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THE OMAHA DAILY BEEHTHlJllSDAtTJANUARY ID , ' 1893.
THE DAILY BBJJJ.
K HIWKWATKII , Keillor.
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Dully nwl Sunday , Una Yi-nr . 10 < X >
HI * Monti. . . . 6M
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Weekly lice. Oiin Vciir . * ° °
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nnin1iaTtiHen Iliiltdlnir.
South ( iiMiilm. fiirni-r i > iinil Sfltli Street *
Council HlulTM , 1i ! IViirl Street.
C'lilniuii Olllci' . 317 Olminberof Cominnrro.
Ni-w York , Kuotim 13 , 14 mid 10 , Tribune
Itiillilltiz
WusliliiRtoii , r.13 l-'ourtrentli Street.
COItllKSfONDKNtlK.
All rniniiiiirilrntlnivt i'lntlnis to novrs find
rdltorlnf niiittcr Hliotilil bo addressed to tlto
Editorial Department.
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misuvMtirrH iind romlttnncns Mioutd
tmnildros-ti-'l to The lloo I'libllsliliiB Company ,
Onmlin. Drafts checks nn < l postolllcn orders
to bo tmidu itaynMa to tliu order of tlio com
pany.
THE BKB PUnUSHINO COMPANY * .
8\VOItN \ 8TATKMKNT OV ( JIHOOLATION
Htntn of XubrasKa , I
County of Douglas , f
Opiiritn II. T7.-liuck , wen-fury of Tun Itur.
IMibllMilnifcompany , does .solemnly Nwcar that
thoiiiUtinFclix'iilalJonof TUB DAII.V linn for
thoMcok cndlim January 14 , 1803 , wns ns
follows :
fiumliiy , January 8 2n-92 ?
Monday , January 0 ! 3'i7n' ;
Tuesday. January 10 3-Z'4li
Wednesday , January 11 2ll2Tn :
Thursdav , January 12 3'uiT
Krldny , January I'.i ) ' ;
Baturthvy , January 14 24,300
QKOItUK II. TXSOIIUCK.
fiworn to bcfnro mo mill Hiibscrlbnd In my
priwoiico this 14th day of Janunry , 1893.
( Hual ) N. I1. l-'KIU Notary I'ubllc.
AvornBo Circulation for December , 34,521)
TUB number of Kansas legislatures 1
Hosaion WIIH practically imdlmliiitshod at
last account.1- ) .
Now that the woman mifTrage bill 1ms
been introduced it Is only ilttlnf , ' that a
prohibition 1)111 should follow promptly
and keep it company.
CHICAGO Is trying to decide whether
or not STi.OOO is a fair price for a human
life. The recent record of prudes cross
ing fatalities in that city makes this a
timely topic.
LIGHT receipts and a dull trade con
tinue to bo the features of the local prod
uce market , but there is BOIIIO consola
tion in the fact that the same conditions
prevail everywhere at present.
TllKRK is a bill before the Ohio legis
lature to enable husbands to sue their
wives for alimony. Many a woman
could pay her husband alimony and
make money out of the transaction.
INVESTIGATING commutes appointed
by Lieutenant Governor Majors are not
likely to prove very dangerous to the
pilferers and corrupt spoilsmen that
have plundered and pillaged the tax
payers -
IP ANY member of the legislature is
nfllictod with Henry George microbes ,
Bellamy germs or G. P. Trainlsm ho
will soon make it known by the usual
sign in the shape of a bill with a patent
Bolf-oxceuting attachment.
THAT Rochester district attorney ,
who Is quoted as saying , "I have one of
the Reading coal kings In my reach and
and I will yank him hero , " has touched
a responsive chord in the public heart.
Now lot him go ahead with the yanking.
TllB man who has just arrived in Chicago
cage from San Francisco on horseback ,
passing through many perils , should not
congratulate himself upon having at
last reached a place of safety. .The
festive sandbagger will bo after him
directly.
EX-CONTINOENT PAT O. IIA WES has
received one complimentary vote for
United States senator at the hands of
Kynor of Douglas. Ilawes probably will
bo Kynor's confidential man in all deli
cate transactions that do not permit
direct communication between the nrln-
cipals. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
TUB charter amendments have been
agreed upon by the charter committee ,
adopted by the council and will at once
he forwarded to Lincoln for the approval
of the legislature. The work has boon
oxpcdltiously prosecuted and it Is believed -
liovod that the amended charter will
meet the requirements of the city for
seine time to come.
IT IS said that the national govern
ment is seriously considering the advisa
bility of dispensing with all other forms
of light , power and heating in one of Its
military posts and substituting electric
ity. The experiment will prove inter
esting and , perhaps , very valuable as a
means of demonstrating the practical
utility of oloet 4 < Miy-us a source of power
and heat.
THE fact that 500,000 cars of American
freight are annually transported over
the Canadian railways is a convincing
argument in favor of compelling the
latter to submit to the same conditions
that are imposed upon the American
railways against which they compote.
