THE OMATTA DAILY HEE : WpflNESDAY , DECEMBER 21 , 189&
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Avi-rnK" Wroululliin fur November , lifi.or.l )
A DENVHII millionaire has ono lnt <
bankruptcy on ucuount of his llbonillty
Very few rich mon fail in that way.
Tin : Oklahoma. Innd-grabnoiM nro no' '
yet nltoRCthof happy. About 60 po
cent of their clnhns tire now contested.
IF IT is true that nonunion mon wcr
poisoned at Homestead itvill bo foum
that , union mon throughout the countr ,
will condemn the crime.
TUK danger attending prnln spcculr
tion is shown by tbo failure ) of I ) . 1 :
Slblcy of Chicago. Pot- twenty years h
had operated in grain with varying sue
cess , but ho was * lloorcd at last by
slight error in regard to freight rate1
There is no safety for the spoculator.
IT is natutiil Unit great intore :
should bo tuicoti in President Harrison
future. It is now stated that ho wi
become a nonrohidont professor of Star
ford university , but it is also said tin
ho will nraotico law in Now York. 1
is highly probable that ho will sottl
down and resume business at the ol
stand in Indianapolis.
IT IS gratifying- know that tli
efforts nf Chief of Police Seavoy of th
city to bring about the formation of
national association of chiefs of polii
nro meeting with success. A great do ;
of gooJ may bo done by such an orgai
Ixation. It will promote tbo olTootiv
ness of the police system of the countr ;
and every city represented in it will ' .
a gainer. The movement moots wil
favor everywhere , and Omaha onjo ;
the honor of having originated it.
THK supreme court hau rendered
decision in the Clay county contest cai
which fully sustains the views cxprussc
by THK Bun regarding the right of tl
judiciary to determine who is and wl
is not entitled to a seat in the logiol
ture. By declining to act in the nron
isos the court practically denies its o\\ \
jurisdiction , thus dourly defining tl
boundary between the judicial and log )
lativo branches of the govornuion
When the Clay county contest roach
the legislature that body may find up <
investigation that the certificates ha1
boon wrongfully issued , but that fact
to bo determined only by the house
which the contestants claim seats.
Now that the supreme court has d
clincd to interfere in the Clay conn
case , the Douglas county contest shou
bo dropped as a matter of coinmi
decency. The Douglas county co
tostants have not a shadow to the titer
or rightful claim to scats in the log
laturo. The election was fairly co
ducted , and each of them was fair
ana scium-cly beaten by round majc
Hies. There is not oven a pretext
fraud In the canvass of the returns , ni
the whole fabrki which the clalraan
set up is without foundation. This Is
government of majorities , and whi
vhe people have by majority express
their choice , their will should bo i
spooled.
THKRKla nothing incredible in t
statement that the cabluots of Euro
nro arranging for a united proti
against the threatened American i
strlctlons upon immigration. The fo
inp over there regarding the matt
was voiced by the organ of the Austrl
foreign ollleo , which recently said tl
the application of the methods used
America toward the Chinese coolies
the case of European a was unworthy
a civilized country like the stales , n
thut the insult Involved in shutting t
door in the face of European oinigrat
was the moro gross because it v
coupled with an invitation to visit I
Chicago exhibition. Must wo i
frankly admit the justtoo of this jui
luontV
THK bill providing for govornm
gunrnntoo of $100,000,000 worth
bonds to bo Issued by the Nlcnruj
canal company Is encountering c
sldorublo opposition In congress and
indications seem to bo growing loss t
orabloto its passage , The objoctl
nro both on constitutional grounds i
for the reason that the govornm1
ought not to lend its credit in this w
to a private ontornrluo , however am
the security offered. There
force in both 'Arguments ,
of the two the latter has uorhaps
greater validity. It la desirable tl
the government ehnll'havo suoh n
lions to tljo enterprise us will prov
Its falling into foreign hands , but t
docs not require that the govornm
shall have a pecuniary interest la it
ir/MT TIIK puopiitJ ; MVH .1 maiir TO
KXPKCT.
The people of Nebraska hava a right
to oxpoot some things at the hands of
the legislature that have boon pledged
lo thorn by the candidates of nil parties.
They have a right to oxpact a mutorlnl
reduction of the burdens of taxation.
They ox poet that supernumeraries and
barnacles will bo given a wide berth
from the outset ; that all needless coin-
mltloo clerkships will bc abolished and
that no clerks will bo employed for
engrossing and enrolling bills until they
nro actually wanted for the work In
hand. They expect that all estimates
for stale Institutions will bo carefully
scrutinized and while they do not desire
any institution to bo crippled or em
barrassed , they demand that all extrava
gance and reckless waste shall cense.
They expect the legislature to sot an
example of economy by quitting the
pernicious practice of frequent adjourn
ments and junketing tours. ,
The pcoplo have a right to oxpccl
that the legislature will strike nt the
tap root of bribery and corruption ol
public ofllcinla by prohibiting railroad
p'iBscij or by miiklnir It compulsory for
railroads to issue free transportation U
state ofHolalg while traveling on busi
ness connected with their respective
departments.
Tim people demand and oxpcct some
relief at the hands of the legislature in
the way of railway regulation coupled
with n material reduction of local frolgh' '
rales' .
The people have a right to expect
from the legislature n revision of the
revon'no laws either directly or through
a commission that will formulate re
vision and submit their work for rail
llcation after a recess of thirty to stxtj
days.
The pcoplo have a right to oxpeci
that the legislature will take the nuc
ossnry stops for calling a convention ti
revise the constitution.
