THE OMAHA DAILY BEE , SUNDAY , MAY 18 , 1S9G.-SIXTEEN
THE DAILY BE E
E. ROSEWATER , Editor.
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! M-pago paper . " 2 cents " 4 cents
Tim weekly batik .stutonictil shows
llio reserve lins Inofoafied $ . > 2G,000. Tlio
banks now hold $2,0ii,000 ; in excess of
legal requirement. ! ! .
TUB next thing in the natural order
that will coino tip for discussion in the
Tiiininiui.v T. H. club will bo the possible
vacancy in the United States somite.
WHAT Mr. Wurdoll does not know
about Nebraska and the condition of her
people would 1111 a very largo volume
Nebraska is thoroughly competent to
take euro of herself without the nssist-
luii'o of political farmers and slanderers
from South Dakota.
TUB edict of the jewelers trust is
hardly worth the paper it is printed on.
It is interesting chiclly as showing the
wonderful nerve of manufacturers who
attempt to dictate the prieo at which
goods shall be nold after they have passed
into the hands of retailors.
IN the controversy between u pair of
blooming Iowa cities as to which has the
in-oiliest women. THE Bun suggests that
the judges journey to Omaha to view
standard typos of beauty so as to render
an intelligent judgment. Original pack
ages of feminine loveliness bloom hero
in all their native luxuriance.
Tnr. clearings of the Omaha banks for
the week amount to $ o178flu'Llli , a sub
stantial increase over the volume of
business for the name week last year.
Tlio speculative business which goes to
swell the clearings of most cities does
not apply to Omaha. The figures are
the record of increasing trade in regular
commercial channels.
THK school book trust ban absorbed the
leadli'g publishing houses of the coun
try. Xlndor the name of the American
book company it luw swallowed the firms
of New York , Chicago and Cincinnati ,
whoso publications are familiar to every
school boy. The olTect of this combina
tion will bo the Htrangling of competi
tion and a material advance in prices
which will bo felt in every household in
the north.
Tun rumor that General Munderson is
nbout to resign his neat in the buimtp to
accept the mission to Spain , recently
filled by ox-Senator Palmer of Michigan ,
1ms created quite a Hurry among politi
cians who keep a supply of lightninir
rods constantly on hand for emergencies.
The fact ( hat the senator look tea at the
white house u few days ago is probably
the only factor for the rumored inten
tions of a change of base. Hut hope
Hprinjra eternally in the human breast ,
and some men who wore not born great
will expect grcatncsH to bo thrust upon
them by the governor.
' speculation is rapidly
dying out. It is stated that ten of the
largest of these institutions have sus
pended within the last six weeks and a
much larger number of Kinullor ones
have closed tholr doors. To this extent
the wisdom of the action of the Chicago
boanl of trade in refusing to furnish quo
tations to the bucket shops is vindicated ,
nnd if the rusult , as claimed , has been a
much larger volume of trading on the
regular exchange and a substantial ad
vance in the prices of farm products ,
then the course of.tho board lias boon an
inestimable , benefit. It is quite prob
able , however , that prices would have
improved with the bucket shops In active
operation , notwithstanding the gener
ally bonrlnh inlluenco attributed to
thorn. Other well known causes Imvo
contributed to that result. Still it is
altogether well that the bucket
Bhopa are going out of exist-
once. They could not possibly servo
any good purpose in the in
terest of tr.ulo , timl they fostered n
gnniDling disposition most demoralizing
in its olTect both upon individuals and
upon the trade of the country. Hut
Bpi'culation will 'not end with the do-
Ktruction of the bucket shops , and it Is a
quest Ion whether it will be much less
dangerous. If congress responds to the
demand of the farmers the millionaire
gambler * of the exchanges will bo do
jirived of tlio privilege they now enjoy of
inn ! bearing products at will.
TniCKKttr.
The prohibition campaign was oponcd
last No1 , ember with Blander , vitiipuru
tion and an exhibition of intolerance
without a parallel In the history of No
Immkn politics. It was followed nl
along the line by audacious mlsroprc
actuation nnd an utter lack of manhood
honor or principle on the part
of the hired organs of pro
hibitlon and mercenary agitators
Acting upon the Jesuit motto that "tho
end justifies the means" the battle axes
of prohibition have doomed it porfectlj
justifiable to make the most baseless o
charges , and when challenged to the
proof attempt to sustain them by per
jurnd affidavits.
The latest device to discredit cvcrj
editor who darcs'to differ with them or
does not believe that prohibition pro
hiblts is if anything more infamous that
the calumnies to which Tin : BKK and
its editor have been subjected at tlio
hands of these Pharisees.
A few days ago a confidential typewritten
written letter was mailed from Louis
ville to Nebraska newspapers irrespec
tive of their leaning on tlio prohibition
issue , of which the following ia a copy
Ulinrlc.4 Turner ,
Special Advertising Agency ,
Louisville , ICy.
May 5.
