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Contents of the Sunilny Flee.
I'ago 1. Now York Herald Cablegrams
Hl > ccmls to thu HUE. ( ionural Telegraphic
News.
Pace 2. Telcgiapldc News. City News.
iMIscellany.
1'uec'I Special Adxtutlseuients. General
nnit Local Jlarkets.
I'ago 4. Editorials. Political Points.
Pr"ss Comments. Sunday ( lossip.
P.igoJi. Lincoln Xexvs. Aliscellany. Ad
vertisements.
Pace 0. Council B lull's News. Miscellany.
Advertisements.
Page" . Socially cuts in Omaha. Mlsccl-
Innv.
I'ngeS. Hcncral City News. Local Ad
vertisements.
Page U. ( ileanlnes For the Girls. lluse of
n Persian Prince. Management ot Homes.
The Old Detective's Story. Anarchist Par-
bon'sv ilc , by Omar James.
I'aijoio. Adventuies of Major North , by
Alfted Sorcnson. Kald on thu Millions.
Colonel Clovviv's Success. Artcmus Ward.
Page 11. Among the Wits and Wags.
Thoughts on Marrlnco. Jloncy for tlio
Ladles. Impict'es. ' Kdiicational Religious.
Musical and Dramatic. Connublalities.
Pace 12. The Opera In New York , by Adam
Uadeau. The Widow tlammersley , bv Clam
Holie. ( treat Events In Boston , bv Franz
Sopel. Uiuint Pox city In Hcilin , by Lena
Moreenstein. Litciaiy Notes. Poppcunlnt
Drops. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
SAM RANDALL is putting 111 his tinio bo-
txvceu the government estimates and esti
mates of his own majority in the nuxt
congress. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
A i-AitK cointnission .should find : i place
In onr amended chartor. Houlevards
and parks : xre greatly ncodud to add to
the attractiveness of our city. Each year
that the preliminary steps towards se
curing both arc ncglocted the moro
costly and Uillioultit will bo xvhun the de
mand can no longer DC ignored.
SDMI : papers arc makhiir a great ado
over the report that Alaska l being sup
plied with whiiky through tlio Onicdium
of sloops running from the Spattlc bar
Woseo nothing remarkable in that. The
rest of the country has boon supplied
with boor for year.s through the medium
of Hclioonot'H running from ten thousand
jir.s to thirsty mo' ths.
IK the charity ball is to be held at all
this year thtiro should bo a prompt effort
mudo to begin the organisation of com
mittees to sot tliu ball rolling hast year
a generous amount was raised by this
method for charitable purposes , and
thcro U no good reason why the sum
should not be more than equalled this
'season.
AND still thu real cstatu movement
keeps on. Transform aru numerous and
'purchases ' for improvement larger in
number. The settlement in the suburbs
Js one of the most interesting forU'.ircs of
the situation , scarcely less so than the
'improved ' class of stores and residences
going tip on hitherto vacant lots in the
city itself.
A sroitr current some little time ago ,
'that the president \vas bolicvod tq bo in
collusion with curtain Washington real
estnto dealers , is revived in connection
with the police scandal In that city , Mr.
'Cleveland is nt something of a disadvan
tage with eighty nine now.spaper corre
spondence at the national capital in op
position to him.
UUVKUKOK GOKDON , of Georgia , declared -
clared in his inaugural that "Joyali/.od
Hluvory has been nboliihed in this coun
try , " General Gordon has boon for years
one of the most grasping and tyrannical
'of rail road monopolists. No one knows
bolter than himself that thnro is ono form
of "legali/cd slavery" which is still In
'force in thu union of etiti : > .s , the bondage
of the shipper to the ennior and of the
* -Btato the creator to tliu
, , corporate creat
ure ,
TIIKHI : appears to hax-u been n mistake
about thu alleged ill-feeling between thu
Austrian minister of foreign ufl'alrc and
the American secretary of state , The
former is reported to hax'o said .is re
cently us last Friday that the diplomatic
relations betxvcon the two countries were
very frluiully , and that the fact of neither
nation being represented In the other by
R minister is duo to other causes than al
leged ill temper of the hotuU of the for
eign departments.
ONLY those xxho "go down to the sea
inbhipi" anil have battled xvltli the fury
'oi thu relentless storm and the mad
Vntors can perhaps bo duly impressed
Svith tint story of the lakti disasters which
"was gix'on in our columns yesterday
taornitiff. It was a pathetic and painful
"repetition of the tale of death and do
fclruclion whiph every year at this season
'comes from the great lakes , and the lirst
of many that are yet to bo told before the
teasou o.f navigation shall Intro closed.
The Whole Story Told.
The testimony given in Friday in the
trial in progicss In Xcw Voik of ex-Alder-
man McQnado , one of the thirteen
"boodle'1 nldcrmen charged xvlth selling
their votes to the Broadway Surface rail
road company , laid bare tne xvholft story
of that corrupt arrangement. After the
evidence given by c.x-Alderman Inilgraf ,
corroborated by another of the boodln
gang xvhose conscience xvoiild not permit
him to hold the corroding secret , there
cannot remain n doubt in the mind of any
one respecting the guilt of this precious
croxvd of bribetakers. Fnlgraf stated that
in all his testimony before the senate
committee , in xvhlch ho asserted that ho
had no knowledge of thp alleged transac
tions , he swore falsely , thus adding per
jury to his other crimp , as did several of
his confreres. He explained in detail the
course of thp ra-callv compact by xvhlch
thirteen men sold themselves to the cor
rupting corporation. It Is a story of dc-
llboratp and conscientious perlidy ueh
as lias been rarely paralleled. Thosclicmo
xvtts nut consummated in n day. 1'haro
xvero n score or moro meetings of the
gang held between May , 1831 , and the
date at which the compact xvas carried
out , December 5 of that year. At the
llrst meeting the "boodlcrs" numbered
eight or nine , and the particular
matter considered xvas that of securing
the other four or live necessary to poss-
the bill. Tlios-c xvero secured at a meet
ing held a week later , and it xvas agreed
that tin- thirteen would hold together in
any question that came before the board.
