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THE DAILY BE.B
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E. EOS WATER , Editor.
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KVKKY MOHNINO.
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Sunday HUP , One V > ar . 200
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HNCLK COI'V I'OSTAOH HATES.
pnpor U. S. 1 cent Foreign 2 cents
paper " 1 cent " 2 cents
paper ' 2 cents " 2 cents
W-pa e paper " 2 cents ' Scents
M-pio ! ( paper " Scents " 4 cents
TIIK dciiloi1 who luis coppered is the
ivinnor in Iho proHont condition of the
metal nuirlcol.
BY the ffrace of Con Gallagher the
Second ward got forty-five hundred del
lars' worth of grading done.
The Weekly bank statement shows the
roflcrvo has duct-cased $2,000. The hanks
now hold $1,91-1,000 in excess of legal ro-
jnirenients.
1'uorKUTY owners who insist on com
pensation for the land required for bou
levards are strangling the goose that
lays the golden egg.
undertakers' trust is supple
mented with ii local livery combine and
in advance in funeral prices. Even the
Journey to the grave is a living squeeze.
rOSTJIASTKUGAI.LAOIIHK will pleaSO
rise and explain how ho became the
chief dispenser of the grading patronage
of the council. Docs the postolllco run
the council ?
.Tenon DOANK paid his respects to a
jury for disobedience of instructions in a
manner that will not soon bo forgotten
by the members. Though exceedingly
brief , every syllable bristled with indig
nation and penetrated to the marrow.
Tun activity in railroad building be
yond the borders of Northwestern Ne
braska will within a year open now fer
tile Holds of industrial activity and
largely increase the trade territory of
Omahii and the state. The now roads
are links in the vast systems concen
trated in this city.
" \ViHLK the Nebraska State Homoe
opathic Medical society showed profes
sional narrowness in expelling a member
for advertising , it has demonstrated its
good judgment in another way by elevat
ing an Omaha man to the presidency of
the association. The society has honored
Itself by the choice it has made.
" Tun state committee has promptly
Issued nn ollleial call for the republican
state convention July 2o. Now lot the
respective county committees promptly
convene and sot the dates for primaries
and conventions so as to alYord the rank
ftnd Illo of the party ample notice and
teave no cause for dissatisfaction.
FOUTY-TWO HUNDRED DOLLAKS Is
Baid to hnvo boon the price at which
four councilmen wore enlisted to join
the combine. This sum is said to have
been contributed by members of the
well known firm of Wo , Us & Co. How
Iho lirm was to recoup itself for this out
lay nmy presently transpire when a. now
chairman of the board of public works
la duly installed by the combine.
A virnxo momprial to the late Pan-
American congress will bo established
in Washington. It will bo u Latin-
American library , consisting of histori
cal , geographical and literary works
and documents bearing on the history
nnd civilization of the now world. The
nations represented in the congress will
make valuable and extensive contribu
tions. President Harrison and Secre
tary Rlaino strongly urge congress to
provide a suitable building , and It is
probable its dedication will form an ap
propriate feature of the Columbian cele
brations two .years hence.
KVKUY elUwm of Omalm is interested
In making the eleventh census an accur
ate compendium , not only of the popula
tion but o"f our commercial and indus
trial progress. It is of vital importance
that the enumeration shall bo thorough
in every feature and represent the mur-
volojig growth of the city during the
past ton years. The statistics thus
gathered will bo the standard by which
the city's future will bo gauged. They
will form the basis of all comparative
population tables and become u vital
part of all reference and statistical
works for the next ten years. There Is
no occasion for the boom methods re
sorted to in other cities. The progress
of Omaha during the deuadu will com
pare favorable with that of any city in
the union. But wo must huve a com
plete count , and to this end every indi
vidual bhould lend u hand.
ffKunASKA AT rut ; ironhn'a FAIII ,
A correspondent whoso concern for the ,
wolfnro of Nebraska la clearly evidenced
in his communication , suggests that it is
time some thought were being given to
the representation which this slnto
should have in the world' * fair of 189'J ,
and asks as to the best way to proceed.
The interest which this citizen of Ne
braska thus manifests In the question of
having Iho products and industries of the
state adequately represented In the
intorimtloiinl'exposition which IH to com-
mcinornto the discovery of America
merits hearty commendation , nnd it will
bo well if its effect shall bo to awaken n
general interest in the question. True ,
the great fair will not open for nearly
three years , but within a year , in all
probability , all the states will bo asked
mid expected to indicate to the com
missioners what space they will desire to
occupy and as far as practicable what
the character of their exhibit will
be , A number of Iho states , possibly
most of them , will desire to construct
buildings for their displays or for some
special exhibit designed to attract to
themselves particular attention , and In
order to perfect plans on a comprehen
sive scale It is desirable and necessary
to give timely attention to the subject.
