THE OMAHA DAILY BJflff : MONDAY , JUNE 15 , 1801.
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Notsirv Public.
STATE politicians who dnro express
tholr lionust convictions are as source
today us over. -
T'KIUIAPS Couneilniiin Mudson thinks
there is n hoodoo in the lighting busi
ness so far as ho is concerned with it.
Ho has ropf.'itodly kept out of sight
when the topic was up for discussion.
GOVKIINOK THAYKK hns not yet
named the labor coiniiiissionor or direc
tor gonor.il of the world's fair commis
sion. It is therefore presumed thut ho
is giving thobo appointments his most
careful deliberation.
UNF.KSS Mr. Cleveland can persuade
the democrats to straddle the free coinage -
ago iasuo his niimo for nil political pur
poses will bo as classical as that of the
Irish gentleman who got loft Mr.
Cleveland wrote one letter too many
and wrote , it , too previously.
HAD Do Lessop's pnniuna canal scheme
boon BiiccoHBful ho would have been the
greatest Frenchman. Having failed the
poor old man is covered with maledic
tions and will bo driven to his grave by
n public' 'prosecution. The successful
man is groat. The unsuccessful man is
a fool or a knave.
Ouu amiable morning contemporary
engaged in a frightful struggle with the
truth yesterday in its editorial romance
about a great influx of dollars. The
effort reminds aman * up a tree , however ,
of the crimson-hued yelp of the Itepub-
licun , nuido just 21 hours before
it was dithered to its fathers.
THE telegraph reports that the esti
mates and plans for the world's fair
"buildings have boon approved at Wash
ington and advertisements for bids will
now bo made. In this announcement
Omalm has rt deep interest , for it moans
that the supervising architect can in n
few months turn his attention to the
Omaha postofllco.
EARLY next month Minneapolis will
have an opportunity of testing her ca
pacity to entertain the national repub
lican convention for the honor of which
iho is a rival of Omaha. The Young
People's Society of Christian Endeavor
liulds its national convention at Minno-
J polls and the attendance ! of 15,000
delegates is not only expected , but is
practically assured.
Aitc lights around Ilanscom park are
almost a necessity , but no n " oloctrio
lights should bo provided or Uilir nny
circumstance ; * or any wl.oro oiso unless
the lighting company will roJuce its
prices. A chin-go of $175 j.er annum per
light is wimply robbery , and the city
will not submit to it for tlu future or
for n day beyond the term of the exist
ing contract.
PKUU has abolished duties on cereals
nnil provisions and Franco has cut off
her tarilT on coroals. Germany is discussing -
cussing the advisability of such action
and admits that her breadstull's supply
is well nigh exhausted. The condition
in other Kuropoan countries are about
ns they tire in Franco and Germany. In
fact for the first tlmo in ! iO years there
is no surplus grain in the granaries of
the world , and the promise of i\ full crop
on the American farms this year is all
the more cheerful because It carries
with it assurances of higher prices than
linvo prevailed hitherto for years. Tills
is the farmers' yoar.
IIi
TJIRKK domoorats addressed an Omaha
i : democratic oUib upon the USDS of the al
liance party In achieving democratic
vlqtorios. Ono was for str.ilght nomina
tions , but for a platform which would
capture tholr votes , anothoi' thought
there should bo the utmost care oxor-
cUed , not to ollond the uow party and the
third frankly admitted thut ho was in
favor of fusion. They all agreed that
the ulliiuieo waa a great uoureo of
strength to their party and united on
the proposition to approve anything
tending to destroy the republican party.
Tiotwuun indiscreet loaders and overeager -
eager democrats thu alliance scheme of
assisting democrats is rapidly unfolding
Itself to the somewhat blinded eyes of
good republicans who have supposed
the third party was u party of princi
ples.
A SSKSSOn RltltENI'FOn T.
Hi nry HUronpfort was formerly ft
florist. Ho In now the assessor of the
First ward. As assessor of the First
ward ho mnnnKcs to nuiko S100 or so
each year. T Ia llltlo job was so valu
able to him as a source of Income that ho
spoilt six weeks of lust winter In the
lobby of the legislature saving it to him-
solf. No ono know why ho should rldo
on a railroad pass to Lincoln and return
ovnry day for six weeks merely to pre
vent the enactment of a law providing
for n single assessor. It le not so inex
plicable a mystery since his assessment
books linvo boon returned ,
The ex-llorist takes exceptions to cer
tain criticisms upon his action pub
lished In Till' BKK. Ha goes , of course ,
to a morning contemporary to air his
alleged grievance. The editor of that
sheet , true to the inherited Instincts of
a tax-shirker , cheerfully accords the as
sessor space to utter a series of false
hoods against Tun UKK and Us
editor. If the statements of
Mr. Ehronpfort wore true they aiTord
no excuse for his rank favoritism of the
electric light monopoly. In the llrst
place the assessor of the First ward had
no right whatever to assess the electric
light company under the rule of the
county I'ommissio'iors. That property
should have been listed in the Fourth
ward. Some people will wonder why
they Hhould prefer to return it from the
First ward , and why Mr. Ehrcnpfort
should bo willing to list It In his ward
when the principal office of the corpora
tion is on Cnpitol avenue west of Six
teenth street.
