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Notary 1'ubllo.
Jilt. CrKVKLAND has lost 75 pounds
of flosli , but his bump of solf-oslcem Is as
heavy us over.
A "WHISK from todny that biennial
plant , tlio legislature , will bo in full
blofim nt Lincoln.
TIIK Indians who "would rather die
tlmn lay down their arms , " and cease to
inenaco Innocent settlers , nro being ac
commodated.
Tins Idaho Eonntora have swelled the
silver contingent In the upper house and
added tliolr shrill voices to the song of
the bulllonalros.
THE Bun war corrcBpondont wit
nessed the flcht , not as a belligerent , but
ns an historian. And , ns usual , THE
_ DEB'S account surpassed all rivals.
EVEN in Chicago , despite its political
wickedness , the courts arc bravely de
fending the few privileges of the pcoplo
which the corporations have not seized.
WniT.B sentimental lunkheads are
shedding tears for the treacherous red-
Blclns , a word of regret for the murdered
army olllcors and soldiers is conspicuous
'by ' its absence.
ONK of the most remarkable things
' recorded in the annals of Chicago hap
pened Monday. The police caught throe
. . ' hank robbers before the victims had
i tirao to olTor a reward.
SiitfATOit INGALLS proposes to plant
Jhis sonatorinl tepee in the foreground of
ntho fray in Kansas , utterly Indifferent to
'the ' consequences of cnmplnp on the lee
' ' Side of Sochloss Jerry Slmp3on.
SITTING BULL is dead , Big Foot hns
.pneumonia nnd Two Strike is wounded.
'But ' Tibbies , ho's all right. Nothing
over happens to Tibbies. His iron cheek
IB nn impenetrable shield agnlnst all
weapons.
refuses to endorse General
Booth's schemes for the relief of Lon-
dop's poor. The average man , however ,
will BOO moro good In Booth's method of
making men comfortable while they are
hero than in Huxley's studies on the
Bubjcot of who"o they came from.
IT is announced that "Secretary of
Btato Cowdroy , Commissioner Stcon ana
Jkudltor Benton have returned from a
delightful jaunt to Now Orleans. " This
Hounds like old times Cowdroy , Benton
nnd StoonI A. delightful jauntl It-is"
to bo supposed that they pnlii full rail
road faro.
NOW that Deadwood enjoys complete
railroad connection with Omaha sorao
roininlsconcos are in order. Dead wood
was inado the metropolis of the Black
Hills in 1870. A fleet of prarie schoon-
fcrs supplied her with eatables and drink
ables by the Sidney trail , then by Fort
Pierre and now , at last , by through rail
communication. Millions of wealth have
boon taken out of it and untold millions
yet remain to bo mined.
Tnc city authorities of Bismarck have
ndoptecl aggressive means to settle the
trouble caused by prohibition. They
give liquor dealers receipts for licenses
And boldly declare that as the law can
not bo enforced they propose to make it
Jiclp out the taxpayers in the matter ol
income. This is no bettor than South
iCnrolina's aUomptat nullification , but it
may servo ns a hint to the North
Icotans to discard their fanaticism and
replace it with some common sense.
ACCORDING to statistics of railroai
construction for the year , but one
mile of road was built in the state
of Iowa in 1S90. In the opin
jlon of thoughtless corporation adVocates
Vocatos , this result is duo to "hostile
railroad legislation. " As a matter o :
/act the great state of Iowa has ample
railroad facilitioa for a generation. It is
cross-sectioned with roads. It has at
least six east nnd west lines , each wit )
prnnohoH extending in nil directions , ant
three main lines running north ant
Eouth. But few county scats in the state
nro without railroad connection , am
every largo town Has two or moro trunl
Jlnos. The tljld Is simply covered. Hos
tlio legislation , so called , has nothing to
do with the practical cessation of rail
road building in the stato.
TIIK LKOlSLAlUIlEfS FltlS'l VUT1' .
The first duty of tlio reform loglsla-
uro of Kobraskn into slop the Bhaniolcss
xtrnvnganco which hod been growing
up In legislative sessions for the past
o\v years and which reached the o.ulmi *
mtlntr point of disgrace in 1889. The re-
lord of the last session is n story of the
'ccklofls waalo of public funds , of the
nulllpltcatlon of usolcsu oftlccs , of the
addling upon the treasury of political
oafcrs and hangers-on , of the payment
f private obligations nt public expense
jy senators and members to their
rlends male nnd fomalo. Ills a record
vhlch no legislature should dare ropent.
The legislative session of 1835 cost the
people of Nebraska $83,000 , and tlmt of
887 995,000. This WIIH certainly ninplo
n vlow'of the fact that the last session
n Kansas cost but $78,740. IJut all rec
ords were broken In 1889. The expenses
f the Nebraska legislature for that year
nountcd to the unprecedented nltitutlo
of $100,000. There were no moro mem
bers of the semite and house than form
erly , no more business to transact and
10 more legitimate demands for the ox-
tendituro of money. And yet expenses
voro increased exactly 100 per cent.
I'lioro is but one explanation , and that
8 that the legislature recklessly
squandered the irfonoy of the taxpayers
n providing for relatives , friends and
dependents. An analysis of the auditor's
oport Issued HO long ago that ovory-
> ody is expected to have forgotten it
urnlshcs luminous evidence to this
olTcct.
