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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SATURDAY , DECEMBER 8 , 1894.
Tim ONTAIIA DAILY BEE
B. llOSCWATEn , Editor.
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( Beal. ) N. P. I'lJIU Notary Public.
No cloturc rule for the suusitc. The
senators do not consider the contest for
the long distance speaking record yet
closed.
The Oinnha iiostolllco will sllll be
found at the old stand. No now candi
dates liavo presented themselves durlnp
the last twenty-four hours.
If anybody has a new plan for elastic
currency that will circulate when every
body Is hard up he will probably find a
ready purchaser In the Treasury de
partment.
The people generally will be glad to
have the assurance of President Cleve
land's physician to the effect that the
alleged serious contTltlon of the presi
dent's health is "all bosh. "
The principal work of the numerous
critics of thu president's message seems
to consist In reading into that docu
ment Ideas which President Cleveland
uever thought of expressing.
Whenever a job or steal Is exposed at
the state house there are always nt least
two organs ready to defend and apolo
gize for them. One of these is In Lin
coln and the other at Omaha.
Members of the legislature are begin
ning to digest the charter by sections.
It Is very much like a tapeworm. When
you chop off a link or two at one tjnd
two or three links grow on at the other.
When the school board learns to live
within Its Income , when the council
keeps clear of an overdraft , when the
county commissioners do not have a
jangle , then the millennium will be close
nt hand.
When the next legislature wants Ar
kansas toothpicks , threshing machines ,
harrows or Winchester rllles It will
have a good deal of trouble to get them.
Secretary Allen has not laid in a stock
of these handy articles. 'Snoutrage !
The Fifty-fourth congress has already
1 lost one of Its members by death before
It has had an opportunity to convene.
This is n bad beginning , but it is to be
hoped that the next congress will not
bu so unfortunate lii tills respect as the
present one.
Champion Pugilist Corbett appears to
have suffered at least one partial defeat
of late. The New York police succeeded
In beating him out of a portion of the
receipts of the exhibition which he gave
In that city not long after he had ac
quired his new fistic honors.
correspondents were busy
for several weeks fostering for the pub
lic an expectation of something sensa
tional in the president's message. And
when the sensation failed to materialize
they are unanimous In characterizing
the president's work as disappointing.
If Tom Murray wants to Immortalize
himself let him build u fireproof theater
or a 11 rat class business block on his
block south of the court house , and If
he cannot do that he can have the free
dom of the city If lie will remove the
old tinder boxes that now disfigure that
ground.
Since the departure of Weather Clerk
Hunt everything has been going upside
down In the region of high pressure
nnd low temperature In these parts.
.When you expect It to freeze It begins
to thaw and when we are looking for
snow storms we get thunder showers.
Hunt should be recalled.
Secretary Carlisle wants only a quar
ter of a , million to collect the federal
tax on one year's Income. The new In
come tax seems to bo no small offender
against the canon of taxation that seeks
to take out and keep ont of the pockets
of the people as little as possible above
what goes into the common treasury.
Secretary ot State Allen tries to ex
plain his prodigality In the purchase
of legislative supplies by .saying that
ho has several quarts of liiky iluld ns
well as numerous unused waste
baskets left over from thq last
session. This , ho thinks , Is sulli-
clent proof of the constant care and
economy which he exercises In the ex
penditure of public money. This fact ,
however , If true , proves nothing. Wo
presume the predecessor of Mr. Allen
will be able to say that ho also had a
few jack-knives and a couple of penholders -
holders over from one session to another
which lie bequeathed to Mr. Allen when
he delivered up to him his olllce. DC
Bides , If there was no necessity for the
supplies still on hand , why were the }
purchased In the first place ?
snAt.lt POOL1XO BE LEGALIZED )
rJCLo debate over the bill whereby pool-
ng of rallrond cnrnlngs by competing
rnllronds Is to bo legalized Is now In
n'ogrcss in tlio lower liousc of congress.
? or yonru there 1ms been constnut pres-
Hiiro from railroad managers upon the
national legislature to repeal the nntl-
pooling clause In the Interstate com
merce law , whlcft has been found a
stumbling block to the proposed equali
sation of earnings on the part of rail
roads , regardless of the volume of busl-
less voluntarily contributed by shippers.
Manifestly the object of the pressure
to legalize pooling Is to empower rail-
oads to do the work which for years
md been attempted by the evcncrs , who
nado ni profitable business out of
llvertlng live Block and merchandise
'rom roads that were liberally pat-
onlzod to roads that were carrying
empty cars and light trains. It will bo
eniemberud that this unauthorized In-
erfereuco with railway tralllc by the
eveuers was chlelly responsible for the
lumand on the part of shippers for
the very provision It Is now attempting
o repeal. It Is also a matter of history
that the provisions prohibiting pooling
and consolidation of parallel lines of
iillroad , which was embodied In the
constitution of Nebraska as well as in
he constitutions of oilier western and
southern states , was primarily due to
ho current belief that pooling practi
cally does away with all competition
between railroads that cover the same
errllory-
Practical experience has , however ,
leinoiistralcd that competition between
so-called competing lines does not com-
) ete whether there is pooling or not ,
excepting during short periods of reek-
ess and ruinous rate wars , which sol-
lorn benefit the public. On the con-
rary , rate wars have proved them
selves detrimental as well to shippers
is to the railroads. In the very nature
of things all railroads arc monopolies.
