Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMAHA DAILY J3J ! TUJUSJDAtf , APJUX 7 , 1801.
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Ktf wheat IB iv short crop In the otii
world it is worth whtlo for American
fnrinurfl to sow an iiicronseil ncrctiga.
TUB nmcntlnionls to tlio Oinnhn chnr-
lor hnving buon pnssod by the loglaluturo ,
wo can now hogin to make calculations
for puhllc iinrovomonts. ) )
A IUAI. : un do pyramid nilnowith drifts ,
tuimols. shafts , tramwaymind all the np-
pliiuiccs of mining1 is to bo a part of tlio
milling exhibit ut the Coluinbiun expo
sition.
Tun patent centennial celebration at ,
flvo dollars per plate la not BO enthusias
tic an nffair us it might have boon if the
InvitatloiiB had suggested no pecuniary
obligation. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
KANSAS CITV and Denver are quarrelling
rolling over their proposed commorclal
congrossoH. Inasmuch as they nro a
month apirt : why not agree that both
shall ho successful ?
CiiAitLES A. DANA , editor of the Now
York Sun , hits had his salary advanced
from $15,000 to $50,000 a year. This
is done ( o unable him to associate with
the railway presidents , Standard oil
innpimtos and insurance ) ofllcors of Now
York pity.
No wonder the democrats howl over
their defeat in Rhode Island. They had
the state government and all tlio political
machinery in their hands. Under those
clrcuuibtnticos , considering the diminu
tive job they had on hand , defeat is
especially humiliating.
Tim tax commissioners ofNow _ York
in face of a very stringent law makes
the deliberate assertion that nine-tenths
of the personal property of that great
city escapes taxation. As a moans of
heading off the great millionaire tax-
dodger a bill is pending in the No\y ,
York legislature to tax all inheritances
over ? 5,000.
PUOHIIUTIO.V STiucicuiu's portrait
looms up in the hoird of trade souvenir
Hko a knot on u fish line , und the most
Kvqulslto exhibition of gall displayed by
the late Pullman car conductor is in ncl-
tortising himself as the author of the
Australian ballot law. If this piece of
monumental , imposture proves a success ,
nil the enrolling clerks and copyists em
ployed by the legislature will hereafter
lay claim to authorship of all bills they
\ are employed to copy.
SODTHRKK newspapers are not es
pecially enthusiastic over the selection
of David Doimott Hill of Now York to
deliver the oration at the unveiling of
the Grady monument at Atlanta. The
Charleston JVciM , a democratic journal ,
considers Governor Hill about the most
unsuitable person who could bo selected.
It says Grady was a patriot , with a love
of country embracing the continent ,
whllo Hill id a more "machine poli
tician , whoso vision is measured by the
horizon of his personal ambition. " The
governor-senator will road those com
ments with both interest und chagrin.
Tun republicans of Iowa like the dem
ocratic bourbons of old , do not seem to
loam anything. Ever stnoo they loaded
up with prohibition the party has experienced -
porioncod defeat and disaster until the
majority has dwindled do.vn from 50,000
to below zero. Kvory tltno a battle has
boon fought and lost the leaders admit
that prohibition was the prlmo cause ,
but lllo the nmn who grasped the
poles of mi oleotrio Knocking machine ,
they are unable to lot go nnd are terribly
Hhakon up in holding on. Iv.ist fall
nourly every active republican of Iowa
from .1. S. Clarkson down to the village
editor publicly proclaimed prohibition a
delusion and u mmro. It was the con
sensus of opinion among all classes of
Iowa republicans that the party would
have to retrace its course , relegate
the prohibition fallacy to the
third party prohlbltlonUls nnd lot
the party henceforth plant Itself
upon the cardinal principles on
whbh It has boon founded , lint after
all the costly lesson * , the loading poli
ticians and organs over in Iowa lack the
oonrrge to cut loose from their prohibi
tion nlllqs and their want ot Htmulna in
utmost certain to drag the party down
Into another disastrous campaign ,
T7/B LATK
It Is never safe to pralso a man until
ho is dead. The snmo rule applies with
crrt'iitcr force to a body ot men composing
a state or national legislature.
The Into legislature entered upon its
work with profuse promises of reform.
A majority of both houses wore elected
as reformers and pledged to bring about
a radical nnd wholesome departure'
from the offensive methods of the
old party machine politicians. The two
IIOUBOS wore duly organized by the
reformers and the old party place hunt
ers and barnacles were not given a smoU'
of the llosh pals. But the old barnaeMs
only made way to now spoil hunters
who If anything were more hungry than
the old ( men.
The high Idonl of economy and re
trenchment which had boon preached at
alllnnco lovcfooHtn during the campaign
wns discarded when II. came to bo put
hito practice. There waq the Damn/
pressure on the now that there had boifn
on the old party , nnd the same tempta
tion to distribute soft jobs to friends and
relatives.
This r.vid upon the stnto treasury was ,
however , u more trlllc when compared
with the reckless waste of precious
tlmo during the first half of the session.
The reformers entered the legislative
arena loaded down with u , contest begot
ten by unscrupulous lawyers and ambi
tious loaders. The ruling majorIty - "
Ity In the legislature lost Bight
of the vital Issues and objects
for which the embattled farmers
liad banded together and frittuicd away
three weeks in n profitless struggle over
spoils.
After a 00 days' session tlio re
form legislature" has onpraftod upon our
statute books only three or four meas
ures of general importance and those
measures are to bo credited
as much to republicans and dem
ocrats as they are to independ
ents. The Australian ballot law was
supported unanimously by members of all
parties. The bill to compel slate and
county treasurers to turn over the inter
est derived from public funds into their
respective treasuries was supported
promiscuously by members of all parties.
