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ruhllihlng compiiny. does Bolonmly swear
that the netunl circulation of THE DAIMT Bins
for the week ending March 0 , J6U2 , was as
follows :
Mimlay. PoU 2 * .
Monday. I'ob. M )
Tnrsilny. Alnrcb I
Wednesday. March 2. 23.MO
Thimdnr. March 3 2.G'J2 ;
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Average ! Circulation for .Jiimmry ! { 4n3 < t.
PHKK raw material and plenty of it is
tha chief difflcully with the democratic
presidential market.
OMAHA clearings continue to climb
upward. The increase foAasl wcol { was
31X2 per cent over the corresponding
week in 1891.
Tin : Gorman count recently released
from the Nebraska penitentiary has not
thus far captured nn American heiress.
Ho has not had time.
Tun right of eminent domain would
bo worth a good deal to Omahii just now
when aho has money to expend upon
parks and park improvements.
"DoiNG nothing as hard as wo can , "
is the sententious but truthful answer
of Congressman Burrows of Michigan
to an inquiry as to what this congress is
accomplishing.
TIIK Gatch bill ought to pass the Iowa
legislature. This conviistlon is fixed by
the fact that the extreme prohibition
ists and the extreme low license men
are both opposing it.
statistics are responsible for
the statement that moro than $100,000-
000 of u n taxed money lies compara
tively idle in the treasuries of the relig
ious societies of the United States.
IP THI : price of wool abroad had not
fallen as much as that of the American
product , there would bo more sense in
the effort of free traders to convince in
telligent wool growers that the tariff for
tholr protection is responsible for the
low prices.
Tin ? fact that a Denver jury has
brought in a verdict of cuilty ncrainst
the Denver official boodlors is not roas-
Burlng to the individuals in this city to
whom the grand jury has already given
attention , or to these yet to run the
gauntlet of investigation.
MINNESOTA has done herself the
credit of contributing ever 1 , 00,000
pounds of flour to the Russian fa mine
Bufforors. She has also raised $0,000 in
cash to help transport the food to its
destination. Minnesota's generosity
entitles her to the admiration of the
world.
Iii. VSIUH , the Italian physician
who made himself notorious in connec
tion with the lludinl Now Orleans
episode , is Congressman Springer's at
tending physician. Nevertheless his
friends are encouraged to believe the
chairman of the committee on ways and
moans will recover.
AXOTUKII movement to disfigure Far-
nn in or uny other business street by a
piomlsouous planting of tclograoh poles
Will result disastrously to telegraph and
motor polos. The people will voice tholr
Indignation by a demand that they shall
all go under ground , and the city gov-
' brnmont under authority granted in the
city ohartor will enforce the demand.
, THE Chronicle closes a review of
vfeir ICdwin Arnold's talk in San Fran
cisco with the significant remark : "It
WIIH a mncrnlflcont nudionco but scarcely
nn enthusiastic ono ; it hud como out to
hear a lecture , to enjoy a literary effort
and not a moro reading. " This may
console some of the Omaha ticket-buyers
Who did not hear "Tho Light of A&la. "
Wnr.N the National Cordage company
lias gobbled up the alliance stores by
menus of the National Union company ,
and has destroyed the tow mills and
twlnu factories of the west by the re
moval of the low tariff on binder twine ,
ita Canadian plants will bo In position to
cinch the farmers at pleasure.- little
common sense investigation on the
part of Nebraska farmers will show
them that the National Cordaga trust is
behind the proposition to take off the
tariff of aovon-tontliB of a cent per pound
upon binder twine and nobody will ac
cuse tills gigantic combine of phllan-
throplcal motives in the effort.
Aituninsiioi'IUKLAND's clerical and
lay enemies made a mistake in following
him to Homo with their personal tit *
tacks. The progressive American urol-
ute Is quite llKoly to bring back the rod
hut of a cardinal when ho returns as n
consequence of the false nnd malignant
aswraions | by which It was sought to
prejudice Pope Lee agninst him. The
archbishop is certain to win his
vuy jnn personal interview , fo'r ho is
frank , earnest nnd magnetic. Not only
BO , hut he has the rospcot of the boat tilo-
HHinta of America of all faiths and in ,
next to Cardinal Gibbons , the most in-
fluunUal Roman Catholic in the union-
RAIMtOAD ItATKH IN lOlf'A AND A'fi-
lill.tSKA.
The annual report of the Iowa Board
of Railway Commissioners for the year
1891 has just boon made public. The
report la oxhnustivo in every detail and
commends Itself to our State Board of
Trnnsiwrtnllon as n basis for mooting
the demands of the people of this state.
According to the exhibit made by the
Iowa commissioners the rates which
worn put into effect February 3 , 1889 ,
and by which the tariff rates were very
materially reduced , have not bankrupted
the railways. On the contrary , a steady
incronso in the tonnage and revenues
hns ensued. The tonnage for the fiscal
year 1891 was Increased by 1,809,882 tons
ever the corresponding noriod in 1890.
