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Tin : \voi-kly biiiikstiituinont shows the
rosi'rvo hits incroiibcd $1,1-58,000. The
bunks now liolrt $ , ' ( ,471,000 ! u excess of
U'ffal ruqiiifonients.
Tun nnrtltqunko in Montana followed
iinini'diiitoly nftur the duinoomtlc big
four wore thrown out of the state courts.
IT is it Hijrnificnnl fact thiit Mr. Owens'
income tax bill fixes a hchedulo which
will not touch the congressional salary.
AMID the eliish of battle , the charge
nnd counter chat-go on pas-ionger rates ,
the freight tariff continues business at
the top notch.
A MONUMENT to the author of the
"Stiir Spangled Banner" is projected in
Kaltimore. This is an encouraging sign
of reviving loyalty in the chief city of
Maryland _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ i
Pivn of the eight grand jurors who
fihouted for Broatch are either "full" or
honorary members of the T. E. club
mostly full when they are shouting.
That's not much of a straw.
Axe runic bogus count who captured
nn American wife is resting in a Phila
delphia , jail for grossly libeling her. It
is cheering to note that justice occasion
ally lands with both foot on the right
spot , _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
I'AUTIKS deblrlng appointments as
cenhiih enumerators will please call early
at Con Gallagher's private ollico. All
that will bo required is an endowment
house pledge that the applicant will
work with the combine in the next city
election.
Till : alliances and trallloarrangonlortls
recently made by the Union Pacific
promise to open up much needed com
mercial avenues between this city and
the southwest within a year. The welding -
ing of brunch roads will prove advan
tageous to the jobbing Interests , of Omaha
and Nebraska.
THK people of Solomon Valley , Kan
sas , extensively advertised a meeting to
pray for rain , and the debited moisture
dropped twenty-four hours In advance of
the gathering. This incident goes to
prove that the newspapers discount
prayers as a means of reaching and con
vincing the weather department.
Tin : hchool book trust announces with
becoming modesty that its object Is to
reduce the cost of book manufacture and
give the purchasers the benefit of the
reduction. Indeed if the assertions of
the members are to be believed , there Is
danger that the combine will die of en
largement of the heart.
HAVINO issued an order for sufficient
btnokoless powder ammunition to sup
ply one million men , the C/ar hastily as
sures neighboring powers that ho ia a
man of peace. In fact ho would not
raise a hand to prevent thorn from carv
ing each other. This will not prevent
him from participating in the dlvlblon
of the spoils.
NATIIAX KIM.KM Gittoos , the sweet
troubadour of thu Blue , sings merrily
about railroad extensions in the north
west. As a Burlington attorney ho Is
imposition to woo the muses for the se
cret roeohsosof the corporation and thrill
the publlo with mighty projects. In the
mutter of constructing air lines to He
lena or elsewhere Mr. Briggb has no su
perior.
SKCTION twenty-throe , chapter sixty-
nine , of the compiled ordinances provides
that Iron instead of wooden poles shall
he used In the business district of the
oity by Htroot railways using electricity
as a motlvo j > owor. The law provides
that street railways then in existence
"may erect wooden poles for the suspen
sion of wires therefrom , and shall bo al
lowed hlx months from the duto of the
passage of this ordinance to substitute
the biuno by Iron poles. " The Omaha
street railway company accepted the
conditions of this ordinance May 21,1889 ,
but no Mops have boon taken to comply
with its provisions. On thu contrary
the company la now placing wooden poles
within the prohibited district.
.Mt'.s'T nr miora'.v rr
Wo are informed that Councilman
Olsm proposes to call THK UIK : into
court tinder the libel law * because wo
have BOOH fit to charge that ho and atx
other republican eouncllmcn are mem
bers of a corrupt combination with dem
ocrats banded together to Jadlo out the
municipal patronage to upollsmon , and
play Into the hands of boodling contrac
tors.
tors.Now
Now wo hope Mr. Olson will proceed
at once and give Tan Bui : a chance to
thoroughly expose the operations of the
council combine In the courts. Mr. Olson
is decidedly sensitive. No charge of
boodling has been made against him in
dividually , but ho Is charged with asso
ciating with men who have been notori
ously in the market to the highest bid-
dor. If Mr. Olson has any respect for
himuolf , ho will , without further delay ,
cut loo.so from Htieh associations , Men
are known by the company they keep.
When an honest man finds himself in
tlio company of rogues and thieves ho
will shako their acquaintance just as
quick as ho can. Mr. Olsen certainly
cannot bo ignorant of the questionable
methods by which the combine was or
ganized , and ho can hardly bo excused
for keeping in with men who are schem
ing night and day to filch money
out of the pockets of the tax
payers , plotting to mike money
by playing Into the hands of contractors
and trying to earn perquisites from
franchised corporations.
There is boodling and boodling. A
man need not necessarily hold up a con
tractor in broad day light to bo classed
as a boodler. The charter expressly
provides that any olllcor of the city or
any councilman who shall directly or in
directly become a party to any contract ,
work or letting to tlio city , or shall fur
nish materials for any contractor on pub
lic works in the city is guilty of a misdemeanor
meaner , and on conviction shall bo re
moved from ollico besides being fined or
imprisoned , or both.
In defiance of this provision several
members of the combine have been in
terested with contractors and furnishing
materials to contractors and franchised
corporations. Thc.so eouncilmon have
voted thousands of dollars into the
pockets of such corporations and if the
power of the courts is not invoked for
the protection of lax payers and the
combine is not broken up this city will
drift on to bankruptcy.