The bills to create a Bttvto board of health
and the bills for the regulation of pub
lic warehouses and inspection of gr.i'm ;
the world's fair appropriation and nearly
all important bills were passed without
drawing party linos. Tlio eight-hour
law and several bills In the interest of
the laboring classes had also the gener
ous support of the great majority of the
legislature regardless of party.
The greatest blunder of the session
was the course pursued in reference to
railroad legislation. It was expected
that the railroad committees of the two
houses would got together and arrange
for a thorough investigation ot the abuses
to which Nebraska shippers and nroduc-
ors had been subjected. After a careful
comparison of Nebraska rate schedules
with those of Iowa , Missouri and Illinois ,
they were expected to engage an export
in railroad rates and formulate a maximum - >
mum freight bill that would materially
reduce rates , afford rollot whore it is
most needed , always bearing in mind
the difference In the volume of trufllc
aud relative cost of operating and main
taining roads in Nebraska and adjacent
states. Such a bill , or a bill fixing
maximum rates on the principal staples
which the producers of Nebraska export
nnd import , could have boon passed and
wo bollovo would have received the gov
ernor's sanction and stood the test of
our courts. Even if it had boon vetoed
there would have boon little doubt of its
passage over the head of the governor.
But'tho independents In the legislature
who specially championed the railroad
bills , would hoed'no advice and
did not oven see tit to take any con
certed action about railroad legislation.
The senate and house committees on
railroads never hold a joint mooting.
The chairman of the senate committee ,
Mr. Stevens , introduced a bill which ho
had prepared in conjunction with two or
throe export lawyers. This bill had for.
Its basis the Iowa rate and was'framed
so ns to make an allowance
of 10 to 20 per cent in favor of Iowa
over Nebraska. The house committee
sublet the framing of its bill which be
came a substitute for the original bill
introduced by Nowborry to a shyster
lawyer nnd jumping jack who knows a
good deal loss about maximum rates
than ho does about law and that is
precious little. This person copied
the lowest rate schedules on
the Iowa trunk lines "and the
bill thus begotten \vns pushed throncrh
both houses under whip und spur. The
bill covered 2-30 pages of manuscript and
with two or three exceptions the mem
bers who voted for it did not know anymore
moro about its provisions or practic.il
olToct than they do about the Chinese
language. And the cry wont forth "tho
Nowberry bill or nothing. " And the
result , as predicted by Tan BKE. is
nothing. *
The faamo is true of the usury bills ,
ThoEonnto passed iv modor.ito usury bill.
The Independents of the house Insisted
that they would have their own bill or
nothing. On the last dny of the session
when nothing was in sljrht they tried to
force the passage of the senate bill , but
fullod to miiBtor enough votes.
Bnrrliifr its Impossible hostility to
everything thnt orlgtmitod in Omnha
and its many visionary sohomos , the in-
noponilont legislature wns a very re-
bpoctablo body. Its fnlluros to accom
plish what it was elected to do was
caused oy lack of experience nnd want
of capable leadership. The rank
und fllo were earnest and honest mon cio-
slrons to regenerate the stnto , improve
the condition of the producers nnd curb
the power and greed of corporate mon
opoly. Future hlatorlnns will commend
the Into legislature moro for what it has
not done tluin for what it has dono.
UXDKlt T1W .VBH'JUir.
The now immigration law wont into
effect April 1 with full preparation for
its olllclont enforcement. One of the
llrst results of Its application was the re
turn to the masters of the vessels which
brought thorn over ot a number of per
sons allllcted with incurable and con
tagious diseases and others which , in
the opinion ot the inspectors , were
likely to become public charges. The
steamship companies must provide for
thorn pending the sailing of the vessels
nnd return thorn to the port from which
they sailed free ot charge.
The indications are that it is the Intention -
tontion of the officials to rigidly con
strue the provisions of the law , and if
this is done a great tinny wilt be kept
out of Uio country who would have boon
admitted under the old la\v. The pro
vision requiring that immigrants , In
order to bo allowed to lan.l , shall bo free
from a loathsome or n dangerous con
tagions disease cannot be objected to ,
but classing among the latter consump
tion , as was done In the case of
some of these . rejected last week ,
might not obtain the favorable verdict
of scientific men. There is a
popular misapprehension regarding the
exclusion of assisted immigrants , this
provision not bolng applicable to per
sons who have boon sent for by relatives
or personal friends residing In the
United States , antl who do not belong in
one of the excluded clas'sos.
The now law is comprehensive and
provides dvory reasonable safeguard
against bringing Into the country unde
sirable Immigrants , but still there is
hoard the demand for additional restric
tions , and it Is highly probable that the
next congress will again bo appealed to
for further amending the law In this di
rection. The flwt two months of the
present year showed a considerable Increase -
crease over the corresponding porlod
of lust year , with n larger percentage of
the undesirable class , which gave war
rant for a renewal of the donrind , and
ono ouggestlon now made IB to prohibit
immigration at will and limit the number
bor to 100,000 a year. The unfortunate
incident at Now Orleans supplies another
text for sounding an alarm and calling
for the exclusion of assassins and an
archists. All intelligent people will
readily see that those are not practic
able remedies. There is not ono
sound reason why , if 200,000 in every
way acceptable foreigners came to our
shore in any ono year , wo should exclude
half of them , nnd as to keeping out as-
saoslns and anarchists , how would it bo
possible to dotormiryj who are sucli ? If
any.ono has committed the crime of as
sassination and the fact Is known when
ho arrives at ono ot our ports the law
excludes him , and no law could bo made
to do more than this , while as to anarch
ists it would bo equally dilncult to pick
them out oven if } l were desirable to depart
part so far from American policy as to
make the political sentiments ot foreign
ers a test ot their claims to admis
sion to our shores.
