THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUMUY , JULY 10. 1892-SIXTEEN PAGES.
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Clriulitlloii fur .liitin ! i5
Tin : man who detests politics this
your must lloo to tlio Sandwich Islands
or St. Louis.
SKNATOH SHKIIMAN hna gone to Boston - ,
ton for a fo\v days and wo liopo now that
thoio Monton editorials on "tho boated
toi'in" will abate temporarily.
Siu Airrurii Sn.iaVAN , wo are told
lias so far recovered from his recent ill-
rioss that ho attended a Wanner opera ,
concert. Hence ho is well enough to
tnke a hard job in a boiler factory.
AMONO the resurrections of the year ,
JTaiilan , tlio sculler , must not bo forgot
ten fie recently won a three-mile race ,
malting the best time on record. Kil-
raiti may yet rise up and whip Sullivan.
THIS is thosoi on of year when the
palo , intellectual btiulontspurns his con
jugations , microscopes and logarithms
lo spend his mental tissue in exam
ining1 boila water , moonlight and fomi-
hinitv.
THAT downcast look which you may
have observed on tlio face of Hon.
ITIiomas V. Bayard is not caused by fear
of Cleveland's defeat , but by the awful
news that the poach crop in Delaware ia
a total failure.
TlIKltn is indication of unusual pros
perity in the vast number of resigned
and declined positions this year. It
Indicates tlmt people are very wc'l ' sat-
Isllod with present conditions or desire
to rest frora worlc.
SINPK ox-Sourotiiry Whitney won so
much renown at Chicago lifo at his
Now York residence has became a burden -
don and his telephone has been taken
out It doesn't always p.iy to attain notoriety -
torioty , or oven fame.
GKOUGirrrc : > > have at last no-
cured a village to endorse the single tax
Bcheme. llyattvillo , Md. , is the place ,
but the unconslitutionality of the act of
the commissioners will soon bo tested ,
nnd their notion is liable to bo.reversed. . .
TllK recent decision of the Postolllco
department to make all postollieoa hav
ing u revenue of $200 money order
olllcos la wise , and would bo wi or if it
made all postollleos money order olllcos ,
for it is in the country away from banks
that the money order is most needed.
BAHON IIiuscn glvos a percentage of
his turf winnings to n hospital and ho
turned over $35,000 last week to a Lon
don hospital as this season's winnings.
That is good , very good. But to bo con
sistent , will the baron dr.iw on that
hospital for the dolicit when ho bets on
the wrong horse ?
IT is now auparont that Mr. Glad-
Btono made the greatest political blun
der of his lifo in making his campaign
this year on the issue of homo rule.
Ho had a great chance to win this year ,
but ho ( ought a llgnl for n people di
vided into three hostile and violent
bands , who thus committed political
uulcido.
\Vi3 rnui in no humor to defend the
recent wild convention hold in this city ,
but it doon stir up the bile inono to read
both democratic and republican com
ments by eastern nowbpipors. : There ia
a tinge of contempt for the western
farmer quito apparent in all the nrtl-
olos.Vo hope some day to sou the
western farmers all united in homo HOII-
Bible , lawful policy which will utterly
overwhelm the eastern suoorers.
SINATOU DAWKS' rebuke and expos
ure of Senator Stewart was one of
thiHo tlilngri which honest men rejoice
to HOO. There is moro Holllahnoss than
patriotism or prldo in the Nevada
bulllonairo. At the s'tino time there is
a good deal of truth In the ohargo that
llio geological surveys liavo atTordod
an excuse for oxpanalvo junkets gotten
up for the hone lit of the relatives and
political hangors-on of congrosainon ,
and the sciontillu value of the so-culled
surveys is dooldodly doubtful.
Tin : council may llnd much comfort
In the miiHdlvo furniture , the oak p.inol-
ing nnd n $11,000 fresco of the council
ohatnhur , but etrangorsundcltlzuns who
visit the council will ohlolly bo im-
] iro-b d with the taut that they can
Ho-iroely hear u word spoken on the
Jloor by uny member unless ho faces the
* gallory'or shouts ivt the toji of his voice.
Kvn Jim Stephenson would have
trouble in making himself understood
in ono of his famous outbursts that precede -
cede the throwing of an inkstand at the
lioad of the mini In the ohalr. Some
thing will Imvo to bo done to give
count-Union u uhnnuo to make an 1m-
pru iilon on the gallery. There is danger -
gor that the moat fo.'vld eloquence of
L-ouncllmon will bo loit to iuwtorlty.
TllK LA II' IK TllK CASK.
The violence resulting from the labor
trouble at Homostond , Pa , wiw directly
duo to the invasion of on firmed force
brought from other states and not recognized -
ognizod by the laws of Pennsylvania.
