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AN ENOUSH journal assorts that
every presldont of tlio United States ,
except HnrriHon , hns had blue oyea.
This discovery ought to greatly simplify
the work of our national couvoutions in
the future. .
IP BOMB of those Now York news
papers do not stop Baying damaging
things about the World's fair the public
will begin to believe that the metropolis
of the now world discovered by Colum *
1ms is not too great to bo slightly envious
of Chicago.
FKANCK should bear her disgrace with
nil the fortitude she can command and
not make the wretched mistake of ex
pelling the foreign newspaper corre
spondents who comment upon the
Panama scandal. Publicity means puri
fication in this case.
A NEW gun has been invented by Dr.
Catling of Galling gun fame which will
Bhoot 2,000 , shots per minute. At the
present rate of progress in this direction
it will not bo long before a bloody war
can bo begun and ended within a space
of twenty-four hours.
THE trade of England and other Eu
ropean countries with Central and South
America during 1802 was loss than in
1891 , while that of the United States
was largely increased. The credit is due i
to the policy of reciprocity inaugurated
"by the Harrison administration.
TUB project to unify the towns ad
jacent to Now York with the metropo
lis , making a mighty city of more than
3,000,000 souls , Is now very seriously
considered. It would result In a great
centralization of municipal power , but
would not much change existing condi
tions In other respects.
THE first year's results of the now In
come tax in Prussia show that out of
a population of 30,000,000 , only 2,435,858
persons possess an income of over $225 a
year. Only 10,093 persons have incomes
exceeding $7,000 a year. Prussia docs
not compare very well with the United
States in the matter of incomes.
IT TAKES the whole judiciary com-
inlttco of the council to carry a copy of the
charter amendment measure to Lincoln
for the purpose of having it introduced.
The question naturally suggests itself
whether Omaha has any representatives
In the legislature,1 and , if so , whether
any ono of them could not bo intrusted
to take a copy with him down to Lincoln.
ENGLAND scorns disposed to enforce
her protectorate over Egypt without re
gard to the feelings of the young kho-
dlvo , who is anxious to bo ruler in fact
as well as in name. lie has lately
brought about the appointment of an
anti-English ministry , and Great Britain
demands that this ministry bo dismissed.
There is no doubt that the demand will
bo complied with without- interference
on the part of other European powers.
A BILL has boon passed by the Indiana
legislature making it a misdemeanor
for employers to threaten employes for
belonging to labor organizations. Per
haps suoh u measure may not bo neces
sary , as It certainly ought not to bo ,
but in any event it is clear that an employer -
' ployor has no right to threaten his em
ployes for anything that Is not Injurious
to his interests. Membership in a labor
organization does not in itself injure
anybody. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
THE idle workingmcn of Europe , who
nro suffering for broad because they
cannot find employment , will soon find
that their case is greatly prejudiced by
the public demonstrations into which
they are being led by the socialists. The
latter are not content with street
parades , which ore perfectly harmless ,
but are constantly inciting the real
workingmen to deeds of violence which
have to be forcibly prevented by police
Intervention. This places the needy
vrorkingmen in a bad light and to some
degree alienates public sympathy.
IT AlU'KAitS that the prevailing senti
ment among the members of the Manu
facturers association is in favor of hold
ing another exposition in Omaha next
Juno , though the matter has not yet
boon fully decided. It would seem as if
there could bo no question as to the wis
dom of keeping up those , annual exposi
tions , the initial one last year having
proved successful beyond the oxpoctu-
tlons of its projectors. The question of
a suitable building in which to hold an
exposition this year is a serious-one ,
the old coiriseum building being
In such a condition that It Is thought to
be hardly available , but It Is to bo hoped
that this diOloulty may be mot in some
way. Lot there be no break In the
nodes If it can bo avoided.
I'KIIMANKXT TKSl'ttK I'Oll Jl'DlllMtr
f iiHtlro Brewer of the mtpremu court
< ' the I'tiltcd Btali-a delivered nn ad-
di-c'Msti few days ago before Iho dtuto
association of Now York In which
ho advocated jiornmncnco of tenure of
judicial ofllco. The mtbjo
IH certainly a most important ono mid
the views of the distinguished jurist nro
worthy of serious consideration. After
pointing out the conditions which ren
der nccos ary n judicial establishment
as n part of the powers of gov
ernment , Justice Brewer said the ques-
IH whether , in view of thin exigency , the
functions of the judiciary should ho
strengthened and enlarged or weakened
mid restricted. The great body of
judges , ho nald , nro as well versed In
the allalrs of life as any body of men
and they who unravel all the mysteries
of accounting between partners , Bottle
the business of the lurgcst corporations ,
and extract the truth from the mass of
scholastic verbiage that falls from the
lips of expert witnesses In patent cases
will have no dllllculty in determining
what is right and wrong between em
ployer and employe , and other ques
tions of public right.