Although there was a steady docrcaso in
the revenues from Iowa business under
the high rates fixed by the railways
themselves In 1887 , 1888 and 1889 , yet
slnco the rates fixed by the commission
have boon In force nearly all the roads
show a marked improvement in busi
ness , the aggregate climbing from $37-
1-18,399 In 1889 to 843,102,1109 in 1891.
The commissioners nfllrm also that the
rates they established were a reduction
of about 20 per cent oh locaT rates pro-
vnillng In 1888. As n result of this re
duction the industries of Iowa have been
stimulated , the cost of fuel has boon ma
terially reduced and farmers have boon
able to market tholr products nt better
prices. The "now rates have greatly
benefited the whole state , and the earn
ings of the railroads have increased
thereunder.
For three years past disastrous rnto
wars have been for the most part un
known. The railway policy of the "long-
haul" has under the now system boon
supplanted and an exchange of products
between different parts of the state is
ono of the commendable results. The
commissioners sum up tholr views in the
following language : "That statutory
control and the commissioners' rates are
not 'depriving the roads of revenues or
confiscating railway property , ' is shown
in n comparative I able of earnings of
the Iowa roads whoso mllcngo is totally
or almost wholly within the state for the
year 1888 , under the rates made by the
roads , and 1891 under the commissioners'
rates. Comparison is made with 1888
because it is the last year prior to the
adoption of the latter rates. The per
centage of increase in earnings is ro-
mnrkablo , ranging from 15 to 237 per
cent ; thirteen out of fifteen roads par
ticipating in this prosperity. Two roads
only { both exclusively coal roads ) show
a decrease on account of exceptionally
mild winters and strikes in the coal
mines of the stato. "
The conditions in Iowa and Nebraska
are not dissimilar. Iowa is chiefly an
agricultural stato. The great bulk of
the local trafllo is identical with that in
Nebraska. Saving the coal mines , the
industries other thun agricultural are
very nearly the same. Iowa is older ,
bus moro people , moro railways and
moro local trade centers. It also has
more strictly local lines of railway. By
allowing for the differences of conditions
it is by no moans difficult to make an
analysis of the experience in Iowa upon
which to base action in this state. In
Iowa as in Nebraska the state board ot
commissioners are authorized to Gs the
rates.
The Iowa commissioners have fear
lessly discharged their duty regardless
of the remonstrance of railroad man
agers against the reduction of rates.
Will the Nebraska state board over
heed the demands of the people for a
reasonable reduction of freight rates ,
which are outrageously exorbitant as
compared with the rates charged in
Iowa and ether western states ? A few
months ago the Nebraska state board
issued a circular inspired if not dic
tated by the railroad managers in
which they ajsorted that the rates now
prevailing in Nebraska could not bo re
duced without ruining the railroads.
The plea made in this circular is that
the year preceding had been very un
profitable to the railroads , and a mater
ial reduction of freight rates could not
bo made without crippling or ruining
thorn. The fact is that the Nebraska
Board of Transportation is far moro so
licitous to servo the railroads than it i-5
to servo tno people who are taxed to
pay their salaries. The people of Ne
braska do not want to cripple or ruin
tbo railroads. All they ask Is that tbo
railroads shall not levy an extortionate
and oppressive tax upon the producers
of the btnto. Last winter when the
legislature was in session the railroad
mnnngars would have boon only too
glad to have conceded a reduction of 20
per cent on grain , live stock , coal ( >
lumber and other heavy commodities in
the 'face of the Nowborry atjd Slovens
bills , b'ut llko Pharoah of old , tholr
hearts were hardened , as soon as the
legislature had adjourned , and they
would not lot tholr obedient servants on
the State Board of Transportation make
even the most trivial concession.
What la demanded is not a radical
measure llko that vetoed by Governor
Boyd , cutting into the established
schedules Indiscriminately and without
rognrd to fair earnings , but a reason
able reduction which will relieve the
producers , stimulate trafllo and in the
long run benefit both the people and the
railways.
The Nowberry bill proposed to apply
the lowest Iowa schedule rate to No-
braska. In lowiV there are 8,400 miles
of railway * earning for 1891 , $43,102.899 ,
an increase ever the preceding year of
81,784,205. In Nebraska there are 5,400
miles ot road and the gross earnings of
the lines are not proportionately equal
in the two states. Therefore , an arbi
trary application ot the lowest Iowa
maximum rates to Nebraska would not
bo just to the railways of this state. A
reasonable maximum rate bibod on tha
Iowa schedule and taking into account
the differences in conditions between
the two states should bo established by
the State Board of Transportation just
an soon ns U can bo formulated. Will
the board do its duty to the pooplo.or will
it continue indotlancoof the overwhelm
ing sentiment in this sate to uphold nnd
sustain the extortionate exactions to
which for years Nebraska has boon sub
jected ?
