Nebraska Newspapers

    TITK OMAHA DAILY KK&/KirUltSIUV. PKORMBKU 20 , 1802.
THE DAILY BJJ3ID.
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mSlmlln . . . 000
riirco Months . 2 MJ
JttutUy Hop , One Year . 300
* t unfit r Her. Ono Ycnr . . J GO
Veekly lice , One. Yonr . . . 100
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Omuii'll lllnrTi , 12 1'cnrl Hired.
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editorial matter Hhtiuld 1 > < ) addressed to Hit ;
KtlttoHnl Department.
lllWN'EPS I.KTTEUS.
AH lm lnr s letter * nnrt remittances should
IIP addreved to Thn Ilcn I'libllslilnc Company ,
Onmlin. DntftH , chocks nnd poslolllct ) orders
to IK ; Hindu payable to the order of the com-
pony.
TtlK BEK PUDLISHING COMPANY.
BWOUN STATEMENT OK < J1UOUIATIOX
Stale nfNebriislen , I
I ountyof Dnuitlai. 1
Gcotzu It. T/sehurU. sccrplnry of Tun IJr.p
J'ublUfiliiE company , doe.s solemnly swear Hint
tlionclimrclmilatlnnof Tun DAILY linn for
the weuhomlln December'.14,1HQ1 ! , was us fol
lows :
Sunday , December 18 " 6'Qk i
Monthly. Deeember in HiJ'SPA
Tuesday , Dei-ember 20 r,2'W °
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rimrmliir , December 22 23.090
l-'rldnv , December 23 J3' " ' ' ?
Saturday , December 21 24.701
OKOItCIE 11. T/.SCMIUCIC.
Sworn to before nn nnd Httbtcrlbed In my
presence tlil < rMI1i ! i ti 'of December , 1H92.
IKoiil ] N. r. 1'Elli , Notary rubltc.
AvcniRn ( 'lrriiliitliin for > 'ovrml > or , SlOI t > .
K lias not boon a now tlieoloRlctil
trln.1 bet on foot for Bovoral'days. This
Is getting monotonous.
Tun snow that lies on the wheat
fields of Nobrnslca is contributing in its
ailont way to a bountiful harvoat next
year. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
THE report that ox-Sonator Inpalls
wears roudy-nmdo clothes overtaxes
public credulity. Mr. Ingal9 ) is not
tunning for anything in Kansas just
now.
TilUUK is tulle of n war between Chili
nntl Iho Argentine' Republic. It is cer
tainly time for further hostilities in that
ptirt of the world , there having been a
lull for several months.
IT is suggested by the St. Paul Pio-
nccr-1'rcxx that Tom and Jerry now
shako hanils across the polished ina-
hogiuiy. Tliis is the flrsi intimation
the public ban had that Thomns and
iTorominh were not on friendly terras.
Mlt. CLEVELAND inny try to retire
from public view in order to throw the
olllco scokcrs oft the scent , but Adlai E.
Stevenson stands out in the full glare ol
publicity and scorns to enjoy it. Wo
suspect that Mr. Stevenson will nol
know that ho la living after Ihu 4th ol
March.
THE Salt Lake Tribune asks if , in the
case that Utah were admitted to state
hood , the ohiofa of the men who are in
the majority there would renew their
determination to establish a distinct
kingdom. There is no danjjor of the
admission of Utah to statehood undei
conditions which would tnako it possi
ble to establish a kingdom of any kind.
A WEAL in behalf of the Buffering
poor at Homestead says that "tho strike
has coino and gone ; and all the criti
cism in the world cannot malco things as
they were before it was inaugurated. '
There is a world of pathetic philosophy
in tills. It docs not matter now whether
the strikers were right or wrong. The.\
need help' and as sufferers they have a
true claim upon public sympathy.
THE back taxes duo the county from
the Pullman Palace Car company exceed -
ceod $0,000. There is no good reason
why the county should allow these bacl
taxes to accumulate. The Pullman
company is not in distress. It is only
shlrkinga taxes and staving off pay
men t as long as possible. The countj
olllclals are expected to do their dut ;
and levy upon the company's property
if they cannot collect otherwise.
TIIIUTY of the public Behools of No\
York City huvo boon condemned by the
Board of Health on account of their bac
sanitary condition. This is nn import
ant question in every city , and it is no
less important Omaha than else-
whcro. At present , owing to the care
ful inspection and improvomonls made
by our Board of Health lust fall , the
publio sohools of this city are in a good
Httnitary condition. They should bo
kept so. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
IT is expected that another effort
will ho made in the legislature of Now
York this winter to rcpoaltho electrical
oxocuilon law. Governor Flower is op
posed to the death penalty and will
certainly sign the bill if it is passed.
7itt sine' ! the oloutrlcal system passed
out cf the experimental Btago nnd thus
loat its horrors there hivvo boon few
protests ngulnst it in the Empire stato.
AH a Hubslltulo for the giillowa it sooma
to Borvo well enough.
iN.YUOUTn month the famous stcam-
shipa t ity of Paris nnd City of Now
York will bo Amoricnn vessels and
y the stars and stripes. Under
thu now munagumont Iheso ships will
land pimangcrs ut the now douks at
Southampton , wlioro a special train
will bo in waiting to carry thorn t
London , thus saving a day ever the old
Liverpool route. Who Miys that thu
Americans do not know how to manage
the steamship business'1 !