This subject was 'thoroughly consid
ered by the last congress in the light of
mcts obtained from thorough in
vestigation and of the opinions of citi
zens who had made nn intelligent study
of the question. The result was a judic
ious nnd comprehensive law which if
faithfully enforced will remove all reasonable
enable ground of complaint regarding
immigration and reduce to n minimum
the danger from the admission of undo-
slrablo classes.
OFF WITH TtlK
The working season is hero. The
legislature has passed an act making 60
per cent of the road tax of the city , col
lected by the county available for city
purposes. The grade of Douglas street
from Slxtctnth to Twentieth street has
boon established. The award of dam
ages has been made. The amount
awarded to those not waiving damages
has been provided for. The dis
trict against which the assessment
of tno o&tof the proposed improvement
will Ho has boon determined. The ordi
nance ordering the grade has boon
drawn up by the city engineer and road
twice before the city council. It can bo
brought up for third reading at any
mooting.
There is no opposition to this import
ant improvement. All interests alfoctod
urge that it bo accomplished without
delay. The central part.of the city will
bs vastly benefited by it. It should bo
undertaken ns soon ns a contract can bo
legally awarded.
Tlio attention ot the council is called
especially to this matter. The proper
committee in consultation with the
board of ' county commissioners
can probably arrange at once for using
a part of the road fund under the now
la won Douglas stroot. The real estate
owned by the county and occupied by
4ho court house and that upon which
the city hall is located owned by the city
will alike bo benefited by the proposed
grade , not to spoau of its importance to
private owners In the vicinity.
Important building enterprises
\vlllpll Invnlvn tllA f\vr\miiHfm rt nf Inl.firn
suras of money' for material and labor
are at a standstill pending the comple
tion of this necessary improvement.
The council delegation from the
Fourth ward will perform a service of
especial value to their constituents by
expediting the work of removing the
Douglas street hog-back.
TllK MILITARY Sl'llilT.
The war department continues to receive -
coivo offers of volunteers to bo employed
in fighting Italy. These offers are not
very important in themselves. All the
men they represent would not maka
moro perhaps than a brigade. Besides ,
such olTors betray Ignorance on the part
of those making them of the fact that
any foreign war which the United States
might engage in would have to bo fought
out on the ocean. But they have n value
as showing that the military spirit 'still
prevails among our people , and that
were this country driven into a war with
any other nation the government would
not only find no dllllculty In raising nn
army , but undoubtedly would llnd it
necessary to decline the services of thou
sands who would olTor themselves to de
fend the nation. It is this fact which
other nations very well understand , cou
pled with the exceptional roadlnoas of
our people in meeting the demands of
nn emergency that Is really almost as
valuable to us as a safeguard against the
hostility of olhor nations as would bo
coast defense ? , a first class navy and a
great standlngnrmy. An English journal ,
referring to the common remark that
the United States would bo no match for
Italy on the sea , said that whllo this
would bo the Cftso at the outset , In a very
short tlmo the American people would bo
amply equipped to moot every demand ,
and this foreign paper Hinted what every
Intelligent citizen of this country fouls.
Nearly two million mon enlisted in
the urmlus of the Union during the war
of the rubollton anil there were moro
than a million * < ln the confederate sldo.
The two armfc < H ifwupt the H u-tlons pretty
clean of flghUnR material. The proportion
tion ot KoldluW to pO"iltitlon | ut that
tlmo wn-B nbortt'oiio ' to nlno. At this
ratio the country now possesses not far
from seven mfljlon mon capable of bearIng -
Ing arms , andt ' | Is tmfo to say thr.t the
government oatud ( command the services
of at leant oitcthlrd of those us soon
altcradeclnr to'nbf ' war as It would bo
possible to orirtuilzo them into iirmlos.
Such n forpo wtiuld bo Invincible In de
fense of our ow'n" soil , for It would not bo
n mercenary armybut ono Inspired with
the most ardent patriotism. There will
never bo any danger of the soil ot the
United States being Invaded by n foreign
foe. Her sons will never ponnlt that
dishonor. A foreign navy might make
trouble at our exposed seaports , but no
BOltllor with hostile intent will train entrance -
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trance Into this country. lIonco the ab
surdity of the reports coming from Cana
dian sources of preparations "in appre
hension of a conflict with this country.
Were such a thing to happen the Do
minion would bo overrun by an American
army In a wbok , and all the power the
Canadian people could command , with
the support and material assistance of
the imperial government would JJQ help
less to prevent it.
It is interesting to note that the mon
of the south nro no less ready than those
of the north to ofTor their services to
the government , and undoubtedly none
would respond moro eagerly to a call
for soldiers than the mon who fought to
establish the confederacy.
A JM/'AOJMWO VICTORY.
It has. rarely happened in the history
of diplomacy that a moro decisive vic
tory was won at the first stroke than
that achieved by Mr. Dlnino in his letter -
tor in reply to the demands ot the Italian
government. In spirit nnd in matter
that letter will take Its place among the
most notable productions of diplomatic
correspondence. Calm and dignified in
tone , clear and oxplicit.in tlio enuncia
tion of the established-principles nnd
practice of the government , and direct
in stating lite views and intentions of
the United States , Mr. Blaino'a note
commanded the unqualified approval ot
this country and turned the tables com
pletely upon the foreign power. It has
boon as warmly commended by the po
litical opponents as by the pirty friends
of the secretary ut state , whllo it has
boon hardly loss fortunate in the esti
mate of foreign .commentators , and it
has unquestionably given its author
ffroator prominence and respect in the
world of diplomacy than ho before on-
joyed. If there Juis over bean any doubt
regarding the ability of Mr. Blalno to
deal wisely with the most serious and
delicate dllliouUios that may arise in
our foreign relations there probably is
none now. In , a sudden and anomalous
situation ho ha&dotnonstratcd that ho is
fully equipped fbl" any emergency possi
ble to occur in our intercourse with
other natlons.i
Interest in thp'ls ' uo with .Italy Is still
active in this country and.abroad , but.
there is not associated with it any fool
ing of apprehension regarding a peace
able settlement. It appears that the
Italian people are by no moans unani
mous in approving the oourso of their
government , but-what will ba still moro
influential in preventing the ardor of
that government from overleaping pru
dential bounds is the practically bank
rupt condition of the national treasury.