What ought to bo done , in the opinion
of Justice Brewer , Is to strengthen the
judiciary , nud this can bo nccomplibhed
by permanent tenure of olllco. "And
surely , " said Justice Bi-ower , "If the
judges held olllco by a life tenure , and
with a fcnlary which cannot bo disturbed ,
It would seem ns tlumgh wo had n
tribunal as far removed from disturbing
influences as possible , though If I were
to perfect the judiciary system I would
add a provision that they should also bo
ineligible to political olllco and to that
extent free from political ambition. " If it
bo said that this is practically substitut
ing government by the judges for gov
ernment by the people , the proposition
involves , said Justice Brewer , n total
misunderstanding of' the relations of
judges to government. There is noth
ing in this power of the judiciary de
tracting in the least from the idea of
government of nud by the people. The
courts hold neither purse nor sword ;
they cannot corrupt nor arbitrarily con
trol. They make no laws , they establish
no policy. They never cuter the domain
of popular action. They do not govern.
Their functions in relation to the state
are limited to .seeing that popular action
does not trespass upon right and justice
it exists in written constitutions and
natural law.
The impending social changes which
must come from u wide popular unrest
must be guided in justice to safety and
pence , or they will culminate in revolu
tion , said Justice Brewer. But as
against all the schemes of anarchism or
socialism , or any other plot or vagary of
fool or fanatic , the eager and earnest
protest and cry of the Anglo-Saxon is
for individual freedom and nbso-
lute protection of all his rights
of porscfn nnd property. "And to help
and strengthen that good time , " said the
distinguished jurist , "wo shall yet see
In every state an independent judiciary ,
made as independent of all outside in
iluenccs as is possible , and to that end
given a permanent tenure of office and
an unchangeable salary. " It may bo a
long time before this prediction is real
ized , but there can bo little doubt that
at some period ofthe future the people
will come to understand that the condi
tions to a pure and Incorruptible judi
ciary , holding all interests unswerv
ingly true to the mandates of justice ,
are these which Juslico Brewer sols
forth.
COMMON On'fiEHSIlll' OF STOCK.
The common ownership of stock among
corporations ostensibly engaged in com
petition with each other may become
under certain conditions as Inimical to
the interests of the people as trusts and
combinations to destroy competition.
Tliis view Is taken by Chancellor McGill
of New Jersey in considering the case
of the Now Jersey Central Railroad
company , which has recently announced
its withdrawal from the Reading
coal combine and appealed to the
court for the discontinuance of.
the proceedings for the appointment of a
receiver. Previous to this announce
ment the chancellor had filed his opinion
on the application , deciding every point
in favor of the atlornoy general and
ordering that a receiver be appointed
to enforce the decree of the court. But
ho has now appointed a master in
chancery to ascertain whether the com
bination has in fact been given up-uy the
Now Jersey Central , and has deferred
the appointment of a receiver pending
the report upon this question.
The duty devolving upon the master
in chancery will bo to determine whether
u common ownership of stock does not
make the two systems practically ono in
interest , whatever their relations may
outwardly appear to bo. This is a ques
tion of fact not easy to decide. It will
not bo difllcult for the Now Jersey Cen
tral to make a showing of competition ,
or oven hostility against the Reading
while this inquiry is in progress , and
after it .is ended and the decision has
been given in its favor it can easily got
back into line with the combination , so
far us the matter of prices is concerned ,
while maintaining an outward attitude
of independence.
It is the belief of many that the efforts
of the New Jersey authorities will , after
all , prove unavailing , and that the coal
roads will In future co-oporato without
any formal union , being held together
by the common interest resulting from
common ownership of stock. By this
means the letter of the law may bo evaded
while its spirit is violated to the sumo
extent us it would bo if the leases
were continued and an open combina
tion nminlnincd And if this plan would
work in the case of the coal alliance ,
why would it not be equally practicable
in the case of some other corporations
in which there is or may be common
ownership of stock ? An obvious dilll-
culty In the way of such an
arrangement would be the dissatis
faction liable to arise at any
time among . individual stockholders ,
which might bring the matter Into the
courts ; but It would doubtless bo possible
In some cases to cheat justice and rob
the people by such a plan as that which
the Now Jersey Central Is suspected of
cherishing. It is to bo hoped that the
muster In chancery appointed by the
Now Jersey court to sift this question of
good faith will go to the bottom of the
mutter nnd that ntrlot justice will bo
done. The New Jersey .authorities have
shown that they are In no mood for
trilling , and the most thorough and ef
fective disposition of this case that Is
possible under the law Is to bo expected.
