TT1K OMAHA DAILY MONDAY MAY 0 , 1892.
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ONLY ono more stop is to bo taken by
the city council proliinlimry to submit
ting the bond question to n vote and the
pcoplo trust that the council will act
promptly.
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T/IK mnondmcnts mndo by the council
In the NubrnsUn Central orditmnco nro
Dinlnontly proper and cannot reasonably
bo objoctcd to by the promoters of the
enterprise.
WHAT "a member of parliament"
calls Hiilfour't ) orowning'success in con
nection with his management of the
Irish < ! \iustion is regarded as a dismal
failure by Oladstonians and homo rulers.
DKMOCMSATIC conventions held lately
have not deemed it wise to criticise the
president's foreign policy. They began
along this line in the early part of the
year , but the great body of American
nooplo did not concur.
Tun prospect of a change from regi
mental to lineal promotions in the army
is by no means Haltering. The senate
will not accept the house or Outhwulto
bill and the house promises to bo equally
obstinate with regard to the senate or
Proctor measure.
TUB justices of the peace of Omaha
propose to test the question through the
courts as to whether or not unsuccessful
litigants can cluim their exemptions
from pnyiiig costs of suits. The move
ment is all right if it does not result in
making cost mills of the justice courts.
It will remove the inducement which a
corrupt justice may now huvo to find
ugainst the party most likely to pay the
costs of the litigation.
A DANfiKitous amendment to the
river and harbor bill has boon agreed to
in the house. It authorizes the secre
tary of war to perform worlt without
awarding contracts where , in his judg
ment , this will bo advantageous. This
opens the door to vast expenditures
and places altogether too much power
in the bunds of a cabinet ollicor. Under
the amendment rivet- and harbor im
provements can bo made of great par
tisan nd vantage by a shrewd secretary.
The contract system is open to serious
objections , but the titno has not yet
como for supplanting it by placing BO
many millions in tlio control of the War
department to be used at the discretion
of the secretary.
A rnoposrnoN bnfor-j the council
contemplates adding thirty-ono electric
lights to those now burning at the ex
pense of the city. At the present rate
of compensation this means $ -3-ij3 ; a
year additional cost for electric lights.
The cost of lighting1 the city in 18)0 ! )
was $1:1,62 : : ! for gas lights and $10,811 for
gnsolino , or a total of $21 , ( > , ' ! 4 for the entire -
tire city. In other words the thirty-ono
electric arc lights would cost ono-fourth
as much as the lighting of the whole
city did in 1800. But even if the coun
cil should decide to add those olootric
lights to the gonorul btroot lighting
system , why should not the city receive
tlio bonolit of reduced rates on these
UunpsV We are now paying at least $75
a year more for every are lamp than wo
ihould pay , allowing the company a
very liberal margin. On thirty-ono
lamps this would moan a saving of
2,3:20 : a year , or more than enough to
pay the salary of n first class electrician
mil n helpor.
TiliJ men who are most autivo in tlio
cniiso of Air. Cleveland are those who
hold ollico uiulnr his administration.
Mr. Kalrchild in Now York , Ilarrity in
I'onnsylvanin , Don Dickinson in Michi
gan , Vllns in Wisconsin , are the loading
idvocatea of '
Cleveland's nomination ,
Ihreo of thorn having boon members of
the ox-pro.iidont's cabinet. These gen
tlemen could not do otherwise without
expos in IT thomsulvns to the olmrgo of
Ingratitude , and this relloctlon somewhat -
what reduces the value of their zeal in
behalf of the ox-president. They are
not mon of commanding influence in the
party , and while they have eomo local
itrongth It la not likely that they will
bo able to o.xort very much inlluonco
upon the national convention , where
they will bo antagonized by much
ihrowfloi * and more skillful politicians.
All the indications are that the national
democratic convention will develop
moro scheming and wire pulling than
has characterized any political conven
tion In the hint thirty yours , and in work
jf this kind the Cleveland lenders would
have little ohanco with such politicians
is Hill und Gorman.
vor.ier ,
The 9oc.rotnry of the nnvy has sent out
instructions to the cruisers In Herlng
son , nnd they require u stringent on-
forcomcnt of the regulations. It appears
to bo the vlow of the administration
that if the United States must pay
damages to British poachers nt least it
will have the satisfaction of driving them
out of the waters and the gain of pro
tecting the fur seals from pelagic hunt
ing.
Under the arrangement of last your
n warning before sei/.uro was required ,
but this year the seizure is to bo made
nt once , whether there was a previous
notice or not. In 1S)1 ! ) Great Hritnin
was to pay damngos to her sealers for
keeping them out of Horing sea , and
therefore was entitled to a voice in the
way of dealing with them. l'ho '
requirement of warning enabled some
vessels to dodge Iho government craft
and begin sealing in Uoring sea before
they received notice , and there was an
instance in which a poaching vessel
refused to recognize the president's
proclamation nnd attempted to cruise
in the forbidden waters until n , Uritish
warship should give the requited warn
ing. Now our government will take its
own course , and It has determined to
slo/o all trespassers at once and to
hand them over for punishment either
under our laws or the British , accord
ing to their nationality. Any vessel
furnished with a scaling outfit found in
Uering sea will bo captured , and this
disposes of the idea of lilting out under
a foreign Hag , aU least for Iho present
season.
