JI-JIS OMAHA JUILYKKK : MOX AY. FIJIIUUAUY 15 , 1802.
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< 'lrrniitlon ! tor .Ininmry ! MI ! I.
TltK Union Pacific twitching charges
nro oxtortlotmto and they must bo ro
ll ucoil.
A WOKKHOUSH is badly needed In
Omiilui us an adjunct , ot the police del -
l > ; irtinont.
MA.TOU WATSON goes oT ) liho a Gat-
llng { run. The only trouble is that ho
is liriiifj his cannon at a tumblobug- .
CONTIIACTOII Squmis : having recov
ered from IIH ! lllm-ss , the meetings of
the Uixinl of Public Works are again
interesting.
NOTIIINO has yet been done In Omahn
nnd very liltlo elsewhere in the state
looking lo a proper celebration of No
li nska'u quarter centennial.
GlCNKKALi BtJTIjKU of MtlSSUCllUSOtls
has declared himself a.eainst frco coin-
ago. This is something like deathbed
repentance , which proves its sincerity.
SOME men will strive harder and
waste more thno trying to secure a STS
job in the employ of the city than would
make them sure of SloO if applied in
private employment
DDKS Governor Boyd fully realize that
a special session of the legislature maybe
bo construed us an invitation to return
tt > Nebraska by Chaplain DUTcnbachur ,
now temporarily fpjournlng in Washing
ton ?
THE city can by law force the Union
Pacific to erect a passenger station ade
quate for its business. It cannot , liow-
'ovor , by law force the construction of a
handsome union depot. Wo only wish
it could.
Il'\VK are to hnvo tin extra session the
governor should not forgot to call for an
increased appropriation for the World's
fair. Nebraska could not expend her
money to greater advantage in advertis
ing her resources.
THUS far David Bennett Hill has cap
tured 100 delegates to his snap conven
tion and Grover Cleveland but six. Tlio
mugwumps and other admirers of the ox-
prosldont must bo very credulous if they
imtigino the junior semi tor from Now
York will forego the snap he has secured
out of regard for public ; sentiment.
Tun Omaha sunllowor editor , who
shouted for John Powers in 1SOnndcon ! )
signed Governor Boyd'a political hotly
with maledictions to a premature grave
. lust winter , will smile and fawn upon
him tonight at the great demonstration
in honor of his restoration. This Is in
accord with the eternal illness of things.
No WONHJJU the noble "patriots-1
whom an inscrutably providence has per
mitted loedit dowii-in-tlio-liool newspa
pers are disgruntled at Dr. Mercer and
the present state central committee.
The doctor and his committee refuse to
bo hold up ami bled to the tune of $500 ,
payable in two checks , by political
leeches who eke out a. miserable exist
ence as champions of anything and tiny-
body willing to pay them for bush
whacking or whitewashing , soft-soaping
or blackguarding.
TIIK democrats of Iowa are not sincere
in their efforts to pass a high license
bill. They are playing for tlio grand
stand and are determined to keep the
liquor question in politics for nnothor
campaign. This explains why they
hnvo agreed in caucus upon a tnoasu'-o
which the conservative temperance moa
on the republican aiilo will not accept ,
anil Is their hole reason for refusing to
permit the Schmidt bill to bo amended
so as to Include local option and other
reasonable features. To all appear
ances Iowa will bo compelled to drag
out nnothor two years of weary existence
under the present inoperative prohibi
tory law. _ _
HON. SKTII P. MOHI.KY , the press
cotnmlttoomnn of the Nebraska World's
fair commission , has addressed a
communication to the newspapers of
the state urging the organization of
local associations to further the ef
forts of the commission in making a
creditable showing for Nebraska at
Chicago. The lima has come when
the suggestions of Mr. Mobloy should
receive attention- But little more
than a year remains in which to
make preparations for the great event.
Only by local sooloiiow and individual
attention to details under the super
vision of uuoh Boolotios can Nebraska
hope to make her presence felt at the
exposition.
K ron fitK r.xriiA SKSSIOX.
It now appears certain that Governor
Boyd will convene the legislature in
extra session nt an early day. What
work the governor will lay out for the
legislature has not yet been disclosed.
It IB doubtful whether Governor Boyd
himself has fully mndo up his mind as
to the subjects lie will embody in his
call. It Is equally problematic whether
the legislature with Its peculiar compo
sition can bo depended on to enact any
of the laws the governor may see lit to
recommend. You can take a horse to
water but you cannot always make him
drink.
Assuming , however , that , n , majority
of the legislature Is disposed to give the
people needed relief anil honestly de
sires to carry out IH unfulfilled pledges
of reform , it may not ho out of place at
this time to make a few suggestions.
Taking it for granted that Governor
Uoya will include in his call maximum
freight regulation , It Is to bo hoped the
legislature will not juggle with the rail
road question aa the Iowa legislature has
done during two sessions with prohibi
tion by opposing one bill to another and
charging the opposition party with the
failure to pass either bill. There should
bo no ollort to make political capital ,
but an effort lo give the people lower
rales on the principal staples that Ne
braska exports and imports.
The Nowhcrry bill was never honestly
supported by a majority of the legis
lature , but it was simply bulldozed
through , with the full knowledge that
it was unreasonable and would so bo
pronounced by the courts.
Next to a fair and reasonable maxi
mum rate bill the people con bo best
served by a thorough revision of our
revenue laws. Our system of luxation
has for niuny yoara worked great in
justice to the farmers and all other
owners of real estate. It has been tin
incentive to tax shirking , wholoMilo
perjury and systematic discrimination
by the assessors and by the State Board
of Equalization. The state board as it
Is now constituted is as much of a force
as the State Bo.ird of Transportation.
Although the constitution expressly
provides for the taxation of franchises
there never 1ms boon u dollar of taxes
collected from a franchisee ! corporation
for the prlvUeges it enjoys.
It may bo found impracticable to make
a thorough and well digested revision of
the revenue ilaws at the extra session.
In that event the legislature should
create a tax revision commission , olthor
chosen out of its oivn body or appointed
"by the governor. This ' commission
should bo empowered to formulate n set
of revenue laws and report them back
to the present legislature if it should
see lit to take a recess tor a few months ,
or have the governor submit the work
of iho commission to the legislature of
is a.