Publishers of
IJEAit Silt : Pleaie ( jtve mo price per inch
of Inserting matter similar to the enclosed
clippings , lli-stlii ordinary news columns in
news typo , without any advertising marks
und secondly us editorial matter without ad
vertising marks. If you nutko an attractive
price on this business it is probnblo that 1
could close contract at once for us much as
200 inches for your dully , space to bo used inoue
ouo month , cash to accompany order.
Please give rate also for weekly.
CM.UU.I.S TfiiXEii.
As was doubtless intended by the orig
inator of this bra/en imposture this let
ter has furnished the teSt for u tirade ol
abuse against the rum power and the
subsidized rum press. The Omaha pro
hibition organ indulges in the following
comment :
This very interesting business letter from C.
C. Turner was received lost week by the
publishers ot a dally paper printed In Ne
braska.Vo sissuro our readers it was not
addressed to Tin : Bii : or the World-Herald.
If it had been wo should never Imvo seen it.
But enclosed with it were the same old worm-
eaten lias which have been inuimskcd uiraiu
and iignlii , but which thuso papers reprint so
often. * * * * Perhaps some renders of
the Leader do not know who this Charles
Turner is. Ho is secretary of the National
l iiiuor Dealers' Protective association , an
organization whose purpose and work is to
prevent legislation against the liquor trallle.
Wo sco in the 'above letter the hand
of the liquor power which now in this
artful , sneaking , lying way would hide its
hideous face butaccompllsh its infernal work.
It is repeating its Pennsylvania tacticsputting
gold before the eyes of the editors and news
paper publishers , and tempting them to father
its lies and perform its dirty , dastardly , dev
ilish worlc. Gentlemen , the gumo is known ,
the clippings are spotted nnd J.ho papers who
engage to print them will bo pointed out as
the liimor dealers' matter appears.
D Ye * , indeed ; this is the work of an in
fernal , awful , lying , sneaking scoundrel.
But the author of this bid for advertis
ing performs his dirty , dastardly ,
devilish work for - money con
tributed by conscienceless prohi
bitionists who imagine they have
done great service-to humanity by such
highhanded fraud.
in spite of tlio assertion of our disrep
utable contemporary TUB BKK did re
ceive the inquiry , purporting to come
from "Charles Tumor , advertising
agent. " This letter was responded to by
the foreign advertising clerk in the
counting room of TUB BUB , and the fol
lowing is a copy oftho ( response :
OMAHA , May 15. Mr. Charles Turner ,
Louisville , ICy. Dear Sir : Your letter of
the nth received. In regard to advertising in
the line of the enclosed , will say that the
r.itc is 5J.10 per inch for daily , morning and
evening editions or Sunday , and S'J.Ut per
inch for the weekly. This would ba inserted
among regular reading matter. Wo do not
plneo this or any other class of advertising on
our editorial page. This paper is making u
hard light against prohibition in this state uiul
our editorial page usually has very strong
articles on that subject every day , also in our
weekly which has u very largo circulation.
Wo enclose herewith our sworn statement
of circulation , nlso card rates. Wo will ullow
you 15 per cent commission on this business
if you secure it for-us.
TUB BKI : Punusmxo COMPAXT ,
Per IltiSTKii , Advertising Department.
Tills shows on its face how frankly out
advertising clerk treated the inquiry
after rates and his olTor of fifteen per
cent discount shows that ho regarded
"Charles Turner" as an advertising
agent who would bo entitled to the usual
commission.
When the attention of the editor of
TUB BKB was called to the Turner letter
through the weekly Jlurtonian his first
impulse was to denounce Turner and the
whisky trust outfit and to notify them to
leave Nebraska severely nlono und lot
the prohibition issue bo fought out hereon
on Us merits by men who have every
thing' at stake in the prosperity and
future growth of this city and state.
Upon further Inquiry it was found that
the Turner letter Is an ingenious species
of forgery. The "Clias. Turner" who
signs tills letter Is simply the agent of a
prohibition paper and his letter was got
ten up as'a decoy just the same as the
"Johnson" letter , which was mailed out
of Lincoln to eastern liquor dealers ,
brewers and distillers under a fraudulent
heading and with false pretenses in
order to make capital for the intemper
ate advocates" enforced sobriety. The
name of the bocrotary of the National
Liquor Dealers' Protective asso
ciation is not "Charles Turner"
nor "C'hns. Turner , " but C. C. Turner.
He may be a distributer of boodle and a
very bad man for all wo know , hut ho is
credited with possessing some brains.
If ho really did want to buy up the
Nebraska papers ho 1ms "sunso enough
not to squander money on papers that
Inive opposed prohibition nnd are now
opposing it with all thelr , might
and main. And ho would
liavo brains enough to know
that it was imprudent to send his offers
out promiscuously to rank prohibition
ists as well us those who oppose prohibi
tion.
tion.Tho
The Turner letter Is a piece of scurvy
Irlckery of which all decent prohibition-
sts ought to bo heartily ashamed.
cvsmxo's nirK3iui.
Mayor dishing is still wrestling with
the problem how to fill the chairman-
ship of the board of public works. The
trouble with our mayor Is that ho has
only square pegs with which to fill round
holes.
