Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : MONDAY , . MAY 13 , 1895.
TIIB OMAHA DAILY BEE.
R. nOSDtTATCIt , EDITOR.
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Dully Ileo ( Without Sunday ) , Onu Year $ M
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OFFICES.
Omntm. Tin IVe Hultcling.
Boulli Omnhn. Sinner lilk. . Corner N and 2ltli Sts.
council ItlufTii , 12 i'Mirl Htrevt.
Chlcniro Ofllrv , XI * Clinmhcr of Commerce.
New York , Iloom * IS. It and 13. Trllmae Hide.
. \VMilneton ! , 1107 F Street. N. W.
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aEonan n. TZSCIIUCIC.
Sworn to l > fori > me nnd milmcribed In my preii-
tnce this 2J dny of March , U93 ,
( Seal. ) N. I' . FEIL , , Notary 1'ubllc.
Lord Kosobury snj'H ho won't
, tlicn , should Dr. liny retire ?
Tht > doivmnd for mosquito bar netting
nnd bathing suits has given way to the
'dcnmnd for HprliiK overcoats and wooluu
blankets.
According to Silver Dick lllaml the
ilemoer.il Ic parly will throw Cleveland
overboard or KI > to destruction. What
if It does both ?
We are afraid the popularity of the
ffrllby dance will depend very little
upon the bare feet and very much upon
.the ankles and decolettc costume.
Louj : before the thno the state fair
iWcelc festivities Is at hand the people
of Oinahn will have their enthusiasm
for the event worked up to the boiling
polut
It Is apparent that the Gorman cabi
net does not always have Its owu way
In the Itnlchstitg , any more than the
'American president always has his own'
, way In c-oiujrcss.
If all the members of the late legis
lature are not soon on the stnte pay roll
It will be only because they failed to
pass enough of the bills creating new
tax-eating places.
Nothing will satisfy the free silver
luoit but a free silver president The
chief trouble , however , Is to decide
; which one of them shall sacrifice him
self to the cause.
South America is trying hard to fur
nish a substitute for the excitement of
the Into Chinese-Japanese war. It
fthpuld nt least be given credit for good
Intentions In this direction.
It Is plain now , If not before , Uiat
on nil the state boards of which the
governor Is n member Governor IIol-
qoiub Is to be a mere lluurehead when
} t comes to matters of policy or patron-
lige.
lige.A
A couple of Omaha Inventors have
patented an automatic street sweeper
that will sweep the streets and load the
garbage Into the wagon nil nt the same
time. This Is n blow at Jim Stephen-
Bens ! dago Industry.
Why should Illaiul waste his time in
converting Colorado to the free silver
cause ? Didn't Slbley convert Colorado
only a few weeks ago ? And didn't
Warner convert Colorado only shortly
before Slbley did it ?
Premier Hosebery Is now said to be
determined neither to die nor to re
sign while occupying the position of
British prime minister. Lord Uosebery
Is In this respect very much Hko the
ordinary otllce holder all the world
over.
The Board of 1'ubllc Works now pro
poses to keep Its records out of the
clutches of the lawyers who are trying
to turn nn honest penny by lighting spe
cial taxes. The board should have put
its padlock on the barn door before tha
Loreo was coaxed away.
There arc several things in the wa >
of Don Dickinson becoming President
Cleveland's secretary of state. In the
first place Mr. Gresham would firs' '
have to retire nnd then Mr. Cleveland
would have to offer the position to Mr
Dickinson. It Is hardly safe to rely 01
tt contingent contingency.
If the lesson of the case against ex
Treasurer IIII1 and his bondsmen Is to
bo utilized the proper authorities wll
Bee that n careful examination Is ninth
of the bonds of all state ami local otll
cora now serving and assurance hat
that none of them are worthies.bj
reason of technical defects.
If the Sixteenth street viaduct Is dan
Borons to the life of people passing
over it , it should bo put into a safe
condition without unnecessary delay
The courts have only recently decldet
that the ni I Iron ( Is whoso tracks necessl
tnto the viaduct arc responsible for tin
expenses of maintaining it in goot
order.
A man tin. in Hurt county wants tin
railroad that passes In front of hi
farmhouse to pay nearly $80,000 fo
falling to have Its locomotives whlstl
when approaching his railroad cross
Injr. Thcro are some other people llv
lug near railroad crossings who wi
oru sure would bo willing to pay th
railroads if they would take their whls
tics off.
THE HILT jvnr msto/ifi s.
The jury In tha case ngalnst ex *
'rensnrcr Hill and his bondsmen to
ecovor Indemnity for the $230,000 of
( ate money lost In the Capital National
mnk failure has been discharged , Imv-
njr failed to nrrlvo at nn agreement ,
'ho disagreement of the Jury was not
vholly unexpected. It could have boon
afely foretold before the Jury was cm-
aneled. When It became evident that
10 verdict could be reached there wan
lothlng left for the court to do but to
Isbnud the Jury nnd save the state
rom piling up costs.