If the legislature is in real earnest
about political reform it can do so most
effectively by enacting a law that will
make It a misdemeanor for any public
ollicial to accept a railroad pass or any
Hu'bslituto for n PAHS. It is to bo hoped
the governor will not omit the anti-pass
law from his call and give every member
a chauco to go on record.
Another much needed reform is an net
that will make it unlawful for any per
son to hold two otliced , federal , state ,
county or city , at the samp time.
Last , but not least , wo shouUl have Iho
Australian ballot law applied to primary
elections' , and thus strike at the tap root
of corruption and fraud in our political
nominating machinery.
WllA'C AUK TUKl' DlllVlXO ATI
The full text of the dissenting opinion
of Justice Field in the Boyd-Thayer
contest was published by the Lincoln
Journal in its Sunday issue. Why this
piece of legal lore should bo given to the
people of Nebraska tit this late day ,
when Thayer is in Texas mid Boyd in
the executive chair at Lincoln , is not
quite clear. Tlio only inference to bo
drawn is that this ex post facto opinion
is Intended to convoy the impression that
Boyd's title to citizenship stilt remains
beclouded. The editorial wiseacres , who
always sneeze whenever a railroad
attorney or railroad m intigor talcos
snuff , have been very much concerned
over this decision of the United Stutes
supreme court , which , according to their
version , really loft the vital issue before
tlio court in doubt.
[ mmediately after the decision had
been rendered wo wore told by the
Journal that there had really been no
decision , because the court was equally
divided. Had that boon true Boyd would
not bo in the governor's chair today.
The railroad managers , who have till
along boon horrified over the prospect
of an extra session , would have seen to it
that Thayer was fortified against any
writs , mandamuses or mandates that
Boyd's lawyers could have possibly
brought. The truth la thut the
decree of the supreme court declaring
Boyd .a citizen of the United States
was practically unanimous , Five of
the eight judges hold Unit Boyd
became u citizen by the admission of the
state and three hold thut ho became a
citizen by the act of his father before ho
became of ago and his own subsequent
conduct us.a citizen. All of those judges
agreeing Mint ho was a citizen , it is
immaterial by what process of roa > onlng
they reached thut conclusion.
Justice Field's dh untlng opinion wa'i
really a protest entered at the outlet
against hearing the oiso : ,
As an extreme stated rights nvm Jus
tice F'ehl ' insisted that the United
States supreme court hail no jurisdic
tion , but when the seven other judges
held that the court had jurisdiction his
dissent was overruled ana ho was com
pelled to content , himself with placing
hla dissenting opinion on file.
iff Tin : xintrini'Ksr ,
It Is reported that a movement hits boon
inaugurated in live of the state * of Iho
northwest in the interest of Mr. Cleveland -
land , which may have an Important bear
ing on his candidacy. The democratic
commiltoomon of Minnesota , Wisconsin ,
Iowa and Norlh and South Dakota are
said to have boon in communication with
n view to nn arrangement for early-con
ventions which will choose Cleveland
delegates who will stick to the ox-provi
dent as long as tliero Is the shadow of a
chance for his Humiliation , The idea 11 *
to du this in order to break the olToct
which the selection of II111 delegates in
Now York is expected to have upon the
party generally. It is said that the
Montana democrats wore as soil to come
into theschomo , but.tho commlttcomon
asked to bo loft out on the ground that
the frco silver men aio In the majority
and are believed to bo against Cleve
land.
The other states are understood to
have unqualifiedly agreed to the
arrangement , with the except Ion of
Iowa , whoso democrats propose to send
a Boles delegation lo Chicago , . In
structed , however , lo vote for Cleveland
If Its vote is necessary to nominate him.
Minnesota will take the initiative in the
early convention project , and will hold
its convention March 22 , the other
states lo follow shortly alter. It ia not
nt all questionable that the democrats in
the stales mimed are very largely In
favor of Mr. Cleveland , but it Is not
quite clear that the early convention
plan will have any decided inlluonco us
an offset to the Hill scheme in New
York. Tlio practical phase of the mat
ter Is simply this , that if Mr. Cleveland
is opposed in the tyUlonal convention hy
the delegation from his own state , 'that
fact will demonstrate that ho cannot
carry the state If nominated , nnd
in such circumstances His nomination
would ho a fatal blunder.
This Is fully understood by such prac
tical politicians aa Mr. Henry Walter-
son , who has recently declared that the
party cannot nominate Cleveland with
out inviting defeat , and who says that it ,
may bo necessary for the party to reject
all Now York men and take Its candidate
from Iho west. Rebuking Hill will not
enable Cleveland to carry Now York ,
and all intelligent democrats admit that
that state is absolutely necessary to the
election of a democratic president this
year. There is no valid reason why the
democrats of the northwest should not
hold early conventions , but it is by no
means apparent that they can have the
effect which they are expected to pro
duce.
mrr , //.us run
Tlio delegates elected to the New
York democratic stale con volition whicli
will moot February 22 are largely for
Hill. According to estimates not more
than six counties will bo against him ,
and some of those may bo brought into
lino. This assures o full delegation of
Hill men from the Kniplro state in the
national domocr.itic convention. It
does not follow that such a delegation
would insist upon Hill as a candidate.
Undoubtedly it will name him , and it is
also not to bo doubted that ho will
receive a considerable number of votes
outside of Now Yoriv. The real stgnill-
cancu of a Hill delegation from the
Empire state is of course the influence
it will exert against the candidacy of
Mr. Cleveland
There is pretty sure to bo two delega
tions from Now York asking to bo ad
mitted into the Chicago convention ,
Tlio men who have issued their protest
against the snap convention which will
moot a week from today will not allow
the Hill men to enter the national con
vention unchallenged. They will send
there representatives of their faction
and make a very vigorous light for a
place. This will foreo an interesting
dilemma , on the convention , but the
regularly appointed delegates will
doubtless bo allowed to take their seats.
It would bo fatal to the party , so far as
Now York is concerned , not to do this ,
and in any event the democratic chance
of carrying that state this year is not ,
great.
There is talk of bringing forward a
compromise candidate , but this is a mat
ter more easy to talk about than to do.