Wo observe that California is already
doing tliis , and doubtless other states
will soon begin to manifest an interest ,
at least so far as to discuss the character
and extent of the representation they
should have. Nebraska must not lag be
hind in this matter. The occasion will
afford the grandest opportunity over
presented for n complete display of the
agricultural resources of the state , and
the fullest advantage should bo taken of
it. As to the best way to proceed no ad
vice can bo given tit present that would
be of any value. The determination of
this will rest with the legislature and
the state fair commissioners. It is pre
sumed that the next legislature will
make liberal provisions for the repre
sentation of the state and formulate a
plan to bo curried out under the super
vision of the state commissioners , sub
ject to whatever limitations may be im
posed by the board of national commis
sioners charged with the duty of making
regulations for the great fair. That
plan will at leat provide for the collec
tion of the best samples of Nebraska's
products , agricultural and industrial ,
and perhaps for some special
display designed to attract the
largest possible attention to the
state. In the meantime it will bo well
for the people to give such consideration
to the subject as will enable them to
make intelligent suggestions to the leg
islature regarding what they think
should be done in order to give the re
sources of Nebraska the best possible
showing in the world's fair.
It will bo pertinent in this connection
to reproduce an observation of Chaun-
oey M. Depew , in his address
on the fair' in Chicago last
Thursday evening , that no ques
tion more important , and none affecting
more nearly their prosperity and their
pride , has boon presented to the Ameri
can people in a quarter of a century.
"Tho occasion is nt once our opportunity
and our necessity , " said Mr. Dope A' .
"Our opportunity to show to the nations
of the world our marvelous growth in
population , in settlement , in cities , in
railroads , and our development in agri
cultural , mineral and manufacturing re
sources ; our necessity in presenting
to commercial peoples of all
races and climes a view of our surplus in
the products of mine and mill , of farm
and factory , which will furnish the in
centives for barter and exchange in all
the marts of the world , which , by ab
sorbing that which wo can produce be
yond our needs in almost infinite volume ,
shall burden the ocean with our freights ,
shall recreate for us a merchant marine ,
shall carry our Hag once more upon
every sea and into every harbor , and cirf-
ploy and enrich our own people. " Such
broad and inspiriting view of the moan
ing and value of the quadra-centennial
exhibition every American citizen ought
to take , and must take if the enterprise
is to bo the splendid success hoped for.
It is safe to promise that toward .this
consummation Nebraska will contribute
her full share.
KDUC.ITIUX IX TIIK SOUTH.
A recent editorial in the Now Orleans
Times-Democrat says that illiteracy in
Louisiana is on the increase , both among
the whites and the blacks ; that in 1880
n majority of voters could rend nnd
write and now the majority has changed
to the illiterate side. The state of
Mlsslssipl is in very much the same con
dition. Why this widespread illiteracy
in the southern states ?
To one familiar with that country the
cause is quite apparent and may bo found
in the opposition to the free school sys
tem. The southern people have always
been opposed to free schools and in favor
of class education. Their system of edu
cations is a peculiar one and extends
throughout all the rural districts.
They have never given up their
system of private schools , so popular
among them before the war , and instead
of school houses erected at public ex
pense nine-tenths of them are private
property , universally called "acade
mies , " and are owned by the teachers or
"professors. " Whatever public school
money there may bo Is turned over to
these professors , and they Instruct the
pupils of the district till the money runs
out and then continue their schools only
for the classes who feel able and willing
to pay good prices for further instruc
tion. Of course these academics are
widely separated and very inconvenient
for those whoso residences arc from
three to six miles away ,
These professors have thotr territory ,
which they regard as their legitimate
property , usually averaging thirty-five
to fifty square miles , and no public school
house will over bo erected on that terri
tory so long as they can prevent it.
Public school houses would bo ruinous
to the business of these private acade
mies. Thoeio " "
"professors" are usually
organized by counties Into teachers' as
sociations and their influence in keep
ing down appropriations for school
hbusos and other school purposes Is su
premo.
Tills does not apply BO much to the
citiod of the south , but in the rural din-
triots education Is a monopoly , a kind of
touchers' trust. Unless the system Is
\ I1 changed the great gulf that separates
the few who are educated from the many
' who are loft in ignorance , will grow
wider and widiUas Iho years roll by.
Statesmen are needed In the south
who realize the great beuolltfl to bo de
rived from a liberally supported system
of free elementary education. Tliov
should not eoaso to agitate the question
until thee class educators , the private
academics , are supplanted by public
schools.
THH HOCSK t'ASSKS A SltiVKIt HirL.
The house of representatives has re
corded HH verdict on silver , nnd It Is
against free coinage. This result was
foreshadowed by the action of the re
publican caucus last Wednesday night
and by the vote in the house Thursday
on the resolution to proceed to the con
sideration of the silver bill , but still
there were threatened defections which
caused some apprehension regarding the
outcome. A few of the more stubborn re
publican advocates of free coinage
seemed determined to insist upon recom
mitting the proposed bill to the commit
tee with instructions to report a free
coinage measure , and it was feared that
by making an alliance with the demo
crats they might carry their point. The
majority of twonty-Ilvo against the mo
tion to recommit was consequently a
more decisive defeat of the free coinage
men than was expected , and oven
after this the majority of sixteen
by which the caucus substitute for
the liouso bill was passed was prob
ably larger than had been counted
on. It is ample as an assurance to the
country that free coinage has no hope in
the house.
