TJIK OMAHA DAILY IfcHE : MONDAY , Al'lttL 18 , 1892 ,
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AiprnRO Clrruliitlim lor March , 'JI.H'Jl ) .
LINCOLN is boiti } , ' patrolled by rival
pollco forces , and Iho pnop'o ' are prayIng -
Ing to bo dollvcrod from llioir protoct-
ora. It till come ? of uloutint ? nu itido-
jionilojit mayor.
HAIJP.AS corjuis proceedings Imvo boon
Jnatitutod in behalf of several of the
imprisoned Wyoming ciiUlotnon , and
under this process they are oacapinj ;
from durance vilo.
TIIK citl'/oiis of Omaha expect tlio
county commissioners and council to
luke dofmito notion on the Nebraska
Central proposition without further
needless circumlocution.
TIIK Real Estate Owners' association
is moving upon an important question
in discussing the present system of tax-
ntton and assessment with u view to for-
rnulatinjj legislation to correct admitted
evils.
JACQCKS ST. Cr.iiB , the New York
Jfcrald correspondent , at Paris , utters n
etnrttitiR opigrum wlion ho Bays
"politics in Europe are not run by
eontimont , but lu the interest of
financier.- ! who create crises. "
A HAND of Georgia convicts at work
under the penitentiary contractor at
Clitciinvmsja hnvo been driven to
mutiny by bad food and ill treatment ,
nfford'ng striking proof that the con
vict labor system of the south is
mercilessly cruel.
SUSAN B. ANTHONY la well along in
years and that explains partly why she
is so nntliusiustio ever Iho prospects for
woman's suffrage in D.ivo Hill's legis
lature in Now York. Were she a
younger woman she would not bo child
ish enough to build hopes upon such
treacherous foundations.
THK proposed railroad line from
Yankton to Norfolk will , if constructed
during tlio present year , become a very
hdvuntngoous feeder for the South
Omaha packing houses and stock yards.
It will moreover compel the Northwest
ern managers to close tlio gap between
Ilnrtlngton and Yankton and thus give
Omaha a diruci line into South Dakota ,
of which this city has been in great
need for many years.
ToMOnuow the grand rush for the
Cheyenne and Aran.ihoo lands will take
place. Thousands of adventurers ,
homoscokors and restless spirits are
already camped on the border. When
the hour strikes tlio pollmoll of original
Oklahoma on a smaller scale will ho
roall/.cd. The picnic up in Minnesota
wns u Sunday school excursion by the
side of what will occur tomorrow down
on the Canadian river. Only In Okla
homa can a genuine Oklahoma boom bo
realized.
TIIK state olllcors who are now in
Washington nro in perfect accord that
huruior.y is essential to party success in
the coming compuign. There is some
thing , however , that is equally essential ,
and that is , compliance with the pledges
made by the party in the platform of
J890. It Is within the power of the re
publican atata olllcors to redeem these
pledges and upon them tlio responsibil
ity will rest if they allow tholr friend-
3hip for the railroads to overbalance
tholr obligations to the party.
PmcsiDKNT IlAititisoN bus had a
remarkably largo number of go d
niliccs to fill during hia incumbency ol
the presidential ofllco , and now comua
another in the resignation of Hugh S.
Thompson , the democratic memborol
the civil service commission. In mak
ing nn appointment of a successor in
this instance , the president will escape
the criticism which would bo indulged
in were the viumnoy to bo flllod by n
republican. There can bo no politics in
Boloqting u democrat for this nonpartisan -
partisan board , whoso duty it is tc
ubolleh politics from the public service ,
Tin ; retail tradoof Omnhn needs noth <
ing so much as it does the promotion ol
horticulture and agriculture In the inv
mediate vicinity of Omaha. Douglas
nnd Snrpy counties nlono are capable ol
supporting 20,000 market gurdonors ,
fruit raisers and" farmers , with n vorj
liberal allowance for oattlo raising und
Bttgar beet culture. At the present timi
there is scarcely one-fifth that nuuilmi
engaged In those prolitubUt occupations.
No class of buyers are moro desirable
/or the doalprs in morchandUo , and nc
cluss ot tollora are surer of steady em
ployment your iu and year out.
//oir TIIK J IH * w rtoi.iTKi > .
A short tlmo ngo the Chicago Tribune
irosontod the views of n largo number
if business men in several states regard-
ng the operation of the intor.stato com-
norcolaw. Thogonornl expression was
hat the act was being commonly vio-
ated. These whoso duty It Is to enforce
, ho law , while not denying Its violation ,
took reftigo in thu statement that It
could not bo enforced because of the im-
louslblllty of getting together adoqu.ito
ovldonco. Not sntisllod with this the
Tfibtint sot about obtaining ovldcnco
which would bo cotnpatont In a court of
aw , and the published resu'.ta of Its of-
orts show It to have b < ! on very success
ful.
ful.That
That journal was able to Bacure doctt-
nonts or copies of documents which
> rove thatflomo of the largest shippars
11 Chicago are doing business under ex
ceptionally favorable arrangements
with the railway companies , In tlngrant
violation of the interstate comtncrco
itiw. The facts in possession of the
Tribune show that ono Chicago linn re
ceived fr m the Delaware , L-ickawnnna
& Western Hiulrond company a rebate
of $0,018 ; that another firm received ro-
jates from the same company through a
confidential clerk tinder the prutonso
.hat they were commissions ; that the
West Shore rend agreed to pay a rebate
on large shipments of mnrblo from lltit-
iiml to Philadelphia ; that the largo
meal shippers are obtaining advantages
In the shipment of tholr products not
accorded other shippers , and much
moro evidence of a mojt conclusive char
acter showing that the law is being generally -
orally violated. The Tribune produces
fac similes of the documents which give
authority to its stitetnenls.
