Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OiMAHA DAILY BEE ; SATtTffiAY , JULY 18 , 1801-TWELVE PAGES.
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copies ; for I'd ruary , Ifr'H ' SfvllS copies : for
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( worn to lioforo mo ami subscribed In mo ,
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Notary I'u'illc.
Tin : next tiino the Ohio domocr.-vts
have iv btato convention the povornor
nhould will ouf tlio militia to pro&orvo
ordor.
KANSAS lust year olcotod a dlBtrict
judpo wlio liud never road a law book.
Ho is now following the oxmnplo of a
famous Nobriiskn justice of the pcaco.
Ho is overruling the supreme court.
Tins thing of a stotio or any other
city contractor going on th3 bond of a
cily ollit'ial who will luivo it in his
power to favor tlio contractor at public
expanse is wrong in principle and prac
tice.
that Nina Van Enmlt has mar
ried u d-igo and Iris gosio to Palermo ,
lot us forgot that she ever existed and
inado an exhibition of herself by mar
rying by proxy August Spies , the
anarchist
UNCU : SAM is unusually good pay , but
lie in sometimes exasperatingly tedious
about settling his legitimate bills. His
agents are just now engaged in paying
Pertaining.)0
Minnesota Indian war of 1802.
OKN'iuALS : BrTTKiiwouTH , Ilawloy
and tlio other gentlemen who are now
milking a tour of Kuropo in the interest
of the world's fair at the expanse of the
government are to bo congratulated
upon the outing their duties enable
them to enjoy.
OMAHA can give Denver points worth
considering upon the subject of paving.
If there are any untried t > iving materi
als Omaha's city government has not
hoard of thorn. Wo have good , bad ,
indifferent and worthless pavmont here
us the result of ton years of o.xporimonl.
AMKIUCAN Italians are petitioning
their native government to reconsider
her decision not to participate in the
world's fair. This is all right on the
part of the Italians of this country , but
the Americans , both by adoption and
nativity , would not give a tinker's
anathema to Italy to induce her to
charge her mind.
Micur.T.Y to keep the fact in mind and
not because it excites any special sur
prise , It is proper to remark that the
olllcinl count of Undo Sam's cash has
again boon completed , and Republican
Treasurer Huston turns ever to Repub
lican Treasurer Nebeckor ever $011-
600,000 in cash without the loss of ono
I Imt. It is as sifo in Nobockor's hands
as Huston's too.
US has boon very busy fern
n few weeks with the Christian En
deavor convention , the editorial con
vention , the Swedish singers' feast ,
the Ilall-r'it/simmons pri/o light , and
Hchamos for annexing St. Paul , but she
lias not for a ininuto lost sight of her do-
piro for the national republican conven
tion. Omaha must keep an eye on
Minneapolis as well as Chicago.
CoM&ussioNut UAUM is a vigorous
executive ollli'ur and it would bo very
much like him to rush his pension busi
ness through so fast as to throw half the
dorks in the pension olllco out of oin-
ploymont. It may bo lidded , too , that
half the pension olllco clerks might bo
spared without plunging the govern
ment into irretrievable ruin or dis
charging a single veteran union soldier.
GKOUCJK R CAMS sends Tuu UKK
volume 1 number 1 of his newspaper ,
tlio Saratoga .b'liii , published at Sara
toga , Carbon county , Wyoming. It is
established primarily to represent the
interests of the ( told Hill mining camp
Imt Incidentally , as the editor remarks ,
"it Hhlnos for all" the Upper Platte
Valley and Wyoming. As might bo ex
pected , tlio now paper is bristling with
interesting facts nud sparkling com
ment. Them ) is a good Hold for the
Saratoga Sitn and in the hands of an ex
perienced editor Itko Mr. Ci.uls it can
not fall to bo useful to Wyoming and
Saratoga. Its readers may fool certain
that under its present management no in
terest of the community will bo over
looked and the column of their news
paper will al ways bo both decent and on-
Pertaining.
/)0 XOT H'.IAT IIONKUT .WO.VBT
The minority report of the committee
on resolutions of tlio Ohio democratic
convention submitted a substitute for
the free coinage plan" ! : of tlio platform
ns follow * : llWo bollovo in lionost
money , the coinage of gold and silver
and a circulating medium convertible
Into such money without loss , and wo
onposo all legislation which to nils to
drive either gold or silver out of circu
lation , and wo bollovo in maintaining
the coinage of both mot-ils on a parity. "
Tlio report declared that if the conven
tion adopted n plank favoring the free
and unlimited coinage of the present
silver dollar it would thereby authorize
the government to stamp upon sovouty-
six to eighty cents of dllvor its mark
and circulate it as ono dollar. "Tho
free and unlimited coinage of such largo
amounts of silver , " said the ronort ,
"cannot bo circulated in this country
and gold bo circulated at the same
time. " The minority report was ro-
jcctotl by a majority of ! )9 ) , and thus the
democrats of Ohio were put on record as
not wanting honest money.
