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Tt ; THE OMAHA DAILY BL'G ) : TUESDAY , JUNE 20 , 1801. Tl I E M AHADAIL Y BEE. K. Kdltnr. "iTviitY : MOUNINO. ' TtillMH OP Ht'lWCUIITION. r > .illjr nee iwlthoul Sun.lny ) , One Yrnr. . . . $ > JO J > nlly HOD mi.I Sunday , Onf Year. . . 1J JJJ fix MnntlH * JJ Three Mrintln ' 2 > Bumlny lice , on Yonr. * J" Pitiirclny HIM ? , On * Ycnr. . . . . . * 5 ? Weekly Dew , One Vcnr 6 > nmnlin , Tlio Itee Ilulldlnj ; . B'MJlh Omnlm , Corner N nnd Twenty-fourth an. v > im < II Illiirrn , 12 Pciirl street. rhleneo onice , 311 rimmlK-r of Commerce. New York. Itnnrni 13 , II nnd IS , Tribune IIldK. Wuihlngtnn , 1107 I' Htrrtl , N. W. coimtspoNt : > iNCi : . All communlcnllons relntlnn to news nnd edl- lorlnl matter should lie addressed ! To the Udltor. IltmiNnHH LBTTUKS. All litislnom letter * nnd remltlnnreit lioiild h nddrened tn The Ilec I'uMlnlilnit company , Omihrt , Drnftii , etuckii nnd tm tnlllco o ll r to lit ! made pivnlile to the order fif tli < > C'irnitnny. Till : Illil ! 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The committee on Judiciary of the council lias been overworked and should be given a respite. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Another week of wrangling over the tariff will bring the Issue to a head In the senate. What can't be cured must be endured. The reorganization of the police Is still In complete. The commission will have to weed out a few more malcontents , schemers , crooks and can-can dancers. The Missouri river Is now eating away at the banks at the foot of the business streets of St. Joseph , but that will not be half as bad as the bursting of a St. Joe bank at the upper end of the business street. All eyes on the political horizon are now turned toward Denver. It remains to be seen whether the rarefied atmosphere of the Rock ies turns the republican heads and makes them subscribe to the free coinage lunacy. It Is safe to say that only the scrubs In the presidential race of 1S9G will air them selves at Denver. The bookmakers of the star course have blanketed their steeds and will keep them for a more favorable occa sion. The Omaha contingent of deputy United States marshals Is bravely holding the fort at Sidney , and they will hold It so long as Uncle Sam continues to supply them with rations and $5 a day. Such soft berths are " " not to be had every day In the year , you -bet ! The United States circuit court has ap pointed an additional receiver for the Union Pacific by cutting off the Oregon Short Line and placing It under separate management from the main line. Six receivers ought to be able to eat up what Is left of the Union Pacific wreck In a very few months. The council will show Its hand again to night on the mayor's appointment of a city electrician. Bellwether Hascall Insists that the council shall continue the dog-ln-the- inangcr policy until his acting lightning bug Is appointed or until the mayor picks up a man that suits AVIley as well as he does. The Pullman strike Is now on , and people who travel In vestlbuled "cars will have to make up their own beds and black their own shoes. This will be quite a hardship on the average commercial tourist , but the thrifty business man will feel that a quar ter saved Is as good as a quarter earned. Judging from the views expressed by many of our old-time democratic leaders , the 16 to 1 free coinage conference was by no means an Index of the sentiment on this question among the rank and flic , It Is not oven cer tain whether a majority of the coming demo- cratlc convention will commit Itself to the Bryan silver plank. The second excursion of the Commercial club has been scheduled. This time the club goes to southeastern Nebraska , return ing by way of Crete and Lincoln. The club Is doing excellent work for the extension of our Jobbing trade by bringing Omaha Into closer relations with the merchants In the towns and cities In the Interior of Nebraska. Wo cheerfully surrender space In the col umns of The Dee for a free and full dlscus- olou of the canal project , but parties who avail themselves of this privilege should do- Blst from personalities. The citizens of Omaha want to bo enlightened concerning the merits and demerits of the project , but a washing of dirty linen In public prints Is unprofitable and undesirable. There Is no more use for eight detectives on the Omaha police force than there would bo for eight captains of the patrol forco. St. Paul , with a population fully 20,000 greater than that of Omaha , has only two detectives nnd other cities of much larger population got along with two or three de > tectlves. In fact the police Is presumed to do all the detecting that may ba needed by ( Imply detailing some of the shrewdest morn * bers for ouch work. Even In Chicago tht > bulk of dctectlvo work , running down at murderers , professional forgers , burglars and nandbaggers , Is done by private detectives who nmko a regular business of this class of work and are trained for It , The Ieo still retains Its prcstlgo as the only great newspaper west of Chicago tliU Bide of San Francisco. That fact was again made patent to ovcry newspaper reader In this section Ir the exhaustive cable dls- patches published exclusively by this paper Monday morning concerning the nsaaaslnu. tlon of President Carnot. Whllo other papers at Omaha and Lincoln contained a trnro announcement and a few lines of bio graphical sketch of M. Carnet , The lieu pub. llshed a graphic description of all the Inci dent * that preceded and followed the das tardly crime and gave all the particulars known up to the hour about the assassin. The Monday morning Dee alao covered fully the reception at the French capital of the iiows of the assassination and London press comment on the ovont. An a purveyor of