THE OMA1TA DAILY KElfon THURSDAY , .TANUAUY'ft , 1893.
THE DAILY BJfflB.
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OFFICIAL 1'A-PEll OL' THE OITY.
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piilly Her tiiliinil PnailayiOno Your. . I B OO
1)ftllv niiii 'Sunday , On1 * Year to Oil
HIv Moulin. . . . 6 K )
TliM'p Monlhs 2 CO
Hiiiulny Ili'i * , Uno Yi'ar 3 no
Pntiititny llce.Oite Yrnr 1 "
Weekly Iin- , Ono Year 100
O1TICKS.
Oinlr ; : The life Illlllillllg.
Sonlli Dinnlia , nii-niT N ami 20lli Streets -
Coiinell lllnlTs , 12 I'earl sueel.
ClilciiiroOlllce , 317 CbiiinlMTtif Coi'itiiercc.
Ni-w York , ItooiiM 13 , 14 and IB , Tribune
llnlKllns.
Wasliliiglt-n. ? > I3 Kniirt rnllt f Ircol-
COUUES'OMK.NCK. ! )
All . -ni iiniltileatlons ri-'allns to 'nows ' and
rdlU.rlul matter Hbonld be. aildrossud to the
Killtoilal Ui'imrtmcitl.
HI'S I NESS IiKTtr.lW.
All biislnrss li'lli'M nnd remittance * slionld
iHinildiesscil in Tlm lieu PiililMilnit Company ,
Omnlni. l > iaf.s. ( eheck.4 and lo ) lllll orders
tobenindeiiayablo to tin ) order ot the com
pany.
THK BKK PUnUSHiyq OOMT ATtY.
HWOHN STATEMENT OV OllJC'UI.ATlON
State of Ni'brnskn , I
County of Hoiiftlus. f
( iroiuo 11. Tyvchimk , Mvrel.ir.v of Tnr. Ilr.K
I'lilillslilnj : company , < loc Milomiily swear that
HiiMiclimrclifiilntlmintTiiK II.MI.V IUr. ; for
tlio week undlng IX-ccmber 111 , 1802 , was IIH
follows :
Hnnclay , I > rccni'cr2r , 2r' . ° 79
Monday , Dcrrinlior Utt 23uJO
Tni'siiny. Dcci'mbei 27 U.1.G5-1
Wednesday. DccemlMii 'JH 144,1145
Tlinrsclay.'Di'cembi-rUO anWit >
Trldnv. iVcenilier ! 10 211,011
Hatnrilay , Dcci-nibcr 31 21,583
UKOU'SE It. T/.SCMIUOK.
Hirorn to lioforo mo an.I siib crlbud la my
niCH'iice tlilsH : ! < l ilavnf Dcecnihur. 1H02.
LScal ] N. I1. l'Kll < , Notary Public.
ClriMiliillon Tor Notctulirr , UflOM ) .
Kr.Hf your eye on the senate. There
ia where the jugglery Is to bo carried on
by which the oil-room lobby proposes to
block all legislation in the Interest of
the people.
A PAULS novvsp.vpor , in referring to
Charles A. Dana , says that ho is "ono
of the most devoted followers of M.
G rover Cleveland. " It Is sometimes
necessary to go away from homo to learn
the news.
World's fair is scheduled to open
on Mnjr 1 , but the present prospect Is
that it will bo in a state of chaotic con
fusion nt that date The directors have
spoilt too much tlmo in discussion nnd
too llttlo in action.
THK statement of Attorney General
Miller that ho will go out of olllco $15,000
poorer than when ho we lit in shows that
lie has entirely failed to talto advantage
of his opportunities. An attorney general -
oral has plenty of chances to uialco
money.
THK receipts of grain and flour at
Buffalo during 1892 amounted to nonrly
200,000,000 bushels , showing an increase
of about 17,000,000 bushels over the re
ceipts of 1S01. This increase has encouraged -
couragod the belief that moro elevators
will soon bo needed In Buffalo , but it
is to bo hoped that this never will bo
realized. A deep waterway from the
lakes to the coa will effectually dispose
of the elevator monopoly.
THK idea of turning the current of
European immigration from the "United
States to Mexico is much loss likely
to bo realized than the Canadian idea ol
turning it into the Dominion. There is
not much in Mexico to attract Euro
peans. Although the country is about
one-fourth as largo as the United States
and has a population of not more than
12,000,000 , which loaves abundant room
for settlers , the conditions ol life there
are not attractive. Aboutono-half of the
people are full-blooded Indians , one-half
of whom are uncivilized , and it
is estimated that fully 0,000,000 , or two-
thlrdR of the whole population , have In
dian blood in their veins. Under the
circumstances ills hardly to be expected
that Mexico will soon advance to n high
Bluto of civilization , and it will require
greater inducements than can now bo
offered to start nny considerablemovo -
inont of European Immigration In that
-d roctlon.
THK announcement of the promotion
of General John P. Hawkins to the
position of commissary general of the
army has boon received with feelings of
great satisfaction among a host of his
warm friends in nnd out of the army in
this section. General Hawkins has won
his spurs to the highest rank in the
commlHsary department by e'llclont '
Horvlco during nnd since the war.
