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Notary I'ubllo.
As a cbiiniioy builder Superintendent
of Buildings Woolloy Is tin expensive
luxury. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
TAYLOitgot the loaves nnd the iwoplo
must content tliomsulvcB with stones
nntl
WHY should the Thompson-Houaton
electric lilit { ; company nakfororbo al
lowed n livo-ycar contract ?
Wlli'.M tlio governor of Texas refused
lo accept the national bounty on sugar
produced in his stnto , ho proved that
lie was n rare Hopg.
Till ! question now is , will the Iowa
rate Ml pass over the veto of the gov
ernor ? And if it should , will it stand
the test of the courts ?
Nobraslcu catch a faint
. glimmer of the fooling o ( the citizens of
Now Orleans when tlioy think of Taylor
nnd the hoodling corporation lobby.
SENATOH GOUMAX'S decision , to the
offoot thit the democrats cnnnot afford
_ to elcet the blutiiat Mills to the spoak-
"crship , bears out hla reputation ns n
ehrowd politician.
Now .lot the members who are hon
estly in favor of some mil road legisla
tion rovitso the Stevens bill and give us a
15 or 20 per cent reduction on the p'rinci-
'pal staples of import and export.
WHETHER the Ballou olcctrio light
company means business or not can only
bo determined by giviny it u uhnneo to
show its hand. This for two months the
council has effectually prevented.
IT will ho Interesting to observe the
result of n gubernatorial cnrnpnlpn In
Iowa waged on the issue 'that farming
doesn't pay. If Governor Boies wins on
thnt ground whorp does it leave the
Etnto of Town ?
IlAiiiiisox's letter to
JudgoGrolT , accepting his resignation ,
recognizes in handsome , certainly to the
judge gratifying , language the excellence -
lonco of nia administration of the gen
eral land ofllcc.
IT is announced that John Sherman
cannot ho re-elected to the bontvto. This
announcement Is regularly nmilo nt this
Btngo of the canvass.At another stage
John always gets in his woi-k. Tlmt Is
when the vote in counted
TIIK appropriations under the control
of the interior department for the Qscal
year 1890-91 foot up the enormous sum
of $120,587,107.02. , This of itself is proof
tlmt the interior department is too ex
tensive an institution for a single ho'ad.
Tun Kansas reformers refer in their
manifesto to the fact thnt
a largo 'num
ber of insane people in that state are
confined in county jails. AVhon TIIK
HICK said so , several months ago , it was
Indignantly dnniod , But those are not
campaign times , and it makes a heap of
difference.
Tun independents will scarcely malto
much political capital out of the passage
of the Nowhorry bill. The bill received
the votes of seven democrats and ropul > -
llcana and never could have boon passed
by the voles of the independents alone
BO long UH Coulter remained on the sick
list and Taylor was non ost.
MISFIT marriages are BO common
nmong royal families , thnt it hurdly
seems necessary to go to war to deter
mine whether the Grand Duchess Eliza
beth's abandonment of her grand
mother's English religion for ttlmt of
her Kusslau spouse -was conversion or
coercion. Nevertheless tlmt la n ques
tion of international importance just nt
present.
Tin : board of trade , will find n vast
and prolltablo Hold for its energies
nmong the jobbing houses of the east
who may bo induced upon proper rep
resentations of the situation to open
large branch establishnionta in Omaha.
Those will bring the manufacturer and
aid greatly in the growth of the com-
mnrco of the city : The wholesale and
jobbing' trade Is by no means overdone.
Several largo houses are needed In now
lines of trade , and others would find u
good Cola In lines already represented.
THE JOIfU R-17K
The maximum freight si-hoilulo osttuV
llnhcd by the railroad cominlBstonors of
town , bettor known as the Nowborry
bill liiw passed the senate after n pro
tracted struggle just ns it came from the
houfio. The lilllvlll now go to tlio gov
ernor for his approval Hi1 veto. Thrco
or four dayBatfotjovornm'Boyd declared
that ho would be compelled to veto this
hill on the ground of its unreasonable
ness. If the governor adheres to his expressed -
pressed views It incry doubtful whether
the bill enn bo umclo a law notwithstand
ing Ills objections. If H docs become u
law , either by his nsscntorby u three-
fifths vote of both IIOUHO.A , It Is n grave
question vhothor Its provisions will bo
sustained by tlio supreme court.
Hut this doubt has ovldontly had no
weight with the-loadorB of the Independ
ents who have forced thin measure
throitirli both houses undo ? whip and
spur. With them the question of relief
for the people , and especially the ro-
ducerx , is a secondary matter. They
want , to enter the next campaign with a
grievance and charge the responsibility
for continued exorbitant raton upon the
democratic- governor find the republican
supreme court. "Give us an independ
ent { fovoriior mid nn anti-monopoly supreme
premo court mid the people will have
what they demand. " That will bo the
battle cry for this fall's and next year's
campaign.
Kut the people are not likely to bo
satipfled with I'obblo stones when they
uro crying for loaves of bread. Tlioy
want relief and redress this year and not
u warmed over grievance dished up
periodically with Hut promises of re
demption which nobody expects to see
f ul H lied.
