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Sunday. ononon II. T7.SCHOCK.
Rwnrn to Ix-fore m * nnd sulmcrlbed In my pres
ence this 11 day of .1un < > . 1193.
( Soul. ) N. P. rniU Notary Public.
Oklahoma Indliins are iltiucinK In
order to get ruin. Nebraska fannem
are dancing because they have had rain.
Wo understand the district court
ballllTs are Just about to decide who
among tlio judges shall and ehall not
be re-elected for another four years.
Wanted Information leading to the
whereabouts of the assessment returns
of the Omaha Holt Line , which was
listed by Mr. Gould at $8,000,000 , and
is now worth at least half that sum.
Nobody of course knows what Judge
Dimdy will do , but there seems to be
Homo basis for the belief Unit an agree
ment may boon be reached whereby
our water system may bo materially
strengthened.
A medical expert gives It as his opin
ion that the Ingredients of the Keeley
cure are Injurious to people of certain
temperament * * . To find out whether
yon possess this peculiar temperament
you must take the Keeley euro.
Up to date not a single Oniahan has
complained of the failure of Uncle Jim
North to force collection of the Income
tax. Ii'rom this It may be Inferred
that the supreme court decision was
highly satisfactory In this nock of the
woods.
There Is no excuse for discriminating
In the enforcement of our Insm'auee
laws , oven though the favored company
be under the guidance of an ex-super-
Inlondent of public Instruction. Teach
ers need the protection of Insurance
laws as much as Insurers In any other
legitimate occupation.
If good crop prospects give a healthy
tone to business , what will bountiful
harvests do to encourage business
activity ? If trade Is picking up ma
terially just because the farmers are
getting the rains which they have been
wanting , it ought to bo literally hum
ming by the tlmo the matured crop is
transformed Into ready cash in the
farmer's pocket
Kiel will this wool ; bo the center of
the German empire , and the Gorman
cmpuror will be the center of the Kiel
celebration. Emperor William loves
nothing better than these dross-parade
occasions. lie seldom misses an op
portunity which they offer , nor do his
subjects ever fall to applaud his efforts
to make their festivities and gala days
of national imi > ortancc.
A local Jobber said yesterday that
trade tlio past two weeks has been
exceptionally good , and the pleasing
feature of It Is that the country mer
chant has money with which to pay
his bills. The Important fact is ex
plained on the theory that old stocks
have been sold out nnd dealers have
been buying only what was urgently
demanded by their trade.
Some South Dakota people arc said
to be speculating as to the reason why
their defaulting ex-treasurer , Taylor ,
had.decided to surrender himself to the
authorities. This Is needless worry
Taylor decided to give himself up be
cause he found he could make more by
that course of action. They may be
sure that he lirst balanced the account
and found the balance in his favor.
The ofllcial organ of the Burlington
railroad has It that Chairman Morrlll
of tlio republican state central com
mittee has declined to bo a candidate
for tlio position of. secretary to the
Stale Board of Transportation. This
Is another one of those announcementH
that are Important If true. It shows
that Johnson , the H. & M. literary bu
reau fakir , still holds his grip on the
State board.
More than sixty days have chipset'
since the adjournment of the state legls
lature , but the bound volumes of the PCS
slon laws have not made their appear
mice. The state constitution Is vcrj
explicit In making it mandatory upoi
the legislature to have the laws enaetoi
published In book form within the
designated time. The state otllclals in
charge of this work say that the volumi.
will bo ready for distribution by Julj
1 and that that will bo as early as it
has ever been ready. Wo are not prepared
pared to dispute this , but that does not
make the delay any the less a tlagram
violation of the constitution. lUitwhei
the provisions of the constitution art
regularly overstepped with Impunltj
by state olllclalswhat more can tht
people expect ?
DO KOT H-.4.VT TO FICE THE
In 1891 , when Charlie Moaher wai free and
ifitperoni , the editor of The lice vent bo-
ore a legislative committee and defended
lie prison contract. Now that Mosher la
'down" The Dee cannot cay anything too
mean about Mm.