The only wonder is that mom like
Olbonand Shriver have cloed their eyes
and ears when such nefarious schemes of
plunder are concocted under their very
nosos. . The wonder is that diir citi/.ens
have been indilTeront when the council
commiltco meetings , which formerly
were hold in the council chamber are
now hold in dark-lantern and star-
chamber meetings to which nobody out
side of the combine has access , and the
vital affairs of this city are being , dis
cussed and decided by Broatch's club of
oath-bound conspirators and roustabouts.
THE BKK has made its reputation as a
fearless fee of rogues and boodlors in
public ollice , and it proposes now as
heretofore to stand between tlio tax pay
ers and the plunderers who are b.indod
together to rob and despoil them. In
the performance of duty it will assume all
risks and take all the consequences. The
unholy combine in the council must bo
broken up , either by the withdrawal of
members who desire to keep their skirts
clean , or through an appeal to the courts
by tax-paying citizens.
CKKSL'S IMl'llHTIffllXUKS.
Next week the census enumerators
throughout the country will begin their
work. It is a delicate and difficult task
at best , and the eleventh census will bo
peculiarly bo by reason of the unusual
extent and character of the inquisition
required as to the personal affairs of the
people. Most of the questions of this
kind are of a nature worse than imper
tinent , and some of them are justly de
nounced as an outrageous violation of
the personal rights of the citizen. For
example , the census taker must aslc
of every person : Whether buf
fering from acute or chronic
disease , with cause of diboaso and length
of time afllicted ; whether defective in
jnind , sight , hearing or speech , or
whether crippled , maimed or deformed ,
with name of defect ; a prisoner , convict ,
homeless child , or pauper. The extremely -
tromoly offensive nature of those inqui
ries is obvious , and it Is reasonably ques
tioned whether the government has the
right to propound them and make the
refusal to answer a misdemeanor pun
ishable by line and impi-inonment. It
certainly seems a very unwarrantable
invasion of individual rights , not at
all in harmony with five government ,
to demand under penalty of prosecution
and punishment that the unfortunate in
valid shall dlbcloso the nature of his oi
lier malady which has been carefully
guarded as a boorot with which the world
has nothing to do ; that those alllicted
with any physical malformation or men
tal peculiarity must allow It to IHJCOIIIO a
matter of public record , no matter how
ever mortify lug it may bo to thorn to dose
so ; and that the secrets of the sick room
and the faets rogardlng diseases known
only to the biifforor and the doctor shall
bo laid bare to a stranger , perhaps to become -
come sooner or later of publlo notoriety.
No less objectionable Is the ques
tion relating to crime and pauperism ,
which if truthfully answered would
bring disgrace to many people who are
now leading honest and upright lives.
if all the Information sought by those
inquiries could bo obtained with abso
lute accuracy , the small benefit to be
derived from it would not justify bo
autocratic an Inquisition , but nothing Is
more curtain than that this offonstvu
questioning will elicit very little truth ,
and when the compilation of alleged
facts is niudo it will be utterly valueless.
Other questions relating to private affairs
are these : Is the house you live In hired ,
or is it owned by tho.head or a momberof
the family ? if owned by the head or a
member of the family is thu house free
from mortgage IncumbrancoV If the
house Is owned by head or member of
family and mortgaged , what Is postofilcu
address of owner ? In addition to these
questions each person owning a house or
farm will bo required to report the
amount owed on mortgage , judgment
note , confession of judgment or crop
lien , thu value of thu mortgaged prop-
or' the rate of Interest , and the
causes and purposes of the in
debtedness. Unquestionably a portion
tion of this information , if trust
worthy , would bo of value , but Is it the
business of the government to Inquire
Into the private reasons of the cltlzon
for getting into debt ? And If It bo
granted that such Inquiry is legitimate ,
what possible benefit could come of the
knowledge if It should bo entirely roll-
able ?
The probability is that a very large
number of people will refuse to answer
the most offensive and objectionable of
those question * , nnd that an equally
largu number will not answer them
truthfully. ' Tlio format * class the
government may prosecute , though
It would imp33t > an intormln-
able task on the courts , but
it is very likely before the prosecutions
became numerous a decision by the supreme
premo court as to the constitutionality
of this unprecedented legislation would
be Invoked , and there can bo very llttlo
doubt , in the opinion of some able law
yers , as to what the result would be.
TIIK HKTAirKllS' COAT/7A'T/OiV.
Tlio convention of retail merchants
held in Omaha during the past week was
In many respects notable. In these
limes of trusts and trade combinations ,
the retailers are forced by circumstances
to organl/.o In self-defense. It Is a race
for self-preservation , in which the
strong and united survive and the weak
nnd disorganized go lo the wall. Aside
from the business features of the as om-
bly , it was the means of bringing
the jobber and retailer to
gether , renewing and cement
ing business and social friend
ships turd cultivating acquaintances that
must prove advantageous to the com
mercial interests of the state.
The convention approved a draft of a
bill to be presented to the next legisla
ture proposing a radical change in tlio
exemption laws. Under existing law
a homestead valued at not more than
two thousand dollars , with all necessary
appurtenances , including one hundred
and fifty acres of land if outside the cor
porate limits of a city or village , or two
lots in a city , is exempt from execution
for all debts except mortgage or me
chanic's lien. Sixty days' wages of
the head of a family are
also exempt from garnishment.