VXCOXSTITUTIOXA h
The legislature has practically de
termined upon n scheme to deprive the
growing and moro populous counties of
their proper representation in the legis
lature by re-enacting the present legis
lative apportionment bill. It Is an
nounced that the legislative apportion
ment committed will report just such nn
unfair measure in spite of the protests
of fair-minded people and the express
provision of the constitution.
The constitution directs in unequivo
cal terms that the legislature shall ap
portion the senators and representatives
"according to the number of inhabi
tants , " Ills a provision which cannot
ho explained away or legally avoided.
On tills basis there should be ono sena
tor for eitch 32,088 people nnd one repre
sentative for each 10,589 , , calculating1 the
apportionment upon the census of 1800.
Leaving out of tlio question the rank
injustice to Douglas county where a
senator represents a population under
the proposed bill of over 512,500 and n
representative ever 17,712 , the proposi
tion is infamously unjust to other dis
tricts which have grown faster than the
state at largo.
Senatorial district No. 13 , consisting
of Holt , Garfield and "Wheeler counties ,
has u population of 17,605 ami ono sena
tor , district No. 22 , Sallno county , has
10,829 , and district No. 2 , comprising
Johnson nnd , Noinuhu counties 2'i,212.
On' the other hand district No. 14 , in
cluding Brown , Koya. Paha , Ohorry ,
Sheridan , Uawos , Box Butte , Sioux and
Hock counties , has -1-1,030 ; No , 20 , made
up of eight counties in the southwestern
part of the state , h > is 50,815 , nnd that of
the oxtrcmo west , consisting of fifteen
counties , has 44,550. , The senator from
ono district thus represents 17GOJ people
ple , nnd of another , embracing five or six
times the territory , 50,000.
Representative districts are1 likewise
unjustly made up. Richardson county ,
with 17,574 people , has throe represent
atives. .Representative district No. 51 ,
containing eleven western counties , has
but 0110 representative , though its popu
lation is 23,241. Richardson county has
ono representative to 5,858 , Pnwneo ono
to 5,170 , Nomnha ono to 0,875 , and this
far west district ono to 28,2-11 , while the
district including Sheridan , Dawes , Box
Butte and Sioux counties has ono rep
resentative for 23,3o3 pooplo.
The scheme is a palpable , inexcusable
fraud ; an outrage upon popular govern
ment ; a clear violation of the constitu
tion of the state , and a deliberate pur
pose to disfranchise a very largo number
of citlzons'of Nebraska.
TO JILAMKI
Who is to blame fur tlio fact that all
attempts at railroad regulation by the
present legislature have thus far failed ,
and that the state is scandalized and
disgraced by the absconding of a senator
at the moment when his presence is nec
essary to the success of measures which
ho is pledged to support ?
The present deplorable situation is
the work of lobbyists. This class of
venal corporation servants was never
more numerous or aggressive than at
the present session. Prom the first day
they have swarmed through the corridors
riders of the capital , filled the committee-
and cloak rooms , and oven crowded upon
the Hpors of both houses nnd nmdothom-
selves at homo in the seats of members.
They have plied their trade by ovovy
devious way and contomptlblo trick
known to the fraternity. Members who
could not bo bought have been Haltered
or cajoled , and those who could not be
Influenced otherwise have been compro
mised. Wlno , women nnd the gaming
table have boon used to the utmost ad
vantage by the unscrupulous hirelings
who were sent into the capitol to defeat
the will of the people by whatever foul
moans were nocossnry.
All this was foreseen. It was not to
ho doubted that in this supreme contest
between the people and the corpora
tions the latter would sock to use the
lobby with deadly oiToct But the legis
lature was warned in advance , by THE
HICK and through othorngonclos , to bo-
wuro of these subtle enemies of reform.
It wns ml vised to sot rigorous limits , beyond -
yond which the lobbyist would not dare
to go , and especially to keep them out of
the halls of legislation and the com
mittee rooms , The independent ma
jority was further urged to push
through the most urgent re
form measures , together with tlio
bills for the relief of destitute
settlers , at nn early stage of the session
while their members were under good
discipline nnd before the lobby should
have an opportunity to got In its work
of corruption.
AH warnings were disregarded , The
best days of tbo session , when the inde
pendent majority wan fresh from the
people and earnest In its desire for re
form , were wasted in u wretched scram
ble for the spoils of olllco. The lobby
was freely admitted to nil parts of the
Capital , nnd , long before the critical
stage of the session had boon reached ,
the carnival of corruption was in full
Mast. The apparent end in failure nnd
disgrace. It Is dun to the poor leader
ship of the independent majority nnd Its
\rnnton disregard of the advice of its
real friends.
And now , what do the people Intend
to do about itV Whontnen have been
elected upon solemn pledges of reform ,
nnd they have disregarded thoaopledges
nnd run away , what means of rodrcss
remains to the people ?
TO ItKVKHM CHICAGO.
The entire country is Interested in the
question of good government for Chi
cago. Two years hence the Columbian
exposition will open in that city , and In
the meantime and for months thereafter
Chicago will bo moro in the attention of
our own people and those of foreign
lands than any other American city.
