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Anti-Monopoly Committee Call.
Si'itivo ItixcHK , Neb. , MiiySi. The "com-
initteu of llftcoii" appointed by the anti-
inotinjioly republican convention held nt
Lincoln Neb. . May 22 , IS'.K ) , is requested to
meet at the Capital hotel in Llncoln.it | 4 p , in.
on Tuesday , Juno I , 1890 , for the transaction
of such business as maj- properly coino before
It. I ) . M. NKFTMITON , Chairman.
\Viuisn : was the baliinco of the com
bine when the oiled and roasted seven
adjourned to the court house ?
THIN' slices of economy , though few
and fur between , are welcome evidences
of returning reason in the county hoard.
Tin : governor call for tin extra ses
sion has set all the political vultures in
motion who always Rather around every
legislature In quest of prey.
HASTH makes waste. The anxiety of
the hohool board to rush the school bond
proposition is likely to prove filial again.
Hotter begin right and then go ahead.
Two Kansas congressmen who were
conspicuous in assisting eastern manu
facturers to levy tribute on western pro-
flucon ) conveniently decline to stand for
ro-oluction. The leaven is working.
TIIKUK tire thousands of republicans in
Nebraska who believe with Piorson D.
Smith that tlio Mi-Kinley turltV bill is a
retrograde measure and not in accord
\viththopludges of tarill revision em
bodied in the national republican pint-
form.
TAXPAYERS and friends of the public
schools must watch the movements of
political jobbers who are manipulating
the wires to capture the school board.
The vast interests involved demand the
selection of responsible men , to whom
the advancement of education is a labor
of love.
Mil. CriAUKSOX has omitted another
wail regarding the circulation of the re
publican press. The trouble with the
gentleman from Dos Moines is that ho
wants to circulate his opinions alto
gether too often through the Associated
press ut the expense of republican pub
lishers.
COUNCILMAN UMJMKU still Insists
that his partner must bo miulo chairman
of the board of public works. What
possible object can Mr. Uhimor have In
tr > ing to foist his partner Into such a
position when everybody knows him to
bo incompetent and inexperienced. Mr.
llluinur is evidently not in the combine
for his health. With hia partner as
chairman of the hoard-of public works ,
there might bo Bomo very prolltnblo real
ootate deals and schemes worked up.
TilK senate committee on public lands
has taken favorable action on the bill to
ropoul the timber culture laws. Like
measures have been before the last three
congresses , but failed to receive the at
tention they deserved. It Is doubtful if
the repeal will bo of any bonollt now , as
the upoeulators have practically grabbed
all desirable portions of the public do
main subject to the timber culture act.
TIIK Honuto llnanco committee will
I ! probably not find It expedient to adhere
to the plan of giving hearings only to
those interests which applied to the ways
and inoiiiib committee of the house too
lutu to receive attention In connection
with the tarilY. The semite committee
is being overwhelmed with petitions and
communications , and some of the
interests which have In this way given
voice to their wishes will undoubtedly
press for n further hearing , when the
door is opened , with an eagerness which
the committee will Iml It imposslule to
resist. Tlio desire of the committee to
got u measure before the semite with as
little delay as possible is commendable ,
bocaurio it Is important that the busi
ness interests of the country shall not be
in uncertainty regarding whut the tariff
is to bo any longer than noeeasary , but
it is equally important that the senate
taritT fnunord shall not full to get any
new light that may assist them to a bet
ter understanding of what the people
oxpoet of them. The indications now
uro that there will bo very little of the
McKlnley bill reported to the Bonnto.
D77.ir/f / or ninnor ovoxNon.
The nnnouncomcnt of the tlotxth of
III. Ilov. James O'Connor , bishop of
Oinalm , will bo received with profound
sorrow by Iho public generally and
members of the Catholic church In par
ticular. Though expected for months ,
hia death Is no less a shock to the people
ple who learned to honor and rovcro hla
many noble qualities ns ti man and a
prolate.
Bishop O'Connor's ' life was ono of un
ceasing devotion to the cause of
religion and humanity. Springing from
a family distinguished for piety
and uncommon intellectual gifts ,
ho entered upon his life work with a. zeal
that marked him for high honors In the
church. Unllko most men ho .shrunk
from admiration and tinduo prominence.
Ills nature rebelled against worldly
pomp or "show , " and to escape both ho
Bought the quietude of the college in
stead of the pulpit. As professor of
theology and philosophy ho displayed a
depth of reasoning , wtdo research and
erudition that attracted the attention of
his superiors. In this position as in his
later and wider intercourse with the
worldho ovlnccdaslnglonessof purpose
and broad liberality that endeared him
to all acquaintances.
Coming to Omaha fourteen years ago ,
Bishop O'Connor found a diocese coverIng -
Ing Nebraska , Wyoming , Dakota and
Montana. During Ills administration
this vast dioccho has been divided into
live. Bishop O'Connor grasped the pos
sibilities of western advancement In a mo
ment and laid broad and deep the founda
tion for church and educational growth ,
lie foresaw that Omaha was destined to
become a great center of population , and
years before the city b'ogun its second
growth ho inspired confidence by judi
cious investment in property for church
extension. To ills sagacity the church
is indebted for the many elegant sites
secured , the churches and schools built
and the accommodations provided for
future enlargements.