Mlt. JCHN 1) . Hut KKKliLLKn lint
Htccnjithenod his claim to bo regarded
us nno of the foremost publio honufticton
of the time by presenting the Chicogc
university with a second gift of $1,000-
000. It was u moat munificent conlrlbu
lion , hut the total of Mr. RockofollorV
Ijonofaotlons amounts to several time ;
this sum , yet loss than thirty yours ngc
he was comparatively a poor. man. Nc
greater financial success than his hat
boon achieved in this country and he
booms to have wisely determined tc
devote a portion of his great wealth tc
the bonollt of the public while ho lives
In this ho iti soiling uN worthy example
TIIK I'VnMO TANtS.
The time has pnssod when U could bo
aid of the Unttod Slates that It pos-
cased an almost inexhaustible area of
publio lands. There are still many
nilllona of acres unoccupied , but the
greater part of it la now unfit for culti
vation nnd can only bo made available
or supporting population by an exten
sive nnd expensive systctn of Irrigation.
Phoro is an area in the west sufllciont
or Iho seat of a great otnplro if it
were reclaimed , but to do this
will bo the work of generations. It
ncans an enormous outlay of money
or which the nation is not now prepared -
pared and which must await the neces
sary development In population and
wealth. There nro great arid deserts
out of which future states will ho
julldcd , with prosperous cities nnd
farms , but the realization of this will
come to another generation.
According to the statistics of the gen
eral land olllco , the demand for publio
latm has boon greater within the Inst
few years than ever boforo. During the
present administration about 01,000,000
acres have been patented , as ngainst
27,000,000 in the four years prccoJlng.
and certain tracts of land have boon removed -
moved from the area subject to general
entry , so that'at present the Indian
reservations are being slofvly purchased
and opened to settlement as the only
moans o ( satisfying Iho demand of
the growing population for homo-
blond ? . The reduction of Indian
reservations during the recent past
has secured the restoration to
'
the publio domain of about SM000,000
acres , and a largo part of that area has
already boon opened to sottloimmt ,
many of the Indiana talcing land in
severally and thus becoming cili/.onsof
the United States , nearly 0,000 havinjr
taken advanttigo of the privilege. It is
oxnected that within the near future
about 10,000,000 more acres will bo se
cured by the government in the same
way , and undoubtedly all the land thus
offered for homestead on.ry will betaken
taken up as soon as it is opanod to general -
oral settlement.
The certainty that within the next
few years there will be a scarcity of
arable public land makes the question
of irrigating the arid lands of the west
one of great Interest and importance.
The next resource of intending settlers
must bo the region which under irriga
tion will yield abundant and remunera
tive ) harvests , and the time is not very
far distant when the demand for these
lands will become urgent. What
shall bo done , in the meanwhile -
while , ( o make them available ? This
question has boon asubject of quite general -
oral and serious discussion for several
years , and it cannot bo said that much
progress has been mndo toward reaching
an answer. Conventionshtivo boon hold ;
bills have been introduced in congress ,
and the subject has been freely discussed
in the cross , but the difllcullics in
the way of a wise solution 'have
not been overcome. Nothing is
to bo expected of the present
congress in relation to the matter -
tor , but it is not an unreasonable ox-
ncctation that the next congress may
adont some practical legislation that
will give an impetus to the work of re
claiming the vast arid region that maybe
bo made avilablo for agriculture. Few
subjects have greater importance in
their relation to the future development
of the country.
THi : QUKSTIOX OP S/M'BH i'UKCllASKS.
It is reported from Washington , on
the authority of a member of the bank
ing and currency committee , that the
bill of Representative Andrew of Massa-
chussels , relating to the currency , will
bo reported to the house with some
modifications. The opinion is that the
committee will recommend that portion
of the bill which provides that national
banks may issue circulating notes to
the par value of the bonds de
posited to secure circulation , that
it will not bo in favor of reducing
the amount of bonds required to bo
deposited in the national treasury by
national banks , and that it will bo in
favor of reducing the rate of taxation
on national bank circulation. With
regard to the proposed repeal of the
silver purchase act , the committee is
said to bo hopelessly divided.
The Andrew bill provides , with regard
gard to the silver law , that so much
of chapter 708 of the acts of the
llrst session of the Fifty-first con
gress , approved July M , 1S90. as
authorizes the purnhaso of silvot
bullion by the secretary of the treasury
and the Issue of additional treasury
notes therefor , i § hereby repealed. The
author of the measure , in stating its
purpose , said that so far us the banking
provisions go it was simply intended to
relieve the national banks t'rom Koine o
the embarrassments they now sulfer
and which are resulting in more or loss
contraction of the currency. As to the
suspension of further purchases of silver
Mr. Andrew argued Unit it would ro
slcro conlldonco in the ability o
the trotisury to meet its obliga
tions in gold , and stop , in a measure
the drain of gold from the treasury. An
Interview with Senator Sherman is pub
llshcdln which ho reiterates his prcvl
ously expressed opinion that the law
which bears his name ought to bo re.
pealed. It is said that there Is a probn-
billty that soon after the holiday iccoss
President Harrison will send a message
to congress urginu : the repeal of the law ,
or its moJllleutlon BO as to per
mit the temporary suspension of
puroluiBos. It is also said Unit
Mr. Cleveland has told a number of
demoo'-atlo representatives that ho
would like to bo relieved of the neces
sity of keeping up the silver purchases ,
and that ho will appoint a secretary of
'tho treasury who is in accord with him
upon this proposition ,
It will thus bo eoon that this question
assumes loading importance in connec
tion with the currency legislation ot ttio
Immediate future. Men of both the
political parties tire arrayed on both
hides of the question , and ae
Iho situation now stands It is impossible
to predict with any degree of certainty
what would bo the result of action on
the proposed repeal in the present congress -
gross , There Is n strong element in
both branches opposed to any interfer
ence with thu existing law unless there
is something substituted for it that will
insure an equal or larger use of silver
nnd there Is reason to bollovo that those
vho hold this vlow will bo able to
irovont the ropor.l ot the law. It may
) o dlfforqut In the next congress , which
will bo under the Influence of a demo
cratic administration protly sure to bo
unfriendly to silver nnd pprbnps muro
lisposod to regard the platform pledge
of the democratic party respecting the
liver purchase law. There Is mnnl *
cstly a growing fooling that this act
menaces the gold standard , nnd there-
ore the credit of the government , nnd
Is repeal or modification is not lin-
iroL-ablo. '
CAPITA ! * .
