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Kworn to I cforn nip and Mlbscrlliod In tnv
rrrsento this iith : day of Pobrnarv. A. II. 1892.
N. P. PKIU
Notnrv 1'nbllc.
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Avi'ri tt C'lrrnhitlim liir .lautmry ! lt''l.
IT is a very uiifjrac'ioua tiling to l
ti tnun who hidus buhiml n petticoat.
Jo HKDMAN'S bniy rcinlmls the rctulor
ofKsop'ri fulilo about the ass in the
lion's ) Hkin.
Tun owners of cheap lands for narks
( should not bo so backward about coining
forward with tlioir proposals.
PALMKII'.S maiden senator
ial spuoch was delivered late in life , but
candor forces the observation that the
otlort is creditable.
THUS far all ofl'orta of the democrats
in the house to entrap the Treasury de
partment have dismally and utterly
failed. Undo Sam's strong box ia in
eufc hands.
Tun Nebraska senators need not go
far to find ofllco-liolilors in Washington
charged to Nebraska who have never
lived in the stale. In fact they need not
leave the oapitol committee rooms.
PAKKKK DKACON will never ho con
victed of nun-dor. Even a French jury
will acquit a man for avenging himself
upon the being who. pretending friend
ship , dishonors his fireside and corruuts
his wifo.
GOVKKNOU Hour of Texas has con
vened the legislature ( if his state in
extra session. It was suspected from his
name tliat lie would nut know \vhon he
had enough.
PKHHAl'S if the Hoard of Health rises
in its strength against , the milk peddlers
the cream will rise in the milk pans of
the households. All that cream needs
in winter is u little sincere encourage
ment to perform its proper duty.
OKLAHOMA is sandwiched bo-twoon
Texas and Kansas and Is frightfully
close to Missouri and Arkan&as , but
when she comes into the union she will
take her place with Nebraska , Kansas
and Colorado in the republican column.
against the Bland bill
may afford amusement to the repub
licans , especially Mr. Reed , but it is
good politics to permit its passage on
tlio principle that if a calf is given
enough rope it is almost certain to hang
itself.
HociKiiQ. MILLS ia erratic in many
particulars upon public matters , but ho
is no coward. Whatever may bo his
convictions ho has the courage to pro
claim them and Iho manhood to fight
for them. In this particular ho is a very
conspicuous democrat in the Fifty-second
congress.
BALKoru's bill for Irish local govern
ment is a sham and a subterfuge. Ho
has made another mistake for which the
pcoplo will hold the Salisbury govern
ment responsible at the polls. If Glad
stone lives , the Balfour bill will bo tlio
moans of elevating him and his party
1 into power.
POLIC and Hayes are the two conspic
uous instances where presidents have not
boon ambitious for a Hccond term.
Grover Cleveland accepted the nomina
tion in a letter which roundly denounced
the idea of n second term , but ho re
covered his ambition and it stays with
him to this day.
TIIR trallic manager of tlio Union
Paolllo informs the State Board of
Transportation that tlio patrons of that
line now enjoy the privileges of a milling-
in-transit rate. This being the cnso it
should ho all the easier to bring the
other lines to the adoption of a similar
concession.
CONOHKSS.MAN IlAUTKit told Con
gressman Rtehard Bland a stiff but unpalatable -
palatable truth when ho informed the
father of Iho free coinage bill that Its
passage by a democratic house would reelect -
elect Benjamin IlurrUon president. As
the democratic house is morally certain
to pass the silver bill it is safe to make
vragora on Harrison's re-election.
A 1'UOFESSJONAL H r ought to have n
good memory. It may bo true that the
managing editor of the World-lfcntlu
has not written all the slanderousscurril
ous and scandalous personal Ilings that
have periodically permeated the editor
ial columns of that thcot since he was
an unsuccessful applicant for a position
on the staff of Till ; BKI : . It is , how
ever , passing strange thut bv all odilt
the meanest and most scurrilous per
sonal attack that lias emanated frnu
that source appeared in the editorial
columns of the } ] ' . - ] I. while the prourio-
tor of that paper was in Kuropo and the
putttcout management hud absolute
control of the editorial columns.
TIMK TO f'AU , .1 UAltT \
Republicans of Nebraska tire on the
eve of a momentous campaign. For the
Irst time since her electoral vote was
cast for Ulysses S. Grant and Scbnylor ,
'olfax Nebraska la classed among the
lobatnblo slates in a presidential olcc- j
Ion year. Four years ago Nebraska |
gave Benjamin Harrison 23'Ji ) ; ? plurality j
ivor Grover Cleveland. Today No-
iraska IK represented in the lower house
if congress by a solid anti-republican
lolegatlon. The outcome of the balllo
) f Nebraska this year Involves not only
lie supremacy of tlio party in national
ilTairs , hut its return to power and re-
en lion of supremacy in the stato.
While the republicans of other stntoa
ire endeavoring to harmonize factional
IIITcroncoi < and keep down personal con
dition , Nebraska republicans , in the
ace of the mosl imminent peril to llioir
HUSO , are constantly fanning the em-
icrs of sectional discord and sowing the
cods of factional dissension. For months
i coterie of political ghost dancers who
invo designedly worked themselves into
a fren/y over tlio so-called betrayal of
Richards in 18)0 ! ) , have sought to incite
lostility to Omaha by revamping the
exploded stories of conspiracy and trea-
on nlloircd to have boon hatched L > y
Omaha republicans by and with the
antlon aial co-operation of TUP. BIK. :
The following sample brick of this
crusade against Om ilia is reproduced
rein the Wisucr Chronicb , a paper con
trolled by a member of the state central
committee and who is sahl toboac.in-
lidato for n congressional nomination
his year :
Tlio porlldy of Omaha In defeating Klch-
ards Is nolthor forgotten or forplvon. If the
loxt candidate conies front Oaialia ! io may
make up his nilml that ho will trot a good
nibbing down as lone as the stock and sand
a the great American dcsurt holds out , ami
thurti un ) lots and blocks and whole un-
ilattcd townships of It on luimi and In the
tlzzurds of tlio yeomen of Nebraska who bo-
iovo in principle.
