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TIIK wc'iilcly bunk Htiileinent huwH
llio reserve IIIIH ini-reiiHecl $2,000,000. The
liiil ! H now hold $ : iii.1K)0 , : : ( ) in exuesy of
leffiil requirutni'iits.
Till' ' : iiiorf-'iiHO in llio net earnings of
the I'nlon 1'aoilio for Mnroli | ) r ves that
Hie ivporf.s of business depression in the
vuht Jinve boon exaggerated.
UISMAKCK enjoys in private
life till the force and roapcet of a chan
cellor of the empire , without the euro
and responsibilities of the ofllcc.
Tin : boomers of the Scow line might
profitably turn their energies ton Ualoti ;
railroad mill Hccnro soinetliing of iirnc-
tical benellt to the commerce of Omaha.
IN AKKANOINO u flyslom of suburbnii
parks tlio jiiirk coinmiHsioii should keep
In vi(3\y tlio possibility of connecting
them with broad boulevards of moderate
grade.
TIIK famous Lick telescope , at present
the largest in the world , will noon bo ex
ceeded by that of the university of south
ern California , now being constructed.
The l.-nso for this instrument is the
largest yet molded.
i'i fact that congress is about to np-
liroprlnUi ten million dollars to carry out
the provisions of tlio Sioux treaty gives
a rich , mellow flavor to Sitting Hull's re
mark that labor is beneath tlio dignity
of nn Indian , The distinguished mur
derer's head is pretty level.
TIIK common council of 1'ittsburg is
haggling over the acceptance of Andrew
Cni-nogio'tf tender of a mngdificcnl li-
lirary to the city. Evidently the noted
iron monger overlooked the Itching
unlms of the politicians in distributing
Jus wealth.
TIIK opponents of annexation are now
trying to cajole the public 1 > y asserting
the city can be placed in clover liiinan-
cially by levying an occupation tax. A
more odious means of taxation could not
bo devised. It has failed in every city
in the state whore it was tried , and u
like fate awaits it if attempted by the
bclf-jobbcr * of South Omaha.
TIIK recent increase in the capital
stock of tlio Douglas Street Bridge com
pany does not represent an actual ex
penditure of money. It wasslmply a de
vice to cover the up the surplus earn
ings , which wore ample to justify a re
duction of fare. The authorities of
Omaha and Council Ululis should unite
in securing u nickel rate , "peaceably if
possible , forcibly if necessary. "
TIIK remarkable growth of profanity
In Iowa has forced the authorities of tlio
large towns lo chock tlio besot ting sin
with liberal monthly linos. The aver
age citi/on , however , Is not molested. Hut
inil.\ the prohibition saloon keeper is ex
pected to plank down llfty dollars on the
llrst of each month as a penalty for
thirty days of Vloud , boisterous and * pro
fane language. ' '
TIIAYKK hit * the nail
squarely on the head on the corn grad
ing question. It is a notorious fact tint
Nebraska corn , sold to the elevators as
hccond nnd I hi rd grades , byn mynterious
system of shullling , emerges from these
institutions one grade better. Thus the
jioducer Is doubly cheated cheated in
grade and cheated in price , and thuro is
n law to chock the greed of the robbers.
C'.u.iroitNiAXS propose to outdo tlio
world at the world's faitif Chicago will
Klvo them enough space. They want
MWTiil acres of ground on which to
plant groves of orange and lemon trees ,
and the Ilg , sot up their wine
and dispense the fruits and
j ( V' i ) ( if llio golden state to all comors.
' irmil growers propose to raise one
/ ' /ft l < il In I'M for the exhibit and u
i ' fl | > prnprlatloii IN expected from
/.return. , The mining Industry
iv . -v , > rf , rfif r MMntod on a corre.ipond-
. ? - : + ( * Tfcar * IK no doubt that In
' < > ' ttttiAoul * Mild ullmato , In wind
> . . trt.v , ) tifull / * HIM ! llotvurri , Cult-
& wlidlo world's fair of
1'orrnn Titt : QPKSTIOX ,
For months that doublo-hendcd poli
tical inonstrostly , known as the IJ'orW-
Jlentlil , hns been paving marked atten
tion lo the farmers. The billing and
cowing , the sighing and wooing was not
a mere passing fancy or an irresistible
fascination. It was not nn affair of the
heart , but a well matured plot to capti
vate the Farmers' alliance by fulsome
flattery and a hollow pretense of sym
pathy and affection. At last the myster
ious attachment hasculmlnatcd In a bold
proposal In the following torso language :
\Ve propose n union of the two organizations
In this coming campaign upon the following
basis ;
The alliance to name nnd the democratic
party to endorse a stale ticket , the democratic
party to name and the alliance to endorse the
thrco congressmen , both organizations to
bend every energy to the election of the Joint
ticket so formed.
This throws nn electric light on those
pathetic appeals and all the honeyed
buncombe which has been dealt out so
liberally to the Nebraska tillers of the
soil. Wo now understand the object of
all those soul-stirring cartoons that wore
lo arouse the brawny toiler and Intensify
his discontent Into an uprising.
"Come into my parlor , said the spider
to the lly. " Is Ihe Alliance willing lo
piny lly for the democratic spider1 ; Are
llio republican farmers of Nebraska gul
lible enough to play cat's paw for the
democratic monkeyV
run ivxcnoxs or rut ; Kniron.