Ono of the promlnontdologntos to the
recent convention of the American
Federation of Labor at Philadelphia
vns William Woyho , who hns been con
spicuously connected with the Amalga-
natcil Association of Iron nnd Steel
Workers , having been until recently
the president of that organization. His
views in regard to the uses of concili
ation in the settlement of labor disputes
tro thoroughly sound. "Tho great oh-
cct of the amalgamated association , "
said Mr. Woyho , "is to get at the
cost ol producing a ton of iron
> r steel and to secure for the
workman a just recompense for his
nbor. Our method has ulwiiys been
no of conciliation , and to thnt much of
our success Is duo. Conciliation is much
, ho same as arbitration , though outside
nen are not called in to ml just differ
ences. Committees of manufacturers
unl men meet in anmril conferences
prepared to talk intelligently upon
differences that may have arisen during
the year , and especially upon questions
affecting the price of iron 'and the rate
of wages based upon .that price. They
slmtily go ever the ground in a con
ciliatory spirit until a conclusion is
reached. If no conclusion ia reached ,
then the men don't go to work. "
It is one of the most hopeful signs of
the time that the value of conciliation
and friendly Intercourse between em
ployer and employe is becoming more
and more appreciated. Mr. Weyho
says that conciliation is much the tmmo
as arbitration , but it is really widely
different and very much more effective ,
for the reason that it brings employer
and employe into touch with each other
and places them upon afooting of mutual
interest , while arbitration is generally
regarded with distrust and suspicion by
one side or the other in the controversy ,
nnd sometimes by both. It is a matter
of record that state boards of arbitra
tion have never accomplished anything
beyond the drawing of their pay from
the public treasury , to which the labor
ing man is himself a contributor.
It is for the interest of both employer
and employe to "get together" when
differences arise in respect to wages.
This is what Mr. Weyho calls concilia
tion , and it is a good general name for
Iho attitude of friendly and fair consid
eration of disputed questions to which
ho refers. By this means strikes may
often bo averted , and moreover , a
friendly spirit mav thus bo promoted
that will secure cheerful and effective
service on the ono hand and fair and
considerate treatment on the other.
THE population of Canada is 4,820,411
and the publio debt is $ 89,899.230. , In
the event of annexation who is froing to
pay the gro.it debt:1 It is pretty clear
that iho present inhabitants of that
country cannot pay it. The idea of the
Canadian annexationists is thnt the
increase in tho'population would be so
great that the per capita tax would bo
reduced to an amount that would bo
reasonable. But that public debt will
stand : is a bar to immigration , cs in fact
it does today. For years the Dominion
government has sought to attiact sot
tiers to develop the undoubted resources
of that country , but all efforts to induce
immigrants to go to that country have
practically failed. What is the reason ?
In the llfbt place , the immigrants who
come to this continent usually prefer
American institutions iusload of these
of Great Britain -as they exist in mod
ifled forms in Canada ; in the second
place , that great public debt , constantly
growing in n time of peace , convinces
the immigrant that Canada has
no attractions sullieloul to offset
the burden of taxation which ho must
bear as Iho price of his citixen&hip. The
average immigrant expects to identify
himself with the country in which ho
makes his homo. Ho makes its
institutions his own and undertakes
to share its obligations. If Canada
'
could'at once bo filled up with settlers
the per capita tax would not bo very
burdensome , but in the nature of the
case the incronso in population must bo
slow , and thus the decrease in indi
vidual burdens of taxation must bo
gradual. This Is the most serious part
of the annexation problem.
IT IS reported from Washington that
the friends of.tho Forroy bankruptcy bill
are hopeful of bolng able to got that
measure before the iouso during iho
present session. A petition asking the
committee on rules to fix a time for the
consideration of the bill hns been
numerously signed by democratic mem
bers of the hmifo , not all of whom , however -
over , nro favorable to the measure. It
IB probable that the bill will bo given
a chance at the present session , but
there appears to bo some uncertainty
as to its fate , although a recognition
of the public demand for this legisla
tion would insure its pissigo. : : There
is practically no opposition to It iu the
great commercial centers of the
country.
IT IB niulorstooJ that another attempt
is to bo made in the present congress to
remove the Southern Uio Indians from
their present reservation to Utah. The
proposal to do this is vigorously op
posed by the Indian Rights association ,
and it must bo admitted that \l \ offers
very good reasons for its attitude in the
matter. Thu Indians have good lands
whore they are and they are contented ,
prosperous and poacoablo. The reserva
tion to which it is proposed to transfer
them is not equally desirable and the
effect upon them would doubtless ho
demoralising. Justice and fair dealing
seem to demand that these Indians bo
allowed to remain where they aro.
