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JANUAKX ! SB , THE DAILY BEE E. BOSEWATKU EDITOR. PUBLISHED BVEUY MORNING. Dally nnfl Sunday , One Year. . , , ' , . . . .J1000 Hlxrnontht . t > TO Tlirro tunntli . , . 2M Pttmlny HOP , Ono Yonr. . . . . . . . . . . . . ZOO "Weekly lieu. One Ycur. . . . . . . 100 oi'Fiansi Omaha , The llro IliMMIntf. Hoalli Oinnlin. Corner N nndSGlli Streets. rnunoll lllnlTs , IS 1'onrl Street. ChloiiKiiOnirc.aiTCIiimbrrof Omitunrco. Now York , Itooint 111,1 * and liTrlbuno ! Dulldlng waslilngtunrt > l3 1'oum-f ntli utrcot , COUHrat'ONDKNOE. All oomininilcMIotH relating to tiflws nnd rdltorlnl tniittur Hlinuld bo uduresHcd to the Ldltorltil Department. 1I1ISINKSS LKTTEnS. All ImilriPHt lotion nncl roiultttinoM should 1 onddres < ! < l toThn Ilua L'ubll.shlni ; Company , Oinnlin. Drafts , checksum ! postoflli B orders 1o lie intidu paynbluto tliounlur of the com pany. Tic BGB Publishing Company , Proprietors , The lien ll'ld'g , I'urimin and tiovuntcciilh Sts BWOIIN BTAIKMUNT Htnta of Nnbinsku , I . County of Honglns. f ( Joorue II. Trwhut'K , secretary of THE llEli riihllHiiltiK oompiiny , dors solemnly svronr that tlin uutiml 1'lrculiitlon of TPIK luit.v HEM JorthoweuK ending Jnnuury 21 , 16'Jl , was ai Tollown : Hnndny. January 18 . * . Ill.TST Monday , . dummy in . 2H.4H ! TiipMlny , Jununry ! ! U . SUM AVrd m-Mlii v. JnnuiiiySI . 'J7.7.VI Thiir > liiy , .Inmmry . . 27..W 1'rlduy. Jununry 1 . 'SJ.tifi Huturdny , January SI . i7.747 ! Average . IK,4ia onouoB n. TZSCIUJUK. Sworn to before nia nnd subscribed In tny lircsonce this " 4tli day of Jiuiuurr A. I ) . 1801 , N.-l' . KKIU Notary I'ubllo. Blato of Nebraska. 1 _ _ Uininty of DoiiRlui , f Ocor n II. T/sulinck , bolnR Only sworn , do- rows nnrt Hiiya Unit ho I * scorutniy of Tin : llr.K riiuIlHhliif ! company , that tliu nctuiil nvorn e < lltlly Cliciilntlon of TllK DAli.r 11KM for the month of Jiitiiinry , 1890 , I'j5"i ! ) PonU'H ; for Ken- Ttinry , ICT , 111,7111 copies ; for Miirch. I8 < , Lii.MIi copies ; for April , 1MK ) , 20fXj4 copies t for Miy : , JRUO , 20.IW ) copies ; for Juno , tftf.0 , 2 < ) . : > 01 copies : for July , 1W)0. ) WMifij copies ; for Auu-nst , 18liu , iUTCOcopli'H ! for HcploiiilHT , 1800. Srt.hTO eoplus ; forOrtnlxT , 1MM. ! ! . ' , ? < U copies ; for Nntomljcr , ItM. yiM ] copies ; for December. 160,1. 2.1,471 conies. Gr.nimr. II. T/.sniucK. Sworn to before mo. nnd subscribed In my presence , this 31st duy of Uccomlinr. A. I ) . . 1600. N. 1 . l'iiu ' : Notary Public. IK POLITICS hns lost u mutoor , litera ture ) may fjnin a fixed star , Mr. Ingsvlls. THK force bill can now bo definitely entered in the list of the necrology of tbo your. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ tx philologists can now draw from practical oxporlonco 1111 uccuruto dofinltion of "blizzard. " THK Io\vn fiirtncrs nro now forming a Tjnttlo line for political purposes. The plot thickens. Tlioro nro interesting times uliuad. IF justice were done the Chicago job' tors , tholr claims would bo rejected and the firm bo compelled to comply with its contract obligations. GENUUAT. , BUOOKE ia at homo again nnd receiving merited congratulations upon the felicitous chapter ho has added to his biography in the past two months. As AN evidence of profound indiffer ence to legal restraints it should bo noted that railroad managoro are losing wither sleep nor flesh over the indict- inonta of grand juries. POLITICS aside , every pntriotic Amer ican wants the world's fair to succeed , and no state in this union will disgrace itself by withholding anything it hits'to contribute to its success. Tim action of the national supreme court In revising its rules so , as to bar out frivolous appeals in criminal casoa Is an example that might bo profitably transplanted in Nebraska. IK Tin : weather continues warm the destitute settlers may recolvo stftto aid in season to plant their spring crops. If it should suddenly turn cold the plant ing might bo of a different kind. CONSCIENTIOUS legislators will bo gratified to learn that the corporations appreciate their scruples by providing a pass in the form of a paid ticket , war- runted not to give the snap away. THE influence of the telegraph monopoly ely does not extend to the elements. The tempest In the east unceremoniously upset everything in its path and dealt Jay Gould's poles und wires tt $300OCC blow As THK season progresses the alliance sentiment grows constantly moro con servative. There is reason to houo for useful legislation that will bring benefits to the producers and bo free from olo' incuts of harm. TOM BISNTOX came to town on the eve of the National Farmers' Alliance con vention. Can it bo that Tom is to deliver - liver an address to the grangers on "The Evils of Railroad Influence in -Politics11" ! Anything is possible in this ' world. IK THH National alliance convention ie honestly anxious to promote the public good , whore ia the necessity for socrocyi Any measure calculated to benefit the people cannot bo injured by public dis cussion. On the other hand , star chamber proceedings inspire suspicion and distrust. THE losses from drouth were infin itely greater in Kansas than In Ne braska , but Kansas wisely refrained from parading her misfortune by a loud mouthed commission or otherwise. The respective counties pledged tholr credit nnd secured sulllciont