Tlio manager of an Omaha lumber
yard has rushed into print to scold Tin :
HKK for refusing to encourage the
scheme to establish a daily scow line be
tween Omaha and Pittsburg , and ho in
cidentally instructs its editor how a pub
lic spirited newspaper should bo con
ducted. The notions which this man of
wood has about the duties of the press ,
and the functions of the editor , are de
cidedly unique.
"Newspaper editors , " ho says , "arc privi
leged nnd can Injure any enterprise or reputa
tion without spending n dollar , whereas it
would cost a new enterprise a world of money
to defend themselves against an editor.
"If every editor would follow the good old
maxim and speak ill of no enterprise that has
for its idea the upbuilding of a city or sUite ,
to speak 111 of no individual when something
good can bo said , they certainly would bo
tillers of the .soil. * * * If Omaha news
papers will advocate something that will
imilco Omaha the greatest commercial city of
the west and bring to our very door all pro
jected lines of railway to the west without a
bonus , advocate the river freight line , and
call attention to it dally so that eastern capi
talists inuy sco the necessity of investing their
money in a profitable enterprise nnd at the
sumo time assist Omaha to become a second
Chicago. A river line will be the moans of
building hundreds of building ? , similar to
Tun BIK : and Life , and I bespeak for this line
words of kindness from the press and the
same from every enterprise that rises to thu
surface. "
Everybody thinks that ho could run a
newspaper better than the editor him
self. With all duo respect for our sa
gacious and credulous friend we arc
compelled to remorlc that lie lias given
emphasis to tlio adage , "Shoemaker
stick to thy last. " Cities nro
not built by wind. His advice
to TIIK 13KB is gratuitous as
well as impertinent. Its editor lias as
much interest in making Omaha the
greatest commercial city of tlio west as
anybody in this\ community , and has
done his full .share in building up Omaha.
TIIK HKK has always encouraged every
legitimate enterprise that promised to
promote the growth of this city and
state , and it lias never discouraged any
scheme for improving our transportation
facilities which it believed to be feasible.
But no honest newspaper and no editor
who 1ms any belf-rospect will encourage
or uphold any scheme or enterprise
which he regards as impracticable or
believes lo bu fraudulent in its incep
tion. Any editor who would encourage
charlatans , impostors and conlidenco
men for the sake of patronage or popu
larity Is a donrigoguo and knave. And
any editor who does not know enough to
know tlio difference between an honest
enterprise and a Peter Funk swindle is
a fool. Any business man who would
encourage others to invest money in tlio
proposed Missouri river scow line on Ihe
represent nitons contained in the pros
pectus is either a reckless speculator or
lacks ordinary business capacity.
Our friend , the lumber yard man ,
is evidently an cnthusicst on
river transportation and not very famil
iar with the confidence games that are
played upon the credulous by designing
adventurers.
A more glance at the prospectus of
the merchants' freight line and naviga
tion company ought to satisfy any ra
tional business man that the whole
scheme is a fake. The company is rep
resented with its headquarters in Now
York and its hindquarters in Omaha.
The head olllco located on pnpor is on
blank Broadway. The company's bank
ers are a blank firm on Broadway ,
and the ollleers of the company
nro jill blanks and the appli
cants for shares are blankety-blanks.
Before they have a dollar subscribed Iho
blank managers of the company guaran
tee ton per cent on two million and u
half of preferred stock. The profits nro
all figured out in advance and tlio steam
ers are all figured out to make trips as
regularly as a railroad train. Had the
inmglnatlvo manager of the lumberyard
who knows M > much about editing news
papers over made a trip up or down the
Missouri between Omaha and St. Louis
he would scarcely have been imposed on
by such barefaced rot.
It Is manifest , however , that our critic
knows a great deal more about lumber
than ho does about stcamboaling on the
Missouri , tlio building up of great cities
or thu editing of great newspapers. His
verdancy is certainly anvtising , If not In
structive. Ho confidently predict ; ? that
a scow line from Omaha to Pittsburg will
bo the means of building hundreds of
buildings In Omaha similar to TIIK 13KK
and Lifo. This is decidedly rich. Thuro
are not sixty buildings of the class of
TIIK BIK : and Life in all
America. Wo mean of course
llro-proof. otllco buildings with an in-
lurlor finish as elaborate as that of these
two great structures. Ho may be sur
prised to learn that there only ton or
twelve olllco buildings in this country
that cover an equal or larger ground
III-OH. II Now York , Chicago , Philadel
phia , Baltimore , Boston and till other
American cities only Imvo about sixty
office buildings of the first magnitude ,
how many scow lines would wo have to
establish t > oforo Onmliii could boast sev
eral hundred such buildings ?
r 1'nKsnrTKni.ixisM.
The Presbyterians of Nebraska have
declared by 11 majority of four to one in
favor of a revision of the confession of
faith. The long discussions which preceded -
ceded thin decision -have terminated
during the past three weeks In the re
sort to the ballot , and four of thd five
presbyteries in the state have recorded
their votes for u change in the church
standards. In taking this action Ne
braska but falls into line with hoi * sister
states of Kansas , Iowa nnd South
Dakota , and in fact with the great ma
jority of all the Presbyterian churches
of the country. Of the two hundred
and twelve presbyteries composing the
church very nearly or qulto two-thirds
have or will declare for revision.
