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THE OMAHA DAILY BEElWEDNESDAY , Al'lUL 27 , 1892. THE DAILY BEE n. IIOSRWATEK. EoiTnn. PUBLISHED BVKllY MOHNINO. OfFICIAl PAPtR Of THE CITY. TMtMS OK SUHH'.Illl'TION. TBilyrrpfwilhont6iindny ) ) One Year. . . . ! S ! Dully ntiil Sunday , Ono Yonr . 10 M PixMonths . 600 Three M.mh . \ f-iinilny MIC. Ono Vrnr. . " M y-llcCi OnoYoar . . . . 1 J ] lice. Ono year. . . ' W 01 riCF.3 Omnlm.TliotlcoDillldlnp. PotilhOn nhn , rnrnerN and Mth Streets. Council Illtiffo. 121'oiirl Strrot , Oilcntnf nice , 3i7 ( hum I or of f'mnrnorec. Now Vork.Honiim 13 , 14 nnd l.VTrllnino Uulldlng Wathlnpton , BlUKonrlcpiith blroot. OOIlTtKSl'ONnr.NCK. All cmmminlcntlons rolutlns to nowi nnd editorial matter should bo addressed to the Idltorl-U DtpurtniPiit. nrpiM'.sri All t-n lnr letter * anil remittance * fthould I r aiU1rc MMl to 'I ho llco IMibllshlntr Company. Oinnlm Drafts , check * nnd pontofllco orders to bo made pjyablo to the ordorof the com pany. MB Bee PpMlsMng Company. Proprietor BWOIIN STATEMENT OP L'lUCUI.ATION. fctatnof Nobrnskn , ) , _ f'onntv of OoiiElns. I Ocorgo II. T/.ichnck , secretary of The Hro I'ntill li'iiit ' coiiiimtiy. does sou-tnnlv swuar thnt the ni'ttinl clrcnlntlon of THE DAILY UKK for tlio wcolt ending April 'O , ItUJ , was as follows lows- ' " Hiindny. April IT 2S-1' Mond.iv. April tfl 2 < .rc Tuesday. April in "LTM M'cdnesilny. April ! W a' ' . ! l Tliiirml.iy , April SI 2-UH1 I'rldny.nrll ? . ' KI.OI-J baturday. April S3 --M.S.J Avcra.io . SJ , 101 OROIinR II. T/.SOIIUCK. Sworn lo hoforo mp nnd subscribed In my liroscnco thls2.td day of April , A. I ) . , 1K' > HEAI. N. I' . I'Kit Notary I'nbllo. A\crngn Cliriilatlon lur 'March , tiliJI ! ) . .M. I' , ( Icncrnl Conrcrrnro Nown. Methodists throughout tl o country may bo assured that the reports of the proceedings ot the general conference of the Methodist Episcopal church to bo published in THE BEB will bn accurate , fair and interesting. Wo shall devote all the space necessary to milking complete dally reports of the ses sions of this great meeting of ono of the greatest of protestniit churches. Our staff nsl.ned especially to the duty of reporting the conference is thoroughly Informed upon Methodism and selected with particular ref erence to preparing accounts of the delibera tions' for Methodist readers. Persons .in other parts ot the union Interested in the general conference will find It to their ad vantage to subscribe for Tin : Bin : during the month of Mav. MIL THLI.KU'S speeches nro getting him into trouble. Ho is now very busy explaining thnt ho IH still iv republican nnd will remain one , free coinage or no free coinatro. Now that the Izard building ia practically abandoned ns a graded school , the Board of Education should ( consider the advisability of converting It into a manual training school. Oiticaox holds her election on the day preceding the national convention. The returns will bo received in time to fill the thousands of representative repub licans at Minneapolis with the wildest enthusiasm. IN THK absence of the most garrulous member of the Board of County Com missioners that deliberative branch of our local government should improve the opportunity to transact u great deal of important business. THK county commissioners nro exasperatingly - poratingly deliberate about passing upon the Nebraska Central bond propo sition. If any work is done upon this enterprise the present season the bond election must bo called as soon ns pos sible. RIIODU ISLAND is still voting. Provi dence has trlfd twice to elect a legisla tive delegation and hns failed. She is still nine representatives short of her full number. Rhode Island needs a now constitution which will unable a plural ity of votes to elect. SPKAKKK Citisi1 does not always hold his temper , but ho is ordinarily compe tent to hold his tongue , which is worth n good deal to a presiding olllcor with a brainy minority nagging him con stantly. Mr. Crisp is entitled to public sympathy , for his position is not always agreeable. ATTOKNUYS at law and court olllcors should unite in a reform which shall give legal notices proper publicity. This Hiding them from public view in obscure shoots for the sake cither of the com mission paid by the publisher or to prevent - vent parties in interest from receiving proper notice is all wrong. FUEK coinage IB a veritable night mare to the democracy. The south threatens trouble if It stays out of tlio national platform and the east if it goes In. It Is fair to assume , however , that the question will bo straddled so cam- palgnors can talk for free coinage in ono state and against it In another , and the south will continue solid. WilKN a convention passes a resolu tion declaring that an aspiring states man , is second choice for any oflico , it Inoans simply that the aspiring states- mini's temperature is very high and ho must bo cooled oil gradually to pitovcnt absolute rollnpso. Ex-Govornor Gray is the second choice of Indiana demo crats for the presidential nomination. SitlCi ; it has been finally determined that the