moons to tldo ovoi the loss of ono year's crop. OKU of tho.tlomandsot the National alliance IB that the agricultural inter csts should ho represented by a cnbluo odlcor. The farmers will never have f Iwtter or more Industrious friend in the agricultural department than Jorrj Husk. It is doubtful if the tgooi work ho is doing Is fully appreciated. THEUK is a needless amount of anxlotj on both aides of the river regarding the outcome of the boundary controversy. Should the supreme court decide on anj other than the main channel of the rlvoi aa a boundary , Courcll Bluffs will lese ir ! other directions as much us It will gulr in East Otnuha , The boundary gumc works both ways , u toot that is overBooked Booked in certain quartern. TllK ALLtMfCK Iff 1'OLITtCS. Resolved , That ItU thoacnso of the Na tional Farmers' Alliance , in convention M- BCinbloJ , that the Independent political action of the past year , as evidenced by the stnto of Nebraska , Is Just and proper and ought to bo encouraged. That depends entirely from what BlatidKlnt | the campaign of 1800 nnd its outcome is viewed. The pith of this resolution pees to the very foundation of the alms and objects for which the alli ance was organized by Its founders. A temporary political triumph may become a portnnnont wedge to split the alliance nnd divide its strength just where it should have boon united nnd harmoni ous. ous.Ono of the ofllclal declarations of the national alliance is : Our political methods nro strictly noc-par- tlsim nnd must over romnln so , because every candidate for admission Into the alliance , before - fore taking the pledge , is assured that It will In no way conflict with his political or re ligious views. All political parties are repre sented in out1 ranks and nil nro expected to work liithclr respective parties to secure a Just recognition ( of the rights of the farmers. This formal enunciation of principles by the highest authority in the national alliance can only have ono Interpreta tion , nmnoly , whatever reforms In gov ernment the alliance doslros to bring about must first bo demanded at , the hands of existing parties , and members of the alliance should labor for tholr execution in tholr respective parties. Only after such an exertion bus boon vainly made would ulllanco men bo justi fied in severing their connection with the old parties for the time being ana making a concerted olTort through inde pendent action. Did the Nebraska alliance exhaust all its efforts before it entered upon the warpath ? Did they trout men who differed with them politically , in or out of the alliance , with that degree of cour tesy and charity to which the order is pledged ? At the risk of incurring the hostility of the political loaders of the independ ent movement , Tun DEK most emphati cally says no. It is it matter of history that anil-monopoly republicans earnestly appealed to republican members of the alliance to take an active part in the republican primaries and caucuses last spring. The appeals were not only ignored , but the ollleial organ of the etato alliance urged republican alliance members to keep away from party caucuses and pi imary elections. What was the resultV The conven tion was 'purposely surrendered to the control of the railroad nmchino in order to enable the ambitious alliance loaders to rally the people around their own standard under the pretense that no redress was possible under republican rule. rule.Tho The Biimo course was pursued with regard to the democratic party and its convention. Acting upon the example of the wolf in Esop's fable , who accused the lamb of riling the spring wntor nnd then proceeded to devour him , the load ers of the independent movement de nounced every man and paper in nnd out of the alliance ns a traitor to antimonopoly - monopoly principles nnd the cause for which the producers nro battling. Now wo make bold to asaest that the alliance was in position to dictate the platform and thq candidates of both po litical parties in Nebraska nnd leave to its members the choice of the best mon on both tickets if they desired to exor cise their individual independence. Had they done so wo should not have wit nessed the deplorable scenes that have taken place at the state capital since the opening of the legislature.There would have boon an anti-monopolist in the gov ernor's chair and in every state ofllco ; every member of the state board of .transportation would have boon a pronounced anti- monopolist nnd seven-eighths of the legislature would have boon made up ol inon devoted to the principles of the al liance. To bo sure there has boon a partial victory in the campaign , but what does it signify nnd what will the harvest be in the future ? Two out of the three Ne braska congressmen-elect declare with out reserve that they are democrats nnd will act with the democrats in the next congress. Their independence is already cast to the four winds. The third con gressman is likely to drop in with his colleagues. In place of the harmony which would have been assured by an active nonpartisan tisan policy there is discord and discoiv toit. The great principles are losl sight of In the scramble for loaves and fishes and the struggle for future ofllces is sure to disintegrate the order. For all that the national alliance maj conclude that the course of the political loaders of the "independent movement' in