First , the public should contemplate
-ho oriental magnificence of the senate.
That august bodv consists of 83
nombors , many of whom nro fru
gal farmers from the frontier nnd nil of
whom are supposed to bo self-reliant
American citizens , capable of attending
lo their personal wants. These H3 rep
resentatives of the plain people struggled
through a session of CO woruinp daya
with the assistance of 109
employes , for whoso services
the people paid the neat sum of $21,035.
A few of thcso employes were doubtless
necessary , but by far the larger portion
of the extraordinary prlco paid for them
represents a sheer waste of money.
They cost much moro than the senators
themselves , whoso aggregate pay
amounted to only 80,000. It is interesting
to study this list ol men , women and boys
who danced attendance on the great men
of the senate of 18S9.
There was a secretary of the senate
vvho in some mysterious manner received
$4 per day for 150 days of a session lim
ited by law to CO days , nnd obtained in
addition $900 for "preparing journals for
Die secretary of state , " which might rcn-
bonably bo considered a part of his
regular duty an senate secretary. Ho
had the holpof an "assistant secretary , "
who received $000 , or $4 a day for 160
day * , and this man , in turn , was helped
out by u "second assistant secretary , "
who received $330. Thcso 83 sena
tors hnd also the luxury of a private
postmaster nt $207 , who had an "assist
ant" at $240 , who , in turn , had n "mall-
carrier" at$2Gl. Besides a "clerk of the
committee of the whole , " a stenographer ,
a chaplain , three sergcnnt3-ut-nrin& and
three doorkeoueVs , who cost in1 the
aggregate $2,038 , the senate had also
those other supernumeraries : Ono enrolling -
rolling clerk , $207 ; 12 engrossing
clerks , at a total of $2,430 ; a docket
clerk $300 5 "custodians "
, ; , at a
total of $1,053 ; a janitor , $300 ;
8 "assistant janitors" nta total of-l,01U ;
15 "pages" nt a total of 81,420.50 ; 32
"sonator's"clerks"nt a total of $0,818.50 ;
a messenger to the lieutenant governor ,
$201 ; a messenger to the secretary of
state , $201 ; 3 other messengers at a
total of $702 ; a bill clerk , $201 ; a clerk
to the auditor , $231 ; nnd copy holders ,
proof readers , copyists , guards , book
keepers , night watchmen and assistant
firemen all at $3 per day , or inoro. The
grand total for the "employes of the
senate , " as wo have said , is thus piled
unto $21,055. Was there over a moro
outrageous instance of reckless extrava
gance on tbo part of a public body of 33
men ?
Evo.-y voter and tax payer InNobavska
can BOO at a glnnco .the folly of most of
the expenditures in which the senate of
1889'lndulgod. Donbtlpss n secretary
and nn assistant are needed , but compe
tent men could boomploycd for .00 days
for much less than $2,450 , which is
what it cost to keep the record of the
senate of 18S9 aud nrosqnt it to the secretary -
rotary of stato. A chaplain , a sergeant
at-arms , a doorkeeper and a stenog
rapher , are needed , but why should'thoy
'bo multiplied by two nnd thrco ? What
excuse can bo offered for the employment
of two postmasters and n mail carrier
for the exclusive convenience of 83 sena
tors ? But the worst abuses are the ap
polntmont of 32 "senator's clerks" nnd
12 "engrossing clorks" at $3 per
day to servo throughout the
session. There is absolutely not
a shadow of excuse for tills waste of pub-
lie funds. Senators hayo no use for
private clorks. Engrossing clerks are
not needed until toward the end of the
session , nnd o could then do the work
for which 12 are employed from the first
day of the meeting. It Is an outrage on
the taxpayers and only a little moro
vivid than the rest of the expensive and
useless legislative machinery , It maybe
bo conceded that a janitor is
needed in the soimto chamber ,
but why should ho have 8 as
sistnnts at $3 a day ? Why 15 pages ,
and clerks , copy-holders , copyists ,
guards , and nil the rest of tbo useless
paraphernalia ?
The fact is that 10 competent moil
would do the work that 109 miscellaneous
employes were engaged for by the lasl
senate , and that from $15,000 to $18,000
of the moro than $24,000 ex
pended could bo saved , ant
the actual sorvlco rendered fitll
generously paid for.
In the house of representatives ex-
tmvagunco also ran riot. That redoubtable -
doubtable patriot , Brad Slaughter , was
chief clork. For his Valuable service
the state paid the sum of $2,400 from
January to April II. Of this respect
able figure 5000 wUs paid him as clerk o
Iho house , $350 for "preparing Icgislii
tlvomanuals-and $1,460 for "propar
inp journals for the secretary of state"
hia own olllcjal records which he had
been elsewhere paid for keeping a
the rato. ' of $4 each for 16C
days. AVhft boliovoa the work wa
economical * ' done ? The house had in al
03 employes. They cost the Blato
3o,279.2.3 , exclusive of the speaker and
nombors. Among them were M enroli
ng clorks. 20 engrossing clerks , 21
lorks of commltteost80 pngca and 18
anltors. Besides these there were 2
mstmastors , 2 lottor-carrlora and a mi-
norous army of messengers , copy-hold-
r and other varieties of Imngors-on.
n the house , as well as the senate , su-
lornutnernrles were crowded Inns thick
s they could stand , or hang to the win-
o\v ledges. And the people of.Nobraska
paid the bill.
