Nebraska Newspapers

    THIS OMAHA DAILY MONDAY , MAY 23 , 1802 ,
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A\VTI\K t'lrculiitloii lor April , y 1,1 10.
Tins ! H the hist week of the Methodist
conference nnd sprinf ? chickens nro
beginning to roost lowor.
WKLI. , if England turns her back on
frco t ratio whcro will our friends , the
unoiny , look for sympathy mul condol-
OI1GO ?
ON THK hiimo day a prisoner in n
Cheyenne jail captures the shop untl a
passenger train is held up in DcsMoincs
by road agents. Whither are we drift-
IT is customary for lecturers who are
short of funds to tiikons their text : "Tho
Uotid to Wealth. " It is to bo hoped ,
liowovor , that the man who lectures on
' 'Brains" is not devoid of that com
modity. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
IK THIS paving contractors have
formed a combine to raise prices or to
prevent competition or to foist inferior
material upon the city , it becomes the
fluty of the mayor and council to pro
tect the taxpayers.
THE signal service weather clerk of
this city lias indulged in a good deal of
wild guessing within the past thirty
flays and his confidential advice to farm
ers to plant their corn crop within the
next three days will bo taken with a
grain of allowance.
THE excise commissioners of New
York City have deciucd that they can
not permit throe saloons to bo in oxist-
cnce on four corners. This is ti strange
position for New York oxoiso eominis-
Bionors to take. Do they want the sons
uf Tammany to perish of thirst' ?
SPAIN hits at last removed the embargo
barge on American pork , and now the
A merion n hog muy bo found on ice in
Ml the markets of the world. But the
penuino American hog is found only in
the dining car on every limited express
train on both sides of the ocean.
JACOH GOULD SciitnurAN , the newly
elected president of Cornell university ,
Is only U8 years of Inge. The old idea
lhat a college president must bo a ven
erable minister with a taste for meta
physics seems to have given way to the
modern conception of a business man
who can handle the facalty and secure
funds for the institution
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THOSIS who believe that the proposi
tion of the Nebraska Central Railway
company would , if carried out , bo of
great advantage to Omaha , should worlc
Koalously to promote that viow. In or
der to make success certain the p.-opo-
Billon must have the earnest and con-
Btant advocacy of its friends , because
there will bo an industrious opposition
to overcome. The bridge monopoly will
light hard to defeat it
IP Tine notion of the council in over
ruling the Board of Publio Works in its
specifications for paving material and
the ton-year guaranty will result in de
laying public works sixty days or longer
it becomes a very serious matter. Our
working people have already suffered
great hardship by reason of the con
tinued rains , and any need loss delay of
public works will aggravate the situa
tion and cause greater hardship.
Tin : determination uf the democrats
to take ro chances on Now York in
selecting their candidate for presi
dent is plainly nupurcnt. "By no
ingenuity of figuring , " aays the
San Francisco Jixaniincr , "can New-
York ho dispensed with. " THIS
IIK : has frequently pointed out thiit the
light in the Empire state was r.ithor
HlgnUlcunt. Every war-whoop of the
factions there will have to bo taken into
the account In trying to make out where
those thirty-six electoral vutes are
polng.
ONE of the most preposterous things
suggested to Undo Jerry Rusk is the
eohemo to extend ttm telegraphic
weather service to the farming commu
nities in our suburbs. In the Aral place
the farmers have no faith in the predic
tions and in the next place it would bo
idiotic to expect fnrmora to leave their
fields In the busy season or when the
ronda are almost Impassable and drive
Or ride live or ton miles to the telegraph
station to find out what the weather
gucssor prodl'cts for the same day. The
average farmer la like the tree toad ho
can comnatiout aa near guessing whether
U will ruin before nightfall as can the
man who ttlU in the tower uf the signal
illation.
\rno \ AUK TIIK MKXt
Who am the men that are organizing
the opposition to President Harrison ?
To what extent have they any claims to
bo regarded as loaders of the repub
lican pivrtv1 ; What Irivo they done to
oniltk' them to a commanding voice in
the party councils ? Those are questions
which it is pertinent to ask at this time
and to answer for the information of
those who muy not bo familiar with the
records of the chief plotters against the
unity and harmony of the republican
party.
In Now York the head of the opposi
tion to the president is ox-Senator Platt ,
w.ho resigned his sent in the United
Blutcs senate at the same lime that
Roscoe Colliding did , in 1831 , on ac
count of it controversy with the Garlield
administration. Ever since that time
"Mo Too" Platt has been playing the
role of a political boss in the Empire
state , greatly to the injury and disad
vantage of the republican party. His
bosslsm has cost the party thousands of
votes in ovary state eammiign , nnd is in
very great degree responsible for the
fact that Now York is now completely
under democratic control. Platt has
been dissatisfied with the distribution
of federal patroimgo in Now York ,
which ho hits not been permitted to con
trol to his lilting , and hence his opposi
tion to the president ,
The opposition of Senator Quay of
Pennsylvania is well understood to
spring1 from a like ctuso. Ho is essen
tially a spoilsman , and President Harri
son incurred his displeasure the mo
ment he declined to allow him to parcel
out the federal olllcos in Pennsylvania
at his pleasure. Nobody will deny that
as the chairman of the national repub
lican committee in the last presidential
campaign Quay was a valuable man ,
but except this ho has not been useful
to the republican party. Thousands of
republicans In Pennsylvania have de
nounced nnd repudiated his machine
management of politics , and it was this
which enabled the democrats of the
state to elect the present governor. Ills
public life lias not been above reproach ,
and as a senator from Pennsylvania ho
has miido no record that will bo remem
bered to his credit.