The disagreement of the Jury Is
nevertheless unfortunate for the state ,
t leaves It still doubtful whether the
nxpaycrs will be able to enforce the
) oml of the late treasurer or will have
o bear the burden of Mosher's steal-
ngs themselves. It Is questionable
vhother the case is oho that really calls
or n jury trial. The chnrgo of the
ourt was to the effect that If the bond
vere properly executed the state was
milled to Judgment upon it. The tes-
Imony In the case brought out the fact
hat the Instrument was drawn by Hill
mil signed by the various sureties
vitli the expectation and Intention
lint It should be delivered as the otll-
lal bond of the state treasurer. It
vas endorsed as accepted by two dif
ferent governors and Hill assumed
olllco and performed the duties of
reasttrer with the understanding that
hat Instrument satisfied the condition
if giving bond required by law before
10 could have qualified for the place.
The questions to be determined were
solely questions of law and their nppll-
atlon to a written instrument , quest
ions that are ordinarily determined
) y the court and not by the jury. The
lofonse rested Its case principally upon
.he subsequent declaration of the failed
> ank to bo a state depository , but
vhllo the court admitted the depository
> oml In evidence provisionally it prac-
Ically ruled It out by omitting all
Mention of It In Its Instructions. Such
H'lng the ease , the state had a right to
nslst on the liability of the bondsmen.
A new trial may result more fnvor-
ibly for the state. The trial Is , to be
sure , an expensive proceeding , but
where there Is such a large sum at
stake and where there are such vital
liiestlous at Issue the people look to
heir attorneys to exhaust nil reason-
ible menus of recovering It
COMPEXSATKDMMACWATIOK. .
From the historical point of view the
controversy over the question whether
President Lincoln proposed to certain
representatives1 of the confederacy to
my ? 100,000,000 to the south as com
pensation for slaves If the war could
be ended and the union fully restored
> n that basis Is interesting. In his lec
ture on Lincoln Mr. Henry Watterson
stated that at the Hampton Roads con
ference between President Lincoln and
Secretary Seward on the union side
mil Vice President Stephens , II. M. T.
Hunter and Judge Campbell on the
southern side , early In 18(5.1 , such
proposition was submitted to
the confederate representatives by
Mr. Lincoln. Mr. John Temple
Graves of the Atlanta Constitu
tion takes Issue with the brll-
hint editor" of the Louisville Courler-
Tournal and denies that any such prop
osition was made by President Lincoln ,
presenting statements In support of the
; h > nhil from records left by Stephen's ,
Hunter and Campbell.
The controversy thus raised has re
ceived contributions from two other
distinguished sources Colonel McClure -
Clure , editor of the Philadelphia Times ,
and Mr. Charles A. Dana of the New
York Sun. Colonel McClure states that
in point of fact both Mr. Watterson
and Mr. Graves are In error and says :
"Mr. Lincoln made no such proposi
tion nt Uio Hampton Itoads conference ,
and this statement Is made upon Mr.
Lincoln's own authority as given to
the writer hereof. He made no such
proposition because of Mr. Stephens'
frank announcement at the opening of
the conference that he could not enter
tain any proposition that did not em
brace the perpetuity of the confederacy.
It was this fact , and this alone , that
made President Lincoln and Secretary
Sewnrd offer no terms or. conditions
whatever for the termination of the
war , nnd It was for that reason , and
that alone , that he made no proposi
tion for the payment -100.000,000 to
thu south to emancipate the slaves. "
Colonel McClure further says that as
early as August 18H ( , Mr. Lincoln ex
hibited to him a written proposition
to pay $400,000,000 , , to the south as com
pensation for slaves If the war could
bo ended nnd the union fully restored
on that basis , but he did not make It
public because It would have defeated
Ills re-olectlon nnd probably defeated
the full fruition of the cause for which
so much had been sacrificed. "He
would gladly have made the proposi
tion to the southern commissioners at
Hampton Heads had opportunity been
given him to do so , " says Colonel Me-
Clnre , "but when the commissioners
were concluded against entertaining
any basis of peace but the acknowledg
ment of the confederacy the president
of the union had no terms to offer. "
This testimony , together with that fur
nished by the records of the southern
commissioners , appears to conclusively
show that Mr. Watterson's statement
Is vrroueons. There was undoubtedly
talk at the Hampton Heads conference ,
as Mr. Dana says , about the possibility
of payment for the slaves and the sum
of $400,000,000 was mentioned by Mr.
Lincoln , but simply as nn irresponsible
expression of his personal views on the
subject and In no sense nn offer of
terms to the confederacy. There Is of
course no question that President Lin
coln favored compensated emancipa
tion. Ho proposed It early In the war
and adhered to It to the end , but got
little support for the proposition from
the country.
It will be Interesting in this connec
tion to note that the Idea of paying
for the slaves appears not to have been
original with Mr. Lincoln. According
to Cooper's "American Politics" the
Idea of compensated emancipation orig
inated with or was first formulated \y
James B. MclCean of New York , who at
the second session of the Thirty-sixth
congress , 1S01 , Introduced a resolution
Instructing the select committee oC the
house "to Inquire whether , by the con
sent of the people , or of the Btnte gov
ernments , or by compensating the slave *
holders , It be practicable for the gen
eral government to procure the emanci
pation of the slaves In some , or all , of
the border states , nnd If so to report
n bill for that purpose. " In the follow
ing year , March ? 1802 , President Lin
coln scut a special message to congress
proposlug compensated emancipation ,
the message concluding with this fervid
appeal : "In view of my great respon
sibility to my God nud to my country , 1
earnestly beg the nttentlon of congress
and the people to the subject. "
JL'STll'IAlILK JIUMICIDK.
