THE OMAHA DAILY UK-fir , WEDNESDAY , MARCH 23 , 1892.
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NKIWASICA republicans should not un-
dorcstiiimlo the forces with which they
must contend this fall.
ALTHOUGH it la moro than four
months elnco the pnrlc bonds wore voted ,
the now parks nro still invisible to the
imkod nyo.
Tin : snlo of the Bchool honds at a
handboiuo premium is another evidence
of the oxuollotit credit Omaha enjoys in
fiscal cantors.
A STATI : Grain Denlor-s' association
can do a vast amount of good In No-
bra l n. It is to ho hoped the movement -
mont now under way for its organization
mtiv ho successful.
Tim republicans of Iowa have again
commitlod themselves to the heresy of
prohibition and they wil bo responsible
for Iho consequences if ulsastor overtakes
thorn at Iho next state election.
Tim winter is almost ended nnd yet
the milling-in-translt rate , the bridge
arbitrary , the switching charges and
19x08 differential continue to bo irritat
ing subjects to our business mon.
THK Iowa house has passed a bill to
compel insurance companies to pay the
full fiu.-e of the policies issued in adjust
ing total losses , but the chances are the
tilll will bo'sldotrackod before it reaches
. . tur
the governor.
Wo UK is progressing as rapidly as
woathur will permit upon the extensive
improvements at South Omaha. The
year 18S2 promises to bo ono long to bo
remembered by this promising stock nnd
packing house center.
PLATTSMOUTH is figuring upon a
canal from the Plnttn river to furnish
water power for factories. The enter
prise is snid to bo fotisible and it would
add 10,000 to her population within five
years after its completion.
THK Real Estate Owners' association
Is meeting with gratifying encourage
ment in its efforts to stimulate interest
in a movement to secure manufactories.
Every owner of real estate In this city
should join this organization.
Tun general conference committee is
still waiting to hoar from a few.citizens
who ought to entertain delegates. The
churches outside the Methodist com
munion will perform a most gracious and
proper act of courtesy by rallying as
churches to the support of the confer
ence commit too.
Sixer his defeat for the apoakorship
of the house Roger Q Mills has not felt
at homo in his old seat in congress. lie
will bo delighted to move Into the other
end of the capital whore , as Thomas
B. Reed says , "all good statesmen hope
to go before they die. "
Tin : Great Northern railway Is ono
of the coming great railway corpor
ations. It Is backed by largo numns , is
aggressive and now. 'Omaha will do
well to enter upon negotiations with Its
Sioux City people , looking to an ox-ten
elon of the road to this olty.
THK output of the Black Hills mines
for 1802 promises to exceed that of any
previous year in the history of the dis
trict To people who know the Black
Hills to bo by far the richest mineral
region of Its extent in the union this
announcement is not surprising ,
Tin : Board of Plro and Police Commls-
slonors is a deliberative body. It has
boon nine months since ono of the detec
tives roslgnou r.nd no successor has been
selected , The chances are , however ,
that the city is just nine months' pay
ahead and can struggle along for a while
longer without filling tRU vacancy.
Russiai , of Massachu
setts lias Disclaimed any present ambi
tion to bo a candidate for president of
the United States , and declared his loy
alty to Mr. Cleveland. Nevertheless the
democracy of Massachusetts will doubt
less present his name to the Chicago
convention in the ovoiit that the nomi
nation of Cleveland is BOOH to be hope
less , and ho would probably got a vote
from Now England that would at least
bo very complimentary. Governor Rus-
icll is too young for a presidential can
didate , but In case a candidate for the
presidency la taken from the west It
might bo wise to put him in second
placer The fact that ho has carried
Massachusetts twice In succession cer
tainly entitles him to consideration.
rin : no-xonnxo i OXUUKSS.
The present congrcsa has already made
an exceptional record fordoing nothing.
It has now bcon In session more than
three months , omitting the holiday re
cess , and no important measure of legis
lation has yet boon'enacted. If there
lias boon any other congress in the his
tory of the country that wasted so much
lmo ! in useless talk wo do not recall It ,
and it is noteworthy that oven demo
cratic journals nro taking the majority
in the house of representatives to task
for the unpardonable way in which they
have frittered away the time. It Is a
notable illustration'of the indecision of
the democracy and its want of a llxeil
purpose nnd a olearly defined policy.
The party in control of the house
started out with the idea of making
economy In the nuhlld expenditures the
first and chief object to bo attained. The
preceding congress was to he rebuked
by'cutting clown appropriations to the
cxtontof 3100,000,000. Herein was to bo
found the golden opportunity to make
political capital for the domociwtlt ; party
in the presidential campaign. But the
cheese-Daring chairman of the commit *
too on appropriations has run upon
obstacles to his schemes of economy at
every stop , paced ] there by his own
pnrlitmns. Except an agreement to cut
down pension appropriations to the extent -
tent of some $12,000,000 , and to provide
for the construction of only a single
utuisor'or the navy during the next
fiscal year , there is no saving yet in
sight.