MUHAT Halstoud Is fully prepared
for war. lie says : "Never ralnd the
lake cruisers they could bo rumiuod out ol
sight by nml with the aid ixml consent
of the ferry ijj 'lfl of HttfTnlo , Toledo ,
Detroit or Chicago. Whdn the war
breaks out wo ftntfuld bo ready to innko
two jumps o pni from the North
Pacific rallrburt to capture the
Canadian Pn' flc , and ono from
Ningnr.x to . .solzo . the Wellund
canal. Thu regulars should bo concen
trated for the ri lroad antt the militia
for the canal jolv , Leave the cruisers to
the ferry boats'convertlblo in a night
into rams. " Hjtd Mnrshnl Itiilstoml
seems to have tno plan of campaign all
arranged ; but lh'6 question is , what is
to bo the occasion of all this
bloody business ? Lot us have some
thing to fight about before this is
carried any further.
if : Ilrllcrtloiii.
Outside of the solid south Harrison's
plural Ity ever Cleveland was almost half a
million. That Is to say. In all parts of the
country where elections nro not u fiiree , the
republican party is still much the stronger
I'oor ItuMnciM Policy.
i\cii' Vwfc Oiiiiinrivfiif.
It docs not require a nrc.it financial mind
to at least conceive the prujiosUioii Unit If
the povcrnmcnt can buy cheap silver It
would not bo smart business polli-.v to keep
on paying a stiff price for It. Very few of us
would pay the lurons ? fi.W ) for real If we
could have the same quality of Iho iirliclc
dumped into the bin fur about 1.
unit Nlraritgmi.
Franco's troubles in the Panama canal
business can not , of course , bo repeated by
us ifvo pledge the credit of our government
to the Nicaragua Canal company , for the
conditions in the latter ease would bo much
different from what they nro in the former.
Nevertheless , wo must refrain from enterIng -
Ing into un.v entangling alliances with that
coriwrallou.
o -
I'lilriiiiitK" " 1'urly Curie.
7/nrjxr'n W'tMu.
There are , no doubt , still a good many
l > olilteians of "high standing in Iho demo
cratic party who have not yol learned , how
ever clear and impressive the lessons of ex
perience may have been , Unit the patronage
Is not : i blessing , but an unmitigated curse.
to administrations , political parties and
public men. Mr. Cleveland certainly knows
it : ho may be expected to act in accordance
with this knowledge , and his predecessor
can give him no better proof of kindly feel
ing than by doing things which , if they are
not done now , ho would have to do himself.
Nrocllc'stly Alarnipil.
VltUailelphla 1'ivtt.
General Miles has set a wide circle of
newspapers to talking by marshaling the 140
English vessels whoso draft of water would
enable them to enter the lakes b.v the \Vcl-
hiiul canal. Of these , however , twenty are
torpedo boats which could cross Iho Atlantic
only with extreme risk , and of the llfty-four
gunboats at least half are on police duty
from which they could not be relieved. It is
true , however , that there are from thirty tote
to forty vessels which Great Britain eoidd
pass ui > through the \Yclhind canal , pro
vided it was not destroyed by American
troops , as it undoubtedly would bo with an
olllccr like Gencral ijilcs on the frontier.
Montana's XPIIU IllKh IMtchtMl.
Plitlailcliilila Ilccnnl.
\ halycon and vociferous gentleman from
Montana says that the miners of that stale
ire prepared lo salisf.v any demand for gold
hat may bo made.i < iL'hoy can turn out 51,7- )
00,000 per year If necessary. There is about
is much sense in this brag us in the usual
{ oeky mountain silver tulle. If it should
) rove to bo true , ofiwhatavail would lo the
supply of Montana ( fold ! In..tho llrst place
t would require the expenditure of nearly
$150,000,000 to produce that sum. And after
he gold should boyn sight the Montana
owners of it wouldxmly oxchapgo il for § 150-
tOO.OOO worth ot'other ' form's of property.
Wo can got gold trbm any other quarter on
lira terms ,
\EltRASK.l AXl ) yBHK.lltK.lXS.
Perkins county people bclicro they have
struck coal.
The Presbyterian church at Coleridge has
been dedicated. It cost 81,81-4.
iVnqthcr branch alliance in Cuslcr county
las disintegrated because of politics.
The residence ot I.ou Cooper at Teeumseh
vas destroyed by lire , causing a loss of $1,50U.
Astovo too near u wall started a confla
gration in the ] ) ostol11co ut Mead , hut prompt
ictlon by cilizcns prevented extensive duiu-
igo.
igo.Juniti.i
Juniti.i has a first-class steam combination
'ccd mill which is doing an immense busl-
iess.
Some sneak thief who has lost all his
lumano feelings robbed Grandmother Park-
nirst of Broken Cow of sixty bushels of
wheat , her only support for winter , and now
Ihe old lady will have to take in washing to
earn her living.
Fire broke out at North Plutte in u largo
'mine building belonging to Iho Union
Pacific company and used for a laundry and
sleeping compartments for the hotel hands ,
i'ho lire department was summoned and the
fire extinguished before much harm was
done.
"We understand , " says Ihc Blair Courier ,
"that a school ma'am In Iho southern end of
this county has Introduced u now feature.