The men who are importuning him
for the place , and the man whoso ap
pointment the council combine is trying
to dictate , are utterly unfit for the posi
tion. But It does not stand to reason
that there is not a single democrat in
Omaha competent to succeed Major Bui-
combo.
If the mayor would turn n deaf car to
bulldozers and jobbers who want to use
him or disgrace him ho would soon find
somebody qualified for the place.
And if lie cannot find such
a person the tax paying citizens of all
parties would prefer that Major Bal-
combe should remain undisturbed.
But the mayor fears that Mr. ChalTeo
will take advantage of his absence and
appoint the man that the council com
bine has centered UIKMI as Its most use
ful and willing coparcener in jobbery.
It Is very doutful whether Mr. Chaffoo
would dare to do such a thfng. Ho cer
tainly would not dare to do It if the
mayor exacts a pledge that Balcombo
should remain undisturbed during his
absence.
FAtlMKHS.
In those days of spurious butter and
sanded sugar wo are not in the least sur
prised at the appearance of the bogus
granger. Two weeks ago a number ol
spurious farmers convened themselves
at Lincoln to revive the defunct state
grange , which had been inoldering in
the graveyard ever since its last master ,
Church Howe , strangled it with monopoly
ely hemp.
On Thursday last a gathering of rail
road pass patriots , disguised as indignant
farmers , met at Hastings under the pre
tense that they desired to discourage
grumblers and growlers nnd encourage
immigration. The object was lauda
ble and the resolutions which these
infuriated farmers passed were pointed
and in some respects appropriate. There
is no doubt that Nebraska lias been seri
ously crippled by designing fiat dema
gogues who are howling about the dis
tressed and oppressed farmer , while in
reality they are working the deluded
farmer for his patronage and political in-
tluonce.
But the resolutions adopted by the
oleomargarine grangers at Hustings are
deceptive. The voice is the voice of
Jacob , but the hand is the hand of Esau.
Way behind the screen the railroad cap
per is laughing in his sleeve. Ho can
play farmer if it is desirable to create
diversion that will divide the farmers ,
divert attention from their worst griev
ance by leading them on a false scent.
And when the oily-tongued pass gang
had fulminated their thunders they
pulled the hayseed out of their hair and
presented their expense bills to their em
ployers at railroad headquarters.
Within a week or two tlio same old
band of bogus grangers , reinforced by
recruits from the ranks of the traveling
roustabouts will make itself heard in
Dorsoy's and Council's districts with the
same old song set to now music.
Whether the astute railroad managers
who are stimulating the manufacture of
bogus grangers will got their money
back wo have grave doubts. It goes
without saying that the real fanners of
Nebraska are intelligent enough not to
bo duped by cappers who masquer
ade iu high top boots , slouch hats and
j -suns. _ _ _ _ _ _
THE IKOllKASE Of OIU.MK ,
There is a steady and rapid increase
of crime in this country which should
command more attention from the pub
lic authorities than is generally given
it. The columns of the daily newspapers
bear testimony to tlio fact that criminal
ity in every form is broadcast , and that
In every city of the country the burglar
and highwayman find abundant oppor
tunities , while murders have become
inoro numerous than over before in
our history. The last authoritative
criminal statistics showed a largo in
crease in every phase of crime , but par
ticularly so lu acts of the most heinous
character. The record of murders in
this country for the six yoira : from 183 i
to 18S9 , Inclusive , gives n total of nearly
fifteen thousand , last year exceeding by
several hundred either of the preceding
years in the number of lives taken by
violence. It is interesting to note that
but few more than ton per
cent of the murderers wore le
gally executed , the larger number
of them who p.ild the penalty of their
crime , having mot retributive justice at
the hands of lynohors. By way of show
ing the difference in results of dealing
with murderers by "duo process of law"
and by the system of Judge Lynch , it is
stated that of the nearly lift-Jen thousand
persons charged with murder last year
only live hundred and fifty-eight wore
legally executed and nine hundred and
seventy-five were lynched.
There has long been complaint , and it
would seem from the facts very justly
so , of the slow nud uncertain course of
justice in this country as in largo part
accounting for the increase of crime.
When it is shown that in a period of six
years murder was legally punished in
July ono case out of about twenty-seven ,
it is impossible to avoid the conclusion
Ihut there Is some radical fault in our
legal system. Whether It bo in the de
cays of courts , the method of consti
tuting juries , or in a papular hostility
to capital punishment It is
extremely difficult to determine , but it
is quite likely that all those have their
nlluonco. It is mulnt'ilnod by experi
enced jurists that the law's delay is very
) otcnt in oncourngingcrimo , since under
nest circumstances the criminal is the
gainer by such delay , especially in other
.ban capital crlinoa , while even as to
.hose It not unfroquontly happens that
niblie sympathy Is worked upon
n behalf of an accused
lerson when a long period
ntwvonos between arrest and trial.