During his incumbency as chief
commissary of the Department of the
Platte , ho was highly esteemed
among our business mnn for his
Sterling qualities In the discharge of his
duties , nnd made many friends In our
best social circles. General Hawkins
"is withal a llrm believer in the future
croatnoss of Omaha , and ho backed his
faith by Investments in Omaha realty ,
which he still retains. In the years to
como , when ho retires from active army
life , wo hope to BOO him resume his cltl-
y.onship in Nebraska' metropolis. It
is certain that no recent promotion in
the army has boon received with a
keener HOIISO ot gratification to many
citizens of Omaha and Nebraska than
has the promotion of General Hawkins.
THIS men who are plotting revolution
in Franco and the mobs that are excit
ing popular fcfiling at their bohoat arc
not the ones Unit have lost money by the
Panama canal robbery. The subscrip
tions to the canal fund came chlelly
from the small traders , artisans , peasant
farmers and other thrifty people , nnd
not from the class that is represented in
the Parisian street mobs. There Is no
more danger of a revolutionary move-
nient among the industrious anil
saving people who have invested
in the canal Bncurltics tbii
there is of an uprising nmont
the American farmers. Tney hnvo boot
cheated but they are not making anj
disturbance about 1U The men wlu
Imvo taken stock In the Panama cana
ecboiuo are the same who own a grca
share of the bonds of the French Ko-
public. A publlu debt amounting t <
about $8,000,0(10,000 ( Is mostly owed ti
these thousands of smalt investors. Tin
republic" hus little to fear froai thosi
who have suffered most'by the cana
stoat. The agitators who never saved i
dollar in their lives , and these who havi
personal ends to servo , are the rea
euoinles of Franco.
. < //WG/rmjt ; TOO s
The independents In the legislature
shoiilil boar In mind Unit ini lit does
not always make right. Neither does n
wren > * committed by 010 man or pirty
justif.v the commission ot a wrong by
Iho onpoHln" ; or Injtirod imrty.
The summary minnor : In xvhlch the
independents of the house nnd their
dcmoeralle allies disposal ) of Iho No-
ton-Krtiso contest aavors more of n
lynching bee trial than It dona of a
legislative ndjuillcntlon of n contcstod
claim to popular representation , The
brief time tnkon for Inquiry into
the rights of the contestant Is lit
ilaclf conclusive evidence thit : the findIng -
Ingof ; the committee vvoro .irrlvod at
urbltrarlly untl without regard to righter
or w ran jr. . It Is n clear ciibo of political
Injustice niul n very bad precedent to es
tablish. It simply mentis thivt the
majority of a legislature inuy at will dis
franchise any district , regardless of all
law , whenever such action tends to
strengthen the hold of the majority.
Who knows but two years honeo the
tables may bo re veiled and the Knox
county precedent tr.iiy bo cited to justify
n summitry seating of a bogus claimant
without hearing and without reference
to the legality or Illegality of his cre
dentials.
TllK JJr.E has never uphold any at
tempt to oust rightfully elected mem
bers from their seats and it has never
countenanced usurpation by any coordinate
nate branch of government. Wo do not
contend oven now who was or
who was not entitled to represent
the Twentieth district in the house
but we do not approve the packed jury
verdict by which Norton was ousted and
Kriteo seated after a farcical Inquiry by
a special committee before oven the
house had o'.ectod a speaker. Such a
thing never wa done by nny Nebraska
legislature , and it Is to bo hoped may
not again occur , no matte:1 what provo
cation any warty shall havoat the hands
of ilsopponcnts while trying to organize
the legislature.
f.V TilK I'IKLD ( JF.t (1 UK AT MONOPOLY.
The interest of inland cities in questions -
tions of transportation is not limited en
tirely to those questions which relate to
the interior railroads or the lines of
communication with the Atlantic soa-
bourd. The olTorts which are now being
made to break up the Pacific Mail steam
ship monopoly by establishing the North
American Navigation line to compote
with it may result in a decided
cutting down of railroad freight
rates to the Pacific coast , as it
is alleged that the Pacific roads
have had a deal with the Pacific Mail
to keen rates up. As n consequence of
this alliance between the railroads and
the steamship company , shippers Imvo
found it cheaper to send goods around
Cane Horn than by the isthmus or the
Iranscontinontal railways. The Chicago
Tribune stales that a few months ago a
shipper at Council Bluffs who had some
merchandise lor San Francisco sent it
by rail to New York and thence by
clipper ship to its destination and saved
money by so doing. It seems that
the Pacific Mail has long had a
contract with thi Panama Railroad
company by which the latter was bound
to do the transportation business of the
former across the isthmus to the exclu
sion of other linos. By reason of this
agreement the steamship monopoly has
been able to maintain its rates , notwith
standing that the subsidy heretofore
paid to it by the Pacific railroads has
for the present been stopped. But the
agreement between the Panama Rail
road company and the Pacillc Mail is to
bo cancelled by the former about the first
of next month , and this has encouraged
the formation of the rival steamship
company , which has a capital of $3,000-
000. The purposns for which it is formed
are "to purchase , sell , lease and build
all kinds of vessels , cars and other vehi
cles ; to carry on the business of common
carriers between ttio port * of San
Francisco and Panama and elsewhere ;
to make connections with the .Panama
Itailroad company's lines and all other
railroads , steamers and other com
municating agencies that afford , or
may afford , communication to Now York
and other ports , " etc.
Considered as a movement toward es
tablishing competition where monopoly
has lonjr existed this enterprise 1ms an
interest for nil shippers. Its effect unon
transportation r.ites to the Pacific from
this part of the country will only bo im
portant in so far as It may stand in the
way of any further deals between the
transcontinental railroads and the Pa.-
cllio Mail for keeping up the rates by
Panama route. But it is at leas a stop
In , the direction of removing the ro-
btraints upon competition , which are
every where operating to the disadvan
tage of the shipper. The country needs
moro enterprises of the same character.
