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nnd Iowa mi opportunity to keep posted on
tlio progiossof the campaign In both the'so
states we have decided to offer TIIK WEEKLY
IIKI : for the balance of this year for twenty-
flvo cents. Pond In your orders early. Two
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names. THE fine I'CIILIPHINO Co. '
Omaha , Nob.
OMAHA needs parks nnd100,000 is
none too much to invest in thoin.
EDOKKTOX'S nnmo should bo'chnngod
to Necessity. Necessity knows no liuv.
Gnovisit Cr-K\'KLAND will bo entirely
oxcusiiblo under the circumstances if bo
now breaks iiissilonco.
TIIK Stnto Bosiril of Ilonlth appears to
rognrtl itself us a grand jury rather than
an adnunistratlvo body.
TIIK cheerful revolutionist liar lias
moved up the const from Chill to Guate
mala. IIo is in vigorous health.
11' THK cane-rush id abolished at all
the colleges , what can the boys properly
substitute for it In the way of nmuso-
mont now that the base ball season is
over ?
THE old man eloquent is a marvel of
Intellectual vigor and bis great speech
at Newcastle once moro emphasizes the
fact that the world has but ono Glad-
Btono.
SI.OAVIYV but surely wo are taking
stops toward establishing a grain mar
ket. The open board has boon formally
iimtururatod and prices are highly
satisfactory.
DAVID BENNETT HILL never before
felt bis inferiority to his greatest rival
in the eyes of tlio people at largo. A
bachelor always fools nshiuuod of himself -
self when ho moots father , mother and
Ohlld all in the sumo family.
OMAHA has captured the presidency
and headquarters of the Irish National
league. In those days when Omaha goes
after anything she gets it. This ro-
marlc Is offered as solnco for Chicago
and Minneapolis anent the republican
national convention.
SECUKTAUY NASOX'S suggestion that
Iho business moil of Omaha make their
appointments with other business men
for 11 o'clock a.m. at , the Hoard of Trade
rooms is good. Lot everybody lend a
hand to niiiko the Board of Trade what
It should bo , a busy , business organiza
tion.
A IMI YSICIAN who hires himself for
$ -10 per mouth without board can hardly
claim a fcttvmllng In the profession war
ranting him in playing tljo "profcs-
Blonal" spy and "protesting" the quail-
flcntions of men who have been in the
practice longar than the $10 physician
has been in existence.
NOTWITHSTANDING the chilliness with
which such suggestions are received
by our interesting morning contempo
rary wo wish again to remark that Pat
ronize Homo Industry is good for 60,000
now people In Omaha if Omaha will
hdopt the principle practically , individ
ually , universally and continuously.
CHICAGO is the most prosperous city
In America If not in the world yet her
mortgage debt is $21,000,000 moro than
that of the state of Kansas , $12,000,000
Creator than that of Iowa and $112,000-
BOO greater than the ontlro mortgage
debt of Alabama aim Tennessee. In-
aobtodncss does not always moan finan
cial adversity.
"BtniN'iNU tv defaulting bank president
In ofllgy Is very little satisfaction for
losses of savings through his dishonesty.
Defaulting bank o Ulcers should exper
ience u more severe sort of punishment
than ridicule. Judge Lynch should
never bo called in to punish any crim
inal , but if this thing of robbing bank a
from the inside kcops on there will grow
up an uncontrollable desire in the public
mind to ornament bridges and telegraph
poloa with cashiers and presidents as
as horse thieves.
IX Kl VTl VK t'LB .MEAT T.
The constitution of Nebraska- empow
ers the governor to extend executive
clemency to criminals convicted of
felony or capital crimes by commuta
tion of Bontcnco , reprieve or downright
pardon. The exorcise of this power
places u heavy responsibility upon the
chief executive. There are occasions
when leniency toward criminals is fully
justllluU and the merciful intervention
of the governor becomes an act of
justice.
On the other hand executive clemency
may become a perversion of justice and
a menace to Iho safety of society. To re
prieve or sot at liberty any criminal
who has boon convicted by an impartial
jury of wilful and deliberate murder aud
after full review by the highest judicial
tribunal bus been doomed to pay
the penalty of his atrocious crime Is
utterly indefensible. The right to ex-
loud executive clemency never was con
ferred upon the chief executive for tlio
bcnulit of assassins who waylay inolTcn-
sivo people and rob their victims
of tholr valuables. It is to bo
hoped that Governor Thayer will not
ftcandallzo tlio state and sot a premium
upon cold-blooded assassination by inter
vening in behalf of the murderer Neal ,
who is sontonc'cd to bo banged Octo
ber 9. If capital punishment was ovo. "
richly deserved this monster certainly
has no claim upon tlio sympa
thies of the governor. Since the
days of the wholesale murderer
Hichtirds who was huiiijcd for bis horri
ble butcheries at MInden some years
ago , no murderer is deserving moro
richly the inexorable penalty fixed by
the law. Hero was an aged and infirm
couple overtaken in tholr sloop by a
human hyena and remorselessly butch
ered for the siiuo of a. few bundled
dollars' worth of cattle. llo has
enjoyed all the safeguards which
the law throws around the person ac
cused of high crimes and after duo trial
and months of delay the supreme court
has declared that there is no Haw in the
trial. The verdict of the jury has been
aflirmed and the day of execution has
been set , with a liberal allowance of time
for Ncal to make his peace with mankind
and his Maker. The efforts that are now
being made to have the governor interfere -
fore in Neal's behalf do not como from
reputable and law-abiding citizens but
from tlio slums and from the brothels
whore Neal is said to have sympathizing
friends ready to contribute money for
greedy lawyers who are not very partic
ular from what source a fat fco comes.
