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Subscribed nnd sworn to before mo this
] Ht dnv of April , 1S93.
Notary I'ubllo In and for Douglas County ,
Neb.
For it soft berth sot it front sent in
the chair trust.
The detractors of thu First Xcbrnska's
UffhtliiK colonel hnvo sill slunk into tliclr
liolcs.
All Nebraska Is tifialn listening In ex
pectancy for the news * of Its soldier
boys fighting near Manila ,
It Is certainly time for tlie speaker-
ship to come west , and west In tills in
stance means wes't ' of the Mississippi.
County Attorney Shields still 1ms
those slxly-one complaints in his inside
pocket and thu people are still asking ,
Why ?
If Germany wants to Insist on debar
ring American meats it ought not to
lake long to discover that two can play
at the game.
There are only 185 republican mem
bers of congress , so there cannot well
be more than that number of speaker-
ship aspirants.
Summed up In a nutshell Oovornoi
1'oyuter's appointments include good ,
bad and Indifferent , but , like the little
girl with a curl , when they arc bad they
are horrid.
Isn't another turn In the Drcyfiu
wheel about duoV The Parisians hav (
not given signs of n disposition to throw
paving blocks at one another now foi
some wci'ks.
The bad beef Inquiries .are bcnrln ?
their natural fruit when they bob ui
In the German Iteichstag as excuse foi
prohibitive obstructions to the Importa
tlon of American meats.
As a compensatory advantage the
damage caused by the rise of the rlvei
ought to furnish a good excuse for an
other whack at the treasury when tin
next river and harbor bill comes up.
If. Admiral Schley comes to Omaha tc
visit wo will agree In advance to re
Bpect his wishes with reference to i
demonstration. He can have a qiile
time or au enthusiastic blowout , Just tu
he chooses.
The floods along the Missouri rive :
are beginning to illustrate the useful
ness of Arbor day. If no trees had beei
planted the people who have beei
drowned out could not have secure (
perches on their limbs.
Inasmuch as the Home for the Friend
less has finally been supplied with i
full staff of popoemtlc oillclals and em
iployca In undisputed control , the Jnstltu
tlon's quota of full-grown inmate
should bo considered fitted.
The reports from the capital are litho
the effect that house cleaning at tin
state bouse is now being vigorous ! :
prosecuted. The real house cleaning
however , will come when the voters cl <
( he work at the ck'cllon of 11)00. )
Now that ( he accused In the Hasting
poisoning case has been arraigned to
trial and the hearing set over nearly i
month , the good people of that ( hrlvlui
town may calm themselves and nttoin
to business once more. Unfortunate ) ,
the advertising secured out of this oven
Is not the kind that pays.
Omaha might have had a murder sou
pntion of Us own had not a medical stv
dent assorted ownership to the cadavc
lie was carrying homo with him In i
poap box. The disappointment suffore
by the Imaginative fakir In having till
opportunity for a yellow novel shut ol
will never bo fully appreciated by tli
public. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Our popocratle contemporary Is del
Hug Itself with the thought that ( Ji
scramble for the speakorship among n
publicans ambitious to succeed Itee
will not tend to strengthen the repul
llcan party. Our nmlnble contemporar
should calm Itself , because whateve
strength Is developed In tills frlemll
contest will be used with effect upon th
democratic party when the lineup come
iu 1000 ,
FttlKXHS TltL'H AM ) fM/S/J.
The eleventh-hour solicitude of the
wpocratlc state oillclals for the First
Nebraska exhibited through emotional
cars that the legislative appropriation
vlll not bo sufllelent to retain In the
National Guard the me.mbers of the
lily Nebraska regiment that has been
inder lire will deceive nobody familiar
vlth the political shell-ganio worked by
he popocrats In this state from the time
he call for volunteers was Issued.
The jugglery by which popocratle
uvorlti's were boosted as commissioned
> lllcor.4 Into every possible vaouney and
acancles created where necessary Is
oo recent to need recounting. If the
) oys of the First Nebraska are to be
queexed out of the Nebraska National
Guard they will know upon whom the
) lame should rest.
In the first place , there was no neces-
It.y whatever for requiring the No-
miska volunteers to give up their
nllltlfi organization , when they were
mistered Into the United States service.
They could and should have retained
hob/ status as part of the National
Guard , as was done In so many other
states , and there would then have been
10 opportunity for other companies
organized later to have been slipped
nto their places during their absence
vhilo lighting the battles of their conn-
ry.
ry.In
In the second place' , Nebraska never
mil more than two regiments of militia
iiid for these the legislature has made
nil provision. Had the .popocratle state
) lllclals , who now profess to be so mix-
ous for the retention of the First No-
miska , responded to the call for troop ?
iccoiMling to Its terms there would now
uive been but two Nebraska regiments
o be reinstalled. Instead of enlisting
nen under the second call to recruit the
Irst two regiments up to their full
strength , the popocrats In the state
louse , It will be readily remembered ,
nslsted upon ignoring the wishes ol
tile War department and organizing the
lew quota Into a third regiment that
would'provide olllcers' berths for more
popocratle patriots.