Central school shall bo erected on the Johnson site , the Board of Edu cation should , potilion the council for special regulations governing the move- uienU of motor cars on Dodge struct. Tim motor line between the proposed ichool and the play ground of tlio pupils will bo a constant menace to the lives and limbs of the Uttlo onus unless oxtru precautions are talcon ngningt danger. JOHN .T. INOAI.I.S proposes to ro < HI tor uctlvu j > olUIca in Kansas. Ho will i tnml on the shoulders of U. R Anthony nt the l.uavonworth Wines and Ion ] : tliuritroti ( ) Into the arena , na candidate li > r i ! < Jfiuri ) Miimii-iit-largo from the Sun f/wiirtnt ! < i , Ho will probably bo greeted n HiiRtrfitlrnlcomo by the ropub- } t * H , With nil hU faults , Ingalls rt'/lllly ' UNI ) lilHHpuclacular method ! ( ilitnylnis \ it nmUu Kansas people \HD\il\ \ \ \ ( iMm. \ . IMOKtbH JUC/tUMRO AKD Thnt the republican party ia In grave peril in Nebraska intholmpandlngcnm- pnicn Is patent to everybody ( amlllat with the slttintlon. It will take thomosl consummate generalship find splendid lighting all along the line to carry the state oven by a bare plurality. Trim n great victory was won In the election ol Judge Post Inst fall , but the condition ! were very much moro favorable tlmr they will bo this year. Post is an able lawyer ana had been on the district bench for years. Kdgerton In a briolloss attorney who did not inspire popular confidence. A largo body of democrats refused to lower the standard of our ju diciary and ulsgraco the state by voting for Kdgorton nnd n largo body of alli ance farmers stayed at homo because they considered Kdgortou's election n foregone conclusion. Looking backward over the battlefield of 1801 we find that the republicans en tered the campaign disheartened nnd well nigh hopeless. Their old loaders and wheel horses wcro either not available or hiding ) in cyclone collars. Thurston did not dare lo show himself al a farmers' meeting. Webster had loaded down the parly with n boomerang plank in its platform , and kept out of sight for fear of repelling democratic voters which were needed tc make Post's election suro. Mnndorfcon viewed tlio battle from afar , and 1V1- docK seemed ptmilyzod at the diunal ( outlook. Richards , the plumed chiuftain of the ghost dancers , was "marking time" at liis desk on foreclosed mort gages and clipping railroad bond cou pons. How will it bo in 1892 ? How can the party hope to restore conlidonco anil bring back into its ran Its any consider able number of the dissatisfied republi can farmers through the flowery and brilliant speeches of silver tonguoil orators tors who are on the railroad pay roll ? Would any appeal made by politicians who have not boon in touch with the people and are distrusted by the pro ducers have any effect upon the musses ; Can wo hope to cIToct. any material change among ox-republican members of the alliance through editors and papers that have for years drawn all their inspiration from railroad headquarters - quarters or through campaign literature gotten up in the cast where the causes of discontent among our farmers are not understood and the remedies proposed do not cover the grievances and abuses that have caused the revolt in NubraskaV How many votes has the party gained by the unprovoked and indefensible warfare which Kichards and his hang ers-on have boon waging for the last four months ? Can any ot those and all of them com bined save the party from disaster this fall , unless the ranks are closed and the republican phalanx is marshaled by tried and true loaders who are free from tlio taint of corruption and enjoy the confidence of the people , coupled with the backing of newspapers that cham pion republican principles , measures and candidates , not for pay or promise of reward , but because they want to pro mote good government and perpetuate republican institutions ? Such leaders and such papers are not very numerous in our stale and party. It is the first stop that costs , is a Pi ouch maxim that will apply forcibly to the situation in Nebraska. Much depends upon the initial stop in the cam paign of 189U which will bo taken today. The state convention which assembles at Kearney today will apparently bo harmonious because of the predominance of the corporation element which en counters no dilHeulty in capturing con ventions since the faction opposed to corporation rule has been reduced in numbots by the alliance movement But such harmony bodes no good to the p-vrty , which can only hope to regain supremacy in the stale by recruiting Us ranks from the mon who toil in the workshop and on the farm. Lot repub licans assembled at Kearney boar m mind that their action will determine largely whether the party is to march to victory this fall or go down in defeat. L HANK hKiis The house of representatives recently passed a bill to promote the safety of mi- liorml banks. Ita purpose was to arrest the tendency to large loans by national bunks to their olllccrs , which has been shown to have boon the cause of most of the heavy bank failures. The measure provided that no