Hxx'asthc fatal number united in a de
liberate plan to steal. There xverc txvo
companies bidding for the support of the
rogues the cable and the surface road.
Hut the bribe of the for in in * xvas to con
sist of half stock and half cas.h , while1
the latter offuivd all rash and w.is of
course preferred. This determined , the
question of who should receive and ( lib-
burse the money xvas the next matter to
be decided. The rascally plotters natur
ally distrusted each other. Finally Kce-
nan xvas selected. The bill giving the
franchise to the surface road xvas passed
and the mayor vetoed it. It xvas noxv
necessary to secure moro xotes , and the
original boodlers found it necessary to
reduce the amount each xvas to receive ,
$22,000 to S-0,000 , theainountrelinguished
to bo used to buy the additional votes
required Clerk Maloney , who is now
sojourning in Canada , xvas designated to
recruit the needed reinforcement , which
he did , and the bill xvas passed over the
veto. L'ulgraf received for his share in
the transaction $18,000 , and Dully stated
that he had recuix-cd but $10,000. .Neither
of them has restored any part of this
money , but the former declared his pur
pose to do so "when he could. "
Such succinctly is the story of this con
spiracy as told by ono of the original con-
spiratois. It could not be made more sug
gestive by enlargement or embellishment
It is sufficient to shoxv that xvhcie men are
purchasable there are corporations xvill-
ing to buy them , and these are not pecu
liar to Noxv York. Wo do not knoxv of
an o\act counterpart of this rascally
scheme , but could the secrets of legisla
tion in most of the states and the larger
cities in the country bo uncox'crcd they
xvould disclose an alarming array ot sim
ilar transactions. Nexv York is perhaps
the most corrupt city In the xvorld. No-
xvhcro else , doubtless , arc there so many
men xvho have bartered their trusts and
sold their honor for lucre. IJut bribery
and bribe-takers are broadcast in the
land , and the groxvtli of corporate power
and greed , xvitli the increasing careless
ness of the people in the selection of
public officials , are not reassuring of a
diminished crop in the future. Such ex
posures as that in Nexv York xvill have a
good temporary ellect , which may bo
prolonged if the guilty parties are ade
quately punished.
An Important Itnclslnn.
The supreme court of Nebraska handed
doxvn on Thursday its decision in the
Solden vs Uorka case , brought on xvrit of
quo xvarranto to determine the constitu
tionality of the laxv passed by tlio last leg
islature limiting the number of justices
of the peace in cities of the first class.
The point raised by the counsel for ex-
Justice Seldon xvas that .such limitation
xvas in violation of the provisions of the
constitution , which requires that "all
laws relating to courts shall bo of general
anil uniform operation. " The claim xvas
advanced and argued that by reducing
the number of justices in specially
specified districts in cities of the
first class , and permitting the
county commissioners to designate
thu districts , the legislature broke
the uniformity of operation of justices
courts throughout the sUite and violated
the constitutional proviso.
In dismissing the application and af
firming the validity of the three justices
laxv , thu supreme court laid down a prin
ciple of general application which is of
much interest at the present time xvhen
the question of the creation of a muni
cipal court is under discussion ,
"A laxv , " naid Judge Ueeso , in giving
the opinion , "xvhich Isgi'ner.il and uni
form throughout the state , operating
alike upon all persons and localities of a
class , or xvho are brought within the re
lations and circumstances provided for ,
is not objectionable as wanting uniform
ity of operation. "
This effectually dUposos of the chief
objection made to the ciuation of a mu
nicipal count , xl < 5 : that it xvould bo in
violation of the constitutional provision
called in question in the justice's case , A
law creating a municipal court in cities
of a gix'on class would be of "uniform op
eration'1 undbr the ruling given , It
xvould apuly uniformly to : i roi tain class
of cities to xvhich its operations xxould be
conUncd , There xvould bu no prejudice
through its maintenance to other judicial
bodies outside its jurisdiction or with con
comitant jurisdiction , Tlioru may bo
other objections to thu creation of munic
ipal courts , but thu constitutional objec
tion Is clearly not u valid one.
Treacle ,
An interview xvlth that prlnco of policy
sharps , Juy Gould , In xvhicii he ventures
the remarkable opinion that Omaha Is "a
thriving city , " much improved by its
pavements , throws thu sycophantic editor
of thu Herald Into spasms of joy. It calls
out promptly another half column of
slush upon the "Colossus of Bonds , " aud
*
xvhat ho ought to bu induced to do for
Omaha. Jay Gould is excitedly pro
nounced by Dr. Mlllor the Vt'ry man to
build the Omaha iV Northern , his gra
cious reference to this city muklnjj that
fact clear beyond a question.
Wo fail to see any astonishing merit in
Gould's reference to Omaha AS n "thriv
ing city , " made in an interview In xvhlch
ho slops over St. l.onK Kansas City , Min
neapolis , St. Paul , Wichita , KnnBas , and n
dozen other points in xvhich ho is inter
ested directly or indirectly. This kind of
noxvspaper treacle Is used by the bucket
ful by the great stock jobber xvhcncver
ho has a iioint to gain in appeasing the
commtmltips xvhlch ho has robbed. It is
inxnriably dished out In largo ladles just
before bond propositions arc to be sub
mitted or noxv feeders built to tap and
draxv axvay the trade of cities reached by
Ins lines.
