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A coMi'osiTE picture of Moynihan , the
billy editor , and Mr. McShuno's man
Friday. What would it look like ?
THK present hot wave is impartial m
distributing itself oyor the country. It is
just aa warm in Omaha as it is in Atlanta
nnd as hot in New Orleous as it is in St.
Paul.
KINO KALAKAUA , Claus Sprockles'
lump of sugar , evidently has flies on him ,
and Kaplolani is hurrying back to brush
thorn off him with the bag of money she
got in Europe.
Tnouait Dr. McGlynn would not go to
Rome in response to the call of the pope ,
he , however , will sail in a few days fora
trip abroad , taking passage upon the
steamship City of Homo.
FATiinn MCOLYNN , the unfrocked
priest , is spoken of as a candidate for
congress from one of the New York city
districts next year. From pulpit to pol
itics is a descent from the sublime to the
ridiculous.
IN the Now York stock exchange yes
terday , as Vice President A. B. Hill as
cended the platform to announce the
death of a member of the exchange , Ilill
himself fell dead. It was a black Friday
sure enough.
THE people of Southern Dakota are
holding a convention at Huron to devise
means to induce congress at its next ses
sion to invest the territory with the dig
nity and responsibility of statehood. The
sense of the convention favors division
nnd admission. There is no just argu
ment to interpose against the ambition
of the Dakota people.
A NOIII.E thing is being done in New
York for Frank Robinson , the colored
hero who saved the lives of nine persons
avlio wore aboard the yacht Mystery
when she capsized in Jamaica bay a
Bow days ago. Ilobinson is to bo pre
vented with a gold modal by the Wind
ward club as a testimonial of his bravery.
JA. popular subscription is also being
raised for the young colored hero. Life
saving knows neither color nor politics ,
nnd the rich people of Now York who
Ball their boats in Jamaica bay should
handsomely reward Robinson who so
gallantly imperilled his own-life to save
others.
IT is announced that Congressman
Ilolman , of Indiana , known as the
xvatcli dog of the treasury for the past
quarter of a century , is to retire from
public lifo ut the end of his congressional
term , in which ho will have served
through fourteen congresses. Next to
Judge Kelly , of Pennsylvania , Ilolman
will have served a greater number of
years in congress -than any other mem
ber. While Ilolman has been regarded
ns n stickler for economy often times to
the detriment of the welfare and pros
perity of the country , ho has been the
enemy of schemers ami boodlors who
wanted to hammer down the doors of
the treasury. Ilolman was never a great
man though no ono over questioned his
honesty. He has already erected a mon
ument to his memory in the fact that ho
will retire from congress as poor as ho
was when ho entered in 1851.
Tin : carelessness of railroad engineers
Is becoming opidemio. The wreck on
the Burlington & Missouri Hiyor road
yesterday is alleged to have boon caused
by the engineer going to sloop
nnd not seeing Ills signals.
A worse accident , followed by
loss of lifo is reported from St.
Thomas , Out. , whore two trains at the
crossing of the Grand Trunk and Canada
Southern roads ran into each other. The
passenger train was loaded with
excursionists and the freight train
with oil. The collision was qulcklj
followed by fire and explosion of the oil
tanks , sending death and destruction
into tbo excursion train. There is a
law in all countries compelling en
gineers to stop their trulns before
crossing the tracks of another roai
which should bo enforced , It docs no
Ece.m probable that an accident such as
ook place at St. Thomas could hap
tpcn In broad daylight except from the
grossest kind of carelessness of those
m charge of the trulns. The lifo of an
engineer Is a hazardous one , and for tha
reason they should exorcise the utmost
caution wheu tha possibility of daugor
arises.
Jcmborntlo Lenders On Tax-He-
Auction.
Every day gives increased urgency to
the question of tax reduction , which is
unquestionably the foremost and most
mportnnt of all the questions with which
the next congress will have to deal. The
jovornment Is receiving n revenue
argoly In excess of its needs , and every
dollar of this excess taken from the people
ple is a wrong to them and a damage to
: lie general welfare. The accumulation
of great sums in the national treasury
that should be employed in the enter
prises of the people is an economic blun
der which has no parallel m anv other
country , while it offers a temptation to
governmental extravagance that is full
of dangor. Thcso truisms have been so
often repeated that there ought to bo no
body who does not fully understand
them. Yet two congresses have failed to
give the country any remedial legisla
tion , although both of the political par
ties wore distinctly pledged In their na
tional platforms to do so. Why they
failed docs not require present explana
tion. The question of immediate urgency
is , it being admitted by all rational men
that there must bo a reduction of reve
nue. What can be done to secure the de
sired result ?
We have heretofore called attention to
the expressions of several prominent
revenue reform democrats favorable to a
compromise which should abandon a
part of the tariff duties , as the only prac
ticable way for providing for the reduc
tion of revenue immediately de
manded , and suggested some conclu
sions regarding the chances of
such an arrangement being effected.
