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THE OMAHA DAILY WEDNESDAY , JUNK 1 , 1892. THE DAILY BEE 11 neiBEWATEU. Emit n. PUBLISHED KVKUY MOUSING. OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE OITT , TKIIM3 OF 8UI1SC1UPT10M. rally nee ( without rTnndnt ) Ono Vcnr . . . . I 8 00 Ddtlr find Similar. Ono Year . Iff 00 HltMontlm . BOO Three MotUlm . 1 > Ennilnr Ileo. rno Your. , . , . . . . . . . ? K > hMurnnr lice. Ono Your . . . . . . . I " > Weekly [ Ice , Onn Year . . . 1 00 omcna Omnlia. Tim tlco Iliillrtlnc. Booth UmRlin , corner N nnd 50th Gtraotl. Ootincll IlliiHi , 12 t'earl Street. Clilciigo Omro. 317 Chamber of Oomnioreo. New YorX. Itooms II , II nnil If. . TrlliunuMhitlctlne. Waiblngton. fill Fourteenth BtrcoU COliniCSt'ONDKNCK. All communication * rolntlne to news and edltorlnl Inattcr uliunld La nddroaacd to the Ed itorial Department. _ _ _ _ _ J.KTTKtlS , Mbn \ lncs lotlor nnrt remittances hould ho ndilreiaod to The lice tMiblUhlnirConipanr. Omaha , ] ) rul . checks and pontollk'i ) orders to bo made tlio onlor or tlio companjr. .inpy , Proprietors BWOllN STATKMKNT OV CIIlCUr ATION. ttatonrKchrntkn , I H8 Countr of DotiRlat. 1 > OrorKell-Tmchuck. dcordary of The Ilco Pub- lllilng company , no ? solumtilr niroar llmt the HCt- nal clrcnlallon of Tltn lui'/r IIPK for iho wock cndlnic May 28 , IKfl , nns an follows : Biimlny , MarSl ZB.OTO Monday , Jlay Jl Z'IW3 'luosday. .MarSJ - UU > Wednesday , .Mar 35 23/1" 'Ihursday.MnyiU. 23.681 1'rldnr , May27 KI.&S ! ) Saturday , Mar 2 > i. , i. . . . . . . Zl.tft * AvornRn 24.8111 (1K01IOK II. TX allllCK. Sworn to tiofnro moatnlBiil > < < i.4rltodln my prosonoo tills 23th day of May , A. I ) . , ISO. N. I1. KKIU SKA U KoUrr 1'nblle. Avrraeo Circulation fur April , 81-ltO , ONLY ton days rnoro nnd all this cruel ngony of susnonso will bo ovor. A LONG pull , n strong- pull nnd n pull nil together for Oinalui will restore con- lldonco nnd prosporlty. IT IS said thnt there will bo fewer "Hpocinl niastora" horoattor. Sheriff lionnutt fully concurs in this dictum. THIS county comuilasionors ought to hold moro thnn ono mooting a week BO long us our finances nro In such a tanplo. A LvrrrjK moro work to strnlghton out the nffnirs of the county on the part of the Real Estate Owners ussocintion Is in ordor. Now lot us hnvo no moro jugglery and Bchoming about the prwing. Lot the contracts lie awarded just as soon as the law will allow. THK Boles boom Is too wonk to swim tlio rivers on the east and west and it can't help itself to any extent by run ning north or south. THE World-Herald has told us all about tin , but it has neglected to name n single article of tinware that costs moro in this city today than it did three or four years ago. OUT of the many important projects that r.ro now under way or incubating in this city nnd county there must of necessity como a great impetus in the growth and progress of Omaha. Tins now naval program just adopted by Russia calls for the construction of twonty-four now iron clad war vessels. And yet the rest of the civilized world is loading Russia's starving millions. THE bonoflconco of public parka , was fully illustrated in Omaha Sunday and Monday , JThoro was a great outpouring of pooplo. It is said that the street rail way company is iu favor of moro parks. AuiANY , N. Y. , has a society of col ored mugwumps who charge all the ills which hnvo befaUon their race to the republican party. The atmosphere of Albany appears to bo conducive to in- SENATOU TELLEK , it is said , was so hostile to Mr. Dlalno in 1884 that he voted for Mr. Cleveland. The political judgment of such men counts for nothing nnd their counsel never should bo lis tened to. A witrrat in the Contemporary/ - view is trying to write down Bismarck. It cannot bo dono. The Iron Prince is ns great a man ns Germany over pro duced and tlio history of tho'reunited fiormun empire is a biography of the chancellor himsolf. THE annual inspection of the Omaha police force seems to satisfy the public generally that the force is in good con dition. Ono of the best things about Omnlm policemen is that they uro not ofliclotiB and offensive , and these are un usual things to say of a policeman..i THE farmers of Douglas county have n vital interest in the success of the Ne braska Central bridge project. Its consummation will bring about an ad vance in real property and the price of neighboring farm property advances npnco with thut of city lots , and lands. ADVICES from all purta of Nebraska report very satlsftiotory crop conditions. Tlio doltiy hi farm work , caused by the wunthor , hac put everything behind , but , Hits will not be u very suiious matter il now the weather shall continuo good. There tire no discouraging signs in the present outlook for Nebraska fntmors. THK rnpld progress that is being made with the preparations for the J'uuo exposition gives nssurnnco thnl everything will bo rendy nt the date o ! opening. The promtso of this exhibit Is such as to warrant the highest ox- pootatio'js. It will unquestionably bo tno llncst thing of the kind ever hold in Nebraska. THE convention of democrats hold ivt Syruousrt today was a very enthusiastic one. The anti-ring democrats uro evi dently determined to assort their rights before the convention at Chicago. The platform is 111 led with the usunl denun ciation of the republican congress , which is