THE OMATIA DAILY BEE : SVNDAY , JANUARY 17 , 1892-SIXTEEN PAGES.
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Notary Public.
The crowth of the aroraito dally clrculat on
of THK HEP. for six years Is shown In iho fol
lowing tnble :
JUDtJi : UOTKI.V announces that ho will
hot rot ire. Tlio judge belongs to Iho
class that die but do not resign.
FitANCts MtJHPHY has Itnockcd out
iTohn L. Sullivan , llo got him to sigfi
the tompcrunco pledge und to imilco a
tomnermxjo speech in Tacomn.
Piiiut APS soniD lint money fntulist can
BCO something gloomy unit foreboding in
the financial fact that the weekly bank
statement shows the Now Yorlc. Danks
now hold $24,579,000 in 0x0033 of legal.
Requirements.
DIE. Si'AULDiNci was graciously per
mitted to ign the bonds for school build
ings and sites in his capacity an prcsi-
pont of the Board of Education. Small
favors from the school board combine
are no doubt gratefully received by the
doctor. _ _ _ _ _
SOME of the cities which last voar
tnado merry over the demoralized
ivoekly clearing house reports from
Omaha are invited tq watch Itho pro
cess of coinploto recovery which the
> voekiy roportn will evidence from this
time forward. "
Tins Chilian situation 1ms developed
the patriotism of a number of southern
brigadiers to such an extent that they
psk congress to remove the prohibition
which makes it impossible for them to
TJO appointed to any position in the
tJnitod States army.
CONGIIESS should blush at the thought
that an Englishman is endeavoring to
raise by private subscription among ship
bwnors , a fund aulllciont to convoy the
gifts of the American people for the
Russian peasantry from New York to
( ho desolated provinces.
Sni'EowiN ARNOLD has the grip and
. fcould not lecture at Trenton , N. .1. , Fri-
flay night. Whether his victims wore
Refunded their money 'or otherwise Is
not stated. The experience of Omulia
people loads to the conclusion that the
tnonoy remained in the box olllco.
IN Tliu llrBt of the railway cases to
bnjoin the city clorlc from listing rail
way uroporty outside tlio right of way
{ the Dooplo win. It is to bo hoped like
- jsuccoss will bo experienced In the United
States court when the Union I'auifiu
pakcs its fight against the proposed
{ .ssossmont.
, THE Motroplitan chtb has ouonod its
how rooms on TInrnoy stroot. Tlio
Athletic club la in running order and a
puccosa. The Omaha and Union clubs
are about to purchase the lot on whiuh
they propose to oreot a $100,000 club
houso. These are evidences thnt Omaha
la growing motroplitan.
Tun general public will bo satisfied
ivith a Hoard of Health oven if Dr.
Clarice Gapon is not a member. The
flootor's ability need not ho questioned ,
Imt it go ° s without saying that almost
l\ny \ other respectable physician can do
the work and draw the salary of the
foinmlBslonor of health without friction.
THK activity of the government in all
the navy yards and ordnance factories
jtind the Sunday cabinet meeting nro
fairly conclusive evidence that the crov-
frnmont is preparing itself for an
< > morgoncy. However , wo arc still of
the opinion that war with Chili is im-
A giant cannot fight a pigmy.
PKKSUHSNT riAiuusoN is tQ have a
fcablnot meeting toJn.v , This meeting
Js not religious in character either. It
VHl discuss important state atTalrs. As
the president is a. consistent Proshyto-
flau , the Sabbatarians who will bo dis
posed to criticiso his action should bo
patlHfiod that the mooting is a military
Necessity. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
* *
JUDGR IIIVINK having decided that
dfiothing but the High school can bo
legally maintained in the building on
the capitol grounds , the Board of Edu
cation should uow direct its onoi'glos
Coward providing proper facilities for
i lie grades in tno central part of the
jlty. Dr. Towno and Jud'go TilTany
[ osorvo tbo thaukH of the cpmuuuilty
'or bringing this matter into court and
.0 a final settlement ,
' TO rxrrK.iiiTtt. ; \ .