AHT IN OMAHA ,
Every citizen of Omaha who takes an
interest in the progress of art hero and
appreciates its value as an educational
Influence will bo gratified to learn that
the Western Art association , which until
recently has existed as a voluntary or
ganization , has been incorporated and
proposes to sustain u school and a public
gallery. As will be seen by reference to
an nrtlclo..elsewhere In this issue , the
association has marked out n compre
hensive policy for promoting the cause
in which it is engaged. The Acad
emy of Fine Arts has been placed under
able directors , and its equipment is as
complete us that of any other similar
school outside of the larger eastern cities ,
while its course of study is us thorough
as could bo desired. The student will
bo given every opportunity to develop
his or her talent , and a valuable feature
of the instruction will bo u course of
lectures to which students will bo ad
mitted without charge. The establish
ment of a public art gallery is a most
important part of the plan of the asso
ciation , which it is promised will bo put
into effect in the near future , nnd the
annual exhibitions of art will bo made
much more attractive by reason of the
ability now possessed by the association
to bring to Omaha paintings and other
works of art from the art centers of the
country.
The Western Art association ought to
receive the generous support of our citi
zens. The gentlemen who arc its incorporators -
porators have gone Into the work in a
wholly unselfish spirit. They are devo
tees who earnestly believe in the refin
ing and elevating influence of art upon a
community and who have faith that
Omaha can bo made nn art center of
which her people will bo proud , nnd
which will attract lovers of art from a
wide region of country. Wo have no
doubt that this faith is well founded nnd
wo expect to find it presently shown to
bo so by u hearty and generous support
of the Western Art association that will
enable it to carry out all of its plans at
the earliest time practicable.
The report of the congressional com
mittee that investigated the Reading
anthraeilo coal combination shows it to
bo ono of the most complete monopolies
over established in this country. The
process of absorbing the coal lands by
the railroads has continued until the
great bulk of the output , said to bo fully
95 per cent , is directly or indirectly con
trolled by the railroad companies.
Individual and independent mine
owners do a very small portion
tion of the anthracite coal
producing l i business , and the tendency ,
says the report , with increasing force , is
ir the direction of the entire absorption
of ' the anthracite coal fields and collieries
by the common carriers , which transport
the product to market.
Although the committee was not able
to develop any direct stipulation , con
tract , agreement or .arrangement' be
tween the transportation companies , it
could not do otherwise than reach the
conclusion that the railroad companies
engaged in mining and trans
porting coal are practically in
a combination to control the output
and fix the price which the public pays
for this important and necessary article
of consumption. There is substantially
no competition existing between these
companies. There can be no reasonable
doubt as to the correctness of these con
clusions or as to the fact that this rapa
cious monopoly , if something bo notdono
to break its grasp , will in another year
have the anthracite coal consumers of
the country absolutely at its mercy. It
will drive out the few remaining inde
pendent producers and absorb what little
coal lands it does not now control , and
this having boon done it will plunder
the public more relentlessly than over.
The committee suggests that the only
effective legislation which socms expedi
ent would bo , as far as practicable , to
protect the individual and independent
mine owners and producers from ex
orbitant and destructive discrimination ,
nnd thereby enable them to compote in
the coal markets with the transporta
tion companies. In order to do this the
committee recommends that the inter
state commerce law bo amended to meet
the effect of the Gresham Counsel-
man decision , and that the long and
short haul clause bo made applicable to
railroads which form connecting lines.
These amendments to the law have boeu
adopted by the house of representatives
and will undoubtedly pass the senate.
In that cjiso the Interstate Commerce
commission will be able to give protec
tion to individual and independent pro
ducers to the benefit of the general pub
lic.
lic.An
An interesting portion of the commit
tee's report , which should have the
careful attention of law makers gen
erally , refers to the acquisition by trans
portation companies of property not
necessary to the business of a common
carrier , which is characterized as a
growing and dangerous evil. The fact
that tho'i-ailroad ' companies , says the re
port of the committee , are in one way or
another absorbing the timber , coal and
iron lands of the country cannot bo dis
guised , and that such ownership tends
directly to monopoly asid oppression is
apparent to every student of commerce.
This presents a question which should
receive the attention of state legis
latures , which alone are capable of pro-
DOBS ITUlp TO UUlLn'TllEMl
Specific examples of the benefits ac
cruing from the building of good roads
are not very plentiful in the United
Stales , systematic road construction upon
improved plans having thus far been but
little practiced in this country ; but in all
instances whore road improvement has
been undertaken the results have abun
dantly justified the expense by cutting
dowu the cost of transporting farm pro
ducts to market and enhancing real
estate values. A case In point is. ro-
l > orted from Union county , Now Jersey ,
where forty miles of gpod reck roads
w.ro butU In im and 1ROO , and this
Illustration Is Tn"one respect peculiarly
appropriate In ttu west , for the condi
tions affecting Wd omit mutton in that
part of Now Juiwsy , which is for the
greater part flat , with a yielding soil ,
uro much the siuwjias are to bo found on
the prairies of NtoMraska.