The discharge from custody of Gor
don , the man who a week ago killed
his wife and her paramour , the son of
Governor Brown of Kentucky , raises
again the old question of justifiable
homicide. The criminal codes In all the
states of the union make the premedi
tated and wilful taking of human life
punishable by the severest penalty
known to the law. They also prescribe
the punishment for lesser offenses , In
cluding unfaithfulness , but the penalty
for the latter Is never so severe as that
ordained for the murderer. No one ,
therefore , can be justified in meting
out a punishment to nn offender greater
than that which he would suffer If con
victed under legal forms , and even
were death the legal penalty It
Is for the public authorities and not the
aggrieved citizen to Inflict It. Homicide
Is not justifiable simply because the
victim has placed himself under the
ban of the law.
I'mler the theory of our law there Is
but one excuse for murder. That ex
cuse Is solf-defi'iise. The law of self-
preservation dominates all human law.
A man In Imminent peril of his life Is
entitled to take such precautions as will
remove the danger. But even where a
plea of self-defense is entered It must
be shown that no more violence was
used than seemed reasonably neces
sary that the death of one or the other
of the parties appeared to be Inevitable.
But while It Is true that murder com
mitted in self-defense Is the only justi
fiable homicide known to the law. It Is
nn indisputable fact , demonstrated
time nnd time again , that no jury will
convict in cases where the circum
stances appeal most powerfully to the
human Instincts of the jurymen. It is
practically Impossible to convict a man
charged with killing the dcspoiler of
his homo and happiness. When the
Louisville judge discharged Gordon
without trial he simply recognized this
undeniable condition. The legislature
does not and cannot declare the taking
of life under these circumstances to
be justifiable homicide , but Juries do
and will continue to do so.
It Is not uncommon for a certain class
of newspapers to assert that there Is
no tin pinto made in this country and
that the alleged existence of such an in
dustry Is groundless. Of course all busi
ness men who deal In tin plate know
that it is made hero In very considerable
quantities , and they also know that the
growth of the industry was due to the
protection that was accorded It by the
last republican tariff law. At any rate
this fact Is fully recognized by the tin
plate manufacturers of Wales. The
London Economist. In a review of the
Iron , steel and tin trade of Great Brit
ain for the first quarter of the current
year , stated that the tin trade was
never so depressed MS now , and said that
"the cause of this depression' Is the
large production of tin plates in Amer
ica , which has been greatly f.ivored by
the exceptionally low prices ruling for
steel billets. The price has been ac
tually less In the United States than in
South Wales , and In addition to this is
the protective duty of about T > shillings
per ton. " There Is supplied in this an
edifying object lesson teaching that pro
tection has built up the tin industry
in the United States to proportions that
have produced an appreciable effect upon
the Industry In Great Britain , and that
this result has been attained without
Increasing the cost of tiu to the con
sumer. Does not this most amply jus
tlfy the republican policy. so far , at
least , as the tin plate industry Is concerned
corned ?
A JILOH'AT IMI'KIHA1.1SM.
The rejection by the German Itelchs-
tag of the anti-revolution bill was a
distinct victory for thu people and em
phatically demonstrated that in the
German empire the popular will must
be considered anil respected by thu
government. Thu rejected incnsuru was
a pet scheme of the cmpt > mr. It was
Introduced first during the lucumlwiicy
of Caprivl as chancellor and was urged
by the government as necessary for the
repression of anarchistic conspiracy.
At that time there seemed to be somu
Justification of It and popular opposi
tion was not very pronounced , but with
the subsequent subsidence of alarm
over the anarchists there was devel
oped a general and most vigorous popu
lar hostility to the proposed legislation ,
which steadily grew In force. Tills was
fully recognized by the government
and whllo It continued to urge the adop
tion of the 1)111 ) manifested n waning
faith In Its effort * .
No measure brought forward since
the advent to power of Umperor Wil
liam had less to commend It than this
anti-revolution bill. It was repugnant
to the spirit of the age and Its adop
tion would have been a step backward.
It proposed what would have been vir
tually the abolition of the freedom of
the press nnd It also abolished the
right of assembly and free speech. It
provided that the army and the navy
and member of the -
every military sen-
Ice should bo free from criticism nni
imposed a penalty of three years' Im
prisonment for milking censorious com
ments on either service or any member
thereof. Kill torn , publishers and writers
wore to be subjected to line and 1m
prlsonment for the publication of any
thing detrimental to thu public pence
under which any criticism of the gov
eminent that might nrouso thu peoph
to opposition would condemn the anther
thor of It to the prescrilH > d penalty. I
Is easy to see that such a law wonk
havu effectually destroyed the free
dom of the press. In short , this bll
vns conceived In a spirit of Intolerance
nnd In rejecting It the Bclchstng has
administered m-ifit-opor rebuke to that
spirit which IS W tile greatest signifi
cance nn a dciiuinstrntlon of the weight
nnd Influence , ofjthe | popular will.