The present era has \vllno3sod \ a mar
velous increase of wealth. Kvory largo
city has Its millionaires and some of Iho
population center1 ? have inon who count
their wealth by the tens of millions. The
Vnndorbllta , Iho Aslors ami the Uocko-
fellora , .fay Gould and Lolnml Stanford
nro reputed to have amassed more than
ono hundred millions each ,
How nro these millionaires to use
their wealth for the benefit of Immunity
and posterity ? This question has boon
discussed by several eminent clergymen
and philanthropists through the columns
of the Now York Jndeimulcnt.
ilov. Dr. Buckley suggests to our men
of wealth to Holoct from the throe classes
for which the slate does not and cannot
make nitoqimto provision the hospital ,
the orphanage and the homo for the
aged. Mr. D.AVillls James would have
money expended in great churches in
which not architectural beauty hut ca
pacity and methods of attracting the
people should bo the desideratum of
mission work. Ho would have billiard
and pool rooms and other forms of inno
cent amusement , porhapi not in the
baHomont of the church but. next door.
' 1 hen ho would pay men good wages to
devote their time to the religious effort.
Mr. " Kellogg , the secretary of the
New York Charity. Organization so
ciety , regards boup houses , coal
and clothing societies and "other
contrivances for supplying able-bodied
parson ? with what the goou Lord
Intended they should earn for them
selves"us a means of demoralization.
In his opinion money expended among
thodigraded and destitute in founding
libraries , lyceums , Iccturo courses ,
schools , elevating amusements , clotin re
sorts , missions and other nrovislons for
religious , mental and moral culture is
far more advantageous to the deserving
poor than if used , for physical relief ,
lie oxcjpts from this gonorali/.ation the
really helpless people , children , aged ,
cripples and imbeciles.
The discussion covers u , wide range ,
and coming from a variety of sources is
interesting as a study of the methods of
charitable wonc to which the funds of
the rich may bo applied. It is strange ,
however , that among all those eminent
men , not ono comes forward with a sug
gestion for public parks , or Institutions
where healthful physical recreation is
possible. Swimming baths in cities ,
breathing spots In the crowded tenement
sections , lloral gardens to cultivate the
love of the beautiful In nature , publicart
galleries , children's" playgrounds and
pure air excursions nro all omitted , Uut
ono of the writers refers to kindergar
tens , industrial schools and similar insti
tution's. The contributors almost without
exception lose sight of the natural side
of public charity in their zeal for relig
ious training.
All nro strongly of the opinion that
wealthy men should distribute their
surplus accumulations during lifetime.
Ono of the laymen thinks the giving
should bo lavish enough to make the
giver feel the sacrifice , while another
calls it cant to speak of bacrifico and
would have the giving appreciated as a
privilege. Both are generous practical
philanthropists , and therefore their
opinions arc worthy of attention. It is
noted , also , that wealthy men arocoming
more and moro to regard their riches as
trusts , to bo used , not for selfish ends ,
but for the public good durlnr ; their
lives. Va&sar , Rockefeller , Colgate and
Carnegie are cfted as examples.
- It is gratifying to thoughtful people
to know that men of our day are far
moro generous in their benefactions
than wore the men of the preceding
generation. This is doubtless chiefly
duo to the fact that great fortunes have
been moro readily made within the past
fifty years. The men who have amassed
those , fortunes are for the most part self-
made. Some of thorn have already sot
the example for other men of wealth by
establishing museums , public libraries
and charity hospitals , and erecting li
brary buildings , music halls , and endow
ing colleges , manual training schools
and other institutions of learning.
Others have immortalized themselves
by donations of parks , public bath
houses and great resorts for the recre
ation of tlio comin on people.
Such a distribution of wealth during
the lifetime of the men who have ac
cumulated fortunes , and bequests for
benevolent and charitable institutions ,
are the most ofi'octivo arguments
against communism and anarchy. They
are , moreover , the most lasting monuments
ments to the possessors of wealth , which
in most instances Is certain to bo dissi
pated by their heirs within the lifetime
of the third generation.
x /A * main :
It appears probable that within the
next thirty days the Boring sea con
troversy will bo submitted to arbitra
tion , The recent causes of delay , it
seems were the requests of the Brftibh
government for inoroaslng the number
of arbitrators. It was originally in-
tondod'thnt there should bo throe , but
Lord Salisbury asked that the number
bo Increased to five , Und after this was
agreed to ho made another request that
the number bo enlarged to seven , which
the United States government also ac
ceded to , with the condition that three
of the arbitrators shall bo selected from
the countries which have no interest in
the questions at Issue. This being set
tled the matter of choosing the three
disinterested arbitrators cannot bo very
allllcult , BO that there U reason to ex
pect that the issue may bo presented to
arbitration within a month , or at any
rat a In ample time to got a decision before -
fore the opening of the sealing season in
May , if that bo desirable.
The fact is made apparent that the
Canadian govorumont has boon exerting
a good deal of influence in this matter
and is largely responsible for the delays
that wore a source of considerable annqj1-
anco to the government at Washington.
