THE OMAHA DAILY IfflEt Jft&NDAY , DECEMBER 12. 1892.
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K. ItOSKWATKU , Kdltor.
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1lio wcokcndliiK Decuinbur 10,189'J , was as fol
lows :
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OKOltnE II. TXSOHUCJK.
Eworn .to boforn mo and subscribed In my
niPKctiru tills 10th ( hiy of Kcci'inbcr , 1802.
IScal ] N. 1' . KKIU Notary I'ubllo.
Avon R Wrruliitloii fi r
WKAVnil's column of votes IB as
shifting us the sands ot the sea. North
Dakota is now added to hia list , but it
jnny not stay thorc more than a day or
two.
A HIM , hns boon introduced by Con
gressman llurter to restore the duty on
sugixr und repeal the bounty. Is this
the way the burden of taxation is to bo
llghtonedV
IT is still insisted by the members o
the coal comblno Unit it is ti blessing.
It is , indeed , to the baroiiH who nro
Bquoozing atotioy out of tha pockets o
the poor. LJut the day of reckoning is
euro to come.
TIIK charter as uinoiuled will bo like
n patched quilt. It would have boon
much bettor to fr.amo nn ontiioly nov
chnrtor and embody every importan
reform that Is deemed essential fo
carrying on economic and ofllcion
municipal government.
Tins report that Senator Hill is to resign
sign from the semite and resume tin
practice of law is about as probable n :
that ducks will nbandon the water nnd
seek the sanuy dosort. Out of politic !
the senator would bo lost ; and it is no
quite certain that ho is not lost anyway
BO fur as the next four years are con
corned.
OMAHA manufacturers who roper
that tlioir business has doubled dur
ing the pant year cannot easily bo con
vinced Unit this is not a good center for
industrial enterprise. Most of thorn at
tribute their increased business to the
remarkable readiness with which the
people of this state have lent tbomsolves
to the support of the homo patronage
movement ,
SOJIK idea of the impetus that has.
within the past tow years boon given to
homo building by the \vujo ; earners of
this country may bo had from the fact
that there are now 7,000 loan associa
tions in the United States v/ith a inem-
bcr-bhip of 12,000,000 persons. Not all of
the members are homo owners , but many
thousand of them are , and most of them
would bo renting houses today if it had
not boon for this useful system of saving.
OUT .of 12 ! { applicants for license to
Boll liquor 116 have published their
notices in TUB OMAHA KVHNINO BKK ,
the paper that bus ofllcially boon do-
nlarod by the Hoard of Police Commis
sioners us the legal mod hi in having the
largest actual circulation in Douglas
county. Only olght applicants out of
the ISt Imvo alloyed themselves to bo
duped by the imposture of the World-
Jfcrnld , nnd ono of these has also in
serted his application in Tine Bun to
prevent protest nnd rejection by the
board. The World-JlcntM has employee ?
n. special Eolicilor for two week * to ini-
portuno und harass the druggists und
saloonkeepers , while TIIK HKI : has
rcBtod vipou its rights and the decision
of the police commission. The fake
guaranty lias proved n lamontublo
full uro.
TIIK Department of Justice has boon
subjected to n good deal of criticism on
the ground that it has not shown sulli-
clout y.oul in enforcing the nntl-truat
law. "Referring to this matter in hia an
nual report the attorney general saye
that the combinations huvo boon suc
cessful in thwarting the action ol
the government by ronaon of the
great euro and akill exorcised lu
their formation and manipulation.
TJils is conspicuously the case
with the sugar trust , which after having
boon driven out of Now York , incorporated
poratod under the ulustio laws of No\\
Jersey mill has since boon nblo to prac i-
tically defy all olYorts to euppross it
The attorney gotiorul pays tlwt in nl 11
cases invostlgatod the combination IH !
Imvo boon successful in avoiding tin
pvoyidlous of the statute , but he expresses
presses the hope that in the ensos com
inonccd the validity of the stixtuti
nnd its applicability to uses which huvi
"become vary common to the huslnosi
of the country under the name of trust
may bo ( lomonatratod , If BO , says tin
attorney general , the investigation
inadu tvnd the evidence accumulated ii
fit cases wboro no proccodlnga Imvo booi
commenced will bo valuablo. It is ovl '
dent that the Department of Justlcoha
endeavored to do all that was possibl
fitI to enforce the antl-truat law , but it ha
mot with dinicultics which wnro altnpl ;
Insurmountublo. It would EQOIII thu
further locrlBlatlou will bo necessary 1
I orderto successfully attack the vnrlou
combinations against which the ant !
trust law was aimed.
TIIK MKAXIXd 01' ff
An analysis ot the ofllclal returns ot
the vote ot Nebraska is Interesting ns
well as instructive. The vote for presi
dential electors aggregates 198,077 , ns
against 108100 votes cast for presiden
tial electors in 1833. Four years ago
the Harrison oloctoM received lOS.-tij
votes. This year they only received
80,81 .j vole * , which goes to show o. dofdc-
lion of 21,530 republicans. Clcvoliind'a '
vote four years ngo was 80r ) . " > 2.
This year ho only received 24,7-10
votes. Inasmuch na the Weaver elec
tors received an aggregate of 82,587
votes it is manifest that fully 00,000
democrat ! ) voted for the Weaver electors -
tors this yoar.