Very likely few business men will bo
surprised at these disclosures , but the
general public will not have its conll-
donco In the law strengthened by them ,
and will naturally ask whether this sort
of thing is to bo permitted to go on.
Ono member of the Interstate Com
merce Commission , Mr. Knnpp , has ex
pressed the opinion that there will now
be moro vigorous prosecution for infrac
tions of the law than there have been
heretofore , but promises of this kind
have been so frequently made that , they
have ceased to bo reassuring. "In my
opinion"saidMr. Knapp , ' 'itisnow time
to adopt a vigorous policy looking
toward the punishment of offenders.
When railroad men rocognixo the full
seriousness of the punishment that maybe
bo inllictod upon them by disobeying
the law they will certainly bo much less
careless. " A vigorous policy has been
demanded for a long while , and It is be
cause it has not boon adopted that rail
road mon have grown moro careless , not
for the reason that they failed to recog-
nixo the seriousness of the possible pun
ishment , continued immunity , aided by
the decision of the supreme court , has
made them indifferent and daring. The
suggestion of Mr. Knapp that the people
ple must bo taught to have respect for
the law may bo nil very well , hut the
education that is required must come
from the commission charged with the
duty of enforcing the law. So long us
that authority fuilb to properly or ade
quately perform its functions the people
will not tike : that interest in securing
an enforcement of the law which they
otherwise would.
The Chicago Tribune has shown the
Interstate Commerce Commission what
can bo accomplished by an enterprising
ncwsptipor in obtaining evidence which
it is the duty of tlio commission to seek
out. That journal has performed a
useful service to the public , and ono
that it is to bo hoped will arouse the
commission to greater activity than it
has recently shown. It .should also
induce congress 10 take early action for
strengthening the law and the powers
of the commission.
TO IMI'AIII TIIK SKltVICK.
A Washington dispatch states that
cabinet ollicors and government clerks
nro alike annoyed at the prospect of a
largo reduction in the clerical force of
the various departments in the near
future. The treasury will bo hit the
hardest , and it is said is already begin
ning to prepare for the condition which
will confront it at the beginning of the
fiscal year In July , to bo occasioned by
the sweeping reductions which will bo
mndo in the appropriations for clerk
hire for the ensuing year. It is under
stood that Mr. Holman's committee is
cutting the appropriations for salaries
to the bone , and the changes to bo made
are not confined to tlio clerks employed
in Washington , but extend to these in
various branches of the public service
throughout the country.
Next to the Treasury department the
Postolllco department will suffer most
from the cutting of appropriations for
clerk hire. For this branch of tlio pub
lic service an enormous reduction from
the general estimates has baou made ,
scaruoly an item on the list having es
caped. The committee doas not fix the
amount of the reduction of tlio compen
sation to clerks in postolllcos , but the
usliinato will bo ni'iturir.lly cut down.
The compensation to postmasters is also
reduced. In short , the committee has
agreed on u swooping reduction , and il
is qulto probable that the house will in-
orouso it.
In doing this the economizers of Mr.
Holmati'B committee tire looking for
political unpltal , with utter indilToronco
as to the elToct which thu wholesale reductions -
ductions contemplated will have upon
the olllcicncy of the public service. The
reduced appropriations will necessitate
a largo reduction in the clerical force of
the several dupirimunts , and as this is
not now larger than is necessary to the
prompt dispatch of business the result
must bo to impair the olllcloncy of the
sorvlco. This would bo especially unfortunate -
fortunate in the cuso of the Post-
olllco department , the close relations of
which to tlio business and social inter-
oats of the whole people render doslr-
able the maintenance of the highest
sliiiuliird of cllldoncy. The work of that
department has boon brought to a strict
business basis and is being batter done
than ever before. To impair It in order
to snvo n few hundred thousand dollars
would bo an unpardonable wrong to thu
people wnlch they would not fall to ro-
sent.
It U Interesting to note that wbilo the
democrats in the house uro thus striking
t the utllcioucy of the public service ,
, hey have not hesitated to authorize an
expenditure of about $ , V,000 for unneces
sary clerks to committees which never
neot and never have any work to per-
'orm. They found a , way to economize
jy cutting olT tno allowance for books
'or ' poor children In the District of
Columbia , but they could make an nddl-
ilon to tlio force of employes ot tliohotiao
tor tlio purpoio of providing moro
patronage. In every way the demo
cratic majority in the homo of repre
sentatives Udoinonslr.Vinsr lo the coun
try that it is composed of the worst lot
of political shysters ever sent lo con
gress. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
JYJus71//-/.i / / , / ; HASTK.
A majority of the park commission
lias declared acainsl proceeding under
the law to condemn lands for parks.
They have decided that Judge Lake , a
member of the board , and City Attorney
Council do not understand the law. In
other words , these members of the park
commission who have no professional
knowledge of the law sot up their judg
ment of the interpretation of a stituto
against the positive opinion ol an ox-
chief justice of the supreme court of
Nebraska and ono of the best lawyers of
tliis city , who is tholr legal advisor.
Tlio attitude taken by these gentlemen
will not moot popular approval. It is
nn attempt to force the tnxpiyors of
Omaha to pay higher than market prices
for park lands. Tlio board can but ad
mit that if condemnation proceedings
are had prices for this acreage will bo
materially reduced. They know , too ,
that they are not securing exactly , the
tracts most desirable and are forced to
take moro land in ono place and lo s in
another than they need for an ideal park
system. But worse than till , they know
that If tholr plan is concurred in by the
mayor and council ir.oro bonds will have
to bo voted for the purch.iss ot park
ways , boulevards and inlet lor small
parks which c m bo secured only by ex
orcising the right of uminont domain.