It was Baldi some time , ngo that In
ho event of'thl' ' defeat of the nntl-
evolution blll tlje Reichstag would be
Unsolved and nu'uthcr election ordered ,
but It Is now sAiBgesled that the govern-
uont will hariliy' ' Venture upon nn elec-
Ion In the prc 'c'iijf. ' state of the popular
nlnil , It woiildcln ! profitless to conjee-
.tiro . as to wlrnfoourso Emperor Wll-
lam will docliW upon. He does not
> oar defeat \VV | .equanimity . and It Islet
lot to be expox-tcd that ho will give up
he struggle for the legislation which
10 believes necessary to strengthen the
mperlal power.
Harper's Weekly calls the resolution
ulopted by the New York legislature
nvltlng Canadian annexation an Ill-
timed proposition. It says that the
iresent time Is especially Inopportune
for such action , because while our
government is engaged In trying to
tvert British Intervention In the affairs
> f the American continent It Is the
icmo of absurdity for any legislative
) ody to attempt to Interfere in the
iff a I rs of n British colony. Nobody In
Cnnnda seems to have taken the Now
York invitation seriously. When the
United States wants to make an an-
lexatlon It will not have to rely on a
state legislature to act for It.
Senator Morgan predicts that , If the
lemoerntlc party does not adopt a plat
form In favor of free coinage of silver
t will not curry n single state In the
inlon. It is to be noted , however , that
Senator Morgan doe- ; not venture to pro-
llet how many states it will carry If It
Iocs adopt such a platform. That Is a
terse of a very different color.
The deatlt of the German anti-revolu
tionary bill will doubtless be the cause
) f several important political changes
n the imperial government. That Is
the difference between legislation In
parliamentary and in presidential
countries.
Tim Itoail tn Victory ,
I'hllRdelphU Uecord.
The republican party , puttltiR resolutely
aside all thoughts of a compromise platform
and candidate , must take the Held with an
uncompromising candidate upon a platform
of aound , safe money , as that road only
will lead them to certain victory. The
common demand of the democracy for a
dishonest , unsafe currency , creates the op
portunity of triumph for the republican
larty ; It Is too sreat a oneto be sacrificed
to a straddling platform and a compromise
candidate , no matter who he may be.
A Vrtvr.ulr < qtW'H licllrriiiiint.
OloW-Democrat.
The oldest American actor , ChailcsV. .
otildock , who IH 'itn American by adoption ,
Having been bonv In Ixmdon , has Just cele
brated his 80th < .btrthday and retired from
the staKe. His jpj-pfesBlonal career covers
a period of sixjty years , during which lie
: > ! ayed with Macr6ady , Charles Kean , Char
lotte Cushman nn'd other eminent dramatic
lights , but hls 'cr ' atcst personal triumph
was "Dunstan Klrke" In Hazel Klrke ,
which he played. " , fW t'.mes. lie Is known
to theater-goers eyerywhcte , and will long
be pleasantly remembered.
Tim ifirl'rnti'd Terror.
Chlcnttjj TJInes-llernld. |
Why not preserve the. purity of the lan
guage ? LOOSJrrlters ypeak of the bicycle
suits as "bloomers. " If they had ? ver seen
a real bloomtr.srtnai ? . the kind worn by
Amelia , Uloomar . liaok In the llftle.s , they
would use some other designation. Tin-
original bloomer urb consisted of a skirt
of calico worn ( o the knees , with straight-
cut piintclettes worn to th ? tops of the
shoes. It really was n hldeom garb. Call
the bicycle dress knickerbockers , or some
other not Inappropriate name , and let
"bloomers" go duwn to oblivion.
Kivlnsr : < r H Dynpoptlc.
St. 1'uui 1'loncer Press.
One of those morbid statisticians who
live to Invent new miseries for the human
race has boon computing th ? number or
hours spent by the average business man
In the various functions of life. He has
discovered that thirty-seven and one-half
days of eight hours each are apant at
luncheon , twenty-two and two-thirds days
at breakfast , nnd forty-live and one-half
days at dinner that Is , nearly one-third of
the entire year ts spent at the table. And
he brazenly mggests that this time might
be made doubly prolltable by the employ
ment of hired readers , so that he who
eats may read by proxy and 1111 his mlrd
with current literature and his Inner man
with the fuel of Ufa at one and the name
time.
Itiittllni Aguiitht Mlslity Kvlla.
New Yoik Tribune.
By the first amendment to the constitu
tion of the United States , "the right of the
people . to petition for a redress of
grlevancjs" Is Inalienably sscured. This
right has been often exercised , but never ,
we believe , on so large a scale as In the casJ
of the Woman'H Christian Temperance
union , which has prepared a petition over
one mile In length , cilllng upon nil civlllzsd
governments to prohibit the sale of alcohol
and opium. H has already been presented
to President Cleveland , and soon the gigan
tic document Is to ba carried abroad and
taken to the several capitals of Europe.
Later other countries are to be visited. The
elfectlveness of such a campaign may per
haps be questioned. Not so the zeal ,
earnestness nnd devotedness of the organi
zation responsible for It.