Almost everybody knows of a case whore
maudlin sentiment has been worked up in
i community in behalf of a pri onor that
uis resulted in defeating justice. There
ms been n great deal of criticism , also ,
) f the system of constituting juries in
criminal cases , which is in most
if the states practically the same
low that U was when the system
v.i8 first instituted. With regard to
lupular bontlment respecting cupl-
ul punibhmeiu , the claim that there is a !
growing nntlfjahy to the death penalty ,
which has roe mly b'jon ' freely urged In
New York by-Ujo advocates of a repeal
of the law pryvjdlng for capital punish *
ment , wo boltWe to bo Ill-founded. The
argument dia-lIVil from the fact that
there nro so few legal executions floems
plausible , buUit , I.j by no means convinc
ing that the gi'hornl popular judgment
is unfavorable to capital punishment.
But it is a condition , and u very seri
ous ono , that'confronts us , nnd in lookIng -
Ing for a prafylftil w.iy to meet it not
much help will/bo derived from discuss
ing theories.yfien regard for human
life appears to bo every whore growing
less nnd the record shows the murderous
impulse to bo steadily advancing , it is
necessary to determine what sure
and summary remedy society can
apply to such a slnto of affairs.
The only rational recourse must
bo to a prompt and olTcctlvo
execution of the laws. This duty de
volves upon the courts , which while re
garding to the utmost all that is implied
in "duo process of law , " should refuse
to countenance or tolerate any of those
devices or expedients by which justice
Is delayed and criminals are enabled to
unduly profit. There has never boon a
time when this subject had greater in
terest for the people of Omaha than It
now possesses.
VOSTAT , TKl.KnilAl'H AXD THK I'ltKSS.
Tlio postal telegraph scheme is not likely to
get much beyond the committee room during
the present session. The more It is examined ,
the worse it appears. No newspaper man
who knows anything of the methods which
prevail in the government departments could
possibly favor it if ho consulted his own in
terests. Government supervision would mean
for the newspapers nn exasperating amount
of red tape , petty inconveniences nud insuf
ferable delays.
The above extract from the Washing
ton correspondence of the Springfield
( Mass. ) ficpublicnn docs not speak well
for the proverbial intelligence of report
ers at the national capital. No news
paper man who knows anything about
the methods which prevail in the pres
ent telegraph system will bo iu the ioast
alarmed over the proposed establish
ment of a postal telegraph.
The leading papers of the country
either have their leased wires exclu
sively employed In the transmission of
their specials , or by arrangement with
the telegraph companies they have wires
in their olllces manned by operators de
tailed for their accommodation. The
Now York , tlio Western Associated and
United press service is done on leased
wires and manjU'd by operators directly
in the employj < jf the respective press
associations.In , Great Britain
where the postal telegraph has been in
successful operation for years , the press
fares just as well as it does in America.
Tlio great Lond'on ' dailies and tlio pro
vincial dailies of extensive circulation
receive their dispatches over wires
leased at reasonable prices from the gov
ernment , nndVliilo it is true that short
distances and perfect mail service en
ables them to receive tlio bulk of their
nowj by postJlioy tire not in tlio least
inconvenienced by governmental red-
tape so far as we'can learn.
But as a unit to , r of fact the postal tele
graph "bills now pending in congress ,
and more particularly tlio bill favored
by Postmaster General Wnnamakor ,
which wo print in full elsewhere in this
issue , do not contemplate the least in
terference with any arrangement or
contract which any newspaper or press
association may have with existing tele
graph companies. On the contrary sec
tion 11 of this bill provides that
nothing in the act contained
shall prevent any telegraph
company from performing business for
the public , which includes the news
papers , the same as is now done , tlio only
restriction being that llio company doing
postal telegraph service shall not en
gage directly or indirectly in tlio sale
of press reports , election reports , market
quotations or general news , or bo in
terested in the sale of such reports , quo
tations or news by reason of the owner
ship us a company of stocks , bonds or
securities , or through any con
tract or arrangement with any
individual , firm or company
engaged in such sulo beyond the service
of transmitting such reports , quotations
or news in the form of telegrams at rates
which shall bo uniform to all who may
send such telegrams.
In other wordstho telegraph company
shall bo exclusively confined to tlio func
tions of a public carrier and not dabble
or deal in commercial news , election re
ports and quotations in speculative
stocks. This is in the interest of
the press as well as the pub
lic. But independent of all
selfish or mercenary considerations
it is the duty of the press to favor any
and all measures that tend to extend to
the people at largo that most potential
agency of rapid intercourse , the tele
graph.
Wlillo wo should prefer to have tlio
government purchase all existing com
mercial lines and supplant the existing
telegraph monopoly by a telegraph .sys
tem absolutely under governmental con
trol , the bill wlfph | Mr. Wnnnmakor has
endorsed will go far toward giving
the people cheap telegraph service ,
and very much' increased and Improved
facilities. If tli . bill is enacted into a
law every carrier delivery postotllco will
bo a telegraph/'o'ftlco ' ' and a telegraph
money order o'flk'o within throe years ,
And the rates Xjil bo within the reach
of every wagiiworkor , while now the
telegraph Is utmost exclusively used by
tlio mercantile 'class , people of moans ,
gamblers in m'pituots ' and stocks and
iporting men gtVn'ernlly.
A mtKCKKfy /IK.VBJ-.lfl'/OA' .