b.ink shall make a loan to any of its olllcers until it has boon ap proved by the board of directors or the executive committee of the board , and sucti approval is to bo formally recorded. Loans of this class arc to bo separately reported when reports of the condition of the bank arc called for by the comp troller of the currency. The bill also prohibited any bank olllcor from over drawing his account. The measure was passed by the senate with two nmonilmonts , ono requiring the comptroller of thecurioncy to pre scribe a form of bond to bo Ubod by all national banks to secure the lldelity of cashiers and all other ollleora of whom bonds are required and the other pro viding for the issuoof circulating notes to thu par value of the bonds deposited as bccurlty instead of to only UO per cent of the par value. If the banks were allowed to do this it would enable them to make a consider able addition to the circulating modlum , but owing to the strong opposition to the national banks in thu house of repre sentatives there 1 * not much probability that the semite amendments will bo concurred - currod in , notwithstanding the fact that nearly all of those who are hostile to the banks are clamorous for an Increase of circulation , The fact that the banks would gala something from the ad ditional issue of notes is sulllulont to in duce the enemies of those institutions to vote against the proposed legislation , regardless of thq benefit the public might derive from the additional legislation. The probability , thcrofoi-o , Is that the bill will become a law without the pro vision for increased circulation. There will ba no legislation by the present congress hostile to the national banks , but there U a strong sentiment in the house favorable to a repeal of thu tax which provonU the issue of clrcu- lating notes by state banks A large number of democrats bollovo that the old syatom of state bank currency ought to bo restored , and It In not to be doubted that If that parly had the power it would promptly providofora return to the currency nystom which obtained before the war , when the paper money of one slate was at a discount In ovcrv other state and the vnluo of much of it at homo was not certain from ono day to an other. The bill to promote the s.xfoty of national banks Is a proper nnd neces sary measure , and rather than It should fall the senate will bo who to yield in the matter of its mnondtnont regarding the additional issue of notes , which has no relevancy to the purpose of the measure. r.uY wntiSTKii UK rnvsTEDt John M. Thurston has written a letter warmly endorsing the candidacy of Mr. Webster. .John M. Thurston is a pro nounced anti-Harrison man. Would ho endorse Webster if ho believed htm to bo a staunch and uncompromising friend of Harrison who would stand by him in the face of tremendous pressure or n stampede ? Mr. Webster hns a grievance ngninst Harrison just as Thurston has a griev ance against Harrison. Mr. Webster has high aspirations which have not been favorably responded to by the president. Ho wanted to be United States circuit judge. United States supreme premo judge and lastly secretary of war. Ho was not appointed and very natur ally feels like any other disappointed seeker after olllco. Can a man in such n frame of mind bo depended on in the critical hour , even if ho comes to the convention with pledges and instruc tions ? Wo nro nwaro that a very consider able number of politician ? in this Rtate , including men holding important federal ofllcos , nro masquerading as Harrison men , when at heart they want to sco him done up at Minneapolis. Those men will doubtless join riiurston in backing Webster with the mental reservation that if opportunity oilers Webster would bolt Harrison for a dark horso. The only safety for true blue Harrison republican ! ) in the convention lies in supporting candidates who do not need to bo pledged or instructed. It is never safe to risk defeat by trusting to luke warm fi lends or men who pledge them selves against their natural inclina tions. Mr. Webster has had the hearty sup port of THK BHK whenever his name was presented for a federal appointment. But tlio very fact that ho lias become tlio political legatee of an avowed op ponent of President Harrison impels us to suspect and question his reliability as a Harrison delegate. THK AlTItOAClllNO The board of bishoos of the Metho dist Episcopal church , eighteen in num ber , will for the next month make Omaha their homo. The nrst great gathering of the general conference will bo hold on Sundny. Monday morning the legislative busiposs will begin and for four weeks all the eyes of Molhodism with its millions of adherents will bo fixed upon Omaha. The full importance of the great quad rennial meeting of this progressive re ligious denomination is scarcely realized by Omaha pooplo.Fully 25,000,000 of the inhabitants of this earth are swayed in their religious thought by the doc trines expounded in the first instance by John Wesley. It is worth something tea a young and ambitious city like Omaha to bo for thirty days the cynosure of