Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMATTA DAILY BEE : MONDAY , SEPTEMBER 17 , 1804 ,
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llnUcnnt > lit I'xponltlon Imll , September 11.
The democrats have apparently given up
trjlns to explain the result In Maine.
Kentucky will redeem herself by tiylng to
reform Congressman Urecklnrldgo at home.
Tills neck will tell us who Is to lead the
New York republicans in their march to
recapture the state government In November.
The next sensation from China will prob
ably recount the loss by some high official
ot an entire yellow suit and a whole set of
plumage.
Grand Army veterans are returning home
from the national encampment -\\Jth \ the
customary report that the last re m'on Is
always the greatest until next vear.
Miss Pollard got a second verdict
Congressman llrccklnrldgo. Her only diffi
culty now lies In the fact that both Tnan-
clally and morally he Is e\3cu'.ljn rroof
against all judgments.
It Is Incumbent upon Omaha that her
works ot public Improvement shall bo main
tained and extended the coming year as In
years past , The ways and means of doing
tl.la must bo devised by the city council.
1'crmlt u to remind the farmers of Ne
braska thpt this is the season when the
Ilusslan thistle spreads itself over unbidden
territory , A little watchfulness "at the
present time may save much worry and work
later.
The members of the Hoard of Health are
being kept so very busy In preserving their
own olllclal heads that their various projects
for Investing the taxpayer's ' money In orna-
inci.tal Institutions for the various defective
classes are sadly lacking in attention.
It the reorganized State Board of Health
will now abandon their efforts to enforce an
absurd medical code nnd pay some attention
to the questions affecting the health if the
jieoplo of the stale It will have an oppor
tunity to vindicate the lavby which it was
created.
Pugilist Ccrbett Is about to invade the sa
cred precincts of the Boston Ftago with his
theatrical combination. It will no doubt be
Imrd upon the people of Boston to worship
at the footlights of a foreign fistic artlrt
after having enjcyed the privilege of their
own actor-artist BO long , Tlio world moves ,
even In Dos ton.
It is not always safe to be of royal blood
even In these democratic days. We have an
Illustration of this In the case of do Span
ish general \vho issued a manifesto < hunting
heritage to the house of Prance , and got
himself two months under military arrest
for his folly. Hereafter he will be content
to enjoy his liberty ua a common citizen.
A recent estimate of stock now held by the
farmers and stock raisers ot Nebraska Is
the beat evidence that In the greater portion
tion of the state stock will bewintered as
heretofore , there being ample feed for the
purpose. High-priced corn will Insure high
prices for stock , so that many farmers In Ne
braska will bo able to discount the crop
( allure to a gratifyingextent. .
Efforts made by some of our prominent
merchants to secure the state fair were oc
casioned at this time by the announcement
that the state board would reach a decision
on or about September 18. It now trans
pires that the matter has been deferred un
til the regular January meeting of the board ,
The law specifically states that relocation
shall be voted at the regular January meet-
in C.
Tha atate fair management won't be able
to tell whether It has a. balance on the debit
or on the credit side of thin year's account
until the proper deductions for political
passes shall ha.vo been made. H all the
railroad ihoutera nho rode to Lincoln or
passes and had frea entrance to the fair hail
paid admission them would ba no doubl
as to the financial success of the undrtak <
Some of the cuckoo organs will doubt lesi
try to make political capital out ct ilio re
port that the German sugar manufacturer !
are complaining of the new American tarlC
Uw and. are demanding turihar protectivi
duties from their ov\n government. It li
to be noted , though , that Mia America :
Sugar trust Is not finding fault. Shirt , thi
sugar schedule was arranged expressly ti
please tba Sugar trust , the fact that it BUC
ceftdrd In this object at the expense ofiugai
consumers and manufacturers ii not a mat
ter for rejoicing.
17/E / ( VlttlKNCV QVKST10X ,
The Issue that mill probably engage the
attention ot ( he country ( or the next two
yeara more than any other will be that ot
the currency. It teems to be generally con
ceded by both of the great parties that tariff
agitation is to be stopped. That Is. there
Is to be no agitation for a general revision ot
the tariff by either party. In the Interview-
reported \vltli Mr. Wilson since his arrival
abroad , Ills promise Is that the present tariff
law Is not to be disturbed , from which It Is
to be assumed that the democratic leaders
do not Intend to push the supplemental bills
that were passed In the first session of the
present congress. They probably realize that
It will be Impossible to pass those measures
and that It is the part of wisdom , to let
them go. They may mal > c a little contest for
them as a matter of form , but the opposition
which they are sure to meet In the senate
will defeat them. It would seem , therefore ,
to be perfectly safe to assume that while the
so-called tariff reformers will doubtless con
tinue their efforts for a time in the second
nejslon of the present congress , they will
not carrj them to the extent of a persistent
fight.
In the matter of the currency , however ,
there Is to be expected a v Igorous contest to
change the present condition of things and
to Introduce a new order. The element in
the democratic party which demands , In ac
cordance with the last national platform , the
repeal of the 10 per cent tax on state bank
Issues has by no means abandoned Its posi
tion , notwithstanding the fact that It was
unable at the first session to obtain a recog
nition o ( Its proposition. There Is every
reason to expect that It will renew more
agsresslvely than before Its effort to secure
the repeal of the bank tax , and there Is a
possibility , at lea&t , that it will nnd more
support for this proposition than It did at
the first session , though the chances ot Us
adoption may not bo greatly improved. In
the event of the next house ot representa
tives being republican , which seems almost
assured , there will be a fight In the senate
against allow Ing state bunks to Issue currency ,
which will undoubtedly defeat It , but when
that Is accomplished the question of what
shall be done for the future of the currency
will still remain to be decided , and It Is a
question of the utmost Importance.