Yet now , after having shuilled tin :
leek so as to bring the Third Nebraska
* the top for reinstatement Into the
National Uimrd. to the exclusion of the
First Nebraska , a wall Is raised agalusl
the republican legislature for falling tc
mproprlalo .money for a threo-regimeul
nllltlu something never attempted be
fore. Hut the .soldier boys who havi
jeen braving thu enemies' bullets have
earned to distinguish friend from foe ,
even though masquerading in the guist
of. friendship.
Another weekly clearings statement
mbllshed In every daily newspaper of
standing in the United States repeals
the fictitious showing for Omaha bnsl-
less that makes it appear that this city
s going backward , when , as a matter ol
fact , its commercial and industrial es
tablishments are enjoying unexampled
trosperity.
The only reason for this damaging ad
vertisement is the pig-headed seltlsh-
ness of our clearing house bankers , who
rather than adjust the differences thai
have led to the exclusion ofSoutli
Omaha business from the Omaha clear
ings , permit the city to be held up in n
false light before the whole country ,
As a consequence , Omaha appears ii :
the current clearings statement as suf
fering a decrease of 27.0 per cent fron
the corresponding week of last year
while nearly every other city ol
Omaha's size and importance shows
substantial gains.
The question is , How much longei
must the business men and property
owners Interested In the good name ol
Omaha tolerate tills outrage ? IIovi
much longer are the bankers to allow
their personal bickerings to react to tin
detriment of\the city ? If local buslnes1
Interests will come as a body to the sup
port of the Commercial club reprosonta
lives who are working on this problen
the solution can and should be reached
without further delay.
As every week that roily by without
correcting the blunder means anothei
black eye to the city , which will shov
up against It a second time when UK
figures come to bo compiled for tin
year , the clearing house returns shouli
by all means be back on the old bash
before another weekly statement li
given out. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
1'RACK HI' I'UltVIlASK.
The suggestion that money be usci
to bring about a truce In the Philip
pines in other words that the Unite" "
States shall adopt the plan of .Spaii
with Aguinaido and the other Fllipim
leaders of buying them off is said d
receive no consideration from tit
Washington government. It will not In
approved by any considerable portloi
of the American people. It Is posslbl
that an offer of a fwv million dollar ;
to the Filipino leaders would induci
them lo cease hostilities and accep
American rule. The fact that Spall
found thorn purchasable appears to Jus
ilfy the opinion that they could bi
'bought ' by the United States govern
meat. If so , It would admittedly In
less costly than subjugating them am
many lives would bo saved.
Hut there nro two obvious objection
to such a proposition. In the first plac
It would not be creditable to this repuli
lie to purchase peace by bribing th
Filipino leaders. That Is a methoi
which Great Itrltaln has employed li
dealing with orientals and has prolmbl ,
found It profitable , but the example 1
not one which this nation can follo\
In the present case. In the second plac
there could bo no assurance Hint I
Aguinaido and his associates acccpte
n price for laying down their arms Hi
peace thus secured would 'bu ' poi
manent. Kvcn If they should prov
faithful to their obligation , there woul
bo no guaranteu against other Insui
rections , organized by men with a vloi
to being bought off. To buy peace o
those who are now fighting us in tli
Philippines would undoubtedly liayo
tendency to encourage uprisings.
Putting aside , therefore , tin * suggei
tlon of purchasing peace IIH utterly ui
worthy of consideration , what else ma
bo done with a view to a speedy tei
initiation of hostilities ? Ono propositlo
Is that au army be sent to the 1'hill ]
) Iuos Piillli Ii-iitly strong fo overwhelm
and crush the enemy with a few do-
Islvo blows. In order to do tills and
garrison the territory taken General
jinvton has stated that an army of
00,0(10 men will be required. To send
such an army there and maintain It
vould cost enormously and besides it
nay not be a very easy nwltor to ob-
aln soldiers for this service. The let-
ers from the volunteers In the Philip-
lines are not calculated to promote en-
Istments. There Is one other course
and that is to establish native self-gov
ernment In the territory under Ameri
can control , accompanied with a prom-
se of Its extension to all the country
is soon as pacified. It Is believed by
icrsous familiar with the Filipino char-
icter that such a policy would win the
uitlves and speedily 'bring peace.
These people have learned to distrust
mimlses from their experience with
Spain. Nothing l.s more natural than
hat they should doubt our good faith
vhen we do not give evidence of it
where there Is opportunity. Hence thu
iroelanmtlon of the special commission
las had little effect. The experiment of
giving the natives self-government In
ho territory wo now hold Is well worth
rylng. There Is a possibility of much
good from It.
