THE OMAHAiDAILY KKE : WEDNESDAY" , MAY 22 , 1805.
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anonon n. T/.sriircK.
Sworn to lirfore tnf nml BUbtcribed In my pres-
cni'p Oils W iljy of Mnrcli. IWi.
( Seal ) N. I1. FBIU Notary IMbllc.
The ThurKloti Hlfli'S did tht-insclvos
Iirotiil iiiul linvo glvuii Oinnlui
to crow over.
If Dr. liny Is I lisa no lie otinlit to bo
coaxed out of tlie Ijlncoln ns.vhun. If
lie Is Kane lie ought to be booted out.
The United States supreme court Is
nlinost as unanimous hi Its opinions
now a It used to be In the dsiy.s of
Dnvld Davis.
This WaHhliiKton Feiielbli'S are not
ns luvliu'lblc as they used to be. There
nre no llk-s on the Tlmrstou Killes , al-
Hiouirli It was very hot down In Mem
phis.
The Vaiulerbllts are prepnrhiK to take
possession of the IliMUliiiK railroad and
all tlio anthraeite coal mines. The next
thins i order will bo for them to lake
possession of the earth.
The WPV on the AVInm'b.iKo reserve
Is not likely to require the calling out of
General Colby's militia. The Indict
ment of .Sheriff Mullen by a federal
grand Jury Indicates that Uncle Sam
will tolerate no more foolishness on the
reserve-
Chief Itudull Intimated very broadly
before the flre and police commission
that deficiency of water miniJy Is not
the only thins that caused him to tender
bis resignation. The failure to make
Kood promises of certain changes In
apparatus and the sectarian dissensions
nnd Imckcnpplng In the department had
more to do with It than the small water
wains and clogged fire hydrants.
Memphis will entertain the sound
money convention In an auditorium that
lias a seating capacity of 8,000. If
Onmlm. desires to become a convention
city she must have a public hall
centrally located that has a capacity of
Beating from 5,000 to 8,000 people. To
be sure the Coliseum will hold more
than 10,000 , but the Coliseum Is an old
barrack , accessible only to one line of
street railway cars.
Members of the slate senate drew
$11-til2 ( for the last session lu per diem
and mileage , but the olllcera and em
ployes of that body drew out of the
treasury ? 21L"J7.r > 0. Thus the thirty-
three senators drew on an average
$317 each for salary and mileage. The
amount paid out for clerks and hang
ers-on averaged ? 07.'J..r > 0 for every sen
ator. Such a monstrous piece of legis
lative looting Is without a parallel in
the history of Nebraska and It Is safe
to predict that it will not again be per
petrated for the next hundred years.
The Chicago Times-Herald submits
this prescription for smashing the polit
ical machine : Abolish the dieting
contract of the Kheriff and the trens
urer's Interest lu couuly funds juul
the county niaclilno will fall to pieces
Abolish the Interest drawn by the clt >
treasurer and take away the patronage
from the mayor and heads of depart
menu ami the city machine will cease
to exist. That reminds us forcibly of
the advice to farmers to pour iwirlb
Kreen on the potato vines If tliej
wanted to get rid of a Colorado potato
Auditor Moore has compiled the ap
Iironrlatlons voted by the lust leglsla
ture nnd the footings .show mi aggre
Kate of ? ii,781,0110 , as against ? li'JOJa'f ) {
voted by the legislature of 1SJK1. Ii
other words , the late legislature votw
away $57.1,801 lu excess of the tola
appropriations of the preceding legls
lature. Crediting back the ? 250OOC
voted for relief the late legiMature stll
stands charged with Increasing the ap
l > ropriallons by $ H2oSH ! over those o
the preceding legislature. And this ex
travagance In the faeo of a coudltloi
unprecedented In the history of Xe
bniKka.
It will bo well for the lire and pollct
bonud to bear In mind tlmt an efllclen
lire lighting force Is an absolute iieceti
Bity. If the means at the -disposal o
the board to support an efllelent fire do
imrtmont will not warrant the purelms <
of necessary apparatus the councl
ehoulil be Invoked to devise ways an
means for carrying out the recominen
datlons of Chief Tledell so far as may b
within their power. AVc may not b
nblo for some time to luerea.se tlio wate
supply by enlarging the water mnlnn
but there is no doubt that other defect
can be remedied this season wlthoii
materially Increasing the running ex
petises of the department.
TltK II VOMlXa Dlt. I'
The recent rise In tlio price of potro-
inn tins again riveted attention upon
ic oil llcldrt \Vyomlnj : , which prom-
c nt no dUt.'iut day to become I lie
lost prolific * source of oil supply In
Tidied .Slates. The consensus of
pinion among oil experts Is that the
hlo nnd Pennsylvania oil region" are
n the decllni * and Iho opening of new
ells through the stimulant of higher
rices only hastens the exhausting pro-
ss. The fact that the price of petro-
eum has recently also advanced In
tttssla affords tangible proof that the
Ise In oil Is not altogether due to a
orner gotten up by tin * Standard oil
lonopoly , but the forerunner of shrinl-
ng supply by reason of the general
Ivlng out of the principal oil wells.