The present congress has shown Its entire
Incapaclt ) to deal with this question and
nothing of a practical nature is to be ex
pected from It. If the policy , as thus far
outlined , could be carried Into effect , we
should have a restoration of the old system of
state bink currency , with all the evils lu
cid * tit to that system. This Is opposed by
the conservative financial sentiment of the
countty. There la a consensus of financial
opinion that there ts a demand for a moro
elastic currency than Is supplied by the exist
ing national bank system , and a number of
the best financial men In the country agree
in the v lew that a state bank currency under
proper regulations would meet the reaulre-
ments , but the difficulty Is to provide the
proper regulations This has been the rock
upon which every measure providing for state
bank Issues has split.
The currency question promises to occupy
a large part of the attention o ( the present
congress at the second session , and It will
certainly ba the leading subject of publlo at
tention during the next two years The ne
cessity for a reform In the currency system
of the country U generally recognized , but
a wise and Judicious policy ot reform Is yet
to be suggested. Numerous measures have
been Introduced in the present congress lookIng -
Ing to changes , but none of them has been
of a nature to commend themselves to public
approval. Within the next ten jcars the
national banks will have no national bonds
with which to secure their circulation. A
system of bank currency Is conceded to be
absolutely necessary. What shall bs done to
provide such a currency that will be abso
lutely safe Is the problem that awaits solu
tion.
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It has been known for some time that the
United States mints were at work coining
treasury bullion into standard silver dollars ,
but the publ c has up to this time been left In
doubt as tu the exact policy if the adminis
tration with respect to this silver coinage.
The attitude of tbe treasury upon this point
lias , therefore , been made the subject of a
letter written by Secretary Carlisle and ad
dressed to Congresmau Heard of Missouri
under date of September 10. In which an ex
planation Is attempted cf the recent treasury
operations Trom this letter it appears that
sliver Is being coined under provisions of the
act of July II. 1S90 , commonly known as the
Sherman law , at New Orleans , Philadelphia
and San Francisco. During the month of
July | I30,000 were coined , and during the
month ( f August $72S,000 , About the same
amount will be coined during the present
month , September , and thereafter such
amount as the secretary may consider advis
able under the circumstances.
The third section of the act of July 14 ,
1890 , provided that the secretary of the treas
ury should coin each month Into standard dollars
lars 2,000,000 ounces ct the silver bullion
purchased under the provisions of that act
until the 1st da > of July , 1891 , and thereafter
he should coin of the silver bullion purchased
under the prov'slcns of the act as much as
might be necessary to provide for the redemp
tion of tli , treasury nttes Issued In payment
for the bullion , and that any gain or seign
iorage arising ( r m such coinage should be
accounted for and paid Into the treasury.
The purchasing clause of the Sherman law
was repealed by congress at the extra session
a year ago , but the remainder of the statute
was left In f rce unchanged , The coinage
now going on Is done under the authority
confeircd by the section of the law just re
ferred to , and the seigniorage derived from
It is paid Int the public treasury and used
for the ordinary purposes of the government ,
while the teinalndcr cf tbo coins are held In
the treasury In order to provide for the re
demption of the treaiury not s Issued In pay
ment for the bull'on.
The process in operation ts the gradual
substitution of silver dallars for the outstand
ing treasury notes and the a Inage of the re
sulting seigniorage as pioflt to tbe govern
ment. Secretary Carlisle glvej the further
Information that during the last eleven
months , 3,970,7-7 standard silver dollars
coined from the bullion purchased under the
act of 1S90 have been paid out In redemp
tion of treasury notes , nnd the nctcs so re
deemed have been retired and cancelled. We
do not know -exactly what prlca silver bul
lion was purchased by those particular treas
ury notes , but , striking an average , U Is
fair to say that the seigniorage- amounts to
nearly a third of their faca value , or not less
than 11,200,000. Iy this amount the circula
tion will have been actually Increased when
silver enough shall have been coined to re
place the cancelled notes and pay over the
profits on the seigniorage in addition. Should
the process continue Indefinitely , all the
treasury notes Issued under the act ot 1890
will ba called in and silver ( substituted for
them , and the whole selgnl rage , amount
ing lo tome $50.000,000 , will be coined and
added to tbe circulation ot tha country. Tha
continuance ot the process , however , must
depend upon the willingness of tbe note-
holders lo accept silver for their notes , since
Secretary Carlisle has more than ones an
nounced it ae his policy to redeem treasury
notes with coin of the particular metat that
the holder may demand. It remains to be
seen whether all the outstanding notes will
In time be presented ( or redemption on this
basis.
0K.IO PHOJIXT.
On next Tuesday It Is proposed to Issue
new shares In the I'anama Canal company.
