THE OMAHA DAILY ) EE : FHIDAY , JULY 10 , 1891 ,
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SWOI'.N STATEMENT OK CIKOULATION.
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month of July. ISOO. anri ) roptu.s ; for AuirnsU
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copies ; for Slay , IS'JI , : MM entiles : for Juno ,
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Sworn to linforo mo mid sulisp.rlbed In my
presence tlilsCtli dny or Juno , A. [ > . ISni ,
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Notary I'ubllo.
No SKUHKT society in America ever
has or over will for liny considerable
tlmo control the political nlTalra of thia
free country.
SOMKHODY is doing sotno gifted lying
In Chili. A report , of the .success of
either Hide is always followed by n posi
tive contradiction from the other.
THKKK is no humor or semblance of it
in the statement that the guard of honor
to the emperor of Germany at Bucking
ham palnco constated of the Cold Stream
guards and the Beef Billow. It is the
honest truth.
Tim agricultural department has se
lected a peed year for making its experi
ments in producing rain by exploding
dynamite in the clouds. Tlio experiment
must bo a success. Rain comes very
easy this year.
CITIZEN1 TIIAIM will not complete his
trip from Tucoma around the world in
57 days , ns ho had hoped , but ho has dis
tributed 10,000 circulars relative to
Omaha and put in two pleasant months
trying it with all his might.
TUB stories coming up from Haytl
those days are sadly contradictory of
the pretty pictures of the black republic
with which United Slatoa Minister
Douglas regaled his hearers loss than a
year ago when ho visited Washington.
THE genial journalist from Fremont
found himself a hopeless minority of ono
on the question of asking John C. Wat
son to resign the 'chairmanship of the
republican state central committee. Aa
a consequence ho flocked by himself and
remained speechless upon the bubjoct.
MONSIONOU FOLCIII'S financial theo
ries are about as violent and unsatisfac
tory to tlio Catholic world at largo as
llorr Cahonsloy's scheme for managing
the church in America is to Catholic
Americans. The pope has disapproved
both and showed good judgment in each
case.
TIIK treasury department has very
cleverly lot uo of the Itata business by
accepting a line of $500 from her com
mander for violation of the navigation
laws. Now the department of jtmtico
will oxorclno its ingenuity in securing a
loophole of escape from the farclal trans
action.
SOMKIIODY should provide Hippolyto
with a cuspidor to prevent the recur
rence of diplomatic imbroglios. Minister -
tor Douglas' secretary insists that the
alleged insult of the Ilaytlan butcher to
the consuls of the several nations con-
elstod in turning his back upon thorn in
order to expectorate freely out the
door of the palace.
Arvriroumi Governor Boies says the
American farmer raises corn at a not
loss of 07 contH per acre , and Senator
Poffor puts the mortgage indebtedness
of Kansas at 8100,000,000 while the value
of the real property of the state is but
$108,000,000 , and the calamity wallers
are Illling the air with lies and exagger
ations of similar import , the people of
Europe continue to como hero to better
themsolves.
TIIK. farmers of Now England and Now
Yorlc refuse to endorse the third party
scheme. The farmers of the country
will not Hock to an organization which
backs the crazy auB-troasury scheme ,
the loaning of money by the govern
ment upon the real estate of the coun
try , and similar wild notions. Further
more , the grout American principle of a
fair and open light will keep thousands
out of an oath bound organization whoso
membership Is limited to a single class
of citizens.
JUDOK BLODOUTT says Phoebe
Couzlns was legally discharged from
the secretaryship of the lady's board
of managers and refuses to enjoin that
distinguished aggregation of feuilnluo
ability from Interfering with her per-
foriunnco of the duties of the olilco.
This effectually cuts oil tholady'u salary
And shuts thaolilco door In her face , but
it does not ullenco her tongue or restore
her good temper. Judge Btodgott's lifo
hereafter bo scarcely worth Hvlug.
Jt.MAXfN MONK ! ' AM ) MKTItODS.
A member of the state central committee -
too from Luncitfltorcounty calU attention
to the fact that the Alliance has an In-
cotno of $1 par capita per tmnum from its
mombors. Tlio admission too is 31.25 ,
Assuming that there were 70,000 mom-
bora who had paid tholr Initiation fuos
and annual duos , the Independents had
a fund for organization and other cam
paign purposes of ever 3160,000 last year.
Granting that there are 7o,000 members
in this state today , the Alliance has an
available Income of $75,000 at least for
the work of the coining campaign loss
such sums as may have been oxponilcd
in furthering Its interests thus far , but
which are directly chargeable to the ex
penses of this year's contest.
The concensus of opinion at Lincoln
clearly shows Unit the independents are
weakening nowhere In the stato. They
are pushing tholr olTorts for now lodges
and increased membership at every
point. A central picnic was hold In
every county on the Fourth of July.
They are making preparations for the
capture of the court houses everywhere.
They are Hushed with past successes and
determined to swoop everything before
them. Their organization Is stronger
than It was a year ugo and their man
agers are backed with a largo aurn to
which additions are received regularly
with which to make a vigorous cam
paign. It will not do to sup
pose tlio great weight of num
bers atid the ambition of local
olilco aoukera is disintegrating them to
any extent. The fact is wo are in the
face of u well discipline ! ! army of enthu
siastic troops with determined loaders
and a well equipped wagon train. This
army has boon in the Hold ever since the
legislature adjourned drilling for a fight
and recruiting among republican and
democratic deserters. They mean busi
ness.