douo simply to show that they are democrats , and it also contains uulgnili- cant and pointed rebuke to Mr , Hill and his crowd. The force of thnt great mooting will necessitate Hlll'd retire ment or defeat , although 1J , may not inuko the nomination of Clovoluud itu porutivo. VUKftl" n'ISK AND IWAVO Those who oppose Iho Nebraska Cen tral urojcct bucnuso it will holpt to 1m- iroVo part of the city in which tho.y mvc no Interest should hoar in mind that every Improvement in nny part of , ho city benefits the whole city and i-on- .rlbutos toward raising property values and reducing taxation. For instance , the building of Krug's now bi-jwory near South Omaha willin , directly benefit property owners near Fort Omaha , because every substantial inprovomoiit that employs labor and capital nnd inaltos a permanent invest ment helps to raise the standard of Oninha as a city , and creates an addl- ilonal source of revenue for the city by increased receipts from tnxost It does not matter in what part of the city any permanent structure is located , the part of revenue which it contributes in the ahapo of taxes decreases in proportion the taxation of other properly in every [ Mirt of the city. Another thing thnt should bo berne In mind is that property vnl'uos are rela tive. If lots on lAirnam street sell for $13,000 a front foot , lots on other business streets will command values that are iraugod by the standard rcuresonting the highest value. And this is true of every foot ot ground In the city as welt ns of every ncro of farm land in the neighborhood of Omaha. If farming liindd within Ilvo.miloa of the postoflico nro soiling for $100 an aero , farming lands within ton miles will , till things lolng equal , command a price proportioned tioned to their respective distance from the center of the city. Now the price of city lotn ttnd lands within a radius of twenty miles from the city is governed by population. In ether words , the vnluo of real estalo in and nround a city of 150ODO popula tion will certainly double with the doubling of population. If bynny great project Omaha can raise her population 70,000 to 75,000 within the next live years real estate values will go up 60 per cent , regardless as to where the improve ments , whether in factories , mills , ele vators or railway depots , shall bo located. In the immediate ) neighborhood of such 'improvements the incronwo in value would bo from 100 to 600 per cent , but there would bo an Increase all nloiiir the lino. With the increase of property values there will be a corresponding do orcase in the tax rate , inasmuch as every structure and every Improvement con tributes its proportion of . .axes nnd thereby relieves all the ether taxpaying property in exact proportion to its assessed vuluo as compared to the aggre gate assessment. < nrt ; HOLM AN A GIIANCK , If the democratic party really wishes to nominate a ' 'logical candidate" it should have no difficulty in rncognizttig the man in the person of Representative Holmnn of Indiana. A noisy demand > for economy in public expenditures will bo the democratic slogan in the coming campaign , and in order to b3 strictly logical and consistent the party should place its st-indard in the hands of the only man who has an established repu tation for downright parsimony and meanness in the matter of expenditures for the maintenance of the government in its various branches. Under the leadership of Mr. Holman , who occupies the Important position of chairman of the approuriations com mittee , the democratic majority in 'tho house of representatives has deliber ately pursued the policy of crippling some very useful branches of the public service by inadequate appropriations in order that the aggregate of the sundry civil bill may bo pointed to as a shining proof of democratic economy to offset the extravagance of the river and har bor bill. The sundry civil bill em braces a great number of branches of government work which ought not to bo made to auffor in order that the democ racy may have campaign material , but the public Interest , is of little consequence - quonco to statesmen who have nn eye to the political main chance first of all. The democrats should by all moans nominate Holman for president , and their platform should dwell fondly upon what Holmanism has done in the pres ent houso. Possibly some people of rather dull perceptions would not detect the partisan purpose underlying the "economy" that has boon shown in the injudicious and mischievous course pur sued upon the sundry civil bill. HILL'S POLITICAL SUl'l'OttT. The question as to who will receive the political support of Son a tor David B. Hill when ho shall bo convinced , as ho ought to lw alrouay , that ho cannot bo nominated at Chicago , is receiving attention in democratic circles. There have boon various reports regarding Mr. Hill's intentions. Ono of these states that ho is now ready to awing his support to Senator Gorman of Maryland , Another says that ho is on the dvo of withdrawing and will nnmo General Slucuni ot Now York as iho man whom ho desires hi * friouds to support. Other reports name ether persons whom Hill is nusumed to favor. The only- thing certain is that Mr. Hill will spare no effort to defeat Cleveland - land , and it is not to bo doubted that ho is now busily engaged in laying the wires to do this. Who ho prefers after