The average Independent vo\g \ for
state olllcors is 02,228 , hence the popnlli > L
party of Nebraska at this .tlmo is mtido
ii ) ) of about 40,000 democrats and 22,000
republicans. .
It goes without day ing that if all the
democrats had cast their votas solidly
for Weaver , the republican electors
would liavo been beaten by a majority
of 20,4 2 votos.
The vote on governor aggregates I- ! )
47i ! voles this year , as against 210,74li
two years ago , which shows a falling off
in the vote on governor of 115,27:5 :
as compared with the vote of 1890.
Under ordinary conditions this would
indicate a marked decrease in popula
tion , but in reality the shrinkage in the
vote Is largely duo to the Australian
ballot law and popular IndllTuronco.
Nebraska was no exception in this ro-
spoct. Nearly till the states east and
west failed to poll their full vote this
yoar.
The marked difference between the
vote cast for Judge Crounso and the
vote cast for the other state olllcers
affords no index as to their respective
popularity. Judco Crounso had to bear
the brunt of the battle. Ills opponent ,
General Van Wyck , ran over 0,000
ahead of Shrndor , the populist candidate
for lieutenant governor and nearly 8,000
abend of most of the ether > candidates
on his ticket. The fact that Majors ran
3,100 votes ahead of Crounso has boon
pointed out as a great triumph. So it
was for a man with Colonel Majors'
record. Had Majors boon pitted against
Van Wyck ho would have boon knocked
out and probably would have-wrecked
the whole ticket. As it was bo pulled
through by desperate exertions on the
part of his corporate backers and a con
spiracy all along the line to trade oil
Crounso. This treachery to the head
of the ticket may be road in every pre
cinct return whore Majors bad any
strikers and co-workers. The fact is
that Crounso gave the ticket its main
strength , and made it possible to rally
thousands of republican farmers once
more to the support of the party which
they bad learned to distrust since its
machinery had lallon into the bands o :
corporate mercenaries.
In some respects the official figure !
nro very encouraging , but they do 119
by nny means afford n guaranty that tin
parly will retain control of the state fo
more than two years unless it redeems
its pledges and gives the oooplo clean
nnd-cconomic government.
A HKTAMATOlti' MKASUItK.
It is not probable that the present
congress will do anything to make of-
fcctlvo Iho suggestion of the president
should withdraw the support
which is given lo the railroads r.ud
steamship lines of Canada by a Irallic
that properly belongs to us , " but Sen
ator Fryo has introduced a measure
. which will test tho. sense of the senate
on this important subject.
This bill amends the laws regulating
the transportation of goods by declaring
that no merchandise shall bo transported
from ono part of the United States to
another part of the United States in a
vessel belonging wholly or in part to n
subject of any foreign power , and ouch
transportation by way of any foreign
port shall bo deemed a violation of law.
The sailing of any foreign vessel from
ono United States port to another is not
prohibited , provided no merchandise
other than that imported in such vessel
from a foreign port shall bo car-
icd from ono port to another of
Iho United States. The bill also
provides , and this is Iho most impor -
tant feature of it , that the president
may , by proclamation , suspend the right
of carrying merchandise iu bond through
the United States provided for in the
bill , iu case the Dominion nf Canada
should at any tlmo deprive the citizens
of the United States of the use ol the
canals in the Dominion on terms of
equality with Canada , as provided in
the troaly of Washington.
It will bo romombarcd that in Ills an
nual message President Harrison spoke
very earnestly and pointedly on this
subject. Ho said that while neither the
people nor the government of thu United
States has nnj disposition to interfere
with the political relations of Canada , it
is time , however , for us to consider
whether , if the existing state of things
is to continue , our interchanges upon
lines of land transportation should not
bu put , upon a dilTorant basis , and our
entire Independence of Canadian water
routes secured by creating a water
route fou our.Holvos. The imiortuneo | al
luchod lo this subject by the president IE
appreciated by a very largo portion of the
American paoplo , and Ihoro are very
few of them who will question thatsomo-
thing ought to bo done to compel Ihc
Canadian government to respect
. rights and deal more fairly with Amerl-
! can citizens.
The president was doubtless right ii n
nd
Haying Hint the Canadian Pnolllo ant
- other railway lines which parallel GUI
11northern boundary are sustained iry
commerce having either its origin 01
torinlnous , or both , in the United States
and they enjoy thu grout advantage
ts of this trafllo without any Of
the restraints imposed upon ou
own roads by the iutorutato commorci
in act The alien corporations are prac
MI tlcally free from losnonslblllty and d
1about us they please , BO that they are in
as a position to ulace American roads at i
leas decided disadvantage in competing fo
as American business , When it is under
stood that the estimated value of good
transported between dllToront points i :
In the United States across Canadian terrl
UB tory is $100,000,000 a year , an idea ca
tl- bo formed of the subhtantial .yalu
ot the privileges enjoyed by the Can
ndlan railroads and of.whtit our own
railroads lose. It Is doubtless true that
the producers of the northwest and the
consumers of Now England are to some
extent benefited by the competition ot
the Canadian railroads. H tends to keep
down rates of transportation , and the
people ot these sections huvo strongly
expressed thomseh'us against having
this competition stopped , but thoy'aro
not so unpatriotic as to'desire that it
shall bo nllowciMo continue regardless
of whether the C.madian government
observes its fair and just obligations
toward American citizens.