3VJB tXTKRt'OXTlXKXTAL It.lll , 'AY.
Some ono has recently predicted that
before the close of the present century
the great pi-ojoct of a pan-American
\
mil way will bo an accomplished fact.
This is hardly probable , but that such a
railway will bo constructed in the not
very remote future Is not nt nil doubt
ful. The project , however , is ono of
such vast proportions that it la not
llltoly to bo undertaken until the de
mand for an Intercontinental road is
much moro urgent thun nt present.
When that ttmo comes , as it certainly
will in the progress of commercial de
velopment in this hemisphere , there
will bo no trouble in finding nil the cap
ital necessary to carry out the project ,
and whatever difllculttos are in the way
will bo overcome.
It is undoubtedly true , as claimed by
the advocates of this enterprise , that
the construction of such a road would
go far toward securing to the United
States the commercial supremacy of the
world. Such a bond of commercial
union between this country and the
countries of South America would glvo
the United States the nearly entire
control of the South American trade ,
and with this secured wo should easily
bo the f ore in oat commercial nation of
the world. Hence the 'project of n pan-
American railway is ono to bo encour
aged. There is moro to bo expected
from it in the way of material bonollts
than from reciprocity agreements mid
it would bo of the highest value in a
political sense. The dlfllcultios to bo
overcome are very great , but they nro
not insuperable. A well informed
writer on this subject says that it would-
be foolish to attempt n line at present
across any portion of the valley of the
Amazon east of the Andes , and there
may bo elevated passes in the mountains
which will oppose progress for many
years to rome , but in spite of all this
the demands of commerce will compel
the most stupendous engineering under
takings. The nblllty to attain the desired -
sired result will bo found whenever the
necessity for it becomes manifest and
urgent.
It is believed that an intercontinental
railway would possess a very distinct ad
vantage for the whole central portion of
the United States. The cheaper tele
graphic facilities , improved postal ser
vice , and onso of specie remittances to
all southern points , which will accrue
trom railroad union of the hemisphere
of republics , will materially hasten the
day when Now York will become the
financial center and clearing house of
the world. American influence , says a
writer on this project , will flow along
such a chain of railroads and its branches
as the waters of a river follow its chan
nel and spread into every inlet and cove
along its margin. The result will bo a
commercial conquest of South America
which wo could never otherwise otTcct ,
for without this aid to our supremacy wo
should bo merely upon an equal footing
with every other nation which runs fast
ships and sends agents to sell to the people -
plo of the south. The progress of rail
road construction in South America ,
and moro particularly in the states of
Colombia and Ecuador , is favorable to
the project of an intercontinental road ,
and it is suggested that advancing in
this manner the pan-American railroad
will como quietly as a natural growth.
Wo shall have it without hardly realiz
ing how it cnmo , shall fall easily into
the use of it , and through its agency our
trade and finance will command re
sources which In conjunction with our
own riches will place the United States
first among the financial and commercial
nations of the world. In this view of It
the project of an intercontinental rail
road becomes ono of commanding im
portance. _ _ _ _ _
uooTirs irons- .
Most people have road General
Booth's book "In Darkest England and
the Way Out of It , " which has had so
remarkable a sale , or know something
of the novel methods proposed by the
great captain of the Salvation Army in
that publication. The indefatigable
leader of this now and eccentric reli
gious organization asked the public of
England for an initial gift of $500,000
and an annual income of $150,000. This
would seem an extravagant demand and
few people imagined that ho could
secure oven half the enormous sum re
quired. The prejudice against the Sal
vation Army and the apparent impracti
cability of his wholesale charities wore
thought to bo insuperable obstacles in
tl.o pathway of his success. However ,
the money rolled in and a year and ono
month ago at u great public meeting in
Exeter hall the gratifying announce
ment was made that General Booth had
raised 100,000 for the work ho had so
graphically outlined. Ho then and
there executed u deed of trust to himself
as trustee , binding himself tooxpond the
munificent donations of people who had
faith in him , for the purposes set forth
in his book and no other.
A year's application of the principles
advocated by the Salvationist backed by
ample funds is a grand vindication of his
foresight and a l-uf ututlon of the state
ments made , by men who did not know ,
that Booth had exaggerated the poverty
and vice of London and overestimated
the number of wretchedly destitute
men and women who are unable
to oarn.a livelihood in the world's
metropolis. The work as organized by
General Booth provides in the first place
twelve food depots and night shelters in
London. There are also plt > cos of the
sumo character maintained in other
citloa of England but for the purposes of
illustrating the working of this original
system of organized charity wo shall
quota only from figures published in the
Now York Inlepcmlen ( applied to Lon
don. A shade above the food depots and
night shelters to which the hundreds of
homeless , penniless donlzonsof the East
End may resort , nro the three lodging
houses called the Ark , tlio Harbor , and
the Light House , where cheap food and
lodging are provided. Tno popularity
of those institutions is illustrated by the
fact that during fourteen months ending
November 30th last 2,000,518 meals of
cooked food were served and . ' 107,000
lodgings were provided. There were
25,000 free meals supplied , 11(1,555 ( meals
to children , mainly , were furnished at a
farthing onch. Others were served at
half penny and varying prices up to four
ponce. The beds were furnished at from
two ponce to four pence per night and
the receipts from the people bone ( Hod
reached 20,570 , the outlay bolng
88,140. The general was surprised that
the Institution should bo so nearly self
supporting as all readers will bo who
nro in any sense informed upon the
practical bookkeeping j > f charity ontor-
prises.