jiowu The 13oo hu 110 rival In Ui s parts. Wilt W7 .1 SKTTLKMNXT. The Action of the federal courts In grant * Ing the application for a separate receiver ship for the Oregon Hallway and Navigation company , which Includes the Oregon Short Line , will tend to force a settlement of the Union 1'ncldc railroad troubles at an early day. Dy cutting oft Its principal feeder , which extends a distance of over 2,000 miles , the courts have expedited the culmination of the crisis which Is bound to sooner or later paralyze the Union Pacific system and force Itn creditors to take steps for Its foreclosure. All the schemes of reorganization have at best been mere makeshifts , calculated to hinder rather than to promote the restora tion of the road to permanent prosperity. It has been manifest to all who arc familiar with the condition of the Union Pacific that the funding of Its colossal debt at the lowest rate of Interest for the longest possible period would still leave the road hampered and handicapped In the race with competing lines. All the funding schemes so far ilo- Vlsed contemplate the retention of the full amount of stock and the resumption of divi dends on millions upon millions of water. In other words , It has been proposed to con solidate the bonded debt nnd keep afloat all the stock Issued by the main line and branches. This might afford temporary re lief to the managers nnd enable stock Job bers to unload their stock on n new set of speculators under promise that the octopus would declare periodic dividends , to bo squeezed out of the patrons of the road. That would only make matters worse If any thing than they now arc. Union Pacific stock would become the play ball of Wall street and the managers would bo driven to their wits' ends to meet the fixed charges on the funded debt nnd provide a surplus over and above running expenses for distri bution among the stockholders. With flve trunk lines paralleling the Union Pacific as competitors , each of which would be under lesser load , and with the Canadian Pacific cutting away its Asiatic tralllc , the Union Pacific would have a sorry time earning div idends. The only road out of the dilemma Is by the direct line to liquidation. Let the road bo sold under the. hammer and capitalized at actual cost by Its purchasers and the prop erty would become exceedingly profitable to Its owners and a benefactor to the country at large. With the shackles knocked off Its limbs the Union Pacific would not only dls- t.iiico all competitors , but bo In position to build feeders Into territory naturally tribu tary to the system. Under such conditions the road would prosper. Its patrons would bo contented and every town on Its line , more especially Omaha , would share In Its prosperity. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ s wit -nit : I > KOVLK. It Is now beginning to dawn upon the com munity that on Irreparable blunder was made In the purchase of extensive farming properties miles away from the heart of the city for parks. This blunder Is em phasized by the recent financial exhibit of the park commission , which shows that many thousands of dollars have been ex pended In laying out. these suburban parks and for their embellishment. It is safe to assert that up to this time very few of our people , probably not more than four or five hundred , have availed themselves of these out-of-the-way parks , and It Is doubtful whether these parks will become available as breathing spots and resorts for recrea tion to the masses of our people for many years to come. The policy of the park commission should have been to work from the center. They should have enlarged Hans- corn park by annexing at least one hundred more acres of adjacent land , and they should have parked the unsightly hollow west of Twenty-eighth street , between Davenport and Ilarney , converted part of the hollow Into an artificial lake and connected all the In- sldo parks by boulevards , so as to make Hanscom the central park of Omaha. Even now , with Mlllor park , Elmwood park and other distant tracts bought and paid for , It would be economy and good sense to dis continue further expenditure for'a few years on the outside and devote all the money and labor to the enlargement and Improve ment of parks near the center of popula tion. Parks that are only within the reach of the wealthier class , who own or can afford to hire carriages , do not fulfill the objects to which they were dedicated. LKOATj TKKDKIl KOTK TAXATJON. A bill has been Introduced In the house of representatives which provides that no * United States legal tender notes circulating as currency shall bo exempt from taxation under the authority of any state or terri tory , any such taxation to bo exercised In the same manner and at the same rate that any state or territory shall tax other money within Its jurisdiction. The advo cates of this legislation profess to believe that considerable abuses have grown up through the exemption of legal tender notes from taxation , nnd that more or less decep tion Is practiced by banks In transferring packages of legal tenders from one to an other In order to have them counted as a part of their nontnxable property. It Is possible that this has been done , but that It has been practiced to any consider able extent , or Is generally done , Is not at all probable. A report by the minority of the banking committee takes the position that the legal tender notes of the United States are credits of the government , and when Issued and put Into circulation as money were expressly exempted by law from taxation by state nnd municipal authority. Even If It should bo admitted that it was not a part of the contract when these notes were Issued that * they should be exempt from taxation the minority of the committee are of the opinion