Tax receipt No. 775 ! ) , dated October
18 , 18)0 ! ) , shows that Tun HKI- : Publishing
company paid S37-I.7-1 upon an assessed
valuation of $0,030 for 1800. This exposes -
poses the untrulhfulncss of live distinct
statements in ono single paragraph of
the interview written and published for
Mr. Khronpfort. It also llatly gives
the Ho to three other state
ments bearing upon the same sub
ject and all part and parcel of the
general falsehood in which the First
ward creature alleges that THE BKE
l-.ublishing company paid no taxes last
year.
year.Mr.
Mr. Ehrcnpfort's judgment as to values
is very peculiar. Ho places that of TIIK
Bui ! builuing and real estate at 3000,000.
The assessor of the Fourth ward returns
this property at $ U5,000. Mr. Khronpfort
bays this is about one-tenth of the value of
the property. Ho returns the olecti-io
light company's property at S33-J45 , of
which $18,000 is real estate. At the
same ratio of calculation this would
represent a real valve of i530,000. : Yet
Mr.Viloy , of the electric light com
pany , says his corporation has invested
$700,000 in Omaha. Why should it not
pay taxes on as largo a sum as TIIK
BEE ? Mr. Khronpfort by his own nrords
Is convicted of favoritism.
When the gentleman explains why
the throe lots on which the olootrio
light powerhouse is situated at the foot
of Jones street should bo valued at
30,000 , when the property of W. M.
Bushman , in the same locality , is hold
to be worth $10,000 , it will bo'timo for
him to find fault with the assessment
made by Mr. Carpenter of the Fourth
ward. When ho has satisfactorily
proved that this is not favoritism ho will
have the opportunity of brushing away
several other inconsistencies.
DlhKMMA.
Who shall bo the candidate of the de
mocracy for president in 1802 is a ques
tion which is seriously disturbing the
thoughts of the democratic loaders. Six
months ago it would have boon easily
answered , for then there was no im
portant obstacle in the way of Mr. Cleve
land except the faction opposed to him
in Now York , and that might have boon
placated. But there lias been a very decided -
cidod r-hango since , and nothing in poli
tics now appears to bo more certain than
that the next national democratic con
vention will not again make Mr. Cleve
land the party standard ' bearer.
Rarely , if ever , in our political
history has a loader lost support
more rapidly than the ox-prosidont. In
the south and in the north distin
guished men of his party ; who command
a largo following and exert a wide influ
ence , have dropped away from nim and
publicly declared that the partycannot
aiTord to again plneo him in nomina
tion. Such loaders of democracy In the
south as Senators Colquitt of Georgia
Pugh of Alabama , ox-Senator Uougan of
Texas , Governor Tillman of Soutli Car
olina , and others , have expressed views
unfavorable to making Cleveland the
candidate of the party In 1802 , and
among northern democratic loaders
Voorhees of Indiana and Mor
risen of Illinois doubt the expe
diency of doing so. Senator
Voor.hoes , on being-asked if ho thought
Cleveland would bo the candidate , said
ho did not , and added : "Furtliormoroho
is not entitled to the gratitude of the
southern people , because in thu hour of
their direst peril lie was more than dere
lict. " The southern alliance is almost
solidly opposed to making the ox-prosl-
dent a candidate , and it will exert no
inconsiderable inlluunco upon the de
cision of the national democratic con
vention ,
There are two principal causes for this
defection , and they are potential. The
attitude of Mr. Cleveland regarding
silver Is the more important of them ,
since it affects him both in
the west and in the south ;
the other refers to the silence
and apparent indifference of Mr.
Cleveland during the light of the
democrats in congress against the elec
tions bill , the Inllnenco of which is
strongest In the south. In addition to
those influences operating to destroy the
chances of the ox-president is the great
probability , amounting to almost a cer
tainty , that ho will not bo able to secure
the delegation from New YorJ ; . It U
admitted that Mr. Cleveland still has a
powerful following. There are able
and inlluentlal loaders who tidhoro to
him as earnestly as over , and ho doubtless -
loss has with him a largo majority
of the rar.lv and ( Ho of the party.
The question is whether ho can
hold those , or command the
support of a sufllctont number to enable
him to dominate the nuxt convention.
But If not Cleveland , to whom shall the
democracy turn for leadership11 ! Hill
cannot ho regarded as u possibility , for <
under no circumstances would the
Cleveland element of the party nccopt
him. Gorman Is too far south to be
available , Campbell of Ohio might
develop a great deal of strength If ho
should bo ro-olcclod governor this year ,
but thr.t is a forlorn hope not now to bo
reckoned upon. Gray of Indiana has
no standing outside hi.i own state and id
not as strong , there as Voorhoos. Mor
risen of Illinois hns been almost forgot
ten by the party and to attempt
to revive a knowledge of him would
not bo to his advantage. Bolos of Iowa
is likely to bo permanently retired from
politics this fall , and oven if this should
not happen ho was too recently u repub
lican , to bo satisfactory to the southern
wing of the democracy. Changes may
taku place within the ensuing year that
will clear the situation for the democ
racy by the tlmo the national conven
tion moots , but just now the question ol
a candidate In 1802 is troubling many 01
the party lenders very greatly , and none
more so than those who are still faithful
to the political fortunes of Grover Clove-
land.
council , itlAJVl'S.