By the way of summary , 272 employes
were engaged by the senate nnd house
nd paid for a eosslon of 00 days , $59-
331.23. It Is probable that proper ocon-
my would reduce the number to from
20 to 30 competent men and effect a sav-
ng of from $10,000 to 815,000. And
, here is apparently no reason why the
vholo cost of the session , which In 1889
vns $100,000 , should exceed the cost of
of Iho last session of the Kansas legisla
ture , which was $78,710. In ether
vords , the reform legislature can save
, ho taxpayers $111,200 , if It can kcop ox-
> onscs down to the Kansas basis.
This will bo the llrst duty of the now
ogislaturo which assembles at Lincoln
icxt Tuesday. Lot It appoint a commit-
lee on retrenchment and reform and pro
ceed at once to restore economical
methods in the halls of legislation. By
so doing It will save the people a vast
sum of money , clean out a worthless
? ang of political bummers , and render
mposslblo a repetition of the private
scandals that have always resulted from
.lio indiscriminate distribution of ofllcos
nnd salaries by the legislature.
A VKllY LAME EXCUSK.
General Manager Clark declares that
the Union Pacific is ready to permit all
trains to cross the bridge , but they
must bo drawn by Union Pacific loco
motives.
A lame excuse is better than none.
Every intelligent railroad man knows
that the bridge can bo used jointly by
all roads that tormlnuto on both sides of
the river.
For over a year the Burlington has
enjoyed the privilege of running its
Kansas City trains over the bridge , and
the company has never Insisted on pul
ling thes.o trains with Us own locomo
tives. Is it reasonable to suppose that Mil
waukco or Rock Island locomotives will
damngo the bridge and approaches anymore
moro than the Burlington locomotives ?
For moro than llvo months the engines
of the Milwaukee road have been nulling
freight trains between the transfer'and
South Omaha. Does Mr. Clark claim
that the movement of freight engines
over the bridge and approaches are loss
injurious to the company's Interests than
passenger engines ?
Mr. Clark knows bettor. Ho is simply
the medium through whom the diclums
of Jay Gould are carried into effect. Mr.
Gould is determined to mnko all Interests
subordinate to the upbuilding of the Mis
souri Pacilic , nnd nil contracts that are
directly or remotely injurious to that
company must bo thrown aside. This is
the real object of tbo bridge blockade.
Next to that is n clearly defined purpose
to maintain at Omaha o. toll rate similar
to that which crippled the com
mercial interests of St. Louis until
the oppressed merchants rose in their
might uud smashed the bridge monopoly
by erecting an independent free bridge.
If Omaha would bo free and Indepen
dent she must oniulnto the example of
St. Louis.
S OLUSIXO YKA.ll.
The expiring year 1890 has contributed
interesting and Important chapters to
the world's history. There may bo
wldo diltoronco of opinion as to how
much real progress , if any , mankind has
achieved during Its passage.
For the United States the most nota
ble events have boon political. The re
sults of the state and congressional elec
tions nro likely long to bo memorable as
the most remarkable change in popular
sentiment inour history. States hitherto
strongly republican wore won from the
control of that party , and not only was
the republican majority in the national
house of representatives swont away ,
but that party will bo In a smaller minor
ity in the popular branch of the Fifty1
second congress than at any time during
the post twenty-eight years. It is not
necessary to consider at this time or in
this connection the influences that
wrought this result , but nt least eire of
these cannot properly bo omitted from
a rovlow of the political history of the
year , and that is the part played by the
agricultural class In a number of the
states. The uprising of the farmers
in protest against the old * parties
and for the aggressive assertion
of their demands is not n now experi
ence in this country , but it never before
attained such proportions or otToctud
such widespread results as this year ,
This notable movement of a largo and
most Important elomcnt of the people is
commanding the profound interest not
only of the statesmen and po litlclans o
the country , but ns wollof mon ont'iigcd in
largo financial and industrial enterprises.