There can bo no doubt that the com
promise sentiment has been growing ,
and the St. Louis Republican has just
added a valuable contribution to the dis
cussion by obtaining the opinions of a
number of prominent democrats , includ
ing Mr. Carlisle and Mr. Randall , on the
question of a compromise. With a single
exception the revenue reformars express
themselves In tavor of a policy of con
cessions and compromise , and leave no
doubt that they regard this policy as
the only ono which in the present exi
gency can bo pursued in order to reduce
revenues. None of them fail to make
plain that if the situation permitted ho
would prefer legislation that would
strike directly at either of these forms of
taxation without regard to the other , but
nil , with the one exception noted , admit
that as the situation is this is
not practicable , and therefore that there
must bo concessions and compromises.
Mr. Carlisle expresses the reassuring
opinion that the revenue will bo reduced
nt the next session. "There will of
course , " he says , "bo differences of opin
ion ns to the manner in which the re
duction shall bo made , but there can ,
and ought to bo , reconciled upon some
basis which will secure substantial re
lief. " This very well represents the
position of most of the others.
The matter of chief concern has been
the probable nttitudo of Mr. Randall.
The general impression has been that ho
could not be depended upon to accept
any plan of compromise that should aim
to preserve something near an equality
in the reduction of excise taxes and tariff
duties , if indeed ho could bo induced to
yield anything from the tariff. This im
pression regarding the views of Mr. Ran
dall us defined by himself show not to
have been an altogether mistaken one.
As wo said some days ago , Mr. Randall
has undergone no change of mind or pur
pose rogardingthis question. Ho admits
ns frankly as any ono that the revenues
must bo reduced , but maintains that the
first stop to that result must bo the aban
donment of the excise taxes , which 10-
main in violation of democratic prece
dent and principles. The reduction of
tariff duties ho insists should bo a matter
of separate and distinct consideration ,
"and bo done with a duo regard to the
conditions existing as to wages in this
country as compared with wages
paid for like labor m producing
such articles as arc imported
which would , wheu here , como
in competition with like articles produced
in the United States. " On this basis ,
Mr. Randall is willing : to negotiate , but
in this ho offers nothing now , and in fact
simply thrusts forward the old barrier
which served to defeat the needed rove-
nun legislation in the last congress. All
that ho says regarding the tariff clearly
shows that ho is as firmly rooted as ever
in opposition to any plan of tax reduc
tion that involves the tariff , nnd affords
no promise that ho is likely to be moved
from tins position.
This nttitudo of Mr. Uandall presents
an obstacle to the proposed compromise
which may prove fatal , and which.will
most certainly retard the required legis
lation , if anything shall bo finally
accomplished nt the next session
of congress. Ho and his follow-
ng can bo ignored if u score of republi
cans in addition to those already com
mitted to tariff reduction can bo brought
to favor an equitable plan of compro
mise , but the party considerations in
volved render this extremely uncertain.
On the whole , therefore , the promise of
a compromise oanuot bo regarded as at
present flattering , and certainly without
mutual concessions the chances ot rev
enue reduction are extremely small.
Franchises ornoutnful Legality.
There is grave doubt whether the fran
chises voted on Wednesday to the Oomlm
motor and Northwestern street railway
companies , would stand the tests of the
courts. The now election law for metro
politan cities nnd cities of the lirst class
wont into effect July 1. That law re
quires that all elections , general and
special , bold in metropolitan cities shall
bo conducted in accordance with its provisions
visions- One of those provisions is that
the polls shall be opened at every elec
tion at 0 o'clock a. m. and close atO p. m.
While the charter provides that city
elections shall be hold between the hours
of 8 a. m. and Op. m. , the provisions of
the now election law would govern , because -
cause it u a later law than the charter ,
lint the opening of the polls is n minor
matter , comparatively. Tha now elec
tion Jaw creates a board of election , and
contains very stringent provisions about
the conduct of elections , location of poll
ing places , selection of clerks and judges
nnd methods of canvassing returns. All
these requirements have not boon com
piled with. It , therefore , be
comes a serious question whether the
grant of a franchise made at an election
conducted contrary to the statutes , is
valid. In nny event there is a serious
iluw which rival hues will not bo slow to
attack in court.
And tula affords a striking exhibit of
Iho wretched inefficiency of Nebraska
law making methods. The legislature
adjourned on the last day of Maroh , but
up to this time , the people are compelled
to grope in the dark as to the laws it cn-
acted , nnd no publicity ns yet has been
glyou to the laws in nny shape or form.
The contractor for Btato printing takes
his own time in getting out the compiled
statutes , which should bo nt least In
the hands of all law olllcors within sixty
dayi after the legislature has closed its
session. _ _
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THERE Is no personal spite-work hi our
opposition to the Moynihan Protective
Watch. Wo object to it because wo be
lieve it to bo a scheme to introduce n dis
turbing element into the police system ,
nnd bring about a conflict between Mr.
Moynihnn's employes nnd the regular
police force. This is not desirable. Wo
already have block watchmen to guard
business houses nnd special policemen at
the railroad depots and other public
places. If any occasion arises for the
temporary employment of an
additional force outside of the
regular police , the mayor and council
will do their duty. There is nothing irr
the way of Mr. Moynihau to hinder him
from continuing at the old stand as the
manager of n private detective agency.
