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TO IJKnRASKA KKl'VllT.IV.lliS.
All republicans who arc opposed to Ihc
domination of railroads and desire to resent
Iho attempt to make the party subservient to
corporate monopolies and public thieves are
hereby Invited to express their vlewsi by
letter directed to me personally , suggestlns
the best method for defeating the election of
Thomas Majors , . All communications will be
treated ns confidential when BO requested.
We must make an organized effort to save
the state from the blighting- misrule which
has repudiated the pledges repeatedly inado
to the people In our platforms ; has made the
execution of our laws a farce and looted the
state treasury.
Notice will be given In due time through
The Hee what action will be deemed moat
advisable to accomplish the ends In view.
B. HOSBWATBR.
Wo are all expectant for the promised tar
iff message.
The democratic state convention come
next and closes the convention season.
Now for another president's message. I
ought to bo "hot stuff , " In the parlanca o
the day.
Why discuss errors In the new tariff bll
when the -whole tariff legislation ot the present
ont congress Is a hugo error ?
Why all this hubbub about alcohol In th
irts ? It Is the alcohol In the beverages tha
modem society Is most Interested In.
Tuesday will end the congressional agony
Hut for how long ? For only three months a
the greatest , and perhaps a still shorter per
led , at the pleasure of President Cleveland.
Ex-President Herrlson has the good sensi
o keep silent when ho has nothing to say
3ut he has good seuao to put Into a speed
whenever the occasion calls for his advice
to tha public.
George Gould , wo are told , had lota o
money but no social recognition when h
sailed away from America. When he re
tarai to America he will have social rocognl
Mon but less money. Ho will still , however
eave enough money to retain his social rccag
jltloi. ,
Mr. Morton , at the head of the Depsrtmen
ot Agriculture , with all the department lie
houses at MB command , must , to maintain
his reputation , go Mr , llrynn ono better In
decorating the tomb ot Jefferson at Monti-
cello with palms and tropical plants sup
plied at the government expense.
The New York constitutional convention
wisely refuses to waste , the time and money
ot the people on the prolonged discussion of
the various Isms ami tads put forward as
panaceas fcr all the abuses of popular gov
ernment. Tito cure-all state constitution is
not to bo enjoyed by this generation.
Political picnics are a fad 'which city
people are borrowing from tha country pee
ple. The city picnic , however , has frllla
and feathers that would make the country
man stand aghast , whllo the cost to the
Individual picnicker and to the candidate
who Is looking his support rises to a figure
that would defray the expense of the whole
country blowout.f
I'rof. E\y \ could not ask for a better ad
vertisement for his books than lie Is getting
out ot the alleged Inquisition en his teaching
ot socialistic ! doctrines. All the curious mul
titude will hasten to examine the books for
themselves In order to form their own opinion
as to. whether or not the professor Is really
and' truly the socialist he Is charged with
being and which he denies.
The Hryan fusion organ calls upon the
populist nominee fcr congress In the Third
district to withdraw and leave the field to
the democratic candidate and his republican
opponent. Why not just as sensible to call
upon the democratic nominee for congress
to withdraw and leave the populist and re
publican to light It out alone ? Is It be
cause that ij not the kind ot fusion wantedt
We are clad to know that tbe Illness of
> tayor Weir of Lincoln came upon him as
'to was preparing to go to the populist stata
tonventlnn at Grand Island , ami was In na
way due to the sti ot tbe vote cast for
him for governor In that convention. Hav
ing : learned of the state ticket put In nomi
nation by his fellow populists , we feel cer
tain that the mayor Is again on the rapid
oail to recovery.
Tills Is the time to exterminate the Itusslan
thlsilt. A tittle attention to this pestiferous
weed before It goes to seed will eave a great
deal ot work after the thins has overrun
tha Wjoa ! farm. If tha farmers will only
C0'0plra.te with one another In a combined
effort to eradicate thl * evil their auccosj will
b assured. A continuance ot the spread of
this teat will be In put at least chargeable
to the necllgonco of luo farmers themselves.
Thi moat remarkable spectacle ever pre
sented at any political convention In this
state was witnessed , at Exposition hall wlun
Thomas J. Majors within an hour after hi *
nomination wits compelled to make n public
defense of chsrgei which n fleet hln personal
and political honor and Integrity. Although
the charges affecting tha fitness at Mr.