U all events the Wyoming oil llelds
vlll henceforth attract more attention
rom capitalists.
With the opening of Wyoming oil
elds will come one of the rare oppor-
unities which , taken at the Hood , leads
n to fortune. There must be a dls-
riliutlng and refining center that will
ccupy very much the same position
o the Wyoming oil tlelds which Clove-
intl occupied to Ohio nml I'ennsyl-
aula oil Holds. Why should not
linaha be that distributing potnl ?
) i'iiver Is already figuring for a pipe
Ine from Wyoming , but Omaha Is
lore favotably located for refining and
listrlbutlng than Denver. The oil
[ itids of Wyoming are chiefly near the
lend Avaters of the I'latte river , con-
eipH'iitly a natural fall can be ob-
allied all the way down to Omaha.
\nd Omaha should by nil means put
orth every effort to secure n pipe line
hat will land the oil at her doors and
: over our river front with refineries.
Make Omaha a petroleum refining cen-
er and the manufacturing problem
vlll bo solved , canal or no canal. The
'eligibility of a pipe line from AVyom-
ng to Omaha Is not called In question ,
t Is a matter purely of raising the
iccessary capital. If the Denver peo-
) le can work up the project Omaha
surely ought to be able to match her.
Vs a refining center Denver would
lave eipial advantages , but as a dls-
ributlng center Omaha would be way
ihead of Denver. The railroad lines
onverging in Omaha would cover a
errltory that has now to be supplied
'rom Ohio and Pennsylvania , and the
Caving of freights in carrying the oil
by pipe line Instead of rail to the Mis
souri river would afford a very decided
uargln In favor of Omaha. The ques-
loa Is , will our capitalists strike while
: ho iron Is hot ?
Lii OA A xouxn
There Is not a great deal that Is new
o be said on the currency question.
The Held of argument has been pretty
horoughly traversed by both sides lo
he controversy. The most that the
iblost exponent of a sound and safe
urreney system can do , therefore , is
to give to well established facts In
he financial experience of the civilized
world a fair presentation and a logical
application. This Is what Secretary
Carlisle has done In his strong and
ible address on the silver issue de
livered at Covlngtou , Ky. , Monday , the
first of four speeclies he Is to make
on this subject. It may be somewhat
unfortunate for the Influence of these
xddresses that Mr. Carlisle seems to
lold now a position toward , silver at
variance with his attitude of a few
years ago , when he was lu congress ,
jut no fair-minded man , really desir
ous of obtaining all the light possible
on this great question , will make this
reason for not giving to the present
views of Mr. Carlisle the respectful
consideration they merit. What he
siild on the floors of congress in behalf
of silver was undoubtedly spoken from
sincere convictions , according to the
light ho then had. Since then condi
tions have materially changed and Mr.
Carlisle as secretary of the treasury
has been enabled to study the cur
rency question from a higher nnd better
vantage ground than the house or the
senate. lie has had two years of prac
tical experience with financial affairs
ind with the operations of our mone
tary system , from which ho has ob
tained a broader and more compre
hensive knowledge of the principles
which underlie a sound nnd safe cur
rency. As the head of the national
treasury , fairly presumed to have at
heart the interests of the government
and the welfare of the country , Sec
retary Carlisle's utterances on the par
amount question before the American
people are entitled to the careful con
sideration of every Intelligent citizen.
The salient points of Mr. Carlisle'h
Covlngtou address are , that with the
free nnd unlimited coinage of silver
at 10 to 1 for Individual account the
government could not keep the silver
dollar at a parity with gold , because
the volume of silver lu circulation
would become so great lu proportion
to the gold the government could pro
cure that the attempt would necessarilj
fall : Unit the Immediate effect of tin
adoption of a free coinage pollej
would be to contract the currency to
the extent of about ? rt2.,000,000 by the
withdrawn ! of that amount of goh
from circulation ; tlmt this coutractloi
would greatly reduce prices because
It would alarm the country , destroj
credit and produce the most serious
llnanclal disturbance this country hah
ever witnessed ; that the only persons
who would proflt by this condition of
affairs would bo the holders of goh
nml the owners of silver mines , whlli.