Such incendiary talk bi s boon indus
triously and widely circulated in the in
terest of a can Jidato for governor who
seeks to arouse intense prejudice against
Omaha as the most olToctlvo weapon
with which to blast the chances of u
ival whoso only olfonso is that ho is a
; iti/.on of Omaha.
Another equally pernicious crusade is
low in progress among republicans of
the central and western part of the state
igainst eastern Nebraska. The cry of
hose sectional agitators is that eastern
Nebraska lias had more than her share
if political power and patronage , and
ncidenlally Omaha and Douglas county
ire made the target for the tiolitical
licadors , who consider it n patriotic
luty of the state to defame its mctropo-
is. But tlio most vicious , as well as Iho
most reckless nnd unprincipled warfare
igainst Omaha is being waged by the
republican press of the stale capital ,
[ ' ' 'or ' these llesh-pot patriots Omaha is
the hotbed of all political chicanery and
Lronchory and the focus of all jobbery
nnd corruption , while Lincoln has al
ways been loyal , hortest and entirely un-
ollish in the appropriation and dis
bursement of state funds.
Wo propose now and fqr all time to
put an end lo the sniveling Hypocrisy
of the ghost dancers. L'lto ' the bullet
proof shirts of the Indian ghost dancers
the hue and cry about the porlidy of
Omaha indefeating RicharJs is a de
lusion conceived in the brain of impos
tors. They Imvo afforded ammunition
for editorial jackass batteries , who. if
they are not spiked promptly , will ler.vo
the party in this state without u vestige
of hope.
Lot us now see who is to blame for the
defeat of Richards and whore Iho
tiaitors wore thickest in that memora
ble fight. Draw a line north nnd south
across the map of Nebraska on the west
ern boundary of Mcrrlck and eastern
boundary of Hall counties and wo find
that the forty-one counties east of that
line gave Thayer in 1888 07,040 votes
and Richards in 1S)017,180 ! ) votes. Tlio
forty-nine counties west of Morriekgavo
Thayer : iOKi ! ) votes and Richards 121,01)8 )
votes. In ether words Richards' loib ,
as compared with the vote polled for
Thayer , was 29 per cent in eastern Ne
braska and -11 per cent in western Ne
braska. Douglas county gave Thaycr
8,598 ; Richards , 0-150 , ; .Richards' loan' , ! T
per cent. In Merriek county Richards'
loss was -14 per cent ; in Saunders county
48 nor cent ; in Seward county 30 per
cent ; in Nemalm county , the homo of
the lieutenant governor , 27 per cent ; in
Lancaster county 111 } per cent ; Madison
county -II per cent , and in Hamilton
county 45 per cont.
Now why do wo not hear anything
about the porlidy of Nomaha county ,
where Richards had a smaller percent
age of votes , as compared with Thayer ,
than ho had In Douglas county ? Why
do wo not hoar anything about tlio per
fidy of Hamilton , Madison and Merriek
counties , where the decline of Richards'
percentage of votes stood from 40 to
45 par cent , as against 25 per cent in
Douglas county ? Why did Lancaster
county only give Richards 1,738 votes ,
while she gave Thayer 5,410 votes two
years before ? And why charge Douglas
county with treachery and purlldy when
forty-nine counties west of Morrlck ,
which gave Tliayor ; IOOI1 ! votes , went
hack on Richards and only iruvo him
S 1,098 votes ?
The howling ghost dancers will say
the decline in Western Nebraska was
caused by the defection of the Farmers
alliance. With the same propriety wo
have a right to ascribe tlio defection in
Douglas county to the Intnnso fooling
on prohibition. The moat striking
proof of the loyalty of Douglas county
is the fact that who gave Richards 0,451 !
votes , or 2,014 more votes than ho re-
colved in Lancaster county.
As to the fcctlonal crusade between
the east and the west the loss said the
hotter for those who are trying lo make
capital out of it. The region west of
Morrlok * county , comprising forty-nine
counties , covers more than two-thirds of
the area of the state. These forty-nine
counties gave Marplo , republican candi
date for regent in J8 ! ) | , just 20,221 votes ,
while the oiislorn third of thostalo gave
Marplo 40,288 votos. In other- words
the eastern third of the state cast two
and a half times as many votes nt the
last election for the republican candi
date as the wofatorn Counties , compris
ing two-thirds of the stato. Douglas
county alon gave Marplo 2,800 more
votes than wore given him by fourteen
counties west of Morrlck , including
Adams , Boyd , Buffalo , Franklin , Gar-
Meld , Greolcy , Hall , Hell , Howard ,
Kearney , Sherman , Valley , Webster
ami Wheeler counties.
But why should thin perpetual uproar
bo made about Richards ? Why havn
the fanatical ghost dnnccr said nothing
about Iho porlidy that defeated Council ,
Dor.soy and llarlan ? Is it not about time
to slot ) Ibis cry about Omaha being only
for Omaha in the face of Iho fact that
Hyrnn of Lincoln carried Douglas
county over ConnoU'J Is it not limo for
.ho ghost dancers and howling dervishes
tc slop their insane ravings and lot the
opublican party prepare for tlio comlnir
strtiirglo that will require harmonious
uul united action ?