XKX'f Kl'KJKKK ,
The Washington correspondent of the
New York livening Post says It is quite
Ikely that the contest for the speaker-
ship of the next house of representa-
tlves will develop into a struggle be
tween the east and the west. Ilo polnh
out that in the Fifty-sixth congress
the republicans have very few south ,
eru representatives and of the 1S3 'men
who will go Into caucus seventy-three
iclong to the twelve states east of the
Alleghenies and seventy-eight to the
line mid-west states of Ohio , Indiana ,
Illinois , 'Iowa ' , Michigan , Minnesota
Wisconsin , Kansas and"Missouri. Thai
eaves thirty-four votes from the ex
treme west and south combined. "It
low looks , " says the correspondent ,
'quite as if tlie struggle would dovclor
nto a contest between some eastern
candidate , like Sherman of New York
mil a western candidate like Hopkins
of Illinois. " As tlie contest will be de
cided by the votes from the extrcuu
west and south it. appears probable thai
in eastern candidate cannot win , while
: ho chances should bo very good foi
the selection of a speaker from a state
farther west than Illinois. Tlie trans
inisslsslppi states can present a verj
good claim to the spoakorship of the
next house.
Meanwhile there is talk of adminls
'ration ' preferences and of the proba-
jllity that administration Influence wll !
je nn Important factor In deciding the
contest. It Is said that Representative
Sherman of New York stands well
with Mr. McKinley and also that the
president would be well pleased if General
oral Grosvenor of Ohio were chosen
spealer. The truth about the mattei
probably is that Mr. McKinley , while ,
not altogether indifferent , is not hiking
i very deep interest in the speakorshii
luestion and we think it perfectly safe
to say that he will not make the slight
est attempt to Influence the decision ol
the contest. No man understands bet
ter than the president the duty and pro
iriety of absolute neutrality In this matter
tor on the part of the administratioi
mil the uniform care he has shown nol
to bring to bear upon congress any un
lue executive influence gives assurance
that the administration will stand alool
from tlie speakership contest. Moreovei
tlie avowed candidates are all friendly
to the administration , so that whoevei
among the-m should be elected speakei
could be depended upon to support tin
president In all matters approved by
the majority of his party In congress.
The republicans in the next house
should choose for speaker tlie man liesi
qualified for the olllce , but If sectiona
considerations are to play any part the
central west Is clearly entitled to the
position. And in this choice The Re (
believes , as it lias already said , tlia
without disparaging the qualification *
of other candidates the man most deserving
serving of the honor by reason of hi ;
ability , availability and experience
which bring him dlrertly in line 0 !
promotion Is David 15. Henderson o
Iowa.
I < oeal labor organizations are anxloui
to support tlie state labor commisslone :
in his efforts to secure returns from tin
county assessors on the statistica
schedules provided by law. The grea
dllllculty that lias always been mo
With in collecting these statistics is tha
the law provides no penalty for falluri
on the part of the assessors am
statistics have consequently alway
been more or loss defective. While i
partial exhibit of the state resource
may servo some useful purpose , such dc
focts render it dangerous for compara
tlve showings. What the local labo
organizations should do Is fo exer
themselves to have the law strength
ened by amendment. Tills could hav <
been done had the matter been proper ! ,
pushed In the last legislature and If th
state labor bureau is to amount to any
thing it should be done at the next 01
portunlty.
It Is amusing to read at this earl ,
day in the ( democratic Columbus Tele
gram that there Is no prolmhlllty < i
Governor Poynter being reuoiulnate
for the oillce of governor mid that It i
a foregone conclusion that In case o
fusion a democrat will bo nominate
and elected to that position. The popi
lists who furnish two-thirds of th
fusion votes would bo likely to consul
to the turning down of their goveriw
with only one lerm just to please tli
democratic faction , especially when th
democrats tire ready to concede ever :
thing , both this year and next year , 1
order to have a claim upon the pres
dential electors at the election of ItKX
Governor Poynter may not bo his ow
successor , but it Is n foregone concb
slon that his successor will not be
democrat.
As was to have been expected , tli
pojiullstH are kicking on Governe
Poynter's appointments , on the groun
that the democrats and so-called sllvt
republicans are getting the bigger l > lec <
of jik' . Toting square under a trljsirtllp
fusion deal Is no wisy Job.
Notwithstanding the- further testi
mony of Speaker Heed , that It does not
pay to stay In congress , there is no
likelihood of any dearth of congres
sional candidates In nny district In the
country.
l-'ort-c nf lluliH.
Philadelphia Times.
Kvcn If Speaker Ilccd docs retire to pri
vate life many reasons exist for supposing
that he'll count considerable there , too.
AValU iif ( lie Illlnil ,
Courler-Journn ; .
Hon. Champ Clark says ho Is tmablo .to
see any of the mil eh-talked-of prosperity.
Thcro are some people who never shut their
mouths loug enough to open their eyes fully.
'l'li < > Siiiil | > - of Cold.
