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Anti-Monopoly Committee Call.
Si'itiNd It.vNrm : , Noli. , May 2(5. ( The "com
mittee of lUteen" the
appointed by anil-
monopoly republican convention bold nt
Lincoln Neb. . May 20 , 1VJO , Is requested to
meet at thivC'npital hotel In Lincolnat , [ 4 p , in.
on Tuesday , .hino 1 , 1890 , for the transaction
of sucli business as may properly come before
it. D. M. Nnrn.r.Tox , Cliairmun.
Tun weekly bank statement shows the
reserve. 1ms ineroiiHod $ I-111,000. The
biinlcH now hold $ -1,912,000 in excess of
legal requirements.
Ix tlio luntfiiiigo of the diamond , the
Bchool board struck three and fanned
out.
IT is about time the school board
hccdud tlie ii'i-etiiatiblo current of public
opinion. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Tim vote was ( Iccttletlly litrht , yet to
the hoard of oduuatfon it weighed sov-
ernl tons.
iyiint ; and must have more school
ties , but the money to bo voted for
them must be disbursed through honest
hands. The people liiivo decreed it.
TUB laying of the corner stone of the
Washington memorial arch emphasizes
the lofty patriotic sentiment of Now
York. It took 11 century to got it to the
working point.
BjtOATCn's Tammanyitos a.ro afforded
nn opportunity to see , by the defeat of
the school bonds , just what the people of
Omaha think of star-ehambor raids on
the city treasury.
AUOUT all that a special session of the
legislature may bo expected to do peace
ably is to resolve for more currency. But
it will cost the taxpayers of Nebraska
thinly thousand dollars to cryslalizo a
delusive wail for flat money.
Tun swallowing of the Thompson-
Houston oluotrlo light phuit , polea and
wires , by the Edisons , la a notable speci
men of trust gastronomy , The diges
tive activity of this and other combines
indicates that the public is being taken
in pieeo-nical on all sides.
Acc'ounixo to latest able advices
manufactured expressly to order in the
homo ollico , the editor of the H'or/iZ- /
Jfcntld is said to bo in Germany confer
ring with the ompororon the labor ques
tion. It is said the economic .Nobraskan
will show Ihokaisor how to run two edi
tions of his umpire with ouoforcoofmon.
CONOUKSS proposes to erect a monument
ment to Commodore Perry , the hero of
the famous naval battle of Luke Erie.
From the long list of American heroes ,
congress could not select a grander
character to honor with a memorial
than ho who routed the British on tlio
lakes , and loft his epitaph in the fa
mous dispatch : "Wo have mot the
enemy , anil they are ours. "
RHC'KNT disasters to passenger trains
on local roads wore remarkably froofrom
loss of lifo. This is not due to extra , care
and vigilance on the part of managers or
( mployos , but to the construction and
equipment of passenger trains. Safety
.couplers and automatic brakes are an ab
solute swurlty against "telescoping , " the
dreaded feature of railroad traveling in
past years. This fact suggests the nec
essity of abolishing the man killing
couplers on freight cars and the substi
tution of safety appliances.
Tnu recent Methodist conference in
St. Louis discussed the necessity of re
form in the divorce laws of the country.
Statistics were produced showing that In
the last twenty years throe hundred and
twenty-eight thousand seven hundred
und sixteen divorces wore granted.
During that period the population of the
country Increased sixty-nine per cent ,
while the divorces Increased one hun
dred and seven per cent. There are
ilfty-six sots of divorce laws in the states
and territories. No two are alike , Such
n lax condition of laws for sundering the
marriage tie is a disgrace to the nation.
It is a great and growing evil , and unless
chucked will bocoiuo a uatlouul scuuduL
WU Till ! KNVMHIU TOllS.
The ollldals who will tomorrow enter
upon the dinictilt and by no means pleas
ant laak of enumerating the population
and recording the numerous facts re
quired to be obtained by the act of con
gress providing for the taking of the
consuls , are entitled to receive courteous
consideration from the people. They
will represent the national govern
ment * in the performance of n
work for which , as to its
principal featurs , there is con
stitutional d'r.horlty , and as to most of
the details of which there Is the war
rant of the nearly unanimous action of
both houses of congress. For the pur
pose of apportioning representatives and
direct taxes among the several stales
the constitution provides for an enumer
ation of the population every ton years
In such manner as congress shall by law
direct. This was all that the framers of
of the constitution deemed It
necessary to provide for , but con
gress , In order to obtain information re
garding the Ihiauclal and industrial con
dition of the country essential to wlsn
legislation , In the interest of scientllc
progress , and for other worthy purposes ,
has from the beginning of the govern
ment extended the scope of the census
until it embraces everything that can beef
of value to the legislator , the scientist ,
the statistician , the economist. In
doing this the undoubted Inten
tion has been to subserve the
general welfare. Granting that a
part of the information to bo sought
under the eleventh census is of a nature
which the citizen ought not to bo re
quired to Impart , and which there is no
constitutional authority to compel him
to supply , this objection applies to
only a very few of the questions which
the census takers will ask and should
not bo allowed to Interfere with the
prompt and trustworthy answers toques-
lions to which there can be no possible
objection.