that It would be unwise for the government" of the United States to permit any state or municipality to tax Its credit. On the other hand , the supporters of the proposi tion take the ground that these notes differ essentially from the bonded obligations of the government. They are disposed to draw a distinction between notes which cir culate as currency , oven' though they are paper promises to pay , and obligations which do not have the public negotiable character of money. One argument they present Is that no hardship can result to the holders of these notes under the plea of breach of contract by congress , because they are redeemable In gold on demand , and no pretense Is niado that gold and silver money are not taxable under state and municipal law , The opponents of the pro posed legislation will lay stress upon the argument that there Is no essential dlfter- enco between treasury notes and bonds , and that the withdrawal of one of the conditions attached to the forced loan of the legal ten der Issues U just as serious a breach of contract as would bo the withdrawal of one of the conditions upon which the bonds were Issued. The question whether the notes , when Is sued , constituted a contract by the United Slates with their bolder * that they should bo exempt from taxation is the vital ques tion In the discussion of this proposition , nnd It certainly seems that from the lcg.il point of view those who contcrd thnt ( hero wan such a contract have a very strong position. The other point urged by the minority of the banking committee , that It would bo unwise for the United Stales to permit any state or municipality to tax Its credit , also appears to bo absolutely sound. Dut It Is more than probable that this congress - gross , which does not show" any respect for contracts entered Into by the government with the people , will pass the proposed measure , particularly It the majority should sco In It a means of annoying the national banks and getting something moro from those Institutions In the way of taxation. AFTKll The murdered president of France repre sented the truest and safest republicanism of bin country. Ho was a careful , conserv ative man , whoso conduct was always under the control of strong common sense and n high order ot patriotic devotion to the wel fare of the republic. Calm In every exi gency , never Influenced by the political pas sions that surged about him , standing aloof from the warring factions , and keeping ever In touch with the best popular sentiment , ho was remarkably successful In guiding public affairs safely through every stress , commanding at once the respect of nil fac tions and the confidence of the people. His standard of public life was high , and his patriotism and Integrity of purpose were beyond doubt , as his private llfo was above reproach. His election to the presidency over men who had attained great distinc tion In public life was a surprise , but the wisdom of his selection was vindicated by results. No man did moro than Carnet to strengthen republican Institutions In France , and he sol on example of elevated apprecia tion of executive duty and responsibility which made him ono of the commanding characters of his time. The republic was safe under Carnot. How will It be now that his able and patriotic counsel can no moro arbitrate between hos tile factions and his high example rebuke and subdue the political passions that soma- tlmes have threatened the destruction of the republican system ? Will his suc cessor , chosen amid the Intense feeling which his assassination has created , be as faithful as he was to those principles which have saved Franco from external conflict and taught the people a profounder respect for republicanism ? Will the elements of disorganization which his wisdom nnd tact held In check now assort themselves ? Will the enemies of the republic find In this ter rible caiamlty their opportunity ? The world will not have long to wait for an answer to these questions. It will know In a few days the man who Is to exercise executive power In France , and his selection will foreshadow the possibilities of the near future. Meanwhile It Is a safe prediction that the existence of the republic will not be seriously endangered. Its enemies are few and weak. Its friends many nnd powerful. The peasantry of France are republican , the buslncjs Interests of the nation believe In the republic , the army Is republican. There will continue to be conflicts of political fac tions , but this will bo as to policies. The great majority , there Is no doubt , will be found still constant In support of republi can Institutions. The republic will gain strength from the popular remembrance of the devotion and fidelity of Its murdered president. " SUItVKY OF AHID LAKDS. It Is hardly probable that any action will be taken on the bill providing for a survey of the arid lands at the present session of congress , because many democrats are anx ious to get away from "Washington as soon as possible and an adjournment will probably bo urged as soon ns the tariff and the ap propriation bills are disposed of. But a good start has been made In reporting the meas ure agreed on by the western members and U can bo placed In position to recelvo consideration early In the next session. The summary of the bill given In the press dis patch Is sufficient to show that It Is a very comprehensive measure , proposing , as It does , a general survey and the determina tion of specific conditions upon which It Is desirable to have moro definite and accurate Information than now exists. The report accompanying the bill , prepared by representative Sweet of Idaho , who has shown an earnest zeal In this matter of promoting meting Irrigation. Is referred to as ono of the most concise and Interesting discussions