The removal of the Wolland ranal tolls'
is all right so far as it goes , but that
docs not alTect the railroads and will not
bo accepted as a sulllolent ooncesslou.
.HORATIO SKYJIODR , ex-stato engineer
of Now York , has written an exhaustive
paper to show tlmku ship canal from the
great lakes to the sea is not feasible.
All great engineering enterprises are
pronounced Impracticable- somebody.
What the country wants is the appoint
ment of a commission to make surveys.
and estimates from a point of view not.
unfriendly to the project. This must
doilo eoouor or later , and the sooner the
bettor.
RKPUHI.ICANS in the legislature will
do well to fight shy of the Bouuott school
law which some parties are anxious to
foist upon Nebraska. Our constitution
is explicit enough in prohibiting the ex
penditure of school funds for any other
than public schools , and there is no danger
gor or possibility of any sectarian use o
school money no long as that provislor
of the constitution remains in force
A burned child dreads the tire. The
republicans of Wisconsin and Illinois
huvo had an experience that ought to
serve as a warning to the republicans c
other state * .
Iff T1IK TOIM OF TltH
l\\\\y \ \ \ 200 political procurers nro qunr-
teri'd at the various hotels in Lincoln ,
living like lighting cooks , smoking
t'lgatv , drinking wines and whiskies ,
gambling and carousing day and night.
They manage not only to pay their own
vay , but they are lavish In treating and
ntertallilng members , ofllcors and am-
loyesof the legislature. The question'
laturally suggests JUolf , where does the
nonoy come from to pay the expense. * of
his army of political dobauehoos ? Who.
ays their bills , and who supplies them
vith the money to keep up their dally
mtl nightly orgies ? The candidates for
he senate may pay a tow of tho.se plot-
ers and schemers , but the bulk of this
orruptlon fund must come from the
illied corporations and jobbers that have
inded together to destroy popular self-
ovornment in this state.
The legislature 1ms been in session
noi'o than t\vo \ weeks. Its members
ire rapidly becoming demoralized by
onstnnt contact with mercenary rcpro-
who nro trying to lure them to
lii-it- moral and political ruin. And yet
he legislature ) has not taken a single
lop to protect itself and its member-
liip from contamination. Not a hand
las boon lifted to drive- those wretched
niforcants from the political temple ,
uiil not a voice is raised in resentment
> vor the disgraceful .spectacle of a bad v
if lawmakers in the tolls of rotten
M'ibo distributers and tin-horn gam-
) leiH.
Unless something is done promptly to
ispoi-MO the lobby the spoilsmen , job-
> crfl and political procurers will have
till control over both houses ten days
icnco. Already they arc holding clubs
> vor the heads of members who
uvvo imprudently been drawn into
, ho Oil rooms and allowed' themselves
o be plied with drink or have indulged
n cards and other demoralizing sport.
't is the old , old atory , which always
ends either In a downright sell out , a
owardly and- abject surrender of free-
loin for fear of exposure , feigned sick-
icss or oven asuddencall away from the
egislature at the most critical hour of
he session.
The question is , have the people's rop-
csentativea capitulated to the boodlors
ir do they propose to assert their man-
lood by exorcising the power vested in
them for their own protection.
C KKTKRl'lllliKS COMJXCI.
It is most gratifying to learn that
Oiuahn is soon to have another impor-
.nut dry goods and jobbing house. The
well known firm of Tootle , Uoscn fc Co.
of St. Joseph are now in negotiation for
i suitable building ns headquarters for
in extensive business which they propose
to establish horo. The men who nro bo-
liind the enterprise have abundant capi-
; ul and nro thus nblo to innko it ns grout
is may bo necessary to moot the demands
of the largo Hold of which this city is the
acknowlcdged jobbing center.
Omaha has already two largo dry
goods jobbing houses , but , as THE BEE
lias often pointed out , they do not wholly
occupy the field. In this line of trade ,
more than in any other hero , there is
room for more first class houses , not
withstanding that those now in existence
lioro are among the best in the west.
The territory into which trade in dry
goods may bo carried from this city is
MO vast to bo adequately covered by two
liousos , or perhaps even by three. It
stretches out many hundreds of miles in
different directions and is rapidly in-
; md consuming power. In the nature of
things this increasing demand must bo
met , and the inevitable logic of the
situation is that it must bo in great
measure mot from Omaha. The now
jobbing house will be welcomed hero ,
: md it goes without saying that it will
Ilnd an ample and promising field for en
terprise awaiting it in this nity.
In this connection it may be mentioned
that a number of other jobbing housestt
in various lines and several maim-
Picturing concerns have lately been lookIng -
Ing toward Omaha as a suitable place
for the location of their business. The
impressson has gene abroad that this
city is destined to play an important
part in the commercial life of the west ,
and attention has been especially di
rected this way by the unexampled pros
perity that has been shown by tho-local
business record of the past year. The
town is being extensively advertised by
great deal bettor than to bo
boomed by wbat it proposes to do. Busi
ness men are seeking present Instead of
prospective opportunities , and Omaha is
not escaping their attention. She has
rich' territory behind her and the de
velopment of its immense resources is
making her a great commercial center
toward which now enterprises must con
stantly 'gravitate.