Under the now regulations it will not
bo necessary , in order to justify the
sei/.uro of a vessel , to find it actually en
gaged in sealing. It will bo'sulllcient
cuubo for capture tha' a vessel is pro
vided with a scaling outfit , which is ono
of the noticeable changes. The evidence -
donco accepted hitherto has been the
existence of fresh skins , showing thai
they must have boon taken in Bering
sea , but even that is not required this
year. It is enough that a vessel is lire-
pared for unlawful scaling to warrant
its being seized.
Thuro- can bo no doubt that this is
the prone ? policy , because only in this
way can the sea bo olTcelivoly policed ,
and tlio time has gone by for temporiz
ing in this business. If after having
received timely and ample warning ,
both through the proMdont's proclama
tion and from the British government ,
the Canadian poachers invade the for
bidden waters or oven threaten to do so ,
Ihoy should bo sumiunrily dealt with.
This government having had a new
responsibility thrust upon it , in the con
ditions imposed by Lord Salisbury in
renewing the modus vivondi , must pro
tect its interests to the fullest extent.
Ct.KVUhAXD'S PrtW.SWAT ST11KXOT1I.
Twelve states and the District of
Columbia , having a total representation
n the national dumonratio convention of
304 votes , liavo instructed their delega
tions for Clovolsmd. Assuming Unit the
instructions will bo obeyed the ex-presi
dent now has a little moro than ono-
third of the delegates to the national
convention pledged to support him.
The total number of vote.in ) the con
vention will bo 8S ! ) and under the two-
thirds rule the successful candidate
must receive 590 votes. In order t.o bo
nominated Mr. Cleveland must got 205
voles from the thirty states and four
territories which are yet to choose dele
gates , the total reprcsentalion of these
in the convention being olS votes.
According to the ustitnates of his
Mentis ho is reasonably sure of securing
instructed delegations from at least
thirteen of the states which have not
chosen delegates , and whoso representa
tion in the convention will bo 202 votes ,
namely : Missouri , Delaware , Texas ,
Ohio. Montana , Maine , North Dakota ,
West Virginia , Soutli Dakota , Oregon ,
Now Hampshire , Washington and Cali
fornia. It is assumed , also , by the friends
of tlio ox-presldont that lie will got half
of the twelve votes from Connecticut ,
and may have the twenty-six votes from
Iowa. Upon this figuring Mr. Cleveland -
land is given 503 votes , or with in ninoty-
ono of the number necessary to nomi
nate , with twelve southern and two sil
ver states still to bo considered. Tlio
southern stales' have a total of 23(5 (
votes , and the Cleveland men assume
that ho will certainly trot iv fair share of
the dologales from those states , though
possibly not enough to give him two-
thirds of the votes of the convention.
The present showing is certainly en
couraging to the friends of Cleveland ,
and the results reasonably to be ex
pected in the states which have yet to
choose delegates warrant a foiling of
conlidonco in his nomination. For
nearly forty years it has boon ono of the
generally accepted laws of the democ
racy that iv democratic candidate for
president is entitled to the necessary
two-thirds wlion ho commands a clear
majority vote , so that if Cleveland
should st'euro a bare majority on the
first ballot , as it now soums very likely
ho will do , recognition- the long-os-
tablislied principle noted will give him
the nomination.
Hut it is quite possible that the esti
mates of the friends of the ox-prosidont
may fall. The opposition to him la not
Idle , Combinations are being formed.
Able and inlluontlal polUiclnns strongly
proclaim their conviction that it would
lie fatal to the party to nominate Cleve
land , for the reason that whatever his
strength elsewhere ho could not curry
Now York. Hill is out of the race , but
Iio Is still an Important factor in the sit
uation , and nobody can toll what ho
will do with the Inlluonco at his com
mand , Favorable , therefore , as Iho out
look for Mr. Cleveland now appears to
bo , during the six weeks before the
mooting of the national convention there
will bo opportunity for a great change.
The mnsdcs of the democracy are un
doubtedly with Cleveland , but the
shrewdest politicians of the party are
not and these are the mon who will
manage the national convention.
.is TO IIKATIXU
There is no valid excuse for expend
ing any moro of the school fund in
junketing toura to inspect heating ap
pliances. The safe thing to do is not to
experiment with nny new-fangled do-
vlcc. It is the oxporlonco of builders
that the most extravagant claims of sav
ing fuel and improving ventilation are
inado for every honi ponorntor whether
it is hot air , hot water or steam.
These fuel-saving nnd porfcct-vontllat-
ing devices nro very much llko patent
gnsbnrnora whoso vendors guarantee to
save (50 ( per cent of the gas. When the
year rolls around the gas motor has
registered about the same quantity of
gas ns had boon consumed by the com
mon burners.
What the board should do in regard
to heating appliances is to adopt Iho
best heaters known , even if they do cost
Iho most money. As a general thing
the best is the cheapest , and when wo
sny the host wo mo.in the appliance that
has after the most extensive use in the
principal citlos proved itself to bo the
most satisfactory. Inc'.dcn tally wo
would suggest that hot nir furnaces bo
giveiiproforonce , oven if the plantcosts
more or less than steam. Any or
dinary janitor is qualified to food n hot
air furnace , but it takes an engineer to
innnngo a steam plant. Unless compe
tent engineers are employed tlioro is
risk of explosions that would shutter the
buildings and might cause loss of pro-
clous lives.
No competent engineer will act ns
janitor , and that moans an Increase of
from $75 to $100 a month in the main
tenance of every ytoam-heatcd school
house.