If this olTort succeeds it will have a
baneful iniluenco upon the criminal
classes und only emphasize the notorious ,
fact that mon may commit high crimes
with impunity because nine times out often
ton justice is allowed to miscarry under
our peculiar system that saves assas
sins from the gallows through a hung
jury or an over-lenient executive.
T//B SinilOKK CONPKllBXCK.
Eastern philanthropic sentiment upon
the Indinn question and western prac
tical experience have held the friends of
the rod man in the two sections a long
ways apart. Nevertheless , western mon
of Candor must admit that Now England
sontiinont and practical missionary
oiTort has done a great deal to
ward ' moulding legislation upon
Indian affairs and in directing
Indian administration in the past few
years. The attitude of the Indian
Rights association nnd similar organ
izations and the active efforts of societies
having the civilization of the Indian at
heart have helped to pass the allotment
law and to establish the present school
policy with reference to the wards of the
nation. To their somewhat ultra-souti-
mental fondness for the Indian wo
owe the present rapid disintegra
tion of the tribes and the break
ing up of Indian reservations. When
the hard sense of the west is analyzed
and placed by the side of the humane
sympathy of Now England upon this
Indian question It is found the two sec
tions are not far apart- They are both
striving for the same ultimate result ,
but with different incentives. The eastern -
orn man wants to Christianize the In
dian. The western man is not so par
ticular about changing his relic-ions'
faith as ho is about inducing
him to individualize himself and
become a self-sustaining citizen.
The effect is the same practically nnd
with a proper exchange of views the ef
forts to improve the condition of the
savages might bo brought into harmony
and the good people of tha cast and the
good people of the west would ros'jcot
ouch other moro and accomplish bettor
results all around.
Tills wonk the eastern friends of the
Indian will convene at the Ltiko Mo-
honk house In Ulster county Now York
in the annual Mobonk Indian conference.
The owner of this summer resort ,
ITon. Albert K. Smlloy has for several
years called together from 100 to 200
emliiont people In the religious , uhilan-
tbropic and political world for a conference -
once on the everlasting Indian problem.
The members of the conference are the
guests of the warm-hoartud Quaker
and his good wife during the pro
ceedings , and everybody who Is for-
tuttuto enough to participate gees
homo full of enthusiasm for the cause
which annually brings them together.
At Mohonk a very largo part of the
Indian legislation as directed to the gen
eral policy of the government has origi
nated and from this conference has
annually gene out an Interest in the
IniUnn which has given tone and direc
tion to newspaper , pulpit and congres
sional discussion and materially effected
the welfare of the 275,000 rod mon of
America.
The people of the west make a mis
take In supposing the Mohonk confer
ence is an aggregation of Indian cranks.
There are few assemblages of 200 people
In this country in which BO many emi
nent people participate. Last year in
the list of the members uf the confer
ence are such well known names as
Senator Dawos , Dr. McCosh , Andrew D.
Will to , Edward Everett Halo , Rev. Dr.
William Hayes Ward , editor of the Now
York Independent , Rev. Dr. Lyman
Abbott , Rev. Dr. James W.
King , Rev. Theodore Cuylor ,
Dr. J , M. Taylor of Vassar ,
General D. B. Eaton , ox-Commissioner
of Education General E. Whltllosoy ,
aud others almost If not quite as eminent.
Dr. Merrill G. Gates , president of
Amhorsl college presided. There were
no end of college presidents , eminent
theologian. " , , leading editors of social nnd
religious journals , ' missionaries nnd
philanthroplcally Inclined ladles and
gentlemen. They were a company of
people to whom tlio world gives a will
ing oar when they speak from the press ,
pulpit or rostrum. Tholr good onlnlon
la worth deserving , and it would bo n
fortunate thing indeed if moro western
people could become members of the
conforcnco. At all ovonls It will pay
western sentiment to como into touch
with Mohonk and to strive to assist in
the oiTorts it inaugurates for the settle
ment In some practical manner of Iho
vexed question.
l'Kl\'RHTlU { \ TIIK MKHIC.IL LAW.
When the now medical law was before
the legislature it was supposed its first
purpose would bo to protect the public
from Ignorance , charlatanism and quack-
cry in tlio practice of medicine. No
body in or out of the legislature had the
remotest idea that any physician or sot
of physicians would under the forms of
law bo permitted to blackwnsh others
for whom they might entertain a per
sonal dlsliko or with whom they were
in professional rivalry.