The merchants' bill proposes to
reduce the homstead valuation to five
hundred dollars. It seems to us that
this amount is altogether too low. A
five hundred dollar exemption would
work immeasurable hardships on hun
dreds of people of moderate means who
are struggling' against adversity through
no fault of their own. Any head of a
family who has acquired 11 homo valued
at two thousand or oven less cannot
bo classed among the dishonest ,
and it would ba unjust to deprive
his wife and family of a homo.
It is within the power of the merchants
to compel the dishonest to pay up by re
fusing credit. Tlio reduction of the
salary exemption to fifty dollars instead
of sixty days' pay would work a greater
reform in the interest of honesty than
the propo-iod homestead exemption.
Some of llio merchants posses a mis
taken idea regarding the amendment to
the garnishee law p.ibsed by the last leg-
Islaluro. The law does notaffoet the col
lection of debts incurred in Nebraska.
It himply prevents a creditor from
taking advantage of the laws of neigh
boring st'itos to attach the salaries
of citixons of Nebraska. It aimed to
remedy an abuse which subjected em
ployes of intoi-btato railroads residing
in this state to the exactions of moree-
narv iusticu shons in Iowa. This class
of fee sharks made it a practice to buy
bills against railroad employes in Ne
braska and atlach their salaries under
the Iowa law , frequently subjecting hon
est men to costly annoyance , oven to the
loss of their situations. Merchants
gained nothing by this spcoios of coer
cion. The fee mills were the only ones
to profit by the odious practice which
the law biipprotiicil.
No class In the state feels more keenly
the excessive local freight rates than the
retail merchant. While it is true that
the purchaser pays the toll , the mer
chants reall/.o that the added cost seri
ously aflects their sali-K. They therefore
join with the producers and consumers
in demanding such a reduction of rail
road rates as will place Nebraska as
nearly as practicable an equality
with Iowa.
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It is probable that within less than a
generation Washington city will be one
of the great educational centers of I ho
world , if not the greatest. The Catho
lics now have a national university there
which ranks with the best institutions of
its kind , having a most liberal endow
ment that will enable it to oxlend its
scope as circumstances shall de
mand , The bishops of the Metho
dist Episcopal church recently gave
their official endorsement to the
project of establishing at the
national capital a Mothodiht university
with an endowment of two million dollars
lars , and a site has already boon offered.
Undoubtedly other religious denomina
tions will in time emulate Jlio oxatuple
of the Catholics and the Methodists In
locating national beats of learning in
Washington , But the project which has
an Interest for the whole people is that
proposed in a bill a short time since in
troduced in thu senate by Mr. Edmunds
"to establish thu University of the
United States , "
Tills measure provides for an appro
priation by congress of half a million
dollars for the purchase of grounds and
the erection of university buildings , and
that live million dollars shall be sot
abide as a perpetual fund , the income of
whii.-h Is to be used for thu maintenance
of the unlvorsity. The institution would
bo controlled by a board of regents com
posed of the president and his cabinet ,
the chief justice of thu supreme
court , and twelvu clti/.ens , no two
of them residents of the same
btato , to bo appointed by concurrent resolution
elution of congress , Thu Institution
would be open to all eligible , persons
without regard to nice , color , citizen
ship or religious Ixjllof , and while the
study of theology Is not prohibited It is
provided that no special sectarian belief
or doctrine shall be taught or promoted.
The Idea of a unlvoralty of this kind Is
not of rocenijlato. More than ton years
ago It was suggested by the then presi
dent of Cot-noil , Andrew D. White , and
at that time oucountorcd some vigorous
opposition Iqdjby President Eliot of Har
vard. UutAjjiiin the past year Presi
dent HarrifflRJhas received communica
tions from mncorsatid professors of well-
known Ainerlcan colleges , nnd from
other sources urging the foundation of a
national Institute at Washington that
would provide facilities for a higher edu
cation , equal to the best universities of
Europe. The plan recommended is that
the principal colleges of the United
States sliould detail Instructors , lec
turers and professors for duty at certain
periods of the year , during which they
should bo at Washington. Tlio faculty
thus created would bo composed of the
most able and learned Inslruclors in the
country and the curriculum would bo as
advanced , thorough and complete as can
bo found in the best universities of
modern Europe , The American past
graduate would thus have In his
own country an institution that
would enable him to obtain the highest
education in ethics , law , letters or
science without going abroad , and while
undoubtedly a considerable number of
Americans will always go to Europe to
finish their education , such a national
university as Is proposed would keep
many in llio country who would other
wise go abroad and would bo of Inestima
ble value to llie great number of ambi
tious scholars who could not incur the
expense of altending a European uni
versity.
Tlio present congress may not take
any action looking to the founding of llio
proposed national unlvorsity. It is more
than probable that it will not. But It is
hardly to bo doubted that at some time
In the future such an institution will bo
established , for there IB obviously very
much bettor and stronger reasons in
favor than in opuosition lo it. Meantime
it is most gratifying to note the growing
public interest in behalf of supplying in
this country Ihu opportunity to obtain
an education as thorough and complete
as can bo had in the best universities of
Europe. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Tine bill in congress to establish the
Chickamaga and Chattanooga national
military p.u-k ought to pass. The pro
posal to dedicate the scene of some of
the most memorable and momentous
conllicts of the war of llie rebellion lo
llio purpose of perpetuating in marble
and bronze the record of American
prowess in battle appeals to the patriot
ism of every citizen , nnd especially to
the people of the west , whoso falhors
and sons and brothers won im
perishable glory on those his
toric fields. Nowhere was western
valor more conspicuous than at
Chickamauga , Chattanooga , Missionary
Kid go and Lookout Mountain , and the
record it made constitutes one of the ,
most glorious chapters in the history of
the great struggle for national preserva
tion. It is most appropriate that the
fields coiis crated by an unsurpassed
heroism should , bo feet apart as a per-
po'ual object lesson in .loyalty , patriot
ism and valor , ornamented with such
memorials as the states whoso sons fought
there shall crec-t ) commemorate their
deeds , and preserved for the instruction
and inspiration of generations to come.