The bill passed provides for the pur
chase by the secretary of the treasury of
sliver bullion to the aggregate amount of
four and one-half million dollars' worth
of fine silver in each month at the mar
ket price thereof , not exceeding one dollar
lar for three hundred nnd sovcnty-ono
and a quarter grains of pure silver ,
to bo paid for in treasury notes.
Such notes are to bo re
deemed in coin and may bo reissued , but
the amount of such notes outstanding
shall not at any time bo greater or less
than the cost of the bullion in the
treasury purchased by the notes. They
shall bo a legal tender in payment of all
debt's , public or private , and when ro-
coivcd for customs , taxes and public dues
may be reissued. They may bo counted as
n part of the lawful reserve of any
banking association holding them. The
secretary of Iho treasury may in his dis
cretion exchange silver bullion for these
notes on the demand of the holder.
Whenever the market price of silver is
one dollar for three hundred and seventy-
one and a quarter grains of pure silver
the owner of any silver bullion may de
posit the same at any coinage mint of
the United States to bo coined into stan
dard silver dollars for his benefit.
This measure d I tiers from the
original liouso bill in the essential
matter of the redemption of the
treasury notes issued in pay
ment for silver bullion , providing that
they shall bo redeemed in coin instead
of in bullion. If it becomes u law the
treasury will take nearly the entire an
nual silver product of the country and
the increase in the use of silver as a
basis of currency will amount to about
thirty million dollars a year. If
the effect of this shall bo to
advance silver , as there is every
reason to believe it will , until the mar
ket price is one dollar for three hundred
and Bovonty-ono and a quarter grains ,
free coinage ensues at the option of the
owner of any silver bullion who may de
sire to hnvo it coined , for his benefit ,
into standard dollars. The measure is
most liberal to the silver interest of the
country , conceding really everything1
but absolute and immediate free
coinage , it would insure as rapid
an increase of the currency as
conservative financiers believe to bo
safe , and it would not seriously disturb
our monetary system nt homo or our
financial relations with other countries.
It ought to bo acceptable to a majority
of the republicans of the semite , but its
chances in that body cannot bo pre
dicted with any degree of certainty. In
any event , however , the country can feel
confident that there will bo no free coinage -
ago legislation by this congress , and
this assurance will bo of great value in
relieving an apprehension that has had
a more or less depressing influence.
TIIK HACK
Bolford's Magazine has an ably written -
ton article from the cultured pen of
Judge C. E. Fennor of the Louisiana supreme
premo court , giving a southern view of
the race problem. Ho holds to the idea
that the thrusting of the uneducated
frcedmon into southern politics , whore
they necessarily had to compote with
the united Caucasian race of that coun
try , was a mistake only to bo remedied
by the retirement of the colored people
from active participation in southern
politics. In discussing the question , ho
A lurso mnjorlty of wlso and
men of nil purtlea Imvo undoubtedly con-
eluded , from thu experience of the past
twenty ymun , thut the Kriintlii of 'iinlversnl
sulTrnKO to the negro was a political mistake ,
Injurious equally to the whites and bluoks of
thu country. Notwithstanding great dltlleul-
tlcs la the way , there aru not wnntlng slins of
the times pointing to Its withdrawal. If things
RO on us they are going , the llmu will surely
come when , In the Interests of butl ( races , such
withdrawal will buuumo u necessity.
Anticipating suoh an event the judge
proclaims the following motto : "Gov
ernment for the white protection for
the black. "
But there are great dlHlcultlos In the
way of Htioh a policy. Many will admit
that it might have boon practical before
the enfranchisement , but the northern
people will.hoaltato before consenting tea
a dlsfrnnchisemont of the negro. Fol
lowed out to its legitimate results such a
policy would take from the southern
states at least thirty electoral votes and
almost preclude the possibility of another
democratic president. Without the
electoral votes representing the southern
negro vote that never was counted ,
Cleveland would never have pressed the
presidential chair.
The race question will take Ita course.
All our resolutions and discussions will
hnvo very little permanent effect.
Natural laws are not easily changed.
Their certain course may'bo temporarily
turned usldu , but in time they will again
assort tholr rlghta. Thu foundations of
thu race dlnirtiHJt'S reach down far below
our common pnTmes and prejudices , and
they will workout * a destiny on tin lines
of natural laws \yllhout regard to the
opinions of Judge Fonuer or the views of
the most radical northern partisan.
Let the rncorfjupstion alone and it will
drift to its desUniftton. Tampering with
It only hinders ilk final solution. The
colored man Is equal to the Caucasslan
before the law , and after humanitarian
friends have ncinplishod all they can hi
educating his i-iico his future will depend
entirely upon IfljTbwn efforts.
TJHJ SVAWKK MUST GO.
It Is about a year since Chairman
Cooley of the Interstate commerce com
mission addressed some very plain talk
to the railroad managers regarding tholr
practice of encouraging scalpers. They
were told that the reprehensible and de
moralizing system must bo abandoned ,
and intimated that if it were not the
heavy hand of the commission would
bo laid upon those who continued
the practice. There was no manager tit
that time , so far as we can remember ,
who attempted to defend the system , and
there was n sort of tacit understanding
that it would bo given up.