The Uco li now engaged In a bitter denun
ciation of the appraisement of the prison
contract. It Is hardly necessary to comment
upon this situation. The appraisement lias
been certified to by Captain Droatch , whose
ntegrlty has never yet been questioned by
any decent man , and J , N. OnlTln , who is
cr.own to be a man of absolute honesty.
n the light of these factu It Is not oven
necessary to go Into details. Th ; only person
who questions the Integrity of the prison
appraisement Is the editor of The Dee , and
everybody knowa that The Dee man delights
n misrepresentations and abuse of men
whom he cannot use. The Dee will IIml that
t has a very dlfllcult task In making the
> cople bellevo that Governor llolcomb , ex-
Jpcaker Oanin and Captain Droatch would
tnowlngly endorse a corrupt deal. World-
lerald. '
When Mosher was enjoying the free-
lorn of the city with privilege to visit
saloons , gambling houses and resorts of
11-fame while under sentence to the pen
itentiary and presumed to be In close
confinement in the county Jail , the paper
that now stands up for the latest peni
tentiary steal tried to divert attention
from the scandal by tlio very
same tactics it is now pur
suing. It published what pur
ported to be the testimony of the
dltor of The Uee before a legislative
committee , secured from the bank
wrecker , and sought to create the im-
iresslon that Mosher had at some period
of his career bought the support of The
Uee. If this had been true , It would
liave constituted no justification or ex-
use for the Mosher scandal , any more
than It would for his forgeries and perjuries -
juries In connection with the Capital
National bank failure. The truth Is
that 0. W. Mosher never contributed
ono dlmo to The Uee or its editor , di
rectly or Indirectly , except possibly as a
subscriber for his copy of the paper.
The truth Is furthermore that the editor
of The Boo never defended the prison
contract either before a legislative com
mittee or anywhere else. When the
extension of tlio contract was pending
before the legislature in 1887 he ad
vised members of the Douglas delega
tion to vote against it. This fact will
bo attested by Constantine J. Smyth
and George W. LInlngcr , who both cast
their votes against the bill. In 1891 a
legislative committee which was Inves
tigating tlie condition of the state's
prison cited the editor of The Bee as
a witness. When asked for his im
pressions of the condition of convicts ,
gathered from a personal inspection as
a visitor , he certified to the general
cleanliness of the prison , the discipline
maintained and the wholesomeness of
the food provided by the contractor.
In answer to tlio questions relating to
the advantages and drawbacks of the
contract system he laid emphatic stress
upon the doubtful validity of the Moshor
extension.
With all this , however , the deal by
which Dorgan has been awarded ? T3-
408.00 for alleged chattels and contract
rights has not the least connection. The
assertion that the Integrity of Captain
Kroatch has never yet been questioned
by any "decent" man will go for what
it is worth. The integrity of men can
bo gauged only by their acts , not by
their professions. As mayor of Omaha
Mr. Broatch made a record which
does not commend him for strict
integrity to decent men. Ills
record as appraiser Is just a little more
rank than his record as mayor. As to
Mr. Gullln , the less said the bettor. lie
was an honest $500 dummy , with noth
ing to do where Dorgan's two men
agreed , and they managed not to dis
agree on anything of consequence.
The proof of the pudding is in the
eating. The inventory filed by the ap
praisers , like the tax returns of some
of our Omaha assessors , bears the evi
dence of collusion and Imposture on the
faco. The Inventory Includes hundreds
of pots , kettles , scuttles , brushes , pails
and articles that usually accumulate
only In junk shops. Those articles are
classified under various heads and
bunched for appraisement In lump sums.
Nobody can toll what price has been
fixed on any particular article , nor is it
possible to separate the articles belong
ing to the state from those belonging
to the contractor. The appraisers say
that a diligent search of the state
records falls to find any extended re
port of the property turned over to Stout
nnd through him to Mosher. But they
do append an inventory , estimated to
represent property worth § 1KX.44. ( )
Now , tlio third biennial report of the Inspectors
specters of the Nebraska state's prison
to the legislature for the year 1874 con
tains an inventory of furniture , flro
arms , utensils , tools , carriages and
wagons that aggregated at that tlmo
? 0,3I4.-40. Between 1874 and 1877 , when
Stout assumed the contract , the state
Invested at least several thousand dollars
lars more for articles for permanent
use in the penitentiary , and during the
sixteen years of the Stout-Mosher
regime the legislatures every two
years voted thousands upon thousands
of dollars for building Improvements ,
boilers , drainage , water supply and so
forth. Under the original contracts all
the state property was to be accounted
for mid restored to the state at its ox-
plratlou In as good condition as re
ceived. What has become of all this
property ? Was Dorgan entitled to pay
for such properly ? Lot tlio defenders
of this last penitentiary steal answer
these questions and then wo will glvo
them a few more nuts to crack.
TItYINO TO STKM T1IK TIDAt. ll'.tVTJ.
"Lot us democrats fight ono more
battle together ; it may bo the last for
some time. " This is the pathetic ap
peal of the World-Herald's automaton.
On what line , we pray , Is this battle to
be fought and for what purpose ? Is
the mass of democrats in Douglas
county so stupid as to imagine that it
can win a victory this year In a purely
local campaign by merely flaunting Its
banner over its candidates while Its
leaders are preparing to chaw each
other up lu the scramble for a delega
tion to the national convention next
spring ? Out with such rot !