Another thing suggests itself , and
that is tlio desirability of uniform heat
ing appliances that will make a transfer
of janitors from ono school building to
another moro practicable. It stands to
rcnson , also , that any maiiufricturor will
furnish boating appliances for half a
dozen school buildings at a lower rate
than ho would for a single building.
. ,1 MKTHODIST A'ATW.\Arj UXIVK11SITY.
Among other lopics of special interest
to bo considered by the general confer
ence few will attract moro attention
than that relating to the proposed na
tional Methodist university at Wash
ington , D. C. With his accustomed
vigor Bishop Hurst , who resides in the
capital , has within the last two years
pushed this pot idea to the point where
nothing remains to assure its success
except the favorable endorsement of the
enterprise by the supreme legislative
body. The citizens of Washington
upon the theory that the great church
would , back the university with its
moral and financial support donated a
most attractive site for campus and
buildings and steps have been taken in
that city to secure subscriptions in a
considerable sum toward carrying out
Iho plan.
The clerical and lay promoters of this
enterprise desire that an endowment of
810,000,000 shall bo raided for the in
stitution. Tlio board of bishops have
assented to the plans proposed and Ihc
church papers have very generally ap
proved them. The Methodist people
have taken hold of Iho subject with
considerable enthusiasm , though sub
scriptions have not yet been largo or
numerous. A start has been made in
this direction , however , and with the
impetus which general conference en
dorsement will give the movement it is
expected that the necessary funds to in
sure success will bo forthcoming.
Ono idea which it is honed will bo
adopted , but which is antagonized in
certain quarters , is to rally the whole
church of America and the world to the
support of the university by making tlio
Sunday following October 12 , 1802 , Co
lumbian university day , with the ex
pectation -that enthusiasm enough can
bo aroused meantime to secure large
contributions fromtlio membership on
that occasion. The only reason why
this suggestion may not bo approved is
that the church is now calling upon its
congregations for largo sums of money
for the maintenance of a great many
smaller institutions and the fear is ex
pressed that other interests may suiter
if the national university is pushed with
too much vigor.
If the Methodist church nocds a great
modern university to complete its educa
tional equipment , there is no place in
the union so well adapted for it as
Washington , ns Dr. Bartlett , the emi
nent Presbyterian clergyman of the cap
ital , once remarked : "If a dome wore
placed over the District of Columbia ,
Washington monument could bo called a
spire nnd the capital of the nation a uni
versity. " The government has $ . ' 52,000-
000 invested in public institutions for the
advancement of knowledge and expends
in maintaining them$7,000,000annually.
They are free'to Iho American public.
A few years of life in Washington is of
ilsolf u liberal education. A university
proper to givt > direction to study and to
mipnlomonl the public moans of acquir
ing information would bo an invaluable
aid to Methodist students. The Cath
olics hnvo two great schools , George
town college anu the National univer
sity. The -Baptists have Columbia uni
versity. Both churches are doing a
grand educational work and the Molh-
odists are probably correct from their
standpoint of view , in believing that the
largest of the Protestant denominations
should bo represented by an institution
with an endowment commensurate with
the importance of the country.
SKOUBTAHV NOIJUJ in a lengthy letter -
tor explains that his position with reference -
oronco to furnishing certain correspond
ence relating lo Iho appointment and re
moval of pension olllca employes was
misinterpreted to the committee by
Commissioner Hanm through u misun
derstanding of Assistant Secretary Bus-
soy , Ho adhorcs to the constitutional
objection which was suggested and
claims the right to appoint or remove
employes without the interference or in
quiry of congress , but being desirous of
ai'ling tlu Investigation ho will cheer
fully furnish the correspondence- asked
for. Tim secretary is to bo commonued
for Ihls notion. No oxeoulivo depart
ment of the government can ull'orJ to
refuse information relative to its action
upon any nutter upon request of con
gress except in tiio casu of authorized
treaty negotiations where n revelation of
the correspondence might hinder their
successful issue.
KMi'ieisou WII.MAM lias always boon
wanting * in filial devotion , It is not
therefore surprising to learn that ho
snubbed his grandmother , Queen
Victoria.
c.ixnin.wr.
OHII KrUl | > llcrULi Venture Upon n DefoiulTe
CitinMlKM TliU Ymr ?
Mftd/Iii / Acre * ( rf | > . )
It Is ovldcni'fo'ovury thinning republican
who , for n mrfftWnt , has the success of the
ropublloin par'tv'fit ' honrt , that the nomina
tion of Mr , Mnjbri at this tlrao would bo a
calamity , nnd-Wbt the party thousands of
votes and cmTaifbcr the entire state tlokot.
The republican furty has no tlmo to glvo In
this campaign to Uofoiidlug the rocortH of its
candidates. SliitfHcM ai iust candidates nro
llKely to spnnc'uli In nny campaign nnd can
bo mot and roftut'U , but a candidate's ' bad
public rocortl , which has entered into and
bccomo n purl of history cannot
bo successfully niot by the press or
his Associates on the stump. In Mr.
Major's case there Is no defense
to ofTor. The records of the Forty-seventh
congress , is l , volume It , pm4 , ungos 11,247
td'VJ5t : , which are In nil the public libraries
of the country , show that Mr. Majors was
Investigated by n conimlltoo of that body
charged wltii pjrpstratmg n pravo offense ,
'ihls committee reported to the homo of rop-
rcaoutiitlvos that they found him ( Majors )
guilty of thoofToiiso uomplnlnoit of , and roo-
omnio tided that tlio report of the committee ,
together \\lth the evidence tnkon before
thorn , bo turned over to the civil nuthoritics.