Her character ns nn orderly , law re
specting community , where llfo nnd
property are secure under the protec
tion of good laws faithfully administered ,
or as a city in which the authorities nro
careless in the enforcement of law nnd
vice and crime are given latitude and
Immunity , will bo carefully noted nt
home and abroad. The record will have
a material oiTccl in determining the suc
cess of the exposition. However mag
nificent the display which thnt great en
terprise will bring together , there will
bo thousands of people who will bo do-
terrcd from visiting it if the administra
tion of municipal alTairs Is not such as to
warrant them in feeling that they would
bo as safe in the great metropolis as In
the city or town of their homo. Every
body understands Unit the great event
will attract to Chicago nn army of
the worst elements of society , Tlioy
will go there well provided with means
to corrupt the corruptible nnd to buy
immunity for their crimes , if it is to bo
bought. Shall those lawless classes bo
allowed freo. course , or bo hold in con
trol nnd restraint by the constant vigl-
limco and honest administration of the
municipal government ? It is not the
people of Chicago only who are In
terested in this question. It concerns
all who are looking forward to a sojourn
of weeks , or perhaps months , in that
city two years hence.
Now is the time for the people of
Chicago to show to the world that they
intend to have an honest and incorrupt
ible city government , and to say to the
millions whom they hope to make their
guests in celebrating the discovery of
America that they will bo prepared to
guarantee thorn every security possible
from n faithful and olllciont administra
tion of the laws. They appear to bo
fully alive to the importance of doing
this. The campaign is already in vigor
ous progress which promises to redeem
the city from its present misrule nhd give
it a government of law and order. " The
citizens' movement for this purpose , '
which embraces men of all parties , is
malcing headway with a rapidity that
augurs success. The democratic party ,
now in control , is divided , ana with two
candidates in tha Hold ought to ho easily
defeated , and undoubtedly will bo If this
situation of affairs Is maintained. Hut ,
in any event , the indications are most
favorable for the overthrow of the now1
dominant political element and the in
auguration of a now era in the munici
pal affairs of Chicugo thnt will in every
way bo greatly to the advantage of that
city. Nothing the people of Chicago
could do nt this time would moro
strongly commend them to the confi
dence nnd respect of the country , or bo
moro certainly conducive to the success
of the great enterprise which should
have their flrst and highest considera
tion.
ICilKSAS KKFOltM Ifl HETllOSl'KCT.
The indonondont party of Kansas re
views the work of the reform legislature
in a formal manifesto. It is nn interest
ing loaf from current political history.
The defeat of Ingnlls and election of
PoiTof is placed at the front as the most
glorious uuhiovomont of the session. It
was accomplished , the manifesto do-
clnros , in spite of the opposition of
"hired Ilcssians" nnd temptations of
bribery , and it "disproves the old maxim ,
thnt'ovory man has his prico. ' " The
Kansas independents certainly have rea
son for self-congratulation in the out
come of the senatorial contest. With a
majority in joint convention they would
have found n failure to defeat In-
galla rather difficult to explain to
their constituents. It roirmlns yet to
bo soon , liowovorhow much of real good
hna boon gained by this triumph. Thus
far all that is certain is the fact tlmt
Mr. Poffer has got himself elected to of
fice.
fice.The
The independents claim to have re
duced the appropriations for the next
blonnlnl period by ever $1,000,000 , nnd
to have kept the expenses Of the legisla
tive session within the old economical
limits , with the exception of unusual ex
penditures incurred by necessary invest
igations and ono case of impeachment.
They ilso claim to have made an oiirn-
cst effort to introduce economy In the
executive departments by the abolition
of useless commissions and sinecures.
The authors of the manifesto complain
bitterly of the action of the republican
hold-over senate in blocking various
reform measures inaugurated by
the house. There is doubtless some
ground for this complaint. A hold
over , sonnto is n monstrosity , nnd
Kansas might well niter her constitu
tion and render a recurrence of the experience -
porionco of the past few weeks Impossi
ble. Hut , on the other hand , the son-
nto has boon a very comfortable shield
for the ardent Kansas reformers. It
linn enabled thorn to make n democratic
demonstration with the assurance thtvt
it would ho perfectly harmless. Doubt
less some of the reformers were sincere.
It Is equally certain that some of them
were not. The latter clnfis "point with
pride" to their unsuccessful efforts for
reform and lay the blame on the senate.
They have thus made capital for future
campaigns , whllo accomplishing no good
for the people ,
An Interesting fouturo of the mani
festo is the nolo of satisfaction which it
fcounds ever Wfnct that no legislation
hhs boon onafc [ < jd to Injure capital or ns-
olst In the repudiation of debts. This IB
curiously nt H&lmica with the demands
of the last JKimpslgn nnd the recent
speeches of IWor , Simpson , Mrs. Lcaso
nnd others , ft , cuts the ground from
under the feet of the Independent load
ers In a largtf'flogrce , and leaves the
reader to do'ityl whether there would
over have bcon-a "popular uprising" in
Kansas if tho'fcampalgn there of 16)0 ! )
hud been in ifcjovlth the retrospective
manifesto of 18'Jl. '
Tlio actual results of the reform legis
lature of Kansas uro not moro creditable
than those accomplished by most of its
predecessors. It hna not done either
the good nor the harm that was antici
pated. Uut the soberest observer must
admit that the stnlo has suffered much
by the ngllatlon of the past year , nnd
tlmt the not gain to Its people is thus far
not apparent.