The democratic chairmen of the
various conimitte.es which report appro
priation bills are not disposed to follow
the policy of Mr. Hotmail , and it looks
ns if thoptrty will make little capital
out of its scheme of economy. The divi
sion in the democratic ranks as to the
course to bo pursued regarding the tarilT
and silver has , of course , had the olTeot
to lotard the progress of business.
There has boon a continual warcfaro be
tween the factions , and it is not yet
ended. Stump speeches have been
nmdo on the tarilT , with the bill to re
peal the PuticH on wool as the oxouso.
and now the silver discussion is ou to
consume moro time in idle debate1. As
an illustration of how business is neg
lected , it may bo noted that there are
Friday night sessions of the house to
consider private pension hills and bills
to remove political disabilities from in
dividuals. It is said that so far this ses
sion thoio lias not been a quorum pres
ent on Friday night , and consoquentlv
not a single private po.ision bill has
been favorably acted upon in committee
of the whole at this session of congress ,
although many of thobo measures are
meritorious.
It may bo said that the public Inter
ests are not suffering by reason of the
inaction of congress , but this is hardly
satisfactory. It cannot bo determined
whether or not harm Is done by the un
certainty regarding legislation. The
obvious lesson in the.situation , and the
people should not ha permitted to lose
sight of it , is that the democratic party
has no settled policy. On the eve of a
national campaign its councils are
divided nnd its loaders nro pulling in
different directions , all wanting power ,
but unable to hr.nnoni/o on any plan by
which to secure it. The intelligent
masses of the American people will
hardly bo persuaded to entrust the ad
ministration of the government to a
political organization that is in this con
dition.
ALLIANCE AND DKMOCItATIC FUSION
It is reported from Washington that
a scheme is on foot to secure on alliance
and democratic fusion in Minnesota and
other northwestern states. A like move
ment has been reported from Kansas ,
and ono of the Jacksonian club repre
sentatives who wont from this city to
Chicago last week to secure headquar
ters for Nebraska democrats who will
visit the national convention , stated in
an interview , which hua gone all over
the country , that such a coalition would
bo made In Nebraska.
There Is undoubtedly something in
this. According to the Washington re
port the Hill machine is working hard
to oll'cct such a fusion. In the south Mr.
Hill admonished the democrats to adhere -
hero to their party organization , and it
Is pretty well understood that they will
generally do so. Nobody expects the
third party to cut any figure In that sec
tion in the presidential campaign and
election. Whoever is nominated at Chicago
cage can safely count upon getting the
entire electoral vote of the south. The
alliance men of that section are demo
crats fit-stand will vote to maintain the
democratic organization. But they arc
not so solicitous about this In the repub
lican stales of the north. They are
ready to make any trade or combination
that promises republican defeat , however -
over compromising to democratic prin
ciples. It Is entirely probable , there
fore , that the reports of a proposed
fusion of the alliance and the democrats
In half ado/.on of the states of the north
west are well-founded.
While conceding the political import
ance of such a movement , it la quite
possible to exaggerate its danger. A
very largo majority of the alliance mem
bers in the north have always acted
with the republican party , nnd there is
reason to believe that no considerable ;
number of them can bo induced to sup
port any plan distinctly In the interest
of the election of a democratic presi
dent. They would gain nothing by
putting the democracy in power , unless
It should bo a few additional seats in
congress that would do them no goo.l.
No man likely to bo nominated at Chicago
cage , among those now mentioned , has
any sympathy with the objects and de
sires of the alliance. Take Hill and
Gorman , for Instance , who are credited
with being the chief promoters of the
fusion movement , what Interest has
either of ( hum in the alliance ov Us
aims ? Were either of them elected to
the presidency his administration would
bo devoted to strengthening the dome <
cratio party , and for the purposa of
doing this prevailing policies in the in
terest of the class who constitute the
alliance- would bo antajjoal/.od , The
same may bo said of any mui : whr.n the
democrats will ininltvito. Wh'it oo.i-
sldoration IMVO the roji--Qjuntitlvos of
the alliance in c.M/-jii rojj'.vo.l from
the democratic nujurily In thV housaV
The men who oampusa the alliance In
the north are too Intelligent to follow
blindly selfish and designing leaders.
They are earnest In their demand for
reforms , but they will not bo induced to
believe that those tire to bo secured hy
elevating the domocnicy , with its re
actionary principles and policy , to
power. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
TO ( } . M.
You have taken it upon youtself to
charge mo with organizing a city Tam
many ring for mercenary nnd political
purposes , nnd you go so far as to arraign
Andrew Rnsowalor the city engineer ns
an accomplice in a conspiracy "to fry the
fnt out of contractors at every city elec
tion" and to manipulate the public works
of Omaha for the purpose of enriching
the contractors who nro in the deal with
me. In support of these charges which
alTcot the reputation of a , professional
man whose greatest crlmo In your eyes
is that ho is my brother , you assert that
"City Engineer Tlllson was removed for
the purpose of placing Andrew Rosewater -
water In position to mr.nipulato public
workd in the Interest of the Tammany
ring. " You further assort that in
conjunction with myself , Mayor Bomls
nnd City Attorney Council are conspir
ing to control the appointment of
twenty inspectors who are to do out
bidding. You furthermore charge- that
the ordinance now before the city coun
cil which provides for the appointment
of Inspectors of public works on recom
mendation of the city engineer by and
with the approval of the mayor and
council was gotten up by myself and the
city engineer to build up a corrupt nnd
dangerous contractors ring.
