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Tfflj OMAHA DAILY BEE : WEDNESDAY MARCH 2 , 1887 , THE DAILY BEE PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TPIIVS op su Drillr ( Morning Edition ) Including Bundn ? Her , Omt Ynnr . , , . . (10 ( TorBlx Montlu . 5 ( rnrThren Mnntlu . . . , . . I Tim Omaha Hxmlny HKK , mnllod to any iuldro a , Ono Vcnr. , . , 21 ( nun * rimer , Jfo. * 14 AMI til FARXAM a writ You * oppirv. UOOM f& . Tnmi'Mi iit'ti.niMi All communloutions lolatlnir to neirs nnJ cd torint tnnttor sluvulil be aJ'lrogsoJ la the Ki > tOlt Or TUB IlUK. 1)U1I > E8S MMTEHSt All Iwflno s letters nndrurnlttftnces should t BililroHwoa to TUB Hun I'uiiusniMi COMI-AN- OMXllA. Ornftg. ehi'cks and poitofflLO ordci to bo mailopa ) nblo to tlic ordtrnf the coin pan. THE BEE PUBLISRmTiliPW. PROPRIETORS , E. HOSEWATEK. Enrroii. TJ1K tAlI < Y IJKIS. fUvorn Rtntoiiicnt of Clroutotlnn. Btoteof Nebraska , ) _ a s " County of DoiiKlas.s ( < ' ( ! fii. It. Tzpchnck , secretary of The Ih PitbllMiIni ; rotnpany , docs ilemnly sx .e ; Hint the octiinl circulMlon of the Dally Ik tor tlio xxcnk ending Keb. IWth , lbS7 , was f folloxvR : Saturday. Feb. lt . . 14. " ' Sunday , Keb. L'O . IJl.tV Mondav , Kcb.21 . ll.W Tiicwlny. Tel ) . ' -"J . H.l. ' Wednesday. Kcb.'Al . , . H,0' Tlmrcdav , Keb. ! il . 11,4' Frluny , l'eb.r . 14. a Axcraco . M.- < tire , 1J. Tzacitff K. Subscribed In my prc'encu nnd swotn to 1) ) foio mu tlilsMth Uayof Kcbrimry A. l.lbb N. 1' . FRIU I.SKAI.I Notary 1'nbllc. Ceo. It. Trschuclc , bclnc lint duly sxvon deposes nml sajs that lie Is secretary of Tl : ! Jtec Publishing company , that the actual K i Trace dnllv rlrculatlon of the D.dlv HCP fc I tlui month of l'\l > rimrx ' > ,18. KMH lO.B'J " > copies tor March. 1880 , 11'K17 conies ; for Apil Ii ! , t01 copies : for for May , IHSfi. 12,4 : copies ; for June. Ibto , liaw ! ! copies ; for.Iul' IBtO , ISIHt copies ; for Aueiist. ItfoO. 12,41 eoiesfor ] ) Seitoinlcr. ) ) lbi ( > , n.K'a ropies ; fc October , lb 5 I2t SO conies ; for Nox-einbe 1880 , ii : , t8 copies ; for lceeinber ) , ISfcO , 13.Z copies for . .lantiai1B87. . lO.UfXl copies. QKO. U. TZSCIIUCK. .Subscribed nnd sworn to betorc mo thls8t dav of February A. 1) . 1U87. ISK.A L. I N. P. FK . . Notary Public. OMAHA should bid high enough to s cure thu next soldiers' reunion. SS a saving clause is found , < r tending its time , congress xvill udjotir on Murcli . I I Tur.itr are many Nebraska towns smi ing over tliu liattorlng prospce.ts of si curing comiieting lines of railroads th Govnusou HILL would like to bo pros dent. Hut as. there are many more mi possessing the same mad desire , we M no cause for alarm on thopait of the go' crnor. IN a bogus attempt to hang himself , a actor xvas recently rescued "just i time. " When It was found that ho xvs rescued , the audience xvas moved t tears. UUITAI.O KILL has chartered the stcamc Nebraska , and xvill sail for Liverpool xvit his "WihtWost" about the 2(5tli ( of tlii month. A sea-sick Indian xvould preset a funny picture. "A MAN who feels that ho has a misslo Is x'ory apt to become a nuisance , " r < maiks the Nexv York 'Jikytmn. Can i lie Hint the editor of the llepubUcnn i hugging the delusion that ho has mission ? KDITOU HOTIIACKKU is just noxv accu < Ing respectable men of "coming from til gutter. " To accuse Mr. Uothackor n fuch an act would do him injustice. 11 > s going the other way. CIIAUGEH of bribery have , caused an ir vcstigution to bo commenced in the Kar Bas legislature. Those xvho profess t know so much about bribery in th Nebraska legislature may be called upo to "a tale unfold. " JN the war betxveen the saloon kcepci nnd temperance pcoulu of Sioux City , 1 appears that the tcmporanco clement i the strongest. All the saloons of the toxvn arc now closed. It xvas a long ligl anit a very expensive ono. A moniupmcAi , sketch book contuir Ing the brilliant side of all the legish tors' lives reveals the fact that there ar only six single members in the house It Is noxv made plain xvhy the xvomai sufl'rngo amendment xvas defeated. TJII : president has been accused e many things not at all tlattoring , bn when ho informs the senate that hovoul call no extra session unless some unforc seen contingency arose , ho gavu uttei anco to a sentence that certainly rcsen bled statesmanship. Tim chuorful annonncomontis sent on , on eager xvings of love , that n bouthor : state proposes to enact a laxv , making i illegal for a man or xvomuu to got nuii ried xvliluti ton years after a divorce ha boon granted. Hero of late the south i becoming : cruelly and painfully pious. A iiKi'iuMUNTAiivii of the Standar Oil company is baid to bo iu Lincoln fo the purpose of greasing the mombert ami securing the defeat of the bill prc vlding for a state oil inspector. If Mi Ilinrr H. Pnyno xvill remain av.'ay froi .no legislature , It is thought thu unhol scheme of his representative can b throttled. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ TIIK passuiio by the senate of the lioiib bill to prevent the employment of con viet or iillon labor iiiion publlo building or public works , or in preparation of ran tcriah for such uulldlngs or xyorks , I another gep gamed by the labor inter osts of the country. Hitherto the hu requiring ollleors of the gox-ernme.nt t let contracts for public buildings or put lie works , or for materials for the same provided for the acceptance of the bids c tiie loxvost responsible bidders , xvitlion regard to boxy or xvhoro their materi.i xvas to bo prepared. Whvii the secrctar , of thu trnasury xvas appealed to to sto the preparation of stone by convict lahu for the publlo building in Peorhi , h nnsxvered that the low gnx'o film no sue lioxvur , Tnon congress x\-as appealed ti with the above favorable losult. Th bill will undoubtedly bo signed by th president and will still further