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OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY , FEBKUAEY 1 , 1801-SIXTEEN PAGES , THJ3 _ J3AJLY _ J3EE. B HOSKWATKIl EDITOR. PUI3Ll.Sn HP JTVT.IIY MOUNING. TKHMS Oi'HUIISOIUrTION. IJ lly ninl Sunday , Ono Year . 110 no His month * . GOO Tlireo innntli * . ' Mindny Hi c , Ono Ypnr . 8 00 "Weekly llui-.Onu Ycitr . _ . . 100 01 PlOhSl Oinalin , Tlio llco lliilldlnK. South Ohiiilm , Corner N nml Sfllli Street * Cnimrlt Illu Itt , 12 I'curl Street. Olileiieo < ) ( II < e , III" ( Ininlior of Oonitnnrce. > few York. J { < pmiHUniidir > , TrlbiiiioHulldlng Mi roiirtecntli HticoU COKI nSl ONIKNOE. AH communications roliiUiia to news und nlltorlnl niiitlor should bo nildrcsscd to the jdltorlnl ; Ucirtiiuiit. | miqiNms UTTI'.UH. ; AH imsln ' * slottors anil rornlllnnrpsflliotim 1)0 aeldruscd tci Tim Ileo 1'nUiHilriK l'oninny | , Otimliu l > ritK cliu'kH mid nostnfllio ordun to ! m ninilu iiiyiiblo to tliu order of tlio com- T > nnj. Tlie BccPnlshiDE Copany , Proprietors , The lieo Il'IdV' , rarnain and BuvoiitcunthHta HWOIIN STATEMENT Of Htati ) of Nnlirnskn , I. C'litinty of Douglas. f ( iioruolt. 'l/scliiRK , srcrotnry of Tun HER I'llbllslilnu rmiipuny. dots Miliimnlv swe.ar 1li.il lliiinf'tiinlHtciiliitlnri of I'liK lUir.v IlPK Tortho WIUK ending Jnmmry. 'II , .8JI , was ns follow H * Hundny , . In unary 23 . M.OM Momlay.Junuiry ! ! it . 1H.7HO Tuesday. January ' .7 . SU.5IH Wednesday. Jntiunry IS . . Sfi/HH Tlnirsdnr , .Inniuiry.U . st STO Krlflnv. Jimunry in . aUM tiaturdny , JummryJl. . . . HUI4 Average . 2O.HOI UROUHi : II. 'I/.SUIIUUK. Sworn to lioforo inu nnd milworlliwl In my imseiicc'tlilHlllst day of Jiuiniirv A. 1) . 1891. N I' Pnit , Noturv 1'ubllo. E Into of Nebraska , ) . , County of Douglas , f Coorgo II. IjBchuek , being duly sworn , clo- POMH nml ways tlint 1m Is Beorolary of Tun UBK Publishing company , tlmt tlui nciiml nvuraKt1 Itiily clrcul itlori of Tnr. IIAII.V HFH forttio month nf niiriinry. W. l',7in ' ' coplfHi for Jlnroli. 1W ) . 3)813 ) inplot ! for April. IS'W ' , JO.IM coiilus ; fur .May. ] S' ' > . 2HI"0 cnpli" * ; for Jimu , U'JO ' , 21) ) , ,1)1 ) copfcH : for .Inly. 1HW ail/i } foplos : for AuiriiMt , 1MO , yv'Vt U | > | I > N ; for . ' cptomhoi , 1800 , 20.S70 copies : for October , JSOO 2ii,7fl.J top- lei ! fnrluiv < mbor , 18'K ) . 2J.1H ) cojilus ; for Do- rombur , IWKJ , J.1,471 copld ! for limimry. IRU1 , 8. < ( G conli n ( iKIIKH1 II 'I /ii MUCK. Hworn to litforn mo. nnd mibserlliid In my presence , tlili INLilay of Jami irv. A.I ) . . 1891. N 1' . PISH , Notary Public. Tins brotith of. thut Kuropunn winter is foil on the fair check of tlio west , and it's a strong breath. legislatures of Iho west possess a melancholy interest for the speculators in Wall all out. Tuotmil sinitll In numbers the Doug las county commissioners nro the equal of the lofjialaturo in childish nninks and potty foolishness. Junor.n by the promiscuous flashing of rolls in western legislatures , sotm- toiiul votoslost none of their value as avenues of wealth. Tliu transition of Sullivan mid Fitz- filimnons from tlio pri/o ring1 to the stngo plainly points to the futui-o training school of Amorici'a st.irs. Boss BuilltOAVS wants "a thousand mou who know how to die. " It is safe toprodlut that the boss would loimiin at n safe distance during the carnage. Tliuiti : itt another panic in cedillas in the Arpontino Republic. Nut ions desirous - ous of avoiding panics Hhould avoid cod- ulas , and till other delusive llnanoial ideas Tins doclslvo dofoit of the foolish ] ) iopohition to recount the votes ca t at the last election is additional proof of the ascendancy of common scnso in the legislature. WHIM : Kansas City and St. Paul are wioHlllii with the piobloms of excessive taxation and municipal debts Omaha Hilda her receipts beyond the nooda of government , and reduces taxation ac cord i ugly. Puni.lC inarkot houses are the trade contorsof labor. They dispense with middle mon and divide their cotnmis- slons hotwooii the producer and con- sumor. Omaha ciinnot nfford to long defer the establishment of market houses. WHKN the Milwaukee nnd Rook Isl and comnnnios declined the overtures of the Nebraska Central bridge com pany and accepted the terms of the Union Pacific Tun Bun reminded them that they \\oro placing tholr necks in a dangerous haltor. Itocont events verify the prediction. Youxn Mil. BKVAN has assutnod the ernes o ( hisoillco a month before Mr. Connoll's term expires and-nearly ten months bofoio his own begins. IIo remains - mains in Washington to obtain $8,000 for paving the street in front of the Lincoln postoffico. Considering the sl/.o of Wash ington hotel bills his action amounts to Bolf-BjicrUU-o , IIo deserves well of that portion of Ills constituency who ixro suf fering for that job of paving. HXIMUIIMKNTS nro bolnir made in England with what is termed the most remarkable railroad in the world. The rail IsgroveO and filled \\lth a thin film of water , on which the cats sldm along like n boat , without the jolting and bumping of the present system. As \isual the foreigners are behind the times. Water forms a. component part of American railroad systems. A ma jority of them carry nioro ot that fluid than is consistent with safety , speed or profits , and not n few have boon , hope lessly wrecked In oceans of their own creation. The diuungo inflicted by water in the railroads of this country should eorvo as a warning to foreigners to make tholr dosoa small and far hotwcon. TUB irrigation movement is a thrifty nffivir. The convention