For this if for no other reason the pur
chase of park lauds should bo deferred.
The park bonds do not boar interest so
long as thov are not issued. The city
has nothing whatever to lose by tlio delay -
lay which legal proceedings will involve.
Tholands can b3 bought just as cheap
in u year as now. At any rate they uro
liable to udvnnca in price m-vlorially
within that period. The city stinds the
best possible chance of winning in case
condemnation p-oceoding.s are resisted
and therefore has everything1 to cruin by
testing the charter rights which City
Attorney Council and cx-Chiof Justice
Lake allirtn are pcwsossod by the muni
cipality.
IN his liibt annual message to congress
the president directed attention to the
fact that there is no law under which
violations of the trout ) rights of aliens
can bo tried and punished. This omis
sion in the statutes was given promi
nence and emphasis by the action of the
mob at Now Orleans in shooting Italian
subjects , for which this government has
just agreed lo pay an indemnity. To
remedy this deficiency in tlio statutes
the senate committee on'foreign rela
tions has reported a bill providing that
any act committed in any stutu or terri
tory in violation of the rights of a citi
zen or subject of a foreign country t > o-
cured to bucli persons by t only , which
constitutes a erirno under Iho laws of
Iho slate or territory , shall constitute' a
like crime against the dignity and peace
of the United States , putiishublo in like
manner as In the state courts , and maybe
bo prosecuted in the United States
courts. Upon conviction the offenders
are to bo punished in lilco manner as
upon conviction for criinos under the
laws of the United States. There can
bo no question that justice and good
policv demand the enactment of such a
law and it is presumed that it will meet
with no serious opposition in either
branch of congress.
is evidently a misundprstand-
ing as regards the business that will
como before the congressional conven
tion of this district which is hold in
Omaha April 2J ! . The general iuiprus-
H'IOM is that this convention is lo nomin
ate a candidate for congress. The fact
is that the only business winch this con
vention will transact is the selection of
two delegates and two alternates to iho
national republican convention nt Min
neapolis and il may if it is deemed bowl ,
orguni/.o a district congressional com-
mliteo that will take the preliminary
stops for the congressional campaign in
this district. It is not likely however
that the convention to nominate u can
didate for congress from this district
will bo held before September.
BOSTON Is all torn up over the intr"
duction of the deadly and unsightly
trolley wire motor in her crowded and
crooked public thoroughfares , und
there is almost u riot impending over
the bold defiance of public opinion on
the part of Boston aldermen and their
subserviency to tlio corporation that
owns the Boston strcnt car lines.
GALL , the Sioux , is not yet a
oitl/.on of thu United Stato.s , but if he
should acquire that dignity and move
into Nebraska , in about two years ho
would bo a candidate for congress. At
least judging from observation und the
chief's unino this would happen.
A ( irlp im U a drip ,
J\di > I'lir. ' * Aitvcrtlatr.
'Watchdog Holinan has been roaomlnated
for congress opnm byhU loving constituents.
This makes Ins eighteenth cousouutlvo nom
ination. Mr. Holinan may bo said to bo a
professional couiirogsman.
A I'reildvnttul 1'ljr Siuek.
C/ncii/a / Tribune.
Gonor.il Alger U a good man. There is
nothing ihe mailer wilh him. But wlieu iho
Minneapolis convention moots it will bo
found thai thorenoral' ( nllrl htness awuUens
no loud outhublasm uuuido of Michigan.
TKXII * May ( lu To.
CVifcuyt Inter ( Vain.
'Ihe whlto republicans of Texas think that
If they could drive the nogrous into the dem
ocratic party they could carry Texas for the
republican lionet. AH Ton as politics foes
the republican party can get along very null
without the support of the atalo which
Suorlduu compsrod lo hades ,
A DiTllnlni ; Cruzu ,
Kvldenccs multiply on every hand to provo
thut the free and unlimited silver coinage
cnuo has had Its day of greatest popularity ,
nnd that nubile fu tynent U selling slronRly
ngninst It , It is n parl with the greenback
and prnntfor craJIfcfe.1 which , fern while , dis
turbed the wlsor8ber Judgment of ft largo
put of the pcoplil of the south nnd west. If
these inemoors of'tSiRrosi who would still
pass a free silver 8lfl were to show tholr con
stituents the folfV'lnnd ! danger of such n
measure. Instead tif'nccoptlnp M absolutely
true their belief it j1 that Is what they want ,
they would bo serving both the country nnd
'
tholr own pollllcnl 'fortunes bolter than they
nro now serving dither.
An Im'pnHnl IVrlunirr.
Sin IVAiirfxco I'tironMe ,
The Imported Kngflsh rector of the Church
of Iho Holy Trinity , Now York , has written
himself down an a'js by his declaration that
ho preferred lo remain nn alien unlll iho
Now YorU clly government becnmo loss cor
rupt , Tbe.ro U no question of the rottenness
of Tammany's rule of Now York , but if this
sclf-rlphlojus Urlion had made n. study of
London municipal rule ha would probably
Imvo gained some idea of the corruption that
big clllos breed. The chief difference be-
Iwcon American nnd Kuropcan elites Is lhat
hero wo oxpo. < o all iho fraud In high places ,
while over iho ocean It is carefully sup
pressed.
THEV1WKI , II'.IK IS omit.
Chicago News : If the rustlers out In Wyo
ming will now refrain from travelling east
ward in the gulso ot n wild west shew nil
will bo lorglvon.