T1W IIAItnifiltX
The administration of I'rosidont Ilar-
Non has not escaped criticism. Parti
san opposition has found some opporlu-
lity for fatill-llnding. Them are ropub-
leans , a few of thoui of some prominence
.n Iho party , who do not feel kindly
toward the president. , Hnt the ndmini.s-
ratlon stands before the country as one
of Iho cleanest , most practical and most
patriotic in the history of the republic.
President Harrison started In with iho
determination that during Ills term of
ofllco the business of the government
should receive slrict attention. Not
miy every department chief , but nil
parsons In the service of the govern-
nont , wore imbued with this principle ,
of which the president him ulf fur-
lished thn example. The result is lh.it
the public work ha ? boon done with un
usual expedition a-ul without any
' . iction in any of the departments. In
some branches great progress has boon
made in disposing of business that had
iccmnuintcd , and altogether the public
service is unquestionably in better con
dition at Ibis time than at any previous
period in a quarter of u century. With
Faithfulness was associated the require
ment of honuity. Men appointed in tlio
jiubiic service wore given to understand
that no iulluenco would shield thorn
From the penalty for wrong-doing. The
salutary effect is seen in the exception
ally clean record of the administration
in respect of criminal acts by public of-
liciai.s.
Tims as a strictly practical adminis
tration , performing promptly and olll-
cienlly the work of Iho government , it
has a mosl substantial claim to the ru-
specl of ibo country. But its strength
and distinction do not rest upon this
alone or chiefly. It. is an eminently
patriotic and thoroughly American ad
ministration , which has added a chapter
to the history of our international rela
tions'of which every citixon .should bo
proud. The country stands higher in
the esteem of the world for what it has
done. In the Hold of practical states
manship it is not too strong a statement
to make that no oilier adminislralion
accomplished moro for the m iterial in
terests of tlio nation. Ueoip-oolly is a
triumph of true statesman-ship which
will make the administration of Presi
dent Harrison memorable for all time.
The important help that has boon pivon
by the president to tlio cause of honest
money must not be lost eight of in esti
mating the claims of the administration
to the respect and confidence of tlio
people.
President Harrison lias been growing
steadily in popular regard , because can
did and fair-minded men admit that ho
has justilicd every promise made in his
behalf and Iho faith icposod in him
by tlio people. Whether the represen
tatives of the republican party in na
tional con volition shall deem it expedient
to again make him tlio candidate or
choose another standard bearer , the ad
ministration of President Harrison must
always hold a distinguished place in the
history of the country as one of notable
achievement in protecting and promot
ing American interests.
U took Mayor Jtomis a full woolc this
month to doci'lo about signing tlio regular
monthly appropriations , but within a few
days after ho on tercel upon his duties as
mayor last month , hu reached n very sudden
conclusion that the $37,000 water wonts bill
ofhis Iriend Duinont should be paid. " *
* * Invents have fully justihod Mayor
Cushlng's course in withholding his siRiia-
tura from the water works appropriation ,
and the same events Imvp just us forcibly
shown that whatever the water works com-
n.uiy wants of this administration it can get.
tt'nilil llcnllil. .
On the principle that a lie well stuck
to is as good as the truththis may servo
the purpose for which it was intended.
If bstholT had been electedmayor tlioro
would have econ no sucluv hullabnlloo
about the water works bill.
What are the facts ? On the 7th of
January , the very day on which ho be
came mayor , Mr. Hernia found Iho December -
comber appropriation ordinance un
signed and unvotood on' llfo mayor's
desk. The ordinance contained ever
500 separate items , and among these the
amount allowed by the council to the
water company for hydrant , rental from
.Inly 1. 1801 , lo January 1 , 1802. Gushing
had purposely shirked thu responsibility
which the law imposed upon him. If
Mr. dishing sincerely believed that the
hydrant rental item was excessive or
that the city's intovcsU .would bo
jeopardized by its payment , v'h'y did ho
not veto il ? Why did ho uhlft Iho
responsibility of paying n-bill Incurred
under his own ndmlnlstralion upon the
shoulders of Bemis ?
Had Bonds boon a political thinible-
rlggor or a moral cqwi rd ho miglit also
have shirked the responsibilityjirid left
the ordinance just where Gushing loft
it. Thnt would have had the same ef
fect us if it had boon signed by dishing.
But Bcmis is not built that way. Ho
disapproved such items as ho found to
bo irregular or illegal and approved the
others. This was done within forty-
eight hours after ho became m lyor be
cause his failure to approve or disap
prove the ordinance within three days
after it had been bunded to Gushing
would have been equivalent to an ap
proval.
Tlio cumulative malice pf the dema
gogue who ia hounding Mr. Bemls lie-
cause of his manly action in not shirking
a duty imposed upon him by his skulk
ing predecessor , is contemptible to say
the loabt. Such a course tends to bring
journalism into disrepute.
Thu nrrint denvigogy and knavery
that has permeated the howi about
Mayor Domis and thu waterwurkb , re
ceives Its inirallon | } chiefly from the
horde of btiddiors and word heelers
whom MnyoMlumls has refused to put
upon the c\fjfrp \ pay roll. The gang
finds n willingsnonthpleco in Iho UW/d- /
llrntld whlujjjj' ' has nlway.s boon Ibo
champion of Tam'iiatiylios ' and tax-
caters. ' '
What constitutes the basis for this in
famous crusadl Mayor Bcmis has oc
cupied a jolnt-olllco with J. II. Duinont
for many years' timl Duinont was recently
made tomporaV1 , manager for the doml-
nnntfaclionoF > the ) water company. Krgo ,
Bonus the frie'iYd of Duinont , is a lool of
Iho water worlta company. Council &
Ives wore employed ns nltornoys by the
Vonnor faction of Ibo water company in
one case in which the opposing faction
was plaintiff. The city hud no interest
in this contest ono way or the other.