Western people long ago failed lo take
any notice of the smooth flattery of the
wily Gould or to placp any dependence
upon his xv.irm professions ot friendship
or Interest. Fifteen j-ears of bitter ex
perience with the great Wall street
shark have not bepn without Ihplr
ull'oct In these parts. Kven Wall street has
learned the lesson ami left to speculators
alone the handling of his xvatcr bur
dened bonds and stocks. The suspicion
that Gould is dabbling in any security is
Millicicnt to drlx'e axvay in panic all le
gitimate investors. As a consequence ,
in spite of his subsidised press and prom
ised dividends , every Gould stock is a
drug on tlio market. The great railroad
xvreekur has shown his hand too often
and his methods are too xx'ell knoxvn to
deceive any longer the investing public.
Hut for the editor of the Herald , xvho has
for years prostituted his position to play
stool pigeon for the Goulds and Dillons ,
this latest piece of gentle llattcry has all
the charm of novelty. The groxvth of
Omaha under his own eyes , the
census reports , tlio clearing house
statements , tlio hum of busy Industry
and the sound of trowels and hammers
on e\-ery street aru noting as evidences
of Omaha's prosperity xvhi'n compared
xvith the statement of his Goiilden idol
that "Omaha is a thriving city. " This
throxvs the old fraud into hysterics of
ccstacy , because it furnishes a. text for
the suggestion of new subsidies to the vo
racious railroad xvrerkor to whoso coat
tails Dr. Miller has hung for fifteen years
xvith all the desperate energy of a bunco
slcercr to his boss policy sharp.
AiiHtrla's Attitude.
The recent speech of Count Kalnoky ,
minister of foreign affairs of Austro-
Hungary , defining the interests and policy
of the empire in connection xvith the
Hulgarinn question , appears not to have
given that universal satisfaction in
Europe which its moderate yet decided
cxptessions might have been expected to
command. It is reported to have been
adversely cntici/cd by a portion of the
Hungarian and Austrian press , xvhilo the
policy it announced had been character-
i/ed in high quarters as weak. U hat
Kalnoky said xvas that Austria's
interests in Htilgaria xvill bo the
maintenance of treaty lights , and
that it the essentials of the Berlin
treaty are not infringed it is immaterial
how Internal a flairs in Htilgaria proceed.
llathoi1 in the nature of a warning than a
threat , ho stated that it xvould bo most
dillicult for Austria to avoid taking ac
tion during the presentexcitement , but
that she xvill patiently nxvait events. All
this is certainly cautious , so much so ,
perhaps , as to warrant Count Andrassy
in characterising it as xx'cak , hut it is more
judicious for a nation desiring to avoid
conflict , as Austria undoubtedly does ,
than xvould have been a delimit
menace tu Russia. It must appear to pru
dent and conservative men as convoying
a < mitc sufficient assurance that Austria
recogni/.ps her responsibility and xvill
not attempt to ax'oid it , xvhatever de
mands it may make or sacrifices it may
entail. Another point that invited un
favorable ciiticism xvas the rather limited
significance given by Kalnoky to the
mission of General Katilbars in Bulgaria.
Ho said its importance hail been ox'cr-
estimated , and that the course pursued
had attained nothing calculated to decide
the political existence of Bulgaria ; that
xvhiloKaulbars had succeeded in making
Russian influence fcU in a most disagree
able manner , he also evoked the sym
pathy of Europe tor the Bulgarian pee
ple. This certainly teems lo underrate
the nature of the Russian general's mis
sion , judging it fairly by the course he
has pursued , although it may bu entirely
correct as to results thus far. It must be
considered , however , that the full consequences
quences of thu mission of tids emissary
of Russian diplomacy and intrigue may
not yet be apparent. It is not question
able that Russia'H aim in sending Kaul-
bars to Bulgaria xvas to establish in that
country an absolute Russian domination ,
and it is said that the foreign ofliccs of
Vienna and London havu indubitable
pioof that ho xvas sent to Sofia to upset
the government before the great poxvers
could interfere. His conduct gix-es cred
ence to the statement , but the scheme
xvas defeated by the firmness of the re
gency supported by Austria ami Eng
land. It xvould hive been moro reas
suring to Europe if Kalnoky
could hax'u given : i promise
of thu retirement of Russia from liul-
gana , agreeably to the pledges reported
to have been gixen by Russia , but ho
seems not to hax'o been authorized to go
beyond the statement that "Russia is
friendly enough and umlcttbly open to
discussion,1' and that ho could "reckon
upon the c/ar'b influence being decidedly
in favor of a peaceful solution. " IVrhaps
this ought to be accepted as biillicient.biit
Europe xvill liuvo littlu faith in such as
surances xvhilo Russia remains in partial
occupation of Hnlgaria , mid her ngcnts
and emissaries there continue to actively
urge her claims to absolute dictatorship.
Russian pledges are worthless xvhen not
accompanied by acts.
Russia having named her candidate for
tlio Bulgarian throne , Prince Nicholas , of
Mingrulia , and the selection having been
appiovod by thu powers , it xvill require
but a i-hort time to determine xvhether
she is disposed to forego her pretensions
in thu principality and respect treaty re
quirements , She has gained an impor
tant point and concussion In naming anew
now ruler for Hulgaria und finding no
opposition among the poxvers , Slut is
noxv invited to propose a satisfactory so
lution to the conflict. Huropo will axxait
her rcsponbo xvith eager interest.