Tlie Aienncliic < julono.
New York Commercial.
How are western people to protect them
selves against the tornadoes of the end of
spring ? Cyclone cellars and the like are
useful In theory , but a tempest that gives
no time for preparation defies all precau
tions. At present the only defense that
suggests Itself Is to build strongly In the
tornado haunted areas , discarding wood for
honest brick and mortar. Hut then , where
arc the boundaries of the tornado districts ?
They seem to cover almost the whole of
the country. According to EO good an au
thority as James Fcnlmore Cooper , the
windows In the virgin forests of New York
and New Kngland tfstllled to both the fre
quency and the severity of tornadoes in
prehistoric times. It is true that we are
not often visited by them now , but why
not ? A tornado is nn eddy on the edge
of a cyclone. We get cyclones enough , and
are often enough on the edges to be vic
timized. Our protection Is due , probably ,
to the rolling country that breaks up the
rotary motion of the tornado.
I.uiientHtlon of"'liemocnioy' ' * Jrrcniluh.
LouUrltlo dAurler-Journal.
Mr. Watterson'Ms w.holly out of this pres
ent contention. 'FIVe-and-twenty years of
hard and thanlrlcssl toll , leading forlorn
holies and fllHngiidinpsslble breaches , have ,
ho think * , earned UUji the right to a much
needed respite. If , not to an honorable dis
charge. He is. hUlte worn with pioneer
work ; going ahead and blazing away , under
fire from front and rear. He Is nowlre re-
gponslbta for thaipresent , situation. It has
come about overflls ) eftort to overt It ; nnd ,
as no man can , liu expected to accept the
responsibilities oT 'leadership when he has
no speclllc plan ftnd ran offer no reasonable
assurance , let those1 who have and who
can , lead ahead.1 and , except where con
victions of right . rjd3duty may Interpose , he
will follow. As an humle follower , he will
still hope and pray , that the worst may not
betide , but that"under God , all things shall
work to good ends./ even though at this
moment he may.flot be able to see a great
deal of sunshJntffln that quarter of the
heavens which used to be reserved for nn
unterrilled nnd triumphant democracy.
nn : HTATS TitRAitvnBn'a
Crete Vldette : The Hill trial continues to
occupy the attention ot the supreme court ,
but nothing will come of H.navcv court costs
and lawyers' fees , all of which the state will
have to pay. Captain Hill Is not liable , ( or
ho made a legitimate settlement with hit
successor In otllce ; anil Mr. Dartlcy cannot
be held , for , under the depository law , ho
had no alternative but deposit the money In
the Capital National bank. This U the situ
ation In a nutshell , and this will be the
substance ot the Jury's verdict. It U an un
fortunate thing for the state , but so la a
populist legislature.
Blair Pilot : The noted CASO of the state
against Hill , now on at Lincoln before the
supreme court , Is likely to prove a complete
fiasco. The ronr of the state In this matter
for the past two years and more amounts tea
a "tempest In a teapot , " nnd nothing more.
It was apparent at once on the failure of
the Capital National bank that the state
money therein was as hopelessly lost as it
could" be , unless a dozen or more of the chief
wire pullers were promptly dealt with. Hill
could not possibly bo more responsible than
hla predecessor , from whom he received only
paper representations ot money supposed to
be on deposit , or than was Ills successor ,
who received and receipted to him for the
same sort of accounting , or was Lorenzo
Crounse , who approved a straw bond whereby
the Interests of a tottering state depository
were braced up for the time being. No ono
man was or could bo responsible for the loss ,
and the effort to make It appear that way
Is simply an old way of applying tha white
wash to a whole gang ot fellows who should
have been brought up with a round turn
more than two years ago.
I'npllllon Times : The great state ot Ne
braska Is a chump. U has never yet recov
ered a single dollar stolen from It by
crooked public servants , and today the scores
of thieves who have looted the state treasury
In various ways walk the streets unmolested
and breathe free air as regularly as their
more honest fellow men. Men can even
steal the funds set aside for the unfortunate
Insane , and the voters of the state applaud
the deed and re-elect members of the satno
gang to onice. A state oil Inspector dips
his hand down Into the public crib , ex
tracts a half dozen thousands of money
paid by the taxpayers nnd laughs at the
boylth efforts of the state to make him put
It back again. A Lincoln banker plays
horse with the state treasurer , holds him up
for a quarter million of the public funds ,
and the treasurer's bondsmen wink nt the
childish efforts of the state to recover the
stealings. Perhaps tlio state can go on In
definitely putting a premium upon rascality
by falling to ferret out and punish public
thievery , but a business man wouldn't last
long if his principles were no better. The
time Is ripe for the appearance of a public
Eprvant who will employ the last resource
of the state to hunt down and bring to jus
tice the man who betrays a public trust
and steals the people's money.
I'lSIIKUXAI. A.\l >
Secretary Morton thinks the Colorado crop
of Cherries should be pitted.
Don M. Dickinson's whiskers arc waving a
friendly salute to the Cuban rebels.
A great deal of powder was burned , meta
phorically , at the close of the Delaware sena
torial contest , but nary a spark Ignited the
gns tank. Addicks had considerable fun for
his money.