Canada has never boon favorable to ar
bitration , and It ib understood ondoa *
vorod to Induce Lord Salisbury to aban
don that plan of settlement oven after
ho was fully commlttod to it. Falling
in this the Canadian government de
manded representation and will bo al
lowed ono of 11)0 ) arbitrators. There is
perhaps no reasonable objection to bo
made to this , but it furnishes another il
lustration of the policy of interference
and obstruction which has l > eon unl >
formly purxuod by Canada In rolutlou to
all questions between the United States
and Great Britain In whloh Canada had
any Interest , and this country 'j ) fully
justified In regarding this policy as an
expression of hostility. It'oughl to bo
obvious to Canadian statesmen that they
have nothing to gain by persisting In a
course which Induces a belief that they
are unfriendly to the United States.
Certainly such a policy will not tend
to promote a feeling hero favorable to
commercial concessions which a very
largo number of the people of Canada
regard as most essential to tliolr pros
perity and welfare. The interests of
Canada will bo best subserved by culti
vating the most friendly relations with
the United States , hut her tory govern
ment seems incapable of appreciating
thh fact. Thora is n growing party in
Canada , however , which in the not remote
mote future may effect a material
change In the attitude of that govern
ment toward the United States ,
A nUHKAU Ol < ' JUSTICK.
The condltlonai which make the sug
gestion of n bureau of justice timely hro ,
of course , rogrotablo. They exist , however -
over , and hence .in Chicago such a
bureau has been successfully maintained
for three years. The purpose of the or
ganization is to employ competent at
torneys , who shall give personal atten
tion to cases where poor people , espe
cially working girls , working women
and working orphan boys , are subjected
to Impositions by employers or others ,
and in general to teach those who would
oppress the poor do so at tliolr peril. The
bureau also takes cognizinco of the
workings of existing laws and methods
of procedure and is expected to suggest
improvements , to propose new and hot
ter laws and to make efforts toward
their enactment.
The Chicago bureau in its first year
conducted 1,104 oases ; during the second
year , U.-IO" , and during the thi--d yoa- ,
. ' { ,783. During those years it collected
820,000 in wages , which has boon placed
to the credit of those who earned it.
The experience in Chicago has demon
strated the importance of the bureau.
The poor in every largo city sulTor from
the greed of conscienceless employers
and the usurious interest demanded by
chattel mortgage sharks. Again , it is
llio observation of most men that the
poor are frequently forced to accept amore
moro pittance of the wages they earn ,
because they cannot afford to enforce
their rights in the dourts. Not infre
quently innocent persons are convicted
before our justice and police courts
chiefly because they are unable to se
cure proper defense at the hands of hon
est attorneys. Cases where people bor
row money at exorbitant rates ot inter
est , and , after paying the principal two
or three times over , finally lose all and
are turned helpless and homeless upon
the streets to beg or steal or worse are
not uncommon , oven in this city.
Denver has recently organized n
bureau of justice with two loading cler
gymen and ono of the best known attor
neys of the city at its head. The bureau
is supported by private subscription.
The idea is ono which will take root in
all largo cities eventually and' will tend
In a great measure to remove one of the
just causes of discontent nuiong the
bread winners.
1'IIK ' 1"AIR AJfl ) AN
The outlook for the proposed $5,000-
000 government loan to the World's fair
is manifestly unfavorable , though con
gress may still be induced to give some
additional financial assistance to that
enterprise. The resolution adopted by
the house by a decisive majority de
clares that no mono.v ought to bo appro
priated by congress from the public
treasury , except such as is manifestly
necessary to carry on thosovoral depart
ments. The democratic majority is
thus distinctly committed to the policy
of limiting appropriations by the pres
ent congress to the absolute require
ments of the departmental service , and
although the author of the resolutions ,
Mr. Holman , chairman of the appro
priations committee , expressed the
opinion that they were broad enough to
permit any and all appropriate and
legitimate legislation , it is to bo noted
that lie prld no attention to the sug
gestion that an appropriation for the
fair might bo considered such legisla
tion. At the same time he indicated
that private pension bills and the like ,
as they all belong to the departments ot
the government , , would bo so consid
ered.
It Is altogether probable that the fool
ing of the New York democracy , or
moro properly the Tammany faction of
it , regarding the World's fair is exert
ing an influence upon the democrats of
the house. It is well known that the
former do not desire the success of the
fair , and therefore will undoubtedly
spare no effort to prevent any further
aid from the government , whether in
ho form of a loan or otherwise. The
leading organ of tlio dominant element
of the Now York democracy has per
sistently opposed the proposition that
the government shall do anything moro
in a financial way for the Columbian
exposition , and it is not to bo doubted
that It voices the general sentiment of
these it represents. The force of this
influence must not bo underestimated ,
The democrats In congress will not con-
older this mutter independently of polit
ical considerations.