There is scarcely a representative , remarks -
marks the Washington Post , whoso sol
dier constituents are not personally in
terested in llio bill to create this park ,
and undoubtedly every western ropro-
senlalivo has such soldier constituents.
Tlio cost of establishing the park will not
bo largo , but whatever llie bum necessary
it will bo accepted by the country as a
judicious and nroner expenditure.
THK evenl of national interest on Dec
oration day will bo tln > dedication of the
Garliold memorial at Cleveland , for
which very elaborate preparations have
been made. There will participate in
the ceremonies the president , and vice
president of thu United Stales , members
of the cabinet , senators and representa
tives judges of the supreme court , gov
ernors of slates , officers of the
army and navy , and distinguished
citi'/ons from various p'irts of the
country , so that it will bo
esMMitlnlly a national affair , al
though the memorial was erected from
popular , subscriptions. But it is alto
gether appropriate that the event should
lo given a national character , for the
boldior and statesman wlio-u cruel and
untimely taking oil filled the nation
with sorrow was worthy of such honor.
It is nearly nine years since with ino-t
impressive obsequies in tlu pivc-enco of
surviving thousands the mortal remains
of James A. flarlield were consigned to
the tomb. Next Friday in thu wimo city
there will be rejoicing tit the completion
of a monument to the mnrtj red presi
dent that will stand through ages , a
worthy and fitting testimony of a peoplo's
affection for a justly distinguished and
honored citi/.on. It will bo a most
memorable.occasion in tin ; not unevent
ful history of the metropolis of northern
Ohio.
Wili'.N Tom Cool : received his appoint
ment as consuhupervlsor , thu Nebraska
delegation In congress demanded that
ho sliould submit to their dictation of
men for enumerators. In other words
he was , by virtue of the appDinlin-jut ,
to bo simply a salaried figurehead. Our
stiilesinon at Washington looked upon
census appolntihulilsasoOU'htl patronage ,
and they saw iin lipportimity of btrcngtli-
onlng their fences in the stntu by put
ting their heelers on Iho government
p-iy rolls. Had Cook possessed a spinal
column ho wouKt liavo referred the con
gressional delegation to a plueo of all-
consuming lU-j. . But ho took the
job , probabljC. I because ho needed
It. And what Is the re
sult ? If one of Cook's disgusted friends
Is to bo bulluved , * the Vandorvoort-
Broatch secret combine has dictated the
appointment of every ununWator for the
city of Omaha ! My this muans Broatch
will attempt to sack the city for his llt
tlo lonely boomlut , whllu Vandorvoort ,
the talo-boarer , will strengthen the
Tammany organisation proparalory to
the next councilmnnio campaign. Thus
is shown thu wheels within wheels which
our congressional delegation Is lubricat
ing But when the chickens come homo
to roost they will find the doors and windows
dews baried against them.
T.UJC interuon'inenlul railway project
Is advancing steadily under the support
nnd patronagoof interested governments.
The Mcxlccn railway la being pushed to
Guatemala nnd will eventually pendtrato
Columbia , where It will connect with the
Peruvian nnd Brazilian road. Before1
the century closes it Is 111010 than proba
bio that all of llio republics of the now
world will bo welded together by bands
of steel.
Arc.
Whnt Is wanted In congress Is more stales
mimshlp and less politics ,
Familiar With Its Contents.
CMcnyn llemtJ.
The "orlKtnnl package" is wonderfully pop
ulur la Town , although thcro U nothing origi
nal In Its content1) for the lown prohibitionist.
Ho lias lusted 'cm before.
To bo Handled With Care.
St. tout * JlciiuWe.
A number of senators niul members of con
press Insist on premature fooling with the
loaded "original package" decision. Political
funerals will follow la the regular order.
Are You RoliiK t" Klfilit Again ?
AVinhcHte . .tmf ) fcan.
Tlio spirit of the old south is not dead - Indeed
deed , It Is reviving , mid if wo mistake not the
spurious reform which is bolag attempted
upon our civilization will yet meet a death
blow at its hands ,
A Iloom In Tar nnd Fontlicri.
JVtfio'urlc Commercial Meatltfr.
Hven before It.s p.ussago the McICInloy bill
caused a rise in llio coat of clothing. An Iowa
jury has just allowed ono Wolitberger , a too-
loving pedagogue , $700 for a coat of tar and
feathers.
Will Ki'stirreet tlio IJuckctecTS.
St. Lnuti Globe-ncmntrat.
Tlio bull market Is on the side of the Chicago
cage bo.ml of trade In Its fight with the
bucket shops. When the market changes ,
however , the defunct bucket shops will all
como to II fo again , whether the board re
sumes Its quotations or not , and conduct
business at the old stand ami in the old way.
Demand for a Free ICdiioation.
JVnc I'urft Ifntl nnd lljrprct * . .