There nro many other things that the
people have a right to expect at tin
hands of the legislature which TinOKI
will treat of from time to timo.
CANAUIAX rUMMtA IXTS.
The strictures of Iho Canadian min
istcr of finance upon the mcssatro r
President Harrison mtty fairly bo lake :
as loprosontingTho views of the Cana
dian government in respect to th
various subjects of controversy botwoc
this country and its northern noighboi
When treaties are In process of cor
struction it is to bo expected that coi
tain diwlomatic extravagances will b
indulged in ns a means of securing coi
cessions , but in the present instance th
claims set up sooin to roprcMon
the true fooling of the bomii
ion government. The position lake
by Canada , is simply that the Unite
Slates should make nil the concession
and that Canada should malco none , an
there noponrd to bo no npprochitio
whatever of the valuable privilege
granted by this country in the pas'
When the treaty of Washington wn
made in 1871 the Un'tud State' ) yioldo
to Canada the free navigation of Lnli
Michigan as an equivalent for free nav
gallon of the St. Lawrence river. Th
value of the river concession to us hi
not much increased , but the value of th
Lake Michigan concession lo Canada :
vastly greater now than it was twont
years ago. This is not considered at a
by the Canadian minister in his discu ;
faiou of the relative value of the conce
sions made by the two countries.
But the Dominion is not satisfied wit
the privileges stipulated by trcaf. ;
Having been granted certain righ
she helps herself to others The Cam
dlnn Pacific railroad , for example , taki
advantage , of oar iuterst ito common ;
law and does an enormous business i
the United States without the rtiHtrali
that is placed upon its competitor ; ! , an
yet when it is suggested that the Cam
dian Pacific should bo subject to tin
law wo have n protest from the Can
dinn government. A very largo part
the business of that great railroad
furnished by the United States. Its ca
pass lu and out of our territory nlmo
without detention , and during the la :
fiscal year It brought into the Unite
States ! ! 3,23.GS9 ! ) paunds of freight an
carried away from the United States f (
shipment to China and Jnp.ui 2IOGJ
! JI(1 ( pounds. It is estimated that tl
value of American freight transport !
by that road is moro than 3100OUOOi
each year. What claim baa the Can
dian Pacific to immunity fiom the hu
of the country from which it socur
sucli a vast volume of business ? Tl
president's recommendation is good , ai
the Canadian minister of finance is o
tiroly mistaken in saying that it do
not represent the views of the Amoriei
people , The people of this country a1
friendly lo Catadu aud deslro clog
trade relations with her , but they
not approve her policy of taking ovni
possible advantage and yielding not
ing in return except upon compulslc
LK.IDKHS
There is trustworthy testimony tl
the i revalllng fooling with minv dom
cratic leauera is not ono of serene sat
faction with the situation. The ini
cations that Mr. Clovolnnd Intonda
direct the party instead of being c
reeled by the party do not plants iv nu
ber of men who have hud out phi
for enlarging tholr political Inlluon
and winning the laurels of stit <
manship. Kvor ulnoo his olectl
Mr. Cleveland has shown a d
position to lay out his own course ,
gardloss of the views or wishes of t
party loaders. As much as
without manifesting a purpo a to utto
it ignore them , hu has kept tile
of \Vhothor or not ho fools that lit
i a greater than his party , his course sit
the election plainly implies ( bat ha di
10 not fool himself to be in need of any :
10v
v- vice. Doubtless he htia his confident
vus
us counselors , hut they nru not among I
id men who are most prominent and act
nt on the political stage. Those nro :
acquiring any now glory or groatn
le from the confidence of the preside
is elect.
ut The authoritative announcement t
to Mr. Cleveland will not call an ox
toU
[ U session of the next congress ; until wit
a- two months of the regular time of nu
ant ing , and that in the meantime ho wo
llB oauso to bo prepared an ntliuluistrat
nt tnrltf bill , which congress would
asked to approve , bus created , It is st
omo Indignation among democrats
n congress who regard thorn *
olvea ns being peculiarly equipped for
ho work of tariff revision , They think
hey oujht to have something to sny In
raining n measure for this purpose , and
especially that the Interests of tholr
constituents should receive some consid
eration is ptop.vrlng a tariff bill , Tholr
collng In the matter is natural , but In
view of the wide divergence of opinions
on this subject In the democratic party
3 there not justification for the course
vhlch it is said the president-elect
> roposo9 to ttkoV Ho wants
ho larltl reformed , but probably
lot on the radical lines that
would satisfy Mr. Mills or Mr. Sprintror
lor yet upon the conservative basis
which would suit Mr. Gorman or Mr.
Jrlsp , and in order that his own ideas
of revision may bo put into practical
'orm and perhaps tv prolonged contest of
conflicting interests avoided , nn admin-
strntlon tariff bill Is manifestly the
proper thing. Mr. Cleveland knows
iVhttt a very unfortunate experience his
parly has had in tinkering the tariff.
Ho is not unfamiliar , it is to
bo presumed , with the aborllvu
attempts at tariff revision made by Mr.
Morrison and Mr. Mills , and ho very
likely Inn a pardonable anxiety to save
Iho party from another such example of
ulundorinc. A bill framed under hjs
direction or to accord with his vlowfl
might bo no bolter than the bills that
have gene before of democratic con
struction , but It Is hardly possible that
It could bo worse , and lu any event if
time could bo saved In discussion and
the suspense of the business interests of
the country shortened such tv measure
would have something to comment ! it.