The days when a sousolo.-iH rivalry ex
isted between the beautiful little city In
the midst of the verdant bluffs of Potta-
wattamio county , Iowa , and the ono
covering the Nebraska hills on this side
of the great river are happily pa sscd.
Both the sisters are too largo to bo en
vious of each other and both have learned
that tholr interests are so largely identi
cal as to make jealously not only foolish
but harmful. The completion of the
second bridge and the opening of rapid
transit between the two cities has kn It
them so closely together that if it wore
not for the turbid stream which- runs
between them one could not determine
whore Omaha ends and Council Bluffs
begins.
The growth of our Iowa neighbor ap
pears phenomenal. Thu beauty of'the
residence streets and the substantial
character of the business buildings ia
striking and provo beyond doubt that
Council BlutTs pcoplo have absolute con-
fldonco in the future of their city. The
visitor must bo blind indeed who does
not foresee in the midst of these hills
and all across the valley the making of
a metropolis. Enterprise has come to the
assistance of nature and capital ia
backing enterprise. Council BlulTri
now unquestionably the second city in
Iowa in spite of the figures of her
enumerators , is bound for llrst pluco as
sure as the years of the present decade
will run their course. Hallways , motor
lines , factories , pleasure resorts , and an
unexcelled farming region will not boom
Council Bluffs in the offensive sense of
the term but they will force her forward
ut an overtaking pace whicli will make
Sioux City and Des Moines scamper out
of her way In spite of the whip and spur
of their own resources and enterprise.
Council Bluffs is the natural Iowa ally
of Omaha , and in that magnillcout state ,
with Chicago almost at her eastern door ,
Omaha needs an ally. No stream 1,000
feet in width can bo permitted to break
a commercial union which is beneficial
to both. Omaha capital is largely in
vested in the BlutTs and a score of
Omaha's best business men nrd citizens
who either formerly voted or now vote in
Iowa. The two cities are out in a hun
dred important particulars and as the
fibnpariel very cleverly remarks : "Tho
two cities , united and working together ,
can accomplish much. There is no
scnso in pulling apart. It is like a fight
between husband and wifo. Wo must
realize that both Council ' "Bluffs and
Omaha are hero to stay , and that the
Missouri river , only 1,000 foot wide , is
not n Chinese wall to obstruct the growth
of either. "
VS DUTIKS CW ORItKALS.
The course of the Gorman govern
ment , in opposing a suspension or re
traction of.tho duties on grain , appears ,
in the circumstances , the most- injudi
cious policyyetadoptcd under the present
administration of allairs. The emperor
has generally manifested a desire to
ameliorate the condition of his people ,
and never has ho had a bolter oppor
tunity than in this matter of removing
or lessoning the tax on food , yet the
government insists on retaining it and
is sustained by an overwhelming ma
jority of the parliament. The agitation
continues , but with little favor
able premise for these who are
asking that the people bo relieved -
liovod of the burden imposed
by the duties on cereals. There can bo
no doubt of the correctness of the state
ment of the liberal press that the stores
of cereals in Germany are nearly ex
hausted , and It N equally certain that
the crop prospects are very discourag
ing. It appears from the dispatches
that the abortion of Chancellor Von
Caprivi , that the crops are in bettor con
dition than generally supposed , was
promptly contradicted by trustworthy
reports from novoral quarters of the em
pire , These stated that the recent cold
wave had produced disastrous results
and threatened to blast every prospect
of favorable crops , a condition of atT.ilrs
which It appears caused seine
disturbance in oillclal circles. The
present cost of broad in Garmany is
probably not higher than In other conti
nental countries , but nevertheless the
tax on it is oppressive to many thous
ands of the people , and to retain It when
the price of cereals Is advancing and Is
certain to go higher will bo to deprive
of broad a much larger number of the
people than at present rarely use It ,
The commercial agent of the United
States at Mayonco , writing of the house
Industry In Germany , which glvos employment -
ploymont to 500,000 paoplo , says the
food .of this class consists chlolly of po
tatoes , "It is potatoes morning ,
noon and ovenlng , " broad being
among the luxuries somotlnios
taken , and It must become a loss fre
quent luxury with these and thousands
of others if the crops fail and the cuvoal ,
duties are maintained.
It has boon suggested that the gov
ernment wishes to have It3 hand forced
In this matter in order to'avoid'tho
charge of changing lightly the protec
tive policy , but this Is hardly a plausi
ble view. So far as the United States
Is concerned , which will have to supply
the European deficiency in brondstulTs
this year , , the policy of Gornmny In
maintaining duties will make'no great
dltTorenco , There would probably bo u
demand If thorp \yoro no duties , but lu
any event tho.pEumlHO Is that we shall
be called uixm tti iipply all that wo can
spare , But th $ ; ' 03poct that the con
tinuance of tlu'ldutlo * will Intensify the
privations of thousands of the Gorman
pcoplo maUoHv.eJnlm , ] upon our sympa
thies. . .
.1 ' 'I
Couim-MAKTMn In the army and the
navy are too fjyjquont to bo seriously
dreaded and too' farcical to bo favored.
The case of tfutTgo Advocate Swatm
brings the subjbclcpf courts-murtlal Into
public notice , ' ( though ho was dis
graced , convicted and suspended .live or
six years ago on a oh urge of dishonesty ,
his pay hna boon drawn regularly and
no successor hns boon appointed. There
has always boon a feeling among fair-
minded people that General Swalm's
chief ollcnso was that ho had not gradu
ated from West Point military academy.