narrox the field of convict labor. It does mon ( or it excludes aliens fiom employ mon on public buildings or works , thus re serving to our oxvn citb.eus the employ nioiit rightfully bolongiug to them , air to that extent tending to restrict our on immigration. He Tallod to Kxplnln. When the cuttlefish finds himself ii clo'c quarters he darkens the wate around him with an inky fluid thai bailie his linny tmrsui rs. As an imitator of th cnttlefnh the fresh , llashy and fastyounj man who edits the JlcpulUcan is ; brilliant success. Ho has shed grca quantities of Ink nml Tilled a whol column with glittering gall to cover hi disgraceful lliglit from a combat ii which he 1m been worsted. Th exposure of his knavery lias left him in place to stand on. He has utterly failei to meet the charge about that mcssagi scut through John Sahlcr to accrtaii contiactor. Tliat message , vxo arc as stircd , was a pronosal to the party to si leticfj the guns of the IlcjntliUcnn In the ! harmless bombardment of the pcnltcn tlary bill , Tlio elegant young man whoso associates nt Lincoln have beet chiefly * bar-room bummers , notor ions jury li.\crs nml low dlv gentry , talks a great deal aboti his social standing , but forgets to cxplaii that toll-tiilo message to Contracto Mosher. The ( shall' about xvhat Join Sahlcr said to some other oil-room com panlon before a xvitness lias no bearlnj on Mother's statement xvith regaut ti the rejected t > ropoaal for hush money. In nsinuch as Saltier advised Mo < jhe to decline tlio thousand-dollar ten dcr of peace and good will it xvould seem that the message was no fabricated by Sadler for his oxvn benolit as such proposals arc liable to bo whei tlm go-botxveen xvho carries them xvanl 10 pocket the greater part of the boodle Nebraska is not as good n field as Colu rado for negotiating peace proposals a so much per piece. Ono Clinnnc KcPt. There are yet remaining one or t'v < days in which bills may be introduced ii the legislature. Will the people of th state , through their representatives , st cure any relief fioin the rccklebS pirac ; of railroguo higlnvaymeu ? Will th brief time remaining in xvhich 'bills cai be introduced , bo taken advantage of , o xvill the same ruinous and cxtortionat tolls be exacted for txvo years longer ? 1 it possible that the vagabonds xvh swarmed around the stale house and th dram shops at the capital , have abac Intely checked all honest legislation ? II as it. seems , they have gained the en sought by their railroad masters , a dolt fnt parodx. it is on justice and dccciic. and obriety. And xvhen the adiournmcnl takes plac how can the legislator explain his posi tlonV After silently consenting to loghl i/.o such frightful robberies as arc boinj committed every day , hoxv can an lion est man over face those by whom ho xva elected ? Must it again bo lecordod tha one hundred and thirty-Unco men the choiuii representatives of tin people , as a body , dax'o lost their in teprity and surrendered to the commoi enemy ot every producer in Nebraska Have promises , flattery and passes de foatcd within forty days that xvhich lion cst men nnd unbnuglit noxvspupers hax-i labored unceasingly for two years to ac compiish ? The recorded proceedings o the legislature hax'o so far answered tlu\si questions. Yet ono ray of hope is left The one remaining day may brimr forll tlio long desired remedy. Tlio chance arc against it but xvo xvill .still hope. The UKK has already shoxvn by figure : obtained and printed expressly for tha purpose , that the fatmur uoxv gives eve : one-half his crop to railroads , in order t < market the remaining half. It hasshoxvi that railroad companies are dealers ir and oxvnersof all the coal the people oi Nebraska burn. 1'hoy place any prici they choose upon such n necessary arti cle , and -M there is to do is to accede t < their greedy demands , or , that xvhich i impossible go without. We have slioxvi that to ship heavy goods the lowest rati 250 miles xve.sl of Omaha , it costs 25 pc cent of tlio article's value. The mcrchnn who paj's the bill I.s only an agent of tin producer. The producer is thu con sinner. Before obtaining possessioi of tlio articles , he pays the freigh charges. Tlio appalling picture pre scnted is simply this : Fifty per cent t < ship his crop to the market. Whatovei amount ho spends out of the remaining half , 25 per cent of it goes to purchasi the necessaries of life. The margin lefl is small indeed. His protests against tin robbery are as idle as if lie xvould "baj the moon. " His pleas fall upon closet cars. All of the extrav.igantnnd drunkci lobbys maintained at Lincoln , during legislative sessions , are paid for by the same farmer xvho voted for a represent ative from whom hs of rig lit expected re lief. lief.Many Many members of the legislature have pockets full of passes on difl'oront lines o railroads. Pullman car gratuities an numerous. These mem burs are xvinci ! nnd dined ami the farmer p.iys the bills The xvrongs mentioned actually exist To recount them requires no vivid imag ination. An almost impox'oriBlied nnd phm dered constituency asks for redress mu demands that somu relief nnd protection bo ailordod. This is thu fortieth .lay Will the afternoon xvltness Justice visi the capltolV Txvo VuarH of Trial. On Friday nt noon of Hut fourth instant the Forty-ninth congress passes into his lory , and one-half of President Clove- lanU's term xvill have expired , Thn m- earning of the lirst democratic adminis tration since Dnchanan retired xvas hnilod by that uarty xvitliaomuthing akin to the joy of thu Israelites when tlielt long wnndoihiKp in the xvildorness xvcro concluded. During the forty years oi their travels , hoxvox'or , the Lord's chosen people haa tills advantage , that the Jam ! to xvhieh thuy journeyed \\-ns a goodlj land , lloxx'ing xvilh milk nnd honey and other desirable