Con grass nt this tlmo was overwnolmingly
republican. Kolfcr of Ohio ( republican ) was
speaker. Hon. Tom Head , cx-spcnker , the
present republican leader In cotu'rcss , was
chairman of the cotn'mtuca who returned
this vordlct against Mr. Majors. Kas-
son of Iowa ( republican ) was nnother
member of this committee , nnd this repub
lican congress without n ilUsonttnp vote
adopted the report of the committee. Air.
Mnjors was not trlod ntul condemned by his
political ciioiulcj but by tiKiinbors of his own
political party.
Mr. Majors was never brought before n
court of Justice to answer for this grave
offense , as it was ovldwnily expected ho
would bo by the members of tlio Forty-
seventh coutjnHs. The attorney trctioriil of
Nebraska , Mr. Hoborts , whoso duty it waste
to delcnd the good name of the statewai
nUo found guilty , by thssamo coinmittoo , of
aiding Mr.MiiJoM In committing luU offense ,
and the matter was allowed to sloop and Mr.
M.ijors to go without further trial. With
this record wo say Mr. Majors has no claims
on the republican party ol NebrasKa for the
uomiiitttiou of governor.
Frrn Trillin 1'itlly.
Acio 1'inli .Sun.
On Monday an ardent and impetuous
democratic representative from Nebraska ,
the Hon. William Jennings Uryan , exploded
a frco trade bomb In the house of representa
tives with interesting result * . Without
previous warning the rules were suddenly
suspendedand the bill making bindini ; twine
free was passed. Ttireu democrats voted
against it , one being from Wisconsin , Mr.
Coburn , one from "New Yorlc , Mr. ( iovort ,
ana on'o from Now Jersey , Mr. Cadmus.
These three gontlotnon who upon the oc
casion of considering an economic question
of no ordinary hnportaaco stepped out of tlio
patti prescribed for them by a far greater
number of enthusiastic theorists belonging
to tbeir party , ted conspicuously before
them the o.xumiilo of a democratic ronrosun-
tatlvo who had ( s\yco \ been cut in ono of the
highest political places in the country. In
ISOi ) , when the McKinley bill proposed to re
duce the duty on binding twiuo to sevcn-
tenths of a cont'a'fjound , the Hon. Koswoll
I1. Flower protested vigorously against the
consequent injury to the worktngmon already
ongugeii in its production. In IS'Jl this same
stalwart nud coiurnon BCIISO democrat wad
elected governor of Xow York by nearly 50-
000 majority.
There are raoro things than tariff smash
ing iu whicti democrats nro interested.
ltigToml In tin ! I'uilillc.
Ilincc'.ls ' Journal
Paul Vandorvoort is a great mnn in the
alliance and a leader in the independent
movement. Ho will Do ono of the leading
spirits in the national convention of that
party to be hold in Omaha July 4. Wuilo wo
agree with the Quill editor that ho has always
been a railroad tool and that ho is today sail
ing under false colors , yut wo must disagree
with Sprccher when he says that ha does not
amount to much as in alliance leader. Van-
dcrvoorl has started out to bo a biir toad in
the all inn co puddle , nnd wo predict that ho
will como pretty near goiting thoro. Ho un
derstands the class of people that ho is deal
ing with nnd no knows how to work them.
A Mii/zlcd DK
Clitctign Ttintjf ,
Under tlio leadership of Don M. Dickinson ,
Cleveland's postmaster general and political
manager , Michigan domoorats have gathered
in convention and sent to Chicago a delega
tion instructed to "voto ns one man for the
nomination of Orover Cleveland to the presi
dency of the United States. " In the work of
calmly ana Judiciously choosing the candi
date for the presidency bcsUUtcd to lead the
democracy to victory th'i Michigan delopn-
tion can have no part. Instead of sending
thirty-two .delegates the Wolverine demo
crats mU'lit ns well liavo employed a mes
senger boy.
Oitiiilui tlin ( 'nntrr Tliuruof.
St. Mild ( ilHlic.
The west is looming up this season lu the
way of conventions. Minneapolis has the
ropu Ullcan and Chicago the democratic con
vention. Omaha takes In the people's con
vocation , which promises to size up In num
bers with the others. Then the National
Editorial association goes to California next
month , Omaha now entertains llio Mollio-
dlst general conference. In the same month
the I'rosbytorinn gsneral nssombly goes to
Portland. The prohibitionists , und perhaps
some other aggregations , focus somewhere
in the west.
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Si'lllHlitiiisi Mint III ! Siiiirnsnnil | | ,
M wipuyn/fs / Trlliunt.
Tlioro comoj a tlmu wlion pationoo coasos1
to bo n virtue. That point has boon rcachod
In ttio free colmlco oxtravaBanna. Next
fall the people whcjlo , not care to run the
government forijtio solo bonolit of the
scllUh silver minor should s y so In no un
certain voice. - '
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KriiHoiU for Itc.ldlcliif , ' .
C/ifHi * ! ) < i 'HUM ,
The republicans "of Indiana havu good
reason to rejoice oj r the result of the town
elections In that alato last Tuesday. They
hnvo hold their owirtin ton towns and mm Jo
irr.oortmit gains la seventeen , whllo the
democrats Imvu gamed In thirteen.
DoiiKoruiM I'ntvnr.
Krif Yiirk ll'orM.
The framers of the constitution cortnlnly
novcr nr.ticipatod that it would bu In the
power of a. slntjlo corporation boss to levy a
tix of frt.OOO.OUO a yoaron the coal consumers
of the country by a stroke of his pon.