himself will probably not be known until the convention moots. There is some plausibility in the utntomont thut it will bo Gorman , chloily for the reason that ho is very much such n polHioimi ns Hill is. BU the Now Yorkor'a support would bo wasted if glvon to the Mary land bonator , since it is highly improba ble that the convention will take i\ can didate from a southern stuto , and that state having only eight electoral votes Hnd being safqjy douiocratjo. Assuming that the convention would in any contingency take n southern rann it would doubtless prefer Senator Cur- llslo of Kentucky , but there will bq rte nouotHity for taking u candidate train tha south and it is entirely tuxfo to say that it will not bo dono. Mr. Hill would also wiidlc bin strength should ho mixko General Slocum his political legatee , for however popularSlocum may bo with the democrats of Now York and there is no evidence thut hq U more so than per haps a doion ether men in tint state the democrats of the rest ot the country have no knowledge of him. He is not nationally known in connection with politics , and ovou with the support o Hill ho could oxclto very llttlo interest xnd no ontluisinsm in the party. To pass ) y well knrwn political loulors ; nnd take ip n man who is not known ouuldo of ila state Is not likely to bo done by so shrewd n politician as D. vid B. Hill. All this assumes that Mr. Hill will bo nblo to control his supporters and unite horn upon whoever ho shall prefer , but t Is qulto possible that ho will not bo able to do this. Ho cannot exact loyalty ) oyond his personal' claims , and when ils supporters have discharged their till duty to him they will bo free to go .o whom they pluaso and this U would > o reasonable to oxpaot thorn to do. .loxvovor , they are nil anxious to defeat Cleveland and would bo Very llkoly to concentrate on rv man acceptable to Mr. : illl. It Is practically settled thnt the S'ow York senator will not gbt the nom- nation , but it is iilso cortiln : that ho will bo a strung factor in the convention vnd miy have u great deal to do with laming tlio candidate of the party. / on * I'r WILL ironic ; M'lyor Bemis has approved the or dinance adopted by the city council to Iccnso gambling in the city of Omaha jy moans of a system of psrlodto llno upon keepers of gambling houses and their Inmates. The mayor says that ho vpprovos tho-iuoasui'o for the purpose of seolng how it will work. Ho will find that it will work about us THE BKB pre dicted in its protest ng.Un t the or dinance last Sunday , it nttompts to override Iho criminal cede roUting to gambling and places the legislative tutd executive authorities of the city in the nttitudo of tibottors and acno33Drios tea a business dclhud by law as a felonious crime. The mayor has made u mistake. Ho lias placed himself and the city in an nttituda of law defiance and luisi struck v blow at all pretense of reform. THK SritAljUSK GOXVVXTIOff. The anti-Hill convention at Syracuse yesterday fully cumo up to the expecta tions of its projectors and justified all the uneasiness that has bocn foltin dem ocratic circles concerning the effects of the split in the Empire stato. The tjriovnncos of the Cleveland mon in Now York were inudo known to the world in the plainest terms and their determina tion to redress the wrongs which they have suffered at the hands of Tammany breathes in every line of the resolutions adopted in condemnation of the tactics of the Hill mtitihino. In its mischievous and demoralizing inAuonco upon the prospects of the democratic party it stands alone among the protesting and contesting conventions of recent yoara , and if it does not provo utterly destructive - structivo of the integrity of the dem ocracy of Mew York this year the host judges of the politic.il situation in that state uro not to bo depended upon. Of the platform adopted llttlo nocd be said. It is essentially a democratic plat form and does notbotray the Influence of the mugwump element which formed a p\rt : of the protesting body. It con demns the billion dollar congress , the McICinloy tariff law , the reduction , of tlio surplus in the treasury and nearly everything else that democratic conven tions usually condemn on the general principle that opposition to the republican - lican party must bo based upon disap proval of what it has done The plat form is , in short , a rehash of the stale and exploded indictment which every democratic convention is expected to present as an excuse for the continued existence of a party that dooa not appear to have a mission on earth. The interest of the convention of course centered in its action upon the insolent and arbitrary methods by which David B. Hill secured the Now York delegation to Chicago last Febru ary. The convention was called for the solo purpose of circumventing Hill and asserting the rights of the Cleveland mon , which the senator found it convenient iont to ignore last winter. The resolu tions adopted were sufficiently ugly to justify the fears of these disinterested democrats who have looked forward to the Syracuse mooting with grave appre hensions. They refer to Hill's suppott- ors as "schemora" and to Hill himself as the candidate of an "oligarchy , " and asssort that "it becomes the duty of the original elements of the party to take action that will restore to it-just rela tions between members and