"I have mudo .my money from the
women of America , " exclaimed A. T.
Stewart , before his donth , "and I ought
: o do something for them , especially
'or the poorer clauses. " Acting on this
inpulso the famous merchant prlnco
inirolmsod a site in New York nnd
proceeded to erect what was de
signed to bo a lusting monument to his
generosity and a home for the homeless
working women of the great city.
Stewart's inspiration was foredoomed.
Death claimed him ore the great philiin-
hroplc project was completed and ho
eft to others the tank of carrying
out the broad plans which were tlm hop )
of his declining duys. The Now York
WorhVt history of the wreck of the
Stewart estate shows In detail the means
employed by Hilton to defeat the liber
ality of his benefactor. The hotel was
designed to afford the comfortsof a homo
to unmarried working women at reason-
nblo cost. It contained nine hundred
rooms and could readily accommodate
ono thousand persons. But Hilton had
other schemes In view. At the very outset -
sot , only ono hundred and fifty out of the
thousands of applicants were accepted.
A series of odious rules were posted in
every room and a system of 03-
plonugo inaugurated that no self-
respecting woman could calmly
endure. In fifty-three days after the in
auguration of what would undoubtedly
prove , if properly and honestly man
aged , a blessed memorial to the great
merchant , Hilton turned out the
few remaining inmates , and converted
the building into a regular hotel.
A more shameful betrayal of u sacred
trust would bo difficult to find. It is
rendered , all the inoro infamous because
Stewart rescued Hilton from obscurity ,
made him his confidential advisor at a
liberal salary and willed him the munifi
cent sum of ono million dollars as com
pensation for carrying out the mer
chant's cherished benefactions. His
tory might bo searched in vain for a
record of base ingratitude equalling Hil
ton's conspiracy against the will of his
lifelong friend. Ho not only despoiled
the dead , but deliberately planned to
rob the homeless working women of the
benefits of a grand legacy from a man
whoso career mudo him thoroughly fa
miliar with the desolate surroundings of
the classes ho sought to ameliorate. .But
the man whom Stewart trusted and en
riched lived to defeat his plans , wreck
the women's hotel and practically absorb
serb the vast fortune committed to his
care.
SKA'ATOn CARLISLE ,
Kentucky hag'always been fortunate
in having a distinguished representative
in the United States senate. Henry
Clay , John J. Crittcndon , Humphrey
Marshall , John C. Breckinridgo , James
Guthrie , were statesmen who im
pressed their wisdom upon the politi
cal policy of the nation , und were
prominent and potential in con
nection with some of the most im
portant epochs of the country's history.
Tlio Into Senator Book was an upright
man. Tlio record of those distinguished
men the people of Kentucky are proud
of , nnd they have a commendable desire
to maintain the high position of their
state in the upper house of congress. It
was this sentiment that made John G.
Carlisle successful against half a dozen
candidates for the seat in the United
States senate made vacant by the death
of Mr. Beck.
It is proverbial that the senatorial
contests in Kentucky are honestly and
fairly conducted. This rule has unques
tionably been observed in the present
caso. One or two of the candidates are
very wealthy men , whereas Mr. Carlisle
is a comparatively poor man. Evidently
money did not count in the contest. True
to precedent , Kentuckinns demanded
the election of their ablest representa
tive in public life , and this demand the
legislators have respected. Nobody
doubts that John G. Carlisle is a worthy
successor of James B. Beck , and will
if ho please , honorably and usefully fill
the place in the senate vacated by the
dead statesman. Among democrats
there is none in the country abler or
fairer than Mr. Carlisle , and there is
every reason to expect that the qualities
which have distinguished him in the
house will bo asserted inoro conspicu
ously and forcibly in the senate ; that the
eminent leader of the party in the lower
branch of congress will seek in tlio
higher legislative assembly more than
over to emulate the example of his great
predecessors from Kentucky and t.o per
petuate in that body the inlluonco of his
state.
The minority reirtv in tlio house of
representatives will undoubtedly feel
the loss of Mr. Carlisle , but his counsel
will still bo available. It is a question
upon whom the leadership of the demo
cratic side of the house will now devolve ,
and there may bo something of a strug
gle for it between several possible aspi
rants for it. Tlio most promising now
is Crisp of Georgia , who has shown
largo familiarity with the leading
questions which divide the parties and
narked ability in debate. The Breok-
nridgos of Kentucky and Arkansas also
: mvo claim to consideration , and doubt
less Mr. Mills will not be backward in
isserting his right to leadership. No
lorthern democrat can hope to inherit
, ho mantle of Mr. Carlisle , nor is any
one of them really capable of doing so.
But whoever may be chosen as tlio
.cutler of the minority in the bouse ho
will fall short of filling tlio plneo now
iccupicd by the distinguished Kentucky
congressman.
A KKMAUKAitu : case involving what
, ho lawyers term the reserved rights of
, ho profession was recently quashed in
, ho Minnesota courts. The action was
> ased on the publication by the I'ioncer
J'rc.ts of the abusive language employed
jy a lawyer in a case previously tried.