The right of every American cltl/.on to
bear arms in his own defense is em
bedded in our form of government. Hut
the right of tiny man or sot of men to
take up arms in limes of .peace for the
protection of other men's lives or prop
erty unless duly commissioned or depu
tised by the civil authorities cannot bo
conceded. The Plnkorton mercenaries
wore us much outlaws as uny band
of armed marauders would have boon.
It is no palliation of the employment of
thts Illegal body to say that the Carne
gie company feared that the local nnd
state authorities would not provide ado-
qtmto protection for its property. The
duty of the company was to keep within
the resources of the law , which are am
ple , if properly employed , for every such
emergency. When the company wont
outside of the lawand brought an nrniod
force into the stale it not only invited
the violent resistance of the men with
whom It was In controversy , but ren
dered itself liable to indictment and
prosecution.
On llio olhor hand it was llio duty of
the ahorlfT to use all the authority at
his command to protect the property of
the Carnugio company , and llndlng his
resources insulllclont to appeal to the
state authorities. It does not appear
that the shorilT did all that ho might
have done , but at any rate ho pursued
the lawful courdo in appealing to tbo
governor , and Ihis should htivo boon
promptly responded to by providing
whatever assistance was asked for. It
was not the business of the governor to
question as lo whether the shorltT had
oxhaustoJ his resources. The latlor of
ficial , being on llio ground , should have
been presumed lo know Iho full propor-
lions of Iho exigency and what was re
quired to moot it. The course of Gov
ernor Pattison. The course of Governor
PallNon in refusing a prompt response
to tlio sliorifl'.s c'lll was a palpable
shirking of a grave responsibility and
cannot bo palliated under any pretext.
Hvory governor is sworn to execute the
laws and mainlain order regardless of
wlial Iho political ollcots of his dis
charge of duty may bo upon the
| ) , uty to which ho belongs. Had Gov
ernor P.ittison called out Iho national
guaid of Pennsylvania ana failed in his
otlort to quell the disturb nice or found
lumsolf without state troops ho could
and should have called upon the presi
dent for regulars , and the president
would have boon in duty bound , regardless -
loss of political olleots , and without
questioning Governor P.ittison's discre
tion and judgment , to promptly order
sucn troops as wore within roach to
naroh to Pittsburg to aid in the main
tenance of good ordor.
The proposition cannot bo too em
phatically staled lhat in all diftic'iltios
of this kind there must bo a strict com
pliance with the requirements of the
law , and no individual or corporation
must bo permitted to bo a law unto
itself. Kvery stale in Iho union pro
vides by law for Iho protection of the
lifo and property of its people , and when
the state is not able to do this there is
the right of appeal to the conoral gov
ernment. There is no necessity , there
fore , for anybody to employ armed mer
cenaries , recruited by private parties
and having no legal status , for the pro
tection of their property , and the time
has como for stringent legislation to
suppress such illegal and dangerous
organi/.altons , which are hoslilo lo Iho
spirit if not to tlio letter of Iho constitu
tion.
Y COMMISSION.
Senator Mandcrson has introduced in
the senate of the United Stales a bill lo
eroalo a national highway commission.
This measure , printed elsewhere in this
issue of THK UKK , provides that the
proposed commission shall bo composed
of two bonalors of the United States ,
five members of the house of roprosont-
allvos , and live citizens to bo nppomlod
by the president , together with the sec
retaries of war , agriculture and the in
terior , the postmaster general and the
attorney general. The purpose of this
commission is to investigate , consider
and report upon the condition and re
quirements as to public highways and
to submit views and recommendations
upon subjects connected with road im
provement. The commission is to con
tinue in oxUtonco for two years , and is
required to report to congress from time
lo timo.
The eauso which this bill is intended
to promote has boon growing in public
interest within the Insl few years , and
there is hardly a state in the union
where it is not receiving consideration.
At the recent meeting of the Nebraska
Business Men's nbsoclnllon it was ono of
llio lopics considered and a resolution
was adopted suggesting the Croatian by
Iho leglhlaturo of a state ro.ul fund to bo
applied to keeping the punlio highways
improved. This matter is commanding
the attention of the people of Now York ,
Pennsylvania , Ohio and other stales ,
and Indeed the papular awakening to
tlo ) importuned anu necessity of good
roads Is so general that not only is it
certain that the propo-iod national
commission will bo generally approved ,
but thai Iho agitation lor bettor high
ways will continue until the oyjoct is
attained.