The Ohio republicans declare In their
platform : "Thoroughly believing that
gold and silver should form the
basis of nil circulating medium ,
wo endorse the amended coinage act
of the last republican congress , by
which the entire production of the silver
mines of t'lc United States is added to
the uurronov of the people. " In his
recently published letter to a portion of
his constituents Senator Sherman said
lid could appreciate the demand of the
producers of .silver bullion that the
United States should pay $1.29 an ounce
for silver bullion which In the markets
of the world has been for a series of
years worth only about ono dollar an
ounce , sometimes a little more , some
times a little loss , but ho could not ap-
prcciato why any farmer , or other
producer , should desire that the
government should pay for any
article moro than its market
value. "It would bo much bettor , "
wrote Senator Sherman , "that tlio gov
ernment should pay 31 a bushel for
wheat when it was worth less , but no
sensible farmer but would desire the
government to embark in the purchase
of articles it needs , like all other pur
chasers , at the market price. " This is
the position of tlio Ohio republicans and
of a majority of the party in the coun
try. They are in favor of both pold and
silver , but upon conditions regarding
the coinage of the latter that will main
tain the two metals at par with each
other , and which also will not require
the government to pay for silver bullion
moro than its market prico.
The democracy of Iowa occupies the
same position on this question that tlio
democratic party of Ohio does. They
do not want honest money , and they are
willing for political success to accept the
danger of driving gold out of circulation
and thereby demoralizing the financial
and business affairs of the nation. It
ought to bo an entirely safe prediction
that the intelligent farmers and workingmen -
ingmon of those states , whom it is sought
to entrap by the promise of free and un
limited silver coinage , will not permit
themselves to bo thus misled. There is
no identity of interests between these
producers and the producers of silver
bullion.
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A dispatch from Ottawa announces
that the secretary of the Interior de
partment has boon suspended as a result
of the disclosures before the public ac
counts committee Tills is the first
practical result of the investigation of
charges ot corruption which involves
several prominent public men. Among
these is Sir Hector Langovin , minister
of public works , who but for the scandal
would have stood a very good chance of
being the successor of the late Sir John
Macdonnld as premier. The investiga
tion loaves no doubt of corrupt practices
on the part of Sir Hector , the
olToct of which must bo to retire -
tire him to private life whenever the
people shall have an opportunity to
pass UDOU his case , oven should the evidence -
donce bo deemed insulllciont to warrant
his prosecution in the courts. It is in
timated that the minister of militia
may bo compelled to retire to private
lifo , the postmaster general may have
to pursue the same course , and it looks
as though the conservative government
of Canada would bo b.ully shattered before
fore the end of the investigation is
reached. The majority of the commit
tee making the investigation is com
posed of conservatives , but it is
believed they will bo eomi oiled
to report the charges sustained
and recommend prosecution. It
is possible , however , that a few subor
dinate olliclals will bo uvulo scapegoats ,
but this will hardly servo to deceive the
people. The exigency is ono in which
the conservative party will bo likely to
reali/.o the loss of the master hand of
the late promior.
The liberal party can hardly fall to
greatly profit by thcso disclosures. The
government majority in parliament has
already fallen from ; iO to L'O , and there
are not wanting Indications of further
disintegration , which will doubless gain
force from the development of cor
ruption that has prov.ulod in the gov
ernment. No ono.presumes that the
late premier had any knowledge of
this , and no roproich of the
kind attaches to his record. Ho was
not avorno to li'iving money freely used ,
without being scrupulous as to the man
ner of its use , in orJot to koup himself
aniJ his party in power , but Sir John
Macdonald was never seriously sus
pected of personal contamination. This j
consideration will make the corrupt
practices of other conservative loaders |
appoir moro roprohoiisiblo and increase j
the popular disposition to retire the ,
party from power. Thoru lire other j
considerations favoring the success of (
the liberal party whenever the people '
shall again have an opportun
ity to declare their politi
cal preference in a general
election and the disclosure of the inves
tigation into inlnlstariul corruption will
undoubtedly give the liberal party a de
cided impetus. The interest of the
American people in the success of the
Canadian liberals is in the assurance
It would give of more satisfactory com
mercial arrangements between thu
United States and the Dominion than it
U buliovod to be possible to cltocl while
the present government continues In
power , _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
HftMI'MRXT. \ .
Tin : HUB likes the way the citizens of
Lincoln take hold of any public enter
prise. The business men of that nour
ishing little cily are educated to partici
pation In all plans for furthering the
growth and commerce of the city. Any
feasible proposition for the good of the
community meets with a hearty , sub
stantial and olTocttvo approval. The
people have enmities , of course , and light
each other In politics as vindictively
and persistently as these of any other
city , but when it comes to public inter
ests they are practically unanimous- .