THE QUKSTWX OF ( ittl.lt 1'AYUBXTS.
There Is unquestionably a fooling in
some quarters that suspension of gold
payments is a possibility of the not remote -
mete future if the present policy of the
government regarding silver is main
tained. It is not wise to treat thin fool
ing as unworthy of regard , for it is en
tertained by men who have given to
financial iilTairs a lifetime of study and
practical application , and who may
fairly bo assumed to desire what
they believe to bo bent for the
country financially. There is another
class who mnko this question a cause of
alarm , exaggerating who conditions , exciting -
citing groundless fearj , and endeavor
ing to create general distrust. Those
are largely speculators , nnd they exert
a dangerous inlluonco. A member ol
congress said In reference to the finan
cial Hurry in Now York some two weeks
ago that ho had direct and personal ad
vices that it was the work of gamblers ,
and ho observed that it is a romarkablu
taut that a few gamblers can bring this
country to the verge of a panic by the
Investment of $20,000 or $30,000.
Those people have taken every op
portunity to cronto a public hnprcBsior
that the national treasury Is in inunl
nont danger of having Its gold reserve
Invaded , that the see.clary was extremely
tromoly anxious regarding the sltuu
tlon , and that there was a conccrtoi
effort on the part of European govern'
ments and European investors li
American stocks and securities ti
deplete this country of Its gold
Although repeated assurances frou
the most nuthoritnlivo Bonrcos have
been given that Ihoro was no immi
nent danger of this kind and both facts
and experience support such assurances ,
there la still more or loss apprehension
that unless Ihoro la a change ot policy
parlous trouble is not far olT. In oracr
to understand how little substantial
ground there is for this fear It Is on'.y
necessary to consult the llcuros of the
gold supply ot the United States.
The stock of gold In this country on
November 1 last , according to the report
of the secretary of the treasury ,
was npuroximntoly $153-"OH,803. Since
that date the not loss of gold
has probably not exceeded 810,000,000 ,
HO that It is safe to say that on January
1 , 180,1 , the stock n mounted to $010,000-
030. Of this amount there was in the
national treasury , according to the
statement just Issued , $238,000,000 in
round numbers , of which sum about
321,000,000 Is "IreofTold , " that Is , gold
ncnlnst which nothing in outstanding.
Comparing thcso llguroa with these of ti
year ago , It appears that the loss of gold
to the treasury and the country has been
comparatively trilling. The estimated
stock of gold in the United States on
November ] , 1801 , was in round flguros
$071,000,000 , and on November 1 , IfilW.
$050,000,000 , a difference in favor of the
former date of 315,000,000. At this rate
of decrease the time at which the stock
of irold would bb disposed of Is so re
mote that 'it need cause no present
apprehension.
The importance of maintaining the
gold reserve of the treasury , nnd per
haps of increasing it , as was suggested
by the secretary ot the treasury in his )
last report will DO conceded by every ono
who desires a sound currency. In order
to do this the secretary of the treasury
may , in the event of other resources
failing , soil bonds , but sagacious finan
ciers question the expediency of a'low-
ing matters to roach a point when this
would become necessary. They urtro
that the danger of a suspension of gold
payments is in the continued purchnso
of silver by the government , nnd that
the danger can only bo averted by aban
doning this policy. Undoubtedly the
effect of doing this would bo very
damaging to silver , but this could
hardly bo so serious to the general inter
ests as would be the consequences of a
btispcnslon of gold payments. This
subject will receive early consideration
in coagross , nnd the Indications are that
tnuro will bo some change from the ox-
ihtinjr policy , because loading men of
both parties , some ot whom have hith
erto boon staunch friends of silver , are
committed to a chnnjro.
TllK IXTRllSTATK L.i\\ \ \ ' .
Senator Cullom , chairman of the sen
ate committee on interstate com
merce , intends to push the pro
posed amendments to the interstate
commerce law , and ho is said to be fe
hopeful that sotno legislation will begotten
gotten through at this session. lie ad
mils that the act has been very seriously
crippled by judicial decisions , while the
commission concedes that unless , the law
a amended there is "no's way for it to
iireak up the unjust system of dis
crimination. As to the railroad
companies which filed arguments with
ho senate committee asking that the
nw bo amended- they admit that gov
ern mental supervision of railroads has
como to otay and assert that they are
perfectly willing to bo supervised by a
ovorninonl commission if it be done in
the right way.
Senator Cullom has offered two
.imondinents to the net , ono to section
ivo nnd the ether to section ton. The
first allows contracts or agreements
between common carriers , having for
thoirobjcct the establishment and main
tenance of just and reasonable rates and
the prevention of unjust discriminationv
such agreements to bo subject to the
supervision of the commission. In
ether words , it is proposed to allow a
regulated system of pooling. The ether
amendment provides for the prosecution
of any corporation subject to the pro
visions of the act as for a misdemeanor ,
the penalty for each offense , upon con
viction , to bo a line notexceoding$5(00. (
The provision of the law for punish
ment by imprisonment is repealed , and
it Is provided that persons required to
testify in any case under the law shall
not bo excused on the ground that the
testimony called for would tend to
criminate or implicate the witness"but
such person .shall not bo prosecuted or
subjected to any penalty or forfeiture
for or on account of any transaction ,
matter or thing concerning which ho
may thus testify ; except that this pro
vision sha'l no't exempt such person
from prosecution and punishment for
perjury committed in testifying as afore
said. "
There will probably bo no opposition
to the latter amendment , which is
framed in accordance with the sugges
tion of the supreme court in the Coun-
solmnn decision and is indispensable to
give force and vitality to the law. As
to the ether amendment , however ,
there Is pretty certain to bo consider
able discussion and Us adoption can by
no moans bo regarded as assured. It
Is said that even Senator Cul
lom is not fully convinced of the expedi
ency of pooling , though if the general
bontiinent in congress should provo to
bo favorable to the proposed amend
ment ho will doubtless glvo It his vote.