While this action is not final in the
matter of revising the confession of
faith , still it shows Iho drift of opinion
in the churches and will largely govern
the action of the gcrioral assembly which
meets at Saratoga , N. Y. , next month.
Although the great majority of revis
ionists contend that no vital change is
contemplated , still to the secular mind
this overwhelming sentiment indicates
that a forward movement has begun in
the church based on broadnr ideas than
those prevailing three and four centuries
ago. Then tlio religious bigotry dis
played biased tlio minds of the leaders
who formulated the creeds which served
as the foundation for the Protestant
churches. While the bible was taken as
the standard , the Intense religious
feeling engendered during the per
iod of the reformation could
not fail to , in some degree , at least ,
warp the judgment of those engaged in
the work.
John Calvin , who formulated the doc
trines which later furnished the founda
tion for the confession of faith propnrcd
by the famous Westminster assembly ,
lived in Iho sixteenth century. I3y its
action llio Presbyterian church has de
clared in substance that while these
doctrines are in the main sound and
founded on biblical teachings , still they
contain statements which , with the
dawn of the twentieth century , need re
vision.
The central doctrine of Calvin's
system of theology was' uncondi
tional election . and reprobation.
This doctrine is still held
sound by revisionists and anti-
revisionists alike , but some of its outcroppings -
croppings are held by the former to bo
in contravention of bible teachings. Tlio
chief poipt of contention is the implied
statement in the confession that "God
created a certain number of His child
ren for the purpose of assigning them to
everlasting misery merely for His own
gratification. " Calvin is said to have
asserted in his writings that God "pre
cipitates unto eternal deatli infants torn
from their molhers' arms. "
It was tliis one point which"more than
any other , was responsible for the move
ment for revision. While the statement
imputed to Calvin is not positively as-
f-erled in llio confession , there is still
room for it to bo read between the lines.
A very largo majority of those opposed ,
to revision do not buliovo in the doctrine
of infant damnation and contend that
the confession docs not tench it. Their
opposition to any change is bised : largely
on the expressed fear ' that revision
will 1)0 ) carried , too far and
the very foundations of tfio Presbyterian
system of theology destroyed. There
are many side issues in the struggle , but
this is tlio pivotal point around which
the battle has been waged by tlio pres
byteries. Their decision has been in
favor of placing in the background tlio
doctrine of damnation and putting to
the fore the love of God and the salva
tion of sinners.
Tlio vote of the presbyteries is simply
a statement of opinion on tlio need of re
vision and the extent to wliioh changes
are desired. . . This vote will ha canvassed
by the general assembly of the church
next month , and that body will then ,
probably appoint a committee on revision ,
to report to the assembly of 1891. If
lliis report isndopled two years hence the
assembly will send down to the presby
teries a formal overture to bo voted on ,
in which the desired amendments will bo
fully stated. Then the real struggle
will lake place , and Iho full extent of
the dissatisfaction with the present
church stan durds will bo known.
n'K IIAVH A ituurr ro
When a minister descends from the
pulpit and mounts the political platform
he becomes amenable to the political
code like any other politician. If ho
enters Ihe arena of ( lobule on a pending
political issue ho must concede to his
adversary all the righls and privileges
ho lays claim to for himself.
In other words ho must not
only concede to his opponents the
right to dUTer , aiuVtho right to express
opinions tit variance with his own but
also to stand upon an equal plane before
the public with himself.
The recent controversy over Francis
Murphy and his temperance work has
drawn forth from Rev. Merrill of
this city a qunsxclmllongo to the oppon-
onls of constitutional prohibition to
debate with him the following
propositions : First Is the moderate
use of intoxicating beverages an evil ?
Second In all license of trnlno in intox-
caling beverages wicked ? Tliird Is pro
hibition of thu strong drink tralllc con
sistent with the genius and ( . ' ( institution
of our republic ? Fourth Does prohibi
tion prohibit ? Fifth Is prohibition the
friend of business and general prosperity ?
These are till pertinent questions in
volved In the propo.silions embodied in
Ihe Iwo pending amendments governing
thu tralllc in liquor. They are proper
wibjects for debate and their discussion ,
either on the platform or through Iho
press , would be Instructive to Iho volors
of Nebraska. But Mr. Merrill couples
with hischallonge the insulting condition
that whos-oovor takes the negative shall
proclaim himself as the repro entalivo
of the saloons. Now wo would ask Mr.
Merrill whether his demand Is in con
sonance with the genius and spirit of
Christianity ? \Vu want to know , and
have a right to demand whether Mr.
Merrill means to impugn the motives
ami assail Iho moral integrity
of every man who believes thai
prohibition does not prohibit. Wo wan
him to toll the people of Nobraski
Whether Martin Luther , Gporgo Wash
ington and Abraham Lincoln nro to bo
classed among the representatives of the
saloon because they Indulged in the
moderate use of inloxicaling beverages.
Wo have a right to demand on behalf o
thousands of devout Christians in Nebraska
braska whether or not they are to bo
pilloried by prohibition pharlsces as the
wicked champjonsbf the saloon when
ever by thelvolce or their votes thej
shall dare l& oppose the prohibitory
amendment. 'L
A XXKXJ. TlOX im'KHA. Tl'K. .