There can be no doubt that this matter
will have to bo firmly dealt with sooner
or latqr , and it may contain the seeds ol
a troublesome international controversy.
It cannot bo disposed of by the present
administration , but It ts hardly possible
that the term of the succeeding ono will
close without some decisive action being
taken regarding it.
run AMKnn\ix r/.ir ? o.v THK JSB.IS.
No part of the annual message of the
prcdidont is inoro interesting than that
which relates to the decline of our mer
chant marl no. Referring lo this sub
ject the president says that since the
merchant marine was driven from the
sea by the rebel orulsow 'during the
war ot the rebellion the United States
has boon paying an enormous an
nual tribute to fo.-oign countries
in the shape of freight and
passage . money. Our crain and
moats , said the president , have boon
taken at our own docks and our largo
imports there laid down by foreign ship
masters. An increasing torrent of
American travel to Europe has con
tributed u vast sum annually to the
dividends of foreign shipowners. The
balance of trade has boon very largely
reduced and in many yenra altogether
extinguished by this constant drain. In
the year 1802 only 12.3 per conl of
our imports were brought in Amori
on n vessels. These great foreign
steamships maintained by our truillc ,
said the president , are many of them
under contracts with their respective
governments by which in time of war
they will become a part of their armed
naval establishments. Profiting by our
commerce in peace they will become
the most formidable destroyers of our
commerce in time of war.
There will be general concurrence In
tbo view of the president that this con
dition of things is both intolerable nnd
disgraceful. A change of policy in this
matter is absolutely necessary in the in
terest of the commercial as well as the
political welfare of the country. Wo
cannot go on paying out annually hun
dreds of thousands of dollars to England
and Prance and Germany in the form of
freights and passenger fares without
weakening ourselves to the advan
tage of these countries. It is esti
mated that not less than 3200,000-
000 are paid out every year by
Americans to foreign shipowners , and
this enormous sum goes directly to the
building up of the interests abroad con
nected with shipping. Very little of
this vast expenditure remains in the
United States , and it is reasonable to
say that at least nine-tenths of it is usud
for the benefit of foreign shipbuilders ,
employes and merchants. Such an
annual drain upon our psoplo is n very
serious matter , and the question ol how
it can bo remedied is manifestly ono of
the very highest importance.
The president urges a continuance of
the legislation inaugurated by the last
congress as a means of bliinulnlintr the
building of American steamship lines ,
but thoru is siniill probability that tbo
present or the coming congress will pay
nny attention to th's recommendation.
The American people , howovor. are
becoming every yoai moro deeply inter
ested in this subject , and it is only a
question of tlmo when they will demand ,
without distinction of party , legislation
that will restore the American flag to
the ocean.
rn.tr ittiFOJiM CLUJS II
The speech of President-elect Cleve
land at the Reform club banquet iu Now
York was decidedly fiat and meaning
less. It was naturally expected that
the prosidnnt-olect would say something
on this occasion that would alTord at
least some vague hint of the policy that
will bo adopted by the coming adminis
tration in respect to the tariff and
,
other matters of profound interest
to the people. It would 'bo diffi
cult for the most ingenious of
*
Mr Cleveland's udmircts to point
out a single sentence in his speech that
lias any practical signlficancu what
ever , it was evidently a studied effort
to avoid saying anything , nnd in this
respect it was a success that does great
credit to Mr. Cleveland's ingenuity ,
for very few men could have nut so
many words together without bolng be
trayed into the expression of some ideas
of public intcrost. Ho referred to the
democratic success iu the recent contest
as "tho grandest midmost complete vic
tory over achieved in the struggle foi
right and justice , " which wns a some
what astounding statement in view o
some of the struggles for right and
justice recorded in llio history of the
American people , to say nothing about
the people of other ItuulH. After sucl
an uttcr.uico as this at the beginning ol
his address his hcarors must have boor
prepared for almost anything. At al
ovonta they got anything nnd ovorythinf
but u discussion of thu subjects in whiui
the Reform club is supposed to bo ca
pociully interested.
After Mr. Cleveland had dilated a
considerable length upon the patriotisn
and the devotion to righteous principle
y of government that had assorted themselves
r solves in his election , a cold chill must iv >
, have run down his buck when ox-Gov
ernor Campbell of Ohio said that the
boys who wanted olfico had madi
Grover Cleveland president. A doolaru
lion so practical und sensible mu
o- have been out of place In
ole
loin meeting dominated by mugwump !
inu but to the real democrats present 1
u must have bean very refreshing. An
UP then Senator Carlisle gave a pructlcn
IP- turn to the proceedings by his eulogist !
IPds
ds reference to Samuel J. Tildon , a dome
in crut whoso political methods never o oX
posed him to the suspicion of boln Xtl
in a mugwump. Mr , Carlisle , as usua
uo said something that was tangible in r ' <
n- speot to the purposes of his party , II
gave all the orotlYf for the tariff policy of
the democracy to Mr. Tildon , and said
that it wns njB/1 the purpose of
the party lo " < farry out the prin
ciples onnnclatpjjufjy that statesman.