William C. Whitney has been men
tioned aa a possibility , but no was secre
tary of ' .ho navy in the administration
of Mr. Cleveland and would hardly bo
acceptable to Hill. Governor Flower
would like to bloom into a presidential
candidate , but ho is too much of a Hill
man to bo acceptable to tlio Cleveland
faction. Meanwhile Hill is working in
dustriously on the outside.1 Ho has his
workers in other states , and ho is oper
ating somewhat on the still-hunt plan
which Siimuel J. Tlldon added to politi
cal methods. It does not appear that
Mr. Hill i.s making much headway , but
ho nevertheless may bo doing so.
Tun balance in the national treasury
has reached the lowest point in many
years , and it ! H evident , that there will
have to bo legislation to enable Iho
treasury to meet its obligations. Of
course there is $100,000,000 in gold on
hand to securolho greenbacks , but there
ia some question as to whether this fund
can bo touched for meeting expendi
tures , and the senate judiciary commit
tee lias been instructed to report oti this
question. A rather more serious ques
tion , perhaps , relates to the expediency
of diverting this fund , or any part of it ,
to another purpose than that for which
it was get aside , so that if it shall be
found that It may lawfully bo NO diverted
cong'oss ' will probably hesitate about
using it. Obyiously , however , the sit
uation has reached that condition where
tlinro i Imperative necessity for early
action for the lellcf of the treasury , or
the government will bocompolled to put
off obligations due , an experience it has
not had in many years and one the pos
sibility of which cannot bo agreeably
contemplated.
PKTKII A. Ur.v was elected railroad
commlsnioner of Iowa by _ thy railroad
employes' organization. The success
aohiuve : ! at the hu > t election has stimu
lated the railway men lo mass them
selves in lodges elsewhere. Al Sioux
City they claim they will have several
hundred voters tit the next election.
There Is no doubt but the wugo-cnrncru
of the railways of the country can swing
a very heavy vote , and may , when
massed for or against any Candida to , bo
potential in a close election. But if the
railway employes wore arrayed against
the interests of all other wageworkera
and producers , they would occupy a
position very much more like mercen
aries than like sovereign citizens of a
republic. Their attitude would Inevit
ably result In the overthrow of the cor
porations whom they were trying lo
serve. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
THIS awful lire In New York which re
sulted in the destruction of the Hotel
U val and Iho los.s of auvural lives hub
awakened Iho civilized worlu t.i the Im
portance of , l.Ucing all the precautions
possible agnj'/ist / the repetition of such
calamities > c'i'ho great hotel * of London
and other metropolitan cities are being
examined and ore to bo reported upm
by exports. TJip-nooiss'it.v of fireproof
building * unff ( iniplo lire escapes has
boon omplmsi/cd by the sad experience
in Amerhiii'metropolis. ! . The olToct
has also tiben marued in awakening
public olllcials lo a sense of duty. The
report th t lheHotol Hoyal was not
constructed ! , in accordance with the
building regulations and was not pro
vided with proper flro escapes should
Impress upon the minds of building Inspectors
specters everywhere , Including Omaha ,
the absolutq necessity of the moat rlcid
inspection and relentless enforcement of
the laws.
TIIK sight of passengers walking over
the Sixteenth street viaduct those days
ought to bo a powerful argument for a
viaduct ordinance which will replace
the present unsiifo wooden bridge with
a viaduct of Iron and steel.
Wlp'o OirtlHi Giire.
\'i l ; Time ' .
If ttio republican party wins In Nebraska
this full It must bo united and its members
must bo loyal. All the old bloody Unlvus
must be slicnthod ,
"Itnlinitlmi" Tluit 1'nys.
C/iicfiiim/f / / ( Tomnifrclnf.
Our expert business la tlio lust ton years
rose from S.SU.UW.lCil . to $00,51)15,233 ) , aa in-
crnaso of $ IW4tiil. ! : ! : : ; which sbows how our
tnrllf system Is "ruining our foreign trade. "
Tint AlRi-r Insiilriitluii ,
( Vifciiyo Tfinc * .
There are loud cries from" the south for
Gcmrrnl Algor. If Harrison should bo the
only candidate .boloro tliu Minneapolis con
vention. n KOO'l ' tnnny colored delegates might
have to walk homo.
! Indeed.
1'UHfinnnth Journal ,
Tothink thut titter John M. Thurston hail
announcad himself n candidate for vlco presi
dent nndor Mr. Illulnc , that Blatno should up
nml decline to run , leaving our John to hold
the sack ! It in n most wraluhcd ploco of
Ingratitude.
imi : > ( l nil : nurttrf of Truth.
I'liltaaeWtta rimes.
When Now York lawyers stljrmutlza each
othur as "itiosks and liars,1' it Is proof that
there nro occusions xvhon a yearning doslro
to burst out into cold-Olooilud truth over
come ? the courtesies of the profosiiou ami
bowls over Its codti of ethics.
Tin' Price nt Fully.
'
The salary of'.tho povornor of Nebraska
is $ ! , ! iJ9 n yuar. Thnyer has drawn his pay.
Boyd , having uoen declared the rightful gov
ernor , will bo paid too. The state is the only
loser. Thus does chicanery anil ofllco grab
bing always proyo eo-uly to the pooplo.
t
All KnciiuiMKliii ; Kxlillilt.
( Hvlic-Dcmitrittt.
Busliioss frtfluros are decreasing and busi
ness transactions , as revealed by Bank clear
ances antf railroad earnings , are increasing.
This is the record of 1&9J thus far as com
pared with thd'corresponding period of IS'Jl.
The country is encouraaod ay thii exhibit.
: lli > ; "MH Cl'.llm-f.
The southern war claims now pending in
the llouso aggregate $ iiS6ooOOa. , In' ' other
words , that is the amount which the demo
crats would like to take out of the treasury
for Iho benefit of their confederate constitu
ents , but the ' republicans will see thai no
such fraud is perpetrated.
What Xt ?
ISrccWnr.
The Worla-Herald's versatility in fakes
makes hd world of Omaha decidedly weary ,
fts latest was to offer : \ silvermuir or some
thing for tun advertiser getting the largest
number of answers to his Sunday n'd and
then Insert a lot of spurious nds for promi
nent business men who were besieged Mon
day morning with applicants lor what they
never knowingly advertised for. What next.