Majors ei th 'party's standard bearer did not
originate with mehe has ventured to pose
as a martyr ta vindictive persecution at my
hands , Jml sought to parry the Irrefutable
record made by himself by a most absurd
countercharge. Assuming the role ot cuttle-
Ash , that sheds Us Inky fluid when closely
pursued , Jlr. Majors threw n handful of dust
Into the eyes of the del-gates present by
talking promiscuously of his repeated se
lection for the empty honor , of contingent
congressman , and dwelt with unction on his
pretended rejection ot an offer ot $3,000 for
services never rendered. Hut he failed ut
terly to disprove tlio record ot a congressional
Investigation , wherein he was declared guilty
of having procured a forged certificate of an
alleged census ofNebraska _ , and being guilty
under his oath of office of false statements
concerning the same. lie did not dare deny
thai ii congressional committee recommended
that the courts of the District of Columbia
take action looking to his own Indictment
and that of his associates In the manufacture
of the forged document. The details ot
Majors' dlrgraco were never published In The
I3ce , although It occurred during the period
In which Majors falsely accuses me of perse
cuting him. The- truth of the matter Is that
the story ot the scandal was suppressed
and the mantle of charitable silence thrown
over him when he deserved to have been ex
posed and denounced. With the audacity of
a desperado Majors declared to an audience
of more than 3,000 people that he was
branded with Infamy by the tongue of a
slanderer. Who was the slanderer ? What
Insolence to apply such an epithet to Thomas
I ) , Reed.
Passing from the forged census certificate
to the fraudulent Taylor voucher which ho
signed , as president of the senate , Majors
had the temerity to assert that Taylor was
entitled to the extra J7G because the legisla
ture had been In session sixty-three days at
the time Taylor was abducted. What on In
sult to- the Intelligence ot American citizens !
The constitution limits the legislative pay to
$300 for each session , no matter how long it
lasts. Taylor had drawn every dollar due
htm , Including his return mileage , on a cer
tificate which Majors signed before Taylor
was bribed to skip. Majors takes God to wit
ness that ho hadn't the slightest Intimation
of the plot to abduct Taylor , but a. man who
will violate his official oath ta a congressional
committee with Impunity will not hesitate
to tell a lie and take God tc v.'itr.cso. Th' '
word ot honor of Thomas J. Majors was once
given to mo , and he broke it within less
than two hours after it had been given.
The most disgraceful part of Majors' at
tempted defense of the Taylor voucher
fraud was his shameless declaration that ho
was not only pleased to have Taylor spirited
away , but that he would like to have- seen
halt a dozen populist senators abducted.
What do law-abiding citizens think of a man
who gives tacit approval to one of the great
est crimes that could bo committed against
the state a crime that stands next to
treason and murder In its enormity ! Rob
the people of their chosen representatives
by bribery ! Abduct them bodily Into an
other state. In the midst of a session ! What
could be moro atrocious and destructive-
the very foundation of popular government
and republican Institutions ?
Passing from his own tattooed record
Majors took U upon himself to falsify my
public record , as If that would In any way
disprove the charge with which he is con
fronted. According to Majors the records
at Lincoln show that C. Itosewater was
elected to the legislature In 1871 , and drew
pay for forty days at $3 a day when , ho
was present only twenty-eight days. Now ,
everybody familiar with the history of Ne
braska knows that the legislature ot 1871 ,
In which I served , was known as the long
parliament. It commenced Us sosslon on
the Cth of January , 1871 , and after thirty
days of searching investigation into state
house frauds Impeached the governor and
auditor on the -Hli of March , and wound up
the trial of luo governor with his conrlc-
tlon by the senate sitting as a caurt of im
peachment on the Cth day of Jun . Then
It took a recess until the next January , and
was finally prorogued after a two weeks'
session. In February of 1872 Itwas recon
vened by the acting governor and re
mained on duty until It was dispersed by a
supreme court decision. Instead of putting
In tnenty-elght days I served more than
four full months on forty days pay.
Another Blight discrepancy between Majors'
story and the truth will be found in a
closer examination of the record. It Is
true that I did not respond to roll call on
several days of the longest ses
sion on record , but on all but
two of those days ths Journal shows
my participation In the day's proceedings.
Tor Instance , my name does not appear enroll
roll call of January 9 , but the Journal shows
that on that day notice was given by me of
the Introduction of a bill to regiflate the
practice ol mediclno and surgery ;
also that I Introduced a memorial
and Joint resolution praying for the
general government to assume con
trol of electric telegraphs In the
United States. Again , on January 23 , my
name does not appear on roll call , but my
presence is recorded in a vote against the
motion to lay the impeachment resolutions
on the table and for a resolution to maka
the same the special order for the following
Wednesday.
Sufllce It to say that I am ready at any
tlmo to compare legislative records with
Thomas J , Majors , and I have no fear that I
shall be called upon to apologize for any
vote given or any measure supported or op
posed by me , B. IU3SEWATER.
TUX I'HKSIDKA'TLII. TRIM.
Mr. Murat Ilalstead , In his syndicate letter
of aweek ago , advocated an amendment to
tha constitution reducing the presidential
term ta two years and leaving the matter
of eligibility to re-election untouched. Mr.
Ilalstcad stated that James G. Illatna was
of the opinion that It any change were mada
It should bo ta two years rather than to a
longer term than at present. The- argu
ments offered by Mr. Halatead In support ot
his prsltlon possess a measure of plausibility ,
but It Is hardly worth vMle to seriously ilia-
cuss his proposition , and , we have not observed ( -
served that It has been done , for lite obvious
reason that It Is not likely over ta commend I
Itself to any considerable number ot the
American people.