The proposil it embodies has undoubt
edly been growing in poouhirity during
the last year or two , and there is rcabon
to believe that its adoption would bo
satisfactory to the business interests of
the country generally.
TUB practical value of the storage
buttery as r. source of propelling power
for street cars has boon demonstrated in
Detroit to the satisfaction of 'export en
gineers and other * . A storage battery
car has boon doing dally sorvlco fet
some time past in that city , running
seventy miles each day , always on time
tit every point fn the route and proving
in every way superior to the trolley car.
It coats IOBS to propel it thun It does tc
popol the trolley car , the difference
in favor of the storage battery boinj (
about 81 per day. It Is absolutely free
from dahgor so far as the inotlvo powei
is concerned. It is stated that a porsor :
may with perfect safety touch any pari
of the car , the battery or the motoi
Itself , Another advantage ot this moam
of pronulsSon Is .that an accident at the
central power IftifffQ cannot stop all the
cars on the lluo < cK < ich U Independent
of the other oMU' ' of the power sun-
ply source. T\lo' \ ator.igo battery oir
seems dosttnod-tcwoon taUo the place of
the trolley enrWrtl do away with all the
ugliness and tlJTifjfor of the trolley sys
tem. The cltiznw of Omaha will gladly
welcome It n-9 a < ) ubstitulo for the pres
ent system in Uililcity. If it Is the un
qualified success lhxt : it id declared to
bo in Detroit , wll.f should It not spoodlly
bo adopted hortJS' v
Tit 15 debt statement ot the treasury
for December shows that the govern
ment Is hot yet Insolvent , the net cash
balance at the close of lait year being
a llltto over $20,000,000. Decoinbor win
nn unusually heavy month for expendi
tures In nil branches of the service ,
nnd ispeel ! illy HO for pension ; , the lat
ter amounting to $15,000,000. Itnd It
not boon for the fact that the revenues
ot last year wore largely in
creased ever those of the pre
ceding year , nn evidence of general
prosperity for which republican policy
must receive some credit , there would
now boa deficit , but as it is there seems
to bo no reason why the treasury can
not work along smoothly until the next
administration. There is manifestly
nothing in the financial situation , so far
as the government is concerned , that
can warrant nny disturbance of public
confidence. The democratic secretary
of the treasury will find something In
hand to do business with whenever ho
assumes lily duties.
HASN'T the farce which the demo
cratic railroaders and the republican
railroaders of the Lincoln legislative
lobby have been carrying on in order
to mnko it appear that there is a parly
struggle for supremacy in the state sen
ate gone on far enough ? What is the
difference between n railroad demo
crat us acting president or secretary -
rotary of the senate and men of
the same breed with republican
labels ? The pretended deadlock
is too transparent to deceive anybody.
It is merely a by-play to justify the
attitude of the railroader of both parties
in voting for each other regardless of
party in the interest of' the combined
corporations.
nomocracy TruiiHlutctl.
Clilcanu Tribune.
The Indian name fpr the. democracy Is Old
Party-Afrald-of-ltself. . ,
Merely tlie it'Cfiiid Ivoiiml.
Cftfcuya l'ol ,
The session 'Of' ' Montana's legislature
began with a row : Montana is rapidly get
ting into the harness of older statehood.
To llio t'rjitvr Slinhcl
Gents Da next-til on do program will bo
a sharp ax contest 'between G rover Cleve
land , do Buffalo wonder , and Kd Murphy , do
Troy terrier. Timisf'
Tlio KiMigai-mi In Ohio.
Cincinnati'Commercial. ?
In the far west an'd southwest the clcslr
ibility and possibility of introducing the
tangaroo is under , juseussioiT. In Ohio we
lave the kangaroo liallot law , and that is
cnougli of th'e kangaroo for us.
SIr. l.oinu'x I'ull.
Jfdiiirajifilh Trllinne.
If Mr. Incase is a dutiful husband ho will
cinovo bis drug store to Topeka and send
over to Kansas City for a few more barrels
) f tlio same. A well-conducted drug store
las been known to work wonders with a
Kansas legislature.
IJastern rrovliirlallsm.
/ullicns City Times.
Public spirit hardly has an existence in
Now York or in any largo eastern city.
Westerners who stay for a few days in
iiotels and puolic places cannot reali/.o the
small range of thought and utter common-
lilaceness of the settled population in ono of
these cities. Energy is contined to routine.
Toward now ideas of general application the
eastern city mind is indifferent and incredu
lous or it is passively receptive. ICach citi
zen knows what ho is doing as the days roll ,
but whither collective citizenship is drifting
lie does not know or care. He follows the
man next to him and never reasons about
causes.
. *
Tlio Outflow of ( iolil.