Ualtlmoro Sun.
nold In 1S93 formed but one-thlril of the
money .of this country , but now It Is about
one-half. Oti January 1 , 1801 , the amount ol
gold was ? 701,100,000. Uy July 1 , 1S33 , under
the operation of the Sherman silver act , the
amount decreased to $592,083,000 , whereas
on January 1 , ISM , the amount was ? 949-
526,000. Gold haa returned , and with good
management It may bo made etlll more
abundant. Slnco July 1 , 1S93 , when the total
stock of money was $1,781,262,000 , the
amount has Increased to $2,183,350,000. By
the Importation of gold this amount may be
safely Increased to any sum required by the
business ot the country. The renewed Issu
of gold certificates would doubtlcea facili
tate the virtual rlso of gold In ordinary busi
ness transactions.
Old , lint
St. 1'uul Pioneer Press.
The story of prosperity Is such an old one
that It is hardly worth referring to , but two
or three of the March developments ma
bear repetition , After a slight falling off Ir
February , fully accounted for by the storms
and abnormal cold all over the country , rail
road earnings In 'March ' again surpassed
themselves. They showed a gain of C.33 pei
cent over. iMarch , 1S9S , although that montli
showed a gain of 15.25 per cent over March
1S97. And the gain this year was made In
the face of a decidedly smaller cotton and
grain movement , indicating a largo increase
in the movement of general merchandise.
As usual the pig iron Industry Is also on
parade. Although the cold weather and the
need of repairs reduced the output of pig
Iron In the early weeks of the year , Marcli
showed a gain so decided that the weoklj
output Jumped from 228,1-13 tons on March :
to 245,746 tons on April 1 , the largest weeklj
oulput ever recorded. And In spite ot II
there was a reduction In stocks.
HITCH HI ) TO A COHI'SE.
I'oliitcil A lvlci > ami I'rniiliucy from n
DtMiinurntle SUKV.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
The Courier-Journal has taken the posi
tion that Mr. Uryan cannot bo elected Ir
1900. It has thought , and ft still thinks , he
might make a successful movement. It has ,
quite seriously and sincerely , urged this
upon him. All that he said about silver it
1890 has been repudiated by events. The
prices of wheat and silver have not kepi
together In a downward course , the opera
tions of the gold standard have not rcsultee
in a contraction of currency , and times and
wages have not grown worse. Never have
economic theories been so daily and sc
speedily contradicted and falsified. Mr. I3ryar
is too closely identified with them to win
Out he might have made himself Warwick
where ho could not bo King ; and this , we
repeat , wo urged upon him. But , before h <
know that Dewcy would not have It , he
oven rejected Dewey. lie now , amid grcal
but illusory enthusiasm , raises the shlbbo
loth of 189G oven as Moses raised the ser
pent In the wilderness , and comes forwart
as the one and. only champion of populai
liberty and the people's rights for 1000.
Ho says he Is stronger than ho was Ir
1S96. He is stronger in one way and weakei
In another way ; for nobody fears him anj
longer. Ho says the issues of 1896 will b (
stronger in 1900. That is not the verdict o :
events. It Is not the record of the ballot bo >
In the states where elections have been held
The times are better. The prospects of tin
masses of the people arc Improved. New Is
sues have come upon the scene , obscuring I
they have not retired the old Issues ; anr
the party In power rides a flowing , not ar
ebbing tide.
Mr. Bryan may think It safe to insult al
the older , the more conservative and thought
ful men of the party. Ho may think that hi
can afford to flout the young manhood o
the country by smirching a military servici
which ho himself abandoned the momen
ho was ordered on duty. But he will fln (
before he is done with It that ho needs al
the votes ho can get and , It he falls to gc (
votes enough , he may ascribe It directly tc
the wanton affronts which ho is heaplnf
upon men who' are not in politics , as he Is
for what they expect to get out " ' it. bu
who Imvo convictions of duty , who know
what is fair and just , and who , leaving tin
professional politicians to their own de
vices , mean to do what Is right though thi
tteavcns fall.
Ml'llMUHS ' KllOM HAVANA.
The SHuaUoii Not UN SnllNfnrlory in
It l.onliH on the Surface.
AVashliiRton Post.
Disorder and violence In Havana are si
.jommon that wo hear of it through the news
papers and press dispatches more by sug
scstlon than by actual statement. Person !
who were never there during Spanish occu
patlon and who believed the rldlculou
falsehoods they heard through the medlun
of yellow journalism are naturally dlsposei
to think that the conditions they are nov
made acquainted with represent a great 1m
provoment on the conditions of the past
Wo glvo hero a specimen of the suggestion
referred to a perfectly Ingenuous and Inno
cent paragraph from the Havana Times , evidently
dontly published without Intention am
merely as a matter of familiar , every-da ;
occurrence :
"Tho Eighth infantry band furnished th
music in Plaza last evening. A guard o
twenty-seven soldiers was on duty , owln ,
to the recent collisions between the pollc
and the soldiers , At the time ot the las
disturbance In the Plaza the guard couslste
of only a corporal and three- men , and
captain of the Eighth regiment , who was 1
the Plaza at the time , deemed It advlsabl
to hasten to his regiment and return wit
half a company to meet any emergency tha
might arlEo In the oxeltcd state of affairs. "
Wo need only explain to our readers the
the Plaza In Havana Is to that capital who
Lafayutto square is to this. It fronts th
Palace del Ooblerno , which corresponds t
the executive mansion hero , and is perhap
the most central and the most conspicuou
spot in the whole city , measured by th
same standard. Imagine , then , the cond
tlons Indicated by the Innocent remark the
when the Klghth Infantry band went to tli
Plaza to make music It was thought nccpi
soldiers there t
sary to Bend twenty-seven
keep the peace ! Previously there were enl
a corporal and thro * wen and the resu :
was a conflict. A captain who happened t
bo present thought it necessary to rotur
with half o company to meet the threatene
crisis , We ask those who were famills
with conditions In Havana eighteen montl
ago to consider this remarkable but nalv
statement of the case.