It is being widely discussed on all hands
ns containing the promise of changes
which may materially alter and modify
existing conditions. In the matter o
Important legislation the year 1890 takes
precedence during the past decade ; in
evidence of whluh It will bo sufllolont to
clto the now turllt and silver laws
though there has boon much ether leg
islation that will have afar-reaching
effect upon the national prosperity a
welfare. To the urcsont year belongs
tlio consummation of the schema of an
all-American conference for the purpose
of considering nnd proposing methods
for enlarged and moro Intimate commer
cial relations botwcon the independent
countries of the American continents ,
from which It Is believed results of groa
advantage to the producers of the United
States will ultimately bo attained. Will
rogara to the financial and commorola
affairs of the country the year has boor
fairly prosperous. The foreign tradi
of the nation was grottor In value thai
lor any previous year nnd the kilunco in
our favor wns larger than for many your *
The crops were less in amount than for
Bovoral preceding years , but at th
higher prices that have ruled thol
value to the producer ) has not boon very ,
much bolowotlmt of years of groalos
yield , The manufacturing Industrie
have generally done well , aud if th
trnnsporltitlon-jchmpanlos hive not proa-
pored Iho rolCs % is famllmr to every
body. For no\-fljl months financial af
fairs have bcoh in u rather unsatisfactory
condition , duo rnlhor to a lack of court-
donco tlian n w"vjt of money , slnco the
olrculntton of thkcount > * y waq never so
largo ns now utfij the par capita grofttor
only nt two or'.ithroo ' periods In the lust
quarter of a contitry , hut there are Indi
cations that thjti"situation " Is Improving
nnd thnt Iho opening of the now year
will bring n material change for the
bettor. The yofiv , has been exceptionally
frco from grcatUalntnttlos , with the ex
ception of the ovontg of the last few days
in South Dakota , which , however , may
provo to bo of thnt class of misfortunes
thnt bring largo compensation In peed
results
Looking abroad there Is a good deal
to challenge attention , and not all of it
is of a nature to reassure these who are
concerned for the political and social
progress of mankind. The nations of
Eurono are still confronting each ether
with vast nrmnmonts , and while there
appears to bo no Immediate dungor that
the ponce will bo broken , these enor
mous military establishments are a
drain upon the Industry nnd resources
of the pcoplo which la severely foil by
the mnssos. On the continent there are
evidences of n vigorous growth of popu
lar sentiment In a socialistic direction ,
and there are many who bollovo thnt the
time Is not fur distant when great polltl
cnl changes will tnko plnco in several
European countries. In Great Britain
the Parnoll episode has surpassed in
popular interest and in real importance
every ether event of tno year , and its
damaging effect upon the cause of Irish
homo rulb Is widely deplored. In South
America , the Argentina Republic ap
pears to bo in u fair way to find relief
from the disastrous consequences of a
false and fatal .financial policy , but the
burden will ho likely to weigh heavily
upon them lor generations. There is nn
object lesson in the experience of Ar
gentine which these people in the
United States who are clamoring for a
practically similar policy would do well
to study. The republic of Brazil , in
which the American people have
a particular interest thnt is un
doubtedly heartily reciprocated , seems
to bo keeping firmly in the right path
and developing a worthy nrabitlon to nd-
vance to higher rank nmong the nations.
On the whole tlio world la not worse
off nt the close of 1890 , oven If no great
gain has boon innao in nny direction
during the your , and without indulging
vain regrets for the mistakes and failures
of the past , the American pcoplo have
reason to look t6 the future with hope
and confidence.
OUIt MEAT I'UODUOTS .UIItOAD ,
There Is no indication that nny pro
gress has bcon made toward Inducing
Franco and Gormnny to remove or mod
ify the roslriotjiorts on the importation
of American moats into these countries.
There nppearod some time ago to bo
good promise , a& the result of the corre
spondence botwo n Minister Raod and
the French minister of agriculture , that
the government pf.F aneo would materi
ally modify , If it did not abrogate , the
prohibitive regulations regarding Amer
ican moats. There was no question that
our minister most conclusively demon
strated the insufllcioncy of the ground or
pretext for such regulations , and when
in addition tlio French government was
notified of the enactment of a thorough
inspection law by this government , ap
plicable to moats for export , which pro
vided for the most complete insurance
against the sending out of moats unfit
for _ human consumption , there seemed
good reason to expect that the govern
ment of Franco would show los unfavorable -
able consideration for the United States
in this matter , ovoii if it should con
clude that the interests of Its own moat
producers required that some restric
tion should bo maintained. But no such
disposition has boon manifested , and if
a safe judgment can bo formed from the
temper now being shown by a strong
party of French legislators , there is extremely -
tromoly little probability that American
moats will secure nny bettor market in
Franco during the next few years than
they have enjoyed for the past ton.
As to Germany there appears to boa
stolid indifference to the matter on the
part of the government ; and this is par
ticularly romnrkablo from the fact that
there has bcon a very vigorous popular
demand In that country for n removal of
the regulations against American moats ,
which has not boon the cnso in B'rnnco.
The Gorman government has boon petitioned -
tioned by packers , by steamship com
panies , and by largo bodies of consum
ers , to allow the unrestricted importa
tion of American meats. The packers
found no advantage from the. policy in
practice , the transportation coinunuios
necessarily logo by it , nnd the pcoplo are
compelled to pay moro for their meats.
But the pressure from all those sources
scorns to have produced no ofToct upon
the government , and the minority of
moat producers , who alone profit by the
policy , nro still amply protected against
American competition.
Very likely our"'tariff ' policy has had
something to do with determining the
governments of ' rnnco and Germany to
adhere to their pj tioa regard ing Amer
ican meats. Our ministers to both coun
tries have oxprossud the opinion that
such is the caspj.gml there can be no
question that awcry earnest retaliatory
spirit was evoked , hut in view of the
fact thai the pjjlfcy of these countries
regarding our floats was Instituted a
number of years ago the bearing of the
now tariff law ou. the matter cnnnol
fairly bo given ivory great Importance.