Kvery railroad lias an absolute monopoly
ely of all trafllc at points that are
lot reached by other railroads , which
; enerally Includes about nine-tenths of
; holr local tralllc. At every point
; ouched by a rival railroad there is an
igrecd rate , or what Is known as the
common rate to all other points touched
> y the rival lines. These common rates
are adopted as ix matter of self-protec
tion against undercutting nt rates less
liau cost of carriage. Competition at
. oininon points Is thcicfore a mere farce.
The rates being uniform to the same
joints over all rival Hues , the competl-
Jon is merely in the matter of nccom-
uodatlons and time of delivery. To
llustrate , there Is no difference In rates
jotween Omaha and Lincoln , although
the B. & M. , Union Pacific , llock Island ,
Missouri Pacific and Northwestern Hues
each pretend to comppte.
Now if pooling was conducted under
Igld governmental supervision It would
not be detrimental to the public , al
though It might bolster up the stock of
the weak lines at the expense of the
strong , popular lines. But congress pro-
pbscs to throw the door wldo open to
: ho Jug-handled chicanery that pre
vailed before pooling was prohibited
without tangible guaranties that would
protect commerce against the black
mailing practices of the evcncrs. Every
shipper ought to have the privilege to
! i.ave his goods transported over sucli
roads as he designates , and no
company or railroad regulator
shall have the right to divert
the shipment from thepe roads to
others that are not favored by the ship
per. ' Every shipper should have the
benefit of the shortest and quickest
route to destination and any combina
tion to deprive him of tills privilege
should be punished by severe penalties.
The proposition to relegate nil the pa
trons of the American railways for re
dress of grievances to the tender mer
cies of the interstate commission Is worse
than a delusion and a snare. It is a
piece of bunco steering that few gam
blers would be guilty of. The commis
sion Is notoriously the creature of the
railroad magnates. Most If not all Its
members owe their appointments to the
Influence exerted by railway corpora
tions. If the power to regulate and
supervise pooling is conferred upon the
commission the railroads will be in
terested more than ever In dictating
who shall or who shall not serve on the
commission. If they cannot absolutely
.dictate each appointment they will be
In position to exert influence enough to
defeat confirmation of appointees who
would not do their bidding. For this
reason wo regard it Inexpedient for con
gress to pass the pending measure un
less It Is revised so as to afford railway
patrons redress against abuses of the
pooling system In the courts without
the Intervention of any commission.
THE Al'l'KAL OF TJW JS
The memorial of the convention of
stockmen to congress , asking for some
action on the part of that body for re
lieving the cattle interest of the country
from the Injury that must result to It
from the maintenance by European gov
ernments of the embargo against Amerl
can cattle , ought to receive the serious
and prompt attention of the national
legislature. Contrary to the view expressed -
pressed by the secretary of agriculture ,
that the exclusion of our cattle from
Germany , Denmark and other con
tinental countries was not a very seri
ous matter , these stockmen , whose busi
ness Is the raising and marketing of
cattle , regard the course of the foreign
governments aa vital to their Interests
and welfare. They say that unless the
markets recently closed to American
cattle and dressed beef are again
opened the loss of this outlet for those
products will mean great and Irre-
Varablo Injury to the cattle raising and
farming Interests of the United States.
The stockmen do not propose retalia
tion as a means of getting back the lost
markets. They do not suggest that Ger
man and French wines shall be ex
cluded from this country on the ground
that they arc adulterated In order to
compel these countries to accept our
cattle. They do not demand that because -
cause European nations ask that out
meats sent abroad shall bo Inspected
under the authority of the government
wo shall requlro nil Imports from
foreign countries for human consumpt'oii
either edibles or bevt-rages to qnoto
from the report of the secretary of agri
culture , must likewise be certificated
jy the authorities of these foreign
governments as wholesome and un
adulterated before they are permitted
to be sold In the United States. In a
word , these stockmen do not want n
commercial warfare Inaugurated , but
simply ask that congress shall remove
what they believe to be the real cause of
lie discriminating regulation by amend-
up the sugar schedule. There can be
no question that they arc right In as
suming that the action of the German
government In excluding our cattle was
iromptod by the Imposition of a duty
on sugar by this country , and especially
ty the discriminating duty of one-tenth
of n cent on sugar from countries pay-
ng an export bounty. Probably Ger-
nany or any other country
would not have complained at our
simply placing a duty on raw sugar ,
putting nil sugar producing countries
on au equality hi this respect , but the
Itscrlmlnatlng duty the German govern-
nent protests against as unjust and also
contrary to treaty stipulations. No fact
s better established than that the rc-
novnl of the embargo against American
log products by Germany three years
igo was a concession to the reciprocity
clause of the McKlnley law. Germany
wanted the American market for Its
sugar , from which It was possible to ex
clude It under that law. Therefore It
conceded what we had been vainly seek-
ng for years , the admission of our hog
products to its markets. These still go
: here , but they will not long continue
: o do so if we adhere to the dlscrlmluat-
ng duty on sugar from that country.