Wesleyanism. Aside from the fact that wo shall have in our midst the most dis tinguished clergymen nnd laymen of the denomination wo shall profit through years to como from the knowledge of our groogruphical and commercial situation which will bo disseminated through the hundreds of publications issued under the auspices of the church and in subse quent sermons and addresses-of the par ticipants in the conference. There is something moro for us to do , however , than merely accept these in cidental benefits. It should bo tlio per sonal business of every citizen of "Omaha to assist in making the visit of these gentlemen thoroughly enjoyable. At every opportunity , courtesies should ba extended them such as ono naturally wishes to show to friends and acquaint ances visiting the city for the lirst timo. Special invitations to participate in public meetings and private social gatherings should bo bestowed wherever such are pro per , and froqu nt drives about the city In private carriages should not ba overlooked. Lot every clti/on , hinall or great , sink denomina tional prejudices , if any exist , and place himself in the attitude of crrucious host to all these good people collectively and to any ho may moot individually. We must , show our guests that they are royally welcome. Wo have invited them to como among us and wo propose that they shall remember their sojourn in Omaha as both pleasurable and. profita ble. TIIK rourr THAT n'oiutiKs rur.M. The democratic party is sorely wor ried over the success of ther reciprocity policy. Out of the mouths of its leaders and In the platforms of its conventions it tries hard to disparage that great plan of the republican party for extend ing American commorRo. Senator David B , Hill pronounced it a bham nnd humbug and his snap convention adopted his idea. Mr , Cleveland in his nddreas to the Ithodo Islund democrats referred to it flippantly as if it were an expedient from which nothing c f value was to bo expected. In congress demo cratic hostility to the policy has been distinctly manifested. The Indiana domocrate , who wildly endorsed the candidacy of Cleveland , condemned reciprocity as "a transparent attomp : to impose upon the American people the shadow of commercial freedom for its substance. " The conclusive and overwhelming answer to all such denunciation is to bo found in the statistics of increased trade with the countries having reciprocity arrangements with the United States. The figures of our exports to Brazil under the now commercial arrangement - ment ehow n large gain , and there are valid reasons in the political conditions that have prevailed in thnt country , ex erting a depressing influence upon'com - iiierco , nnd the tremendous opposition that has boon manifested there to reci procity on the part of the roprusoniativas of European caplthliats ixnd manufac turers , why thom-owlh of our trade has not boon grcatouv'VTho statistics of out exports to Cubrf > 4how ah Immense in crease , this courilr ! $ having taken prac tically the ontii'J Hour trade of that island , which unWjnow was in tlio hands of Spanish millers * who were protected in its possession by'n prohibitory tarilT. There is not n,3ojintr.y with which re ciprocity hns boon-negotiated that is not buying moro Am&Mean tfoods than over before. Nor is lVja all the advantage that has been stiotirod through this re publican plan for the extension of Amer ican commorco. It aided materially in opening the markets of Germany and Franco to our pork products , and in in ducing these nations to accord more favorable consideration to other Amer ican products than they have given before in many years. The clause in the tariff bill providing for reciprocity played no small pnrt in enabling our ministers nt Berlin and Paris to convince the Kuropoan statesman of the expedi ency of adoptincr a mnro liberal com mercial policy toward the United States , and one of these ministers , Mr. Reid , recently said in n public address that the effect 1ms boon to create a strong sentiment in Franco favorable to n broad and comprehensive reciprocity arrangement with this country. The republican party originated this policy and has carried it lo success. The intelligent judgment of the country ap proves it , nnd the commercial world ac knowledges its wisdom. It contemplates the domination by the United Stales of the commerce of the western hemi sphere , nnd this 5s assured if the policy is adhered to. With the attainment of this the United States will bo by far the greatest commercial power of the world , It is a magnificent promise that reci procity holds out , nnd no amount of democratic denunciation and disparage ment will induce the American people to permit Its abandonment. Its safety and permanent success will bo most cer tainly secured by continuing the repub lican party in control ot the govern ment. "Arrim rs TIIK DK The pig-headed and small-bore poli ticians who are trying to assume loader- shin of the republican party of this stale are trying to make Riohards out to bo a bigger man than Harrison. In ISSy Harrison carried Nebraska by