EDITOII Niw , of Indianapolis , may bo
regarded as an enthusiast upon the sub
ject of the Ben Harrison boom for the
presidency. A presidential boom fos
tered in tills hot weather is liable to got
lost and bo forgotten before the conven
tion meets.
Other liimlH Than Ours.
The coercion bill awaits the royal as
sent , and thereafter resistance will bo
transferred from London to Ireland. The
near future will determine what the na
ture of that resistance is to bo. The tories -
ries hope that it will bo such ns to justify
their legislation , but it is probable that
wiser counsel will prevail , and that the
Irish people will manifest only n passive
hostility. Meanwhile the Irish land bill
is the leading topic of controversy in the
house of commons , and regarding this
measure there is no such harmony in the
tory ranks as was maintained during the
pendency of the crimes bill. The oppo
sition of such men as Lord Randolph
Churchill nnd Sir William Vernon
Harcourt the government finds to be
formidable , and while it may
muster suflicient strength to pass the bill ,
that result will probably not bo attained
without some of the modifications de
manded by the opposition. Toryism has
not had its confidence strengthened by
the results of recent elections in the three
constituencies of Coventory , Spaldinjj
and Papdington All show heavy liberal
gains , two of them replacing tones by
liberals , while in Paddington the tory
majority was reduced by ono half. The
effect is said to have somewhat discour
aged the government party , and to have
raised the Gtadstoninn rojoicitg into ex
ultation , Tlijiro is another matter , not
of a political character , which
may very easily prove n source
of distress to the ministry , and
thnt is the reported desire of the
queen that the royal purse shall
bo relieved of the expenses inci
dent to the jubilee entertainment of
royalty- The sum involved is about n
million dollars , and it is said that Vic
toria would like to have this paid out of
the public treasury. If Salisbury should
ask such a thing of the house of com
mons it is not to be doubted that it
would be overwhelmingly refused , while
on the other hand not to ask it would
very likely forfeit him the confidence of
the queen. The Egyptian matter . ecms
to hang lire , and the final outcome is
uncertain.
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The apprehension of serious disturb
ance in Paris at the celebration of the
fall of the bastile was not realized ,
the day having passed with
out any incidents of disorder of
an exceptional character. The
government had taken ample precau
tions , but there seemed to bo no general
popular disposition to make trouble. The
anticipated Houlangcr demonstration did
not materialize to any great extent and the
efforts of some of lite injudicious friends
to arouse n show of popular feeling in his
behalf and hostile to the government
wore not successful. The ox-war min
ister received some attention , but the
majority of the people were evidently not
In sympathy with the plan of making this
occasion one on which to promote the
ambition of Doulangcr to the disparage
ment of those in power , It
was a time of patriotic feeling , and
the natural influence of intelli
gent reflection upon its character
could not be otherwise than to
induce men to avoid demonstrations
essentially hostile to that feeling , as
would have been any general expression
of antagonism to the government in the
interest of an Individual. It Is a rcassur-
ins indication of a reaction from the
recklessness of French financiering that
ministry lias the courage to propose a
system of retrenchment , The premier
has presented to the assembly a list of ap
propriations reduced 129.000,000 francs ,
or about $3r > ,000,000. This is but a cheese
paring , but it is a beginning in the right
direction. The disposition of the gov
ernment to cut off the official salaries of
the clergy arises from this necessity for
retrenchment. It ought to bo dono.
Franco is almost the only power
In which the government as
sinnos any share of the bunion of sup
porting the clergy and place of worship.
The annual appropriation for this pur
pose is now about 40,000,000 francs , of
which 4 ,270,000 goes to the Romish
clergy and churches , 8,550,000 to Protes-
iant and the rest to Jews and Mohamme
dans. No sect of less than 100,000 ad
herents is permitted to draw money
from the state.
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The subjugation of Asia is ono of the
purposes of the Czar which ovcuu
plainly disclose. To attain this
end , railways are extending
under military direction to the south and
east , across the arid plains of Tartary
and the ice-bound steppes of Siberia.
He hna possessed himnolf of Samarcand ,
the holy city of Tlmour ; ho has puslicd
onward rcsistlossly up the Oxus and
thrust out an arm over the desert to
ward licrat from Chnrdjul. Now not
content with closing in upon Afghani
stan and the Indian frontier , he is plan
ning a great transcontinental line from
St. Petersburg to Vladivostok , the ex
treme imperial seaport on the sea of
Japan. It is a magnificent conception ,
worthy of the monarch of all the Riusias ,
a work of almost unparalleled difficulty
nnd cost in view of tie ) natural nnd econ
omic obstacles. To extend n line of
stool from the iNora to the Pnclflo ,
traversing the wilds of Siberia , n region
abhorrent , befits n [ modern Alexander ,
sighing for more worlds to conquer. Yet
this grontwork has been decided upon and
within the next decade will bo complete ,
The first objective pdiut is Tomsk , th6
seat of government for West Siberia.
This town Is in ( ho heart of n fertile
country , abounding lu wino nnd fruit.