The movnmont tint has boon started
in all parts of the country for the build
ing of roads upon a sulonllflo system ,
which will secure highways of po rma.
nont value that wl 1 contribute to the
advancement of the common prosperity
will not halt until the end sought is at-
lainod. The fact Is roeognl/.od thai
L'ood roads choauan the con of trans
portation by suvlng time , reducing Iho
wear of draught animals and of vehicles ,
and thus lessen the cost of material to
the producer and the consumer ,
Tlio bill of Senator Mandorson pro
vides for the exhibition at the World's
fair of the best methods and appliances
for road-making , and for orgaul/.od ,
practical Instruction in the art during
the cdntinuunco of the fair , free of cost ,
to all who may doairo It This will glvo
Iho thousands upon thousands of Ameri
cans who will attend the fair an object
lotion In roaJ-bulldlng , which once
learned tliuy will roiluoa to prautloo In
their respective otalos. It is believed
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by nearly all of those who have given
thoughtful attention lo this problem
that its solution largely depends upon
the co-oporalion of Iho national govern
ment. They point out tlmt In the early
part of the century no loss than fifty
acts of congress wore passed , after a
full discussion of the constitutional
questions Involved , for the construction
and rop.xlr of national roads , while of
into years nothing has boon done by
congress and very lltllo by Iho sl-ilo or
local nulhorllhis. The bill InlroJucod
in the senate recognizes the sontltnont
in favor of federal aid.
It is needless lo extend argument to
show the importance of good roads. It
is admitted by everybody. The bill of
Senator Mandorson contemplates no
government paternalism. It proposes
national , state and county co-operation ,
Jf that bo found practicable , for attain
ing the object which everybody con
cedes to bo desirable. It is not to bo
doubted lhat the proposed commission
would accomplish much good.
Tlir. TKUn'HOXK HUSIXKSS.
The enormous increase in the demand
for telephone service in the Unilctl
States is shown by a bulletin from the
census department in the series of sta-
llslics of manufactures. In the census
year 1S7I1-1SSO the telephone business
passed through the stages of an extra
ordinary development , springing nt a
single bound from almost nothing to ono
of the most important Interests in the
country , but before the stalislics of tliat
year wore completed it had become
quite extensive and important. In 1SSO
the number of com pantos , Jlrms and
persons engaged in the business of pro
viding the people with telephone facili
ties was MS , but in 1893 the number was
only fifty-three , showing the results of
absorption of tbo weaker by the stronger.
In the meantime the amount invested
increased , BJ7,7.55f ) 10 and the number of
telephones and transmitters increased
338,718. The number of subscribers in
18)0 ! ) was 22757 ; ! , an increase of 17S,0 III
in ton years. Tlio total number of con
versations reported in the same year
was 4)SiKOUO. ! ( ) The total number of
miles of wire in 1800 was 1110,412 , an increase -
crease of (100.81 per cent over 18SO. The
total number of employes of telephone
roinpnnics in 1800 was 8ilj ( , nearly
Ihroo limes us many as in 1880.
The most Interesting statistics relating
to the telephone business are those
which have to do with its profits. The
total interest-bearing nnd prollt-bhsiring
Investments amounted in 1800 to $72-
! > 11,73(1. ( The gross earnings wore $ ! ( > , -
401,581 ! , the not earnings $3,200,712 , the
aggregate dividends $3,108,208 and the
surplus $2,002o04. The per cent of not
earning * ) on the total investment is 7.21.
How far those figures , which are of
course given by the companies them
selves , are worthy of conlidonco cannot
bo conjectured , it has boon supposed
by most people thai llio profits of Iho
telephone companies wore much larger
Ihan Ihoy are hero shown lo bs , though
it does not appear that they are insig
nificant by any moans , oven on a basis of
millions of iictilious slocks.
.1 IlliMO'OUIs COATWAT/OA' .
The Society of Christian Endeavor is
now holding its eleventh international
convention in Now York city. The
growth of this order has boon marvel
ous , and its possibilitiorof fuluro expan
sion are limited only by the member
ship of the numerous religious denomi
nations which it nmbr.ices. Never before -
fore in the history of the world have
the religious denominations united in a
movement with a common aim and in
perfect forgetfulness of sectarian lines
of division. The Young Pooplo's So
ciety of Christian Kndoavor Is a growth
of ton years. In 1882 there wore seven
brandies of tiio socioly wilh 481 mem
bers , all In Now England. In 1883 there
wore 253 branches with 10,0(54 ( members ;
last year there wore 10,274 branches with
1,008,080 inorabora , and today there are
21,000 branches with 1,250,000 members.
The convention now in session is com
posed of moro than 20,000 delegates , nnd
among the representatives are many
from Europe , Asia , Africa ana Aus
tralia.
Putting aside the practical religious
work of this organization , which maybe
bo moro appropriately discussed by the
churchmen , it is plain lhat it cannot
fail to exert n wholesome inlluonco
upon society in olhor directions.Vhat -
over lends lo unilo the people and
imbue thorn with a common purpose
must lend lo promote social harmony
and to destroy the denominational
jealousies which have not died out oven
in this period of liberal ideas and in
creasing toleration of opinion.