Wuttt-riinii ( Mils Hli Iliirosctipc.
iMittoellfo Courier * Jtiurnul ,
The simple truth is that Iho conscience ,
the mind and the heart of llio democratic
masses of the uooplo nro not yet ready to
cast off Mr. Cleveland as their loader and to
take Mr. Hill In Ills placo. It miybo that
they have made an ideal of Cleveland , and
that there is in reality no such nsr.sou , but
facts are facts , nnd. right or wrong , for good
or for isvll , Mr. Cleveland stand * with vast
multitudes of democrats the type nud em
bodiment of tariff rotorm , and Mr. Hill 113
thn typo and embodiment , not merely of ma
chine politics , but as u laggard , if not an ob
struction , to tariff reform.
Tin :
Now Yoric World ( dent. ) : The republicans
of the lov/.i legislature , deaf to the entreaties
of CtirUson , liavo decided In a caucus to
"stund by prohibition. " Very good. The
voters of Iowa will no doubt again dccidn to
stand by the democratic party , personal lib
erty nnd n reasonable excise law.
Chicago Inter Ocean ( rep. ) : Ex-Gover
nor Stone of Iowa says that the mitl-prolil-
hltloi sentiment is rapidly growing In the
republican party In Iowa , and it was the pro.
tilultlon question that doluatod the republi
cans last fall. Tlio old ex-governor bollovos
that this question must bo lulfon out of poli
tics.
Philadelphia Record ( dom. ) : Persistence
in legislative mutnUos U ccarcoly a chnrau.
tcrlstlcof Iowa republicans ; but the deter
mination of the republican members of the
legislature to stand by prohibition will till
the Iowa demour.ioy with joy , nil tbo same.
The rainbow-chasers are not all In the east ,
lee It you !
Chicago Tlinod * ( dom. ) : The republican
party of Iowa)3ivycddcd ) to its idol , prohibi
tion. " It is a p.at'ty Vhat answers the descrip
tion of the BoiiVbon , for It learns nothing
and forgotH nothing. Once it had a mujoilty
of 80uoi. ; It h ifnwu minority of iho noputar
vote of the ijtntnmnd has ono of the houses of
the general us.stjinbly only bccauKe of a
gerrymander of .districts mudo In ' .ho days of
its practically lihqlsputcd supremacy.
Nettie KanfoV'd Chapin of Marshulltown Iti
Kato Hold's Washington : This revolution
against prohibition is u powerful fqrco urn !
gains volume"'Uvery unv througn the
state , and uiiloVAj"wo liavo a high llconco hill
passed thin wltiu'fluwa will go democratic
In the fall oleclftjii , r.rnl every welt-In formed
politician Unows'Mt. ' If such u bill WITO
passed 3'OiU''J ' > ) ( lennaii tariff ropjbllcans
would return uV'tinco to the old p-irty. Uut
tin wrnk leadorsflcd by 11 certain clas * of
P'JlpIt pollticlaiiH nil the vVomun'a Unrhlian
Temperance union ; utauu lllcu irlrfhtonou
sheep and fear tV move.
Washington Post ( rep. ) . It Is announced
that the republican memb.ir.i of the Iowa
legislature have held a caucus and decided to
continue tbo light for prohibition. If this
program U adhero.l to the Iowa democrats
uro lo ho rongr.ttulati'd on their cool ; luclt.
That a majority of the votnrs of foivu nro
llrmly opposed to thn prohibition idea has
been 'clearly demonstrated by the Iiut three
elections In that state. If thu r publiuan
party continue * to lUunt the unpopular uillot
In tno faces of iho Iowa people it nnut bo
prenntva to meot.iliMtioer.itlu . majorities In
tuturo stair , congressional anil municipal
contests. ThU notion of thu Iowa republican
lojblatoivi will undouhtadlv be referred to
us a piece of political bravery by all persons
who iv.lvocate ilia pulley of ntuuullir , ' to
iho nTUr ( * of their nei-tibor-t. Uut the lar.ru
mass of UiliiUlnir poopio will very properly
attribute it to stupid slnbbjriiiiaaK. It is nil
ritil ; to contend for thu light when thu
majority It In thu wiong , but when thu his
tory of iillngcu ; .roliflMllou i > i tnvva U re
viewed iinil the Humorous failures tnkon
Into consideration It Is plain that the re
publican party of that state Is committed tea
a palpable sham. .
r.nis or r// : ,
I'lilliiilclplila Tlmet ! Kldnaplns N liocnm-
In i inneh tno common , bnt.lcrry S niHon | still
Xots around \\ltlioitl police protection.
< lilvt" ! < li > ii Nuwi : Siiinn people Inmitlnc tluit
tlipy me making giant strides every tlimUhuy
Nntlnn.'il ItnrbcrViint : otno of my hulr
roslori'i' , slrV'iiHKocllhu imrliuri "best. In tlio
world. ' "l > . rvusotiiethlns hultor. I've Just
KOI u illvorro from my wife. "
Now York llnratil : I. 1. . Mimn Doctor. Oo
you think I luiyo uehiinco lo not well ?
Dr. hhilacu . tlliliilc you hnvo. I nnvnr
lone twocmcs running , anil thu last before
yon died ,
HrooUlyn l.lfo : I.ovt "Mnlu son vns loatt.
How mooch you schuriro fur cmpariiiliic do
iiiidy ? rndcrlakcr will don vorv sills-
factory Job fur * .0. l.uvl-tlnd how mooch
ymi tlsi'ount for n corpse with one cork It-it ?
New York \Vookly : rollccman Whv dlil
your hiislnnil kill that young iniinl Mrs.
IViinnttl Ho miikn love ton moa. 1'ollui-
ninn What dlil hu say ? Mrs. ronnnltl llo
; iy thut u cookastovo and iwn beds too heavy
for mua to carry.
TIIK INKVlTAIII.l : KICK.
.Ycip IVrfr llemlil.
"This wot-Ill nbi'i , what It itRtor bo , "
. TliooliliMtiettlurorlod.