The published proceedings of the
board afford ample proof that the ma
chinery of the law Is being perverted
for base uses and unjustifiable ouds.
Instead of conducting the Investigation
into the qualifications of physicians
against whom protests had boon filed
impartially and speedily , and giv
ing prompt and fair hearing to
the witnesses cited on both sides ,
tlio secretaries appear to show
a reckless disregard of jus
tice and common decency. They
admit evidence lending to defame the
doctors whoso certificates have boon
hold up and permit accusing witnesses ,
who in most instances are reported to bo
hired spies , to use language which would
not bo tolerated in any court of justice
and deliberately shut out rebuttal testi
mony tending to disprove the accusations
of unprofessional and dishonorable con
duct.
But what is unprofessional conduct ?
According to the secretaries who lay
great stress on the medical cede , a
skilled physician who patronizes the
nowriuapcrs and pays lor his advertising
is guilty of unprofessional conduct and
not entitled to practice medicine or
surgery in Nebraska. This is simply a
perversion of the law. There is scarcely
a physician in the state who does
not violate this part of the cede when
ever ho can got his name before the
public in connection with a successful
surgical operation or extraordinary cure ,
always providing that it is inserted in
the papers free of cost.
Now THK BEE has no sympathy with
quacks and medical impostors , but It
protest in behalf of fair play and against
a perversion of the lotlor and spirit of
the law. No coterie of doctors should bo
permitted to wilfully and maliciously
exclude from the practice of medicine
any man who possesses the qualifica
tions of a physician or surgeon under
the flimsy pretext that ho is guilty of
unprofessional conduct solely because ho
has soon fit to advertise his professional
skill.
Fortunately the secretaries are not su
premo. The governor , attorney general
and state superintendent of public in
struction compose the Board of Health
and the secretaries can do nothing moro
than hoar testimony and -oport recom
mendations to the board for final action.
It is to bo hoped that the state officers
will not permit the medical secretaries
to pervert the law merely to satisfy indi
vidual malice or professional jealousy.
MUA'ICWAb
There it ) no subject that can have
greater interest for the citizonthan that
which relates to the administration of
municipal affairs. The methods pf gov
ernment in a city affect moro largely
and intimately the welfare of all classes
of the people resident therein than does
the administration of state or of national
affairs. A misgoverned city cannot have
material progress and prosperity. It
will bo avoided by capital and popu
lation will not go to it. Whatever its
natural advantages , u city will not secure -
cure the full benefits they should bring
if it have not a wise , honest and prudent
administration of affairs. These maybe
bo familiar trueisms , but they cannot bo
too often repeated , for there is a far too
common disposition to forgot or disre
gard thorn by mon who are entrusted
with the administration of municipal af
fairs.
President Eliot of Harvard presents
in the October FonDii what ho entitles
"Ono Remedy for Municipal Misgovern-
mont. " Mr. Eliot does not attach any
value to the assumption that the evils
which exist are duo to inherent viciousness -
ness and recklessness of the urban popu
lation , nor to the view that the people
who have just como are the source of all
municipal woes , llo BOOS no good rea
son to believe that American constitu
encies , largo or small , nro dishonest or
corrupt at heart , although they some
times ohooo dishonest orcomiut agonts.
Ho also rojoots the theory that the im
migration of a few millions of foreigners
within thirty years is the true cause of
municipal evils in the United States ,
"although the too quick admission to
suffrage of men who have Und no ac
quaintance with free institutions has
doubtless increased the evils of city government -
ornmont In a few localities. IIo thinks
the great majority of the Immigrants
have boon serviceable people , and of
Into years many of them have had a
bettor education than the uverucre rural
American can obtain.
The failures of the damoar.itio form of
government have occurred chiefly In
these matters of municipal udmlnistra- ,
tlon which present many novoltlos and
belong to the domain of applied science
Those include the levying of taxes ;
the management of water sup
plies nnd drainage systems ; the
paving , . . lighting and cleaning of
highways ; the control of companion
which sell in city streets light , heat ,
power , transportation for persons , and
communication by electricity ; the care
of the public health , and the provision of
proper means of public enjoyment , such
aa open squares , gardens and parks. In
the onlnlon of President Eliot the mon
archical and aristocratic governments of
Europe hnvo "irrapptcd with mod
ern municipal problems much more
successfully tltkn our democratic
government [ Especially Is this
true In th matter of providing
parks and gardens for the enjoyment of
the populace , a subject which Mr. Eliot
remarks Is closely connected with the
public health. * * t f > Ono would Infer from
domoctatle practice , " says the president
of Harvard , "that in democratic theory
public parks and pardons were made for
the rich or the Idle , whereas they are
most needed byutho laboront and the
poor. Tlio richer classes can pro
vide their own enjoyments ; they can
go to the country or the sea when
they please. It is" the laboring masses
that need the open air parlor , the city
boulevard und the country park. " Mr.