Nebraska , was justjand proper ant ought to bo encouraged. NO ELKCTRIO LIOUTIXO MONOPOLY. There nro modern conveniences whicl in themselves necessarily must always remain monopolies. Such for instance is the water supply of a city furnished by a private corporation. If the citj contracts for flro hydrants with one wntor company it cannot well patronIze Izo another wntor supply company , nt least during the turm of Its franchise There tire other modern conveniences ii which the element of competition shnule have full scope. Such Is the supply o electric lights for municipal nml private use , and the use o electricity for motive power In almost every largo city in this conn try two or moro electric light and inotoi companies are competing for patronage Why should Omaha persist In excluding healthy rivalry by building up a mo nopoly that can at ita pleasure exact nnj price it may demand for an cssontia commodity in the commercial and Indus trlul world ? It is an open secret that the present electric lighting company has tampered with councllraon and assessors and oxor clsed a very pernicious influence in securIng Ing valuable franchises without rcstrlc tions and evading its duo share of tnxn- tlon. It Booraa to us the impera tive duty of the councl ! to pass an ordinance nov pending whereby Omaha will secure com petition in the supply of motor power foi small manufacturers , and olootrlo light for factories , store houses and residences , The conditions of the ordinance are ir every respect moro favornblo to the city Limn those imposed on the old company , tn fact there nro scarcely any restrictions in the f ranch iso granted to the Tliompson * Houston company. In the langunco of a prominent la wyor. you can drlvoa conch and four through it without lot or hind * ranco. THK Bun has never favored the grant ing o ! promiscuous franchises to wild-cat companies , but wo doairo to encourage legitimate competition under proper re strictions' nnd safeguards. Wo bollovo that Omaha is largo enough to afford a profitable field for two electric lighting companies. CURttKNOr AND I'AUI'KlllS M. The chnrgo la that the undue scarcity of money , owing to the failure of tho. government - mont to provide an adequate supply , uas' n tendency to make the rich richer and the poor- roarer. " This Iclcn finds confirmation by the o.xnm- > lcs of two European notions. Franco is om1 , SiiKlnnd the other. In Franco the supply of money amounts a about $110 per person , that Is to say : < - but In England the circulating medium amounts to only about ? 15 par person , hat is to say : ininum The circulating uo.huiu , therefore , Is about four times ns great per paraon in uomocr.Ulo Franco as 11 nutocratio Knglati'l. How about piupor- sm 1 England is com poll oil to spend ? ; ' * ) ,0'JO- , 000 a year to take care of paupaH , that is to say : - - . . . , . . , , . , . ,1. , . , , . , , , , nt : in Franco the annual expenditure for the care of paupers Is only Slu.OJO.OOO , tlmt Is to say n , or only one-sixth what It is in England. If the rich nro grower richer and tha poor poorer In Amorlc.i , ns Is evident , Is tt not rea sonable to say that it Is foscauso wo have a Innncial policy like England Instead of llUo France. World-Herald. Have you over seen a silver-plated glass dollar ? It looks as bright as any dollar just from the mint and omits a sharp metallic ring. But anybody who ws over handled the genuine silver dol- ar can delect the biso counterfeit by its ight weight the moment ho has han- Hod it. .lust so with the spurious iig- ures exempli fled by Royal baking pow der rules which the impostors of the World-JJemld are trying to palm oil on credulous dupes as genuine mintage. It is not true that the supply of money in Prance amounts to about $00 per per- bou und only $15 per person in England. It is not true that the circulating medium , whatever that may moan , is four times as great in d-smocratic Franco as in autocratic England. No well informed pofbou will contend that either the democratic or autocratic form of govern ment has any bearing whatever upon the wealth of nations , as measured by the quantity of money they have in circulation. If Franco has tin ahundant supply of money today she is indebted as much to the imperial Bonapartos as she is to the democratic Gambottas and Carnots. But what are the facts ? The banking statistics of the two na tions , as given by the Now York World almanac for 1890 , page 114 , show. Franco capital , $275,000,000. Deposits , $700,000,000. Total , $1,025,000,000 , Amount per inhabitant , ( $30) ) thirty dollars. Great Britain and Ireland : Capital , $ l,3oO,000,000. Deposits , $2,850,000,000. Total , $4,200,000,000. Per inhabitant , ( $125) ) ono Hundred and twenty-five dollars. It is computed that the French people who do very little busi ness by checks and drafts and enjoy superior banking facilities are hoarding in silver coin what would be equal to $20 per inhabitant , so that at the utmost the actual circulating medium , including money in banks and in the hands of in dividuals , is computed at $30 nor capita. JlcCarty's Annual Statistician , the standard authority on foreign finances , computes the per capita money in circu lation in Prance at $42.15. A moro striking1 contrast is presented by the financial statistics of Australia , which.show a b inking capital of 3)95,000- ) 000 , deposits $330,000,000 , total $425,000- 000 , per inhabitant $150. Now , it is notorious that times never were harder any where than they have boon in Australia for the past three yours. The same is true of Cuba , which has n per capita currency circulation of $38.G& In other words , there is an abundance of money in Cuba but it is not In the hands of the wretched , impover ished Cuban laborers , who are paid about one-third the wages received by workmen in this country. The ratio of pauperism between Eng land ana Franco boars no nearer relation to the amount of circulating medium in those countries than does the pauperism in the strtto of Nebraska to that of the city of Now York. London has ever fl vo millions population planted on a piece of land four times the present urea of Omaha. In London there are 50,000 pcoplo to the square railo , which ac counts largely for her heavy percentage of paupers. In the "United Kingdom , which comprises England , Scotland , Irolnnd and Wales , there nro 1,017,000 paupers , while in Franco there are 1,251,000 paupers. Population of thd United Kingdom about thirty-two mil lion , while Franco has a population ol about thirty-eight millions. In other words , the ratio of pauperism to popula tion Is verynenrly the saino in France ns it is in England. If England pays out $00,000,000 a year for maintaining her impoverished popu lation and Franco only pays out $10,000- 000 the only natural inference is that England takes bettor care of her paupers - pors than Franco does or else It costs a great deal less to take cnro of piupera in Franco thuri it docs in England. As a matter of fact , there is no con- noctlon between the wealth of nations 'in money and the poverty of tholt pcoplo. On the contrary , onormoui wealth concentrated in the hands of the few always may bo found side by side it the great population centers with th < thousands who earn a bare subsistence or worse still , have to etoal or bog to kcop themselves from starvation. The monetary system of nations canhol increase or diminish the actual wealth of tholr citizens. If the inert imprint of the treasury stamp couli ] crcato wealth , all nations could onrlcli tholr paupers at pleasure. No nation , autocratic or democratic , would kcop Its people impoverished if wealth could Ix made the creature of law or doponi upon the ability of onoh govern mant to supply the circulating medium , limited only by the capacity of its banl note printing presses. If it were true that prosporltyiJa in exact proportion to the amount of circulating medium per capita the American people ought to bo moro | 'prosperous today than they ever haive boon in the history of the nation. There U inoro money now in circulation in thla country per capita than thlro lifts boon at any time within the past-40 years , nnd it IB stead ily increasing ftom month to month. In 1SRO , the circulating medium of the United Stales' only averaged $15.'J3 per person ; today iJTis about $23 per person. But the bull ; df all thla money is in the vaults of banks and loan and trust com panies , and the farmer and working man can only got it in exchange for products ho hns raised or the labor ho has performed. There would bo money enough for everybody If every body only hud something to barter , cither in the way of products of the soil or products of the croftrnan's hand or professional brain. TllK 1USSIAG OP ISO ALLS. On March 4 Senator Ingnlls of Kansas will return to private llfo , after a con tinuous service in the sonnto of eighteen years. Republicans very generally will rogrothts retirement , but the political opponents will find moro gratification in it than they would in the retirement of tiny other man now In public llfo. No member of either branch of congress in recent years has boon so thoroughly repugnant to the democracy as In gnlls , not bacauso of any measu res ho originated , for as a prac tical legislator his career 1ms not boon notable , nor for the reason , that ho is a strong partisan , but altogether because of his superior power in debate and his habit of unsparingly excoriating politi cal opponents. The democratic press of the country may , therefore , bo oxpoetod to hall his defeat for ro-oloctlon with ex uberant joy , tmd democratic senators will fool moro comfortable in the knowl edge that tho.y will no longer bo in dan ger of being subjected to the tremen dously forceful and incisive attacks of the Kansas senator. Yet in the dis charge of his duties aa president i.ro tempore of the bcnato his record is that oi absolute fnirno.ss and impartiality to political opponents. A man of brilliant intellectual powers which have commanded the admiration of the country , Mr. Ingalls has failed in his long public career to attain the rank of a statesman , and it is doubtful whether ho ia entitled to bo regarded as a politician of the first grade. lie is a very earnest partisan , and his steadfast fidel ity to republican principles and policy is unquestionable , but while ttio service ho has rendered in this relation has boon valuable , he has shown himself capable of pursuing courses in the interest of his personal success which were not com mendable. Ho carried his recently pro' claimed theory of.politlcs , that the golden ruleond the decalogue have no place In it , to its farthest application. Ho did not hesitate , in order to win the favor of the