the people who ewe debts and are un
nblo to pay them would be tlie ones to
suffer ; that In the crash that would bo
brought alwut "tho laborer would be
thrown out of employment by the fall
ure or susiK-nslon of his employer , tlu ,
farmer would receive less real mouej
for his products , property would I > L
sold at low nites tinder Judicial pro
ceedlngs all over the country , credl
would be destroyed , and all ludustria
and commercial enterprises would ataiu
still awaiting the result of the new
exiwrlmeut with the monetary sys
tern. "
These absolutely sound propositions
Secretary Carlisle supported by clea
and logical argument , which canuo
fall to impress nil who have the Intel
llgoneo to comprehend and the cando
to fairly consider It Perhaps the
mast valuable portion of the ilddress
Js that which points out the injury
which the free coinage of sliver would
Inflict upon labor. The worklngman
now receives moru good dollars for
his labor , and those dollars have n
greater purchasing power , than ever be
fore In the history of the world. Any
IMillcy which reduces the value of this
ollnr , said the secretary , has pre-
Isely the same effect upon the holder
s If the amount paid for his labor
vere reduced. The contributions which
Secretary Carlisle will make to the
oiind currency cause will be most hclp-
ttl to It , at least In the south , where It
s apparent he Is still a most popular
ml trusted leader.
s off . \th
Omaha may congratulate herself on
he achievements of her crack national
uardsmcti In the Memphis tournament ,
t was a sweeping victory all along the
iiio and the boys are coming home cov-
rt'd with laurels. The Thurston Ullles
lave stormed and captured the citadel
f Memphis and will bring homo with
hem all the prizes worth comptelng for.
'hey have been awarded $1,500 In prize
noney nnd the Oalveston cup as the
hamplon's trophy. The Omaha Guards
ire a good second to the Thurston
titles. They have won the only prl/.o
hey contested for , viz. , the ? r > 00 prize
or the Oatllng gun drill. If there had
> ccn anything more In sight worth con-
estlng for the Omaha boys In blue
vould have brought It home with them.
AN ftXl'KHLMKAT iX STUhKT C/.B/IMAO.
Chicago proposes to inaugurate a new
leparture by doing her street cleaning
hroiigh the Civic Federation , an associ-
itlon of business men and property own
ers who are endeavoring to bring about
a radical change In the management of
uunlclpal affairs. The experiment of
street cleaning by the co-operative plan
s to be tried in the district In which
nest of the large business blocks are
oca ted and the fund for street cleaning
s to be raised by direct contribution
'rom the owners of property adjacent
o the streets that are to be cleaned.
\t this distance the outcome of the ex-
> erlment appears to be very dubious.
There niny be enough money raised by
voluntary contribution ns a starter , but
t Is extremely doubtful whether the
contributions would continue In season
uul out of season. The chances are ten
[ o ono that some of the property own-
> rs would refuse point blank to partici
pate and in due time the burden which
should be equally shared by nil would
fall on the shoulders of the few public
spirited citizens who were enlisted In
the move either by sentimental Impulse
or because they hope to see a marked
improvement In the cleanliness of the
public thoroughfares. In the long run
there Is only one way of apportioning
the expense of street cleaning and that
: s by compulsory assessments In proportion
tion to the frontage of lots adjacent
to the streets that are to be cleaned.
The mode of doing the work by con
tract Is responsible for its wretched
performance. Under direct municipal
supervision and with day labor the
work would be more satisfactory , nl
though perhaps more expensive. In tlie
city of New York there has been a very
marked Improvement recently In the
cleaning of streets , and that can be
ascribed readily to the new broom In
municipal government. When Tam
many was displaced In the manage
ment of municipal affairs the old gang
of work-shirkers and tax-caters had lo
give way to a class of.oflicers who were
elected on the Issue of municipal re
form. Very naturally these olllcers desired -
sired to show by their work that the
taxpayers' interests were in better
hands , and better street cleaning was
among the first substantial proofs of
[ fetter government. 'Whether Tammany
ever resumes sway In New York or not
the streets of the metropolis will never
again be as lllthy as'they were for
merly. The Tammany bosses would not
dare lo risk defeat by resuming the old
slovenly methods.
The Chicago Civic Federation experi
ment will not survive , but If It results
in giving Chicago cleaner streets this
season the municipal machine will bo
compelled to maintain the established
standard.
DUTIKS ON THA. AX I ) COFFEH.
The next congress will undoubtedly
have to make provision for additional
revenue for the government. The defi
cit for the current fiscal year will be
not far from IfGO.OCW.OOO and while It Is
to be expected that the revenues of the
next fiscal year will be materially In
creased by reason of Improvement In
the business of tlie country , It Is hardly
probable tlmt tlie Increase will be suf
ficient , without additional legjslntloX to
bring receipts up to expenditures. Very
little confidence Is to be given to the op
timistic nssurances of the supporters of
tlio existing tariff law , because none of
their past promises or prophecies have
been verified. Tlio revenue estimates of
Secretary Carlisle have been far In ex
cess of results and Mr. AVllson and others
have been no more fortunate In their
predictions ofwhat the now economic
policy would yield for the support of
the government. The Income tax fea
ture of that policy having been declaret
void , there is a loss of estimated reve
nue from this source , as flrst made , of
$ : ! 0,000,000. It will bo necessary to
make provision for that amount of addl
tlonal revenue in order to prevent a defi
cit for the fiscal year beginning July 1.