To this characteristic is largely duo the
marvelous growth of the city , Its exten
sive manufacturing , educational and
public institutions. It is this jtylo of
loyalty and llborality also which cap
tures conventions , state fairs and will
materially help to secure the national
encampment of the Grand Army of the
Hopuhlie in 18)2. ! )
In furthering its commendable effort
to secure the national encampment
the committee is circulating a brief cir
cular setting out the advantages offered
and the sacrifices the citizens will make
for the great privilege of entertaining
the veterans. At the top of the circular
is the taking sentiment , "Population
00,000 Every homo open to old sol
diers. " Then follows In capital letters ,
which the Grand Army can read as it
runs , "Tho capital city of Nebraska ,
the brightest and most wideawake city
in the west , and the best monument in
the land to the momorv of the martyred
president of 1SJ5 ( , will at the .inn mil 011-
campmont at .Detroit , extend a generous
western invitation to the encampment to
hold its annual sosslon in 189:2 : at this
city. "
Then follows in a brief , torso and felic
itous phrase a few paragraphs of facts
regarding the capacity of hotels , the
camping facilities , the public halls ,
the railways , tlio street transporta
tion , the schools and pu'ilic buildings ,
including a cordial invitation on behalf
of the city , the state and especially the
80.000 veterans of Nebraska to como to
Lincoln. Everybody receiving a copy
of this model advertisement , will read it
and commend its cleverness. It is an ef
fective document not only in directing
attention to the city but in inlhiotioing
sentiment in favor ot the capital as the
location of the encampment of 18)2. ! )
IT IS announced that the decree of the
French government rescinding the pro
hibition against American pork is to go
into immediate cIToct. The success of
the negotiations to this end is highly
complimentary to the ability and zeal of
Minister Reid. It is expected that the
action of Franco will speedily bo fol
lowed by similar action on the part of
Germany , and thus two of the most im
portant European markets , which have
boon clojod to our pork products for
yo'irs , will bo thrown open , enabling us
to largely increase our exports of these
products. This fortunate result
is duo to legislation by a
republican congress and the active and
wisely directed efforts of a republican
administration. There is threatened
competition from Russia , but this will
not prevent American packers from re
alizing a generous return from the en
larged foreign trade in pork products
that tlio open markets of Franco and
Germany will bring.
in Now York , ob-
borvcd Mr. Dopow before departing for
Europe a few days ago , is like the crops
in the west this year very promising.
The situation in the Empire state certainly -
tainly looks most favorable for the re
publicans , and if they are not careless or
over-confident the party ought to win a
decisive victory in November. There is
every reason to expect that a great
many democrats will rebuke the Hill
machine by refusing to support the
ticket which it is co'-t'iin to name , and
for ether obvious reasons it is
probable that a numerous bo.ly of
democratic business mon will bo dis
posed to cist their votes so as to give
approval to the conservative financial
policy of the republican party. If the
republicans of Now York will emulate
these of Ohio in the matter of harmony
and organization they will bo very likely -
ly tto redeem the state from demo
cratic control and make it secure for the
party next year.
A I'AHAOUAi'H in Thursday's Uii : :
calling attention to tlio fact that in 18S ! )
the school census enumerator found
l.Oim children in the Third ward , the
enumerator the next year only 71" ,
while the gonlloman who took the cen
sus for 1891 discovered . " ,011 , also con
tained the remark that itnt hard to
say without investigation which of the
tinoo "assessors" ' is most unreliable.
The word "assessors"
was a typograph
ical error and in its place should have
been written "enumerators. " The os-
bobhor of the Third ward had nothing to
do with the enumeration of school chil
dren and of course cannot explain how
it is that a populous residence "ward like
the First should have only ii.710 chil
dren and a business section like tlio
Third ward ! tOM.
GuAN'i ) ISLAND has boon selected as
the place of holding Undemocratic state
convention on motion of an Omahii inoiu-
bor of the central committoo. Grand
Island has grown so rapidly in the past
few yearn that Mio la abundantly able to
provide for the convention largo as it
promises to be. Her clti/.ons are wide
awake and liberal. They will give the
democratic guests the best they have in
the city and that is just as good us the
best in the .stato. No man visits Grand
Island without discovering that it is a
prosperous , solid and hospitable little
city with a great future. Grand Island
will accept the congratulations of Tin :
HKK upon the distinction which the rep-
rosoutatlvos of the state democracy have
accorded her
IT M'oi'Mibo Interesting to know upon
what conditions contractors for public
work have become sureties o.n thoolllcial
bonds of city olllccrs from time to time.
Tin : council is inexcusably slow about
adopting rules and regulations for the
government of the board of health.
More than three months have boon
wastocl and Unit organization is still
standing with its fingers in its mouth
waiting to bo InjjTwhat to do.
Hii.KN'A : , MbiH. , was selected as
the place of meeting of the National
Teachers' association In 1802. This Is a
compliment worthily bestowed upon ono
of the most promising and enterprising
little cities in the now west. Nebraska
will go to Helena via the now line which
the Hurllngton. Northwestern or Union
Pacific will , It i.s hoped , have completed
in time for thofuioeting.
No line west of the Missouri river Is
moro deeply interested In harvest ex
cursion rates than the Union Pacific.
It cannot afford to stand out against
thorn. If it docs it' will bo merely an
exhibition of obstinacy and the people
will lie awake at nights to keep that
obstinacy in mind. No Nebraska road
Is justified in opposing harvest ex
cursions this year.
DiiAinvoon's ' now hotel Is almost an
assured success. A llvo story structure
to cost $100,000 will not only llll a long
felt want in the mining con tor of the
ricli IJIaek Hills country , but bo an
: iddtionnl ! and much needed attraction.
In everything but her hotels Deadwood
is metropolitan.
OMAHA people who fall to participate
in otio or more of the Chautauqua assem
bly meetings in Council Bluffs rflll miss
a treat. The irrounds are in good con
dition , easily accessible by motor , trainer
or omnibus and the daily attractions are
worthy of the attendance of largo num
bers of people.
CHAPLAIN DIH'KIJNIIACIIKU writes
Tin : Bii : : that ho did not draw any
mileage last winter , but says nothing
about tlio salary drawn by him and
which it , was understood ho would gen
erously donate to the destitute farmers
of western Nebraska.
Tin : board of trade will do well to in
clude the grain and stock dealers of
western Iowa , northwestern Missouri ,
Colorado and northern Kansas in their
invitation for August 20. Omaha is the
natural grain and stock market for all
these sections.