The suit was pending months before
Bonds was elected and terminated a
week ugo by the order of Judge Dundy
appointing a receiver. Connell was tip-
pointed city attorney by Bonds because
ho had boon ono of the mostolllcicnt city
attorneys Omaha ever had , ami further
more because ho had for years been em
ployed by Mr. Hernia as his own attor
ney. Krgo , Bemis Is u tool of the water
works company.
In 1889 tlio walor works company look
a ten-year lease'for ono-half of the main
lloorof TllK HUM building. This lease
\\a.s made in competition with the Now
York Life building and Tin : BKIJ build
ing was given preference on account of
its superior facilities in tlio matter of
vaults and ils prenter accessibility to
the city ball But the fact that the
\\alnrcompanyhasan eight years' un-
oxplied lease in TllK Huis building is ,
in the eyes of the malcontents , conclu
sive proof of a great conspiracy on the
part of Bemis.
If there over was moro unalloyed
meanness nnd bwo : malignity shown
toward ti public olllcer who is con
scientiously trying to perform the duties
of his ollico and endeavoring to redeem
the pledges made of retrenchment and
honest government , wo have no recol
lection of it.
K\\n \ : since Tun 131:1-3 : broke up the
Holly water works boodle gang the
honorable ox-councilman from Iho Fifth
ward , who wiis ii very active and expen
sive member of the Holly combine , ac
cording t'i Dr. Gushing's toll-tale letter
book , bus withdrawn his confidence in
the integrity of tlio editor of THK Br.i : .
It is a sad , solemn and melancholy fact
that this record-coupled with the notorious
rious venality ofithis high priced kicker
has kept Mn.y.6r" Bcmis from looking
with favor upijnhis , application for ap
pointment as 'license ' inspector. Iloncc
this lumentatifm'ovcr ' the ingratitude of
Bcmis and tlji ; gnashing of leolh and
loud cussing about Rosowaler. In ether *
words , hence these ( stear.s. )
IIl3AI/ni COMMISSION ! ! ! ! SoJIKUS dc-
sorvcs commendi'itiou for his propo-ed
warfare upon dishonest milk men. Tlio
dairy business is profitable to honest
men and there , inno sort of excuse for
adulterations. ' ' A prosecution and con
viction or twj > ltiiyoiild ] go a long wav
toward raising cream our1 the milk hoi'e-
aftersold as the pure article.
Hox. H. K 13. KiNNiiYof : Omaha is
the father of the fish commission and il
was an ungracious thing on the part of
Governor Tliayor to lomovo him from
the li h commission. Tin : 13ii : : is
pleased to see him restored to tlio olllce
which ho has filled so acceptably for
moro than twelve years.
Testing tlic Prajn-
For nearly four months now the Connecti
cut logislatjro has mot , every dav , listened to
the cliaolain's prayer , and aiijouruod without
doing any business because of the deadlock.
Connecticut Is indeed the "land of steady
habits. "
_ _
Tin ) Kinplri' l > oiili ! < > -ln < ! ( 'r.
Hill has about ninctecn-twentietlis of the
delegates elected to the convention to bo held
next week in Now York to send renrosontn-
tivo to the nntlonnl convention at Chicago ,
but the Cleveland men intend to hold n state
convention of their own and tosond u delega
tion to Clilea 'o which will demand recogni
tion in tlio national
Walt Till Alit-r ICIft-tlon.
] ) t.iiocr A'eii" > .
Congressman llolm.iu prototts against
tinkering with the appropriation for pensions
just at this timo. Mr. Hotmail is quite cor
rect , this Is no time to got the old .soldiers
nnd their friends worked up. It was Clove
land's tinkering with trilling littlu private
pension bills whloh lost him Indiana in 1SS
and elected forty-two lirand Army men to
the Fifty-iirst congress.
Cnrlur'H Ai | Hlrupl\n to Curli-r.
Clitrauo Times ,
I look out of my window on this , the l. > th
day of this leap-year month of purification.
Not a cloud Hecks the aky. From zenith to
horizon all is clear , cold and but slightly
blue ; I sco no Julian sky ; nor is this u
balmy day , out it is to mo u day fruuirht
with mighty portents it is the anniversary
of my own birth , To'ino it was tie ! most im
portant of all tbo days of iho year.
Kalllbi\v UoiiHiilullini.
t'/ifftaj/u Jlcnilil.
It Is rofixMhIiJJJturii ) ( ; ( asldo from the con
templation of thojlisgusting strife o ( warring
factions in Now -Y k and behold the har
mony in the woiUj } democracy. The con
trast should bo suguostivo to tlio democrats
of the nation. If lifiiild convince them of
what is true , thai1 * domoer.ulc victory nt
the IIOM olortion will bo boat assured by the
nomination of u vrVXtarh man for president.
rightIngf u Kiilli-ouil ,
Sim F/M / ( ( < ( ( > Cliriintele.
Tuesday ovoniig | yio city council ot'Omnha
introduced an oriUpancc deulurini ; furfoilcd
all tlio franchises Jp'anteiJ to thu Union I'.v
dllo Uailroad cmi/Miiy / by thou.ty for switch
ing tr cks. The W.lsons wera given in a
message of the mftUr , which duoUrcil that
Iho Union I'aclliovitud violated Us contr.icts
with the city and 'v'was endeavoring ia every
vay possible to injure tiie city and its busi
ness interests , A grout legal contest Is an
ticipated as tbo result of ttiU nummary
action.