WHAT IS LACKIXGJ
Wbon Mr. Kojowutor is at a Union Pacific
meeting ho is not so great a Nebraska Central -
tral man us ho is at otbor tlmos. At Thurs
day nMit'.H coiifaronco liosald "If ho was us-
durotl that tha rival bridge ana ilopot woultl
bo constructed ho would bo in favor of lelln-
qulstiliiR the giving of oridgoatid depot guar
anties. Dut tha rival depot mid bridge are
not assured , and ho does not know that they
will bo , although the bonus are so voted. "
This doosn't sound llko the words of conll-
donco which Mr. Uosowator used in Tins
15HI : to Induce people to vote the bonds.
What Is ljuklnjif irurlil'/frniM.
Nothing Is lacking. Wo simply want
to nuke assurance doubly sure rather
than take any chances of slipping a cog
by which the city might llnd itself
powerless to afford depot and terminal
facilities to any rallro.id lhat does not
submit to the arbitrary conditions ana
rales which Iho existing bridge and
depot monopoly might impose. Just as
soon as the Nebraska Central Is an ac
complished fact Omaha will need no
furthur guaranty at the hands of the
Union Pnulflu or the Union Depot com
pany. Competition will break the embargo
barge and make Om ilia a free port for
every railroad that desires to bid for
her patronage.
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There are always some eaphoads and
zealots who Imagine lhat every man
wtio has llio courage lo assort his con
victions and daroa to dlfTor with them is
aiionom.of . tlio human race , while every
mountobunk and woathorvuno who
makes bhain professions and pats those
reformers on the back Is a fair man and
a friend of humanity.
This fact received striking illustration
during the pooplo'u party convention
when a local paper , which has no con
victions of its owf/nxW always blows hot
and cold by tur 'jj\row , | \ a sop lo the
nationalists who tftvtmt no money , the
fiatlsts who are clalrtlMnc for billions of
irredeemable ctirWy , the silver mine
bullionalros who ilikva no use for groan-
baoks. the IIeniSJ''li30rgo ' single tax
visionaries who yi'juijl the government
to own all landilcutnl doslro all the
farmers lo boco jo 4 > lonanls , Iho 2 per
cent stiblroasury mpu.nnd Iho men who
want to abolish pov&rty by law. This
insincerity , dupll V 'nnd moral coward
ice Is actually appmudcd by some pee
ple's party men nsUtbarnl , fair and hon
est. As a matter of fact it is only the
obverse of Jay ( * 6fltl's ( political code
which was publicly proclaimed during
the Erie railroad investigation wtiun
Gould declared : ' 'With republicans I am
a republican , with democrats a demo
crat , with nonpartisans nonpartlsan ,
but always for Erie. "
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This Is precisely tho' creed of the
newspaper wind vane that sought to
decoy the credulous farmers who visited
Omaha last week during the convention
by conspicuously ndvorlislng llsolf as
"an independent paper'1 and "the pee
ple's paper , " for the saho of solllnir a
few hundred extra copies. This may bo
enterprise , but it IB not reputable jour
nalism. People respect a paper that
entertains nnd expresses positive opln-
lon § , oven if they do not ajjroo with
them. A paper lhat. veers and vnscil-
lates and plays n. conlidonco game upon
its patrons every day in the year can
have no inlluonco upon intelligent people
plo in any community.
A ( UtKAT AND OKOH7.U. IXTKKEST.
The development of the great packing
Interests in South Omaha goes steadily
lot-ward , and the prospect is bright fora
wonderful increase in the volume of
business transacted there. It has al
ready boon announced that the facilities
of some of the linns are to bo nearly
doubled at once , and the work of ox-
lonsion is now in urogross. Following
upon this comes the raising of the embargo
barge on Texas cattle by moans of the
action of the Rock Island railroad , which
now proposes to cut the rate lo South
Omaha down to $12 50 per car. The old
rate of $20 , maintained by the freight
associations anil through the inlluonco
of parties interested in keeping the
southwestern trade away from Omaha ,
was practically prohibitory and placed
the South Omaha puckers under a great
disadvantage. Texas catllo wont to
Kansas City upon favorable terms , and
the higher cost of bringing them here
made it a hardship to the local packers
to go into the market against their Kan
sas City competitors 0,1 the season of
the year when Texas e ock is depended
upon to a great extent to supply the
market. It is osti ia d 'that ' the action
of the Rock Island < will result in the
marketing of oO'OOO' ' ' 'cattle ' in South
Omaha during thojup : ] , two months.