It is folly to find fault with
them for spending the money they
have collected for political pur
poses. A majority of the mem
bers approve of Us expenditure.
There will bo no point , made against
their leaders or their organization by
taking up the potty charges of men whom
the Alliance refuses to recognize and
who are not free from the supi io.i that
they are monopoly c.ippors. The repub
licans will make more headway by fol
lowing the example of the enemy. They
should organize clubs all ever the state
and collect money from the members , not
for torch-light processions and pyrotech
nic hurrahs but for legitimate campaign
purposes ; the pay of speakers and the
publication of pamphlets and other
printed intelligence upon the issues at
stake. TUB BKII is loyal to the republi
can party. It believes those who are
temporarily absenting themselves from
its councils will return , baiauso the now
party is not grounded upon principles
which insure it permanency. A fair and
proper presentation of the questions at
issue will win many of them baek. Wo
cannot endorse any effort to defeat the
alliance by a mud-slinging campaign.
TUB BBB favors a uccont attack upon
the principles of that p\rty which are
vulnerable and a campaign of organiza
tion , intelligence and systemutic vigor.
To conduct such a fight costs money.
The local republican organizations must
contribute that money or it will bo mi.s-
ing when most needed.
. THE OHIO OAMl'AHJN.
The Ohio democrats will hold their
convention next week , and it appears to
bo already practically determined that
Governor Campbell will boronominatcd ,
probably by acclamation. There is some
talk of possible dark horses , but the ef
forts of rival aspirants have signally
failed and the expression favorable to
Campbell is so strong that there will
doubtless bo no demonstration in the
convention. As to the platform , it
would bo easy to foreshadow Its declara
tions on national affairs. It will de
nounce the tariff law and the appropri
ations of the last congress , pitch into
the republican method of conducting
the business of the last house of repre
sentatives , and throw some regulation
epithets at the dead elections bill. It
will hardly say anything about reciproc
ity or the management of our foreign re
lations by the present administration ,
these being subjects which nearly all
democratic conventions thus far this
year have found it convenient to ignore.
But it will bo of small consequence what
the platform shall say on national ques
tions , for on the democratic side the
prominent issue will bo- the personal
record of Governor C.impboll. That
is very far from being invulner
able. On the contrary , there are
democrats who assort that Camp-
boll's administration has been ono of
the least meritorious in the history of
the state , and in Cincinnati particularly
the number who think this way is so
largo that Hamilton county is pretty
sure to glvo the republican ticket as
largo a majority as the party has riS-
coived there at any time within the last
dozen years.Governor Campbell has
shown himself to bo , what was not be
lieved of him when elected , a thorough
.spoils politician , and In many respects
ho has disappointed some of the best
element of his party and made for him
self a most assailable record. But tliu
ovldenco is that he Is still popular and
strong with his party , and. while there
will be deserters the republicans are not
warranted in counting upon a very
great defection. Two yo'ira ' ago C.imp-
boll's plurality was a little loss than
eleven thousand , so that ho can lose a
considerable vote without bulng de
feated.
The republicans are preparing to open
the campaign as soon as their opponents
are in the field , and the party appears
to lu full of confidence. In an intarvlow
u few days ago Major Mtlvinloy said ho
intends to m-iko a luutllng fight , and
that ho would win. The campaign will
be earnest acd aggroaslve , but
It will not bo of the por-
smwl kind. The relations between
Major MoKlnloy and Governor Camp
bell are of the most friendly nature , and
they are not the sort of men to Indulge
in porsonalittos , or to permit others to
do so in their behalf if they can help it.
The republican organization is almost
perfect , there being clubs in every city ,
town and borough of the stato. und
within a week they will begin work.
The present aspoet of the situation In
Ohio appears to bo very favorable to the
republican parly.
.There will bo four state tickets In the
field In Ohio this year the republican ,
the democratic , the prohibition and the
peoples' party. The latter will hold a
convention in'August , and the ticket it
will name will cause the old parties the
greatest uncertainty and apprehension.
The present Indications are that It will
make no serious Inroads upon tlio re
publican party , but those may bo found
deceptive as the campaign progresses ,
or any rate when the election returns
are counted. The ropubllcwos , however -
over , have marked out tholr course and
Intend to stoadllypursuo it.
TIIK ll.lTK QUK8TIOX.
TIIK BHK regrets that the republican
state central committee adjourned with
out giving formal expression by resolu
tion favorable to a maximum rate
schedule. The fact that the state board
of transportation is already convinced It
should exorcise its powers and put such
a schedule In force is hardly sufilclont
reason for this omission of the repre
sentatives of the party In committee
assembled. The committee , however ,
through individual interviews and let
ters to TIIK BBK is clearly in favor of a
maximum rate schedule and its adoption
and enforcement by the board of trans
portation. The loaders of the repub
lican party and the republican press of
Nebraska have sufficiently committed
that organization upon this paramount
question to leave no doubt as to its posi
tion.
tion.Tho
The board of transportation recog
nizing the demands of the producers
will shortly announce a schedule which
it is hoped is made up in the interest of
the people and not the railroads. So
far as any information upon the subject
is given out it appears that the board is
giving the proposed schedule the intel
ligent and careful consideration so im
portant a subject demands and will bo
able to formulate a system of maximum
rates fair to all interests concerned. The
purpose is lo place Nebraska on a level
with adjoining states in the mailer of
freight rates upon the commodities on
which there is a largo interchange of
traffic.