Judging from the history of railroad lltlgu
lion , Iho city of Onmtm will got the worst of
II unlass the case coinos buforo soina Judiro
who does not believe that , a corpora
tion can do no wrong , Heretofore the
rule of law , us oilabUshcd by the du
cisions of numerous courts , seems to
have been that when a contract was entered
Into between a city anil a railroad company
the city was bound by it ana thu company
was not. Mandamus would He to ooin | > jl the
city to per form its obligations , but the tail
road company u\x. at perfect liberty to fuillll
its pledges or not , as it saw lit.
\\'u uro not advlsoJ of uil thu details of the
controversy bnlwcon thocltv of Onmha rind
the t'nion Pacific , but the laltorha evidently
dontly boon riding the hlpli horse , nnd Iho
city 1ms taken measures to assert its own
rights anil bring Iho company lo lornis.
Kvery ono must mint Ire iho pluck of the city
and wish It succors In Ils undertaking , but it
must bo admitted thnl the chances of ulti
mate triumph nro iigalnst It.
Tin' Voice ol Orrcon.
This is n comfortable outlook for the
party and for the countrv. Harrison Is not
a cical man , bill ho lias glvon tlio country a
.slnaitlnrly clean , prudent , Judicious , otinablo
ndmlnlstralion , winning the respect and
contldnnco , If not the admiration of nil
classes. U Is probable that ho is nlso , nil
things considered , the most available man In
tlio nartv : inal is to say , he will probably
command more votes than any other man In
tha natural way of nomination nt this time.
Thc.so conditions promise to maku the Min
neapolis convention rather tame.
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nl Annul Om > Hay In lie Itcriilli-il
tinNi't. .
A TKIIIIIIIM : IIKVIIIM-.A . .M'.udMi IIACK-
T OX. i DOWN.
ir /if-/miM. i / . ; u < ! . ir-nM-HcniM. m. ia.
The iiinyni , tliu olty \\llh irspei-t to tin1
cniiipiinll ( < f and Iho llr t rvpnrl nf tlic
olty liTiixiucr n HI all lianvietlim toUilrh
Usually siit | | > < > MMl lo Mr. Diitnoat objects II
bo luokeil sniiitly In dove-Ions on fnithur
tholrllttle boils at II ( minify Ill-it It was
o'clocU nt nlulil. but oiiniii'oiH In no i"-son-
Iliey woie all up iititi.il | iintliMiliir- > . The
Ih.-it hnnr on Iho nlulit ninynr and other olty
t hit t tinioii n ell iwssmi ollh-lals o o n or rn oil
the iii-dlnuni-u In'uerc ' not un nt II
\ \ \\lilchtliolilll Ino'oliioU at nmht. bill
olndod. Not nnlj Iliofai : ) loinalns that
HOIO Ilioy up. but Iho pnynioiil of Ilio
tlioy liiiiiiono.l | lo bo bill was made In Imsto
noartheli nvoiisli mud and iiflur the Inuir
liuiiiil" . Olhois who \vhon Ihu city tiuasm-
liapponed In boitfonnd or'olll > ' K usually
lit Iho M.IIIIH tlinntoio oln-od In such haste
.1. II Dnninnt nnd A. thnt In just \\olimi t is
It. lltihl of the uatoi anil a lialf afloi Mayur
\ \ orUooinp.iiu. . llonils Milled thu iiidl-
AKMIOIIIIS the iirdl-Mianro lln > n.onov was
lian.-o . w.is n.is-oil. In tlio hands of the
Mayor llotnls h.ipalor \\oiKs onniiany. |
ponoO tn bo noai by lo Tim oidlnanci1 u is
iittaoh his slunii'iiro pas-.od on Iho ovenlng
nfipprnvai I'limpof .laniruy - by ( ho
Holler Pisnn liaiineiieil otilioliui-iiunull May
In I'D no ir. nnd lie li > -i' or Ito i Is assiunod tlio
no tlino in iiinUiii : out niayni.iity .liuinry " > .
the wnii'.int and tieMoanllino , Mayor
li"iTlii : II In Messrs , ( 'nslilin ; ilocllnod to
lliiinotit mid Hunt , -.kn Iho ordtimm-o.
The alll hivlt nt I'lly saying that hoould
Tronsuior llolln. u-od leave thu hole mat
in the tocoUi'i east u toi In Hit ! hands of the
fc'da > i ago. she ws Inouiiilni ; adniliii-lr.i-
Ilial .Mossrs iliiiiiniit Hun On Ibo iifltiriinon
and Hunt onioraod Into nf .lanuaiy ' * . .Mayor
his iilllou lliKHiL-li ii IteinlssUiiod tho. ordl-
bai'l ; door frinn iho nancectolng several
oiniiplriilloi's ollli-o , itoins. iind Ibis notion
unil im-sonlod I hour - \vns loporlod to Iho
r.lnt for payment. Mr. now council , which
llolln litippoil to no In met that same nh.-lit.
liNnllloo nnd ho forAt 4.l : ) that nflor-
Hllh paid IHOI- the noon C'ompttolloi Ol-
money. en says he made out.
I hen all iiaillos con- Ihovartant and do-
i-uriiL'd went home and Iheiedll to Mr. Hunt ,
slept siniiidly. and at 5:8' : , iiflur bnsi-
ness hniiisUltvTruiis-
mer llol'n ' pulil ever
tho. iiiimov to Mosirs.
Duinont ami Hunt.
m\itr i\r.tiut < HHi .is .i.v UH.ITOH.
Chicago Inter-Ocean : The Marquolto
club of this city has discovered Unit Judge
.John M. Thurston does not alone ropio.sent
the silvL-r-tongued oratory of Nebraska. Hon.
H. U. Kttabrook of Oniiba conviiiL-ed these
( Jhiu.igo.ms who aueuciod iho Maniuetto
olub tiaiKiuct I' riday night that ho does not
rank us low us seoonu to Thurston. Few
men have made a gieatnr impression on a
ChlcniroaudiLMico than tut young man who
came out of the west unheralded.