their agents. " Just what is meant by''orig inal elements of the party" is not ex plained. If there are any elements moro originally democratic than that whbh constitutes the Hill faction In Now York they ought to bo pointed out. The Cleveland friction , with its motley contingent of mugwump recruits , cuts a pretty figure when it poses as a moro original-oloinont of democracy than the war-painted warriors of Tammanyhail. . Tammany is moro than original it is aboriginal. The hope of the democrats in other states that this convention would prove to bo a moro protest has nqt boon ful filled. It took the form of a regular con vention , representing the democracy of the state of Now i'ork , and as such it elected delegates to the national conven tion at Chicago. This moans a great deal. It means war. There is now no escape from the dilemma thut has boon steadily developing ever since the Cleve land muss mooting ut Cooper Union last April. The peacemakers at Chicago will have tliolr hands full. IXSINCKIIK A1 D All the talk about Omaha or Douglas county bulldingrand operating a railway bridge across tlio Missouri river is noth ing moro. nor IOHB than nn attempt to sidetrack the Nebraska Centra ) , project by indirection. In the lirst place the parlies who advocate Vnla are either ig norant or inelncoro. They either do not know that no city orcounty in this state can bo directly or indirectly interested in uny railroad or they nro trying to mislead pooplo. Article xil of the con stitution of Nebraska roads us follows : No city , county , town , product , munici pality or other nubdlrUIan of the stnto shall ever become a subscriber to tbo capital stock or owuor of aucb stock or any portion or interest tboroin of any railroad or private corporation oraiioclatlou. If the city and county cannot awn an interest in u railroad or r/u'rl of a rail road , how can wo legally build a rail road bridge which is an ossuntiul part of u railroad ? Suppose wo had a right to build n bridjjyjjqapabliJ of bolng Into a rallrotullilu'ldgo , how could this bridge bo bullWirfjler the charter pro visions Rovory-Jyr bridges across the Missouri , nndijrqw could the city or county got suol A' liartorV Any bridge , , \y \ compote wllh the Union Pacific bridge must have an out let nnd nn Inlofcit must bo a high bridge like thtffjtfldn Pacific or it can not got into South Omaha without tun- nollng the clUir-nt un ox pen so ot millions , unless -Indeed the "bridgo is built at Botlovfoj7j'r } Florence , which iu not wh.xt Omnhu'wan is. A high bridge lending into the center of Omaha , llko the St. Louis bridge , must hnvo an clovatod railroad track such as. has boon projected by the Ne braska Control. Who is to build thU owrhead railroad , since nalthor the city nor county can own n railroad or have nny Interest therein ? The whole scheme of n free railroad bridge or of a bridge owned by the county nnd city Is Impracticable. It would bo moro manly and honorable for the opponents of the Nebraska Central und the b.ickcrs of the existing bridge monopoly to come out squarely and fight the project on the ground that it would bo injurious to their Interests or that it would clash with ether schemes for which they intend to nsk subsidies from Douglas county or Omaha , THIS reciprocity arrangement with Austria-Hungary , of which the presi dent made proclamation a few days ago , furnishes additional evidence of the value nnd importance of this policy. Wo do not import much boot sugar from that country , but the government of Austria desired to retain the American market , and in order to do so has ad mitted the United .States to all the ad vantages of the xollvoroin arrangements recently made with Germany , Belgium and Italy. Our manufacturers obtain a reduction of duties on a long and varied list of products and ought to bo bono- fitted to an amount much larger than wo pay annually to Austria-Hungary for beet sugar. The United States now bus all the advantages of preferential or minimum tarilt rates in Germany , Franco anil consideration Austria-Hungary , a eration not extended to any country out side of the European continent. THE house of representatives has passed a bill to classify and proscribe the salaries of railway postal clerks which , if it becomes a law , will materially bottor"fyio condition of these hard-worked public servants. It es tablishes six grades in the service and the salaries rangpjfrom $800.up to $1,800. The lifo of a railway postal clerk carries with it many risks1" and the character ol the so'rvico ranks Jauiong the > -h'ighost under the government. The mon nro deserving of th ) proposed increase of salaries , and they fl.ro fortunate in the fact that this is generally recognized ' in congress. . , , THE census bulletin of cereal produc tions for the atntos of Iowa , Kansas and Arkansas.rovcals thp , pro-ominonco of lown as n.corn-g'rowing'state , tlio/o.vield of 1889 being 813,130,782 bushols''dhd ' the acreage 7,585,622 , thus giving an avor- ugo of 41 bushels to the aero. The average of corn in Arkansas is 20.G1 , in Kansas 33.49. In oats Iowa's average is t'J.09 ; Kansas , 30.49 ; Arkansas , 14.50. In wheat Kansas has an average of 19 21 , lown 14.09 and Arkansas 0.80 , The west ern slope of Iowa fa proven to bo by far richer for all grain raising than the land near the Mississippi. WHEN the politicians llguro Iowa's vote for anyone but Harrison they are entirely mistaken. Two or throe dis trict conventions , which were hold the snino day ns the state convention , in structed for Harrison , and all would have done BO if it had been considered necessary. Not , a single man jWOuld have been elected'by ' that and these con ventions if there had bcon a suspicion of his loyalty to the implied and expressed preference for the candidacy of the president. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ THE Chicago , Fort Madison & Do's Molnos railway is being rapidly com pleted into Ottumwa. It would bo well for Omaha to keep nn , eye on that road. The Morthorn Pacific is said to bo after it , for the officials of thnt road Inspected it last winter ; the Baltimore & Ohio has doaigns on it , but the Santa Fo prac tically owns it , and they should bo en couraged to push it onward to Omaha , the point they wish to reach. NOIIODY doubts that the fair promise of success of the Nebraska. Central bond election has forced a showing of the scheme to build the line already sur veyed between Papillion and Yankton. Many important enterprises will tumble ever ono another to get a foothold in Omaha \vhon it is soon that the Nebraska braska Central bridge is to bo built. Juno 10 is the day on which this momentous - montous question Is to bo decided. AN OMAHA jutjge Jms excused a farmer with corn unplatttod from jury duty. His honor evidently has no sympathy with the "hold ylrflr. corn" principle. THE democrat jttjro taking nn abnor mal interest in thoiMlnnoapolla conven tion. They had'fj ' tor save their bruin fog. Tliis is a republican year. A I'lvotUlWtutu Mociiro. Kan a 'rti/ ( Journal Tbo fact tbat aaj " { Diliana district conven tion has declared ifur Dlaine does ziot alter .no Tact that Jndlnni , would roll up a bigger majority tor Harrison than for any other man on earth.'J * ' . ° ' rr III III'n 'n Trimmings. Jliutim ( llotji , Tbo now mayor ot Host oil has started in to raato a record among tbo veto champion. Ho bos dropped a Uy In tbo largo ana lutclous western "JunKet , " of tbo'uldormqn by cutting down tbeir 13,000,000 loau to 1UOO,000. ' i An Kxufceruteil Quality , Tbc value of great personal popularity tn a presidential candidate- often overesti mated. Clay and fro mon t were mon of tbli sort , nnd tboy bad hurrdb campaigns wbeu they ran for tbo proiidoucy , yet both worn bi'hleu by mon who pojsossuil not au atom of thh quality. Clay , in 1S44 , was defeated by I'ola , und Frotnont foil behind Hucbanau. Ileuaun fur Iteccl' * 1'lop. r/lftotielp/iil/feCOKi Mr. Tbomas H , Iteod onnouucoa tbat bo Is for Dlnino bocnuso IlarrUon rcjoctod his cindltlnto for collcnCQt of thn port of Port- Una , "whoro ho Hvos. " A blow in such n vitnl spot Is , of cour o , nn unpardonable sin In the cede of down-east stntosrrmnshlp. Ultimo should foci dl blf flattered by such frank support , wllh all tbo generous oxpoct- nncy which It Imports. Vrftof nt the riiilillitft. fuiiis.18 ctlu .fimnmr. In his I'rovlilonco speech Mr. Cleveland nsitod if a Rlnglo manufnoturlng establish ment had increased wneos of nmploycs since the passaKQ of the Mclvlnloy law. Domo- cratlo pnpors talto frequent occasion to say that the inquiry is still unanswered. Tbo Albany Journal elves a hat of twenty-sovon establishments which hnvo Increased wages from 10 to 110 per cent wlthlft the past your Instances that happened to bo within the knowlodrjo of the editor ot the paper. The list , with n llttlo research , could doubtless be doubled several timoi over. When re publicans assort tbat tbo tarlfl is a blessing to American labor , they menu what they say and have the proof to substantiate it.- A Ilmiblu Tipnuoii. St. l\ml Pioneer t'rtfs ( rep. ) It answers vorv well their own present purposes - poses for the Blalno bnomors to 1111 the am- olent nlr Just now with declarations of their purposes ; and , to ono who U accustomed to weigh words a proat deal and facts very little , their scheme has a certain plausibility. Hut the bottom will fall out of It lone before the convention meets at Minneapolis. That body will bo different from any other ropro- sontntivo assemblage of republicans of tlio nation If It does not decline to bo stampeded , and proceed if necessary to glvo the Dlalno movement u ' sudden quietus. To the Quays and 1'lattn and Clarksons it seems the simplest and most natu ral thing in the world to avail themselves of Mr. Dlalno's proat popularity to accomplish the purposes of tholr potty spito. They would use the admiration und enthusiasm which Mr. Dlnino has always commanded , and ncvor moro than now , either to make htm thocandldtita , with Alger or some ether nonontly In second place , or to glvo the nomination outright to ono of these men after the drift to Harrison had bnou 9hcoked. What the consequences might bo to Mr. Dlaino or to the republican party thov do not stop to think , bcoauso they do not cnro. It scorns to us that every man true to the ropubllcan party and every sincere friend of Mr. Blaine will sco that tbo anti-Harrison program contemplates a rank treason to both of them. Kcntucky'H CcntRiinlnl , Chicago Jlcrahl The 1st of Juno Is the centennial anniver sary of tbo admission of Kentucky as a state In the union. In the last session of the Second congress Kentucky und Vermont were both applicants for statehood. Tbo enabling act