In consequence of this sentiment the
public generally will look forward with
Interest to the fate of Ills application for
a rehearing , confident that the soldier
and lawyer who now occupies the chair
of the chief executive Is willing and
competent to do nb.wluto justice. It will
also bring to his attontlon the whole
question of naval and military trials and
may expose some of the unfairness which
creeps Into the proceedings of too many
of these extra judicial and arbitrary
tribunals. Of late years scarcely a
cruise of a naval" vo < sol occurs without
causing a court-martial , mid it has long
been a concomitant of every active mili
tary movement.
As WAS announced a few days ago to
bo the programme , the governor general
of Canada has called upon Senator Ab
bott , the loader of the government forces
In the senate , to form a ministry , and
this is said to bo in accordance with the
wish of the late premier. It is therefore
to bo presumed that Premier Abbott Is
in full sympathy with the policy which
distinguished the administration of Sir
John Mncdotmld. The Toronto Mull
SIJH : of him that "against his personal
character there is nothing to bo said ,
but his railway associations are against
him , " ho being the chief attor
ney and ono of the stock
holders of the Canadian Pacific. In the
present circumstances n change in the
head of the Canadian government it > an
affair of in orost to this country , and
while there is nothing at hand to show
whnf sentiments the now premier holds
regarding the United States , it is toler
ably safe to prodipt that ho will bo found
keeping pretty close to the lines laia out
and followed byhis predecessor. In
that event this 6oulitry need not expect
any material concessions , commercial
or otherwise.
AN adaptation of the old rule of throe
to Mr. Ehrenpfor s estimate of taxable
values will leave the Firdt , ward assessor
exposed to the glaring electric light of
grave Inconsistency. As 305,000 is to
8000,000 , so is S-'o'.Sitt to $700,000. This
being interpreted- moans that if TIIK
BKK building is 'worth ' SOo.OOO for tax
able purposes , the olootrio light com
pany should bo' "assessed at $75,8IW.
There Is no escape from this equation ,
and according to Mr. Khronnfort'a own
estimate of values in the Fourth ward ,
where the electric light company should
list its personalty , it is shirking taxes
upon $ -12,388.
OMAHA should refuse to bo robbed.
She is now paying $175 per lamp for 122
arc-lights. The Electric light company
wants to renew a contract not yet ex
pired and increase the number of lights
at the exorbitant rate. St. Louis pays
$100 , Sioux Gity $110 , Lincoln $120 , Min
neapolis $150 per lamp per annum. Denver -
vor is now on the point of making a con
tract for $105 per arc-light per annum.
Tun assessor of the Fourth ward must
have boon very thoroughly out of temper -
per when ho swore the value of the
Globe loan and trust company's property
wa-s 3200,000. At this rate , what valua
tion , would the Omaha National and
First National banks bo expected to pay
taxes upon ?
AxOTHKit Manipur chief has boon
sentenced to hang for rebellion against
the empress of Indian and the murder
of a British subject. This fact only
emphasizes the peculiar precedent sot
in the Plenty Horses trial , wlioro the
Sioux murderer was adjudged Innocent
of murder.
Till ! fast sol in England , among whom
are " ? omo Americans who certainly know
bettor , " are hold largely responsible for
> ho latest lapse of the prince of "Walo.s.
After making poor Gordon dimming
the scapegoat it should not bo necessary
to draw "Brother Jonathan" into it
also. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - _ _
PKUU is profiting by the rebellion In
Chili. The state of war in that republic
greatly increases the demand for Peru
vian products. It may bo added , too ,
that Peru is entirely Indifferent as to
the result of the , robollion. Peru has
no love forChlH-di"C'hllians.
TIIK rule by vjhich personalty of IPO
companies , coal 'companies ' and similar
jusinoss corporations Is assessed in the
ward Khoro tho.v'.lf/ippon / to rent oflicos
and not whore the < personal property is
situated may bo wrtjng but it should bo
enforced imparliifl ; ( > if ltl ail.
ijj the coui)5y | ) ommissionors make
fish of the First - . \ ird and fowl of the
First or will thiiy "compel the electric
Ight company to\ib'ldo by the rule and
1st Its personal property where Its prin
cipal olllco is located ?
THKUl ! are nine different assessors
and consequently nine separate and dis
tinct opinions as to the value of prop
erty for assessment. The whole rovo-
luo system of the city la rotten , incon
sistent and absurd ,
TIIK building Inspector is right In ro
using the board of education a permit
o erect the Kolloiii school building with
2-lnch brick walls in the first Htory.
The board uf education ought not to
iavo approved plans for a brick school
julldlng with 12-inch walls.
IP these quarrels between ofllcars of
he city government continue to multi
ply ntul Intensify , each olllclal will
soonoi * or later bo bound over to keep
the peace.
You Can't KmliitrrnHS
Crtte Chinnlclc.
It mil si bo a llltlo ombiirnwltig to tlioso
pnpqrs thut circulated the story that Mr ,
Hosuwator of THE Hr.c. took out his tliuil nat
uralization Dnpora upon thoovoof hUdopart-
uro to Kuropo , to learn Unit ho hiul boon a
citizen of tlio United Stnto ) Mneo ho was
twoiity-otiG. Such efforts do wort ) hiirin thnti
good to the ptu-tiea making thoin.
i
Curm > < l with Caste.