It is very likely a fact that Mr. Cleve
land does not feel any very strong obli
gation to the active loaders of his party
for it was not they who secured his nom
inatlon and did the most effective work
for his election. The volco ol
the rank and file of the part )
overruled the wishes of the leaders
ors in making Mr. Cleveland tin
candidate and the mon who did most U
secure his election are not those whose
indignation has bean arousad by the
prospect of the president-elect shaping
the policy of his "ndmlnstrntlon without
consulting them. There is nothing
incredible in the reports regarding the
intentions of Mr. Cleveland , and hooin
ilnd j isliifablo ronson for the COUIMO be
is said to contomihvto.
Till ! LA II' XOT A
The Interstate Cainraoroo commission
is unquestionably right in claiming tha
the law under whieh it acts has been o
practical value. It has shown the im
portaneo nnd necessity of public regulation
tion of common carriers , nnd itVM \ ro
flucod the evils that were prevalent be
fore its onictmontbut it has lultnlttedl.
come short of accomplishing nil thai
wns expected of it , and it hiv
been pretty fully demonstrated
that without very important chancre
the operation of the Itiw must oontinu
to bo unsatisfactory. It may bo some
what reassuring to have the opinion c
the commission that the interstate con-
mcrco act has not been beriously dan
aged by the judicial decisions , but whil
it is truu that some of its essential for
lures are not invalidated by the ruling
of the courts it ling certainly boon weal' '
onod in its most vital parts. Man !
festly the commission is holnless i
its most import-int function who
it is deprived of the power 1
testify and cannot summon the aid <
the courts for the production of test
mony. The report of the cotnmissio
8'iys that the main causes of complain
arise from discriminations and prefoi
onces in rates and facilities. Under-is :
Isting conditions the commission :
powerless to remedy these evils by sue
an enforcement of the law us was it
tended , owing to the judicial decision
that shut out necessary testimony.
So far as the general principle of tl :
interstate commerce net is concerned
is true that it Is not affected by the in
tion of the courts , and it is ulso tru
that tlio nearly universal popular judj.
mont regards the principle as souni
I A prominent eastern railroad preside !
I said to the sonata interstate comtnorc
committee that the railroads re-garde
the law as embodying the pormanen
policy o the country in relation 1
common carriers , and undoubtedly
Is Iho doslro of the great mnjorl
of the people that the law sha
3 stand if it bo made effective.
s id undeniable that it hits not nnswon
public uxpjctutlon in this respect , ni
it is clear ttint it has been most mate
hilly weakened by adverse judicial d
s elsions. The duty of congress is to mai
i such changes in the law as will give
the needed strength and vitality , ni
r 'this ougnt to bo done with as little d
o lay as possible. Measures have boi
introduced In both houses of congrc
for this purposa , nnd as the miter
tor Involves nothing political ,
dilBcully should bo found in passl
the uroposod amendments In view
the fact that mnny railroad , managers
the highest standing , as stated in t
report nf the commission , now coneui
the necessity of government rognlntla
what little opposition to the law h
bean developed in co igross m ly reaso
ably be expected to disappear.
Tun Philadelphia L'dycr , which h
In become tin accepted authority regard !
n the intentions of Mr. Cleveland , says
30 - a late issue : "Fortunately the prc
010 dunt-oloet has said enough to satisfy t
10 business community of the country tl
BI its interests will not bo not at naug
ly that they will , be carefully considoi
if.Is and looked after , and that ho will hi. .
Iso no policy which conlllcts with I
: o greater good of tha greater numb
These who nro host informed w
aIII regard to Mr. Cleveland's policy i
III s.itlaliod that it eonks not to impair
10 destroy , but to conserve the interests
ro the business community. " There
ot very goad reason to believe that I
83 editor of the Ledijer is ono of the I
Il who have boon permitted to learn HOI
thing of the intended policy of the m
lit administration.
ra
in TIIK number of men employed on
it- rnllroadd of the country during the p
Id year was 781,1225 , an Inurouso of ! ! 4t
311 The extent to which organized Indus
311bu
bu has increased the ofilcloncy of laho
d , shown by the fact that every ongin
has during the y onr carried nn nvnrngo
of 800,077 pujontfa'jjs ono mlto and 2ft2lV
03 ! ) tons of frolphWno mile. The total
capltall/.allon oh line railway * of the
United Status lnty"Joi\r ; was 80,928,47o-
015 , or 800,1) ) W pisri'inllo of lino. This
shows an Incroh1 ot 8002 per mile of
line ns compared with the previous
ycar'fl report , ttfliq gross earning * from
oponllon duringIjio year wore $1,090 ,
701,305. But tiiOM operating expenses
wore $731,387,8D3"so the not Income
from operationl was only $ % " 04,873,604.
And yet the rall'iiflads ' probably made u
little money.
Tun scheme adopted by nn Iowa firm
for a grain exhibit at the World's fair
Is remarkably shrewd. Ench farmer in
the state Is lo bo called upon to furnish
n hushol of grain , and as there are about
r > 00,000 farmers in Iho state , it Is plain
that the vahto of the exhibit will bo
great If they all contribute. After the
fair Is over Iho company will sell the
grain , and will probably mnko money
by the transaction. The farmers will bu
rewarded only by having tholr names
placed with their exhibits.
Tins country has produced few ablet
lawyers than Samuel , T. Tilden , and yet
his \\lll , drawn by himself , has boon
contested until the $5,000,000 that he
left has boon greatly reduced. No will
involving a Inrgo Bum of money cnn be
expected to escape litigation.