Tills seems to lo yo Mr. Cleveland out
in the cold. It dhprlvcs him ot all re
sponsibility ns an originator tuid practi
cally removes him ns a factor in the
larilT question , ftd is not the hind ot a
man to aubmlt'jtrj that , and there is
'every reason to Vottovo Unit ho intends
to assort an ubso'lu o control over Iho
action of his par.tyn upon this subject
Ills silence concorhing it In his speech
at this mooting will bo'regarded ns sig
nifying thai ho has plans of his own
xvhich lie does not cheese lo make
known at present , and it is declared by
these most Inlitnalo with him that ho
docs no' , stand upon the platform of his
party.
A ploasint incident ot Iho Reform
club banquet was the emphatic snub mil
upon Speaker Crisp , lie had boon in
vited , nnd supposed that ho wns ex
pected to sponk. Ho had prepared a
speech and given it out lo ttio Associated
Press' upon that understanding , but
when ho found that ho was not to bo al
lowed to deliver it ho loft the hall lu
high dudgeon. There is a largo amount
of democratic Invrinonv brewing , and
Speaker Crisp and his frlonds may bo
depended upon to have a hand in it.
IT appears that the recent decision of
Judge Gresham , practically denying
the right of the Interstate Commerce
commission to Iho aid of Iho federal
umirU in enforcing the law , has
boon Iho subject of lively discus
sion tit Washington. It is said
thai some of Iho members of congress
who have never hud much faith in the
law dodaro that the decision of Judge
Greshnm and that itado by the supreme
court last , spring practically destroys
the law , but , the friends of the act
are of the opinion that those decisions
can bo mot by new legislation. Judge
Voasey of the commission is reported as
saying thai the lalo decision only de
stroys ono piece of machinery in Iho
mechanism which congress has provided
for carrying out the law. It does not
diminish , in the opinion of this commis
sioner , the duty of the commission
lo Investigate violations of law ,
'does not prevent the getting of
testimony in a variety of wtiys ,
and does not interfere with prosecutions
by district attorneys under certain con
ditions. This is doubtless the case , but
Iho fact lhat the powers of Iho commis
sion have boon sdrifiusly crippled by Iho
decisions is obvi'ou's , and that further
legislature is necessary is equally plain
It is understood tjml all the facts in the
matter will bo laid Lofoi'o congress in
the annual ropprt of the In
terstate Commerce commission ,
which willtileo undoubtedly
maito recommendations for additional
legislation to mce ? the judicial objec
tions that have been raised to the law.
Manifestly the interstate commerce 'Jaw
as it stands is practically worthless after
Iho decisions of thoisnpromo court nnd
the circuit court at Chicago , and it is o
the greatest possible importance that
congress shall not delay in malting sucl
provisions as may bo necessary to
strengthen the law.
Tun l < \ ikcliclory raid on the liquor
dealers is not a paying investment up to
date. Eight suckers at $3.23 $2ii ; two
weeks salary of solicitor $30 ; and the
cost of setting sixteen squares of nonpareil
paroil type and sixteen tiquaros of space
in the holiday season thrown in to the
bargain. This is a fair sample of enter
prise that explains why the W.-1L is
sinkhole for its proprietor.
CHICAGO is to have 40,000,000 gallon
of water a day pumped up through ho
now tunnel. This may abate the Iramj :
puisnnco from which the exposition cit }
is suffering.
Jlrokcn Down by ( lie Courts.
Glolic-Dcinocmt.
The interstate commerce law has had moro
decisions rendered against it than any other
act passed by congress since the beginning
of the government.
AVJmt Tlilrly Ilnj-H HUH Wrought.
What a change there is , my countrymen.
The democrats are willing to sit down and
wait for tariff reform , and it can't come soon
enough to suit the republicans.
-
Itiillrcmil
Schuyler Sun.
Let the legislature pass a reasonable rail
road rate bill this winter and Judge Crounso
will sign it. That's the kind of a man the
republicans have elected. He's no Boyd.
lliird on llrouily.
I'aiiUllun Times.
Down at Lincoln some democrats uro talk
ing Judge Broady for United States senator.
Hroady deserves nothing at thu hands of
Nebraska democrats. To his cowardly con
duct in the campaign of 18U1 Is duo the dis
organized condition of the party today. Ills
election would look like part ) ' reward for
political treachery.
Training fur tliu l'lht. |
Cliteauo Tribune.
Grover Cleveland , it is said , has en
gaged William Muldoon , the wrentlor ,
to train hint down , Ho estimates him
self to bo forty ) . pounds too heavy.
Stripped of all supei'llpus ' llcsh he will enter
the ring next Marclin | ; condition to light the
! battle of his Ilfo with a wildcat that has hud
no training , but Is awfully hungry. The odds
are on the wildcat. , ,
I lie \c I'lijtlm .Stun * .
New Yiirli Tribune.
' Into oaeh life some rain must fall , some
days must bo iltutyti "ml dreary. " These
words of UiiigfellQw. nro respectfully sub
mitted to General Urycnforth as ho sits
amidst the ruins oI-liLJ schemes to make it
rain at pleasure in quantities to suit appli
cants and at a reasonable price. A rupert
comes from Texas that a man who put up the
sum of $8XX ( ) for the pain experiment says
that ' 'ho is alinostJ8 > hvlneed of the Imprac
itm ticability of bcinUarhliig rain out of the
m clouds , but will jpu/bo fully convinced so
33 long as there i-l'a pciiuv loft. " It is pleasant
to meet a man who bss the thorough cour-
it agu of his convlcttonij oven though it comes
t high. \
"
Must net I > o vn to !