admitting Kentucky was passed February 4 , 1791 , but the admission was put off until Juno 1 , 1792. Tbo enabling act for Vermont was passed February 18 , 1791 , but as no data was sot by the act it became a state immediately after congress adjourned , March 4 , 1701. Dut Ken tucky is fairly entitled to bo called the oldest child of the union , It was n remarkable people that settled that common wealth. Sprung Jrom the best of Virginia stock , the early settlers were a race of heroes who in twenty years wrested "tho dark and bloody ground" from the In dians. In 1770 the Virginia legislature formed the whole territory into the county ot Ken tucky , nnd it so continued for a number of years , but as the population increased a feel ing of independence ) grow up and separation was demanded. So many delays occurred that the people became much angered , and cer tain of the leaders entered into negotiations with Spain , then the possessor of the Louis iana territory , to como under the protection of that power. Other efforts were mudo looking to the establishment of Kentucky as an independent republic. Finally , In Oocom- ber , 1789 , the Virginia lecislaturo consented .to separation and then the people turned to the federal government for admission. In all , no less than nine conventions were hold demanding admission before congress passed iho enabling act. The people of Kentucky have always been singularly independent in character and have been devoted ! ? attached to personal liberty. Their first constitution made man hood suffrage the basis of government , being the llrst American constitution to establish that principle. Kentucky bad bean a state In the union but six years when these cele brated resolutions of 1793 were adopted op posing tbo alien and sedition laws and deny ing tbo power of congress to pass such laws and protesting against them , In every war lu which the United States have boon engaged Kentucky soldiers have borne a prominent and honorable part , and in the war of 1812 , particularly , they saved the credit of the national arms. The name Kentuckian la synonymous with everything that i > i generous , hospitable and chivalrous. Kentuckians may well bo proud of their state and its history. No commonwealth holds a more honorable place in the union today. It Is the mother of Rtatosmon and heroes and names that will last as long as our blstorv are Imperishably associated with it. As it enters upon its second century of statenood it may rejoice in the past , for its record is noble and enduring. A 1WII' 1'UlXIEIt UlSMAHKS. Philadelphia Iteeord : "How's things. Billy ? " asked tlio snoiik tlilcf of the pickpocket , who had Just returned train Cliorry Hill. "Oh , I'm gottliiff my hand m 11311)11 ) , " said Hilly , with a grin. _ Klin Ira Onrotte : When you hoar a Httjo child use iirofnno liinguiigoyou aan bo rou- Bonubly biire thut his f ntlior shaves himself. Now York Herald : Wool What did yon do with that umbrella I lot you hnvo last week ? Van I'elt t'vo , cot ItyoU Why ? Wool Nothing. Only 1 don't belong to the umbrella trust. Judge : Miss Vanity Th-it Mr , Fllpps is al- waysstarlnz after mo ; ho torment * mo al most to death with lili attentions. Miss Vixen I know , 1'oor fellow ! lie never did have much sense. Olothlor und Furnisher : .Da Tootrlllo Maxtor didn't stay murrlud to thn Ulilcago wpinati very long , did ho ? What wits the matter - tor ? Von niuinor Ho found that none of her former husband's clothes ( Itted-lilm. AT IIOMB AND AIIIIOAI ) , Ife growls aoout the colfuu nn J ho grumbles utthcstoaU ; Ho miiko * rumiirkj ) about tbo bread his mother used to bulto , And fosters the impression with Ills weary llttlo wife Thnt her cooking Is the worst he ever tackled in his life. Out at noon lie seeks the lunchroom and ho grabs u chunk of plu And Htrugglcs In u iminuor that brings inolst- uia to the eyes Ilo tosses down H sky blue milk they ladle to the herd And bunds his money to tbo clerk and never says a word. Dmitlmrnton Itopubllonn : The boom will bo on tbo rye when the national conventions as semble. Indianapolis Journal : If you fool discon tented with your lot gut out und dig la It and raise somutlilni ; . The Kite ; A competing hot < ; I says ucnor- ously of another that "It stands without ar rival. " Washington Btnr : "I Just rocolvod n very Invundliiry letter , " said ono clerk to another. "From 'vboni ? " "The boss , lie threatens to flro me. " POM KU It It AIN11U. iSomtrvllle Journal , As children wo together nluyod ; Our parents aide by sldo 11 xd llvml for yours , und curly planned Thut she should bu my bride. I loved her from my childhood duyt , And hu , too , hold mo dour ; WH both of IIH felt lost und Btrunxo Without the other near. I always was tier cavalier , And ijulek to take her part , Ai uhlld , as muld , as woman grown , I KUVO her till my heart , Until I cumo to marrying. And then wbowl What u whlrll Shu chcno to wed anotho r uiau And I another flrl. FAVORED THE COLORED MAN Why the Afro-American Dologattoa Will Support President Harrison , WHAT ME HAS DONE FOR THE RACE Opinion * or the I.oiilor : * ot Tlmt moment of the Itniuihllcnu 1'urty un tlm Sub ject. Tlmy Are Solid for Itoiiniiiluntlon , \YAsiiixaiox UniiBAU OF Tun DIB : , 1 513 KoiiiiTBu.XTii STIIBRT , J- WASIIINOTO.V , D. G. , May ai. | There can no longer bo any doubt , If any there has bocn , ns