According to dispatches from Paris the esti
mated cost o ( completing this canal la $190-
OOO.GOO , which Is about double what De I-.es-
BEps thought would be necessary , according
to his last estimate , There is no reason to
put any more confidence in this later esti
mate than there vvas to believe the earlier
figures , nnd the chances are that the later
demand , great as It Is , will bo wasted just
ns the earlier subscript Ions were ; but the
faltb of the Trench people In the ultimate
success of this project , despite the unfortu
nate experience they have had , appears to be-
Inexhaustible. The experience of the years
during which the deluded Investors of France
were pouring money Into this project all
goes to show that It is not possible to calcu
late accurately the cost of construction work
dona under such conditions as those which
exist In the Isthmus of I'anama. The whole
history of this undertaking shows that It Is
practically an Impossible task , and yet with
everything before them In evidence ot this
the Trench people seem Mill disposed to risk
their money In the enterprise. According to
the reports two-thirds ot the money called
for has been subscribed , and there seems to
be no doubt that the wbclc bum will be
taken.
As an evidence of the thrift cf the French
people such a showing Is certainly Interesting
and instructive , but what shall bo said ot
their judgment , after the experience they
have had ? It seems like utter recklessness
for a people to continue to put their money
Into an undertaking which has already swal
lowed up millions without giving any assur
ance of ultimate success. lut this Is char
acteristic of the Trench people , and even
after the subscription now called for shall
have been expended without the results hoped
for , which It ts safe to predict -will bo the
case , more money will be forthcoming on de
mand A corresponding Interest In the Nic
aragua canal on the part of the American
; eoplc would long ago have assured the com
pletion of that enterprise.
AM ) .t MU'K Tlt.U'l\ ,
The primary object of county fairs was to
afford farmers easy means for comparison
of methods and results in agriculture. The
blue ribbon that attached to a prize
pumpkin or n giant stalk of corn vvas a
source of pride to the honest farmer nnd nn
incentive to his less favored brethren to
adopt his methods and endeavor to emulate
his success. The stock show was much
the same , the underlying principle being
Identical , and whether the prize was given
for a pig , a pumpkin or a patchwork quilt
the end of the county fair was to reward
abnormal productions that the general stand
ard might be raised through competition for
a premium.
Omaha will nolongar be satisfied with a.
"pumpkin show" and a horse trot on a half-
mile track will not draw unless there Is a
greater attraction than the Interest attach
ing to the performances of unknown , and ,
In many instances , untried native horses.
State Trotting and Pacing florae
BreedPrs association Is deserving of all
ciedlt and encouragement In Its efforts at
building up a gieat Industry. Nebraska
horses have carried Nebraska's name high
up In the list. A stat * that can point to
an Allx and an Online need not be abashed
In any company when fast horses are men
tioned. It Is a pity that Omaha has not ,
and In all human probability will not , see
either of these great performers In their
pioud maturity. If there was a track hert
on which contests could be held under con
ditions that would attract horsemen Omaha's
people would have the pleasure once a year
of seeing the best horses In the country.
It Is no longer a question The success of
the race meeting managed by an Omaha
breeder last spring on the track across the
river attested the Interest felt here.
Nebraska Is gaining fame ns a breeding
state Our breeders have the blood and
are developing colts whose racing qualifica
tions are established beyond doubt. The
state breeders meeting can be made a
fixture for Omaha , but It Involves the pro
viding of facilities adequate. There Is no
apparent reason why Omaha should not have
such a meeting as has St. Joseph , whore
35,000 people gathered to watch the races
onu day last week , or a running meeting
equal to Kansas City's , where the interest
continued unabated during a session of thirty
days , under the auspices of the Kansas
City Jockey club. It Involves merely the
construction of a mile track , with tha neces
sary accommodations. Omaha could easily
avail herself of the experience' of Terre
Haute , Foct Wayne , Indianapolis and other
cities , whore the science ot track building :
has been brought to perfection , and con
struct a track whose qualities will bring the
horsemen of America to the city.
The day of the pumpkin show and horse trol
has passed in Omaha. It Is a mile track erne
no track now ; a show that will Interest city
people as well as country folks , or no show.
Omaha taxpayers already grumble at the
support given from county funds to the
"Agricultural society. " Their protest Iswel
founded. What Is needed Is that some o
the wealthy Omaha gentlemen , whoso racing
stables are gaining fame on eastern tracks
shall take hold of this matter In earn" *
and , with the co-operation of others , secure
to the city a place where horses may
exhibit their speed , merchants and manu
facturers may show their wares , and farmers
and breeders their products and stock , and
The Bee will assures in advance the success
ot the enterprise.
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The treasury order taking away from the
banks outside ot New York City the prlvi
Itge which they have hitherto enjoyed o
having money sent to them In small bills
frcm the EiibtrtaEury In that city ind a
nominal rates secured under the governmen
contract , referred to in these columns a few
days ago , has called attention anew to th
Inadeuaqte facilities for the sate and rapli
transportation of money In this country. Th
rovernment contract , of which mention ba
been made , ts a contract with one of the
express companies cnabllng-the. treasury otn
olals to ship money from place to place a
the rate ot 15 cents per f 1,000. To banks and
private individuals the charge Is general ) :
at the rate of 75 cents per $1.000 for th
earns service. Notwithstanding these ob
vlously high rates charged by the expres
companies , it Is the general custom wit !
banks and other parties having large sum
of money to transmit to insist upon having
it sent by expreur.