Tin : manufacturing concern which is
willing to como to Omaha for twenty-
live acres of ground and two two-story
buildings must bo ono of considerable
consequence. It , Is not an establishment
of modest pretensions at least.
Tin : principal reason assigned for
promoting Melville W. Fullo'- from the
supreme bench to the presidency is the
fact that his snow , white mustache is
not suited to thn' gown of the chief
justice.
TIIK democrats ( have fired tboir first
gun for the fall cajnpaign. It was load
ed with wads of dissension , however ,
and touched olT by tiresome discussion.
Consequently nobucly has boon injured.
JUDOI : J. II. UIIOADY timidly hoists
his lightning rod and invites the supreme -
promo court current of the democracy
to strike in his direction , Broady is n
democrat , but a good , honest lawyer.
Ix the midst of other important matters -
tors citizens must not lose sight of the
fact that a creditable exposition is a
very p-olltablo advertisement and a card
for drawing great crowds.
TUB board of trade excursion to Mon
tana is almost arranged for , and Tin :
Biu : notes with satisfaction that the
party is being made up of substantial
and enterprising business mon.
No difficulty should bo experienced in
securing a competent man for superin
tendent , of public schools with a salary
of f5,000 ; and a three year contract to
olTor applicants.
POSSIIILV the approach of the fall
campaign makes the board of county
commissioners dillldent about disturbing
the illicit trafllo In liquors within the
two milo limit.
TUB board of education has made mis
takes in the past in moro instances than
one , but it will IMJ a crowning error to
elect as huporintondont a school-book
lobbvist.
GoviitNrou : OKAY of Indiana is a very
complnibant gentleman indeed if ho
likes the angle at which his little boom
is Iloating through the American proas.
Tin : railways persist in refusing to
make harvest excursion rates. This is
a great mistake and tlio roads will dis
cover it boonar or later.
KANSAS farmers are a trillo erratic
but not daft. They refuse to' endorse
the Hubtroasurv nonsqnso.
Tin : patent smoke consumers should
bo called patent o-iuh consumers.
I'lilllnt ; Political \\CMMls.
f > ew YiVfc ll'urdi.
The North Dakota ) ulli.inco cut the sub-
tronsury nlnnlt out of tu plntforni , nml now ,
iif tor a four hours' lUsuussloii , the leading
loiltfo of South Uurbmm rosolvcs iignltMt it
without u dissenting , voice. Iho furtnor It
wuoiltni ; tils crop
Isn't Now Yifty In llin North ?
_ , Xne J'k j.lli't/NfT. ( /
Now tlint It is snftlpil , that the remains of
JolTorson D.wis iiioitu Ho in Hlclmioiid , Vu. ,
the people of the Ho'utU' ' will full to ntut orceta
irraml monument , krfi\ \ , should Minnie thu
people of Iho uorth Into the prompt nnd
proper completion of IUo Grant monument at
Ulvorsid o. > . i
Color.ulo'H HOKUM Socr.
Dtnvr ffeiFK ,
Tlio polltic.il tldo In Town is setting strongly
In fuvor of Governor lioiod , uhoao ru-olecllon
Is now almost nn admitted fuct. Wheeler ,
his opponent , lun oxgitud no enthusiasm , ana
tboronru hundreds of republicans who uvory
day nnnonncothHr intention of voting fortlio
democratic nomtiiuo.
Tlio iKiilllonnco f II.
heni'n' ' .Sim.
The llhor.il or anti-Mormon party of Utah
has Just curried the Salt LaUo City election
bv n largo majority. This would ImUuato
Unit there exists among tlio Gentiles a strong
suspicion of the sincerity of the Mormon
declaration of the abandonment of polygamy.
The liberals practically dncluro that llioy
want nothing of statehood 0.1 long ai n ma
jority Qf the people at Utah are Mormons.
OTHHIt TRIADS T/M.V OVltS.
The speech of Emperor Wlllliim nt the
GullJ hall ha * nttr.iotcil moro Ronurnl atten
tion tli nn almost any ether tittcranca ho over
inudo , but nn Imperial speech on n Mnto occa
sion Is ono thing nnd royal policy U another.
The emperor assorted nt Omul hall that hh
supreme aim In directing the doitlntM of Ger
many nnd the continent Is the maintenance
ofpo.ico. Ifhoworoto act In n practical
wav upon that policy so ostontntlouslv pro
claimed bo would return to liorlln with n
resolve to docraato Iho military armament *
of Germany. Action in thnt direction would
ba moro eloquent nml offectlvo than anything
ha could say nt homo or nbro.ul. If the
strongest military power In Kuropo , which
has entoroil into n coalition with Austria
nnd Italy nnd lias the moral
support of Kngliind , worn to si't
the oxnmplo of partial disarmament ,
It woitlti ho n long step toward the goal of
unlronnl pcaco. When Germany Increased
Its nrmamunts nil the ether continental stnd" )
were alarmed nnd strongtlienod tliolr mili
tary preparations. The danger of the out
break of war wni Intonsliloil by nil thcso
demonstrations of rampant mllitaiNm. A
movement In the direction of disarmament
would be Imitated a ? quickly , for the bur
dens of war taxation nro foil everywhere on
thu continent. Such n policy would have ,
moreover , tlio merit of originality. Tlio
young emperor , when ho maintains prepara
tions for campaigning on a largo scale nnd
listens to the cui'koosong of po.icu raised by
n clrclo of Knropoan camp * , Is merely follow
ing out the policy of the great chancellor
whom ho has chosen to itUmtss from his
service. Disarmament would uo a now do-
lurturo. It would bo n genuine poico policy.