Secretary Proctor may bo trusted to ilonl
with color projudlco In thn nrmy ni sum-
nmrlly and vlRorously as Sccrotnry Tracy
did in tlio navy. The colored cavalry have
for twenty years done some of the lmrvlo.it
service In the army mid linvo had In return
no recognition , while thotr ofllcors huvo boon
systnmntlcully shut out of favorable details
in the eait. If this practlco has been followed
lu the dotnll of ii ticicro cavalry company to
Fort MyoM , Priisidoiit f larrUoa mid Souro-
tary Prootor cannot do bettor by the army
than to apply a vigorous remedy. In these
matters , and In things like them , the army is
cursed with caste.
Don't Own tlio lOartli.
Njirlun/lcW / ItciniMtenn.
Telephone companies hold no monopoly of
the earth as a conductor of electricity such
Is the subUaneo of a decision of the Ohio
supreme court in thu c.ise of the tulophuno
company at Cincinnati agiilust the oleotrl o
street railway com tinny to compel the lulto i
to substitute the double for the slnglo trolly
system. This decision Is of Interest to ul
cities whore electric rullwiivs have boon la
traduced. It concedes to the railways as
frco u use of the earth ns a conductor of thu
return oloetrio current as Ii hold by telephone
phone or other oompanioi , Ho iimttoi
whether this current be so strouK us to de
range the circuit established by the Inttor's
wires or not ,
for a Now Ucpiilillunn Party.
Snttnn AilveitliKi ;
Them U u serious necessity this fall to
luivo the republican party In each county It
Nebraska raoixnnlzcd and changed If l
would bo redeemed.
There are two wny.s to do It.
First. Let tlio republican state' contra !
committee call , through the county central
committee , on the primaries in their res pee
ttvo eouutlos to elect republican delegates to
county conventions , designating that no one
shall be elegiblo to net as such delegate
who has been a delegate or hold any
olllco of trust or profit by virtue of be
ing a republican in tlio lust three years. Or
if they will not'do that , then , second : Lot
all patriotlo republicans who huvo neither
hold oftlco tier been delegates for throe years
past , unite in a call for a county mass con
vention for the purpose of forming a "iiov :
republican party. "
This would put the whole organization of
the party into now hands , getting its power ,
us in the beginning , direct from the people.
The now republican party could then llijhl
for supremacy against all the other political
forces in the state. It might not succeed at
llrst , but it would have this advantage : It
would be clean from old political bums an a
wire pullar.-t , and could deal with all vltnl
political'llnandiil and industrial questions ol
the hoUr , u.itrammeled and inhlased. )
If wo do not ut once , and resolutely , RraP-
pie these live issues and difficulties that con
front us and settle them to our advantage ,
the other two parties in this state-will settle
them for us , aud to our disadvantage.
There ia no time to lose aim there is no use
of our dodging'what is our plain duty any
longer if wo would succeed in 1S93.
It is high timn wo sot our own houses in
order , mid wo bad bettor bo putting in the
time cleaning up instead of throwing mud at
the alliance , for there is no use disiiuisincr the
fact that tnoy uro asking for some tilings
that are right.
The republican party must change front ,
and it is better to do so now in an off. year
than to vmit and have it to do m front of
the euomy.
I'.is.-iixa . / / ; TS.
It Is reported a policeman narrowly ov
ca'ped a private slugging last Sunday. I'roo-
ably lie did not have the now password to the
side door.
"How do you like my now dross , dear ?
Isn't it sweet' "
"Yes , but it is n trillo too short. "
"Ob , well , it will bo long enough bafere I
get another. "
It is surprising the government should ex
pend vast sums of money in making heavy
artillery , ivhllo thousands of smooth boron
of all calibres are running loose iu the coun
try.
TDK niFKEIlKNCR.
St. 1'aul I'iniiccr f'rc.it.
Why do wo frown on the ballot
Whllo the decolotto wo ndnro ?
One's dre.ss is too fur from the celling
If the other's too far from the floor.
Yonkers Statesman : Hucon Did you no
tice Miss Fussanfeathor's cheeks tonighU
They seem to bo ull on tiro.
Egbert Well. I notice thut the powder
didn't catch mid go off ,
Washington Star : First prisoner What
kind of a time did you have in the police
court this morning *
Second Ditto Fine.
Jewelers' Weekly ; Wrong Chin How
mucuce little lawtchoo )
French Jeweler A. hundred dollars.
Wrong Chin O , latsl Mo glotto 'mollcan
lawtch heap muebco bllg sllx dlolleo ,
TIIK I.ONO-FKI.T WANT.
AVio Yntle Jtmrnal.
Now the days are hero
When/i man fools sero.
And soeths with streaming perspiration ;
His body burns
And his fancy turns
To thoughts of that long-felt want , vacation.
Washington Star : Mr. Oldsboy That at-
ack of Sir Kdward Clarke's on the prlnca of
Wales is bound to have more or loss effect.
Mr. Anglomania Well , I should say it
would , I turned my twonsors down imme-
jlately nhftor 1 hoard of it , doncherlinow ,
Fliopoder Ulneter : Judge Huvo you any
evidence to support your claim that Jlluck ,
the ohunnoytuvoep , made an oiler of mnrriugo
to you ?