Every man who pays taxes in Soutl
Omaha sliould ponder over the facts and
figures presented in another column
. .With the most economical manugemcn
of city nlTnlrs , an overlap of sevonly-flvo
hundred dollars will have been croulei
by tlio first of next September , and three
limes that sum in sixteen months. Con
ceding that every penny of the legal tax
levy Is collected , the tolal receipts would
amount to twenty-eight thousand dollars
on the present valuation. The ordinary
running expenses of the present govern
ment will amount to forty-two thou
sand nine hundred dollflrs for one
year , leaving a deficit of fourteen thou
sand nine hundred dollars. The law
strictly forbids the creation of overlaps
and holds the mayor nnd councllmcn in
dividually responsible. If the existing
government is continued ami the law ig
nored , the warrants issued to pay em
ployes will be discounted , even if a pur
chaser is willing to take the risk at anj
price , and bonds must bo issued periodi
cally and sold at a loss to make up the
deficit. Tliis moans municipal bank
ruptcy and disaster.
This deplorable condition is not
only n mount * to Iho tax
payers and workingnio. . of South
Omaha. It directly invalues the pros
perity of Omaha. An injury lo the
great industries of the suburbs would
depress the business intoresls of Ibis
city. It is of vital importance that the
financial strength and credit of this city
should be extended over South Omaha ,
not only to avert certain disaster , but to
place the progress of the united cities
beyond the possibility of financial and
industrial depression.
The figures presented tell their own
story. They appeal to men of all classes
who are anxious to see the city grow and
prosper. They appeal to taxpayers ,
merchants and workingmen to make
common cause against the reckless job-
bcrs who have plunged llio city hopelessly
into debt , and to unite its municipal
destinies with Omaha. Annexation
moans financial credit , ample fire .and
police prelection and a full share of pub
lic improvements. Separation leads
inevitably to bankruptcy and the sheriff.
TIIK energetic example of the repre
sentatives of South Dakola might bo
copied with profit to the slate by the
Nebraska delegation. No false notions
of pride prevent the Dakotans from
asking and working for what will en
hance the material interests of the state.
Tlioy have secured favorable reports
from the committees of both houses on a
bill grnnting'to'Solitlf Dakota six hun
dred and forty ncr.cs of land on which
are situnled the buildings of Fort
Sisseton , , recently abandoned. The
grounds and buildings are granted to
the stale as a " "permanent camp
and parade ground and for
such other purposes in connection
with llio training and education of the
militia of tlio stale as the legislature
may direct. " Tlio early abandonment efFort
Fort Omaha nll'ords our representatives
a like opportunity to secure for tlio state
n valuable concession. Tlio grounds nro
specially adapted for military purposes ,
and the buildings could at slight cost bo
transformed into a training school. The
money the property would .realize is a
trillo lo the government compared with
the permanent benefits to flow from edu
cation combined with military training.
As shown by the vote on the appro
priation for the support of the civil serv
ice commission sixty-one honorables in
congress think the commission a child
of iniquity. lion. Mr. Dorsey , who ad
mires the unique iiiolliciul life , favors a
commission of one ; but tlio one hundred
and twenty-five members who voled to
support the commission as it is , vindi
cated the tasle of the American people
who have long been known lo have a
decided preference for the strictly orna
mental in the administration of govern
ment.
CHURCH HOWK wants the twenty-
sixth of April marked down with red
chalk on the political calendar to com
memorate Iho dale on which TIIK BKK
for the llrst time , publicly differed with
Van Wyclc. Church Howe's memory is
slightly defective. TIIK BKK differed
with Van Wyck three years ago when
Church Howe was nominated for con-
gross.
YANKTON is determined to have the
commerce of Nebraska within its grasp.
It already had railroads built to Omaha
and Lincoln and' how will build one lo
Fremont. The e roads are all on paper
up to date , but-ri > i
It' all the oUtpyJltleal race horses who
have entered for the fall stakes In Ne
braska coino up to the scratch , there
won't be either"'Colors ' , track room or
boards for dark''ti ( | rsus.
IT is reported Unit the wool growers
are not satisfied with the now wool rale
in Iho MoKlnlttyitarllT bill. Hah ! whoever
over know a woftl'ferowor ' to bo satisfied ?
TIIK eai-thqualfjj'in California on Iho
morning of the iMth inst. was pretty
nearly up to date as appointed by Iho
"doom sealers. " What nuxl ?
Till ) ItlMl iMllll'N IllMtlllUt.
Oi to < r//mild. ( / .
Hidn-lii-tho-Fiuv , the great Sioux chieftain -
tain , has applied for a position on thu police
force of Uismarc-k , N. D. If ho gets it ho will
change his name toTakoa-Nap-ln-the-Middlo-
of-thc-Night.
Me HUM Live * .
netiiitt t'rte I'rem.
Antliiuarlans who Imvo lately unoarthud
the Templu of Dul , In Mesopotamia , found a
tablet of a time U,7iO yenivi H. C. , on which
was the picture of an ann. Thu people of that
IITO probably thought he would soon bo ex
tinct and therefore decided to preserve his
picture for future generations , but Lor' save
'em , the ass still lives and outnumber * the
dandelions.
Hani's Arduous Undertaking.
/utiMtM i'ltu Journal.
Sara Dernlmrdt has arranged to make a
tour of the world Instead of a tour of the
world In eighty days It will be n tour of the
world in eighty trunks quite as arduous in
its way.
Quito Unkciituoklaii.