Mr. Halstead , la attempting to answer the
chief objection to a shorter presidential term
that the country would hiv the costly dis i.
turbance of a presidential election twlcs ag
often a under the exlitlng" regulation , doei
not make a convincing argument. Tha Idea
that agitation In presidential contests with 4
two-year term would be less "profligate"
than wltU a four-year term If allogethii
fanciful. Thir * la no sound or substantial
rowon behind It. Kquitlr licking" In fore *
Is the notion th t the shorter term would
bo more republican than the present term.
Perhaps tha Intensity of office seeking would
ncinewliat subside- under a shorter term , but
this Is problematical , and at any rate office
seeking In n. few years will cease to bo very
troublesome , as nearly all tha offices will ba
under civil service regulations. Tha demand
tor Iho elongation ot the presidential term
la duei mnlniv to a popular belief that n
longer period between presidential contests
would bo to the general Interest , and there
Is strong ground for this vlow. Kveiybody
knows that a presidential election docs make
costly disturbance , the nearly .uniform ox-
erlence having been that the general bust-
ess ot the country suffers during
uch n contest , There Is no reason to sup
pose that this would not bo the experience
wcra the term two Instead of tour years , but
with the shorter term there would bo the
anger of almost continual political ccintno-
lon. The country would hardly get fairly
ettlcd down after one presidential election
icforo preparations would be begun for an
other ,
In the opinion ot n great many sensible
jcopls It Is not more frequent elections that
ho country wants , but fewer. However , as
already remarked , Mr. Halstead's proposition
s not likely to find many supporters.
THE I'OI'ULIST l'L.lTt'01131.
The platform cf principles adopted by the
populist state convention at Grand Island
on Friday will strike all fair-minded men
on the -whole more conservative both In
language and In spirit than the- general pub
; lc was ready to anticipate from that quarter.
The reafQrmatlou of the Omaha platform of
1S92 and the demand for the Immediate free
and -unlimited calnago of silver and gold
at the present ratio of 1G to 1 , together with
the branding- treason to labor and to the
best Interests of the whole country the un
conditional repeal ot the purchasing clause
at the Sherman act , were but to have been
expected. They form the stock In trade
of the populist party everywhere' and the
convention at Grand Island would not have
Justified the name of populist had It omitted
to embody Uieso planks la Its declaration.
A comparison of the populist platform and
the platform proclaimed by the recent re
publican state convention reveals certain
similarities , particularly In the portions
which deal exclusively with state Issues.
Doth call for state regulation and control
of railways and railway rates and demand
the enforcement of the maximum freight
rate law now on our statute books. The
populists go one step further and demand
that concress shall speedily pass a law by
which the federal courts will be prevented
from suspending the operation of a state
law at the dictation of corporations , a bll
With this object In view having already bee-n
Introduced Into the national legislature by
the populist senator from Nebraska. Doth
platforms favor arbitration as a substitute
for strikes and lockouts In settlement of con
troversles between employers and employes ,
Doth platforms demand a thorough-going
reform In the existing system of Investing
the moneys In the permanent school fund o :
the state. Doth platforms favor relief I
the needy farmers ot the state , the republi
can by legislation In encouragement of suga
beet culture , the. populist by legislation
favorable to Irrigation projects and publl
works affording employment to the Inhabit
ants of the drouth-stricken area. Doth pro
fess lasting friendship for the old soldle :
and contain expressions favorable to a llbera
pension policy on tha part ot the federa
government.
The remainder of the populist platform In
eludes planks good , bad and Indifferent. Th
plea for the Gulf & Interstate railroad I
a plea for an enterprise of very doubtfu
value and still more- doubtful success. Th
initiative and referendum asked for is
device whose merits and demerits are th
subject of heated controversy. The domam
that all officers , both state and county , be
remunerated by reasonable salaries and tha
all fees collected bo turned Into the genera'
fund for state or county purposes ta tlmoly ,
sensible and to the point. The "compi I
mentlng" ot Congressman Bryan In the sam
plank that contains a "hearty approval" of
the populist representatives In congress
leaves it doubtfu ] how far tha populists are
willing to go In furthering the ambitions
of that professed democrat. With the one
exception noted the populist platform Is
singularly free from "denunciations , " "ar
raignments" and "deploring" of what the
other parties have done.
AH KYLL , 2'C ! I3K AliOLISIlfiD.
Notwithstanding the fact that three years
ago the legislature of Pennsylvania enacted
a law forbidding the maintenance ot com
pany stores , either under the direct or In
direct proprietorship or sanction of mining
or manufacturing corporations , those- stores
still exist In that state. They are very
aptly described as "pluck mo stores , " for
they are managed upon the plan of getting
all the earnings of those who are compelled.
In order to secure- employment from the
companies owning the stores , to buy their
supplies In them. The maintenance ot
these places Is not only contrary to law , but
they ara a. fruitful source of labor troubles.
The testimony Is that the "pluck mo store"
Is the prolific breeder ot dissatisfaction ,
strikes and such Irritation as Is constantly
engendered by reason of a continuing In
justice. Under this system the employes
of the companies running the stores are
mercilessly robbed , and any complaint made
by the unfortunate victims means dismissal.