Perhaps there was some serious de
termination to do this , but if so it was
very short lived. The scalpers contin
ued to find business , though for n time
they had to exorcise greater
'
euro and ingenuity than be
fore , but it was not long un
til the practice was again in full blast ,
and since the passenger rate war was in
augurated the scalper has been on the
high tide of prosperity. Ho has been
an important factor in the fight , enjoy
ing , there is overv reason to boliovo. the
most intimate business relations with
the passenger agents and getting a liberal -
oral share of the revenue from pas
senger traffic. This state of af
fairs , it nppaars , has not escaped
the attention of the interstate com
merce commission , and as a result Chair
man Cooley has again taken the scalping
business in hand , it would seem from the
character of his circular letter to west
ern passenger agents with the determi
nation to act.
Of course this business is largely car
ried on in violation of the law. A small
part of it may bo legitimate , but in all
cases whore the railroads deal with
scalpers , paying them a commis
sion for the business they ; bring
the spirit if not the letter "of "the la'w is
violated. Furthermore the system per
mits of discrimination , and this is freely
practiced undcr.it. Scalpers divide their
commissions with'favored ' buyers. There
are other evils connected with the busi
ness which fully justify the chairman of
the interstate commerce commission in
characterizing _ ( it as an abom
ination. There "will bo some inter
est to learn tlio nature of the
responses which' 'the passenger agents
will make to the questions submitted to
them , though it may safely bo antici
pated that they will acknowledge the
scalping business to bo a public evil ,
whether they are able to suggest a
remedy for It pHiot. Having returned
to this subject , and evidently rpgarding
it as one worthy of lis serious attention ,
it is to bo hoped the commission will not
stop in its pursuit of the evil until it is
thoroughly eradicated.
TIIK Farmers' alliance of South Da-
kola yielded to the demands of politi
cians and placed an independent ) stale
and congressional ticket in the field.
Heretofore the alliance has wielded the
balance of power in the state. Its de
mands were conceded by the dominant
party. In fact it was the controlling
power , and if the state legislature failed
in its duty to the interests of the people
it was because the producers elected
men who proved recreant to their trusts.
Now that the alliance has suc
cumbed to the machinations of 'poli
ticians , it will lose its power for
good and become the football of
self-seekers and bo ground between
the upper and nether millstones of the
old parties. It is doubtful if a majority
of the members will support the ticket.
Dissension is already visible in the ranks
and the disintegration of an organiza
tion which has been productive of many
benefits to the farming community is
among the early probabilities.
TIIK retirement of Mr. Ed Dickonson
from the operating department of the
Union Pacific will be a surprise to rail
road circles generally and a cause of
regret to his host of friends. Mr. Dick
onson has been identified with the rail
road service for nearly a quarter of a
century , and during the moro than
twenty years that ho has boon connected
in various capacities with the Union Pa
cific has miulo a most honorable record
as an able , industrious and faithful offi
cial. It is not known what Mr. Dickon-
son's intentions are for the future , but it
is hardly possible that his valuable rail
road knowledge and oxporionco.and his
superior qualifications will bo allowed to
remain long without worthy employ
ment.
THU first chapter of tostlnmny taken
in the council coiilbino Hbol suits which
wo print olsowhpi/o / cannot fall to prove
very interesting reading for our taxpaying -
paying citi/.onsT ; " "While the screen behind -
hind which tliQ : p'pnsplrators ' and bood-
ling contractors have- been plotting Is
qnly partially drjvwn aside , the expose
already mado' justifies the course THIS
BKK has pursued. By the time" wo got
through taking' depositions wo shall
have established a great deal more than
wo over charged1. ' *
s gradually pene
trating the wilds' of Africa. Fashion
plates of modoriVjVostumes in Congoland
show negligee suits of red , blue and
violet pulnts on the body with couta of
tar and tmnvod heads. Tills charming
summer costume ia an ingenious com
bination of American mining town and
seaside styles , modified by distance.
Knlilt
JVi < la < Wi > Mi , J'liM .
Prlnco Murut , u Pans correspondent
clulmi to huvo a.scitrtaliioU , IH now engu ud to
( has accepted the bid , ai It were , ) of u well-
known woman \vhojo fortune is U ui-cd up
to $ . " . ,000,003.
A Iliippy I'ariulov.
.
A striking and happy llliuitr.iUrm of the as
sociation of oil and wutur is furnlshuJ lit the
of Mr. Hoekofollor , the SUimlar.1 OH
king , who hut Just presented the UnptUt
university with $000,000.
A OIMII front the 1'rp.sltloiit.
C'Mciti/i ) Inttr-Octtin.
Tlmt wui a line Acutcnco la President Harrison
risen V ? pooch at the Gurllold monmcnt cele
bration whoa ho said : "The selection of
tills duy for thojo exorcises , n day consecrated
crated to the memory of those who illeii Hint
there mlBht bo 0110 HIIK of honor and author
ity In tills republic , is most lUtlnj ? . The 0110
ling encircles us with Its folds todity , the unrivaled -
rivaled object of our loyiil lovo. "
The Ilnhy Husslng llorc.