prohibitionists of hb state , to make statements of the successful operation of prohibition in lOiusas which ho ought to have known were .not justified by the foots , and which ho afterwards admitted were made without adequate investiga tion. Although for years Identified with the friends of the railroad corporations in the sonnto , in hia last speech in that body , delivered two weeks ago , ho throw a sop to the element that now controls the legislature of his state by declaring that ono of the evils which undaugor the existence of the republic is "tho tyranny of combined , concentrated , centralized and corporatod capital. " But Mr. In- galls discovered too late this great truth to impress the farmer legis lators of JKausas thai ho had undergone a change of heart and the sop was rejected. The last hour conversion was not acceptable to the men who remember that during all the years in- which Senator Ingalls had the support nnd confidence of the people his voice was never before raised against the growing danger to the exist ence of the republic , nnd that nowhere had ho before uttered a word , although the opportunities to do so were many , in defense of the interests of the people whore antagonized by combined , concen trated , centralized and corporatod capital. Had Mr. Ingalls discovered what ho now professes to believe a few years earlier nnd manfully proclaimed it , and had he bravely and honestly fought the battle ol the people against combinol capital nnd advancing monopoly , it is not to be doubted that hissonatorjal career would have boon prolonged. But ho failed to do this , and in his late effort to atone fet the dereliction the trick of the more politician was BO manifest as to take from the effort all force or weight so far as his claim to u continuance ot the con fidence and support of the people was concerned. The defeat of Senator Ingalls furnishes nishos a lesson which most mon in public lifo may profitably study. The people nro aroused to the necessity of being represented by men who will honostlj and fearlessly chumpion their interests , and they uro indifferent to flno oratory nnd eloquent rhetoric if they can have those only at the price of having then rights and their1 wolf are neglected. incompotoncj characterize the county hospital build' Ing from inception to completion. Am the end is not .yet. The plumbing and steam fitting is'but n link in the chain ol jobbery and ignorance by which the county was strunjr up and fleeced. It li clearly shown Vy the investigations ol exports that tlg ) plumbing is a fraud The slzo and strength of the pipes arc not in accordance with thospocificatlons and yet the commissioners seriously entertain tortain a claim for payment at a roducec prico. Where were the commissioner ! while the Chicago pipe layers were do ing the work ? Why did they norm I the work to go on ? OMAHA doslros beneficial alteration in its orernnlo law , but any attempt ti outrage public acntimont by Incroaslnj salaries and extending terms of olllo will bo vigorously resisted , oven thougl the charter should fail of passage. MR. Pi'KiFFKit , who has boon chosoi to succeed Mr. Ingalls in the Unitui States sonnto. 'ins been for many year an editor , nnd his title of "judge" la merely honorary. IIo was formerly the editor of the Topokn Capititl nnd Btlll contributes editorials to that journal. IIo had alwnjB nlltliatod with the repub lican party until , ho became Identified with the alliance movement , In which ho took an active and conspicuous part , lie is about sixty years old and is a man of good intellectual attainments and ability , and enjoy * the full conflilonco of the pcoplo who have elevated hlin from the editor's sanctum to a seat in the na tional senate. THUMB seems to bo a great deal of feeling manifest by members of the National Fanners Alliance because. TUB Bun has managed to secure a very full report of their proceedings conducted wlthln'closcd doors. The delegates to the convention evidently know very little about the functions of a newspaper. The public expects a llvo metropolitan -dally whenever it Is possible to got it. The moro difficult to got news the greater the credit of the paper that is able to got it , Tun BKII has muilo a reputation as a llvo , wldc-nwako newspaper , and that reputation It will Book to maintain under all circumstances. WHKNTHB BIB : prints figures re garding public affairs It usually hns re liable authority for them. It does not guess wildly. The facts contained in the comparison of espouses of the city and county treasurers' oilloo.s were obtained from ollleial sources and may bo verified readily by any person interested. But if any now light can bo thrown on the subject our columrs uro open to a fair and free discussion. WONDBii if the attention of Govern ment Director Plummor was called to the resolution declaring It to bo "tho policy of the Union Pacific company to allow all railroad companies to use the bridge over the Missouri river atOmaha , and the approaches thereto. " It will bo remembered that Plummor , thirty days ago , objected to such action as imperil ing the government interest in the prop erty. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ THE only honorable way out of the dilemma is for the register of deeds or his boudsmon to pay into the county treasury the surplus foes collected dur ing the past two .rears. This plain duty admits of no compromise. THE mayor and the council are re ported to have reached an understand ing regarding the disposition of the spoils in sight. In other words , none but squaro-toed democrats need apply. THE wagon bridge company has nddotl a driving park to its stock in trade , but there la 110 visible symptom of u reduc tion of faros between Omaha anc Council Bluffs. THE democratic council combine is a thing of booty , in a political sonso. Kcadv for Election. Oaden Slatcuman , It must bo costing somebody a pretty pennv to kcop such n larco number of unemployed and transtout , though fully registered , voters In town nnd in luxurious Idleness , Who is paying the blllsl Iowa ItcfutcN u Ijlhcl. Slnnx Cttn Journal. As the democratic press of northwestern Iowa is unable to show a slnc-lo county in which the statements made by ( Jovornor Boies are true , wo must assume that they glvo it up and admit that the fanners are prosperous. That Is to say they admit it tac itly. It Is too much to expect thorn to make thoadmh'iion directly. They have boon too busy mUroproseathiK the state for several weeks to broalc oft too suddenly. A.n Viibrokon Senator , Otnln Standard. Senator McDonnell of Idaho la the mucli talked of man In "Washington.just now. HU deportment nnd conversation are so uncon ventional and exhibit so much of the uutram- meled nnd unrestrained nir which the wild , wolrd and woolly west Imparts to Its sons , that ho nt once became conspicuous nnd is gradually becoming moro so. In addition tc nil this , there is n decided freshness , pre sumably the result of constant contact with our mountain breo/C3 ! , characterizing the short-term senator's procedure , nil ofwhich is a dccidod innovation at the uoadiuiartora ol the nation. To toll the truth , the notorious Idnhoan Is llko a bobolink In a bikory , at \Yush in ftou. Yoiinf * SIou In Politics. In the Now York Herald of last Sunday was published n symposium of views of public mon on the question as to whether youns mor should KO into politics. Hero is what Mural Halstoad , 'formerly editor of the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette , htul to say : "I don't ail- vise young men about much of anything , If they want to go into politics anil win the re wards of oflico I don't see any reason why they shouldn't , nnd as for the way that briuht young mon can enter the service of their country , If they are bright enough to beef of any particular account they will probably find the way. I shouldn't know how to'blazo a road for thorn , and ooulda't by my own ex perience odor them a straight line of lamp posts. " l2K-Sonator Allen GJ. Thurman of Ohio ex pressed those views ; "Wo want thoyouns men in politics because their nctlvo good souse will tnakn them workers. The doors ol the democratic party are wide open for the young men , who will Hud that the old cam paigners will not insist upon a monopoly ol the honors nnd oulccs. An infusion of froth , now blood will do both of the old good. " THE Ot lt FslUM J10JIE. Form M ' If you'vo boon a happy rover Through the Holds of fragrant clover , \Vhuro llfo is ull n sitnplo round of bliss , Where at evu tbo sun it sinking And the stars are faintly wiiililng You can call to mind a picture such a : thla : Hark I The cows nro homeward roaminp , Through the woodland pasture's gloatn ing , I can honr them lowing pontly through the dolls , Anrt from out the bosky dingle Comes the softly tunglod Jluglo ' And the oft-repcatoU echo from the bolls. Strange how memory will fllneher Aries about the sconca wo bring her , And the Hooting years that make then stronger grow ; Though I wander far nnd sadly From the dear old homo , how gladly I recall the cherished aconua of long ago. Hiirlcl Tbo cows nro homovvurd roaming Through the woodland pasture's gleam In ? , I can hear them gently lowing through thi ilclls , Ana from out the bosky dingle Comes the softly tnnglud Jluglo , And the oft-rH > ciit'jd echo of the boll * . FOUND DEAD IS HIS BED , Peter Burns Asphyxiated by Oaa While in an Intoxicated Condition. ARRAIGNMENT OF ATTORNEY WOODWARD , C. I * . Hooper MoctH With a Painful Accident I'roooodlnjis of the Supreme Court State House LINCOI.V , .Nob. , Jan , 27. [ Special to TUB BUB. ] I'otor Uuru , nn Irishman axed about fifty , lies dead nt the morgue today , the vic tim of hlsowiirarolossucssor Iguornnco. Hums has been In the employ of John Fitz gerald , the rutlroud contractor , for some years , nnd about a week ugo returned to the city from the Bmclc Hills , where ho'hacl bomi nt work for the past year oil the railway ex tension. IIo came to tha SU Charles Hotel last Saturday , after serving 'n term lu the cltyjfth for boltiR drunk ami disorderly hi Uiooftlcoof Mr. Fltigurald. Ho had bocn drinking some , but was compmatlvcly sober last evening , nt which tlmo ho wiis in his em- plover's ofllco. About 11 o'clock last night ho came Into tlio St. Charles hotel much the worse for liquor , nnd Had to bo tu'kon to hU room , No. W ) . Shortly after 3 o'cfoclt ' Mr. SchoU foldt , ono of the proprietors , and who also nets as night clerk , was passing through the corridor In tlio third story when ho detected the odor of escaping gas. It did not take very long to tr.ieo the smell to Burn's room , nml when the door was ononoil ho was found lying on tlio bed dead. The smell of gas was BO stronir that