Work upon the extension of the plant
of Swift .S : Co. is iTOw 'in progress and
the Union Stock' Yj rds company is
making extensive additions to Its facil
ities , whereby itwill' bo enabled to
handle nearly doubld the number of
cattle that it now does' Those improve
ments must nocossiirfly ; ro'iult in the
employment of n , largo additional force
of men , and Soiiili Ouviha is consequently
quently enjoying a decided boDtn in
business onlorprisos of all kinds. Of
course Omaha must fool the oU'ects of
Ihis marvelous growth in the stock
business , which has always cxortod a
powerful influence upon her prosperity.
No other business carried on here is
doing half so much to spread the fame
of Omaha 113 Ihis , and certainly no
other contribulos so largely lo llio vol
ume of this city's trade. The limo will
como when Omaha will dispute Iho
suuroinacy of Chicago as u moat-pack
ing center.
OFtii > irar EMPLOYES.
The national conventions of both of
Iho great political parlies adopted reso
lutions in favor of , legislation by con
gress to nrotocl the life and limbs of
employes of transportation companies
engaged in carrying on interstate com
merce. Bills requiring that tlio rail
roads of the country shall within a cer
tain time adopt safety couplers and air
brakes on all their trains have been in
troduced in congress and it is presumed
are in the hands of the proper commit
tees. In view of the consensus of popu
lar opinion in favor of legislation of this
kind it would seem th it moro attention
would have boon given to it in congress ,
and the fact that the matter appears to
have dropped out of consideration sug
gests lhat Iho Inlluonco of llu > railroad
companies has boon vigorously employed
lo postpone action and perhaps defeat it
altogether.
It Is well known that the railroads do
not desire tlio proposed legislation ,
claiming that they are adopting safety
appliances as rapidly as practicable and
that their efforts in this respect would
nol bo oxpodllod by a law of congress.
An article recently published in ono of
the maga/.inos , wrltlon by tlio soorot'ir.v
of the Interstate Commerce commission ,
shows that the adoption of safety appli
ances is not keeping pace with the con-
slrucllon of freight cars , though all
passenger cars are irdvidod with thorn ,
Unquestionably pr ross has boon made
In this mil tier , but'itlioiovldonco appears
to bo that the companies have not boon
doing as well as thBV might have done ,
and the natural cnntjlpslon from this is
thai without logisyiUqn fuluro progros ?
may bo much slovVursthan there is any
necessity lor.oa \ ° .
Thopopular bjii/oi | / { | Is not mistaken
Hint so long us tl\p ralroads , ) are loft to
do as they ploasoLJnithis matlor Ihoy
will continue loflco'nsult ' their selfish
intercuts rather th ho safety of their
employes , and thiuMhoro will continue
indefinitely to boJlhol annual appalling
list of casualties anlqng those employed
in the railway transportation of the
country. Nobody oxpoots Iho companies
lo immediately provide all the safety
appliances required. They must have a
reasonable lime in which lo do this.
Dut what Is demanded Is legislation
that will compel thorn to glvo attention
to this matter until the doslrod equip
ment of their cars is complete.
A bill jocontly reported by the house
cominltloo on Interstate commerce takes
up three subjects , power brakes on loco
motives , continuous brakes on all freight
cars and automatic couplers. U pro-
vldos lhat all now locomotives must bo
equipped with power brakes attor July ,
18)3 ! ) ; all ncwcars with continuous brakes
and automatic couplers after July , 1805
All locomotives must have power brakes
after July , 189-5 , and after July , 18D3 , all
freight cars must have automatic 'coup
lers and continuous brakes. This allows
two years for the required equipment of
all locomotives and five for that of all
cars , which ought to bo ninplo tune in
which to enable the companies' lo com
ply with the law.
RHOHTH OF OUIl 1'OHKJRA * TIl.lDK.
The fiscal year just ended has boon
by far the most active ono In the history
of this country so far as foreign Iraflo Is
concerned. The exports and imports of
the year exceed by considerably moro
than $100OJO,000 those of any previous
year. Olllclal sfitomonls for the month
of Juno are not yet made public , but It
is evident from Now York returns alone
that the aegrcgato exports for the year
will not fall below 81,027,000,001) ) . Now
York has also shown a largo increase in
imports during Juno , indicating thai
the tolal for llio fiscal year will bo Jn
excess of 8S.3,000,000. ! It appears thai
Iho lotal of exports and Imports for the
year will exceed $1,800,000OOJ , which is
vastly in excess of those of 1801 , in
which yoir the record of 1830 was sur-
p-issod by nearly $150,000,00 ! ) . It maybe
bo fairly said that the exports and im
ports of Iho United Stales have increased
during Iho past two years r.t Iho rale of
not loss than $150,000,000 each year. In
no year prior to 1890 in the history of
the country have our exports and Im
ports como within $300,000,000 of the
record of 1802. Such an astonishing increase -
crease in the foreign trade of this coun
try naturally loads to inquiry as to ils
causes.