The board will doubtless have estab
lished this schedule before the state con
vention meets in September. Its bene
ficial effects will already have been felt
by the farmers , portions of whoso crops
will bo marketed by that timo. Such
further modifications as experience
shows to bo necessary will bo understood
and the convention can declare for such
additional regulation or laws ns the
people reasonably demand. The repub
lican party through its board of trans
portation has an opportunity to right
itself with the people which must not
and will not bo overlooked.
EFFECT OF A EUllOl'SAfT
IIEIIE.
There appears to bo no doubt that the
projected commercial alliance of the cen
tral European powers will boconsuinatcd.
The tariff committee is actively at work
obtaining data and negotiations are ex
pected to open shortly. If the move
ment is carried into effect , it will
certainly bo ono of the most important
commercial events of modern times.
A dispatch from Rome says that the
indifference of the United States to the
progress of the negotiations can only bo
accounted for by the hope that the embargo
barge on American . pork will bo
removed by the nations forming
the alliance , but it is stated that well
informed observers are convinced that
the embargo will bo replaced by a tariff
that will bo in effect prohibitory as
against all nations not in the alliance.
The United States would thus see itself ,
says the dispatch , not only completely
but permanently shut out from Europe
as a market for its pork products. It is
quite possible that the formation ot the
alliance may have this result , but there
is reason to think it improbable. Euro
pean countries do not need our pork as
they do our wheat. They have
been getting along without the former
and may do so hereafter. But
a prohibitory tariff on American pork
products would moan higher prices for
moats in all the alliance countries , and
in present circumstances some of these
countries will hardly venture to impose
this additional burden upon their pee
ple. There is a strong popular demand
in Germany for relief from the tax on
food , and to Increase it , as would bo the
effect of excluding American pork
products by a tariff , would bo the most
unpopularand perhaps the most danger
ous thing the government cpuld do.
Another point to bo considered is
that the formation of the ullianeo will
not necessarily moan commercial warfare
upon the United States , for all of the
countries that probably will enter the
alliance , want to retain tu much as pos
sible of the American market. They
must have our broadstulTs , and'thoy desire -
sire to exchange their products for
them. A prohibitory tariff against our
pork would bo pretty sure to bo mot by
a retaliatory policy affecting the pro
ducts of the countries in the alliance ,
and it would become a question which
could hold out the longest. Manifestly
the United Stales would have a very de
cided advantage in such a warfare , but
certainly this country does not desire it.
If there Is indifference hero regarding
the proposed alliance. It is because this
country Is powerless-either to stay , the
project or to glvo direction to its policy ,
and indeed- is a matter in which wo
cannot properly or consistently inter
fere. If the alliance is formed and
adopts a policy inimical to the commer
cial Interests of this country , then will
be tlmo oaough for us to talto notice of
it and to act as circumstances shall sug
gest for the defense of our interests.
"COI.ONKI , " IlKf-KK GOUQAK contin
ues her wild tirades against everybody
except the prohibitionists. She said In
iv speech in Elgin , 111. , the other night ,
among other startling falsehoods , that
members of the late alliance legislature
In Nebraska on the last night of .the
eossion "became howling runic , and
then , taking 00 lewd women , spent the
night in debauchery. " The-samo tongue
at the same mooting uttered the further
Ho that the Fifty-first national congress
"ended in debauchery In the capltol
building and adjourned to a negro dive
to finish up , " It 8Q01U3 hardly nocc. ary
to deny such wild , foolish and utterly
groundless llffSCcoinlng from the lips of
a virago who Is a monomanlan upon pro
hibition. ProTJ.tbly no legislature ever
existed mrulo up Inclusively of total ab
stainers. ThorMvoro Borne individuals
Intoxicated ( iir the adjournment of
the Nebraska legislature. There
were some congressmen drunk when
the Flfty-llrsjj , congress adjourned
sine die. There was , however ,
no di3gracoful e7Tnduct at Washington
chargeable to yBpijrosi } and there was no
adjournment ol Jhat body or oven half
a dozen of its members' to a negro dive.
Neither were there any scones of de
bauchery In the Nebraska capital in
which the legislature and sixty lewd
women participated. The fact Is that
Mrs. Cougar simply Hod and she know
she was maliciously lying when she ut
tered these slandomus statements.
IN HOUND numbers - ' OOO immigrants
came to the United States during the
fiscal year ended Juno 30. This exceeded
the number for the previous year by
07,000. Germany contributed the largest
proportion of the Increase and more
than one-fourth of the whole number.
It rarely , happens that any ono comes
hero from Germany who is not of flio
desirable class. Without specifying
other countries from which the immi
gration of the past year was supplied , it
may bo remarked that probably not ono
percent of these immigrants were un
desirable , and doubtless there are
but few of them who are not obtaining a
bettor livelihood than they enjoyed in
their native land , while their industry
and what they use of the products of the
industry of others is helpful to the coun
try Can any national and unprejudiced
man doubt our ability to absorb and as
similate such an annual addition to our
population as came from Europe during
the last fiscal your ?