Tills is the olomon'tary ' work of ho
great plan. The uoxt top U to organ
ize their labor and prqvldo employment
for the willing , worklpis myriads of n ,
crowded city. A Libor buroiu is con
ducted at which 15,097 ; applications for
o'nployinont wore made last year nnd
the Salvationists wore ab'o to secure
work for 30 percent. . Of the number
thus sot upon their foot the larger pro
portion are skilled laborers. There Is n
vast host of loafers , idlers , ignoramusof
nnd Indolent , half-stai'vod people whom
the Labor bureau cannot care for and.
those are taken Into 'Hjlovntora" ( facto
ries ) conducted by General Booth espec
ially to help men intofomploymont and
to stimulate thorn to hpnost labor. Peed
and shelter only are provided for the
first four weeks and the first job is
usually wood-chopping. Several trades
nro carried on , however , and willing
mon nro encouraged tqlonrn to do some
thing moro profitable than the breaking
of kindling. As many ns 2,000 mon
were received Into the factories nnd of
this number very fow\rovod'to \ bo 'in
corrigible , only ninety-eight bolng dis
charged for misconduct and but oighly-
five leaving of tholr riwn accord dlssnt-
isflod. The others were temporarily
assisted , found employment elsewhere
o.nro still nt work in the "elevators. "
Then there is thq farm colony to
which mon nro transferred nnd the city
colony where , in n score of ways , mon ,
women nnd children are cared for and
glvon something to do. No Idleness is
tolerated and only the foe bio and ill are
permitted to participate in the benefits
of the system without making some sort
of remuneration gauged by the ago ,
ability and condition of the assisted un-
fortumuo. The Prison Gate .Homo le
maintained for the benefit of released
jailbirds and offenders. The olllcors of
the army moot discharged prisoners at
the prison gates and invite them to par
take of the good cheer of the homo.
During last year 217 cases were received
and the flguros show that eighty-six
wont either to situations , to the factories
or to the farm colony ; eighty-four have
loft or been dismissed and only four were
arrested from "Tho Bridge , " ns the
homo Is termed. The others are still
in the Bridge. Space forbids speaking in
detail of the criminal Investigation and
preventive branch , the slum work , the
rescue work , the help and inquiry de
partment , the farm colony and the ever
the sea colony , all off which have ac
complished good results.
The clever but odd individual who
began his noble career of helping the
vicious classes to n bottjjr life by march
ing the streets with drums , tambourines
nnd other oar-splitting instruments , has
Hot the world an example of practical
charity which must prove profitable in
the future. By constant association with
the poor and the wicked ho has devised
a system of help for these who have
fallen into depravity , or what in souio
cities is fully as bad , abject poverty , and
is unquestionably lifting thousands to a
bettor plane of existence. His ideas ,
apparently so crudo-nndj-impracticablo ,
fjroyo.tho.opposite. , and unless hia life
wears out ijofaro. Jjhp/systom is in full
running order its success will bo assured
inside of five years.
THE EDUCAT1OX OFTJ1E FUTURE.
The zeal and energy which are being
given to the development of the facili
ties of education in this country are
greater now thun ever boforo. and the
most important results are to be ex
pected. All of tbo old institutions of
learning are steadily expanding and
now ones are bolng established on a
brooder and moro comprehensive basis
than these wo havo. In no other de
partment of human activity is the ten
dency to growth nnd progress moro
marked. <
The education of the future is there
fore a thoroughly live and interesting
theme , and It Is ably treated in the cur
rent .Forum by Mr. Clarence King. Ho
observes that education has always fol
lowed and reflected the great historic
changes of society. From simple utili
tarian teachings of savages to the best
scientific curriculum of the nineteenth
century , education has simply mimicked
the last phase of human activity.
Hence a succession of ono-sidod men
trained to ono or moro accomplishments.
During 400 years mon have been edu
cated with their backs to the future.