Frank Leslie's \\'ciUu. \ \
The silver men have always contended
that the attempt to place silver upon a
parity with gold would not drive the latter
metal out of the country. They have claimed
that this was merely a throat of the "gold
bugs" to make money dearer to the people.
The facts and figures in the case are very
interesting , and ought to bo convincing tote
to the most rabid silverite. On July 1 , IS'.IO ,
two weeks before the Sherman act was
passed , the total gold in tlio treasury was
over S10,000,000 ! , and the not gold $ > ! ) t,000- )
000 and ovor. On December 1. two and one-
half years after the passage of this act. the
total gold was only $247,000,000. and the net
$124,000,000 , a loss on the total of $74,000,000 ,
and on the nut of . * GU,000,000. Since the ship
ments during the last month there has been
a decided change in the gold fund ; the total
has dropped to $ JSSI1,103 , nnd the not to
§ 110,281,101. Ono year ago the not gold hold
by the treasury was nearly $1 ; ) ,000,000 , , and
the total $ 70,000,000. And yet there are
some legislators who are too blind oven to
read the simple lesson told by these lignres.
8ttS.lTOKI.lI , I'UIl'OUltKl.
Lincoln News : The News is confident
that the successor to Algernon Sidney Pad
dock will bo n good republican. Paddock is
not in the race.
Plnttsmouth Journal : The practical ques
tion is , who can best servo the whole people
in the senate , and upon whom can all the
elements of opposition to republican rule
best bo united ? The Journal believes that
man is William Jcdiihigs Hryan.
York Times : Theyclaim , three or four
democratic votes frit Senator Paddock ,
lie ought lolinvu JifoQK than that. Helms
earned them , If ojwnubllean in the world
Is entitled to ilcmomjlo votes it is the ono
who voted with the u&nocnits on the main
party Issues , and who is now making Ills
canvass for their support.
Nebraska City * ! fqws : Jerome Shamp
proposes to make h'is inlluenco felt at Lin
coln this winter if [ possible , and is working
to have a republican senator elected. Thosu
ox-democrats who wur < 3 shouting so loud for
Shamp last fall quo ; , wore boasting about
"keeping in the intflalo of the road" can
now sou how they jWjjro used as a cat's paw.
"
Hcatrico Times ; "The first work of the
legislature , after , .qivanUing , will bo the
election of a United'States senator to HIIC-
i-eod Senator Padjlock. The Times favors
the re-olectlon of Senator Paddock for the
reason that ho is a Beatrice citizen and for
the further and moro Important reason that
hu has made the statu a faithful and able
representative in the national ussemhy , Hut
whoever his successor may bo ho should bo a
rcpnlillcaii. The republicans lack but Jlvo of
having a majority on Joint ballot , and urn
therefore moro ontitlcd to naino thu United
States senator tlnih either of the other po
litical parties. If the wishes of thu people
of this state aru to bo considered , then our
ruiTosentativo in the urper branch of the
national assembly should bo a ivpnhllcan.
The republican state ticket was elected by a
a decisive plurality , and in both branches of
the legislature the republicans have a major ,
ity over ( -llher ono of the other two parties ,
and , as stated , lacks only Jlvo of having a
majority over both on joint ballot. In a 1
rairness and Justice , therefore , the republl-
cans should bo allowed to naino Senator
Paddosk's successor. There will certainly
bo live honest , fair-minded men among thu
representatives of the two old partiei w o
will take this view of It.
MONROE DOCTRINE VIOLATED
Panama Oaual nnd Railroad Companies
Given R Shaking Up.
UNITED STATES MUST BE CONSIDERED
Nnw YorliN Snpronio Court UrrUlou Srttlnj ;
Aside tlio MntuliittM of tlm I'mich
Itccchrr Itrgnnlivl in 1m-
linrlaitl mill Soiinil ,
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M3 VoniTRKXTii STIIKRT ,
W.vsiiiNoTux , D.O. , . .Inn.I. .
The dcelslon of Justice Ingerham of the
supreme court of New York , granting an In
junction restiMlnlnt ? the I'anama Hallroad
company from exoeutlng any contract which
will have the effect of diverting the bust-
ness between Panama and the Cen
tral American ports from United States
Interests and setting aside this man
date of the Trench receiver who gave
notice that it would not after the llrst of
next month IS.MIO through bills o. .ailla to
American vessels plying across the Isthmus
of Panama , has attracted considerable atten
tion In congress. Members of the committees
on foreign affairs in the two houses said
today that the decision had been commented
on by them and they considered the action
of the court both Important and sound. They
regarded It as a determination of the ques
tion whether United States courts have
jurisdiction and as settling It afltrmatlvcly.
Senator Morgan of Alabama , who Is Just
now the best authority upon international
questions before congress , and who will be
chairman of the senate committee on foreign
relations when the upper branch of coivi-ress
is reorganized , refused to make any
direct statement , as he expects the subject
to come before the committee , but be re
gards the decision sis determining the fact
that since the Panama Canal and Hrallroad
companies are operating under American
charters , those corporations are amenable to
our laws.
Other Vli-WH nf Ilin Cuso.
Chairman lilount of ( Georgia said lie did
not want lo pass Judgment on the sub
ject as It was one of high international im
portance , but be believed that this govern
ment has jurisdiction and nothing should bo
permitted by the present management of
the present canal and railroad com
panies which barred out or Impaired
the interestb of this country. Mr. Mc-
Creary of Kentucky who is ono of
tlio oldest democratic mem tiers of the house
rominittoes on foreign alfairs takes very de
cided grounds in the premises. Ho stated
that while he was chairman of the commit
tee in the Fiftieth congress he made a re
port upon the Nicaragua canal complication ,
in which be assumed that under conditions
which surround the Panama affairs at pres
ent , the United States government had the
right , and should enter a protest against any
discrimination against the interests of our
citizens.