THK S1LVKH UATTT K.
The battle over silver in congress Is
practically on the bill reported from the
Koimtu finance committee , providing for
the repeal of the silver purchase act of
1800 , being in effect a challenge to the
silver men to got ready for a test of
their strength. By way of placating
those who do not wnnt n contraction of
the currency , this measure- proposes that
the national banks shall bo allowed to
issue notes to the par vnluo of the bonds
deposited to secure circulation. It ap
pears that in reporting this bill Sena
tor Sherman of the finance committee
caused n decided surprise , it having
boeli understood , so it Is said , that
the sonata would not take the Initiative
in this matter , but would leave that to
the democratic house. * It would have
boon entirely proper to do this , but Sen
ator Sherman and other republican
members of the senatefluaucocommlttoo
have been annoyed by public imputation
that they wore disposed to delay
action regarding silver with the
Idea of embarrassing the Cleveland -
land administration , and doubtless
they concluded to make a decisive
answer to this charge > y reporting a
bill to repeal what is known as the Sher
man act. . '
The silver men , while surprised nt
what they assort was un not of bad faith ,
profess to feel no apprehension regard
ing the result. Speaking for thee on
the republican side Senator Toilet * says
the bill will not be brought to a vote
that the opponents of the proposition nro
lu the majority and if necessary will talk
the measure to death. On the part of
the tlotn e/at.8 Senator Voorhces
claims tha * a majority of the senate
are ppposod ta repeal and that in any
event u vote on the 'bill could not bo
reached bof jro March 4. According to
this authority only ten of the thirty-
nine democrats In the senate would sup
port , the bill. If that is true it could
not pa If brought to a vote , but there
scorns to bj a great deal of misinforma
tion regarding the attitude of senators
on both sides of the chambar upm this
question. It ha ) bson claimed by Sonu-
tor Sherman that If the donncrati
would furnish ten votes for a repeal
bill it ould bo passed , but
there Is teas in to bollovo that the Ohio
ftcnator wiw ovcraangutii3 as ta the
number of republican votes that could
bo counted upon. There Is one cartatnty
in the situation , however , air.l that U
that the oppssltlon to the .repeal of the
silver piu'eluuo act is at least strong
enough to prevent the bill for this pur
pose reao'iing a vote by the plan sug
gested by Mr. Tolloi- ; and it Is n > t ID bj
doubted that they will avail theuuolvoj
fully of their privilege In this respect.
An interesting fact that will bo de
veloped whenever this measure comes up
for discussion will 1)3 the extent of the
inllucnco oxcrted by Mr. Cleveland upon
democratic sanators. According to re
ports his doslro for the ropaal of the sil
ver purchase not is gaining supporters
among the democrats of the house ,
though it is doubtful whether ho has
been able to make a sufficient number of
converts among the free silver men to
ovcrcomo'tho opposition to stopping the
purchase of silver. As to the action of
the senate finance committee , whether
or not a broach of faith a3
charged , Its wisdom under the cir
cumstances Is questionable. It would
have boon bth proper and politic to
have allowed the democratic house to
take the initiative in this matter. As it
is the failure of the proposed legislation
in the republican senate might bo turned
to the disadvantage of that party.
ItUTJIRttFOltD . 11AYKS.
Another distinguished American is
dead. Rutherford B. Hayes , the nine
teenth president of the United States ,
illustrated In his life as fully as any man
of his time the possibilities of American
c'iti/ensbip and the worth of integrity ,
high purpose and true patriotism in
a public career. Among the men who
attained eminence during the past thirty
years none made a cleaner record in the
service ' of the country than R. B. Hayes.
S'h was an excellent soldier , attesting
his loyalty and patriotism by
serving throughout the rebellion , en
tering J the army as a major and retiring
from it with the rank of brevet major
general , iho evidence of gallant and
meritorious service. Three times elect
ed governor of Ohio , an honor conferred
upon no other citizen of that state , his
administrations wore frco from any sort
of . scandal and exerted an elevating in-
lluonco upon politics. His great popu
larity with the republicans of his state
made him an available man for the
presidency.
The memorable contest of 1870 , in
which Mr. Hayes was the republican
candidate , the dangorous'uncortainty rcj
garding the result , the menace of revo
lution , the creation of an electoral com
mission and its decision , are all familiar
facts . of history. Throughout the or
deal , which put a severe strain upon the
country , Mr. Hqyos bore himself with
quiet dignity , prepared to accept with
out complaint or criticism whatever
should bp the verdict of the tribunal
created upon the suggestion of his polit
ical , opponents to deoido the issue. Ho
became president and entered upon the
duties of that olllce with the patriotic
purpose to conciliate the sections.