The foreign demand for American
cotton and brendstutls has been heavy
on account of short crops in Europe and
a generally increased foreign consump
tion of those products. The removal of
the European embargo upon American
pork Ims also boon a powerful factor in
the increase of our trade , and in this as
well as ether articles of export which
cannot bo controlled by foreign produc
tion the growth shown by the lig\iros
quoted will bo permanent. In the na
ture of things the foreign market for
the cotton and broadsluffs of the United
Stales will vary from year lo year ac
cording to the state of crot)3 nbroa'l , but
Iho experience of Iho past proves that
it must inevitably grow upon the whole.
In the minor articles of export , in which
the ratio of foreign production and con
sumption is not likely to change , the
increase noted will undoubtedly con
tinue.
In the early part of the fiscal year tlio
reports of crop shortages in Europe
caused fluctuations in prices hero and
slight advance in tlio prices of breadstuffs -
stuffs , but after this Hurry a depression
of prices came. The great cotton crop
of 1890 had forced the pricoof that great
staple down to a figure lower than it
had touched before in forty yoa'-s , and
the crop of the following year was slill
larger , but a voluntary and involuntary
reduction of the product in the southern
states this year and a great foreign de
mand have prevented prices from going
down to Iho ruinou- > figure anticipited.
Il would seem lhat cotton , moro Hum
any ether product of this country , is
afloctod favorably or unfavorably ny
conditions which increase or lesson
foreign demand. Wool has declined
only about 2 cents a pound notwith
standing an enormous production in
Australia. lYon and steel have fallen to
the lowest prices over recorded , but this
is duo in a measure to the universal in
troduction of improved machinery and
methods and a consequent increase in
oroduction.
There prevails throughout the coun
try a contontud state of fooling among
business man. though the present is not
a period of high prices and largo mar
gins of profit. The country is doing a
business enormously in excess of that of
previous years , and so far as it is
possible to see Into Iho future there is
no prospect that it will over do loss than
it has during the pasl fiscal yoar. All
lines of trade are upon a safe basis ;
there are few wildcat schemes afloat ;
the country has a sound financial policy
which is likely to bo continued ; the
people are upon the whole prosperous
and happy and are looking inlo Iho
fuluro wilh confidence and hope.
AN IMl'OllTAKT Df
Judge ITopowoll of the equity division
of the district court has rendered a de
cision that will bring joy to mimy resi
dents of the ntrth parl of Iho cily.
Owners of lots in the tract known as E
V. Smith's , Foster's , Paulson's , Idlewild
and ether additions in the northern
part of Omaha are by this decision re
lieved from all anxiety concerning tbolr
Ullos lo the property which they oc
cupy. The history of tlio litigation in
which their interests have boon in
volved by reason of the Ilolfonstoln
claim is outlined in another column of
this piper. This important decision
Bottles Iho llllo to hundreds of homo.s
owned by wage workers and people of
moderate moans.
This is only ono of many cases In
which claimants having no substantial
ground of action have sought to dlspos
scss those who have bought homos in
perfect good faith wllh'no thought of a
suspicion resting upon their tlllo. The
owners of lols upon the extensive tract
referred to are to bo congratulated upon
the outcome of thle important action.
Dlilu't Apply in Timo.
Mlnita ) > ell Trf//imc. /
A society has booa started in Now Yorlc
tor tbo reformation and ovangollzatlon rif
proof renders. The project is visionary
enough to Rot a plank iu tbo Omaha plat
form .
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T'n n In Kind.
It cannot bo roonllod that In the entire IiU-
tory of the government there over was be
fore two cabinet ofllcors of tbo same nuino.
Hut the country will not necessarily got Uio
two Fosters inuod ,
KxploltH oft ho Kxploror ,
AVu < York Tribune.
If Mr , Stnuloy had only roraalnod
American citizen ho mlgut now bo ruii
for olllco In ttau Unttoa Stains Instead of In
KiiKluud : nnd for all that our Kngllsb breth
ren delight in saying about the porsonulltles
of American politics , ho would prcbiDly
have found thorn loss objectionable tbun tlio
hootn and the stoooi and the cabbage stalks
of un KiiKlUu political audlonco that wuro so
personally applied to him tbo ether Uay.
t'HT.tTlVAt. t'OTPUVKItr.