GUATEMALA desires to enter Into reci
procity arrangements with the United
States , and of course she will be enabled
to do so if she is disposed to make fair
and equitable terms. It has boon re
ported , also , that there is a strong sen
timent in Guatemala in favor of seeking
annexation to the United Stales , and if
such is the case it is to bo discouraged.
The American people are not conlom-
plaling any extension of their bounda
ries , and while they are ready to make
terms for commerce with their neighbors
that will bo mutually advantageous , they
are not looking forward to the absorp
tion of any of their territory. The ma
jority of intelligent Americans are not
favorable to annexation in any direction.
MA.TOII McKiNUiY says : "I regard
the club as the strongest weapon for use
in a campaign. " It has boon fully
demonstrated that this is the case , and
the republicans Nebraska and Iowa
should boar it in mind. The most
thorough organizjition of a party can ba
olloctod _ by means" of clubs , and these
political agencie's can do more than can
bo done in any oth.or way to infuse in
terest and vigor into a campaign. Every
club constitutes- center of political ac
tivity of the greij.ost usefulness. . , .
ONLY fourteen1 states of this union
have failed to adopt ballot reform laws
since 18SS. These fourteen are Kansas ,
Virginia , North Carolina , South Carolina
lina , Georgia , Alabama , Florida , Missis
sippi , Louisiana , Texas , California ,
Idaho , Iowa and Nevada. California
has a good election law , almost equal to
the Australian system. Nevada has
scarcely votes enough to warrant count
ing them at all. Iowa and Kansas will
join the proco-sion next winter. When
will the almost solid south como into
lino.
ONn thing at a time is a good rule of
action , but Omaha needs a connection
with the southw.est and the Atchison ,
Topoka- Santa Fo railway ought to
build that connection. She needs a
through line tollalona , Mont. , and the
Burlinglon.Northweslorn and the Union
Pacific should appreciate the situation.
She needs a short route to Duluth ,
Minn. , and the prospects arog oed for
such a lino. .
PERHAPS the absent councilmen are
delegates to the annual convention of
the Young People's Society of Christian
Endeavor and % had departed for Min
neapolis , hence were not to bo found on
this side the Big Muddy when the sor-
geant-at-arms of the council was seeking
thorn.
DAYLIGHT was streaking the eastern
horizon when the council forced tlio
fight over the gasoline lamps to a finish ,
but the lowest bidder secured the con
tract and the city will pay $2.40 per
lamp loss in the future than in the past.
TUB stale central committee has de
clared unanimously for Omaha as the
place in which to hold the next republi
can national convention , and instructed
the Nebraska members of the national
comraitlco to work to that end.
TIIK man wholofinds it necessary so
often to affirm thh't'ho Is no boodior , de
serves the pity oQijOnost men , because
iho accusation rises up with so much fre
quency and pltCU'Mbility and at Buch
short intervals.'I '
WITH a good , ticket , a sound platform ,
systematic organization and revised
transportation rates , the ropublljans
ought to feel nq-f ar for the campaign
which in to bo If/kjJKuralcd / at Lincoln ,
September 24.i / . * V )
THE days raayTcpino and the daya may
go but. Helen M. . ( . > Gougar's slanderous
vituperations go kjiioforevor.
PLASTBKINO in Onmha school build
ings has not been done by the yard. It
has boon done by the gang.
Bu.siNKSSmon , will find much to en
courage them in the reports of the state
banks now being published.
A YIAUUCT on Fifteenth street Is an
Improvement which the business of the
city has long dcnrindud.
TIIK cotl ; dealers are kicking viciously
now. Walt till next winter and it will
be the coal buyers.
Oblivion AclicH IUr Him.
( Untie Dtmuerutfp. | . )
The war upon B < simtor Quay by- leading
I Pennsylvnnln republicans mny bo Inspired In
some ilcgroo uy personal plquo mul mnllcc ,
1 but tlmt docs not nlToct the Inrgat mid more
itnnortnnt fnct tlmt there nro good reasons
why Mr. Quuy should stop aside mid lot
somebody else manage the politic * of the
stato. _ _
Ort ItlRlit.
"Electrocution" draws the Just condemna
tion of the Now York Times. "Elec-
trothony , " which tlio Press wes the first to
profoso a year npo , Is tlio best form yet sup-
Bcstc'l. It Is phlloloBlcally correct ; It 1ms
antilogies In other words , such ns euthanasia ,
and its moaning Is perfectly clear , and the
verb "oloctrotlmnlzo" can bo derived from It
In accordance with sound usato.
DomcHtlo
Dcnvrr Sun.
A court of Nebraska lias decided that when
a husband Is physically unable to support his
fnuilly and his wlfo earns the money to pay
tlio hills , she is the k'inl hcnd of the family.
It is also a fact that the wlfo Is often the
head of the family when the husband Is phjs-
lenity nblo to support his family , and It
doesn't requlro any decision of a court to es
tablish her rlirht , either.
And l'Iovlii'Democracy Under.
Mlnnmiiotlt 'trtlittnc.
Utterly regardless of Governor ilolos1
allocation that the lown farmers lose fS.OO
on every aero of corn they raise , they are
cultivating 700,000 acres moro this year than
ever before. Sotno pcoply nro mighty un-
acommodathiR- .
Worth a Column ol' Talk.