The fact that President Harrison has had
GOO applicants for the two appointments of
cadets-aHaige one at AV'est Point , the ether
at Annapolis that he has power to make this
year , is a significant indication ot the extreme
popularity of the military anil uavul service
with virile Young America.
on tin ; Sttpi-fMiiu Court.
7iitlSl3 | ( Cltll TflllM.
The opinion of the supreme court , ren-
tiercd yesterday without dissent , that dressed
beef has the same rights as the local butcher ,
will be accepted everywhere but In Kansas ,
some of whoso citizens have recently ex-
piostMHl thu belief that a supreme court de
cision isn't very good anyway.
Now IIci-p Is an Honest Confession.
Mucoii ( (7 . ) Tdeiiraph.
Mississippi is going to have a constitutional
conventionthe , plain purpose of which will bo
to hit upon a plan under which it will bo possible -
siblo for the white minority of the ptfoplo of
that state to legally control its affairs , oven
though the black majority shall all go to the
polls , as they will some of these days. With
this purpose of the convention every Intel
ligent ami patrlolic person with any Iniowl-
edge of the real condition of affairs In Mis
sissippi will sympathise.
Put Away on Ice.
I'lemtint Tribune.
Notwithstanding the faot that Mayor
B watch was knocked out of the box in
Omaha for rcaorahiatlou as chief exocullvo
of the metropolis , he is still having himself
talked about ia a desultory sort of way in con
nection with the governorship. There is a
suspicion abroad , however , that Dick Berlin
and his seductive side whiskers will loom up
in the Douglass convention with delegates
enough favoring him for the lieutenant gov-
crnoiship to put Broatch's boom away oil
ice.
The Mormon Coiillscation Case.
Atir Yorl : Sun.
No detailed discussion of the decision is
possible without the the text of the opinions.
From the public abstracts , however , which
are very meagre , we gather that the majority
of the court justify the confiscation proceed
ings on the ground lhat the property taken
was used to sustain thu practice of polygamy
in defiance of the national laws. The dis
senting judges concede the power of coiipross
lo suppress polygamy and punish it as a
crime ; bul they deny that this can bo done
hi llie manner provided for in tlio Kdtnumls
act , which substantially udjuilgou the Mor
mon church guilty , without giving it a judic
ial hearing , anil then proceed to appropriate
its properly to government uses.
The case is one of the most important over
decided by the supreme court.
Minnesota's Ilrcssod Kcpf Tmw.
JVCM1 J'ni/4 / Columnctnl A < It'c > Hrr.
It hardly required the legal acumen sup-
iwieil to characterize the supreme court of
: Uo United States to discover the total uu-
eonstltutioaality of the Minnesota law for-
> idUiig ( the importation of dressed bocf into
Llio state. The law la question forbade , so
Tar us Us mere language went , tlio sale ia
Minnesota of any beef that hud not boon
slaughtered in the state ami lhat had not been
inspected Iwenty-fourhours before slaughter-
tig. The lllmsy pretense of the law was to
exclude diseased cuttle. But Its real intent
anil palpable effect was to convert nolglibor-
ng states into foreign countries anil exclude
their products by a Chinese wall. This wall
the supreme court has effectually battered
lown , aad It neverilltl a hotter day's work.
„ _ . , _ _ , ii r .
The Women ol'Topoka.
Ifew Vwft Tritninr.
An associated pass dispatch afllrms that
the Immediate t-ITect.s of the "original puck-
ige" decision , as witnessed.In Topeka , Ivan. ,
lave produced great indignation among pro-
ilbltlmilsts , ami that an organisation of live
hundred women has been formed for the pure -
, > o > u of making raids upon liquor saloons ami
: hus "enforcing tlio state law , " the supreme
ourt of the United States to Iho contrary not-
withstanding. The dispatch conveys the Im-
iressloti , and can convoy no other , that tlieso
ivomea Intend to begin a campaign of violence
mil plunder. Tliut Is to say , they intend to _
become lawbreakers. Prooouding.s of this do-
sciiptlon in civilized communities are seldom
rewarded with oven a brlof success , while
while the evil lhat they do lives long after
: hem. A similar experiment w.w tried dur
ing the whiter In another state with the re-
svlt of arousing general condemnation and
disgust , ami weakening thu bonds of social
order in that particular locality. We cannot
conceive that any lasting advantage will bo
derived from a repetition of that experiment
in Kaunas.
Itaukhoiielcss lloprosontallvoi.
( Vilni'/n Tribune.
How much better it would bo for the coun
try and for thuiasulve-t if these western mem
bers had loss hope ami moro courage. Had
they tlio muuluxxi to vote what they bollovod
the iiatloa would not have si-en fur tlio first
IImo In lus history tlio spectacle In atlmoof
irofouud IIOIU-D , with no Irnpwiillng lioitlli-
lus , with no heavy war debt pronsbig down
on the rovenuiw , with a great surplus in tlio
treasury , with tin overflowing revenue and no
Hvd for additional mouoy , of congrtwa puss-
ug a 1)111 so Im-ivusiiig thu turilT dutlos as to
nuke them almost prohibitory and to add
madlX'd * of nillh'jun a } t.utu tUu burduus of
American consumers when they had foryears
been clamoring for relief ami declaring that
the duties already Imposed on thorn were to
grievous to bo borne ,
This is what comes of a protection majority
allowing Itself to bo bulldozed ami overawed
by a tariff prohibition minority which Is seek
ing to Impose on the party a creed which It
has never adopted.