From Tomsk , the line will run cast to
Irkutsk , nnd then bearing slightly to the
south , to StrotinSk , a settlement on a
branch of Iho Amoor. From thence down
the Amoor to Lake Khankn there is
wnter communication , and from Lake
Khankn n short railroad will bo opened
to Vladivostok , near the extreme limit
of the czar's domain bordering on
Mantchoorln and Corea. When com
pleted it is calculated thnt a traveller
may go from London across Europe and
Asia to the sea of Japan in eighteen
days , and may Jbsforo the close of the
present century will take the trip. The
cost of the road will bo enormous.
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A now era of prosperity is promised
for Peru , which Is still suffering
from the calamities incident to
the conflict with Chili. If the
Peruvian congress , soon to meet , shall
satisfy an agreement just entered into in
London , n great corporation or trust is
to bo organized which assumes half the
Peruvian debt hold abroad , amounting
in 1870 to $150,000,000 , on which no inter
est has since been paid. The govern
ment turns over to this company ten rail
roads , embracing 7C3 miles , for sixty-six
years , all the guano deposits , and the
customs duties for certain ports , until
the corporation lias u net income of
? 2,100,030 a year. The same company is
to have the right of railroad extension ,
and of working mines of coal , cinnabar
and metals , paying to the government 1C
per cent out of its net income from the
mines. It is to have a land grant of 400
acres for every family brought into the
country and settled , the right ot free
navigation of the waters of Peru , and
also of establishing a bank nt Lima on a
basis of one-third specie to the amount
of circulation. On the other hand , the
company is to furnish the capital for the
railroad , mining and agricultural devel
opment of the country and to assume and
cancel one-half of the foreign-hold debt.
The company is expected to advance a
capital of iI15.000.000 or $75,000,000 in
five annual instalments. After the com
pany enjoys a net inoomo of 420,000 a
year it has to pay the Peruvian govern
ment a larger per cent of its nets re
ceipts. The natural resources ot Peru
are , of course , abqndant. They are
largely turned over tp the bankers under
this arrangement , but the country may
survive if it is insured tranquility and in
dustrial development. The treaty covers
n period of sixty-six years.
M
Protectionism is running mad on the
continent of Europe , but is going at a
laster pace in France than any where else.
It has now reached tie | stage whore both
workmen and employers demand the ex
clusion of foreigners from any kind of
work done for the government , and
from the furnishing of any kind of sup
plies for the public service. One bill
pending in the chamber of deputies pro
vides that only French coal shall be used
for the navy and only French oats for
the army , and in general that nothing of
foreign growth or production shall bo
bought for public use except such articles
as arc not produced in France. Another
proposes a tax on foreign workmen.
Thcso bills are now engaging the serious
attention of the government , nnd
will probably pass , although some
difficulties have been raised by clauses in
commercial treaties. The exhibition
committee have caught the fever. By
way of promoting good feeling and in
suring a largo attendance from other
countries , they have restricted the bids
for buildings to French firms exclusively ,
ruling out foreign firms , oven though es
tablished in Franco and employing
only French workmen. The commercial
irritation between Germany and Russia
grows apace. The latter having put a
prohibitive duty on iron which has caused
the closing of some furnaces in Silesia ,
the official organs in lierlin have called
attention to the financial instability of
Russia , and cautioned the investing pub
lic to bo extremely careful how they buy
Russian securities The warning has
had a marked effect on the price of Rus
sians.
How to Govern.
I'liiladclirfitu Enquirer.
"If the people of America would find half
ns much fault with their loprcsentatlvos in
congress as they do with their base ball clubs
this country would bo much bettor governed. "
A Democratic Sc-lieine.
St. Louis Cllolie-Dcmncrat.
There Is coed reason to suspect , evidently ,
that the Utah movement Is n slyly planned
democratic scheme to secure the ndmlsslun
of'a now state under false pretenses and to
the reproach of the country.
Won't Lot Him Alone.
Troy Times.
Abraham Lincoln's son Robert is doing
well lu the practice of Ids profession In Chicago
cage , ; uul declares that ho bus no ambition to
hold ofllce , nnd wishes the newspapers to lot
him alone. But some way or other n great
many people insist upon It that lie would
make the very best kind of a presidential
candidate , and they ruttiBO to "lot him
alone. "
Tlio I'rosldtiii's '
I'urposo.
Albany Jinfrnal.
The president knows , as everyone knows ,
that he could have gone to St. Louis and
been recolvedby the authorities without the
slightest fear of insult from any union sol
dier. The men who risked their lives In the
war for the union , wli o came homo to
peaceful pursuits nnd 13 continue In their
rood citizenship , would i ot so foriset them-
selves as to Insult the presldont of the
United States. They rould have respect
for that great office whether they had re
spect for the man who filled it or not. The
purpose of the president's letters to the
mayor of St. Louis was to cast odium upon
the veteran3 and put the blame upon them.
The Kepublloan Outlook.
Chiengo Had ,
The man who indulges in the absurd
talk that the republicans will win in the
next presidential election without the
shadow of doubt is a political ignoramus ,
or olzo ho is fooling liimsolf.and trying to
fool those to whom he talks. The Mail
bcllovcs that the united republican party
is m a majority in this country. It is
overwhelmingly In the majority if a fair
vote and a fair count could be had in the
southern states. This wilt , not be per
mitted. There has been no show of n
fair election iu the southern states siuco
the defeat of the force bill. The talk
about the republicans carrying nny south >
ern state partakes too much of the ro
mantic.