' the ' hand
I'lalntltT ( Exhibiting swoop's
prints on the back of her working waist. )
To bo sure , your honor evidence iu black
and white.
TIIK KINKTOnilAI'lt.
AVio i'orlt Iliriill.
The theaters all will empty bo
When the kluotogriiph'.s in use ;
The now plays wo can see at horn *
When the Utni'tograph's in use ;
The domines will ho In the lurch ,
For noboriy'll over go to church ,
For a now Job they will huvo to search
When the kluetograph'ii in use.
Detroit Free Press : "Whutdo they touch
in that tine Institution yonder < "
'Nothing to speak of. It Is the deaf and
dumb asylum. "
n't I , It M'AXSMKS.
" .IticW fii .San / V.incfsco t'aU.
Out In the woods they grow ,
Kissed by the tender dew ,
Out of the leafy mould
Under the ouk true old ,
Dolleuto loaves of green ,
Hlossoms of sliver tthoon-
Timed with ruby glow ,
Hiding in copses low ,
Penciled by lov divine ,
Beautiful thoughts of ( led ,
Such are the pansloi wild.
Which spring from thu foroits * tod.
THE NEBRASKA SITUATION ,
II I
I General Loose Sixys the Railroads Hava
Run StAle Politics Long Enough.
\ THE AWAKENING OF THE PEOPLE ,
O. J , U. Williams or annul Islaml
IH Oppo.snil to ft Special l 'Biu-
Intlvo ScsHlon Tlio State
Hoard Must Do or Die.
Recently TUB BKK called nn expression of
opinion on the part of stuto politicians as to
the course to bo pursued looking to the ad
vancement of the Interests of the republican
party In Nebraska. A number of responses
have already boeu published. Holow another
lot of very lutorostimt letters ls clvoa :
Is It Too Ijnto ?
Lixcor.v , Nob. , Juno 10.To the Kill tor of
TIIK Hun : in answer to your communication
relating to the editorial "The Path to Salva
tion" I can only say at this time that In my
opinion It is too lato. It Is looking the stable
nfter the horse has boon stolen
An extra session would do no good , as it la
well known that the maximum rate bill would
not have passed thn last senate had It not
boon known to a certainty that It would bo
vetoed by Boyd. The knowledge of this
fact gained the measure n fe\v votes. Nor do
I believe any substantial relief can be hud
through the board of transportation. The
secretaries are required to do all of that class
of work , and 1 do not think any reduction
will bo made that will bonollt the people.
You are as wull aware of thu fact as I am ,
that the republican party hai promlsmt"tlmo
after time to give the people some relief ; our
platforms have universally contalnoj some
such promise , but it. seems they huvo boon
used as vote catchers. Only this "and nothing
more.
The people have been crying for relief for
many years from railroad extortions , but all
seemed In vain , and overv attempt to break
the fetters thut bound the people to the railroad -
road corporations only resulted in riveting
them more securely on the limbs of nn op
pressed pnoplo. Patience at lost ceases to
bo n virtue.Vhon these who hud been
.selected to represent the people laughed to
scorn their cries for relief , they
brolio asunder the partisan ties und
dotormliH'il in the future to battle for
their rights , that thov themselves wore
mightier than all the corporations. The re
sult is dUcovored in our lust full election and
1 believe that thu ranks of the people will
continually grow until their rights are ob
tained. You might us well undertake to
gather up the feavos of n rose in December
and bind them on its parent stem with all its
fragrance of May ns to try and gather up the
frngrunco of a dissevered party. There is
nothing loft to gather but the railroads and
their follower * , with but u very few excep
tions.
The power and influence of the corpora
tion has become so great us to become a
menace to our American institutions , and I
look forward to the day , which I trust is not
far distant , when the government will own
and operate all railroads and telegraphs in
our country. I have been taught that the
republican party is a partv of thu people , for
the people and by the people , but such is not
the case today. It is now the party of cor
porations , for the corporations and by the
corporations , and ns long ns . the
party Is hold in subjection by
such nn influence the people cannot
oxnoot to find relief , but in self defense must
fight their own battles. They have learned
by bitter experience that it 'is but an idle
fancy to expect anything from the old parties
that hnvo promised so much nnd given them
so little , and in lighting their buttle they
need friends , und i for one intend to aid
thoai in my feeble manner until right shall
triumph over might ; und I believe that every
uood republican and democtut should also
arise in their might and swoop from power
the railroad corporations that now hold thorn
in tbuir corrupting embrace and surrounds
them with deteriorating Influence. The
nearest approach to the true principles of re
publicanism is found today In the independ
ent platform. If the people cannot bo
trusted to make laws to govern themselves X
do not know whore you can go. Not to the
railroads , for wo nave tried them and Und
them wanting. I will trust In the people ,
and trust that yon and your paper will aid in
the good work. Yours very truly ,
WII.MAM Lt'.uai ! .
"Give Us Hoi of. "
GttANn IRTAND , Nob. , .Hmo 8. To the Edi
tor of Tun BKK : I am unqualifiedly opposed
to a specialsession ) of the legislature. Another
exhibition of remarkable economy ( such as
was furnished the people of the state at the
lo t session ) would almost bankrupt our com
monwealth. May the good Lord protect us
from any more such attempts at retrench
ment.