When ono of the girls misses a word iho boy
who spells the word goto to kiss her. As a
result thu girls are gelling lo bu very poor
spellers , while Iho boys are improving : . "
While Mrs. Ncls Drcsdy was alone with
her children in her homo near \Veslon , a
stranger attempted to enter the houso. She
asked what ho wanted , hut ho did not reply
and continued to try to force 'the
door open. She then secured u re
volver and fired a shot over the
man's head. This scared Ihe intruder ,
for he ran away and going around Iho house
ho tried to enter aitothcr door. Ho hud suc
ceeded Iu breaking Ihe door open when
Mrs , Dresby shot again , This time the bul
let struck the man in the breast and he ran ,
but ho soon fell down and was unublo to rise.
Mrs. Drcsby then went to a neighbor's and
Informed her husband and others , who ac
companied her back homo , where iho
wounded man was found iu iho fruit yard ,
lie was curried Into the house nnd a
physician summoned , who found that the
ball had penetrated his lung. Ho is still
alive , but will probably die. Ho guvo his
name as II. Bovink and it has been dis
covered Ihat ho is" insane and was formerly
an inmulo of Iho Lincoln asylum ,
//f.VT.S VOK falH'.IIAKIWN.
York Times : Mr , ! Kcckley's candidacy
for tno spoalforshiii'i seems to ho growing
every diiv. . These who know his record , niul
everyone ought to know It , are demanding
his election.
Schuylor Heraldr , Our coining legislature
should , and In all prijljjtbility will , make some
alterations and huurpvcmcnls in thu Aus
tralian ballot la\v.'fjl'he ' tickets could bn
bo made moro simpleand ] more easily under
stood than they nro litt ! present. The plan
they have in sovend/.fHutes of having thu
tickets of several parties prlnlcd on Iho
same ticket side b ; J } < lo is much morecasly
understood than our o V11-
York Times : llf Tom Cook Is lo bo iho
only republican onndldalo for secretary of
the senate them ard n'gnod ' many republicans
who will nol dlu ot , grief if thu republicans
fall to organize thatlxxl.v. There are various
and sundry republicans In the stale whp
claim , and say they can prove , that Tom
Cook has neither brains nor beauty , They
allege that ho is composed of proud flesh and
intestines , the latter largely predominating.
Of course the Times Is not sufficiently posted
to know about these things , and has the
honor of not being personally acquainted
with the gentleman above referred to.
Albion Argus : While all the political
leaders are trying to see who will bo iiblo to
control the organization of the Nebraska
legislature and whether the United Ktates
senator will be a republican , a democrat , a
populist , a republl-pop , a demo-pop or a
domo-rej > . The Argus still raises its vojco
for an act of legislature that will reduce
freight rates to such a degree that the con
sumers of the stale can have some relief.
This should bo done so that thu he-arts will
not ho cut out of the railroad cor | > urallons ,
because that would hurt instead of help the
farming interests of thu tituto and would
throw railroad employes out of employment ,
A law of this sort would mill nmtcrlnllv to
the piYnpcrlt.v of the state without Injuring
the railroad workmen the railroads thpin-
Kolvcs , It should bo neither highway rob-
ber.v on the part of Iho . 'allroads nor a publio
execution , like the Nowberry bill , on the
part of the people.
Fairmont Signal : Although the repub
licans will be n minority in tap legislature ,
wo would remind tnoin that on their vote fffr
railroad legislation reducing local freight
vales deiKMids the future oxlstonco of the
party In Nebraska. We mean just wlmfwo
say , which Is based on n knowledge of the
temper of the people on this question , We
mean such legislation ns will satisfy a rea
sonable public demand without Impairing
theeniclcncy of railroad service , His true
there nro a few fanatics that would wreck
the r.Utwa.VH in their madness , hut the mass
of the people dpslro only what Is reasonable
and fair on this question , and that they will
have. The republicans have another
opportunity to redeem the party by
voting solid for what they know the public
demands and needs. Will they do It : Wo
hellovo they will , and If our belief proves to
bo well founded then the republican thou
sands who have been driven to vote with
other parties la the vulu endeavor to obtain
the relief denied them b.v their own , will re
turn again to their old love and the grand
republican party will again march on from
victory to conquest. H was not because
these thousands of republican veterans who
voted with other parties loved the repub
lican party leas , but because they loved jus-
lice and right more. Let the republican
members In the coming session of the legis
lature , though In u minority they be , do
their whole duty to the people on this vital
question , and the future of the party In Ne
braska will be more brilliant nml stronger
than ever before.
*
.so.ii/ ; .v/.v or .von- : .
Senator Stanford confirms the report that
President Harrison will lecture on law be
fore the Stanford university In California.
Senator Gorki-ell's brother , the congress
man-elect , Is of heavy build , the senator beIng -
Ing spare and wiry. Doth were distin
guished confederate soldiers.
George Frauds Train says that tin1 word
"damn" is Asiatic and synonymous with
banana. This lets out Governor Flower ,
who , il now seems , exclaimed at the very
worst : "I don't care a banana for votes ! "
John G. Whltller's estate foots up to the
comfortable total of * iwOtK ; ) , which fact
should not bo without Its cheering elTcct for
the vast body of poets who are employing
their gifts in mapping out a new free lunch
route.
Cornelius McKauc , a young negro who is
practicing medicine in Savannah , ! said to
trace his descent to the redoubtable King
George of Africa , and he expects ultimately
to have a medical college set up in that
country.
Budd Doble , the well known jockey , who
has held the reins over Nancy Hanks in all
her wonderful porf muances or. the trotting
track this year , enjo.vs the additional dis
tinction of having been celebrated in verse
by Dr. Holmes.
Ex-Speaker Heed doesn't conceal from any
inc his opinion that Bourke Cockrau is by
'ar the ablest man "on the other side of the
louse , " and Bourke Cockrau expresses the
same view of Mr. Heed. Mr. Heed and Mr.
