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Tins country can console itself for not
CngiitfiiiK in fi tuBsol with Bismarck , so
long us tlio light of the dry goods job-
\ovs \ in gingham continues.
MONTANA is about to pass laws pro
hibiting gambling in the toi" ; ' atui
leeks as if the throo-card monte
gentry will have lo move on.
a prohibition arjt ProVidence ,
R. I. , has flvo hundred and Uvoiity-
rilno liquor saloons flourishing in opun
defiance of the law. Lot our prohibi
tion friends roll this morsel under their
at leisure.
THE normal school craze which has
r 'itnkon hold of twenty Nebraska legisla
tors finds its counterpart in the free
text-book idea running riot in Illinois.
A package of bills to that effect has
boon introduced in that state , and all
the back county members have not yet
( icon heard from.
Tun committee on legislation of the
city counoil of St. Paul has rccom-
jiioiidcd in its report that the expense
for the maintenance and improvement
of that city bo cut down from three
piillion two hundred and fifty thousand
collars called for by the estimates to
pno million , flvo hundred thousand.
That would look as if economy and retrenchment -
tronchmont wore to bo something more
than more promises , and would indicate
that St. Paul has got to the and of her
burse-strings.
Tine laws of Kansas do not adequately
protect mechanics aud laborers from
tha loss of their wages. Contractors
ttnd employers have grossly abused
this power in their dealings with them ,
and in consequence relief has boon
asked from the legislature. A bill has
fust been introduced into both houses to
ivo the workman n first lion upon the
property ho creates. This will undoubt
edly he onactoaand the remedy will ho
applied which will bo adequate to seCure -
Cure the mechanic and laborer from
fraud and imposition.
Tins government cannot bo accused
fif shirking in its duties toward educat
ing the Indians. The statistics indi
cate a slow but gradual growth in the
work of Indian training. The govern
ment supports two hundred nnd thirty-
three schools , with an enrollment of
Over llfteen thousand pupils , main
tained at a cost of ono million , two
hundred thousand dollars. The Indian
problem can only bo solved by teaching
the young to road and write the Eng
lish langitngo , and to become skilled in
pianunl work.
THIS army , as well as that part of the
public interested in marksmanship ,
Will bo interested in learning that the
ovnda Trophy , ono of the most valued
Of the pri'/os annually contended for in
the service , was awarded this year to
Company H , Seventh infantry , Cap
tain II. D. Freeman , stationed at Camp
Pilot , Butte , Wyoming. It is gratify
ing to learn that the records for marks
manship for all previous years were
broken by Company H , Seventh infan
try. This would certainly indicate that
& high degree of excellence In rlilo
Shooting has been attained , and that
Our crnek shots can compare favorably
with any marksmen in the English or
porinnn armlos.
TIIK proposition which it is reported
t\lr. \ Hall will submit to the legislature
licxt Tuesday , declaring vacant the
disputed souts in the house from Doug
las county , and opposing the seating of
liny of the republican contestants , is not
worthy of boiug seriously entertained.
{ The house cannot justly dispose of the
matter by any such arbitrary maUo-
Uhlft , even if the constitutionality of
piich a proceeding were not questionable.
Pouglas county is entitled to full ropro-
gontatlon in the legislature , and it is
the duty of the house In the contested
* Boats before it to determine who are
entitled to the seats in dispute , so
hat the right of this county to bo
Foprooontod by u full delegation shall
tint bo abridged. It would bo discred
itable to the house to avoid its obliga
tion in this matter by doing an injustice
to the people of Douglas county , and wo
do not hollovo a majority of the repub
licans in that body can bo Induced to
ppprovo the proposition of Mr. Hall.
1't'liLW SCHOOL EXAMIXATIOXS.
The board of education of St. Paul
has unanimously authorized the entire
abandonment oflho system of examina
tions for promotion In the city high
school , and the substitution therefor of
an individual record , based upon the
teacher's ' judgment instead of upon
marks given for dally recitations. Al
most coincident with this action of thu
St. Paul school board appeared the re
port of n commlttoo of the Now York
board of education appointed to Investi
gate the method of touching and study
purauod In the public schools of
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that city. The report attributed such
evils as exist under the present system
to the marking nnd examination meth
ods otnplo.yod. In the opinion of the
committee thc-so methods place both the
pupils nnd the teachers In a false posi
tion , and ono that Is disadvantageous
for the production of eood and enduring
work.
The committee condemns the system
unqualifiedly. It says that it offers nn
inducement lo all teachers to devote
every energy to the preparation of tlio
cln = 9 for the expected and oftttmo
droadcd examination , and the
work of Instruction is at times
carried on with a total disregard of the
real advancement of the children in
knowledge , character or mental power.
It furnishes a stimulus to the teacher to
cram nnd load the memory of the pupil
with facts nnd figures to bo retained for
a time , and then drawn out at the
proper moment for the expected and
lookod-fov questions. Accuracy of
statement nnd correctness of answer arc
counted far ooyond their true value ,
and even among the youngest children
the memory is used as an edu
cational tool to a degree that
should not bo tolerated oven in
the education of ndultH. Objec
tions to the examination system of a
nearly similar nature were brought to
boar on tlio St. Paul board of education.