The question Is whether Havana Is lit
proving under our administration whethi
public order Is better fissured and life
more securely protected. Decidedly , w
should say , with the information at our dl
posal , Havana was n better place for lav
abiding citizens eighteen months ago tha
It Is at this moment. There scema no rooi
for doubt on that point , anyhow.
mi. niin's : u
St. Paul Pioneer Press ( rep. ) : It will be
difficult to fill Mr. Heed's place In the speak
er's chair. Among the candidates are Hop
kins of Illinois and Sherman of New York ,
Iloth are good parliamentarians. But Tom
Heed Is n much bigger and bralner man Ihnr
cither.
Baltimore Sun ( dcm. ) : His relations will
the McKinley administration were not gao < i
and ho retires , It seems , largely because ol
that fact. He was opposed to the reckless
expansion policy of the administration nnc' '
to u number ot expensive legislative Jobs
which are favored at the other end ol
Pennsylvania avenue. His retirement -wll
iccordlngly bo regretted as not being whollj
In the public Interest.
Chicago Hecord ( Ind. ) : The announce
ment that Thomas B. Heed Is to become r
member of a New York law firm means his
early retirement from the house of rep
resentatives , of which body ho linn been nr
Influential member for twenty years and UK
conspicuous and dominating llguro for tin
greater part of the last decade. His retire
ment will remove from political life
one of the brainiest men In the rcpubllcai
party.
Chicago Chronicle ( dcm. ) : The retlrcmcni
of Mr. Heed at this tlmo. If , Indeed , it has
been determined upon , would bo a distluci
loss to the country. During the late sesslar
of congress ho defeated more than one
scheme for looting the public treasury and li
IB hardly nn exaggeration to say that he
saved , at least for the time being , as mucl
as $150,000,000. It may bo said that he was
actuated by considerations of party policy
but , at any rate , the money was saved tem
porarily and It may bo permanently.
Indianapolis Journal ( rep. ) : The rumen
of Speaker Heed's purpose to resign his seal
In congress and engngo In the practice ol
law in New York" scorn to be confirmed bj
positive dispatches from that city. Mr
Heed's retirement from public llfcj evei
temporarily , will bo n matter ot national regret -
grot , but it will probably bo a wise step or
his part , as far as his personal Interests art
concerned. The highest success In poli
tics brings very meager pecuniary reward ;
compared with the success as a lawyei
which Mr. Heed Is abundantly able te
achieve.
Boston Globe ( dcm. ) : There will be
speakers of the house elllclent speakers-
too , wo hope In the future , but uono ol
them can take the place or wield the po
tent Influence of Thomas Bracket ! llced.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat ( rep. ) : Per
sonal good will and appreciation ot pasi
achievements will attend Mr. Heed upor
entering a now Held. He has done tin
country much service and the people know
It But events , imperatively demandlnf
action , have moved a little faster than tin
distinguished member from Maine has beet
inclined to go.
Washington Post ( rep. ) : We hear it sug
gested that his return to private life wll
strengthen the administration by dlvcstlni
it of a discordant quantity. Nothing conic
be more absurd. There has been a vast dca
of outside comment and speculation to the
effect that Mr. Heed was not iu harmonj
with the president , and -that his potent in
fluence served as an obstacle in the latter' !
path. We cannot take this view of the mat
ter. Mr. Heed has always been a stalwar
and a loyal party man. We fall to recal
an instance which he acted to the party's
confusion and distress. But wo know , or
the other hand , that he is a pillar o
strength and an example of dignity am
force. If he goes to New York ho will taki
with him a brilliancy and a power that wll
win speedy recognition and bring him botl
fame and fortune. Wc view the prospect
however , with unfeigned regret , and wlsl
that it might -be otherwise.