Ho said bo had no doubt whether that the
letter , as well as the spirit of tlio Monroe
doctrine , had been violated by the I'Vcnch
receiver in anticipating a refusal to issue
through bills of lading to our shippers , and
he could see no reason why an objection
should not bo raised by our government. He
was in Paris a few days ago , and witnessed
some of the exciting scenes in connection
with the Panama scandals , and it is his opin
ion that the time has come for some action
upon our part. It is believed by some men in
congress that before the end of this session
an investigation of the affairs upon the
stlnnus of Panama as they affect American
ntercsts will be ordered.
"May Suspend Immigration.
Senator Dnbois of Idaho , who is a member
of the senate committee on immigration , and
who accompanied the committee' its re
cent visit to Florida and Cuba , whither it
went with a view to ascertaining whether ,
n adopting a bill suspending immigration , it
will be advisable to include immigrants from
2uban as well as European ports , said today
that a report would bo submitted to the sen
ate within a few days , and that it would
ivould take the ground that immigrants from
Cuba should not be barred out.
"Wo found , " said .Senator Dnbois , "that
the quarantine laws of Florida , whose iwrts
receive most of the. immigrants from Cuba ,
ire so nearly perfect and are so well enforced
that there is little , if any , danger of an epi
demic arising in Europe especially reaching
us through Cuban ports. Then the Cuban
sanitary and quarantine oflicers have prom
ised lo co-operate with our olllcers in keep
ing out of our country all infected immi-
rants. "
"lo you anticipate any legislation upon
the subject of immigration before thu 'Ith of
next March ; "
"There will be no legislation upon the sub
ject of immigration per so , " replied the sena-
lor , "but I am confident a bill will become a
law which will either suspend immigration
for one year absolutely or which will
authorue or direct the president to do so
under certain conditions.
Not I'ropiirvit to Agree ,
"Upon that point there is a division of
opinion between the immigration eonimis
sioners and the two houses of congress ,
The senate committee believer in an abso
lute suspension of immigration for one
ear while the house committee believes in a
illl authorizing or directing the president to
suspend immigration for ono year at a time
undcrccrtain conditions , such as the preva
lence of cholera in Europe , and providing
further for the inspection of immigrants
by the consular olllcers , the fumigation
of ships and so forth.Vo will pass
the senate bill , and I have no doubt the
house will pass its bill , then there will be a
conference nnd the differences will bo ad
justed. A bill for the suspension of immi
gration will become a law before the-Hh of
March in the opinion of tlio senate commit
tee , and 1 think all of the legislators who
are taking an interest in the subject. There
will bo little immigration during the next
year unless the cholera disappears. "
Tlio reassembling of congress today
brought out ample evidence of the interest
In the general subject of restriction of immi
gration , not only on sanitary grounds but for
the protection of American labor , A peti
tion was offered asking for legislation to
prevent the employment of Canadian labor-
era , who to the number of between 200,000
and ! 500,000 cross the border every morning
and after working all day for American
wages return to their homes at night.
SDIIID of tilt' Prolmlilu IluinltM.
The protest against tlio employment of
this kind of labor which is said to have in-
Confession
It h a shameful confession to
make that ir.any people are
willing to use adulterated arti
cles because they arc cheaper ,
and in doing so often subject
ing themselves to injurious
effects , for it must not be
supposed that those who are
willing , at the cost of repu
tation and for the purpose of
gain , to impose adulterated
goods upon the public , would
hesitate lo use injurious
adulterants.
Dr. Price has an established
.reputation for manufacturing
good and pure articles , and
his Delicious Flavoring Ex
tracts of Vanilla , Lemon , etc. ,
are the most perfect made.0
creased enormously within a few .vcnrs ,
will only ndil to the aqltatlon for annexation ,
Interest In immigration was also hhown bv
the discussion In the senate of Mr. Olinnw-
I rr's effort to secure a Ktectnl | consideration
of the two bills now on the calendar ,
ono from the committee on epidemic dis
eases and the other from the immigration
committee. Ono of thi-so hill * proiKwes a
total suspension of immigration for one year
and the other would clvi Increased IKIWITS
of iiuarantlno to the federal povoriimcnl.
Mr. Chandler stranely unral the importance
of these bills nnd he announced that the.
president , without waiting for additional
authority from ronttresH. would In a few days
announce now regulation * as to qunnintlno
which would affect the whole subject ,
That the oonsldor.it Ion of thin subject Is
comparatively free from partisan Influences
was shown by Senator Harris ( democrat ) of
Tennessee , who reported the quarantine bill
nnd who declared his perfect acroement with
Mr. Chandler. Nevertheless the nutl-opt Ion |
bill Intcrforred with Mr. Chandler's effort
today , although It will be renewed tomorrow , |
.Mtl.t Show Tlu-lr Iliinil ,
Senator Dubols of Idaho Is even more
frank than Chairman farter in the extent
to which ho concedes the demoi-ratle eonlrol
of the next United States senate. Only a
few weok.s ape Mr. Unbols was figuring out
the continuance ot republican rule
in the senate , but recent retwrts from
his neighborhood In the far north
west have materially changed his mind.