over 25,000 majority. In 1800 Richards was third in thp race for governor and failed by over 3,6b ( > to have oven n plu rality. And yot'vindicating ' and aveng ing Richards bcc5n | to bo of moro vital importance than re-electing Harrison. With the vindictive ghost dancers su premacy in 1892 is Secondary to personal spite and Richards .himself wants lo pose as a victim anda'martyr , when in fact ho should bo hold responsible for the dis aster that overtook the party in 1890 , just ns ho and' Hlsfj Pharisee followers will bo responsibly if the party goes to pieces this fall. But what does Rich ards care ! Wjth" ! him it is simply "After us the dolugol' ' SKN'ATOii'QUAY'B'avs the national bat tle of 1884 was a contest of personality , whereas the campaign of' 18SS was pre eminently 0110 of issues' rather than ot candidates. Ho says the contest of this year will again bo conducted upon prin ciple rather than personality. This is demonstrated , ho observes , in ndvanco of the conventions by the varying pros pects of at least two of the aspirants for the democratic nomination , which rise and fall as the financial issue promises to become moro or less prominent in the platform of that party. The republican candidate , says Mr. Quay , will repre sent a definite industrial policy already framed in law , and a currency of stable value in domestic and'foroign transact ions. The Pennsylvania senator is of the opinion thnt voters ought always to base their choice of parties upon plat forms rather than upon candidates , a proposition as to which views may hon estly dilTor. The position of Mr. Quay regarding a republican candidate this year is well Known. Ho does not favor the ronominntion of President Harrison. But ho is still a republican , and the in ference to be drawn from what ho says is that ho is hopeful of republican suc cess , whether Harrison or another shall be the candidate , bocuubu the policies of the parly deserve to win. Tun irrepressible conflict between the Sherman and FoiMkor factions of thu Ohio republicans has been sharply waged in the selection of district dele gates to Minneapolis and delegates to the slate conventions , which meets at Cleveland today. Which faction has the best of itdoosnotnppear , butsofaras the delegates to the national convention are concerned it is not important , since they will undoubtedly bo a unit in favor of the ronomination of President Harrison. ForaKcr has not been regarded as a Harrison man. Ho was for Blaine BO long us the secretary of slate was in the list of possible candidates , and he lias not indicated his prefoVenco since the with drawal of Mr. 'lljtvino. Ho may bo among the few who ! still hope the na tional convenlioirwlll nominate Blaiiio , and is malting u llgu't to go to Minneapo lis as a delogatotfjnrgp in Iho inlorost of the secretarypC uto. If that is ills puriwso ho is veryiikoly to bo thwarted , for the Harrison eontluiont among Ohio republicans is strongly in the ascendant. A very hot fight'ootweon the factions is expected in thoctito ; convention , but whatever the outcome the conflict will not atTcct the result in November. Tlio republicans of Ofiio-will bet united on the candidate of the MJjuioapolis con volition. Nor a , single ntfgro appears to have boon killed in the late Louisiana elec tion This goes a long way toward explaining - plaining why the republicans were de feated. The negroes have learned that their lives are safe so long as they vote the democratic ticket DAK M. NKTTLISTOX of Clay county is on joying some prominence just now as a possible republican candidate for oon- gress In his dlstrlo't Ho is big enough and strong enough , too , by the way , to make McKofghnn'd lifo miserable for the next six months. ACTINO OOVKUNOII BAIUJKII'S posi tion In Wyoming just now is decidedly unenviable , In thu interest of the stocK- mon who Invaded Johnson county he called upon the United States nrmy for help to preserve order. In the Interest ! of good government the stockmen must bo tried In the county where their join ! crimes wcro committed. The nrmv has brought the prisoners to Clioyonno. The Johnson county people are demand ing that they shall bo sent back fet trial. The stale of the public mind in Johnson county makes It hardly prac ticable to give the accused persons n fair trial there. Tlio governor docs not sco his way out of thu dllllculty. As r feeler on the subject ho has written n somewhat noncommittal letter to the prosecuting attorney. The governor is suto to bo condemned In his present sit uation whatever ho may finally conclude to do. Ox Moxn.VY bids were opened for the purchase of $210,000 in Omaha bonds. They were sold ns follows : Library bonds , $100,000 , at a premium ol $7,571217 ; the paving bonds , $30,000 , at $3,716 ; the sewer bonds , $30,000 , nt $3,055. nnd the grading bonds , S10,000 , at $1,739.72. The last named are spe cial assessment bonds and therefore are not regarded so desirable as bonds for which the city at largo is responsible. The high premiums paid are a gratify ing proof that the credit of Omaha in financial circles is gilt