Italy is confronted by the danger of aa
acute financial crisis , which only the ut
most care and prudence can iivort , and
were she to engage In hostilities with
the United States , hnving'to ' rely upon
an increase qf taxation for the moans to
carry on n war , such disaster to her
homo interests would ensue that revo
lution would ulmost inevitably follow
her certain defeat. The credit of the
government is so low that it would prob
ably find it impossible to borrow the
money necessary to prosecute hostili
ties , and the industrial situation of
the people will not bear additional taxa
tion. It is signlllcantof the moro pacific
fooling that has obtained at Homo that
Italian counsels in this country have
been instructed to act with calmness and
prudence. Later .developments in the
dllllcnlty will bo regarded with univer
sal interest , but there is every reason to
believe that nothing will Occur to pre
vent a settlement by the usual course of
diplomacy.
T//K irasrw/it.v CO.VORBSS.
The western states commercial con
gress which will convene In Kansas City
April 14 nnd remain In session during"
the week is regarded with widespread
interest , indie itlng that its delibera
tions will command greater attention
than any convention of recent years not
of a political character. It is reported
from Washington that President Harrison
risen may take the occasion which his
invitation to attend the convention af
fords him to write a letter in which ,
among other thing.ho will refer to the
p'olluv of reciprocity and tlio advantages
to the west expected from it. Undoubt
edly other public mon will contribute
valuable information and suggestions re
lating to the sabjfects which tfio conven
tion is called to consider , thus present
ing a collection , of Intelligent opinion
upon questions wrcctlng western inter
ests nnd the wiltjire of the ontlvo coun
try that may bcsof the greatest import
ance in its influence upon general public
opinion. 'iJ | }
Among the sub. jocts to bo discussed by
the congress ai3 the Cause and remedy
of the general Ulislnoss and agricultural
depression , transportation , markets for
western products , the currency , irriga
tion , taxation , reciprocity and inter
national trade extension , immigration
and the development of western mineral
lands. Most of thpso subjects nro gojjoral
In oharactor , having relation to the in
terests nnd welfare of the whole country ,
but perhaps affecting in u larger degree
the development nnd prosperity of the
west thnn of any other section. It is the
Intention to conIIno tlio discussions of
the congress strictly to economic sub
jects nnd to ponnlt no party Issues to bo
injected into the proceedings , but from
the chnractur of HOIUO of thu topics that
will bo proposed , It Is evident that It
will not bo an easy matter to steer
wholly clear of politics in ono form or
another. ITowovor , it will doubtless bo
found practicable to keep out politics to
such nn extent that It will not bo allowed
to Interfere with the value of the de
liberations.
It Is perhaps unfortunate that two con-
greases nllku In character and objects
should have boon called to moot within a
month of ouch other , but no Injury will
bo done to the cause to bo served If the
results of their deliberations do not
clash , A t'cmoriu1wan tot harmony In
the opinions and acts of the Kansas City
and Denver conventions would bo fatal
to tlio inlluoncoof both. Otherwise they
will complement each other , with the
olTecl of giving their proceedings greater
force upon the public opinion of the
country. It Is to bo hoped that nothing
will bo permitted to prevent such a re
sult.
Tlilsuuis more to Omaha In the ontcr-
talnmont ot the general conference of
the Methodist church than the imme
diate results. The central location of
this city makes It , the natural mooting
place fur commercial , scientific , charita
ble and political conventions. Hitherto
the only quostlon hnshoun as to our abil
ity to provide ontortalnmont for the
crowds which attend upon such occa
sions. By properly entertaining the great
Methodist body Omaha conclusively es
tablishes her right to on tor the lists as a
formidable competitor for the great na
tional conventions hold from time to tlmo.
JOHN GROVES is the city clerk. Ho
is responsible for the safe keeping of
olliclnl documents placed In his care.
Iloowosit to" himself nnd the city to
clear his ofllco from the suspicion of
having mutilated a city ordinance for
the purpose of defeating Its purpose , or
of having allowed tome person not Im
mediately connected with his olllco , to
commit this act of vandalism.
AJIONO olhor acts of omission for
which the late legislature Is entitled to
credit is the omission to pabs the bill
providing that presidential electors
Bliall ho elected by districts. This
bchoino of the democrats to steal the
state in 1892 very properly failed.
TIIK 5 per cent penalty for adver
tising nnd selling lands for delinquent
taxes has boon abolished by a bill with
an emergency clause. Hereafter 20 pot *
cent per annum to the purchaser ot the
tux titlo'nnd the cost of advertising will
bo the penalty.
Till ! council and city clerk should not
rest until the responsibility for thomu-
tilatlonof thecitvordinance crrantimr an
electric light franchise has boon located
mid the guilty party punished.
UNDKU the now charter as amended
the city clerk Delected by the people and
the date of the city election is changed
from the first Tuesday in December to the
first Tuesday in November.
"LOST in the shufllo" Is the flippant
excuse given for the destruction of the
title page of nn ordinance after it had
been considered nnd passed by the coun
cil. This will not do.
AN international controversy dis
turbed the equanimity of Saturday's ses
sion of the board of county commis
sioners. . ,
OarAHA will not fail to provide the
guarantee fund of $25,000 necessary to
.secure the Methodist general conference.
Tnn passage of the warehouse bill will
help to make Omaha a great grain mar
ket.
They Gii7.7.lo Just tlio Samo.
I'Mlaildphtct Ltilaer.