Retention In the service of these companies
Is conditioned upon making all purchases
at the stares ot the- companl&swhich. . It la
said , uniformly charge moro for everything
than other stores , and as a result a ma
jority of the people who deal at the "pluck
me stores" have no wages coming to them
at the monthly settlement.
A correspondent of the Philadelphia. Rec
ord , writing from the region of the Penn-
gylvanla slate Industry , soys that with al
most no exception every slate company has
a store connected with Its quarry , and It IB
the understanding that all employes of the
companies must buy their household goods
at these stores. If a man hag a larga
family he soon finds himself In debt to the
company , consequently lie never receives any
money from the company , and In this way
he Is effectually shut off from buying any *
thing except from hla own company , This
correspondent says : "As to pay days , -with
most companies they ore few and far be-
tweon. Of course the store books are bal
anced monthly , but oftentimes no money
changes hands for a much longer period. "
Under such circumstances It U not aur-
prising that the employes , knowing that they
are being robbed and that from month to
month they are being more completely on-
Blared by their obligations to their era-
ployori , who are th owners of the "pluck
me stores. " become- exasperated ami Inau
gurate strike * In the , hope ot freeingthem -
elves from a burden that grow * steadily
more Intolsrabla , 8ojn < frttromdr pathctla
stories have been toft ! ' of the slavery to
mining and man u fart urine companies which
men. hi"n boon subjected to through being
compelled to do all \Helr5 trading at company
stores , for having ibWc3 Rons Into debt to
one of these places the unfortunata victim
has Indeed a very .hard road to travel.
Such n state of llilngl ought not to exist
anywhere In this country , It Is a reproach
to any community or istflto that tolerates It.
A movement lias .toon started In Penn
sylvania , orlglnatlngKtiUh the Philadelphia
Hecord , the purpoaa. of which Is to bring
about tuch a general enforcement of the
law us will result In abolishing the com
pany store evil , and" ft should meet with
hearty encouragement. The great state ot
Pennsylvania ought to promptly and thor
oughly remove this blotch on her reputa
tion as a commonwealth that accords jus
tice to all classes of her people.
EXPAWtOX OP THE 1NJUXGT10X.
Even the lawyers , -who , as a class , first
looked upon the expansion of ttio Injunction ,
to- cover labor troubles and wage disputes
as a harmless application ta new conditions ot
equity powers long recognized to rest with
the courts , are commencing to vlow the re
cent Innovations of the judges In this direc
tion as a subject demanding most serious con
sideration. At the annual meeting of the
American Dar association , held last week at
Saratoga , a paper on "Injunction and Organ
ized Labor" was given a principal place , on
the program , and In It Its author , Mr.
Charles Clnllln Allen of Missouri , confesses
that the present situation la altogether one
sided and In favor of tha corporations.
"After all , " he asks , "what doss It mean ,
this sudden development of equity jurisdic
tion ? The criminal laws are ample and
EC veto and the power of the government to
enforce them It limited only by the allegl
nnco ot Us citizens. Why , then , Invoke the
extraordinary jurisdiction of a civil court ,
never designed and In no way adapted to
such cases ? " The Incident Itself , he thinks ,
Is a sad commentary on existing conditions
and points to the conclusion that the people
are becoming afraid ot their own Institu
tions , afraid ot trial by jury and of the
guarantees of civil liberty contained In their
constitutions , state and national. In other
words , the employing corporations who resort
to Injunctions fear that men who violate
the laws In the prosecution of n strike will
not be punished unless that violation Is made
a contempt of court and the penalty left at
the discretion ot the presiding judge , with
out reference to a Jury after a formal trial.
If this Is the object ot the expansion of
the injunction It Is certainly a grave nbuso
of judicial power. It means that the Judges
by an unprecedented application of their
equity jurisdiction assume to provide a new
system of trial for old offenses , a system
which deprives the accused of many ot the
sacred rights handed doivn to him with jeal
ous care : from tbeJ tlme of Magna. Chnrta.
It means the usurpation by tha Judiciary ot
the legislative power to define crimes and
misdemeanors and to prescribe the penalties
to bo Imposed for t"he same. It means that
tbe courts claim tljo ppwer as Incident to
their judicial functions to deal with the
Parties involved In laboi- controversies prac
tically us they ma'y ; slo fit. There was a
time In our Juris prudence when the doctrine
was laid down andistrlctly adhered to that
in no case where d remedy at law existed
could a remedy In , cqul\r ba Invoked. The
entering wedge to , the , development of the
equity Jurisdiction came when a remedy in
equity was grantedcat ttio discretion of the
Judge where , although a remedy at law was
at hand , a resort to It would , In the Interval ,
result In Irreparable or at least unusual In
Jury. Originally kept within the lines o
the strictest construction , the discretion was
gradually moro laxly exercised , until , will :
the latest Innovations In strike Injunctions
and Injunctions to prevent enforcomenl
of laws , equity bids fair to occupy the wholi
field. To rcstoro the former equilibrium o
our judicial system something must be done
to effectually check the expansion of the In
junction as a substitute for proceedings un
der the statutory criminal code.