Ho restored local
self-govern
ment to the south , gave that
section representation in his cabinet ,
and , in other ways showed an earnest
desire , to establish fraternal relations
between , the north and the south. That
ho did not succeed in accomplishing"
more in this direction was duo to no
fault . of his , but few will now question
that , what ho did accomplish had most
beneficent effects. It is to the adminis
tration of President Hayes that the
country owes the maintenance of specie
resumption , which was opposed by a ma
jority j in both branches of congress , and
the . first practical stops toward institut
ing the policy of civil service reform.
But . , bettor than all , ho gave
the country an administration distin
guished for'itH exceptional purity.
Rutherford B. Hayes was not a poli
tician in the ordinary acceptation of the
term. His political success owed noth
ing to the intrigue and chicanery of general -
oral politics. Ho was incapable of the
low devices by which the ordinary poli
tician and some of higher rank attain
place and power. As a partisan ho was
sincere . and loyal , but ho believed , as
ho himself oxprcsbcd it , "that he
serves his party best who best serves His
country , " and ho was guided throughout
his public career by this principle. His
private life was stainless and his exam
ple as a citizen was In every respect
worthy of emulation. Few men have
done moro practical good in the cause of
humanity than Rutherford B. Hayes.
History will assign him a conspicuous
place among Americans who served
their country with u sincere and patri
otic desire to promote its highest inter
ests and welfare , and with a lofty con
ception of its destiny.
THE single item of from 4,000 to 5,000
cars of oranges which the Union Pacific
has contracted to transport across the
continent will considerably increase the
freight traftlc passing through Omaha.
Heretofore the orange business has been
divided up between different railroads ,
but it will now go almost entirely to the
Union Pacific and will thus bo added to
the already great volume of our through
freight traffic , which amounted last year
to 48,000 cars.
THE fanners of the country have
every reason to bo satisfied with the
prices which they are receiving for
their products In the present condl
tion of the ma-kot. Nearly everything
but wheat la unusually high and the
present outlook Is that the general pro
duce market will continue to yield the
agricultural class large returns foi
what they have to soil. Not cnly are
hogs'b.'inging extraordlna-y prices , but
> oultry , oggs. vegetables of all kinds ,
mil many dt pP , rtlclos produced on the
arm are now : quoted at fancy figures.
n the Omnhtfimnrkoteggs have reached
02 cents at whole-sale and in Now York
hey nro QW.W at 40 cents. Potatoes
ango in the If'qal market from 7f > cents
o $1 a bushel.ilJuttor Is about the only
hiugthat is-/tyt / high , and that is because - '
cause it hnsl , , to compote with but-
: orlne , whlclv-'Is produced In large
quantities artiljls extensively used by
nany people 'aHvnn economical substitute
or the real batter of tho.dalry. Under
such conditioh ' the farmers who have
anything to contribute to the produce
upply of the country are getting excel-
ont returns for their labor. The
cause of tho1 prevailing high prices is
arlously explained , but It is believed
> y most dealers that unusually cold
veathcr all over the country has had
nuch influence , preventing the free
narkoling of produce and destroying a
jrcat deal that wa's exposed , partlcu-
arly In the southern states , where duo
H'oparatlon had not been made for low
emporaturc. .
THE city of Omaha wants the $10,000
luo In back taxes from the Pullman
'alaco Car company , and since Judge
Dundy threw that old temporary Injuuc-
.ion . out of court the city treasurer has
been camping on the company's trail
light and day. lie is now holding two
coaches under levy and will offer them
or sale to the highest bidder In a day or
wo , but as cash is moro desirable than
> alaee cars for the city to possess the
Dmaha superintendent of the company
ms been notified to disgorge all the
unds of the company now in his posses-
ion or that may hereafter come Into his
Kwscssion until the taxes are paid. In
case of failure to comply , the treasurer
vill begin legal proceedings at once in
ho courts. Perhaps the Pullman com-
> any is not altogether to blame for being
seven years behind in taxes , for it has
> eon protected by an injunctirn that at-
orded some shadow of excuse for the
iroerastiimtion , but now that the excuse -
cuso no longer exists the money duo
should bo promptly paid over without
any moro nonsense. It dees not seem to
> o even pretended any longer that the
axes claimed are not justly duo the city.
THE new governor of Kansas makes
> no good suggestion in his message to
.ho legislature , which is that a law be
enacted prohibiting the giving of passes
> y railroads. This method of bribing
egislators and public officials has doubt-
ess prevailed as' extensively in Kansas
is el.sewherc'au'd if an investigation
we.ro made ityoyld probably be found
.hat most of Iho members of the
M'esent legislature , of all par-
.ies , are wolj ; iSitpplied with passes
wherever they' ! ' wish them not on
; heir own soUc'.JtatiOn , perhaps , but
extended as "cpnrteales" by the corpora-
ions. Every legislator or public ollloial
who accepts a < jou"rtosy of this kind com-
H'omisos his independence and makes a
carter with his conscience. It is an ut
terly indefensibly system which ought
not to bo tolorUtcd , but the abolition of
which is difficult , because of the dppeal
t makes to weakness very general in
inmaii nature.