to who will Iruvo the up- port of the colored delegates In the Minne apolis couvontton. It Is tho.uiuiunlllloJ bo * Hot ot the lour groitt ooloroil loaders of the country , located ut present In Washington Iho vonotablo patriot , Fred Douglass ; cx-Unltod Slates Senator Ulnnch 1C. Bruno of Mississippi , Congressman henry l\ Cn oath a in of North Carolina neil ox-Con gressman John H. Lynchof Mississippi tuot the colored delegates will , us they have good cuuso to , support the prosldont lu the con- vontlon. Tin : BEK corrcspontlont this nftornoon called upon Hon. Fred Douglass at his homo , which Is upoa a pronnncni olavatlon In Ana- costla , near this city. Mr. Douglass aucora- panlod the president to Kocuoatcr and par ticipated in the Decoration day oxorclscs lust after an extended trip Into the south. As ho talked ho could look down ever the city of Washington with Its 100,000 colored persons , who almost worship him , and tno breezes from the peninsula of Maryland cast about his shoulders uw long whlto Huffy locks till at times ho appeared the embodi ment of nil that could bo pure and wise In man. Frinml of thn Colorcil Mnn. " 1 shall attend the Minneapolis conven tion , " said Mr. Douglass , who has lost uono of his vivacity of manner nnu vigor of speech , "and will depart from hero on Fri day. I am on the wrong sldo of 75 years of ago , so tnat no one can suy truthfully that 1 am actuated by solllsh motives. I could not accept a political position if it wcvo olTorod tome. 1 am going for the purpose of doing What I can to bilng ubout the ronomlnullou of President Harrison. Ho has uouo moro for the colored man in Iho way of oulces than nny president wo ever had. Ho has done moro than any president to glvo the colored man fair recognition In private Ufa and pro tect his homo and family. To my mind wo never had u creator prosldont. "Tho position taken by President Harri son upon the election bill , called by his enemies - mios In the south the 'forco bill , ' should en dear him to the colored people as long as ho lives , and they should revere his memory when ho is dead. To the president the credit Is duo for creating t&o bill In the first place and then pushing it through the homo and almost through tbo senate. His moral inllucuco as well as his ofllcial endorsement and assistance were behind the measure. " "Do you think the colored people In the south very much desired the adoollonof that bill ! " The old wbito haired colored patriot raised up from the rustic chair , his eyes Hashing earnestly in every word. "That bill meant protection to the lives of every colored voter in the south. It meant as fair political and personal treatment as Is glvon the colored or whlto man ID the north. It meant uniformity of the elective franchise. " Solid for Harrison. "Do you boiiovo the colored delegates could bo stampeded iu convention for anv other man ! " " 1 do not. " said Mr. Douglass. "Tho col ored voter knows his friend and ho recog nizes principle. Those colored delegates to the Minneapolis convention will recall as reauily as 1 do whoit was sixteen years ago that loft the speaker's ' chair in tlio national house of representatives and took the lloor to speak with all his power in opposition tea a bill which proposed to arrest kukluxism in the south and put a stop to the wholesale slaughter of the colored voters at the hands of whlto democrats. They will recall who fought and defeated upon the republican siilo of iho house the llrat 'force bill1 intro duced in congress , and they will recognize in him the same man who permitted his name and moral inlluonco to bo used onlv a few months ago to defeat the oldotion bill of Prosldont Harrison. "No , sir : the negro delegates to Minneapo lis c-innot bo taken away from Harrison by a stampede. " "Can they bo bought for another candi date ? " "Monoj la a powerful corrupting Influence in polities. " said ho , "but it will not tempt mon of principle. If I miss not my ostlmaio of tbo nosjrocs who will sit in the Minneapolis ' apolis convention tboy 'will stand by the man who has made for thorn the best presi dent since Lincoln and who , in many re spects , has favored colored mon and women boyondtbo Lincoln moamro. 1 would bo greatly disappointed to find any colored man iu the opposition. " Mr. Douglass then entered into n general discussion of tbo strong points of the present administration as compared to these of Washington , Lincoln and Grant and point ing out the manifold reasons why tha colored men should s'tand as a wall for President Harrison. Advantages of the Administration , Ho said the American and business policies of the present Administration were not only such ns to mnlco every citizen proud ot hi * country , but count upon prosperity In tha future. Congressman Chcatham of North Carolina Is known throughout the south ns ono of the foremost colored men nnd is n statesman of the highest typo. Ho said today ! "I liavo no ether expectation than that the colored doln- pates will nil support President Harrison nt Minneapolis. Some of them hayo voted for Senator Sherman in past convention. , but Mr. Sherman Is not n candidate , nnd if bo were I hnvo no doubt thy would stand by the president because ho lias done moro in every wny for the colored man thnn nny president wo hnvo had alnco 1 have kopl trace of current politics. Prosldont Harri son has said