of the subject , from a western standpoint , over presented. It urges that the considera tion of the subject has been too long de layed , duo to the Indifference If not opposi tion ot the cast and south , and the reasons that have actuated these sections are lield to bo Insufficient to justify putting a check to the development of the west. It Is to bo ap prehended that the objection to a national system of Irrigation , on the score of the enormous expenditure that would bo Involved , will not be easily overcome , though the op position to this policy has thus far boon able to suggest no other entirely practicable and unobjectionable plan. The scheme of the bill agreed on by the western members of congress Is to prosecute the task ot re claiming the arid region gradually , the gov ernment disposing of the lands ns the work proceeded and applying this revenue to Its continuance. In this way the purchasers of the lands would pay the whole cost of re claiming them. As to the other objection , that the reclamation of the arid regions would result In Increasing agricultural com petition and still further reducing the prices of agricultural products , If It Is worthy of any serious consideration , It would bo an almost perpetual bar to opening up thcso regions to settlement and utilizing them for Increasing the wealth and power ot the nation , for the time may never come , or at any rate not for generations , when the people - plo ot some section will not bo , hostile to adding the vast nrld area to the productive territory "of the country. It 1s essentially a aelllsh objection and utterly antagonistic to that sentiment of patriotism which demands flio material development ot the republic by every wlso and practicable moans. The first step toward the reclamation of the arid region mu t bo a thorough survey of the lands and waters and manifestly this 'should be done by the general government. For this purpose the bill provides an appro priation of (325,000 , but this Is probably simply for a beginning , as complete surveys will undoubtedly cost moro than this amount. Hut thin expenditure Is comparatively unim portant and there Is no good reason why the work of surveying the arid lands should not bo entered upon as soon as congress can pass the legislation authorizing It. Western sentiment 1s practically unanimous In favor ot action by congress for the promotion ot Irrigation and It should receive earnest con sideration on the broad ground ot national development from the people ot other sec tions ot the country. The county commissioners are atlll wrest , ling with the paving problem. The macadam road lools : very amtxjUvflftcr the rollers lmv passed over It. but when It is plowed tip by tcarnn the furrows anil ruts refuse to gut to. Rether for somn reason nnd the contractor has up to this dale ftiled to find the mlsslnn link that would blnB the broken rock anrt limestone dust. - * Diirn Your Courier-Journal. The Allen-Chandler 'jangle relates nlto- Kctliur to the courtray duo from Honntors to each other. No : . nntor ever gets Into n. piiiHlon * defending lie courtesy duo from Hcniitors to the coil try. i III the \Vll ) if Promotion. New ThrU Sun. Since Senator Allei * made his urbane com parison of Scniitor't'lmndlcr to u baboon , ho bus received several nattering offers from mutineers to xh'llvrr a series of lec tures on "i'nrllnmbtttary Politeness. Sar casm nnd Wit. " There Is n peculiar light ness nnd dellctncy of toucn about .Mr. Allen's playfulness. We should like to see him umpire a close game of base ball. A Ilrntiil , Cowiinlly Act. ChlcnRO Tribune. The kidnaping of Adjutant General Tars- ncy of Colonulo by some muakpil deputies was an outrage niul may yet loud to serious trouble In that state. According to the re ports the niljtitnnt general was seized at n hotel In Colorado Springs , placed In u car riage nnd driven blT to a secluded spot , some miles from thnt city , where be was tarred and feathered In n mast brutal anil stmmclul ir.amifr , lh > mlscr.nnu nuiinwhile making good tl'elr escape. This illsurnce- ful affair grew out of the wretched mis management of the Cripple Creek strike l > the governor , who needlessly antagonized the militia and the sheriff's deputies In llmt county In his efforts to take the part of the striking miners , with whose violent ncta ho sympathized. This doc- * not excuse the outrage offered to General Tarsney , It was a brutal , cowardly act. If any tarring and feathering was to be done , however , Ulooiiy Ilrldlo Walte himself should liuvc been the victim , not bis ndjutnnt general , who wua only executing bis orders. I'nrty of the Third Viirt. Hev. Sum Jones. The third party , pr party of the third part , or whatever you may call It , may get to heaven but they'll never get to Washington. It's not on the way. Wash ington Is the wickedest place mi earth. It Is the homo of the tlevll. The average democratic ami republican polltlelnns are little better than rascals , but the third party man Is 11 fool. You can reform n rascal , but did you ever try to monkey with a fool ? They want to borrow money from the government at 2 per cent when the KOV- ernment Is now borrowing at 5. Wo hetir a Kreat deal of fool talk about the rich Betting rleher and the poor poorer under the present law. There never was a greater lie , and I'll prove It. There's nothing the matter with the law. It's the man that's at fault. There's n lawyer on that side of the house makes $20,0 > X ) a year. Here's n little pettifogger whose family Is starvlnc. The law Is not to blame. Here's a physi cian making J10.000 a year. There's n little doctor over on the other corner that can't mnko bis salt. The law Is not to blame. I preach nearly every day to 8,000 people , and here's a little preacher sitting behind me that can't average 