The memorial of the stockmen asks
that raw sugar be again made free.
This will probably not be done , but
there Is reason to expect that the one-
tenth of a cent duty on sugar from
countries paying an export bounty will
je abandoned. This Is recommended by
; he president and secretary of state.
'In the interests of the commerce of
joth countries , " said the president In
his message , "and to avoid even the ac
cusation of treaty violation , I recom
mend the repeal o * so much of the
statute us Imposes that duty. " Secre
tary Grcsham says this discriminating
duty "Is an attempt to offset a domcbtlc
favor or encouragement to a certain
Industry by the very means forbidden
by the treaty. " This ought to be sufll-
clent , for certainly congress will not
jo disposed to continue a duty which
it once violates a treaty obligation and
3 certain to be very damaging to our
commercial Interests abroad. Having
made this mistake , which Is confessed
jy the president and the chief execu
tive , it should make haste to correct It
Duty to a friendly nation with which
it Is desirable to cultivate trade rela
tions and consideration for a most im
portant home Interest demand that this
l > e done without delay.
ALLKfi'S DBPES'SB.
Secretary of State Allen has ventured
to make a lame and Impotent defense In
regard to the purchase of legislative
supplies. In this instance , as In all
other cases where exposures have been
made by The Bee of malfeasance or
jobbery , the retort of the accused is
that the charges arc Inspired by per
sonal mnllco or an Imaginary grievance.
As might have been expected also , the
defense of the abuses is made through
the Burlington Jouvnal and Its Omaha
tender , the Double-Ender , whose col
umns have been at the disposal of the
state house plunderers on every occa
sion.
sion.Now
Now , The Bee would have given Sec
retary Allen a fair hearing for any ex
planation he had to make , as it has
always been ready and willing to do
under similar conditions for other offi
cers. It will now give him the benefit
of the defense which Is made for him
by his champions. The explanation of
the Burlington Journal rends as fol
lows , verbatim :
Secretary of State Allen denies that he has
entered Into contracts and refused to submit
them ( or Inspection. The secretary Is
authorized by law to furnish supplies to the
legislature , and It has been the practice of
that official to renovate and clean the legis
lative halls and committee rooms. This must
be done prior to the meeting of the legisla
ture , and It Is now being done with the help
of only flve extra men , together with a
painter and paperhanger , who will bo com
pelled to take whatever the legislature may
allow. .
Secretary Allen says ho has ordered such
supplies us he believes the legislature will
need , and If more are necessary the legls
lature must inalco Us wants known. He
has no authority to make contracts and does
not attempt to do so. Therefor ? there are no
contracts to submit to Inspection. On the
contrary , he orders what Is necessary , and
the person furnishing the supplies must de
pend on the legislature for compensation.
Ho Is aware that bills submitted are some
times exorbitant , but the legislature through
the regularly appointed commute * has ample
opportunity to arrive at a just compensation.
Ho Is aware also that sometimes tha bills are
unjustly cut down so that the dealer Is de
prived of his just dues. Secretary Allen
has already ordered some supplies with the
usual understanding that the dealer must
take his chances with the legislative com
mittees that are responsible for the nllow-
anco'of such claims. He Is emphatic In the
statement that there are no $20 gavels nor
$18 InkstandT In the bill of goods which ho
has ordered from two or thres dealers.
This explanation Is decidedly contra
dictory. Mr. Allen Jlrst denies that he
has entered Into any contract for legls-
latlvo supplies and emphatically dis
claims that he has refused to submit
them for Inspection. In the very same
breath he admits Hint he has ordered
such supplies as ho believes the legisla
ture will need , although hu has no
authority to make contracts for the
goods ho has ordered delivered at the
state house for the u&e of the legisla
ture. Ho admits that he Is aware that
sometimes the bills are exorbitant , and
In the Kumo breath he deplores that the
bills are sometimes unjustly cut down
so the dealer Is deprived of his just
dues , which , of course , means fair
profits.
In the face of nil these contradictory
denials Mr. Allen admits that ho has
already ordered some supplies for the
next legislature , with the understand
ing that the dealer must take his
chances of lobbying his claims and bills
through the legislature. Now , what
would any business man think of this
loose way of purchasing supplies ? Why
should any supplies bo ordered before
there Is a requisition uiado for them In
due form , and why should they not be
bought on competitive bids Instead of
leaving th < # , deklor to charge three prlccn
and nmkojnlrn lobby for his pay and
divvy wltll ln ( [ lobby or the ofllccr who
gives the orticr ?