Now in the ago of science , education ,
likq a slow moving , ponderous weathervane -
vane , has swung around and points
straight into the future. . This century
has to its credit two intellectual
achievements so radically now in kind ,
so far reaching in consequences , so
closely bound up with the future of the
human race , that wo stand on the great
est dividing line since the Christian era ,
Knowledge of the laws of conservation
of energy nnd biological evolution
plants humanity on a woi-ld of whoso
character and extent wo cannot even yet
form any conception. In all the finer
blossoming of human ideality poetry ,
drama , architecture , painting nnd
sculpture other periods have so far
exceeded us thu thp poor nineteenth
century can onlyjstunmor ( nnd blush.
But In knowlode < yfeFUio scheme of crea
tion and mnnnj/cf $ unfolding of the
cognlzablo uhiv i v of the nature of
matter , or the brpwi'laws which govern
the ebb and flowj'l'jtijjo conversion and
olloctrf of enorgyycwo : rise to n stature
that dwarfs forl/VoV the men of an
tiquity. Until i\o'w3thoro \ ] never was a
great army of bcicnoo all marvellously
trained , all unlflgtl 'by the severe and
approved Iactiei.pf1 induction , and in
spired by thopasaton of intellectual con-
quest.
This is the ago < u energy ; next will bo
the ago of 'jlology 'fSo ' enormous la the
accumulating mas'ofsclontlfio ' ! / knowl
edge , and so stupendous Its utility , that
there Is room for no surprise that edu
cation yields llko wax under pressure of
the moat uncompromising and power
ful of modern Influences , Classical cul
ture Is alro.idy outstripped and must lag
further and farther behind. Not to know
how nature and man manage the con-
vordlonb of onurgy , not to boa the early
light of science boglniilng to panel rate
and illumine the very depths of space ,
to got nn nearer thun Job got to the
binding together of the sun and worlds ,
to Hnjor in archalo darknos aa to { ha
building of the earth , to slop where
Aristotle stopped In conception of the
process of evolution , Is to bo n man with
half his brnin unborn. To cheese bo-
twcon the old classical nnd the new
technical trainings Is simply to decide
which side of a man's mind shall bo
developed and which carefully destroyed.
Utility casts the propondoratltie vote ,
nnd In consequence scientific and tech
nical education is expanding out of all
proportion to the spread of the classics ,
nnd for a long tlmo will assort Us over
whelming ascendency. But the edu
cation of the future will aim at the sound
training of man. It will seek to produce
men the whole round of whoso faculties
have boon exorcised into harmonious
Hfo.
Tun statement that n representative
of the department of justice at Wash
ington , who caused the indictment of
ofllcors of the whisky trust , is now about
to proceed in the same wny against the
cordage trust , suggests that the depart
ment of justice bas gene systematically
to work to enforce the nntl-trust law.
Months ago the attorney general In
structed United States district attorneys
that the law having boon doqlnrod CQII-
stitutlonnl' it mitsl bo enforced , but
nothing having apparently been done to
carry out the instructions the impres
sion obtained that the department had
abandoned the idea of proceeding against
the combinations. It Is now soon , how
ever , that the work of ascertaining facts
regarding certain trusts has boon quietly
prosecuted , nnd it is probable that the
government is in possession of a great
deal moro information thun has been
disclosed. This is obviously tbo most
effective wny in which to proceed against
the combinations , since it gives them no
opportunity for concealment before
prosecution is begun , nnd puts the trov-
orntnont in possession of indisputable
facts. It is not unlikely that In this
way the department of justice has
secured Information regarding a num
ber of trusts , but nt any rate It Is
evidently the intention to enforce the
anti-trust law passed by the last con-
gross. The administration could do
nothing moro certain to strengthen it in
the popular regard and confidence.
THE refusal of the British government
to renew the agreement with the United
States under which the two governments
last year undertook to prevent illicit
seal killing in Boring sea may result in
creating n now nnd serious complication.
In the absence of an agreement the
Canadian sealers will undoubtedly
resume operations , because there is no
reason to suppose they will pay anymore
moro attention now to the president's
proclamation than they have done in
the past. In that case it will become
the duty of this government to protect
its interests in Boring sea by seizing all
vessels found there engaged in taking
soal. Undoubtedly this will bo done ,
and the fooling at Washington is that it
may bring most energetic protests and
perhaps retaliation by Great Britain.
That possibility , however , is not to bo
considered. If the British government
will not Seal with the United States
fairly in' this matter , and decides to
favor the piratical poachers , this gov-
ornmolit cannot permit its interests and
the rights it claims to suffer because of
the danger of protests and retaliation if
it shall undertake to protect thorn. Lord
Salisbury has not shown the right spirit
in refusing to renew the modus vivondi.
Tim council should put through the
Sixteenth street viaduct ordinance first.
Sixteenth street is already a great thor
oughfare. The wooden bridge which
has served for a viaduct for several
years is liable to break down any aay.
It is manifestly the duty of the council
to have that viaduct replaced by an
iron and stone structure ndcquato for
the traBlc that passes over the principal
north and south thoroughfare. When
that is done or as soon as that is pro
vided for tbo demands of Fifteenth
street should bo considered nnd acted
on. The danger now is that those who
desire to defeat nil the viaduct proposi
tions will do so by pretending to favor
both.