About
Tiih SUNDAY UKE xvill once moro bo
found filled to overflowing xvith the
xvcokly feast of good things , There Is
thu usual inteiesting budget of nexvs and
gossip from the political capitals of Eng
land and thu continent , of xvhlch our
readers have the exclusive bonalilin thcso
parts. Thousands of words of special
Cttblegranitf.ovcry week aru spread before
.them > o be road as early at their humus
as they'can bo found in eastern journals.
rl he ablest foreign cprespondents In the
world are drawn upon to serx-o the pat
rons of a paper which Is'sparlng no pains
und expense to make fts pages a daily
miiror of the life nndnows ot the globe ,
Nor xvill the domestic npxvti bo found lack
ing. Washington , Clucago and Noxv York ,
the great ncxvs centers of the country ,
are all covered by the Bali's special em
ployes , hired at a regular salary to sprvo
its readers xvltli fresh ami instructive in
formation of xvhat Is going on all over
thp country. Their dispatches are special
In the most restricted sense , They nro
sent to no other paper In the country nor
arothpy scattered among n couple of
hundred papers through n press associa
tion , to bo ( llshpd up as "exclusive" to
our readers. They are our renders' oxvn ,
bought and paid for as their special prop
erly. As usual the departments of corre
spondence and selected mtsccllnnv are
replete xvilh bright , nuxvsy and instruc
tive matter from nblo pens. There
is no attempt to sacrifice quality for
quantity or to glx-o undue importance
to any .single topic. All classes
of readers of every tnslo xvill find some
thing to Interest or Instruct. Tlicto la
dlx'crsity xvitli ftilnpss and variety xvith
quantity. All this takes tiuio and money
and hard xvork. Hut thcso nro just xvhat
have built up the Omaha Btn : in the past
and present and they shall not be lacking
in the future.
Hnoxv and tin ; Corn.
Tie ! protest of hundreds of indignant
patrons of the street car company
against the needless delays during and
after the late storm , as voiced in our ed
itorial columns , is made the occasion for
a prompt rebuke by Dr. Miller. Criti
cism of any corporation , hoxx'cver just ,
affects the railroguo editor like Haunt
ing a red rag in the fac" of a bull. IIo
paxx's the air ana belloxx's loudly about
the "assaults on corporations" and the
excellency of the horse railxvay service ,
and makes some indirect reference to
the cable car system as being in some
way responsible for the statement of the
plain facts regarding the blockaded
streets and the street railway service.
This is quite unneeesHary. The gross
negligence of the street tailxvuy com
pany in not making energetic
attempts to keep their lines
open during the storm and lor forty-eight
hours thereafter cannot bo glossed over.
It xvas duo to a lack of facilities in the
line of scrapers and ploxx'.s and a spirit of
economy exercised at the expense of
their patrons. Of oourso after waiting
twenty-four hours1 for sleighs and xvhcols
to pack doxvn thusnoxx" , picks and shovels
xvero needed to remayo the obstruction.
Hut for that the company had no one to
blame but itself. r ,
The BIB : has given the Omaha Horse
railxvay company all-ereUit for the excel
lence of its fair xveathor service. Its roll
ing stock is v tile best , its
horses and mules' superior to those
driven on any othdr line of xvhich xve
knoxv , and its operation' xx-ell conducted
xvithm the limitations of its schedule.
Let this bo granted. ' Hut'a system xvhich
flies all to pieces the1 moment it encoun
ters any extraordinary obstacle is not up
to the mark. In other 'cities the street
car lines arc prepared for snoxv and
storm and begin their operations xvith
the first sett ing in of the storm. It re
mains for Omaha to bo obliged to chron
icle a company xvhieh xvnits until fair
weather sets in and then forces its patrons
to tramp through the snoxv for days after
the suoxv has ceased falling , while a foxv
men xvith picks and shovels lazily scrape
away the snow on the cross toxvn lines.
The public hax-o a light to complain und
their complaints shall find voice in thu
noxvspaper through xvhoso columns for
yearn they have been in the habit of ap
pealing for thu lemedying of abuses.
Fostering Musical Tnsto.
The increasing culture of the American
public is showing in the increasing
patronage xvhieh it ia bestowing upon the
sister arts of music , painting ann the
drama. The opera has at hist become
thoroughly acclimated in this country.
East and xvest alike compote for the best
artists ana pay exorbitant prices for the
privilege. AVith Nexv Yorkers heading
the 1'atti subscription xvith $10,000 , in a
single day's receipts of the box ollicc ,
Philadelphia folloxving with a still larger
sum for the American Opera season and
Chicago contributing ? 00,000 loxxards the
National Conservatory of America opera ,
the old reproach that xvc are not a "musi
cal people" is not likely to
bo repeated. The talent has
long boon latent , needing only
the example and impulse of true art lo
bring it forth. Twenty-five years ago a
straggling audience WHS xvith dillicully
gathered in Noxv York to listen to the
occasional quintette chamber concerts in
xvhich Richard Grant White and Theo
dore Thomas took part. To-day , each
xvcok a hundred times the number croxvd
the Philharmonic und Stoinxvay hull re-
huar&als. Music is becoming a necessity
of culture. It is ono of the elements in
the humanlzntlon of society xvhich has
grown steadily xvitli our German immi
gration. Its cultivation has had nn Im-
m-jnso extension during the past ten
years in thu United States , and the ap
preciation of excellence in music has
more than kept pacts ,
but there are probably very few noxv xvho
doubt its ultimata triumphant success ,
and there should be nonul xvho xvill not
xvish It such. The rotortJry | ( of the com
pany for this season * includes sixteen
granu operas , and tho'costof preparation
Is said to have been fnjly l"j,000 , for noth
ing Is omitted that Is > necessary to the
most complete production of those xvorks
in the matter of statro setting and ap
pointments , correct costuming , and gen
eral un.iemblo. It is .an expensive and
laboriors enterprise , but there is unlim
ited faith and energy behind It , and these
qualities the Ameriean'pooplo ' xvill in time
rcc'ogni/.o and respond' to. ' Philadelphia
has given thu season ,1 nios tauspieious
opening , and it is safe to predict that Cin-
cmnnli , xvhcro the eonrpany xvill lng this
week , xvill bo no Jo s generous.