Assume that Alien tells a straight
story nbou/ this deal , why docs ho
refuse to inllcij public the orders he has
; lveu for supplying the Incoming legis
lature ? The Interview between Mr.
Allen and th < t reporter of The Bee con
cerning thtpiutittcr Is as follows :
Reporter Mr. Allen , have you made any
contracts for supplies ?
Mr. Allen-TjDo you mean for supplies for
state Institutions ?
lleporter NO , sir , I mean supplies for the
next legislature.
Mr. Allen I have ordered the chambers of
the house and senate to be repaired and a
few other things.
Reporter Have you made any contracts for
other supplies , such as stationery , etc ?
Mr. Allen Yes , I have made a few con
tracts , and they will be laid before the legis
lature when It convenes.
Reporter Can I see those contracts ?
Mr. Allen No , sir.
According to the Burlington Journal
Mr. Allen is emphatic In the statement
that "there are no $20 gavels nor $18
Inkstands In the bill of goods which ho
lins ordered from two or three dealers. "
This will be gratifying news to the tax
payers of Nebraska , but the denial does
not touch the point made by The Bee.
There has been no charge that Mr.
Allen had ordered $20 gavels and $18
inkstands for the Incoming legislature ,
but the fact was recalled that such ex
traordinary purchases had been made
> y him for the legislature two years ago.
and no amount of palaver will exculpate
ilm on that score.
Mr. Allen's defense through the
Omaha Doublo-Eiuler is even more
llmsy. Mr. Allen attempts to evade the
Issue by pleading an alibi. He calls
attention to the fact that ho was not
Installed secretary of state until the
Oth of January , 1891 , several days after
the legislature had convened , and as
serts that the enormous quantity of steel
pens , pocket-knives and miscellaneous
merchandise for that year's session was
bought by his predecessor , Mr. Cowdry.
Tl\e \ Bee cheerfully makes the correc
tion , but does that exonerate Mr. Allen
for the extravagant purchases for 1803 ,
when the $20 gavels , $18 Inkstands ,
safes , carpets , furniture , boilers and
linrdware were bought as legislative
necessities , and nil furnished by a drug
house ?
These purchases and the favoritism
shown have been the town talk of
Lincoln for years , and It is time that
these pernicious practices should be not
only reprimanded , but effectually sup
pressed. „ ! ,
There Is | nbF ( jso for the school board
to pretend q .retrench by cutting the
salaries of one or two principals and at
the same tlniCAralsliig those of one or
two others. , U Is notorious that the
principals' -salaries in all the larger
schools In this city are extravagantly
high much = hlgher than Is paid for the
same work cWd vlmrc- . The highest paid
principals , { lee , have , been entirely re
lieved of the worl Tof teaching , which
formerly attached to their positions.
What ls4watU0u Js general retrenchment
nil along the Hue. The condition of th6
school fiiiiUioH'wls not such as to per
mit this to be much longer postponed.
The old school board has apparently
been too weak-hearted to face Us duty
and has left the unpleasant work for its
successor. Will the new school board
meet the exigency ? A policy of delay
will not sullice. The public school sys
tem of Omaha must bu rirought down
to the same basis of hard times to which
every business house in the city lias
long ago adjusted itself. The sooner It
is done the better.
One step at a time ought to appease
the clamorous Insurance agents. Let us
have a thorough reorganization of the
force employed In the fire department
first. That can be secuied without much
delay If the members of the Board of
Fire null Police Commissioners will go
about the work promptly and In the
right spirit. Proceedings can also be
instituted to have the water service
pipes In the central portion of the city
enlarged. A new set of water mains
cannot be constructed short of several
month * * , but until we have larger mains
additional fire engines will be of little
use. It may be , too , that the reorganiza
tion of the force will demonstrate the
fact ; that additional apparatus is un
necessary. Omaha Is already spending
on Its fire department all the money
that can bo legally raised for { ho pur
pose , and more , too. The city council
will do well to go slow about authoriz
ing expenditures for which there Is no
authority of law.
The Chicago Record Intimates that
Congressman Wilson seems to be travel
ing over the same path once pursued
by his predecessor , lion. Hogcr Q.
Mills. Not quite the same path. Mr.
Mills , it must bo remembered , cele
brated the defeat of the Mills bill with
a promotion to the United States senate.
Mr. Wilson , on the other hand , has
private life staring him In the face un
less the president takes pains to pro
vide for him with some lucrative ap
pointive ofllca , ,
The reappolntincnt of Mr. David A.
Campbell ns lirk of the state supreme
court Is not only a merited compliment
to an cfllclout pfllccr , l > ut a practical
declaration tlmt ? the machinery of the
court IB not tu bo used for the promotion
of political .c.nd . During his incum
bency Mr. Campbell has devoted his en
tire time amti'atJ.onUon to the duties de
volving upon-.hlm and there Is no doubt
that ho will continue to do so In the
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future. ;
How Hu I.nve > tlio Worklngman.