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A permanent or sincere nllianco between
Uuolmi autocr\cy nnd French republicanism
is out of the question. Should so unnatural
n league bo formed it would inoviUblv break
down under the wciu'ht of publto opinion In
Franco nnd in Hurono before Its purpose
could bo accomplished. At this tirno o < qm-
clally , when tlio barb.irom character of Hus-
sian despotism is betrayine itself in a ruthless
persecution of 0,000,000 llobrow subjects of the
c/ar , the whole civili/od world would cry out
In disapprobation of a French alliance with
thoCosaacKs. At the same tiino the autocrUlc
government of Uussin lias n strong if not In
vincible repugnance to becoming the ally mid
prop of republicanism in Kuropo. In view of
the Impractibility of a Franco-Prusjlan com
bination , there appears to bo Ion necessity
for the m Untonanco of thu armed triple alli
ance of Germany , Austria nnd Italy
in order to secure the paaco of Ku
ropo. Kmporor William , though doubtless -
loss sincere In his desire for pence ,
protests too much in his Guild hall speech of
Friday. Tlio Italian government might safely
disband a lurgo portion of its standing army ,
nnd thus diminish the burdens of Its tax-nd-
don and impoverished people. Nor does the
bugbear of a Fr.mco-Uusslan nllianco seem
to warrant the enormous military oxpondlt-
tures of Gorm.inv and Austria. Napoleon's
prediction that in fifty year * Europe would
bo republican or Cossack has a now npnlica-
tlon In the existing condition of affilrj. The
governments of the tripto alliance are quite
as apprehensive of the march of domocratlo
principles ns thov are concerning Cossack en
croachment. Hence the necessity of main
taining vast standing armioi to protect.
dyimstic interests against an uprising ot the
neople In behalf of their political rights. In
this light the speech of Kmporor V "illlnm In
bclmlf of the triple nllianco 13 susceptible of
a much clearer interpretation.
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In the last half century three emperors
have made visits to London blto that just
made bv Kmporor William. Pmpcror
Nicholas of Hussia visited England a little
moro than forty years ago , nnd Napoleon III
succeeded him a little later. Since then
London has seen moro than ono royal pro
gress nnd Queen Victoria moro than ono
royal visitor ; but no ono of them , from the
sh.Ui of Persia westward , has approached in
importance the three monnrchs of whom the
vount ? kaiser makes a third. Each of bis
predecessors visited England because o.iou
was , like him , tlio arbiter of Europe ; each
waa the recent and accepted ally of Eng
land ; each was In absolute control of
the country , nnd the nrroy by common
consent doomed the most powerful
In Kuropo and for both Nicholas anil
Louis Napoleon all mon predicted nt the
tiino of his visit the prosperity , power and
permanent supremacy now universally ac
credited to William of Germany. Nicholas
died n suicide on the morrow of crushing defeat -
feat in the Crimea. Napoleon died in exile
after Sedan. Russia was twenty years in re
covering from the blow dealt her power bj-
the vast enterprise on which Nicholas em
barked Franco , twenty-one years after the
defeat to which Napoleon 111 led her , has not
yet retrained the place she then lostm Europo.
For both mon Iho visit to England was the
culmination of their power anil the begin-
nine of their decline. Tlio decorations ) of
each vult hud scarcely faded hoforo the in
exorable logic of events forced England to
oppose thn policy of her imperial visitor
Itimln was soon at war with Gro.it .Britain.
Franco drifted to the oilco of war , nnd l.ns
stood ever since in the secret or avowed an
tagonism which gi\es England u dllllcult
question to moot and master wherever her
inU'rosti or her frontiers in irch with these
of Frinco in Newfoundland , in Morocco , on
tlio Oil rivers , in Eirypt , in Madagascar , in
the country of Laos , or in Yunnan. It Is
idle to press this parallel farther or make the
past prophecy lor the future. Ilut four cen
turies of European history roi.dor it certain
that no sovereign can roach complete control
in the European concert of nations without
being forced stop by stop into n position
where his fall is cortiin.
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Franco is following the example of Ger
many anil Swlt/erland In framing laws regu
lating the manner of paying thu wages of
factory hands. The French government In
tends to umboJy in its project thu Swiss fea
ture of semi-monthly payments , and to limit
deductions for lines or for the purpose of
guaranteeing employers against uncalled-for
stoppage of work , otc. , to throe-tenths of the
amount duo the laborer. 'In Germany factory
wages ere pild Indifferently weekly or bi
weekly , aim m somu establishments only oncn
n month ; and deductions for any cause what
ever are limited to the amount
of ono week's wages. Hoth in
Gin-ninny nnd Swlt/eiland the prin
ciple of thcso regulations Is being attacked
by the labor parties , and in the former coun
try the social democrats basud their opposi
tion to thu law for the protection of workingmen -
men on th ground of Us Involving rccot'iil-
tton of the right of the employer to retain
any part of thu Btlpulutcd waiius , It will bo
Inti > iestiiig to watch the fate of the Fiouch
measure In the chamber , and to note thu utti
tudo of the French laboring classes towards
regulations which , In splto of their adoption
In Switzerland , havu hitherto been pointed
to ns antagonistic to the spirit of liberal Insti
tutions.