0 Keamcy Journal ,
lo It is to bo hoped that the coming legisla
- ture will ( lovl.su some means of spending us
little tlmo us ] > ossi ! > la with the question of
electing an United States senator. The time
is needed for wholesome , judicious legisla
tion , which Is far inoro important to the in
terests -of Nebraska than is the question ol
it who shall bo senator. In the present condi
id tion of the national congress , with thu lowei
Itousu overwhelmingly democratic , the president
al
dent of the senate und thu chief executive
lo for the next four years , democrats , it
o- should concern republicans but u com'
par.itlvo tritlo about whom should
X- bo t.ent from Nebraska. Lot the democrati
Xg run the national Rovcrnment and bo respon
, sible for their acts , but Nebraska degislutors
should give their principal attention to judi
0lo clous enuctmeiitl for ( liu good of our ixjoplo
lo mong these very necessary things for Ink
fttnlo l < t a reduction of freight rules , Txst
that bo Judicious nn I wise , Jtut to nil , nnd
th ( n no reasonable objection can bo raised
and maintained against the work done
llepubllean legislators own Ihis lo the people
ple first , the partj second , for the good and
success of both.
Now Itrriik I'p ttir
The Kural New Yorker publishes the fol
lowing list of trusts that are acknowledged
to ho such. H docs not iirVhulo several of
the largest and greediest trusts In the coun
try , for the reason that no trustworthy in
formation can hb obtained respecting them :
Capital
Name of tnnt. font Inn , Water.
Standard oil fllo.ooo.00015,000,000
Cottonseed on 4l,70tiooo 20,000,000
American Tvix-fdr.s. , ! ) , OOOIH)0 ) : iHioHH ( ( )
Anthracite Coal 013,000,000 70,000,000
Ax . . . . 0,000,000
Hat-bed Wile 12,000,000 4,000,000
Illsnilt anil Craclicr. 0,000ooo 2.000,000
llnwrV ( Chicago ) . . . 6,000,000 2,000,000
Holt and Nut 0,000,000 2,000.000
Hoot and Shoe 7,000,000
Curtrldao ,1,0KMH)0 (
condcn.sed Milk io.ooo.ooo 3oooono
t'lisl < et 0,000,000 2,000,000
Celluloid 11,000,000 3,000,000
ClSlirclte 25.1100,001) )
Conner Ingot ' 20,000,000
Col-llano 15tKMKIl ) ( ) fi.OOO.UOl )
Cotton Dlicli 10,000.000 2,000UOO
Knvelopo 7OOOtH > 0
Hint ( imsx 4,000,000
l-'orknml Hoe 1,000,000
Lead 90,000,000 (10,000.000 (
Unseed Oil 18.000.000 12,000,000
Ullmgraiihlr II.OOO.O'IO
Locomotive 10,000,000
Match riumooo
Musical Instiiimeiit. 0,000,000
Oatmeal : iOOHM)0 ( )
Hire 2,000,000
ItllblK-l- 00,000,000 23,000,000
Silfc 0,000,0H ( ) 3,000,01
School Hook IH.OOO.OOO
Sewer Pipe 0,000,000 ,
Western t'lilon Telc-
gnnih 80,000,000 00,000,000
Smellei-s 40,000,000
Soda Water Machin
ery 0,000,000
Spool , Hohhln and
Shuttle 7,000,000
Starch 10,000,000 3,000,000
Steel 35,000,000
Sugar 70,000,000 00,000,000
Truillc 'J.OOO.OOO
Wall 1'aper 20,000,000 0,000.000
These forty-thrco concerns , with the just
20-year-old Standard Oil at the head , foot
up a capitalization of $ tc : > 'JTOOKX ! ) . or more
tiinn one and a third billions. Fully half of
this is estimated to be water , injected into
thu concerns for the purpose of enabling the
bosses to realize royal dividends on actual
values while appearing to bo content , with
moderate prollts. All of them nro illegal ,
and huvo been so declared with no uncertain
sound by the latest adopted national demo
cratic platform , which denounces them In
the following language :
We recoRiil/.e In the trust * ) and combinations
which an ; designed lo enable capital to secure
more than Its just share of the joint products
of capital and labor , a natural consequence of
tlie prohibitive luxes that proven ! thu free
competition which Is the life of honest trade ,
but believe their worst ovllscan be abated by
law ; and we demand ( lie rlsld enforcement of
llio laws made lo | irovent and control them ,
together with such further legislation In re
straint of their abuses as o.iporlcnco may
.show to be necessary.
The democratic demagogues gained tens of
thousands of voles from the republican
party by thus denouncing trusts and monop
olies and charging upon the republicans the
responsibility for their evil , odious existence.
Now that the democrats have succeeded
they must sot to work to breakup the trusts ,
for on and after March 4 next they will bo
responsible for the continued existence of
these monopolies. That fact forms an addi
tional reason why there should bo an extra
session of congress. Let it bo called , and
with direct intent to take by the throat the
monstrous Infliction of the trusts which are
robbing the people day by day and absorb
ing to themselves a largo part of the wealth
of the nation. Will that party , when in
power , destroy the gigantic mischief } Wo
shall see.