It is the duty of every
citizen . to help the enu
merators In the performance of their
work. They should be received cour
teously as representatives of the govern
ment and their proper inquiries re
sponded to willingly and fully. If any
question is regarded as offensive or impertinent -
pertinent , it is the privilege of the citi
zen to decline to answer it and lake his
chances of incurring the penalty of the
law , but all should bear in mind that
the enumerators are not respon
sible for the questions. They
are simply the employes of the
census bureau to perform a routine serv
ice with the character of which they
have nothing to do , and they are en
titled to respectful and considerate treat
ment. More than this , every one should
feel it to bo a duty , in the common inter
est to supply any information regarding
others which they may know will not bo
easily accessible to the enumerators , or
might escape them altogether. Members
of families temporarily absent should
bo reported , keepers of boarding
and lodging houses should fur
nish the names of those who are regu
larly stopping with them , and in a word
all persons who think they can assist the
enumerators in nmking a census of popu
lation , or in any other matter regarding
which they may have accurate informa
tion , should impart their knowledge ,
which they may feel assured can not fail
to bo useful.
It is the aim of the census bureau to
make the eleventh census tlio most com-
[ ) loto and trustworthy , within the scope
ol its inquiries , that has over boon taken
! n this country , and it is intended , also ,
; o complete the work in a much shorter
time than was occupied in talcing and
compiling the statistics of the last two
or three censuses , much of which had
.heir value greatly diminished by the
eng delay in preparation and
; iublication. In order to accom
plish these purposes , the impor
tance of which all intelligent
citizens will appreciate , the census au
thorities must depend largely upon the
willing assistance of the people and their
lisposition to respond both promptly
ind truthfully to the questions presented
, b them. It is a vast undertaking that
s comprehended in the census , the least
lilllcult part of which , though the part
of greatest importance , is the onumera-
, ion of the inhabitants. Under the most
'avorablo conditions to bo hoped for , and
with the best possible regulations , the
work is certain to moot with obstruo-
, ions and delays. Ignorance and indif-
'erenco ' are sure to bo widely en
countered and there are some who will
w actuated by one or another motive to
ender the task of the census taker as
lilllcult as possible. Knowing this to bo
Heritable , all Intelligent and patriotic
citizens should fool it to bo a duty to
tolp the work of the enumerators in
every way they can , not only by prompl-
y and truthfully answering tlio ques
tions asked them , but by furnishing any
other information which may not bo
readily accessible to the census takers.
TUB SL'UOfil , HOOK TltUST.
The reorganization of the school book
trust presents a startling phase of mono-
> ely that strikes at every homo in the
and. It Is a well masked assault on
education , as it will Inovltnbly load to an
nereaso In the price of books , thus im-
) osing an additional tax on intelligence.
The trust was organized under the
) aternal laws of Now Jersey a year ago.
.t was composed of Van Antwerp ,
Bragg & Co. , A. S. Barnes &
3o. , D. Appleton & Co , and
ivison , Blakeman & Co. It did not
ir.iko much headway nt the outset
> ocauso the Harpers could not bo co
erced or cajoled Into the combine. But the
larpora have dually yielded to the
ompting offers of the- trust and their
ext book .business has been sold for
three-quarters of a million dollars.
The purchase gives the trust control
of ninety per cent of the school book
uiblishing business of the country.
Such a glgantlo monopoly bodes
10 good for the public. In a clr *
ouhir announcing the consummation
> f the combine , the puople are Informed
that the organization "is in the interest
> f reasonable economy in the production
ind sale of school books" and "will offer
hem at the lowest price at which shut-
ar books can bo bold tn any country. "
livery trust that has yet been organ-
zed has gulled the public with like as-
of guiioroslty , but uu instance
is yet to bo found whore n combine did
[ not take "all the trafJIc would boar. "
I The school book trust will not provo an
exception. It is probable that for a
brief period it will sell books at prices
that will crush out the few remaining
competitors. None of them possess capi
tal to compote with the trust and event
ually must go to the wall. Then the
public may look for a squeeze all along
the line.
i The monopoly moans the loss of thou
sands of dollars annually to the people
of Omaha and Nebraska.
TIIK FAR31 I'Oll THE TOWN.
Taking as its text the report that
there are so many able-bodied men idle
In Montana that recently there wore
over fifty applicants for the place left
vacant by the death of a street cat
driver in a town of that state , a Phila
delphia paper offers some thnoli
thoughts upon the mistake which
a great many young men
make In leaving the farm to
seek work in the cities. It ob-
sorvca that in all the largo
cities of the United States there are
always numbers of young men idle and
that is suggestive that for the place of-a
driver of horses there is commonly a
great excess of'applicants. City bred
boys are not as a rule experts in that
sort of work , and similarly , as a rule ,
the greater proportion of the men who
apply for drivers' positions are from the
country , frequently young men who have
como to town to seek their for
tunes. Our contemporary recognizes
the uselessness of warning others who
contemplate leaving the farm , or the
country shop or store , against going to
largo cities for employment , and that
they would , except in rare instances , bo
wiser not to do it , but it points out nev
ertheless some of the disadvantages
under which the country boy who goes
to the city to compete for work must
labor.
It may bo worth while to say to the
farmer boys who may bo looking forward
to' the time when they can leave their
rural homes for a city life , that it is not
ns easy a matter now as it was twenty
or thirty years ago for a boy or man
fresh from the country to get a place in
a store or an ofileo such as is generally
looked for , and yet there is hardly any
other labor which able-bodied , fairly
well educated men can do which pays
so little as that of ordinary store
and ollico work. Clerking , as our
contemporary says , is a pool-
kind of trade because it is so ereatlv
overstocked. In a very few instances it
may bo the gateway of ultimate business
success , but in these days extraordinary
ability is required to enable the country
boy to reach the top of the ladder
against the flerco competition of his
thousands of city rivals , who are gen
erally hotter trained for mercantile and
professional lifo than he. Tho. boy who
goes from the farm to the city
carries with him also a timidity and re
serve which place him at a disadvan
tage , ana which ho overcomes with dif
ficulty. Lucking the push and audacity
of the city-reared young man , ho finds
himself overmatched in the conflict for
position , and if ho have not uncommon
co urn go and fortitude , ho is veay likely
to run from discouragement to despair.