The state board of transportation should
bo compelled to do Its duty. That's what
they were elected for. But , my dear sir , you
will Und that there is as much diversity of
opinion as to what thut duty is , as ttioro are
different people , Some are in favor of legis
lation that would ultimately bankrupt the
railroads ; others are satisfied with the rates
us they uro , and another class that views
this question from u conservative standpoint
wants equal Justice done to the railroads
, ind people us well. I am ono of the latter.
I am in favor of such railroad rates us will
enable us to establish Jobbing houses In
Grand Island : such rates in and out of our
city , to points that are tributary to us , ns
will enable ns to compote with the through
rules Irom Omaha and Lincoln to the same
loints. I urn in favor of granting the rail-
oud.s compensation commensurate with the
service rpmlored i" hauling a carload of our
; raln or stcor.s to the market , nnd no moro.
Hut what thut compensation should Justly
so some ono mure thoroughly conversant with
, ho matter than myself would have to say.
! f the Iowa rates are not burdensome lot
, 'ioin bo increased snfllciontly to make amends
'or the difference in our condition ns com
pared with that state , and then lot them bo
id opted for the government of the roads in
our htato.
Tin : BKI : Is in favor of reasonable railroad
estrictions. So am I. I concur with it also
n believing that the state board of transpor-
.ution should do I Us duty , nnd give us the ro-
ief wo uro entitled to. Yours truly ,
U. P. U. WILLIAMS.
Stand by tlio Old Party.
INMIMNOI.A , Nob. , Juno 11. To the Kd I tor
of THI : BII : : : I want to express my opinion
ipon subjects connected with our political in-
crests nnd ask you to nccopt tny sentiments ns
ny earnest belief. I want to say llrst I am Just
is strong a republican ns I was when I voted
or John U. Fremont in IbM and although
vo huvo some very unsafe loaders ; the prln-
iplos of the party are right and In the Inter-
st of reform , and whatever has gone wrong
vo as voters are to blame for. I never
> olloved in being carried about by every wind
of doctrine In town and county affairs. I
mvo often voted for democrats ; no little
lornonul matter or vurlonco with men swerves
no from the right us I see
t. I was n soldier , and 1 never can see why
a soldier or sou of a veteran should go off
nto some other party than our true "friend
nnd tried , the good old ropufillrmn party.
This government In tlmo of peril never hml n
better administration , nnd I bollovo now ni I
have always , that It Is hotter to work reform -
form rlght'ln our party than to follow some
new Ideas presented by some old aero hem ) ,
worn out , dlsanllsllod , calamity polltUMnn
lll < o Donnelly of Minnesota , Weaver of Iowa
and Streotcr of Illinois , and Although I am nn
alliance man m Its relation to the farmers' jf
best Interest , I think when they undertook *
to whip me Into the ( haiiuvdomo-lmtepomUmt
party they run ntfiilust a snug , I left the or-
Kiini/.atlon , although I believe In a tulr , hen *
cst discussion of nil thn political and mo nil
n.urtsiiotii ! of the day. Right here I want to
say that I am In full aceerd with you upon the
tlnanelal , the tariff and most of your Ideabut
upon the temperance question wo are n great
way apart. DA.MKI. COOK ,
Stiloot the nt'Ht'Mon.
OMAII.I , Juno 0--To the Editor of Tun
HKK ! Unilor "Hope of Hepuhlloanl.sm , "
whore you have Invited correspondence from
yonr patrons relative to the | x > ltticnl s > lttw
lion In Nebraska , I notice an article from ono
of the polltlonl war horses of the last legis
lature and many other gentlemen , who strlkn
the null on the head when they say wo want
different leadership. True repiiUlennlstn Is
as dour to the people today as In the days
Qf INJ1 and ISilS , and wo huvo as good
and as true republicans today ns thot > ,
but they nro not recuijnliod in the
primaries , county or state conventions.
1'hcy may have the ability , honesty of pur
pose and be possessed of the kind of repub-
liciuiUm that brought the rail splitter inte
the presidential chnlr and tilled congress
with such noble men as Sunnier , John 1 .
Halo , Seward , Thud Htovons , Hen Wade ,
Salmon I' . Uhase , Sehtiylor ( 'olfax , John A.
Io/rnn / and many others , tried and true
republicans , who tmulo It possible to replen
ish n bankrupt treasury , coniiuor the grentast
rebellion of modern times and brim , ' about a .
state of prosperity never before known In
the history of clvilixod nations , but
such men the republican party don't seem to
want. They don't have the boodle nnd nro
possessed of too much honor ami too much
true manhood to nso it to secure nomination
or election to any olllco.
If the republican party would ronfllrm the
old but tried nnd true principles of free press ,
free speech , free sell and free men , and not
forgot that it takes thu furmor , mechanic , the
cltUon , tradesman and laborer to make 1111
that grand old party from tlio people , by the
people ami for the people , and thut the
nuisso.s must nnd slnill bo represented In
ull the law-making bodies of this stuto
and nation , instead of being so
sadly misrepresented us they have been for
many yours , by professional men , bankon
nnd millionaires , who know not the wants of
their constituency and would not do tholr
will if they knrw It , there would bo no
doubt of 'future republican success in
Nobrusica.
Select your best men from among the
musses who nro not sucking olllco in your
city , village or country , who know the wants
of tholr constituency ; keep the disgraceful
boodle gang out of yonr primaries and con- " " *
volitions and the republican party of No-
bruska and the west can again become moro
powerful than over before in its history , nine
no party of the nation has u bolter record nnd
all issues will be stife in Us br.mls.