A loss important and inlluotitial mem
ber of the combination hooking to
defeat the .ronomination of the pres
ident is Chtrkson of Iowa , for although
ho has denied having anything to do
with the movement , there is not a
reasonable doubt that ho is in it. The
position of Clarkson is that of an
infinite , ho having been recognized and
honored by President Harrison far
beyond his merit. As a state politician
he has always been a dead weight upon
the republican party of Iowa , and to
his-blind and blundering attempts at
leadership are very largely due the
democratic successes in the last two
state campaigns.
Such are the men who are the real
promoters and managers of the opposi
tion to the president political bosses
whoso dissatisfaction springs from the
fact that they have not boon able to do
as they pleased with the administration.
There are borne others whoso namis are
identified with the movjmont and have
given it a character which the men
named could not alone luivo done , but
the aroh-plottors , who are threatening
the disorganization of the party , are the
throe wjioso record wo have briolly re
ferred to. They are in no sense repre
sentative republicans , nor are they men
whoso counsel the party can safely take.
The disastrous consequence * of their'
leadership in their respective states
should bo sulllciont to w.irn the party
at largo that It could make no moro
serious mistake than to permit those
men to direct its choice of a presidential
candidate.
SILVER IK T11K DKMOCIIATIC
TIOX.
Representative Harter of Ohio , a dem
ocrat , who is opposed to the free coin
age of dilvor and made a strong light
against it. in the house of representa
tives , professes to believe that there will
bo no serious controversy regarding sil
ver in the national democratic conven
tion. His opinion is that the convention
will not declare for frco silver , and that
no very vigorous attempt will bo made
to induce it to do so.
Mr. Hartor's confidence in this matter
may bo well founded , but if it shall prove
to be correct the surrender on the
part of the silver men will be
most remarkable , in view of their
ascendancy in the IIOIHO of rep
resentatives and in the rank and Irlo
of the parly. Everybody knows that a
fn-o coinage bill would have passed the
house of representatives if it hud not
boon for the nearly solid republican vote
against taking up the measure , the dem
ocratic vote being largolv in favor of
such legislation. It was shown that the
democratic representatives from a ma
jority of the states were for free sllvor.
and it appears reasonable to conclude
from this that a majority of the plat
form committee of the national conven
tion , which will bo composed of one rep
resentative from each state , will bo
favorable to free silver. An estimate
recently made by a democratic paper
gives free silver a rojiiksontatiou of at
least twenty-seven on the convention
committee on resolutions , with a prob
ability of several moro
If this should turn out to ho approxi
mately correct , it is not oaty to holiovo
that there will bo no Hirht over the sil
ver question in the national convention.
It would fiooui to bo in the highest de
gree probable that what the advocates
of that policy failed to do in the house
of representatives they will endeavor
to accomplish in the national conven
tion ; that Is , commit the pirty fully to
thu free and unlimited coinage of sllvor.
Practically this is what the vote in the
house did , but it does not have the same
binding character as would the declara
tion of the national convention in favor
of free silver , and it is hardly conceiv
able that the silver men will forcgosuch
an opportunity to mnko a square Issue
before the country on this question.
Perhaps the boloctlon of a candidate
may have tin important inlluunce in de
termining action regarding silver. Ob
viously there , wlll have to bo accord between -
tweon thu platform and the views of thu
man chosen to stand on it' If the con
vention should select Cleveland it could
not declare for free silver , and this is
one of the considerations which appears
to militate against tha chances of the
lending candidate. In anyovont , however -
over , the democratic party cannot de-
col vo the country as to its position re
garding silver. The record made by Its
representatives in congress is conclusive
evidence that a large majority of the
party favors free and unlimited coinage ,
and this record will not bo lost sight of
in the presidential campaign whether
the national convention makes any dec
laration regarding sllvor or ignores the
subject as it did four years tigu It is
impossible for the party to escape from
the position In which It was placed by
the largo vote of Us representatives in
congress favorable to the adoption of a
free coinage measure , and It will bo
0'illod upon to answer to the country for
that action regardless of what the na
tional convention may dooldo to bo ex
pedient.
I'HOTIMTIOX AXD llKCll'HUOITY tN KNll-
LAKH.
In his speech at Hastings last Wed
nesday Lord Salisbury made a distinct
and nnmibtakcablo admission of the dis
astrous results of free trade In England.
The principle of taking in the goods of
all nations duty free might bo very
noble , ho said , but it was not business.