Unit Kirurt cil IIIiiliiiiUlii.
The endorsement * that liialno Is receiving
from the republican conventions will Insure
hU retention as secretary of state during
Harrison's second term If ho wants the
place. _ _
Turn IMiitt "ml Mutt Qimy tu ConlVr.
Niw : YoitK , May 8. Ex-Sotmtor Thomas
C. I'liitt loft for Nashville nt inhlnlplit
to attend , the special mooting of the
Tennessee Coal n'nd Iron company
BtocKboldor * . Mr. Plait will stop
over in WashliiRton today , It is afllrmed , to
confer upon political affairs with Bouutor
Quay , at the request of tlio latter.
i.v tf.v/o.v rinrni :
The lliipo of Ncltnukn Itopitbllcnrn U In
I'nltlng Together.
Sotvard Reporter : The republican state
convention did well in ignoring all personal
grievances nud basing nil Its nets upon the
brood ground of the best Interests of the
party. All the republicans of the stnto may
perhaps not bo plcnscct with nil the acts of
the convention , but as no ono can expect al
ways to have his own way , the result should
bo accented by all as being for the best in-
tcrcsts of the party. The only way to suc
ceed Is to present a solid front to the enemy ,
without any dissensions. Republicans can
not afford .to tight among themselves , but
should reserve tbclr energies to fk'ht their
opponents. Hy pulling together success Is
assured.
Chnppell Register : The party has been
weighed down by this controversy long
enough ; In fact , It was run Into the ground a
longtime ) ago , and wo cannot so i what
grounds Mr. Richards and his friends have
for continuing It , It has become a personal
matter and should bo withdrawn from poll-
tics. The rnpublluan parly cannot nfforU to
bo burdened with this matter longer. To bo
successful this fall , wo have got to have bar-
raony wltti a great big "H. "
Blair Pilot : Some of the republican state
nnper.s : ire stronglv Intimating that Hon. L.
U. Richards will inad a bolt In the Nebraska
delegation to Minneapolis on the Instructions
of the state convention to nnmo 10. Rosewater -
water for member of the nnttonal comtnlttoo
for .this stnto. This Is evidently n cnso where
' the wish Is father to the thought.1 Wo
credit Mr. Richards with that higher scnso
of honor whlcn would preclude any such line
of action. Neither ho nor any other of the
four gentlemen elected by tlio stnte conven
tion would bo Justified in ignoring Its om-
phntlc expression on this subject. Their vin
dication was complete In being created dele
gates. The mandate of the creator should
bo obeyed , cheerfully , "in the manner and
spirit expressed In the resolution. " CJood
fultu , not with Kdward Rosewnter , but with
the republicans of Nebraska and good poll-
tics ns well do.snnds n ready acquiescence.
Beatrice Republican : The republican
papers of the state that persist lu censuring
the recent republican stnto convention for
its notion in recommending Rosewater
national commlttaomnn , aru milking an error
which they will regret later la the cam
paign. The convention was competed of the
representative republicans of the state ,
und after thoroughly canvassfni ? thu
situation , It was the Judgment of a larco
majority that the interests of the party
nnd the state could best be aub-
serveil by attempting to harmonize Iho
discordant elements. There Is nothing to bo
gained by n continuance of the light between
the republican pauors of the stnto and Tun
BIK : , but a great deal is to be lost. Thu ene
mies of tlto party nro secretly scht'inliur and
combining with the hope that the cntiro
opposition may bo amassed against thu
republican bulwarks , thr.t a rout will again
ousuo. This 1'tictlonal contention will only
servo lo render their purpose moro easily
accomplished. Wo repeat again let harmony
bo the watchword and a united and persist
ent pull bo mndo that the partv may be restored -
stored to Its old time supremacy in the stato.
Niobrara Pioneer : Tlio Pioneer is nleased
to note what unanimity of expression exists
with thu Independent republican press of the
state over the Into tactics against Rosowntor
und Tun Uii : . Toe Pioneer is pleased to bo
in the same boat with the Grand Island In
dependent , Nebraska City Pi ess , York
Times , Ivoarroy Hub and HKO prominent
journals on its position for bettor harmony.
It is nil right for newspapers to do their
level best for politicians when they are hun
gry , but it is all wrong for the odllors of
these newspapers to nsk for deserving recog
nition. The Pioneer is sick and tired boom
ing nonothiiiRs anddouolhings , who , because
thov chnnco to bo popular over baviim done
nothing , slip into undeserving prominence tea
a Huso contidonco.
ilartington Herald : Organization is now
in order. If the republicans expect to carry
Nebraska this fall , they should toso no time
In effecting nctive , working local organiza
tions. The result of such work Is a toregono
conclusion , but a lack of enthusiasm is liable
to lose the state. _
Broken How Leader. Hvory republican in
Nebraska tins cause to couKratulato himself
upon the splendid condition in which a har
monious republican parly in our state enters
unon this Important campaign. U is n cer
tain harolnger of n sweeping victory this fall.
Beaver City Tribune : Ropu oilcans should
'
go into tho'llcht this year to win , they
should avoid local quarrels and feuds auu
unite on raen for oillco whom all can sup
port. It would bo folly to put mon on n state
ticket , even If we think they were at ono
tlmo hardly uso.l and should bo vindicated ,
who will not receive the united anil hearty
support ot the whole party. Then let the
campaign bo fought on "principle which can
bo ( louo if the ticket needs no dofenso.