KANSAS has boon piling up debt at a
M'otty rapid rate during the past two
fears , and a rparticularly unfavorable
'act in the financial showing is that
while expenditures have boon increased
'or pretty much every th ing else the issue
of district school bonds shows a largo de
crease , meaning that there has boon
ittlo or no growth in the public school
system of the state. This Is not a
creditable condition of affairs and
; ho knowledge of Mt will bo very
ikoly to operate to the disadvantage of
; ho state in the matter of attracting
jopulation. Kansas is evidently in need
of several reforms and it will bo perti
nent to suggest- that one of the moat
essential to a renewal of prosperity is to
got rid of prohibition and substitute a
iudicious system of high license and local
option. _ _ _ _ _ _
poil for
tllnlie-Demorrat.
In the neighborhood of a century ago
there was an ancestor of President Curnot
who showed a peed deal of nerve and skill-
oa several critical occasions. Undoubtedly
the present member of the family will bo
round equal to the sltu.itlon if sorlous trou
ble comes.
A I'ojmlUt C'
( ilnliC-Dcmucrat.
Pcffcr snys that if the democrats secure a
majority in the senate they will bo permitted
to oi-fraiiizG that body. This Is an Important
concession fiom tbu loading man of a party
which attempts to organize and run legisla
tive bodies without oven making- pretense.
of having any majority.
- o
Combining on the Necessaries.
Chtcajfi Inter Oecan.
Will there bo "an ice trust" next summer i
Like coal , Ice Is plentiful , and the only way
dealers can mnko a fortune out of It Is to or-
panlze and oppress the public during dojj
days , when the people have to have it. It Is
the necessities ot life , not the luxuries , that
trusts are organized to control.
Tiimm'.iny'H Ideal llnllot.
Xew 1'urli Times.
The Hind of ballot favored by the Tam
many organizaUou.tyslmllar . to the blanket
ballot now in use in , Illinois. Upon It tlm
names of each party's candidates are ar
ranged In parallel I'olumns , with the name of
the party over them. A circle in front of
the name of the -party indicates when a
mark Is placed in 1C that the Intention of
the voter Is to votetho straight ticket. Thcro
Is also a circle in front of the name of each
candidate , and thesif are used when a voter
votes a split ticket , if
It is not now tlifl-lntontlon of the Tam
many folk to ha ve-s an emblem placed upon
the ballots. "
I'lithtiflfhla Lctl'jcr.
The Department , Agriculture has Issued
its final estimate \Ka.tho corn crop of 18'J-J ,
which foots up BlS.lHU.OOO bushels of wheat ,
1'E3-1H,000 ( bushel ? flt corn and OOl.im.OOO
bushels of oats. Tlid values nro fcfcW.ll 1,811 ,
WJ.HG.GaO and * 2O > $53,011 , a total of * 1,17I- ;
SlS.lSa. Pennsyl'tKUia , although possessed
of other great anil'dtvorsllled Industries , Is
still prominent In nRrlculturc Measured by
vnlucs. Pennsylvania Is the orcnth state of
the union In the uroductlou of onts , tenth In
the production of wheat mid eleventh In the
production of com. She Is far nhrml of Now
York In total v.Uuca of the.io Agricultural
products , though New York produces moro
oats.
SI > i.tlflXS. Of HUl'KHSOItS.
t Fremont Tribune : If the legislature-
lows the suggestions of the two governors in
their messages It will relieve the taxpayers
of some of their financial burdens. Doth are
full of economy.
Atkinson Graphic ; The legislature is not
exclusively In the hands of the populists.
The republicans , with" n conservative cov-
crnor at the helm , will steer the ship of
state safely over the rooky shoals of crank-
Ism and leave the populists stranded on thu
shore of popular contempt.
( Lincoln News : Governor Crounso has
\ been a consistent anti-monopolist for a quar
' ter of n century , and the people of the state
can rest assured that any reasonable meas
ure for the regulation of railway charges
and the protection of the Interests of the
publlo that may bo passed by the legislature
will receive his approval.
York Times : The inaugural address of
Governor Crounso Is the best suited to the
times and the occasion and U the most op-
irartuno document of the kind over delivered
in this state. It is calm , dignified and can
did. It carries on Its face the proof of sin
cerity mid Integrity. There Is no ranting ,
no demagoguery , no fishing for popularity
among the extremists and revolutionists.
The governor Is in favor of fair , honorable
and just laws , and will sco that they are ex
ecuted without fear or favor. IIj makes no
"grand stand play" nor docs ho Hash any
Ignus fatuus light on the voters. Ho means
every word ho says and his public utterances
are an index of his ofllcial acts.
Plainvlew has extended her corporate
limits.
There is to be a third bank started at
Plain view.
The Hlchawlson county Board of Super
visors has organi/.cd by electing a demo
cratic chairman.
The next annual fair of the Madison
County Agricultural soclotv will bo held at
Madison September 1 ! ) to ' . ' J.
Frank Chubby , Sherman county farmer ,
accidentally ! shot himself while hunting , and
died twenty-four hours later. Ho was 80
years old.