no end could outer for n few iniuutos , but when the body was examined it was almost cold , showing that llfo had been extinct nearly nn hour. IIo was partially disrobed , but It will never bo known whether ho blow out the gas or de liberately turned it on , or carelessly knocked against the stop coclt. IIo Is not known to have any friends or rolr atlves , and c.unu to Lincoln several years ago from the cast , lie was born in Irolnnd. Sixty-four dollars were found In his posses sion and this was turned over to tbo polico. and by them to the coroner. Dr. Holyoke viewed the remains this morning , but no In quest will bo hold , as the cmno of death Is too evident. The remains were taken to the undertaking rooms of Roberts it Co. , but what disposition of thorn will bo made of them lias not yet been determined. ATTOUNKY WOODWAllD'S OASZ. This morning Walter M. Woodward , the well known attorney , was arrested nnd token before Justice Brown on the charge of violat ing the Into law p.issod protecting the last sixty days'wages of labeling men who are heads of families. The fine for such an offense fonso is $ 'M ) or less. The cnso was continued until February 4. The complainant IsOeorgo M. "Wonti , a B. & M. engineer. Woodward claims that the arrest ia prompted by splto work. Ho says that the monov was $50 rent duo ever a year ago. That suit was brought December 1 lost , and Webb filed nn aflld ivlt that bo would pay ? 25 December 80 but failed to do so. J. A. Marshall , Webb's attorney , then withdrew from the suit. After it was discovered that Webb had no property suit for garnishment was brought. On January 10 Webb came to Woodward and promised to pay $35 and tlio costs of the suit if time was given him on the balance. Webb then employed another attorney and commenced action to quash the pariitshco. Later , when the money was turned over to Justice Foxworthy , Wood ward inndo a demand for it and received It. The attorneys of the city nro awaiting' the outcome of tlio case with great interest. iiuoKii ins 1.1:0. C. L. Hooper , the well known real estate man and money lender , was tlio victim of n painful accident this morning which will lay him up for several months to come. Ho was driving a pair of spirited horses to his farm in Yankee Hill precinct , and had almost reached the farmhouse when tlio horses bo- cuino frightened at something and became unmanageable. Seeing that they would run away ho leaped out , lighting1 on his foot , but with such torco us to break his leg In two places. Ho was picked up by a farmer nnd his men and brought lu a carriage to his homo at Seventeenth nnd N streets. A physician was summoned and the fractured member dressed. THK STEAM110AT OASR. Today the final speeches In tlio § 5,000 damage - ago suit of Kd Weiscureiiler vs the Llnohim ferry company worn made nnd the case went to the jury. This cnso is the result of an ac cident occurring on the Missouri river May iM , 1SSO , when a steamboat owned by the plaintiff ran against the cable used by the ferry of the defendant and not only wrecked the boat but killed the pilot. STATE HOUSB XOTB9. The state board of transportation ha Is sued nn order iwnlnst the Kansas City & Omaha railroad company requiring It to ro- opcn and establish depot faculties nt Snrlng litincho , In Clay countv , or to show cnuso within ten days why this Bhould not bo done. The Central City biuk has filed articles of incorporation with the secretary of stato. The capital stock is { .JO.OOrt . and the incorporators - ators nro Tnomas 1C. Wells , Joseph H. Nash nnd Newton H. Persmgcr. AValt L , Uawson , who has been In the em ploy of the register of deeds in Lincoln for sotno time , was today appointed to the posi tion of book-keeper in.ttio hind commissioner's ofllco by Mr. Humphrey. The position was mntlo vacjtit by the resignation of Mr. Vie Abrnlmrnsoii , who goes to Mindun as cashier of the First National bunk. The following notarial appointments were made todav by Governor IJoyd : T. H. ICcnio- hau , Wcsicott ; John K. Schultz , Murtlnt- burg ; II. C. Johnson , Graf ton ; E. M. Hil lings , Geneva ; J. S. Hoogland , North I'lutto ; Francis E. Brown , Syracuse ; Thomas J. Uratit , Utlcn } J. T. Eogolhnrdt , nrr.djhsv/i A. B. Coddliiff , Yorlr. Burnn-MK count. H. 1) ) , Irwln , c i. , of Douglas county \vai Admitted toprnctlco. The follow ! tie causes wuro continued i Damon vs Omnlm ; Second Congregational CHurcli Society v * Omaha. The following ( MUiRos were nripii'il and sub mitted ! nrst National flank vs Loworjr Hros. , on motion ; Swift vs Crawfortlk on motion ; Thomas vu Thomas ; HrownA vs Stnto ; Owyorva Hall , on motions McEvoy V vs Swayzoj Quick vs Snchsso ; Hughes vs Housul. The following cause * were dlsmtiscdf SchulU vs llovil : Collins vs Mlnrr. Brecher vs Troitolikn. Dismissed unless plaintiff in error lllo brief in sovcu days , wlinlrii v Hronnan. Loaro given defend ant to tlio additional transcript. McOaguo vs U muter nud Uanllu nndGrnuter. IANWO Klvun parties to lllo additional transcripts. State vs FiMt State 'bank of llnmlng. J. W. Bodeu appointed receiver , own .vN'i ) IM > * . John Sabring , nllus Smith , Is under nrr&it hero on the utmrgo of bolng a dojortor from the regular army , Somt ) pickpocket relieved Miss Alice Hos- ford of her pockctbook mid fl5 while passing through n crowd on the street. Sneak thluvoa entered tlio dry goodi