Eliot believes It no exaggeration to say
that good municipal administration has
now become absolutely Impossible with
out the employment , on permanent ten
ures , of n largo number of highly
trained and highly paid exports in
various arts and sciences as di
rectors of the chief city departments ,
and that the wliolo question of
municipal reform is covered by the in
quiry , How can a city bo organized seas
as to secure the services of these experts ?
In the opinion of President Eliot , for a
cure of Iho ovlls which now attend demo
cratic government in cities it is of the
utinost.conscquonco that the methods of
municipal service should bo assimi
lated to the methods of tlio great
private and corporate services which
require intelligence , high train
ing and long experience. Tlio
doctrine of rotation in olllco when ap
plied to functions that require scientific
knowledge Mr. Eliot regards as simply
silly. "Before municipal government
can bo sot right in the United States , "
he says in conclusion , "municipal service -
vice must bo made a lifo career for in
telligent and solf-rospocting young
Americans. "
THK man sonoob QUHSTION.
The attorney for the Board of Educa
tion not being ready to proceed upon the
high school case it was continued until
October 9. The legal business of the at
torney for the board is not so heavy as
to afford a good excuse for postponing
the hearing upon this important sub
ject. It is in the interest of the public
and the schools to have the exact status
of the title of the city to Capital square
settled beyond controversy. The people
cannot vote intelligently upon the school
bond propositions'at the coming ejection
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so long us this remains in doubt , and it
is doubtful if bciyls cither for a now site
for the central school or an addition to
the high school11 building can or will bo
voted unless thia controversy is elim
inated. )
TIIK BKK believes the present build
ing should bo used solely for the High
school. It is ample for this purpose but
inadequate to thcriiccommodation of the
High school tinclfio * grades. The diffi
culty of providing accommodations for
the younger childcpn of the central part
of Omaha if they are deprived of the
basement , attic and halls of the High
school building ,1s iot forgotten in this
suggestion. ' The * Board of Education
has boon derelict .in its duty with
reference to the school facilities in the
neighborhood of the High school. Five
yours ago it was confronted with a
threatened injunction if attempt should
bo made to build a separate building
on the High school grounds upon the
very point raised by the present
pending action. It ia not creditable to
the board that the controversy remains
unsettled and the pressure for p.-imary
school facilities in the very heart of
Omaha has not boon mot
The board cannot escape the re
sponsibility for not mooting the
exigencies of the situation. It should at
least direct its attorney to join issue on
the proposition now before the court and
ngrco upon a state of facts which can
soon and forever settle the questions in
volved. In the meantime the school
board should endeavor to lease such
buildings in the neighborhood of the
High school as uro best fitted for the uc-
coinmoduion of the lower grades.
A KATIONAjj AIIT COXOltKSS.
The retention of any duty on works of
art was ono of the mistakes made by the
Fifty-first congress In revising the tariff.
The sonata Is responsible for having
done this. The ways and moans com-
mittco of the house , influenced by the
earnest appeal of the friends t f art and
the almost unanimous volco of the press
of the country In- favor of admitting'
all works of art free , voted to
place art on the free list. The
semite , however , decided to continue
the 30 per cent duty , and although in
the conference on the tariff bill the
house conferees fought hard for free
art , the best they could do was to
induce the conferees on the part
of the semite to cut the duty In
half , so that 15 per cent is paid on all
works 01 art coming Into the United
States as the property of individuals.
This is not creditable to the country. No
enlightened natWH imposes a similar
tax on works of n ( ' { ' , and thuro is not a
valid reason to bo urged In defense of
the United StateyfUoing so. The gov
ernment does noVjrequire the small rov-
anuo it derives from this source , and
which it gets at'ihi ? . price of keeping out
of the country ujoaiis of popular cul
ture and rollnauiunt of great valuo.
Wo have a just frtjVJjn to bo regarded us
an cnliglitoiiod , nij intellectually pro
gressive pooplo.-'Wo are justly proud
of our system of jjular education and
of the growing ougurnoso of our people
to take advantage pf every opportunity
to acquire knowi ' go. As a nation wo
are growing lii'iam * appreciation of
music , and reaching out for higher at-
tainniont in all .forms of art There
should not only bo no obstacle put in the
way of this tendency , but every
Inducement should bo hold out
that will stimulate and strengthen
It. Any legislation that withholds from
it the moans or Incentives to progress Is
at war with the spirit of the ago , and of
this character is tlio duty on art. It isn
reproach to the country that should bo
removed us soon as It Is practicable to
do so.
It is plainly the duty of the friends of
art to agitate this matter until art Is
permitted to como Into this country
without having to pay for the
privilege at a customs house.