/ui ji Cltu Tlinm ,
Henry Watterson Is mild to have lost $1,000
In a game of poker recently. Of course the
minor Is without foundation. Next wo may
look for reflections upon the blood of Ne
braska horses ,
Discreet Foreign Viiolitmen ,
JJM//m ( Jltmhl.
It Is pretty safe to bet against any Inlenia-
tlomil yacht races being sailed. In American
waters this season. They seem to have moro
diplomacy than spunk on Ihe other side of Iho
waler.
Hxti-nordlnary Hotitlicrn Toleration.
Illcliinnnil DhiMtcli.
Vfa ngrco that the negro must bo nllowod
to emigrate If ho desires so to do , or to stay
in Virginia if ho desires to stay hero. It is a
great pity the negroes wore ever brought to
these shores ; but hero they nro , and wo must ,
If we can , be just to thorn.
A Wise Discreetness.
Huntlnglon and Sandford have fixed up
their difference of opinion , Iho former having
explained that all ho said was to bo taken in
a Pickwickian sense. The important reflec
tion came homo to these railway magnates
that they knew too much about each other to
quarrel.
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Another Strong Argument.
l'litlnilf.lilitii } llccniil.
The six new states , with a total vote of less
than aoo,000 , will have six times ns loud n
voice ns Pennsylvania in the United States
senate. The logical result of such u fact as
this will bo an increase in the popular de
mand for the election of senators directly by
popular vote.
The Wcntlicr Will Not Change.
St. Mud 1'bnuer-l'itn.
Although a bill has passed the senate trans
ferring the weather bin-can from the war lethe
the agricultural department , It can reason
ably have but little effect on the quality of
atmospheric manifestations. It is quite
likely that the rain will continue to fall upon
the Just and unjust , upon the . "iO-ccnt black
cotton sieve and the $25 silk umbrella.
Secretary Itusk's Siiggc.stionH.
Clileiigo Intcr-Oeran.
Our fanners , despite the continued fall in
grain prices , have not diversified their indus
tries as they should. Secretary Husk de
clares that this country imports $ ' > r < i,2fH,7S ; !
yearly , of which at least $ -J40,000,00 ( ) might bo
raised on our own farms. The loss of so largo
u volume of trade Is of itself sufficient cause
for depression. The causes of agricultural
depression are numerous , but remedies are
available , nnd Secretary Husk is to bo
thanked for his suggestion as to their appli
cation.
Moral KflTcct ol" Arbitration.
Xcw York Tribune.
The moral effect of the adoption of the ar
bitration scheme by the pan-American con
ference will be felt at once in Europe. No
moro striking contrast is offered by contem
poraneous history than is afforded by the
armaments and standing armies of the old
world and the new gospelof peace proclaimed
at Washington. Europe is a circle of camps
with millions of soldiers under arms and tlio
air electric with suspicion. In the western
hemisphere every republican nationality is
morally , if.not formally , committed , by the
action of the delegates at the conference , to
tlio policy of compulsory arbitration as a sub
stitute for war.
_
Vctleral Loans to Farmers.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The various schemes for the loaning of
money by the government to the farmers arc
all manifestly impracticable and unreason-
bale. It is really astonishing to sco what
whimsical ideas in that regard can be
seriously urged by Intelligent citizens , and
oven by Individuals professing lo bo states
men. These persons seem to think tlmt Con
gress. can do what It pleases with the public
money , and Unit it is in duty bound to pro
vide capital for private use on such terms as
will insure prosperity regardless of all ad
verse conditions. There is no virtue in any
scheme which promises to exempt men from
the prevailing conditions of industrial gain
nnd loss ; and least of all Is anything to bo
expected from the theory of looking to the
government as a source of help in every or
dinary linancial contingency.
It Needs
ililliuMi > littt Xnrth American ,
The bill Introduced by Senator HIscock fur
nishes a bomowhat scathing commentary on
one phase of civil service reform , the purpose
of this bill being to provide that honorably
discharged soldiers and soldiers who are In
the classified civil service shall have the
right to promotion without competitive exam
ination , the only examination to bo one to
test the Illness of tlio applicant for promo-
lion. If competitive examinations do not test
this Illness , what use in the niinie of common
sense arc they i It has long been the subject
of comment that the questions asked at these
examinations have uot much bearing on the
work to bo done by the applicant , but when
it is put in such bald form and in such an
oilldaP manner as lliis bill puts it , it would
seem that it Is time to reform civil service
reform.
_
The Fur Seal Monopoly.
I'liltiulcliiMa lltciml.
Some scandalous stories are In circulation
In" regard to the letting of the Alaska fur seal
monopoly , It has been alleged that the In
dianapolis concern , of which Attorney Gen
eral Michlner and Colonel W. W. Dudley
word-members , was offered the contract fora
bribe of $1,000,000 , which was virtually de
clined ; and this has been followed by an in
sinuation that the .successful bidders paid the
money.
But there Is nothing In the history Unit
Justifies this attempt lo cast suspicion upon
the Integrity of Secretary Wludom. The see-
rotary was bound by law to make a new lease
of the fur seal fisheries , and he gave the con
tract , as the evidence shows , to the parties
offering In all respects the best forms to the
government. Hut so long as this obnoxious
monopoly shall exist It will bo a subject of
scandal. The reproach for Its creation and
maintenance belongs wholly to congress.
Tills Ought .lo Hcttlo It.
ClilttianTrllnnif.