Personally and olllcially Bishop O'Con
nor was ono of the most approachable
of men. Simple iu habits and una&sum-
ing in manner , he was extremely so in
his social relations. These who have
had tlio pleasure of meeting him in so
cial life can testify to his amiability
and the charm of his con
versation. Even those who differed
radically from him in matters of religion
were forced to concede his sincerity iu
speech and action. As an oflicial of tlio
church Ills clergy know him best. A
btrict disciplinarian , ho was gentle to
those of good will as ho was uneompro-
mixing to the malicious. A favorite say
ing of his was , "I shall never disturb a
man who does an honest day's work. "
In his relations with the clergy and
laity his motto was , "A minimum of gov
ernment. " The wisdom of his episcopal
administration is shown in the fact that
his people never had any trouble with
him , that his years passed away in peace
and tranquility.
The best material monument to
Bishop O'Connor consists in the
prudent and fruitful manner in
which ho managed the temporal
alTairs of tlio diocese of Omaha. This is
especially conspicuous in the city. IIo
found it with two churches ; ho leaves
it with nine , with schools , seminaries
and a college fully equal to the de
mand.
A good citizen and a great priest has
gene from among us. The Catholic
church Io3os a dignitary of national
reputation , who , had ho been spared ,
would undoubtedly have been favored
with greater honors. The Catholic people
ple of this btato will naturally fool the
loss moit keenly. They are convinced
that they shall not soon look upon his
like again.
HATTLK SHIl'S.
By a considerable majority the senate
on Monday voted in favor of constructing
three heavily-armed battle ships , to cost
four million dollars each , fortho defense
of the principal seaports , The discussion
of this proposition occupied several days ,
during which there was produced a
pretty strong array of facts to show that
such vessels were not needed and
could bo of very little ser
vice should an emergency arise re
quiring the defense of any of our seaports.
It was shown that there are but , two or
three ports on the entire seacoast , none
of which would bo in serious danger
from a foreign enemy , into which ships
of the class It is purposed to build could
enter , the depth of water at all the others
being insulllciont to lloat vessels drawing
twenty-live feet. These battle ships
would look formidable. but if
called upon for service would
bo very likely ineffective. They
could not travel fast or bo handled rap
idly and would be at the mercy of swift
and easily maneuvered ironclads. But
an influence in the navy was strong
enough to convince senators that the
country needed a few heavy battle ships ,
and the weightiest arguments wore una
ble to overcome this influence.
Wo do not know exactly what the
contemplated expenditure for additions
to the navy amounts to , but it is a
good round sum , not loss than
twenty million dollars , and It
will be the duly of the house to cut it
down to the extent at least of the sum
proposed to be invested in heavily-
armed battle ships. That body has pro
nounced against such ships , and it
should insist upon Us position. The
vote for this unnecessary expenditure in
the goiiato was given under the prompt
ing of naval Inlluonco ; the duty of the
house will bo to consider Iho interests of
the people In the matter. It is
quite natural that naval otllcers
should desire to emulate European pow
ers in having great ships of war , but the
people of this country , who must pay the
bills , have no sympathy with this sort of
ambition. Besides , congress is showing
n far too lavish disposition in appropria
tions , and unless ll is inditTcfent to the
danger of a heavy deficit It must begin
to materially reduce proposed expendi
tures. According to the latest estimates
of the cost of appropriation bills
passed and pending , leaving out of con
sideration possible appropriations for
coast defenses , the direct tax bill , and
other purposes not yet developed , there
is threatened n dollclt of not less than
one hundred million dollars. This might
not be , in the opinion of some , as objec
tionable as neoumulntlng a surplus of that ,
amount , but a tfrorit deal of this mani
fest oxtrnvngnnco crm bo avoided with
out impairing any of the conditions es
sential to the prosperity and progress of
the country , and the proposed expendi
ture of twelve million dollars for battle
ships , oven though distributed over two
or throe years , can bo far more judi
ciously nnd ndvnntagcously employed
in another direction.
AX UXXKCKSSAltr MEASURE.
The recent decision of the supreme
court alllrmlng the constitutionality of
the Edmunds anti-polygamy law Is uni
versally regarded 113 the death blow to
the practice of polygamy in this country.
As a mntlor of fact the dcotrino of Iho
Mormon church had been almost wholly
abandoned in practice long before the
decision , and the members of that church
who still nccopl the doctrine constitute
an extremely small minority , probably
not over four or 11 vo per cent in Utah
and a still smaller proportion elsewhere.
Nothing Is more probable than that the
Mormon church will , as a religious or
ganization , at an early day wholly re
nounce the doctrine of polygamy nnd
expunge It from its creed. The immense
preponderance of non-polygamlsts now
in the organization will insist upon this
being done in order to save it from com
plete dismemberment nnd as a matlor
of self-protection from the oper
ation of hostile laws sus
tained by an almost universal public
sentiment. Polygamy is declared by
statute to bo a crime , and the law 1ms
been pronounced constitutional by the
highest tribunal. The whole power of
the government may bo invoked to en
force it. Further resistance in the in
terest of polygamy must bo wholly futile.
Such being tlio situation , it is entirely
reasonable to expect that the non-
polygamous clement in the church , being
greatly in the majority , will insist
that the organization shall bo
freed from the only doctrine
which subjects it , as a religious body , to
legal discrimination.
Existing law being , thoVoforo , ample
for crushing out polygamy , any further
legislation relating to the Mormon
church must necessarily take on the
character of persecution and bo repug
nant to the provision of the constitution
which says that "Congress shall make
no law respecting an establishment of
religion , or prohibiting the free exercise
thereof. " Of this nature is the bill now
in congress , which in olTcct provides that
no member of the Mormon church shall
"either vote , servo us n juror , or bo
elected to or hold any civil oilico in the
territory of Utah. " A man may bo the
most radical of non-polygamists , but if
he believes in the other doctrines of the
church and remains united with it ho
must by the terms of this proposed law
suffer disfranohisoment and Iho loss of
all his civil rights. The injustice of this
must bo obvious to all fair-minded
people , and wo do not think it at nil
doubtful that such a law would be at
variance with the constitutional provis
ion wo have quoted. Its practical effect
would be to condemn the Mormon faith
as a whole and to prohibit its establish
ment as a religion , and this congress lies
no right to do. There is a vital princi
ple involved in this matter which ought
to be apparent to all who are" not blinded
by an .unduo prejudice. No further
dangoKpaJg the moral welfare of
sflcietjvS'Jtah or elsewhere in this
country , is to bo feared from polygamy.