A MOST IMPORTANT JKQUIItT.
Congress has Instructed the chief of th
Duroau of Labor to Institute an Inquiry
Into the Industrial changes Incident to tin
superscdure of manual labor by machinery
worked by steam and electrical power. I
Is a most Important -work that congres ;
has thus authorized and for Its thorough
execution the meager sum of $10,000 np
proprlated will hardly be found sufilcient.
It Is a work that could be entrusted to
more capable and honest statistician than
Mr. Carroll D. Wright , and It Is safe t
predict that he will produce a report of world
wide Interest.
Everybody knows that within tbe last
half a century production has been revo
lutionized , both as to methods and as to the
volume of product , 'beyond all precedent In
history. In manufactures the new agencies
have Increased several times the productive
ability of a pair ot hands , whllo the aug
mentation of motive power has been In a
much higher degree , with an almost com
mensurate gain In Its economy. The change
has been fuudamcntal and tar-reaching In
Its effectsrevolutionizing - the world's mar
kets , opening vast new areas and popula
tions to commerce , annihilating the factors
of time and distance and risk In commer
cial intercourse , and increasing the world's
wealth In proportion as It has made Its
natural resources more available. It has
Useu a stupendous leap In civilization , a
wonderful evolution that has swept methods ,
customs , theories and Institutions before It.
The task of measuring the extent of this
changa the statistician has not yet ven
tured upon , while economists have not under
taken to determlne' hdw far the stability
or the application ( ofj orthodox economic
theories are affected ] by It. Statesmen fin it
that past maxims and' policies are Imper
fectly fitted tothif conditions which this
evolution has prod ccdy and legislation la
confronted with now problems for which
there are no precedents. ' As to the economic
aspects ot the indu trta'l revolution thera is
a great lack of knowledge , the want ot
which very great Iff interferes with a wise
solution ot the problcmk that are constantly
pressing for solution. Tha tendency has
been to wait for the iflew forces to work
out their economic * results in their own
way , but It Is manifestly desirable to know
mare at these forces ban we now do. There
should be an Intelligent public comprehen
sion ot tbe nature of past and current
changes and , of the new organizations and
relations of Industry -which events are form-
In * .
In a verjr broad itnio. remarks the New
York Commercial Bulletin In referring to
this matter , & mare- Important Inquiry was
never undertaken by a government. It Is
perhaps doubtful , says that journal , whether
congress really conceived the magnitude of
tha Investigation and the effect that Us
revelations are Ilkelr to have in the forma *
lion ot public opinion upon a. wIJa range
ot vital questions. To say nothing of It *
broader services' , thn Inquiry will throw much
needed light upon th prestnt unsettled
condition of our own Industrie * and nhontd
contribute toward * a better comprehension
ot the question as to equitable relations be
tween capital inH labor , Raj * the Dul-
lotln : "The prevailing Ignorance "P ° n l" °
questions ta be investigated has unques
tionably led to many radical mistakes In
enterprise , If not to excesses of Industrial
plant and to a range of prices ana wages
which cannot be maintained under the now
enormously augmented powers ot produc
tion. " The wonderful evolution that has
been going on for tha past forty or fifty
years Is still In progress. Every year brings
Into operation some new force ( or Increas
ing the powers of production. The In
genuity of man for adding to the appliances
which lessen the demand tor human labor
Is as active as it over -was , and the field
tor Us operation seems absolutely boundless.
In the light ofwhit has ben accomplished
almost anything seems possible. The prob
ability that the new Industrial conditions
will tend toward the creation ot new social
conditions' all Intelligent observers recog
nize , and therefore It Id mo-at desirable
and expedient that there should bo thorough
and accurate Information as to the- changes
already effected industrially and socially
through the operation of the productive
forces developed during the past half a
century. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
The New York Sun advises American gold
miners not to rush to the new gold fields In
South Africa , because they would have a very
poor chance In mines that arc worked mainly
by native blacks , which are under peculiar
laws not favorable to outsiders. It calls at
tention to the fact that outside ot America
the chief gold fields ot the world are In
Drlltsh territory , where mining claims can
not be freely taken up as they have been
and still are In our far western states. It
adds further that It would not be profitable
even for unemployed people In the cast to
go to the new gold fields of Colorado , much
ess to those of Australia and South Africa.
Wo may be sure that this advice will go or
naught , IIOWCVT , because the glitter ot gold
has always been alluring to wealth-seeking
mortals and probably will always be so. The
gold fever is one malady for which physi
cians have found no remedy. It breaks out
every now and then , becomes suddenly epi
demic , and slowly dies out by degrees. It Is
bound to reappear -whenever rumors of a new
Eldorado become rife. Gold mining Is un
questionably the occupation that on the
average gives the poorest return for the total
effort expended upon It ,
A committee of the Pennsylvania legisla
ture Is soon to commence an Investigation
Into the moral effects of the high license
law that has been In force In that state for
several years past. The Inquiry is to be di
rected toward discovering what changes have
taken place. If any , with reference to the
Increase or decrease of pauperism , crime
and Insanity arising from the use of liquor.