Gothcnbure Star : Those who are lighting
Robowatcr might ns well admit that , ho has
turned defeat into success. Mr. Rosewater
is not just now a momoor of the iMcGinty
family and will not yet go to the bottom of
the political sea.
U'ltnt thu Trrstty Ainnnilril.
SAN Josi : , Costa Rica , May 8. It is be
lieved thnt Don Mnuro Fernandez , ox-socro-
tary of state and Costa Rica's foremost
statesman and Jurist , will sail in a few days
for Now York. Senor Fernandez is to go to
Washington at once upou a special mission
to the United States government. Mer
chants of San Jose and o'.hor principal cities
of this republic nro greatly disturbed over
the now reciprocity treaty and declare that
it must bo amended. Tin ; commorclnl crisis
is thought to have passed. Exchange con
tinues high.
iiii.iiuit or rim n.iv.
Now Orleans I'luayiinu : The thlnf would
tnko things easy If It wuro not for minions of
thu law.
lioston Transcript : Thn sculptor Is moat
likely of all men to uut a li nro lu the world.
Klmlra Ga/oltu : The canary Is thoroughly
professional , nuvur 3lii lii n note without
tlrst presenting a 1)11' ' .
Columbus 1'oit : Many a man " ( 'ous with the
lUKiilurlly of ocloukworU" simply becuusu Im's
always running down. *
Philadelphia l.i'dnor : 1'rof. Klley. United
Staler ! unloinolo lst. suys that Krnsshojipur.s
fried in Imttor taste vury much llko lminpi.
They ou'liL : to iniiUu u nomi snrini : illot.
llrooklyn Kiisln : Ilulatod I'assonxor : " 0
ciintaln , 1 was so ufnild that I should mlas the
Hti.'umur I imrdiy took tlmo to awnllow my
lunch. " ( iri'lf uiiptaln : "U'oll , nuvor mind , It
will bo all thu same In an hour' * time. "
Ill A WITH A III1 TO DATE ,
Aric 1'HcA1 llciiilit ,
Thus dupartiMl lilawiithn
To the land of till ) D.icouhs ,
Tu ibu and of handsome women ;
And In nlt.nty iluys returning.
A ( ilvnmilut ho brought with him.
To Ills wlfo ho uvu Mm liii-ha ,
Soul , bur back unto liur ma-ma ,
In the oiitaltlrtH of Ch
, . _ . _ Hi/.ir : : 'That l-i an anznl of n
housu ! " said Shu. "Not uulto , " ho repllutl. "U
liiis only ono win ; : , "
Ilfu : Yonnx Man Do you thlni ; your sU-
li > r wouid h'.ttu lo marry unit luavoyuu ? Tin ;
Terror Oh , yus. Ulio s.ild slio woirul hnvo
marrlud Ions ir-o If It hadn't IHMIII for mu.
Jowolor's Wonkly : Laura I.onuly--Thla
drlnldiiK UUP was iniidn f.ir MID whuii 1 win a
b-iby. H < na Itoastur Mow buaiitlful ! Arun't
the productions of the iinelont mulul worliora
( 'luiriiiln l'
CIIIKI'I.V CIIAIUTKIllXtil. :
h'ntr i'lelil''a \ \ htntl on ,
Holy KinoUo : Hurnliit ; Incunso.
A wutory coiiL'h : An oyster boil ,
The "Di'MirloJ YlilitKu : " Oiiu | .May.
An lnn-tusi | : K-ildlii { Miiloons In lovra.
A siildoii opportunity ) Tno Kuoley euro.
Palmy day ; SViiito lidjpubllu ruuop-
Thu fisliork'squostloii ! Did you brlnj ; the
*
A nor'woster ! The nut lonal ropubllean con-
vuntiriii.
tilIK / >
Atlanta t
She la comliiB wllh tliu Muy
Coialnir , comiuv our uiy ; ;
Sho'll talio elf her lint lo utay
Tno Hunumir bo irtlor ;
Tlnklo , t nUli ) . KOOS ihu latchj
Shu Ix co i.lnx fur a raioli ,
And si.u'ii luitiiid in .nrlifu n nmtoii ,
Thosiimiiior buanlur.
They urocotiiliii : with thu May ,
Kroin tno cities far away ;
Com Incumins all , to btuy
Thn poor rotations ;
Oh. they lllu thu country air ;
Milk U battiir fur than uuur ;
Thuy'll taUu all you'vu KOI to spurn ;
lion t I' ' " much buuaiisu thi'y'ru thin
Ji'ii = y fan uat hhopnnynhurul
' ' '
The poor ;
ECHOES OF THE WYOMING WAR
Another Cattleman Statjs Ilia Side of the
Oao at Length.
DENUNCIATION OF THE "RUSTLERS"
( llcnrork < 'ltl7 < < n Vlow the Matter In
Dim-trot l.lKht nnd nt n Mnns Moot-
Inif Protest Vigorously
the 1.11 to liivailor.s.
WASIIIN-OTOX , 1) . C. , May 3. | Spoclal to
TUB UKK. | "Thoro appears to bo dense
lenoranco In the east as lo Iho situation re
specting the cattle war in Wyoming , and In
fact the entire mlnutla of the round-up' and
other affairs which have combined to bring
about u .state of serious hostilities In the ox-
Iromo northwest , " said an old Wyoming
cattleman to your correspondent today.