" 1 would Impress upon you , " ho con
tinued , "that If you intend in this con-
Iliot of commercial treaties to hold your
own , you must bo prepared , If need be ,
to inllict upon nations who injure you
the penalty which is in your hands , of
refusing them access to your markets. "
Or inlng from so high an authority as
the prime minister such an admission of
the disadvantages of free trade is very
significant. "The power which wo have
most reason to complain of , " says Lord
Salisbury , "is the United States. " And
again : "Tho commodities from the
United States must have a duty levied
upon them just as English goods are
dealt with over there. "
Such utterances as those , just as a
political campaign is about to open in
Knglnud , show that Lord Salisbury is
lee shrewd an observer not to have
noted the dissatisfaction that prevails
in that country among the farmers and
manufacturers as well as the toiling
iiui-isos in consequence of the hardships
occasioned by free admission of foreign
goods. To some extent his lordship
may have been fishing for votes for the
lory party , but at any rate ho expressed
a sentiment that prevails extensively in
England. The agricultural and manu
facturing interests there have sufTorod
and the laborer dependent upon those
interests has boon impoverished by the
American protective system. While
the volume of trade does not seem to
have been reduced since the enforce
ment of the now tariff law in the United
States the prolits hav3 fallen so low as
to create alarm. In the nature of
things such a cutting down of prolits in
a country whore the producer's margin
was not largo before must result In a re
duction of expenses , and here the work-
inginan comes in. His condition was
bad enough before , but now ho must see
his wages shrink still further because
free trade will not permit his employer
to pay a good price for work that brings
an insignificant profit. English workingmen -
ingmon have long contended in vain for
bettor pay , and now theysooir. to have
learned for the first time that the free
ndmibsion of foreign products is a factor
in the problem. They have felt the ef
fect nnd now they are clamoring for the
removal of the cause. This is logical
and the wonder is that they did not
think of it long ago , for they suffered
by free trade long before the McKinley
bill was dreamed of.
The farmers , manufacturers and workingmen -
ingmon of the United States will find
food for reflection in the utterances of
Lord Salisbury on' this subject. The
English prime minister has not avowed
himself in favor of a departure from the
old system without full knowledge of
the dissatisfaction which it has caused.
Ho is a shrewd politician and may bo
depended upon to feel the public pulse
to some purpose. Ho knows that the
English worldngman is beginning to
perceive why the workingmen of
America are able to save money from
their earnings while ho is barely able
to live upon his slender wages. Our
toiling masses complain sometimes because -
cause they are not bolter paid , but
when they remember that prices gen
erally are tending downward while
their wages remain substantially un
changed , they realize tliat their con
dition all'orua no ground for discontent.
It is not to bo expected that it tariff
law will boon bo enacted in England ,
for the sentiments of her prime minister
will moot with a vigorous opposition ,
but it is significant that such sentiments
should have been expressed at all.
IXBXKUSAIIIH MISMANAdKMKA'T.
That there has boon inexcusable mis-
mnnngcmcnt in the county court house
for years is a matter of common notori
ety. The collitpso of the north wing of
the county hospital and thu wretched
condition of the portion of that structure
which remains intact nITord striking
proof of the reckless disregard of busi
ness method * on the part of former com- '
missionors.
That is , however , not the only legacy
of neglect and mismanagement that
comes down to the present board from
Iti , predecessors.
it Is reported on good authority that
there is no record of contrjcts made
with the county during the past twenty
years ; lhat the county hospital con
tracts are till in a heap ; that thu bonds
of contractors are not cared for and no
one knows whore they may bo found when
wanted' that no record is kept of bills
paid and that numerous instances have
arisen whom bills have been paid twice.
Innumerable claims are made against thu
county , but no record Is kept of their dis
position. Itlseaid thatthorois notasln-
glo It.'dgcr account kept in any county
ollk-o. Warrants are drawn to the full
amount of thu general fund levy , when
everybody knows that no more than 00 per
cent of a levy in this county is , or Into
boon , collectable. This practice has
gone on for years , so that now there is n
iliburopitncy of 8712,000 us a result. In
other states it is the practice to issue
warrants to the amount of only 75 | 0'
cent of a levy , and any excess collected
is turned into the sinking fund.
These are only bomo of the mnny
irregularities and evidences of shUtlcs-
brought to public notice within a
very rocentsjggricd. Such a state of
alTairs calls for radical reform. The
taxpayers of Douirlns county have a
right to Insist that their affairs shall bo
conducted on business principles. It Is
not a question of poor pay and shortage
of help. Each of the five commissioners
drnwa $ leO a month or So for every dav
in the year , W ( | k days and Sundays. It
is expected thf ; this pay is sulllciont to
enable them to lovoto their whole time ,
or at least ours a day , to thu super-
vision of the nl airs of the county. Wo
have a recordi of deeds , county clerk ,
treasurer nnd bounty auditor who , with
their deputies and clerks , should bo able
to keep a complete sot of books with
checks and balances so adjusted as to
prevent mistakes and misappropriations.
If the commissioners find that those
ofllcors and their clerks are overworked
or underpaid they have it within their
power to relieve them and make sure
that the county's records are kept as
well ns those of any first class business
house.
This is expected by the taxpayers and
nothing loss will bo satisfactory.