'oekran arc two of the closest cronies In the
louse.
The people's party is to establish a central
elegraphic news bureau at Washington.
There are 1 , f > 00 weekly newspapers that are
Interested in all that Weaver , PcfTer and
Simpson do , and they complain Unit they
cannot know all this unless they have a news
bureau of their own.
Karl Morcau , who died in Vienna a few
days ago. was a grandtiophow of General
Morcau , the famous French oflicer. Herr
Moreau was about 70 years old. Ho was
known to almost every one in Vienna. It is
said that ho never entered a restaurant or
iiotcl. He was a rich man , and left all his
money to n faithful housekeeper.
The late ex-Congressman Leopold Morse
was a notable example of the genuine self-
made man. lie came to America from Ba
varia almost a penniless boy , and is sup
posed to have died n millionaire. His for
tune was largely acquired in trade , hut
much of it was made in investments in real
estate. He was a member of live congresses.
Hobert McGce of Excelsior Springs , Mo. ,
having been shot in the ribs with n pistoi
ball , scalped , speared seven times through
the body , tomahawked twice on the head ,
and one of his ribs chopped oft" nnd shot
through witli two arrows , all by a noble and
red Brule Sioux and ward of the government ,
would like a small appropriation from con
fess.
Said James Whitcomb Hilo.v the other day
to a group of reporters : "I wish you news
paper men wouldn't be quite so careless in
your remarks about my looks. I was served
with a notice several years ago that I wasn't
very handsome , but the reporters take a
kind of delight in reminding mo of it. It
seems lo me thnt you might at least bo as
considerate as the old auntie who went to
the menagerie and saw the hippopotamus.
She was staggered for u moment , but hoi
breeding got the boiler of her impulses. She
didn't want to say the animal was ugly , so
she turned to one of her friends with the ex
clamation : 'Sukes a' massy , but aint ho
plain ! ' "
jiiiraiiThr TintsKU.
YonKers Statesman : It. Is authoritatively
assorted that "timo will tell , " and yet hardly
u day pas-es that you don't liear some one ask
you to lull what time It Is.
Pnincrvllls * Journal : Many n man who Islet ,
Into a sc > 0iiie on thu groumriloor gets dropped
Into.tltu sub-cellar before thu.schemers letliha
out.
Chicago Inter Oeean : MUi Anelent Hero Is
u eentiiry plant wo prl/u very highly.
I'llKhti-y Ves , yes ! beautiful , charming. I
MippUMjyou ntl-ed ft from the seed.
Washington Star : "This , " wild the young
ster aslitigii/ud ut hlsnli'iilgent metal-tipped
shoo , "must ho what they call thu light fantas
tic toe. "
Philadelphia Record : Overheard on the
street Hi own Why don't you bo merry ,
Smith ? Von look so erestfallen.
Smith How can I hu cheerful when I spent
9101) for 1'hrlstnms presents , ami nil I'vngot
out of It Is a pair of slippers and a punnlpuri
Harvard Lampoon : Helen Tfioy nay Hurry
hiiMi't ninny friends In college.
Dorothy I nhonld Miy not. Ilo's a prominent
nieniDer of thu St. null's society and Ihu
Young .Men'ii Uhlistlan association.
Washington Star : "Don't you think yon urn
overdoing this matter of delay'r" bald Ihti
crt'dllor.
"Notat all , " replied the debtor , "bull am
BUtlslled that your pirl of the tiansactloa Is
decidedly over-dun. "
Soincrvlllc.Toiirnal : ' 1'ho piif lent mini gen
erally comes out right In Hut end provided ,
of course , that lit ) is lucky enough to havu thu
end cumo hefoio he dlos.
I'hiliidolphla Heenid : "I wish tohuy a innlf , "
said a lady lo a salesman yeMeidny In a
Cliuslmil si reul store. "What , fur ! " fin iisl > ed.
'To lieuj ) my hands warm , " was thu Indignant
reply ,
HATisr.vc-muv Kx
llmalilun hlfr.
If I did not wear a thfutorhat
What earthly usu would It bo ? - - '
If ftveiu nol ( dull and wldu and that i
Why thu man behind could see.
If i did not inovu my head and talk
And lau h aloud In glee ,
And roniu In lulu'wlth u MViiKcnr walk ,
Thu man could both hear and see.
Dear mo ! If I did not art this way ,
And ho could hear and sec ,
llu'd lie I his money's worth of Iho pluy
And hu wouldn't mulct ) me.
Flavoring
NATURALFRU1T FLAVORS.
Of perfect purity
Vanilla
Lemon Of great strength-
Orange Economy In their u 9.
Rose , tc
Flavor as delicately
and delicloutly as the fresh fruit
NO INDICATIONS OF PEACE
Cleveland find Hill Elompnts dan Make No
Amicable Settlement.
NEW YORK'S ' SENATORIAL STRUGGLE
.Iriiuril Oipc | > < llloii or the Pir.ldMit-r.lrct
to .Murphy llrllcvril to tiiei-ouon 1 Imt
CnmlliliitrN t'liuiH'i-t for SIII-IT
Dnttllt * of Iho Situation.
nnmxtr orM'ni t : BKK )
MH L'ofllTKKSTII .STIir.KT , >
WAMIIXUTON. 1) . O. . Doc . 23. |
These democrats who had hopetl to tlnd In
Speaker Crisp's visit lo Mr. Cleveland an
amicable settlement of all the b.id blood en
gendered by the Reform club incident were
amazed and thunderstruck today by the re
ported Interview with Mr. Cleveland In
today's papers In which the president-elect
expresses his op | > osilioii lo Mr. Murphy's
candidacy for Iho fulled States senate.