The light hi Douglas county this fall
will not bo between political parties ar
rayed against each other In a tussel
over the flcshpots. Neither will It be n
fusion between two weak political par
ties to overcome a stronger one. It
will bo a popular uprising against ring
domination and proscription , against
reckless waste of public funds and for
ho Infusion of business methods Into
ocal government , against corrupt con
tractors' combines and stnrchambcr
plots nnd for a clean , decent adminis
tration of affairs regardless of party or
creed In tlio interest of the taxpaylng
citizens. Against this popular current
the doublo-cuder organ and Its jumping
lacks and popguns will play the role
) f King Knute , who , according to Kng-
Ish historians , planted his throne on
the beach within the tidewater line
uid commanded the waves to stand
still In order that he might not get
wet
The bombastic chairman of the demo
cratic county central committee
nay sound his bugle blast
and command the warring fac
tions of Ids party to declare a truce
for a few weeks. Ho may call a con
tention of disgruntled fuslonlsts of the
vintage of 1891 to establish a new
fusion , not with the populists , but with
the Tobo Castor rump. 'He may con
vene himself together with the other
[ ihice-lmntors , but he and his clan will
lave tholr pains for nothing. They will
bo In about the same relation to the
rank and file of the democracy of
Douglas county that the throe tailors of
Tooley street were to the people of
England.
.a airroACK run
I'jX-Congrcssman SIbley of Pennsyl
vania , Is not so much of a presidential
possibility now as ho seemed to be before
fore the meeting of the Memphis free
sliver convention. Preceding that event
Which , by the way , has failed to make
the impression Its promoters hoped for
and probably has not made a convert
to tlie free silver cause , If , indeed , it
has not rather had tlio effect to weaken
It there was a more or loss urgent
and vociferous demand for Mr. SIbley
to become the standard bearer of the
free silver forces next year , and it
was tlio plan of his friends and admir
ers to make tlio Memphis convention
the Instrument for booming him as a
candidate for the presidency. A num
ber of them attended tlio convention ,
as did SIbley himself , who made one
of the most radical free silver and
more money speeches that wore de
livered there. Every effort was made
by the Sibloy following to impress the
delegates with the superior availability
of tholr man , and It was seriously pro
posed to then and there endorse him
as the free silver candidate for the
presidency.
But the plan failed. There wore lu
the convention a number of conserva
tive men and well trained politicians
who could not bo persuaded that It
would bo n wise and good tiling to
advance the one-term congressman
from Pennsylvania , who has never
shown that lie possesses any of the
qualities of leadership , over the heads
of the tried and. true leaders In the
free silver cause who wore doing battle
for it years before Mr. SIbley was
heard of in a public way. 'Besides , to
have done this would have been to
countenance a party organization out
side of the democratic party , and the
stalwart old democrats who were In
the convention could not tolerate any
thing of this kind. Their idea was to
capture the democratic national con
vention and make the fight for free
silver a distinctly democratic contest.
This influence easily prevailed and
consequently the intended SIbley boom
did not materialize. More than likely
the country has heard the last of it ,
though doubtless Sibley will continue
to bo a more or less active exponent
of the free silver policy.
It scorns that the financial views of
Mr. SIbley are little honored lu the
region where ho Is best known. Ac
cording to the Philadelphia Times his
position on the silver question never
did commend itself to the voters of
Pennsylvania. Tlie farmers of the
northwest counties , says that paper ,
who comprised his audiences In the
past , know the gospel of real and true
values by the notion of experience.
"What they now possess has been won
under an honest money standard and
they are not ready to part with prop
erties and products at coin rates of
the Mexican typo , where tlie dollar
passes current as a matter of commerce ,
and simply according "to the market
value of silver. Mr. Slide ? at Memphis
and Mr. SIbley 'at Erie are totally dis
tinct things , and the difference means
all there Is to tlie silver question. " The
country will continue to know SIbley
as a loader and exponent of the free
silver cause , but there will bo no
further interest lu him as a presidential
possibility.
TUK llALAKCh OF TH.IDK.
There Is ono feature of the commer
cial situation which Is not satisfactory.
That is that while Imports continue
largo exports of merchandise are on n
very moderate scale and have recently
shown but very little increase over
the corresponding period of last year.