I'nrty Hiift'ty DrmumU n Mii77lc.
St. l\wl Plnnur-Prcfg.
B. Ellery Anderson is feelingly alluded tn
as the Burchard of Mr. Cleveland's adminis
tration. Steps are buhu ; taken to her
motli-ally seal his deadly jaw for nn in
tlclluite period.
Chill It'll RIM ! to Show Spunk ,
I ! ic Demneml.
"For thirty years. " says Senator-Mills
"cowardice his : been the curse of democrat ! )
luudersliip. " This is truo. Now let tin
democratic loaders have the spunk of tlict :
convictions , anil run tbo government 01
democratic ideas.
ImliiHtry.
During the fiscal year Ib'Jl ' California , Ne
br.iska and Utah produced 12H)4,88 ( ) ; ! pound :
of boot sntr.ir , but during the fiscal yea
Ib'.lJ ' the ofltput was 2TiiJ32,0'JO pounds , o
twice as much. This increase shows tha
beet sugar can bo as successfully produce )
licro nit elsewhere , yet the bounty wil
doubtless bo repealed and tlie new and ini
partnnt Industry abandoned.
Ciiirti < sy til' tliii WlilUi Home.
Union.
President Harrison has decided to appoin
his private secretary , lilljah Hnlford , initi
later and consul general to Portug.il. am
hopes that Mr. Cleveland will allow him t
remain there until ho > rc ains bis health. Ii
view of the fact that PresliU-jit Harrison hn
never disturbed ' 'Couslin Hen" Folsom in h !
consulate at Slicllleltl. Mr. Cleveland cm
afford to reciprocate tuo favor.
Cliolrrn't Death Koll.
[ > liita < ltli1tlu ) llecoiil.
Ofliciul statistics' show that there hav
been ! ! Qr > ,700 deaths , from Asiatic cholera i
Hussla. Appalling as are these figures , who
the returns of the moctality from this pest
loiico in the other smitten European land
shull have come 'to hand they will un < iuc.
tionably prove the visitation of 18''i ) to hav
been amonj ; the mqst deplorable that ha
ever befallen tbo human race.
I'rltlii I'riiciHlc * u l-'all.
Jflmieajxrtfn Tlmts.
It is assumed by s'oihe that B. Fay Mill ;
having experienced the wickedness of Sa
Francisco and Omaha , will find his Miuncn ]
oils labors in tbo nature of a holiday. Bi
it is not so certain but that 15. Fay Mills
with his superior knowledge of the dccoi !
fulness of the human heart , will not 11 n
wickedness where wo pliuno ourselves o
bohiR all rlvht. Dou't count too much on h
giving us a superior "ad. "
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The Amiirlriiii Plan.
Gfitrae Tcckiiar Curtis.
We can furnish our consumers with n
seed articles as _ ran bo brought from forcig
countries : or. if there are some articles pn
duceil m foreign countries that are of supc
ior grade to those made here , let our coi
Riimcra who want such luxuries pay an ei
hiinced price for them. This has alwaj
been our policy , and it always must be if w
mean to maintain our independence , and 1
keep the control of our own industries 1
our own hands.
Good 1'lilcuto Ill-Kill *
Culumbiiri Jouniul. '
lists need " " wli
If the pension "purging ,
not wipe out the Mexican pension bill , whic
benefits soldiers that perhaps served n fo
months in Mexico and then put In three <
four years shooting atold glory ! " Ill
nothing of the kind will bo done. The su
vivors of the Mexican war , with n few e
coptioiH , live in the south , and that is suf
dent excuse for a democratic president an
house letting it alone.
ProcrrssHci Public Kcoiiumy.
Sun Franeltcn Kjiiiiilucr.
A AVyomhiK sheriff , being called upon
arrest a fellow who had publicly insult )
two women , wished to save the county tl
cost and delny of a trial. Ho took tl
offender to Ills ulllce , told him to strip for
light , and then thumped him into peiutt'ii
of heart as well as a condition of body littii
him for hospital treatment. This method
dealin' , ' out even-handed mid two-bund )
Justice is perhaps crude , but it is cheap : u
charmingly devoid of technicality.
A. Tarty of limiparlty.
IlrimMun Stamlaiil-Unlim.
. i Cleveland's speeches are received * wl
" howls of joy by full-grown men who ha
sense about some things , and all his utti
iinccs are declared to ho wonderful , wh
there Is not ono clear ray of intelligence
any sentence about the tariff that hu o\
wrote not ono. Wo presume there Is
nmchino-mado member of congress lessen ]
me than Mr. Cleveland himself to revise t
tariff In the interest of the people at hirf
There is not a sign anywhere on the cai
or in the sky that there is a member of t
iluniucr.itlu party witlk , capacity to produci
tiu-ilT bill. yn
UACKI.I : ortrnn coinc.ir. .
DL'trnlt Mows : The society slrl hns a KD
ili'iil of gu'l up nfler"Jtrcloclc In the inoriil
Philadelphia Hecord : Kvun thu lilghe
prlci'd hiirjiciini will Klvo cut ratus wli
asUiul to.
Illnshamlon Kopiihllcan : "Mamma , dhl I
huu lmr- a lluw ! " asU < < d llttlu Johnny wli
ho haw u liroUi'ii wlilp.f
Elndni fia/ottu : Don't JmlKo hastily. Wl
may swim to hu vi'Hr'orilluiuy drum-muji
: iru often loading ; niiHiylun- . .