Culture shows Itself in tusto for tlio
beautiful , and conversely taste is in most
pases the rpsult of culture. The proper
method of fostering musical taste is to
secure the best music. The car cannot
bo educated through Iho eye. Concerts
and opera by trained musicians and
singers upon whom thp cultured xvorld
has placed the seal of approval are the
means for elevating tfiu mtibieal tustu ,
Proper musical instruction by competent
teachers , the use of the higher class of
music in the homo circle and at social
gatherings , form the foundation upon
xvhich to build up a tastu xvhich xvill not
only contribute to the cratilicatlon of
the possessor but udd to the sum total
of human pleasure aud art education.
ImliiMrlnl Ncc ltlrs.
The brief article by Carroll D. Wright
upon "Indusl.-lnl Necessities" of the
present time , xvhich recently appeared in
the roriiin , has attracted wide snrend
and deserved attention , ns It xx-a * cprlaln
lo do , coming from a writer of Mr.
Wright's abilities and from the chief of
thp national biucau of labor statistics at
Washington , Mr. Wiight precedes his
argument by the statement xvhlch Is ax-
iomatle that the character of our Indus
tilnl progress lor the no\t quarter of a
century xxill depend very largely upon
the spirit In xvhieh diflcrcnpcs betxxecn
the laborer and the capitalist are ad
justed. With labor trouble * proceed
ing from txvo general causes ,
Ignorance on the part of the xvago
xrorkur of the trno conditions necessniy
to successful production nml Intelligence
of xvluil Is necessary to constitute happy
surroundings In the present civili/ation ,
the first great industrial necessity , says
Mr. Wright , is a knoxvlcdgo of Industrial
conditions. Labor is not unreasoning.
Much of its unrest nndsuspleiousness has
its origin in the refusal of capital to show
clearly proper Information of the cost
unit moiils of production , If xvage xvork-
crs kncxv and believed that production
xvas being carried on at small margins of
profit or at no profit at all , as is often the
case , there would bu no strikes at such
times In the depressed industries. A fair
proportion of share in gross profits is the
demand of the xvage xvorkcrs. Whether
they receive it or not can only bo
knoxvn by carefully compiled and
honest statistics of the various
Industries "gained by frequent nml uni
form censuses. " Any effort of govern
ment , either federal or state , through
bureaus of labor statistics , censuses or
technical education , xvill result in a value
n thousandfold greater than the cost of
the effort. "
In his last ofllcial report Mr. Wright
called attention to the crisis in produc
tion xvhieh o\isis throughout the conti
nent and the United States due to "over-
stimulation.1 Our industrial depression
has been caused by an overproduction
xvhich xvas c\ccssi\-o because xvo have
oloscil all outlets for our surplus Suffer
ing from a limited consuming power and
a superabundance of productive poxvur ,
Mr. Wright linds the second industrial
necessity to bu "tho rapid dovolopmcntof
the south and xvcsl in every direction"
in order to increase consumption.
Increased production xvill of course
attend the process of development but
the increased consuming poxx-cr and the
stimulus xvhich industry xvill give to bet
ter atiricuUur.il methods xvill , in the
xvriter's opinion , more than counterbal
ance the added output by allording a still
greater facility for consumption.
Mr Wright comes out boldly and
frankly for "an adjustment of the ttirill"
as the third pressing industrial necessity
of the times. He claims and claims truly ,
that xvilh the groxvth of industry the
tariff assumes different economic rela
tions to the progicss of the xvholc coun
try. Industrial conditions have groxvn
beyond the tariff of txvcnty years ago and
the tariff lax should bo adjusted xvith a
vioxv to the benefit of the many and not
the foxv. Mr. Wright scouts the
old and well worn fallacy "that the dif
fercnce in xvnges must be ox-ercome by
the difference in tlio rate of duty. " As a
veteran student of economic questions ,
ho ki'oxvs too well the trilling influence
xvhich ttuilT imports have upon the pay of
wage xvorkois. "Tins being the case , "
he remarks , "there can bo a xviso adjust
ment of the tariff only xvlien all the ele
ments of the cost of production are con
sidered ; and one of the industrial necessi
ties of our lime is to see to it that the tar
ings adjusted , not on the old lines , but
on the new , and that the greatest good
shall be derived from such adjustment.1
The tendency of the times is toxvard
concentration of energy , concentration
of capital , consolidation of interests. The
individual null no longer hums
in independence of its fel
lows aud places Its goods
upon the market at prices made xvithoiit
relation to other industrial productions
of the same kind. Production is the re
sult of huge combinations , and all other
things that bear upon production must be
subject to the same laxv. Capital consoli
dated must deal xvith consolidated labor
and orguni/cd labor xvith organi/.cd capi
tal. Treaties butxvcen individuals count
for nothing. Representatives must dual
xvith representatives. This state of af
fairs , which is a hopettil one , causes the
xvrlter to assert that ' a broader compre
hension of the vital principals of Amuii-
can gox'criimont , ot the intelligent repre
sentation of great bocies , of the power of
dealing xvith other tlnough representa
tives , leading to the highest form of con
ciliation and arbitration , will show or
ganization , complete , fair , just and intel
ligent to bo ono of the chief industrial
necessities of the near future. " Organi
zation xvill roliox-e many of the aggra
vated features of the present situation ,
It xvould tillable manufacturers to make
production conform moro nearly to con
sumption. It would put it in the hands
of labor to establish rates of wages on a
moru uniform basis , Pronurly carried
out such organi/.ation xvould amount to
practical co-operation of labor and cap
ital for their mutual xvelfare , xvhilo the
public at largo xvould reap the bone-lit ot
enhanced quality in the goods resulting
from increased interest In the workmen.
The interests of Jabor and capital , re
marks Mr.rlght , are not Identical.