United and determined olTort will
accomplish this , for there Is no argu
ment lu support of the duty on art In Iho
few thousand dollars of revenue the gov
ernment gets from It No American ar
tists of character and merit ask this pro
tection , but on the contrary all such are
opposed to It Some tlmo ngo iv plan
was formulated which Includes tin art
congress to bo hold In Washington
city early In December next , nt
which n full representation of American
artists is hoped for. Tlio purpose of this
convention will bo to bring the united
influence of the artists of the country1 to
bear upon congress in favor of placing
works of art on the free list , and it is a
caiifo that ought to enlist the sympathy
and support ol nil persons who believe
In the educational value of art , and
who fool that the people of the
United States cannot afford to bo
excluded from its bonolit for the
paltry revenue that is derived from the
duty. This rich nation docs not need
money for the purposes of government
that Is obtained from taxing ono of the
most potent moans of popular culture
and refinement , even were the pro
ceeds from such tax twenty times greater
than it is.
KIXDKlUSAltTKX
Among all persons who give Intelli
gent thought to the subject of education
the kindergarten is just now occupying
mostnttontion. A wave of interest in the
Ki'oebllian idea of primary instruction
sooin3 to have swept from Boston to San
Francisco , or rather , to speak accu
rately , from both those cities to Omaha.
When the daughter of the great Agassi/
used her husband's ample fortune to
begin kindergarten work In Boston the
philanthropy nnd culture of that great
city was skeptical. She persisted In her
noble charity , however , and established
model kindergartens in various parts of
tlio city and citizens were invited to
inspect the work. In a compara
tively short time Boston was cap
tured by the idea and forthwith
the people demanded frco kindergartens
as n part of the public school system.
In Sun Francisco Mrs. Senator Stanford.
Mrs. Crocker , Mrs. Hearst and other
wealthy ladies became interested in the
subject , and as a consequence something
like thirty frco kindergartens supported
by their contributions are to bo found
among the poor of the Golden Gate City.
Kindergarten associations have boon
formed in nearly all the principal cities
of the country. There is a strong defi
nite purpose among the best informed
people of this country to add the kinder
garten to the public school where pos
sible. Where legal or technical
obstacles arise in the way of mak
ing it a part of the public system
of education , the benevolence of
the people will bo appealed to.
Chicago and St. Louis have followed the
example of Boston and made kinder
gartens a part of their school systems ,
and movements to that end have boon
undertaken all over the country.
Colorado lias a state kindergarten
association , and Denver has n free kin
dergarten maintained by private sub
scription. Sd satisfactory has been the
work of tbo frco kindergarten in Den
ver that the Bricklayers' union of that
city pledged its support , nearly every
member individually volunteering to devote -
vote one day's wages or contribute $5 to
its maintenance. In St. Paul ono free
kindergarten is maintained by private
contributions. Ono is likewise kept up
in Los Angeles.
In Omaha there is a strong sontiinont
for free kindergartens There are throe
or four private schools and in ono of the
mission enterprises an effort is being
made to give the children of the poor
thb benefit of this character of mental ,
moral nnd physical training. All that
is needed hero to urouso un enthusiasm
for kindergarten instruction is to focal
ize the existing sentiment. With
this in view several persons inter
acted mot hist week at tlio residence
of Rev. Dr. Duryea and took the
firat stop toward organizing an associa
tion for Omaha. The commlttoo to
whom the details for u moro formal
mooting was referred will call together
a number of these known to bo Interested
in the subject within a few days and
formulate a plan of organization. The
primary purpose of an association is to
encourage the establishment of kinder
gartens. Tt will undertake to maintain
one free school among the poor and
make of it a model from which tlio pub
lic generally will bo able to form an idea
of the utility of a complete system as u
part of the public school work of Omaha.
THK sontiinont in England in favor of
abolishing the house of lords is undoubt
edly gr'owing , and the reference made to
the subject by Mr. Gladstone In Ills address -
dross before the liberal congress at
Newcastle , must bo regarded as signifi
cant. It is a question which ho might
have boon expected to avoid , and the
fact that ho referred to it is
the best possible avid once of the
growth of popular fooling hostile
to the upper branch of parlia
ment Mr. Gladstone did nut indicate
that ho sympathizes with this fooling.
Ills remarks were not in the nut uro of
an attack upon the lords , but rather of
warning , llo was willing that the sub
ject of the abolition of tlio peers should
continue subordinate to other questions
of moro urgent Importance provided the
extra lonso thus gained were gniuod by
the wibdom , forbearance and moderation
of tlio house of lords In dealing
with public sentiment , but ho warned
that body that thu question of its aboli
tion might become a burning question
It should attempt to defeat tlio popular
will as determined by the next general
election , In the event of a liberal vic
tory then , to bo followed by the triumph
of the policy of homo rule in the com
mons , thu Interposition of the house of
lords to prevent the consumma
tion of that policy would un
doubtedly bring on n contest for
the overthrow of the lords before which
all other issues In English politics would
bo Insignificant , and the end of such u
eouto tl'oiild not bo doubtful ao far as
tlio peonigo is concerned , and it might
loud to much greater consequences than
its abolition.