It was urged that the practice of promo
tion by marks , thu examination and not
the daily recitation the great feature of
the pupil's work , thus encouraging
cramming and discouraging patient
daily study ; that it subjects pupils to a
mental nnd nervous strain wlik'li is i\ * .
trima ' .l l tC hcnUhs that It consumes
time which might more profitably bo
spent In the regular work of study nnd
instruction , and that it tends to dis
honesty by enabling the teacher
to work up examination pa
pers beyond their deserts , in order to
got rid of lui undesirable student , to
promote a favorite , or to secure an in
dividual record by advancing the
greatest possible number of pupils to
the next highest grade.
This concurrent testimony from re
sponsible sources against the generally
prevailing examination system in the
public schools of the country might bo
supplemented by the opinions of intelli
gent educators , both in England and
this country. But without such en
dorsement the testimony is worthy
of serious consideration. The evils
that nro found in the public schools
of Now York as a result of the exami
nation system must necessarily exist to
some extent wherever a lilco system is
in vogue , nnd if the system lias no ad
vantages there it cannot reasonably bo
expected to show any clsowhoro. It
has its advocates , but the weight of ev
idence is obviously against the system ,
and its general abandonment in favor
of a method more in accord with the
suggestions of experience and more en-
lightoncd views of school govorraent is
doubtless only a question of time.
INTERNATIONAL EXTRADITION.
The rejection by the United States
senate of the Pholps-Rosebcrry extra
dition treaty , negotiated three years
ago , postpones indefinitely an extension
of present treaty stipulations between
Great Britain and the United stotos for
the surrender of criminals. The nego
tiation of the rejected treaty was un
dertaken in compliance with strong
sentiment in this country that the time
had como to shut the doors of the Cana
dian asylum for American omnozzlors
and defaulters , but in order to secure
this concession from Great Britain our
minister was required to agree to the
surrender of a class of political offend
ers , Mr. Phelps having stated in his
note accompanying the treaty that it
would bo impossible to effect any ad
ditional extradition agreement that did
not include this provision. A very
vigorous sentiment was immediately de
veloped against the section of the treaty
relating to political offences , and it was
stricken out. But a largo majority of
the senate seems to have concluded that
the wiser course was not to rele
gate the matter to diplomatic con
troversy , but to malco final dispo
sition of it , leaving it with the
next administration to renew extradi
tion negotiations if itshall think proper
to do so. Thus the Canadian asylum re
mains open to American rogues , with
loss chance than before of Its being
closed. The significance of this will
appear when it is stated that a partial
list of embezzlements committed in the
United States during the past three
years , by persons who fled to Canada ,
amounted to upwards of four million
dollars.
The Wobstor-Ashburton treaty , ne
gotiated in 1812 , is still in force , but its
extradition features are admittedly in-
sufllcient. It provides for the surrender
of persons charged with the crime o !
murder , or assault with intent to com
mit murder , or piracy , or arson , or
robbery , or forgery or the utterance of
forged paper. The 'embezzler and the
defaulter were not so common forty-
eight years ago as they have been
within the last dozen years , or this class
of crime would doubtless long ago have
received treaty recognition. Mean
while u now political offence has also
appeared , and it seems quite probable
that so long as tlfls country refuses to
rogura.it as extraditable , Great Britain
will not close the doors of ita American
colony to our embezzlers. The
immediate tendency of this may
be to encourage this class of crime ,
but unfortunate as this would bo the
government could not abandon ita tra
ditional policy in order to avoid the
danger of 'increasing the colony of
American rogues in Canada. Wo have
simply followed English example with
regard to political offendersaud , there
docs not appear to bo any sound reason
why wo should now depart from It ,
particularly as the British government
ought to feel equally anxious with the
government of the United States to
protect the Dominion of Canada against
the increasing invasion of Ameri
can roguos. It Is Impossible to
say whether the next admin
istration will renew negotiations
for enlarging the list of extraditable
ofTonsos , but it would seem that Canada
in solf-protooUon would adopt measures
to exclude American fugitives from jus
tice who are guilty of crimes not tocog-
ulzcd by treaty arrangements.
THE presidents of the western rail
roads , after a week of hesitancy , have
completed their work of revising their
agreements and are now awaiting the
signatures of the twenty-two roads lethe
the document which is to bo as sacred
as the constitution. The avowed object
of this inter-stale railway association is
the enforcement of the provisions of the
Intor-stato commerces act. In other
words , ono railroad is to watch the
other , and if the offender is caught cut
ting rates , discrimination in favor of
persons or places , bribing scalpers or
doing any of these tricks of
the trade practiced only by gen
eral railroad managers and their
aides , it is to ho promptly
handed over to the mercies of the interstate
ter-state commission. By this means ,
it is expected Hint railroads can bo
made to observe faith with each other
as well as to obey the law of the hind.