Now what are the facts' ? Andrew
Rosowatcr was appointed city engineer
while absent from the stato. lie did not
solicit the position , but on the contrary
was very reluctant to accept It after it
had bcon tendered. I did not solicit or
oven recommend his appointment , hut
Mayor Bomls made it at thcfurgont request -
quest of some of the largest property
owners of Omaha who desired to have
the cltv engineer's otllco reorganized
and certain costly blunders In our pub
lic works system rectified by a-nmn who
enjoys a uitloual reputation as an en
gineer , and had never boon oven accused
or suspected of corrupt practices. But
ho Is my brother nnd therefore you feel
at liberty to cast imputations upo.i his
integrity. .
I have never soon the proposed ordi
nance that provides for a change in the
appointment of inspectors , and Andrew
Roaowator did not see a copy of it until
yesterday , anil I learn that it does not
fully meet his approval. The only purtol
the ordinance I luivo rend was the portion
quoted in your own paper with Major
Furay's protest against "making bricks
without straw.1'
. It is well known that I opposed the
creation of the Board of Public Works
as now constituted while my brother
favored it. My opinion as regards its
utility and olllcionoy has undergone no
change. I have not spoken to a single
councilman about the ordinance and I
have not seen Mayor Bemis since the
reception to President McCall of the ,
Now York Life nearly a week ago. I
*
have never intimated to Bemis , Connell -
nell or anybody else that such an ordin
ance should , bo Introduced although its
main features have my approval , be
cause I believe the change will Increase
the olllcicncy of inspection of public
worics.
All the conspiracy charges you make
are baseless calumnies and you fabri
cated them with malice aforethought.
Thoroare natural born villainsdovold
of every instinct of integrity and
voracity , just as there are born drunk
ards , thieves und murderers. This is
the only palliation possible for your vllo
and malignant slanders. Your dastardly
accusations of venality are the emana
tion of a scared soul and a rollox of the
base impulses that wore part of your
being from tno moment you were con
ceived in the womb. You accuse me
with organizing a Tammany ring of
contractors and boodlors when you
know , as everybody knows , that the
only Tammany that has over raided the
taxpayers of Omaha has had you and
your paper for Its mainstay , while all
the inlluenco I could exert was directed
toward ridding the city of boodlcrism
and jobbery.
You charge Andrew Rosewater with
conspiring for political and mercenary
ends when you know that lie has no part
with politics and cares nothing about
politics. But Andrew Rosewater is my
brother and ho is city engineer. That
fact alone feota you almost cra/.y. I con
fess I am partly to blame that ho is an
engineer. Had I been financially
able and willing to meet the
demands of your father Andrew
Rosewater would have had the
appointment of a West Point cadet
which WIIH sold to a non-rosidont of Ne
braska. But for that circumstance An
drew Rosewater would have gone Into
the regular army instead of starting out
aa a rod man In the preliminary survey
of the Union Pacitlc railroad across the
Rocky mountains.
I realize fully that the despicable and
dastardly course you are pursuing is In
part involuntary. It comes to you by
inheritance. Reared as a republican you
are willing to harlot with any party that
makes the highest bid for your support.
Devoid of all moral stamina nnd princi
ple you are a weather cook that tries to
catch every political breeze. Born an
aristocrat that prides himself as being
the son of a senator , even though that
senators ! ) ip was secured by downright
bribery , you constantly seek to cater
to laboring men whom at heart you de
spise and whoso society you scornfully
avoid im If they wore lepers. By sym
pathy and association , a worshipper of
wealth , you are masquerading as the too
of monopoly nnd friend of the down
trodden. What despicable hypocrisy !
You are thu inheritor of a fortune und
what dooa it represent ? Forced con
tributions from federal olllco-holdors and
contractors on public works ; money
fllchou from the national treasury for
fraudulent surveys ; money paid by
swindlers nnd public thieves as the price
for the privilege of pillaging and plun
dering the people ; money gotten from
the Union Pacific monopoly for the h.tso
betrayal of the people of Nebraska and
the wanton sacrifice of the Interests of
Omaha ; money extorted from want nnd
distress by the cnlousod heart und grasp
ing hand of usury. By the laws of dl-
viiin retribution this accursed pelf is
being poured jnto a rnt-holo and will
soon nave pn\cd out of your hands.
And when you nro obliged lo quit play
ing hypoorlf4ra impostor nnd have to
work for an | > < Klo3t living you will have
some rcspecffor mon who have tolled a
lifetime to bliltfl up what you are trying
' '
to tear down'lfi'u , few months.