The World's fair will not ho a failure
if congress shall refuse to give it the
financial aid which it is proposed to ask
for , but without such aid it must fall
short of the magnificent proportions now
contemplated. It may still bo the great
est exhibition of the world's products
and achievements In science and art
over made , but without moro money a
part of the grand design will have to bo
abandoned , inducing a * SOIIBO of regret
that all could not bo accomplished wh'Jch
American enterprise and ingenuity have
suggested , It will bo unfortunate if
political rather than patriotic considera
tions shall have the greater weight in
determining the question whether the
government should lend further financial
support to this great enterprise , to
which wo have invited the world with
tlio promise that it shall surpass all
previous undertakings of the Ulnd. It
may bo that the request for $5,000,000 IB
extravagant and that a much loss sum
would bo sufficient for every reasonable
requirement , but at any rate there
should bo a gonorul and sincere desire
to provide whnlovor may ho found nec
essary to the compfeto * success ot the
fair. The oharat'to Ql.tho nation for
ontorpHno , ns well as its lionor , IB In
volved , and it wouldJian losing economy
that for the sakoof a few million dollars
would permit these to be Impaired In
tlio estimation of tlufworld.
OFFICIAL NMOTIliM.
The departments at Washington re
cently found it necessary to call a halt
upon the system of appointing relatives
of department oDlclals o important posi
tions. The nepotism practiced by pub
lic officials is demoralizing. Commis
sioner Haum's troubles came largely
from the fact that hlsiJon occupied a con
fidential position in jho pension ofllce.
Congressman Springer has appointed
his son clerk of the ways and moans
committee , nnd relatives of congress
men and senators , as wall n ? department
olllcors , are scattered all through the
civil service.
Governor Thayor's eon la his private
secretary. Supoi'Intondontof Public In
struction Goudy's wife is his deputy.
Chief Grain Inspector Blnnchnrd has
appointed his son to a position in his
department. A district judge proposes
to aamo a nephew as court stenographer.
Other Instances will occur to the reader
if ho is familiar with the organization ,
of the state nnd local olllcos , all of which
go to show that the public service is
made too often a matter of family profit
and convonfunco.
It is suggested that some of tlio now
city officials propose to practice this
sumo vice of nepotism. It should not bo
allowed. If necessary to protect the
public oillcos of Omaha from the demor
alization which so often follows its prac
tice , stringent ordinances should bo
passed prohibiting any city olllcial from
appointing a relative to a clerkship ,
deputy ship or any other position of trust
or profit. A rule of this character
should bo likewise adopted by the Board
of Education. Unlods somothlng Is done
wo shall soon find our city , county , dis
trict and state offices converted into asy
lums for the benefit of the relatives of
the people whom wo select to parform
olllcial public dutios.
A CLOSK rO
The annual meeting of the State
Board of Agriculture will lake place
next Tuesday. On that duy the horny-
handed bankers , political posoy gard
eners and agricultural walking delegates
composing a majority of the board of
managers will proceed as usual to per
petuate themselves in office. The presi
dents of county agricultural societies
will participate of course ; tl'iat is they
will vote upon certain propositions , but
they will bo moro lookers on so far as
the actual business'of the board is con-
corned. A select cotorlo known as the
state board of managers , a self propa
gating society-of vo blijTowd gentleman
who know a good thing when they see
it , and enjoy the spefcial" privileges their
positions atl'ord , will prdain what the
board shall do. " - '
In other states the Board of Agricul
ture Is made up of practical farmers and
stock growers , who -.conduct the affairs
of the sdcloty union state supervision
for the promotion of the interest's of
land tillers arid ( TaTtIc"riiTsers. " In No- "
brnskn a solf-seokin'g close corporation
of shrow.d wire-workers conducts the
business of the board. They were created
by a territorial law which has boon so
manipulated that rings of politicians
have controlled not only its affairs but
its membership. With the exception of
Governor Furnas , the secretary , there
are no men on the board who can lay
claim to eminence in nprriculture , horti
culture or stock growing. Bankers ,
broken down politicians and men With
political ambitions to subserve make up
the organization. A gentleman closely
associated with the B. & M. road and
two or three Lincoln.manipulatorscarry
on the business , and by proper dis
crimination in issuing passes manage to
have their friends present when they
are needed and to shut out these who
are not in the ring.