Philadelphia Record ( dom. ) : The reasoi
which has moved Mr. Heed to retire fron
congress , though strictly personal In i
sense , is not wlthoutjnterest politically ai
well. How can we expect to retain thi
services of men in public employment fo
salaries varying between one-fourth nm
one-tenth the amount which their service !
would command in private employment
Our governments federal , state and mil
nlcipal are expensive enough In all con
science ; the duplication of ofllces Is scan
dalous and the salaries paid for esscntlall ;
clerical services nro more than liberal. Bu
in the higher ranks of political servici
the rewards seem to bo Inadequate to at
tract the best talent. Governor Roosevol
of Now York recently found great difficult ;
in filling the office of state engineer , a po
sltlon requiring a $20,000 man , but the sal
ary attached to which was only ? 4,000
Whether the wastefulness resulting fron
the bestowal of responsible public office ;
upon Incompetents or rascals docs not In
volve a greater expenditure of public mono ;
than would bo required to adequately re
ward high class talent' is a question wcl
worthy of earnest consideration.
IM3HSOXAI , AMI OTIII5HWISE.
Frederick T. Wolseloy , a brother of thi
commandcr-in-chlef of the British army , ii
an Australian "squatter" and the Invento :
machine.
of a sheep-shearing
Ex-President Harrison Is a believer In thi
wisdom of early rising. When at home he li
up every morning by 5 o'clock and takes i
long constitutional before breakfast.
Anthony N. Brady , the Wall street financier
cior , who is one ot ox-Governor Klower'i
most trusted associates in big deals , began
the Delavcn housi
gan llfo as a bartender In
at Albany.
A man In Illinois convicted of steallni
$18 000 was let off with a fine of $11 am
four months in jail. The verdict was sue !
a surprise that he wept copiously. Excesslv
joy works that way at times.
Years ago George W. Steele of Indium
organized a law firm which became mor
widely known than any other In the Hocsie
slate. His partner was Charles W. Hob !
and the firm name road "Hobb & Steole. "
The Atlanta Constitution drives home an <
clinches the nails of a political argumen
with this remark : "You cannot euro i
sore on n horse in Georgia by putting i
poultice on a horse In New York. " That'
a horse on the goldbugs ,
Samuel Newhouso of Salt Lake Clt
startles the Insurance world by payln
$283,828 for tv "paid-up" llfo policy , whlc !
Insures him an annuity of $8,000 during llf
und to his heirs $200,000 when he dies. 1
these figures nro correct , the Insuranc
company has the best end of the deal.
Six of the thirty-four state senators c
Missouri are over six feet tall. "The bl
four , " as they are known , are Charle
Schwcichardt , six feet two and ono-lia !
! inches , 210 pounds ; Buell U Matthews , si
1 feet two Inches , 210 pounds ; K , B. Kleldi
, six feet two inches , 225 pounds , and J. \
i Rollins , six feet throe aud one-fourth Inchei
215 pounds.
New York capitalists are figuring on tt
establishment In the metropolis of a pei
i manent circus , not the modern affair of
sawdust ring with plnk-tlghtcd riders and
' clown , but the ancient hippodrome wit
I chariot races and Roman costumes. Thei
! U to bo an attempt to have the new dlvei
slonVn readiness to open by the time tl :
' Mazet Investigation circus conclude3 Its pe :
formances.
Captain Thomas Francis O'Malley Balnei
, who died recently In San Francisco , va
| one of the few survivors of the band <
i Fenians who started an uprising In Irolac
1 In 1S66. He wau captain In the Papal Zoi
I aves during the war against Victor Kmmar
I uel. and In 1866 , with John Boyle O'Rolll
I and others , led a Fenian uprising In Irelan
| for which he was arrested and sem to tl
1 penal settlement in Australia. He weti n
leased In 1879 and came to the United Stati
and associated hlmfiolf with Irish perlodlca
, lit tills city , Boeton und Sau 1'ruucibco.
JITATH IMIUSH OX STVTI3 IMM.1TII S.
Pierce Call ( rep ) . Of rourso. It was con
stitutional for the populist lotuM.iture of two
years ngo to appoint the Mutz "MiUllIng"
oommltteo to Inquire Into the official nets o (
republican officials. But It was unconstitu
tional , eo Governor Poynter says , to Inquire
Into the official nets of the populist Male
officials. In other words. It is unconstitu
tional to review the rottenness of pnpull * !
state officials but constitutional to review
republican officials.
Tecumseh Chieftain ( rep. ) : \Vo opine thai
Hon. Church Howe Is more than pleased thai
ho declined the Samoan consulate as he
roads In llio dully papers of the- troubles
that are brewing In those cannibal Islands. .
Church has often been accused ot possessing
a long head and no stronger argument has
been adduced In support ot that proposition
than his exhibition of judgment In trading
off hU Samoan appointment for the fai
more agreeable consular duties In fait
Palermo.
Fullerton News ( rep. ) : Ono of the rankest
pieces of favoritism ever shown to nn In
dividual was the recent appointment ol
Frank D. Kagor as ? n ma'or , ' In the First
regiment by Governor Poynter. Wo do not
believe that If the governor had been fully
acquainted with the Toolings the boys had
toward the newly appointed major that It
would have met with his approval. Ho Is
nothing but an upstart who will show his
authority to the fullest extent of his office
and woe unto the poor private who incurs
thfc major's displeasure.