" 'Phot M so. ii'iiiHli , ! i wo kin see , "
lll sil.ulllio < it-piled ,
And Hum tlinv IHHSD I thu Job n spoil
They Irnl n-nlcnty time
AntlHtlil mo world Josai'il not so well
As In llmlr ancient prime ,
* * * * * * *
Twns ovur thus , old ago must vex
ItHstml ut , iiinv learned trlelcs ,
I oi'uro It passes In Its checks
' .Must every oru.tltiru kicks.
Detroit 1'rcn Press : Porter "DU am only a
iltmrtuli , mill ! "
Mr. Vvyol.uir "That's alt right ; when I tlua
mini I never do It hy halves ! "
Chluago Tribune : The Hon. Mr. llolimui of
Inular a U'rnmblinsly pnttlnon his amiullu
robe ) "I'liuro'sstiitr'onouah InthlsiJo-.vii If It
had IK-CII usotl economically , lo make two of
'oin fora ; Hin.iller-sl7.ud man , It's a shtimoful
waste of maturliil. "
YanUeu Illado : Totnson Jackson Is a wise
mini.
.lolinsim-In what respect , pray ?
lomsim You siinslv must hnvo noticed It.
llo always laughs nt his oinployoijoltes. .
1'iiuk : MM. Hchlov Doesn't thut lot , across
the way buloui ; to you ? Then why do yon
allow these hill posters to stick up their horrid
pictures of ballot dancers on It ? 1 should line
to know what , you gnln by It , anyhow ?
Deacon sii-Kuy ( monklyi-I trot , two tlcketi.
AU-hlsnn Globe : A man may say ho does not
caio how inneh n thins Is going to co-,1 , him ,
but ho on n't keep the runny look out of Ills
uyt-s when the bill comes In.
Hlimhamlou Runuhllcaii : Tlio wasp Isslon-
doruna uraccfnl In his inovuinoiiN. bill his
: il trillions aieoflun too much to the po.nt to
bo ugreeiiblu.
Dallas NewsVo : llnd nothing In the cede
of Texas thut makes It , niuider for u busy
editor to kill a .spring bnrd ,
Uingliamtoti Republican : A man with ono
Iilcu Isn't u crank , for a crank runs on ull-
aronnil Ideas.
1'iick : Mr. Strainer Have you no orphan
asylums here ?
Mr. Griinsor What do wo need of such tin
Institution ? Under our liberal divorce linvs
every child htm more parents than he knows
what lo do with.
Washington Star : Men who lay wagers
hatch disappointments.
Chicago Times : A slock company has been
formed to control the boot and shoo trade ,
lleroat last is u corporation which will luivo
a solo.
Slftlncs ; Many a man owu.s his .success In
llfo to the hls-es of his enemies , Instead of the
plaudits of his friends.
Somervlllo .Tonrnal : Thu dentist and the
barber have the ad vantage of most pt-op.n. bo-
caii'-u uftur thev gut you wull lathered or
gagged with a rubber dam in your mouth they
don't have to hear you talk.
Smith's Monthly : Miss Soars Do you moan
lo tell mo that you do not nollevu the bible ?
Whol I don't , bollevo all of It.
MlssSu'irs Wlmt part don't you believe ?
Wool The family record.
.Vfc'll ISOUKS , l.v7 > J-JHj7ToDtC.ir.il.
Mining camp llfo In the west , the successes
and shattered hopes , thn struggles nnd pri
vations endured and tha friendships ce
mented by trials and dangers , have been tbo
theme of countless pens. Those , however ,
were of ft transient character , it remained
for.ludgo C. C. Goodwin of Salt Lake to put
In enduring form u true record of life in an
American mining camp. It would bo difll-
cult to llnd a writer as thoroughly equipped
for the work as the distinguished editor of
the Salt Lake Tribune. Ho was a part of
that which ho portrays. Ho brought to Iho
work the sympathy of association , the kin
ship of privation and isolation nnd a versa
tility of character sketching Hint is equaled
by low American writurs nnd 'surpassed by
none. The title of the book isThe Coui-
stock Club. " The scenes are laid
in Virginia City , Nev. nnd the book
is full cf thrilling'incidents trom the lives of
men who left homo and friends and wont
west hoping to got rich , but , instead , lost
money , health mid in re any cases lifo itself.
"The Comstoclc club" is a boarding clue ,
consisting of seven members and their three
friends , who uro made honorary members.
The object of the club Is threefold : To re
duce living expanses , lo net what they
wished to oat , and to have a place In which
to spend their leisure time without going lethe
the saloon. They hiri > a vacant house , cacti
man bringing his own chair , blanket and
food , the latter being mudo the common
property of nil , nnd with a Chinaman to
cook for them , the club starts out with bright
prospects. Tlio seven persons who compose
the "minors' mess"
pose nro typical
men and might pretty nearly represent
Iho whole xvortd. Kiuh came from n differ
ent state , except ono Irishman not many
years from his native heath , who U the Hie
and soul of thu company. During the even
ings spent over their pipes , niter the day's
labor , many anusinc , poetical and patheiia
stories uro told , which reveal the depth of
character and largencss'of heart to bn lotind
among these men of Iho weal. But Iroublo
comes lo their circle in Iho form of doulh.
Three of their number are killed in a mine
disaster. The unselfishness and devotion to
each other that Is dUpluyed at tills lima
shows how strong was the friendship that
existed bolwcon them. A little romance
adds a relish to the already intonating story
and Iho hook U full of wit , pathos nnd trun
Americanism. I'ublishod by the Leonard
Publishing company , Salt La o City , U. T.
MM. Humphry Ward's latest book , "Tha
History of David Grieve , " will bo welcomed
by thul class of readers who thoroughly up-
preemto a story that has hitrh literary merits
combined with u well sustained plot. Her
delineation of thu development of David
Gnovo's character is unsurpassed forlnslght
and delicacy of handling by anything in her
earlier book , "Itouerl Kl.stnere. " The re
pression of his childhood on the Dorb.vshlro
farm , his ambition ? slmuulu for n footing
among Manchester tradesmen , nnd the sud
den expansion of his emotional and artistiu
natiiro during iho visit to I'.tris , are told
with a wonderful power of fascination. Mrs.