, _ Yonhi'i-'rt ' : JrlA. Mulmnnuii "I"1 , '
it llyliia-niilVhliio has hlivd iiitnll
t , man to try thu tiling1 ; 'lIo'H ' piutty "lly" til
d
' ' llii tou Tran crlptt'J'f.'rt'dltor I culled to
0 If yinii-iiuld pay thu Itttlii lilll today. Dulilti
10 Coini' , now , Ilils lit a Ilitlu too much , V
10r in i-ss inn about thin llttlu 1)111 ) Just u
r
* were a poor niiin ,
I'hlladolphhi Hmml : "A loan Jna n
city , lint I'll 1.0011 IIIIVH plenty of frlunds , "
niurlceil thu limn who houla-ifhls diamonds
} lCiOO anil btartud out on a Jus hunt.
ImllaiKipolls News ; A pollliolun Is.
iiecuisurlly u prohibitionist bucuu.su
IMIMI IIIKJ ' 'holdvutur , "
Somurvlllu Journnl : Until n man Martx
ttibullil a liiniso for lihiiMulf hit hits no | i
how iiuit'h gratnitons ailvtcu thu nulghborlii
hu lives In can produce.
HIS IIIUPON.
Ntui Vaik t'rcti.
10 The reason I marrlud hur , bald Wliltu ,
\Vui simply lids , hho Mil
St Dlivutly In trout of inn ono nlnht
I. At thu play , and removed hur hut.
' .V Thu nut was hlunlllcaiit to me ,
is Anil thu thoii'jht i > os ussud my mind
Thut Ihu woman niiti illiUudt it thing mubt
UiuulUsh und good ami kind.
WILL HAVE PENNY POSTAGE
O.in PASS tbo Measure If It is Permitted
to Roach the House ,
LITTLE LOSS LIKELY TO RESULT
Inrroino of IlinlnrM tlin Deiinrtinrnl AVniild
Drrlvr from ( lie Itrilucllon AVIll llrlnR
the Korciiuc ITp to tlio l'rr < *
nit Slniiitnrd.
IIXOTOS nuiinAU or TUP. linn , )
ftin FOUHTRHNTII STitr.r.T , S
WASIMSOTON , I ) . O. , Dec. 20. )
"We have run against a snag In our efforts
to secure penny lutlcr i > oslaRC , " says Mr.
Caldwcll of Ohio , Iho member of tbo house
committee on postoftlces and postroads , ami
who hns Introduced a bill lo reduce the post-
ace upon letter matter to 1 rent per half
ounce.
"I Ilnd that Chairman Henderson of our
committee is opposed to the proposition and
that it will bo with some difhVulty that wo
may succeed In gcltlng Iho bill out of com-
tnitleeand before the house , The propo
sition cannot , 1 Ilnd , be tacked onto the
regular postofilco appropriation bill , as a
point of order would ho made against It.
You know we can't inject new legislation
Into n regular appropriation bill unless there
could ho unanimous consent. "
"Will you abandon your bill ! " was nsked.
"No , " said Mr , Cahlwell , "not by any
means , I will go before the subcommittee
having the measure hi charge and got It be
fore the full committee. There I believe It
will bo adopted. Once on the calendar of
the house I believe public opinion will com
pel a bearing. The bill will readily pass
when It conips before the house. The seuatu
would adopt it in a hurry , 1 beliove. "
"Have you estimated the extent to which
the reduction of letter postage proiwsed
would decrease the total revenue of the post-
oflli'o department f"
"H would not ho over 1,000,001) ) tbo first
year , and 1 believe the Increase of business
the department would derive from the re
duction would bring the revenue up to the
present standard after the second year. We
can stand penny postage now ; that Is , tc
carry a half ounce for a penny. and I think
the people should have the reduction now
The laborers and fanners will demand It
and wo must make the reduction before luiij :
any way. "
Will Nut Hiitc Smooth Siilllng ; .
"I make the prediction now , that when the
senate adjourns its extraordinarysession ; nexl
March or April , which it will hold , as is the
custom , for the purpose of continuing I'rcsi
dent Cleveland's cabinet mid other prominent
nominations , the republicans will still bo ii
ventral at this end of the capitol. I maki
the further prediction that when wo ndjotiri
the tlrst regular session of the Fifty-thin
congress the republicans will still have con
trol ot the senate , that is to say , they wil
have control by virtue of the fact that tin
democrats will not he able to reorganize tin
'
body , but in point of fact the pop'ullsts wil
be in command. "
That was what Senator Dubois of Iduhc
said to Tnc BBK correspondent this alter
noon. Senator Dubois is ono of those west
crn republicans who by near neighborship t )
most of the doubtful states which are strug
gling over the election of senators , keep :
well posted as to the details of the vnrioui
contests.
Senator Dnbois said further : "Tho demo
crats have now , anticipating the gains the ;
will make by displacing Senators Hiscoel
and Sawyer , and counting Populist Kyle o
South Dakota , just forty-two senators
They must have two more before they cai
reorgani/.o the senate , by the assistance o
Vice President Stevenson they will not go
two more , and I very much doubt that if ii
Wyoming , Nebraska , Montana , Kansas am
California they will got ono moro senatoi
Senator Peffer will vote with the republican
to maintain the present organisation. Oi
the other hand wo will have to rocogniz
him in the present organization , and ma.
have to recognize Senator Stewart ns a poj
ulist after March 4 next , when ho enters o
bis new term if re-elected as an indepcmlen
or populist ; that is to say if populists or in
dependents offer to support the present 01
ganizalion wo cannot well disregard then :
If by their grace we maintain our prcscn
organization they will have a voice in it. "
In thi ! Doubtful StnU-s.