of the piust week nt McCook was a reflation of the extent - tent and eauiogtnoBS of tlio demand for tills reform in agricultural methods in the western part of the state. The com ing convention tvt Sidney 'will still further emphasize the demand , nnd when the grand culmination Is reached , in the shapeof / a mass con vention ut Lincoln , the legislature will bo forcibly reminded that the people mean business. The first requirement Is the onnclmont of bonoilelont laws. When tlioho nro Bccurod tluno is uioro roiwoii to hope that prlvato capital will como forwiml to sock Investment In the enterprise. That has beeu its history in Other btiiton. run /IEZ//BP / FUND. During tlio past week TUB HBK has made a eomowlint extended inquiry in regard to the destitution in the drouth district. Itflndslhatthoroiaagrowlnpr demand for relief , much ol which IB based on genuine want , If it could bo said that none of the calls for help come from people not actually In need of it , the prcsont case would dlllor from the history of all sim ilar attempts to rollovo the vic tims of disaster. Tlioio nro , and there must always bo , some c.isos oflmposturo. But the broad fact ro- mnliiH that in a largo section ol the state last year's ' crops were nearly a total loss , and that the calamity foil upon a class of settlers not able to sustain themselves without assistance until another harvest tlmo. The state must calmly face this fart and do Its utmost to lollovo every worthy case. Rut for the very reason that the real distress la largo , and that thn relief fund must therefore bo placed where it will do the most good. It is Im peratively nocesb.'iry that a better sys tem of distribution should bo devised. nisovvhere in this issue of Tin : HICK wo publish nn Interview with a very In telligent farmer of Rod Willow county , who points out the ovll in th'o present system and suggests a remedy. Sup plies are now consigned to the county commissioners and Issued by thorn at the request of justices of the peace. Fre quently the justices fall back on the business men to recommend doubt ful applicants. Very naturally It often happens that n man who has stock and feed nnd fire wood sulllcioiil for his needs applies to a justice for rollof. Tlio justice , being u creature of the elections , does not care to offend a nun who has Influence. If ho brings a recommendation from a merchant it is gcnor.illy the one with whom ho trades , and to whom ho may posaiblj bo in dobt. Under such a sys tem as this It is Impossible to prevent the wanton wnsto of a precious fund which , with the most careful adminis tration , will at best do no more than to relieve Iho actual sulToiors. The total available fund for the emergency , including what has already boon spent , Is $235,000 , , of which $ . ' 55,000 , was obtained fiom private soiucos. 'hero is llttlo hope of obtaining any ap- ropriation from the national govern ment. The problem is , thoicforo , to lake the wisest possible disposition of ho amount in hand. The Ucd Willow farmer , to whom llusion has boon made , offers a suggos- ion , after a careful study of the quos- lon on the gtounds. IIo suggests that our intelligent and trustworthy men n each county bo designated to make a : aroful porbonal 1mestimation of the districts assigned thorn. They should bo ti angora to the people whom thov meet : i their rounds , and the re f or j under no lor&onal , political or business obllga- ions to them , now or horcaftor. Abso- ute power should bo vested in those non , and tholr decision would bo final , t is believed that the best men in the ivostern counties could bo pressed into this civico 'and that all would work 'or a very modoiato price and many for nothing. They could mmcdlately distribute. food and 'uol , and tholr icports would furnish a trustworthy basis for an estimate of the tinount of seed for crops nnd food for teams that will bo required in the spring. Why Is not this a praclic.iblo sug- estion , wotthy of the immediate con sideration of the relief committee ? There c.ui ho no doubt that some plan must bo devised to secure the relief of the most needy and prevent the waste of precious money and supplies. TAXING MOHI'CIAUES. The pioposltion to tax mortgages li Nebraska is ono that demands very caioful and intelligent consideration Thoroaro cogent icasons for nnd against , : tnd the question to bo determined is or which sidoaio the weightiest , having tof oionco primarily to the interests of the mortgagors. The experience of other states with mortgage tax laws js wotthj of attention. Oregon , in the' early yoal's of stnto hood , passed a law taxing mortgages but it was not long retained , for the reason son that it uaa found that th lenders maao the borrowers carry the burden. California now has such n lav and the legislature is being stronglj urged ( o repeal it. The newspapers o the state nro very generally united i this demand , arguing that it increase ! the rato' of interest above the propo rate , because the tax is added to the interest terost ; that the state gains no honofit for the money value Utod Is always th same , the mortgage being dod uctod fron : the assessed value of the land and hn provemonts , or else the mortgage pay too high a tax if It should bo greater ir amount than the assessed value of th property ; and that It causes nnnovnnc < and complications which drive lender out of the state to seek investment whore such disadvantages do not exist. An embargo is laid nt the state line on all capital foreign to the state , and the consequence is that all the people are not