Even though the doctrine should survive
with a few as an article of faith , its prac
tice is a thing of the past and only the
practice is criminal. The proposed legis
lation is unnecessary and its adoption
would work great injustice to thousands
who desire to bo good and law-abiding
citizens.
AUK TllKT COXSl'lllATOItSl
Seven members of the infamous council
combine have had the audacity to lilo
petitions in court against TIIK BKK for
alleged libel to their reputations because
wo have seen fit to charge that they
have conspired to divide among them
selves and their corrupt associates the
patronage of the city government.
With suggestive unanimity each of the
seven common scoundrels have placed
their claim for damages at ten thousand
dollars.
How modest these follows are , to bo
sure. But why do they go into court to
resent the charge that they are conspir
ators ? Conspiracy is defined by Web
ster as "a combination of two or moro
for an evil purpose , " and to conspire is
defined as "to unite or covenant to
gether for an evil purpose ; to plot to
gether ; to concur to ono end. "
Now the question is , are ClialTee ,
Davis , Shrivor , Wheeler , Olson , Blumor
and McLearlo combined together for
any good purpose on earth ? It is com
mon and customary for members of leg
islative bodies belonging to the same
political party to caucus and combine
upon the choice of ollleors _ of such
bodies and to act in concert
in support of certain policies which their
respective political parlies are pledged
lo carry oul and vitalize. Was this the
purpose for which the council combine
was formed ? There are ton republicans
in the council , which is a clear working
majority of that body. It was eminently
proper for Ihoso ton members to com
bine and organize the council. But these
seven republicans banded together with
five democrats , not for promoting a great
principle or protecting the Interests of
the tax-p.iyors but for the purpose of
controlling th municipal patronage ,
ladling it out auu ig a gang of barnacles
and boodlers who were banded to
gether by W. J. Broatoh to fasten
their grip upon the city government.
It is notorious that an alliance with con
tractors was formed to rope in
vulnerable members of the council
by corrupt offers and promises.
To make success doubly sure and
give the combine supremacy the for-
ly-fivo thousand dollar gas claim was
engineered by Mayor Broateh , the most
infamous of all the conspirntora.through
the late council and the last act of his
rotten administration was to approve the
appropriation for the gas claim then
pending In court. And while the gas
company was enlisted for the combine on
ono eide , the waterworks company was
operating through Us superintendent on
the other side. MoLoarlo who
wants ton thousand dollars for his dam
aged reputation was swapped off like a
chattel to the combine for the chairman
ship of the waterworks committee , and
at once llfl"d from the very verge of
bankruptcy 'td'a most lucrative and
rushing business In manufacturing hy
drants and jtuiUclng castings for the
waterworks company.
And Davlsi tlio venal traitor who pre
sided at the htnlngor banquet , wants
ton thousand for his damaged reputa
tion ! That IA the coolest thing of all.
Davis IB , if ariything , moro thrifty than
McLcarle. Attuough the charter makes
It a high mUduincanor for any council
man to bo directly or indirectly interest
ed in a contract with the city , or to fur
nish inntorlala lo any contractor , ho has
in defiance of the law repaired fire de
partment engines , manufactured thou
sands of dog tags for the city , besides
doing a very paying business for the
street railways , to whom the council
refunded over twenty-live thousand dollars
lars after it had been paid into the treas
ury for paving taxes.
And Wheeler , who hag been holding
up everybody for "moro Insurance" and
Is ono of the leading spirits of the com
bine , Is awfully Indignant that his1 repu
tation has been assailed.
Are wo in the hands of a gang of con
spirators ? Are men who band together
for plunder and patronage anything else
than conspirators ? Are councilmen
who are soul and body the property of
franchlscd corporations conspirators
when they plot together to vote away
the people's money ?
Are men who belong to oath-bound
political clubs that sot up jobs and
schemes against the welfare of the city
conspirators ?
GUKAT gobs of gloom continue to make
life anything but a round of joy for the
stockholders of the defunct Omaha bank
ing company. It is consoling to them
to know that while skirmishing to moot
maturing paper , the chief maker is en
joying tlio plaudits of tlio multitude on
the foothills of the Wahsatch range.
TIIK police commission displays a largo
and luminous grasp of the duties of tlio
force. An ollieer so lost to every sense
of dignity as to read a paper , especially
the Fakir , deserves not only a reprimand
but thirty days on bread and water. The
finest must bo protected from any ten
dency to mental activity.
Tim Helfenstein claim jumpers are
not harvesting a profitable crop of
Omaha real estate. The prospects are
decidedly favorable , however , for gar
nering a huge bill of costs as a memorial
to legal folly.
OLSEN and Shriver will fall by the
wayside like old dog Tray , whose fate
they ought to have remembered. The
only possible excuse they can have for
playing catspaw for the conspirators and
venal lawbreakers of the combine is that
they are chumps.
IN TIIK army of legal talent surround
ing the council combine , the name of
Ervin is unaccountably absent. lias the
Tammany club retired its chief adviser
and political counsellor ? Give Ervln a
show.
Tun combine publicly acknowledges
that the vigorous warfare of TIIK Bun
damaged their political business seventy
thousand dollars. The confession gives
the public an inside view of the profits
of the aldermanic trust.