"There is 110 doubt that the democrat
would reorgani/o them if they could get th
support of the populists. It is folly to tul
about the democrats in any of the states" ;
doubt electing democratic senators , for i
none of them have they anywhere near
majority. If republicans are not clecte
populists will DC chosen and they will not b
populists who will sell out to the democrat
for spoils. If every ono of the doubtfi
states would elect jwpulist senators the den
ocrats would not reorganize thcseuatc. Th
populists would bo the controlling power. "
"Do you anticipate delay in the election c
senators in any of the doubtful states ! "
"Yes , " said the senator , "wo nnticlpat
delay in all of them. Individually I antic
pa to deadlocKS In most of the legislatures i
the states named when it comes to the clei
tion of senator and the governors may hate \
to settle the elections for the time beint
All this will operate against a reorgunizatio
of this body. I am not calfiilating upon
clear coast in congress for Mr. Cleveland' '
partisan legislation , not-by a long way. "
MIsrcllaneoilH ,
Senator Mandcrsoa today presented to th
senate a largo number of petitions froi
farmers in Nebraska asking that consider :
tion of the anti-option bill IM ? postponed , an
an investigation pf the combine between tli
railroads ami elevator men Investigated lj
n special committee of the senate. Kfforl
to postpone action upon the anti-option hi
have so far failed and it looks as though
would pass. Senator Blackburn mailo n
effort to sidetrack the measure today 1
moving to take up the New York City hridi
bill , but the proposition failed by a vote i
41 to IB.
Bill were Introduced today to remove tl
charge of desertion against thu military r
cord of George W. McClanghan and to po
slon Alllo Grubb und John Grady of Ni
braska.
B. J. AVheoler has resigned from the po ;
mastership at Wheeler , Charles Mix count
S. D. , and recommended as his successor
B. Lamb , chairman of the democratic fo ;
mitteo at that place , and A. S. Kaddlu h
resigned from the postmastcrship at Hui
boldt , S. D. , and recommended as bis si
ccssor Frank B , Ijockwood. Neither of t
m-ummomlat ions will ho acted upon by t
present administration , nor will the rcslgr
lions be acroptcd , This is a republican ;
ministration , ono that does not appoi
' democrats to republican positions.
Representative Butler of Iowa says t
house favors the repeal of the law closi
the World's fair on Sunday.
Marls Taylor of Huron , S. D. , Is at t
National. I' . S. II
it ingot * 11 wilt Into mill Di'Hccrntii n ( ; al
rt ollu ( Ihiirrh In Alliiiiii'ni'i' | ' , X. 'M.
Ai.nrqUKugtii ! , N. M. , Dec. 20. At hi
s past -I this morning a party of mlbcreai
" ' smashed in thu front door of the Gatho
' " church in Old Albmiueriiuo , also the door
thu re.sidcnco of thu .Insult fathers , adjoin !
the fhurch on one side , nnd the door of t
Sisters' convent , adjoining the sacred edit
on the other. The men occupied two hi
gics , and hitched the liors.es in front of t
church while with slcdgo hammers und a :
it they battered in the panels of the hou
) r doors. At 11 o'clock the night preceding t
church door was forced open and thu stal
of Christ on the main altar was dcsucr.itt
utIs Thu .oaujin ono of the hands wcro kicli
Is off. Both times thu parties escaped unren
nlzed , The fathers were awakened by t
noise , but it was unsafe to show themselv
( ire.il indignation is felt hero over thu vi
dul outrage , and the onlcers are workii
hut apparently without a due , The edit
Is possibly.Hiu oldest in New Mexico , be ;
over 1500 yearn old ,
I.fiid und I.lincml Oil.
New YOIIK , Dec. 20 , It was reported tot ;
that arrangements for the consolidation
the Load and Linseed Oil companies ji
bu vides for the increase of the lead cnpl
stock from flO.OOO.UOO to tWCOO,000 ) , of wh
$3,000.000 U to IMS common and 13,000,000 pre
ferred stock.
This U to bo plvcn for the $3,000,000 Un
seed stock , or 87 slmrcs of linseed cotton
mid common nnil ST T H shares of load pre
ferred for pftdi 100 shores of linseed. U wns
believed that this proposition , If madewould
bo rejected by the Linseed company stock
holders. Another report was that three
shares of load common and one share of lead
preferred would bo given for each live shares
of linseed oil stock.
HV TIIK tr/ooir.
( SrorRQ W. 1'iirlmin In Court for Dodging n
MiirrliiRP 1'nimUc.
ATLANTIC , la. , Dee , 20. [ Special Telegram
to THK Bisn.j The breach of promise case of
Mrs. Anna Sdiultz of Clnrlnda ngnlnsl
George W. Hiirhnm of Anita Is In progress
here. The plaintiff sues for $10,000 damages ,
She charges that she had n profitable
dressmaking business nt Clarlnda ; that de
fendant laid st'lge to her heart and won her
consent to marry him , but Unit after she
had sold her business ami made all prepara
tions for the marriage the defendant re
fused to marry her.
The defense , ns outlined , will be that the
reputation nnd character of the plaintiff Is
not nlxjvo reproach , and somn very Interesl-
ing developments nro expected.
The plaintiff is a pretty widow about :
years old.
WAS Ai.Tomn'inni TOO woid.ui.v.