Dotiolt Free Press : The rustlers nnd the
en ttlo men of north Wyoming have no use
for the pacific methods of modern diplomacy.
They simply mount , unllmccr tholr Winches
ters nnd shoot to Itlll ,
Cheyenne Leader : With the close of hos
tilities nnd iho surrender of iho Invaders
into ttio hands of tlio civil authorities arises
the serious question of counting the cost.
What steus may bo taken to punish the open
violation of the law is yet a matter of con
jecture , but It U certain that the people of
the stale will demand n full Investigation of
the cvonls of the past two woolts.
rjboyonno Tribune : The llrst act ot the
tragic performance In Johnson counly has
closed with the stockmen rescued from nn
infuriated mob of rustlers by United Slalos
Iroops und being kept in custody at Fort ,
MeKlnnoy. It is moro than prob.iblo thut if
Iho United States government had net uctod
with tlio promptness thai it did , all of the
stockmen would have been deliberately mur
dered.
CheyonnoSun : The Sun has nlwavs en
deavored to discuss this subject broadly nnd
toinporalely , believing thai it wan only u
Question ot tlmo when the range c.itllo in
dustry would ijivo way lo small herds nnd
the feeding of live stock during the winter
months. In the interval , however , iho state
would bo benulltod by iho use ot ils rrtuices.
As lo calllo nnd horse Iblovos there can bo
only ono opinion Held by all right-tliinKin ?
neoplo. They should receive neither the
sympathy or support of any honest map.
They suould bo driven out. ot'tho slalo.
( Jbicnco Herald ; The present Iroublo marks
the speedy nnd llnal uisappoaranco of Iho
range us n faclor in breeding and feeding
calllo. The rapid settlement of the country
and the use of ihp land for farming purposes
will soon compel iho owners of immense
herds to foneo the boundaries reserved for
grazing their stoak. ? This will operate also
to reduce the slzoofilho herds. With a re
duction in the number of cattle belonging to
one individual or company aud with inclosed
pas * uro lands iho ru4ller will disappear us a
dlslurbor. Ills occupation will bo gone , nnd
ho , too , will go. Thus that which U now a
serious problem to Abe friends of law nnd
order will in thui end solve itself. Mean
while , however , lhqlaws must bo enforced
us strictly as possible nnd a republican form
of government in Wyoming must bo pre
served , If It can bu jloiio.
A Philadelphia elz.-ir dualor sports the sug-
Bosllvo nanio of Adi-m Tnefer.
1'hlladelnhla Itebonli I.aior beer in HIS In
Ihn bliapu of pus ( lo s Hitting on thulr hind
less anil cohucd to ilfo ,110 now shown In thu
c-iouKory stores labeled i'iiulnu tii-owlers. "
Washington Star : "I make money , " hald
thu successful puker ] ) l.iyer. uy way of di
version. '
"And I niiilio It. " rejoined the coal denier ,
"by diversion of woUh. "
Cloak Itovlow : Cobble -What luck did you
htvu ; In iiiiilehlni ; that ribbon for your wlfo'
Mono Klrit-r.ito : I dl.ln'tsueccod In match
ing Iho ribbon , but 11 lud to ; i divorce.
SOMi : DKCIN1TION3.
Ktitc l-\rl < r * n'aihtny' m.
Whoops 'em uu : the cooper.
An InKlliiKof It : .istr.ty bint.
1'rult of eluclric plant : currents.
A fip.uiklnluani ; : p.ip.t und iiiuiiiina.
Tliu boniti bt rctcli : lylir ; on Iho loun o.
Maklng-up-llmc : before Iho curtain ilsos.
The Turtlury l'erod ! : tno era. of i-hapotons.
Philadelphia Record : "The man who pleaded
for Meeds , not words. ' was un tts-i. " rein irKed
11 callow lawyer yesterday , "because you can't
have deeds without words , and Ihu moro
words you hnvo In 'em ilio moie you charxo
for the deeds. "
There was a fair maiden named Kit ;
Her ] ) ii and bur lover thov lit ,
The old man ho raised lilin ,
And itr.ilghtwny ainuzuJ him "
How warm wus the place whore he'd sit.
Philadelphia Ledger : The hilvor men , says
, i Washington corii'spondont , "are auoiit to
take a. new luclc. Tlioy s.it on Iho last onu.
Uoston Tranaeilpt : Hinllli Old your son
p.iss hU colics examination without cmi-
illllons ? Ilrowii Yes ; tliuy bind thoy'd take
him under no conditions
Columbus Post : II m.iy ho a ROO 1 ihnf to
bo " touch with . " but
"In people. It depends a
iioodduul on how the people take Hold of a
fellow.
lloston ( 'oiirlor : A o isu hall player may
cover a goodduul of ground and yet not bo " .n
It" with .1
"Is your clock on tlmo ) "
"It oiiRlu to.bo thut U the way my husband
bought it , " _
Washington gtar : It Is not altogether
logical to aeonsu it man of malcliu false it ops
mcioly booanuo ho bus a wooden Ic .
HAl'l'V IIAVS.
CltHlll ItCKtcW.
Her hiisb'ind wears n Joyful look
Now that the trees are out ,
I'nr now's Iho tli.iii Unit ho can put
llur sealbkln tip the bpout.
IlinKhamton Lender : The mercenary
maiden doesn't want the ourlh , but st.o wmilu
llko to gut the heir.
Detroit Kroo 1'rcss : lie had been tolling
her fortune In u last vain olfort to maku hlm-
self uiitcminlnK.iiniid ho Muttered himself
thut bo hiid Hiiom > J&il.