It is easy to understand that
young men should tire of the
humdrum lifo of the farm and
allow themselves to botempted by
the allurements of the cities , but on
the whole the lifo of the city man
is a good deal harder than that of the
countryman , as thousands of the latter
who have had the experience could at
test , A small number of those who cx-
chnngo the life of the farm for that of
the largo town are successful , a very
few greatly so , but the great
majority ' find , to use the
thought of our eastern contemporary ,
that the road to fortune in the cities lies
oftener in the direction of car stables
than in the bank or store. Yet despite
of experience and counsel the population
of the cities will continue to bo rein
forced from the country with hopeful
young men , the largo majority of whom
can bo sure only of disappointment.
A'KH' YOIIK'S HKI'IIOACII.
The very nearly universal sentiment of
the country will bo against the proposal
that congress shall appropriate a quarter
of a million dollars , or any other sum ,
for the erection of a monument to General -
oral Grant at Riverside park. Now York
was pledged to erect a monument over
the remains of the great soldier if they
wore allowed to bo entombed in that
city , and after nearly five years
that pledge is not only unre
deemed , but that city shamelessly asks
the whole pcoplo to assist it in erecting
the memorial , thus confessing before the
world the unwillingness of its people to
do so. Tlio circumstances are of a na
ture to arouse the indignation of till
patriotic men. It was charged when
Now York so eagerly besought
the family of General Grant
to bury him in that city
that the motive was greed ,
that the desire was simply to add one
more attraction to the metropolis , and
Lho result justifies the charge. Now
Now York asks the pcoplo to furnish it
mother attraction by supplying the
money to erect a monument above the
remains of the conqueror of the re- '
hellion. Every loyal American
citizen desires that a fitting mon
ument shall bo orcctod to Gen
eral Grant , and there would bo
none to object to an appropriation for
that purpose out of the national treas
ury. But Now York is not the place for
such a memorial at the public expense ,
ind the impudence of Now Yorkers in
going to congress with a request for an
appropriation should be resented by the
most vigorous protest of which the peo-
pjo are capable. It has been said that
the family of General Grant Is willing
that his remains shall be removed to the
national capital if congress will provide
'or n monument. There IB whore they
should bo , but whether they are over ro-
noved or not the nation will undoubtedly
In duo time erect a monument at the
seat of government which will properly
.cstify to the people's reverence for the
memory of the matchless soldier.
The chieftain of the armies of the rebel
lion is immortalized In marble
ind bronze by the survivors of the lost
cause. The nation cannot , without in
curring iho reproach of the world , neg
lect to comm.'Mnprnto as befits the great
ness of his achievements the grant
soldier whoso-gonlus led the armloa o
the union to Ivftimplmnt victory.
STANlt WJO.V VXUUtl.
The time fiti ? , hand when the shooi
In the coutioili combine must separate
from the goaW. If any one of the twelve
members who\liavo \ for more than six
months bean landed together for solflsl
and morconnry'wtids ' has been victimized
and imposed upon by his associates It Is
time for him to stop aside and thus con
vince his cbnstituonts of his In
tcgrity or repentance. If any member
bor of this combine honestly Intends
to live up to hts oath of ofllco he can no
longer uphold the conspirators' trusl
which does business in star-chamber ani
dark-lantern meetings instead of the
open council.
The game of bravado and bluster by
which the leaders of Ibis combine have
attempted to silence TIIK BIB : has al
ready proved abortive. Wo shall con
tinue lo pillory public thieves and
boodlors no matter how strongly they are
intrenched in power. Wo are deter
mined to break up the Infamous gang ol
public plunderers who are preying upon
our tax payers and levying blackmail
upon citizens who have claims against
the city or want improvements made on
streets adjacent to their property. Wo
propose to put an end to the underhand
ed and unlawful "divies" between con
tractors and councilman and the subsi
dizing of venal councilmen by
franchlsed corporations. All the
libel suits , civil or criminal , which the
combine may bring have no terrors for
THH BKH. On the contrary , they afford
us the opportunity to thoroughly expose
the true inwardness of Iho conspiracy bo-
Iwcen boodling contractors and venal
councilmen , by which the combine was
organized and welded together.
KO It
The efforts which are being made by
certain parties to impress Governor
Thnyer with the idea that a reaction has
sot in among the people in favor of an
extra session are misleading. Public
sentiment is largely gauged by the press.
The newspapers of the state may not al
ways bo in the lead of public opinion , but
they generally try to keep abreast of it
and very seldom run counter to it.
The concensus of public opinion as expressed -
pressed by the state papers is over
whelmingly adverse to the extra session.
Out of Iho five hundred and sixty-live
daily and weekly papers , scarcely a
dozen have expressed their approval of
the governor's call , and of those a major
ity arc politically adverse to the gov
ernor ? * There probably never has
been any instance in this state
whore the press , regardless of party
or faction , has been so nearly of accord
in opinion on a great political issue. To
bo sure , many republican papers friendly
to Governor Thayer , express the liopo
that the outcome .will justify his expec
tations , but these papers entertain grave
apprehensions that the session will bo
disappointing and very expensive.