According to the May report of the
Treasury department , just Issued , the experts -
ports of breadstuffs for that month were
lu excess of those of the corresponding
month of hist year to tlio amount of
only about ? 1,000,000 , there being also
a slight Increase In the value of cotton
exported , but these gains were fully
offset by the loss In exports of beef ,
hog and dairy products. The figures
for the eleven months of the current
fiscal year , ending May 31 , however ,
show Uiat Uiero has boon a heavy de
cline in merchandise exports , amountIng -
Ing for breadstuffs alone , during that
period , to ? .r > 2,000,000 as compared with
tlio corresponding period to May 31 ,
1894. It Is probable that for tlio fiscal
year which will end with tills mouth
the aggregate reduction In exports as
compared with the preceding year will
reach ? 70,000,000. Largo Imports seem
to have had no effect In Improving ox-
ports. For several months European
merchandise has been coming Into tlio
country In large volume and Importa
tions nro quite ns active now as at any
tlmo In tills period. Our markets are
filling up with foreign goods and the
balance of trade is being turned against
us.
us.This
This Is not a reassuring situation
nnd unless there Is a change with the
coming In of the iiiow crop the country
will bo lu danger pf being subjected to
another gold drfln , ' before the end of
the present year. T There is promise
that the export * 'of ' breadstuffs will
Improve after 'tlio" wheat crop Is har
vested , but thoijo'ls ' no assurance that
the Increased demand will be material.
Europe will uiillotlbtcdly need to Im
port about na , liuicli breadstuffs as
usual , and perhaps a little more than
iu ordinary ycitfs. The Argentine Ho-
public has less' ' .wlieat to export this
year than was o\p < icted , so that Ameri
can wheat growers will not find this
competition so formidable as had been
apprehended. Yet they may have to
encounter an Increased competition
from other sources of supply. Then as
to our beef , hog and dairy products ,
which constitute a very largo propon
tlon of the exports , there appears to
be no good reason to expect an im
proved demand for these. We have
exported of these products during the
last eleven months $8,000,000 less than
lu the preceding eleven months and
nearly half of this decline in amount
was In May. If prices of these products
keep up , as there is every reason to
expect they will , a further falling off
In the exports Is to be looked for.
A turn In the trade balance against
this country is certainly not to bo de
sired , for It is easy to see that It might
prove troublesome and embarrassing ,
but such a condition is now clearly
threatened. Kor this the present tariff
law Is largely responsible , and while
that law encourages Imports , to the
detriment of the homo manufacturers ,
It Is a failure as a revenue measure.
There Is always room for Improve
ment In municipal government. It has
lioen the history of local politics the
past fifteen years that when one party
hold control of city and county ollices
for a few consecutive terms It waxed
fat and corrupt. It matters little which
party Is In tlie saddle. The tlmo comes
when a general housecleaning Is de
manded , not for the purpose of putting
men of opposing political faith into
olllce , but for the sake of good govern'
mont. In recent years party lines have
been obliterated In municipal elections.
There arc good men in all political
divisions in Omaha. Such men nro
wanted in positions of trust , while
small-bore self-seekers must be rele
gated to the rear.
Look out for a sudden increase In the
circulation of the paper that lias for
years sported at its masthead : "Larg
est circulation in"Omaha , " "Largest
circulation In South Omaha , " "Largest
circulation in Council Bluffs , " "Largest
circulation In Nebraska. " Sixteen thou
sand sample copies' ' of that sheet have
just been distributed to back and front
yards of Omaha aud vicinity to form
the basis for a new piece of .fiction en
titled "How Wo GifW. ; ) "
Secretary Lament ] Is coming west for
a tour of inspection of the frontier
army posts. ICithe secretary will only
come to Omaha for a short whllo wo
will try to couvinj-o. him that Fort
Omaha Is just the site for a state mili
tary school preparatory to the West
Point Military academy. Secretary
Lament could not do ills administration
of the War department more credit
than by giving this project his ap
proval and support.
Strange , wasn't It , that Dorgan did
not have a single chattel at the peni
tentiary that was not needed by the
state and included in the appraisement
of property to be paid for out of tlio
legislative appropriation. The apprais
ers bought ice cream freezers and a
theatrical outfit for the convicts , and
would doubtless have bought music
boxes and curling Irons , too , if they
had been in Dorgan's junk shop assort
ment
The proposed big Chinese loan of
100,000,000 has not had nn apprecia
ble effect upon the price of silver on
the London market It is really a pros
pective demand for almost that lingo
amount of silver , yet It does not raise
the value of silver to Its old ratio to
gold. The question is , How largo a
demand for silver must wo have to re
store the old 10 t6 1 condition of tlio
bullion market ?
Samn Wonrylni ; Illiiro.
Washington Poit.
Every time the Iowa republicans get on a
solid footing they generate a strong deslro
to kindle the fire with the prohibition kero
sene.
Mot u ( Second I'luro Man.
St. Ixmls Republic.
If your Uncle Horace Holes should carry
Iowa this fall on a free silver platform ho
would declare with as much emrthasls as
In 1892 that ho would not accept the second
place on a presidential ticket.
Yfolciiinetl with .1 pulojlrs.
Clilcnuo News.