There is already talk of putting a duty
on tea and also , perhaps , on coffee , li
is said that the Treasury depnrtmeiv
has received letters from Importers of
tea stating that they would not be
nversu to a duty nnd that they do not
belUwo It would result In any Increase
of price to consumers. These Importers
claim that the abolition of the duty 01
tea demoralized tlie trade without bone
lit to any one , the effect of It having
been to make the American market the
dumping ground of the refuse tea prod
net of the world. The cheapest grades
of tea have been sent to the Unltci
States because no risk was Involved bj
Investment for the payment of duty
but these grades are sold at retail no
much below the price at which good tei
could be sold , even if subject to n mod
crate duty. Vn to 1870 there was a dutj
on tea of IS cents per pound , when 1
was reduced In 15 cents per pound ,
where It rcn ( lfcd until the duty was
abolished In 1872. It Is proposed that
the 15 cents-piT-pouml duty be restored ,
which wonhj yl ld , on the basis of last
year's lmports.,01,000.000 pounds , iflll.-
07)0,000 , neaflyt'qtml to the estimated
yield of the"llRomc ! tax In the form In
which It wan , lirj ) by the flrst decision of
the supreme court. The consumption of
coffee In the United States Is very much
lhitl\jit ten , the Imports for
1S1U having Ifee'i rir.0,000.000 pounds , so
that a duty'otj ; ! cents per pound would
"
yield $ lr ( 00"l)00 ) of revenue. Thus from
tea and coffee" revi'nue could be ob
tained about equal to the amount which
it was at first estimated would be de
rived from the Income tax.
A proposition fo restore tea and coffee
lo the dutiable list would probably have
nine support lu congress , but the
hanees are that It would encounter so
Igorous popular opposition that no con-
Iderable number of the representatives
f the people could be Induced to favor
t. It would be an attack upon the
free breakfast table" which a large
lajorlty of congressmen , it Is safe to
ay , would refuse lo favor.
The order of President Cleveland re-
It-lag Admiral Meade contains a re-
mke of the conduct of that ofllcer
vhleh Is all the more severe because
) f the accompanying acknowledgment
of his commendable career. An excel-
out record Is thus blurred and It is
nero than likely that the calm judg-
iieut of history will glvo unqunlllii'd
ipproval to the president's action.
There Is an effort to exalt Admiral
Moado's breach of discipline as an ex-
imple of patriotism , and the suggcs-
lou ban been made that he ought to
> o given a place hi the cabinet of the
lext republican president. All such
alk is to be condemned as tending to
veaken respect for authority and to
subvert the principles essential lo obe-
llence , discipline nnd a proper regard
for duty on the part of those engaged
u the military and naval services of
he nation , It Is very well for the men
n these services lo cultivate nil Ameri
can spirit. They are better soldiers
ind sailors for doing so. Hut It is not
well for them to manifest this spirit in
liTogatlou of those whom the people
iiivo placed In authority , and Indeed
rue Americanism is incapable of doing
so.
One of the peculiar ways Iho ttoard of
Education has of whipping the devil
round the stump is to request the secre
tary to cast the vote of the board for
candidates or appointees. "Why should
lot every member cast his own vote
whenever a division is called and have
that vote counted and recorded ? The
secret ballot Is the 7 > rcrogative of the
American sovereign , who Is responsible
o himself and his own conscience only
for all political 'acts , but the repre
sentative of1 that sovereign , whatever
ds calling may be , wholher he is a
congressman , member of the legislature ,
of the city council , Board of 'Education
of delegate tp a political convention , is
iccountable to his sovereign constituents
for every vote ho gives and therefore
.11 honor bound to cast his vote so that
; t may bo known and recorded ,
Worsn Tliiin Krbrl Itilllots ,
New York Tribune.
What Spanish troops have to fight In Cuba
Is an agKresslvo combination of yellow fever
and courageous revolutionists. The chances
are that pestilence will destroy more mem
bers ot the Invading army than are slain by
rebel bullets.
"Knllclitencd
InJIanapolla Journal.
A silver mine owner who did not favor the
free coinage ot silver under conditions that
would make his product worth two for one
would be a much bigger fool than the man
who sawed off the limb on which he sat be
tween himself and the treo.
Mcxtrau micl A in rlcun Money.
Imllannpolts Journal.
A few days ngo a business man In this
city received from Mexico a bag of Mexican
sliver dollars. Counted out , there were 100
ot them. They were to pay a debt of $50.
Ho took them to a bank , but all that its
officers could do uas to credit him with n
bag of silver , the value of which could not be
ascertained until the bank had sent them
to New York. At the time the dollars were
received they were quoted at 62 % cents
In New York. If Mexican dollars can be
disposed of at that price the Indianapolis
manufacturer will receive JD2.EO for his Mexi
can debt , less the amount he has to pay
for expressage from Mexico to Indianapolis
and from Indianapolis to New York. If he
gets that price the extra. $2.60 will be about
enough to pay for the carriage of the stiver
dollars.