If it docs not , in what light will its re
fusal to grapple with the task , place that
party before the country ? How can it
justify itself to these republicans whom it
inveigled into voting the democratic ticket
by the promises to war against .all . trusts and
monoiKjlics and abolish them if jwssible. If
the democrats have any doubt as to just how
far they committed themselves in this par
ticular they are recommended to read the
position as onlcially outlined for them in that
section of the platform which is quoted
above.
*
Tin ; ItrrliiK Sei Arbitration.
SpringflcM ( .V < ws. ) KepuMfean.
The arbitrators in the Bering sea case
will meet in Paris February 23 , and the two
on behalf of the United States , Judge Hur-
lan of Kentucky und Senator Morgan of
Alabama , have been formally commissioned
by the president. The time for filing the
supplementary or counter cases on both
sides has been extended to February a. The
original agreement wns that the llrst briefs
on both sides should be liled September 1 ,
and the counter cases December 1. The
United States liled its case in proper time
and forwarded u copy to Great Britain and
Canada and received the Canadian or British
brief in return. . Within the time specilied
by the treaty the United States liled its
counter case also and received what pur
ported to be the full counter case of Great
Britain. Examination showed it to bo but a
partial and not a complete presentment on the
part of Canada , and is not what Iho
treaty required. The upshot was a com
plaint of bad faith against Canada , and a
threat to break off the negotiations. The
United States was in the ) x > sition of having
disclosed its whole plan of rebuttal to Great
Britain , without getting tbo British rebut
tal in return. The outcome of this disagree
ment was that both parties were given sixty
days moro in which to lilo their limil briefs.
Favora tlio "lilaiikot Unllot. "
Klmifiiod Lcailcr.
Many members of all parties in Nebraska
express themselves in favor of amending the
Australian ballot law. The present ballot
is inconvenient. It gives opportunities for
olllcial trickery in arranging und printing
tickets and is the source of many errors on
the part of the voters. Most other states
adopting the Australian system have what
is known as the "blanket bal
lot. " The full tickets nominated by
the various parties are printed
side by side. At tbo head of each ticket is
a picture of some kind so that oven the
voter who cannot read can easily distinguish
the ticket of his party. If a voter desires
to vote the straight ticket of his party , ho
simply makes a cross opposite the head of
the ticket. If ho desires to vote admixed
ticket , ho can do so by making a cross oppo
site tbo name of each candidate he wishes to
vote for. There seems to bo a general sen
timent in favor of adopting this form in Ne
braska.
A .Suvlug VhururtarUtlc.
Clilcajn lleraM.
Nearly everything mean has been said
about Mr. Gould since his death that the
editor and the preacher rould invent. There
Is ono accusation that none can bring against
him. Ho wns not a hypocrite. Ho leaves
not u mill for charity.
A New Process
The Lemon , the Orange , the
Vanilla , contains more or less
of a delicate flavoring sub
stance , and the separation of
this substance in a manner so
as to retain all its freshness ,
sweetness and naturalness , re
quires the greatest experience
and care.
DR. PRICE'S DELICIOUS FLAVOR.
I.HG EXTRACTS arc prepared by
a new process that gives to
them the natural flavoring
qualities , and are so concen
trated that it requires but a
small quantity to impart 10 a
cake , pudding or cream , the
delicate flavor of the fresh
fruit. The leading chemists
endorse their purity. The
United States Government
uses them ,
MR , BLAINE IS SERIOUSLY ILL
His Condition Such as to Alarm His Family
and His Friends ,
PLANS THAT WILL HAVE TO BE FOREGONE
till Trip In Snnthrru Cnllfimiln I'.Klpoiircl-
Onl.v Mo t Intttimtn rrlriuN Allmvnl
to Sen the Kt-SpFi-rtnry Ni- -
from the. Sick Clmmbur ,
WAsmxn-rox Urnr.At ; OF Tun HER , )
filtt FOUIITKEXTII Hmr.r.T , V
W.vsittxrtiox , I ) . C. Deo. II. j
Mr. Blaine Is critically 111. Ills condition
yesterday wns alarming to his family ,
although It was not until tliiH morning that
the friends who called at Ills residence had
nny Inkling of the fact. Today it was stated
liy n member of the family tlint the presence
of Hon. Joseph 11. Mauley of Augusta , Me. ,
now In this city , was on account of Mr.
Ulaliie's Illness ; that he en mo to sco his
friend and lend the family his counsel. It U
stilted that ho was summoned here for that
puriHJse. Nothing can he learned for publl-
c.ttlon by representatives of the press
when they rail at Mr. Maine's residence ,
further than that "ho is not regarded us
alarmingly ill , although Mr. Mauley hiw-
self has admitted thru the condition of the
ox-secretary of state had been , during the
past thirty-six hours , such as to euiiso the
family grave apprehensions and lead them
to abandon for the present , at least , the pro
posed trip to southern California. It does
not tonignt appear at all probable that
lurther arrangements will be considered for
the removal of Mr. Ulaino to any other clim
ate. Ono roport. which comes dlrcctlv from
a moinbcr of the family , Is that Mr. Hlaine
Is so seriously 111 that he will ho kept In bed
for man\ , ' days , even though his illness should
taken favor.ibleturn. Hols greatly weak-
-ined and was last night completely prostrated.