privileged to bonow money in the cheapest markets. But the fact of gioatoil force is that the burden of such a tax falls on the bonowor , this result bolng attained either through n rise in the rate of In to rest or thiough direct contract , the mortgagor binding himself f to the mortgagee to pay the tax levied I on the mortgage , and there does not up- po.ir to have boon any practicable way found to remedy this. The fact that a mortgngo , represent ing propoity nnd providing income , scorns a legitimate object of taxation , must bo granted. It may bo assumed , albo , that the taxing of those instru ments would result In a considerable revenue. Hut unless a way can ho found to prevent the lt\\ becoming an addi tional burden upon the borrowers the benefits would bo small compared with the hardship that would result. A part of the people who are not borrowers on mortgngo would be banofitod at the cxponso of the more numerous body of mortgagors , who would pay the tax in the form of increased interest or by direct contract , nndthonadod burden would fall upon those least able to boar It. Nebraska needs cheaper money , and manifestly the way to bocuro it Is not by placing any charge ou capital that uiiy hnvo the effect to soml tt Into states whore It Is unhampered. The develop ment of the state requires that wo nlmll otTer every reasonable Inducement to capital to seek investment hero , whllo there should bo no obstacle in the way of our people obtaining money in the ohoiiDost market. The competition in the west for capital Is steadily broaden ing and becoming more eager , nnd wo cannot bo too careful regarding legisla tion that provides for placing any re straint or embargo upon It. The ex pediency of a law taxing mortgages is very questionable. M'KKtailAA"S UlllLlilAXr WKA. Congressman-elect McKolghau has unbosomed himself to Tun Dint's special correspondent at Chicago , and thus un folded to Iho world the measure with which ho proposes to signnli/.o his en trance Into the halls of legislation. Strange to say , Mr. McKoighnn's first measure will Have no reference to the producing masses ot the west , except in a very indirect way. IIo will first turn his attention to the vexed southern question , which ho hopes to settle by a ' Hlnglo in istor stroke of states innnship. Ills bill will provide that the representation of southern states In congress shall horcnftcr bo based on the popular vote nvthor than on the cousin returns. This , ho siys , wall do aw.iy with violence nt elections by ieinovin < * the motive for driving men nw.iy from the polls , and , on the ether hruul , will miho It the Interest of south ern tlonioernts to hnvo the negroes \oto. To put It in Mr. McKolghnn's own plc- turosquo language , "Instead ot keeping the negroes from the polls with shot guns , the clomour.it will match up to the ballot box with iv negro ou oneh nrm. This will settle the southern question nnd give us pence on that subject. " The idea is pliiusiblo , but It is extremely - tromely unlikely to bo c irriod out. The fouitoonth nmomlmont fixes the babls of representation. It could only bo chunked by another nmendraont to the constitu tion , which \\ould rcquho the consent of three-fourths of the states. As 11 of the 41 states nro In tlio south , nnd us several notthoin btntos uio full of domoerats , it is very unlikely to bo ratified , even If congress should piss it. These tire the practical dillieultios in the way of the consummation of Mr. McKoighnn's bril liant idou Neither is the project n now ono. It has often boon suggested by republicans in congress nnd as often opposed by dem ocrats. There is no new evidence to show that the solid south wants the negroes to vote , or that it would favor a scheme which would largely reduce its power in the house by making it pay the penalty of its sins. Per these reasons the Webster county statesman would do well to turn his mind to other und moio prnct'.cnhlo fields of reform. intAKKIf FA.L8R1100DS. Omnha Is the typical high license city of America Tholtccoiiso fco is ? 1,000 Olllclal statistics show that in no other city la there a greater per cent of drunkenness , prostitu tion , gambling and ulmo tluui In rum-ilildon Onuha. The arrests in that city average ono to every 12 of the actual population , wlilch is a larger average than is to bo found in auy otliorlaigo city of the United States. In New York whtro tlio saloon llconso is about onc-llftli of that in Omaha the ratio is about ono to 19 nnd in Chicago with one-half as large a license Too as Omaha the ratio Is n little stn illor tUun in New York. This doiu- onstratcs the inufllcacy of high license 83 a temperance measuie. Chicago Itevcr. The nbovo Is a sample of the bra/on falsehoods prohibition organs poisis- tontly utter against Omaha. The over whelming rebuke administered to the defnmois of the city last November in tensified their malice , which tlioy vent in foul assaults on the good name and orderly character of our people. There is not a shadow of foundation for the assertion that there is a greater per cent of crime in Omaha than in any other city , nor are thoto "official statis tics" which could bo tortured in any way to support It. On the contrary , official statistics lefuto the assertion and exposes the falsehood in all its naked ness. In response to requests for the total number of arrests during 1800 , and the number chargeable to intoxication , re plies have boon received from the chiefs of police of Now York , Buffalo , Cleveland - land , Chicago , Minneapolis and Denver. A comparison of those retuins with