NO JjlWS 1O STAND ON.
When a democrat of the brains and
character of Senator Gorman takes a
position directly opposed to the attitude
of his party upon an important question
of national policy it is reasonable to sup
pose that some of those who have blindly
and thoughtlessly endorsed the tactics
which ho opposes wiU begin tonsk them
selves if they have not after all boon
wrong. The Maryland senator's vigor
ous hostility to the foolish policy of his
party concerning the maintenance of a
navy in keeping with the dignity of this
country will undoubtedly have a wide
iniluonco among sensible democrats and
may put a stop to the silly talk about
republican extravagance that has formed
so largo a part of the stock In trndo of
the democratic orators and press. If its
own best men are to deny the justice of
its position on the question of expendi
tures for the navy what is the democracy
to do for campaign material ?
With its unsavory river and harbor
bill record and with men like Senator
Gorman favoring the republican policy
of liberal expenditure for the navy it is
dillluult to see .where the democratic
party is to find arguments-to prove that
it has a right to exist. A national cam
paign is coining on and the democracy
seems to bo very poorly prepared for
the batllo.More noise will not win
Ihis year. Tjio people will demand
sound argumonls.
Tories Absorbing Truth.
Lord Salisbury lleclaros that tbo free trade
policy of England Is not builnoss lilio. That
Is the principal reason why the United States
refuses to adopt ,
the r.ootorj.
New York Mall.
Billion lotrislntlon mukea a bilious pooplo.
And when a people's stomach Is out of order
Its expressions at ttio polls are llkoly to bo
more forceful than ploasant.
A ratal Iniiiodlinoiit.
St. I'uul Glubt.
Governor Boles will not do for a candidate
down oas { . It is-reported there that ho oats
with bU.ltnifo. It-ii dreadful , but if ho
Icnlfosnny one it will probably be himself.
\V ll Within ISmiml-t.
I'lillMlclvlila lleentil.
Minister Reid's statement that ho is not a
candidate for the vice presidency , but would
uotstirinlt from it should it coulu his way , is
\vell within the Bounds of modesty. Soaio
persons have thought that his purpose in
comini : this way was to moot the nomination
and face It.
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Onoinril tci Dnfi'iit.
C7i/ixi/o ( llrmltl ( item. ) .
No one not besotted with faction spirit can
longer hold , that either of those candidates
( Cleveland and Hill ) can carry Now Yorlt
stato. As no democrat of liilolllKenco Is
Known to exist who bollovos that the democ
racy can elect a president without the elec
toral vela of Now 'Yoric , the absolute neces
sity ot llnding tbo nonJ of tUo llcKot outside
Now Yorlt state would appear to bo bayond
discussion.
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Culls for Itocimnt.
I'lill ulcl ! > hln liccnnl.
Evldonco of Puritanical /.ual against open
ing tbo Columbian exposition on Sunday still
accumulates. It is stated , on authority , that
petitions containing nearly 4'JD,0)l ' ) ) names
buvo ucon sent to congress from Uhodo
Island Mono dair.anuln ? closure of the expo
sition on Sunday. As the population of
Rhode Island VV.H only ; )15.V ) ) ( ! in 1S9J such
an accumulation of irimos to a Sabbatarian
patition affords pronf of romarlcablo industry
and zeal in its nious rolportuurs.
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The Snil HIIIMII htlt ; iill.ui.
St. y'nul I'innrer 1'icf * .
Congressman MuKcighan of Nunraskn is
said to take rank us the uiilit'st man in con-
uress , The experts have not yet douidod
who Is the most monumental ass , tliurj beiti ?
so many in the class.
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I'liitailcliilitti 'J'imti.
Congressman AIcKeiRhan of Nebraska lives
In n throe-roomed frame house which Is
roofed with boarJ , upon which a covering of
sods is placod. The family ( 'oat has the run
of the place and has a high old time of it ,
except when It tumbles down tbo uhlmnoy.
( iroiit iMiHuniilcrrt County.
U.'fl'1" ' " ii'imj ) .
Sunday's BIR Unvoted uoasidorablo space
to Saunders courtly , her advantages und
rcsouri'iu. togothiti'-1 with a short sketch of
her cities and tott-Yrs , and the testimony of
about tifteon of Uyr citizens who have mido
snug little foYtutu W themselves by tlllhi' ;
the soil. Those \c.iJmonlals \ | wore obtained
by a representative of TDK Br.i : , who visited
this county and intervlowoil the men person
ally and ou nil shod HAS near as passible- their
own words. Durlt thu past two months
TIIK Qr.i : has published testimonials from the
runners in manyljcguiities ( of tlio state , ana
they have all boon Blimlur to tboio of our
Saunders county fiiriuora , TIIK HUB Inn
been to considerable expense In securing
these testimonial -'And ' the only remunera
tion It has reeoivcil for Its work has boon
the sale of a few extra copies of thu
import containing , them. Of course all
farmers have not bteti as Hucecsitul as some
of tboio who have boou- interviewed by Tin :
Bun representative , out tbeioaru bundrodt
in every county who have done o.inally aj
well \vhorulhcro has boou otio that has
failed. You may go to any county In any of
the great agricultural utatos of the Missis-
nlppl valley and you will tlnd as largo a per
cent ef farmers who have failed as you will
in any of the eastern counties of Nebraska.