T//B / ; uTotAriA'D / > mourn. * : .
The Newfoundland fishery dispute
which has been moro or loss nctlvo
for a year or two past , has again as
sumed n serious aspect , and it seoniH
probable thai the lirltish government
will find the matter extremely trouble-
Eomo. The dispatches announce thnt
party lines in the colony are entirely
obliterated , mid thnt nil are united In
protesting against the coorclvo policy
which has been proposed in the British
pnrliamont and in demanding that
the rights of the colony asset
sot forth by legislative enactments
nnd otherwise shall bo protected
and guaranteed by the imperial govern
ment. If this is not done it is proposed
to renounce allegiance to Great Britain
and appeal to the United States for pro
tection and admission into the union.
In view of the importance this contro
versy has attained , and the far-reaching
influence it may have upon the relations
between Franco and England , as well ns
upon the colonial interests of Great
Britain tnthis continent , itwill _ bo In
teresting to briefly sum up its antecedent
history. The treaty of Utrecht , con
cluded in 17U ? , reserved to Franco
certain rights ever n portion of the New
foundland coast designated as the French
shore. Tlio phraseology reciting those
rights wns repented and confirmed byalj
the treaties of the eighteenth century ,
and by those of 1814 and 1815 , although
the boundaries of the eo-cnlled French
shore were varied In 1783. The lan
guage defining the French rights wns ,
however , ambiguous , nnd has boon sub
jected to widely tUtTorcnt constructions.
The French contend that by the terms
of the treaty they enjoy nn exclusive
right of fishery between Capo St. John
and Capo Kay , passing nround the
north of the , .island , and tliat all
British fixed settlements on the inter
vening coast are' contrary to the inter
national compact The Newfoundland
ers maintain , on , thq other hand , thnt
they have a concurrent right of fishery
so long as they do not interfere with the
fishery of the French , nnd that while
they have no right to fixed fishing set
tlements on tho-French' shore"'they have
n right to fixed settlements of any other
kind. They assert further that the
rights given "to Franco by the treaty of
Utrecht to catch flsji and to dry them on
the French shore , does not include a
right of erecting lobster canning factor
ies , for lobsters are not llsh and
canning is not drying. Another griev
ance on which the Newfoundlanders lay
stress is the bounty received by the
French fishermen from their govern
ment. This bounty , it is maintained ,
violates the terms of the treaties stipu
lating that the mode of conducting the
fisheries shall bo the same as theretofore -
fore , inasmuch as at the time of signing
the treaties no bounty was in existence.
The Newfoundlanders accordingly de
mand not only that the treaties shall re
ceive the construction which they put
upon them , but that even the treaty
rights , conceded by themselves to the
French , shall bo doomed suspended
until the bounty is suspondcd. The con
flict of construction has led to frequent
collisions between the French and the
Newfoundlanders.
Many efforts have been made to put
an end to this dispute by conventions
agreed upon between England nnd
Franco , but these have been rejected by
the Newfoundland legislature. Last
year a provisional arrangement was en
tered into between the British nnd
French governments by which the
French in Newfoundland were allowed
to maintain the lobster factories put in
operation during the previous year ,
and nlso to erect an indefinite num
ber of other factories. Against this the
legislature of the colony remonstrated in
nn address to the crown , but without ef
fect. As n rotnlintory monsuro the leg
islature passed a law imposing on for
eign fishermen a license for bnlt , nnd al
lowing only small quantities to bo bought.
When the French resorted to their own
Newfoundland coast for catching the
bnit , the British fishermen crowded in
and attempted to exorcise joint rights of
fishing. They were forced to take up
their nets by aJ French man-of-war ,
the commnndor , of which issued a
proclamation forbidding the people
of Newfoundland to fish for herring
in St. George's bny or to continue oper
ating their lobster-canning factories.
In conscquouco tof this the inhabitants
refused to pay duties oiMuiports on the
ground that thej British government ,
having refused toprotect them , lost the
ritrht to tax thorn.
The British njid French governments
have recently ngreed to submit the dis
pute , or certain phases of it , to arbitra
tion , nnd pending the result it is pro
posed to coerce the Newfoundlanders
into allowing the French to freely exor
cise the rights they claim. This propo
sition has exasperated the people of
Newfoundland , and they are 'ripe for re
volt in the event of parliament passing
the coercion bill , whether bolero or
nftor their ; representatives nro given a
hor.ring. Franco , of course , flrinly in-
slsts on the fulfillment of treaty obliga
tions , but it la suggested would cheer
fully tiurrondgr her rights In Newfound
land If England would withdraw from
Kpf.vpt , while it may also bo possible for
Great Britain to solve the difficulty by
purchasing all thoFrjmoh fishery righto
In Newfoundland. AH to the hope the
Newfoundlanders entertain regarding
the United States they will bo wlso to
dismiss 1L The people of this country
may sympathize with them , but they nro
not prepared to tiiko them Into political
fellowship , _ _ _
s ui'Kit txTt'mhyct : OF scitoot , n ui f.o-
ixas.