The plain truth is that no republican
candidate cnn defeat Cleveland unless ho
bo n mnn who can got the united repub
lican vote. Ho must bo n man who Is not
the candidate of a faction. He must be
a man whoso private and public record Is
without a flaw. He must be n man whom
nil the leaders Sherman , Conkhng ,
IMalno , Hoar , Cornell. Platte , Reid ,
Medlll , Morton. Miller , Allison , Lincoln ,
Gresham , Harrison and all their follow
ers will support. A candidate who cannot -
not command such support will stand lit-
tie chance of defeating Cleveland , who
will start with a solid southand , who will
need only Now York and Now Jersey to
elect him.
This Is the plain English of the situa
tion. Republicans might as well look the
facts squarely in the face. To nominate
nny other manner of man is to invite al
most certain defeat. The brass band nnd
the campaign shriokor cannot save us.
If war is to bo made on any of the great
leaders to secure n nomination for any
man , the republican party's tombstone
might as well be prepared now , nnd the
inscription , "Died of self abuse" can bo
carved upon. Another defeat means
bankruptcy and a receiver for the organ
ization , The personal boomer should
take n back seat. The professional polit
ical huckster should put his 'Jinnd over
his mouth and his mouth low in the dust.
The boaster nnd the swaggerer should go
to the rear. The earnest , honest , faith
ful and discreet men should como to the
front. There are men in the country
who can get the united support of the
republican party. Without it no man
cnn bo elected.
Clubbing Tlim-Hton.
Lincoln Stale Democrat.
John M. Tluirston , who can't t'orgivo
tlio newspapers for not sending him to
congress long before this time , never
loses an opportunity to deliver an invec
tive on the press. His invective uttered
during the Laucr trial at Omaha drew n
good deal of not too flattering attention
to him at the time , nnd the tirade deliv
ered at Crete is causing much comment
of tlio same character. From a profes
sion which finds its greatest emoluments
in championing the outrages of monop
olies and whoso members do not
go into hiding when necessary to conceal
the shady transactions in which they have
been engaged , such a speech comes with
poor grace. For a profession which
maices it as much n business to defend
crime as to punish it , to east slars on any
other calling in the world is an exhibi
tion of monumental cheek. The Sim-
mnrmans and thousands of others who
have escaped their just deserts by the
most outrageous violations of decency
and justice are living witnesses of the de
votion of the legal profession to honesty
nnd justice as they interpret those
terms. Tluirston knows that the only
reason ho has not been highly honored in
this state is because of the well-founded
distrust of his honesty and sincerity
which has been bred in tlio people by his
legal and political pettifogging. Ho
will show good sense by keeping still ,
Senator Harrison's Doom.
Correspondence Chicago News : I met
John C. Now to-dav and no freely
expressed himself regarding politics
in general and Indiana politics in
particular. Mr. Now is a member of the
republican national committee and has
been for twelve years. Ho fa\ors Chicago
cage ns _ the place of holding the next
convention after Indianapolis. At first
he was adverse to being interviewed.
"I haven't anything I want to say , "
said he. "There is nothing to make n
noise about. If crow I want to do it from
my own lull. "
' 'Will tlio republican convention beheld
hold at Chicago ? "
"I think it will either at Chicago or at
Saratoga. My choice is Chicago , after
Indianapolis , of course. 1 have always
tavored Chicago during my entire ser
vice on the national committee , aitcr voting
ing for Indianapolis. Wo have always
wanted the convention here. The state is a
vital one , and there is no reason why the
convention should not be hold here. No
city has better railroad facilities , and wo
have a hall that seats 4,500 people easily.
All I am in doubt about is our hotel ca
pacity , but we have four or five large
hotels , and our people are willing to
show their hospitality. 1 could house
people myself by making a dormitory out
of my dancing hull. "
"Will Hlaino go into the convention
with n decisive following of delegates ? "
"No , indeed he will not. He will not
get enough votes from the republican
states to cut any important figure , lie
will not even bo the Warwick of the
party ; as I see George M. Pullman says
he will , m an interview scut from Lon
don. Hlaino is in the same category with
Dan Webster and Henry Clay , and what
is more , ho knows it himself. '
"Will ho get any of the delegates from
Indiana ? "
"Not much. Why , his letter withdraw
ing his libel suit against the Indianapolis
Sentinel damned him in this state. If he
were nominated Indiana would go
25,000 against him. He would bo com
pletely swamped.1
" \Vlio \ will the Indiana delegation bo
for ? "
"Hen Harrison I believe our state
will be practically solid for Harrison.
Ho is one of the biggest , brainiest , most
honest and reliable men in the republi
can party. While ho is not an active
working politician in the matter of wire
pulling and scheming , Harrison is , polit
ically , well informed Ho knows what
is passing and has a keen judgment of
the cfl'ect of every measure anil happen
ing upon the people. Ho would be a
tower of strength in this state and else
where. "
"Do you think Presktent Cleveland will
bo ronominutcd by the democrats ? "
"I have no doubt Cleveland will bo
their next nominee. His action on the
rebel flags was n direct bid for the solid
southern vote. Yes , 1 sec by his inter
view sent out from Albany regarding the
second term that ho is u candidate. This
means that ho lias got to down Hill by
fair means if he can , by foul if he must.