200. The trouble Is not In the law , brother. It's In your nog gin.The The difference Is organic. If all the wealth In the United States were divided out today each man would get about $1,100 , and In less than six months some fellows would be riding In palace cars nnd others would be walking cross ties and howling lor another Ulvy. TI1K Minjfll MAKE It 8. Washlncton Star : , "Has that horse a pedigree ? " asked tlfc tourist. "Nope , " re plied the honest farmer , "nothing but the heaves. " v Indianapolis Journal : "Did you hear any reason assigned for-Klrkwalder's suicide ? " "Yes. He left a-letter saying that life was too short to be ivasted In mere living. " Galvcston News : It Is very generally agreed that a flour/shlng town Is a town with a brass band. _ , Harper's Bazar : ' 1 shall celebrate my twenty-second blrth/lay next week , " said Jllss Glddey to her .dearest friend. "I sup pose you forgot ltjwhen It came nround eight or nine years ago , " was Miss Flypp's reply. J Puck : Mr. runn ) Hri rlly-Tliis ) bill has been runrUaff three.jattrs ; , , _ Hardy Upton ( calmly ) What-else could you expect of It ? You've been chasing It for two years and eleven months. Buffalo Courier : The Idea seems to pre vail In the minds ot some architects that a hlRlier education Is only to be gained by running school buildings up llvq or six stories Utlca Observer : A Boston clergyman said In his sermon on Sunday last : "Sum mer Illrtatlon Is n viper. " The discourse of the reverend doctor is said to have been a rattler. New York Weekly : She If every atom of the human body Is renewed every seven years I cannot be the same woman that vou married. He I've been suspecting that for some time. Washington Star : "Fame has Its disad vantages , " said the philosopher. "I should say so , " replied the great man. "It never lets a man's creditors get oft his trail. " Chicago Tribune : "Father , " said the sweet girl graduate , "do you think It Is right to make fun of commencement es says ? " "I do not , my daughter , " replied the middle-aged parent , hastily shoving back Into the private drawer of his writing desk a faded and time-stained manuscript tied with a blue ribbon. "The commencement essay , my child , Is a thing to weep over and and to swear at. " IN THE NICK OF TIME. New Yorlf Press , She wore a pair of the daintiest shoes , lint how to exhibit them puzzled her brain ; The maid could not think of no harmless ruse , And for days there liadn't been any rain. But the sprinkling cart Just then went by , And the driver , of course , lot the water run . On the crossing , and she , with skirts hekl high , Passed over , and presto ! the thing was done. _ _ wit , rosii'KiNH' svamiKii JIOAHDKHN. Jlaiar Come , Mnndy , set the fly-screens out. I know they ain't no good A healthy fly will sure get In If oncet lie's Bald be would. Hut wo can't take no chances ; an' the city boarder's queer ; He allus wants his fly-screens up when he's a-stayln' here. I think we'd also better get a splnnln' wheel or two. An' set 'cm In the drawln' room , because , 'tween mo on' you , We may get some one hero who for an tique things has u whim. An' who will pay us twice Its cost to take It home with him. An' , by the way , yo'd better buy say twenty dozen egus. . , They does 'em up In lime these days , an' sells 'em out In ICPKS. Then every moriiln1 I-1U go out an' sort of strew 'em round , i , | The coops and hay lofts , where they're sure by boarders to "be found , o. : ' For I have noticed that the folks who como up hero tostay Thinks C K Is fresher * laid If they have found 'em an' , I say. Pack up the tul ! < ? lfclijMs , because these town folks thinks that wo Eat olt u plain pins- table without any cloth. Law mor. ' X'i' ' ! It makes mo laugh to think of 'cm. They call us "new" anil "green , ' Hut theyo're the vefirverdnntest that over I have Been. ° " An' every year wixn they come here I know It Is a ulUrn 1 But , Lord I how w , pppr country folks do take those rellcrs.il ov it v.tr.tnntxtA H.HXT. l\f IconoclnMM. Scimlor Hoar of M.tKtachuactts and Senator I VoorliecR are two honorary members ot what i Is called the millionaires' club , which U a i kind of a wheel within a wheel In the sen- I ntc. On the Cth ot June , 1831 , thcso two dig nitaries performed n ceremony much Mice whnt the nnclent heathens would have called nn apotheosis , and what Iho Homnn Cntho- llcs would call n beatification , at their late brother senator , Lctaud Stanford , whom they would falu create n kind of saint. Hut In the Itoman Oatholla ceremonial there Is a personage called the devil's advo cate , whose office It Is to state the objections to the proposed promotion , Our senatorial bcatlfiors forgot this gentleman , whoso Indispensable - dispensable duly wo must , In justice , perform for their benefit. Mr. Hoar's argument was In substance thus : Mr. Stanford we beg pardon , Saint Stanford devoted his great cstato to a tioblo benefaction ( meaning the Stanford univer sity ) ; ho had an abiding fnlth in the Chris tian religion ; he loved his country ; he hoped that partly by means of the Stanford uni versity every child who desired It should re celvo a good education ; It the claim of the United States against his estate be good It would take twelve or fifteen years to estab lish It ; If this claim was for $15,000,000 , that comes to only 20 cents apiece for the In habitants of the United States ; such a claim might embarrns the Widow Stanford nnd the Stanford university , and perhaps destroy the latter ; for all ot which reasons the said claim should at once bo withdrawn and nullified by act of congress. Senator Voorhees added that Saint Stan ford was possessed of simplicity nnd sub limity of character , which qualities were not touched or debased by his wealth , nnd that his was just such a simple , kindly , devoted nature as poor folks have , Now , this simple , kindly , devoted , sublime man , on the 18th of September. 