Muino bos adopted a brand-now prohibi
tion law. She's had a great many In the
lost thirty years , but liquor drinking nnd
liquor soiling have goao straight along down
thoro.
Lilco Tramp * .
JVeif Tnrlc TI'ojW.
The effort to enlist Indians In the army
brings out the surprising fact that "tho great
majority of the bucks are physically unlit for
tlio military service. " They hnvo never 1m
pressed the nrmy In thftt way during its
campaign against thorn.
Cautious
miailtlithta Jlcennt.
Stock brokers loni ? for n return of the gooc
old tiino previous to ISSi , at which tlmo thij
paralysis thnt hns boon gradually kllhn ? ofl
the speculative mnrkat lint began to show
Itsolf. Beats In the Philadelphia otpel : ex
change , which now would propably no
bring * V 00 , tbo11 s ° 14 tor $ J,030' , At the
same tlmo seats la the Now Yorlt exchange
were sollInK for $30.000. Now they can bo
bought for $18,000 There hua been a markoi
iioclino lu speculation by tno general public
duo to a well grounded belief that they have
no chance for n fair show when the market
can bo manipulated by tlio great operators as
they wish. The volume of business Is loss
now nt both the Now York and Philadelphia
exchanges than it was ten years ago.
What AlnUon Onoil Gltlzon <
Kew York 'J'rihitnr.
The statistics of immigration at this per
for the last month Illustrate ono reason fo
tlio opposition sometimes expressed to tlio un
restrained ndnilttnnco of certain classes o
foreigners. Mtio-tontlts of the ftalinn immi
grants were men , whllo nearly hnlfoftho
Germans nna the largo proportion of the so
from tno British Isles wore women. The nn
migrants who bring their families w 1th them
usually obtain permanent uoinus hero aud be
coino attached to their adopted country
while these who li'avo their fumllloi nt homo
without any expectation of sending for then
seldom have moro than n hnlf-boartud later
est In tno welfare of the republic. They do
not spend their money hero , bul board It , In
the hope that they m.iy return to hvo at ease
in their old homos. Even If they have the
virtues of Industry nnd frugality , they are
not the most patriotic and useful of citizens.
JtHl'liT/X ' 3 lli.l ItTS.
1' . II. Cwtin duY. 1 * . Sun.
HE.
Within tbo shadow a drooping face ,
Crowned by n wealth of tlowun and lace ,
Dark brown eyes under white lids piosscd ,
Aud fingera that love to bo carosspd.
A throat thatglisUms 'neath priceless poarU ,
Koso In the rosobuJ gnrduu of ( 'lrts ,
I Urcnm of her nightly , uay coquette ,
And wonder If I've half won her yell
Or if she would look ns sweet nnd fair
To some other man who by chunco was there.
sriK. '
Within the Hhadow , tlio llghU turned down ,
Par from the nouo of the rostlcsa town ,
V/lillo pycs of tbo boldest , deepest blue
Seem to bo looking mo throucrliand through ;
A stroug nanil clasping about my own
With a touch that stralsht to my heart 1ms
flown ;
Do I love him ! YOJ , and always will ;
Aly ho.irt responds to nu own heart's ' tlmll ,
Hut ho looks as tenderly , f supposo.
In the eyes of ovcry girl no knows.
SWITCHMEN ABOUT TO STRIKE
Incaalnosa Among Tkosa in the Employ of
tlio Darlington nt Lincoln.
DISCHARGE OF UNION MEN THE CAUSE ,
) oln i in tlio District nml Gountjr
Conrts-l'olllnp ; I'lnooi fbr To-
KlC'Otlnn Other
Capital City News.
Nob. , April 0. fSpoclnlto Tns
! KI.JIt was common strcot talk today tlint
ho switchmen employed In ttio Lincoln yard *
nt the liurlington , aloiiff with others at
Omnlia and other points , would go out on n
trlko at 10 o'clock today. Tlioydlil not dee
o , however , hut Ills salJ they will- Inter If
hctr demand * me not ncccilotl to , Mr ,
Swoonoy , uranil master of the switchmen's '
inlon , hns boon In the city for several days ,
lo claims th.it . the ] lurllnitaii has discharged
a number of mon bocixuso they wore members
of the union , and nsks thnt they ho retn-
tatcd.
Superintendent 1)1 ) gnoil Informed mutuiiiir-
ng reportnr tlint , omclally ho know ot no
contoinulntod strike , but understood that the
statement had boon miulo that the Turlington
n reducing Its force recently because of a
nllmgoll In business had discharged men
jccnnso they were anlhatcd with the union.
Ho stntcu that thU was untrue. Ttio com
> any in reducing Its force let out mon with
out. Inquiring whether or not they belonged
to the union.
Other odlcl.ils tallied who know of no de
mand having been made upon the nnJ , but
no une.islncss wns expressed by any of thorn.
They were waiting for the emergency to rise ,
when It would bo promptly met. Seine thirty
or forty men nrq now employed hero.
IJISTIIICT OOL'llT 1)O1XI3.
.Tudgo Tlbbots and a Jury nro engaged In
licnrinc a small damngo c.vio today. It is ono
in which ilerschelN. Sago nild00damages
from Urania Young. The parties resldo in
Lancaster piochict , and the plaintiff claims
that MM. Young put up u baib wire fence
dangerously near n highway , nnd that on
March it ! , IbsO , ho was drlvitig along her
grounds when his horao shied nnd ran Into
the barb wlr < - fence , inflicting damages In
the nmount claimed. The defense Is thnt the
fence was ; iot dangoronslv near tlio road , nml
that the IIOMO wns not worth what plnlntilT
asks.