The forty miles of roads under consid
eration cost about $ .150,000 , or less than 1
per cent upon ; the _ valuation of the
property in the county at the time they
were built. Shied they were completed
farm lands have advanced from f > to 25
per cent in value and building sites
from fit ) to 300 per cent. The addition in
value to the taxable property through
which the roads puss Is said to have
been not less than $1,500,000 , In a year
and a half , and this embraces less than
one-half the territory In the county.
The increase in taxes upon this sum
alone will pay the yearly interest on the
cost of the roads and leave enough , if
put at interest , to discharge the entire
bonded debt as it falls due.
The increase in the value of building
sites within a short distance of Now
York City might be in part accounted
for without considering the improved
roads as u factor at all , but the general
advance in farm lands is duo almost
wholly to Improved facilities for mar
keting the products of the farm. In
other words , the lands are worth more
because they will yield a greater profit
for the labor of the husbandman. But
.it is not alone the farmer who receives
benefit. Chauncoy B. Riploy , a promi
nent Now York lawyer , who resides in
the New Jersey county in which these
road Improvements have been made ,
has this to say of them : "Tho evi
dences of improvement are to bo
seen on every hand. Wo have come
to regard the excellent roads of Union
county as contributing incomparably
more to our present prosperous condition
than any other agency. To ono unfa-
railiar with out1 road reform the trans-
formations , which are real and substan-
tial , would seem to bo the work of en-
chuntmont. The husbandman , the me
chanic , the merchant , the general eiti-
zen , whatever his calling or occupation ,
is satisfied and delighted with the now
road system. Ho emphatically declares
that the roads are worth more than they
cost , and , therefore , that good roads pay.
This is the opinion , so far as is known ,
of every citizen of Union county. There
is no ono who would substitute the old
condition for the new and have his
monoj back. This is the result of the
work of three years. "
Thcro is nothing ; exceptional about
this case. In tho'mjaln it may bo taken
as a fair example" what road improve
ment is capable oj'a/coinplishing. Doug
las county has $1(50,000 ( , to spend in road
building this year and the taxpayers of
the county are certain to derive a hand
some return for their money. The country
road movement is gaining great force all
over tlio country ? conventions are being
held nnd organizations formed , and the
agitation is procoliling" with vigor and
with promise of jj nctical results wher
ever it has been ( .started. Nebraska
needs , improved rotyls os much as any
other state , and a-inofo''generill awaken
ing of her people to its importance is
necessary. Counties , , townships and
school districts can curry this work
forwmvl without awaiting the issue of
the present effort to establish u national
road department.
WHILE this country has less reason to
anticipate war than any other in the
world , it is gratifying to know that the
war vessels of the United States carry
the best armor over made , our steel
armor plates having boon shown by re
peated tests at homo and abroad to bo
superior to any other. The London En
gineer gives an account of a trial in
which the American plato was
brought into competition with four
rivals representing the highest Euro
pean advancement in armor construction
and easily proved its superiority.
Nearly every projectile had sent its
point through European plates , but not
ono could penetrate more than a few
inches into the American plato. In order
to decide whether the latter could bo
perforated at all it was decided to em
ploy a nine-inch gun with a projectile
weighing pounds. The journal re
ferred to ab'jvo says of this trial : "A
nine-inch projectile , weighing -100
pounds , was fired with a striking ve
locity of 1,055 feet per second from the
35-caliber gun. This penetrated and
broke up , fracturing' ' the plato in
fissures running from the previous j
paints of impact , but no part
of the plato fell , no bolts wore broken ,
and only ono bent. A second similar nine-
inch projectile was fired with a strik
ing velocity of 1,889 foot per second.
This broke up , but brought down the
whole plato in fragments , together with
the woodwork and backing. The shell
point , which was broken , just reached
the wrought iron skin behind the back
ing. " This test demonstrates that the
American armor plates are incompar
ably superior to any others in the world.
With such armor xnfr battle ships have
nothing to fear frtt ( $ ' those of other na
tions. -3 ,
BILLS have boon Introduced in the
state legislature pr.cujosiug a bounty for
the production of sugar beets. Wo do
not know what chance there is for the
,
adoption of such 10iblution , but that it
would have a good WTcct in stimulating
an industry whiclt 1C is desirable to pro
mote there can be'no question. The
action of the lasiJegislaturo in repeal
ing the beet sugurbciunty was a mistake.