Ward hnj shown herself lobo ngroat genius ,
nnd it In impossible le rand her books with
out being Impressed with this fact. Her
command of llio Knglhb language and her
descriptive powers , together with a vivid
Imagination , entitle her to bo ranked us ono
of the best writers ot modern tiction that tbo
past decade bus produced. The book 1s a ,
compact volume ot over 40. ) pages , and is pub
lished by-Mucmlllan ft Co. , Now York. ,
"Tho Mysterious Beggar ; a Novel Founded
on Facts , " by Albert I ) . Uay , will ut once
ilnd u host of friends among those who nro
opposed to thu Indiscriminate giving of alms.
The bo'ok , beside * bpintr a very roudablo
story , shows how oeggary U reduced to a
science in the larger cities and how one maybe
bo deceived into aiding the worjt criminals ,
in 'spite of the most careful personal Investi
gation. Mr , Day dooi what so many quasi ,
reformers fall to do , suggoita a remedy for
the evil Im deplores , in organised , systematic !
charity. I'uPluhod by J , S. Otfllvlo , fit Uose
street , Now York City.
"Tho Feast of the Virgins nnd Other
Poems" Is a charming poetical collection by
H. L. Gordon. Thov wore wrlltuii nt odd
hours during an active and busy life and the
writer euys , that ho found In them in curlier
yean. r > * st from toll and drudgery nnd later a
relief from physical suffering. Broken by
overwork and compelled to abandon tha
nriiuiico of hU profession Iho liuvthn pool
! wrote "Paulino" nftor ho hitil bfion given up
tn illo by his physicians. Tha'volume con
tain * nearly seventy poonn on almost every
com-elvahlo toplr , nnd being written in
fncllo nnd rntt-rtalnint ; style they will bo
found very readable anil some of I hem uvlnro
poetic merit far nbovo the avcra o ol our
more recent poetry. Tno wont is well Illtts-
trali-il , nnd typogrnplile.illv It Is a grout ,
cndll to Iho publishers , Messrs. Laird fi
hue of Chicago.
Tlio l-Ybruary number of Komnnco opens n
nt-w volume of this inoit.nttr.tetIva monthly
magazine , mill Is perhaps the most brilliant
l.ssuo that , has yet nppenreil. Its lihi p-igos
contain 11 ft ecu complete stories , orlulnul and
selected , from the best tlclloit of half it do/.nn
tuitions. Among thorn are specimens of the
most splrltril'hnil fnrlmul-.ig worl : of Alex-
nmior llumns , Kilir.ir Allan Poe , (5eorgo
Price , Cannon Bylva and Morilz Jokal , the
the bast of Hungarian story tellers , besides
other tales equally good , bv less known
writers. Ono of tlio stories is put In the
form ot a little piny , from the clever pen of
Abraham Dreyfus , entitled "An Oak in a
Htorm , " the delicate plot of which Is Irre
sistibly funny. The most striking feature
of the number Is an original story , "Tho
Charcoal Hurners , " bv n now and promising
writer. Published by Uomanco Publlslilnu
company , Clinton Hall , Astor place , Now
York.
Tno Kobruar.v Issue of the Forum Is brim
ful of ucellpnt leading matter. Kx-Honntor
O. l > \ Udiminds has a miisicrly paper on
"Perils of Our National Klectinus ; " Hon. 1C.
.1. Phelps elves some good ndvlco on "The
Choice of Presidential Electors. " nnd Hen ,
Warner Mlllor furnishes snmo valuable fasts
regarding "The Nicaragua Canal nnd Com
merce. " In another paper Captain VI. . . .
Merry discourses on "Tho Nicaragua Canal :
Its Political Aspects. " Senator C. 1C. Davis
contributes nn article on "Our Lake Com
merce and Ways to the Sea. " ( lovcrnor
John N. Irwln supplies sumo IntcrcMlng
facts nnd ilguros oii the topic. "A Cireat
Domain by Irrigation , " and Prof. Francis ( J.
Peabody writes entertainingly on "The
Ciorman Labor Colonies. " Other contribu
tions are "A Year of Uonornl Booth's
Work , " by Dr. Albert Shaw : "Hank Circu
lation nnd Free Coinage , " by Hon. John , liiy
ICnox : "IsOur Military Training Ailcquiitol"
by Colonel Charles . Liirncii ; "A Year's
Literary Production , " hy Hamilton \V.
Mablu , nnd "Suppression'of Lotteries by
Taxation , " by Ilor.ico White.
Boston's bright anil Intornstlng Saturday
evening paper , Iho Homo Journal , has made a
number of radical changes In its makeup
with the Issue of February 0 , and in many
respects the changes hnvo been Judiciously
considered. Illustrated heads tor the vari
ous departments have been Intioducedwhich
iivos the paper an added bree/inoss , but Its
main head is hardly in consonance with the
departmental heads , the particular objections
being stllTnogs and blackness. Thu paper Is
carefully edited , and In the nrt nnd litornry
center of Now Knirlnml Is regarded as au
thority upon society , music , thu drama and
all those ether features which go so mucti to
make life the bettor worth living.
"Indian Tdyl ' 'by an "Idle Exile , " one of
Casscll's "Sunshine series , " contains In the
collection of short tales some line touches of
humor nnd pathos , and many startling situa
tions such as are incident to army Ufa In all
climes and countries. Published by Cassell
Publishing company , Now York City.
Funk ft Wag-nails eompinv , Now York ,
announce "Tho Columbian Historical
Novels , " n complete history of the United
States of America from Columbus down to
the present day. in the form of twelve com
plete Htorios. Mr. .lohn It. Mustek is the
author. Kach volume will contain about 351) )
pages and uill bo liberally Illustrated with
excellent half-tone anu'rnvings by a skilled
artist. The books will bo issued ono every
sixty days.
St. Nicholas for February maintains Us
position as ono of the loading periodicals
published , more particularly for the amuse
ment and edilicatlon of children. The his
torical sketch of Kir Jeffrey Hudson , the IS-
Inch dwarf , who Ilguros so conspicuously in
the history of the times of Henrietta Maria
of England , will bo found of mnro than ordi
nary interest and is charmingly written bv
Mary Shears Hooerts.