U E.
.i.v r.tK.for cimnvi'Ttoff.
Chicago Isjtijtho midst of an inquisi
tion , on the paM of her grand jury , into
the methods tifSystematic bribery of city
olllcials. Already seven aldermen have
ben Indicted. The olllcials have boon
high priced , but the corporations anx
ious for valuable franchises and privil
eges appear to have buon willing lo
piiy well for their votes.
The grand jury , aldod by the Investi
gations of the Chicago newspapers and
the able cffo.ts of the state's attor
ney , has brought to light a great deal
of Information which foteshadows term *
in the pcnltontlnry for several of Iho
accused boodlers.
The New York Jlcmlil charges that
the legislature of Now Jersey is bolnir
controlled by a syndicate of interested
parties who have raised a corruption
fund of $ . ' ( ,000,000. The llcmld cites
the fact that one senator refused
over S23.000 for hla vote upon
the bill legalizing the Reading coal
combine. ,
Denver has boon wrestling with a
gang of alleged boodlors within a few
months. The grand jury in San Fran
cisco started a hoglra ot corruptionists
at Us last session by prosecuting inves
tigations into the conduct of certain
municipal and otherodiclals. Philadel
phia's costly experiences are still fresh
In mind. Now York , always corrupt , is
again being exposed by the inquiries
nmdo by a prominent clergyman , and so
reports come from other sections of cor
ruption. Omaha baa recently been dis
graced by the conduct of her olllcials
and her citizens will continue to believe
that several of her public officers deserve
the penitentiary. There is rottenness
everywhere from Now York to San Fran
cisco.
The hopeful feature of the situation is
the fact of exposure. The Philadelphia
frauds which so startled the nation
about a year ago wore discovered and
some of the guilty wore punished. Chicago
cage is in earnest in pushing the present
prosecutions. The penitentiaries yawn
for official boodlprs and the prbspcct is
encouraging fontho early punishment of
a sufficient nifrn/ber / hero and there to
afford a warning to others. The people
arodotcrmindduthat this era of corrup
tion shall endj'jird | they are glvincr moro
attention to 'municipal elections than
heretofore wlt1i"5v view to purifying the
city govcrnmoafs. American cities as
now covornedi are for the most part so
many hotbeds ; of1.1 corruption.
KXCOUKAUBD.
The voidict'bfHho'jury ' in thoMoroar-
ty case is a bljijjv nt reform. It is a pro
clamation to boodlors to solicit and ac
cept bribes as'-lohcr as only ono person is
. r1 * ' ' * '
prosonjt i , It.isu formal announcement
to every booJlcr tluvt < whatever may bo
the circumstances , ifls testimony in his
own defense shall have as much weight
as that of the prosecuting witness. The
jury has said in so many words that they
believe Moroarty told the truth and Air.
C. E. Squires Is a par juror. They have
taken Moroarty's denial as a complete
vindication.
Judge Lake , who was a trial judge in
hundreds of criminal cases , says during
his experience of twenty years ho hardly
over know an instance whore a man ac
cused of a grave crime would not deny
his guilt on the witness stand. A mur
derer was recently convicted in this
county on circumstantial evidence. No
body saw Neal commit the atrocious
murder and ho positively denied it under
oath as a witness in his own defense but
he was adjudged , guilty and sent to the
gallows.
How are wo over going to convict
boodlors if wo take their denials as
against the oaths of credible witnesses
who testify to their .soliciting or accept
ing bribes ? There are seldom if evermore
moro than two parties to such a crime.
should - bo attached to
Why anweight
the testimony of mon indicted for hood-
ling ? In Morearty'a t'ase , two different
witnesses went before tno grand jury
accusing him of soliciting bribes on two
different occasions and all the circum
stances and his conduct as councilman
have forcibly impressed the people of
Omaha with his lack of integrity. Yet
UIQ jury said .ho was not guilty just because -
cause ha denied his guilt.
This is us much oLa farce as was the
finding of the police court that
Moroarty's effort to break into the
county jail nt the time of the lynching
of the negro Smith was with a view lo
saving the negro from the mob. This
was what Morcarty aworo to before the
police court. What weight would any
rational juror attach to the denials of a
person capable of such things ?
If this is to I bo the outcome of the
boodle trials Hid time may not bo dis
tant when podp'ltir will take the law Into
their own htui'itai" '
Mu'rt'lj'will bo Senator Mills.
The Texas legislature yesterday elected
Hon. Roger jP Mllls to thu United
States senate , totUl out the unaxplrod
term of ox-Sorftitor Reagan. Mr. Mills
will go into thtypntito fully equipped so
far as legislative ox peri once la con
cerned , and utftlftubtodly ho will noon
become a pronjl otit- figure in the upper
branch of confftnss. Ho is undeniably
a man of abllit nd no democrat In thu
country has ehjj n greater courage in
defense of hlo convictions. The senate
arena perhaps does not afford so good
an opportunity for attracting the ptiblio
attention aa does that of the house , but
something bettor la expected of mon In
the former than in the latter , and there
is probably moro honor to bo won by
success In thu senate. The election of
Mr. Mills compensates him for his de
feat in the spoakorship race , and is a
merited reward for the hard work ho
has done for his party.