TIIK remainder of the solid twenty-
eight ( should emulate the sad-eyed seven
in demanding a salvo for their soiled
reputations. The moro the merrier.
Churcli Howe in
UMti Ice Democrat.
It is easy to see , in the liiht of Governor
Thayer's call for a special session of the
legislature , why Church Howe retired from
the railroad business.
A AVarniiif ; to Uyiiiiiu.
C/i / ffdoo Ti I'm ne.
\Vo warn Mr. IJynum of Indiana ho will be
reduced to the rank of a democratic states
man of tlio second-class if ever John L. Sulli
van goes to congress.
A Government Pawnbroker.
St. In\iln \ ( Slulie-Denwciut.
Should congress adopt Senator Stanford's
loan bill it should not forget to order the
hanging of thrco gilt balls over the door of
the federal treasury.
Tli ( ! Kxtrn Session Call.
I'VniHiit ' 'fitlntnt.
The climax has been reached. The gov
ernor has called an extra session of the legis
lature. The twelve hundred thousand spec
tators In Nebraska who have been watching
this state house farce are dazed.
The people , wo believe , demand a law pro
viding for the adoption of the Australian bal
lot in this state. The system has already
been adopted in other states with satisfactory
results. It unquestionably provides for of-
feetivo nnd piopor safeguards about the bal
lot box. Nebraska will have this system.
But inasmuch as the legislature will meet
next winter in regular session the people can
well afford to wait until then for this law.
The legislature which is now called together
refused to pass a bill at Its session
of 18SO , providing for the law. The
people prefer to wait and have a legislature
consider the question which lias been elected
with special reference to it. There is no
great amount of Illegal voting in an agricul
tural state like Nobruslm anyway. But the
law Is a good ono tiull could bo enacted at Iho
regular session. It will keep till then , The
second proposition Is to give expression on
the silver question in order that the Nobnisku
delegation in congress can bo governed ac
cordingly. The 'gllilaturo has no jurisdic
tion In this matter fliat power retits in con
gress. All It can flo Is to pass a resolution ,
and it may bo tliafUrannot oven do that. If
tlio governor or tluiijirJinbei-s of the congres
sional delegation dialred to know how the
members of the legislature stand on the sil
ver question it-3 "would bo n simple
mutter to addrotd an inquiry to each
of the l&'l statesinl l That wouM have been
much moro expedujijus nnd 11 would only
cosl . . ( lo cover'pSstage , Instead of anywhere -
where from $ . ' 0,000 , to t M,000 ) , by summoning
the legislators to Lincoln.
Finally the rate question. There Is a wide
spread demand for n change of some kind.
The governor's call necessitate ; ! the passage
of u maximum rate law. It will have to bo
that or nothing. Perhaps It will be nothing.
Perhaps It had better IHJ nothing , There Is
a very grave doubt whether the people want
a maximum mto law. It Is a historical fact
that states which have tried It
have abandoned It. If the governor
had in his cull given the legisla
ture ' huflleiont latitude It might do
something practical. If ho had enlarged the
scope of the call so that if the loglslutuio
found It unwlso to enact a maximum rate law ,
It might submit an amendment to the consti
tution providing for a railway commission to
bo elected by the people. Iowa has tub ) sort
of i commission nntHhoIowa freight schedule
nullifies the wildest dreamt of an antl-
monopolist ,
The rate question Is the only ono of the
three which affords nny grounds for the
governor's action. And the consideration of
Ihis question Is so circumscribed by Iho gov
ernor as lo pructlcally nullify lls effect. Now
then , what will Iho people got for Iho t-3,000
per week Ihey will pay for Iho legislative
fnrcol The people are about to speak theh
minds on Ihoso questions by the1 election of a
legislature with special reference to each of
these thrco subjects , nmong other llilngs.
STATE JOTTIXUS.
Nebraska.
The Onkdalo cornet band has boon reor
ganized.
Hog cholera has appeared In the vicinity o ;
Imllunola.
A lodge of Oddclflows is to bo Instituted
at Netnnun City.
ColcrldRO now has ono saloon and expects
to have another shortly.
There Is every probability that a Catholic
church will soon bo built at Superior.
Hoy. Silas Cooke bos been installed ns pas
tor of the Presbyterian church nt Hebron.
Tlio union teachers' institute of Nomnha
and Johnson counties will hold u session ut
Tecumsch July 15.
DA young i on of Charles Neal of Peru bad
several ribs caved la by the kick of a horse ,
but ho will recover.
The Leigh World hns entered upon the
fifth ycarof Its existence with bright pros
pects for n long and useful life.
GcorgoM. Kearns. a farmer near Loup
City , had ono of his legs broken by the kick
of a colt which ho was leading.
There is n nmdstono nt Hushvillo which has
proven efficacious when applied to rattle
snake bites as well as lo wounds produced by
dogs.
The remains of llio lalo O. B. Willnrd , for
merly editor of the Loup Clly Times , have
been removed to Grand Island , where his rel
atives reside.
A preliminary organization of Sons of Vet
erans hns been formed at Onkdala and the
camp will bo mustered In In tlmo to partici
pate in the Memorial day exercises.
Fulrbury has another inad dog scare , as
the result of which several fat cattle which
had been bitten by rabid dogs have been
killed , nnd a general slaughter of canines is
In progress.
John Shornsbergcr , n twelve-year-old
Genoa lad , was lilt on tbo leg with a shinny
club last February and so badly Injured that
It was found necessary the other day to am
putate the limb.
The Teknmah churches joined iu a union
memorial service at the opera house , Sunday ,
and the building was crowded with old vet
erans and their friends. Ilov. Mr. Pugh de
livered the address.