those of the chief of police of Omaha , shows : No. I'onu- Arrusts ItUUm. Now York HI Vxt 111M)1 ) Chicago di'JJO l.OHUI Ituiralo 17 < ai 1511,157 Clavoluwl O.IHfl 2dl,14t ! Mlmioaiwlls rv.'Ifi lfl,7w , : Dimtur. U.rci NM.070 Omaha 8.1U lAr > 2il llntioof arrests to population : New York , ono In 17.89 Chicago , one in 7 17.05 Buffalo , one In 1330 Cleveland , ouoln- 23.H3 Minneapolis , one in 31.00 Denver , one la 10.SKJ Onialin , ono in 17.10 While this showing forcibly disproves the assertion that ono out of every twelve of the population is nrreslod for some offense , it does not do juatlco to the city. Vagi anoy cannot bo properly classed as a crime , nor should persons arrested on suspicion and subsequently discharged bo rated as criminals. Of these clnssjs 2,205 were run in by the police last yoar. Deducting the number from the total ar rests , Omaha rates would bo ono In 23 41. The number of arrests in the respect- ivo cities , duo diroetly or Indirectly to intemperance , was as follows : IMC\V Yoik 31,431 Buffalo 0,197 Cleulnml fi.'J 18 Minneapolis. . , , 8,135 Denver 7,770 Omaha f It will bo soon that while Minneapolis ranks first in the ratio of total arrests to population the number of arrests for intoxication Is nearly one-third greater than in Omaha. In fact , Omaha ranks first in the per cent of arrests charge able to intoxication , as the following will show : - 1. Omaha , ono in fll.H Minneapolis , ono in 5J.31 3. Now York , ono In. . 4. Buffalo , ono in 4(1.07 ( 5. Cleveland , one in 4040 0. Denver , ono in 10.20 If nnjthing uioro is needed to prove the ofllcacyof high license and regula tion , it Is to bo had by comparison with the criminal statistics of n prohibition city. Portland , Mo. , is classed as a model "dry" and orderly city. In 1880 the to tal number of arrests ura's 1,037 , , or un av- ornpo ol rtfwin ovary 18.07 , whllo in Onmhii last ftr tlio average nctual ar rests for crLnwiwvis ono In every 2.1.41. These oincldl statistics demonstrate the superlorlt of filgh llconso ns nincns- of temperance nnd inw nnd order over low llconso , no llconso or prohibition nnd rofutoa the l yslesa fabrications of fanat ics. TIIK rytpriK POOD SUPPLY A curious nnd interesting' compilation of statistics und estimates has been made by 1 Mr. C. Wood Dn is , a Kansas farmer , showing the agricultural situ ation at present und thoprobiblo Amor- icnn production and requirements of food products for four periods of flvo years onch. Wo shall refer only to the figures of Mr. Davis relating to wheat , corn nnd ryo. Assuming that the popu * latlon of the United States In 1893 will bo 70,000,000 , the estimates of cultivated aron in wheat , corn nnd rye required to moot domoatle coiisuinntlon are respectively - ively 33,000,000,83,300,000 , and 10,500 , ' 000. After this tlnto the author of these statistics declares that vo must either Import brcadstuIts , cease to oxpoit cot ton , or lower the standard of llvintr. It is found that during the decade from 1870 to 1830 the wheat ncroigo of the world inctonsed 22,700,000 acres , of which the United States contilbutoil j 19,000,000 acres , or 83.3 per cent , whllo in the next doc.ido the Increase was but 5,500,000 acres , the wheat area of the United States remaining stationary at 88.000,000 actos. Meantime the broad-onting populations increased at steady ratio ot 10 percent. Tho. wheat reduction of the world for 1890-91 is ivon at 2 , 1-12,000,000 , and the consutnp- ionat 2,225,000,000 , and it is hold that lie productive poHor of the wheat fields f the world Isuchas to clearly indicate present j oni ly deficit of 75,000,000 bush- Is , and that with no gi eater increase in creago than bus obtained during the ton jonrs such deficit will annually ncrcaso by moro than ii,000,000 bushels. Ir. Davistakesnoaccountof the increase n thocorn-produclngarca within the past .on jears , which may bo duo to the fuel hat this product still occupies n small lace in the world's food supply , but ho ogards us a matter Important to bo con- idcrcd the relatively diminishing pio- . notion of ryo. Mr. Davis estimates that the bread- ating populations of European blood vill increase 00,000,000 In the next 20 cars. This will necessitate the UbO of 1,000,000 acres in addition to the area low employed in growing wheat nnd ye. Tlio lands of Europe being ully occupied , and the cultivated ands of thp United States bo ng susceptible of un increase of but 34- , 00,000 acres , of which not moro than , , can bo devoted to r o and .vheat . and permit the production of the required proportion of the other staples. Mr. Davis snjs : "Tho question arise1 ! , Whore can bo found the 49,000,000 ncros , nnd if found how long will it take to de velop them , and what , in the meantime , , vill bo the prlcp' of wheat ? " Ho holds that five conditions must concurrently obtain to insure nn increase of wheat production on a largo scale ; ' that Is , fnvo'rnble11climitc , fertile soil , nn unemploypd area , suf- iciont population and ample means of transportation. In all the wotld , ho ays , but three regions Australasia , Siberia and the La Plata countiy can meet the first three requirements , nnd in nil the unoccupied available area is notmoro than two thirds that existing in the United States 25ears since , and each lacks the needed population nnd means of internal transport. The con clusion of Mr. Davis is , granting the sub stantial correctness of his data , that , "the fanner will very boon bo by far the most prosperous member of the community wherever in the world ho owns nnd cul tivates lands of