"I think , " bo safiV f I had lived In the old
Honinn dnys I should have boon ono of thulr
lUiguis. "
-Aiuurs ) " ho uunrlud ivmrlly , " , s that
what Ihuy bored pu.r/pu ! with ) "
Illidii'inton Itouujmuiin : "ICcop It before
thu ] > i'ono. ! " U uft.tlio ] ( ; dicesy woman thinks
of bur opera hut.J "
Cnmmrretnl
She can nxi-euto /Hnpsody by Liszt as fpw
can do II :
yiiu cun warblii eJinhort'a "Serenade" you'll
listen gladly UHh :
She run glvo iiswrni from "Inxomar , " from
"llumlut , " or OTjollo"
Her munmii'J vok-yTetvliIni : , und her voice la
Bwi'ut and moliUu'i
Shoe HI lull u story .jilooly , aud she's some-
Ihlngof a poef/
And llioro's not uXadHtuit comes to town , but
kliu's tlui tint w > Know It.
Sliu'aa duvotuu ot Kipling , and aha like * tlio
style of Ibsun ;
tilio'n "tip" in urr , and raves about Iu )
Miturlur and Ulbson.
She enjoys it colic u football tiamu would
walk Ihu miles to vlow If
Known thu laliMt rose or orchid and the
llorlet who llrst grow it ,
She diiucea llko the nunboaiii ; argues free
I ratio and proloollim.
And anxiously , Inu-n.ely waits the coming
full election.
She can loach H oiling In Sunday school ,
preside ut some hljli tot : :
htio rudti Diiiurson und bwutlcnhorg und
She attends u school of lan iiitsoi , und ulso
ona of couklni ; ,
And apes thu poses of DoUurlo to kcup lior-
holi lithe looking : ;
Aurt Jiorirt Bt grnndmothur'.s portrall , which
_ 1TUS dOMU 111 IbAI ,
Uucps wnlch ( although susscstivo quite of
doli-o furnlenltil
Keep * wutclt and uoiiden ( she who saw the
rrntury's hituluiiln. )
At tlio muny clmrmi It tiikus to malio u
modern maldvii wlnnlnsl
ASIIINlii
Visitors from Our State to the National
Capital Talk Politics Interestingly ,
WHY BRYAN DODGED THE INTERVIEWS
ti Knit Attempts tn Knrn 111 *
bitlnry HT Urportlnjr n Hill Omitting
Concession * to n Itnllronil ( losilp
Ircim tlio .Soimto Chamber.
x , I ) . C. , April -Special [ to
TUB Uin.1 Wohavoliad n largo section of
Nebraska with us bore during the past week ,
including most of the stale oflloors and those
two distinguished legal combatants from
Omaha , General John O. Cowin nnd Hon.
John L. Wubttor. Treasurer Hill , Tom
llentim and George II , Hastings were omni
present during tholr visit and if there was
anything in Washington , either ut tlio capital
or In the departments , that they did not in
vestigate it was bccuuso it escaped their no-
tlco. The committee rooms of Senators
1'addock and Mandorson were Iho daily
rendezvous of the visiting statesmen , and
the Nebraska papers found an oven larger
number of readers than usual. The slate
ofllciuls attended throe meetings of Iho In-
Icrsialo Commerce commission , at which
various subjects of grantor or lesser Import
ance were discussed. Bui 1 inmirlnu that
ttu-y found their chief Interest in talking
over the political situation In Nebraska
among themselves and with the two senators.
*
A talk with Treasurer Hill Auditor Hon-
lon and George H , Hastings shows that in
Ihclr opinion republican harmony in Ne
braska is lha one Ihlng that must bo sought
and secured at all hazards at the coming con
ventions. Captain Hill Informs mo that ho
believes all wings of the party will got
together nnd nominates n llckot which will
sccuro universal republican endorsement.
"What wo desire nnd must have , " says
Ttoasurorllill. "is the nomination of a llckot
whtcli will draw the blggestnumborof votes.
It should make no difference where Iho can
didate cornea Irntn , and nny previous Jealous
ies should yield to Iho danger which con
fronts the republicans of a possible fusion
between the democrats and the alliance. 1
do not think that Douglas county should feel
aggrieved at the consiuoralion or lack of
consideration previously given to her by
republican conventions. Hut if the nomina
tion of u strong republican from Douglas
county will draw out its full republican vole
nnd assure the success of our ticket 1 am for
that Douplus cout.ty man. "
Attorney General I Ins tines was even more
mxmounced. Ho s.\ld : "Tho Iroublo with
the republican party in Nebraska in limes
past sootns to have been lhat wo hnvo had
lee largo a majority and felt certain of elect-
In U any ticket lhal wo might put up. There
is no longer any room for factionalism and
old sores must bo no longer irrilulod in the
face of Iho hard lighl which is before us. I
believe that there has never been a lime in
tno history of Nebraska republicanism when
there was such an earnest desire lor hnrniony
through mutual concessions. I have talked
with many prominent politicians throughout
the stiitonnd am satisfied that thuro is an
intention to forget old dllteronces nnd to
pull together earnestly nnd honestly for
party success. The choice of the ticket must
bo made upon the simple plan of
selecting candidates who will draw the larg
est number of votes , and geographical and
sectional con * derations should no longer
prevail If the selection of n gubaruatorinl
unndidalo from Douglas county will give us
moro voles than Iho choice of ono from the
valleys of the Elkhorn. or Republican , or
Plane , I am for lhat man. Jack McColl per
sonally informed me that ho would not bo a
candidate. I am sure lhat Iho southern portion
tion of the state will not object , to Iho nom
ination ot a strong man from Douglas county
who will poll the full republican vote ol lhat
county nnd draw to himself added support
from elsewhere. What wo need is a s'.fonu
tlrkol and a slrong platform drafted on
western lines and based on the cardinal
principles of the republican party. With
such a ticket and such a platform wo can
win. "
it-
Tom Benton was as gay as a wedding
bouquet and as breezy ns a spring zephyr.