During a saloon brawl at O'Neill ' Ernest
Weeks disfigured jTomTlcriioy for life by
nearly biting off the hitter's nose. AVeeks
was arrested and held in bonds of S750 for
trial in the district court.
Mrs. Elmlra Sage , living near Donlplinn ,
has been taken to the Lincoln insane asylum
for the fourth tlmo. Her condition wius
caused by religious excitement and she recently -
cently attempted suicide by hanging.
An Italian woman bound for Ouster Citv ,
S. D. , gave birth to a lusty infant on an Elkhorn -
horn train near Chadron the other day. The
baggage car was vacated by the trunk
smasher in order to give the woman suitable
quarters , and every lady on the train assisted
in the accouchement.
Tlio Two Dnkotns.
Spearfish is : i(5r7 ( ! feet above the sea level.
A Jlro company is being organised at
Menno.
Seventy-five inon are at work on the Sioux
Falls packing house.
The prospects are encouraging for an enor
mous wild plum crop.
The kick of a horse resulted in the death of
Henrich Duller near Silver Lake.
Among a party of Russian emigrants who
arrived at Uowdlo the other day was an old
lady who owns up to being 100.
Two footpads held up a freighter between
Deadwood nnd Central the other evening ,
but secured only a dime for their pains.
Work has commenced oil tbo now \VarJ
county court bouse at Minot. The building
is to be of bi iek and stone and will cost $10,001) .
A Bridgewater boy naZicd Lut slcy swal
lowed an open penknife a few days ugo , and
as yet no serious consequences have resulted.
The Davison county Farmers' alliance in
session at Mitchell instructed its delegates to
the state convention to oppose independent
political action and not to endorse woman
suffrage.
The stench from dead cattle and horses ly
ing along the Milwaukee tracks near Yankton
has become so nauseating that the county
commissioners havobeen calledontosuiipress
the nuisance.
A boy named Fieldsend was dragged to
death near Minnesota by a horse the other
day. IIo had tied nun end of a rope around
liis waist nnd the other end was around the
neck of the horse.
Michael Allen ? was bound over at Moor-
liead to await tbo action of the grand jury by
Tudge Titus for .stealing a horse and buggy
from Doylo's livery st'ible at Fargo. IIo took
the rig to Hawley and tried to sell it. Allen
claims ho was drunk.
Spotted Crow , the bad Indian from Bad
river , appeared before the United States
court at Pierre the other day nnd was bound
over for trial in the sumof5K ) . S. C. is
charged with hitting Old Sally , his mother-
in-law , on the head with his liltlo hatehot.
COUNTING TillI'KOPIdJ. ] .
Some of the Inquiries to bo Mmlc l > y
tlic Census lOniinierators in June.
Hon. Robert P. Porter , United St lies su
perintendent of census , asks Tin : Bi ; j to pub
lish the folio wing :
The eleventh census of the Unit d States
will bo taken during the month of J me. The
onsus enumerators will begin the ! work on
Monday , Juno , nnd will visit oery house
ind usk questions concerning every person
ind every family in the United States.
The questions Unit will bo usked call for
the name of every person re-sldlng In the
United States on the first day of Juno , with
their sex nnd age , and whether wbito , black ,
mulatto , quadroon , octoroon , or Chinese ,
Japanese , or Indian , Inquiry will bo inado
also of every person ns to whether they are
single , married , widowed , or divorced , and ,
, f married , whothei married during the cen
sus year.
The plnoo of bir * i of each person , and the
place of birth of the father and mother of
Meh person , will also bo called for , ns well as
i statement as to the profession , trade or oc
cupation followed and tlio number of months
unemployed during the census year. For nil
persons ten years of ago or over n lotnrn
: nust bo miulo by the enumerator as to the
number able to read and write , and also to
the number who can kpcnk English. For
: hose who cannot speak Kngllsh the purlieu-
ar language or dialect .spoken by them will
10 .iscerlained. For children of school ago.
ilso the number of months they attend school
will bo recorded by the census enumerators.
In the case of mothers an Inquiry will bo
made as to the nuinlwr of children they have
hud , and the number of these children living
ut the present time. This inquiry is to bo
iiado of all women who are or have been
imrrlod , including all who uro widows or
lave been divorced. Foreign-born nmles of
ulult age , that Is , twenty-one yours of ago or
over , will bo asked ns to tbo number of j ears
they have been In the United States , and
whether they aru naturall/ed or have lakea
out naturalization papers
Of the head of eaeh family visited the quos.
tlon will bo asked us to the number of per
sons in the family , and whether his homo is
owned or hired ; ubu , if owned , whether the
lonio is free from mortgage incuinliranco. If
the head of ) the family is u farmer , similar In-
juiriea will bo made concerning the owner
ship of tinfarm. . ,
In addition to thcso inquiries , nil of which
uro made on the population schedule , the law
mdor which tlio census ls taken make * pro
vision for special Inquiries concerning such
of the population as may bo mentally or
ihysically dufeettvo in any respect ; that Is ,
tisane , feeble-minded , deuf , blind or crippled ,
or who may bo temporarily disabled by sick-
icss , disease or accident nt the tlmo
of tbo enumerator's visit. Certain
special Inquiries \\ill also be made concerning
ninatos of prisons and ruformatorioti and of
charitable und benevolent in-ititutiuiis. Bo-
sldos this a statement uill bo called for con
cerning nil porauus who h.u u died during tuo
census year , giving their name , ngc , sex , oc
cupation mid eiiusu of dentil.