It is iibsind to say that they are. "They
aru , however , reciprocal ; and the intelli
gent comprehension of this reciprocity
can only be brought into thu fullest play
by thu most complete orgnni/ation , so
that each party shall feel that ho is an in
tegral part of thu xvhole xvorkmg estab-
.ishmpnt. "
As the final need of all thcro must bo
something beyond the xvago system.
Fair ami steady xvuges to labor must bo
bijcuiod by an extension of profits to
labor. "With xviso experiments , judi
clously organised details , and a spirit of
mutual concession and helpfulness , there
may bu a participation of profits without
injustice to cither of the parties necessary
to production. " Labor must bo made
the associate of capital , mutually inter
ested in its prosperous investment , mil.
tually reluctant to further aiii methods
vxhich xvill reduce profits ,
'flit : second season of the American
Opera company opened in Philadelphia
on lust Monday evening , with thu most
gratifying results both us to artistic sue'
ccds and financial returns. Thu present
company is inoru. generally American in
iU composition than xvns that of last sea
son , thus coming nearer to the fulfilment
of the plan o ( the projectors' to produce
opera in this country with America !
singers solely. The main body of the
performers in this year's company nro
native born or nro persons xvho have
earned the right to the name ot Amcrl
can. Especially is this truoof the chorus
xvhich numbers lee , only eight of xvhon
arc not Americans , Moreover , they d (
not represent a particular section of the
country , but xvere selected from New
York , Boston , Chicago , San Francisco
Sacramento , Philadelphia , and a do/en
other places. A largo number of these
xvho compose the oicheslra , also , xvert
born in this country. This decided Amer
ican complexion is particularly encour
aging so early In the career of the com
pany , and is extremely cratifj Ing as xvcll
in domonsliatlng that there Is no want of
superior talent in the country , but simply
a lack of the means anil opportunity for
its adequate development aud cultivation.
The project of establishing an American
school of opera , conceiyod and carried
forxvnrd to Its present attainment
by a patriotic American lady ,
xvas regarded by most people at
the outset ns essentially Utopian ,
lf I'OIXI'S.
Kentucky people say C.ullslp xvill piotiably
be elected lo the scn.ilo In 1W.
Mr. Aloirlson icthcs fuun consiesslonal
Hie as pool as , If not pouter than , xxhen IIP
eliteied It.
( laltisha A. ( lioxv.sajs : I am a candidate
lor United Slates senator. Whenever I am
a candidate toi any position I never hesitate
to say so.
Col. Tom Orhlltioo ays ho xvMies his
chances of heaven xxcto ns pleat as Mr.
Blalnc's chances of being the next president
of the United States.
A prediction Is made In n Philadelphia
paper that the ne\t United States sonatoi
liniii Pennsjlvanla xvill bo llemy W. Oliver ,
Jr. lie seems to have the iicressaiy xxealth.
It Is announced that Speaker Oat lisle , on
thoPNphatlon ol the leim in conu'ress foi
xvhlch ho has just been elected , xxlll take up
Ids icsttlenco at Wichita , Kan. , xvheio he has
a son.
Hullalo Commercial-Advertiser : Hardly a
dcmociatlc paper has a xxoul to uttei in
Cleveland's behalf. Xexei xxas a president a
person of so little interest In the uevxspapeis
of the paity that elected him.
Minneapolis Tilbune : 31 r. CloxcLmil nexer
neglects an oppoitunlty to scold the nevxs-
papeis , but It It had not been for the press ho
xxould still boa llfth-iate lawyer Instead of
president of the United States.
Pcorlu Tianscilpl : The Hon. Hill Moni-
son says he did nodose his district ; the dis
trict lost Moirison. It xxas tlio xxhjxram that
xvas lost In the caseot the bewildered In
dian ; the Indian knew xxlieio Iiexxasall the
time.
Ilr. Mi'Cosh Keels That Way.
ir < i 'ffiif ) ( < m Citltc.
Since li. Holmes' poetic remaiks about
Ralvinlstlc I'liiieeton , attho Harvard sesqui-
ccnlcnnial , It xxill bo in order lor Pilnceton
to confer the dogiuc of double hell d on the
doctor. I'icsldeiit McCosh feels that way
about it.
It IH Very
H'f/ffiim / K. Hull It.
It is strange that , in administering justice ,
the xvisdom of this \\-oild for 0,000 ycais has
discoveied no oilier xv.iy than lor both bides
to liitca man to exaggerate their side , and
then tiy to Und out what Is the tiuth between
them.
"What Holinan Ou ht to Do.
Cliltau" 'Jilliiinr.
Ill view of the laet that Objector Hotmail's
majority Is onlv one-fifth as large as it xvas
two years ago , lie ouuht , In all letwon and
to abate fom-liftlis of his
consistency , - objec
tions in ctmgi ess. Tills ix-ould make him ,
compaiatixely speaking , Inonciiously desue-
tudlnoiis. _
Dr. Mtller'n Abdication.
Abdications aupe.ir to bo the older of the
times , rollovvlni ; close upon tlio neels of
Prince Alexander's letlrcment fiom the Bul
garian thiono comes the nevxs that Dr.
< ! corfc L. Miller , of the Omaha Herald , has
turned over all the fedeial patronage in Ne
braska into the hands ol ono John A. Mc-
Shane , democratic congressman-elect.
Tlio Message.
I'lilcnao Tribune.
The piesldont By the way , Dan , that's
tlio message xoii ate xvuildng on , isn't II ,
L > anV
D.in Yes , Mi.
Thu piesldent 1 xvas only coins lo Hiipfjest
that somevvhcie in the message poi haps at
tliu bo inninu lheio .should bo a suitable
acknowledgment of the Divine mercy ami
goodness In vouchsafing abundant crops and
cener.il piospetity during the year. And
don't foi get to touch up the infernal news
papers.
Dan All light , sir.
Orlp
ll'dllr r Crane.