JN'cit' ' Yuilt 1'itfi.
President Hun-toon refused to kiss n
strange baby Unit n Pltlsbtirg wotnau inislicil
Into his fnco , Even the mugwump editors
like him the bolter for It , down deep In their
hearts , whatever nbuso they nv.iy pea for
him. It Is mi outrage to dcmaud Unit a pub
lic nr.iu shall kiss all iinnucr ot vacant mid
slobbering little faces , anil there is demagog-
ism ia yielding to the domand.
Outdone by the llowily East.
Chtetiaa Trlbnnr.
The Boston. Journal saya "thoro Imvo boon
three extraordinary outbreaks of lawlessness
in as many western colleges within ton days , "
nnil that "such Incidents
are unpleasant aug
uries of the typo of citizens likely to bo grad
uated from thcso collages. " None of the
students of these western Institutions , how
ever , were guilty of any act quite so horrify
ing as smearing rod paint all over tlio sttituo
of the founder of Harvard college.
A Itf'llcuttnn for 1'rolilbs.
St. iMiis Globe-Democrat.
These hysterical persons who lllten the
"original pacitago" decision to the ono ren
dered in the Dred Sott case would do well to
take account of the fact that the former is in
direct opposition to a ruling made by Judge
Tuuoy some forty years ago , whereas the dis
senting opinion is in exact harmony with the
recorded views ' of the author of the ttrod
Scott decision.
Tlio Census Questions.
Al-u ) I'orli Trthune ,
Even if it does ssctn a little absurd to ask
n blushing damsel whether she was a soldier ,
sailor or marina during the civil war , which
was over before she was born , or the father
of a grown family whether ho has boon to
school during the census year , or a loquacious
widow whether she Is insane , a homeless
child or speaks English , no harm is done , and
the mere piiiscnco of the questions on the
census list ought not to irritate anybody.
The printed blanks are intended to.cover all
cases and to aid classification. The ques
tions , on the whole , arc well framed and hnvo
the great merit of clearness.
lloneli Out for It.
Knntiu Citii Journal.
Tlio Pan-American congress accomplished
much , but no congress of nations can do what
can bo performed by individual cITort. If tlio
plans formulated by the congress are carried
out the way will bo prepared for American
manufacturers and merchants to practically
monopolize'the South American trade , but
they must reach out for it.
England and Germany have boon getting
the best of this country in its own natural
territory. The recent congress lias alarmed
thorn nnd they will now redouble their efforts
to hold their trade. Americans must bo on
the alert.
license in Baltimore.
Clitc un Trllmnc.
Bplttmoro lias had her first month of high
license and is delighted , though tlio license
tax is not high , being but SMO. During the
month , however , there hnvo been fowcr ar
rests than 'usual , 1,000 saloons have boon
forced out of business , and the rovcnuo lias
increased , from less than $150,000 , , under low
license , to moro than ? K0,000 ! , , of which tlio
city gets $350,000 , whereas .it formerly got
nothing. Tlio people are so delighted with
tlio result that at the next session of the leg
islature they will make n demand for doubling
the license. There is much significance in all
tills for prohibitionists , but with their cus
tomary obtusencss when dealing with statis
tics of t'.ils kind they will fail to see how high
license restricts intemperance.
Tnnininny'H Ni 'it School.
Kanscui Cttu Journal ,
Many doubts imyo been expressed as to the
"reform'1 fcuturoa of Now York's now ballot
law. At two previous sessions of the legis
lature ballot reform bills had been framed
and passed by the republicans , only to bo
vetoed by Governor Hill , whoso reputation
is not that of a reformer in politics. Tlmt
the bill which was passed this year received
the governor's approval was an indication
that thp restrictions which it imposed upon
the ballot were not such as to seriously incon
venience the fine worker. } of the democratic
party.
And now Tammany Hall has opened n night
school , which Is facetiously termed a "ballot
reform kindergarten , " to instruct voters how
to cast tholr ballots under the now law.
Time will show whether or not the law is
really in the interest of clean elections.
Meantime that Tammany night school arouses
suspicion.
and the Paoillo KailroiulH.
Sun Fmneben Chronicle.
It is an absurd proposition , in anyandovory
aspect of tlio case , for congress to extend the
time nnd reduce tlio interest of the Central
Pacific , with tlio fact staring It in the face
that the Southern Pacific has boon built out
of the earnings of the Central , and that tlio
subsidized road has been stripped for the
benefit of n roail upon which the government
has no direct lino. There has been a studied
attempt to impair the value of the security
which the government holds for the Control
Pacific debt , and yet the same Central Pacific
is an applicant for a favor which is almost
Cjiivalcnt | to u cancellation of its Indebted-
I1C.S3.
Congress will do well to lot the matter go
over until another susstqn , for in the mean
time tlio Central Union Pacillo roads may
conclude that they are not so poor us they
now think or assume to think they are , and
may bo able to propose u settlement on moro
equitable terms * Until the Central Pacific
can muko n better offer than a seventy-live
year extension , and a reduction of interest
from II per cent per annum to 2 it will IMJ Just
as well for congress to take no doflnlto action
in the promises.