G'ONTKMI'T of court ia sometimes very
coatly , For Instance five county judges
in a Missouri county whore , the county
judges correspond to our county com-
mUeionord refused or neglected to levy
.i tax for the payment of certain rail
road bonds as directed by Judge
Phillips of the United States circuit
court. The United States circuit judge
holding thorn to bo in contempt ordered
them to pay a fine of $500 each and
sentenced them lo imprisonment until
they should make some arrangement for
the payment of the bonds. The judges
of another recalcitrant county Involved
In the same case are to bo sentenced
next Monday unless they wako up to the
danger lo which they nro exposed and
purge themselves of contempt. The
only absolute monarch In America is a
judge within his jurisdiction. Ho dolor-
mines what is contempt nnd ho imposes
the penalty from which , unless it bo ex
cessive and ao unconstitutional , there Is
ordinarily no appeal even where appeals
nro permitted and In such cases ap
pellate courts are very loath to Inter
fere.
MOHKAHTY'S oratory was never before
so completely shut-olf as when Judge
Davis prevented him from , making a
speech to the jury which acquitted him
of the charge of soliciting a bride of
$2,200 from Contractor Squires. It was
cruel for Morenrty has had no oppor
tunity of winging an oratorical Ilight
since January 7 , 1892.
OMAHA'S open Board of Trade will
resume business at the old stand within
a short time.
Punilyo < l Ono Thing.
Kew \ ' < k Advcitttcr *
The young and energetic emperor ofGor-
niany tins not yet paralyzed Russia ; but ho
has knocked his cabinet Into a cocked hat.
The KcHilillcin | : Slttmtlnn.
Clitr < m < i fttui ,
From the republican rolnt ot vlow the
political situation may bo summed upbriolly :
The Minneapolis convention promises now
to bo morol.v a ratification meeting.
Timlliico for Hill.
l'littnilfli > Jilti itecnnl.
Senator Hill's declaration that tbo demo
cratic party Is btroimor than any man has
again found corroboratlon In the refusal of
tbo uouso co nun lit co on elections to allow
ono man to null It away from its scnso of
duty.
A SfiiirullMK Competitor.
Detroit VitcT * .
Now York's funny papers must bo allow
ing tholr lilrod wits n vacation. They are
working oft scores of hcavy-whiskorod chestnuts -
nuts that were stale before thojo papers
started , nud have done years of hard sorvlco
with minstrel shows and circuses.
Itcfrrrpd to l > r. Sillier.
. JfnitcIN Journal (1(011. ( ( )
They can wiito column after column of
puffs concerning other candidates , out the
fact remains Just the same thai Grovcr
Cleveland is the most popular democrat hi
America today. His popularity In Nebraska
is hy no means on the wane.
The 3llUi : < lo Will -Now Itcslfii.
Kew'i 1 ; Sun.
Wo scud expressions of sympathy to our
bravo Japaucso contemporaries , the Jiyu , tlio
Toho and the Mitnpo , which have been suppressor
presser ! by order of his majesty the mikado
for criticising some of tbo recent measures cf
his Kovernrnent ; and \vo send words of cen
sure to the ml undo for his wrongful act In
suppressing thcso Independent papers.
Itcrmhllcans ( icttliif ; Together.
fi8lf lIfcbmdmn. .
The Hopub1icans"bf Hastiucs and Adams
county will po into thocoralnir state und na
tional campaign bettor organized than tUoy
have been for the past thrco years. The
party went into the county campaign last
falllu pretty bad shape , but it came out in
excellent condition and with the ranks much
fuller than when it wont in. Stnco then the
party has bcon gaining strength.
An IiivlnclliliCombination. .
TorTimes. / .
Oh , yes , General Alger was a bravo and
good soldier , and was honorably discharged
from tbo army. There is no doubt about
that. So was Beany Harrison , anil in Addi
tion to all that Bonny is a statesman , an orator
tor , a great big man. Ho Is fur biggar than
his urandfathor. end that is saying a hoap.
When wo are throuch with him there will bo
a chance for such good and great mon as
Alger.
I'roiniitiiro
Detroit Free PICKS.
Chicago is pluming Itself on the dotoctlon
of certain boodle aldermen. It doc : seem
from tbe reports that the detectives have
got the boodlors "dead to rights. " but the
experience of Detroit Is such as to suggest
that exultation bo reserved until the grand
and potlt juries have been hoard from. Wo
have heard of some very promising cases
that did not pan out at all , though there
wns no real doubt as to the guilt of the ac
cused. _ _
A Xotuhlti Ai'Iilitvomnnt ,
A'cw Yink Tiibiitic ,
Among tbo most notable achievements of
Emperor William slnro his accession to the
throne is his success in reconciling to Iho
existing order of things the rulers deprived
of their sovereignties nud of their dominions
by Prussia at the close of the war of 1SGO.