tilings ; that the Lord's promise of their ultimata possession of i xvas sum , and in the meantime they xvorc fed upon manna nnd quails. To our wan dorcr.s for moro than half the ) years that the Israelites tramped , the land of ollicc looked equally attractive , but there xvas no guarantee that they should ox'or reach it , and meantime ) thuy hud no quails oi nunna , but had to root in private life oi starve. Hut they Benched their haven of hope at last , as much to their oxvn surprise it : toothers , only to llnei , hoxyever , thai thefir loader xvas handicapped xvith xvhal they contemptuously rogaraed as a hobby , and that xvhilo thu milk , tlu honey , the sugar and thu luscious grape ! were there , a largo number of the heathen still sits at the public table whilu the foot-soro wanderers look on \Utti hungry oyes. Can it bo woudorcii nt that they doubt the true democracy ol their leader , nnd feel that trie rewards o their accidental victory dave been donict them nnd that the Dead Sea fruit ha turned to asiics upon their lipst And 30 xvhat can they do ) Hccnuso they canno get the loaves they elaro not strike tin hand that withholds them , lest they mm not get oven the crumbs. And so thci take hero a little and there a little , mean time casting about in every direction It find a liner exemplar of their faith , i spiritual son of the sainted Jackson to take the pl.ice of the veneered Cleveland two years bonce , Hceiusc the Israelites rebelled it xxn : decreed that they should abide in tin wilderness until all those xvho came ou of Kirypt should have passed nxvny , lc.iv ing to their children the fullillment o of the promise. Hut of our democrat ! thousands of the. Old Guard still remain ami they have been faithful to all tin shifting creeds , tortuous xvays , false pre tenses nml corrupt practices of thcii party during those weary twenty live years of hope deferred. Their back1 arc overgroxvn xvith moss , their limbs nn stiffened nnel their feet nrn cox'crcd xvitl eorns from annual marchings in proccs sinus th.it ended only at the place of be ginning. To these faithful old cam pnigncrs Mr. Cleveland said that pas party services established no claim upoi olllccs , and stralghtxvny they looked le see if the sun shone , if water ran doxvi hill , and if soed-timo nnd harvest am summer nnd winter had not failed. These olel elomocrats do not under stand Mr. Cleveland ; it Is doubtful if lie understands himself. Not\vitli tamlinj ; his alliance xvith and pledges to tin mugwumps do has folloxx-ed elcmocratic precedent jutt , enough to shoxv that hi could go much farther. Ho violated tin tenure of olllco hnv and defied the senate In order to put elemocrats into oll'iee , bin having practically won the victory hi disappointed his party in failing to u = e 1 for the pjirty advantage. He has origi nateel no national policy , Do lias fultillee none of the pledges of his party' : national platform , and ho lias largely re ilnccd his party's majoiity in the house All this in txvo years ; whut promise eloe ; it give for the next txx'o ? Clearly the promise of n glorious republican victor in 18S8. The I' Authentic Washington adviecs repre sent the president as x'ory angry xvith the demucints who voted to override tin veto of the dependent pension bill. Hi is saiel to liax'c expressed his vioxx-s it very eleeitled language to those xvho have called npoi > him , \\hile several have fol the force of the c\cculi\-o displeasure It is charged that txvo bills providing foi public buildings xvero vetoed to pimisl their authors xvho voted against thu vote and other measmos supported by demo crats who could not yo xvith the presidcn in opposition to the dependent pensioi bill are thought to nu in peril of a vute should theiy gut to the e\ccutix-c. Hu i' especially enraged against Matson , tlu chairman of the invalid pension commit tee of the lioiibe , xvlio in the course of tlu report adverse to the vote produced tu endorsement , which Mr. Ctovlnnd hue made several years njro accompanin his signature to a petition for the passage of n general pension bill. There will be a dill'uroncu of opinion as to the propriety of having eiteel this cnelorsuimnt bin their appears to bo no doubt that the cir cnnibtnncc very greatly exasperated tin president and has marked Mutson as an outcast from the executive fax'or. This is not a noxv rex-elation of the choleric tendencies of Mr. Cleveland , nnd ho is us obstinate in his ange'r as in nil other rcspe'cts. He has shown his disposition in this particular , since lie became presielcnt. toxx-ard the ) senate am ! the nenvspapous , and its exhibition ha : i.ot nlxv.iys been mudo with a duu regard for the dignity of bib position. It is hi- misfortune that ho cannot brook opposi tion xvith a patient nnd manly cqnaninv ity , leaving his vindication to time and ovunts. His supreme sulf-snlllciuncy ren ders him intolerant of any question as to the justice and completeness of his juelgments , xvluch generally bear tlm Im press of a dogmalio xvill , and shuts oul all sense of defoience or magna nimity toxvard opposing opinions , JJut the question sugguitud bj this last cbuliticm of executive wrath is , hoxv far can Mr. Clovuhuul go , having consideration for his political future , in this matter of antngoni/.in < j democrats ? If ho hones to remain xvhoro hu is , hasn't ho gone al ready considerably hnyond tlio line ol safety ? It is a good deal less dimetill noxv to designate his einonuos than hi-i friends. Tlm for HUT are thu most numer ous element of his party in his oxvn stain , anJ they have a lonelor who scorns to bu steadily making heuelxvay. Among the1 democratic noxvspapors of the country the ablest nnel tlio strongest are unfavor able to him , and are exerting their in < llnoncu daily to his injury. The lending democrats In the national senate are not Ills fiiomls