Before the adoption of the Interstate act It
was Insisted by prominent railroad managers
that the short haul section of that measure
was In effect a pro rain provision and must
require the abolition of thu low long haul
rates allowed on bulky freight between the
cast and wo > t. The Tribune disputed this
claim from the outset and held that the local
rates of a railroad were not necessarily gov
erned by the amount It might receive as Its
shuro for a shipment over the same line taken
in conjunction with oilier carriers for lung
dlslanco transportnllon over moro than ono
road. The Interstate commission has Just an-
lounced a rullni ; that ought to scttlo the mut
er , uncu and for all. In passing on the com-
) hdnt brought by the New Orleans Cotton
exchange against the Illinois Central and
oilier railroads for bringing cotton north at
Otis rates per mlle than they take U south to
\cw Orleans thu commission justified Hi
practice nnd declares emphatically that n road
may make n lower rate for Its share of a
through shipment than on a local one , al
though the distance may bo the same.
voicu oi a'in's'EvT'imuss. ; .
Fremont Tribunes If Frauds Murphy can
get people to quit the use of liquor by moral
suasion , the whole question Is solved , and
there will bo no use for amendments to con-
Blllnllons. The Omalm preachers ought to
bo ashamed of themselves.
Weeping Water Hcpubllcau : The farmers' '
alliances over the state do not favor tlioIdea
of forming a new party , but they will have a
finger In the pie nnd no man will bo Indorsed
for Iho Icglsl.iluro who will not plediro him
self to work for the Interest of the farmer.
Lincoln Journal : Land Commissioner
Groff Is winning golden opinions from nil
western men who have business with the
general land ofMee. Ho expedites things , has
greatly decreased the number of unadjusted
claims and suspended patents since ho took
the place , nnd It Is noted that ho has no sym
pathy for the claim jumiicr. A homesteader
who goes on hind In good faith to make It his
hnmo Is not ejected on u technicality by n
Jumper If Judge CirofT gets hold of the case.
Friend Telegraph : There seems to bo a
growing deslro In the western part of the
state for Senator Oeorgo W. Unrton of Or
leans for governor. Ills friends claim , jind
It is a fact , ho has never known what detent
means In any thing ho , has undertaken. Ho
has made one of the best members of the sen-
ulo In our hist legislature nnd has been ono of
the most successful business men in tlio.state.
Should ho conclude lo enter the nice ho will
bo one of the strongest men In the convention.
QgN'cbraskn City Press : The Omaha minis
terial union is nfter Francis Murphy's scalp
because of his efforts to save men from being
drunkards in another way than the particular
way the preachers have selected. They have
formally refused to endorse his work for tem
perance , nnd one , named Holt , characterizes
his conduct in coming to Omaha as "unchris
tian. " The Omaha ministers should bo
ashamed of themselves and Omaha .sliould bo
ashamed of them.
State Journal : The district court has de
cided that Helen Oougar la not n conductor
of religious meetings and entitled to the
privileges of the clergy , and , has discharged
Air. Hosewuter from custody ns a disturber
of a religious meeting in Tekamah. The
court is undoubtedly right. The arrest and
punishment of Mr. Hosowatcr by thu Telia-
nmh authorities for asking Helen to let him
defend himself in her meeting from a per
sonal attack she. had made on him was
wrong. While the people laughed because it
was Edward that sulTercd at the hand of
Helen , justice frowned and felt the edge of
her sword with her thumb , If Helen nguin
ventures within the jurisdiction of the court ,
there may bo trouble because of the false Im
prisonment of n citizen of Nebraska , in the
county of Hurt.
Fremont Flail : , And so Hosewater comes
out of the Tekamab muddle with the pro
hibition women nil right , Judge Clarkson
holding that tlie meeting that he was said to
have disturbed when Uougnr was roasting
him was not u religious meeting. Of course
this was a foregone conclusion from the
start.
Tekamah Burtonian The .
: tlong.ir-Ilosc-
water trial was on tap yesterday. After em
paneling the jury , which took some little
time , thu witnesses worn called for and the
battle was opened , with County Attorney
Peterson for the stnto and Judge Savage of
Omaha and W. O. Scare ( if Oakland for tlio
defense. After the examination of a few wit
nesses Judge Savage suddenly called for
proof of tbo Women's Christian Temperance
union being aTcllgions society. It will bo re
membered that Kosewaler was arrested on
the charge of "disturbing the meeting of a re
ligions society. " Judge Clarkson made n rul
ing , after the evidence on this point had been
given , tbat the constitutions of neither the
national , state nor county branches of this
society contain anything that would indicate
that the Women's Christian Temperance
union was a religious society , and it could not
therefore bo taken us such. After this ruling
Attorney Peterson dropped thu cnso nollo
proseqni. Tlio liuvtoaiaa is not prepared to
say that this decision is nooil or bad , but is of
the opinion that Judge Clarkson is backed by
the law. Tbo Dili-Ionian is a newspaper and
not a court : it does not take issue with either
side , but publishes the facts regardless of th
request uf n Icadlug member of tbo Women's
Christian Temperance union Unit "if yon ( the
editor ) don't say something for us tliis week ,
you'll catch it. "
Hastings Nebraskan : The case brought
against Edward Hosewater , editor of Tun
OMUII Jlii : : , for the alleged disturbance of u
religious meeting in Tekamah , when ho Inter
rupted Helen Oougar in a speech bristling
with defamatory charges against Mr. Hoso-
watcr , has been dismissed on motion of the
prosecuting attorney. Judge Clnrkson ruled
that there was nothing In the constitution of
the W. C. T. U. to indicate that it was a re
ligious society , hcnco there was no ground for
the complaint. Mrs. Ciougnr in making a per
sonal tirade against Air. Kosowater exceeds
all bounds ot propriety to say the least , and
the arrest , it is Justly found , was made upon
a trumped up pica.