In order to carry out this plan. A. R
Walker , ono of tlio members of the
Inlor-slate commerce commission , is lo
bo nskod to leave his position tit seven
thousand live hundred a year and to
accept the chairmanship of the now
railway association at twenty-five
thousand dollars. So far but little
fault can bo found with the
action of the railroad presidents.
Their agreement loons fair , their
choice of Commissioner Walker is ex
cellent , lie is a man well qualified as
the arbiter and hnrmonizor of conflict
ing interests. lie has been identified
with the railroad fjues.UD.ii fm ysai's ,
r.rid cCIT1ing fresh from the intt'r-statc
colninorco commission to the railroad
association , l > o is free from ttio entan
glements and prejudices which taint so
ninny railroad men. Whether the
agreement , if finally adopted , will bo
effective when put into force remains
to bo seen. It may be but a rope of
sand , or it may succeed in adjusting the
differences and evils complained of.
SENATOR ALLISON'S declination of
the treasury portfolio will bo very gen
erally regretted by republicans in the
west and northwest. Indeed , no other
man , except , perhaps , Senator Sher
man , would bo so acceptable to republi
cans throughout the country at the
head of the treasury , and not oven the
Ohio s.dtiator would enjoy more fully
the confidence of the business public.
The declination is both disappointing to
the party and embarrassing to the pres
ident-elect , but its most serious results
may bo that a wo&tern man will not bo
selected for the treasury department
certainly none can bo of equal
capacity with Senator Allison , and pos
sessing to the extent that he does the
confidence of the public. If his motive ,
as inferred , for declining to go into the
cabinet was mainly personal , he has
surrendered far moro to individual
friendship than the circumstances jus
tify. The party had u claim upon him
which ho should have held superior to
all others.
WHAT is Omaha doing to attract the
flow of eastern capital and to encourage
Investment nnd enterprise':1 Within
the next few months the millions of idle
dollars in the banks of the east will
seek an outlet. Capitalists are scanning
the maps of the country from Lake
Superior to St. Louis , and from the
Mississippi river to the Rocky Moun
tains for those cities and industries
which offer thorn the greatest induce
ments. There is rivalry in all the wide
awake cities , Minneapolis , St. Paul ,
Kansas City and Denver to induce per
manent investment in their midst. In
this race Omaha can not afford to sit
still and allow her rivals to take the
lead. It demands unity of action , con
fidence in our resources , faith in our
future and public spirited energy on
the part ot our citizens. But moro vital
than all , Omaha cannot afford to repu
diate her pledges of good faith , nor
shako the confidence of foreign invest
ors in her honor.
A KAIMIOAD bill lias been introduced
into the Colorado legislature for the
purpose of regulating the transporta
tion rates of that state. It provides for
the election by the governor , auditor ,
treasurer , secretary of state and attor
ney general of a board of throe railroad
commissioners , who are vested with
authority to determine what are just
and reasonable rates and to prohibit
extortionate charges and discrimina
tion. But as the bill provides no pen
alties and alTords shippers no relief not
already available under the law , and
only increases the dlHlcultlcs of obtain
ing redress , the whole affair seems to
bo n convenient back-door arrangement
for the benefit of the railroads them
selves.
Tin ; ; insurance bill Introduced in the
state senate should receive very careful
consideration , so that its provisions
shall bo made so explicit that there will
bo no possibility of evading them. The
proper regulation of insurance com
panies is a mutter that has given the
legislatures of the older states a good
deal of trouble , and in some of them a
reform in insurance laws is now de
manded. Tlio exposure of fraudulent
Insurance companies in Now York
within the past two years made a rather
startling showing of how a law supposed
to bo very nearly perfect could be
evaded and the people defrauded by
swindling schemers pretending to bo
mutual insurance companies. Nebraska
should profit by such experiences.
THK annual session of the National
Educational association which takes
place this summer at Nashville , Tenn. ,
will bo of moro than ordinary interest.
A prominent feature of thu mooting
will lie nn exhaustive showing of the
progress made in education in the
south. Prominent I educators f from nil
points of the southern states will bo
present in order to poljitout the needs
nnd necessities of that section. It is
pleasing to note that the southern
people have taken n strong interest
in this subject. , Governor Taylor , of
Tennessee has spoken favorably of the
mooting nnd tlio necessity of awaken
ing a universal Interest for education
through the south. If the National
Educational association bo instrumental
in stirring up ajgoliuiiio revival of
learning in the slates whore the great
est illiteracy exists , its mission will beef
of the greatest value , not only to the
people of the south , but to the whole
country. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
l.Y OPt\V LETTKR.
ToIennoS. Hasi-all : You have taken
it upon yourself to propound some ques
tions to mo through the columns of the
Republican , over the signature of
"Union Laborer , " which I propose to
answer frankly and without reserve.
You ask in all candor whether 1
should consider a space lt- ; foot square
ground enough for a city hall of ugrow
ing1 city like Omaha , if the lots adjoin
ing belonged to anybody excepting my
self.
self.In
In answer to this I will nsk you nnd
all others who have doubts on this point ,
to make an iiibpoclion of the interior of
the Now York Life building , which
eoversa space of lUOxKti ; footandof Tun
lliu : building , whk-h i * exactly l.'ifcut
square. There nro twenty very
largo offices in the Now York
Life building on each floor.