average fertility , pro ducing the staple food , forage and flbro crops of the temperate zone. " The data presented by Mr. Davis nro interesting and instructive , but they cannot bo accepted as conclusUo of a steadily increasing yearly deficit In the principal breaa products of the world , nor of the probability that after 1896 the United Stnto'j must Import breadstuffs , cense to export cotton or lower the standard of living. It Is moro than probable that before that time wo shall have reclaimed by Irrigation a considerable part of the great arid region that will bo as produc- tJA'o as any land _ _ wo now ha\o , and oven if this should not bo done , it is evidently erroneous to assume that the cultivated lands of the United States mo suscepti ble to anineioiBo of but 34,000,000 acres. Meantime the encouraging conclusion of Mr. Davis regarding the future of the farmer the world over is not to bo dis carded ns having1 no substantial founda tion. THE ALTslANUK MlSKEl'llRSENTED The report has gone out to the country that the convention of the National Farmers' Alliance , recently hold In this city , voted in tavor of the crazy sohorao to loan the money of the national gov ernment to fnrtriara on real estate secur ity. The ronorfc'iS a misrepresentation of the roil action1 the convention , and was secured byjttjjtrlok unworthy of the alliance , and donbtloss ropujjmint to the rank and file of tBj membership. When the platform was reported Wednesday the 'tjoaolution referred to called out un animated debate nnd was finally rojectedrl"l'ho ' convention com pleted its prlnyuil business Thursday noon , and neiu itono-lmlf ° ' * ' ° dele gates wont homo. , Contrary to expecta tion , and In dofiiU o of all rules of falr- nebs or courtesy" the afternoon session President Powb jnovod a rooonsldora- tionof the motion Irhoroby the resolution hud boon rejected nnd insisted on crowd ing It through the depleted convention. Tills ho Biioceudod In doing by the votes of his personal following and against the angry protests of the few remaining members of the former conservative ma jority. By this unworthy trick the Na tional Farmers' Alliance Is made to ap pear In the pi ese luporU as voting in favor of a measure which the sound bonso of its mumbors hud really rejected by ar emphatic nn-jorlty. It happens that this unfortunate action wnn taken with logard to a measure which is the gravest danger to the fu ture of the alliance , nnd on which Its members are by no moans agreed. The ploJgod the support of the order to nulll which proposes to Ineronso the circulation to $ T > 0 per cnpltn , nnd to hnvo the government loan the now wealth thus created to the farmers. The plnn Is to hnvo the state borrow of the nation nt 3 per cent , the county of the Blato nt 2 per cent , nnd tlio individual of Iho county nt 1 per cont. What benefit do the people who nro not farmers leceivo from this arrange ment ? None , o < ccopt to pny the taxes which must bo levied to pay to the nn- tlonnlgovornmont thedllToroncobetween the It 3 per cent thut the government charges und tlio 1 per cent which the in dividual is charged. The inquiry naturally arises why , if wo nro to have socialism , Its benefits should not bo equally distributed nniong all the people , rather than confined to a single class. It IB di 111 cult to think that any 8.7110 man could bellovo that aueh a measure J } can over have the ondorsotnont of the American people. For these roa ons tlio true friends of the alliance will sincerely regret that It has been placed in a false light before the country. vnorniiTr nifiiiTS or irov/tv. ; Among the largo number of doctrines onuncinted by the recent alliance con- \ontlon was the following : Kcsolvcti , Tliit wo believe women should have the same Inherent rights to own prop erty as mon , iincl that wo nro In sympathy with nny movement tlmt will pivo our wives anil dniiRlitcis full representation nt tlio polls : that when the tlmo toinei wo will co operate und demand that tlioy receive such recognition. This resolution must havol'con framed in ignorance of the laws of Nobinska nnd many other states. Hero the law discriminates lu favtir of women in the matter of propoity rights. They are ac corded privileges denied to mon. When a man of pioporty marries his wife acquires a half interest in all his possessions. IIo cannot soil a foot ot ical estate unless his wife signs the deed. When ho dies his wife cannot bo deprived of her share of the estate. On the other hand , when a woman ot property marries , her husband acquires no interest in her wealth. She is ns free to dispose of it without -consulting him ns she was before mnrringe. There is theioforo no point to the resolution elution , at least as far as Nebraska is concerned. If it had demanded that men bo gi anted property rights equal to these of women it would have meant something. In its present shape it is nn anomalv. The second part of the resolution in- \olvcsthoold dreary hiibject of woman suffrage , it has been an issue for gen erations , hut never a very live ono. , Vhon women are physically fitted to bear all the buidons of government im- > osed upon men , and when nny consid erable proportion of them ask for the ballot , they are likely to got it. Until hen it is nn idle dream. Nothing could bo further from the facts hnn than the claim , put forward by some the advocates of womnn suffrage , that this icffcrra would offset the influence'of the ignorant foreign voter. On the contrary , it would multiply that Influ ence by extending the suffrage to the gnorurt wife and the half dozen