NIMVS Tor ( ho Army.
Captain Francis , T. Ivos , assistant surgeon ,
is detailed as a member , and Second Lieu
tenant Kobert , f. Fleming , Seventh cavalry ,
us recorder of the examining board at Fort
Sheridan. 111. , vice First Lieutenant Charles
F. ICieffer , assistant surgeon and First
Lieutenant Samuel S. Payne , Fifteenth in
fantry , respectively , relieved. At the re
quest of the regimental commander
Second Lieutenant Joseph C. Byron , Eighth
cavalry , is transferred from troop A to troop
L of that regiment. The superintendent of
the recruit ing service will cause recruits at
Columbus barracks , Ohio , to bo assigned
to the Fourth artillery and for
warded to the Department of the Kast.
The superintendent of the recruiting ser
vice will cause forty recruits at David's
island , New York harbor , to bo assigned to
the Twenty-second infantry and forwarded
to the Department of Dakota.
Next mouth there will bo. several promi
nent army promotions and appointments
made , and there is great hustling for them
already. The president will bo called upon
to decide a delicate question of military pre
ferment in the competition between General
Morgan and General Hawkins for the vacant
grade of commissary general. Each candi
date is strongly backed. Genci-.il Morgan is
the senior ofllccr in the commissary depart
ment , is exceedingly ] x > pular and regarded
as progressive and well lilted for the position.
But General Hawkins claims that , while ho
concedes the superior rank of his competitor
as a commanding ofllccr , the fact yet remains
that he ( Hawkins ) is older in the service and
that ho was commanding troops in the line of
the army -while his antagonist was dealing out
rations. General Hawkins is also regarded
as nu excellent executive ofllcer. Should
Morgan be selected , Hawkins will bo foix-ed
to retire by the ago limit before the oflico of
commissary general again becomes vacant ,
while , if Hawkins is appointed , Morgan will
still have a show , as ho will not retire from
service until after his competitor docs.
Another interesting spectacle is the scram
ble between the two adjutant generals to
secure the ono vacancy now existing in that
department in Washington. The claimants
are Generals MeKoovcr and Uuggles. Each
of these ofllcers has had n former long ser
vice at the national capital and each now
lias a strong backing for further service
there.
The war secretary will be called upon to
decide soon whether the headquar
ters of the Department of Arizona
shall remain at Ixs ) Angeles or
bo removed to Santa Fe , N. M. , or St. Louis.
General MeCook , now commanding the De
partment of Arizona , favors Ixjs Angeles ,
where ho now is , but n strong pressure is
being brought to bear in behalf of Santa Fe ,
while General Carr , who still remains with
out a command , would probably i'avor St.
Louis , which is his home. but. under any cir
cumstances , it is inoro than likely thntl.ios
Angeles will lese the department headquar
ters in the near future.
Wt'htcrn I'rimloiiH.
The following western pensions grunted
arc reported by TUB BUIJ and Examiner
Bureau of.Claims :
Nebraska : Original Jnred O. Blodgett ,
Joseph Bolville , John lloldun , Alfred Conine ,
John H. Ifartniau , Neil MelCinnoy , Christian
Foster , Thomas U. Moore , Thomas II. Me-
Cico , John B. Sawhill , John Peterson , Ben
jamin F. Orndorf. Additional Joseph B.
Lynch. Increase John It. Gilmore , Kobert
Gardiner. Reissue Samuel N , Pierce , Wil
liam B. Ray. Uieliard M. Mahana , Paul
Anderson. Original widows Ellen C. Wai-
bridge , Alice Goodwin. Original- Samuel
Holderness , John II. Hughesi Joseph F. A.
MrCurry , Sidney H. Plcrco , John 1C Frit * .
John B. Fumy. Andrus F. Ashley Addi
tlonalHorace B. Straiten. Original widow
- Martha Sn.yder ( mother ) .
Iowa : Original-Stephen Crego , John It
Chancy. Additional --Johnson I * . Duproy ,
Ell > ert C , Grant , Charles Darling Incronno
Hobert Oakcs , Reissue -William M ,
Allyn. Original Widows , KtoChristina M
Slieplinrd , Mary .1. Perry. John W Baxter ,
Alexander O , Mclutosh , Alonr.o Hleh , D.illv
K. Drake , Alexander Fair , William B. Per
rlu , William H. McCune , Henry Sanford ,
Jnmcs K. Dowllng. John It. Fowler. Wllllnm
Kelly , Henry Stoalemeter. Additional -
Amos C. Hei nolds , John Heffelfatger , Reuben
II. Hlgby. Niehoalus Sehreiuer , Frederick
Droves. Renewal nud Increase -Samuel
Ayers , Increase John Rame.v , James W.
Sears , Martin A. Belts. Original widows ,
etc. Lustann Roth , Mary A. Thompson ,
mother ; Jullacttc MoAvoy , Margaret Black
burn , mother : minor of Calvin H , Good-
enough , Gottlieb Blsbusoh. father ; minors
of William B. Hulton , Elvira S. Adams ,
Mary J > Dol/mg.