In proportion tn the population you will tlnd
as many wealthy f amors In Blunders county
as you will In any of ttio best counties of
Iowa or Illinois. The Saunders county
farmer * are , In fact , better olT than lltolr
eastern brethren , for a larco majority of
ihrm started In hero fifteen years ago with
no capital wbutuver , wlillo a large majority
of the Iowa and IllinoU farmers at that time
ownpd their farms and were contorUbly
Uxod besides.
UO3IJIKXT VN 2 UK VOffl'KHKXCR ,
Kansas City Star : ICansni City was hon
ored yesterday at Omaha by the election of
Hov. Dr. Jcsso Ho win an Young of the Grand
Avenue Mothodlst Episcopal church as edi
tor of the Christian Central Advocate at St ,
Louis. Dr. Young is admirably equipped
for the position to which the general uonler'
once has called hltc. Ho is u man ofvido
travel nnd oxtonstvo reading and poous os a
comprehensive knowledge of man and affairs
both In nnd outaldo of tliu church.
Kansas City Htar : The early Itlnoranoy
was not without its serious discomforts to
thu ministry , but It encouraged nnd com
pelled a wholesome activity In the church ,
which kept nllvo tlio spiritual zeal which
rendered Methodism such a great moral
power In the land. The continued modifica
tion of the itinerant plan probably presages
Its final abandonment and a closer con form-
Itv to those other modern usages and Inno
vations which began to Und tboir way Into
the church of John Wonloy with the advent
of cushioned pens and stained glass win
dows.
St , Paul Glebe : A strong effort Is bolng
mndo in the iMcthodist conference at Omaha
to modify the specifications nt the discipline
In rcgnrd to amusements. The memorial
presented on the subject has the support of
many of tbo bishops and clergy. Its pur
port , however , Is somewhat misunderstood.
it is not a dispensation to older members to
dance , attend theaters or indulge in amuse
ments that have boon deemed obnoxious to
Methodist decorum. It Is not the dlicontont
of the young members ut not bolng allowed
to dance and play cards i\t their social diver
sions. Nor do the bishops who ndvocnto ttio
change hnvo fret aching to bo moved to the
music of the llddlo. The effort Is to return
to the rule of the early timo. Until within
the past two or three decades the only Inter
diction of the discipline was of such amuso-
moHts ns "could not bo taken In the nntuo of
the Lord. "
St. Paul Pioneer Press : The Methodist
brethren who mot In earnest conclave at
Omaha last Sunday were in dancer of over
looking , in their exceeding zeal for tlio pros-
orvatlon of the Integrity of the Sabb.ith , the
precept laid down for thorn long ago , that
that day was created for man. If correctly
reported , their intention is to put out all
their efforts , ns Individuals nnd as a relig
ious body , toward securing the closing of the
World's ' fair on Sunday. * * - Admit
ting , as a willing concession to the strenuous
workers against the Sunday opening , that
Chicago's cuests would bo bettor off if they
could bo Induced to spend tboir Sundays
while tboro in the Chicago chuichos , it is im
possible to suppose llmt the majority of
them , or oven any'considerable portion of
their number , would so dispose of the day
under existing circumstances. There is an
ancient belief that Idleness and mischief are
most harmonious coadjutors. Who dare
nflirm that Chicago lieisolf , and the majority
of her visitors during the fnlr , would not bo
actually , as well as theoretically , wickeder
for Sunday closing than for Sunday opening I
l > 3ll.K 1-nOI'OlfKltS.
Washington Stnr : Tbo Chlnosti question , as
It appears In the mission schools taught by
pretty girls , scums to be. "You mally mo ? "
Now York Herald : "What made that walter
come down from his high horse ? " "Why. I
tluued him. "
I'lillanolplila Kocord : A wild western critic
recently wrote of 1'uttl : "There is no bucking
up against the fact that slio Is one of tlio
neatest chlrpors now uhirnlng. "
In the Furniture Store Lady What has
become of those linmlsomo sideboards you hud
when wo called last ? Salesman ( bashful , yet
prutlUud ) I'vu shaved them elf again , miss.
New York Commercial : Crazy Woman is
the Wyoming town from which the rnstlori
are starting on their extra rounduu. lint In
the state where ttio sex first enjoyed the bal
lot as u joko. where on eurtli could thu people
have obtained the Idea of naming their town ?
A fUNNV TIIINfl.
Claali lin-lew.
A wornun Is a funny thins ;
She starts with hut n dime ,
And shops till day. Vet strange to any
blio gets homo every time.
Yon no not understand how this
( Jan he. Yet wait until
Nsxt month from every place she's boon
Yon gut u uhopiilnx bill.
Then , as yon gnash your tooth , you will
In agony exclaim :
"A woman Is a funny thlnz ,
lint guts there just the * ano. : "
Kale Field's WtiMilneton : t'rotty Teacher
I shall be thankful when vacation comes , for
lately my bead has buon o full uf H nres tlu-.t
there's no room for anythl-ii ; ulsu.
runleltjli ( gallantly ) Yet one would no\cr
sue.uU uf you us n tlgnruhuad.