The proposed Investigation of the of
ficial conduct of the superintendent of
buildingtt employed by the board of edu
cation ntn salary of $1,800 per annum
may or may not result In discovering n
great deal of carelessness and corrup
tion , 11 will reveal the fact , however ,
that the superintendent of buildings is
moro a janitor in chief than his title and
salary would Indicate.
In n growing city like this In which so
many now buildings nnd enlargements
of old ones uro required by the Increase
in population , the superintendent
should bo n practical builder , not
merely n carpenter. IIo should be com
petent by training and experience
to select plans and carry on work under
them without the nsslstnnco of an archi
tect nt live per cent upon Ilio total cost
of the structures.
Omaha needs no original designs for
school buildings. It is not her duty to
devise models of school architecture.
Shocnii afford to accept the experience
of Chicago , Now York and other eastern
cities and build accordingly. A
thoroughly competent man tan rapIdly -
Idly select from plans owned
by other cities , the exact style suited to
the wants of Omaha , nnd purchase thorn
nt a gront saving in architect's fees.
Having the plans in detail the specifica
tion ; follow almost ns n matter of course
and nothing remains fofsuDcrinlondonco
except tlio actual workns it is performed
by the contractor.
If , by this proposed Investigation , the
board gets rid of Superintendent
Woolloy , it should not engage his suc
cessor merely because ho isn lively
rounder with the boys , or oven
a good , sober carpenter , but
should seek and find a builder
competent to protect the olty's interests
upon all contracts and trained to the
business of drawing working plans of
school buildings and directing all the
details of construction. A general
school tlnkoror can bo hired for loss
money than $1,800 n year.
AFTKit a thorough investigation made
by a committee of the Kansas legisla
ture , consisting of' three independents ,
ono republican and ono democrat , an nd-
verse report has been mndo of the work
ings of the metropolitan police law as at
present applied to Atchison , Kansas
City , Fort Scott , Lonvonworth , Topeka
nnd Wichita , The act wns intended
primarily to assist in the enforcement of
prohibition. The committee turn aside
light upon the subject which clearly
shows that each of those cities has sig
nally failed to prevent the sales of liquor
nnd the running of "joints. " Topeka
expended $15,000 ever and nbovo re
ceipts in the attempt , but has not ban
ished the ovils. In the other cities by a
plain evasion of the law the police de
partment has been mndo solf-sustaining ,
but "it is clearly made so"says the re
port , "through the encouragement it
gives to crimes and misdemeanors. "
The illegitimate' joints bribe the police
nnd they , being absolutely divorced from
nil responsibility to the people , escape
the supervision needed to make thorn
effective. The report concludes with a
recommendation that the metropolitan
police law bo abandoned nnd that the
cities affected bo allowed to enforce
their own police regulations. This ro-
povtis simply another official recogni
tion of the fact that prohibition in cities
under the most fnvornblo conditions is a
failure.
THE BKIS has boon asked to help the
citizens of Lincoln break up the rotten
municipal ring that has controlled the
political nnd financial nfl'airs of the cap
ital city for mnny years. This wo should
gladly do if it can bo done without de
parting from the policy THE BEE has
pursued editorially for years viz : to
keep out of all local fights waged in
other towns than Omaha. This does not ,
however , close our news columns to any
parties that mny desire to avail them
selves of them in advocacy of good gov
ernment.
"GENTLEMKSf with capital.nnd enter
prise will plouso confine , themselves to
the suburban villages. Omaha has
enough of both and must protect its cor
porations against competition. " This is
the oltoct of the notice served upon nil
concerned by a city council largely
owned nnd usually controlled by the
coroorato combinations of this city.
IN plain violation of the express pro
visions of the state constitution , the leg
islative apportionment committee has
the effrontery to propose n legislative
apportionment bill which loaves the dis
tricts as they were determined by the
net of 18S7 , based upon the state census
'
of 1885.
g
JANUARY 24 , 1891 , is the date of the
receipt by a council equimittoo of the
Ballou olcctrio light franchise. Where
has it boon all these two months ? Who
tried to smother It nnd who is back of
the effort to ends Us existence by
strangulation ?
TIIK anti-gambling law ns adminis
tered by our police judge is n fnroo.
What is the use of the police making
raids-so long as the court allows the
kcopors of houses and their victims to
go scot free ?
Applies to Private Mfc ,
I'hdfuMvhta Ilceonl.
When senatorial burials cost poachblow
prices It Is time to halt such personally con
ducted tours. _ _
Not a Heal Aiiol.
Diirliam Ol'ibe ,
The editor of the Asheville Citizen thinks
that because ho lives above the clouds ho IB
an angel. But ho Imi artificial wlntfs.
Kuitril to Utlicr Oilmen.
1'ltMxiiv fiUfiatfh.
Tlio ilogrco of intelligence 'moat urgently
required of Now Orleans Jurors at present
consists of knowing when to got out of town.
Way it AVorks.
A Maine man was murdered In a nnrroom
yesterday. As a prohibition state Maine Is
furnishing her full shnruol sensational news.