The financial affairs of the board will
not bear close inspection if rumors are
correct. There is said to bo a shortage of
several thousand dollars standing against
a former treasurer. A few years ago
when the total receipts * from the annual
fair raachcd loss than $2-3,000 the board
had a balance of about $10,003. Since
that day the gate receipts have doubled
but the cash b'alancos each year are
nominal. The whole thing is open to
suspicion. There is no law for the gov
ernment ol the state board. It is doubt
ful whether or not it has any legal ex
istence. There is no proper chock upon
its expenditures. It is a profitable sine-
euro for a number of gentlemen who are
not farmers or stock growers , and a good
thing for the passenger business of the
railways centering in Lincoln. There
should bo some now blood injected into
the board of managers , and the secret
mechanism by whloh it perpetuates
Itself year after year should bo exposed ,
UlSllOl' NKIMAN'S SVdOESTlOX.
Bibhop Newman , who has just re
turned from Oklahoma , maUcs some
suggestions with regard to the opening
of the Cherokee strlixwhioh should com
mend themselves to the secretary of the
interior. aa ,
The strip IB a duo tract of land and
has long boon coveted by the whites.
There will bo a great ru'sh of speculators ,
as well as homo sookbrs , to the strip
when it becomes p6Sslblo to obtain the
land. Unless eomotljlngi is done to check
them border desperadoes and consclonco-
loss speculators \VU ] 'py ' fair or foul
means endeavor to got ; possession. The
bishop would avoid blobdshcd and down
right fraud in tho'fipVltablo scramble
by a system of llcltoU issued only to
partloa who can establish tliolr right to
acqul-o a homestead , and each ticket
holder to bo given equal chnncn by lot
for the land to bo opened for flottlomon * .
This does not imply a lottery In any
sense of the word , but a division of the
land In quarter sections without favorit
ism. Precautions would of course have
to bo taken to prevent fraudulent man
ipulation by the officials to favored
land soolcors or speculators.
Under such conditions there would hone
no chance for claim-jumping. Each
parcel of land would bo recorded from
the outset ns the property ot the ticket-
holder who had previously established
his right to settle upon the land. The
desperado who would gain possession by
force would bo ousted In duo time nnd
the speculator could not acquire tltlo
until nftor the legitimate homesteader
had hcci red his patent at tlio end of live
years' residence.
There Is , however , another way of
preventing a bloody squabble. If the
Cherokee strip subdivided into quarter
sections was put up at public auction to
the highest bldtlor who must likewise
bpnn intendIntz sottlpr would ,1101 , only
take off part of the wire edge of enthu
siasm , but prove profitable to tlio gov
ernment. Somp moans should bo de
vised at all events which will prevent a
repetition of the scones when Oklahoma
was thrown open.
FOJIKST ItKSKH\'ATIOXS.
A law passed by the Fifty-first con
gress authorizes tlio president to sot
apart and reserve , from time to timb , in
any state or territory having public
land-bearing forests , any part of the
public lands wholly or in part covered ,
with timber or undergrowth , whether of
commercial value or not , ns public reser
vations. Under this law the president
lust year proclaimed a reserve about the
Yellowstone National park , and also the
reserve of the White river plateau in
Colorado , embracing the head waters of
the White , Grand and Yampa rivers.
Referring to this authority the secretary
of the Interior said in his annual report
that If it is freely exorcised it will antic
ipate many applications for licenses to
cut timber , and ho urgently recom
mended that congress take proper action
to have the reservations that are pro
claimed by the president established as
national public parks , or granted to the
states to bo preserved unimpaired nnd
used for the benefit of the public only.
There is an earnest effort now being
made in Colorado to have a game and
forest reservation established In that
state running north to the south line of
Wyoming , A number of temporary
reservations , embracing over 3,000
square miles , have been established in
Colorado , all of which it is oxpcctod will
bo made permanent , and petitions are
now in circulation asking for several
others , among them a reservation to
take in the forests which protect the
headwaters of the South Platte. A
Denver paper says the establishment of
such reservations is of great inipn-tance
In its relation to the preservation of tho1
forests and the future of Colorado agri
culture. Perhaps as much progress has
boon made in this matter as could .rea
sonably bo expected since the passage of
Jtlio li Vj los9Tthan a year ago , but a great
deal may yet b3 done in establishing ,
these reservations that will prove of in
estimable value.