There are several other ways In which
money may be tent from place to place , tha
government-MaeK , through the postal Bcrvlcc ,
nffordlnfr two or three. All ot these are
cheaper Iliaijlthe express service , yet they
iave been unable , for certain reasons , to com
pete sticceJuCully with the latter , except ( or
comparatively small sums. Money .can , of
course , bi"mntllcd an ordinary merchandise ,
tut few t > Jbf > l % would care to take the risk
of such a.-pr cdurt' . The package might be
nstired Inyiiullate delivery by afnxlngnn
mmedlato lilftvery stamp , by which a rec
ord of It would be made and A receipt re
quired from the person to whom It Is ad
dressed , T oj ( package mlgiit be Kent ot even
esa cxpcnsei by registered mall , Involving
still greater care and offering the advantage
of a written acknowledgment ot delivery bo
ng returned to the sender. But banks will
not transmit money in this way because It
s not FO safe as by express , and there Is
iractlcally no redress It the package should
lost.
An express company Is responsible for
coeds consigned to Us care from the mo
ment U comes into Its possession until It
reaches the conslcnec. Trout the postofflce
department , on the other hand , the chief
satisfaction to be had In case of a miscar
riage of the malls Is a promise to Investi
gate the matter and a report upon the cause
ot the trouble. The shipper , it he desires ,
ian , we are informed , Insure money sent by
mall by taking out an Insurance policy with
an Insurance company that makes a specialty
of such business. Adding the cost of a policy
of this kind to the postage and registry fee
ieavea the expense sof transporting : paper
money by mall considerably less than that
of transporting It by express. Yet this method
finds little favor with the banks , because It
involves more trouble In the first Instance ,
and , In the event of loss , there Is a further
bother in making the requisite proof. There
may be additional elements ot prejudice
against the p'ostomce and of conservatism
In clinging to ancient usages , but the facts
remain unaltered.
Unquestionably the government Itself ought
to furnish facilities for the safe and cheap
transportlon of money. U ought to do so
not simply to take nway from the express
companies a lucrative portion of their busi
ness , but for reasons of public policy It
Is highly desirable and often of the utmost
Importance that large sums of money should
flow freely from one part of the country to
another. Adequate facilities for the trans
portation of money are needed to Injure , a
natural and unimpeded circulation. The
monetary condition of the country can only
be equalized throughout the different sec
tions by encouraging the movement. The
saving of expense Is alrso nn Item not to be
overlooked. The government can , if it will
assume the same responsibility for money
transmitted by registered mail that the ex
press companies assume , and It certainly
ought to do seA
A long : course of litigation was tjound to
follow the enactment ot new liquor legisla
tion in Iowa. The mulct law has found Its
way Into the , couj-ts and has run the gaunt
let of the first Judicial decision successfully.
It Is but to 'be expected that It will be de
clared IllegaJ or't ' unconstitutional by other
Inferior courts/ / ' and that its actual status
will only bo' considered settled bejond dis
pute when l | shall have been passed upon
by the highest appellate court In the state.
Registrars' a pqlntments are not going
a-begging thin ij'enr. There seems to bo a
grand rush tcF take tlio oath of office on
the part of tViisp , who have been fortunate'
enough to bq designated for the positions
for fear apparently that 'some one else
might attempt to crowd them out of their
places. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
The Brecklnridgo campaign was conducted
singularly free from personal encounters be
tween the partisans on either side. Ken
tucky feuds , however , are notoriously long
continued. There may jet be several casaa
of bloodshed traceable to the bitter feelings
engendered In this contest.
Chicago Cnvli-i .New Vork ,
Clilcifio llecord.
Chicago needs a Lexovv Investigating com
mittee of her own. And It needn't be any
smaller than New York's committee , either.
A Conflict of NtiitiMiients.
SprlnsllcM nepubllcnn
We are told by Senator Mamlerson of Ne
braska and others that the new beet supar
industry lias been killed In this country by
tlio abolition of the bounty. But n dispatch
conies from Portland , Ore , saying that a
company with a. capital of 51,000,000 Is
formed there to build beet sugar factories
In the vicinity.
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nil urn mil It fuel ?
Philadelphia Inquirer
Judge Woods In hearinpr the argument In
Chicago In the Debs contempt case said
that street car traffic Is a part of Interstate
commerce , because street cars carry from
station to station people enroute from one
stnte to another. LoRlcallj , therefore , a
cab , an omnibus or a hotel elevator Is nlso
a part of Intei state commerce , nnd the line
could be drawn out imiellnltely so as to In
clude all departments of trade and business ,
The ( luirniH uf tlio Miir-Kjcil. *
Chicago Ilcrnld
Without the nld of another unarmed Ken-
tucklan and without firing a shot Henry
Wattcrson Bvvept down on the Grand Army
of the Republic assembled lit Plttsburp and
captured ! thes entire organization , body ,
boots and basKnse. Military history affords
no Instance of u similar exploit by a single
Individual. Mr. Watterson simply made
one of his characteristic speeches , and the
legions which had faced the lire of rebel
Latteries without flinching surrendered to
the charm of his oratory. When the vote
vvas taken to decide -where the next encamp
ment of the Grand Army should be held ,
not one ballot was ) rendered against Louis
ville It vvas a famous victory ami the Kcn-
tucklans will be prouder of Mr. Watterson
than ever before.