THERE is apparently no limit to in
ventive skill in supplying conveniences
for modern home- life in cities. Wo have
electric light and electric bolls , burglar
alarms , heat and water , lly traps and
cockroach syphons , and other comforts
which have lost their novelty by age.
But genius is exploring now fields which
[ iroiniso to rout the domestic czar of the
kitchen and sooth sweltering mortals in
summer time. Companies have been
formed in the largo cities to supply
irtificiully cooled air through
pipes. In the hottest of the dog-
days , in homo or otlico , the occupants
can by turning a tap transport them
selves figuratively to a lake or seaside
resort without expense and bathe in the
cool breezes wafted from a central sup
ply point. Another practical enthusiast
tins attacked the servant girl fort , ; uid
demonstrated that economy and comfort
can bo had by families uniting in cstab-
ishing a common kitchen , especially in
ipartmont houses , insuring wholesome ,
well cooked food at a minimum of cost.
Truly this is a utilitarian ago , wherein
wonders multiply and venerable domes-
lie institutions chuso each other into
"innocuous desuetude. " If humanity is
-raveling at "Iho pace that kills , " it on-
ioys more lifo in fifty years than the
fathers garnered in a century.
THIS removal of the Commercial
mtional bank into Its classic and elegant
junk building on the corner of Sixteenth
ind Farnanl cannot fail to impress our
.citizens that the trend of business is
steadily moving westward. Sixteenth
ind Favnam is nearer the business centre
low than Thirteenth and Farnam was
ivo years ago. It goes without saying
, hat the olllcors of the Commercial
intional have shown great sagacity in
naking their permanent homo at the
grand crossing.
THB Tammany Twonty-oightors must
) o dispersed at all hazards. Their
overthrow means now school houses and
nenty of work for laboring men. If
3rontoh and Vnndorvoort fasten thotr
grip upon all our. ijublie works , as they
ire plotting to do , no more bonds will
> o voted for anyjf.purpodo. The booxllo
gang must bo kept flown.
David IH Slow In Siioli Cases ,
Kew Yntlt H'orM ( Ofiii. )
Governor Hill Is pither deliberate In dls-
MMlug of some of tbo' big bad bills before
tint , but we euunot suppose that his vote pen
ms lost its nib. , '
TIio 8 ii | of KIcliniMl Croolccr. I
Chicago Tinien.
Dick Croclicr's coining o'er tbo sea ,
With lira in his "eye ,
To meet tbo nienfjvlu ) smirched bis naw
And give them IJgck the lio.
They thought that lip wiw dyhijj
( Forgive the ghastly Joke ) ,
Hut the chances uro when liu arrives
Then Crokcr'll miiko them "croak. "
PnlltltiH , Not Color.
St. LiMi * ( ilolic-Dtiimcmt.
There nro 75,000 white republicans In Vlr-
( 'lnui , It is uulil , and most of them are ux-
confedenito soldiers. Nevertheless , the dem
ocrats of tluil state talk about the iianger of
icjjro rule the saino us If none but blacks
over voted the republican ticket.
Kxtrji Session Jtoninurnnt ; .
St. J-Uul Wolx.
The governor of Nebraska has added to
ho peril of the republican party In that State
> \ catling u spcclul buusioa uf the legislature ,
chiefly for the purpose of fixing maximum
rates for the rallroiuh and abolishing the
state board , which the governor doesn't like.
The other objects set forth arc to enact the
Australian law and declare for free coinage.
The apparent purpose Is to head off the anil-
monopoly element that Ls taking the lead.
The Ijcnvcn of Corrupt Ion.
CAfrrtflo tnter-Orean.
Congressman White gave the white pcoplo
of North Carolina some wholesome advice
when ho quoted Llncolu's aphorism , "This
country must bo all free or It will bo all
slaves , " and applied It to honest elections.
The country will have fair election all over
the country , or all will become corrupt. This
is the logic of human experience.
Mr. Sturfonl'H Bohcmc.
SHnuflcM ) le\mlilitan. ! \
As If enough crazy delusions about money
had not already been advocated In the senate ,
Mr. Stanford , the California millionaire , pro
ceeded to advocate another. Ho wants the
government to Issue treasury notes on mort
gage security at n nominal into of lutcrost , in
order to "energize" the real estate of the
country. He thinks that an Imlollnlto claim ,
on an Indefinite amount of land , of a value
and location and convertibility of which the
holder knows nothing , and could not enforce
if ho did know ; ought to pass readily at face
value. Anybody can see for himself the ab
surdity of this idea. But it is becoming extremely -
tremely uncertain whether Iho senate of
the United States Is likely to see It.
A DniiKcrotiH Course.
St. I'tiul I'lmiccr-l'rets.
There seems good grounds for a fear that
the republican enemies of the republican
party will have everything their own way at
Washington. The astounding announcement
Is made that not only will the senate finance
committee not bring forth a substitute for the
Mclvlnley bill , but that the senate will prob
ably make no Important amendments to the
bill. If this Is "straight , " what will bo the
state of the feelings of the republicans of tbo
house who voted for tbo bill under tbo party
lash and with the confidence that It woulQ bo
shorn of its most objectionable features by
the senate 1 Will the republicans of the sen
ate be as recreant to their trust as the repub
licans of the house have boon i And do tbo
republicans of both houses actually banker
for another democratis administration ! It
would almost seem so.