Ex-State Treasurer W. W. Taylor Is going
back to South Dakota to take his medicine
having been reliably assured that It would be
nicely sugar-coated , entirely harmless and ad
ministered with many apologies.
Stopped Fighting at the Flulsh.
Ololfc-Dcmocrat.
The country will regret to hear that Senator
Gordon of Georgia has decided to retire
from politics at tlnV ehd of his term. Ho Is
the best representative of the confederate
element which quit fighting when the war
was over and renewed Its loyalty to the
union In good faith' ami with practical effect.
_ _ L _
A UniRtaileil lllufT.
Clilc'airb Mall.
Dubols , senator . 'from Idjho , has been talkIng -
Ing again. Tula llmo be said :
"Unless the republican national convention
Is prepared to let ; , the western republicans
dictate Its financial' ' policy It may as well
prepare for an overwhelming defeat In 189G. "
Dubols knows letter. Neither gold bugs
nor silver bugs will dictate to the next re
publican national 0rivenelon. That conven
tion will declare forran International bime
tallic agreement and for the continued coinage -
ago of both gold and silver as the necessities
of the case demand ,
Uubols Is bluffing on a bob-tall one.
THAT JP
North Bend Argus ! After all the troubla
and loss to the state caused by the Mosher-
Uorgan-ct al , regime , we pour $33GOO more
Into their pockets. Wo admire th& "gall" of
the man who will admit It Is "worth all It
costs. "
Stanton Picket : U was an unfortunate
Gale which came down from the west and re
lieved 13111 Dorgan of his prison property.
U Is not every 111 wind that blows thousands
of dollars Into the pockets , even of the rem
nants of the Mosher crowd ,
Howells Journal : Ex-Speaker Gaflln de
serves censure for allowing the high-handed
stealing to go on at the state penitentiary
without attempting to stop It. It he had
openly denounced the shameful proceedings
they would never have occurred , Why did
ho not attempt to cave the money ?
North Hcnd Argus : The late legislature
appropriated 35,000 to be nooil In relieving
Dorgan of his state penitentiary contract.
And he has been relieved , and the appraisers
have allowed tlio whole amount appro
priated , less the actual costs of the appraise
ment. And Dorgan , and Charley Mosher
how they smile !
riattsmottth News : Wo never had much
confidence In W. J. Droach , but of all the
rotten deals at the penitentiary wo believe
the appraisement deal of which ho was the
head was the rottcncst. Not satisfied with
making Dorgan's allowances out of all rea
son , the three appraisers , whoso time at home
Isn't worth $2 per day , coolly charge $50 per
day for their services , pocket $300 apiece
and depart for home.
Ulalr Courier : The $35,000 appropriated by
the late legislature to take up the Dorgan
contract at the state penitentiary has been
consumed. When llank Wrecker Mosher
turned the contract over to Dorgan all his
chattels In the pen were estimated at less
than $2,000. When Dorgan turns practically
the same old plunder over to the state It Is
computed to bo worth over $25,000. Thus are
we enabled to yee the beauties of soil snaps.
Blair Pilot : And still the boodlers go
right on robbing the state anil the pcoplo pay
the bills. The latest sleight of hand perform
ance by which the people are mulcted of a
goodly sum Is In the pretended appraisement
of Dorgan's worn out tricks and traps used
In carrying out the Mosher penitentiary con
tract. The legislature appropriated $35,000 to
buy him out and the appraisers have appro
priated the whole sum to him and themselves
for their valuable services. Thirty-three thou
sand Tour hundred and eight dollars go to
1)111 Dorgan and $500 each to tlio three ap
praisers about $50 a day for figuring the
thing out oven so as to use up all the money.
Howells Journal : The Dorgan penitentiary
contract Is ended by the state buying him out.
It has been a stupendous steal ever since It
was entered Into eight years ago , and It ended
by a clear case of robbery , the state being
robbed out of the $35,000 appropriated to
buy Dorgan out. The contract was a legalized
wrong In the beginning , and It Is no wonder
that we should be robbed for allotting It to
continue. Governor Holcomb certainly failed
to see the wrongs that the state would suf
fer when ho signed the bill. The men that
acted as appraisers are to blame for the pres
ent steal and for Dorgan getting over $32,000
for his Interest , when , In fact , he owed the
state , Instead of the state owing him. Just
think of the appraisers thinking that they
are worth $50 per day. It seems as It the
gentlemen just put their hands doun In the
state's money and took all they needed and
gave Dorgan the rest. Ex-Speaker Gaftln Is
to blame as much as any of the judges. There
Is not the least reason for the payment of
$50 a day to these men to walk through the
penitentiary and agree to glvo Dorgan all
of the $35,000 appropriated , less $1,500 they
took for themselves. Nebraska Is unfortu
nate. In every transaction she has had de
signing men take advantage of her and steal
everything In sight.