TUB VANISIIBII DAYS.
Knc Yurlt lltrattl.
I prlovo for tno vanished days of yore ,
Wncn a uarufuutud boy I ran about.
And wo played upon the rocky shore
And over
the
fence
was
out !
Washington Star : People should not allow
thu belief that bounty Is skin deep to lead
them to doeornto tlio sidewalk with banana
peel.
Bradford Km : A mean man will du almost
nnyihlni ; to bout n neighbor , but you never
heard of u man moan enough tu boat u neigh
bor's carpet.
ANOTIIKI ! VIKW OK IT.
Clitcatio 'J'nbunc.
When the drotry drizr.lo drlr./.lo
Lasts for weary , wunry wouks ,
Manila life a wretched Hzzlc- ,
Making ui'uans out of creeks ,
Wh 't u bore tu press thu pillow
Of a cotlagu chamber bud ,
Anil to listen tu thu everLasting -
Lasting raindrops oveiheud !
lloston Transcript : A jockuy just before he
mounts a racer Is tlio most stupendously seri
ous and thu must morbidly dlgnltlcd being un
uartli.
Philadelphia Kocord : It Is rcmarkahUi how
hoaltby and atrunic the sprlnturs are. ujnsld-
orlng what fast lives limy load while tr.unhr. ; .
KlmlrA Oazuttu : Jagson says that when It
comes tu stump.ni : the country thu campaign
orator Isn't In It with the forest ( Ires.
IIIK rilllMSOl'llKH TALKS.
TIIK 1'BSSIMIST.
I always pity tlio pessimist ;
UN Badness nutko * mo vlilvor ,
And iitwuyti wlnn-that 1 could give
Him something for his llvor.
TJIE OPTIMIST.
The optimist Is one who thlnics
That all Is fur the host
Ami , thlnklnz himself the best , cures riot
What's MilVuiod by the test.
TIIK KI'ICUIIKAN.
"Ilo merry , cat nnd drlnlc , my friends ! "
Thu opk'urc.m onus ;
And stints and uornei until lie
Uf Indigestion dies.
inn STOIC.
The stole cultivate a face
A yard In length at east.
Ami with u sad , dyippptlo look-
bits down ut pleasure's funst
THE Till ) ! ' .
Of all the world'H philosophers
I hulu that one tliu bust
Who simply pi-e sus thu button
And luts luck do thu rust.
Stopped the
progress of Con
sumption. The
. . .bout authorities
.ogivo that it's a
' scrofulous affec
tion of the lunga.
If taken in time ,
anil given a fair
trial , Dr. Tierco's
Golden aiodlcitl
Discovery will
effect a cure. Thousands have Ixwii wiyed by
it-thousands moro are putting it oir till too
Ictu. For ovcry form of Ijcrofula , Bronchial ,
Throat , and Lung Affections , weak I.ungs ,
Savero Coughs , and kin-'rod ailments , It is a
positive remedy. It's , /uarantecd to da iall
Umt's claimed for It. If It doesn't benefit or
cure , In every auo , your money Is returned.
Tlio "Discovery "Is the only Llvor , Blood
and Lung llomaly that's bold BO. 'Ihlnk
wliat u medicine it must ho I
Especially has it inunlfa > tal Its potency In
curliur Tetter , Baltrhuuin , JJczema , ICryslpo-
IHS. Bolls , Carbuncles , Bore Kyes , Goitre , or
Thick Nock , mid Knlarmxl Glands.
Don't think it's like the sareaparillas.
They claim to lie good for the blood in
Ilurch , April , and May. " ( lolilen Medical
Discovery " works equally well at all seasons.
WASHINGTON'S ' BAD WEATHER
It is Worsa Than Nebraska's ' nnd tbo Pco-
plo Are Very Tirotl of It ,
READY TO BE RID OF THE CONGRESS
Will Continue , Itowovor , to
the lUKusl < if Hiujr 1'uoplo Who
llryiiu's Press Notices
thn Onpltnl.
WASHINGTON , U. U. , May 22 [ Special to
TIIR Uiu : . ] Washington's eltmato is noted
for Its startlliiK chinRos. They are oven
moro rapid and bewildering than the
tergiversations of politicians nl the national
canlCal. Ono week wo have rain followed
by snow nnd slush. Another day usuors in
spring. Then \vo have n touch ot Arctic
cold npaln , finally winding up with n sample
of summer which niatco ) ono exchange his
ulster for a duster and swop n cap with oar
tabs for a white boavor. Just at present the
city Is sweltering In almost summer heat.
Tbo two houses of thu capitol , In spite of the
great fans which pump millions of foot of
presumed cold air into the chamber ? , nro
uncomfortably warm. In n short time It
will bo even moro dilllcult to pot n quoftim
than It has been to hold it during the races
und opening of the base ball season.