VOICE OF THE STATE PUI3S9.
Iftarnfii 1lu.l > .
Messrs. Cowdry and Beaten say they will
be glad to bo relieved from the duties of the
state board of transportation. The little
truant who is spanked to his bed minus his
supper always says , "I wasn't hungry any
how. "
The itocnlultrnnt Hoard.
Grand lilatitl liulcpciulfnt.
When the board of transportation was
created the hope was advanced and state
ment made that it would go ahead and grant
relief to the people by enforcing reduction of
transportation to a reasonable rate , but the
board has disappointed that hope and signally
failed to grant any relief and upon the con
trary has proved but an instrument in the
iiamls of the railroads to oppress the people ,
ana it therefore should bo abolished and
reasonable maximum rates established , and
members of the legislature who honestly ex
pect better things of the board of transporta
tion have right to ehango their votes and
apply a remedy that they know will provo
cnleient.
An Karly TiincH Hclio.
SuWm Ailvcrllicr.
.Tudge Gavin's oddities are his trade mark.
Strip him of his eccentricities and yon have
only a very ordinary man left. Let him re-
tnin the old shoes , nnd the old flannel .shirt ,
and the old hat and the old rum smell if ho la
: o remain on the bench. These relics of bar
m-ism , so discordant with refinement , so at
variance with his oOtcIiu position , have by the
very force of their impudence magnified his
ordinary abilities ami made them seem extra
ordinary. A herd of worthless bronchos and
nero worthless Indians , with their wild war
whoop and their savage jargon , attracts at
tention in the capital cities of Kuropo. If the
.icoplo of Judge Gaslin's district want to re-
, ain him as a relio of the early times , lot him
by all means retain those peculiarities , with
out which his character Is ns uninteresting as
would bo the Venus of Milo clothed in a
Mother Hubbard. Hold on to the old shoes ,
udge , or you're a goner.
Dorsey ami His Henchmen.
O'Xctll Fro-itter.
At or near the time whoa several editors of
Dorscy "organs" in this part of the state
voro saying that while aspirants forDorscy's
shoes were riding over the country , etc. , ho
( Dorsoy ) was nt Washington working for the
atorosts of his constituents these same
'organ" editors wore summoned to Omaha
on important business , the nature of which
vas the setting up of pins throughout this
listrlct in the interest of a fourth term for
George W. E. The conference of the " \Vyo-
ning Oil & Trust company , " such as it was
denominated , was said to have been very
inrnionlous , and as a matter of fact i could
lot Imvo been otherwise , as it was composed
vholly of Dorsoy strikers and federal pap-
suckers who ewe their present pompous ap-
loaranees to bis lordship's generosity and
vho naturally enough must work to further
ils interests , whether It bo to tbo interests of
ho republican party or the people in general
o do so or not.
13XTRA. SESSION ECHOES.
Fremont Tribune : What will it profit the
armors if the extra session of the legislature
eat up 100,01)1) ) ) bushels ot corn and passed no
aws bcncllting the state ?
Neligh Advocate : The general opinion of
ho press and | H > oplo is that Governor Thayer
m.s made a bad break in calling the special
cssion of the legislature.
Loup City Times : This extra session will
est the state no less than & ( ) , ( )00 ) , and noth-
ng will bo accomplished as tbo time of mooi
ng is too short. Wo nro of the opinion that
our worthy governor has iimdo u very bad
ilundor In this matter.
York Times : Wo regard the calling of an
extra so > slon ot the legislature at this time a
great mistake. As the governor nays that
nly the thrue ciuestlons named In the call
vill bo considered , and as none of these are of
mmedlnto importance unless perhaps it bu
, bo freight rates , which wo predict will not
10 satisfactorily arranged , it would suem
hat the Importance of the mutter does not
ustlfy the extra cost of § 111,00' ) to the stato.
Gothenburg Independent : That It is a very
hrowtl political move there is no miration ,
but yet if it will accomplish the objects for
vhleh the extra schsion is called it will \m \
iionoy well spent. That there is a popular
lemaml for legislation j > n the .subjects named ,
iiid especially on the railroad question , can
not bo denied. Hut will the present legisla
ture ho equal to the emergency < Time alone
will answer the question , in tbo fneo ot the
fact that there Inus been no popular demand
fur the extra session tbo e.ill U a surprise tp
the people of the state generally.
Hebron Journal : An excitement so great
as to bring Into the arena a new party with a
a speelal Isaue. strong and powerlul enough
to Jeopardize tlie supremacy , of the dominant
political power , will sanction measures for
speedy and speelal aetion. No hypocritical
spasm of economy will pass current in such
times. Whether the special sus.sion will fully
meet the oxvltoil demand. ) of the hour , or
not , the net Ion of tht < governor in using his
prerogative in behalf of a gtvat ana jxjpular
demand , is an exhibition of brave , wise und
encrgutle stateHinanshlp.
MudUoa lioportar : The culling together of
the legislature at this time by Governor
Thayar ( asinay Iw Inferred ) to provide for
his mistakes as well as for the unfaithful
ness ot the state board of transportation
mubt bo looked upon with grivo suspicion ,
luday will do well to let
that Job alone. The people am not calling for
this sc.tslon of the legislature and do not want
any extra legislation farmed out to them just
now. Let that alone for the next legislature ,
please.