Hcuiton Herald.
The sympathy of the president of the
Sugar trust for the employes of thut con
cern Is rather touching- , considering that his
salary Is $75,000 a year as president and
JS.uoo additional as trustee , while the work-
Ingmun In the trust refineries are paid 10
cents an hour for working In an atmos
phere heated to from 125 to 160 degrees.
Ttie I-curr Iuy * the freight.
Knnani City Star ,
The terms which Jrtpnn Is said to be dis
posed to exact from China are such aa
might be expected. They are quite as rea
sonable and merciful as Germany demanded
of France. The occupation of 1'eklnp by
Japanese troops Is qulUs In. line with the
march through Paris and the occupation of
Versailles. The Indemnity has also a precis
dent. The rule of our time Is that ho who
loses pays. China can nay In money and
land , as France did. China would better
fast.
LANDS THAN Off US.
Tha possibility ot an alliance between
Russia nnd England suggests that at not a
slnglo point U there any real antagonism of
Interest between the two great empires.
Neither has anything that the other wants ,
and there Is nothing of which both are covet
ous. On the contrary , concert ot action
would bo of advantage to them both. They
are now the dominant powers In Asia. And
the near future will probably see some great
political changes In that continent. In no
way could England and Russia so much pro
mote their own Interests there , strengthen
their power , and when the time comes , en
large their borders , as by acting together.
They two would bo undisputed masters of the
situation , while acting separately neither
could gain allies HUlllclcnl to give It un
challenged supremacy over the other.
There are , of course , other strong reasons
for an amicable understanding. The new
czar has personal predilections for England ,
and his wlfo Is a grandchild ot the queen.
There Is talk , too , of his making his gen
eminent moro liberal , even to the establish
ment of a Parliament , which Is by no means
Impossible , and icarccly Improbable ! Dtit ,
as we liavo said , selfish Interests arc after
all the controlling forces. And It the states
men of the two empires will only get the
cobwebs of old traditions and wornout ha
treds out of their eyes , they will see that
such Interests point straight to an amicable
and permanent understanding between them.
*
There Is only one Important service which
at this juncture the czar could render Eng
land , and that Is to relieve her from the
legal and moral responsibility for the pro
tection of the Armenian Christians which
was placed upon her by the treaty of Ber
lin. Ills assent Is not needed to confirm
her occupation of Egypt , for nothing can
shako her hold upon that country while her
fleets command the sea. No more binding
assurances can be offered by the St. Peters
burg ! government that Afghanistan shall
bo left undisturbed than have been already
given. Nor Is there any longer occasion
for the co-opcratlon of Russia with England
to stop the war In the far east , seeing that
peace In that quarter seems near at hand
t'lrough arrangements an ado directly be
tween the combatant . But In the Ar
menian business England has urgent need
of the czar's assistance , and It Is not only
possible , but In the Interests of humanity
desirable , that a combination should bo
formed for that temporary purpose. All the
powers represented at the Congress of Ber
lin are collectively bound to shield the Ar
menian Christines from outrage and butch
ery ; but England was made In a special
way their guardian. The horrible massacre
At Sassoun has rendered It Imperative that
England shall discharge the protective func.
tlons which she assumed by the Berlin
treaty ; and the quick , easy and rational
mode of doing this would be to authorize
the czar to enter Armenia as her manda
tory and rescue the Christians of that coun
try from the awful barbarities to which
they are subjected at the hands of the
Turk.
No country In the world has a national
debt approaching In amount the Indebtedness
of the French republic , which amounts to
the trcmondous total of 40,000,000,000 francs.
The annual interest charge upon this bonded
debt Is over 1,000,000,000 francs , and by no
recent ministry has any effort been made
to lighten the burdens of the peoplo. Ot
late years the annual expenditures have per
sistently exceeded the revenues on an average -
ago of 24,000,000 francs , leaving an annual
deficit which had to be1 provided l"f by new
taxes or now loans , In the face of a situa
tion requiring careful financiering and a re
duction of expenditures , the French ministry
has entered upon a preposterous and expen
sive campaign In Madagascar. The resources
of the French people are great , but there Is
a limit oven to their endurance ot progress
ively Increasing taxes. Unless the financial
PT'Hcy ' of the government shall bo practically
reversed In the near future the time will
bo sure to come when the "sharp criticism" to
which the budget was subjected In the Cham
ber of Deputies by the conservative repub
lican , M. Cavalgnac , will seem to have been
a mild protest , Indeed.
The proposed extension of the franchise
Is the engrossing topic just now In parlia
mentary circles In Austria. The plan which
Is thought to have the best chance tt being
adopted Is that of organizing the Industrial
classes Into electoral groups , to bo repre
sented In Parliament by twenty-two mem
bers. The Poles demand , however , that these
groups shall not be limited to industrial
workers , but shall Include also other cate
gories of workers outside of these engaged
In agriculture. This amendment would neces
sitate au Increase In the number of seats.