PKKttOSAL AXU OTJlRUn'lliK.
Every summer shower * drowns a colony of
discontents.
The aggressive conscience of South Da
kota Is lu a compromising mood.
The Whisky trust Is no exception to the
rule that when a combine goes up the pro
duct goes down.
Lawyer Choate's newspaper gossip fee of
$100,000 In the Income tax case was pared
doun to $15,000 when paid.
The discovery of a snako-bltten man In
New York caused a lively run on local Jag
geries. The victim survived both.
Whltelaw Reid has grown a splendid crop
of whiskers , but ho Is not disposed to con-
teat the Kansas record In that lino.
Senator IXrlce proposes to enjoy himself
regardless of the political situation In
Ohio. Ho occupies the Astor cottage at
Newport.
It la not necessary for a man to ride a
bicycle to obtain exercise. He gets an
abundance of that article dodging them at
the crossings.
A New Jersey man has entered upon " \he
thirty-first year of almost unbroken slumber.
As a sample of that tired feeling this takes
the first prize.
Dr. Jerome Bonaparte Wheat , the well
known dentist who has just died In New
Haven , Conn. , was the first to use vulcan
ized rubber In dentistry.
VIce President Stevenson has been made
a doctor of laws by the Northwestern uni
versity. This Is a rather late tribute to
his success In presiding while the senators
did the doctoring.
Under one of New York's reform laws
the granting of naturalization papers Is
limited to the supreme and county courts.
Fourteen days must elapse between the ap
plication and final action , and , in addition ,
many wholesome restrictions are Imposed ,
all calculated to place a check on promiscu
ous citizenship for revenue only.
Donning Knnoirntor.
MInJen Gazette.
The Gazette Is in receipt of a letter from
Will Maupln denying the charge In last
week's Issue that ho was attempting any
defense of nosewater and The Omaha Bee.
Ho suggests , and correctly , too , that such
Idea was conceived from an Item which ap
peared In the State Journal , based upon a
communication which he sent to tBiem , which
they did not print , "but commented upon. It
would have been tbo proper thing for the
Journal to have printed "Maup's" letter , or
else said nothing about It. So far as his de
fense of Hosewater Is concerned , ho says :
"The State Journal 'refused to print my
communication , and I think violated every
rule of newspaper courtesy by sending the
letter to the waste basket and then referring
to It editorially In a way that wholly misrep
resented my position. I trust you will do me
Uio favor to publish this article , so that I may
be set right.
"I attempted no defense of Rosewater. He
has amply demonstrated his ability to take
care of himself. What I protest against Is
the everlasting fight that Is being made on
him. I am unable to see why the republican
press of Nebraska should continually devote
Its energies to 'downing Rosewater , ' nnd
leaving the party to take care of Itself as
best It can. During the last campaign we
witnessed the spectacle of the republican
newspapers printing column after column of
abuse of Rosewater , and once in a while
giving tbo state ticket a short paragraph
when It was necessary to 'justify * the
columns. I believe that If the energy that
was displayed In trying to 'down Rosewater'
had been used to elect Majors , Nebraska
would not now bo the only state In the na
tion with a populist governor. But In their
anxiety to 'down Rosowater1 the leaders and
the press of tha republican party lost sight
of the Issues at stake , and the result wag a
doi'oat. Time and again the republican
leaders Jiave 'downed Rosewater1 In commit
tee meetings the meeting that put Majors on
the ticket with Crounse , and the league meetIng -
Ing at Lincoln a short time ago , for examples.
"Great God , Jeff , has the republican party
of Nebraska fallen so low that It must train
IU every gun on one man In order to pre
serve the party Intact ? Does the success of
republican principles depend upon the 'down-
Ing of Rosewater ? ' "
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OF TIIR STATR 1'IKSS.
Platte Center Signal : Dr. liar should bo
transferred to the Hospital for the Insane at
Uniting * nnJ be kept there until Iho.cxplra-
lion of hl eli years' term. The limiting *
Institution I * for chronlo nnd Incurable cases ,
and If Dr. Hay Is not n chronic and Incur
able patient there are none In tbo state.
Beatrice Democrat : One thing that Colonel
Dry an and other poptillits neglect to tell the
public la how ui fellows who have little to
; lvo are KOlup to get our per capita share of
the silver dollars that they propose to have
the mints coin at government expense for
ho mlno owners. The tatcmcnt that It was
: o bo "free and unllmltnj" has been contra
dicted.
Ilutto Gazette : From present Indications
It appears probable that Nebraska will have
a chance to play even on the aid sent her
last winter. Frost , Insects and rust are
playlug havoc with the crops In Illinois and
other eastern elates. Reciprocity of this
kind Is all right , and gladly will the citizens
of this state render substantial assistance
to her unfortunate neighbors.