There is every rouVp $ to believe that if
the bounty had ribeon retained Not
brusku would 'Ifaw ' be growing
double the amount of sugar boots
that were raised last your and that wo
should have in the stuto several more
sugar refineries than there aro. Nobody
who has given the subject intelligent
consideration doubts that this can bo developed -
volopod into u most important and profitl
able industry , giving prosperity to hundreds -
drods of farmers and employing u largo
amount of labor , but It must have on-
courugement. What European countries -
trios found to IKS necessary in order to
develop their sugar industry Is no loss 1
essential here , and as all these J
countries have found great advantage
from their policy in building up this 1
industry there is every reason to Iwllovo J
that Nebraska would find a like policy i
bonnflclol. This slate Is capable of pro
ducing sugar beets equal to the best In
the world and in quantities siilllolont to
supply a large demand. It manifestly
would l > o a great mistake to permit BO
promising u source of prosperity to be
abandoned or to fall short of the devel
opment of which It Is capubl .
TIIK results of inquiries made in this
country and abroad by the United States
comirnsslouor of labor and his agents
concerning the advantages of industrial
education will be made known in a re-
port soon to bo transmitted to congress.
Commissioner Wright took up this work
as a means of supplementing his stalls-
ticnl reports with Information relat
ing to manual training us practi
cal under different systems in this
country and KUropo , and with the
view of contributing something of
practical value to the discussion of
this important subject. The report will
present n detailed review of the progress
of manual training in the United States
and in Europe , anil will show the results
that have boon achieved in the prepara
tion of young men for occupations re
quiring skill that can only bo attained
by systematic education. Commissioner
Wright has made several departures
from the conventional Hues of statistical
work during the past year or two , not
the least Important of which is this in
quiry into the subject of Industrial train
ing. The country needs and must always
need skilled workmen , and PO long
as this is true there will bo a ptiblie in
terest in systems of manual training and
the results which they are accomplish
ing.
THE penalty of civil degradation ,
which is likely to bo imposed upon the
deputies guilty of corruption in con
nection with the Panama canal frauds ,
provides that a man against whom it is
pronounced 1 cannot bo either a juryman ,
an expert , a professor , a guardian , a
member of a family council , a soldier era
n witness at a trial , and in addition to
these disabilities lie may be imprisoned
for a term not exceeding live years.
. While this may not seem very severe
punishment ) ( for such nn infamous crime
as these men are accused of , it
is . In reality the deepest dis
grace that could bo inflicted upon a
Frenchman . to bo brought under the
operation of this law. Tlio trial now in
progress is daily exposing more rotten
ness. A list containing the names of
these , implicated shows that more than
100 of the deputies were beneficiaries of
the Panama fund in amounts varying
from 1,000 to 300,000 francs. The pun
ishment of all who were concerned in
this gigantic robbery will relegate a
largo number of precious scoundrels to
di and oblivion , but it will not
re their stealings to the pockets of
their poor victims.
UNDER the provisions of the Geary law ,
which became operative lust May , the
registration of all Chinamen in this
country is rendered compulsory under
penalty of deportation to their native
country. The time allowed by the law
for such registration is ono year , so that
the penalty will have to bo enforced in a
few months in all cases of noncompli-
anco. Thus far scarcely any of the
Chinamen have complied with the law ,
and in nearly all cases' where influences
have been brought to bear to induce
them to do so they have refused. It is
estimated that the cost to the United
States government of sending homo the
Chinamen in this country would exceed
$10,000,000. There is little probability
that congress would provide such a sum
of money for this undertaking , and it
therefore looks as if the law would provo
a dead letter. The Chfneso problem is
not yet solved.
Kohrankiv Furnlshc * tlio Stuff.
A'or/olh Keifa. ]
Sioux City hns mido : up its mind to hava a
corn palace this fall. Nebrasitu will help
furnish the corn to decorate nnd contribute
coin to help pay for-tho corn , as she has in
the past.
CaiiHn unit KITi'ct.
Chtciion
Mr. Edward Murphy , Jr. , has been duly
elected to the senate frojn Now York. Mr.
Cleveland's smile us ho takes his mouiuino is
expected to bo ono of the masterly efforts of
his administration.
llrurl tlin Popular.
Kutuat City Joitrnnl.
It the United States senators were elected
by a vote of the newspapers , Colonel Henry
V/attcrson would bo unanimously chosen to
represent Kentucky for the remainder of
Air. Carlisle's term.
1'rovokoil to lilttornoss.
llnston Gl
The man who only a year or two ago an-
nounced that the Kulf stream had turned to
ward the coast of Now England and that our
ulimato was speedily undergoing tropicaliza
lion has not been heard from of lato.
School l''utlg and Humbugs.