Intense interest is bolng taken Just now
In the cattle .roubles of the northwest by
congress ana commercial men and farmers
throughout the country , not alone because It
affects an Important interest , but bacmiso the
details of the work and the conditions which
have led up to the projont state of trouble In
\Vyotnlng nro In themselves very interesting.
Tno gentleman quoted above Is ono of ttio
best known ranchers in northern Wyoming.
Hu continued :
"I think the cattlemen have been unfairly
dealt with by the press of the couutrv
through ignor.inne ns to the real conditions
which led up to the present state of ulTair.s.
1 fully believe the cattlemen were forced to
take thostops they did In order to protect
their property , us all prosecutions under the
law for cattle or horso" stealing had been u
signal failure , on account of n lack of evi
dence against the rustier , who was nhvav.s
aolu to produce the necessary evidence to
prove Innocence. The rustler. * have almost
absolute control ot the local courts , the
grand juries nua the machinery which
is supposed lo bring about justice.
Lot mo go back n little nnd relate u little
history Unit " you nnu other * may know what
rustlers "aro and what led up to the present
trouulos. The origin was in 1SSI. Previous
to that lima the cattlemen , in order to un-
couraco some of their cowboys In saving
their wages , gave thum permission to buy
small bunches of cattle , generally steers , mm
oftontinu'M they advanced to thu boys ay ear's
salary or more t3 malto the nur-
chasos. The employers allowed those
cattle to run , free of cost , with their
own herds. Sorno of the cowboys who
had gamed this laver from their employers ,
the cattlemen , look ndvanta o of the nrm-
oxlstonce of u cattle law and laid claim , not
openly , but secretly , to nil Iho mavericks
they found among the herds of their em
ployers , and began branding them ns their
own. A maverick is an unbranded or
motherless calf. Considering the fact that
tlio mnvoricUs iivorago ton in overv herd of
1,000 cattle , the mavericks winch found their
way into tno small herds owned by ttio cow
boys was an immense item , while Iho
mavericks winch really belonged lothu cow
boy herds was so small that any employer
could instantly trace the improper ac
quisition. A cowooy seldom owned over 200
head ol cattle , and his mavericks would not
bo over two a year. Until this time the
mavericks found on the range of the various
ranches were the recognized property of tlio
brand occupying the rangu nun were 'branded
accordingly. The different owners novcr
had nny dispute over the branding of a
maverick. If any doubt aroio it was settled
by butchering the animpl for boot to supply
the round-up.
"Tno round-up takes place every spring ,
when the vnrious owners with their cow
boys congregate and cut out their respective
cattle , robrnnd and divide the mavericks.
You know , or should know , that a largo
number of herds often run and fend together
lu common during a season , which
economizes help und decreases anxiety and
care. To this branding of the mavericks by
the cowboys , who were appropriating thorn
to their own uses , the cattlemen protested ,
for it gave the boys too gnou a chunua to
steal the calves. The mavericks were
clearly the property of the cattlemen. In
Orooic county , which adjoins .lo'inson , there
were up to 1SS1 not over 2.VJ actual settlers ,
and the small rancher and f armor never
allowed anil docs not now cattle to drift in
with tlio range cattle. In 1SS1 Wyoming ,
then a territory , passed u laiv that all
mavericks found during a rounilun should bo
sold by tlio duly appointed roundup foreman ,
the proceeds of such sales to uyply on salary
and expenses ot stock inspectors , which cx-
PCIHO hau heretofore beun bonio by the
Wyoming Stock ( Jrowors association. Tlio
stock inspectors were stationed at the differ
ent shipnintr and stock yards nud tnotr duty
was to protect the Interests of nil cattle own
ers. This act made it n law for nny ether
person than the roundup foreman to brand n
maverick. Now , right there boirau the
serious trouble. T'IO boys commenced to got
bolder und not being satisfied witti n chance
maverick oftentimes would create ono
that is , they would separata aua drive
the cow from the calf and await n
chance to brand the calf , or worse possibly
kill the cow in order to malco mi opportunity
to steal the calf. About this time tlio largo
owners concluded that they would not hnvo
in their employ nny person who was the
owner of cattlo. They announced thai they
wore willing to purchase and pay full value
for all cattle that their employes poisoasod.
The bolter element sold ; others did not , out
located small ranches of their own and more
boldly sot out to rustic und steal live stock ,
both horses und cattle. Tills work nnd the
utter failure to successfully prostouto an ;
stock thtof or rustler , bnd the effect of con
torlng in the northern portion of Wyoming a
ang ns bad and bol.l ns it is possible lo
imagine.
"I want it distinctly undOMtooJ that a
rustler and rancher do not ga together nt
nil , " continued the Wyoming nian "A
rancher is n respectable settler who wishes C
to avail himself of the privileges of citizen- /
shin and locnto and claim 100 acres of land /
under his rights , build himself n homo , '
raise some livestock , ana do farmlne and
settle with the intention of helping build tip
n new country. Ilo usually locates nca't
some village or nostoftlce , io ns lo have thn
ndvnntnso.s of civilization. A rustler locates
from preference In an oul-oMho-way place ,
so ns to bo without the roach of the public
eye where ho can steal nt will. When you
stop to think that there nro thousands ol
cattle nnd hundreds of horses around him ,
the property of others , you see how easy It
would bo to round up a bunch , rope
a blc calf or colt , brand him nnd then turn
him loose agnln. Do you wonder that some
of the rustlers have bojotno well llxodl
Whllo the rancher ami the rustler are not
the best of friends 1 have never hoard of a
Settler belnc driven out by the rustler unUvs
1m was an informer , yet I do know that the
counlios of L'liiok nnd Weston have lost
$100,000 in taxes whlcn never came back
otherwise , by theInrgo cattlemen necessarily ,
having to Innvo ntul quit business. 1 ucllovo * s" "
this Is true of all the largo counties within
tlio state where livestock Interests predom
inate. The rustlers roundup two weeks
ahead of the cattle owner * , seas
as to do their stealing of the
mavericks and unbrnndod cattle gouar-
ally nhuad of the owner. * . . Kccor.tly the
owners nnd ranchers equipped themselves
nnd went out in niivnnco of the tlmo llxed by
the cattle association for the
round-up , do-
lermluud to protect their interest * nnd the
result was the light with tlio rustlors.