AUT STUDY IN A.MI2UIOA.
fur 1'ht fliniilin lire.
Would you like to know something of an
art student's life ! A student not of that art
who o object Is the decoration of sachet bags ,
plucques and lire shovels , but of thai which
usplros to
'Tour Kit-lit walls hi tbo Nun * Jerusalem ,
Meted on each sldo liy tlio angel's reed
For Leonard , Hafaul , An 'clo and mo
Tocovur , "
or something similarly modest nnd unam
bitious.
From n dingy doorway on Twenty-third
street , almost directly nndor the noisy Third
avenue elevated , n small sign swings out
bearing the legend , "Art Students' League of
Now York.
Up the stops and through the narrow door
throng dally SOU a-sthotlcally gowned maidens
and artistically Ill-dressed men.
Dowdlness Is considered nn essential attend
ant of stndcnlhood. Artists as a ruin dress as
correctly as other men , lint no ono yet over
saw a decently attired art siudeiit. There Is ,
indeed , an oxcnso fora certain shubbincss , as
the space between the easels Is small and ono
can scarcely avoid an occasional contact with
wet paint.
Inside , the haunt of aspiring genius Is nbont
as bare and unaUractlvo as possible. For
txitlnr conn-nliMthm of Unlit thoanllqimrhi.ss
rooms tire divided into alcoves , by rough can
vas screens , against which the casts are nr-
itingeil. Kxcopt stools , easels and other work
ing materials Micro is no furniture. Thu only
invlcn.su at decoration Is In the Cue similes of
drawings by famous artists , plainly framed
and hanging everywhere.
Monday morning each student selects his
cast and begins the week's work. Tuesday
thu Instructor comus and thu drawing Is sup
posed to IK ) well under way.
Silence , as of thu grave , ivlgns while the
erltlclams an ) buing mado. Tlio respect of a
subject for his king Is nothing compared to
the deference with which the student ivguiiU
his muster. That great man M-ats himself at
tbo easel , g.uus sturnly at the drawing befuro
him , and says a do/.ea words , not at all alxnit
that particular pleco of work , perhaps , but of
thu ( .Indent's general faults and of the i-om-ct
methods of study. Sometimes it is merely.
"You must study itroK | rlloiis nmro carefully.
Your work Is caivluss. " Or , "Your drawing
Is fairly good , but you don't manure li ht and
hhiulu well. " "Yon don't undorstJind th.it
cast at all , tukoomethiiiK' simpler. ' '
Krldav Iho drawing Is supimse.l to bo iln-
Uhod and thu final criliuUm is given.
The necuH.slly of grasping Iho oHsonlial
points and leaving details alonu I always
kept before the student. TUl oxauiiuatluu of (
drawings twice u wcok Is nil the. Instruction
given. During the week the students crllt.
else each otlicr. Tlio masters simply show
how to study inn ! wnteh the pwgivss of cnch
oiio.
oiio.When one enter * n Rival in-t school ho hai
llrst to learn that ho knows absolutely nothIng - !
Ing about drawing. Ho begins his artistic
career \iy \ trying to m ; ko u ixjrfeetly tuvuruto
copy of a hideous plaster foot. After sl <
weeks or so of this sort of thing ho Is suflU
elently denuded of nny original vanity to bo
promoted to inoit ) praecfully ttlniied | hands
nnd feet , arms mid less In every roneelviiblo
jwse , hanging up , lying down , foreshortened"
then masks , mists , torsos nnd full length fig
ures. Many years nro spent In working from
the nnthiuo.
The life classes for men niv separate from
the women's , but In both mcii nro preferred
for models , ns the beauty of tlio female form '
Is morn subtle nnd less strong , therefore not
so well adapted to purposes of study. A Rival
deal of nonsense Is Indulged In , concerning
this studying from thonudo , especially among
people wlm Know llttlo nbont art'nnd In
places where the Iden Is new. When nndn
models were first Introduced Into the art
.schools of San Franelnco , thocitlzens nettiallv
held meetings to protest , In the interest of
publlo mornls , and thtvatened to break up the
school and prosecute the teachers.
If these good people could spend nil hour in
n Hfo class , ( which they cannot , visitors being
excluded ) , and note the perfect decorum ob
served , their horror would doubtless be miti
gated.
As the clock strikes the hour , the monitor ,
the only person who ever .si > caks to the model * S
calls "time. " The tlgnro which emerges from \ V
tlie seclusion of that tall xvhlto screen and
takes its pose on the platform , Is mil a naked
man ; It is a nude model. The personal ! ) v and
the clothes were taken off together. It keeps
the posoa half hour. Ueleased bv a word
from the monitor it retires behind tlio screen
for a live minutes' rest. When the time is up
it puts on its clothes and becomes an in
dividual again.
Perhaps in Parisian ateliers frequented
only by men the pretty model muvtrlparound
"In her complexion" and gossip with the stu
dents during rests , hut -such a thing Is un
known In this country.