Crete Vldotto : It dooa not socm that the
exigences of the case demand n .speelal son.
slon nt this time. The question whether the
people want a maximum rate law Is n mooted
one , to say the least. Judge Mason , who Is
thoroughly posted , thinks that such a law
would bo disastrous to both Iho people and
Iho railroads. Our stale could very easily
worry along another year , oven without the
Australian ballot. A resolution from the
republican , democratic nnd anti-monopoly
conventions favoring n free coinage of silver
would answer every purpose.
Blair Pilot : Time alone will tell as nbovo
suggested , whether the move Is wise or un
wise ; whether it is an honest move or a
trick ; whether It shall boon mo beneficial or
damaging to the pcoplo of Nebraska. Tbo
fact that that the scheme has been born full
grown out of the darkness , will cause It to bo
viewed with suspicion from many points of
view. Wo are of the opinion at lids writing
that If the call has been Issued in good faith
and the legislature shall meet and net upon It
In good faith , prudently , consistently and
justly to the people and to the corporations ,
the republican party will have taken a long
step towards retrieving Its errors of subser
viency to corporate rule.
Leigh World : How and by what means
the governor has como to the conclusion that
an extraordinary occasion has arisen nnd
necessitates the convening of the state legis
lators no ono knows. But n session has been
called nnd the following subjects nro to bo
considered : First , to regulate freight rates
and to do away with the board of Iransporla-
Hon ; second , to consider the adoption of the
Australian ballot system ; third , to consider
nnd give an expression on the silver question.
Whether any permanent good shall be accom
plished remains to bo seen. Many are of the
opinion that this move is simply a coup
d'ctal ' to blind the people. The performance
will cost the taxpayers of the state only
$10,000 and so nobody ought to kick.
Tekamah Burtonlan : Governor Thaver
has become lost in tbo wilderness of politfeal
ferment , and. In attempting to it ml a way
out. has struck upon a special .session of the
legislature , to meet on the 5th day of June.
Its work cannot eliminate from tlio coming
campaign Iho question now stirring the state
nnd especially the republican party. The
legislature as at present constituted cannot
pass satisfactory laws , but as is surmised ,
thev hope to compromise , whereby the state
will escape extreme legislation as at present
agitated. The better way. as it seems to us ,
would have been to have heeded the wishes
of the mass of republicans and called an early
convention , placing men and a platform be
fore the iwoplo which would have insured
the backing of ihe republican party In all
reasonable demands.
WahooWnsp : It Is true that the wrongs
proposed to right arc grievous and stupend
ous , but people in general seemed to have de-
eided to await tlie convening of the new leg
islature to handle these subjects. The pres
ent legislators have had one opportunity to
amend these wrongs , but failed to do so , hud
now to get themselves together and enact
anything like satisfactory legislation on these
subjects will at once convict themselves of
having neglected or refused to perform a
former duty. However , wo will not attempt
to throw cold water on the coming session.
The session is called to take action
on three questions. First , to repeal the
law creating a state board of transporta
tion anil enact n maximum freight law.
Second to pass a law similar to what is known
as the Australian ballot system nnd third to
memorialize congress on the silver question.
With reference to the llrst question wo are in
favor of the maximum rate law , but opposed
to repealing tbo transportation , state board
law. The law creating a state board of
transportation is a good law. the fault is with
ti.o men elected to enforce it. In tbo short
session which must necessarily be held it will
be dinicult to formulate a bill which will be
just to the railroads and at the same time pro
tect tlio farmer , and the tendency will be to
establish the rate too high rather than too
low , and we need the board to regulate within
bounds of the maximum law.
McCook Keeord : The record favors the ob
jects for which the call was made , but be
lieves it very imprudent in calling such a
session at this date , as it is only about seven
months until the regular sess'ion. Besides
the expense of this session will doubtless ex
ceed the benefits derived by the state , oven if
they should succeed in passing the maximum
rate bill. Although the governor says he
believes the agriculturists of the state and
the situation of affair demanded a special ses
sion , and had consulted no one on the subject.
The ivcord is of the opinion that the old
imbecile which presides over the destinies ot
Nebraska was actuated by railroad influ
ences , as It is a known fact , to a few , that
Church Howe was circulating u petition for
such a call during the anti-monopoly conven
tion at Lincoln. They see that the people are
in earnest in favoring a maximum rate law
and by calling a special session they will en
deavor to get a bill framed anil rushed
through which w.ll bu so detrimental to tbo
interests of the state that a general clamor
will bo raised for its repeal before the regu
lar session of the legislature ,
Wayne Herald : That there is nnv such
emergency ns justifies calling the legislature
together at this time is very doubtful , to say
Ihe least. Tbo tovemor thinks u session o"f
two weeks will bo long enough to dispose of
these mallei's and that the cost will not ex
ceed $111,000. On none of the questions the
legislature will consider is there by any
means a unanimous opinion among the people
ple of Iho state , nor is it at all certain that
the legislature will agree with the governor
on ihoin. That a maximum rate bill is de
sirable , notwithstanding tlio clamor for it in
certain quarters , is extremely doubtful ,
and a bill that could bo pre
pared , considered nnd passed in two weeks ,
would , in all probability bo a crude , imperfect
and possibly unjust piece of legislation.
That the laws regulating the railway com
mission can bo amended to make the commis
sion more effective and more acceptable to
tbu state is true , but it is not so certain that
the commission should bo done away with en
tirely. As to the Australian ballot system
the htato has managed to get along pretty
well under tbo old system , and the matter
could have safely been lolt for the next legis
lature to net upon , and the declaration that
the state is in favor of the free coinage of
silver if it is in tact in favor of it will
have very little influence on the action of
congress in the matter.