Elmlni Ailccrt'tcr.
An Elmtra building is today to receive a
roof of American tin. Hero Is a. bit of prac
tical testimony as to the working of the re
publican tarilT policy that our frco trade
democratic friends would ilo well to study.
A Tear ol1 Kino
Cincinnati rommerctal tiazette.
Cheap supar-twenty pounds of the best
granulated for a dollar ; fruit abundant , ex
cellent and cheap ; good , choan tin for can-
nmgl The American people will nave a line
living this coming year.
The Carol 11111 Governors.
St. Hint I'lnnctr I'rrss.
As the governor of North Carolina re
marked to the governor of South Carolina :
"Why , Tlllnuin , I thought you swore by the
two-horse harrow ' rldu railroad
- you'd never on a
road p.iss.1
And tin ; Horn blower , Too.
CM'mio Tribune.
The Boston Herald thinks "tho only genu
ine American tin will he found in a horn. " If
it should prove to be a horn of plenty , all will
ho forgiven.
IIVJIAX A\n MtlVlXE.
Detroit Free. Pres.
If It's human to err In tno statement ono
makes ,
Concerning the flsti ho hns caught.
It's divina to explain to Ills rival at homo ,
That the lish he hrings In have been bought.
Denver Sun : Telegraph Operator ( to news
paper corresnonilent at Bar Habor ) How is
this ? You say In one telegram that Mr.
Blaine is very feeble , and In this other ono
you say'ho Is'in robust health. .
Correspondent That lirst ono is for a dem
ocratic paper and-tho otncr ono for a republi
can paper.
Telegraph Operator Well , how is Air.
Blaluo today ?
Corresnoiidont Ihaven't the remotest idea.
A little mouse came out on the floor ,
As the teacher entered the school room door ,
The scholars scattered in every direction
And the leather herself did not stop for ro-
Heelion.
Washington Post : "Yes , , sir , " said the
old gentleman to his son , "if you want to
make rnonoy , study for the local profession.
Don't ' forgot that old time motto , 'Tho law
and the prollts.1 "
HOOTCH iiurii'iiociTr.
. St. I'tiiil Pioneer 1'ras.
Ills love was so intense
It bonneted on ferocity ;
Ho pleaded with her sire
And spolic of reciprocity.
But when the maid was callou
Of words tliuro was a paucity ;
The anger in horoyo
Gave the Ilo to his voracity.
And suddenly there rose
Paternal animosity ,
And he tooic a leather leave
With uncomfortable velocity
Jury : "Ho sat on my joke. "
"Tlmt wasaufe. "
"S.ifoV"
"Yes. There wasn't any noliit to It. "
Washington Star : Tlio lion ma.v bo tlio
kin ; ; of liuasts , hut the clromodary U the huin-
pcror of all animals.
lioston Courier : "Oh , Mr. Bullfinch , you arose
so odd. "
"The remedy. Sllss Stuilax , lies entirely with
you. "
TO IIAPI'KN.
Mnj r 7iinljIn CManan Herald.
Wo can't toll why It should ho s < >
To llml the cause we've never trlod.
Hut tlin slrl whose foot's a ti nitty show.
Wlionu're she's walking with her beau.
IH sure tu gut her shoo untied.
Washington 1'ost : "I don't understand why
you xhoutd call mu Achilles , " remarked a
Iiul.v who was eiunplu in Cilun Kcho to her
husband.
"lleo.iusc , my donr , " ho answcroil , "for the
lust two mlnutosyuu have hucn sulking In
your tunL"
Then the sun caniu out from undiir a cloud
to welcome u llttli > smllo ; a. bird twllteil In
response to u little lair'li , and merriment WUH
restored.
"Uur readers , " says the I'lunkvlllo lliielv ,
"who may have noticed tlmt our headline
ovvrour reiMirtof tlio stock market was ac
cidentally rendered 'lluors on Tan , ' Instead
of 'Hoars on Top. ' wilt ploasn boar In mind
that tlu enttro nlllco received cnnipllinuntary
-rtukntato thoSehuetzon picnic of the day bu-
forc. "
_
Illllovlllo-Hannor : Wo went to tlm miashoro
lu search of health , and wh"n wo roturmid wo
found tno onico closed. Tlio sheriff was In
possession ; hut ho Is now ocuupy'nK our 1 ° ' in
the cemetery , and the paper uomc.sout ns
usual.
aorinnntownToloxraph ; Klrst uruok Stop
Into this doorway. Hill , and I'll loll you about
thiitcrlb we're t-'olng to crack tomorrow tilRht
Socoml croiiK Hut somoDody'll comu alonjj
and cut onto us. " ,
Klrsturook ( looking at tlio slijn over tliu
door ) No , we're nafo here. ThU llrm don't
advertise.
Somorvlllo Journal : Man may want but llt-
tlo hero bulow. but ho usually kuupn up u fear
ful kluklnK unless he got * It.
Yankee Illudo : friend Why don't you have
iv lawyer ?
I'rlsonor I can lie myself hotter than any
lawyer I know.
'lilt : lltKAL JtAA\
Kmni'i ( i. Dou l.
Hofova a boy has dotted his Uilt
Ho wants a sword with u Hashing hilt ,
Ho must manage a train , thouirli it bo of
chairs ,
Ho must beat a drum , hu must hunt forbears ;
In fact , his nlshest ambition and plau ,
His dearest wish is to bo a mini.