Dakota ICdltorlul Humor.
A South Dakota paper notes that the su
premo court ' 'has handfld down a decision on
brooches of trust. " The Huronltn replies
that "the itcdsloii.1 of that court must bo
Imiid-ino-d6wn . "
regular - -
Corporation Cocoons.
; ) r.i Miilnti Cnjitlii ! .
The monopolists , corpprato trusts nnd
RcbcmliiK tiomasoBtios nro the cnttcrplllara
that uro hatching out anarchists that \vlll
ultimately endanger the romibllu.
Outgrowing CrniilclMM.
JVcip Votfc .Sim.
Citizen Ocorgo PmncU Train has bccomo
lest eccentric in his speech niul ways limn ho
u soil to bo In former times. Occasionally ho
talks lilio n man of practical quality and or-
Oorly thouclit , A few cvcnlncs ago , when
ho made a speech nt a b.mquct of a literary
club in this city , ho surprised his huiulreil
hearers by tbo solidity ol hla ideas mid drew
forth applause by tlio force of hU language.
There is reason to four thoobllturntlon of oil
those peculiarities tbat formerly distin
guished the "citizen" from ordinary citizens ,
1'rlvntu VCnterprlso Must Get There.
With an appropriation of only $ T > 0,000 for
Nobniski.'s exhibit at the world's ' fair , tlio
state can no but llttlo uoyoml providing uus *
toJIuns anil a building or modcr.ita cost to
contain the display of its resources. 1'rlvato
enterprise must do the rest , and the money
for preparing nnd exhibiting a creditable
representation of Nebraska's ' products must.
bo mndo up by the progressive cities and
towns of the state , Noifollt tUioultl be "In
It , " and it la not u moment too oirly for the
citizens of the Sugar City to begin the work
of nroparation ,
Hoptililloniis Not Spendthrifts.
Stnntor Coclrclt ( f > / ! . ) .
On account of the laws enacted and con-
liiuiliifrln full force , I do not sco how any
very prcat reductions from the appropriations
of the Plfty-flrst congress can bo made.
Whether the revenues of. the government
will bo increased or diminished uy the tarlfC
law of October , 1890 , remains to bo deter
mined. Until the busliKfrs of the country
settles down under the new tariff law to
something like u steady basis no reasonable
estimate of revenue can bo inado. At tbo
sumo limp it Is Impossible to predict with
any degree of certainty how much money
will bo required for the needs of the povcrn-
munt. All predictions , therefore , us to the
appropriations to bo made hy the next con
gress uro of comparatively llttlo value at this
time.
issixti
Dashnwny I see that Robinson's
engagement has boon broken olf.
Clovertoii You surprise mo. Robinson ,
must have found out how poor the girl was.
D.xshnwny-No ; the girl found out how
poor UoDlnson was.
Hum's Horn : Slasher I hcnr that .Taw-
kins luis taken n wlfo from the xvaihtub.
Stabber That's not so ; she Is thcroyot.
niTUKBWIM ,
No ono understood how she got la the swim ,
But tlio reason at last they have found ;
Her language llowcd out with such terrible
vim
That she had to , or she'd have been
drowned.
Boston Gnzotto : Ono cannot klutlio much
of a llro with poUcr chips.
Now York Sun : Dr. Bush Would you
advise mo to have my picture huugl liasol
No ; solitary coiilhiciuout ought to bo suul-
ciuut.
Knoeh : Ho ( rejected ) "Would you marry
me if I had n million !
Sbo It would depend on the evidence.
Yale HccorJ : Jack Harry Is going straight
to a drunkard's ' grovo.
Tom He said ho wnnlod to go to some place
when h' ) uled where .ho could got liquor.
Now York Ilcrnhl : It isn't safe to Judge n
man hy the clothes ho wears they may be
long to his roommate.
1'uclt : Norah Oi'm sorry to say , ser , tbot
MHs Giddy Isn't nt homo. Mr. Coldo ( fnro-
tiously ) Why are you sorry , NoraU' ( Norah
Boenuso , sor.lt's Ibo biggest shlory Oi over
towld lu my life.
Now York Herald : IIo How did you
know I wns at tbo doori I didn't ' pull the
boll. She ( admiring the circlet ho has just
placed upon her linger ) I heard the engage
ment riug.
Snare Moments : "Amelia , dnrlinp. " "Yes ,
Arthur. " "You know wo are soon to Bo
married , " "Yes. " "And wo should learn
to bo economical in small things ? " "Yes. "
"Hadn't you better turn down tbo gasl"
Munsey's Weekly : Ponnls My novels go
through tbo mails as second-class matter.
.Sogay Isn't that rating them rather high ?
WHKKli IS UOIUNSON ?
Silverware Pollsli Peddler Wanders
Awny and in LoHt.
Mrs. Flora Uobluson , living at 20IG Iznnl
street , was a caller nt tbo central police sta
tion yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Kohlnson re
ported that her hushand had boon missing
since lost Thursday morning , and asked the
nia of the police in finding him , Hoblnson is
u peddler of a preparation for polishing sil
verware , and for the past sixteen years has
mode his living selling the stuff.