ignor ant daughters of the foreign voter. "Tho ignorant foiohrn voter" is n good deal of a bugbear , but oven if ho were as black as painted , woman suffrage offers no panacea for him. POUTUGAL , which has been on the verge of revolution for moro than n year pist , or since a short tlmo after the em pire in Brazil was o\orturnod , is at last in the thioes of rebellion. A dispatch repoits the ro\olt of a portion of the garrison at Oporto , followed by fighting in the streets between the rebels and loyalists. There had been no recent in timation that the revolutionary move ment was making progress , but this out break evidences thnt the loaders have been actively , though quietly , nt work. How serious the revolution may become canrot bo in ferred from the advices nt hand , but it Is well known that the party In favor of establishing a republic In Portugal is strong and that the republican f-onti- mont largely pervades the army. The royal family of Portugal is allied by family relations to the imperial family of Bia/.ll , and when the latter took ref uge In Portugal there was much dissat isfaction caused among the republican element. A revolt was than threatened , but aid not matorinli/.o into anything moro serious than bluster. Doubt less the government was not unprepared for a revolution , and the immediate and easy success of the republican movement in Buull may not bo repeated in Portu gal. If it Is an equally sincere effort to erect a republic on the ruins of a mon archy it will have the hearty sympathy of the people of the United States. GIIKAT opportunities develop great men. Thus Lawyer Strlcklor found his opportunity in Lincoln and imtnoalntoly assumed greatness. On him devolves the giavo duty of bolving the tiansporta- tlon problem. Mr. Stricklor approaches the mark with the nerve and 7oal of a veto ran. Ills enthusiasm is not chilled by the fact that mighty minds have grappled with the question und retired in confusion. The light which ho hid under a bushel In Omaha now blossoms forth like a tallow dip at the capital and illumines the path of the oppressed , "DO TUB vile villains , " shouts the demented - montod dictator of the independents , "who b\f fraud , conspiracy and treachery nro striving to thwart the will of the people who mo using senators as tholr tools and courts and laws and constitu tions ns tholr facile instruments want to drive a patient but outraged people to a desperate extremity ? Wo warn their now to boAiiro. " This equals , if it does not surpass , the wildest fuming of the Ilnymnrhot bomb throwers , and renders the sitting of a lunacy commis sion a useless proceeding. MANT ordinary optimists entertain Bloomy * lows about Union Piitlllc. They think that bmlnu < is u going to bo Rood on tlio 1'oclllo coast this summer , but that the watered railroads - roads w 111 have n hard tlmo of it with little frelKht unil ugly legislatures. IJ'iill Slictt Datlu ttcu'i. Well , water is n rnthor thin substance on which to levy profits , and the people have a right to got ugly when they are squeezed beyond reason. EVEN- John M , Palmer finds it difficult to sustain his interest in the mechanical balloting nt Springfield. Onlv Good Mr n ( in Gnnrd. . / / IVtfrt * ( .V , .11. ) Optfr. Let the legislature * of nil tlio western states and territories pvs laws making Ineli gible to places on ] > ollco force or sheriff's staff any ex-eonvlct or person of dissolute habltA nml known bad character. Tlio ovl- must bo stopped. Hard Un tlio Moitunuo Maker * . VilM Itcrahl. It Is said thnt fully 7f > jicr cent of all mort gaKC.sncgotlntod on western farms nro made pn > able , principal nnd Interest , in gold. The courts have decided nt various times thnt such contracts nro vnlld , nnd must be en- foiced. In rose the makers of these mort- Rngos could get what they nro clamoring for , the fico coinage of silver , they mlRht find gold nt a premium when they cnmo to settle. Itntl California .Sun rianctKCii Exiimtntr. I'm tics clmiiRo , but legislatures romnln.nl- ways the sumo. Tlio late legislature was democratic nnd disreputable. Tlio present one Is republican , nml from nil accounts it Is likely to bo moro illsroputablo than Its prede cessor The number of cinch bills Introduced Is siilil to bo creator tlmn over before since thodujs of the old constitution. The flloiiu county people nro on hand with another sack , und three nioro division schemes liuvo loomed up in tlio south , oich with ample financial baciclng. _ 31 list Have .Schools. Dmvei AfcuM. The press of Now Mexico is a unit In favor of the enactment of n thoroughly coinpiehcn- sl\o nnd piogresslvo school law. Tlio Lns Vegas Optic thoughtfully lomnrks : "The sooner the tcrritoilnl Ictjlslutuio proves to the people of New Mexico tlntn good school law is to bo p issod , the sooner that body will prove it is Woithy of the trust reposed in it. " Tlio Albuquuriiuo Citizen , endorsing ing what the Optic says , adds thcso wonls : "Thoro nro n great many things tbut wo need in New Mexico , but first and most Impottant of nil these Is mi act of tlio torritoilul IcplsUtu'O enabling us to establish nnd maintain good public schools. Gheu this , we can discuss other iniittois nt our lolsuro , but until we have this nothing else will bo in order. " That's the truth. Abo\o nil things Now Mexico needs is the American public school Jt is the all important step in tbo dlicction of statehood If the legislature should adjourn without en ncllng such a law the sentiment of the coun- ti vat largo will bo that New Mexico Is not worthy of admission to the union as