CITIZENS who have not yet indicated
the number of general conference dele
gates they desire to entertain should dose
so within the next few days.
Orrat for Its Sire.
SI. I'anl OlnTjt.
Nebraska cole bra ted Its twunty-llfth birth
day us a state on tbo first of the mouth. It
Is doing well for its ago.
I'lpincntK of Stntoliood.
A'aiisas City Tinm.
Oklahoma is certainly entitled to statehood.
Two of her loading clllos are to have pro
fessional base ball clubs this summer.
Declining Hoynl Ailvlcc ,
Chicago Trttmne ,
Some of tbc Emperor William's subjects
who don't like his spooobos were Germans
long before hn became ono , and they refuse
to emigrate.
A Tnulo Cliuruotm-UtlC ! ,
ir < i/ifn0on / ( Ktar.
Clnus SprocUles stands firm against tbo
sugar trust. Tills in ono of the times wbon
It is a satisfaction to BOO a man of sand la the
sugar bualuots. _
C'nnllriiiH ropulnr Hcllof.
QMie-Dtinocrat ,
In deciding tbal tbo MoICInloy tariff Is all
right tbo supreme court is merely Indorsing
what tbo people have been saying for about
a year and a half ,
A Kotr riianii of Insanity.
Cltlciiyo Time * ,
Tbe ixow York physician who doolaroj ono
of tlie symptoms of 13. M. Field's alleged In
sanity is "an unintelligent sadness" Uas
coined a pbraso worthy of G rover Cleveland.
Wai It u C'oimrltinro
Dftmtt Free / ' / * .
Was Mr. Rockefeller's munificent elft to
tbo Chicago omversily meant a ? a tbanU
offorlnc or as a conscience appeaser ) Tbo
amount given Is suggestively close to that re
ceived by Mr. Rockefeller's oil combination
as a rebate on tin.
Tlin Ituiir of Illulr'H II ( if.
St. Paul VlHnttfl'rtmi.
Tbo silence that has followed Blair's on-
nounccmontthat bo U a candidate for presi
dent Is to vast Unit tbo bee In his bonuot
must sound like a bailer factory in active
operation. Perhaps tbo whole thing Is a
matter of wrong diagnosis on Blair's part
duo to an overdose of quinine.
( Iranphifir ClvllUation ,
Kew Yurk Sun.
Tbe humbto rml brother Is beginning to
catch up with civilization , a..1 tlio precepts
and pra'cilco of tbovhlto man with which bo
hns boon brought Into contact are bearing
fruit , Tbo Sun nolod recently that nn Indian
In the far west forged tbo narao of the post
commander to a cbeck , cashed the check , and
dlnnppcared. Within the past week or so
another simple red man of Michigan sold his
birthright to eight separate land coiicornn
nnd skipped with the proceeds. The Indian
who can swindle n woitcrn real citato man
should bo entitled to naturalization , nt loasU
You Ili-t It
Oriifcn ! t'l/i / ; ffonitarcll.
Tun OMAHA HUE says that If the republican
party of Nebraska will throw oft the corpora-
tlon j oho , or rather tbo suspicion of It , It
will carry the state all rlcht thti fall. TUB
15nr. Is very ready to Rlvo advice , but will tt
help the party to do thUl When a clean
man js put up lor covornor will It stay with
him , or will It holt ) elect n corporatlo'a tool ,
as it did In 18931
I'OWK OI' TUN .S7'trK 1'ltK.VS.
YorltTimos : Nebraska's delegation In the
national republican convontlou will bo Increased -
creased by six votes this year and every ono
of them will bo for Benjamin Harrison.
Crete VIdotto ! TIIK OMAHA Bm : , with 1U
customary "gotthoro" proclivities , published
n four pneo supplement last Tuosdav , giving
n concise review of the history of Nebraska
during tbo past twenty-live years. It was
an Interesting paper.
Western Wave : Tbo anniversary of Ne
braska edition of Tin : OMAHA BRK was an
other flow of enterprise nnd greatness rarely
shown by papers that have not reached the
standard of excellence that Is contained In
every Issue of Tin : BKK.
Button Advertiser : Tuesday's Bun con
tained a supplement giving the history of
Nebraska's admission Into tbo union , the
twenty-fifth anniversary of which occurred
March 1. It Is worth preserving as n record
of contemporaneous History.