Considering the fact that the republican
state convention Is only four wookj off poli
tics nra mighty quiet Undoubtedly n good
many wires nro bolnglald , but most of them
scorn tu bo ontlroty underground. Too
same spirit of Inactivity or alto of nrlvato
sohomlng nrivntU In democratic and alltanco
circles. Hoincthliis must break IQOJO soon
to vary tlio rnanotony or the stnto conven
tions will bo very tame ntTalr * .
month will wltnosi many county con
ventions. Already two have boon hold , but
mo&tof Iho gatherings will occur tu tbo last
two weeks of the month , Sovor.il con-
proislonnl conventions wilt also bo hold
during July , which wilt attract considerable
attention. The llr.it ono ot thoio will bo the
Third dlttrict ropublloin convention , whloh
moot nt Fremont , July 20. Than como Iho
democratic convention for the satno district
at Norfolk .Tuly 2o. The Vital district
re pu bllortin will nominate their o.indldiito July
US tit Nebraska City. Tomorrow the repub
lican congressional committee of the fourth
district moots to fix * the time and plaoo for
holding the convention.Vhon the o guth-
orliius have boon hold political nfTit ought
to bo rod hot , unu undoubtedly ttioy will bo.
Out In MoKolghan's district
things M nl-
ready nrotty worm. The republican district
committee has got together and has
manned out a plan of campaign , .1. L. Me-
Phoeloy of Mnultm ha ? boon made chairman
of the committee and bo will push things
with his accustomed vigor. If McKolehau
expects a wulKawar ho will tlnd himself
Bfiovously mistnUon. Candidate Andrews Is
said to bo n foom.in worthier of better stool
than Mclvoighan's , nnd with a man behind
him llico Mct'hooloy ho ought to bo n winner.
Judge Norrls has boon given the Dixoa
county delegation to the congressional con
vention. J'lio Ju tgo will have good backing
for the nomination , but ho has several husky
men to run against him for the honor. It
will bo a nrotty struggle with four such men
In the Hold as Norrls , Moiklojohli , ll.iys nud
Welch.
.ludgo ICInkald still SCOIIH to bo the favor
ite candidate of Holt county for the con
gressional nomination Iti tno big Sixth , al
though ho has declared that ho is out of the
race. Brown county is also said to bo for
the judgfj if ho will or.ly got out and work
Instead of pursuing a policy of delay.
"Do you know why tboro are so many law
yers wanting Bon Baker to run for governor
on the republican ticket ! " was the question
propounded by a politician who usually gets
pretty reliable forecasts of the wc.ithor
in political latitudes. "Lol mo toll vou.
Bon Buker holds today ono of the most
dosir.tblo federal olllcoj in the stato. It
Is worth n cool $0,090 per annum , nnd busidos
thatltdooi not entirely iotorforo with his
private practice. It is by all odds the bet
otllco for a lawyer connected with the fedur al
patronage of Nohrasita. If Baker was out.
whv somebody olio would got in , don't you
see ! nnmusos mo to see thorn attempting to
pump Baker lull of the gubarnntorial fever
unaor the gutso of great personal friendship
for him , when the fact of the matter is they
want him out of tno onica ho now holds a
great deal worse than they want to see him
in the governor's chair.
Concerning the proposition to nominate
Judge Crouuso for governor , the Lincoln
Journal says : "Thero is nn element of
stability about Crounso that would attract n
great many old school republicans. "
A now cindiaato for stnto treasurer till *
year , but an old ono in years nist , has boon
brought out during the week iu the person of
Peter Ybungois , Jr. , of Fillmore county.
There has been a lurking suspicion that Mr.
Younger * might bo a candidate for the ollloo ,
but hi ? name had not boon formallv brought
before the people until last Thursday. Then
the Kalrmdnt Signal cimo out for him , and
of him it savs : "A successful farmer and
business man , a man in perfect touch with
the people , with moro friends in nil parties in
Fillmore county than any other man in Its
borders. Clean , honest and upright and
free from all ties and political barnacles. "
Madison county has Instructed its dolo.
gatoa to the republican state convention to
use all the honorable means within their
power to secure the nomination of Eugene
Moore for auditor. And thus the young
man's boom grows.
Lancaster county's republican convention
has boon called for July IS ana it has now
boon discovered that all the members
of the last legislature from that countv
with possibly ono exception , want to bd
returned. Their tastoof high lifa has only
made them greedy for moro.
Dr. J. M. Alden of Piorco. who served n
term In the lower house of the loui > laturo is
now out as a candidate for
senator from the
Klcvouth dlhtrlct.
TllK It.lTTI.K ,17'
Atchlson Olobo : There Is not ranch dlf-
foronco between the two words ! Uaraogia
and carnaco.
Chicago News ! The workmen's fight wai
against nondescript oftlolnM of the law
clothed with tnmporary authority. It wai
obviously unwlso on the vart of the inlll-
owiieri to thrust forward such an clement of
discord. It was olour thai by doing so they
would and fuel to nn already consuming
flnmo. However , they ohoso 'o precitutato n
collision and the results nro most deplorable ,
Chicago Post ! The lockod-out working'
mon of the Carnogto mills , If they persist In
their lawless course , ara onemlos of Iho stato.