ami have not hesitated to pro claim the fact. Tliu treatment accoreleul the chief policies of bin administration in thu house has elon > jnslratcet that hu in not particularly strong there , and noxv ho invites a further xvuakonmg of hi- holel upon tlio party by eloelariiur hostili ties against the thirty six demociats in the house xvho could not consciiintionsl.v sustain his vote of the dependent pen- hion bill. With regnrel to some ? of those democrats xvo suspect the prcslelont xvill not carry antagonism to n very great length. Hnndall nnel Holman , for ex ample , voted to pass the bill over tin vote , nnd it is hardly probnblo they xvill sullbr seriously from executive ells pleasure in consuquonco of their action , Thoio arc a fuxv others xvlio xvill also es < cape. Hut Mr. Cleveland can really no ! spare any of thorn if ho aspires to continuo - tinuo xvlioro hu IP. If somu of the organs aru not grievously mistaken ho is losing f.iijt unougli in the party without driving men from him , Hut nobody can ccr < - - that Mr. Cleveland xvants talnly 513that any thing moro ot tho. party , and tlierei are soi o circumstances xvhich suggest that ho docs not. Doctor Miller Itctircs. Another notable event in the press cir cle of Omaha oecuricel Monday by the sain and immoeliato transfer of thuOmahn JlcruUt , and the retirement of Ir. ) Mil ler from Its editorial management. It ia but a fuxr months smco wo had occasion to note ) thu sale of the Republican , and the tetiromont of Messrs , Yost ami Nje , Dr. Miller's xvithdrawal from the Journal ism of Omaha is , haxxox'cr , moro nota- , bio from his longer connection xvith the paper uo has been cuictly instrumental In building up from small beginning' For moro than a quarter of a century Di Alillcr has been a prominent nnd poxxci fill factor in the polities of Nebraska , am nn influential citf > cnin the building u of Omaha. A man'of positive charade nnel prouounccet imlividilnlity , prolili in resources and ngcressivo in method' yet of kindly immilsqs , just In character and above all manrjcss ) In pursuit of hi aims , ho has e > n thi esteem , respect am nllcction of thoseVin liis profession am the community n largo. He had jus enough of the small xvenkncsscs of humni nature anil of pej-sonnl peculiarities ti make him onipanlonnblo and lovable a a man. When such a man has wrought long faithfully and well in his chosen avoca lion he has earned the right tu rest fron his labors nnel to the peaceful cnjoymcn of the fruits thcree > f. Ami yet there xvill bi general regret that his familiar form xvll not bo scon on our streets us of olel. Ou good xvishes go xvitd him In his retirement mont , unit our hope is that his el ays ma ; yet be many in the lanel. 15v the adoption of Mr Ulddlebcrgcr' resolution for publication of all thi paper * , and documents on thu senate file relating to tins rejection of the nomin.i tion of James C. Aintthews , Cleivulnnd' colored striker from Albany , to bu re cordcr of deeds for the District of Col nmbla , the senate took u step in th ellrectlon of public executive sessions , fo if publicity is not objectionable in oni ease , xvhy should It bo In any ? Mr. Kid dlebcrgur voted against thu confirmation not for tliu reasons assigned by soun other senators ami a portion of thu pruss but because charges hael been preicrroi against Matthews to the ollect that In had gone to coloi eel men employed on r public building in Albany ami dai threatened them xvitli discharge miles they voted a certain ticket , and ho ele sired thai his constituents should knov the reasons for his voto. Mr. Clevehnd' ; anxiety to recognize the coloreel niai xvill thus bo slioxvn to have a xerv sub stnntial democratic foundation. When r colored man can bu found in the nortl capable of cocicing the ) voters of hisraci on the public works to x-oto thu elmuo critic ticket , he is too valuable an alb for that party to neglect , and xvc nri sure that Mr , Cleveland will still Hud : way to care for his protege. IT is very likely that the bill passcel b ; the senate to create a department of ng riculture , xvhich should cmbracu thu labo bureau and thu weather bureau , and bi in all respects on an equality xvith the other departments , will not get throiigl the house. It is saiel the president is no friendly to thefrmcAsiire , and that he hael notiliuel thu iliairnian of the housi committee having the bill in charge tha hu eiiel not want it to pass. This state nient is not aecompanicel by any intima tion of the president's reasons tor onpos ing the bill , and it is not e.isy to nniku r satisfactory surmise of what these maj bo. It is probable he does not rugarel tin proposed chc.ngo.-a * promising any real ailx-nntage to the interests nfl'oetcel , xvhili it xvonld add se mutjiing , thougli not i great deal , to the annual expenditures o thu government. Perhaps , al.so , hu eloo ; not lind any pleasure in contemplating the aeleiitinn to his ollicial honsuliolt xvhich thu bill provieles for. It migh mar the harmony that noxv prevails. Hir the fact is the agricultural interestsof the country have slioxvn no united or vorj earnest interest in the matter , and in default fault of this thu friunels of thu bill in congress gross have laboreel at a great di&aelvant age. I : resolutions calling upon the secretary of btatu tor ui/ormation have not recently been successful in scctiriiif ; the knowleelge sought for. It is thn priv- ilegu of a dopnrtmont to decline givinj. infinuatiou eialtuel tor by congress on the grounel that to < ln so xvonld not bu com p.itiblu xvith thu public interests , ami xvithin a uouplo of weeks the state elc partmunt has txvico refused requests ol life senate on this conx'cnicnt subterfuge There is reason to bolicx'c , hoxvever , tlial the unfriendly fouling in administration circles toward thu semite hael quite al much or more to elo xvith those refusals than concern for tlio public interests. Se strong is tills fee-ling that some time ago as will bo remembered , Mr. Hayarel xvonl asirny from precedent in sending the original oopy of nn ollicial communica tion that hael been calleel for , ruforrinp to the ) fishery question , te > the liouso ami thn duplicate to thu sunnte. It xvas n jniuiilu way of shoxvlng his elinrespect foi the body of which his father and ho xvorc mumbors , but thu secretary xvas piqued , and Iiu has elumonstrntud that in that con- elition ho can do petty things quite as easily as men in less oxalluei positions xvho have not so much character at staku. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ WiiATiviit : olsu fails , it is alxvays safe to count upon the ) fiiiecoss of tlm liver and harbor bill. It is thu medium through xvhich nearly every member of congress is enabled , directly or indirectly , to eom- mend himself to his constituents , nnd mi othorgcncral measure ever has quite so strong a hold as this ono upon thu solici tude of n majority of congressmen. This xvas illustrated ycsteirday by thu xvay in which the conturenco report was pushed to its passage einspito the efforts ef ) Mr. Kandall to postpone1 action in thu inter est e > f othur bills. The appropriations under this bill for tlm next Usual year are not much in uxccss e > f hist year , but the measure gains aehleel impoitanco from the appropriation of 0,003 for the Hun- nepin c.innl unterpnat ) , xvhich has been knocking tit tlic eloor congress for sox'- oral years. If the bill lucoivus tlio np- proval of the pioshiciH it xvill commit tha govurnmiiiit to thu construction of the canal , nud piobably noccssltato the en- largeuncnt of the Illinois nnd Michigan canal or the improvement of the tippet Illinois rivur. The/advocates of the proposed - posed xvatcrxvay , hoxxovor , lind an eb- struotion in the president , nnel thus arc not xvith out appiehcnsion. TUB army of clut'KS xvhich has idled tlm corridors , the galleries , ( lie cloak and committee rooms of the state house , will perhaps be mustered out In a few elays , The men nml xvomon , boys ami girls comprising this rank nnd lile , upon securing - curing tholrdischargu xvill return to their several homes , Othello-like , xvith their occupation gone. Thuy xvill have rev celvoel from llio state "pensions" to thn amount of if 101 per capita. There xvero 111 employes in Ihu senate and n corre spondingly largo number in the house. An Incrga'sQ of at least 25 per cent , over two yeara ago , U is salU thut the _ irla and women workcel harel eboxvlnp gum looking intelligent nnd drawing their sal nry. The men nnd boys also workci hard keeping up personal npt/oarance so as not to be mistaken for legislators. a falliugofl'in commorci with the United St-Ucs , in viexvof the pro poseel retaliatory legislation xvhich is nov almost certain to tail , Canada hns hud ii contemplation the granting of subsldie ! to n line of steamers to the British Wes luelics. It might bo a good thing for he to elo in any event , but thulastnoxvs fron Washington xvill suggest to the Dominloi government that there. Is no necessity foi precipitate action. The indications an that she can continue to do business will us just as she has been doing , regarellesi of her oxvn coneltiet toxvard this countrj hitherto or hereafter. TIIK United States senate on Mondn ; pnsscel txvo important measures in the in tercst of the labor of thu country , Hotl originated in the house , ono being the ar bitratlon bill and the othur the bill to pru vent llio employment of coiitrnul or ahcr labor upon public buildings or publie xvorks , or in tlic preparation of material for public buildings or public xvorks Hoth measures have bucii pubjlcly dis cussed and very generally approved , ami thuy xveitit through the senate without amemlmont. They xvill undoubtedly re ceix'u the approval of tliu president. TASTK Senator IngMls likes olel Knclish noxcl : and I.s xvcll up In sclentllic lltcintiire. Senator Hoar Is regarded as the best nu thority on Ameilcnn history in the boely. Senator llalu hns ono of the line it libra rlus In Maine , and Is well icael hi genera literature. Senator Kustls speaks anel roads Frcncl like a natlxe , nnd is fond ot yelloxv-cox'ciee nox-uls. Senator Hansom runs to Latin and dotes especially on Horace ) , xxhoni ho Is tend ol quoting on his .speeches. Senator Hock Is fonel of poclty and eau re peat the "Laelyuf the hake" without a slli from beginning to end. Senator .loo Uiexvn , of tfeorgin , siieneli most of his time perusing musty \olnnics o public lecoids anel documents. Among the senators who xvrltu for tnnga- /lues or other petlerellenls are bheruian , Hoar Ingalls , Itansom ami ilnle. Senator Vest Is n gieat roaeler of the lllfole nnd knoxxs xvholo chaptuis by heart. All bcilptural fuels in dispute mo lofoircd to him , Senator Shciman Is aclass'pil ' scholar ntu rcaels Fiencli. Ho sc.ins tlio noxvspapers , bill does not believe In rending a book until time has tried it. Sonatoi Joe IShcUbnrn Is well informed Ir spoiling Kiattcis and can tell the recoiel nne peelinrcc of ex'ery fast horse In IContuckj without looking it up. , Senatoi Pnyne Is ne > t noto.l for his llterar.x attainments , but ho Is fond ol biography nne : trnx-cl , and has morn remlnlsce-nccs to tel than tno-t any man in the senate. Only a HleJe Shoxv. C/ilciuo / Tfww. The N'cxv Jersey legislature may bo attiactlon In tlm elfcto cast , but It Is only sielo shoxv to thu circus at Indianapolis. Honest Imt MHculdcel. A'cir Ymlt llcmlil. Those prohibitionists .110 honest folk nn one doubts tlnxt ; but thulr policy Is fulnl tn social piosiess. They xvant the mUloninni pure anel simple' , ami thuy xvant itullatoncc , Louett Citizen. Tlm next time > on meet thu fclloxv xxho H eaincstlv eleclarini ; tliat no owes no man uti } thlin : jtM uently ronnrk tliat the na tional debt axoi.iges ateut S-S1 | > cr head. Grover Must Awlc Unvld's Consent. JX'cto Yolk .Sun. Can Pre-ilelent Clcvelniicl get the Kexv York elelewtion ? Ho ceitainly cannot if Gover nor Hill Is not willing. Anel It Isn't certain that ho can nx-un If Governor Hill Is xvllling. That Is about thu way the thin ? stands. llio Model Ileickejo State. dtftlanil Leader. \Vliononrcontoiiiporarlcsof \ other states talk about certain Ohle > statesmen tor seconel place on either tlclcct for Ibss , tlioy will please remember that this is the state of more good piesldential timber than any oilier In the union. Not Komt of Work. J > ; ifM./cj ( / ( roirfcr-/ ! < > na ( . Jiecansea foxv monkeys hax'o been cin- ployed In Kentucky , It should nnt bo unelei- stoncl th.it tlio puoplu of this state have any elesiro to Intorfcrt ) xvllli labor. Indeed , Kon- tuckinns have no disposition to monkey with the l.vbor pioblcui , To Slcoi > . ff I'nicttir Alrrawler. Come to nio noxv 1 O como I tienU'iiPst sle'op I Anil fold inu up , ns uxonlii } ! doth a llower , Kioin my vain sell and vain things xxhlch have power Upon my wml to make inn suilln or ween. Anel xx hen timu conicst. O like death bo eleepl No dreumv boon have I ot theu to crave ) . MOILtliiin may come to him that In his giax'u Is heedless oC the night xvlnds lioxv they fixxceip. I have not In mo half that cause of sonoxv which Is In thousands xvho must net com plain ; And j ft this moment , If Itcniihlbo mlnu To lapse nnd pass m sloop , nnel no resign All that must yet bet born of Joy and p.iln , 1 iiciuccly Icnoxv If i xvould xvako to-meirrotv. STATE AMI TJJUKITOIIV. Txvo hundred Hour mills are iu opera tion in the state. Hard cloves are n speuilio for mild edi torial disturbances. Kearney has throe brick school hou os , suveiiteun teachers and 70S school chil dren , Serious ilonbt oxibts in O'Neill xvhuthor n pri/.o ring and n bank xvill thrive to gether in thu community. Tlio O'Connor Democrat is noxv owned and controlleel by Al. ( } . ( Junron , xvho sxyung the editorial mallet on the Omaha Disp-itch n fuxv years o , Noi folk's proposed hotel has taken ehapu. It xvill cost ifM.OUU ami xvill l-avc trom sisty to eighty rooins , xvitii all moel- urn appliances lor comfort ami suicide , "Many of the small cities of the state , " says the Dcatrlcii Democrat , "aru trying to emulate He.ilnoo anel Omnha in thu real ustatu boom. Linnoln , Hastings anil Nebraska City are among fho number. " The board of dne'utor.s of the Ch.telron AVaterxvorns company have commenced thu nucussary leg.il proceedings In claim ing tliu statu nxvard ot $4,03J , for the co.il eliscoxery. I'lattsmontiiur.s talked of the future at a mass mooting Saturday night. It was a strange subject for thu partiuipnntsand xx as tenderly turned over to committees xvith poxxer to net. Custer is probably the banner county of the state for noxvspapcrs , ns there is noxv one to about every 1,100 of popula tion , xvith a good prospect of averaging ono to every 1,000 soon. The first number of the Western Ito- source , n publication just issued at Lin- coin by cx-Uovornor K. AV. Furnas and II. S. Ituod , has appealed. It is a six- teon-pago monthly , and xvill bu un im- portnnt faetor iti buildine up the entire xvcst. It starts out xvith an Initial edition of lO.OfXJ. . Ihe I'lattauiouttt street raihvay com Incorporated , ctpU ! son , 1) . Haxxksxvejrlh nnd ILK. Palmer The company propose to build as soon a n franchise Is granted. Huslnillo has u genius xvlio inodesll ; hides behind llio name of Sylvester I'res ton. Recently ho compounded u mix lure of poxveler nnd grease to wean tin calf of his leg. In nn absent mlndci moment hu rusted It on n hot stove. The scenu following xvns elevating. 1'rcstoi went through the eloor without llftinj tlio latch , and the stove Is for rcmovei from repair. The experiment thoroughly xvcnnctl htm , The lasl number of the O'Neill 1'ronlic was a eturling. a poem of prosperity ii eight pages. It comprised cloxving chap ters on "Tho Poor Man's Mecca ; A Lam Floxxmg AA'illi Milk and Honey ; llol County thu ( Men of a ( Jurdcn State ; It lloMMircos nnd Advantages : O'Neill tin County Ser.t , Its Dnslncss Men , Clti7un in ( ienural , Social and Ilellgious Advant ages nml Schools. " No better ailvcr tisomonl for the county lias been issiice and It shoulel oo planted generously it thu croxvelcel cast. "Tho Pipe of Peaco" is the appropriate name of n litllo IKl'J paper issucil hy tin munngors of the Inelianehool at ( iemo\ II contains a number of contrlbtilion , from thu tcholars and ncxvs of thn .schoe > in general. Mary Jone.s , a Vnnktoi Stou\ maiden , writes , "Something fo llojs to Kumombcr , " and glx'es the fol loxving advice to young braves : "Sonn boys never cat o te ) take of their hats xvhui thuy untur a room. It is not polite fo the boys to wear their hats in the house And xvhen they see or meet anybody the ; shemhl touch their cap or hat and make ! lunv to them instead of never thinkinj that he or she Is a gentleman or laely am not even saying anything kine xvliieli xvill mnko them glae and hnppx' . " Thomas Si sons , i Kosubuel Sfou.v , writes that "coxvs ar a very useful and xx-ell-Lnoxvn animals 'J lioy have cars , horns , eyes , mouth , tail legs and noso. Somu uoxvs have Ion } horns ami some don't have any. They an of different bi/.es. The coxvs nru sonn times wild nnd they roam about the fields nnel hills. They xvero Illtlo eah'c : oncu , but they bceame cows. " loxva Itciua. Dubiiquo county schools cost $100 , 98D.82 in 1S8G. Thu receipts of Dubuque countv foi -If-S. } xx'orc fi-.l5M.j.u ! ! ) , ami expenditure : > . > jjiari.3'i. The Turners of Davenport have raisue $10,000 of the required § 00,000 to buile their contemplated hall. The old trees that have served theii purpose ns historical landmarks in Poll