"Tho state of Wyoming , with 10,000,000
Invested In live stock , the uroatust Industry
within her borders , cannot frame too string
ent laws for its protection , while ttio honest
rancher and settler will Unit It a pretty good . . - . . . .
country in which to locate. The rustler ,
even though ho often bo a peed fellow , gen
erally speaking , should not have the sym
pathy of the rancher or settler , for ho would
steal your cow , calf or horse Iho llrst good
chance. "
( ili-nrook Clll/-im Adopt Kridllll loin.
At n mass meeting hold In Cilonrcok , Converse
verso county , Wyo. , May 5 , 1S1U , the followIng -
Ing resolutions were adopted , as oxprosslvt
of tno sentiments of the people of thai suc
tion :
Whereas , Tlmlaw-abldlngcituonsor Glen-
rock and vicinity have boon wilfully nnd
maliciously vllilled by the loader of thu gnnn
whn recently Invaded Johnson county , \Vo
tiling ; nnd
Whereas , The executive of the state has ,
by Ills actions in the promises , made it up
mront thnt ho was cognUant of this invasion
into our peaceful .stuto ; therefore , bu it
Kesolvcd , by tlio people of ( ilunrock and
vicinity in mass meeting , That the Into In-
v.xslon into the state of Wyoming by a body
of men was n great outrngo.
Hesolved , That the people of Glonrocli
and vicinity have berne the insults , injuries ,
insinuations and outrages heaped upon thoin
by reason of this invasion , nt tliu hands of
the acting governor and his advisors , tliu
Wyomini * stock commission anu its ndtior-
ants , with patience , forbearance und patrio
tism.
Kosolvod , That the continuance of the
raugo cattle business in Converse county ,
Wyoming , within the local lines , is not in
compatible with the best Interests of the
county that the frco range is open to nil
who desire to use it , and chat nil cattle com
panies wlio doiiro to range their cnttlo on the
bountiful rauges of our county will not only
bo tolerated , but protected as long ns they
are willing to abide by the laws of the lauii.
Resolved. That we detest stealing in every
form , and that wo pledge ourselvoi now anil
hero to brtn , ; every thief to justicu in our
courts , agatn.-it whom oviduuco of guilt can
bo produced. .
Kesolvcd , That a copy of these resolutions
be soul to the Grannie , the C'lii'vontiu
Leader , the Uuffulo liulletin , the Koclcv
Mountain News and Tun OMUIA Hm : , with
a roqucit for publication ; also a copy by
registered mall to the nctiug ( rovcrnor of tliu
state. Senators Wurron and Carey nnd the
president of the United States.
A. T. Sin.Mout , Chairman.
UKOIIRI : DIVOI. , Secretary.
Vl.KflI..tXl > UAXXOr H'/.V.
Indianapolis Journal : Mr. Wattorson says
ho has nothing but rospjot and regard for
Cleveland , and is not iirupared to nauio a
winning candidate. Ho is only certain that
Cleveland cannot win.
Duluth Tribune : Mr. Watterson has sUed
up Iho situation fairly , catidicllv nnd accur
ately , nud while llicro are many democrats
who blindly believe thnt IJrover Cleveland
ran bo elected , the fact is ha cannot.
New York 1'ross : Colonel Henry Wattor
son again declares that thu nomination of
Mr. Cleveland by the democratic party would
bo an act of snieldo. Thu democracy Is crazy ,
however , und might bo acquitted on thu
ground of emotional insuiiitv.
St. Pajl Plcnoor I'rois : That very good
man , Hon. Henry Wattorson , still has his
bagpipu keyed to an awful note of wou , in
the discussion of the democratic political
situation. If ho Is fain to indulge In Jere
miads now his condition in six months will
bo ono thnt will not leave a dry t < yo In IU
party.
St. Paul Dispatch : Perhaps Mr. Walt r- '
son's estimate ot the dufoiit which nwuits
Cleveland in Nntv York as boinir something
of tbu kind which altondcd Judga l'licr
when Cleveland bent him by 'JtlO.OOO m.ijot-
ity , may bo n bil unrjnsonable. I3ut his
statement of the Imil ! rusiilt Is none thu less
correct. Neither Illll nor Cleveland can ba
elect rd.
& CO.
Largest Manufacturers and Uotallors . of
Uollimi ; In thu World.
On account
of Recent Rains
We've put nearly 400 suits on the
front counter , se
lected from 30 or
more different lots - <
in the stock which j
we'll close out this
weeksome of them
at $7.00 , some at
$8.50 , others at $10
and still others at
$12.50. They're
all our own make , nicely trimmed , in
light or dark colors ; plain or mixed
cassimeres. with choice of either sack or
cutaway. You'll acknowledge they're
worth a good deal more when you see
them. Mail orders filled.
Browning , King &Co
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