The brother and sister of , T. A.V. . Strong ,
the man who committed suicide at the Lin
coln insane asylum , live at Nebraska City ,
but they were not notified of their brother's
denth , ami llrst saw an account of his suicide
In TUB BEE.
Rays the Merna Reporter : Hon. James
Whitchead of Broken Bow , who made such
a gallant fight us republican candidate for
congress from this district , Is mentioned for
the position of chief oil inspector. Wo cer
tainly hope to sec him act it and can assure.
our good republican Governor Crounso that
the appointment of ' 'Our Jim" for the said
position would give satisfaction to the
republicans of the Big Sixth , with a big
whoop-ce.
Says the York Times : It had recently
come to our knowledge that Dr. M. V. Clark
of Sutton is a candidate for superintendent
of the Hastings insane asylum. It strikes us
that If the governor know Dr. Clark as well
ns ho is known in this part of the stale ho
would look no further. The doctor Is an old
citizen , a skillful physician , an' earnest re
publican and an honest man. Ills appoint
ment would bo creditable to the state and his
administration of a public oflico would un
doubtedly bo a credit to himself and to the
governor who appointed him.
Fremont Herald ( dem. ) : It beats nil , the
unanimity with which the republicans want
Morton and want to "down" Bryan. And it
isn't the fault of either of these gentlemen.
As a rule democrats don't want , politically ,
what their enemies want them to have.
Nebraska City Press ( rep. ) : Paddock has
been working hard for victory , and It should
not bo surprising if ho proves to bo the vic
tor. There bus been much of the unassum
ing attitude about his preliminary canvass
which Indicates consciousness of strength.
Discredit him as some papers have , there
can bo no doubt ho has organized his forces
well , and will , doubtless , make a strong' , if
not n winning flght.
North Platte Telegraph Crop. ) : Such a
man as John M. Thurston , who came here in
an early day , and who , when lie crossed t.ho
Missouri river , had nothing to lose , but
everything to gain , and by his untiring ef
forts has built up a name ns the ablest law
yer , most fluent speaker and firmest friend
of Nebraska. Such a man as United States
senator would be an honor to the senate and
n credit to the state ho represented , and if
the legislature elects him they will not make
n mistake , but , on the other hand , will do
themselves proud.
Fremont Tribune ( rep. ) : ' Thurston's sena
torial boom is becoming Inrgnr than a pugil
ist's hand on the political 'horizon. If
Thurston wcro not a railroad attorney ho
could have been In the senate before now.
There Is n good deal less money , however , In
being senator than chief counsel for the
Union Pacific and only u little moro glory.
Kallroads can and do outbid the senate for
brains , though it frequently happens that
railroad attorneys round out their career
with a term in the house of lords.
Plattsmouth Journal ( dem. ) : It remained
for the Nebraska City News columns ' to
suggest that If Morton could not bo elected
to the senate the democratic members of the
legislature from Otoe county should vote for
John C. Watson. Possibly the "business In
terests" the News wants to protect is a deal
of that kind. Much as wo ( latest Mr. Mor
ton for the position ho has taken , wo must
confess thcro is u long stride bdtwccn the
moral standing of the two men , and If the
News Is too n.uch debased by contact with
the Watson element to note the difference it
must bo in a bad plight indeed. Possibly the
suggestion inndo by the News explains why
Watson got BO many democratic votes In Ne
braska City last fall. "Business interests , "
you know.
Lincoln News ( rep. ) : The senatorial sit
uation presents many interesting phases. At
this writing it seems altogether probable
that a republican will bo elected , but who
that republican will bo no ono can toll.
There are many candidates. Some of these
whoso names nro now discussed will soon
cease to bo considered , and it is probable , If
the contest is prolonged , that some men not
now thought of will become prominent can
didates. It has been suggested that In the
event of certain developments John M.
Thurston may become a very Important
factor in the great contest , and as his name
will doubtless bo considered It may not bo
iropor for the News to speak brioily of
Mr. Thurston at this tlmo as It has provl
ously spoken of Mr. Cady and Governor
Crounso and Lieutenant Governor Majors
and other candidates. There may bo
objections to Mr. Thurston wo have
yet to hear of any candi
date against whom some objection Is not
urged ; but it must be admitted that he pos
sesses qualifications which lit him admirably
for a brilliant career In ttio United States
senato. His abilities have already won for
him n national reputation and his republicanIsm -
Ism Is of the stnunchest sort. Ho would bo
able to sustain his own reputation and add to
the credit of Nebraska up3ii the floor of the
senato. Should ho bo elected no ono would
over have occasion to blush for Nebraska's
representation in the select branch of con
gress. And it should bo a matter of con
gratulation , by the way , that with ono or
two exceptions , any ono of the republicans
whoso names have been mentioned in con
nection with the aciiatorahip , would 1111 the
high otneo with great credit.
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report
WILL DEFEAT ALL MEASURES
Congressmen Favoring thoRegulation of Immigration -
t migration Cannot Agree.