It is the most effective plan that has
yet been provided for protecting and
preserving the forests , and it should bo
applied , with as little delay as possible ,
wherever there is necessity for forest
protection. How gpnoral this demand
ia the statistics of timber destruction
show , and while this WIB not so great
last year as in some previous years , it
continues to bo large oaousrh to warrant
the fear that if not checked the next
generation of Americans will not bo
able to learn from personal observation
in their own country what a. forest is.
The American Forestry association , at
its last meeting , formulated in a bill to
bo presented to congress sorao valuable
suggestions which if adopted would * secure -
cure very complete protection to the
forests in the public domain , but exper
ience hardly warrants the expectation
that they will bo adopted , particularly
In view of the fact that they will involve
some additional expense to the govern
ment. In the meantime the reservation
plan offers a very safe nnd satisfactory
expedient , so far as its application is
practicable.
THK suggestion that Nebraska manu
facturers make an organized effort for
an exhibition of Nebraska made wares
next fall cannot , if carried into oiled ,
fail to stimulate the patronage of homo
industries. An exposition ot the pro
ducts of our manufactories and mills will
not only be an Instructive object lesson
but a. genuine surpribo. Few people
realize the magnitude and variety of our
industrial establishments and fewer still
have any conception of thoopportunltlos
which Nebraska holds out to moil who
intend to ombnrk in transforming her
raw materials into merchantable com
modities that are now imported from
other sections.
A couuiiSi'ONDKNT nsks : "In case
no candidate for president rccoivcs a
majority of the electoral vote and the
'
election is thrown into the house , how
many votes Is each ntnte entitled to ? "
Article 12 of the "constitution of the
United States provides that in choosing
the president by the lioueo of repre
sentatives "tho votes shall bo taken by
states , the representation from each
state having ono vote ; a quorum for this
purpose shall consist of a member or
members frpm two-thirds of the states ,
and a majority of all the slates-shall bo
necessary to a cholcn. " Of course , a ma
jority of the representatives of a state
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report.
would determine how Us vote should 'jo '
cast , whloh would bo ni'CortUng to the
political division of Iho representation.
Thus , If tlio choloo of the president
should devolve upon the present house
of representatives the ono vote of ever , *
state a majority of whoso represonla-
tlvos are domoorats would bo east for
the democratic candidate , and the states
having a miijorlty of republicans In ( ho
house would east tholr votes for Iho re
publican candidateIn case of a llo in
the political division of a state's repre
sentation it loses Us vote , in Iho pres
ent congress thirty-two states have a
majority of democratic representatives
and twelve a majority of republicans.
Tun United States having become a
parly to the treaty for the supprocslon
of the stnvo trade in.tVfrlca , it may ho
oxpcc'.ed that active measures will now
bo tjikon to carry out the object of the
convention , to which sixteen Ktii'opoiui
nations have given their 'assent. The
delay of the senate In ratifying the
treaty was duo to a roluclanco to recog
nize the justice of a partition ot Africa
among the nations of the world , and the
act of ratification is accompanied with
the declaration that the Unltod States-
is not to bo understood as oxprosslng
any opinion as to the lawfulness or jus
tice of the colonizing proceedings that
have gene on in Africa , nor ns sanction
ing any further operations of that sorl.
The terrible barbarities of the African
slave trafllc have long appealed to the
moral and hutuano sentiment of the civ-
ili/.od world , nnd it is eminently proper
that this country should unite with
other nations to suppress a system , the
crimes and cruelties of which are al
most incredible , while avoiding "on-
tangling alliances. " It is something of
a departure from the historic policy of
nonintervention in the affairs of the
eastern hemisphere , but it is justified
by the righteousness of the cause.
IF Tin ; State Board of Agriculture , or
rather its board of managers , were earn
estly engaged in advancing the agricul
tural interests of the state , they would
not have missed the opportunity afforded
by the btnto convention of the alliance
to enlist that organization in behalf of
the World's fair exhibit. It is generally
accepted that the state mooting of ono
year ago killed the sugar bounty. On
agricultural topicb the local alliances
take their cue from tlio state organiza
tion. The lute mooting would undoubt
edly have given a suggestion ro gnicl.'i !
the Nebraska exhibit careful considera
tion nnd the State Board of Agriculture ,
as well as the Nebraska World's fail-
commission , mubt share the blame for
the failure of the state alliance to give
an expression on the subject. By the
way , President Powers is a member of
tlio Nebraska World's fair commibslon
and ho should have brought the ques
tion of an additional appropriation before -
fore his organization.
TOM PATTEU'SON of North I'latto is ,
almost too clean and honorable a repub
lican to expect the appointment of reg
ister of the North Platte land office.