I'lio lawyer claimed that the publication
of his remarks was malicious and sued
or ton thousand dollars dainnges. Tim
u'tion was dismissed by the trial and ap
ical courts on the ground that while the
awyer's remarks were privileged , the
mbllcation was not less so , and that
'express malice" was not proven. The
tiling establishes an important pre
cedent. It concedes the right of now-
mpors to publish accurate reports of
rials , without inquiring clsowhero Into
he truth or falsity of the allegations
nude. It admonishes reckless lawyers
o curl ) their tongues if they would os-
ape the contempt which the publication
) f tholr nbusivo remarks justly brings
ipon them.
TUB advantage * of Omaha as a con
vention city are Indlhputablo. Located
n the heart of the continent , enjoying
mcriualled railroad facilities , a climate
insurpahscd. and possessing In n marked
lei > reo all the evidences of "plM'c | ' and
irivate enterprise nnd liberality , Omaha
mjoys a commanding position as a con-
ontion oily. At the national convon-
ion of tlie railway conductors und the
Ancient Order of Hibernians last wool ; ,
the superiority of the city was warmly
advocated by HCOIVS of people who desire -
sire to view Omaha and enjoy the hos
pitality of ht-r cHi/.i'iis , The uwttiii ; of
the American Medical association nt
Nnshvlllo this woolc will give another
opportunity for presenting the advant
ages nnd attractions of Omaha , Thug
Omaha is being extensively advertised
at many of the great assemblages , and
the results cannot fall to bo profitable to
the city. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
THE treasury department has deliv
ered n stunning blow to these noble
patrons of the foreign art known us
nuisoes. The department holds that
articles imported by thcso concerns are
not entitled to the benefits of the statute
which admits free ot duty works of art
brought hero for the promotion and en
couragement of the arts and sciences.
Under this wise , beneficent ruling , our ,
infant freak industry will thrlvo and
grow fat. It has heretofore been stunted
by the competition of the cheap freaks
of the old world , nnd the protection now
accorded will inspire activity in the
homo market. Stencil' art , oleographlc.
mutilations of the musters , mummified
chimpanzees and Cardiff giants will bo
stimulated to a degree never before wit
nessed. All lovers of homo art In freaks
will applaud the actions of the treasury
lawyers. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Tnn late George S. Pepper , president
of the Philadelphia academy of fine arts ,
left a fortune of two millions to bo di
vided among public institutions.
Schools , hospitals and charitable insti
tutions to the number of fifty-nine ro-
colvo bequests ranging from six to fifty
thousand dollars ouch. The broad benevolence -
novolonco of Mr. Popper In dispensing
his fortune is in keeping with a life devoted -
voted to art culture and the elevation of
mankind.
IN these piping times of peace it would
bo proper to remove the howitzers gath
ering rust at the police court and plant
them In commanding positions In the
parks. The lilac bushes need protec
tion.
The Ilnnd-Mc-Dmvit Vet.
7Jfiy7i ; < wij > ( oH Itt\i1iltcan. ) \
If the truth were known many a boastful
soldier has never been under lire except
when discharged from the army.
The Dry.siii a Shower.
A'cio 1'orfc Sun ,
And now part of the Kansas prohibitory
luw has been declared unconstitutional bv the
Kansas supreme court. Thcso are wet days
for the drys. _
Senatorial Hint.
Jlailfonl Cnitritnt ,
The senate of the United States .is still dis
charging its constitutional functions. 'Ono of
the most important of these is the critical ex
amination of tariff und other bills sent to it
by the other branch of congress.
ir pe < ol' the Sliver Men.
Denver Rciiuliltcan.
It the Jones bill becomes a law there is
every reason to believe that the price of sil
ver will rise almost immediately to its coin
age value and then the way to free coinage
will be short and easy.
Much Consolation In Tills.
iVciu I'uilt Tribune.
Yale university has not yet secured that
addition of $1,000,000 , to the general fund , of
which President Dwight recently said that
the institution could make good use , but u
Yale sprinter has just tied the world's record
for the 100-yards dash. - ,
llrnvo Champions i f n Good-o ! niiso.
SiirinaHcM Ici < Wcnn. }
The Arkansas republican proposes once
more to take their lives in their hands , hold
a state convention , July 9 , nominate u stale
ticket and go in for five and honest election ,
Their purpose is heroic , and their warfare
will result in victory some time.
- * -
A Sign of ProfjresH.
Atlanta Conttttuttan.
Ono of the many interesting articles that
crowd the columns of the Constitution this
morning gives nn account of the organi/mtion
of the "Georgia Heal Estate , Loan and Trust
Company" by leading colored men nt At
lanta. This is ono of the best signs of the
time * * * Think of the negroes innugur-
atincr a banking business , or , if you please , a
loan business. Consider what this nieiins.
VOICE OF Til KSTAT 13 PRESS.
Kearney llnterprlft ,
Fremont politicians propose , but ttie people
ot Nebraska dispose and deut ) you forgot it.
Purer Without , Church.
C'oIiim/nH / Jinirnirf.