But many a boy H unmanly today ,
Because thrro uro so many "Us" in the way ;
Ho scorns thU "If" und ho frowns at that ,
Ho shirks his lessou to wlolu a hat ;
Ami so he will u'o , as best ho can ,
From youth to old ago without balug a man.
"Ifs" In the road
Oh , tuera uro so many
That leads to manhood's highest aboaol
ICindness , purity , courage ami truth ,
Stumbling blouKH these to many a youth ;
For lie who will not make the o his own
Can never reach manhood's glorious thrcno.
bo who would bo manly should keep In mind ,
lie must ever bo guntlo aud bravo and kind ,
Obuuluut always to right's fair laws ,
A brother lo every noble cauno ;
Thus shall he servo God's cherished plau ,
ALU uoiuo to thu stuturu of a man.
REDUCING RAILROAD RATES ,
State Board of Transportation Requested
to Hasten Action on the Question ,
STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE INTERESTED.
Mncnlu VIotlniH of Uoocnt lllli |
Water ICclurn to Their Homes
Tito Kiicumiuitoiu May
Ho Soonrod.
N , Nob. , July P. [ Special to TUB
BBK.J After thu doors had been closed for
thu cxccutlvo session of tlio state central
commllleo last nlcht a numuor of Intoroslliig
subjects were discussed ,
Prominent among these was the matter of
inomoi-lalizlng Iho slate board of transporta
tion to order a reduction of the freight rates
of this stato.
The members of the commlttco had been
reading TUB Hnt ; on the sublect and nearly
every ono of them had como to tha conclusion
that the reduction should ho made.
Mr. Gilbert of Yorlc brought the .subject
up and stU'gosted that the committee take
notion ou It Immediately , Hu was
followed by Mr. Teftt of Avoca , Caillhan of
Friend and Hall \Vuyno. . It was shown
that a great deal of tho. capital of alliance
talkers was the story that the railroads were
charging exorbitant rates. Also that the re
publican party had pledged Itself to alTord
the farmers roluif. This promise had been
made In tlin platform adopted at the last con
vention.
It was also shown that the party wai dis
posed to keep its promho and would have
done so at the last session of the legislature ,
but was numerically weak and could
not pass the law which it fav
ored. All that It could do wi.s to
prevent the enactment of a law which would
have been Injurious to the roads , the stale
and also to the people. Ttie.ro was then loft
but ono thing lo do. The state hoard of
transportation was "composed exclusively of
republicans , it really was representative of
the republican party. It nail powers , which
were , in this case , in n certain sense , similar
to thee of the legislature. They could
Changs Iho railroad nuos where they are
found to bn oppressive , They could do so
after comparing the rates now prevail
ing with the rates enjoyed under
likn circumstances in adjoining states.
They could do it ufter mature deliberation
and without soaking to gratify personal
spite , with a view to affording tlio farmers
relief and , at the same time , enable Iho
railroad companies to enjoy a > roasonnblo re
turn upon their investment.
After the matter had been pretty thorough
ly discussed It was evident that nearly
every member of the committee favored re-
iinosling Iho board lo make the desired
reduclion.
Mr. Dohvorth of Hastings , ono of the
secretaries of the board of railway commissioners
'
missioners who was also a dolcgato.'mado a
short statement. The board In question had
Instructed the secretaries to examine inln
the railroad rutc.s of all the .surrounding
states ; to make n tabulated state
ment showing the tariffs upon nil
the principal commodities both for
local and through business ; whcro
and how roads were classllled ; why
higher rates were allowed on some rends
than were demanded on others ; the cost of
operating the roads , the volume of business ,
the maximum and minimum receipts under
all conditions , Mio number of nmployes , the
number of these whom railroad regulation
has driven out of employment , the quality of
the accommodation furnished the penplo and
to compare- all these with the same condi
tions and rates which now abound in Ne
braska.
On this work ho said the secretaries had
been ongapod for some weeks and had pro
gressed satisfaclorily. They would bo able
before louir , lo submit the result of their
labors to the bjard of transportation , and
that board , ho said would , doubtless , before
long , announce to the public the remit of
their oxanilnallon of the statement ,
This announcement seemed to satisfy the
committee tluUOho work demanded by Iho
people and recommended by Tin : Br.B was
progressing satisfactorily and that it would
bo unnecessary to recommend to the board
that It undertake a job upon which it had
already entered.
This understanding was accompanied , by
the admonition that the board should act
speedily and that indefinite postponement
\viis not to bo considered. Thu harvest was
approaching. Fanners would have crops
which would require shipment and the re
ductions should ho made to enable them lo
enjoy Iho DenolU oven before the grain com
menced to move.
The attention of the farmer and of every
citizen of the state is , therefore , directed to
iho state board of transportation and an early
determination is deslrea.
LINCOLN FLOOD SU11SIIMXO.
The July flood of Salt creek Is about
over. If no inoro rain falls the bottoms will
bo all right * At. H o'clock ' this morning the
water had fallen just twelve inches below
the high water mark. Many houses , however -
over , are still flooded with water , and will bo
untenable for several days nf'.or the Creole
has taken to its natural courso. The bottoms
at the foot of O street are still a big sheet of
water , while north of the city the condition
is but little butter than yoslorday , although
Iho walers are slowly falling. The Union
Pacillo track from the west is unsafe and
trains have boon coming In oyor Iho Bur
lington's tracks.