1S71 , swore positively thnt there had been paid In as subscriptions to the stock of the Central Pa cific railroad the sum of $59,233,190. Hut , as n matter of fact , the amount so paid was only $700,000. The amount thus untruth fully sworn to was perhaps sublime ; the con fidence with which tlio statement was In trusted to the public may have been simple , and the motive for making It may have been kindly and devoted to his companions , Crocker , Hopkins and Huntlngton ; but the particular method which the proposed saint took to exhibit these virtues Is more likely to land the saint In the penitentiary than In paradise. Again : This proposed saint and his brother saints , Saint Crocker , Saint Hopkins and Saint Huntlngton , were the first to bestow upon the country the great blessing of Chi nese labor. Up to date this saintly enter prise has had the effect to deprive about 100,000 Americans every year of the means of living , and enormously to promote the holy order of mendicants called tramps. This missionary work gives the American an op portunity to practice self-denial and to cn- duro hardships , and thus to greatly elevate his moral character. Ungratefully enough , the American worklngman has permitted himself to become miserable and to get ex cited over the resulting state of things ; but that does not diminish the merits of Stan ford as a saint at least as a Joss. Again : This simple , kindly , devoted , sub lime man , and his three .equally s. , k. , d. and s. mates , performed the following operations : Being directors of the Central Pacific rail road , they also called themselves the Contract and Finance company. Then , as directors , they let to themselves , as contractors , the job of building the road , agreeing to pay themselves about three times as much as the road would cost ; and then the four saints put the unexpended two-thirds of this pay , not Into the treasury of the railroad , where It should have been deposited to pay the debts of the road but Into their own four saintly pockets. This transaction , followed by others equally saintly , has resulted In the hopeless bankruptcy of the road and In four immense fortunes to the four saints. By an Interesting coincidence the sum of the four fortunes Is Just about what would set the road on Its pins again. It Is true that these transactions with the Contract and Finance company cannot be proved by the books of the company ; because these four simple , kindly , devoted , sublime men made away with the said books. Some think they were burned ; there Is a vague re- T5Gfrtirat-tHeywere "bailt up alive , as It were , like Constance do Beverly or some other guilty nun , In the foundation walls of Saint Mark Hopkins' magnificent mansion on Neb Hill In San Francisco. When that mansion Is pulled down perhaps their mould ering bones will be discovered. Again : A long course of similar transac tions afterwards took place between those four simple , kindly , devoted and sublime men , as directors , and themselves as another company , called the Pacific Improvement company , which has been operated In the same way , viz : 1. To make contracts with themselves to do work at enormously extravagant rates. 2. To pay for this work out of the money of the Central Pacific railroad. 3. To put the profits Into their own saintly pockets. ' The result , ns stntcd before , has been the bankruptcy ot the railroad , and the enrich ment of the saints. It was a simple proceeding so Is any em bezzlement. It was kindly to each other. It was devoted to their own profit. It was sublime In the Impudence of its monstrous misappropriation. Again : Saint Stanford Joined with the three other saints by the methods above sketched , not only to get Into their private possession the funds and securities which ought to have been reserved to pay the debts of the Central Pacific railroad to the govern ment and to the bondholders and stock holders , but they Imposed upon the public the necessity of paying In fares and freights , not Interest on the actual cost of the road , but Interest on three times the actual cost of the road. In order to do this and maintain their power to do It , they organized and practiced a system of the meanest tyranny. They extorted nearly all the earnings of fanners and fruit raisers ; they discriminated for and against Individuals , farms and towns and in many other ways oppressed and ter rorized business men. Again : They practiced a systematic de bauchery nnd corruption of voters , office holders , legislatures and all governmental organizations whatever. It Is notorious In California that Saint Stanford twice bought his election to the United States senate. It Is currently believed In California , and with strong reason , that his first election cost him $70,000 and his second election not less than $500,000. And any well Informed Calltornlan will agree that thcso transactions ol Saint Stanford did very much toward causing that over whelming expression of opinion In favor of an election of United States senators by the people , which was uttered during the cam paign which resulted In the election of Sen ator White. But now observe the nature of Senator Hoar's reasonings : They are grounded on assumptions like these : If a man devotes part of his alleged property to benevolent purposes , no Inquiry should bo made whether the property , does not really belong to some body else. If It would take a good whllo to dccldo whether property belongs to ono person or another , It should bo held to belong to the person who holds It. If a rightful claim by the United States does not amount to a largo sum per head of the population of the coun try , It should not be collected. If the col lection of a rightful claim of Iho Unltod States would "embarrass" anybody , or any Institution , It ought not to bo collected. An examination of Senator Hoar's remarks will show that these are the principles to which ho Is logically reducible. Now ; Is this the kind of timber that they make saints of In Massachusetts and Indiana ? It so , wo could man a new heaven for those states out of the state prison. Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report //AI nviii.it. Minneapolis Journal' CoiiRrcnsm.in Ilry.in says he's "hunnry for silver , " No doubt Uncle Sam will pay Ilrynn his salary all In silver dollars If IIP wants It. There's plenty of silver It nny man wnnts ! pay in that metal , or wants to swap his gold for It. Now York Sun : The Nnbraskn newspapers nre much pleased over the fact , It fact It be , thnt In the cyelone In Sioux county n fnrmer and his horse wuro taken up Into the air through the roof of a shed and deposited 200 feet nwny , sound and kind , This Is not much for Nebraska. Why , when Hon. Wil liam Jennings llryan , the boy orator ot the I'lnttc , was making n Fourth of July orntlou at Coon I'rnlrlc In 1S91 the current of wind grew so strong at the perihelion of his per oration that the building and the whole mi- dlence , Including the orator , \\nri * taken up straight to a distance estimated at three miles and a half , nnd didn't come down until the next morning. Indeed , llryan hns never come down. Ho tastes clouds yet , Louisville Courier-Journal : Indeed , Mr. Bryan shows himself Indifferent to the In terests of the party that has twice given him a seat In congress. In reply to the charge that ho would ijpllt the party ho hart nothing to say more than that there are always people who think more of harmony than ot principle. Mr. Bryan must be far too Intelligent not to perceive that his course Is one admirably adilptcd to producing dis sensions nnd divisions In the party at a time when there N n strong demand for the utmost possible harmony. It Is plain that the young orator of Nebraska Is to bo n disturbing element In the party In his own state nnd elsewhere If his Influence counts for anything away from home. It Is equally clear that the populists or the republicans arc to be beneficiaries of his exertions , for these have a tendency to bring defeat to the democrats. Mr. Bryan must , therefore , be ranked among the men who think themselves greater than their party. His disregard of the welfare of the party thnt brought him Into prominence , hla efforts to disrupt It In the Interests of the | > o'i ; > ullsts , nre Indications thnt his brilliant career Is to be brief. Ills star Is setting. I'KOI'I.K . ! . > / TIII.VUS. The canaler's bawl can hardly bo classed as a social event. The Colorado Incident looks like an at tempt to feather the governor's nest. Senator Hill's presidential boom has con tracted the southern plantation blight. The enterprising rain maker should not overlook the canals of Mars In his business. Congressman Bland's frco silver presiden tial boom was conspicuous by Its absence at the Omaha crush. The Allen-Chandler and Hlll-Hnrrls ex change of compliments suggests a rccon.se- cratlon of senatorial courtesy. The bookmakers of Chicago , having pock eted n snug sum , class the American Derby as the literary event of the year. Pennoyer will remain executive of Oregon until next January. Sympathy for the afflicted should not bo limited to victims of the late flood. Strange ns It may nplpear , the output ot raw material by the New York Investigator ? Injuriously affects certain lines of "the fin est" Industry In the city. Owing to the continued application of a current of high potency certain aldermanlc pipe line1) show marked symptoms of small pox. Their condition Is pitiful. Cheyenne bookmakers hesitate about plac ing odds on the governor. There Is a sus picion abroad that the Arizona Kicker man has accepted the presidency of a cemetery trust In that vicinity. There's a candidate for sheriff In a Geor gia county whoso enemies accused him of having kissed sixty-nine babies In ono village. The fellow Is a base plagiarist of the smacks of David. Dispatches announce that the atmosphere In the senate on Saturday was unbearable , but left the reader to grope In the dark for a cause. A Washington paper mentioned the fact that Senator Call removed his shoes. The up-to-date residents of Chicago are seriously considering plans for monuments to themselves , to be unveiled after their death. The present difficulty seems to be the carving of an allegorical figure typifying big windy. , Ex-Senator Iiigalls Is In New York , not with a view of editing a magazine. It Is now stated , but on the invitation of Thomas II. Hubbard. who Is said to have offered Mr. Ingalls $25,000 a year to become editor of the Commercial Advertiser. Congressman Conn of Indiana , who was a poor Jeweler and Instrument maker until a happy Invention a few years ago made him rich , has bought the paper that Washington printers started some months ago. This makes him an esteemed Conn-temporary. An Augusta ( Me. ) clergyman walked Into the store of a merchant , wet to the skin by a thunder sto'rm. The merchant had some exquisite old brandy , of which ho was very proud. He offered the dominie some , as a joke , not dreaming that his guest would accept. ThS" minister not only took a big drink , but put the bottle In his pocket. The merchant Is negotiating for n revolving sclf- klckcr. _ Looking Out for thn Whcronrlth. Now York World. It Is true beyond doubt that a , number of United States senators habitually use their places to line their pockets. If they were more courageous they would accept direct bribes , but bclns cowards attempt to dodge their consciences nnd the law by an Indi rection