.Tudgo Hall hoard arguments In the
case of Ilonncum vs Eguii , n some-
whut noted case , the plalntlil being
the bishop of this C.itholli' diocese , and
the defendant the present United States
minister to Chill. The action was to recover
n subscription of 8" > 0 ( ) to the building fund ot
the Lincoln pro-cttthcdral. The dofcnso was
that thu bishop had refused to allow Mr.
Kgan the piivilcgos of a worshipper In the
church nml denied him admission to the
building. It wns taken under ndvlseiaunt.
.ludgo Field was hoarliiR the motion
docltet , nnd among other thingsj refused to
sustain the demurrer otdofendaiit In the caio
of Fannlo S. Hubble vs tioorgo W. Hublilo.
This Is an action where plaintiff seeks to
reopen n Uoreo of divorce on the grouiidJ.hat
after she had made answer In ono suit ho
began another , giving another Christian name
than her own as defendant. George objected
to Us being rcoponcd , on the ground that
there wasn't ' sufllclent cause.
COONTT COUItT CULL1SOS.
No court tomorrow. Call of the docket
Wednesday morning.
Juilgo Stewart was encaged today In bearIng -
Ing the cui.es against Eugene Vaughn , Clydo
Newell nnd Charles Nelson , charged witli
burglarizing Burr it Booson's safe recently
of $13.50. The stnto Is endeavoring to send
the trio to the reform school , hut they all ob
ject.
Alexis Halter brings suit against Christo
pher Tlornan for $ l,000damneos for failure
to repair the Depot hotel property of which
Ilnltor Is lessee , nnd by which means the
hotel lost custom and Its furniture and fix
tures were damaged by the water which came
through the rotten roof.
George L. Williams says that ho sent n box
of goods valued nt S200 over the liurlington
rniliiud from Chester , Nob. , to Glen Falls ,
N. y. , but Umt the same has never arrived.
Ho also says that the worry of mind and In
convenience ho lus Boon put to are roason-
nblv worth $250 additional , for which ho nsks
Judgment.
WIIEIII ! TO VOTE.
The following are the polling placps tomor
row in the various wnrds :
First ward Precinct 1 or A. onglno house
No. 1. Precinct 3 or B , Hutching building.
Tenth street , between H and S streets. Pro
duct ! 1 or C , house of John Krump , opposlto
Godfrey's lumber yard.
Second ward Precinct 1 or A , Bolmaan
block , No. Olio N street. Precinct SerB ,
basement room , county court house , cost en
trance. Precincts or C , barber shop , No.
72 ! ) South Eleventh strcot.
Third Ward Precinct I or A , Skinner's
barn , corner Twelfth nnd Q streets. I'rc-
clnct2 orB , Gaddls' shop , corner Thirteenth
nnd n streets. Precinct a or C , Civil Broth
ers' shop , 11120 0 street. Prooinct 4 or D ,
Bailies' block , /M10 O street. Precinct 5 or
K , Cox building , l.20 ! U street.
Fourth Ward Prcclnot 1 or A , Unwlins'
barn , 1111 South Thirteenth street. Precinct ,
2 or IJ , 310 South Kluvcnth. I'roclnet 3 or C ,
Knwllns' barn , 631 South Thirteenth street.
Product 4 or D , store , 211.1 0 street. Pro
duct 5 or 10 , southwest corner of Twentieth
and .1 streets , grocery sloi-o.
Fifth Ward Precinct 1 or A , F street
engine house. Precinct S or B , Blng's rur-
pontcr shop on Seventeenth , between A nnd
Washington , Prooinct 3 or C , barn of Lin
coln street railro , l , Fourteenth ana South
streets. Precinct 4 or U , churcn , northeast
corner of Ninth and Wood strcots. Precinct
5 or B. SOS D strcot.
Sixth Wnrd Precinct 1 or A , Hutches
building , 0 strcot. Prooinct 13 or 11 , corner
Twenty-seventh and Vine , barbershop. Pre
cinct. ) or C , Kitchen & Glllln's ' store , corner
Twenty-seventh and Randolph streets. .
Seventh Ward Precinct 1 or A , Twenty-
second nnd Wnshingtoii streets. Precinct 2
or 11 , electric power houso. Product 8 or C
corner Twenty-seventh and Hold rodgo streets
at Byrura's ' storo.
TfUMIIISIl OP VOTPRS.
The total number of voters in the city of
Lincoln according to tlio Intost registration
is ns follows : First ward , Ml ; Second ward ,
84(1 ( ; Third ward , precinct A , 1,018 ; Third
ward , precinct B , 501 ; Fourth ward , pre
cinct A , bOi ) ; Fourth ward , precinct UX)0 , ( ) ;
Fifth ward , precinct A , UIO ; Fifth ward ,
precinct B , Jiaij Sixth ward , 8117 ; Seventh
ward , 711 total , 0.833.
ODDS AM > INPS.
The circulation ofllco of TIIK Br.n hns boon
moved from Eleventh near P strcot to room
U , 101O street , where nil mattoH portnliilng
to subscriptions will bo looked nftcr.
Grace Perclra asks for u dlvorco Iromtt \ > t
husband , ClinrlcsV. . , on the grounds of
cruelty.
Mrs. Loftus , room 8 , Boll block , Fifteenth
nnd O strcots , gave n drayman her trunk to
tnko from Uio Hotel Lincoln to her room , but
hasn't seen tlio trunk or drayman.
S. C. Cuku1 hardware store at Boward was
robbed hut night of ? 100 worth of knives ,
guni , TIIZOW , etc.
The cnsu of A. L , . Archer vs Jacob Wngnor
Wai illed In the bupromo court on ullogod
error in the district court of Platte county.
The case Involves the payment of a note for
5317. In the lower court Wiignor won HI the
suit brought against him by Archer.
Tbo S. 1C. Martin lumber company secured
i temporary Injunction today ngalnst Auditor
Bcuton , restraining him f rani , drawing \v.ir- -
rant In favor of U. I ) . Howmil for $1.100 ,
which , the plaintiffs claim , belongs to tliom ,
211K TIIJH'ETO.