"I think the democrats will carry all six out
nf the doubtful senatorial fo'ntests , " said ho
today. "It will Rive them a smv majority in
the senate and throw upon them the burden
of enaetlm ? a tariff law. The majority will
bo so certain that there will bo nn occasion
for trading with the populists. If the demo
crats were compelled lo trade the.inijtht
CM'.ipg the bnniiMi of tariff legislation , but
being entirely Independent of ixipuHst help
they will have no cxeuso for falling to re
vise the tariff. "
Not Mnlll-cly ItoprlcH * . .
Senator Allison of Iowa enters an emphatic
denial of the Intimation that his Intended
resignation from the chairmanship of the
United States international monetary con
freres Indicated an abandonment of the eon-
fereneo or was in faet to be taken aa an In
dication that the committees for our eonntrv
believe the work of the conference will avail
nothing. {
"It ia my intention to tender my resigna- "
tlon , not precipitately , but after awhile , be
fore tlm time for reconvening the conference ,
simply because 1 believe thedemoeratle p rty
is entitled to thu chairmanship of our com
mission , " said Senator Allison to Tnr. llin :
correspondent today. "While it is probably
true that Mr. Cleveland does not bold views
upon the silver question which are especially
different from those of President Harrison
and while it is also true that , the commis
sioners sohvtcd by President Harrison were
named with regard to familiarity with the
subject and not upon political lines It is due
lo Mr. Cleveland that the head of our com
missioners should bo a man in sympathy
with him politically and otherwise. 1 shall
not go back to Drussels under any circum
stances. "
"Do yon believe the repeal of the Sherman
law , requiring the monthly purchase of
l.f > ( ) llHl ( ) ) ounces of bullion , would help to pre
cipitate action at the hands of the interna
tional conference ! "
Will I'rcclpltiitu Finn I Action.
Senator Allison was a little surprised at
the strictness of the question , but ho replied :
"Yes , 1 believe- would actually precipitate
Ihml action , and probably such as we are try
ing to get , but T do not believe congress will
repeal the law. The house would have to
take the inialive. It is not likely that it
would do so under present conditions , when
a largo majority is pledge to free silver , or
what approximates Irco silver. The a free-
for-all discussion of the proposition to repeal
the law might , create an impression jipon
the mind of Kuropo that would be to
our disadvantage , in that it would show the
decision of sentiment existing in this coun
try. If we could take up the bill to repeal
the Sherman law and push it through with
out debate it would , no doubt , have the de
sired result. Europe would see that we
were not inclined to hull the silver market.
Now she is uiflire or less indifferent ,
and yet 1 believe wo will succeed
in making an agreement. All European
nations agree with us that something must
bo done upon the silver question. H cannot
run along as at present. We will all ulti
mately suffer from it. "
"Have the European commissioners any
more authority than you have to bind the
governments they represent1 ?
"Xo , like us they can only recommend
action by their governments ; they are , how
ever. showing as much anxiety about the
matter as we are. "
A circular has been issued by the commis
sioner of tlie general land olllce inviting bids
for making tlio survey between Nebraska
and South Dakota and erecting monuments
upon the alino Bids will bo received till
January US.
Dr. H. fj. Kindred has been appointed a
member of the pension examining board at
Ponder , Thnrston county and Dr. II. B.
Arnold at Oreoly. The postofllcc at Wake-
Held having been raised to thu presidential
class , Postmaster E. C. Hunter will be nom
inated for continuance in tlio ofllce.
Assistant Secretary I/ambertson has don
ned the full ermine of his ofllco , and is trans
acting the routine work of the Treasury
department like an old hand at the business.
His postollice address is the Treasury de
partment.
Hoprcsentativo Bowman today introduced
a bill to remove the charge of desertion
against the military record of William
Holder of Iowa.
George M. Campbell of Davenport , Ja. , is
at the Kiggs. v
Emma D. Wight was today appointed
postmistress at Fulton , Hanson county. S.
D. . vice S. D. Twogood , deceased.
Hon. Samuel II. Kairall of Iowa City , la. ,
judge of the Klplith Judicial district of thnt
state , nnd Colonel I. H. Klnralri , editor of
the Johnson County Herald , are InUioclty
on a brlof visit Judge Fnlrall , who is now
nerving his second term on the bench , hus
been spending the holidays among hU old
friends In Maryland and Virginia.
Senator Pettlgivw Is expected to return
from South Dakota tomorrow. P. S , It.
A'KHIM.S/i.t .I.VIl A'KI
The llaptlsl church tit Coring has been
dedicated is nonrly five from debt.
The Superior Times has suspended because -
cause It didn't have enough patronage.
Hev. Mr. Cole has resigned the pastorate
ot the Columbus Congregational church ami
will become an evangelist.
Mrs. IxMiKild Jaefwl of Columbus has
begun suit for divorce from her husband on
the ground of cruelty. Mr. .laegcl is a ,
citizen of Columbus and tlio suit
las caused a sensation.
S. C. Malone has been arrested at Fair-
bury charged with forgery. Ho pleaded guilty
to the charge and Is now In Jail awaiting thu
action of the district court. Ho obtained $30
of men-bants by forging the name of Walter
Miller.
Au extensive program has been prepared
for the eleventh annual convention of the
Nebraska State Volunteer Klrenien'H aiso-
elation , which meets at Kearney on the 17th ,
18th and HHh. The visiting tire lads will bo
entertained in royal fashion by the Kearney
department.