There Is at Ifcatt ono encouraging
promise in rolliilon to our European
moat trnao , and tnat Is that Italy ronj
bo induced to abrogate the regulations
prohibiting the importation of Ameri
can moats into that country , nogotla
tions to that end , it Is reported , being
now in progress. This would mnko i
material addition to our moat exports ,
and It would exert a more or Ions fa-
vornblo Influence upon ether Kuropoar
countries which exclude our moats ,
Mennwhllo the producers of moats It
the United States will bo reassured by
the fact that the foreign trade Is no
declining , For the year ondlng Juno
20,1890 , the value of hog products ex
ported was in round numbers $83,000,000 ,
which was exceeded In only two provi
oua ybura , 1878 nnd 1SS1 , while the vuluo
of hoof products ox-ported was the largest
of record , $30,000,000. During the eamo
yonr the exports of cattle reached the
ilghost point In the
history of our com-
norco , $31,000,000. An enlargement of
our markets Is very much to boaloslrqd ,
but nn annual foreign trndo In meats
mil cattle amounting to nearly $150,000-
000 must bo regarded as highly satis
factory ,
KO mSB.lSKD CATTLE.
The Illinois board of llvo stock com-
ulsslonors nro waging na unrelenting
vnr on the sale of diseased cattle In the
Chicago mnrkot , They claim to hnvo a-
clonr ease ngnlnst ono of the big four
uid show every Indication of nn honest
ntontton to push It.
The Illinois olllclnls will have the
jcarty approval nnd support of the stock
nlsors of the west in their olTortto hoop
ho reputation of American boot above
reproach. Too much Importance cnnnot
> o attached to the caso. It comes at a
time when our ministers to Gormnny
and Franco have about overcome the ob-
actions of these governments to tbo nd-
ntttnnco of our moat products. If the
ninttor Is settled in our favor now our
stuck raisers will enjoy the bonoflts of
largo nnd growing foreign mar-
fot. If the greed of any
of our largo packers at this
line should lend them to Insist on put
ting their opinion of lumpy-jawed cattle
ibovo the laws of this and foreign coun
tries the result is certain to bo Injurious
vnd will bo felt for a long timo. It is
undoubtedly the sentiment of a large
nnjorlty of our stock raisers , shippers
and packers that nny reasonable sacrifice
ahnll ho made rather than that the
reputation of our meat products should
stiller.
It is to bo said to the credit of tlio
South Omaha market that there never
hits boon any doubt about whore it stood
on the subject of questionable cattlo.
Every man connected with it , from the
superintendent down , favors rigid in
spection and the prompt rejection of cattle
tlo that do not como up to the highest
standards.
Tlio public wants no diseased cattle at
lioino , and surely it is not wise to send
any abroad.
AMONG the general duties of the state
uulltor , It is provided ho shall adopt
"such plans as ho may deem expedient
tor the support of the public credit , for
lessoning public expenses , for using
money to the best advantage , for promoting
meting frugality nnd economy In public
affairs. " Also , that when called upon
to register "village or city bonds , " ( See.
20 , Oh. 0) ) "ho shall examine all bonda
nnd all proceedings relative thereto , "
and if found proper and lawful , "shall ,
under his seal of olllco , certify upon such
bonds that they have boon regularly and
legally Issued. " There is not a shadow
of authority In the code or constitution
of the state making the auditor a me
dium for the delivery of bonda submitted
to him for registration. Yet , Auditor
Benton assumes the right to sny that
the Omaha viaduct bonds , given him for
registration , must bo delivered to the
parties for whom they are Intended , nnd
Lhnl "thoro Is no power on earth that
can dolor the delivery of the bonds. "
This is u pretty state of affairs. By
what authority does tlio auditor under
take to say that the corporations have
complied with the conditions essential
to n lognl delivery of the bonds ?
N the Milwaukee nnd Rock inland
companies abandoned the now bridge
scheme and accepted the terms ofTcied
by the Union Pacific , THIS BKK warned
them that they were placing their nocks
in a strangling halter. Events fully con
firm that prediction. Contracts or no
contracts , Mr. Gould proposes to main
tain the Union Pacific toll gate in all Its
original effectiveness.
COUNCILMAN MOKEAUTY is one of the
loudest advocates of Increased salaries
for members of the council. Yet Mr.
Morearty resigned a position in the
county court worth $1,000 a year for a
$ COO job in the council. And the mem
ber from the Seventh ward seems to
have prospered amazingly by the
change.
TIIK Union Pacific prevented the con
struction of the Nebraska Central
bridge , nnd now supplements the job by
denying eastern roads access to the city
on tornis to which its officers had
agreed. The question is , what dependence -
pendonco can Omaha place upon pledges
that are broken no sooner than they are
mado.
IF there are any moro city officials
anxious for nn adyanco of salary they
should not bo backward in urging- their
claims on the council salary grabbers.
THE tnxentors nro on deck once moro ,
nnd the so-called charter revision has
degenerated into a wholesale raid on
the taxpayers.
To the nsbombled representatives of
the soap trust In Omaha , greet ing :
Hero's soaping for bolter times.
TUB hand Is the hand of Clark , but
the voice is the volco of Sidney Dillon ,
INOA u.s hns arrived at Topoka. Lot
the battle proceed.
Well , Hardly.
Leavemcartb Times ,
Tlio campaign of ' 03 will not bo a repetition
ol tlio campaign of 'SS.