THE Nebraska senators have endorsed
Mr. G. M. LainbortHon for the vacancy
on the interstate conunorco commission ,
caused by the retirement of Judgn
Cooloy. No man In this section of the
country Is bettor qualified for this
responsible position than Mr. Lambert *
son and no appointment would give moro
general satisfaction. Mr. Lambortson Is
thoroughly familiar with the Intricate
problems with which the commission Is
called upon to deal. He has had more
cases before the commission than any
other attoinoy , and has boon associated
with thol attorney general of the
United Stales In several cases
that Inyolvo vital Issues pending before
the commission. The region west of tlio
Missouri , which covers nearly one-half
of the continent , is entitled to repre
sentation on the Interstate Commission ,
and THE BEE regards tlio suloellon of
Mr. Lambortson as the best that could bo
mado.
and paving contractors appear -
pear totally oblivious to the r ! * _ h',8 and
comforts tit citizens and liupayors.
IIoiico they block up sidewalks and cum
ber streets with material with entire dis
regard of the convenience of the people
who are taxed for tholr bonolit Prob
ably no contractor In the city hits so
outrageously imposed upon good imturo
in this matter as tlio gentleman who is
grading Douglas street. Tlio dirt is
hauled to various parts of the city and
wliolo sti-oots which have boon paved
are rendered almost impassable by the
dirt which the graders have unavoidably
or carelessly dropped. The contractor
has no right to inflict indignities upon
citizens. The chief of police should see
to it that ho kcops the streets ho must
use us clean us possible. There are other
contractors to whom those remarks will
in a degree also apply.
THE voting in tlio fall conferences ) of
the Methodist Episcopal church on the
question of abolishing the restrictive
rule whicli prevents women from sitting
as delegates in the general conference
has , so far as reported , shown n good
majority in favor of the women. It is
in the west that the greatest strength is
shown in behalf of the progres
sive movement. * The friends of
tlio change arc , however , said
not to bo very confident of tbo
result , owing to the fact that a thvco-
fourths vote of the ministers of the con
ference will bo necessary to effect the
proposed change , which ia of a constitu
tional nature. It is thought to bo hardly
probable that the necessary number in
support of the proposition can bo BO-
curcd.
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THE county attorney need not wait for
a grand jury. He can make himself use
ful to the uublio and hateful to boodlors
by instituting proceedings against some
of thorn upon prima faclo casca already
mado.
CounOILMAN CONAVAY thinks ono in
vestigation at a time .is all that can ,
reasonably bo asked of a man who leaves
his saloon business to hired helpwhllo
ho servos the public at $800 per annum.
JUIIUH.
A" ui Orleanx I'lMmmf.
Jones has decided that ho will only ( my the
freight on what H Kolti his way.
Tin-lit of Itooillnrs. .
Ctei'elttiul li uu > ;
Kentucky Is unt uf money ; ind the school
teacliurs of the stuto cannot gut thu I r wngu.-t.
Democratic tronsnrlos always seem to bo
empty. _
I'nyins oiTOld ! cores.
flliibeDemocrat. .
Tlio farmers uro puylii ! ? offolil debts a K"ot
deal fiistor than now ono * uro bolng IIIUUITUU ,
and suoha policy will soon inalio thorn Inde
pendent of the capitalists und money-lenders.
A Guoil Plnoe to Aligi-nlo From.
H'nnscH Cttii Journal.
Canada is such u poor place fur u young man
to stay that the onterprl.slnfj onus all Gross thu
border into this country. This Is why Canada
has failed to double Its population lu forty
yours. The protected Industries of tlio United
Slates are n tempting fluid for ambitions
laborers , and In no other country In good
labor so well compensated.
The Hranil on tlio Ilitr'1.
JVcw 1'or/c Morning Advertiser ( ttr.m ) .
Wo fear that Mr. Uuswell I'ottlbono Klowor
will meet with dllllcultv when ho attempts to
explain how that KngllMi uo.it of arms came
to bo lu his American family. The old-fash
ioned fanners of this stuto do not hollovu
mush In this sort of tomfoolery , They do-
tpiso nummary. 1'urhaps there is a heraldic
ontllt In Mr. TuthOtt's family. If so , the
democratic commlttoo should look it up at
oncu , and oounro what tl.e suorllng people uall
"u standoff. "
Pis ; uros on Corn.
( .Htm. ) lie i tti1 lean.
Thu corn yield Is placed by the Cincinnati
I'rlco-Unrront at l.UUO.UUU.OX ) bushels , or
500,000,000 bushels above the yield ( if | 8'J ) ami
1 3,000,0 u below tliuafliulnlly reported yield of
isjj'.i. ' I-'or the past ten yours the corn orop has"
averasod I , (00,000,000 ( bushels annually , und
yearly exports huvo averaged 150,000,01/0 /
bushels. It Is estimated that about 1,823,030,000
bushels will be needed lor'iho usual home re
quirements. This would leave 10.000.COO for
export and enlarging reserves , which last ,
however , ure unusually low ,
.Mill ir : 1 Admiration CniniinlKii.