It was In vain that Prluco Bismarck ex
tended to thoin the olive branch * whllo ho
was at the head of utTalrs. They refused to
cuter Into ur.y friendly commuuicillon with
tbo court of Berlin. Since , however , the
young emperor took the negotiations ia hand
they have entirely modified tholr original
attitude and at length proclaimed their ad
hesion to the German empire ui uow consti
tuted ,
DowUni I > yliiK Out ,
I'htlinlcliililit Jtccniil.
The movement m Mainu In the direction
ota resuDinlssloi of tbo prohibitory law to
the popular voto' , on the ground that the
statute 19 detrimental to the business , social
and moral into reals of the state nnd an injury
to the causa of temperance , should not require -
quire a great deal ot agitation to accomplish
the desired end. The practical oxpciienco of
the people of Alulno ha * noon moro Instruct
ive than could have been any amount of
lycaumdiscusslon by the most gifted orators :
and as it tallies with the experience of other
commonwealths In which prohibition has
failed to prohibit , there should bo lltllo illlll-
cnlty in shaping the laws so that they will bo
in harmony with conditions and not the
ories.
_
An Axuo * inuiit Itcform.
( Inintl Ifliinit liukiHHilent ,
The next session of the legislature should
provide a now method of msoislng property
for purposoi of taxation , and a turin In the
peultentlary for anv assessor who wilfully
assesses property forloss than Jtstruo value ,
and a similar term for any man who inten
tionally glvoj lu his property at a loss llguro
than represents Its true valuo. This under
assessment business U petting to be u burn-
nip disgrace to the state , und It leads to tbo
grossest Kinds of inequality nnd fraud , and
does not dimmish to the extent of n dime the
amount of money necessary to ba raised oy
taxation. Property being assessed at from
one-sixth lo ono-tucntlotb of real value
maUea us appear to great disadvantage to
people ( u the cast who ECO ilguics showing
that wo pay taxes aggregating from 5 to 7 per
cent oa the value of the property taxed , a
llguro higher than the rate 01 interest ia
eastern states , and as high as eastern capi
receive for western loans. It U no
wonder that they hesitate to lend money hero
RtOpor cent when they observe from the
figures thai the tax on Investments amounts
lo at least that ilguro. Matters have gene
from bail to worse In that respect in this
state , until n point has boon ronchod whore
foroboaranco censes to bo n vlrtuo. Who
ever Invented that shrinking shirking vs-
tom , is entitled to n moutimcnt of mud as n
statesman without cither honor or sotiso.
I'OlXTNIt l'li.lSAXTHlKS.
Pomorvlllo Journal : A yontiK mini may ho
ticrfcctly oilnuit so fur ns qiiallllc'it'oni lo
lead the Rcrmnti nto conooriuH ) , nnd yet not
Un itblo toa'irii moru tluiti twelve uulUt-s and
11 half n wouk In a storo.
.IttclKot Kdltor Tlmt now reporter mini bean
an l.MRllshmnn.
A lstnnl Why ?
l > lltpr-llo spoils fourth of July with a
smnll f.
Truth : "Ik-re's n luilr-ralslng thine , "
bogiin the literary monitor.
" ( VirrhnrltyVinkoKlvnli to inc. " said Um
bald-licadod mcnibor. oxcltoillv. pavilng his
hiind.siidlyoror his shining doinoi "J nuoil It
badly. "
I'loaU Itovlow : " .Mr. Or p. " laid the hontl of
tno linn , "wo Imvo liocn loouln-j up your rec
ord for the pnsi year und \ro Und that you
Imvo scnrroly puld oxucnsos. This will never
do. "
"Von Room to forjrul , sir. " Hiild the oilier , as
ho Orow hlmxolf up to his full holKht , "that
during the past your I h.ivo mid moro orders
cancelled Hum any other traveling ii'uu you
have , "
TIIK I'llKSIDKNTIAti IIKE.
Ctihaua Tiilnine ,
How doth thu urosldcntlal hoe
linprovounolislilnliu day
lly KathcrliiR doloxatos guluro
In such
How skillfully ho lays his plans
How ull Improves ouch in I nil to !
And yet n hen the convention comes
Ufi'tlmos ho Isn't In it.
Washington Slur : They were talklni ? about
their husband' ; , und yoimic Mrs. I'limmlns
salil :
" 1 niu Kind to dlscoror tlmt Harry Is taking
an Intere-st In art , avail thmmhlio trios to con-
co.il It from mo. "
"How did you Pud It out ? "
"I uvorhoard him tell my brother tlmt It Is a.
court tlilnx to study your hand before you
dr.iw. "
Now York Sun : Hilucs-ls Jacwny drlnk-
tnz just as hard us over ?
DriBss Worao. ho much so that his people
had to move Into HlcUssticot.