This official count of llio people romps but
oneo In ton years , nnd every fatally and
every person should consider It to bo their
( luly lo answer the nucslloas of Iho COIISUH
enumerators willingly and promptly , so Unit
dollnlto and nccuruto In forma tlon may Ixs
gained concerning the n.1,000,000 people living
within ttie bounds of lids greal country.
in
ANOTIII3R VIEW.
TncuMsntt , Nob. , May 22. To tlio Editor of
TiinHnr. : In TIIK UUK of Iho 20lh inst ap
pears a short article from Charles Woostcr on
the money question , in which ho ussnlls Iho
views of the "extremists" nnd "llntlsts. "
Extremist Is a rolntlru lerm depending on
who would apply It. To some of us Ihcro Is
nothing so extremely absurd ns for many to
ncccpt Iho ahylock's stereotyped expressions ,
"hard money , " "coin basis , " "honest dollar , "
etc.
etc.Today
Today Ihe prevalent Ideas on tlio money
question are those of the bunkers of Wail
street and the creditor class In gone-nil , and
should bo accepted by the masses wllh
Iho full allowance that they eomo from men
directly Interested in the advantages accru
ing nt the public expense. The testimony of
a thief iu his own behalf has ; but little effect
upon an Intelligent judge , though his pathos
and stage demeanor may influence nn over-
credulous Jury. Thorcalsolullonof Iho llnnii-
cinl question Is a mailer which hinges mainly
upon the prosperity of nny nation hence the
necessity of being fair and honest In an Inves
tigation. As examples Mr.\\r. ) instances conti
nental money , French asslgnnts nnd paper
money In general. Wo have read some on
this .subject and are familiar with these old
chestnut inentlonlngs In support of argument
against legal tender paper money. It appears
our ulllaneo brother is but little ucquainted
with the subject ho would dilate for the nub
ile , else such statements would not occur.
Wo cite below quotations clearly indicating
the reason why continental money and French
ussignnts depreciuted.
"Tho opponents of legal tender notes of Ihe
United States refer us to the partl.il failure
of the continental money us conclusive evi
dence that treasury notes of our government
must fall. Our authority for what wo say
upon the subject Is the journal of the conti
nental congress. This net was moro than ono
year before independence was declared. It
authorised the issue of $ -,000,000 of notes ,
which road as follows :
"This nolo entitles tlio bearer to receive
mill dollars or the value thereof In gold
or silver , according to the resolution of congress -
gross of the 10th of Muy , 177.V
Wo need not say that this was neither
money nor u promise to pay money , emanat-
ting from any Individual state or nation.
( Judge Warwick Martin in his "Money of
Nations , " page 1DO. ) For a complete history
of the French assijjnats see page 1"3 of above
quoted author.
The ussignats were not based upon the
fuitli , credit and revenues of a nation as our
legal leaders are , but upon the confiscated
estates of priests und nobles. To compare
these issues with our legal tenders Is to com
mit errors palpable to the masses.
As to our greenbacks wo will add but n
word , as wo uro using moro space than wo In-
Uindeu. John Sherman said they were pur
posely depreciated to make sale for bonds ,
and the public is familiar with the "exception
clause" as ono method of depreciation. We
continue quotations from highest authorities ,
as to what constitutes money , since Mr.
Woostcr dealt Messrs. Burrows , Powers , ct
ul. a backhanded slap by charging that they
are rehashing l&lwurd ICellogg's ' ideas given
to the public over forty years ugo.
"An inconvertible paper money made a
legal tender is universally admitted to be
money. " ( John Stewart Mill. ) "Tho eir-
cumstaneo of convertibility does not affect
paper money. " ( Adam Smith. ) "Thero is
no such tiling as cold money or silver money
or paper money. Money is the sovereign au
thority impressed on that capable of taking
und receiving the impression. That upon
which the stamp is placed is called coin ; the
coin may be metal , parchment or paper. "
( Judge Joel Ti If any on Constitutional Law. )
"Tim theory of intrinsic ; value of
money has been abandoned by
the best writers and thinkers.
Coin is not u safe basis for
money. The base is too small. " ( Encyclo
pedia Brittanica. ) If any Bic readers doubt
statements herein mndo wo refer them to
such works us Judge Martin's "Money of Ku-
f } s , " Colonel B. S. Heath's "Finance Ilovo-
utlon , " S. M. Brico's "Financial Cuto-
lilsms , " which nro corroborated by Allison's
' of " and history
'History Europe , our own
concerning nssignats nnd continental money.
[ Tacts are what the people want , and I assure
ny alliance brother that I press my individ-
lal opinions with little vigor , but quote
uithorities instead. Like Mr. W. , 1 hope the
lublie will well consider this suoject , which islet
lot complex except its is purposely argued to
nystify the many. C. W. TUIUE.
NISmiAHICA'S LAW OF I3EI3T ,
Hoornit , Neb. , May 20. To the Editor of
Fin : Bci : : In TIIK SUXIMY line you say in
one of your editorials , "It is in the power of
.ho merchants to compel the dishonest to pay
ip by refusing credit. "
I can hardly agree with you on this point.
It is easy enough for a merchaut to refuse
credit to n man that has proven himself dls-
lonest ( ut the-oxpenso of some ono else ) , but
t is a daily occurrence that some merchant
s beaten by men who were supposed to bo
loncst , who have curried honest names
ti the community for years. Yes , they keep
heir true character ( or what is left of it ) so
closelv veiled merely because they know
vhen they have oneo gained a reputation for
honesty they can make all the moro of a
legalised thoft. That is virtually what it
amounts to. The law of our great state says
to the robber of confidence and necessaries of
life , if you can ovudo payment of your bills
for live vein's , you may leap into the scales of
the goddess of justice and you will not bo
found wanting , und you will receive protec
tion. Your bills nro not to bo payed ; your
debt for merchandise is cancelled because
yon have ovndcd mo all of these long llvo
years ; go homo and do it some more. If the
merchant Ls to bo beaten or rather if
his goods uro to bo stolen without nny
protection fiom our laws , then tlio thief that
enters my stoio nt night and steals my goods ,
is moro of u inun , in my estimation , than the
legalised one. The former only takes my
goods while the latter takes both goods nnd
the confidence 1 have placed in him.