An oil room politician froiu-somo other
part of the district , who hus boon dis
owned by his neighbors , is moro likely
to succeed.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Signs of I hi. TliniM.
.
A Ijuslnoss boom for 1802 like that of IS39
and 1S81 Is predicted. This nuiy not bo fully
ruull/eil , but the out'ooK. Is certainly oiicour-
Tolcpliniilc Triumphs.
Null /'fuiir/nm / / Clininlilc.
The possibility of loloiihonliu wlilspois from
Suit Francisco 10 lioston sound * Ilko u K oit ;
triumph of science , lint In tlio Intei-o-jt of people
ple with nerves It Is to bo liopod that tlio system -
tom will never bo so pcifoctod as to bi'liiK
Icng-illutiuico telephoning Into common uso.
Tlio tolograpli lias Its tlHailvantaKos but
there U no "hollo ! " about It.
lu ami rnilliiim.
' Ytn fc U'rlbuue.
Tlio Indiana wlillo cups mo up to their
pranks again , liist week u man wns taken
from homo and whipped until no had fainted
twice , und udofoncoIc-,1 woman was ducked
Jn u creoic until she could neither stand nor
cry. Tliu man may ctlo and the woman Is
llkuly to. Mcantlmu thn good people of Iho
state act-opt the slination calmly , and nasa
resolutions denouncing Ittmluu Imruarily ,
or rin : .sr i n : / * ,
Thu iiicitlliur ot the Hulo I nrincr * Mllanc *
nt Lincoln tinmt | ucok lm stlrrnd ni A
Kootl tlcnlof IntercM In Indcponileiit | n > llt'ci ' ,
TDK llr.nMreporliof the plocondlMR * nr.d Its
talks with tint IvniUusun the "Itimtlon Imvu
been closely wdtchcil by Iho iwpori of thn
siatoaiitl tnrgoly commented on , Tno pliins
foi the dUlrlb'illcm of caiKllducli'i for I ho full
cniupulitn have drawn oulafow paragraphs
of Intel-oil. In rofcrrluR In the ilonl whereby
I ) , Is said Van Wyck I * to stanil for
Kovcinor , I'UWOM Is lo run for I'Onim'n in Me ,
Kulglinn' * place , and llnrcows Is In nllompt.
lo lump Into I'udtlock'i lioc < , ono udltor s lys :
' Of couno all snob reports are the nioiasi
niooiisliliio. for amTO not assured upon lilxli
authority that Ihu alllutiuo Is not a polltlu.il
ore niilrnllonV
Another editor ronmrln on Van \ \ vi'k's
iillezed futitfo I'andldncy : "Had the inito-
nomh'iil * put him up In IMiOtho iiunttlon of
lloyil's tilti/cnshlp vroiild tltl bo aloeplng. "
Tim nppolntinonl of llurrowi and Viin
\Vyck as Joint dele Mcs to the nlllunco con-
fcronco lends n publlcoplnlon mniildor lo say :
' This looks Ilko harmony , lint It Isn't-It Is
simply u si'hiMiio to put these two dlotntors
where they u.in wttiuii onoh othiT. "
Hpoakcr Elder's e.imllclauy for the I'nlloil
Hlatcs senate causes n Kooil many ciuiHtlc ni- '
marks. Ono democratic short miys : " .Should
hobo suci.vMful ho can .loin with I'ulTernnd .
make It a tno-rliiK rltptis. " f
Tom Majors scents to have lioen pultlu ?
himself un r.inport with the republican editors
of thooMromo sonthnestnrn purl of I ho .state ,
Tlio t'ulbertson llepubllcan Ims iloulared for
Tom fiirgovornur and Iho HcavcrClly Trlbiilio
omlor.sus the KeputilliMti's position.
Tlio rumor thut U l > . Klchnrils luu orjiinl/od
: x burc.iu to boom hliiHolf fortlu Kuhernato-
ilal nomination , while not ahioluloly ron-
llrmed , has bcon Klvcn the color of truth by
tlio report that he will laKe nursonal eharun
and pay all expenses of the stale editorial
convention which meets at I'romont .liinuiiry
nmlLU Tlio four editor:1 w ho have already
joined the human will undoubtedly bu on
ham' ' .
Apropos of ( ho 1'remont statesman'
dary the Aland Island Independent ivmarks :
"Ulchards would be a playtnlni : In the hands
of \ an Wyi-k. "
Acfordlns to a Lincoln paper. CliuriMi IInwu
was represented attlio t.ilo 1'arniors alllanuo
by I'liarlle Slir.idnr of Ijoxan. "whom I'hunili
represented in the l.tsl lo-jlslutnro This was
thetefoio simply an OM'hunni1 of courtesies. "
John U. Snntoo , who has been a republican
and democrat by turns , aocoidlni ; to what
then1 was in It , Is again at the fionl. tills time
In harmony with the national ndmlnlsti.tUnn.