Church Howe is n tolerably "smart" poli
tician , and a very active manipulator , but
Nebraska legislation will grudo ono degree
purer if ho shall bo left at homo next session.
They Knocked Themselves Out.
Korfiill : . .Veil' . ' ) .
The worst blow that was over dealt the
railroads in Nebraska was dealt by them
selves when they captured the Hastings con
vention by the purchase of proxies and de
feated .Tudgo Ucoso for a nomination. It wns
very funny at llio time , but when the chick
ens cnmo homo to roost this full , it will be u
very serious matter for the railroads.
Give tlio Conl'iTiMico n Show.
I'lottsmimllt llenilil.
The opinions by prominent mon of the state
relative to the anti-monopoly convention to
bo held In Lincoln , May ! iO , lire us varied as
were the colors of Joseph's coat of old. It
won't do to condemn this meeting before It
acts. Wait until wo see what It docs. If It
means Unit the republican party of Nebraska
should shut on" a lot of hoelow who have , for
sumo years past , boon largely running the
parly by their cheek and gull , it is all right.
There is nothing so healthy for a political
party iw full representation by all the ele
ments which go to nmUo it up. If It stimu
lates the agriculturist to attend the primaries
und sco that ho Is duly represented It will do
good. Wo have had too much proxy business
In our politics , and It is high tlnin to shut it
off. Wo hope II will devote some of its at
tention to the wormy capper , who is always
m the mlvunco manufacturing governors nnd
legislatures. Those are the follow * the
granger wants to roast.
Ni > X Ml it' I'Vnr.
IfMIWH Hllll.
A number of dear good souls who nro hold
ing down state and federal p > > sitlons nro very
much alarmed lest the .MayHI conference ut
Lincoln is Intended to brealc up the republi
can party In Nebruska. Theirsolleitudo niuy
bo natural , but they need not ba nlaniUMl.
They nro nil right , the party IH all right , nnd
the fellows who will attend the conference
nro nil right. The situation will bu discussed
In a in.mncr . becoming republicans nnd gentle
men , for the good of the republican party und
the benefit of tliu whole people , There nro
no kickers , nor bolters , nor soreheads In the
movement , und there will not bo room for
any , any more than there will bo room for
political hacks and corporation tools. The
pruiililoiiU of all the republican louguu
club * of the United States will , of course ,
not bo proMtmt , and yet It is Kiifo f ) miy that
republicans just u loyal , fully as curnurit ,
und entirely us unselilMh , will take part In the
cxjuferonco und endeavor to point out a path
way by following which thu party will koup
si i to the mumof the masses and reach out
for grenter victories than over before. No ,
dour friends nnd borrowers of trouble , thanj
Is no need to fear n party split ns the outcome
of Unit conference.
'I'lio 1'urty'H *
The republican party of Nebraska stands
today lipon the brink of n precipice. Ono
mow step In the direction It has been travel *
Ing , nnd It will bo dashed to pieces. It luu
been led to tlrls precarious nud perilous sttun
tion by the ovor-reachlng , soltlsh greed
leaders In Urn interest of soulless nnd heart
less monopolies whoso tools they wore. Hut
the limit of forbcamnco hits boon reached.
The tiny when promises would satisfy luw
passed. It behooves the party to
purge Itself of the fnlso advisors nud poll-
tlcul lllllputs nnd rlso to the dignity ot
Its professions If It would hold its prestige.
It Is not the rank nnd llto of the party who I
have precipitated upon It the greatest peril U
has over experienced. For years Its conven
tions hnvo bcon ruled by the shrewdest of the
railroad attorneys ; its presidents have been
corporation tools , Its secretaries have been
the pliant manipulators , nnd the tellers who
counted the ballots the toadllngs who crnwl
nt the feet of these modem Cajsars In nb
servility , hoping by blind obedience to bo'
drawn into seine party prominence.
The people hnvo appealed , have cried out ,
for relief from their unjust burdens , ami have
been patted upon the head nnd told to ba
quiet nnd their Interests should bo well cared
for. lly false promises begotten in deception
they have been duped. Now they will act
for themselves.
It may bo n surprising fact that nt the last
election the republican party elected scarcely
n dozen treasurers nnd only three sheriffs in
the entire state. This , notwithstanding tlio
party contains within Its ranks the over
whelming majority of honest , fiilr-inlnded und
Intelligent voters of Nebraska. Thcso men
nro being absolutely forced out of the party
by the pernicious manipulations of its
policy by these vampires who would
wreck It to servo their moneyed interests ;
nnd unless the party bo purged , nnd at
once , of this deadly element in Its leadership ; *
unless thcso men who work for masters who
bleed the people nnd the party for purcl > J
sclllsh duds shall bo promptly and oiuphattf *
ally relegated to the rear rank nud iilen
placed nt the helm whoso skirts are clean ,
who will work for the people nnd In harmony
with.tlio principles of republicanism , wo servo
notice hero mid now that nt the next election
the republican stuto ticket will he snowed
under by an avuluncho of indignant protests
Iu the form of ballots , nnd years \s ill pass
before it can bo resurrected , if it does not in
fact lose Its proud distinction as the dominant
party in Nebraska entirely. '
COUNTUY
Loomti Home Cluaril ,
Lust week the smut mill up the road
washed its hands thus : "Tlio public knows
that ho ( the editor ) never resorts to nny low
abuse In referring to any brother of the
press. " In the preceding column ho referred
to this paper us the "lllow Ilurd" and to
ITrcd Smith as a "green galoot. "
' The Incongruity is Only Apparent.