Everybody is disgusted with the weather
and everybody and their frionus nro dis
gusted with n congress which is only pro
tracting its session for the sake of making
political capital , whoso performances up to
date with the appropriation bills hnvo soured
the conservative men of nil parties and
shades of political opinion. Mr. Uolinan Is
holding the reins firmly and with 1M major
ity at his back and the whip of the great ap
propriations committee in his hand is nblo to
drlvo his team of bogus economy rough shod
over all opposition. There is certainly
going to bo trouble bolero the ap
propriations bills reach the president.
The senate will insist that the dem
ocratic pnrty shall not be permitted
to make n showing of false economy by crip
pling all tlio departments of the government
lor six months und passing dolicioncy bills
next year nftor thu campaign Is ovor. There
has never in the hlsfjry of the government
been such n reckless cutting down of appro
priations , entirely disrcgardful of the abso
lute needs of the public interests. Uut the
loaders of tbo house with a subservient
majority imagine that a comparison ot tha
small amounts voted ut the llrsl session of
the Fifty-second congress with the properly
larger appropriations made by the t-'ifty-
Jlrst will pass current with the country as
evidence ol an economical nnd thrifty con
duct of ttio Rovernmont. Senator Allison
nnd his committee uf the sona'o will see that
proper additions are uuulo to the appropria
tion bills and that such conferees shall bo
appointed ns will struggle to protect the
clcrus of ttio trovorumont from again becom
ing the prey of the "ton-por centers" while
waiting for the deficiency appropriation to
pay their salaries.
*
The news from the Nebraska convention
at Kearney was received with satisfaction at
the national capital among republicans who
are Interested In the state and who were extremely -
tromely apprehensive- there would bo a
bitter factional strugclo over the selection
of the delegation to tha Minneapolis conven
tion. Tboro is a hope and belief expressed
by Ncbraskana in Washington that tbo
parly will pull earnestly and strongly to
gether in' the coming campaign , not
only iwlling its full vote , but
attracting to it many of those
xvho hnvo atrnyed away from it ana after
false gods. The instructions tor Harrison
were conlldontly expected. Whatever may
bo chilling In the president's personality ,
there is no question of his romariiablo
executive ability , of bis perfect integrity of
purpose , and of his phenomenal equipment
for the duties which ho has buen called upon
to perform. Most of the opposition can bo
traced ulroctly to disappointed applicants
for olllco , or equally disappointed political
bosses disgruntled nt the failure of the
orestdont to udopttheir suggestions. At tbo
same time it is equally curtain that the con-
bcrvativo business Interests of the country
are behind the prosidoi.t , and look to him as
tbo only man in the republican party who ,
In cfiso ot re-election , could bo depended
upon to maintain the national credit against
assault at homo and from abroad.
*
The opposition to President Harrison has
been struggling vainly for tbrco weeks to
tlnd a stalking borso for the Minneapolis
convention. Up to date they do not loom to
have succeeded. Ono by ono the suggested
candidates have pleasantly declined to bo
used for this purpose. Several of thorn are
now working earnestly for the president ,
among them being Senator Cullom of Illi
nois , Senator Allison of Iowa and Senator
John Sherman of Ohio , ft is not be
lieved that any combination could bo
mndo which could break into tbo strength
of the support already oponiy pledged
to the nomination of President Harri
son. Mr. I'latt o ! Now York is said
to havo. hopes of holding toirother the Nuw
York delegation , together with those of sov-
< ral otlur sttt F , not Ins'ructnd , until such n
time ai a new tand da'o can bosprunir. liut
neither Mr. Plait nor Mr. liatton liavo as
yet boon nblo to figure out who that man
will bo , The rumor now Is that no definite
plan of cnmnaign will bo docldou upon until
the Saturday before the Minneapolis conven
tion. Most of the loaders nro then oxpootoil
to bo on the ground ready to imiko coinblna.
tlons and swaps. The Chicago convention it
not , however , llkoly to bo repeated. The
colored delegation from the south will prob
ably not Mud as slronir Inditcotnonts off oreI
ttiinn to stray frnm their nlloglanco as they
did four joars ago in the unllnlshod
Auditorium oy tbo slue of Lake fcMIchlgnii.
douurul Algcr , though ho has not up to date
formally declined being considered n < i n can-
didttto. is understood not to bo so nnxlom fern
n IlKlit against the administration as ho was
prior to thu publication of bin nrmy record ,
which , whllu It contains absolutely nothing
discreditable to himself , puts a weapon in Ihu
handi of ononilos wtiloh they have already
used to his disadvantage , and whioti would
undoubtedly bu still nioro extensively usud
in a campaign In which hu headed the na
tional ticket and appealed to the soldier vota
ns ono of thu elements of his strength ,
Neither of the Nebraska senators will ba
nt the Minneapolis convention , Senator I'ad-
dock dislikes crowds and says ho
has too much work to do to
got away. Senator Matidorson oxpoota to
return from bin Hying visit to Nebraska
before thu 1st of .luue , and doe * not propose
to make another trip wostultor his return.