Brooklyn authorities , having failed to reach
the root of the trolley slaughter by punishing
motormen , are going higher up. The presi
dent of ono of 'tho companies has been In
dicted for manslaughter.
Jersey justice has several lirgo blowholes
In Its armor. A dispenser of the article ,
possessed of a modest regard for his health ,
earned a reputation as a terror to evil doers
and $ CO a head for suspending the sentence. !
Charles Lederer , t'ne leader oT western car
toonists , Is likely to become a member of the
staff of the new Chicago dally which Seymour
and Russell will publish. Mr. Lcderer's work
on the old Herald stamped him as a cartoon
ist of rare ability and an artist of high order.
His return to the western press will bo a
source of pleasure to a legion of admirers.
A Chicago policeman whose chin was
adorned with an elongated aurora was shorn
of his glory at the behest of a superior ofllcer.
The shock to his pride and system , as well
as to his friends , was almost unbearable , but
the Ignominy did not end there. Dismissal
followed. Now the outcast proposes to wrench
exemplary damages for lost whiskers from an
ungrateful city.
U Is a mistake to suppose the editorial
minds of the country are w'nolly absorbed In
solving the money question and settling for
eign wars. Occasionally the cares of state
and nation are cast aside and matters of
prlmo human concern elucidated. For In
stance , here is a Kansas City authority dis
coursing cheerily on "The Popular Shirt
Waist. " Cool , refreshing , attractive , both sub
ject and wearer , and the artistic manner of
treatment Implies a master hand in reach
and experience.
If there Is anything to admire In the cruel ,
brutal work of a hall storm , the fact Is a
profound secret. Not so with lightning. The
versatility and quaint capers of I'nat element
passeth mortal comprehension. Up In Duluth
last week a flash cavorted around a school
loom filltd with children , made kindling of
the blackboards , wrenched the screws holding
the seats to the tloor , fused the steels In the
school ma'am's corset and melted the gold
filling In her teeth. Heyond the effect of the
shock no serious harm was done.
The Illinois legislature , sent a smelling
committee around among Chicago business
men to discover the whys and wherefores of
department stores. These blooming rustics
from the borderland of Egypt were treated
to successive doses of the marble heart , and
sought to soothe their wounded dignity by
punishing an obstreperous business man for
contempt. The state senate tabled the move
ment by a decisive majority. A few sane
members realized that the rest of the state
could not be safely punished for harboring
chunks of legislative contempt.
The woman's edition of the San Francisco
Examiner , the pioneer in the movement ,
netted $12,120.28. The sales reached the
astonishing total of 130,000. The object of
the edition was to aid the fund for the erec
tion of a hospital wing for Incurable chil
dren. Contributions from other sources
raised the fund to $23,000. Plans for the
children's ward have been completed and
ground has been broken for the building.
It will be 100 feet long and fifty feet wide ,
three storks high , with a huge sun room In
the center. The building will be completed
this year.
Early Train .Service Demanded.
.Stuart ledger.
If we could get the ear of the head push
of the Fremont , Elkhorn and Missouri Val
ley railroad wo would llko to ask why we
can't get a pasesnger train In hero from
Omaha before 10 o'clock at night ? If a
train would leave Omaha at about 7 a. m.
we could get our letters and papers about
3 p. m. , which would bo a great benefit to
the business men of Atkinson. In fact , It
would benefit every town on the road. With
out being too Inquisitive , we would like to
ask why the change couldn't be made ? Wo
would like to read our Omaha papers the
same day they are published , instead ot the
nixt. Atkinson Graphic.
The Ledger has been preaching this same
doctrine for the past three years. What la
needed Is a mall train also carrying paa-
gel gers leaving Omaha at 3 o'clock a. m
and making rapid tlmo to Deadwood. North
ern Nebraska Is entitled tp better mall facili
ties than It Is now getting over tha Elkhorn
line. We think that If the proper pressure
was brought to bear upon the postal author
ities and management of the Fremont , Elkhorn -
horn & Missouri Valley line a better mall
service could be secured. Will not Messrs.
Ilosewater , Hitchcock and others make a
hard effort to bring this about ?
Milling Muny Snupl.
York Times.
James E. Boyd Is missing a great many
snaps : The latest Is the editorial chair of
the Omaha World-Herald.
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U.S. Gov't Report
Powder
PURE
UTAH'S Ann *
Chicago Herald : A r.tanct at tlie new con
stitution -which Is to be eubmtttcd to the pee *
? le ot Utah In November will suffice to show
what a tremendous advance Is In store for
womanhood In that territory when It shall
become R state. Not only Is the federal stat
ute prohibiting polygamy csnfirmcd , but
woman suflrago Is established t 0110 sweep.