OON-KIJUISNOK OOMM 13NT.
The state press hns been very frco in Its
comment on the recent republican antimonopoly -
monopoly conference at Lincoln , ami hns ,
with the exception of a few railroad organs ,
heartily endorsed the aclloa taken. The fol
lowing extracts are from some of the leading
state papers outsldo of Omaha :
Lincoln Call : One of the cardinal prin
ciples of llio republican parly Is Iho right of
protest and la Nebraska the piuty lias too
long laid down under every wrong and Indig
nity ami accepted what was given whether
good , bad or hiilliTorcnt. The mooting of
atiti-moiiopoly republicans in this city was
the llrst protest that has been Illed by mem
bers of the party in advance of a convention.
For years it has been the custom of the rank
ami tlio of the party lo bo defealed in conven
tion and to protest afterward. Ia tills year
the protest U given In advance ami the re
publican state committee has an oppoitunlty
to heed the protest and to let the intense ills-
content give way to conlldenco. The railroad
wing of the republican party will cry down
the protest for the simple reason that they
have so controlled both the conventions ami
the machinery of the party us to have things
their own way. They control these because
llioy are always In convention and there Is no
tlmo In the year that they are not .scheming
and figuring on controlling partv politics. An
early convention that will require candidates
to stand the test of the campaign on their
merits and a convention that will exclude the
( locks of proxies such as made the hut state
convention a wrong and a disgrace to repub
licanism , will bo but justice to the party ami
hring Its ranks uAiled for the fall campaign.
There is not a reason or excuse upon which
tlio republican state committee can refuse this
request except that they do not desire to lis
ten to the protest and desire to move blindly
on doing the solo bidding of the railroad in-
llncucc. Not tin Interest of tlio paityoran
Interest of an individual republican would bo
injured by calling an curly convent Inn. The
dominant , party In the state ought to bo the
ilrst In the Held with Its best mulct ial at Its
head , with a ticket unassailable that would
build the party its the campaign progressed.
Any reasonable republican who will stop and
think knows that a campaign of this kind Is the
best possible campaign for the party to make
and It is to secure such results that the pro
test against old methods has been made.
Kearney Hub : The proceedings of the
Lincoln conference weru marked with an
earnestness of purpose which left no room to
doubt tlio importance of the movement. The
deliberations were earnest , the expressions of
the conference dignified , and not given to
empty or uncertain sound. Tlio resolutions ,
which deal principally with the subject of
railroad domination ia politics , ami corpora
tion control of the state board of transporta
tion have already been published , and there
is nothing in them that is iinrcpublican , or
that gives encouragement for any movement
ontsido of the party for the correction of any
of the abuses complained of. It would have
been Just us well , perhaps , if the conference
had lot the McKinluy bill alone , but
that is a minor mailer which cuts no figure
in Iho main issue in lliis state , and it is not
worth while to split hairs over it. The de
mand for a convention not later than July 8 ,
and the uppotnlmcnt of a committee to call a
state convention , If the demand bo not com
plied with , is what might bo called "heroic
treatment" of an aggravated ease , in which
Iho patient Is to bo killed or cured by a single
dose. At flrst thought this no doubt will bo
considered an extreme demand , and so It is ;
but the party can lose nothing by having an
early convention , because tlio issues are al
ready made , and nothing is involved beyond
a personal choice of candidates. It remains
yet to be seen whether the republican state
central committo will call the convention as
requested , but so far as any interest of tlio
party or the public is concerned , there is no
reason why llio committee should not do so.
Kearney Enterprise : The Lincoln confer
ence was the lirst act in a state campaign
which will far ourpiiss , in exciting features
and in tlowiirlgh importance , any political
contest Nebraska has yet seen. It is u cam
paign of which no man can at this moment
[ iredict the result. When members or a
dominant party assemble ia convention to
enter a solemn protest not against their oppo
nents , but against public ofllcials of tbeirown
faith and making , the exigency must indeed
1)0 great and serious. And so it is. But the
work has only been begun. The Lincoln con
ference marked the beginning rather than
the completion of the only movement that can
[ msslbly secure at one time the prosperity of
Llio people and tlio continued supremacy of
the republican party in Nebraska. The
declarations and the spirit of the Lincoln con
ference worn high ami patriotic , but thuy
must bo followed up by active work la every
county from now until the hour when tlio
regular state convention meets on July 8.
And llio aim and object of this sleepless ac
tivity sliould bo the election of delegates ab
solutely free from all taint or suspicion of cor-
xirallon inlluenco. If the spirit of the Lin
coln conference goes out to the four corners
) f the state and results in the eleclioa of such
i body , and if llio convention docs Its work
.horohghly and fearlessly , then Iho people
will get justice and llie good name of the
grand old pirty will bo preserved. There is
10 tlmo to be lost The battle Is to bo hot and
hick , but the stiiko is enormous to the people
mil to the partv. Wrongs of which Iho peo-
) le ore llred will bo righted at the next elec-
.ion. It is for the republican party to sny
whether It will bear thu vietonous standard ,
or to bo trampled under foot.
Plattsmoiitu Herald : The conference will
> o and is of vast impnrtaneo to the repulicun
urty from a political standpoint , and to
-very producer and shipper in the state. The
ncossaut agitation for lower Ireigbt rats
that has been growing In volume eac.li year
ins reached that point wliorn the demands of
he farmer must not only bo heard , but relief
mist bo granted. The agitation every day is
nagnilleii in the east by the piess until No-
iniskiinti arc looked upon as spjcien of an-
irobists ready to tear up the railroads and
lestroy foreign investments by absolute force ;
apital is driven out of the country ami gre.it
larm is done lo every branch of business.