Chicago Tribune : Halfway through the
banquet licorgo H. U'illits , AlOaes I' . Handy
and Robert U. Wurdwoll left thn hall nnd
called upon Colonel Infers oil at the close of
his lecture and invited him to accept the
hospitality of the club , but tbo great orator
excused himself on the ground ofvoariiios < ! ,
and hero is where Colonel Ingorsoll made a
mistake , for if lie had accepted bo would
have hail tno pleasure of hearing an orator
- , \ ho must .soon nttnin a position nearly , if not
rjmlo , as enviable as his own , Henry I ) . Ks-
tubrook. the voting man from .Nebraska , who
came to address the Marquette club on the
' .Mission of America. " Long before the
audltinco arose , it the end of his oration to
wnvo their napkins aim give three times
three cheers for the young orator from Ne
braska they HL-IO looking from ono to another
in admiring nstonisnnier.t at his fervid clo-
quenco and simple , impressive style of
oratory.
Chicaco Herald : A now Nebraskn orator
has revealed himself in Chicago. Henry O.
Kstabrook is bis name ana hu is an Omaha
attorney one of those who , notwithstanding
his republicanism , appeared for ISoyd in his
contest atrainst Tn.ivor before tbo supreme
court. Mr. Kstnbrook spoke on "The
Mission of America" for tbo Marquette
club on Friday night and at the luncheon
of the same club Saturday on "Our
Swntncarls nndVivo3. . " His adequate
treatment of these widely different , themes
exhibited a surprising versatility. Mr. lOsta-
brook's style is for moro Htor.iry than that
of Ilia average or.itor and his hpccches read
oven bettor than they sound , llo has a strong
clement of oarno.stness , a nimble wit and a
delecato fancy. Hinco the breaking of .louu
M. Thurston's great heart over llluinu's lel-
Icr of < lrcllnation'horo is u good clmueo for
an aspiring voting man in Nebraska , unit it
would not bo surprising 1C Mr. Eslaurook
should pk-k up Uie discarded vice presiden
tial boom nnd march on to Minneapolis ,
\V1II It ( 'iiri ! < ; iniloru ?
Noitnr Br.\i > , Nub. , Fob. lb. To the Kdt-
tor of 'J'llK Hr.i. I notlco through the papers
that Secretary Uusk has requested Dr. Jack
son to inlorm tbo Department of Agrh-ulturo
as to the ingredients of his infalllblo hog
ebolora euro , saying they will glvo it a test
in outbreaks of hog cholera at Ibo oxpcrlimmt
station \Vuslilngton should any occur dur
ing the coining season.
Now I think that \\ould be a slow wav of
benefiting the bog raisers of the western
states. This coui.try has been flooded wltli
so-called remedies , and now that n medicine
hat been discovered that has j rovon Itself
worthy of praise 1 hope that in case the sec
retary of agriculture does not give the doctor
an early opportunity to inaKoatost with
the medicine our authorities will take the
mailer In hand nnd glvo him an opportunity
to niako u test ut our experimental station ia
l.mcol'i ,
AllhoiiRh not n hog rulsor myself sorno of
the emus effected with this medicine havn
linen repotted to rno.nnd I nm confident lliutu
inudicino which has proven Itself meritorious
in tub country will , if glvon a rh.nnt.-o , da
nablu work in exterminating this disease.
Yours , olo. , CIIMII.US S. Funi.i : ) ! .
Ariiilltoil | llu < llniilior.
Mooiilli.U ) , Minn. , Fab , HI.11. . A. liurns ,
president ot Ihu Merchants bank ol this city ,
hftU a preliminary examination on a charge of
embc77ling"ilKU. ) . He was discharged on
the grounds that tha supreme court of this
state has ruled that , in cases nl co-partner
.ship like this , tbo complaint instated did not
clmigo u crime , Burns is now freu from all
legal charges.
imw iv.s Mn.i.v / > i'i M/O.V.S.
When hoops erntnrn bv uuinun fair ,
A iiiiUancu they wurit fniinil :
OIKI ran against thuni everywhere.
' 1 no hoops wera always runnd.
An'l they rctnriloil , il w.is clunr ,
Tlie rlhoot wdiiunklnd.
i'ur bv thu fashion to lii'r sphuro
Kni'hviiiiinn wiit , ounflnoil.
\Vliun Imoji' . wont out , by sotnu rraoku.l brain ,
The buist o im * dnsl7iiud.
And woman's fahhiiiiH , It was plain ,
Woru ( 'ntticu1 qnllu bohlnd.
The bust In nlsnsiiv Its day ,
Tlioush in II they adhered
I'ur joar , and xvhun U piiHSod away
Th I'llllKlnK drc.s > .iJipuarcU.
And'tin II milted old and yonn/ ,
'Twah worn wllhoiit duiiini :
To ftislilon uiiinan Ion ; 'iad cliuiL' ,
Non fukhlun ci 1111-4 to bur ,
n lime HID train bocanui the stylo.
And uvuiy woman worti'll.
Infnut Ihu fnshiiMi ( nra uhllu
Mvupt o > ury tiling bofoio It ,
And thus thn yu iri now f.islitons bring
Which llounuli and decay ;
Thu COIT.OI , s tliu only thlni
Thut uvor i-atno slay ,
OTIIKlt L.tXDX Tit AX OLHS ,
There lias boon nothli'g moro romarkftblo
In Its steady , certain growth lima the cause
of homo rule In Iho United Kingdom , and
especially in ICtiglnnd , and Ibis dosplta of
the offending , wrangling , blutulorlng Irish
nationalists , who have realty shackled tbo
helping bands of thoir.strong allies in Parlla
mont by the offenses of some of their tiioin-
bers against public scntimunt and their con
tent Ions among themselves. Acotiplo of yc.u-s
ago Irish homo rule seemed to bo virtually
assured. The general feeling was assuredly
In favor of It , Iho only question apparently
bolng with rosDocl to thoni.tnnor or form of
It. The principle was generally ndmittod ,
and bow to realize its triumph seemed to bo
the solo remaining dlflleiilty. Then came
the great P.irncll scandal , the sev
erance of tuo nationalists Into two bostilo
camps , ono ot thorn lioUllo not only to Ihu
olhor , bul lo the Ut-ltlili liberals led by Mr.