Fremont Trlbunot It's n hor-so on
World.Hor.iUI ,
llnattnm Republican ; Hoyil's li.ickbono
needs no starch factory to brneolt up.
Hastings Jfobrnskiw : The vetoing of Ilia
rate bill WHS not very ploxilnjj : to the \Vorlr \
Humid , Not so much , perhaps , on account
of the bill Itself but from the fact th.it TUB
HIR : championed tlia votoliiff ot It. If tlioro
was any ho | > u of TUB HUB nnJ the World-
Herald bocotnhip friendly Governor lloyd's
net has ofToctuully blocked It.
N'obiiulcn City News : ( lovornor Iloycl. out
of his rugged honesty nml loarlcsunois , vottwil
the bill. Ho showed mom nmnhooil "ttffit * *
backbone than tliostnto of Nobr.ishnbaa vor
ttltncssoil. Ho know tlio bill was vloloiis.
anil many tiucstloncd Its I'onsUtutlonnlltvj It
would work nn Injury to the stnto and partic-
ulnrly to the farmers nnd the shippers , anil '
to ( funrJ their rights he vetoed the bill ,
Fremont Klull : Bonntor Drown claim )
tint tno Nowborry bill nuver pleased him.
Ho did not bollovo that It wns just nnil was \
certain thnt It was projuilltilal , not onlv to
the railroads , but to tlio general business In
terests ot tlio stuto. Ho votoil for It , however -
over , on Its passage , simply because his
fanner constituents demanded it. And ha
bollevo thnt niter dohii ? th.it ho hail fnltUliM
the whole measure of his iluty m a nmolilno ,
nnil that sluco tha chief uxocutlvo of the
state , nmoiiiDflr of lilit own party hail votool
It , Ills iluty was tonct upon his bolter judg-
incut nmt sustain the veto. Anil thcro woio
many who Mitod for the bill \vhofnltltio
same way , but who bollovcd It to their pollt.
lc.il Interests and the Interest * * of tlulr party
to pnnitor to the alliance ntlic-r tluiti to stiiiui
by their honest conviction ) ns men nml legis
lators ,
I'lnttsinoutli Journal : Uovc-rnorBoyi.l's veto
message of the Dewberry bill Is n strong
document which will cast much now light on
the niiMniro m question , The Journal Is free
to confess that Uio arguments he presents me
very convincing , nnil ixro ur ed with 1111111 dor
und earnostiicss that loaviw no iloubtof then *
honesty of niotivonml purpose. The facts
lirosciitM by the governor make It npfarcnt
thnt the mc.miro was too itwt'oplng anil
rnillcnl to hnvo resulted In gom-ral tfood when
nil the interests Involvcil wcro taken Into
nceount. The rnsult will no doubt bo a sol
idifying of the alliance nml a rciiownl of the
conllict two years hcnco. The povornor
shows that ho would favor n loss rnilic.il
me.isim' , and hi tills ho ulll bo sustained by
the people.
Intoruows with Independents In Lincoln
.Tom-mil * Dobsoii of ViHmoro The pcoplo
dcmauiled It and J would lllto to have nlvcn
It tbom , but the bill wns so compll
tMtcd thnt 110 man could potslbly * ; lvo nn In-
tcllliicnt opinion upon It without ut Icnst six
months study. There was not n man on my
Milo of the house who could hnvo o\ilaliicil- )
its urovlslons. Uelnn a farmer , myiympi-
thy is with that class ami I would probably
strain n point in their favor , hut I do not
wish to injure or destroy the railroads. I
favor maximum i.ites on Kr.iln , llvo storlc ,
oul. lumbur and salt. If It wcro possible I
would Hko to see freight rates vary In nc
cordnuco with the price of products. Ouo
iMiinotpass IntolliRcntly-oii n business he
knows nothing nbout. Shradcr of I.oKan
As fnrns my section of the country is con-
rerncil , it mav bo Just us well M It is , but I
think such n law would help the stnto at
larRO. Nichols of Huffulo Well , routly. I
don't know much about tlio bill. I hnvu
boon so busy as chairman of the iluanco com ? "
uilttco that I have hardly lookcil at It. \Vo
plodfied oiir pcoplo to ( ? ivo tticm Iowa ratoi ,
and therefore we voted for it , Newborrv
Certainly , I must say it wns nil rlpht. Most
any ono butBoyil woul.1 hnvo slj-nod It
Either Thnjer or Majors would huvoilonoso.
Modioof llnl Willow I have nothing to say
Just now. While t am sorry it\uis not fclRiioJ ,
I will also say that I am perfectly satistloJo
I'm ' not weeping1. Taylor of Johnson Don't '
llilnlc U would have afforded the iclcuso thnt
our pcoplo Imagined it would glvo. Its \tm- \
visions were such that the railroads could
hnvo evaded It. How Just it was to the mil-
rout's I don't know , and I have ftot
to that point whew 1 do not care.
Something of the Uiiul will comu sooner
or Inter. Htrmnii of Saline It was the only
bill wo could pot up which in my opinion
would do anything Hko Justice io the stnto.
Wo coulrl not classify the ronila because wo
hud no data to fiovuru us , Gnlo of Drown
It's n bad bill all around , boltig a measure for
the lionofltofa few to the injury of the nu-
Jority. Wuldron of Adams I do not feel nt
all SUM thnt it was just Uio thing , but * > \o
hoped it would be. Ourpooplo douunduil It
aud wo worked for Its passage. I ropi.it that
I don't fool nt nil sure thnt itvns a gooil
measure. _
PKKSOXAI , si. Glt.-ll'HS.
Tlio Uhca company is at the Barker.