It Is doubtful whether this demand will betaken
taken Into consideration , but If the project
of Industrial groups with twenty-two repre
sentatives bo adcpted It may bo submitted
to the Helchsrath before Christmas. Speak
ing of this scheme , the London Times cor
respondent at Vltnna says that tt "Is a mere
sop to Cerberus , and la not In any way cal
culated to quell the clamor for working cltss
representatltin In Parliament. Its only effect
will bo to ( secure for the labor party a
hearing In the Relchsrath and to call public
attention to a cause which , whatever Its
merits may by , Is daily enlisting fresh ad
herents. Count Taaffe , though he may nave
made mistakes , was unquestionably a states
man , and ho saw the necessity of meeting
half-way the growing popular outcry for uni
versal suffrage. But the conservatives and
Pales , n-i less than the doctrliialre liberals ,
have everything to fear for ttielr party or
ganization from any considerable extension
of the franchise. "
Solving the Armenian problem by effecting
Armenian Independence would be desirable ,
but seems at present scarcely possible. A
general rising of the poriple against flielr
oppressors could hardly succeed , unless
backed by some foreign power. Brave and
Intelligent as are tlio Armenians , they liavo
not tWo material resources nor the military
organization to cope with the equally brave
and far bettor equipped myriads of Turks and
Kurds. An Insurrection with foreign aid
Would uerhaps bo successful ; but then It
would mean annexation by that foreign
power. Such annexation by Russia , though
perhaps ultimately Inevitable , Is.not to be
desired ; whllo if effected by any other It
would surely Incur International troubles of
the gravest kind , the fear of which will
probably make all ethers stand aloof. Alto
gether , therefore , the plight of these deserv
ing and admirable people Is as perplexing as
It Is pitiful.
If the new president of Brazil succeeds In
his efforts to reduce the size and curtail
the power of the army ho will have done
much toward giving the people that full
measure ot freedom which a republic ought
to Insure. Ever slnco the empire was over-
thrwn the overshadowing power of the sol
diery has boon an obstacle In the way of
progress. It has led to covll > vara and the
people have depended so much upon the
authorities and the soldiers that at Important
elections only a small fraction of the quali
fied voters have gone t the polls. The ma
jority of the people have failed either to
realize their duties or to make use of their
privileges , and a handful ot military officials
have really had more p wcr to form and
control the government than all the workIngmen -
Ingmen In the country. If the people will
bsgln to rely upon themselves they will gain
real strength and freedom.
.Dems , Hrur Vo the .Slogan.
Chicago Herald.
This fresh outbreak of New York disloy
alty to the national democratic party was
not necessary to conllrtn democrats In all
other parts of the country In the conviction
that New York leadership can no longer be
tolerated by democrats. The west must
control the next national convention of the
party. Theweat must write Its nlatfortn.
The west shall name Its leaders. The lead
ers and platform will be at ont. The demo
cratic party shall not win at the polls to be
betrayed In confess ; and by treachery In
congresa lose the confidence of the people
and suffer defeat again before It was per
mitted to demonstrate the truth of Its prin
ciples and present the fnilta of Its victor ? .
The Syndicate ll Ue Off.
aiobe-pfinocrot.
Jt IB estimated that the syndicate which
bought the roe nt Issgo of bonds wlU.fe'allft
a profit of $2,000,000 6n tlO ) tranaacllon. This
Is one of the wayi In which democratic
rule promotes bualnesi prosperity. .
XKRRAHKA AX1) NttHHAHKAfta.
Her. T. H. Dry hai realgncd n pastor of
the Methodist church at Ucrlng , and will
removs to Oxford ,
A new and extensive creamery plant Is
to be erected at Superior , and work will
begin on the building In a few weeks.
Miss Helen M. Bennett has been forced
to dltcontlnuo the publication ot the Tccuin-
sch Dally News on account ot the hard times.
Rev. James Burke , pastor of the Papllllon
Roman Catholic church , hai been transferred
to Chadron , and Rev. Father Dclfossa ot
Omaha will take charge ot the PopllHon
parish.
The vote for assessor In Trunk Butlo pre
cinct of'Dawcs county v < as n tie , nnd In
drawing cuts to see who should servo the
populist won. This makes the county board
ot assessors stand ulno populists to eight re
publicans.
Gcorgo Fair , a fanner near Ehvood , broke
open the bin ot a coal dealer and carted off
a load of coal In the night. The coal was
traced to his house and he was arrested. Ho
pleaded guilty to burglary , and the district
judge will sentence him ,
Rev. J. A. Scamaliorn of Gordon , defeated
candidate for the senate from northwest
Nebraska , would like to bo chaplain of the
senate the coming session. As he couldn't
help make the laws ho would like to pray
for the passage ot a few.