O'Neill 1'Yontler : If the republicans
would win this fall they mus . Insist that the
railroad clement that has so often dominated
nnd dictated In nominations bo relegated to
tbo roar. Public sotitltncnt Is nearly always
right , and the man who proclaims that tbo
people have no 6ausoof complaint against the
encroachments and demands of railroad
manipulators Is either himself n corporation
tool or Is incapable of clour vision.Vu he-
llcvo the bone and sinew , the voting
strength , If you plnaso , of the republican
party , favors such legislation ns will put tlio
railway corporations on n business level
with other enterprises that do not hnvo mil
lions at con.mau'd , and that tbo disposition Is
to make those corporation heelers and solici
tors take n back seat. Now is the tlmo for
country republicans to assort themselves for
the right. They have tno strength , surely ,
and by giving close attention to tbo pri
maries they will accomplish much inorp than
to seek n now party. The republican party
is all right. It is some cf the so-called
leaaurs that need ' 'trimming. " Proceed to
trim.
trim.Grand
Grand Island Times : The standard
hoirors of the republican party this year
must bo mon of honor nnd integrity , posses
sing eminent fitness for the various positions
to which they asplro , nnd to whoso previ
ous record no breath of calumny attaches.
The location in the state of the candidate for
gubernatorial honors , while of serious im
port , Is not so vital as tbo question as to
whether ho Is worthy and commands the
esteem nnd conlldonco of the people. Petty
bickerings and personal animosities must bo
laid aside and complete and porloct unity
prevail in the ranks. Tbo campaign must
bo made so nggrcssivo as to keep the onomv
on tbo run , and tborc will bo no time to bo
devoted to making oxcuscs of offering
apologies for any maa whoso name may bo on
tbo ticket. It should not bo a question as to
whom wo can nominate , but whom we can
elect. This is a period of political unrest
and discontent , and the crack of the party
leash bos ceased to terrify. Men and meas
ures must bo the basis upon which tbo battle
bo waged. Mon of sturdy , noble char
acter , of recognized intoerity and
ability ; who would bo faithful to i
every trust imposed in them ; men whose I
nomfnation would honor the party rather
than themselves. With such material , and
the party committed in Its declaration of
principles to the advocacy of such measures
as would ba * ot untjucsllonod'bcnellt'to the
masses cf the people , success \vll | bo assured
us. If our candidates are the reverse of this ,
upon a platform composed of glittering gen
eralities , saying much- but moaning little ,
the good of which is preached before , but
practiced not after election , as bas boon the
case too often hcrotoforo , tbo party will bo
rebuked and our cause suffer such a sot-back
as will take it years to recover from. The
Times is not pessimistically inclined , but it
looks ahead and is willing to toll the truth.
.V JtHJI.USKS.
Knvlons rivals Insinuate that the crocn
boroalls scon at St. I'uul was the rcllcutloo-of
tbo town on a nolghborlii ; ; bank of tog.
Atchlson Globe : There is only ono time that
you know exactly what a man U : when bo Is
dead.
Now York Herald : Lawyer ( Indignantly )
There was lying before there were lawyers.
Client ( liUi'riy--Ycs ) < ; but there couldn't
have boon Inwycia before there wus lying.
Boston Transcript : In u crowded , stranded
streetcar : Conductor .Move foiward , please.
Disgruntled Passenger That's what woshnuld
like to have your car do.
Philadelphia Keoord : "Wo'ro In u niuklo
now , " said iiinan In a crowd. "A regular Jam. "
said another. "Heaven preserve ns ! " mo.uied
an old lady.
Lowell Courier : Spot cash : The nickel the
tolcscono man gets for letting you "poolc" at
the sun.
Now Orleans Vlcuyuno : A tnlss Is not as
good ns a tnllo In n pedestrian race , and on/ ;
lap Is onoiiRh for nny miss.
DAVID n. ANOTHK rtfri'T.
Alhnnji Journal.
How doth the busy David II.
Itnpnivo uach waking hour
In sntli'rlng foll'wors every day /
With his submissive Honor.
How skillfully ho lays his plans ,
How neatly writes lilssliitc.
And labors liurd to bo the man
Chicago'II nominate.
Chicago Trlbuno : Hns Mnn ( at the Imok
dunr ) ( lot any ram to soil , sir ?
Tucetlotis Iosltleiit--Oiily ! what I've got on ,
If you want tliom you'll have to buy mo. too
ling Man ( Imoklnu down tliontops ) I'm only
hiiyln' rags. I'm not the garbage man.
llostoti .Tester : Ili-v. .Stlffglns My good man.
I undrrstiind you hnvo a tiiiirunror Inonrcor-
ntod hero : bow can I got ncooss to him ?
Alert t-ontlnnl Cnt axes to him ! Holy
smoke ! HI , Hilly , hero's a pal o1 tbo prisoners
u-sno.ikln' In concealed weapons.
TIIK DEACON'S HAT ,
J H > Vorfr lltraM.
Tor twenty odd years thn noncon had worn
That sugar loaf bat , nnd tlio lining was torn
I'rom nluklng out-pennies after going tbo
rounds )
It was MiflTcring now from a do7Cn sere
rounds
Hut tbo ( li'ticon sworo--as donconsdo.-
Wltb " 1 do " "I "
mi vuinl" and toll yowl"
"That rim Is too good to bo thrown uwny.