No Monopoly on XV liter.
Colura ( C-iU Hun.
"Favorable to IrrlKntion" la the heading
of u press dispatch in a metropolitan paper
In which It Is btat , Ml that a mass meeting
of Inndow tiers. . held at Long Pine , Neb ,
had voted in favor , of accepting- proposi
tion of a corporation to construct u. canal
through three 'fclnlntles ' , the counties to
glvo a subsidy ! -of i $350,000 and goal an tee
certain sales ofy water. It Is so strange
that people will ftp Ik deliberately Into a
slavery they mustuknow will be galling.
These landowner ? . , thes& three counties.
have creillt ( which ,1s capital ) gulllclent to
build n. cnnnl itild own it , but they must
needs brlnjr Into ithe business u great cor-
porutlon that wjll Inevitably charge "all
the tratllo vvillcajr | ) , " Then , when vested
rlehts havp Rtwvn. up , when men and
uomen have inyesreil their savings their
stored labor In the1 Htock of the corporation ,
thes > e same people'to anxious to put their
necks In the ydltoJuill iulss > a preat hue
nnd cry aBnlmtithe oppression to which
they are Hubjected. The Sun has been
telling people for the last thltty nnct oild
years to keep their- necks out of such yokes ,
nnd the time tp.ok.fep them out Is before
they get In. The SUB has be&Re < l the people
everywhere not to ; .Allow the monopoly of
water , but when they do , when they lien for
a King Stork , th'1 Sun will never turn
communistic enough to advocate the de
struction of vested rights. Don't allow the
rU/hts to become vested !
VOT.I TIC i r .t-o n-tJ vnnt.
Porter of Merrlck tins been nominated for
the leglslnluie ( or a third term by the p p-
ullsls.
Charles Kief , the Grand Island globe trot-
tcv , who onto represented Halt county In the
legislature , has bccn < noinlnited ( or the lower
house by the populists. He stands squarely
on the Omaha platform.
The political pot Is boiling In Dodge county
n little harder than In any other portion of
Nebraska at the present tlme > . There- are
still several other counties to hear from be
fore the end ct the camptign.
The attempt nt fusion In the Eleventh sen
atorial district was a fillurc. and when the
democrats offered the nomination to Sen
ator Halo that far-seeing gentleman had the
lolltlcal perspicuity tu dec 11 no the empty
hono.1.
The i-epubtlcans of frontier nnd Oospcr
counties have nominated n Methodist min
ister for the legislature , and Phelps county
has followed suit with a Christian preacher
on the republican ticket. Several other
clergymen are running tor office on the pop
ulist ticket In various parts cf the state , but
there are still plenty of preachers to fill the
pulpits ft nil preach the gospel without any
politic ! ! thrown in.
IMplllton Times : The latest scheme of
the railroads Is to have the democrats : iom-
Inato John McShanc for governor. Of course
they do not expect to elect John , but they
do expect he will draw enough democratic
votes from Itolcotub to insure the election ot
Tom Majors , the railroad candidate. Those
democrats who are in earnest In their oppo-
sltl n to railroad control In state affairs will
not bo led into such a railroad trap.
Platte Center Signal : Majors may make
some republicans think he don't care for the
support of The Dee and would rather have
the supcrt of the B. & M. railroad , but It Is
pafo to say that the misdeeds ot the past
are neither difficult f.r him to flnd nor pleas
ant for him to remember , but he will bear
the much deserved rebukes , reproaches nnd
reminiscences with patience until after elec
tion. and If he Is defeated the people can
thank Hosewater for it.
Silver Creek Times : Some of the brass-
collared crew think they can help Majors by
abusing Hosewnter. But It he tells such
fearful lies about Majors , why don't they at
tempt to refute seme of his charges ? The
fact ef the matter Is that Hosevvaler has no
monopoly ot that sort of Information. The
things ho charges against Majors are known
of all men Some of Majors' old neighbors
now living In this vicinity , who have knivvn
him for twenty years , free ! } admit that he
Is a railroad man through nnd through.
Howclls Journal It Is enough to make the
man In the moon smile to read the repub
lican platform regarding mlxlmum freight
rates and then consider what Majors wculd
d\j if such a bill pissed the legislature.
Majors spent seventy -five hours trying to
deleat the Newbrry bill fcur jcars ago and
assisted to steal a state senator besides for
the same reasons. Majors , as governor ,
could and would veto any b II that wucld In
any way go toward making the railroads
of the state charge a reasonable rate -for
carrying freight.
Grand Island Independent : The republi
can party Is In danger of being ruined by the
railroad companies , which , by the packing of
caucuses , primaries , county and state con
ventions , by the bribing of delegates nnd
newspapers , and by the unduly Influencing
of ofllcera and legislators have made th m-
se'ves the ruling power In the state of Ne
braska , threatening the independence of our
state government and ths liberty of our pee
ple. They have worke.il their tools Into
nearly all cfflces , and. dissatisfied with our
Independent Governor Crounse , they now pro
pose to put Into the gubernatorial chair Tom
Majors , who is not only a notorious character
through his comuctlon with several bad
political swindles , but most dangerous as an
obedient servant of the railroad companies.