store of Fred Schmidt , Ull ) 0 street , last evening , mid stele n lot of gloves. Ous Anderson , who ro-ildin nt fifth nnd O streets , roportH that some fellow entered hH room List ovonliig mid stele two oven-oats and u cout nnd vest. Father O : lt H Handful. Nuw Vouic , Jan , 27. [ Special Tolom-nm to THK Ilui : . ] lu n letter to Geuor.il O'Delrno of the bnrgo ofllco father Francis M. J , Crafts , the missionary who was shot In the lung nt the Imttloot Wounded Knco , say-si "Morgan , the commissioner of Indian affairs , writes mo to prove his 'blunders mid oruol- tloH1 or withdraw the chnrgo. I disdftlin J give these nttlclci pornonnl notice. Morgan probably intoudH to iiinko things unpleasant lor mo us a missionary. Ho will llnd his hands full. " Father Crafts suggests a searching Investi gation of the Indian bureau iiuu the ngcaioy records and methods , to ho conducted by persons free from bureau intluAivo aud also by representatives of the press. HlntoHiui lluttcrnlVM Jan. 27 , The will of the Into George Bancroft has been placed la probate. The csUto is given In trust for the benefit of relatives. Bancroft's mmumcrlpt nud his torical collection nre offered forsalo to the library of congress , and In the event of their not being purchased , they will bo offered to any public library , the money to bo added to the trust funu. Ills library and printed works nre to bo nolil preferably to some one Institution. Tlioliowrr Court HiiHtnlncd. WASHINGTON , Jan. 27. [ Special Telegram to Tins BBC. ] Justice Field , from the bench of the supreme court of the United States , lias nOlrmcd tha decision of the court below In the cnso ot Charles E. "WhlU'benU , trustee of the DCS Molnes & Fort Bodge railroad company , appellant , vs K , 1C. Slmttuck nnd 1'ctor Jensen , appeal from tlm circuit court of the United States court for the northern district of Iowa. fc'uppllrfl for tlic Tiriilcn. .ArN' , S. D. , Jan. 27 , [ Special Telegram to TiicBcK. ] The Indians nttlio Lower Brule and Crow Creole agencies today commenced receiving tholr annuity goods which should have been received by them early In the fall. The delay in the delivery of the goods has caused a deal of complain ing on the part of the Indians , as the goods were badly needed. Two IJii > l > O7./.lcr Suicide. \ _ Pj'.sin , Jan. 27. The cashier nnd cleric ol \ , tlio People's bunk at Csaba have committed suicide on the discovery of oxtcnbivo om-v ' bezzlcmonts committed by them. Many of the townsmen mo ruined in consequence of the embezzlement. ' ' Sioux" City Drops Out. Sioux Cur , Ia. , Jan. i7. ! [ Special Tclo- gnun to TJIH BiiE.l It has uceu decided that Sioux City will drop out of the Weitoru basolmll association. No one could bo found to put up the necessary funds. Shot Dead by ANCASTIH : , Ont. , Jnn. 27. John Estop , trcnsurer of Ancastcr township , was shot dead early this morning liy burglars , who afterwards ransacked the house. ADotnrwtic Incident. jWt0 1'iuk lletald. Mrs , VouiiRlovo Isn't ' that a lovely pin cushion , Algernon ! Mr. YounRlovo Yes , dear. "And you'll find It BO handy on your drosscri" "You , dcnr. " "And you won't scold If I toll you ! " "No , dear. " "I linow you wouldn't care for those ties nnd . " " , bangl" "Boo , boo , hoe , hool" In n Iti-stiiiii-aTit. St. Joscp/i / A'ficn. "Walter , " said n man who had boon nx- liaustlng his strength trying to put iv knife through an alleged stoUc , "I wish you would bring me u lllo , u nice , sharp lllo. " "What urayou roiiigto do with the filol" asked a man ut the sitmu tublo. "Going to lllo those articles of Incorpora tion. " And the steak shod bitter gravy. lln AVnH ( ilatl , Too , . * > ( . JbiejiJi Newt , "Oh , Charloy. " said the sweet younjj . thitiK , ns aho nestled n trillo closer to him , "l am HUM you are not onoof those Imlliins. " "Well , I should hope so. But why , partic ularly I" "Because they nre dtssrinlnp them. " And then ho waa clad that hadn't hap pened to him. Mr. Jnmos J. Brady , manager "All the Comforts of Homo" company , Is In the city. Highest of all in Xcaveniug Power. TJ. g. Gov't Report , Aug. 17 , 1889. ABSOLUTELY PURE NEBRASKA National Bank U. S. DEPOSITORY , OMAHA , NEB. Capital , - - - - $4OOOOO Surplus Jan. 1st , 189O. - C7.SOO Onioors and DlrKrtori-Honrjr W.Yulo * . President ; T < nwls H. Kc'Od. Ylcu-Prainlont ; .Inruoi W. H fiwrn , W V.llurMO. John H Collins , U. 0. CuiUlnj , J. N. It 1'ulrtclc.Y , H. B. HUKliei , cashier. THE IRON BANK , Corner 12th iml IToraam Kit. A Qoncra.1 llunkln : Itualnosn Transacted JOSEPH GILIOTT'S ' STEEL PENS. GOLD MEDAL , PAIU3 EXPOSITION , 1889 , MOST PERFECT OF PENS. OMAHA. LOAN AND TRUST COMPANY. Subscribed nnd Guaranteed Capital..SJOO.OOO 1'ttld In Capital 3M.OOO Uuyi and Julia etocki aud bondai negotiates commercial paperrocolvra / anil executes IruitsjHCUuB trnnsfur a cnt and tru.stooof corporation * , takoi obnrgu of property , oul- loeta taxc * . Omaha Loan&TrustCo SA.VINGS BANK. S. E. Cor. 10th and Douglas Sts. I'ftld In Capital , I M.COO Bubacrlliod and Guaranteed Capital. . . . 100,00' ) Liability o ( Stockholders i.W.UOO 61'er Goat Intoroit I'ald nn Pepo lti. riiANKJ. hANUK'Uushlor. Officers : A. U. Wjnmii , president. J , J. Drown , vloo-prosldont , W. T. Wymnn. trunaurur , * t > lrootorA. . U , Wyinan , J , II. Mlllard , 3 , J. llruwn. Guy O. Ilartoo , K. W , Nuih , 'I' I * KlinUilC Qcurio 1) , / * *