! Mrs. 1C. S. Now comb will leave for Now
Yorlc toduy.
[ Ncls Morror , son of Dr. S. D. Mercer ,
I started for Now York yestcrdav afternoon.
Mrs. Mary E. Ulcdlor nnd Mrs.V. . J.
Jones of Marlisvlllo , Vn , nro nt tha
I'axton.
Prof. Krntz , of the state university at V
million , South Dakota , U the guest of his
brother , Leo G. Kratz.
Five theatrical companies Sundnjod nttlifl
Barker Kirnlly's. ' Payton's , Barrel of
Money , llhoa'a nud Pay Foster's.
George C. Hobble and faintly returned
yesterday frJinSt. Ati gusUiiotriu.uhorc they
have passed the winter uud me located ut tlio
MciTlnin.
Miss Louisa L. Ti.sdnlo of Aliinioda , Cni. , n
cousin of the Into Dr. Die Lewis , Is visiting
her cousin , Mrs. Major Wheelerat 5.I ! South.
Twentieth street , this city.
Kov. .1. A. Hultmun of the Swodisli church
of this city , loft yostordny for Ulilcngo ,
to bo absent ono month , in which ho will
conduct service in about fifteen citlo } In
Indium , Michigan , Wisconsin and Mlnno-
botn ,
TlioHiirUrr .Tunics 1' , Kltrgcruld , Mllwnu-
koo ; Jnino- 1Koiirltc. . Urund Island : II , I , .
ICvnns , Uhloigo ; II , Moisinoio , lliionn : ] ' , X
Uroukor. l > nii-toii. Wio. : I. 0. Urv. ( Jlmii-
ilalo , C'lil. ; M , T. Sturr. Kansas Ulty.
The Windsor 1) ) . 11. "W itson , 1' . , f. Wott , Ail-
rorii. III. ; B.Nouliorgor.ClilcuKn : Arthur Oopu-
liuul.SouUiOnuih.i ; A , I ] . Ciilllh.iii , Ham Sli-
nuiibiirir. Lincoln ; I'1. ' U. Lockuard , CJnmcl
lalund : N. H. Nvllne. Hlnlor , lu. ; Clmroi If.
Godfrey , I'romoiit ; l > . Mttlo , Hi , I.oulH : Tom
Bto\ens. Denver ; .Too ICvltb , Noilli IMuttu ;
Hobctt Wilson , Uttlu 1'owdor ' , Wyo. ; M. II.
Murphy , William Island ; II. U , Conn , LuwlH ,
lu.
lu.The
The Murrny K. KIt.inUln. . Kansas City * D.
Atvoo < lToOlcnjH. | ) lI.MIll\\cll , liiiniill > ii [ ; K.
U. t.iiniiboll ) Koi'hestor , N. Y. ; William M.
Ivlinljall. Hiirlnwllcld , Mans. : U 1. , . Totrlu , Hot-
ton ; II. ( \Vnod\vnrlli J , Mlnnunpolls ; J , O.
WontUvortli , I'orll mil ; II. V. bliiiiiis , Clilcaio ;
William Wolfo. Ncll \VIIIIam ; \ SchiiltCnlu -
( nuo ; KrankJ. Ho in. Detroit ; II. M. I'oaro , HI.
I'anl ; Iwldoro ttniyfui. Now York ; Nutoll.
MrilnT. ( Jlilcagu , J , lj. 1'iublu , llaltltnoro.
Tlio nollono T , W. Stevenson. Nulnalka
Pity ; W. A. Oockroll nnrt wlfu , St. Umls : J , l < \
Kallsbaok , KIUIMS Oltyi C ) . (1. ( Hnsloy , llnleli-
Iii-oii , Ivan , ; Jaiuos MuXuny , Heil ( 'miniV. ; .
II. HolllH'-ilUKl Vtlfo , MM. .1. MlUUlOMS. I'l.lItS-
moiith ; I' . M. Uulmatto , Olilciijio ; K , ( J. l/oi'l ; '
wood , Urand IMnml.
ThoMlllnnl 1' * Kvorast iiinl wife. Knnsni
Oltyi 1' . I' , Minis , Milwaukee ! IX M'uolii. til.
1'iiull Win. Nosbllt und wllo , I'ukiirniili : I A
Hwiirsliimsou , Attlolioni , .Muss ; lH. . Murnhv.
IvansiiH Oily ; O.K. llliiukiuiaii , Oiilciigo ; P H-
Morns Cri'lo I a ; ,1. It. ICouk , Ku'itnny ; Jm > .
II. llnwloy , Now YorK ; I' . ( > . Count ? , Kusbvlllu
Nub ; II. I'.HInunwiiy. ' WinoifioliS Neb ; W ! '
Tliumiiuill , DcsMnlntts ; A. Y. H.Vs , Moil x ( ! lty ;
W. H. Untrnmti. Lincoln : O. ll.J < iwctt , Arllng
ton ; J. K , Garroti , Nulmiskn L'lly ; u IL Dlok-
hon. Onull. Neb : li. II. llultuivuirtli , Now
Haven. Conn ; A. E. Wllhird. Now York ; 0 II.
l > < TliUli , lliiitlnjrs ; U I ) . Stair anil wife ! . Now
Vork : E. II Buininur. Bl IxniU : W. II. Wood-
itril , U. l ( . Iliiydnii , l.lnoolii ; MV. . I'of lir.ino.
Wllhur. NV ) : .I.A. Hull Chicago ; J C' . Hark
nvvay , llciiiiiilirfurdi l\ .1. Mark. < 'lilcia ;
II I' . Oximiil. ( iruiul Island ; A. W llo/us ,
Uilca-jj ; ( I , K. I'm k. Now York : C'lms. Vonlo ,
Uiiiuiaiintl ; O. 0 , Oritt u , Kansas Clly.
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report.