Kail Roy lay down ono summer eve ,
Ho la > at the casement wide ;
Ho looked at tlio green and fertile lands ,
And h.dd with a Hush ot pridn :
"Son Robert , this lordship fall Is ours ;
1C any dispute thv tight ,
I have but two xvnids to say to thco ,
Uiiptlghtl"
Two short stiong words llko n tiumpct call ,
Now listen to vxh.it thov say :
There Is a tldoln the aflalrs or men
And it comes not every day ,
It It brings thee good In some good hour ,
Take It , It Is thy light ;
Wouldst lima keen It thine',1 there Is ono way ,
( Jiip tight !
And If thoii hast found thy xvoik to do.
Then this is thy xvlnest unit ,
Count It as one of the best of clfts ,
And do it xvltli hand , md hoirt ,
If .slack or cai el ess others xvill st-i/.e
A blessing Hum heldst too II. lit ,
The skirt ot a happy circumstance
( irir tight !
( last thou a home , tho' ' humble and poor ,
If lovo. sits down by thy side ,
( irlp It so tight that notiihiL' on eaith
Thv home and th > heait divide ;
If nil gilts film tioin thy heedless hand ,
Keep this null a Ju.dmismiu'lit ,
Tlicut'a hone toi tint man xvho homo and wife
( irlji tlk'ht.
Thou hcroV to thu man who can win anil
Keep
His love , his gold and hl.s lmnl ;
Hi'iu's to tint true and steadfast heait ,
To the MIUI nml htionu' liuht hand ;
To him llmt knows and o.m buhl Ids place ,
Who knows ami c.ui hold his right ,
\VlmaH to his heait In thn tin : of life
The two shoit words ol the bravo old
knight ,
( irlp tight !
SUNDAY < ; OKSI1' .
"I notice from the dljpatches , " Kild a
prominent tlti/.eii , ' ( hat lllnlnu h < m ii'centlj
bcuu In New Yoik In consultation xxllh
Oeorco Jones , of the Times , and that the pa-
pciMhro taking this Incident 11 * evidence of
the earnest ( lesile of lilalne to deal up the
feuds In New Vork lepubllcan politic * with a
view ot Ids future natlon-d leadership of the
party. Theio la A rener.xl misapprelientlon
astnthopart plajeilby Bhdnu and Uonk-
linif in tholato national campaign in Now
Vork. It seems to be assumed that all thu
overtures tow at ( H u reconciliation between
Conkllng and liluiuo ciuiio liom thu half-
breed side. J nm in a position to positively
8tatotho opposite , 1-et mo tell j ou my ntoiy ,
which I assure jou was obtained from a
soureo widen I know to be absolutely
i ( -liable. It Is a contribution to
political history which has never bccu lu
print , and which must nrox-o IntoreMnr.on
that account. Knrly In the late natio ial
campaign Iho friends ot Uonkllng In V v
York became alarmed over the glow n v
strength of the Hlnlnc movement. The m
nctlsmof thcicpubllcan leader xxas makn 4
Itself felt In ox cry mmtcr. Uccriilts xv <
being obtained from tlio ranks of stalxxn
Ism Itself. The friends of Conkllne ci. i
stilted xxllh him nnd luged strongly the i
cc.sslty of a reconciliation xxlth Hlalne. 'I l > o
Intoriiu'd him that lll.due's success XN . <
dally becoming moio r.nd more inobnble , , tn < l
that In that event ho ( Com\ln. ! i
xvould bo Inevitably relegated to t i
lear of republican counsels , lilalne vas
booked foi a speech at Ullca , the home ,
Conkllng , early In the sumtupr of ISM. ( M
his xvay to central ow York ho slopp I
ovci at the 1'lfth Avenue hotel In New Yin \
City. A personal friend oCCoukliiiK ami u
stiongstalvxaitheldan tntcivlew with Mi
( onkllng. What took place at that Inlei
view 1 am not prepared to state , nor will I
ever tell. Hut s to Its lesnlts , my liiiorm int.
a prominent statesman , said : 'J felt aiitluu
I/ed after my four hours' talk xvith.Mr. Conk-
ling , to xlsit Blalno at the I'm a Axenue
hotel , on the night pi lor to Ids Utlca speech ,
nnd to make him this proposition
That If in Ids speech at Utlea he would n-fer
In courteous and kind tetms to the stalwa-l
eadei , statins In effect that ho xvas speakliu
In the homo of an honored republican loadei ,
that whatever personal dllTorences mUl t
have existed between himself and Air. Conk
ling , he was admittedly ono ot the ablest , up
right and staunehest upholders ot leptibllc.in
principles In the country , an eloquent advo
rale of republican Ideas , a friend ot hh
friends , and a leader of a largo follow Ing in
the country-lf Blnlno In words similar to
these xxould icier to Ids old enemy Conk-
linc , then the lulhienco ot stal-
vvartlsm xvould not be thtoxxn against
him In Ids eanxnss In New Yotk , and
the f i lends of Mi. Conkllng might bo counted
on to assist him in his aspliatlons. 1 left
Mi. Ulalne,1 continued my Informant , 'so
fully assured that ho xxould do as icquested ,
that 1 felt authoil/ed to so Inform Mr. Conk-
Iniff. On my xvay down to Broadxxay I met
Ooorgo liobeits , of ( ho Utlea Herald , a lire-
long enemy of Colliding , eifionto to Blalne's
private apartments , liobcrts accompanied
Blalno lo Utlca. To my astonishment when
I toad thorepoit ol Blaine's speech the ne\.t
morning I could not Und a won ! In tefcretico
to Conkling , but I lead a long eulogy
of Itobeils in that speech. It xvas some
weeks after this xvhen an e.u nest appeal xxas
made bv Ulahiu's filends to Conkllng to
" pe.it In Blalne's canvas in New Yonc. It
xxas then that Conkling made Ids historic
icply : ' 1 have Riven upcilmlmd ptactice. ' "
"I xvtsii ( o heaxen , " said a society man ,
"that the tomists who have letmned ftom
Kmope xxould give us a lest on their experi
ences xx lien abroad. 1 xvas boied to de.dh
the other night , vv bile making a call , bv being
compelled to listen to xvorn-oiit chestnuts
about the strcct.s ol Parcc , tlio magnillcent
aittie.ismes of Home and the Louvre , the
beautlfulgiilsof Vienna , the togs of London ,
and the hoiriblc discomforts ot se.i-hickncsi
on tlm rolling deep. 1 haxe been abroad my
self seven or eight times , and themxi as noth
ing new or paiticiil.uly Inteiesting to me in
the conxeisalion. Tlio Impression xvhich
cuch coiixei.satlons alwa.xs leaxo on the
minds of cultivated people Ls that the relatois
ate not so anxious | ( ) entertain then heaitrs
with what will IHJ novel to them as tliej are
to impiess upon them the fact that the > have
ti-axcled bi-en 'abioad.1 ItS.xcry tiresome ,
to say the least. "
Tit xin : Is to a veiy largo extent ( -oveincd
bytlicxveathcr. Thus , foi Instance , the snow
storm of last Tuesday eatised an Immense
run on tlio shoestote.s forrublieis and ovci-
shoes. Ono dealer sold oxer S7W ) worth , nnd
soveial otheisiiad equally as laigo sales. The
leading dealers xveto o illued to employ an
extra fou-eot cleiks. Tlio next day , how
ever , the ullmtd completely Ihitlened out
tiade in every line. Atone of the leading
dry toods houses not a doll.u'b xxotth of
goods xxns sold ou that day.