These silver dollars of Mexico contain
about six grains more of silver than does
our standard silver dollar , yet ono of them
lias only a little more than half the purchase
power that our silver dollar has. Why Is
this ? Because Mexico enjoys free and un
limited coinage of both silver and gold.
No one will take gold to the mlntx of Mexico ,
but silver is taken in unlimited quantities.
The result is that for the purpose of pur
chase tbo Mexican dollar Is worth only Its
value as silver bullion. On the other hand ,
the coinage of our silver dollar is limited ,
and limited to the number that can be kept
on a parity with gold dollars. Make the
cclrago unlimited and free , so that any person
who has $50 worth ot silver bullion can take
It to the inlirts and get 100 legal tender dollars
lars , and In a short time these dollars will
have the same purchase power as the Mexi
can dollars. True , each dollar will pay a
dollar's worth' ot'dobts , because It is legal
tender , but \Ttil ' jurchase In the market
only as much ai It Is worth as silver bullion.
A few days parlier the same business man
had a demand lirgaluat a Mexican merchant ,
payable in golftior United States funds. Did
the Mexican mefbh'aTit take 10ft Mexican dollars
lars to the bapk'to < get a draft for $100 on
New York ? T3\e' \ figuring on the somewhat
novel draft shftvj-cdr that the Mexican mer
chant had taken to ihe Mexican bank rather
more than 200 uVfexidan dollars to get a New
York draft for * $100 ! of United States money ,
which Is as good1 as gold. If the Mexican
dollar had bctjn _ as good as the United
States dollar tin'riffnitter ; would have been
charged a small percentage for exchange ,
but at the outlet > he had to pay a percent
age for the changing of silver as a com
modity Into gpm1' or United States funds
as money. * ' \
The free and unlimited coinage of silver
for the sole benefit of the ownera ot silver
bullion will bring to the people of this coun
try In bomo measure the inconvenience and
the loss which It has brought to the business
men of Mexico.
intis .txn ma .I
Ufs Molnra Leader : A mistake will be
made If th # Doles letter In construed at a
declaration for the Immediate free colmigc
of silver at 16 to 1. U In true that it tem1
In that direction and there Is an appitrnt
bids for such a reading , but It Is hardly
litstlfied by the categorical language.
Davenport Democrat : He ( Holes ) Is tin-
patient nt failure of his party to take poll-
llvo action and fays so. He wants silver
rrmonftlr.ed and restored to Us pine ? of use
fulness. In this respect the Democrat agrees
Alth him. but beyond this It cannot go.
Governor Ilol"s prefers silver to gold If but
one metal can be used for a standard. In
this position again the Democrat is not alto
gether certain It can agree with Its dls-
tlnguUhcd friend.
Chicago Tribune : While writing on this
subject ho should have stated what "reason
able safeguards" for maintaining the parity
of gold nnd silver at the ratio ot 10 to 1 have
been suggested at any time by "the friends
of free coinage. " He can mention none.
They want none adopted. They da not want
to maintain tha parity. They are furious be
cause It has been maintained. They black
guard the president because lie sold bonds for
tint purpose. They want no parity. They
want the gold and silver separated so the
former niny le.iv. ? the country and the pur
chasing power of the latter be reduced ono-
half. The majority of the people of Iowa
nre not In favor of that , as Doles will find If
he ventures to run for offlce this fall.
Sioux City Tribune : Kx-Oovernor Doles'
letter to the Alton Democrat Is disappointing
to the friends of sound money In all partlea ,
nnd It Is especially dlappolntiiig to his fel
low democrats who are standing up for thb
traditions and principles , uf the democratic
party. Circumstances created the oppor
tunity for Mr. Holfs to raise the banner of
the democracy high In the political sky and
had he done so the true and tried uould have
come unto him. It was the opportunity
which the hero seizes upon lo jump Into the
breach and save the people. Ths tide in the
affairs of Mr. Doles was nt Its Hood , but he
chose to not let it lead on to fortune , nor yet
dill he go out with the ebb , but he stands
all but concealed In the vapor and mist of
hesitation and uncertainty , whlb her voice Is
heard above the roar of the political waters ,
but It gives no certain , no assuring , no guid
ing sound , llatbcr does his voice mystify and
confuse.
I'OICR 01' TIIK UfATJ' 1'llKSS.
Udgar 1'ost : The free and unlimited coinage
of sliver fever \n \ abating. 1'eoplo will be
ready for rational legislation by the tlmo con
gress meets.
Kearney Hub : Kearney people are justly
proud ot their growing bicycle Industry and
of the fact that the Kearney wheel has gone
to the top of the heap at the very outset.
Kvery local Ncbraskan should make It his
first aim In llfo to own a Kearney bicycle.
Butte Gazette : No thanks are due the Now
York World for sending out that crazy cor
respondent , Nellie lily , to write up the drouth
last year. Doyd county has experienced some
of the results of her sensational llea In dis
posing of county bonds. The next foal cor
respondent that coiner this way to slander
the state will meet with a cool reception.