This Is a far cry. surely , from the regime
ot rtrlnham Young , and It U not surprising
to find the authors of such reforms proposing
also to abolish the grand Jury systenn and
to reduce petit juries to clRlit. Utah , al
ways Interesting us a territory , promises
to be even more i : < as a state ,
Chicago Jnter-Oeean : The Utah constitu
tional convention has so far provided for no
lieutenant governor In the list of state o Ul
cers. The little state ot Delaware has no
Jnich nillco as lieutenant governor , and the
verdict of the people last fall has been com
pletely changed by the death o ( Governor
M.irvll. The republicans carried the state In
November , but the hold-over senators k > pt
the state senate democratic. When Mnrvll
died. In March , the democratic president of
the senate became governor. Utah should
provide for such an emergency , so tlt.it when
the people elect oltlclals representing ono
uarly or policy there will b ? EOUIC- one to
slip In when a governor dies and carry on
the work as It was > begun.
Chlcigo Record : The constitution which Is
to be submitted to the people of Utah In
November for their approval or rejection
has been signed nnd completed. It prohibits
polygamy , as do all the states ; tt provides
for woman suffrage , as does Wyoming ; It
does away with the grand Jury system , as
does Michigan , nnd It dos not provide for
a lieutenant governor , In which It Is like
Delaware , Alabama , Arkansas , Georgia ,
Malno and some other states. U Incorporates
some new features In trials by Jury , provid
ing for petit juries of eight persons , six of
whom can render a verdict , except In crim
inal cases , when a unanimous verdict Is re
quired to convict. The constitution provides
for a school system that Is comprehensive ,
and If well carried out will give the new
atato a high rank In educational matters.
The success of the commonwealth will depend
largely on the dominant spirit that will con
trol It. Woman- suffrage will mean In Utah
what It means In no other state , and that Is
the supremacy of the church In political af
fairs. The population of the territory In
1S90 consisted of 110,103 male ? and 97.442
females , or a total of 207,905. The member
ship of the Mormon church Is 1-14,000 , of
which nearly the entire number are In Utah.
This would give- the Mormon church the ab
solute control ot the state , especially with the
franchise of suffrage extended to the women
of that church.
ox's cnnnitr mm : JI.ITCIIKT
St. Louis Hepubllc : It strikes us that Sec
retary Morton might have mailo two bites out
of that Colorado Cherry , but ho didn't.
Milwaukee Sentinel : Secretary Morton Is
ono of the best letter writers whom Mr.
Cleveland has appointed to olllce. Ho never
talks unless he has something to say , and
he usually puts his facts and opinions In plain
languaga , which Is forcible without being vie
lent. What ho says about free coinage Is
more specific and more effective than any
thing Mr. Cleveland has said upon the same
subject.
TOOTIl&UMK THIVLES ,
Milwaukee Journal ; A large majority of
those who think they need coaxing really
require clubbing.
Judge : "Why was the bee selected as n
model of Industry ? " asked Tllllntihast. "Ue-
cause business with him Is always hum
ming , " remarked Glldersleeve.
New York Weekly : Invalid Doctor , I
should not fear death , but I am so afraid
of being burled alive. Physician You need
have no fear of that with me attending
you.
Philadelphia Record : niobbs The most
utterly friendless feeling In the world Is to
strike a strange city nnd not to know a
soul. Sloblis Humph ! I guess you never
umpired a ball game , did you ?
Detroit Free Press : He You can tell a
woman's character even by the arrange
ment of the tidies on the choirs in her
parlor.
She Hut suppose there are no tidies ?
lie Then she Is considerate.
Washington Star : "Ob , my ! " exclaimed
the lady , as she gave the tramp on the
street a dime ; "wiry don't you , at least ,
wash your hands and face ? "
"The police won't have It , mum , he re
plied ; "they'd run me In for beln' on the
street in disguise. "
Chicago Tribune : "To be sure , James , "
said the boy's father. "I shall be glad to
see you Join the church and become n better
boy , but If you do you will probably lose
your Job with that strawberry packing
linn. "
Indianapolis Journal : "What are your
views on the higher criticism , doctor ? "
asked tlie Inquisitive passenger.
"I am not a doctor , " replied the minis
terial looking passenger. "I nm an actor.
But ns regards the higher criticism , I fully
believe in It. The gang in the gallery
knows more about a play than all the
newspaper agonlzers on earth.
WE'D LIICI3 TO SEE HER.
IJoston Courier.
In circles where the fashions all
Are known and talked of , there are rumors -
mors
That lovely woman by next fall
Will promenade the streets In bloomers.
When woman wills she'll have her way.
Though she may shortly after rue It ;
And all that we have got to say
Is this : "We'd like to see her do it. "
Of TllK STATK
Yorl : Times : The rainmaker will work In
Nebraska this mimmer , but ho will work
for nothing and hoard himself. Nobody beHaves -
Haves In machine made raltt any more ; even
the rain fakirs refuse to believe tu It ,
llohtrcgo Citizen ; The fellow who can lift
up his eyes anil behold Nebraska In all her
glory these days ami. , not rejoice ( hat ha
lives In Nebraska Is devoid ot patriotism , and
life Is nothing but a dream as far na ho It
concerned.
Mlndcn Gazette : The people of Nebraska
are mure Interested In raising good crops
just now , for which they can got such money
ni already exists , than they arc In whooping
It up for the fellows who want to boom silver
mines at their expense.