Th op must lay down thotr arms nnd return
to peaceful methods. They must relinquish
properly which thov have sol/eel with vie
lence. Klso the duty of llio governor Is to
shoot thorn down without miwcy. At any
cost , on whomsoever may it fall , the dignity
of the law must bo restored.
Chicago Tribune : Meanwhile tlio legisla
ture of Pennsylvania , if It ho wise , wlli abolish
ish Plnkortonlanlsm , as that of Illinois has
done , as n moatm of public proloclIon or
guardians of law and ordor. for these pur
poses they nro WOMO than useless. They
provoke riots rather than quell thorn anil
cause disorder instead of allaying it. They
nro no good. They will have to go In Ponn-
B.vlvnnin us they did lit Illinois.
Denver Sun : U Is n rolloction upon our civ
ilisation and our government that suoh con
flicts ns that of HomoHtoad can occur.Vo
fall much short of the highest excellence of
civlllxation and Iho greatest bonollconce of
government , at long us wo have no pimcafiil
and orderly nnd just way of settling the dif
ferences between capital ilnd labor , and as
long as fair and equitable apportionment ot
the profits from tliolr Joint product Is not
in u do between them.
Chicago Horalu : Who Is to blame for thn
carnage nt UomostoniU Onvhoio head Is
the blood that was shod there yestorduyl
Who Intioducod the system that produced
this swollen plutociatat ono end of the line
and ! U > UJ or lOlJ ) impoverished and deluded
woi-klngmon ut the olhor end ot the line !
Who taught these misguided laborer * to look
for iirollt elsewhere than to their own Industry -
try ! Who promised tliom plunder nnd Ihen
failed to deliver ill Who mocked them in
their exasperation and sent a morccnarv
army among them to Inllmidalo and to kill )
Kt. Paul Pioneer Press : The rlghU nnd
wrongs of the wages scale have now been
lost sight of Ii the assumption by the sir 11-
ors of tha right to dnmln ito by force of arms.
That Issue tnlto-t precedence of all others ,
and it must bo dotcimlnod nt any cost. And
the first duty of organized labor ovorv-
whore , If it hone * over to win lt battles and
to establish Justice lur the mon In Its ranks.
Is to disclaim with horror all fellowship wilh
the idea that audit but force can justify thu
resort to force , and that the refusal of ono
man to work on given terms gives him any
light to prnvont nuothor man from acooplinu
thnni. Until that much Is granted , the labor
question can mnlte no progress.
vcA roii rn.it' nttr.n.v.m
Philadelphia Tlinp ! nvervthlng Is | m > | | ) ln
In tills voiitilrri Hut supposing It lutppnmvl
th.it a man who was once a messenger liny
should bo numtimlud for pu'stdunt , would lie
innV
Itoslon On/.etlp : "What Is a Iratisuatont
lie. anyway ? " "Wall till the unlit leal tor. li-
llghl processions next f.il ! , and you'll IIml
out. "
Wlgslns Oioat Scott. .Tack' wlirro
did you get that .suit ?
llorrowlt At a slatisihtor sale.
Wlgulns Woll. Ifou don't want to sot 1 nlo
lioublo you'd bolter huiy the remains
Slftinsi : WHOM you see a woman mci < llv
obey hurhtisbaml you can be smv ot ono of
two" thliiRs : bliu Is elthernfi.ilil of him oily
\\oiUn. , " him fora new bonnet.
A NEW HINTPROM PARIS.
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Kiiiojxan Edition Krw Ynils llemlil.
von TIII : WATKUINO n.vccs.
This "Toiletto do Casino" 1 in tlio Louis
XVI. stylo. Tlio chomisotto is of moussollno
ao snln , onploJ from tbo Cablnot dos Modes
of 173" . It forms n low point In front , ana
Is gathered in at tlio waist witu a wldo uu-
bcrgluo ribbon. The slilrt is of Louis XVI
material , with n very puto water urcon
ground , and with aubergine .strlties , dottoa
witu Uny bouquets.
& CO.
MiiiiufiiutiiroM and
isln the World.
Our Windows
Are very attractive just now. the pants
of all kinds and sizes at
$1.50 , $2 , $2.50 , $3 and
$3.50worth lots moreand
the 25c men's H hose in
fast black and tan shades
at 3 pair for 50c , or $1.75
a dozenA dozen to a
customer , no more. Also
268 sack , cutaway and
Prince Albert suits , reg
ular $1O , $15 , $25 and $3O suits at
price , now $5 , $7.50 , $12.50 and $15 ;
sizes principally 33 , 34 , 35 , 40 and 42.
All colors. Also those $2.5O short pant
suits for boys 1O to 14 years old go at
$1,25. Children's , boys' , men's straw
hats all go at & price. We lose big money
on this sale , but we'd rather sell them
than count them in the inventory. ' \
Bro wning , King&Co
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