"The board ol ciiiiratinn Is guilty of crimi
nal negligence so Ions : as It falls"to ptovido
safe and convenient iho escapes for the high
school building. ' said a gentlemen xvhoso
children have to climb up to thu fourth story.
"Should a hie occur thete , or oxen an nlaim ,
thcstampedoofthefilghteneil children xvould
be box onil tiie control of any te.u-hei , ami the
esidt xxould bo a toiriblo sacrifice of life ,
i'hls Is a matter that deeply Interests the pai-
entsot children vxliii are compelled logo to
school In the upper stories of that building.
Such an accident as I fear may noxer occur.
I IIODU it never xvill : but every pre
caution .should bo taken. The boaid of
ducatlon should not lose another moment
n this matter. Immediate steps should bo
ukeii to pio\idu piop.T llro escapes. 1 be-
love in pulling up convenient Iron stairways
in exeiy side of thobiilldlng. The cost xvill
10 nothing xvhen compared to the assmaiicu
t will give to patents llmt ilinlr chlldien are
comparatively s-ife. In Its present condition
tliu upper poitlon of the high school building
cannot by regarded as a safe place lor chll-
tien , and the consuquencu Is that much un
easiness Is lelt by parents. Some xxealthy
lareiits have on this account taken thelrchll-
lien out ol iho high school building and
inx-e sent them to pilvato school but I can't
itfoid to do that , and there are hiuulieds of
otheis who cannot allord It. "
IT Is not always safe to toll a joke , es
pecially If it Is a good one. Such ajoku al-
nest lesnlled fatally a few daynauoattho
llnnor table of a well-known plij.slclan In
his city. The doctor told a funny story and
iU xvlfo laughed Immoderately nnd ucclilont-
nllyflxvnllovxed a cranbeny , which stuck In
iorthro.it. Shoramoveiy nearly choking to
loath , and xxould hax'u dona so had not the
itislund Instantly made 110 of an insti nmeiit
n shoving tlm cinnhcrry doxvn her tin out to
Lspioper destination , lie has resolved to
tell nn moru nt his funny stories xvhilo Ids
xvllu Is eating cianbeiiie.s. Incidentally wo
would suggest lo him that ho might earn n
mellifluent balmy on some funny paper ,
Tin : hog plays nn Important part In Riving
lames to the cities xvheio hu become * u Icuil-
ni ! factor In eominerulid Indtistiy , Oln-
liinall XVHK called 1'orkopolls , until his hog-
ship depaited for Chicago , xvhlch Is now
called I'.icUngtown. Now that thu hoi ; h
owning mi In Omaha , this clly will soon bo
cinnwi ns Omuho upolls.
Tin. lavoillo topic xvlth the "old settlci"
its ! now is tlm icecnt bll//.nd. Of umrfo
ircniling ( to his estimate It was nowhcto
cnmpircdto tint oailj-day sno\v \ storm when
snow tell to the depth of nine lent on the
eveland pcoplu ! id In tuiind fiom hott.so
o hoioo. This vs way back In 1M J , or
licic.ibui'ts.
'J in. ill ixIng of pilefoi the foundation of
ho law Merchant Bank building dally nt-
i.ict a l.iigociowd of HpecliitoiH , xvlio xxon-
ler why piles aio necessary forthlsbtruvtuic.
I'hny have been ne-essllated by the soft con-
lition of thoholl la tlmtlocality , ft Imsbwm
isseited that u creek used to run between
'annum und Douglas , ami that It wits cov-
led oxei xvilh made gioiind. The old net-
lei , hoxvoxor , say that lliuy cannot reincm-
> ei any nock In that vicinity. Thu builders
lavosimpl ) Htiiick n xx-ator xcln. Incident-
illy. It maj bu Mated that lids pilo-drlxlng
vlll cause an additional cxponso of bO.O'X ) to
bo .Mnictmnt'fi Xational bunk.
"If any man xvantu to knowinylprefereirco
ur Lulled Mateseunator , " said l.cxvMU - ,
one of thu srato lish couiiiilstiluiicrs.V
can tell ItliU that 1 am tor Uuri > . ' '