The fact that Cleveland will consent to bo
n candidate means n great deal. Hill is
shrewd , far-sighted politician , and Cleve
land hns lost a great many elements of
former support in his party. "
"Is not Cleveland , with the did of Man
ning and Lament , able to cope with
Hill ? "
"Has he got Manning ? I say I ques
tion whether he can rally his old time
strength and following in the convention.
A great many arc dissatisfied. There's
Daniel Loekwood , of liullnlo , the discov
erer of Cleveland , kicklng.nud Manning ,
who has just resigned the secretaryship
of the treasury , one of the greatest work
ing political olHec.i , is about done with
politics , 1 should say. If he had desireii
to help Cleveland , would lie not have re
mained at the head of the treasury de
partment ? Ho need not. have gone out
completely simply to take a short vaca
tion for his health. Hut notwithstanding
this , taking it all around , us I said at
first , I believe Cleveland will be the
nominee of his party. "
u."If Cleveland be nominated will they
name an Indiana man with him on the
ticket ? "
" 1 should say not. Who will they
name ? Voorhecs ? He Is out of the
question , and. as I understand , docs not
look for it. The democrats of Indiana
are now considerably split up , but the
national campaign , with attendant lead
ing issues , may unite them. "
"How about McDonald ? "
"McDonald has no gr : t strength in
Indiana. His name would arouse oppo
sition. He In not looking for anything. I
believe. Still , I cannot speak for Mo-
Donald. I khow ho will Dot fight for it.
Ho lacks political aggressiveness and the
staying and lighting qualities that win. "
' 'What will unite the Indiana demo
crats T"
"Many things may hnppeu. Ulalno
for ono but that Is impossible. Ho wll ,
not bo nominated. Cleveland might ,
under contingencies. The issues that
will bo prominent in the campaign arc
not made up yet. Issues decide cam
paigns. Sometimes n man may bo the
issue. "
"Do you think there is nny show in
Indiana for Greshnm ? "
"Grcsham is out ot the question. 1 fail
to understand why certain newspapers
give him prominence. If Grcsham Is a
republican I would like to see it proved.
If lie hns voted the republican ticket in
the last ton years I would like to know
it. He voted against our president and
governor in 1870 and again in 1831. Why
should Grcsham lind favor as n candidate
didato ? What has ho over done ? You
might say that the dignity of his
position on the bench prevented him
from showing activity. Very well , why
didn't he do something while ho was
postmaster general and secretary of the
treasury ? In those ofllces he had a chance
to show his practical use , but ho was n
nonentity. No. sir ; Indiana in my opin
ion has no use for Ores ham. Ben Harri
son is her favorite son. She will be for
him first and after him solid for John
Sherman in preference to nnybody else.
Hut no one cnn tell what issues may
spring up and what the next eight
mouths will bring forth. "
STATi : AM ) T12IUUTOUY.
Nebraska Jottlncs.
The treasurer of Otoo county took in
$140,281.57 in the last six months.
Fremont hns a female baud n dozen
blushing tooters in bloomer costume.
The West Point Progress will issue a
swell front edition on Uio 4th of August.
The licpublican is convinced that Hlair
Is infested by a ring of political jobbers.
North Plattc has contracted for water
works to bo completed and iu operation
by January 1.
W. F. Deal , n young man in the prime
of health , was seizoa with a 15ue ! river
cramp while bathing near Crete , and
was drowned.
J. W. Hall , of Mpntczuma , la. , will in
vest $50,000 in n twine mill in Hastings.
Of this amount $10,000 has been invested
in eighty acres of land on which the fan-
to ry will bo built.
A. II. Wilhclm nnd George Loan , sr. .
discuesed the nutrient qualities of Grand
Island water. After being knocked
down three times Mr. Loan concluded
that his opponent had the best of the
argument and withdrew to nurse n bat
tered face.
The Jersey native mosquito is a midget
compared to the giant hornhills that
flourish on the Fremont bottoms. An en
terprising citizen could mnko a fortune
jn n season tanning their hides nnd pol
ishing their bills for umbrella handles.
The assessment roll shows there are
215,203 acres of improved land in Adams
county and 420,718 acres in nil. valued at
$1,270C > ! )2. ) The valuation of nil property
in the county is ? 8,042,959. The figures
show n flattering increase over those of
1880.
1880.The
The young son of J. A. Crosscup , of
Crete , owes n life-long respect to the
stomach pump. The youngster swal
lowed a dose of strychnine , but the
timely use of the pump prevented his
blooming on tlio other shore. No well
regulated family can afford to bo with
out one.
' 1 he harvest is on in Nance county.
The Journal says small grain will bo bet
ter than was lirst expected. Tlio straw
is short , but the well-filled head ? promise
n fair yield. The hay crop is lignt
scarcclv worth cutting on the table
lands. The prospect for corn is splendid.
We have never had cleaner fields or n
bettor stand at this time of year.