[ uch of those ofliees is largo enough to
accommodate any city ollicor. Thcro
are from twenty-eight to Ihirty-eight
olliceson each floor of Tun BKK build
ing , with a large court in the center ,
forty-four feet square. Now. if the city
has three stories for the use of the olll-
cials , and one story fora council cham
ber and committee rooms , there will be
ample accommodation for all city olll-
cials Omaha may have within the next
hundred years , Tii c [ \ \ oc ! 15I11O , '
room for a eily of a million of people ,
and nearly double the space that is now
occupied by the municipal ollicials of
New York city in their city
hull. The two remaining stories
will afford all the space needed
for the public library and board
of education and leave more than u
do/.cn large olllces without occupants.
And if In due time a public library
building is erected elsewhere the city
will have rooms liV-let in the city hall.
You want to knofWwh3thor | } the trade
between Tlon. William IV Paxton and
the city and county ofllelals was not
made through my inlluciice with these
olllcialsV .
I do not pretend fo dpny and never
have denied that I personally advised
the trade between Mr. P.ixton and the
county and city whereby Omaha se
cured the erection of the three hundred
thousand dollar Pti'xlon block in place of
a law suit botweenlth'e-city tvnd county.
The trade hits giVcnjOnutha and Six
teenth street withfjx fjjur Jcars nofdnly
the Pnxton block' fnit "the' board of
trade building , tha Y. M. C. A. build
ing and J. J. Broan's block , not to
mention two buildings above Sixteenth
street , on which over eleven hundred
thousand dollars have been expanded.
As you were a couni'ilraan when this
trade was made between Paxton nnd
city ollicials , and you voted for the ex
change ot property , you know best
whether my personal influence was po
tential in the consummation of this ar
rangement.
You ask me whether or not the ordi
nance locating the city hall on Far-
nain was passed through my promise to
Ed Lcodor to supiwrt him for sheriff.
No such promise was made by mo di
rectly or indirectly , although Leedor
may have oxpacted my support at the
fall election if ho was nominated.
You inquire whether it Is not u fact
that ntthe tiina I-tvas offered ten thous
and dollars by members of the council
above the appraised value of my lots
adjoining the city hall , but refused to
sell ?
This is ono ot the many 'impudent
falsehoods that have boon circulated
industriously by yourself and your asso
ciates in the present campaign. How
could any member of the city council
offer to buy my lots when at the lime of
the location of the city hall there was
not a dollar in the treasury with-
which to build even tno founda
tion of the city hall , and the
council had to contract with the school
board for an advance of twenty-five
thousand dollars. Moreover ; the propo
sition submitted to the people in 18S3
did not authori/o the expenditure of
more than two hundred thousand dollars
lars , and the building alone would cost
at least that sum.
You able mo whether it is not a fact
that I located TUB BKB bouilding six
foot east of our lot line before the city
hall was commenced , and thereafter
changed the plans and built up to my
own line , carried nine inches of the footIng -
Ing into the city hall line and endan
gered the east foundation wall of the
city hall by building1 the basement several -
oral foot deeper tliau'lhe city hall
basement walls ? ,
Those questions also qmbody a tissue
of falsehoods concootod to delude , de
ceive and prejudice citizens against the
Farnam street site. ' The city hall
foundations were be un in the fall of
1830 and I had no plans for Tin ; BEE
building until JulylBS7 , , , and did not
begin work on foundations until Octo
ber , 1887 , at a time when the basement
of the city hall was whofo it was loft by
the contractors. I had proposed to the
city council to deed to the city eight or
ton foot of my lot if Seventeenth street
was narrowed to ninety foot , which is
ten foot wider than Broadway , Now
York , and providing that I was allowed
to purchase and occupy the ton foot nd-
joining our lots. Tlio city council
passed the ordinance narrowing Seven
teenth street ; the appraisers were ap
pointed and the appraisement made ,
when the now council , of which you
were a member , came into power , That
couuoil , at the outset , started its fight
on the police commission and against
the introduction of the metropolitan po
lice system , unless the coun
cil could dictate the police ap-
polntmonts. I was convinced that you
were arrayed against law nnd order ,
nnd at the risk of having your enmity I
planted myself in favor of the lavr as I
understood It. Thii waa immediately
followed by the repeal of the ordinance
narrowing Seventeenth street and by
the vicious warfare on the city hall lo
cation.