There are not many New York democrats Iu
Ihe elty whose opinion Is worth quoting , but
these who nro hero distinctly disagree with
the views ot Congressman Hayes , who sx.\s : :
"This settles Mr. Murphy. "
On the contrary , they believe that Sena
tor Hill knew what ho was inlklng ahonl
when ho declared Just as he was leaving
Washington for the holidays that Mr. Mur
phy would bo elected United Stales senator.
Hots tire freely offered here tonlghl Unit In
splto or perhaps on account of Mr. Cleve
land's avowed opposition to Ills candidacy ,
Mr. Murphy will succeed Senator Hlscock.
C'lctrhiml I'rrtrnl * 11U Plans.
Since Speaker Crisp's departure for New
York to meet President-elect Cleveland , the
terms on which the president-elect will with
draw his opposition to Mr. Crisp's reelection
tion have become known. Broadly
speaking , Mr. Cleveland will insist on
u practical reorganisation of the entire
house , so that the principal committees will
ho composed of men who nro in eiillro har
mony with Mr. Cleveland's views both on
turltl reform and silver. The four commit
tees whoso chairmen must bo replaced
by men satisfactory to Mr. Cle\eland
are ways and means , appropriations , coinage
weights ami measures and banking and cur
rency. In the case of the ways and means
committee , Mr. Cleveland demands the re
moval not only of Chairman Springer , as
already staled In Ihe dispatches , but ulso of
Mr. Bryan of Nebraska , Mr. Montgomery of
Kentucky , Mr. Bourke Cochran of New
York and Mr. Stevens of Massachusetts.
Mr. Cleveland objects to Mr. Cochran's re
maining ou this committee because that gen
tleman is b.v no means in harmony with htm
on the inrliT reform theories which are to bo
carried oul at the next session of congress.
Objects to Sir. llryan.
lie objects to Mr. Bryan bccuviso of the
gentleman's violent free silver tendencies.
His objections lo Messrs. Montgomery and
Slovens are in general , that they are too
closely allied to Mr. Crisp , and that he wants
their places for more ardent Cleveland tariff
reformers. On Ihe appropriations com-
initteo ho objects to Chairman
llotmun anil nn the coinage committee
he very strongly objects to "Silver Dollar" '
Bland because of that gentleman's well
known free silver views. In thus relegating
such prominent free silver men as Bland and
Bryan to the rear Mr. Cleveland wishes to
indicate that the country need have no fear
of any free silver legislation. The present
chairman of the banning and currency com
mittee , Bacon , has not been rc-clectod nnd
Mr. Cleveland expects Mr. Crisp to select a
chairman for that committee who , like the
new chairman of the coinage committee ,
shall bo recognized as u strong null-silver
man. As for the extra session in Ihe early
spring Mr. Cleveland's principal objection lies
in his fear that the session will
bo too prolonged. If congress would meet
and adjourn immediately after the reorgani
sation of the house there would be no strong
objections. Mr. Cleveland docs not believe
that the condition of the treasury is such as
to render necessary an extra session in the
spring.
Secret of Cleveland's Opposition.
A New York democrat who holds very
close relations to Mr. Whitney and who was
Mr. Whitney's closest and most confidential
nssislnut whilst he was secretary of the
navy and has been since constantly near
him , said todayMr. : . Cleveland's opposi
tion to Mr. Murphy is not exactly personal.
Ho holds that for Iho last forty years the
city of New York has never been repre
sented on the floor of the senate
and because of her vast commercial
and financial interests the next sena
tor ought to como from the city.
Personally Mr. Cleveland prefers Bpnrko
Cochrun , partly on account of his abilities
and partly because ho wants to reward
Cochran for Iho loyalty ho displayed in Iho
campaign. "
There are many hero who believe that in
the event of u Cleveland und unti-Ctoveluiid
light ever the senulorship Mr. Whitney will
bo the compromise. Mr. Whitney is equally
popular with all factions of New York
democracy , und his election would be salts-
factory lo all eili/.eiis of New York irrespec
tive of politics. P. S. II.
ty i\tniHloii. :
Pa. , Dec. 28. The opening
exercises of the second national conference
on university extension were held before a
large audience at Iho Drcxel Institute to
night. Many prominent educators from all
parts of the country were present. Presi
dent Edmund James of the American Society
for the Extension of University TonrhlnR ,
welcomed the delegates and short ii'tdresiM
were made by President .Inmos MoAlt.iter
of the Drcxel Institute nml Superlnicn.lont
Edward Hronks of the oily ai-bools. The
loading address of the evening \vns made by
President Wnilo Itogcra of the Northwest-
crn university ,
HOO.1t I XU .1NWKIAO.V.
llllnoU Democrat * Sny HnMiut Ui o n Cabi
net ruMtlmi ,
XRWYOHK , Dec. 23. Congressman Owen
Scott of Illinois Is hero In company with
Speaker Crisp. Speaking of Mr , Cleveland's
rablnct , Mr. Scott said : "Tho whole democ
racy of my state asks thai Me. 'Morrison ho
chosen ns aeorotary of the interior. Wo
would prefer lo see him at the head of the
Treasury department , but It is considered
certain now that Senator Carllslo will got
the treasury portfolio , When the
legislature meets 11 is pretty certain Unit
the democratic members will formally endorse -
dorse Mr. Morrison for n cabinet olllco. The
talk alHMit the other Illinois candidates
amounts to iiothli.g. All the democratic
loaders nro for Mot risoii. '
Cm lulled UN VaiMitlin.