South Kfonx Cit 11 Sun.
Thcro may bo a funded incongruity In run
ning n temperance poem in the same papoi'-i
with saloon advertisements. But that is only
fancied it is not real. Wo are nobody s
organ least of nil the prohibitionists or
whisky men , and wo allow neither of them to
turn our crank.
Following the Goldnu Kiilo.
Ciiluinhu.i Scnttnil.
If the individual who stole our Sunday
shirt from the clothes line Monday night \vili
call this evening nt half past seven , wo will
give him the cult buttons belonging to it anJ
a diamond stud that cost us 'So ceuts. I * . S
This offer is. not to wound the feelings of
anybody , but the nrticlea nro of no\auo
without the shirt , nnd will bo donated cheer
fully. _
This ICditor is
ll'vit L'ntnn natette.
This "thing" ( wo can't call her woman ) is
possessed of n beguiling serpent that caused
the downfall of the world , nnd she is plying
her mission in this country yet , nnd will
never ccaso her discordant mischief-making ,
lying and tattling about her neighbors until
the archangels of hell have carried her polluted - .
luted spirit into the innermost recesses of the
damned.
_
Only n Devil lliiimcll" .
Clitulnut Aiii'ocnle.
Our young friend , Adams , refers to the
editor of this nancr as u "phohibition distil
lery gauger. " As our young friend , Adams ,
held the important position of devil in thu
pfllco of said person nt the time referred tnj/f
would appear that ho Is anxious to bue Tiii )
" guiifl'i-'s '
known us n "prohibition distillery
devil" up in this region , which aftcrnll was u
much more honorable position than Just plain
distillery devil such as our young friend has
been in danger of becoming hero.
AVe Never Itulrent.
'einxirt Ailfncate ,
The cowardly old hypocrlto living south of
town who never loses an opportunity to bark
bite und slur the publisher of this paper ha > l
better haul in his antlers , Of course ln > inn
not have nny inlluonco in the minds of tu
people , ho having been told by them that la1 is
not worthy enough to bo trusted with a th ng
ILK .small oven us n precinct olllce , but if he is
watering nt the eyes for u little e.Miit"inent
ho can get it In nny sized quantities that will
suit the purchaser , Wo always strive to if
tlio very best wo know how , and our latchstring -
string hangs on the outside. Wo don't i.irn
particularly nbout what such reprobates as
ho thinks of us wo only despise Ills Hem-diet
Arnold style of warfare.
Jtcninrnl ul' tlio Utcfl.
St. 1'iinl I'linuer-l'iriui.
The proposed removal of the Southern l't
Indians from their old reservation In Colorado
to another In Utah Is , wo may hope , ono of
the lust of these agitations which have done
so much to Injure and retard the cnuso of In
dian civilization. There seems to bo no bet
tor reason for this limitation than n deslro of
a portion of the people of Colorado to got ,
of tholr Indian neighbors , nnd to secure for
themselves n considerable tract of vnh.aoio
land * And their removal would bo only Mio
.signal for a new protest from the people of
the section Into which they should bo ti aim
ported. It appears , Indeed , thai the u > , >
reason why these Uteshavo not made grea'er
progress In civilization Is the very fact thaU
they have uoverfelt secure of their homes
OMAHA
LOAN AND TRUST
COMPANY.
Ruhscrlbcd and Guaranteed Capital fWOOW
1'ald In Oapltul W .ow
llnys ami sells stocks nnd bond * : wu'iilii'iw
commercial pnpori rccolvus anil uxneutoij
trusts ! uutsuM trans for n unt unil truxteo < it
corporation * ; taken ohuruo of prupurly , col *
louta taxu.i. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Omaha Loan& Trust Co
SAVINGS BANK.
S. E. Cor. 16th nnd Douglas Sta.
Paid In Ouyltul I M.WJ
Kubsorllxiilanil ( iiiuruntct'd Uupltul. . . lfw.0"
Liability of titooklioUluni 2UU.O. .
G 1'or Uuut IntnruHt I'ulil on DoiiiHlts ,
I'ltANK J , I.ANUK. ( ! iuliltr.
Offlcorc A U Wjrnmn. pruililouti J. J. llrunu , Tlco-
pruil'lent ; w. T. Wyuicn. Irvuurur.
Dlrovtori A. U. W/uitn , J. II. Mlllurd , J. J. llrown ,
tlur L' liartiio , h' . W. Null , Tliuumj J. Kluiball ,
( itutua II. Ijiko.
I < OHM In iiny iimouiitiiindAonOlty und I'urm
I'ropurty. and on Uollaturul bcyurlly , ul Low-
u > t rutuavunuuU