If ho , were elected governor , our legislature
would be powerless to assist the people In
their attempt to free themselves from the
railroad yoke , as the governor's veto always
would be ready to destroy every bill passed
by the legislature to that effect. And If tlie
republican party would be the cause of such
a disaster , it would be Its ruin. The party's
unpardonable sin in our state affairs might
also hurt Its Influence. In national affairs ,
though thi republican principles on national
finances , our tariff matters , on the protection
of our Industilal and agricultural interests
are the only coriect and sound ones It
the republican party were found wanting
and false , by refusing to fight for the people's
rights ag-alnst railroad corporations and rail
road oppression , the party would b > under the
suspicion of being false nnd unreliable In
everything Therefore It Is the duty of
every good and liberal republican to resist
with all his power the shameful attempt at
making our subjictlon to railroad sovereignty
complete by the election of Majors. No
sensible man , who has a due estimate of his
honor , of his Independence and the people's
liberty will acknowledge the duty to ob'y
the dictates of blindfolded , hired or bribed
bosses. Higher than the duty to party
rule Is the duty to the true interests of the
party and to our country's rights and feedom.
We must save our country and we must save
our party by not obeying the dictates of a
partly deluded and partly corrupted conven
tion. The independent republicans must re
pudiate Tom Majors and vote for the best
man who ts or will be nominated , and who
has any chance of being elected. The candi
dates will all soon be before the people.
JAllS OF TJIKil
Truth He The best thing lo seal n pro
posal is a kiss , is It not ?
She-No. The best thing to seal a pro
posal is a witness.
Philadelphia Record : There Is no lack of
good form nt Atlnntlc Cit > , especially durIng -
. Ing bathing hours.
Chicago Post : "I'm looking for n real
salacious story , " he said , when a friend
found him scotching a bookstall
"Can't vou get appointed refeiee In a. New
York divorce suit ? "
Detiolt Free Press : Cholllp Would that
I were the glove on this fair hand.
Mlsa Man seasons Not .it nil a bad klcn
You are only a. kid , jou know.
Boston Transcript : "Put what Is this new
story like ? ' "Like ? Never vvas un > thing
like It. That's the reason It la so UtllKht-
fully absurd , don't you know. There isn't
a natural character or a pro bible -situation
! In It. Oh , you must read it. "
I Philadelphia. Ledger : Judge Whaley of
Madison. Tejc. , declined to hold a small boy
who had been arrested for fating a dinner
that had been sent to n schoolmate. No
doubt the judge thought of the safe old
axiom : It's a wise child that knows lia
own fodder.
j Truth : Mrs Youiigma And so my dar
ling got the prize at the baby show ? C
knew hf would. It couldn't have been other
wise. Old Bachelor ( one of the judges )
Yes madam , we all agreed that jour luuy
was the least objectionable ot the lot.
Chicago Post ; "Gentlemen , " said the
congressman , ns some of his constituents
gathered around him , "I hope > ou feel that
you can trust me in congress for another
term. "
"The great trouble , " returned one of
them drjly , "Is that your tariff vote seems
to Indicate that you vveic 'trusted * at the
last .session , "
Indianapolis Journal : "I understand that
you have taken up with spiritualism ? " af
fably remarked the manager ; "I thought
you had more sense " "I did so , sir , " re
sponded the tragedian , "In the hope of
occasionally seeing the ghost walk , "
NPVV York Sun : "I wont to get a bullet
proof coat. " he Bald to a tailor
"We don't make them , sir , " was the
reply.
"I'm very sorry. Do you know where-
could bo supplied. I'm to make a few
political speeches In West Virginia "
Detroit Tree 1'reaB
In college days ho used to lie
On Hliacly banks of liiookg ,
Which babbled soft accompaniments
To what he read In books.
Now he has laid his ntudlcH by ,
To seek the leiral dime ,
And , quite forgetting other daja ,
lie lies most all the time.
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest TJ.S.Gov't Report
&B&0E.UTEE.Y POKE
AX1)
The \Vnihlnglon verdict U confirmed IB
Krntuckj- .
Maine believes In n full vote and a prolonged -
longed count
Tlio star-cjcd goddess of reform may
safely \enturc Into tlic Ashland district of
Kentucky.
Now that Mr. ERan has spoken , It Is
Imr-lly worth while for New Yorkers to ROle
lo delay the drmottatlc funeral until Not cm *
her.
her.Hev.
Hev. Dr. Lansing of Boston declares that
Tor social vlce > the Hub U the worst city In
the union. New York may jcl be vindi
cated.
Dr. TalmftRtswas worked by pickpockets
for ? GO In Melbourne , Australia. The Incident
promlson to lend variety to boiler plate ser-
rnona.
"Give mo the distribution of the passes , "
exclaimed Prof. Gllbschln to the patriots of
Saddle Creek , "and I care not who makes
the platform "
The bronze cnueetrlan statue of dcncm !
Georso II. McClellan at Philadelphia will bo
unveiled October 21 , and General William D.
I-ranUlln will deliver the oration ,
Five men undertook to hold up n rural
editor In Now York. In their haste to reach
the next county they nearly lost their breath ,
and the editor scored an exclusive.
Grand Chief Sargent of the Order of Loco
motive Fireman says that the Into "sympathy
strike" Indicted n blow upon organized labor
from which It will not recover In ten scars.