When the council wont hack on its
former action and refused mo the priv
ilege of purchasing the ton foot on Sev
enteenth street they abrogated the ar
rangement for securing part of my
lols. My architect , Mr. Doornail ,
thought it n waste of space and un
sightly to leave a twelve foot gap at the
main front between Tun Bui : building
and the city hall , but ho loft u recess
six feet wide by fifty-two foot deep mid
way of the west wall ot Tun Dun build
ing , which ho considered ample for all
the light and ventilation of both bulld-
ingd. It is falsa that any
part of Tun Bun building
footings occupy city ground. Wo
asked the council for the privilege of
party line footings , which is granted by
all adjoining properly owners , hut vou
wore the very man lo object and defeat
the resolution. The hue and cry raised
by Building Inspector Whitlock , about
the danger lo the clly hall foundation
from Tun Bnis building was part
of your plot for stopping work
on the city hall. Everybody
knows that the west walls of THE Bun
building with four 8-foot buttresses
of solid rock arc a perfect bulwark
against any possible spreading of the
earth between the Iwo buildings. You
and your tisboeialcs in the plot to repu
diate the city's obligations may dupe
some people by your gabble about the
danger to the city building ,
but you can't name n responsible
builder or reputable architect
who will venture to support your alleg
ation. As to your question about the
convict labor bill two years ago , which
can hnvo no bearing in this eily hall
campaign , I refer yon lo lion. C. J.
Smith , who was n member of the house
and earm-sUy .m CSe-il - the bill. 116 will
tell you that your inuondoes nro not
only baseless , but that I urged him from
beginning to end to oppose the bill.
E. HOSEWATEK.
VOICK OK THIS Sl'ATK I'UKSS.
Only In tilt Mind.
rrcinnnl Tinine. / .
John M. ThUMton and his friends still
to the liopo Hint the temporary chairman -
man of tile national convention will ha called
into General Harrison's cabinet as secretary
of the interior. In all jirobahilitv John will
fail to hour the still small voluQ calling him
up higher.
Altogether Too Scrionq.
An Omiilm clergyman who has boon
prcachluir on the "Mothor-in-r/aw , " con
cludes that there la too much bruinloss ] ost-
iiiK and satire cm this f am ilinr subject. Un-
Uonhteilly ho is ricrht. The Hub always re
garded tlio mothor-ln-law matter as entirely
too serious to bo jestuil about.
What Prohibition Will Do.
C > ami M < nnl Iiiileiwxlctit.
Prohibition would result in at least doub
ling the direct luxation in this city , and
would also neeessilate an inureas'o of occupa
tion tax to at least ton times the present
amount. It would provi ) a business eurso
some of its most earnest earnest advocates
would be only too glad to shake off.
And Mr. Harrison Knows It.
J'li'r.-c Comity Call.
The Nebraska delegation in congress arc
pressing John M. Ttmrston's name for secretary -
rotary of Interior. Hoxvcvor muca the Call
may admire Uie abilities of Mr. Tuurston ,
under the circumstances General Harrison
could not malco a worse blunder than to
place a railroad attorney at the head of tliio
important capinet dositlon. The interior de
partment has been controlled too long al
ready by railroad influence.
They Hart Better Not Doilsre.
Hasltna * Kclira/than.
A joint resolution is now pending before
the louislaturo Instructing the board of
transportation to adopt a schedule of rates
to prevent railroads from making unjust dis
criminations. This is popularly understood
to bo ono of the chief duties of tlio board ,
anyway , nnd this Instruction is equivalent to
telling the hoard to perform Its duties fear
lessly aud impartially , upon the assumption
tliut it had not done BO. The board must
understand , however , that the duty of low
ering aud e'pJalUing the local tariff is an ! m-
noratlvo ono that it is not well for them to
Uodgo.
Hut K.'H No Oooil.
V wk TdHCJ.
Local freight rates in Nebraska , according
to the report furnished the legislature by
the stuto hoard of transportation , average
about 50 per cent higher than in Iowa. Wo
nro compelled that amount solely because the
state board Uoos not compel the transporta
tion companies to take less. Iowa formerly
paid cxtortlonntu rates , as Nebraska is doing
now , hut the atato board of railway commis
sioners cut them down to their present rates ,
They are still doing businosi in Iowa , at the
old htaml , though the people aru paying loss
than two-thirds of what tlioy used to pay ,
and of what Nebraska now pays. If our
state board was good for anything at all ft
would proceed to knock oft ono-third of tlio
local freight tariff , without delay and with
out ceremony.
AM It Should Ba.
Kew York H'nr/tl. /
IH it not in the nature of things that our
Policy should ho peaceful ?
town's IIorrorH.
1'orH
Iowa Lady : "U'horo is my husband ! "
Servaut ; "Ho Just stepped out to the druir
Btoro , mum , " "My Roodncssl Is ho drinking -
ing again I"
Not SurprlHlnt ; .
J'litliuMiihhi Jfuitti American.
Georges Krncst Jcun Marie Uoulanger Is
the namu of the man who has captured Paris.
With three tnlddlo names , it U no woudor ho
creates a sensation.
ICditor IlurrUon'HOpportunity.
Jliitchliuon Keu-a.
Russell Harrison , son of the president
elect , is going to start a dally newspaper at
Helena , Mont. Ho ought to get a scoop on
tlio cabinet appointments.
How to AVI n Btamurclc.
Huston Glolte ,
Bismarck Is now stylus " 'co ' , comp lluicn-
tary things about England. If wo had a
bigger navy , perhaps ho would bo whisper
ing soft nothings to Miss Columbia.