Ho takes n cheerful vlow of the political sit-
ualioii in Nebraska anil agrees wilh his col
leagues on Iho state board that republicans
nro about to heal all factional troubles , and
put their shoulders to the wheel. Ho bays
that conversations with nuny friends
throughout the .state convince him Ibut a
large number of former republicans , who
have been disgusted with Ihu antics of self
seeking demagogues , will return lo the re
publican fold Ibis fall.
Congressman Bryan , who has boon with
you for a week past , was not seriously
missed in Washington , except by a score 01 °
correspondents who tried to interview him
after the Rhode Island election. Mr. Bryan
got off his "dear , old , familiar" tariff speech
in Now England during that campaign , and
was conildout that II would result in secur
ing democratic success. When the news
came from H'nodo Island , Mr. Orya.i loft
promptly for Nebraska lo ndvocnto free
trndo and free coinage as the undorpinnii g
of Iho democratic platform. Itv. . s
unfortunate for Mr. Urynn that his much
advertised speech on Iho larlit was delivered
before any able speeches had been made on
the same subjecl. Several of tho-vo which
succeeded him en both sides of the chamber
put his effort In the shade ,
and in the summing up of Iho entire
dobalo by several of the ablest democratic
correspondents , Mr , Uryan was dismissed
with Iwo lines , while Wilson of Wosl Vir
ginia nnd olhcrs were assented to have car
ried off the honors , The Impie.ssion has now
gained ground uuiottg Mr. liryan's colleagues
that ho is a man of a single speech , which is
unfortunate for INIO wild has takwi Cosmos
as his field and the world for the boundaries
of his inlullectunl herUon. Unfortunately
lor Nebraska , while ho is posing for a slulcs-
uian , slumping In Now England and attempt
ing to control democratic pa itics nnd pol c cs
in his own stale , tlio interests of his dislricl
and .Nubraska lire committed to the tender
mercies of Kem and McIColglmu.
*
v
Mr , Kem made a feeble curglo In the
house the other day aud appeared for ttc
lirst limo ui reporting u bill from a commit-
too. It is needless to &uy thai the bill had no
Nebraska. Mr Kom'a
reference to con-
stlluents will bo pleased to know ttiul the
measure was one donating a portion of the
public domain lo n railroad corporation.
\Vhilo this Is not precisely the character of
logUlallot ! which Iho people of Iho Third
district are yearning for , II uppoaris lo bo Ihn
only public act nt which Mr. ICom 1ms made
a stagger tn the line of earning his $ TiUlK , ) a
veai salary. Since ho has shoved on * his
moustache ICcm's ' head scorns more evenly
balanced , nud perhaps the burner is partially
responsible for this sudden burst of legisla
tive activity.
*
I mot Colonel Diddle of the Ninth cavalry
the other day nn his way lo tlio Metropolitan
club , ivolonol Diddle is enduring with sol
dierly resignation bis winter of frontier
service in Washington. Ho lookn much bet
tor than when 1 saw him last at Fort Uobln-
son , and it 1s evident lhal hard work ai/iees
witn him. Ho with ull the other olllcors hat
been much interested in the pouding army
legislation , especially the Outhwmto bill ,
and its suuslltute , the Proctor bill , providing
for lineal promotion. TUcso bills have taken
the coui'feO which I predicted some wcoU
ago , and it is probable that the Proctor till
will boiome a law within a few wto.cs. Its
enactment will cntull hardship on a number
of llrst lloutenunU , nolafily in Iho casecf
Lieutenant Charles W. Taylor of the Ninth
cavalry now at Fort , Myer , but who wcs
until recently stationed on our Nebraska
frontier , Had regimental promotion boon
maintained until October IIfutonuut Taj lor
would hnvo then rocuivod the barn of a cap.
tnla. With Iho pasbageof the lliual jirjiiio-
lion bill ho will bo nl least twentieth on the
list ot lieutenants when that date arm us ,
und must wait for Ihroo yours in all proba
billtv for hU advancement to tlio next grade.
The principle of lineal promotion , however ,
it the ptoporone und a lo lnnlng had to be
made borne time. Whenever the change
came it was certain to opor.Uo to Iho detri
mont of lieutenants In gallant roplmonts
xvhero rcplmental promotion had boon ns
rapid ns It tins boon In the Ninth because of
hard sorvlco and severe cnmpMpmng , n $
well ns by the very proper action of friendly
rotltlng boards.
#
Too sonnto last week consummated ono of Its
grossest pieces of Injustice In tnnklng an old
nnd trusted omployo the scape goat for Its
own sins and In dismissing him from the po
sition which ho nad hold for nearly twenty-
flvo years without affording him nu oppor
tunity to defend himself ngninst the charges
brought against him. Mr. .Inmos it loung ,
the chief executive clerk , Is ono of the best
known of thn older corre pondouts In tlio
capital , having como to Washington during
the war In charge ot the New York Tribune
bureau. Later ho loft the profession and
wns elected by iho senate as clerk In ohargo
of executive procoodli'gs , JU > Is n man of
singularly penile nnd retiring dlsposl-
llon , incapable of dishonorable no-
lion , nnd who counts bis friends
bv iho hundreds among public men throughput -
put the country. Naturally reticent , no one
has ever thought of suspecting Mr. Young
of furbishing Information of executive
secrets. His character itself ought to have
been suniciotildefense neulnstsdcha chnrso.