OlHli.
( JMit'lieinncrtit ,
Tlio Ohio dmiincrntic convenUo-i presented
the Cincinnati Enquirer with n rousing feast
of crow. Well , under certain circumstances ,
crow isn't a bad dish. Wo have partaken of
U.
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Fled I'm- IhoiiMVCH. .
1/lteliM / Inter Ocwin.
Kline nnd Hrlco nro the smartest democrat *
ID Ohio. Hotn lit out for Kuropo before
pUiols ana razors were drawn
IGNORES THE LAW'S ' SPIRIF ,
Penitentiary AfiXirs Critically Examinoil by
n Lincoln Laborer ,
CONVICTS NOT PROPERLY EMPLOYED ,
Allegations That IIuncM Workmen
Are Compelled to < 5vo ! Way In
the State Institution tu
1'YIOIIH.
LINCOLNNob. . , .Tilly 17. [ Special toTnc
Itr.K.J-"While run llni ! Is Investigating
matters In the Hastings asylum nnd there Is
a lull justnow in tlio proceeding * why don't
TIIK I > BB send somebody to the pun and see
what fellows are doing tno work there thnt
thn legislature said should be done by day's
work I"
The speaker was n stone cutter who was
out of work and was contemplating leaving
hu family hero while ho went elsewhere to
seek employment.
"I'll ' tell you whut he would see there n
lot of convicts doing the \\ork that the leels-
laturo intended for honest , law-abiding woi le
mon. Now I want to know why
tile oxpioss intontlon of Legisla
tor Urommti , who framed the bill ,
is dolled to say nothing of the ether members
of the house who voted foi It ns well ? There
have boon from thlrty-llvo to 11 fly convicts
constantly employed on this striic'uro , and
ttio building Is now well undrr way. The
convicts employed do mainly stone cutting
and mason \\ork , although some carpenter
and blacksmith work will have to bo done.
None of the mon employed nro trained arti
sans. Most of them have never had nnv
training and are really apprentices. Yet
Moslior Is receiving ns much from ttio state
for the work of these untrained , Ignorant
convicts as thoueh they warosklllou1workmen. .
When an apprentice goes to learn the trade
of stone cutting ho must woi k three vcurs
without drawing anv wagos. Yet Mnshor Is
gottlng about $ . { n day or nioio for the work
ot these apprentices.
" 1 consider it all skilled
an outrage on me
chanics that nhould nnd will be ivscntod. In
addition to tills Moshor Is gutting IU cents
per day for boarding the convicts. Great
.lohosophat , wliat a snap !
' Hut think of thn honest mechanics who
nro robbed of work that they should gut sim
ply to cm ich an alre.idy rich banker. There
nro ever lifty stonn cutters out of employ
ment In Lincoln today iinxious to cot work
sumewliuio. Sumo of tlio uoys have had to
lonvu town. I am A married man and have n
family to support. I relied on the erection of
the * now cull house for n job and am
now in the soup \\hiio the banker
autocrat who owns the convicts
is In clever at the expense of honest woi le
mon. Ho is drawing the wages that belong
to us. Now I will have to leave mylfo and
children and tramp over to some other state.
"Don't think th-it I am a beggar and want
somebody to give mo money. 1 am n stone
cutter and 1 know thnt I fjavo thoroughly
mastered my trade. I am proud of the fact.
Hut I want work nnd I think I de-crv6 it.
I must nnd will have It , but to got It I must
separate from my wife and babies.
What ploasmo is there loit for mo. i
Tills will help you to understand
why I feel so bitter over this penitentiary
cell house affair. Hut I can assure you that
every other lad hero feels the same way. 1
understand that thcio , ire nearly a hundred
stonecutters in Omaha who would bo glad to
got , a Job. I'll bet you that these boys , too ,
if they understood tno .situation hero , would
fool like the rest of us. "
SHAltl1 WIS I f U'CK.
F. E. Shaipo had n hearing before Judge
Foxwortliy last livening on the charge of as
sault with intent to Mil George Crow.
County Attorney Snoll and P. O. Cassidy
prosecuted and K. II. Woolloy defended. The
case was not finished until after 10 o'clock ,
mid at the request of the county attorr.oy
Sharpe was not bound ever , but sentenced to
pay a line of 510 and costs. Crow bus n
pretty sore arm as the result of the stab ,
err roit novn COUNT ) .
Governor Tuayer went up to Hoyd county
last night on n mission of peace. PcmloV
and Butte City uro engaged in a desperate
light for county seat honors , nml the gov
ernor will net as peacemaker.
HIS MISSION' VISI'I.U'Kl ) .
J. M. Cnrnahan was arrested last evening
on the chnrgo of being drunk nnd
disturbing the peace of Nell Robert's
place , Carnahan says that ho has been
acquainted with a gli-1 named Lu/ic Miller
for some years. 'Iho girl comet of n respect
able family , and when he learned , a few
weeks Mnco that she was in a house of III
fame here ho came to remove her. The girl
at first was inclined to go with him
to her brother's homo , but tlio madaino ap
pears to have persuaded her to change her
mill J , nnd hhe refused to allow Curnahan to
talfo Iho girl nwny. A row ensued and C.ir-
nahnii was arrested. He will have : i hearing
this afternoon.