Wo cannot expect much from an Investiga
tion of this kind , because the statistics and
data with which It must deal are necessarily
Imperfect. People have gotten so accus
tomed by treason of the repeated cries of pro
hibition agitators to ascribing moral lapses
to Intemperance that changes duo to a high
license law will not show In the statistics of
vice and crime to their actual and full ex
tent. The subject , however. Is one of con
sldcrable Interest , and any developments of
value made public by the Pennsylvania leg
islative committee will be welcomed by all
concerned with devising the best methods
of liquor legislation.
We think It would have been much more
creditable to the railroads for whose protec
tion the militia of Indiana were called out
during- the recent strike' had they offered
to put up the necessary security for the ad
vance of $ U,000 required for the payment of
the troops , Instead of leaving It to Governor
Matthews to ralso the money alone and un
aided upon his own personal notes. The
railroads could have relied on being reim
bursed by tiio state legislature as well as
the governor.
Buzzard's Day might as well close up for
the season If It cannot offer assurances o
another visit from President Cleveland this
summer.
on to the Land.
Minneapolis Times. '
The United Stales Investor ndvlses hold
crs of western farm lands to hold on. Kx
ccllcnt advice , no doubt , and easily fol
lowed. A great many of the holders are
In the dilemma of the gentleman who had
such a tight grip on. the bear.
A AlOMback Coiivi'nlonco.
Hasten Globe.
Among the latest Inventions on the mar
ket Is "n burglar and ilrepioof coflln , '
which locks on the Inside and lias othei
patented arrangements for guarding ag-nlns
disturbance after death. donation liai
at least one advantage , that of making th <
occupation of the grave robber a tiopeles :
one.
A Seanon of DiiHliirxa Calm.
Philadelphia. Ledger.
The passage of Senator Murphy's reso
lutton by u majority of eleven may be re
ceived with general satisfaction , for na the
next session will contain the snmu memlura
as tha present one. It Is a strong Indtcn-
tlon that , despite any efforts which may be
made , there will be no further turlft legis
lation for some time to come.
niacnulny ami III * l'ro < llcUani.
GlobeDemocrat. .
Macaulay did not live to see 5OOD,000 new
voters created In ISnplaml , and sowas
spared the application to his native country
Of his theory that a great body of electors
must eventually destroy their government.
It must be confessed that there is a cloud In
the sky In Kiifl.-incl. Since the ballot win
conferred on nearly everybody the fox
hunters ore no- longer allowed to sweep
over Iho Holds without paying n round
Bum in damages to the farmers. This new
peril to the bulwarks of Britain should re
ceive attention.
fommnrrlul
New York Recorder.
The commercial traveler In England Is
llttlo different from his American brother ,
pursuing the same line of policy In "getting
there , " so far as securing * trade is con
cerned. Ills invariable rule , however. Is
that his 11 rat price given to a local mer
chant Is hla last and only one. There Is no
KOlngIn the morning wltti an offer and then
In the afternoon with an extra Inducement
to make the trade. This being the Invari
able rule , It s.ivca much labor and appre
hension In the mind of the buyer that be
has not done BOwell as he could have done
with more diplomacy.
Sectional Clmrurt rl tlo * In llulr.
Providence Journal ,
A glance- from the naileries at the heads
of congressmen reveolx certain geographi
cal laws In relation to hair , Tbe chin
lieard , the cheeks being shaven , Is charac
teristically southern , From the great
northwest cornea the- heard -without arid-
mustache. Most of the members , from tha
north and east -wear the mustache and no
other beard , though an occasional Yamlyka
cut Is seen. Long hair used to be the
fashion among1 uoutherncrs In congress ,
many of them having locks that fell upon
their shoulders. That style has almost. en
tirely gone out.
out.A
A Jilt ot SiirWum.
Courier-Journal.
The model Industrial town of Pullman
does not show up so well under the search
light of an Invi'atlKitlon as It doeti or did
In the pamphlets formerly printed In Its
praise by the Pullman company. The testi
mony that liaa been t'lvcu before the na
tional commission concerning the company's
methods of running the town IB , of course ,
only one Bide of the story , ana coed only
until the other side Is told. Uut it Is dark
enough , and If It turns out to Iw as true tut
it Is repulsive , tbe town of Pullman will
ba condemned by Americana as a bit of
serfdom thrust Into the midst of a land of
Utartjr *
Hl'.VVi.An HltUTX A T Tlllt 1'VLl'lT ,
Kansas City Start The Choir ot A Hall ! *
more church struck In the midst ot a servlc *
because tha pastor had tried to dictate to
them in to who should sing. The sympathy
of tin American public will go out to the
pastor who has bad the heroism to resist
a choir.
Kansas City Journal : A "holiness" moot *
Ingwhich has bran In progress for some
wrtks near Etcubenvllle , O , has caused
sioven women to leave Ihclr husbands because -
cause they would not units with Iho church.