Ilrluss What was that fur ?
UrlBSS-Bo thai now , when ho comes homo
lute , ho can toll everybody whore ho lives.
I'lick : "Havo : i cljsnweUo , Cholly. ol' fol1 ? "
"Novah use them , ileiih buy : nnd I'm wonlly
surpwlscu that you havuthut wuaknuss. "
"WuitkncMi ? I'll have you to know , thun ,
ilint Ittukosapnolty stwong chap lo sttu-d
clgawottesl "
TIIR UAIII.V STit\wiir.iuir.
IMrotl Vitc I'm * .
Kattlolts bones
Ovur the atones ,
It's onlv a strawberry ,
Which nobody owns.
And why ?
Because the price is so hlutno hlghl
Harper's Ilnrar : Mrs. Wangle You must
have buon oulto ill to bo visited by your doc
tor twlco nday.
ill1 * t'olladol-Oh. no. Hut ho N 11 friend of
Jiirs just Martini ; out , and 1 wanted to on-
Ku him nil 1 could.
"Sir , " nxclntmed the orator , "has
tliu Indian any rluhtsV" "Ilu has. " nald the
chairman , "but ho gets loft when ho trios to
asset t them. "
lilichamton Loader : Tim small hey ac
quires an early lovson In political trlukory
hcn ho hcos hl'i mother gerrymander u ule.
Indianapolis .lonri.al : It U a dangerous
tlmo for u man's greatness when his wife's
Imagination begins to wear thin.
YOUTHFUL ritHtOXKHS AJIUSlll ) .
of Crunlty I'rofrrrnil Acalnst I'enn-
H.vlv.inla Reform School Olllclalf ) .
Piin.\iEi.i'iti\ . , March SJ'2. When the
State Board of Charities tnocts at Hunting-
Ion tomorrow a mass of startllntr Information
will be laid before it by State Senator Osborn
of this city bearing ucoa the cruelties nnd
barbarities inllictcd upon the inmates ot the
Pennsylvania industrial reform school. The
names of eighty-throe boys will bo presented
all of whom have bcon victims of lone con-
llncmcnt in solitary cells und in most In
stances have nlao been whipped with water1
soaked .leather straps , chained to iron bars
above their heads , or to tbo floors , nr.d ia
some cases compelled to carry a ball and
chain. Some of Iho victims , it is claimed ,
w ro driven into Insanity uhd attempted sui
cide.
Two Ki-L'ouvU'ts Iluturnoil to Italy.
NEW YOIIK , Murch 23. Among Iho twonty-
ono "ox-convicts" who , it was reported ,
reached America on the steamship Chandor-
nagor on Sunday morning , were a murderer
and a man who had attempted murder. Tno
other nineteen were guilty of muro misde
meanors , such as righting ( without knlvos ) ,
stealing wood from public land and being
out after 11 o'clock nt night. The nlnotcen
were permitted to leave Kills Island yester
day and nud their way to Mulberry Bond.
Tno two will bo sent back to Italy. They
nro Francesco Maurlllo , who Killed his
father-in-law and served nine years In prison
for it , uua Klcolo Esnoslto , who attacked his
rival and served o year for it.
Now .T TM-y I.oKNIatni-a Co mo High.
THKXTO.V , N. .f. , March 22. The scandal
connecting the names of state senators and
assemblymen with alleged bribery In passing
the bill loeallimt ; the Hooding deal hw
grown to such nn extent that the toxooutlva
rnny bo forced to action , ( josslp thfil tins
been unconAradlctoJ says it cost iho corablna
$00.000 to pass the bill through the house ,
nnd { 200,000 through the senate. Immedi
ately after the pis.saao of the bill a well
known lobbyist remarked ! "If that bill hail
boon killed some of these fellows could have
bought a farm ; but as It is passed they can
buy two. "
r/M > .V K ( > r.VI > .IHHVT VS.
Mlntlon republicans have formed nn oa *
thtislasttu olub with 110 members.
Ouster county ranubtlcans will hold tuolr
convention at Uroxon How April 10.
It is said that York Is to have anothoi
dally caper , Issued by Cooper & Hawnlt , ol
Iho Press.
It will take 2,500 acras of nwcot corn and
500 acres of peas to supply the Grand Islam ]
cunning factory.
Two mastodon tcoth have bcon unoarthoi.1
near Sartorln , Huffalo county. They onch
weighed thirty-two pounds.
Mrs. O. E. Merrlflohl , tor many years i
resident ot ' . [ 'able Rock , died hist week nt the
homo of her daughter In HutnboUlt ,
Ulxou county , with 10,000 population , four
railroads and seven market towns , docs not
ewe a dollar nnd has money In the treasury.
Considerably Union Pacific properly was
found on the prcmlsns of certain Valparaiso
citizens , who were forced to settle with the
compiny or tauo the consoiiuoncos.
Robert Wtrz ot York has In his possossloa
the llrst number of iho llrst newspaper
printed hi Switzerland. It Is about four
inches wide , seven Inches long ana Is a groav
curiosity. Ilu tins boon ottered quito a sum
of money for the paper.