which Increases their KUllt In pro portion to the Incieased safety It elves them In their venality. MtllltASK.l .I A now elevator In to bo built At Randolph. Blomritld's electric lighting nyitem Is ini Assured fact. 1'cnder'a water works bonds sold at A premium of ' $77 $ The Broke * How ruin mutters nre now demanding their money. Cedar IlluITs has n now opera house and It will bo dedicated July 4 with a grand dnnco. The Grand Army at the Hopulillo will bold n reunion at Tccunmch August 13 to 17 In clusive. The now flouring mill nt Fnlrfiold will commence operations some tlmo this week. They are already grinding feed. The citizens of Mnson City nro ncROtlatltiR with rainmakers with the view of having them como to thnt plnco and operate. Some Coxey lightning struck n Hurt county corn crib nnd consumed 125 bushels of corn , Including the crib. The corn was Insured. Irrigation In the Uopubllcan valley Is no longer a myth. Practical workings mny bo seen nenr McCook , where 3,000 ncres nro Irrigated. Lyons Is "having n lockup built , " to coat not over $300. A local paper says It Is not Intended for their own citizens , but for via- Itors from neighboring towns. The York noii | works nro making five dif ferent brands of soap now , two laundry nnd three toilet. They are having n pretty good sale also , considering the times. Fourteen head of horses were killed by a stroke of lightning In Cheyenne county last week. The animals were standing cloao to gether near n barb wire fence when the bolt came. The National Humane society hat ) offered a reward of $100 for the arrest nnd convic tion of the parties whose horses were killed In the 100-mile nice at Ch.ulron on the Cth of June. W. A. Denny , the veteran Htockman , passed through Clindrou the first ot the week with 2,500 prime young llcrefords that ho had shipped fr\in the south for his ranch In Urn sand hills. Water melons have nude their appearance In the local market nt Hustings nnd retail for 50 cents each. Mu k melons have also come In nnd the price ot them Is proportionately tionately high. The village board of Ueavcr Crossing hns passed nn ordinance limiting the number ot hogij which u person can own In that cor poration to two head. They evidently don't want nny hogs In thnt section. On the road between I'apllllon and Spring field are many patches of oats which will yield thirty-five bushels per acre. Before the rains came these same Melds were pro nounced valueless by the croakers. Crop reports nt Clay Center show thot the wheat crop will not be quite ns short ns It was feared. The late rains have given the wheat new life , nnd although the straw Is short , the heads are filled clear out. An 8-year-old son of I. N. Rnmcr , living at Miller , was bitten on the arm by n rattle snake last Thursday. For n time the follow ing day the boy's life was despaired of , but he finally rallied , and now Is in a fair way to recover. The contract has been let to dig an Irri gating ditch In Holt county twclvo and ono- half miles long. The ditch will tap the Elkhorn - horn near Emmet and terminate about thrco miles south of O'Neill , which will Irrigate about 10,000 acres. A Sarpy county family by the name of Snldo about two years ago were presented with lovely twin daughters , nnd , In order that the girls might have proper protectors through life , Mrs. Snide last week presented her husband a pair of bright , robust boys. The Missouri river Is" giving trouble to farmers south of Brownvllle. Whole fields ot corn and potatoes are submerged and will bo worthless. The river continues to rise and may overflow much valuable farming land on both the Missouri and Nebraska sides. The franchise and entire plant , consisting of houses , reservoir and nine miles of mains , of the Hastings Gas company were sold last week for $60,000. A new company will op erate under the original charter , but the new franchise will be altered so that the plant can be remodeled. Beet growers In Dawes county are com plaining about the ravages of a long , dark , hungry bug that Is stripping the leaves of the sugar beets In that vicinity. Some fields have been badly damaged by them. Probably the best way to get rid of them late to give them a dose of parls green. If the beets are expected to amount to much. A York breeder reports a hen that hatched out sixteen chickens from eight eggs. The eggs were very Inrgo nnd each ono had two yolks. They had noticed a number of the sort and kept enough for a setting , Just to try an experiment. About a dozen were put under a hen , but only eight hatched out. Those eight , however , proved to bo twins. I. A. Fort , president of the State Irrigation association , addressed the people of Elm Creek a few days ago on the subject of Irri gation , after which a local Irrigation associa tion was formed , with a capital stock of $25,000. The people there are thoroughly aroused as well as converted to the value of Irrigation , nnd great results are expected In that locality before the season of 1895 closes. Something very unusual about the garden business round about Western this year U the fact that a largo proportion of the seed planted several weeks ago Is Just coming through the ground since the late rains. The ground , when the seed was planted , did not contain moisture sufficient to either germ inate the seed or cause It to rot , but was just right to keep It In a state of preservation until sufficient rain did fall. Going to the Bottom Going to the bottom in price now goingto take inventory next week your last chance to get suits for $7.50 and $8.50 worth lots more. ' . worth 50 cent more- Boys' suits $2.50 $3 per stilts given away to boys in boys' department- See the $4,50 combination suit with another pair of pants and cap to match. Browning , King & Co. , S. W. Corner 15th and Douglus.