Clitcauo Tribune ,
Mr. Triulo ( ivcs assurance that ho has no
Intention of compromising with the promoters
motors of the fads in tlio public schools
Tnis is most gratilyliig. Tlio mud pie.making
fud isuow sure to go. The faddist cannoi
save it.
o
\Vnrrcn of
! \cw York
Senator Warren of Wyoming expresses
confidence that the republicans will bo able
to defeat the democratic scheme to steal the
scnatorship from that stato. Tlio senator i ;
young , ardent , honest and fearless. If any
body can overcome the wiles of the wiekei
in Wyoming , it would bo just such n man us
Mr. Wurren. More power to him.
Liquid r < tr im lin In Italy.
JVcir York Tribune.
It Is not only in the United States that
treating constitutes an important feature o
elections. According to the statistics whlul
have just been published In Homo concerning
the cost of the recent general election in
Italy , it appears that over ? : i,000X ( > 0 was
spent under this head. In somodlstrlcts the
peasants had meat and wiuo without stint nt
the candidate's expense for an entire week
before the election , and onocandidato is said
to have spent no less than 20,000 for electoral
expenses of this particular character. In
view of the extraordinary cheapness of
Italian wino , the i , < XW,000 mentioned in the
statistics represents a quantity of ulcohollu
liquid almost sufllcient to submerge the en
tire city of Homo.
Tlio I.oRlc of I.ovrs unit Hutp .
St. Louit Uliilc-Deinncrat.
The best thing about old lien Duller was
his keen enjoyment of the hatreds bcstowod
ubon him , and the fact that ho novcr went
out of his way to placate an enemy. IIo had
his faults , of course ; indeed wo know of no
1H.T3OU outnldo of tlio Globc-Uoinocrat ofllco
who is wholly without faults , or , what Is the
next best condition to that , has faults but
does not acknowledge thorn ; but when But
ler's faults nro put in the ecalo against his
virtues they scoin qulto trivial. Kmurson
did not toll the whole truth when ho said
that t nil the world loves a lover. Ho might
have added that all the world loves a hater ,
too that Is to say , n good , .strong , irreconcilable -
cilablo hater , llku Benjamin ! ' . Duller , and
wo may add , llko U , S. Gruut uud itoscoo
Colliding also. A nmn Miould love suoh cno *
niles ns no may Imvo turning women nutl rhll-
Iron ; Indeed , ho nhtmld imvo nn rnomlo.n
among women or chlldirn | but whcm It comes
o his own sox and his own equal ! ) In Itfo and
station ho should do no loving of Ms cnomlos
mill ha has flrnt got oven with them. Ixm >
and hate are the obverse and rovorau sides of
the snino medal , nnd the strong haters are
always , under the necessary chnngo of
conditions and person * , the strong lovers.
Ciumdii'n CriuhliiR llnbt.
Huston Juitnmt.
For a community which aspires to Indo-
jcndcnco the Dominion of Canada makes a
sorry tlinnci.il showing. It would srom the
> art of discretion , before attempting to sot
tll in business alone , for the country to
demonstrate its ability to take rare of Itself ,
yet the ofllcial llnanclnl Hlatcmcnt for the
voar ending .Juno SO last is as follows , as
stated by the Ottawa Free Press : "An In-
croasoof over . ,000.000 In the gross debt of
the Dominion ; an Increase of W.irj-.1io.1 In the
tot debt ; a decruaso of $ lVi7.-iir ( ; In revenue ,
while the expenditure was Increased nearly
f.VXl ) > 00. The toU-il expenditure last vear ,
capital and ordinary , was $ l'JHJ.MSand ; the
total revenue was firlUI,87I. ! ) 'Hio gross
lebt on Juno ! tO was $ .Mir > , : sii.X)0. ; ( ) and tlio
not debt $ Mllltitl. ! : " The debt of the Do
minion Is more than ono-quarterns large as
that of the United Stales , which is diminish ,
ing , while that of Canada Is increasing.
Iho population of Canada is about one-
twelfth that of the United Stalos. How
could Canada got along If she cut loose from
i < rcnt Uritalnf Self-support should go be
fore statehood.
Sunday I.tins and tin , Constitution ,
, It | Is perfectly clear to our nijnd that con-
cress will " ' .
-
grossly invade the liberties of the
| ) coplc and violate the spirit of the constitu
tion when it begins to enact laws proscribing
rules of conduct for the Individual. Xo ono
In this country is authorized to act as mentor
for his neighbor ; no lawmaking body can
legislate men Into church. The founders of
our liberties lied from Just such tyrannical
and intolerable tyranny as Colonel Shepard
and his coadjutors uro now endeavoring to
Inflict. Their blood will have been shed In
vain If such an enterprise succeeds. Open
the fair , or rather , leave the managers free
to govern it as they will. Postpone us far as
may bo the lirst blow at the sacred rights of
freemen.