WHAT 130KH IT MATTERP
Kiln Whtder Wllcor.
Wealth nnd glory , peace and power.
What are they worth to mo or you )
For the lease of life runs out in an hour ,
And death Htiuuls ready to claim his duo ;
Sounding honor * or heaps of gold ,
What are they all when all is told )
A pain or a pleasure , a siullo or u tear
What docs It matter what wo claim I
For wo stop from the crailto into Iho blor ,
And u emx'laiM world gee < i on tlio sumo ,
Hours of gladntus or hours of somuv ,
What does It nmttwto us tomorrow !
Truth of love or vow of friend
Tuudor earcsKUH or cruel micora
What do thov matter to us In UIQ end )
For the brief day ilimt and the long ulght
noarc ,
Pawlomilo Idf.Hos or tears of gall ,
Thu t'r.u'o will open and cover Ilium all.
vagrant , or honored puaet ,
Poor anil humble , or rich nail groat-
All are raelioU with thu world' * unreal ,
All muHt nmtwlth thouQmmoa fate ,
Ufu from dillilhooU till wo tuv old.
What is airwliea all U tola I
VOICE OFTIIT3STATK PKI3S3.
ffeua ,
There Is n brilliant opportunity for tlio
fltnto board of transportation to do something
for the pcoplo , now Unit It has been given n
new lease of life. If It doesn't do something
the next legislature will knock it higher than
Glldcroy's kite.
Imlc.st
Ktcttr Knttrprbe.
It Is ntinonM that Congressman Laws Is
figuring for tlio McCoolc land ofllco and will
return to a position lit which ho hopes to bo
loss conspicuously a failure than that of con
gressman at the close of bis present term.
JIndly Hlu-lvullod Up.
Fremont Tribune.
TitElJr.n is pocking away nt tlio soveu
Omaha councllmen who have sued it each for
$10,000 damages. There is reason to believe
that Tin : Biu : is learning Just how the com-
blno was formed and that before the suits are
finished the outraged nldormanic honor will
be pretty badly shrivelled up ,
It Will Take No Oliancc.s.
To rcnominnte any state ofllccr who , as n
member of the board of transportation , has
proved subservient to the railroads , refusing
and neglecting to redress thu wrongs of the
people by enforcing fair nnd reasonable
rates , will bo to Insure the election ot n dem
ocrat in his stead , and the republican party
cannot afford to take any chance * this year.
A
rentier Time * .
ft has boon suggested that General Vnn
Wyck should bo run for congress from this
district tliis fall. The principal objection to
Van Wyck being a candidate from this dis
trict arises from the fact that ho resides In
another district. This wo don't believe
would bo n legal objection. Men hnvo repre
sented districts in other states that were not
residents in those district * . However , If
that embodiment of all monopolies known in
this country , G. W. E. Dorsey , should bo
nominated by the onleo holders , there should
bo a man nominated that can down him.
Who is 'hoi
Keep Up iIK ; Puce.
Km fnlh fffu-g ,
The Republican party Is to bo congratu
lated that Its state central committee lias
known and mot the wishes of the people.
The o-irly convention gives promise that the
best men of the parly will bo placed in the
lead this fall. Tlio abolition of the proxy
nuisance gives promise that the will of the
people Is to bo respected mid represented in
the convention. Making the convention n
largo ono gives loss possibility of unwise
nomination * . The party has started out well
in the campaign , and the pace set by the cen
tral committee should bo kept up to the end.
The Conference 1)1(1 It.
Kctirnni'iifoj'rfw. .
Tlio republican party in Nebraska is head
ing in the right direction. It will hold an
early convention and there will ho no proxies
in it. This much has been accomplished \ > y
the anti-monopoly conference and its com
mittee of fifteen. Without the aggressive
spirit winch assorted itself in that conference
tlio part } ' would have had no hope of success
in the approaching campaign. If the men
who love the party bolter than the corpor
ations had not stopped forward and de
manded those reforms , it could not bo ex
pected that the hired politicians of the rail
roads would have done so.
COUNTRY
llalsleln llecnnl ,
That marrlago that was reported a few
days ago is a mistake.
"Ji'roiu" tlio People.
Omi/ia / irorltl-IIeraM ,
The little community has the sinocrost
sympathy from the pcoplo of Omaha.
A Parental P < : in.
Culucrtson Sun.
Welcome , welcome , little str.mgar ,
Yon have mitlo us awful glad ,
You have ploasoj vour mother greatly
And made u happy in'in of your dad.
Congratulations , Mr. Murphy.
Francis Murphy Is going to marry one of
the handsomest women In Council Bluffs
within two months. Acoj ; > t our wannest
congratulations , Mr. Murphy. You dcscrvo
n handsome wife. May she bo oao who will
help you in your work.
Wo hUCO to 1)1 ! AllllNOll.
A'urfulli ifews.