Itnv. OoiirRo U" . llnvtrr I'mxril ItlniM-lr Ttn >
Ailtiinrril for Prrsbj tcrlnnl < m.
DES Moixr. , la. , Dec. CO. [ Special Tele
gram toTnn Bii.l : ! Tin ? secret trial of George
AV. Baxter , pastor of the Presbyterian
church at Knoxvllle , was commenced in the
Central Presbyterian church this afternoon.
Over twenty members of the Presbvterv arc
present. A. , I. Martyn of Perry Is moderator' .
Baxter , a slender young man with a bewitch
ing black mustache , was on hand , as was
also the fair plaintiff , Miss Gertrude Snod-
grass.
The trial will he continued tomorrow.
Private advices from Knoxville say that the
church Is badly split over the case. Baxter
wiine to Knoxville from Illinois over a year
ago and was lionized by the young
Indies. Soon letters from his old
homo came to members of the
church. They were written by different
young ladies whom ho had iinuie love to.
This caused a split. Baxter , who hail won
the love of MissSnoilgrnss , was defended bv
her friends , and the other half of the church
loft and have been attending otherchurches.
The young men of the town took up with
Baxter bccnusohownsu lover of race horses ,
They attended his church and each contrib
uted n dollar in the collections , nnd in return
ho would give banquets for the boys.
Wonlil Not Work with Urr.
Sioux CITV , la. , Dec. 21) ) . [ Special Tele
gram to Tun Bin : . ] About thirty girls in
the candy department of the American Bis
cuit and Manufacturing company's factory
went out on a strike today , because the
immaKcniont refused to discharge a girl. Just
employed , who. the strikers allege , is of
loose morals. The strikers won after being
out u little over half a day , the girl being
discharged.
Sioux City's > llrldgi ! HCKUII.
Sioux CITV , In. , Dec. 'JO. [ Special Tele
gram to Tin : Br.r. . ] The Padlle Short Lini
Bridge company commenced the work todai
of building al,2TjOtX)0 ) bridge across the Mis
souri river here. The bridge will be a com
bimition wagon and railroad bridge and' will
ho completed July 1 , 18DH. It is to be an in
dependent toll bridge open to the use of nil
railroads.
_
Wllliirtl Walker llurloil.
Four Donan , In. , Dec. SO. [ Special Tele
gram to THE BUB. ] The body ot Willard
Walker , who died at Perry from the effects
of an overdose of morphine administered bj
himself , was burled hero today.
SKI'JSA" HIT I'HK
Dcsprrntu Fight Ilutwrrn Outlaws inn
onircrH lu Wyoming.
CniiYEXNR , Wye. , IJec. 'JO. Meager par
tieulars have reached hero by mail of tin
kifling of seven persons in the Big lion
basin a few days ago. The basin is situate )
near the Yellowstone park and almost inac
ccsslblo from the south during the winter
Ilynttville , the scene of the trouble , i
ninety miles from Buffalo , which , in turn , i'
about thirty miles off the railroad. Accord
ing to the story , Bill Nutcher and Jim Huf
went into the basin to arrest some cattl )
thieves. Nuteher is himself now undo :
bonds on charges of horse stealing in Fremont
mont county , while Huff , whoso reputatioi
is rather poor , is said to ho a deputy Uuitei
States marshal. It is said these men cunn
across three alleged enltlo thieves
whom they were after , near Hyatt
ville , which contains not more thin
half a dozen houses. The encounte
was desperate from the very start , and wn
maintained with Winchesters , and llnall ;
'
with six-shooters. Upon its conclusion no'
only the cattle thieves , but the ofllcers. In ;
dead on thu open prairie , everybody coni
pletely riddled with bullets. The names o
the cattle thieves have not been receive )
here.
According to the same story , Ira Wulke
and Asa Shuck were found at the head o
Norwood , in the same section , with sixt ;
head of stolen cattle in their possession
Both men were subsequently found shot i
the back , but by whom it is not known
although it is believed that they met the !
fnto nt Iho hnmta of some officers of thrllnw
Both men were rnthor notorious clmrnotcrs.
Wnlkor Is the nmn who U credited with Imv-
Ing killed Hank Ixirott on Hlicll creek Inst
summer IxivettwasnTexnnwhooperatednt
horse stealing In the Blnek Hills until It got
too hot for him and then went over In the
bnslti. Just how UiP affair occurred nolwdy
knows. The men mot In n very lonely part
of the bnsln and t < ovott wns killed. Wnlket
claimed that the deed was done In sell
defense , and ns there was nothing produced
nt the trial to show the contrary ho wni
acquitted. The general Impression Is that
It was a cold blooded murder. Shuck nnd
Albert Sllcknnrd and another mnn arc
credited with having shot and killed the
notorious Jack Bliss , Whether this Is trun
or not they received a big reward for It. Tha
basin has always enjoyed a good reputation
nnd In nil the recent troubles there hns been
no diargo of cattle stealing preferred
against the pcoplo there.
Orliiiulo Hrlrntrof Urnirr Pull * Torn Largo
Aniiiniil Oilier I'liltiirrn.
PKXVr.it , Cole , Dec. .IX Orlando Mctcatf ,
pppularly supposed to be a millionaire , has
fulled. Ills assets are said to be worth f.VH-
( XX ) ami his lliiutiitlcs $100,000. Ills assets
nro largely In Ktk .Mouiitala railroad stock.
The general Impression Is that ho hns been
too liberal In cndotsliig for friends.