Arlington News : Kvldently Governor Hoi-
comb does not draw party lines ho closely
ns to Keep him from rewarding his friends.
He has appointed Dr. Green of Norfolk , a
staunch republican , to be first assistant
physician at the Lincoln asylum. Wo can
see no reason why the papullsts should
make any kick. Holcomb was elected by
republican votes.
Elwood Citizen : The Jury failed to agree
In the suit to recover $235,000 off of ex-
Treasurer Hill and his bondsmen , and it is
thought there will be no further prosecu
tion ot the case. Surely "justice has been
turned away backward. " Did anything so
utterly absurd ever occur to an American
citizen , as the fact that ary man , who had
been accounted worthy of such an Important
trust , would have the gall to put in a plea
that he had never put up a bond , and was
therefore not accountable for his acts ?
Yprk Times : Chicory threatens to become
a popular crop In Nebraska. Farmers in
divers parts of the state are quietly preparing
to cultivate it , an * it may be that many fac
tories will be erected during the next few
years to prepare chicory for the market.
In . ome respects a chicory factory Is a better
thing for a community than a sugar beet fac
tory ; it can be established for a great deal
loss money , and H gives employment to more
people. There will always be a good demand
for the pioduct. Tlie future of Nebraska
? cems very encouraging , with such crops as
corn , chicory , beets and alfalfa within her re
sources.
Scottg Bluffs Homestead : At last the ap
pointment of a secretary of the Board of
Irrigation has been made and it went , where
.ill thinking western people might have
known It would go , to a man In the eastern
part of the state. An Omaha man got the
place over men who have spent years In
helping to develop Irrigation in the western
part of tlie state. Our principal objection to
the bill from the beginning was that It
created a lot ot new olllces and that they
would be chosen from the more populous
part of the state and with reference to the
amount of good they could do politically
and not for the amount of good they could
do the cause of irrigation.
I'ElttiOXAL AND Ol'JlBlttfJDK.
The supreme court is no respecter of de
ficits.
Some men are happiest when beset by trla'.s.
Judges , for Instance.
If the weather was much hotter those who
are kicking now would sweat about It.
Comparatively few graduates of Co n's finan
cial school are willing to acKnowledge their
nlma mater.
Ba-ton , the immaculate , Is to bo "Lxowed. "
If R follows the Now York precedent , there
Is no occasion for alarm.
Ownera of i-lcyscrares : in Chicago have com
bined cgalnst stabling bicycles. They have
troubles enough with wheels in their heads.
Theo Hoosevelt , the new leformcr of the
New York police department , is a believer In
astrology and Is diligently studying the stars.
Owing to the stringent enforcement of the
prohibition laws in Kansas , the beer privilege
of Leivenworth baco ball park brought only
$ soo.
It Is now suggested that Coin Harvey would
make ua Ideal 1C to 1 senator from the new
state of Utah. The professor was formerly
a resident of Salt Lake City.
Denver swooped down on a colony of free
coiners the other day and broke up a very
profitable mint. The main objection to the
foundry was the use of cheaper metal than
silver and a proportionate ratio of fiat.
John Itogers. the sculptor , has presented to
the city of Manchester , N. H. , a statue of
Abraham Lincoln. It Is n stated figure of
plaster , larger than life , and was upon exhi
bition at the World's fair , where it took a
prize.
"General" C. E. Kelly ot commonweal mem
ory threatens to Invade the cr.it with a prai
rie schooner and a petition. It might as well
be given out now as later on that the supply
of plo In this section Is Insufficient for home
consumption. Still , fhoull the general work
his fluent tank of tears , there is no telling
how It would bull the pie market.
A llltlo girl in Brooklyn who was deprived
of both feet by a trolley car obtained judg
ment against the company for J13.2CS.S5. Her
lawyers disputed the amount of their fee , and
induced the court to nwarji them $7,214.85 ,
leaving the victim the lesser sum. Her
friends are Indignant , and naturally so. Yet
they ought to bo thankful for escaping so
well.
Notwithstanding the fact that the gas com
pany of Des Molncs withdrew Its advertise
ment from the columns ot the Dei Molnes
Leader , and made Its * employes cancel their
subscriptions , the Leader manages to come
out every morning. The Leader advocated
cheaper gas , hence the body blow. There is
an abundance of mirth and unalloyed joy In
the average run of newspaper life , but when
a corporation or an individual withdraws sup
port , expecting to see the paper gush for
breath , their disappointment Is an irresistible
source of laughter fringed with -ilty.
Highest.of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report
tviu.s IT xiiKttM.ix'K .SJVKECJ/ ,
Clmlrnmn llinrmnii Coninifmln on Carlisle' *
1'nfrinn nf . * niiii < t Klnney.
COLUMI1US , 0. , May 21. Hon. Allen W.