Calvin Oglesbce , the Webster county farmer
who put a load of shot Into the person of
Jetty Rilcy , as the result of a hallowo'en
outbreak , has been held In bonds of $1,000
for trial on the charge of assault with In
tent to do great bodily harm.
The annual meeting ot the Nebraska Acad
emy of Sciences will bo held at Lincoln December -
comber 27 and 28. An extensive and Inter
esting program has been prepared for the
occasion , and a profitable meeting Is assured.
Prof. Charles E. Bessey of the Stnto univer
sity Is president , and H. P. Duncanson of
Peru Is the secretary-treasurer.
SKNTI.MKXT AX1 > HRS.1K.
Lowell Courier : In Algiers whpn the people
ple desire a new mlor they begin by innIng -
Ing u dcy oil. .
New York Weekly : Chlneso Emperor
What news ?
Chinese General We have met the enemy
and they ate hours behind us.
Life : She Well , 1 would like to have you
tell mo what there Is about that simple
little bonnet that makea you Bay It Is llku
a poem. He That's easy ; no one pujs the
least attention to It.
Puck : Mrs. Dogood If you'll saw that
wood I'll give you your dinner.
Dusty Rhodes Hev you got a license to
run a wood yard ?
Dallas News : These days a belle can look
up at the milky way without leading thu
young men to suspect that she wants Ice
cream.
Now York Tribune : A poor woman was
telling a kind-hearted visitor how the doctor
came and snlil she had a sluggish liver.
"What beats me , " she added , "Is how them
slugs gets Inside the liver. "
Life : Mr. Leo-It was like this. Six white
men nnd twelve blacks charged on me with
their thunder sticks. I killed eight whites
with one blow nnd
Mr. Troglodytes Come off ! You're a lion !
Buffalo Courier : To Angcllne Your query
as to whether the hero In a border drama
should bo characterized as a shooting star
has been referred to the astronomical editor.
Philadelphia llecord : Maud You are a
living example of'Love's Labor JLost."George
Why so ? Maud Papa refuses to wear
those creaky shoes you sent him.
EXPLAINED.
Philadelphia Record.
Why does the busy bee nlway
Improve each shining hour.
And gather honey every day
To save for wintry hour ?
The cynic gave his eye a leer.
And frnve his mouth a pucker.
And said : "That's Isn't very queer ;
fcor he's a little sucker. "
Undo .Ion Tnllm Snuey. .
Chicago Tribune.
Mr. Heed , preferring victory to defeat ,
tells the republicans to follow that middle
road which the people favor and which they
IUVP so often rebuked the politicians for not
pursuing. This is sound advice. If the
paity adheres to It during , the next two
years , Instead of trotting nround with o
McKlnley chip on Its Shoulder , daring the
democrats to knock It off , It will win. If It
falls Into the hands of the prohibitory pro
tection zealots and of those politicians
whose brains are even smaller than the
small olllces they long for , only democratic
blunders can save the republicans
1'JtEbClISXVU.
Boston Globe.
The new moon hung In the sky ,
The sun wua low In the west ,
And my bctrothed and 1
In the churchyard paused to rest ;
Huppy maid nnd lover ,
Dreaming the old dream over.
The light winds wandered by.
And robins chirped from the nest.
And lo ! In the meadow sweet
Was the grave of a little child.
With a crumbling stone at the feet.
And the Ivy runnlg wild.
Tangled Ivy nnd clover.
Folding It over and over ;
Close to my sweetheart's feet
Was the little mound up-piled.
Stricken with nameless fears ,
She shrank and clung to me ,
And her eyes were filled with tears
For a sorrow I did not sec ;
LlBhtly the winds were blowing ,
Softly her tears were Ilowlng ,
Tears for the unknown years ,
And a sol row that was to be !
Notable Features :
"A New Jungle Story , " by that celebrated ,
author Iitulynnl Kipling , illustrated by Dan
Heard , will begin In The Sunday lice nnd
run for three successive Issues. As a lit
erary ppcclnlty the utory possesses rare
merit. It tells how Mowgll ( the boy \\l\a
was brought up In the Jungle with the nnl-
mnts ami known their language and lore )
returned lo his old home In the forest after
trying to live nmonir men ; how , with the
help of the black panther nnd the gray
\volvcn , he rescued from death by utonlnR
the man nnd womnn who hart been kind to
him. and how , under his direction , the ele
phant nvoiiKcd the Injury done his friend.
Messua , ami her husband , by their fellow
vlllagcis.
Mr. Hobcrt P. Porter's letter for The Sun
day Hco deals with u question of vital Im-
portniico In this country , namely : "Tho1"
Problem of Transportation. " Mr. Porter
shows that this question Is most vital nnd *
pressing In CJrcat llrltaln nnd that publlo
sentiment Is rapidly crystallising Into a do-
maml for state ownership ns the only means
of relief from excessive chaigcs. The fecl- t
InjT against the corporation has been Intensi
fied by advanced rates , which almost confls-
cnto local tralllc. The sentiments of men
conspicuous In the movement nre presented ,
together \vlth comparative statistics , the
whole presenting , mirror-like , the strained
relations between corporate monopoly nnd
the people of a rent Britain.