When the Colorado Midland railway was
building Metcalf. together with .1. .1. linger-
man , \\as largely interested "and was vlco
president of thai ro\d. Ho projected the
road thirty miles to 151 k mountain , through
great depo'its of anthracite coal nnd marble ,
Metcalf and Hngcrinan became nntagonlstiit
ami Metcnlfas fro/en out of the Midland.
His Kile mountain scheme languished for
several years and ho hail over $100,000 tied t
up. A now company was organized a short J
lime ago and \\ork commenced. Metcalf V
lost controlling interest and his stock
could not bo rcalUcd on to pny Ills P
debts. Metcalf Is a largo owner of
rollhnr mills In Plttshurg and , It has been
stated , that his Income from that source wns
& ! T > ,000 pur annum. His Plttsburg interest is
not supiwsed to be Involved. The duo resi
dence property hero is In Mrs. Motcalf's
name. She has a large , independent Income ,
Metcalf was the most liberal man In the city ,
nil In n iulot | way conscientiously gave to
charity one-tenth of his Income annually.
OS\MIIO : , N. Y. , Doc. m K. 1C. Mitchell ,
wholesale liquor dealer , has assigned. The
liabilities cannot bo learned , but are said to
bo heavy.
UENVr.n , Colo. , Dec. 10. The Moilteluro
Kleetrle Light company has made nn assign-
incut lo Theodore Holland for the boncflt of
Its creditor ! ) . Assols , $ li'JSO.b'J ( ; liabilities ,
$ ir ltl3.m. ! ! The principal creditors are
Denver men.
vr
St. l.i.uls ( Inilii Mill-lift ( United Another
Drop 1" Wlip.it.
ST. I.ofis , Mo. , Dec. 'JO. The St. Louis
grain market , is glutted to such an extent
that a grain blockade has resulted. There
arc now about 7,000,000 bushels of wheat la
the elevators und a largo amount on the
tracks. The stock of corn Is increasing at a
rate of over ' , ' 00,01)0 ) bushels a week. Thu
consequence is that the elevators cannot
handle the receipts and that the grain is
piling up onthotiacks. This has caused a
trcighl car famine in the country tributary
to St. Louis , and although the railroads nro
doing their best to supply all demands they
are short of cars owing to the Inability of
the elevators to accept these offered.
The cause of the great stagnation of grain
here is the condition of the river. There is
ample barge capacity , but the barges can at
the most carry only half cargoes , owing to
thu low stage of the water. So great is Iho
pressure at present that receivers have sent
word to their country customers to stop all
shipments as they cannot be handled. On '
'change today the price of May wheat again !
broke the record , dropping to 71 % cents ,
with cash at 05g cents.
Ills Conduct Was Itnil.
YA.NKTOX , S. I ) . , Dec. 'JO. [ Special Telegram -
gram to Tun Br.K.Today ] the case of II.
Christian lloerstcl , who was Cleveland's
consul at Pcrnnmbuco , came us in the dis
trict court , on Ills application for divorce.
Bocrstol's conduct since his resilience hero
has been such ( Is to disgust people with him.
The Judge refused to grant a divorce , re
fused to dismisniiss the case without preju
dice and assessed Boerstel frT > U , to bo paid as
fee to the attorney of his wife.
' ' oCtlio Armour School.
Will Huj'lmrKu
CIIIOAIIO , 111. , Dec. 20. It was definitely
settled today that Dr. Frank W. Gunsaulus of
Plymouth Congregational church Is to bo ut
the head of the great Armour manual train
ing school. Dr. Gunsaulus has for five years
been Mr. Armour's pastor. The doctor came
here from Baltimore and , though very
young , quickly took rank as one of the foremost - '
most clergymen of the city.
Killed by u Kobbrr.
DAI.MS , Tex. , Dee. UO. Last night nt Elmo
station , near here , n robber entered Charles
Kolowschl's home and drawing n pistol de
manded his money. A struggle ensued nnd
the robber fired and killed KolowBchi. The
robber has not been identified.
' York lxfliniK } Ouotitllons ,
Nr.w YOIIK , Dec. 'JO. [ Special Telegram to
Tun BEC. ] New York exchange was quoted
us follows : Chicago , par ; Boston , lOo dia-
count to 5c premium ; St. Louis , 'J5c discount.
.
FUANKUX , Ky. , Dec. 'JO. Congressman
Goodnight spent n bud night last night und
is a very sick man.
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IIn IIt Largest Manufacturers anil Kot-illurj
n ofOloililus In tliu World.
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nis What a sale we've had this week. Goingto
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ne e10 keep it up , too for "a
10a few days , anyway , because
ail
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ilit cause there are some
lie boys' odd lots yet.
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Many came to see if it
he
was so and found it
so , for its always so
when we say its so.
, lf
Isle You know wo always
lo
ft carried good suits for $2.50 , splendid ones for $5.
Im Well , the $5 ones are $2.50 , a square cutoff. The
IB- CO $6 sort > are $3. Same with boys' overcoats and
IBho
OS ulsters. $5 overcoat for $2.50. $6 ulster $3. There
vy
ho ue are only two or three sizes in each sort. Broken ,
0.1 d. . you see. That's why we cut 'em so deep. Big1
lo break in price in broken lots of men's overcoats
is.
is.n - and ulsters. Come and get our beautiful souvenir
'K ' ,
co calendar.
BROWNING , KING & CO. ,
ay
of Htoro opmi HuturUuy every evunhij till ID. till ! ' . S.W. Cor , 15tb and Douglas Sts
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