. Kearney Hub ( rep. ) : The Lincoln corre
spondent of Thu Omaha llco makes some
statements regarding the permanent school
fund of the state of Nebraska that reopen an
old question in an Interesting light and show
tho"shallowncsa of some of the pretensions
of the populist administration at the state
house that Were made during the election
ot 1S9C and again during the campaign < > (
1898. The state treasurer's statonuMit made
March 31 shows that ho had on hand money
belonging to the permanent school fund
amounting to $260,783.03 and those figures
show nn Increase of nearly $100,000 during
the last six months.
lAuburn Granger ( pop. ) : After another
state legislature has passed to the shade ol
Innocuous desuetude the assessors begin
tholr work under the old law and the shameful -
ful Inequalities In assessment that have
characterized assessments In the last years
will bo repeated this year.In Gage county
the assessors agree that the actual cash
value shall bo one-fourth real value. In
Johnson county the assessors say one-sixth
shall bo the actual cash value , and so it
goes. If Nebraska ever gets a better rove-
mio l.w It will bo after the lobbyists are
driven from the floor of the house and senate
and parties In the intere-st of the tax-
dodgers are not allowed to strike out this or
that provision.
Schuylcr Quill ( pop. ) : Our good brother
of the Papilllon Times appears very much
worried over an alleged inclination on the
part of n few populist papers to decry
against fusion next fall. The Times ds un
duly exercising Itself on this point. To be
gin with wo have not seen any substantial
talk In any of our exchanges tending toward
a straight ticket. Not having -been privi
leged , however , to read our cxcfcuiges care
fully wo may have overlooked the advocacy
of which the Times speaks aud to which It
rather gives Impetus instead of discourage
ment. The Quill takes no stock in the talk
of running a straight ticket next fall. Such
a course would be as foolish as -would bo
futile. There is no excuse of any Wnd for
such a procedure.
Howell Journal ( dcm. ) : A few of the re
form papers , whoso editors uphold the evil
practices of soimo of our reform officials at
Lincoln are attempting to read out of the
party every man who denounces these men
fefr their misdeeds. Better go a little slow ,
boys ! You have a bigger contract than you
may think. The rank and flic of both the
democratic and populist parties are behind
the men who are demanding that reform of
ficials shall not walk In the paths of thelt
republican predecessors. You fellows whc
are foolish enough to let your party zeal
blind your 'better judgment have but tc
wait until the next state convention mcete
to.see tlie mark of Cain placed upon the
brow of these who have by their acts dis
graced themselves and their party. Those
who have done wrong cannot escape
censure.
Geneva Signal ( rep. ) : A kick Is being
made 'in some quarters because Governor
Poynter has appointed Captain Frank Eager
to bo major to fill the vacancy caused by
the resignation of 'Major ' Williams. Mem
bers of the regiment have written home
during the last few months some stories nol
at all to the credit ot Captain Eager. It Is
said that Eager has seen very little fighting ,
ivhllo some of the captains in the regiment
have won much praise for gallant conduct
In battle , two or three of 'them having
been wounded while leading their compa
nies against the Filipinos. The Tact that
Eager was a prominent populist politician
ought not to have influenced the governor ,
but some ot the people at homo think he
owes his appointment to his brand of poll-
tics. A soldier should have no politics so
long as ho is In the .service. Governors ol
states should not have power to make army
appointments , because the power Is so often
abused , and this remark applies to members
of all parties.
Fremont Tribune ( rep. ) : We have not seer
the figures for It , but it hath been oracularly
uttered that the last session of the legisla
ture kept one sacred promise to the people
namely , that It would bo nn economical
session so far as expenditures In behalf ol
Its own self wore concerned. The cost ol
the session was the lowest of nny In tei
years , or since the unbroken line of repub
lican sessions In Nebraska was first frac
tured. Measured by this standard the las !
session la entitled to public commendation
There IB on over present temptation to lib
erality with public money when It comes te
bestowing It upon self and relatives am
friends , it Is this temptation which few
legislatures find .themselves nblo to resist
To expend public money for public purposes
in a wise manner Iu the test of statesman
ship. To expend It lavishly In such mannoi
that It will lodge In onu'H own pockets ni
thoeo of close kindred and friends Is UK
test of selfishness and venality. The twenty-
sixth session must in justness have a loiif
mark set down for it.
sarsaparilla
which
made
sarsaparilla
famous
itounii , on 11001:11 : , CO.MI : HACK.
Heniinlim ( lie Sonlciiff of
intMit Axnlnxt it Driiil Mnti ,
Springfield ( Mass. ) lUpuultcrtn.