ouo of the states. _ _ .t IILOIV .13 COllSTltY I'Al'JTltS A thin pated independent , who wants to distinguish himself In some way , but hns not scnso enough to distinguish between folly mid statesmanship , has Introduced n bill to cut down the legal rate ono half for publica tions , says the York Times. Probably the newspapers are rich and rapacious in his propinquity. Most likely the editors whom ho lias seen ride in line carri.igos , live In ele gant mansions and w oar diamonds as large as walnuts. Undoubtedly they have their hands on the throat of the community and are ex torting money in great gobs. The member wno introduced that bill is n IIno specimen of intelligence and financiering. A few fools , says the ICoornoy Uub , arc elected to every legislature who have some particular grudge against the newspaper fritcrulty , and bob up nt every opportunity with n proposition to reduce fees for legal advertising1 and county printing. Ropr scntatlvo Kruso Is the latest addition to tno ranks of IcglslntU o economizers , nnd ho is right on band with a proposition to cut the rates of legal printing squnroly in two. This dlstiugiiistied gentleman draws a salary of S3 n day from the stale. Ho would bo overpaid nt $1 n day. Has anyone heard him suggest n reduttloff of legislative salaries ? . The NIobrara Pioneer announces that it Joins with Representative Kruso In his bill reducing the rates of local ndortlslng to one half of the present rato. Most of the little papers that hnvo started in sparsely settled localities hnvo lived by no other menus. The land ofllco notices have boon "fat takes" for the llttlo papers published at some cross roads ; and the legal notices that nro now being - ing published on forcclosuios by the big money loancrs in the east nro expensive and unjust burdens to them. It costs not less than W ) in each foreclosure for the printer's fco alone. This money Is squandered in the country for printinir presses , help , corn bread nnd com juice. It puts too much luxry nnd unnecessary aid into the hands of unskilled critics of public men ; and the only way out is to ha\o fewer pipers In our communities. . Xt.llllASKA NIWNI'Al'KH XKH'S. The Wllbor Republican has begun its lUth volume The Crawford Clipper has started ou the fouith } car of its existence. The Gaudy Star has reduced its subsciip tion price to 21 cents per year. The Pouocr Republican has lost its "patent insldcs" und Is now nil homo prh.t. Millnrd , Douglas conntv , now has a piper. The Friday Morning 1'ost hns been stirtot thcio by John Biadford , The Urowuvillo Alliance talon the plaoo of the recently defunct Nous. Tracy 1C. Uouk- wood is editor and proprietor. J. A. Fulth has discontinued the publica tion of the Orleans Press und is now'em ployed on tbo Kopubllcin City Independent. The Cnss county Independent 1ms ceased to exist. Editor Thomas announces that bo has sold tuo olllco because of insuillciont patroii- ngo. ngo.Tho The Ulysses Argus , which suspended pub Mention iccently pending negotiations for the sale of the outllt , has ( icon revived , tbo sale having fallen thiough. Mixed Pickles , published simultaneously every month at Uavld Cltv , Nob. , and nig III , lias made Its Initial appearance with W. II. Price as cdltoi and K , 13. Strootcr as bust ness manager. Tlio paper , like the substanca from which It is named , Is supposed to bo sharp. 1 HHI.K L EaitJfsA TJTI-i : HIXTtl. The onlr liopo the railroads have of defeat ing hostile legislation is in the delays which nro the outgrowth of the contest cases , suys the Norfolk Nows. A long nnd bitter light o\er them may result In defeating many good und wholasoine liiwi that nro demanded by the people. The legislature doesn't seem to bo ' 'reform- ing" expenditures ho much as It wns before election , rumarks the Fremont Herald. Under n resolution the house has Just mndo up a list of Its employes now on the roll. The entire list Includes sovonty-nlno persons , which Is four moro than the legal limit as llxed by statute two years ngo. Tlio people will soon bo wanting to know where ttiuao reforms come in. If the present legislature should bo moro llbnrnl than the last ono in tbo in at tor of no proprlatloiiH for our fcUito university , It is likely tlmt next Juno the regents will elect r now chancellor in placeof ox-Uhuncellor Mu unit , says the Orleans Courier , For thuchau collornhlp the well known historian Prof John Clark Rldpa'.h , Lh.l ) , Is favorably mnntionud , though It Is not known whether ho would accept the position. As a historian educator , orator and lecturer ho Is ono of tlio ablest men in the country , nnd ho would Uvo the university a national reputation should 1 be so fortunate as to secure uh services. Abilene ( Knn. ) Reflector : Tlio ! < ? jjlMi\ . turo docs not adjourn , The n embers unhitch nnd go to dinner. Sioux City Journal : Perhaps Wall street nml tlio farm w 111 end Iho contest in nn lion- oinbto compromise , nnd thereafter bo more wary of each other nnd moro gracious nnd ospcctful. Pending further negotiations , low over , the grangers In the mijoilty tuny lot bo expected to abolish nmny onlcos thov , can make It convenient to till , or to ivduro tinny snliules that it docs not discommon' them to draw , DCS Molne.1 Rotjlstcr- The nlllinni is \ isoful organization nnd can accomplish eivv ooil for Its nnd tint ; intMiiborshlp nation ir it cnu bo kept out ot tlio Immls of ( lomagnK'uus , who nro determined to rule It If ttiuy can rain leadership , but will speedily ruin it ff Llicy control its principles and tos. The ) farmers of the nation om