benntor Mntulcrson thinks that tto battle
this fall must bu fought out on tbo same lines
us that of four years ago , and that an edu
cational campaign on the tnrltT will produuu
good results , buimlor I'uddoek , who is not
thu advocate of ns high a tarlft as Senator
MatiuoMon. beliovus that the party should
bo uxtromoly conservative in their preuun-
vlamunto of eulogy on the MoKmloy bill nud
contraction of the currency. Hoth senators
expect to tnko the slump for the republican
ticket in Nebraska If tboir public duties will
permit. f\
To these who are on the ground , tbo talk
about the possibility 01 Mr. Illulno boll
the nominee ot the Minneapolis convention
is absurd , "Mr. lilaluo will not u infer any
possible contingency accept a nomination , "
said ouo of the Now York "big four" the
other day. "Ho is not only not u candidate ,
but ho will positively and absolutely decllnu
to bo a nominee. Ho li convinced Hint a year
in the whltu housu would result in a whltu
house funeral , nnd bo bus no ambition to
make u president out of n vice president.
The spasmodic attempts to roiusdUUo the
lilnlno boom uro ridiculous. They do not
please the secretary of state and they hurt
no ono else. " \
Charles J. Oroonu or Omaha was hero this
wceis for a day or two. I saw Dim "tooting'1
in tlio White Lot In Senator Mnudursou's
handsome doe cart , with the senator baud-
ling the ribbons. Charley says that Nebras
ka's republican harmony is ol n consistency
thick uuougn to cut with a butcher's cleaver ,
and that Ihu ointment which poured down
Aaron's board is not "in It , " metaphorically
speaking , nlongtidu of the situation. Speak
ing seriously , ho uddou that thu republicans
would present a united front to the enemy
this fall and relocate all factional dlneronuos
to the roar. M > \ Uroono is qultn a frequent
visitor to Washington uuriug the sessions of
the supreme court , lie is a great admirer of
Justice Bruwor.
A newspaper man showed mo a ourlout
thing today. It was n well written puff of
congressman by a congressman. It spokrof
the eloquent and talented Mr. Urynn , or
some such bc-adjectlvod phrase , and it was
In Mr. Bryan's own handwriting. William
Jennings has boon doing so much of this sort
of self-advertising that ho is a laughingstocic
ou newspaper row. Ho is n spoiled ontld
with the gift of gab and small intellectual
resources upon which to draw for reserves.
But ho has a surpassingly largo estimate of
his own importance nnd sense enough to see
that only printer's Ink can convince unknown
readers that his own footings show up a llvo-
figure total.
iVfter all how tnuou printer's ink docs for
mediocre statesmen. Look at William S.
Holraau for instanoo , ono of the cheapest
two-for-a-ceut demagogues ever in congress ,
who has ridden into famu on the rollers of
the perfecting press. Tnko Jerry Simpson ,
w nose presumed denuded feet gave him n
prominence which bo has boon nnablo to
sustain. Look nt the bowhlskorod 1'olTcr
of Kansas , who was wittily characterized by
John J. Ingalls as "ono of these cadavers
who rise to the surface nftor an explosion. "
Their nnmos are legion. Some of them are
shrewd advertisers , others are shrewdly ad-
vprllsod. Tim Campbell of Now York , Tom
Ochiltreo of Texas , Vaux of Pennsylvania.
Klddleborger of Virginia tbo list is ton feet
Ion ; ; . Nothing is so fatal to prominence ns
newspaper silonco. Nothing so provocative
of votes a laudatory press notices.
I suppose by this time that Judge H. J.
Davis has returned to Omaha. Ho spent a
week in ttio capital , his first in the metropolis
of the Potomac. I ran across him ono day at
Marshall hall shedding tears over a largo flab
tombstone which ho Imagined covered the
remains of Chlnf Justice John Manila ! ! , but
which in reality was ornctod to his fourth
cousin , Tom. Judge Davis did not thank his
informant fordisilluslonizlng him. Tbo judge
declined to talk Nebraska politics whllu in , / "
Washington nnd devoted his timetostudyinKX
national questions from the galleries of the
two bouses. I am afraid that ho was not
much Impressed with the statesmanship of
the house , and unconciously compared it
with the city council in the old traditionary
days , when Barney Shannon hold sway and
the old city hall , where the Commercial Na
tional bank now stands , echoed to the elo
quence and the ullllngsgato of thu o d
regime. W. 10. A.
S CD.
Largest Mniiiifaoturors and Hotnllora . of
Clothing in thu World.
It's the
Gospel Truth
That we sold every one of those $18
Suits for $7.50 long
before night , Satur
day , and so many
were disappointed
l-hat we're going to
give them another
show. We've taken
all the broken lots ,
405 suits in all , about 30 different kinds ,
and from 1 to 15 sui's of a kind , compris
ing every popular fabric , size , color and
style , and made 5 lots on the front counter
at $7.50 , $8.50$10 , $12.50 and $15. These
suits are worth and have always hereto
fore been sold by us for just twice the
price asked. Saturday's rush should get
you out early for one of these.
Browning , King &Co
To.Mvuour employes OiolroyeuliiEs. wn clmw m W ( ] nr | ftll & DOlllililS SK
utiiiUJp. in. , uifopt Saturday * . atlJ p. in. I ' ' " v'ul- ' < n" u " " "h1113 "l"