The Antelope creeK got too. full yesterday
and started a short cut through the fair
grounds. The Uoclc Island grade to the
north stopped the flow of the water , and nc-
conllngly it spread ever the lowlands east of
the fair'grounds , flooding all Iho houses be
tween thu Uurllimton main line and the Rock
Island tracks. Had there been n culvert In
the Kock Island grade the wulor would have
run off nil right.
A number of Iho persons flooded out liavo
returned to tholr' honfes , but n number are
still in the i'arli and T street school houses
where they are bolng cared for under the
superintendence of Health Oitlcor Unrtram.
Ono of the worst features of the flood will
follow after the waters have completely sub
sided. Besides the Inconvonlenco of the
muddy surroundings there is great danger to
[ lublic health In the effluvia which remains.
RSCAMl'.MK.VT DOOM.
The committee on railroads of tha execu
tive committee having In ulmrgo the securing
of Ilia national Grand Armv encampment for
Lincoln rolurned loday from Chicago. They
\ \ ere forlunato enough to meet the Western
L'assongor association in session , and have
great assurance of the hearty co-operation of
the railroad companies.
NUr.VUl.VI > Al'l'OI.VMIKNTH.
The following notarial appointments were
made today ; Frank ( Jhllds , Tnlmngo ;
lames H. .Mathers , Indlunala : Charles A.
Splice , Columbus ; Geonro W. Young , Cul-
porlson ; S. C. Burllngrim , Sowura : Lovl
iJnsltman , fjlsbon ; Kdwnrd C. Brlirgs ,
Sownrd ; C. S. Quick , indlanola ; A. II. Mur-
lock , Soulh Omaha ; B. S. I'addock , Fort
Uoblnson ; Harry C. Bush , Holdrego.
0111)3 ) AND r.NDg.
U. It. Oroor of ICoarnoy reports that ho
: ios soon the various crops In western Ne
braska clear up to iho Wyoming line and
declares lhal Ihoy never lookup holler.
Today Dr. Hatitz entered upon his duties
as physician at thu penitentiary. HU com
mission hail scarcely been signed hoforo n
call came to Iho goveanor's olilco lo nttonu tea
a convict who had boon painfully wounded In
the rl ht arm. Dr. Haul/ promptly responded -
spondod and attended lo Iho wounded man.
E. H. Lcavllt has been chosen us the ox-
part accountant to look over the books of tba
asylum.
,1 T/.V . * < IIOKIHHt V.
How Panlmitillo Patriotism Unn
nt tlio Noli * .
The wnrp and wool of patrloUti lifo lu ii
Pantmmllu of Tuxas nssonnlod atV"n ,
Stills to "Itcop the Fourth. " It wiis nn . I
fashioned barnccuo and Comauchus , o.
boys and tossur notnblos were tllero In lar < >
numbers , 'i'ho hottest aud fuunkvst place , > .
the grounds , says a correspondent of thi st
l.ouls Globe-Democrat , was tbo daubing
pavilion. A o.invas rover \vm tr < ) tehnd just
overhead. When some tall cowboy , , n
the excess of tils p.itrlotlsui , put an
extra Inch ou his spring , his hat
sornjjed the cover. The floor , which was o (
rough boards In the morning , was polishrM
buforo noon by n thousand siium > < < . In a
corner iho orchestrawilh n strangely solemn
fneeiimliiowiicasl eyes , sat ou the spri'ii ?
seat of a farm wagon ami draw from a violin
such strains as mUht pu . notion Itiio a cant
log. Hut the star of the pivllion combina
tion was the caller. Ho was a mlhl-tmiiinorod
gentlomaii named Granger , whoso lloxlhUi'y
of voice was equaled by tils originality of
expression. Sometime * ho chanted , same
times ho declaimed , and sometimes hv lot Im
volco follow thu music. Ho was a master of
oirotioulc.s ) : , too , who had learned his profes
sion. The cowboys would sldlo up to him
and say :
"Mistor , can't wo have a little dancul Wo
came sixlv miles for thin llilng. "
"Don't you know anybody horol" Granger
would ask.
"Not n Hvln' soul 'copt Just the boys1
they would nfllrm with more or le.ss em
phasis.
"Ueckou mobbo I kin fix you , " the master
would say , reflectively. Then ho would i-nm
ever to where the buxom daughters of the
irraln farmers wcro .shocked. Up along the su'o
of the platform. Pretty soon ho would re
turn , aud , with n "Come this way , " ho would
lead the cowboys , one ut a tlmo , across the
platform. Tho' furmcr'.s daughter would now
prettily , and the cowboy clnborntulv , with a
twitch at his big white hat. Then a new
couple would Join these on the floor. Occa
sionally a cowboy would intrust his hat to a
friend , but this seldom happened. The girls
didn't mind , and hats' were worn as a rule.
When the sot was slow In Illling the mas
ter called out persuasively :
"Two moro eouplo an' we'll have n little
ilnnco. Hurry up , now , and throw yourself
around on this slrotoh liku u quarter horso.