A fw Vnrlt M rntnu Ailvertla r.
Mr. Flower's house wimlncnruturt along with
thu rest at thu KUSMIU demonstration In
Wulurluwn , That'H Ilko Kiowor. Always
ready In scatter loses ivud ( 'hlncso lanterns In
the pathway of some other follow , even his
political opponent. Hut Mr. I'lowur should bo
careful how ho encourages this Kassutt move
ment. It , Is growing.
* ,
/ Vfimi ( * el ( ' H'n'ertoirn Nixreh.
1 am wearln-- flower In my buttonhole to-
ill-jilt. It Is u bountiful Mower , und I wear It
Hi emphasize the fact that It symbolizes the
oxc'ollenctH of the Individual character of
ICoswull I' , Kiowor. your distinguished cltl/on.
I know not. I euro not , what party managers
may say. It Is my rl lit , itud I reserve the
privilege to myself to say pleasant things
about Mr. 1'lower , about Mr. Hhimhan , anil
about awry ono on either ticket whom I
know. _
To become- wise Is to (1ml ( out how little you
know.
I'hllosophy lights no candle lu the night of
death ,
The real king does not shrink from the crown
of thorns.
Solf-coneclt Is u rope that thu devil never
lets KU of.
Tim sweets of sin always lottro u bitter tualo
In the mouth.
Don't try to kill u lly on your neighbor's
head with a hammer.
1'i'Oplo who rldo hobbles never pay much at
tention to the scenery.
I'niachliiit that U ulinud lit tlio liuad hardly
uvur btrlkcs thohnait.
The man who oan rujolou In the nildnt of his
trials can rojoleo everywhere.
iJufTorlnii H n chariot drawn by horses whoso
faces : tro drawn toward heaven.
When yon pray for your preacher In church
don't do It with your eyes shut ,
If yon lore your onniiilus you can douond
upon It that thu devil hales yon.
There Is no bigger cowud any whom In the
world than the man who I * afraid to do right ,
Holding church entertainments for thii pur-
nosuof rnUlnir money Is the devil's way of
helping HID Ion I ) ,
Thu greatest mlraolu ever wrnttxlu It when
tliuBamu love that holds heaven totfethor In
bom In the sinner's houtU
ir.isjf/.voro.v
HuiiRuror TIIH
Bill Fot'HTKr.XTit STIIKRT ,
WASHINIITOX , D. C. , Got ,
AfnoiiRtbo ofllcar.t to bo investigated nt the
nnproticliInK simlon of conKross , it Is inld , Is
the llbrarlnn of congress. Tlio object of this
Inquiry Is not to cast mud or brliiR Into quoa-
lion the IntoRi-lty of Uio gentleman holding
the position. U Is merely to ascertain Xho
condition of the olllco and what Us possibili
ties nro.
Although ono of the most Important posi
tions In the gift of congress and ouo that
nflects ovoiy man , woman aud child in the
country , less Is known of thoonlca of libra
rian of congress than almost any other
oillclal. Few oven know thosalaryof thoofllce ,
not a hundred persons know how many assist
ants tlioro nr ) , whore they get tholr pay , how
much is paid them or what the ilutlos of the
oflleo nro. Men In congress simply know
that thcro Is an enormous library
on ono sldo of the capital -n library
which would load a freight train or
two , and that there uro so maiiy books It has
become necessary to construct a now library
uullulug , which Is to cost several millions of
dollars. A few say the librarian Is paid
$ . " > ,0 < ) ( > a year and allowed a sumoiont number
of assistants , who are paid out of the fees
which uro received from the Issuance of isopv-
rlghls. These fees must bo very largo In
the ngprognto , put no ono knows bow much
they amount to or where they nro turnoa in.
No ono Is familiar with the reports of the
librarian , If any are made. There Is dotiso
Icnoriinco on the subject , it is stated that
an Inquiry is to no made Into the aft aim of
the olllco for the solo purpose of educating
the public anil learning something about luo
olllco which will guldi ) congress in Its deliberations -
liberations respecting appropriations for tlio
now library building. There is no doubt that
such an inquiry .should be made , as It will in
Jiirono one nnu afford valuable Information.
' *
* '
Daniel 1C. Wright o 'own , a 51,000 clerk in
the War department , ban resigned.
W. I. , . Dow of Sioux Falls , "S. 1) . , Is nt the
National.
John Schoontgonof Council Hinds U hero.
Mrs. Annlo Williams and soli of Old
Points , Va. , who have been spending the
past weak In the city have left for Omiiha ,
In the contest cine of John 1" . MoAnilrow
vs Helen M. Utnor ! , from the North Plntio
district , Assistant Secretary Chandler today
nftlnm'd the decision below ami dismissed the
eoiitc.-t ,
The following nostmnstors wore appointed
today : Nebraska Ilarrisburg , lianner
county , II. L. Graves , vice K. M. Cowan , re
signed : JMicUorson , Uoilgo county , G. E. Her
man , vice W. 11. Haven , resigned. South
Dakota Mylo , Uonliommo county , II. Nl-
liavt , vice J. E. Urowu , resigned.