ThurniAti , chairman o ( tlio democratic state
central committee , on being asked today what
he thought of Sccr.tiry CariU'o' * : wec\ sail :
"To all thj o who are conversant with the
history of the question , It la simply laughable
to think that the great secretary of the treas
ury In defense of the administration a' d annul
nionc-y has been compelled simply to make tha
same speech tint has been made by Hon. John
Sherman o eli year for the last twenty years
It Is only a deid copy and has been answered
over and over again until the people are w ary
of It.
"Tho same dishonesty pervades It as does
the copy from \\hlch It Is taken , but In the
case of Mr. Carlisle , because ho pretends * o
be a democrat untl then states that demo
cratic senators , and among them my father ,
votoil for the net of 1S73 , be Is Irylmj to
create the Impression all tbo while by hU
statement that they did this with the full
knowledge of what the hill contains ! , when
he knew that every one of these senators and
representatives ( Including the Brand old Deck
from his ( inn state , whom he now tries by
misrepresentation to help bolster up his own
traitorous position ) donl-J In open semte that
they had any knowledge of what lie tries In
this speech by fraud to make people believe
they did. As for Instance , Judge Thurman
sild 'I cannot say what took place In the
hrusp , but I know when the bill was pnd'ni ' ;
In the senate we thought It was simply a bill
to reform the mint , regulate coinage and fix
up me thing and another , and there was not
a single man In th ? senate , unless a member
of the committee from which the- bill came ,
who hnd the slightest Idea that It was even
a squint toward demonetization. ' Sfnator
Heck said : 'It ( the b'll ' demonetizing silver )
never was undtrstood by either house of con
gress. I say that with the full kna.\ledge of
the facts. ' Nearly every member of the ten-
ate and house made similar stat ments.Vliy
did not Mr. Carlisle tell the whole truth ?
Can people believe such a man honest ? "
"Do you think the speech will do the silver
cause any harm ? "
"Well , as I said before , Senator Sherman
has been making It for twenty years and the
silver cause does not appear to be growing
any less , and more , I suppose that Senator
Sherman will make the same old speech at
the republican convention next week. "
Senator Thurman Is quite 111 at present and
unable to keep up with the rllver question
which he and his son discussed lor years to
gether and on which they fully agreed.
TO CI.U&12 DOORS AUTOAIAT1CAI.I.Y.
Dovlco to Prevent fleputlUon * of the Ter-
rlbln Victoria Il intnr.
WASHINGTON , May 21. Ever since the
Victoria disaster , one of the most terrible
fatalities In naval history , our uaval officers
have been giving much attention to the sub
ject of bulkhead doors. It Is now conceded
that the unfortunate Urltlsh battleship filled
and capsized by reason of failure to secure
a speedy closure of the doors In the bulkhead
which are Intended to prevent water from a
compartment that may be crushed In , from
Hooding the others , and so sinking the ff'p.
It Is now provided by the regulations that
as soon as a distinctive signal , usually by a
steam siren , Is given by the olllcer of the
deck the doors shall be closed by certain
persons previously assigned to this duty.
But practice shows that In moments of great
danger and excitement there may be failure
at some point in this vital moment , and
Admiral Kamsey , chief of the Navigation
bureau , caused experiments to be made to
ascertain whether It Is not possible to effect
the closure of all the bulkhead doors auto
matically at a moment's notice. The flrst
result has been the preparation by Engineer
In Chief Melville of a model of a seemingly
perfect device to accomplish this end and It
Is probable that this will be practically tested
by application on a large scale to one of our
new vessels. The devices can bo worked by
compressed air or by electricity and by their
aid the officer of the deck or the man In the
conning tower of a vessel , when he sees that
his ship Is in danger of being rammed by an
opponent or of being in collision by accident ,
may by simply pulling a lever first glvo no
tice by the blowing of a whistle or the ringIng -
Ing of a bell for a specified number of seconds
ends of his Intention , so that the men below
may escape the deck or at least get from
under the heavy doors , and then close every
door Instantly.
ItKM.S TO CAT/I , THE I'AttK HOYS.
Innovation In tlio Iloiiso of Ki-i > rc riitntlvm
that Almost Kcnpo < l Notice.
WASHINGTON , May 21. One of the char
acteristic features of the scenes In the house
of representatives passed away with the clos
ing days of the Fifty-third congress almost
without notice. That Is the band-clapping to
call pages that has gons through the prosiest
humdrum of ordinary days , as well as broken
clear and sharp Into the noise and tumult
of the most exciting occasions.
Just at the end of the last session a house
resolution was passed providing for electric
bells for every desk. The pages will sit In
the cloak room , one set for the republican
side and anotber for the democratic , and will
be at hand quickly when a member touches
the button at his desk. This will cous'd rably
facilitate the transaction of business by re
lieving the crowding about the spaker's desk.
It ha * long been a source of annoyance ,
especially to the clerks who have satx just
below the speaker , to find access to them
blocked by pages seated on thb steps and to
be deliyed at critical moments by waiting for
th little fellows to get oat of the way. The
boys thcmjclvcs will not find so much occa
sion for congratulation , for It will take them
off the door and deprive thtm of the prlvllcso
of hearing so fully what Is going on.