The 15. & M. is purchasing the right of
way up the West IMuo from Crete to
Aurora. The Vuletto ventures tlio as
sertion iliat "there is not one farmer in
ten along this line who is in sympathy
with the movement. The people in
southern Nebraska arc not anxiously
craving any more B. & M. linos. Wo
have quite enough at present. While
they will throw nil possible obstructions
in the way of this new project , they
would willingly aid any competing line
ol road nnd welcome it into their borders
with open arms. The U. & M. is not
possessed cf ; the modesty of ono whenever
never goes into company where his pres
ence is not wanted. '
The Hastings Nebraskan reports a
gloomy crop prospect for farmers in
southern Adams county. "There is no
small grain to speak of , the best will not
harvest over three bushels to the acre.
Particularly does this apply to wheat.
Corn in several localities is fairly burned ,
and cannot survive now even with the
assistance of all tlio rain muter tlio heav
ens , from now until Christmas. Resides
being badly scorched , corn is the victim
of the chintz bug. When corn appears
shriveled and curled during the day , and
maintains that condition throughout the
night , there certainly cannot bu any
salvation for the crop. lli\y is scarce ,
nnd the pasture lamts in diflorcnt locali
ties ( Jo not Dear n perceptible vestige of
nourishing grass , except along lagoons
and sloughs. Cattle in inauy localities
nro suffering from want of sulliciont
grass. "
lotvn 11 cms.
Last Tuesday was the hottest day in
Davenport in fifteen years.
Miss Fannie Delano , a Marshalltowu
stenographer wants 3,000 from the city
treasury on account of injuries received"
in a defective sidewalk.
Charlie Sehrcinor , aged nine years , a
grandson of the well known Father
Sohroiuor , of Mt. Pleasant , was drowned
the other day while bathing.
M. II. King , a leading citizen of DCS
Moines , says : "Wo have just four busi
ness buildings by actual count under con
struction in a city two by four miles in
extent , claiming 40,000 to 50,000 people. "
The secretary of war at Washington
has just made up his annual distribution
of the $100,000 appropriated for the
militia , and lowa'n tiuota is found to bo
11,081.50 the sixth highest sum in the
lint.
There have been 2,850 additions made
to tlio state library during the past year ,
of which 1,200 were obt.il.ied by purchase
nnd 1,587 by donation and exchange ,
making the total number of volumes
now in the library ! )1,010. )
The battle of the Hoyno was fought
over a score of loaded beer kegs near
Monte/.uma on the 12th. During the hi
larity Samuel Smith inserted n dirk in
the bowels of Irwin Wymnnt. Smith
was jailed and Wymant's remains turned
over to the coroner. Hoyno water is a
deadly fluid in any clime.
Diilcotn.
The Omaha company promises a now
depot in Sioux Falls.
The Citizens' National bank of Mm- !
ison will put up a new building for itself ,
50x100 feet , of Sioux Falls jasper.
Dendwood policemen are allowed fifty
cents for every unlicensed dog killed.
This sum helps to pay for the lend wasted.
During the storm the other night t-vo
Yankton residences were set on lire by
the lightning following the telephone
wires.
The annual meeting of the Dakota
Press association will be hnld at Hig
Stone City on July 27 , 28 and 2'J. Ono
fare will bo charged for the trip , nnd
editors will be allowed to take ladles
under this arrangement.
The death of Hon. John MeHride Is
announced , Mr. Muiirldo was a mem
ber of Iho first Dakota legislature , representing -
resenting what to-day in known us Union
county. Ho hns been familiar with
Dakota for half a century , having been
ono of the employes of lug old American
Fur company.
Xho Pnotnc Const.
An artificial ice faatoty is in operation { -
at San Dlcgo.
1'lgoons are playing havoc m the Oregon
gen uhurry orchards.
There arc 12,000 fruit growers m Cali
fornia , against 7,000 live years ago.
An elevated road is to bo built In Los
Angeles and operated by electricity to
Monrovia.
Idaho has a population of 89,000 and
thirty-three newspapers , ono to every
2,400 inhabitants.
Thirty-nine fights gave vigor nnd va
riety to the colouration of the Fourth nt
Boston Hnvlne , Cal.
The completion of irrigation facilities
has caused land around Merced to lump
from $30 to $50 per acre , and is still ris
ing.Three
Three thousand lots were sold in the
town of San Miguel , ono mile from San
Diego. Saturday , nnd the people acted as
though they had gone wild.
At Redwood City Dr. Gamble , a nat
uralized Canadian tore down nnd
trampled on the stars and stripes on the
Fourth. Ho was escorted out of town on
a three cornered rail.
A semi-bituminous coal has boon dis
covered about six miles from Knston , Or.
It is claimed to bo nu excellent coal for
blaoksmithing purposes. The work of
developing the mine is now progressing.
Merced orange trees are loaded with
green fruit. Comparatively few citrus
trees have been planted recently , but the
area of ollvu culture has beun consider
ably extended on watered spots at the
foothills and at irrigated plantations on
the plains.
The snowshcds to bo erected on the
line of the "switchback" in Washington
Territory , n distance of sixteen miles ,
wilj consume 15,000,000 foot of lumber lu
their construction. A number of bridges
and trestles along the line will not require -
quire shedding. Some of the trestles are
as high as 129 foot.