North Bend Argun : Oinnha Is making
preparations for n successful state fair. Slio
has completed many arrangements this early
nnd will continue In that line. The state
fair of 1S05 under the management of Omnha
will be n decided Micccss ,
Western Wave : The crop question In Ne
braska overshadows all other questions. A
good , full crop of farm products will make
tlmo Improve In Nebraska far more than
any other ono thing. And the prospects nr
now that we shall get It ,
Virginia Times : The stntc fair nt Oninln
tilts year promises to bo A stunner. Lots all
go. You can depend on It that you .will ba
treated right , ns Omaha Is always to the
front In such things. Distance cuts no figure
when ono Is out to sec the sights and that's
where you can sec them.
Ptnnton Ticket : A. II. Dale of Hock
county , the man selected as the appraiser ot
the property by Contractor Dorgan , Is suffi
ciently pliable for nil the purposes of Mr.
Dorgan. A man who will sell out the
party that elects him nnd then turn his back
upon them , tu Gale did when representative
from Brown ni-d Hock counties , Is just the
man for the Mosher capital ring ,
Grand Island Republican : The people of
Nebraska have great cause for encourage
ment In the present outlook for crops , which
gives promise of an abundant harvest nnd
nn cud to the distressing times through which
this In common with many states has passed.
Some cf the days have looked dark , Indeed ,
but the sunshine of our prosperity dawns
again and Hie outlook for general revival
throughout Iho country , consequent upon the
overthrow of democracy , heightens hope * In
that direction , and the people have cause to
rejoice.
Cedar Bluffs Standard : There Is some talk
to the effect that the street railway of Omaha
will not bo extended to the fair grounds for
fe-ar that it would be a losing investment.
The people of Omaha , having secured this
great show , wo bellevo they have the man
hood to live up to every condition , and It the
street railway company will not extend the
system the business men will do so. It will
bo big dollars In the pockets of the Omaha
business men to sec that the people who at
tend the fair this foil nro well cared for at
moderate rates.
Beatrice Times : The railroad people have
"come off tlio perch" on rates to the state
fair and said to the board , practically , make
your own terms , gentlemen ; we want the
people and * the things there. If It takes every
wheel wo have got and wo lose the engine.
The Times Is paying more attention to these
state fair details just now , because It feels
that the success or non-success of a big fair
this fall is of vital Importance to the state in
counteracting false statements of our condi
tion last year and to show that , bad as It
may Imvo been , It was only a tcmrorary , ono-
yoir matter. _ _
To 1'rotoot tlio Homo Product ,
Now York Times.
Mr. McCarthy of the assembly of Illinois
proposes to put that body on the right side
If he can of what to him seems a burning
question. He thinks It Is a giant evil nnd
n monstrous wrong that cltlzenesscs of the
United States should expatriate themselves
by marrying foreigners. Particularly It
suddens him that they should marry titled
foreigners , nnd he has Introduced a Joint
resolution for the purpose ot warning them
that If they pursue that course they can
not look for the approval of the legislature
of Illinois. According to the resolution
the legislature Invites the daughter * ot
Illinois not to give their hands In marriage
to any person who Is not a native or a
naturalized citizen of the United States ,
nnd expresses Its conviction that the daugh
ters of Illinois ought to show themstlves
patriotic In their sentiment nnd disdainful
of the titles of nobility of any foreigner
whatsoever. This amusing proposition was
amusingly referred to the committee on
federal relations , since which we have not
heard of It.
TllK aWlHtltS LKAltMtl ) JlAIIHtN
lllc rourler-Joumal.
"Where are you going , my pretty maid ? "
"To Vussar college , sir , " she wild.
"Sir , " she said ,
"Sir , " she said ,
"To Yassar college , sir , " she said.
"May I go with you , my pretty maid ? "
-Tls a female college , sir. " she Bald
"How may one enter , my pretty maid ?
"Solely by Intellect , sir , " she said.
"What will you do then , my pretty maid ? "
"Take nn A. H. If I can , " she said.
"Then won't you marry me , my pretty
"Nay ? we are bachelors , air , " she said.
"What will you do. then , my pretty maid ? "
"I "hall be Master of Arts. " she said.
"Then won't you marry me , my pretty
"Yolu'lwould be master ot me , " she said.
"What will you do. then , irty pretty maid ? "
"Trv for a Ph. t ) . , sir , " she said.
"Then Ii ( won't marry you. my pretty
"Nobody asked you , sir , " she said.
"Sir,1' she Bald ,
"Sir , " she said ,
"Nobody aslicd you , air , " she sold.
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Boys' Suit Bargains.
Monday and Tuesday we make a special sale of
2-picce suits at three prices.
$2.00 $2.50 $3.00.
They are beauties every one of them
None better in the world.
The $2.00 suh is a Vermont gray , Ox
ford mixture ; also a brown mixed cheviot ;
_ nicely made up long cut coats.
The $2.50 suit is a gray or tan , cassimere or cheviot
perfect gems of value.
The $3.00 suit is a tan mixed cheviot that ordinarily
sells at $5.00 in any other house.
These are all our own first-class make not imported
for the occasion but goods intended te have sold for
much more. As these prices are special for this sale we
cannot guarantee ' the assortment to last longer than
Tuesday.
Ilcliublc Clothiers , S.W. Cor. IStli and Douglas Sta