I'LTS HIS I'OOT PONS' .
The wine rooms must go. The powers that
bo huvo decreed it , and there Is going to bo
some fun if Ibo orders are not obeyed For
some tiino there has linen good cause for com
plaint against these wino rooms , which have
biun made rcndo/.vous for parties conductinir
llnsons nnd whore young girls uro brought to
undergo the llrst stops townnls I'obauuhery.
Only hist nli-'ht the poliro took out of nne of
those rooms n voting girl whoso name has
boon unenvlably connected with the down
fall of several young mon , ono of thoin a
married man and a mnmlinr of a le iding fam
ily. Aloug with her wai found a married
woman drinking wino and beer with a man
who was not her husband.
As the pollco did not earn to thin publicly
disginco thi'iii , thov weio sent homo under
an escort , but hereafter no leniency will bo
shown toward anyone Mayor Weir's atten
tion was called to the matter this morning ,
and ho promptly issued nu order to Chief
Duiges instructing him that as ruin r ; of thn
excise bonrj eoilo forbid the harboring of
women in thcsn wino looms , that from and
after this date he ulioulil roniovu all woinon
found in such rooms designated in wino
rooms nnd from nil bar rooms In the city. If
the proprietors persist In the present praotic-o
of permittingxvomen to enter thosn rooms the
chief was instructed to forthwith nriost
them. The code llxcs thn line ut not loss
than f\0 \ nor moro than $100 for each offoiHO.
IN" A SKI or HIOL'nLB.
For some time past all has not boon well
with thu members of tlio well known dry
goods linn of II. H. Nissley , t Co , and this
morning the diftlciiltln-4 found their way into
the liisti let court in the shnpo of two peti
tions , one tiled bv II. K. Nlsiloy and E. K.
Wells and the ether by II It Krug. Thu
llrm was organl/ed In April , lsS7 , and the
partnership ugieomont expired Juno lit last.
The assets of the firm , consisting of the stock
of goods at Tnnth and I'streets , aio placed
at fMUK ) ( ) and the solo claim iivainst them is
in the shape of a note for $ J7 , IVI. IS hold bv
Mai-shall ; Field & Co , duo August a. The
llrm is entirely solvent , but failing to satis
factorily settle their partnership matters ask
thai the court appoint a receiver and propose
J. E I loutas tlio man.
Nlssley owns ono half the stock , Krug ono-
thlrd and Wells ono sixth. If rug Is repre
sented by C. E. Magoon uiul the other mem
bers bv Adams Scott. The sheriff closed the
store pendlug the hearing of the motion on
receiver , wliirh comes up Monday morning ,
luuii UOIIKIID emi m.s.
"I HCO the htate board of transportation Is
making yon newspaper boys bollovo that
they are hard at work making up a schoduio
of nuos , " mid a well known state onidal
today "That Is ono of the moil hnmor-MH
Items I have seen In the papers for
some ttmn. How long do you Mipposo
It will tnko the board to formulate tMt
.schedule ) At the present ratn It will bo lee
late to do the party nuy eood. If these poor ,
bar- ' working fellows realty wish to pet out a
schedule ( illicitly they might nn n pinch re
vamp the last report of the board of secre
tarial for last year. "
8M Vt.t. POX ( 'UIK.
The small pox scare is now ovnr
In Lincoln and the qiiariintlno over
the twelve persons has been raised.
Dr. HoMiinn lias boon released from
his strange banishment and declares
that every ono of the persons ntlllctod Ims
fully recovered The doctor looks .somewhat
the worse for wear , having to sloop on n hard
lloor for two weeks The worst feature of
his banishment , however , ho claims , was thn
scarcity of food nIng to the neglect of tlu <
health authorities. For four days ho anil his
twelve sick companions , ho deelnros , had to
subsist on bread and coffee nlunn and them
was no chnuco to got nny cnminunleation
with the outer woi Id. Fortunately the doctor
had suflU'lcnt tnedicino with htm to In it
duriug the entire siege.
Jl Hill' M4SOV.
.Itidgo Mason's physician says that the
health of the old man Is not ns bad IM some
persons have represented. That lo Is not
suffering fiom Hilght's disease , but an ulcer
on Iho foot. Today the judge , accompanied
by his phvuiclan , left for Hot Springs , S. 0 ,
whom the doctor ttilnlis hn will bo proitly
bcnellted. In case of his recovery to health
again it Is believed tlr.it the judge will ac
cept the prolTor of the position of commis
sioner general of the world's fair , which has
been afford ) him by the governor.
MI Tl'U. INtf IKM'l : COMI'INIKI.
Auditor Henton says that thn law govern
Ing mutual insurance companies dons not m
into offcet until August 1 In this state. Ii < <
says that nil companies orgniil/od before that
tiuin in thn state cannot iransart luiilncss ,
but must make application to the auditor to
carry on such nn enterprise.
onus ANII I-NIH.
Thorn are three applicants for the position
of superintendent of construct ton for the
new SNHI ( ) ) ( ) wing to the HaUlngs asylum
They are Mr. M. L. EUnioro , Mr. Leopold
Hnhn and Mr. McKlHImiuy , alt from Hnst
Ings. The appointment will be made tomorrow ,
and knowing ones say that Halm will be the
lucuv man.
UPV J. S. Edwards of tlio United Hrethren
church lias just returned from Salt Laltu
with his friend , Mr. C. E. Hiownloy of Mar-
shiilitown , la. Rev. Edwards says that ho
will conttnua In regular work here.