With Mr. Morton and Mr. Dower the leadIng -
Ing candidates for governor of New York ,
all danger of machine friction till I be averted.
Doth posses * a sufficiency of political motive
poer. \ . _
lied wine , cucumbers and maraschino ts a
combination knoiwi as "cucumber punch , "
which Cmpcror William of Germany has Intro
duced to his friends. He In bound to elevate
the nobility.
The fell cf a ball of fire In the vicinity ot
Chicago Sunday can hardly be regarded as 11
meteorological phenomenon The sons ot
Maine In that section \vere a. trifle premature
with their fireworks.
The attention of Mr. Corbett ts Invited to
the expanding prowess of L. Denis Hlchards ,
the bounding giant of the I'latto valley.
Denis Is n holy terror when aroused , and
thinks nothing of Maupln the earth before
breakfast. Gentleman Jim had belter look
to his laurels.
George 0. Haven who Is spoken of as the
possible Tammany candidate for major of
New York , la close friend of William C.
Whitney. He IB also secretary of the New-
York City & Northern Hallway company , a
prominent club man and the possessor of n
"bar'l" of money.
Hamey Langtry , the democratic candidate
for secretary of state In Kansas , la the
owner of a ranch of 1.1,000 acres In Chase
county The tract stretches a length of thir
teen miles on either side of Fov. cretk , which
flows the year round and furnishes nn abun
dance of water for 3,000 cattle , which feed In
the pastures. On his ranch Mr Langtry has
a park. In which he la collecting deer , antelope -
lope , oik and buffalo.
Till. COHMtll
Philadelphia ledger Why should not the
country now enter upon a tiew era ot pros
perity ? The question of the currency has
been definitely , unchangeably determined In
favor of a soundsafehonest one : our Industries
have a known settled basis to build upon ;
manufacturers know precisely the conditions
under which thej are to operate. American
enterprise , thrift , energy , courage will read
ily adapt themselves to the new economic
status , and If there Is In sight no expansive
business boom , there are the most satis
factory Indications of reviving prosperity , of
that real , steadfast prosperity which is bet
tor than any spasmodic boom.
Providence Journal : Those lugubrious men
and women who are all the time Insisting
that the masses of the people in this country
are Juat on the tcrge of bankruptcy and
starvation and Incidentally pointing out that
the only hope of relief is In the application
ot their particular panacea will not take
muoh pleasure. It Is to be feared , In studying
the bulletin which the census bureau has
Juat put out In relation to. farm and house
owners and mortgage Indebtedness. Tor. it
appears from these figures that nearly half
16 per cent , to bo exact ot our population
own their farms or houses ; and that nearly
three-quarters 72 per cent of those owning
such properties own them free of all In-
cumbrance. That can hardly be taken to
mean that the general condition ot our people
ple Is particularly bad.
Philadelphia Inquirer There Is no mistak
ing the fact that the corner has been turned.
In three weeks the bank loans at New York ,
Philadelphia and Boston have expanded
$7,392,000 , railroad earnings In August show
an Increase of 1 4 per cent over last year ,
the first increase reported In twelve months ;
the tonnage ot staple articles. Increased 12
per cent In that month , and sales of general
merchandise are larger. The Increased ac
tivity Is felt In all sections , but most es
pecially In the south , where the largo cotton
crop , grown at a lower cost than any cotton
crop ever before raised , has stimulated trade
in every department. In the west , the low
price of wheat , the certainty that the for
eign demand will be small and the prospect
that the corn crop may not exceed 1,300,000-
000 bushels , as against 2,100,000,000 bushels
expected txvo months ago , all operate to
restrain buyers and keep the trade dull. But ,
nevertheless , the relief experienced through
the settlement ot the tariff question has
stimulated purchases and the distribution of
goods has been larger In the past two weeks
than In any two weeks ot the present > ear.
< io I'r.nMiK o n XRiwni r ,
I'nnclurltiK the Hlimholrd Argument ! of
the < 'orpir lloii .
Sun Krancleco Examiner To relieve the
Pacific coast troin the domination of Mr
lluntlnglon would Involve nn Investment by
the United StnUs of about 160,000,000 , In
nddltlon lo the sacrifice ot so much ot the
present indebtedness ot the subsidized roads .
to tlio government ns could not be recovered !
from their stockholder * . It would Mso In- .
\olvo the continued cmplojmcnl of from --Ji
1,500 to 3.GOO men , nnd the olllcinli in charge
mlfiht have to handle from $5.000,000 to $10.-
000,000 n jenr. This does not appear like a
very overpowering undertaking lor a ROV-
crnmtnt which s | > ent $4,000,000,000 nt one
time In lighting , and which now cmplos
200.000 men In Its ordinary business at a
cost ot $500,0.00,000 , n year. It would scent ns
it Mich a government might undertake the
management of the Central and L'nlon Pa-
clllo railroads without utterly collapsing un
der th 10,1(1. (
ItecoRiilzIng this obvious tact , Mr Huntington -
ton and his political and journalistic friends
prefer to broaden the controversy When
It Is suRKcsted thnt the Unltnl tSatos might
prontnbly take possession ot the. Central nnd
Union Pacific , they beg us to consider vvlmt
a tremendous undertaking itvould "bo to
operate all the railroads In the Dulled Stntrs.