P. S. II.
>
I'.tssixnK.sr.s. .
The follow who declares mi ucro of bnnanas
will support iniiro nuoplo than tlilrty acrrs nt
wheat uvlilunllr never tixpurlenuod the thrill-
oxcitoiiiontof toboggonlng on his co.it-
tulls.
*
On the outside of 11 church In tlio backwoods
of lieorghi this sign Is tucked : "Don't shoot
the pronahrr whllo lie Is praying. { * ' " Ulvui
niun u fair show. "
in : poncETKi ) TUB TIN- : .
New Ynrli IlemM.
The weddlns was over , thu vows were said ,
The couple worn filled with blls * .
When the minister shook the hand of the bndo
And gtivo her n smacking kiss.
Tlio groom didn't like It and Mild right awny
"I lor klisoM aru not cheap , see ?
And tlio ono you've taken will do as well
As a ten dollar wedding foo. "
Somorvlllo Journal : If all the people In the
woild worn export mind readers , how ( iiilc'Uly
tha dully thoughts of most pooplu wonli ! bu
radically improved.
Kpooh : "How's business ? " asked ono pick
pocket of another ,
"I manage to keep my hand In , " was the
reply.
Chicago Tribune : Cautious Investor Seems
tn'mu there's too niuoli water on these lots.
Itoal Kstato Agent Too much water ? My
dour sir , 1C vou had these lots out In Okla
homa that water would bring yon 10 cents u
pint !
TWO CONVKIIRIONS.
Athintu Conatttnliini.
When the editor was converted the pooplu
pave a shoal
That. Hhooic the church from pil todomoand
turned It wrong side out ;
And whllo they spooned and raved around , ho
with : i right good will
Converted the collection and paid Ills grocery
Drake's Muga/lno : "Whiskey never affects
my hr , iln , " sulil a boastful young ( Jiiyuty bar-
froiiunntcr.
"No , " -issonted Top. ' 'Int ! It goes to your
head , though ! '
WHEN KINOIIANCi : IS I1I.1S3. V
J\fil' Ynrk h'llll.
The singer was fumed and fair ;
She sung In u foreign tongno ; I
Wn only marked the time und air ,
l > 'or wo know not what was aung.
Wo applauded till out of breath ,
"No singer was ere us good. "
Pretended wo wore tickled to death ,
And none of us understood.
Epoch : "Aro these stock I nirs In fast colors ?
Illack generally runs dreadfully , " she said.
" 1 assure yon , madam , " returned IhoHulcs-
inan , "I assure von llioso stockings urowovon
from the well of u black sheep. "
Shu's gone , and though her loss wo feel
\Vu sing and do not grumble.
Shu slipped upon an organ peal
And straightway look a tumble.
She'll darn her husband's souks all right ,
With novor-co.islng eaio ,
Hut when her stockings show a liolo
Mho buys another pair.
HulTiiIo Express : A maiden speech Ono
btlek of tnttl rnittl , pliwso.
Vonkcrs Stiitosiniin : The man who com
plains that the foni'on Is too lonti Is the sanui
ono who thinks the minstrel performance Is
too short ,
lloston Transcript : I'ytlingoras admonlsliod
his scholars to abstain from beans. Anil yet
they speak of Pythagoras as a philosopher !
Evidently he didn't , know beans.
Now York Herald : ' 'Why Is so it w > mnch
oaslor la contract debts than to pay them'i" '
"lleeauso wj run Inlo debt , bntnsnally have
to crawl out. " _
AT NT.t'r/u.f
Mlll".r In tlic
Wo must liUHt the Conductor , most nnrolyi
Why mil.Ions of millions before
Hnvo iimdu this same Journey securely
And conm to that nlllin.tlo shore.
And we , wo will nmoh It In season ;
And ah , what a wolcomu is thuro !
Hulled then , how out of all reason
To ! > lop at the station Despair ,
Ay. midnights and many a potion
or little black wuttir have Wo
As wo Journey from oi'uun to wean
1'ioin sea unto ultlmato sou
To Hint dvop sou of seas , and all sllonoo
Of passion , concern anil of euro
That vnstseaof l-.drn-sot Islands.
Don't.stop lit the station Doiijulrl
Oo forward , whatever may follow ,
( io forward , fili'iid-li'd orallme ;
Ah wo , to lonp otr In MIIIIO hollow
Or fen. In the night or unknown
I.oiip oir like a thlnf ; try to hldo yon
1'ioni aii''olH. all waiting you there !
llo forward * whatever betldo yon |
Don't stop at. that station li ) > * pulr.
NATURAL FRUIT FLAVORS.
Vanilla - \ Of porfoot purity.
LemonI
Lemon - Of great strength.
Afrnond Zf Economy'ntho'rU8 ' ' °
Rose etc.- ! Flavor no ciolloatoly
and dollclouoly ao the fresh fruit *