Grand Island Itopubllcan : The Nebraska
pcoplo wll coin their crops this year , and
bo happy and they will find plenty of coin
to pay for thom , too , and every dollar of It
as good as any other dollar In the land ,
hero or anywhere on the face of the globe.
A dollar that will bo worth the same for
purchasing or debt paying purposes ; In
other words , an honest dollar.
Ileatrlco Times : Speaking of the prison
ers The Omaha Dec says tile Hon. 1)111 ) Dor-
gun owns everything about the prison al
most , even to the convicts' clothes , accordIng -
Ing to the Inventory. Why not sell the
whole thing out to Dorgan for the money
wasted on It , and bo done with It ? Take
his notes If ho hasn't money enough , the
security would bo just as good as the aver
age bond , ' and If ho only paid the Interest
promptly the state could lay up n fund for
the next drouth sufferers.
Chadron Signal : It la hard to beat the
railroad companies on assessments. Last
year the people of Dawcs county raised their
valuations and the railroads running through
the county went before the State Hoard of
Initialization and got theirs reduced. This
year the assessors of Duwcs county make a
big cut In their valuation and the railroads
again go before the state board and get
tholr last year's valuation cut down. The
Fremont , Glkliorn & Missouri Valley assess
ment Is reduced from $1,500 per mlle to
J3.500 , and the IJ. & M. from $3,500 to $3,000.
The reduction cuts down Dawcs county's
assessment roll about $80,000.
Columbus Journal : W. D. Hallor of Ulalr ,
president of the State Hoard of Medical Ex
aminers , and wbo was a member of the
legislature , told the druggists' convention
last week that It would be hopeless to ex
pect any relief from the State university In
the way of establishing a department of
pharmacy. Ho said that 500 students at
tended the State university who should bo
educated at the Lincoln High school. By
rights a chair of pharmacy should bo estab
lished at the State university , and If proper
methods were adoptcJ could bo. The state Is
In debt and the university overcrowded with
Lincoln youths. Mr. Halter's speech will call
attention to a fact that lias been patent to
many people of the state for some tlmo past.
The Journal Is pleased to note that the youth
of Nebraska , Including these of Lincoln , ap
preciate the situation , but the state Institu
tion should bo conducted as a university and
not In any manner as a Lincoln High school
annex.
Something to IIn 1'roml or.
Fremont Loader.
Some two or three weeks ago a majority
of the republican clubs of Nebraska met at
Lincoln ( we bellevo there were ten or eleven
persons present ) and assumed to appoint dele
gates from Nebraska to attend the national
meeting of republican clubs at Cleveland , O.
It might bo supposed that In tlio appointment
of national delegates to attend a national
convention that the various republican clubs
In tbo state would have been asked to send
delegates to a state convention at Lincoln. But
this was not a part of the program , as a con
vention In all probability would have shown
a decided sentiment In favor of free silver
and could not have been controlled by the
small men who Insist on leading , hence It
was resolved by this subcommittee to
themselves appoint. Whenever a particu
larly dirty Job has been desired from any
county In the state the central committee or
tlio committee of the county lias been re
quested to appoint delegates which would
represent the boodle republican gang , so this
appointment was simply carrying out the
policy"of that party. One of the objects of
making the appointments was to glvo Editor
Hosewator a black eye because ho refuses to
wear a brass collar and advocate boodllng In
the different departments of the state and
wt'.l net allow the people to be robbed by
corporations. It certainly Is a spectacle to
see the names of some of the men that com
posed that subcommittee , and then talking
about honor and Integrity as If they were
acquainted with them. Hosewater ought to
be proud that a committee of such men de
nounced him.
Convention Una liuen Called ,
Howells Journal.
Jt Is about time the rump democrats got
together and Issued a call for a Rtato conven
tion. Of course the Bryan democrats have
the numbers , but there Is nothing llko keepIng -
Ing up the pure democratic organization , for
as long 03 the leaders of the rumps keep
under the wing of Clevelandlsm and have a
cinch on the ofllccs there will bo poor fol
lowers. Administration democrats have
dwindled down to those who have ofllcos and
those who want offices at any price.
FROl'LB IflTIl
Los Angeles nxpreai : The man who owni
a bicycle consider * the mm who does not
as eccentric.
Boston Herald : There nr three nayi o (
pronouncing "bicycle , " but th re Is only on *
opinion of the popularity thereof.
Washington Star : South America has not
yet been struck by the bicycle craze , but she
Is having her revolutions regularly just th *
same.
Minneapolis Times : Th wheel Is a mod
ern Improvement that Is ftst becoming an
essential of civilization. It U no passing
crazo.