The News pauses long enough in its career
of usefulness to inform tlio wart on the body
Journalistirtho chimpanzee with infinitesimal
intellectual powers , the idiot in the last
stages of softening of the brain that presides
over the destinies of the Hattlo Crook weekly
aggregation of error. * , that tliis paper delights
in receiving abuse from things that disgrace
the newspaper profession , such as it and its
twin freak at Madison , and invites It to keep
the gas turned on.
Artie Pnlliiim mul Ilin Pa.
Il'i-Kt Union Gtizrlte.
When Artio Pallium returned from the
west , with his "forty-fins'1 hanging to his
bolt and his "soalp.il" shothod In Its scab
bard , and projcntod the nppiaranco of n
"frontier , " ho promised his old father that ho
would ( jult "quidlng" tobaooo , but the venerable -
able old O. S. caught him with a well defined
portion of the narcotic weed stored in his
| aw and concluded to put his stomach to test
with about three ounces of the extract of the
weed in hlscoffco the other morning. It undo
the prodigal son somewhat whlto around tho-
ijills , but ho is recuperating again at the pre
sent writing.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
AuAi'AiiOK , Nob. , Juno ( ) . To the Editor of
Tin : Hun : Please inform mo through Tun
SUNDAY lii : : if Decoration day ( May ! tO ) is a
national holiday. If it is u legal holiday ,
would it then bo national } Is it legal ) Yours
respectfully , ' EDWAIID C. WAONKK.
Aim. It is not a national holiday , but is n
legal holiday in Nebraska and twenty-Jlvo
other states and territories.
COUNCIL Bi.urrs , la. , Juno 0. To the Edi
tor of Tin : DUB : Please Inform us through
your Sunday edition which of the two sub
stances , water or oil , is tlio heavier In weight ,
taking the muno quantity ot each. Whoa
mixed which of the two will boon top ) Yours
truly , A. LIHTOI.I ) .
Ans. Oil and water will not mix. Oil is
lighter than water and will rise to the sur
face when placed in water.
Nouroi.K , Nob. , Juno 0. To the Editor of
THIS UKK : What Is the highest railway
bridge in the United States ) I say the High
bridge in Kentucky. Sunsciuiimi.
Kinzuaviaduct , on n branch of the New
York , iMko Erie it Western railroad , near
linulford , Pa , ; rulla iiOl feet auovo Invol of
stream ; length of brldiai , -O.Vj fool ; has
l,7.piU tons of Iron ; built lbi. An oxUmslvo
Iron viaduct recently compli'lcul over the
KloPccos in Tuxas , on the ( lalviwUm , liar ;
rlsburg it San Antimlo railroad , has uxtiximo
height of 04 > i feet ; length , | UiU fool ,
A Happy Hotlleinont.
, S'fiMi.r I'.ttu Jiilimul.
Now thlngit ait ) Koi.iiK right with the repub
lican party In Nebraska , and thu notion of the
republican state central i-ommittco nt Ilncoln
Wednesday night has tnrnod the fuco of the
juirty in the rlifht dlructlon. There U no
doubt about it ; the republican party of Ne
braska was at the forks of thu road an regards
thoquwttlon of corpomtlon control , and it Ute
to be congratulatoU that It has now taken thu
right road , or has prepared to tnko Iho right
road.
The call for nn extra no-sslon of the Icgtsln *
turolmving becnjrcsclmlcd by the governor nnd
that confusing factor having IxH'it eliminated.
the demand of the powerful clement of thox *
party which has bctm moving for remedies
against railroad ami other corporation manip
ulation took shape In two definite proposi
tions" : 1. An cnrly Atnto convention , tt. The
abrogation of the old proxy system of repre
sentation which had long developed Into most
gross abuses. The proxy system , ns was the a
case la Iowa before It was abolished , ntulf *
tn-obably fur worse In Nebraska than
in lown , wiw an Instrument which
in the nature of tilings gave an undue advant
age to corporation agents , lobbyists nnd man
ipulators , nnd helped them vastly In keeping
the upper hand In the organization of the
party , ns against the legitimate purpose of Its
great majority. It was tlio fooling ami
Knowledge of the republican farmers and
those who have stood out ngaln.it railroad
dictation that matters had been thus steered
arbitrarily against them that has stimulated
them to protest nnd nt length to the verge of
revolt. And the committee of fifteen , ap
pointed for the purpose by the anti-monopoly
conference some time since , was present to
represent the Interests of that clement of
the party before the state committee. It
shows how Intense Iho iwpulnr feeling in Ne
braska has been , for the committee of fifteen
was cmlwwercd to call nx convention la the T
event that the regular state central com
mittee should refuse reasonable concessions.
Such was the .situation in which tlio state
central committee mot Wednesday night. It
wiw , Indeed , n critical condition. At the
same time , although It Involved i-haneo for
disastrous blunder , It opened a grand oppor
tunity to reassure , to solidify and even to *
strengthen the party In the state. There Is
no room to dispute that the demand for an
early convention nnd a reform of Iho proxy
nbutio was reasonable and right. It was
right In every respect , and especially
right now to the end that republican organi
zation and action may bo made true emana
tions of thu party in Nebraska. The whole
situation , too , had been thoroughly canvassed
and was perfectly well understood , nnd the
time had come when decision could not bo de
layed and could not fall to bo of 'far-reaching
effect.