The popular demands of the people nro
financial relief und regulation of railroads ,
tilvo the people moro and oho.ipur money and
all other evils will dwindle into insignifi
cance. Millions of dollars are annually leav
ing the United States to pay Interest on 12u-
ropoan money used by the people of the
United States , which our people of ull parties
believe Is wrong and are going to apply the
remedy , us they did during the late war ,
when the government had no money to pay
the soldiers , buy supplies or prosecute th&
wor. I say this as a republican , and the
republican. party , which has always
been In advance on all reform Issues ,
must recognize this demand of the people or
some other party will have the honor of
doing this noble Avorlc of freeing our people
from the llimncl.il shackles which una | them
more ( Irmly than American slavery * over
bound the now free colored people of the
United Suites. Nebraska has already lo.st
three republican senators b'ause she was
too cowardly to rfijmirnty moot and nccopt
this iinanco reform is'iiio , .which was eon-
coivod in and brought forth and. .prniHlciiIly
demonstrated bv the republican party. Tlilno
for the right , UcoiioiV. : . "
QUKSTIOXH .IXlt .IXSIVKUU.
OMAHA. Nob. . May 110. To the Eilllur of TIIK
HKK : What Is tlui holnht and weight. iiiiilrcd ! |
fur a mumbor of thu Umaha police force'/
Ans. Height , 5 foot 8K inches ; weight ,
180 pounds.
OMAHA. Nob. . June 1. To the Editor of Tun
HKK : Will yon Kindly toll mo tiroinh ! tlui col
umns of yonr paper what would bo tin ) most
appropriate motto fur a splasher to put up bo-
hln.l u washstund. I want a very original
one.
one.Ans.
Ans. Probably a good ono would bo >
"Wash and Bo Ulonn , " which will be founcL/
In II , Kings v. , iy.
WiMiKii , Nob. May 20. To tlio Kdllor Of TUB
HIK : : I'loaso uii.swiir In TIIK mr.wiAr Hm : the
following. Did Abraham Lincoln over write
anything against rolIt'ionV Was he u member
of any chnroli ? K. J. Hulrk.
Ans. W. H. Herndon , Liucoln's law part
ner , in his life of the Illustrious .statesman ,
relates that "while n resident of Now Salem ,
111 , , In 1834 , Lincoln prepared an extended
essay- called by many , a book in which lie
mndolin argument ugulnst Uhrlstlanlty.striv-
Ing to provo that the bible was not inspired
and that Christ was not the Son of God. f Io- . _
intended to have the manuscript published in "
boolc form , but it was destroyed by a friend ,
nnd the effort wan never repeated. " Lin
coln's religious views were modilltid lute In
life , though never a member ol a church.
Yonit , .liinuS. To the editor of Tin : Ilii : : :
I'loiiso answer In nnxt Sunday's HKK lo .lOltlo
a but. the following : ( Jan u man collect extra
p.iy for work purfom.ud uvorululit hours per
day aflor. Inly lirst no.xt , who IKIH lilrml out
by tlio month for it year and Ins Umij does not
expire until , limitary i , 1W ? r. II. Uhiiroh. oQ
Ans. Wo should say ho could not collect
extra pay.
WHITMAN , Nub , , Juno 4. To the editor of
TIIK HKK : Wjll yon plmiMi niiHwur tlio follow-
ii'.t : How many tons of coal urn burnt by the
fust ocvun summers urosslng the /UliinlloV
How many tons pur day , niul how many days
docs It taku tomaUu the round trip.
Answer. The Tcntonlo ut the White Star
line , which is ono of the fastest transatlantic.
steamers , consumes about 1150 tons every
, \vonty-four hours. Her record between
Now York nnd Liverpool Is live days , nine
teen hours and live minutes.
UMAHA , JuneTo tlio editor of Tin : Ilm : :
1'luii.sn give HID date of Ihu founding of Vain
mil Harvard colleges und oltluj they are ln-
tatiiil In and by whom founded. In .Sunday's
Usm.V-N. J. I' .
Ans. Yule college was founded by Kliliu
Yale in 1718 and is situated in New Haven ,
Jonn. Harvard college is the uarllo.it Insti
tution of learning in the United States mid
on the continent of North America. It was
'runtod a charter in HIM ) und named nftor Irs" '
[ oundor , John Harvard. It Is located in
Cambridge , Muss. In both cases the founders
wore wealthy Knirllshinon who , nt their de
cease , left large sums of money for the pur-
: > osoof founding these colleges.
Dr. JUiiKi'H ! Peroration.
Among the stories which tire being revived
about the late Archbishop of York perhaps
the best Is that of Hlr Hoberl Anstruihor's
irognnnt summary of his speech on the Iri-h
church. Dr. Mntjoo concluded , It will bo re
membered , by saying that ho could not rec
oncile It with his hopes of heaven to vote for
the bill. As Sir Robert loft the house of
lords , magnetized by this peroration , he was
mut by a trienu and asked who hud boon
spoaklnir last. "M-m-ageo , miildntr a .sp-sp-
Icndlil sp-sp-spooch. Ho & -.s-.said hu'd bo
a-d-d d It he'd vote for thu bill. "
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