The world can got ntotlg without a good deal
of that kind ot religion ,
Katisitn City Times ! Itcv. Ablnadab Shad-
rach Kllphalet Hunter Is tha populist nomi
nee for congress In the Kayctto county ,
Pennsylvania , district. If Hev. Mr. Hunter
eror gets to congress he will have to hang
that name on the hat rack to keep the
pages from getting It tangled with their
feet.
feet.Now
Now York Tribune : The pope Is old , nna
In no long time we mint hand the k ys over
to his successor. So that the decree mak
ing Independent and somewhat pontifical In
character the authority of Satolll In this
country may only last out the term of the
prvsMit Incumbent of tha papal chair , U Is
not likely to survive It , as ho Is a protege
of the present pope , who 1ms heaped upon
him powers and authorities thought here by
some to bo exorbitant and superfluous. A
new pope will bo likely to revoke his com-
mlwlon at once , and perhaps annul his lega
tion altogether.
Philadelphia Press : A clergyman of a
Polish Itomon Catholic church in Pnss.ilc ,
N. J. , has rented a store room In that town
and gone Into the me.it , provision and gro
cery buslRoss with the sign of the cross and
the name of the church over the door. This
priest announces that his object In opening
this grucefy and butcher shop under religious
auspices is ! o protcrt his congregation from
the wiles of American grocers and butchers ,
and , secondly , to Increase the revenue of
his church. As his
store sells goods nt a
smaller profit than others , and as his cus
tomers are all of ono nationality , the success
of the butcher shop and green grocery of the
Church of St. Michael the- Archangel , of
Passalc , Is pretty well assured , especially
when the members of ths church , who nro
all of the poorer and more Ignorant class ,
will no doubt discover a providential har
mony in being- able to get their meat , flour
and religion all from the same Institution.
As a. new phase of religious effort the result
of the plan Is worth watching.
New York Tribune : The. invasion of a
Newark church by a Texas steer arriving
In the middle of the. sermon and Introducing
an artificial rhetorical division therein , points
two or three morals , If not more. Among
them that the Sunday driving of cattle In
that municipality should cease , or that the
religious services there should bo held be
hind closed doors ; or else that there should
bo an Infusion of cowboys In the sub-dlacon-
ate. The Incurslva animal behaved quite
well on the whole , showing no disposition to
contest doctrinal points , and going out
quietly after a vestryman had given its toll
two or three quiet but dotermlned kinks
and turned Its head In the direction of the
door and Dread street and liberty even to
the Texas steer , most precious and Ineffable
of possessions. It left behind a trail of
tears and ecclesiastical confusion , but no
traces of deeper Injury and no permanent
modification of the interior architecture of
the church , or the ground plan and super
structure of any of Us deacons. The occa
sion might have been accompanied with in
cidents of tragedy , nnd Is sufficiently im
pressive to enforce n stricter guardianship
of Newark stock yards and a moro rigorous
observance of the Newark Sabbath.
VKOL'LE
Congress will adjourn on Tuesday. Now
give thanks.
A Mr. Sapp and a Mr. Gabby are running
for office In Kansas.
A star gazer announces there Is no wind
on Mars. Evidently the campaign Is over.
The plant of a fireproof construction com
pany In New Jersey was destroyed by fire
recently.
Mrs. Stryker Is a populist orator In Kansas
and Mr. Stryker manipulates a poor house In
Nebraska.
Congressman Tracey of New York shows
decided pugilistic tendency. Ho talks' ' loud
and slugs his desk.
It was purely an oversight on Mr. Thurs-
ton's part to omit hickory shirting from his
platform trimmings.
Governor Wal'o of Colorado Is now wrest
ling tvlth a treasury deficit , but his vocal
apparatus continues full and overflowing.
The officers , of Fort Omaha are to bo peti
tioned to suspend beating the tattoo for a
few months , and give the voters n chance.
Societies for the- suppression of handshak
ing are being formed In Kussia. Campaigns
are few and far between In Itussla , and poli
ticians are equally rare.
Senator Dlackburn denies having called
Senator Hill "a blackleg nnd a brute. " This
restores plantation manners and senatorial
courtesy to a peace footing ,
Among other ornamental features of the
new $5 silver certificate Is an angel with
wings. The Innovation is superfluous. The
people can make them fly If they get hold of
a sufficiency.
Anarchist Mowbray missed his calling.
ThD hinges oO his jaw work so smoothly and
persistently that ho would prove a great
ornament to the pugillatlo profession without
further training.
It Is reported that "a wave of inebriety" Is
rolling over Washington. In view of the
amount of water Ufcen by the 1ow r hoime
of conTeM recantlr , o tlrnul tinj ? reaction
WAS i necessary sco iel.
General Harrison has had his hair and
whiskers so closely cropped that hl Intimate
friends scarcely cecopnlio him. It Is under
stood that If this slnmln In the way ot his
recognition In 'DC he'll let 'em grow again.
The -100th anniversary of Hans Sachs , tha
"nhoemaker and poet. " will bo celebrated
wllh great pomp on the 6th of November nl
Nuremberg , hla native city. All the shoe
maker guilds In the largo German clllcs ,
with Ilcrlln at their head , will festively com *
incinerate the day.