L'ho professional agitator and fault-Under is
in enemy to every public interest. While no
'
eusomib'lo man coulil atk for an Iowa rate ,
ot a fair icdnetlon could bo made Unit would
illuncti the clamor , anil would bring prosper-
ty to the people as well as the railways.
Norfolk News : The anti-monopoly romib-
lean convention made it certain that there
vill bo nn early stuto convention this year ,
a fact , it inailo it possible for Nebraska to
invo two republican state conventions this
oar , If the state committee refuses to act.
While this may bo a threat that was iinncc-
ssary , the state committee will do well to
locd the warning. The great mass of roiiub-
leans want an early convention , ami it is to
ho interest of the party to have ono. Men
mist IMJ nominated whoso iccord nnd aflllla-
Ions will bear the so.iivhing scrutiny of a
oag campaign or tlio parts cannot linpo to
ueceed. A party founded on sueh grand
irinclples as win the rupublJean pirty must
mvo within Its rank * plenty of men who uro
iblo and willing to right uvory wrong of
vhleh the people complain , and those men
mist bo placed In the forefront of the battle
his fall.
Kournoy Knterpriso : Tlio Lincoln confer-
CIH-O has received a high compliment from tlio
wrporatloti pioss of thu stato. Tlio Omaha
{ ( publican and the Lincoln State Journal
iiiisut-k their vocabularies for uords of scorn ,
aivasm and Inveetlvo to Hltowor upon the do-
oted heads of men who Inspired and led It.
'bin U the most ( loavlneliig testimony to the
'cmilnenoss of the anti-monopoly movement
vlthln the Republican party which could pot-
Ibly bo offered. The light between the cor-
lonitlons and tholr scrvilo tools on one hand ,
md the real fnend.s of Republicanism and of
Nebraska on the other , was onuiul to conm
his year. It has como already and it Is wel-
omo. Corporation Inlluuncc m- the KeiiiiliU-
an party muHt go down. Let thu Imttlo
ago.
WuhooWasp : We commend the proceed.
ms and resolutions of thuuutl-mono | > ely cou >
cation held In Lincoln this week to tltoearo-
ill reading of everv farmer In this county.
Vo bi'llovo the tlmo Is near when deliverance
s at hand , as they now have it In their 'Miwer
o sncuro w hat they desire by simply taking
iold of tills opportunities offered and controll-
iig legislators mid executive ollleeis ' 1 bo
onventlon was a representiUlvo convention
f farmers who know nhut tliuj want and did
nit busltato to say so In most \ igi-rous torms.
'ho state con\cntum mid the lugisluturo
vhwU w to inako the next law > of NobruiKu ,
Vtlllbo composed of level ho.ulixl , hotic.it ,
capable farmers ,
no\v TO et'UK
Diphtheria Is rlfo nml hoKttnghlgli.'onrnlv'i !
In many parts of the city , nml not a few of
our children have already gasped to death l.i
the clutch of the dreud disease. Physicians
encounter now cases of It every day , nml It Is
feared , with some reason , that the nmtiuly Is
assuming Iho form ot a wide-spreading cpl
ilemle.
With this in vlow , the writer seeks lo glvo
the road Ing public a plain vlow of the causa
nml nature of the disease , hoping thereinto
allay the apprehension of iimicted families ,
because , pcuhnps , the dlseaso Is not so bad as
It seems , and to Impress upon them the
ncce-sslty of prompt nnd cllU-Iont treatment
Diphtheria Is n contagious , Infections
disease , arising from a speolllcmorhillc germ ,
the prcclso nature and habits of \\biili
arc as yet undetermined. Hut It i
thought , In the light of recent reseaii lies ,
the bacillus ilphthcritlctis will soon
bo recognized nnd Isolated. Diphtheria ia
commonly thought to bo a disease of modern
limes , but it Is not Improbable that It llour
( shod with equal vigor In remote antliiuity
At least Arotnons. a physician of the second
century of the Christian era , described it
minutely under the names of uleiis srlaeu m
and malum Egyptlneum ; Syrian ulcer and
Kg.Una disease. Later the Dutch dm tor
Ileclcor gives mi account of an epidenn. nf
malignant sore throat , which oiuirred m
Holland In 1KI7. ! And so on , epidi-mUs of
this nlllletlon have been described from UIHK
to tlmo by different observers , but the dlseaso
was known as eyuuclio or angina nmligun.
did not receive Its present appellation till
is- ! ! ! , when litvtonnenn , a French ph\suiun.
made an exhanstivo study of it , ami named
It dlphtherite , from the Greek word diph-
thoros , a skin or mombranc.nml has reference
to the false membrane which is charaetens-
tie o [ the disease. It Is nearlv iilunviiMii.