* -
SomotliiiiK Wrong at Harvard.
The cause of higher education strikes very
rocky pieces of road now and then Just as
do other systems of mortal endeavor. This
profound reflection U rendered seasonable
by tha news that Bates , the crack pitcher of
the Harvard ball team , has boon "cutting" ;
hi * recitations , is Tar behind In his examina
tions , and consequently is la danger of benjr | '
expelled. In the fnco of this Impending
calamity what is tb.cn > In existence fpr n
Harvard man !
IMty 1'oor Noxv YorlC.
CtilMoo IVIoiina.
With a street car strike , a glnRlinra war ,
and Mrs. Jninos Hrown-Pottor on hand nil nt
the sumo time , Now York is entitled to the
tender sympathy of nil good pooplo.
'
Another Donnelly Wnntoil.
ft'ew rorJi Morning Journal.
The Intost thltiK that has boon proven Is
that not only did not Uncon wrlto Shake
speare's weeks , but that neither did ho wrlto
his own , Inasmuch as they were the produc
tions of Lien Jonson. It now remains to be
discovered who wrote Ucn Jonsou.
Good Itororm Material.
PMIatMpMa Leilocr.
Two out of four White Caps arrested in
Hlonmington , for having attempted to tin *
lawfully rogulnto the moral of the commu
nity , were recognized as old offenders , each
having n suspended penitentiary sentence
hanging over his head. They are Just the
kind of people to take up with that kind of
"reform. "
*
SUBMISSION AN1 > I'llOHIIUTIO.V.
Tlio Situation ns Viewed By n Few
8Uit < Pnnrrs.
Nebraska City News : Thcro are times
when submission does submit. Glvo the re
publicans duo credit , For once they kept
their promises nnd we will hnvo submission.
The republican party 1ms virtually hoisted
prohibition upon the people. They alone nro
responsible.
Plattsmouth Journal : A citl/cn of the
Second ward said this morning , ( In view of
the passage of the submission of the prohibi
tory amendment ) that hm homo property
cost SlnOO , and ho would be lud to make nn
arrangement with some prohibitionist , In the
event of that amendment carrying , to take
l' > i ! * < f par cent of tlio present value on the
adoption of prohibition In tlio state.
HcntrlcoIJomoer.it : The campaign for two
yeart. will be on a double-headed constitu
tional amendment. The result will bo to defeat -
feat them both. Some will vote for the high
license amendment who otherwise would
hnvo voted for prohibition. The null-pro-
hibitionlsts will vote sol'd ' , ami ns a result ,
the constitutional amendments will bo de
feated. Had the proposition been fairly
made upon prohibition , itwonii ) ijavo car
ricrl. As It Is , the question will probably bo
no nearer settled in tw.o years than It Is
to-day.
Nebraska City Press : If Nebraska ndo
prohibition it will he In the position of tin.
boy who was warned not to play with powder
dor , by someone who had had ' 'exocriuncc.
Ho said he had no use for nny second-ham
experience. Tlio funeral was well attended
\\e have all heard of the youth who ticklei
the hind legs of a mule. As his father re
marked on looking at the wrecked counten
mice : "He'll never bo so handsome again
hut he'll have a darned sight more sonso.1
All of which reminds the Press that some
people insist on prohibition for Nebraska.
Kearney Hub : The whisky journals hnvo
claimed that n majority of the voters of the
party are opposed to the submission amend
ment. This statement Is meeting with the
ridicule It deserves at the hands of the sub-
misslonisls. The majority of tlio republican
party not only favor submission , but when
the vote upon that question is counted it will
be found that a majority nlso favor prohibi
tion. The opposition to allowing the ques
tion to come before the psoplo is a wise move
on the part of liquor dealers , and when sub
mission becomes a settled fact another wise
move on their part will bo to got ready to
leave the state or to engage in some other
business. Once in the hands of the people
nil talk of defeating the question is simply
nonsense. It can't bo done. Perhaps four
counties in the state will give a small major
ity in favor of high license. To offset this
there are moro than llfty counties In which
the vote for prohibition will ho practically
unanimous.
iS I''OH THE CABINET.
Denver IJcnublican : It would be sound
policy for President Harrison to select his
cabinet outside the senate.
Minneapolis Journal ; Mr. Allison's declination
clination is a calamity. The country needed
him In the treasury department.
Buffalo Express ; And if John
maker shall finally bo made postmaster gen
eral , wo think the country will bo glad of it
Atlanta Constitution : John Wumiinalter
doesn't know whether ho Is from ? to Europe
or not. Ho can find out by applying to BOUIO
of the newspaper correspondents.
Chicago News : "Thurston for an OfUco , '
Is the headline over an article about Ne
braska's candidate for cabinet honors.
"Thirsting for an Oftlce" would include re
publicans too numerous to mention.