edged. They show that the financiers ot America have the utmost confidence in her future. WHETIinil or not Squiroj and his bondsmen can bo hold for the cost of cleaning the streets is a matter for the courts to determine. The people are entirety willing to take tlio chances for the antto of having Iho paved thorough fares made presentable. IClval \\'nn-iiri. Chicago Tribune , The "rustlora" are loft behind the Bur- rowo-Fox crowd In bollicoio uuhiovomcats. The hitter huvo at lo.wt ourncd powder. The Sunuto Must Coiuo lliiirn. Ctnclmiu'f Cmiincicf.it. The people are uftor the United States sen- nto. They demand that this most aristocratic body in the world ahull eotno off its high perch ; thnt it shall no longer hold star cham ber sessions ; thnt its members Mi all ho elected by popular choice. After a whilu the tables niny bo turnud and others besides rich mon hnvo a chance to got into the sonate. Lot liliiliiii lluvoii Itnt. 1'hlhd li > hli Vrcss. Lot the Plumed Knight have a rest. Ha U not tn the presidential ftqbt for the sad but concluaivo reason that hU nomination would bo the corfnln prelude to his funor.il. Ho is physically unable to stand the strain of a na tional contest : ho is so Urokou in health us to forbid even the serious cousidoration nf tbc subject , anil ho wisely but of COUMO sorrow fully accepts the Inevitable. Qimlcor City Liberality. ' . ' . 1'MlaiMiMa Ledo'.r. With the sailing of the Conomaugh with 0,000,000 pounds of breadstuffs for the Kus- sians , Philadelphia will have done moro than her proportion of the humane work of re lieving thu starving peasants. It is prob < ably bacauso I'hitaUolphia is a city of homos that her people unite so readily in any pub lic undorutUingof this kind. Without boast ing of our chanty , we may well fool proua ot the public spirit dlsplayoa by our citizens in supportius each other in any effort to relieve distress , either In our own country or in dis tant lands. Thu lUKht Man lor tlio IMnco. Denvtr Iteiiiibllcnn. The appointment of Air. E.Dickinson ns Cjoucral manager of the Union Pacific , in the event of Mr. Clark's resignation , would ba received with great pleasure by hu many friends in the country through which the Union Pacific runs. Although ho is a youiifr man , Mr. Dickinson has had u great deal of experience in railway service , and it is for tunate , in view of his probable aiitiolutment , that much of this experience has boon ac quired in the service of the Union Pacilio. He understands the system thoroughly , and ho would probably bo inclined to deal more fairly with Dsnvor than seine of his prede cessors have dono. TltKHOKS. Chicago Inter Ocean : , If coneress would pass u Chinese bill perhaps California would stop quulcing. New York Tolegratn : California has a weather prophet who cun predict ulmostany- thing but earthquakes. Datrolt Free Press : Can it bo that the shaking up of thu police force in Now Vork caused the earthquake in California ? Philadelphia Inquirer : California is bound to keep the world nwalco to her activityevou if she has to do it with nn earthquake. CincinnatiCommorclal : Sclentillcevidence is against the theory that the rolling of Son- ntor Stanford's presidential boom caused the California fluakes. New York Tribune : The serious seismic disturbances which have taken place in Cali fornia during the lust week have furnished a striking and satisfactory demonstration of the fact that the now and improved methods of construction have rendered oven the lofti est buildings practically carthquaUo proof. Although the shock on Tuesday lint at San Ifranciseo was the most sovcro that has been experienced there in twenty yeara , yet , ac cording to tbo dispatch of our Golden Oato correspondent which wo publish todav , the groatChronicle : , Crocker untl Mills build- Ing-i , covering each of them a largo area und possessing n height of over ion glories , re mained totally uninjured , not uvnu n hit of piaster having fallen from thu walls or the ceilings. _ AX It 1'liK.lliAXr. S'nmorvllm Journal : At nrst thought. It scums ulltlluojd that oontrautliiK 1)1 lib should expand u UIIIII'H GXIHJIIMH. Washington Ftar : "If tlioro : s anything 1 dliilKi"b.ilil ! Illluelns as the editor lutninud till w uy oll'ort , "ll'a u man who won't take a JoKo. " Utlcii OlHorvor : It nmsinot bo Inferred that thu iiiiliistrii'.teil ( luloi-'nlm wo Inner so much about nowadays niu iunorant politicians. Chleaso Trlbnno : Inventor This device of inlnu jirovldus for thu Instant Hlopj ) igu of an oluvaior when Ihurupuur inuotiunHm brualtd. tiapitallsl Why don't you riov au a ronu and inochanldm > o strung tlmt thuy can't bo broken ? Invunlor It would never soil , sir. The Idea Is u 1'iiolc ; Kastorn Man ( who linn Invustad Iilu all In u boum'ng wosiorn town ) Vonr paper loom vary prosperous J'MlloriJJ.illy Itoomer ) MnUIn' money hand ovur Jlst , Kustoru Man I < ots of advertising , ch ? Kdltor yosalrroe. Gut ult thu shorllT'b B.llOS. KVKHI.ABriNO. JVctu York llcmlil A jitster sat I'l hla lotiuly cave , And liu or'.iolicd hint there u joke which sut Ail thu nukhhoriiiK Irlbos are