Chapter III of IJrct Hartc'a ( Treat war story ,
"Clarence. " will appear In The Sunday IJeo.
"Clarence" hns so far proved Itself to b
one of the most popular stories ever pub
lished by The Uce and will gain In favor
to the end.
Frank Carpenter's letter describes tha
government penitentiary or Japau nnd tells
how prisoners me fed , boused nnd employed.
Modes of punishment arc detailed nnd the
system In vogue for the conduct of the
prison Is shown to bo copied after that of
the French.
The dlstln'tlvc feature of thewoman's
POBO Is a 1'hMs fashion letter , Illustrating
the latest Btrcet toilets and describing the
materials out of which they are made. Another -
other Illustrated article on wraps and bodIces -
Ices will prove of Interest to feminine read
ers , ns will other valuable and original
features of the woman's page.
A continuation of Joel Chandler Harris1
clmrmluK1 Thlmblpflnger stories will form a
leadlnjr feature of the page devoted to boys
nnd girls , which will also contain current
chapters of "The Lost Opal of Mysore" ana
other matter of peculiar Interest to young
ruadcis.
The Incidents attending a trip by rail and
river from the City of Mexico to the Isth
mus of Tchuantepec nre described In detail.
Under the tropical sun of this region It will
be seen that while It Is now a perfect para
dise for the hunter , eventually It must be
come one of the garden spols of the earth ,
as here nil kinds of fruits , grain1 ? and veg
etables can be grown In abundance.
Kllas Fnrah. nn Intelligent young Syrian
who has left his native land and has come
to America for the purpose of studying
dentistry , In passing through Omaha stops
for a day. and while resting from the fa
tigue of the long Journey tells of some of
the strnnge sights Hint have passed under
his observation In Soudan. Dclng on unus
ually bright young fellow , Air. Farah de
scribes scenes and Incidents In a most Inter
esting manner.
The German residents of the city liavo
found much to nttioct their attention during
the past week , and many of them have been
kept busy in the. . social world. A detailed
account of their doings will be given.
With the coming of winter things In the
social world brighten up , and the days of
weddings , receptions and balls nro at hand.
During the past week society has been busy ,
and with It The Itee has kept pace. As
heretofore , the society page of The Sunday
Hoc will contain much that Is of Interest
to the fashionable world.
As the cold months draw on outdoor
sports become a thing of the past'but , not
withstanding this fact , there will be many
things in the sporting page which will Inter
est these whoso minds travel In this di
rection. This department will be crowded
with features which will furnish food for re-
llectlon for all true lovers of legitimate
sport.
"The Jews and Jesus , " or "Why Judaism
Docs Not Acknowledge Jesus as the Mes
siah. " was the subject of a discourse deliv
ered by Habbl Leo M. Franklin , minister
of the Temple of Israel , last Friday night.
This discourse , which was one of a series
which Mr. Franklin Intends to deliver dur
ing the winter , was listened to by a largo
audience. In The Sunday Bee there will
be found a full reix > rt of the lecture.
The secret society department will be un
usually Interesting , owing to the fact that
during the past week many of the lodges
of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows
have ( lovotrd particular attention to cele
brating1 the b'r-thday of Qustavus Adoipnus.
The other features of the secret society de
partment will teem with facts for lodge
men nnd those connected with these Insti
tutions.
Compressed air ns a motive power Is A
something that to the public might : seem fj
to be one of the Impossibilities. Such i , how- If
ever , Is not a fact , as compressed all * Is f I
being used at this tlmo In the shops ° J..p - fl
Union Pacific Hallway company In this
city. The manner In which this power Is
applied nnd how It Is brought under con
trol furnishes the subject for nn Interest
ing article.
"Iffonov'o Worth or Money Back. "
IT'S TURRIBLE.
In this deep and darksome dampness that's been
filling1 all the air there's a grim and
gloomy goblin which doth fill us with
despair ; for we've heavy winter I
clothing made a' purpose to be sold ,
and we wish the fog would leave us
to the mercy of the cold But it's like
this : We have learned better than to
sob our young lives out in kicking at
the air If it dosen't suit us our suits
may suit somebody who doesn't need
an overcoat but does need a suit.
Saturday we give a splendid all wool
suit for $10 no the other fellows don't
SPECIAL. sell 'em for $15. They just havn't
Men's Scotch
itnrm caps that got 'em. We are the only people who
used to bo $1.00 1
for 60c Saturday , have 'em. We made 'em.
A real good boy's suit for $2.50 a regular
Browning King & Co. boy's $2.50 suit.
Later Since the above was written they tell
us a cold wave is coming If it gets here remember
our overcoats ,
Browning , King" & Co. ,
Reliable Clothiers , S. W. Cor. 15th mid Douglas.