Chicago News : If Mr. Waniunaker is pe
culiarly lilted for any place It Is the posl-
niaster generalship. DouMless ho would
make a respectable secretary of the navy ,
but at the head of the postoDIco department
ho would have nn opportunity to bring about
Important reforms which it needs n business
man to handle ,
Chicago Tutor Ocean ; General Harrison
is no accidental novice. lie knows the lead
ing men In the republican | urty , and for
yours has himself been ono of them. And
what Is more , ho has the great good fortune
of having the entire republican party , thu
party of Intelligence and patriotism , to
cheese from.
Tlio Globe-Democrat
Ulobe-Uwnocrat : -
lias not attempted to do much la the way of
cabinet predictions , but It has asserted fur
some time that Mr. Blame would bo secre
tary of state and Mr. Allison secretary of
the treasury. Wo are now moro conlhlent
than over of these two appointments. And
they will bo good appointments , too ,
Now York Herald : If then , wo are to
have a distinctively republican administra
tion during the next four years , and a dis
tinctively republican policy the people so
decreed at the polls In November Harrison
can find no ono more willing or able to boar
his share of national responsibility than Mr.
Whltolnw Hold.
Kansas City Journal : The democratic
papers of Now York City nro lively In their
opposition to Mr. Wanamakor for post-
master general , and the republican papers
of that metropolis are not urcmg his claims.
Perhaps Now York people fear that wo
would have very slow malls un der a Phila
delphia administration.
HUM OP THE 1MUSSB.
Akron Telegram : Secretory Hayard should a
HI
visit nn underwriter. He needs a foreign
policy badly ,
St. PaulGlobo : The dull times have struck
Chicago. There hasn't boon on anarchist
sensation for two weeks.
Atchlson Globe : Did you over talk to a
fair , sensible sort of u man that you did not
feel ashamed of yourself )
Hutchlnson News : Commercial travelers '
may not hold anybody up , though they may
Justly be styled road ugents.
Qulncy Whig : Isn't It about time that
somebody asked for Samoa particulars about A
iho trouble in tha Paclflo ocean )
Kansas City News : The backbone of winter -
tor stiffens , but the backbone of the secre
tary of state , Ah I Where | s It )
Minneapolis Tribune ; Prado , the victim of
he guillotine , read a story by Jules Verne /
ust before the execution. Perhaps ho tried
'TvYotity Thousand Leagues Under the
Sea , " fto tis to fnmillftrlio himself with thj
Rcoxniphy of his newly chosen homo.
Chicago Tribune : A man whom tlio paper *
call Jack the Kipper prowls about thaatreota
of St. Louis after dark nnd kisses young
women whom ho meets alouo. Ho U un
questionably hiinno.
Chicago Inter-Ocean ! It is stated that thd
king of Samoa wears nothing but whUkors
and a string of beads. Tlio hiolcmont
weather of Into in his domain has caused htm
to put ou a worried look. Ills only dissi
pation nowadays is dancing the German.
Boston Glebe : If Lord Salisbury is the
ramping , roaring , red haired jlngo/tnlosmnu
thnt lie has boon represented to bo , a wide
sphere of usefulness would appear to bo
open to him In tha vicinity of Samoa. The
waves need ruling badly out there , U JJrltt
nnnia has her ruler handy.
Denver News ! .Tnok Klein , who seems to
bo largely responsible for the Sanioan war
tempest , is n roving newspaper reporter of
Iho Cutting build. If the Germans don1 1 got
his head , Jnok will bo quite n lion when ho
returns to the United States , lie wont out
to Samoa about n year ngo In the interest of
n 'Frisco newspaper syndicate , nnd finding
business n little dull , Just got up n war for
the fun nnd the money there wns in it lu a
news way.
GOOD OLD I'OUMS ,
IIOIIKNUN'DKN ,
On Linden when the sun wnb low
All bloodless Iny the untrodden snowy
And dark ns winter was the How
Of Iser , rolling rapidly.
But Linden saw another sight ,
When tlio drum boat at dead of night ,
Commanding ilrcs of death to light
The darkness of her scenery.
Uy torch and trumpet fast arrayed ,
Eacli horseman drew his battle blade ,
And furious , every charger neighed
To Join the dreadful revelry.
Then shook the hills with thunder riven ,
Then rushed the steed to battle driven
And louder than the bolts of heaven ,
Far Hashed the red artillery.
I3ut redder yet thai light shall glow-
On Linden's hills of stained snow ,
And bloodier yet tlio torrent How
Of Isor rolling rapldlyi
TIs morn ; but scarce yon level sun
Can plcrco the war clouds , rolling dun ,
Where furious Frank nnd fiery Hun
Shout in their sulphurua oanopy.
The combat deepens ; On , ye brave I
Who rush to glory or the grave ;
Wnvo Munich , nil thy banners wave
Aud charge with nil thy chivalry.
Few , few sLnll part where many moot ,
Tlio snow shall bo their winding shoot ,
And every turf beneath their feet
Shall bo a soldier's sepu Ichor.
MUSIUAIj AND UBABIATIC.
Hlioa Is playing the New England circuit
Another Hnrnum's museum Is threatened
for Now York.
W. J. Florence Is thinking seriously of
playing "FalstanV1
Gus Williams Is ill of rheumatic gout at
Coutland , N. Y.