STEAMSHIP COMPANIES INTERFERE
As n Itpjiilt ot the \Vnnt "f lliirmnii.r Aiming
the Clmniiuit | | at Thin Iileit Xo
Can Ho
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WASIIISUTO.V , U.O. , Jim. IS. )
Adjournment of both branches of congress
todny on account of Iho death of cx-Presl-
dent Hayes deprived the emigration committee -
too of the house of nn opiwrtunlty to press
Its bills for the regulation or suspension of
Immigration. Colouol Stump , the chairman
of the committee , will apply to Speaker
Crisp for another day next week , but ho
hopes to secure the passage of tils own bill ,
which provides for a .seven days' quarantlno
at the port of departure and which author
izes the total suspension of Immigration
under certain conditions , by substltutl' ! ? It
for the Ilnrrls quarantine bill when that
measure comes before the house tomorrow.
Dy an order of the rules committee ,
Thursday and Friday have been set apart
for bills from thu Interstate and foreign
commerce committee , and Mr. Haynor of
Maryland , who is in charge of all national
quarantine legislation In the house , will call
up the Harris quarantine hill , which passed
the senate last week. When Mr. Haynor
was asked as to his course when Mr.
Stump moves to substitute the Slump
bill for the Harris quarantine hill , ho
said : "I will make the point of .order
against Stump's bill that It Is not a quaran
tine measure but a simple immigration bill.
I am entirely opposed to the Slump bill which
is nothing but a steamship company measure.
I have received several letters from steam
ship companies assuring mo that the Stump
bill is entirely satisfactory to them. Its pro
visions however , arc not at all satisfactory
to me , and I am so much opposed to It that
if it becomes necessary I shall oven filibuster
against It. The Stump bill has little or no
support outside the immigntion committee
and it will never pass the house. "
llutli Measure * In .leopnrily.
It was Mr. Haynor's intention that if today
had been devoted to the consideration of im
migration bills to offer the Harrisquarantlno
bill as a substitute for the Stump bill , in
which case Colonel Stump , if necessary ,
would have filibustered against the Harris
bill. With this bitter opposition between
the friends of national quarantine and immi
gration and the shortness of the session
thcro is grave danger that there will bo no
legislation of any kind upon cither subject.
Even the quarantine bill is now in
Jeopardy. The appropriations committee
in the sundry civil bill , which was re
ported today , has made liberal appropriations
for providing against the possible invasion
of cholera next spring.\-ln \ addition to the
$ . " )0,000 appropriated annually for the marine
hospital establishment , the sum of $ a" 0,000
is placed at the disposal of the president of
the United States to bo expended by him in
his discretion for all necessary quarantine
and other precautions. Besides the V 0,000
there is also available between 580,000 and
§ 100,000. the unexpended balance of the $100-
000 epidemic fund. There is thus available
nearly $500.000 , exclusive of the $1,000,000
which will bo provided in case the Harris
quarantine bill passed the house.
Southern Dcmoerutg Objected.
Senator Sherman , in anticipation of demo
cratic opposition to the adjournment of the
senate on account of the .death of ex-Prcsl- [
dent Hayes , carefully studied the precedents j
for such adjournment of the senate before ho
made the formal motion this morning. Ho
found that the last adjournments out of re
spect for the death of nn ex-president * had
occurred in 1874 , when ox-President
Fillmore passed away. To bia own
surprise , however. Senator Sherman found
from the record that ho himself had ear
nestly opposed the adjournment of the sen
ate upon that occasion. Thcro was some
bitter talk upon the part of extremely parti
san democrats from the south in both senate
and house about refusing to adjourn upon
the threadbare claim that General Hayes
was not legally elected to the presidency.
It required some expostulation by moro
sensible democrats to prevent these violent
sectional protests from becoming a matter of
public record.
Democratic Notions ofKconomy.
An amusing example of democratic notions
of economy and of the plans to rcplenislj the
coffers of the national treasury which may
bo expected from the next house Is shown In
a proposed paragraph in the sundry civil
bill. Tills paragraph , which was seriously
proposed by a democratic member of the ap
propriation committee , received solemn
discussion , but was not allowed to pass
beyond the door of the committee
room. The paragraph In question proposed
to offer at auction all the animals
now in possession of the national zoological
garden and to turn the proceeds into Iho
national treasury. The live stock of the
zoological garden hero includes ono elephant
of questionable health and unquestionable
ago , which was presented by the agent of a
traveling circus , a few moth eaten monkeys
and various animals undesirable as house
hold pots , which have been donated by army
officers and others. Even Mr. Hohnan was
finally convinced th.it the sale of this pic.
turcmio collection of nnlmnl brio a brae
would not go far towards sixvlng the notional
treasury from nllagcil bankruptcy
Mnj-l'nM the Antt-Optloii lllll.