NEW YORK TENEMENTS.
Tlio Scene of Great Squalor anil
Vice.
Now York Correspondence of Boston
Advertiser : There are thousands just
like them , inhabiting the great tenements
of Baxter street and Mulberry Bend.
Dirty , ignorant , brutal , bestial to n de
gree which surpasses imagination. They
live together not like animals , but like
vermin. There is no morality , no reli
gion : they know no law. If two of the
men get into a fight and one injures the
other , there is no appeal to the law of
the land. The injured man waits his op
portunity and Kills his enemy , Family
tics are very loosely regarded , and to mo
the surprising feature ol the case is , that
Cignurulo should have objected to his
wito's infidelity. It is common
enough among these people where two
families live together in n room 13x14 iu
size , and frequently take four or live
boarders lu addition. 1 have seen eight
men und women sleeping in a room no
larger than an ordinary hall bed-room In
ono of these tenements. I have soon
Italian fathers and mothers , just like tlio
Cignaralo couple , oiler to sell their ten or
twelve-year-old daughters for5 I have
fieon fifty men , women and children on
sweltering nights such as wo are having
now lying in all degrees of nudity upon
the flat roof of ono of the great tene
ments. 1 have seen n whole family ,
from the little child not three years
old to the father and mother , stupidly - - 4
pidly drunk In one of the stuffy
rooms. And these are no isolated
cases. The are the rule , not the excep
tion. If you think 1 am overstating the
fact , go yourself the next time you are
in Now } ork , but leave your jowcly and
money in your hotel. They would mur
der you for a dollar. When you enter
one of the tenements bo careful and noS
let your clothes touch the walls , they are
simply alive with vermin. Ventilation la
unknown In those tenements , nnd they
are never cleaned except when the health
officials unearth a nest of disease , and ,2 ,
then the entire building is fumigated. No
words can describe the horror of these
dens , whore filth and vice and violence
reign supreme. It is small wonder , then ,
that they kil ! each other occasionally.
They see no harm in it ; they have never
been taught bettor.
SEA LIONS.
How Tlicao Great Aquatic Mninmttla
Are Uiipturod.
"Tho best sea lion contract I ovei
made was with P. T. liarnum in 1871 , "
said Captain Cyrus Eastman to a San
Francisco Examiner reporter yesterday.
"His agent entered into a contract with
mo to deliver n pair alive to him in Now
York City , nnd paid mo $1,000 upon my
signing the papers , and the final output
was something like -f 10,000. 1 took two
men and wont to Santa Uarbara whore I
chartered n schooner and took on board
six of the best Jassoors ( vaqueros ) that I
could get. .
"San Miguel island at that time was
nlivo with sea lions. There was no
trouble in lassoing a sea lion , but the
dillioiilty was to make the lasso hold , as
n sea lion's neck is larger than his head.
It was all right as long ns he was headed
from you , but as soon as ho turned the
riatn would slip off and you lost him.
"My only capture on the first trip was
three small ones , but nit they did not
como up to the required weight for
Barnum I sold them to John Kobinson
nt Omaha , where they were an immense
attraction.
"On my second trip I added to my
foace and took u hunting crow of eight _ %
men , and profiting by my former ex- -
pcrienco 1 hud my rintas fixed with fish
hooks , and also well plastered with resin ,
but I could not hold the beasts , nnd to 1
shot ono , and throwing the lasso over n
flipper 1 found that it would hold. All
that n seal has to do is to give mo his
flipper nnd I have got him.
"My men wore all Indians. I took ono
of them and showed him the triok , and
the next morning wo went Into the son
lions' rookery and unuglit four , i went
to Snn Francisco immediately and placed
my captives in a salt-water tank , and
kept them there until the departure of
tne next steamer for Panama. 1 got
them safely over the isthmus nnd landed
thnm alive and well in Now York , and
got my pay. "
The Circus Wild West.
Dakota Hell : About two weeks ago a
Dakota farmer was approached by n
stranger who said :
"What will you take for that little-
short-horned yearling out there in the
yard ? "
' "Uotit $15.
"Is "
hogijiitlo ?
"Ves. "
"Never kicks ? "
"No. "
"No danger of butting a follow over
with his head ? "
"Not n bit my children play with him
whenever they take a notion. "
"Well , 1 guess I'll take him. I'm agent
for Hollorwull & Showpoor's Anti-
European circus , and wo need another
bullalo for our 'wild west' department ,
lly the time we put n hump on his shoul
ders and paint hia horns black you
wouldn't know your calf. 1 hope he'll
slay gentle , though ; the last one wo hud
hooked three or four cowboys off thelt
horses , disabled two Buffalo Bills , and
drove Te.Mis Jack , the western terror , up
the center-polo. Ho noted so wo had to
tie him up with the elephants , glvo him n
coat of red paint nnd call him the terri *
bio man-eating joggle-woek , captured in
Central Africa at great expense nnd lose
of life. Do you MippuSo that calf will
drink milk. The sacred cow gives a lit
tle more than the the zebra will tt.u- : . "