nmko tlio republi can pnrty ns they want It if tliov will attend the primaries and conventions Denver News : The inert Ing nf the leaders ) n the farmers' alliance and 1 ihor movements it Washington hnsdumonstratcd the fuc t that : bo thud party Idea U not likely to nmtrrt u 70. The coiuluslon wns very w Nely re-u h < ti thnt ns nn Independent political factor tin- illlanco would have but llttlo power , and u wns only bv holding tlio balance of power b. < weon parties that peed could bo nccom [ ) llshcd nnd the nllinnco undo Influential The Idea of a presidential c.mdldito to bo chosen by allied labor nnd nllinnco bed las uas abandoned. This Is well As nn indo ilcpendont pin ty it would bo powciloss Hj ill ) lug itself w ith that party w hlcli promises Jio most speedy tofomis on thu lines i u"l low n by these results their object U moro likely to be attained. Knnsns City Star : The leaders of tl > farmers' nllinnco will do their people n ser vlto by discouriglng nny movement fet tlu < rormatlon of a distinct political party nttlils timo. If thov fall to do so tl.o mass of fiun ers who have contilbutcd the votes lu states mil districts wbuiu the nllinnco has nchlovud suuoss cannot start out better than by showing thnt the people nro superior to le.idcrs who look forward to tiiero > orsonal nggiamlfrcmcnt. A sopaiato lolltlcal pirty in the national struggle of IbW is bound to bo Ineffective ex cept In the way of affording opportunities fet Uadtng and for corrupt individual deala. This Is the attitude which the prohibition pirtv has occupied ns n separate political or- ijaiiirntloti ; the earnest mon w ho hnvo made the farmers' nllinnco a force In politics aim at something higher and mote duiable. t'OI.ITJC.il , Buffalo E\cnlng News : When David B Hill nominates Grover Clo\ eland for presi dent , cellars and jMausniu roofs will exchange nlaces. Now York World' The senate has de cided to remain a deliberative body. As for tbo house , the people atteuded to Its case at the last election. Washington Post : The Gorman presiden tial boom is not n newspaper pioduet. It is the woik of the practical nnd shrewd demo crats of the country. LoulsUllo Courier-Journal : Do General Kama's sou's horses wear bob tnllsl If so , were these tails bobbed by a bobber in tlio employ of the governnicnt ? "X St Paul Ploncor-Press : It ought not " bo necessary to elect a tnajoi ity of the furm - > ors' alliance congressmen to secuio an In vestigation without whitewash of tint silver pool. The people > vnnt to Icnow who was in it , regardless of party nfllllatians. And If no pool existed they want to know that. M'.ISSIAO JJ1SJS. Atchlson Glebe : If you want to keep jour friend do not tell him disagreeable , truths about himself or flattering ones aoout your self. Epoch : "What is the cause ot the sudden coolness between Tom Jones nnd Susie Blown I" "Tom sold her father a horso. " Nornstown Herald : This democratic talk about the McICinloy bill raising the prito of the necessaries of life is nil noiisonso. Christ mas trees mo 'JO ' per cent cheaper today than they were n month ngo. Good News : Little Hey lo ) hotel clerks got very big salary i Kentucky Uncle Not often. "Then boxv can they afford such big diamonds ? " "Well , you see , they don't have to piy anything for thotr llcker. " TtlK FLIGHT OF T1JIB. Sum S. Sffinon \ I used to Unow a llttlo maid , A blossom mir. With o\es n laughing , broivnlsh shade , With lips tlmt seemed for Icissos made , Ami liner tlmn nn old brocade Her silken hall. Her frowns nml smiles she throw on all Lil < o nn expert ; And though but ton years old , nnd small , A nest of courtiers she could call , To hold her fan. tier glove , or shawl , The llttlo lllrtl I used to bo her willing slave , Ab , happy lot I She scolded , Uld I mlsbohnvo ; Then turned at once nnd quite forgave , BecniiHO she had some boon to crave , The cunning toll And wo were just as chummy thou As chums could bo. Often do 1 remember when She wished that I were only ten , Because1 , flit ! said , she hated men All men but mo I But tlmo passed by , nnd year by year Wo both have ugi'd. She's now eighteen , or very near , A reigning belle , culm and severe ; Then , too , what nukes it seem more queer , She U engaged , Sometimes I wonder if she thinks Of days when she Would bit in church mid tip mo winks. Ah , no I she's now n frormi sphinx ; And slio's engaged , the llttlo minx , Engaged to mo ! TO TIII : ex A it. The following poem , entitled "To tlio Czar , " appears in tlio Jnnuniy number of the Mcnoruh magazine. The unjust and tyran nical way in which the Jews have been treated In Russia prompted the poem , which Is written by Dr. R Blerhoff , whoio works hnvo formerly nppcun.il over tbo nom uo plume of Frederic , Corbloro : ' Tears gleum In tboojea of the daughters of JudaU , Their garments are rent lu deep anguish and woo ; Their hushed sobs of sorrow resound through her tuiiiples. The lights o'or her ultars burn dimly and low. Tin children that cling to the skirts of their mothers Are wcoplng in fear , knowing naught of tlio causa ; The gray beaulod ciders , In council assem bled , With voices n-tremblo debate thy dioad laws. Her sons all despairing , her daughters dis honored Ily bastlul tyrants who boast thy nppnof ; A 111 better , by far , the whita fangs of tbo vt elves than Tbo Hinlles of the villanous hordes ' .icath tny root. They dnro not romoustr.it o. They da-o not ask mercy. They know worse than failure will moil tbolr appoul. The Jew lu thy land must endure nnl bo silent : Ills neck is but meant for the print of thy hod.