Vnli'ittliid'H Mlmlnn.
M'ctiii0ftm ; ( DltiMtch ( the tllabc-Dciiwcrat.
Sergeant-at-arms Valentine
of the senate
has been sent out to Nebraska bv the repub
licansteerim , ' " committee with tlio hope
that ho may bo'able to untangle tlio sena
torial snarl in that state and bring about the
election of n republican senator. Mr. Valen
tine was formerly a member of the house of
representatives and ujion his failure to be reelected -
elected his friends , Senators Manderson and
Paddock , succeeded in having him elected
sergcant-nt-nrms of the
senate. JIo has an
idea that he may have more strength in the
Nebraska legislature than cither Senator
Paddock or John M. Tnurston , both of whom
nro struggling to get a majority of the votes
by u combination with the populists.
o
Ilrlng mi Your lEi-form.
Clitcnyo Inter Ocean.
Colonel Wattcrson queries : "What is
there sacred about sugar that it should not
bo taxed ! " Nothing , colonel , absolutely
nothing. It is a sweet morsel which touches
the nation's tongue , but go right In , pop on
the tax nnd "down the robber tariff that
oppresses the poor man , " and makes him
pay nearly a quarter of a cent more for his
"little dinner pail. " '
Don't wait to fool with
faucets and bungs , but knock in the head of
the barrel , nnd , as It were , scoop things ac
cording to the rules of the Chicago demo
cratic platform.
Keep Them ul Home ,
Ornj/ifc ) / frc ; ) . ) .
While the Graphic does not bellovo in
drawing the sox line too taut in the employ
ment of public servants , yet wise discretion
would dictate that the state legislature
should not debase the moral status of female
purity by bringing it in contact with the im
moral microbes that swarm in the state
house at every session of the legislature.
Manhood is debased enough by such associa
tions without dragging womanhood into the
infected mh-o that biennially impregnates
the moral atmosphere at the state capital.
. No Lccchrs Nocil Apply.
Crete rtiletle.
Lorenzo Crounso is governor of Nebraska ,
pvdn though the bickerings of a spoils-seek
ing legislature postponed the event for a few
days. Now look for some good appoint
ments no hackneyed and warty leeches
who have lived for years on public pap , but
clean , upright republicans , honest and
patriotic , and , above all , men. If it were
otherwise the governor would bo a great dis
appointment. <
How tlorxey Docs It.
Mtnnti ] > oUH Journal.
Now 3 Jersey imposes no state tax except
for public school purposes. The revenue
last year was ? l.8ra,88l.l.r , of which $1,500-
CXX was derived from the railroad tax and
the tax on corporations. The collateral in
heritance , taxyleldcd t t,59S.bO. Now Jersey
makes very good use of her corporations if t
they do sometimes run her legislature. J
c
Enrncil u Itounrd. :
Globe-ntinucrat. c
Thcro is not a word being said about Cleve ci ci i
cJ
land's duty to do something for General
Weaver , and yet ho is more indebted to that J
unique pel-sou for Ills election than to any t
other ono individual in the country. \
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Diinii nn ( lid .JrriiHiilnm. .
Xeif Ywlt Hun ,
Wo can toll the American excursionists <
who are about to make a trip to Palestine
that they will find it worth their while to : i
spend n week or n fortnight In Jerusa'em ' ,
especially If , before nolnu Uirro , they take
thn paliin to Acquire n good fund of know !
l o nlwut It , and to become acquainted
with the results nf modern rosnutvh in nud
near It. An erudite , thoughtful nnd upright
dragoman may bo of great sorvleo to nn
American stranger In Jerusalem. We i-onld
nay more upon this stibjort , but It Is not
necessary.
XKl'VL.4lt SHUTS .IT TIIK I'Ur.l'IT.
Chicago Dispatch : When n clergyman
steps from his pulpit to mix Into local | Hill.
tics there Is excellent ground for the belle !
that he does so more for personal advertis
ing than for the sake of municipal reform.
Detroit Five Press : A missionary ami
his wife who had spent years In safety
among the savages of Africa were recently
sandbagged and robbed In Omaha. When
recovered they will doubtless rut urn to
Africa with pronounced views as to our
modern civilization.
New York Herald : If religious folk wcro
In earnest they could wash the face of thn
world nnd make it clean. Hut why should
the common people hurry to church on Sun
day morning when the church lota them se
verely alone during six days In the week and
then tells them on the seventh day that they
are nothing but poor miserable creatures at
the besU
Atchlfton Glebe : Uov. Todd , the peoples
parly minister In the Topeka house , tries In
his prayers to mnko a impullsi of the lx > rd
Ho scores the other side In his petitions , and
winds up with a short stump s | > eech for the
jtopullstlc cause. When a man takes imlilic.s
Into . his prayers , the people have a greater
contempt for the man and his part ) , anil a
less rcsticct for religion.