Tlio decision was right In both respects.
An early date. July L''i , was fixed , being the
date suggested by the anti-monopoly committee -
tee of fifteen , ns against Julv ! 10 , which was
preferred by the opposing clement. And the
committee mi'.do tlio matter more binding bv
adopting a rule , against determined opposi- " " '
tion , that no proxies be allowed , and that the
delegates present from each county bo ail- * * "
thorlzcd to cast Its entire vote in the conven
tion.
tion.Tliis
Tliis covers the cnllro Held so far ns thu
preparations for the convention are con
cerned. Every preliminary tisko.l for by th"
anti-monopolists has thus been conceded. Thu
party has given the sign that it is ready t
x
meet the situation candidly , and thereby has
shown that in its organization it has madV t'n- '
decision to carry out the will of its eonotilt- :
enls fairly and fully. And this lact wiw
promptly recognized by the committee of II
teen representing the ntiti-monnpnly clrmrn ,
which formally adopted resolutions of cndm-s.
incut in which " the -
, they "urge nntl-inonopnl-
republicans of Nebraska to remain Btoadfas. . .
to the ljurtv , believing that It is united am
determined in its purjioso to carry out the ex
pressed wishes of the people. "
It now only remains for the masses of tlm
party to impress themselves upon the prima
ries. They have shown tholr power in tlm
preliminaries. They have secured the oppor
tunity. It remains to carry the work through
to the action of the convention , to the choii-u
of candidates , to the framing of the platform
nnd to the working organization of thu
party for the ensuing campaign year. The
party will thus surely IK ) tno authentic organ
of the people , beyond tlio possibility of man
ipulation by rings or corporation syndicates ,
and it will bo in the way of progressively nc-
complishing the ends which the sober Juilg
merit of the pcoplo may indicate in their own
interests.
And the republican party of Nebraska will
bo all the stronger for the decision which
has been made. A settlement had to bo
made , a crisis had to come in tlio control of
the organisation , and it was well that it
should eomo at this time. .Tlio [ K'oplo are on
top. They ask no injustice to tlio corpora
lions , only justice to the public. 4
Nebraska should this fall roll up , alolil'
this line , the biggoat republican m.ijorilft
over recorded. . \
This Itejil.s tlio Cfiromos.
-Itlitnln Constttiilttin.
Editor Ilanlon knows human nature well ;
ho is now offering free strawberries and
watermelons as a premium for cash sub
scribers , and "The Quitman Press" Is boom
ing.
Republican State Convontion.
-1 I1U n'lllllflllUI ! L'Jl'lIUE71 UL illl ) MIUU UL IV-
lirnskn lire requested to send delegates frurn
I heir several counties to meet In convention In
the city of Lincoln , Wednesday. July Kl , at 8
o'clock p. in. , for the purpose of placingin
nomination candidates for the following stuU
offices :
Governor.
Lieutenant Governor.
Secretary of State.
Auditor of Public Accounts.
Htato Treasurer.
Attorney General.
Commissioner of 1'nbllo Lands and Ilulld-
( superintendent of Public Instruction. if
And the transaction of such other bn lmi < V
as may como before tlm convention.
Tlin AI'POltTIONMK.VT.
The several counties arc entitled to repre
sentation as follows , being based upon tlio
vote cast for lion. George If. Hastings , presi
dential elector In 1883 , giving one delegate-al-
lai'Bu to each county , and one for each I.V )
voles and the major fraction thereof :
cot'STiK * ! UKi.coi7XTnrt. | : nr.i. .
It Is recommended that no proxies bo ad
mitted to the convention ; that each county
eon vent Ion elect allcrnatcri , and that the duh-
gates present bo authorized to cunt the full
vote of tlio delegation.
L. I ) . IticiiAims , Chalrinun.
WM/T M. SKKI.KV. Secretary
O MA H A
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COMPANY.
Hnti-ierlbod and ( Inarantecd Capital.r. ISOO.OO )
1'iild In Capital : fiii.ttrt
llujs nnd soils Mocks null bomlHi iienolliitet
commercial paper ; receives and i-xi-outr *
IIIIHI.S ; not * un trims fitriiKi'nt and tniilui- " '
corporation * , takes eliiiruu ot propuity. col
lects UlXlirt.
OniahaLoan & TrustCo
SAVINGS BANK.
S.E. Cor-nor 10th nnd Douglas Sn
I'ald In Capital WMW )
Kiibsorlbeil and ( iunrrnitoed Uapltul. . . H liX
1lability of titoukliolderH aOO.U < )
0 1'er Cent IntortMt I'uld on DuposltH.
I-KANIC J. LANlii : , Caolilitr P
onicor : A. U. Wyman. proMtdent. J. J. llrown ,
vlco-proslilciit. . Wymun ; trimsuror.
Dlrectoi-s-A. U. Wyninii. J. II. Mllliird. J. J.
llrown. Uuy U. llarlon. 1C.V. . NiibU , Tti
J. Klmbull , UcurKU U. LuUo.