Prohibition and Crime.
A'lll < U Citll TllllfS.
Criminal statistics ollldally prepared by
tbo county clerks of Iowa show that pro
hibition's alleged enforcement 1ms increased
mmiyfold tbo outlays and bas added vastly
to the burdens of taxation. What U true of
Iowa Is equally true of Kansas , except where
tbo returns are doctored.
Jew IM flue /Jujirli < n J
"llnro In this dimly lighted room , "
( Thus spake u winsome lass )
"Enwrapped In solitude tmU gloom ,
TUe happy hours I p.iis
In sweet communion nil tbo day
\Vltb tlioaoold boolis my friends 1
.A net vtrhllo the golden tlmo away
Willi dreams eui.li voluino londs. "
"Ah 1" quoth her smlllnp auditor ,
As cuiclcssly ho took
( Tills duvotro a bachelor I )
Down from tbo shelves each boolt ,
"Thoso loaves are all uncut , I boo ,
I cannot comprehend
How you" "O , sir , you kuow , " s ultb sue ,
I never cut a f rlcud I"
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS LOST ,
Jiuitl Commissioner Steen Rcccmmouds a
Central Supply Dapot ,
SUPPLIES FOR THE SUFFERERS SEIZED ,
Opening Scflslon of the Txvcnty-I'lfth
Annual Meeting of tlio Ktnto
Teachers' Association
Odds nnd Kmls.
LINCOLN' , Nob. , Doc. 80. [ Special to Tun
In bis annual report to the governor
L.and Commissioner Stcen makes the follow-
ng Interesting remarks favoring the cstnb-
Ishmoutof a depot of purchase and supply
for tbo various state Institutions :
"Tho present system of purchasing the
supplies for tbo various stuto institutions , "
says Mr. Stcen , "Is nt best expensive , objec-
.lonnblo nnd radically wrong whoa viewed
'rom an economic standpoint , and the next
session of the legislature should radically re-
visotbo existing methods of making these
purchases.
"Under the present system of estimates
and bids , \vbtlo it Is tbo Intention of tbo law
: o solicit open competition , and every precau
tion and measure posslblo is tnltcn by the
Uoard of purchase nnd supplies to Induce tbo
same , yet tbo bids are so manipulated by-
local dealers that this object is practically de
feated and the state conipollou to purchase
these supplies at a prlco but little , if an } ' ,
under tbo regular retail prlco of the goods
bought.
, "Tho present manner of purchasing those
supplies furnishes local dealers who have
been awarded contracts n very strong Incen
tive to attempt to 1111 contracts with grades
of goods very much Inferior in quality to
these called for in the contract , and in this
way the state is very often imposed upon
greatly to the detriment of nn economic ad
ministration of the affairs of tuo public in
stitutions.
"Again , under the existing system of fur
nishing supplies , the appropriation funds nro
lee frequently used in keeping with that con
ception of charity which declares that 'It
bldctb a multitude of sins.1 Horns for luxu
ries , privileges and conveniences that nro
ulono enjoyed by tboofllclals nnd their friends
nro too often cloaked la under a claim for
'board and clothing , ' 'fuel and lights , ' or
some one of the other necessary funds appro
priated for the maintenance of the Institu
tion.
tion."lly tbo establishment of n central pur
chase anil supply depot for all state institu
tions these various avenues of expense would
bo effectually cut off , and the Institutions
would bo well supplied with all the actual
necessities of life and needed conveniences nt
a much less expense to the taxpayers of the
stato.
"An additional and stronger reason for
recommending a change la the manner of the
Iiurclui.se of supplies for thu public Institu
tions of the state is the fact that , if the pur-
cnasos for the various institutions wcro all
consolidated nnd made through one agency ,
they would nccrcgato to such largo amounts
that they could bo obtained at the very low
est wholesale and factory prices , tlicrobv
saving to the state the wholesale and retail
profits that nro now added to the cost of all
supplies purchased.
"Tho last legislature appropriated S115,9."S
for the various state institutions for board
and clothing , fuel nnd lights , furniture and
bedding and pamts nnd oils. It is safe to say
that the necessary supplies that should bo
purchased aud furnished through a central
depot would aggregate close to SioO.OIH )
annually. It will bo readily soon that this
vast business would necessarily command the
lowest possible prlco upon the goods pur
chased.
"I am confident that the establishment of a
purchase and supply depot would save to the
state from 15 to : iO per cent or moro of the
amount that Is now expended annually in
purchasing the supplies for the state institu
tions over nnd above the expense of main
taining and opcrutlng such n depot.
" 1 dp not wish to bo considered ns criticis
ing the nets of nny particular ofllcial or
officials , nor as ccnsurim ? the management of
any particular stfito Institution. The present
luw is ucfcctlvn at its boil and falls of ac
complishing the object for whicb it was
designated. Many abuses and pernicious
practices have engrafted themselves upon It
until it scorns to mo an absolute necessity
that other methods bo adopted that shall bo
frco from tha defects and irregularities of
the system now in vogue. I would thcioforo
recommend tlmt the present law bo so
amended that a central purchase )
and supply depot bo established
under the direct management nnd control of
thu boatd of public lauds and buildings , that
the board bo authorized to employ a store
keeper and such other assistants as the abso
lute requirements of the business demanded ,
that all the state Institutions bo luriiishcd
their supplies from such purchase ami supply
ilepot upon the requisition of tbo steward of
each institution , countersigned and approved
by the superintendent , that all goods so sup
plied upon requisition bo charged to tbo in
stitution receiving them at their actual cost
price and an accurate account bo kept with
each Institution so supplied.