Charles Coghlan's ' 'Macbeth" Is not lilted
by the Now York plnygoes ,
Miss Minnie Palmer's season In the west Is
proving the most prosperous ono she over
had.
had.Emma
Emma Abbott has rejoined her opera com
pany , and has resumed her professional du
ties.
ties.Miss
Miss Julia Marlowe , whoso business con
tinues to bo phenomenal , will not appear lu
Now York this season.
Mary Anderson's business In Philadelphia
has averaged fc,700 ! a performance during
her engagement In the Quaker city.
Kate Forsytho is to support Nat Goodwin
during the engagement of the crimson-
crowned comedian at the Fifth Avenue , Now
York , iu "Tho Gold Mine. "
Marie Wainwrlght Is to add Lady Teazle to
her repertoire soon. She acted the character
In San Francisco early in the seasou and
met with unexpected success.
Edna Carey , the pretty girl who ployed.
May Joyce in "A Dark Secret , " has had to
retire. A plunge Into n tank of water eight
times a week was too much for her.
Ulco's "Corsair" company , after an un
usualy long and successful out-of-town
tournes , will return to Now York on the Utb
of March , opening at the Star theater.
A now historical open air spectacle , simi
lar to "Noro , " of last , season. Is In course of
preparation by Mr. Iiuro Klralfy for pre
sentation atStuten Island next summer.
Clara Morris Is to play a fortnight ongaga.
mcnt next season nt Mr. Murtha's Windsor ,
New York city , which Is a long engagement
on the IJowery , whore frequent changes of
programme are demanded.
Kathryn KIdder has not accepted Wilson
liar roll's offer to net In his support next
season , which was cabled from England ,
having been forced to decline through cir
cumstances beyond her control.
Do Wolf Hopper expects to make "tho hit
of his lifo" in "FatmlUn" with a topical
duet , words and musie by Eugene Oudln , the
popular bnritono of Iho McCaulI company.
Hopper sings the duet all by himself.
Mrs. Frances Hodgson I3urnotllms signed
u coalruct with Daniel Frohnian lo write a
society comedy for the Lyceum theater.
The play will bo llnlshcd and will probable
bo produced before the close of the season.
The Stage says Hint Iho finished actress
who once was "Our Mary" became tiiirty
years old January SiS , ISbU. Lay this para
graph away in some safe pluc < < for seven
teen years , and then compare it with current
mutter on thu same subject.
It Is net gonurally known , says a Now
York theatrical gossip , that Miss Paulmn
Hull was a pupil of lima dl Murska , tha
famous prima donna , whoso death In poverty
WUH announced last week. Much of Mini
Hall's success as u vocalist Is to bo credited
to the careful training given her by her able
Instructor.
Manager E. 15. Illeosnys tliat.owln ? totha
dlfllculty ho has had , all on account of the
intur-stato commerce law , ho proposes tote
to build n railroad himself for thu accommo
dation of the Hlco and Dlxo.y companies , The
cars will nil bo sleepers , each member to
have n private loom ,
Clara Louise Kollogg-Strakosch has tired
of thu tribulations which her recently insti
tuted venture us the head nnd front of an
English opera company have brought her.
nnd HIO ! Is determined to withdraw from all
connection witli the organization anil return
to Now York. Suits for salary and for un
fulfilled contracts la connection with tha
opera company will probably be numerous.
Stuart Kouson will begin his tour as an In
dividual Htnr under the management of Wil
liam It. Huydcn about October 1 , in Htoolo
Maekayo'B writtuu-to-order rotuutitlo pluy.
Tlio hi-ene Is laid In Spain iu the seventeenth
century , nnd Mr. Itobson's character Is a
quaintly humorous one drawn , wa are told ,
upon .Shukspuurlan lines , Thu scenery will
bo painted by Phil Ooatchor. The now play
and "Tlio Honrletta" will
comprise Mr. uob-
Hon's ruportnlre , nnd the tour will extend to
thu Paclflu coast. Frank Mordaunt or M ,
CenneJy will probably bo seen iu Mr , Crane's
rule In "The Henrietta. "
If Mrs. Potter plays Rosalind next season
she will wear short boots lu the Forest of
Arden bcone.
Urnco Hawthorne is 111 In London. The
Ight to establish herself there has exhausted
tor | ihVH ( cully.
Maggie Mitchell Is to produce a new play ,
'Kay , " at the Fourteenth street theater ,
Now York city , In February.
Modjoskn. In San Francisco , began what
vlll probably bo her farewell tour IIH a star.
lengthy period of Idleness passed at her
ranch In soul horn California has had bene-
leiul effect upon her healtti aud her per-
onul appcar uco.
Mrs. Jiirnoa G. Hlalnc , Jr. , has flnal'y '
Ignud with Daniel Frohuian for a period ut
wo years , Kho will bo a star under hl
management , and will have a salary and a
/ercenUiyo of the profits , She is ulno to bo
irovldcd with dresses , and a female truvcV
ng companion at Mr , FroUman's expeuao ,