I ask you und all fair-minded men In which
way uri ) wo drifting i Are our laws on this
point not educating u ceitain class of people
to dishonesty I It is not the honest consumer
that tliu met chants of Nebraska complain of.
Honest men will pay their bills even if they
are poor , \vhllo u ceitain share of well-to-do
ones will not pay. Why I Because the law
savs they don't have to pay for merchandise
if they will only ovudo our statutes for five
jears. The only clause left for merchants with
such men or women Is to sue the account , get
n judgment , pay all costs , have it renewed
evorv llvo j ears , und then get It If you can.
If a bill wore passed at our next legislature
as proposed by the merchants at the recent
convention in Omaha , it would not be n bone-
tit to the merchants only but u blessing to
the consumers that uro always Imaging onto
our law for protection.
They would not buy moro than they could
pay for. It would bo a road to prosperity for
them and would save thousands of dollars
unnually which could bo put Into moro useful
channel's than being wasted by legalUed
thieves as Is the custom today. Merchandise
could bo sold at a closer margin , In
short it would bo the greatest stimulant
to trade that the state has over experienced.
It would save numerous merchants from being
ruined and being closed out by the .sheriff ,
and they could all pay their bills moio
promptly to wholesalers.
The BIK : always seems to advocate what Is
right and just. 1 hope It will no v ulso stand
by tlio merchants and uld them in getting
laws that will be u benefit to both consumer
und seller. ACou.Nrav MKIIUUNT.
- * -
Li UK AT MEN.
Prince George of Waleswho will shortly
go to sea In commend of tliu gunboat Thrush ,
will uc-t ai chaplain as well us commander of
the vessel.
Henry M. Stanley Is n believer In the
policy of uolonUIng the Upper Congo valley
of Africa with colored immigrants from the
United Stated.
Mr. Carlisle Is said to owe his soimtornhl | )
us well us his former political advancement
largely to the energy und populurlty of Uis
clover and ambitious wifo.
Tlio Belgian king , Leopold , Is said to con-
te-npluto u juuriiuy to thU country In the
nntumn , with a view of arranging for furtliei
development of the I'oajro.
Houwnier Ims nxHvcl t'u unUlmleit cut
from a Berlin newspaper , will MI refers to
him us a bacillus Still , Ihat'.s not us rough , .
as It ho hud been willed merely a microbe. jl
Georjio llnncroft. who was secretary of thoT
iiuvv for a year und a half during llio mtinlti *
tslrutloti of President 1'olk , Is Iho ohle.U c. <
eublnot oftlcer , bolh In ugo nnd dulo of ser
vice , now living.
Edward Uellnmy Is talked of for tbo Urst
mnvor of the now city of Clilcopee , Mass.
Chfropco Is. of course , nn old town , bulls jus )
now assuming the vestllttro of nn lncenx > iw
ated clly. It Is n short way above Sprint ; .
Held , on tbo Connecticut ,
The dcnth of Fletcher Harper of the llrre
of Harper k Brothers , leaves the following
living member ! * of the famous house :
J , A. Harper , the senior partner , and his son ,
.Tames Harper. Joseph W. Harper , .lolin W.
Harper , Joseph Henry , n nophowof Klolohor.
nnd John Harper , u son of J. A. Harper , wlii
recently retired.
Louts J. Jonnhifrs , nt ono tlmo editor of tin
New"Yorlc Times , is the "Moinlmr of Purlin *
mcnt" who writes lor the Now York Herald
Ho edits Lord Randolph Churchill's spowhoi
ami recently repudiated ono of thorn wliicl
had escaped the blue pencil. Ho was clertvtl
for Stockport us u democratic-conservative-
homo ruler , gives an Independent supiwrt to ,
the torv ministry ntul occasionally Indulges I
In a mild nictation with the 1'iiniolllto.s , \
Nolirnsku , Iowa and Dakota Pensions.
WASIII.NOTOX , May ar. [ Special Tele-
Brain to Tim Bnn. ] Pensions granted tc
NcbrasUans t Original James W. Webster ,
Lodlj Chester Woodwortb , Myrtle ; Henry
II. Bniincrd , Cedar lilulTs ; OeorRC Martin ,
Kearney ; Donjamln Keller , LuxiiiRton ,
Abraham Colcman , Doudarc. Hcstoratlon
nnd hicrenso William Vnrnoy , Auburn
Increase Jnmos Smith , Palisade. Old war
Martin Santcr , Scot In ; U.ivht M. Townsend -
send , Orleans ; Hamilton A. Walker , Hurcli-
nnl ; James R. Curler , Mudlson ; Charles R.
Kuckley. York ; Albert Thorp , Ilelsey ; Jcssu
Chuppolf , Nellgh.
Iowa : Original Invalid Geoorgo L. Nve ,
Agency ; John W. LMmondson , Cumbria ;
Robert Maxwell. Crcston ; Milo Adams , Osce-
ola ; Henry P. Norris , Linvllle. Inciv.iso -
Geo. W. Wustfall , Columbus Junction ;
David H. Mitchell. Ln Poito City ; Asa C.
Parker , Keokuk ; RobeitE. MeckerShetman ;
Samuel A. Reed , Eldoru ; Henry Mohlor , Mt.