Now York Times : It may IIP easv to over
estimate the importance of the pope's ap
polntment of Mgr. Satolll ns a permanent
apostolic delegate in this country , or wrongly
to Interpret the act. but It seems to us that
non-Catholic Americans will see reasons for
great satisfaction hi the announcement that
certain very un-American tendencies in the
church have been cheeked , and with u ilrm
hand , from tlio Vatican Itself.
New York Sun : It Is the length of the
merely perfunctory sermon delivered in the
purely perfunctory manner that congrega
tions flnds fault with ; and such , alas ! is the
average product of the pulpit. Though a
sermon of this sort occupy only llftoen min
utes of time , it will seem too long The
shortening of the sermon , then , Is not the
Important subject for consideration. It is
how to Infuse genuine enthusiasm into Iho
pulpit and sympathetic fervor into the hearts
of the people.
Chicago Times : Hov. Carlos Martyn , n pu !
plteer of realistic tendencies , yostenla >
electrified a Chicago congregation by assert
ing that the ' -devil
lurks in the. Journalist s
iiiKstand. " Kcv. Carlos apparently knows
but little of modern Journalism. In any
well-conducted newspaper ufllco the devil
lurks in the composing room during working
hours , anil where It listeth his diabolical
soul to lurk at other times. Heallhttc
preachers should bo sure of their facts , as
should realistic novelists , painters and
actors. Kcalism and metaphor arc to each
other as oil is to water they don't mix. and
in the attempt to make them do so a grow-
some mess Is usually the result.
Jir..iaTS 1'ito.n n.tM's IIOHX.
Give a Ho the right to live and it will
wreck the universe.
Faith without works is nn engine without
any lire under the boiler.
The nmn who Is mean to n child is n good
hand for the devil anywhere.
The shortest cut to the masses is to got all
the sinners in the church converted.
Ono trouble with the church Is that there
are too m-iny babes In it from four to six feet
high.
No man can sleep well In cloudy weather
when ho knows that ho has a sandy founda
tion under his house.
There nro people who claim to bo praying
for the heathen who never take anything
bigger than zj ii-cent piece to church.
The devil is well satisfied with his day's
work whenever ho has got some man to bo-
llovo that money can make him happy.
The world is dying because there are not
more people getting such religion that these
who live lu the same house with them can
see it.
The state of a man's spiritual health can
bo j more accurately determined by what ho
says at home , when things do not go right ,
than by what he says at prayer mooting.
A ST.ITK ISttVtiTHlALSVl'ttliSllSCOVKT.
LINCOLN , Neb. , Jan. tiO.To the Editor of
TIIKBKK : Under state law there should bo
established n board of arbitration , one-half
the members of which should bo chosen
directly i by organized labor operating within
the state nud half by capital employing such
labor 1 , or which employs a certain number or
more of workmen in any orall branches of Its
particular I business. Such n controversial
board I should bo given supreme authority ex
cept in clearly dollned cases of Infringement
on the rights of the supreme court. It should
bo seated in session during n period of each
year to hear complaints , to pass conciliatory
opinions and express decisions. A complaint
made by any individual laborer , corporation
or order represented should bo llled in the of-
ill o of the board within n i crtaiu periodother-
wisc this court will not nttempt a. hearing.
Meanwhile all former operative decisions
should by law bo enforced. Any ruling made
by this board should bo the unanimous de
cision of all its parts and not the assumed
authority of a more majority of persons com
posing such huard.
Any laborer or laboring order subject to
decision and renresontod by this board
who violates any decision not made null by
action of the superior court , or uses force
CD.
.
Largest Maniifuct'.iror.s un 1
ofuiotulnj ! 1" too WorlJ.
Immovably tight
Up against the rear of our store is the room now
occupied by Mrs. Benson , who is to vacate
within a few weeks , when we will pro
ceed to tear out the dividing wall , thereby
giving us one of the largest and best ap
pointed business houses "in this entire
western country. In the meantime we
are closing out as much as possible of our
present stock at reduced prices , so that
we can be ready to start in new again in
our new palace , Suits for S10 , $12.50 , $15 ,
$16.50 , and so on , have been reduced at
least a third. While overcoats are cut down in the same
proportion. Boys' clothing has received a severe shock
in prices also. The pants that are odd in size go at
$2.00 up to $5.00 and a little more , any pair worth 2 and
sometimes 3 times as much , Damaged goods will not
now be sold cheaper than our perfect garments lor the
next few weeks.
BROWNING , KING & CO. ,
Btoro open ovorjr eyimliij till 0-31 J yf § ( Jof , ( jj aDfJ DOUgldS St