There Is silver In paying quantities in titan-
ton county , according to the Stanton Resis
tor , which says : "A shorl tinio ago , on the
farm of Otis Machmuollcr , about llvo miles
this sldo of Norfolk , Iho hogs hnil rooted out
something on tbo side of the hill tlmt much
rusomblcit precious metal. After some de
liberation It was iont to an export for anal
ysis , and It was found to contain a high pnr
cenl of iniro silver. It was silver ere itio
swine bad rooted out and Investigation has
shown thai itio motnl is there In abundance.
Several exports have carried oa investiga
tions and tholr efforts have bcon most suc
cessful. Several syndicates anp negotiating
for tno purchase with a vlow of mining for
the precious metal. Indications are , the
bluffs lhal were thought to bo of llttlo value ,
will provo the most valuable part of Hi
stato.
irrr.i , SAWS Tire
Now Yolk's Contribution to the lliualnn Sill" .
furor * llnlnir l > Utrllinti > il.
KEW YOIIK , March ' _ ' 3.-Private dispatches
from St. Petersburg bring word that tuo pro
ceeds of the Now York concert for the bone-
lit of the Russian fnmlno sufferers have boon
received and uro boin used for the relief of
distress In such manner as Unltod Statai
Minister Smith directs. This fund amounted
to KI.OOO rublos. The original calculation
was that n llttto less thun S rubles would
bo sufllcicnl to save ono llfo and provide food
until a now crop. Owing to the lapsaoftimo
since this estimate was made , the amount
necessary could now Do reduced to ( ! roubles
or loss. The proceeds of the Now York con
cert would thus sufllca for the saving of soaio
2,000 lives.
ltc\olt In Kustni-n Sloerlu.
VIENNA , March 22. A morning pauor re
ports serious uprisings In Eastern Siberia
rcsiltlng from forced conversions of Bud
dhists by Russian orthodox missionaries.
Many Mongols have migrated to Cblitn.
Others have armoj tuomsoUos and routed j\
the missionaries and compelled the Russian <
authorities to take ratugcintbo fortress nt
Tiumon. The revolt Is spreading over to
Tobolsk and Tomsk. The great trade route
from Lake Baikal to Urual Is Im passable ,
which fact necessitates the transportation of
tQ9 tea by sea by Vlodivostock to Odessa.
Snnkn Churincrs Kcfoi-m Into Itublior * .
NEW YOUK , March 22. S. E. 'Bower ' nnd
Patrick Uurtcll , nurses at th'o"lirq3bytorian
hospital , the former rccotnmonU&d * by the
Young Men's Christian Association , and both
formerly "snake charmer * , " liaolsoafossod
to robbing dead und living pation.ts tnt the
hospital. Patients dia not. dia fnslricnoUgU
for them so they rifled the clothing of the
sleeping patients. Occasionally they broko"
into trunks. In this way they hail managed
lo divide several hundred dollars worth of
booty.
KlIliMl by u XVonuill.
CKVEI.ANI > , O. , March 22. At 10iO : ;
o'clock last night William Murray aud Peter
Gorman , young mon , wonl lo the saloon of
Joseph. Singleton in Woit Cleveland and ,
being refused admittance , crowded the door
ouon , striking the saloonkeeper , -.vhon Single
ton's wife appeared and put a bullet through
Murray's heart. Mrs. Sinnloton was ar
rested ,
y
Democratic Struggle.
Nr.w OIIMUNS , La. , March 22. The demo
cratic white primaries , to determine whether
the democratic state ticket beaded by Mc-
Enery or that Headed by Foster shall be con
sidered the regular domocratio tloltot at the
election April 19 , are being bold. Tbo voting
ing is progressing qulotly throughout the
stato.
Discovered an Art Treasure.
BAI.TIMOHB , Md. , March 23. Mrs. Andrew
Reid , ] r.discovcda Joan BaptistoCirouzo in a
second uand dealer's pluco horJ and secured
ltforf0. ! Mr. WilUum T. Walters , the nrt
connoisseur and collector , pronounces the
painting to bo descnbed aud to bo worth
thousands of dollars.
& CO.
S.V. . Corner 15tli an.l Djiijlu .Stj.
,
r
The man
Up a Tree
Has evidently made himself heard as is cv-
dcncecl by the following
ode from Mr. R. Brit-
ton , of Underwood , Iowa.
I'rom vniir purrh yon see extraordinary . vlceiti
Iliit toll inn liiroiilldiinci1. you know . ,
If you uun si-u niuithor cut In price * ,
Like tlmt of JlrnunliiK. King & Co
But then you don't
have to climb a tree to
convince yourself that our
spring novelties in suits
and overcoats are just
what you want. Nobby , neat and nice ;
the styles are new , all the leading col
ors , equal to tailor made , and the prices
within the reach of all. All sixes.
owning , King & Co
W. Corner isth and Douglas St