The petition of n number of C.imbrlilgo
fltlzcns of the legislature concerning the
t'.i'oreo of banishment against Hoger Wll-
llnms Is so curious a document that It mer
its publication In full :
Whereas , The stoncral court of Massachu
setts bay. nt their session In Cambridge
( Newtown ) , passed a sentence of b.inlshmout
against Roger Williams October ID , 1635 ;
Whore-as , Hon. John Wlnthrop , governor of
Maitnchusolts bay , requested that Roger
Williams be recalled , his sentence i evoked ,
and ho duly honored , which was refused ;
Whereas , linger Williams' iloctrlno of re
ligious liberty , for advocating which he was
banished , has become the fundamental senti
ment of Christendom ; be It
Unsolved , We , the citizens of Cambridge ,
Mass. , petition the honorable legislature nt
your earliest convenience to pass an act re
voking said sentence ot banishment , and
your petitioners will ovot pray GoJ save the
commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Roger \Vllllums , good man , has been dead
216 years. Thcro is no argument of over-
powerliig weight why the sentence of ban
ishment against him should not be revoked ,
but is there reason to suppose that ho hns
nny desire to come back ? Mr. Williams
may prefer to stay where he Is.
Hut It the sentence of banishment bo re
voked and Roger bo Invited to return , It
should bo understood as being not merely
nn acknowledgment by .Massachusetts , In
olllclal form , ot the fact that ho was nearly
200 years ahead of his time , but as an
Invitation to the state ho founded to coma
back to the bosom of the old mother col-
ouy. For , If Roger Williams Is to be per
mitted to travel In Massachusetts , what
further use can there bo for the separate
state which ho fenced In around N'arrngau-
sett bay ?
There nro many arguments In favor of
and few objections to the absorption of
Rhode Island by Massachusetts. The con
stitution would permit It , provided the
legislatures of both states and the United
States congress should concur. The repub
licans do not need the Rhode Island sena
tors any more , because they now have from
twelve to twenty majority In the senate.
On the other hand , Rhode Island would
be benefited by the change. Wo do not say
that the people are an "Inferior" race , yet
the state government with two capitals Is
a , needless expense , and , besides , that cor
ner lot down there , with the bay , always
logically belonged to Massachusetts. The
annexation would help to round out our
frontiers.
Roger Williams would not object , It la
sure , because bo was a reasonable man and
could see that with religious liberty all
around the ) usefulness of his colony was
ended. Pass the resolution , but bo logical
and annex Rhode Island at the same tlmo.
\VIIlTTIjI51J TO A POINT.
Plilliciclnh1n. llecord : It doesn't make a
secret society man feel bad > to have itho grip.
Somorvlllo Journal : A woman realizes
that somebody Is growing old when her
daughter stops calling1 her "Muma and bc-
to ca l her " .Mother. "
Chicago Tribune : Ho Ufo will not bei all
sunshine , dearowt. Wo shall have our Bharo
of trouble , but when It comes we'll stand
nnd face It , shoulder to shoulder , will wo
ivot ? . '
She Why , George dear , how can we ?
You're head and shoulders taller than I ami
Washington Star : lie Oh , by the way , ithe
doctor advised mo to cat u water cracker
before going to bed ; sitld it would prevent
my Insomnia. Ara there nny In the house ?
She The only thing In the house up-
proachlnsr a. water cracker Is the Icepick.
Chlcag-o Record : "When my wife buys a
$15 hat she says it will last her three
years. "
yes ; .but ewo-y season she- gets $5 worth
of new trimmings put on It. "
Indlanaoolls Journal : "Come to think of
it , " said the Cheerful Idiot , "tho man who
gets his llfo Insured Is a good deal like *
the fellow who BQCS into the business of
coimterftdtlnff coin. " ' " ' ' ' ' .
"Be-fir your pardon , " said the Insurance
ascnt boarder.
"You see , they 0 > oth expect to make
money with a die. "
Chicago Post : The quarrel had comei at
last
"You're a flirt , " 'ho cried.
"A lllrt ! " pho repealed scornfully. "Why ,
I don't -believe you know what a flirt Is. "
"A flirt , " he said bitterly , "is iv girl who
can make a man think he Is In heaven when ,
In reality ho is next door to the other place ,
with the door slightly ajar. "
THIS KAUMEIt.
Who gives Uils tlmo , who gives his toll
To pain UKI Increase of the soil ?
Right royally deservoth ho
The fruit of patient Industry.
Who In. tlio sprliiKtlmc sows the seed
With fnlth that God bin act will heedT
( For think how great the mystery ! )
Rich recompense dcserveth Jie. 11
Who thro1 thrt lieat ot summer days
To do wnoit seemeth right essays-
All duties meeting cheerfully ?
A full reward deserveth ho.
Who , when the autumn cornea anon ,
With tfnd emotion looks upon
An overflowing granary ?
Well earned la hl8 prosperity.
And when tha winter days are here ,
With lengthening nights of pleasant cheer ,
May heav'n semi health und wealth anil
irleo
To crown the farmer's Industry.
FRANK B. THOMAS.
"Lady's
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Correct form in this class of
headwear is a study in itself -
and we have been spending
time and thought in this de
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the ladies that have made their
selection of either a straw sailor ,
or walking hat here have oc
casion to be happy for they
are Just right" in every sense of
the world new shapes , new
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to $3,00 ,
A special invitation is extend
ed to the ladies to pay our second
end floor a visit and see the
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we are showing of ladies'
straw hats.