Secretary Johnson of thu state board of
tr.inspoitatlon went up to the H. & M. head-
( luartors at Omaha today.
i'is TO i , / 1,11 res.
New York Tribune ( rou ) : The solid
ranks of Ohio republicans make n refreshing
spectacle over against the discordant and
clashing hordes of the ilemocraey.
St. Paul Pioneer Press ( rep ) : The high
old snortipg brand of harmony now preva
lent among the Ohio democracy is enough to
make every short-haired follower of tno plat
itudinarian shed tears to think ho can't ' bo
will the Huckoyo terrors during Iho fall
campilgn.
Chicago Inter Ocean , Crop. ) : The country
will await with intense interest the result of
the election in Ohio. It will bo deeply stgnill-
cant as n propeecy for IS'.U. In Iowa the
local issue of prohibition will enter largely
into the contest , but Ohio will light out the
battle on national ground.
Denver Sun ( rep ) : The Ohio fight this
year , Indeed , will bo made oa the tariff ques
tion. That make ) the 0110 clearly dollnpd
national issue between the two parties. It Is
nn Issue in which the Ohio people have n
direct nnd immediate concern. It closely
touches their material interests.
St. Louis Kepublic ( dotn ) : The repub
lican party Is without doubt stronger In
Ohio than In any other western state , but
with such n candidate as MclClnloy it invitoi
defeat , and nn aggressive democratic cam
paign will show that republicanism bus no
foothold loft in the west , not oven in Ohio.
Chiuneo Herald ( dem ) : The attention of
the country was directed toward Ohio moro
than toward any other stnto before the dem
ocratic convention was held. Now that tlm
issue lias been so clearly and distinctly made
nil Americans will watch the progress of the
contest and await the result with deep Inter
est. It Is much to bo regretted that the
outcome may bo affected by the hostility
of n faction toward Governor Campbell
personally.
Minnopolis Tribune ( rep. ) : The democracy
Is not united upon a single issue. Its candi
date for governor is nominated against a
liercn nud formidable protest. Thoiittoranco ,
of its platform on thu currency question Is
repudiated by its best minds Its leaders
are prepared to stab each other In the backer
or sulk In their touts A majority of loss
than ' 20,000 for MclClnloy next fall will bo a
surprise to everybody who has bestowed the
least thought upon the situation.
'A .s , s t ti . / IH i s.
Ooinopripy down In Missouri Is
swavtuekeu. Tlmy mo publishing .laokson's
faunvuil itildruss doublings to luacu It up.
The ioniums of : in undent fiiMsli WIIH uii-
( iithc'd In M Josi'iili. Tlio moileiii arllulo
nourishes there on the mirface.
Kansas City ffu/olto : "A re yon thn ImlK"
of reprobates' ' " s ilil ILII old Iti'ly ' Hal iml'iy , as
she walUed Into JildKO Moimlrin's olllce. "I
inn the Jiuluii of pinnate. " \\iis tint lep'y
"Woll , that's It , I oxpi'd , " quoth thn old Imlv
"Yon ht > c , my huslmm ! died detested , mill lufl
mil M'M'i il little Inllilols , nnd 1 want to lie
their executioner. "
M'KlM.Kt'S Illl ! HMTIIKK.
iniirffnu InlrUmrneti ,
Yon limy squirm and you may flggqr
Do whatever cilsn you will ;
Hut HID siiKiii bowl Is IIIgor
Mnco McKlnluy passed the bill.
New Yorlt lloralil1 "Itiistii'i , you nro charged
with s tealing Dimcim White's elilukens. "
"llofo1 dn I.ohil , | u IKU It wasn't mo. lly dnM
tlinn 1 g t tudo eoop HOIIIO oudnr M
taken eveiy ble.ssud hun duy had , "
These nro ilavs to in ile onu recall and nn-
rcsnrvcdly enilorso that famous glimmer re
in urk of . I onh HI ill n ; : "Kim a II I , d urn u III , I
h , ito nlll"
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Boston filobo : "What ara you llnlilnit fnr'i" '
erled a passenger on a passing Ntuaiimr lust
neiik to nn old lislinnmui niielioiud off .MlnoL'H
Hulil. "i'lslilng for foolh' " wus tlm prompt
leply. "and you're tl-o first blto I'yo ot
toiluy- " _
TIIK iivri :
And .Inliii ( '
Munlity. ho.
Allowed Unit he'd wallop ono Alex Met ! . !
While Uolnmil Uullliiio
Vuwi'il lin'd mop up tlm "Hum"
With tlio mortal iniimlndoi of Nleoliiy turn.
Iownll Courier : A Now York man com
mitted sitluldoliist week by diving Intnnmnn-
holu from thu aldnwalk. Hu had a t-owor thing
of It.
_
HIiiRliainpton Itupuhiloun : A man runoliui a
turning-point In life uvury tltnn he grabs the
door-knob.
_ _
Buffalo Courier ! "Thoso are Joweln of my
own Milting , " iiiinth the HpcuKlml hen , UH HIII )
ijutiiorud her chlckeiiH iibuul hur.
I'lmlra ( la/otto : .lagton nays tli it SONJO of
lit.frlxnds iiroHiiuh wriitoliod coiroipundonu
that they wouldn't drop him a Him If liu vturo
di owning.
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