Cladstmio , who bud foryoar.4 fought so per
sistently and determinedly for tlio success of
their cause. The nationalists are still di
vided : a faction of thnm still contends
against the liberals , and they all still resort to
liarllamontaiy tricks which , uvon if success
fill , would secure no real advantage to Iro-
Irtiid. Before Iho next general eloution the
Irish sboulil got together and unlto heartily
with the liborals. Mr. Gladstone is as ready
lo lead thuin now as ever ho was , and with
his powerful support a unltod Ireland conld
bo fairly certain of achieving in the nonr
future Its plan nnd hops of government for
Ireland by Irishmen.
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f.ocnl government is costly in Ireland be
cause It Is foreign. The police , exceeding
15,01)0 ) costly ns soldiers and entailing local
cost like n police nro twica as numerous as
in Knglami , and thrice as numerous as in
Scotland In proportion to pnp'tlntjon , or , in
l SS , ono policeman lo ili'J.il persons in Ire
bind ; ono to 7l.v ( ! in Htigland , and ono to ttr.l
in Seutlaml. A moderuto estimate puts the
Dublin Castle secret service money nt $500-
000 , while ninety-one resident and loniporary
magistrate * cost SMO.OOO , in addition lo the
ordinary courts for Crimea and misdemeanors.
An army of W.OOO mon. costing $20,000,1) ) . ) ! ) , is
nlso , it must bo remembered , Kept In Ireland
and paid for by the Imperial treasury. These
burdens imposed from without uro Increased
by a local expenditure under a most cum
brous and conlv administration of local nf-
fairs. Irish countioj wora all mid out utidar
tribal conditions long since changad , In
Limerick the dweller oy iho U-oaty stone
must turn for his county capital to insignifi
cant Knnls , twenty miles away. The Foyle-
creales a natural basin joining Donegal and
Derry , but the man in North Donegal who
for all the purposes of business seeks Lon
donderry must Ibid his county seat at Bat-
lyshannon , liftv to sovontv miles away.
Tipnorary , "nremior county" thnugh it is.
lies in a long , awkward shape oC soventv
miles and needs division into more conveni
ent units than Its ridings. The dweller in
tbe river valley of Ibo Snir. of which Clon-
mcl is the natural capital , must turn to
Wntorford , Iwenly-llve miles away. Cent ,
a Mingle county , is as largo as ton ether
smaller ones. These conditions will naturally
make new ccogiuphiculdivisions a feature of
Mr. Bulfour's bill and they will probably bo
used to gorryinnndor the Irish vote and pro
tect conservative districts.
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The report that the c/ir of Kussta contem
plates restoring serfdom nmonc his peasant
subjects is accompanied with circumstantial
details that unfortunately suggest its nu-
thonticity. The events of the last few years ,
cnlmlnatinir in the general crop failure of
1SOI and thu pre ent widespread distress
among the fitinlnu stricken people , have
tended to show that iimttun In tlio great urn-
piro wore steadily retrograding. Serfdom
was abolished by the Emueror Alexander III
in 1MM. Only three decades , therefore , have
been allowed for examination of tbo work
ings of emancipation. Up to the time of thu
linorator's death it was not apparent that ,
economically , the reform hau iirolitod tbo
state. Tlio demands of humanity and civil-
i/ation woru appeased. But the froj peasant ,
ua/.ed nnd helpless in hi * now found liberty ,
lacking the incentive and environment which
in this country have done such won
ders for a slmifar class In our own
population , was unable lo fuillll adcciuately
the prescribed duties of oven a restricted
cill/onship , nnd Iho common institutions de
vised to aid him have since signally lulled.
The new plan , which contemplates the ator-
ago of one-third of every harvest m com
munal mngHiInos for the peasants' support ,
tbo sale of ono-ttnrd to pay local debts lo the
slate , ana the retention of the remaining
third for the discharge of government taxes ,
carries with it a prohibition 01 removal , and
thus practically reduces the < > oasant to the
DOiition ho occupied In thu days ol Paul. A
significant feature of tbo project is the on-
irttbling of its execution to the state
bureaucracy , whoso malign Inlluenco is nl-
ready responsible for nlno-tonths of nil tin
lircsont wrong atul misery In tbo Hu slan
oniplro. It Is inolnnclioly , Indeed , thnt the 1 > 1
war's efforts at constructive statesmanship
should hnvo led only to Iho discovery of tblj
b.itl remedy foniproniovll. The sympathies / M
of the civilized world will bo stirred by this
hint of tha dark days In store for bis
wrolched subjects. Moanllino iho nils
guided apologists for Russian despotism ,
who are moro mimnroiis even In HIM country
than they .should bo , may rolled on the trno
result to the human race which Iholr nttl-
ttulo Implies.