Milwaukee Sentinel : Wo seem to b approaching
preaching the tlmo when every child wilt b *
taught the use of the bicycle along with tht
other rudiments of knowledge.
San Francisco Call : The bicycle U sloadfl ?
reducing the value of horses and street of
shares and Increasing the value of human
beings by making them more healthy.
Dnttlmore Sun : Cycling Is , In fact , a
science as well as an art , nml to bo a parfect
cyclist ono must be n perfect gentleman , < u
well as a very discreet and wide awake citi
zen.
JUST A L1TTT.R UAVKJT.
Judge : aillbaclc Is It true that you Oon'l
speml ns much money now ns you did be.
foio you were married ? 1'ackctt It la. 1
wish I could say the same tiling of my
wife.
_
Chicago Tribune : Grlnnen Dying nt
hutel Is , It seems to me , the saddest thlna
on earth.
Itnrrctt There Is only ono thing sadder
living at a liotul.
Harlem Life : Student to Professor Has
It ever been discovered who was tlio nmn
In the Iron mask ? I'rof. Oldsport Ho was
the original umpire.
Indlannpoll.i Journal : "It may bo n great
and gloilotis thing to die for one's country , "
said the pessimist , "but wlmt U the good
In doing nn net that gives you no chance
to respond to an encore ? "
Washington Star : "Kbon do wukman dot
tulin'i ! out cr po' Job , " said Uncle Kben ,
"a in a heap mo' 'spcctnbla dan do man dat
donn" do nuflln' but look on an" make ro-
mahlcs. "
Washington Star : "Something ought to
bo done to prevent these two lunatics from
going out rowing together , " exclaimed tha
nervous woman ,
"Don't mind 'em , madam , " replied the
bystander. "Encli Is In good company.
One of 'em la the innn who rocks the boat
nnd the other In the nmn who wants to sea
how far from shore ho can awlm. "
Household Words : Lady I BOO you ad-
vertlio homemade bread ? Ilaket - Yes ,
ma'am. Lady Does It taste llko homemade ]
llaker No , Indeed , ma'am. It's aweot and
light.
_
lioston Transcript : Mr * Fodder What
Is your opinion of the new woman , Mr.
KOKK ? r > ) BB Kroni the sounds which
come from tlie kitchen I nhoutd Bay that
Bho Is quite ns expert at breaking crockery
as the old one.
_
Leslie's Weekly : Miss Oldglrl You must
promise not to kiss me while I nm uncon
scious. Dentist I shall do nothing of tha
kind. Miss Oldglrl ( with n hnppy sigh )
Turn on the BUS.
Oalveston News : Some men do not seem
to know a patriotic Impulse from a pain In
tlie stomach.
Chicago Tribune : "Poor little creaturel"
exclaimed Uncle Allen to the mosquito that
was buzzing about him. "There's room In
this great world for both you and mo. "
Utit you shouldn't try to crowd mo. " ho
added a moment latciyo the Insect alighted
on his nose. And hu Crushed It remorse
lessly.
Chicago Post ! : "The main problems of this
day , sir , nre i easily solved. " ho began In a
nt tone. "I , myself "
"Oh , yes ! " uald the erny-halred stranger.
"Of course , of course. You were graduated
thl * month , I suppose ? "
"Why , yes. How did you guess It ? "
"I know the symptoms. "
Indianapolis Journal : "The truly pootlo
soul la full of longings , " Bald the young
' "rimt's the trouble , " replied the brutal
editor as he handed him a bunch of manu
script. "Tho average poet Just lets himself
loose on longing1 when what his work really
needs Is shortening. "
PERSPIRATION AND INSPIRATION.
Washington Stnr.
He spoke of "Inspiration" In a reverential
tone ;
He often talked nbout the muse , ana
claimed her for his own ;
But nt his desk ( discoveries like , this ara
painful very )
He worked with a thesaurus and rhymlnff
dictionary. _ _
THE ItKQURST.
St. I uls Republic.
'Twould do you good to know my Glare ,
She's just the dearest Klrl In town
Light-hearted , sweet , petite and fair ,
With lips of red and locks of brown.
She does not dress In silks ah , nol
She has no need for such line things ,
But In white luwn or calico-
Why , she lacks nothing but the wlngal
This morning In the garden close
Wo mot It may have been by chance.
She looked as radiant ns a rose ,
With love and laughter In her glnnco )
And I , who walked with gloomy eyes ,
And thought the world a cruel place ,
Saw sudden sunlight In the skies
And thrilled with Joy to see her face ,
She threw her arms about my neck
And Have me kisses nigh a score ,
And though my collar was a wreck ,
I felt I needed several more.
Then suddenly she huntr her head ,
And blushing In a way I like
Dear little minx of six she eald ,
"Oh , papa , may I have a blko ? "
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