The senate will for ths present e" on In tin
old .
way. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
TWO OF THK INVAI.IUH AUK UYINO.
Little Hope for the ItrrtiTnry of General
( ocimnll or ( Inll llnmlltoii.
WASHINGTON , May 21. Uepres-ntatl
Cogsnell of MasMchusettn Is dying. The end
Is expected tcmo time this afternoon. The
general Is unconscious much of the time and
Is sinking steadily. Ills relatives and friends
realize his dnngcroufl condition.
Miss Mary Dodge , better known 09 Gall
Hamilton , is In n vry precarious condition
today and practlcilly hope of recovery has
been abandoned. She Is sinking steadily.
Secretary Grpslnm Is nbaut the same today.
HP rested well last night.
Representative Hltt's condition remains un
changed. _
I'romntlniK Cnliiril liy Mniiln' * Itrtlrmnrnt.
WASHINGTON. May 21. The retirement
of Hear Admltal Meade promotes Commodore
Lester A. Do.irdslco to be rear admiral , Cap
tain John A. Howell to be commodore , Com
mander Nlcol Ludlow to be captain , Lieuten
ant Command-r Chapman C. Todd to be com
mander , Lieutenant Gottfreld lllocklnger to bo
lieutenant commander , Lieutenant Junior
Gride Leroy M. Oarrctt to be lieutenant , En
sign Wilfred 13. Hoggatt to be lieutenant
junior grade.
rtrx.
Life : "Heavens , Mnrlnl Wns that phone
graph open iIitrliiR the rat flgHt ? "
No. I turned It on last night when you
were sleeping. Perhaps you will believe
now that you snore. "
Harper's Dnznr : Attorney You say.
Ahrn you nokctl him for the money , ho
used blasphemous laiiKunge ?
Hllpv-1 did not. sor. 1 said he swore nt
me like u trooper.
proposed ? Aln > ' Wll ! > t ' "d J' ° U Co Wlicn he
Louisa-Ob ! I just grappled onto him !
Chicago Tribune : "Hore is a letter. "
snlcl the new postal clerk , "addressed to
Lame Hear. Esq. , Colo. ' The writer forgot
to put on the name of. ths poslolllce. What
shnll I do with It ? "
"Sond It to Cripple Creek , " said the post-
muster.
Boston Post : Customer These nulls I
bought hero yestculay arc In a terrible
condition. Half of tlicin nre niHty.
Snlusrnnn ( Imllfrnnntly ) Well. wlmt If they
nre ? Yon don't suppose we can manicure
every pound we send out , do you ?
Detroit Tribune : "Who , " asked the pas
tor , "w i umlortnUe to raise this money
for the church ? " ,
The converted counterfeiter rose in his
pew.
"I'll raise It If somebody cl c will pass It , "
he said. Obviously that waa about nil he
could do.
Judge : The Major ( reminiscent ) At this
moment the heavy artillery opened upon
my right wing , creating n cllverplon. tinder
cover of which his entire division fell upon
my left \vlny.
Miss Qushlngton ( rapturously ) Oh , you
dear old angel !
f
Indianapolis Journal : "Do you know ,
Amaryllis , " asked the Cheerful Idiot , "why
the letter 8 Is like the presentation of a
clgnr to n colored gentleman ? "
The waiter girl gave It up.
"I will ttll you , Angellnc , ' continued tha
Cheerful Idiot. "It Is because 't ' make *
the moke smoke. "
A KANSAS MOVE.
Kansas city Journal.
At moving- time the Kansas man
Is easily on top ;
A cyclone hits his house a blow
And yanks It fifty miles or so ,
Then gently lets It drop.
jtr
Now York Sun.
What's the matter with Jingo ?
AVho la there to say
The great American lOagle
Shan't
Get - *
GetGay ? -
What's the matter with Jingo ?
Who is there will Bhy
Just hecause Old Glory
Floats
On High ?
What's the matter with Jingo ?
Who will dare to growl
When the American people/
Rome
Howl ?
What's the matter with Jingo ?
Who's the man to shlik
If we stop. . Great Britain
With
A
Jerk ?
What's the matter with Jingo ?
Who's there to groan
When our Uncle Samuel
Hangs
A
Throne ?
What's the matter with Jingo ?
fireathe there men today
Who think this nation shouldn't
Have
Its Say ?
What'a the matter with Jingo ?
The ed , White and nine
Cun lick the whole caboodle
PD
Q ! !
It's Only a Dude
Who goes to the merchant tailor now-a-days to get
his clothes gets a standoft"most likely. You can
stand oft" and look at him without exciting any envy on
your part , because you know that we make up just as
good suits for $10 , $12.50 and $15 as you can get.at the
tailor shop at any price. Nobody cari tell the difference.
Wear as long , look as well , We're ready to trade back
any time you think you don't get your money's worth.
Hcliublc Clothiers , S.\V. Cor. 15th and