Frank Dovluo , the well known crook and
"porch thief , " was arrested n few days ago
on suspicion and sentenced to thirty days
labor with the chain gang by .ludgo Bcrka.
Yesterday forenoon Dovlno was turned out
with a lot of other prisoners and put to
worn cleaning up the floor ot the eity Jail.
When no one was looking Oovino raised a
closet window and jumped out. As fast aa
possible ho made his way to South Omaha , i
nnd had It not been that Detective Savage
happened down that way during Iho after
noon Dcvlnu would probably have been at
liberty yet. Savage happened to moot the
Jail breaker Iu company with another well
known Omaha crook at the corner of
Twenty-fourth and N streets , and the re
sult of the meeting was Iho laking back to
Jail of Mr. Dovlno.
lie Win n ArUtocnitlc I'liuul.
Ntnv YOUK , Dec. 23. Arthur Glynn BIggo ,
a young Englishman , n cousin ot I/n-d Wol-
vorton and the son of a nontenant eolonol In
the English army , was hold In ? IMO ball ou
a charge of thofl to the Tombs police court
today. The charge was brought by James
Blaekwood , a son of Sir Arthur Blnckwood ,
Iho secretary of the Uimlon postoflleo nnd a
cousin of 1/ird HutTerlu. Blggo pleaded
guilty. Others of Blggo's victims , Clatidlu
Pattw , an English actor , Ijlnnewood Palmer ,
the artist , W. T. Sothern , Iho actor , August
Belmont and Klchard Harding Davis , de
clined to prosecute their cases against htm.
Biggo has been cult Ing a very wide swath
in this country for the last eight years.
Clou's Association.
Citic.vcio , 111. , Dee. 2S. The eighteenth
annual session of the Northwestern Travel
ing Men's association was held hero today.
About seventy-llvo members were present.-
The secretary's report showed disburse
ments to beneficiaries of 6l,31US. > 0 since the
Inception of the association , while for the
past year the sum of $175,000 has been paid
out in benefits.
Secretary S. C. Inamn and President Reed
were unanimously re-elected , and ono mem
ber from each state was elected a vice presi
dent. The following were elected to servo
two years as directors : O. D. Furry , Isaao
Meyer , Willis Young , J. C. Miller , George
W. Bailey.
SrimtorSliMvnrt's Predictions.
'
NF.W YOIIK , Deo. 23. Senator William M.
Stewart of Nevada Is hi town. "Tho mone
tary conference , " ho said , "Is n failure. It
won't amount to anything. If the repub
licans do not hnrry up and pass a free coinage -
ago bill this winter they will not carry a
state west of the Hocky mountains in 1SG. ! )
1 f the democrats do not pass a free coinage
bill when they come into power the populists
will elect a president in Ib'Jrt. "
Senator Stewart said ho thought the popu
lists had como lo stay. Free coinage would
be one of their principal holds.
Hml of u I'erllmis Voyapp.
New YOUK , Dec. US. The Portuguese
steamer Vega , which arrived today from
Lisbon , reports having encountered hur
ricanes and tempesluous seas , during which
the steamer shipped vast quantities of water ,
carrying away the after-companion way and
smashing about everything on deck. The
second onlcor was badly injured and thu
boatswain and carpenter had their leg *
broken. None of the passengers were hurt.
C.lXAH.l AX1 > VXC1.K SAM.
Sam Waller Fan in Vniifre * B/acfc. /
1'alr Canada , a maiden sweet
Asthosu with roses at their feel ,
Stands half reliictiinl , cold , bill fair-
TinKlfuinliiR snowllakes In her hair ,
Helilnd her M roam In frosty nlchts
1 lor ribbons of tli" Northi'i n MRlilH ,
llei-eapu Uio winds blow free and fai
ls fiislunedllh the I'olar Star ;
The 1'U'hidesuro diamonds fair ,
With which she pins her sli valuing Imlr ,
And thus with frost-Ulssed cheek of roao
Stands the fair Maiden of. thu Snows.
And Uncle Ram has turned hlsoyos
Toward those blubbing northern skies ,
Ami the coy shivering hc-aiily there
Heeins very sweet and very fair.
Hut ho H patient ami will hide
I'ntll sheenmes : i willing brltlu ,
And thu old mother o'er tin ; sea
Phall give her daughter willingly.
She need not throu h the coming yearn
Slum ! sobblnc. weeping frown tears ,
Itnt though she pouts and I urns away
llo'll wall forliur to mimu thu day.
& CD.
Manufacturer ! mid ItotiHoH
ufUlollili'glii Hi" Worm.
A Great Kieker.
Was John Randolph of Roanoke ? They say ho
was so much oppos
ed lo the lariH' on
wool thai he would
go 40 rods out of his
road to kick a sheep.
He had it so bad that
he probably would
n't ' appreciate the benefit wo are giving1 this week
on heavy wool underwear. All heavy underwear
will go at straight 20 per cent ofT regular plainly
marked prices. If you kick on that 'cause you've '
got 'nuiT underwear , try the other sale. Every
man's suit and overcoat in the house is cut like this ,
( no special lots , the whole business included )
$12.50 suits or overcoats are $10. $15 suits are $12.50
and so on. Inventory next week ; that's why we are
making these reductions.
BROWNING , KING & CO. ,
Store opgen every evenlns till a | g ( fl , fa. ifHll dfld DOUgldS St