Ono of thn irroatosi artists of the French
naturalistic school , and of the century , was
Corot , and the article onHis Llfo and
Work" by his grandson. Camilla Thnrwnn-
iror , In thu Fobruarv Now England Maga
zine , 5s stiro to bo vidolyrond. It is illustrated
from originals of some of Corel's host exam
ples which are In the possession of American
collectors. It Is parlmps not generally known
that nearly all Corel's masterpieces are
owned by private collectors in Boston.
Outing for February U 11 Hen from cover to
cover with into resting and instructive rend
ing matter embellished with a great number
of beautiful Illustrations , among which nro a
series of reproductions of instantaneous
photos that havo. oarhaps , never boon ex
celled. In these dull winUir days ono might
imagine that It would be Impossible- ob
tain fro h material fora mag.uino like Out
ing , but the publishers are equal to the situa
tion unit coTtnitily submit a most cnarming
lot of it in the Feb'runrv number.
The very popular family magazine , Fashion
and Fancy , while retaining its western
branch ut St. Louis , is now being published
in New York. The February number is
most attractive and thu fashion plates are of
exquisite beauty , special attention being
soeminulv paid to children's ' costumes. Tbo
beautiful romance of old France , "Mont
Saint Michel1 Is concluded in this number ,
and a now serial story equally good is prom
ised for the next number.
JMHI'X
Smn'rellle ( .lf < i U Jinininl.
The labor agitator always tiikos eire tint
to ngitntc any labor so us to bring it in his
direction.
The widow who woopi most violently nat
urally uses up her supply of tears in iho
shortest 'inn- .
Some misguided folks think that the laws
are made for the benelll of the peopebut ! the
lawyers know better.
Tlio busier n business mun gets to bo the
less comfortable is the chair placed for callers
to use nosido his desk.
Every newspaper man fools in his secret
soul that some day or other ho is going 10
write a successful book ,
it's n poor rule that won't work both ways
when the conntrv school teacher has to wield
It over a refractory pupil.
Itoyulty moy bo all rifht lo hedge n king ,
but there uro cases where two bowor.s and an
nco are really more effective.
When thu sidewalks are as slippery as they
nro at this liiiiii of year a man doesn't ' need
to ho minili of an astronomer t.o bo nblo to see
stars.
Many a man who snyd ho thinks gambling
is wicked will iiovflrthokMs hot Ihu insurance
company ? lTi nguinst fl.OUU thut bo will die
within n year ,
The man who is always anticipating happi
ness tomorrow is a good dual bettor off , any
way. than the man who spends lib lime
thinking how wretched ho was dny huforu
yesterday.
Somehow a man cannot help fooling a little
queer as well us n good deal proud when hu
U invited to nddrois the school In the very
sumo room wbcro ho used to whittle his desu
and muko carienturos of iho teacher ,
7-7/77 irjt.iTiuit.
All this I all ; about thu wnathor ,
Constant Hpecnlathm whether
It Is giilir to smm' or r.iln ,
Miiht make /.eiu cxirc'mely t.iml ;
And Ihu prophets , Mlif-lnxplri-d ,
Miibt alvo him an awful puln ,
llo , of courrfp , Itiiow * at thn present
Tlnitt that It | | | not hi < pleasant
Thursday , twi , weeks from luday ;
lint ho doe n't bharohlH bnowliulgu
J.VCM with ihiiKbariH t collude ;
Th y iiilKUl tfhe thn Ihlnn away ,
Weather prorthou make him wnary j
T.ielr protfiiostlcatlonx druiry
hoe m to him tint brazen xullt
And lie most enjoy * the jiutvur.
\ihen they've proiihuiiltxl n.sliownr ,
Uf dlicoinlltlni ; thitin all. '
ll IK bos ) Ui tnko Iho woalhor
An U climes ; nu m.itier whether
HklcM my ( uwuiin 4 or bright.
Keep u good umbrella handy ,
TliBii lot wo.ithur prophelM lutnur
Words iit will you'll be all rl'ht | !
Don't ' you bother with tomorrow ,
liuciilutlng prophul-H tmrrow
TroiiHQ : a hltf Intoruil.
ThU old world linn liiii-n nurccssfill
Ihrinuh llmus dlitnmful
to run It bo t.
ROASTING A BLACKMAILER
Major Wntson's ' Eeminisooncos of the Lrtst
Gubernatorial Campaign.
/
FIVt HUNDRED DOLLARS IN TWO CHECKS
A I'lthyiitid PiiiiKiMit lrm l : < urooftlieOpnr.i-
llmixol n llonilU * Kdltor Who Tliri-ut *
-in-il In llrlnit ltli > hurds
Itnlrsx HiVun I'uiil.
CITY , Nob. , Fob. H.-.Tohn C.
Watson was sron yesterday by n representa
tive ol Tnr. Bii : , nnd wi nskod what , If
anything , ho had to say In regard to iho
charges recently made by the Lincoln Call
against him of treachery In inanainng the
lust state campaign. Mr. VViUson seemed to
have no hesitation to talk In regard to them ,
nnd made some statements In regard to Mr ,
H. M. Huslmollof the Lincoln Call which
place him certainly In n very compromising y-
light. In answer to the main charge pre
ferred by iho Call of treachery to Mr. Hich
urds , Mr , Watson said i
" 1 will leave It to Mr. UlchimU to sny
whether or not there was any underhanded
work ngntnst him during the camnalgn. This
Is not the llrat time the Call has imlultioa jn j
such falsehoods. Last year when these snuiN (
charges wore brought by the Call I called n i
mooting of the executive committee to moot
nt the Opclt hotel in Lincoln , nnd thpro 1 |
laid before them these stiitoiiiuiiU and asked '
their udvluo in the matter. They nil Mild
there was no truth In tno assertions and ad
vised me to pav no further attention to
them. "
"Mr. Buslitioli seems to bo Incensed at
you. Do you think It Is merely a personal
onmltyl"
'Well , perhaps so. Bushncll , hownvor , Is
not u republican atho.ul. Ho Is running thu
Call for revenue only , which must ho evi
dent to anyone who knows much of bis
recent actions. He Is nt present raving nt
ino , i suppose , hccnuso I urn not prepared to
support any candidate for congress ho may
tinmo. "
"Did you have any dealings with Mr.