The missing man loft homo Thursday
morning saying ho was going to South
Omaha. Siuco then there Is no trace of him.-
Robinson , so says his wife , Is subject to oc
casional lits of limnnlty. Sometimes these
fits last only a day or so , ana ORaln for a
week. Mrs. Robinson fears that her hus
band has been seized with ono of bis fits and
has wandered off.
There would bo no cause for Kohlnson in
tentionally deserting his wlfo , as , it is un
derstood , his domestic relations were always
pleasant , lloblnsou married bis present wlfa
about throe years ago. she having a six-year-
old sou by a former husband. During those
temporary Ills of Insanity Mrs , Kobinsonsald
that her husband evinced a great dlsllko for
tbo child , b'ut beyond that their Homo life
had always been pleasant.
A description of the missing man was loft
nt the station and the police will keep n look
out for him. Mrs. Uoblnson is loft entirely
destitute. _
*
B EVI3NTIKN 1112 Tj I ) .
Ten Per Cent of tlio GobWert Gain-
lilern Have lo Answer.
At the afternoon session of the police court
the room wns crowded with gntnblow , their
friends and many of tnoso arrested as In
mates.
Judge Helsloy called up the prisoners ono
nt a time , returned to each his package of
valuables nml discharged him. Bolour Is a
list of the gamblers nnd dealers wlio were
held. Their trial Is sot for SJ p. in. , Friday :
W P. Meyer , Jumes Murdock , Will Nesto-
house , Ji ko Mack , H. I' . Haze , H , U. Kennedy -
nody Charles Blbbons , Buck Hcudcratiot ,
Henry 1'nrrish , Ole Oloson , Dun Gelser ,
Nell Pricu , Jamoi Wilson , Hilly Eversola ,
John Topjiln , ClinrlM Ucck and ITrea Itay.
FROM THE STATE CAPITAL ,
Motion to QuaiU Two Oountt Agdnst Me-
Inrlaud and Mrs. Shoeclj Overruled ,
"
FIUNG APPLICATIONS FOR LICENSES ,
Quito u Number of Ijlnooln Haloon
Men Want to Continue in HIM ( *
ness .MurderousNHiutlt
OdtlH nuil
Neb , , March 9.1 , fSpoclat to
I'm : liuj ) : Judge Field licnrct arguments
this morning on tlio motion to imnsli tLo.
firatutul second counts of tliu Indictments
agnlnst Monday Alcl'urkmd nni ) ilrs.yiieedy
on the ground thnt they charged crimes on
which the defendants h.id no preliminary ex
amination. Tlio motion was overruled , i'ho
dolonsu immediately llludn ilomurrcr to the
plea , alleging that it did nut constitute a
dofcnso. TliedoimiiTorwas sustained nt.d
Uio pica was knocked out. McFnilninl's ' i\t *
tornoys tliun lllccl n demurrer to the ilrst AIK |
second counts , practically the sixmo HI nbovo.
WAST LIQt'OU MCKX9KH.
These nro the days whi'u tlio liquor man bestirs -
stirs liimiclf to secure i > cniilssloii to run hla
saloon for another year. The following have
niod apDllcntlons with the city clorlt ; 15.
Hoppc , liiT South Tontli ; Irlson & Co , SIT
1' ; Schrocdor & IJeekman , SIT O ; AVUlliun
Menghor , Ml 0 ; Chnrlo * M. Standard , MM
0 ; Charles Mi-yor , 1131 0 ; John Manor , IMS
0 ; Otto Qxlnsor , Klovunth mid N | Schiller
it Ottcns , 12(5 ( South Tenth ; Kcony & O'liurfl , * "
1113 North Tent U ; I , . U Undsoy , Klaronth
nnd 1' ; H. , T. San dew , 1009 Pj .Toolunge , 1'Jl
South Eighth ; P. J. Kennedy , 125 North
Twelfth ; A. Mooney , : : It ) North Seventh ; \V.
V. Snlilor , 128 North Tenth : U. "Wise & Co. ,
83 ! ) 0 : ] ' . IA NoonanSit , North Seventh ;
Charles Imimn , 10'Wl' ; L. A. Jvsensky , i S
North Tenth ; Carpenter & Uielofolilt , Capi
tal hotel nnd ID'S ' N ; J. 0. Oppenhoiincr , U'JT
North Tenth ; ClarenceWnrdwoll , I'JT. North
Eleventh ; S. Scllgsouii , ISM North Tenth-
twenty-Jlvo in nil.
WHAT 13 THOUGHT or mi : mn .umo.w.
l.nbor Commissioner .fcnhlns hm received
n letter from hit cousin , John L. .Tonkins , Into
private secretary of tlio premier In Now
South Wales , .Australia , and now n prominent
Journalist then ? , mill tlio following interest'
IKR excerpts are innilo from it by the permis
sion of thocnmumsloiior :
" .Much obliged for the copy of Tin ; OMAHA
IlKiiyoii sent me , and snr.ll heglndto receive
more. It seems to 1110 a We paper for n daily ,
especiallyoa butncompuratlvely small portion x'
ofltiUiiiconupbynilvortiiemonts. Ourd.iilles
m Auitralla are moro suited for coinniercinl
men and the breakfast table , while Tins HKH
would take nil day to read. It seems , however -
over , to bo n solid paper , certainly very out-
spouen nnd lively. "
A Oltl.M CONFESSION.