A question of investing $60,000,000 , and em
ploying perhaps 3,000 men they cxpind Into
one of Investing fit,000,000,00(1 ( nnd employ
ing 1,000,000 , men
Kvcu here they exaggerate. They asiunio
that the railroads of the United States nro
worth the par value of all the Mock and
bonds outstanding against them , Ignoring
the fact thnt many of these hctnrltlea nro
worth nothing at all , and thnt very few
would bring an > thlng like their face In Hie
market , . On Juno SO.lSii.1 ! , the total nominal
value ot all the Block of all American rail
roads was $4 , 8,93.1,418. The entire funded
debt , including such purely speculative ? c <
curltles as income bunds , amounted to
$5,225.fi $ ! > ,821 , and Urn other obligations ot
all descriptions to $ (11,610,171. Thus the en
tire sum of the capital nominally Invested In
or bpciued by railroads In Iho United States
was $10.506,235,410 Hut 01 21 pT cent of
the slock nnd 10 93 per cent of the bonds
paid no returns , and. therefore , had llttlo
or no real value , vvlilloIff per cent of the
stock and C 55 per cent of the bonds paid
only 1 to 3 per cent a year.
Mr. lluntlngton's advocates assume that
In order to get possession of the railroads
of the United States It would be necessary
for the government to buy all the stock and
nil the bonds at inoro than their face value.
As a matter ot fact , all It would hnve to dii
would be to buy a majority ot the stock
alone at its market price. Atchlson stock Is
quoted at 7 % Hrle nt 1DH Northern Pacific
at B % , Oregon Short Line and Utah North
ern at 7 , Heading at 21. Ulo Grande "vVesteni
at 10 , Texas Pacific nt 10U , Wnbish , St.
Louis . Pacific at T'J. and Minneapolis ft
St Louis at 3 Instead ot having to pay
$11 000 000,000 , It Is i > are to say that the gov
ernment could etslly secure a controlling
Interest In all the roids In the Untied States ,
Including those It docs not need nnd would
never buy , for J 1,000,000,000
Hut this Is looking too far nhead. Tha
subject of Immediate Interest ts a mucb
snnllor one. It Is Mr Huntlngton.
Destruction by 1 nrr t I Irix.
GlobeDemocrat. .
Forest fires nre a ftir gienter evil In this
rotmliy than Is generally known. In the
Inst census vear 2 'K.l fires of this kind woio
icrorded , of which 1-i'iQ ' were started bv
Cersoni clearing land , C.S b > hunters , f 3
y locomotives. 101 by camp flies or pipes
and 202 by Incemllnilcs. That the losn of
life nnd property liy forest Ilu-s is largelyl \
unnecessary Is proved liy the comj'iarntlvo tj
Immunity from them In Canada ami Maine ,
where the laws are stringent nnd thein nil
who hels n forest lire la treated a a public
enemy. Canada maintains a 11 ro patiol and
lire wardens who aio authorized to call for
assistance. States that suffer from these
dreadful fltcs should make a sillily of the
Canadian forest laws , the success of vvlllcU
has been demons tinted.
Ilnrper'H Itnznr.
It was a stalwart fisherman , who bought a
li nilicd lit ? ? ,
And vowed that other fishermen he fltrnlght-
vvny would surprise
By catching tiout by Ihousantla though
he'd never fished befoie :
He'd thought the tusk w n eiisy tis he'd
watched it from the shoie.
He got n boat and anchoied In the mlddlo
of the pond.
And had his family watching from n hlllocK
just bc > olid.
Hut when he swooped Ills rod about. It
made him feel iiultc Hut
To have tin- hook catch In the In tin of his
hiuid Jlshlng hut.
"Woll , accidents will happen ; we'll do
better now , " he said ,
Ami KUVO bin rod u tilple Sftoop aniuil :
about his head
Ills children cheered to note his grace , but
It did chance , alackt
Tills time the hook , liy some odd freak ,
caught squarely In his back
"Once more I'll try , " hepioudly crlcil ; "In
numbers mid there's luck "
Anil then he had a chnnce to show It ho
vtnH like a duck ,
Tor , ns the fly wont limiting through the
nlr. amid the peals
Of hnppy laughter from his friends , he
went in bend o'er heels.
And that Is why that very expert fishing
man , they nay ,
Hath inner tried to fish again hlnce that
Ill-fated day ;
And that la nlso why It is folks Buy lie
knows not beans
Because his favorite Ilsh la not the trout
but canned saullncs.
YOVJl JIMACT'it nOltTUOK I'OIIH .MO.V/.T .ICVC.
A Sign.
A streak of hard luck is often the best thing
that can happen to a person era
a people. Experience is the
greatest teacher , and many a
man has learned to save a neat
little sum because ho had to
economize. There are people
who used to think that $35 to $50 was about the
proper caper for a business suit. Now $15 will
get a smashing good suit at the factory [ that's us ]
and for $20 or $25 a real fine suit can be had of the
makers [ that's us again ] worth $40 to $50.
Prosperity comes from saving money.
Did you see the corn at our corner ? Take a
look at it.
II'IJAT I'.AS.V 1'AXOIRH Wit /'iT7 < .VZSM
Browning , King & Co. ,
Reliable C.lotliier.s , S , W. Cor. 15th and Douglas.