The it-moii for this may soiini lo some to ho
apparent when It Is stated that John wants to
bo postmaster at Iluttu City , the county seat
of the new county of lloyd.
Bushmill of iho Lincoln Call , who Is boom-
In' ; Jesse Strode for the eonji'osslonnl nomi
nation In the I'list ( Hitdot , Is accused of he-
Ing ungr.itt'ful. Thoniiary Issprunff : "What
has-become of I'nclo I.r.istus Iliown , Iho
standiii ! ; candidate for that .lob. and whv Is
he passed over silently in this muttor' ; "
Tliudemocratic llowclls Jouinal bassoon
ti. W. K. Dorsoy's name mentioned as ac.indl-
date for congress In the new Third audit
mauos the editor's wruth to Hsu , "Can It bo
possible. " lie says"lhat thoroaie foolsonouijli
In this district to again renominatn Dorsoyi1
bWo doubt It very miluli. To be sure , his noin-
tnation would bo a good thins for the demo
crats and Independents. : is It would \lrtuallv
place tint lopublicans out of thernci' . It was
a revolt asalnst Doisoy that bionjhl ; about
the elrcllon of Kcm ,
The latest name mentioned for the nomina
tion for attorney jjenoral (3 ( that of A. I ) . Mo-
C'uiKllussof Wymoro.
The Vorl ; Domoer.il announces that It OY-
pccts Colonel Colby lo bob up as a c.indlnato
foreonj'ioss , and It declares Itself In favor of
the republicans nominating htm.
i'oi.\m.
Washington Star : ' "Curious , " ' roiiiaikuil
Jlnklnson , "how inanv people It fakes to do
ono thin : . When my landlord lalses the rent
I have to hustle HI omul and raise It loo.
I'hlladolphla Ledger : The unusual absence
of witticisms about the plumber this season Is
due to the fact that the weather Is out of
joint. No freeze , no bust ; no bust , no bill.
lloston Transcript : I'lntnn How eonr < o It
sounds to lui-iou teamster shout out " 1111. " lii
you when you are classing tbostreot. .Mary -
Yes ; It does sound low.
HO-.IOU Courier : A ptoupoekut may bo vorv
o\peitat his business aim yet bu considered
us just "potting ; his hand In. "
.MISTAKK.V ZUAI. .
iVi'ii''inl , llemhl.
There was a young mint of I'uclucali
Who Hot out to gather In lucali ,
Ho uot on the ace
With Innocent grace
And found llioiositlt wusuuuolrili.
Indlanapo'.lsJouinal : He I am rnllior In
favor of the English mode of spcllmi ; . Mm
Vo-es ? Ho Yes , indeed ! TulvC "pallor" tor
Instance. Having l'u" in it makes all the dif
ference. In the. world.
Detroit I'roo I'rosj : llo was profoundly In
terested In writing a letter .
"Weren't you up to sec your girl last
nlglitV" naked the man next to him.
"Vos. I'm writing to her father now. "
"Thai MJ ? Asking him for her ? "
"No. Asking bltn for my overcoat and Imt
ho didn't give mo tlmo to got us t wont out. "
Washlnztonijtar : "Didn't I hear ono of your
men executing u Tyrolean warble ? " a.skod tlui
benevolent Hit anger of the foreman of a HIK
of laboicrs ,
"am e , " was the answer , aflor somu ho.stta-
llon , "this ain't tin roUtn' ; tills is lou lioavln' ,
thlsU. "
CO.
g , V7. Cor. 16th and Daug'ai . .t3 ,
Cooing to ? „
Change Shirts -
We've closed a contract with
another factory to make our white shirts
this year. " The shirts
we have are excellent
goods , good as the new
ones , but as we don't
want them in the way
when the others come
in , we will sell Monday
only , our No. 150 regu
lar $1.50 white launder
ed shirt , open back , also open back and
front , all sixes and length of sleeves at $1.
Our $1 shirtalmost like No. 150open back
only , at 75c. Our three popular lines of
50c , 75c and SI unlaundered white shirts
in one lot at 50c a shirt. Monday only.
& Co
Browning , King \
Southwest Corner iflth and Douglas Streets. .
Open Saturday evenings til ! 1O. Other days till OOO :