.Tnmes Paine and Joe Landers were ehnrgod
with the heinous crime of having stolen iv
roll of cnrpot from n man who deals in second
end hand goods , on Klovbnth street between
TJ nnd M. The carpet was found In Palno's
house in the bottoms. Landers denied his
guilt , but Pnlno was frank. Ho said that ho . , -
had been picking up paper in the alloy for
several dnys , nnd seeing that the man loft
his door open supposed the carpet was no
good , nnd walked oft with it. Ho was given
$10 and costs to pay , whllo .Too went forth a
free man.
A MunninouH : ASSAW.T.
On Saturday evening lust Pete Benson ,
who lives in a small house on Third mid CK
streets , had some callers , who were nosoonor
Inside than they sot upon Benson and beat
him unmercifully. Ho was knocked down ,
stamped upon , his fneo cut and bruised nnd
one of his less broken in two places. Benson
savs the mob was led by a follow mimed Prod
liiiiKCr. The place is a"rendezvous' for nlco-
hoi , Jatnncln ginger and boor drinkers , \vho
mnkollfo a burden to residents. The place
is kept by ono Bock , and tlio iHtontlon of tlio
police has boon called to the don for suppres
sion. Uensoii is In very bud shape. JJIntror
was arrested , uut denies making tlio assault.
M > T A Tiir.rr HOT A JOKK.
T. M. Martin is a young painter. Ho has
been engaged by Pawnbroker Goldwatcr to
paint a sign , and while visiting nround the
shop Saturday conceived that to impress the
Oolciwater family with Ills ability as a humor
ist would bo a line thlinr for him. So whllo
no ono wns looking ho slipped ft pair of pants
under his arm and started to po out. Mrs.
Uoldwnter stooped him nnd ordered him to
deliver over the goods. IIo protested it was
only a Joke , hut n big policeman took him to
the station. This morning Martin Held a
consultation with Goldwntcr , who speedily
told the court Unit ho believed It was u
"Joke. " The judge ordered Martin's ' release ,
but ndjurcd that humorist that 1m should
hereafter furnish n diagram In ndvanco to
the police when bo was about to perpetrate
ouo of his momentous Jokes.
IIUTM'.H WAS HASH.
In the case of David Butler Lincoln Uroen
against David Butler and John it. Wright ,
Dntlor this mornlncr filed an answer admit
ting that In n r.ash moment ho had agreed to
donnto a certain lot to the first inalo child
born in the city of Lincoln in case said child
would take his name and that of the future
great city , IIo snys that the writing was
wholly voluntary and without consideration.
He denies that plaintiff over paid tlio sum of
fl or any other sum for said lot , or hos he
ever entorcd into Its possession or inado any
Improvements thoreon. That no benollt of
any Kind has over accrued to this defendant
and ho wants it dismissed against him.
ODDS AND K.VPH.
Saturday wns T. F. I asch's birthday , and
the event WIIP very agreeably celebrated by
the ladies of Charity lodge , Daughters of Uo-
bokali , wlio greatly surprised that gentleman
by calling upon him and his wifoutthuir
home , lii--l 1C street. The ovcninc wits pleas
antly spent at games and social converse ,
Charles White , u depraved youth , has boon
arrested , charged with petit larceny , A
feminine customer of J. / . Briscoo laid her
pocketbook down on tlio counter for a mo
ment while she looked at some goods. White
snatched it and skipped. Ho was released on
bail.
Frank Mitchell , the colored fellow who
lives at the polieo station moro than ho does
at any other place , swallowed several quarts
of liquor Saturday ana a'terwards stole a
sac.it of Hour from Grocer Scliullcr. AVhllo
running with his load ho fell and the sack
was hurst open , IIo loft it lying there nnd
wandered over to Halter's moat market
where ho stole a sheep , but had to drop it ,
as pursuit was too lively. Ho was Jlimlly
corralled and , having promised to leuvo town ,
the court suspondud sentence.
The Alissourl Pacific has been annoyed
very nuicb of Into by a gnnr of bums who in-
vadothuirsandlioiiHoln order to sleep. Tlioi'o
Is a great , big heater in there , and the kand
being Kept very warm to ba thoroughly dry
affords a splendid nlnco to snoozuln. Last
night the police raided the place nnd cap
tured fifteen fellows curled up In the sand.
Three of them were discharged this morning ,
as they were sucixusful in Inducing the ruirt
to bcllovu their story about having Jobs
waiting for them , while the others \vero
trlvon ten days each.
Walter Hunter , thoyoung lad charged with
committing a scries of burglaries in Univer
sity I'laeo , was arraigned before Justice
Cochran ihli afternoon.
In this morning's lii ) : : appeared tbo stnto-
tnent that the foot of the docket of th'o
supreme court commenced Wednesday. It
should read that It commences Wednesday.
Highest of all in Lsivening rower. IT , S. Gov't Report , Aug. 17 , 1889.
PURE