PERSONA ! * AND POLITICAL.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat : The best way
to Indicate the superlative degree of silence
is to say "as quiet as Quay. "
Chicago Tribune' : After all it will not hurt
John M. I'almor to bo disappointed in his po
litical aspirations this fall as it might some
other men. Ho is used to it.
Chicago Evening 1'ost : C. P. Huntington
was injure'1 in a railroad wreck. Usually It
is the other people who are injured when Mr.
Himllitgton is In a railroad wreck.
New York World : In making war upon the
pie venders in the eapitol Speaker Heed com
mits a serious blunder. No man who ex
pects to bo a candidate for prosltlons can af
ford to strike a blow against tbo great Amer
ican pie ,
A Mtiy Festival
ST. PAUL , Minn. , May Ul.-JSpeclal Tele
gram to Tins Bii : { . J The May festival ,
which began hero Tuesday night under the
auspices ot the Gounod club , collapsed today
because of the poor attendance. At 'J : UO this
aftornooa a crowd of 1,00 , ' ) people , mostly
women , were outside of tbo People's audi
torium clamoring for admission , and inside
Emma .Inch , Clementina Uovuro , Emll
Fisher , Signer Perottl and seven or eight
other nok'tl singers Wore laboring with the
management for the amounts promised them
for coming hero. Half an hour later nn
ofllror put in an npponwneo with an attach
ment for the box receipts , and spectators anil
singers wont away in a high state of wrath.
The loss will full upon the guarantees of the
festival , aiMtly rcu.iltliy people of St. Paul.
An amusing incident connected with the
festival failure was the fact tlmt the attach
ment was by mlstnko llrst served on the Har
ris theater , where Miss Hubio Korwln and
the Wilbur company were presenting
"Merry War. " Quito a commotion was
created and the curtain was rung down ten
minutes for an explanation.
Two Hrnttioi'n Pound IK-mll
Lti'iiUii , Mich. , May 111. [ Hpjcial UVlo-
gram to TIIK HKII.J Two brother * naini'd
Itaymund living at Attic.i wore found deail
Ixxiido Urn Uhlcatro & ( J rand Trunk Ir.tok at
that place tbU illuming. IJoth wore terribly
mutilated anil it is .supposed they got on the
train at Imluy City lust night , which did not
Htup ut Attica , and juinpej ytf there.
CAPITAL CITY INTELLIGENCE.
A 2 kory Olork Uses a Pocketknife iu a
Murderous Mnuner ,
DECORATION DAY SNEAK THIEVES ,
Several Lincoln Homer * lettered Iui ) * >
Ing tlio Absence of the Owners
nt the Memorial Serviced
Ycstcrdny.
LIXCOI.X , Nob. , May 31. [ Special to Tun
Bin. : ] L. W. Burke , driver ot n City bakery
wagon , nppllcel an offensive epithet this
morning to Leo Davis , a dork In the snnnj
establishment. Davis pulled out his pen
knlfo nnd started for Burke ; , who ran. Uha
clerk pursued ami caught liurko before he hail
gotten across tlio street , and with ono sweep
gashed htm from car to mouth on the lett
sldo ot his face. Burke ran for a doctor ,
while Davis walked to the station and gave
himself up. The employer of the voting men
had the ease compromised on Davis pleading
guilty to n simple assault nnd paying/I line of
$7.7G. Burke Is not very seriously hurt ,
SNIAK : Tituvis. : :
While Strcel Commissioner L. J. Byon ami
family wern away from homo yesterday at
tending the- memorial exercises , burglars
broke Into their house and stele tbrco watch
chains , three golel rings nnd other jewelry
nnd $1 In cash. The total haul mailo was
worth ? 00. There Is no clue to the robber.
When the family of H. H. Wilson , 1510 Q
street , returned homo yesterday ihi'y found a
burglar al work in their homo , but before
they could get a policeman the thief fled ,
leaving his hat ami coat.
Robbers attempted to enter the rcsldcnra
of Mrs. Damrow again last night , but Just ,
its they were climbing through u winduw
Mi-s. Damrow awoke , ami Jumping outot bed ,
uttered a scream thai scared them away.
c.U'iToi. I.NTII.UUINCI : : : .
Articles ot incorporation ot the Kearney
calllo company were tiled this morning with
thei secretary of state. The capital stock i.s
* l.r > , ( XH ) . The incorporators are William E.
Ciuthrio ami George W. Scevors.
Articles of incorporation of the Northwest
ern state bank of IIav Springs were llleil
today. Tbo capital stock i.s $ ID.OIK ) . Tbo incorporators -
corporators nro O. W. Wattles , J. W.Thomasj
Charles Westell , W. B. McQueen , E. J. Hob-
inson , Sol Dewey nnd .1. K. Brown.
The following wo-s tlio only case filed in the
supreme court this morning : Samuel Mc-
Claneghan vs John Held. Error from Dong-
Ins. Petition for -reversal of verdict award
ing Held $300 damages.
Mr. C. G. Curtiu , formerly enrolling dork
of Iho house , lia.s been appointed to u govern
ment position al Washington , D.C. Bin- will
enter uiwii the duties ot her now position
.In ne 1.
The latest probable vacancy discovered In
the legislature is thai ot S. B. Trehsdall of
the thirty-liftb logislalivo district , who has
moved from Curlton , Thayer county , to Fair-
bury , Jefferson county.