The anti-option bill will by ncrcpinent
coma to n vote on next Tuesday in the senate
and will In all probability pass. Chairman
Hatch of the house committee- agriculture
Is confident that If the bill passes the sennto
It will become a law ,
"Tho measure , " ho said tonight , "will bo
committed to n conference of Its friends who
nro likely to see that It is promptly brought
before the two houses. As a rovomio bill
the measure will under unquostlonod prece
dents have the right of way over even np
proprlatlon bills. Nothing but n majority
vote against U can defeat It under such cir
cumstances. In my Judgment if the bill goes
to a conference It will pass both houses.
1 have never spoken to a senator rcgnrdhn ?
It and have not examined the amendments
made In the senate , but If they nro not vital
I Imagine that a confcronco c-ommlttcu
would agree to them.
I'nr Improving I ho MlMonrl.
The committee on appropriations reported
to the house today the bill making sundry
civil appropriations for the fiscal your bo-
glnning Juno ao next. The features of gen
eral Interest to URK readers nro fully reported -
ported In the regular press dispatches In nn-
other column. The local Hems for Tun Him
readers nro the ones appropriating f750lXX )
for Improving the Missouri river from Its
mouth to Sioiix City Including the ox-
l > cnses of the commission ; the appropriations
of tW.OOO for topographic surveys west ot
the H7th meridian lu North Dakota , South
Dakota , Nebraska and Kansas , half of
which Is to bo expended west of the KXU
meridian , and an appropriation providing for
a geodetic survey , to include a primary base
in the vicinity of Salt Lake and the neces
sary cheek bases. There nro some provis
ions affecting lands and land ofllcers in Ne
braska and adjoining state * Included in the
regular press rcx | > rt.
Tn the homestead case of Charles W. Ham
ilton against .f. Christy Golson , from Broken
How , Assistant Secretary Chandler today
atllrmed the decision of the commissioner ,
dismissing Hamilton's contest.
Colonel Guy V. Henry is still routined to
his bed nt the residence of his friend , A. J.
Drexel , Philadelphia , where ho has been
lying from an attack of acute pleurisy slneo
December IS. As soon as ho is able to travel
HO will bo obliged to go south for about three
months Colonel Hcnrj has had much moro
than his share of physical sutTcring.
Mrs. L. 1C. Jeffreys-Stanford , nn artist
well known In Omaha , but who has been
soendlug some time in Washington , has Just
completed a line copy of "Charlotte Cord.ij . "
which has been much admired by her nunier
ous friends during the time it has been on
exhibition in n window at the comer of
Pennsylvania nvonuo and Eighth street ,
this city. Mrs. JelTro.vs-Stanford has many
friends In Nebraska , who will bo glad to
hear of her success as an artist in the na
tion's capital. It is her desire to go abroad
In order to perfect her education in art ,
P. F. Hussoyof Huron , S. D. , Is at the
Howard. Charles Eustnmn of Pine liiduc ,
Dr. U. W. Mom-oo and wlfo and E. H.
Tnayer and wlfo of Idaho are at the Na
tional. P. S. H.
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JlKM.lltKS.
Oil City Illl//.uril : Thu king can do no
wrong If the other fellow has the aces.
ItanKkok Times : A shoemaker has u card In
his window rending : "Any respectable man ,
woman or child can luivo a 111 In this store. "
Press and Printer : Ho was an Ira to creditor ,
possessed ot mniily powers : ho came to whin
the editor. Today at. 10. Xo llowurs ,
MFC OX Til K KAW.
/kiuuiax City Journal.
I stood on thu street at midnight
And lifted my hands up hlKb ;
A initn with a iua.sk WHS before 1110 ;
I could neither cry out nor lly ,
l < 'oV he flourished u big horse pistol ,
The size of which WIIH Immense. ;
bo lie leisurely uent through my pocltet.s
And got about thirty cent.s.
A New Process
The Lemon , the Orange , the
Vanilla , contains more or less
of a delicate flavoring sub
stance , and the separation of
this substance in a manner seas
as to retain all its freshness ,
sweetness and naturalness , re
quires the greatest experience
and care.
DR. PRICE'S DELICIOUS FLAVOR.
f.NG EXTRACTS arc prepared by
a new process that gives to
them the natural flavoring
qualities , and are so concen
trated that it requires but a
small quantity to impart to a
cake , pudding or cream , the
delicate flavor of the fresh
fruit The leading chemists
endorse their purity. The
United States Govcrnmenl
uses thcrn.
CO.
Largest MnnufaoturoM nn'l Itotillorj
of Uloialai In ttio Worlil.
Odd Pants.
We are going1 to have the oddest pant sale of
the season some of
these days. Just watch
this space and you will
see something to in
terest you if you want
pants. In the meantime -
time we continue to
sell our overcoats and
suits at January prices
way down to bed
rock for the best styles
guaranteed to bo of
our usual standard
qualities. So are the
pants. Watch for 'em.
You need have no hesitancy in purchasing- your
hats or furnishing goods of us , for we pndo our
selves on these departments as much as on the
others and we have styles and prices to suit all
tastes. And don't forget to watch for the pants.
BROWNING , KING & CO. ,
Store open tJaturtlay ovary till ovenln 10 till 6.31 I SYCor / , i6th and Douglas Stf J