Who knows ; l may want a halo some duo
day. "
WATTKUSONIAN IDEA3.
Clint with ( tin Uroit Killtor In Wlilcli tin
Dlnriinr * I'ollllrnl 1'rcrornnrnt ,
Hon. Henry Wnttoraon , editor of the Lou- N.
Isvlllo Courier-Journal , was In tb.9 oltv
yesterday , the guest of Mr. W. N. BnbcncU ,
general manager of the Omaha Sto'c Y.irJs
company. Mr. Wnttorson lectured In Coun
cil Bluffs lrldav evening.
Mr. Wnttorson , accompanied by Miss Bab
cock , called upon TIIK BIE.
Mr. Wuttorson is an interesting tallior
Speaking politically ho said that In reality
tboro was no political party. "Many repub
licans and many democrats , " saU bo , "aro
half-protectionists nnd many are half-froo
traders. Than Is no great party hold to
gothcr by principle mon stick to the party
naino for spoils. These In power nro work
ing for mercenary ehds moro than for the
principles upon which ono ol- the other party
may stand.
"I endorse the notion of President Harrl
son in removing democrats under n repub
lican administration. But I think every
head of a bureau or department should bu
hold responsible for his own administration.
Ho ought to bo poni.ltted to dismiss or em
ploy whom ho dooms best for the service. It
is not possible to remove all ofllco holders
whenever nn administration goes out of
power : manv subordinates it Is necessary to
retain In order to c.irry out the work olll-
clcntly. But the ordinary places for which
It is easy to find suitable mon , should nil bu
subject to n change in n'amlnistratlou. There
Is no good reason why democrats should bold
tbo o positions under n republican adminis
tration and vice vciua. "
Mr. Wattorson expressed himself as highly
plowed with the appearance of things in
Omaha , lie asltol about Charles Offtit of
this city whom he had known in Kcntuclcy.
Ho said that Mr. Offut bad before ho loft a
premising future in the south , nnd was glad
to learn that ho was doing well in Omaha.
Mr. Wattcrson's father , associated with
fourothor mon , built the first long distance
Telegraph line in this country from Louis
ville to Now Orleans. Tholr Investment
was not n great ono , but tholr profits in tbo
deal reached manv thousands of dollars.
Mr. Wattorson loft last evening homowaid
bound.
CURHAtiE TltVST CO.1/iV .VK.VT.
AMofoSturtoil Ily the < in\nrnmcnt to In
flict the Olllclulx.
CHIC ioo , 111. , March 5. Charles M. Horton -
ton , the representative of the Department of
Justice , who swore cut the warrant for tha
arrest of President ( jreenhut and tbo othoi
whisky trust officials last week , has been In
vestigating the methods of the cordage trust
in this , city for several days. Last night
Horton loft for Minneapolis , whoro' ho" will
confer with the United States district nt
tornov nnd secure additional evidence to
prove" that a combination controls the cordage
ago mat-uot. Hortcu'J investigations have
been conducted in a secret manner , but tbc
partial facts leaned out this morning. Tha
facts which Horton secures will probably bo
laid before the federal grand jury at Boston ,
Now York or Philadelphia.
ItPltrnitft Its Clnirgon.
CIIICHOO , 111. , March 5. Last week tht
Inter-Ocean was sued for S20H.OOO damages
by the National Union company of New
York for alleging that company was a tool of
the National Cordage company. Tbls morn
ing that paper published a two-column artlclo
practically reiterating Its charge and in ad
dition calling upon the attorney general of
tbo United States and the attorney general
of Illinois to proceed to secure the indictment
of James W. WatorburyCbaunccy Marshall ,
Frank T. Will , John A Tucker , E. M.
Tucker , Jr. , G. Weaver , John C. ITurman.
Edward M. Fulton and Charles Ahrbury of
Now York , directors of tbo National Cord
ngo company , for operating a trust in contra
vention of tbo law.
Vat ill KomiH lit n Night Out.
MINNRAI-OMS , Minn. , March 5. As a re
sult of n runaway early this morning whllo
returning from n roaa house , Lnltlo Mitchell
is dead , Emma Eriokson is fatally wounded ,
and Herb Bedford dangerously hurt.
BROWNING , KING
& CD.
S. W. Corasr lal'i anl Stf ,
Grand
Spring Opening
We spring our spring goods
on you tomorrow morn
ing , and such spring nov
elties as they are , too ! All
the neatest shapes and
shades of suits and over
coats for spring wear.
Cheviots , plain and
checked cashmeres , un
finished worsteds , Scotch
tweeds , etc. , in endless
variety. A suit or over
coat $10 and up as high as you want. The
spring styles are very neat and nobby this
year. An early inspection invited. We
fill mail orders.
Browning , King & Co
" " , " ' " ' . W. Corner and
oK"oVo"SS"'aV"S. ! ! | 15111 Douglas Sts