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The Gorman emperor's refusal to obey tin
doctor's orders to keep blmsolf and Ids clnl
dron away from Iho empress while she It
sufforlnj : from inlltioiiza , on Iho ground thai
such comluctxvould sot n bad cxnmplo ti
( termnn husbands , Is likely 'to Appeal U
soLttmcntnllsls tlio world ovor. but hanllj
to persons of common sense. Tbo emperor ,
whether ho Is nioveJ by .self-will or cxtromi
devotion to bis wife , is really setting the
wor.sl possible example to bis subjects by
disobeying the orders nf tits physician In UK
first place , and In the second plnco by volun
tarily subjecting his children to tbo dungot
of infection simply to gratify a sentiment
Kvon In thu sleu room of an empress tl < o dl
rectlnns of the doctor should bo tbo supreme
law , nnd Ibo temporary loss of her children's
society for- their good Is a sacrallco that ,
ovur.v mother should bo willing to endure ,
Moro self-control , oven in the family , Is
needed by husb.inds and wives in America
as well as In ( Jurmany ; nnd not more
ollus'lvo , unreasoning aiTectloti , but an ex
ample of such solf-coulrol could hardly bo
expected from Kmporor William.
n
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If the reports from Cairo are correct , there
Is civil war in the ICgymlnn Soudan on 'no
cotinl of Iho pretensions of a rival of Khalifa
Abdullah. The fact has boon generally overlooked
looked that there woru three claimants fet
thosncciworshlp to Iho linnlifato after the
mnhUl's death. Thu successful aspirant was
Abdullah , ono of tha chiefs of the Haggara
Arabs , who fought so desperately with
Osman Dlgmn near Ihu Hod sea , ana to whom
was chlelly duu the micooss of thu mahdlsl
imtiso. Thu ether claimants were All Kl
Fartilh and 101 Challf HI Churlf , and the lat
ter Is now heading the revolt against Abdul
lull. El Challf was for years ovorslindowod
by tbo superior power of Abdullah , but tha
growing discontent of the Soudanese under
the rule ol Ihu khalifa seems lo have givan
him the opportunity ho has Ions awaited to
head a revolt.
I'M/A1// * It KJIA HICK.
Washington Star : "Do you think It Ilkolj
that becret soc-letles .still u.\lst among Hit
It illans of t his eon n t ry'r"
"Ves ; most of the Italians I have seen ru
ucntly ece pretty well orsun-1/cd. "
Imllannpolls .lonriinl : "Kr do yon think It
triii ! that Iovo .ot > s nlieieli IshcntV"
" 1 supnoso so if it Is nroiiurly o.\piossed. "
Kato Kiold's WiishltiKton : Smith That 111:111 :
Ittown Is an Insoluiit whelp.
, I ones I low so ?
biiiith I was tolling him thallliad boon
drawn on thu | nry and lie said that 1 WIIH jiut
the man for tliu place.
Now YoiU lloralil : "It s always onslur for
a man to destiny than In build un. " declared
the minister.
"I don't Unuw about thut , " tin" ngnnstlu re
plied. "Von. for Instance , conld marry mo a
good deal easier than you could get me un
married. "
Somervllle Journal : First Huston Her II
Ifrlvcr This leap year business l gutting
pretty serious.
Second Iloston Ilordlo Driver Mow so ?
" \\liy , thu liomllust < ild maid on lleacon
street canio up to mo this inurnlnz and a.skea
mo If Isns I L'ligagud. "
"Who's the Inrso lailv ovur thorn raising n
row ulthtl.e u alter' : " Inquired a Kiiost at Ihu
holol nf the liindloid.
"Oh , " was thu good n.ilured iciily , "that s
my wifo. "
"Ah , luileed : sho's a perfect Am.iron , isn't
shor"Veil. . iniu'lity nigh lt"rospniuloil Hie land-
luid H'lU'el Uely. "llur inontli ain't qnllu sn
big , puihaps , but hho t ilks a liuapalglit more "
Sprlngllold Hopnbllcaii : A "pooiuss" ol
thu iKiilhuest has dedicated to M'lialors
I'ell'cr and Ivvlo : i piiem of ulileh tlio flr.sl ilnu
loads : "Arm ! lit ) foitli nal.ed for the light "
Huston Transurlpt : If It bo trno ihat the
man xvho N his nun lawyer has u fool for a
elli-nt , then lliuru are uiibos where It Is not u\-
ueulent to keep onu' own counsel
Hoston Courier : To ihu uhironodlst frank-
ni"is Is the must admirable of human char
acteristics ; hu delights In hearing men ae-
knowledse thu eorn.
Columbus Post : Thu truth of thu Haying
"To bo fonmarned Is to bo foie inneo" often
resolves ll.seIf into a iinesliini ol speed.
llo'-tun lliillotin ; Wonder If llils acllallon
against "b\veit : hhops" will iilloel Lbe paille.s
ube are ruiinlni ; Torlil.sh ballm.
Now Orleans Ploaynno : A man on the foot
path ( if the Itrooulyn brldmi oiui Luat the
ferryboat. It U u aluo\or for him.
llliiKhamton Kopubllean ; II Is nut Im
proper for a telephone girl to bu luiin
OlU'lly IIl//ard : Men's Icle.is of liberty
groally illtlur With sumu Itsuoins loouusMt
in.iliilv of HID aeiiiilriiiiient unii poiiL'sslun nf
Ihu ability to gut along without wealing nny
hn-.peiilei.s.
" * & CB.
h'V. . Cornt'i1 1.1 th and . Don.rl.ii Sl < .
The Long and
Short of It
We've got too many suits left yet , and
as we've only got about
ten clays in which to
dispose of them , before
spring goods arrive , we
place them before you
at inducement prices ,
Monday , The styles
and sizes are many and
the colors are popular.
They will go fast next
week if prices are an inducement. The
overcoats are not numerous , but the prices
are such that if you can wear one you buy
it. We can save you money.
Browning , King & Co
"B. " ! SHr.Myi. ! ! " ' " I.S. W. Cor. islli and Douglas ts.