, CITV NOTTS.
The police were called to the bottoms nt
midnight last night to quell a big family row.
Clara Smith Is the colored wife ot George
Smith , a white bartender , anil i.s inordinately
jealous of her spouse. She explained to tlie
court that another coffee-coloreil woman hud
been "pcstieatin" around the Smith cstab-
lishmenl , and she objected to a division of
her George's nft'eclion. Hubby became in-
dignnnl and insolcnl , and Clara pitched into
mm.
John Harris , one of the gang of contiilenco
men who operate on the Nebraska railroads ,
was sent up to the counly jail for Ihirty days
this morning.
George Wilson , who , according to his own
story wades in gore at a South Omaha abat
toir , came elown to decorate in Lincoln yes
terday , and last night wandered into one of
the negro dives in the bottoms , where he was
robbed of his roll , about S. > 0. Ho was too
much muddled to locate the particular ilive.
E. E. Ashton was mowing bis lawn al ,
Fourteenth anil , T streets this afternoon , and
left his coat with fci ! ; therein hanging on
fence. Somebody walked off with it.
The Banker's Life insurance company , a
Lincoln corporation , /lied articles of incorpor
ation in the county cleric's ollico toilay. A.
Watkins , N. S. Harwood , J. H. Ames , C. T.
Boggs and \V. A. Limlly are incorporate ! ' ! ) .
The capilal slock is $100,000.
C.I 1,1. Kit IKHt'X.
Assessor Cant we'll Makes a State
ment AVhifli Dismays Them.
Cnicuio , May HI. [ Special Telegram to
Tin : Bun. ] Heal estate boomers who lm\a
hoped to prollt by the location of the world s
fair are dismayed at the stand taken by As
sessor Thomas Cantwell in the assessment ot
unimproved property. Mr. CnntwelPs plan
is almost matured and many of his deputy
assessors have already received their instruc
tions.
"There uro too many ot these eastern land
syndicates who have bought laud and are
holding it at enormous prices for a rise , "
said Mr. Cantwell , "and I'm going to see if I
can't make 'em come down a little. Thejv
must cither build or sell. I don't believe in
taxing personal property so high and letting
the holders of vacant land got oft with a
small tax. Poor people who own little out
side ot their personal property are taxed al
together too much proportionately and I'm
going to see thai Iheir burdens are lightened
a littlo. You see tlieso vacant land holders
will not improve or allow others to make im
provements ; they just hold the land out of
the market and tbo people who own land
around them build and make improvements
which enhance the vnlno of the land of the
men who will do nothing with their land.1
Mr. Q'anlwell's determination to make tha
land speculators pay their sllaro of the taxes
will nol lie iu opposition to any provisions in
the law of assessing property. The law de
clares that all profits shall bo assessed at a
fair value , but this has been a dead letter for
years. Tlio rule of assessors in this state.
ar.d particularly in Chicago , has been 14
assess Improved and personal -tlropcrty at
from one-fifth to > onevtbird their vulue ,
and unimproved property at about one-tenth.
and in many instances largo aero tracts held
for speculation have been returned on the
assessment rolls al ns low as onc-lwentieth
of their value ) .
Mr. Cantwell avows his intention of asses
sing at the full cash values. It ho carries
out his intentions , there will bo a veritable
panic In the real estate market.
A Sixty I'oiuiilor K.Vilcxli'H. |
WASHINGTON , May ill. A report has been
received at tlm navy noparlmont from Com
mander Taylor , commanding the United
States steamship Alliance , now on her wiy to
China , Btutlnfr thai em Iho Oth lust , while In
the Mediterranean sea ami while the cro\ " * "
wore at target practice Boatswain's MateJ
McCJowen was instantly killeel by the prcma
turo explosion of a Blxly-pounelcr breech
loading rille.
Tlie ) Oflluliil Notifleiiition.
OTTAWA , Out. , May ill. Ofllclal notiflm-
tlou of the rallfieailon of the oxtrnilllimi
treaty botwpen Great Britain and thu United
States has reached the government ,
OMAHA
LOAN AND TRUST
COMPANY.
Suhicrlhiul mill Guaranteed Capital. . . . two CM
I'alil In Oiipltnl . Mi.w >
UuyHttnil H0ll stocks nnd bonelm wBoHufn
coimiiurohil jiupurj receives unit otf1' ' ! " ' *
trusts ; iiots u * transfer iiKint imel truit " '
corporation ! ) ; take * uliurtuof ; property i Mi'
loots tuxuu , _ _ _ _
Omaha Loan& Trust Co
SAVINGS BANK.
S. E. Cor. 16th and Douglns Sts.
InCnultiil . . , '
Uiiiirutitfcd Capital. . . . I00i )
Liability uf HtoekliulilurH . . WW.IWJ
b I'ur Coul Intiirust I'ulil on DnposlUs ,
l.'JtANK J. I/AMJB. Uanblor.
Offlcorai A. II Wjrimm , pruililont ; J. J. llruwu , llca-
pru IJtmt ; W , T. Wrnmn , ( ruaiurar.
Dlri'ctnrn : A. U. Wjimiri , j. u. Mllliml , J. J. Bronn ,
Uujr V. llnrtim , 15. W. Nu/ili / , Thormn J. Kliubull ,
eicorvu II. l < ak .
l.onin In imy ti mount miulo on City sum I'nri3
1'roporty. und ou Collateral Suuurliy , ut Low-
cal rules ounuuh