The oOlcets of the Jersey company which
sought to work off some plugged blow-hole *
on the government are to bo prosecuted.
Mr. Carnegie's letter advocating llu > dcmo-
cnu'c tariff policy becomes luminous with
the paLstng months as a timely ami admirable
stroke of business diplomacy.
Congressman John Allen has given Don
Cameron a distinct shock. Ho walked up to
the senator suddenly In the republican cloak
room , grasped him effusively by the hand ,
anil exclaimed with enthusiasm : "Cameron ,
you're the Ideal candidate for president !
You ought to make a great run. U U Ilka
getting a charge of electricity to shake
hands with you , You are no magnetic , ro-
sponslvo , and spontaneous ! "
The yearly salary of Ida Lewis , the famous
keeper of the Lima Kock lighthouse , at th
south end of Newport harbor , Is J750 and two
tons of coal. She Is past CO now , her hair
slightly streaked with gray and her fac
somewhat rugged and wcnthcr-be-atcn , but
she Is still nlert anil strong. She begnti hw
wonue.-,1 record of life-saving with the
rescue of four small boys , whose boat cap
sized In the harbor before her.
.s.irrn vote /.7m ; .
OalvcBton News : Man takes lifter uoinan
naturally.
Chicago Tribune : "We have met th
enemy , " mild the lion , licking hla chops ,
"and be Is In our mldat , "
Puck : Client < niiRrllySay. > . thla bill ot
youra Is a downright robbery !
Great Crlmlnnl Lawyer ( who has T jn
client's case ) So was your crime.
Chicago Tribune : To remove the odor of
whisky from the breath and to impart &
} ilcy llnvor to un occiiHlonul fickle tequlre
the iinnunt consumption , according to
statistics , of 5,000 tons of cloves.
Washington Star ; "De trouble -wlf do
ladders ob nucccss In use now-er-tlays , "
said Uncle Kben , "am dat they nlu * atrotiK
enough in de J'lnts. When yoh Kits pooly
clus ter de top dey's U'ble ter break an'
< lrap ycr , "
lliiffalo Courier : Jllson says that slnco
the Introduction of shoemnklns innchlncry
the old-time disciples of St. Crispin have
had to come down a peg or two.
Indianapolis Journal : "I told you you
would never get iilong till you learned tlid
art of making n dollar go farther than you
usually do. "
"Ale ? .Make n dollar go further ? Why ,
I make them go so far now that none of
them ever get back. "
Philadelphia Times : A soldier In summer
crimp imikliiK love to a pretty girl sihoivs
the pleasantcr side of a cout t-martlal.
Atchlson Globe : This Is the season when
n. candidate rushes up to you and. "fixes"
you with a 5-cent cigar.
New Orleans Picayune : Dos days , says
nn exchange , are so called because they
fall about the time of the "heliacal rising
of the dog- star , " Slrlus OP Canlcula , the
latter word meanlni ; "little doff. " It 13
the heliacal hot weather they lining- thai
makes the dog- days uncomfortable.
PHOMI8R.
Wellington Stnr.
Autumn Jovs are smiling-
Not so far away ;
Boarding schools will bloom again
At no distant day.
All things have their seasons ;
So decree tlio fates.
We must plant another crop
Of swett girl graduates.
Philadelphia Inquirer.
'Twns nt a ball , In vain I tried
To feel less lllie a social martyr
When , lying on the Hoer , I spied
A thing of yellow Bilk a !
I put a dash there , for 'tis said
TO write it plainly out amiss is :
Yet England's motto may be read
Upon just aucli a thing as this la
I stooped , and hid U In my linnd ,
Anil woniler'd who might be the loser ;
She could not ask me for the band !
How such a qustlon would confuse her !
Returning with It to my place ,
-vvonder'd If my clieekawere flushing- ,
In turn I scanned each lovely face ,
Until I saw how you were blushing !
My own perception I had wronged ,
To think that I would not have known her.
To whom thin dainty band Uelonsed ;
No one but you could be the owner.
So thus I send It back to you ,
Around this bunch of blushing roses !
One found it whom you never know ;
Whose name no hint of inlne discloses.
I would not have you puesi 'twas I ,
For that mlKlit put constraint upon you ,
Perhaps you'll know me by nnd by ;
Perhaps you'll love me when I've won you.
I'll whisper that 'twas I who found
This clinging silken band of yellow ,
We're strangers , still I will be bound.
You , and no other , have Its fellow !
And now may my respect for you
Plead pardon for these ihymltiff fancies.
Tor never motto was more true
Than "Honl Bolt qul mal y pense" la
Gone to > S/een ,
Tuo renowned makers of hats have all gone
to sleep this year except John B. Stetson , and he's the
manthat put them to sleep for he made his "Stetson
Special , " and they oan't touch it for style , or any
thing1 also. It's a modest , elegant hat , and we're
sole agents. The few summer suits wo have are
going at half price this week.
Browning , King & Co , ,
Kcliablc Clothiers , S. W. Cor. 15th and Doiiglns.