Attorney General Lccso In his report to
the governor most earnestly recommends the
employment of a stuto purchasing agent , the
arguments advanced coinciding with those
given above by Stccu.
8TOLI3 Tim 8UITMCS.
Aii act approaching outlawry is reported in
connection with the dibtribution of supplio * ,
for the destitute from Chase county. A ear- "
load of coal shipped from this city to tlio suf
ferers mrlvcd ut its destination , Vonnngo ,
last Friday. Settlers to the number of about
twenty , including a Justiro of the pcaco as
leader , took the coal by force alter tno agent
hail forbidden them from meddling with It
while itas yet in the possession of the llur-
llngton railroad , by which line It had been
sent. The coal was consigned to tbo county
clerli , but that oftlcial hud not yet lecoiptod
for It , Notwithstanding this the people who
were waiting forthocoal persisted In unload
ing It , and when the agent demanded that
they stop they threatened to shoot him if ho
persisted. They tu ii loaded up their wngonn
and drove away , The matter was loponod
to tbo ofllclah hoi ; nnd Surorlntomlcnt C l
vortof tlio Hurling : . . . Is Investigating . tha
matter , nnd it Is iirobalilo tlmt the hasty
action will result In tlioarrcit of tboso who
forcibly took tbo c l. H. 11. llnmlall , ixs f
siwulal roprojontntlvo Of tbo executive bonni
nf the relief commission , was sent ( o tha
front yesterday with Instructions to investi
gate nnd report. Such nets may shut Chnso
county out from receiving further mippllcij ,
thus compelling the Innocent to suffer for the
vandalism of a fc\v as hns boon done In nov
oral InMnnces where nbuso-s of tlio relief /
work have nccurrcd. -jf'Vf
THE THOMPSON WJI.T. CASH. gj
.Tudgo Stewart was engaged this morning | i
In hearing further testimony in tlio Vhomi > * if
son will cnso , .lotm Thompson , the dovlseo * > - \
unilor the second will , occupied the stund thu v ,
Krcatcr part of tha morning , Ho said ttmt
bis father told htm whoa ho loft James'
house thnt bis wlfo had refused to cook for
him , nnd they charged him with being cruel
to their children. After bo loft James1 the
first tlmo , bo went back nftcr Ids will and
ether pnpcrs , but churned tlmt .1 nines de
clined to give them to him. but Instead shook
him. The will first executed , in which
James gets the property , win nlso offered In
ovluoucc , and testimony regard In ( fits validity
and the condition of the old man's ' fncultlot
whcu ho made It , is being taken this after *
'
noon.
A uonnuKCA.vTCiiRi ) .
About n month ago Ilnrry Lee , Clnnloyoj
In the barbershop of Nr.to'IIiuvk of 1'onio-
roy , la. , skipped out alter robbing his em
ploye of a lot of tools and personal property ,
having broken into the shop nt night tin.o .
nnd stolen them. CnrJs wcro sent out by
Hmvk nnd ono of these foil Into the hnnds of
Dotoctlvo Mnlonc. Ho discovered that Leo
boon in Lincoln for a short time , nnd then hnd
Mnlono followed on Ills trial. This win done
through n letter , and the dotcctlvo found his
man was located nt Geneva. Last night ho
dropped down to the Jefferson county
metropolis , found his man nnd brought him
back early this moriilnir. it was n clover
ploeo of detective work nnd milotly done.
Tlio sheriff In Iowa has bcon notified and ho
is expected to arrive this afternoon ,
OlA'nilOL'S JIIXISTDItS.
At a mooting of tlio various ministers ofrfj
Lincoln yestciday It was unanimously re-v
solved' by the clergymen that they tender *
their services to thu legislature ) free of charga
m nUciiJIng to the duties of chaplain , pro
vided thnt the accustomed f500 snlnrv for
tboso soivlccs bo donated by the legislature
for Iho aid of the fanners suffering from the
effects of drought In southwestern Nebraska ,
LOST AN KYI : .
Lawrence , the eloven-yoar-o'd son of Mr ,
nmlAIrs. S. Crouch , llvlnir nt 11)39 ) N street ,
was ths victim of nn accident caused by in-
oxeiiMiblo negligence on the part of some ono ,
and fjom which ho may lose the sight of his
right eye. Ills mother hnd sent him over to
the di ug store at Nineteenth and O streets
nftcr some medicine , and thollttlo fellow was
Hurrying along the sidewalk nt n rapid pace
with n hottlu In his band , when between O
nnd N on Nineteenth street no fell into an
unprotected sewer ditch head foremost. Ills
face struck against tlio bottle or n sharp
atone , cutting his light check to the botio and
injuring thu eye so badly thnt the doctor In
nttcadancu fears the bov will lose his sight.
