero on May 10 , and were found to bo as
follows : When a sealer Is boarded by n
naval ofllcer. Ksgllnh or American , ho nx-
ninlnes the log-lmok , under date of May 1
whore , If a senler has been previously
boarded ho will nml an entry. This entry
will show whether the sealer has been
warned or licensed. So far the sealers have
offered no objection to being searched , nnd
all seemed to bo anxious to learn the itlsslon
of the patrol fleet nnd get back to port. In
fact , the English men-of-war carried orders
from owners of sealers which fitted out at
Victoria to return to that port. Hosldoi
making an entry In the log-book In regard
to boarding the spaler the officer seizes
or neals firearms and ammunition. The
sealing of arms nnd ammunition Is done by
placing thn ammunition In n canvas bag
which Is carefully tied and the knots cov
ered with wax , which Is stamped with the
ship's official opal. The arms are lashed to
gether and olllclally slumped. Then the
sealer Is told he ran take out n license If
ho wishes which entitles him to seal after
August. All sealers ore given copies of the
president's proclamation and act of Parlia
ment.
SBATTIiK , Wash. . June 13. Advices dated
Sltka. Juno 3 , say : The United States
steamer Mohican , flagship of the llcrlng sea
patrol fleet , arrived In port today for mall
and supplies , having been on n cruise of five
days about the Kodlnk Islands. On the third
day of the cruise , In heavy weather , the
lookout on the Mohican saw a vessel well In
shore. The war ship bore down on the
ship , which at once put on all sail In nn at-
tenipt to get away. The wind favored the
schooner , so orders wore given to flro across
her beam. The Hntchklss sent a couple of
shots after the schooner , which then hove to.
When boarded she proved to bo the Volun
teer from Seattle. There was no direct evi
dence of Illegal sealing except that her arms
and Implements were ready for use. These
were all 'sealed up and thn Volunteer or
dered to Sand Point to await the end of the
close season. The next day a similar per
formance was gone through with the schooner
George 11. White , also of Seattle. The cap
tains of both vessels were angered at being
boarded , nnd acted In such a manner that
the officers expect more trouble with them.
The next tlmo they arc found away from
Sand Point they will bo seized. There are
liable to bo many seizures within the next
few weeks , as some of the vessels ordered
to remain at Sand Point have put to sea
In the absence of war vessels from that
place.
C1IAXLKU UOMR.
Ilnck from n Two Yrnra Sojourn In the
Ilriirt of Afrlcn.
NEW YOniC , Juno 13. William Astor
Chanter has Just returned homo after a
three years absence abroad , twenty-two
months of which have been passed In the
heart of Africa In regions never before pene
trated by white men.
"I am In excellent health , " said ho , "with
the exception of a sluggish liver , the result
of two years In Africa , which I propose to
wash out at Carlsbad Immediately. I have
come homo hurriedly for family reasons.
While my expedition has not been entirely
successful , owing to the desertions of ray
men and a plague resembling lockjaw that
broke out among my camels and mules , I
have gathered a largo amount of scientific
and geological data which will compose the
report I propose to make to the Now York ;
Geographical society. "
William Astor Chanler , youngest of all
explorers , Is only 28 years old and was gradu
ated from Harvard seven years ago. Ho la
tno son of the late John I ) . Chanler and a
great grandson of the late John Jacob Astor ,
from whom ho Inherited a large fortune.
In 1888 ho made a big game shooting trip to
Mashon land and was the first white man to
go completely around Mount Klllman Jaro.
llloiv for liriizlllnn Itolieis.
PARIS , Juno 13. A dispatch from IUo
says : The chief of the provisional govern
ment at Desterro has been arrested.
THE GllADVATE.
Somervllle Journal.
The sweet girl graduate Just now
Is busily employed :
In fact , she's so preoccupied
She must not be annoyed.
She's writing a deep essay on
"Life's Highest Happiness , "
And likewise being1 fitted to
Her graduation dress.
Now , v.-lien a girl of pweet seventeen
Has two things on her mind
Of such trunscendunt consequence ,
The world must needs bo kind.
For making beds Is not nt all
"Life's Highest Happiness , "
And how can she wash dishes In
Her graduation dress ?
So don't expect too much of her
Just nt the present time.
Remember that her youthful brc.ln
Is thinking thoughts sublime.
To get her essay done will be
"Life's Highest Happiness , "
And pretty soon she'll read It In
Her graduation dress.
Hot Coats
, 0 THIN you can see through thom the wind
kblows through them in light colors or
ark all cool every size under the sun
we speak of the sun only because these coats and
vests are sun shielders only complete line in. .
town.
Browning , King & Co. ,
S. W. Corner 15th nnU Douglas.