domic in character , that Is , it rurolj occui-s in
sporadic or scattei-ed cases. Thei-o are main
mooted questions concerning the nature and
manner of propug..llon of diphtheria. Koine
observers hold that it is more readily grafted
Uxm | children than upon adults , others that
this semblauco is because children are moro
exposed to contagion. Some that the exuviao
of contagion are widely diffusive , others that ,
the of urea Infectious environment is small
And again it is -lioved by matt jt
that the ilise.ise is local in churai tor , b
the weight of medical opinion pnmoinu'- it
an aculo systemic or constitutional i * it
From all experience It is shown that t i >
infantluo ot-adoleseeiit organism is more MI-
eeptiblo to the force of the disease than the
adult. And as a proof that diphtheria is
contagious , only within narrow limits , it H
lately reported , that ia a school ulurotlu1
boys were at ono Hide of the mum aid tli , <
girls at the other , the malady hi .iu > out
amongst the girls and loft the boj- . tot ii
free from it. But there are main nupns *
instances to offset this. If the complain" - ,
local grave systemic Infection often supi i
vencs forthwith upon the start of tlic lot i
trouble. This is said for the bciiellt of thos ,
and there are many amongst the
non-moilleul public , who believe that
diphthciin Is only sore throat or that son
throat is diphtheria. The former is ahv.i'
local , but the writer concurs in the belief of
the majority of the protessioii that the hitter
is alwiijs constitutional.
TUo atlectioa is not limited to any season ,
climate or special surrounding , btitoccms m
January or Juno , ia rural or urban districts
in tlio crowded tenement or in the uell up
pointed private residence. In the eoutitn tlio
germ of the disease takes up its abode. b\
preference , in the dung-hills , ami from this
basoof supplies attacks the liihabilants of the
adjacent houses. In the city pet iininmls , dogs f
and lambs , parrots and pigeons , often com
municate the affection to their keep-rs , but
the chief carrier of the microoo is sewer gas
This is the element in which it delights to
abide. A sowored city is especially liable 11
epidemics ol diphtheria , Slid notwithsti mint , '
the excellence of sanitary plumbing dinii
tlicria Is been moro frequently in model a in.
proved houses than in houses with no plumb
ing at all. The mouldy wall and damp s > 1
offer a nidus for Ihc principle of the disea
and It Is probable that the humid condition of
the air and ground , for the past tow daj s ui l
the up turning of fresh cut th , account for tl >
present prevalence of the malady In the
limits.
The character of the disease Is
unique , although there are multiple font s > -
and varieties of symptoms. The DiieU-n.i ,
by choice , llnd lodgment in the mucous mem-
brar.o of the throat and fauces , and devour
ing the healthy tissue , cause it to biciilt
down , when inllamatory action is e.vcited , tin-
direct product of which Is the tough , tci a
clous cxudato or false membrane , which not
only covers the mucous surface , but dlpsdoun
and implants itself ( Irmly in the subjacent
tissues. When this Is forciblj removed , It
leavc-i a seaned and bleeding track which
soon becomes Iho sitof a fresh exudate sj u
ehronously with the appearance of the the ( tt. *
trouble , an abrasion of uny other mucus or
cutaneous surface of the body is covered b )
the characteristic mombi-ane.
'J'ho disease at the outset is marked by the
following general symptoms : Chill , fevci.
headache , stiffness of the Jaw.s , pain ami
swelling in the lymphatio glands of the neck ,
painful swallowing , and a constantly incrcns
Ing desire to huwlc and clear the throat
These symptoms develop in a few hours ,
when , If the throat is inspected , il is .soon ,
be moro or loss covered by the whitish iy"S
ing. Some of this is detached and < * x/cllcd |
bv the patient during his repeated ellorts
nt clearing the throat , and hero Is the
chief danger to the physician and attendants
who frequently stand in tlio path of llio llj-
ingspatnm. Since the latter Is highly con
tnglons , not a few physicians have thus , In
contact with it , contracted the dlspasn ami
succumbed to Its ravages. The above mum < l
svmptoms continue , ordinarily , for ubimt
eight days , unless the disease is mull-'nim1
from the start and destroy Iho lifo of tin
patient in forty-eight hours , or unless it be
accompanied by grave constitutional Infei tim >
or blood poisoning A person who Is the sn'i '
Ject of u mild or severe attack of diphtheria s
equally prone to its various complications
These complications do not nppoai , usnnlU
till the patient seems quito locovered fron.
his sickness. Then ho llnds himself the su' '
Joel of paralysis of the throat , with dllllciu' ' \
or total Inability to swallow , paralysis of the
eyes , which mav thus become permanently
crossoil , of the limbs or side , or or the bladder ,
nnd lastly , pai-alysis of the heart , that Is , Its
rate of pulsation becomes lowci-od from
the normal of sixty lo eighty t < i
from iweiity to foity pur nun
tito. This latter affection Is 01
easlonally attended by fatality , hut
complete recovery ftom all these effects
Is the rule. Diphtheria Is always a danger
ous disease , Its mortality being about 10 per
cent. It is a dlseaso of dobllity , and hoalthj
persons are muc.li lass .subject to It than th
weak and delicate , and ono attack jiredis
poses to another The tioatmont should b
prompt and ofllclont , a sustaining diet ot
whisky , milk , eggs and boulllion being th
llntearo The medication Is local , gargling
or swabbing the throat with ono or other n
trlngent or gormlcldo , and general , the usfo „
agents which destroy nnd cllmlnuto tlie Tiiu
terln from the syhtem , VajiorUIng a imxtuio
of coal tar mid turpentlno is n proper meai s
of disinfecting the apartment or tliosuu if
practicable , all persons , liut the ph\-i' ' >
and the nurse , should be excluded from '
rooms. The treatment should , of tours a
ways lie intrusted to a wise nnd Jiulu i > -
physician , who will employ those runodi't.
which are the best known methods of ( om f.
bating the dlseaso F. K. Mi nrin , M I )
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