At any rate his fnco will bo permanently dis
figured , lie was assisted to tha aruir store ,
wild his injuries attended to. The ditch rim
directly across the sidewalk , nud uo lights
were out.
STATI : inAcnnns' ASSOCIATES- .
This evening the opening session of the
twenty-fifth annual meeting of the Stnto
' .Teachers' association was bold in tbo stnto
university hull. Nearly every county In the
state was represented. IS. was nn exception
ally flno appearing assemblage of ladies nud
gentlemen.
I'rof. A. IJ. Iluphos , presided. The open-
hip prayer wns by llov. B. H. Curtis. Addresses -
dresses of welcome were then made by Colonel
nel 1'nce. W.V. . W. Jones , Chancellor Ues-
soy nnd Mrs. Emma Kdwnrils. Mrs. Minn
Ilopwood of Iloldrcilgo wade the response.
The reports of the exocuttvo committee
nnd treasurer wcro read , after which Prof.
Hughes delivered an address.
Announcements of committees were then
mnilo , nftor which formal adjournment was
made nnd an Informal reception occurred ,
Tomorrow's session commences at U n , m.
The principal discussions duiitiff the morn-
ingwiilbo "Shall the bUto Provide- Con
ductors nnd Instructors for Countv Insti
tutes J" "Shall the State Provide a Uoartl of
Education , nnd How Sliull it ho Consti
tuted ! " "Tho Hlght Use of Words" will bo
: i concluding oss'iy hy Miss tjtncin Crowley
of Umaha , Election of ofllcors will then
follow. In the evening Hon..T. L. Webster
will deliver an address on "Education from
n Political Standpoint. " On 'IhuHday there
will bo u morning , afternoon and evening
session. '
TIIK IIAKI.ISM COMPAXr LVS7) SOLD.
This afternoon T. C. Shatter , special mns.
tor In chancery , brought an end to thu noted
case of the Kit Carter cattle company '
Harlem cattle company hy selling at 1. , . .
vcnduo the effects left after the canci latfon
of entries. The rcslduo of i unity sjolil for
$11,000. Thu laud Is in Hitchcock , Cbaso and
Duuuy countie. ' ' . '
WON'T p.vr JSSUKAKCI : ON suiciiis. V
The Travelers' Insurnnco company of Hart- j
ford , which was sued to pay the $5,000 Insurance - f
suranco on the Ufa of Dr. Hobblns , thosul * \
cldo , refuses to do so. In its answer the
company alleges thnt on Juno 17 Kobblns
cut bis throat with a scalpel and thnt under
the terms of the contract or policy the com-
pnnv is not liable for nny death , accident or
liability resulting from such net , . ,
LIXCOLX STIIEET HUI.WAY WAIl.
John Shoedy , who is fighting the Cnpltnl
Heights railway company in Its attempt * * to
lay u third truck on Twelfth street between
N and P , asks thnt the Lincoln electric street
railway company bo attached for contempt of
court in utteniptiiiK to lay u third track dc-
Bpito the injunction. Air. Shcudy contends
that since the elcctilo company has absorbed
the Capital Heights line it is culpable for dis
obeying the Injunction of tbo court against
Capitul Heights line ,
At the mooting of the council lost night it
xvns decided to pcrompUiruilly put u stop to
tbo laying of a third track in any street.
8TATK HOUSE XOTUS.
The International Progressive association
of Mansllcld , O. , has complied with the law
governing secret societies nud is authorized
to do business * in this st.ito.
The stnto hoard of transportation will hear
arguments .lummry ( I nt ID a. m. roiicornliiK
its Jurisdiction In regard to the case of Homer
vs the ChlciiRO. llock Island ami Piiclllo milJL , i-
way company , in which a-prlvato crossing is f- -
asked for in u Sarpy county farm.
Highest of all in Leavening Power. U. S. Gov't Report , Aug. 17 , 1889 ,
LOAN AND TRUST
COMPANY.
Subscribed and Guarantied Capital..t-VM.OOO
I'nldlu Capital 3.10.000 i
Huy and uolli stooUe aud bonds ; negotiates (
commercial paper , rocolvcs nnd executes
( rusts ; nctH a * tr.tnster mont nud V.-u tooof
n jrporatlons , takou churgu of propertjTi ool-
PRINCIPAL POINTS loots tuxei. _ i
Omaha Loan&Trust , Co
SAVINGS BANK.
EAST WEST
, , S. E. Cor. lOth and Douglas Sis. b
I'ald lit Capital f K.COO n
NORTH and SOUTH Huliscrlbcil and Guaranteed Ojpltal , , . . 100,00) ) o
Lluhllltyof Stookholdors. 00,000 I.
61'erOont Intortsrl'alrt on DepOHlU.
l < KANK J , I.ANUK , Ca ! iler.
1302 Farnam Stroot. Onic ra : A. U. Wymun , ] irt > ldont. J , J. llrotvn ,
vloo-prcildont , VI , T. Wjrinan , troasumr , alit
Harry P. Deuel . Ulructoiis-A. U. Wymun. J. ll.Mlllard. J , J. itti
, Urown. Ouy 0. Ilurton. E. W. Nush ,
City PaMOURor and Ticket Agent. L. KliuDnll. Gcorao D. Laka.