Hut the very full reports of the discussions
ever the Uormg son trcnly , which appeared
In the Associated press and in the dispatches
of special correspondents , made n few of the
old sticklers for senatorial etiquette ngroo
that an example must bo mndo of seine ono.
Accordingly Mr. young was selected as the
victim , and \\lthout ovldonca nnd in splto of
his manly nnpoit for an opportunity to moot
any accusation that might oo brought ngalnsl
him , his clmrnctor was assailed bohlnd closed
doors , nnd he was summarily dochargod
without opportunity for defense.
Every senator present , whether voting for
or ngninst Mr. Young's retention , know thut
the senate was engaged In perpetrating a
shameless outrage on nn honest and un
offending omployo. There wns nol ono of
the number who sat In the slar chamber
session upon Mr. Young's case who was not
fully awnro that the sonata through Its
honorable senators wns the only source of
newspaper information upon the proceed-
lues of oxocullvo sessions. The senator who
wns most porsislont in pushing Hits outrage
to a consummation has long been known
nmone correspondents ns ono of the tullost
sources of information upon oxoctitivo
mailers in which ho or his slate wns in-
turoslod , nnd correspondents hero in Wash
ington today have in their possession lotlors
'
written uy this Inqulsltor'aml persecutor of
Mr. Young , giving In detail the proceed
ings of the scnalo upon executive business
which Ibis high minded slntcsinan desired
should bo laid before his constituents. I
know of no United States senator , nnd I
make no exception in the stnlemont , who ,
when his own interests nro involved , will not
freely furnish for publication full details of
secretsossioi's. Tno securing of executive
session news has for Ibo past few years been
such an onsv task Hint mosl of Iho corre
spondents hnvo left It to Ibo two oross asso
ciations lo bundle ; nnil BO notorious has the
prompt nnd detailed publication of the pro
ceedings in executive sessions become , thai
Iho movomcnl for Iho abolition of iho secret
session has been gaining now advocates at
every congress.
The attoninl on Iho "part of Iho sennit ! to
soothe Its own dignity nnd to hoodwink the
public by summarily dismissing Mr. Young
has fulled most signally. The press of the
country without exception bus denounced
the action as outrageous , hypocritical und
cowardly. The men who Instigaiod it nnd
these who assisted in porpolrnune it nro not
likely boon to hour the end of the matter.
The loss of the position is nothing to Mr.
X. ° HUf' . tie is a newspaper proprietor In
Philadelphia and cares nothing for Doing out
off from the pay roll of the senate. In his
manly letter refusing to resign , as ho was
contidontially advised by Sonnlor Cameron
lo do , wbilo Iho mailer wns pending , ho de
manded as his right ns a sworn nnd elective
ofliccr of Iho scnalo that ho bo permitted to
know the basis of the charge against him
and to face his accusers , after which ho said
ho would cheerfully lay his portion
ut Iho disposal of iho sonalo. Hut
the honorable Hcnators who were try
ing to cover their own misdemeanors by cast
ing an undeserved stigma upon n man of
character nnd reputation , feared nothing so
ranch ns thai Mr. Young should be permitted
to expose their hvpocrisy in their own pres
ence and promptly refused his request
They now pretend lo bo surprised ut Iho
storm of editorial indignation wnlch is pour
ing down upon their heuds undsuperciliously
wonder why the discharge of ft senate em
ploye should bo taken so much to heart
throughout the country. Mo.uitimo Mr.
Young is overwhelmed with telegrams from
frionQs throughout the couutry denouncing
the manner in whicn ho has boon treated and
ottering him positions of greater honor nnd
higher emolument than Ilia ono from which
ho has been so contemptuously ejected. It
is to tbo credit of both of tuo'sonutors from
Nebraska that they lees no part In this pro
ceeding and that , on the ointrnrv , from the
beginning lo Iho end they privaloly , if not
publlclv , denounced it ai o shameful disre
gard of ordinary decency , a violation of the
commonest courtesies of lifo and an attempt
at an assassination of character of which the
Italian aialla would bu ! n to bo connected.
I always llko to bo in the supreme court
when Nebraska en .03 are pending. The
attorneys who reprosenl litiganls from our
slalo before Iho high Iribuiml compurofavor
ably with Iho average ot these from any
oilier commonwcallh. I remember riding
down Pennsylvania avenue with the lute
lamented Justice Miller not a half an hour
before be received that fatal stroke of
pnralvsls which ended hli tlfo. nntl recall A
remark of his to the effect that "tho repro.i
sontAtlvcR of the Nebraska bar whonppoarod
before the supreme court wore , AS a rule ,
lawvcrs of exceptional ability. No lawvor , ' '
said Justice Miller , "anpoars before ourVour *
who Is listened to with moro interest than
James \\oolworth of Omaha , nnd ho Is
ono of A number who compare favorably
with the highest class of counselors who A
practice before our bench. "
General John C , Cowln mitt Hon. John I , .
Webster have been during the past week en
gaged In the never ending Sophia Felix case ,
nnd their arguments nnd briefs exhibit an
nblilty of which no Nebraskan present , and
Ihoro were many In the court room , need to
hnvo been ashamed. General Cowln while
hero wns the recipient of Many congratula
tions ever his success In the lloyd-Thayor
case , the Interest In which has scarcely vol
almlcd In legal circles In Washington. " The
ingenuity of his plea nnd the research ox-
hlbltcd In his brief attracted gront attention
nnd added lo his reputation In this city of
lawyers. .