.loo Miller ot O'Neill accidentally shot
himself In tlm right leg at the knee cap ,
shattering the bone and flesh so that ampu
tation ulxivo tlio Itneo was neccsiary. The
accident occurred while Miller was starting
cut in a buggy for a hunt. His team started
to run , upset the buggy and In some manner
the gun was exploded with the alwo result.
The man has a family of a wife and two
children In destitute circumstances.
Tlio family ,1. IV Harrison . near Table
Kock have Just had a reunion. The family
consists of Mr. and Mrs. Harrison and twelve
children , and the weight ot the whole family
wai found to bo "J.WW pounds. One of the
children Is live , another nine and another
eleven years old , so U Is a good average.
Mrs. Harrison weighs nearly ! U > 0. tlio 11year -
old daughter It'iO , . ) . D. Harrison jr. of York
about ' > , W. II. Harrison of Grand Island
over 200.
- ' i
1 ' . I SS.V < I 1 1 , 1C . IN A NTlt I K.S' .
Oecirjsu Kruncls Train says the word "rtatnn"
! < of Asiatic origin unit slKiilllcs "baimim. "
The ( U'lliilllon Is cominiMidcd to the Nebraska
snpreinu court , buforu the record Is niadu up.
Indianapolis News ; A largo fountain has
jusi lifi-ii completed nnd given to Chicago.
Tin- Mowing \vatur l.ii great curiosity to the
Inhabitants.
AtchtMin ( llobo : Kvery mnn Iwlloveq that
nny othur man would Mink under his weight of
trouble.
Chicago Post : Ono of the central African
Irlhiwrompi'N Its dubuters to stand on imo lug
whih < .speaking. In this country some of the
debaters who speak haven't a log to stand on.
Indianapolis Journal : Mr. I'llin What H
there about the-,0 long-halted musicians that
attracts you women so ?
Mrs. ( Jrlm Just think how easy a Ions-
haired man Is to nmnago.
f.owoll Courier : It Is the Icemen now who
tuko Iho cake.
lllngbamton Loader : The police Jnsllco
generally spuuks of u man us ho lines him ,
Chicago News Record ! "What ! Are yon
drinking again ? Thought yon had sworn olf. "
"Sol have. I just want to mukosuro that
I'm superior to the temptation. "
Iilfo : "John , " said .Mrs. Norton as she seated
herself : il thu hotel breakfast talilo , "did you
call a waiter ? " "Ves , " said Norton , looking
up from his pupor , " 1 called him and ho hud a
tray full. "
I'hlliidHlphln Record : Mrs. ItiiKgins , sitting
up In bed What was that nolsoV What did
yon break ? Jlr. lliurgins under the Inllnoncu
Niu/ln'zi ) inn ran r. my duiir. Just broke my
New Year's icz/olullon , zhat's all.
Indianapolis Journal : Undo Mose I wants
tosivah out a warrlnt. agin do man nu.do' to
mi' , for cruelty to animals.
'Sqiilru Lawless What's lie been doing ?
Unclu JIoio lie keeps his bulldog an' his
chickens locked up togoddur In ono coop , sub.
Washington Star : "This Is a very agruualiln
occasion , said the stray liorac. "It went olH
without a hllch. "
Jeweler's Weekly : Mrs. Slngor 1'nlt I has it
diamond Una worth 5,000. Mr. SliiRur Uli ,
well , I'll wager him got It for a mere .song.
Chicago News : "Kxcitso mo sir : your ears
are fro/.un , and 1 thought I ought to tell you. "
"Well , sir , why do yon Inturfciu with my at
fairs ? 1 always wear my ears fro/.un. "
DANdKllOlIS CO.MIII.VATION.
Cincinnati Commercial.
An anxious throng pours down tlio street ,
And looks bulilnd with fearful eyes ,
Then surges still , with hurried feut ,
Or lo e.scapu In byways trios.
Sa vo a poor old horse I hero's naught behind ,
Yet they're llt-olng for tholr very lives ,
They fear yon steed , for be Is blind ,
And , lo ! a lovely woman drives.
A QllAKlill
liiiatun
Hn was a strait laced Qmikur ,
With a gray coat , llko a mouse ,
Who vowed bis hat lio'd always wear
Outdoors or In the honso.
Abroad ho went , saw parliament
And nobles gicat and small ;
Dropped In nt many u xacred nlnuo ,
And wore bis hat through all.
Ills broadbrim never loft his liuail
1'nlll liu wmit to Ji'rancu
Ami dropped In nt a concert hall
To hcu Ino natives dance.
Aliiek ! alns ! his vows fell flat !
The danccrr , loud did scon" .
And- well , you can guess tlm rest ,
Leastwise , his bat camu olT.
WHINE ,
COL
Largest Manufacturer * an'l ' Hot.iltorj
of Ulovlilu- ; ttio World.
Tail End
Is not always the best to get attached to , for
you are liable to need
help when you want
to let go. That's our
fix now. The tail end
of ' 92 found us with
many tail ends of
stock to dispose of.
Tuesday wo beg-into
, let go and want a
whole lot of people to
help us. We'll pay 'em all for their assistance.
The boys' suits and overcoats and the same habili
ments for the men will all get a slice taken off the
price. The. slice wo take off will bo given to these
who help us let go the tail ends.
BROWNING , KING & CO. ,
Hloroopon Saturday ov ry tlltU fivcnlnj till O.U1 I ! SW. Cor , 15th and Douglas SU