Pleasant ; John Rowe , Sidney ; William F.
Warthen , Colby ; Joslah B. Goodall , Agency ,
John W. Service , Albiu ; Rowland Ward ,
Sioux City ! Lev ! Smith , Novudu : William
Boos , Now Hnmpton ; W. Lyons , Blairvillo ;
John W. Hobbs , DCS Molncs. Reissue
George W. Corporon. Cincinnati. Original
widows , etc Mary F. , widow of David W
Jolmson , Adclphlu ; Alma , widow of Samuel
Austin , Novinsvillo.
South Dakota : Increase JamesMcCrosby ,
Pukawanu.
Nebraska and Iowa Patents.
WASHIXOTOX , May 27. [ Special Telegram
to Tun Bin : . ] Patents granted today : AI-
vin J. Austin , Shelby , Neb. , egg beater ,
John B. Bartholomew , DCS Moines , la. , pea
nut roaster and warmer ; William C'
Bice , Manilla , Iu. , end gate ; Harmon
Bussel , Ross , la. , end gate for wagon ,
Alex Caldwell , Essex , In. , ciiltivutor ; Chan
dler Dudley , Whiting , In. , saw sharpener de
vice ; John Dullenty , Waverly , Neb. , cultiva
tor ; James N. and'.T. E. Foyc , Dubuque , In. ,
excavator ; Howard Hitchcock , Rcinbeck.Ia .
draft equalizer ; Adelph Lassack , Oxfoul
Junction , la. , buy loader ; J nines B. Morgan ,
Davenport , In. , mutch box ; George W. Sum
mons. Oak Grove , la. , car coupling ; Charles
G. Wlieeland , Brush Crook , Iu. , car coupling.
Mexico's Press Attacks American * .
Crrr OP Mexico , May 27. Financial circles
In Mexico nro agitated in apprehension of
what may bo done with the stiver bill In the
United States senate. The Mexican press
simultaneously takes up the discussion of the
filibustering scheino against Lower Calilor-
niu. Conservative journals are making tlio
affair an excuse for uttaelcs on Americans.
Corner in Cotton Anticipated.
Nnw YoiiKMny 27. There is every indica
tion of n corner In the present crop months in
the cotton market , and the bears are climbing
over each other in their efforts to cover. The
July option sold Just after noon at nn advance'
of 42 points from the opening and the rest of
tbo present crop months vroro W points uumo
last night's close. "
Killed by TorpcdocH.
ST. Pinriisnino , May 27. An explosion oc
curred in n torpedo factory nt Nikolurlcr
whereby ono officer and four sailors woio
'
killed.
Hontl
WASIIIXOTO.V , May 20. [ Special Telegram
to THE Bni : . ] Bonds ottered : $110i00 , ! ut
$ I."J ; 823,000 nt SI. O.V { .
AMUSEMISKTS.
IKnn A HAYNKS , MiinnK
May 28.
W. S. CLEVELAND'S
Headed by tbo universal favorite , known to
tliostaiu as tint Hill Nye of mlnstielsy ,
YVIl.MS P. SWIIATNAM.
FAT AND FUNNY BILLY HICE.
Gorgeous , Spuctaoular First Fart VENK-
TIAN NIGHTS.
WONDERFUL-TIIE JAPS-MARVELOUS
( ii.mil Stieot I'aiudo at II : II a. in.
ItPKi'lar ' piluus. Beats will bo put on said
Wednesday 'p ' Qpera
110YD i IIAY.NiH : , Mar.nitorj.
Friday , May 30 }
Blatohford Kavanagh ,
The Phenomenal Hey Soprano
- AS81HTKU II Y -
MasLor I-Iarry IDlmoncI ,
(13 ( yearn of KO. )
Wonderful Violin and Mandolin SollsL
Hcvrrnl other muMcnl fciituroa will bo Introduced ,
formliiK n inuttt uiitortnlnlriK prourummo.
1'rlcci , iUc , Mc. ) 78o nnd Hi inutlncc , Via nnil 75c
Di me
WtEK OF MONDAY , MAY 26.
Roars of Laughter Great Fun
And an Intellectual treat.
Ratlins Trained and Performing
PIGSlMONKEYS
An interesting combination.
1 Great Sl.ano Shown.
2O Now and Olovor ArLlHtti.
One Dime Admits to All.
OMAHA
LOAN AND TRUST
COMPANY.
Subscribed nnd Guaranteed Capital. . . .
1'iild In Uuultal . .
Iluyn und Holln utooUa and bonds ; nuK"11"1 '
cumniurolal puuuri reculvcs and uxooulov
trusts ; Rots us transfer UKOtit and truston < il
cnrixiniUoiin ; tulcua eburKu of properly ; uui-
Icots _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Omaha Loan& Trust Co
SAVINGS BANK.
S. E. Cor. 10th and Douglns Sta.
Paid In Oaiitlul . . I Mow
HnbiorlbcdanilOiinriintodd Capital . . . IIJWJ
Liability nf Htockholdurs . . . . JUO.OOJ
G I'or Cunt Intoii'Ht Puld on Diiposlts.
FRANK J. LANOK. Uuubler.
Omccn : A UVriu n. prmlilgnt. J J. Ilruiru , Ttao-
president. W T Wjuiun. trcuiuror.
r > lr ctoro. A. \Vynmn , J II , Mlllanl , J. J. Drown ,
UUX U. llnrton , U. W. Null , Tlioumt J. Kltutmll.
( JopriiU II. l ko.
lyoniii In an v amount inado nn Olty und ! ana
Propurty , aud on Collutural BuuurUy , at Luw
out rutviounout.