i : Ills i iitlu bpirlt hu * Ion-1 ulnou Hid , I Iruit to the rtmluit of iljy , Hut tlieoYcollentiiulp that fiobprmiir I road lu u ir.iper thu oilier nay. Motion Tranwilpl : Kdltor of Organ Mr. Vfiruwork. thu opposition uuuOIUalu , U noliii ; to mi at thoi-oiiforonL-uof ulur.'yiiiun tuimu- nnv Wrltu i h.in > r'lilorlal ' unJ ulvu him Ills for trying to ourry f.ivor with thu uliurcl , I.uudcr Writuilint hu has wntU'ii a Ictlui savins he can't bu tnoro. Kdltor of Or'iui > o ? Well , then , wrlto a hlu < ) iiiij rtlu u on hi ! . daring tolgnoio the lju.i. puoplu In tlio village. Ono may M.TOW up till courage und h.ivu hU attuntlon rltotcd. Hmzha mum Hcpublloiui ; Now Is the tlmo to jJtiint uboedy biilL CAMPAIGNING FOR VAN WYCK Railroad Republican Jncktiss Batteries Opening a Breach in the Ranks. WHEN GABRIEL BLOWS HIS HORN Shot * from lUrlinnU' linmo Ilimltrcr I'oMiiuntor G TO .liilillniil , The ( Hunt Itnticori fating Ilio Wily JL'or Defeat Next November. Superior Journal ( H. J.M ) . Kosowator Is not In It. The Uttlo politics ! traitor \va lalil out In his own want nt the primaries yesterday. The republican stuto convention nt Kearney is to bo congratulated. [ Inasmuch a < Kosowator was not run ning In ht own ward nnd Webster cnrrlod the ward on a bolter's ttoxol over the regular caucus nomination by the help of Boyd democrats and niiil-lJiiyd Bourbons , railroad men anil expressmen this U do- cldcdly appropriate. ] Tito Aiitl-Miiiiiit | Juimli. lYemiml I'Motwe , The republican ship has had rnlhor u lom- postuous voyngo In Nobraika for two or three years. Sbo tins weathered cyclones nml wntorspoiits , aur/lvod collisions , been pulled out of mnolstroiiM , and over and anon "tho cruel rocks have gored her sides hlto the horns ot an angry bull. " Hut sbo has entered upon paclllo wntors asaln , and her anils are llllod with n prosperous brcozo , nnd sbo Is bound for a radiant port across the purple waves. The old ship was all rlsht horBolf. and tnoro wore bravo men and skill- fui mariners aboard , but tbero was nlso a .1 onnh ; a Jonah whoso nnmo was Uosowntor , and the gods were nngorod , nnd the vessel seotiiocl to be doomed like old Vandordicklns crnft of ghostly fnmo. The Jonah shipped as nn able seaman nnd piofossod great love for the officers nnd mon , nnd sprung amusing stories in the lorocastlo of evenings , so that for n tlmo ho was quite popular. Hut ho snonltoil down the companion way In the dark nnd knifed the captain , nnd ho tain- perod with the comoass , nnd secured nn nupurnnd endeavored to scuttle the ship. And that hot- old beams nnd timbers are not rolling on some desert shore Is not his fault. The crew of the storm-tossed vessel nt last discovered the Jonah , and they have cast him overboard , nnd there Isn't a friendly whale In nil the ocean nround that will swallow him. [ 'Tis well. Now lot the ehost dancing crow find n pilot to get the ship to anchor In a safe harbor , for there is a hurricane in sight and dannorous roofs and rocks abound all "round. ] ShotH from Ktrliiircls * lloinu Howlt/or. Fremont Tribune. The people of Nebraska will bo Rlud to learn that nt the republican primaries at Omahn.yesterday , E. Uosowoto- , who was n candidate for delogatc-at-largo to everything In sight , was ridden nround town witbout a stidcllo and dumped with a mellow plunk into the soup. Every man who was suspected of enjoying Koaowator's friendship was also immersed in the broth , and the grand old editor wont to bed last night with a pain in his side , and a great longing to bo loping through space with tbo magnificent stallion which Inioly died. Truly , a brighter day is dawning for Nebraska when Hosowator is sat upon at every mark of the road. He used to have n good deal of Influence , but as a result of the Uiphor Education campaign , coni'.uctod by tbo Jackass Catteries , hn cnu't oven control an assembly of hand-organ play- era any more. Furo thee ivoll , Mr. Hose- water ; nnd if forever , Mr. Rosewater , then forever faro theo well. Mr. Kosownter. AVIion ( iitlirlol ltlrs 111 * Horn. Ymk licjftlillcin. L. D. Richards will no doubt , bo cuoson ns a delojjate-at-largo nt the state convention next week in Kearney. Several counties be sides York have Instructed for him. Exact justice would not only send him nt the head of tbo state delegation to Minneapolis but would scat him in the gover nor's chair at Lincoln tnis fall. Even Ilosowator should bo disgusted enough by this time , with the bummer's equal , the pot house politician , the ditch slugger , the inti mate of the thug and the loafer , the present governor of Nebraska to lend a hand in placing an honest , upright , raspoctablo citi zen of ability hlto Richards in the ofllco that should have been his a year und a half ago. Cholro Imrrtlvc. The Grcoloy Herald , a Dotno-Alllanco paper prints the following scurrilous attack , which has been reprinted in the Lincoln ( Paddock ) Journal * The editorial pngo of Tun Bni : is a colossal lie. KJSO water is for Kosowator only , lie is not oven true to his own corrupt party. Ho is a natural traitor. He has played a confl uence , n bunco gumo with the readers of his paper for yours. Ho has deceived them tlmo and npaln , nJ ho will continue to do so-but not so many of 'em. Ho Is n hoe a Jewish hop. The bristles stick out all over him. Ho grunts , nnd Is never so happy tu when In his wallow. And his paper Is losing subjcrlbors every Uay. KtiMotn Mediocrity. Fmnonl Flail , It the republican * succeed in driving Ed ward Hosowator nnd his IHinout of the party the "old shlo will leak" worse thna over boforo. If Tun BIR : should nnnounco llsolf la favor of'nn Wyck for governor nnd work wllh Its usunl vim nna nhlllty to ac complish Its ends , dollars to doughnuls Vnn Wyck would bo Iho next governor of Ne braska. This war on TIIR U.vuiu Br.n Is engendered entirely by spite nnd onvy. With Iho grantor papers It Is envy nna with Iho smaller ouos It is spite , either of wllloh motive Is unworthy , nnd both will fall of their objost. U was doubtless right to down Mr. Kosowator In convention If it could bo done by fair moans. The Flail sympathized strongly with Iho fnellon thnt was working 5 .ngnlnst him , but the hue nnd cry ngnlnst the great editor and his still greater paper Is ns unworthy ns U U uncalled for , nud It will bo disastrous lo the party. Lot Dr. Mercer ISrtlro. Hfo/iimN' / Oirn. Dr. Mercer , chairman of the republican alnto central coinniltleo , hns been having n rocky road to travel in Omaha lately. Ho was laid out cold nnd stiff In Iho Douglas counly convention ns n candidate to Iho stnto convention , but wont ns n delegate to the congressional convention , where ho was n candidate for the Minneapolis convention. In this last ho was also laid out with n Inrgu dogrco of enthusiasm. " " " It will bo In order for the republican stnto convention to bo hold nt Kearney thU week to choose n chairman of the stiilo control commllteo. One should bo soloctoct now to carry the campaign through from start to finish. The guns should bo put In notion nt once nud the ono who puts them In action should bo the ono lo direct the battle all through the light. Nominations lor n chair man are now In order. - * * Milt Wnlt i l.lltlo. rmnnnt i'lall. There Is no fjuostion but that Edward Kosowator was sold out for clean cash in the Douglas county convention. But wait n lltllo. That Broatch is on top in Omaha is without - out a question. But what shall bo done for bun whom the king delights to honorl Will ho htivo the nomination for governor or will ho bo satlslled witha congressional plural If ho wants what ho can't see lol him nsk for U. Diuiclni ; tlio C.linst. Vcncvn Jouriml. L. D. Kielmrds Is being talked of ns dele gate at largo to the republican national con vention. The Journal adds another ono to the list who Is in favor of the nuovo gentle man representing the republican party. But wo sincerely hope that the republicans of the state of Nebraska have moro rospcct for the republican yarty than to send a trailer In the name of Ed Koaewator. Are tin ) Fools All lcnd ? > dmnilitluid Inilrjt'itdenl. > v It may bo that the republican party In S convention assembled will bo so foolish as to declare that it has no need of Kosuwater nud THE BCK. If so it will not be the first in stance of a party committing suicide , but only n further proof of the fact that the fools nro not all dead yot. A C'imt Indent Victim. Lincoln Call. The coming contest for the republican nom ination for governor seems to have boon sim plified by the aclion of Iho Dongla county convention. Tom .Majors will be the only delegate to the state convention carrying an endorsement from his home people for that i onico. . j I'ostimislnr ! .Inlilliint. I Lincoln 11. II. Journal. I The saddest thine about that snanklug'od- I mjnisterod to Eddie Kosowator by the ropub- ' llcans of Douglas county yesterday is the ' fact that ho will bo crying for another ono within six weeks. The Uttlo follow never knows when ho has enough. HOW t ( > .Sett 10 It. Hanoi's Fremont FliU. If Richards desires to forsvor and eternally - ! ally settle the matter in the quarrel between * y ! himself and Ed Kosewator ho should ever lastingly squelch him in Iho state convon- < tlou. .Siiunro th INSIIPH. Ifcw York Commercial 4 ( Why do not the silver people nominate ' Teller on a slraightout , Argentine platform x ? and lot the two old parties have n square sou rte to on tbo tariff ! Krorii Olio lor Iiv . It cannot ba denied thnt thoiusult of tin ) Noyes-Hockwcll contest was n great Hill victory. Both Dave nnd Iko pulled the wires. SIS ! & CD. S \V. \ C'oraai15U mil D Oh , What a Spring Looked for a while as if we'd have ! winter all summer , but ! those who thought so / , came to see us by droves in the last few days , and you ought to have seen our boys turn out the spring suits. Finest col lection on earth to choose f\ \ from , at prices all the way from $10 to $30. Every one of them the very latest pattern and made to fit and wear as well as tailor's goods at twice the money , Our SI.65 hard hat is a jo- dandy , Hatters get $2.50 for them. Browning , King & Co V . othoruvenlnss Ultra Pulurduyatlll tlllU-.aj I ) p. in 1C | J- \\T IvOUgUb