county arc fast elisappcaring. James Gnrnenu , jr. , of Omaha , has in vested $8,000 in a chunk of Sioux CiU real estate , and niry visions of a brand cracker factory arc tickling the tender- feet. feet.Sioii't Sioii't City is troubled with xvhnt the timiel believe ) to bu tremors of thu earth , xvhcn in fact it is delliium tremuii' knocking at the back door for soothing syrup. Charles Donnelly , of Buchanan county , convicted of manslaughter , being elenicd a new trial by tlio supreme court and a pardon by the gox'crnor , has located at Anamosa. liishop Cosgrox-eof Davenport , has ad ministered the rite of continuation to an average of 210 per month sineo his eluva- tion to the episcopate txvo ami a half years ago. Prof. Poster's storm for March 1 hns beun shipxviuckcd on .somo foreign shore , for xvhich the natives are truly thankful. The professor gives live moro elates for important storms this month , as folloxx-s : 8 , 18 , It ) , SC , Ml. J. Sharp and xvifo , xvho have been boarding at Traer , were arrested by an ollicor of ( iarrison anel taken to that place , where the wife's father and thu husband's other xvifu will put the second tect on the boards. Last xvcck at Ames nn association was formed to be knoxvn ami to do business under the name of the Central loxva Im porting and Breeeling companj' , xvith a capital stock of fl&O.OOO. Headquarters arc to be at Ames. Frank Hedge , of Oskaioosa , knoxvn as Frank Henry , a saloonkeeper , made abet that hu could drink a gallon uuel u half of xvhlskey xvithin txvo hours. He xve > n the but , but died within half nn hour after taking the Inst drink. At a school examination mAvoca llio question , "What arc the chief products of the United Status ? " was asked , the answer to bu submitted in xvriting. Ono of the scholars , a very honest boy , anel in good faith , submitted thn fofioxving nnsxvur : "Presidents , governors anel congressmen. " Regarding the ropoit of the erection of another Catholic diocese in J own , Disliop Cosgrovo slated lo n reporter of llio Dav enport Democrat that Ihuro was no foundation for it. "There has boon no request from nny source for another ilioceso in loxva ; if there xvcro Bishop Hennessey anil I xvould be apt to knoxv it , for , in fact , the request must bo mudo by both of us , for a new eliocose ) must bo composed of parts of thu diocuso of lubn < iuo and the dioeo.so of Davunpoit. Vet tins report xvould haxo thu public be lieve that thu project hns beun considered it Komu , saiiclionuel. and the appoint ment of a bishop is all Unit is lacking to L'onsunmiatu it. " DnKotn. Kimball proposes to invest f5,000 in n icliool house. Hotuls nnd saloons capture most of thu justness of thu Hills. Thu legislature ) is doing Montana nt ho expense of the > Torthcin Pacific rail- oul. : It comes high but it pays , The Keystone Bachelors'club Is busted. xTor.ything hut the minute ) book has narricd. Too many bliy.zunis. There is moro snoxv in Miner county .ban at any timu since the xvintcr ot 1880 , formers nnd uvury ono are Himgiuno of iooel crops. It is thought the present winter hns , 'iiildcd thn largest number of cases of loath by freo/.lng than any m the history ) t thu territory. An oxyl xvas captured nt Madison , lenrly pure xvhito in color , that muas- ireel six fe-ot from tip to tip of its xvings. it is clntsilicd xvith n. snucics knoxvn ns tin Arctic owl , that only visits tins lati- tide in the severest xylntun , AVy'iminii. ( 'heyenne'K lire alarm bystom xvill soon ju In working orelur. Two thousand ncros of the Harrohl nnch nt Chimney Uock nru to bo seeded vlth ulfnlfn , Stojlc Inscelor ] Toxvnor rupoita hlock n uxeullunt conelition on the ranges nd- aeent to Larnmiu , Cheyonnn jiropose.s to cultivatu and issist nature ) In ' 'notifying tin * park bur- ouneling lnlii Minne-haha. Douglas is kicking like a gray mule in ly timu iibouU-snoxv blockadus , deluyed nails unel other border inconveniences. The Klkhorn Valley road pro fern to vail for thu sun to raise the blockade athur than pay shovellers more limn 51.SO a day. The recent lili/z-ird Is stid to have ban- sued sickness m Choyonno. Death itself oulel not wsUt for a moment the oluviit- ng fury of a moderate * "Magic City" ircuiu. \V. P. Carroll , poet , journalist , laxvjer , lector tuiel cowman , is again gracing the tall of thu Cheyenne Lender. LiFu to itm outside the rcportorlnl den was a Iroary , prolitlcss xvasto. The usual Uuiayy ot soutimoutal fc- inalo * I * displayed In C'hoyenno. They xisit llio cell of Mct'oy , the border eles- iwrado , who killed Constable Clins. Dunn lit Domrlas , nnd endeavor to mnko n IHTO o ( him. Such maudlin hlioey alioulil bo rigorously excluded from the PInVTTIi OfiNfUR , A Nexvqjr Iicttor from n llirlxliiij Town. Pi.vm : Cr.NTKn , Nob.I'ob. 08. [ form- sponilcneo of the Br.r. . ] Kvorybody Is standing on tiptoe trying to find xxlinl will bo the outcome of the survey some railroad is making by xvny of Pintle Ccn- ter. Thu surveyors are running a line < from Schuylcr tip llio beautiful ami mot fertile Shell Crcok valley by Platte Con- ter. If this road Is built , which la almost a certainty , Pintle Center will bo the rail road center of the county. It IH teportod Ih.i * a largo cattto ramh will bo located within n quarter of n mile of the town ns soon as spring opens. Cat tie men are negotiating for about 1,0.1) ) acres , with the intention of feeding an nually between 5,000 and 10.0DO . head. Our representatives In the legislature , Sullivan , Fuelis anil IJoivman , Ituxu raised a poxvorful and tolling indigiu- tion among their constituents. Oar county Is ovorxyhulmlngly Van Wyek. Our representatives know it , and yet not a single man voted for him. While Sulli van sand Ftiehs1 names are roglstuted on the Omaha Herald's roll of lionoi , thuy. are blacklisted by every honest farmer in this county , and could not bo elected again for pathmastcrs. The bill ( hou o roll No. UO ) introduced by Kepresentntivo Sullivan am ! xviro worked through his brnneh of the house , and now pending in the senate * , U one of the most outrageous measures ever concocted. By this bill Mr. Sulli van is trying to compel ! L'latto county to build a bt ielgo across the Ioup river nlmo t within her corporate limits. This briilfo is for the heniMll of Columbus til the ex.