Lot's have a race. "
But It va not often the dances needed en-
courngomenl to till. Moro frequently the
master was obliged to argue :
"Stan1 hack and glvo us a lllllo room , people -
plo ; we've got n wild cat , .sprinir hero. "
The crowd , in the ea.jornoss lo see Iho
dancing , gave thu dancers scant room for thu
measures.
"lloodown on her , " said the maslor. The
violin -started , and so did the shuffling.
Cirdo to tha loft ami gents Irail home.
Let the Indies row in front.
So ho called , and -dropping his voicu nn
octavo hu sang :
Everybody dance ; comers awing
Good style ; prolty Illtlo parlner ;
Thai's Iho thing.
Shuffle , shulllo , po'lho feet , and Iho flguro
Is llnlshad. Oil starts the caller again :
First couple , right ; ladles swing out ;
Gents swing in ; swing out and promenade.
Do , do , gents , slow ;
Do. co , ladies , don't you knowj
Then comes moro intricate work. The
cowboys can't begin to got In nil of their
fancy stops. The pace is hot. The skirts of
the grain gro.vors' daughters swish through
the air as the master calls :
Balance the next ; thrju hands round ; .
1-iudios swing out ; gonls swing in ;
Three hands out mul go it nirin' ;
Gents swing out and go it agin' ;
Seven hands up , and ladies swing out ;
Four and balance : now partners , promenade *
all.
The mastnr permits thirty second's breath
ing spoil , during which the cowboys try to
get rid of some of tholr surplus prosplratlon ,
while the girls ply their funs ami louk moist
and happy. Tbu caller irathors himself for a
prolonged effort. "Second couple to the
righl , " hu calls , and then hu gees it without
a break for two minutes , like Ibis :
Ladles swing out ; gents swlnir iu ;
Throe hands up and go It ncin' ;
Balnnco again , ladles to center ; Vi
Fall In Ihe corners ; promenade homo ;
Six lo two and two cotno down ;
L'idies In center ana seven hands round.
Fall in the corners. Now , partners , all ,
Go south. Wheat's all dead.
And you've got corn broad , I guess.
"Not , in the Wichita valley , Iho whonl ain't
dead by a jugfulll" ono of the danoars
shouts , but without minding interruptions
the culler goes right along wilh his fm *
-making :
Fall and balance ; swing and run ;
Four to two ana two comu down ;
Lady In center apd _ live hands round ;
Ladies swing out and gouts swing in ;
Five up and cq it again.
Swing out ; run away with the swing ;
Hold und balance ; all balance ;
Now partners run away with the hall.
Everybody dance ; salute the lady you dance
with ;
Final promenade ; the cowboys' huddle.
And the next tlmo It is something aifforont ,
with variations on this kind of a llguru :
Four hands up ; half roun-l the world ;
Gents turn o "summerset" ; ladles Jostso ;
Ladies round the gents ; ( touts don't go :
Hound up fours ; everybody swing ;
Swing them corners liku swinging on a gate ,
Swing , ladles , seaside fashion ;
Pretty little partner ; round up fours.
And thus it wont on with ondlsss variety
in iho language and measures , but the sumo
shuffling , the siuiio buxom girls'nm ) the sumo
frolicsome cowboys , until the sun want down
behind the Comunches' ' tepees. Old men
looked on and snld : "Thorn's ' the same
dunces they used to dnneu in south Texas
when I was n boy , " Occasionally a cowboy ,
overcome by the Inspiration of Iho clamant ,
lot out n , wild ' 'whoop. " As for iho Indians ,
they stood about Iho outer edge of the pavil
ion und looked on Impassively.
'tilA T SIHIUHJXK ,
Chicago Inter-Ocean ; Considered as it af
fects the living , Ihe new molhod Is a great
improvement upon the old.
Chicago Times : But there is n lesson in
this constant attempt to reduce Iho barbarity
ot the death penalty. It points to tlio oppo
sition of humanity lo Iho taking of Unman
lifo.
lifo.St.
St. Louis Globa-Domocrat : It In Infinitely
preferable to the clumsy , uncertain and bar-
bnrous gallows whicn It has displaced in
Now York. The other states are likely to
adopt It nt an early day ,
St. I'aul Pioneer Press : But If n man has
to die ho can have no easier transit to the
other world than by thU eleotrlo process ,
which annihilates Ufa In ono quick consum
ing flash which leaves no tlmo for thought or
pain ,
Kansas City Journal ; Under Ihe now
molhod of uilinlnlstraling Ihls penalty none
of ihoso horrible scenes so common with
hanging aru possible , and altogothur It is so
much moro humami that It will probably comate
to bo vary generally adopted.
Detroit Free Press : The successful op
eration of the eloutrle machinery ut Sing
Sing probably marks thu last objection to thu
usoof electricity for the rumovul of crim
inals In tha state of Now York , and iho new
method may probably bo regarded as otta'j-
Mshod there.
Now York Recorder ; This dreadful doubt
as to when sure death may cotno has ouon
called a hnmatio provision of tluo imv ,
Against that thoyry put the ovldonca of tlio
ono witness who know. Kcmmler said that
iho lima ha spent during his lirst ilo.itti sen
tence was n torture as gro.it ns a hundred
ilautti * . And , in verity , did ever oven the In
genuity of Chinese torturer * duvlso anything
moro unbearable than thu uncertainty of
death's advent under this law of the great
and merciful stale of Now York I
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