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onnnon n. TXPCIIIICI" .
fiworn to before me nnd suliirrlbed In my pres
ence this 2 > 1 dny of .lime , ISM.
( Seal. ) N. 1 * . niU Nolnry Public.
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
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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.