Posing Is hard work and the models qulto +
frequently faint away. A bottle of whisky
( bad , I tasted it once ) Is kept , always on hnuil
for such emergencies. In the Flu painting
class one day the model , an Italian brlganif ,
fainted after posing an hour under a blazing
skylight. It was criticism day and the poor
model was so embarassed bv Ids own misbe
havior that ho wept copiously , exclaiming
through his learn , "First time , boss ! never do
it no moral" It was some tlmo before his
emotion subsided enough for tlio pose to bo
resumed.
The most advanced students in the llfo
classes paint. The others draw In charcoal
There arc modeling classes under tlio sculptor -
tor St. Oaudens. They differ from tlio others
onlv In the medium employed. The same gen-
nrill Itlut l-lli'M/m lu crtvnn
The sketch classes are interesting. In these
the students | wse for each other , each Irving
to outdo the rc.st In the matter of costume.
They meet afler o'clock three duvs in the
weeic.
In painting , one begins with still-life , which
docs not mean n hoterogcnions collection of t
objects fruits of till seasons , a fringed nap
kin and n gloss of lemonade hut a polished
brass or coppur kettle , an arrangement of old
bottles and earthenware Jugs , n glass of
water , full of rollections , a dead fish , or a
bunch of carrots bung against a wall. Not '
that one thing is harder to paint than another. I
A brass kettle is us diniciilt to faithfully re
produce on canvas as u face. Hut some tilings
are simpler and moro easily understood than
others. There are a hundred things to be
studied in a face where there Is ono in a kettle
or u bunch of carrots. That is all the differ-
once.
From still life the student advances to
heads and draped figures. The models tire
selected , not for beauty , but for character ,
expression or coloring. A weather-beaten
old man or woman , with a red face and u * m
tangled mass of red hair , Is pre.ferred to a
face of classic loveliness , because moro can bo
learned from It. The Art league students do
not draw their fares before painting. They
imlicntrrwlth u bit. of charcoal the proper
tions , the slant of the eyes , uiid proceed at
once to "lay In" with paint.
The impressionists , that much abused and
ridiculed population , uro right in theory if
they are occasionally a little extreme in prac
tice. There are few lines In nature , and those
few are NO blurred mid softened by atmos
phere as to bo almost lost.
By the Icajrno method the student Is taught
to regard object" not In outline , but as musses
of light and shade and color.
The Hfo of a serious art student is full of
bard work. The first few years Is nothing
less than drudgery. And when his studies
are over , when ho comes back from Paris
and sets up a .studio , unless he succeeds us
only ono in a hundred of the best does suc
ceed , how much sympathy decs bu meet with
in this country i
Hut then , each one expects to be the "Inn
dredtb man. "
And the failures arc not altogether failures
after all , since there are thus moro people In
the world who appreciate , mid education Is all
the American needs , to make him as much a
patron of art its the Frenchman.
And cac.li soul that aspires does a llttlo
toward thuelovation of the race.
New York is really the only city In Amer
ica where n successful course of art study
can be pursued. There uro good painters lit
Huston , In Chicago , In Han Francisco and
Cincinnati ; t licit ) may bu good .schools , but
their Instruction is all more or less superfi
cial. Hundreds of students , who have finally
drifted to New York , testify to this fact.
The Art league , which was founded by the
artists of Nuw York for the training of' men
and women who might elevate American art ,
numbers among its instructors William M.
Chase , Ihe best painter , Ifenyon Cox , the
finest draughtsman In'America , Carrel Heck-
with , Blashllcld , Twnrhtiimn and others of
equal note , llcsides tbo advantage of workIng -
Ing under such men , the methods of I ho school
are the same as those of llio great ICnropc.au
schools Iho Heanx Arts and the .Milieu.
New York has the artistic atmosphere if
any city in America has. exhibitions uro
undoubtedly the finest , its privuto collections
the best to bo seen on this side of the wilier.
All the.su things are a most Important part of
an art education , since the taste , the intelll-
geneu and the discrimination must bu as
highly cultivated as the eye and the bund , In J
order to paint good pictures.
KIICTA LOVISI :
.SViiffn Jltrnhl.
When n man who a few short weuks ago
utterly Ignored Webster now slings such dic
tionary words as "oplstaxls" and "lluxna-
lion , " 'is lie not climbing thy Journalistic tree
us nimbly as an ape I
A DawcH County I'neaii.
Cliaili'on Jinmidl.
The average Whit noy granger now fuolcth
lllio a steer in high rye. Ho slngeth hosan-
ahs to llio rain-maker. His vuicu sounduth
sweet , Is alluring and Joyous. Ills goings and
comings are just , prn | > er and In accordance
with thu outlook for a prolific yield. lie
hath been n follower of Ihe plow for lo these
many weeks and now that It niincth ho seek-
elh Kcelnslon and quotclh the psalmist , say
ing , "ain't this bully for craps. "
Why Our Dovll SupporlH Mini.
Tiilninu' Cli'iini'ton. '
Our dovll Is fm'Alexaiider for postmaster
at Syracuse. Ho Is a pti uclmr , u hctuier , a
Sunday school teacher , an editor , a repnb-
llcan. a prohibitionist , and has eaten moro of
his editorials than thu devil's Christ sent Into
the .swine. Oar devil Is for Alexander.
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