Bushr.oll during the recent campaign ! " .
' I cerlniiiTy did. Shortly after I was " '
elected chairman of the committee , hu came
to mo and said that If the central committee
did not pay a certain amount of money to
him , bo would support thu Independent
ticket. 1 did not know thai he had made u
simitar demand ot Iho business men's nsso
elation and had added a similar throat that
If ho should not receive monny ho would
support the prohibition ticket. Had I known
this I might hnvo recognized the pcrlldy of
the mun at oncuind escaped all further
dealings with him. As it was , 1 shortly
afterwards made arrangements with Bush-
null that ho report thu ticket through thu
column ! ; of his paper , thu Call , and thai ha
was lo receive S5UJ. Now , you should notice
the man's cupidity , llo requested that this
money bo paid lo him in Iwo checks , one of
$150 and Iho ether of Ki.'il ) . The reason for
this ho gave bimsolf , il being that bo did not
wish to luivo to account for more ihnn$3. > 0 to
his company , and tLut ha would place the
ot her $ lf > 0 'whcro It would do the most
good,1 to use his own words. Walt. Seely
now holds the vouchers , which show these
payments just as 1 have stated. "
"What would you say us to the attacks recently - .
contly made umilnst you for accepting an up-/
Governor ' stalTI"
pointmont on Boyd's
" 1 was in tlio south when Governor Boyd " j
appointed ino on his stuff. When 1 camn
homo 1 found his totter awaiting mo , and
answered It , iie.ropttng tha appointment.
Then when Iho Lincoln Call and u Fremont
paper burst out in loud imprecations over tha
matter , I submitted the matter to Mr. Groor
of the Journal. Senator Muudcr on , many of
the republican -.late olllc.ers and the officers
of the National guard. And nil , without ex
ception , stated that they saw no impropriety
in "my accepting and retaining the appoint
ment. 1 had never personally met Governor
Boyd until after the election. 1 had never
expressed a wish for the ofllce , nor asked
Governor Bo.vd for it. Moreover , I do not
consider the sippointmontu political one. I
had always been a friend of the guards , as I
am today. Still another reason for my nc-
coptancT lies in the fact that , hud Governor
Boyd not been removed from the guberna
torial scat th ? encampment of the Nebraska
National guards would have boon held at
Nebraska City. "
"Your career hi the lust legislature is also
attacked I"
"In regard to that 1 wish to state that
when I was nominated for the legislature in
1SOO for IS'.U ' I interviewed Hon. L , U. Ulch-
ardsund asked him" if my acceptance of the
nomination would in any wise meet with his
disapproval. Ho emphatically said it would
not , and encouraged me in accenting. Then
during the entire session of the "last logisla- ,
lure 1 led in ull the political lights , and my V
vote is recorded with ether republican mem
bers of the house. 1 was , elected chairman of
the republican caucus of thatlngtslaturo ; amr-- '
whatever it was decided to do , was dono.
Myself and other republican state olllcors at
tended alt those caucuses ; and It was at
their request that iho republican members of
the legislature stood by Mr. Boyd in Ills con
test , anil with him fought thu Independents ,
llnd wo not done so the republican members
would have been unseated by u coalition of
independents and democrats. "
"What is your opinion of ft possible extra
session of the legislature t"
"I donol bollevo Governor Boyd will cull nn
extra session. There Is no need of It. The
only possible reason for such a move would
bo to lake measures for modifying llio pros-
rut laws as to tlio cholco of presidential eec !
tors. I believe It would bo unconstitutional ,
to puss any measure conforming to what In
now known as the Michigan elective law ,
and which would have doctors chosen b >
congressional districts. Furthermore , 1 bo
llovo that Mr. Boyd has saved Iho business
reputation of the state by his vote of the
Nowbcrry bill.'J DIM.
National Convention Drlrgutrs.
As the date for holding the republican na
tional convention approaches Interest In the 'ii
great event naturally increases.
The national republican convention will
meet in Minneapolis on Tuesday , Juno , fet
the purpose of nominating candidates lor
president , and vice president.
The cull Issued by the national commlllon
last November states thut each state will be
entitled to four dnlogatos-nt largo and for
each representative In congress two dele-
gules.
This will give Nebraska sixteen deleuntus
in the convention. Thu method of si-locling
those delegates Is also provided for In thu
call Issued by the com inII too. The delegates
to be sulected from each congressional dls- - /
trict shall he eho-von at the conventions ,
culled by the congressional commitlei-s In '
tliojo congressional distticts and the dele
gntos-nt-liirgo from each state shall be chosen
bv stnto con volitions convened for that par
ticular purpose. The state conventions
called for Ibis purpose must be called not
loss than thirty days prior to the national
convention , and not loss than twenty days ,
public nutlcu must be given of these conven
tions.
Tbo republicans of Nebraska ate ulioady
making iho necessary incpuratlon for the
national convention. Four of tuo.six con
gressional committees huvo already called
their district conventions and Iho other two y.- ;
will probably cotno into line very soon ,
Kaoh of the six conuresslonal districts will
choose two delegates and the state conven
tion will elect four , waking a delegation of
sixteen This U u gain of six ovnr the dele
gation of four yours ago ,
The state central committee wilt meet
February 'M ol thu Mlllurd to decide upon
the basis of representation In the state con
vention , There is u difference of opinion ns
to what state vote shall bo taken as n basis
of representation , Homo are in favor ol tak
ing the vnto on Judge Post , others the vote
on Mr. Marpto for regent , and others will
Insist on going buck to the vote on Attorney
( Joneral liumnfi in 1SW. In other states
the usage bus been to tuku the vote of pre l- <
dent ut Ihu lust presidential election. The
vote for Harrison In IfiiS would come nearer
Indicating thu republican sontlmciit on
national Issues than thu vote for ntato
onioors , which has a lurgu amount of peuoti-
atlty and local prejudice in it.
\
The Now York Uecordur says of Mr.
Chijdt ) ' gift of the Merion memorial window
to Si. Jamos' church ; "H every mun with
conspicuous fortune would do a tltho of llio - .
good dotiu by Mr. Chtlds I tie Sahara of * fa
would blownu.vita the rosu of bumuulty.