John \t. Webster , too , Is well known am' '
has n high standing' among the attorneys
practicing before iho supreme court. Whllo
G M. LambiTison , T. M. Maniuoltc , Jotin
il. Amos nnd a do/on others who might bo
mentioned make up nn aggregation of IpRal
talent from our Unto of which It need have
no cause to blush when it U compared with
their brother attorneys from oUowhoro.
XV , , . I'j ' , 4\
roii . ! > ; > AIIOITT IIO.MK.V.
lie Don't you think women oucht to have
the right to propose ! She And glvo the
men the right of refusing I No , indooJ I The
Ideal
MM. Mary U. Wlllard , molhor of Prances
1C. Wlllard , volod for Iho llrst tlmo at it
recent school elootlon nt Kvanston , 111. She
Is 00 years old.
Wife The papers are continually tolling
about wives pulling their husband's hair. I
don't see whore It comes In. Husband
( meekly ) H doesn't my dear ; II comes out.
A Homan lady'who had been a constnnt
reader ntulsupporter of an Italian nowsnajior
died recently , leaving the whole of her for
tune to the editor whoso Journalistic work
had been so pleasant to her.
Lady llonry Somerset sailed last Wednes
day for lOngland Before leaving she look
occasion to remark that If there Is anything
which she enjoys moio than American
society , It Is an American rocking ohnlr.
The wife of Koproscnlallvo Cox , of the
Seventeenth Now York district , has Just dis
covered thai Iho wlfo of ox-Governor Camp-
bull of Ohio was a classmate of her * as Vas-
si > r , both ladles having entered thu' . Institu
tion during its llrst year.
Don't wear black if you nro not actually In
mourning. Hlack Is so depressing to'tho
spirits of olhers. It was lioino who , on see
ing n gaily itrossod woman among a crowd of
woman shroudoil tn black , exclaimed raptur
ously "Sho looks llko a bonbon that has
fallen Into tlio mlrc. "
Gowns for Iho small girl show an almost
limitless choice of dlylos. Thn simple wash
dross wilh straight tucuod yoke , galhorud
bodice nnd full sleeves is Iho preferred mode ,
as H is not only easily laundered hut seems ,
In lls simplicity , to bo in porfccl accord with ,
tho.winsomu . grace of extreme youth.
It is getting to bo as fashionable among the
women to nsk n frioud in to take a cream as
it is for tlio men to invite each other to have
n drink. To refuse Is considered most din- '
courteous. Over a Ifi-ccnl sauces acouplo of
congenial spirits will mauogo lo exchange a
batch of coiitldonces or coulldo n chapter of
woos lhat It would take n small volume lo
record ,
Mrs. Gladstone loves iho face of Molhor
Nature. In the neighborhood of DolIU Hill ,
Mrs. Gladstone's couutry place , tbero are
many lovolv Itlllo quiet lanes .surrounded by
hedges winch Mrs. Gladstone has sot out'
under her own direction. Cowslips , primroses - '
roses , do , ; viole-ls , bluebells and hard ferns
uro among Iho wildllowors lhat Mrs. Glad
stone most dearly loves. '
If you wish to reduce your size , trv tho1
following course of dieting : Avoid ubovo all
things , any milky food , polaloos , sugar , pud-
dlnir , ale or stoul. Take as lltllo liquid as
possible , especially with your inoulsrirlnklni , ;
hot watur in slpi if you can do so. H is ttlso
an excellent plan to take the Juice of a lemon
squee/od into half n tu-nblcrlul of not water
every morning immediately on awakening.
Walk n good deal , nnd when you can , play
tennis or rldo ; indeed , any sort of exorcise
is bonollcial.
AmorJcan women nro surely getting to
have big foot , or at lca-.t bigger loot , says
some ono who has made n close study of Iho
matter , and who llnds icason for congratula
tion in the fact. The American woman's
foot has grown norenptlbly within a very
few years. Tlio wotimi ; who wears n No.
; i shoo Is considered to have n small foot , and
Iho uverago woman wears a No. fi ,
bul In Ibo last generation women who wnro
Iwos , and oven ones were not uncommon.
Bul women walk more than thoyuscd to.aml
nro a great deal moro comfortable ami
healthy as a result. The invoitleator will
not admit lhat women are loss vain , but ho
says Iheir vainly is more goLorally distrib
uted about their frames.
At a leap year party in Now York , savs
Times , ono inveterate Joker gave a hint to tho'
belles of the sort of chuporons that would bo
most acceptable when ho came into the imr-
lor to receive his fair cacort , followed by an
elderly aunt who is deaf as a post , and Is , be
sides , almost blind. This same man wns
wrapped in a white opera cloak cut with an
absurd resemblance lo a dross suit ulster ; hg *
cajriod u hovquol of flowers and were a band
of ribbon au-l bow on his hair. When ho ap
peared from Iho dressing room after laying
aside his ambiguous wrap , it was seen that
the sleeves of his coal had been Inkan out
and elbow sleeves of pink silk nnd luco sub-
btilulod , which , met by long nink kid gives ,
offcctualy ' brlghlonod" his toilet and added
to his nondescript appearance.
r3 ? & \
& CO.
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Like
Little Chicks
Our designs for Men's Spring Wear
"are the latest thing
out new , fresh and
desirable. We've
* never had a finer assortment -
sortment since we've
been here. Every imaginable style and
color , to fit any shape , and to fit , too , just
as if it was made expressly for you. Made
like tailors make them , and sell for half
tailor's prices. We've got fine Spring
Suits for $10 , $12 , $15 , up to $25 and $30 ,
and you can't buy them unless we make
them fit perfectly. What more do you
want if they fit and wear as well as any
thing you can buy to order ?
Browning , King & Co
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