- Dcnsoof the entire county. Over eight hundred petitions and hundreds of let- tor.sfiom our most iiilluonUnl fanners , protesting against the passage of the hill , have been sent to the legislature , but Mi. Sullivan refuses to represent the entire county , and is working for the bill , A man who thus ignores Uio wishes of Ins constituents , would ride a rail in Hrst-thiaa shape. The John Fit/.gornlel branch of the Irish National Land league gave its first annual entertainment Mommy night of last week. An immense crowd xvns out , Jilling to overflowing the city hall. Hon. John P. button , national secretary , made an address. The ladies of 1'latto Center and vioimtv. presented the league xv'th ' a very uamisomo Hug. The hall xvas beautifully decorated. After the ONorch-es xvoro over , something like txvo hundred couples danced until the small hours of the morning. Mrs. John A. Kunoo and Miss May Dully wont to Omaha to hear 1'atti. The young men of this toxvn Have or ganized a brass band of txvolvo pieces. Their new instruments are expected in a day or two. The subject of removing the county seat from Columbus is being discussed by the citi/.ens in uvury part of the county. Platte Center Mauds a good show of getting the pri/o , if nut to a vote. Platte Outer lot are being sold rapidly ami bring good prices. Several new stores and other enter prises will bo located here in the spring. A largo brick uliool house xvill be oiiilt ; also a new roller Hour mill and n brick yard to be run by .steam power. The Latest Theory ofK Clilwjn Keut > . Professor ( J. II. Durxvin , in the last number of the Fortnightly Mnga/ino , [ jives xvhiu are consideied the labtu.st con- elusions of scicnliUe men concerning earthquakes. These seem to bo that .seis- mie disturbances aio the result of contraction - traction and of the prussiiru on portions of the earth by tidal mid b.iromutrical ciianges. The high temperature found in "those little scratches in the earth's surface xve call niinea" is > taken to piovo the existence of sufficient energy to pro duce commotion in the earth's crust. This energy is Mipposed to develop in the Kradnnl shrinkage of the earth in itssloxv cooling , which , owing to the lack of homogeneity of the upper layer , docs not LJO on with uniformity. One part of I ho L-ai th's surface settles suddenlj , tind there you have an earthquake. Professor Darwin - win further remarks that "th-j huibimc ribbons are probably lines of weakness ilong which cracking hnbitmility takes | lhll0. ! " Tlicro is another force besides grnvlla- ion working to cause dislurbnnccb of thj mrfaco of this linn earth which x\-e in- labit steam. When water gets into tlm lot ball our earth incase * , .steam in gun- iratnd and volcanic eruptions , in winch avu and ashes aru vomltod tortli , are the scape valves xvhich save us from u gon- ral pxploslon. In this vinxv voleimio eruptions are a safeguard against moro lerions troubles. Professor Darxvin is of the opinion that vibrations of the caiih are going on iveryxvhorn at nil times , only wo are in jlissfnl ignoranci1 ot them. Vo are in ho happy condition of being shaken , hut , lot knowing wo are hhakon at all.Vu nust bn thankful that these oscillations ire no slight as to bo Imperceptible , cs- Hidullv xvhcn xvo coiisiilnrtliut tlm viuru- .ion of a quarter of mi Inch brings cliini- luys tumbling to thu earth , and anything loyond that would topple many of our ky-scraping buildings from their foun- ations. Honnflt of n. Itulldlnc 'Chicago Journal : "There are thous- ndn of mortgages mailo to building and t > an associiitlons In this city every year , " aid a laxvycr to mu the other day , "and hey are generally given by men with tarrow Incomes and small capital , nut it s very seldom that one of these inort- ; : igos is foreclosed. As ono xx-ould ox.- > ect the most defaults In there payment of onn.siini among this class , ! buc.imc Inter- hlcil in thu matter , and ono day uskcd he protiilunt of ono of thu laigost build- ng ahsocialions If his oxpurluneu aa < ordod xvith mv observation , Ho told no the proportion of moitgngos that bin ompimy had been compelled to fore- lese xvas one fifth the number that would ax o ton ml the way to the courts if they std been madeby mi ordinary loan gent and ho thought hlu oxporiuncu to o that of all building societies. The nly mason for this that hu could give MS that the syatem of monthly or , 'ookly payments enabled borrowtsrs to lake piiyiiiDUtH xvhen they received their i-aws or balanes. " ' The benulit these building associations o in uneouratring xvago-xvorkers to saxo lieir money undsucnru homes is not gen- rally rccogniwl , " roiuintied this gen- Ionian , "fundorstund tliuro are Mivorul undreu assoeiatioim located in this city , ith a paid up capital of snvornl mil- ons , wiiicli Is all loaned out to small tockholdors. Tlicro are thousiuuls of omfortublo homes hero that xvould nuwr ava existed hut for the aid rendered icir oxvtiurd by building and loan usso- iations , and the larger pait of thorn am mong a class of poor foreignurs xvlio rill be bettor cili/.uns if thuy own their oniL's and have a direct pecuniary Inter- it In good c verumont. Thu toainlikt ud anarchibt , I am told , find a poor tioJil > r the proi > agation of their doeirinuu mong thuir stocbnolclcrH. All gentlemen who enjoy well polished allard and cuflit should Imvo them douo p.with Electric Lustro Starch , .