moro kind words , endorsed moro measures and had in vlow moro Rood gener ally for the negro thnn nny president we have hnd , nnd ho has given moro of them ofllcos than nnv two presidents. " Senator U. Iv. Uruco ot Mississippi said "If I had tlmo I could sny moro for President Harrison thnn any two mon whoso unuioi may como before tha convention , looking nl the sttuntlon ns n colored man , nnd If the col' ' oroci dolocntos do npt support him ns n body iu recognition ot what ho has done for Iho in t shall bo sorely disappointed. " Ex-Congressman John K. Lynch of Miss issippi sold : "Tha prosldont will bo ronornl- natoa and the colored delegates will hnvo th pleasure of knowing they stood by him lu recognition of what ho has done for tno rnoo. There is every reason why the colored rnc should support the prosldont nnd not one In the negative. Uut the president has been to every ono nllko , that is the reason bo has been such n good prusidont for tha colored rneo. " Miscellaneous. Assistant Secretary Chandler today nf- flrmod the decision of the commlssionorin the homestead cnso of Amy H. Leonard agaluit Martha Goodwin , from Yanklon , S. D. , In volving a divorced wlfo question. The laml in dispute wes formerly in the limits of tbo Port Kami all military reservation. An ef fort wus mndo to show that Martha Good win's dlvorco from her husband was Jrnudn- lent for the purpose of securing the land , but she Is given the Und lu dispute and hoi' divorce is declared good. Senator MntidcMon returned from Omahn last night ami presided ever the sonata today. Ho is conlldout thnt Prosldont Hnr- rUon will bo nominated nnu says Hon. K. Uosowator will undoubtedly bo'Nobrnska's member of the ropubllcnn national com mittee. It is bolng remarked in Nebraska circles hero thnt the three inumbors of the house from this stnto hnvo lost all interest In tholr JO- pension bills if they ever hud any , as they do not attend the Friday night sessions of th'o house which nro devoted to privnto pension bills nnd there has not boon a quorum present for many weeks. P. S. II. Wcstorn I'cunloiiii. WASHINGTON- . C. , Muy 3 ! . [ Spoc. ' l Telegram to Tin : OKI : . ] Tbo following list of pensions granted Is reported by TUB DEB and Examiner Bureau of Claims : -Nebraska : Orlglnnl-Ooorgo Whlto , James G.Vilsou. . George 1J. Willlnms. William D. Bushtol , Peter Gold , Frank Thomns. L. Sims , Hugh Kinzos. Joseph Nowcoraor , Oar- 1m Turner , Jonas L. Ma'holloy , Samuel l 'ul- ton , E ra E. Moltz , Wcslov G. Hummel , Charles , H. Morrlll. Additlonnl Lovl M. Copolnnd , Hulbort L. Durns , William Nurl- bnrth. Increase Uansom Foas , William X Hunter. Original widows Anna Shaw , Llz/io Dronncn. lown : Original Cnndos Schlck , Winilcld S. Snrgont , Milton J. Smith. William D. Uussell , Chnrloi W. Hawkins , Joptha M. Ellington , Grnnvlllo T. Hannnn. Edgar VV. Cohablo. Edward Polton , Davis Grange. Lovl Allison , Francis W. S. Drake , James Moran , David Loncshoro , Harrison Thomp son , John Pike. Additional Mint Walker , Snmuol L. Wood , Ellas Votes , Robert \V. Dnrges. Increase Christopher Todd , Fred erick A. Smith , Noah Brown , Martin Cooper , Amos Brlnogar , Thomas B. Daniels. Uols- sue Solomon Croighton , Robert Hobson , do- caasod ; William Lowroy , Joseph Sommors. Original widows , eta Fannoy Hieboy ( mother ) , Jemima M. Dungan. North Dakota : Additional George \V. Pholps. South Dukotn : Originnl John ZImmerman man , Marcallus Gray , Jny P. Eddy. James Goodwin , Henry Murks , Seth T. Winslow , Ktclmrd L. Smith. Additional Peter Bolmos. Increase Daniel Austin , Jr. , Thomas B. Douglas. Original widow Frnncclin L. Brott. Colorado : Original George A. iColIotrc1 , Ona H. Woodward , Lnrkln Ford , \VIIIinm Quinlan , James VV. Conuyors , Horace G. 1'iukott , Ralph L. Walton , Edward L. Chad. Hold , Walter B. Carlisle. Increase Imau C. Kllllp. Original widow Mary Ann Petti- John. Wyoming : Original Perry Benjamin. Trains to Aliiiiicnpollg. The state central committed of Nebraska delegation to the republican national conven tion at Minneapolis has selected the Sioux. City route a their ofllclal route , and will leave Omaha Saturday , Juno 4 at 5:45 : p. m. , Webster sttoot depot. Delegates and alternates to the convention will leave Omaha at the same time on the same train. Futnl Explosion lu n Mine , , WnKE3iiAnitii.Ps. May ill. A torrlflc explosion - plosion occurred this morning at tbo West End * Coal company mine nt Mocanaquu ; twenty miles dlstantln a drift where eleven mon were warning , most of whom were seri ously burned. Mine Boss John Potlrool nnd John Welter , a minor , were taken out dead. Onpo Cod Item : The man who laughs lust In the one who Is too thlck-hoadod toseo the point of the-Joko at llrst. & CD. KING Largest Mnnufacturora und Itotallera . of Ulotliuix / < u the World. " When It Rainsu You want an umbrella and you know .if you buy it of us it will be just as we represent it. All prices and qualities. Our great suit sale has been 'such a great drawing card' that we will continue the prices a few days longer. ) , $8.50 , $10 , $12.50 and $ ,15 for suits worth lots more. To keep up the assortment we have addedabout , ISO new suits to go at these prices also. These suits are'from 30 to 45 per cent under price and if your' size is amongst them you get a bargain. Browning , King & Co ± * ° 1 S. W , Cot. 15lli & Douglas Sis.