South Dakota : Original Lovl U Mori-
Held. William T. la Folletto. Original
widows , etc. Minor of Warren S , Bennett ,
IClwlua Porter. .
OlijfHIoiis ( o XIMV Mexico' * AilmNnlon.
Republican senators say that It Is not the
quantity of the population In New Mexico to
which they object in connection with the
piviMsit Ion for statehood for that territory ,
as It is the quality. It Is said that in muny
of Its public schools the English language is
not taught , the text Imolts and oral Instruc
tion being in Spanish. U is protested that
it is against reason to believe that Iwys so
taught will grow into good American cltl/cns ,
as they cannot read the constitution and
would not understand It If it were road to
them. They know llttloof our laws and wins
less. Their beliefs mid traditions belong to
another country and another nice. t
Oligustod llh I'nrtliim Fnimt.
Senator Sanders of Montana regards the
conference of democrats in New York upon
the subject of settling the -senatorial con
tests in various doubtful states , " as simply a
conspiracy to steal something , lie says the
democratic managers in New York are Irv
ing to "manufacture a majority of the legis
lature in Montana. Ho says further : "The
efforts of the party at largo to overturn an
honest republican majority on Joint ballot In
the legislature is not endorsed by all the
democrats in my state. I think before the
struggle is over some of them will give evi
dence of their disgust at partisan fraud by
voting for a republican candidate for the
United States senate.
\Viinls to Sorrt'hiryol' ARrlrulturr.
Clinton Babbitt , the only democrat sent to
congress from the First Wisconsin district
in many years , Is quietly circulating a paper
for signatures endorsing him for the position
of secretary of agriculture. Mr. Babbitt
\ised to bo secretary of the state Ixiard of
agriculture in Wisconsin and thinks his stale
is entitled to the cabinet position Uncle
HI
Jerry Rusk will vacate.
Washingnil ! IVmoiml * . i
J. T. Hamilton of Cedar Rapids and S , II.
Jones of Burlington , la. , arc at the Ebbitt.
Mrs. Powell , wife of J. AV. Powell , Jr. ,
Twenty-lirst infantry , at Fort Porter , Buf
falo , N. Y. , is visiting her sister , Mrs. Dor-
soy Clagett , at 714 Twentieth street , north
west. 1' . S. H.
nKll.lTES OP TIIK JOKKllS.
Iloston Gazette : lieeelpe for a domestic
broil : I'lr.st catch tliubulron your husband's
coat-collar. t > ,
Yonkers diuretic : Talk about your trans
formations ! We have seen square man tui-n
round. ,
Koehe.ster Democrat : Kvon If the comet j
hasn't a tall there have been a good many tales
about the comet.
Illimhamton Leader : Tliu days of chivalry
are spoken of as tbo dark uses , probably bu-
cause they were the knight time.
Klnilra ( .ar.etto : A man Is satisfied lo nmko !
n reputation for himself , but woman , bless
her , wants to nmko ono for everybody In tliu
neighborhood.
llnlfalo K\iress ] : Speaking about tbo pool
room evil , dlil you over notice that It. taken
about eight men to receive tbo inonoy and
only onu lo pay U out !
Philadelphia Times : A market report state- !
Hint "cranberries are rornored. " Tills Is H
hardly llio term to use. "Cranberries uro
jammed" would be niuru appropriate.
Detroit Tribune : Sho-Seo tbo llttlo blr.
nerclied on llio wlro Justoulsldu tbu window 1
1 should think he'd bo shocked , lle.-1'll cltpu
the blinds.
Iluffalo Express : "Mr. Topfloor , " said the '
landlady , " 1 wish that you would pay mo 4Gi
something on your board. 1 need money for
my rent. " "Upon what ? " asked Topfloor. 74 i
.sharply. "I need money to pay my rent with. "
"You do ; ami do you expect , mo to holppny
your rent ? lly heavens , madam , this Is black
mail ! " P. S.-Tho blutr went.
. -
IP I SHOULD
lien Kino in Clncauo MM.
If 1 should dlo tonight ,
And you should comu to my cold corpse and
Weuimujniidliimrtslelco'oriny lifeless clay
If 1 should dlo tonlifhl , .
And you should come In deepest grief and woo
Amt say. "Hero's that $10 that. I owe , "
r nilsht arlso In my large white cravat
And say , "What's tluit'r" u
If I should dlo tonight ,
And yon should comu to my cold corpse aim
kneel , . . , ,
Clasping mv bier to show the grief you fecl-
1 .say ff I should illo tonight i
And you should comu to me and there and < re
Just even hint 'bout paytn' mo that ten ,
I might , arlso the while ,
Hut I'd drop dead again.
Largest Mutjiifuctui-oru and Kotullori
of UlotUlng lu tliu World.
Great fall
Of snow we had last week created such big-
demand for warm and
serviceable clothes
that we have had
about all we could dote
to fill orders. The
"broken lot" sale is
still going1 on with the
sizes a little more
broken , but the prices
are cut accordingly.
The cut includes odd sizes in overcoats , ulsters and
suits for boys and men. You can save from $5 to
$10 on a suit and $10 to $15 on an overcoat if you
buy at this sale. Every one is a dead sure bargain-
BROWNING , KING & CO. ,
Store ojH'ti Saturday every ovciilnj tllllO. till 9. S , W , Cor , lOtli and Douglas Sts
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